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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
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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
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*Metropole, 1902 E. 11
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Renegades, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
*Time n’Time Again, 1515 S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
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Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
Cherry St. Psychotherapy Assoc. 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Fidelity Home Health Care, Inc. Coweta 486-1174
Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
Learme M. Gross, Financial Planning 744-0102
Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 74159 747-5466
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Jonathan & Dee Nicholas, Realtors 749-3000, 800-539-7767
Richard Reeder, MS, Psychotherapy 581-0902, 743-4117
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*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441
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Americans do. Many same-sex
couples share the same responsibilities
as married couples.
However, nowhere in the United
States do they receive the same
recognition or benefits, not even
in communities with domestic
partnership laws.
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 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
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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
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Mayor cont’dfromp. 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
afteralongandoften 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’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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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? If
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.
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WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR A
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Generally, to be eligible for a viatical settlement you
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How MUCH IS MY
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may always decline the offer with no obligation
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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
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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:
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.)
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Serving Tulsa and
SurroundingCommunities
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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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Tulsa FUZZY CUDDLER: looking for a
fuzzy cuddler, WGM 36 bm/blu 155
vers (+) hlthy attr, isa fun with another pas
attitude person,if this sounds good Iv a
message- =37586
E. Tulsa GWM 19, 5’!0, 140, dk
blnd/grn, isa young cln cut companion,
18-26- =37612
Oklahoma City DISCREET FUN: 36 Brn
grey hair 170 6’1 good shape like to
meet 18~30 for discreet fun, give me a
call- inexp a plus- wanna have some
fun, call me- =37691
Oklahoma City WANNA DATE?
Lance looking for someone in the area
28 145 sandy bind blu; med build,
iso somearie be~veen 18~30 nice
looking like to go out to movies, go do’
something, or stay here and watch movies,
give me a call- =37738
Oklahoma.City FRIENDS AND FUN:
WM, 40s Masc iso str ading guys with
slim musc builds for friendship fun,
=37776
AR FONE,FUN: Kenny int in meeting
other guys,~ and doing interesting things
and lone fen, give mea call- =37906
Tulsa POSSlB~ LOVER: Alan, 6’2 17.5,
dk bm/blu hairy defined build, looking to
get together for good times, pass
relationship- =37945
Tulsa PART~ BOY: GBM 33, musc
build, seeks masc men, 25-40 race
unimpt, party boy, likes to pan’y- =38092
Tulsa NEW TO AREA: 34, want to meet
new guys, new to the
area, for
friendship,
5’10
bm/bm,
Ikg for
friends
first, Ikg for
good caring
people to share
times with give me
a call- =38169
Tulsa DISCREET FUN: 27, 6’ 180 med
build, professional looking for same
private discreet fun,w/someane 18-29 fit,
bm/.blu grn~ int give me a call- =38255
N. Uttle Rock CAMPING AND
HIKING: Cliff bm/bm, WM, fun to be
around, camping hiking, isa a guy to have
fun or friendship- =38463
Tulsa PROFESSIONAL GWM 30 6’3
180, bin/bin, iso guys between 21-30 for
friendship loss tel, attr, like outdoors,
movies reading and dining out if ur
intereasted give me a tall- =38358
Tulsa INUJ~RIENCED: Mitch, bmgrey/bm
35, ve~ smooth, inexperienced, eager to
meet similar, smoker, thats abeut iF =22668
Mcallister CAMPING AND FISHING:
GWM, isa a tel, 50, 190, blu/blnd, Ikg
for someone 30-50, love photography,
camping, fishing, gardening, qual time
with my lover, only those ~incere need
apply- =36350
W, Memphis LOOKING FOR A
FRIEND: Donfiy, int are spending time
with my companion, dinner,
shopping,looking for a friend, I’m 20 isa
18-40, long sh6rt brn hai~’, 5’6, attr, Ikg to
have a good time and spend time
together- =36404
Tulsa PROFESSIONAL SEEKS
SAME: GWM Ran, 6’,
blnd/gn, 185 44c 30w,
so GWM non
smoker, 25-40 Iv a
message- =36407
Oklahoma City
FRIENDS OR
MORE: GWM 26
5’0 bm/hzl, vers
likes bowling
movies tired of bar
scene iso GWM
for friendship
maybe more-
=36590
Stillwater BI WM:
Virgin WM iso other bi
wm to have fun with, give me
a call Bill- ~36630
Oklahoma City DON 47, want a hot
guy, give me a call- =36792
Tulsa MITCH: 35 5’10, 165, bm/bm,
Smoker, very smooth and very inexp
and Ikg to meet with someone for
friendship loss rel, g~ve me a ca11-
=22668
Ft. Smith NEWLY SINGLE: Joe, just
ended a 6 yr tel, looking to meet new
friends, 37, bm/blu, 6’, 175, if ur
interested, give me a call- work nights,
home days- =36985
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Place Your FREE Ad Now.
And get.ready to introduce yourself-.
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I’m professional 6’1 190, Ikg for someone
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AR SHARE MY UFE: Kenny, looking for
a man to share my life with, talk to and get
to know, give me a call- =37263
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35 married bi wm, iso daytime fun, 25-
40, discreet friends-=28807
AR HAIRY HAWG RIDERS: Eric,
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=29005
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date and much more Fm bright;honest
handsome like life and learning, like most
entertainment, give me a call- =29444
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Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Communities - Our Families of the Heart
National News
Oregon Murder ¯
......STSOCuKsTOpNe, Ccaltif..A-Triprpeedsotffebdy an i
anonymous caller, authorities in Stockton,
about 70 miles east of San Francisco, ~
January 15 - February 14, 1996, Vohlme 3, Issue 2
,have arrested-Robert. James- Acremant in.’--
connection.with the killingiearlier in De- :
.cember oftwoprominent lestiiaii activists "
¯
Run for Your Lives:
¯ OK House is In Session
¯ Legislators S.eekTo
"Endorse Bias In
i Adopti,on, Foster
Gare & Education
¯ ~,In what is becoming a regular legisla- ~n Medford, Oregon. Authorities have : ¯
confirmed that the man also confessed to :, ti~e kick in the pants forOklahoma Lesbith
.-~, t.:v. ~ ^r n _ :......~.__._ ¯ This drawing representing a gun target ¯ ans, Gay men and Bisexuals the Okla e earll,,.4 aadlng u,t a m,~, ,. LalllUllfl,H . _ . ¯ - .. , , - ,~-o--_~.t.....:t.:,:,. ,,__, ~_............ was left 3ee story below for details ¯ -homa House of Representatives is ised
. ’ see Ore on a e:12 .... - ’ ~ /. . :~ .to address at least two resolutions which
" ¯ -. " "~ ~ ~’~
~’~ .....
Younn Men Admit,. ..u .r-Hara sm,nt- ’.......H.ou.se.Re.so.lut.ion.s 1.04.5&.1046,i.n_tro.- ~ ¯ - -": " ~ OUCgO resp~uvely o\’ Ul~ Kepresema- Murder-of Gay Man ! H.,aLnoscoanl communiDileaaad es.orsn, ,k,’,ellb,-, :"z"v..-. l,on:°" su° ,dB oe, e°na°u"f ,readree""mckeaannd, ,’oneesx o-f
" HOUSTON - Authorities say Daniel C. : awoke to find "hate -.~.messages at theii~: ." press the position of the House of Repre-
Bean, 19, and Rodney H. Gauthier, 21, : home. Recently, theyf0und an.anti-Gay :- sentadves "regarding certain lifestyles"
two half-brothers who say they’re members
of a net-Nazi organization, have
admitted viciously attacking twogaymen,
one ofwhomdied ofmultiple stabwounds.
Frank Mangione, ’46, Was pronounced dead
on amval at a local hospital, and Kenneth
Stern, a friend who had been with
see Murder, page 3
Ge,o. rgia: Fed.eral-
Rultng on Marr,age
ATL’-XNTA - The U.S. Court of Appeals
in Adanta has ordered Georgia Attoruey
General Michael Bowers to explain in
court why his withdrawal of a 1991 job
offer to Robin Shahar after she had a
religious marriage ceremony with her
lover does not violate Shahar’ s free speech
rights under the U.S. Constitution. The
ruling could force the .state’s, attorney
general into a difficult court fight since it
would require him to establish a"compelling
governmental interest’: in changing
his mind about the job offer. Bowers"
office had argued that hiring Shahar after
the commitment cerelnonv would complicate
enforcement of the state’s antisodolny
laws and could be construed as an
endorsement of same-sex marriages. The
attorney general’s office said it was "’disappointed"
in die 3-judge panel’s ruling
and would ask for a review, either by ftfll
appeals court or the US Supreme Court.
Calif. GOP Tries-To"
Ban Gay Marriages
Thursday, Jannary 4, Califorlfia
Assemblymelnber Pete Knight unveiled
amendments to his bill, AB 1982, to prevent
Califonfia from recogmzing samesex
marriages.!egally pedbnned in other
states. Knight’s bill isiu reaction to the
expected legalization of stone-sex marriages
in Hawaii in the next two )’ears.
Knight’s bill has the backing of the
Assembly Republican caucus, and ,’dread)"
has 29 Republican co-sponsors. Kafight’s
stated reasoning follows: traditional marriages
are for procreation. S,’une-gender
couples can’ t "produce offspriug together,
[so] they must view marriage as just a
reservoir of economic perks." galight did
see CA-GOP. page 10
¯ (concentriccircles) with themessage,"tar-
¯ get practice-fags’: and on the reverse, ¯ vulgar drawings and comments.
¯ Kirby, fonner TOHR president, stated
¯ that this harassment is especially trou- ¯ bling since their address is not pul~lished.
¯ He added that the hate crimes unit of the
Tuls.a police depart, did send officers to
¯ investigate, even though under
¯ Oklahoma’s hate crimes law, attacks on the basis of sextml orientation are not
cov.ered. Kirby noted that these nughtjust
See Target, page 10
message marked on a. car window. Two : and regarding "celebration of a LeSbian
days later, tbeyfoundacrudedrawingon° .~ and Gay history month in the public
their porch. On one side therewas a target ._: schools". Both are simple resolutions and
: therefore would not have the force ot’lass"
¯ ACLU Continues to
Challenge Sex Law
The American Civil Liberties Union
: (ACLU) ofOklahoma recently received a
¯ setback to its challenge of Oklahoma’s
¯ "’sodom)"’ law.. Oklahoma City attoruey,
¯ Mark Hendricksen, with Marquette l_’ni-
¯ versitvprofeSsoroflaw Shirley \Vie_,aand
¯ with assistance from ~he Gay & Lesbian
Rights Project of the national’office of the
ACLU are preparing a petition to the
U~fited States S.up.reme Court for a review
of the late 1995decision of the Oklal~olna
Court of Criminal Appeals.
The circumstances ~f the -case follow! a
citizeu was approached by a undercover
OKCpolice officer. After extended flirtation
by the police officer who emphasized
see ACLU. page 10
Project-Open Mind
,Parents, Fanfilies and Friends~of Lesbiaus
and Gays, (PFL,~G), both the national
and local orgamzations ,are contilming
their Project Open Miud cmnpaign to reduce
hate langtmge and violence directed
toward Lesbians, Gay men, Bisexuals mad
those perceived to be. PFI.=~G National
,’umomiced that the law finn of Hogan &
tlartson LI.P will assist PFLAG at no
.charge (pro bond) in First Amendment
tssues raised by the threat of lawsuits
against PFL&G i’r0mthe Christian Broadcasting
Network (CBN).
Project Open Mind began with television
connnercials that featured anti-Gay
see PFLAG. page
House resolution 1045 declares that
¯"- "’homosexuality, lesbianism or bisexnal-
: ity’" should not be taught as "’natural
: lifestyles" in public schools, and that Les-
¯ bians, Gay men or Bisexuals should not
] adopt or’be foster parents and would
~. specify that the stone classes of citizens
] should not have "any special status under
¯ the law".
: ~ Resolution 1046 states the position of
: the House condemmng the National Edu-
~ cation Association’s (NEA) "call for "’the
¯ acceptance and tolerance of homosexual
behavior" and for "’celebrations of a Lesbian
and Gay History Month to ac"knmvledge
the contributions of lesbians, gays
¯ and bi sexuals, all ofwhich is inconsistent
with traditional values of this state...’"
Traditionall.v le~slation of this sort have
been filed by one or another of the OK
House’s Radical-Right members, typi-
"cally, Bill Graves ofOKC. \\’hat concerns
many longtime politi"cal observers is that
these have been filed by Democrats. Laurie
Phillips, co-chair of the Tulsa County
Democrat Party stated that tlfis "’flies in
the face of the principles of the Democrat
Party, not only the local, state & national
platforms but violates the constitution and
bylaws of the state Democrat part3".
tale observer suggested that the introduction
ofthese resolution might be a way
for the Democratic leadership to kee~
these issues under their control. The idea
is that a milder, non-binding resolution
would let legislators take an anti-Gay
lX?.sition for their ultra-conservative consutuents
at home but would allow those
Representatives to avoid a vote on an
actnal anti-Gay bill. However,.attoruev
Bill Hiulde rio’ted that even as a resolu’-
tion. Lesbians, Gay men mid Bisexnals
could be affected if agency heads chose to
reflect the views of the House in their
policies. Dept. of Hunwaa Senices (DHS)
officials said at this time, the agency does
not discriminate on the basis of sexual
orientation mid DHS staff knew of some
adoptions by Lesbian or Gay citizens.
DHS stall" stated their duly cdnceru was
with the quality of the hol~e for the chilsee
R.1045. page 10
¯ HIV Bias Lawsuit
Names Cafe Owner
¯ The Tulsa Federal Court will soou hear
.an HIViAIDS discriminatiou lawsuit
¯ which could be the first in the nallon
under the A~nericans with Disabi lilies Act
" (ADA). Local"society" "cafe owner, Tcrr3
_’~ ~T~urner; who mvns Capistrano inq "ticw "
¯ ’ Square andThe French Hen in sonth’l;ulsfi,
;.’ iS ~li¢ged to have ~’iolated the federal nou-
¯ discrimination law in what former cur
¯ ployee, Paul Saladin, claims was a wrong.....
¯ ful firing, Saladin had beeu emplo.vcd at
." The French Hen for over 8 years.
: Background
¯ Saladin’s spouse, FxtGandin, tested
i positive for HIV :’anti.bodies in=1987. In-/
¯ late 1992, Gaudin becanle ill and was
¯ ..diagnosed with AIDSin early 1 ~93. I)ur-
¯ mg this time, Saladin supported the finn-
¯ ilv and was Gaudin’s prilnary carcgivcr.
¯ A’lso during this time, Saladin becmnc a
¯ voluuteer with an HI\" AIDS hospice and
became a certified HI\" AII)S educator.
¯ Both Gaudin’s !llV status, illness and
¯ Saladin’s vohmteer work wcrc known to
most French Ileu employees and Saladin’..~
manager, Jemlifer \Vallacc. On occasion.
¯ French Hell CtlSlOlners who kllcw of
Saladin’s circumstances, would ask hiul
¯ about his spouse. \\.hilt he appears to
have been discreet about the subject.
Saladin did not hide his vohmtcer work or
his relationship with Gaudin.
History of this Case
In respouse to ,’m inqtury from l)r. &
; .Mrs. Spohr of Tulsa (according to pnblic
doculnents on file with the court), Saladin
¯ did uot mention either HIV or AII)S but
¯ did refer to Gandm’s T-cell count. On ¯
Sept. 17, 1993, the manager at that time,
¯ Je~mifer Wallace instructed Saladin not
¯ to discuss Gaudin’s HIV AIDS condition
¯ while waiting on tables, and further m-
Ibnned him that she hoped owner Terry
¯ Turuer did uot find out. According t~
¯ documents sublnitted to the court, Saladin
¯ agreed but objected and sought guidance
see ADA. page 3
Tulsa Prime Timers
¯ Raises $1000 For
Community Center
¯ Tulsa Area Prilne Tilners (’I’AVI’)
: hosted a holiday party and silent auction
¯ in December. With food prepared with ¯
TAPT’s gourmet group and items donated
¯
by TAPT’s members, the event raised
¯ S 1000 for creation of a Tulsa Couununitv
; Ceuter which lnembers of the group prt;-
¯ seuted to TOHR president, Dcbi Statues.
¯
Prime Tizners, which is ,’dread\" one of
¯ the fastest growing social orgam’zations,
¯ has expanded its membership to include
Gay mid Bisexual men over the age of 21.
¯
Formerly, membershipwas 40 and alx)vc.
EDITORIAL P. 2
DIRECTORY Po 2
," NEWS BRIEFS P. 4
¯ HEALTH BRIEFS P. 6
CALENDAR P. 9 ¯
EUREKA PAGE P. 11
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Writors/contributors photo does not indicate that person’s sexual orientation.
Phvl Boler- Schmidt Correspondence is assumed to be for publication unless otherwise
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It’s that time again When we have to deal with
politics whether or not we want to do so. On
[:cbruary 6th, there.~e city council.primary races
which aren" t particularlyinteresting AND tl~ere are
ol v charter changes which may not be that interestiug
either but which ARE important. The one that
I would urge each of us to vote ~n lavor of is a
ch,’mgc to the charter which would allow an employee
of a business which holds a franchise with
thc city to hold public office. The prohibition dates
from early days of statehood and no longer has a
usc. I tow~\er~ the impact of it remmning could be
to force City Councillor Joe \Villiams off the city
council. Joc" s district is mostly north Tulsa mad vo{~
all might ask why. if you don’t live in that district.
.you should care’? Fi~rst. Joe V,’illian~s has been a
good rcprcsentative for his district and seems to
this observer to be one of the few of our councillors
who has both brains and integrity. Furthermore,
-Joc is sensitive to issues of m,.ti-Gay discrimination
and is thc oulv member of city govermnent to say
he would support a non-discrimination ordinanc~
"that included sexual orientation. Right now, oulv
one friend o~r city council can’t do much but it’~
better than no fri~nds.Let’s help Joe stay in:office.
Also. Rob Hill is ntiufing for School Board Dist.
;6. Rob brings intelligence, compassion mad experi-
~cnce to this race m~d deserves our support. If you’re
~in hi( district, please:vote for him on Feb." 13. If
!youre. not in Iris district mad c,’m spare some cash
:for cmnpm_ou expenses, please help. If yOU can’t
¯sparc the c~ish, c0nsidcr giving some ti,fie.: If yon
:wm,t to help.please contact.tiffs paper for-inf’.
I ~ch 0f ns cam makc a difference, just by voting.
:.Plcasc do. - Tom Neal, publisher
Taking Heart
b\" Pat .\ lorehead
To begin thisyear,my companion and I started
in the hot mb with a,botfle .of champagne we’ve
.carted around since the mid eighties awaiting a
"’special" occasion, Due to his career he is usually
unavailable at the holidays, so this was the first
time in several years that we’ve actually shared the
New Year together. \Ve started with a very good
dimmer at the Bistro of Brookside, though it was a
little noisy and a little too dear from my v~ewpoint.
\Ve dined late and then returned home and settled
into the hot tub. \Ve enjoyed the relaxing comfort
mad then adjourned inside for some more relaxing
activ,ties. All in all it was a nice start to a new year.
I got to sit in on a rehearsal for "The Lion in
\\’inter" being presented by Broken Arrow Community
Playhouse; call 258-0077 for details. I want
bYShblT{, ~ob~rtb ....................
( Warn#}g : Not [or thehumor-imp)aired!)
It h~ long been my contention that ~ough we
may shoe orgmfi~ti~ns, a couple of b~s, and the
stone colors of the rNnbow, the rdNity is that, wNle
gay men ~dlesbi~s ~e of the stone "ilk", they ~e
NOT of the stone planet. For ex~ples:
Lesbians usuNly m~y slightly"before" the first
date. Gay men marry only after e.rtensive interviewing
~nd denial. "
Lesbians have sex inunediately ~ter meeting
the other woman’s mumNs, cNl&en, relatives,
reviewing ~1 her b~ks, and inte~ogatlng her current
and ~1 her exes. G~v men have sex immediately
a~er just about attythhtg. Sometimes before.
though not as much as they used
I.esbians use love to get io sex. With g<v men, the
vtce is versa.
~en lesbians buy a house, they rehab. And
refi~rbish Gay men. ~n the other han~. redecorate.
~sbi~s~easily fix~~ling refrigerator. Gay
men can e~ih’ fill it~om the cheese atzd importe~
mushroont sebtton of the dell
Lesbians ~e more likely to be vegetal. Gay
men will eat almost anything.
It took lesbi~s to rediscover Hush ~ppies. It
took gay men w redesign tltem in Easter egg colors.
Lesbians process. Endlessly. Gay men rationally
debateram~caaons andconsbqueitces. Forslightly
longer.
Lesbi~ ~e politi~ly co~ect to everyone. Gay
men are politically correct to everyone [hey knout.
I_esbians don’t eat tNngs that used to ha~:e faces.
Gay men categorically reject tofit ~ pointless
wa~@aper p~te with calories.
~sbians envv M~tha Stew~t’s Co~ecticut
house. GaY men’channel her.
~sbi~ fix si~ le~s ~emselves, Gay men call
plumbers. Cute ones.
~sbi~s pay intemN pen~ for haph~d eye
contact, btlhe rightpar& circumstances, ga~ men’s
heads have been known to r~’olve a fidl 3~0"
Polifi~ly co~ect or not, lesbi~s look at Play-
~y Mag~ine. Gay men just read the articles.
To a lesbi~, cNntz is your p~tner buying yo~
bir~day present at a y~d s~e. To a g~v man, its a
fabulous ~rnishing opportuni&,
Two lesbi~s ~ght refer to ~ch o~er ~ "my
wife." Two gay men wouldn ’t.
~sbi~s ~ve off-road veNcles ~d~ymaps
that refold~emselves. Gay Men eventually stop at
service station and ~kfor directions. But only if
th~ real~7 have to go.
~sbi~s bring ~e chars, ~e newsletter, NI the
:to recormnend llii~~ ibroduCtion. I was ¢ery ira: .’ "flyers, theminut~s~ and’the- Coffee pot. Gay men
pressed even though I saw it at an early point in the : bring chkckbo~ks.~
rehearsal schedule. But I was particularly taken ¯ Lesbians have potlucks with dishes made from
with.the.the Richard.and Phillip scene. The.Direst .." l.en~ils .or chocolate. Or both. Gay. men have intitorhastakentherelati0nshipbetweenthesecharac-
." mat~ litti~ ~ti~tn~rs)~o~, i~vb fv~th:lio~emadepate. To
ters and..:,~d~; i!t:!.~!~.~~ .that it.is ahomosexual~ : start~ ’ . "
relations~ij’i~)i! i ~i i:::il" ~..i.~i,.... ..... ’.... - z . "~ LesbianS love camp. ~o.do gay men.
. Now, I h~g~;trrlid~ihat:the inclinations of the : Lesbians cook out by tliepond. Gay men cook in,
two feilo~’ii~i~" N~iiard and,:Phillip are, but : then sit out bythe pooL " " "
bet~een them the mana e a ~erv conv~nono Lesbian Cou le
¯ ’" "~Y~ i g .~ " " ~ ." ’ " p s hyphenate their last names.
see Play, page 3 ". Gay men arm wrestle each other to the ground and
¯. use the winner’s name.
Lesbians go to the gym to get fit. Gay men go to
the gym to get theirjeans to fit.
¯ Lesbians think of New Year’s Eve as an oppor-
¯ tunity to get reacquainted with steps 10, 11, and 12.
see Vegan, page 3
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*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
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Royal Travel, 6927 S~. Canton 496-2410
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B, LG Alliance, Uni~!ersity of Tulsa 583-9780
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*Conunmtity of Hope (United Methodist), i703 E. 2nd 585-1800
Dignity;Integrity (LegbianiGay Catholics & Episcopalians) 298’-4648
*Fannlv of Faith ..X.~CC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441
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Rainbow Village, POB 50403, 74150-0403 599-8423
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on how to handle inquiries about the issue.
Saladin worked several more days
until Wallace informed Turner about the
situation. Saladin was then suspended for
30 days, although he claims he had complied
with Wallace’s directive and The
French Hen does not dispute this. During
the time of the suspension, he retrieved
his liquor license from The French Hen so
that he could continue to work at temporary
jobs. Also, during this time, Saladin
attempted to speak with Turner to address
¯ any misunderstanding.
On Oct. 15th, Saladin called to arrange
to return to work by the 22rid and was told
that Turner had directed her to replace
Saladin. Up to this time and afterwards,
Turner refused to take his calls. According
to Saladin’s documents, when once he
succeeded in getting Turner on the phone,
Turner stated he had nothing to say and
hung up. During this time, several other
employees left or were terminated and
positions became available, but Saladin
was not offered his position back. He filed
with the Oklahoma Employment Security
Commission (OESC), with the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC), and sought legal representation.
In late Nov, Saladin was informed that
he’d been denied uuemployment compensation
because Turner claimed that
Saladin had quit. To the OESC, Wallace
on behalf ofTurner claimed that there trad
been repeated customer complaints about
Saladin’s conduct ,and that Saladin had
been suspended for nffsconduct and insubordination
and that Saladin had volun:
taril y quit and Saladin had threatened to
sue. Wallace and Turner repeated these
allegations at a telephone hearing on Dec.
16th with the OESC.
On Dec. 17th, Turner called Ed Gaudin
at his and Saladin’s home asking questions
about Gaudin’ s health and physician
and allegedly calling Saladin a liar.
Gaudin, who was already seriously ill,
appears to have been so upset by the
conversation that when Saladin came
home, he found Gaudin emotionally devastated
and vomiting.
In Jan. of 1994, after Saladin had obtained
legal representation and the EEOC
found sufficient reason to direct Turner to
respond to Saladin’s complaint, Turner
through his attorneys offered Saladin his
job back without conditions. Saladin’s
attorneys accuse Turner of making the
offer in bad faith in order to limit Turner’s
liability for back wages while obviously
Turner et al claim good faith. However,
Saladin expressed a willingness and desire
to return to work from Oct. 15 at least
until Turner’s call to Gandin in Dec. Turner
did not communicate an offer to restore
Saladin’s job until January after Turner
had retained legal counsel.
Since January of 1994, this case has
seen a flurry of legalese documents as
attorneys from each side cite cases to
bolster their side. A trial date has been set
several times but delayed. It is expected to
go to trial February.
Other Information
Late in 1987. after Gaudin tested positive
for ttIV antibodies, a fact which
Saladin shared with several co-workers at
The French Hen, Turner directed that
Saladin be suspended without pay until
Saladin produced a medical repor~ proving
that Saladin was HIV negative. After
being tested. Saladiu subnffl ted a report to
see ADA. page 8
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Mangione when they met the 2 young
men at a local bar, had been beaten. S tern’s
condition was not serious however. Police
said Bean and Gauthier told them
they had attacked Mangione and Stern
after one of the men had touched one of
the young men while the 4 were taking a
drive earlier in the evening. The young
men also told officers they belonged to a
group called the German Peace Corps,
which human rights activists say is a California-
based neo-Nazi orgamzation affiliated
with the KKK. Several witnesses
told authorities that the 2 young men had
bragged earlier that they were "going’to
get a fag" that night, and later boasted that
they had "cut up this fag real bad."
Gay men see it as a chance to blow their
horns off..
Lesbians truly believe that communes
work. Gay men really think they can be
RepublicZms.
Lesbians turn everyone within hugging
range into "family.’" Gay men have a
tendency to run around i~i PACs.
It is, ~onsidering everything, amazing
that we still talk to each other. Fortnnately,
we are all smart enongh to have
figure out that what is truly unnaturai on
tiffs looney-tune plauet is marrying outside
your own species. ~ 1996 Shelly
Roberts.
All rights reserved. Shelly Roberts is a
uationally syndicated colun~fist, spe,~er,
and author of Roberts’ Rules of Lesbi,’m
Living (5 96) Spinsters htk
seduction scene xvith a very sensual kiss.
The actors deserve credit, and the theater
deserves credit for not diluting the homosexual
content~ Here is a chance as a
co~u~ty forus to snpport a mmustrcana
effort w~ch represents us without apology
or emb~assment.
I was saddened at the passiug of Mike
Syn~, former Congressm~ lrom l)i strict
Two. I have contributed to and worked on
Mike’s beh~f in ~e pasl. tie was a good
guy, honest ~d decent, a truc public scrv~
t in ~e very best sense. There is no
comping ~e ~u~ities Mike represented
with the likes of a Cobum, or I ~gcnt or
I~ofe. And I ~z not refemng to political
ideolo~es.
So for me ’96 is off to an uneven start.
But I intend to t~e heart from the bad as
well ~ the good. I will t~e heart in tl~
ex~ple of Mike Syn~ ~d not be afrmd
to go out ~d fight the good fight. I will
t~e he~t in these two unkuown local
actors and their associates who ~cn’t
~r~d to tac~e a Bible belt tahoo. Aud
I’m going to t~e he~t in the eighteenth
ye~ of a loving and sh~ug relationship
with my lover compmfion.
~ch gives me a re~ly silly idea. l’d
like to he~ from you, the readers, about
what gives you he~t, and helps you make
your way through the world. Maybe you
have so~e key that someone m our commusty
ueeds io hear or would m~c them
feel less isolated. Send you responses to
the editor or E-mail tbcm ~o
TulsaNews ~2 aol.com, and hc can l’or~vard
them on to me. XXtacn I get a good one 1"11
use it in fl~e cohmm. If yon want thcln to
be anonymous, that’s I’iqac.
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Recruiting Cops for
’City of Brotherly Love’
PIIILA DELPHIA - The Philadelphia
Police Department has
begun rccniitmg gay ,and lesbian
police officers through public
cmpioynieut notices in the city’s
t~vo gay newspapers The uew
effort is the rcsult of a meeting
Police Commissioner Richard
Ncal held earlier in December
with leaders of the city’s lesbian
and gay community. Police Sgt.
l:rcd Cottou said the dcpartuaenl
made a similar effort m 1989-90
bnt !he department had uo i id’ormarion
on how successfill thai
recruitment program had been.
"l’vc never Imd,’mvonc come up
to me and tell m~ their sexual
pcrsuas~ou." Cotton said. The
dcpm’tmcut doesn’t kccp any data
ou the sexual orientation of offleers,
hc added
Study: The Kids (of
Lesbian Moms) Are OK
CIlICAGO- A prolonged study
of the kids of lesbian morns th,~t
tracked the children’s developmcut
forsome two decades found
that they had no more problems
with sexual orientation or other
dcvclopmcut~d issues than the
kids oflmtcroscxtud parcuts. The
study, which was reported in tl~
American ,lournal of Orthopsychiatrv,
found one noticeable
diffcr0mc between the clfildrcn
of Icsbiau morns mad hcteroscxmd
parcuts:"th~ offspnng in
the lcsbimi f,’unihcs were more
uncouflk~rtablc udkiug with other
pcoplc about their parents than
the kids from the str~fight fanfilic~.
Anether signilic~mt di ffcrence
bctwccu the two groups was tha!
none of the kids from hctcroscxnal
fanfilics reported having
had any homosexual experience
by their mid-20s, wlfilc some
25% of those from lesbian lhmi-
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lies said they had had at least one
homosexual relationslfip.
Washington State Anti-
Gay Measure May Fail
SEATTLE - To the relief of
rights activists iu the state, Washmgton
anti-gay activists
concede they probably will not
be able to get cuough siguaturcs
to put two ballot measures before
voters in 1996. Initiative
167 would bar gays and lesbians
from adoptiug clfildrcm mid hlitiative
166 would prohibit antibias
laws based ou sexual orientation
anywhere iu the state. The
head of the Citizens ..\.ltimme of
\Vaslfiugton conceded shortl\
before Chi’istnms that the group
wasn’t going to bc able to get the
uceded signatures because the
orgmfizatiou had attracted oulv
a few huudred members an~J
raised only about $5.000 for its
siguaturc-gathcring cmnpaign.
Cathy Y, lickcls, the head of the
state dmpter of the Eagle Forum.
,also told Seattle reporters
she didn’t think it was very likely
the organization would be abl~
to get thd rcqnircd signatures.
Proposed Bill to Aid
Partners Measures
SAC~\MENTO, C:dif. - C~diforuia
Assemblyman \Vallv
Kuox (D-West Hc{llywo~xt) wil’l
introduce a measure m the stale
legislatnre carl\ m 1996 that
would attthorizt~ the giant CadifonfiaPublic
Emtfloyccs & Rctiremeut
System (CAL-PERS)
to open its hc~dth iusurancc coverage
plans to thc dolncstic partners
of muuicipal mid other govcnuncnt
agcucy employees
the state. Some 80 or so C~dil’orma
cities and rcgiomd bomds
and commissions carry their
employce health ius~rancc
thi’ough CAL-PERS. But CAI,-
PERS regulations govcmiug the
state-operated health mid medi-
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cal insurance plata specifically
exclude "conunon law spouses"
and "’life partners" as eli~ble
employee dependents, preventing
the cities, counties and special
districts in the CAL-PERS
prograna from offering partner
benefits to their gay or straight
workers even if they want to.
Lobbying for Educational
Anti-Bias Protections
SAN FRANCISCO -The Lavender
Youth Recreation & Information
Center (LYRIC}
started off the New Year with a
political bang on Jan. 3 with a
caravan of gay, lesbian and bisexual
,voting people tothc state
Capitol in Sacrmnento to lobby
for proposed anti-discriminatio[~
protections. Tim California Educatiou
Code bans discrinfination
in the state’s schools mid educational
services based ona number
of categories, bu! does not
include sexual orientation. The
lesbigay youth groupspent the
first &a.v of the legislature’s new
3ear, Jan. 3, lobbying in support
of a measnre introduced by Assemblywoman
Sheila Kuehl (DSanta
Moifica) that would add
sexual orientation to the state
education code.
So. Dakota Anti-
Marriage Battle Again
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota
state Rep. Roger Hunt, whose
1995 le~slation to prohibit samesex
marriages in the state failed,
has announced plans to introduce
the bill again during die
current le~slative session. Hunt’s
1995 bill passed overwhehningly
in the state’s lower house by a
,’54-13 vote, but became stalled
m a cotmnittee in the state Senate
where it died. The proposed
legislation would make any
same-sex marriage’:null and void
from the beginning" in the state,
and is aimed at making any such
marriages that may be legal elsewhere
illegal in Soulh Dakota. It
would, for example, have the
effect of nullifyiug s,’unc-sex
nmrriages if Ha,&aii courts v~d idate
them as many cxpcci to
happeu this year.
Political Attacks Against
Gays Increasing
SAN FRANCISCO A report
isstled here by People for the
American Way. says attacks
alined agaiust the political
progress of gays mid lcsbimas in
this country increased at ~dl levels.
The report, the 3rd of its kiud
the organization,has issued,
¯ .counted at least. 180 anti-gay
actions m 1995, an increase of
46 such attacks over 1994. The
survey counted anti-gay political
iuitiatives, legislative measures,
executive actions by state
governors as well as open at-
. tacks by police mid mid public
. ~!d. mc..dia figures against gay
rights.
High. School Gay Group
Stirs Controversy
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah
school mid legal anthoritics, after
2 moaths, have agrced thcre
is litflc or nothing that can be
-done to preveut a gay- and lcs-
¯biau club being fonncd by a
group of studeuts at Salt Lake
City’s East High School. A small
group of students at the school
asked for pennissiou to start the
club in October, and their request
was passed from the
school’s priuciphl to the city’s
school superintendent, then up
to the state cducatiou office, and
finally on to the Utah attorney
gcueral’s office.
Shortly before Cl~stmas, the
attorney geueral’s office notified
district officials that both
state and federal law prolfibit
barring non-curriculum school
clubs because of content. But
activists with the Gay & 1,csbian
Utali 1)cmocrats say the head of
the state mali-gay Eagle Forum,
GayJe Ruzicka, has already indicated
she would immediately
begin lobbying the state legislatnrc
to keep the club from lbrming.
California’s Hate Crimes:
1/5 Are Anti-Gay
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In the
firs! of .its kind in California,
state Attorney Geueral l)an
LI.mgrcl!"s office reix)rts tl!at hate
crones m the Golden Stale arc
gcucndi y couccutratcd in ci tics -
:andnearly one-fifth of them were
aimed agaiust gays and lesbians.
During the filaal six mouths of
1994, the survey of local law
enforcculent agencies found
there were 672 bias-based crimes
reported in the state. Of these,
487 (72 percent) were based on
the race or ethnic origins of the
victims, Mille 119 (18 perccut)
wcre bccause the victims were
lcsbkms or gay men - or were
believed to bc by the attackers.
Some 6-1- iucidents (orjust m~dcr
10 pcrccut) WCl’C based on the
victims" religion. The largest
number of reported Irate crimes,
243 of them, were logged in the
[x)s Augclcs metropolitan area.
The San Frmmisco Bay Area
checked in with next largcst couceutratiou,
129 bias-based crimes
iu the four-county ,area.
Transsexual Identity
Bill Proposed in Britain
LON1)ON - Among the
backbcuch bills being offered in
Bri rain’s Ilousc of Connnoiis as
private members" legislation is a
mcasure that wouldmake it easier
for traussexuals in the UK to
establish a legal idemity in keeping
with their new gender after a
sex-change operation. MP Alex
Carlilc has proposed a Gcudcr
Identity Bill which would allow
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transsexualstherighttobegiven . dard of the district’s commu- suit. Ashby, whohasrepresented totheSupremeCourt"ifhemust, sexcouplcstocnroll. Roscnl~aum
a substitute birth certificate reflecting
their reassigned gender
after the operation is completed.
Some 8,000 people in Britain
have undergone a complete sex
change but are not allowed the
legal rights of their new sex.
such as getting married, adopting
and enjoying employment
rights.
Gay Credit Card Can’t
Use ’Rainbow’ Name
TRENTON, N.J:- A federal
court in NewJersey has enjoined
promoters of a gay-oriented
credit card from using the nanm
"Rainbow." U.S District Judge
Mary Little Parell barred the
Rainbow Card Fom~datiou from
using that trade name on the
credit card it was pro~noting in
the New York-New Jersey area
in a suit filed by the Rainbow
Foundation Inc., a Middletown,
N.J., charity that offers medical
assistance and other services to
children in the state. The Rainbow
Card had contracted with
Martina Navratilova to act as
spokeswomanfor the Visacredit
.card that wouldhave used part of
~ts card charges to benefit gay,
AIDS & breast cancer agencies.
Gay Teacher Allowed to
Stay in Michigan School
BYRON CENTER, Mich. -
Gerry Crane, a 3 l-year-old high
school music teacher who told
students he was gay alter they
asked about anew wedding band
he was wearing, will be ,allowed
to keep tfis teaching post. The
school board in the town, about
16 miles from Grand Rapids,
said however that it wonld keep
Crane under scrutiny because of
his sexual orientauon. In a forreal
statement, the trustees said.
"The school board firmly believes
that homosexuality violates
the doufinant moral stan-
¯
nity. Individuals who espouse
¯ homosexuality do not constitute
¯ proper role models as teachers
¯
for students in this district."
¯ Crane had told his students he
¯ was gay after he and his companion
had gotten married dur-
¯ ing acommitmentceremouy and
.exchanged wedding bands, causing
some of his students to ask
about the wedding ring.
School Board Condemns
.... Homosexuality
¯
NEW HAVEN, Ind.- Homo-
- sexual activity is inconsistent
¯ with community values and
should be discouragedin the East
¯ Allen County (Iudiana) schools,
¯ according to a resolution adopted
by the local school board. Ac-
¯
cording to school, district officials,
the resolution only reflects
the board’s opinion and isn’~ a
¯ policy statement. But the
¯
resolution’s laaaguag.e, someedu-
¯ caters say, certainly sounds like
¯ an official school policy. The ¯
resolution, wlfich was introduced
¯ in response to a statement earlier
[ tiffs year by the National Educa¯
tion Association endorsing
teacher training aronnd gay and
¯ l~’sbian student issues and rec-
¯ ognizing a national gay mad les¯
bian lfistory mouth, says in part: "’Homosexuality is contrary to
the laws of nat;are, it’s xno~:ally
¯ unacceptable to our conununity
mad we should leach our chil-
¯
dren as such." ¯ UK Member of Parliment
¯ Loses ’Gay’ Libel Case ¯
LONDON’ - Tory MP David
¯
Ashby wept as he f~aced the pros-
" pect offinanci,-d ruinaftcr losing
¯ a prolongcd libel actiou ag,’uust
Londou’s Sunday Times wlfich
." had reported that he is homo-
¯ scxnal. Thc jury deliberated 5
¯ hours belbrc rc[unfing its ver- ¯
dict in favor of the Tlmes in the
Northwest Leicestershire since
1983 in the ruling conservative
~ party, now faces the prospect of
~ : having to pay all legal costs that
are estimated at about $800,000.
Ashby; 55, had sued the Times
: overanarticlein the paperwhich
said he had shared a bed with a
¯ man during a holiday in Gee in
." 1993, that he had misled his wife
¯ and constituents abouthis sexual
¯ orientation, and that he had lied
:..about. h.awn,g a relat~oaship with
a32-year-old Irish physician, Dr.
Ciar~i Kilduff. The ~iewspaper
admitted during the libel trial
that its report had contained at
least one factual error, but mainrained
the accuracy of its article,
wlfich it maintained was justified
to lfiglflight what it cousiders
Ashby’s hypocrisy in advocating
heterosexual f~nilv values
while leading what the’papcr
called a "double life." Both
Ashby’s wife and his sister testified
against the Tory MP duriug
the 4-week trial. It is likely that
Ashby may face bm"akruptc’y and
the loss of his seat in the House
of Conunons as a result.
Gay Marine to
Fight Discharge
DAVENPORT. Iowa - Corporal
Kevin Blaesing says he will
fight efforts by the .MarZiue Corps
to discharge him because hc is
gay. Blaesing, who has bccn
umned "’Marine of the Month"
mad"M,-mne of the Qtuarter.’" was
denied pernfission to reeniist iu
1993 because of remarks he lind
made about homosexuality to a
USMC psychologist. Bu! earl\
in 1995 hejoined a Marine Corp’s
Reserve umt in South Carolina
without auy difficulties m~d later
spoke at a gay pride even! there.
Now thc Mariucs have bcgun
discharge proceedings against
lmn mad Blaeslug says he will
fight the discharge "~1 the way
Two Lutheran
Churches Expelled.
SAN FRANCISCO-St. Francis
Lutheran Church and the First
United Lutheran Church here
officially became ex-members
of the 5.3-million member Evangelical
Lutheran Church of
America at the end of 1995 for
ordaining 2 lesbians and a gay
man as ministers in defiance of
the national church’s prohibi-
’tiofis. The 2 churches were suspended
by the ELCA in 1990
and given until the end of 1995
to rescind the ordinations of the
Revs. Ruth Frost, Phyllis Zillhart
and JeffJohnson, or be officially
expelled from the national church
group.
A spokesperson forSt. Francis
Lutheran Church said not one
member of the congregation had
left since the controversy started
more than 5 .,,’ears ago. But ironi-
c¯ally one St. Francis Lutheran
member who attended his last
service at the church (at least
officially) on Sunday, Dec. 31,
was Bishop Robert Mattheis, the
presiding bishop of EIX2A’s Sierra
Pacific Synod of some 220
con~egations in Northern Califontia
and Nevada. A long-time
member of St. Francis, Bishop
Mattheis now must officially
leave the church’s con~egatio~:
Calififornia City OKs
Partners Registry
PALO ALTO, Calif. - OutNow,
the San Jose, Calif., gay newspaper,
reports that Pale Alto’s city
council has approved by a 6-]
vote a domestic partners registration.
The re~stranon carries
no direct benefits and requires a
fee to the city clerk’s office. The
only vote agmnst the proposM
crone from Dick Rosenbamn.
who objected that the partuers"
registry ,also allowed oppositesaid
he believed the partncrs"
registranon should be .just for
gays and lesbians.
Marriage Commission
Issues Final Report
IIONOI.UIJ.~- A llawali statc
comnfissiou has approved its finN
report of rccoum~cudations
on a 5-2 vote. calling on the
legislature to a~cpt the rcalil v
of Sallle-SeX lnarriag
courts. Few acnvists believe the
legislature will t;~c the advice
of the commissiou,appointcd b~
Gov. Bcnjmnin Cayctano, b~t
the report’s rccounncndations
add flu ther fuel to the legM bat
~ound the case. The legislature
l~t ye~ adopted a law prohibitlng
stone-sex m~agc, although
=t rcm~us unclc~ whether thai
law itself~m bc considered coustitut~
omd.
Chairman Thomas (;ill,
former mcmbcr of Cougrcss and
out-tune lieut, govcruor, said
the state had f~lcd to prove
~c in courl and had relied
the legislature to block tauntsex
m~agcs. "q’hc opposluOU
~ft.come up with a compelling
state lntcFcsI other th~ul I ~x’i~cus
18," he said, rcfcmug to an Old
Tcsumacnt vcrsc that says. ""l’hou
shalt not lic with mankind as
with womankind ""
Sparks Fly in O.S.
Senate Race in Or~on
SAI+EM, Ore. - Rcspondiug to
ch~gcs that hc is an "+extremist"+
for supporting the dUn-go3
agenda of the Oregon Citizen’s
Alliancc, Rclmbli~m t.S 5cuate
candidate Gordou Snfi th told
reporters at a news CollfcjCll~’c
that he is opposed to ga3 and
lcsbimt ttu~agcs "’bccausc +vc
should dcfcud a mamagc license"
mid thai hmdlortts who
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Sunday ServiEye Drug Implant Method
Wins FDA Panel Approval
S ILVER SPRING, Md. - A Food & Drug
Administration advisory panel has urged
approval of an eye implant for some AIDS
pauents that it says would be twice as
good as current treatments in fighting off
possible blindness by delivering medic
ation direcdy to the eye. Cytomegalovims
(CMV) retinitis hits up to 40% of all
people with AIDS and the Chiron Corp.
"Vitrasert’" implant would deliver the
medicine ganciclovir in time-released
doses directly in the eye after being \mplanted,
making it much more effective.
the FD A advisory panel said. The full
FDA must now decide whether to accept
the panel’s recommendation or not.
USC to House AIDS Archives
LOS ANGELES - The University of
Southern California will become one of
the first sites in the country with an archive
documenting the earl) years of the battle
against AIDS. Los Angeles city officials
are granting the university a total of
$50,000 for the project alor~g with thousands
of original works com~ected with
the earliest veers of the epidemic. The
AIDS archi~:e will be housed in~,the university
library’s special collections and
will include "city documents, materials
from local actiViSt groups, and papers
from Drs. Michael Gottlieb and Joel
Weismal who published the first cases of
what later came to be known as AIDS.
30% of India’s Blood Infected
NEW DELHI - According to a stud)’ by
India’s National AIDS Control Organization,
nearly 30% of the blood provided by
the country’s blood banks is tainted with
infectious diseases, including HIV, malaria,
hepatitis and others. The government
agency responsible for the national
effort to fight the epidemic in India said
tinrdiable screening procedures risk exposing
patients receiving blood and blood
products to one or the other illnesses. The
Indian Red Cross Society said that part of
the problem stems from chronic shortages
of blood in the country with the result that
commercial blood banks often rely on
poorer professional donors 9iho sui~pl~ement
their incomes by giving blood. Such
paid donors, the society says, are often in
higher-risk groups for various infectious
diseases. The National AIDS Control
Organization now estimates that in less
than 5 years some 5 million Indians will
be infected with HI\" with 1 million fullblown
cases of AIDS in the country.
KS Linked Virus Found
in Semen of HIV+ Gay Men
LONDON" - According to a report in the
British medical journal Lancet, researchers
with the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control have found a virus strongly associated
with Kaposi’s sarcoma in the semen
of large numbers of gay men ~vith
HI\’, but not in many HIV-positive heterosexual
men. The scientists said that
64% of the infected gay men also had the
Kaposi’s Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus
(KSHV) in semen samples: of the
non-gay men examined, less than 24%
were infected with KSHV. The research-
" ers said their findings explain why a disproportionate
number of gay men may
contract the cancer ,and suggests that
KSHV may be sexually transmitted~ The
CDC scientists say further research is
called for to try to detemfine if KSHV is
latent and then triggered by an HIV infection.
Milder Strain of Virus Inhibits
HIV NEWYORK-According to a report
in the Journal of Molecular Medicine;
researchers at the Mount Sinai Medical
Centerhave identified aless vinflent strain
of HIV that appears to slow down reproduction
of the more connnon and damaging
s train of the virus. The researchers
speculated that the weaker HIV-2 may
interfere with the more virulent HIV-I
straila at-the molecular le~el, blocking the
virus’ ability to reproducel While the finding
could l]old promise in fighting off
HIV-1 in infected individuals, scientists
warned that there is still little’known about
the detailed interaction between the 2
strains.
High HIV Levels Infect Newborns
WASHINGTON’, D.C. - According to a
study published in the Proceedings ofthe
NationalAcademy ofSciences,New York
State health department researchers report
that fairly high levels of HIV in the
blood ofwomen who are pregnant is requi
red before the virus can be passed along to
their newborns. The scientists found that
women with levels of HIV in their bloodstreams
at about 50,000 viruses per milliliter
of blood had a 75% or ~eater likelihood
of passing the vii’us onto their infants.
At lower leVds, the chances of the
womentransmitting the virus to their newborns
was significantly lower, the researchers
said. The scientists said the finding
helps explain why some HIV-positive
women~ve birth to infected infants, while
other infected mothers do not.
AIDS Drug 3TC Also Appears
Effective Against Hepatitis B
BOSTON - Two preliminary tests of a
newly approved AIDS drug, 3TC (also
kamwn as lamivudine or Epivir), published
in the New England Journal of
Medicine indicate the medicine also seems,
to suppress HBV, the hepatitis B virus, in
chronic eases. One study, led by Dr. Jules
Dienstag of Massachusetts General Hospital,
found that after a 12-week course of
3TC, about 20% of chronically infected
hepatitis B patients showed no traces of
the HBV. Interferon is the only currently
approved medication to combat chronic
h.epatitis B and has been shown to effective
in about a third of those given the
drug. But interferon must be taken for a
fairly long period ot time and has a nmnber
of very unpleasan t side effects, which
is not apparently the ease with 3TC. Further
studies will now be undertaken to
determine long-term effects of the drug in
combating hepatitis B, possibly in combination
with other drugs.
Status of AIDS Patient Given
Baboon Marrow Transplant
SAN FRANCISCO-JeffGetty, the AIDS
patient who was given baboon bone marrow
in December in an effort to rebuildhis
failing immune system, experienced some
side effects as a result of the chemotherapy
and radiation treatanent he underwent
in conjunction with the marrow transplant.
But Getty’s physician, Dr. Steven
Deeks, said the reactions where fairly
minor and not a result of the bone marrow
injections. Getty’s physicians had said
the bone marrow transplant might either
bolster the man’s rapidly failing immune
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system, or "kill him. A similar procedure
with an AIDS patient at the University of
Pittsbnrgh in 1993 failed, but doctors flare
refined the procedure as a result and are
using a specially processed part of the
baboon bone marrow to improve Gettv’s
: HIV at Chinese Universities
¯" BEIJING - Newspapers in China have
~ reported that during "’spot checks" at urn-
¯ versities, Chinese health officials fotmd
~ 10 HIV infected students at 2 colleges in
: the capital city. Health officials in the
¯ country say getting AIDS information
and e&~cat~on programs to the cotmtrv’s
: schools is "extremely urgent" and esti--
." mate that morethan 60% of those infected
¯ with HIV in the country are under the age
." of 29 years.
AZT Helps Cut Risks in
chances. Accidental Needle Jabs
"t’~o r~ ph~ ¯ .,,, - ¯ .......C.-based ....."s~o~,s Comrmttee :. \.V¯¢SHIN- GTO-N,-,C...ooperatingwith Britfor
Responsible Med]cifie,’lio~ .ever, has tsh and Frenc"h othoa" ls , the l_ -S - C~enters"
filed a formal complaint with the federal for Disease Control and Prevention re~.
g0venunent over the experimental bone
marrow procedure. The public interest
group charged that such cross-species
marrow injections endanger the public
health by risking the spread of dangerous
baboon infections. Susan Getty of
\Vatcrford, Conn., the mother 61"the ailing
man who was with him at the hospital
during the procednre, said people with
advanced AIDS have little to lose ~n undergoing
such medi"cal gambles. %\emttst
take greater risks." she said. "It is time to
stop tiffs horrible, horrible disease."
AIDS Awareness in France
I~OSTON-- According to the U.S. journal
Nature, a snrvcv of what they think about
l llVand ..\ID~ suggests th~ Frei~:h ,are
continuing to adjtrst their sexual behaviors
because of the ~pidemic. The report
says that condoms arc increasiugly used,
particuhtrlv anion,, those who are single
mid under ihe age ~f’30: more people are
having fewer casual sexual parmers: ,’rod
the nnmbcr of peat)It who regularly get
tested for I IIV fiffccfion continues to ~ow.
ports that atimited study of 31 health care
workers accidentally jabbed with hypodermic
needles at work had much lower
risk of HIV infection if given AZT. The
CDC reports indicated the health care
workers" risk of refection was nearly 80%
lower from taking the drag shortly after
the needle-stick accident than workers
who were not given AZT.
U.S. Blood Supply Even Safer
BOSTON" - According to a govenunent
stud) published in the New EnglandJourhal
of)ledicme, only an infinitesimally
small mnount of blo~d do~mted tbr transfusions
in the U.S. is infected with HIP.
The L.S. Centers for Disease Control &
Prevention study estimated that no more
th,’m 27 pints out of the total 12 nffllion
pints donated each year are tainted. Because
blood usedin transfusions is pooled
from several donors, bowever, health officials
said the chances of receiving con-
Uumnated blood are between 1 in 83.000
m~d 1 in 122.000. To reduce these odds
even further, the Food & Drng Adnmlis-
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tration had ordered blood banks in this
country to begin additional HIV testing
that it ~stimates will reduce the number of
tainted donations to no more than 17 per
year. Some public health care workers
~luestion whether the added $65 nffllion in
)early testing expenses is justified by
eliminatingjust 10 units of infected blood
per )ear.
AIDS Mortality Among Prisoners
CHICAGO - Writing in the American
Journal of Public Health, Adansi
Amankwaa with the Florida prisons department
says that a review of mortality
data from 1987-92 in the state’s prisons
indicates that AIDS was the main cause of
imnate deaths during the~ 5’ year period~
accounting for more thau 50% ofall prison
deaths in 1992. It indicated that deaths
from the disease were increasing compared
with other causes in prisons.
Turner ,and was permitted to return to
work. In a statement given to the EEOC in
Aug. 1995, Ttmier testified that he was
unsure if he would serve a customerwhom
he kiiew to have AIDS. According to
court docmnents,"he [Turner] is unaware
about the trausnfission possibilities of the
HIV virtts through casual contact in a
food establishment and states that for all
he kiiows it c,’m be mmsnfftted though
perspiration falling into food. He testifies
that he is very "concerned" about this
possibility mid’that he would try to favorably
resPond: to customer prejudice regarding
AIDS. tte states thai the subject
of AIDS mid HIV is disgusting mid objectionable
mid indicative of bad hygiene.
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Bless the Lord At All
Times Christian Center
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Worship Service, 11 am
2627b East 1 lth 583-7815
Community of Hope
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Worship Service, 6 pm
1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Family of Faith
Metro. Comm. Church
Adult Sunday School, 9:15
Worship Service, 11 am
5451-E South Mingo.
Info: 622-1441
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Worship Service, 10:45ran
1623 N. Maplewood
Info: 838-1715
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TUESDAYS
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HIV Resource Consortium
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Info: Wanda @ 749-4194
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WEDNESDAYS
Authority OfThe Believer
Bible Study, 7 pm
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lnfo: 838-1715
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THURSDAYS
16-Step Empowerment
Group For Women
Community of Hope
1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
Co-Dependency
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7:30, Family of Faith MCC
i_Jambda Bo~vling League
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8:45 pm
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PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
2nd Monday of month,
6:30 pin
4154 S. Harvard
Info: 749-4901
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Info: 838-1222 "
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Info: 838-2121
,"HIViAI’DS Support Group
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:
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¯ Community of Hope
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TOHR Clinic
Walk in testing: 7 - 8:30 pm
Results hours: 7 - 9 pm
Info: 742-2927
Prayer Time
MCC - Greater Tulsa, 7 pm
1623 N. Maplewood
Info: 838= 1715
Tulsa Family Chorale
Wee"kly practice, 9:30 pm
Lola’s 2630 E. 15th
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
1st & 3rd Thursdays
41 54 S. Harvard, 749-’4901
Alternatives
Weekly socials, 7 pm
See below for schedule.
Info: 646-5503
SATURDAYS
St. Jerome’s Ecumenical
Catholic Church
,Mass, 6 pm
Garden (Thapcl
3841 S. Peoria
Info: Father Rick
at 742-7122
Narcotics Anonymous
Meets weekly at 11 pm
Confidential ~upport for
recovering addicts.
Co~unmnity of I lope
1703 E. 2nd. lnfo: 585- I
NAMES Project
AIDS Memorial Quilt
Sewing Bees
3rd Sat of each month
hffo: 748-3111
OTHER GROUPS
Gay & Lesbian Sttulent
Association
TJC Southeast Canq)us,
Info: 631-7632
SWAN-Single Women’s
Activity Network
Call 832-2121
TOHR Helpline
Daily 8= 10 pm
For info. ~r to vohmtcer:
743-GAYS
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18
Community ofHope Orientation
2 pro, 1703 E. 2nd
Info: 585-1800
SUNDAY, JANUARY 21
Faith & Struggle Dialogue Group
Community of Hope United Methodist
4:30 pm, 1703 E. 2nd (ongoing group)
Info: 585-1800
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25,
Community ofHope Orientation
6:30 pm, 1703 E. 2nd
Info: 585-1800
SUNDAY, JANUARY 28
Faith & Struggle Dialogue Grm~
Community of Hope United Methodist
4:30 pm, 1703 E. 2nd (ongoing ~oup)
Info: 585-1-800
SUNDAY, JANUARY 28
,Miss Gay Oklahoma USofA, 9 pm
Concess|ons, 33rd& Peoria
Pageant ..
Info: 744-0896 or 838-3701
TUESDAY, JANUARY ,30.
Rainbow Business Gui/d, 7 pm
Uno Pizzeria,.61st & Memorial
Dinner Meeting
Info: 665-5174
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31
Tulsa Women’s Supper Club, 6:30 pin
Full Moon Care, 1525 East 15th
Info: 584-2978
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1
Alternatives. Informational meeting
for reactivated social orgamzauon for
men and women, also, video of
comedian Suzmme Westenhoefer, 7pm
Holiday Inn Express, 51st & Harvard,
Info: 646-5503
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6
TMsa Oklahomansfor Human Rights
Local Police Officers Speak Out, 7 pm
Alan Chapman Activity Center
University of Tulsa ,
5th St. west of Harvard, Info: 743-4297
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY-8
Alternatives, Bowling at Riverlanes, 7pm
8711S. Lewis .. ~
Info: 646-5503
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11
Community ofHope Orientation
2 p!n, 1703 E. 2nd
hffo::585~ 1800
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15
.Alt~r.natives, Movie Night; 7pm
Fox 4 Cinema, 51st & Harvard
Info: 646-5503
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16
Fandly ofFaith MCC
Reclaim & Recovery Workshop:
Forgiveness, 9 am - 3 pm
5451-E S. Mingo, hffo: 622-1441
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY22
Alternatives, Dinner, 7pro
Golden Corral, 71st & Mingo
hlfo: 646-5503
Out & About With JD!
More sequins, but that’s not all that this
month’s featured establishinent has to
offer. Lola’s is "’truly a fanfilv bar" says
Bill (Lola) McCall of this wonderful pla~e
Brian & tJttt ofLola’s
thht ~ves a lot to the community. One
example they’ve supported Mr. Oklahoma
Leather~ Mr. Tulsa Leather and 1st alternate
to Mr, Oil Capital. Also, Lola’s pro:
rides ahome forTULSA FAMILY CHOIL~
LE, which is opento any Gay, Lesbian
¯ or Gay-.friendly persons and m~ets Thurs.
at 9:30:~
Bill & Brian are the owners of this cozy
establishinent that represents a little bit of
Valentine’s Day. Bill & Brian have been
to,,tethet for 15 (!) vear~ which they plan
to celebrate with a ~umiversarv showand
party .on FebruaD’ 16th. Tffey ,opened
Lola’s 2years ago. "’At Lola’s you can
find whatever liking may be: entertain:
ment, games (pool & darts), good friends
or jnst a good time."
Oh by the way, the following are happenin~
s at Lola’s for the coming month:
Feb. 16th, Bill & Brians’s Anniversary
show & party; Feb. 20th, Birthday celebration
for Desdny Ray, Miss Upper
Cherry Street, and Feb. 24th, 1st Annual
see JD, page 11
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L Spring Art Classes
Start February 17
Family Workshops
YPoreusncgheoroalrt ~
~Adult
Studios
Action Studios
Spring Break Studios March 25-29
not, however, mandate procreative possibility
as a requirement for heterosexual
marriage certificates, a move that would
seem consistant with his stated rationale.
Knight goes on to forecast economic
doom and collapse if California "’were
forced" to recognize the relationships of
same-gender couples,including taking on
the same responsibilities for each other
thathetero-couples expect. However, economic
forecasts for Hawaii project that
same-sex marriages could add $4 billion.
to Hawaii’ s revenues over the next 5 years.
Some observers think that Knight" s bill,
if enacted, will likely cost California taxpayers
millions in legal fees as gay and
lesbian citizens challenge the. law. Current
law recognizes all mamages performed
throughout the United States. The
bill would prohibit recogmtion of legal
marriages of same-sex couples, regardless
of where they are performed.
sexual activities, the citizen suggested
that he mad the officer go to a private
location for consensual sex. After the citizen
made the offer, he was arrested for
solicitation under ma OKC ordinance.
The ACLU defense of the citizen rests
on two concerns. First is the 1 st Amendment
(free speech) issue. The OKC ordinance
appears to make it illegal to make
any offer of consenstml sex in OKC. ACLU
spokesperson, Michael Canffield noted
that this would make offers betweeu heterosexuals,
say in a drinking establishmeut,
illegal al~o but he/also noted that the
OKC police do not appear to be assigning
undercover cops to heterosexual bars.
The other basis for challenging the arrest
is a 1986 decision by the Criminal
Court that ruled that the Oklahoma "sodomy"
law which makes oral or anal sex a
felony crime was unconstitutional. The
decision held that a constitutional right to
privacy prevented the state or cities from
forbidding private, consensual sex acts
between adults. The law makes no distinction
between heterosexual or homosexual
oral or anal sex.
However, the ’86 case involved heterosexuals
and the court specified that it was
not addressing whether homosexual citizens
enjoyed the same right to privacy as
heterosexual ones. If homosexual citizens
have the same right to privacy and the
solicited activities are not themselves illegal,
then the OKC ordinance can hardly
be constitutional. This is, if it" s not illegal
to have sex, then it can hardly be illegal to
talk about it.
In a 3-1 decision, the Court of Criminal
Appeals chose not to address whether the
state can constitutio~mlly prohibit same
gender sex but said this case was only
about public solicitations mad rtfled that
OKC could prohibit such solicitations.
The appeal, according to Hendricksen,
who is ACLU-OK president, will ask the
US Supreme Court to compel the OK
Court of Criminal Appeals to decide if the
right to privacy that ~t established for
heterosexual citizens ~s also available for
homosextml citizens. "’The court [appeals]
ducked this issue and we are going to see
if we can force them to m~swer tiffs question.’"
To help the ACI.U-OK fight tiffs case.
donations may be made to 600 NW 23rd
St. OKC 731(36.
be the actions of a neighborhood adolescent
but that the theft of their family’s
peace of mind is no little thing. The
Harrison Kirbys are considering their options
to protect themselves and their children
from futher harm. Kirby did add that
they have been comforted by expression
of support from friends around the US
with whom they correspond via e-mail.
statements by Radical Right leaders, such
as CBN’s Pat Robertson and Sen. Jesse
Helms. Since the threat of lawsuits by
CBN, no television station in any of the
target cities of Washington, Tulsa, Houston
or Atlanta will air the commercials.
Mitzi Henderson, president of PFLa,G’s
board of directors, stated that PFLAG is
conunitted to "’get our message on the air
and compel CBN to stop its harassment
and censorship attempts".
Locally, the Tulsa chapter of PFLAG is
presenting a free film series at All Soul’s
U~titarian Church at 7pm, Jan. 23 & 30,
mad Feb. 6 & 13. The films, Straight From
The Heart. On Being Gay, Queer Son, and
Always .\.lb~ Kid, feature Lesbians and Gay
men and parents of Lesbians and Gay men
dealing with issues from fanfilies to religion
to AIDS. PFLAG Tulsa also is continuing
a campaign for a siguature advertisement
to run in The Tulsa World. The
ad "calls for Tulsans to stand against
tred, hate speech mad violence" against
individtmls based on their sexual orientation
mad "’to recoguize the strong link
between hate speech, teen suicide and
violent physical attacks..." Tulsa Family
News reported correctly last month that
The Tulsa Worm is on record as having a
policy banning the use of the words, Gay
or Lesbian in advertising. However, contrary
to our report, The World has not
changed its policy to allow an exception.
According to Bill Hinkle, PFLAG Tulsa
co-chair, PFLAG cannot even spell out its
name but may be forced to use a circumlocution
like, "Parents and Friends of Persons
of Differing Sexual Orientation.’"
The ad will likely, run later in January.
dren they were trying to place.
Rep. Benson stated to TFN that he was
motivated by the NEA’s resolution to
reaffirm what he views as Oklahoma’s
"traditional. family values". He said the
reason for a resolution instead of a bill
was that since a resolution lacks the power
of law, the legislators could express their
feelings without infringing any constitutional
rights which such a law would
probably do. Benson claims that he does
not want to condeum Lesbians and Gay
men for their "choice of lifestyle" & that
he expected to get wide support
OKC’s Oklahoma Gay & Lesbian Political
Caucus has begun a postcard campaign
directed at Rep. Benson. In Tulsa,
according to one source, PFLAG’s Nancy
McDonald is putting together a group of
parents mad Tulsa area legislators to meet
with Benson. Other activists have begun
to ph’m a Family Day at the Capitol, a
state-wide lobb3:ing day by Lesbian, Gay
and Bi activists, clergy mad business
people. For i~ffo, call Green Country Pride
at 838-2121 or 583-1248.
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.
Speakers &performers include comedian Suzanne
Westenhoefer, Col. Grethe Cammermeyer & her
partner, Diane Divelbass, & Candace Gingrich
April 7 - 14, Olivia’s Womens’ Cruises
Call 341.6866
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by Phil Boler-Schmidt
Winter is a special time in
Eureka Springs. With the falling
of the Autumn leaves comes a
respite from the thundering
hoardes, and locals get a chance
to renew old acquamtmlces, catch
up on family time, and spend
time with cherished friends.
Each December, we have the
Women’s Party. 1995 saw the
25th annual event, and it was
quite a sight to behold. My own
estimate was about 500 women
in attendance. Each brings some
type of finger food and a drink to
share. There is music and dancing,
talk and Sharing. A grand
time is had by all. This year was
no exception. And, as usual, a
few of the guys showed up, respectfully
of course, and sang
Christmas carols to the assembled
masses at the ballroom
high atop the Basin Park Hotel.
Now that Christmas ~s over,
the really big events are potluck
dinners. It is the Ozark way of
getting to "know people, fo~: the
first time, or to renew old friendships.
Us queer folk do the
potlucks in style. This is mv2nd
Winter in Eureka, and I’m looking
for~vard with anticipation to
the Season of the Potlucks. This
is the time to get to lmow those
people you have always ~vanted
to know but were too bits5 working
to spend any time with.
As man5 of you already kimw.
Eureka Springs is a wedding
haven. And, it is also a wonderful
spot for holy unions. Everything
imaginable is possible,
from an extravaganza to a small
ceremony just for the two of
you. And what better time than
this Winter? Resources are available
for holy unions at 253-2401.
Events upcoming in Eureka
this Winter include Jacob Adler,
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
at the University of Arkansas
giving a talk at MCC of the
Living Spring oftjanuary, 21 st at
4 PM The trpi~ will be Jewish
Influence on Jesus’ Teachings.
Joya Pope will be in town on
February 3rd, also speaking at
MCC of the Living Spring at 7
PM. Joya Pope is author of The
WorMAccording to Michael and
Upcoming Changes: Prophecy
and Pragmatism for the Late
Nineties. Admission is S 12.50 at
the door, and she also has private
channeling sessions available.
Winter is the time we sit back
and take stock, read all the good
books we didn’t have time to get
to during the rush of tourists,
begin a new study program, and
¯ get read~ for theseason wlfich is
-~’" only a c~uple of months away.
For those of you who are Eureka
locals, you know exactly
~vhat I ,’un talking about. Those
of you who ,are from out of to~vn
will just riced to visit in order to
see why wc call this place Paradise.
For more information about
Eureka Springs available on the
World Wide Web, point your
browsers to:
http: www.pimps.com~
eureka.html. See you in Eureka!
ADA cont’dfromp. 8
He compares AIDS and HIV to
leprosy....He states that hi s attitude
regarding HIV and AIDS
has remained unchanged s~nce
1987 when he suspended the
plaintiff [Saladin] because he
suspected he was HIV positive.
In the same manner that he directed
plaintiff not to discuss-the
AIDS and HIV status of ¯
plaintiff’s partner in casual conversation
with customers he
states that he would consider
asking a white waitress to not
discuss or disclosed (sic) that
fact that her spouse was black in
casual conversation."
Steve Norick, one of Paul
Saladin’s attorneys, claims the
Americans with 13isabilities Act
was violated in at least two major
ways. The ADA provide relief
from discrimination based
on acttmlly being handicapped
but also to those who may not be
handicapped but who are perceived
as being handicapped.
And it also provides protection
to those ~vho are associated with
those wh6 are handicapped.
Thus far the court has seen
sufficient merit in Saladiu et al’s
case not to accept the efforts of
Tumer’s attornevs to dismiss the
case though the court has not
seen fit to render judgment to
Saladin yet either. Now it will be
up tojudge &jury to findjustice.
JD cont’dfromp. 9
Miss Rivercity America Pageant.
If you missed Concessions celebration
of their first anmversary,
you should just hang your
headin shame! Kirk &Terry and
their staffand patrons had a great
time and look forward to a grca~
year two. Also the) say, don’t
miss Miss Gay Oklalloma t "Sofa
co/fling on Jan. 28th and even
more to come in March - mark
your calendars.
I hope that tiffs month and ucxt
you find, or cherish more. that
someone who brings you joy!
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Living Spring
,..a community of friends...
Rev. Kermie Wohlenhaus
Pastor
We welcome you to attend!
Services held
Sunday evenings at 6 PSI
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by Barry Hensley, Tulsa City-County Library
For information regarding HIV/AIDS topics, our Library is an excellent resource.
There are books, videos, audio cassettes, government documents and periodical articles
full of updated information. Many branch libraries have books and other materials,
although the Central Library, at 4th and Denver in downtown Tulsa, has more detailed
information. Here are some of the items available through Central Library departments:
BUSINESS ANDTECHNOLOGY, 4th floor, phone: 596-7988 (Dewey area 616.9792)
AIDS and HIV in Perspective (by Barry Schoub)
Immune Power: The Comprehensive Healing Pro~am for HIV (b.v Jolm Kaiser)
Dictionary of AIDS Related Terminology (by Jeffrey Huber)
Rethinking AIDS (by Robert Root-Bernstein)
Everything You Need to Know When a Parent Has AIDS (by Barbara Drainlin)
AIDS and the Law of Workplace Discrimination (by Jeffrey Mello) (34417301)
READERS SERVICES, 2nd floor, phone: 596-7966 (Dewey area 362.1969)
People, Sex, HIV and AIDS (by Pierre Andre)
Everything You Need to Know About Being HIV Positive (by Amy Shire)
I’ll Not Go Quietly (by Mary Fisher)
We Are All Living With AIDS (by Earl Pike)
Women’s HIV Sourcebook (by Patricia Klosser)
Search for an AIDS Vaccine (by Christine Grady) (174.2 G)
Recovering From the Loss of a Loved One to AIDS (by K. Dounelly) (155.937)
Diary of a Lost Boy (by Harry Kondoleon) (fiction)
Labour of Love (by Doug Wilson) (fiction)
Such Times (by Christopher Coe) (fiction)
Promise of Rest (by Reynolds Price) (fiction)
CHILDREN’S, 2nd floor, phone: 596-7971
Magic Johnson (by Martin Schwabacher)
AIDS: How it \Vorks in the.~odv (by Lorna Greenberg)
Daddy and Me (by Jeanne M6ut~)uss’amy-Ashe)
David ttas AIDS (by Doris Sanford)
Know About AIDS (by Margaret Hyde)
MEDIA CENTER, 1 st floor, phone: 596-7933
Living Proof: HIV and the Pursuit of Happiness (video)
Heart of the Matter (video, HIV+ women)
HI\" Test: Who Should Take It? What Does it Show? (video)
AIDS: \Xqay We Won’t Look (audio cassette)
Let’s Talk: C. Everett Koop (audio cassette)
AIDS Quilt Songbook (compact disc)
There are also various Government Documents available in both the Reference
Department and the Business and Technology Department. Please call the Central
Library at 596-7977 or any branch library for more information.
Sunday Services 11:00 am ¯ Wednesday Services 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm
Choir Practice ¯ Thurs. 7:30 pm Codependency Support Group
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trial here before being returned to Oregon.
Acremant, 27, was taken to flae San
Joaquin County Jail for extradition to
Oregon ou murder charges in die brntal
slayings of Rox,’ume Ellis and Michelle
Abdill. Stockton police say they were
tipped off by an anonymou~ -caller early
on the monli]~g ofDec. 13, who gave them
the license number of a rented van
Acremant was driving. Alter several hours
of patrolling area motels, police say they
located the van at a Motel 6 and discovered
that Acremant had registered the
night before tmder his own name. According
to a Stockton police spokesperson,
Acremant was not armed when he
was arrested, and he surrendered to authorities
without incident.
Ellis mid Abdill, who operated a property
management business together and
were domestic partners, were-last seen on
Dec. 4. Their bodies, bound, gagged and
blindfolded, were discovered three days
later in the back of their parked pickup
truck. According to Medford authorities,
die two women had each been shot twice
in the head in what some have described
as an "executton-style slaying."
Police are continuing to refuse to talk
abom the details of the case but did say
they had no evidence that Acremant knew
that the two women were lesbians. Although
Acremant’ s father said his son had
told him he had killed the two women in
a robbery, police say that money, wallets,
jewelry and other valuables belonging to
them had not been taken.
See related story., this page.
STOCKTON, Calif. - The Natioual Gay
& Lesbian Task Force has asked the U.S.
Justice Department to examine the killing
of Roxmme Ellis and Michelle Abdill,
lesbian activists in Medford, Ore., because
of statements made by Robert
Acremant, who is facing charges in the
case. The Task Force formally asked Attorney
General Janet Reno in a letter to
investigate whether the killings were hate
crimes because of a variety of statements
Acremant has made to television, radio
and newspaper reporters duringjail interviews.
In one interview, Acremant said he had
asked the women if they were lesbians
and said they had told him they were. "It
kind of made me sick to my stomach that
she was someone’s grandma," Acremant
was quoted as saying in an interview
published in the Oregonian shortly after
his arrest. He also said in that interview
that the fact that they were lesbians "made
it easier" to kill them.
In a letter to Reno, NGLTF Executive
Directory Melinda Paras said, gays and
lesbians around the country were "’very
much upset and disturb0xl by these murders"
and that statements by Acremant
"have heightened the alarm and concern"
that the killings were, in fact, hate crimes.
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by Jean-Pierre
St. Valentine’s Day is soon to be upon
us, and everyone is once again faced with
the dilemmaof selecting that special place
for a romantic dinner. Here are the three
best restaurants in Tulsa, as well as the
three most overrated. Each of the establishments
reviewed this month considers
itself to offer "fine dining," or what you
might call a"white tablecloth" restaurant.
Elegant. Dressy. Be forewarned, though,
that all of these places fall into the category
of "very expensive."
Heading up the list is Montrachet, in the
Consortium at 3509 South Peoria. This
restaurant was formerly on our list of
places to avoid, unless you liked schizophrenic
Santa Fe French cuisine courtesy
of the previous chef/owner. But, last summer,
it was taken over by new ownership,
management, and chefs from the resorts
in Scottsdale, Arizona, and has successfully
regained its place on Jean-Pierre’s
social list. With the demise lastyear of
both Karmichael’ s and the Fifteenth Street
Grill (-gotta pay those taxes!), Montrachet
is currently Tnlsa’s best restaurant.
The Montrachet style is still basically
French In concept, but displays a,.fresh
American note to the Continental style:
Beef tenderloin, rack of lamb, poussin,
fresh salmon, and other gourmet specialties
are mainstays ofthe Montrachetmenu,
which changes seasonally. But the highlight
of the meal with be the lovely montage
of flavors from experiencing all of
the courses, not just the entree.
The onion soup at this place is absolutely
the best one can get in Oklahoma. A
rich beefy and winey stock bathes tender,
caramelized onions, and is a delicious and
warming treat. Frizzled onions top the
soup as a garnish, which you may want to
request be left in the kitchen.
For a special appetizer, try the seared
foie gras. It’s presented medium rare,
stacked between layers of puff pastry, and
grilled apples. The salad of mixed greens
with Stilton cheese, walnuts, & poached
pears is excellent.
Desserts change regularly,
and all are exquisite.
None are the typical
ice cream and hea~y.,
sticky sauce on abrownie;
....all. drowned in icanned
¯ whipped topping, that one
¯ usually finds in Tulsa.
¯ Many are truly works of art, and the tastes
¯ can be heavenly. Montrachet also has a
¯ full bar and an excellent wine list. They
¯ also offer a number of interesting cordials
¯ and liqueurs. - ,
; Expect.seryice~ to .be.very well trained
¯
and efficient. All of the waiters are very
¯ knowledgeable about the evening’s menu
¯ and the preparations of the foods, and will
¯ be happy to recommend,.the evening’s
¯ best dishes.
Bodean Seafood Restaurant has been
¯ the place to go for fresh-off-the-plane-
" daily, seafood in Tulsa for years. Located
¯ in a nondescript strip shopping center at
¯ 3323 East 51st, just east of Harvard,
¯ Bodean is filling the shoes of the late
." Louisianne,Tulsa’slegendary downtown
¯ r.estaurant. You can also buy lovely fresh
¯¯ seafood to prepare at home at Bodean’s
adjacent seafood market.
If you like New England style clam
¯ chowder, you willlove the soupat Bodean,
: probably the best Marc-Pierre has had
: outside of the East Coast. Rich and thick,
it contains big pieces of fresh dams. Limit
¯ yourself to a cup though; the bowl is big
~ enough for a meal by itself.
Check the chalkboards to see whatcame
in on the plane that day. Mussels, cockles,
: and oysters from Newfoundland and New
: Zealand are regularly on the appeuzer
¯ lists, and fishes from across the world will
: become scrumptious entrees.
The fish entrees are al-
St. Valentine’s Day is
soon to be upon
us...Here are th~ three
_. b~st restaurants in
Tulsa, as well as the
three most overrated.
ways creatively prepared
and presented, though
sometimes the creativity
can be a bit excessive.
~re recently experienced
a mahi mahi presented
with mango chumey and
a blackened monkfish
served with crawfish jambalaya. Never
mind, though, since any fish can be prepared
to order, and Jean-Pierre often orders
the wonderfully fresh seafood simply
grilled with alittle lemon butter on the
side. Expect your fish to be cooked to an
expert level of doneness, not undercooked
and not dried out, but just right.
Vvqaile most of the waiters provide the
professional service you would expect
from a quality restaurant, not all of the
staff is properly trained. You may want to
request a special waiter, once you find one
you like.
Our third choice amongst the three best
Tulsa restaurants is actually a private club
in downtownTulsa. The Summit, atop the
Bank IV Center, serves both luncheon
and dinner to Tulsa’s business and socialite
community. It might be worth your
while to get out those gold-digging shoes
and wrangle an invitation to share dinner
with aclub member. A qnick review of the
club roster reveals several ’Tanfily’" members,
so this is not an impossible task.
Honorable mention has to go to the food at
the Southern Hills Golf & Country Club,
but finagling an invitation here is much
more challenging.
The Summit features expertly traineo
staff with charming & sexy European
accents. And, this being "The Club" of
Tulsa’s elite, the staff will do everything
possible to cater to the diners" every whim
and pleasure. Of course, such service and
top quality food does not come without its
cost, but the saving grace is that the Summit
doesn’t make you pay at the endof the
meal your host just signs h check!
This is Tulsa, so beef is heavily featured
on the menu. Steaks are excellent, always
prime beef, and will be prepared exactly
to vour specifications. They also do a
lovely Dover sole. Wildgame is frequently
available. But one of the most memorable
entrees here is the fork tender, melt-inyour-
mouth, lamb tenderloin. The only
thing to avoid is the lasagna, which is
bland & insipid, a big disappointment
~ven the management’s Italian origins.
Desserts are ~ bit more mundane, but
fresh fruit with real whipped crean~ is
always available, and the signature dessert
of the club is a chocolate crunch cakc.
a very rich mousse m a pastry shell.
If you are watching your pennies, be
careful with your choices of wines ,and
liquors. The "Summit stocks all of the
ultra-premium liquors and has wines costing
100’s (note the plural) of dollars per
botde.
And now for the list of Tulsa’s three
most overrated "’fine" restaurants, at which
see Dining, page 14
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Jean-Pierre refuses to eat when he is picking
up the tab, and which Jean-Pierre will
discourage friends from visiting as well.
All of these restaurants suffer from overinflated
prices, inconsistent food quality,
and mediocre servtce (judged by a standard
of what one might expect given the
expense).
Number Three: Bravo Ristorante. Suffeting
through the attempts of the wait
stuff to sing arias and show tunes does not
make up for their inept service or the
mediocrity of the food. R.I.P. Montague" s,
the fine dining room when the Adam’s
Mark used to be the Westin.
Number Two: Atlantic Sea Grill. In
probably the most expensive restaurant in
Tulsa, the expectation that the food will
be cooked to a quality level consistent
with the prices is unrequited. Perhaps one
would be better off to walk a few doors
down to the cheaper and infinitely less
stuffy T.G.I. Friday’s.
NumberOne: Warren DuckClub. Aside
from being in the tone)- Doubletree Warren
Place, how this establishment manages
to be touted as one of the finer
establishments in Tulsa is totally bevond
this reviewer. On several oceasirns, ~ean-
Pierre has been served tough and overcooked
duck with dreadfully sweet fruit
sauce to mask the (lack of) "flavor of the
bird. But most disappointing is thee dessert
bar reminiscent of Harvest Buffet. Save
your money.
Well, dear readers, this is the list of
Tulsa’s besl and worst. Now, you can
decide where you want to take your special
friend on’Febrtmry 14. Any hidden
messages there’? Just be sure to call ahead
for reservations, Bon appetit!
by James Christjohn
Hello again! Time for another rousing
round of reviews! I have received complaints
from some members of the community
for using the "snap" system of
rating stuff. They claim to have patented
it. Go figure; some people are legends in
their own minds. At any rate, if anyone
out there in readerland feels they have a
more amusing rating system, please submit
it to Tulsa Family News Rating System
contest,POB 4140,TulsaOK, 74159.
I’m not sure what the prizewill be yet, but
I’ll come up with something. I am also
asking for the women in our readership to
Submit ideas of what they’d like to see
reviewed. I don’t want anyone left out.
On with the reviews, comments, and
whatever other stuff I feel might be amusing.
If you remember your first crush on
another member of the same sex, or have
forgotten, I can highly recommend "’Tom
& Huck". It is an excellent adaptation of
"Tom Sawyer", with excellent performances
by the entire cast. And the
homoerotic subtext clearly evident inTom
and Huck’s relationship ~s almost underlined
in one of several scenes where Tom
and Huck are struggling to communicate
their feelings towards one another and
you just want to yell "Go ahead! Say it!
Tell him’I love you!’"Actually,it’s pretty
much true to it’s time - I can see Huck
living in town, madTom marries Beckx’ as
a cover, and continues his relationship
with Tom. This is definitely a good
Valentine" s day flick, very romantic in its
way, and the action keeps you on the edge
of the seat. Fortunately, I restrained myself
from the yelling bit, for which mv
mece was grateful (I must credit her f~r
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this issue’s reviews, during the holiday
trip to see fmrtily, she dragged me to all
these movies I wouldn’t have ever seen
otherwise, and was pleasantly surprised
at how good they were. I dedicate this
month’s column to her. Otherwise, I’d
just be babbling on about anything I could
think of and making up reviews of fictional
films and stuff.)
Another winner is "Jumanji", and it
takes you on a doozy of a rollercoaster
ride. It’s a fun film, and Robin Williams is
always a delight, especially in this flick
about ama~cal board game set in a deadly
jungle that sucks you in until someone
else plays the game to it’s finish and sets
you free. The scenes of the jungle and its
animals taking over an entire town is
amazing. The plot was a bit uneven, but I
found it amusing enough overall to make
up for that.
Inmusical terms, Boy George’s"Cheapness
and Beaut)"" deserves more of a
listen than it’s been getting. I am not
partial to BG or Culture Club, but I was
curious enough to give this disc a spin,
and found it surprisingly effective. It covers
every style from country to heavy
metal (mad I HATE heavy metal, but I
rather liked it here. Skip the first track, but
listen to the rest. He holds no punches, mad
does not shy away from telling it like i~ is
- no bet love songs here! There is one song
on there about AIDS that nearly hadme in
tears. The lyrics are well-written if not
well-spelled and the music is fairly well
done. (For me, the first test of a songs is
the lyrics. Are they intelligent? Do they
have meaning? If they don’t, forget it.)
Another "new" discovery, October
Project, has a new CD, "Falling Farther
In", and it is beautiful. The lyrics are
amazingly intelligent, and the music fuses
a bit of rock, pop,jazz and Celtic soul. Try
it, you’ll like it. The lead singer has a
lovely deep alto voice that is like chocolate
to listen to. If you don’t like chocolate,
insert the dream food of your choice.
(Like I said, I don’t want to leave anyone
out.) This is a CD to add to your collection,
no matter what.
And, if we’re all lucky, I’ll be able to
review "’Phantom of the Opera" for the
next issue. I know a lot of folks out there
are dusting off their opera capes and lnasks
for this one!
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~2827
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Tulsa LET’S LEARN TOGETHER: GWM,
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hair, green eyes, professional,
smoke/alcohol free, seeks
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special encounters. Please leave a
message. Must bediscrete and drug
free. =14856
Tulsa LET’S LEARN TOGETHER: GWM,
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friendship and possibly more. Please
leave a message. ~14178
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curious preferred, for learning
experiences. Please leav~ a message.
=17153
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much more. Please lea~e~ a message.
~ 17465
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seeks others far fun and ~ore. I am
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blonde hair, blue eyes, sbeks other
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Please leave a messege.iNo need to be
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We’re not all Greek God’s or are we
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I’m alight drinker and a non smoker.":
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are interested, please call me. e47265
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for hot fun in the sun. Satisfaction
guarank:~l. Leave me a message and.
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disease/drug free ~11041
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prof’l, GBM isa Gay or bi male, masc,
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like Iv a message thanks! ~ 7580
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WM, isa other ~Gay or bi male, 30s-
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BM, kinda looking far someone to love,
tired of being by myself, love to sing,
read, like to go to the movies, have fun,
love all types of music, if this interests
you give me a call- ~ 7435
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7822
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Please leave a message
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Murderer of Gay Man Gets
Second Degree Sentence
PONTIAC, Michigan (AP)- A TV talks show guest.
avoided a mandatory life prison.term for murdering a
gay admirer by convincing jurors that ’.’ambush televii"’
SayNoto Hate’
!iYes to Jobs Protections The members of Tulsa’ s Say No .,~ I-Fate Coalition have approved
¯ a statement on workplace discrimination ,that explicitly endorses
¯ fairness for all, including Gay & Lesbian citizens. The statement
: reads: "... Say.No to Hate Coalition condemns workplace discrimi-
:" nationin allits forms. Fundamental fairness dictates that all individu,
i
als,irrespectiveofrace, color,nationalorigin, religion, gender, sexual
orientation, [emphasis added] age or disability, be afforded equal
: opportunity in allof ,An~_,e,dca’s workpl,a~es.
: Itisnotaboutso-called specialrights forcertaingroups.Itisabout
evaluating each individual on his/her merit rather than making, group
¯ judgements based on ignorance and fear.
-" " Disedminationin the workplace diminishes us all. It should never
: happen, but it does. Laws are necessary to protectall ofus from such
¯ hateful and hurtful behavior, and to provide recourse in the event
i discrimination does infact occur."
¯ The Coalition is made up of the following organizations: the
: American Red Cross, Tulsa Area chapter, the Coalition of Hispanic
Organizations (COHO), theHumanRights Dept. ofthe City ofTulsa,
Intercultural Service Center, Islamic Society, Jewish Federation,
Metropolitan Urban League, NAACP, The National Conference,
Tulsa Region, Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, Tulsa Oklahornans for
HumanRights (TOHR),Tulsa Police Dept. andTulsa PublieSchoolS,
The Coalition was established in 1988 and works to protect theright,
safety and fundamental freedoms see Hate, page 10
sion" was partly to blame. . -. - ~: HIVRCThreatens Lawsuit Jonathan Schmitz of second-degree murderin the 1995 ~ Attorney Kenneth Crnmp, representing the HIV Resource Consorshotgun
slaying of Scott Amedure, whoh,a~ revealed a ¯
crush on Schmitz during a taping of _the Jenny Jones -"
Show?’ Defense lawyers argued that Schrnitz, who had -"
ahistory of emotional problems, was ambush,e,~, on the :
show and pushed over the edge., JurOrs agreed. Weall -.
felt he hada def’mite mental problem ... and the show ¯ i
exacerbated that," juror Dale Carlington Said..r .
Schmitz admitted shooting Am&ttire three days after :
the two attended a taping of the show in Chicago on ¯
March 6, 1995. Defense attorneys say Schmitz,ahet,, ."
erosexual; was humiliated to. learn ids secret admirer
was a man.The humiliation, combine~[ wfthSchmitz’.
history of menta! illness, alcoholism .and a thyroid
condition rend~r~tilln incapable offorming the intent
to kill, they contended.
Dr. Michael Abramsky testified that Schmitz probably
did not intend to hurt anyonebuthimselfon the day
he shotAmedure. Abramsky, whohad examinedSchmitz
about a month after the shooting, said Schmitz’s mind
was "bombarded" by thoughts that included killing
himself and feelings of anger seeMurder, page11 :
Election News Analysis
Political analysis & commentary by Tom Neal, editor :
Based on Associated Press reports and TFN coverage. :
Therecent elections appear to maintain thestatus quo :
for Lesbian and Gay citizens. In Tulsa, State Sen. Penny :
Williams (D) won over openly anti-Gay candidate .
Brian Lehman (R) despite overfly anti-Gay campaign :
ploys. Williams’ campaign also enjoyed supportfrom a ¯
number of Lesbian and Gay activists because of her ¯
history offairness. Hercampaign did, however, tell The .
Tulsa Worm that she had never supported same-gender
marriage despite avote against an anti-marriage bill last
legislative session.
Pat Woodrum, former director of Tulsa City/County
Library System and another candidate with ahistory of "
fairness to Gay citizens, lost her race for State Senate. ¯
Her opponent, James Williamson, also attempted to stir !
up anti-G,ay sentiment but some observers think :.
Woodrum s loss more likely a reflection of running as :
a Democrat in a traditionally Republican district. ¯
In the OK House, incumbent Republican Flint "
Breckemidge who represented a midtown district with "
a significant number of Lesbian and Gay voters was ."
defeated by Mary Easley, Democrat. This might bode ¯
well for Gay citizens since Breckenddge ran a Gaybaiting
campaign against former Rep. Bruce Niemi~ "
However, Breckemidge toldTFN ofdosefamily ties to ¯
members of the Gay commtmity. Easley, when ques- :
doned about her positions on- fairness for Lesbian and
Gay citizens, claimed she just hadn’t thought about °
these things: However, her campaign literature touted ¯
her as upholding/the "conservative, family-centered, :
see Politics, page 14 "
tium, has informedTFN that the HIVRC is ’q~esitant to communicate
directly" with TFN despite earlier demands byboard pres. Nancy
McDonald for a meeting. Crump forwarded a letter from McDonald,
asking that the letter be print,e~!,.,. adding, "ifthis is done, no further
[legal] action will be taken ~..’ TFN publisher Tom Neal noted that
TFN repeatedly agreed to McDonald’ s meedng demand (and agreed
to a date which McDonald later canceled) and that TFN was happy
to publish the letter (p.2). ¯
In a separate letter, Crump noted that aTFNreporter was questioning
the United Way (which helps fund the HIVRC) about possible
ramifications of client complaints and possible open records violations.
Crump demanded thatTFNcease suchactivity. Neal responded
that "it iS~an.unfortunate-attempt to intimidate TFN from making
legitimate press inquiries?’ Dr. Jerry Nida, Commissioner of-the
Oklahoma State Dept. of Health stated the HIVRC should comply
: with the open records statutes- withholding only strictly ,,c,o,nfidential
¯" information. Andpres.,MeDonaldacknowledged to TFN s attorney
.’- that theHIVRCWas obliged to provide the re~ords. To date, however,
~ no records_have been provided.
¯ ACLU-OK To Present Dr. Joycelyn
~ Elders & Honor Nancy & Joe McDonald
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma has chosen Nancy
and Dr. Joe McDonald as their Human Rights Project award winners
alongwith longtime OKC Gay civil rights activist Bill Rogers. This
awardwill bepresentedin theGoldCrownRoomofthe Clarion Hotel,
4345No. Lincoln, at 7pm. TheACLUwill also honorPare Fleisehaker
of OKC~s Oklahoma Gazette for her work writing in defense of First
Amendment rights, choice issues and Gay &Lesbian Citizens, as well
as Michael Salem andJoel Carter, the attorneys who lead the effort to
get the City of Edmond to drop seeACLU, page 10
¯ MCC-GT Passes Financial Review
: MCC-Gxeater Tulsa has provided TFN with a copy of a letter from
¯ South Central District treasurer of the Metropolitan Community
Church (MCC). Thomas Merrill has given MCC-Greater Tulsa a
positive review of its finanCial situation with only light admonishments
about betteL.r..~eco~d~ing. Financial discrepancies that had
-concerned membe~’~hd:~kediwithTFN (v2, #12, 11-12/95) have
been resolved and ~6church has beendeared of any serious charges.
Merrill noted thati:there was no evidence ofany misappropi’iation of
funds, and bailk deposits were in order as were disbursements. He
suggested that the appearance ofmissing funds resultedfromafailure
to balance the bookkeeping records with the financial reports. He
praised e.mrent treasurer, Norman Henley. for discovering that a loan
paymen~ of $1,500 and tithe payments of $2,500 simply had not been
reported in finanCial statements. This accounted for most of the
"missing" fnn,ds. Merrill particularly remarked on deposit records for
as little as $1 which had been dropped from an offering, saying this,
was "a testament to the honesty and integrity of your leadership...
Merrill added that the church has done an excellentjob of heeding
the recommendations of aworkshop that the district provided to the
church last March. MCC-GT continues its pastoral search to replace
the Rev. Alice Jones who ledthechurch successfully for many years.
C’ENTER
!EVENTS Dana Tiger Benef,t for
¯ HOPE, RBG Meeting,
¯ Colm mu .n.ity-wide
!Potluck, V deo. Night,
i BLGTA Formal Dance,
: Primetimers & Morel
Award winning artist,
Dana Tiger, will hold
an exhibit of her work
at the Pride Center on
Sunday, Dec. 8 from
1-7 pm. Tiger who.
hails from a family of
artists will donate a
percentage from sales
to benefit HOPE, HIV
Outreach, Prevention
& Education whose offices are in the Pride
Center. Tiger is a member of the Muscogee
Nation and is of Creek]Seminole and Cherokee
descent. Her best known work honors the
strength and determination Of Native Americanw,~
men. InTulsa, BrooksideJewelryshows
Dana S Work and helped to bring this noted
artist to the Center. Tiger was to have been
joined by her sister, Lisa Tiger, who is known
for her work as-an HIV educator. Lisa Tiger
will not be able to attend but will have a video
as well as a book of essays to which she’.s
contributed available.
RainbowBusiness Guild (RBG) will have a
pizza party at theCenter for its Nov. meeting.
It will be a week earlier than usual due to
Thanksgiving - on-Nov. I9th at 7pro. All are
welcome. Dinner dues will be $S/person.
Dec. 7th, TOHR/The Pride Center will host
with HOPE, RBG, TU’s BLTGA and other
see Center, page 10
¯ World AIDS Day March
: Red Ribbon Treefest +
¯" Walk + DayWithoutArt
¯ This year’s World AIDS Day Memorial
: March and Service will be on Sunday, Dec.
¯ 1st. The marchers, organized by Interfaith
¯ AIDS Ministries,will gatheratBartlettSquare
¯ in downtown Tulsa (Sth & Main) at 5pro. The
¯ March will begin at 5:30 andwill end atTrinity
¯ Episcopal, 501 So. Cincinnati for Evensong
¯ service at 6pro. Marchers are urged to bring
¯" bells to ring during the March and will be
¯ provided candles and matches..Organizations
¯¯ are invited to bring their banners. A reception
will follow after the service. For info: 438-
¯ 2437 or 800-284-2437.
¯ see World, page 11
¯ COMING SOON!
:Our House Auction ¯
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¯ NEWS P. 4
HEALTH P. 7
¯" HIV/AIDS & THE LAW P. 7
¯ CALENDAR P. 9
BOOK REVIEW P, 12
¯ RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 1:3
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Just a note of encouragementbn your articleon the HIVRC.
The concerns that have been brought up form the PLWA’s are
true and correct. Please use my name as a former landlord that
received funds from the HOPWA grant, as validation of these
clients’ concerns.
Many people know that I used my properties to house several
clients from the RC, so I do hold a lot of Credibility there. The
allegations ofmismanagement, poor perf0rmance and claims of
bias retaliation against clients are facts, These reasons played a
very large role in the decision David and I made to sell our
properties. TheRC burned a very important bridge in that arena.
We had 12 properties, 6 of which at the time Of the sdl were
housed by PLWA’s on the HOPWA program, and we would
probably most definitely still be in that arena had the RC been
more cooperative to us and more compassionate towards the
clients they represent....
You are to be commended for your article, and I support you
100%!!!! - Russell Langley-Stumpff, Tulsa
¯ October 28 1996
¯¯ In respouse to the article appearmg in theTulsa Family News,
Oct. 15, v. 3, no. 11, tiffed "PLWA’s Indict HIVRC, Care
: Organization May Bein Violation ofOK Statutes", the Board of
¯" Directors ofthe I-I!V Resource C0nsorfittm are deeplyconcerned
¯ and.distressed at the accusation.
: We are a Not for Profit Organization chartered by the-Olda-
: homaCorporationCommission. Weadhere to the articulation of
¯ the mission of our organization. We receive funding from the
¯ United :Way, the Federal Government which dispenses funds
: through the Oklahoma State Department of Health, the State
: Housing Authorityand private donations. Because we are. a
¯ recipient of federal monies through the competitive grant pro-
: cess, weare bound by the guidelines as articulated by each grant.
¯ Wemustreport to the granting sources on a regular basis. Weare
." subject to scheduled and non-scheduled on site inspection and
¯ audit ofour records to determine our adherence to all federal and ¯
state guidelines, see McDonald, page 8
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: Dignity/Integrity-LesbianlGayCatholics/Episcopal. 298-4648
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: I have been reading your paper since it
: first started. You have done a very good
: job presenting the news and expanding
¯ coverage. ITm glad to see your progress.
: After reading your last editorial per-
: taining to the HIV Resource Consortium
: (HIVRC), I wanted to letyonknow that
¯ you are doing a big service for PWA’s
: who have no where else to turn.
¯ Since Ihavehadalittle experience with
: both PWA’s and a Consortiumin’Kan.~as
:-City, MO, I feel’ this is important. For
: .theHIVRCtofunctionitneeds twothings:
:: clients andmoney. If they .don’t’have
¯ enough ofeither; they are out ofbusiness.
: Maybe the HIVRC needs to be dissolved
: and another organization set up that will
¯ not be "afraid" to let the public read the
: minutes. Also, maybe too much money is
being spent l~mning the HIVRC. If the
ConSortium has nothing to hide they
should be glad there is someone like you
who is interested enough to help the
PWA’s.
Keep up the good work. This organization
should be held accountable.
- Cheryl Lenhart, Tulsa
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Thanks for Printing the Truth
Thank you for printing the truth as you
heard it or observed it. I am speaking
about the HIVRC an the various complaints
leveled against them. I. am also
sorry to say that I will not reveal my name
and it is not because I am irresponsible in
what I say, but I recognize very clearly
who is in control of the AIDS Service an
thus, funding in Tulsa. I am concerned¯
about repercussions.
I would encourage you not to stop your
investigation. I think that the clients that
have the more need are often the ones at
the Resource Center that no one wants to
handle. As you know, clients are not always
physically attractive with good hygiene
and wonderful personalities, some
are drug abusers, some are dirty, some do
not have any social skills, and some live
on the street and some have serious mental
health problems. However, they are
still deserving ofhelp. Ifthe mental health
centers stopped seeing the mentally ill
because hey did notmake sense then what
would be the purpose of heir existence?
Therefore, the Resource Center needs to
be sensitive toe people who are really
downandoutandnot always easy to help.
The must stop intimidating their clients.
I was extremely bothered by the secretive
nature Of their finances. Anyone
knows who works in non-profit agencies
’that all Of those records should be readily
available to people.-There should be no
-reason to hide that information - unless,
they are hiding it because their_ costs are
extremely high and the hours of service,
units of ~ervice, or numbers Of clients are
solow that most people would question
Why.they have-arOund halfa million dollar
budget- and still are saying they d0n’t
:. have .enough money. They ha*e much
: more than most otherAIDS service orga-
: nizations and they control, pretty much,
¯ all oftheUnitedWayfunds,TCAPfunds,
¯ and state funds. Perhaps Saint McDonald
: lias something to do with that since she
¯ " als0 serves on the board of the Commu-
: nity Service Council, which is an arm of
the United Way. see HIVRC, page 13
5
by Tom Neal, publisher/editor :
A handful of people arerather upset :right now. Last -
month this newspaper published an-article relating the
complaints of some people living with AIDS (PLWA? s) "
against the I-IIV Resource Consortium (I-IIVRC) and ¯
added complaints of this newspaper about the agency’ s ¯
lack of cooperation, The article highlighted the concerns ¯
of some HIVRC clients,, the response the HIVRC’d]rec- H I V i: R: C . :
torand also noted that the Board of " " ::
agency appeared to bein viola-. ~o. ¯
don of a~ Oklahoma state law. l.)~reetors " . .: :
The latter is the requirement President:
that an agency supportedsub- Nane
stantially with public monies
abide by open meetingsand .~.teL)onam,~
open records statutes. Accord- Viee-presl"dents:
ing to TFN, attor.ney and. also t~_~"re-~ ~~aunaIer"s " mylayman sreadingofthelaw, o. r~ ¯ .
theagencyshouldprovidemin- 0~, L,,an -
utes of its meetings when re- Phnhet, MD
quested. To date, the HIVRC
has been asked for meeting
minutes repeatedly since the
latter part of July and has yet to
provide them now more than
three months later.
Wehave reproduced several
letters from the president ofthe
organization, her close friends
and associates, and the
HIVRC’ s attorney. Readers can
seefor themselves several strategies
for both excusing the
agency~ s failure to comply with
the law and for attempting to
shift "blame from the agency,
its staff and its boardof directors,
to this newspaper.
Most of it is just pure silliness
and irresponsibility. The
law appears to compel the
HIVRC to provide its minutes
SecretarT:
.Tommy Chesbro
Rib Helmerleb
Caroline Abbott
Geo r e Bdlke
Michael Esliek
Jeffry Johnson
Erie Ramlrez
Gene Reid
Steve Reynolds
Charles Se~.er
Suzy Stard~eld
MaybelleWallaee
Jack Welsh
Ned Zink
when requested. The law does not specify that the entity
requesting the minutes must speak to any specific person
in the agency’ s hierarchy: Internal communications are
usually the responsibility of the agency.
The following is what this newspaper did in requesting
minutes: Sharon Thoele is the primary legal representative
of the agency in conducting it~ day to day business.
Thoele signs checks, and TFN understands, hires and
fires staff, etc. For the purposes of state open records
requests, Thoele is clearly an appropriate legal representative
for the organization.
Thoele received several requests from TFN for copies
of the minutes. These requests weremade first directly to
Sharon’s administrative assistance, Susie Stanford, beginning
in late July/early August. The first request was
ignored for several weeks. The second request was answered
with a message (given by Stanford) that Thoele
said that TFN could not have the minutes, and that we.
should talk with Charles Seeger who was described as
their attorney. During that conversation, TFN requested
a list of the board of directors from Stanford which was
taxed to TFN. This is so far the only document delivered
as requested.
¯ Editors note: this letter was.sent to the H1VRC With
copies specifically designated to Sharon Thoele & TFN.
This is the first ofmany letters thatwehope will let you
know how we the clients are feeling; In hopes that things
get better at the Consortium for all involved...
There are anumberofus that see but donot say, and yet
there are those of us who do and get SH1T. We don’tneed
the stress ofhaviffg to run all over town to try and find the
help you are responsible for giving...You put yourself in
the position of wanting to help, so stop the fighting and
start the helping... I was broughtup that "ifyou do it right
thefirsttimeyoudon’ thaye to doit over... Oncein a while
we can understand but each and every month...If you
don’t want to help the[n] don’t hinder us!!!
, Youallneedto gettheacttogether see PWA, page !2
TFN talked witti attomey(andi~ehi~iSlSens, board mem- : McDonald-of an important request. It also seems less
bet) Charle~ Seege,r and requested copies Of the mi.’nutes. ¯ likely that attorney a~d board member Seeger would fail
Seeger saidhe di.dn.t think that there was anything to hide " to do so. And another board member said hedid raise the
in the minutes but thatsince they were a private non- " issue at a board meeting that took place prior to the
profit~ he di-d not feel that they wer9 compelled toprovid~ ¯ publication of our last issue.
them and thereforg, the ,HIVRC would not ,make the ¯ Regardless; the point is that now the agency has the
minutes available.- - : opportunitytoprovethatitdoesindeedhaveonlythebest
TFN informed Seeg~.that we_understood fr,om our : interests .of its .clients at. hea~.,It .el.aims ~at it.has had
attorney that the ag¢ne-y ~as subject fo Oklah0mii s o~en~ " g0odandltS and~eviews. That being thecase~theHWRC
recordsstatutesandevengavehim’the~s~.~tute~citati~ns,: .:. shouldha~;e.’nd pr0bidm:~ng’t~0g~’andits flnancial
Seeger failed to return at least two sub~equen! callsTr0m :" statements a.vailablefor public_ review along with all
TFN andfailed to respond to aletterfromTFN sattomey. ; other records that donotinvolve Strict client or employee
-: " Board president Nancy McDonald claims that.she Was ¯ confidentiality issues.
¯ completely unaware of these ~eq~u..e,sts. She also is at- ¯ Itcanprovethatitisreallythemodelvogramitdaims
temptingt0 excuse the agency Lg failure to comply with " to be by actively responding to the complaints of those
¯. the law by contending that 0nly a request made to her " clients bra~e enough to confront the agency..It Can begin
~ directly is valid, This is pa~t of.the attempt Of the agency ¯ to address its internal communications Issues which
to shift blame for its failures to this newspaper. ¯ .include allegations of breaches of client confidentiality.
¯ However, Seegernever saidtoTFNthatarequestmfst " ~ For example, I am aware ofone suCh]ncidentbecause
" be made tOboard president McDonald. TFN also called I br6tight it to Thoele’ sattention’ directly. I could have
¯ board member Tommy Chesbro and asked if he could written abom it but I chose to let them try to fix the
: help get the’ minutes: Chesbro was sympathetic, but "- problem instead. Hopefully, it is fixed, but the employee
¯
referred questions back to executive dir.ector Tlioele. " who was accused still works for the agency. Others
Our contention is that a request made to the executive " involvedin HIV care in Tulsa say that there are ongoing
; director, the primary day-to-day legal representative for problems of this sort. ¯
the HIVRC is more than adequate notice to.the agency. Other issues include allegations by other HIV service
¯ This newspaper went above and beyond duty to speak : providers that instead of working as a model of organizaalso
with board members Seeger and board secretary " donal cooperation, the HIVRC has become the bully in
¯ Chesbro. the service provider arena- better at sucking up HIV care
~ Again, it is not the responsibility of this newspaper to dollars and better at adding staff than at actually provid-
: fix the internal communications failures of the HIVRC- " ing care. Other agencies tell tales that imply that person-
" ifindeedthatistheproblem.Itwouldseemthatexecutive alities and political connections play more of a role in
¯ director, Sharon Thode, who’ s paid slightly more than how agencies interact and how dollars are awarded than
" $30,000 annually, should be capable of getting amessage " do the real needs of the clients.
¯ toherboardandpresidentaboutafaidyimportantmatter. And isn’t that who we all should really care about?
. Interestingly, several former HIVRC board members " Why is it that so little of the discussion seems to be
¯ told TFN since the HIVRC story was published that ¯ concerned with the clients? That’s where Tulsa Family
¯
during their tenure, the HIVRC had the following proce- " News beganmore than eightmonths ago- by listening to
¯ dures’. earlier boards had been told by.an attorney that " those to who claim the HIVRC mistreated them. Most of
¯ they werenot subject to the Oklahoma Open meedngs and " them say they tried to work with the agency and were not
: records acts, but nevertheless those boards had set a : only rebuffed, but some were treated’in ways that added
¯
policy of operating as though they were. For example, the " to their stress and may have worsened their health.
¯ organization posts its meeting times publicly in advance
¯ in accordance with the law. The question then becomes
¯ this: if the HIVRC’s standard, operating p01icy was to
¯ honor the law (even if they contend they weren’t subject
¯ to it), why did they not honor the open records act when
¯ .TFN asked for minutes?
¯" What we have argued is that if the agency has nothing
¯ to hide, then sharing the minutes shOuld never have been
~ a problem. For comparison, TFN talked with several
¯ executive directors Of other non-profits, some HIV re-
: lated and others not. Each of these Said that if .they were
¯ asked for minutes, they would provide.them promptly.
¯ One person in another city, who formerly ran an agency ¯
that is dosdy comparable to the HIVRC in mission and
: structure, said he would simply have photocopied the
¯ minutes and turned them over.
¯ Some observers of this situation have suggested that ¯
they find it tmlikely that McDonald was unaware of the
request but likely directed Tiioele and Seeger to "stonewall"
the request. This newspaper has no proof of such
contentious. However, given the seemingly dose working
relationship betweenMeDonald and ~noele, whom
McDonaldrecently helped to honorwith aSWANaward~
it seems rather surprising thatThoele wouldfail to inform
How can I convey my. disappointment in your article
questioning the HIV Resource Center [sic]? Professional
journalism covers both sides ofcontroversialissues. Why
were HIVRC client & staff responses not reported?Why
did not younot share with your readers any results ofyour
3.5 hour interview with director Sharon Thoele?
[editor’s note: the PLWA’s who spoke with us are
HIVRC clients, and last we checked, Sharon Thoele was
still on the HIVRC staff. TFN reported that part of
Thoele’s comments that were relevant to the original
complaints by PLWA’s.]
Was your article questioning one program, three programs
or the agency overall? The issues and considerations
behind all AIDS and non-AIDS social services are
ind.,e~l complex.. , .
One sources related what I hope isjust a rumor with no
merit. After TFN’ s interview with Thoele, she’ s alleged
to have expressed anger that I did not reveal who my
sources were. Let’ s hope that herintentwas good and that
that information would have been used to fix the problems.
However, the fear by some clients of retaliation
surely doesn’ t stem iust from paranoia.
The point of all this is not to besmirch the reputations
of the staff or the board of the HIVRC. I hope all involved
have only the best intentions and have done the best they
can with limited resources. And there is no doubt that
there are not adequate funds for the need..However, point
of public oversight is that the best possible management
and ~tre should be prox;ided within the res.trictions of
those limited resources. The questions are: is management
up to the task; is it possible that the agency has
.grown beyond the skills of those leading it; is itmaximizmg
the benefit to its clients; is the board willing to follow
both the spirit and~the letter of the law?
The answer to all these may well be yes. But those of
us whose tax dollars or United Way contributions substantially
fund this agency have the right to. expect the
HIVRC’ s full cooperation and disclostire.
It hash’ t happened Yetbut hopefully it will soon.
Concerning your lead story tiffed"PLWA’s Indict HIV
RC... once again I find an outright assault in print against
an organization that has served as a model nationwide in
the administration of HIV/AIDS care and resources.
While it is easy to understand that every agency cannot
please each client 100% of the time.I am concerned that
each client is treated with dignity and respect. In my
professional dealings with theHIV Resource Consortium
I have found a group of compassionate and caring individuals,
staff and volunteers dedicated to delivering service
efficiently and effectivdy for very little or no pay.
[editor’s note: director Thoele ispaidover $30k which
is more than many ordinary people make.]
While you stated in your artidethat you conducted a 3
see Phillips, page 8 " 1/2 hour interview see Gillean,page 11
St. Rights Group Forms-
BURLEY, Idaho (AP) - If gay rights come under fire
in the 1997 Idaho Legislature, Schuyler Enochs will
be there to stop it. Enochs, of!Caldwell, was jolted
into working for gay and lesbian rights after watching
his gay son Karl die of AIDS in 1994. Now he is cochairman
of Idaho for Basic Rights, which is forming
to block possible anti-gay rights legislatiofi from the
Heyburn-based Idaho Citizens Alliance.
The Idaho Citizens Alliance plans to file two bills
by the end of. November~ executive director Kelly
Johatmsen said. One would prohibit public schOols
from promoting the
ers couldnot counsd gay students, offer Some kinds
of diversity training or take classes on dealing with.
sexual Orientation. The other measure would prohibff
the use of tax dollars to promote the homosexuallifestyle.-
That means .students at¯ publicly funded
colleges ~ould not prod.uce plays favorable to gays
and lesbians, and libraries could not p~urehase mat.e.--
rials about gays and lesbians
"In our school we don’ t promote dr~gsJwe don~;.t
promote alcohoLase-..~?~It~s detrime~a.t~l~ .~o-th~ir
health;"qohannsen said?!Statistieally~ iT:theyengage ~
in the homosexual lifestyl~ they~ 11 die lOto. 15 years
younger than they would if they.were a smoker."
Enochs scoffed at the ideathat schools canpromote.
sexuality. "You can’. t teach it: You’re born thatway~’!.
he said.:"What’ s wrong with counseling people.that
are homosexual?. Their suicide rote is very high. They
need help. They need counseling. They need to understand
it isn’t.unnatural. It’~s natural, for them.’r
Enochs saidignorance is his group’ s biggest obstacle. -
"People just don’t understand that a certain percentage
ofyour population is gay or lesbian and they have
: turned custody of two young boys to their homo-
. sexual father on Tuesday, ruling there was no evi-
¯" deuce he exposed them to "improper influences" by
." living with a male lover. The NC Cohrt of Appeals
’ overturned a lower court _,..~.’~gthat had transferred
: the boys from Frederick S’~th to his former wife.
¯ Smith woncustody of the boys, ages 8 and 11, after
: heandhis wife divorced in Califomia in 1991. Under
¯ the lower court decision, however, they.have been
" living with their mother, Carol Ptiiliam, in Kansas._
: Pulliam’s attorney, Phillip Jackson~ said .the ruling
: wouldbe appealed to the state Supr.eme Court. Hedid
: noLknow if.the.children would, be retiimed from
¯ ~sas i~nme~liatelyl Smi~ alidhis sbns lived with
: his grandmother in H~nderson Cty. from i991-94.
¯ But in 1994, the grandmother moved Out and his
¯ Iover, Ti~Tipton, moved, i,n. Pulliam said the change
: in Smith s living, arrangements justified giving her
: exclusi,~e ,custody bflthe children,~
: A’ Henderson Cty, ~ .c6,Ui-t agT-eed,, finding ihat’,the.
:_ chil~en,were ~Xposed to ~’~t and imprbper ififlu-
¯ ences~’ that could’.xlamAge: them dmotionally and-
:. social!y~ ,.~a,t finding-was.’b~.d~0n nothi!zg more.
¯ ~ titan 0~ifii’0ii,.A~s~c~ Jfi~gd. Edward Greend
:" wrote for a~’-ji~dke~p~i’i~i
: this c~s~e, thee is no evidehee that-the’c.onduct huh or
: likdy WlUha~;e a ddeteri0us effec(0fi ~echild~n,"
¯ i Greene ~vrote2 Smith~.who coachedhis sons’ tee-ball
"~ andbaseball teams,,said h,~ hadhopedhis ease Would
i not get mUch attehtion.- Mo~t.p~op.!e’drn’ ~ r~lize
I’mgay,"hd sai~l.. "Emworried.. ~61 die,,reperdussiohs
for ~e kids.at school and me a.t work.. -
i CO school DebatesGay
¯ NewspapersStories
no choice, no choice at all," he~ said. Johannsen said :
her group already has lawmakers ready to support the : COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Nearly three:
1997 legislation. . : dozen gay rightsadvocates spoke out at a school
boardmeeting Wednesday night in support of a high
L,. i " i.date : school newspaper story about teen-age homosexual- euls,a.lv....-.n.. : ity: The:~article~ tided "Finding True Love," was
Calls for-Killing Gays: writtenby Mary Margaret NusSbaum, editor-in-’chief
of Palmer High Sel~ool’ S monthly newspaper The
PUYALLUP, Wash, (AP) =,A legislative candidate Le~;er. The O~t. 24 article describes the problems
who outraged many PuyallupHigh School students.
with his inflammatory remarks about gays and integration
may end up being a good lesson in the basics
of democracy and free speech.
Mark.Downey, a, PgpuliSt. Party candidate for.the
25th District ofstate House, Position 1:-, was invitedto
speak at the school-sponsored, forum but startled
students with his intolerant message. He used quotes
from the Bible to say homosexuals Shouldbe killed,
and he called multi-cul.tural integration a cancer.
"He Said something to the effect that Communists,
homosexualsand nonwhites should not be allowed to
hold public office," said Matthew Oren,,18. "It was a
shoeking thing." Downey contends he ~as contributing
to. the marketplace of ideas, Ben.Allison, 17; sM,d
that- as a blackp+rson he was offended by Downey s
remarks, but he wash’, t sure that Downey should ha~e
been banned fromthe forum, "I think he hadaright to
come because if he hadn’.t come, no one wouldknow
his views;" Allison said./’I was close to hitting him,
though."
Downey’.s fellow¯ candidates~ Democrat Luanne
Green and Republican JoyceMcDon~d, also were
surprised.by hi~ comments. Gre~n’sai;d ~he"thofight"
MeDonald might,grab,the microphone~away, from
Downey."’I said; ’Let it go. The-kids needto under~
stand that these people are out there,’ " Green said.
Vice Principal Barbara Pope agreed. "I really believe
that he should have been~there," Pope said. "To me,
the issue is what are we exposingour kids to. I think
we expose and then we talk before and afterwards
with them."
Oren, who was a student panelist for the debate,
described a sttmned silence in the auditorium for the
first 10 seconds ofDowney’ s closing statement. That
silence quickly turned to screaming and booing that
nearly drowned out the-candidate’s remarks. Students
and teachers talked about the free speech issues
in classes following the forum.
Gay Dad Can Keep Kids
RAT.F.TGH, N.C. (AP) - A state appeals court re-
: teens face in coming to terms with their homosexual-
¯ ity. An accompanying commentary by another stu-
: dent supported same=sex marriages.
¯ The articles brought a protest from ¯Will Perkins, chairman of ColrradO’frr Family Values, the ~roup
¯ thatatith0redCol0rhflo’s~anti-gayfightsAmeiidmcnt
~ 2/Which was struck d0wnin May bythe’U.S. ,Supreme
Court. Perkins did not attend the meeting. The
¯ controversy over.the a~ti~les led.District 11 school
board t6 add a discussion of its student publication
policy tO its tegular meeting Wednesday.
: About 35 people ~p0ke about the articles, with all
~ but one praising thenewspaper. Gerda Fletcher, .the
¯ mother of a gay son; snide"Freedom of speech must
never, ever "be suppressed." Sixteen-year-old Brad
: Balof saidhehopes the articles ~vill make otlierS.more
¯ accepting .of gay-teens. "I’might n6t’have as hard
~ time growmg up as I thoughtI wotlld," he said.
¯ Superintendent Kenneth Buruley i said the- district ¯
needs a deare~r,.publicafions policy that does not
: violate:the state S smdelit-.free-.pressd’aW~ one_of the
¯ most liberal in. the nadon. He said the district is "~ cons’ulfing an att_0me~y. :tb:mak~ ~,~ure’ any at,tqmptg to
;. defixie,:,~ ~611ey d~n’i g0.t06, ~:st~iel,aW S_a.YS ~it
. a student-Wtitteii firtidemugt-nb~t beobs~ie:~ libelous,
likely to caus~ a dis.t.drbatice]ffthe s6hool dayoi
: lack educationalmerit.
¯ Newspaperadviser Vince Puzick saidNussbaum’ ,S,
: article met those Criteria."’I encouraged her to do it,’
: he said ofNussbaum. ’T d do the same article again?’
Nussbaum also defended the article before the board.
¯ She SaidThe Lever tries to avoid filling a stereotypi:
: cal niche" by publishing stories on controversial
¯ topics such as gtmcontrol. School officials didnot set
: a date for deciding the student publications policy
: issue.
i CA Bar Urges Benefits ¯ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The State Baris urging ¯
Califomialaw firms to offer health benefits to same-
: sex couples and take other steps against discrimina-
¯ tionbasedonsexualorientation. ’Thisisthefirststate
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bar association that’s taken a step like this," Los
Angeles attorney Wayne Braveman, chairman of the
bar’ s Committee on Sexual Orientation Discrimination,
said Wednesday.
A state law that took 9~f,~..in 1993 prohibited
employmentdiscriminatioi] agaiJ~sthomosexuals. The
bar adopted a rule in March 1994 that subjected
lawyers and firms to potential disciplinary action for
discriminating on the base of mce,-sex, sexual orientation
or several other categories in hiring employees
or selecting clients.
On another front, the state Judicial Council has
begun a study of treatment of gays and lesbians in the
court system, as lawyers, diehts, witnesses, employees
and jurors. Previous studies have focused on
women and racial minorities.
But the bar’ s Board of Governors decided in August
that further step,s were needed after getting a
reportfromBmveman s committee on the climate for
homosexuals in the legal l community. The report
relied heavily on a 1994 study by the LosAngeles
County Bar Association that found’inStanceS of dis--
erimination in hiring, workplace ea~ironment, as:
siguments, evaluation, pay and prom6ti0n. ¯
The Los Angeles study said 58percent ofgay male
lawyers and 68 percent oflesbians "surveyed reported
that they had experienced or seen dis~-rimination
against homosexual attorneys: Despite the 1993 ban
on’ emplo~mentdis~imination, one unnamed legal
employer was quoted in the LoS Angeles survey as
saying, "We are not interested in lawyers with this
type of disability." About 15 percent of all lawyers
questioned in therandom survey said their employers
discriminated in hiring, 15 percent said their clients
did notwantto workwith gay lawyers, and 66 percent
reported anti-gay comments or jokes .at work, the
report said.
In 1991, before passage of the state law and attorney
disciplinary rule, a State .Bar study of 14.300
randomly chosen Californialawyers found economic
disparities between homosexuals and heterosexuals.
For example, gays and lesbians with 10 years of law
practice were only two-thirds as likely to be partners
in their In’ms, or to make over $100,000 a year, as
heterosexuals.
The resolution passed this August by the bar’s
governing board calls on law firms to adopt, implement
and publicize anti-discrimination policies in
recruitment, hiring, assignments, pay and promotious.
Firms should also maintain a supportive atmosphere
rather than onein which gays felt compelled to
remain in the closet, the board said.
In addition, the board called on law firms to adopt
"benefit packages with the same sets of benefits for
all employees." Those would include insurance for
same-sex partners on the same basis as married
couples, in addition to parenting leave, sick leave
caretaking and bereavement leave and relocation
benefits. Firms were encouraged to invite same-sex
partners to social events when spouses were als0
invited. Earlier this year, the bar included domesticpartner
benefits in its health package available to
California attorneys.
Gay Unionsto be Blessed
PHILADELPHIA (AP) = A month after Pennsylv.ania
passed a law banning same sex mhrriages ,’ ~
state’ s Episcopal Diocese has voted to create ablessing
for gay and lesbian relationships.
At the diocesan convention Saturday, clergy delegates
voted 101-43 and lay delegates voted 75-53 to
develop "a rite or rites for the blessing of committed
relationships between persons of the same sex." The
PennsylvaniaDioceseplans tourge thenational churcl~
to do the same. The combined 176-96 vote "was a
surprise to me," said Bishop Allen Bartlett, who had
expected a closer margin.
The 65,000-member diocese, which has 163 parishes
and missions in Philadelphia and four surrounding
Counties, will submit the approved resolution to
the national governing convention in Philadelphia
next year. If the General~ Convention approves, the
church’s Standing Liturgical Commission will be
asked to devise an appropriaterite.
Such a blessing would have no legal standing
unless a state legislature chose to recognize it. That
¯ appears unlikely in Pennsylvania. In October, Gov.
¯¯ TomRidge signedlegislationbanning gaymarriages.
The Rev. Ruth L. Kirk, who co-submitted the
: resolution, said Christian moral codes cannot be
¯ devdoped purdy on the moral codes of the first
century. "As I said at the convention: Can God do a
: new thing? And can God use the church to do a new
¯ thing? For centtLdes we have condemned gays and
¯ lesbians. It is time to support committed, loving
: relationships."
¯ DenverWorkers.Benefits
i DENVER (AP) - City officials say only 48 city
: workers signed up their gay partners for health ben-
. efits by this week’s deadline, far fewer than oppo-
¯ nents ofthenew programpredicted. The City Council
: voted overwhelmingly in September to offer the
¯ benefits to partners of gay employees. Open enroll-
: ment for the program ended at 5 p.m. Thursday.. ’Tm
: a little surprised,"said Fred :rjmmerman, director of
: the city’s Career Service Authority. "I.thought it
¯ wonld be higher." " -, ¯ ¯
¯
Opponents of the benefits’extension had predicted
i themove wouldlead toa huge increase in health care
¯ costs’. With48 signing up, the city"s insurance premiums
for eligible workers, which total about $12
¯
million ayear, willincrease by $80,000. Timmerman
: said the actual number of .enrollees shows those
¯ predictions were overestimated. "We never had any
¯ fear about it,"he said. Timmerman said he expected ¯
at.least I percent of the 8,500 eligible employees to
: signupfor theprogram..The48 whodidrepresentless
¯ than 0.6 percent.
i Presbyterian Church
: Leader Urges Cease-Fire
: GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -The top elected official
¯ of the Presbyterian.Church (USA) says church lead-
! ers shonld declare a cease-fire in disputes overhomo-
: sexuality that he says threaten to divide the denomi-
¯ nation. "We do not agree at all about what the Bible
¯ means onthisissue," saidJolmBuchananofChicago,
¯ elected moderator of the 3 million-member denomi-
: nation this year. "The question becomes for me: ’Can
¯
we find some way to live with that diversity or must
¯ we resolve the issue in a way.., that divides us?’ "he
¯ said. Buchanan spoke Tuesday to members of the ¯
¯ Foothills Presbytery, which represents 21,000 merebers
in 65 Upstate churches.
¯" In the coming months, presbyteries nationwide
¯ will vote on whether to amend the church’ s constitu¯
tion to require thatministers be faithful in amarriage between a man and a woman or live in chastity if
single: The church already has a policy statement that
bars practicing gays from ordination, but its Book of
: Order does not include such a restriction. Buchanan
: said Presbyterians tradifonally interpret passages in
¯ context with the whole Bible and through debate
within the church. "Everybody knows that ff you are
: - willing to simply pick-things out of the text you can
." pretty much f’md justification for whatever position
¯ you want to take on any given issue," he said.
:
¯ RI .Police Welcome Gays
: PROVIDENCEi R.L (AP).- The Rhode Island State
: Police have been trumpeting a recruitment drive that
¯ seeks to diversify the 193-member force, which in-
: eludes 14 women, 12 blacks and one Hispanic. For
¯
thefirsttime, arecruitmentad appearedin this month’ s
¯ edition of Options, a newsletter for gays andlesbians
¯ published in Providence. It’ s bdieved to be a novel
¯ step for a state police force.
~ ’‘This is a first that I know of," said Boston Police
¯ Sgt. Norman Hill, president of the New England
¯ chapter of the. Gay Officers Action League. ’‘They ¯
deserve a pat on the back. They should definitely be
: acknowledged for their progressiveness." "Really?"
¯ replied San Francisco Police Officer Phil Fleck when
¯ told of the ad. "That’ s proactive for Rhode Island," ¯
¯ said Fleck, liaison to the department for the Golden
State Peace Officers Association, an organization of
¯ gay and lesbian officers. ’’That’s very positive for
them to do this thing."
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We’ll do what it takes
to find the best solution for you.
Kelly Kirby
Oklahoma Representative
4021 South Harvard, Suite 210
Tulsa, OK 74135
800-305-6384
918-747-3320
Free & Anonymous
Finger Stick Method
By &for, but not exclusive to the
Lesbian, Gay~ &Bisexual Communities.
Monday & Thursday evenings, 7-9 pm
Daytime testing, Mon-Thurs by appointment.
H P E" HIV Outreach, Prevention & Education
formerly TOHR HIV Prevention Programs
742-2927
4158 South Harvard, Suite E-2
. 2 doors east of theHIV Resource Consortium
Look for our banner on testing nights.
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New Blood Safety
Product Developed
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Scientists at
the Ol~lfil~tma MedicalResearch Foundation
have developed a patented new use
for a drug that should eliminate the threat
of AIDS in blood transfusions and might
be effective in treating HIV-infected patients.
The foundation received a U.S.
patent Tuesday for a process to introduce
Methylene Blue into bags used to collect
and store blood donations, Dr. William G.
Thurman, president of the private, nonprofit
foundation, said Wednesday.
"It is our hope that the drug will be as
useful in clinical disease as it is in preventing
the disease by putting it in the
bags used to collect blood," Thurman
said. The Daily Oklahoman reported
Thursday in a copyright story that the
insti~te deyeloped the use that canrender
die AIDS virus i]iaet~ve in human blood,
making it safe for use in transfusions.
Biochemist Dr. Robert A. Fioyd saidhe
also believes low doses of Methylene
Bluemightbe effectiVein destroyingHIV
or reducing the amount of virus in people
withAIDS orwhoareHIV~positive. Floyd
said OMRFhopes to conduct clinical tri=
als with Methylene Blue in the near future.
The medication-Methylene Blue also
has been used to treat bipolar:disorder, or
manic depression, and as an antidote to
carbon monoxide poisoning. Floyd said
various dosages of Methylene Blue have
been studied extensively in humans with
no side eff~ts or toxicity levels have been
found. Thurman said putting Methylene
Btueinbloodtrausfusions andbloodproducts
should not significantly add to their
cost.
NY Doctors Can’t
Discriminate
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Doctors-in private
practice ca~ be charged under state
humanrights laws withdiscfiminationfor
allegedly denying medical coverage to
people they suspect ofhavingAIDS, New
Estate Planning:
Revocable Trusts
Everyone, regardless of their HIV stares,
should take the time to plan their
estates to ensure that their wishes are
fulfilledregarding thedispositionofproperty,
financial management, and health
care decisions. Because of the possible
physical and mental incapacity, persons
with HIV are encouraged to take steps as
soon as possible to maintain as much
control as possible over their futures. One
of the options is a Revocable Trust.
ARevocableTrustis an estate planning
document created by a person (usually
called the "settlor") to transfer property
into a trust. The trustmay make the settlor
the sole beneficiary of the trust during
until the settlor dies. Atrustee is named to
manage the property while the setflor is
alive and who distributes the property
when the settlor dies. The setflor may
amend the trust at any time.
When the settlor dies, the property is
distributed according to the terms of the
trust, and any property in the trust will
avoid probate when the settlor dies. Be
aware, however, arevocable trust will not
save aay taxes since th~.trus~t l~’,qL~e..~..~ will
York’s highest court ruled today. The
¯ Court of Appeals decided 4-3 that denlists’
offices are"places ofpublic accom-
-" modation" and it reinstated discriminalionjudgments
against two dentists made
¯’ by the state Division of Human Rights.
: The three dissenting judges said their
-" four colleagues weremakingnew law and
¯ that the decision would saddle the Divi-
¯ sion of Human Rights with claims the
: Legislature did not intend it to have.
: The court ruling came in two similar
¯ cases stemmiug from what patients said
¯¯ was denial of treatment by Dr. Dennis
Cahill ofBay Shore and Dr. LloydLasser
" of Newburgh. In ruling in the patients’
favor, the Human Rights Division had
: said private dentist offices are "places of
: publicaccommodation" within themean-
" ing ofthelaw whichprohibits dlscrimina-
: lion on the basis of gender, race, religion,
medical condition or o.ther factors.
ThalidOmide for
AIDS Care
¯ WASHINGTON (AP) - Thalidomide,
¯ whichbecametheworld’smost infamous
¯" drug after causing thousands of horrific
¯ birth defects more than30 years ago,may
¯ soon be sold in the United States - per-
~ haps as early as next year.
¯ While the drug shows promise in fight-
¯" ing someAIDS-related disorders, leprosy
¯ and other devastating diseases, the Food
: and Drug Administralion already is taking
steps to protect women who could
bear children with no limbs or tiny flip-
" per-like arms and legs after taking just
¯ one pill in early pregnancy.
: .Thalidomide, once sold in 48 countries
¯ as a sleeping pill and morning sickness
¯
cure, was banned worldwidein 1962 after
¯ some 12,000 babies were born with miss-
¯. ing or malformed limbs, serious facial
deformities and defective o~gaus.
¯ It was never sold in the United States,
¯ because FDA scientist Frances Kelsey ¯
uncovered signs of toxicity that its manu-
: facturerhaddenied. Butlast week, Kelsey,
: now in her 80s and still at the FDA, heard
¯ see.Health, page 10
: beincludedinthe setflor’ s estatefor estate
¯ tax purposes.
¯ Arevocable trust is anespecially useful ¯
¯ document for a person who is presently
capable ofmanaging his.or her affairs but
¯ who anticipates becoming incapacitated
: in the future. A revocable trust can aid in
¯ planningforincapacitybyhelping toavoid
." the expense, embarrassment and diffi-
¯ culty in seeking a court appointment of a ¯
guardian or conservator in the event of
." incapacity. If all of the setflor’s assets are
¯ placed in the revocable trust, then upon
¯" the setflor’s incapacity, the trustee can
¯ take over management of the trust assets
¯ for the settlor’ s benefit.
¯ There are both advantages and disad-
: vantages to the revocable trust. A revocable
trust is more expensive and difficult
¯ to ere,ate and administer than a Last Will
: and Testament. However, its advantages
". include flexibility, avoidance of probate,
¯ continuity of management of assets. Be-
. cause it is unnecessary to publicly file the
: trust document in court, the trust arrange-
" mentremaius private. The property distri-
: bution may be more protected from chal-
¯ lenge than if by Will.
recoguizableboardmembers? Itis hardto
find good board members for any organization
and assaults like this make this task
even harder.
Devalued the work of employees, volunteers
and supporters of the Resource
Center. The HIV Resource Center is a
national model because of broad based
community support. Your incomplete articlemay
havejeopardized volunteer support,
f’mancial support and the level of
client services. (I hope this will not be
true.)
Is an example of behaviors you have
’written and spoken about working ag~nst
-- infighting in the commuility and using.
the press to present one ’side of.an zssue_-,
and to capriciously defame Others.
Showed divisiveness within the gay
community at a most inopportune time --
the opening of the pride center [sic], the
elections, the fall funding cycle during a
time of social service cutbacks; and the
appointment of Tulsan Nancy McDonald
as national president of PFLAG.
I have spent time, money and energy
building community within the gay community
and building bridges within our
larger community. I am joined in this by
manypeoplelocally andnationwide. Your
behavior ofprinting this incomplete, vituperative
article undermined the work we
do.
You owe an apology to your readers
and to the straight and gay community in
which you live. I suggest that TFN has a
responsibility to cover issues objectively,
thoroughly and to work with an editorial
board [editor’s note: emphasis added]
before going to press. Withyour visibility
comjes [sic] a high levd of accountability.
TFN has the ability to become a community-
building tool. Without an apology
and a logic~dly written contusion to
this article how will anyone in good conscience
trustTFN as this city’s gay paper
of record? - Rick Phillips
Editor’s response: First, a thank you to
Mr. Phillipsfor editing his letter to amore
conciseform. Secondly, Mr.Phillipsseems
to confuse ourwriting aboutallegedproblems
with the HIVResource Consortium
for being responsible for creating them.
He should know that the HIVRC’S staff,
and ultimately, its board members are
responsiblefor any actions thatmay dam-.
issue, our story on Nancy_. McDonald’s
selection asPFLAGnational boardpresident:
Howevbr, we dsahave;an obligait
~hen :we
local
restaurant owner, but he doesn’t seem to
like it when we run a story he deems
"embarrassing’" to his other friends.
Finally, we are amused at Mr. Phillips
suggestion that this newspaper work with
an editorial board. Thisdesirefor a board
of censors appears to originate several
yearsago withMcDonaldandTim Gillean
when Gillean was TOHR president. It
appears that they don ’t welcome an inde=
pendentpress which cannotbecompletely
controlled by those whofeel that theirs is
the "right vision and methods" for the
well-being ofTulsa’sLGBTcommunities.
As we’ve written before, consensus, and
the resulting unity, is built through open
and honest dialogue , not imposed.
Kelly Kirby rightly pointed out to the
would be censors that they had no plac~
telling TFNwhatto write. Ifthis newspaper
needs to have a board ~elling us what
not to write, then certainly there are those
in this city who see the need to closely
supervise Mr. Phillips, Mr. Gillean and
Mrs. McDonald as well.
We have had favorable inspections and
audits as to the compliance with each
grant reviewed. We also have a yearly
audit that is contracted to and conducted
with an outside audit firm: this firm is
accountable to the Board of Directors.
Our meeting notices are posted and
advertisedin theAIDS Coalitionnewsletterwhichis
distributedby theCommtmity
Service Council; this newsletter reaches
the communities most affected by the
services of the HIV Resource Consortium.
Notices are also posted at.the Resource
Center [sic]. The meetings of the
Board of Directors have been open and
will continue to be open to any persons
wanting to attend. The only occasions we
have closed theBoardmeetings havebeen
to act on personnel matters; this would
include annual evaluation of the Exec.
Director’s performance, and any grievance
by staff or by clients which require
Board investigation and action. [emphasis
added]
In reviewing, the meeting attendance
records which~nclude the M~mbers of the
Board as well as visitors, Ida not find
your name listed:as having ever attended
age the agency. ¯ ameeting of the Board of Directors.
Thirdly, since some board members : Aslunderstandit, yourequestedcopies
mayfeel that they were unfairly singled i of the minutes of the Board of Directors
out, "weare hap~y to clarify ofu!.~lO~ :: and weretoid!torequest them _fr,om the,~
gize. Those who were listdd doho~ hav~ ’ .:~ .Presiden~ of the Board. [editor.s note:l.
hny greater responsibility for any prob- : exec. director Thoele and administrative
lems that may exist at tl~e ’HIVR~. Ulti- . assistant Stanford directed TFN to speak
mately, responsibility falls on al..1 these ". withboardmember andattorney, Charles
people equally. We have published the ¯ Seger, which we did.] At no time have I
complete board list on page 3, so that " received arequest from you.for copies of
readers can know who’s responsible. . : the minutes either verbally or in written
Regarding community building, etc. no ¯ correspondence. [editor’s note: this is not
doubt, Mr. Phillips has done many good : true. Beside multiple requests via Thoele,
works as he proclaims, but he ishardly ". Seger, etc., on Sunday, Oct. 20 (well bedone
in these efforts This newsfiaper, ~ : fore this letter of 10/28) at a Tulsansfor
and many others, have done equal cam- . Equality event tn ~.ont of-two others,
munity building work - much’of it not ... McDonald directecl an acrimonious tipubliclyproclaimed.
.~. i radetowardthiseditorinwhichshemade
Mr.Phillips recently has been reported . it qu{t_e clear that she was well aware of
to savthatifherananbwstgal~er, hdwould ¯ TFN s request .for minutes. TFN made it
orin~ "oni~ositive" arti’cl~s: ~would ". clear that we still expected the HIVRC to
~ke for ~mat propaganda, but hardly ". make available the minutes. Also. this reperforms
the role ofnews reporang, We : quest has been ,m_ade to the H.IVI~.C’s
inour community~for example; in:or~rlast., ¯ not been r~ceivedd.see MeDonala~p, li
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SUNDAYS
Bless the Lord At All
Times Christian Center
Sunday School, 9:45 am
Worship Service, 11 am
2627b East 1 lth 583-7815
Community ofHope
(United Methodist)
Worship Service, 6 pm
1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Family of Faith
Metro. Comm. Church
Adult Sunday School, 9:15
Worship Service, 11 am
5451-ES. Mingo, 622-1441
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Worship Service, 10:45am
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Info: 838-1715
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¯ MONDAYS ¯
¯ HIV Testing Clinic -
¯ Fre~ & anonymous testing "
¯ using fingerstick method. "
¯ No appointment required. -
¯ Walk in testing: 7-8:30 pm :
Results hours: 7-9 pm .
Info: 742-2927
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
2nd Mon. of month
6:30 pm, 4154 S. Harvard
Info: 7494901
OTHER GROUPS
The Technicians, Leather
org., Info c/o 621-5597
¯ T.U.L.S,4. Tulsa Uniform
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Info: 838-1222
Gay & Lesbian Sttutent
Association
TCC Southeast Campus,
Info: 631-7632
SWAN-Single Women’s
Activity Network
Call 832-2121
TUESDAYS " WEDNESDAYS
HIV+ Support Group ¯ Bless The Lord At All
HIV Resource Consortium " Times Christian Center
1:30 pm " Prayer & Bible Study
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 : 7:30 pm 2627-B East llth
Info: Wanda @ 7494194
Shanti-2~ulsa, Inc.
. HIV/AIDS Support Group
& also,
Friends & Family
¯¯ HIV/AIDS Support Group
7 pro, call for location:
¯ 749-7898
Alternative Skating
8:30 - 11 pm, 241-2282
$4, Sand Springs Skate
Grief Group
: Butler/Stumpff Funeral
: Home
¯ 2103 E. 3rd St.
" Call for time: 587-7~
Call 583-7815 for info,
Family Of Faith MCC
Praise & Prayer 6:30 pm
Choir Practice 7:30 pm
5451-E South Mingo.
Call 622-1441 for info.
TNAAPP
Tulsa Native American
AIDS Prevention Project
Support group
for Gay & Bi Native
American Men, 6 pm
at Community of Hope
1703 E. 2nd
582-7225 or
584 4983
: THURSDAYS
Co-Dependency
Support Group
: 7:30, Family of Faith MCC
: 5451-ES. Mingo, 622-1441
: HOPE
: HIV Outreach,
¯ Prevention, Education
: Anonymous HIV Testing
¯ Walkin testing: 7 ~ 8:30 pm
: Results hours: 7 - 9 pm
¯ Info: 742-2927
¯ Tulsa Family Chorale
¯ Weekly practi~e, 9~30 pm ¯
Lola’s 2630E. 15~
: PFLAG Family AIDS
¯ Support Group
1st & 3rd Thursdays
¯ 4154 S. Harvard, 749-4901
Alternatives
Weekly social events for
LGBT men & women, 7 pm
Info: 646-5503
Substance Abuse
Support Group
for persons with HIV/AIDS
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. G
3-4:30 pm
Info: 7494194
¯ FRIDAYS
Safe Haven
¯ Young Adults Social Group
¯ 8pm, 1st Fri. of each mo.
¯ Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
: SATURDAYS
." Mixed Yolleyball for
: Fun & Competition
¯ Helmerich Park, 2 pm ¯
71st & Riverside
: Info: 587-6557
St. Jerome’s Church
: Mass, 6 pm, Garden Chapel
¯ 3841 S. Peoria
: Info: Father Rick, 742-6227
: Narcotics Anonymous
¯ Meets weeny at 11 pm
¯ Confidential support for
recovering addicts.
." Community of Hope
: 1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
¯ NAMES Project
: AIDS Memorial Quilt
¯ Sewing Bees, 3rd Sat. of
¯ each month: 748-3111
¯ low:income people who have the virus
that causes AiDS that it,will sdect 75 of
¯ them to receive drngs to fight the disease.
doctors explainthalidomide’ suniqueabil2 i The health department will pick the 75 in
.FUNERALS JUST
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jmrmme-related diseases like lupus, lep- " $10,000 for the costly medications. RIGHT FOR MY FAMILY=.
rosy and certain AIDS ailments. Thalido- ¯ Those eligible for-the lottery do not
midealso stops bloodvessel growth-o.ne : receive Medicaid assistance, do not have THE CREMATION
reason for the birth defects ~ making ~t a 1 privateimuranceoreamlessthan$14319 SOCIETY WAS CREATED
possible future treatment for cancer and ¯ ayear. Sdectious willbemade from each FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME.
the incurable macular-deg~eneration ..that’ : part of Missouri reader a formula.that
blinds the elderly. " takesinto account themorbidity ratefrom
Early next year, Andrulis Inc. of : AIDS in each area of the state. ~ ~
Beltsville, Maryland, will seek approval ¯ The drngswhenUsed separately arenot
for thalidomide to treat the excruciating " effective because the virus quickly builds
ulcers that afflict AIDS patients. Then, : up a resistance. Mixing the drugs may We enjoy being ourselves. A funeral seems .ostentatious
Cdgene also will seek I~rmission to sdl " change AIDS from a fatal illness to a and Can cost a lot of money. A simple, dignified . "
thalidomideto the 150,000 AIDS patients ¯ chronic illness like diabetes, some doesuffering
from wasting, orsevere Weight " tors say. But the medicine is expensive -
cremation just seems to fit our lifestyle. .. (;rematm"n" tety® B~rthdefects aren t the 0iil~’nsk..Tha- " js there are individuals ~ that. do not now. ~
lidomide a~so ,can severely’damage pa- ¯ ha4e,aecessto.thesemedications andthese ~.
tients’ nerve cells, causing a p~ul, in~ i medications need to be accessible,, sat Of Oklahoma .
curable condition called p~ripheral . John Hubbs, chief Of- the health
neuropathy.
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¯ department’sHIV/AIDScare.ButHubbs .... 2103 East Third, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104-1842
Still, AIDS patients are clamoring.f~r : said the state cannot afford tobuy the 918-599-7337 or toll-free, 800-994-7337
thalidomide. Take the AIDS-related ul- : medicine for everybody who needs it~ or visit us on the Internet at
eers, so painful that some patients starve : DarrenWethers,aphysicianinSt, Louis,
rather than swallow over the raw tissue. ¯ said the plan is unfair. Wethers, who rehttp://
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Studies indicate thalidomide healed the " cently spoke at an AIDS co_nf~en~,’.m For Free Literature, Without Cost or Obligation,
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whichlast year provided thalidomide un- ¯ competition for medi,,cines that they all
derground until the FDA allowed more : rightfully qualify for. "As much as we
Please contact me. I would like to learn more about
patients to use it in research programs: : wouldlike to provide access t,o, al~l~of~_.em,
your special final expense program.
¯ ,..,: we just realistically can t do that, Name: - Age:
Rural AIDS Care : .ubbssaid. ¯ Address:
GREENVILLE, N:C. (AP) ~- Doctorssay i
people affected withHIV in easternNorth ¯
City; St. &Zip:.
Carolina0ften haVe little choice bm to" ’~ Telephone:
live from medical emergency to emer- " community organizations, a comm.unit.~-
gency. That’s because thereare few doe- wide holiday potluck. Chose your hol~-
tors and dentists in rural areas who are day,beitChrisilnas,Hanukkah,KwaanTa _~......~ .......
willing to care for patients, who often " or Yule, but bring a side dish to this
__ mwursetcderiviveeclaoren.g- distances tio urban arleas "" pboeltlpurcokvibduefdfe.ttP" lSea°sftedRrioSnVksPatnodDmeebabtie at Butler-Storm
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n°uncedM°ndaythattheywillw0rkt°::m°sdysemi~f°rmalbutfeelfreet°g°all gethertostre~mlinecareforHIV-infected out if you want to) from 9-2am. $2/per- Funera Home
Medicaid patients who live in rural east- : son. All wdcome. Alcohol &smoke-free.
ern North Carolina- The three schools " Prime Timers will start meeting at the
received a five-year, $2 million federal ¯ CenterbeginninginDecember.Thismeetgrant
to track patients in53 eastern coun- : ing will be Sunday, Dec. 8th from 4-6pro Cemetery - Funeral Home - Crematory
ties. The goal is provide one organization " (in Jan. the group will go back to firstSun.
that will follow all Medicaid-eligible, " of the mo.)~ Also Tulsa’s young adult
¯ HIV-infected adult patients to make sure ¯ see Center, page 12 At Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home, you and your family
their needs are met. The researchers will " will be treated withdignity, compassion, andpride- Whether
begin enrolling about 600 Medicaid pa- ;
tients next fall. Eventually, researchers " it is your given or chosen family who needs our services,
expect to enroll about 1500 people in 53 .
eastern counties. " s.ectarian symbols from its city seal. you can be who and what you are, and you will not be
"ButyouthrowHIVontopofit, andthe " Some Tulsa board members of the
remoteness of ... where people live in : ACLU include Barbara Santee, and Bill
discriminated against.
rural eastern North Carolina, it does not ¯ Hinkle, , - We offer our exclusive $2820, complete funeral plan, no
lend for seeldng treatment or main~tai.n!n.g i Dr. Joycelyn Elders~ former Surgeon
treatment because of the obstacles that . General of the United States under Presiadded
costs. If you have a policy some-where else, you can
yo,’ll encounter," the patient says inona ¯ dent Clinton, will give the evening’s ad- transfer your policy to us, andmay be due a cash refund if
videotape. The Centers for Disease C - dress. The event is $50/person. For more
trol and Prevention has identifi.ed the ~ info. leave a message at 405-524-8511. you paid more for what you have now.
southeastern United States as an tmpor- .
tant epicenter for the spread,of~0i0nf.0% ¯ Our journey through life should be done with pride;
tion, with about 126 peopte in xuu,
infected,includingthosewithactiveAIDS- :
shouldn’t our journey through death be.done with pride as
In 1995, the national rate of HIV infec- : well? For more information, please call 918-587-7000 for
tion, including active AIDS, was 27.2 in. of all our citi.zeus. Kelly Kirby serves as
100,000. In other areas of the country, TOHRrepresentadvetotheCoalifonand
HIV is concentrated in urban areas. But :¯ sweorvrkessbayscocou-scehuasiurs. wSiitnhceeacthherepCroeasleintitoan- _ all of your pre-need arrangements.
many of these new I-IIV-infected people . tive taking proposals back to his or her (insurance policies are available with no health questions as~.d)
areliving in Southern rural communities, ¯
where there are no coordinated care pro- ;
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grams, the researchers said.
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AIDS Drugs Lottery : represents ongoing "behind-the-scenes" 918-587-7000
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received only the benefit of one paragraph
containing five sentences. Once
agam we (your readers) were subjected to
the TFN editor’s personal vendetta
As you continued your attack, you said
that you had requested and been refuse~
theminutes from theboardmeetings. Any
person who works with nonprofit agencies
is aware that to receive minutes fron
an organization their request must be forwarded
to the president. I personally contacted
the president of the HIVRC board
only to learn that.the editor ofTFN nev~
requested the minutes._Why continue to
attack someone on unfounded reasons’
~ ¯
, [ ditor s note: as aperson with experience
with non-profit boards, as a chairperson,
a member and-an employee, this
notion that a request is only valid ifmade .
to McDonaldhas no basis in law or common
practice. Gillean ought to be condemning
Thoele, Stanford, orSeegerfor
failing to forward the request, ifindeed
they didfail to do so.]
As a grand finale to your tabloid piece
you suggested that perhaps board members
could be freed and evenjailed. Men-
. tioning only five of the total board members
sound like.some sort of personal
attack on your chosen five. What about
the other members of the board? What
kind ofjournalismis this? I cannot understand
what benefit it is to our community
to attack the very people who are giving
their precious time an [sic] energy as
volunteers to create a better community
for all ofus. Why should anongay person ".
be willing to give their time and money to
our community when they are attacked i
personally and threatened by your publi- ¯
cation? Why indeed should a gayperson ¯
volunteer and be subjected to this kind of "
attack? ¯
[Editor’s note: board members shouM i
understand When they acCeptpublicposi- ¯
tions that they will have to be accountable ".
for the agency which they supervise, i
Gillean might also read the OKstatutes.] .
I would like to say to the people who
were attacked by this article that I appre- i
eiate all you do. Please don’t stop now. To "
the individuals who feel they have been :
mistreated by the organization, there are ¯
much better ways than through the tab- "
loids. ¯
[Editor’s note: several oJ those who ¯
spoke to TFN did so only after repeated "
efforts to work with the HIVRC.] ".
The editor at TFN must issue an apol- :
ogy to the five board members attacked
and to the readers for not completing i
proper research before publishing your :
article. -Timothy E. Gillean ¯
Editor’s note: just after receiving this ".
letter byfax on Oct. 28th, IcalledGillean
to givehim theopportunity to clarify in his i
own words, his close ties to HIVRCboard
president McDonald. I left a message
with his assistant, Brian, asking Gillean
to call TFN. To date, he has not done so.
Readem may want to consider thefol- :
lowing~ Several years ago, Gillean proposed
a board ofcensor-sfor TFN. Later i
when TFN ran an editorial he and ¯
McDonald did not like, "Gillean used his ¯
position as TOHR president to retaliate ".
against TFN, to the detriment of TOHR. "
After his bid for a 2nd term as TOHR ".
presidentfaildd, hejoined thePFLAG & :
Community Service Council boards, or- ¯
ganizations with which McDonald is "
closely associated and allegedly at :
McDonald’s behest.
The minutes are available for review to
¯ anyone, attending-theBoard Meeting;and
: to anyone requesting copies through .the
: appropriate channels. If copies are re-
. quested-the individual must pay for the i co.p.ies as we attempt to be good stewards
ot the monies available tous.
: We .are deeply distressed by the article
: .aP.peanng in the Tulsa Family News and
mvzte you to attend our next Board meeti
ing, scheduled for Thurs. Nov. 21 atnoon
¯ at the HIV Resource Center [sic]. If you
: wishtorequestinformationfromtheBoard
: of Directors regarding minutes or other
: appropriate public information, I forward
_- to receiving your request. Thank you
¯ We are asking you as Editor of Tulsa
: Family News to print this letter in its
: -entirety next edition of your newspaper.
.,~ Nancy McDonald, President
toward Amedure.
However, ifJonathan Schmitz was able
to-form the intent to commit suicide, he
also would have been able to form the
intent to commit murder, a psychologist
testified Tuesday. Dr. Carol Holden was
called as a rebuttal witness by the prosecution.
Oakland County assistant prosecutor
Roman Kalytiak pointed out that
Schmltz never referred to suieide during
hiss911, call or during police questioning.
x ne jury fotmd that Schmitz, 26, acted
without premeditation and did notcommitfirst-
degreemurder. Hecouldgetanywhere
from eight years to life in prison
with the possibility of parole when he is
sentenced Dec. 4. First-degree murder
carries no hope of parole.
The segmentofthe "JennyJones Show"
was never aired but was played for the
jury. In it, Am~_ur_e,,outlined fantasies of
Sehraitz involving whipped cream and
~champagne~" Schmitz reacted withanembarrassed
smile butno apparent anger. He
turned away when Amedure put an arm
around him and tried to kiss him. "I’m
definitelyaheterosexual, Iguess youcould
say," Schmitz said.
The 1996 RedRibbonHoliday: Treefest
and Gallery Walk will showcase holiday
trees and other holiday items. These will
be sold at auction to raise funds for Interfaith
AIDS Ministries which provides
spiritual~ emotional, andpractical support
for those whose lives are touched by HIV
andAIDS.This year’s format will include
an "official opening," in the Brady Arts
Gallery District, Thursday, Nov. 21 from
6-9 pro. More viewing hours will be on
Nov. 22-23, and pick-up of trees will take
place on Nov. 24th.
PhilbrookMuseumwill shroudits Rodin
sculpture ofAdam on Dec. 1 in honor of
Ds..ema3ya" Wpriothfeosustz.Aonrat.ls"aCnoduanrttlseuspspaorrtitsetrss,hmavuedied..,
from AIDS. Wecan.only guess at
how many works of art will be denied to
us by this disease that respects neither
people nor creativity," noted Richard
Townsend, Hardman Curator of European
and American Art.
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Reviewed by Barry Hensley :
The id~ that the gay rights movement
is foreverjoined to "leftist" politics gets a :
thorough trashing in Brace Ba,w,er’s n.e.w ¯
compilation, "Beyond Queer.’ At this
point in history, some centrist, and fight
of center, authors are proposing a new ¯
approach to winning the battle for gay ¯
rights. Their perception is that, histori- "
cally, the movement has tried to claim
"victim" status, and that this will not be a
successful strategyfor winningfull equality
for gay and lesbian Americans.
Editor Bawer is well known, having
written eight books, including the provocative"
A Place at th~ Table." Here: he
has compiled forty essays by a variety of
authors, including former New Republic
editor Andrew Sullivan, San Francisco
Chronicle correspondent Carolyn
Lochhcad and heterosexual Chicago Tribune
columnist Stephen Chapman. Describing
the authors,Bawer states "though
many of us have been tagged in the gay
press as ’gay conservatives,’ few of us
wouldbe consideredconservativeby anyone-
who objectively examined our politics;
we variously call ourselves liberals,
moderates, libertarians and
communitarians- or we eschew such labels
Stogether as increasingly irrelevant
iff a post-ideological era."
Bawer’ s intent is to present an alternative
to what he sees as a radical, in-yourface
activism. Bawer initially cites "an
episode of ’The Charlie Rose Show’ devoted
to the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the Stonewall riots, (when) the radical
lesbian activist Donna Minkowitz told
me: ’We don’t want a place at the tablewe
want to turn the table over.’ That line
pretty well sums up the attitude of many
leftist gay activists toward both ’the system’
and gays who seek to work within
it."
In essay after essay, the authors explain
their positions with rifles like "Why Outsupport
group will be at the Center earlier
that afternoon.
Last but not least is video night at the
Center. The inaugural video will be
Wigstockto be shown on Sat. Dec. 14th at
9pro in the Renfro Room. Popcorn and
pop will be available. It’s free (though
donations are acceptedforthe Center) and
three of Tulsa’ s most fabulous drag divas
may appear: Christina, Dolly Love and
grand diva, Sensuous. January’s video
night should be the 2rid Sat. also. Call to
RSVP with Debbie at 712-1600:
On Nov. 2rid, the Pride Center held a
grand opening with about 70 people attending.
TOHR/Pride Center president
Deb Statues held a brief presentation of
certificates to recognize thosewhohelped
with the Center. More than 50 individuals
were honored, in particular, Kelly Kirby
and Tim Gillean, former TOHR presidents,
and now-closed Agape Christian
Fellowship for its donation of chairs and
tables. Statues also announced the decision
to name the rooms in the Center.
The lounge/library was named the
Pfimetimers Loungeinrecognilionoftheir
generous support of the Pride Center. The
largest single gift came from this group.
ing Doesn’t Work," "Sleeping with the
Enemy" and ’!Here Comes the Groom: A
(Conservative) Case for Gay Marriage."
In,"A Gay Right Agenda," author John
Berresford’ s conservative response to his
liberals friends’ stance is %..I amas much
in favor or basic civil rights for gays as
they are. Where we differ is in the need
for group-based remedies and in perceiving
ourselves as victims whose main recourse
shouldbe coercion by the government."
Berresford’s answer is to "come
out whenever it is reasonably safe. The
best way to explode the myths about us is
for.each of us to become known as .just
anotherhumanbeing with~esameneeds,
goals and drives as other human beings -
: except is a single respect that poses no
: threat to anyone else." He also believes
¯ that ’-’we should lobby for the right to
: marry. Domestic-partnershipslegislation
¯ makes us an officially sanctioned class of
¯ oddities and freaks."
: Thethreatof_be,,,ing seen simply as "oddi-
¯ des and freaks is the thought behind
: Bawer’ s rifle. Insteadofbeing"acclaimed
¯ by a minority of gay ,,p~.~ple as ,a,,suppos,~
edlyaffirmativelabel, theworo queer,
". to Bawer, is "not so much to be homo-
: sexual as it is to be a socially marginal
¯ rebel, defined primarily by his or her
: sexuality, who is perpetually andintdnsi-
: cally at odds with the political and cul-
: rural establishment."
¯ Can these ideas bring the gay right hnd
: left together toward acommon goal? Can
: Bawer’s "we’re just like you" approach
¯ alone actually win the hearts of straight
: Americans? What about the wide variety
: ofpeoplein the gay/lesbian/transgendered
: community whomaynotmeetthe squeaky
¯ clean image Bawer promotes, but who
: still s_eek equality under the law? COuld
: the answer, perhaps, lie somewhere be-
: tween Bruce Bawer and Queer Nation?
¯ Check with your local branch library
: for "Beyond Queer," or call the Readers
:- Services, Central Library at 596-7966.
The small conference room was named
the Stariott Conference Roomin honor of
Midge Elliott and Deb Statues. The me-
: dium size room was named the Renfro
¯ Room in honor of the late RF Renfro, a
: leader of FUSO, the Friends in Unity
: Social Organizationand anHIV educator
¯ who worked with TOHR/HOPE.
: The largest room was to be named in
¯ honor of two individuals who provided
:- signifi.cant "sweat equity’, in tearing out
: tffo plaster&lath walls .to make the room
¯ and in honor of one of those two who’s
¯ donatedmuch of the furniture that s in the
: Center. Thelatter manpreferred not to be
¯¯ recognized but asked that the room be
named in honor of Pat Padgett, a PFLAG
¯
activist. Therefore, that room is now the
¯ Neal-Padgett Hall in recognition of gifts
¯ that made the Pride Center possible.
¯ or let someone else run the show...You
: can care with out being cold, get things
: done right and.get on with it please!!!
¯ It seems to us that everyone is just out
: for themselves, but after seeing and hear-
" ing firsthandweknow why...It is the only
," way we have of getting your attention...
¯ Thank you for Your Time
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by Jean-Pierre, TFNFo~d Critic : will order a full combo for each two
We all have that "special" friend visit- ¯ people at our table, and then an extra
ing from out-of-town -- you know, the : pound of shrimp. The combo itself can
prissy queen who is the finicky Miss ¯ also be ordered in any ratio of crab to
Manners sort-whoneeds anintroduction ¯ shrimp to crawfish. Sometimes wewill
to thereal lifein Tulsa. And, we’vefound " also order sides of coleslaw or cornbread
just the perfect place, to’
Boilln~ .P.o~
sticks. A word of warntake
that friend. Caju~ ing. The combo is avail=
Ther6 is a special res- 19-01 So. Me~orlal able either mild or hot.
tanrantinTulsawhereone Hour.: The mild is quite warm.
can suck head and pinch The hot is fiery. And the
tail with abandon, where 11 - 10 Sun. -Thurs. crab boil permeates evone
can eat with one’s tll 11, Frl. and Sat. erything, even the potafingers,
and where one
Cuisine: ’toes and comon the cob.
can bejust as downhome So, keepplenty of iced
and comfortableas pos= Cajun se~ood tea on hand, or maybea
sible(~l wh~l,e f~iing .... .Dress:,"Very casual : - pitche~:ofbeer($4.75)~to
isasmaliplacefitihecor- _ . l-’aym~e..nt: ;. This is not an elegant
her ofi2th and Memorial. Major credit cards, white table cloth restauin
a rather run-down and no e]aeel~s rant, and the staff makes
~derilict Strip mall. This is
~,SmoklI
no pretense in that dire,ca
very laid back, genuine ~.: tion. Sometimes one has
white trash-cookin’ kind x’~on-smokin~
of place; full of atmo- seetlon, l~ut smoky
a warm and friendly
waiter or waitress, and
sphere mid bayou boys Alcohol: II.9-Z i~eer Sometimes one has the
and giftsfrom all walks of feeling that itis that waitlife.
Decoratedwithtaste- & wine cooler" only
tess’ time of the month:
ful tape-patched, red vi: Ratln~: A llst But, the staff is usually
nyl seating in each of the quite congenial and enformica:
topped booths, and with black " tertaining.
vei~et art alid posters adorning the classic ¯ The one main area needing improve-
1960’s panelling on the walls, the noise " ment here is the housekeeping. While the
and aroma of the kitchen greet patrons as ¯ grungey feel ofthe diningroommaybe an
they enter, and there is no doial~t in’one’s ¯ attempt to recreate the authentic dirt of a
minduponenteringtheestablishmentthat " backwater Cajun swamp dive, theycould
this is a seafood restaurant. ~ at least clean the restrooms and make sure
Menus are presented printed on paper ¯ that supplies are stocked and fixtures
placemats. Lots of fun things appear on . working. On ourlast visit, themechanical
the menu, like ’q’asty Fried Shark Bites" " towel was broken and filthy, and the toilet
for$1.50,CajunDogfor$3.95,jambalaya : was running constantly. The finger bowls
" for.S2.75, red beans and rice for $2.75, ¯ aren’tquiteenoughforthefastidiousdiner
blaCken~dchi~k’strlp,’a for $6.50, ablack- " to cle~tip~ so the trip tothe tinyrestrooms
ened fib-ey~ :s~ak ~0r $9.95, arid even "
alligator for $8.95 But, nobody ever gets ¯ For those so inclined, the Boiling Pot
those things. : features their house band on Saturday
People come to the Boiling Pot for the " nights, whichplays aloudmix of country,
Combo. The combo ($1~95) is a big pot ¯ bluegrass, andcountry rock, and packsin
of shrimp, crawfish, crab, sausage, new ¯ the crowds.
potatoes, quartered onions, and half ears : ~ The Cajun Boiling Potis where a group
of corn on the cob which is boiled in a " of:frie~ids caugo for a casual good time.
spicy crab boil and served~ Well, sort of
served. It’ sdumped onthe table.CMtop of ing roffd~. No, this isn t aft elegant place~’
a big sheet of butcher paper. As soon as: btit it’s n~t supposed to be. And, while it’
the ~ood co0!s~enough :to handle, one " doesn’tappearas cleanas we’dprefer, in
di~es in to shell the shl~mp, pinch the tails ¯ the dozens Of times we’ve eaten there,.
offthecrawfish, su~kthejuices Out of the : we’ve never gotten food poisoning cerheads,
d_nd squirt i~etchffp containers of " tain~noted Tulsa four diamond hotel rescocktail
sauce all 0~er ~e place: When " taurants): The important thing is that if
one’s hands get suffibienfly messy; a!arge one likes boiled shrimp, the foodis great.
’r611 of ii~pdr.’~tbw~l~:.6~ th~ thblesefV~ ~S : And; Wli~it’ ~ore can on~ ask from a
nhp.ki~ ~O;~ffe ~n&ifibn .thai ~e’y: don’i: dt~vilh:bm~~urant than t6 liitve great
use silverware. Until one has had the : food atinexpe~nsive i~rices?.
Boiling Pot experience, it is difficult to ¯ Go suck somehead and pinch some tail.
imagine how fun and how good the peel ."
and eat can be.
Theproprietors bringregular shipments
of seafoodup from the GulfofMexico, so i
the shrimp and crawfish are fresh and ."
firm. The crab, though, seems to have " McDonald get by with falsifying her rebeen
shipped on ice or frozen, since the ." sume when she worked for the Tulsa
shells lack the crispness of never-frozen ¯ Public Schools because she did so many
crab. The crawfish, of. course, is 0nly ; nice things and worked so hard. I guess it
available in season, which is December _" meansitisallri.’ghttobedishonestaslong
through June, but those little underwater as your cause is good. Is it really?
carrioneatershaveneverbeenhighonour ." People get hurt when they get in her
list of gourmet delicacies. We prefer the : way. That seems very unfair. Can the
shrimp, which is some of the best and : media [mainstream media] help you with
most economical shrimpin Tulsa, at only., these efforts? Thank you for being there
$8.95 a pound. ¯ for these clients!
On a typical Boiling Pot excursion, we : - name withheld by request
It is also interesting that they let Nancy
Politics ~om~,age 1
values" ofher district as well as atestimonial
from her church, a well~known con-.
servative Baptist congregation.
TFN wonders how Easley could not
have consideredGayissues whentheGaybaiting
of Penny Williams and Pat
Woodrum was front page news in The
TulsaWorld and Gay issues have figured
prominently in the national news formost
of this year? Easley may be one reminder
that OklahomaDemocrats are sometimes
not ,any more respectful ofthe rights Of
Oklah6maGay CitiZens thanRepublicans..
In state races in Hawaii, same-sex marriage
became a major issue leaving lawmakers
who favored gay marriage skirmishing
for support. Voters removed a
good number of those legislators from
office. This might mean that a constitutional
amendment which would overturn
a positive court decision for same-gender
marriage may get through the legislature,
In So. California, anti-Gay US Rep.
Bob Doman appeared to have lost to his
Democrat Loretta Sanchez. Doman attacked
Sanchez as "another Catholic for
abortion and sodomy rights." Throughout
his career, Dornan has attacked Gay
Americans, as well as people with AIDS.
¯ Finally, the fact that the next Supreme
Court appointments will be.made by
Clinton, rather than Dole should be of
some comfort to Lesbian & Gay citizens.
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Jan. 15 - Feb. 14, 1997, vol. 4, no. 2
Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual & Trans Communities
Marriage Update
Wash. St. Governor
Supports Gay Marriage
OLYMPIA (AP) - As one of his final acts, out~goi.ng
Gov. Mike Lowry is sponsoring legislation to a_utho.nze
same-sex marriages. The bill is doomed in the Legislature,
wheremajority Republicans intendtopass abanon
same-gender unions. But a Lowry spokesman said
Thursday the governor considers the ban blatant bias
and hopes to begin a dialogue that will eventually end
discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Rep. Ed Murray, D-Seatde, the only openly Gay
member of the Legislature, will introduce the Lowry
bill.in the House. The senator from his district, Democrat
Pat Thibaudeau, will sponsor an identical bill in the
Senate. Their 43rd District includes Seattle’s Capitol
Hill,whichhas the state’ s heaviest concentrationof gay
couples.
Murray and Thibaudeau also will sponsor legislation
aimed at barring discrimination in employment based
onsexual orientation. Lowry also has givenhis endorsement
to the bill, which is a pordon of a perennial antidiscrimination
bill that Gay civil rights activists long
have sought.
Rep. Bill Thompson, R-Everett, will again sponsor a
bill to ban same-gender marriages. His plan would
I N.O..W. Plans
Gay::Arkansas c,v,, Rights
¯ Ma r r! ag,e. Panel
Proposed for Gays
TULSA Tulsa s newly rewved chapter of
ii
gions, legal and political aspects. Those attending wi,ll have an
opportunity to ask questions. Northeastern Oklahoma .s.contac.t
person for the National Freedom to Marry Coalition will attend
¯ also. The National Freedom to Marry Coalition is co-ordinated
: by Lambda Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the national
: legal organization that helped the Hawaii litigants and their
: attorneys. The Coalition includes groups working on same-
. gender marriage issues across the US.
: Formoreinformation or to become a co-sponsor, please call or
: write NOW at 365-5658 or POB 14068, Tulsa 74159.
’the National Organii,
zation for Women will host a post-Valentine’s Day panel focus-
: ing on same gender marriage as part of a national campaign by
: NOWto raise awareness about marriage issues. TheNOWpanel
will be held at Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 So.
: Harvard at 3pro on Sat., Feb. 15. The panel is.co-sponsored by
: Fellowship Congregational Church, PFLAG - Parents, Families
: and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, and by The Pride Center and
¯ Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights. A number of other Tulsa
congregations will likely also be co-sponsors.
." NOWmembers note that they are still finalizing some details
of the program but it will feature a same-gehder couple who’ve
¯ had a marriage ceremony, as well as speakers addressing reli-
Pride Center Begins
i Pledge ’97 Program
: TULSA- President ofthe-PrideCenter, Deb Shames, announced
¯¯ thekickoffofPledge’97,aongoingmembershipandfundraising ¯
campaign to support the Pride Center, Tulsa’s home for the
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans communities. Statues notes
¯ that that Centeris in sound financial shape due to the kindness of :
: groups like the Prime Timers, thegenerosity of individuals and :
¯ the sound management of the ’96 board of directors. However, :
." she adds that utilities.and minor repairs remain and as more ,
¯ community groups nse the facility, thecostrises and the need f0r "_
¯ suPportinereases. ¯
: Communityleaders, DennisNeillandtheRev.LesliePeurose, :
: have agreed to serve as two of the honorary chairpersons of "
i Pledge ’97. Neill who helped found Tulsa Oklahomans for :
¯ Human Rights, the parent organization of the Pride Center, is :
: well respected for his leadership with the City of Tulsa’s Human ,
¯ Rights Committee and the Rev. Leslie Penrose, pastor of the :
¯ United Methodist Community of Hope see Pledge, page 3 :
simply declare marriage to be a union between a man " .
and a woman, mirroring both new federal legislatign " Say No TO Hate Did NOT :
and a 20-year-old state court ruling: The issue was the No. l priority of religious conservatives in the Legisla- :AnnroveCallforWorkplace ture last year, but Thompson’s bill died in the Senate, :--rr -----
" Protections for Gays!
Republicans took over the Senate in the November " ¯
elections, and Majority Leader Dan McDonald, R- ¯ TULSA - Contrary to earlier reports, Tnlsa’s Say No To Hate
Coalition did not adopt a statement calling forjob anti-discrimination
protections that included sexual Orientation along with
race, religion, disability, gender, etc.
According to Deborah Levine with the Community Relations
Committee of Tulsa’s Jewish Federation, the member organizations
of the Coalition did not reject the statement but some
members did havequestions about some of tli~ language. These
objections put the statement on hold until the Coalition can meet
again and revise the language.
Whenasked, Levine stated that she did not think the objections
were to the inclusion of the term, "sexual orientation". This
phrase is needed in order that Gay and Lesbian persons be
protected from anti-Gay bias in the workplace, see Jobs, page 3
: IXITLEROCK (AP)-Twolegislators have agreed
: to help a gay fights groupget basic civil rights for
¯ gays and lesbians written into state law. Sen. Mike ¯ Everett, D-Marked Tree, and,Sen. Jim Argue, D-
¯ Litde Rock, are joining with the Arkansas Noni
Discrimination Alliance tomake it illegal to dis-
. criminate against someone because of their sexual
¯ orientation in such matters as jobs and housing.
: "It’s the right thing to do," said Everett. "I know
: this issue. I have some experience with it because
¯ my son’s gay." Arguesaid it was an issue of basic
: fairness. "And I think there’s substantial public
: support that a person’s employment ought to hinge
: on their job performance rather than their sexual
¯ orientation."
: The alliance was formed after proposals to ban
~ same-sex marriage were filed for the legislative
¯ session. The alliance opposes the proposals but
." discovered through apoll that there’s little support
¯. for same-sex marriage. "Sowedon’tintend to press
¯ that issue," said DebraBailey ofLittle Rock, devel-
¯
opment coordinator of the Arkansas Gay and Les-
: bian Task Force, a founding member of the alli-
¯ In 1995, Attorney General Winston Bryant is-
" sued an opinion that people of the same sexmaynot
: marryin Arkansas, althoughArkansas law does not
." expressly prohibit or permit same-sex marriages.
Ms. Bailey said that the alliance will focus on
¯ discrimination in jobs and housing. Everett and
~ Argue plan to offer the alliance’s proposal as an
¯ amendment to the legislation to outlaw same-sex
: marriages, see Bill, page 3
Revision of OK Hate
Crimes Laws Proposed
TULSA- It’s that time again. The Oklahoma Legislature
is about to re.convene and Lesbians and
Gay political observers in thestate anticipate that
several well known Gay-hating legislators will
introduce one or another bill attacking Lesbian and
Gay citizens as they usually do..
Longdme observers of the Legislature are particnlarly
concerned that new Speaker of the Oklahoma
House of Representatives, Loyd Bensen,
.may allow more anti-Gay legislation to get a hearlng.
Typically any anti-Gay bill only loses if it is
bottled up in committee. Many legislators believe
that any vote that could be characterized as pro7
Gay is enough to get a legislator defeated and
therefore, vote for anti-Gay bills even though they
may not really support them. And then, there are
enough who really are hostile to Lesbian and Gay
citizens.
While Tulsa has no formally organized political
action committee, several Tulsa area political activists
have identified see Hate, page 3
Coming Soon!
Activist Honored:
¯
Community Unitarian Universalist Church will
¯
host a workshop on operating by consensus. The
: workshop will belead by C.T. Butler, the author of
¯ On Conflict and Consensus. The first session will
: be on Sunday, Jan. 19 from 9-10:30am and the
¯
second will be on Monday, Jan. 20 following a
¯ poduck dinner that begins at 6pm. The workshops
¯ will be held at Community of Hope, 1703 East
Second Street. For more information, call Judy
McCormick at 298-4495. see Coming,page 12
INSIDE
Bellevue, says passage ofthelegislationis certain. "We ¯
are hoping it will be a litde less confrontational this ~
year," he said in an interview. "We’re not out to bash .
anybody, butwefeel theinstitutionofmarriageis avery :
fragile thing.andwewantto shore itup." He said the bill ¯
will be sent to the new governor, Gary Locke, who is ;
sworn in next Wednesday. Thompson said he hopes
Locke will follow the lead ofPresident Clintonand sign :
the measure. If Locke vetoes it, it’s quite-possible ¯
enough Democratic votes can be rounded up to over- :
ride, Thompson said. .
The last resort would be #acing the measure on the ¯
fall ballot as a referendum for the people to decide, he
said. "Wedon’twantto go thatway ifwedon’t have to,7 :
Thompson said. He said he sympathizes with critics’ ;
worries that it would be a divisive issue if it goes to the ¯
balloL AtaThursday news conference in Seattle, Locke "
repeated his distaste for the ban bill, but stopped short "
of saying he would veto it, saying he would want to see ."
its exact wording. During the campaign, Locke said he ¯
would sign a Murray-style bill.
Murray conceded his own bill is not acceptable to a "
majority of voters, but predicted ~e,ban wouldn’t pass ¯
muster, either. But he said he didn t want to cede the
legislative arena to the foes of same-sex marriage. "I
realizethis willbe seen as extremeby some, but the anti- "
same sex mamage bill is also extreme," he said in an."
interview, see Marriage, page 3
TULSA - Longtime fundraising activist and Follies Revue ¯
founder and performer, Linda Stevens, was honored by Wash- :
ington, DC’s Whitman-WalkerClinic this fall. The Clinic, which :
provides HIV/AIDS care for the nation’s capital, recognized ¯
Lesbians across theUS for their long-term role, an.d their strength
and commitment, in fighting the battle against HIV/AIDS. "
Stevens’ name was added to the Lesbian Honor Role which is ¯
permanently displayed at Whitman-Walker Clinic.
Stevens Was nominated by John Coney, who s been part of the ¯
Follies since their first performance.. Follies Revue, Inc. which "
raises funds for local HIV/AIDS care andprevention will hold its .
9th performance in 1997.
EDITORIAIJLE’R’ERSR)IRECTORY P. 2
US & WORLD NEWS P. 4
HEALTH NEWS P. 6
ENTERTAINMENTIARTS P. 8
COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9
BOOK REVIEW/MEANTTO BE FIT P. 10
RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 11
HIWAIDS & THE LAW/MINDSPACE P. 12-1:3
CLASSIFIEDS P. 14-15
918.583.1248 Publisher + Editor: Tom Neal
Entertainmeqt Writer + Mac Guru:
fax: 583.461.5 James Chris~ohn
PUB 4140 Writers + contributors:
Tulsa, Oklahoma - Phyl Boler-Schmidt, Barry Hens]ey
74159-0140 Jean-Pierre Legrandbouche
Stephen Scott, PME, Gerald Miller
tulnews@ionet.net Lance Brittain, Kerry Lewis
by Tom Neal, publisher/editor
It’s that time again when the Oklahoma
Legislature begins its periodic, absurdist
comedy. This performance usually ends
in disgrace for the people of this state,
especially those of us who are Lesbian or
Gay, Bi orTransgendered. It ismosttragic
for People Living with AIDS (PLWA’s).
One issue that’s come to light from
TFN’s coverage of the HIV Resource
Consortium (I-IIVRC), is that the State of
Oklahoma through our legislature, provides
a tiny, tiny amount of funding
($206,000 according to HIVRC Executive
Director, Sharon Thoele) for HIV/
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So, it al?pears that the
State of Oklahoma is
spending fewer dollars
annually on HIV/AIDS
care than it spent to put
AIDS eare/services. Though this amount
must not include the budget for the HIV/
STD SectionoftheOklahoma State Dept.
of Health, who help administer federal
HIV/AIDS dollars, the amount is hardly
adequate to the need.
Thoele stated that this amount was
contributed begrudgingly, because the
State of Oklahomahad to give something
in order to receive the federal dollars.
And almost all of the dollars going to
HIV/AIDS care are federal. Thocle also
notes that this amount has not increased
since the early 90’s, although the case
see next column
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*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria
*Ground Floor Cafe, 51st & Harvard
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Samson & Delilah, 10 E. Fifth
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*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston
: Tulsa Organizations, Churches, & Universities
" AIDS Walk Tulsa, PUB 1071, 74101-1071 579-9593
¯¯ Black & White, lnc. POB 14001,Tulsa74159 583-7314
*Bless The Lord... Christian Center, 2627b E. 11 628-0594
¯ *B/L!G Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780
¯ *Chapman Student Ctr., University ofTulsa, 5th Pl. &Florence ¯
*CommtmityofHopeUnitedMethodist, 1703 E.2nd 585-1800
_" Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595
¯ Dignity/Integrity-Lesbian/Gay Catholics/Episcopal. 298-4648
: *Family of Faith MCC, :5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441
¯ *Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777
: *Free SpiritWomens Center,.call forlocation &info: 587-4669
¯ Friend For A Friend, PUB 52344, 74152 747-6827
; Friends in Unity Social Org. (African-Ameiican mens group),
PUB 8542, 74101, call e/o HOPE @ 712-1600
: HOPE, H]VOutreach, Prevention, Education, 1307E.38,2ndfl.
¯ 712-1600, HOPE Anonymous HIV Testing Site, 742-2927
¯
Indian Health Care, TNAAPP 582-7225
: Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
¯ *MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715
¯ *HIV Resource Ctr., 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 749-4194
; NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H- 1 748-3111
: NOW, Nat’lOrg. forWomen, POB 14068,74159 365-5658
¯ *Our House, 1114 S. Quaker 584-7960
¯ PFLAG , PUB 52800, 74152 749-4901
: *Planned Parenthood, 100.7 S. Peoria 58%7674
¯ *The Pride Center, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor, 743-4297
¯ Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152 583-1410
¯ *R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network 749-4195
: Rainbow Business Guild, PUB 4106, 74159 665-5174
: Red Rock Mental Center, 302 S. Cheyenne #108 584~2325
¯ St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 4045 N. Cincinnati 425-7882
~ St. Jerome’s Catholic Church, 3841 S. Peoria, 646-7116
~ *Shanti Hotline & HIV/AIDS Services 749-7898
_, Tulsa Okla. for Human Rights, PUB 2687, 74101 743-4297
:
Technicians (leather organization) 584-1308
¯ T.U.LS.A. Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222
~ *Tulsa City Hall, Cafeteria Vestibule, Ground Floor
¯ *Tulsa Community College, Metro & NE Campuses ¯
*Rogers University (formerly UCT)
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Autumn Breeze Restaurant, Hwy 23 South 501-253-7734
~ *Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main 501-253-7457
: DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. 501-253-
¯ 6807 see Jim, page 12
", *Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St. 501-253-5445
; Geek to Go!, PC Specialist, PUB 429 501-253-2776
¯ King’sHi-Way,96KingSHighway,Hwy.62W 800-231-1442
-" MCC of the Living Spring 501-253-9337 ¯
McClung Realtors 501-253-9682
¯ Positive Idea Marketing Plans 501-253-2401
¯ Rock Cottage Gardens 501-253-8659, 800-624-6646 ¯
¯ Sparky’s, Hwy. 62 East 501-253-6001
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: Face Beautiful Day Spa, 7108-D2 N.Westem 405-840-3223
Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor 746-4620
*Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Kent Baleh & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
*Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 712--9955
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 So. Peoria 743-5272
*Creative Collection, 1521 E. 15 592-1521
Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Community Cleaning, Kerby Baker 622-0700
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E 15th 749-3620
*Devena’s Gallery, 13 Brady 587-2611
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria 744-5556
Don Carlton Mitsubishi, 46th & Memorial 665-6595
Don Carlton Honda, 4141 S. Memorial 622-3636
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan 838-8503
Ross Edward Salon, 1438 S. Boston 584-0337
Express Pools & Spas, 6310 S. Peoria 743-9994
Foxlinx, Computer Consultation 690-2974
Leanne M. Gross, Financial Planning 744-0102
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney 744-7440
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111
Robert Holland, Attorney 494-0484
*International Tours. 341-6866
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th 712-2750
Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 599-8070
Kelly Kirby, CPA, PUB 14011, 74159 747-5466
I_angley Agency, 1104 S. Victor 592-1800
Lean Ann Macomber, Realtor Associate 671-2010
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3 584-3112
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31st 663-5934
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 Pl 664-2951
*Novel Idea Bookstore, 51st & Harvard- 747-6711
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633 747-7672
Pet Pride, Dog & Cat Grooming 584-7554
’The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2rid floor 743-4297
Puppy Pause II, 1 lth & Mingo 838-7626
Scott Robison’s Prescriptions, see ad for 3 locations, 743-2351
*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 749-6301
Southwest Viatical 747-3322, 800-305-6384
Kellie J. Watts, attorney 493-1959
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counsding 743-1733
: 10ad has increased by.four times. She also
: noted that even if the amount were in-
¯ creased proportionally to the caseload,
: the original amount wasnot adequate.
: So, it appears that the State of Okla-
¯ homa is spending fewer dollars annually
: on HIV/AIDS care.than it spent to put
¯
Gov. Frank Keating on aleather-covered
¯ airborne toilet seat[ And claims of bud:
¯ getary shortfalls to the contrary, there
¯ seems to be some state money left some-
" where.
¯ A reporter for The Daily Oklahoman
i .(OK.C’s daily newspaper), :who special-
, lzes mcomputer analysis of slate government
records, toldTFN that in addition to
the couple of billion in our state’s regular
budget, that there are "special" accounts
of state dollars that are not included in the
regular accounting. Unless, my middleaged
brain slipped a digiL he said these
special accounts amounted to $800 million.
That’s in addition to other billions!
$800,000,000 versus $206,000. Imagine
a tiny fraction of $800 million, sayg8
million, to makesure that PLWA’s could
actually get these new lifesaving drug
combination therapies, or to see thathousing
and food needs were met. Sadly, you
and I know that this is not likely.
Contrast the State.ofNew Jersey under
rising Republican star, G0v. Christine
Todd Whitman. New Jersey has a budget
just for drug assistance alone of $9 million.
Yes, they are a wealthier and more
populous statebut still thatamountdoesn’t
include any of the other State of New
Jersey dollars for other HIV/AIDS care
needs.
So why don’t we, as a commlmity of
Lesbians, Gay men, Bisexuals, Transgendered
persons, our friends .and allies
set as our goal for this legislature to try to
increase our state’s contribution, at least
in proportion to the increasein caseload.
Thatwouldbearound $800,000. Whatthe
hell, let’s just round it up to one million.
Imagine a million Oklahoma dollars for
HIV/AIDS care!
But for this to work, eachand every one
Of you reading this will have to stop waiting
for someone else to do this work. You
can’t just wait for Nancy McDonald or
Kelly Kirby or Janice Nicklas to speak ou.t
on these issues. Each of you Will have to
call your representative and your senator
to say that you care about this issue and
thatyou want to see an increasein State of
Oklahoma funding for HIV/AIDS care.
Ifyou don’tknow your representatives,
just call the Election Board at 596-5780
and give them your address. And after
you’ve called your representative (or better,
write them; best ofall ask tomeet with
them.), askyour friends, family and acquaintances
to do the same. I’ve talked
withmy representative and meet withmy
senator next week. Please do the same.
Tulsa Family. News will continue to
provide coverage of issues of concern to
Lesbians, Gay men, Bisexuals, Transgenderedpersons,
ourfriendsand allies
during this upcoming session ofthe Oklahoma
Legislature.Readers should expect
thatOneOr another ofour representatives
will introduce bills, attacking our communities.
We encourage you to develop a
relationship with your representatives to
help prevent these bills’ success.
’~Sometimes the only way to answer a~!
extreme measure is to introduce anoth~
extreme measure." Mtirray said citizerts
might react by urging lawmakers to write
middle-groundlegislation such as theantiemploymentdiscriminationbill.
Murray’s
bill would authorize a civil marriage contract
to provide the same marital benefits
that heterosexual couples get, such as the
rightofinheritance, health coverage, or to
visit a spouse in the hospital.
Lowry’s press secretary, Jordan Dey,
said the governor believes the civil contract
approach avoids some of the moral
or religious overtones of church weddings.
HesaidLowry doesn’tmindlaunching
an uphill fight. ’q’he governor has
stood against discrimination ever since
taking office, and this is another case of
discrimination, pure and simple; denying
people a legal benefit that is-available for
heterosexual couples," Dey said. "It is
important to do the right thing, whether
you lose the first time, the second time,
the third time. This may take a year, 5
years, 10 years, but at some point we will
be free of discrimination."
MississippiAgainst i
Gay Marriage
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi’s
constitution, which once barred people of
different races from marrying, may be
changed to also prohibit same-sex marriages.
The House andSenate are working
onproposals thatwouldkeep Gay couples
frofn wedding. The legislation is m response
to a homosexual rights case in
Hawaii. While a bill that unanimously
cleared a Senate committee Wednesday
makes same-sex marriages illegal, the
HouseConstitutionCommitteeis expected
to go even further, putting a ban before
voters in a constitutional amendment.
"I don’tthink there’s athreatthatpeople
are going to flock to Mississippi to solemnize
a same-sex marriage any more than
they would flock to Minnesota or North
Dakota," said Rep. John Reeves. But
Reeves saidmostMississippians wantthe
state to be on record as supporting only
heterosexual marriages. He said the constitutional
change would preclude gay
couples from filing suit claiming a marriage
law is unconstitutional. The Senate
bill would ban gay marriages in Mississippi
and bar the state from recognizing
marriages from other states.
Rep. Pat Miller said she is not convinced
the issue is important enough to
become part of the constitution but she
expects theHouseand Senatetoban samesex
marriages because "people... will
consider it a vote against homosexual
relationships."
Gov. Kirk Fordice, in anticipation of
that ruling, signed an executive order in
August banning recognition of same sex
marriages. Senate Judiciary Chairman
Bennie Turner, D-West Pint, asked if the
bill was needed, said: "95 percent of what
wepass is notneeded." Rep. MarkFormby,
R-Picayune, said lawmakers are following
public sentiment. "It’s not a fear factor,
or any kind of phobia. To me, it’s not
even finances. It’s a pro-family matter.
The majority of Mississippians do not
approve of that kind of thing"
: port MOnday in the Legisla-tur~ in0nti~-
¯¯ afterCongresspassedalawallowingstates
torefuse to recognize same-sex marriages
: from other states.
¯ HouseMinority Leader Steve Sviggum,
¯ and the sponsor of aHouse bill, noted that
¯
US Sen. PaulWellstone, andPres. Clinton
¯ both endorsed a ban on same-sex mar-
: riages. "I can’t imagine the legislators of
¯ Minnesota getting to the left of Sen.
¯ WellstoneorPres.Clinton,"Sviggumsaid.
¯ State law requires marriages to be be-
: tween members of the opposite sex, al-
: though it doesn’t specifically prohibit
¯¯ same-sex marriages.
¯ Sen. Tom Neuville, who sponsored a Senate banbill, said the Minnesota Legis-
¯ lature should act so it will not be forced
¯ under the U.S. Constitution to rex~gnize
-" gay marriages performedinHawaii. "Mar- "
: riage is an institution between men and
: women . . . it’s the best institution for
¯ raising children and avoiding poverty."
¯ Marriage also is a contract, which
: Nenville believes could be exploited if
" same-gender marriages were legal. For
¯ example, if a man had cancer, he could
¯ marry a male friend for health insurance
: benefits, Neuville said. "It will cause all
¯ sorts of social chaos," he said.
¯ , BuLAm-~-D~,ui.....ecuuve alrector
of the Gay and Lesbian Community Action
Council, said abuse is unlikely be-
: cause of the harassment gay couples face.
¯ "Peoplearen’t going tojnst do this so they ¯
get some sort of a deal," she said and
¯
, added that the council would vigorously
fight the proposed bans. Both she and
¯" Senate President Allan Spear, who is gay,
¯ believe the matter ultimatdy will be de-
: eided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Minnesota Too?
ST. PAUL (AP) - Proposals to ban gay
marriages were winning high-profile sup-
: Wyoming Anti-Gay
i Marriage Bill
¯ CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - About one-tenth
~ ofWyoming’s lawmakers have filed abill
¯ that would explicitly declare same-sex
." marriages void in Wyoming and sped.fy
¯ such marriages from other states are m-
: valid in the Equality State. One of the
: bill’s sponsors, Rep. Rodney "Pete"
¯ Anderson, R-Pine Bluffs,triedunsuecess-
¯ fully to introduce a bill last year barring
: same-sex marriages.
: Wyoming’s bill - House Bill 94 -
: wouldn’t viol.ate Wyoming’s Constitu-
¯ tion, which guarantees equal political and
: civil rights to men and women, Anderson
¯ said. That’s because state statutes already
: make specific that marriage is between a
¯ man and a woman, he said. "We’ve de,
¯
fined marriage," Anderson said. "We’re
justsaying our defmitionis going to stand."
¯ Same-sex marriage should be illegal
: because of the economics involved and
: because "I don’t feel it’s according to
¯ nature," saidbill co-sponsor State senator
¯ Dick Erb. "As I told a group of high ¯
school kids, ifyou were arancher and you
: had a gay bull, what would you do with
; him?" said Erb. "One kid said, ’I’d take
¯ the sucker to the packing plant,"" ¯
Anderson said he believes homosexu-
: als shouldhave equal rights under thelaw.
; But he said his main reason for sponsor-
, ing the bill was economics - "so our
¯ companies will not have to give health
: insurance to (spouses in) those kind of
: marriages." "I like those people," said
¯ Anderson. "I don’t like their lifestyle but
I don thave aproblem w~th~t.., we re not
: saying they can’t live together, we’re
¯ just saying they can’t have the same privileges
or responsibilities a man and a
¯
woman have in marriage in the state of
~ Wyoming."
Theamendment would say that nothing
in the legisl~ition would prevent employer~
from "extending benefits to persons
v~ho are domestic partners of employees
or allow employers to discriminate against
employees because ofsexual orientation."
People discriminated against "because of
sexual orientation, real orperceived," shall
have the same rights to seek redress as
employees covered by the state’s civil
rights law, which was adopted in 1993.
David Ivers of Little Rock, an attorney
and founder of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation, said he gets
calls from people saying they were fired
for being gay. "They are simply amazed
or shocked to find out there is no legislation
protecting them. They assume that if
they haven’t done anything wrong, that
they have a right to file a lawsuit and get
reinstated," he said.
reform of Oklahoma’s Hate Crimes Stat-
¯
ute as akey part of their !e~slative agenda
for the Lesbian]Gay community this year.
These activists also mentioned increased
funding forHIV/AIDS carefrom the State.
Oklahoma’s Hate Crimes Statute penalizes
crimes against individuals or organizations
that are motivated by racial or
religious bias but does not recognize
crimes that target individuals or groups
because oftheiractual orperceived sexual
orientation.
: One state representative, speaking on
¯ condition of anonymity, recalled that the
: original hate crimes bill may have included
sexual orientation but that that
: language was removed to help get the bill
¯ passed. She noted that just getting a bill
," addressing racial and religious issues was
¯ an accomplishment given what she char-
: acterized as a lack of much tolerance by
¯
Oklahoma legislators for minority citi-
¯ zens. She added the bill’s passage was a
~ much a testament to the skills and charac-
¯ ter of former representative Vicki Miles-
: Lagrange who’s now a federal judge.
: A spokesperson for Tulsa Oklahomans
¯ forHumanRights (TOHR) stated that the
: organization which is a member of the
¯ Say No To Hate Coalition will be asking
¯ other Coalition members to lobby ae- ¯
tively for an expansion of the Oklahoma
¯
Hate Crimes Statute. Other members of
¯ the Coalition include the National Con-
¯ fereuce (of Christians and Jews), Tulsa
: Metropolitan Ministry, the City of Tulsa
¯ Human Rights Commission, the Jewish
¯, Federation and several others.
¯ The Pride Center has agreed to act as a
: contact point for those who are interested
¯ in addressing these issues. Callers should
¯ leave their names and numbers for the
¯" Hate Crimes issues list with Deb Trevino
¯ at 743-4297.
i Related Stories:
Colorado Hate Crimes Bill
DENVER (AP) - A bill to expand
Colorado’s hate crimes law to protect
: homosexuals has been introduced in the
¯ Senate. It’s the second session in a row
¯" such legislation has been filed by Sen.
¯ Dorothy Rupert, D-Boulder. "It’s going
¯ to be tough fight, but I think weneed to do
this," Rupert said Monday. The bill died
; last year under election-year pressure to
¯ protect moderate Republicans.
¯ "I wanted so much last year to have a
¯
floorvotebutwas persuadednottodoso,"
state’s 1988 ethnicinlimidationlaw makes
it a crime to single out anyone for criminal
action because of race, color, ancestry,
religion or national origin. SB 10ft
would expand the law to include sexual
orientation, age, and physical or mental
disabilities.
Wyoming to Consider
Hate Crimes Issues.
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Religious and
humanrights groups that wereunsuccessful
in past attempts to pass a law enhanc-
¯ ingpenaldesforhatecrimes will try again
this year. Janet deVries of the Natrona
: County Grassroots Project said the Wyo-
¯ ruing Grassroots Coalition ~ a group of
¯
human rights organizations with offices
: in Natrona, Albany, Laramie, Sheridan
¯ and Teton counties - has teamed up with
¯ the Wyoming Church Coalition to sup-
, port a bill in the legislative session.
," Thegroups are seeking lawmakers from
¯ both sides of the aisle to sponsor abill that
would increase penalties for people who
¯ commit crimes motivated by bias based
," on race, religion, disability or sexual ori-
¯ entation, she said. The Wyoming Church
: Coalif!on~dpressed simil~ bills in the
: 1994 and 1995 legislative sessions.
¯ Chesie Lee, vice chairwoman of the
: Church Coalition said the proposal has
¯
gained bipartisan support. She said she
¯ believed the bills offered in the 1994 and
¯ 1995 sessions could have passed if they
: had made it to a final vote.
¯
Ms. DeVries said increased penalties
¯ for hate crimes are justified because such
¯ offenses affect groups of people rather
than individual victims. "If a Jewish fam-
¯
ily has a swastika painted on their house,
¯ it terrorizes the entire Jewish commu-
¯ nity," she said. She noted the bill applies ¯
only to crimes and not speech, which is
¯ protected by the First Amendment.
: The state Department of Investigation
¯ said there were 13 crimes in Wyoming
¯
involving bias in 1995. Casper Public
¯ Safety Director Art de Werk said a hate
: crime law would give officers a new tool
¯ to help reduce crime while "making a ¯
statement by warning people that there
: are enhanced penalties" for committing
¯ such crimes.
¯ on Lesbian]Gay and HIV/AIDS issues.
¯ Several others have beeninvited tojoin as
¯ wdl.
¯ Individuals, families,andorganizations
: are encouraged to become members.
: While the Center is open to all who share
¯ the values of the organization, only mere-
¯
bets may vote and will receive informa-
~ tion, newsletters,etc.Thosememberswho
~ make a pledge will be recognized at the
¯ Pride Center unless they specifically pre-
: feranonymity. For apledgepacket, please
¯ call the Pride Center at 743-4297.
¯ term would also protect heterosexuals
: against workplace discrimination but it
," is rare for heterosexuals to be.the target
¯ of workplace bias.
¯ At press time, the Coalition did not ¯
have any meetings scheduledbuthadbeen
¯: asked by a representative of member or-
: ganization, Tulsa Oklahomans for Hu-
¯ man Rights, to schedule a meeting to
: address this issue.
is also well knownfor her advocacy work
Strictly speaking, the inclusion of the
City,to Businesses:
Equal Benefits Required
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San FxTmcisco is about to
make a unique demand on thousa~tds of companies -
extend health insurance and other benefits to their
employees’ same-sex partners, or forget about doing
business with the city.
A new ordinance will affect many of the roughly
10,000 U.S. companies that contract with the city to
provide everything from banking services to office
supplies. Critics call the policy ill-conceived and
costly, approved without ample study or public notice.
"We don’ t think it’s good public policy for the
city to tie its hands in the way this ordinance mandates,"
said Dennis Wyss, a spokesman for Bank of
America, the nation’s third-largest. "We think San
Francisco taxpayers get the highest-quality services
for theirmoney when the city keeps its options open."
SupporterssaY it’ s abasic anti-discriminationmeasure
aimed at granting all unmarried domestic partners
- although most of them in San Francisco are
same-sex couples - the same rights enjoyed by wedded
couples. "It would be important to me even if I
dida’ t have a partner, simply as a moral matter," said
Joe Leslie, a 52-year-old assistant vice president at
Bank of America who, with his partner Michael,
stands to benefit from the policy. Leslie said he and
Michael are "as loving as any married couple that
ever walked this Ear~," --.rod.for co-workers’
to receive better benefits is simply unfair. "We do the
same work, our spousal status is virtually the same.
(Yet) they get benefits I don’ t get," Leslie said.
The Gap, Levi Strauss & Co. and the Walt Disney
Co. already have started domestic parmer policies. In
San Francisco, Bank of America officials have discussed
such a policy but have not enacted it. "If it’ s
good enoughfor Mickey Manse, it’ s goodenonghfor
San Francisco," said city SupervisorTomAmmiano,
the measure’ s co-author. The city’ s Board of Supervisor
gave the ordinance unanimous approval after
considering it sincelastFebruary. MayorWillieBrown
signed it in early November. Brown and .Amrniano
said it is the first such city ordinance in the nation.
Ammiano said politicians in some other cities, including
New York and Seattle, have inquired about
the measure.
HateCrime Protections?
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Protecting gays from violence
is the right thing to do, one lawmaker says. But
a lobbyist for a top state official says adding such
language to ahate crime bill would divide the General
Assembly and torpedo the legislation.
Lawmakers, who open the 1997 session in two
weeks, are expected to consider two versions ofabate
crime bill. One offers protection against crimes motivatedbyhatred
ofgays’ sexual orientation; the other
does not. Both bills, which are expected to be introduced
early in the session, would stiffen prison sentences
when prosecutors prove the crime was moilvated
by hatred because of race or religion.
Crimes against blacks, including recent church
bumings, prompted the legislation. But state Sen.
Darrell Jackson, a black Columbia Democrat, says
the measure should go one step further. "I look
forward to convincing people that you don’ t have to
be a supporter of gay rights to believe no one should
have crimes committed against them because of their
sexual orientation," Jackson said.
CamCrawford, lobbyist for state Attorney General
Charlie Condon, said Condon does not want to inelude
gays because the issue is so divisive it would
kill the legislation. "Nobody has demonstrated to us
that there’ s a problem with (people being attacked
because of) sexual orientation," Crawford said. "If
they can show us a problem, then we’ll cross that
bridge when we come to it."
Federal statistics show four South Carolina hate
crimes against gays in 1994, compared with 23 racial
hate crimes, two motivated by religion and one motivated
by etlmicity. Tony Snell, co-chairman of the
South Carolina Gay and Lesbian Pride Movement
Said the group is gathering information for legislators.
Many gays either do not report attacks to police
or do notreport themotivation for the attacks, Snell
¯ said. Some gays arein the closet, while others expect
," to encounterbias from police. "I know people who
: havebeen attacked, and even shot, whowill notreport
¯ it as a hate crime," Snell said. =
¯ HIV+, Gay aWmaker
-" CHICAGO (AP) - Being gay and HIV-positive has
." shaped some of Larry McKeon’ s views, but the state
¯¯ representative-elect says there’ s alotmore to him. "I
¯ bring a lot of things to the table. Being HIV-positive
isjust one ofthem," says McKeon, who willbe sworn
: in as a member of the House when the 90th General
¯ Assembly opens Jan. 8. Gay activists, who say
: McKeon is the state’s first openly gay legislator,
: cheer his election as the start of a new era in Illinois
: politics.
¯ Rich Garcia, executive director of the Illinois Fed-
: eration for Human Rights, said McKeon won the
: respect of many as Mayor Richard Daley’ s liaison to
¯ gay andlesbianleaders. "I predicted either the mayor
¯ would hate him or he would deny this community," ¯
Garcia said. But McKeon won the mayor’ s trust and
¯ the trust of divergent factions within the city’ s gay
¯ and lesbian community, Garcia said.
McKeon, 52, a former lieutenant in the Los Ange-
: les County Sheriff’ s Department, says he just wants
¯ to be seen as a hard-working man whose sexual
¯" orientation is irrdevant. That may be difficult in the
,,
¯ o~m,._~,^ut,._.,..............h,.=.,-,.=..la.w..m.n..k.e.r~. roufinely re’’3e~t Pr.ogay
legislation, but McKeon’ S straightforward sty|e
." andworkhabits shouldhelp, friends say. "Justbybim
¯ being there, he’ll be saying to people, "Look at me, ¯
rmjnstlike everybody else," said Rep. Carol Ronen,
: D-Chicago.
". McKeon says fears of some constituents that he
¯ will represent ouly a"gay agenda" are unfounded. He
: says he cares most about healiug society’ s problems
¯ - the focus of his campaign literature. And while
¯ living with the shadow of AIDS has helped shape his
: opinions, McKeon says, "it isn’t the essence of who
: Gay Dad Wins Court Fight
: SEATTLE(AP)-Orderingagayfathernot to display
: affection with a partner in front of his four children
¯ was going too far, a state appellate panel has ruled in ¯ overturning portions of aWhatcom County Superior
¯ Court decision. "We hold that the trial court erred by
¯ restrictingWard (Wicklund)’ s conduct based on his
sexual orientation," said a Monday ruling from the
: state Court of Appeals’ Division 1 bench.
¯ ’q’he evidence showed only that the children expe- ¯
rienced difficult), adjusting after their parents’ sepa-
¯" ration," three justices wrote. "But where the only
: harm is adjustment, the remedy is counseling, not
¯ restrictions on the parents’ lifestylein terms of sexual
: orientation." The court reversed those restrictions,
¯
and similar ones imposed on the children’s mother,
¯ Corrine Wicklund. She had been ordered not to par-
¯ ticipate in displays of affection-"handholdiug, ldss-
¯ ing, etc." - with a significant other in front of the
: children"unless the parent is married to the person."
: The appellate judges found the trial court had
abused its discretion by restricting parental rights on
¯" grounds of sexual preference. There was no evidence
~ thatWicklundbehaved inappropriately in front ofhis
¯ children, they noted. "Problems with adjustment are
¯" the normal response to any breakup ofafami ly," they
: wrote. "But restrictions on a parent’ s conduct de-
" signed to artificially ameliorate changes in a child’ s
¯ life arenotpermissible. "Iftheproblemis adjustment,
: the remedy is counseling.... The trial court should
¯ have considered whether to order counseling and
¯. should not have entered improper restrictions on
Ward’ s conduct."
" Psych.ologists Support
¯ Gay H=gh School Groups
¯ TUCSON, Ariz.. (AP) - Gay high school students
¯
need support groups, and school officials should
¯ adopt anti-discrimination policies that includehomosexual
students, a statewide group says.
¯ In letters sent Wednesday to 360 high school coun-
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selors across the state, the Arizona Psychological
Association urged school officials to allow gay student
support groups. "Even if students do not attend
support groups, just the knowledge that there is support
for them is a ben~fi~,~.~, said Tucson psychologist
Jean Baker, a mem156r of the association’s Gay and
Lesbian Issues Task Force.
Theletters were sent one day after Republican Rep.
Dan Schottel announced he intends to sponsor legislation
requiring public schools to ban gay support
groups from access to campuses. The veteran Tucson
legislator said his bill would apply from kindergarten
through university levels. Theproposal is expected to
be patterned after legislation approved in Utah last
year. That law allows.school districts to deny access
to clubs that "materially or substantially encourage
criminal or delinquent conduct, promote bigotry or
involve human sexuality.Y
Baker said banning gay support groups effectively
sanctions harassment against homosexuals. "It could
take away the one place where gay students can talk
to someone," she said. Gay teens are at high risk of
depression and suicide because they feel isolated, the
association said. ’‘The purpose of the support group is
to provide a safe place- a place to be who you are,"
saidTam De Witt, aTucson High School nurse. "It’s
a group for people to gain support and friends."
Schottel’s proposal targets groups like those at Desert
View High School in Sunnyside Unified School
District and Tucson High Magnet School in Tucson
Unified School District. Both groups were studentinitiated.
Montana’s First Lesbian
(or Gay) Legislator
HEI .ENA (AP)- Rep. Dianesands, longtime activist
for. homosexual and women’s rights, wants to be
known for more than being Montana’s first openly
gay legislator. "This may be naive," the Missoula
Democrat said, "but I think it’s irrelevant."
Listing her partner, former legislator and Missoula
CountyCommissionerAnnMaryDussault, in abooklet
summarizing the background of all 150 lawmakers
shouldn’t be a big deal, Sands. said. "I am who I
am." "I guess I’ll wait and see if it’s going to be a
problem," she added in the midst of her first week as
legislator. "Hopefully, people will realize I’mjust an
effective legislator and a nice person."
Sands, 49, grew up in a cauldron of discrimination
and injustice on an eastern Montana Indian reservation.
Shehas made acareer out ofbattling thoseforces
ever since. After three decades of advocating civil,
racial and sexual rights, Sands was appointed to the
House District 66 seat vacated by Mike Kadas last
year after he was named mayor of Missoula. She was
unopposed in the November election.
House Minority Leader Vicki Cocchiarella, DMissoula,
said Sands’s familiarity withissues and the
Legislature is impressive. So is her ability to get
along, she added. "Diane is one of thefew people that
I have encountered who, as a lobbyist, has always
been real receptive to others’ ideas," Cocchiarella
said. Her openness about her sexual orientation "will
be a liability if other people don’t give her a fair
chance," she said. "If people want to make a b,!g issue
of it, then that’s the kind of people they are.
Montanans Still Want
to Ban Gay Sex
HI~.! .ENA (AP) - A majority of Montanans want to
keep on the books a state law prohibitinghomosexual
sex, and a plurality favor a law banning so-called
partial-birth abortions, anew poll has found. The poll
was conducted for the Lee Newspapers of Montana
on issues likely to face the Legislature that convened
Monday.
The Lee poll indicated that Montanans don’t want
to strike from the books a law prohibiting homosexual
sex. Fifty-seven percent of those polled want
the law to remain intact, compared to 31 percent who
wantitrepealed. The poll also showed that 52 percent
of those queried want the 1997 Legislature to enact a
law outlawing homosexuals from getting married,
while 39 percent opposed such a measure. It showed
¯ that 46 percent of those questioned ~avor, a gtate’law
¯ to ban late-term or So-called partial-birth abortions,
while 32 percent oppose such a measure
:Harassed Teacher Dies
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - The stress from
¯ months of anti-homosexual sentiment in a small, ¯
conservative town could have contributed to the
¯ death of a gay teacher, apathologist says. Dr. Stephen
: CoMe said Gerry Crane, 32, had a floppy heart valve,
¯ a condition that usually is not fatal. He died Jan. 3, a ¯
week after suffering a heart attack. "In a small per-
: centage of patients, (the valve) can be lethal," said
¯ Cohle,. who performed an autopsy. CoMe also found
¯" scars in the heart muscle. As for Crane’s experience
: inByronCenter, aGrand Rapids suburb, "itmay have
." put him over the edge," the doctor said Tuesday.
¯ Crane resigned last summer as music teacher at
: Byron Center High School, saying the anti-gay atmo-
¯ sphere in town was like "ingesting poison." The
¯ school board had considered firing himinDecember ¯
1995. Instead, itcondemnedhomosexualityandprom-
" ised close scrutiny.
[ Morethan900people, including some students and
¯ teachers, attended Crane’s funeral Tuesday at
: Westminster Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids..
: "He taught our children to sing, and in a world where
: ugliness is gaining on us, can you think of many
¯ greater gifts?" the Rev.WilliamEvertsberg said. He ¯
said Crane and partner Randy Block had a strong
¯
relationship. In a subtle jab at Crane’s opponents,
: many of them religious conservatives, Evertsberg
¯ said: "Maybe we’ll learn family values from people
: who aren’t supposed to have any."
¯ Crane’s friends advised Byron Center Principal
: William Skilling to stay away from the funeral. In
¯ Skilling’s evaluations of Crane, before his homosexuality
was learned, the teacher was praised as a
¯" "role model for our students." But by last June, a
¯ monthbeforeCraneresigned, Skillinghadthreatened
¯ to recommend his firing if he mentioned anything in
: class about homosexuality.
"Ellen" Comes Out
- Sort Of
NEW YORK (AP) - At a rock ’n’ roll fantasy camp
with David Crosby, Bonnie Raitt and Aaron Neville,
theTV character"Ellen" belts out a song with an eyeopening
last verse: "By the way, I’m gay. It’s OK. I’m
gay!" Just don’t expect to See this particular episode
on ABC anytime soon.
ABC executives have confirmed the monthsdong
rumor that they are considering a story line on"Ellen"
where comedian Ellen Degeneres’ character reveals
she is a lesbian. During a show taping Friday,
Degeneres cut three takes of a segment where she
sings a song, "I’m Scared of Being Afraid," according
to Touchstone Productions, which makes the
show.The third take included the unscripted "coming
out" declaration, which sources said was greeted by
wild cheers.
ATouchstoneofficial saidprivately thatDegeneres
was blowing off some steam after hearing that her
show was-being taken off the air during March and
April to make room for a new Arsenio Hall comedy.
"It’s not intended for a telecast. It is not going to be on
any telecast," said ABC spokeswoman Janice
Gretemeyer. ABC Entertainment President Jamie
Tarses said last week that a"coming out" episode was
being worked on, but that the network wants to see if
it works creatively beforemaking a decision on going
ahead.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation,
whichmaintains an"Ellen watch" pageon the Worldwide
Web, criticized Tarses for "waffling" on the
story line since rumors began last fall. "We hope they
stop dragging their feet," alliance spokesman Alan
Klein said Monday. ’’The American public is ready,
willing and able to see this as soon as possible."
cnentust to earcn
for AIDS Vaccine
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -~Ever since
the HIV virus and AIDS were detected,
thebulk of scientificresearch has focused
on treating those already infected- not or
finding a way to halt the spread of the
disease. Now, the National Institutes of
Health has commissioned a Nobel prizewinning
MIT professor to help breathe
new life into the search for an AIDS
vaccine. "There are thousands of people
infected daily and our goal would be to
prevent thoseinfections," said David Baltimore,
who will spearhead the new NIH
committee.
About a year ago, a study by 114 scienfists
who supportedAIDS research set out
a series ofguidelines for theNIHresearch
program. Tops on the list was reinvigorated
AIDS vaccine research, said Dr.
William Paul, director of the NIH’ s Ofrice
of AIDS Research. "We will only be
able to conquer this disease ifwe are able
to devdop a vaccine," Paul said. "We
need good drugs, but we recognize that
treatment isn’ t going to solve our problems."
New drugs to treat symptoms of
AIDS have shownpromiserecently. Combinations
of drugs called protease inkibitors
have been slowing symptoms and
giving hope to HIV-infected patients.
Still, there’ s been no sign of a cure.
Since 1988, more than 15 AIDS vaccines
have been tested, but so far none has
proved successful. Although several vaccines
are in early stages of clinical trials,
it’s too soon to tell whether they will
work, Paul said. "But our position is that
we cannot rely on that. This is too important
a problem not to be planning for the
eventuality that these vaccines maynotbe
as effective as we would wish," he said.
Enter Baltimore, who won the Nobel
Prize in 1975 for his discovery of the
reverse transcriptase enzyme - the basic
enzyme by which HIV is able to multiply.
NIH’s top AIDS scientists hope Baltimore
will help guide them to a cure. "He
combines both rare insight with a very
strong technical background," Paul said.
Attempts to find a vaccine have so far
followed the approach of vaccine developmentforothermajorillnesses.
Butwhat
worked for polio andmumps has not been
working for AIDS, said Didier Trono, a
molecular biologist at the Salk Institute
for Biological Studies in San Diego.
Baltimore plans to assemble a panel of
experts to come up with new approaches
to finding a vaccine. It’ s something Baltimore
has been thinking about already for
more than a decade; in 1985, he headed a
national AIDS panel that recommended
an increased research effort. The Nobel
laureate will continue as a professor at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
splitting his time between Cambridge and
the NIH.
In 1996, N!H spent $109 million on
AIDS vaccine research and has increased
funding to $129millionfor 1997; theNIH
spends $400 million each year on research
for AIDS treatment.
Since the onset of the AIDS epidemic
more thanadecade ago, 29millionpeople
worldwide have become infected, Paul
said. Currently, theleading cause ofdeath
in the world is tuberculosis, with an estimated
3 million people dying annually.
But with 3.1 million new HIV infectious
each year- and still no cure-it’ s simply
amatter of timebeforeAIDS becomes the
world’s number one killer, Paul said. In
the United States, roughly 80,000 new
AIDS cases are diagnosed each year.
For his part, Baltimore remains opti-
¯
misdcanAiDS vaecine will eventuallybe
¯ found. But,he said,"Ihavenoidea whether
¯ we’regettingcloseornot.It’ soneofth..os~
¯ things that you only know you have v~e~
: you have it."
i More Moms with
i AIDS But Fewer
i Babies with HIV
¯ COLUMBUS,Ohio (AP)-Manyexpect-
¯ ant women infected with the AIDS virus
." now are being treated with the drug AZT
¯¯ duringpregnancy, labor and delivery, and
that has contributed to a drop in the hum-
; ber of babies born with HIV, state health
¯ officials said.
~ "This is one of the few true preventive
¯ strategies thatweactually have," Dr. Tho-
." mz.~ Halpin, chief ofpreventive medicine
¯ for the Ohio Department of Health, said
: last week.
¯" But thenumberofwomendiagnosed with
HIV still is increasing. Health officials
¯" said screening, testing and education also
have contributed to the decrease in HIV
: births.
"We are seeing mixed (rends here,"
said Carol Lyune O’ Neil, health program
¯ coordinator with the Columbus Depart-
. ment of Health. ’‘There is a low rate in
." pediatric cases ... but more and more
." women are being diagnosed."
¯ A 1994 study by the National Institutes
of Health showed that AZT could reduce
¯" HIV transmission during pregnancy by as
¯ much as 70 percent. In November, the
¯ state Health Department released guide-
," lines for preventing perinatal HIV transmission
and HIV testing of pregnant
women.
¯" The department recommended that all
: pregnant women and any women considering
becoming pregnant should receive
¯ HIV educationandcounseling. Also, they
: should be encouraged to be tested for the
¯ AIDS virus.
¯ Dr. Michael Para, director of theAIDS
clinical trials group at Ohio State Univer-
¯
sity Medical Center, .said although AZT
¯ appears to prevent transmission, the
: mother has to be diagnosed with HIV in
¯ the first place. ’’This is one of those things
." that will require vigilance," he said. "One
: has to stay on top of it to make sure
: infections in kids doesn’ t go up."
¯ HIV-infected pregnant women should
not be coerced into receiving AZT, but
: they should beinformed ofits potential to
.. reduce the risk of HIV transmission, authorities
said.
¯ HIV can be transmitted from mother to
: baby during pregnancy, labor, delivery
¯ and during breast-feeding, and transmis- ¯
sion occurs about 25 percent of the time.
¯ Physicians will have to better screen pa-
: tients and provide HIV testing, Para said.
¯ ’‘The number of infected kids are down ¯
this year," he Said. "But they won’t be
: down next year if you don’t watch it
; closely."
i AZT &Cancer Link?
WASHINGTON (AP) - A study that
found high doses of the AIDS drug AZT
can cause cancer in the pups of pregnant
mice has prompted federal health officials
to re-evaluate the use of the drug
among pregnant women who are infected
with the virus.
A committee of AIDS and cancer experts
will meet next week at the National Iustitutes
of Health to develop recornmendadons
on the use of AZT. But for now,
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health officials said Tuesday, pregnant
women who,are infected with the AIDS
virus should’continue taking the drug.
,-:hVhether the drug will have the same
effect on human babies is uncertain because
pregnant women take much lower
doses of the drug, she said. A panel of
experts will evaluate the issue at a meeting
Tuesday and come up with recommendations,
she said. Federal health officials
now recommend AZT for pregnant
women who are infected with HIV, the
virus that causes AIDS. Thedrughas been
shown to significandy reduce the transmission
of HIV to newborns.
Randall said that babies born towomen
taking AZT .are being medically monitored
and none has been found to have
developed cancer. But she said the children
are no older than 4 and must be
monitored for many more years to get
definilive answers about the effects of
AZT.
Dr. Jack Killen, director of the AIDS
division of the National Imdtute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases, Said, "At
this point, we’ re trying to figure out what
these findings mean, precisely, and what
the implications are... I think it remains
very, very clear that the benefit ofAZT in
this setting vasty outweighs the hypothetical
or potential risk."
Another recent study, at Mount Sinai
School of Medicine in New York, indicated
that HIV-infected women reduce
theirrisk oftransmitting HIVduring childbirth
by two-thirds if they take AZT.
AIDS Drugs for Kids
WASHINGTON (AP) - A special program
from a drug company offers children
infected with the AIDS virus free
doses of an experimental drug known as a
"protease inhibitor." It is the first time
American children could get this type of
medicine outside small doctor-run tests.
Agouron Pharmaceuticals is seeking
Food and Drug Administration approval
of its Viracept, known chemically as
nelfinavir. If approved, the drug could
become the nation’ s fourth protease inhibitor,
a powerful class of AIDS drugs
credited with revolutionizing AIDS care.
Yet none of these drugs is available in
pediatric form, sparking protests from
parents who say they’ re watching their
~hildren die.
Agouron last month became the first
company to seek simultaneous FDA approval
for adult and child forms of a
proteaseinhibitor. While theFDAisevaluating
the drug, it gave Agouron permission
to run an "expanded access" program
offering Viraceptfree to any HIV-infected
child age 2 to 13.
The pediatric version is apowder that can
be mixed into milk, formula or soft foods
such as pudding.
Right to Die Case
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP)- The
last living patient in a lawsuit seeking the
right to diesurvived to take the stand and
tell of indescribable pain and suffering
and why he should be allowed to die with
Charles Hall is, suing the state for the
right to die. Herolled his wheelchairup to
a courtroom microphone Monday to tell
his story of pain and a ravaged immune
system. ’:I can’ t even describe the pain," a
haggard and pale Hall said. ’q’here are
some days I don’ t even remember. I don’ t
think anybody should have to suffer."
Hall barely survived a bad bout with the
¯ A 128-year-old law is the only thing
: standingbetwecn Hall andadoctorwhois
¯ willing to give him alethal dose of drugs.
: The doctor isn’ t willing to violate the law
¯ - a felony punishable by up to 15 years in
¯ prison- and Hall t01d aWest Palm Beach
-" judge he shouldn’t have to. Circuit Judge
¯ S. Joseph Davis will decide whether or
not Hall and his doctor should be able to
decide to end the AIDS patient’ slife.
’q’he resolution will have a profound
impact onhow people die in our society,’"
said Michael Gross, the Florida assistant
attorney general representing StateAttorney
Barry Krischer of the 15th Circuit in
WestPalmBeach. Suicideremains acommon
law crime for good reason, Gross
said. The state has no way of evaluating
theindividual’ s motives andcompetency~
and it must protect vulnerable citizens
from abuse, he said.
The U.S. Supreme Court sent a message
when it allowed the removal of life
support and noted that such action was
disdncdy different from introducing alethai
agent to hasten death, Gross said.
Extending the right of assisted death to
terminally ill patients could later be applied
to minors and the mentally incompetent,
he warned.
Hall, who contracted acquired immune
deficiency syndrome through a blood
transfusion, takes up to 40 pills a day for
pain and to stave offpneumonia and other
viruses that routinely attack his weak immune
system. During his testimony, Hall
listed the health problems that promise to
cut his life short: a brain cyst, hepatitis B,
no feeling in his bladder, herpes, arthritis
andpartial blindness. Hall wants thejudge
to issue an injunction to stop prosecutors
from charging Dr. Cecil Mclver with a
crime if he assists in Hall’ s suicide.
"The two of them want to be left alone
and free from government interference,"
said Hall’ s attorney, Robert Rivas.
Hall and his lawyer are arguing that the
Florida Constitution grants special privacy
rights entitling him to choose physician-
assisted death.
Coincidentally, the U.S. SupremeCourt
will hear similarlegal argumentsWednesday
in two right-to-die cases.
The trial is taking place in West Palm
Beach before Davis because it’ s the seat
of thejudicial circnit where Mclver pracrices
medicine and would be prosecuted.
The trial, which began Monday, is expected
to wrap up next week.
Elizabeth Taylor
Benefit for AIDS
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Elizabeth
Taylor’ s upcoming 65th birthday will be
celebrated with a televised star-studded
bash fcaturing never-before-seen footage
of the actress’ s life and career. But Miss
Taylor said Wednesday that it~s neither
her life nor her career that will be the toast
of the night.
The black-tie gala- "Happy Birthday,
Elizabeth" - "A Celebration of Life" -
will benefit the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS
Foundation for distribution to a varie~ of
AIDS research and treatment orgamzafions.
Among the celebrities will be !ongtime
pal Michael Jackson, who is composing
a song entitled "Elizabeth" especially
for the event. Other celebrities taking
part include Whoopi Goldberg, John
Travolta, MagicJohnson, Roseanne,Tim
Allen and Ellen DeGeneres. The twohour
gala will be taped Feb. 16 at the
Pantages Theatrein Hollywood. It will be
broadcast on ABC later in February.
by James Christjohn ~
Happy New Year! Hope eeeryone survived
their familial visitations over the
holidays, if you had to make them. Going
home to my family is much akin to appearing
as Saturday Night Live’s Smart
Smalley in "Smart Saves his Family".
Well, maybe not quite that bad, but dose
enough. Let’s just say I have gotten in
: last 5 years.
¯¯ Arrive at the B~ady Theatre at 7p,m£or....
cabaret seating ($75.00 per persod, in-
" dudes buffet and 2 drinks), and 8pro for
¯ regular seating ($25.00 per person). The
: show begins at 8pro,andCDsofRichard’s
." recordings will be sold. $10.00 of each
¯ CD purchased will be donated to Inter-
: faith AIDS and Our House. Tulsa Opera
touch with my "Inner.
Stuart". Truthbe told, IAM
Stuart Smalley...without
the sweater. Which is kind
of scary, but that’s...OK.
Because I own my
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Philbrook Show
The Philbrook Museum
ofArt,2727S. Rockford, is
pleased to present
"America Unseen: People
& Place", on exhibit Jan.
19- March 9.
The exhibit explores aspects
ofAmericanpictorial
art from the ’20’s - ’50’s,
and includes works by
Norman Rockwell, John
SteuartCurry,Thomas Hart
Benton, Edward Hopper,
Walker Evans, Dorothea
Lange, Isabd Bishop, &
others.
TheSentimental Journey
Big Bandwill perform Feb.
2at3pminthePatti Johnson
"America Unseen:
P oph & Place",
on exhibit
Jan. 19- March 9.
The exhibit
explores aspects of
American
pictorial art from
the ~20’s -’50’s,
and inehdes
works by Norman
Roekwefl, John
Steuart Curry,
Thomas Hart
Benton, Edward
Hopper, Walker
Evans, Dorothea
Lange, Isabel
Bishop, & others¯
¯
las. I enjoyed
can provide more info at
582-4035.
Local Author Mark
Shepherd
Local author Mark
Shepherd has been kind
enoughtoinformTFNthat
the first book in a new
fantasyanthology series he
has partidpated in, specifically
created for the
gay/lesbian audience, will
be arriving in bookstores
this year. WhiteWolfPublishing
will be releasing
the "Bending The Landscape"
series. March 1997
will see the release of
’.’Bending The landscape:
Fantasy", followed by
"BendingTheLandscape:
Science Fiction" in March
1998; and "Bending The
Landscape: Horror" in
March 1999. (Saving the
family holiday stories for
last, eh?). Markhas abook
out, ’~Elvendude", that is a
great read, especially if
you’re familiar with Dalhall.
Ticketsmay bepurchased at the door it immensely, and it has
for $6.00.
Two gallery talks will be given for
"America Seen", Feb. 27 at 5:30pm &
March 7 at noon. Each Sunday in February,
"America Seen" will bepresented via
guided tour at 2pro by experienced docents.
On Thursday, Feb. 27, a special
evening of entertainment is planned. A
lecture/performance by Dr. Guy Logsdon
on the life and times of Woodie Guthrie
will take place at 7pro. A print sale will
occur on that evening and Friday as wall.
For info, call 748-5307.
Tulsa Ballet Theatre
Tulsa Ballet Theatre presents "Le
Tricorne: ACelebration of Spain", staged
by Susanna Della Pietra, premiering in
OklahomaFeb. 7-9 at the PAC, accompanied
by the Oklahoma Sinfouia. Also on
the bill are The Four Temperaments by
Balanchine, and the Pas de Denx from
Sylvia, staged by Victoria Simon and
Frederic Franklin, respectively. Tickets
range from $9 to $57. For reservations/
info call TBT at 749-6006, or the PAC at
596-7111.
Tulsa Opera
Interfaith AIDS Ministries
Our House
Mark February 15 on your calendar for
the "Cabaret Night with Richard Lalli &
GaryChapman: Songs in theKeyofLove"
concert, benefiting the Tulsa Opera. Mr.
Lalli and pianist Gary.Chapman will be
performing songsfromthe 20’s -40’s,and
may feature the works of Cole Porter,
Irving Berlin, the Gershwius, Harold
Aden, Sondheim, Kern, Weill and
Bernstein; as well as Ives, barber, Copland,
and Carter. Both Mr. Lalli and Mr.
Chapman have performed at Jessye
Norman’s annual holiday, party for the
_- become a favorite addition to my perma-
¯ nent collection. He has also co-written a ¯
fantasy book with another local favorite,
Mercedes Lackey. Check them out, er,
¯ better yet, purchase them (Sorry Mark,
: Mercedes, bad choice of words) at the
¯ local bookstores. Mark also has a new
¯ book0fhis ownon the way, and I willpass
¯ along that info as soon as I know more.
: Support our local authors!!!
: Borders Books & Entertainment
: Borders Books and Music has a lovely
," series of musical performances in their
_" care lined up for January. On the 17th at
¯ 7pm, TirkWilder, known for writing the ¯
theme to "Walker: Texas Ranger", will
¯ make an appearance; on the 18th, The
: Light Crust Doughboys, the oldest country
band in the world, will perform west-
: em swing at 3pro, and at 7, the Larry
HammettTrio willjazz things up a bit. On
¯ the 19th at lpm, David Flores and Steve ¯
¯ Bake. r provide their comtemporary jazz
¯ stylings, and at 4pm, the Steve Hamm
¯ String Quartet will provide a classical
." atmosphere. Onthe24th, Whirligig whirls
¯ into town at 8pm, and the Will Campbell
: trio perform at 2pm on the 26th. Poets, on
." the 30th at 8pro, bring your stuff to the
¯ cafe for Poetry Reading night. On the
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: acoustic funk at 8pm. Best of all,it’s free!
¯ Broken Arrow
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¯ BACP presents "Laundry and Bour-
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; edies, lmnning 2/7-2/16. Tickets are $6-
¯ $10, and can be reserved at 258-0077.
: Community Support Groups?
: If anyone in the community is inter-
: see Jim, page 12
Exhibition made possible by the Helmerich Foundation
and the Oklahoma Arts Council
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663-5934, Daphane Cooper
ROBERT HOLLAND
Attorney at Law
General Criminal & Civil Practice
494-0484
6966 South Utica Avenue, Tulsa 74136
Songs in the Key ofLove
Saturday, February 15, 1997
8:30pm, Brady Fheater
A Cabaret Night with
Baritone Richard Lalli &
Pianist Gary_ Chapman
to benefit
TULSA OPERA
Cabaret Seating at 7pm, $75 with Buffet
Call Tulsa Opera at 582-4035
Regular Seating, $25 thro’ Brady Box Office
582-7239 & Dillard’s, 800-654-9545
ALSO
CD’s by Richard Lalli will be available
& a portion of sales will benefit
Interfaith AIDS Ministries
and Our House
~/~o FOUR TEMPERWAiMthENthTeS ba,rtdillPiaasndtedeDseiguxnsfroomfPiScYaLsVsIAo
Tulsa Performing Arts Center. with the Oklahoma Sinfonia
TICKETS $9 - ~57 Discounts available
For tickets call: 749-6006, 596-7111, 584-2000
Performance sponsored in part by The John Steele Zink Foundation,
Sarkeys Foundation and Texaco, Inc.
1996-97 Season sponsored in part by
T U L S A PHILHARMONIC
~SUNDAYS
Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2627b East llth, 583-7815
Community of Hope (United Methodis0, Service - 6pro, 1703 E. 2rid, 585-1800
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Service- 1lain, 1703 E. 2nd, 749-0595
Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church
Adult Sunday School, 9:15 Service, 11 am, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa
Service, 10:45am, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715
Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adults Network (ORYAN)
Support/social group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325
PrimeTimers
Social group for men, 1st Sun/each mo. 4-6pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
University, of Tulsa Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay/T’ransgendered Alliance
6:30 pm at the Canterbury Center, 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
~ MONDAYS
HIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appoinlment required.
Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm Results: 7-gpm, Info: 742-2927
PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays
1st Monday/each mo. 6:30pro, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard
PFLAG Family AIDS Support Group
2rid Monday/each month, 6:30 pm, 4154 S. Harvard, Info: 749-4901
I~- TUESDAYS
HIV+ Support Group, HIV Resource Consortium 1:30 pm
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-l, Info: Wanda @ 749-4194
Shanti-Tulsa, Inc. H!V/AIDS Support Group, and Friends & Family H!V/AIDS
Support Group - 7 pro, Locafious, call: 749-7898
Alternative Skating 8:30 - 11 pro, 241-2282, $4, Sand Springs Skate
Pride Center Community Meeting Feb. !8, 7 pm
1307 E. 38th, 2nd floor. Info: 743-4297
(=IP WEDNESDAYS
Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center
Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2627-B Fast llth, Info: 583-7815
Family Of Faith MCC Praise & Prayer - 6:30 pro, Choir Practice - 7:30 pm
5451-E South Mingo. Call 622-1441 for info.
TNAAPP, Tulsa Native American AIDS Prevention Project
Support group for Gay & Bi Native American Men - 6 pm
Community of Hope,1703 E. 2nd, 582-7225 or 584-4983
I~" THURSDAYS
Co-Dependency Support Group - 7:30 Family of Faith, 5451E S. Mingo, 622-1441
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education
Anonymous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pro, Results: 7 - 9pm, Info: 742-2927
Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adults Network (ORYAN)
Support/social group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325
Tulsa Family Chorale, Weekly practice - 9:30pm, Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
PFLAG Family AIDS Support Group, 1st & 3rd Thurs. 4154 S. Harvard, 749-4901
Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. G, 3-4:30 pro, Info: 749-4194
l~" FRIDAYS
SafeHaven, YoungAdults Social Group, 8pm, 1 st Fri/eaehmo. Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th
I~" SATURDAYS
Mixed Volleyball, No winter games - call 58%6557 for more info. "
St. Jerome’s. Church, Mass - 6 pm Garden Chapel; 3841 S. Peoria, Info: 742-6227
Narcotics Anonymous, Confidential support forlrecowering addicts -~ 11 pm,
Community:of Hope,1703 E. 2rid, Info: 585-1800 . " -
I~" OTHER GROUPS
The Technicians, Leather organization, info: 621-5597
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 838-1222
TCC Gay & Lesbian Student Association, Southeast Campus. Info: 631=7632
SWAN-Single Women’s Activity Network, info: 832-2121
Womens Supper Club, info: 584-2978
Enjoy "A Musical~"with the
Tulsa Philha,vrronic on Thursday, Fe~eary 6 or
Saturd~ F~,ua~y ~.~at ~p.m. ink
Patti Johnson Wilson Hall of the Phil~ook
Conductor Search FinalistAndre’ Raphel
Smith will lead the TulsaP~in selections
from Mozart, Res~/_’~.~ (The Birds) and
Britten. Call 747-PHIL to reserve your seat,
READ ALL ABOUT IT
Reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
The simple action of moving
to a new neighborhood
results in profound ramifications
for the attractive protagonist
of Greg Bills’ new
novel Fearful Symmetry. Peter
Keith, the artistic
twentysomething heroandnarrator,
has finally found a new
condo in Los Angeles within
his budget. On moving day,
Peter is intrigued with ahandsome
neighbor, Chaz Lambent,
who is shamelessly hosing
himself down after a run
with his dog in the California
su~ Chaz,andhis wifeMuriel,
immediately latch on to Peter
and begin showering himwith
generosity.
Unaccustomed to such attention,
and on the rebound
from afailed romance, Peter’s
emotional state allows him to
be drawn into the Lambent’s
world of fashion, theater and
high dollar collecting. The
Lambents are the darlingsof
the in-crowd, throwing excitingparties
and relishing their
position as an admired, and
"desired, couple. Their appeal,
though, has a darker side.
Peter’s infatuation with the
" he becomes entangled in their eccentric
¯¯ sexual web, and he begins to realize that
they are mentally disturbed and danger-
On moving
day, Peter is
intrigued with
a handsome
neighbor,
Chaz Lambent,
who is
shamelessly
hosing himself
down after a
run with his
d~.o$ in.the
Calilorma sun.
Chaz, and his
wife Muriel,
immediately
latch on to
Peter and
begin showering
him with
generosity.
ons. They are so engaging,
however, Peter foolishly allows
the Lambents to take advantage
of him and only by
finally cutting off all communication
with them does Peter
save his sanity and his life.
This book is a page-turner,
as thereader sympathizes with
Peter’s character as he becomes
embroiled in the
Lambent’s destructive lives.
But, occasionally, given what
Peter knows about his neighbors,
and considering how
bright he apparently is, it is
improbable that he would allow
himself to be continually
controlled and abused, physically,
sexually and mentally.
If the reader can overlook this
unlikely scenario, and simply
enjoy the bizarre events that
keep Peter absorbed, this is an
intoxicating read that is reminiscent
of some of Dennis
Cooper’s writings.
Check for Fearful SymmetryandGreg
Bills’ othernovd,
Consider This Home, at the
Readers Services department
of the Central Library, or give
them a call at 596-7966. You
can also order it through your
Lambents slowly rams to distress when " local branch library.
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Did the holidays get to you?Amassage
may be just what the doctor ordered to
reliveyouofthis problem. The
holidays mayhavebeen a seasonfor
giving but don’tforget
to give to yourself. Massage is
one of the most useful and
easily obtainedforms oftreatment
in the field of physical
spatherapy andoverall health.
Let’s consider the benefits of
massage therapy.
In this post-holiday season;
treat yourself to one of the
f’mest experiences life has to
offer- agreattherapeuticmassage.
Once you have had one,
it’s easy to get hooked, and
soon becomes difficult to
imagine life without a massage
on a regular basis.
A therapeutic massage is
simply the systematic healing
art ofmanipulating soft tissue
(skin and muscle). This manipulationcanresultin
arange
of benefitS to your 0ver-idl
health and well-being. Studies
conducted in the united
States and throughout the
A therapeutle
massage is
simply the
systematle
healing art
of
manipulating
soft tissue..¯
This¯¯¯
eall rP~odt
in a range of
benefits to -
your over-aft
health and
well-being.
¯ When used as a consistent, systematic
~ regimen prior to emergency conditions,.
¯ therapeuticmassagewillprotectthebody’s
own natural prevention and
healing processes.
Benefits of therapeuticmassage
include an increased efficiency
of the immune system,
increased blood and
lymphfluids, increased respiratoryefficiency
throughdeep
breathing, substantially reduced
effects of stress and
stress related problems, a reduction
in blood pressure and
reduced tension-relatedhead--
aches. Massage also reduces
muscle spasms and stiffness,
reduces the healing time of
pulled muscles, sprains an
swelling and speeds the removal
of metabolic waste
products, allowing more nutrients
to reach the cells, Massage
promotes better posture,
helps to provide complete
body and mind relaxation,
improves muscle tone and
helps preventordelaymnscular
atrophy resulting from
forced inactivity; hdps return
worldhavefactuallydocumentedtheben- : venous blood to and reduces strain on the
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TourS or=oreinio, on.
by Jean-Pierre Legrandbouche
TFN Food Critic
Days of snow and ice and brisk prairie
winds canmake even themost
devoted Oklahomaphile a bit
testy, and this Januaryhas been
one of those more challenging
times¯ The people of Europe
often f’md the need to escape
winter’s grasp as well, and they
most generally go on holiday
to the sunny Mediterranean.
A Mediterranean cruise
might not be in the budget for
an evening s entertmnment, so
we have to just pretend, and
look for a Mediterranean regional
restaurant to get that je
ne sins. qua atmosphere for a
relaxing, fun evening. When
we thinkofMediterranean, we
think of Greece, Italy, Spain,
and France: We’re really not
in the mood for a gyros sandwich,
so there goes the Greek
option, andTulsadoesn’thave
a-Spanish restaurant (Mexican
isn’t the same, and, by the
way, for those ofwho going to
seeEvitaand then doingMexican,
Argentine isn’t the same,
either). French would be a
wonderful comfort food in the
winter, but, alas, the talented
culinary triumvirate of Curt
Herrmama, Marjorie Alexander,
and Thomas Radcliffe
had their last weekend at
Montrachet, and have left the
restaurant to develop theirown
gourmet take-out food concept.
So, there isn’t a decent
French restaurant in town any
more.
That leaves us with Italian. Shall we go
to the faux-Italian, market study driven, ¯
Olive Garden for cardboard pasta and
wallpaperpaste sauces (theydohavegood
salad and breadsticks)? Maybe a little ¯
overcooked spaghetti at a pizzajoint?We :
think not. But, voila!, there is a rathe "
secret,unknownItalianrestaurantinTulsa
whichoffers delicious, madeto orderfood
with trained staff and elegant service.
And, surprisingly, it is hidden away in a
shopping center in east Tulsa.
Ti Amo hides on the end ofa strip mall, ¯
east of the Albertson’s grocery store at :
21st and Memorial. It’s a bit hard to f’md,
but it’s well worth the effort. ¯
With a menu having a wide variety of
styles "representing the whole of Italy," ."
Ti Arno’s forteis Sicilian style cuisine. As "
you know, the island of Sicilly is in the
Medit.err~ean, offthe boot of Italy. It has "
an ancient culture and cuisine, and due to
it’s island isolation, has preserved more
authentic old Roman style cooking techniques
than the main country of Italy.
And, sitting in a major ancient shipping :
lane, Silicianos have ofthadexotic spices,
such as saffron and curries, toincorpomte ¯
into theirrecipes. Seafood tins also played
an Important role in the Sicilian diet. :
All diners are greeted with a comple- ¯
mentary dish ofbmscetta,, whichis a slice
oftoast topped with agarlicky tomato and :
olive oil salsa. Fresh soups aremadedaily-
-the zuppa di giomo--and lovely fresh, ¯
green salads are served family style.
Thebiggestchallengeis seleetingone’s
entree. Just want a simple plate of spa-
Ti Amo
8151 E. 21st
Cuisine:
Italian
Ambiance:
Dressy
Luncheon:
Mon.-FrL 11-2
Evenings:
Mort-Thurs. 5-9
Fri-Sat. til 10
Sundays ll-9pm
Reservations
advised on
weekends.
Smoking Area?
Not distinct
enough from
non-smokind.
Full bar aria
wine list.
Payment:.
Cash, Amencan
Express,
Diners’ Club,
Visa,
Mastereard.
No cheeks.
Rating: A list
ghetti? Well, which sauce? Pesto?
Napolitana? Bolongese? Marinara?
Carbonara? Aglio? These are the authentic
recipes. And, as with any
respectable Italian restaurant,
pastaisn’tlimited to spaghetti.
the tortellini alla pauna is a
delicious pocket of pasta
stuffed withricottacheeseand
sauteed in a cream-cognac
sauce ($8.95). Particularly
mouth-wateringin therigatoni
con gorg.onzola, big tubes of
macarom sauteed with fresh
broccoli and served in a
creamy gorgonzola cheese
sauce ($9.50). You can get a
fettucine Alfredo ($8.95) or a
fettucine vongale ($8.95),
whichis sauced with ared or a
white clam sauce. Keep in
mind that all of these sauces
are made the traditional way,
with fresh cream and butter
and freshly graied Italian
cheeses - none of the thickeners
and extenders you see in
lesser restaurants.
The lasagna al fomo is a hit
controversial. It is dry. But,
it’s supposed to be dry, because
that is the Sicilian way.
So, don’t expect one of tho~e
huge, gooey mounds like they
serve at the Spaghetti Warehouse.
Whilerecognizing their
salute to lasagna tradition,
personally, we don’t care for
the lasagna. Especially, since
there are so many other truly
wonderful dishes from which
to choose. Meat based entrees
alsoabound. Thechickendella
casa ($10.95) is a flavorful
chicken breast with green peppers,mushrooms,
and asparagus in a white wine
~?mesancream sauce. Vitello allaTiAmo
12.95) is a fork-tender piece of veal
sauteed in a cream sauce with artichokes
and walnuts. Worth every calorie. The
shrimp coriana ($12.95) features figs and
¯ peppercorns. An orange roughy fillet
: ($12.95)is preparedmeuniere and topped
-" with pesto butter. One can also have the.
exquisite filletto bordelaise ($14.50), a
gently preparedbeeftenderloin withmushrooms,
burgundy, sundried tomatoes, and
herbs and spices.
For dessert, several selections are always
available, but the signature item is
strawberries alia TiAmo. Much like a
cherries jubilee, the strawberries-are
cookedin a variety ofliqueurs andpoured
over a big scoop ofvanillaice cream, then
topped with whipped cream. Always save
room for the strawberries.
Service at Ti Amo is generally pretty
good. They strive foranefficient andwall
trained work staff appropriate to a"white
tablecloth" restaurant. The ambiance is a
little on the/.,as Vegas side, with large,
round, red vinyl booths lining the walls of
the main dining room, but regular tables
are available, as well. There is a full bar,
and a decent wine list, though one not
featuring as many Italian wines as one
might.
Ti Amo is a restaurant well-deserving
of it’s name, which in English, is translated,
"I love you." Once you fred and
experience this place, yon’ll loveit. It’s an
Italian adventure well-worth the search.
Who Decides What
Happens to Your Body?
Disposition ofbodily r~ains canbe an
emotionally difficult subject. Many biological
families agree to carry out the
expressed wishes of their family members
withHIV/AIDS. Unforttmately,family
members sometimes disagree about
the disposition of bodily remains, espedally
whether to be buried or cremated
and whether or not ashes should be interred.
Such disagreements can be very
stressful both for the person with H!V/
AIDS and to his or her survivors.
Oklahomalaw has no specific law governing
instructions for the disposition of
bodily remains. However, generally, the
legal spouse or next of kin holds the right
to possession and custody of the body for
burial o~ cremation. Other states have
specificlaws designed to givepersons the
right to express a preference for disposition
of the body after death.
In light of these practical and legal
problems, if you have a preference about
the disposition of your body, you should
make a dear, written expression of your
wishes. You may choose to include funeral
and burial instructions in your Will.
While such instructions may not be leers;
or a suicide survivor’ s group (for who
have suffered the loss of a loved one due
to suicide), let me know: Any mental
health care professionals who might care
to offer advice or suggestions on starting
up any oftheabovegroups wouldbemore
than welcome to call me at 583-1248.
Actually, I have an affirmation for the
column : "I have the choice to livemy life
in wellness., or to get sick and wallow in
all that attention." - Shanti Goldstein.
(and it s so appropriate for a friend I ve
been dealing with lately - meow! .I must
stop, reading the restaurant rewews -
they rehaving aterribleinfluenceonme! )
But seriously folks, I have had a major
go-round withamajor depressive episode
recently and it was not fun. And while
there are many wonderful support groups
out there, I would feel much more comfortable
with Gay/Lesbian comrades.
Here is some information regarding
depr.essio.n I’ve found helpful. What depress~
on ~s:
* Depressionis anillness, in the same way
that diabetes orheart disease are illnesses;
* Depression is an illness that affects the
entire body;
* Depression is an illness that I in 5
people will suffer during their lifetime;
* Depression is the leading cause of alcoholism,
dru~ abuse and other addictions;
* Depression is an illness that can be
successfully treated in more than 80% of
the people who have it;
* Depression is an equal-opportunity illness
- it affects all ages, all races, all
economic groups and both genders, and
all orientations. Women, however, suffer
from depression twice as muchasmendo,
as do Gay folk compared to straight.
* About half of the people suffering from
depression do not get proper treatment;
* Untreated depression is the number one
cause of suicide; and
* Depression is second only to heart diseasein
causinglostworkdays inAmerica.
What depression is not:
* Depression is not something to be
¯ gaily binding, it is a written, witnessed
: and notarized Statement of the client’s
: wishes which puts the personal represen-
¯¯ tative of your estate in a much stronger
position tomake sure that your wishes are
." carried out. Oneproblemwiththis method
¯ is that theWillmay notbe available at the ¯
time of death and may be discovered too
¯ late to be useful.
: Anotheropfionis to express yourwishes
"~ in a separate signed and witnessed docu-
: ment whichnotonly contains instructions
¯ as to what is to be done with your bodily
~ remains, but also provides someone with
: the authority to carry out your instrac-
: lions. The designate person should then
¯ be given a copy of the document, which ¯
should be put in a place that is easily
"- accessible twenty-four hours a day. Fur-
"¯ therprotection canbeprovidedbypreparing
aburial orfuneral plan, andby making
~ specific arrangements with a particular
¯ funeral home.
: If you are HIV positive or have AIDS,
¯ and you would like legal help with the ¯
Disposilion of Bodily Remains or other
: HIV/AIDS-related legal issue, ask for
¯ Darlene Shadid at the AIDS Legal Re-
: source Project at (405) 521-1302 (collect
: calls accepted).
¯ ashamed of;
¯ * Depression is not the same thing as
feeling blue or down;
¯ * Depression is nota eharacterflaw orthe
signbf a weak personality;
¯ Depression is not a mood someone can
snap out of, (Would you ask someone to
sndp out ofdiabetes?) and
¯ Depression is notfully recognized as an
illness by most health care insurance providers.
Clinical depression is sometimes referred
to as a major depressive episode.
Episodes are usually a result of Major
Depressive Disorder, but they can also be
associated with other disorders. It appears
that clinical depressions can be caused in
¯ a number of ways.
¯ Clinical depression is not j.’ust feeling
¯ unhappy. A clinical depression can inelude
a low mood, hopeless feelings, and
¯ loss of interest or pleasure in almost all
¯ usual activities andpastimes. Some of the
¯" common symptoms are a feeling of deep
¯ sadness for at least two weeks without
¯ letup and any five of the following:
¯ * Trouble sleeping or sleeping toomuch; ¯
* Not caring anymore about work, hob-
" bies, friends or sexual activity;
¯ * Self-recrimination for things in the past
¯ or present;
." * Feeling tired all the lime or finding
: everything an effort;
¯ Having trouble concentrating ormaking
¯ decisions; ¯
* Loss of appetite or loss of weight;
: * Eating more than usual and gaining
¯ weight;
: * Thoughts of suicide or considering a
¯ way of dying;
: * Frequently ~eeling on the verge of tears
¯¯ or weepy;
* Waking up early in the morning, with
¯ difficulty returning to sleep;
¯ * Feeling worse in the morning;
¯ * Feeling anxious or irritable;
~ * A gloomy view of the future;
~ * Physical pain or headaches; and
¯ * Cravings for certain foods ;
¯ Most people experience these syruptoms
for months before seeking treat-
¯ ment. Being depressed is painful and it
Timothy W. Daniel
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Gays & Lesbians
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1-800-742-9468 or 918-352-9504
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" the bottom is expected to have a will of
¯ his/her own and to know when to express
¯ ’itas well as whento relinqnishit,a"Daddy/
¯ boy" relationship is probably what you
¯ want. The participants are allowed to, by
¯ the parameters of their relationship, show
¯ genuinely their love for one another.
Age is not a determining
factor in this type of
relationship. "Daddy"may
be the passive or active,
dominant or submissive
partner. It is all open to
negotiation and discovery.
A"Daddy"may havemore
than one "boy" as well as
the "boy" havingmorethan
one "Daddy".
scott smithertun, who
is no longer with us, had
this to say in Leathersex, "i
have the freedom to play, a
safe place to do it, and a
’Daddy’, whichmeanslots
of love and a nurturing relationship
wiih a lot of
growth." A "boy" can be
any age. Part of being a
"boy" is giving up decisions.
"Daddy/boy" rela-
SM at all. What is needed
¯ -is a strong figure - a"Dad"
and someone who wants to be more like
¯
"Dad". "Daddy/boy" relationships cannot
: exist without love. A "Daddy/boy" rela-
¯ tionship can take you right up to the edge ¯
of a Master/slave relationship. But it
¯ doesn’ t have to go that way. In order for a
_" man to be a "boy" he must have honesty,
¯ a sense of fun, and a need for a strong ¯
"father figure" in his life even if he has a
¯ good relationship with his father and a
: desire to learn from and be like "said
¯ strong person".
¯ The satisfaction a "boy" gets out of
: being a"boy" is thejoy of ajob wall done
¯ and the love of a good"Daddy". In terms ¯
¯ of collars, a"boy" shouldwearwhat their
"Daddy" tells them to. A "boy" should
¯ never wear someone else’s collar or locks
¯ without"Daddy’s" permission. Ifyou are
: happy being a "boy", and you are a man,
¯ your manhood is assured. Manhood sire-
¯ plymeans youare ahuman male, and you
¯ ~ need to be that "boy". A "boy" is not
always in "boy mode". There are times
: when Daddy doesn t need me in
: mode", but it is dependent on "Daddy’s"
¯ needs, not mine. A "Daddy" can expect ¯
undying loyalty from a "boy".
¯ There will be two or three more col-
* unms in this series and i hope this series
: will help you better understand one view
: of leather relationships. Until next time...
lance brittain
(editor’s note: in this column, the terms
"boy", "girl ", etc. are used symbolically
to refer to the balance ofpower in relationships
only between consenting adults.
Neither the writer nor this newspaper
encourage or condone any inappropriate
or illegal behavior involving
minors.)
One would be surprised
at thenumerous versions of
relationships in the leather
community as wall as the
characteristics. One thing
that is of importance is the
fact that there is no one set
definition for how these relationships
should be defined.
The parties involved
make the rnles as they go
along for what is right for
them may not be right for
others. Also, gender is not
specific. Leatherpeople
people can choose to live
together, choose toberoommates
with no sexual contact
or other, more formal
relationships. Some of the
posslolnue~ ~C: .........
Mistress/slave","Mommy/
Daddy/boy/girl", "animal/
owner" and leather families.
One of the situations may involve two
people who only participate in leather in
private. Another may be the couple who
participate in leather on and off. They
might have leather weekends as well as
"vanilla" weekends. Sometimes, one
memberof acouplemay develop an interest
in leather and after talking it over with
his/her partner, may decide to venture out
to take care of their needs. Another possibility
is to bring a third into the relationship
which can be on the same level of
commitment or not.
The "Daddy/boy" arrangement seems
to be the relationship of choice for many
leathermen. Joseph Bean, author-of
"Leathersex", feels that people who are
destined to he"Daddies" tend to bepeople
who do not have a deep need to be perceived
as extremists or outsiders. He also
feels that a person destined to be a "boy"
must share their"Daddy’ s" willingness to
be in a leather relationship that does not
seek outwardly to outrage.
If you want a relationship where the
"Top" is dominant not only "by definition,"
but also because of his strengths
and the admiration the "bottom" has for
him; where there is respect flowing both
ways within the relationship; where one
party admits to learning and both parties
are accepting ofgrowthandchange; where
may feel like it will never end. Without
treatment symptoms can last for months,
or years. Proper treatment can help over
80% of those who sufferfrom depression.
Some depression will disappear eventually
without any treatment,, though this
can takemanymonths or sometimes years.
.Currently there is no sure way of predicting
when an episode of depression will
end. Treatment may be recommended,
rather than simply waiting.
Since depression may be caused by a
combination of factors, a combination of
One would
surprised at the
numerous versions
ot~ relationships
in the
leather eommunlty
... the {act [is]
that there is no
one set de~nltlon
for how these
relationshi.~s
should be ddined.
The parties involved
make the
ru!e~ ~ they do
¯
treatments may be necessary. Some of
¯
theseare psychotherapy, behaviortherapy,
¯¯ and medication. An individual treatment
is organized between patient and doctor.
: Psychotherapy is a method of talking
¯ about your concerns with your therapist to
: identify problems and seek solutions.
¯¯ Cognitive-behavioral therapy focuses on the negative beliefs and behaviors com-
" monly seen in depression. Antidepressant
¯ medication is prescribed to get the mind ¯
and body working in a,reasonable way
¯
again, allowing you to think clearly about
: problems in your life that may be contrib-
¯ uting to the depression.
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and are often dangerous, when used on anything
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sized,Safe in material, design, and construction, and
which best promotes healing. Gold-plated, gold-filled,
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new or unhealed piercing.
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Feb. 15 - March 14, 1997, v. 4, no. 3
Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual & Trans Communities
Marriage Update
i OKCongressm.an Denies
Attack Gays Speech
WASHINGTON - The Human Right~’ ~pai~ (HRC), the
: nation’s largest Lesbian/Gay civil rights and political lobbying
: organization issued a statement raising concerns about possible
anti-Gay bias in the Republican response to President Clinton’s
: State of the Union address. The Republican response was given
: by Oklahoma Congressman JC Watts whose district includes
HRCExecutiveDirectOrElizabeth Birch cal]~l Upon Watts to
clarify apassage ofhis speech inwhichheseemedto bejustifying
faith-based discrimination against gay people. After calling for
an end to racial discrimination and asserting that "America must
be a place where we all.., feel a part of the American.dream," he
said: "It does not happen by trying tommrich against poor or by
using the politics of fear. It does not happen by reducing our
values to the lowest common denominator, and, friends, it does
not happen by asking Americans to accept what’; immoral and
what’s wrong in the name of tolerance." (emphasis added)
Birch said,"Iamconcerned thatCongressmanWatts may have
made a thinly veiled appeal to the very politics of fear which he
had deplored in his previous sentence... Like other faith-based
differences, sincere religious disagreements .over the issue of
see Watts, page 2
’.Moving. Toward
:1 clus=veness : :Unitarians Walkthe Talk
~LSA - For Darryl Matkins and his partner of
more than 12 years, the Rev. Chester McCall,
." ;fOrmerly San Francisco Bay Area residents, Tulsa
Norman and south-central/south-west Oklahoma. The concerns ¯ 4ias been a big adjustment - not just in terms of
ofHRCwereechoedbysomemembersoftheTulsaLesbianand : .Jc~einganopenlys~e-genddrcouplebutevenmore
Gay community as wall..... .’.-.ib terms of.the-city s morebv~rtracis~il~ "
¯ : McCall began as an interim pastor with The
¯ Unitarian Church of the Restoration at 1314 No.
Greenwood last Septemb,.er. MCCall, who was ordained
in 1979in the
United Church of
Christ (UCC) before
becoming part of the
Unitarian-Universalist
(UU) tradition,
notes that he came
into the denomination
in response to
the efforts of the
UU’s actively to recruit
people of color
into. the traditionally
¯ The Rev: Chester McCallof "White" denomina¯
tion. And as an
the Church of the Restora- ¯ tion & his partner of 12 o. penlyBisexualman
¯ years, Mr. Darryl Matkins. ~n a longterm relationship
with another
: Bisexual man, McCall also helps the UU’s work
: toward their goal of an inclusive church where
¯ Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Transgendered persons are
: welcome both as members and in the ministry.
: Cht~rch of the Restoration is unusual in Tulsa for
: being oneof a handful of congregations in the city
that are purposefully interracial. Even its name is
symbolic of the role it hopes to play in trying to
: bridge the racial and other differences that have
~.~. R~rur_’6~ ~6-nsdrtiumi ~aihyHinkle ofPFLA~ andKathy Bird ¯ since the !.921 *Race .Riot". It ~is an extension
¯." Of RAIN along with Melani~ Spector (not ~hown) spoke about ". church; Which means it’s supported both by its
¯ homophobia at the Feb. AIDS Coalition meet.ing..Photo: TFN "- congregation and with assistance fromthede~Omi~
: AiDSCoalitionHolds
i Homophobia Panel!..
TULSA - The AIDS Coalitioh~0iTulsa presented aprogram on "
-Homophobia at its,Feb~monthly meeting. Mdanie Spector :.
oftheOklahoma Srate. Dept. 0fHealth suggested ,theprogram.and. ¯
brought a Video, GayLife & Culture Wars, featured interviews ."
with Lesbians and Gay men, and parents in Oregon during the :
anti-Gay referenda there. The Coalition first.watched the video. ¯
Afterwards apanel presentedadditional information. BobHulscy ¯
¯ of the HIV Resource Consortium spoke about what it was like to "
see Panel, page 12 :
NatiOnal BiaCkOrganization
ChallengesChristian Coalition
: nation. McCall was askedby the former andfound’"
ihneg p~aosidtodr.~ovfftfhnet.Cth6ui.rbceh~op~f tshtoerR, etsotowrahtiicohnwMhCetChaelrl
respbntled, "ate youcrazy?!"’ Butnot long after, he
found himselfon a plane to Tulsa and was asked to
serve as pastor for a year. This period meets his
denominational requirement for a year of supervised-.
service--tO h .coh~r-~gafion~--and helps-the
Church 0f the R~esto~ation ihrough the period of
adjustment after seeing its founding pastor move
on. McCall’s advisors are the Rev. John Wolfe of
All Soulsand the Rev. Jim Issacs of Tahlequah.
And .~hile it se~ms to McCall that his congregation
has~adjnsted fairy ,well to.havinga nomheterosee
Talk ,.page 12
Comilng Soon!
: shanti,s--Mar li Gras, IAM
: Membership-Drive, Pride
i Ce.nter Video ~ghts, PFLAG
: Spaghetti-. Dinner with OKC
! Metro ChOrus +7’ TresPasses"
.o . . s_ee Soon,.page 3
INSIDE - EDITORIAIJDIRECTORY
US & WORLD NEWS
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¯ WASHINGTON ~- The leaders of a national Black lesbian and
: Gay organization today responded cautiously to dements ofa
¯ recentlyly announced plan by the right-wing political/religions
: group, The Christian Coalition and called on the group to take
¯ honest, constructive steps to heal the wounds of division that it
: has fostered. Keith Boykin, Executive Director of the National
¯ Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum, said the recent
¯ announcement of the Christian Coalition’s Samaritan.Project is
: only a "first step" in reconciling the religious right’s.history of
¯¯ indifference toward blacks, the poor and the.inner ¢ities~ ,The
Samaritan Project includes an 8-point planf0r strong f~amilies,
¯ safe neighborhoods, charitable giving, racial justice, hndrevital-
: izi~g the church. Despite the plan’s positive rhetoric,~Boykin
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Hawaii May Add.Marriage
Ban to Constitution?
HONOLULU (AP) - The state Senate Judiciary Committee
has approved two bills aimed at resolving the
same-sex marriage issue, following the same approach
taken by the House recently.
One calls for a state constitutional amendment to ban
same-sexmarriages. Theother, activated o.nly ifHawaii’s
voters ratify the amendment, would give same-sex
couples many of the same rights and responsibilities of
married Couples, but going much further than provided
in the House measure.
What we have attempted to do is to.craft a constitutional
amendment that will accomplish the objective of
limiting marriage to couples of the opposite sex while
preserving what we know to be our citizens" commit-
~ncn~. to. ~aimess~ tolerances.ands! equality,~,~said~Sen,-
amended House bills now go t..0...:~he Senate floor for
likely approval before going:~0n to a House-Senate
conf~rehce committee tO resoI~e differences.
The committee action came following a five-hour
hearing at which opponents"and supporters of samegender
marriages reiterated the argumetits.that have
marked the debate since a 1993 state Supreme Court
decision. Thehigh court said the equal protection clause
of Hawaii’s Constitution requi~ed that same~sex marriages~
belicensedu~l~s~ti~ sia~e ~uld show acompelling
state interest not tolicense them. "
Debi Hartmann, chair of the Hawaii’s Future Today
group formed to oppose same-sex marriages, told the
committee that since marriage is a public policy issue,
it should be decided in the Legislature.
Attorney Dan Foley, who represents three same-sex
couples who sued the state after being denied marriage
licenses in 1991, denounced the proposed constitutional
amendment. The Legislature is preparing to send
voters an amendment "to deny rights to citizens of this
state...despite overwhelming and undisputed evidence
that same-sex marriages would benefit families and
children in this state," Foley said.
Underthe SenateJudiciary Committee’s action,alaw
extending many of the rights and responsibilities now
given married couples to same-gender couples world
go into effect only if Hawaii’s voters approved the
constitutional amendmentbatming same-sex marriages
in the 1998 general election.
Committee co-chairman Matt Matsunaga said. the
rights package for same-sex couples were those "we
believe that virtually any fair minded citizen would
agree should reasonably be extended to others."
Democratic members Robert Bunda and Norman
Sakamoto voted against both bills while other four
Democrats voting for them, including Sen. Wayne
Metcalf, who was sworn into the Senate two hours
earlier as a successor to Big.Island Sen. Richard
Matsuura, who resigned due to illness.
Matsunaga said the bill allowing same-sex couples to
regist~ as :."reciproca! .beneficiar~’.es". with the. state
Departm’~ent,of Health~.ngludes a "
cautioned that the black.community and the gay community still
have much reason to be skeptical.Jesus warned us, Beware of
false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but -ENTERTAINMENT/ARTS
inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shallknow them bytheir COMMUNITY CALENDAR
fruits. (Matthew 7:15-16) ~
Boykin said that the Black Lesbian and Gay LeaderShip Forum GA’Y HISTORY
wonld be closely watching the frnits of the Christian Coalition to
¯see that,their.d~edslmatch their words.: Heals0 kunounced,two,,-: RESTAURANT REVIE~W~LASSlR~DS
. . see Black, ~age 3!: :
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° : Repeated calls to Watts’ DC Office by
TUlSii FatallyNews produced a clarification
ofWatts’ comments. PamPryor,press
! secretary and headof Watts"DC office
, . no.ted.that she Was With the Congressman
: When he was asked by a reporter ff the
¯ remarks,".., what’s immoral and what’s
wrong.. ?’ referred to Gay and Lesbian
citizens. " ~
Pryor related that the_Congressman
Statdtthat-he hadinmiiMisgues like late.
term abortions,and even Ebonies, and fitd
not intend the remark to beunderstood as
referring to Gay and Lesbian taxpay,e~,~...
FurtherWatts added, that inhis,,of~ce, if
you can play, you get auniform -imp,!ying
that Congressman Watts does not diss
criminate in his office. However; Watts"
office has been asked to sign HRC:s nondiscrimination
pledge edlmpaign and has
declined to do so. TheHRCnon-discriminationpledgecampaignbeganinresponse
to comments by then-Oklahoma Representative
Jim Inhofe (now US Senator)
thathe would refuse to hire Gay employ-
¯ ees in his office.
¯ Pryor also noted that Congressman
¯ Watts- is an ordained-Southern Baptist
: minister and could be~ expected to hold
.- view in line with those of that Protestant
: Christian denomination. However, Pryor
¯ vetoed- a measure banning ~ame sex marriage.--The bill:. --:
¯ applied not only to same-sex mamages,- but also to-
: heterosexual, couples living together.
dress the expressed concern by some that o~r state might : Communities in Colorado can acknowledg~ domestic i
becomeamarriagemillforsame-sex coup!es,"Matsunaga : partnerships. In Boulder; 53 couples,including four hetsaid.
The House measure would give same-sex couples . erosexual couples, have registered with the domestic "
registered with the state rights for hospital visits and.to " ,p,armership registery there. But that registery provides ¯
make health decisions for each other, joint property ¯ nolegal rights andr~ponsibilities’~ .as ffascoe~sbiilldid. ¯
rights, inheritance rights and the right to sue for wrongful "- Mary Celeste, an attorney, said she and .her parmer "
death. The Senatemeasure includes thoserights andadds : raised three children during their 12 years together. She ¯
several key economic measures, including state retire.- ~ said all committed .couple~s should have .,Mol .the legal. ~
ment benefits, state tax benefits and workers ompensa-’ ~ ~ s.thnding 0f bet.er0sexua[ married ~c.buples~ ~~ai~. ntt- i
fion benefits. Excluded were areas that- might create : ’ noyel. This_is:somethi_"ng .we.und~ts~d~ We khow ~w.hat ~ i.
federal or interstate conflicts, such as social security,
government housing.programs, resident military benefits
and state Social service programs.
NM Women Seek Marriage License
SANTAiCE (AP) -Two women who applied foralicense.
to marry each other say their action was basedin part on.
principle. "I don’t understand why we should be treated
differently than any other committed couple," said Patti
Levey, 37, who showed up at the SantaFe County clerk’s
office Tuesday with Beth Saltzman, 34, to apply for a
marriage license.
The clerk’s office mined down their application, saying
the attomey general needs to issue an opinion on the
legality of same sex marriage in New Mexico. After
County Clerk Rebecca Bustamante rejected the application,
Ms. Saltzman said she and Ms. Leveyl had been
discriminated against.
Aside from a reference to bride and groom, and male
and female applicant on themarriagelicense application, ~ benefits to employees with domestic partners, many Of tRaaklephfoRureasdp,eBciofyickisnt"eepnsc,to0uaracgheiedvReeScodci’salos.ragnidmeiczoatnioomn tioc
nothing in New Mexicolaw specifies a married couple whom are homosexual.~Companies and employees alike ¯ justice. First, he asked that Ralph Reed meet with memmust
be aman anda woman. Kay Roybal,spokeswoman " say the policy improves morale and can- sharpen the bers of the black lesbian.and gay ’community to,discuss
for Attorney General Tom Udall, said state attorneys ¯ recruiting edge. But nobody forced the decisions. NowI " how we can overcome the barriers,that have excluded our
would have to research case law on the subject, the City of San Francisco has told United Airlines ithad ¯
State Sen. Leonard Lee Rawson, R-Las Cruces, said " toobeyanordinancereqniringcompaniesdoingbusines~ cooperation, Second, hecalledfortheChrisdanCoalition
he’s concerned that if New Mexico doesn’t take a stand ,- with the city to offer spousal be~xefits tO their workers’ :. itnoceluxdpaenSdotchiaelSJcuosptiecoeffoitrs a"lRl apceioapl lJeu,sitniccel’us’dcinamg pleasibginantos
on sam.e sex marriage, the courts ~’will nile liberally and ¯ unmarried and same-sex partners.- ¯ and gays¯ ~The Christian Coalition should support the a¯ ccept gay marriages." Rawson expects a bill to be ............ ~ ......... - - .- ~, . . . .... ~vlary Jo nottanu, a umtea s oKeswoman, sale that xa
.introduced ~.n th.e 1997 s.eSSlO.n ~at w..ould .r..e~o~gmze a_ ." UnitedofferedbenefitsinSan~Pr~cisco, itwouldhavet6 ; Employment Non Discrimination Act, which outlaws
heter¯osexu. al umon as. the only legally vahd " term ot : offer them worldwide. Unitedhadno estimate of What .: etimonp,!,oBymoyeknitnsdaiisdc..rTimlfiirnda,,tBiogny.Mbans~ed.al~o.dn~tsheex~u9arlumorcieanlltesdmamage
m New Mextco. - - " Such ~ompliance might cost United alread cdm lies-"-. : ,. -~ o~ - ......... . ..... ~ P . foranendtotl},,~ChristianCoalifion.)sinflam_matoryanfi-
~ ~ ’ ¯ " " .,, . ~ with.a New Zealand. Human.Rights. Commission ruling .- gay rhetoric. If they really, want .to ~help~com..rnunities,
- Maine Gov, Supports Marriage " .- banningbenefitsthatapply,0nlytoinarriedcouples;Thiit ~ .theyfirst.n.e .. to stop the. hatefut,r,hetorie thath,as kept
gAeUstGedUtShTatAh,eMwaoiunled (nAoPt o)p~pGosoeva.cAitnizgeunsim~gaa.thivaestoSbuga?r. :i ..t.eriaflriyn,g ..la.Xn.dm~Uaitns i.Nteedw.n~.oZwehlaalnldoewrss.t9~tsn.oemminp~loatyeeaens y~in~Ne.efwi-.. ~"-. pwehooplseindciev1id9e9d4~hagaasiln.set,do~ne,,l_ogtha.edre~~.¯s‘.shaipjdF;Moraut~m.,d~y,~.,C~aa~ll,etro,
recognition of same~sex marriage in Maine, despitehis ~ Zea!andtofollowsmL . .. i " " ~ ’ : "i Resist"eampaign.Fourth,.theFornmmgedtheChrisdan
concern that the effort may be constitutionally flawed. " - .In San Francisco, United.employees say they watit ~ :.. Coalition to renounce,the.elem~n.ts ofit,sS.am_aritan Plan
King’s comments came Tuesday as Concerned Maine ".’" be able to offer benefits tb their ~ho.sen families, straight .. that will cause further econgmic, injusti~..
Families filed what it Said were 62,157 signatures with..: .ornpt, married or not2 .,It’s. about.equal_i~," says Kenf .. : The Samaritan Project bills itself as. *’a bold, and-comdecfions
officials. Ifverified, the petitions would force a ¯¯ Bloom, a flight attendatit w_ho. ha,s,.w.or.k.ed.2.2.y.ta-rs..f,o, r ..¯ passionate,~.p,lan ,t~oeombat-poy~rty .and. res,to~e hope." referendumon the same-sex marriage ban unless it wins ~United and hopes-to one oay ¯o.n.e~r.ms o. enents~to ms : However, there, s ..nothi.ng bol.d 0r.qompassionateabout
approvalin the Legislature. TheConcerned Maine Fami- : partuer~ l~dike Owiibdy. - . - - ~ " .balancing:the budget On the backs of.the, poor,", Boykin
lies proposalincludes languagedeelaringthat’!personsof : - If United we!~e to adopt,such a policy in.this coun.try,?it ¯ said. "What kind of good. S.amari.tan.wonldabandon the
would be the first major U.S.-b~ed airline to do. sol
requirement for both partners. ’q’his is intended to adthe
same sex may not contract mamage." It also.would
require the state to refuse to recognize such marriages
performed in other states.
King, moreover, volunteered that he percei~Ved "an
issue of whether a state can do something like this,’~given
constitutional language promoting state-to-state cooperation.
"Clearly this would end up in the Supreme
Court," King said. In sketching his attitude toward the
initiative, King noted that he had been a strong supporter
of so-called gay rights legislation aimed at oudawing
discrimination against homosexuals in anumber of areas.
In 1995, Concerned Maine Families spearheaded an
unsuccessful campaign to restrict gay rights in Maiite.
CO Legislature KillsDomestic Partnership-
DENVER (AP)-A bill providing legal status to couples
who live together but are not married was killed on
Wednesday by a legislative committee that acknowledged
there are problems, but said the measure was a step
too far.
"Politically for me it’s a difficult vote, morally for me
it’s a difficult vote. I’m not prepared to vote for it right
now," said Sen. Ed Perlmutter, D-Wheat Ridge. After
hearing several stories of partners losing their rights in
relationships after their loved ones died, the Senate Judiciary
Committee voted 5-3 against SB161, which extended
legal rights - such as power of attorney and
visitation rights - to domestic partners.
The bill, by Sen. Pat Pascoe, D-Denver, comes a year
: the problems are and this is the remedy," she said. Sue ¯ Co.~gratulationstoDonfshaPowell, thenewMiss Sooner
¯.. AndersonofDenv.er, toldthe’comm!tieehowherparme~’~ ~. Siate USafA~997!Sh~ islsden~he;,e ~,~th l~o~iJy~James, 1st
: family kicked her outof their house after she called ~em" "i" ~d/merSup, Eb~nY Hail, 2nd umfer:@, MCParis Grey
: to tell them their estranged-dhughter had died of leulee- . and -t~e otl~e’r fdbu~tu~ ~Omestdi~is at t’ha Silver Star¯
i mia. Anderson left wi~ just.a b~g of her clothes and. ’ ; i " " on’to c6~,’pete:’ihih~ Miss "Oklahoma
nothin,,g, elsetheyhadaceu~nnlatedi~thei~6yearrelati0n: ".~ ~ S be hd~l Feb~ 22 ~ ~3 :at "the Star.
: ship. Ultimately Iwas not inanyposiiion to do’any-’ :" I " i I
: ~thing,"shesaid."ThiskindofsituadonisnftOKandthis .’ 1 I I
: bill is a start’toward addressing these issues." ~ : ¯ ’ ’ I I
¯ "Sen. Sally Hopper, R=G01den, voted against ille bill; : " [ I [
¯ ,s,a.yingshedidn’tlikeitsimpactonheterosexualcouples. ~ -othermeasuresto-iiesi~ondtotlie~amafiiaftprpjtct.-First, ¯
We are encouraging people WhO ~e ntt married tO live .. tbe Forum willtakeup the is~ueot~ th~ religitus right in
together who -could get married, she -said.~ "We are ¯ the black cOrnmuaity at’its Tenth Anntml"National. Conmaking
this so legal and SO acceptedT~ ~ ference going on,through Sunday in Long B~a6h~Califor-
: " " " : nia.Se~on"d, the FOrum will distribute to ~hiircheS nafion-
: Airline: City’s Domeetic Partner Law " -Wide’copies of a he~¢award:winning documentm’~ film
!
~ Would:Have Global Effects~ ’ . ~.: ~-calJed":Al~G°d’~-sCMl~en"’:W~chyes,-Pg~ds’t° therole
¯ sAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Disney-s done it. so have ." ofthe radical-reli~tus fighf in th~blackChurch: : ¯
¯ - - In a F~brtmry 4 letter,to Christian Coalition director
¯ Levi Strauss, IBM and American Expres.s. All offer "
:
Several international airlines already have more.indu- ..
sive b¢.nefits. Qantas Ai~.ays,.forex~tmple, has .offered
benefits and travel passes, to i.ts Australian employeds’~ ~."
"nominated beneficiaries" for years. In Israel, a 1994: ¯
laws.nit forced E1 A1 io offer :d~mesticlp~qner henefits.i.
AndAir Canada has .fffereddomesticpartner benefits to
its !8,000 Canadian employee.s since e~ly:last year..
" This is not alightmatter foreither the:city or the airline. ¯
Uni-ted is amajor p!ayerin San Francisco; itsfacility hefe,: :
the company’s .major mainfenan,ce hub and gateway to
trans-Pacific flights, .employs about 20,000 peo.pie -= ¯
almost one-fourth of.all United dmployees worldwide. ¯
United traffic is 40 percent Of all airline business at the "
San Francisco airport. . ."
Wyoming Against Marriage
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A House panel moved for- ¯
ward a controversial bill that would prohibit same-sex
marriages in Wyoming. Just minutes before the House :
Labor, Health and Social Services Committee voted to
send House Bill 94 to the House floor, several speakers
spoke on the measure that some called a way to preserve
tradition and families, while others called it an embarrassment
to the "Equality State." ¯
The bill would invalidate same sex’marriages in Wyoming
and would not allow the state to.honor Such mar- -"
riages if or when they are recognized in oilier states.
role of government in helpingtheneedyT’ he asked.
Boykin called on the religious xight to.embrace new
challenges~ .including. preven,’~t~ng 1he. Spread Of HIV/
AIDS, the leading..cause of death-forAfrican-Americans
between the ages of25and44~ ’,’! wartt to see.theChristian
Coalition fighting for Medicaid funding .and health care
for the 37 million uninsured .Americans.,’-’ he said.
The National Black Le.sbian and .Gay :l_:~adership Forum
is the only n_atignalorganization dedicated.to the
nation’s two and a half mi!lion Mrican-American Gays
and Lesbians. Establi.sh.ed in 1988,,the-Forum works to
empower Black Lesbians and.Gays by.developing their
leadership skills, increasing their .visibi.!ity~ an~d b~uilding
bridges between,their various.communities.. . .
As us~ua!, Tulsa.community ~rganizatious a, range of
activities upcoming. Shanfi Tulsa will hold iis 10th annual
Mardi Gras fundraiser on Sat: March 8. Call 749-
7898 for info.
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 0AM) ~has kicked off its
annual membership drive and its.ts due,,ues are so modest that
none of us have any excuse not to,join~ Low income is
ONE DOLLAR/year, individual.i~ $5/year and house:
hold is $10/year. They do good--w0rk and provide HIV/
AIDS education and aninfo, line. Infact, diey we.r~ doing
a highly effective 24hour .ilffo..line.for almost no.money
-.. :,.--. ~see S~dn, page lO
t ay uops Hecrulzea
’SAN FRANCISCO (AP). = A- large-scale natioftal ¯ CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP)- The Cambridge Police
consumer survey of gay menandlesbians says popu- ," Department wants gay men and women to know they ~ ~-"--,,I
lar entertainment, sport utility vehicles, computes : are .welcome to apply for jobs as police officers.
and financial planning scored high on their lists;.Of ¯ Police officials said gays will, not be given any hiring
interests:The homosexual.codmaffnity iSlargely well~ :., preference but they won’LJ~c:.discriminated against,
R$ON LEA ANN MACOMBER
educated- and. affloent,with a household income ex= either. " ....
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ceeding $10.0,000 for 21 percent of the market, the ~ -"A. lot of people feel-they aren’t.welcome in some Res: 582-7672
survey said. Some 22 percenthave graduate degree~ ¯ cities and towns," Frank Pasquarello, spokesman for
it-=f,~d~ and 58 percent hold management positioi]s. ~ the department; told the- Boston Herald.."We are
q’his’ study confirms the affluence and. spending :: addressing that by making sure members of the gay
patterns for which there previously has been only ~ and.lesbian community feel they are welcome. Every
aneedotalevidenee;"saidRebeecaMcPheter~s;presi- , group is welcome,~’ he said. .
dent andCEO of Simmous Market Research Bureafi ," HesaidPolice Commissioner RounieWatson met ~64~ E ~st Street ¯ Suite ~70 ~Tulsa, Oklahoma 74~4
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survey. The intent Was-tO index the .market: The ." notaguarantee~0fajob,"Pasquarell0said.Hesaidhe
pollsters surveyed 3,896 gay men an~women’acrogS i did not know ofany openly gay, officers in Camth~
country, then combined the results for meh~and bridge, but-added, "W~ couldcareless if sbmeone is
W.ome~ in ~ totals. Not~tirprisingl~,; "nearly" 90 9~,l~y gay, as4ong as they do their job." " - ,
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product brands that adverfise i,n the gaypr’ess; such~ C~at.eri "It s in¢.umbent,dn the.eity to create an
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films in the last mpnth, more than three times the 6." , ’ i.P..artner Benefits?
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off sexual orientation in’seho_ol employment; cturicti, " the city to offer Spousal benefits to their workers’
turn and-the treatmetit-of students On campus. : unmarried, and same-sex partners.
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controlled the AsSetnbly. But Democrats ate back in ¯ going tb-take a.full-analysis of the-:legislatiOn~ and
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Pete WilSon; .~.Republican who-has both. supported " implement it,Y Supervisor Leslie.-Katz said. ’¢Fhey Comer Of and opposed gay-dghts ihitiativesin his six ygarsas : have not taken a position as to .the feasibility of
chief executive: ~Wilson has taken.no position:on the ¯ compliance," she added. ¯ 48th & Peoria
bill4whieh hasn’.tyet facedits first committee testin " ¯ The_airlinehad to consider 0ffering.domestic part- 9:30 -5 pm -
¯ theAs~embl’y.. Bat:both sides" ~r~ predicting~that ,the : net benefi,ts when the =Board of-Supervisors’ Govern- Mo~dpY - Friday
governor will.comeumierinteusepressurewhenhis : ment Efficiency and Labor Committee senta $13.4
tumcomes to decide tbediatt~r: ’ ¯ million United lease~back to,the ~irports Cornmis
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- the collective name for the teacherscolleges -
recently announced it would not admit.gay students.
"Homosexual teachers would affect young students
because youngsters look at their teachers and absorb
things,, said Sirote Pholpuntin, director of aBangkok
branch. "Those who wotti~r i~ach young studba,t~
should be idealistic and perfect, they should be nor-
Representatives of about a dozen activist and academic
organizations wrote a letter to the education
minister protesting that thebanviolatedhumanrights
and academic freedom. They also said it was against
the tenets ofthenational religion, Buddhism-"which
teaches people to be merciful."
Scoffed Suldaavich: "I’m not goingto allow afew
people to determine the course of national.education,
They cite human fights. That’s nonsense." His stand
earned him a sharp rebuke in a Bangkok Post editorial,
which said his comment,was silly and unealled
for and most of all, it showed an. appalling lack. of
sensitivity for someone holding the post of national
education chief."
Nevada’s Gay Legislator
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Freshman Assemblyman
David Parks may be the first openly gay person
in the NevadaLegislature.But Parks,whohas worked
in local government and lobbied.for more than 25
years, is no. stranger to. the legislative process: He
noted that his reception at the 1997 Legislature has
beenwarm and that his sexual orientation hasn’t been
an issue: Born in Boston and raised in New Hampshire,
Parks, D-Las Vegas, came to Nevada via the
U.S. Air-Force.
Parks spent his entiretour of duty in Nevada,
intending to leave the state when his time was up.
Like many, he said, he wound up staying. ~’I like the
desert and I don’t mind the summer heat," he said.
"And I always remember,the last night I spent inNew
Hampshire, when it was minus 17 degrees."
Parks also made his mark as an AIDS .activist. For
eight years, he recommendedpolicies as a memberof
the Governor’s Task Force on AIDS and has also
served as a trustee for Aid for AIDS of Nevada Inc.
His long record of experience gave Parks an edge
when former Assemblyman.Larry Spitler asked ~m
to run for office, o=
"At the time, I-said, ’Larry, that’s just not onmy
radar screen~’ "Parks said:’~Becanse I was openlygay
and very up front aboutmy personal life, I-just didn~’t
see myself running for office." Parks expected and
encountered some ~negative campaign tactics. His
opponent, Republican Tony Dane, admitted partial
responsibility for a mailer that included a.newspaper
reprint about a 10-year-old boy who rapedtwo other
boys. The article was wrapped around an .endorsement
of Parks by The-Bugle, l_as Vegas’ gay
newsmagazine.. -
At the time, Gov, Bob Miller blasted Dane, saying
it was some of the worst,nagativecampaigning he’d
ever seen. "(Dane) did it because he ,didn’t have a
strong r~¢ord ofhisownaccomplishments to run on,"
Parks sai& ’l’m sure there are many better placesto
be gay than. Newd~, but as diverse as Las Vegas is;
being gay isn’t that mtmh ofa problem:,~
Anmt -Gay LawChalien- . - .g.ed
ATLANTA (AP) - A-federal appeals cour~ will
consider an Alabama law Imnnlngh0mo~xual-student
groups from receiving statemoney in a dispute
being billed asan important free-speech case by civil
A three-judge panel of the 1 lth U.S~ Circuit Court
of Appeals hears arguments today on a decision that
threw out the 1992 law as~being unconstitutional and
discriminatory. Conservative critics say homosexuals
should not receive any public supportsince.Alabama
still has laws against sodomy. The state is
appealing the 1996 ruling.
"It’s important that we not use state funds to allow
the promotion of homosexuality,’" .state Sen..Bill
Armistead, R-Columhiana, said Monday.
But civil libertarians call the law an infringement
on the free-speech.rights of homosexuals: .No other
state has such alaw, said theAmericanCivil Liberties
: Union attorney who-will.argue on behalfof a gay
: .sm~dent group. ’q’here’s been aresurgence ininterest
¯ m, gay and lesbian groups on campus,es~ both in
.* colleges and high schools..We think it’s critical to
¯ hold the line .for these groups,".~sm’d Matt Coles,
: dir~ector .of the ACLU’s Lesbian, and Gay Rights
: Project....
: The st,qte ischall~nginga year-old deqi_" sio!~by U,S.
] Distxict Judge Myron.Thompson, who cal!ed-the, law
¯ unconstitutional anda,"n,3k,ed" form of discri_mina-
~ tion. The statute prohibits groups.f~om using public
: facilities or receiving..public money ,if they ’Toster"
~ and "promote" acdyities: prohibited by the state’s
¯ sodomy and sexual.misconduct laws.
¯ TheGay, Lesbian, Bisexual Alliance at the Univer-
: sity of South.Alabama, !bcated in M~)bile, sued over
¯ the law after it was denied student.activity money
: became of the statute.~ . ¯
: ~ Thompsonrul~iastyea~as then-Attorney General
: Jeff Sessions and conservative activists considered
¯ ways to block a regional conference for homosexuals
: at-the University. of Alabama. The decisioneffec-
¯ tively Mocked Sessions from citingthe state law to
i challenge the meeting,.whieh was held at the student
¯ center in Tuscaloosa.
: Armistead said abill will likely beintrodueed in the
¯ Upcoming legislative session to ban the use of public
funds byhomosexual groups."’We are sort of waiting
: on-the outcome of this (case) before we proceed," he
: said...
Mixed Review For Super
BowlAd with Transexual
NEW, YORK (AP) -.Holiday Inn Worldwide got
gripes as well ascheers Monda~ for its.Super Bowl
¯ commercial that tried to dramatize the chain’s reno-
.’- vafion program by showing a ~mssexual at a Class
: reunion.
¯ About two dozen people called corporate head-
: quarters about the commercial, said Craig Smith, a
: spokesman for theAtlanta-based hotel chain. Half of
: the callers likedit and the Other half didn’t. About 30
calls also came in. ftqm_fr.anchi~s.e¢.‘~,. ,.and-were., 5:to.- 1
!o in supportbf the ad, ~icxiording to Gm~ Sch~ihet; h_~d
: of the.hotel’s franchise.ownergroup.
: The commercial showed a woman .striding into,a
: hall, for a class reunion~ drawing a.dmi_ring glances, as
¯ anarrator notes what,i~ cost_,forher new nose, lips and
¯ cbest. Sbe,even.tually runs into an,old ~lassmate who
: insists on guessing hername.The,manshudders as he
¯ reeogm’z.es her as--Bob Johnso~ ~from the old days..
¯
"It’s amazing the. changes -you ,can make for a-few
¯ thousand dollars," the naff_at_or, says. The hotel chain
_. is promoting its own $,1 billion renovation program.
¯ ’q’bere have been people who felt it was :a v.eTy
i
creative approach and funny~ andthere were thos,e,
who did h~t .like-the .creative ~treatment we took,
: Smith said: "If we offend~xl..anyone with the treat-
" m_ent_ we took,we apologize.’; But Smith also said he
i was speaking for himself, .and not necessarily the
¯ company, when.offering apologies.
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NEWARK, NJ.’ (AP)=-.600 delegate~ _t6::th6 123rd
aimua~ ~n~ntion~f the~is.c0p.al.Di~"o~c~4.e ofNewa~
kepproveda standard li.turgy forblessing same:sex
marr‘iages. ~e deiegat~:ap-_~V~ t~ ~e~olution in
minutes, wi~~ii-tmlly no ~bate. It asks the national
governing body of the denotnination to develop’rites
- for blessing unions between, people of the Same
~nd lesbian couples. :’We ~:e discussed same-sex
: dnions sine~ 1987 in this diocese; it’s not exactly a
¯ n~w subject," said Newark Bishop John S. Spong.
It s not a big issue. It s Just one more lllustratmn of
¯ " ar~u,~bly one of the mo~stlibePal’in~ the naticm; ~ell
¯ ahead of the national church organization.
~ :~Tre~tmen~s
HONOLULU(A’P) -~Alocal:researcheris
smd~whe~eracupmc~e~relieve
AIDS¯ pa~ems’ ~plaints 6f ~nsmt
pMn-~d, nmbness. Since Sept~r,
phy~ ~y ~n~ck~~l~king
fog32 volutes ttrest out,~eMter--
native~ent;Sof~,.SheOdy hmme
patients2 She is conducting ~e t~t by
~mp~ng hMf ,of h~ pafi~ who get
acup~c~e, ~d ~e:-o~ .h~f who ge
f~e~ent~i~aw~kfor~ow~B.
~tors’have"~t~g for.~~"
five waystO,~tHIV patients.who oft~
~mplMn of~nmb~e~s,:b~ng ~d pM~
in ~eir f~L t~ga ~d ~:-:Anm~r:6f"
: Danvers, Mass:i,~ company that runs
: Fu~dkers hamburger restaurants, has
¯ re~iairM its 23~000 &mployees. tO learn:
: ab~,u~tMDS sinCe 1988 after an employee
¯ marridl a m’ah with HIV.’Co-work~ffs
¯ shunned her and customers boycotted the
: deli where she worked. The company
: sticks p~_a~a_,phlets on AIDS-and HIV in
employ~s, orientation packets ~and dis--
tributes:: them at training workshops¯
DAKA :also h~s set up an anonymous
AIDS hofline, mannedby people outside
the coml~any, that direct* callers to testing
¯ lalJ~sanffcounselors. "The more frank you
: are a~_t the disease, the less’of a~sligma
it ig, ~aid WiHimn ,H, ". Baumhauer,
DAK~’s :chairman, an&’ chief executive;
padenta4nHawaii and’ii~themainland sa]i~ : "If tl~.. C~EO says.it’s OKto talk. abo~t it,- -
theYP~efer reli.ef.fr.om.~.acu-o.unemre be-’ .~"" t"t se~n’ds"a’poweff.ul’m.essa.g ..¯ " readycause
.the- usual patn medicataons act as- : - But some busmesses~ Just aren t~
sedatives. They s~y sedatiwes make it dif-. ;- to.ta!k~aboutit. "Companies h,,ave so many
ficult tO funetion~auring’theday. ~/oth~’~things on-their :table," said Barry
AIthough °mainlar~d ~ patients :are alsb~ ’ IAWt~i~’~ spokeaman for-the :Alexan-.
trying-o~at this:’e~tem styleof’healing,, :. dria,..Va,-based Society for ~Human Re-
Kindrick saidHawaif is an ideal place to .’. ~ource" l~lanagement, a,,nafional group of
study: it .becaus~ .people .here are m~r~e : ~e~s6nnel managers.. They -haw ~rofit "
tolerant ofAsian healing practices. -,. - 1~ margins t0.wbrryabout, theyhavesexual
¯ harassment, diversity concerns., ~l~here’s AiDS~l=.clueation .n.. so muehvymg for the,rattention:. M
¯ ¯~’....’. : Barnes,. ,a New York ,~ity lawyer and
rh,= ~t/~r-knli~o.~ :- r~nner.alDS lo~b~st; saiasome compa.....
=,’ ¯ ~.~.~ ...= = ~°",~i~:’,.~, ---: ’ ~ ni~s ~imoly don twant to mention asexu-,
ATLANTA~(AP) ~ l~!.ar~King, an A,.I~ : :~ally t~an~n~itted diseaseat the conference
educator, makes llis li’¢i~g ~b~ ,valldng ~ tat;ie. ~There sill}canbe~Mot of,moral,and
into corpprate bo~09.ms~~f~l of hostile ,. ’~: :~eligi0usiybased res!~,tance4n?the work-’¯
exec~fivrs-.,with, ~eii~!.~ ::~0ssea: .~,:~a~.,,~, said Bame*~ ’ I- would not under~
’q’hey’rg-a~raid:-~O~y-:~q; " to see" ~-~standwhvvouw,otdd nee21,~o show in the
condo~. ~ey’~~~Z:~e ~o~_ng ." worl~lacetheuseofacondom,butthere ¯
to se~ ~x~p~.licit~t~ality.,,~d~g, who . noreasonthatanyoneshouldhaveamoral~
has the-y~s ~Lh~50~_.s~s~ i~~_~.~, ,~e0p ..;o-~objecfion to,simply knowinglthefacts. ~
have.~a~isi~.0.~a~9B~iBy:otv.ed..~!DS:~:~:,~ The promise, of poweffu~ .:neW" dmgs: "
as being: fil.t~iib~r"".~..anal~l~ed.~.al~:. :7 " that hal* th6 ¯pro~resg ~of the :AIDS’: virussorts~
a~g~h~:~the~.it;s~.be~.~eoL:,. ~and make .patieats -10ok: and.f~el better.
fear.qgn~k!.0.r.~..n.-ce..0., rjq: .s.t.a.l.a..c.k..o~.=i=..n....tc. .re..s.t.,,...:. nmy~"vemanagers~th~ideait~snolong,,er
AIDS educaUonts still strugghng to get a i ira issue’they should worryabout. In
foot !n. ~efl.~oo,rj0~.~~CQ..r~of~t.e..._ ;J~f~,e~,~’,c~.-[-,1997;it-doesn’t appear.to..be’asLbig’of~,a,
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about one in six businesses across the ¯ .AIDS, explains.how it is spread, and outcountry
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Dorland’s Medical Dictionary def’mes will never come in a, pill-form (no satip
health as, "’the absence of disease~an~l a ~. faction) but in the form of good, wholefeeling
of well-being." How many.o~us some foods~ vitamins~ minerals, proper
Tulsans can place ourselves on a.. con- exercise, and a goo~night’s sleep.
tinuum withkthis def’mition? Whose fault I know what you’re thinking..2"I.don’.t
is it, anyway, when we fail. to
meet the defined criteria.for
health?Is itourdoctors’ faults,.
for is itthe fault of ourmedications,
i.e., prescriptions?Or is
modem medical technology.
at fault? Or is it simply our
faults? Teclmological advances
keep us alive- satisfying
quanity of life, but sometimes
fall short of what we
needthemost.., quality oflif!!
Where did the quality of
our lives go? Remember the
old adages that Grandmaused
to tell us, "anounceofprevention
is worth apound ofcure,"
or, "an apple a day keeps the
doctoraway7’Manytimes the
most simple of solutions, is
whatwetend to overlookmost
often. Perhaps .we have become
so advanced that we are
bypassing our basic iustincts~
’Tou are (or arch’0 what y~u
eat,’: as the.old .saying
goes..:so, Tulsa, what are you
have the time and money to
devote :,tO al! of.this!" But;
hey, thisis alifelong contract,
this optimumhealth stuff, and
it .can get~expeusive. Gym
memberships,healthy choices
at the grocery s~tore, vitamin
and. mineral supplements,
eight hours of sleep every
night, etc.
Well, by golly, aren’t you
and those you love worth it?
Because, ifyou don’t take the
time and money to.stay at an
optimum health level, all-the
things you have worked for
and continue to workfor (like
retirement funds) are going to
be uSedtomakeyour doctor’s
house-payment and your
pharmaei~t’.s car payment.
Have I~jarred~ you. from your
cou~ch yet?!
Nutrition,
physicial
exercise, and
sleep ... add
up to 100~
oPtimum
]~e~lth. Are
you. partieipatingln
aft tl;ree
fro~its ;n order
tod0 your fair
sl,a, e aga;nst
&sease?!
Okay well, .
how ....about.: These programs outlined
tWO~ ,One.~ abov~ obvitusly require a
lifestyle ofco~~hange.
Zero~ -TherehreMotof newthinkeating?~
.. - .... " ~’hng’".l~ealth;professionals
Nutrition is said toplaythegreatestrole ~’~ available :f& ~0molfatious 6nLnua’ition;
in our overall.health. Optimum-health is : fitnesS, ~idrest~ D~d’t ~inkthat yoUare
maintainedby proper nutrition (50-60%), .: going to have to hirea .Chef, :a physical
physical exercise(30-40%), and from_an .~ trainer, ora nulsseuse in0rder to ac~om
adequateamountofrest (RapidEye,~ove~ : :plish your~goa! of~beconiing "I-!ealthids.t~.
meritsleepopatterns ~ -’,Mremnsleep,,, :10~%).~ , :~-~ulsah ~f-~ili~~~-"~ ~ezabo~:&~lei~
Nutrition, physicial exercise, andsleep, i’ ti0ne21hehlthpr.tfe’ssi0nals;hbv~evei,lean
therefore,addupto 100%optmumhealth.." .be utilized in 0rd~r,to gei siai’t.~.~a~.d ~tay
Areyou participating in all threefroms :. on target! St...here s toa pgsitlvefy flew
in order to do .your fair share against .. you! Andrera~mb~t~,~quaIii~w’ill’i~rb,a~e
disease?! Okay, well, how about two? ; .the quanlty 0f y0tir’lffd.~ ’:f i(..
One? Zero? Uh-oh, so maybe we should : Dr. MichaelGo~’rnaapracticks ~n T.ulsa
shift the burden of healthcare’ s respousi- ¯ at 4775 S. "Harvard;-~itk: C, 712~5514)
bilities off of our doct0rgcsurgeons, tec~,h- ;. Heis a Board Certified Chiropractor and
nology, and medicine to ourselves, Let s-: ~Accupuncturist, hglds dB.S~ ~n Nutrition.
takeourfairshareofresponsibilityforour :. and is an active b~dybhilder. ~ "
own health care..After all, do you think .- Dr. Gormanals6 do~s fitness, nutriyou
are sick because-you haven’t taken : :tion, and supplement counseling.
Without treatment, an IHV-infected
mother in the United States faces about a
25 percent risk of passing the virus to her
child before or during birth. In poor countries,
the risk is significantly higher, perhaps
around 40 percent. Giving pregnant
womenthe drugAZTcuts this risk inhaiti
but the treatment is too expensive to be
widely used in poor countries. So doctors
are looking for ways that will be cheaper
and better than AZT. Most of the studies
now starting involve various combinations
ofdrugs thatincludeproteaseinhibitors,
the HIV-blockingmedicines thathave
revolutionized AIDS care over the past
year. One of the simplest regimens, however,
uses just two doses of a single drug,
nevirapine. The idea is to give apill to the
mother when she comes to the hospital in
labor, the other to the baby soon after
birth.-
Dr. John Sullivan of the University of
Massachusetts Medical School said this
treatment would cost about $2 - Cheap
enough that ifitemational health orgamzations
could offer it eTcerywhere. "If this
is a success,.-it is ~definitely translatable
into the developing world. We are very
¯ excited aboutthis," Sullivan said. Sullivan
outlined his plans for the study Sunday at
the fourth annual Conference on
Retroviruses andOpportunisticInfections.
Thegoal is toreducemother-to-childtrammission
of the virus down to 5 percent or
6percent- abouthalf the ratenow achievable
with AZT alone.
Doctors hope to enroll 800 pregnant
women in the United States andEurope
and have resultswlthin a year."’The goal
is to do this study as ,fast as possible so we
can get an answer,’ said Sullivan. The
treatment is unlikely io do any good if the
baby catches the virus ’from the mother
while still in the womb~ However, doctors
believe about two-thirds of these infections
occur duringdelivery,when the treatment
may be able to st~p the virus from
becoming established. "What we don’t
know is whether by increasing the intern
sity of the treatment, we increase the rate
of success" over AZT alone, said Dr.
Robert T. Schooley of the University of
Colorado. "My gut feeling is this will
~ have,an effect."
by James Christjohn - i ". At Philgrook, ’q~ne Oklahoma Scene:-
ffyouneedalaugh, ThdTulsaComedy ." Printmakers of the 30~s and4Or-~’ iS’On
Club is ~eplace to go! Tim
Jones, from "Dear John", "Am¯flea Unseen:
"Evening at the Imprdv",
"Comic S~ip Live’:,a~t People & Phee",,
Showtime, appears 2/26-3/ . - - r. -
2; Basile, "a teddy-bear. . continues_~,Pn:
stuffed with high ~plo- exltlblt ..4 0.
styes" (Should I s~iy~ it?
Naw, too easy.), Wilose In partleulai’; the
credits include HBO and
Showtime, appears 3/5-9, exhlbit-ineludes
Mark Pitta, a regular on the some women ’q’onight Show", and ,Totally
Hidden’Videos’:’ is at artlsts and
the club 3/12=16.
Formusic ofaCeldcbent, artists ofcolor -
Reeltime plays the PAC 2/
28 (596-7111);andifyou’re .W]~o once were
in an operatic draaaama- almost entirely
queeny mood, Tulsa
Opera’s Vrhe rearl Fish- .~ excluded :from
exhibit through .May 11,
and it features some inter-.
esting imagery. The artists
in this exhibition are
from the northeastern part
_of Oklahoma. Through.
June 29, Philbrook celebrates
100 years of.the
visual arts in Tulsa, a historical
overview of the organizations~
that have
played important roles in
the growth of the arts in
Tulsa. And "Oklahoma
Portrait: Photographs by
Russell Lee" is also running
through.May 11.
"America Unseen:
People & Place", continues
on exhibit through
March 9. The exhibit exers"
take a dive 3] 1, 6; & 8 .......1 plores aspects of Ameri-
(596-7111)i B6th are at the" ¯ ~"the Amerlean " ’ ban pictdrial art from the
Performing Arts Centef art scene.
’20’s- ’50’s, and includes
(PAC)r 3rd & Cincinnati,
downtown¯ , -, Also, iwoula:
If you’ve spen~ "time at " - ’ ~-
local diners, and can’t get call your
e¯ nough of it there, .1..o~al
~mpresan" os, C,eI,eblityA,: ~t-’" , . .._.- ..~ .:, ,_ ,,.~.
tra’ctions, ar~bringing ’ to aicbUD|e 0t
Greaseto thePAC;3/tT-22 " - " *- ....
(596-7111). Elsewller~-m: ’~ ima~es.wlth
¯ ’ 5his cguntry"~am’ organiza7 hom0-sensual /ions ar~ waking up’to the
~ fact that.Ghys &-lLesbiims ...’. "inter~"pr’ e"ta’t"ions:"
are a prime entertainment : ~
.works by Norman Rock,
.well,~John Steuart C_ufi,y,
.Th0mas.Hart Benton~-Fxlr
ward Hopper, Walker-
.Evans, Dorothea Lang’,
Isabel Bishop, &
?Thi~ exhibivreally merits-
several viewings. Not
-:only .are there interesting
. works .by more famous
artists, there are equally
interesting works by artistswhoaremuchles~
web
Eilis Egan,
ChrisKe~:~nny H~yes,
8 p.m. John H.~. Williams Theatre
Tulsa Performing Arts Center
/
Tickets $12 Call 596-7111
¯
.’Store ¯
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¯ Open~ at Noon,.Tues-Sat. .
Dinner Meetln¢
week. We had a very good dinner there, iff3~i ,I:~.t~~.e n~w .ap..d~dition~,. : Beginning Jan. ] 7 :
I’m sure our restaurant critic at large . ~fo6fa~ewasimpres~!ve, a,n_,_dffy0u,haven t _ ~ ’ ’ " ¯-
(we’ve tried re.~tiiiints;;butlhe just~keeps, :!, 7s~nfii,dt~s:worth the buoks - agMn. A~.~d ~ ,. ..... ¯
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Community Uni~.~an Universalist Cong.rggation
Service - 1 lain, 1703 E. 2rid, 749-0595 -
Lesbian Heaven Fa~ly ofFaith l~etropoUtan Community Church
Adult Sunday School; 9:15 Service, 11 am, I~5~51:E S: Mingo, 622-1441
Dinah Shore Weekend Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa
Palm Springs, California Service, 10:45am~. 1623 North Maplewoo~, Info:-838-1715
March 27 - 31 PrimeTimers ~- ,-
Social group for~ me.n, 1st Sun/each too. 4~6pm;:Pr[de ccn,ter, 1307 E. 38th
University of Tulsa Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay/TransgenderedAlliance
Gay Games 6:30 pm at the Canterbury Center, 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
Amsterdam ’98 ONOAYS " -
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July 31 - August 8, 1998 2rid Mon/each too. 6:30pm,-Fell0wship o~igregational Church,2900 S. Harvard
. ~ Gay &Lesbian Book Discussion.Group,~Borders Bookstore
Womens Literature Discussion Group, Borders Book~store
3rd.!V[on/each month, 7:30pro, 2740 E. 21st~ 7_12-9955
~TUESDAYS~ .. -_ ~ .....
UIV+Support Groupr~IV,Resource Coiis0i-tiuni’.l:30 pm
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1, Info: Wanda ~72~74!94
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34LOt~o,o ¯ . Suppgrt Group -7 pro, Locations, call: 749-7898.
I ntornational: v. 0 Center Community Meeting, Feb. 18,~7-pm; ~1307-E. 38th; 2~id ft., 743-4297
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7
READ ALL ABOUTIT :
Reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
One area often overlooked in the gay
commlmity is the specialsituation
of gay and lesbian African-
Americans. There is finally
l~ginning to be some
recognition of this ignored
group, and Keith Boyldn’s
new book fills an important
need.
’One More River to Cross"
is divided into chapters on
various topics, including
"Black Homophobia," "Gay
.....R~cism," "Faith in the Lives
of Black Americans," and
"Are Blacks and Gays the
Same.9"
In discussing black
homophobia, Boykin reviews
how some black leaders, including
Eldridge Cleaver,
Frances Wesling and Minister
Louis Farrakhati,have associ-
In 19zt8, "The
in the Army
wouk[ create
disltarmony
and drive
away whites."
In fhe 1990’s
"hiding behind
the amorphous,
eatehSall
.pln-a.se of
ated homosexuality With the unit co~tes~on,
decline ofthe black commu- .supporters
nity. In one of the more improbable
examples~ Boyldn.1~~ne~ay ban
qsu~oAteslic+on(tarouvtehrsoiarlOWf’qr+itheer ++ +.i.+ila+,_sxl~~x.uaenSdtat....
Blackw~man:s Guide to Understandingth~
Blacknm")i "Gavs,servln~
as she claims that ~ black,
male homosexuals .~i¢o0k; openly~ woum
sew andbake andare-deter- make Otlter
mined :td be+~ betterwom~m ’ thn..an the w+m+h’ t~iey + s01dier" feel
~o+~." Many inuring top+
its are cited here, including -
homophobiain rap music mid . ,able.
instances+of black magazines~
and parade organi~r~:reject~ .... "--
ingparticipationbyblack, gay ¯ several otlter
groups; ,, In the chapter on Gay’Rat- "
ism:’ Boykinpoints to several
-----~Uonat gay terms
such as the Human Rights
Campaign and National Gay -a.na ~ay are
and LesbianT~ Force, and intere]~an~eis
astounded that, although
they claim to stand for equal- able.
ity for all, they have Very few
black employees, The media, also, is a
target: "Likeits heterosexual counterpart, .
long before other groups ,got state grants
to do the same thing.
A~A on March 6, 7, & 8, Trespasses, a
playbylocal Pro-Choice activistandcommtmity
friend, Barbara Santee is being
performed at Heller Theatre, 53288.
Wheeling at 8pm. Admission is $6, $57for
students and seniors. Trespasses is .billed
as "a deeply disturbing protrait of family
betrayal and incest" with mature themes
and language. It has been chosen to representHellerTheatre
attheOldahomaCommunity
Theatre Festival in Stillwater on
Marc~ 15. Info: 746-5065.
Lastbuthardlyleast,don’tmissPFLAG
Tulsa’s 1st annual Spaghetti Dinner featuring
OklahomaCity’s MetroMeus Chorum
The Chorus has performed several
times to benefit PFLAG and gets rove
the white gay med~,’~ usually projects
Eurocentric images ~ beauty that transmit
messages of inferiority to blacks and
others who do not fii the white stereotype."
"Are Bliicks and Gays the
Same?" includes an interesting
quote fromTexas Senator
John Tower, commenting on
the 1964 Civil Rights Act: "(It
would...) deny to millions of
employers andemployees any
freedom to speak or to act on
thebasis oftheirreligious convictions
or their deep-rooted
preferences for associating or
not associating with certain
classifications of people."
Boykin’s comment: "rhe
complaints ring as loudly today
against homosexuals as
they did yesterday against Afriean
Americans."
The same argument occurs
with the recent gays in the
military controversy, as integration
of the US Armed
Forces in the 1940’s is disenssed.
In 1948~ "1the presence~
of black soldiers in the
Army would create disharT,
mo~and driveaway wtiites.’
In the 1990 s vermon, ~iiding
-behind the amorphous, catchall
phrase of ’unit cohesion,’
supporters of the gay ban arguethatlesbians
andgays serving
OL~mly Would make other
soldiers feel uncomfortable."
Boykin cites several other instances
where the terms
"black" and "gay" are interchangeable.
The eorrelationbetween the
civil rights movement and the
" ixtstallees gay fights movemememerges
as the most intri "
where the the
chapters peak the
reader’s curiosity and interest,
they pale in comparison to
the sections on these similar
movements for equality..
Checkfor "One More River
to Cross" atyour localbranch
library or at the Readers Services depart:
ment (596-7966) at the Central Library.
: reviews. This will be at All Souls Unitar-
¯ ian Church on Sat. March 22 at 6:30 and
: reservations are mandatory! Call 749-
: 4901.
¯ Other upcoming programs of interest
~ include a conference, "Facing the HIV/
_" AIDS Crisis" seheduledforApril 18atthe
Rogers University (UCT) Conference
i Center from 8:30 - 4:30. This event is
; being organized for and by the African-
, American community to address HIV/
: AIDS within that’ community. For more
¯" informationortohelporganizeorsponsor
: the conference, call Beverly Benton at
¯ 622-6059.
¯ Also, Project Get Together (PGT) has
: an insurance continuation assistance pro-
", gramfor qualifiedindividuals riving with
¯ HIV/AIDS.TdsaCommunityAIDS Part-
¯" nership is the sponsor. Call I~T at 835-
: 2910 to see if you qualify for help with
: your insuran~ premaums.
Kelly Kirby CPA, PC
Certified Public Accountant
a professional corporation
¯ Lesbians and Gay menface many special
tax situations whether single or as couples.
¯ Call us soonfor sensitive & timely assistance.
¯ Electronic filing is available forfaster refunds.
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Confidentiality
Ignorance about HIV/AIDS still persists
almost two decades-into the known
life of the disease. This ignorance sometimes
translates into bias, stigma, and, at
times, outright discrimination from close
family and friends to complete strangers.
As a result, you have the choice to keep
your HIV status confidential.
Oklahoma law protects-this right of
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3. theState Department ofHealthdetermines
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sexual pastor, heacknowledged that there
had ,been Some controversy in the congregation
about offering him the interim position.
In fact, the issue became public
when one member wrote to The Oklahoma
Eagle, Tnlsa’s African-American
owned weekly newspaper, suggesting in
only semi-veiled terms that a only heterosexual
pastor would exert a "positive,
wholesome and.., healthy" influence on
her,grandson, and that itmight be better to
leave, the position open than to chose
McCall. McCall notes that he and Darryl
have never even seen the letter .to the
editor and that the congregation seems to
haveresolved thoseissues - at least fc
interim
gregation might not have made an offer to
him if it were for-a longterm position,
rather than an interim one.
In addition ~to the challenges of the
congregation, there is the impact of the
racism of Tulsa. McCall grew up in the
Bay Area in East Palo Alto where there
was physical :segregation; but was surprised
inTulsa that segregation is notjust
aphysical issue, but:one deeply partofthe
cfilture. He sees~racism manifest itsdfin
the emotional and spiritual life, as.well-as
fp~isnicgallikliefethoefreth-aerceiatyt l-eatsot ttwheopTouinlstao’sf
~-. - one Black and one White,Matkius says
he wasn’t quiteso suqnised, .siace he’d
spent time in theCarolinasandhad seen a
similar culture.’Still’, they sver¢.,surprised
by some of the racist assumptions that
were made when they leased their house.
Both say that it’s difficult t3 deal witha
place that refuses even to acknowledge
that these issues exist, let a!one talk con,
struefively about them., And the~oppressiveness
oftheculture, aloag with thelack
...... of’genuine equality, explains muchof the
anger and~ hostility .of-Tulsa’s minority
Howcver~ both, Magus. and,McCall
wel.come~opportunity to live openly as
~ c,~uplemthe~ profe~ional and commuthat
disclosure of your HIV status is neeessary
to monitor your ability to comply
with universal precautions and appropriate
infection cotatrol practices.
You HIV status cannot otherwise be
disclosed by someone else. If so, a person
whonegligently,knowingly, orintentionally
discloses ,your HIV status may be
sued for damages, including, economic,
bodily or psychological harm which is
caused by the disclosure. In some cases,
punitive damages may be awarded.
Exercise your legal rights. Unless a
situation falls within one of categories
listed above, you do not have to disclose
your HIV status. Be aware of who could
directly affect your life with this information
- such as your employer or your
landlord. Tell only those people you want
to know.
Ifyou are H1Vpositive or have AIDS
and you have a legal problem you may
qualifyforfree legal assistancefrom an
attorney on the pro bono panel of the
AIDS Legal Resources Project. Call the
Project collect at (405) 524- 4611 for
more information. This column,is made
possible through the contributions ofprofessionalservices
bymembersofthe Oklahoma
Bar Association.
¯ nity fife. McCall came out~ acknowledg-
¯ ing his bisexuality almost 5 years ago and
¯ dealing with the experience of
[ homophobia is somewhat new. He says
¯ that when he was growing up, sexual
: orientationjust didn’tseem to be anissue.
~ You were "in the life" but that was not a
¯ derogatory term but that as more Black
¯ Americans have become middle class,
~ homophobiaseems tobemore ofanissue.
: He has experienced oppression more in
¯ terms ofrace untilheandMatkins came to
¯ Tulsa.
: Both Matkius and McCall are commit-
~ ted to being in Tulsa 100%, hoping to
¯ provide healing and hope for the commu-
: nity to get beyond segregation and
¯ homophobia. McCall
makes it
possible for McCall to pastor to The
Church of the Restoration. In addition,
Matkins. has volunteered to head the
church’s jail ministry. McCall recalls the
image of the pastor’s spouse whois much
putupon and little appreciated buthe says
Darryl gave up "everything" in the Bay
Areato supporthim~andasks,really what
difference is. there between them and a
heterosexual couple in terms of love and
devotion? . ¯
~TheRev, Cheste~,M~.?allhasdonework
around the issues ofgriefand death and
disYisunegs.aAswnyeollnaes iwnoterrkesshtoepdsionntaolpkpinregswsiiotnh
himaboutthese issues maycallhimat The
Church ofthe Restorationat 587-1314.
live in Oregon during the period of the
anti-Gay referenda. Community activist,
Jimmy Flowers shareddetails of his confinement
in an mental institution and the
inlmmane_treatment he experienced just
for becans~e he is Gay. Kathy Hinide, copresidentofPFLAGtalked
about herGay
son and taen poa m orgamang.
Kathy Bit&with RA.!N, told her story of
being ~Me,tli6di~tpastor who was forced
6ut h6r jbb for b~ng Lesbian.
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you ,live in small town
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~by Jean-Pierre Legrandbouche
TFN Food Critic
One of our good ~friends of the
lesbyterian persuasion grew up in Rogers
County,justnortheast ofthe Tulsa metropolitan
area. Consequently, she has introduced
us to several surprising
restaurants in Claremore that
are actually worth the SlS~cial
drive over from Tulsa jttst to
eat Main StreetAmerica food.
For the last ten years, shdhas
raved about anothernight~pot
on the banks of the Verdigi’j’s
River in Catoosa, but for vail:
ous reasons over the last de:
cade, we were never able to
: menus and saw the prices being asked.
¯ This has to be one of the most expensive
: restaurants we’ve ever seen in the Tulsa
: area. Bdt, our Lesbian hOstess and tour
¯¯ guide assured us that it .wasn’t a joke -
"Molly:s has always been expensive."
She said. ’q’hat~s how they
keep out ~the riff-raff." We
weren’t aware that Catoosa
had a riff:raff problem.
Which started a long con-
.versation as we Were regaled
’ ~vith the Story ofour hostess’
previous ill:fated marriage~to
.a gentleman high schooolfootball
star:. (isnrt it terrible hfw
so.many ,straight men’s lives
Molly’
Landln¢ _+
3700 Highway
66, Catoosa
Hour:
11 am - Mon._
coordinate our. Schedules to Saturdays +-+
allow a’visit. WeU, finally, in- +: +~.r + :+’
0ur state of mourning forthe ~oOn -~10=pm
now-closed and lost - .Cuisine:
Montrachet, and in.our quest
fop anew romanticplace for StealS,ousi~
those Very Speciat Dates, we w~id~ chicken,
reached theirzenithonthehigh
school athletic field?):-We
th0nghrthat Was why.we were
beginning to feel. nauseated
and light:headedebufitmmed
out merely to be amomentary
case.6fcarbon imonoxide poi=
joined her at Molly’s:Land=. quail"& shrimp, soning and oxygen depfivaing.
" - " - " + : + - ’ tion-theldtctlengrill.v-entila-
Molly’sLandingislocated .~ Dress: Cas~a|, ! tion+system whs havingsome
on the nortkside of Route 66, Payment: i- +~ Soi’tofmalfuncfiOnthateaused
right on the west bank of the- r’,. ~ n ~ .. not onIy thefoods to be mes
" ~,..,a~n~ all major . ; ’ . . Verdigris River. Fortunately; " i+ "* + + r’qmte~smoked,~bu,t th+ diners
if one is looking; there a~e ,--+ credit cards+ ..... as well. The staff s initial resigns
marking thetumoffinto ° no eh~hs..:.J :,, +sponset,o that p~ob!em (+tumthelargeparkinglot:
Fromthe -. ~ ~! ~, ¯ i + ’Jng the heaters oil ~high)
exterior, Uo.lly~s ,looks like + + .ru~ +~.._r~ .+ ? )r~ (!:pr~+ed fruifless~o ~md~
great big, old log cabin-that Non-sm6ldng+"7+ :t~t~-h+"6~g
~:a3O~ were ~warted by,plastic+coyhas
had countless interesting,
random, and eclectic addi- ag ~ + e+n+"ngs~w~.n.ten.zm.g.the.0pentions.
And, that’s exactlywhat ¯ mine., rags, but t-mallyenoughextethe
building was and is. " -Co~t~:.... riot doors were opened to al,
Upon entering the facility, ’Very
" * " low,the air Ion.clear a~bit. -
one is struck by the over- expensive But;we.di-gress. All of the
whelming amount of "stuff" Rating:_ . .appetizers on the menu were
thatiseverywhere.Collectious
C llst $~.95. They included grilled
ofantiquearticles,junque~and-- ~ ~ .ehicken..strips,, ,smoked
posters havelongbeen a staple decorating salmoh~ baked, onion, and ~antced mushfixture
of local theme restaurants; but rooms~.but by.far the most popular~appe-
Molly’stakesthistoanextreme:Eventhe ~ tizer weaaw beingeaten was:the shrimp
ceilings are plastered with framed.post- ¯ cocktail., ~- ¯., .
ers, art reproductions, as well:.as- a few : -..All entrees came witka choiceof soup
sq.ua~re,.:~en.o~rwatt o~,+e~:.~~L~.g,~i.~o,~d., +st en+tr~,thegrilledchiekenbreast,listed
wmcnas not covereooy .s,ome ~-+’m~el +-~-:. at $16.95~ Rib,eye; filetg-mignon,+.. and t
neous and Sundry obje-~d art.: Dif++ferent ~--’mme~-~t~eaks:and the Cajun,style:m-ilie~i
styles of. cas~sO~.ngare fo.und,in V_mi2 : ronghy+w---e~.++~ced.fft $17.95. Fo~ran
ous seet~ous ofdae dining rooms; butthe ~ extra dollar,ajal~~offered.
southwest/Santa=Fe-theme,prevails:- We . l,n ,the hi,p.her;:orice ranges;. ther-~--were~
.e~.e seated at anck.etylogtable on drum , quail, aiid Shish~kebabs at,$22,95~.each,
ehatrs’made of rawhid~ anti e;edar strip~ ..+ crab:legs ,and~ the ~la~ger:.sized filet ;for
-The patrons:the, evening, :gfour visit : $24~95~:and.then.-~oOiniag~inat~$29,95 i W~re the’butterfl-y2pra.w0s¢and:the.~eombi,
nation plate~O£;eitherq~andiih-ey(.o~ ~ q~l- and. ’.p+rawnt0.h~,~of, ~the ~ meats ~are
-’ grill~Iover:mesqt~t~:nmltmtel~ea,,dly.:of
: ’,.~:,TI~+¢af0od sdeetioli du.~oi~mot~yJ~t
’." havi~’arrived~m..the+~L,,port~ our.,labl~
: cnded’.~po~m~ a11:~dif~rent: typ~s.:of
". steaks=Whcn:thvmeat,ar~i.v~I, it.was- hot
¯ an-d"stea~y~-s.tra~gh1,:of£ ;the grill ~and
: Uniformly.und~cook~d~one notch-below
~ the~ way~,~’~as,,ordered.-....~ne taste was
i og~fxaxg1e~adn~d.+.ilm~ab~~Vtvbxet~uir~ebwuatsw.tehceoduelsdinr,,etd~hfeeldp
~ over~om|ng~ the feeling,that something
+: wasmi.msing~Atth_e~eprices, w.eexpected
: better:thad,jnst, good.........
; "..,Des~ert~seleetionsi.neluded a mrtlepie,
: amuddpie, expremo (sie)’ala.mode,,and
: anapple+rasp~Ifiealamode..We tried
: the fruit pie, and it arrived fr~h from the
¯ mierowave, with thepastry suffering the
: " " ¯ " ~ seeLanding, page 14
Pride Center
unfortun~iteWilt of thenuked. Whatcould
packed with juvetile revdlers in their
:. firstadultdinlng expelience. Alas,itwon’t
i fulfdlmtheenmt pwbistshibtlheeinwleoanvdeerfulatruellyegantSenSees_Of
: tablishmentserving exquisite foods with
¯ maximum style; and will most assuredly
: leave them financially destitute. What a
: to catch our own.
drop-in basis for several evenings a week.
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April 15 - May 14, 1997, v. 4, no. 5
Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual & Trans Communities
Lesbians’ Kids: Just Fine
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lesbians who become parents
through artificial insemination are rinsing emotionally
healthy and well-adjusted children, according to three
new studies presented at a recent meeting of social
scientists. Researchers said standardpsychological tests
found no significant differences between children of
lesbian parents and those of heterosexual parents.
"When you look at kids with standard psychological
assessments, you can’t tell who has alesbian parent and
who has a heterosexual parent," said Charlotte J.
Patterson, a University of Virginia researcher. ’°That’s
really the main finding from these studies." The studies
were conducted in the United States, Britain and the
Netherlands. They were presented at a meeting of the
Society for Research on Child Development.
"Most of the children in the lesbian families were
conceived at fertility clinics. Some of the children of
heterosexual parents also were conceived at fertility
clinics, see Kids, page 3
Marriage Update
Oregan Ban on Marriage?
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A bill that would define marriage
as a union between a man and a woman drew emotional
testimony at a legislative hearing. Suzanne Cook testified
Thursday that being raised by a gay father denied
her a proper role model and led her to a life of pronnscuity,
drug abuse and depression. "I believe homosexual
marriage is detrimental to our society," Cook
said. But Donna Saffir told the committee, "I am here
.today as a very upset and angry mother." The legislation
Is mean-spirited and a veiled attack on her gay son and
her family, she said.
About 60 people packed a hearing room to listen to
the first debate on the bill, -known as the Defense of
Marriage Act. Opponents argued thatunder current law,
gay men and lesbians cannot marry in Oregon anyway.
They accused supporters of pushing the bill tO promote
intolerance of homosexuals. Supporters claim to have
enough votes to pass it through the Republican:controlled
Houseand Senate. Gov. John Kitzhaber, aDemocrat,
opposes the bill, but it is uncertain whether he
might veto it.
"The institution ofmarriag,,e is not under attack by the
gay and lesbian community, Said R~p. ChuC,k C~n:’
ter, one of three openly gay House members. "To me,
this piece oflegislation is amean and vindictive ai~ck.."
But Sen.~ob Kintigh, said his marriage of 53 years Was
.... s~dcial. ’The relatiOnship we have.i~ad ic~tdd:not::l~
duplicatedby twopeople ofthe samesex," Kintigh Said.
Hawaii House & Senate
Wrangle Over Marri ige
HONOLULU (AP) - The state House won’t budge
from its position that a proposed constitutional amendment
state clearly that marriage in Hawaii t0be limited
to couples of the opposite sex,H0use Speaker Joseph
Sould said. That position stands, even if it pushes the
same-sex marriage dispute into next year, he said. Sould
and House Judiciary ConLmittee see Vows, page 12
"Christians’, Harassing
Gays in Riverside Park?
TULSA - Jimmy Flowers, a Gay civil rights and HIV activist,
livesnear Riverside Park and frequently goes to feed the ducks
and geese near the 21st Street Pavilion. On April 14th around 1
pm, he went as usual, and after feeding the birds, sat to enjoy the
sun near the cage.
Flowers says he noticed-a group of couples going up to
individuals in the park but that he didn’t pay much attention until
they came up to him. He says that this group of male/female
couples asked him if he was Gay. Not being particularly shy,
Flowers answered tothe effect of’:yes and do you have a problem
with that?" Heclaims that theirresponse was that"this is afamily,
Christian park," that Gays are "child molesters" and are not
welcome, and that he should leave. Flowers notes that he, as a
longume activist, was not the person to whom they should have
said that. The couples told Flowers that they would’all the police
if he did not leave. Flowers said he’d love for them to call the
police, and that he was proud to be Gay and see Park. page 3
Ellen Coming Out!
Pride Center to Hold Watch Party
NEW YORK (AP) - Ellen DeGeneres is coming out in real life,
too. After a season of controversy-stirring rumors, her character
on "Ellen" will acknowledge her homosexuality on the ABC
sitcom April 30. Now, DeGeneres says she’s a lesbian, too.
"When I decided to have my character on the show come out,
I knew I was going to have to come out too," DeGeneres says in
the latest Time magazine. "But I didn’t want to talk about it until
the show was done. I never wanted to be the lesbian actress. I
never wanted to be the spokesperson for the gay community.
Ever. I did it for my own truth."
DeGeneres admits being confused sexually as a young woman.
"I dated guys," she says. "I liked guys. But I knew that I liked girls
too. I just didn’t know what to do with that." The 39-year-old
comedian says she quit dating men at about age 20 and recently
met a woman she hopes to forge see Ellen, page 3
3rd TU Film Festiv lll=i TULSA - The Bisexual/.Lesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance
of the University of Tulsa (BLGTA) is presenting the 3rd Tulsa
Gay & Lesbian Film Festival on April 18-20 in’ Lorton Hall
The Festival was originally ojoint effort of the then BLGA and
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) and Tulsa Family
News. The films and videos for the first Festival in 1994 were
selected by a student and community committee lead by Jason
~S,_n~_’_th of the BLGA and by Tom Neal for TOHR. Tulsa Family
News was and continues to be the media sponsorfor the Festival.
The original festival included 15 works that ranged from 1975
to 1992, and varied from highly inaccessible and experimental to
very conventional styles. Two works by the late and acclaimed
filmmaker, Marion Riggs, were featured. Most of the w6rks were
from theUS buttwo were Canadian.Amodest donation benefitted
the BLGA and TOHR.
The 2nd Film Festival at TU was produced in 1996 as part of
TU’s 2nd Annual World Cinema Festival presented by the TU
Student Association and the BLGA. This event was free and
featured film and video organized around three themes. The first
n~ght was Gay & Lesbian History, see Film, page 3
HIVIAlDS Conference
Facing the HIV/AIDS Crisis, a Callfor Unity andAction will be
held ~n April 18 at the Rogers University Tulsa Campus Confer-
:~ ence tseat~t at700 No. Greenwood. The Conference 6~ganizedby
¯¯ members ofTulsa’sAfrican-Americancommunity to address the
particular ways that HIV/AIDS is impacting people of color,
," .w.Qmen ,and yOUth wi.ll feature anoon address by Dr. M. J0ycelyn
: Elders,:form~rUS~urgeonGeneral~. :~ , ; i .= " ’. ~
: The conference i.~ divided int0 three tracks beginning after:the
¯ welcome at 9 am: youth, general and clergy issues. A particular
: goal of the conference according to organizer Beverly Benton is
to get North Tulsa churches more involved in HIV/AIDS issues.
¯ And the conference is sponsored by. several churches: Higher ¯
¯ Dimensions Family Church, Revelations-Revealed Truth Evan- gelistic Center, United Methodist Oklahoma ConferenceAIDS
¯ Taskforc¢ and Co.mm~unity of Hope, TU’s Canterbury ~,entef,
¯ Al! Tribes ~o.ring_mfi_’t3; ~hurch, as well as rndtiy brg~z,~tion~
from PFLAG to the NAACP.
¯ " R~’gls’~afi6iiincludes lunch andis $25 ($10/students). At 6 pm,
the Gospel Fest AIDS Memorial Service will be held at the
Greenwood Cultural Center. This event is free. Info: 622-6059
New AIDS Czar Praised
WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign
(HRC), the AIDS Action Council and other DC
based organizations praised the selection of Sandra
L. Thurman as the new White House "AIDS czar."
"’Sandra Thurman is a solid choice to take the
Office of National AIDS Policy to the next level
said Elizabeth Birch, HRC’s executive director.
"She brings the right mix of leadership, political
skills and commitment to the fight against HIV and
AIDS.’"
The HRC legislative director, Winnie
Stachelberg, added Thurman has the experience to
design and execute the administration’s programs
in the changing struggle to end the HIV/AIDS
epidemic. "Thurman was intricately involved in
the creation and enactment of the Ryan White
CAREAct in 1990 and its reauthorizadonin 1995,"
said Stachelberg, who is a member of the executive
committee of the tunbrella group National Organizations
Responding to AIDS. "She knows AIDS
policy and politics from the inside -a critical
combination of skills for this job.’"
Thurman becomes the third person to hold the
position known informally as the national AIDS
czar. Thurman, a native of Atlanta, is past executive
director of AID Atlanta, the Southeast’s first
and largest AIDS service provider. Under her stewardship,
AID Atlanta tripled in size, becoming a
multimillion-dollar direct service agency with 90
staffers’and more than 1,000 volunteers, serving
thousands of individuals and families with HIV
and AIDS.
Oklahoma Gay Rodeo
Oklahoma City will host the 12th Great Plains
Regional Rodeo organized by the Oklahoma Gay
Rodeo Association (OGRA) on Memorial Day
weekend, May 23-25. It features 2 days of rodeo at
the OKC State Fair~rounds and 3 nights of parties
and exhibits at the Hilton Inn NW. A ticket package
is available for $36 which includes the competitions,
a barbecue dinner, Friday night party and
Sunday’s award ceremony.
OGRA began in 1984. The Great" Plains Regional
Rodeo was formed through the efforts of
Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma and held its first
rodeo in 1986. In 1993, Arkansas formed the Diamond
Stare RodeoAssociation andjoined the Great
Plains organization. OGRA gave over $10,000 to
HIViAIDS organizations in the state.
¯ Membership is not limited to rodeo competitors.
¯ Members of OGRA participate in events ranging ¯
from campouts, trailrides, shows and fun
¯" fundraisers. For more information, call 405-842-
0849. Hotel reservations can be made by calling 1-
¯" 800-848-4811. The next regional rodeo will be in
"- Kansas City in August.
i Tahlequah’s Stonewall
: League Aims to Serve.
: Tahlequah’s Stonewall League may be small but is
: definitely ambitious. They aim to provide support,
¯ advocacy, outreach and education to Lesbian, Bi-
: sexual, Gay, Transgendered and Intersexual per-
. sons. For now, the fledgling group has conceni
trated.0n ~Upport;and.q0mmunity building but they.
¯ also hope to provide a safe space for you~ iidul~ ......
¯ whoarejustdiscoveringtheiridentities.TheI_~ague
¯ meets at a friendly religious organization on the
," 2nd &4th Thursdays each month, andis open to all
: wh0silPi~4 ~he.g~lslofthe .League For informa-
¯ tion, leave a message at 918-456-7900.
INSIDE- EDITORIAL/DIRECTORY P. 2
US & WORLD NEWS P. 4
HEALTH NEWS P. 6
HEALTH & WELLNESS COLUMN P.7
COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES P. 10
BOOK REVIEW .... P. 10
RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 11
CLASSIFIEDS P. 14
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It’ s interesting to watch the machinations of the latest Oklahoma City_ export that’s come to Tulsa.with grand ambitions - and grand
pretensions, but also with he-humjournalism and questionable business practices. Once again, some OKC residents have decided that
they know what’s best for the rest of the state. Pity that we were just too witless to realize that we needed them to save us. Oh well.
What we’re talking about is the warma-be Dallas Voice weekly rag. Unfortunately while they’ve mostly got the weekly part down,
they haven’t gotten the quality local journalism part that The Dallas Voice has provided for years. Despite claims of local coverage,
their content remains consistently almost all wire stories. The slight local content is inaccuratemoreoften than not. AndTulsa observers
are regularly amused by the consistently fictional aspects of parts of their Tulsa calendar.
In contrast, The Gayly Oklahoman and Tulsa Family News have provided consistent, serious and nationally praised coverage ofOKC
and Tulsa news, respectively. And while we cannot speak for The Gayly, Tulsa Family News has always been run on sound financial
principles. While we never, ever will get rich, TFN was in the black from its first issue, see Spit, page 3
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Bmnboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria
*Ground Floor Cafe, 51st & Harvard
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E, 31st
*Samson & Delilah Restaurant, 10 E. Fifth
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Renegades Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
"*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
832-1269
744-0896
749-1563
749-4511
749-5678
745-9998
585-2221
834-4234
585-3405
660-0856
584-1308
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston 585-3134
Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals
Advanced Wireless & PCS, Digital Cellular 747-1508
*Affimty News, 8120 E. 21 610-8510
Deuni s C. Arnold, Realtor 746-4620
*Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722E. 15 712-1122
*Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 712-9955
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 So. Peoria 743-5272
*Creative Collection, 1521 E. 15 592-1521
Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis -581-0902, 743-4117
Counnunity Cleaning, Kerby Baker 622-0700
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th 749-3620
*Devena’s Gallex3’, 13 Brady 587-2611
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria 744-5556
Don Carlton Mitsubishi, 46th & Memorial 665-6595
Don Carlton Honda, 4141 S. Memorial 622-3636
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan 838-8503
Tulsa Organizations, L;hurches, & Universities
AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 1071,74101-1071 579-9593
Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 587-7314
*Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center. 2207 E. 6 583-7815
*B/L/G Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780
*Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th PI & Florence
*Community ofHope United Methodist, 1703 E. 2nd 585-1800
*Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595
*Church of the Restoration, 1314 N.Greenwood 587-1314
Dignity/Integrity-Lesbian/Gay Catholics/EpiscopaL 298-4648
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441
*Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777
*Free SpiritWomens Center, call for location &info: 587-4669
Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827
Friends in Unity Social Org. (African-American mens group)
POB 8542, 74101, call c/o HOPE @ 712-1600
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education, 1307 E. 38, 2ndft.
712-1600, HOPE Anonymous HIV Testing Site, 742-2927
TNAAPP (Native American men), Indian Health Care 582-7225
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
838-1715
749-4194
748-3111
365-5658
584-7960
749-4901
587-7674
743-4297
749-4195
665-5174
584-2325
¯ attn: Jean-Pierre Legrandbouche ¯
re: March ’97 restaurant review
¯ When writing, your articles, I should
¯ think thatyou should add that your critic’s ¯
are based on a personal opinion. By not
¯
doing so you have not only insulted your
¯ hostess, in more ways than one but about
50,000 people thathave eat (sic) atMolly’s
Landing on an average each year for the
: last 12 years.
Before stating how overly expensive
you feel that Molly’s is, have you ever
tired some of the other restaurants in the
Tulsa area, because.you not-ouly.pay a
equal amount for the entree, but you pay
extra for the baked potato and/or salads.
No hints will be given, because we feel
you need the experience.
If you did some investigation, I think
you will find that your beloved
Montrachet’s is closed because people
didu’t like the food. I realize that not
everyone has the same pallet (sic), bnt
there are enough people to keep a restaurant
open that has decent food.
Most people feel it a compliment to
Molly’s that people from all walks of life
and every dress preference, feel comfortable
and enjoy the same food in the stone
buildiug, at the stone time.
Molly’s was approached not long ago
to adve’rtise in you paper, I wonder how
the critic would have read (sic) had we
doue so. - Molly’s Landing, Linda Powell
Editor’s note:
Several ofMs. l~owell’s claims deserve
correction. TFN’s restaurant critic works
independently. A professional who has
traveled attddined widely, attd who has
visited nearly all ofTulsa"s better restaurants,
he is well qualified to comtnent on
the ones he chooses to review. Furthermore.
neither I nor any other member of
TFN staff have ever solicited Molly’s
Ixznding for advertising: We suspect that
"" Ms. Powell may have confused us with
¯ l)dsa Kids or Oklahoma Family. And as
¯ publisher and editor, l neither assign nor
¯ prohibit the coverage of any establish-
’. ment by this independent. 1 limit my edit-
" ing to issues oflength and the excision of
¯~ the rare, over-the-top c.omment. There-
. jbre, the suggestion that somehow there
¯ could be a connection between your deci-
¯ sionsaboutadvertisingandTFN’sreview
has less than no merit.
Infact. there has been only one restau-
*Ross Edward Salon, 1438 S. Boston
Leaune M. Gross, Financial Planning
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney ..
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotlaerapy, 2865 E. Skelly
*International Tours
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th
Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15
Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 74159
l~mgley Agency, 1104 S. Victor
bean Ann Macomber, Realtor Associate
Susan McBay, MSW: Earth-Centered Counseling
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720C E. 31
*Mohawk Music, 6157,E~ ,51, PI
*Nothing Shocking Salon, 2722 E. 15
*NOvd Idea Bookstore, 51st & Harvard
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633
Pet Pride, Dog & Cat Grooming
The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor
th~ppy Pause .II, 1 lth & Mingo
584-0337
744-0102
744-7440
745-1111
341-6866
712-2750
599-8070
747-5466
592-1800
671-2010
592-1260
584;3112
663-5934
.664-2951
712-1123
747-6711
747-7672
584-7554
743~4297
838-7626
Richard’s Carpet Cleaning 834-0617
Scott Robison’s Prescriptions, see ad for 3 locations, 743-2351
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921,.747-4746
*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 749-6301
*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria 742-2007
*Tulsa Comedy,Club, 6906 S. Lewis 481-0558
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling 743-1733
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis 592-0767
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood
*HIV Resource Ctr., 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1
NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1
NOW, Nat’l Org. for Women, POB 14068, 74159
OK Spokes Club (bicycling), POB 9165,74157
*Our House, 1114 S. Queer
PFLAG , POB 52800, 74152
*Planned Parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria
*The Pride Center, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor
Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152
*R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network
Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159
¯ *Red Rock Mental Center, 302 S. Cheyenne #108
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 4045 N. Cincinnati
¯ St Jerome’s Catholic Church, 3841 S. Peoria,
¯ *Shanti Hotline & HIV/AIDS Services
¯ Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S. Cincinnati
¯ Tulsa Okla. for Human Rights, POB 2687, 74101
T.U.LS.A. Tulsa Uniform]Leather Seekers Assoc.
¯ *Tulsa City Hall, Ground Floor Vestibule
¯ *Tulsa Community College Campuses
: *Rogers University (formerly UCT)
425-7882 " rant that refused to advertise with TFN
742-6227. " which has also caught the attention ofM.
749-7898 ¯ Legrandbouche. We were amused when
582-4128 " he gave a scathing review to this family
743-4297 ° owned establishment where we have ex-
838-1222 i periencedso-sofood, slovenlyserviceand
¯ gratuitous rudeness from an owner. But
¯ had he written a review singing their
¯ praise, we also would have run it,
TFNfollows standardjournalistic con-
~ ventions regarding reviews. The~ aTtic!es
are by-lined, i.e. the writer’s name or
¯ pseudonym is given. Ms. PoWell tnight
want to refer to The Tulsa World for
¯
example. None of their reviews note that
¯
these are the personal opinions of the
¯ writer -that is understood. However,
918 456 7900 ~ [hankyoufor taking the time to shareyoO~r
.....:, vie~s with:out redders. - Tom Neal
501-253-7457 -:
501-253-6807 :
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BARTLESVILLE
*Bartlesville Public Library, 600 S. J0hnst0n6 - .918-337-5353
¯ NORMAN
*Borders Books & Music, 300 Norman Center 405-573-4907
OKLAHOMA CiTY "". "’-" - ’ "’- ""
: *Borders Books’&MiiSi~C, 3209NWExpressway 405-848-2667
¯ TAHLEQUAH
¯ *Stonewall League, ~all for information:
" EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS ¯
¯ *Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main
DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St.
*Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St.
MCC of the Living Spring
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Positive Idea Marketing Plans .............. 501-253-2401
Rock Cottage Gardens 501-253-8659, 800-624-6646
Sparky’ s, Hwy. 62 East 501-253-6001
lasting relationship with.
Asked about the Rev. Jerry Falwell, who resorted to
name-calling in blasting DeGeneres’ morals after news
of the upcoming on-air announcement was released, the
New Orleans native said she’d heard it all before. "’Really,
he called me that? Ellen DeGenerate?" she said.
"I’ve been getting that since the fourth grade."
In a related event, Birmingham television station
WBMA,known as "ABC33/40," decided that the lesbian
theme of the show was not suitable for prime-time family
viewing and won’t show it. ABC hasn’t heard whether
any other of its 223 affiliates has rejected the hour-long
special planned for April 30, spokeswoman Arme Marie
Riccatelli. said.Thursday......
Jerry Heilman, president and general manager ofABC
33/40, said the station tried to get permission from ABC
to air the episode at 11:30 p.m., rather than the scheduled
8 p.m., but the network would not approve the switch.
"Our stance rightnow is that we will not be showing the
first episode. There’s a possibility we won’t carry any of
the episodes in May if it deals with the same thing. We’ll
take it an episode at a time," said Heilman. In its place, the
station plans a special on an Alabama football coach.
Other ABC affiliates that serve the major Alabama
markets - WAAY in Huntsville, WHOA in Montgolnery,
and WEAR in Mobile - plan to carry Ellen’s outing
episode. "As far as we’re concerned, there’s no real
decision. It’s just another episode," said Joe Smith, operations
managerforWEAR, which is based in Pensacola.
Asked about the Rev. Jerry Falwell,
who resorted to name-e.allin ....,
[Eflen] said she’d heard aftbefore.
"Reafly, he eafled me that?
Ellen DeGenerate? ... I’ve been
getting that slnee the grade."
The network has received criticism from both sides on
the issue. Lana Metcalf, a policy analyst for the Alabama
Family Alliance, commended ABC 33/40 for deciding
uot to carry it. "I thimk it’s certainl y a harmful episode and
not conducive to families," she said. But the pastor of a
Woodlawn church that serves a largely homosexual congregation
said the show could offer insight into what a
gay person experiences in coming out. "We’re very sad
that ABC 33/40 will not show this process to the world at
large," said Covenant Metropolitan Cormnunity Church
paslor Margc Ragona.
Also ABC rejected a TV ad promoting the lesbian
cruisc line, Oakland-based Olivia Cruises and Resorts.
ABC broadcasl editor Bob Reynolds said in a fax to the
public relations firm that represents Olivia that their
proposed ad had been rejected for use during the "’Ellen"
coming-out episode, even though the spot would have
helped make up for ads pulled by Chrysler and J.C.
Pcaney. "It is our position that discussion about same-sex
lifcstyles is more appropriate in programming,-
Olivia’s presideut, Judy Dlugacz, called the April 30
"’Ellen" episode "lfistoric," since it will be the first time a
show’s lead character has revealed that she or he is
homosexual. But - knowing that a large number of
lcsbians will watch the show - Dlugacz also sees a prime
marketing moment slipping away. "Here was this incredible
opportuuity forme to reach a group that often doesn’t
want to be identified," said Dlugacz, who has run her
travel and ~nusic co~npany fbr more than 20 years-: .....
"FED Inc., the New York public relations finn that
handles advertising for Olivia, is now pursuing air time
on ABC affiliates in New York, !~os Angeles, Chicago,
s-hn ’Fraiici~co, Houston, Eiallas, Mimni and Seattle.
"’Needless to say, it will cost ~nuch more to air the ad in
these individual ~narkets than it would have cost to air
uationally," said Bob Fitzgerald of TED Inc.
It is the second time in less than a month that sponsors
ofa gay-related ad have had to shop it to local ABC
affiliates after rejection from the national network. The
Washington-based Human Rights Campaign wanted to
place.an ad about discrirmnation against lesbians and gay
men m the workplace. HRC’s ad is aimed at raising
awareness thatjob discrimination based on sexual oftenration
is legal in 41 states.But Vice President Harvey
Dzodin said that script violated network’s policy against
. .i’~controversialissue advertising," such as abortion, union
~ssues and Gay civil rights.
HRC says ABC’s stance on the Olivia ad, which would
have brought the broadcaster ~;000, iridicates a specific
bias against businesses trying to reach the gay and
lesbian market. "This discriminates against gay comparues
trying to reach amarket," said David Smith, a Human
Rights Campaign spokesman. Smith said he askedABC’ s
Dzodin for clarification on the policy, but was refused.
Currently, HRC is planning to air the ad in the following
markets: Albany, Albuquerque, Anchorage, Alaska,
Atlanta; Austin, Bismarck, N.D., Boston, Cleveland,
Columbia, S.C.; Dallas, Denver, Erie, Pa., Fargo, N.D.,
Fort Smith, Grand Rapids, Mich., Honolulu, Jackson,
Miss., Los Angeles, Madison, Wis., Manchester, N.H.,
Minneapolis, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Phoenix,
Portland, Maine, Portland, Ore., Raleigh, N.C:, St. Louis,
San Antonio, San Francisco, Seattle, Traverse City, Mich.,
and Washington. The spot was declined by the network’s
affiliates in Chicago, Colorado Springs, Eugene, Ore.,
Grand Junction, Colo., Houston, Knoxville, Memphis,
Nashville, New York, Philadelphia, and Wichita.
Meanwhile, ABC is attempting to fill slots that could
have been filled by such skittish advertisers as Genera]
Motors and Johnson &Johnson, which have- in addition
to regular advertisers Chrysler andJ.C. Penney - decided
not to advertise on the April 30 episode. Johnson &
Johnson’s competitor, Home Access Health Corp., has
announced it would advertise its HIV-testing kits during
the show. Microsoft Corp. plans to buya spot.
In Tulsa, The Pride Center will host an Ellen Watch
Party in the Pfimetimers Lounge beginning at 6:30 for the
7-8 pm broadcast. Popcorn and soft drinks will be served.
All are welcome.
but the studies also compared these groups with children
born from natural conception.
Though the studies found no differences between the
groups, Patterson noted that "the existing body of research
is relatively sparse and open to criticism." ~he said
many of the studies are based on small samples and the
lesbian couples studied often have volunteered for the
research, which can affect the results. The studies involved
children up to age 9.
Interest in the development of children bona to lesbian
couples has increased in recent years because more and
morelesbians are choosing to raise afamily, said Patterson.
"There is a lesbian baby boom," she said. "’It hasn’t been
quantified, but there is a general community sense that
more and more lesbian couples are having children." Part
of the reason may be that more fertility clinics now are
providing services to lesbian couples, she said. These
clinics hdp lesbians become pregnant with the sperm of
anonymous donors.
Fiona Tasker of Birkbeck College in the Netherlands
said her study found that non-biological lesbian parents
were usually more involved with the children than are the
fathersof heterosexual couples. "The woman who is the
co-parent in alesbian family is more likely to take a major
role in raising the children," said Tasker.
In a study of 15 lesbian couples and 41 .parents of
clfildren born throughnatural conception, Tasker said she
found that 90 percent of the lesbian co-parents assumed
the common child-raising tasks. Only about 37 percent of
the fathers in heterosexual Couples, however,, took an
active role, she said. In disciplining the children, Tasker
found, 60 percent of the lesbian co-parents took an active
role, while it was only 20 percent of the fathers in
heterosexual families.
Raymond W. Chan of the University ofVirginia said
his study of lesbian and heterosexual couples with children
included reports from the children’s teachers. Chan
¯ children in Chan’s study were conceived at fertility
¯ clinics andsome were being raised by single heterosexu,~l
¯ parents and some by single lesbian parents. The researcher
said his tests found no differences between the
: groups. "The children of insemination are developing
normally whether in lesbian or heterosexual families
when compared to the available norm for the community
at large," Chan said.
Contrast that with a vanity press, held iogether with
spit, volunteers, prayers, and some OKC sources claim,
¯
the subsidy of a wealthy businessman who was gunning
for The Gayly. Should readers care whether a newspaper
has sound financial practices? Only if they expect it to
¯
last. In contrast to the newly amved, The Gayly has
¯ operated for more than a decade and Tulsa Family News
¯ is well into its fourth year of giving Tulsa serious,
¯
sometimes-controversial, but thorough news coverage
." for Lesbians, Gay men, Bisexuals and Transgendered
¯¯ folk and our families and friends.
And while we are happy to distribute TFNto other parts
¯
of the region (we’vejust added Oklahcma City, Norman,
..... Tahtexluah andBartlesville sites); we recognize, a~ Serious
newspapers have for years, that it is nearly impossible
to cover competently a city in which one does not live.
That’s why TFN has chosen to cover Tulsa well rather
than cover a region poorly.
By the way, the dirty little secret of Lesbian/Gay
newspapers is that the reason for "’regional coverage" is
so that there’S more towns_ from which to suck out
advertising - not because covering more towns can be
done well. Just look at the consistently marginal quality
of news coverage in our "regional" newspapers if you
need any further proof.
Anyway, our advice to the wanna-be’s is: don’t give up
ygur day jobs yet or at least, make sure you keep the
spouses who are supporting you happy.
next was American Gay & Lesbian Experience, and the
final day was International Film with works from France,
Spain, Canada and India.
This year’s event will show 10 works of varying
lengths and origin beginning at 7 pm on Friday, 2 pm &
6:30 on saturday, and 2 pm & 7 pm on Sunday. (see page
11 for ad with schedule). BLGTA spo,kesperson, Tedd
Adams, noted that the organizers had hoped to screen
"’Beautiful Thing," a highly acclaimed~xvork about two
teennage boys first love, made for the l~K’s commercial
Channel 4. Adams noted that if they were able to get the
film (which showed in Tulsa at Movies8 for a week), it
would be added to the Sunday night program.
Organizers note that Lorton Hall can be difficult to find
the first time. From 8th Street and Evanston, attendees
may go north on Evanston between Shaw Alumni Center
and Twin Soutl~ Hall. Where Evanston dead ends sits
McClure Hall ~or TUalums - where youpaidthose bills).
Lorton is just to the left, or west. There is a very small
parking lot and the screening room (#207) is just to the
left inside the door that opens onto the parking lot. For
more info., call Tedd at 832-7838.
that Gay people had as much right to be in the park as
anv others.
At this point a bystander came forward and identified
lmnself as Bisexual and asked if they had a problem with
that? At this point, Flowers claims that the couples
backed down and said that they didn’t mean to do anything
wrong but were just doing what their minister told
them to do. A local HIV educator who does some park
prevention outreach adds that in the last few weeks, that
he may have seen similar things going on at 21st and
Riverside. While he hasn’t overheard-any conversations,
he has seen groups of couples approaching single men
who then have left immediately.
A source with the City of Tulsa, speaking anonysaid
the teacher reports, ~using standard osveholo~ical "" ’ ~nously, noted that intimidating Gay people out of ~the
evaluations, found.’!no significant difference" in ah~t-. " ~park is reprehensible but is probably well within the area
ment or behavior between the groups of children. All the ~ of protected First Amendment speech, noting that there
: likely is no crime involved. However, an area Gay attor-
,. hey when asked if the situation were reversed and Gay
people were harassing straights out of the park, com-
." mented that he had no doubt that the Tulsa police would
find a way to arrest Gays.
: Representatives of the Pride Center/TOHR have taken
¯ complaints from Flowers and encourage others with
¯ similar experiences to report thereto the Helpline at 743- 4297 to help in tracking these problems. The Pride Center
¯ representatives also note that those willing t,o do so may
also file written complaints with the Mayor s office.
7
Firing of Anti-Gay Civil
Rights Official Upheld
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A pul~lic official who
"preaches homophobia" as a member of San
Francisco’ s anti-discrimination agency is not assured
job security, says a federal appeals court. The 9thU.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the city’ s firing of
the Rev. Eugene Lumpkin, who said he thought
homosexuality was an abomination and appeared to
endorse anti-gay violence. Neither freedom ofspeech
nor freedom of religion gives an appointed public
official the right to undermine the tolerance his office
is supposed to promote, the court said Thursday.
Lumpkin had the right to speak as a private citizen,
"but the First Amendment does not assure him job
security when he preaches homophobia" while serving
on the city’ s anti-discrimination agency, the court
said. Lumpkin’s lawyer, James Struck, said he would
probably appeal further. "This opinion shows complete
intolerance for religious beliefs that are widely
held," said Struck, of the Rutherford Institute, a
conservative religious-liberties organization. He said
Lumpkin did not support anti-gay violence and held
views no different from those of orthodox Catholics,
Muslims and Jews. "Now the 9th Circuit has painted
all those people as homophobes," Struck said.
Lumpkin, a pastor appointed to the commission by
then-Mayor Frank Jordan, was fired by Jordan in
1993 after a furor over his public comments about
homosexuals. "The homosexual lifestyle is an abomination
against God," Lumpkin said. "So I have to
preach that homosexuality is a sin." He also said he
believed "everything the Bible sayeth." Asked by a
television interviewer.about a statement in Leviticus
that a man who-slept with a man should be put to
death, Lumpkin said, "That’s what God sayeth."
Jordan, in announcing the firing, said Lumpkin had
the right to his religious beliefs but had "crossed the
.line from belief-to behavior to advocacy" and "implied
that he condoned physical harm." San Francisco
supervisors backed the firing. Lumpkin’s lawsuit,
claiming violatidns of his constitutional rights, was
dismissed by U~S. District Judge Fern Smith. The
appeals court upheld her decision in a 3-0 ruling.
The court cited the Human Rights Commission’s
official responsibilities, "to eliminate prejudice and
discrimination" based on race, religion, sex, sexual
orientation and other grounds, and to promote "equal
opportunity for and good will toward all people."
Lumpkin’s statements "are not simply hostile to the
commission’ s charge, they are at war with it," said the
opinion by Judge William Norris.
"Neither the First Amendment nor the Religious
Freedom Restoration Act (a 1993 federal law) requires
government at any level to put up with policylevel
officials who work at cross-purposes with the
policies they are responsible for carrying out." Deputy
City Attorney Burk Delventhal said the court endorsed
the city’s argument that "when a person accepts
public office, his ability to engage in whatmight
otherwise be protected speech is limited to the extent
necessary to enable the person to discharge his public
duties."
CA School Protections
BillWins CommitteeVote
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Public schools and colleges
couldn’t discriminate against students and employees
because of;their, sexual orientation, under-a bill
that passed an Assembly test without a vote to spare.
The measure by Assemblywoman Shelia Kuehl, DSanta
Monica, cleared the 21-member Education
Committee On Wednes-di~y with a bare. maj ority of 1
votes after stalling for several hours, one vote short.
The bill now moves to the Appropriations Committee,
the last stop before the Assembly floor.
Current law bars public schools and colleges from
discriminating on the basis of race or gender in their
programs, admissions, hiring or financial aid. In
some instances, the anti-discrimination ban also covers
religion, disabilities, age, and national origin.
Schools can’t use instructional materials that reflect
adversely on people because of their race, creed,
national origin,.ancestry, gender, disability or occupation.
In.addition, school personnel commissions
¯ NH Students Denounce University Violence
~ PLYMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - Several years ago, Ply-
. mouth State Collegejunior Judy Pich was attacked by
¯ a man who punched, kicked and spit on her while
¯ calling her names like "queer" and "dyke." When she
¯ tried to talk about the incident with her peers, she"-felt
¯ more like an offender than a victim," Pich said.
¯ "There are good people and there are bad people, but ¯
everyone is at fault because the good people don’t do
¯ anything about it. Peoplehave to breakthe silence and
¯ ignorance."
¯ Pich told her story to the 2,000 students, faculty,
[ staff and alumni who turned out Wednesday for an
¯ emergency "Forumon Hate" organizedbythe school’ s
¯ Task Force on Homophobia. The forum was held in
¯ ~eaction to an incident involving another fema!e
¯ student, who said she was attacked by two men in
¯ March.. The woman, whose identity has not been
revealed, told campus police the two men punched
¯ her and urinated on her face after calling hera lesbian ¯
and telling her she "had no right tobe allowed to be
¯ walking around the world."
Plymouth police Chief Tony Raymond said even
¯ though the girl has decided she does not want to
¯ pursue the case, the investigation will continue; The
¯ student government is offering $500 for.information
¯ about the attackers. While some students who turned ¯
out at the forum said they were shocked that a hate
¯ crime occurred on the campus, many said milder
¯ incidents of intolerance, suqh ~s .name-.calling and
¯ telling derogatory jokes, happen all the time. Many ¯
said they were ready to tackle the problem and try to
¯ solve it. "We need to look out for each other and not
¯ stand idly by while these things happen around us,"
¯ juniorMikeHeber said. "We needto take responsibil- ¯
ity for the safety of each other."
¯ Several people pointed out that alcohol is often a
¯ factor of violent crime. College President Donald
¯ Wharton railed against bar owners he said encourage ¯
drunkenness and even sexual assault with such promotions
as ladies’ nights, where women drink for
¯ free, and tan-line contests. But many students said
cannot ask job. applicants questions about their race,
¯ sex, marital status, political opinions or affiliations or
¯ religious beliefs.
¯ Kuehl’s bill would expand tlgose,..prohibitions to
cover sexual orientation. An ~lmost identical bill,
"¯ also by Kuehl, one of two openly gay members of the
Legislature, died in the Education Committee last
¯ year, when the Assembly was controlled by Republi-
¯ cans. Supporters suggested the bill would lead to
¯ changes in school policies and attitudes that would ¯
help curb the harassment of students that are, or are
perceived to be, gay.
Stephanie Reed of Petaluma said her son Robin
¯ committed suicide after being taunted by other stu- ¯
dents while a teacher looked on without intervening.
¯ "Robin did not commit suicide because he was gay;
¯ he-committed suicide because he was in pain;’: she
¯ said. Another bill supporter, Michael Malcolm, a
~ high school vice principal from"Union City, said
¯ schools must provide a safe learning environment.
¯ "Our district adopted a non-discrimination policy,"
¯ he said. "I believe our campus is a different place ¯
because of the change in policy."
¯ Opponents claimed the bill could be used to silence
¯ criticism of homosexuality. "(The bill) is not about
¯ discrimination; it’s about letting one group of people
~ bring their personal agenda into the classroom and
¯ tell students that the homosexuallifestyle is all right,"
said Herbert Hall of Garden Grove, who said he was
¯ a former homosexual. "This is a cunning political
attack that uses children as pawns," added a witness.
¯ who identified himself only as Mark and who also
said he used to be gay. Other opponents said the
: measure could prevent private schools that discrimi-
¯ nated against homosexuals from playing public
schools in athletics, and Assemblyman George House
¯ contended the bill would lead to a "massive boycott ¯
of public schools." Kuehl suggested the opponents’
¯ fears were unfounded. "This bill does not do anything
¯ but bar discrimination by public educational institu-
¯ tions against their own students on bases that do not ¯
relate to their merit," she said.
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while alcohol often accompanies violence, it isn’t the
problem - people are. "I don’t drink a six-pack and
say ’I hate that guy bee-~s’~6’tae’s ghy,"’ sophomore
¯John McKittrick said. "A drunken man’s words are
sober man’s thoughts. I think we need to go after the
people who did this."
Maine Civil Rights Bill
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Jbel Abromson and
Michael Quint come from different backgrounds and
even represent opposite parties in the Legislature, but
they.say they share one thing in common: discrimination.
Abromson, who recalls the prejudice he endured
growing upJewishdnMaine,ds sponsoring a~bill..that
could help Quint and others like him who say their
homosexuality makes them second-class citizens
when it comes to housing and other rights; "Discrimination
happens every single day," said Quint, a Democratic
representative from Portland. "I know because
I have seen it, I have experienced it and still carry
around with me the expectation, even the fear of it
because I know it could happen anytime."
About 500 people attended a public hearing on the
bill held by the Legislature’ s Judiciary Committee. A
similar bill passed both the House and Senate four
years ago, but was vetoed by then-Gov. John
McKernan. But Gov. Angus King supports the legislation,
which would extend to all citizens, no matter
their sexual orientation, the same civil rights guaranteed
regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age,
national origin and physical or mental handicap.
Discrimination in the areas of employment, housing,
public accommodations and credit would be prohibited.
Abromson, a Republican senator from Portland,
recalled his own personal experiences as a Jewish
man growing up in Maine, and how he was called a
"dirty Jew" and a "Christ killer." As a student at
Bowdoin College in the late 1950s, the Portland
Republican said he saw fraternities deny invitations
to Jews and blacks. Later, during a tour of the infamous
Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland,
Abromson said he learned theNazis tried tb exterminate
not only Jews, but gays, Gypsies and Slavs, as
well. Abromson said his bill "ends forever any similarity
between the Nuremberg laws (legitimizing
anti-semitism) of 1930s Germany and state laws of
1990s Maine. This bill is that important."
The bill’s most vocal foe is Concerned Maine
Families, an anti-gay rights group which calls the
proposal a "jobs bill for gays." The organization’s
leaders have warned the bill would give special job
advantages to anyone claiming to be gay or perceived
as gay. Many at the hearing held signs that said, "Stop
the Special Jobs Bill for Gays" and "Equality for ME.
The way life should be." "The effects of this mandate
on small business will be burdensome, unjust, unenforceable
and will heighten the unfriendly business
climate that we must already tolerate in the state of
Maine," said Randall Clark ofCape Elizabeth, president
of Small BusinesS Benefits Inc. and leader of the
CMF!s 1,200-member Business Advisory Board.
Rod Smith of Buxton told the committee he was
fired from his job as a nursing assistant in Lewiston
last January because he was gay. Another gay man,
Guy Riddick of South Portland, said several landlords
in Gorham, Westb.rook and Scarborough toldhim
and his male partner last year they did not rent to
homosexuals. Alandlord in POrtland also refused, but
because that city has an ordinance protecting homosexuals
from housing discrimination, the couple was
able to sue, Riddick said.
In 1995, Maine voters rejected a ballot question by
Concerned Maine Families to restrict gay civil rights,
53 percent to 47 percent. Civil rights advocates are
cormng off a recent loss over same-sex marriages.
The Legislature last month approved a ban on gay
marriages, making Maine the 18th state [o do so. King
let the measure become law without his signature.
Several legislators said they voted for the ban only to
avoid sending the issue to a statewide referendum,
where they feared a negative campaign could hurt the
drive for gay rights.
So far this year, about 17 bills favoring civil rights
for Lesbians and Gay men have been introduced in at
least 14 states, according to the National Gay and
Lesbian Task Force.
¯ First Montana Gay Pride
Parade In Bozeman
BOZEMAN (AP) - Despite protests from about 200
¯ people, Bozeman city commissioners unanimously
¯ approved apermit for a gay pride parade this summer,
¯ saying they had no choice. "Ifwe didn’t, it’s discrimi-
¯ nation," Mayor Don Stueck said after the 5-0 vote.
~ Stueck said the city’s attorney, PaulLuwe, had warned
¯ that if the commission banned this parade, it would
¯ have to cancel all parades, including the Sweet Pea
¯ and Montana State University homecoming parades.
¯ Stacey Haugland, a Pride member who attended
¯ Monday’s meeting, said she was pleased by the vote.
’- Pride’has-been a:’~r~al’respectfUl ~bn~m~n~ity gtot~p,"
¯ Haugland.said. "I donrt think the people have any-
~ thing to fear from the parade." The Pride Weekend is
¯ planned June 6-8 at the Emerson Cultural Center to
¯ celebrate gays, lesbians and bisexuals living in Mon-
¯ tana. Three annual weekends have been held before in
other Montana cities.
Raven Kargel of Belgrade, who organized an anti-
. gay march in Bozeman two years ago, said the city
¯ really didn’t have a choice because it would have
¯ been sued by Pride if commissioners rejected the
¯ "sodomites"’ parade. People who oppose homosexuality,
she said, may raise money to sue the city
themselves. "I think it would be better to boycott the
¯ city," specifically downtown, Kargel said. "People
¯ who don’t want to see people bragging about bi:eak-
¯ ing the law need to boycott." KGVW, a Christian
¯ radio station based in Belgrade, had urged listeners to
~ call Bozeman City Hall to protest the parade, and that
¯ prompted about 200 phone calls from around the
¯ Gallatin Valley. "It is like inviting leprosy into the
¯ community," one caller said.
: Transexual Parent Seeks
¯ Custody Rights Back
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A father who lo~t custody of two
¯ song after undergoing a sex change operation says she
¯ plans toask an appeals court to reconsider its ruling.
¯ "There are things only a parent can provide," the
¯ father, now known as Sharon, told the St. Louis Post-
" Dispatch. "That is unconditional love, guidance and
~ wisdom. There is no reason I can’t give that to my
kids."
¯ Sharon, 38, is a graduate of the Air Force Academy
¯ and a former officer in the Air Force and Army. She
has had no direct contact with the boys since late
¯ 1992. Sharon said that the children - now 7 and 10 -
¯ needed both their parents. She plans to ask the Mis-
¯ souri Court of Appeals in St. Louis to reconsider its
¯ March 11 decision giving the boys’ mother sole legal
¯ custody.
¯ Hundreds of battles similar to Sharon’s are waged
~ nationwide each year, but nearly all are fought out-
. side public view, a national advocate for transsexuals
¯ said."Mostcasesdon.t&"splaythecourageofSharon,’
~ who was willing to go public;" said Riki Anne
¯ Wilchins, executive director ofGender Public Advo.
¯ cacy Coalition, or Gender PAC, in New York. Such
¯ custody battles are seldom conducted "on a level
¯
playing field," she said. "Usually, the mode of attack
¯ ~s to portray the transgender parent as, bydefinition,
¯ deviant and anendangerment to their own kids, even
¯ in the absence bf any evidence to support the claim."
~ In Sharon’s ’case; -the appeals ’courtin St:Louis
¯ ruled that a St. Charles County Circuit Court judge
¯ must decide whether visits with Sharon would be in
¯ the boys’ best interest. The appeals rulingo overturned
¯ ajoint-custody decision by anotherjudgein St. Charles
¯ County where the boys’ mother lives.
¯ "Ifyou asked them, I know they would want to talk
¯ with me," Sharon said. "I have never, ever presented
~ myself to my children.as anything other than their
¯ dad. I do not need my chi" ldren’ s vali"dati"on ofm¯ yself
¯ as a.woman."
~ Sharon acknowledged that both boys would need
¯ counseling before they could resume a relationship
¯ with their father. Sharon said her original plan for
¯ reconciliation with her sons called forphone calls and
~ counseling leading up to visits. "I know they would
¯ recognize me as their dad," she said. "I would never
¯ do anything that would harm them."
Y
Teens Feel No Risk
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Th,~re is a
perception amongrural Indiana teen-agers
that AIDS won’t happen to them, according
to a recent study by two Indiana University
professors. "They think they know
everyone, what they are doing and who
they should avoid," said William L.
Yarber, one of the researchers. "That is
really significant relative to the fact that
we are finding, in our center, that AIDS is
growing faster in the rural areas."
Yarber, senior director of the Rural
Center for AIDS/Sexually Transmitted
,Disease Prevention, and Stephanie Sanders,
associate director of the Kinsey Institute,
condUcted the study of 38 adolescents,
ages 11- to 17-years-old. Both males
and females said they would not practice
sexual abstinence just to avoid HIV, and
females expressed a greater fear of pregnancy
than of HIV infection.
"There is a real perception in the rural
communities that they don’t believe their
ownrural town has been touched by AIDS
and that they are invulnerable," Yarber
said. But state statistics show that both
counties involved in the study have AIDS
cases and several HIV diagnoses as well,
Yarber said. "They may not know people
as well as they think," he said. "But they
don’t feel they have to worry about it."
1st Nat’lCurriculum
About; HIV/AIDS
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A new tool to
slow down the~spread of HIV where it is
increasing fastest - among teens - has
been u0y~iled,~gcently. "The Science of
HIV,?~.a. l;84-page teachers’ guide and 30-
minute Video, is:the first gcience program
designed to ~each students about the human
immunodeficiency virus, how it
causes,AIDS, and how to avoid it. The
guide wasunveiled at a National Science
Teachers Association (NSTA) meeting.
"The research community has made
encouraging progress in treating AIDS,
but the only 100 percent effective treatment
we have is prevention," said James
Gallarda, with Abbott Laboratories. "By
teaching the science of HIV and AIDS,
we hope to give students a better understanding
of how this disease is prevented
and treated."
Gallarda, who helped put together the
Chicago Museum of Science and
Industry’s AIDS exhibit, said that work
prompted Abbott to ask the NSTA about
developing the program.
A new report from the Centers for Disease
Prevention and Control found that
new AIDS cases among 13- to 25-yearolds
infected thrdugh sex and drug needles
rose 20 percent between 1990 and 1995,
he said. One quarter of all new HIV infections
are among people younger than’22.
Even science teachers in the audience
murmured in surprise Friday at the results
of one demonstration designed to show
how quickly a virus can spread.
Author Michael DiSpezio passed out
clear plastic cups of clear liquid to the two
dozen teachers and reporters who attended
the breakfast meeting. Four of the cups
were "infected" with an alkali and would
turn bright pink when the right chemical
was added. He had each person turn to a
neighbor, mix the contents of their cups
together, then divide the mixed liquid
back between the two cups. Then each
person turned to a different neighbor and
did the same thing. DiSpezio went down
the aisles with a vial and eyedropper,
adding the telltale chemical to each cup.
Every single one turned bright pink.
¯ Sharon Nelson, a biology teacher at
Waunakee High in Wisconsin and an ad-
¯ visory board member for the project, told
~ the group that when she used the demon-’-~’
¯ stration in her class of 22 students, two
¯ cups remained clear- and one was held by
¯ a student she had asked to abstain from
¯ mingling fluids.
¯ "I wasjust- ’Wow! The kids will really
¯ go for that! That is very emphatic,’ "said
~ WillaRamsay, a high-schoolteacher from
¯ San Diego. "I am going to my district
¯ science-math manager with it. I think it
¯ needs to be promoted throughout our en-
¯ tire district" she said.
¯ DiSpezio said he thinks that teaching
¯ H1V as science, rather than morality, will
¯ help thecurriculum avoid the fate of safe-
] sex education programs. A committee
¯ namedbytheNationalInstitutes ofHealth
¯ reported in February that moral and gov-
¯ ernment objections are blocking safe sex
¯¯ education programs.
She asked if it could also be used in
¯ middle school, and the developers said
¯ yes. "By the time they get to us at ninth
¯ grade, they’re pretty well educated the
¯ wrong way," Ramsay said. "I think we
¯ need to get to the students in sixth grade."
¯ Condoms for Kids
~ SEATILE (AP) - Adults can buy con-
. doms at clubs, bars or gas stations, but
¯ access isn’t as easy for youths. A publicprivate
partnership campaign aimed at
¯ lowering HIV infection hopes to change
¯ that. The campaign, dubbed Project AC-
¯ TION, is placing condom machines in
¯ Seattle businesses where young people
¯ gather. It’s an attempt to reduce the risk of
¯ sexually transmitted disease and preg-
¯ nancy rates among youths ages 14 to 20.
¯ Kae Lee Dozier, 14, says about a third ¯
of her friends are.having sex. Many of
¯ them think they are immune to sexually
¯ transmitted diseases, HIV, or pregnancy.
¯ "They think ’it can’t happen to ~me,’ but
¯ they’re wrong," Miss Dozier says.
¯ Miss Dozier, other youths and numer-
¯ ous business, religious and political lead-
" ers on Thursday announced their support
¯ for Project ACTION. Organizers de-
. scribed it as the first broad effort to make
¯ low-cost (25 cents) condoms available to
¯ youths with no strings attached. The two-
" year, $450,000 campaign is modeled after
¯ a project started in Portland, Ore., which
¯ includes public education and peer coun-
¯ seling. Seattle and San Jose, Calif., are the
~ next cities to go "online" with the project.
¯ Five condom machines have been in-
- stalled in two Seattle businesses so far and
~ the Project hopes to place dispensers in
¯ 130 otherbusinesses with significantyouth
¯ patronage. In King County, health sur-
¯ veys among youths show that 60 percent
~ ofhigh school students are sexually active
¯ by graduation, yet only half of them use
, condoms.
Lisa Bond, president of the Seattle
¯
Council of Parent Teacher Student Asso-
~ ciation, said even though the PTA has
¯ taken no official position on condom avail-
" ability, she personally views the project
¯ .as a step forward. ’Td rather have them do
¯ an end run and save my child’s life than
¯ have a child die from ignorance," Ms.
¯ Bond said. "The more kids know about
¯ the dangers they’re facing, the better deci-
¯ sions they can make."
Gwen Williams, director of Holiness
Missions, acknowledged that the avail-
. ability of condoms is disturbing to many,
¯ particularly churchgoers who emphasize
¯ abstinence. But, Ms. Williams, said,
~ "We’re talking about saving lives. We
¯ find a bias in church ... that people don’t
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By Dr. Michael Gorman
Who is managing who? Is Managed
Care managing yourhealth oryourmoney?
And which is more Important, money or
health? And to whom? What is happemng
in the dynamic field of health insurance
providers and third party payer organizations?
First, a simple (if possible) explanation
on how the system seems to be
operating currently...
For example.: an insurance company
presents a "plan" to a potential purchase
group (Le., an employer with, say, so
many employees). The "Plan" will provide
certain services for each insured at a
cost of $100.00 per person (employee)
per month. This plan has a $300.00 annual
deductible and pays 80% of your medical
bills after that deductible is met. Sounds
pretty easy so far. Here’s where it gets
complicated... A third party approaches
your insurance company and tells them
they can cut their expenses by 40%. This
third party is the Managed Care group. It
functions as an intermediary (negotiator)
between you and your doctor, hospital,
pharmacy, etc., and your original insurance
company. Its function is to make
.money (profits) for themselves and for the
Insurance company. It is not in the busi-
¯ gist, "Sorry, no money is left in the Heart
¯ Transplant Fund. Procedure demed.
That’s it! After all, money talks. This is
¯ how our civilized, capitalistic society func-
¯ tions. Now, I wouldn’t have such a prob-
¯ lem with all this, if the Managed Care
~ groups were going broke orifthese groups
¯ functioned as not-for-profit institutions.
¯ But when insurance and Managed Care
¯ companies are showing record profits, it ¯
becomes extremely difficult to rationalize
how someone could be turned down
¯ for a life-saving procedure.
Have yourpremiums gonedown lately ?
Have your deductibles or co-payments
been reduced this year? Physicians’. pay
has dropped by nearly 40% in the past few
¯ years, so they are not benefiting..Ask
¯
yourself, "If premiums are up and benefits
are down, who is making out? It
¯ doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure
¯ that the Managed Care groups and your
insurance company are laughing all the
¯ way to the bank. If you think (or don’t
¯ think) managed health care is bad now,
¯ here is a look into the crystal ball...
~ Primary care physicians will be called
¯ uponto make decisions (final decisions in
¯ some cases) about health care procedures
¯ based on age and need. For example, say
~ I am your primary care physician, you are
60 years of age, and you need kidney
¯ dialysis. But, I can have only five people
¯ a year on dialysis treatment. Four slots are ¯
already filled and, just before your apness
to serve you.or-your doctor!s, ¯ pointment, a 25 year old patient of mine
hospital’s, and pharmacist’s (etc.) best ¯ also needs dialysis. Who gets dialysis slot
interests:~ Which is your health! Period. ¯ #5? In the future, the care will go to those
The sooner.you understand the princi.-. ~ : who can pay out ofpocket: In other words,
pal motives of the Managed Care gr0up’s~- . just likeih~judici’ai system, the rich will
interest (which is money-making), the- ¯ prevail in health care.
better equipped you will be to deal with. ~ Obvi~usly this is avery simplistic overthe
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decisions made in health care today .are ¯ picture. "What can I do?" you ask. Get
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say you need a heart transplant. Your ~. the State Insurance Commissioners. And
primary care physician must refer you out o take care of your health by becoming fit,
to a specialist (cardiologist)~ and he/she
must ask the Managed Care group if you
can be approved for the heart transplant.
Mind you, there are funds allocated for
these procedures for each group or plan.
Well, guess what?! It’s toward the end of
the fiscal year and the Heart Transplant
Fund is depleted. An accountant from the
Managed Care group tells your cardiolo-
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~ (Mis)Managed Care Monster!!
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want to deal with these issues- not AIDS,
not sex before marriage," she said. "But
we must face the reality or we’re going to
lose our youth."
Miss Dozier said condom availability
reduces, rather than encourages, sexual
activity among youths. "Knowing more
about this gives you the power; you don’t
think of having sex because you’re drunk
or rebelling or because you feel pressured,"
Miss Dozier said. "After getting
all this information aboutAIDS, I’m holding
back from .sex. It made me want to
wait, and I think more youths will wait
and hold off more, the more they know
about the risks."
Gore Seeks More $
For AIDS Drugs
WASHINGTON (AP) Hoping to improve
access to AIDS-fighting drugs, the
Clinton administration is exploring the
possibility of expanding Medicaid coverage
for people afflicted with HIV, the
virus that causes AIDS. Vice President A1
¯ Gore has asked the Health Care Financing
¯ Administration "to look into the possibil- ¯
ity" of making Medicaid available earlier
¯ to people with HIV to get them the cut-
. ting-edge drugs needed to help them. -
¯ "If it works out, as I hope and expect it
¯ will, it can ease suffering, renew hope and
¯ help ensure that goodpeopte are notpriced
¯ out of lifesaving medicine," Gore said
¯ Wednesday. He said the move was neces-
¯ sary because people diagnosedwith HIV
¯ can develop full-blown AIDS before be-
. coming eligible for Medicaid, "and that
¯ makes some of these new drugs prohibitively
expensive for people who need
¯ them."
¯ Gore made the announcement after re-
" ceiving the 1997 National Leadership
Award for Public Service from AIDS
¯ Action, an AIDS advocacy group. He said
¯ he has asked the HCFA to report back to
¯ him in 30 days after exploring the possi-
~ bility. "Our view is that getting these
¯ drugs to people earlier will not cost more
¯ in the long run," he said. "Itmay even save
¯ money, and it will certainly save lives."
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READ ALL ABOUT IT
Reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
An apparent oxymoron, Steve
Gunderson was a multi-term, gay Republican
congressman from a rural
Wisconsin district. Amoderate,
traditional Lutheran,
Gunderson had quietly represented
his district since 1981
before deciding not to seek
reelection in 1996. The story
ofGunderson and his long term
partner, coauthor Rob Morris,
is inspiring, but somewhat disappointing.
Told in alternating narratives
by each author, House
and Home is a refreshingly
candid view of a major, gay
publiC figure. Many moderates
and progressives were
deeply disappointed when
Gunderson declined to run for
a ninth term. He had risen to a
position of seniority and influence
when he decided that
he could no longer trust his
own party for support. He realized
this one day in 1994,
while attending a Wisconsin
Republican caucus: "it was
composed mostly of right-
¯
Gunderson to become more vocal about
his life with Rob Morris. They had met in
¯ 1983 and Gunderson had occasionally
¯ mentioned Morris during political
¯ speeches. After being outed, Morris con-
Gundel n
lashes outat
whathe
considersthe
liberal,
left-w_’mgof
theGa-y ci rigrit
movement...
. t_iayacfivists
taavetoaccept
thatGays are
not
automatically
that
vinced Gunderson to respond
forcefully to critics by pointing
out that the Republican
Party had "an historic role in
fighting prejudice." Gunderson
insists that "anyone who
was familiar with the history
ofthe Republican Party would
understand that, like Barry
Goldwater, I could legitimately
say, ’I didn’t leave the
party, the party left me.’ "
Morris, comments are
mostly short contributions of
apersonal nature. Being a Congressional
spouse, he had to
maintain a careful balance
between G/anderson’s public
and private life. Morris dutifully
details his perspective,
but without much of the wit
and humor that he apparently
possesses.
Gunderson lashes out at
what he considers the liberal,
leftwingofthe Gay civil rights
movement. He has often, been
accused of "sleeping with the
wing ’true believers’ who had "[~t=r~ ]]’~ll¢~,~ne
come .to the caucus straight . xx~~oa~a
from services at their funda- .aren t _
mentalist churches. Mostwere
people I had never met before au~oxx.~u.~,c.ttt,y
in politics. They were part of enemies....
the ’family values’ army, loyal
in every way to the Religious RighVs high
command. Not schooled or motivated in
partisan politics, not educated about government
or history, and not informed in
any deep, objective way about many of
the major issues, they were there because
they had been told that the only way to
save the lives of fetuses from abortion, to
save their children from the influence of
predatory homosexuals, and to save
America from degradation was to show
up at these caucuses and compel the Republican
Party to do their will."
His 1994 outing on the floor of the
House of Representatives, by controversial
congressman Bob Dornan, forced
.enemy,’/. : Gunderson~ s response:."
Gay activists have to
~aecept ~that gays are not auto-
.matically DemOcrats, that Republicans
aren’t automatically
enemies, and that it is vital to
have friends in the majority
¯ party. More specifically, it is crucial to
~ have openly gay Republicans who are
¯ willing to do the sometimes tough and
¯ thankless work of sensitizing the party to
¯¯ gay issues, gay rights, and gay humanity."
Gunderson, ofcourse, decided in less than
¯ two years after his outing, that this was the
¯ responsibility of someone else, someone
who has yet to show up. The abdication of
¯ his essential role diminishes the impact of
his otherwise impressive story.
¯ Checkfor House and Home, and books
¯ on other related topics, at your local
¯ branch library, or call the R~aders Ser-
¯ vices department at the Central Library
at 596-7966.
Email is a wondrous thing. At the moment,
I am in Fort Worth, and having to
write a colmnn for deadline. Fortunately,
computers allow tiffs to happen. Or unfortunately,.
depending on your perspective.
You will notice this column is a bit differcnt
from others. I have a story to tell. It
may be meamngful, it may be entertmning.
I hope it is both.
Story one: In 1986, my Father was
diagnosed with cancer. He was admitted
into the hospital for a biopsy. I, as well as
the rest ofmy fanfily, were strained mad in
denial He had never shown his age frotu
the time I was born up to that point in his
lifc. 1! sccmcd he would always be there
lor us. I was in a play at the time, a
drcadflfl nmsical review. I had a solo part
in a song (my lirst ever). I was in school
full timc and working, so I didn’t have
much time for hospital visits. According
to fanfily that did spend time at the hospital,
his wish was that I continue in the
rehearsals and not miss any on his account.
Since we all thought he’d be home
at any time, I suffered through the rehearsai,
trying to conquermy fear of singing
in front of people. His biopsy kept
being delayed, and a two day visit stretched
into three weeks. I did visit him a couple
of times, and each time he seemed older,
as though the years were catching up to
him all at once. It scared me, but still I kept
thinking he’d be home soon. I remember
him looking out the window once, a sad,
resigned look on his face. He said something
- I cannot to this day remember
what, but I know it had to do with what
was coming.
I continued struggling to smile while
singing and remembering choreography
and lyrics at the same time. Dad continued
to go downhill, each time they’d think he
was ready for biopsy, see Jim, page 13
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While not exclusively a
pizza parlor, it’ s pizza that has
made Tucci’s a Cherry Street
destination, even with such old
standbys as The Hideawayjust
across the street. Nothing promotes
a restaurant more than
the Shock value and talk factor
of previous customers telling
their friends about their dining
experience, and diners here
will certainly have something
to talk about. The kitchen at
Tucci’s makes up a fine, handtossed
pizza crust, and then
covers ~t with some unbelievable
toppings. Two ofthe most
talked about combinations are
the Stone Temple Pie, which
features marinated cactus,
smoked fajita chicken, and
black beans, and the Thai Pie,
an interesting mix of spicy
peanutpesto, teriyaki chicken,
bamboo shoots, and chow
mein noodles.
Intrigued? Shocked and appalled?
Read on. The Upstream
Dream, a fairly new
addition to the menu, is topped
with smoked salmon. The
Aglio Arrosto (roasted garlic
for the non-Italianophones out
there) has roasted garlic,
pinenuts, and Italian sausage.
The California Pie is loaded
down with artichoke hearts,
sun dried tomatoes, olives, fresh basil,
and feta cheese. And, the list goes on.
The true artistry at Tu_cci’ s is that, while
certainly bizzarre sounding, these unusual
topping combinations work. Oftentimes,
we see restaurants trying to be too creative,
and they can’t quite pull it off, but
that is not the case here. The pies inspire
strong emotions from the diners--they either
love it or they hate it. We’ve never
heard anything in between.
All of the pizzas are accompanied by a
wonderful lemon Caesar salad, crispy romaine
with a zesty and bright lemon juice
dressing, instead of the more traditional
egg yolk-based Caesar. And, when the pie
amves, it immediately takes center stage,
since it is presented on a metal footed cake
plate. But, after the shock of the toppings,
be prepared for another shock. The bill. A
large pizza is $19.50.
Pizzas are not the only menu item available,
especially since the recent menu
redo, which added additional entree
choices, mostly in the sandwich department.
An Italian "rich boy" is offerred for
$5.75, as is a chicken parmesan. Grilled
Italian sausages and peppers goes for
$5.25, while smoked turkey breast and
chicken salad tarragon sandwiches come
in a $4.95. A very interesting Roasted
Italian vegetables in pita bread sells for
$4.95, and we’ve found this sandwich
interesting, though a bit heavy on the
lettuce and short on the vegetables .All of
Tucci’s
1344 East 15th
11 am- 10pm
Mon - Thurs
Fri/Sat til 11
closed Sun
Cuisine:
Nuovo
Italiano
Dress: Casual
Payment:
Cash, checks
MC, Visa,
and AmEx
Alcohol:
Domestic and
imported beer
Smoking:
Smoking on
outdoor deck,
non-smoking
inside (sort of)
Cost:
Moderate
~kat{.1nsgt:
menu, selling for $5.50, which
includes the lemon Caesar and
Italian bread. On the day we
reviewed Tucci’s, the special
was a spinach fettuccine with
basil cream. Assuming one
likes spinach (which we
don’t), the pasta was freshly
made and had a distinct
spinachy taste. The basil
cream sauce had pieces of
fresh basil leaf in it and was
light and pleasant. The only
surprise was that the dish was
served with a large soup spoon
on the plate. Why? There
wasn’t any soup on the menu?
Surely, they didn’t expect us
to. eat our fettuccine with a
spoon ! (for those who haven’t
memorized the writings of
Miss Manners, Jean-Pierre
insists that it is incorrect to eat
spaghettior fettuccine using a
spoon to~,~help twirl the pasta
around th~ fork.)
Several.~alads are also available,
from a large lemon Caesar
at $4~50, to the chicken
salad an~t~he.Mediterraneo at
$6.50. Could s~m.eone please
tell us why the: Mediterranean
salad proudly proclaims that
it contains shrimp from the
Gulf ofMexico? There is also
antipasto for $6:50.~
Beverages are fun here. Certainly,
the mostpopular is iced
cappuccino. They also make
Italian sodas, soda water with
a shot or two of various flavoring
syrups, and have an
¯ extensive selection of bottled waters, in-
~ cluding the Welch "Ty Nant," the pricey
¯ stuff in the pretty cobalt bottle.
Biscotti and cheesecake are always avail-
" able for dessert, and, when the kitchen
~ makes it and there is some left, a nice
¯ spumoni ice cream ($3.00) can be had.
¯ Even better is the tiramisu, sponge cake
¯ soaked with espresso and layered with
¯
Italian cream for $3.75.
The food at Tucci’s is good, and a
¯ relatively goodvalue for the money. The
¯ major area needing improvement is the
service. Chronically understaffed, the
¯ friendly and earnest wait staff will get to
¯ one’s table as soon as they can, but still,
¯ the wait can be annoying. On ourlast visit,
~ the iced cappuccinos and Italian sodas
¯ arrived at the table with no spoons or
¯ straws. And, the music being broadcast
¯ over the speakers was so loud, we could
~ hardly hear one another talk, making us
¯ feel like we were at the Full Moon Cafe
¯ across the street.
¯ But, the future is looking bright. The ¯
ownership triumvirate of husband, wife,
¯ and mother has recently extensively re-
- modeled the kitchen, and the menu under-
" goes regularrevision and freshening. The
¯ outside deck remains a popular spot for
¯ watching the Cherry Street traffic. We
¯ like Tucci’s.
~ Not feeling up to cactus or pineapple or
¯ peanuts on your pizza? There’s a-Pizza
¯ Hut just down the street for the timid.
Y
Chairman Terrance Tom called a nmvs
conference mad insisted that without referring
the opposite-sex couples in the
amendment, it will continue to invite la~vstfits
challenging the marriage law.
House and Senate conferees were fac;
ing an internal deadline of resolving their
differences over the stone-sex marriage
bills, although Sott~ acknowledged that
deadline could be waived upon an agreement
with Senate President Norman
Mizuguchi. Both Souki and Tom expressed
confidence that an amendment to
ban same-sex manJages and a package of
benefits for gay mad lesbian couples will
be approved before the Legislatm’e adjourns
April 29.
Tom defended his decision at die latest
House-Senate meeting Wednesday night
not to take up the rights package for samesex
couples. He said as far as he’s concerned,
the Senate has failed to provide a
comlter proposal to the House’s latest
proposal. Senate conference co-chairnlan
Avery Chumbley said the Senate will
meet with the House when the Itouse
agrees to take up both the anlendment mid
tile Lesbian/Gay benefits package and not
separate them. "They are both are part of
the stone problem mad we’re not going to
separate them," he said.
Rhode s and Kills
Anti-Marriage Bill
PROVIDENCE, RA. (AP) _ A bill to ban
gw marriages was voted down by a powerful
House couun{ttee on Thursday.
"Life in Rhode I~l,’md is not going to
change tomorrow if we don’t pass tiffs
bill," said Rep. Timoth3 Willianlson, DWest
Warwick, a member of the House
Judiciary Connnittee.
A1 though Rhode I slmad doesn’ t recognize
gay marriages uow, the bill’s supporters
worried the state would be forced to recognize
them if legalized in another state.
Debate over the issue led Congress to pass
and President Cliuton to sign last year the
Defense of Marriage Act. The law says
the federal government will not recognize
gay nlamages andit allows states to refuse
to recognize them as well.
No states allow homosexuals to marry,
although the Hawaiian Supreme Court is
considering the issue.
Rep. Michael Pisaturo, D-Cranston, opposed
the bill so much he introduced one
of his own to legalize same-sex marriages,
although henow plans to let his bill
die.
City Grants Partners
Health Insurance
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Saying he
hopes to lay down a model for the rest of
the state, MayorMichael Albano on Thursday
began offering health insurance to
gay and lesbian partners of city workers.
He acknowledged talat the move is bomld
to breed some dissent, saying, "There are
.those who do not yet understand that tails
IS a new world we live in." But he added,
"It is the right thing to do. My adininistration
will not discrilninate based on ...
alternative lifestyle. And no other city in
Massachusetts or in America should elfiler."
Springfield, file third largest city in tale
state with 160,000 residents, became the
second Bay State connnunity with such a
nleasure in effect, according to Gay mid
Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, a Boston-
based group that monitors gay rights.
Mary Bonauto, tlae group’s civil rights
direc.tor, said Cambridgeis tale other commumty.
"It’s a basic stand by the mayor
and city of Springfield for fairness to all
fmnilies and also for equal pay’ for eqtml
work," she said.
Albano signed the executive order in a
brief late-afternoon ceremony before city
and .state officials, gay-rights advocates,
jottrnalists mad others. State Attorney
General Scott Harshbarger, a supporter of
the policy, was also there. Albano said he
expects perhaps 20 or 30 of the city’s
6,500 employees to sign up for such coverage.
But he predicted it won’t create the
need for any larger appropriation. The
progranl now costs about $32 ~nillion a
year. The mayor ordered bereavement
and sick time rights for gay mid lesbian
partners of city workers in January 1996.
The city is defining a gay or lesbian
"domestic pm:tner" as someone sharing
expenses and living with the city employee
for at least a year "in a relationslfip
of mutual support, caning and counnitment
in wlfich they intend to remain for
file indefinite
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oppouents m,’maged to dismantle it within
months. In Northmnpton, city leaders approved
apolicy ofletting stone-sex couples
register as such tbr certain rights, but not
health insurance. Voters later blocked the
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idea. "As a resic]ent, I find it reprehensible
that file3’ can do something fl~at so many
citizens are morMly opposed to," said
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he has been active on some political issues.
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Sayiug his
decision was not an easy one, Gov. Angus
King will let the gay marriage ball enacted
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King said he has "a deep respect for the
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nothhlg to do withlove," said King.
Concerned Maine Families, which led
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marriage from threats by inilitant gay
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The governor had three options after
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margins last week by the House and Senate:
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statewide campaign that would not benefit
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expects the law to be successfully challenged
in court. He believes it violates
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and credit clauses of the Constitution.
"This bill will briefly become law in
Maine, but it will nothavemynameonit,"
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"~ d~)’mplication would arise. The last visit
the fanfily had with him, he looked plNn
tired and we~. I had never seen him look
that way in my life. At one point, he ended
up in the intensive care refit. The last time
I saw him, he was so heavily sedated that
nay brother’s voice brought no reaction at
all. When I spoke, his eyelids fluttered as
he straggled to open his eyes. He finally
did, and tried to speak - in vain, because
they had a breattfing robe stuck down his
throat, making it impossible to talk. But
he. came to, tried to speak, and became
extremely agitated when he couldn’tcommunicate.
My brother and I were ushered out by
the nurse, for fear our presence would
disturb him further, causing him to damage
the numerous tubes and devices connected
to him. Keeping him alive. Sort of.
That is the last time I saw my father alive.
A couple of weeks later he lapsed into
coma. Momgave the orders to remove the
life support.
My father left this plane alone. No one
who h~ew him was there. I vowed then
that if anyone I was close to was in the
hospital, my first priority was being there.
No show, nojob, no other event would be
more important than being there - for
fmnily, friend, or lover.
The show went on. I remember the day
Dad died. The director berated me venomoush’
in front of the cast for not smiling
and"selling" the numbers I was in. I
had left a message on the answering machine
that morning, he didn’t get the message
until after the rehearsal. I for a change,
~vas the first one out the door, so he ufi ssed
me. I was ready, for the first time, to walk
out on a show. I just about told him he
could take the bloody solos and give them
to someone else. gcrew "’professionalism".
It had cost me too much Nready.
There ,are times that "The show must go
on" is absolute poppycock. There will be
other shows. I held my tongue, but barely.
I was in too much shock to say anything at
that Moment. He did apologize later.
Story two: I am in Fort Worth because
nay Mother has breast cancer, and had
both of her breasts removed on Monday
the 7th. According to several doctors, she
will need help for 2 -3 weeks, as she
won’t be able to lift her purse, so I am here
to help. Mom’s health is not so great.
She’s 74, a heavy smoker, and is handicapped,
and thus cm~’t get around solo
under the best of Circumstmaces. I have
too many scars and unanswered questions
leftover from Dad (as do all the members
ofmy f,’unil y) to ever let anyone I know go
into a hospital without me being there.
People can slip away too damn fast.
And all the political ballyhoo and bickering
in the world doesn’t change that.
Yes, it’s important to fight for what’s
right, and to use your time wisely. But
don’t forget the other things that are import~
mt, too - the smell of a flower, the
voice of a loved one, and the time you
spend with them. In the end, that.., is ....
ALL... that.., matters. Nomatterhow mnch
they am~oy you. You will miss them when
they’re gone. Jobs are replaceable, things
are replaceable, people ~e not. And too
many filings can go wrong.
My father died of cancer, my morn is
dealing with cancer, and we have tbund
out that three male cousins on her side are
dealing with/have died from cancer. Her
sister had breast cancer. I can’t shake the
feeling that I ana seeing how I will die,
barring bus crashes, plane explosions, and
bank robberies. It is ~t too likety, given
[hmily history and genetics Not to mention
that there is no more severe issue thm~
losino a pare~t I~sing one is bad enom,h’
it t~rces you to den with mortNity m a
way that no other loss can do. When a
parent Nes, you lose not oNy apart of
your Nstory, and present, but Nso your
clfildh~d. No one will be there to dean
up yot~ nfist&es or save you frown yourself,
if you were so fortunate to have had
fmNly like that. Some axen’t.
I’ve been lucky thus t’~. I ~ow Mom
will not l~t forever. Quite fray, the
f~ly has been expecting a Nagnosis of
lung ~acer to pop up for ye~s, yet she
has remNned in fNr heNth. She never
expected to outhve Dad. And when he
died, she stepped up the ~ount of algareties
consumed in order to ~tch up with
Nm. Didn’t woN. Bre~t ~cer was a
sunrise to us ~1. I and my fanfily have
certNNy had, and continue to have, our
differen~s. But they have always been
there for me, t~ough my back surgery,
tl~ough nasty splits with exMovers, and
whatever other crises I had. Now, it’s my
turn to be there for them. I tN~ this is
what should Ne meant by the term "fmnily
values."
And with that rather drmnatic ending, I
do have a Mnd of review. Anyone catch
toNght’ s "Dr. Qnim~, Medicine Woman"?
It’s not a show I usual3 watch (I am not at
~I parti~ to westerns - sacrilege coming
from an OM~oma resident and nativeborn
Texan, but there you ~e,), but b3
complete accident (except I, like Obi-
Wan Kenobi, don’t believe in accidents.
So~y, had to get that St~ Wars reference
in there, ya M~ow.), I happened upon it
tolfight. I was about to change the chanuel,
when the gist of the plot line lilt me.
Dr. Quinn was brining Walt Wlfitm~
into her dusty little Colorado county town
for a p~try reading. I though t~s a rather
novel idea. I wondered if they were going
to de~ With Iris being homosexual or just
gloss it over. So, I stayed tuned. I was
pleasantly suwfised.
Dr. Quiim, noticed that WdtW~
w~ depressed (Hmnun. Sounds fm~li~.
Have I wfitmn about ~s before?) and
asked lfim what wm up. He w~ saddened
that Iris so.mate could not be wi~ ~m.
She sfid, tot~ly t~owing of what gender
~s so.mate ~ght ~ (heterosexist
assumptions, don’tcha ~ow), "Well,
bring lfim on out from the ~st Co~tF’
Well, Waltw~ happier than a Gay m~in
a gym, and perked nfighfily. Me.time,
Her young son, a writer for the school
paper, interviewed Wilt for the school
paper...flone with ~m...during a solit~y
wflk in the woods. Back to subplot number
two,in w~ch the mwns~ople, thrilled
at the prospect of a man of W~t’s stature
bestowing a bit ofculture upon ~eir dusty
town, become rather discfinfinatory upon
being ~e gossip that W~t (GASP[) is a
"Nmmy-boy", "one of them fellers who
don’t like women ~e way most men normflly
do". Dr. Qui~m is hogtied that her
boy has been ~one with trim. She t~ks to
Sully, plwedby the everhm~yJoe ~do,
who tells her that she’s ove~eacting, that
in lfis Nbe, gay folk are ac~pted~dhave
eqtu~ status. His is the voice of reason,
and he’s given excellent diNoN~e in tlfis
episode. Well, She questions the boy, and
tells lfim not go into the woods None with
X~qfitman. She does do some research, and
finds ~at some German literature of the
day ch~flks it up to a defective gene. She is
upset, because she emwnined Whitman
and didn’t "see" anytlfing like this wrong
with lfim. see Jim, page 14
~JJr~ continued from page 13
Stdly tells her she should just
accept him for who he is, that he
is still the same mm~ whose writing
tlmlled her.
W~t’s souhnate arrives,
he cheers up. The townsfolk display
their homophobia with maliciotks
gossip zu~d ontright discrimination,
denying the couple
a hotel room. Dr. QuimL despite
her misgivings, invites them to
stay in her home, m~d gradmflly
comes to ~low them as simply
two folk in love. She asks if the
townspeople’s reaction bofliers
him. lie replies no, that life is too
sliort to #re iu to oflmr people’s
ucgativity ~md empower it. Dr.
Quiun is ok widi M1 ~is, undl
Walt t~es her boy fishing.
Alone. In tim woods. Fe~ng dm
worst, she m~es a mad dash for
the fislfing hole, wifll Sully telling
her not to jump to conclusions.
She m~d Snlly sne~ np on
W~dt m~d the boy, fislfing. ~m
bo) spe~s to WMt, ~ng ~m
what "’Nmmy-boy" memas. In a
~vonderfully written respo~me, he
tells the boy, that it is a word
somc folks ~une up ~vith to hurt
others, tte wreaks the boy that
words cm~ be ~vcapons, us~ to
hurt. But they cml ~dso be used to
lined, to reflect tim positive, wondrous
ddngs in liiE, mid that he
mid thc boy had a gift to use
words in t~mt way. And thus,
thc3 could countcract the hate-
4"ul, negative words. Aud of
course, l)r. Quinu, fears assuagcd,
smiles beatifically, ~d
she m~d Joe embrace, t~lll ofhope
for the world. Fade out, dissolve
to thc poe~’y rca~ng, with a
hm~dful 0f imoplc attending. But
cvcn a hmldfid ~m effect a lot of
chm~gc. I liked WMt’s perspectivc.
I will try tom&e it my own.
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JUICY FRUIT I’m a hairy, tan, good
Ioaking, Gay, White man, 1801bs, with
Blond hair and Green eyes. Once w~ get
acquainted, maybe we can meet. (T~lsa)
=2416
TRANS TREAT IN TULSA I believe that
a hard man is good to find. This sensual,
sexy, submissive, Bi male, Transvestite,
42, 6ft, 1701bs, seeks dominant, Bi men,
35 to 70, of all races. Let’s play. (Tulsa)
=29954
TULSA TWO STEPPER Show me
around town and teach me the West
Coast Swing. I’m a young looking, 34
year old, Hispanic male, 5’4, 1251bs,
with Brown hair and eyes. I’m pretty new
to town and want to make friends.Jlove
to dance and can two step wilh the best of
them. I’m a big fan of country music,
movies, and love people. Let’s meet.
(Tulsa) =29334
JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME I want to
get close to someone who is able to have a
relationship without letting anyone else know
about it. I’m a good looking, 27 year old,
Married, Bi male. (Tulsa) =29225
TONSILLECTOMY IN TULSA I don’t live
here but ~ come to Tulsa often. I’m a very
athletic, attractive, White male, 5’6, 1401bs,
with Brown hair, Hazel eyes, a washboard
stomach and great legs. I love dominant men
with good builds. Entertain me when I’m in
town and I’ll make you glad you did. (Tulsa)
=28623
CARESS AND CUDDLE COWBOY This 24
year old, recently Divorced, cowboy, seeks e
guy who might be interestad in a relationship.
I’m a good looking bull rider with ~ nice
build, 5’11, with Brown hair and Hazel eyes.
I’m new to this scene and like to kiss, caress,
and cuddle. (Tulsa) =28662
MAD FOR MASCULINE MEN I’m looking
to get to know, and have good times with,
other masculine Gay, or Bi, White males,
between 18 and 34, in the area. i’m a good
looking, Gay, White male, 33, 6’1. 1651bs.
with short Brown hair, Blue eyes, ,
We Can’t talk before you call so
hurry. Ilulsa) =28669
CLEAN CUT CONSERVATISM I’m a White
male in my late forties. I’m looking for a very
discreet male to get together with. You should
be clean cut, conservative, no older than me. I
en oy collecting books and traveling. Let’s
share our values and goals and see where that
leads. Discretion is vital. (Tulsa) =28803
END MY WAIT This old fashioned, ~omanfic
is looking for companionship and’lovefrom
you. P)~se call soon~ (Tulsa) =14264
SERVICE IS MY BUSINESS This young
looking, 42 year old, White male, s~eks
masculine. I~have a good build from
frequent workouts and daily jogs. (Tulsa)
=28323
MY WIFE’S IN THE DARK I want to have
some fun with another man. i’m 27 and good
looking. Call if you’re fun and can be discreet.
(Tulsa) =28503
SATISFACTION .ASSURED Let me do my
number on you. I’m a cute 24 year old guy
looking for other cute young guys that want to
have f~n! (Tulsa) =24514
TRUE IN TULSA I’m a masculine, muscular, 21
year old, B~ack male, 5’7, 1951bs, with Black hair,
and Brown ~yes, looking far new friends to hang
out with. I dOn’t do drugs or smoke, but . ¯
occasionally go Out far ~]rinks. I have lots of other
interests such as working out. Let’s meet and see
what happens. (Tulsa) =13047
TAKE IT SlOW I like soft music, romantic
evenings, and spending time with my family and
friends. This Gay, White male, 38, 5’9,14~lbs, is
HIV positive, but healthy, and is seeking a non
s.~ng friend to share with. I’m most interested in
other ~l),, White males, betwean 21 and 45 who
are willing to go slowly. (Tulsa) ’~23748
IF WE TRY This aflracti~, Gay, White mab,
seeks companionship, and a relationship with a
sincere, ..Gay, Block male, between 18 and 30. I’m
5’9~ 1651bs, with Brown hair, and Blue eyes. You
should be hbeast, loving, caring, and drag frea, as
I am. We con make it ffappen iT we fly. {Tulsa)
~27068
HUNTING NEW GAME I want to make some
new plans and include you in them. rm a 28 year
okl, Gay., White mab, 6’1 with Brown hair and
eyes. I like te cook and enjoy all outdoor spa~,
espec!ally hunting and fishing. Let me kna~v when I
can plan ta seeyou. (Tulsa) =23916
GOODBYE, CITY UFE I wanna meet some of
~ivi’anllg. TinhisIh2e8coyeuanrtyo.ldI ,liGkeaayl,l Bolualcdkomoraalec,tievietieosy,slike
hunling, and fishing. Call me and get aw~ from it
all. (Tulsa) =26S22
FLEX FRIEND You’ve .clot a friend riflht here. I’m
a 42 yea~s 01d, G~ male, 5’8~’, 170E;~. I’m into
sports: music, and am very flexibb. Let’s have
same ton. (Tulsa) =26409
SHOW ME THE WAY I’m a masculine, Lisexual curious guy;’and I’m a:li~e ~rvous about
is. I’m 21,5’7" 1951bs, with a worked out bedy~
Black hair, a~d Brown eyes. I need you to show
me theway. (Tulsa) ’~26412
TULSA TIME I’ve got time on my hands.
Would you like to spend it with me? This Gay
male, enjoys reading sports, and music. Ad ust
the vo ume, and let s taFk. (Tulsa) =25617
WANNA BE MY MENTOR? Maybe you
can hell? nudge me out of the closet. I’m a 19
year old Gay male, 6ft, 1501bs, with Brown
hair, and Blue eyes. I like tno’~ies, sports, and
anything athletic. I’m not yet "out" to the world,
but I want to try a relationship with a guy
between 18 and 25. (Tulsa) =25579
JUST FRIENDS It’s a good time for some
good times in Tulsa. I want to meat some new
I’m 5’9, 1701bs. Give me a call and let’s
out. (Tulsa) =25403
TRANSYLVANIA BEAUTY I’m a white,
Transgender, Bi Male, 26, 5’9, with Brown
hair, and Blue eyes. I’m very beautiful. I’d like
to meat another Bi, or Gay, Transgender male,
26 to 30, who is good looking, clean, kind,
and nice. (Tulsa) =25080
TAKE OFF MY SASH I’m Mr. Tulsa
¯ and I want to have some fun. I’m a
leather man. I"ve been a runner up in
Mr. Oklahoma Leather contest the last two
years. Find out what’s so hot about me. Call
now. (Tulsa) =25161
THE SECRET SHARER Can you help me find
a dominant Bi or Straight guy who wants to
have a discreet relationship? I’m an attractive,
Bi, White male in my 30% 5’2, 1281bs. (Tulsa)
=24820
I’M NO FATAL ATTRACTION It would be
nice to make some friends but I’m hoping for a
at more. I’m a financially and emotionally
~, White male, 33 years old, 5’11
e bars. I hope to meet another
White male between 25 and 40 who’s in shape
and still has most of his hair¯ [Tulsa) =24870
AT THE QUARRY I’ll bet there’s a big,
stocky, Married man out there that would like
to give it to me hard. I’m a cute guy in my 30’s,
5’2 and 1281bs. I hope you’re dominant and
want to have a gay old time. (Tulsa) =24840
UNSUNG YOUNG Let’s keep this simple. I’m
a young guy, 18, looking for other young guys,
18 to 28, fc;r fun and friendship. Call soon.
(Tulsa) =19577
LONG HARD NIGHTS If you like sleapless
nights, and sleepless days, give me a call i’m a
24 year old, Gay, White male, 6’3, 1601bs, in
search of another Gay, White male, between
18 and 24. Let’s have a long, hard night,
h:)llowed by a long, hard day. I’m versatile.
(Tulsa) =24504
THE COWBOY WAY I’m a cowboy, plain
and simple. I love to do things outdoors.
Hunting and fishing are just two of the
possibilities. If you’re between 18 and 25 and
want to explore~ne cowboy way, leave me a
message. (Tulsa) =1004
CONSERVATIVE OUTCOME I’m a 19 year
old student, From Tulsa. I lave movies, sports,
and going out. I’m seeking someone clean-cut,
conservative, and discrete. I have yet to come
out, so discretion is most important. Come
share my values, and discover together what
happens nexL (Tu sa) =23850
BLUE COWBOY This 55 year old Gay
White ma e, cowboy, and Businessman, would
like to meet a younger man betwean 35 and
55, to live with me in rural southeast
Oklahoma. J’m 5’6, 1401bs, with short; thick
Silver hairi strikin.Cl Blue eyes, and a mustache.
You shbuld be well put together and des re th s
type of lifeslyle. =9612 ~:;
To record your FREE Pe onal ad: all: 1-800-546-MENN (We’ll print it here)
The Friends .i n Unity
Social Org.anization, Inc.
FUSO is a community based organization not for
profit 501 (c)3 agency prowding services to African
American males-and.females who are infected with
HIV/AIDS in the Tulsa community. FUSO also .helps
individuals find other agencies that provide
other HIV/AIDS services.
FUSO began in August 1991 out Of a need to bring
African. American men of diverse sexual orientation
together, to promote unity, education, cultural
awareness and sensitivity to the needs of the
African American community at large.
The goal of FUSO is to. build bridges wher.e.gaps exist
and to tear do.wn.the walls that have d~wded us
w~th~n the community.
FUSO ,has taken on the responsibility to.minister:to
the needs of individuals impacted by HIV/AIDS,.to be....
a voice African American commun~ity, and
especially~to be a voice for those.who have not been
heard. FUSO is a ministry of compassion and. care.
POB 8542, Tulsa, OK 74101
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Gay Pride Events ¯ 13710,. Shah.een, then a senator, voted for the bill. Avoiding"
anothdr"potential~.Sen~d~feat last year, the House ~oted last : shefirstbecamein-
¯ volved, the com- . year to study the issue further. . ¯ reunifywasmoreor ¯ Rep. William McCann, the bill’s prime sponsor, cited the ¯
OETAToAir ProgramOnGay Hero . church’s new backing and Shaheen’s stance as two keys in : less just the clubs.
TULSA ~ The Pride Center/Tttlsa :Oklahomans for ¯ .winning passage Tuesday. "When the comer office isn’t oppos- Around197! , some
Human Rights have announced a partial-schedule for " tng you, it makes a difference," he said. ."
people involved
the 1997 Pride Events. In Tulsa, there will be a Pride " This year, the diocese played a key role in turning the tide by " with a Metropoli-
March & Picnic on Saturday, June 14. The. March is ¯ offering a compromise that provides the same prot,,ections but ¯ Tay Clare, director of the tan Community
planned to begin at 1 l:30am from near the Homeland says th~ statedoes nOt:approveofany sexual lifestyle other than " Free Spirit Woman’s Center Church in Okla-
Store at Gilcrease Road &Edison St. to Owen Park " the traditional marriage-based family." Supporters in the gallery : and longtime Tulsa activist, homa City wanted
(Edison St. at Quanah)where the Pride Picnic will be : cheered when the vote was annoullced. ¯ - tOhelporganizeone
held from noon to 5pro. There will be brief opening : Shaheen’s signature will make New Hampshire the 10th state i idninTesulsbae.foCrlearseherecdaelclsidbedei,n~gegterlL~~edpghionngeldy, steovegraelt
ceremonies from 12-12:30. The picnic is BYOF (bring ¯ to offer such protections. Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Massachu- ¯
your own food) but as in the past, refreshments donated : set.ts, Connecticut, Hawaii, California, New Jersey, Vermont and :: involved ,with what became MCC-Greater Tulsa.
by Pepsi, Coors, Miller & Bud will be served. Commu- ; . Mmnesotaalsobardiscriminationagainstgays~Mainehaspassed: gEraorulypmweeenttintghrsowugehre~thheeldStaepths etorwhoaurdsebaescothmeinngewa
nity organizations are encouraged to set up booths (call ¯ a similar bill. for information about suggested donation: 743-4297) .¯ Thebill, which passed the House 205-125, :adds sexual often- ... dcoifnfgerreegnat tlioocna,tioAnfst:e. rOsnoemweastitmhee,ptuhbeligcrloiburparmy,eatnadt
Vollyball and tennis courts are available. It should be : tation to existing anti:discrimination protections based on age, . another was the old "street school:’ .whereappar-
"family fun" for all. sex, race~ color, ethnicbac.kground, physical0rmentaldisability, ¯ ently several other congregadom:also met. Clare
Several Tulsa congregations will be holdingPride marital stems, religious or political beliefs. It also protects state
Worship Services. At this time,.the following are con- : workers. Complaints would be filed with thestate Human Rights ! jokes that for a while it was the Catholics at 10am
~
firmtd: a service at Community Unitarian Universalist ¯ Commission. Existing exemptions for small family businesses . .aanndotlhdebHaormonosAexdumailrsaal tw1h1i.cLhatreeretkheedgorofubpe.erernatnedd
Congregation on June 1 st, 1 lam, see Pride, page 13 ." and some rentals would not be affected. See Rights, page 12 . cigarettes but~.: .see Clare, page 3
i arriage Updat.p i_,u!sa sG sWet i ’
Latest omRawaii i At Cracker Barrel ProjectGetTogetherlnsurance
HONOLULU(AP)-Thestateiscitingtradition:moral : TULSA= A few’months ago, Cracker Barrel-finally came to : Continuation Program, NOW
Values, propagation and recognition of the state s mar- : town. And at 5 pm on a Saturday, the place isjammed and looks
riage law by other-governments.m its appeal in the ." mighty like an AARP convention. Cracker B,,a~r~el serves up a : Events, HIV/AIDS Advocacy/
same-sex mamag~ case. Butthe state dropped its focus i homespun, Appalhchian image, complete with Country Store"
on children inits opening brief t0the :~t~’Supreme But less wholesom"e wa.s the.corpo.ratio.n s w.ritten.poli"cy a few" : Education + the Oklahoma
Court..nuring a trial last fall, the state focusedon the y~arsagooffLdnganywhoisLesbian, GayorBi Cracker Barrel : State Legislature, IAM Benefit well-being of e.hildren as the compelling reason to ban : specifically fired 28 individuals under this policy. The firm : .
same-sexmamage. CircuitJudgeKevinChangruledin " received tremendous negative publicity for its actions and one ..
December that the state had failed to offer a compelling : fired employee latertestified to Congress about the need forjobs : -
reason to continue its ban on mamag¢ for same-sex ~ protectiom. : ProjectGetTogether;alocal social services agency
couples. : Somedme after Cracker Barrel suffered not only bad press, but : is administering aTCAP, Tulsa Community AIDS
Deputy Attorney General Dorothy Sellers said the ¯ also boycotts and lunch counter sit-ins in the Aflanta area, the Partnership grant.to assist qualified HIV÷ indistate
was filing a 35-page appeal brief. Dan Foley, : firm issued this statement in early 1991: "in the past, we have i viduals in maintaining their existing healthinsurattorney
for the three same-sex couples who sued for the : ~ always responded to the values and wishes of our customers. Our : ance. The funds are limited and the recipients will
fight to marry, said the state’s brief doesn’t address the " recent position on the emp!oyment of homosexuals in a limited : be chosen by lottery. The first lottery will be held
facts in Chang’s ruling. He said it also dwells on " number of stores may have been a well-intentioned over reaction ¯ on May 30th. Further applications will be accepted
arguments previously rejected seeUpdate,page 13 : to the pereeived values of our customers see Cracker, page8 : as funding permits. For information, contact the Hope Candlelight Tou,r+ i Insurance. Continuafion Fund at Project Get To_
." ¯ gether, 2020 S. Maplewood, Tulsa 74112, or call
835-2910.
Foll es Revue Benefits WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton intends to ~o National Organization for Women, Tulsa
lobby for passage of legislation that would outlaw Chapter will be honoring their Feminist of the
employment discrimination against homosexuals. TULSA - June will see twomajor fundraisers that benefit orga_ ¯ Year, Barbara Santee on Friday, May 30 at the Clinton held a closed half-hour White House meeting Living Arts Center ofTulsa at 19E. Brady at 7pm. nizations which provide HIV/AIDS care and support. The first Santee who is executive, director of Oklahoma
Thursday with the bill’s sponsors and gay and civil event is the 7th annual Hope Candle Light Tour which raises :
rights advocates. "Individuals should not be denied a funds for St. Joseph Residence, a hospice facility run by Catholic ." NARAL, theNorthAmericanAbortionandRepro_ ductive Rights Action League, also:serves on the
job on the basis of something that has no relationship to Charities and for RAIN, the Regional AIDS Interfaith Network. ¯
their ability to perform their work," Clinton said in a Oklahoma American Civil see Soon, page 8 HopeCandleLightTourprovidesopportunities for several levels
¯ statement. "This is wrong." of patronage. Hope Candle Light Tour has raised more than one °
Conservative groups say they will fight the legisla- million dollars and was founded by Pat Gordon and Charles ¯
I N S i D .E.
tion, arguing that it unfairly forces employers to have Faudree. This year’s honorary chairperson is Alice Rogers.
lnappropliate, on-the~job discussions about sexuality All are welcome to attend the home tour on Saturday, June 7th,
and gives homosexuals an advantage in hiring. The bill 10-5pm and Sunday, June 8th, 1-5pm. For the $10 donation, " EDITORIAL/DIRECTORY P. 2
exempts small businesses, the military, religious orga- attendees can see the homes of Judy & Paul Kantor at 3040 S. US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 " HEALTH NEWS -~ ~15. S. nizations and schools or educational institutions run by Wheeling, Doug & Susan Pielsficker at 3032 S. Trenton, Larry & ¯ HEALTH & WELLNESS COLUMN P.7 religious groups. Myma Seale at 2624 E. 33rd St. and also see the homes of ARTS NOTES P. 8 The legislation bars employers fromusing aworker’s
community members, Jared Bruce and Bruce Schultz at 1915 S. " COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9 sexual orientation as a factor in decisions on hiring or .Xanthus and Tour co-founder, Charles Faudree at 2121 E. 32 St. " BOOK REVIEW P. 10
firing, promotion or compensation. The Senate rejected~ :: Tickets are available at any of these homes. RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 1,1
the .bill in September see ENDA, page 3 . A Donor Party will be held on June 5th see Hope, page 3 "
GLA~IFIED~ P. 14
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fax: 583.4615 Pdblisher + Editor: Tom Neal person’s sexual orientati0_~ ~,..~..
POB 414~3, Tulsa, OK 74159 Entertainment Writer: James [,.;orrespondence is assu~ed to be for publication unless otherwise noted,
e-maih Christjohn, Writers + contributors: must be signed & becomes the sole property of Tulsa Family News. All
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website: Jean-Pierre Legrandbouche entitled to One free copy of each edition at distribution points. Additional
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A week or so ago, I was in a mid-town Tulsa neighborhood to
drop off some papers to a friend. And as I left his house, I was
driving slowly because there was just a host of children enjoying
the warm, late afternoon sun, running in and out of the street.
These kids ranged from 1st or 2rid grade up to early teens and
were a mix of colors of beige, brown and black. They seemed to
all be playing together. Doesn’t it sound like a hopeful scene for
thefutureofthis city dividedby race, ethnicity, sexual orientation
and more?
That was my impression until as I turned the corner to head
: back to Lewis. Then I heard two little girls, one white, one black
¯ yelling at each other in play. Bu! ,w,,h,at one said to the other was,
"get away from me you ’faggit ! These two were among the
: youngest of the troupe, clearly not old enough to have any real
idea of what they were saying. Faggot wasjust a term of ultimate
¯ derision.
: Did this young child learn this .term of hate at home from her
parents? Since she happened to be the African-American girl, I
would like to think that her parents who likely have suffered
: through racist indignities would not have taught her another hate
¯ word - though I don’t think we can assume that. It’s just as
¯ possible that shelearned it from the school yard despite not being
: old enough to have been in school see Babes, this page
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*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
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*Creative Collection, 1521 E. 15
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*Ross Edward Salon, 1438 S. Boston 584-0337
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Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th 712-2750
David Kauskey, Country Club Barbering 747-0236
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*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 PI 664-2951
*Nothing Shocking Salon, 2722 E. 15 712-1123
*Novel Idea Bookstore, 51st & Harvard 747-6711
David A. Paddock. CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633 747-7672
Pet’Pride, Dog & Cat Grooming 584:7554
The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor 743-4297
Puppy Pause II, l lth & Mingo 838-7626
Richard’s Carpet Cleaning 834-0617
Scott Robison’s Prescriptions, see ad for 3 locations, 743.-2351
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921,747-4746
Christopher Spradling, attorney, 616 S. Main, #308 582-7748
747-1508
610-8510
746-4620
743-1000
747-9506
250-5034
712-1122
712-9955
743 -5272
592-1521
581-0902, 743-4117
622-0700
749-6301
742-2007
481-0558
743-1733
592-0767
*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square
*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis
Tulsa Organizations, Churches, & Universities
AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 1071, 74101-1071 579-9593
Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 587-7314
*Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center. 2207 E. 6 583-7815
*B/L!G Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780
*Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th P1. & Florence
*Community ofHope UnitedMethodist, 1703 E. 2nd 585-1800
*Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595
*Church of the Restoration, 1314 N.Greenwood 587-1314
Dignity/Integrity-Lesbian/Gay Catholics/Episcopal. 298-4648
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-144t
*Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777
*Free Spirit Womens Center, call for location &info: 587-4669
Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827
Friends in Unity Social Org. (African-American mens group)
POB 8542, 74101, call c/o HOPE @ 712-1600
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education, 1307 E. 38, 2nd ft.
712-1600, HOPE Anonymous HIV Testing Site, 742-2927
TNAAPP (Native American men), Indian Health Care 582-7225
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715
*HIV Resource Ctr., 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 749-4194
NAMES PROJECT:4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H- 1 748-3111
NOW, Nat’l Org for Women, POB 14068, 74159 365-5658
OK Spokes Club (bicycling), POB 9165, 74157
*Our House, 1114 S. Quaker 584-7960
PFLAG , POB 52800, 74152 749-4901
*Planned Parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria 587-7674
*The Pride Center, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor, 74105 743-4297
Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152
*R.AII.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network 749-4195
Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159 665-5174-
*Red Rock Mental Center, 302 S. Cheyenne #108 584-2325
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 4045 N. Cincinnati 425-7882
St. Jerome’s Catholic Church, 3841 S. Peoria, 742z6227
*Shanti Hotline & HIV/AIDS Services 749-7898
Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S. Cincinnati 582-4128
Tulsa Okla. for Human’Rights, c/o The _Pri.’de Center 743-4297
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform!Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222
*Tulsa City Hall, Ground Floor Vestibule
*Tulsa Community College Campuses
*Rogers University (formerly UCT)
BARTLESVILLE
*Barflesville Public Library, 600 S, Johnstone 918-337-5353
NORMAN
*Borders Books & Music, 300 Norinafi C~nter 405-5~73-490";
OKLAHOMA CITY
*Borders Books &Music, 3209NWExpressway 405-848-2667
TAHLEQUAH
*Stonewall League, call for information:
EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
*Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main
DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St.
*Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St.
MCC of the Living Spring
Geek to Go!, PC Specialist, POB 429
Kings Hi-Way Inn, 62 Kings Hi-way
Positive Idea Marketing Plans
Rock Cottage Gardens
Sparky’s, Hwy. 62 East
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800-231-1442
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501-253-8659, 800-624-6646
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What About Cracker Barrel?
I have noticed the recent opening of a
Cracker Barrel restaurant herein Tulsa.
Isn’t this the same Cracker Barrel that has
a company wide policy of firing employees
that they suspect are gay? Is there
some kind of organized boycott of this
chain? Concerned in Tulsa - DKR
Good questions! Please read our story
onpage i and let us know whatyou think.
Thank youfor writing. - TFN
Carbon Copy: Tiger vs. Fuzzy
The Tulsa World
Letus c0ntrast this: Fuzzy Zoellermakes
racistjokes, andall the worldknows about
it. Tiger Woods makes "fag" jokes, and
only the Gay press reports it. Both actions
are equally disrespectful to each man’s
fellow citizens but Zoeller is widdy criticized
and gets financial sanctions, while
Woods just gets away with it. And while
Zoeller at least apologizes, Woods refuses,
claiming this was .~ust youthful,
poor judgment. Is this a double standard?
Bigotry is still bigotry but while we are
now at least paying lip service to confronting
racism, anti-Semitism, sexism,
etc. it apparently remains quite acceptable
to attack Gay & Lesbian citizens. Tiger
Woods is really no better than Fuzzy
Zoeller. And if Zoeller did not have the
sense not to make a stupid remark in the
first place, at least he, unlike Woods, had
courage enough to apologize. - T. Neal
Babes cont’d from this page
more than a few years.
This is what makes me profoundly sad
about where we are in this city. We seem
to be making a little progress in issues of
race and ethnicity and gender. We actually
seem to have made a great deal of
progress xn accepting religious differences
(despite all the efforts of ORU students
and administration to undermine religious
harmony). But we just aren’t there on
Lesbian and Gay issues, let alone Bi and
Transgendered ones. The question is how
dowe getfromwhere we are to someplace
better?
As we move into our Pride season, the
high holiday ofLesbian/Gay/Bi and Trans
communities around the world, perhaps
we can stop to review and to plan for
change. Our observation about social
ch~ifige is that it rarely, rarely has ever
haopened by being nice, patient citizen~,
believing that if we are just good enough
and polite enough that those who oppress
us will just wake one day and say, "golly,
why don’t we just give those nice people
their civil rights!" Hello?
It wasn’t because Dr. King was such a
nice guy that the legal manifestation of
racism was dismantled. Although he espoused
non-violence, Dr. King did not
avoid conflict and confrontation. He faced
down the bigots. And it was his courage
and fortitude, with that of those he mspired,
who changed this country.
We must take those lessons to heart,
and each of us see Babes, page 3
mustfind away to contribute to this effort. Grantedmany,
many cannot be in the from line for legitimate fear of
losing homes, livelihood or children. But that does not
mean not helping. If you can’t be out, then perhaps you
can give a dollar Or two to the Pride Center, or donate your
time to that organization or one of many other worthy
ones. If you don’t feel that you can associate with an
openly Gay group, then at least go volunteer at the HIV
Resource Center or at Shanti or RAIN or IAM. The poin!
is to get involved. And for those in positions of greater
influence or opportunity, the obligation is greater.
F0r.ex.ampl~e, one of the most critical issues for our
community is flJat: of ~n~p’lo~ifi~nt diSCrimination. It is
essential that we all work for the adoption of nondiscrimination
policies (usually the language: we do not
discriminate on the basis of race, creed, gender, etc. but
adding, sexual or affectional orientation) wherever it is
possible. Sometimes employees of a corporation or nonprofit
can just ask for this. For example, the American
Red Cross has not pledged not to discriminate but in
practice, does not discriminate. That being the case, it
should not be a problem for the organization to start
talking what they say they’ve been walking. In other
firms, the requestmay have to comefrom outside because
it is not safe for the employees.
A number of significant Tulsa employers already do
have non-discrimination policies. Oklahoma’s largest,
American Airlines does. So do Kimberly-Clark and Central
and South West - the parent of Public Service Company.
Other firms with apresence here like IBM andATF
do as well. ButTnlsa’s non-profits are shamefully behind
in pledging not to discriminate. The godfather ofthem all,
Tulsa United Way, not only lacks a non-discrimination
policy but both funds a highly bigoted organization and
actively discriminates against Lesbian and Gay persons.
The.director of Tulsa Metropolitan Ministries just recently
publicly stated in a "Say No to Hate" meeting that
TMM would never pledge not to discriminate on the basis
of sexual orientation.
The National Conference (formerly the National Conference
Of Ctaristians and Jews) which allegedly exists to
fight "bias, bigotry mad racism in America" seems to
think that bias and bigotry don’t include Lesbians mad
Gay men. With a board of directors of ~nore than 60
people, they’ve managed not to include a single person
with any known ties to the LesbianiGayiBi communities.
When this was pointed out to one of their directors, he
gave the usual inane response: "we don’t ask (such
questions)!" Again, hello? Somehow they manage to get
remarkable diversity in the rest of the members of their
board. I mean, it?s not like you can tell from looking
who’s Christian or Jewish. And the diversity of their
board is so thorough, that not to have any Gay people, you
have to wonder if they actively worked to exclude us?
Small wonder that their man of the year was Robert
Lorton, publisher of The Tulsa WorM- an business that
actively discriminates against the Lesbian and Gay community
with its ban on advertising that uses the words
Lesbian or Gay, no matter how innocuously (like in
PFLAG’s or Community of Hope’s ads), and its refusal
to print same-gender "marriage" or Holy Union announcements.
That Lorton’s business was cited by the
Equal Fmployment Opportunity Commission for racist
employment practices a few years ago is just icing on the
cake. So it’s not surprising that the children m our
community are not learning not to hate, when the leadership
of the city can’t even pay minimal lip service to
fairness for us.
Butperhaps there is hope. Tulsa Public Schools, amazingly
enough, does have a non-discrimination policy that
appears to protect Lesbian, Gay and Bi students, staffand
the public! Now getting them to translate that into meaningful
action, like accurate teaching about Lesbian and
Gay lives, accurate information in science and health
curricula, like real support and protection for Lesbian]
Gay/Bi students and staff, and equal compensataon for
staff is another challenge. But maybe someday young
children will learn in Tulsa schools that screaming "faggot"
in the street is as wrong as using other epitaphs.
Maybe then we will see a day when to paraphrase Dr.
King, we will bejudged by the content of our characternot
by the accidents of gender or race or of sexual
orientation. Maybe it’ll even be sooner rather than later.
That’s my hope as we celebrate our Pride Month.
- Tom Neal, editor/publisher
Dr. JW Johnson of First Baptist Church No. Tuba and
Crisis conference where Dr. Joycelyn Elders, MDspoke.
Beverly Benton-Galbreath at the Facing the HIV/AIDS
which was home for several years before the congregation
moved into the building it has today nearPine and
Sheridan.
In those days, MCC was one of just a handful of
community organizations. Another that Tay Clare remembers
was The Tulsa Gay Alliance which existed
around 1972-73. Clare says aman who’d moved to Tulsa
from California started the group which first met at a
Waldenbooks at Southland Mall after hours.
That group was followed by The Tulsa Gay Caucus
around 1975-76 which did not have a lot of members
according to Clare but whi~ch came very, very close to
getting the City of TulSa to pass a non-discrimination
ordinance which would have banned discrimination in
housing, public accommodations and public employment
and private employment where an employer had a
contractual relationship with the City of Tulsa.
Although this measure did not pass (it’s said that now-
Senator Jim Inhofe who became Mayor about that time
helped scuttle it), the City ofTulsa did pass a non-binding
resolution calling for non-discrimination based on sexual
orientation that remains on the books today. Clare notes
that the City of Tulsa was much more helpful in those
days. The City actually provided computer time and
support for the activists to tally a survey documenting
conditions for Lesbians and Gay men in Tul sa. Apparently,
such a study was all but unt~recedented for a US city
and Bantmn Books even considered publishing the stud~
Clare still has great praise for a fellow activist in this
effort, John, whom she characterized as "fearless" in an
era when just being knownto be Gay was enough to get
you fired.
One of the issues in those days was systematic police
harassment. Clare relates how Tulsa Police used to wait
outside the Queen of Hearts downtown in the middle of
the night and arrest patrons for jaywalking across an
empty street to a parking lot. Other times, police would
just come into bars and everyone would stop what they
were doing, so that the police would have no excuse to
harass patrons. Some clubs even had lights and buzzers to
warn peopl.e. Clare’s recalls that there was an early
women’s bar called Jessica’s Tiger Room. She says Tiger
was a lady wrestler and the place was ’straight’ out of an
Ann Baunon novel - to walk in was to be propositioned.
Tulsa Gay Caucus was followed in 1977-78 by a group
with an emphasis on educating the general community
about Gay issues: The Gay Awareness Project. This was
led by longtime commumty activists, Phil Wiley and
Vernon Jones. Clare notes that the group had an excellent
newsletter and had a speakers bureau that would go to
speak wherever they could get invitations.
After The Awareness Project, Clare says there really
wasn’t much in community orgamzing until the formation
of a Tulsa chapter ofOklahomans for Human Rights
whichlaterbecameTulsaOklahomans forHumanRights,
TOHR. TOHR, she notes,is distinctive, even on a nationwide
basis, for its longevity.
Still after more than 20 years, Tay Clare is committed
to educating and encouraging Lesbians to free themselves
from the restricted roles they saw in their parent’s
lives. Clare feels that Lesbians should take advantage of
the freedom from home, husband and children to travel,
or pursue their education, or wherever.they are called. In
short, to discover their own history, the traditions of
articulate, assertive women who can do great things.
Clare points to the emergence of more truthful history in
which the contributions of women, Lesbians, in particular,
to politics, the war efforts, etc. are honored. And with
the Free Spirit Woman’s Center, Tay Clareis doing what
she can to make that happen in Tulsa.
PFLAG, Tulsa Chapter, once again is educating in the
Public Library. This exhibit will be up through theend of
May at the West Regional Library on W. 51st Street.
on a 50-49 vote. The House never voted on it, and its
sponsors plan to reintroduce it soon. "I support it and I
urge all Americans to do so," Clinton said. "It is about our
ongoing fight against bigotry and intolerance, in our
country and in our hearts."
Currently, gay workers in 39 states could be fired or
deniedjobs or apromotion because of their sexuality, and
most cannot seek relief in state or federal courts. Nine
states have laws or other rules that extend to homosexuals
job protections similar to those offered on the basis of
age, race, religion or gender: "
with the opportunity to see threehomes that will not be on
the regular tour. Donors are asked to contribute $125/
person and will be served wine and hors d’oeuvres at Joan
&Bruce Robson’s, Julie &Warren Kruger’s and Priscilla
& Joe Tate’s homes. For those who are able, a Black Tie
Patrons Party will be held onJune 19.. Contribution level s
range from $4-50 to $2,500 and above...
Later on June 13-15. Follies Revue, .Inc. will present
this year’s musical review, "Your Hit Parade" at the
Warren Place Doubletree Hotel Grand Ballroom. It will
feature music from radio and tel~vision from the ’30’s to
’50’s. The performance will feature the Follies Revne
singers, Carol Crawford, artistic director of Tulsa Opera,
Marchello Angelini artistic director of Tulsa Ballet, Peter
Athens, Pare VanDyke, Patrick Hobbs, Isabelle Estes and
"The Happy Hoofers." Henry Primeaux will be guest
announcer for all performances.
Dinner or brunch will be served at each performance
with cash bars available. Those attending the Patron’s
evemng, June 13, will be served wine with dinner. Patron
chairpersons are Tracy and Joel Norvell.
Follies Revue, Inc. has raised more than $140,000 for
Tulsa areaAIDS related agencies since 1989. Some of the
beneficiaries of this year’s event are Saint Joseph Residence,
Interfaith AIDS Ministries, Our House, Shanti-
Tulsa Storehouse, Visiting Nurse Association and Hope
House.
Follies Revue, Inc. organizers note that last year’s
performances sold out and they encourage purchasing
tickets in advance. Tickets may be ordered by telephone
at 596-7111 or 584-2000. Outside Tulsa, call 800-364-
7111. Businesses interestedin program advertising should
call 437-0201 before May 25th.
Transgendered Support
-Group Forming
Is there anyone else interested in forming a transgendered
support group in Tulsa? The term transgendered encompasses
all aspects ranging from cross dressers, tranSvesrites,
drag kings and queens, and the transsexuals that are
in theprocess ofseeking the SRS for eithermaleto female
or female to male. Tulsa has had a couple of groups called
Desire and CDI (Cross Dressers International) for support.
In Oklahoma City, there is an organization Central
Oklahoma Transgendered Alliance (called COTA) for
those who are needing information.
However in Tulsa, there are many people in the Tulsa
community and surroundingareas who are transgendered
and who need a support group. For information or for
those interested in forming a support group, leave a
message for Jennifer Palmer at the Pride Center, 743-
4297. Or send e-mail to Jennifer at
jermifer_palmer@bigfoot.com
7
Vermont Politician
Comes Qut
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) - Vermont Democratic party
chairman Steven Howard is the latest public official
in the state to say publicly that he is gay. Howard, who
is also a state representative from Rutland, told the
Rutland Herald newspaper that he only acknowledged
his sexuality to himself two years ago. "I just
have felt for some time that it was time to be honest
- with myself, with my family, with the voters,"
Howard said. He said his family had been supportive
since he told them he was Gay.
Howard, alifelong resident of the town of Rutland,
is the third openly Gay Vermont politician. The late
Rep. Ronald Squires, a Guilford Democrat, made his
announcement in 1992. Vermont Auditor Edward
Flanagan announced his.sexuality in August 1995.
Howard, 25, has won three consecutive elections to
the Legislature. And he is the nation’s youngest state
party chairman. In the Legislature Howard has appeared
brazen as he takes on opponents and high
ranking members of his own party, most recently
Gov. Howard Dean.
"It takes .tremendous courage for Steve to do what
he did. I think Ed Flanagan took the first step so others
could follow," said Kathleen DeBold, deputy director
of the Washington-based Gay and Lesbian Victory
Fund. The orgamzat~on rinses money for openly Gay
candidates.
Anti-Gay Congressman
Had Gay Chief of Staff
LOS ANGELES,(AP) - For 12 years, Brian O’Leary
Bennett was a loyal aide to former US Rep. Bob
Dornan, becomirlg a trusted confidant and eventually
the congressman, s.chief of staff. The entare time,
Bennett struggl6~l with hi’g own feelings that he might
be Gay, even as.his boss - a fiery rune-term Republican
from Garde~ Grove - angrily condenmed Gay
persons as molegters, sodomites and pedophiles.
Bennett left Dornan’s staff in 1989. Inthe last 18
months; however, he has disclosed to a selectfew that
he is gay. One of those was Dornan. "I said, I’m gay,"
Bennettrecalledin today’s Los Angeles Times. "There
was a pause that seemed like an hour and then he
reached over, put his arm aroundme and kissedmeon
the cheek and said, ’I’ve loved you like a son for 20
years. Did you think this would make any differ-
Bennett, 41, now an executive at Edison Co., is
making his story public in hopes it will diminish the
chances of someone else "outing" him and help other
gay conservatives who are struggling with their homosexuality.
This month, Bennett, 41, will join the
board of directors ofONEof Long Beach Inc., which
operates the Long Beach Gay &Lesbian Community
Center and AIDS Project Long Beach.
Bennett’s revelation hit Dornan "like a ton of
bricks," the former congressman said. In late 1995,
Bennett declined Dornan’s request to rim his failed
1996 presidential campaign because Bennett had
fallen in love and didn’t want the campaign exposed
to scandal. Democratic newcomer Loretta Sanchez
beat Dornan by 984 votes in the November election
for his congressional seat, but Dornan is contesting
the results.
Dornan said his protege has sacrificed a career in
politics: "You know he has no future in the Republican
Party in Orange County," he said. "It’s like Ellen
DeGeneres,’i Dornan said of the actress who recently
revealed she is gay. "She cannot continue to play an
all-American character. Everything she does now,
she has limited her options. Brian has also limited his
options in life.’" - ~ "
Bennett said he and Dornan still talk often,:but
more than once he has asked his former boss to tone
down the anti-homosexual rhetoric. One .of those
occasions happened on the night he told Doman he
was gay. "I said, ’Poppy, for all these years I’ve stood
by you and heard all these horrible things out of your
mouth aboutpeoplelike me’," Bennett said."’You’ve
called us pedophiles, sodomites, molesters. Those
things hurt, and I want you to stop it. I wouldn’t ask
you to change your views. I’m saying get rid of the
meanness. Get rid of the hurt in promoting your
position. ’"He said he would."
Doman, however, remains steadfast in his views.
’q’he cutting edge of homosexuality is not Brian
Bennett, who loves his religi6i~’a~l’his faith," Dornan
said. "It’s the others, who demand of us what they
cannot give themselves - dignity and self-respect.
Brian thinks this is a gift, and tthink it’s an ax. I
believe the twmn shall meet one day."
Anti-Gay California
School Bill Rally.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Christian groups lobbied
hard at the Capitol for an anti-gay bill that faced its
first hearing in the Assembly Education Comrmttee
today. Claiming that public schools advocate and
promote homosexuality, about 250 conservatives rallied
for a measure that would prevent such advocacy.
The bill by Assemblyman George House would
prohibit the use of state funds in any public Or private
school through grade 12 to provide materials or
instruction that "promotes or advocates homosexuality
as a viable alternative lifestyle." It would also
prohibit referral of students to any organization that
~promotes or advocates a homosexual lifestyle. "It is
a sad time when we must remind the public that
parents owntheir children," House asserted, to lengthy
applause at the rally on the Capitol steps. Sen. Ray
Haynes accused school administrators of "actively
promoting, at all grade levels, homosexual activities."
Bill supporters claimed AIDS education classes,
school counseling programs and Gay student support
groups on public school campuses often serve as
promotion efforts by homosexuals. Teacher and student
training on sensitivity to gays and lesbians, they
declared, amount to endorsing or promoting acceptance
of a lifestyle they view as sinful.
"This bill is incredibly’ offensive," responded Ellen
McCormick, spokeswoman for the Gay and Lesbian
Life Lobby. "’There aren’t any programs that engage
in promot{on or advocacy of homosexuality. There
are programs engaged in saving lives, and also for
keeping Gay students from dropping out of school."
But San Diego second grade teacher Cheryl Thompson
complained that at a program aimed at teaching
public school teachers how to help students with
drug and alcohol problems, "we were indoctrinated
with some of the homosexual promotion." Teachers
were encouraged to tell students struggling with their
sexual identity to first talk to their parents, she said. If
parents were unsympathetic, the teachers were told,
the student should be referred to a Gay or Lesbian
organization that offers counseling. "I would not
want my child in a Gay support group without my
knowledge," Thompson said.
Anti-Gay Adoption
Law Challenged.,
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP)- Florida’s law
against adoptions by Gay people is coming under
attack in a lawsuit by a woman who says she wants a
sibling for her little boy who was a result of artificial
insemination. "Please don’t prejudge us and decide
that all Gay men and Lesbians - one whole segment
of the population- is unfit," June Amer said Monday,
moments before the trial began. .
An attorney defending the 1977 law. set- the tone for
the state’s arguments when he objected to testimony
by other Gay parents. Only Florida and New Hampshire
have laws banning homosexual people from
ad0P~ng children. The state did not defend the law in
opemng arguments and said it is up to the other side
t~ prove, that the statut~ should be struck down.
The lawsuit was brought by Amer, a 45-year-old
Dade County corrections officer who has lived with
another woman for 13 years. ’q’here are many children
wanting to be adopted in Florida right now,.and
there are many people likeme who would adopt them
and love themit were not for this prejudiced law," Ms.
Amer said in her pretrial comments. She testified that
she has lived for 13 years for Gail D~Shon. DeShon
and Amer have raised together the son Amer con-.
ceived through artificial insemination.
The boy, who is now 6, calls the two women
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Mommy June and Mommy Gall, Ms. Amer said. His
life with the two womenis as normal as with heterosexual
parents, she said. ’%~re go to his recitals. Wego
to his baseball game~,, ~tie sazd. Asked how he
compares with children with heterosexual parents,
she said, "If I can be prejudiced, he’s a little better,
smarter, brighter." Ms. Amer said her son has frequent
contact with men, including friends, relatives,
his karate instructor, coaches at school, his singing
teacher and neighbors. "I believe I’m a good parent.
I’m aloving person, a caring person.., and I should be
able to adopt a child," she said.
State legislators feared that Lesbian and Gay parents
adopting children "would be able to... use them
in closets," said attorney Karen Coolman Amlong.
The state bans no other entire group of people from
being adoptive parents, she said. People who are
repeat felons, and those who have been child abusers,
spousal abusers, drug abusers and alcoholics are all
eligible, the attorney said.
Also testifying was Jim MacKellar-Hertan, a gay
man from Orlando who adopted a boy in Seattle,
Wash., before moving to Florida. The attorney arguing
for the state, Samuel C. Shavers, of the Florida
Department of Ctfildren and Families, objected to the
testimony, saying, "I don’t think we need a parade of
homosexuals" taking the stand. The judge at first
seemed inclined to deny the testimony, saying he
didn’t see thepoint, but then relented. MacKellar-
Hertan says that he adopted a boy, now 5 years old, in
Seattle, Wash., and that he and a man he described as
his domestic partner want the boy to have a brother or
sister. The couple both are employees at Disney
World and MacKellar-Hertan is active in the United
Church of Christ in Orlando where he is active. "We
have a very rambunctious 5-year-old. He’s very happy,
healthy, well adjusted. We just finished with T-ball
and are getting into soccer," the father said.
PFLAG Conference
A Success in Idaho
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) - Henrietta Boland had
one last thought as she watched people leave the final
session of perhaps one of.the most unusual conferences
ever heldin the city. Who would havedreamed
five years ago that we in Idaho Falls would host a
regional conference of PFLAG?" she said as departing
parents asked how they could develop chapters of
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays in their
hometowns ofMcCall, GreatFalls, Mont., andCasper,
Wyo. The national group of about 68,000 people is
dedicated to helping the loved ones of homosexuals
understand the social, religious and occupational
challenges that confront people who are Gay.
Besides the success of the weekend conference,
Boland was pleased that the meeting concluded without
an anonymous threat, a homophobic epithet or
even a cold reception. Instead, those attending got a
warm welcome, she said. A police cruiser provided
around-the-~10ck protection, but it might not have
been needed. "The area has become more accepting,"
said Boland, one of whose sons is Gay. "I think
everyone left here with the feeling that they’re not
alone, that there are people here with whom you can
have a dialogue." But Boland and other local members
know there is a long way to go, egpecially in the
organization’s Northern Rockies Region, of which
Bolandis chairman. Theregion, which includes Idaho,
Montana and Wyoming, still has its share of Gay
bashing, discrimination, isolation, depression and
suicide.
"Youhaveita lot harder here than we do," SyZivan
of New York City, the group’s national vice president,
said in his keynote address. One mission of the
organization, Zivan said, "is showing the clear linkage
between hate talk and Gay bashing and teen
suicide." Some studies show as many as 30 percent of
teen suicides are committed by Gay youths. Zivan
said the group’s advertising campaigns "appeal to
decent people in the moveable middle who want
people treated with basic fairness." The organization
also is working to stop discrimination in the workplace.
Most states, including Idaho, still do not have
laws protecting Gays from being fired, Zivan said.
Finally, Zivan said, the group is "advocating. for the
same conditions we heterosexuals are allowed to
enjoy - the safety net of the canopy of marriage."
Hate Crimes in LA Up
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The number ofr~_eported hate
crimes in Los Angeles County jumped 25.5 percent
last year over 1995, with dramatic increases reported
in crimes against blacks and Gays, figures showed.
There were 995 crimes based on race, ethnicity,
religion, gender, disability or sexual orientation in
1996, up from 773 theprevious year, according to the
county Commission on Human Relations. The commission
said the increases appear to indicate better
reportang of crimes by the public rather than an actual
jump. However, "this increase is significant," said
Lea Ann King, commission president.
Crimes involving race or sexual orientation accounted
for 88 percent of the total, the commission
said in its 17th annual report. More than half of the
crimes reported involved murder, attempted murder,
rape or other violence. Hate crimes against blackmen
increased 50.5 percent while attacks against homosexuals
and bisexuals were up 43.2 percent. The
increase "does not say it has become open season on
African Americans" butreflects increasedhostility as
blacks move to areas populatedby otherethnic groups,
the report said. Crimes against Hispanics and Asians
dropped slightly and the number against Jews remained
stable. The report called on the county Board
of Supervisors to grant the commission $500,000 to
target probl~em areas for conflict resolution efforts
and to establish human relations classes in schools.
Hewlett Packard’s
Progressive Policies
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - When J.oan Lease visited
five years ago to decide whether she would accept a
position at Hewlett-Packard Co., she was concerned
about how she would fitin at the local campus. After
all, she said, the state was embroiled in a debate over
an anti-Gay rights measure that was later defeated by
voters. As a Gay woman, Lease, who had been with
HPfor 10 years, had to wonderhow she’d be received
in Corvallis. "Coming up here was hard. My mother
said, ’Are you sure you want to go there?’ "’ said
Lease, who didn’t reveal to co-workers for two years
that she is a lesbian.
I_~ase credits HP’s diversity program with fostering
an atmosphere of inclusiveness. In general, managers
are responsive and open to discussing cultural
issues that arise in the workplace, she said. "A company
is foolish to not make the most of what people
have to offer," she said. "If I’m a more productive
employee, it’s a win-win situation: HP makes more
money, and I get bigger-profit-sharing."
Through its programs, HP has been working for
years to break down barriers for job applicants and
employees who fear that they may not belong at the
high-tech company became of their gender, nationality,
ethnicity, age, physical abilities or sexual orientation.
It’s an integral part of the company’s business
strategy, said Lew Platt, HP’s chairman, president
and chief executive. "Our customer base is increasingly
broad and diverse, and our worldwide market
continues to grow in geographical reach and cultural
complexity. If we’re going to be successful, we.need
a diverse work force," Platt says in a 30-minute,
Corvallis-made video that all new employees watch
on their first day of work. "That includes men and
women, people of all nations, races and lifestyles,
left-brain thinkers and right-brain thinkers, expressers
and analytics, technical geniuses and savvy marketers.
Everyone has something of value to offer.’"
The company has several sanctioned networks.
These include an African American Network, Gay,
Lesbian & Bisex_~u~_, Employee Network, and the HP
Corvallis Women s Network. Hewlett-Packard’s
Corvallis site has two full-time workers who staff the
company’s Diversity Department. They organize and
facilitate discussion groups, develop training programs,
distribute educational materials, work with
the network members and conduct recruitment consuiting.
KrisAnn Smith, diversity specialist, said attendance
at screenings of educational videos and
discussion groups that she arranges is voluntary. It’s
available to those who are interested in learning more.
Possible AIDS
Vacine Developed ALAMOOORDO, N.M. (AP)- Chimpanzee
tests ofan anti-AIDS vaccine show
preventive results promasing enough to
allow human trials and even show improvement
in animals infected before inoculation,
scientists said. The vaccine
developed by a team from the University
of Pennsylvania working with the
Coulston Foundation of Alamogordo and
Apollon Inc. of Malvern, Pa., is already
being used on selected human subjects.
Foundation chief executive Frederick
.Coulston said Wednesday that he expects
it could be further tested starting later this
year onhumanpatients confirmed to have
the human immunodeficiency virus, or
HIV. The vaccine uses no living HIV, so
it cannot cause infection, he said. Nature
says the tested vaccine used an "HIV-1
gene insert." If human testing goes as
hoped, a vaccine could be available commercially
within two to. three years~,
Coulston said. An account of the vaccine
testing was just published in the British
science journal, Nature.
Weiner, associate professor of pathology
and laboratory medicine at the University
of Pennsylvania, said: "We’re encouraged
but cautious." Harold McClure,
who studies AIDS at the Yerkes Regional
Palmate Research Center at Aflanta’s
Emory University, called the results very
promising. Coulston said thebreakthrough
was "worthy of the highest recognition."
"’It is the greatest discovery for the prevention
and treatment ofAIDS possible,"
the 82-year-old primate research pioneer
said. "Not only does it prevent the disease,"
he said, "but if the animal already
has viremia, particles floating in the blood,
it cures it - the same vaccine.’"
Coulston said his foundation expects to
participate in a followup paper after human
trials. Coulston re-emphasized the
chimpanzee restflts don’t necessarily mean
human trials will show similar success,
and he said scientists aren’t certain just
why the vaccine works. "We don’t know
the mechanism yet," he said. But he suggested
the odds may be 100 to i in favor
of success in humans. And while there are
many strains of HIV, he said hebelieves
the vaccine will prove universal for the
various strains.
The virus itself has always reacted differently
in chimpanzees than in humans,
with the disease seen thus far to progress
in only a limited number of chimps, comp.
ared with the more widespread progression
pattern in humans. But Javadian has
said chimpanzees share 98 percent of the
genetic traits of humans. The Food and
DrugAdministration approvedhuman trials
for the vaccine two months ago.
Coulston said it took less than two weeks
for approval, making it "the fastest or one
of the fastest tracks ever."
AIDS Drug Cure?
NEW YORK (AP) -.A new study of
powerful AIDS drugs shows they devastate
HIV in one of its favorite hangouts,
while another suggests that curing an infected
person would take at least two to
three years - if it can be done. A different
study earlier this year had shown that one
year wasn’t enough, and researchers estimated
it might take two tO 2.5 years. The
three-drug "cocktail" stops HIV from reproducing,
so it can’t continuously infect
new cells as previously infected cells die
off. As a result, HIV levels in the bloodstream
plummet about 99 percent within
two weeks.
Scientists wanted to know whether the
treatment has a similar effect on HIV in
tissues such as the tonsils andlymphnodes,
where the virus is produced and store~_..
Dr. Ashley Haase of the University of
Minnesota and other scientists sampled
the tonsils of 10 people during treatment
and, in a recent issue of the journal, Science,
reportgoodnews. Within s~x months,
the therapy eliminated more than 99 percent
of cells actively producing HIV. And
the amount of H1V stored on the surface
of other cells also fell by more than 99
percent. That shows the stockpile of stored
HIV "dears much more rapidly than we
would have expected," Haase said.
In the other study, scientists including
Dr. David tto of the Aaron Diamond
AIDS Research Center in New York
looked at the time it would take for the
drug treatment to rid the body of HIV. The
group reported the initial drop in blood
levels of. HIV is followed, by a second,
slower decline. By analyzing the trend
mathematically, they estimate that itwould
take 2.3 to 3.1 years of therapy to eliminate
HIV from the hiding places they
considered. But it might take longer to
eradicate the virus from the body because
HIV could linger in the brain or in unknown
hiding places, they warned. In any
case, Ho and colleagues wrote, "it would
be wrong to believe that we are close to a
cure for AIDS."
HIV reproduces by infecting cells and
forcing them to make more viruses. The
new paper calculates that within 3. i years
¯ - of the start of treatment, three "kinds of
HIV-producing cells in a person’s body
will die off. One kind, CD4 cells that
actively produce virus, disappear first.
Then come cells that don’t produce virus
at first, but eventually start production
and then die. Finally, long-lived cells in
tissues throughout the body that can produce
virns continuously for weeks will
disappear, the study suggests.
One wild card in the analysis is cells
that are infected with virus that has become
defective. The calculated timetable
¯doesn’t apply to these calls, which could
persist for. years or perhaps a lifetime. In
the lab, these cells can’t be made to produce
infectious virus. So in this condition
they aren’t a problem. But the risk is that,
through some genetic accident, the defect
in HIV will get fixed and the cells could
suddenly start producing infectious .virus,
said Dr. Jeffrey Laurence, an AIDS researcher
at Cornell Medical College in
New York. Such a fix might occur if two
defective HIVs mingle, for example, he
said. Ho said that’s oniya remote possibility.
Eventually, Ho said, the question of
how long drugs might take to eradicate
HIV will be settled in experiments where
people who’ve been taking the treatment
for long periods, and whose HIV levels
are undetectable, stop the therapy. Then
scientists can see if there’ s any HIV left to
reappear. Ho said he’s not sure when his
group will try that experiment.
AIDS= in Women
Quite Different
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - While new
drugs are helping men in the war against
AIDS, women are dying in increasing
numbers as doctors struggle to define the
unique way the disease progresses in female
bodies. Women often go undiagnosed
longer because doctors fail to recognize
that some of their yeast, vaginal
and throat infections, as well as cancer~,
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Dealing (Naturally) With
Auto-lmm une Disorders
by Dr. Michael Gorman
Anyone who has an Auto-immune Disorder
(AD) knows the nature of the beast.
Depending on the severity and the stage,
one can feel normal energy levels to no
energy level.
Among the list ofAD’s fall HIV, ARC,
AIDS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS),
etc. These diagnoses are distinct by different
characteristics, onset, and progressions,
but share some common symptoms.
The "run down" feeling, the decreased
resistance to sickness, viruses,
parasites, and bacterial invasions are common
to all AD’s.
There is a way to help combat some of
these associated problems. Most AD’s
use a great deal of the body’s resources
normally earmarked for other uses. AD’s
are very abusive to the body’s storehouse
of proteins, which is why weight loss
occurs via the disease process.
Proteins make up a great deal of our
bodies’ structural and enzymatic capabilities.
Structural proteins relate to bone,
muscle, skin, organs, the brain, and cellular-
level functioning such as antibody production
via the white blood cells. White
blo(~d cells themselves are 30-40% protein
in their composition. Thebody, therefore,
needs daily protein intake in the
form of food or supplements in order to
make new cells. Proteins arenothingmore
than amino acids chained together in a
sequence determined by our DNA
If we don’t eat protein (specific daily
requirements) in the form of 8-10 essential
amino acids found mostly in animal
products, our bodies will cannabalize
themselves in order to get what they need.
This is what helps to cause the weight loss
are signposts of HIV infection, experts
said at the third National Conference on
Women & HIV. Unlike men who survive
an average of about 23 months with
Kaposi’s sarcoma- the first malignancy
recognized with AIDS - women survive
just nine months with KS, Dr. Janet Blair
of the Los Angeles County health department
reported Monday. She said it’s possible
that the difference "’may reflect delayed
access to medical care," or doctors’
lack of recognition.
Conference co-chair Dr. Alexandra
Levine, directorofthe University of Southem
California’s Norris Cancer Center,
said she has detected unusual types of
breast cancer in young HIV-infected
women. Although breast cancer rates
haven’ t yet increased inwomenwith HIV,
other AIDS-defining cancers are on the
rise, such as melanoma, multiplemyeloma
and anal cancer, Levine said. She said she
s.uspects that HIV is reactivating other
v~ruses that can lie quiet in the body. It
seems to be awakening the human herpes
type 8 virus to bring onKaposi’ s sarcoma,
the Epstein-Barr virus behind lymphoma
and thehuman papilloma virus that causes
cervical cancer. With antiviralAIDS drugs
leaving the immune system of HIV-infected
women "not quite normal, we may
be seeing ever=increasing epidemics of
cancer," Levine predicted. The breast cancer
results were among the first presented
from the Women’s Interagency HIV
Study, begun in 1992 and funded by the
seen in AD’s. People with AD’s need
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destruction) is necessary AD’s diseases
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National Institutes of Health. It’s designed
to study the natural course of HIV in
women.
The four-day conference drew more
than 1,500 scientists, infected women and
health policy experts. More than 120 activists
interrupted a news conference to
demand a national plan to address unique
problems they say that women, particularly
blacks and I-Iispanics,have with HIV.
Activists have long complained that educational
materials, medic~ research and
¯
treatment plans are all targeted too much
toward white males. "What is the govern¯
ment doing forme?Where is the plan and
the funding to save my life?" asked
¯
Jeatmine M. Scott, amother of three from
: Philadelphia. AIDS is the third-leading
¯ killer ofAmericanwomen ages 25-44and
the No. 1 killer of black women that age.
¯
Women constitute the fastest-growing
¯ segment of the U.S. population to become
¯ HIV-infected. While the rate of AIDS
deaths in men declined 15 percent in the
¯ first six months of last year, the rate for
¯" women increased 3 percent, according to
CDC figures.
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and their comfort levels with these individuals.
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business sense to continue toemploythose
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customers havecometo expectfromus..."
However, Atlanta activists claim that
none of those who were fired have been
re-hired and that others were fired because
of their sexual orentafion even after
the policy was officially rescinded.
Nor have several other demands made by
activists been honored by Cracker Barrel.
However, in Tulsa, manager Tom
Fletscher, stated that sexual orientation
was "’not an ~ssue at this location." He
noted that they had hired 192 persons of
the almost 1500 who applied, and that
neither "’race, color, creed or sexual preference"
influenced their hiring. Andwhile
Fletscher declined to say on the record if
he had any Gay or Lesbian employees, he
stated that if he did, "it would not bother
me." As for Lesbian and Gay patrons, he
noted, "money’s money" and that he’d
hate toalienate any guests.
While Tom Fletscher may not want to
say whether he has any Gay employees,
there were a couple of faces which those
who are out in Tulsa clubs might recognize.
And of 192 employees, ifouly3%or
so are Lesbian and Gay, that is still about
5 individuals.
Liberties Board and has been recognized
as a playwright.as wall.
After the awards ceremony, two videos,
UnboundandDiana’s HairEgo: AIDS
Info Up Front will be shown. Tickets are
$8 in advance, $10 at the door. Send
checks payable to NOW to Tulsa NOW,
POB 14068, Tulsa, OK 74159.
"HIV/AIDS Advocacy/Education+ the
O"klahoma State Legislature" is the rifle of
the June 10 AIDS Coalition meeting at the
Uuited Way building at 15th & Boulder.
Lobbyist Keith Smith and a representative
from the League of Women Voters
will provide insight into the "do’s and
don’t’s" for non-profit organizations at
the Capitol.
The American Theatre Company is
donating aperformance of its latest production,
Sunriseat Campobello, to benefit
IAM, Interfaith AIDS Ministries on
Thursday, May 22 at 8pro at the Williams
qaaeatre in the Performing Arts-Center.
Tickets to the dress rehearsal are $10. Call
IAM at 438-2437 for more info.
Gossip: all about the community, the
question is where is Community of Hope
United Methodist going to relocate this
June? TFN hears that College Hill Presbyterian
is a likely bet since the building
is bigger than its congregation and it’s the
most progressive ofall the local Presbyterian
churches. Also, it’s still in the Kendallv~
qfittier areas to which Coil has ties.
Parents, Families & Friends of
Lesbians and Gays
PFLAG,Tulsa Chapter
POB 52800, 74152, 749-4901
Tickets
Saturday, June 7th, 10’5pm
Sunday, June 8th, 1-5pm
$10 donation
To Benefit St. Joseph Residence & RAIN
Judy & Paul Kantor
3040 S. Wheeling
Doug & Susan Pielsticker
3032 S. Trenton
L~Yi~:Myrna Seale
2624-E. 33rd St.
are
Jared Bruce & Bruce Schultz
1915 S. Xanthus
Charles Faudree
2121 E. 32 St.
available at any of these
benefiting Tulsa Area AIDS Agencies
June 13, 14 & 15
Warren Place Doubletree Hotel
Dinner or Brunch, Cash Bar & Performance
Tickets on sale at 596-7111 or 584-2000. Outside Tulsa, call 800-364-7111.
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4045 No. Cincinnati, 425-7882
The Episcopal Church
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Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Community of Hope (United Methodist), Service - 6pm, 1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Community Unitarian, Universalist Congregation
. Service - 1 lam, 1703 E 2nd, 749-0595
Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church
Adult Sunday School, 9:15 Service, 11 am, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa
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Social group for men, 1st Sun/each too. 4-6pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
University of Tulsa Bisexuai/Lesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance
6:30 pm at the Canterbury Center, 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
~ MONDAYS
HIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appointment required.
Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm Results: 7-9pro, Info: 742-2927
PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays
2rid Mon/each too. 6:30pro, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard
Gay & Lesbian Book Discussion Group, Borders Bookstore
Ist Mon/each month, 7:30pm, 2740 E. 21st, 712-9955
Womens Literature Discussion Group, Borders,Bookstore
3rd Mon/each month, 7:30pm, 2740 E., 21st, 712-9955
Mixed Volleyball, 6:30pro, Hdmerich Park, 71st 8~ Riverside, 587-6557
UnityLambda Al-anon, 7:30pro, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd
~ TUESDAYS
Lesbian Mothers Support Group, 2nd+4th Tues/ea. mo. 7pm, 1307 E. 38th,
HIV+ Support Group, HIV Resource Consortium 1:30 pm
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-l, Info: Wanda @ 749-4194
Shanti-Tulsa, Inc. HIViAIDS Support Group, and Friends & Fatuity HIV/AIDS
Support Group - 7 pm, Locations, call: 74%7898
~ WEDNESDAYS
Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Cen~er
Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Family OfFaithMCC Praise Prayer-6:30pm, Choir-7:30,5451-E S. Mingo. 622-144 l
TNAAPP, Tulsa Native American AIDS Prevention Project
Gav/Bi Native American Men S upport Group, 6 pro, 1703 E. 2nd, 582-7225, 584=4983
TCC’Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for scheduled events.
Info: 631-7632 orJeremy at 712-1600
~ THURSDAYS
CO-Dependency Support Group - 7:30 Family of Faith, 5451E S, Mingo, 622-1441
HOPE, HIV Outreach~ Prevention, Education
Anonymous HIV Testing,Testing: 7 - 8:30pro, Results: 7 - 9pm, Info: 742-2927
Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adults Network (ORYAN)
Support/social group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental, Health at 663-2727
(~,.;,,~., Tulsa Family Chorale, Weekly practice - 9 30pm, Lola s, 2630 E. 15th
:From Our Hearts to Our House, 1 lpm, 3rd Thurs/each mo. Lola’s, 2630 E 15th
Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS 4154 S.Harvard,
Ste. G, 3-4:30pm, [nfo: 749-4194
~" FRIDAYS
SafeHaven, Young Adults Social Group, I st Fri/eaCh mo. 8pm, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th
Arts Coffeehouse, Poetry readings & art display, June 6th, 8-10pm, Pride Ctr.,
Call Mary for more information: 743-6740
~’~ SATURDAYS
St. Jerome’s Church, Mass - 6 pm Garden Chapd, 3841 S. Peoria, Info: 742-6227
Narcotics Anonymous, 11 pm, Community of Hope,1703 E 2nd, Info: 585-1800
Fun Night at the Center, Board games, video, June 7th, 8pro, Pride Ctr.
Call Kathy for more information: 749-2883
~ OTHER GROUPS
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 838-1222
Womens Supper Club, Call for info:.584-2978
SENSES, Society for Exploring New Sensations, Educating & Socializing
Leave message for Kathy, 743-4297
OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organization. Rides: 5/21,6:30pm; 5/24,
7am; 5/28, 6:30pro; 5/31, 7am. All rides start at Ziegler Park Recreation Center,
3903 W. 4th St., Info: POB 9165, 74157
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Read All About It
Reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
Aiming mosdy for the young adult :
crowd, Gay Rights is part of a
series tiffed Current Controversies.
Ideal for school reports,
this booklooks at a few,
basic issues and examines
them through a variety of entries
that either support or oppose
the topic. Contributors
include well known figures
such as Barry Goldwater and
Andrew Sullivan, and even
includes both sides of last
summer’s Supreme Court deorion
on Colorado’s Amendment
2, which would have
barred anti-discrimination
laws based on sexual orientation.
Gay Rights is divided into
four broad chapters. The first
topic, "What Rights Should
Gays and Lesbians Have?"
includes eight passages dealing
with employment and domestic
partnership benefits,
foreign gays seeking asylum
in the U.S., and whether gay
partners should be recognized
as.family members:
Chapter 2 i_s a spirited debate
on Gay marriage. There
are predictable entries from
authors passionately defending
their positions from a political
standpoint, but also an
Gay Rights is
a won~[erful
re$ollree for
~eneral
irdormatlon
on the Gay
elvll rights
movement for
youn~ adults
and adults
alike. It ineludes
a short
bibliography
and an updated
llst of national
organlzatlons,
from the
National Gay
and Lesbian
Ta~k ForCe to
the Traditional
Families
Coalition.
interesting essay by Alison Soloman, a
Lesbian in a longterm, committed relationship,
who maintains that the governby
Lynn Elber, AP Entertainment Writer
LA, CA (AP) - They aren’t homosexual,
but Tom Hanks, William Hurt and Meryl
Streep found audience acceptance playing
gay or lesbian characters on screen.
Hanks and Hurt even struck
Oscar gold. Now,AnneHeche
may discover if turnabout is
fair play. Will the actress who
declared she’s in a lesbian relationship
with Ellen
DeGeneres be accepted in
straight romantic roles or will
her career suffer?
While some Hollywood insiders
express confidence that
Heche and those who may follow
her will get equal treatment,
others - while lauding
Heche’s candor - are pessimistic.
"I have no explanation
for it, but it’s one thing to see
me kiss a man and say, ’Well,
he’s playing a part’," said Jason
Alexander ("Seinfeld"), a
straight actor witha gay role in
the upcoming film "Love!
Valourt Compassion!""’It’s another thing
to see a gay actor in a heterosexual romantic
scene and buy into it, for most people,"
Alexander said.
Working againstHecheis the industrf s
traditional timidity and fear of that great
unknown: publicreaction. In her favor are
her talent mid, some contend, the difference
in how gay men and lesbians are
ment has no place in either Gay or straight
bedrooms.
The old "Gays in the Military" debate
rages in Chapter 3. Commonly used arguments
about perceived morale
and health problems are offset
by Goldwater’s article citing
tmfounded concerns by the
military as women and racial
minorities wereintegratedinto
the military in the past.
The final section, "Do Gays
and Lesbians Need Antidiscrimination
Laws?," is a good
overview of commouly held
beliefs on both sides of the
issue. The text of the Supreme
Court’s ruling on Colorado’s
Amendment2 is includedhere,
as is the text of the dissenting
opinion, authored by an indignant
Antonin Scalia.
Gay Rights is a wonderful
resource for general information
on the Gay civil rights
movement for young adults
and adults alike. It includes a
short bibliography and an updated
list of national organizations,
from the National Gay
and LesbianTask Force to th~
Traditional Families Coali-
~lon.
Other new titles at the library
include: Inventing Lesbian
Culture in Americ~ (edited
by Ellen Lewin) and HIV,
AIDS and the Law (1997) by
Mark Senak. Check your local
branch or call the Central Library Readers
Services (596-7966) for these and other
books of interest.
: perceived.
¯ Common sense also counts, say the
: optimists. "Gay actors have been passing
: in straight roles for centuries: I mean,
¯ c’mon, they’re actors," said Alan Klein of
should
straight
actors get to
~b.ry in
while
homosexual
performers
are limited
by their
orientation
or forced to
hide it...
the Gay & Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation in New
York. 1
Hollywood’s got to let it
happen," said lesbian activist
Chastity Bono, whose mother
is Cher. "And if anybody can
do it, I think that Anne certainly
can. She’s an excellent
actress and has done very
sexual scenes with men and
had strong connectious with
men."
The.first test will come relatively
soon: Heche, 27, currenfly
co-stamng in "Volcano"
and "Donnie Brasco,"
will be paired with Harrison
.,F,.ord in the romantic, comedy
6 Days, 7 Nights. Filming
begins in July. Why should
moviegoers be willing to suspend
disbelief for Hanks in "Philadelphia"
(1993), Hurt in "Kiss of the Spider
Woman" (1985), Streep in "Manhattan"
(1979) and not for Heche, ask Klein and
others.
And why should straight actors get to
glory in playing gay while homosexual
performers are limited by their orientation
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Miss the Blues Festival, May 29.- June 1
by Jean-Pierre Legrandbouche
le marquis de Salade, TFN Food Critic
Early June is that wonderful time of
year when music lovers from literally all
over the world set their sites on the quiet
borough ofBartlesville,just40 shortmiles
north of Tulsa, for the widely
acclaimed OK Mozart International
Festival.
Foundedin 1983 by the cute
and very eligible flutist/conductor,
Ransom Wilson, and
his Solisti New York chamber
orchestra, artists of stratospheric
staturehave sincejour---
neyed to Bartlesvilte for a
week-long orgy of incredible
music making. This year’s
headlineris the violinist, Itzhak
Perlman, andpast seasons have
seen such stars as Joshua Bell,
Jean-Pierre Rampal, the Canadian
Brass, and Leontyne
Price. The whole town of
Bartlesville decks out in period
Viennese drag, and Austrian
delicacies pop up on
menus all over town. In between
all of the concerts, art
tours, and community showcase
events, we know you’ll
be anxious to refuel and try
out the culinary offerings of
B-ville. So, where can one go
in a town where many of the
locals think the ultimate dining
experience is the breakfast
buffet at Golden Corral?
For decades, the first place
to come to mind for tourists
and Bartians alike has been
Murphy’s Original Steakhouse,
1625 West Frank
Phillips Boulevard, way out
on the west side of town. Most
any night of the week (save
Mondays, when they are
closed), locals from all walks
oflifefrom Phillips Petroleum ¯
to cattlemen and roustabouts, rub shoul- "
ders and literally stand in line waiting for "
a booth at this quaint diner. ¯
The classic Murphy’s entree is the Hot "
H.amburger, a large hamburger patty with "
omons fried into it, presented drenched in ¯
a healthy dose of rich, brown gravy. All ."
entrees come with a shredded iceberg "
lettuce salad and the choice of either a "
mountain of big, thick, greasy, wonderful
French fries or an absolutely enormous ¯
baked potato, easily bigger than two of the "
~pOtatoes seen at most restaurants. The big "
leasant) surprisehereis the price. Would ¯
you believe that this huge meal costs less °
than $5,00? ¯
Steaks, of course, are also available, ¯
cooked precisely to please, and all extremely
reasonably priced. In fact, the
most expensive item on the menu is the °
Sirloin for Two at $16.95, and it is easily ¯
big enough to ser.ve three adequately. ¯
Expect the waitresses to call all of their
customers. "Hon," and to have mastered ¯
the amazang skill of balancing an entire ¯
table’s order of hot plates on one arm. ¯
This is a family place where everybody .
knows everybody, and during a visit last "
December, we were given a little Christ- ¯
mas baggie of peanut brittle by our wait- ¯
ress, which she personally had made at "
home for her best customers: That tells ¯
you what kind of a place Murphy’s is. ¯
But, sometimes one is not in the mood "
to consume several tons of seared cow
" flesh, and there are alternatives. One of
¯ our reliable standbys is the Hunan Chi-
: nese Restaurant 1350 Southeast Washington
Boulevard (U.S. Highway 75),just
¯ north of the Holiday Inn. Hunan is situated
most upi+"quely in a structure
originally built to house a
Dutch pancakehouse, and that
decor has not been modified.
A $6.95 dinner buffet is available,
and features a fine assortment
of high quality Chinese
dishes, but we recommend
one order from the
menu, if time permits.
Hunan’s dishes are prepared
with exceptional artistry, and
the melange of flavor~ ereated
in the kitchen is exquisite.
Many of the familiar Chinese
dishes which have gotten
so boring at other estab=
lishments take on a wonderful
freshness and interest here,
and this is a places where we
enjoy allowing our waiter to
select all of the foods.
Another statewide favorite
in Bartlesville for both
dining and. catering is Dink’s
Pit Bar-BrQue, 2929 East
Frank Phillips Boulevard,just
a few blocks west of Washington
Bfulevard (Highway
75). Those who visited
Bartlesvil[¢.years ago may
remember that Frank Phillips
Boulevard is the old route of
U.S. Highway 60, before the
new road was built a half mile
south. Dink’s is another very
casual place, but there is no
other option when one ,digs
into a big rack of ribs, dripping
an flavorful sauce, that
soon covers face, fingers, and
clothes. This place is so mforreal,
that one often has to ask the waitress
for afork with which to eat the cole slaw!
One warning: Order conservatively. The
portions here are large, and reorders (if
there’s room) are quick in coming to the
table.
Next door to I)ink’s is Bartlesville’s
entry in the elegant dining category,
Sterling’s Grille, 2905 East Frank Phillips
Boulevard. Sterling’s is another popular
night spotand local caterer. Considered to
be "very expensive" by the locals, their
prices are really much more in line with
what we see in Tulsa at places like
T.G.I.Friday’s or Grady’s American Grill.
Sterling’s also serves steaks as a specialty
of the house, and touts several pasta and.
fresh-frozen seafood dishes. While it is
¯ probably the bestBarflesville has to offer,
itis not, alas, up to Tulsa standards for this
category of restaurant. Nevertheless, this
will probably be your first choice if you
have your elderly maiden aunt in tow
A word of advice about dirang out in
Bartlesville: mostrestaurantkitchens close
up tight before 9 p.m. And, the places
mentioned in this review are all popular
spots with the locals, crowded on a normal
night. So, with all of the throngs of
tourists and visitors during the festival,
reservations will be a must at Steding’s
(call at least a week in advance). Neither
Murphy’s nor ])ink’s accept reservations,
so go to those places very early.
During the Festival, see B’ville, page 14
In between
concerts, art
tours, and
community
Showcase
events
we know
you’ll be
anxious to
refuel and try
out
culinary
B-:,d.lle. So,
w]~ere can one
go in a town
wl~ere many
of th+ local+
t nk the
ultimate
dining
experlenee
the brea t
b fet at
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they argue. "It’s a very strange dbuble
standard," said Jeffrey Friedman, co-director
and co-producer of "The Celluloid
Closet," a documentary on Hollywood’s
treatment of homosexuality. There is an
unquestionable allure in gay roles m recent
years. Some 40 actors, for example,
competed for the drag queen part that
Patrick Swa~ze won in ’‘To Wang Fad,
Thanks for Everything! Love, Julie
Newmar." "The actors were beating down
our doors," recalled producer Bruce
Cohen.
Audiences have, at times, been equally
enthusiastic. Although ’%Vong Fad" did
only moderately well ($36.4 million),
"Philadelphia" grossed an impressive
$77.3 million.’’The Birdcage," with Robin
Williams and Nathan Lane, did even better
with $124 million.
Expecting a similar reaction to films
featuring gay actors in straight roles may
be wishful thinking, said Doug Chapin, a
manager and producer of "Love! Valour!
Compassion!" Chapin, himself gay, says
he would advise clients thinking of coming
out to, "Be prepared. This could have
a negative impact."
Joey Lauren Adams, a straight actress
playing a bisexual in "Chasing Amy,"
notes that actors fret about how many
issues, not just sexual orientation, might
affect their careers. "I knew an actress
whose agent toldher she couldn’t tell
anyone she had a daughter, because then
she would only be:cast in mommy roles,"
s.aid Adams.
Heche’s own h’0nesty might have less
impact because oPher gender, some suggest.
"The culture’ is much more used to
selling the romatltic fantasy of sex between
two women, and men don’t find it
as threatening; they find it somewhat titillating,"
said Chapin. "And I don’t think
women are as threatened by gay women
as men are by gay men."
"Wang Fad’" producer Cohen agrees
that homosexual women are better positioned
for acceptance, but he believes that
is because of the gumpraon they’ve already
shown. "When you look at k.d.
lang, Melissa Etheridge and Ellen
DeGeneres and Anne now, there’s sort of
this whole line of brave women pioneers
and the boys are still in the closet quiverrag,"
he said. When a actor finally does
make the leap, "if they’re accepted, everybody
might say, ’Guess what? The
public doesn’t have any harder time with
men than with women’," he said.
There is a kind of retro example available:
Rock Hudson, whose homosexuality
became known shortly before his 1985
AIDS-related death, seems to be accepted
as a straight romantic star. "I’ve never
heard commentary from viewers suggesting
otherwise," said Ken Schwab, vice
president ofprogrammingforTurner Classic
Movies. The cable channel shows such
ttudson films as "’Pillow Talk" and "Lover
Come Back." "It’s the movies themselves
that our viewers assess, and they don’t
uecessarily take into account the star’s
lifestyle," said Schwab.
GLa,AD’s Levine notes that several
top male stars repeatedly have been the
subject of gay gossip and yet haven’t seen
their careers disrupted. He predicted the
same for an actor who comes out. "If
they "re cast correctly and they’re talented,
you will get drawn into the story and it
will resonate for you. Are you really going
to say [of a film], ’I’m not going to
believe this Story, he’s really gay’?"
Supporters argued the bill doesn’t approve
or disapprove of homosexuality,
but simply assures that gays have the
sameprotections as everyone else at work,
renting a room or going out to dinner.
’q2tis is not a radical bill," said Sen.
Debora Pignatelli. "It is supported by
mainstream people because it is a mainstream
bill for fair treatment. It is a bill
about treating others as we would want
people to treat us and our children."
Pignatelli said the bill only addresses
the stares of a person, not his or her
conduct. "Its aim is to prevent people
from being deprived of housing, a job, or
public accommodations solely onaccount
of their sexual preference," she said. It
would help ensure that homosexuals
"share in the American dream of a safe
and peaceful home, a good job for those
willing to work and a seat, any seat, on the
bus." "This Legislature isn’t here to create
special rights, but it is here to create
equal protection under the law," added
Sen. Edward Gordon.
Opponents said the bill is flawed and
will open employers to lawsuits by disgruntled
employees claiming they were
fired-or weren’t promoted because they
are gay. Sen. Gary Francoeur said the bill
would mean "any bizarre sexual behavior
would be protected." "America favors
equal rights, not special rights in the workplace,"
he said. Hepredicted it wouldlead
to workplace laxvsuits and would prevent
employers from hiring, firing and promoting
whom they choose based on their
religious bdiefs:
But Sen. Burt Cohen pointed out that
Gays have no legal recourse now when
someone discriminates against them. ’‘This
is about equal rights for all;" he said. "No
more, no less." Claire Ebel of the New
Hampslfire Civil Liberties Union was
elated. "It is the most overwhehning sense
of relief to finally achieve something so
needed," she said.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force commended ,.~ew Hampshire legislators
for passing the bill. "Today’s vote
sends a signal that New Hampshire values
and respects all its citizens," said Kerry
Lobd, the group’s executive director.
Maine Too!
The Maine House passed a comprehensive
bill to extend basic civil rights protections
to its Gay and Lesbian citizens,
two days after New Hampshire did the
same. The Maihe House voted 84-61 last
week to provide civil rights protections to
gay people in employment, housing, public
accommodations and credit. The state
Senate passed the measure a day beforeby
a 28-5 vote. After a procedural vote by
both chambers, Gov. Angus King, an independent,
is expected to sign the measure.
Once these bills are signed, 11 states --
including all of New England -- will have
laws to prohibit discrimination on the
basis of sexual orientation. "These votes
demonstrate anew momentumin the quest
for gay civil rights," said Elizabeth Birch,
HRC’s executive director. "Maine and
New Hampshire stand ready to join the
nine states that already treat their gay and
lesbian citizens equally." However, she
noted that in all the other states, gay
people have no legal recourse if they are
discriminated against merely because of
their sexual orientation. No federal law
protects Americans from discrimination
based on sexual orientation.
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without fact. Foley said he expects all
briefs to be filed by Jt]ne.
The Legislature has approved a proposed
constitutional amendment to limit
marriage to opposite-sex partners..The
proposed amendment will be submitted t<
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Bill in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Sen. Phil
Short did not get to usebis latest argument
on the subject of same-sex marriages because
he realized, after looking around
the Senate floor, that he still didn’t have
the votes to pass a constitutional amendment
banning such unions. Short, one of
the members of the Christian Right in the
Senate, did not quote from the Bible during.
Tuesday’s debate as he did earlier.
But., Sen. Tom Greene said that the law
must be fashioned along the lines ofGod’s
plan. "I don’t mean to preach to you, just
share with you," said Greene. "God created
man and woman and gave us an
instruction book, the Bible, alove letter to
us....The most important thing is that the
laws and constitution must be in concert
with God’s plan." God’s plan does not
condone homosexuality, said the proponents.
The opposition pointed out that the stat=
utes currently outlaw same sex marriages
and that the prohibition has been in place
since Louisiana became a state. "I’his bill
~s not necessary," said Sen. Jim Cox who
said the only thing that can come from it
is heightening tensions and dividing
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Sen. Ken Hollis noted that he was not
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session when the bill failed to get the
necessary votes, but needed to state his
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Proponents quoted heavily from the
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of senators who complained privately
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DENVER (AP) - A bill intended to outlaw
homosexual marriages in Colorado
has been approved by the Legislature, but
some lawmakers said it Conld iuadvertenfly
ban common-law marriages. Opponents
said the problem is the part that
defines marriage. It says a marriage is
valid only when itis between a man and a
woman and is "licensed, solemnized and
registered."
Supporters, though, said the intent of
HB 1198 is to ban same-sex mamages in
the Colorado. Legislative staffers told the
committee that Colorado courts longhave
re~coguized common-law marriages. A
couple can be considered legally married
if they live together and present themselves
as husband and wife. The bill, in
plain English, defmes marriagebutdcesn’ t
address common-law unions,Arnold said.
"As an old plain English teacher, I’d
like to tell you what it says," Sen. Pat
Pascoe said. "In plain English, commonlaw
marriages would be illegal because
they aren’t licensed, solemnized and registered."
Sen. Dick Mutzebaugh said he
had advice for people worried about the
legality of their common-law relationships.
"Get married," he said.
Senate Minority Leader Mike Feeley
argued the bill wasn’t needed. "None of
us have ever seen a same-sex marriage in
Colorado. We don’t need to live in fear. It
has never been legal in Colorado," he
said. Gov~ Roy Romer vetoed similar legislation
last year. He threatened to do the
same this year if language explicitly forbidding
marriage between homosexuals
wasn’t changed. That language was
dropped in favor of the definition of a
legal marriage. Arnold said he wasn’t
concerned Romer would veto the bill because
of the contested language. The governor
suggested thefinal wording, he said.
with a reception afterwards, 1703 E. 2nd.
On June 8th, the Church of the Restoration
Unitarian will have its service at
l lam, at 1304 No. Greenwood.
¯ In Oklahoma City, there will be a NW ¯
39th Block Party on,~unday, June 15th,
¯
from 4ish to sunset. :T~e statewide Pride
¯ Parade will be prece~,~ed by several events
¯ on Sunday, June 22~at-Memorial Park, ¯
NW 35th & Classen. There will be an
¯ Ecumenical Pride Worship Service, fol-
.. lowed by a Holy Union;Ceremony at lpm
¯ conducted by The RdV. Kathy McCallie.
¯ At 1:45, a political r,ally is planned by
¯ OGLPC, the Oklahoma Gay & Lesbian
¯ Political Caucus, with Patti Barby, Candidate
for US Cong~.ess, 5th District and
¯ Mary Katherine Smotherman, Candidate
for US Congress, 6th District Oklahoma,
¯ speaking/Sen. Bernest Cain ofOKC will
¯ read a Senate Proclamation honoring the
¯ Gay Pride Parade. Then the Parade Line-
: up (first come, first lined up) will start at
¯ 3pm, and the Parade itself will kick off at
¯ 4pm (more or less). For more informa-
¯ tion, call the Pride Center Helplineat 743-
¯ 4297. ¯
Also, in what might be regarded as a
¯ concession to the Pride season, OETA,
¯ the Oklahoma Educational Television
: Authority is airing a Masterpiece Theatre
¯ performance, Breaking theCode.Tlfis was
aired in the rest of the country last winter
but was replaced with a rerun-of Mystery
here. Some observers felt thatOETA may
." have made the substitution because of the
¯ Gay issues in the piece. The performance
¯ dealt with the life of Alan Turing, a Gay British mathematician who deciphered
¯ the message code used by the Nazis in’the
¯ Second World War. His work contributed
¯ substantially to Allied successes. After ¯ the War, Turing experienced substantial
: harassment because of being Gay and
¯ committed suicide. While OETA Pro¯
gramming Director Bill Thresh denied that the OETA substitution was moil-
. vated by anti-Gay bias or by fear of budgetary
punishmentby thein-session Okla-
" homa Legislature (the Legislamrewill be
¯ nearly done and unlikely to be able to
attack OETA in June), Thresh did note
¯ that the station had received a significant
¯
numberofcallsfromthecommunityabout
¯ this program.
¯ Breaking the Codewill air onTuesday,
June 3 at 10:30pm on Channel 11 in
¯ northeastern Oklahoma. For more infor-
¯ mation, call 800-TRY-OETA.
Sterling’s and the Villa Italia at the
Phillips Hotel schedule special "late
night" seatings on some nights, but
otherwise, after-concert dining may
well be limited to the Kettle.
The Festival itself also has a number
of advance-ticketed Austrian
meals at the Community Center,
wonderful desserts and coffees are
served on the balcony during the inte~
s, outdoor food stands are open
d~:iig the day, and there are often
post-concert showcase events, such
as dessert in the penthouse of .the
Price Tower. These meals and events
are all worth a special look.
So, now that you are armed with a
list of places to see and foods to eat in
Bartlesville, have a wonderful time
at the Festival. And, keep these restaurants
in mind for those special
summertime treks with the kids to
WoolarocMuseum, Keepsake Candle
Factory, theTallgrass Prairie, and the
Sutton Avian Research Center.
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=30941
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Pride, Center
A Home for Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered Community Announces
’97 Pri-de Events Schedule
Tulsa .March & Picnic
Saturday, June 14
Pride March: at 11:30am from Gilcrease Road &
Edison St. to Owen Park (Edison St. at Quanah)
Pride Picnic: Noon to 5pm,
Opening ceremonies, 12:12:30
BYOF (bring your own food.), refreshments
donated by Pepsi, Coors, Miller & Bud.
Booths for Community organizations (call for
info. 743-4297)Vollyball, tennis, music.
Family fun for all.
Pride Worship Services
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
June 1st, llam, reception after, 1703 E. 2nd
Church of the Restoration Unitarian
June 8th, 11am, 1304 No. Greenwood
OKC Events
Sunday, June 15th
NW 39th Block Party, 4ish to dark
Sunday, June 22
Memorial Park, NW 35th & Classen
Ecumenical Pride Worship. Service, lpm
Holy Union Ceremony conducted by The Rev.
--~ :~Kat~Y~MCCall!e~ 1:45
Political Rally by OGLPC, the Oklahoma Gay &
Lesbian Political Caucus, Speakers: Paul Barby,
Candidate for US Congress, 5th District
Marv Katherine Smotherman, Candidate for US
Congress, 6th District
Oklahoma Senate Proclamation honoring the Gay
Pride Parade .by Sen. Bernest Cain of OKC
Parade Line-up (first come, first lined up), 3pro,
Parade Kick-off, 4pm
Pride Center
A Home for Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered Community Continues
Ple.dge ’97
A Pledge Campaign to Support,.Your.Center
The dream of a Community Center finally came true - and you can help it continue and grow!
The Pride Center provides a.meeting place for the Prime Timers, Friends in Unity Social Organization, Safe Haven,
Rainbow Business Guild, Lambda Unity A1-Anon, Lambda AA, the Parish Church of Saint Jerome,
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights and others, with
new groups everyday. Your membership pledge helps to keep the doors open.
[] I want to help. Please send me/us a pledge book for $
Name:
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Address:
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Please return this form to the Pride Center, 1307 East 38th, 2nd ft. Tulsa 74105, 918-743-4297
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1997
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AIDS/HIV drugs
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Barry Hensley
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Politician Who Says Gays
Are Criminals Admits To
Ten Years of Adultery
ATLANTA (AP) - A Republican gubernatorial candidate
who admitted he committed adultery concedes he
could now be considered a "moral hypocrite" for withdrawing
a job offer to a lesbian.
Meanwhile, GOP supporters rallied behind him. "He
did the only thing to do - be truthful and honest. And
that’s what Mike Bowers is, even to the point of pain,"
said William J. Steele, who was to introduce Bowers at
his first public appearance since the disclosure.
His wife, Bette Rose, said Georgia voters Should not
rush to judge her husband. "I don’t think that what has
occurred should wipe out 23 years of good public
service," Mrs. Bowers told reporters after appearing
with her husband at the meeting.
¯ Marr,age Update
Serving Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends
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"Divers=" ty" Confer"ence¯.:: F"!r-st Pr" de March
i Gays Need Not ADDIVi Pr,de Week Proclamation
; ¯ ¯ " ¯ Beneflt Play For Pr,deCenter TULSA-Ina letter dated June 3, Tulsa s oldest Lesbian and Gay
civil rights organization, Tulsa Oklahomans for Humans Rights °
(TOHR), has made aformal protest of anti-Gay discrimination to : TULSA- The Pride Center/Tulsa Oklahomans for
th.e_ organiz,e,rs of Leadership Oklahoma’s "Together in our ; Human Rights have announced the final schedule
Differences a conference on "diversity" first announced to the " for1997 Pride Events. Tulsa’s first Pride.March
p~ubl,ic, o.n M~ay 31st and held on June 5 & 6 at the Downtown : will proceed the annual Pride Picnic on Saturday,
~)o~,ua,mo.,oleutgr~nHm,oetelc. om~erence topics inclU. .de.d..s.e..v.eral. of. direct .:" Jmueneeti1n4g. TinhethMe acrocmh iesrpolaflmtheedHtoobmeegliannadt sltlo:3r0ea(mat
relevance to Oklahoma’s LesbiaWGay/Bi communities, like a ¯ Gilcrease Road&Edison St.) toOwen Park (Edison
panel on hate crimes and one on the role of the media in creating ," St. at see Pride, page 3
a greater understanding of diversity, conference organizers did
lar ban last year, saying it had an element of "gay
bashing." Backers tried to draw up a bill he could sign,
but on Thursday, he rejected their effort on technical
and general grounds.
"First, experts in family law advise me that the final
language in this bill could threaten the thousands of
colnmon-law marriages that currently exist in Colorado,"
Romer said. "This was unintended, but if they are
correct in this interpretation, the consequences could be
very real in terms of the loss of such things as health
benefits, pensions, paternity rights and child support
enforcement." The governor also said a ban was unnecessary.
’q~he only real effect of this bill is to target gay
and lesbian people and to exclude and stigmatize this
not include any Gay persons to participate as speakers or panelists.
In contrast, racial and religious diversity was represent.ed by
members of Islamic and Jewish groups as well as Unitarians and
Christians, and representatives of the Oklahoma’s black press,
The Tulsa World and Clayton Vaughn of KOTV. Keynote
speakers included Tulsa Mayor Susan Savage and Dave Lopez,
president of Southwestern Bell Oklahoma, and State Attorney
General Drew Edmondson.
As part of its letter of protest, TOHR noted that principal
orgamzer, Steve Turnbo, had been asked several times over the
last year actively to include the Lesbian and Gay communities in
the work that his public relations firm does, and also that he does
as a volunteer with such organizations as The National Conference
(formerly "of Christians and Jews").
In the protest letter, TOHR also offered to help solve this
oversight by providing Lesbian and Gay individuals who were
qualified to participate in appropriate panels if invitations were
only extended, see Conf. page 13
¯ Presbyterian Church to. Host
Colo. Gov. VetoesAnti-Marriage Bill Speaker + Shower of Stoles
DENVER (AP) ~ Gov. Roy Romer again.v.etoed a bill -~ TULSA_- A progressive local Presbyterian.c0ngregation, Colaimed
at outla~ving gay marriages, calling it"ft~da- = lege Hill Presbyterian Church, 712 So. Columbia, has invited one
mentally negative and divisive." Romer vetoed a simi- " oftheleaders ofPresbyteriansforLesbian/GayConcerns (PLGC)
.- to preach in its pulpit on Sunday, June 29 at llam. Scott
- Anderson, who now is the executive director of the California
=" Council of Churches, formerly was a Presbyterian minister,
~ serving in several No. California churches. Anderson, stepped
,- down from the rmnistry when he came out as a Gay man since the
° Presbyterian Church no longer allows openly Gay persons to
" Serve as pastors, deacons or elders.
° College Hill along with First Presbyterian Church of Stillwater
and PLGC will host a display of the Shower of Stoles for at the
"- Tri-Presbytery Gathering which is being held at the Chapman
: Activities Center at the University of Tulsa on June 27 & 28. The
_" Shower of Stoles is a collection ofliturgical stoles (thelong scarf-
- likepiece ofcloth that pastors wearhanging from around the back
~ of their necks down the front of their robes) which came from
Community Unitarian i
offPride Month with its Gay Ptide Service on June
1st as did MCC-Greater Tulsa. Community of
Hope and Church of the Restoration held services
on June 8th. The Parish of St. Jerome, Family of
atth, St. Dunstan s and Fellowshtp Congregational
are honoring Prid~lonth in various ways.
iShockwave!. TULSA~Aftera yearoff, Black &White Charities
will present again its dance-benefit, ShockWave.
This year will feature two parties in one night with
proceeds to benefit three charities.
First Volt runs 8pm to midnight, Saturday July
19. The party will find its home in a near northside
warehousenow ownedby Evans Electric Co. which
inspired the high voltage theme. The warehouse is
l.ocated at 116 North Lansing~ right at the edge of
downtown and near Rogers University. On the
night of the event, it will be lit up like a jukebox,
visible from the nearby freeways. First Volt feagroup
in our society., ; Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Transgendered people see PLGC,page 10 ~. tures dancing, party pictures and a cash bar. AIontFor
e
" |i th°ugh air c°nditi°ning will be scarce’ 0rganizers
D ’ g tth F pr°mis~ildn:e~~f6rffa~6~;~r=21~iTi3~t~~
be pre~purchased through Carson attractions for An " y H " " e ollles, o, at the door for $25.00. But First Volt t,-Ga ate Cr,mes ::AIDSMasteryWorkshop attendees also have something else towhich tolook WASHINGTON- PresidentClinton drew praise today forward - there will be an after-party as well. -
from., the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the TULSA -On Pride weekend, June 13-15, Follies Revue, Inc. ~ From midnight to 2am, ShockWave will shut
National Gay &.Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) for his ~ will present this year’s musical review, "YourHit Parade" at the down and at two am, the event will reopen as Last
weekly radio.address, in which he called for an all-out : Warren Place Doubletree Hotel Grand Ballroom featuring music ~ Jolt. This time, the 18-21 crowd is also invited, and
assault onhate crimes -including those based on sexual
orientation.
The president also announced that he has asked
Attorney General Janet Reno to study and recommend
le.gislative options for curbing the rise in bias-motivated
crimes, including hate violence targeting lesbians, gay
men and bisexuals. Clinton also announced he will
convene a White House conference Nov: 10 to study the
problem. At the conference, according to the President,
the White House will bring together victims of hate
crimes, and their families as well as law enforcement
experts and officials from Congress and the
JusticeDepartment. He also said that community and
religious leaders will beinvited to the conference to take
a look at existing laws against hate crimes and consider
ways to ~mprove and to Strengthen them. ’~
see President, page 3
from radio and television from the ’30’S to ’50’s. The Follies
Revue singers, Carol Crawford, artistic director of Tulsa Opera,
Marchello A!_)_gelini, artistic director of Tulsa Ballet, Peter Athens,
Pare V,_anD,,yke, Patrick Hobbs, Isabelle Estes and "The i Happy Hoofers. will be introduced by auto magnate Henry
Priilieaux Follies Revue, Inc. has raised more than $140,000 for
Tulsa area AIDS related agencies since 1989. Some of the
beneficiaries of this year’s event are Saint Joseph Residence,
Interfaith AIDS Ministries, Our House, Shanti-Tulsa Storehouse,
Visiting Nurse Association and Hope House.
The second annual AIDS Mastery Workshop will be held on
June 27-29 in Tulsa. The workshop is an intensive weekend
program designed to assist those affected by HIV/AIDS to come
to terms with its impact on their lives. TheMastery is open to
thos~ living with HI.V/AIDS, HIV/AIDS professionals, families,
friends and caregivers. It is free but donations are welcome.
Formoreinformation,please call Betsy or MelissaatRedRock
Mental Health Cemer at 663-7272:
ajuice bar will be open until 5am. Last Jolt tickets
are $5 at the door. First Volt tickets include the
after-party.
~ Marty Newman With Black & White C,,,l~,’~es
says thehugeafter-party is a first for Tulsa. We re
really excited about Ldst Jolt," said Newman.
see Shock, page 3
IINSIDEI- EDITORIAL/DIRECTORY P. 2
US & WORLD NEWS P. 4
HEALTH NEWS P. 6
HEALTH & WELLNESS COLUMN P.7
ARTS NOTES P. 8
COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9
BOOKREVIEW P. 10
RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 11
CLA~IRED$ P. 14
by Tom Neal, publisher & editor ~
A good newspaper, traditionally, has! a number of functions.
One is to disseminate information about upcoming events and to
report on events that have taken place. But another function is to
comment on what’s happening in and to a comrounity,-with the
goal of helping to develop a vision of where we need to go.
Obviously this vision is, ofnecessity, the vision of the publisher,
editor, staff and advisors and will be just one view with others
possible. And as a newspaper that always has accepted and
printed "letters to theeditor" (even ones quite critical ofourviews
and actions) as wall as longer"viewpoint" essays, we continue to
provide a fornm for other visions to be heard- when and if those
with alternate views take the effort to make their views known.
The problem in Tulsa, though, is not that there is too much
¯ dialogue- it is that there,.~toolittle. Critical decisions that affect
many, many people continue to be made in private by a handful
." of people. These people are good-hearted and.devoted but those
¯¯ qualifies don’tmean automatically that their decisions are right.
This is the point this newspaper made several years ago in an
¯ editorial called who decides for us?
¯ The issue then was the ,w,isdom of the decision of those
hardworking volunteers who dhelped draft an amendment to the
: City of Tulsa’s Human Rights Ordinance. Half of the proposal
¯ required action by the City Council. Then and now, our Council
¯ is too hostile toLesbian andGay issues for us tohave success. But ¯
the other half of the proposal involved only executive branch
¯
actions, i.e. things Mayor Susan Savage could do if she were
¯ willing, see Friends, thispage
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Hne
*City Bites, 3348 S. Peoria
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria
*JJ’s Country &Western Dance Club, 6328S. Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*The Palate Cafe & Catering, 3324G E. 3 Ist
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Samson & Delilah Restaurant, 10 E. Fifth
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
*Tucci’s, 1344 E. 15
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston
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744-0896
749-4511
712-2119
749-1563
745-9899
745-9998
585-2221
834-4234
585-3405
660-0856
584-1308
582-3456
585-3134
Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals
Advanced Wireless & PCS, Digital Cellular 747-1508
*Affinity News, 8120 E. 21 610-8510
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor 746-4620
*Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
*Beyond Your Dreams Books, 8124 S. Harvard 491-2085
Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15 712-1122
*Borders Books & Mtisic, 2740 E. 21 712-9955
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 So. Peoria 743-5272
Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Community Cleaning, Kerby Baker 622-0700
Tim Danid, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th
*Devena’s Gallery, 13 Brady
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria
Don Carlton Mitsubishi, 46th & Memorial
Don Carlton Honda, 4141 S. Memorial
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan
*Ross Edward Salon, 1438 S. Boston
Leanne M. Gross, Southwest Financial Planning
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly
*International Tours
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th
David Kauskey, Country Club Barbering
*Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15
Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 74159
Langley Agency, 1104 S. Victor
~Ann Macomber, Realtor Associate
Susan McBay, MSW: Earth-Centered Counsding
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 P1
*Nothing Shocking Salon, 2722 E. 15
*Novel Idea Bookstore, 51st & Harvard
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633
ZiRita Parish, Indoor/Outdoor Co. HomeRemodel’g
Pet Pride, Dog & Cat Grooming
The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor
Puppy Pause II, l lth & Mingo
Richard’s Carpet Cleaning
Scott Robison’s Prescriptions, see ad for 3 locations,
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921,
Christopher Spradling, attorney, 616 S. Main, #308
*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square
*Sedona Health Foods, 8220 S. Harvard
*Trizza’s Pots, 1448 S. Delaware
*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis
Fred Wdch, LCSW, Counsding
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis
749-3620
587-2611
744-5556
665-6595
622-3636
838-8503
584-0337
459-9349
744-7440
745-1111
341-6866
712-2750
747-0236
599-8070
747-5466
592-1800
671-2010
592-1260
584-3112
663-5934
664-2951
712-1123
747-6711
747-7672
587-6717
584-7554
743-4297
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834-0617
743-2351
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582-7748
749-6301
481-0201
743-7687
742-2007
481-0558
743-1733
592-0767
Tulsa Organizations, Churches, & Universities
AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 1071,74101-1071 579-9593
Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 587-7314
Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center. 2207 E. 6 583-7815
*B/IJG Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780
*Chamber of Commerce, 616 S. Boston 585-1201
*Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th PI. & Florence
*CommunityofHopeUnitedMethodist, 1703 E. 2nd 585-1800
*Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595
*Church of the Restoration, 1314 N.Greenwood 587-1314
*Democratic Headquarters, 3930 E. 31 742-2457
Dignity/Integrity-Lesbian]Gay Catholics/Episcopal. 298-4648
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441
*Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777
*Free SpiritWomens Center, call for location &info: 587-4669
Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827
Friends in Unity Social Org., POB 8542, 74101 582-0438
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education, 1307 E. 38, 2nd fE
712-1600; HOPE Anonymous HIV Testing Site: 742-2927
TNAAPP (Native American men), Indian Health Care 582-7225
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715
*HIV Resource Ctr., 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 749-4194
NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H- 1 748-3111
NOW, Nat’l Org. for Women, POB 14068, 74159 365-5658
OK Spokes Club (bicycling), POB 9165, 74157
*Our House, 1114 S. Quaker 584-7960
PFLAG , POB 52800, 74152 74%4901
*Planned Parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria 587-7674
*The Pride Center, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor, 74105 743-4297
Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152
*R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network 749-4195
Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159 665-5174
*Red Rock Mental Center, 302 S. Cheyenne #108 584-2325
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 4045 N. Cincinnati 425-7882
St. Jerome’s Parish Church, 3841 S. Peoria, 742-6227
*Shanti Hotline & HIV/AIDS Services 749-7898
Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S. Cincinnati 582-4128
Tulsa Okla. for Human Rights, c/o The Pride Center 743-4297
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222
*Tulsa City Hall, Ground Floor Vestibule
*Tulsa Community College Campuses
*Rogers University (formerly UCT)
BARTLESVILLE
*Bartlesville Public Library,600 S. Johnstone 918-337-5353
NORMAN
*Borders Books & Music, 300 Norman Center 405-573-4907
OKLAHOMA CITY
*Borders Books &Music, 3209NWExpressway 405-848-2667
TAHLEQUAH
*Stonewall League, call for information: 918-456-7900
EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
*Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main 501-253-7457
DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. 501-253-6807
*Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St. 501-253-5445
MCC of the Living Spring 501-253-9337
Geek to Go!, PC Specialist, POB 429 501-253-2776
Kings Hi-Way Inn, 62 Kings Hi-way 800-231-1442
Positive Idea Marketing Plans 501-253-240 1
Rock Cottage Gardens 501-253-8659, 800-624-6646
Sparky’s, Hwy. 62 East 501-253-6001
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
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*Ron’s Place, 523 W. Poplar 501-442-3052
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The problem then was Savage is willing
: to do very little for our community. She
¯ may not personally be a bigot but she
¯ clearly is willing to cater to the bigots of
¯ this city for her own political benefit.
]. However., Savage also has been en-
¯ couraged to bdieve that her lack of action
¯ is acceptable by those who are supposed
to be our friends and advocates. Instead of
: pushing Savage to institute at least some
¯ part of the Human Rights Commj’ssion
recommendations, some of them have
acted as apologists for her behavior.
¯ Since that report was issued, not one ¯
single recommendation has been insti-
: tuted-noteven oneofrequiring theTulsa
police Department consistently to include
¯ issues of sexual orientation in its "diver-
" sity"trainingfornew and current officers.
." Savage.could easily require thatTPD also
¯ keep track of hate crimes based on sexual
¯ orientation which the department refuses ¯
todo. Othermajorcities in theregionhave
." done these things for years.
¯ And Savage will continue to do nothing
¯ until the people who are supposed to be
¯ our advocates stop colluding with her.
: They may say the time’s not right but it
¯ will never get to be the right time through
¯ just waitingaround for our city to become
less prejudiced. So this is where we, as a
." community, have to ask if our friends
aren’t really as bad as our enemies?
: Justrecently, atLeadership Oklahoma’s
¯ "diversity" conference (see page one
¯ story), one of these advocates for our
., communities, see Friends, page 2
Bowers, 55, the only announced candidate in next
year’s GOP primary, made the disclosure about the decade-
long affair on Thursday, "so that everyone involved,
everyone I’ve hurt, can heal." Bower~ did not
name the woman or say when the affair began or ended.
"I regret the pain that I caused," he said. "There is no
mistake that I have ever made which has caused more
pain to those I 1ore or which Iregretmore deeply. Further,
I have no excuse for my conduct."
Bowers was attorney general for 16 years before resigning
last month to prepare for the campaign. He said
he will remain in the race. Bowers Is still married to hi~
wife of nearly 34 years, but he said they were separated
for several years while he was seeing the other woman.
He said. the woman was married at the beginning of the
affair, but not for most of it. It continued after she got
another job.
While adultery is a misdemeanor in Georgia, Bowers
said he was unaware of anyone ever having being prosecuted
under that statute. Bowers, however, often raised
the ire of civil libertarians with his successful defense of
the state’s anti-sodomylaw before the Supreme Court in
1986. He also ruled that public college newspapers could
not refuse to publish anti-homosexual advertisements,
and that the city of Atlanta could not include domestic
partners in benefit plans.
In 1991, he withdrew a job offer from a lesbian who
planned to m,arry another won~an. He contended Robin
Shahar’s marriage would violate’Georgia’s anti-sodomy
laws. His decision was. upheld recently .by a federal
appeals court in Atlanta.
Askedifit was hypocritical forhim to withdraw the job
offer to Ms. Shahar, he said, "In a moral sense, yes. ~3ut
legally, I do not believe there was any choice with the
Shahar case but to do that. Did tha! make me a moral
hypocrite? Yes."
"It’s never been done on this~scale before, and We think
a lot of folks who haven’t come out to the big dance
parties in the past, might give ShockWave a shot. The
admission price is low and we prormse to deliver on the
entertainment end."
Newman says part of that entertainment will be provided
by Matt Myers, a prominent Oklahoma City DJ.
Myers began his DJ career some 17 years ago, and has
been spinning discs and working in the music video
industry ever since. This past Memorial Day Weekend,
Myers took charge of one of Pensacola’s largest "Gay
Beach" weekend events, "The BlockParty," and he was
a featured DJ at Razzle Dazzle Dallas ’97.
If good music isn’t enough, ShockWaveis giving away
a trip for two to New Orleans for the two-day "Halloween
in New Orleans" event the weekendof 10/31/97. The trip
has been donated by Central Park Luxury Residences.
OtherShockWave sponsors include OKC’s Angles, Pepsi,
and Budweiser.
ShockWave will provide security both on site and in
adjacent parking. Proofofage will be required at the door.
Proceeds from ShockWave will benefit the Planned
Parenthood’s Facts of Life Line, the HIV Resource Consortium,
Inc. (HIVRC), and the Red Rock Mental Heath
Center’s Oklahoma Rainbow .~.o..ung Adults Network
(ORYAN).
The Facts of Life Line is a program of Planned Parenthood.
Iris a24hours-a-day; automated; sex education and
family planning program designed to allow youngpeople
access to a wide variety of sexual topics on a completely
anonymous and confidential basis. Teens can access over
300 professionally recorded messages written by education
staffs of Planned Parenthood affiliates around the
country. The messages are medically accurate, detailed
and reflect Planned Parenthood’s support of everyone’s
right to sexual self-determination.
The HIV Resource Consortium’s mission is to provide
an effective and compassionate response to those affected
by HIV/AIDS through direct service and collaboration
with other community based organizations. In the
past year the HIVRC has served 443 clients living with
HIV/AIDS, including providing over $59,000 in prescription
assistance, $140,000 in rent/utility payments.
and preparing and delivering over 1,000 meals.
The Red Rock Mental Heath Center’s ORYAN pro-
¯ gram provides HIV Prevention Services for Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgendered and Questioning Ado-
" lescents and Young Adults_ages 14-24. Red Rock is
based in Oklahoma City wi~ satellite offices across the
¯ state. The Tulsa office also provides clinical services to
" indi.viduals affected by HIV/AIDS. The majority of these
¯¯ services are provided at no cost to clients. Red Rock is
funded through grants from both private foundations and
¯ government agencies.
¯ Tickets to ShockWave.are tax deductible to the extent
~ of current tax law for amounts above $5.00.
¯ Formore.information on ShockWave call 587-7314 or
800-458-4662 or e-mail blkwhtprty@AOL.com. In addi-
¯ tion, the kidz @ Black & White Charities have a web site
under construction, check out black/white.orgfor further
¯ ~update~.
was asked to listen to concerns about the exclusion of
Lesbian/Gay/Bi persons from the conference. (the primary
conference planner was asked more than 9 months
ago to be inclusive of the Lesbian and Gay communities.)
You would think that a national leader of an organization
that works to support our communities would be
willing at least to listen to a representative of the oldest
local Gay & Lesbian civil rights organization, and to help
if possible. But instead she refused to discuss the matter,
allowing personal conflicts to cloud professional judgment.
She then proceeded to hobnob with organizers of
the conference who’d excluded Lesbian and Gay Issues
and persons! Again is this where we have to ask if our
friends aren’t doing us as much harm as our enemies?
Social change in this city will not come about by
waiting around, playing best littleboys (or girls), hoping
that our inherent worth and rights will be recognized.
That clearly did not happen in the Black civil rights
movement, the women’.s movement, or any other struggle
for social justice in our country. Certainly, we advocate
working within the system to create positive change but
we recogmze that systems change only when pushed.
And we hope that those who would be our allies will
indeed stakid by us. But they must remember that their
role is not to speak for us. We are more than capable of
speaking for ourselves. They must remember that a
strategy where they speak for us - "since they are more
accepted/acceptable" and we are relegated to standing
silently behind, ultimately does us more harm than good:
If they can remember this, then, we will not have to ask
"what to do when our friends might as well be our
enemies..."
"We applaud President Clinton for speaking out against
therising tide ofhate-motivated violence in this country,"
said Elizabeth Birch, executive director of the Human
Rights Campaign. "President Clinton has the ability to set
a national tone that hate-violence will not be tolerated,
including violence directed at lesbian, gay and bisexual
people."
Kerry Lobel, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
executive director, stated,"Weapplaud President Clinton
for raising the level of concern regarding bias crimes.
There is a persistent problem ofintolerance in our country
based on race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation,
gender and disability. We welcome his call for a special
White House Conference on Hate Crimes andlook forward
to a more vigorous effort to stamp out these acts of
violence that hurt ourimage as a nation and only separate
us from one another."
In his speech, the President mentioned several acts of
hate-related violence. He spoke about a recent incident in
Washington, D.C. in which threemenaccosted a gayman
in a park, forced him at gunpoint to go under a bridge and
beat him viciously while using anti-gay epithets. "Such
hate crimes, committed solely because the victims have
a different skin color or a different faith-or are gays or
lesbians, leave deep scars not only on the victims, but on
our larger community," said the President.
Hate crimes based on sexual orientation constitute a
significant portion of all hate crimes committed in this
country- a total of 12.8 percent in 1995, according to FBI
statistics. This is up significantly from 8.9 percent in
1991, the first year the FBI tracked such crimes.
"Under current federal law, hate crimes based on
sexual orientation cannot be investigated and prosecuted
in the samemanner ashate crimes based onrace, religion,
color ornational origin," saidWinnie Stachelberg, HRC’s
legislative director. ’l’his is an enormous legal oversight
that must be fixed. We hope that will be one of the
outcomes of the president’s initiatives," she said. "Hate
crimes based on sexual orientation are as heinous as other
hate crimes and mustbeprosecuted as such," Stachelberg
said.
Last. week, the FBI determined that the February
bombing of The Otherside Lounge, a predominantly
lesbian bar in Atlanta appears tohave been committed by
the same person or persons who bombed a women’s
health dinic in Sandy Spring, Ga., earlier this year.
For Several ye~s, HRC and NGLTF ha(,~ bee~iwork- " ’
ing with Congress to try to add sexual orientation to those
categories of hate crimes that can be prosecuted under
federal law. As a result of work by a civil rights coalition,
the Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1990 included crimes
based on sexual orientation.
"Charging the FBI with collecting the data was an
important first step," Stachelberg said. "It is now past
time for us to move to the next level and make it possible
to prosecute these crimes adequately and effectively."
The Human Rights Campaign is the largest national
lesbian and gay political organization, with members
throughout the country. It lobbies Congress, provides
campaign support and educates the public to ensure that
lesbian and gay Americans can be open, honest and safe
athome, at workand in the community. The National Gay
and Lesbian Task Force is the oldest national gay and
lesbian group and is a progressive organization that has
supported grassroots organizing aod pioneered in national
advocacy since 1973.
where the Pride Picnic will be heldffrom noon to 5pm.
There will be brief opening ceremonies from 12-12:30.
The picnic is BYOF (bring your ownfood) but as in the
:. past; refreshments donatedby Pepsi,Coors,Miller&Bud
will be served. Community organizations still may set up
booths (call for information 583-1248). Vollyball and
tennis courts are available. Pride Event organizers will
also read at the Picnic, a Mayoral Proclamation issued
earlier to honor Gay & Lesbian Pride Week.
On Wednesday, June 18 at 8pm, a special preview
performance of Six Degrees ofSeparation by John Guare
will benefit TOHR/The Pride Center¯ The play is presented
by Theatre Pops, directed by Randall Whalen, and
groduced by Ken Spence. Tickets are $8 in advance, and
10 at the door at the Liddy Doenges Theatre, Tulsa
Performing Arts Center Tickets will be available at the
Pride Picnic, and at the Pride Store, 1307 E. 38th St., 2nd
floor. Info: 583-1248.
Manymay be familiar with the film version of this story
which featured Donald Sutherland and Will Smith. This
Summerstage 1997 production is made possible through
the assistance of the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust,
and the Oklahoma Arts Council.
Local Lesbian poet, Mary Schepers has organized an
Arts Coffeehouse to be held at the Pride Center on June
20, from 8-10pm. This event will feature thework oflocal
artists, poets and writers. Ms. Schepers hopes that this
event will be the beginning of a regular series, providing
both social and artistic opportunities, She notes all are
welcome- both artists and those whojust appreciate their
work..For information, call 743-6740. - ~ ¯
¯ Several Tulsa congregations held Pride Worship Services.
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
and Metropolitan Community Church of Greater. Tulsa
held Pride services on June 1st. MCC-GT also honored
the Reverend Nancy Horvath’s last service as interim
pastor on that day. On June 8th, the Church of the
Restoration Unitarian had its Pride Service, We Shall
Walk Hand in Hand One Day, given by the Reverend
Chester McCall and TFN publisher, Tom Neal. Pastor
McCall recently formally received his credentials as a
fully licensed-Unitarian-Universalistpastor with thehighest
possible honors. Pastor McCall had already been
ordained as both a United Church of Christ and Disciples
of Christ pastor. On June 8th, Community of Hope also
held its Pride Worship service.
The following is a recap of Oklahoma City Pride
Events: there will be a NW 39th Block Party on Sunday,
see Pride, page 10
Maine Governor
Asks for Tolerance
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Gov.!Angns King will
ask gay-rights opponents to back away from their
plan to challenge the civil rights bill he signed May
16. King asked if he could meet with leaders of the
.Christian CivicLeague ofMaineat theirheadquarters
m Augusta to make his case against the group’s plan
use the "people’s veto" to overturn the law.
’‘He obviously thinks (a referendum) is unnecessary
and it would be divisive," said Dennis Bailey,
King’s spokesman. "He obviously would like to do
anythinghe can to avoid that."Thegovernorwill urge
the civic league to drop its opposition to the law, or at
least delay an attempt to repeal it for several years, to
see how the law works. The bill to bar discrimination
based on sexual orientation in employment, housing,
credit and public accommodations takes effect 90
days after the Legislature adjourns. State law already
outlaws bias based on several other criteria, such as
age, race, gender and physical handicaps.
In order to keep the law from kicking in, opponents
would have to collect signatures of more than 51,000
registered Maine voters within 90 days of the
Legislature’ s adjournment, which couldbe this weekend.
If the signatures are certified, a referendum on
the law must be held. ’‘i appreciate the fact that he is
talking to us," said Michael Heath, executive director
of the civic league. But he said the group is unlikely
to abandon its opposition to gay rights because King
asks it to do so.
Oregon Senate OK’s
Marriage Ban
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A bill to ban same-sex marnages
has been approved by the Oregon Senate ~espite Democrats~?arguments that it makes gays and
esbians the target .of discrimination. The measure,
SB577, passed with solid Republican backing after
sponsors said the state needs to do what it can to
defend the traditional institution of marriage as a
union between a man and a woman.
Senators voted 20-7 vote to send the "Defense of
Marriage Act" to the House, which recently had its
own gay rights debate when it passed a bill to outlaw
workplace discrimination against homosexuals.
SB577 was drafted in response to a Hawaii court
ruling that allowed same-sex mamages. However,
the sponsor of SB577, Sen. Marylin Shannon, said the
bill is needed to ensure that Oregon is never forced to
recogmze a gay marriage performed in Hawaii or
anyplace rise. "I make no pretense about my convictions
on this issue;" the Salem Republican said. "I feel
strongly that the family - with traditional marriage as
its foundation- i s unique in its design to offer strength
and longevity to any society."
Opponents of SB577 said gays and lesbians often
enter into committed relationships that are just as
strong as any heterosexual marriage, and should be
recognized in the same way. ’"We should be cherishing
these relationships instead of denigrating them,"
said Sen. Kate Brown, a Portland Democrat who is"
bisexual. Another critic of the bill, Sen. Avel Gordly,
said she thinks the Senate already is showing intolerance
by bottling up the House-passed bill to ban
discrimination against homosexuals in the workplace.
Now the Senate is taking aim at gay and lesbian
couples by approving SB577, Gordly said. "It will
foster ill will and bigotry," the Portland Democrat
said.
Priest Comes Out
PORTSMOUTH, N.H, (AP) - Rev. Robert Stiefel
hadbecome known in the community as priest of "the
church of the open door," a priest who welcomed gay
men and lesbians and battled prejudice against them.
So Stiefel said it was only right that he be open with
his parishioners at Christ Episcopal Church and his
colleagues about his own homosexuality. So at services
on a recent Sunday, the 55-year-old priest told
his church community he was gay. "As I began to
speak out on matters of prejudice, my own preaching
led me to recognize the contradiction inherent in
becormng a Community champion of civil rights for
homosexual people and remaining in the closet," he
told the Portsmouth Herald last week. ".Life in the
closet is profoundly debilitating. I know because I
have endured it for some 50 ye~ra:"
Before the service, Stiefel and his. wife, Jennifer,
who is the church deacon, sent out a letter to the
congregation saying they. had built a good marriage
over 27 years. But the letter also spoke of the pain and
confusion Stiefel and his wife coped with as they tried
several methods offered by the church and modem
psychiatry to "cure" his sexual orientation.
’‘Before we decided to get married, I told Jel~ifer
I was gay," Stiefel said. "But we were young- what
did we know? I had been trying since early childhood
to be the best ’straight’ little boy in the world." Soon
after he married, Stiefel enrolled in an experimental
program offered by Harvard Medical School for men
who hoped, to be cured of their homosexuality: For
three years, he went to weekly sessions of individual
and group therapy, and one winter he underwent
electric shock treatments five times a week. It didn’t
work, and neither did anything else he tried over the
next 20 years. ’q~he resources that the society and the
church offered us were misguided and hurtful," Jennifer
Stiefel said. "through all of this, I came to
understand and to feel, more and more deeply, how
Robert was struggling, both to affirm our relationship
and to find and accept his own center." The Stiefels
said they will separate soon and divorce by next year.
.The Episcopal Church and the Covenant of Conscaence
- a group of local religious organizations
formed in 1994 to deal with race and gender issues -
have publicly stated their support for Stiefel. Chuck
Ott, assistant superintendent of Portsmouth schools
and a parishioner of Christ Episcopal Church, also
called him a loving, caring priest. "I think that’s what
people see," he said. "I don’t think they look at Robert
and see anything other than that." Despite the strong
support, Stiefel fears rejection. ’~I fear the loss of
some relationships with people who won’t understand,"
he said. ’qqae fear is very real. It’s scary: It’s
not a safe thing for anyone to "come out. ’ "Stiefel
said only his church’s history of social justice and
inclusion, and Portsmouth’s spirit of openness, inspired
him to seek the support of the community in
living openly as a gay man.
Help for Gay Teens
CHARLOTTE (AP) - Tamara Fry felt shut in. Coming
outmeant telling the world she’s lesbian. It meant
telling her father, a Baptist minister. It meant she
could lose school friends, be shunned by family
members and condemned by the church. "I knew r
was different from the other kids," Fry said. "I needed
to tell somebody."
In Mecklenburg County, one private agency provides
emotional support for homosexual teen-agers -
Time Out Youth. At their weekly meetings, gay teenagers
are free to speak their minds, get advice and, at
least for 90 minutes, be themsdves. In North Carolina,
individual school systems can develop their
health education cumculum, as long as it meets state.
requirements for heterosexual based "family living"
education. When the county’s health education curriculum
was approved by school officials in 1994-95,
an advisory grouprecommended that homosexuality,
masturbation and abortiOn be excluded from classroom
discussions and counseling sessions.
"It’s what the community wants," said Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Schools health specialist John Stoner.
"Most of North Carolina has taken a conservative
stance. "If a kid asks a question about one of those
three issues, we can give a simple definition and tell
them to talk to a parent. If talking to a parent doesn’t
help, we can refer the parent and child, if they ask, to
a school nurse. The parent should be the number one
resource for the child.’"
Time Out Youth Executive Director Tonda Taylor
has asked school officials to train guidance counselors,
nurses, social workers and psychologists to
work with homosexual students. She also wants information
about sexual orientation included in the
health education curriculum. ’The omission of homosexuality
from the public school curriculum just
adds to the pain,"Taylor said. "It’s saying these youth
don’t exist."
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chaired the Interfaith Advisory Committee two years
ago. Mulligan said Time Out Youth is filling the void
’~mtil more workis done. But thh tenor of the community
is such that it ..w~dl be a knock-down, drag-out
fight" to bring aboi~t ~"~easure of acceptance and
understanding. Mulligan said schools and churches
should takepart. "We’reat a crossroads in Charlotte,"
he said. "People need to have a better understanding.
How this gets done will take a fair amount of diplomacy
and wisdom."
When Fry realized at age 13 she was lesbian, she
coped by hiding behindher acerbic wit. "In the eighth
grade when girls were Chasing boys, I was be~ting
them up," said Fry, now a 22-year-old journalism
student at Central Piedmont Community College.
Her~.a~.’~ly .dismissed her behayior as tomboyish, Fry
tried hard to Conform. She cautiously nudged open"
the closet door at age 17. The first ray of light came
in theform of a flier aboutTime OutYouth. ’The first
time I said it out loud, that I was a lesbian, I was
sobbing on someone’s shoulder.., but the feeling
was wonderful," Fry said.
Time Out Youth members talked dunng a recent
meeting about physical violence and mental harassment
they face. A 17-year-old said he was suspended
for lashing out at a student who called him ’~faggot."
’The teacher said my presence in the class was
disruptive," he said. "I get pushed, thumped on the
head and called names when I walk down the hall.
Some teachers will stgp it and some will just look
away." An 18-year-old has a standard reply for those
who call him derogatory names. He stops, stares and
proclaims "Yes; I am gay. Do you have a problem
with that?"
Coming out is always a hot topic. How one goes
about it varies, Fry said. For some, it’s being honest
with themselves. For others, it’s telling friends and
family, or going out in public with a partner. What
gay teens fear most, according to Charlotte psychotherapist
Jim Green, is the isolation. "They hear it at
home, at school, everywhere thatbeing gay is wrong,’"
Green said. "They become depressed and withdrawn.
Some turn to drugs and alcohol." Parents suffer too,
Green said. Desperate couples have gone to Green
with children who said they were gay. "Some parents
want me to change the child," Green said. "I tell them
it can’t be done. You can’t turn a gay person into a
straight one. Some parents accept this, others will
take their child to someone else. "People just don’t
realize how difficult it is to be a young, gay person,"
Green said. "In time, society will learn how to .deal
with its young, gay people"
Some teens can’t handle the pare and eventually
commit suicide, he said. Green "knows because of
letters left behind or confessions to friends. And there
are other painful results. Fry has barely spoken to her
parents in four years. She knows gay teen-agers who
dropped out of high school. Some found their way to
Time Out Youth. Founded by Taylor in 1990, the
group has about 40 members ages 13 to 23 It’s a
nonprofit organization funded by private donations.
The group h~ blended into a supportive family
unit. Many of the teen-agers plan to flee Charlotte
upon graduation. They want to live in cities like New
York and San Francisco where the gay communities
are more accepted. Fry says she won’t leave. ’‘To
leave would almost be a cop-out," she says.
United Air Refusing to
Obey Law on Benefits
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Gay activists are protesting
the airline’s refusal to comply with a law requiring
domestic partner benefits for companies doing
business with the city. Several companies - from
Bank of America to the San Francisco 49ers - have
complied with the city law, which applies to benefits
for gay or heterosexual couples who are registered as
domestic partners. United and a coalition of 24 other
airlines, through the Washington-based Air Transport
Association, have filed a lawsuit to protest the
law.
Members of the Harvey Milk Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual
Democratic Club are calling for a boycott of
United. They say airline officials privately toldmembers
of San Francisco’s gay commumty they would
offer the benefits.
United officials say they promised to review the
city ordinance. In a statement issued Saturday, Chicago-
based United officials said they are deciding
whether to offer the benefits, separate from the San
Francisco law. ’‘The decision .to offer domestic partner
benefits, or any benefit, is based on what is right
for our employees, customers and shareholders - not
on a local ordinance," the statement said.
Arts Funding Targeted
Because of Gay Play
GREENSBORO (AP) - Guilford County residents
angry over a theater production with homosexual
themes urged county commissioners to halt funding
"to ti~b’~fs-trganizftfi6fi~. Mdkd thim ~00"peti~le
attended Thursday night’s meeting after last week’s
production of "La Cage Aux Folles," a musical focused
on a gay couple and attitudes toward homosexuality.
The play at the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro
was sponsored by the Community Theatre of
Greensboro, a member agency of the city’s United
Arts Council. Residents wereupset that county money
helps fund the arts agency. The county gave $30,000
to the United Arts Council in fiscal 1996-97.
’The production whichjust finished here.., depicts
a perverted form of sexuality in a positive light," said
Wayne Wright of Greensboro, at the meeting. "Why
can’t the arts council be held accountable?"
Commissioner Steve Arnold told the crowd he
would introduce a resolution that would tell the
county manager to eliminate arts funding in the
county budget. An additional $15,000 is allocated to
the High Point Area Arts Council. "I oppose (the
funding) for the simple reason that I don’t believe
government should be funding arts," Arnold said.
Mecklenburg County commissioners last month
approved a measure that eliminated funding to arts
agencies that offer "exposure to perverted forms of
sexuality.", The controversy began after last year’s
presentation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Angels in
America" by the Charlotte Repertory Theatre.
Gay National Guard
Officer Files Suit
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A state class-action lawsuit
accuses the California Nhtional Guard of violating
state law by discharging gay guard members. The
suit claims that because the CaliforniaArmy National
Guard is a state agency, it is bound by state law
prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation.
First Lt. Andrew Holmes, who was discharged
in 1995 after he told his commanding officer he is
gay, just filed the suit in San Francisco Superior
Court. The suit said it represents all guard members
who are still serving but must hide their sexuality for
fear of discharge. It asks that a court order require all
National Guard officers discharged because they are
gay be reinstated with back pay.
Lt. Col. Doug Hart ofthe CaliforniaArmy National
Guard said he could not comment because he had not
seen the complaint. Holmes sued the state and federal
National Guards after he was discharged in 1995. A
U.S. District judge ruled in March 1996 that his
discharge as part of the military’s "don’t ask, don’t
tell" policy violated federal constitutional guarantees
of free speech and equal protection. It was the first
time a judge had overturned a discharge under the
Clinton administration policy. The decision is being
appealed.
The state lawsuit was filed because the court which
ruled in his favor (at the federal district level) dedined
to rule on Holmes’ claims that depend on
Californialaws, attorney Elizabeth Scott said. Holmes,
now a technical writer in Sacramento, served in the
state National Guardfrom 1986-94 and was deployed
in the Gulf War and in Los Angeles during the civil
unrest after the Rodney King verdict.
Y
AIDS Vaccine Too
Risky for Peopl(e
SOUTHBORO, Massachusetts (AP) -
Lockedinside the Level 3 biohazard lab at
Harvard’s New England Regional Primate
Center are a pair of 20-pound (9-
kilogram) macaquemonkeys code=named
71-88 and 255-88. They should be dead
by now. In November 1991, scientists
gave each a big injection of simian jmmunodeficiency
virus, or SIV, the monkey
version of the AIDS virus.
The shot was 1,000.times more SIV
than it usually takes to cause an infection.
Ordinarily, this starts an insidious disease
process that eventually destroys the monkeys’
immune systems and kills them just
like its cousin, HIV, does to people- only
,faster, usually withintwo years. Yet nothing
happened. By every measure, these
animals, and two others that got lower
doses, are entirely healthy. There is no
sign of SIV in their blood or anywhere
else. They simply did not catch the virus.
What saved the monkeys was an experimentM
vaccine. Two years earlier,
scientists had given them a weakened, or
attenuated, form of SIV. The virus was
n.ormal in every way except that one of its
rune genes was clipped out. Losing this
gene, called nef, throttles back the virus’s
ability to make new copies of itself.
Crippled, it caused a low-grade infection
but did not seem to-hurt the monkeys at
all And somehow it~rimed theirimmune
defenses to ward Off real SIV.
"After seeing this protection in monkeys,
I becamean--advocate," said Dr.
Ronald Desrosiers,~a microbiologist at
the primate center: Virtually everyone
agrees that Desrosiers’ experiment Is a
landmark in AIDS t~search. It is the first
- and still the best- proof that a vaccine to
protect people from catching HIV is even
possible.
This alone is a crucial discovery, since
a vaccine is the only sure way to.stop the
AIDS epidemic. It is the same strategy
that ha~ erased smallpox from the planet
and tamed many other big killers. Since
SIV and HIV are so similar, an AIDS
vaccine can be made with exactly the
same genes missing. Many believe this
should work as well for humans as it does
for monkeys. Moreover, nothing else in
development seems anywhere close to
being this effective.
But that’s where agreement ends.
Desrosiers and some colleagues would
like to begin testing this kind of vaccine in
people.. Many others are adamantly opposed.
Thereason: This vaccine may well
protect against AIDS, but no one knows
what else it might do. And there’s no easy
way to find out.
Just like ordinary HIV, the genetically
truncated form used in the vaccine would
cause a lifelong infection in otherwise
healthy people. Could the virus somehow
regain its lost genes and turn nasty, causing
the very disease it was meant to stop?
Could it trigger some other unforeseen
disease 10, 20 or maybe even 30 years
after vaccination? Could it harm newbarns
or people with weakened immune
systems - even if it is safe for everyone
else? "Safety is the first, second and third
issue with this," said Dr. Norman Letvin
of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
in Boston, one of those opposed to trying
the vaccine on humans.
Yet in a way, nature already has conducted
human experiments. At the University
ofMassachusetts, Dr. John Sullivan
has been following 183 hemophiliacs who
caught HIV from contaminated clotting
proteins in the early 1980s. Among them
were five who still showed no signs of
disease. Could weak viruses explain their
good fortune? Desrosiers analyzed their
viruses and found that one’s HIV was
indeed missing part of its nef gene - just
like the virus he crafted for the monkey
experiment. In essence, this manhad been
vaccinated. Here was the first tentative
evidence that it was safe.
In Australia, meanwhile, doctors were
puzzledbyan especiallyoddduster. Seven
people had caught HIV from blood donations
given by one infected man in the
early 1980s. Yet neither the original donor
nor any of those who got his blood
showed any signs ofAIDS. After hearing
ofDesrosiers’ discovery, the doctors found
they all carried a strain of HIV that was
missing part of nef.
While these serendipitous discoveries
suggest HIV without a nef gene does not
trigger AIDS, intentionally infecting
people to prove the point is another matter
entirely. In fact, the idea of using this as a
human vaccine seemed all but dead two
years ago, when Dr. Ruth Ruprecht of the
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston
found the SIV versioncaused simianAIDS
when given to newborn monkeys.
Desrosiers countered that no one would
vaccinate a newborn with this. His later
studies also suggested that only extremely
high doses of the vaccine were harmful to
the newborn monkeys, and that passing
the virus from mother to child does not
seem to be a hazard.
Still, talk of putting a live, mutant form
of HIV into uninfected people was dismissed
by the scientific establishment as
simply too dangerous. But that may be
changing. No absolutely safe alternative
is close. And as David Gold of the American
Foundation for AIDS Research notes,
"The need for a vaccine is more desperate
than ever.’"
Around the world, about 29 million
people have been infected with HIV. In
some African cities, more than 10 percent
of pregnant women already have it. And
80 percent of the world’s infected people
live in Africa, India and Southeast Asia -
places where new AIDS treatments are
simply too expensive ever to be much
help.
Hi.story is on the side of live, attenuated
vaccines; it is a classic approach. Examples
include the Sabin oral polio vaccine
and shots to prevent smallpox,
mumps, rubella, measles and yellow fever.
Vaccines offer a kind of biological
mugshot for the body’s defenses. Alerted
by the hannless lookalike ofwhatit should
be on guard against, the immune system
kicks into high gear as soon as it spots the
real thing and immediately attacks it. Even
if the virus worms its way into some cells,
the quick response enables the body to
thwart a devastating full-blown infection.
HIV, though, is different from other
invaders. Once it gets a toehold, there
probably is no way to get rid of it. So an
AIDS vaccine has to prevent even that
first tentative infection - something the
body’s own immune defense system cannot
seem to do by itself. "If we say we
have to prevent infection, that is a new
criteria that has never been met in the
history of vaccines," said Dr. Robert Gallo
of the University of Maryland, the codiscoverer
of the AIDS virus.
Vaccine researchers have tried to do
this by injecting synthetic copies of fragments
of the virus. They are safe. But
unfortunately none seems to work very
well.
see Health, page 12
i I
Free & Anonymous
Finger Stick Method
By &for, but not exclusive to the
Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual Communities.
Monday & Thursday evenings, pm
Daytime testing, Mon-Thurs by appointment.
HOPE HIV Outreach, Prevention & Education
formerly TOHRHIV Prevention Programs
742-2927
4158 South Harvard, Suite E-2
2 doors east of the HIV Resource Consortium
Look for our banner on testing nights.
Jeffrey A. Beal, MD
Stephen Peake, MD
Ted Campbell, LCSW
Specialized in
HIV Care
Providing
Comprehensive
Primary Care Medicine
and Psychotherapeutic
Services
We are currently enrolling
participants in HIV/AIDS
investigational drug trials.
Call us and ask for
Drug Study 1o see
if you qualify.
2325 South Harvard,
Suite 600, Tulsa 74114
Monday - Friday
9:30-4:30 pm, 743-1000
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WIRELESS & PCS
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Digital Cellular Service
747-1508
Timothy W. Daniel
Attorney at Law
An Attorney who will fight for
justice & Equality for
Gays & Lesbians
Domestic Partnership Planning,
Personal Injury,
Criminal Law & Bankruptcy
1-800-742-9468 or 918-352-9504
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Weekend and evening appointments are aw
Volunteers Sought
for
Experimental
Genital Herpes
Treatment Study
Volunteers are needed to participate in’a medical research
study evaluation an experimental plant-derived antiviral drug
that is a topical gel for the treatment of recurrent genital
herpes in conjunction with a standard of care oral antiviral
agent.
Interested individuals must be 18 year of age or older, have
AIDS and have herpes outbreaks in the genital area.
Involvement in this study will require visits to the clinic 3
days a week, a total of 8 visits.
There is no cost to subjects accepted into the study. All
study related examinations, laboratory test and study drug
will be-free of charge. This study is being conducted by Dr.
Stephen T. Peake and Dr. Jeffrey A. Beal at 2325 South
Harvard, Suite 600, Tulsa 74114-3300
Individuals interested in knowing more about this study are
encouraged to call Dr. Peake or Dr. Beal at (918) 743-1000
for additional information.
CHIROPRACTIC
What’s it all about, Alfie?!
by Dr. Michael D. Gorman
Since I have been writing these columns
on physical health, fitness, nutrition
supplementation, etc., youfolks have been
calling me up and thanking me for the
information. However, a lot of you have
asked, "Why are there no colunms on
your specialty, Chiropractic?" Well, here
I come, Baby!!
Let’s look at the literal meaning of the
word "Chiropractic." Chiro means "by
hand" and practie means "to practice,"
thus, practice by hand or the "adjustment."
Many folks simply call it "getting
popped" or "cracked." Whatever you call
it, simply put, it simply works. I have
never seen amore effective way of reliev -
ing nerve, bone, and muscle painthan
Chiropractic...BAR NONE.
I have many friends who are either
Medical Doctors or Doctors of. Osteopathy
who practice in the field from Family
Practice to Neuro Surgery. They refer
patients to me and come to get adjustments
themselves. We are no longer at
war with one another, but now work together
as a bett~r healthcare team. This
cooperation allows us to get our patients
into "tip-top" shape as soon as possible.
The interdisciplinary battlefield began
to dissipate in the late 70’s when the
Chiropractic’Colleges (post-graduatelevel
programs) went to four-year programs.
The prerequisites for entrance into a
Chiropracticprogram areexactly the same
as those for medical schools, with B.S.
degrees .preferred.
The Chiropractic post-graduate programs
contain similar curricula as the
medical programs with the exception that
the Chiropractic programs lack intense
study of medicine (prescription drugs)
and surgical procedures. Interns of
Chiropractic then practice for one year in
an outpatient clinic setting (operated
through the college, e.g.O.S.U. Medical
Clinic on Southwest Blvd.), and then go
on to complete a one-year preceptorship
(or residency). After this preceptorship is
complete, theindividual is eligible to "sit"
for national and state board examinations.
Ifhe or she passes them (many do not, but
I did!!), he or she is allowed to go into
either private or group practice as a Licensed,
Board Certified Chiropractor.
Basically, Chiropractors are instructed at
a Family Practice-type level with extreme
emphasis on the neuro-musculo-skeletal
system.
Well, Doe, you still haven’t answered
the question of, "What is Chiropractic?"
Well, I’m getting there... Chiropractic is
so simple that people just have a difficult
time understanding it. Our world today
likes to make things so complex. Complex
makes for heartburn and heart attacks.
Simple means a long, good life free
ofpain(s): Do you really think our creator
so hated us that he would put the cure for
cancer in an alien life-form’s urine that
only exists on the surface of Jupitor??
Your body (and. mine, too) takes in all
the information from the environment
around you. It makes all the drugs and
decisions in order to respond, adapt, and
survive. Our brain, through our nervous
system via the spinal cord and nerves that
exit the cord through the bony vertebrae,
control everything. When these nerves
get pinched off by the bones in our backs
and necks moving out of proper position,
the brain’s signals get cut offboth coming
and going, sensory in and motor control
out. That’s why a "muscle spasm" in your
back takes so. long to go away.
The muscles attach to the spine, and
when they get out of proper position, they
pinch the nerve that goes to the muscle,
throwing it into spasm and causing it to
furtherpull the spine out ofposition which
further pinches the nerve that goes to the
muscle furthering the muscle spasm ad
infinitum... Well, my friends, this just
messes up your day, royally (as myfriend,
Dr. Mike Royal, says). "Well,how do I fix
it, Doc? Can I really expect results, and
can I afford it?"
My duty as a Doctor of Chiropractic is
to specifically adjust the out of place
spinal bones back into proper position.
That’s it! Kinda simple, but it took eight
years ofpost-secondary education tolearn
how to do it properly. A Chiropractic
adjustmentcan causeproblems ifnotdone
correctly. Myaverage treatmentrtms about
$35.00, and an average course of treatment
is twelve treatments. People always
ask, ’"What’about the treatments 3, 4, or 5
times a week, can’t I just take a pill?"
Chiropractic treatments are like muscle
conditioning at the gym. We work with
the muscular and skeletal components.
You can’t go one time to the gym or take
one pill and come out looking like Arnold
Schwarzenegger or Cindy Crawford.
When I put the spine back into proper
alignment, sometimes it has been "out" so
long that it takes several adjustments to
get relief.
~’Well, Doe, what kind of problems besides
muscle spasms and low back and
neck pain does Chiropractic work on?"
The list is long and can help solve many
surprising problems that plague modernday
society. Chiropractic has helped to
stop headaches (including migraines),
asthma and allergies, heartburn, irritable
bowel syndrome and bladder problems,
prostate and female problems to name a
few. It doesn’t work oneveryone, but then
medicine doesn’t either. Be skeptical, be
careful, choose your doctor(s) wall, but
give it a try.
I don’t just use Chiropractic. I also use
accupuncture and the latest exercise, nutrition,
nutraceutieals, and supplementation
in order to help the body heal. In
addition, I also workin concert withmany
of my M.D. and D.O. friends to get my
patients the help they need. What bothers
me the most is that many of the patients I
treat havehad prior surgeries andmedical
treatments for their back and neck problems.
They never consulted a Chiropractor
before they had the invasive treatments.
Yet, here they are, still in pain in
my office for conservative Chiropractic
What’s wrong with this picture? Well,
I’m not a junior Einstein, but it seems I
would try the Chiropractic approach before
I let someone stick a 10-inch needle
intomy spine or cut out someofmy spinal
bones. This, again, seems too simple. What
if Chiropractic is just what youneed to get
well, and you don’t try it?? Grasp it!!
Dr. Michael Gorman practices in the
Tulsa area at 4775 S. Harvard, Suite C,
712-5514.He is a Board Certified Chiropractor
and Accupuncturist, has a B.S.
degree in Nutrition. He also is an active
bodybuilder, and does fitness, nutrition,
and supplement counseling.
Y
There was a day when summers were _"
slow times for the arts but that can no ¯
longer really be said. From June 13 - 22, "
Bartlesvitlc, Oklahoma becomes one of ¯
the best places in the country for classical ."
music. That town’s
Community Center,
designed in the manner
of famous architect,
Frank Lloyd
Wright, may be ugly
but it has great acoustics.
It is the primary
site for performances
of the OK Mozart International
Festival at
which you can hear,
Mozart, of course, but
many other composers
presented by worldclass
performers. This
year, Itzhak Perlman
and English actress,
Claire Bloom are perhaps
the most famous
names but all performers are worthy of :
your attention. For ticket and other infor- ¯
marion, call: 918-336-9800. "
Later in the month, Philbrook Museum ¯
will open its show on contemporary Venezuelanart:
Nortedel Sur. 16 artists work- "
ing in almost every medium will display ¯
some Of the richness of this other Ameri- ¯
can culture. A number of lectures and "
guided tours (in Sp~sh as wall as in ¯
English) will be given as well. Call for :
details: 748-5309. Philbrook will also be "
continuing its summer tr~adition of films :
on the lawn. The gates open at 7pm for :
picnics and the films begin at 9pro ($3/ ¯
Scannone,
Angelitos, 1995, Philbrook Museum
of Art, Norte del Sur: Venezuelan Art
Today, June 22th throughAugust 17th
members, $5/non-members). The first in . youth. For information, call: 49.2-8863.
the series, "Broadway Hits That Became
Hollywood Home Runs!" is Arsenic and
Old Lace, directed by Frank Capra and
starring the ever gay and charming Cary
Grant.
Beginning in June,
Philbrook will display
paintingsfromBacone
College, a native
-American institution
founded in Muskogee
.tin.1881. Since-1935
wi~h the beginning of
Bacone’s Art Departmerit,
the college has
been animportantcenter
for native Ameri-
Summerstage 1997
whichusually happens
later in the season is
being held in June because
the Tulsa Performing
Arts Center
willbeclosedforbadly
.neededrenovations. MostofSummerstage
is reruns: Always...Patsy Cline and Forever
Plaid (again) but Six Degrees of
Separation is new tO Tulsa, unlike Grease
broughtbackby thenot-very-Gay-friendly
Celebrity Attractions.
Last but not least, longtime Tulsa art
teacher and artist, Opel Thorpe is having
a retrospective show of works from 1917
to 1997 at the Oklahoma Art Workshops,
6953 So. 66th E. Ave. through June &
July. The show not only honors a remarkable
person but also benefits Youth Services
of Tulsa which has programs to
assist Lesbian, Gay, Bi and questioning
749-7941
Sponsored by OTGO Petroleum Corporation -
Contemporary Consortium- Oklahoma A~ts Council.
Organized by CALARA Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela.
$5/GUEST @ THE GATE, 18+
EMAIL: BLKWHTPRTY@AOL.COM
FROM THE KIDZ @ BLACK-& WHITE CHARITIES
benefiting Tulsa Area AIDS Agencies
June 13, 14 & 15
Warren Place Doubletree Hotel
Dinner or Brunch, Cash Bar & Performance
Tickets on sale at 596-7111 or 584-2000. Outside Tulsa, call 800-364-7111.
SixDegrees ofSeparation
by John Guare, Presented by Theatre Pops, Randall Whalen, director
Preview Performance to Benefit
TOHWThe Pride Center
$8 advance, $10 at the door
Wednesday, June 18th, 8pm
Liddy Doenges Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Tickets available at the Pride Picnic, at the Pride Store, 1307 i=. 38th St.,
2nd floor, and at the door. Info: 583-1248.
This Summerstage 1997 production is made possible through the assistance of
the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust, and the Oklahoma Arts Council.
I~= SUNDAYS
Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th,583-7815
Community of Hope (United Methodist), Service - 6pro, 1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Service - 11am, 1703 E. 2rid, 749-0595
Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church
Adult Sunday School, 9:15 Service;~ 1:1 am, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
Metropolitan Cbmmunity Church ofGreater Tulsa
Service, 10:45am, 1623 North Maplewood; Info:838,~1715
PrimeTimers
Social group for men, 1st Sun/each too. 4-6pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
University of Tulsa Bisexual/Lesbian/GayiTransgendered Alliance
Not active this summer. Meets at the Canterbury Ctr., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
~ MONDAYS
HIT Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appointment required.
Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm Results: 7-9pro, Info: 742-2927
PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays
2nd Mon/each too. 6:30pro, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S Harvard
Gay & Lesbian Book Discussion Group, Borders Bookstore
1st MoWeach month, 7:30pro, 2740 E. 21st, 712-9955, July Book is Mcrcedcs
Lackey’s Magic’s Pawn
Womens Literature Discussion Group, Borders Bookstore
3rd MoWeach month, 7:30pm, 2740 E. 21st, 712-9955
Mixed Volleyball, 6:30pm, Helmerich Park, 71st &~Riverside, 587-6557
Unity Lambda Al-anon, 7:30pm, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
~ TUESDAYS
Lesbian Mothers Support Group, 2nd÷4th Tues/ea. mo. 7pm, 1307 E.
HIT+ Support Group, HIT Resource Consortium 1:30 pm
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-I, Info: Wanda @ 749-4i94
Shanti-Tulsa, Inc. HIT/AIDS Support Group, and Friends & Family HIT?AIDS
Support Group- 7 pm, L~cations. call: 749=7898
*~= WEDNESDAYS
Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center
Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Family OfFaithMCC PraiseiPrayer-6:30pm, Choir-7:30,5451-E S. Mingo. 622,1441
TNAAPP, Tulsa Native American AIDS Prevention Project
Gay/Bi Native American Mens Group, 6 pm, , 1703 E. 2nd, 582-7225, 584-49K3
TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for scheduled events.
lnfo: 631-7632 or Jeremyat 712-1600
~=-THURSDAYS
Co-Dependency Support Grou.pf 7:30 Family of Faith, 5451E S. Mingo, 622-1441
HOPE, HIT Outreach’ Prevention, Education
Anonymous HIT Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pm, Results: 7 - 9pro, Info: 742-2927
Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN)
SupportJsocial group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 663-7272
Tulsa Family Chorale, Weekly practice - 9:30pro, Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
From Our Hearts to Our House, 1 lpm, 3rd Thurs/each too. Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIT/AIDS 4154 S. Harvard,
Ste. G, 3-4:30pm, Info: 749-4194
~ FRIDAYS
SafeHaven, Young Adults Social Group, l st Fri/eachmo. 8pro, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th
Arts Coffeehouse, Poetry readings & art display, June 20th, 8-10pro, Pride Ctr.,
Call Mary for more information: 743-6740
~ SATURDAYS
St. Jerome’s Church, Mass - 6 pm Garden Chapel, 3841 S. Peoria, Info: 742-6227
Narcotics Anonymous, 11 pro, Community of Hope,1703 E. 2nd, Info:--585-1800
Fun Night at the Center, Board games, videos, June 28th, 6-10pro, Prid~Ctr.
Call Kathy for more information:~ 749-2883
~ OTHER GROUPS
T.U.LS.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 838-1222
Womens Supper Club, Call for info: 584-2978
SENSES, Society for Exploring New Sensations, Educating & Socializing
l_~ave message for Kathy, 743-4297
OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organization. Rides: Short Ride, 6/25,
6:30pro; Long Ride, 6/28, 7am; Short Rides, 7/2+ 7/9, 6:30pro; Long Rides, 7/5 +
7/12,. All rides start at Ziegler Park Recreation Center, 3903 W. 4th St.,
]:
READ ALL ABOUT IT
revtewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
Here is anew approach: instead
of clogging the bookshelves
with another coming
out book, AIDS drama or title
thatpits gays against religious
political extremists, author
MichaelThomas Ford has created
a book to help people
who have just acknowledged
that they are gay. It could easily
be called Gay 101, and is a
simple, basic guide to items
of interest to gays of either
gender.
There are many short chapters,
withheadings like "Finding
the Gay Community,"
"What Does Being Gay
Mean?" and "Do I Have to
Like Judy Garland?"- In between
these chapters, there are
brief profiles of famous gays
and "portraits" of gay life in a
handful ofmajor NorthAmerican
cities.
The format is meant to be
used in an informal way. The
author advises the reader to
skip around, reading sections
of interest, instead of reading
thebook cover to cover. Turning
to almost any section, a
fun and interesting world will
open to those readers who are
exploring their sexual orientation.
Fordincludes "top ten"
lists for a variety of subjects,
including "10 Cities with Significant
Gay and Lesbian
Populations," "10 Things You
CanDoto FightHomophobia"
and "10 Colleges and Universities
Popular with Gay Students.’"
One interesting chapter is ’%Vhy Do
¯
Some People Hate Us?: Homophobia."
¯ Here, Ford gets down to the basics: "Hundreds
of gay women and men are beaten
Hundreds of
gay women and
men are beaten
up and killed
every year, just
because someone
doesn’t llke
them. More are
injured in far
less obvious
ways. There are
entire polltleal
eampalgns
backed by millions
of dollars
just to get laws
passed that say
~ay people
cannot have
equal !~roteetlon
and equal
rlghts...
We have to
learn how not
to let
homophobh
prevent us from
living proudly
and happily as
gay people.
June 15th, from 4ish to sunset. The statewide
Pride Parade will be preceded by
several events on Sunday, June 22 at
Memorial Park, NW 35th & Classen.
There will be an Ecumenical Pride Worship
Service, followed by a Holy Union
Ceremony at lpm conducted by The Rev.
Kathy McCallie. At 1:45, apolitical rally
is plannedby OGLPC, theOklahomaGay
& Lesbian Political Caucus, with Paul
Barby, Candidate for US Congress, 5th
District andMaryKatherine Smotherman,
Candidate for US Congress, 6th District
Oklahoma, speaking. Sen. Bemest Cain
of OKC will read a Senate Proclamation
honoring the Gay Pride Parade. Then the
Parade Line-up (first come, first lined up)
will start at 3pro, and the Parade itself will
kick off at 4pm (more or less). For more
information, call the Pride Center Helpline
at 743-4297.
Saint Aidan’s
4045 NO. Cincinnati, 425-7882
The Episcopal Church
Welcomes You
up and killed every year, just
because someone doesn’t like
them. More are injured in far
less obvious ways. There are
entire political campaigns
backed by millions of dollars
just to get laws passed that say
gay people cannot have equal
protection and equal
fights...We have to learn how
not to let homophobia prevent
us from living proudly and
happily as gay people." Ford
highlights "important reasons
why all of us have to be aware
of homophobia and how to
confront it."
Ford tosses in some etymology
in the chapter "What
Does Being Gay Mean?"Most
people know that ’lesbian"
comes from Sappho’s Greek
island Lesbos, but it’s a bit
unsettling to realize that "faggot"
actually refers to ’~he
bundles of wood used as kindling
to get fires burning. In
medieval times, gaymenwere
often burned to death by tying
them to a stake surrounded by
a pile of wood."
"The World Out There" is
primarily targeted at young
adults who are adjusting to
their sexual orientation. Those
world-weary readers will
yawn through much Of this
book, but if they search, they
too will find some absorbing
facts and bits of interest.
Check for ’The World Out
There" and other books of interest
at your local branch library,
or call the Readers Ser-
¯ vices department at 596-7966
¯
of faith from around the country. The
¯ collection is a visible representation of
those persons who have been barred from
¯ serving their faith communities because
of their sexual orientation.
¯ Presbyterians for Lesbian!Gay Con-
" cems (PLGC) will host a luncheon ($10)
on June 27 at 11am at the Chapman Actlwlaes
Center North Patio at the University
of Tulsa which will feature Scott
Anderson.speaking about the latest developments
in PLGC efforts to act as advocates
for Gay & Lesbian Presbyterians.
The organization will also have a booth at
the Tri-Presbytery Gathering. PLGC,
Oklahoma Chapter began in February
1996. They brought to Tulsa, Stillwater
and OKC, last May, the Rev. Janie Spahr,
a Lesbian evangelist and Virginia
Davidson, former Vice Moderator of the
Presbyterian governing body, the General
Assembly. For more information about
PLGC Oklahoma, write to POB 54606,
OKC, 73154.
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Unitarian-Universalist
1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314
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TFN Food Critic : A wide variety of appetizers are avail-
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the traditional trek to Denny’s
for the ritual family meal.
There’s a popular place in
Tulsa where one can comfortably
take thewholefamily and
still get a decent-meal out of
the bargain. Whether it’s the
kids’ treat or a place to take a
more mature dad, everyone
will behappy with the Spudder
Restaurant.
Hidden away in an old, convetted
Sirloin Stockade on
50th Street just one block east
of Sheridan, long time Tulsa
favorite Spudder takes its oil
field theme seriously, and a
tall drilling rig is assembled
outside the front entrance. The
aromas of grilling meats wafting
tantalizingly through the
air will quickly entice the undecided
to enter the unpretentious
building.
Upon entering the dining
room, one is immediately hit
with a sensory overload of
colorful oil field and gas station
memorabilia. The kids
will love the old gasoline staffonpumps,
lights, andoil company
signs from around the
state and the wortd. Walls are
also filled with old photographs
of the oil patch, and
even the tables have photos
and newspaper clippings
decoupaged on their top surfaces.
And, for some unexplained
reason (a great garage
sale bargain perhaps??), the
occasional marlin is mounted
and hanging on the walls. Back by the
open charcoal grill is a large refrigerated
case displaying the meats soon to become
dinner.
Diners are greeted by youthful and
friendly waiters attired in blue overalls
With bright red shirts underneath, who
efficiently provide the dinner service during
the evening. On our recent visit, we
approvingly noticed several waiters tendin:
to tables where things needed doing,
regardless as to whether or not that table
as that waater s responsibility. So, while
not trained in the art of degant service,
cheerful service comes from every angle,
and a patron need not go long for drink
refills, having plates removed, or other
necessary tasks. Another service surprise
was the pre-set flatware--two knives, two
forks, and three spoons. Had they only
laced them on the tables instead of wraping
them up in a napkin, we would have
been orgasmic with glee!~
This restaurant wants all of its diners to
be well fed and go away stuffed. None of
that a la carte thing here,-every entree
comes with the house potato soup (a thin
soup with chunks of potato and celery, a
distinct chive taste, and a mild, peppery
bite), house salad, and baked potato with
all of the trimmings. After taking the
dinner orders, the waiters come back to
the table beating an old, black tin lunch
pail, which serves as the bread basket
The
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Mon Thurs
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Fri- Sat
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Rat~n~:
A li t
back ribs ($6.95).
Spudder, in true Oklahoma
style, is basically a stealdaouse.
So, the entree choices are filled
with all types and cuts ofbeefsteak
ranging from the ribeye
at $13.95 to a 22-ounceTbone
at $22.95. For an additional
$1.50, a choice of santeed
mushrooms and onions,
cognac sauce, or cracked peppercorns
can be added to the
steak. Other animals make
their way on to the menu as
well, such as the pork chops,
$12.95, lamb chops, $20.95,
and grilled chicken, $11.95.
There are also a couple of fish
and shrimp selections available,
but as we wandered
through the dining room on
the night of our visit, we did
not see a single plate of seafood.
Spudder’s non--vegetarian
patrom~hre there for the
steak. "
When our :sirloin strips and
rib-eyes arrived hot and sizzling
at the ~tble, we were all
quite pleasant with what we
found. EachCcut of beef was
very thickl3~ cut and glistenin_
g with_juices, and, as we
sliced and tasted our way into
the tender meat, we were so
pleased to find the taste of
aged beef, simply charcoaled
and grilled well. No hickory
smoke, no mesquite smoke,
and none of those Lebanese
marinades which overpoweringly
pervade the meat at so
many of Tulsa’s local stenkhouses.
Not forgetting the kiddies in the 12 and
under set, a Junior Oilman dinner for
$4.95 gives the children their choice of
fried shrimp, chicken fingers, ground sirloin,
or a pork chop.
Stuffed and happy as we were at the
conclusion of our meals, wehad to try out
the dessert selections. At Spudder, the
choices are simple and inexpensive--all
$2.95--and include two types of fruit cobbler,
the ubiquitous cheesecake, and a
rocky road chocolate mousse cake. Our
cute, dimpled waiter said his favorite dessert
was the mousse cake, so we suecumbed
and ordered one slice to share
amongst the whole table. It arrived, frozen
solid, and full of marskmallows and
peanuts, obviously a commercially prepared
dessert. We weren’t overly fond of
it, but reminded ourselves that it was only
$2.95, so we didn’t complain.
A small wine list is available, mostly
consisting of the popular Californialabels
and some minor French appellations. Imported
beers seemed to be more of what
the largely male clientele chose to drink.
All in all, an evening at Spudder is a
pleasant experience, and is suitable for
family dining all times of the year. Alas,
they don’t take reservations, so look for a
bit of a wait on Father’s Day; nevertheless,
this is a place where we wouldn’t
mind waiting.
This failure makes an attenuated!vaccine
worth studying, say federal health officials,
if only for the dues it may offer for
creating other, safer vaccines. But they
show little interest in giving a crippled
form of HIV to people. "That will be a
very hard sdl," said Dr. Carole Heilman,
associate director ofthe Division ofAIDS
at the National Institute of Allergy Infectious
Diseases.
Those who believe in this approach -
and Desrosiers says thenumbers are growing
- aclcmowledge the need to be extremely
cautious, but they are frustrated
that safety worries have blocked its development
almost entirely. They agree that
even a small chanceofan adversereaction
may make this vaccine too hazardous for
the general U.S. population, which is at
little risk of AIDS. But for those at high
risk - young gay men and drug addicts in
the United States and millions of adults in
other parts of the world - the benefit of
evading AIDS may well outweigh any
hazards.
"Our concern is five years down the
road, what if none of the current vaccine
candidates work, but we continue to have
a raging epidemic?" said Dr. Margaret
Johnston, head of the Rockefeller
Foundation’s international AIDS vaccine
initiative. "We need to be able to make a
decision about whether thi s will go into
humans based on data."
To help get this information, her organization
plans tO finance a $1 million-ayear
study, involving perhaps 200 monkeys,
to look at the long-term health effects.
Others would like to start giving the
human version of the vaccine to small
groups of volunteers right mvay. Sullivan
proposes trying it out first on terminally
ill cancer patients. While this would not
prove it prevents AIDS, the experiment
would at least offer some initial information
about how the body responds to it.
Dr. Charles Farthing, medical director
of the AIDS Healthcare Fomadation in
Los Angeles, is talking about recruiting a
group of doctors who would take it them-
.selves., without bothering with regulatory
agenoes or hospital committees. "We’ve
got to be courageous," Farthing said. "If
20 or 100 doctors are willing to give this
to each other, certainly we can do a trial
with young gay men at risk in this coun-
Another idea is to convince a country in
Africa Or Asia, where the need .is dearly
much greater, to manufacture the vaccine
and carry out large-scale testing with outside
help. Desrosiers and others plan to go
to Africa this spring to talk it over with
scienusts and government officials. Supporters
concede this, too, may be a hard
sell. Africans will naturally wonder why
they should inject themselves with a vaccine
that is deemed too dangerous for
Americans to take,
Once human experiments start,
Desrosiers estimates it will take another
decade to prove the vaccine safe and effective.
"Even the most vocal opponent
would argue this is the best vaccine you
could make," he said. "The big issue is
safety, safety, safety.’"
Heiress/HIVActivist
Blasts Doctors
DETROIT (AP) - Heiress Mary Fisher,
who galvanized the past two Republican
National Conventions by describing her
fight against AIDS, is accusing the medical
profession of apathy toward the epidemic.
The daughter of Michigan multimil.~ ~,.
lionaire Max Fisher and longtime GOP
activist contracted the virus from her late
ex-husband. Ms. Fisher has spentmuch of
the past five years campaigning for AIDS
awareness and the aggressive pursuit of a
cure.
But in remarks delivered on her behalf
Thursday to graduates of the Wayne State
University School of Medicine in Detroit,
Ms, Fisher said her dealings with the
medical profession have left her "frnstr~
ited to the point of rage"
"MaiT’Fisher, the girl next door, the
blond Republican, the woman who produces
encouraging photographs and delivers
inspiring speeches - Mary Fisher is
struggling to care about whether she lives
or dies," she wrote in a letter read aloud to
the graduates by Deborah Dingell, president
of the General Motors Foundation.
Ms. Fisher, 49, attacked doctors "’whose
primary purpose in life is to secure enough
money to perfect ... long putts and slippery
chip shots." Too many physicians
hav~ refusedto treat AIDS patients out of
fear their practices will be harmed, and
too many have failed to keep abreast of
new developments in AIDS research, she
wrote. "I’ve visited far too many physicians
in recent years who passed their
finals but failed to keep learning," wrote
Ms. Fisher, who lives in Nyack, N.Y. "As
a result, I knew more about myhealth than
they did... What such physicians cured
was not my disease, but my confidence in
doctors."
Her spokesman, James Heynen, said
Ms. Fisher is not dying. "She’s OK.... She
iust hurts," Heynen toldThe DetroitNews
m a report published Friday. "She’s sad,
she’s sick, she’s emgry.’"
Teenage HIV/AIDS
Educators
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Christopher
Blount is no stranger to the dangers of
AIDS. He’s known three people who died
from it. He works for a program that sends
a mobile home into Newark’s housing
projects and other communities to offer
literature, condoms and free HIV testing.
He gets tested regularly. Christopher
Blount is 17 years old.
That puts him in an age group increasingly
at risk of contracting the disease.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
figure that as many as half the
estimated 40,000 to 80,000new HIV cases
each year are in people under 25. This is in
spite of the fact that they are growing up
m an era when AIDS prevention messages
are all around them, on billboards
and television and in the schools.
Part of the problem, medical experts
and young people say, is the natural inclination
of young people to believe in their
own invincibility. "There are too many
kids that are hardheaded, nonchalant,"
Blount said. "They’re not willing ’to accept
what’s going, on.’"
And they say that while the message is
out there it is not being taught well enough
to reach the people who need to hear it.
"’Prevention can work, but we don’t have
the will fiscally and politically to do what
it takes. Thepreventionmessages wehave
are ineffective," said Dr. Robert Johnson,
director of the division at the University
of Medicine and Dentistry of NewJersey
that runs the mobile testing program.
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"Clearly, we are not doing a good
enough job," said Dr. Marcia Sokol-
Anderson, assistant professor in the Division
of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
at the St. Louis University Medical
School. "We don’t know the best way to
approach this group." Although 39 states
offer training on how to address everything
from Condom use and HIV testing to
sexual behavior, only 31 percent of those
who teach AIDS prevention in schools
were trained, the CDC said in September.
TheCDCalso found thatmore ilian half
ofAIDS-preventionprograms were taught
as part of another class, such as biology,
rather than a health education course. In
most of those cases teachers only covered
basic facts about the disease. Many teachers
tiptoed around the issue of how to use
a condom, with only 37.1% of health
education teachers offeringinstruction and
15.2% of other teachers talking about it.
A White House report in March said
that although most school systems provide
some AIDS education, many prohibit
discussion of sexual intercourse,
homosexuality and condom use. "We are
offering abstinence as an opraon, but that’s
not the realistic option," said Dr. Mark
Katz of Kaiser Permanente of Southern
California, a health maintenance orgauization.
"We’re hampered by the religious
and. political obstruction to the idea that
kids have sex."
Workers in the UMDNJ mobile testing
program hand out condoms and try to
educate young people, but Johnson says
he focuses on getting those who are at
high risk tested. CDC figures show the
Newark metropolitan area has the seventh-
highest AIDS rate in the country,
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1996. In the state, that figure is second
only to the neighboring Jersey City-
Hudson County area, which had 97.7 new
cases per 100,000 people last year, third
in the nation. The national average is 34.1
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When contacted, Turnbo stated to aTOHR
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changes in the conference, but that he
(Tumbo) was unwilling to do so. He also
flatly refused to discuss his.reasons for
not including Lesbians and Gay men.
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: cases per. i00,000 people.
¯ There are no firm figures for AIDS
." cases among Newark teens, but Johnson
¯ -estimates there are between800 and 1,000
¯ HIV-positive teenagers in the city. "We
: have to find the kids who are infected and
: treat them," Johnson said. "If a kid is
: sexually active, get him tested. That is
¯ sound from a health point of view."
: Mustafa Harper, a 19-year-old worker
¯ in Johnson’s program, says it’s easier to
persuade people his own age to get tested
i than to preach to them. "It’s hard to tell
¯ teen-agers about abstinence," he said. "If
¯ they’vebeenhavingsexforyears, they’re
¯¯ going to stop now.’?" But director James
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¯ has had some success in getting young
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¯ teen-agers to speak to teen-agers. ¯
On a recent trip though the city’s hous-
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¯ red mobile home was surrounded by ¯
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¯ theydidaskingpeopletogettested, some-
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¯ ity sensitive," he said. "~ou need to build ¯
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¯ cultures."
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Transvestite. I’m 26, 5’9. with Brown hair and
Blue eyes. You should be clean, nice, and
fun. I hope we can have a long term
relationship. (Tulsa) =$0728
! FRIEND INDBED This very
attractive, 21
year old, Black
male, 5’11,
want to make some
good friends. (Tulsa)
~r30941
need a woman’s touch? I’m a 40
Tron.sgender, hoping to someday become a
complete woman. I love to play the feminine role
and give pleasure to men, over 40, in every
way. Race is unimportant. (Tulsa) ~!019S
man is good to find. This sensual, sexy, Bi male,
Transvestite, 42, 6ft, 1701bs, seeks B men 35 to
70, of all races. Let’s meet. (Tu so) =29954
TULSA TWO STEPPER Show me around town
and teach me the West Coast Sw ng. I’m a young
leaking, 34year old, Hispanic male, 5’4, 1251bs,
with Brown hair and eyes. I’m pretty new to town
and want to make friends. I love to dance and
can two step with the best of them. I’m a big fan
of coun~ music, movies, and love people. Let’s
meat. (Tulsa) ~29334
JUST BE1WEEN YOU AND ME I want to get
close to someone who is able to hove a
relationship without letling anyone else know
about it. I’m a flood looking, 27 year old
Married, Bi ma’[e. (l"ulso) =29225 ’
CARESS AND CUDDLE COWBOY This 24
year old, recenlty Divorced, cowboy, seeks a
man who might be interested in a relationship.
i’m a good leaking bull rider with a nice build,
5’11, with Brown hair and Hazel eyes. I’m new
TO this scene and like to kiss, caress, and cuddle.
(Tulsa) e28662
MAD FOR MASCUUNE MEN I’m looking to
; and have good times with, other ~’e’ or Bi, White moles~ between 18
e area. I m a good Fooking, Gay,
¯ 33, 6’1, 1651bs, with short Brown
k before you
=28669
CLEAN CUT CONSERVATISM I’m a White
male in my late forties. I’m looking for a very
discreet male to get tegether with. You should be
clean cut, conservative, no older than me. I enjoy
collecting books and jraveling. Let’s share our’
values and goals and see where that leads.
DisCretion is vitel. (Tulsa) =28803
END MY WAIT This old fashioned, romantic i~
looking for companionship and love from you.
Please call soon. (Tulsa) =14264
SERVICl IS MY BUSINESS This young
leaking, ~2 year old, White male,.seeks ~irile,
mascufine men. I have a good build tom frequent
workouts and daily jogs. (Tulsa) e28323
MY WIFE’S IN THE DARK I want to have
some fun with another man but my wife can’t
know anythingabout it. I’m 27 and good leaking
Call if you’re [un and can be discreet. (Tulsa)
=28503
TRUE IN TULSA I’m a masculine, muscular 21
year old~ Block male, 5’7, 1951bs, with BlocJ~’
hair, and Brown eyes, looking for new friends to
hang out with. I don’t do drugs or smoke, but
occasionally go out for drinks. I have lots of other
interests such as working out. Let’s meat and see
what happens. (Tulsa) =13047
TAKE OFF MY SASH I’m Mr. Tulsa Renegade,
and I w~nt to have some fun. I’m a very hot,
leather. I’ve been a runner up in the Mr.
Oklahoma Leather contest the last two years. Find
out what’s so hot about me. Call now. (Tulsa)
-=2S161
MY FIRST EXPERIENCE I"m 28 years old
Single White male, 6’, 1951b, Brown hair, Hazel
~es, mu~ular legs. Looking to meat someone
Iween the age 20 to 33. Must be Bisexual or
Straight to help me with my first experience with a
man. (Tulsa) =21939 ~
BLUE COWBOY This 55 year old,~ Wh te
male, cowboy, and businessman, would like to
meat a younger top man, betwean 35 and 55, to
live wilfi me in rural southeast Oklahoma. I’m
5’6, 1401bs, with short, thick Silver hair, striking
Blue eyes, and a mustache. You should be well
put together and desire this type of lifestyle.
=9612
BACK TO SCHOOL I’m into sports,
*navies, and the outdoors and I’d like to
meet a womyn who can share these
interests with me. I’m a 25 year old, "
While female, 5’6, 1701bs, with short
Brown hair and Brown eyes. I have a
:allege degree but am about to go back tc
~choal to get another. You should be
~etwean 25 and 35, and fun loving.
(Tulsa~ ~|4~6
TULSA TEMPTRESS This 26 year old,
White femaJe, seaks an outgoing, open
minded, Single~ Bi fema e, 21 to 38 for a
l~ssibfe liv~ in ~-elationship. i"m ~sl~cia~
interested in a wamyn witfi Red hair and"
Blue eyes who’s a casual drinker. I love to
play pool, dance, bowl go to movies
malls, and parks. (Tulsa) ~34531 ’
SPARE TIME I’m a Married¯ BI, female.
My husband is an executive so he is out of
town most of the time. I want to meat a
womyn to have fun with. I en ay going out
dancing, dining~ and traveling. Let’s
dance the night away. (Tulsa) ~31086
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I re a Bi female with a lot to give. Let’s get
together ~ight away. (Tulsa) e30318
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outdoors. You should also be interested in~
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Female, 5’1, 1201bs, with shoul~r’iength,
Red hair and Green eyes. (Tulsa)
e30358
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Quiet Life Despite Lawsuit
: Serving Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Famllle~ + Friends
The National Conference ! Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
i DoesAntI-Blas Group Discriminate?
Unmarried OKCouples iAudra Sommers’ Food
May Lose Right to Adopt : Pantr~ Benefit Starts Early
OKLA~-IOMA CItY -- Unmm~ied couples would no : TULSA - Local Diva Audra Sommers is well Imown for
1o~.~have therlght to adopt .c~.d~anader Oklahoma : suc~essfal bealellt shows she organizes for area chmld~. Her
i Prime Timers’ Affair of the
: Heartto Benefit Pride Center
i Tulsa PFLAG to Host
i Regional Conference
i Doesn’t Seem to Work
HONOLULU (AP) - Thnothy McVeigh was back
at wodc at’tea" a federal judge ot’de~l the sailor
Sporkin nded from W,ash~t~,~oa~ .ti~.,t the Navy had
an upcoming Chfisa-~ party.
Oscar’s 70! Benefit for
Local AIDS Charities
TULSA - Follies R~va¢, Catholic Charities, aad
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine
*Boston Willy’ s Diner, 1742 S. BostOn
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
*Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S..Peoria
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston
*Jason’ s Deft, 15th & Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*The Palate Cafe & Catering, 33240 E. 31st
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Samson & Delilah Restaurant, 10 E. Fifth
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
*Umbertos Pizzeria, 21st west of Harvard
832-1269
592-2143
744-0896
583-6666
749-4511
585-313~
599-7777
749-1563
745-9899
745-9998
585,2221
834-4234
585-3405
660-0856
584-130[
599-9999
Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals
Advanced Wireless & PCS, Digital Cellular 747-1508
*Affinity News, 8120 E. 21 610-8510
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor 746-4620
*Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-503z
Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15 .712-1122
*Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 712-9955
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 S. Peoria 743-5272
*CD Warehouse, 3807c S. Peoria 746-0313
Don Carlton Honda, 4141 S. Memorial " 622-3636
Don Carton Mitsubishi, 46th & Memorial 665-6595
Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902,.743-4117
Commtmity Cleaning, Kerby Baker 622-0700
*Daisy Exchange, E. 15th 746-0440
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
*Deeo to Disco, 3212 E 15th "" 749-3620
*Devena’ s Gallery, 13 Brady .587-2611
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria 744-5556
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan 838-8503
*Ross Edward Salon, 2447 E. 15th 584-0337, 712-9379
*Floral Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria 744-9595
*Gloria Jean’ s Gourmet Coffee, 1758 E.: 21st 742-1460
Leanne M. Gross, Insurance &financial planning 459-9349
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney ’, ~ 744-7440
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111
*International Tours 341-6866
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th 712-2750
*Jared’s Antiques, 1602 E. 15th 582-3018
David Kauskey, Country Club Barbering 747-0236
*Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15. 59%8070
Kelly Kirby, CPA, PUB 14011, 74159 747-5466
Langley Agency & Salon, 1316 E. 36th P1. 749-5533
Laredo Crossing, 1519 E. 15th 585-1555
*Living ArtSpace, 19 E. Brady 585-1234
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3 - 584-3112
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720cE. 31 ’- 663-5934
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 Place 664-2951
*Novel Idea Bookstore, 51st & Harvard :: 747-6711
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste..633 747-7672
*Peace of Mind Bookstore, 1401 ~ 15 583-1090.
The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor : 743-4297
Puppy Pause II, llth & MAngo 838-7626
Rainbowzon the RiverB+B,POB 696, 74101 747-5932
Richard’s Carpet Cleaning 834-0617
Scott Robison’s Prescriptions, see ad for 3.:locations, 743-2351
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921,747-4746
Christopher Spradling, attorney, 616 S. Main, #308 582-7748
*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 749-6301
~Sedona Health.Foods,8220 S. Haryard ....... 481-0201
*Sophronia’s Antiques, 1515 E. 15 592-2887
*Tickled Pink, 3340 S. Peoria 697-0017.
*Triz~a’s Pots, 1448 S. Delaware 743-7687
*Tulsa Book Exchange; 3749 S.-Peoria .....742-2007
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis 481-0558
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling 743-1733
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis 592-0767
Tulsa Organizations, Churches, & Universities
AIDS WalkTulsa, PUB 1071, 74101-1071 579~9593 ."
*All SOulS Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria 743-2363 ."
Black&White, Inc. PUB 14001,Tulsa74159 587-7314 ."
Bless The Lord atAIl Times’Christian Center, 2207 E. 6 583-7815 ¯
*B/L/GFF Alfta~ee, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Cir. 583-9780 ."
*Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 616 S.Boston 585=1201 ."
*Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th Pl. & Florence ."
*CommunityofHopeUnitedMethodist, 1703 E.2nd 585-1800 ¯
*Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595 ."
*Church.oftheRestomtionUU,1314N.Greenwood 587-1314 "
918.231.7372, fax: 583.4615, POB 4140~ Tulsa, OK 74159
e-maih TulsaNews@ earthlink.net
wobsite: http:/lusers.aol.com/TulsaNewsl
Publisher + Editor: Tom Neal
Entertainment Diva + Mac Guru: James Christjohn
Writers + contributors: Leanne Gross, Barry Hensley, Jean-Pierre
Legrandbouehe. Lamont Linstrom. Kerry Lobel, Judy
McCormick, Josh Whetseli, Member o! The Associated Press
Issued on or before the 1 st of each month, the entire contents of this
]~blieation are protected by US copyright 1997 by Ttdn,t ~:...~.
N,w~and may not be reproduced either in whole or in part without
written permission from the publisher. Publication of a name or
photo does not indicate a person’s sexual orientation. Correspondence
is assumed to be for publication unless_otherwise noted, must
be signed & becomes the sole property of TtJ~ut ~~ta~9."" Nva,:.
Each reader is entitled to 4 eopies of each edition at dishibution
points. Additional copies are available by calling 231-7372. .
*Delaware Playhouse, 1511 S. Delaware 712-193~
*Democratic Headquarters, 3930 E. 31 742-2457
Dignity/integrity-Lesbian/Gay Catholics/Episeopal. 298-4648
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441
*Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777
*Free SpiritWomen’ s Center, call for location&info: 587-4669
Friend ForA Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827
Friends in Unity Social Org., POB 8542, 74101 582-0438
*HIT ER Center, 4138 Chas. Page Blvd. 583-6611
*HIT Resource Consortium, 3507 E. Admiral 834 4194
HOPE (TOHR), H_IV Outreach, Prevention, Education
1307 E. 38, 2rid ft. 712-1600, HOPE/TOHR Anonymous
HIT Testing Site, Mon/Thurs. eve. 7-9pro, call 834-8378
*House of the Holy Spirit Minslaies, 3210e So. Nonvood
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
*MCC.of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715
NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 748-3111
NOW, Nat’ 10rg. for Women, POB 14068,74159 365-5658
OK Spokes Club (bieyding), POB 9165, 74157
*Our House, 1114 S. Quaker 584-7960
PFLAG, POB 5.2800, 74152 749-4901
*Planned Parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria 587-7674
*The Pride Center, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor, 74105 743-4297
Pdme~Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152 ,..
*R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network 749-4195
Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159 665-5174
*Red Rock Mental Center, 1724 E. 8 584-2325
O’RYAN, support group for 18-24 LGBT young adults
O’RYAN, Jr. support group for 14-17 LGBT youth
t. Aidan s Episcopal Church, 4045 N. Cincinnati 425-7882
St. Jerome’s Parish Church, 205 W. King 582-3088
*Shanti Hotline & HIV/AIDS Services 749-7898
TNAAPP(Native American men), Indian Health Care 582-7225
Tulsa County Health Department, 4616 E. 15 595-4105
Confidential HIV Testing - by appt. on Thursdays only
TulsaOkla. for Human Rights, c/o The PddeCenter 743-4297
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222
*Tulsa City Hall, Ground Floor Vestibule
*Tulsa Commlmity College Campuses
*Rogers University (formerly UCT)
BARTLESVILLE
*BartlesvillePublic Library, 600 S: Johnstone 918-337-5353
NORMAN
*Borders Books & Music, 300 Norman Center 405-573-4907
OKLAHOMA CITY
*Borders Books &Music, 3209NWExpressway 405-848-2667
501-253-7734
.501-253-7457
501-253-6807
o501-253-5445
501-253~9337 ~
" 501-253-2776
501-253-5332
501-624-6646
501-253-6001
Call for Caymans Boycott
Out & About, the Gay travd newsletter,
has called .for a boycott of the Grand
Cayman Islands following their governments,
decision to ban Gay Lesbian tourists.
Please call the Grand Cayman Islands
Tourism Office (on their dime) at
800-346-3313 and tell them what you
thinkabouttheirgovernmentturningaway
Gay tourists. Even if you weren’t planrang
on a Caribbean vacation, every call
to the Grand Cayman’s tourism board
cost themmoney, 500 calls would effectively
erasew_h,a,_,t an average couplemight
spend in a week s vacation! Explain why
you are calling andbe polite- 800 numbers
sometimes get your home address
and phone number!
Remember that a boycott is not an angry
or vengeful act, but a tool At the other
end of the telephone will be employees
and residents of the Grand Cayman Islands,
but not the person(s) directly responsible
for the ban on Gay tourism.
- Mark Haile, Los Angeles
Editor’s note: for more information on
this issue, see the News stories onpage 4.
A fifth-grader writes:
I am a fifth grade student in California. I
amdoing areportonOklahomaand would
like to ask your readers if they would be
kind enough to help me. I would like to
receive apost card withafact about Oklahomaand/
orathoughtaboutwhatit is like
to live there. I think that it will be important
in my report to hear the thoughts of
people that live in Oklahoma. The responses
will begreatly appreciated. Thank
you for your time and effort.
....Maya Cohn-Stone
¯" TAHLEQUAH ."
: *Stonewall League, call for information: 918-456-7900 :
: *TahlequahUnitarian-UnivetsalistChurch 918-456:7900-:
: *Green Country AIDS Coalition, POB 1570 918-453=9360 :
¯ NSU School of Optometry, 1001 N. Grand ¯ : HIVtesting every other Tues. 5:30-8:30, call for date ¯
: EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
: *Auttmm Breeze Restaurant, Hwy. 23 :
: *Jim & Brent’s BiStro, 173 S. Main :
¯ DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. ."
¯Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St.
MCC of the Living Spring ¯
Geek to Go!, PC Specialist, POB 429 :
Old Jailhouse Lodging, 15 Montgomery
Positive Idea Marketing Plans
Sparky’s; Hwy. 62 East
,.
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS ¯
¯Edna’s, 9 S. School Ave. 501-442-2845
¯ indicates a distribution point. Listed businesses are not all Gay-owned ¯
but wekome Lesbian/Gay/Bt& Traus communities. ¯
Editor’s note: any reader who wouM like
to send Maya a postcard may send it to
Maya Cohn-Stone, c/o TFN, POB 4140,
Tulsa 74159.
GLAAI~~ (~alls for Action on Ellen
ABC needs to know how much the
impact of this show has had on ~e Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender eommtmityandourfamilies
and friends. Don’t
let the voice of a radical fundamentalist
minority be the only one that ABC hears.
Let the network know how having apositive
portrayal of a Lesbian lead character
onprimetime television has affected your
life and the lives of those dose to you.
GLAAD has learned that the decision
from ABC on whether or not to renew
Ellen for another season may happen as
early as.next week. Ellen has broken precedent
after precedent by bringing
America a honest, funny and poignant
look at Ellen Morgan and in doing so, at
Lesbians and Gay men everywhere.
~ tt is essential,that the. community and
our friends rally around the television
every Wednesday and support the show.
Since she and her character emergedfrom
the closet, Ellen DeGeneres has become
an unstoppable force in figh.ling for equal
rights. Ellen has brought the real experience
of the Lesbian and Gay community
to milftons of viewers seeGLAAD,p.13
Letters Policy
Tulsa Family News wdeomes letters on
issues whichwe’ve covered or on issues
you think’fi~l to be considered. Youmay
request that your name be withheld but
letters mustbe signed&have phonenumbers,
or be hand delivered. 200 word letters
are preferred. Letters to other publications
will be printed as is appropriate.
The "Saint" + Her Sidekick
Get Their Revenge :
by Tom Neal, editor and Democrat Candidate
~for Tulsa City Council District Four "
If you all haven’t figured it out yet, one of the values ¯
whichguides this newspaper isahigh regard for the truth. "
We don’t claim that we always get it fight, but it is our ¯
goal. Unlike some in our community, we fLrmly believe ¯
that the benefits ofopendialogue and debatefar outweigh "
the friction that comes from the process. :
And toward that goal, we have, at one time or another, ¯
enraged some members of this community. We believe -"
they are mostly few in number but they are some ofour "
more ~wealthy, self-impct.rtant, and, in. a0few cases, profoundly
unethical -if not dishonest - members. These ¯
latter are the types who Seem.to believe that because of
their wealth or influence that the rest of us shouldjust go "
along with whatever they think is best. Indeed. ¯
It’s likely that this editorial will anger these folks again. ¯
Pity. Sometimes we act much like.the folks in the tale of
the emperor’s new clothes,we all know better, butwejust
pretend things are not what they are because we don’t
want to anger someone or because weavoid.conflict, etc.
All this is preamble to the question of why a Lesbian
and Gay political action committee, Cimarron Alliance
Group has refused even token support to an openly Gay.
Tulsa’city council candidate (this walter).
You just have to wonder what they were thinking?
Y.ou’d think that an organization dedicated to improving
the political conditions for Oklahoma’s Lesbian and Gay
.communities would, jump at the-chance to support a
candidatewhowash tjustafriendto our communities but
actually was one of us. A candidate whose record of
working for.fairness and equality for our communities
can rival most others in this city. Especiall,_y.why would
they hold back, when at this very_time, they ve commited
to expand into Tulsa? ~,:~
The answer lies in a few. Tulsaus who would put
persoaality over principle. Cimarron is an Oklahoma
City organization whose leadership admit that they know
littleabout Tulsa~ Theyhave dependedontheirhandful of
Tulsa members toinformthem,aboutour.city. Several of
these may be counted as our mos~ dedicated, ethical and
devoted community leaders. Unfortunately, afew are are .
equally dedicated but doenmentably unprincipled. And ¯
these latter have pursued their personal vendettas. :
But despite the pettiness of these two, the failure is on .
Cimarron’s part. The organization.behaved mostly in an ¯
unprofessional manner. It’s g~fi~ly been considered "
goodform to allow one who’s b~Seh~ hccused to respond to .
charges, if not actually to confront his/her accusers. _"
(Certainly this is acourtesy we’ve extendedin print to the :
critics of this newspaper, idcluding to the individuals to ¯
whom we refer.) Yet, Cimarron took the word of these "
people without providing an opportunity for response, :
and I suspect, without questioning the individuals as to :
any bias on their parts. .
Furthermore, repeated inquiries made to several indi- "
viduals in the organization about getting support were .
simply left unanswered for two months. Only after sev- ¯
eral calls.to officers about this lack ofresponsiveness, did "
the organization change its .behavior.
In all political races, there are questions of "viability",
that is, is this a candidate who really has a chance of
getting elected. And one of the key issues of viability is
getting funding. This is a challenge for all candidates but
especially for minority and non-establishment ones.
Indeed Cimarron officers say they have an obligation
to be thefirst to support-their own if only because no one -
else may at first. They cite their support for a Lesbian in
an Oklahoma City area race who was not deemed to have
a chance but whom they supported because they felt the
obligation to help their own.
But inTulsa;it seems therules are different. Andagain,
apparently, ordinary manners are lacking. After making
a trip to OKC to discuss the campaign with Cimarron’s
"pick" committee, you’d think at least the courtesy of a
phonecall toinformacandidateoftheirdecision, whether
in favoror opposed, wouldhayebeen in order. We’re still
wailing.
Cimarron will notbecome a credible organizationuntil
it puts principles before personalities and until operal~s
professionally. And as for the "saint" and her sidekick,
many in Tulsa appreciate the good you have done but are
on to your shenanigans. We don’t like how you operate.
For us, the end does not ultimately justify the means.
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights board members
and staffheld a goal-setting andplanning retreat at the
Episcopal Conference Grounds near Lake Fort Gibson.
¯ by Kerry Lobel, executive director ¯
¯. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force ¯
¯ Right now I’m really missing noted futurist Jeanne
-" Dixon. Jeanne, now deceased, used to make sweeping ¯
: predictions about the intimate lives of celebrities as well ¯
¯ as events that would shape the year to come. While I’ll
miss her predictions, we don’t have to predict the future
: to shape it. Weneed only to look to some ofthe events that ¯
ended 1997 for proof.
¯¯ In November, President Clinton’s Hate Crimes Sum- "
mit brought together 200 leaders from around the country ¯
¯ In.an effort to wage acampaign against bias violence. The "
¯ summit ended nearly a ten year effort by groups like the "
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Anti- :
-" Defamation League to bring hate crimes to national ."
." recognition. This historic moment was rooted in longterm
work and commitment. ¯
¯ In December, a judge ruled that two gay men may
i jointly adopt a child in-their care. The judge recoguize~i ."
¯ their commitment to their relationship and to th~ child.
¯ We need only to look to the hundreds of thousands of ¯
Gay, Les~an, Bisexual and Transgendered couples and,
single l~tr~nts ~t have raised"childrefioveith~ last 40 .
i years. Politicallyandculturallytheseparentshavemoved,
our society forward, resulting in this moment. ¯
When a Hawaii Court rules on same-gender marriage "
sore.eti,me early this year, it will very possibly change our.:
"society s view of same=gender marriage forever. The
courage of.the Hawaii marriage plaintiffs, the hard work ¯
of Hawaii organizers hround sovereignty and Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgendered issues, the dedication ."
ofthe legal staff at Lambda Legal Defeuse and Education :
Fund, and efforts by hundreds oflocal, state and national ¯
organizations lay the foundation for the ruling. :
When Maine voters go to the polls in February, it will :
be to hold onto their civil rights bill. Maine activists have ¯
already beat back a discriminatory ballot measure. That :
winning-coalition resulted in a bill passed by the state "
legislature in 1997 that banned discrimination based on "_
sexual orientation. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans- ¯
gendered activists and their allies have steadily trans- "
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Some Rainbow Business Guild members gather atone o
heorgantzat~on s lastevents. Co-prestdentDenntsArnoh
says the group’s ne~t’meeting will be in Mitrcli.
formed the Maine landscape but the Right-wing conservatives
wofi’t give up. Neither will the Mainers.
In every city and in every town, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual
.and Trausgendered people are creating change and shaping
Our history. Most of them do not think of themselves
as more remarkable or more talented than their friends or
neighbors. And in truth, they’re not.
But they do feel called - called on to right a wrong, to
tell a truth instead of an omission or lie, and to act instead
of stand by. For some it is to come to visibility to friends,
family or colleagues. To others it is to interrupt a
homophobi.cjoke or comment or to advocate for changes
in their companies policies or practices. And for still
others, it is to pass anti-discrimination laws in their town
or state. These combined efforts have fundamentally
changed society as we know it.
Most every American feels like they know a Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgendered person. Face it,
Ellen and the over 20 gay characters .on television and
several film characters have helpedwith this effort.
Politicians courttheGLBT voters. AS the Victory Fund
will attest, tee?reincreasingly becoming electedof~cials..
We need only look to the Congressional campaigns of
Christine Kehoe, Tammy Baldwin and Margarethe
Cammermeyer to realize that we have the capacity to
make public policy in entirely new forums.
’More and more laws benefiting the Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgenderedcommunity are being introduced
in state legislatures. The Federation of Statewide
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trausgendered Political Organizations,
coordinated by the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force, is an unprecedented gathering of statewide
groups led by a dynamic executivecommittee.
An energized and mobilized Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual
and Transgendered community that works to build coalitions
with other communities is an unstoppable force for
change. We don’t need Jeanne Dixon or the futurists, to
predict our future.
With each of our actions now, we write the list of
accomplishments for our movement in 1998, 1999 and
the next decade.
no hope and no sense of family for any child, especially
one who desperately needs it. "And while there are many
fine single parents out there, the best situation for: any
child- especially an adopted.one- is a two-parent, stable
and loving home."
Rep. Pope told Tulsa Family News that despite "the
aberrant and deviantlifestyles ofhomosexuals" the target
of the bill was not adoption by Gay couples. When
questioned about whether high rate of divorce might
indicate that marriage was no guarantee of "stability,"
Pope agreed but suggested that statistically married
couples were still more "stable." Pope also stated that the
idea for this .bill came from Gov. Keating’s staff at a
recent leadership conference.
Pope suggested single-parent families are ill-equipped
to cope with myriad social and emotional problems such
as poverty,juvenile crime, teen-age suicide, alcoholism,
drug abuse, etc."We need to guarantee more for adopted
children," he asserted. Lawmakers will begin considering
Pope’s legislation when the 1998 session begins
Monday, Feb. 2.
Mixed Reception for
Lesbian & Gay Travelers
(AP) - American Airlines has five sales representafives
specifically marketing to Gay travelers, but the
carrier won’ t extend health benefits to Gay employees’
domestic partners.
St. Maarten is trying to attract Gay visitors to its
sandy beaches, while its Caribbean neighbor, Grand
Cayman, refused to allow a cruise ship carrying Gay
passengers to dock for the day.
Sought after for their tourist dollars, Gay and
Lesbian travelers find that in some circles they are
still shunned. For.instance, Sandals, which runs.lO
couples-0nly resorts in Jamaica and other Caribbean
islands, only allows heterosexual couples as a matter
of policy.
"I constantly remind myself where we’ ve come
andhow fast we’ ve come as a community," said John
d’ Alessandro, president of the International Gay and
Lesbian Travel Association. "We are no longer illegal.
The question of Us being’ sick’ has gone away
completely. But the fact is people grew up in an
environment where we’ re not an accepted crowd.
Today we are, but it’ s going to take people some
time."
The Cayman Islands this month refused to allow a
cruise ship chartered for about 850 Gay men to make
’a one-day stop in port, saying "careful research and
priorexperience has led us to conclude that we cannot
count on the group to uphold the standards of appropriate
behavior."
In contrast, the island of St. Maarten in the Netherlands
Antilles welcomes Gay travelers and will be
advertising, this year in Out magazine. "We’re lookingat
various niche markets and one of those niche
markets would be the homosexual market," said
ReginaLaBega, director ofmarketing for St. Maarten.
"They do have the discretionary income, and they
spend, and we haven’ t had any problems with homosexuals
- or any other group - coming to theisland."
The IGLTA estimates that Gay and Lesbians account
for nearly 10 percent of the $200 billion that
Americans Spend annually on business and leisure
travel. With that sort of spending power, the travel
industry has increasingly put out the welcome matfor
homosexual travelers.One result is that the IGLTA,
founded in 1983 with 25 tour operators and travel
agentmembers, reached about 600 members by 1992
and today boasts nearly 1,400 members, including
the Avis and National car rental chains, the philadelphiaConvention
and Visitor’s Bureau, the Australia
tourism council, and most of the major U.S. airlines,
with the exception of Delta.and TWA.
"In the last five years, major tourism organizations
and countries have come to realize the dollar value Of
the Gay market," said David Alport, publisher of the
Gay travd newsletter OUt & About. ’¢rhere’s no
question that tourism is an economically driven segment
of the business-world."
But even while courting the niche market, some
companies still wrestle with their own issues involving
Gay employees. American Airlines added five
employees to its 100-person marketing department to
focus soldy on the Gay community. The airline is an
active member of the IGLTA, has added sexual
orientation to its nondiscrimination policy, allows
group discounts for people traveling to Gay and
Lesbian conventions and donates money to orgamzations
important in the Gay community.
Despite the marketing effort that brings in about
$150 millioninnew revenue annually, the airline still
doesn’t extend spousal travel privileges and pension
programs to partners of Gay employees. In fact, no
U.S.-based airline does.
’q~here’ s some measure ofhypocrisy, butin r,e~lity,
all progress is made one step at a time," Alport said.
Five years ago, none of the airlines allowed a Gay
person to sign up their partner for a lounge dub
program or transfer a frequent flier award to a significant
other. Many of the airlines have since changed
those policies. "American may not offer every sort of
benefit for its Gay employees, but they are doing so
much more than the vast majority of compames out
there," Alport said. "Sometimes, recognizing the
value of your employees is the last step a company
will take."
Out & About, which has 10,000 subscribers, recently
rated several airlines on their Gay-friendliness.
Only the foreign-based British _Airways and
Virgin Atlantic scored an ’A,’ and even they don’t
offerhealth and insurance benefits to Gay employees.
Indeed, American and United Airlines - the only U.S.
airline to advertise in a national Gay magazine with
its "United with pride" ads -joined a lawsuit filed on
behalf of 25 airlines last year that sought to block a
San Francisco law that would force airlines that fly
into the city into adopting domestic partner.plans.
American spokeswomanAndreaRadar doesn’ t see
that as a dichotomy. The Gay-friendly marketing
campaign and the lack ofdomestic benefits are "two
entirely different issues," she said.
The lawsuit is "a broader issue of what a city can tell
an airline to do in terms of how it operates," Redar
said.
As for why American - and the other U.S. carriers
- don’ t follow some major companies like American
Express Co. and the Walt Disney Co. in offering
domestic partner benefits, Radar said it has been
proposedby the airlines Gay and Lesbian employees’
group and was "being studied."
There is no doubt that companies that appear Gayfriendly
set themselves up for criticism by conservafives.
SouthernBaptistleaders have asked thechurch’ s
15 million members to boycott Disney, in part because
of the domesticbenefits and other Gay-friendly
policies.
American gets it from both sides. "We have been
criticized by some family organizations for marketing
to Gay and Lesbian groups and by Gay and
Lesbian employees who would clearly like this matter
to move more quickly," Radar said. "If both Sides
are complaining.., you’ ve probably got it right," she
added.
And certainly, with some doors still closed, Gay
travelers are grateful for the recognition they have
been getting from the travel industry. "Every consumer
is viewed by people selling to it as just that, a
consumer. If someone recognizes my value as a
consumer and that’s the first step to recognizing my
value as a person, then I’ll accept that," Alport said.
"Often the dollar is the way that people are heard."
Gay Kids at CA Capitol
SACRAMENTO (AP) - About 200 Gay youths ralliedWednesday
at the state Capitol to demandproteetions
against harassment of homosexual or bisexual
students at school.
’q’here are no state policies that make our schools
accountable to the needs of Lesbian, Gay, bisexual,
and trans-gendered youth. We demand that the state
Legislature work to stop the violence and harassment
that queer youth face," said Ellen McCormick of
LIFE Lobby, which sponsored-the event.
The youths participated in a noon rally and other
events that were part of the group’s third annual
YouthLobby Day. Organizers said this year’s agenda
was shaped by students’ stories of harassment and by
defeat last year of a bill aimed at protecting students
against discrimination in public schools on the basis
of their sexual orientation.
Themeasure was authored by Assemblywoman
Sheila Kuehl, a Santa Monica Democrat who was the
state’s first openly Gay legislator. Kuehl said that if
lawmakers truly listened to students’ stories, they
would "not in good conscience be able to deny them
equal protection." Assemblywoman Carole Migden,
a SanFrancisco Democrat who is another openly Gay
legislator, addressed the rally, telling youths she is
supportive of their cause.
Activists also said they were seeking allocation of
state funds for training teachers, counselors and other
school staff about harassment and violence prevention,
crisis intervention, conflict resolution, and Gay
issues. In addition, the group requested allocation of
money for research on violence and harassment in
California’s schools and the needs of Gay youth.
Activists claimed Gay youths are almost two times
more likely than their peers to have been in a fight,
more than four limes more likely to have skipped
school because of feeling unsafe, more than twice as
likely to have been threatened or injured with a
weaponat school andnearly four times morelikely to
have attempted suicide.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Same-sex couples who
were forbidden from attending a high school prom
will be allowed to go following a challenge by two
female homosexual students. The two students at
Marshall HighSchool askedprincipal JohnBordano
last week if same-sex parmers could attend the
senior prom together. They were told only opposite-
sex partners were allowed to attend.
"Thereis alargeGay communityat Marshall and
it really hurt me," Katherine Stanfield, 17, one of
the students who challenged the rule, was quoted
as saying in Wednesday’s San Antonio Express-
News. "Wehave rightsjustlike everyone else," she
said. "Gays and Lesbians aren’t heterosexuals, but
they should have rights, too."
The policy of selling couple tickets for dates of
the opposite sex came about after the school had a
problem with groups of boys going to the prom and
flirting with thefemale dates ofotherboys, Bordano
said. School officials also worried about gang
activity if large groups attended the function together.
Inresponse to the girls’ complaints,Bordanomet
Tuesday with the student leaders - the presidents of
the senior and junior classes, the student council
president and editors of the school newspaper - to
get their input.
-They agreed each senior should be allowed to
. buy two tickets and take whomever they choose to
the dance. "We never had an intention to discriminate
against anybody," Bordano said. "We talked
about it and we’re going to do something about it
now." Chris Duke, editor-in-chief of the student
newspaper the Rampage, said the new policy also
is good for students who don’t have prom dates.
"People who wouldn’t normally go because they
didn’t have dates could go," Duke said. "Every
senior who wants to go can buy two tickets."
Bordano said if he receives complaints from
parents about same-sex couples attending, he can’t
help it. ’q’hat’s society as it is," the principal said.
’q2mse kids don’t feel uncomfortable with it and
they’re the leaders of our campus."
Ellen’s Mom on TV:
Support Your Kids!
WASHINGTON(AP) -Every motherlikes to brag
about her children. Ellen DeGeneres’ mother is
getting to do it on national television. Betty
DeGeneres stars in a 30-second television adurging
parents to offer loving support to their Gay
children.
"Hello; myname is Betty DeGeneres andmy kid
is the greatest. You know her. She’s Ellen - and
she’s Gay," Mrs. DeGeneres says in the public
service announcement as she and a group of children
build a huge American flag out of red, white
andblueboxes. "For too long, GayAmericans have
suffered discrimination," she says. "As long as our
sons and daughters are excluded from the basic
protection of law, we must share that burden- as a
family."
Ellen DeGeneres made a splash onher television
Show, "Ellen," in an episode in which her character
declared she was Gay. Mrs. DeGeneres, 67, made
the commercial as part of her duties as a spokeswomanfor
theHumanRights Campaign,oneof the
nation’s largest Gay political groups.
Mrs. DeGeneres will be in Portland, Maine,
Saturday to support Gay rights in advance of the
Feb. 10 referendum trying to block the state’s antidiscrimination
law. She said she is enjoying the
job, and believes her appearances and the "Ellen"
episode have helped parents accept their Gay childrenmorewholeheartedly.
’Tmhearingfrom young
people - especially since Ellen’s coming out episode-
that their parents are more accepting," Mrs.
DeGeneres said. ’q~hey’re seeing a positive image.
for the first time instead of all this negativity," she
said.
Elizabeth Birch, the group’s executive director,
said, "Gay people report that one of the most
wrenching things in their lives, among all the things
they have to confront, is being honest and open
¯ with their own family members... So, what Betty
¯
brings to this is this compassionate voice coupled
: withcommon seuse why everyone should embrace
¯ thorGayandLesbian children," BirchsaidWednes-
: day.
: The 30-second spot will be distributed to televi-
¯¯ sion stations nationwide, HRC spokesman David
Smith said. It will include special coding that will
: allow the group to track where and how often it is
¯ aired.
:i
DAto Fight Hate Crimes
¯ NEWORT.F.ANS (AP)- Louisiana’s Gay commu-
: nity has found a powerful ally to lobby the state’s
," district attorneys and push proposed legislation.
: Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry Connick
¯ saidTuesday he will convene a task force ofleaders
: from the New Orleans Gay and Lesbian commu-
: nity and top city officials.
: In a press release, Conuick also committed to
¯ hdp.ing Gay groups lobby the Louisiana District
¯ Attorneys Association and help find sponsors for
: proposed legislation arising from the task force
¯ meetings. "My office stands for the fair and equal
¯ treatment of all our citizens, regardless of their
: race, age, sex, sexual orientation, religion or ha-
¯ tional origin," Connick saidin therelease. Connick
¯ also pledged to continue sensitivity training for his
: staffers.
¯ The task force- including Police Superintendent
: Richard Pennington, the mayor’s office and other
¯ officials of the justice system - will meet Feb. 12.
: That meeting will discuss the constitutionality of
¯ the crime against nature state law. Homosexual
¯ groups contend the law has been used by some law
¯ enforcement ageneies to discriminate againstGays ¯
and Lesbians. Connick saidrecentpassage ofanew
¯ state law calling for stiffer penalties for crimes
¯ motivated by a victim’s race or sexual preference, ¯
knownas hate crimes, indicate statewideinterestin
: the issue.
Lesbian Moms Fight
Each Other for Daughter
¯ DENTON, Texas (AP) - A jury will decide next
¯ week on a custody battle between two womenover
", a 5-year-old girl, and its verdict could set a Texas
: precedent. Sharon Banghman, 38, became preg-
: nant with the child by artificial insemination. Her
¯ former lover, 37-year-old Sylvia Benavides, 37,
: took part in the conception. The couple raised the
¯ girl for four years before separating in November
: 1996. Now, each woman claims rights to the girl.
¯ Ms. Baughman is asking.Judge Phillip Vick to
: take visitationrights from Ms. Benavides. Ms.
: Benavides, in ram, is asking for full custody of the
¯ child. If the woman who loses the case appeals to a ¯
¯ higher court - which is likely - the appellate decision will make Texas case law. It would be the
~ only case law in any state that addresses the issues
¯ of the lawsuit.
: Appellate bourts in two other states have sent
: similar cases back to state judges who denied
~ standing to bring a custody suit to the female
: partner of the birth mother.
¯ Attorneys brought several witnesses who de-
: scribed the women’s lifestyles, friends and the kind
: of care each gave the child. Friends testified that
¯ Ms. Benavides was a good parent and the child
: called her "Morn." Ellen Pesserillo, Ms.
: Banghman’s attorney, brought wituesses who told
: of Ms. Benavides’ hostility to outsiders, her vio-
¯ lence and their fears that she would run away with
: the little girl.
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Pastor Fights for Gays
." LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The suspended pastor at
¯ First United Methodist Church in Omaha said he
¯ wants to get back in the pulpit, but he will continue
: fighting for the right to perform marriage-like
¯ ceremonies for homosexuals. "It’s not possible for
; me to work on reconciliation (with members of the
¯ church) while I’m not connected with the congre-
¯ gation," see News, page 15
Monkey Study
Shows Promise
NEWYORK(AP) - Monkeys got unusually
mild infections from a cousin of the
AIDS virus after scientists gave some of
their blood cells a geue ,to interfere with
the virus’ reproduction. Thefindings lend
support to the idea of treating HIV-infected
peoplewith such gene therapy. The
monkeys studied were infected with the
simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV.
Those treated with the gene therapy
showed much less virus in their bodies
and f~r less damage to their lymph nodes.
¯ They also showed no drop in their blood
counts ofdiseasc-fightingCD4cells, while
untreated ~nimals showed a steep decline.
The inserted gene bloeked chemical
"orders" issued by two SIV. genes to infected
cells. With those orders stymied,
the virus couldn’treproduce. So the treated
cells became "a dead end for that virus,"
said Richard Morgan, an author of the
study inthe February issue of thejournal
Nature Medicine. He is aresearcher at the
National HumanGenome Research Institute,
part of the National Institutes of
Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
Researchers treated three rhesus
macaques. They drew blood from the animals,
inserted the gene into CD4 cells,
and returned them. A week later, the
animals were deliberately infected with
SIV. At that time, only about 2 percent to
10 percent of CD4 cells in the treated
animals’ blood carried the therapeutic
gene. But that was enough to dampen the
infection.
Morgan speculated that those relativdy
few cells may have proved especially
attractive to SIV because they had been
"activated:’ or turned on to fight germs,
during the treatment. SIVprefers to infect
activated ceils. The treated ceilsmayhave
acted like sponges, taking in virus but not
alloWing it to make any progeny to get
back out again, Morgan suggested.
Dr. Gary Nabel of the University of
Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, who is also studying gene
therapyforHIV infection, calledthemonkey
work encouraging. But he cautioned
that the implication for human therapy
isn’t clear.
Anti-AIDS Gene
May Help Infants
CHICAGO (AP) - A gene mutation that
slows the progression of AIDS in adults
also helps newborns fend off AIDS-related
illnesses if they hav_e caught HIV
from their mothers before or during birth,
a new study found.
"It doesn’t mean that they will not be
infected, but there is a significant delay in
the appearance of clinicaland biological
symptoms," said Dr. Michdi-e Misrahi
in a telephone interview Monday from
Paris, where she is a professor of biochemistry
and molecular biology at the
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche
Medicale. The mutation, which
occurs on a gene called CCRS, is believed
to be absent in blacks and Asians but
present in 10 percent to 15 percent of
Caucasians, Misrahi said.
In the study, HIV-infected newborns
with themutation stayedillness-freemuch
longer than infants who lacked the mutation,
the researchers reported in today’s
issue of The Journal of the American
Medical Association~ By age 8; only 11%
of HIV-infected babies with the mutation
had suffered serious AIDS-related mala-
¯ dies, such as severe bacterial illnesses,
¯ compared with49% ofbabies who lacked
: the mutation, the researchers said.
¯ The finding will have no immediate
: impact on preventing or treating AIDS,
: but it co.uld help scientists develop new
¯ ".d~ugs to combine with antiviral medi-
¯ ctnes in an effort to prevent or kill HIV
-" infectioninnewborns, theresearchers said.
¯ Such a treatment would help all races
: because it would give them the biological
¯ advantage now afforded only by the gene
¯ mutation, a U.S. researcher said.
: In the United States, about 500 babies
: ofHIV-infectedmother~ hrcborn with the
: virus each year. In developing ~,ountries
¯ the rateis more than 300,000 a year and is
: still increasing. Without treatment, more
: than 25 percent of HIV-positive mothers
: will pass the disease to their ncwborus.
¯ With current-anti-viral drugs, the rate is
: about 8 percent.
: An expert with the National Cancer
¯ Institute said the French study is the first
¯ to show that a geue mutation can slow
: HIV-disease progression in newborns as
: well as in adults. "It looks like the effect
: could actually be a little stronger in these
¯ children," said Dr. Thomas R. O’Brien, a
." senior researcher and viral epidemiolo-
¯ gist who was not involved in the work.
¯¯ "But it’s only a single study, so it’s hard to
know whether that will prove to be the
¯ case," he added in a telephone interview
: Monday.
¯ Two otheT types ofgenemutations have ¯
been shown to be protective in varying
¯ degrees in adults, and more may exist, he
¯ said. The study included data from 52
¯ French medical centers on 512 newborns ¯
born to HIV-infected mothers between
¯ 1983 and 1996. Some 276 of the new-
; barns were infected, researchers said.
Insurer Accused of
HIV Discrimination
¯ CHICAGO (AP) - Mutual of Omaha In-
¯ surance Co. was sued Wedesday for al-
: legedly placing illegal limits on HIV-
: related health-eare coverage. The lawsuit
¯ contends such caps violate the Americans
-" with Disabilities Act and the Illinois Insurance
Code.
¯ Lambda Legal Defense and Education
: Fund and the AIDS Legal Council of
: Chicago filed their suit in U.S. District
¯. Court on behalf of two HIV-positive Chi-
¯ cago-area men, whosenames were kept ¯
secret. "Mutual of Omaha caps HIV-re-
: lated care at a fraction of the amount
¯ allowed for other illnesses or conditions.
¯ This discrimination severely limits ac- ¯
cess to standard, lifesaving therapies and
¯. is illegal," said Heather C. Sawyer, an
¯ attorney for Lambda.
¯ Mutual spokesman Jim Nolan said the
: company hadnot yet seen the suit, andhad
¯ no comment.
¯ Lambda and the council said one of the ¯
men’s policy caps his lifetime benefits for
¯
HIV-related conditions at $25,000 and
: the other man has a $100,000 cap. The
¯ statement said this was in contrast to $1 ¯
million cap that Muttml of Omaha would
: allow they needed care for other medical
: conditions.. The lawsuit claims the caps
¯ have forced the men to consider going ¯
without therapies that could prolong their
¯ lives. The lawsuit seeks an end to such
¯ limits. It also seeks to have the men corn-
¯ pensated for any damages they have suf-
: feted but does not specify an amount.
¯ Lambda is a New York-based national
¯ organizationthat works for the civil rights
of Gays and people with HIV and AIDS.
: Wash. St. Tracking
: Not Needed for HIV
: OLYMPIA (AP) - Health experts say
¯ Washington state can accurately monitor
¯ the spread of the AIDS virus without
: using thenames ofthose whoare infected.
¯ Instead, they are recommending a system
¯ using some type of unique identifier code
: for each person’ who tests positive for
¯ HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. °
." Advisers to Gay. Gary Locke say this
¯ alternative wouldallow health officials to
i cpoeollpelcet,sar_ig~hattsetodaptraivwacityhiomutdtchornefaitdeennintig-
: ality. Members of a governor’s advisory
." council voted Tuesday for an alternative
¯ to a name-based system. The vote fol-
¯ lowed months of sometimes contentious
." public hearings about whether health of-
: ficials should change their methods, of
¯ fighting-the disease. Currently, the state
: tracks AIDS patients by name but does
: not require people who test positive for
¯ HIV to provide their names.
¯ Improvements in AIDS-resistant drugs
¯ and the first drop in new AIDS cases,
." however, haveled many health experts to
: call for a name-based system to track
¯ everyone who tests positive for HIV.
¯ Advocates said it would present a better
:, picture of the epidemic and thus would
¯ allow health officials toreachmorepeople
¯ who may-have.been infected with HIV.
¯ Opponents arguedthatfewerpeople would
: seek testing and treatment for the virus
¯¯ unless their anonymity were guaranteed.
The Governor’s Advisory Council on
¯ HIV-AIDS met at a hotel in SeaTac on
." Tuesday. Within a few days they plan to
¯ present two things to Locke: A report that
¯ includes informationonboth name-based
¯ and identifier systems, and a letter that
¯ includes the council’s preference.
The council voted 14-4 in favor of a
: system that does not use people’s names.
¯ One member did not vote. Locke has not
¯ yet indicated which system he wants state
¯ health officials to pursue, policy adviser
." Duane Thurman said. ’q’he spirit of the
." meeting this morning emphasizes that
¯ there’s not one right answer," Thurman
: said. "It’s a very difficult issue."
¯" State Health Secretary Bruce Miyahara
; urged the council torecommendanAIDS-
¯ tracking system that includes names.
¯ While acknowledging security concerns,
; he said health experts should be allowed
¯ to reevaluate their strategies to keep up
¯ with the epidemic. "It’s part of the matur-
¯ ing of this disease," he said. "At this point
: in time, we feel names reporting is a
¯ legitimate issue to put on the table."
¯ As public policy director of the North-
" west AIDS Foundation, Steve Johnson
¯ helped lead the fight for an alternative to
¯ a system that uses names. Most people
¯ who testified at public hearings said they
." wouldn’t get tested for HIV if they knew
; their names would be used, he said. "It’s
¯ time to explore the major components of
¯ how a unique-identifier system would be
; established," Johnson said.
¯ Such a system would probably include
¯ age, gender, race, county of residence,
: andinformahon abouthow apersonmight
_" have been exposed to HIV, he said.
¯ Johnson, whoplannedtomeetwithLocke
¯ on Wednesday, said he would restate the
¯ Northwest AIDS Foundation’s opposi-
." tion to aname-based system. He also said
¯ health officials - not legislators shonld
¯ address the issue.
: Council Chairman Jack Jourden diS-
: agreed with Johnson, but he noted the
¯ council’s report provides Locke with a
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Even though I min the minority, I don t
feel I lost anything because there was a
series of hearings around the state.., to
allow inputby infected and affected communities,"
he said. "The governor will
benefitfrom that input, so the council- as
a. conduit of information - did its job,"
Jourden said.
Dr. Bob Wood, AIDS control officer
for the Seattle-King County Department
of Public Health, said using names to
monitor AIDS helps authorities track the
epidemic more acourately. "If public
health can’t get the names, we can’t be
proactive," he said. "We have to .wait for
people to come to us."
Nearly 30 states have name-based HIV
reporfing,.and two - Maryland and Texas
- use umque identifiers. The national
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
recently reported on the Maryland
and Texas experiments with unique idendriers.
The account noted several prob-
Jems, including incomplete codes, difficulty
in conducting follow-up on specific
cases and the absence of behavioral risk
data. "A lot of labs either didn’t have the
data to make up the unique code, or they
didn’t do it right," Wood said.
Johnson criticized the report, however,
saying the CDC had not invested enough
money to help make sure an anonymous
tracking system could be effective.
Fewer HIV
Infections in SF
,SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The number
ofnew HIV infectious has dropped during
the past rive years, and a smaller percentage
of Gay. and bise:~ual men are living
with the disease, the city’s health department
says.
The Consensus Report on HIV Preva- ¯
lence report, issued Tuesday, estimates ."
that there will be 500 new HIV infections "
in 1998, two-thirds of them among Gay
and bisexual men. The last report - pub- ¯
lished in 1992 - estimated 1,000 new ,
infections per year, 650 of them among
Gay and bisexual men. ¯
The current report also found that 30
percent of the city’s estimated 43,100 "
Gay and bisexual men are HIV-positive, ¯
down from 43 percent in the 1992 report.
"The new (report) shows that Gay and .
bisexual men’s efforts to change our be-
¯ -.HIV reports until recently. They worried
¯ that fear about breaches of confidentiality
would deter people from getting tested
: hnd receiving early treatment.
." But the consensus appears to be shifting
in support of reporting. Successful
; new drug treatments are reducing AIDS
i deaths and delaying for years the onset of
. AIDS-relatedillnesses. Whilethisisgreat
¯ news for HIV patients, it means knowl-
: edge of the epidemic’s extent lags many
," years behind the actual spread of the in-
" fection.
: Public health officials ~want,to know
: where H!V, the virus that causes AIDS,is
: prevalent in Alaska- in which segments
¯ of the population, andin which regions so
: they can target spending on prevention.
: "We’re getting a picture of the epidemic
: many y.ears ago and where the infection
¯ was going then," said Noel Rea, a public
: health specialist with the state’s AIDS
" program. "We need to know who are the
." most at-riskpopulations and who needs to
: be targeted now." State officials also are
¯ concernedthatdecliningnumbers ofAIDS
deaths might make people think the disease
has been curbed, when in fact it
continues to spread.
Twenty-eight states have changed their
policies in recent years to require HIV
reporting for adults. The states with the
largest incidence of HIV infection, including
New York and California, have
not changed their policies but are reconsidering
them.
HIV reporting would require changing
state regulations. That’s been recommendedby
the state Department ofHealth
and Social Services, said Rea. After a
review by state lawyers, the proposal will
be openfor public comment with possible
adoption this summer, he said.
The head of an Anchorage group that
works with some 250 H’IV-positive patients
says she is tom about the idea. It’s
important to get a better picture of the
disease’s patterns, said Andrea Nenzel,
executive director of the Alaskan AIDS
Assistance Association. But at the same
time, she said, the lack of sympathy towardpeople
withHIVinAnchorage, compared
with some other cities, could discoura,
ge testing. "In this commtmity,
there s still a very high level of discrimination
and ostracizing that goes on,"
Nenzel said.
haviorhavepaid off," saidDanWohlfeiler,
spokesman for the STOP AIDS Project. San F.raneiseo: HIV "The epidemicis not over, however, and we want to make sure that we don’t lose Trackln _reposed
any of the ground that we’ve won."i SANFRANCISCO(AP)-Doctors should
Thereport, basedonaMay 1997 survey report all patients with HIV, notjust those
of local AIDS experts, said the improve- with full-blown AIDS, a new report sugments
were mainly the result of more ¯
gests. That might be the only reliable way
accurate information on at-risk popula-.
tions, better prevention efforts and AIDS
deaths.
Alaska Considers
Names Reporting
ANCHORAGE (AP) - Reversing a
longstanding policy, state officials want
to start requiring health care workers to
report all cases of HIV infection to the
state Division of Public Health.
Currently, only the names of patients
with full-blownAIDS must bereported to
public health ofricials. Those names are
kept confidential, and the retxn~ are used
by the state to chart the spread of the
infectious disease just as it tracks other
sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis.
Many health care professionals
around the nation had opposed requiring
to track the course of the disease, experts
say. That finding was presented at a San
Francisco AIDS summit convened by
Mayor Willie Brown.
. The report’s authors emphasize that the
identities of the HIV patients would be
encoded to prevent discrimination. But
reporting HIV cases may help track the
disease’ s development, concludes the 175-
page evaluation of the city’s AIDS. programs
by anexpert panel. "Changes in the
.epidemichaveledmanypeople to express
increasing concern that existing AIDS
surveillance efforts are becoming outdated~
Because new treatments are slowing
progression of disease, these people
are not being reported," the report says.
U.S. doctors have been required to reportAIDS
cases to publichealth officials,
but there has been no similar order to
report patients see Health, page 15
by James Christjohn, entertainment diva ¯
Happy Valentine’s Day! - for those
who celebrate it. For the others whofeel it
is a cardmaker’ s/choc;o,~latier’ s/jeweler’ s ¯
excuse to make tOnso bucks, ignore the
previous message. Ditto to the many
spouses/lovebirds whose mates always ¯
forget/ignore the whole thing anyway.
LIKE MINE, for
instance. (editor’s
note: is thissupposed
to be a subtle hint?)
Well, it’ s become a
sort of tradition to
guess how many
days/weeks/months
after Valentines/
BirthdaylYule I will
get an acknowledgement
the day
has passed. Or
wheth¢~ there wasa day to begin with...
I really can’ t complain, he did give me a :
nice dinner for the birthday, even if he ¯
didn’ t know how old I was -and that can "
be a eood thingI (Only if he’ s subtracting, ¯
tho .) Although Valenune s this year ts
questionable - I read in The Tulsa World :
that my spouse was single. Hmmm. The
spouse is always the last to-know...
Well, rye ranted on long enough, I
suppose I have to write an actual column
now. I’ dlove to say thatTheManhattan
Transfershow wa~ wonderful, but I honestly
don’ t know. And I was there! Neither
Tom nor I could hear the group over
the orchestra! It was most dishearteningwe
are both of the firm opinion that whoever
was mixing sound was utterly deaf or
reading a magazine during the show. Or
listening to the radio; they certainly
weren’t paying attention to the vocalists.
And since we were in the balcony this.
time, I couldn’t cheat and read lips to.
figure out the lyrics. They looked good - "
from an aerial view, anyway. The people "
below must have been able to hear, from ¯
their response, but all one could hear in ¯
the balcony were the three people who "
very noisily unwrapped their candy and "
the orchestra. One candy-sucker was so ¯
annoying that when I asked the usher if
tossing such folk over the balcony would
be bad form, she responded, "No, I think ."
it’ s agood idea. I’ll help !"TomandI were ¯
so discouraged at all of this we almostleft"
before the end of the show - which is "
usually an utter no-no in my book, as it’s "
rude to the performers and rude to the
people around you. It was a very disappointing
evening.
Fortunately, I can say that if you see
Sarah McLachlan in Oklahoma City at ¯
the Civic Center Music Hall on March 17, "
you likely will ha~;e no problem hearing "
her angelic voice soaring over theinstruments.
She is one of my favorite artists, -
and I can tell youfromexperience that she "
isworth any effortyou go to to get tickets.
I saw her as she was beginnin_"g. to, .make. a ".
name for herself, and thought she amaze.
thebig time,andshehas, evenifyoudon’t
hear her on the radio here in the cuttingedge
town of Tulsa. And yes, that was ¯
meant with as much sarcasm as I could
muster. Hopefully, that will .clym~.e. ~h.~ "
made a cameo appearance on~eJan./m ¯
Scott Fraser still life at Philbrook
works of art not to be missed, available
everywhere. Cheek outMohawk Music,
who carries some of her hard to f’fnd stuff.
"Surfacing" is h~rmostrecenteffort. Catch
her now, she won’ t be back this way for
some’time. And tickets went on sale Jan
17, so get the orders in now because she
sells out wherever she goes.
Andmy other
favorite Diva, the
ever lovely Stevie
Nicks, will be having
a banner year.
Enchanted, a box set
comprised of three
CDs .one greatest
hits (yes, I know, we
had "Timespace:
Greatest Hits" in
1991 - gofignre),and
another of movie
soundtrack songs (from Twister, Against
All Odds, Heavy Metal) and the third
unreleased songs and hopefully some of
the demos that are floating around in
various bad states of recording quality.
Then a sorin~ (?~ tour to support that
~or~, and~-ane~vl’y~eeorded albumin fall.
Now, knowing how, ahem, flexible
Stevie’ s timetable can be on these affairs,
the only thing I canreport withcertainty is
thebox set. The tour is supposedly set, but
until a more comprehensive announcement
is made, I will not be holding my
breath. And many fans waited up to. two
years after the origin_~.street date of Street
Angel to get that CD into our colleclaons.
Even so, to quote Stevie, I Can’ t Wait..
And neither can Tom, I"m sure.
Broken Arrow Community Playhouse
presents the Owl and the Pussycat,
Feb. 6-15. A romantic comedy about the
relationship between a shy bookworm
and an outrageous hooker, the show features
the talents of Kevin Barrentine and
Melinda M. Davis. Reservations can be
made by calling 258-0077.
Phflbrook Museum of Art presents a
display of Scott Fraser Paintings through
Mar. 15. Fraser paints very striking real
life, mixing ~bjects with.a ,touch .of .the
surreal, like’ floating sticks , a pamUng
of sticks gathered in Scotlandlevitating in
midair. Quite frankly, 1 .normall,y,f~!nd,
still-lifts rather boring, buthis worKt zlna
intriguing. Check it ouL
Philbrook is.also theONLY worldwide
venue thathas the pleasure of showing the
~ "JNIW Turner Watercolors fromLon-
¯ . don" exhibit Feb. 8- April 12. Tickets are
available at Carson Attractions outlets or
by calling 584-2000. The show spans the
entire career of British Romantic Painter
JosephMallardWilliamTurner, andkicks
off the "Year of Europe" exhibitions, advance
ticketpurchases arerecommended,
as tickets available at the door will be
limited.
If you want to learn more about Turner,
and also about Thomas Moran whose
work will be seen at Gilcrease, a
Chautauqua-stylereinactmentofbothartists
will be presented-at the Waiters Art
Center at Holland Hall School on Tues.,
Feb. 17th at 7pro, .and in the Oilcrease
Museum Auditorium on Sun., March 1 at
1:30. DavidBrownofLondon’sTateGal-
PHILBROOK Your window on the world
Tickets on sale now at ~arson Attratlions. 584-2000
TOM NEAL D mocrat City Council District Four
For our city:
~ End Sales Tax on groceries!
~ Common Sense Redevelopment - No more Tulsa Projects
¯ .Neighborhood-based Recyclin~ Program with Mini
Recycling Centers at Schools.
¯ Real public transit - reduce impact of traffic on our
neighborhoods, provide transit options for young & old.
For our district:
¯ Quarterly District/Councilor meetings at Dist. 4 schools.
¯ Neighborhood Preservation - balance business develop
-ment with homeowners rights.
¯ Safety- Neighborhood, based polic.ing:, .
¯ Replant curbside trees ~ improve street lighting.
30 Dancers. 48 Musicians. I00 Singers. You’ll need a score card for our cast of dozens. Carl
Oqffs powerful music and the overpowering feelings of love and passion it evokes make
Carmina Burana a must-see ballet. Add a huge chorus from Tulsa. Stillwater and
Bartlesville and a full orchestra, andyou have one impressive spectacle -- and an overwhelming
Oklahoma premiere. Tarantella pays tribute ro the Company’s artistic co-founder, Roman
Jasinski. His cho~’eography explores the rhythms and music of Naples, Italy.
Carmina Burana, Friday & Saturday~ Fel~uary 13 & !4, 8pro
Sunday, February 15, 3pm
For Tickets, call: Tulsa Ballet Ticket Office 749-6006
or the PAC: 1~800-364-7111, 5967111; Carson Attractions: 58z1~2000
All shows at the Performing Arts Center, 3rd & Cincinnati
1/2 Season Tickets at 1/2 Prica! Now availaMe.
Two performances remain. Tickets start at just $16 for aduit~
Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Community ofHope (United Methodist), Service - 6pro, 1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Service - 11am, 1700 E. 2nd, 749-0595
Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist
Service - 11am, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314
Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church
Service - 5pm, Childrens MinisaT -5pro, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc.
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service- 10:45am, 3210e So. Norwood
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa
Service, 10:45am, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715
Parish Church of St. Jerome (Evangelical Anglican Church in America)
Mass - 11am, 205 W. King (east of No. Denver), Info: 582-3088
University of Tulsa Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance
Sundays at 6:30 pro, Meets at the Canterbury Ctr., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
~ MONDAYS
AIDS Walk Planning Meeting, 2/16, 5pm, Resonance, 1609 S. Elwood
HIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appointment required.
Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm Results: 7-gpm, Info: 834-TEST (8378)
HIV Rap Sessions at Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
7:30pro, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays
2nd Mon/each mo. 6:30pm, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard
Gay & Lesbian Book Discussion Group, Borders Bookstore
1st Mon/e~ too., 7:30pro, 2740 E. 21st, 712-9955
Mixed Volleyball, on hold for winter, call 587-6557 for info.
Monday Night Football, 8pro, Pride Center, Renfro Room, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
Women/Children & AIDS Committee, 2/2, noon, United Way Bldg. 1430 S. Boulder
~TUESDAYS
AIDS Coalition of Tulsa, 2/10, noon, United WayBldg. 1430 S. Boulder
HIV+ Support Group, HIV Resource Consortium 1:30pro
3507 E. Admiral (east of Harvard), Info: Wanda @ 834-4194
Multicultural AIDS Coalition, 2/3, 12:30pro, Urb~m League, 240 East Apache
Shanti-Tulsa, Inc, HIV/AIDS Support Group, and Friends & Family HIV/AIDS
Support Group - 7 pro, Locations, call: 627-2525
Rainbow Business Guild, Business & prof. networking group, Info: 665-5174
PrhneTimers, mens group, 3rd Tues/each too., 7pro, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
Coming Out Support Group (TOHR/HOPE)
Alternating Tuesdays, 6 pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, info: 743-4297
~ WEDNESDAYS
Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center
Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E.6th, 583-7815
Family Of Faith MCC Praise/Prayer-6:30pm, 5451-E S. Mingo. 622-1441
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Service - 7pro, 3210e So. Norwood
Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group
For more information, call 582-7225, John at ext. 218, or Tommy at ext. 208
TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for info: 595-7632.
Lambda A-A, 7 pro, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
Ellen Watch Party, 8:30pro, Pride Center, Renfro Room, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
~THURSDAYS
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education
Anonymous HIV Testing,Testing: 7 - 8:30pm, Results: 7 - 9pm, Info: 834-8378
Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN)
Support/social group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325
Tulsa Fanfily Chorale, Weekly practice - 9:30pro, Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
From Our Hearts to Our House, 1 lpm, 3rd Thurs/each mo. Lola’s, 2630,E. 15th
Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS, Info: 834-4194
~ FRIDAYS
SafeHaven, Young AdultsSocial Group, 1st Fri/eachmo. 8pm, Pride Ctr., 1307 E, 38th
Community Coffee House, varying dates, 7pm~ Pride Center, Info: 743-4297..
~SATURDAYS
.Nurtmks Anonymous, 11 pro, Commlltlity of Hope,1703 E. 2nd, Info:.585-1800
Lambda A-A, 6 pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th~ 2nd ft.
~OTHER GROUPS
T.U.L.S.A. Tuba Unlform&Leather Seekers Association, info: 838-1222 ~ ~
WomemSupper Club, Call fo~ info: 584-2978
OK Sp0ke:Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike.Or~ni~,’i~ I~fo: POB 9165, Tulsa 74157
Ifydl~LOr~l~ZatJotl b’tlofl~d, ~etose l#.t IM l~tow, Call Ot~583,4615,
Read All About It
reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
Despite the pontifications of some of
ourpofitical andreligions leaders, the fact
remains that lesbian, gay, and
bisexual youth have very few
positive role models in our
culture. Isolation and fear, at
this already confusing time of
life, are the standard feelings.
In The Shared Heart, these
emotions are turned around
and result in positive, life-affirming
narratives.
Combiningbeautiful blackand-
white photographs with
the coming out stories of forty
American young people, this
is an inspiring book. Each
youth gets a full page to explain
their situation and history.
The facing page has a
large photo with a hand written
caption. It’s an interesting
andeffectivelayout. Theyouth
come from every walk of life
and include a wide spectrum
of cultures, races and genders.
One Asian-American explains
her frustration that, in
her native culture, "gayness
was seen as a western problem. There was
no one with whom to share my experiences.
When I finally/met other gay, lesbian,
andbisexual peoplewho also shared
similarethniebackgrounds, itwas incredible."
Many of the young people discuss
going to the library and looking up inforin
particular from the Ute tribe, and was
commissionedfromDavid Carlsonby the
Utah Opera. The Tulsa performance will
have some changes in the libretto and
score but these are for character and musical
development notto adapt the workto
an Oklahoma tribal setting, according to
Tulsa Opera General Director, Carol
Crawford.
The story of Dreamkeepers is that of a
contemporary Ute Indian woman caught
between her tribal culture and heritage,
and that ofthe Anglo society in which she
works as an attorney. Like many great
opera’s, the heart of the work is a love
story. The cast is, as we have come to
expect under Maestra Crawford, talented
anddistinguished: Singers Ashley Putnam,
Rosalind Elias, Jake Gardner, Antonio
Nagore will be directed by Albert
Takazauckas.
The University of Tulsa Theatre Department
is presenting the Tony Award
winning play, DancingAtLughnasa, set
in 1936 Ireland. (By the way, Lughaasa is
pronounced "loo-nuh-saw" with the accent
in the middle.) The play is about
freedom and escaping the shackles of
society - something ourparticular subeulrare
can readily identify with. The freedom
comes with music and that is also
mirroredin theGay culture. Ifitis as good
as Falsettos was, ~’Daneing.. ." shouldprovide
an evening of excellententertainment
and thought It even has something
for thepaganfolk in the audience! (Lughnasa
is the pre-christian harvest festival
As the
photographer,
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subjects:
"Together
they tell a
eolleetlve story
of the courageous
journey from
silence to
expression
and from
isolation to
freedom.
They are heroes
for our tlme
and role models
for us allo.."
marion whichmade themrealize that they
were not alone.
Parents, of course, get a heavy dose of
bothpraise and condemnation. Onelucky
young man; shown with his parents, expresses
his thanks to his "dad
and morn everyday of my life
for showingme what reaHove
and a real family are." Atthe
opposite end, another guy, an
openly gay senior in high
school who was electedjunior
and seniorclass president, says
that his parents "have warned
that if I confirm my sexuality
as anything other than heterosexual,
I will be disowned."
Due to these types ofsituations,
it is not surprising that
many of the stories have early
thoughts of suicide. However,
most of the youth have found
enough supporttocomeacross
as confident and proud.
As the photographer, Adam
Mastoon, describes his subjects:
’q~ogether they tell acol~
lective story ofthe courageous
journey from silence to expression
and from isolation to
freedom. They are heroes for
our time and role models for
us all..."
This is truly a beautiful and exciting.
book that gives some hope for the future.
Check for The Shared Heart at your local
branch library; or call the Readers Services
department at the Central Library at
596-7966.
of Ireland.) Reservations can be made by
calling 631-2567. Tickets are $2 - $7.
Heller Theatre offer us Laughing Mat-
¯ter Improv on Feb. 27. Tickets are $3
with areservation (746-5065) or $4 walkin.
That’s a pretty good value entertainment-
wise - and with audience participation
to boot! Heller also presents Ancient
Hi~tory, about the various stages of a
couple’s relationship, Feb. 12-21.
One of Tulsa’s younger but upcoming
performing troupes, TheWayward Theatre
Company will present Blood Knot
by noted South African playwright, Athol
Fugard on Feb. 18 - March 8. First produced
in 1961, the play about two brothers,
one white-skinned, the other blackskinned,
addresses the larger issues of
race. Call 596-.1475 for info. This spring,
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risk factor, for elementary school teachers."
Full of erotic jokes, movie kitsch &
medical nightmare, look for it in April.
Last but not least, and perfect for
Valentine’s, is Tulsa Ballet’s Carmina
Burana. With, as they breathlessly note,
30 dancers, 48 musicians, and 100 singers,
the premiere should be spectacular. If
you haven’t been to the ballet lately, you
hot only have been missing some fabulous
bodies (indeed) but more interesting
dancing than Tulsa has seen in years.
Highly recommended. Carmina Burana
will be at the PAC on Feb. 13, 14 at 8pro
and on Feb. 15 at 2pro. The program also
features Tarantella by company cofounder
Roman Jasinski. Info: 749-6006.
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by Jean-Pierre La Grandbouche
TFN restaurant reviewer
Every year about this time, we get the
ge to eat Oriental foods. No doubt, this
s our contribution to help the Asian community
celebrate the lunar new year.
Amongst the Vietnamese people, the new
year celebration is called Tet, and it fell
the last few days of January this year.
For our Tet Observance, we sought out
the long popular Tulsa restaurant,
Ri L8 (pronounced like
the English word, "relay"),
located in midtown near 31St
and Yale. The Ri-L8 family
has been pleasing the palates
of local diners for nearly
twenty years with their traditional
Vietnamese family recipes,
and was probably the first
strictly Vietnamese establishment
in town.
After visiting so many Oriental
restaurants which boast
enormous menus filled with
doZens of meal choices, the
Ri-L~ selection at first strikes
us as spare, but this small family
operation has wisely chosen
to concentrate on a few,
well-made dishes, rather than
over taxing the kitchen with
too many recipes. Everything
is freshly made to order, and
that freshness has always
shined through on every visit
we,ve made, regardless of the
time of day.
One of our favorite starters
is a bi~ steaming bowl ofPho-
- pho is the Vietnamese word
for soup--and Ri-l_~,s Special
Beef Soup ($2.49) is particu-
!arly f’me. A dear, fragrant
broth is studded with an assortment
of vegetables,
noodles, and thinly sliced
pieces ofbeef, andhas anodd,
but appealing, slightly sweet
taste. A similar chicken pho is
also available. Soups are an
important component of Vietnamese
cuisine, and we often
see patrons order a large bowl
ofpho,making soup theircomplete
meal.
In a similar vein, but with
substantially more meat is the
special Hiosin Beef ($7.98),
which is a hearty serving of the tender, ¯
simmered beef. Asian seasonings have ¯
long been an art we have been unable to :
tell what it is that give the Vietnamese ¯
beef soups their interesting taste.
Another popular dish is Bdn Ch~ Gib "
($5.98), which is a large serving of Viet- "
namese noodles topped with green veg- ¯
etables, sprouts, slices ofbeef, and pieces
of chopped egg rolls, served in a large ¯
bowl with a small amount of broth, gar- °
nished withchoppedpeanuts, and accom- ¯
panied by a small bowl 0f piquant fish "
sauce. It’s a very filling dish, and Viet- ¯
namese noodles are quike unlike Italian ¯
pasta or American egg noodles. For an :
additional 81 cents, the deluxe bdn chit "
gibincludes chicken, shrimp, and chopped "
shrimppotatoes.. ¯
Over adozen chicken-based entrees are :
featured on the menu. While many corn- :
binations are reminiscent of Chinese cul- :
sine, we try to stay with the more tradi- ¯
tional Vietnamese flavorings. Chicken :
Lemon Grass ($7.95) gets its tangy flavor :
: from the blades of lemon grass. The
¯" ChickenSesamese ($7.19).features chunks
¯ of chicken battered and rolled in sesame
: seeds. Diced ChickeninSweetChili Sauce
: ($7.19) illustrates the Vietnamese taste
¯ for sweet spicy sauces that pack a power-
: ful fiery wang. On our Tet visit, we se-
¯ letted the Hot Ginger Chicken ($7.19),
: which was a nice melange of traditional
¯ vegetables with succulent bits of white
RLLe
and Family
Vietnamese
Restaurant
3206 So. Yale
Hours.-
11 to 9:30
Mon. -Thurs.
until 10 p.m,
Frl. & Sat.
closed Sundays.
Payment:
Cash, Visa,
Mastercard,
American
Express.
No checks.
Prices:
Moderate
Amldance:
Casual
Smoking
Seetlon: Se~parate
rooms, but
ventilation could
stand
improvement
Alcohol: only
Oklahoma beer
Ratlng: A
meatin alightsauce, seasoned
with long julienne slivers of
fresh ginger root, a goodly
amount of garlic, and enough
hot pepper to make a serious
impression on the back of the
tongue. It was a delicious en-
Our dining companion, who
has been spending alotoftime
recently amongst liberal
Democratic politicians, opted
for the vegetarianroute. There
!s a large selection of vegetartan
entrees on the menu, and
most combinations are indicated
as being available both
with tofu and with beancurd.
Now, those who have done
vegetarian cooking know that
"tofu" is the Japanese word
for beancurd, so one might
ask whether or not this was
some sort ofredundancy, kind
of like the pretentious American
restaurants that feature
"shrimp scampi" on their
menus. But, here at Ri-L~, the
distinction is made made with
pieces ofdeep-friedbeancurd,
and the "bean-curd" entrees
are not fried. Our friend’s tofu
entreewas sldllfullymade, and
the tofu pieces were not
overfried to a state of toughness,
as we have experienced
at several other establishments,
but had just enough
"tooth".to add a new dimension
to the taste experience.
A lot of Tulsaus have discovered
the delicious and filling
dish of Oriental pasta
known as "lo-mein," and are
chagrined to find the most expensivelo-
mein prices in town
here at Ri-L~--even more expensive
than at the pricey Fifteenth
Street Wok on Cherry
Street--at $9.98 per order. The lo-mein
here is, indeed, ddicious, and the orders
are enormous, truly enough to make complete
meals for two persons. With that in
mind, the lo-mein then becomes an affordable
concept. If ordering for one only,
be prepared to take home a doggie bag.
And, of course, no trip to a Vietnamese
restaurant would be complete without a
glass of Vietnamese coffee ($1.85) at the
dose of the meal. This delicious drink is
made with a special individual drip coffee
maker, mixed with sweetened condensed
milk, and served on the rocks.
Service is efficient and friendly, and we
think much of the staff must be from the
same family. Most all speak English
intelligibly. On a recent visit, our waitress
was also watching two small children
in the dining room.
There is no greater testimonial as to a
restaurant than a long tenure, and Ri I_~
has never disappointed us. Drop by and
try it. Southside diners may want to visit
the branch Ri-/_~ location at 4932 E. 91 st.
by Lamont Lindstrom : all evil European ma~ters and innocent
I rived for two years in one of the last ¯ native boys. There were interesting, and
colonies in the world. It was the late : easily expected, sexualrolereversals. An
1970s. The colony was the "Condo- ¯ Englishlinguistofmyaeqnaintance, there
minium" of the New Hebrides (or Les ¯ to study, the New Hebrides’ many lan-
Nouvelles-He’brides), which was unique ". guages, was infamous for his parties
in colonial history for having two admin- : wherein he managed to entertain entire
istrativepowers,GreatBritainandFrance. : squadrous of the colony’s fledgling new
Needless to say, the two colonial mzsters ¯ army. These sexual reversals of pofitical
engaged in frequent vicious inequality are not uncomdispute;
not much effective the New Hebrid~ m0n: "Iaminehargeinpubgovernment
took place; and ... was unique in lie, but I surrender myself to
thelocal joke was to rename colonial kistory for you in bed; I may be the
this island archipelago the civilized European but I de-
"Pandemonium" oftheNew lmvln$ two sire you, the savage other, to
Hebrides. For some years in a~]mlnlstratlve subdue me."
the 1920s, so goes the story, powers, Great The politics of sex are ofthe
British insisted on driv- ten strangein today’s former
ing on the left while the Britain anti France colonies.Someofthisqueer-
French demanded to drive ... the local iohe hess no doubt results from
on the right along the (luck- was to rename this people’s desire to address
ily) few kilometers of dirt the wounds of colonialism
road that the colony then iS]anti arcltlpelago by having theirformermasboasted,
the "Pantiemonlum" ters. I once spent a few days
In 1980,theNewHebrides ... For some years in Port Moresby, the capital
at last became an indepenin
the 1920s, so
ofPapuaNew Ouineawhich
dent nation and changed its had been an Australian
nametoVanuatu. Thepeople goes the story, the colony up until 1975.
of this archipelago are hand- British ~nslsteti on One evening, I was fiercesome,
dark-slduned South tirivlng on the le~t ly hounded around the hotel
Pacific Islanders, most of by a local guy who clearly
whomstill have an economi- while the French had his eyeuponmyperson,
cally poor, although cultur- demanded to tirive seeking to reverse, sexually,
ally rich, life as farmers and ’-- on the right . . . onetime colonialist power
fishermen, relations. "No way," I told
In recent times, around academia at " him. "You go find some dinkum Australeast,
plentyofeverythingis"post":post- ¯ lian to have your way with. Me, I’m
modernism, post-strucmralism, and-an- ¯ obliged instead to throw my American
othernewar~a-"post-colonial"studies.-" bodyintothetaskofrectifyingthehistori-
New writing about colonialism has fo- " cal injuries and social residues of U.S.
cused on trying to understand the texture slavery."
of power relations that existed between " If politics is always sexual, so is sex
(mostly) EaropeanmasterS and their vari- : always political. Sometimes having sex
ous subject peoples. One of the most in- ¯ with a person just confirms and deepens
terestingofthesebooksisRobertYoung’s " already existing relations of inequality;
Colonial Desire: Hybridity in Theory, : but sometimes sex, at least temporarily,
Culture, and Race (1995). This explains : can reverse and weaken such inequality.
the colonialist’s political will to rule by : Althoughmostofthewofldhasnowadays
seeing how this overlapped with sexual ¯ emergedfromthecolonialistemandjoined
desire. It uses the inequality inherent in : the United Nations as sundry independent
Western genderrelations to rethink broad : states, cross-cultural sex still remains a
structures of political power. It explores : charged political issue. Anyone who goes
how colonialism was always sexualized., on one of those sex tours to Thailand, as
Westemdesireforthe"other"-thenative " adverfised in the pages of The Advocate
,subject- typically worked to masculinize ¯ and Out magazines, can get a flavor of all
the ruler and feminize the ruled. Political : of the personal and social complications
relations of domination spilled, at least " of the bygone days of colonialism.
symbolically, into island bedrooms. S/M : I’m all for.using one’s body to underand
B/D sexinherenfly was inthe colonial _" mine hurtful power structures, and histoair.
TheFrenchwriterOustaveFlaubert’s ¯ riesofdomination, through the disruptive
19th century sex-tour of Egypt is a good : capacities of sex. But this business of
example of this. : cross-cultural tricking is always a tricky
InVanuatu, theBritishandFrenchpartly ¯ business.
conceivedofthemselvesandoftheirrela- : Lamont Linstrom teaches anthropoldons
with local people in metaphoric, .~ ogyatthe University of Tulsa.
¯sexualized terms along these lines. AI- :
It’o Here! close attention at that time, there was also
a lot of real.sex going on. This enlivened o
rela|ious amongthesmall, expatriate commt~
ity and also between Europeans and l s. : Children’s Ministry
As one might expect, much sex took "
place between expatriates and their ser- ¯
vant haosgel ("house girls" in Bislama, : Sunday’ s at 5 pm
the country’s Pidgin ~aglish) or, notably, :
their haosboe 0aouseboys). The post-colonial
approach to colonialism as a reflex ¯
of sexual desire has mostly focused on -"
heterosexuality, ignoring afarmoreinteresting
(for some of us anyway) homosexual
desire between colonial masters ¯
and their male subjects
In the New Hebrides, though, it wasn’t ."
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and said it regrets disclosing to a Navy
investigator the identity of a senior sailor
now facing dismissal from the service as
a homosexual. ’q’his was a case ofhuman
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AOL Inc. said in a one-page statement.
While criticizing the Navy for the way it
sought the information, AOL said of it,.
disclosure: ’q’his dearly should not have
happened, and we regret it."
McVeigh, 36, who is no relation to the
man with the same name who was sen-
.tenced to diefor theOklahomaCity bombrag,
said he is happy to be returning to the
Navy to continue his 17-year career.
’¢Fhere’s uncertainty," he said. "I don’t
know what I’ll be doing. They don’tknow
what I’ll be doing. But I’m happy. I’m
fight in this case."
The Navy went too far in pursuing
allegations of homosexuality against a
senior sailor and surreptitiously obtaining
key evidence against him from a computer
online service, the judge ruled. "In
these days of ’big brother,, where through
technology and otherwise the privacy interests
oflndividuals from all walks oflife
are being ignored or marginalized, it is
imperative that statutes explicitly protecting
these rights be strictly observed,"
Sporkin wrote. "This court finds that the
Navy has. gone too far."
Though not the final word in the case,
the decision represents a sharp rebuke of
the Navy, both for its enforcement of the
military policy on homosexuality and for
the intrusiveness of its investigation. It
promises to reverberate beyond the military
to all government agencies that might
want to bolster investigations by demand-
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¯ Sporkin said was likely togoin the sailor’s
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Weaver and Smith have joint custody of
the kids~ who range inage from 4 to 12,
with their ex-husbands.
"My boy (who is 10) has struggled a
little bit. We talk about it," said Weaver.
"With our kids, the fathers are real involved
with them.Wework well with our
ex-husbands in raising them. We never
fought with our husbands. I don’t .want to
underestimate the effects of divorce, but
it’s not as traumatic as it could be.
’ffhe biggest change for us came when
we moved in together. Nothing has been
as traumatic as that, trying to todd our
families together," Weaver said.
And this is a family that has experienced
its share of traumatic changes. The
public revelation last fall that she is Gay
hurled Weaver, a Spanish Fork High psychology
teacher, into the center of a raging
controversy in this conservative community.
In October, she filed a civil lawsuit
against Nebo School District, contending
it violated her civil rights of free speech
when it told her she could not discuss her
sexual orientation with anyone inside or
outside of the classroom:
The longtime volleyball coach who
guided Spanish Fork to four state championships
was:relieved of her coaching du,
ties before the current school year. One
group, led by attorney Matthew Hilton
sued Weaver for alleged misconduct with
her players. Last month, a group of
Weaver’s formervolleyball players called
a press cotfference to.refute the charges.
The district, meanwhile, is vigorously
defending itself against her suit, which
will likely go to trial.
"What bothers meis I’m not Wendy
Weaver ,,a~,y more. I’m ’the LeSbian
teacher,’ Weaver said. "It’s not who I
am. I’m a teacher, a mother, and I was a
coach.. But being Gay is my identifying
factor. "The real issue in my suit was that
the government told me what I could and
could not say," she said. ’ffhe Gay issue
hasbecomethefocal point, butit shouldn’t
be."
While Weaver and Smith try to shield
their children from the publicity as much
as possible, they don’thide their lifestyle.
Instead, they. talk about it openly. ’q’he
kids have adjusted really well. They’re
too youngtobehassled at school,"Weaver
said.
For Weaver and Smith, though, the
public debate has taken its toll¯ "We’ll
take a long drive or. long walk and cry a
few tears," said Smith, who works as a
real estate appraiser from home and taltes
care ofthe childrenwhenWeaveris teaching.
Smith also officiates high school and
college basketball, volleyball and softball
games.
Still, both Weaver and Smith say they
have heard more from supporters than
from opponents who want the schooldistrict
to fire Weaver. "There’s no open
persecution," saidSmith. "Noangryphone
calls, no vandalism. No one’s thrown
snow-balls at us."
Weaver said she has had support from
SpanishForkresidents whomaynot agree
withher lifestyle. "This community is not
like theparents group. Mostbelieve this is
my private life. They judge me for how
they interact with me."
Weaver never dreamed she’d become
embroiled in a controversy that would
attract national attention. For years~ she
said, she battled her feelings. She and her
ex-husband, Gary, who is also.employed
by theNebo District, were seen as amodel
: conple. They welcomed foster children
¯ into theirhome and servedin the commn-
: nity. The Weavers were nominated for
: Family of the Year Award in Salem sev-
¯ eral years ago.
: Whenthecoupledivorced after 15 years
." of marriage, rumors about Weaver’s
: lifestyle arose but didn’t become public
¯ untillast summer when a student who was
: trying to decide if she should play on the
." team askedWeaverpoint-blankifshewas
¯ Gay. Weaver says she told the truth. Not
: long afterthat, thedistrictinformedherof
: the decision to let her go as coach. "I
: wasn’t going to lie about the relationship.
: These kids are 16, 17, 18 years old~ Tell-
. ing them it’s none of their business is
¯ Weaver denies the allegations from
¯¯ some former students that she promoted Lesbianism among athletes. "I pride my-
" self in that I was a coach who played
¯ according to who was best. I played the
¯ best athletes. I didn’t play Gays over non-
" Gays," she said.
¯ Smith says she can relate to those who
¯ are opposed to Weaver. "Six, seven years
¯ ago I probably wouldn’t have gotten in-
" volvedmyself," she said. "I was raised the
: same way these people were raised....
¯ told my morn about eight years ago ¯
¯ wished these peoplewouldjust stayin the closet. I understand their fears, and their
¯ ignorance. That’s the premise they baseit
¯ on, that you can make someone be Gay. ¯
¯ You can’t. They’re operating on a bias they’ve been taught from birth.
: Weaver said shedoesn’t regret the de-
, cisions she’s made. "I would tell .this girl
: again the truth and I wouldfile thelawsuit
: again. I still feel that what the school
: district did to me is wrong.. I feel pretty
¯ OK with where I am."
:Son ConViCted of
: Killing Dad’s Lover ¯ YADKINVILLE, N.C. (AP) -Ason who
¯ had been embarrassed since age 13 about
_" his father’ s homosexuality was convicted
¯ of shooting his dad’s lover to death and
. blinding his father. Jerry Mac Matthews
," Jr., 36, could get the death penalty in the
¯ 1996 attack.
¯ Matthews Shot and wounded his 60-
," year-old father and killed 45-year-old
," Everette Lee Kerley as the two men sat in
¯ a car pfirked outside a restaurant.
¯ The elder Matthews had had a 25-year ¯ relationship with Kerley. The son was
¯ was foundgui!tyWednesday ofmurderas
¯ wall as assault with intent to kill.
¯ Pyschologist Jerry Noble testified that
," the younger Matthews once idolized his
¯ - father but became disillusioned at 13,
¯ when his parents divorced and his father
¯ told him he was homosexual.
¯ Noble said Matthews felt ashamed and
: "feared that one day he may become h0-
¯ mosexual himself."
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the Rev. Jimmy Creech said Wednesday.
Last week, Nebraska Bishop Joel
Martinez extended Creech’s suspension
at least until a committee investigating
Creech’s officiating at a Lesbian-union
ceremony completes its work. Creech performed
the Lesbian "covenanting" ceremony
on Sept. 16, after Martinez told
himnotto. Creech saidhefelt the church’s
prohibitionon such unions was "discriminatory
and unjust" and "because I felt it
was my responsibility as a pastor to sup
port the couple."
The names of the Lesbian couple, who
came to Creech in April requesting the
ceremony, have not been made public.
The issue has divided the 1,900-member
church and galvanized United Methodists
across the state and around the country.
Church member Mel Semrad, who was
head of the .finance committee when
Creech was hired, said he believes most
members welcome people regardless of
sexual orientation. "But we also believe
we should follow the guidelines of the
General Conference" that prohibit sexual
unions, he said.
If the investigation determines .Creech "~
acted wrongly, either in violation of the
church’s rules orbecause he failed to obey
Martinez’ order, Creech said he is ready
to appeal to the United MethodistJudicial
Council, which acts as asupreme courtfor
the denomination. Creech saidhebelieves
a statement in the church’s Social Principles
adopted in 1996 that prohibits homosexual
unionceremonies is contrary to
the biblical .teachings of Christ.
Creech performed more than a dozen
such ceremonies for Gay and Lesbian
couptes while a pastor at FairmontUnited
Methodist Church in Raleigh, N.C. All
those ceremonies occurred several years
before the 1996 General Conference of
the UMC passed the ban, be’said.
Creech said he and his wife, Chris
Weedy, married in 1992 in a courthouse
marriage ceremony followed by a
convenant ceremony in the church that
did not include marriage vows as a statement
of solidarity to what homosexuals
face. "We did it to be in solidarity with
GaymenandLesbians who are denied the
righttohave their relationship recognized
as legal," he said.
In part because of his activism on Gay
issues,Creechlosthis position atFairmont
UMC, was unemployed for six months,
then served as a social lobbyist for the
North Carolina Council of Churches for
five years before coming to Nebraska.
Marriage Case to
Goto VT High Court
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The issue of
Seine-gender marriages is going to the
state-Supreme Court. Three Chittenden
County same-gender couples filed an appeal
Thursday of a December Superior
Courtruling dismissingalawsuitin which
they sought the right to mzrry.
Judge Linda Levitt had agreed with the
couples on several areas, but disagreed on
the overriding issue. "While all of the
(couples’).arguments claiming the.state’s
publie purpose is invalid are clear and
sensible, none is persuasive enough for
this Court to determine that the Legislature
is unjustified in using the marriage
statutes to further the link between procreation
and child rearing," Levitt s~id.
Three couples - Start Baker and Peter
Harrigan of Shelbume, Nina Beck and
who carry the AIDS virus but do not have
full-blownAIDS. The policy of San Francisco
has been that there shouldno reports
of HIV tests without the explicit consent
of the patient.
But this has made it tough to track
where the virus is spreading, what risk
factors lead to infections, and where to
target treatment and prevention. Because
of improved treatments, fewer and fewer
HIV-infected people actually progress to
AIDS, so they remain unreported.
The panel explicitly rejected reporting
names, instead proposing a system that
uses crypticcodes, basedonunique"identifiers"
- numbers or letters corresponding
to an individual. This would protect
privacy andminimizefear ofAIDS-based
discrimination, the panel said.
Several AIDS and civil rights groups
have dropped their resistance to HIV reporting,
includingthe S,an FranciscoAIDS
Foundation; GayMen s Hcalth Crisis, the
nation’s largest service provider; AIDS
Action, a national group representing
2,500 commtmity providers ofAIDS services;
theAmericanCivil Liberties Union;
and the Lambda Legal Defense and Education
Fund.
The panel also insisted that all HIV
testing be voluntary,not required. To better
detect chznging trends inthe epidemic,
the city should seek a way to offer free or
low-cost AIDS tests, according to the
report.
The summit also addressed treatment,
employment, prevention, housing and
funding. More than 100 experts, led by
Drs. Marcus Conant and Thomas Coates
of the University of California, San Francisco,
formed subcommittees to study the
issues and makeformal recommendations
to the mayor. Brown has vowed to.implement
¯e recommendations through his
newly created Mayor’s AIDS Leadership
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staff person in his office.
AIDS Increases In
Older Americans
ATLANTA (AP) - New AIDS cases rose
morethan twice as fast among those over
50 than among younger adults between
1991. and 1996, suggesting that older
people aren’t protecting themselves
against the disease.
The-Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention said 6,400 AIDS cases were
diagnosed in the United States among
people at least 50 years oldin 1996, a22%
increase from 1991. Cases for the 13-to-
49 age group rose 9% in the same period,
to 50,300. The center recently reported
that 12 - 15% of the AIDS cases in Arizona
are people over 55.
The CDC said most older adults who
gotAIDS in theearly days ofthe epidemic
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transfnsion. Now,moreare being infected
byunprotected sex andbyinjecting drugs.
’q’hese are older.adults who are engag~
ing in some risky behaviors because they
don’t perceive themselves to be at risk,"
Dr. Kimberly Holding of the CDC said
Thursday. AmongOlderwomen, thenumber
of new AIDS cases linked to unprotected
sex more than doubled between
1991 and 1996-from340 to 700. In older
men, that increase was almost as sharp,
from 360 to 700. New cases among older
men who inject drugs jumped 53%, from
850 to 1,300. Among older women, the
increase was 75%, from 160 to 280.
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Sapulpa Teen Flees Bias
SAPULPA, Okl~ (AP) -The 17-year-old son ofa local
school board member has faced threats and harassment
because of his sexual orientation, but the boy’s father
said his other children will remain in the suburban
district. Will .Allen, a junior at Sapulpa High School,
will attendTulsaW~hingtonHigh School whenthefall
semester begins Aug. 12. The family requested the
transfer in February, his father, Sam Allen, said.
Allen said Will has been vexed and tormented by his
~.2assmates for the past two years because of his sexual
Orientation. ;The Allen family appeared recently on
NBC’s "The Today Show"; and Will encouraged other
young Gay men and women to confide in people with
whomtheyfeltcomfortable. ’Tvehadmany Gayfriends
who have been kicked out of their homes, treated very
poorly - physical abuse," he said. "The first thing you
should do .is find somebody, maybe,not your parents,
who you know and feel positive that ~hey can give you
the support that you need."
Will was inMichigan atamusic academy andwas not
available for comment.
Sapulpa school officials issued a news release that
! US House Votes t.o Limit City’s
!Partner Benef,ts to Gays
: WASHINGTON (AP) -Despite charges of bigotry and interfer-
~ ence in local government, the House in July voted to prohibit the
: s.pe.nding .of fed.eral, money o.n programs implementing a civil
: rights o_r.dinzncem.S.an Francasco. The measure, offered by Rep.
o Frank Ri.g.gs, .R.-Calif., was approved 214-212 as an amendment
: to a sPe~.ding bill forhous..rag, veterans programs, environmental
¯ protecaon, space and funding for the arts.
: Supporters said they hoped to get the provision removed
¯ during negotiations to reconcile the House bill with a yet-to-be
" approved Senate version. The Riggs amendment prohibits any
¯ money in the $94 billion spending bill to be used to implement
a San Francisco ordinance that requires employers doing bus|-
¯ ness withthecity toprovidehealthandotherbeuefits to same-sex
¯ partners. "We should not force or coerce (private business) to
¯ adopt policies they t-rod morally objectionable," Riggs argued in
¯ a heated debate.
¯ Rep. Patrick K.,e~n,edy, D-R.I., called it a "mean-spirited,
bigoted amendment’ and other opponents said it was an assault
¯ onlocalautonomy."Italtacks homernleinevery city in America,"
¯ declared Rep. Dennis KucinidL D-Ohio, a former mayor of
: Cleveland. "It’s a move back to the days of witch hunting, back
¯ to the days oftellingpeople what they should and should not do,"
¯ complained Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill. He said the amendment
¯ threatens programs in San Francisco that help the homeless and
¯ thetreatment ofAIDS patients as well as scores ofotherprograms
: that rdy in part on federal support.
¯ Rep. Nancy Pelts|, D-Calif., said the city negotiated with
~" Catholic Charities, which had balked at the ordinance, and
¯ reached an accommodation, and compromises were expected to
be worked out with other businesses. "I don’t know why Mr.
¯ Riggs wants to create a war," she said in strong opposition to the
¯ measure. Pelts|,whorepresents SanFrancisco, called theamend-
" ment an affront to home rule and Said "the city of San Francisco
’~ is not forcing anyone to act against their principles?’
¯ More than adozen lawmakersspoke emotionally against the
.: amendment, . see Attack, p. 3
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stated the district"does not condoneor tolerate harass- ~. ment of students foranyreason)’"We have comprehen- Surgeon .G,:e=,. neral Compares
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Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays,
arranged for the television appearance. Will’s situation
is cotfimon for homosexual teen-agers, Ms. McDonald
said. "Some (schools) are doing a great job, and some
are sticking their heads in the sand," she said. "We’re
just beginning to work with Tulsa-area schools."
Allen said he had no complaints about the Sapulpa
district and said his two other children will continue to
attend Sapulpa schools. He also has no plans to step
down from the school board. ’‘The community support
has been wonderful," he said.
: WASHINGTON (AP) - Recalling his childhood in the segre-
¯ gated South, Surgeon General David Satcher compared the fight
: against AIDS, which is hitting the Black community hard, to the
-’: struggle for civil rights. Speaking to one of nation’s oldest civil
.: rights groups, he called on Black leaders to reject stereotypes
¯ around AIDS, overcome shyness about sex and confront the
[ issue. ’‘This is anareawhere weagain need to mobilize," Satcher,
." who is Black and grew up in Alabama, told the Southern Chris-
: tian Leadership Conference in a speech Tuesday. ’Tm talking to
¯ you about you."
While Blacks make up 13% of the U.S. population, they
¯ account for 57% of the new infectious, according to the federal Family of Faith to Present : CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention.Amongsomegroups,
¯ the statistics are even more striking: Blacks and Hispanics make Noted Christian Singer
TULSA -Marsha Stevens, composer of For Those
Tears I Died (Come to the Water), will perform a free
concert at Family of Faith Metropolitan Commlmity
Church on Saturday, Sept.. 5th at 7:30 at 5451e South
Mingo as wall as at Family of Faith’s regular Sunday
evemng service on Sept. 6th at 5pm.
Stevens’ song, For Those Tears... has become a
standard of evangelical Christian hymnals since 1972
even though the songwriter experienced rejection and
scorn from part of the church since she came out as a
Lesbian. Active in the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan
Community Churches (UFMCC), Stevens performs
over 150 concerts a year and has recorded six solo
albums and a concert video on her independent BALM
(Born Again Lesbian Music) labd. She now ministers
with the SW UFMCC district. Info: 622-1441.
P. 2/3
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P. 9
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: up 82% of HIV-positive women ages 13 to 24. Andlife-prolong-
" ing AIDS drugs are helping whites more than Blacks. In 1996,
¯ deaths among whites with AIDS were down 28%; for Blacks, it
¯ was just 10%.
¯ The Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s new presi-
¯ dent, Martin Luther King III, underscored the difficulty ofAIDS
¯ education, saying he is not comfortable promoting use of con-
" doms. "The only way is abstinence," he said in an interview after
¯ Satcher’s speech. "Sex should not be something that we just
: casually engage in and take lightly." The solution, King said, is
¯ restoring fundamental values to society. He said AIDS is an
¯ important issue, although it is not among his top priorities.
Satcherdid notrecommendany particularprevendon strategy.
" But he and other public health experts agree that use of condoms"
¯ is essential to halt the spread of HIV among people who are not
: likely to abstain from sex. The surgeon general will hammer the
~ AIDS message in upcoming speeches to Black journalists and
¯ doctors, and he plans to reach out to other groups such as Black
¯ fraternities, sororities and newspapers.
¯ But his speech to church leaders was particularly important.
¯ Churches play a central role in many Black communities, and
¯ ministers are,often among the most prominent community lead-
,: ers. But church leaders have been reluctant to talk about AIDS
¯ because it relates so closely to sex and homosexuality, Satcher
¯ says. The issue is also thorny because of its relationship to drug
¯ use, amajorprobleminside the Blackcommunity withits ownset
¯ of taboos, see Surgeon,p.ll
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - From skimpily
clad revelers to Bible-toting evangelists, the
Gay Games are drawing an eclecdc crowd for
weeklong festivities ce,!ebrating Gay pride and
culture. With the,,theme Friendship Through Culture
and Sports, the quadrennial Olympics-style
sports festival begins Saturday, offering competitors
everythingfrom ballroom dancing to wrestling
and more cerebral pastimes such as bridge and
chess.
This is the
first time the Gay
Games are being
held in Europe
since they beganin
San Francisco in
1982. New York
City was the site
¯ of the last Games
¯ in 1994; Sydney,
¯ site of the Summer
Olympics in 2000,
¯ will have the first
¯ Tulsan CliffBaileyis compet- southern hem|-
¯ ing in this year’s Gay Games .sphere Gay Games
¯ in Amsterdam, accompanied in 2002.
¯ by his spouse Chris Ritthaler. The opening
night’s ceremony
¯ will feature the Israeli transsexual pop star Dana
¯ International, who gained fame- and notoriety-in
¯ May after winning the 25-nation Eurovision song
¯ contest and incensing Orthodox Jewish leaders at
¯ home.
¯ Some 30 competition sports will be available at
¯ these games, which run through Aug. 8. But with-
" out top-level athletes, they threatened to be eclipsed
¯ by the many parties outside the stadium.
¯ Amsterdam is renowned for its tolerance and its
¯ lively Gay community, so these games are almost
~:. inconspi~ug~s, ap.ar~ [rg~ so,me posters and a few
~ more same:~e~couples than USUal-:strolling arm-in-
¯ arm a!Orig the canals.
With up to 14,000 participants and 200,000 visi-
¯ tors in town, the Dutch capital is about to be
¯ transformed into the ultimate Gay hangout with
¯ enough temptations to satisfy even the most vigor-
. ous partygoer. There are transvestite shows and
¯ drag queen contests. For the more athletic, there’s
¯ even oil wrestling.
One top attraction officially has nothing to do
¯ with the Gay Games: Saturday’s yearly canal pa-
: rade of decorated boats. Games organizers prom-
- ised a flotilla of Gays and Lesbians on the city’s
¯ famous medieval waterways. But not everyone
¯ will be party-hopping. For the straight-laced and
intellect’ual types-; there are plenty of alternatives,
including art exhibits, symposiums on Gay and
¯ Lesbian issues, and cooking shows.
¯ Participants might get a dose of religion. Up to
¯ 100 representatives from the international evange-
¯ lism group Youth With a Mission plan to stage
[ C.hristian-themed street dramas and pray with par-
¯ Uopants. "God wants to care for people whether
¯ they are homosexuals or heterosexuals," YWAM
¯ spokeswoman Nelleke Bosshardt said.
Sigrid Johannisse of the Netherlands, who will
". be competing in the badminton competition, said
¯ she’s searching for fun and friendship. Even so, she
¯ hopes the Gay Games one day will disappear as
Gays become more accepted.
¯ Although heterosexuals are welcome to com-
" pete, few do, triggering criticism within the Gay
¯ community that the games createneedless segrega-
¯ don. "! hate all the separation," said Johmmisse, a
¯ 33-year-old art historian. "in sports, there isn’t so
¯ much integration.., it was just easier to play with
¯ Gay people."
¯ Eddy Feenstra has a more carefree attitude as he
¯ prepares to compete in ballroom and Latin Ameri-
¯ can dancing with partner Tonny Aliens. Girding
¯ for victory, Feenstra says "I am doing it for the
¯ fun," he said. "I would also like to show off what I
¯ am good at."
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Keep Up the Good Work
Thanks for your paper. It is a welcome
relief from the crosstown neo-fascist
infotainment weekly, i particularly enjoyed
last issue’s cover story about SenatorNickles,
presumably the selfsame Senator
once knownfor closeting himself with
a reputedly Gay [Oklahoma] . fellow politico,
but who now wishes to protect the
Luxembourgians from the possibility of
an "immoral" ambassador. From what I
understand, the Luxembourgians aremuch
less concerned with the comings and goings
.in an ambassador’s, boudoir than is
Sen. Nickles.
As a politically leftist straight older
male, I naturally fmd common cause with
the Gay community: when the good Senator
and the Right good Rev. Phelps get
finished with the queers, they’ll be after
me next. I applaud your efforts to establish
dialogue with straightminority groups
who have themselves been the targets of
bigotry an discrimination. Ifwelearnnothing
more from History, at least we should
know that solidarity is the only hope for
the oppressed, and perhaps the best defense
from the excessively repressed.
This town needs a paper that gives
voice to all those outside the power elite,
performing the traditional role of the
Fourth Estate: to hold our governments
accountable for their actions, and to protect
the liberties of the individual. Keep
up the good work. - Keith Bolton, Tulsa
: A Letter from RAIN Oklahoma
," Thank you for providing me with providing
me with a way to address some
questions and concerns I’m aware of re-
"¯ garding a policy for volunteers that
RAIN’ s Board of Directors approved and
¯ that RAIN Staff are now charged with,
’ implementing. The policy in question is
". in regard to criminal history reports now
¯ being performed (with the volunteer’s
¯ permission) for all new volunteers effec¯
tive June 1, 1998 and gradually incorporating
such reports on all volunteers by
: March 1, 1999.
¯ I ask readers to consider the nature of ¯
¯ RAINvolunteers’ service topeopleliving
with HIV/AIDS [PLWA’s] and those in
; theirhouseholds. Volunteers provide non-
¯ medical,non-technical careto [PLWA’s],
"- most often in the RAIN client’s home.
¯ The services vary, depending on the ex-
." pressed needs and the volunteerrs avail-
- ability, but can include transportation,
¯ meal preparation, housecleaning, child
; care, pet care, and social outings. Emo-
; tional support is often a Valuable compo-
¯ nent of the relationship between RAIN
¯ Client and volunteer.
¯ RAIN’s Board of Directors and staff
¯ realized that we have a tremendous responsibility
to do what we can to ensure
¯ thesafety ofchildrenandvulnembleadults
¯ that volunteers contact: The policy was
: not-initiated naively or without regard to
¯ potential negative consequences. In a fo- ¯
cus group with volunteers many months
¯ ago, responses ranged from "against it
¯ -under any circumstance" to "yes, absoi
lutely, I support this fully." see RAIN, p.3
: Letters Policy
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issues which we’ve covered or on issues
¯ you think need to be considered. Youmay
¯. request that your name be with/add but
¯ letters mustbe signed&have phone num-
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Rev, Howard vsthe Evil Steve
by Tom Neal, editor & publisher ".
Severalyears ago whenUS Congressman Steve Largent "
firstranforoffice, this newspapermet withLargent, athis ¯
request, andafterwards I argued, despiteLargent’s record ¯
of bigoted,.anti-Gay comments and his association with "
radical extremist religio~political groups, for an initial ¯
policy of tolerance for Herr Largent. I’d hoped that ¯
Largent might just really believe in real Christian and "
American values of loving and respecting not only your "
neighbor but also the US Constitution. He sure tried to
sweet-talk us that way.
And to be fair, Steve did agree to a town hall meeting "
with Tnlsa’s Lesbian and Gay community - something "
none of his predecessors had ever done, certainly not the ¯
Idiot Congressman Inhofe (now US Senator and in competition
with Ernest "
Istookfor mostembar- "
rassing Oklahoman in
Washington) but not ¯
even the Democrat, "
Jim Jones, who’d held "
the seat before. ¯
But obviouslyI was "
wrong. Nomatterhow "
Largent may want to
see himself as just a
nice guy, he’s chosen "
to promote rdigious "
extremism and to surround
himself with "
folks so bigoted that "
they make him look a "
littlebit~m,oderate. His ."
chief of staff, Terry
US Rep. Steve Largent making Allen, thepoliticalex- "
those endorsement dollars by tremist calling the "
showing offhis son in his Hanes plays for our football ."
underware. Yep, Steve andsome hall-of-famer, comes ¯
of those Republicans sure know to mind. Actually "
about thosefamily values. Steve’s not moderate ¯
but his staff is openly
hate~:.t.o~ir Lesbian aod Gay constituents while Steve
.... a~’[d.~t~tu§~ly is polite. "
Now Steve et al will argue that their radicalism is just
repres.enting the views of the First District (which is more
or less Tnlsa county). But as a nearly lifelong Tnlsan (my
f,am~ly moved here from Oklahoma City in 1960), I just
don t ihink So. Yes, wedo have a sufficiency of Baptists,
Methodism, and also those no-name, make-it-up-as-yougo-
along~they-claim-they-areChriStians, many ofwhom
seem to think that their faith demands that they hate their
nexgt~bor as tlaey would be loved. Or.who engage in the
profoundly insincere rhetoric of claiming "to love the
person and to hate the ’sin’:" Often one wonders if these
types on meeting Christ would not reject Him as a "longhairedcommie,
pinko-fag."
But I don’t believe that these types represent the
majority of Tulsans, and regardless, given the values of
the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution, ¯
minority civil fights are not supposed to be subject to the
tyranny of the majority. And I believe that many Tulsa "
Baptists, Methodists, Jews, Muslims, Pagans and non, "
believers recognize that once the power of the govern- ¯
merit is used to promote a particular religious agenda, ¯
each tradition could be targeted just as Lesbian mad Gay "
citizens are the target du jour. ’
So, it is with some relief to learn that a brave soul, the ’
Reverend Howard Plowman, retired Methodist pastor,
has announced his willingness to face the football bully..
According to The Yellow Dog Democrat, the newsletter ¯
of the Oklahoma Democratic Party, Rev. Howard will ¯
challenge the ,hard-core Christian Coalition which has ¯
done a disservice to all political parties..." He adds, "1 "
resent them taking a Christian name and pretending-to: ]
have no other agenda..." Plowman, 73 years old, with ..
kids and grandkids, went to Tulsa Public Schools,TU and "
SMU’s Perkins School of Theology.
This newspaper certainly agrees that the so-called ¯
Christian Coalition has done a disservice to all Ameri- ¯
cans who believe in real religious freedom and have "
respect for America’s rich diversity. And I applaud Rev. "
Howard and his spouse and family for being willing to ¯
stand up against the Evil Steve. Tulsa deserves better. ¯
Editor’s note: More information is available about ¯
Plowman ’for Congress by writing to 3617 East 48th "
Place, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74.135. ¯
by James Christjohn
Greetings! Welcome to a new occasional colunm, one
that I hope you will fred interesting. The focus is to
comment on the world around us with the perspective of
being a Gay man in a diverse world. Topics will have a
wide range, from frivolity to high drama to serious issues
that affect us all. In this exploration, the question will
always be: What exactly is a Gay lifestyle?
I had an acquaintance once remark to me
"I don’t approve of your lifestyle, but I like
you." My first thought was "Well, I don’t
approve of your lifestyle, but I accept it as
part of you without comment: Who the hell
are you to judge me?" Before I did so, I
thought to myself, ’q’hat is not her rational
mind speaking, it’s her brainwashing coming
through. She doesn’t know any better.
She knows not what she speaks." I had to
ponder thatfor awhile. Itwas terribly tempting
to ask, "Does your brainknow what your
mouth is saying?"
I began pondering: what the hell is a Gay
lifestyle, anyway? There are perceptions,
usually starting witha"mis", that the straight
world has of Gay folk, and our so called
lifestyles, such as apparently we spend 90%
of our time in Gay bars in the pursuit of sex.
I know.that there are some folk who like to
go clubbing, straight and Gay, I know some
folk who do drugs, straight and Gay, I know
some folk who are promi.scuous (yes, even x
years into the AIDS epidemic), again, both
straight and Gay, - and I know many folk
who do none of those things. Yet, in the
straight world, we are all lumped under a
stereotype of eternal drugging, drinking,
slutty behaviors. Why is this, and.do we
need to hire publicity firms to turn theimage
around?
Thus I
dragged,
kicking and
sereamina, out
of the closet
by two very
curious Baptist
women from
Q)dessa-latlon,
Texas¯
And despite all
" my f~ars~
notlang
happened.
In fact, when I
leh, they were
very qulch to
tell me I
replaced
another
Gay man . . .
¯ and they still want me. Another time, I was copying some
¯ recipes out of a book in the office, when the same sister
; noticed and said, "Oh, you like to cook? You’ll make
¯¯ some wo - person a wonderful hus - mate."
Well, the cat was definitely coming out of the closet
¯ then. Shortly thereafter, I met my future mate, and all of ¯
a sudden, there was much curiosity about my life, which
I kept sidestepping, still fearing I could lose
ajob. It came to ahead one evening when I
was drawing plans ofTom’ s apartment, and
trying to figure out how to combine stuff,
furniture, etc. Cyndee, the boss, came over
and was looking over my shoulder. She
noted I had not drawn another bed, and
remarked "So, where ya golma put your
bed? or are ya gonna sleep with him?" It
was so surprisingly I my only response was
-- ..u..hhh ~ ana men to oraw in a bed real fast.
It was utterly silly, and she was letting me
know that she knew and it was no big deal,
.she had known, and now I knew she knew.
After that, the questions were exhausting.
The next year was one big Gay 101
Question and Answer session, as I ,demythified
Gayhood (Gaydom?) to them and
did no small amount of education. Cyndee
even shielded me from a stalker who’d
become obsessed with me, and nearly had
him arrested for calling the business repeatedly.
That was not fun, but it was notable in
the way she was ready to defend me. They
came from Irish stock, and Cyndee mad was
a sight to avoid.
And I became the one to turn to when
Annie, the other sister, was planning parties.
Which she did. A lot. I was the one
draftedinto helping herdo artsy-crafty things
for her parties, and when she was selecting
new furniture, I was always asked for de-
¯ I tend to think that theimagecanbe turned
arotmd,though it will mked~ne, ~aad lots ofpatiehee:The
¯ woman I referred to before may have a different image of
: Gay people than what she’d been brainwashed into be-
¯ lieving because we knew each other. Maybe not a magic
." transformation, but a little logic, here and there,:can add
¯ For example, I worked for three years in a physical
¯ therapy office, for two small.town Baptistwomenl It was ¯
a nice job, and I liked them, so I didn’t talk about myself
¯ much for fear oflosing thejob:! was rather silly. TI~first
¯ day f worked there, "a client came in and demanded that
¯ one of the "purty wimmin" do his therapy because he
didn t want no pansy-assed faggot to touch him. Well,
¯ we were both nonplused. I thought I was pretty low key,
¯¯ having left the bright, hotpinkneon"QueerHere" sign at
¯ home.
After h~ left, one of the sisters begged me not t6 quit,
saying their clients were not all like that, and he was an
exception, not a rule. Wall, I thought, at least they know,
¯ sign opinions. I guess it’s part of the Gay gene, that interior d(sign comes with it. (I really had no
talent forit, but it was a misconception that wouldil’t die.
No matter how hard I tried to dispel the myth that not all
Gay men had impeccable taste, even to the extent of
describing my past relationships.)
Thus was I drug, kicking and screaming, out of the
closet by two VerY curious Baptist women from Odessalation,
Texas. And despite all my fears, nothing bad
happened. In fact, when I left, they were very quick to tell
me I was being replaced with another Gay man, who’d
actually made a pass at their very handsome but terribly
straight brother. Apparently, the strategy worked.
I had a point in all this somewhere. Oh yes, it is by
events like these - and not being afraid to be who we are
- that this whole mythification of what we are can be
¯changed. It’s not always the loud voices that help create
change, sometimes it’s the whisper on the wind. And in
that way, everyone can help make long-lasting changes
for.the benefit of all.
characterizingit as an attack on the rights of Gay citizens
and a federal imposition on local rule. Only Riggs-vigorously
supported it during the debate,
"It’s a message amendment.... It will unquestionably
encourage intolerance," said Rep. Henry Waxman, DCalif.
The San Francisco ordinance has been criticized by
some businesses as well as nonprofit orgamzadons including
Catholic Charities and the Salvation Army. "The
SalVation Army, which refused to buckle to city policy,
forfeited $3.5 million of its $18 million budget," said
Riggs, because it didn’t want to comply with the city
ordinance on domesdc partner benefits.
The Human Rights Campaign, the largest national
Lesbian and Gay political organization, called theamendment
"the latest salvo in fight-wing attacks .against Gay
people." "The amendment is a thinly veiled attempt to
attack San Francisco and micromanage the city," said
Winnie Stachelberg, the political director for the Human
Rights Campaign.
In another action ofinterest to the Gay community, the
House decided to reduce money it had allocated
see Attack, p. 13
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report) and it was decided to handle it similar to the way
we handle our $25 volunteer training fee. Scholarships
are offered for training to anyone who request one and
RAIN will pay the report fee for any volunteer, so that no
one is prevented from volunteering due to the cost.
All decisions for volunteer eligibility are made at the
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against the policy or any decision made my the RAIN
coordinator may be taken up with me. I hope that current
RAIN volunteers will understand RAIN’s mission of
providing a compassionateresponse to HIV/AIDS through
education and service has not changed. We appreciate the
love and concern shown by our volunteers and we are
grateful that men, women and children living with HIV/
AIDS are willing to risk letting strangers into their lives
by asking for a RAIN team.
- Pam S. Cross, MPH, Executive Director
No Gays or Singles to
Adopt in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK (AP) - A state board that sets standards
affecting foster care has approved a requirement
that prohibits private agencies from placing
children with homosexual.or unmarried heterosexual
adults. The new rule must undergo a public comment
period before becoming effective. Rules have not
been written for public foster care agencies, said Joel
Landreneau, alawyerfor the licensing unit ofthe state
Human Services Department. The state has some
2,700 to 2,800 children in foster care. In the past, the
ruleshave been silent on homosexual or single heterosexual
foster parents.
Along with passing the new rule, the Child Welfare
Agency Review Board discussed the possibility of an
exemption for unmarried heterosexuals. Board member
James Balcom of Paragould said agencies could
use single people by applying for an exemption called
alternative compliance.
Bob West of Little Rock, also a board meml~er and
the only dissenter, said he believes there will be many
requests for exemptions. "I don’t think you can exclude
anyone just because they’re single," he said. "I
really think it should be up to the local agencies who
is qualified to be a foster parent. I just think it has to
be done on a case-by-case basis.’"
Board member Robin Woodruff of Little Rock
proposed the prohibition, saying "I would like for our
children to have a mom role model and a dad role
model." After the meeting, Ms. Woodruff said she
had been told that the Centers for Youth and Families
had placed at least one child with a Gay family and
had other such families waiting.
Kay Kimbrough, the centet"s service administrator
for adolescent services, said her agency doesn’t inquire
rote foster parents’ sexuality. "That is not an
issue for us, asfar as gender of parents. We don’ t have
a policy or practice that dictates whether we place
kids in that type family," Ms. Kimbrough said. "We
don’t make a practice to determine whether a family
is heterosexual or homosexual."
At the board meeting, Chris Pyle, family life issues
Aiai.~.On f~o~ Q.o,v..~Mike Huckabee~ said the. govemgr
supports-applying the principle of foster parents being
heterosexual married couples. Pyle said Arkansas
law prohibits marriages between members of the
same sex. He said Huckabee believes "it is not in the
best interest of children for them to be placed in an
environment that.the Legislature has specifically and
purposely removed from legal sanction and recognition."
"I think there are a lot of foster children out there
and not enough foster parents, and we may run into
trouble if.we try to limit it to couples only," said West,
apediatric medical consultant who works for the state
Health Department. AssistantAttorney General Karen
Wallace, a lawyer for the board, had recommended
the board stick with the standards as written. She said
she.had concerns about equal protectionand discrimination.
New England Lesbian
Wins Bias Lawsuit
BOSTON (AP) -Ajudge has awarded $906,000 to a
Lesbian who managed a state social services agency,
ruling she was the victim of job discrimination.
Middlesex Superior Com’tJudge Sandra Hamlinruled
that Lowell-based Community Teamwork Inc., the
state’s second-largest .anti-poverty agency, had no
good reason fire Patrica Weber. Hamlin added that
Weber was "eminentlymorequalified" man the CTI’ s
director, the man who was picked over her by the
agency’s board of directors. Hamlin, who said a
"sexist attitude" prevailed at CTI, also ruled that the
reasons given for Weber’ s firing were "a pretext."
"I feel vindicated," Weber, 49 told the Boston
Herald. "What they did tomewas wrong. I’m glad the
!aw feels thatway too. Employers can’ t firepeoplefor
nothing-because they don’tlike them, or they’re the
wrong sex or whatever."
Cheryl Cronin, CTI’s lawyer, said the agency is
appealing. !~We are c~,,n~,~dent that CTI will ultimately
prevail in this matter,’ she said. CTI provides a range
of services,including housing, education and daycare
to low-income residents of 38 communities from
Lowdl to Framingham.
Weber, who worked for CTI for 18 years, was fired
in March, 1996 during a meeting with Executive
Director Jim Canavan. A month later, when she
applied for unemployment benefits, she learned the
reason for her dismissal was listed as "inability to do
her job." Hamlin said inca 38-page ruling that CTI
retaliated against Weber for filing a complaint with
the Massachusetts Commission Against Discriminationbyrefusing
to provide her areference. Weberwas
turned down for dozens of jobs, before accepting one
that cut her pay nearly in half.
"Weber’s past work history while at CTI reveals
only a dedicated, bright, hardworking employee,".the
judge wrote. "Nothing whatsoever in the evidence
supports defendant’ s contention that Weber’ s inability
to perform led to her termination.’"
Tennessee Lesbian
Wins Child Custody
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)-Gay activists hope the
case of a Wilson County Lesbian who was granted
custody of one of her children marks a trend in
Tennessee. Pat Finn was awarded sole custody of her
9-year-old daughter this month by ajudge in Wilson
County. Her second child, a teen-age son, chose to
live with his father, who was awarded sole custody of
the boy.
’Tm glad this has been brought to light," said Bev
Clendenen of Nashville, director of the Lesbianand
Gay Community Center. "This reconfirms that Gay
mothers are good mothers. Like everything, there are
good apples and bad. You should be judged not on
your sexuality, but rather what kind of mother you
are.;"
Pa~ck Sullivan, Finn’s ex~husband, plans to appeal.
I thought it was the greatest injustice in the s/ate
of Tennessee," he said. ’q-his case is about her being
a neglectful mother and very little about the homosexuality."
He said he opposes:his ex-wife’ s Lesbian
relationship and does not wanthis daughter exposed
to it "It is about discrimination of me as a father
trying to get custody of his children," he said of the
ruling.
Finn, a registered nurse, was married to Sullivan
for 17 years. She and her female partner have formalized
their relationship with a commitment ceremony
and exchange offings. Finn believes she won custody
of her daughter because she was judged on the facts
and not politics, public sentiment or the judge’s
personal preferences about family life.
"I realized the odds were against me, but I told my
" daughter I wasn’t doing anything wrong and I needed
to show her I would fight to keep her," Finn said. ’Tm
thesame mother. I’m the same woman who has been
raising children for 16 years."
Can A Lesbian Win A Seat in Congress?
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - Grethe
Cammermeyer, a daughter of the Nazi resistance in
Norway and a decorated Vietnam veteranwhobattled
her owngovernment, hasjumpedheadlonginto anew
challenge: The retired Armycolonel, who wryly calls
herself "one of the most famous Lesbians in the
country" after her successful fight to stay in the
military, is rtmuing for Congress.
Cammermeyer, 56, has never held public office.
Her Gay civil-rights fight - recounted in "Serving in
Silence," a book and made-for-TV movie = made her
a celebrity. Glenn Close, who starred in the movie, its
producer Barbra Streisand and other show-business
notables have contributed to her campaign.
She’s favored to win the Democratic nomination
Sept. 15. That would pit her against two-term Republican
Rep. Jack Metcalf on Nov. 3. Metcalf, who says
this is his last campaign, was boosted to victory two
years ago by absentee voters in the traditionally
Democratic 2nd District.
No openly Lesbian candidate has been elected to
Congress, but Caramermeyer is one of four Democrats
hoping to break the barter this year along with
Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Christine Kehoe of
California and Susan Tracy of Massachusetts. ’q’his
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Kathleen DeBold, polifical director ofthe Victory Fund,
a Washington, D.C., group that backs Lesbians and
Gays for public office. "Grethe is so admired, both for
her record in the military and for her willingness to stand
up and fight homophobia," says state Rep. Ed Murray,
. a Seat-de Democrat who’s Gay.
Cammermever earned national attention with her
fight to stay in~eWashington National Guard. She was
f!red, in 1992.after disclosing her sexual orientation
aunng a 1989 Interview for a security clearance as chief
nurse of the National Guard.Afederaljudge orderedher
reinstated in 1994; the government did not appeal.
On the campaign trail, she doesn’t talk Gay civil
rights. At an ice cream social held by Skagit County
Democrats earlier this month, Cammermeyer spoke
about education, health care, the environment and countering
a Republican Congress she considers radical and
heartless. "I am not a politician," she told The Associated
Press. "I’m an everyday person who has a healthcare
background and an education background. I am a
mother, a grandmother and served in Vietnam. I have
had thebest and the worst of social experience."
Cammermeyer was born in Oslo, Norway, to a doctor
and a nurse who sheltered undergroundresistance fighters
in World War II. A now familiar tale has her mother
shuttling weapons to the Nazi resis,_t~_,ce by hiding them
beneath the mattress in Grethe s baby buggy.
Cammermeyer was 9 when she came to the United
States with her parents and three brothers. She became
a eitizen in 1960. Ntlrsingmeshed well with her military
ambitions, she has said, because it was a job she could
take to the batflefront. She served in the military 31
years, including active duty in Vietnam. She earned the
Bronze Star. for treating wounded soldiers in the. Tet
Offensive in 1968. She has four grown sons from her
marriage to a fellow officer she met while serving in
Germany.
She’s wall aware why she.has such ready name
recognition. :But the personable, 6-foot-tall
.Cammermeyer-whosefirstname, shortforMaxgarethe,
is pronounced Greta- bdieves most voters are ready to
move past her sex,,,u~,, ori,entadon to the issues affecting
their own lives. Whats.most difficult is suddenly
realizing there are some people who don’t want you to
approach them or shake their hand or even say hello,"
she said of experiences on the campaign trail.
-State Democratic Chairman Paul Berendt, neutral in
the primary, says Cammermeyer needs to let voters
know the range of issues she cares about. "If people see
her as one-dimensional,it’s over," agrees Murray. "We
don’ tknow how big ofanegative it is" to be openly Gay
in a district with no major homosexual enclaves and a
sizablenumber ofreligious conservatives, Berendt says.
Cammermeyer’s lone primary opponent, businessman
and environmentalist Fran Einterz, 44, makes apoint of
telling audiences he’s been in the district for 17 years.
Einterz plans to raise only $100,000 for the primary
election. Cammermeyer has raised $502,801 so far.
Neither Einterz nor Metcalf has made an issue of
Camm.ermeyer’ s sexual orientation, althoughthe Metcalf
campaign sent out a fund-raising letter that said the
Cammermeyer campaign is being underwritten by the
national Gay movement.
Boy Scouts-Feud
with Unitarians
BOSTON (AP) -A feud between the Boy Scouts of
America and the Unitarian Universalist Assocaation
over homosexuality has led to cries of outrage by the
Boston-based branch of the church. 2~he Unitarian Universalist
Association, a long-standing New England
liberal denomination that~supports civilrights for Gays,
has condenmed in a church manual the Boy Scouts’
rejection of homosexuality. As a result the youth orgamzation
has ordered the association to stop honoring
Unitari.~an scouts with religious awards.
But the president of the Boston-based 250,000-member
association called the order "’outrageous" and said
the Unitarians do not intend to honor the Boy Scouts’
emand., They simply can t tell us how to teach our
children ’ John Buehrens, a former Boy Scout, told The
Boston Globe. "Telling us we can’t give out awards to
our boys is blatant discrimination against children.
That’s not in the Boy Scouts’ tradition," Buehrens said.
¯ The religious emblems awarded by Unitarimas
¯
are also presented by several other religious groups,
¯¯ including the Roman Catholic Church, ant many
¯ Protestant, JewishandMuslim denominations. The emblems differ from the merit badges that are
¯ earned for mastering a specific task, but can still be
¯ worn on scouts’ ufiiforms as badges of honor.
In recent years, the Boy Scouts has drawn fire
¯ from human rights groups and a number of reli-
¯
gious organizations for its view of homosex,u~l,ity
¯ and refusal to admit Gay scouts and leaders. We
resp.ect other people’ s rights to disagree with us and
: we simply ask people to respect our rights as a
¯ private voluntary orgamzation," Gregg Shields. ¯
national spokesman for the Scouts, said.
¯
But in its manual distributed to tecn-agers, the
: associadonmakes it clear thatit does not agree with
¯ the Boy Scouts’ view. The manual describes the
Unitarians’ "ongoing concern regarding the
¯
homophobic and discriminatory attitudes of the
: nationalleadership of the Boy Scouts ofAmerica.’"
¯ Since then, letters have gone back and forth
between the two sides, leaving Buehrens wi th the
¯ hope that the dispute can be resolved by a mee.ting
¯ with Boy Scouts officials this fall.
¯ "I’m perfectly willing to sit down with the Boy
Scouts, but I also need to be very clear that they are
¯ in grave danger of having much of America’s
: mainstream religious community concerned abom
: the way in which they are acting," Buehrens said.
¯i Anti-Gay Hawaii TV
Ads Criticized ¯
HONOLULU (AP) - Opponents of a proposed
: state constitutional amendment that would ban
same-sex marriage are criticizing a pro-amend-
, ment television ad featuring professional football
: player Reggie White.
¯ Jaekie Young, coordinator of the Protect Our
¯ Constitution campaign, said this isn’t about letting
¯ the people decide but about "political extremists"
coming to Hawaii to argue anissue aboutbasic civil ¯ rights and dividing the community.
¯ Noelani Foster, spokesman for a group called
¯ Save Traditional Marriage, said White, defensive hneman for the Green Bay Packers, "feels a con-
; nection to theislands" because he has played in the
: Pro Bowl in Honolnlu for the past 12 years.
¯ White, an ordained minister, filmed the TV spot
¯ re~enfly as part of a broader advertising campaign
¯ to educate Hawaii voters about the ballot question.
: Hawaii voters will decide during the Nov. 3 Gen-
¯ eral Election whether to ratify an amendment that
¯ would restrict marriage to opposite-sex couples.
¯
¯ Alaska Lawmakers Sue
Over Ballot Language ¯
¯ JUNEAU (AP) - Republican lawmakers are suing
Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer, claiming she distorted the
¯
meaning of a proposed constitutional amendment
." banning same-sex marriage when she summarized
it for the November ballot. As part of her duties,
¯ Ulmer, a Democrat, must compose impartial summanes
of proposed amendments-and initiatives.
Thefirst sentence ofher summary ofSenate Joint
¯ Resolution 42 read: "This measure would amend
¯ the Declaration of Rights section of the Alaska
¯
.Co.nstitution to limit marriage." "The word ’limit’
¯ is incorrect because as of this date no nation in the
.. world and no state in this country recognizes or has
¯ ever recognized homosexual same-sex marriage,"
¯ attorney Kevin Clarkson wrote on behalf of the
¯ Legislative Council, a committee of lawmakers
¯ that acts for the Legislature between session, M0ng
¯ with Sen. Loren Leman, R-Anchorage and Rep.
¯ Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks.
¯ In the lawsuit, the.lawmakers accuse Ulmer of
¯ altering the language at the behest of opponents of the measure, bqmers position was spelled out in a
¯ July 20 letter to the Legislative Council. "’The
¯ proposed constitutional amendment restricts the
¯ cour! .from "interpreting Alaska’s constitution as ¯ reqtunng a broader definition of marriage than that
¯ which is defined by statute," seeBriefs, p.]l
HIV Creates
Infection Resevoir
WASHINGTON (AP) - New research
shows th~it the AIDS virus takes as little as
little as 10 days to establish a stronghold
inimmunecells of thebody that could last
for years, waiting to erupt into disease.
Researchers at the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Disease say a study
of 10 patients show that alatently infected
pool of immune cells quickly established
following infection by HIV, the virus that
causes AIDS. Drug treatment apparently
does not easily clear out the pool of infected
cells, the experts said. A report on
the study was published in the Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences.
Evenif the active HIV disease is held in
check by a three-drug combination of
antiviral drugs, the researchers say, the
virus continues to lurk in resting CD4 Tcells
in the blood. These are immune ceils
that detect and lead the attack on infections,
but the CD4s are also the primary
target of the HIV.
CD4 T-cells are usually resting. They
are activated only when they detect some
pathogen invader in the blood. When this
happens, the cells attack the invader and
prompt otherimmunecells to dothe same.
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director ofNIAID
and co-author of the study, said that studies
of the blood from the 10 HIV patients
showed that their resting CD4 T-cells
became infected as earl,y~ as 10 days after
their initial HIV infection symptoms appeared.
Earlier studies had shown that the
re.sting CD4 T-cells continued to contain
v~rus even when the antiviral drugs suppressed
the virus elsewhere in the body.
" The new study, said Fauci, shows that
these reservoirs of virus are established
very early in the infection. Such reseryoi~
s.’.’Presentafo~dableobstacle to the
Ultimate~ 0ntrbland possible eradication
of HIV from an infected person’ s body,"
saidTae-Wook Chun, aN!AID researcher
and co-author of the study.
Activists Urge
Better Prevention
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lulled by lifeprolonging
AIDS drugs, the nation has
slacked off vital efforts to keep Americans
- especially young people - from
catching the deadly virus in the first place,
say AIDS activists who are demanding
major increases in HIV prevention work.
.Activists called formillionsmorein spending
on HIV education, televised condom
ads and outreach to at-risk teen-agers via
the Interuet, saying such AIDS prevention
programs are a "virtual vaccine.’"
"If there were a medical vaccine for
AIDS, imagine the forces mobilized to
deploy it," said Daniel Zingale of AIDS
Action. "The irony is that today we have
a virtual vaccine- prevention and education
- and those forces are paralyzed."
Saving lives isn’t the only issue. At
least 40,000 Americans every year catch
HIV, adding add $6.2 billion in lifetime
treatment costs to the nation’s health care
bill, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention announced recently. "AIDS
drugs cost $40 a day" and do not cure the
disease, added Zingale. "This condom
costs .40 cents. Our plan today will not.
only save lives, it would save dollars."
The CDC hash’ t won.a budget increase
to fight new infections in three years, and
some people most at risk of HIV have
become complacent, activists said. For
example, two-thirds of Gay men say
¯ they’ve had unsafe sex at least once in the
: last 18 months, concluded a study pre-
¯ sented at last month’s World AIDS Con-
" ference.
." Also, Secret Service agents arrested 10
; other AIDS activists who briefly chained
¯ themselves to desks in the office of Presi-
" dent Clinton’s topAIDS adviser to protest
¯ the administration’s refusal to federally
: fund needle exchange programs. Experts
¯¯ say 33 people a day catch HIV fromdirty
drug needles or sex with addicts. Seien-
¯ tific studies show letting addicts swap
¯ used needles for dean ones lowers the
¯ risk of HIV’s spread. Some 110 U.S.
¯
needle exchanges operate with local or
¯. privatefunding,but communities say they
¯ need federal tax dollars to reach more ¯
addicts. Clinton refusedin April, side-
" stepping a political fight. ’’To have the
¯ United States government play politics.
¯ with people’s lives - it’s just not OK
¯ anymore," said Kenneth Vail, who rims a
¯ needle exchange program in Cleveland,
¯ after his arrest.
¯ Separately, AIDS Action gatheredpub~
liehealthofficialsandAIDS workers who
¯ called for a 25 percent increase inCDC’s
¯ $634 million budget for AIDS education
¯ and prevention. Congress has addedmil,
lions to government programs thatpay for
¯ drugs for AIDS patients, but increasing
AIDS prevention money significantly is
¯ considered a tougher fight, particnlarly in
~ view of a new conservative campaign
¯ against homosexuality.
¯ But HIV ,infects across:the-board, Dr~
: Helene Gayle, CDC’s AIDS chief, said
¯ Monday. Some 26 percent of HIV-infected
young people caught the v~rus
¯ through heterosexual intercourse, she
: notea.. "If people in leadership positions
: care about thefuture of this nation, you’ ve
¯ got to care about H’IV prevention," she
¯ said. ¯
Activists also called for:
: - TV networks that air programs rated
¯ "S" for sexual content to also allow
¯ condom ads to air during those programs.
- Doctors, clinics and hospitals to begin
." using a new 10-minute HIV test immedi-
: ately. An older test takes about a week to
¯ get results, and thousands of Americans
¯
who get tested each year never return to
¯ leamifthey’reinfected. Pcoplewhodon’t
¯ know they are infected can unknowingly
spread HIV to others.
- AIDS education to reach more teen-
" agers by .creating an AIDS prevention
¯ web site that links to popular teen Internet
sites.
¯ - CDC to launch a campaign persuad-
¯ ing more people to get tested. An esti-
¯ mated 50,000 people in New York State ¯
have HIV and don’t know it, says a corn-
: puter model by Gay Men’s Health Crisis.
! HIV+-Teacher Can
: Be Transfered
¯ ATLANTA (AP) - An order prohibiting ¯
¯ the DeKalb County School District from transferring a teacher infected with HIV,
¯ the .virus that causes AIDS, has been re-
¯. versed by the EleventhU.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals. Last year, a district court
¯ granted the teachcr, known as "John Doe"
: in court documents, a permanent injunc-
¯ tion disallowing his transfer under the ¯
Americans with Disabilities Act.
¯ Doe worked with children with severe
¯ behavioral disorders at the district’s
¯ Shadow Rock Psychoeducational Center. ¯
The school district says the students are.
¯ violent and teachers often suffer bruises
: and scrapes. "Because district officials
¯ feared thatviolence and subsequentblood-
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to-blood contact between Doe and one of
his psychoeducation students might lead
to transmission of HIV, the District transfenced
Doe to an ’interrelated’ classroom
at a different school in April 1995," the
appeals court wrote. After being transfenced,
Doe worked with students with
mild disorders that are often in mainstream
classrooms for most of each day.
The school district and Doe are disputing
whether or not the Wansfer was voluntary.
Although Doe’s salary, benefits and
seniority all remained the same after the
transfer, the move requires him to take an
additional 10 hours of course work to
obtain an interrelated certificate.
Doehadinformed Shadow Rock’ s principal
of his illness in February 1995. He
spent the months following his transfer
trying to convince school officials to return
him to his psychoeducation class or
assign him to a group of children who are
’self-contained’ or too ’disordered’ to
participate in the ’interrelated’ program,
the court wrote. Doe eventually filed a
lawsuitclaiming the districtdiscriminated
against him. The district court supported
Doe’s assertions in August 1997.
"The district court, however, failed to
make explicit findings of fact regarding
any dangers that Doe’ s illness might pose
to violent psychoeducation students," the
appeals court ruled. "In addition, the district
court erred by applying a subjective
standard for determining whether Doe’s
transfer was adverse." The three-judge
panel said the district court should take a
. second look at the case and make a decision
following the guidelines of its reversal.
City Approves
Needle Exchange
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP)-After years
of heated debate and flip-flopping, the
city council has approved a needle exchange
program. After two hours of publiccommentand
debate, the council voted
5-4infavor oftheprogram. Council memberWilliam
Foley received applausefrom
the crowd of 100 people when he cast the
swing vote.
MayorMichael Albano, whohas pushed
for an exchange program for two years,
said there was an AIDS epidemic in
Springfield. "This is not a political issue,
this is a medical issue," he said. "We are.
getting people into treatment and stopping
people froin getting a deadly disease."
But Hampden District Attorney William
Bennett accused the council of "giving
out tools to commit a crime with."
After the vote, council member Timothy
Rooke asked the board to consider an
amendment that would require health officials
to test all needles to seeif they were
used by more than one person or if they
contained any viruses. "It is not a stalling
tactic," he said. "Now it’ s a matter of fine
tuning the #an."
Theneedle exchangewouldoperate out
of a!-Iigh Street building of the Bay State
Medical Center. Drug users can turn in
used needles for clean needles in an even
exchange. They would all’be referred to
drug treatment programs and be asked
questions so city officials could track the
program.
The city council first rejected the plan
5-4 in 1996. It agreed to reconsider after
the city’ s Public Health Council declared
a health emergency in May and tried to
launch the program on its own.
Springfield Health Director Helen
Caulton said thenumber ofAIDS cases in
the city had reached epidemicproportions
and most had been caused by addicts
sharing needles. However, city lawyers
ruled that only the city council could seek
state funding for the program.
State law provides funding for 10 programs
to hand out clean syringes to drug
users, but, so far, they have been established
only in Boston, Cambridge,
Northamptonand Provincetown. The state
pitches in about $200,000 for the programs.
TheClinton administmtionhas endorsed
needle exchanges. Still, Health and Human
Services Secretary Donna Shalala
said the federal government would not
help pay for the programs. The House of
Representatives voted in April to ban using
federal money for such programs.
New Eyesight
Saving Drug
WASHINGTON (AP)- Scientific advisers
are recommending approval of a new
¯¯ The code also outlaws any form of job discrimination against a worker infected
¯ by the HIV virus, and requires that any
¯ employee too ill to performnormal duties ¯
be reassigned, the newspaper said.
According to 7fiord Health Organiza-
¯ tion figures released in June, one-fifth of
¯ Namibia’s population of 1.8 million is ¯
infected with HIV. Some densely popu~
¯ lated areas are estimated to have an infec-
_" tion rate of as high as 40%.
i Inmates Being
i "rested for HIV
¯ GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Now that
¯ South Carolina is testing all state prison
inmates for the AIDS virus, some law-
" makers and others want to know how the
¯ .information will be used. The federal
¯ Bureau of Prisons and 17 other states
: already have mandatory testing for HIV,
¯ the virus that causes AIDS, according to
¯ the American Civil Liberties Union’s
: National Prison Project.
¯ State Sen. Kay Patterson, D-Columbia,
genetic drug therapy to help save AIDS ¯ likes the idea of testing all prisoners, but
patients’ eyesight. Isis, Pharmaceuticals’ : is concemed about how prison officials
Vitravene is the first antisense" drug to -" will use the information. "What will the
be reviewed by the Food and Drug Ad- ° department do once they find out they’re
ministration. This novel class of drugs is
created from DNA coding, working at the
genetic level to block production of disease-
causing proteins. Thebioteclmology
industry is stressing development of
antisense drugs against myriad diseases.
Isis says Vitravene slows the progression
of cytomegalovirus retinitis, an infection
that destroys AIDS patients’ rednas.
Advisers to theFDAvoted 5-2Wednesday
to recommend approval of Vitravene,
saying that although powerful new .anti-
HIV drugs have prevented many AIDS
patients from getting the eyeinfection in
recent years, some still fail standard
therapy.
¯ Chinese HIV
¯ Infections Increase
¯ BEIJING (AP)-Chineseauthorities urged
¯ greater efforts to slow the spread ofAIDS
¯ as the official tallyofpeopleinfectedwith
: the virus that causes the disease topped
10,000, an official newspaper said Tues-
" day. The newspaper said the actual num-
" ber of people infected with HIV may be
¯ as hi.gh as 300,000 - 100,000 more than
¯ previous estimates.
That figure could pass 1 million by
¯ 2000 if more is not done to check the
¯ spread of HIV, Xiao Yan, an official with
the Department of Disease Control, told
¯ state television.
¯ Loc~ health authorities have been or-
¯ dered to speed up education and preven-
¯ tion campaigns, the newspaper said. The
¯ disparity between official numbers and
¯ estimates is likely due tO undenceporting,
the lack of government resources to perform
tests and the stigma attached to ac-
: knowledging HIV,infection.
: Namibia Bars HIV
¯resting for Jobs
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) - Namibia,
: whichhas one of the word’s highest HIV
: infection rates, has made it illegal for
¯ employers to require tests for the virus
: that causes AIDS. The country’s new
¯
AIDS testing code binds both public and
private employers. It says HIV-infected
employees are under no obligation to inform
their employer of their condition.
infected? That’ s the missing piece to me,’"
¯ said Patterson, a member of the Senate
¯ Corrections and Penology Committee.
: Jackie Walker, an AIDS expert for the
¯ National Prison Project, is skeptical. I’ve
¯ never seen them say, ’OK, we’ll test you
¯ and you’ll be provided with correct level
¯ of care, medications and access to outside
¯ specialists whenit’ s neededand appropriate.’
It has just not happened across the
¯ board," she said.
¯ The $126,000 mandatory screening of
¯ about 21,000 prisoners should be done by ¯
Aug. 31, Corrections Department spokes-
¯ woman Linda Davis said. Correctional
¯ officers can use minimal force to ensure ¯
all inmates comply, including holding
¯
them down while blood is drawn, Davis
¯ said. So far no one has objected, she said.
"It’s a public safety issue. Considering
¯ the nature of our population and the
~ lifestyle, there’s a potential for health-
" related problems," she said. "It gives us a
¯ gauge to measure potential problems." ¯
However, Steve Bates, executive direc-
¯ tor of the state ACLU, worries that HIV-
¯ positive inmates will be segregated and
denied educational and vocational train-
. 1rig opportunities.
: Davis said the department does not yet
¯ haveapolicy onhousingforHIV-posltive
¯ inmates. State Sen. David Thomas, R- ¯
Fountain Inn, who heads the corrections
¯ committee, said the department could see
: roughly how many inmates are infected
¯ by doing a random sampling of 250 pris-
¯ oners. "They may have some reason to
." believe there is an accelerating number of
¯ cases and they need to segregate thepopu- ¯
lations. Given how AIDS usually spreads,
¯ they may have somereason to believe that
: they need to look very, very carefully at
¯ what is happening in that population,"
¯ Thomas said.
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Lars Eiglmer’s novel Pawn to Queen
Four is pretentious, disturbingly campy
and fantastically absurd. That’s exactly
what makes it so much fun to read. This is
a gay novel that does not take
itsdf any more seriously than
it does the ’moral majority.’
But Eighner keeps his tacky
brand of~humor from getting
tedious by plying his skill at
intricate plot twists, quick-andquirky
characterizations and a
unique insight into the fears
and desires of both the Gay
commnnity and ourdetractors.
As the story opens, Agnes,
the six-foot seven,350lb. drag
queen is facing quite the dilemma.
As ruler of the Court
of the Jade Chimera, she must
faithfully oversee the ’Gay
agenda’ throughout her territory
which covers most of
Texas and part of Oklahoma,
including the tiny town of
Osage. Osage is home to Holy
Word of God University and
Technical Institute, the headquarters
of the charismatic
Brother Earl, Agnes’ old enemy.
Agnes has been able to
keep Brother Earl’s violently
anti-gay rhetoric in check for
years, but now Earl has the
upper hand. Agnes has lost a
certain set of photographs of
Brbther Earl engaged in his
favorite bad habit - namely, seducing his
male students. Now Brother Earl has rejuve~
ted his homophobic campaign and it
is Agnes’ duty as Empress of the Jade
Chimera to stop him. Her mission: retrieve
the photographs or, failing that.
make new ones.
Enter Jim, our reluctant hero. Through
various types of bribery, appeals to his
duty as a Gay man and assurances of
lifelong sexual satisfaction by the finest
men in Houston, Agnes convinces Jim to
undertake this desperate, dangerous mission.
Now the fun’begins as Jim, his new
boyfriend Phil and eventually Agnes herself
infiltrate HWOGUTI, the Ku Klux
Klan and the sleepy town of Osage.
Eiglmer has a refreshing talent for creating
characters so natural and detailed
that you forget they are unbelievably stereotypical.
Jim is a typical clone; Phil is a
twink; Agnes is the UltimateDrag Queen,
but you never doubt that any of them
could be real. Even Brother Earl, though
hopelessly two-dimensional, seems to be
an exact replica of the kind of people we
elect to Congress all the time. This kind of
stereotyped hyper-neo-virmal-realism almost
makes Pawn to Queen Four an
EverYman play for the modem Gay individual.
The characters are so typical, yet
so real, that you could plug yourself into
whichever one fits best and pretend that
you are a part of this grand adventure.
There’s even a Lesbian (yes, only one)
who shows up with the Hell’s Fairies, a
Gay motorcycle gang.
There are more admirable things going
onJaere however¯ The three main characters
have a point in-their stereotyping.
Jim’ s uncertainty about his role in such an
exotic world draws you in. You begin to
refreshing talent
for ereat~g
characters so
natural and
detailed that you
forget they are
unbelievably
stereotypical...
Agnes is the
Uh~-nate Drag
Que n... Even
Brother Earl...
seems to
exact re~|~ea of the
klnd~mpeople we
elect to Congress
all the time. Th~s
kind of stereotyped
hyper~neo-wirtualrealism
almost
makes Pawn to
¯ been Four an
Everyman play for
the modern Gay
~dl,ad~l.
wonder how much of our culture is controlled
by a marginalized minority of our
society. You start to wonder, "how much
does that drag queen control what club is
’ in’ or’ out?’ "or"am I on the A-list for all
the best partiesT’ Though the true extent
of an underground society’s
control is questionable,
Eighner wants you to question
the image we have and
who gives it to us.
Even more infectious than
Jim’s trepidation is his admi=
ration of Phil. Phil’s angelic
beauty and innocent devotion
give the story apeaceful wonder
missing from most Gay
novds. Oh, there are plenty of
beauties, plenty of innocents
and plenty of devoted lovers
in Gay literature, but how
many characters really have
all three traits? Phil reminds
us thatwe canretain ourchildlike
fascination with the world
no matterhow adverse the cir=
cumstances and still beresponsible,
capable, respectable
human beings. This is a quality
of life that so much of the
gay community neglects in
favor of that oh-so-chic snide
cynicism. Though Jim is the
protagonist, Phil is the one
youwill involve yourself wi~.
You will be proud when he
comes into his own destiny;
you will admire him as Jim
does, because Phil is that beatl-
¯ tiful person that would actually talkto you
¯ in a bar.
¯ Alas, Agnes... with the resourceful-
" hess and style of a true pageant-winner,
¯ the Queen of the Jade Chimera inspires
¯ belief in the impossible, faith in the unbe-
¯ lievable . . . and that she does just by
¯ carrying 350 pounds of drag queen in
¯ seven-inchheels! Regency and flare have
¯ never been in better form. She can imper~
¯ sonate a grtmgy old gardener or a Klan
¯ member and never break a two-inch-long
: nail. Truthfully, any respect and dignity
¯¯ wehave neglected to allow drag queens to
haveis broughtforth with no apologies by
¯ the glorious Agnes. She is a true heroine
in the vein of those queens who started
¯ this most groundbreaking era of our
¯ struggle for equal rights. I wouldn’t be
¯ surprised tolearn thatAgnes or some real¯
life equivalent was actually at Stonewall.
Her Highness is controlling, deceptive
¯ and stubborn but you can’t help but love
¯ her .... and you can’thelp but watch her.
¯ Ultimately,whatmakes Pawn toQueen
Four a good read is what it teaches (al-
¯ though I think Eighner might hate me for
: saying that). For all its outlandish hijinx
¯ and biting wit, this book has a serious, ¯
though probably unintentional, message
¯ - we in the Gay community have become
" so obsessed with fighting our enemies
¯ that we forget to have fun, or the exact
: opposite. Pawn to Queen Four is ulti-
: mately aboutbalance. Agnes doesn’twant
Brother Earl out of the picture. She has
¯ plenty of chances to ruin him, but she
¯ knows that he has every right to exist that
¯ she does. Surprisingly, Brother Earl feels
: the same, although he gets a little threatening
when he leads the Klan in a true
" Oklahomabackroads see Queen4,p. 14
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peeling and cracking glazing putty is just
¯ tired and frumpy2 Lose it.
¯ Traditionally, this job has been a lot of
uresome work, but the DIYD will pull a
few tricks out of her pocket that will have
you simply melting with delight..First, the
old, dried putty must be removed to the
wood. If you’re doing all of your windows,
and usually you will, do yourself a
"We need your help," Satcher told the
organizationformedby ministers in 1957.
"We need the church to help us to deal
with the prejudice and the bias that-we
face as we’re trying to fight this epidemic."
Ministers are uneasy talking about
AIDS, said the group’s chairman, Dr.
Claud Young, a family doctor in Detroit.
’qqaey speak about sex in any form as if
it’s a form of cancer," he said, recalling
preachers asking him not to use the word
"condom" inside the church. "I said, ’Not
only is the word condom being usedinthe
church; I can assure you condoms are
being used in the church.’" Young added
thatin Michigan,Blackorganizations have
received little of the grant money available
for prevention.
Today’s fight presents challenges that
did not exist during the 1960s, Satcher
said. During the civil rights movement, he
said, people had hope that they could
effect change. Today, too many young
people are hopeless about their futures so
they do not try as hard to avoid risky sex
and other health threats, he said. But that
can change, he said. "Leadership is critical,"
he said. "I don’t think we’ve found
any~substitutes for good leadership."
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Turn on the drill and
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either.
With the old
putty gone, make a
mixture 50/50 of paint
thinner and linseed oil
to coat and nourish the
old, exposed wood,
then wait a day before
proceeding. TheDIYD
gently urges you to restrain
your passion for
neatly glazed windows
and not omit this step.
Then youhaveoptions:
one, you can use the
old putty in the can and
putty knife trick; or
two, you can use the
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Unless you are an old pro, please opt for
the latter. Not only will it be easier~ the
latex material will last longer and it may
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The tube comes with a specialized
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gun, Though it isn’t necessary, your job
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filling in. Leave the tape on for
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crisp, unsmeared edge. The tube material
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worth every penny of it. Apply the material
moving smoothly and slowly along
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then paint; with the premasked windows,
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Next month: take up your PHD’s and
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Ulmer wrote. "In other words, the proposedamendmentlimits
marriage to what
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Alaska. Because that is themeaning of the
amendment, I believe the ballot summary
should say so."
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would add an amendment to the-
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Dr. Marny Hall is a San Francisco Bay
Area psychotherapist with twenty years
experienee speeializing
in Lesbian relationships.
In her book, The
Lesbian Love Companion:
How to Survive
Everything from
Heartthrob to Heartbreak,
she tackles issues
of Lesbian relationships,
sex, breakups,
rituals, and jeab
ousy.
"I had had a painful
break-up," she told me
m a recent interview,
"and-decided to find
somelongterm couples
who had managed to
weather the difficulties
that had undermined
my relationship. I was particularly interested
in finding couples who had survived
outside affairs." She located a.handfu!:0f
long term Lesbian couples and contacted
them periodically over anumber of years.
She asked, how they met, how their relationshipprogressed,
andhow they handled
difficult situations:such as jealousy, conflict,
desire, homophobia, work, and illness.
"I was searching for a formula," said
Mamy, "but I didn’t find anything. Then
five years into this experiment, two of the
model couples I had been tracking broke
up. I had come to think of them as perfect
couples. I felt a bit shell-shocked but I
decided that I wouldcontinue to interview
both ex-partners. It was then that I found
the answers I was looking
for. Now the ex-
.partners started talking
about their relationships
in entirely different
ways. One woman,
who had said that she
was really in lust now
told me that they had
never had any passionate
chemistry! Another
womanused to say that
her community of
friends kept them together;
now she said
that she never felt a
sense ofcommtmity ! A
third said she wanted to
be with her partner until
her breath was no
: longer in her body. After the break-up she
¯ told me that even if her partner were
available, she wouldn’.t go back. These
¯ 180 degree turns made me realize that so
¯ much of how we process relationships is ¯
through the tales that we tell. The tales do
¯ all sorts of things - they certify legit1-
¯ macy, they heal broken hearts, and they ¯
explain betrayals."
: After this revelation, Mamy decided to
¯ go back and reread the transcripts from
the interviews she had conducted with the
¯ couples that were still together. Now she
¯ could see shifts in their stories too, over
: time. Their stories had kept them going
Dr. Marny Hall
through hard times. For example, if one
partnerhadhadan affair, .theother discovered
a motive that explained everything.
Perhaps the straying partner had been
depressed about her job or angry at her
partner. The affair had been a coded way
of announcing these dissatisfactions. In
other words, the two partners collaborated
on a story that turned an unpardonable
betrayal into a forgivable misdemeanor.
By reconstruing the potentially
damaging revelation in more positive
ways, they were able to stay together.
"So I thought, why not think of more
stories?" said Marny. Her book focuses
on stories that provide alternatives to the
"master stories" ab0utforever-after, about
terrible betrayals, about bad times. "If I
could tell stories about small break-ups or
trivial passions or benign other women
then I could contribute to partners’ flexibility
and givethemmore staying power,"
Maruy told me.
Originally planned as a book about successful
long-term couple relationships,
The Lesbian Love Companion took on a
life ofits ownl "I love the story of ~happily
ever after," Marny said, "but we. can tell
other stories, too. Everyday stories about
contentment instead of epics about do-ordie
love affairs. Stories of downsized disenchantments
instead of major dyke dramas.
The first time you realize that your
.lover snores and you love her anyway is
not exactly a swash-buckling bodice-ripper.
But it does qualify as a modest tale
about a small turning point. Our lives are
packed with all kinds of minimalist ro-
: mances. We just have to tune in to them.
: "The same thing is true about sex,"
¯ Mamy continued. "We’re all so familiar
¯ with the story about the earth-moving sex.
: But we can tell a lot of different stories
: about sex- maintenance sex that depends
¯ on cultivating orgasmic habits, sex for ¯
comfort or fun, psychodrama sex that
exorcises old demons. Even the fond
sexual memories we share with ex-lovers
is anotherform of sex. Wemight call it exsex.
These stories aren’t the mainstream
favorites so they aren’t heard, they’re
inaudible, private." As Marny putsit, her
book puts some "amplification" on the
stories that many of us are already telling.
’q’he bookis for long-term couples. It is
also for the sluts and passionate friends,
the celibates andthecommunally minded,"
Mamy added. "All of us are affected by
¯ the traditional stories. Uncoupled Lesbi-
: ans often feel as though they have failed
¯ some crucial test. And long-term couples
: may feel such pressure to live up to these
¯ stones that, as aresult, they feel they must
¯ conceal anything thatisn’t congruentwith ¯
’perfect coupledom.’ Such self censor-
" ship makes~thard for partners to be play-
" ful .or spontaneous. The perfect couple
¯ ideal exacts a toll on everyone- Ltgbians ¯
who are coupled,unpartnered or who have
¯ multiple partners."
"It tends to turn us all into intimacy
¯ overachievers," said Mamy. "The pur- ¯
pose of my book is to counteract that
¯ sense of performance anxiety. Almost
: everybody has doubts, and forbidden passions,
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I met brown-eyed Burt one summer
when I was working in Hawai’i. Burt had
grown up near Manila in the philippines.
He taught English for some years at a
Catholic high school. Then
he came to Honolulu to work
on a Ph.D. in philosophy at
the University of Hawai’i
In his thesis, Burt planned to
reexamine traditional Asian
philosophy in light of the
work of post-modernists
suchas Foucault and Derrida.
When I met Burt, he was in
his mid 30.s and solidly built,
just runmng to chunk. But
you could still look through
those added pounds to see
that he had been a graceful
young man.
In Honolulu, Burt found
an American boyfriend- an
older man retired from the
telephone company. Burt
movedinand tookovercooking
and cleaning for the two
of them. His lover’s elderly
mother came to stay and he
took care of her too. Burt
kept purposely missing his
thesis deadlines to maintain
his relationship. His student
visa and US Immigration
demanded that, after finishing
a degree, he return to the
Philippines and not come
back to America for three
years, even as a tourist. His
Ph.D. thesis wa~ already four
Throughout
muck of the
Philippines -
especially the
Muslim south
- there aretraditional
roles
in which men
take on tTemlnlne,
eharaeteristles
and clothing.
In Tagalog,
the main Filipino
language,
these men are
cafled ba/da.
Traditionally,
many bakla
¯were dancers.
actors, and
entertainers.
years overdue.
~-Since that summer, I’ ve met a number
of American/Filipino couples - the Filipino
half typically keeping house.
Throughout much of the Philippines -
especially the Muslim south = there are
traditional roles in which men take on
.feminine characteristics and clothing. In
Tagalog, themainFilipino language, these
men are called bakla. Traditionally, many
bakla were dancers, actors, and entertainers.
MarkJohnson’snew bookabout transvestites
in Sulu, Beauty andGender (Berg
1997), describes numbers Of feminine,
cross-dressing Filipino boys who are .on
the prowl for masculine (i.e., ’straight
acting’, even married) boyfriends. In recent
years, these guys have taken overand
developed the hairdressing and beauty
business sectorthroughoutthe Philippines.
Most reject, however, a traditional bakla
identity and embrace instead the label
"gay." Our Western term here continues
to extend its global’ spread. Burt, too, was
horrified when I asked if he was a bakla.
This term today resonates too many sour
tones of backwardness, effeminacy, and
male prostitution.
There is a straight parallel to Butt and
his boyfriend in Hawai’i. In any romance
magazine sold at Quiktrip, one can find
advertisements touting the merits of submissive,
yet sexy, Asian women. You,
too, can easily send away for a mail-order
Oriental bride! One ofmy second cousins
had a fairly successful marriage with an
able woman from Vietnam until his warrelated
post traumatic stress syndrome
worsened one day and he attacked an old
lady gassing her car up at a California
service station.
Feminists decry the Ameriean stereotype
ofsexy Suzy Wongs who serve white
° men in bed, serve them dinner - who
¯ meekly serve all their needs whatever.
," But the international marriage marketl
." place works to bring women out from the
Philippines, and other Southeast Asian
countries, into the US.
Ainerican wealth allows at
leastsome ofus to shop overseas
and purchase our sexual
fantasies, even if we don’t
always get what we think we
are buying. And Americans
.profit, too, from positive
images that encourage at
least some Asians to hop a
plane and fly into the arms
of an unknown Occidental
spouse. Obviously, just as
many Filipinas (and Filipinos)
are 1.ooking for Americans
as vice versa.
The market for gay Asian
fianc6s is constrained by the
inability of homosexuals to
marry legally and thereby
obtain green cards for our
~mported boyfriends. Still,
I’ve had interesting email
correspondence with several
guys in Indonesia, Malaysia,
and the Philippines. They
wonder if I can set them up
with American lovers. One
gayboy in Jakarta, a civil
servant whose nom de email
is Koko, asked my advice
about accepti.’ng a one-way
air ticket from an American
Internet correspondent. I
counseled him to take care
lest he end up a sex slave, bound up in
somebody’s basement. The Hollywood
~mage of the United States is very powerful
overseas. Even Tulsa can seem urbane
and sophisticated to somebody in
Zamboaga or Chiangmai or Penang.
Mostrecently, I havebeenin touch with
a sad, young Filipino in the port city of
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Joe moved
to Dubai from Saudi Arabia severa! months
ago. He had broken up with his 50-something,
bald American lover whom he was
with for three years. Joe, understandably,
is depressed. He emails me that he misses
fixing dinners for the two of them. He
misses fussing about his ex-lover’s various
medical conditions. Gay life in Dubai
is no doubt grim. Joe nowadays appears to
live mostly on the Internet. The American
boyfriend, perhaps because he was at the
end of an employment contract or perhaps
becauserelations with Joehadlanguished,
returned here to Tulsa by himself. Well,
almost by himself. He brought their eat
back to Tulsa but he left his Filipino
boyfriend behind in the Arabian deserts.
for housing programs earmarked for
people with AIDS. The $21 million was
shifted to help f’mance state extended care
programs for veterans. Rep. VanHilleary,
R-Tenn., said the reduction was justified
because of a 6 percent decline in the
annual number of AIDS cases. Opponents
of the amendment argued that the
decline is attributed to the wider use of
¯ new drugs and the success ofsuch drug
tr~tments often depends on patients having
decent housing.
Almost everybody wo~nders about the
paths not taken. By telling our untold tales
and making them normal, I hope that our
sense of failure will be reduced.’" As a
psychotherapist, Marny has been witness
to many stories by Lesbians. An example
of the man3’ excerpts from The Lesbian
Love Companion: "You might ~’ant to
develop your other-woman fantasy. Install
her as your permanent muse. Pay
attention to her. She’ll tell you whether t~
sign up for scuba class or just buy some
new lingerie. And after you do what she
suggests, check in with her from time to
time. Has she changed? Is she suggesting
another direction? You are entitled to
keep her toyourself: ,She is, after all,
purely 3"our playmate, soul mate - combination
projection, reflection, guide. And,
:Aphrodite forbid, ifanything should ever
happen to ),our partner, ’*our fantasy lover
";~q]l be there for you. SlOe will shoe 3"our
’memories and your tears. She will con-
~ble and commiserate. And, one chy, when
the time is right, she will lead You back to
~E world.’" As Mamv writes i’n the book:
"V~qlen it comes to ou~ lives and loves, we
need a generous supply of alternative stoi~
es: Instructive sci-fi fabIes and twilight
zone mysteries, endless sequels and whitel~
uckl~ exploits. \Ve ~e both hearth
buggers and voyagersl We must make
room in our lives for the dream of foreverafter
and the determination to never look
back."
Early reactions to Marny’s book? Rumorhas
it that Lily Tomlin loves it ! Alison
Bechdel, creator of the comic strip Dykes
To Watch Out For, calls it".., a veriiable
Karma Sutra of emotional possibility."
For further reading: Mamy Hall (1998),
The Lesbian Love Companion: How to
Survive Everything from Heartthrob ~o
Heartbreak. HarperCollins, I0 East 53rd
St., New York, NY 10022.
Prof. Esther
Rothblum
is teachek psy-
6hology at the
University of
Vermont 6nd is
Editor of the
Journal of Lesbian
Studies.
She can be
reached at Jo,"n
Dewey Hail,
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
05405. e~ail: esther.rothblum@uvm.edu.
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Wisconsin Lesbian Elected
To United States House
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wisconsin voters elected the
first opeuly Lesbian woman member of Congress on
Tuesday. But an acknowledged Lesbian House challenger
lost in Washington state and another was behind
in California. In Wisconsin’ s open 2nd District, Democratic
state Rep. Tammy Baldwin defeated Republican
Josephine Musser, the former state insurance commissioner,
to replace retiring GOP Rep. Scott Klug.
Baldwin, 36, made healtheare a cornerstone of her
campaign, saying the United States should adopt a
~national, publicly funded system like that in Canada.
’°Tammy Baldwin is a solid representative who happens
to be a Lesbian," said Elizabeth Birch, executive
director of the Washington-based Human Rights Campaign,
a Gay civil rights group that helped bankroll the
Baldwin campaign. "She has broken down a very large
door," Birch added.
see Baldwin, p. 10
Hawaii.+Alaska Voters
Reject Gay. Marriage
’Th~As;oc;’atedPress ~Stri~ggiingt; satisf~y~l~ot~.~0ei-al
conservatives and the law of the land, Hawaii on Tuesday
took another step toward banning same-gender
marriage, giving its Legislature the go-ahead to write a
new law. Elsewhere, Alaskans voted a Gay-marriage
ban into their constitution, and voters in Fort Collins,
Colo., defeated a measure to protect Gays and Lesbians
from discrimination.
News was more hopeful for Gay civil rights advocates
in Maine, whereindividual communities are fielding
anti-discrimination bills to circumvent this year’s
statewide vote that overturned protections on the basis
of sexual orientation. South Portland approved a Gay
rights initiative; Ogunqult’s vote on a similar proposal
was too close to call early Wednesday.
The Hawaii initiative was lawmakers" latest try to
sidestep the state Supreme Court’s 1993 ruling that the
state had no constitutional right to ban same-gender
marriages because that would deny some citizens the
rights provided to others. Because the U.S. Constitution’ s
Full Faith and Credit .Clause requires states to honor
each other’ s statutes and legal bonds, the 1993 ruling set
off some furious preemptive legislating around the
country. At least 30 states have now banned Gay marnage,
and Congress passtd the Defense of Marriage
Act, which denied federal recognition ofGay marriage
and allowed states to ignore same-sex tmions licensed
elsewhere.
The two sides in Hawaii spent millions of dollars in a
relendess media campaign. "It’s really sending aclear
message, a strong message, that the people of this
community will not allow homosexual marriages;" said
Mike Gabbard, a leader of the Save Traditional Marriage
group, seeVote, p. 10
UJ DIRECTORY/LETTERS P, 2/3
US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 ~ HEALTH NEWS P. 6
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES P. 8
~ COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 8
BOOK REVIEW P. I 0
DO-IT-YOURSELF P. 11
DYKE PSYCHE/GAY STUDIES P. 12/13
~ CLASSIFIEDS + WEERWOLF P. 14
¯
200 Attend Tulsa Vigil
For Hate Crime Victim
Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends
Tulsa’s Largest Circulation CommunityPaper Available In More Than 75 City Locations
¯ The Associated Press & TFN- Matthew Shepard, a 21 year old
¯ Gay University of Wyoming freshman, was found severely
¯ beaten Oct. 7. He died Oct. 12 in a Fort Collins, Colo., hospital.
¯
His deathsparkedanintemational
"[your vi$11 represents]
a eommhment to an
end of vlolenee and
[to] appropriate
proteetlon under the
law... Matthew
Shepard’s death was
horrible and senseless;
it would be more so if
it. was in vain."
- Drew Edmondson
OkLaltom Attorney General
. .," outpouring of sympathy for vic-
¯ ¯ tims of hate crimes and calls for
~: a-federal hate crime law from
Clinton.
All across the US, communities
heldvigils andrallies tohonor
and mourn the slain student. In
¯
Tulsa, a group of about 150-200
¯ persons gathered at the Civic
Center Plaza. Anumberofclergy
¯ spoke, including the Rev. Father
: Rick Hollingsworth of the Parish
¯ Church of SaintJerome, the Rev.
¯ Leslie Penrose of Community of
: HopeUnited Methodist, the Rev.
¯ Helen Calloway of the Unity
: Church and the Rev. Russell Bennett of Fellowship Congrega-
¯ tional Church.
: Oklahoma’ s Attorney General, Drew Edmondson, sent a state-
: ment which was read by Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
vice president, Greg Gatewood: "[your vigil represents] a commitment
to an end of violence and [to] appropriate protection
¯ under the law.. see Hate, p. 11
:
- Fayetteville Civil Rights
¯ Measure Overturned
FAYEFFEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -.Voters here rejected a resolution
: that backers said would have protected Gay people against job
¯ discrimination in city government. Final but unofficial results
¯ from Tuesday’. s .balloting 8howed7~811" v_otes against the measure,
6r58pe~-cent~ whil~ 5,731,or_42 percenL.we~_e cast in favor.
Known as the human-dignity resolution, the measure was passed
¯ by the Fayetteville City Council earlier this year, vetoed by the
¯ mayor, then passed by the council again in overriding the veto.
: It wouldhave required that all applicants for city staffpositions
¯ have equal access to employment, regardless of race, sex, reli-
: gion, color, national origin, age, ancestry, familial statUS, disabil-
¯ ity or sexual orientation, A group opposed to including "sexual
¯ orientation" on the list successfully petitioned to get the resolu-
¯ tion.on the ballot. ¯
Claudette’s Leaving!
Longtime AIDS Activist
Moving to Aggieland
¯
TULSA - For half a decade, anyone seriously involved with
¯ HIV/AIDS, knew Claudette Peterson. For a nu~nber of years, a
¯ Tulsan being tested for HIV anti-bodies likely had their blood
¯ sample taken taken and results given by her when she ran Tulsa
¯ Oklahomans for Human Rights HIV Testing Clinic.
¯ More recently, Persons Living with AIDS (PLWA’s) have
¯ benefited fromher tireless (and initially unpaid) efforts to establish
Food Chain, a food pantry and more. However, since her
¯
spouse, Tim Peterson has recently been taken a teaching job at
¯ TexasA&Mwherehe received his ph.D, Tulsa is losing Peterson
¯ to College Station.
Another prominent figure amongTulsaHIV/AIDS fundraisers
¯ and caregivers, Janice Nicklas, bemoaned Peterson’ s departure.
¯ "It’ s a major loss for our community.., she has tireless energy for
¯ developing resources for HIV prevention and care and we owe ¯
her a lot . . . anyone’s fortunate to have her living in their
community."
¯ Peterson noted that her work has been a labor of love, and is ¯
proud of the fact that she and Foo~t Chain have never had to turn
; away a client and they are now. serving over 100 PLWA’s a
¯ month. She notes that donating food has brought very diverse
: people together- drag queens working right next to conservative
church people. Peterson also recognizbA Audra Sommers for her
¯ very generous support ofFood Chain and other care programs as
¯ wall as support from the National AIDS fund, Tulsa Comm
¯ AIDS Partnership, the Rath Foundation, &Philip Morris Co. Inc.
: Tulsa Library Rever,s,es
Anti-Gay Paper Poltcy
¯ TULSA- Fornearlyfiveyears,Tulsa’sCity/County
¯ Library System (TCCLS) had refused to allow the ¯
distributionofGaynewspapers,TulsaFamilyNews
¯
in particular, in its lobbies. Early in October, TFN
¯ received a letter inviting the newspaper to provide
¯ copies to be distributed at the Central and each of
¯
the four regional libraries. Tulsa Family News is
¯ now found in those locations.
¯ The dispute over distribution privileges began ¯
when TFN publisher, Tom Neal, was representing
_" a now defunct out-of-town Gay paper and re-
" quested equal distribution access as magazines like
¯ TulsaKids, TulsaPeople and Urban Tulsa enjoyed ¯
a number of library lobbies. The response of the
." then TCCLS director, Pat Woodrum and the
¯ library’.s board of trustees was to change the rules
; to ban "out of town" publications.
Shortly after that decision, Neal began Tulsa
¯ Family News and reapplied as a local publication.
¯ Once again, TCCLS changed the rules to continue
to grant access to non-Gay publications and not to
." aGay one. Thesenew rules required that50% ofthe
¯ content of the publication be "local."
¯ TFN challenged TCCLS to clarify how it was ¯
defining and connting local content. Neal notes,
¯
"we had issues where it appeared that we met the
~ 50% standard as we understood it and yet we were
¯ told we didn’ t have enough local content. Further-
." more, we documented multiple violations of that
: rule by other publications but the library administration
refused to respond to our requests to clarify
the policies and to explain their seeming tolerance
¯ for rule-breaking by other publications."
see Library, p. 12
World AIDS ¯ IAM Director Decides to Step Down ¯
TULSA~interfaithAIDS Ministries is sponsoring
¯
its annual World AIDS Day Candlelight March.&
¯ Memorial Service. As is customary, the event is on
¯ December 1 st,Tuesday andwill beginat 6:30 at the
parkinglot of Centenary United Methodist Church
¯
(631 North Denver) just north of downtown. The
¯" march begins to the Parish Church of Saint Jerome
(205 West King) at about 7pro and the memorial
service will start about 7:30. There is a reception
¯
following the service. Marchers are asked to bring
: banners & bells, but candles & matches will be
¯ provided. St. Jerome will be accessible to the
disabled at the east entrance.
¯ Also, this will be the last World AIDS Day for
which ]AM’ s executive director ofmany years will
¯ serve. Diane Zike, who helped found the organiza- ¯
fion when it was part of the Episcopal Diocese of
¯ Oklahoma’s AIDS care, will be stepping down at
¯ the end of the yearforpersonal reasons. Zike stated,
"my work in AIDS ministry has been a very impor-
¯
taut and meaningful part ofmy life fore the past 12
years. I regret the need to step down now from my
role as director but I will continue to be active and
supportive in any way I can."
TFN publisher, Tom Neal, noted, "Diane is one
of the unsungheroes of the TulsaAIDS community
- she has worked long and hard at great personal
cost." Info: 438-2437 or 800-284-2437.
: Blues Concert for AIDS
¯ TULSA-Walkfor Life will presentits 2ndannual
." blues concert later this year (the date will be an-
¯ nounced). Last year’s event was held at at
¯" Streamroller Blues and featured a surprise visit
from Hanson. The tickets to the event will be $5 at
~ the door and will benefit local AIDS care organizations.
For info., call 918-579-9593.
see Editorial, p. 3
Tul;a C~ubs & Restaurants
*Bmnboo Lom~ge, 7204 E. Pine
*Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. Boston
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
*Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria
*Full Moon Care, 1525 E. 15th
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston
*Jason’s Deli, 15th & Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
832-1269
592-2143
744-0896
599-9512
583-6666
749-4511
585-3134
599-7777
749-1563
744-4280
745-9998
834-4234
585-3405
660-0856
584-1308
Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals
Advanced Wireless & PCS, Digital Cellular 747-1508
*Affinity News~ 8120 E. 21 610-8510
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor
746-4620
*Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15
712-1122
Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 712-9955
*Borders Books & Music, 8015 S. Yale 494-2665
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 S. Peoria 743-5272
*CD Warehouse, 3807c S.-Peoria
746-0313
Cherry Sf. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Community Cleaning, Kerby Baker 622-0700
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742:9468
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th 749-3620
*Devena’ s Gallery, 13 Brady .
587-2611
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S~.’Peoria 744-5556
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan 838-8503
*Ross Edward Salon, 2447 E. 15th 584-0337, 712-9379
*Iqoral Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria 744-9595
Cathy Furlong, Ph.D., 1980 Utica Sq: Med. Ctr. 628-3709
Gloria Jean s Gourmet Coffee, 1758 E. 21st 742-1460
Learme M. Gross, Insurance & financial planning
459-9349
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney.
744-7440
*Sandra J. I-Iill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111
341-6866
*International Tours
Jacox ~rtimal Clinic; 2732 E. 15th
712-2750
-~*Jared s Antiquesi i602 El 15th
’ - - ’ 582-3018
David Kanskey, Country Club Barbering
747-0236
~Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. i5
599-8070
Kelly Kirby CPA, 4021 S. Harvard, #210 747-5466
*Living ArtSpace, 19 E. Brady
585-1234
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3rd
584-3112
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31
663-5934
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 Place
664-2951
Novel Idea Bookstore, 51 st & Harvard
747-6711
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633
747-7672
*Peace of Mind Bookstore, 1401 E. 15
583-1090
The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2rid floor
743-4297
Rainbowz on the River B+B, POB 696, 74t01
747-5932
Richard’ s Carpet Cleaning
834-Q617
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921. 747-4746
Christopher Spradling, attorney, 616 S. Main, #308 582-7748
*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square
749-6301
*Tickled Pink, 3340 S. Peoria
697-0017
*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria
742-2007
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis
481-0558
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling
743-1733
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis
592-0767
Tulsa Agencies, Churches, Schools & U niversities
AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 4337, 74101
579-9593
*All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria
743-2363
Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159
587-7314
Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center, 2207 E. 6
583-7815
*B/L/G/T Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780
*Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 616 S. Boston 585-1201
*Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th P1. & Florence
*Church of the RestorationUU, 1314N.Greenw°°d 587-1314
*Commlmity ofHope United Methodist, 2545 S. Yale 747:6300
*Commumty Unitarian-Universalist Congregation
749-0595
*Council Oak Men’ s Chorale
743-4297
*Delaware Playhouse, 1511 S Delaware
712-1511
*Democratic Headqtmrters, 3930 E. 31
742-2457
Dignity/Integrity of Tulsa - Lesbian & Gay Catholics &
Episcopalians, POB 701475, 74170-1475
355-3140
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo
622-1441
*Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777
*Free Svirit Women’ s Center, call for l°cati°n &inf°: 587-4669
747-6827
918.583.1248, fax: 583.46 15, POB 4140, Tulsa, OK 74159
e-mai!: TNsaNews@earthlinl~net
website: http:Husers.aol.com/TulsaNewst
Publisher + Editor:
Tom Neal
Writers + contributors:
James Chfistjohn, Jean-Claude de Flambeauchaud
Balry Hensley, J.-P. Legrandbouche, Lamont Lindstrom
Esther Rothblum, Mary Schepers, Adam West
Member of The Associated Press
Issued on or before the 1st of each month, the entire contents of this
oublication are protected by US copyright 1998 byT~ J::.~. ¢L~
~and may not be reproduced either in whole or in part without
written permission from the publisher. Publication of a r~ame or
photo does not indicate a person’s sexual orientation. Correspondence
is assumed to be for publication unless otherwise noted,_oaust
be signed & becomes the sole prope,rty of, T,~.~. /:.~Lg,’...ff.*~.*"
Each reader is entitled to 4 copies o~ each eoition at msmouuon
points. Additional copies are available by calling 583-1248.
Friends in Unity Social Org., POB 8542, 74101 582-0438
*HIV ER Center, 4138 Chas. Page Blvd. 583-6611
*HIV Resource Consortium, 3507 E. Admiral
834-4194
*Holland Hall SchOol, 5666 E. 81st 481-1111
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education
834-8378
HIV Testing, Mon/Thurs. 7-9pm, daytime by appt. only
*House of the Holy Spirit Minstries, 3210e So. Norwood
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood
838-1715
NAMES Project, 3507 E. Admiral Pi. 748-3111
NOW, Nat’l Org. for Women, POB 14068, 74159 365-5658
OK Spokes Club (bicycling), POB 9165, 74157 .
*Our House, 1114 S. Quaker
584-7960 ¯
PFLAG, POB 52800, 74152
749-4901 .
*Planned Parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria
587-7674
*The Pride Center, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor, 74105.
743-4297 "
prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152 .
*R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network 74%4195
Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159
665-5174 ¯
*Red Rock Mental Center, 1724 E. 8
584-2325
O’RYAN, support group.for 18-24 LGBT young adults
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Coors Donation Condemned
Imagine a Lesbian or Gay activist who
left the country a few years ago and just
recently returned back to our community.
Talk about culture shock! She or he would
witness a brave new’queer world, one in
which GLAAD has accepted $110,000
from Coors, theHumanRights Campaign
(a Lesbian and Gay PAC) has endorsed
D’Amato for Senator in New York, and a
young Gay man was tortured and murdered
in Wyoming. Importantly for us,
these three things are not unrdated -
appeasement comes at a price - and that
price is not acceptable to us.
Weare writing (respectively) as aformer
taffer and former board member of
GLAAD/SFBA. Therefore we will focus
rathe GLAAD-Coors connection.
GLAAD (the Gay and Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation) has accepted
$110,000 from the Coors Brewing company
to support its new "sexual orientation
in the workplace" training effort.
GLAAD was founded by activists such as
Vito Russo (author of The Celluloid
Closet) with a single, very spedfic rmssion:
to watchdog and critique the media’ s
coverage of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgendered issues.
It has strayed from that mission often to
deal with the substance of issues rather
than how they are covered. We believe
that conducting sexual orientation in the
workplace trainings is outside GLAAD’ s
niche.
No other organization in our community
focuses on anti-defamation. There is
plenty of defamation (some have lately
taken to calling it hate speech) runmng
around loose these days. GLAAD has
plenty enoughmediaanalysis andresponse
to do and litde enough money to do th.at
vital work, without implementing a new
: project with dirty money.
Much has already been said about the
politics of Coors and the politics of accepting
money from Coors. We would
like to emphasize our dismay thatGLAAD
would accept money from such a source.
When we were with GLAAD, RJR
Reynolds (Big Tobacco, a key backer of
powerful, homophobic North Carolina
Senator Jesse Helms) was also offering
the community money and some were
considering taking it!
So, we in GLAAD/SFBA back then
"did the math" and realized that taking
money from people trying to kill youjust
doesn’t add up to anything that makes
sense. Same for Coors once removed -
that is the Coors Foundations.
- Tom di Maria, Exec. Director, 1993-95
- Jessea Greenman, Co-Chair, 1990-94
GLAAD/San Francisco Bay Area
[Editor’s note: the Coors family wealth
has been closely associated with a number
of the most ultra rtght wing and anti-
Gaypolitical causes. Coors Brewing Company
was once the target ofa boycott due
to anti-Gay company policies. Coors
Brewing now boasts a non-discrimination
policy that includes sexual orientation
and. supports Gay organizations.
Coors Brewing has supported the Tulsa
Pride Picnic for a number ofyears.]
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At the present time. there are only 25 states that have laws against
homoffexuals, most nbted are; Alabama 20 years, Georgia 20 years, l~hode
Is and ant ess than 7 years nor more than 20 years, Oklahoma 10 years. The
homosexuals are working hard to get these laws changed to permit their
perversion ofour country, and it appears they are successfuq at it. "
A great many laws have been changed. Until 1990
our country. In 1986the U.S. SupremeCourtuph,
(in a 5 to 4 vote), noting that "prohibitions again
jurisprudence since the colonization of the countr
the laws of’he original thirteen states when they r~
outlawed sodomy. Noah Carolina’s original sodl
the abonimable and detestable crime against natur
adjudged guilty of a felony and SHALL SOl:
CLERGY".
the U.S. barred admission ofsexual deviants into
d the constitutionality of Georgia’s sodomy law
homosexuality have been a part of Ainerlcan
" Sodomy was a criminal offense forbidden by
fiodtheBillofRights. Until 1961, allb0states
ay statute nut: "Any person who shall commit
not fit tb be named among Christians... Shall be
ER DEATH WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF
Without proper punishment of these, perveRs, u( great comitxy has become like Sodom &
Gomorrah. It’s gotten pretty sad when we allo’~ mmosexuals to teach our children that there is
nothing wrong with being *gay".- ttawthome I ementary public school, Madison, Wisconsin,
where lesbian TummY" Boldwln is Distriet Cotmty ~upcwisor, bes just one ofmany pilot programs
to teach against homophobia, At the direction of~[hoir teachers, Ist and 2nd graders made a book
titled "Everybody is Equal, A Book About Gay &. Lesbian." The book teaches our very young
chiltlrcn respect for homos, a.s well as the Ga~ Pride chant’Hay-Hay-Ho-Ho-Homophobia’s got to
go’and"Wewant rigbl,~tao*: 1ST&2..NDGRADERS!!! OneolderstudenL whenaskedwhatshe
had learned, statedshe’loaksatitlnadifferentlight. Toknowwhatbeinggay isallabout, it’snot
actually diffcrent from anybody else".
Cambridge Mass. schools hold functions like a Gay Family Photo Exhibit on school grounds, and
another celebrates Gay Pride Day as a holiday. Third graders n New York earn tolerance for
borons, tlomosexuals argue that wbat consenting adults do in the privacy oftbeir home is protectod
under lhe tight to privacy. Vsctlmless crimes, sucKas the possession and distribution ofillegal drugs
do not escape the law where they are committed at home; right to privacy in no way allows one to
break the law. Not State law and not God’s !aw...sodomy is a crime and must be prosecuted. By
dolng nothing and allowing sodomites to run amuck, just look around and see where our morals are
today. Prison terms for sodomy are designed to punish persons who undertake by unatural and
indecent methods to gratify a perverted and depraved sexual appetite which is an offence against
public dccancy and morality. To i mprison a conlinnod homosexual is like throwing Brer Rabbit i nto
the briar patch To ~ve our nation we need the DEATII PENALTY to put an end to the sodomites
~erverslon ofour country.
Can honmsexuals repent and be saved I I Corinthians 6:1 I)? A few are, but this still
does not mean society eannol INSTITUTETHE DEATI I PENALTY for this crime, just
as it has for the crime of murder. No one says a murderer cannot repent and come to
Christ, nor does society allow such a conv~’sion to stop the death penalty from being
carried out. Lev. 20:13: "Ira man lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman both of
.them have committed an abominatiott. They shall surely be put to death".
Asa did that which was right in the eyes ofthe I.ord, and hc tookaway the sodimites out
of the hind (IKings 15:12). ]-lad Asa execu~.d these sexual deviants, Jehnsaphat
wouldn’t have had to remove the remaining sodomites out ofthe land (I Kings22: 46).
The Death Penalty is our only answer to ensure these pe~’erts are out ofour contr~’ and
stay out for good. ]
But God is love, oh yes, God is love ~nd if you love God, you will keep his
commandment {Matt 22:37 and Jol~ 14:15). So for our people to keep the
commandment of l.ev. 20:13 is tO love Grd. Romans 1:2~-32: :,re have changed.the .
troth ofGod into a lie. worshippingand se~ing the creature more than the Creatbr. God
has given us up to qle afflictions, even our woman go against nature, ~nd likewise also
the men burned in their lust one toward another, They \vhich commit such things arc
worthyofdeath, SodomandGomorrahwcredestro.vedforsuchthings. Ourendcould
be #n uch worse ifwe don’t follow God’s law’.and uphold the Death Panahy forsodom):
Pastor Pete Peters points out in his book,"Death Panalty for Homosexuals" that the top
6 leading scrialki||ers in the U.S- are: Donald | larvt:y - 37 killed. John \Vay’ne Gaq." - 23
killed. Patrick Keamev - 32 killed, Bruce Davis - 28 killed. Core Henley Brooks - 27
killed. Juan Corona -’25 killed, al! of which were homosexuals; add to that Jeffrey
Dahalcr.
In closing. I would like to poinrout that God has the answer to all our problems. God
has Ills law and the law is good tfa man use it lawfully( I Timothy 1 :g-I 0).
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"To save our nation, we need the DEATH PENALTY t~
put an end to the sodomites perversion of our country." No
doubt, your reaction is much like mine was - this is ludicrous,
almostlaughable! Andthatreactionis increasedwhen
we note the source: the extremely disreputable, publicityhungry
ex-Klansman, the "Reverend" Jonny Lee.Cleary.
But just as the extremist rhetoric of anti-abortiomsts has
created a climate in which extremists murder in order to
"save lives," this adds to a climate in which Lesbian and Gay
lives .(and those of our non-Gay friends who shand by us) are
already devalued and at risk.
Though ultra conservative political groups, like the Family
Research Council, Focus on the Family and the Republican
Party now distance themsdves from recent violence
against Lesbians and Gay men, their systematic attacks onus
and their exploitation of anti-Gay fear for political gain also
have helped create a climate ripe for violence.
Murdered University of Wyoming student Matthew
Shepard’ s death was horrible but it was not the only one of
its type, nationally or even locally. According to Kelly
Kirby, 1ongtimeTulsacivilrights activist, therewas one Gay
man murdered each .year from 1991 to 1996. And yet when
Tulsans held a public vigil for Shepard, not one elected
official came or sent a representative. Mayor Savage was out
of town but surely some one member of her staff could have
shown up? What about the district attorney? Only former
DA Bill LaFortune came and that reflects not only on his
decency and compassion see Penalty, p.14
Ray of Light Campaign Invites Gay People To Tellof Experiences With Ex-Gay Ministries
by Wayne Besen . Of course, you would never see a cover story about a
HRC Associate Director of Communications ".
It is morning once again, and as you rub your tired
eyes and peer into the unforgiving bathroom mirror, the "
shiny reflection of your head is a painful reminder that
you look just as much like Kojac as the day before.
Although your friends say you should learn
to accept your baldness, you desperately
want to change and have spent years pursu-
: ing the latest hair growth remedies to no
: avail. But today is your lucky day. While
: sipping the morning coffee, you pick-up a
¯¯ copy of a respected news magazine and a
bold, splashy headline proclaims: BALD
: FOR LIFE? Underneath the headline, two
¯ smiling, bushy haired people, who look en-
~ thralledby their new hair-dos, claim to have
: been "cured" by a miracle hair tome, corn-
: blued with bible study.
Ecstatic, you excitedly turn the pages un-
: til youf’md the story about this new "miracle
." cure." But as you read on, your enthusiasm
¯ quickly begins to diminish. First, you find
that the smiling mop-tops on the cover-page
: are full-time, paid employees for acompany
: marketing this product. Next, even the most
: fervent supporters claim that the success
¯ rate of this so-called panacea is a paltry
:
Currently, ~alse
notions about
Gay Amerleans
are beln~
perpetuated hy a
media whleh
erroneously
believes it is
honorable
journalism to
simply
regurgitate
sound bltes rom
both sides in the
name of bahnee.
30%. What about the other70%? According
to the company, the hair tonic is not working for these
folks because they are "not praying hard enough."
As you skim down the page, you perkup because you
read there is still hope! A competing company claims
that their hair tonic has a miraculous success rate of
71.6%. But when asked by the magazine reporter for
hard data to corroborate the claim, the company spokes-
person gli"bly repli¯es,. "I don’t have time to conduct
follow-up studies." How then, you wonder, does the
¯ company come up with a specific number like 71.6%
without ~’011ow-ti~ studies to document whether or not
: the patients sprouted hair?
~ The article then points out that the two scientists who
¯ founded the hair tonic formula have feverishly traveled
" to science conventions around the world to declare that
~ their invention.does not work as they once said it did.
~ They say that many people would he harmed psycho-
. logically if they pinned all ,of,their ho.p~,s a~,d dream~,on~
what they now Call a"fraud. The article atso states mat
"- all respected medical and mental health organizations
agreed with the inventors that the hair tonic was no more
i likely to help one grow hair than dipping ones head in
~ a vat of Ben and Jerry’ s ice cream.
¯ If that isn’ tbad enough, the companies promoting the
¯ hair tonic have taken out full page ads in major newspa-
: pers which have distorted a baldness study by one of the
¯ premier hair loss specialists in the nation. The ac-
"_ claimed expert retorted acrimoniously to the lies by
¯ saying, "It was a complete misrepresentation of what
~ the research actually said. It was taken completely out
~ of context. I am horrified and angry and they are
¯ spreading an awful and destructive message."
¯ Your dreams of looking like Fabio are dashed for ¯
good when you read that of the people lumped in the
¯ 30% success rate category, the majority believed that if
~ thehairtonicdidnot work, biologicalbaldness couidbe
¯ overcome bywearing atoupee. The article ends with the ¯
testimony of angry ex-ex bald people who claim that
] they were misled and cheated by the hair tonic compa-
¯ rues. One company’s spokesperson dismisses the in-
] convenient complaints of the ex-ex-bald people by
~ saying: "Some p~.ople fall of the wagon."
~ You now sit m your living room, enraged by the
¯ misleading story, wondering how a respected news
~ outlet would g~ve this "snake oil" that has been so
~ thoroughly discredited, the slightest bit of legitimacy,
~ no less a cover story. Shouldn’t the ex-ex-bald people
~ have been on the cover, or at least been the focus of the
¯ story instead because their experiences are a more
~ representative of the vast majority who took the tomc?
~ Dojournalistic ethics and standards exist anymore, you
¯ wonder? Whoops, you almost forgot, it is 1998, ’‘The
: Year of the Journalist."
discredited, unsubstantiated, cure for baldness, or anything
rise for that matter.., except homosexuality.
When it comes to a so-called cure for Gay people, (as if
one were wanted or needed) veracity does not seem to
be of much importance to the media. In the following
passa~, all of the shenanigans attributed to
the ex-bald movement actually occurred in
the so-called ex-Gay ministries, from the
bogus statistics to the distortion of scientific
research, to the founders of the ex-Gay ministries
marrying each other and repudiating
these "cures." Yet, despite these gross irregularities,
the media still unwittingly legitimizes
"ex-Gay" ministries by not holding
them to the same standard of scientific
proof that they would demand from any
other group.
Advocates for Gay equality believe
these ministries should have an opportunity
to voice their opinions. However, the media
has a duty to research the accuracy of statements
made or statistics reported. Currently,
false notions about Gay Americans are being
perpetuated by a media which erroneously
believes it is honorable journalism to
simply regurgitate sound bites from both
sides in the name of balance. While balance
is important, it is not an excuse to eschew
accuracy and tough, fact checking. All statements are
not equally valid and it is the media’ s responsibility, to
distinguish factfrom fiction. Inmost of the news stones
about the "ex-Gay" mimstries or the Right wing ad
campaign in which these mimstries are highlighted,
fiction has been the norm and the truth has been a
For example, ex-Gay leader Anthony Falzarano recently
said dn television that nearly 80% of Gay people
were:molested as children. This is factually incorrec~by
any objective standards, withGaypeoplenomorelikely
to be molested as children than heterosexuals. Unfortunately;
because he is talking about Gay people, the
lethargicmediafelt there was noneed to hold Falzarano
¯ iecountableforhis lie. IfFalzaranowouldhave mad.e .a9
outrageous claim about any other minority group, ~t ~s
guaranteed the media would have followed-up and
excoriated him for his hysterical statement.
At the Human rights Campaign, our biggest challengeis
not countering political religious activist ~oups
whoexistmdeny us equal rights. The toughest battle we
face is getting the media to accurately follow-up on
outrageous statements made by these groups. As it
stands, our opponents can say anything they want about
Gay people, no matter how despicable, and they never
. havemanswer for it~Through lazy reporting, the media
has becomean accomphcemthe Right s discnnnnalao
campaign against Gay Americans by giving bald faced
lies equal stature to documentedfacts. It is our hope that
as the news media begins to evaluate some of their
glaring ethical lapses in 1998, they will consider stopping
the harmful practice of printing false information
about Gay people perpetuated by the Right without first
verifying the outrageous claims.
This perpetuation of myths by the media has forced
the Human Rights Campaign to start the Ray Of Light
(ROL) project. TheROLseeks to shine the spotlight on
these ministries so people can see beyond the rhetoric
andhearfromthe vast majority ofpeoplewhohave been
through these ministries and now call their techniques
psychological terrorism. This project will invite former
¯
ex-Gays from around the nation to share their stories
¯ with the Human Rights Campaign and lift the veil of
¯ secrecy surrounding these mimstries. The Ray of Light
¯ will:
¯ *Seek and chronicle the stories of former ex-Gays;
¯ *Share these smiles with the public and the media; ¯
*Compile information by leading mental health and
¯ medical experts on the most recent studies; and
¯ *Examine the literature of the ex-Gay ministries to
¯ look for flagrant abuses and fraudulent claims.
If you have been through these ministries, please
¯
submit your story so we can share it and help others.
~ Stories can be submitted, to: www.hrc.org/ncop/rol
Churches Create Hate
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Mainstream Christian denominations
are to blame for a climate of hate and
bigotry that fostered the fatal beating of a Gay University
of Wyoming student, a United Methodist
Church pastor says. "It’s not just the fight-wing
conservatives" who are teaching that homosexuality
is a sin and that Christian churches should shun Gays
and Lesbians, the Rev. Jimmy Creech said while in
Minneapolis recently. "I hold the church accountable
for helping to create a culture that allows violence
against Gays and Lesbians," he said. "Churches don’ t
intend for the violence to happen, but they lay the
groundwork for it."
Creech gained national notoriety" for officiating at
a same-sex covenant ceremony in his Omaha, Neb.,
congregation. In August, he was narrowly acquitted
of violating church law. He subsequently resigned
from his Nebraska congregation.
Creech argues that when the church denies clergy
members the right to perform same-sex ceremonies,
it is preventing them from "being a pastor to all
members of the congregation.r’ For him, "’This is the
denial ofmy freedom to be a pastor to everyone, and
that’s very offensive."
Crecch was in Minneapolis to preach at two services
at All God’s Children Metropolitan Church.
Theday before, hemetwith several Minnesota United
Methodistclergy andlaity. Recently,22United Methodist
members from Minnesota joined 344 other
Methodists around the country in asking the national
bishops to address the issues of treatment ofGays and
Lesbians in the church.
Non-Biological L sbian
Mom Shares Custody
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A woman who stayed home
[o raise a 2-year-old boy while her Lesbian partner
earned a living can share custody of the child, even
though she isn’ t the biological mother, a judge has
ruled. The partner, identified only as R.E.M., stayed
home to take care of the boy while herpartngr, S.L..y.,
worked at a hospital. The Lakewood couple decided .
to have the child together, chose a sperm donor to
inseminate S.L.V. and sent out birth announcements "
with both women’ s fingerprints on them.
Experts who follow Lesbian custody battles say the ¯
decision goes further than any other in granting bro,a,d ,"
custodial rights to a woman who is not the child s
birth mother. "-
"The court is satisfied that R.E.M. has been able to ¯
show that she stands in the shoes of a parent to the
child and should be accorded the status of parent in "
parity with S.L.V.,’7 Superior Court Judge Vincent ¯
Grasso wrote inhis decision issued Monday in Ocean
County.
Kate Kendell, who heads the National Center for
Gay and Lesbian Rights in San Francisco, called the
decision "an enormous victory ." "Our children have
as much right to a continuing relationship with both
parents as any other child of two parents," she said
Tuesday,
Thejudge’ s declsxon, however, lsn t binding stat -
wide and is inconsistent with an opinion issued in
Essex County in September. Two other similar cases
have yet to be decided in Mercer and Union counties.
"Right now, you have a situation that really cries out
for an appeal," said Paul Urbania, S:L.V:’s attorney.
’q’he law in New Jersey shouldn’t depend on where
geographically you’ re located."
One woman in Essex County, who said she helped
raise 4-year-old twins with her ex-partner, lost custody
of the children and vowed to appeal. Attorney
Robin Wernik said the woman will use the Ocean
County opinion to bolster her case.
Lawyers are stillformalizing thedetails, butR.E.M.
will likely be able to care for the boy for three or four
12-hour days each week while S.L.V. isat work, as
well as on alternate weekends, said her attorney,
Bettina Munson. R.E.M., a former bartender, does
notworkbecause ofapermanentdisability toher arm.
Both women must share the cost of supporting the
boy, identified only as A.J.M.V., thejudge said. The
boy, who was born on March 2, 1996, goes by the
surname of both women.
The couple, who met in 1989 and moved in to-
¯
gether in 1991, chose a sperm donor together with a
¯ geneticprofilethatwas compatible to theirs once they
decided to have a child. S.L.V. was inseminated
¯
because R.E.M. had had a hysterectomy, the opinion
¯ satd. The women went by mommy and mamere,
¯¯ and drew up respective, detailed family trees for the
baby. The relationship ended in November 1996,
¯
although S.LV. remained in the home until Septem-
¯ ber 1997, the opinion said. R.E.M. sued for castody a
¯ month later.
"BBC Apologizes For
¯ Calling Politician Gay
LONDON (AP)-TheBritish Broadcasting Corp. has
apologized to a Cabinet minister who was described
as Gay during a news program. Aides to Trade Secretary
Peter Mandelson said Monday he had received
~ a letter of apology from BBC chairman Sir Christo-
¯ pher Bland. Mandelson, who prefers not to make an
¯ issue of his sexual orientation, planned no comment
: on the letter, the aides said.
The controversy beganwhen newspaper columnist
Matthew Pards saidonalate-nightBBCprogram that
¯ Mandelson was "certainly, Gay. The remark came ¯
during speculation about the sexuality of another
¯ Cabinetminister, RonDavies, whoresigned as Welsh
¯ Secretary last weekbecause ofwhathe called a"lapse
¯ of judgment" with a stranger who robbed him after
the two met at London’ s Clapham Common, a popu-
: lar Gay hangout, and left together. Davies has given
: no clear explanation of what happened. But he has
¯ denied he was seeking Gay sex or drugs, even after
days of banner headlines and tabloid stories.
: Meanwhile, the BBC added to the controversy by
¯ ordering staffmembers never to repeat the remark by
¯ Parris, who is openly Gay, on any of its programs.
¯
That move provoked charges of clumsy censorship
¯
and of giving special treatment to Mandelson, a close
¯ adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair and among the
¯" country’ s most influential politicians.
¯
Protesters included the opposition Conservative
~arty., severa! 9f whose.politicians were pursu.,e,d.by
the media over extramarital affairs when the party
was ~n power.
Also opposed to the BBCrs move was Northern
Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam, also a leading member
of the Blair Cabinet. Ms. Mowlam said she and
other panelists on a Friday nightBBCradio talk show
were told not to mention Mandelson and the Gay
remark. "I’m not about to be unfair or unjust to
colleagues, but we’ve all state~,,very clearly that to be
given guidelines is insulfing~ she said during the
show.
The BBC altered.anews quiz program last week to
remove a running joke about Mandelson, but the TV
¯ satare program .Ha. e I Got Ne~ws For You.’?" was
¯ allowed to broadcast a Clip of the Parris comment.
i Schools LawSuits Help
"Prevent Gay-Bashings
¯ OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - In the wake of the recent
~ death ofaGay collegestudeut, administrators, teach-
¯ ers and students methere this weekend to diSCUSS Gay
~ bashingin schools. They say lawsuits are a powerful
¯ weapon in the ending name:calling, harassment and
: violence agMnst young Gay people. S.chool districts
¯
that have ignored the problem are being held liable.
¯ No federal anti-discrimination laws cover sexual
: orientation, and Massachusetts is the only state to
¯ mandate such protection. But officials-fro_re, the U~S.
¯ Department of Education saidthat under T~tle IX of
theCivil RightsAct,new legal groundis being carved
; out to help Gay youth.
¯" For instance, a boy who is harassed by other boys
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Wyoming student who was beaten and left tied to a
fence to die, officials said. "When you don’t deal with ¯
sexual harassment, it leads to society accepting it, and
that leads to tragedies like that," said Gloria Estolano, "
who works in the agency’s San Francisco office.
Those attending the second annual conference hosted
by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network "
said lawsuits should be a last resort. "The last time "
students needed lawyers ,to g~t them through high
school was in the ’50s and 60s’ during the civil rights
movement, said Kate Frankfurt, an organizer of the ¯
gathering. What’s needed instead, she said, is organiza- ¯
tions that can stimulate dialogue on the issue.
Learning how to better run her own such group ¯
brought Veronica Lopez, 22, from Stockton to the ¯
conference. Lopez, a college student who works full
time in a day care center, said homophobia starts early.
She said a 4-year-old boy recently came to her in tears .
because a 5-year-old had just called him an anti-Gay "
epithet. "It shows the parents are talking about it, ."
because kids don’t even know what (Gay) is," Lopez ¯
said. "I thinkit’ s important that people realize we’re not "
sick people... I consider myself pretty normal."
Gay Man in NY SenateI
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Thomas Duane, openly Gay ¯
and HIV-positive, describes himself as "distinctly "
progressive." TheDemocraticNew YorkCity Council- "
man is running for a seat m the state Senate that has ¯
rarely, if ever, been described in those terms. If Duane ¯
is elected - and the heavy Democratic makeup of his "
Manhattan district makes that very likely - he will ¯
become the state Senate’s first openly Gay member and
only the second openly Gay member of the state Legis- ¯
lature.-"I’m hoping to add something that has been "
missing from the debate in Albany," Duane said.
He runs as the recent beating death of Gay University ¯
of Wyoming student Matthew Shepherd focuses national
attentiononhatecrimes legislation, one of Duane’ s "
key issugs. Known for his outspoken support of issues ¯
relating to Gays, women and the disabled in.the rough ¯
and tumble city council, Duanehas said that the absence ¯
of hate crime statutes permits and, ina sense, encour- "
ages violence against homosexuals. This-year, he called
for can-cellation-of the annual GreenwiEii Village Halloween
Parade, clting rising anti-Gay violence in the "
traditionally tolerant New York City enclave. "
Such abate crimes law has been blockedinNew York ¯
by the very Republican-controlled state Senate Duane ¯
hopes to take a seat in. Senate Majority Leader Joseph ¯
Bruno opposes the law, saying it creates a special class "
of victim. "
’‘The state Senate has been absolutely backward,"
Matt Foreman, executive director ofEmpire State Pride ¯
Agenda, New York’s largest Gay advocacy group. ¯
"Someone like Tom is desperately needed there."
It is highly unlikely that Duane he will have any luck "
pushing legislation through the highly-regimented Senate
from the Democratic side of the aisle. Still, support- ¯
ers say his status is likely to hold sway in debates. "To ¯
have someone who lives with HIV talking about HIV- :
related bills will be quite powerful and I think his "
opinion willcarry real weight," said state Sen. Catherine ¯
Abate.
Duane is running for Abate’ s seat after she vacated it "
to nm unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination ¯
for state attorney general. The district winds from the ¯
Upper West Side through Times Square downtown to
Greenwich Village and the Financial District. Voter
registration is 67 percent Democrat and only about 11 "
percent GOP. His opponent, Republican Karol Murov, ¯
has failed to mount mu’ch of a challenge, observers said.
Bruno spokesman John McArdle refused to discuss
Duane’ s candidacy. But in response.to criticisms about "
the chamber’s attention to Gay issues he said "the ..
Senate has responded to concerns of New Yorkers as a
whole." ."
Duane’s election would bring New York even with ¯
Arizona and California, which both have two Gay ¯
members in their state Legislature. Only Oregon and "
Maine have more. ."
AssemblywomanDe_borah Glick, the-New York’s
first openly Gay legislator, points to legislation r~quiring
AIDs testing for newborns and this year’ s mandate :
that people who test positive for HIV notify their "
: partners as si.gns that New York’ s Legislature is ill-
" informed on issues important to Gay groups. Yet
she sounds a cautionary note for Duane, saying to
expect at least some hostility. "I’m sure he will
encounter homophobia. I did and still do," Glick
said.
Gay MayorforWinnipeg
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - A city councilman
once featured in a documentary about Gay foster
fathers has won the mayoral race in Winnipeg,
becoming the first openly Gay mayor of a major
Canadian city. "It was a history-making night,"
said Glen Murray after returns showed him winning
easily over six other candidates. Winnipeg is
Manitoba’s capital and, with 667,000 residents, is
the largest Canadian city between Toronto and
Calgary, Alberta.
Murray, 41, became one of Canada’s betterknown
Gay politicians six years ago when, with his
troubled foster son Michael Curtis, he was featured
in a film documentary called "A Kind of Family."
Murray did not make his sexual orientation a focus
of the campaign, concentrating instead on economic
issues and moderating some of the left-ofcenter
positions he espoused during three terms on
the city council.
His main opponent, grocery-store executive
Philip Kaufman, did not raise the homosexuality
issue explicidy, thoughhe made references early in
the campaign to family values. Late in the campaign,
a local minister organized a prayer vigil and
urged voters to oppose Murray. "This is not a
matter ofhating anyone," said Bruce Martin, pastor
of Calvary Temple Pentecostal Church. "It’s a
matter of biblical interpretation."
Murray’s victory was celebrated by Gays in
Winnipeg. "It’ s apotent symbol that an openly Gay
person should be elected to a high post like this,"
said Chris Vogel, a Gay rights activist. "It contributes
to the growing sense that there’s nothing
wrong with being homosexual."
Murray, seeking to portray himself as mainstream,
said he would follow the practice of previous
Winnipeg mayors and refuse .to officially proclaim
a Gay Pride week in the city. In fact, he said
he _will try to avoid issuing such proclamations on
behalf of any group or cause. "We’re a city of such
diversity, of so many cultures," he said. "We’re a
city of great tolerance, ofhope and Ijust think all of
those values were reaffirmed tonight." There are
only a couple of dozen openly Gay politicians in
Canada, including two members of the federal
Parliament.
Bishop in Bind
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A bishop who performed
two same-sex ceremonies when he was a
Columbus pastor said it was an agonizing decision
for him to file a complaint against a minister for
performing a Gay ceremony. Bishop Joseph
Sprague, head of the Chicago United Methodist
Church, said he performed services for two men
and two women.
Sprague charged Rev. Gregory Dell, pastor of
Broadway United Methodist Church in Chicago,
with "failure to uphold the order and discipline of
the United Methodist Church." Sprague said he
:’ chose to write the complaint to avoid inflammatory
language he expected others might use.
Dell will be tried before a 13-person jury of his
peers. Dell said he didn’ t talk with Sprague before
conducting the recent service, but knew the bishop
would be required to file charges.
Sprague said before he performed the Gay ceremonies
he first discussed it with Bishop Judith
Craig of the West Ohio Conference, which has
jurisdiction over Columbus. "I told him he could
not use the marriage ceremony in that setting... I
toldhim that in terms of any ceremony he designed,
I wouldleave it to his pastoral discretion to do what
was necessary to providepastoral care," Craig said.
Sprague has refused to remove Dell from his
duties pending the trial, and said he isn’ t sure what
he will do if the jury votes to oust Dell.
Jocelyn Elders:
No Regrets
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Jocelyn Elders,
who lost her job as U.S. surgeon
general four years ago, says she does not
regret taking such controversial stands as
advocating se~x education for kindergartners
and conitoms in teen-agers’ pockets.
"You look back on things like that more
than once, and I have tried to think how I
would have said things differently or
should I have said those things, and I have
to say I have no regrets," she said at an
annual state conference on sexually transfnitted
diseases and HIV, the AIDS virus.
Even the invitation for her to speak
stirred controversy. The state Department
of Health and Environmental Control last
month withdrew its sponsorship and
$40,000 in funding, saying Elders’ presence
would distract from the issues. That
left AIDS service organizations as the
primary sponsors, with funding frompharmaceutical
companies.
Eiders, who drew bursts of applause
and cheers from the audience of nearly
650, said she advocates explaining sex to
youngsters so they can protect themselves
from abuse. "We want tO teach our children
early that there are places that people
should not touch," she said in an interview.
What about leaving sex education to
parents? "We don’t let the parents teach
physics," Eiders said. "Your health is far
more important than physics." And if site
had a teen-age daughter? "I would never
want my teen-ager to go out on a date
without a condom in her purse," Elders
said, saying vows ofabstinence"are easier
to break than a latex condom.’"
Elders, the first black woman to be
surgeon general, held the job 15 months
until she was forced to resign in December
;t-994: ~Her downfall came. when she
said Gays and Lesbians must help save
children from the un-Christian religious
right.
Needle Exchange
Program Prevails
WASHINGTON (AP) -Even before a
congressonal bahon funds for needleexchange
programs became law, anAIDS
clinic in the nation’ s capital had set up a
private group to supply drug addicts with
clean needles. "This law is intrusive,"
said Jim Graham, executive director of
the Whitman-Walker Clinic. "It not only
tells D.C. how we can spend ourownlocal
tax dollars, but it tells charities like
Whitman-Walker how we can spend pri:
rate funds."
Congress, as part of the $520 billion
spendingpackage signedintolaw Wednesday,
banned use of local and federal funding
for any needle-exchange program in
the District of Columbia. That was on top
of a permanent ban on federal funding of
needle exchanges anywhere in the country.
The Whitman-Walker Clinic, one of
the nation’ s largest, has created a private,
nonprofit group to run theprogram, transferring
equipment, supplies and $50,000
in private funds to the new operation. The
Washington-based Drug Policy Fotmdation
gave the new group, Prevention
Works, an additional $25,000. "Sounds
like they’ ve. got some pretty sharp lawyers,"
said Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan.,
who sponsored the ban.
The clinic gets $7 million a year in
federal and local government dollars and
has operated a clean-needle exchange for
three years. It got $210,000 from the dis- -
trict last year for the effort and raised
$50,000 from private donors. Last month,
its van disU-ibuted 17,000 needles. Prevention
Works should have. enough resources
to keep the needle-exchange van
rnnning for four or fivemoremonths, said
Graham, who is running for City Council.
Needle exchanges are operatingin about
100 U.S. cities. Supporters say such programs
help prevent the spread ofAIDS by
allowing addicts to exchange contamimated
needles for dean ones. Opponents
contend the programs encourage drug
abuse.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, the distriCt’ s
delegate to Congress, called the provision
"callous... (and) ignorant, because the
entire scientific establishmenthas reached
the same conclusion: Needle exchange
markedly reduces AIDS infection and
deaths without spreading drug abuse." Its
racial implications are inescapable, she
said, because AIDS is hitting black and
Hispanic populations the hardest. Last
year, she said, the District’s AIDS rate
was nine times the national average.
Tiahrt and Sen. Jolm Ashcroft, R-Mo.,
the Senate sponsor of the ban, cite Canadian
studies they say demonstrate that
. clean needle programs have failed to reduce
the spread of HIV. "’Wherever the
needle exchange programs took place,
theybecame hubs for drug activity," Tiahrt
said. Addicts~ need "help ~o get off drugs,
not help to get new needles." A possible
White House contender, Ashcrofl likens
needle exchange programs to the idea
"that providing bulletproof vests to bark
robbers would make it safer for them to
rob banks."
The authors of the Canadian studies
have said congressional leaders misinterpreted
their report. Because the programs
served inner-tory neighborhoods, they
served users.already at the.greatest risk of
infection, they said, and the programs did
not provide enough syringes to be effecfive.
Investors Suing
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ofterminallyill patients, saying medi-
¯ cal advances are keeping AIDS patients
¯ alive longer. ¯
¯ The two companies targeted in the lawsuits
broker what arb known as viatical
¯ settlements. A terminally ill person, usu-
¯ ally an AIDS patient, sells his life insur-
¯ ance policy for less than the death benefit
to get the cash. The person who buys the
¯ policy becomes the policy’s owner and
¯ beneficiary and collects the full benefit ¯
when the patient dies.
¯ The deals were invented in the 1980s as
¯ thenumberofAIDS cases exploded. They
¯ have been controversial since their incep- ¯
lion because, in .crass terms, they are an
: investment in someone else’ s death. But
: the deals are touted as making the best of
¯ a bad situation. They often help AIDS ¯
patients pay for treatment and live out
¯ their final days in relative comfort.
¯ However, the lawsuits filed recently in ¯
Palm Beach County Circuit Court con-
" tends the system is falling apart. Medical
¯ progress means AIDS patients whomight
_- have expected to live only for another
¯ year are living for three, four or five years.
¯ Thelonger a patient lives, the lower the
¯ return. If an investor buys a $110,.000
: policy for $100,000, and the patient dies
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If the patient lives two years, the annual
return falls to 5%, in uncompounded interest.
At three years, it’ s 3.3%.
So for the investor, the deals are no
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HIV & Elder, Sex
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Sue Saunders is 65
and has AIDS. As far as she’ s concerned,
the more people who know it the better.
Saunders pioneered aproject in herhometown
of Fort Lauderdale to educate Flori~
ans over age 50 about therisk ofde¯eloplng
acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Her first challenge was getting the
attention of an age group largely ignored
when it comes to AIDS education.
"Yes, there is sex after 50. After 60.
After 70. People think after 50 we die
from the neck down," Ms. Saunders said.
"People look at you like you’re crazy.
What?You mean, Grandma and Grandpa
are still having sex?"
Ten% of all AIDS cases in the country
are people over age 50, according to the
Florida Department of Elder Affairs. In
Florida, the figure is higher - ranging
between 12% and 14%. One in eight Floridians
living with AIDS is 50 or older,
state health officials said. Yetwhengroups
are addressed that are considered.at risk of
contracting the virus that causes AIDs,
older Americans are often left out.
Eighteen months ago, Ms. Saunders
began inviting herself to small South
Florida groups to discuss prevention, promote
education and warn seniors to abstain
from sex or use condoms. "You’ re
telling people 50 to 90 years old: ’You are
at risk for a fatal disease. Youjust went to
bed with aguy and y,oudon’ tknow where’ s
he’ s been.’"
Ms. Saunders was healthy and active.
She was divorced, in love and in a longlime
relationship. HerBahamianboyfriend
was the spark of her life. They spent lazy
days on the water, fishing. Life was good.
That was in 1990: Suddenly, her boyfriend
was diagnosed HIV positive. Nine
months later, he was dead. She feared the
same thing would happen to her and began
saying goodbye to her four grown
children.
A son took herto an HIV-infected doctor
in Laguna Beach, Calif. That visit
helped change her life. She dropped the
self-pity and went to the Broward County
Health Department but found little informarion.
After six months doing research,
she went to Bentley Lipscomb, elder affairs
secretary, who found $170,000 to
fund SHIP, the Senior. HIV Intervention
Project.
Ms. Saunders worked long and hard
getting into the crowded retirement condominiums
along Florida’ s Gold Coast to
give her message. In these building complexes,
women outnumber men seven-toone,
she said. "The women are starved for
affection. The men are having a ball. They"
can have all the women they want. "Ev~
erybody says ’it can’t happen to me. I’m
uot aprostitute. I don’ t fool around,’" she
said. "You’ie never too old. And all it
takes xs one partner - if he or she is
infected.’"
Older people are rarely targeted for
prevention. The health care system, including
doctors, often is reluctant or uneasy
about discussing AIDS and sex with
them, said Dave Bruns, elder affairs
spokesman. "Not only is it an insult, it’ s
rampant ageism," Bruns said. "Just who
do they think is buying all this Viagra?"
There are 67,282 cases of AIDS cases
statewide and 8,400 of those infected are
age 50 or older, according to the Florida
Department of Health.
When Ms. Saunders left the SHIP program
recently, the demand for lectures
was enormous. "Everybody wanted us to
come talk to them," she said. They were
scheduling 20to30 presentations amonth.
The project was so successful, a second
program was launched in the Tampa Bay
area under Edith Ellerson in June. She
encountered similar apprehension as she
started talking at senior centers, assistedliving
residences, senior nutritional programs.
Gradually, the audiences became more
receptive and willing to listen. She brings
condoms, urges listeners to be tested and
find out firstabout themselves, then question
their partners. "You’ re not only sleeping
with your partner, but with whomever
your partner slept with for the past five
years, and whoever they slept with - like
a pyramid or domino effect," she said.
Hemophiliacs to
Get Compensation
WASHINGTON (AP) - Last-minute lobbying
led to deceptively easy approval of
a plan to allow the government to compensate
hemophiliacs infected with HIV
during the early days of the AIDS epidemic.
The bill, passed by the Senate on a
voice vote, authorizes payments of
$100,000 apiece to compensate hemophiliacs
or their survivors for the
government’s failure to aggressively
screen tainted blood products.
The measure, which President Clinton
is expected to sign, does not put the checks
in the mail, though, because it does not
allocate any money. However, with the
authorization in hand, the bill’s backers
can lobby Congress to appropriate the
estimated $750 million it would cost.
The bill, named after Ricky Ray, a 15-
year-old hemophiliac from Florida who
died from AIDS in 1992, became controversial
late in the legislativeprocess, when
others who contracted the .disease from
tainted bloodtransfusions argued thatthey
deserved to be included.
Sen. James Jeffords, R-Vt., took up the
cause of the transfusion victims, and at
one point blocked consideration of the
Ricky Ray bill in an effort to force action
on a more encompassing authorization.
Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, said he
spent the weekend on the phone pressing
Senate leaders to move the bill to the floor
and dealing with the last-minute objections
of other senators.
Jeffords’ spokesmanJoe Karpinski said
he never planned to hold up the legislation
altogether, and dropped his objections to
the House bill after it became clear thathe
could not develop consensus to include
the.transfusion victims, potentially dou-
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b.ling the cost. Hemophiliac,~ m~d tra:>/;usxon
recipients were infected wifl~.~~,--,.,.,~.,..~.
¯
donated by people who carried th6 AIDS
¯ virus.
The Institute of Medicine, a scientific
¯ organizationthatadvises the government,
¯
later concluded that government caution.
¯ fear of criticism and inadequate leadership
delayed effective screening of donors
and proper blood testing.
¯
Hemophiliacs already have won
: $100,000 each from the blood industry
¯ through the settlement of a class action
lawsuit. Transfusion court victories have
¯
been more sporadic.
¯ Karpinski said Jeffords will try again
¯ next year toinclude transfusion victims, a ¯
move DeWine backs. "We should work to
¯ see that justice is done for this group of
¯ victims as well," said DeWine. "Wemade
¯ the decision that it was better to deal with
part of the problem than none of the prob-
" lem." "I think the precedent of this bill
¯ willmakeit easier to address the concerns ¯
ofthosewhohaveAIDS because oftrans-
¯ fusions."
School NamedAfter
Boy with AIDS
WESTMINSTER,Colo. (AP)-Ten years
¯¯ ago, a little boy from Broomfield began
first grade while 30 children stayed home
¯
in protest. Threatening statements and
¯ letters from parents demanded a separate
: bathroom and eating area for Ryan
¯ Sheridan, who was infected with HIV. He
¯ died ofcomplications fromAIDS in 1993.
Public perception of the disease has
¯ changed since 1988, but misunderstand-
, ings still exist. Reminding students, teach-
¯ - ers and admimstrators ol~the hard lessons
¯ learned about Ryan is a school named
¯ after him: Ryan Elementary School in
¯
Westminster. His picture, a plaque and a
¯ red ribbon hangin thelobby of the school.
"It’s tough to remember. People were
¯ backed in a corner and forced to deal with
¯
something they didn’ t want to deal with,"
¯ said Tim Sheridan, recalling the events
¯ leading up to his son’s first day in first ¯
grade. When the Shefidans, now divorced
¯
and bothlivingin ~Ihornton, told adminis-
: trators Ryan was infected, the Jefferson
¯ County school boarddecided to inform all
parents by letter that a student with HIV
¯
would attendJuchem Elementary School.
¯. Juchem closed in 1994 after being replaced
by a new school named Ryan Elementary.
¯ The letter caused a firestorm of controversy
that forced the school board to have
¯ a number of secret meetings with Ryan’ s
¯
teacher and publicmeetings to discuss the
¯
issue. Throughout, Ryanremained anony-
¯ mous to everyone but his teacher, the
principal and the school board.
¯
Ryan contracted HIV when he was 2
¯ years old from a blood transfusion during
¯ 9Pen-heart surgery. Teachers and admin-
¯ lstrators say Ryan taught everyone at the
¯
school difficult lessons about tolerance
; and courage, but AIDS educators say the
public still has a long way to go in understanding
the disease. "in my opinion, we
¯ haven’t gone all that far in 10 years. Our
¯ homophobia is what gets in the way of
¯ hearing about HIV," said Katy Fleming,
education director at the Boulder County
; AIDS Project. "Studies have shown that
¯ manytimes peoples’ attitudes towardchildren
(with AIDS) have been negative
¯
because of issues of sexual orientation "
¯ Although HIV and AIDS education is
¯ better today, moral issues still need to be
¯ separated from medical issues, Fleming
¯ said.
by James Christjohn : they would get the in-jokes peppered
ff there is a movie that I would heartily ¯ throughout the film.
recommend to all folks this Halloween,,it ; And speaking of magic, The Divine
is Practical Magic. It has something for ¯ Miss M’ s new release, "Bathhouse Betty"
everyone: laughter, tears, sus- is a must-have for any gifting
pense, horror, magic, and
Stevie Nicks (betcha were
wondering how I’d work her
in, huh?). A comedy about a
family of hereditary witches -
that actually gets the gist of
Wicca correct for a change,
even if adding a few "eyes of
newt and a liberal dose of
frogs" - and romance, the favorite
line will be the one
where one of the townsfolk
says of one of the witches
"Goodnews - she’ s come out!"
And, tomy delight, Stevie~ s
reworked "Crystal" is a major
theme in the film in the score
as well as sung. The advice
given in the film to those considering
or afraid of relationships
is well worth the price of
admission. Stockard Channing
and Diane Weist are absolute magic as the
Annties who pass on the family traditions
with liberal doses of love and laughter.
One of the lovely things about the film
is .that it deals with being perceived as
different, inhuman, "other" in the ’~mainstream"
world, and being a magical film,
how the wOmen of this family transcend
that difficulty. It very much has a Gay
sensibility to it and thus would be enjoyed
by those in our community especially, for
"I’m Beautiful,
Dammlt"
[Bette Midler’s
new recording]
is a standout
track that
should he a hit
in the dance
clubs, being an
anthem to
being-different
and eelebratln~
that dlfferenee
in .spite of the
flak it brin~s.
this season. It is Bette at her
best, full of everything from
tearful ballads ("One True
Friend") to bawdy blues (my
personal favorite, and new
theme song, "One Monkey
Don’t Stop No Show"), to
comedic with a message (another
theme song, a hiphoppin’
’Tm Beautiful,
Dammit!").
It marks a return to the
eclecticism that was one of
Bette’ s most delightful qualities,
whereyoumightdiscover
songs you’ d never find otherwiseifyouhadn’
t been liste~ning
to her albums. ’Tm Beautiful,
Dammit" is a standout
track that shouldbe a hit in the
dance clubs, being an anthem
to being differentand celebrat-
¯ ing that difference in spite of the flak it
¯ brings.
¯ Know someone that Loves Bette
¯ Midler? Perfect gift. Know someone that
has never heard of Bette? Perfect intro-
¯¯ duction.
James Christjohn, actor, writer, poet
¯ and Mac-guru extraordinaire provides
¯ TFN with entertainment news, commen-
~ tary and can be counted on for regular
¯ Stevie Nicks updates.
Gal-A-Vanting, Tulsa’ s new
tivities network specializing
in Ms-adventures for women,
kicked off its program with a
WomenIn the Arts nightat the
Pride Center on October 23.
While attendance was somewhat
thin, with approximately
20 women in the audience,
Gal-A-Vanting founders Joan
and Mary were still quite
happy with the event.
"Wedidn’ t takeinto account
Oktoberfest," Mary explains,
"And we are still developing
our mailing list and contacts.
The artists were really outstanding,
each with a style and
media that was quite unique~
We’re hoping to do a week
long show in the spring so that
the art exhibits can be stationary
and serve as an anchor for
performing arts such as readings,
music and so forth. And
this will give people a better
chance to see the works of
these fine women artists, and
support them by purchasing
their worl~ You don’ t have to
go to Eureka Springs or to Ptown
to find exceptional artwork
for your home."
social ac-
The
long-awalted
dance will be
held at the
Pride Center
on Saturday
November 14
from eight
p.m. tll ??? and
will be D.J.’d
by
Sue Knause,
who promises
to play a wide
array of tunes
for the
danelng
pleasure of
Tulsa’s
" play a wide array of tunes for the dancing
pleasure of Tulsa’s women.
With the smaller lounges in
the Pride center, opportunities
for a quiet conversation are
also available. Light refreshments
will be available and
the entry fee is $3 for singles
and $5 for couples.
"We’ ve had a lot of interest
in this dance, because somany
women like to dance but for
whatever reason don’ t care to
be arbund smoking or drinking.
It will also provide a nice
venue for women to meet new
friends and make new contacts."
says Mary.
The December Gal-AVanting
event will be a movie
night on December 16 at the
Pride Center, beginning at6:30
p.m. A feature film and a
couple of documentaries will
be shown.
We’re getting ready to prepare
our schedule of events
for the first of the year and
we’ d really like some ideas
from the women in the Tulsa
area of what they’d like to
do," explains Mary. "Please
feel free to call me with your
The long-awaited dance will be held at : wish list of activities at 743-6740. And if
the pride center on Saturday November . you’re not on our mailing/call list, please
14 from eight p.m. til ??? and will be : let us know, This information is strictly
D.J.’ d by Sue Knause, who promises to ¯ confidential and will not be shared."
Humperdinck’s
nse
rete
Parade of Lights.
Come celebrate the spirit of the holiday season
at the PSO Christmas Parade of Lights.
Saturday, December 12. Downtown Tulsa at 6 p.m.
View parade floats up close, Friday, December 11,
at the HolidayFest.(Brady Arts DistriCt) from 6-9 p.m.
Public Service Company of Oklahoma
A Central and South West Company
World AIDS Day 1998
Candlelight March & Memorial Service
sponsored by
Interfaith AIDS Ministries
Tuesday, December 1st
6:30, Gather at
Centenary United Methodist Church Parking Lot
631 North Denver
7:00", March Begins to Saint Jerome
7:30*, Memorial Service at the
Parish Church of Saint Jerome. 205 West King
Reception following seine.ice. *time approximate
Bring banners & bells~ candles & matches provided
st. Jerome will be accessible to the
disabled at the east entrance.
Into: 438-2437 or 800-284-2437
THE NOON NEWS NEVER
LOOKED SO TASTY.
The big news is Warren Duck Club’s new lunch menu. And the Horseradish Orange
Crusted Halibut with Apricot Basil Sauce is just one of the tastiest stories. From familiar
favorites, to late-breaking dishes hot from Chef Dan Broyles’ creative kitchen,
this is news to truly savor. Call 495-1000 for the whole story and for reservations.
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In the Doubletree Hotel At Warren Place
6110 S. Yale / Tulsa OK / 918-495-1000
~ SUNDAYS
Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Community of Hope (United Methodist), Service - 6pro, 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Service - 1 lam, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595
Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist
Service - 1 lam, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314
Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church
Service - 1 lam, Childrens Ministry also, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc.
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210e So. Norwood
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa
Service, 10:45am. 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715
Parish Church of St. Jerome (Evangelical Anglican Church in America)
Mass - 1 lam, 205 W. King (east of No. Denver), Info: 582-3088
University of Tulsa Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance
6:30 pm, Meets at the Canterbury Ctr., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
Council Oak Men’s Chorale, rehearsals at 5pm, Info: 743-4297
~" MONDAYS
nIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appointment required.
Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm, 834-TEST (8378) 3501 E. Admiral (east of Harvard)
HIV Rap Sessions at Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
7:30pm, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians.& Gays
2nd Monicach too. 6:30pro, Fellovcship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard
Mixed Volleyball, Helmerich Park, 71st & Riverside, 7pro, call Shawn 491-2036.
Women/Children & AIDS Committee, call for meeting date, noon, 585-5551
~ TUESDAYS
AIDS Coalition of Tulsa, 11 i 10, noon, United Way Bldg. 1430 S. Boulder
H!V+ Support Group, HIV Resource Consortium l:30pm
3507 E. Admiral (east of Harvard), lnf6: Wanda @ 834-4194
Multicultural AIDS Coalition, 11/3, 12:30pm, Urban League, 240 East Apache
Rainbow Business Guild, Business & prof. networking group, Info: 743-4297
PrimeTimers, mens group, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
Coming Out Support Group (TOHR/HOPE)
Tuesdays, 6 pro, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, info: 743-4297
!~ WEDNESDAYS
Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center
Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Family Of Faith MCC Praise/Prayer - 6:30pm, 5451-E S. Mingo. 622-1441
¯House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Service - 7pm, 3210e So. Norwood
Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group, more information, call 582-7225
TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for info: 595-7632.
Lambda A-A, 7 pm, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
~ THURSDAYS
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education
Anonymous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pm 834-8378, 3507 E. Admiral
Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN)
Support/social group for 18-24’ s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325
Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS, Info: 834-4194
I~" FRIDAYS
SafeHaven, Young Adults Social Group, 1st Fri/each mo. 8pm, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th
~" SATURDAYS
Narcotics Anonymous, 11 pro, Community of Hope,1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
Lambda A-A, 6 pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, 2rid ft.
~OTHER GROUPS
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 838-1222
Womens Supper Club, Call for info: 584-2978
OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organization. Info: POB 9165, Tulsa 74157,
Short rides, 6:30pro, Long rides, 7am: Meet at Z~igler Park,.3903 West 4th. Pride
Rides from the Pride Center, 3749 S. Peorial Write for dates.
Ifyour organization is not listed~ please let us know. Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615.
Barry Hensley
~sa City-CountyLibrary
~lany Gay and Lesbian families have
rallies finding materials for children
h depict their family sire-
... In the past few years,
., has been a slow change
te publishing world and
re beginning to see a few
~ for children, early school
and .under, which depict
and Lesbian families.
ae trailblazer ~as Heather
Two Mommies, by Leslea
man, which stimulated
di "~
8t~’~
the
in
we
tifl
ag~
Ne
dis~ usslons across the country
and ’opened a new line of attad
~.on theGay community by
the Religious Right. A simple,
short book, it depicts a young
girl and her family: two pets
and two mommies. Heather
suddenly realizes that she
doesn’t have a daddy and becomes
upset. She is gently
shown other children who, for
a variety ofreasons, don’thave
fathers. Heather realizes that
there are many different family
situations and that she is
lucky to have two mothers.,
A companion book "i§
Daddy’s Roomate,by Michael
Wi!lhoite, depicting a boy
Willholte has a
third,
hilarious book,
Uncle What-ls-h
Is Comln~
To V;s;t.
It concerns a
youn~ brother
and sister who
.have just learned
that their Gay
uncle, whom they
have never met,
is eomln~ to visit.
They ask older
kids what it
means to be
Gay and are
horrified as the
stereotypes of
leather queens
and Carmen
Miranda look~alikes
spew forth.
Uncle What-Is-It Is Coming To Visit. It
¯ concerns a young brother and sister who
¯ have just learned that their Gay uncle,
¯ whom they have never met, ts coming to
visit. They ask older kids what
it means to be Gay and are
horrified as the stereotypes of
leather queens and Carmen
Miranda look-a-likes spew
forth. Their fears are shattered
when Uncle Brett shows up
and tunas out to be a normal,
everyday kind of guy.
Other appropriate books for
young children include The
Duke Who Outlawed Jelly
Beans, a satire on today’s polirical
scene. In it, the Duke
issues a proclamation: "I had
exactly one mother and one
father, and I turned out so well,
I thinkall children shouldhave
exactly one mother and one
father. Any that don’t- why,
we’ll throw ’em in the dungeon."
Fortunately, the Duke
learns the error of his ways.
For slightly older children,
ages 6-12, tryHow Would You
Feel If Your Dad Was Gay?
by A~n Heron and Meredith
Maran. Written by two Lesbian
mothers with help from
their sons,it depicts three chilwho’s
divorced father is in a long term,
canng Gaymlationship. AnotherWillhoite
rifle, not owned by the public library, is
Daddy’s Wedding, which continues the
saga of Daddy’s Roomate. Ask your librarian
to interlibrary loan Daddy’s Wedding
for you from another library system.
Willhoite .has a third, hilarious book,
"She has created an arch of hope that
future Gay and Lesbian candidates will be--
able to walk through." Baldwinis also the
firstwomanever elected to Congress from
Wisconsin.
Another openly Lesbian Democrat,
former Army colonel Grethe
Cammeremeyer, was defeated by incumbent
Republican Rep. Jack Metcalf in
Washington state. A third, Democrat
Chrisline Kehoe, was trailing in her bid to
upset California Republican Rep. Brian
Bilbray.
Gay Republican Rep. Jim Kolbe of
Arizona, bidding for an eighth term, held
a solid l(ad with more than three-quarters
of the votes counted in his race against
Democrat Tom Volgy.
In an Oklahoma rematch, Republican
Rep. Frank Lucas easily won. a fourth
term against Democrat Patti Barby, an
openly Gay OklahomaCity businessman.
Another openly Gay member of Congress,
Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of
Massachusetts, was unopposed for a 10th
term. Frank is an outspoken member of
the House Judiciary Committee, which
will consider impeachment charges
against President Bill Clinton.
In most cases, the Gay candidates and
their opponents kept sexual orientation
out of the campaigns. But 6ational Gay
civil rights organizations poured money
into the races, notably $1 million spent t~y
the Human Rights Camp~gn.
: drenwithGayparents.Ithasmulticultural
¯ characters andcompassionately shows the
¯ reality of different types of families.
¯¯ Don’t forget to check your local library
for information regarding Gay and Les-
¯ bianfamilies. Also youmay call the Read-
. ers Services department of the Central
¯ Library at 596-7966.
"People are taking a stand for traditional
mamage." Not surprisingly, Joseph
Mdillo, who with his partner and two
Lesbian couples sued the state when they
were denied marriage licenses in 1990,
felt differently. "It’ s putting into our state
constitutaon a discriminatory clause that
will distinguish us from other people," he
said.
Alaska’s constxtutional amendment
defines marriage as the union of one man
and one woman. The Legislature put the
question on the ballot after a Superior
Courtjudge ruled infavor oftwo Gay men
who challenged the state ban on same-sex
marriage. The judge said choosing a life
partner was a fundamental right and the
state had to prove a compelling reason to
regulate it.
In Fort Collins, a civil rights proposed
had become especially emotional since
the beating death of Matthew Shepard, a
Gay student from the University of Wyoming
who died in a Fort Collins hospital.
Ordinance 22 would have prohibited discrimination
in housing, employment and
public accommodations on the basis of
sexual orientation.
"National Gay civil rights advocacy
groups built this up as an important watershed
and I think it was," said Fort Collins
lawyer Jon-Mark Patterson, an opponent
of the ordinance. "I ~hink tonightitshowed
most people here don’t want the government
to take a side in a controversial
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by Mary Schepers, DIYD
Your.DIYD is fired and cranky, so let’s
snap to xt, get this fence up and get it over
with. After all, you’ve been waiting three
months to finish this project and it is
getting sooo tiresome. You’ve bought all
of your materials, put
up your posts and assembled
all your tools.
Your beverages have
been cooling and
you’ve got a pile of
pickets stacked in the
yard, and the neighbors,
the Nosey Parkers, are
still muchtoo interested
in your private life. So
put on that toolbelt
you’ve been breaking
in, and let’s work it.
The fence stringers
are the backbone of
your fence. If they are
on the inside of the
fence, you’ll want to
channel" your anal retentive
side and take
Your DIYD is
tired and cranky,
so let’s snap to it, get
this fence ~p and get
it over with.
After all, you’ve been
waitin~ three months
to finish this project
and it is getting sooo
tiresome... So put
on that toolbelt
y.ou’ve been breaking
m, and let’s work it!
particular pains to get everything level
and true. If your neighbors are getting that
side of the fence, one can be somewhat
more cavalier, though not messy, about
stringer placement.
For the perfect stringer array, you will
need enough string to stretch from one
end of the fence to the other, a spare body
for help, and a level. A chalk line won’t
hurt, either. There are small levels that
attach to your string and they are not
expensive; but if you’re tired of waiting,
we’ll make do with a regular level. Measurefrom
the groundup abouteightinches
and make a mark on the fence post on
either end. This will be where the bottom
edge of your bottom stringer will go.
Don’t worry, the tops (and the middies)
will get their chance momentarily. You
can no either stretch and attach a string
line from end to end, using a level to
ensure eveness, and mark the other posts,
or you can use a chalk line and snap the
mark across the posts. This saves time, if
you know how to use one. Attach your
bottom stringers withNo-Co-Rode screws.
drilling a pilot hole slightly smaller than
the diameter of the screw.
You will need help with this if you are
going for the perfect look. ff not, then you
can attach a 1x4 so that the top is even with
your bottom line. Do this on both posts
and use them to support your board while
you drive the two screws into each end of
the stringers. You can remove and reuse
the lx4’s as you go down the fence. The
stringers will meet in the middie of each
post, so if you’re over the length a bit,
measure carefully (twice!) and remove
whatever is necessary; if it isn’t long
enough, have you got trouble! The only
solution-is to b.uy a board two feet longer
and saw off the extra, and darling, that is
going to hurt.
Once your swingers are all attached,
you are ready to start putting up your
pickets, ff you are using Cedar pickets, the
wood is soft enough that drilling pilot
holes are not necessary, but they will be
for any other type of wood; otherwise, it
will split your pickets, and the possibility
of screw head cam-out is very much enhanced.
News Flash: your pickets will not
be even, square, or straight. Sorry, but this
would actually be desirablein wood. Keep
that level handy and use it when setting
each picket unless you want your fence to
develop a curious slant in a hurry.
Set up your first picket so that it is about
1/4 to 1/2" off the ground; put the square
in the middie of one side and move it
gently until the bubble is between the two
middie lines. Attach picket with the first
screw, in the middie.
This frees up your
hands,for attaching the
top and bottom screws.
Put two screws into the
picket at the top and
bottom stringer, about
3/4" from each outer
edge. Do the same for
the remaining pickets,
leveling each as best
you can.
As you approach the
end of your fence, you
will, unless most fortunate,
discover that the
last picket will not fit
perfectly, being either
too wide or too narrow.
Start paying attention
to this about a half
dozen pickets from the end. If you will not
be off by much, you can adjust the spacing
between the last few pickets so they come
out fine, otherwise, you’ll have to find a
way to np cnt an end picket, or to get
sneaky. You know what the DIYD prefers:
sneaky ways are deliciously evil and
always appeal, especially if they equate
with less work. On the DIYD’s last fence
project ( which is also the current fence
project...), a lx4" picket was used in the
last space, and the other pickets were
spaced ever so slightly wider apart without
being the least bit obvious. You’ll
have to play around with it, but if vou
haven’ t got access to a table saw to rip’cut
a picket, it is well worth it, and safer as
well. Rip cuts have a nasty reputation.
Now youare asking yourself what there
was about this project that took so long,
and the answer is the same as so many
others - prep work makes the difference
in any home project. It is well worth the
investment of your ume to measure, level
mad true up any part of your fence before
it becomes regrettably permanent. And it
looks so much more beautiful - mad darlings,
you are worth it!
There. Your DIYD is less cranky now
that you’ve built your privacy fence so
well. Rest up. We’ll have more fun next
month when we freShen up those fired old
kitchen cabinets with a bit of sanding,
some paint, and some more stylish pulls.
Matthew Shepard’s death was horrible
and senseless; it would be more so if
it was in vain."
Kelly Kirby, longtime civil rights activist
and Gay community leader spoke of
his family’s direct experiences with hate
crimes, including an assaultonhis spouse,
Ric, which resulted in over 100 stitches
being required. Kirby also claimed that
each year from 1991 to 1996, a Gay man
was murdered in Tulsa.
In New York City, participants of the
recent Fifth Avenue rally to remember
Shepard alleged that police beat them
with batons and ran into them with mopeds
and that police horses kicked them
because they had no permit for the event.
Police were dispatched to themarch when
about 4,000 people flocked to the event.
see Hate, p. 14
by Esther Rothblum
At a time when sexual orientation and
gender are being viewed as more continuous
categories, there is renewed interest
in the fluidity of who is a "woman" and
whois a"Lesbian." InmanyNativeAmerican
cultures, gender and sexuality have
not been as fixed as in western
cultures.
Recently, a number of
books have appeared on
"two-spirit¯ people," a term
coinedby Native Americans
for individuals in their cultttres
who are Gay or Lesbian,
or who are transgendered,
or who have multiple
gender identities. The term
"two-spirit" is an attempt by
Native American commttnities
to re-define their past
from the way in which it has
been depicted by white male
anthropologists,and also to
distinguishNativeAmerican
concepts ofgenderandsexuality
from those of the.western
Gay and Lesbian communities.
I recendy spoke with Sue-
Ellen Jacobs, one of the coeditors
of the book, Two-
SpiritPeople: NativeAmerican
GendertIdentity, Sexuality
and Spirituality. She
-said: ’¢Fhere are a number of instances
where there are Native women, living on
reservations, who don’t stand out, who.
don’t come forward. The Gay white men
who are out there studying Native American
men don’t see the women because
these.researchers don’ t recognize, these
Women as Who they are with~n their cul~
ture. Not many Native women use the
words ’Lesbian’ or ’dyke’ to describe
themselves. The researchers didn’t realize
that there was a movement going on
within the Native American communities,
the two-spirit movement."
Sue-Ellen Jacobs described instances
of"male-bodiedwomen"or "female-bodied
men" who took on the roles and became
known as being of the "other" genderin
NativeAmericancultures. AsJacobs
and the other editors state in the introduction
to their book: "Using the word ’two-
Spirit’ emphasizes the spiritual aspect of
one’ s life and downplays the homosexual
persona."
After experiencing several years of "discriminatory
treatment," and many efforts
to work out the differences with TCCLS,
Neal contacted Tulsa County Commissioner
John Selph to discuss what Neal
called"theseblatant violations ofthe First
Amendment" and his intention to file a
lawsuit to resolve the matter.
While Neal neverreceived any response
fromhis letter to Selph, shordy afterward,
TCCLS banned all free publications from
its lobbies- withthe exceptionofaLatino
publication, Imagen in the 3rd Street Library
which serves an increasingly Spanish-
spealdng neighborhood.
According to Neal; lmagen blatenfly
violated the 50% local content nile but
said he was told that TCCLS director,
Linda Saferite, approved that violation
because having the publication helped to
traditions
acknowledge that
the he-shes
and she-hes
. . . were amon~
the ~reatest
eontrlhutors to the
well-heln, and
advancement of
their eommunltles.
They were
(and we are)
the Sreatest probers
into the ways of the
future, and they
qulekly assimilated
the lessons of
ehan~in~ times
.... and people..."
." In the chapter "I am a Lakota womyn,"
¯ Beverly Little Thunder writes: "Most
¯
tribes that I have had the honor of know-
" ing have specificnames formenwholove
¯ men and women who love women... I
¯" can understand that theremay be a need
¯ by some to findapan-Native term that can
be used as a marker for the
general population of Native
Lesbians and Gays. We
are all so different in somany
ways, however. Culturally
and physically, we are all
different. Each tribe has its
own name, its own structure.
How canwe all even be
called ’Natives’?... The
words I would like to see
written about me and read
fifty years from now should
be words that reflect who I
am as an individual.’"
Came House, of Navajo!
Oneida descent, writes: "Our
oral traditions acknowledge
that the he-shes and she-hes
(those who hold in balance
the male and female, female
and male aspects of themselves
and theuniverse) were
among the greatest contributors
to the well-being and
advancement of their communities.
They were (andwe
are) the greatest probers into
¯ the ways of the future, and they quickly
¯ assimilated the lessons of changing times
and people. Recent studies into the lives
¯ of she-hes and she-hes have recovered
¯ models or near models of this rich, inven-
¯ tive, reverential, and highly productive
¯ approach t.o k.eg,ping balance within a s~-
¯ ciet~ viewed as an extension of nature."
Further reading, see: Sue-Ellen Jacobs,
¯
Wesley Thomas & Sabine l_xtng (’97).
¯ Two-SpiritPeople: NativeAmerican Gen-
: der Identity, Sexuality and Spirituality.
¯ Urbana, IL: Univ. of Blinois Press. Will
: Roscoe (’98). Changing Ones: Third and
¯ FourthGendersinNativeNorthArnerica.
¯- NY: St. Martin’s Press. Lester Brown
" (’98). Two-Spirit People. NY: Haworth
: Press.
: Esther Rothblum teaches Psychology
¯ at the Univ. of Vermont and edits the
: Journal of Lesbian Studies. She can be
¯ reached at John Dewey. Hall,Univ. of
: Vermont," Burlington, VT, email:-
¯ esther.rothblum@uvm.edu.
¯" serve a special needs population. Neal
¯ said his arguments about the Lesbian and
: Gay communities’ special needs were ig-
¯ nored.
¯
Neal adds, "I have no illusion that
¯ TCCLS made this change to accomodate
¯ Tulsa Family News. It’ s likely that given"
¯
the’society’ make-upoftheTCCLSboard,
¯ that the rifles were changed to keep Tulsa ¯
People happy rather than to be fair -
¯
however, I’m pleased with the result. I
: guess it means if you wait long enough
¯ andarepersistentenough, youwillacheive ¯
fairness."
¯ PFLAG - Parents, Family &
." Friends of Lesbians & Gays
¯ Tulsa Area Chapter
: POB 52800, Tulsa 74152
¯ 749-4901
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A Lesbian friend recently complained ¯ .ties. Women may not touch men’s bows
about the organizational shortcomings of " or arrows. Few women anywhere in
"Gay boys - They’re hopeless!" she ¯ Vanuatu drive vehicles. The night before
fumed. That same day, an- any important event, such as
other friend griped about A Lesblan a dance performance or socpacks
of Lesbians invading 17rlend recently cergame, menleavewomen
his favorite bar, poisoning
its atmosphere. Pleas for eomplalned about
behind in the village to sleep
by themselves. TheTaunese
Gay/Lesbian unity ("why the orffanlzatlonal practice the samesex taboos
can’t we all just get along")
shorteomln~s ot7
demanded by many Ameriare
perhaps as common as can football coaches: No sex
jokes that poke fun at this "Gay boys - before the big game! Every
continental divide in our They’re
. hopeless!" evening, men also go off by
commumty, themselves to prepare and
Public constemation about she ~ttumed. That drink kava (Piper
relations between women same day, another methysticum) - the traditional
South Pacific drug
differemntaennd -_good,evokedbad,memoi_nO-r t~rlend gaped substance that is becoming
ries ofmy years in Vanuatu. about pael~s o17 increasing popular in the
ThiSlocatedtropictahline archipelagOsouthwespta-iS Lesbians invadln~ U.S. as a natural relaxant.
Men assert that women can
cific-aculturalregioncalled h~.s 17avor~.te bar, strip away the potency of
Mdanesiathat also includes polsonln~ its kavamerely by touching the
the islands of New
atmosphere,
plant before it is prepared;
Caledonia, the Solomons, and drinkers bitterly blame
and New Guinea. RitualiZed hostility be- ¯ women, talking too loud back in the viltween
men and women is a cultural curi- " lage, for spoiling their kava high.
osity of much of Melanesia. Anthropolo- " Women endanger men notjust because
gists who first analyzed the phenomenon ¯ of their polluting vaginal fluids. Men are
labeled it "sexual antagonism," though " also threatened by naturally female crenowadays
we’d more likely call it"cross- " ative powers. Women are mothers. The
gender opposition" or the like. ¯ children they bear sustain the cycle of
Full-fledged sexual antagonism exists " human life and death. Women’s vaginas
notably in the highland valleys of New " are powerfully dangerous openings back
Guinea. My village neighbors on an is- " into the spiritual world inhabited both by
land called Tanna, on the eastern edge of ¯ the ancestors and the unborn. Men per-
~ Mdanesia, practice only an attenuated " haps fear the vagina as muelx for its lifeversionofgenderopposition.
Still,likeall ". giving as for its deadly powers. It’s a
Melanesians, they have’great ~ear and ¯ psychological commonplace that men are
suspicion of the body fluids of the oppo- ¯ jealous of natural female creativity. This
site sex. Men believe that contact with drives us, so the story goes, to various
menstrual blood and other vaginal fluids " sorts of "cultural creativity" - art, literacan
make them seriously ill. An anthro- ¯ ture, politics, business - as a sort of corn-
" pologistlonceknew, who worked among pensation for our inability to bear chil-
- the Enga of Papua New Guinea, attracted dren. .
much attention with his magnificent and ¯ Throughout much of Melanesia, along
luxuriant red beard, much admired by all. ¯ theselines,meniusistthatalthoughwomen
When people asked for hair-growing ad- ¯ give birth, only men can make boys into
vice, he liked to disgust and appall them men. On Tanna, fathers arrange male iniby
claiming that the secret was to rub ° tiation ceremonies for their sons. They
menstrual blood on his face. : circumcise these boys who then spend six
In many Melanesian cultures, women ¯ Weeks in the bush, isolated from all conretii’etomenstrualhutslocatedinthebush
" tactwithwomen.ElsewhereinMelanesia~
(outside the Village) during their periods. ¯ people believe that precious semen itself
One can imagine that many women look ¯ transforms boys into men. Male initiaforward
eagerly to these monthly vaca- ¯ dons include practices of ritual fellatio -
dons from thedailydrudgeryofcooking, ." young .boys masculinize themselves by
childcare, and farming. Nomenstrual huts : consnm|ug the semen of older, already
exist on Tanna, though men and women ¯ initiated youths. (Gil Herdt describes one
here rarely share the same sleeping mat. " such societyin his book The Sambia:
And a menstruating woman stops prepar- ° Ritual and Gender in New Guinea.)
ing her husband’s dinners. Men, particu- : So, next time those Lesbians (or, alterlarlythosewithrockymarriages,
aresome- ¯ natively, those Gay boys) invade your
times suspicious that angry wives may be " favoriteclub, whatis that sudden chill you
poisoning themby dripping bloodinto the ¯ feel -- is this the "death threat of sexual
cooking pots. : pollution," or a contentiousjealousy over
And if vaginal fluids don’t kill you, sex ¯ human creativity?
itselfmay. Melanesians also shareabelief " Lament Lindstrom teaches anthropol-
- one that reaches back into Asia - that ¯ ogy at the University of Tulsa.
men are born with a finite amount of ¯
semen. Worse, the faster one uses up his " NOW NOV, Meeting lifetime supply of semen, the faster he
ages and dies. Have too many girlfdends : at Pride Center
or too .much masturbatory fun, and you
die young! Fathers warn their sons about " The Tulsa Chapter of the National Orthe
deadly dangers of sex. Dry, flaky skin " ganization for Women will feature Lucy
Tamayo of DVIS, Domestic Violence
~s an early sign of semen depletion, and . Intervention Services, speaking about
those teenagers withunforttmate skinprob- ¯ methods of empowering women at its
lems get teased mercilessly for messing ¯ Nov. meeting, 12:30 pm at The Pride
around. ¯ Center, 1307 E. 38th St. 2rid floor. NOW
Men (and women, too) believe that ¯¯ will .also hold elections for its executive .
female substances may pollute, or other- : board at the meeting. Info: 365-5658.
MY KITTY
but also his leadership on Tulsa’ s Say No
to Hate Coalition. Nor have any other
officials ofOklahoma’ s establishment spoken
out. Our governor says our "hate
crimes" law doesn’t need to address violence
agai.’nst Gay people, though note
that he hasn’t suggested removing it for
Oklahoma Jews or Blacks 7,,.or Catholics
like him.
None of our congressional delegation
has exemplified the compassion which if
they were the Christians they claim to be,
they might show. For example, a few
months ago, I askedPam Pryor, JC Watts,
Jr.’ s press secretaryhow many Gaypeople
needed to die before JC would speak out
against, anti-Gay violence? Obviously,
Shepardi~not enough. Maybeifone ofus
were crucified on the South Oval of the
OU campus, Watts (and that other disappointing
Oklahoma politician, David
Boren) might take the issue seriously.
Butat least withWatts, I still believehis
spokesperson’s claims of some decency
in the man to bother to ask. With The Evil
Steve and his good buddy and roommate,
Tom Cobum, there’s no point in wasting
my breath.
However, given the desire of Matthew
Shepard’s family and friends that some
bit of good come out of the horror of his
tormentand death,let us resolveto change
our state to reduce the chance that this will
happen here.
Passing an amendment to our hate
crimes (Oklahoma statutes, 21:850, Malicious
intimidation...) has got to be the top
priority for Lesbian and Gay Oklahoroans,
our families and friends. Find out
who your representatives are and talk to
them now.
Furthermore, we must demand that all
those groups that claim to be working for
justice andfairness, must end their convenient
silences. For example, if the Methodist
Bishop of Oklahoma can work so
hard to ban same-gender marriage ceremonies,
surely he can finally open his
mouth to say something against anti-Gay
violence. But he must be joined by OklahomaPresbyterians,
theOklahomaCouncil
of Churches, Tulsa Metropolitan Ministries,
our Catholic bishops and all others
who claim to value human life. Imagine,
maybe even human rights groups like the
National Conference for Community and
Justice, and others, like the Jewish Fed:
eration and African-American organizations
will standup to say that Gay Oklahomans
have a right to live too. Imagine.
8LAH BLAH
: police arrived, organizers said scores of
¯ arrestsbegan.Mostoftheorganizers were
taken away first, leaving the marchers
: adrift, participants said.
¯ And at the University of Wyoming, a
¯¯ visiting professorwhois teaching acourse on hate crime received a first hand view.
¯ "I reacted with shock-and disbelief," said
¯ Graham Baxendale, a Ph.D. student at ¯
England’ s Reading University. "I certMnly
¯ was not prepared for such an event here.
¯ One can read many textbooks and the
: academic literature, but until you are ac-
¯
tually confronted by something like this
¯ within your own community, you recog-
¯ nize that you really don~t understand this
¯
Baxendale said hate Crimes rarely end
Only 500 people were expected. Once
¯ in murder and usuallyinvolve low-level
¯ violence or intimidation. The victims of
¯ such crimes typically are selected at ran-
" dom because they represent a particular
¯ group. "Gay males are one of the largest
¯ victim catego.rie,s. for thrill hate crimes,
but ethnic rmnonty groups such as His-
" panics, Blacks, and Jews also are tar-
" geted," he said. The perpetrators of such
¯ crimes againstGays,Baxendale said, typi- ¯
cally are young male adults or youths who
¯ are experiencing the emotions that come
¯ with emerging sexuality. To demonstrate
: to theirpe~rs that they are wholly hetero-
¯
sexual, these people may express vie-
¯ lance and hatred toward Gays.
.. Hate crime victims,’he said, usually are
¯ chosen because they are available, not
¯ because of any individual characteristics
¯ or actions, and because of what they rep-
¯ resent to the perpetrators. Hatred towards ¯
the victim’s group is often manifested in
¯ exceptignal violence. "The perpetrators
: often despise and de-humanize their vic-
¯ rims, so such crimes typically are more ¯
violent than corresponding crimes that
¯ are not hate-inspired," he said. "Displayr
¯ ing the victim (Shepard) by tying him to a
fence is amanifestation ofsuch dehuman-
¯
ization."
¯ Baxendale, who has studied violence
¯ perpetrated by groups, such as the Irish
Republican Army, said it is important that
: the university, Laramie and Wyoming
¯ communities continue to be vocal in their
¯ condemnation of the crime and to show ¯
that the community fosters diversity and
¯
understanding, rather than intimidation
¯ and discrimination.
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Gays in the Military Update
More "Gays" Leaving US Armed Forces
WASHINGTON (AP) -TheAir Force andArmyreport
sharp increases in the number of troops discharged for
homosexuality, and officials believe many are discontented
non-Gay recruits looking for a way out. In
releasing the figures, the Defense Department said it
was satisfied with its "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy on
homosexuality in the services. It asserted that the 1998
dischargenumbers "align" with those ofprevious years,
even though they reached an 11-year high.
A watchdog group, the Servicemembers Legal Defense
Fund, said the’figures were fresh evidence that
Gays still are being mistreated in the 1.4-million-member
active-duty military. "Commanders are still asking,
pursuing and harassing people," said Dixon Osbum, the
group’s co-executive director. ,,,~
The "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy, adopted in 1994, is
supposed to allow Gays to serve if they keep their sexual
orientation private. It punishes those who engage in
homosexual acts or take actions that call attention to
their orientation. But critics accuse the services of
hunting down Gays and driving them out of the service.
If a service member voluntarily states his or her
homosexuality, discharge is automatic.. In the.case oLa
recruit still in basic (raining, av0iuniary declaration of
homosexuality means an admjuistrative discharge that
does not carry a bad-conduct stigma. Under the Pentagon
policy there are three grounds for discharge: if a
service member voluntarily states that he or she is Gay;
if someone is determined to have engaged in a homosee
Military, p. 3
Maryland Judge Throws
Out Sodomy Law
BALTIMORE (AP) - A judge who rtded Baltimore’s
80-year-old anti-sodomy law does not apply to consensual
acts has expanded the ruling to include anal as well
as oral sex. The ruling by Circuit Judge Richard T.
Rombto settles a 1997 clas s-action suit by theAmerican
Civil Liberties Union. "This is saying the government
will not intrude in the bedroom," said Dwight Sullivan,
a staff counsel for the ACLU’s Maryland chapter,
which sued on behalf of several Gay men and Lesbians.
State officials, who did not object to tLe ACLU’s
efforts, said the ruling was largely symbolic because
few if any state residents have been prosecuted for
sodomy. ACLU officials, however, said the existence
of the law posed a threat to privacy rights and left
homosexuals vidnerable to job discrimination and unfair
attacks in child custody cases.
Thirty-one states have rep.ealed anti-sodomy laws,
while 17 still have them on the books, including Virgiuia.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a Georgia case
in 1986 that anti-sodomy laws are constitutional.
In 1990, the Maryland Court Of Appeals ruied the law
could not be used to prosecute consentual, nonpublic
acts of oral sex, see Maryland, p. 14
DIRECTORY/LETTERS P. 2
EDITORIAL P. 3
US & WORLD NEWS P. 4
HEALTH NEWS P; 6
COMMUNITY CAL ENDAR P. 9
BOOK REVIEW P. 10
DO-IT-YOURSELF-DYK E P, 11
DYKE PSYCHE P. 12
CLASSIFIEDS + WEERWOLF P. 14
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Hate Crimes Amendment Has
A Chance in OK Legislature
TMM - Metropolitan Ministry Endorses Amendment
TULSA/OKLAHOMA CITY - Those who knew Matthew
Shepard say that he would have wished that some good come out
of evil. And it appears that, in Oklahoma at least, some good
might come out of the horror of his murder. That at least is the
conclusion drawn by some commumty activists who see the new
willingness of Oklahoma political leaders to address hate crimes
based on actual or perceived sexual orientation.
Speaking anonymously, one clergy participantinTulsa Metropolitan
Ministry, an influential local interfaith organization,
indicated that Shepard’s murder is what helped shake the organization
out of its unwillingness to address the concerns of Lesbians
and Gay men. As she put it, they could no longer remain
silent.
And moving amazingly fast for such a diverse group, TMM
adopted as one of its legislative goals for this 1999 session, the
amendment of Oklahoma’s Malicious Intimidation Statute, otherwiseknown
as the Hate Crimes law. In fact, abill (HB 1211) for
this amendment has been introduced by Tulsa legislator, Don
Ross. HB 1211 has a companion bill introduced in the Oklahoma
Senate by Sen. Ben Brown, and Democratic party rumors have it
that Speaker of the House, Loyd Benson has committed to
support the bill. Oklahoma Attorney G~neral Drew Edmondson
already has committed publicly to supporting this amendment as
has former Tulsa County District Attorney see Hate.p. 13
Activists kick off Eq~mlity Begins at Home at fall conference.
Thousands to Go to Capitols
First Ever National Week ofAction for Equality
WASHINGTON, DC - January 25, 1999 - In the 30th aunivers.
ary year of the S tonewall rebellion- the birth of the modern Gay
rights movement - thousands of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and
Transgender people will launch an unprecedented national week
of action for equality. Equality Begins at Home, slated for the
week of March 21 - 27, is a major initiative to push state
lawmakers to support a platform of equality.
Planning for these by local activists is well under way. In
Oklahoma, Paul Thompson, of the Oklahoma Gay & Lesbian
Political Caucus is co-ordinating the Oklahoma event at the State
Capitol on Saturday, March 27. Paid can be reached at email:
Gayoglpc@flash.net, or 405-791-0202. Tulsa Oklahomans for
Human Rights (TOHR) is working to help organize Tidsans to
go.
From Montana to Maine, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and
Transgender people will come out and speak up in simultaneous
events nationwide, most ofwhich will take place at state capitols.
These actions will, mnong other things, build support for laws
that counter hate violence, ban employment discrimination,
provide for safe schools for all students, ensure.the right to adopt
and become foster parents, and address health issues including
HIV/AIDS.
Equality Begins at Home is coordinated by the National Gay
and Lesbian Task Force .and organized by the Federation of
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Statewide Political
Organizations. As part of its coordinating efforts, the Task Force
provided Federation member groups $5,000 each to support their
Equality Begins at Home organizing efforts and hired a national
coordinator for the event. Dozens of national organizations have
signed on in support of this week of action.
"Equality Begins at Home is not an end point but a beginning
point. We are going to make our statewide organizations stronger,
mobilize more people, register more voters, and demand
greater accountability from our state legislators and policy makers,"
stated Kerry Lobel, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
executive director, see EBAH, p..13
Pride CenterAnnounces
OneRecruitShortofa ToasterMembers
Drive and Gay Legal Rights Program
TULSA - How do you feel about winning a very
stylish toaster or toaster oven? That’s what Pride
Center organizers want to know. They’re hoping
that these possibilities will motivate you to join
Tulsa’s Gay & Lesbian community center, the
Pride Center and to persuade as many of your
friends, family and acquaintances to do the same.
Pride Center volunteers have organized a membership
drive from Feb. 1 to March 31 that was
inspired by Lesbian comedian, Ellen Degeneres,
and they’re offering prizes for "recruiting" new
community center members. Center spokesman,
Greg Gatewood stated that any current or new
member will receive "a toaster accessory" (what is
that???) for bringing in five new members. Ten
new members will win you a sleek new bagelcapable
toaster. And if you get 25 new memberships,
you’ll get, not just a toaster, but a toasteroven!
However, the grand prize is airfare to an exotic
seaside location so you can toast yourself in the
tropical sun. Sound good? To win this you need to
get at least 50 new memberships though the winner
will be the person who gets the most memberships
of 50 ormo~e by March 31 st. Tojoin or to get more
information, call the Center at 743-GAYS (4297).
Beginning in Feb. specifically Feb. 18 at 7:30,
the Oklahoma Lesbian and Gay Law Association
will begin a series of free legal seminars for Lesbians
and Gay men. These seminars are set up as
informal discussions drawing on the skills of attorneys
who specialize in areas of interest to the
community. Tulsa attorney Camille Quiun will
lead the first discussion on estate planning. The
discussion will be geared toward both couples and
individuals. Again for more information, call the
Center at 743-GAYS (4297)..
Other evenfs a( the ~enter include a Mardi Gras
costume party on Feb. 13 with dancing to music by
"Grandmaster DJ Tim."
see Center, p. 14
GaI-A-Vanting
TULSA - More than fourteen women met recently
to plan monthly events for "Gal-A-Vanting, Ms.
Adventures for Women." Gal-A-Vanting is a social
and cultural organization for Lesbian women.
The group seeks to provide social, cultural and selfexploration
opportunities for women as wall as a
venue for meeting and for developing a sense of
The organization was the brainchild of two
friends, Mary (also known as the Do-It-Yourself
Dyke) and Joan, who decided that there was not
enough for women to do in the Tulsa area and who,
also, were tired ofdriving to Arkansas for women’s
activities. They believed there would be enough
interest in the Tulsa community to create an organization
to provide activities here.
Approximately 20 women have attended each of
the activities hosted by Gal-A-Vanting in the past
four months. There are now more than 65 women’s
names on the mailing list. The organization has
hosted a number of events, a "women and the arts
evening" which featured poetry and various artist’s
work, a dance, a drumming circle and a movie
night.
Monthly activities are planned for the second
Samr.day ev.e.mng of each month. Also, community
service acttvltles, such as adopting a mile of road
for clean up or working with the elderly are also
planned, see Gal, p. 14
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine
*Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. Boston
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
*Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria
*Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria
*Interurban Restanrant,717 S. Houston
*Jason’s Deli, 15th & Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
832-1269
592-2143
744-0896
599-9512
583-6666
749-4511
585-3134
599-7777
¯ 749-1563
744-4280
745-9998
834-4234
585-3405
660-0856
584-1308
Tulsa Busine.~q~s, $¢ntiees,.& Professionals
Advanced Wirdess & PCS, Digital Cellular 747-1508
*Affinity News, 8120 E. 21 610-8510
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor 746-4620
*Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Kent Baler & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15 712-1122
*Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 712-9955
*Borders Books & Music, 8015 S. Yale 494-2665
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 S. Peoria 743-5272
*CD Warehouse, 3807c S. Peoria 746-0313
Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902,743-41!7
Community Cle,qning, Kerby Baker 622-0700
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th 749-3620
*Devena’ s Gallery, 13 Brady 587-2611
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria 744-5556
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sherid~ii 838-8503
*Ross Edward Salon, 2447 E. 15th 584-0337, 712-9379
*Floral Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria 744-9595
Cathy Furlong, Ph.D., 1980 Utica Sq. Med. Ctr. 628-3709
*Gloria Jean’s Gourmet COffee, 1758 E. 21st 742-1460
Leanne M. Gross, Insurance &financial planning 459-9349
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney 744-7440
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-I111
*International Tours 341-6866
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th 712-2750
*Jared’s Antiques, 1602 E. 15th 582-3018
David Kanskey, Country Club Barbering 747-0236
*Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 599-8070
Kelly Kirby, CPA, 4021 S. Harvard, #210 747-5466
*Living ArtSpace, 19 E. Brady 585-1234
*Midtown Theater, 319.E. 3rd 584-3112
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31 663-5934
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 Place 664-2951
Novel Idea Bookstore, 51st & Harvard 747-6711
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633 747-7672
Puppy Pause II, 1060 S. Mingo 838-7626
*Peace of Mind Bookstore, 1401 E. 15 583-1090
The Pride Store, 1300 E. 38, 2nd floor 743-4297,
Rainbowzon the River B+B, PUB 696, 74101 747-5932
Richard’s Carpet Cleaning 834-0617
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921,747-4746
Christopher Spradling, attorney,616 S. Main, #308 582-7748
*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 749-6301
Paul Tay, Car Salesman 260-7829
*Tickled Pink, 3340 S. Peoria 697-0017
*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria 742-2007
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis 481-0558
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling 743-1733
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis 592-0767
Tulsa Agencies, Churches, Schools & universities
AIDS Walk Tulsa, PUB 4337, 74101 579-9593
*All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria 743-2363
Black & White, Inc. PUB 14001, Tulsa 74159 587-7314
Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center, 2207 E. 6 583-7815
*B/L/G/T Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Cir. 583-9780
*Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 616 S. Boston 585-1201
*Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th PI. & Florence
*Churchofthe RestorationUU, 1314N.Greenwood 587-1314
*Community ofHope United Methodist, 2545 S. Yale 747-6300
*Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595
*Council Oak Men’s Chorale 585-COMC (2662)
*Delaware Playhouse, 1511 S. Delaware 712-1511
*Democratic Headquarters, 3930 E. 31 742-2457
Dignity/Integrity of Tulsa- Lesbian & Gay Catholics &
Episcopa]ians, PUB 701475, 74170-1475 355-3140
*FellowshiiS-Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777
*FreeSpiritWomen’s Center, call for locati"on&m’ fo: 587-4669
." 918.583.1248, fax: 583.46 15, POB 4140, Tulsa, OK 74159
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¯ Writers + contributors:
¯ James Christjohn, Jean-Claude de Flambeauchaud
¯ Barry Hensley, J.-P. Legrandbouche, Lamont Lindstrom
Esther Rothblum, Mary Schepers, Adam West
¯
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Friend For A Friend, PUB 52344, 74152 747-6827
¯ Friends in Unity Social Org., PUB 8542, 74101 582-0438
¯ *HIV ER Center, 4138 Chas. Page Blvd. 583-6611 ¯
¯ *HIV Resource Consortium, 3507 E. Admiral 834-4194
*Holland Hall School, 5666 E. 81st 481-1111
¯ HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, EducatioN. 834-8378
¯ HIV Testing, Mon/Thurs. 7-9pm, daytime by appt. only ¯
¯ *House of the Holy Spirit Minstries, 3210e So. Norwood
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2,437, 800-284-2437
¯ *MCC United, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715
¯ NAMES Project, 3507 E. Admiral PI. 748-3111 ¯
NOW, Nat’lOrg. forWomen, POB 14068,7"4159 365-5658 ¯
OK Spokes Club (bicycling), POB 9165, 74157
: *Our House, 1114 S. Quaker 584-7960
¯ PFLAG, POB 52800, 74152 749-4901 ¯
*Planned Parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria 587-7674 ¯
*The Pride Center, 1307 E. 38, 2rid floor, 74105 743-4297
¯ Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152
¯ *R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network 7494195 ¯
Rainbow Business Guild, PUB 4106, 74159 665-5174
¯ *Red Rock Mental Center, 1724 E. 8 584-2325
O’RYAN, support group for 18-24 LGBT young adults
¯ O’RYAN, Jr. support group for 14-17 LGBT youth
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 4045 N: Cincinnati 425-7882
¯ *St. Dunstan’s Episcopal, 5635 E. 71st 492-7140
*St. Jerome’s Parish Church, 205 W. King 582-3088
*Tulsa Area UnitedWay, 1430 S. Boulder 583-7171 ¯
TNAAPP(Native American men), Indian Health Care 582-7225
¯ Tulsa County Health DepartmenL 4616 E. 15 595-4105
¯ Confidential HIV Testing - by appt. on Thursdays only ¯
Tulsa Okla. for Human Rights, c/o The Pride Center 743-4297
" T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222
¯ *Tulsa City Hall, Ground Floor Vestibule
¯ *Tulsa Community College Campuses ¯
¯ *Rogers University (formerly UCT)
BARTLESVILLE
"° *Bartlesville Public Library, 600 S. Jotmstone 918-337-5353
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¯ OKLAHOMA CITY/NORMAN
*Borders Books &Music, 3209 NWExpressway 405-848-2667
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*Borders Books & Music, 300 Norman Center 405-5734907
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TAHLEQUAH
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*Stonewall League, call for information: 918-456-7900
¯ *TahIequah Unitarian-UniversalistChurch 918-456-7900
*Green Country AIDS Coalition, PUB 1570 918-453-9360
¯ NSU School of Optometry, 1001 N. Grand
: HlVtestingeveryother Tues. 5:30-8:30; call for dates
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¯ *Autumn Breeze Restaurant, Hwy. 23 501-253-7734
¯ *Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main 501-253-7457
¯ DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. 501-253-6807 ¯
*Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St. 501-253-5445
¯ MCC of the Living Spring 501-253-9337
." Geek to Go!, PC Specialist, PUB 429 501-253-2776
¯ Old Jailhouse Lodging, 15 Montgomery 501-253-5332 ¯
Positive Idea Marketing Plans 501~624-6646
¯ Sparky’s, Hwy. 62 East 501-253-6001
¯ *White Light, 1 Center St. 501-253-4074
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS5
*Edna’s, 9 S. School Ave. 501-442-2845
¯ JOPLIN, MISSOURI
*Spirit of Christ MCC, 2639 E. 32, Ste. U134 41%623-4696
* is where you can find TFN. Notall are Gay-owned but all are Gay-friendly.
Carbon Copy
KMOD Gay Bashing?
¯ Dear Phil and Brent,
¯ As a regular listener of your show, I am ¯
concerned about the words of intolerance
¯ directed toward theGay community. Your
¯ Thursday shows seem especially filled
¯ with the promotion of hate as an acceptable
behavior. Being reasonable people,
; and I assume residents of the Tulsa com-
-¯ mumty, I cannot understand your continued
promotion of hate towards a large
¯ segment of-the Tulsa community. Hate
¯ speech equals hate crimes- aproven fact.
: Your success as morning show hosts
¯ can only mean that there are a great num-
" ber ofpeople listening. The words youuse
¯ can drastically change the world of those
¯ who listen. Your words could be respon-
- sible for the next bashing or killing of a
Gay person. Is this a responsibility you
_" are ready to accept and bear for the re-
, mainder of your life?
¯ I, as you by now expect, will no longer
¯ be tuning into your show, and will encour-
¯ age my friends and acquaintances to turn
¯ the dial as well. After all, you are "the
¯ rainbow station." The rainbow has been
: mmedinto aflag. That flag represents the
¯ pride of the Gay community.
¯ I wouldhope thatKMODwouldchoose
¯ not to continue the verbal assault on our
¯ Gay citizens. I would offer that two orga-
¯ nizations I belong to, teach tolerance
; classes, and perhapsKMOD would liketo
have some of this information. Your re-
" quest may be directed to me, or to the
¯ organizations directly.
- Ned T. Bruha, Tulsa
¯ ce: TOHR
PFLAG
Great Issue
Thelatest edition [January] ofTFN was
really a great issue. Thanks for the important
work that you do. Keep it up. Our
communityneeds it. This recentissue was
a great example of the kind of quality our
community is capable of. Anyone can be
proud with that kind ofleadership. Bravo.
And thanks.
- M.S. Tulsa
In Memorium
WASHINGTON - The Human Rights
Campaign mourned the death of activist
John Thomas, 51, who died on January
20.
Mr. Thomas served on the HRC Board
from 1982 to 1985 andplayedamajorpart
in HRC’s expansion in the Dallas area.
His contributions withHRCincludedhelping
start the Dallas Black-Tie Dinner
Committee. He helped found numerous
organizations including the Gay & Lesbian
Victory Fund.
Additionally, Mr. Thomas was former
executive director.of the Foundation for
HumanUnderstandingandthe Dallas Gay
& Lesbian Community Center, now
known as the John Thomas Gay & Lesbian
Community Center.
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sexual act; and in the case of same-sex marriage.
"In virtually every self-initiated disclosure, the second
statement made is, ’I’d also like to be discharged,"’ said
David Smith, a spokesman at Randolph Air Force Base,
Texas. He said this led officials to conclude that a growing
number of recruits are using a Gay declaration to get out.
Smith said commanders are legally prohibited from ques-
.tioning Air Forcemembers about such voluntary statements.
"You kind of have to take them at their word,".he said.
T’jae Gibson, anAir Force spokeswoman at the Pentagon,
said an official review of discharges and personnel policies
at Lacklandlast year found that most instructors and trainees
there believed the acknowledgments ofhomosexuality were
made to cut short an enlistment. Armyofficials said they "also
suspect many Gay discharges in their service involve soldiers
looking for a quick way out, but they do not consider
the trend to be a major source of worry.
Supreme Court Lets Military Policy Stand
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court once again left
intact the military’s "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy today,
rejecting a challenge by two former servicemen discharged
after declaring their, homosexuality. The court, without
comment, turned away arguments by the men that the policy
is based on prejudice agaiust homosexuals and violates their
free-speech rights. This action, while not a definitive ruling,
marked the fifth time in recent years that the highest court
has rejected efforts to invalidate the policy. Every federal
appeals court that has considered the issue has upheld the
policy.
This appeal was filed by National Guard 1st Lt. Andrew
Holmes ofSacramento, Calif.,andNavy Lt. Richard Watson.
Holmes declared his homosexuality to. his commanding
officer in 1993. Watson was serving in Bremerton, Wash.,in
October 1994 when he submitted a written statement to his
commanding officer that said, "’I have a homosexual orientation."
Both men were discharged and sued in federal
courts. A judge in San Francisco ruled for Holmes and
declared the military policy unconstitutional. But ajudge in
Seattle ruled against Watson. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals combined the cases andupheldthe "don"t ask, don’t
tell" policy.
US Law Professors Fight .Military Policy
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hundreds of law professors are
joining the fight to get Gays and Lesbians an equal place in
the U.S. armed forces. The battlefield is a 1996 law thatlets
the government take all federal student aid from schools
which refuse to let military recruiters on campus. Scores of
universities had barred recruiters to protest the "don’t ask,
don’t tell" policy, but let them back after President Clinton
signed the law by former U.S. Rep. Gerald Solomon.
"If we had a recruiter who said, ’We won’t hire anyone
who’s black,’ there’s no doubt about us kicking them off
campus," said David V. Chavkin, director and associate
professor at American University’s Washington College of
Law. "The notion that we should treat discrimination
against our Gay and Lesbian and bisexual and trans~gender
students as different is an outrage. The law school agreed in
1997 to let military recruiters return after attorneys decided
that not only its 1,200 students, but all of the university’s
undergraduates could lose their federal aid, including lowinterest
loans and work-study money.
At the meeting, Chavkin was working a~ a table set up
outside the Association of American Law Schools’ biggest
meeting rooms to sign up people willing to work for repeal
of the law. When theAALS meeting ends, organizers hoped
to have 100 law schools represented.
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who plans to lead the
repeal fight, thinks the law is very vulnerable, said Alan
Minuskin, a Boston College Law School professor. At one
point, 138 campusesbarred military recnfiters. By late 1997;.
the list had dwindled to 18. 17 were in Connecticut, where
the policy against discrimination was part of state law. The
federal law applies to all colleges and universities. The
repeal push is starting in law schools because most either
have longstanding rules of their own against discrimination
or belong to the AALS, which had a rule since 1990 against
dealing with any organization that discriminates. It changed
that rule last year, under protest, because of the Solomon
Amendment.
EdwinJ. Butterfoss, deah andprofessor oflaw at Hamline
University in St. Paul, Minn., said, "...we have a lot more
work to do. It [the Solomon law] undermines a law school!s
ability to enforce its own policies - not by attacking the
schools, but they’re attacking the students."
¯ The Associated Press
AtMartin LutherKing Day parades and prayer break-
, fasts, in their offices and in homes, many Blacks said
¯ they have a particular stake in the impeachment trial of
s~dent Clinton- the best thing thathas happened for
¯¯ Blacks in a long time."
"If Clinton is removed from "Dr. Kin~ ¯ office, that’s a slap in the face would be ¯ forBlack America," said Mikel
¯ Holt, editor of the Milwaukee suspect Of the ¯
¯ CommunityJournal, a Black impeael~ment newspaper. ’.’That’s inessence,
derailing the civil fights free- process l~eeause
¯¯ domtrain." he would be
Clinton has long enjoyed
¯ Black support, both from the suspect of tl~e
¯ public and in Congress, be¯
cause he socializes and prays impeaclters,"
¯ with Black people, appoints the Rev. Jesse
¯ them to high positions and un- Jackson said ¯ derstands the struggle of rac-
¯ ism, Black leaders said. a~ter a
: " As the trial entered its secondweek,
some summonedthe breal~ast
: name and message of the slain l~onorin~
¯ civil rights leader in Clinton’s
¯ defense - saying the two men in C]~iea~o.
¯ shared a common dream of Jackson
¯ equality, specffleally
¯ "Dr. King would be suspect
¯ of the impeachment process mentioned
~ because he would be suspect
¯ of the impeachers," the Rev. Senate ¯
JesseJacksonsaidafterabreak- 1MIajorlty leader
¯
fasthonoringKinginChicago. Trent Loft... ¯ Jackson specifically men-
, tioned Senate Majority leader reee_ntly linked.
¯
Trent Lott,who was recently
: linked by his uncle to an ultra- . . . to an ultra-
: conservatl/ve group accused of conservative
¯ promoting white supremacy. ~roup accused
i Lwoastt adfefniliieadteldaswt iwtheethkethgartouhpe of promo~in~
¯ and said he is opposed to rac:
ismand white supremacy. white
: Richard Bailey a historian supremacy¯
¯ and author from Montgomery,
Alabama, said he too was suspect of some of Clinton’s
: critics. "I think (Blacks) are most uncomfortable with
: the way matters are being handled and with the key
¯ players," he said. ¯
¯ "If the conservativepeoplewho are trying to impeach
the president come into power, it will be a tumbaek of
¯ the dock for Afro-Americans," said Edward Lewis Jr.,
i president of the NAACP for Idaho, Nevada and Uiah.
¯ Any current alternative to Clinton could be worse
," said Vicki Washington, director of Equal Opportunity
¯ and Diversity at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Extension
¯ in Madison, Wis. "Of all of our presidents in the recent
¯ past, Clinton seems to be more in tune with the impact
¯ of historic discrimination and how it continues to have
¯ bothapolitical and economic impact onAfriean Ameri_
.. cans and other people of color today," Washington said.
¯ To some, the impeachment itself is being driven by
- :~ fear of-minority power. "My question is, are they real[
hounding him for his personal transgressions, or (to
punish) him for making his administration the most
i
diverse that the country’s ever known? That, to me,
seems the undeit0ne," said Victoria Mares Hershey,
¯ first vice president of the NAACP in Portland, Maine.
Nan Stovall, another NAACP member from Port-
" land, said Clinton is "the best thing that has happened
: for Blacks in a long time," she said.
¯ Via the Internet
¯ Q - What do Howdy Doodie, the Muppets and Steve
Largent have in common?
: A - They all have cute faces with painted-on grins,
¯ empty heads and someone else’s hand up their ass
¯ making their mouths move.
Too vulgar, but too, too funny not to print. What’s
"- dangerous about Largent is that he’s .not stupid at
all.We don’t dispute the hand business though. - TN
by Tom Neal. editor &publisher
As a child, I learned much to my amazement that
some families actually tried to avoid discussing controversial
topics, especially at dimmer. Not mine. When
friends wonder about my interest in discussing ethics
and politics, all I need to do is to invite them to dinner
and.turn my father loose on them. They’ll never wonder
agmn. Note that I regard this familial inheritance of
debate and discussion as a wonderful, wonderful legacy
but it is, perhaps, an acquired taste. I share this bit of
personal history in order to put the following in context.
Since May, I’ve been.arguing at my family’s Sunday
night dinners that Bill Clinton, based merely on the
appearance of inappropriate conduct (that old lawyerly
standard), shouldresign. That is, ifhe were a gentleman.
Of course, we all know that if he had ever been a
gentleman, or even were vaguely acqtminted with the
notion, he wouldn’t be in this nasty PaulaJMonica/
Gennifer/whatever mess in the first place.
But regardless of Bill’s spectacular lapses in judgment,
many Gays and Lesbians, both of color and those
with less color, are going to understand the sentiments
of the adjacent editorial.
If the ultra conservatives, "wing-nuts" as Tul sa Republican
mayoral wanna-be, Terry Simonson, characterized
them, get completely back into power, it will be
a turning back the clock for Gay and Lesbian Americans
as well as for African Americans.
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott not only is dosdy
tied to ultra racist organizations like the Concerned
Citizens Council but has had his anti-Gay views well
documented. And I suspect that the ccc is just about as
anti-Gay as it is racist. And while Lott is now denying
that he shares the CCC’s racist and white supremacy
views, he’s not bothering to deny his heterosexist supremacy
stances. Clearly, we Gay folks really haven’t
gotten as far along in the fight for equality as non-Gay
Blacks.
I think it is safe to sa$ that the folks who hate Clinton
because he treats Blacks more fairly than any previous
president, also hate him because he’s treated Gay folks
more fairly than any other too.
Granted his record’s not perfect. He reneged on his
promise to end our military’s ban on Gay soldiers. And
his talk about AIDS is better than his walk has been
much of the time. But he’s appointed more openly Gay
individuals to significant governmental positions than
ever before and he’s used his executive power to ban
discrimination in civilian parts of our government.
And look who’s out to get him: the slimiest of the
slime: Bob Barr, Newt Gingrich, Helen Chenowith,
Bob Livingston (something of a gentleman at least for
resigning), and Henry Hyde, adulterers, fornicators and
hypocrites all.
Note also that all of these folks were big, big supporters
of the Defense of Marriage Act that banned samegender
marriages, if and when they should happen. Let
me see, when did cheating on your spouse become part
of supporting "traditional" marriage? Bill, of course,
also signed this patently unconstitutional law.
Andone hears from time to time a runaor or two about
our saintly First District representative, Steve Largent.
One wonders what he’d say about his sex life under
oath. After all, even if he’s been utterly faithful to his
spouse, he was a great college athletic star and who
hasn’t heard of a fomieating football player? Maybe at
Brigham Young, and then only maybe. Last I checked,
fornication was still illegal in Oklahoma though it is
hardly one of our frequently enforced laws.
However, I do have to give Henry Hyde some credit
for redefining the notion of"youthful indiscretion." Mr.
Hyde cheated onhis wife at the age of 41. This 41 yearold
editor is delighted to learn that anything I do at this
point in my life still has some hope of being declared a
"youthful indiscretion."
I do digress. The bottom line: I don’t like Bill,’s
dishonesty, but I don’t like the behavior of most of the
Congress. I don’t like Congress’ "witch hunt." The $50
million Stair spent could have bought a whole lot of
drugs or food or housing to keep people living with
AIDS alive, or done any number of genuinely worthy
things for our country.
Maybe we could just impeach them all.
Hormel Renominated
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton has renominated
James Hormel as ambassador to Luxembourg,
and a White House official said Tuesday the
administration hopes "fairness will prevail" in the
new Congress so he can be approved for thejob. The
Senate last year refused to vote on the nomination of
Hormel after several conservative Republicans accused
him of promoting homosexual views: The
White House accused lawmakers of prejudice.
Hormel, who is Gay, was appro,ced by the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, but Senate Majority
Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., didn’ t allow his nomination
to come to the floor in the face of scattered GOP
objections. White House spokesperson, Barry Toiv
said Hormel was among a number of.renominations
Clinton submitted to the new Congress, which began
its work this month. If approved, Hormel wonld be
the first openly Gay U.S. envoy.
Chiistian right groups had’attacked Hormel, a
vocal supporter of Gay rights and AIDS causes, over
his sponsorship ofaGay and Lesbian center at the San
Francisco Public Library that bears his name. Republican
critics called some of the material obscene and
feared Hormel might promote a "Gay agenda" as
ambassador to the tiny European nation.
Hormel must go through the entire nomination
process again, including approval at the committee
level before a Senate vote.
Florida County May Add
Partner Benefits
FORTLAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP)-Broward County
may be on its way to extending to domestic parmers
of county employees the same ,benefits that married
couples now receive. A proposed ordinance would
provide medical coverage to Gay, Lesbian and unmarried
partners of county employees to the same
extentas other employees and allow unmarriedcouples
to legally register as domestic partners. The measure
also would require contractors that handle at least
S50,000 in business with the county to offer health
benefits to partners of their own workers.
If adopted later this year, Broward would join one
other Florida county, more than 100 other state and
local governments across the country and some corpora.
tions that have given similar allowances to domestic
partners.
Some business owners in Broward, Florida’s secon&
largest county, object to being told how to run
their companies. However, the commission, which
has already 6utlawed discrimination on the basis of
sexual orientation, appears receptive to the proposal.
CornmissionCha~rwoman Ilene Lieberman said she
supports most sections of the ordinance but had
doubts about imposing the mandate on private comparties
that do business with the county,
County attorneys said the proposal may conflict
with the state’s broad Defense of Marriage Act, the
1997 law that says same-sex marriages are not recognized
in Florida. Supporters said domestic partnerships
are not identical to marriages and the county’ s
proposal says nothing about child custody, divorce,
inheritance or other rights held by spouses.
Robin Bodiford and Dean Trantalis, two lawyers
and Gay civil rights activists, prepared the proposal
with the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, a national Gay
and Lesbian group.
In Florida, the Monroe County Commission agreed
in February 1998 to allow county workers to share
Lheir employee benefits with their domestic partners.
In Miami-Dade County, the state’ s largest county, the
commission approved an ordinance last month barfing
discrimination of homosextmls in the workplace
and housing.
Holocaust Coverup
Uncovered
ATLANTA (AP) - Material about Nazi persecution
of homosexuals, edited out of a teachers’ guide about
the Holocaust, will be sent to Georgia schools in a
separate letter.
The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, which
had previously deemed the material too sexually
graphic for fifth- and sixth-grade students, agreed to
the change after a meeting with civil rights activists.
It was too late to reprint the guides, which were to be
mailed out to schools across the state by this week.
lut the commission decided to send the deleted
material to schools in a separate letter. Harry Knox,
director of the Georgia Equality Project, a civil rights
group said the new mailing also will include four
extra teachers’ guides from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum in Washington.
The 15-member Holocaust comrmssion, fornted in
1986, is a state agency. It objected to passages in the
92-page guide "Triangles, Badges, & Stars: Remembering
the Mosaic of Victims of the Holocaust." Gay
civil rights groups were upset when the commission
asked a law firm sponsonng the gnides to delete the
material. The law firm reluctandy agreed and removed
the passages from the Georgia version of the
guide. Versions of the guide were’also produced for
teachers in California and Florida.
HOmosexuals are mentioned in at least four places
in the 6,000 copies printed for Georgia middle school
and high school teachers, said SylviaWygoda, director
and chairwoman of the Holocaust commission.
Vice chairman Alex Gross said commission members
wanted only a few objectionable words removed,
not entire paragraphs.
Here are the para~aphs on Nazi treatment of homosexual
Holocanst victims which the GeorgiaCom:
unssion on the Holocaust asked to be deleted:
"German male homosexuals were targeted and
arrested because they would not breed the master
race: they were an affront to the Nazi macho image."
"’The doors of the third (cattle) car open and the
homosexuals spill forth, males only, because as
Hirnmler concluded, ’Lesbians can give birth.’ The
taunting jeers, and blows of the guards stun the men.
They will stay a night and then be rerouted to
Sachsenhausen mad Buchenwald to be with their
kind. The pink triangle they will soon wear is a result
of ajudgment that they have broken Article 175A, by
sexual act, by kissing, by embracing, by fantasy and
thought. Some will be given an opp_ortunity to recant
by successfully completing sexual activity with a
woman in the camp brothel. Most others will find
themselves tormented from all sides as they struggle
to avoid being assaulted, raped, worked and beaten to
death."
Right-Winger Seeks to
Ban Gay Student Clubs
PHOENIX (AP) - A group of conservative Republican
lawmakers is backing a bill that would ban
support groups for homosexual students from public
school grounds.
The measm’e would require school districts to ban
any student orgamzation that promotes a specific
sexual orientation, sexual activity or any kind of
criminal activity, t’We don’ t allow Playboy clubs on
,c,~tmpus to promote heterosexuality," said Rep. Linda
Gray, R-Glendale, one of the bill’s backers. "Why
should we have Gay clubs to promote homosexuality."
A 3-year-old Gay student group at Desert View
High School in the Suunyside Unified School District
has not caused any problems, said Alan Storm, the
district’s director of student services. The group’s
five members have helped educate students, teachers
and others about discrimination, Storm said. "There
arCh’ t even discussions about sex," Storm said. Storm
added the bill was a bad idea because it jeopardizes
federal funding for schools. Thefederal Equal Access
Actrequires school s to allow all extracurricular groups
to use their facilities. Backers of the federal law said
it was meant to keep schools from banning meetings
of Bible-study and other Christian groups.
Gay Teen Sues Hospital
Over ’Outing’
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Gay Bradford County
teen-ager who attempted suicide last February is
suing the hospital that treated him, claiming news of
his sexual orientation was leaked by an employee,
Cindy Smith, and eventually spread to his high school.
Smith could not be reached by press time, but Troy
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statement denying the allegations.
Greg Congdon, 18 and a former football player and
wrestler, said the disclosure made him an instant pariah,
forcing him to forego his senior year at Troy High-
School and study at home by himself.
Congdon’ s lawyer, Jeffrey P. Osmond of Towanda,
said he believes the suit to be the first of its kind in
Pennsylvania. ’‘This has been a springboard for a bunch
of health-care providers in the area to doubly safeguard
their policies so that this doesn’t happen to them,;;
Osmond said.
Congdon said he realized he was Gay about a month
before the suicide attempt. He told no one, terrified of
the consequences of coming out to his parents and to a
rural, conservative community. Severely depressed,
Congdon ingested 33 Tylenols in the early morning
hours of Feb. 1, 1998, went to school, and took 10 more.
Congdon told the treating physician at Troy Community
Hospital that he tried to kill himself because he was
Gay.
Thelawsuit alleges that Smith- the mother of one of
Congdon’s football teammates -examined Congdon’s
medical records and then told "third persons" that he
was Gay.
Returning to school later, "Everybody just stared at
me,". he said. "I’d get approached by several students
and they would say, ’We heard you’re a faggot, is that
true?’ I would just say, ’Believe whatever you want,’
because I was afraid I’d get beat up." Congdon left
school less than a month after returning.
Troy High School Principal Bob Grantier said he did
not know Congdon was being harassed. "If that was
reported, which it was not, it would have been dealt
with. Bottom line," he said.
Congdon expects to take his high-school equivalency
exam in the summer and attend college next fall as a
criminal justice major. Congdon’s story was featured
last month in an ESPN documentary on Gay athletes.
He also wrote about his experience for a San Francisco-
based magazine for Gay teen-agers. "I’m being
very public with it to raise awareness. We do have a
problem in today’s society and there is hate out there
toward us and other ethnic and religious backgrounds,"
he said. "Something has to be done."
Maryland Governor
Offers Anti-Bias Bill
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Gov. Parris Glendening,
prompted by memories of a brother who died of AIDS
after hiding his homosexuality throughout a long military
career, will sponsor legislation this y~ar to ban
discrimination against Gays and Lesbians. Glendening
has endorsed similar legislation in the past, but this year
it will be part of his official administration legislative
package. His bill would add sexual orientation to a law
that already bans discrimination in housing and em-
.ployment because of sex, age, race and religion.
Kathleen Nieberding-Ryan, who has lobbied for the
bill the past few years, said the governor’ s decision to
make it part of his program "will help break down some
of our barriers." "I’ve worked on this bill for a long
time," said Ms. Nieberding-Ryan, lobbyist for MarylandNOWand
former lobbyist for the Free State Justice
Campaign, an organization representing Gays and Lesbians.
"Each year we’ ve inched closer and closer, but
could not secure the one or two votes needed for
passage," she said.
Richard Dowling, head of the Maryland Catholic
Conference, said the church has opposed the bill in the
past and probabl y will do so again. "In our tradition,
discrimination against any person in regard to basic
human fights is a sin," Dowling said. He said that
includes people whose sexual orientation is homosexual,
"but orientation and practice are not the same.’"
"Whether intended or not, this legislation would have
.the eff~t oflegitimating homosexual practice, and that,
m our view, is something government Should not do,"
Dowling said.
Glendening said it was difficult for his brother to live
with the knowledge that his’ career in the Air Force
would be ruined if his homosexuality had been discovered.
"No one should be in fear of their job, no matter
what their occupation, because of their sexual orientation,"
he said.
But ~fracy Conaty, communications director for the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in Washing-
, ton, said discrimination "is a fact of life for many
Gay and Lesbian people." "This law is needed
¯ because it is still legal in the state of Maryland to
; fire somebody simply because they are Gay, Lesbian,
bi-sexual or trans-gendered," she said. "Gov.
Glendening is showing real leadership, in not only
recognizing that fact but addressing it," Ms. Conaty
: said.
:¯¯ Anti-Bias Vote May.Lead to Voter Retaliation
¯ CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - City Commis-
: sioner Nancy Evans knows there mightbefallout at
¯ the voting booth after the City Council decided to ¯ offer protection to homosexuals under the Cedar
¯ Rapids civil rights ordinance. The City Council
¯ ,~oted 3-2 early to make the addition, protecting
¯ homosexuals from discrimination in education,
: honsing, credit, employment and public accommo-
¯ dation.
¯ "This could very well cost an election. I under-
. stand that,’" Evans said. "But cost is not what’s
¯ important. If I believe this stands for intolerance, if
I believe this is injustice, then I have an affirmative
¯ duty toact,nomatterwhatitcosts." Evans and Dale
Toddboth mentioned the Novemberelections when
¯ they discussed their votes in favor of the ordinance.
Mayor Lee Clancey joined them in the majority.
¯ Commissioners Don Thomas and Ole Munson
¯ voted against the change. The Rev. Larry Johnson,
¯ a spokesman for conservative Christiar~s in Cedar
: Rapids, saidhewill try to rally political support for
¯ a new set of candidates. Johnson said, "This thing is very offensive to a lot of people. We want to
¯ investigate to see what we can come up with as far
¯ as overturning this."
Anti-Gay Adoption
Law Reconsidered ¯
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Elizabeth Janeway and
¯ her husband wanted to become foster parents, but
: said they couldn’ t stomach the state’ s ban on Gay
¯ adoptive and foster parents. When they applied in
1991, the state asked them if they had any homo-
" sexuals in their family, Mrs. Janeway told a House
¯ committee. "I felt sick answering the question,"
i She said. "Not sick because we have a Gay son and
¯ a Lesbian daughter, but because of what the ques-
¯ tion implied about our children."
¯ Rep. Raymond Buckley, D-Manchester, wants
¯ that to end. Hehas sponsored a bill to repeal a 1987
¯
law that bans Gays and Lesbians from adopting and
¯ serving as foster parents. "This law was enacted
¯ during a time of great fear," Buckley said. "Thank-
" fully, we know much more today than we did a
¯ decade ago." The ban was passed at "the height of
." the season of hate," he said. New Hampshire is one
¯ of only two states with such restrictions; Floridais
: the other.
¯ A crowd of more than 80 doctors, ministers,
foster parents, Gay civil fights activists and others
¯ gathered to urge the committee to send the bill to
the House for a vote.
: Buckley blames the passage of the ban on fears
¯ fed by the surge of AIDS during the 1980s and
mistaken belief that homosexual parents would
molest their adopted or foster children. During the
legislative debate in 1987, one supporter of the ban
argued that Gay people wanted to "raise their own
meat" to sexually molest. "This law was enacted
despite the lack of a single complaint, not one shred
¯ of evidence, without a single incident of concern,"
¯ Buckley said.
¯ Thelaw also requires heterosexual couples wish-
. ing to adopt or be foster parents to sign a form
stating no adult in the household is homosexual.
~ "This law does more thanmerely prohibit Gays and
¯ Lesbians from adopting or serving as foster parents,"
Buckley said. "It intrudes into the homes of
¯ heterosexual couples as well."
¯ Buckley would not say whether he thought the ¯
bill was likely to pass, only that he hopes the
: Legislature has progressed since the original mea-
¯ sure passed.
Dr. ML King Would
Have Fought AIDS
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Martin Luther King
Jr. did not live to see the scourge ofAIDS,
but ifhe had, he would have been a leader
in the battle against the disease, health
care experts and religious leaders believe.
"Of course he would have been out
there talking about AIDS and advocating
programs to help stop the spread Of HIV ,"
said the Rev Lionel Starkes, an HIVi
AIDS counselor for the Clark County
Health District. Starkes was a member of
a panel that discussed the subject "AIDS:
WhatWouldBe Dr. King’ s Involvement?"
The panel was part of activities in observance
of the national holiday honoring
King’s birthday.
Ulysess Palrose, HIV/AIDS care coordinator
for Sierra Health Services, said
that nationwide, the number of people
dying from AIDS has declined, as have
the number of people infected with HIV.
But the number of blacks contracting the
vires has increased.
’Tmnot an expert on Dr. Martin Luther
King, and I don’ tknow all thereis to know
aboutAIDS, but all I doknow tellsme that
he would be a drum major" in the fight
against HIV, particularly in regard to the
African American commumty, Palrose
said.
According to national statistics, 43 percent
ofnew HIV/AIDSpatients are black.
Blacks constitute about 13 perccgt of the
population. More than 50 percent of all
babies and women infected with HIV are
’black.
Scientist Develops
New HIV Treatment
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -A University
of Kentucky (UK) scientist holds patents
on two new methods for treating AIDS
and cancer with drugs that have been
around for years. Trials of the cancer
therapy are at least two years away, but
the AIDS therapy could be tested on human
patients later this year in South Af-
Dr. Vincent Gallicchio, a cell biologist
and associate dean of research in UK’s
College of Allied Health Professions, developed
and patented the AIDS treatment
independently.
Gallicchio came up with the cancer
therapy in partnership with Milton Yatvin,
professor of radiation oncology at the
Oregon Health Science Center. They
jointly hold the patent on this treatment.
In combatting AIDS, Gallicchio proposes
a combination ofAZT or DDI- two
anti-viral drugs now prescribed for the
disease - and lithium, a drug used for
decades to treat manic depression. Research
has shown that lithium, in addition
to its beneficial effects on mental illness,
stimulates the human immune system.
AIDS kills people by destroying their
immunity. Therefore, Gallicchio thinks
that an AZT-lithium "cocktail" might stabilize
AIDS patients by charging up their
immune systems.
Gallicchio and Yatvin plan to attack
cancer with a new kind of drug-delivery
system, putting standard chemotherapy
agents inside naturally occurring human
immune cells called "macrophages."
Theoretically, the macrophages would
carry thehighly toxic chemotherapy drugs
directly to the site of the cancer, leaving
healthy tissue unharmed.
Lithiumwas first suggestedformedical
use 50 years ago, and approved by the
FDA for use in manic depressive patients
about 1970. "We’ re sort of the first to put
two and two together," said Gallicchio
who, in addition to his UKpost, heads the
International Society for Lithium Research,
a.scientific group devoted to learning
more about the drug.
One reason lithium’ s potential in AIDS
hash’ t been researched before, Gallicchio
said, is economics. Lithium is cheap. So,
there’ s been little economic incentive for
pharmaceutical finns to explore its potential
in AIDS because profits wouldn’t be
great. Lithium’s toxicity also has been
problem, but Gallieehio says that’s been
solved.
Gallicchio plans to test his idea in South
Africa, where selected AIDS patients will
be given his lithium cocktail. South Africa
was chosen as the test site, he said,
because its AIDS incidence rate is one of
the world’s highest.
In battling cancer, Gallicchio and his
pamier,Yatvin, envision a system in which
.powerful drugs would zip straight to the
site of the disease, like homing pigeons,
ignoring healthy tissue. To achieve that,
they would use macrophages.
Macrophages are large immune cells,
which are manufactured in the bone marrow
and then migrate to the body’ s orgaus.
Each organ has its own macrophage,
and each macrophage somehow
knows which organ it is assigned to. A
liver macrophage knows it’ s supposed to
go to the liver; a brain macrophage knows
it’ s supposed to travel to the brain, and so
on.
Gallicchio and Yatvin propose to use
this macrophage "homing instinct."To
treat, say, liver cancer, you could pm
chemotherapy drugs inside liver macrophages,
whichthen would carry them straight
to the cancer.
The plan would be to grow macrophages
in an artificial environment, combine
them with cancer drugs, then deliver
the mixture into cancer patients intravenously.
But Gallicchio says it will be
about two years before trials in humans.
First, researchers mustprove the approach
works in animals, and that it poses no
hazards to patients.
Charity to Help
Children with AIDS
tCAMPALA, Uganda (AP)-Funds raised
by Rotary International will pay for
projects devoted to children affected by
polio and AIDS-related diseases, the
organization’s president said recently.
Speaking to reporters before the opening
of Rotary’ s International Summit on Africa,
James Lacy of Cookeville, Tenn.,
said the organization would also fund
facilities that offer corrective plastic surgery
and finance micro-credit facilities,
job training and educational programs.
More than 400 Rotary members from
23 nations have gathered for the three-day
conference opened by Prime Minister
KintuMusoke, whoread a statement from
President Yoweri Museveni. "I’m glad
¯ that President Lacy has chosen poverty as
¯ the main theme of the conference,"
¯ Museveni said in his statement. "Poverty
: is a great problem in Africa, andwehope
; you will offer practical solutions to it."
¯ Lacy, 68, said Rotary’s efforts would
: focus this yearonchildren and their health.
: "I came here to see the problems faced by
: children and to see exactly where we can
¯ help," he said.
: Rotary has committed more than $313
: million since 1985 to the goal of eradicat-
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HIV+ Soldier Guilty
of Assault by Sex
ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) - An HIV-posifive
Army private from New York City
was sentenced to three years in military
prison after pleading guilty to aggravated
assault for having unprotected sex.
Gerland Squires, 21, also will receive a
bad-conduct discharge from the Army
and forfeit all pay and benefits. Her rank
was immediately reduced from private
first class to private.
After a 1997 blood test revealed Ms.
Squires had HIV, her commander at Aberdeen
Proving Ground ordered her to use
condoms and tell her sexual partners that
she carried the AIDS virus. But Ms.
Squires did not tell eight men she was
HIV-positive and had unprotected sex
with four of them, prosecutors said. She
told a ninth man she had the virus but did
not insist he use a condom. None of the
ninemen- six enlisted and three civilians
- has tested positive for the virus.
Ms. Squires,cryingonthe witness stand,
told jurors she had sex to escape her fear
and confusion about having HIV and
passing it on to-her daughter, who is now
9 months old. She said she feared rejeclion
if she told her sex partners she has
HIV.
Aberdeen Proving Ground, about 40
miles north of Baltimore, was the site of
the biggest sex scandal in U.S. mililary
history in 1997. Twelve drill instructors
were accused of forcing female subordinates
to have sex. One instructor was
cleared, and the remaining 11 either were
convicted or re’signed.
India’s Challenge:
AIDS Treatment
NEW DELHI, India (AP) - On paper at
least, India is ready to cope with the consequences
of increasing AIDS cases. It
hopes to avoid being overwhelmed by not
just the disease, but byfear and ignorance.
P.L. Joshi, deputy director of the
government’s National AIDS Control
Organization, confidently fingers a thick,
plastic-bound sheaf of tables and prose
that detail how nearly 1 million medical
workers, from hospital janitors to surgeons,
will be trained to care for AIDS
patients. But Joshi acknowledges the training
has barely begun, and those patients
today face being alined away by hospitals
or, when they are admitted, find that doctors
and nurses refuse even to touch them.
"’There is an element of fear," Joshi
said. "People think that if they handle
these patients, they will get the disease.
Discrimination can only be taken care of
by a strong training program."
Experts say India’s nearly 1 billion
people are in only the early stages of an
AIDS epidemic that already has swept
over Europe and America and decimated
Africa, where in some places a quarter of
the population is infected with the AIDS
virus.
.Joshi and his colleagues in India’ s campmgn
against AIDS have focused on education
and prevention, hoping to keep the
infection rate down. Now they acknowledg.
e they also must face the challenge of
canng for people with full-blown AIDS
and those infected with the virus.
The World Bank predicts that already
snuggling medical systems in developing
countries like India will be so swamped
by AIDS it will be impossible for people
with other diseases to get care.
India’ s government estimates 5 million
people, less than 1% of Indians, are infected
with the AIDS virus. That is considered
low by many experts because it is
based on very limited testing, but even
that figuremeans one of the world’ s poorest
countries has more infected people
than any other nation.
The estimate of infected Indians has
increased steadily from 2.5 million in
1996, spreading mainly through heterosexual
sex into the general public from
high-risk groups like prostitutes and intravenous
drug users. Joshi’s agency says
the number of full-blown AIDS cases has
soared from six in 1986 to 3,167 in 1996
to around 5,000 in 1998.
Knowledge about the disease is lacking
amongmostIndians,including health professionals.
Four years ago, India’ s largest
and most prestigious hospital, the All-
India Institute of Medical Sciences, surveyedits
morethan7,000 employees about
AIDS. Dr. Bir Singh, head ofAIDS training
at the institute, said he found many
staffmembers did not follow even simple
procedures like using needles properly to
ensure they did not prick themselves with
tips contaminated with a patient’s blood.
Worse, Singh found doctors and nurses
infected with the prejudices about AIDS
that are common in the rest of India. A
disease linked to sex and drugs in this
conservative society is deeply shameful,
and those infected with the virus are often
treated as if they deserve to die.
"The moment it becomes known that a
person on a ward is HIV-positive, fear
engulfs the ward. That fear is still rampant.
That shows theignorance among the
medical community," he said. "If the time
comes, God forbid, when one in four
patients is HIV+, what will we do?"
Sahara, a private residential drug treatment
program supported by international
aid groups, already faces that problem.
Director Neville Selhore estimates a third.
of the 120-130 recovering drug addicts
living at Sahara’s house in south New
Delhi are infected. "In 1990, a lot of the
people here started to fall ill," said
Selhore’ s wife and co-director, Elizabeth.
They soon learned the increasing cases of
tuberculosis and shingles pointed to the
spread of the AIDS virus and took on the
task of treating that as well as addiction.
Over the years, the Selhores have developed
a matter-of-factness about AIDS
that would be striking anywhere. The
couple and their young sons live at Sahara
along with the recovering addicts. The
boys "know about the disease, and they’ re
cool," Selhore said. "They see how we
deal with it. They know there are onlv so
many ways it can be transmitted."
At the 16-bed clinic that Sahara opened
earlier this year, attendants pat patients’
hair or help them walk with casual affection.
They counsel the patients not to
share medications like ointment, to use
condoms, to stay healthy.
Pop music plays in the background.
With books and board games on a shelf in
a room that doubles as parlor and nurse’ s
office, the atmosphere is that of an unusually
calm and orderly college dorm. The
message is simple: People with the AIDS
v~rus can live a normal life if they are
armedwithinformation. "Weteachpeople
to take care of themselves. Because how
many people can the government and
orgamzations like this take care of?"
Tulsa is blessed with quite afew excel- " eration just hasn’t seemed to work.
lent arts organizations
good fortune of this
newspaper to-be able to
work with most of
them. Tulsa Family
News was honored especially
to have been a
media sponsor for
Philbrook’s Year of
Europe in 1998. We’ve
also had the pleasure of
working with
Gilcrease, the Philharmonic,
Tulsa Ballet,
Tulsa Opera and again
the Tulsa Performing
Arts Center Trust
(TPACT).
All of these orgamzations
recognize that,
stereotypes not withstanding,
Tulsa’s Lesbian
and Gay commuand
it’s been the "
Philbrook’s new Beads exhibit
promises to be interesting
Villain no. 1: American Theatre Company.
Repeated calls to
Kitty Roberts have resulted
in no response.
Ms. Roberts apparently
thinksTheTulsaWorld
reaches everyone with
whom she needs to
bother. I mean if someone
calls repeatedly to
say they’ll give you
some free press if you
only will send a press
release, ’why not?
Surely this is not a case
of bias since a prominent
member of this
company is aGay man.
Perhaps once they
couldnothave afforded
the extra stamps but in
these days of faxes and
e-mail, what gives?
nities do support the arts, perhaps even
beyond our numbers. As the lovely
Camille Sartain, formerly ofTPACT and
now working at Gilcrease has stated, it
just doesn’t make sense for arts organizations
not to reach out to the Gaycommu-
So itmakes you wonder about the folks
who just don’t seem to get it! Ani]’they
mostly seem to be theater types, amazingly
enough. Tulsa Family News continues
to have difficulty with several organizations
whom,we will name in hope that
we .might shame them into treating Gay
people fairly. It doesn’t seem that it could
hurt since politely asking for their coop-
¯ Villain no. 2: Theatre Tulsa! run by a
¯¯ wall-known Gay man whom you can see
at Renegades’ pool tables regularly. Re-
" peated visits in person have not persuaded
these folks to share info. about their per-
" formances. Now some with more wicked
¯ tongues than I might say that no self-
" respecting Gay would want to see some of
the ponderous theatrical warhorses this
¯ company produces- still tastes do vary in
¯ ourcommtmity. Notealso, thateveaacall
." toTFboard president Dan Call stillhasn’t
¯¯ moved the mountain.
Villain no. 3: Celebrity Attractions. We
¯ save the worst for last.
¯ see Celebrity, p. 13
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Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Community ofHope (United Methodist), Service - 6pm; 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Service - 1 lam, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595
Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist
Service - 1 lam, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314
Metropolitan Community Church United (formerly Family of Faith & MCCGT)
Service, 1 lam, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc.
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210b So. Norwood
Parish Church of St. Jerome (Evangelical Anglican Church in America)
Mass - 11am, 205 W. King (east of No. Denver), Info: 582-3088
University of Tulsa BisexuaULesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance
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Council Oak Men’s Chorale, rehearsals at 5pm, Info: 585-COMC (2662)
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Meets typically the last Tuesday of each month. Info: 743-4297
PrimeTimers, mens group, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
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Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group, more information, call 582-7225
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by Adam West
Toby Sligh is one of those characters,
heroes really, who comes along only once
a generation or so. Like Ishmael or Pip or
Hamlet, he brings out all of
0urfears anddreams andhopes
and desires. Don’t get me
wrong, Daniel Vilmure, the
author of Toby’s Lie is not yet
a Melville or Dickens. He’s
nowhere near Shakespeare.
But when this promising
young author decided to make
a worthwhile character, he really
overshot his mark.
Toby is in love with Ia~., the
one-eyed rich kid that has the
"most popular" spot at their
Jesuit-run Catholic school.
Toby wants to take Ian to the
prom. This causes quite a stir,
which gets Toby even more
confusedthanhis mothermoving
out of the house for mysterious reasons.
It confuses him morethan the beautiful
Latin priest who may or may not be the
child molester ofyoungToby’s dreams. It
confuses him more than his theoretically
drug-dealing best friend. It confuses him
almost as much as his relationship with
the AIDS-stricken priest that’]ae visits at
lan’s behest in the local hospital.
Toby’s life gets thrown around in a
whirlwindofstrangefriends, strangerfamily
and familiar strangers. It is how Toby
¯grows tofignreeverything out, andaceept
the strangeness, that makes him a hero.
And make no mistake - to the young
people growing up Gay in this world
l’oby Sligh should be a hero.
What struck me most about Toby’s Lie
was the fact that it’s a cleverly disguised
AIDS novel. Don~t be put off. We’ve all
had enough of our emotions beingjerked
around by badly written, overly soap opera-
ish, ’woe-is-me’ plays, movies, books,
articles, poems, and television specials.
But we should not become disinterested
by a work that truly captures what AIDS
has done to our community (by ’community’
I mean Earth, not the local ’ghetto’).
This problem is not over, and Toby’s
Lie reminds us of that. Finally, an author
reminds us, touches us, in a way that
provokes thought instead of stifling it.
]’oby’s problems are many. He’s bombarded
onall sides by the schemes and lies
of everyone he knows. He’s not innocent.
But he is honest.., in a way that few of us
are ever tndy so: Toby is willing to say
what he fears. And in the end when the
fear ofAIDS piles on top of all the others,
l’oby greets it with true courage.
What Toby’s Lie tinally brings us is a
unique novel in Gay literature. Vilmure
has not succumbed to the need to whine
that our supposed classics (like E.M.
Forster, Edmund White or Andrew
Ric Poston, OklahomaMr. Leather will
host a multi-family garage sale to help
with his titleholder travel fund.
This event will be held in Jenks at 420
West Eighth .on Saturday and Sunday,
Feb. 20-21, from 7am to dark. Donations
of furniture, clothes, magazines, etc. will
be accepted and can be picked up by
calling 299-6442.
Tol~ Sli~h is one
of those
~lmracters,
heroes really,
~ho come alon~
only once a
~eneratlon or so.
Like Ishmael or
Pip or Hamlet, he
brin~s out. all of
our fea~s and
dreams and hopes
and desires.
Holleran) have. Vilmure is aware of the
dangers Of being Gay and being young.
He’s aware of everything that scares us.
However, unlikemostofus who are afraid,
this author faces the fear with
introspection and grace and
dignity. Toby does not run
away fromhis fears in the end,
and that is what saves his life.
This is a coming of age novel,
but Toby grows up like most
of us do not - Toby learns to
stand up for himself. This is a
quality that is sadly lacking in
the Gay community, no matter
how many snappy queens
you know.
I’d like to digress a little
here, soforgivemeinadvance.
This is after all my last review
for you (I’m moving to New
York!). Do you remember
Blaxploitation?Thosehorren-
¯
dous movies, books and television shows
¯¯ (Yes, Shaftwasjustas awful as Blacula!)
that poured onto the market when enter-
." tainment moguls realized that Black
¯ people liked TVtoo?
¯ I’d like to send you a warning. Beware
¯¯ of Queer-ploitation. The signs of its arrival
arehere (was In andOutor To Wong
¯ Foo really for us, even if they were much
¯ loftier than Blacula?). I came across it
¯ most recently when I started a book for
¯ this very review. The book is called Eye ¯
Contact and it is a mystery with a Gay
¯ protagonist. After my years of schooling
¯ and intelligent discourse about literature, ¯
Icouldonly thinkofonewordthatsummed
¯ up this book: stupid.
¯" Don’t be fooled by the attractive half-
¯. nakedman on the cover- his picure is not worth the price. Or the support a purchase
¯ shows to the publisher who would put out
: a badly-written, ill-conceived novel, just
¯ because they discovered Gay people read
¯
tOO.
¯ Be careful what you buy. Just because a
: book has a Gay protagonist, does not
¯ mean it is good to buy. Don’t let them
¯ think they can sell us Good Times when
¯ we could be purchasing Will and Grace.
¯ Buy Toby’s Lie or Blue Coyote (reviewed ¯
last month), rather than something that
¯ has a pretty chest on the cover and no
muscle inside.
¯ Thank you for reading my reviews and
take care of us.
¯ Adam West is no longer a resident of
¯ Tulsa or Oklahoma, having relocated the
¯ Batcave to the state of New York. He ¯
practically has no credentials, and he
¯ certainly no longer has ajob.
¯ Editor’s note: Tulsa Family News would ¯
like to thank Adamfor his work as a book
¯ reviewer and to wish him good luck and
¯ much warmth as he moves to the frozen
northland.s.
¯
Poston, as Oklahoma Mr. Leather, has
¯ traveled to 14 community events in the
¯ last H weeks. He’sbeentotheDistrictof ¯
¯ Columbia twice, San Francisco and the
Mid:Atlantic redon. Poston wants corn-
¯ munity members to know that he is avail-
: abletoassistinbenefitsandalsohasgiven
¯ seminars on Gay family structurerecently
¯ to Red Rock and to PFLAG. He will be
¯ going to IML, Intemational Mr. Leather
¯ inMay, hoping to continue theOklahoma ¯
tradition of Leather leadership.
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Editor’s note: our DIYD expert is in an " try a few out, as there is some slight
alternative universe this month, at least . variation even within a similarlot ofhamaccording
to her answering machine. She ~ mers.
promises to return to earlh orbit with a o A tape measure is handy to have as
new column next month. In the meantime, well, since accurate measurements help
we repeat this useful column from last ensure successful projects. My advice is
March. to buynothing less than
by Mary Schepers Everyone al6 ft and preferably a
Everyone needs a needs a t0oll~it. 25 ft. There is a meatoolkit.
Our editor suring tape called the
laughs lasciviously and Our editor laughs "’E-Z Rule" that not
offers his own sugges- laselvlously and only has the cry.ptic
dons, which I won’t hashmarksbetweenthe
dignify by repeating, o~ers ]~is own inches but also the ac-
Whether your ambisuggestions,
whleh I tual measurement in
tions extend no further number (i.e. 1/8, 1/2,
than installing mini- won’t dignify 5/8,etc.)foraquickand
blinds, or whether it easy fix on just where
involves "project fan- by repeating, you are. I confess that,
tasies" on a regular ba- Wl~etber your prior to owning an E-Z
sis, some basic tools Rule, I sometimes had
should bc standard in ambitions extend no to count out the hash
any home. ~urtl~er than marks to verify my
To begin with; a few measurement, ttome
of the DIYD’s basic installing mlni-bllnds, repairs don’t have to
rules: first, buy the best
- or wl~etl~er it involves be that painful - oh,
tools you can afford, memories of Sister
Trust me on this one; it "project fantasies" Mary Agnes’ s math
does make adifference, class!Always try to use
and it’s a worthwhile on a regular basis, the measuring tool
maxim to follow, even some basic tools each time; this is really
if you must occasion- critical ff you are meaally
resort to layaway should, be standard suring things that need
ordelayedgratffieation, i~i any borne, to fit together, as I
Second, honor your found out to my distools
and save yoursdfalot offrustration: may inmy early handy-dyke days. Seems
keep your tools together and organized, there there’s always some variation even
They deserve b~tter than to be chucked with something as standard as measureunceremoniously
into your standardjunk ment. Of course, size queens have known
drawer, or under the seat of your car, or - this for years.
horrors! - propping up a potted plant. A few wrenches are also he~udy to have
Third, think about the tasks you do most about. My recommendations: one pair of
often and- buy the necessary tools first, normal pliers; one pair of slip joint phers
A screwdriver set is almost a given. If (channel locks); and one pair of adjustyoudon’t
thinkitis essential tohavemore able locking pliers (vise grips). This is a
than just one, used indiscriminately for bare minimum. If you are going to get
everything, please bear with me. Bare serious about home repairs, I’d also sugminimum,
four screwdrivers: large and gest a small set of combination box end/
small each of a fiat blade and a Phillips open end wrenches in the standard (not
head (cross shaped) screwdriver. Myself, metric) size, a pair of needle nose pliers,
I like four.of each type as a minimum, some wire cutters (aka, "Dykes" -Inn),
frommonstroustominute;mosttaskswill and at least one pipe wrench. However,
fall somewhere in the middle, but its great the bare minimum will take care of most
to have the extremes (no, not the Supremes) basic jobs.
on hand when you need them. Referring back to Rule no. 2, do your-
Using the proper type .and size screw- self and your tools a favor and keep them
driver helps prevent the frustration of together.I’mnotjustbeingabitanalhere;
cam-out (or"wallerin’ out", as I was raised I’m still looking for tools I used to rehab
to say) when you are halfway finished my house. Suggestions: a tool drawer in
driving a screw and can neither go further the house; a peg board with hooks in the
nor back it out. When selecting screw- garage; a plastic bucket or trays with
drivers, it is easy to ignore Rule no. 1: handles or a gatemouth bag. The there’s
Darlings, don’t do it! Cheap drivers bend, my favorite, the tool brit. I always keep a
break and lose head integrity, which also ¯ hammer, a couple of screwdrivers, ameacontributes
to cam-out. You didn’t save : suring tape and a small pair of vise grips
much money if you blow through a set of : in mine, along with a carpenter’ s pencil. I
screwdriverseveryyear.Finally,useyour ¯ can just grab that little darling and get
drivers to drive screws only. They are
° started on any basic tasks right away. It
neither cold chisels noricepicks norham- ¯ also holds the nails, screw, drill bits, etc.
mers. that I’ll be using specific to that task.
A proper hammer should also be in ° Tins brings me to a cautionary tale. My
your basic tool box anyway. There are all " friend C. was on a ladder nailing some
sortsofhammers-finishing,framiug,ball ¯ sidingrecenfly;shecarfiedhernailsinthe
peen, etc. If you only have one hammer, ¯ time-honored yet dangerous method -
make it acarpenter’s hammer. It candrive " between her lips. She and the ladder took
or pull nails, nudge a stubborn board into " a tumble, a nail went down her throat,
place, even demolish that tacky Pepto ¯ resulting in a $3500 trip to the ER. In that
pinktile tub surround. Once again, review ¯ Light, a tool belt is also very economical.
Rule no. 1. A cheap hammer will beat you If this st0ry doesn’ t convince of the merits
like a stepchild if you useit for any length ¯ of a tool belt, please consider its aesthetof
time. A hammer should feel well-bal- ¯ ics: a tool belt has a certain butchly charm
anced in your hand and comfortable to : that almost defies description. Just ask the
grip. Stanley makes a good hamm,er, but " men and women who know.
by Esther Rothblum ¯ publishers. One publisher said they had
Irecentlyhadaconversation~vithElana : too many Jews on their list already!"
Dykewomon about her latest book Be- " When Elana was doing a reading of a
yond the Pale, a novd about the lives of ¯ section of the book, an editor who hap-
RussianJewishLesbianswhoimmigrated " pened to be in the audience knew of antoNorthAmericanattheturn
"~rhen I was 12 or
other woman who was
of the century. Elana searching for Lesbian mate-
Dykewomontmsalwaysbro- 18,I tried tol~ll rial to adapt for her
ken new ground. Her book myself. I was one of storytelling performances.
Riverfinger Womanwas one "My
of the first Lesbian novels, those statistics of
section was then dramatized,"
Elana told me. "I
Beyond the Pale won the adolescent Les[rians saw this woman, Helen
1998 Lambda Literary
who attempt su~elde.
Mintz, performing it once
Award for Lesbian fiction, and I was floored. It’ s amaz-
I asked her how she be- "~hen I was . ing to see someone act your
came a writer. "I was always institutionali~d, work. She performed it in
writing. I was a writing Vancouver where the edichild,"
she said."When I was I realked tlmt tors of Press Gang Publish-
12 or 13, I tried to kill my- writers didn’t kave ers heard it and wrote to me
self. I was one of those statistics
of adolescent Lesbi- to be 0endered in the
askingmeif they could consider
publishing the book."
ans who at[empt suicide, same way that 01rls As Elana continued
WhenI was institutionalized, -. and boys did. work on the book, shehad to
I realized that writers didn’ t researchmany aspects oflife
have to be gendered in the same way that at the turn of the century. "I had toread the
. girls and boys did. That is, I could choose really dry stuff," she said, "like the history
to be neither a traditional girl nor boy; I of the grain trade in Odessa. I couldn’t go
could be a writer." Elana.found that she to Russia, so I was looking for descripcould
be eccentric and free in that m.le as tions of streets and figuring outwhat daily
a writer, life was like. My girlfriend Susan
In college at the California Institute of Levenkind is a librarian and she was very
Arts, Elanamet anumber of experimental good at finding tbings out for me. I would
poets and became active in Gay libera- read a book and then use their bibliogration.
One of her teachers knew someone phy as a starting point. I learnedhow to be
in publishing. ’¢Fhis was 1971, and they an historian." A friend gave her a book
were starting a slightly pornographic se- about the Women’ s Trade Union League,
ties for housewives to cash in on the new which turned out be quite a Lesbian orgafeminist
sexuality," Elana remembered, nization. She went to labor libraries, and
laughing, "and told me to write up my even looked up the transportation system
experiences. I wrote the first third of the in New York City at the turn of the cenbook
in !8 straight hours. I wanted to tury.
write a Lesbian novel with a happy end- At book readings, Elana prefers seeing."
But the publisher said it was not tlons of her book that describe the powhat
they were looking for. groins in Russia. "I also like to read the
By this time Elana had moved to the sectionsthathavealittlesexinthem,"she
women’ s community in Northampton, said. For example, when Chava and Rose
Massachusetts. The feminist publisher fall in love:
Daughters Inc. had sent flyers around "Rose leaned towards me, put her hand
townand afriendrecommended thatElana on my cheek to turn my face so we could
send her book to thatnew company. They see each other... ’So if you want to and I
accepted Riverfinger Woman whichcame want to, who starts?’
out in print in 1974, one year after they I pulled the tenement air down to the
published Rubyfruit Jungle. The Naiad bottom of my lungs. This was harder than
Press reprint of Riverfinger Woman con- goingout on strike. I moved my lips onto
eludes with an essay detailing Elana’s Rose’ s. Together. We had been lying in
process in getting this book published, bed together for more than two years.
Elana went on to publish three more ¯ Careful.Cousins. Leftside, rightside, I’m
books before her current novel. They Will worn out, me too, goodnight.
KnowMeByMy Teeth was a colleclion of No, I changed my mind as the kissshort
stories which she self-published in engulfed our faces and my hands found
1976. She also published abook ofpoems the soft flesh of her shoulders and pressed
entitled Fragments From Lesbos. In 1995 her close. This was easier than going on
Onlywomen Press published her book of strike. This was easier than anything."
poems Nothing Will BE As Sweet As The The response from readers has been
Taste. Elana also had a long stint as an wonderful. ’T ve gotten lots ofletters sayeditor
of the feminist periodical Sihister ing ’This is my grandmother’s Story’ or
Wisdom. ’now I understand my history’ or hetero-
Beyond the Pale began over ten years sexualwomenintheir70s or80s wholove
ago as a poem. After she had written that this story," said Elana.
poem, Elana felt that there was a longer . The "Lammies" (Lambda Literary
story there. "So I started to think who ¯ Awards) are to Lesbian writing what the
these two women would be and who their ¯ Oscars are to Hollywood. Elana’ s award
familieswouldbe, whatwouldmakethem " for Lesbian fiction is the eqnivalent of the
migrate. I started to read old books about " best actress award in the Oscars. She was
travellors in Russia at the turn of the : awarded the most recent Lammy for Lescentury.
The depths of the anti-Semitism ¯ bian fiction.
in these books was stnnning to me." For further information, contact Elana
"I wrote what became the midwife’s " Dykewomon at dyke@sfsu.edu. Beyond
story, and decided this could be a novel. ¯ the Pale was published in 1997 by Press
When the first half of the book was done, " Gang Publishers, 225 East 17th Ave.,
I got someunencouraging responses from " Vancouver, B.C. VSV IA6, Canada.
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"It is this organizing at the state level that
will ultimately counter the hostility and
gridlock we have come to know from our
nation’s capital," she added.
Never before in the history of the Gay
rights movement has there been a coordinated
political campaxgn of actions in all
50 states as well as the District of Columbia
and Puerto Rico. Equality Begins at
Homerepresents anew phase of the movement
- a focus on state orgamzing and
legislatures. The vast majority of debates
and decisions about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
and Transgender equality occur in
state legislatures. Equality Begins atHome
will bolster the infrastructure of the Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual, andTransgendermovement
within the states - where the heart of
the struggle for equality lies - and lead to
greater success in the overall struggle for
equality.
Each state organization will develop
events to highlight priority issues:
* In California, activists will focus on
defeating an anti-Gay ballot measure to
be put before voters next year. Events will
include a rally and youth lobby day.
* In New Hampshire, activists will hold
a rally at the state capitol to focus attention
on the need to repeal a state law
banning Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and
Transgender people from adopting children.
* In Nebraska, organizers will target
workplace discrimination. They will hold
a lobby day and circulate a "Workplace
Fairness Petition" to business owners
Early on, Tulsa Family News was’told not
to expect fair treatment from this operation
due to the religious prejudices of the
owner, Larry Payton. And true to that
warning, Payton never has taken Tulsa’s
Gay community seriously as part of his
market.
They do send out press releases sometimes
but at least on one occasion only
after the deadlines for every monthly pul~-
lication had passed. There’s not much
point in writing about this sort of event
two weeks after it’s over.
It would be one thing if their decisions
were made on serious business rationale
such as reach of a publication or the cost
for a particular market segment. But
Payton openly admits that he is motivated
by religion; that is, as a Southern Baptist
he feels it’s his religious duty to discriminate
against Gay readers. Now what was
it that Jesus said? Love your neighbor as
yourself, wasn’t it? Is that how he would
want to be treated?
Note, however, that he doesn’t hesitate
to use Gays when it is to his advantage,
say, like many of the people with whom
he does business: the actors, the theatrical
companies, even a member of his own
staff.
The one time he advertised with this
newspaper for The Phantom ofthe Opera
was because we contacted The Phantom
company who -~magine, were mostly
Gay men. It seems they thought reaching
out to us was a good idea.
Oh well, don’t look to see info. about
these companies anytime soonif wejudge
from past performance. But we always
hold out hope for redemption, that these
hard hearts might be softened.
Meanwhile don’t miss the new shows
at Philbrook. Drop by Gilcrease too when
throughout the state.
"The battleground for equality has
moved to the states, and so have we," said
Paula Ettelbrick, Equality Begins atHome
national coordinator. "We are throwing
down the gauntlet and demanding that
state officials resist the right wing’s efforts
to deny us our basic fights as citizens,"
Ettelbrick added. Equality Begins
at Home is part of a campaign to counter
the growing muscle of the right wing and
its anti-Gay attacks. In the last few years,
the right has passed dozens of anti-Gay
laws in dozens of states.
In addition, 1998 was one of the most
vicious years in recent memory. Senate
Majority Leader Trent Lott likened homosexuality
to kleptomania and sex addiction.
Congress introduced a number of
mean-spirited anti-Gay measures. Rightwing
groups launched a major advertising
campaign attacking Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
and Transgender people. In addition,
voters approved anti-Gay ballot
measures in Alaska; Hawaii; Fayetteville,
Arkansas; Fort Collins, Colorado; and
Ognnquit, Maine
"Our demands are simple and in line
with basic American values: the right to
be safe, to have a family, to hold ajob, and
to participate fully as citizens. It’ s exactly
what every American wants anddeserves,"
said Gina Reiss, co-chair of the Federation
of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and
Transgender Statewide Political Orgamzations
and executive director of New
Jersey Lesbian and Gay Coalition.
For a calendar of events for Equality
Beg ins atHome, please view our web site
at http://www.equalitybeginsathome.org
Note also that February will be quite the
month for dance with the Tulsa Ballet
seemingly getter better with ev cry performance
(2/5-7 The Green Table. Equinoxe
and Jardi Tancat) and Les Ballets
Trockadero de Monte Carlo in for just
one, mind you, just one fabulous "men in
tights" performanceon March 16th. Don’t
miss it! - TFN entertainment editor
Bill Laforttme. In Republican circles, it’s
said that Gov. Frank Keating has suggested
that he would not oppose the
amendment.
Also the following bills were introduced
in the Oklahoma House:
HB1224- An Act relating to children;
amending 10 O.S. Supp. 1998, Section
7503-1.1, which relates to eligibility to
adopt a child; making persons in certain
cohabitation relationship ineligible to
adopt a child. Author - Pope, Tim.
HB 1707 - An Act relating to children:
amending 10 O.S. Supp. 1998, Section
7503-1.1, which relates to eligibility to
adopt; prohibiting certain persons from
adopting children. Author - Graves, Bill
HB 1314 - An Act relating to the Oklahoma
Department of Libraries; mandating
certain policies related to identification
and separation of sexually explicit
materials. Author - Graves, Bill
HB 1703 - An Act relating to state government;
prohibiting certain discrimanation;.
Authors - Graves, Bill
HB 1703 - An Act relating to state government;
prohibiting certain discrimination;
to any individual ol group on the
basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or
national operation in public employment,
education, or contracting.
Author - Graves, Bill
Plans for 1999 include a creative arts
night in .February both for the artistically
inclined and the not so artistically indined,
a bingo night in March, dance
lessons in February, a Sadie Hawkins
dance in May, a camping and float trip in
June, a spirituality and healing arts night
in July, a Casino night in August, a,.weekend
in Eureka Springs in October, movie
night in November, and a hiatus in December
(since so much else is going on
anyway) and then in January 2000, a progressive
potluck dinner. Additionally the
group has planned a Memorial Day alternative
picnic and softball game for May.
"We tried to create a wide diversity of
ideas and activities knowingthat not every
one enjoys the same kind of things,"
said Joan. "It was also suggested to have
mid-month bike rides, walking groups,
bowling nights and other sports related
activities ."
Joan added, "we hope to attract singles,
couples and break down some of the barriers
womenhave for attending. All of our
activities have a small fee to help offset
printing and postage and site rental costs.
We are also planning fund raisers for
different organizations."
To learn more about Gal-A-Vanting or
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but specifically shielded only heterosexual,
and nothomosexual, activity. The
decision prompted protests by Gay civil
rights activists, who said the ruling denied
them eq]aal rights. The Court of Appeals
also was silent on anal sex, which
remained illegal for everyone in the state.
The ACLU asked Rombro to declare
the law unconstitutional, but the judge
instead ruled the Court of Appeals’ decision
on oral sex should extend to homosexual
activity as well. In the final ruling,
Rombro agreed that private, consensual
anal sex also cannot be prosecuted under
the law.
AlthoughACLU leaders had originally
planned to lobby the Maryland General
Assembly to rescind or amend the old
law, Sullivan said the organization is now
satisfied with the judge’s ruling. Andrew
H. Baida, an assistant attorney general,
said state officials want to keep the old
law to help prosecute cases of sexual
.assault,prostitution or sex inpublicplaces.
Center spokesman, Greg, adds that the
Center also is hosting regular Pride Dances
every other Saturday at 8pro. The Center
¯¯ now has a pool table to supplement the ping-pong and foosball tables it had be-
" fore.
Also, Centerlegal counsel, Kerry Lewis,
¯
shared that the board of directors of Tulsa
: Oklahomans for Human Rights, the par-
¯ ent organization of the Pride Center, had
: responded to the eviction notice of the
: Center’s landlord.
¯ - Without delving into the legal partieu- ¯
larities, the board responded to the notice
: saying that the Centerwas withinits rights
¯ under thelaw to post its signs and that the
¯ landlordhadWrongfully terminated their ¯
lease. The gist of the matter, according to
¯ Lewis is that all rights go to the tenant
: unless specifically restricted by the landlord.
¯ Lewis stated too that the landlord and
¯
his attorney had failed to show up at a
: meeting that was scheduled to try to re-
. solve the conflict.
: Lewis added that the landlord had been
: asked to respond in a timely fashion, or
: else, the board would seek legal redress
¯ for the damages already suffered by the
: Center.
¯ Editor’s note: TFN will provide our
¯ readers an update to this conflict in our
¯ March issue.
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New Campaign for Federal
Hate Crimes Law Passage
WASHINGTON (AP) - Oregon Sens. Ron.Wyden and
Gordon Smith are renewing their campaign for an
expanded, federal hate crimes statute, hoping thatpublic
outrage over the torture and murder of black and Gay
men will spur passage. "This is about drawing a line in
the sand and saying America.is too good.., to look the
other way in the face of violent, hate-filled acts," said
Wyden, a Democratic cosponsor of the Hate Crimes
Prevention Act of 1999, a replica of last year’s bill.
Last month in Texas, John William King, a white
supremacist, was sentenced to death for chaining a
black man, James Byrd Jr., behind a pickup truck and
dragging him to his death. Two men have been charged
in the October slaying of Gay colleg.., student Matthew
.Shepard, who was pistol-whipped and’lashed to a fence
m Wyoming. Two men also have been charged with
beating to death aGay textile worker, Billy Jack Gaither,
in Alabamalast month and burning his body on a pile of
tires.
Sen. Gordon Smith, another cosponsor of the bill,
said that as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee he often travels abroad and deplores hate
crimes in other nations, see Federal, p. 3
Alabama Man Murdered
in Anti-Gay Hate crime
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - An overflow crowd of
mourners filled Covenant Metropolitan Community
Church, honoring the memory of Billy Jack Gaither
while also calling for an end to hatred against Gays.
There was no standingroom at the 225-seat church as 17
speakers mostly clergy - decried Gaither’s death. A
handful of anti-Gay protesters picketed outside.
Steven Eric Mullins, 25, and Charles Monroe Butler,
21,.confessed to beating the 39-year-old Sylacaugaman
to death with an ax handle last month and setting his
body on fire atop kerosene-soaked tires because, they
claimed, he made a pass at one of them. Gaither’s body
was discovered by apasserby Feb. 20in CoosaCounty,
a day after he was beaten and burned.
"Mullins and Butler stated the reason they killed him
was because he was ahomosexual," said Coosa County
sheriff’s deputy Al Bradley. "We believe this to be the
true motive." Mnllins and Buffer remain in the Coosa
County jail.
Gaither met with the two men in Sylaeanga, a
community about 40 miles southeast of Birmingham,
on the night he was killed, police said. Hehad last been
seeninabarhefrequented. According to the statements,
Mullins called Gaither and asked him to go to the bar,
where they met and.apparently left together, Johnson
said. Authorities said the men apparently took Gaither
to a remote location, where the murder took place.
The memorial service drew people of all races and
ages, from all across the state, seeAlabama,p. 13
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Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tuleans, Our Families + Friends
~Cir~cuistion Comm..un" Pa eravailable In More Than 75 C" Locations
Ok.lahom; iHou e K, IIs Hate ! Gay US Congres.sman
Crime Amendment, HB1.211 :: FranktoAttend Pr,de’99
by Tim Talley and Tom Neal : TULS,A -.~Wl~i,’le some details remain unresolved,
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP/TFN)- Hate crimes legislationis dead : Tulsa s Pride 99 organizers have announced that
in the Oklahoma Legislature this year following defeat of a bill : .openly .Gay US...Congress.man, Barney Frank of
that originally sought to add sexual orientation to the state’s list Mass,ach,nsetts will .attend this
of hate erimes, year s June 12th event.
An unprecedented number of supporters, including members ~ongressman Frank is _one of
of Gay and Lesbian groups and representatives of religious me most respected l)emoorganizations
such as TulSa Metropolitan Ministry, went to the _cra~cme..mbers of ~e,,United
Capitol early in March to encourage lawmakers to support House ~ tate.s Hou,s e ox,,~,epre-
Bill 1211. sentataves ana is well ~nown
But the bill’s sponsor, Tulsa Rep. Don Ross said there was not
enough bipartisan support to add sexual orientation to the
Oklahoma Hate Crimes Act. "I said from the beginning I would
not allow this issue to become a partisan wedge issue, used
exclusively against Democrats in the next election," Ross said.
The vote killing the bill followed more than an hour of
sometimes passionate debate between supporters, who said that
certain classes ofpeople deserve special protection, and opponents
who argued that all citizens should be treated equally under the
law. The bill’s final version would have made a first-offense hate
crime afelony and providedfor enhanced penalties when~iolence
was used but did not add "sexual orientation" to the existing law.
Rep. Leonard Sullivan said the measure was divxsive and
singled out certain groups for special treatment. The Oklahoma
Hate Crimes Act distinguishes offenses committed because of
race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin and disability. But
supporters said special status has been given to crimes against
children and women, and that similar recognition is needed for
other groups because of who or what they are.
"The law is an equalizing force," argued Ross, who is one of
three Black House members. "The idea of equal protection is a
very noble concept," but it is up to lawmakers to make it work,
said Rep. Russ Roach, D-Tulsa. "This legislation protects all
people," added Rep. John Sellers, D-Enid.
Ross’ substitute bill deleting ~exual orientation was drafted in
response to the Christian Coalition opposition. Toure said fear,
hatred and misunderstanding are to blame for dropping sexual
orientation from the measure. "I never knew the hatred toward
Gay people as I do now," Ross said.
TOHR’ Steve Horn shivers with Cimarron Alliance’ Terry
Gatewood andfriend at Equality Begins at Home Capitol rally,
Reverend Leslie Penrose
Resigns as Methodist Pastor
TULSA - On March 5,1999, the pastor of Community of Hope
Base Shalom Congregation, the Reverend Leslie Penrose
submitted a letter to Oklahoma MethodiSt Bishop, Bruce Blake
initiating her withdrawal from the Methodist Church: The
following is selections of her letter which circulated by e-mail in
the Tulsa community:
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
It is with prayers for its future well-being, that I initiate the
. processofwithdrawingfromtheUnitedMethodistChurch. The
", primary reason for my withdrawal after 18 years offull time
¯ ministry is the increasing focus on complaints and charges
¯ regarding my ministry of blessing same-sex covenant
relationships.ltseemsthattheoptionshavefinallybeenreduced
¯ to either withdrawing or preparing for trial. I simply will not
¯ participate inputting God’s grace- or myprivilege as apastor ¯
¯ to bless andcelebrateany andevery relationship where thefruits ofthe spirit bear witness to that grace - on trial. Nor will I hide
¯ or lie about the ministry I do.
¯ From the time six years ago when I was sent by the Oklahoma
¯ Conference to create a reconciling base community ministry in
Tulsa, see Penrose, p. 13
for his skilled and often
scathing debate.
Mitchell Savage, member
of Tulsa Gay Community
Services Center’s Pride ’99 planning committee,
also noted that in addition to attending the annual
Tulsa Pride Picnic, planned again.for Veterans
Park at 18th and Boulder, organizers are working
on a dinner at which the Congressman would likely
speak and possibly a Sunday morning event.
Congressman Frank was graduated in 1962 from
Harvard University andtaughtundergraduates there
while studying for a Ph.D. Before completing his
Ph.D. degree, Frank became Chief Assistant to
Mayor Kevin White of Boston. In 1972,
Congressman Frank was elected to the
Massachusetts Legislature, where he served for
eight years, until 1980. During that time, he entered
Harvard Law School in September, 1974 and
graduated in 1977. In 1980, Congressman Frank
was elected to the US House of Representatives. In
a recent evaluation of Congress, The Almanac of
American Politics said "Frank is one of the
intellectual and political leaders of the Democratic
Party in the House, political theorist :andpit bull at
the same time." Frank serves on the Judiciary and
the Banking Financial Services Committees.
For more information, contact the Community
Center at 743-4297.
BTW Boasts OK’s First
Gay-Straight Alliance
by Tom Neal
TULSA - Elsewhere in the United States, high
school Gay-Straight Alliances have often been met
withconsiderable controversy. In Utah, some school
districts got rid of all their campus organizations
¯ rather than allow a group which tries to supportGay
o young adults andfoster tolerance andunderstanding.
: However, Booker T. Washington High School,
¯ Tulsa’s magnet showpiece school, appears to have
¯ avoided much of that sort of uproar and is thought
: to be the first high school with such an organization
¯ in the state of Oklahoma.
¯ Former SapulpaHigh School student, Will Allen
¯ and Emily Sizemore began the work of creating a ¯
Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) latein 1998, meeting
." withformerBTWprincipal Mr. Stevens andt’mding
¯ a faculty sponsor, Doug Gronberg.
¯ Then in January this year, after creating flyers
¯ and making an public announcement on the school
¯ intercom, they held their first meeting.
¯ Muchto the astonishmentofAllen and Sizemore,
¯ 40 students showedup. In fact, Allen stated that the
¯ turnout was notable especially since that that first
: meeting conflicted with a tryoutfor the Washington
¯ Drama Club’s production of West Side Story:
¯ Apparently BTW’s Gay population is well
¯ represented in theDramaClub and therefore, many
¯ who might otherwise have been expected to attend
¯ weren’t able. Allen also notes that similar groups in
:
Chicago and Boston frequently don’thave as many
¯ attending.
: Allen said that the GSA is comparable to other
:
studentchapters on thecampus, suchas theNAACP
¯ see BTW,.p. 13
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God Would Never
Advocate Hate
I am not pointing fingers. I am pointing
and pitching in.
¯It rained, and was quite cold and m~serable atSaturday’s ("EqualityBegins
At Home") rally on the capitol steps..The
graves of our Gay and African American
martyrs inAlabama,Jasper, andWyoming
are cold, lonely, andmiserable. Why were
there only aprox. 300 folks at the capitol
demanding that our innocent people’s
executions stop? Where were you?
I will speak for myself. When Mathew
Shepard died, Tulsa had a candlelight
vigil for him. It rained, and was nasty out
thatevening, therefore, I decided toremain
in the comfort of my warm home. After
seeing the number of folks from the
Westboro Baptist Church, that endured
the freezing rain at Mathew’s funeral - in
order to spew out hate and condemnation
to the coldbody ofaninnocent child- I felt
like aninsensitive, amoral, spineless snake
for staying.home. Where were you?
Howmany morefolks are going tohave
to die in order for you / us to see that we
need to attend these functions? The hate
crime law was turned down- even in the
state where Mathew Shepard was killed.
Arethe"moral majority" ofourlawmakers
hate mongers? I Thank God for MC
Smothermon, Keith Smith, Paul Barby,
and their likes. We need more folks like
them at our capitol, to defend the rights of
"minorities". We deserve better. Those
who have died because of ignorant hate
deserved better.
Perhaps the world does not fully
understand thathate crimes are committed
every day. Ourminority citizens are scared
to report attacks against themselves as
such, because offurther condemnation, or
for lack of concern by law enforcement.
¯ Folks are scared to speak up for equal ¯
rights - for fear of what few rights they
¯ currently have - will be torn away from
¯ them as a result. Receiving a pink slip
¯ from your employment, and adeath threat
: because of standing up for.equal rights !s
i reality. I know from experience. There ~s
~ plenty ofbehind the scene workthatnee~,s
¯ to be done, that will make a differencem
: your salvation - and the lives of those in
¯ danger of ignorant violence.
~ I know ofmany hate crimes committed ¯
in Tulsa alone- which have not received
¯ the attention they deserve. I am aware of
¯ "minority" children that were victims of
¯ violent I~ate crime - which cannot tell
~ their parents for fear of getting kicked out
¯ of their ho,,m_es. Obvi,o_nsly the general
" public says oh well,it s jt£st another fag,
¯ or blackie". Is the buckle of the bible belt
¯ so. tight.that it is r~.tri_cting blood flow to
; the brains of those who consider
¯ themselves "do-gooders"? God would
¯ never advocate hate. Never.
.’~ The general media image of the Gay,
Bi, Lesbian, and transgendered
community is out cruising River Park,
molesting littleboys, and spreading AIDS.
Wall, I have not used the parks for sex,
and see Letters, p. 3
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theOklahomaStateCapitol as a local partofanational event,
Equality Begins at Home. The turnout really Wasn’ t that bad
considering that, in inimi table Oklahoma spring fashion, the
weather had turned very, very chilly and rainy. It also wasn’t
bad considering how the event’s Oklahoma City organizers
had failed thoroughly to get the word out to the statewide
community.
Their failure actually is rather surprising because those
organizers, Paul Thompson of the self proclaimed statewide
OGLPC, the Oklahoma Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus,
and Paula Hand Brown, an editor and reporter for The Gayly
Oklahomanare easily two of the mostexperienced Gay civil
fights activists in Oklahoma City.
The event itself was only symbolic. The Capitol was
locked and our only audience was, wall, ourselves and afew
media types. Thereal lobbyingwas thatdoneatthebeginning
of the month under the direction of Keith Smith and Nancy
McDonald when the Capitol was unlocked and legislators
werein attendance. But atleastOklahomacould say we were
there; wewere one of those states around the country that did
an "Equality Begins at Home" (EBAH) event.
But the event was marred by a few parochial and petty
aspects which by themselves are not that important but
which point to flaws in our national and state movement.
Th~se are the sorts of flaws that, frankly, often make u~as
effective in hindering our movement as our enemies.
One problem to which this newspaper has particular
objectionis thefailure ofthese experienced andmedia savvy
organizers to provide this newspaper with the most basic
information about the event. While TFN earlier published
" informationaboutEBAHbasedon the press releases provided
by the national sponsors, the National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force and the Federation of Stat,ewide LGBT Political
Organizations, Thompson and. Brown apparently did not
provide even the simplest press release telling precisely
when the event was going to be held.
Now in fairness, they claim that they telephoned TFN but
oddly neither I nor any otherTFN staffever found amessage
onour office number, our wireless voicemail,our e-mail, our
fax machine, or even by that old fashioned method, by post!
Some might suggest that Ms. Brown, an employee of a
somewhat rival newspaper and Mr. Thompson, wall known
to be dosdy tied to that newspaper might have had an
interest in not sharing the information fully.
Certainly, we at Tulsa Family News also acknowledge
that if the only part of rtmning this business and getting a
issue put together was to track down information from
negligentcommunity organizers, then wecould have chased
the information down as wall. However, we do have some
other events we have to cover as well. For the record,
Thompson and Brown did later telephone TFN and actually
leave messages but only after we had gone to press and only
after we complained to NGLTF organizers.
But the real issue for Oklahomain the "Equality Begins at
Home" effort is notjust that ofpoor communications. Part of
the EBAH effort was a grant of to each participating state of
$5,000. In Oklahoma, this $5K went to the Oklahoma Gay
& Lesbian Political Caucus (OGLPC).
Now if you just go by their name, you might assume that
they are genuinely a statewide-organization. However, the
organization in practice only ha~~ad a real impact in.central
Oklahoma City. In that area, they have been fairly effective.
An active OGLPC member claims that they have about 150
members, though they claim to have a mailing list of 7,000.
He surprisingly was unable to provide any numberfor Tulsa
members. And what many Gay and Lesbian civil rights
activists believe, both in Tulsa and OKC, is that OGLPC
really is just a OKC group. It’s never had any impact on
Tulsa politics.
Let us compare this with the Cimarron Alliance which,
although much newer, hasboth Tulsa and other non~OKC
members, and a track record of doing significant work
outside of OKC.
The obvious question is why did NGLTF give $5K to an
organizationwhichhadlittle credibility as agenuine statewide
organization, and which for years has seemed to be little
more than an extension of the personality of Paul Thompson
overTheCimarronAlliance withits documentable successes
across the state?
Here’s where petty local politics meets petty national
politics. NGLTF knew quite wall that OGLPC was not
widely considered credible as a statewide organization.
see Equality, p.lO
~shocked many with his.suggestion that th~ solution to
¯ .famine in Ireland, then under English domination, was
" for the Irish merely to eat their children. Swift, an
¯ Irishman himself,, indeed was being just a wee bit
¯ sarcastic and his essay is still readin literature classes as
an example of that type of essay.
It is the spirit of Swift that I’d like to
¯ invoke for part of this essay but I realize
that these words taken out of context as
¯¯ they no doubt will be, will likely provoke
shock and dismay and anger. All that said,
¯ I’d like to talk about hate crimes and hate
¯ crimes legislation, specifically that which
¯ was considered last month in our ¯
legislature.
¯ First, let us praise The Very Honorable
¯ Don Ross, one of Tulsa’s state
¯ representatives who introduced HB 1211.
¯
He can be cranky but as he once told me
¯ (and proved it), he’s one of our few
_" dependable friends in the Oklahoma
¯ House. He’s also been supportive of
¯ increased funding for people living with
¯ AIDS.
So, take some time to thank him - like
:’ your momma said, it doesn’t take that
¯ long to write a thank you note. Also don’t
¯ forget him when the next election cycle
¯ comes up. Send hima checkif you can, or ¯
volunteer. If we don’t take care of our
¯ friends, who will?
: And to highlight the positive, the
¯ progress HB1211 made is greater than ¯
anything that came before. That’s notjust
¯ my assessment but that of a Tulsa area
¯ Republican representative. He’ll be ¯
happier if I’ll leave him unnamed, but as
¯ he said, just getting the bill out of
¯ committee counts as progress. Headded that afew years
¯ ago,most of the people talking with us would not even ¯
have let us in the door.
¯ Again to recognize those whose work is making
¯ much of that difference, we need to thank Keith Smith
¯ who lobbies for our communities on his own while he ¯
does his other paid lobbying work. One day, if we are
¯ really smart as a community, we’ll figure outhow to pay
¯ Keith so that he can do even more.
¯ TulsaMetropolitanMinistry deserves great praise for
providing the initial leadership on this bill, particularly
¯ the Reverends Mildred Banks, Gary Blaine, Gaff Kecny-
¯ Mulligan and no doubt others whose names I don’t ¯
know. Attorney General Drew Edmondson and former
: DistrictAttorney Bill LaFortunealso were tremendousl)~
¯ helpfui.
Also, I would be remiss in not specifi.ca!,ly honoring
Nancy McDonald for spearheading Tulsa S efforts on
HB 1211. Standing 0utside thechamberoftheOklahoma
¯ House of Representatives with these two and~others, as
or nlzed ome
to lie in
wait outside of
notorious
"straight"-bars,
some guy walking
to his ear alone,
jump him and beat
him senseless?
Or when some
%traight" couple
has the nerve to
flaunt their
sexuality publicly,
by holding hands
or kissing, what if
we drove up on the
sidewalk to run
them down or
pulled a gun and
shot at them.
myfather and I did, is quite the education. Butnext time
we need to get more of us there!
But back to the blasphemous and scandalous, I have
¯ to wonder how quickly hate crimes laws would pass if
" the situation were reversed?
¯ What if we organized some gangs of Gay men to get
alittle drunkand liein waitoutside ofnotorious "straight"
bars, and when we see some guy walking
to his car alone, jump him and beat him
senseless. Orwhensome straight couple
has the nerve to flaunt their sexuality
publicly, byholding hands or kissing, what
if we drove up on the sidewalk to run them
down orjnstpulled agunand shot atthem?
At the very least, we could scream
epithets at them so that they’ll know how
hated and repulsive they are. And if that’s
not good enough to intimidate those
"straight" guys, wemight prevail on some
of our lipstick Lesbians to chat them up in
a bar, pretending to be "straight" and then
lure them out to where they can be beaten
or murdered or tortured - whatever.
How long do you think it would take for
hate crimes legisl.ation which included
sexual orientation to pass? Though our
legislature wouldlikely0uly makeitillegal
for us to beat up "straight" boys but leave
it just fine for them to kill us.
Mind you I do not advocate any of the
violence mentioned above; we all know it
wouldbe wrong. I think it is a testament to
the decency of most Gay people that we
face the injustice and indignity with which
we are treated with as much patience and
kindness as we do. I can’t believe that it’s
just because we have no choice.
Consider this: in the early years of the
AIDS holocaust, we had little hope; there
were no or few effective treatments; we
" had a government that was damning even more to death
¯ through its actions that were indifferent at best, and
more often hostile, and yet we never saw any of our
¯ people resorting to violence - civil disobedience, yes,
¯ butmoredidnothappenas is the casewithdesperate and
oppressed people in much else of the world. Even the
~ Jews became terrorists as old Palestine went on its way
¯ to becoming Israel.
¯ My old friend Peter and I have wondered how it is that
¯ none of those who might well have seen the world as
without hope, sought vengeance or acted in violence?
After all, when faced with the evil that Jesse Helms and
others like that represent, why no one of us sought to
send him or the many in Congress like him to the hell
they surely deserve?
But in the words of an old Holly Near song, "we are
a gentle, angry people, and we fighting, fighting for our
lives..." and maybe our persistence, along with the
righteousness of our cause will move even the hardened
hearts of Oklahoma towards justice someday.
radio programming, the (seemingly)blackmailing
Christian c~alition, and other attractive sprinkles of
ignorance. Prejudice words such as "faggot, blackie,
nigger, colored~ and queer" should never be allowed in
hateful media - of any sort. This is the dawn of a new
century political correctness changes - are we still
Neanderthals? I think that we have evolved enough to
cease advocating senseless -hate towards our brothers
and sisters.
Please make plans to attend the Pride ’99 Gay pride
parade on June 12th. Perhaps we will be more inclined
to attend a function of such ~xtreme value - if the
weather is bright and sunny. Weneed to make it known
to our leaders that hate crimes are not acceptable. Pride
’99 will be a wonderful vehicle to portray the equality
we deserve and demand. Equal rights are just that -
equal, not special.
¯ Please become more involved in advocating equality
v~a organizations such as T.O.H.R., N.A.A.C.P.,
P.F.LA.G., and others. You will be, and feel like, a
better person for your efforts.
I am not pointing t’mgers. Just pointing and pitching
in.
Conform and be dull. - Ned T. Bruha, Tulsa
Icert~ainly there are no more Gays interested in little
boys than the heterosexual community. AIDS has no
sexual preference. The words "Gay" and"black" arenot
needed as verbs. In media, when we talk about an
¯" "average" citizen, we do not say"andin thenews today,
~ a white, heterosexual groi~p of’Christians gathered in a
." local church to discuss how to stop theGays fromkilling
¯ straight folks". Please.
Why do we allow our radio stations to advocate hate
¯ via Gayjokes andracial slurs?Why does theFCC allow
." them that’’freedom of speech"? Why are websites such
¯ as the Gay Nazis, skinheads, KKK, Westboro Baptist, ¯
and Larry the Cable Guy allowed? They all seem to
." inciteignorantintolerance,hate, and sometimes violence
¯ - but when asked about what is inwriting- they refuse ¯
to admit it is hate. "We shouldbe outraged andalarmed,
¯ because theideas canlead to violent crimes"- as stated
¯ in the3/28/1999USAWeekendincludedin your Sunday
¯ papers. The minds of our innocent children are being
" soiled by seemingly innocent media: Crayons using
¯ peach as skin tone, bandages are peach- for skin tone,
Anti-Gay Stand Loses
Church Its Building
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) - A dispute over Gay
Christians has put a priest and his parishioners who
oppose same-sex marriages on the street, so the
evicted congregation held services right on the
sidewalk. The Rev. Thomas Morris andabout adozen
members of his flock prayed outside on a recent
Sunday, despite their eviction by a judge in their
ongoing dispute with the Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts.
Morris and his congregation at St. Paul’s Church
opposed the diocese’s 1994 decision to sanction
same-sex unions and ordain noncelibate homosexuals
as priests. In opposition, the congregation began
withholding fees it was bound to pay the diocese.
Diocese officials maintained the dispute was not
about beliefs or issues. "What this is about is this
church needs a priest ingood standing with the bishop
and other churches in the diocese," said the Rev.
Donald Parker, the diocese vicar. The diocese is
overseen by Bishop Thomas Shaw. In the decision,
Judge Charles J. Hely said his ruling settled a legal
issue about property, not a religious issue.
In 1995, Morris’ predecessor at St. Paul’s, the Rev.
James R. HAles,was defrocked after the diocese found
him guilty of sexual misconduct. But many members
of the church stand by HAles, and say the charges
against him were concocted as punishment for his
stance against homosexuality.
Gay Irish Not Welcome
in Bronx Parade Either
NEW YORK (AP)= Members of a Gay organization
got a Bronx cheer when they tried to join the first St.
Patrick’ s Day-parade held in that borough in70 years.
Six people, including state Sen. Tom Duane and
City Councilwoman Christine Quiun, were arrested
Sunday after a.doze~! supporters of the Lavender and
Green’Al!ian.~ce stepped into the parade. "I’m an Irish
person, I’m a Gay person, I’m here to try to march,"
Duane sai& %
Lavender and Green Alliance founder BrendanFay
said his group"originally "got a call to say we were
welcome, but then we learned the welcome was being
rescindedY The ~Bronx parade’s chairman, patrick
Devine, d~d nrt ieturn telephone calls left at his home
scekin~o crniment and did not make himself fi)aifable
to reporters at.flae~ parade.....
Another gr.oup, the Irish Lesbian and. Gay
Organizafion,’hhs fifed unsuccessfully to join t13~ big
St. Patriek~sD~y??Parade down Fifth Avenue in
Manhattan f0t th(last half-dozen years criir~fruqfngs
have held ~that the.private organizauons thaVsponsor
parades may ch0.Os¢ which groups march
Quim~,Duane, Fay and the others were arrested
after the first marching band passed by and they
stepped into the parade behind the Lavender ~and
Green banner. They were stopped by a line of police
officers and informed they would be arrested if they
failed to l~ave. A few stepped aside, but others stood
fast and were led away to a police-wagon and
handcuffed before being charged with disorderly
conduct."Let themmarch!" shouted a few supporters.
"’Shame!" called outJimmy McNulty,who was among
those arrested. "Why are we not welcome?"
Several dozen spectators cheered when the parad~
resumed without the Gay group. "It’s an immoral
lifestyle," said spectator Martin O’Grady. "If they
wanted to march, the), could have marched without
their banner," said Fannie Sclafani. "t have nothing
against them, but it’s a community parade." Mary
McGarry also said they shouldn’t have tried to crash
the parade. "I have best friends who are Gay, but the
parade is not about sexual orientation. It’s about
being proud to be Irish," she said.
The parade had the feel of a small-town event,
featuring cheerleaders from parochial high schools,
kilted bagpipers, babies in strollers decorated with
Irish flags and groups like the Throgs Neck
Homeowners, which consisted of a dozen ladies
wearing off-white cable-knit fishermen’s sweaters.
Spectators were sparsdy scattered along the mileand-
a-half route along East Tremout Avenue. It was
in sharp contrast to the annual Fifth Avenue parade,
with its glitzy floats, booming drum corps and rowdy
crowds.
Stanley Rygorwas among a half-dozen people who
stood on a sidewalk behind the Lavender and Green
banner after the arrests took place. "They want them
back in the closet. They want them to be anonymous,"
said Rygor, whose wife is Irish. He said his son died
of AIDS five years ago, and he dealt with his grief by
becoming an activist. "I’m here," he added, "in
memoriam to him."
Gay Vets Want to March
FERNDALE, Mich. (AP) - A group of Gay military
veterans are taking steps to march in this Detroit
suburb s Memorial Day parade.Agroup of Ferndale s
Gay veterans hope to join members of Friends and
Neighbors of Femdale (FANS), a Gay group that has
received tentative approval to enter the parade,
according to a parade organizer.
Femdale’s parade leaders have so far downplayed
the significance of including Gays. "As far as I know,
they are planning to meet all our reqmrements,"
Barbara Earl, a secretary with the Femdale Memorial
Association, told the Detroit Free Press for a story
Monday.
The association puts on the annual parade, one of
theregion’ s biggest and oldest, dating to at least 1919.
Organizers say they will strictly enforce arequirement
limiting any show of a group’ s identity to a display of
its nagne. If enforced, that would mean FANS will
march with no explicit banner proclaiming it is an
orgamzation of Gays. "It’s not a day to promote your
own agenda," Ms. Earl said. "This is a day for the
veterans."
Gay group leaders in Ferndale said they are
ctmfortable blending in with the parade’s usual array
ofhonor guards, scout troops, high school bands and
politicians. "We wouldn’t want to do anything to
incite controversy," said Chuck Simon, president of
FANS, whichhas about 80 dues-paying members and
a mailing list of several hundred.
Parade rules require participants to refrain from
displaying their own messages and instead stick to
OffiCial Slogans, which this year are "Lest we forget"
arid "’Fgt _those who gave their all."
Navy veteran Ken Warnock, 32, who co-owns the
Jn~ 4 ~’G~y. ~0oksto~e in F~rndale, told the Free
Pre~;’fimi he will march in Ferndale’s parade with a
¯ mix ofpridd and bft-terhess. In 1987, Warnock, then
- 20, was a hrgpital Corpsman aboard a Navy ship when
he was. broughL.hefore his commanding officer,
q~esfioned abouthis sexual orientation and th]:eafen,ed
"’ With~perjury iia~e, fie said. He resisted the Navy s
" in~esfigatirnfor months, Wamock said. Ultimately,
he.r¢cgived a lessZthan2honorable discharge - not
q~-t.e as bad as a ~dishon0rable discharge, he said.
On Memorial Day, Warnock probably won’t wear
¯ his sailor s umform- it s gettang a htfle t~ght - but
beplans to carry an American flag while keeping a
watchful eye for anyone angry at Gay participants.
Despite his wariness, he said the inclusion of Gay
marchers "speaks very well for Ferndale.’"
Femdale Mayor ChuckGoedert saidhewas unaware
of the Memorial Day plans but supports the inclusion
ofFANS members and Gay veterans. "There are a lot
of groups that participate in our parade to honor those
who served. I don’t know why this would be any
different," he said.
Ohio Diocese to Reach
Out to Gay Catholics
CINCINNATI (AP) - TheArchdiocese of Cincinnati
is creating a ministry for homosexual Catholics and
their families. "The church wants to support the
homosexual person but not homosexual activity,"
said spokesman Dan Andfiacco said. "There is a need
for pastoral care of homosexual persons. The
archdiocese wants to meet that need, and not cede
teiritory to ministries that don’t support the teaching
of the church."
In recent years, RomanCatholicgroups nationwide
have started Gay ministries such as DIGNITY, New
Ways Ministry, and Parents, Friends & Family of
Lesbians & Gays. Some conservative and traditional
Catholics have criticized the groups, saying they
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undermine church teaching on homosexuality.
The Rev. Michael Leshney, chaplain to a Cincinnati
chapter of DIGNITY in the 1980s, will be spiritual
director for the new ministry. Archbishop Daniel
Pil~czyk will inaugurate the ministry with three prayer
services in April.
Leshney saidhomosexual Catholics oftenfeel i solated
because their parents are caught between the church’s
teaching on homosexual relations as "objectively
disordered" and their 10vefor their children. Themini stry
is an outgrowth of community meetings that Auxiliary
Bishop Carl M0eddel led in October to discuss the U.S.
bishops’ document on homosexuality, "Always Our
Children." During those discussions, there was a"sense
of urgency" among parents that the archdiocese have a
ministryforGay ah~tLesbianCatholics and theirfamili es,
Leslmey said. The Catechism of the Catholic Church
holds thathomosexual activity is "contrary to thenatural
law" and,objectively disordered," but thathomosexuals
should be "accepted with respect, compassion and
sensitivity."
Gay Dallas Church
To Televise Infomercial
DALLAS (AP) -A federal court settlement announced
Friday has cleared the way for Cathedral of Hope, the
nation’s largest Gay church, to air a controversial
infomercial onbroadcast superstationWGN-TV. Under
the settlement, Cathedral ofHope will pay the Chicagobased
cable station $35,000 for showing the program
five times. Thehalf-hour video includes testimonials by
members, scenes ofworship atthe3,000-memberchurch
and discussions with the families of church members.
Cathedral ofHope claimed the Chicago-based station
reneged on a contract to air the church’s program last
August. Church officials said the station pulled the
infomercial shortly before the air date for unspecified
reasons. WGN officials argued that they weren’t
obligated to air the program because the station did not
have binding contract with the church.
TheDallas church filed alawsuitin October, claiming
thatWGN accepted the a $13,000 check, made several
suggestions that the church followed and then broke its
contractandreturned the check after deciding the subject
was too controversial. The Rev. Michael Piazza said he
was pleased with the settlement. "Of course our desire
was for it to have been aired last year," said Piazza,
senior pastor at Cathedral of Hope. "But we’re very
grateful to be able to resolved it."
Pia77a told The Dallas Morning News that every
other broadcast outlet approached by the church had
refusedto air the program. ’qqaey don’t have to give you
reasons, but a couple of the media buyers told us that
stations were afraid the conservative religious
programming would be withdrawn if ours was shown,"
he said. The minster said Cathedral of Hope was
attracted to WGN because the station airs on cable
outlets in the rural areas surrounding Dallas and Fort
Worth.
Maryland Gov. Supports
Civil Rights Bill for Gays
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Gov. Parris Glendening
testified for the first time before a legislative committee
last month, describing his late brother’s hardship hiding
his homosexuality and urging delegates to outlaw
discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Glendening’s brother Bruce served 19 years in the
Air Force, including three tours in Vietnam. But as the
decorated veteran lay dying of AIDS - when the pain
was so great that it hurt to touch his skin - Bruce
Glendening said it was more painful to keep his sexual
orientation hidden for so long in order to keep his job,
Gleiadening testified.
"He lived in fear.. ," the governor told the House
Judiciary Committee. "This has weighed on me a long
tame... I’m here to ask ifwe couldmake this state amore
fair and just society."
Afterward, the audience applauded his three-minute
speech. One of several people in the audience who
shookGlendening’ s handas heleftwas SilviaRodriguez,
chairwomanofthe stateHumanRelations Commi ssion,
who said no other governor showed such courage in her
15 years with the group. "He knows this is just and fair
for all the people of Maryland," she said.
Delegates Sheila Hixson and Leon Billings, both
Montgomery County Democrats, havefailed to get
the bill approved for six years, but they have not
had such a prominent supporter before. Onlookers
packed the hearing room and one wall was lined
with television cameras.
The bill would add sexual orientation to a law
thatbans discriminationin housing and employment
because of aperson’s race, religion or gender. "The
issue is simply a matter ofintolerance and bigotry,"
Ms. Hixson said.
Baltimore City and Montgomery, Prince
George’s and Howard counties have similar laws
governing 49 percent of the state’s population.
Glendening said Prince George’s County hasn’t
suffered since it enacted the law in 1991 while he
was chief executive. "Western civilization hasn’t
collapsed because of the bill," he said.
Glendeningleftbefore delegates asked questions
about the bill. Several delegates appeared critical
ofit. Delegate Emmett Bums, a Baptist pastor, said
complaints from homosexuals would flood the
Human Relations Commission and create further
delays for Blacks and women who suffer
discrimination. In the hearing’s testiest exchange,
Billings retorted that everyone can suffer
discrimination.
Commission officials said 1 to3% of complaints
in counties that have the law concern sexual
orientation, Advocates argued that nobody should
be discriminated against for any reason. "We’re
trying to cast the net as broadly as possible,"
Billings said.
Teens Protest Gay
Story in Dawson’s Creek
WILMINGTON (AP) - More than 30 teen-agers
gathered outside Wilmington’s EUE Screen Gems
Studios to protest the homosexual subject matter of
thelocally filmed television show Dawson’s Creek.
Members of Youths Against the Promotion of
Homosexuality held placards Thursday reading
"Jack and Jill, Not Jack and Bill" and "Hollywood:
No More Gay Promo."
Screen Gems’ employees were greeted with
chants of "Don’t Holly-weird me!" as they drove
into the studios’ parking lots. "We’re sick and tired
of Hollywood trying to force its pro-homosexual
values down teen-agers’ throats on shows like
Dawson’s Creek," said Robert Hales, 17. "This
show is 100 times worse than Ellen because they’re
targeting high school kids with their ’pro-Gay’
propaganda." Ellen, which starred Lesbian
comedian Ellen DeGeneres, created a national stir
two years ago when the main character announced
she was a.Lesbian.
Theprotests aboutDawson’s Creek center around
a 16-year-old character who announced in a recent
episode thathe was homosexual. Kerr Smith, whose
character Jack was introduced on Dawson’s Creek
this season, said the show simply explores common
adolescent themes. "’Everybody knows that
Dawson’s Creek addresses prevalent issues about
teen-agers, and one of them is homosexuality," he
said. "It’s in the schools now. Ten years ago, it
wasn’t talked aboutbut now it is."
Killer Pleads Guilty
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man accused of
murdering five Gay men because he thought it
would stop the spread of AIDS abruptly ended his
trial by pleading guilty to the charges, prosecutors
said. Juan Chavez, 34, avoided a possible.death
sentence in the capital case by unexpectedly
changing his plea about 1 1/2 weeks into trial,
prosecutor Mike Duarte said. He is scheduled to be
sentenced June 21.
Duarte told jurors during the trial that Chavez
lured themen to theirhomes supposedly for sex and
then robbed and strangled them Chavez coufessed
to the murders while serving a prison sentence for
an unrelated 1996 kidnapping. In September of that
year, he was charged with strangling the five men
in 1986 and 1989.
11 Year Old with
AIDS Speaks Out
CARSON CITY (AP) - Eleven-year-old
Michael Dowling wasn’t supposed to live
this long and he knows it. "I was born
HIV-positive. My morn was told that I’d
probably dieby the timeI was three years
old," Michael told the Assembly as they
designatedWednesday, March24as HIVAIDS
Awareness Day inNevada. Hestood
¯ next to his adopted mother’s friend,
Assemblywoman Barbara Cegavske, RLas
Vegas, as he addressed thelegislators.
The boy was born in Las Vegas to a
drug-addicted mother who passed her
disease along to him before she gave
birth. Now, l~fichael hasbeen adoptedand
is also living with full-blown AIDS.
Michael said he has to make a trip to
Washington,D.C., every couple ofmonths
so he can get two sho~ of a medication
called IL2 every day for a week. "I go to
the National Institutes of Health. The
doctors and nurses, there are the people
that have kept me alive. If not for them I
would be dead,? Mi.chael said,.
Despite his disease, the youngster says
heis planningto live afull andindependent
life. "I plan to. grow up.and be a doctor. I
do not plan to be disabled and live off
welfare and_have Medicaid pay my
doctor’s bills," he added. People.,~ith
AIDS need Nevada’s help to find "good
jobs and insurance to pay their medical
bills," he said.
After his speech, the entire 42-member
Assembly and dozens of observers in the
gallery stood~to applaud. "Mikie is not
supposed to be alive. He’s such a fighter,
he’s incredible," Cegavske said.
Surgeon General at
HIV/AIDS Meeting
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Former U.S.
Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders opened
the nation’ s annualHIV/AIDS conference
by urging the public to fight growing
complacency about the disease. "We all
have to be in this battle until it’s over, and
I want you to know it’s not over," Eiders
told about 2,000 people at the opening of
the National HIV/AIDS Update
Conference.
Few doubted that among the hundreds
of veteranAIDS health care providers and
public health workers in the crowd. But
now, Elders reminded them, there’s anew
problem: growing public complacency.
Lulledby encouraging early results from
new drag therapies,many Americans have
decided AIDS is no longer much of a
threat, said Dr. Mervyn Silverman, the
former San Francisco public health czar
and chairman of the AIDS conference,
which runs through tomorrow. He cited
survey results that suggest people mustbe
tuning out to all the AIDS awareness
campaigns.
The deadly virus is nearly always
contracted through exchange of blood or
body fluids, often during unprotected
sexual activity or from sharing intravenous
drag paraphernalia. In a survey taken in
1991, 41% still wrongly assumed that
HIV could be contracted from sharing a
drinking glass with an infected person. In
1997, the same misconception was found
in 55% of those surveyed. Similarly, 34%
of those surveyed in 1991 won-ied about
catching the AIDS virus from a public
toilet seat, as compared to 41°/0 in 1997.
87% ofyoung Americans believe they are
at no risk of contracting HIV. Yet about
one in four of every new infection occurs
in the same age group, 17- to 22-yearolds.
"Either we’re really gettingd.u.m.b.er,
or some of us in this room are notdomgI
ourjobs, Sdverm said. ’ ’ ~
Eiders offered-a familiar litany of
su ,~gestions,inclUding universal access to
health care and free needle-exchange
AIDS Researcher
Struggles for $
¯¯ )rograms, both ofwhich seem as far from
reality as when she left office in 1994.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Researcher
Peter Duesberg has become a scientific
outcast because of his unorthodox AIDS
theories. But he’s still in business, thanks
to a fund-raising approach as unconventional
as his beliefs.
Duesberg, who maintains that AIDS is
not caused by the human immunodeficiency
virus but by illegal drugs and
the AIDS medication AZT; has been
raising money from private sources for
some years, living from check to check.
Buthis fund-raising tookonaddedurgency
ast November when he.feared he was
about to lose his lab at the University of
California at Berkdey for lack of money.
Friends of Duesbergsprang into acuon,
soliciting donationsby way of the Internet
and an ad in the alumni magazine. The ad
brought in a stream of small contributions,
which along with $200,000 in foundation
money and some other big individual
donations amounted to $325,000, enough
to eke out another year of operations.
Duesberg is grateful for the kindness of
friends and strangers but said it’s a hard
way to make a living. "You also begin to
see how easy itis if youjust conform," he
said.
Twelve years ago, Duesberg filled out
grant applications and the government
sent him checks. Back then, Duesberg
was a member of the elite National
Academy of Scienees, winner of a 1985
Outstanding Investigator Award from the
National Institutes of Health and aleading
authority on retroviruses, a family that
includes the AIDS virus.
But after he published his HIV theory,
his reputation tanked. The mainstream
AIDS community has rebuffed his
theories, saying it is clear that HIV does
cause AIDS and that arguing otherwise
dangerously undercuts the safe-sex
message. "Whatever inroads we have
made to help people to practice safer sex
or to exchange needles - that all goes out
the window," said David Evans of Project
Inform, an advocacy group in San
Francisco.
Since 1987, Duesberg has had 20 grant
applications turned down. A spokesman
for the NIH declined to comment. As a
tenured professor of molecular and cell
¯ biology, Duesberg still has his salary and
: position at Berkeley. But without grant
¯ money, he cannot operate a lab, which is
¯ crucial to continuing his research.
¯ The private donauons can t overcom
¯ another problem: no students. Duesberg
¯ said students visit early in the semester
¯ andseeminterested.Butafterafew weeks,
..th.ey.t.aa.e.a.wa.y. "TheY’re told bY the
¯ graduate advisers and by their peers they
¯ may not be able to get ajob, I may not be
¯ able to pay them,,,a,n_,_d it would be bad for
their reoutations, he said.
¯ Stuar’t Lynn, head of Duesberg’s
¯ division said the Berkeley ,c~_mmumty
¯ hasn’t o~tracized Duesberg. ’ Ev,eryb.o.dy~
kind of looks at him an amusea sort oz.
way," Lynn said. "Berkele,,y has alotmore
radical people than Peter.
¯ Duesberg said his lab and money
¯ problems reflect his one-man battle with
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scientists and drug companies who, he
maintains, have invested too much in the
HIV-AIDS connection to admit to an
alternative theory. "Most people don’t
realizehow an-freeweare to do sciencein
America," he said. ’q’hey can afford to
give mill.ions, but they cannot afford to
give me $100,000 or $200,000 to prove
them wrong."
Condom Program
in Cambodia Works
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -
Declaring a pilot program to increase
condom use in Cambodia a success, the
World Health Organization and the
Ministry of Health announced plans on
Friday foranationwide campaign to tackle
the impoverished country’s skyrocketing
AIDS rate.
Targeting commercial sex workers who
are the mainlinkin the spread of sexually
transmitted diseases in Cambodia, the
"100% Condom-Use Program" has
significantly increased condom use in
brothels in thepilot’s targetarea, according
to a preliminary report released ahead of
nextweek’s National Conference onHIV/
AIDS.
Prostitutes in the seaside town of
Sihanoukville, 185 km (115 miles)
southwestofPlmomPerth, wereinstmcto
byhealth workers in October to require all
their customers to wear condoms. Ifmen
refused to comply, the sex workers were
encouraged to report them to police.
"Many sex establishments are actively
participating and there has been a rise in
the distribution and use of condoms,"
Health Secretary of State Mare Bun Heng
said Friday. "We are pleased with these
results and.., this year we would like to
expand the program nationwide."
The condom program was inspired by a
similar campaign in Thailand that
increased condom use in sex
establishments from 15% in 1989 tomore
than90%in 1992, preventing an estimated
2 million HIV cases, according to the
WHO.
Cambodiahas the highestHIV infection
rate in Asia, with 50 to 70 people believed
to become infected every day. Recent
studies have estimated that 3% of the
adult population in Cambodia is infected
with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
State Won.’t Require
HIV Marriage Test
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Memphis
lawmakeris no longer pushing legislation
that would require couples wanting to get
married in Tennessee to be tested for the
HIV virus and other sexually transmitted
diseases. Rep. Henri Brooks said she
changed her mind after the Health
Departmentestimated the tests wouldcost
Tennessee taxpayers almost $5 million a
year.
She amended the bill to require county
court clerks to make information about
venereal diseases - such as chlamydia,
syphilis, gonorrhea and hepatitis B -
available to marriage license applicants.
"We are not trying to be Big Brother or
say who should and should not marry. All
we want to do is be responsible as
policymakers," the Democrat said. "The
ones who have to pay for these healthrelated
illnesses end up being the
taxpayers."
The bill,, approved by a House
subcommittee, also requires that a small
sign be conspicuously located in the area
¯¯ Wherepeopleapply formarriagelicenses.
It would read: "AIDS KILLS. HIV and
: other sexually transmitted diseases can
¯" occurwithoutyourknowledge. Don’trisk
¯ thelifeofsomeoneyoulove.BETESTED
: NOW."
: In addition, the bill requires the Health
: Department to make annual reports to the
¯ Legislature on the status of HIV and
-" sexually transmitted diseases by gender
: and ethnicity.
¯ Brooks said sheproposed thelegislation ¯
¯ because one of her constituents found out
her husband was HIV positive after they
: mamed. She said she may renew .her
¯ efforts for testing later.
Harvard to Study
AIDS in Africa
¯ BOSTON (AP) - The Harvard AIDS Institute has been given a $2.5 million
: grant to research the AIDS epidemic
¯ devastating southern Africa. The grant ¯
from the Oak Foundation will support a
¯ three-year program on research and
¯ vaccine development. The grant will also
¯ support a demonstration project to test
: drugs nsed to block mother-to-infantHIV
: transmission.
¯ The AIDS Institute’s basic research
¯ involves sequencing the genes found in
¯ theHIV strainprevalentinsouthernAfrica.
¯ No place in the world has been harder hit
: by AIDS than southern Africa. In
¯ Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and
: Zimbabwe, up to one-quarter of people
aged 15-49areinfected withHIV 0rAIDS.
AIDS has killed 10 million people in sub-
" Saharan Africa - 90% of the world’s
¯ AIDS deaths. Another 20 million are
: expected to die, Harvard researchers
¯ added.
¯ Max Essex, chairman of the Harvard
¯ AIDS Institute, and his colleagues have
." beenresearchingAIDS inAfricaformore
¯ than a decade. The Oak Foundation, an
international philanthropy, has offices in
¯ Boston, Geneva, London and Harare,
¯ Zimbabwe.
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¯ TULSA- TulsaOklahomans for Human
Right, theTulsaGay Community Services
¯ Center and the Oklahoma Lesbian and
¯ Gay Lawyers Association (OLGLA) are
hosting a seminar at 7pro on April 22 on
legal issues for people living with HIV/
¯ AIDS. Kathy Nelson, executive co-
. ordinator for the AIDS Legal Resource
¯ Project will conduct the seminar at the
Tulsa Gay Community Services Center at
: 38th and Peoria, 2nd floor.
¯ The AIDS Legal Resource Project was
¯ created three years ago to help provide
," people living with HIV/AIDS with the
¯ resources to meet the challenges in their
: lives. The Project provides free legal
¯ assistance to those who qualify through a
network of 150private attorneys statewide.
: The Project can assist those qualified in
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.and in addressing health, life or disability
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by James Christjohn Broadway dance. And a relative-of mine,
"Spirit - A Journey in Dance, Drums Raymond Christjolm was one of the
and Song" combines the power of ° singers!
Broadway choreography and contem- ° The cast includes 20 dancers with both
porary music with the songs, chants and o modemand traditional training, including
dances born of Native Indian Nation dancers
Americanculture to tell Act I eontlnues with
the story of one
¯ person’s- andanation’s "An Ea~le Above." in
- search for renewal by wlaleh Ron Anquoe
exploring ancestral
roots. (Kiowa tribe, Oh|ahoma)
This multicultural per[orms t]ae ritual
performance event,
which debuted on PBS Ea~le Dance
as part of the March
1999 pledge drive and
to convey the le~eud d
will be released on the Ea$|e Feather.
video April 20, was
conceived by Peter provldln~ the youn$ man
Buffett, working in with [~uow|ed~e and
collaboration with
Chief Hawk Pope. courage [or the journey.
Buffett composed the
music for the pivotal
Fire Dance scene in Kevin Costner’s
Oscar-winning film "Dances with
Wolves." "Spirit - A Journey in Dance,
Drums and Song" features the
choreography and stage direction ofT,o.nywinner
Wayne Cilento, who blends his
demanding trademark "urban dance"
movement with traditional Native
American dance.
And by the~ way, the video is worth
getting just to view the dancers. They are
all beautiful, with appeal to Gay men,
Lesbians, straight folk.., something fol
everyone! And boy can they move! 01~
yeah, themusic’s great, too; the CD is
availablenow, and I highlyrecommendit.
Peter has been one of the few artists te
successfully blend ancient music with
modem. Usually, whenthatblendis made,
it comes out a mess, but he’s done an
excellentjob ofretaining the impact of the
ancient with the feel of the modem, rising
above time and space to create anew form
that is emotionally satisfying on a level
few reach. LoreenaMcKennitt is the only
other artist I would say that about in her
blending of ancient and modem Critic
influences on her CD’s. But I digress,
back to "Spirit: A Journey...".
Taped during the show’s premiere
performance weekend at the Weidner
Center inGreen Bay, Wisconsin,"Spirit -
A Journey in Dance, Drums and Song"
features more than 80 performers -
dancers, choir, percussionists and
orchestra - selected from the worlds of
Native-American performance and
by Allan Smithee, special contributor
Anyone see "Footloose" whileit wasin
town? It had all the appeal of a really bad
high school play. Bad script, awful
choreography and songs worthy ofmaybe
two verses stretched out till one thought
the record player had broken and was
skipping, all added up to an evening of
dreck, despite the cast’s sometimes overenergetic
performances -and especially
the nights when one cast member was off
key. It is usually against my principles to
walk out on a show, no matter how bad -
I hold that it’s rude to the actors and
people around you - but Footloose is one
I would have walked out on after the first
30 minutes.
I find it ironic that local homophobe
and religious bigot Larry Payton, famous
arrayed in fancy dress
of feathers, beads and
bones. The orchestra
features both modem
and traditional Native-
American instruments,
a string section and
percussionists playing
a variety ofdrums. The
40-voice Green Bay
and Oneida Nation
Girls’ Choir provides
additional vocals.
The program also
features soloists
Robert Mirabal (also
very handsome), a
renowned Native-
American flautist,
vocalist and percussionist; Ron Anquoe,
a traditionally trained Eagle Dancer who
is a member of the Kiowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; and Chief Hawk Pope, a
vocalist, lyricist and composer who is
Principal Chief of the Shawnee Nation,
United Renmant Band of Ohio. Chief
HawkPopenarrates. Joanne Shenandoah,
Oneida Nation of the Iroquois
confederacy, adds her beautiful voice to
the proceedings.
"Spirit - A Journey in Dance, Drums
and Song" opens Act I with "Urban
Overtures" as a group of city dwellers
reacts robotically to the stressful sounds
of daily life. Determined,to escape this
chaos, one young man decides in "Fire
Dance" to look back to his roots and
search for a new way to live. In
"Coashelleaqu (The Shawnee Letter)," a
Native-American grandfather encourages
him to begin this journey of renewal.
"Hidden Heritage" celebrates the 500
Indian Nations.
ActI continues with"AnEagleAbove,"
in which Ron Anquoe (Kiowa tribe,
Oklahoma) performs the ritual Eagle
Dance to convey the legend of the Eagle
Feather, providing the young man with
knowledge and courage for the journey.
"Passage," Robert Mirabal’s haunting
flute solo, continues the young man’s
quest to embrace the past. Act I ends with
Spirit Dance, bnngmg together dancers
from the traditional Native-American and
contemporary urban cultures for a
celebration, see Spirit, p. 10
for censoring shows andrewriting themto
make them safe for the good Baptist
families of Tulsa to see would bring in a
show that pretty much rips the views of
fundie-brand organized religion.
In case some of you are too young to
remember the film, it’s based on an
incident in Elmore, OK wherein dancing
was made illegal by virtue of a powerful
minister in town who held that dancing
would lead to all kinds of sinful behavior.
In the film and play, a kidfrom Chicago
challenges the dictatorial evil minister,
and wins the right to hold a school dance.
As a film, it was worth a couple hours at
the dollar movie. As a musical, well, it’s
not worth that much. But Tnlsans seemed
to like it - the shows were sold out. Maybe
it’s that even a bad touring show beats
anvthin~ on TV9 At any rate, the cast was
~mlfor~v cute,’so that hellxd a little.
Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. in association with PFLAG presents
Chastity Bono
at the 2nd Annual
Red Ribbon Ball
Saturday, April 17th
7:30pm, dinner + entertainment, tickets
begin at $75/person/all proceeds benefit
Tulsa C.A.R.E.S., Information: 834-4194
Spring Concert
May 7 & 8, 1999
7:00 PM
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Unitarian Church
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Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
April 9, 10, 14, 15, 16 + 17 at 8 pm
April 11 at 2pm, $11-14
John Williams Theatre
Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Lisa Wilson Directing, Ken Spence as Willie Loman
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Service, llam, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715
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Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210b So. Norwood
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Mass - 1 lam, 205 W. King (east of No. Denver), Info: 582-3088
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Meets typically the last Tuesday of each month. Info: 743-4297
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It is a fabulous number to see. R makes
you want to stand up and cheer, even if it
is a video:
Act II of"Spirit- A Journey in Dance,
Drums and Song" begins with two
numbers - "The Place Where Crying
Begins" and "The Dream" - offering a
sensual exploration of the relationship of
man and woman in a more natural world.
"Aubenaubee(Prelude to Rebirth)" begins
the young man’s journey back to his own
world; m The Thunderbird, he returns
as anewly enlightenedmemberof society.
In the final number, the two cultures -
traditional andurbancontemporary - dance
in unison, recovering the true spirit of
America.
The showitselfwas a seamless blending
of ancient and modem, combining to tell
a story that many of us can relate to today
of alienation from roots, a discontent
with where man in general is today in the
world, and a yearning for reconnection to
the earth in an age where the earth has
become one more commodity to exploit.
It held me spellbound. Seamlessly
integratingmusic, dance, ..and storytelling,
it moved me to tears-- something that
doesn’t usually happen at all, especially
withregards to avideotapedperformance.
It was beautiful. I have been in
communication with the composer/
creator, Peter Buffett, and, he has
mentioned the possibility of brfilging the
live show here in the fall. (ya heard it here
first, folks!)If that happens, don’t miss it.
It willbe an experience that will touch you
deeply, as theatre was meant to do. Andif
the video is able to move me to tears
(along with several others I spoke with
that saw i0,imagine whatanimpactseeing
the performance live wouldhave! Usually
I find videos of plays, especially musical
performances, lacking. Something is lost
in the translation from live to tape. Not so
in this case.
Peter’s other CD’s are well worth
picking up: "Spirit Dance", from which
many of the numbers in "Spirit: A
Journey..." were taken, is great, and the
soundtrack to "500 Nations" is another
winner. Joanne Shenandoahhas anumber
ofCD’s out, and "Matriarch" is one ofmy
favorites ofhers. RobertMirabal has CD’s
out as wall, and he is fantastic. Peter tends
to get lumped in the "New Age"
although his musicfar surpasses theimage
that particular labding conjures up, While
the other artists are found, at least in
Borders, under "Native American". Other
places might have them under "World
Music".
They knew so because for the last two
years, a representative of Tulsa
Oldahomans for Human Rights (TOHR)
had participated in the planning for this
eventand in the creation oftheFederation.
FromTOHR,NGLTFknew thatCimarron
was the only Oklahoma group genuinely
doing statewideorganizing, Sowhy would
they give $5,000, a huge sum for a small
and under orgamzed state like Oklahoma,
to those less likely to put it to good use?
Well, it turns out that a number of the
individuals who are involved with
Cimarron have also worked closely with
NGLTF’s semi-rival, the Human Right
Campaign (HRC). And rumor has it that
NGLTF didn’t want to help an "HRC"
organization. So, the money which conid
really, really have made a difference in
: Oklahoma went to OGLPC.
¯ WhatdidOGLPCdowiththosedollars?
: They rented a bus to bring Tulsans to the
: rally, and they rented portapots and got
: the necessary, permits for the event. But
¯ interestingly they also hired and paid Ms.
: PaulaHandBrown to help co-ordinate the
¯ event. And they used the funds to pay for
: advertising in various publications, albeit
¯ not this one. (For the record, TFN
: frequently donates ads completely free of
: charge to community non-profit
: organizations unlike our rivals who
¯ typically provide atmosta20%discount.)
¯ Also, OGLPC is permitted, according to
: NGLTF organizer, Dan Haws, to keep
¯ any leftover funds to subsidize their
¯
organizational work.
¯ Perhaps, OGLPC will transcend its past
and prove worthy of the $5K they were
: granted. Butif the reasoning for choosing
: them over Cimarronis true, then OGLPC
: and Oklahoma’s communities have
¯ become once againpawns in the games of
: our"national" organizations.
¯
The bottom line is the money should go
¯ to those who can most effectively use it.
; And you have to wonder if those who
: can’tevenissue a simplepress release, are
¯ the ones who can make the best use of the
¯ money.
" "I speak out abroad, I must not be silent at
home," the Republican said. In a positive
: sign for supporters, Senate Judiciary
¯ Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has
: scheduled hearings on the legislation for
¯
next month.
¯ But it still faces a difficult road. Some
¯¯ co.ngr.es.sionalRepublicans have expressed
mxsgxvmgs that the legislation is
¯ unnecessary because dozens of states have
~ laws protecting the groups identified in
¯ the bill.
¯
Backers are also concemed that social
: conservahves may construe thelegislation
¯ as extending special protections to ¯
homosexuals. "This is not a bill that will,
] in one way, advantage one group over
; another," said Wyden. "I can’t believe
¯ any members of the United States Senate ¯
want to be soft on violence."
Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Aden
Specter, R-Pa.., another bill cosponsor,
said he wasn’t as optimistic as some of his
colleagues. "A lot of opponents.., pick
out hate crimes legislation for a great deal
of criticism," he said. "This is a tough bill
to get very much support."
Under the bill, current law would be
expanded so theJustice Department could
prosecute crimes based on a person’s
sexual orientation, gender or disability.
Now, the statute only covers crimes based
on race, color, religion or national origin.
Also, the bill would make federal
prosecution ofhate crimes eas~er. Current
¯ law limits prosecution to situations whexe
¯ the victim is targeted for engaging in
: certain, federallyprotectedactivities,such
¯ as serving on a jury, voting or attending
¯
public school.
: Over40 states havehate crimes statutes,
¯ but only 21 cover sexual orientation, 22
~ cover gender and 21 cover disability,
¯ according to the White House, which
¯ supports the bill.
: Senator Edward Kennedy, Democrat -
¯
Massachusetts, the bill’s lead author, said
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by Mary Schepers, Do-It-Yourself-Dyke
Poor dears, your DIYD has neglected
you awfully - and she has missed you.
Honest! Sparing you the boring details,
suffice it to say that family situations
regrettably intervened, but your DIYD is
back, tmarchived and just as naughty as
ever. And isn’t that what you
really want? No, I suppose
most of you want me to get on
with that damned project you
werelefthanging withacouple
of months ago, and so I shall.
The DIYD is perfectly
confident that you have not
been squandering the intervening
months but have quite
diligently been scoping ideas
to steal and make your own in
our Kitchen remodel on the
shoestring. Now, being
Now, heln~
economical
does not equate
with being.
cheesy, so wall
the rather "
enthusia~tle
dyke with the
~tn of
Rust-o-leurn
economical does not equa[e please
with being cheesy, so will the eooIher"jets.
rather enthusiastic .dyke with ,’i-,’I
the can of Rust-o-leum please....... t ne DIYD
cool ~her jets. The DIYD
promises that she shall get her
shining moment when we
discuss refurbishing the garage
sale find garden furniture. You
have 0aonesfly] assessed both
your finances and the state’of
yourcupboards? Decidedwhat
you can livewith stylistically’?
Then lef’s get cooking.
We will be working on the
assumption that your cabinets
are sturdy enough and laid out in amanner
that is endurable until the money for the
Dream Kitchen appears (The pessimistic
side of the DIYD cautions.that any time
you have spare money, either your house
or your car will find out about it, so be
sneaky! A friend of hers adds "girlfriend"
to this .corollary.). Given those two
assumpuons, you have options. And we
all love options, don’t we?
The easiest approach may be to repaint
your cupboards, put up new hinges, and
handles and a bit of tasteful shelf paper.
Yes, you still have to prep things for
successful results. Sorry. Youwill need to
lightly sand the surfaces and clean them,
then put on a primer coat. NOT Water
based! That raises the grain of the wood or
separates the veneer..Oil based only. This
might be a good time to review the past
articles on painting and brush care. I will
always recommend that you "extinguish
pilot lights on the range if you have them
and to open windows and doors for good
ventilation. Solvents are just ugly. Then
use Kilz brand paint; it is trouble-free as
oil based paint goes, and dries in an hour
or less. The DIYD strongly recommends
taking one cabinet door at a time offwhen
repainting, and then adding thenew hinges
and handles when putting it hack on. Or
you can take the cabinets off all at once,
but mark them or handle them in some
other methodical way. Especially in older
homes, all things are not equal.
One coat of primer then, unless you get
somebleed-through, then apply two coats.
When that’s all dry, you can paint on your
finish paint. TheDIYDurges you to invest
in a semi-gloss or gloss formulated
especially for kitchens. These paints can
stand up to the moisture, and you’ll really
be grateful when you go to wipe off that
errant cake batter. Put in your shelf paper
and the you’re ready for those new hinges
promises that
she shall get
we discuss
ref~rbishin~
th..e garage sale
find g.arden
~urniture.
and handles.
Regardless of which option you choose,
you will probably want new h,ardware on
the cupboards and drawers. It s amazing
how much it spiffs things up; it is also
amazing how much it costs when you add
them all up, so take a count of what you
need, then use your calculator
when you go shopping.
It is also wise, if
possible, to find hardware that
is similar to the old as regards
screw hole placement. If you
don’t have to drill anything
new, why bother? Put a little
woodfiller in the hole, orbreak
a match stick off in it, then
attach your new hardware.
Always remember to look at
how the hardware you are
removing was attached,
especially hinges. This is not
frivolous advice!
Another option you
have is resurfacing, and this
can yield some remarkable
results. If you are handy and
rather intrepid, you can handle
the job yourself. They have
supplies and instructional
videos at Homo Depot and
other stores of that ilk. If
you’ve a bit extra tucked back
in the cookie jar and a low
reserve of patience for chaos,
by all means look into having
the job done by professional
resurfacers. They can even take care of
that god awful formica counter-top while
they’re at it. As usual, get lots of quotes,
demandreferences, and check thembefore
making this choice.
The option of last resort would be
stripping and refinishing the cabinets. You
should choose this only if a)your cabinets
are fabulous butjust dark or dingy;b) you
have prior refinishing skills; c) You have
an infinite reservoir of patience; d) your
beloved has an infinite reservoir of patience.
Nodream ofglowing wood cabine.ts
is worth a week on the couch - alone. The
dog will be in your place in bed. It can be
that bad, darlings.
As usual, it all sounds so very easy in
print, but ~rd up your channing loins,
dare to be anal retentive and methodical
and you’ll find the work rewarding. I’ll be
back next month when we deal with the
walls - if you’ve finished climbing them
by then:
and confabulations of underwear
collectors - and they establish all those
thousands of websites and chatrooms on
the Intemet. Anthropologists call these
"special interest ~oups" and, despite
pessimistic impresszons that nobody in
the country anymore talks to their folks
and neighbors, the number of interest
groups in this country has expanded
astronomically since the 1950s.
Where once people hid their fetishes as
painfully embarrassing, now, like Jay, we
happily call ourselves fetishists and
proudly broadcast our fascinations. So I
feel like I’m in good company when I’ve
got Jay working onmy toes with a dreamy
look in his eyes. It’s my contribution to
the modem American Way.
by Esther Rothblum
The Antarctic is the coldest, highest,
and driest continent on earth. Unlike the
Arctic, which consists of frozen water
surrotmded by land, the Antarctic is land
surrounded by water. Land is colder than
water, so the Antarctic has Tkere
temperatures ranging from
." here are strong spirited to start with,.and
¯¯ stronger stilluponleaving. BeingaLesbian
was not a contributing factor, whereas
¯ persistence, flexibility, emotional and
physical strength are more important.
¯ There is ajoke that usually goes around
is a joke town toward the middle of
the season: How do you get
40 degrees Fahrenheit in the
warmestpartofthe continent
in summer to minus 100
degrees Fahrenheit (.not
including the wind chill
factor) in the winter. 98% of
the continentis covered with
ice, and in fact the Antarctic
contains 90% of the world’s
ice. The ice is several miles
thick in parts oftheAntarctic
interior, so that the altitude
is similar to high mountainous
regions. Even though
the Antarctic contains 68%
of the world’s freshwater
locked up as ice, the almost
total lack of precipitation
classifies it as a desert.
Frequent blizzards and high winds form
"white outs" that make it difficult to see,
and the view is often a monotonous sheet
of white snow and ice.
Why would anyone choose to go to this
barren continent? In 1913, explorerErnest
Shackleton placed an ad in a newspaper
. that stated: "Men wanted for haTardous
journey. Small wage, bitter cold, long
months of complete darkness . . . Safe
return doubtful.., and recognition in case
of success." He received about 5,000
applications.
Most people who have come "to the
ice" in recent decades engage in scientific
research or support those who do. About
a dozen nations have built permanent
research "stations" in the Antarctic.For
several years, I conducted research on
womenin the Antarctic. I wanted to study
women who take risks, and the Antarctic
seemed the ideal setting. This work
resulted in the recent book Women in the
Antarctic(HaworthPress, 1998), co-edited
with Jacqueline Weinstock and Jessica
Morris.
Only one woman that we interviewed
for this book came out as a Lesbian, and
shewas part ofan all-women’s expedition
that skied to the South Pole. Our research
team did not feel we could ask our
participants about their sexual orientation.
In those days the U.S. Navy transported
personnel to the Antarctic (these days, it’ s
the Air Force) and as a result we were
concerned that our participants might not
want to come out to us as Lesbian or
Bisexual.
But we speculated that there might be
some Lesbians among the women who
live and work in the Antarctic. So I was
intrigued to readan article entifled"Below
the Ice: An Antarctic Journal" by Peggy
Malloy in a recent issue of Weird Sisters,
a Colorado Lesbian newspaper. I emailed
Peggy in the Antarctic (the wonders of
technology!) and she responded as
follows:
For most people who come to work in
Antarctica, it is the sense ofadventure that
draws us to this extreme environment.
Most ofus wouldnever have themoney to
be a tourist-visitor; and we would not be
able to learn to love ffduring such a short
visit, as many of us have done over the
seasons. Those who get through a season
that usually goes
around town
toward the middle
of the season:
How do you
get a date with
a woman?
Answer: be one.
There are
approximately
30g females
working in the
Antaretle program.
a date with a woman?
Answer: be one. There are
approximately36% females
working in the Antarctic
program. Yes, there are other
Lesbians in town, and a very
small handful of Gay men.
The men are quite closeted.
This was a military base at
one time and there are still
plenty ofmilitary influences
since so many ex-military
currently workfor Antarctic
Support Associates, the
civilian contracting firm in
the Antarctic. The Lesbians
are generally out, but several
are not.
This is a generally
¯ accepting environment, mainly since we ¯
all have to work andlive together forlong
¯ periods of dme. If someone doesn’t agree
¯ with a lifestyle, it’s futile to fightit. I do
¯ not try to hide my sexuality, but I don’t
¯ flaunt it either. There is always a fear that
: one won’t get rehired because of it.
¯ However, this seems to be residual from
; living in northern society, and not well
¯ founded in the hiring practices of this
¯ company. If there are any prejudices, I
¯ would say it is against women in general, ¯
not just against Lesbians. There is no
: attempt by the U.S. Antarctic Program to
¯ be Lesbian-affirmative, of which I am
¯ aware.
: I have worked at the U.S. McMurdo
¯ StationontheAntarctic continentfor three
¯" seasons so far. Each year the circle of
: friends increases: friends of friends tell
: friends,andendupcomingworkherewith
¯ us. Each year there seem to bemoremales
: who gravitate to our circle. These are
: straight men who feel more comfortable
¯ striking friendships with us,mosdy since ¯
we are"safe." There is no concern thatwe
¯ will wantanythingmorethan afriendship.
¯ Email is the best way to keep in touch
: withcommuffityfromhome. I amgratefnl
¯
to those who write and keep me informed
¯ of happenings, and gossip, and events
¯ such as the Rainbow Chorus concerts. I
: was quite involved with them before
¯ coming to work down here. This is such
¯ an isolated place, very little outside
¯ stimulation from color (th!ngs are brown
or white), smells (only the smell of fuel),
¯
and life (nothing grows here naturally
: other than some algaes). We see some
¯ seals andmaybe somepenguins at the end ¯
of the summer season. News from home
". or small care packages from friends are
¯ treasured like a long lost love’s return.
¯ Anything, and everything, is a special ¯
gift. This is also the time when I have
¯ more contact with friends than usual, as I
." can sit at the computer and drop a quick
¯ note to say, "hi, how are you doing?"
: Peggy Malloy can be contacted via
¯ email: malloyma@hotmail.eom. Esther
¯ Rothblum is Professor of Psychology at ¯
the University of Vermont and Editor of
¯ theJournal ofLesbianStudies. Shecanbe
¯ reached at Dewey Hall, University of
¯ Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. ¯
email: esther.rothblum@uvm.edu.
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walls and packed the steps leading to the
altar. "This is far beyond my wildest
dreams," said the Rev. Marge Ragona,
Covenant’s pastor. "We are amazed so
many felt you needed to be herejust as we
felt we needed to be here."
Speakers called onthe audience to speak
out against hatred and chastised people
who use the Bible to justify hate against
homosexuals. "We’re here to celebrate
this evening that God is not hate, but God
is love," said the Rev. Lawton Higgs St. of
United Methodist Church of the
Reconciler.
Roger Lovette, pastor of the Baptist
Church of the Covenant, encouraged
people to remember Gaither as a person,
not a symbol. "He was like the rest of us
with hopes, dreams and needs," Lovette
said.
Rodney Max, co-chairman of the
Coalition Against Hate Crimes, urged
legislators to pass alaw including offenses
motivatedbyhomosexuality on the state’s
list of hate crimes. "That should never,
ever happen again in this state," Max said.
After the two-hour memorial service
inside the church, people lit small candles
and stood outside singing ’~his Little
Light of Mine."
Across the street, a small group of
protesters from Westboro Baptist Church
in Topeka, Kan., held anti-Gay signs in
protest. "We are outraged at this violent
crime, but the issue is the homosexuals
are exploiting it," said Westboro’s pastor,
the Rev. Fred Phelps. "It is no longer
merely an event for the family and friends
to grieve." Protesters held signs saying
"Billy Jack Gaither bums in hell.’"
Max Griffies, 9, stood near the church’ s
step holdin,,g a sig,n declaring, "God loves
all people. Max smother, Leah Griffies,
but that still some homophobic remarks
were expressed by afew teachers to classes
after the announcement was made. and
flyers went up. However, since a large
part of the group’s mission is to educate
faculty and other students, Allen
characterized these negative remarks as
something to be expected, until Gay and
Lesbians students and is sues become more
visible.
BTW’s GSA typically meets during an
intermittent free period in the school
schedule and the group often discusses
issues or plans for upcoming events. One
such event is the "Day of Silence" on
April 7th which is intended to be a day of
protest in support of civil rights for Gay
and Lesbian persons. Washington’s
Sizemore is actually the key organizer for
the US and Canada. Also, the BTW GSA
is planning to participate in the upcoming
Tulsa Pride Parade.
And Booker T. Washington’s example
has paved the way for GSA’s in at least
two other Tulsa high schools. Smaller and
more informal groups have come together
at Central and East Central High Schools.
All of these groups have joined together
in an organization, S.A.F.E. - Student
Alliance for Equality which meets at the
Tulsa Gay Community Services Center
(the Pride Center).
For more information, messages may
be left for the BookerT. Washington Gay-
Straight Alliance or S.A.F.E. at the Tulsa
Gay Community Services Center, 743-
GAYS (4297).
said she wanted her son "to know you
don’t kill people, regardless of who they
are, and especially for what they believe
in." The message seemed to sink in as
Max watched the protestors across the
street. "Itmakes mefeel disgusted because
everybody is created equal and all people
are created by God," he said.
Police originally charged Mullins and
Butler with murder, which carries a
maximum sentence of life imprisonment
.with a chance for parole. However, grand
jurors upgraded the charge to capital
murder, which cames only two possible
penalties: electrocution or life without
parole.
In Washington, DC, the Human Rights
Campaignissued the following comments:
"in 1997, (the latest FBI statistxcs
available) Alabama reported no hate
crimes to the FBI for any category.
Reporting of statistics is voluntary under
to the Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1990.
Alabama’s hate crimes law does not cover
sexual orientation. ’This case in Alabama
shows the great inconsistency between
states in tracking and prosecuting hate
crimes We call on Congress to pass the
Hate Crimes Prevention Act, to set a
uniform federal response for hate
crimes and signal that anti-gay violence is
unacceptable in our society,’ said Human
Rights Campaign Political Director
Winnie Stachelberg."
Kevin Ivers, director of public affairs
.for Log Cabin Republicans added, ’’There
IS something wrong in society when gay
people are continually murdered in this
maimer, and our leaders have amoral duty
~o address it.., The leaders of both parties
must speak out with eqtml forceagainst
the anti-gay hatred and intolerance that is
feeding such crimes. . Every political
leader, especially those who seek-the
presidency, must reflect on why this is
happening, and what they can do to,.h,elp
stop it from continuing."
those who gathered to becomd~othe
Community of Hope have i~orked to be
honest about who we are and what our
ministry is. without insisting that others
agree with or embrace our ministry, We
have consistently insisted that ministries
of healing and hope, and not, Gay
advocacy, be ourfocus; while at the.same
time naming that homophobia and
inhospitality are antithetical to the Gospel,
and refusing to be silent in the face of
them. We have asked only for tolerance
and respect, and have tried to offer the
same. However. increasinly, the goodness
and dignity of Gay and Lesbian persons
and their loving, committed relationships
are so consistently and ’officially’
devalued and dishonored within in this
Conference and by this denomination,
thatI can no longer maintain myaffiliation
with integri&.
Secondly, I have decided to withdraw
because the ministries of justice and
compassion to which God’s church has
been calledand in which this congregation
is engaged, are too urgent and too
important for us to faithfully allow any
more time or energy to be diverted by
denominational arguments aboutwhether
or not Gay and Lesbian persons are part
of the body of Christ, Since the day this
congregation was called into being, Gay
and Lesbian persons have been BEING
the body of Christ - offering their gifts
and graces, their time and energy, their
hearts andhands, in loving service to God
and neighbor - see Peurose, p. 14
while the Church has debated their
acceptability. "Anyone who does the will
of God is my brother or sister"(Mark 3:
35), Jesus said. That debate was settled
long ago. And yet, women, men, and
children in Oklahoma, in the US, and
around the world continue to be robbed of
life every day by hunger, homelessness,
abuse, addiction, and violence, while the
UMC spends more and more of its time
andresourcesfight~ng over who is allowed
to love who. Internal struggles over control
and authority, have seduced our Church
intoforgetting its call to be the bearers of
God’sgospel ofhopeandlove to a hurting
worM. I am weary ofthe ’forgetting’ and
the fighting, and want my life and our
ministry as a community offaith to once
again be about ’remembering Jesus’ in
ways that honor the life he lived among
andfor us.
Therefore, on Thursday afternoon,
by Lamont Linstrom, Ph.D.
My feet are looking niighty fine these
days. I~have been seeing a new friend
named Jay, who calls himself a foot
fetishist. And he has been working these
toes down to hubs, almost. Jay describes
foot-worshipping parties he has attended
where shoes andboots and soqks goflying
in all directions. He has intro~oced me to
foot magazines. The personal ads are
remarkable. They come withphotographs
showing everyone thrusting his best foot
forward into the camera lens. And
websites, too. The intemet is one big
fetish supermarket: rubber and latex here,
feet over there, underwear at the back. Or
uniforms:-I have another friend with a
closet full of uniforms. I never know if
he’s going to show up dressed in Boy
Scout drag, or as Marine, or perhaps a
water meter reader.
While Jay was mass_aging my feet one
afternoon I thought abouttheword"fetish"
- a term oddly shared by anthropology,
psychology, and sexology. SigmundFreud
himself seems to have been the first to
borrow "fetish" from 19th century
anthrol~i0gy. Scholars of West African
religion had.firstused thewordto describe
religip~s..objects from Ghana - small
carvings, amulets, and’the like-thatpeople
bdieve&~were inspirited with divinity.
Feti~h deriYes from the Latin facticious
whi..k once.meant "handmade" or
"man~0~tU~ed" (e.g., see also "factory,"
and "factotum"). The word’s connations
of "artificial," in the original sense of
"made" or "constructed, "expanded to
absorb secondary meanings of "unreal"
or "fake"-or "false." Thus, the fetish
originally was a man-made, artificial
image of-God that African devotees
believed to have divine powers. The term
is still used occasionally in anthropology
and beyond to refer to sacred objects. My
Bay Area newspaper, for example, last
week contained an advertisement for an
upcoming sale of Pueblo Indian jewelry
whichfeaturedZuni fetishes- these small,
carved animal figures sold as both
decorative and spiritual.
I am not sure why Freud borrowed
fetish to describe sexual kinkiness. We
can guess, however, that he shared the
same sorts of. European cultural biases
that led to th~ earlier anthropological use
of the word. The savage religious devotee
focuses his attention on the artifical fetish
- the man-made object - and thus misses
¯ March 4, I submitted the following
¯
statemen¢ to.Bishop Blake:
~ " Bishois.Bruce Blake
¯¯ Oklahoma Annual Conference
United Methodist Church
¯
It is with a deep trust in God’s steadfast
¯ and unconditional love that 1 write to
¯ informyou thatlaminitia,ting theprocess ¯
ofwithdrawalfrom Zhe United Methodist
¯
Church in order to transfer my ministerial
¯ orders to another denominate’on. 1 have
chosen to begin this process because I
¯ cannot remainfaithful to the Gospel and
¯ honor the requirement of the United
¯ Methodist Church not to celebrate and ¯
blesssamesexcovenantrelationships.As
¯
one who has been baptized to "resist.
¯ injustice and oppression" and ordained
: to"lookaftertheconcernsofChristabove
¯ all," I am called and charged to offer the
¯ full ministry ofthe church--including the
¯ blessing ofdovenant relationships- to all
: God’s people, including those who are
¯ Gay or Lesbian. I will do nothing less.
: - Rev. Leslie Peurose
the larger supernatural reality ofgod. The
: sexual fetishist similarly misdirects.his
¯ attention only to this or that body part or
: object, and also misunderstands the
¯ broader, complex whole of human
¯
sexuality. The foot fetishist sucks toes,
: but ignores everything above the ankle.
¯ The hair fetishist gets tangled and stuck
: up there and never moves along towards
¯ "normal" sex.
The 19th century anthropologist and
¯ psychologist both shared the belief that
¯
they could indeed define normal religion
¯ and natural sexuality. Whatever fell short
¯ of this standard could be defined away as ¯
artificial - just a fetish. Lucky for us,
¯
maybe, things aremuchmorecomplicated
: nowadays. Some complications have
¯ come along with 20th century Hedonism. ¯
While hardly triumphant (especially in
¯ Oklahoma),latterday influentialhedonists
: like Dr. Ruth proclaim that all forms of
¯ sexual behavior are good, as long as ¯
nobody gets hurt. And even that can be
¯ good, too, as long as a person wants to get
: hurta,ndiftheboundaries andgroundrules
¯ (we Americans are so legalistic) are
¯
negotiated beforehand.
¯ Jay finds sexuality in toes just as West
Africans discover divinity in beads and
: wood. So fixations .on feet, jocks,
: underwear, underarms, hair, rubber sheets
¯ - it’s all reoently wonderful.
¯ Well, perhaps not that kid living down
the street who’s discovered to have 2000
¯
pairs ofwomen’s panties hiddenunderhis
~ bed thai he’s stolen from neighborhood
¯ clotheslines. Butmostly fetishes are good.
Isn’t the right toa feti~h protected in the
¯ Constitution? At least they contribute to
: the economy.
¯ Sex nowadays is also complicated by ¯
the duty our culture demands of us to
¯ cultivate our individuality. Fetishes here
¯ are extremely useful. They help
¯ differentiate ourselves as unique
¯
individuals. If you remain stuck in plain
¯ old boring vanilla sex, you are just a
¯ cypher in the crowd. Youneed a focus, an
: angle. Somespecial way to define yourself
¯
whenfilling outoneofthosebearortwink
¯ codes one sometimes sees flaunted in
¯ email signature files. But the American ¯
desireforindividuality and our cultivation
¯
of sexual fetishes also eventually leads
¯ around to American sociability. Those
¯ fetishes are shared. Fetishists quickly go ¯
to work organizing societies of foot
¯
fanciers, seeAnthro, p. 11
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United +AmericanAirlines
To Offer Partners’ Benefits
WASHINGTON - In a bold move with global
ramifications for Gay and Lesbian workplace equality,
United Airlines - the world’s largest airline - became
the first major U.S. airline to offerfull domestic partner
benefits, according to a press release from the Human
Rights Campaign (HRC). United Airlines announced
the decision on July 30.
’q’his enormous victory will have a global impact in
helping to create fair and equitable workplaces for Gay
and Lesbian people," noted HRC Executive Director
Elizabeth Birch in a statement released early in August.
"We congratulate Unitedforjoining therapidly growing
legion of compames who realize that treating all
employees with dignity andrespect is goodfor business.
United has definitely earned their wings. This is a noble
challenge to other carriers to now align their benefits
packages to reflect fairness and equality for every
employee."
As a result of United’s action, Equal Benefits
Advocates, a San Francisco-based group, declared an
end to the educational boycott of United. That
organization called the.boycott in Febrtmry to .raise
public awareness of United’s lawsuit, see United, p. 2
Arizona Legislator Takes
On "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell"
by Melanie Carroll, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK - "Don’t ask, don’t tell?" Doesn’t work. ¯
That’s the word from an openly Gay Arizona legislator "
and Army Reserve officer being investigated for :
dischargeby the military. State Rep. Steve May,inNew ¯
York recently for a meeting of the Log Cabin
Republicans, a Gay political group, called for an end to .
the military’s policy on Gays.
"A.t a time when recruiting and retentionis becoming ¯
a serious problem, and some members of Congress are .
discussing a reinstatement of the draft, how much "
longer will we degrade our military readiness by ¯
discharging competent, qualified, trained men and ¯
women?... This policymustcome to an end,"May said. "
A spokesman for the Army Reserve confirmed an "
investigation of May is under way; it started Aug. 7. ¯
’¢foday I am facing discharge proceedings because I ¯
have refused to lie about who I am," May said. While
never discussing his sexual orientation with military ¯
officials, he was open about it when seeking election ¯
last year. May, who still serves in the Army Reserve
once a month, saidhe willlikely be discharged when the "
Army’s investigation is complete. - ¯
Sen. John McCain, a former POWl said thereis room :
in the GOP for openly Gay _r,ep,r.,e.sen,t~tives, but,add,~e~,’ "
that besupports [he fiiiiitary s ’dOn t ask~ don t tell’ "
policy. "We should in our party refrain from ¯
discrimination in any form,.M.cC.aan.satd. As-forMay, :
"he’s a fine man," McCain added. "I have the greatest
respect for him?’ Yet, as a member of the:mili~,May
is subject to constraints growing out of the natur~ ~t~the
military service, McCain said. Hesaid that sincesoIdiers ¯
must live in place and with people not of their own . :
choosing, the policy regarding a soldierrs Sexual _"
orientation makes sense.
Stacey Sobel, a senior attorney with the Washingtonbased
Service Members Legal Defense Network, is
representing May against the Army Reserve.
see Officer, p. 2
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Congressi,onal Committee
Hears Tulsans On Hate Crimes
WASHINGTON-TheHuman
Rights Campaign (HRC), the
nation’s largest national
Lesbian and Gay political
organization, with members
throughout the country, brought
Tulsa hate crime victims Tony
Orr and his partner Tim
Beaucamp to Washington in
early August to testify?before
the hearing ot the House
Judiciary committee on the
.faced for a stonger federal
response to hate crimes,
specifically asking the House of Representatives to pass the Hate
Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA).
InSeptember 1997, Orr and Beaucamp were standing at an
ATM at State Bank in the Brookside neighborhood when three
men approached them. They called the two men "faggots" and
proceeded to brutally beat them.
Orr suffered a concussion and received stitches for the many
gashes onhis head. Bcauchampreceivedpermanentnerve damage
after the orbital bone around his eye was broken.
Speaking at a press conference before the Congxessional
hearing, HRCexecutive director Elizabeth Birch introduced Orr,
saying, "we urge Congress to listen to the courageous men and
women who came forward today to speak ofthe unspeakable hate
cr~mes that irreversibly changed their lives.., it is clear that hate
crimes are a national problem and now is the time for Congress
to embrace real solutions. The House should follow the Senate’s
lead and pass the Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA)."
To demonstrate the reai-life impact of these crimes, Birch
introduced "A Decade of Violence: Hate Crimes Based on
Sexual Orientation," a newly published report by the Human
Rights Campaign and the Southern Poverty Law Center. The
report details the rise in hate crimes and the impact it has on its
victims and society.
Tulsan Orr noted, "people like us in communities all across this
country need some place to turn seeCongress,p.lO
Tony Orr & Tim Beauchamp
¯ ’Jenny Jones’ Murderer Guilty
¯ PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - A jury rejected a claim that Jonathan
¯ Schmitz was driven to kill a Gay.acquaintance because of his
unrelenting and unwanted advances, starting by revealing a crush
on a talk show. "If he was Gay and a woman had approached him
that way, would it have been right for him to kill her because she
put anote and a flashing light in his door?" askedjuror Kimberley
Manney.
Schmitzwas convicted inlate August of second-degree murder
in the death of Scott Amedure,who had appeared with him on
’q’he Jenny Jones Show." It marked the second time that a jury
hadfoundhim guilty of that charge. The first conviction was later
overturned"We wanted to send a message that it’s not all right to
act this way," juror Ted Hight said.
Schmitz’s second trial avoided the debate over the role played
by Ms. Jones’ show, which was amajor part of acivil trial against
the-show and Schmitz’s first murder trial. Instead, the jury
debated Schmitz’s state of mind. As the verdict was read,
Schmltz, 29, hung his head, stared down and clasped his hands
under his chin.
Schmitz’s first conviction for second-degree murder in 1996
resulted in a sentence of 25 to 50 years in prison; the Verdict was
thrown out on appeal due to an error in jury selection. Oakland
County Assistant Prosecutor Donna Pend~rgast Raid ~he Would
ask for the same penalty when Schmitz is sentenced Sept. 14. "I
always knew if thejury followed the law it would come back with
this verdict," she said
Schmi tz’s attorney, Jerome Sabbota, sought a le~s~r verdict Of
manslaughter, saying that Amedure continued to pursue Schmitz
to the point Schmitz "lost all reason." The segment never aired.
He said Amedure lied to Schmi tz about the show, entitled "Same-
Sex Secret Crushes," and set Schmitz off byleaving a suggestive
note and blinking construction lightonhis door. Amedure "never
let up and he never backed off. He created a situation when any
reasonable person would have snapped," Sabbota said.
The facts in the case were not disputed in the four-day trial. On
¯ March 6,1995,Amedure revealed his crush on’q’heJenny Jones
Show," along with a sexual fantasy. Schmitz told him he was
." heterosexual. The two flew back to Detroit together and stayed
." out late drinking with a mutual friend, Donna Riley.
: Onthe morning of March 9, 1995, see Jones, p. 15
¯ Community Center News
¯ TULSA - Tulsa’s Gay Community Center and its
parent organization, Tulsa Oldahomans for Human
¯ Rights (TOHR) have announced a full schedule of
¯ events for the next several months. On Sept. 11,
¯ TOHRandParents, Families &Friends ofLesbians &Gays (PFLAG) will hold aGarage Sale to benefit
¯ both groups. The sale will run from 7am to 4pm at
¯ 5303 E. 27th Place atDarlington. Donations of sale ¯
items may be left at the Center up to Sept. 8.
Later, on Sept. 25, TOHR along with many
¯ others will host a Feast for Friends dinner which
¯ supports THENAMES PROJECT, theAIDS Quilt
; organization. TOHR’s dinner at the "Double T
; Ranch" will begin at 5pro and a $15 donation is
¯ requested. Those who cannot attend a dinner can
¯ join the dessert finale at the Southern Hills Marriott
; at 8:30. Into: TOHR, 743-4297 or THE NAMES
; PROJECT, 748-3111.
¯ Along with the First Annual Film Festival on
Oct: 7-9 (see TFN’s Entertainment column which
begins on page 8for more details as well as the
Film Festival ad on page 8), the Center will host
¯ TOHR’s first Coming Out Fair "Discovering ¯
Yourself" from noon to 6pro on Sat. Oct. 9th.
; TOHR is also kicking off a new project, the
CommUnity Pages, which is a Gay & Lesbian
; "yellow" or "pink" pages, or directory to Gay and
¯ Gay-friendly businesses and organizations.
; Tulsa formerly had such a directory called "Gay
Tulsa" which was published by former resident,
Kharma Amos. Amos, however, moved to the
; Northwest to attend seminary and for a number of
; years, no directory has been published. (Editor’s
¯ note:TulsaFamilyNewsalsoprovidesfreelistings
¯ in its directory to those who request them.) ¯
TOHR volunteers will be soliciting advertisers
¯ this fall and hope to publish a community directory
; early next year. Those interested in being listed or
¯ advertising should contact TOHR board member,
¯ Kerry Lewis, at POB 2687, Tulsa 74101 or by email
at pride_center@yahoo.corn
¯ Wichita: No GaysAIIowed
Tulsa Big Bros: No Prob.
¯ WICHITA/TULSA (AP/TFN) When the
¯ Sedgwick County Big Brothers Big Sisters went
¯ asking for mentors for a new program, everyone
¯ was invited to participate. Everyone exceptmembers
¯ of Ten Percent, a campus Gay and Lesbian group. ¯
Big Brother Big Sisters of Sedgwick County
¯ began its search for mentors by sending letters to
¯ Wichita State University student organizations. ¯
Thoughit wasn’t supposed to,Ten Percentreceived
¯ a letter soliciting volunteers. The letter said Big
: Brothers Big Sisters clients were "waiting for a
¯ mentor like you."
However, Ten Percent, which describes itself as
: a"campus organization for Lesbian, Bisexual,.Gay
: and Transgendered university students and their
¯ friends and allies," didn’t fit Big Brothers Big
¯ Sisters’ policy. The youth group does not allow
¯ Gay men or Lesbians to serve as mentors.
¯ Casey Ritchie, spokesman for Big Brothers Big
: Sisters, said theletter was part of a mass mailing to
¯ all Wichita State University groups. "We simply
¯ feel it’s not in the best interest of the youths we
: serve to put them in the middle of any potential
¯ controversy," Ritchie said.
The letter was addressed to Chris Taylor, vice
¯ president of the 50-member group, whose name is
¯ based on studies that suggest that 10% of the
: nation’s population is Gay. see 10%,p. 3
DIRECTORY P. 2
EDITORIAL p. $
US & WORLD NEWS P. 4
HEALTH NEWS P. 6
ENTERTAINMENT P. 8
COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9
D-I-Y-D P. 11
DYKE PSYCHE P. 12
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*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine
*Boston Willy’s Diner, !742 S. Boston
Burger Sisters Restaurant, !545 S. Sheridan
*Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria
*Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th
*Gold Coast Coffee House. 3509 S. Peoria
*Jason’s Deli, 15th & Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial . ~
*Tool~Box, t338 Ei 3rd ’:~ ~ ~ ~ -
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749-4511
599-7777
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745-9998
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Advanced Wireless & PCS, Digital Celhdar 74%1508
*Affinity News, 8120 E. 21 610-8510
*Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Kent Balch & Associates, Health& Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 5231 E. 41 665-4580
Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15 712-1122
*Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 712-9955
*Borders Books &Music, 8015 S. Yale 494-2665
Brookside Jewdrv, 4649 S. Peoria- 743-5272
*CD Warehouse,’3807c S. Peoria 746-0313
Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Community Cleaning, Kerby Baker 622-0700
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
*Dec¯ to Disco, 3212 E. 15th 749-3620
*Devena’s Gallery, 13 Brady 587-2611
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria 744-5556
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan 838-8503
*Ross Edward Salon ~’- 584-0337, 712-9379
*Floral Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria 744-9595
Four Star Import Automotive, 9906 E. 55th P1. 610-0880
Cathy Furlong, Ph.D., 1980 Utica Sq. Med. Ctr. 628-3709
Gay & Lesbian Affordable Daycare 808-8026
*Gloria Jean’s Gourmet Coffee, 1758 E. 21st 742-1460
Leaune M. Gross, Insurance & financial planning 459-9349
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney 744-7440
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111
*International Tours 341-6866
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th 712-2750
*Jared’s Antiques, 1602 E. 15th 582-3018
David Kauskey, Country Club Barbering 747-0236
The Keepers, Housekeeping & Gardening 582-8460
*Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 599-8070
Kdly Kirby, CPA, 4021 S. Harvard, #210 747-5466
*Living ArtSpace, 19 E Brady 585-1234
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3rd 584-3112
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31 663-5934
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 Place 664-2951
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633 747-7672
Puppy Pause II, 1060 S. Mingo 838-7626
*Peace of Mind Bookstore, 1401 E.. 15 583-1090
The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2rid floor 743-4297
Rainbowz on the River B+B, POB 696, 74101 747-593.2
Richard’s Carpet Cleaning 834-0617
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921, 747-4746
*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 749-6301
Patti Tay, Car Salesman 260-7829
*Tickled Pink, 3340 S. Peoria 697-0017
*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria 742-2007
*Tulsa Comedy Club; 6906 S. Lewis 481-0558
*Venus Salon, 1247 S. Harvard 835-5563
Fred Wdch, LCSW, Counseling 743-1733
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis 592-0767
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AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 4337, 74101 579-9593
*All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria 743-2363
Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 587-7314
Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center, 2207 E. 6 583-7815
*B/L/G/T Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780
*Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 616 S. Boston 585-1201
*Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th P1. & Florence
*ChurchoftheRestorationUU, 1314N.Greenwood 587-1314
*Community ofHope United Meth~tist, 2545 S. Yale 747-6300
*Conmmnity Unitarian-UniversalistCongregation 749-0595
*Council Oak Men’s Chorale 585-COMC (2662)
*Delaware Playhouse, 1511 S. Delaware 712-1511
*Democratic Headquarters, 3930 E. 31 . 742-2457
Dignity/Integrity of Tulsa - Lesbian & G.ay Catholics &
Episcopalians, POB 701475, 74170-1475 355-3140
*Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777
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Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827
Friends in Unity Social Org., POB 8542, 74101 582-0438
*HIV ER Center, 4138 Chas. Page Blvd. 583-6611
*HIV Resource Consortium, 3507 E. Admiral 834-4194
*Holland Hall School, 5666 E. 81st 481-1111
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education 834-8378
*House of the Holy Spirit Minstries, 3210e So. NorWood
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
*MCC United, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715
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*Red Rock Mental Center, 1724 E. 8 584-2325
O’RYAN, support group for 18-24 LGBT young adults
O’RYAN, Jr. support group for 14-17 LGBT youth
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*St. Jerome’s Parish Church, 205 W. King 582-3088
*Tulsa Area United Way, 1430 S. Boulder 583-7171
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Confidential HIV Testing - by appt. on Thursdays only
743-4297
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T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform]Leather Seekers Assoc.
*Tulsa City Hall, Ground Floor Vestibule
*Tulsa Community College Campuses
*Tulsa Gay Community Center, 1307 E. 38, 74105
Unity Church of Christianity, 3355 S. Jamestown
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*Bartlesville Public Library, 600 S. Jolmstone 918-337-5353
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*Borders Books & Music, 300 Norman Center 405-573-4907
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*Tahlequah Unitarian-Universalist Church 918-456-7900
*Green Country AIDS Coalition, POB 1570 918-453-9360
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*Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main 501-253-7457
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*Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St. 501-253-5445
MCC of the Living Spnng 501-253-9337
Geek to Go!, PC Specialist, POE 429 501-253-2776
Old Jailhouse Lod~ng, 15 Montgomery 501-253-5332
Positive Idea Marketing Plans 501-624-6646
Sparky’s, Hwy. 62 East 50!-2531-6001
*White Light, 1 Center St. _ 501-253t4074
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS5
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"It’ s ironic that his qualities ofintegrity
and honesty got him elected in Arizona.
¯
Now thosequalitiesaregettinghimkicked
¯ out of the Army Reserve," Sobel said.
¯ Sobel added that since the
implementation of"don’t ask, don’t tell,"
¯
in 1994 the number of people discharged
¯ from the armed services has increased.
¯" "This demonstrates that the policy is not
¯
working," Sobel said. Lastyear the Army
¯ discharged 1,149 members of the armed
¯ fo.r..ccs ~or being G.ay~,ua.der. ’~do!~t. ask,.
~" don’Lt~ll." In 1~97, idi~lhw f6i~ 997
~: ~eopte-0ut of die miii~_y. In 1994; 6i7
:,’. ~eople were dismissed.
May, a lieutenant trained in nuclear,
chemical and biological warfare defense,
also is qualified as a paratrooper. He is
second-in-command of the 348th
Transportation Company.
"The boycott was a success and now it’s
over,;’ Jeff Sheehy, founder of Equal
Benefits Advocates, told HRC. "We are
grateful thatHRC supported this action;it
really made a difference. Together, we
liave sent amessage to corporateAmerica
that this issue is important to our
commlmity."
"Wehave changed the world, and given
that United is providing worldwide
benefits, that is not hyperbole," said San
Francisco Supervisor Mark Leno. "I want
to commend and recognize HRC’s early
and immediate support upon our request
to honor the Equal Benefits Advocates in
their designing of the boycott. Theboycott
certainly played arole in the outcome, as
did the courts."
United’s domestic partner benefits
package will offer a full range ofcoverage
toGayandLesbian couples. Thesebenefits
include medical and dental benefits, life
insurance, pension survivor rights,
bereavement and medical leave and flight
discounts. Heterosexual domesticpartners
will only receive non-economic benefits
such as bereavement or medical leave and
flight discounts. The decision will affect
97,000 United employees worldwide.
According to the SanFrancisco Chronicle,
the airline said their domestic partnership
program will not go into effect until May.
United came under heat from Gay and
Lesbian advocates this year for.joining in
a lawsuit to stop San Francisco from
making them comply with a local
ordinance that said they must offer
domestic partner benefits in order to do
business in the city. United argued that
they did not have to comply with the
ordinance because they were a national
company that only had to follow federal
government mandates.
U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilkin
recently ruled that the airlines had to
provide "soft benefits" such as
bereavement or medical leave. However,
they did not have to offer employees
economic benefits, such as pensions or
health insurance. Theairlines, represented
by the Air Transport Association, are
appealing the ruling.
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Guest Editorial: Keeping Gay Kids Safe Too
l~y Kerry Lobel, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
More than 50 million young people in grades K~ 12 trek
back to school this month. They bring with them the
concerns of their parents and their communities over the
issue of school safety. Seeing the flood of back-to-school
stories on the local news, I sense that something - or
someone - is missing from this picture.
Specifically, five million someones. That’s thenumber
ofestimatednumberofGLBTQ (Gay, -Lesbian, Bisexual,
transgendered or
questioning) students in
"our public schools. For
them, safetyis aneveryday
concern.
Let’s consider some
statistics:
- 28% Of Gay, Lesbian
and Bisexual youth drop
out of school because of
harassment and verbal
attacks, according to a
study conducted by the
U.S. DepartmentofHealth
and Human services.
- 22% ofboys and29%
of girls perceived as Gay
or Lesbian have reported
physical attacks by
students, according to
another study by the same
agency.
-80% of Gay and
Lesbian teens report
feelings of severe social
isolation at school,
What can you do?
Demand that your
school dlStrlet adopt
pollees that protect
students and teachers
from harassment and
discrimination; p~-ovlde
staff with workshops
and training; support
eurrio~la that includes
information about the
llv~s and contributions
of GLBT people; and
allow for the formation
of Gay-Stralght
Ai~’~anees. , .
according to statistics provided by the Gay, Lesbian, and
Straight Education Network.
Right now, our nation is having a public discussion
overwhat to do about violence in the schools. President
Clinton held a summit. Columbine, Colorado officials
put in place a policy of "zero tolerance" for harassment
and taunting. Many are pointing fingers at the
entertainment industry or the gunindustry or the Interact.
Republicans and Democrats, in typical fashion, are
pointing fingers at each other.
But once again, our voices are left out of the debate.
Our voices are enriched by painful experience, for who
among us can forget the frequency with which epithets
like "fag" and "dyke" are casually tossed around on the
playground, in the school cafeteria, inthe locker room,
Nevertheless, airlineindustry experts expect Other airlines
to follow United s lead~
¯ even in the school classroom.
¯¯ What can be done?
The good news is progress can- and is - being made to
¯ protect our schoolchildren. In the state of New York, for
." example, legislators this summer filed (but have not yet
¯ passed) the Dignity for All Students Act, which would
¯" direct schools to adopt policies to create a safe school
environment for all students. The proposal would revise
: state curriculum requirements to include human relations
¯ education. This curriculum Would enable students to
¯" :foster an appreciation- of people of different sexmd
¯ orientations as well as different racial or religious
backgrounds.
In the state of California, legislators defeated similar
legislation by one vote. That was disappointing, but the
bill progressed further than ever before, and I amhopeful
California and New York will join Connecticut,
Massachusetts and Wisconsinin protecting their students.
Across the country, hundreds of school districts have
examined ways to keep young people safe. Perhaps some
ofyoureading this columnhavejoined in this effort. I like
to say that equality begins at home- and there’s no better
place to join the battle for GLBT equality thzn at your
local school district.Groups such as the National Youth
Advocacy Coalition (www.nyacyouth.org) and the Gay,
Lesbian, and Straight Education Network
(www.glsen.org) are already working across the country
to improve the lives of GLBTQ youth.
What can you do? Demand that your school district
adopt polices that protect students and teachers from
harassment and-discrimination; provide staff with
workshops and training; support curricula that includes
information about the lives and contributions of GLBT
people; and allow for the formation of Gay-Straight
alliances and other clubs that address homophobia and
heterosexism in school.
As the award-wiuning documentary producer Debra
Chasnoff ("It’s Elementary") taught us, children are not
bornwith bigotry andintolerance- they learn it. Wouldn’t
it be wonderful, if we used back-to-school season as a
platform to address safety for our children?
Five million children are waiting for us to act.
Founded in 1973, the National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force works to eliminateprejudice, violenceandinjustice
against Gay, Lesbian, Bisexualandtransgenderedpeople
at the local, state and national level. Aspart ofa broader
socialjustice movementforfreedom,justice andequality,
NGLTF is creating a world that respects and celebrates
the diversity ofhuman expression and identity Where all
people mayfully.participate in society.
According to the Chronicle, a spokesman for the Air
Transport Association said that although none of the
group’s members except United is offering the benefits,
they probably will, even as they press for appeal
Just a few days after United Airlines announced ~ts
decision, AmericanAirlines officials informed theHuman
Rights Campaign that they would become the second
major U.S airline to offer domestic partner benefits to
Gay and Lesbian employee~ worldwide.
-.HI~ ~ s Birch~said of,American Airlines’ decision, "W~
are witnessing history and the beginning of a new era of
fairness for Gay and Lesbian airline workers. United’s
landmark decision has clearly had a domino effect, where
walls.of discrimination-.are:falling each day." And Birch
added, "American Airlines is HRC’s official airline and
we ate enormously proud that they have taken this
important step."
American’s domestic partner benefits package will
offer a full range of coverage to the partners of Gay and
Lesbian workers. These benefits include medical and
dental insurance, life insurance, pension survivor fights,
bereavement and medical leave and flight discounts. The
decision will affect more than 100,000 American and
American Eagle employees worldwide.
American and United Airlines join a greater trend in
corporate America where employers are increasingly
offering domestic partner benefits to Gay and Lesbian
employees. Overall more than 2,800 U.S. employers
currently offer domestic partner benefits, according to
HRC’s WorkNetprojectwhich tracks this trend. Currently
70 Fortune 500 companies offer these benefits, including
AT&T, Chase Manhattan Bank Corp., General Mills,
IBM, Mobil Oil,TimeWarner, and Walt DisneyCompany.
In addition, more than 99 colleges and universities, 73
state and local governments and hundreds of non-profit
organizations and trade umons are currently offering
domestic partner benefits, according to HRC’s WorkNet.
I-IRC’ s WorkNet project, which also assists companies
in implementing domestic partner benefits and with other
workplace issues, worked closely with GLEAM, the Gay
employee group atAMRCorporation, the parentcompany,
of American Airlines in formulating the policy.
Taylor said the group would use the incident to try to get
Big Brothers Big Sisters’ policy changed.
However, in contrast to the Wichita group, Tulsa’s Big
Brothers Big Sisters has no "’across the board" ban on
Lesbians or Gay men acting as mentors. The group’s
spokesperson, Martha Desmond, Community Relations
Director, did note that the issue probably would come up
in the screening interview and would be shared with the
child’s parent. She said she was not aware of the issue
having arisen before. According to executive director,
John Jacobs, the agency’s overriding concern had to be
the best interest of the child, especially since most of the
children served by the program may already have
challenges which they face. Also, Jacobs stated that while
a parent might veto a potential mentor because he or she
is Gay, a parent, for obvious reasons, may also chose to
take into consideration matching race, or religion or a
nnmber of Other factors as well.
¯ Call me foolish or
[ naive if you llke, but I
¯ still hope {or
an Oklahoma that
¯ could stand up to any
¯
other state in our
nation in justice, in
equal opportunity, in
: decent education. I
¯ believe our people are
¯ up to it. I just wish we
¯
had leaders who were.
by Tom Neal, editor & publisher
A few years ago, my father and I prevailed upon Sen.
Don Nickles to meet with us about Gay &Lesbian issues,
and we trekked over to Oklahoma City one warm winter
day. We figured with one conservative Republ,ican and
one progressive Democrat, one straightman and one Gay
one, we were presenting a bipartisan view on civil rights
issues. We were scheduled for 15 minutes and gotnearly
-30..........
When all was said and
done, Oklahoma’s senior
senator, hardly surprisingly
had not changed his
mindone little iota, though
he was quite civil. All we
got out of the meeting was
the c~mpliment that "you
are a good spokesman for
your cause." Gee thanks.
So it’s not as though I
really thought any
constituent comment
made to his office would
make a difference, but
periodically I like to try to
bdieve in our American
democracy: that if you
have faith and speak the
truth, that eventually right will prevail, despite the ample
evidence ofmostofourhistory whereminority Americans
are involved, be we Black, Indian, Female or Gay, or any
combination thereof.
But after reading one or another bits of tripe from the
senator about the recess uomination by Pres. Clinton of
openly Gay ambassador James Hormel, I figured I should
at least not let Mr. Nickles believe that all Oklahomans
agreed with him.
I called. I left a~ message.
I didn’t think much more about it.
That was until I got a form letter from our senator
saying how he agreed withmy position and in which letter
proceeded to trash Hormel.
Obviously that was not my position.
Now mind you, this sort of inverse idiocy ~s just the sort
of thing we’ve come to expect from Oklalaoma’s jtmior
senator, Jim Inhofe, of pornographic office computer
fame. Sen. Inhofe, who sings the praises of private
enterprise although he’s lived off the public dole most of
his ilfe, ts reputed by thosein this town who should know.
not to be particularly bright. And I can say from first hand
experience, that he’s rude to constituents. So the simple
incomp.etence of getting a constituent’ s~position enurely
wrong is somewhat expected from his office.
But from Nickles, we should be able to expect a bit
more. But then again, I also still believe in democracy.
So of course, I called again to ask if it’s possible for
Nickles’ office to do better. Because surely, surely no
matter how much evil been done in this state in one way
or another, nothing could have been so bad that we
deserve two Inhofes!
Nickles" staff did begrudgingly ad~nit that maybe they
should have gotten it right. But they made the claim that
they really don’t have to represent all the c~tizens of
Oklahoma, that all Nic.kles has to .do is ,to represent
whatever he said in his campaign that gothim elected and
that was enough. So forget about whatever you may have
believed about representative democracy, about the need
for elected officials to find solutio~as for all their
constituents, it’s winner take all and the rest be damned.
I can’t believe that this approach is in our state or
nation’s best ~nterests. I believe that Americans and
Oklahomans in particular, are fair-minded people who
would respond to leaders who sought compromise and
consideration for all instead of the "leaders" wehave who
wallow in prejudice and bigotry to fill their campaign
coffers and get elected (mind you, I’m not picking just on
Republicans, too many Oklahoma Democrats are just as
bad, the only difference is Democrats just don’t talk as
dirty about you when they’re stabbing you in the back).
Call me foolish or naive if you like, but I hope for an
Oklahoma that could stand up to any other state in our
nation injustice, in equal opportunity, in decent education.
I believe our people are up to it.
I just wish we had leaders who were.
Colorado Springs Holds¯
Gay Pride Parade & Rally
COLORADO SPRINGS, Cold¯ (AP)-Two-year-old :
Kyle wore a T-shirt that said "I love my Gay ¯
mommies," and knows 25-year-old Jennifer "
Porterfield as "mommy" and 32-year-old Becky "
Lewton as "mama." Each year Porterfield gets a card ¯
on Mother’ s Day and Lewton gets breakfast in bed on
"Becky’s Day." "We’re no different than a straight "
family," Lewton says. "We argue about the same "
stuff. Believe me." . "
They were among.those p.articipating .in the. m,n,th "
annual Colorado Spnngs PrideFest parade and ratly, "
held on the last Sunday in August. At the end of the ¯
parade, police estimated between 3,500 and 4,500 ¯
people filled Acacia Park for a celebration sponsored "
by the Pikes Peak Gay &Lesbian Community Center. "
"We’reteachers. We’relawyers. We’reprofessional "
pa,,,,,l~" Lewton said. "(The oarade) is certainly not ¯
s’~xV’t~l thing, and thats"- wha’t people think it is."
About a dozen protesters, some holding placards i
and a couple of them carrying crosses; stood at one ¯
street comer as the parade passed. Police reported no ¯
problems.
The .rally capped a week that brought Gay.iss..ues
into the headlines in Colorado Springs, including
those triggeredby ameeting oftheNational Religious
Focus on the Family Christian ministry xor aueg y
"inflammatory" rhetoric about homosexuality.
Focus respondedonSundayin~tfull-pagenewspaper
ad that said its staff members who attended the
conference had hopes of establ}shing dialogue but
were blind-sided by the accusataon.
Focus, and the Christian Coalition of Colorado,
also had criticized Colorado Springs Mayor Mary
~Lou Makepeace for sigmng a proclamation
recognizing Gay-Pride week.
ButCity Councilman Richard Skorman marchedin
the parade and told the crowd at the park the mayor
would have faced controversy regardless of her
response to PrideFest organizers’ request for the
proclamation.
The banners in the parade heralded civil,rights
groups, support groups, Gay pageant winners and
Gay-friendly churches, includingFirstCongregational
Church, All Souls Unitarian Church and Pikes Peak
Metropolitan Community Church.
The handful of protesters staked out the no,rthw.e,st
comer of Platte Avenue and Tejon Street wlaere me
six-block parade terminated. Parade participants
occasionally taunted and blew kisses to the protesters
who called for the marchers to "’repent."
Missoula Gets First Gay
Community CenterAgain
MISSOULA (AP) - Wanting to show they’re "just
next-door people," volunteers will open a downtown
Gay and Lesbian community center here Wednesday¯
Founders of the Wes tern MontanaGay and Lesbian
Community Center have Seen raising money for the
project since last fall and now have about $19,000
from 50 paid members.
But finding an affordable rent in Missoula’ s visible
down~own axea wa.s ~ bigger challenge than raising
the money, supporters said. With a rent budget of
$800 a month and their goal focused on downtown,
themembers havebeencombing thereal-estate market
formonths:: ...... -, ’ -: - -’ ’-~. ":.
What they ended up with is a two-room office state
wi~ hardly=the room for a dance or even a public
lectfire. But it’s a start, said Cat Carrel, one of the
lcadera~pf the effort. ’qlais is a start-up space," she,,
said,"and itrsa good first start-up. Wecan get goln~.
Missoula last had a Gay and ,L~,,sbian commumty
~enter during the first half of the 80s, when the nowdefunct
organization."Out in Montana" hadoffices in
the Wilma Building in downtown Missoula. After 15
years without asocial and service-oriented center; the
town’ s Gays and Lesbians wanted aplace to meet that
was not a bar, said Randy Chancy, executive director
of the Missoula AIDS Council.
The center’s fledgling efforts had a wide variety of
allies, from student groups at the Uni~iersity of
Montana to several area churches. Early in the effort,
the center got a $1,000 grant from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. The money will go
toward a Healthy Lifestyles Program, which .will
include health and mental health support serwces,
stress reduction and education about sexually
transmitted infections.
The Gay Outdoors group, Gays and Straights
Together, and other organizations will also use the
community center as their headquarters.
’°I’he idea is to have our space available for other
groups, and to use our office for as a resource to bring
other groups together," said volunteer Casey Charles.
The group has also drawn a $5,000 grant from
Broadway Cares, a fund of ~the actors’ equity
organization inNew York. It willhelp starta speakers’
bureau and foster work on HIV prevention.
The center will have security measures in place, but
its members stress they’ve had no trouble with
opposition to the center.
OtherMontanacities have services forGay, Lesbian,
bisexual and transgender people, but the. closest
community centers are in Spokane and Boise.
The group is working on bylaws and hopes to have
a board of directors in place by the end of the year.
Utah Bans Unmarried
Foster Parents
OGDEN, Utah (AP) -The s tate Division of Child and
Fnmily Services has adopted apolicy to bannnmarried
couples from providing state-sponsored foster care.
The new policy, adopted Friday, August 27th, by a5-
2 vote by the DCFS board, defies standards set by the
Child Welfare League of America, a professional
association representing more than 1,000 voluntary
and public agencies.
Board chairman Scott Clark, the drivingforcebehind
the decision, said unmarried, unrelated adults living
together abuse children more often than married men
and women. "I read in the newspaperjust last night of
two cases in which boyfriends abused the children in
their girlfriends’ homes," Clark said.
In the past, Clark has also referred to Gay couples
- who, because they cannot m.ar~,,_, w!ll be b~ar~,e~,,
from fostercare-as contributing to gendercontusion
of children in their care.
Only twoboardmembers, Regnal GarffandVirgrnia
Higbee, opposed Clark’s recommendations. They
argued the new rule would narrow the field of foster
parents, who are already outnumbered nearly 2-to- 1
by children in state custody who need homes.
Garff, a retired juvenile court judge, also criticized
Clark’s example because neither of the cases sited
involved foster children. "I am relterating my
opposiuon to this whole thing.., that example is
poorly conceived and poorly argued," he said.
The changebrings matches similar state restncuons
¯
passed earlier this year for adoptive parents.
But groups like the Child Welfare League of
¯ America, the American Bar Association and the
¯ American Civil Liberties Union have opposed such
policies. Opponents say too many quesuons are left
¯ unanswered by the policy. For example, there is no
¯ provision for common-law marriages, which go into
¯¯ effect after seven 3,ears. And it is unclear if the rules
apply when an unrelated adult rents living space from
¯
a foster or adoptive paxent.
¯ The Child Welfare League is so staunch ih its
¯ opposition that the association recently sent DCFS Director Ken Patterson aletter asking its end°rsement
¯
be removed from the agency’s po!icy manual...Th,e
¯ board gwiftly a~ounrt0datedthat reituestb~removing
¯ thephrase that refers toDCFS policy as "in accordance
with the standards of the Child Welfare League of
¯ America."
¯ Gay Pastor’s Church
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¯ AMES, Iowa (AP) -Though technically an outcast in
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Steve
¯ Sabin’s ministry continues at Lord of Life Lutheran
Church.
The ELCA has removed Sabin from its roster of
] ministers because he has a Gay parmer. The church
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earlier this month voted to keep its ride requiring
homosexual ministers to remain celibate. "My call
right now is ministry at Lord of Life," Sabin said.
"I’m going to stop holdingmy breath for the ELCA to
come along."
When Sabin was.removed from the church’s list of
ordained ministers last year, the 150-member
congregation supported him. By keeping him as their
pastor, the congregation risks .expulsion from the
While Bishop Philip Hougen of the Southeastern
Iowa Synod said he is "uncomfortable" with Sabin as
Lord of Life’s minister, he has not asked the Synod
Council to expel the congregation. ’To remove them
in,order tomakesome sort ofpoint about purity seems
t0be~to benot worth the effort," Hougen said. "I don’t
want to cause any more pain."
At the Churchwide Assembly earlier this month in
Denver, ELCA leaders passed a resolution that
reaffirmed previous assembly statements that
committed the church to continuing discussion of the
issue of ordination of Gays and Lesbians. "How long
do you have to keep studying it?". Sabin asked last
week.
Sabin, who has two daughters, was ordained as a
minister in 1985 andbecame pastor at the Lord of Life
Church inAmes later that year. He was married at the
time, but the 10-year marriage ended i.n 1990. Sabin
began living with Karl von Uhi abont four years ago.
Former Lesbian Couple
Must Share Custody
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - A district judge has ordered
a former Lesbian couple to share custody of a 10-
year-old girl they raised, but ruled the youngster must
live in New York with her biological mother during
the school year.
Jefferson County DistrictJudge Christopher Munch
said he based the decision on what he considered the
best interests of the child. The youngster will spend
summers and school vacations in Colorado.
He noted she will be able to make friends and attend
a neighborhood school in Albany, but if she remains
in Colorado, she will have to commute daily from
Aurora to Jefferson County, rougtfly a ’40-mile round
trip, Munch said. "(Gift M) will be living in a race
middle-class, rural to suburban home with her morn
and stepdad," Munch said.
Thejudge emphasized that he did not consider the
past rdationship of the two women or their sexual
orientation when he made the decision.
Identifiedin court papers as "Gift M," the youngster
was raised by Leaune Bueker, her "psychological"
mother, and Kelly Cunningham, her bio1ogicat mother,
until the two women separated two years ago.
The womenwere awardedjoint custody in February
1998, but the arrangement became complicated when
Ms. Cunninghammarried Michael Naylor andmoved
to Albany. Ms. Bueker remains single. Mrs. Naylor
"was pleased with the decision. "The judge gave
appropriate (onsiderat~on to the facts and came up
with a. decision that was difficult to make," said
attorney Ron Litvak. Ms. Bucker declined comment.
Sen. Hatch Apologizes to
Blacks But Not To Gays
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Sen. Orrin Hatch said
Wednesday hehad been "inarticulate" and apologized
to NAACP officials for a statement in which he
compared Gay civil rights with black issues.
. The Utah Republican, who is a GOP presidential
candidate, came under fire earlier this month for
saying,"People of color can’t do anything about their
color." Hatch continued: "I do believe Gay people
have a choice to live within the legal rules or not.
That’s why we have civil-rights laws to protect
African-Americans from discrimination."
JeanettaWilliams, presidentof the SaltLakebranch
of the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, called Hatch’s remark "a poor
articulation of what he was trying to say."
Heather Barney, a Hatchspokeswoman, said Hatch
"apologized for being inarticulate." "He did note that
he was coming from a strictly legal perspective, that
there is judicial precedent that the courts have treated
race as distinct from sexual orientation, which is the
point h~ was making," Barney said.
Darin Hobbs of the Gay and Lesbian Political
Action Committee in Salt Lake said Hatch did the
right thing by apologizing to the NAACP. Next, he
saidHatch shouldapologize to Utah’s Gaycommunity.
"The senatoris unable to recognize the commonalities
between homophobiaandracism," Hobbs said. "Both
are bigotries rooted in fear and ignorance."
Williams and Edward J. Lewis, president of the
NAACP tri-state conference for Utah, Nevada and
Idaho, said they felt Hatch’s’apology was sincere.
They were scheduled to meet with Hatch at 1 p.m.
but di’dn’t arrive at his Salt~Lake office until-an hour
later. Hatch pushed back other meetings and talked
with them for 45 minutes. "The importance of this
meeting was we established a need to sit down and
have a dialogue with him," Lewis said.
Williams said she also discussed concerns about
Hatch’s voting record on civil-rights issues. She said
Hatch made no promises but agreed to consider the
NAACP’s views. Hatch and Sen. Bob Bennett, RUtah,
received F’s in the NAACP’s latest
congressional report cards.
Also, Bennett apologized to theNAACPfor saying
Texas Gov. George W. Bush would win the GOP
presidential nomination unless "some woman comes
forward, let’s say some black woman ~omes forward,
with an illegitimate child that he fathered."
Comparing the remarks by the two senators, Lewis’
said: "On,e, was more severe, but they were both in the
same pie.
Williams and Lewis said Hatch and his wife, Elaine,
are lifelong NAACPmembers. Hatch co-sponsored a
bill to award civil-rights pioneer Rosa Parks the
Congressional Gold Medal, whichis Congress’ highest
honor.
Barney said Hatch has enjoyed a good relationship
with the NAACP. "His door has always been open to
Jeanetta and the NAACP," she said. "They meet
regularly and he is proud of some of the things he has
been able to accomplish which benefit minority
communities in Utah."
Hatch has previously raised the ire of Gay civilrights
groups. In 1988, he called the Democratic Party
"’the party of homosexuals; they are the party of
abortion." InJune, he told delegates to the Republican
state convention they could be proud because "we
don’t have the Gays and Lesbians with us."
Gay Couple Murdered
After Recording Message
REDDING, California (AP) - Two brothers killed a
Gay couple after forcing them to record an answering
machine message saying they had suddenly become
ill and were leaving town for medical help, authorities
say. Benjamin Williams, 31, and James Willianas, 29,
could face the death penalty ifconvicted of murdering
Gary Matson, 50, and Winfield Mowder, 40. The men
were found shot to death in their bed July 1. in rural
Happy Valley near Redding, northeast of San
Francisco. The suspects have pleaded innocent.
According to the court documents, sheriff’s deputies
went to the victirrisr home after Matson’s relatives
thought the answering machine message sounded
forced and odd, and may have been someone else’s
voice. The message said the. victims were headed to
San Francisco to see "a specialist friend"for medical
help and would return "in about a week."
"Off the message, it’s evident that the person who
recorded themessageis under distress andwas possibly
forced to make the recording," officers said. In the
background, another voice can be heard saying, "just
calm down."
Based on information from Matson’s father and
brother, investigators said the message was recorded
"very dose" to the time of the slayings. Thedocuments
were unsealed following a legal challenge by several
news organizations.
Evidence in the brothers’ homes also allegedly
links themto the arson ofthree California synagogues.
Those fires caused more than $1 million in damages.
Authorities also found handouts from the World
Church of the Creator, a white supremacist group,
which preaches extreme racial and religious views.
AIDS Deaths
Decline
ATLANTA (AP) - Two years after
powerful new drugs brought a sharp drop
in AIDS deaths nationwide, new
government figures released today show
the declinein AIDS deaths slowed sharply
a year later. AIDS killed 17,047 people in
the United States last year - a decline of
20% from 1997. From 1996 to 1997, the
drop in deaths was a much more dramatic
42%, which health officials attributed to
the effectiveness of new drugs.
"As we anticipated, we are now seeing
the first signs ofa slowing in this trend,’"
said Dr. Helene Gayle, director of HIV
prevention for-the federal Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, said
during the National HIV Prevention
Conference. "In a period of only two
years, new combination therapies cut the
annual level of death in half," she said.
"But for the time being, it appears that
much of the benefit of these new therapies
has beenrealized." In 1995, 49,351 people
died from AIDS in the United States. By
1996, that dropped to 36,792, and the
number was down to 21,222 in 1997.
TheCDClisted several possible causes
for the slowdown in reductions of AIDS
deaths. Most people who know they have
HIV are already being treated, Gayle said.
Drug resistance among some AIDS
patients causes the treatment to fail, and
other patients fail to keep up with, the
complicatedjuggling of pills they,have to
take for the drugs to be effective. New
HIV infections in 1998 were estimated at
roughly 40,000 - a number that’ s held
steady for the past decade.
The CDC said AIDS continues to kill
blacks in higher numbers than other racial
groups. Blacks, who make up about 13%
of the population, accounted for 49% of
AIDS deaths in 1998. Thirty-two% of
deaths were among whites and Hispamcs
made up 18%. "In many ways, the story of
how well we do in HIV and AIDS will be
told by how well we do with the African-
American population," Gayle said.
The three-day conference, organized
by theCDCand 17 other agencies, features
2,000 scientists, doctors, researchers and
advocates addressing efforts to monitor
and prevent the spread of HIV, the virus
that causes AIDS.
Gayle and others opened the conference
by warning against complacency. "It’s
becoming increasingly difficult to get
people to pay attenuon to HIV prevention
and that in and of itsdf is a primary reason
for this conference," she said.
Since the 1980s, more than 300,000
have died of AIDS. The recent success of
some treatments have made some people
complacent about the disease. "Despite a
growing complacency about the need for
HIV prevention, HIV remains a serious
disease that is still very much with us and
there is a greater need for HIV prevention
today more than ever," she said.
Black Churches To
Step Up AIDS Fight
BOSTON (AP) - Local black religious
leaders plan tomeetwith state Department
of Public Health officials and members of
the AIDS Action Committee to discuss
ways to better educate their congregations
about the disease. The meeting, involving
26 black leaders, signals a change in the
black church’s approach to AIDS,
religious scholars and activists told the
Boston Globe.
They said the conservative theological
views about homosexuality, intravenous
drug use and premarital sex held by many
black religious leaders have led them to
shy away from the issue.
But leaders are now seeing they must
pay attention to the disease because of
their obligation to help people in need,
according to Pemissa Seele, founder of
the New York-based Balm in Gilead
ministry. The ministry raises AIDS and
HIV awareness among black
congregations nationwide. "Their
responsibility to save lives has nothing to
do with their theology on homosexuality
or sex outside marriage," Seele said.
"We’re talking about two different
apples."
In the Boston area, only about 90 of450
black churches promote HIV awareness,
the Globe reported. Meanwhile, blacks
account for 26% of all AIDS cases in
Massachusetts, though they make up only
6% of the population. Nationally, AIDS is
the leading cause of death for black men
and women ages 25 to 44.
Rev. Conley Hughes, pastor ofConcord
Baptist Church in Boston’s South End,
said thechurchcanbe apowerful influence
in the fight against AIDS because it has
historically been an institution blacks
could count on. Many blacks consider the
church society’ s most credible source of
authority, Hughes said.
Experts-Discuss
Vaccine Progress
BALTIMORE (AP) - Doctors and
scientists from 20 countries gathered in
Baltimore las t month for a conference to
. discuss progress made in the effort to find
an AIDS vaccine. The annual meeting,
which began years ago as an informal
gathering of Dr. Robert C. Gallo, codiscoverer
of the AIDS virus, and his
colleagues, has grown into one of the
largest AIDS conferences in the w6rld.
More-than 1,000 physicians, scientists
and others are expected to attend the
conference, hosted by Gallo and the
University of Maryland’s Institute of
Humafi Virology, which he directs. "It is
possible that the components for a
reasonably successful vaccine are almost
there, in our hands, but we don’ t know it
yet," Gallo told The(Baltimore) Sun. ’Tm
much more positively inclined than a year
or two ago." However, it could be years
before a vaccine is developed.
At the conference, Gallo expected one
of the more significant discussions to deal
withTat, or transactivating protein, which
is made by HIV. Researchers have found
that Tat plays akey role inHIV spreading.
"You can regard it as one of the missiles
from HIV infection that leads to the
problems in the immune system and
facilitates the virus’ spread," said Gallo,
who has done some of the work.
Researchers have -shown that
vaccinating monkeys against Tat lowers
the amount of the virus and lessens the
immune system’s impairment.
Gallo and his collaborators have tested
Tat in humans for safety, both as a
preventive vaccine and as a therapeutic
one. He said his group’ s strategy will be to
create a sort of vaccine cocktail, by
combining aninactivatedTatprotein with
another vaccine approach.
Over the past 10 years, more than 40
preventive AIDS vaccines have been
tested worldwide involving about 10,000
volunteers. Only oneAIDS vaccine, made
by the California company VaxGen, is
headed for the-testing stage that will
determine if it prevents HIV.
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medical centers around the world are
willing to transplant organs in HIVpositive
patients - a- controversial
procedure both in terms ofmedical success
and societal acceptance. But surgeons at
an international liver transplantation
conference saidmuch ofthat could change
as aggressive new therapies like the socalled
AIDS "cocktail" allow people
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"As far as I’m concerned, they’re all
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historical data from before patients were
checked for HIV infections. "’People think
we’re crazy for doing it," said Dr. John
Fung, head’of the Um~ersity ofPittsburgh
Medical Center’ s transplant center.
But early indications show that liver
transplantation is effective in reversing
the complications of end-stage organ
failure m some HIV-positive patients,
Fung said. He presented findings at the
conference on four HIV patients who
underwent the procedure between
September 1997 and March 1999. In all
the cases, the liver transplants reversed
the distinguishing characteristics of
chronic liver failure, including fluid
retention, muscle wasting, fatigue and
jaundice. HIV traces remained
undetectable with patients who continued
the drug combination with protease
inhibitor and none developedopportunistic
infections, Fung said.
Medical experts often question Fung
and others about the.use of scarce resources
- in this case, healthy human organs- and
the safety of surgeons operating on HIV
Calif. A! ow
Needle Exchange
SACRAMENTO,Calif. (AP)- Tryi:n~ to
slow the spread of AIDS, the Legislature
sent Gov. Gray Davis a,bill that would let
cities and counties setup n~dle-exchange
pro~s for ~g addicts. Cmwent state
law b~s such progrmns butfour CNifo~a
cities - Berkeley, Los Angeles, San
Fr~cisco and Santa Cruz - ~d M~n
County have adopted emergency
ordi~s ~lowing needle exchm~ges.
Davis’ office said the Democratic
governor has not taken a position on the
Nll, wNch passed the state Senate.
At le~t 15 o~er states have authorized
ne~e-exch~gepro~s,~ough~ere
~e exch~ge progr~s operating in more
th~ twi~ that m~y states, according to
AssemNy~vomanKe~ M~zoni’s office~
Supporters of her proposN sNd studies
have shown exchange progrmns redu~
the spread of the A IDS vires.
There lmve been atleast six o~erneedleexch~
ge bills intr~uced in ~ifo~a
since 1993. They either died in the
Legislature or were vetoed by then-
Repubti~ Gov. Pete Wilson.
infected patients in a procedure that
Chemist Gets $7 m.
For AIDS Research
NEW BRUNSWICK,’N.J. (AP) - A
Rutgers University chemist who helped
researchers study the most lethal part of
the AIDS virns will get nearly $7 million
in federal fnnds to continue his work. Dr.
Edward Arnold has won an award from
the National Institutes of Health that will
double federal suppor~ of his research.
The prize, called MERIT for Method ~o
Extend Research in Time, will extend his
funding from a five-year grant for $3.4
million to a grant spanning 10 years and
providing nearly $7 million.
His work is aimed at developing longerlasting
drugs to fight the deadly AIDS
virus. "The whole philosophy of research
is the more you know, the better chavce
you have to fight something," Arnold told
the East Brunswick Home News Tribune.
The new funding will aid his study of a
protein called reverse transcriptase, or
RT. The protein plays a key role in the
virus’ early life cycle, giving itinsm~ctions
to duplicate its deadly properties. It is the
involves a lot of blood . . molecule targeted by anti-AIDS drugs
S0cietallv sorn0 ~o,,~,i,~ ,~;.J ~,.,, ¯ includingAZT, DDI, Nevirapineand3TC.
whether org~a~s sho~d~’tiao~’~ : The virus colnmonly mutates so quickly
lifestyle choices may have led to their " that it becomes irmnune to drugs. Arnold
infection, said the doctors, who prefer that
medical reasons determine who gets a
transplant.
Recently, the University of California
in San Francisco received a $1 million
grant to perform transplants on HIV
patients. The state money will fund
transplants for 10 people, and doctors
hope the information will help build a
database to determine if the operation can
be a medical success in HIV patients. "I
think there is a great deal of trepidation in
the medical community, and I don’ t think
it’s ill-founded at all," said Peter Stock,
associate professor of surgery at UCSF.
"We have to be very cautious."
While some insurance companies in the
." is trying to devise a way to see what drug
resistance looks like. Heis mapping three-
. dimensional pictures of the RT protein,
_" getting a look at its detailed atomic
" structure. Such views can help researchers
¯ see how the virus interacts with" drugs.
". "We need to understand how drugs can
¯ fail," Arnold said. "If we can do that, we
- can be more aware of how to design them
.* - how to avoid those hurdles."
¯ His work first gained prominence in
1992 when he and others created a threedimensional
computer model of the RT
protein. Arnold’ s workis also focusing on
the design and development of an AIDS
vaccine, something that has eluded
researchers thus far.
J
by James Christjohn
TFN entertainment writer
Hey there, hi there; ho there! Whereho?
There ho? Who you callin’ a ho? Sorry,
just had to. Something about Disney
inspires that kind of mania, especially
after having lived with a Beast for so long.
(editor’s note: aren ’tlucky
the Beast is occasionally
quitefor-bearing?)
Speaking of beasts,
Beauty and the Beast is
here! They’ve been
building sets, chopping
sets, recreating and creating
costumes for a month
now, working 15 hour
days[ And it looks to be
faaaabulous ! Especially
those moving pillars., I
LOVE those moving
pillars t There’s just something
so intrinsically...
phallic about moving
pillars ! I want somefor my.
house! Really the- magic
begins September 7 and
runs through the 19. And
the conductorand assistant
conductor, James and Brent, are very
handsome and char~i,"ng men, so say hi if
you can when they re out on ~e town!
Call 596-7111 for tix.
Lynn Flewdling has written one of the
best series of Gay fantasy novels to come
along since Mercedes Lackey’s "Last
Herald Mage" trilogy. "Luck in the
Shadows", which I’ve written of before;
"Stalking Darkness", and the just out
"Traitor’s Moon" follows the trail of
intrigue and romance of Seregil and Alec,
the main protagonists.
I recommendthe books highly to anyone
¯ with or without an interest in the genre.
They have everything: magic, intrigue,
romance, murder, and just about
everything else you can think of, in a
artistically perfect package. The events
and characters are such that you hate the
book to end, and the characters stay with
I wondered ff the
average fantas~ r~.a+der
would follow that far
- they have, and
¢ladly for
the most part.
I eet letters from
straiCht Curs
sayln~ essentially
"I shouldn’t be ok with
t~s, but I amP’...
Others ~ve sald it
made it ~sler to talk
~th Gay relatives.
youlong after the lastpage
is turned.
~Lynn was gracious
enoughto spare some time
for some questions while
working on the new book,
"The Bone Doll’s Twin:"
JC: I have enjoyed the
Nightrunner series. Your
characters are so welldrawn,
that theyseem real
enough to wonder what
they’re up to long after the
book isfinished.
LF: I’m so glad to hear
that the story and the
characters work for you.
That’s high praise indeed.
That’s how I feel about
my favorite books.
JC: What inspired you
to write these characters
as "Gay" men (Seregil & Alec, the
protagohists) ?
LF: Well, as I recall, I wanted to create
"a hero that challenged the stereotypical
molds set by Eddings. or Jordan (well
known fantasy writers). Hence his
profession and methods. The Gay part -
not: sure. Partly the mold breaking, bu~
mostly just how he wanted to be. Perhaps
he’s my animus? Whatever the case, the
characterjust cameout that way and I love
him. Alec was more ofa conscious choice.
I could see where it was all headed,
see Fantasy, p. 14
by.TFN staff
As we move into the fall, Oklahoma’s
arts calendar is increasingly busy. On
Sept. 11, at 8pm at Holland Hall’ s Branch
Theatre, Richard Gere Productions, the
Loseling Institute and Unity Church of
Christianity and Unity Center of Tulsa
present "The Mystical Arts of Tibet"
featuring the Drepung Loseling Monks.
This group ofmonks have performed with
composer Phillip Glass, and performers
such as Paul Simon, Natalie Merchant,
the Beastie Boys and others. For tickets,
call 582-6624 or 749-8833.
Already open at Gilcrease is an exhibit
of Inuit artwhich will be shownuntil Nov.
7th. The .works, which include sculpture,
prints and tapestries, draw on a private
collection which has never before been
publicly exhibited. Pieces from
Gilcrease’s-collection will complement
the exhibit. Gilcrease anthropology
curator, Jason Jackson, suggested that
these works will appeal to those who
appreciate traditional Native American
art as well as those who like modem art
coming outofwestern Europeantmditions.
hffo: 596-2700.
Local youth activist Emily Sizemore is
one of the organizers of Arts for AIDS, an
event scheduled for Sept. 25th. They are
looking for singers, other musicians,
writers, actors, visual artists, etc. If
interestedinparlicipating, please call 361-
1000.
That same evening, the Tulsa
Philharmonic will open see Arts, p. 14
"It’s Elementary"
Tolerance Film Provokes Debate
CHICAGO/TULSA (AP/TFN) - Thirdgraders
in New York debate the idea of
Gay mamage. Storytime for first- and
second-graders ata school in Cambridge,
Mass., includes the book "Asha’ s Mums"
about a little girl who has two Lesbian
mothers. Eighth-graders in San Francisco
fire questions at a Gay man and Lesbian
who visit their classroom. All areexcerpts
from a controversial documentary, "It’s
Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues In
School," which first caused a stir when
several public television stations decided
to air it this summer.
Now it’s being used by many schrol
districts nationwide as a training tool for
teachers, most recently in Chicago -
unifying what some say is a growing
move to incorporate Gay and Lesbian
issues into curriculum, from elementary
to high school.
Critics say talkabout suchissues belongs
at home. But others say it’s a matter of
dealing with issues that students already
see every day innewspapers,ontelevision,
in movies - and maybe even in their own
communities or classrooms.
"Both schools and families have to
address the issue somehow because it’s
there - and it’s not going back into the
closet," says Tony D’Augelli, a
psychologist at Penn State’s College of
Health and Human Development who
studies Gay youth ~sues. see Elem.,p.15
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~ SUNDAYS
Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Community of Hope (Welcoming), Service ~ 6pro, 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Service - 1 lam, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595 (Welcoming)
Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist
Sbiviee - t 1am, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-13 I4
Metropolitan Community Church United
Service, llam, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc~
Sunday School - 9.’45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210b So. Norwood
Parish Church of St. Jerome (Evangelical Anglican Church in America)
Mass --11am, 205 W. King (east of N. Denver), Info: 582-3088
Unity Church of Christianity
Services: 9:15 & 11:00 am, 3355 S. Jamestown, 749-8833
University of Tulsa Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance
6:30 pm, Meets at the Canterbury Ctr., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
~ MONDAYS
Mixed Volleyball, Helmerich Park, 71st & .Riverside, 6pm, call Shawn at 243-5190.
HIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appointment required.
Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm, 834-TEST (8378) 3501 E. Admiral (east of Harvard)
HIV Rap Sessions at Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
7:30pm. 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays
2nd Mon]each mo. 6:30pm, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard
Women/Children & AIDS Committee, call for meeting date, noon, 585-5551
Council Oak Men’s Chorale, rehearsals - call for times, info: 585-COMC (2662)
~ TUESDAYS
AIDS Coalition of Tulsa, call for next meeting date. 1430 S. Boulder, 585-5551
Live And Let Live, Community of Hope United Methodist, 7:30pm, 2545 S. Yale
Multicultural AIDS Coalition, call for next meeting date.
Urban League, 240 East Apache, 584-0001
PrimeTimers, mens group, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
Coming Out Support Group (TOHR/HOPE)
Tuesdays, 6 pro, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, info: 743-4297
~ WEDNESDAYS
Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center
Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Service - 7pm, 3210b So. Norwood
Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group, more information, call 582-7225
TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for info: 595-7632.
Lambda A-A, 7 pro, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
~" THURSDAYS
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education
Anonymous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pro 834-8378, 3507 E. Admiral
Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN)
¯ Support/social group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-232.5
Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS, Info: 834-4194
~" FRIDAYS
SafeHaven, Young Adul{s Social Group, 1 st Fri/each mo. 8pm, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th
~" SATURDAYS
Narcotics Anonymous, 11 pm, Community of Hope,1703 E. 2nd, Info: .585-1800
Lambda A-A, 6 pro, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
I~" OTHER GROUPS
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 298-0827
Gal-A-Vanting, Womens Social & Cultural Group
Call for info: Kathy at 322-6322, or Barb at 459-6825.
OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organization. Long rides & short rides from
Zeigler Park. Long & ~hort rides from Tulsa Gay Community Center. Write for info:
POB 9165, Tulsa, OK 74157
Ifyour organization is not listed, please let us know. Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615.
Associated Press - Your lawn crunches ¯
like potato chips.when you walk on it..
Even your older trees are showing stress. :
Although you mightbe tempted to coddle _"
your plants, you can kill them with too ¯
muchkindness, say experts inPenn State’ s :
College of Agricultural Sciences. *-
"Pruning, fertilizing and
watering can fool plants.into
thinking it’s springtime and
trigger new growth," said
Robert Nuss, professor of
ornamental horticulture. "New
growth won’t have time to
mature before the frost. Not
only will you kill it, but you’ll
use up next year’s buds."
"If you have a landscape
contractor or arborist do your
work, there’s only so much
they’ll want to do during a
drought," said Rick Johnson,
associate extension agent in
Delaware County. "Since
normal plant care practices
might be harmful under
drought conditions, under-
"Focus your
water~ng-efforts
on plants you
~n do
some~blng about,
llke ornamentals,"
ke added.
"With lawns, it’s
just a waiting
game until the
rMn and cool
w~ther return."
stand that these contractors may advise
against them."
Nuss and others offer some specific
suggestions. "Grasses gO into a semidormant
state and become vulnerable
when it’s dry," said Peter Landschoot,
associate professor of turfgrass science.
"Now that the water’s been turned off,
you should limit activities and traffic on
lawns as much as .possible. Come
September (October in Oklahoma) - if
we get rain and cooler weather- you can
fertilize and overseedto getsomerecovery.
Ifwe don’t get enough rain in September,
wait tmtil next spring to oversee&’"
"Focns your watering efforts on plants
you can do something about, like
ornaments," he added¯ "With lawns, it’s
just a waiting game until the rain and cool
weather return.’"
"Pruning’s a gamble," said Nuss. "If
you’re sure the parts are dead - if they’re
brittle and dry - go ahead and cut back to
the live tissue. This will promote some
healing and help the plants aesthetically.
Butremember, ffweget somerain,proning
can trigger growth in the buds."
"Fertilizers are salts - even organic
materials such as manure -and salts can
bum roots," Nuss said. "If you want to
give plants nutrients, wait until October
(late November or December here) when
they’re fully dormant."
"Watering is key for woody plants,"
Nuss said. "When the top 1-11/2 inches of
soil are dry, water down to 8-10 inches -
to the root zone," he said. "You can
accompllsh~ this by dire~t, slow watering.
Trickle water on very slowly so it soaks
into the soil, with no rtmoff. Also, when
you water at night, you lose less to
evapOration."
But watering has its dangers. "If you
overwater in areas with heavy soil or slow
drainage, you can saturate the root zone
and force out the air," Nuss says. "This
can suffocate the roots and kill them."
Whenroots die, you’ll _see top wilting in
¯ the plant, Nnss says. "Mostpeopleinterpret
this as a lack of water, add even more and
aggravate the problem. After watering,
most plants should recover overnight. But
if the plant remains wilted, you may have
root damage from overwatering."
For new plantings, Nuss recommends
keeping the initial root ball moist. "Water
bevond the planting hole, not just at the
base of the plant," he said. "That way, you
don’t drown the roots, and new roots have
moist soil to move ~nto."
Mulching is the next best solution to
watering, Nuss says. "But be sure to water
under mulch, not on top of it. It takes at
least an inch ofrain to get through organic
mulch." In extreme conditions,
Nuss said covering the
soil surface with black plastic
will retain extra moisture.
"You.can hide the plastic with
organic mulch," he says.
To supplement watering, use
gray water (from such uses as
cooking and the laundry rinse
cycle) on ornamentals, Nuss
said. "But move from tree to
tree soyoudilute it. Also, don’t
use water that contains
chlorine bleaches or laundry
softeners. For health reasons,
don’t use gray water on leafy
vegetables or root vegetables.
"With a drought this serious,
I’d focus watering on highvalue
plants and shrubs," Nuss
¯ said. "Savefresh waterforyour vegetables,
¯ use gray water on the ornamentals, and
¯
don’t water your flowers. Flowers are
¯ going to die with the. first frost anyway."
"Droughts have a negative effect on
¯
most insect and mite pests that attack
: landscape plants," says Greg Hoover,
extension entomologist. "Because of last
year’ s drought, forinstanee, wehavefewer
adult Japanese beetles this year, and
probably will see even fewer next year."
But hot, dry weatherfavors two different
groups of insect and mite pests. "Woodboring
insects successfully attack trees
and shrubs that are stressed," Hoover said.
"If you don’t have water restrictions, the
bes~ thing you can do for woody plants is
water them. Supplement watering with
rainfall collected in buckets or barrels, or
water from dehumidifiers."
"The two-spotted spider~mite, acommon
pest on garden and landscape plants, also
thrives in hot, dry weather," Hoover said.
"The winged euonymus - what some
people call ’burning bush’ -is particularly
vulnerable. When indicated, use an
appropriate miticide on infested plants."
Hooverrecorfimends using wetpowder
insecticide formulations. ’q’hey’re less
likely to damage plant tissues during hot,
dry Weather when used according to label
directions."
whenjustice is not served. We need to be
able to appeal to a higher authority’when
localities and states do not-for whatever
reason- fully investigate and prosecute a
hate crime. On behalf of hate crimes
victims everywhere, I urge Congress to
pass the Hate Crimes Prevention Act."
On" added, "we were targeted because of
who we are, not for any other reason...
they were trying to send a message that
"our kind’ are not welcome in Tulsa and
deserve to be beaten or die. It is time to
send a message that what is not welcome
are hate crimes."
Under current law, a hate crime can be
federally prosecuted only if the victim is
targeted on the basis of race, religion,
color or national origin, while on federal
property or while exercising a federally
protectedright, such as vodng or attending
school: see Congress, p. 11
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Thelazy, unbearably hot days of summer ¯ paint is actually a blessing. You have
arewaning, andwiththemuchanticipated ~ options at this point: either follow your
coolness returns the inclination to sit DIYD’s safety procedures and use an
outside, to see and be seen. And wouldn’t ," abrasive wheel on your drill to work off
you like to be seen as hip and
beyond cool in your authentic,
retro and increasingly collectiblelawnfurniture?
Ofcourse
you would. It’s a great
complement to your authentic
Hawaiian shirt and kicky
cocktail or iced tea glasses. Be
fabulous to the hilt, darlings,
or stay at home!
Fortunately, not everyone
has tumbled onto the fact that
those steel lawn chairs that,
until ten years ago, decorated
many a grandma’s porch or
front lawn are highly
collectible. And they
comfortable and easy t~o
maintain. Garage sales andthe
more junky variety of antique
stores can still offer a bargain;
where you might pick up a
rocker or glider for as little as
five to fifteen dollars.
Otherwise, prepare to pay
upwards of thirty dollars. Your DIYD
know what she’ll choose! Economize on
the chairs and tempt a sweet lady with a
lovely cocktail and still have change.
Yours is a most practical, yet romantic,
DIYD!
.Check some of the basics out when
buying a chair. Water and rust tend to
congregate in certain places. Checkriveted
areas as well as the runners that contact
the ground for excessive rust. Stay away
from anything that is too rotten or any
spots that look like the metal has started to
buckle and pinch. There’s a proper time
and place for buckles and pinches, but it’s
not on your lawn furniture. Or perhaps it
will be...
Minor rust holes on the runners are not
unusual as long as the runner is still
relatively strong. Find that welder and
have a new half round piece welded on for
about fivedollars, unless you know ofone
who can sit with you on your soon-to-beseductive
glider. Quid pro quo can be so
entertaining.
Paint removal can be a real chore.
the rust and paint (trust your
¯.. The palntln~ DIYD on this one: it isn’t
anything like a big vibrator.
is where you e.an Jollies are definitely limited);
really express or take it down to the friendly
yourselves with Dip ’n Strip furniture
refinisher and pay a modest
color, color, color! stun to have it done for you.
Go wild with The DIYD strongly recommends
the latter, if only for
those hold colors the reason that people tendeo
- it pays to fo paint these chairs with leadbased
paints, and inhaling the
advertise! dust is quite dangerous.
Or irritate l~he Got most of that loose paint
and rust off now? Oh, you’re
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hot pink that remember from painting our
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The Hate Crimes Prevention Act would
address these limitations by allowing
federal involvement when necessary and
thereby helping to forge and strengthen a
lasting partnership between state and
federal law enforcement officials m
fighting hate crimes. The Hate Crimes
Prevention Act limits the federal
governrnent’ sjurisdiction to only themost
serious violent .crimes directed at persons,
not property crimes.
Lead House sponsors ofthe Hate Crimes
Prevention Act are Reps.. John Conyers,
D-Mich; Mictiael Forbes, D-N.Y.; Connie
Morella, R-Md;TammyBaldwin, D-Wis.;
and House Minority Leader Richard
Gephardt, D-Mo. The Hate Crimes
Prevention Act was passed by the Senate
this summer as an amendment to the
Commerce, State, Justice Appropriations
Bill. President Clinton has-promised to
sign HCPA into law if it is passed by
¯
¯ Congress.
This bill would allow states with
inadequate resources to take advantage of
¯ Department of Justice resources and
personnel in limited cases that have been
¯ authorized by the Attorney General. The
Hate Crimes Prevention Act has broad
¯ bipartisan backing and support from
notable law enforcement agencies and
state and local leaders, including 22 state
¯ attorneys general, the National Sheriff’s
¯ Association, President Bush’s former
Attorney General Dick Thoruburgh, the
Police Foundation and the U.S.
¯ Conference of Mayors.
¯ Hate.crimes basedon sexual orientation
were up 8% in 1997, according to the
¯ latest FBI statistics. Sexual orientation
," was the third highest category of hate
¯ crimes behind race and religion and
¯ represented 14% of all hate crimes
¯ reported. Currently, hate crimes
¯ monitoring and enforcement consists of a ¯
patchwork of laws that offer citizens
¯ varying see Congress, p. 12
by Esther Rothblum, Ph.D. get cervical cancer." Two women even
Dr. Sue Wilkinson is currently reported that they were considered
conducting the first national survey of "virgins" by the medical profession
Lesbian health in the United Kingdom because they had had sex withwomen but
with doctoral student Julie Fish. The" not with men!
survey managed to contact Lesbians in But the pap smear is not a comfoitable
almost every postal district of the United procedure for many women, and may be
Kingdom, from the southern particularly painful, uncomtip
of England to the islands Cervical cancer fortable, unusual or trauoff
northern Scotland. Over. appears to l~e matizing for Lesbians. 38% of
1,000 Lesbians answered the Lesbians in the U.K. study
questionnaire, which focused .connected. with reported .that they. had never
on breast cancer, mammo- sexual activity, had a cervical smear for this
grams, breast self-exam, particularly reason. One Lesbian reported
cervical cancer, and pap that she viewed a speculum as
staears, penetrative sex "a huge metal crocodile."
I recently spoke with Sue wlt]~men. Tl~is Othershadheardhorrorstories
about the early results of this . from friends and partners that
studY, Which focus oncervica1 Is why Lesi~ians the procedure was aversive,
screemng. Unlike many lmve traditionally humiliating, or painful.
cancers, cervical cancer has ]~een vlewed as Finally,, Lesbians raised
an early warning stage, with questions about havingamale
abnormal cells present. This is at low rls]~ for health provider "pokingwhy
women are told to have cervical cancer, around in my body,"
regular pap smears (or cervical specifically, in the vagina. Or
smears, as they’re called in the.
But Lesglans
they were concerned that the
U.K.). may lmve ]~ad health care provider con-
SueandJuliefoundthat 12% sex with men ducting the procedure would
of Lesbians eligible for result in questions about their
cervical screening had previously, and/ sexual activity or would
NEVERhadapap:mear.This or t]aey may ]~e assume they were heterois
higher than comparable U.S. sexual.
figures of 5% found by the ha’~cln~ sex with This important study raises
National Lesbian Health Care men evenw]a~le some questions about cervical
smears. DoLesbians whohave
However,Surveiynthisthefiguremid-19lo80w’Se.isr eallln~ t]aemselves
neverhadintercourseneedpap
than that of 17% for women in Lesl~ans. smears at all, or need pap
the general U.K. population Cervical cancer smears less often? How can
who report never having had a
cervical smear. What is is not well
pap smears be performed in a
matter that is more positive
surprising about these low understood, so for Lesbians?
figures for womenin the U.K.
ineludin~
is that the U.K. has national Fish can be contacted at the
women, Sue Wilkinson and Julie
health service. Pap smears are Lesl~ians, may l~e Department of Social
free, and women receive a at rls]~ for other Sciences, Loughborough
reminder letter every five
years,withtwoorthreefollow- reasons unrelated
University, Loughborough
LE11 3TU United Kingdom.
uplettersiftheydon’tcomein tosexualaetlvity. - Esther Rothblum is
for the pap sinear, Professor ofPsychology at the
When Sue andJulieexaminedLesbians’ ¯ University of Vermont and Editor of the
written comments about cervical Journal of Lesbian Studies. She can be
screening, they found that one reason for " reached at John Dewey Hall, University
non-attendance was lack of time. "But " of Vermont, Burlington, VT. E-maih
apart from that, it looks as though the two ¯ esther.rothblum@uvm.edu.
main categories of response are-that "
Lesbians feel they don’t need a smear and °
secondly, negative aspects of the ¯
procedure," said Sue, "they imagine the "
procedurewillbepainful,orembarrassing, ° levels of legal protection depending on
or thatthey will encounterheterosexism." where they live. Twenty-two states and
Cervicalcancerappearstobeconnected " the District of Columbia have hate crimes
with sexual activity, particularly " laws that include sexual orientation.
penetrative sex with men. This is why ¯ Twentystateshavelawsthatdonotinclude
Lesbians have traditionally been viewed- ¯ sexual orientation. Eight states have no
as at low risk for cervical cancer. But " hate crimes laws at all.
Lesbians may have had sex with men ¯ SpeakingwithTFN, Orr&Beauchamp
previously, and/or they may be having ¯ expressed their disappointment with how
sex with men even while calling Tulsa district attorney staff members
themselves Lesbians. " handled theprosecution of their attackers.
Cervical cancer is not wall understood, ° They indicated that had Orr not had
so women, including Lesbians, may be at ¯ .professional experience as a journalist,
risk for other reasons unrelated to sexual : specifically covering crime stories, they
activity, In the U.K. study, about 40% of : likely would have given up in frustration
Lesbians felt they did not need a cervical : while trying to get information abouthow
screen because they had never had ¯ the case was going. Their perception
intercourse. Many Lesbians wrote that : remains that Tulsa DA considered the
they had specifically been told this by a " assault to unimportant because they are
doctor or nurse. Examples of this were: : Gay men.
’¢I’he doctor has decided that I do not ¯ Orr noted that finally they contacted
require one as I am a Lesbian and have " Susan Ellerbach, managing editor of The
never had a sexual relationship with a : T.ulsaWorld, andthatoulyafterTheWorM
man," or "the nurse informed methat it : wrote about their experience, and having
was virtually unheard of for a Lesbian to to out himself see Congress, p. 13
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My lawn is wilting. So are a lot of my
friends’ relationships. Maybe it’s the
wicked summer heat that makes people
touchy and irritable. Recent casual gossip ¯
nearly broke up my friend Shawn and his ".
lover. The boyfriend walked when he ¯
heard stories of Shawn’s previous exploits. ¯
Emotionally, he couldn’t handle knowledgeofhis
lover’s onetimerelations with :
other guys.
We’ve got a name for that emotion: ¯
sexual jealousy. Shawn’s
tmhappiness prompted me to
think about the green emotion.
Jealous feelings, and their
sorry consequences, are an
endlessly fascinating motif in
popular novel and film.
Besides, most of us have
experienced jealously in
person. We’ve learned to use
the word to label a peculiar
mental state and aching body
sensation sparked by our love
interests.
The word has been around
for years. English speakers of
the 12th century borrowed
’jealousy’ from Old French.
And those speakers on the
continent previously had
adopteditfrom the Latinzelus,
derived from the even more
ancient Greek zelos, that
originally m,,eant something
like ardor or "fervor."
Jealousy andzeal-andjealous
and zealot - are linguistic
cousins, all derived from the
samerootconceptofemotional
upheaval and intensity.
Jealousy’ s deep cultural and
linguistic roots indicate the
popularreachofboth emotion andconcept.
We use a language of jealousy to
understand why Shawn’s boyfriend
dumped him. Whose lips were kissing
Shawn before his? Whose arms had
already held that waist? Yet,
anthropologists debate the facts ofhuman
emotion. Can we say that there are
emotions that we all feel because we are
human? If so, which ones? Love, hate,
happiness, sadness, fear, anger? Are there
other emotions that people in one culture
cultivate and learn to feel thatareunknown
or less important m other societies? Just
how normal - and how universal - are
feelings such as sexual jealousy?
Those anthropologists of the
sociobiological persuasion often figure
that jealousy ~s indeed a human universal
¯ with an adaptive function. Men are never
completely sure that the baby a woman
carries is theirs. Jealousy works = so goes
the story - to motivatemen to police their
women in order to better the odds that
the.y have fathered her babies. An),
easygoing man withdut Some yet~to-beidentified
gene for.jealousy would have
contributed less to thehuman gene pool in
that he may not have fathered the children
he thought he did.
Butwhatof women?They always know
that they are the mothers of their children,
so what should they care if the guys mess
around elsewhere? Andwhat of Shawn?
It’s unlikely thathis boyfriendwas jealous
because of evoluationary womes that a
rival would make him pregnant.
We could argue that our bodies have an
inbnilt heritage of emotions, includln.
jealously, nomatterwho arelovers happen
to be. Still, other anthropologists argue
that our body feelings are only half the
story. The other half - perhaps the more
important half - is the way we have of
labeling, understanding, and talking about
those feelings. We sense a rush of
chemicals through our brains and body,
butwe can’tknow what is happening to us
until we put these feelings into words.
Anddifficult cultures have different ways
of.classifying and interpreting those same
chemical flushes.
anthropologists
debate the facts
ofhuman emotion.
Can we say that
emotions that we
all feel because
we are human?
If so, whleh ones?
Love, bate,
bappiness,
sadness, f~r,
anger?
Are there other
emotions that
people in one
culture eultlvate
and learn to feel
that are
unknown or less
important in
other soeieties?
You may have heard of the
German emotion
schadenfreude - which is
pleasurefelt atsomeoneelse’ s
misfortune. Many of us also
take pleasure from other’s
misfortunes, but English has
nowordthat specifically labds
this twisted enjoyment. Does
this lin,g,nistic gap mean that
wedon t sense this pleasure as
deeply as do Germans?
And even if jealousy is a
human universal, it may be
that some ofus experience the
feeling more intensely. Gore
Vidal reports in his
autobiography Palimpsestthat
he and his lover never have
sex. This he finds this on the
street. His "lover," instead,
provides breakfast
conversation and other forms
of sexless companionship.
Clearly, many couples have
created similar "open"
relationships inwhich they are
able to at least mute any
feelings of sexual jealousy,
Some occasionally have
campaigned to open up all
relationships.
During the 1960s, many
: preached and sometimes practiced "free
love."They hopedto stifle sexualjealousy
¯ in order to rework the economy of
¯ relationships. No one was meant to own
¯
anyone else. No one ought get jealous.
Sex was healthy recreation, freedom, even
¯¯ spiritual; jealousy was wrongly
possessive, limiting, and neurotic.
¯ It was no dice, though. For most of us,
¯ jealousy remains the flip side of love- or
of love American-style anyway. The
¯
babyboomers failed to stamp outjealousy
¯ because they could not remake the
¯ associated emotion of love. It remains ¯
¯ might) hard to love and not get jealous. If
you don’t feel jealous, can you really be in
love? It is plausible that humans in other
¯ places and at other times have experienced
¯ and understood the body flashes that we
] call jealousy in various ways. But around
¯ here, don’t let me catch you messing
¯ around!
Lamont Lindstrom teaches anthro-
¯ pology at the University of Tulsai:
¯ profesgionally, did local law enford~ment;
¯ take the casemore seriously. SpecifiCally, ¯
two of their assailants had not been made
: to perform their sentences whichinduded
community service and a fine to the court.
¯ Orr and Beauchamp also stated that it is
¯
typical in assaults of this type for the
~ victims to receive compensation for their
¯ losses due to the assault, and that they ¯
specifically requested compensationfrom
¯ theDistrictAttomeys, see Congress, p.14
butwonderedifthe averagefantasy reader
would follow that far - they have, and
gladly for the most part.
I get letters from straight guys saying
essentially "I shouldn’t be ok with this,
but I am!" even if it makes them a little
uncomfortable any-way. Others have said
it made it easier to talk with Gay relatives.
Ifmy stories have anysocial value, perhaps
it’s .that. Mostly, I just follow my muse
where~she leads and hope it works.
JC: Andhow haveyou managed to do it
so well?
LF: Love is love.
JC:Andhow doyou keep trackofall the
.intrigues? My head is spinningfrom what
l’ve gotten through in "Traitor’s Moon!"
LF: Copious notes and charts on the
wall. I see that Bantam (though they cut
my glossary, now available on.my web
page) left a blank page at the ends. I hope
people will use it for notes, like I did
reading "Trainspotting." The next book,
’‘The Bone Doll’s Twin" goes back in
history to one of the. Skalan queens, but
there will bemoreNightnmners, too. A&S
are already prowling restlessly about my
brain, hungry for more work.
JC: 1 understand you’re appearing at
Gaylaxicon, a sci-fi convention for Gay
and Lesbian fans of the genre in
Alexandria, Virginia.
LF: Gaylaxicon promises to be a lot of
fun. I’ve had a lot of contact with the
organizers and they are simply the best
I’ve ever dealt with. Hope to teach a
writing workshop forthemwhile I’m there.
JC." Have you heard of Loreena
McKennitt? Her music and appearance
reminds me ofsome ofyour "aurenfaie"
characters.
LF: Aurenfaie? I’ll claim her. "Mask
and Mirror" is my personal favorite of all
her disks. My husband is a great fan of
female vocalists and has amassed quite a
collection, which I dip into. (My tastes
seem torunmore to GeorgeThoroughgood
and Melissa Etheridge a lot of the time,
along with someLeonardCohen and Rufus
Wainwright, a new discovery.)
JC: Andon thatmusical note, l ’d like to
say thank you to Lynnfor sharing some of
her inspirations, writings, and - methods
behind the madness’ with us.
!ts 51 st season wiihpianist John Browning
m a program featuring Brahms,
Tchaikovsky and Berlioz. Prior to the
concert at 7pm, long time radio man and
the voice of the OK Mozart Festival
(Simon Estes - he’s the bestest!) Edward
Dumit will lead "Musical Moments" a
pre-concert discussion. For more
information, call the Phil at 747-7445.
Also at the end of Sept. Heller Theatre,
one of Tulsa’s theatre companies that
actually interested in newer works (as
opposed-to recycling the same old stuff,
again and again and again), are presenting
"Dallas to LaGuardia R.T." on Sept. 23-
25 and Sept.. 30-OcL 2, a play about a
couple that misses a flight and winds up
invited to stay .over with complete
strangers. Later in Oct. Heller will present
"Fortinbras" revisiting Hamlet in a
contemporary political context.
Early in Oct. the Oklahoma Center for
Poets and Writers presents its Celebration
of Books on Oct. 1-2 at OSU-Tulsa with
a remarkable assemblage of artists, even
including some Gay ones. Some names
include Michael Wallis, William
¯¯ Bernhardt,GuyLogsdgn,CliftonTaulbert,
Eddie Faye Gates, C.J. Cherryh, Rich
¯ Fisher and folksinger Michael Martin
." Murphey. Info: 594-8215.
¯ Alsoin Oct. the Performing Arts Center
Trust presents Sabella, featuring"global"
¯ music on Oct. 2 and on Oct. 8th & 9th,
¯ TPACT’s Celtic series (now so popular that they’ve added 2nd performances, and
alas, forgotten their friends who helped
¯ them before the Celtic series got so
¯
popular) will start with Natalie
¯ MacMaster,fiddler extraordinaire. I don’t
think any of the Celtic series artists I’ve
¯ seen have ever been bad, so check it out.
." And on that same busy weekend, both
¯ Tulsa’s and Oklahoma City’s Gay
¯ communities are presenting arts events in ¯
honor of National Coming Out Day.
¯ OUTART’99inOKCwillfeature 10new
." release films, two plays, a music special
¯ and visual artists. The Gala opening, A ¯
Black Tie Dinner and A Movie, Friday,
¯ Oct. 8th will present the southwest
: premiere of the film"Edge of Seventeen"
¯ as well as a buffet dinner and wine bar. ¯
For more information or tickets, see the
¯ advertisement on page 16, or call 405-
¯ 752-2762 or 800-722-8866.
¯ That same busy weekend, TOHR and
¯
the Gay Community Center will hold
¯ TOHR’s first film festival at the Center.
¯ The first film will be shown at 7:30pro on
Thursday~ Oct. 7 with films also being
¯ shown on Fri. evening and on Sat.
¯ afternoon and evening. Call 743-4297 for
¯ more information.
: It also appears that local presentation of
¯ Gay and Lesbian films may show back up
on a big screen. AMC Southroads 20 will
¯ present a Lesbian themed film, "Better ¯
Than Chocolate" on Sept. 10, and a Gay
¯ film, "Trick" on Oct. 1st. The key to
¯ getting theseon aregular basis is to support
the theatre that takes the risk. S o vote with
your dollars !
None was ever received. In fact,-this
¯ became an issue in Orr’s Congressional
testimony. Rep. Mary Bonn, widow of the
¯ late Sonny Bonn, attacked err and
¯ Beauchamp saying that the Tulsa District
¯ Attorneys office claimed that they had ¯
been uncooperative with th DA and had
¯ notfilled out the forms necessary toreceive
¯ compensation..Orr and Beauchamp
¯ counter that not only-did they not receive ¯ the forms, thry did not even know of their
existance until Bonn raised the issue.
¯ Commenting to TFN, Human Rights
¯ Campaign Political Director Winnie
Stachelberg said, "I urge "the Gay and
¯ Lesbian community ofTulsa to act now in
¯ support of this bill (HCPA), so that
incidents like these are prevented.... i~t is
¯ important that the; Gay and LeSbian
¯ community of Oklahoma is protected at a
federal if not at a state level.’"
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district’s 589principals will view thefilm " outcry about "It’s Elementary" because
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copy of the Video for their schools - a plan
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Gayand Lesbian students. "It’s pmcttcm. Lesbian and Gay content. One notable
Itmakes good sense. It’s about safety_, for " exception was the airing of an award
children.Idon’tthinkanybody,regardless winning program, "Breaking the Code"
of their religious background, can argue ¯ about the Gay man who broke the Nazi
with that," says Mary Morten, Daley’s ¯ messagecodeinWorldWarlI. However,
liaison on Gay and Lesbian issues. " OETA first refused to air this program
School officials in San Francisco, who ] and did so only after being pressured by
are also using "It’s Elementary" have ¯ Oklahoma City’s Gayly Oklaho_.man
gone as far as imposing a ban on anti-Gay newspaper and Tulsa Family News. "they
slurs. "Go stand on a playground. I " also waited to air the program later in the
guarantee you that you will hear within " summer of 1998 after the Oklahoma
Ru.n.ut.es..ra.os..~a.yin~",,,’Oh, that’s so Gay¯ ¯ Legislature was out of session, instead of
What at(you a fag? says KevinGogin, airing in May or June like many PBS
director of support services for sexual : affiliates did.
minority youth for the San Francisco ."
Unified School District who regularly ¯
speaks to teachers and principals
nationwide. ¯
Moves to address Gay and Lesbian " Schmitzarrivedhometofindthenoteand
issues in the classroom are not, however, " light in his doorway from Amedure.
without opponents, among them tough- Schmitz withdrew money from his bank,
talking radio talk show host Dr. Laura " bought shells and a shotgun and drove to
Schlessinger and several religious groups " Amedure’s mobile home. Schmitz went
who have made "It’s E"lementary" a "¯ inside to see if Amedure was home, then
went back to his car, got the gun and shot
priority target.
Patti Johnson - a member of the " ~maedure twice in the chest- all while
Colorado Board of Education who has
wearingthegreenbowtieandwhitemxedo
spoken out against use of the filmin her shirt from his job as a waiter.
state - says she agrees with having a no- Pendergast told jurors that Schmitz
slur policy but says some teachers are " werreactedtomereembarrassment."The
going too far. "I don’t thinkyou have to go
ouly reason that murder is an issue is that
into bl , deep explanattons, especlall.y
Scott Amedurewas Gay and (Schmitz’s)
when kids are little, Johnson says. It s manhood, so to speak, was insulted on
kind of like when you want to stop a 2- national TV," she said. "Wall, you know
year-old fromrunninginto the street. T.hey
what? Get over it." Jurors said while some
don’t always understand death or dying, agreed with. Sabbota at first, they
But they understand a quick swat on the
eventually decided that Schmitzacted too
slowly for the crime to be an actofpassion.
butt."
One official at the Washington-based "There was just way too much time
Family Research Council, calls the film
involved for a reasonable person to make
,,anindoctrinationtool-plainandsimple." some choices," said juror Bruce Sole.
Sabbota said he would appealthe
"Whyareyoucreating aresource to create
abei~htened sensitivity.., on a behavior verdict, saying Oakland County Circuit
choice that is cons!,,dered problematic to a
Judge Wendy Potts should ,have letjurors
whole lot of folks? ’ asks JanetParshall, a hear about Schmitz’s history of mental
former teacher and spokeswoman for the illness andalcoholism. Hehadbeentreate~t.
nonprofit organization which is known " for manic depression and tried to comnnt
for its anti-Gay policy positions. ,
suicide four times in the years before the
Filmmaker Debra Chasnoff says she s killing. "We knew it was an uphill battle
simply providing resources to teachers from the start," Sabbota said.
whoalready have to deal with such issues Ms. Jones and the producers of the
in the classroom. "It just doesn’t work to show were not called to testify, as they
say, ’We’re ,going to all be race to one
hadbeenintheprevioustrials.Thejuryin
another; don t use those words here.’ I the civil case awarded Amedure’s family
thinkyouneed to explain who those words $25million; that verdictis being appealed.
are hurtful to," says Chasnoff, director Jurors said the show played a role in the
and co-producer of "It’s Elementary. kilhng,butwas not the sole cause. I think
The debate is not likdy to end soon. most of us felt it Was a whole series of
Thisfall,Chasnoff’s SanFrancisco-based events, H~,ht sal .
media center also will begin distributing a After seven jurors spoke to the media,
curriculum guide for.elementary teachers Amedure’s father, Frank Amedure St.,
that includes lessons they can incorporate shook hands with each one. "ijust want to
into discussions about Gay and Lesbian thank the jury. God bless you," he said.
Schrmtz’s father, Allw~ Sc~unitz, said
1ssues. " Such moves frustrate Parshall, who he didn’t ka~ow what to think about the
notes that - w~le parents don’t ha;’e verdict. "T~crc’s no wwcaer~, or losers
much control over what teachers use lot here," he said. "’Everybody loses."
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THE NAMES PROJECT
Quilt Tours Black Colleges
Coretta Scott King Slams Homophobia
ATLANTA (AP) - During the AIDS Quilt tour of
historically Black colleges and universities, Coretta
Scott King told those viewing the memorial that
homophobiahas prolonged and worsened the epidemic
within the Black community.
"It is particularly sad tome when I hear Black people,
includiug some in leadership positions, making
homophobic comments and attacking t.he humm] rights
of Gay and Lesbian people," the widow of die Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr. said Monday during the tour’s
opening ceremonies at Clark Atlanta University,
Regardless of sexual orientation or gender, Blacks
have a signiticantly higher risk of becoming infected
with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Stati-stics show
ntost new HIV infections occur among people 25 and
younger. The Black community has been hit particularly
hard. According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Blacks account for about half the new HIV
infections, AIDS cases and AIDS deaths, though they
represent only 13% of the U.S. population,
"With the stigma on homosexual behavior mthe
African-American coxmnunit~¢, ¯ see Ki.,t~, ~9.: 15
Matthew Shepard
Murder Trial Update
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Gay college student Matthew
Shepardwas pumaneled to deathby Aaron McKirmey in
a drunken, drug-induced rage after Shepard made a pass
at him, McKirmey’s attorney Said as: his trial began.
"’Did Matthew Shepard deserve to die? No, that’s
ridiculous-. No manslaughter victim deserved to die,"
Jason Tangeman said in opening statements. "That’s
what Aaron McKirmey is guilty of, manslaughter."
The roofer’s judgment that night Vas affected bv
alcohol, methamphetamines and "~ome sexuall}
traumatic and confusing events in his life," Tangeman
told jurors.
Prosecutor Cal Rerncha said his case against
McKinney will not deal with Shepard’s Gayness. "It
will simply be about the pain, suffering and death of
Matthew Shepard at the hands of the defendant, Aaron
James:McKimaey," he said." The Human Rights
Campaign, a national Gay civil rights organization
strongly condenmed the use of the.’’blame the victim"
defense in the trial.
Shepard, McKinney and Henderson met in a Laramie
bar about a year ago, where Shepard asked McKinney
for a ride home, humiliating him in front of friends
because McKinney believed Shepard was Gay,
Tangeman contended. Tangeman said McKinney, 22,
was confused by three homosexual encounters that
occurred when he was 7, 15 and 20: In one case,
McKinney was forced into an oral sex act with a
neighborhood bully, Tangeman said.
Rerucha said McKirmey and Henderson drove
Shepard, 21, to a remote area, where they robbed, lashed
him to.the fence and pistol-whippinghim into a coma.
Opening statements were made after ajury of 10 men
and:six women, including four alternates, was seated in
McKinney’s trial on charges of first-degree murder,
kidnapping androbbery. Thejury includes three students
at the University of Wyoming, where Shepard was a
freshman. McKinney could receive the.death penalty.
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World AIDS Day
Memorial Service at Historic Mt. Zion
Baptist Church Dedicated to the
Memory of HIV/AIDS Activist Phil Wiley
TULSA - The 10th annual World AIDS Day Candlelight March
and Memorial Service will be held at one of Tulsa’s most
historical traditionally African-American churches, Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, led b~ the Rev. Calvin McCutcheon. The march
will begin gathering at 6:30 near St. Monica’s Churchjust south
of Carver School east of Greenwood Avenue This is just south
of Pine.
The march will begin about 7pm and will continue about a mile
south on Greenwood to John ttope Franklin Bottlevard which
travels west through the Oklahoma State University at Tulsa
campus to Elgin. Mt. Zion is on FJ~n just across the OSU-Tulsa
parking lots near 1-244.
The theme for the march and memorial is "Fa~d the Silence"
and the service will feature the music of Ernestine Dillard, the
Council Oak Mens Chorale and the Mr. Zion church choir. Tiffs
Tulsa service is dedicated to the memory of 1o"cal ttIV AIDS and
Gay civil rights activist Phil Wiley who died of kidney failure last
summer.
Orgamzers note that all tilnes are approximate aud that lhey
will provide candles and matches but encourage marchers to
bring banners and bells to nng on the march.
For more information, call Interfaith ..\ IDS Mira stries at 438-
2437.
Also on World AIDS Day, an organization called "\Vc The
Peopl.e Li.ving .with AIDS/HIV’" will join with thousm~ds of other
orgmuzatlons m remembering, fiercel3, those the~ lmvc !ost to
the AIDS epidemic.
They will do this through the posting of the manes of their
members, friends and loved ones lost to ,A IDS on the. \ IDS \Vatch
webpage, which will display the .,aan]es of tens of thousands of
people who have died from :kIDS. one at a mnc in the 48 honrs
before and after December ist.
They request that readers consider adding the uames of those
whom they have lost to AIDS to the list. The page is localed m
http:/iwww.aidswatch.org. Click on "’Add a name "’ to include the
name, of~v°ur loved one, friend or colleague to the li st.
Community Center News
All Community Meeting, Nov. 16, 6:30pm
TOHR Meeting, 11/9: Carol Petersen,
Author, Poet + Gay Man in Hitler’s Navy
TULSA - The third all community meeting will be held at the
Communiiy Center on Tues., Nov. 16th at 6:30pm. About 35
individuals attended the last meeting in Sept. and the
representatives of a number of organizations, churches and
businesses decided to convene a community council with TOHR,
Tulsa Oldahomans for Human Rights, the parent organization of
the Tulsa Gay Community Services Center, coordinating the
exchange of information.
Local attorney and original meeting co-convener Dennis Neill
will present a draft contract to clarify the relationship between the
various groups. For more information about the next conmaunitv
meeting, call the Community Center at 743-4297.
On Tues. Nov. 9th at 7:30pro, TOHR will hold its montlflv
membership meeting. The meeting, which is open to the publiC,
will feature remarks by Carol Petersen, a Romanian born poet,
biographer and educator. Petersen, a Gay man.~ even found
lfimself serving in the German Navy during the N~i government
of Adolf Hitler.
Petersen has-published works on Albert Camus, Andre Gide,
John Steinbeck, Goethe, Spanish poet Lorca, Thomas Mann as
wall as works of poetry. He has taught French and German
literature and awarded one of the highest honors in France, the
Chevalier de L’oi’dre des Palmiers Academique de France.
Other News: House of the Holy Spirit Calls Pastor
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries announces that they have
selected a new full-time pastor, Chuck Breckenridge.
Breckenridge served in a pastoral capacity in a Wichita
congregation where he formerly resided. Breckenridge is also
known for having published and edited The Parachute, a now
defunct regional publication. He also started The Triangle Of
which he has recently served as general manager. Breckenridge
was installed as pastor on October 17th. Troy McGoveran,
spokesman for House of the Holy Spirit notes, "the entire
congregation is very excited about the movement going on in our
church.., we.. welcome Pastor Breckemidge to our church.. ?’
Falwell MeetsWith Gays
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP)-The Rev. Jerry Falwell,
who has denounced homosexuals for years, held an
.unprecedentedmeeting with GayChristians recently
m an attempt to reduce violent acts against Gays
and Christians. Both sides said the gathering was
productive.
Dozens of anti-Gay protesters denmnstrated
outside, yelling at Gay supporters as they entered
the church parking lot. The Rex’. Fred Phelps of
Topeka, Kan.. whose congregafiou also taunted
Gays at the funeral of slain Gay college studcm
Matthew Shepard. said Falwdl is a hypocrite for
ineeting with the Rev. Mel White, a Gay minister
and his followers.
"Falwell used to teach the Bible word for word.
now he’s going off and meeting with these fags and
going against everything he’s ever taught," Phelp,~
said. "He always says ’hate the sin. bnt love the
simmr,’ but it’s ~mpossible to separate the t~o
Does ajudge send the crime or the crintinal tojail’?"
Falwell. who has long believed lha~
homosexuality is a sin, insists he will not change
Iris views, but has agreed to tone down tfis anti
language that Gay civil rights activists
encourages hatred and violence towar~t
homosexuals.
"’We are here because ihnocent people ol vari~
faiths, racial and ethnic groups and sexual
preferences have increasingly had their live~
abruptly mid violently ended by people ~vilh
opposing vie~\s.’" Fah~ell told th~ group of 4
delegates in ~velcomiug then] to the anti "~ml,,ncc
fortun Saturday afternoou
x~q]itc brought 200 Gays mid Lesbians l’rom 3~*
slates to p~ticil)atc in the forum. They were ]t)]ncd
by 2~)evm~gelic~d Chnsfians who supjmrt Fid~ cEstmacc
"q hi s is the first step iu ourjoume3 tm~ auct~
reconciliation." s~d White, who held a pra3 e~ ~ ~gil
Ffida3 mght for 20 Gay men or gm~sgcndcred
people killed because of their sexu~ oneutation.
see Fahvell, p. 10
France OK’s Gay and
Non-Gay Partnerships
The British Broadcasting System (BBC) reported
in October that the French Parlimnent has approved
a controversial bill that gives Gay couples mare of
the rights enjoyed by married people. The NatiOnal
Assmnbly passed the Civil Solidarity Pact (PACS)
by 315 votes to 249.
The PACS allows unmarried couples to register
their umon and enjoy some of the tax, legal and
social welfare benefits associated with marriage. It
is intended to allow Gay and heterosexual couples
who are not married to "’organise their common
life". Partners who want to separate will be able to
do so via a letter of separation. According to Justice
Minister Elisabeth Guigou, the bill will improve
the lives of more than five million people.
Conservative opponents immediately said they
would ask the Constitutional Council to role whether
the law was unconstitutional. Religious leaders
have strongly denounced the law, saying it enables
a form of homosexual marriage.
The PACS wasintroduced by the riding socialists
and the government’s majority made approval
virtually certain. It has been one of themostbitterlycontested
pieces of social legislation for years,
opposed by conservatives and by leaders of the
Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths in France.
see France, p. 15
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*Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
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*Floral Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria 744-9595
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Cathy Furlong, Ph.D., 1980 Utica Sq. Med. Ctr. 628-3709
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Mark T. Hamby, Attorney 744-7440
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*Jared’s Antiques, 1602 E. 15th 582-3018
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*Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 599-8070
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*Midtown Theater. 319 E. 3rd 584-3112
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*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 Place 664-2951
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*Peace Of Mind Bookstore, 1401 E. 15 583-1090
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Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921, 747-4746
*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 749-6301
Paul Tay, Car Salesman 260-7829
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis 48t-0558
*Venus Salon, 1247 S. Harvard 835-5563
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Tulsa Agencies, Churches, Schools & Universities
AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 4337, 74101 579-9593
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Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 587-7314
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*Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 616 S. Boston 585-1201
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*Church ofthe Restoration UU, 1314N.Greenwood 587-1314
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*Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595
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Writers + contributors:
James Christjohn, Barry Hensley, J.-P. Legrandbouche, Lamont
Lindstrom, Bob Rounsavell, Esther Rothblum, Mary Schepers
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*Planned Parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria 587-7674
Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152
*R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network 749-4195
*Red Rock Mental Center, 1724 E. 8 584-2325
O’RYAN, support group for 18-24 LGBT young adults
O’RYAN, Jr. support group for 14-17 LGBT youth
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 4045 N. Cincim~ati 425-7882
St. Dunstan’s Episcopal, 5635 E. 71st 492-7140
*St. Jerome’s Parish Church. 205 W. King 582-3088
*Tulsa Area United Wa3,, 1430 S. Boulder 583-7171
*TNAAPP (Native American men), [udiat~ Health C0a’_¢- _582-7225
Tulsa County Health Department. 4616 E. 15 595-4105
Confidential HIV Testing - by appt. on Thursdays only
Tulsa Okla. for Human Rights, cio The Pride Center 743-4297
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 298-0827
*Tulsa City Hall, Ground Floor Vestibule
*Tulsa Community College Campuses
*Tulsa Gay Community Center. 1307 E. 38, 74105 743-4297
Unity Church of Christianity, 3355 S. Jamestown 749-8833
BARTLESVILLE
*Barflesville Public Library, 600 S. Johi~stone 918-337-5353
OKLAHOMA CITY/NORMAN
*Borders Books &Music, 3209NWExpressway 405-848-2667
*Borders Books & Music, 300 Norman Center 405-573-4907
TAHLEQUAH
*Stonewall League, call for information: 918-456-7900
*Tahlequah Unitarian-Universalist Church 918-456-7900
*Green Country AIDS Coalition, POB 1570 918-453-9360
NSU School of Optometry, 1001 N. Grand
HIVtesting every other Tues. 5:30-8:30, call for dates
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Autunm Breeze Restaurant, Hwv. 23
*Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Ma]n
DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St.
Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St.
MCC of the Living Spring
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Old Jailhouse Lodging, 15 Montgomery
Positive Idea Marketing Plans
Sparky’s, Hwy; 62 East
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Audra Sommers:
To All .My Friends
Tiff s ruessage brings to youinformation
about my up-coming benefit called
’~onnecting The Hearts of Tulsa" Friday
November 5th, at 10:30 p.m. at the Silver
Star. This eventfocuses onthe Prescription
Assistance Program which as youknow is
very, very important to many.
As a community of caring individuals I
ask all ofyou once again to come together
as compassionate and sympathetic
members of our community and show
your support. Without fai! every year, you
pull out all the stops and arrive in droves.
My heart shines with delight to see all of
your faces as we raise the much needed
money to keep those who can’t afford the
necessary medications alive and well.
Come, meet new people and see some
new faces. Uniting together_we make the
difference.
Please join all my guests:
Miss Gay America
- Catia Lee Love
Miss Gay Oklahoma America
- Bridgett Lee
Miss Gay Oklahoma USofA
- Kris Kohl
Miss Fish-Lake Nevada
- Slutisha Swamppussy
Miss Midwestern Plains USofA
- Victoria Turrell
Miss Tulsa USofA 1998
- Jasmine Turrell
Miss Gay University Of Tulsa
Homecoming Queen 1999
- Audriana Sommers
The Green Country Cloggers
Miss Silver Star USofA 1996
- Tera "T" Neil
Miss Gay Oklahoma At Large USofA 96
- Domonique Daniel’s
Miss Feticia Winters
Miss Ebony Hall
Miss Tabatha Taylor
Miss Gain A Pound
Miss Miranda McMillian
Miss Tore McMillian
Miss Audra Sommers
and her special "Grab Bag Segment"
Mr. Steve Sludder
And Mr. Brock Masters - video star
along with many, maaay others.
I look forward to seeing everyone at the
StarFriday NovemberSthat 10:30p.m. It
is going to be the best show ever!
With love and respect,
- Audra Marie Sommers
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Editorial: Singing Those Millennium March Blues
To March or Not March?
That is the question - ok, ok, yes that’s tired and
perhaps, even trite but I couldn’t help it. The millennium
does indeed approach and with it, the next great Gay
march scheduled for next April.
Called by Robin Tyler, Lesbian event organizer par
excellence, taken up by the Gay community’s
organizational 800 pound gorillas, the Metropolitan
Community Church (MCC) and the Human Rights
Campaign(HRC), the Millennium Marchhas beenfraught
with controversy from its beginning.
No one doubts that these events are tremendously
ehapowering for those ofus who attend. I can attest to that
from my experience.at the last march. My long-suffering
ex (just ask him ;-) and I organized a group mostly of
students and others on limited incomes from Texas to
travel bybus to DC. Since this was a budget trip we stayed
about 12 to a room, 3 or 4 to a bed with some on the floor
of a hotel in the Virginia suburbs.
But the moment ofmy epiphany was when weboarded
the Metro (subway) at the 2nd to the last stop that far out
into the suburbs, and everyone waiting, and everyone on
the train but for perhaps one or two per car, w,as Gay, or
Lesbian, or Bi, ornon-Gays whomwe’ddearly welcomed
into our tribe.
For once tobe safe, for once to be inOUR space is a rare
and precious thing. There we could hold hands in the
street without the fear that we Were taking our !ives
literally in our hands. For once, we could say that we
don’t mind "straights" as long as they "behave"
themselves.
Formany this was alife transforming experience¯ From
it, they came back and became active in the organizations
of their hometowns. This clearly is go6~l:
And yet, some questions remain. First of these i.s
whether, this march will even come off at all. Because
MCC and HRC proclaimed that a march was going to
happened before they consulted the many other
organizations which make up the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgendered civil fights and cultural movement,
the March was immediately caught up in controversy.
This "movement" is-tremendously diverse and building
consensus is long hard work. Prior march organizers did
do so through long and sometimes painful (I write this
Do you know where a number of Tulsans have been
during the last 18 months? Buried in trash. We studied
different curbside recycling programs from around the
state and from across the country. About 100 cities were
looked atby theTAREboard’ s subcommittee onrecycling.
Ourmost important discovery: each community is unique
in its requirements for recycling.
In Tulsa, most of the trash we generate is incinerated at
the trash-to-energy plant. The burning process results in
waste by-products that can mad do pollute our air. For
example, some substances like plastic can be harmful
when burned. Recycling will take them out of the trash
collection burned at the Walker Hall recovery plant. The
more Tulsa recycles, the more we improve Tulsa’s air
quality for our young, our elderly, and most significantly,
our chronically ill. And let us not forget that we are
breathing the same air.
Recycling does not ouly helpinmaking the environment
cleaner and healflfier; it also has economic benefits other
than quality of life. Once Tulsa citizens recycle enough
items that can be reused, a recycling industry will be
created an become a viable part of the economy with
added job opportunities,
In the beginning, Tulsans, will be able to recycle four
types of items. Newspapers, includin°g the slick
advertisement sections, compose the first recycling
category. Now you cannotrecyclemagazines and business
forms; these are another category which may be added at
a later date. However, you can still take them to MET
recycling centers.
The second category acceptable for recycling in Tulsa
will be aluminum. Drop all aluminum beverage cans inj
the recycling container; however, you cannot recycle
other forms of aluminum. Please rinse them immediately
after use. Remember that recycling pick up is every other
: from serving as a representative) meetings.
¯ And according to the Nov. 9th i°ssue of The Advocate,
¯ control of the event has _been shifted from Robin Tyler to
~ Malcolm Lazin, interim executive director. Kerry Lobel,
executive director of the National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force (NGLTF), earlier resigned from an oversight board
for the March because of concerns about event
"...the moment of my epiphany was
when we boarded the Metro (subway) at
the gnd to the last stop that far out into
the suburbs, and everyone waltln~, and
everyone on the train but for perhaps one
or two per ear, was
Gay, or Lesl~ian, or Bi, or non-Gays whom
we’d el rly we6om l into our tdl . "
organization and raised the question of whether the event
would need to be rescheduled or dropped.
But another question to ask is this: is this the best use
ofour communities’ resources? NGLTFhas been arguing
that we, as a movement, should be putting more of our
energies into local and state efforts at change. This
doesn’tmean abandoning federal level efforts but working
harder locally.
In Oklahoma, we’ve started to see some results from
just such efforts; the Cimarron Alliance has substantially
changed somelegislative attitudes in theOklahomaHouse.
FundingforHIV/AIDS care andprevenfionhas benefited
from lobbying by Tulsan Steve Eberle. These things
would not have happened unless some Oklahomans
decided to invest in local efforts.
According to Kelly Kirby, former Tulsa Oklahomans
for Human Rights (TOHR) president, longtime activist
and current Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and
Gays (PFLAG) board member, at least 40-50 Tulsans
stopped by a reception Marty Newman gave at the last
march. And likely there were some from the city who did
not attend.
So I have to ask, as another former TOHR president
who begged for money for that organization and for the
community center, what would happen if some of those
week. Besides, you will make it so much easier for those
separating our recyclables.
Plastic is one of the most important things to recycle.
As petroleum-based products, these items release toxins
when burned. You can recycle all plastic beverage bottles
including mostpop, milk, and water containers, as well as
soap and detergent bottles. Rinse our the container to
prepare these items for recycling and dispose of the lids.
It is easy to remember which plastic items are acceptable.
Look for the number "1 "or "2" inside the little triangle on
the bottom of the container.
.The final or fotu:th category for Tulsa’s new recycling
program is glass. Both clear and colored glass bottles and
jars will be accepted. Nounbroken glass will be taken, nor
will the program accept other housewares or plate glass
from windows. Since the glass before putting out for
collection and discard the lid. Because of the once-everytwo-
weeks collection, you may want to rinse after use, if
it contains food.
Curbside recycling is a great addition to Tulsa’s solid
waste disposal program. Now it is up to us to make it
succeed. Begin sign up for this new service. Just call the
Mayor’s Action Center at 596-2100 and tell them that you
wish to sign up for curbside recycling. It is scheduled to
start on Nov. 1st. The cost is only $2/month; it will be
added to your city utility bill. Recycled items will be
collected twice a month on an every other week basis.
Before the program begins, you will be informed about
your curbside pickup days.
You can also sign up by clicking on www
cityoftulsa.org/recycle or www.tulsarecycles.com.
Remember this program can succeed only ifenough ofus
participate. So sign on now!
Bob D. Rounsavell is a freelance Tulsa writer who
specializes in environmental education.
dollars did stay here in Oklahomainstead of adding to the
profits of American Airlines, or United, or Marriott or
Hilton?
Let’s guess that many of those 50 attending spent about
$500 to $1000 for their visit. A few who traveled as I did
with my student group perhaps spent as little as $200-
300¯ One might argue that an average expenditure might
be about $600 for a total of $30,000. But on the other
hand, $30k would pay the current rent on the Community
Center for almost two years !
Now that other TOHR ex-president argues that while
many in our community are willing to spend that money
on whatis in essence an extraQueer vacation, he feels that
few would be willing to mm around and invest that
amount into our community if there’s no immediate gain
for themselves. And sadly, I would like to argue with him
but as a community organizer, I can’t - because I’ve seen
that what he claims is mostly true. What if we did value
our rights and invested in our communities as much as we
did our fabulous vacations, great clothes, stylish homes
and cars?Whatcould we accomplish then? After all, ifwe
don’t take care of ourselves, who is going to? "Straight"
people? - Tom Neal
PS: those of you who’ve already got this message,
thanks! Keep up the good work and drag a friend along.
Tom Neal, publisher & editor ofTulsa Family News,
helped tofound and direct the Coalition of Lesbian/Gay
Student Groups and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation, Dallas Chapter andhelped iofoundGLAAD
National. He also served as co-chair ofthe University of
Oklahoma Gay & Lesbian Association, and helped to
found the Rice University Gay Alumni group as well as
serving on Tulsa’s Pride committeefor several years.
On Nov. 9th, Tulsans will have the opportunity to vote
on a $109 million bond package to invest in the needs of
Tulsa Public Schools and the children of the district. The
Citizens Bond Development Committee has identified
more than $600 million in building, facilities, teaching
materials and transportation needs for the District in a
comprehensive, strategic plan that covers 20 years. The
bond issue to be presented to voters on Nov. 9th will be
m~ important step in adequately addressing the need of the
District and in creating a District ofunparalleled excellence
in the state... - Sincerely, Ruth Ann Fate
President, Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education
Chair, Citizens for Better Education
2121 So, Columbia, Suite 103, Tulsa
: by Tom Neal, editor/publisher
¯ Some Gay readers will likely look at the excerpted
¯ letter above and respond: "yeah right, why should I care
~ - I don’t have kids"and"TPS is ahomophobic institution
¯
which doesn’t deserve my support." Some non-Gay
~ readers will likely read this and also wonder why Gay
people should care about education issues.
But the reality is that many Gay people (using the term
broadly to include LGB and T folk) do have children,
some by marriages to non-Gay folk before coming out,
and some by adoption, and some creative Lesbians and
Gay men are having our own children. Even those of us
who do not have children directly of our own, like me,
have no fewer than eight nephews and nieces about half
of whom were educated in Tulsa Public Schools. And we
have friends with children too.
.My pointis that despite the an.ti-Gay stereotypes which
paint Lesbians and Gay men as anti-family, we have a
strong interest in providing a good educational system to
the children of our community. We also have some selfinterest
in that there tends to be a correlation between
education and the lessening of anti-Gay prejudice. And if
we insist that TPS, an educational system which we help
fund, seek to teach the values of respect and tolerance for
all citizens, to teach that the diversity of our city makes us
stronger, then we, Gay and Lesbian citizens, regardless of
whether we have children who directly benefit from TPS,
will gain. Therefore, on Nov. 9th, please consider voting
yes: do it for kids.
Friends Mourn
Murdered Gay Pastor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Calling him a "an
oversized angel inhumanform,"mourners andfriendsof
a slain pastor and Gay civil rights activist led
tributes to him. The Rev. Edward R. Sherriff, 68, an
associate pastor at the Cathedral of Promise
MetropolitanCommtmity Churchin Sacramento was
found stabbed to death in his home Oct. 20 in what
police believe was a robbery. More than 300 friends
andfzraily crowded into the church where Sherriff
served as co-pastor for 11 years. Later in the day,
mourners filled the sidew~ilks to "celebrate the
home~zoing" of the slain activist.
A t~ndf-ul.of local religious leaders paid tribute to
Sherriff, including Sister Catherine Connell, director
of the Catholic Wellspring women’s center, and the
Rev. Isaiah Muhammad of the Nation of Islam.
Sherriff’s daughters were als0 among the crowds.
"It’s amazing to me the people who love him, who
truly love him," said Scharlene Sheriff.
Sherriff’s other daughter Marsha Lanier said she
does notbelieve her father’s murder was ahate crime.
Helikely died because he went out ofhis way to help,
Lanier said. ’That’s one thing he would have been
proud of," she said.
Court to Reconsider
Religious Bias Ruling
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The federal appeals court
that allowed religious landlords to deny rentals to
unmarried couples agreed to reconsider recently at
therequest of states, cities andcivil rights groups. The
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said an 11-judge
panel will decide whether property owners with
religious objections to certain types of tenants are
entitled to exemptions from housing discrimination
laws. The case involves state and local laws in
Anchorage prohibiting housing discrimination based
on marital status. The ruling would also al’fect
discrimination based on sexual orientation, where
barred by law, and possibly other categories covered
by laws in the nine states of the nation’s largest
federal circuit.
A panel of the court ruled 2-1 in January that
enforcement of the discriminationlaws would violate
the rdigious freedom of two Anchorage landlords
who had religious objections to providing homes for
unmarried couples. With no compelling state interest
at Stake, the landlords could not be forced to choose
between their businesses and their religious beliefs,
the courtmajority said. The court said a majority ofits
21 activejudges had voted to set the January decision
aside and order a new hearing before the 11-judge
panel, at a date not yet scheduled.
Requests by Alaska and Anchorage for a reheating
were supported by national civil liberties and Gay
civil-rights orgamzations, cities including Los_Angeles
and San Francisco, and the states of California,
Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Montana and Hawaii.
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who
enlisted his counterparts in the other states, said
discrimination laws would be affected in every state.
"q’here’s no inherent conflict between state antidiscrimination
laws and the private religious view s of
a landlord," he said. "Fhe issue is whether they can
discriminate in their commercial and business
activities."
Kevin G. Clarkson, lawyer for the Anchorage
landlords, said he wasn’t surprised by the rehearing,
but argued that his clients’ ’interests were more
important than those of the state or would-be tenants.
’%Vhat’s at stake is the First Amendment right of
property owners to manage their property consistent
with their religious beliefs," Clarkson said. He said
there was no evidence that unmarried couples in any
state have had trouble finding housing because of the
religious objections of a small number of landlords.
Conservative religious organizations such as Focus
on the Family and the American Center for Law and
Justice, as well as the more liberal National Council
of Churches, have filed arguments supporting the
landlords.
The Supreme Courts of Alaska and Californiahave
upheld their state discrimination laws against
challenges .by religious landlords. But if the federal
appeals court sides with thelandlords, property owners
throughout the circuitcould sidestep statecourtrulings
and go into federal court for religious exemptions.
The suit was filedby KevinThomas and Joyce Baker,
who each own several rental properties in Anchorage
and said they had consistently refused to rent to
unmarried cohabitants because of their Christian
beliefs. They have not been accused of violating the
state or local laws but asked the court to bar" their
enforcement.
In the January ruling, Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain
said the law not only placed an unconstitutional
burden on landlords’ religious practices but also
violated freedom of speech, by prohibiting owners
from asking about a tenant’s marital status, States can
imposesuchrestrictions onbusinesses for compelling
reasons, such as preventing discrimination based on
race or sex, O’Scannlain said. But he said
discrimination on the basis of marital status isn’t
banned by the Constitution, federal law or the laws of
many states, and no compelling interest has. been
shown for its elimination. The case is Thomas vs.
Anchorage Equal Rights Commission, 97-35220.
Methodists Attack Boy
Scouts’ Anti-Gay Policy
tIACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) - The Boy Scouts of
America could lose an important ally as it prepares to
appeal a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that the
group couldnotremove aNew Jersey manbecausehe
is Gay.
The United Methodist Church, which sponsors
about 15% of the 3.3 million Scouts in the United
States, has scolded the group and is threatening to halt
its sponsorship if things don’t change. Although the
church "would like to enthusiastically affirm and
encourage this continuing partnership of the church
and Scouting, we cannot due to the Boy Scouts of
America s discnmanat~on agmnstGays; the Gener
Board of Church and Society said earlier this month.
The board is a top policy-making body of the
Methodists. It also encouraged the Boy Scouts to stop
the policy barring homosexuals. ’"We further, for the
sake of our continmng partnership, call upon the Boy
Scouts of America to discontinue this exclusion of
Gays," the board concluded in the Oct. 10 statement.
The Methodists earlier had said the church wanted to
triple the number of Scouts it sponsors.
But the Boy Scouts say the threat won’t dissuade
themfrom appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court. Greg
Shields, a spokesman for the Boy Scouts, said the
organization hopes the case will be heard before next
year’s summer recess. Shields also said he believes
the Boy Scouts’ longtime relationship with the
Methodists will endure. "We feel like we have a
¯ strong base of support within the congregations,"
¯ Shields told The Record of Hackensack.
¯ The appeal plan follows aunanimous Augustruling
: by the state Supreme Court that says the policy of
keeping out homosex~mls violates the state’s anti-
" discrimination law. The court said the Boy Scouts
¯ organization constitutes a "place of public
accommodation" because it has a broad-based
membership and forms partnerships with public
¯ entities such as police and fire departments.
¯ James Dale, 29, ofMatawan inMomnouth County,
¯ was an assistant scoutmaster whe was kicked out of
the Boy Scouts nine years ago whenleaders found out
¯ he is Gay. He sued., seeking reinstatement. Dale
¯ earned 30 merit badges, seven achievement honors
¯ and other awards, and became an Eagle Scout during ¯
his 12 years in the organization. He was expelled by
¯ theMoumouthCouncilin 1990 after the group leamed
from a newspaper article that he was Gay. The Irving,
¯
Texas-based organization has said if forced to accept
¯
Gays, the organization would not be able to build
¯ moral character in boys.
The New Jersey ruling contrasted with a March
¯
1998 decision by the California Supreme Court inthe
¯ Boy Scouts’ favor. In that ruling, alsounammous, the
¯ court said the organization was not abusiness and was
: therefore free to exclude Gays, as well as atheists and
¯ agnostics. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an
: appeal of that decision.
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Boeing ExtendsBenefits
to Same-Sex Partners
SEATTLE (AP) - The Boeing Co., citing the need to
maintain a quality work force and the benefits of
diversity, plans-to extend health-care benefits next
year to same-sex domestic partners of salaried nonumon
employees. The decision, announced to
company managers by electronic mail, was praised
by Gay civil rights advocatesl It was criticized by
unionleaders, however, for leaving outtheirmembers
and nnmarried heterosexual partners. Company
officials did not say how many employees would be
affected. RoughlyhalfofBoeing’s 202,000 employees
worldwide are salaried and non-union.
A recent Forbes Magazine survey indicated
unmarried partners are covered by health benefits in
10% of the businesses with at least 200 employees.
Companies that provide same-sex-partner benefits
include Lotus Development Corp., Microsoft Corp.,
IBM, Walt Disney Co., U S West, Honeywell and
Xerox.
In the e-mail, James B. Dagnon, Boeing’s senior
vice president for personnel, said the move was made
for two reasons: ’~First to attract and retain talented
employees, and second to walk the talk on diversity.
"Diversity, with a capital D, means acknowledging
employees have different backgrounds, preferences
and interests."
A task force of personnd managers and minority
employees w.asformedto study theissue last year, bu.t
consii~eration of an initial proposal was stalled until
the company’s financial performance improved in
recent months, Boeing spokesman Peter Conte said.
The decision is long overdue, said Charles Fay,
chairman of Hands-Off Washington in Snohomish
County and Dennis Rybicki, a spokesman for the
SnohomishCountyElections Committee., which,r~an~__. s
political candidates on Gay and Lesbian xssues, q’his
should send a signal to other employers, large and
small, that it’s goodbusiness to recognize the value of
all families," Fay said.
Charles Bofferding, executive directorof the Society
ofProfesSional Engineering Employees inA.erospa.~,
said the move seemed to be designed to sabotage ,his
group’s contract-negotiations, which begin soon.
SPF.EA, formerly the Seattle Professional Engineering
Employees Association, is the second-largest imion
at Boeing, representing 23,000 scientists, engineers,
manual writers and technical workers. SPEEA
negotiators will seek the benefit but don’t want to
sacrifice other potential contract gains to obtain it,
Bofferding said. ’This attitude, that management
knows best and employees will take whatever is
dished, out, this is outrageous ,"he said. "Is the Boeing
Co. going to discriminate againstheterosexuals now?"
Conte said health-care benefits will not be offered
tO unmarried heterosexual partners because they can
get married, an option from which same-sex parmers
are barred by law.
Tim Flynn, a spokesman for the International
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers,
which r~ep~resents hourly producuon workers and is
Boeings largest union, said Machinist leaders may
discuss same-sex benefits before expiration of the
three-year contract that was ratified in September.
Annetta Small, director of the West Coast office of
Kerusso Ministries, which seeks to persuade Gays
and Lesbians to become heterosexual through
Chrsfianity, said she opposes any extension ofbenefits
to non-married partners. "We are giving benefits to a
behavior that I believe is wrong and that I believe is
immoral," she said. "I don’t believe that we should
extend these benefits to people who are not married."
Hate Letters Sent to
Rhode Island Politicos
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Threatening letters with
anti-Gay sentiments have been sent to the Providence
mayor, the city’s liaison to the Gay community and
two men who were recently assaulted in a Gaybashing
attack.
One letter, which Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr.
received, described Providence as a ’Tag lovin’ city".
Leaflets that said "Fake Action Against Queer’s,
¯ were also scattered downtown and placed on cars.
¯¯ City and police officials said they are taking the
threats very seriously because they appear to be part
¯ ofan organized effort. Inresponse, thepolice assigned
¯ extra officers downtown. "In this day and age, this
’- should not be. We’re not going to tolerate it," Cianci
~ told The Providence Journal.
¯ W. Fitzgerald Himmelsbach, the city’s liaison to
the Gay and Lesbian community, also received a
" death threat over the telephone. He received a call at
¯ his business from aman who said, "Die, you fagg.ot .
~ All the letters said ’~omosexuality is a sin against
¯ humankind and God," and all were signed "The
¯ Trench Coat Mafia" - the name used by a group of
"- students at Columbine High School, in I.ittleton,
¯
Colo., that .included the two gnmmen who killed 13
¯ people there last spring. -
Himmelsbach saidletters receivedby the twoassault
". victims threatened that they would"endup inhell like
[ Matthew Shepard," the Wyoming college student
¯ who was beaten to deathlast fall because he was Gay.
¯ The letters were sent to Ed Webb, 34, and Noah
] Schwartz, 41, both of Providence. On Sept. 19 in
: downtownProvidence, themensaid about20college-
" aged men yelled "faggots" and then five of the men
¯ beat them up.
¯ Both Himmelsbaeh, who has been the liaison for
~ two years,and Cianci saidreceiving threats is nothing
¯ new but both are worried that this is part of an
~ organized effort. ’~Eianci vowedto fred the "cowards"
.. who are the perpetrators and then prosecute them for
. hate crimes. Police do not have any suspects yet.
: Denver Considers
:: Couples Registry
¯ DENVER (AP) - City Council members are
: considering a proposal that would create a registry to
~ record the relationships of Gay and Lesbian partners
and other committed but unmarried couples. The
¯ proposal, heard by the city council, would allow
Denverites to officially record their partnerships to
¯
qualify for insurance benefits some companies offer
¯ to the "domestic partners" of their workers. And, for
¯ same-sex couples, it would allow their unions to be
: acknowledg?,.d,, if only nominally, by local
" government. It sfinallytimeforthecitytorecognize
." committed relationships," said Councilman Ed
¯ Thomas, who, along with Councilwoman Cathy ¯
Reynolds, has beenplanning such aregistry for several
¯ years. .
¯ To qualify, both members of a couple would have
¯ to be unmarried, 18 years or older and sharing the ¯
¯ same household with a partner who is not a blood
relative. A filing fee at the city’s clerk and recorder’s
¯ office is expected to be about $20. Couples would be ¯
¯ required to notify that office if their relationships
dissolve. The plan had tentative approval by most
members ofthe city s Safety and Personnel Commatt
¯ except council member Ted Hackworth, who said it
¯ "doesn’t make sense." ¯ Itis slated for further discussionby council members
¯
in the coming weeks. Advocates hope to have the
registry in place by Valentin~ s Day. If approved,
¯ filing with the registry wouldn t constitute amarriage
or common-law marriage, nor would it affect
¯ inheritance rights.
¯ Still, advocates say itwouldprovide documentation ¯
¯ for couples seeking benefits from United Airlines,
Coors, Denver city government and other employers
¯ who insure domestic partners of workers. Proponents
¯ also hope it would help advance rights whenit comes
¯ to visiting partners in the hospital ormaking medical ¯
decisions on their behalf. Theregistry would similarly
¯ benefit seniorcouples who choosenot to marry because
¯ they would lose Social Security or other benefits.
~ Boulder has a similar registry program, as do the state
¯ of California and 35 cities in 25 states nationwide.
¯ Irish Jury Convicts
Writer’s Assailants
: PHILADELPHIA (AP)- Ajury in Irdand convicted
¯ two men in the near-fatal beating of a well-known ¯
Philadelphia writer of Gay-themed books who was
¯ overseas researching a novel see News, p. 13
Magic Johnson
Plays in Sweden
BORAS, Sweden (AP) - Magic Johnson
entertained a sellout crowdTuesday night
with some of the trademark skills he used
to help the Los Angeles Lakers win five
NBA rifles.
The 40-year-old star, 10 years older
than the second oldest player on the court,
had 14 points and 11 rebounds as Magic
M7 beat Sallen 84-60 in.the Swedish
basketball league.
"The first half was a little tough, but the
second was easier.,"Johnson told the 3,319
spectators after,the game, his first nonexlfihition
contest since leaving the NBA
for good in 1996.
Johnson missed some easy layup
attempts. "That’s easy when the
atmosphere was as charged and the
euphoria as high as it was tonight," he
said. After a standing ovation before the
game, Johnson drew further cheers when
he promised to return to play more games
for Magic MT.
MT, which missed the playoffs last
season, is 7-0 this season,.with Johnson’s
appearance generating great interest in
the sport in Boras, a city of 110,000 in
western Sweden.
Johnson, who led Michigan State to the
1979 U.S. National Collegiate Athletic
Association rifle, learned he had tested
positive for the HIV virus that can cause
AIDS in 1991. He retired for the first rime
justbefore the startof the 1991-92 season.
After returning to play on the U.S.
Dream Team that won the gold medal in
the 1992 Olympics, he made a brief
comeback before the !992-93 season, but
quit again after several players expressed
concerns about playing against him.
In January 1996, he returned to the
Lakers and played the remaining half of
the season, retiring again, at age 37, after
the Lakers were eliminated from the
playoffs.
Louganis in
Nun-Drag?
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Greg
Louganis has picked up a new habit. The
Olympxc gold medal-winning diver is
starring in the musical comedy, ’~lunsense
A-Men," which runs through Dec. 5 at the
Hollywood Playhouse.
Lougams, who wonfour gold medals in
two Olympics and later disclosed he was
Gayand HIV-positive, will pull on a habit
six rimes a week for his role as Sister
Robert Ann, a streetwise nun who always
wanted to be a star. All the nuns in this
production are men.
The former diver, author and
motivational speaker says he likes working
in an ensemble cast. "There’s always
someone there to hold your hand," said
I_ouganis, 39. "It feels more supportive, I
guess.’"
Thou.gh Louganis now has AIDS, he
looks and feels healthy. He says he does
not think aboutbeing arole model. "We’re
all haman. We all make mistakes," he
said "Role model, in my mind, is
perfection and one can’t be that. I try to
encourage young people to be their own
heroes and their own role models."
AIDS & So. Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -
After the end of apartheid, South Africa
pushed to get patients out of overcroWded
hospitals and into preventive care clinics.
But as fast as the country has built 700
¯
new clinics since 1994, traditional state
¯¯ hospitalshavefilledupwithAIDS patients
who occupy up to 60% of the beds, South
: African Health Minister Manto
¯ Tshabalala-Msimang said recently.
¯ ’’We expected the demand for hospital
¯ caretodrop,"shesaidatanews conference
; at theheadquarters oftheAfrican National
¯ Congress. "But the HIV and AIDS
¯ epidemic has increased the burden." The
¯ briefingwas one ofa series by theANCon
¯ its progress in ruling the country.
¯ Tshabalala-Msimang chairs the party’s
¯ health committee.
-" Some 3.6 million South Africans are
¯ infected with AIDS, roughly one in eight
." adults, and the government says 1,500
¯ new :infections occur every day in one of
." the world’s fastest rates of infection. A
¯ narionalAIDS councilwillbefunctioning
: by year’s end, Tshabalala-Msimang said.
¯ ’’We should have had the council in place
: already," she said.
: Controversial proposals, such treating
: pregnant women with HIV with a drug
¯ therapy to prevent transmission of the
¯ virus to infants, will be discussed next
¯ month at a meeting of regional health ¯
ministers, she said. The government so far
: has rejected the proposal as too expensive
: and possibly even dangerous in terms of
¯ long-term side effects.
¯ The healthministers fromthe Southern ¯
African Development Community will
¯ also discuss blood safety anddevelopment
¯ of an HIV vaccine.
: AIDS Threatens
Asia’s Prosperity
KUALALUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -The
AIDS epidemic in Asia could erase the
region’s economic gains over the last two
decades unless governments maintain
funding for social programs, aWorldBank
expert warned late last month.
In Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia,
Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam and
Southern China, AIDS had gained a
"strong foothold," even before the
economiccrisis struckin 1997, saidMartha
Ainsworth, a senior World Bank
economist.
The dreaded virus "threatens to slowly
unravel the progress in improving the
human condition.and to diminate if not
reverse the benefits of the economic
miracle,’’ Ainsworth told the 5th
International Congress on AIDS in Asia
and the Pacific.
The region’s two-year economic crisis
may have further hurt Asia’s fight against
AIDS, said Ainsworth. Cash-strapped
governments wereforced to slash budgets
and lower wages. The crisis also pushed
thousands of families into poverty and
many women into prostitution.
"’Even before the crisis, political
commitment to AIDS prevention in the
region was weak," said Ainsworth. "Many
policy makers are still in denial."
Development policies before the crisis
channeled funds into education and health
¯ care budgets, resulting in higher life
expectancies and reduced poverty:
¯ "The full impact of the crisis on HIV
: depends critically on how well
~ governments and households succeeded
¯ .in maintaining socialsafety nets," said
: AJnsworth, an expert on the effect of
¯ AIDS on households. Ainsworth said
: AIDS hadalready subtracted several years
¯
offtheaveragelifeexpectancies ofcertain
¯ countries.
A U.N report released at the four-day
¯ conference esrimates that by 2010, the ¯
overall death rate will be 20% higher in
OECE~%
WorldAIDS Day 1999
Candlelight March & Memorial Service
sponsored by Interfaith AIDS Ministries
Wednesday, December 1st
End the Silence
Mount Zion Baptist Church
419 North Elgin (next to OSU-Tulsa)
Gather 6:30 at St. Monica’s, Marshall Place at
Greenwood (just south of Pine), March at 7pm,
Service at 7:30, all times approximate! Bring
banners & bells; candles provided. Info: 438-2437.
Are You Gay or Bisexual?
Are You Native American~.~
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¯
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¯ Relationship workshops
¯ Short trips, outings and retreats
¯ Free HIV testing
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support of abortion and reproductive
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Celebrating 26 Yedrs.of Choice
Sunday, November 7, 1999, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
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Myanmar due to AIDS fatalities. In
Cambodia and Thailand, it may rise 15%
because of AIDS. The United Nations
estimates that 7 million people in Asia are
infected with the HIV virus or AIDS.
Speakers at the conference, which ends
Wednesday, have urged Asia to act fast to
curb the epidemic or risk the devastation
now facedby Africa, which has 21 million
AIDS-related cases.
Experts areparticularlyconcemedabout
the effects of AIDS on Indonesia, the
world’s fourth largest country, where the
regional economiccrisis was compounded
by political upheaval. It diverted attention
and funding from the AIDS epidemic,
Aiusworth said. ’~olitical turmoil nodoubt
increased risky behavior for the spread of
HIV," Ainsworth said.
She said countries such as Thailand
one of the high-risk areas in Asia, had
proved that maintaining commitment to
AIDS -prevention programs paid
dividends. HIV cases dropped among
prostitutes,menwith sexually-transmitted
diseases and blood donors in Thailand
despite the economic crisis, she said.
"Many governments in this region have
a window of opportunity to act early and
prevent an epidemic," Ainsworth said.
Children at Risk
in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -
Seeking to help young children deal with
a soanng number of sexual assaults,
national health and education officials are
considering an education program for
primary students to teach about rape and
HIV infections, a newspaper reported
Sunday.
A pilot program was tested in the
Nor~ern and F~ee State provinces, where
about 700 children received the lessons,
the Sunday Times of Johannesburg
reported. About 14,000 children are
sexually violated every year, police reports
say, but a large number of rapes go
unreported, anti-rape activists say.
About 8% of the adult population is
HIV positive. One factor that experts
belie,ve has contributed to child rape is the
persxstent myth that sex with a virgin can
cure the disease.
Abraham Seckle, an Education
Department official, was quoted assaying
the program would "empower learners to
protect themselves." A consultantinvolved
in the project, Darleen Edwards,
said that children are taught to "run, yell
and tell" in the program.
PLWA to Race in
Iditarod Next Year
MESA, Ariz. (AP)-The first Arizonan to
enter Alaska’s most grueling sled dog
race faces two major obstacles before he
even steps to the starting line. Chuck
Kin.g, 39, of Tempe, has no experience
racang. He has only 100 miles actually
riding a dog sled. And King is. HIV
positive. Every day, he takes fisffuls of
anti-viral pills just to stay alive.
But he doesn’t see this as a setback. He
views his illness and the March 4 Iditarod
sled-dog race as a chance to prove that
people with AIDS don’t have to
concentrate on survival alone. "In the last
seven years, I was supposed to have died
three times and I made it through all of
that," King said in a telephone interview
from Wasilla, Alaska.
The Iditarod this year will stretch 1,152
miles fromWasilla to Nome, takingracers
" at least 10 days to complete. And that’s
: only if the expected 80 participants keep
up a good pace. The snow layers the trail
¯ in multiple feet, not mere inches.
¯" Temperatures dip deep into thenegatives,
numbing hands and lungs. At night;
¯ Sections of the woods-darkened course
." are lit only by the aurora borealis, which
¯ crackle and cast shadows in the trees and
: snow. Switchbacks get so steep in some
¯ areasthatdrivers can’tseetheleadoftheir
¯¯ 16-dogpack.A driver unlucky enough to
fall off gets left in a cloud of snow and
¯
regret. ’q~here ain’t no waitin’ in this
." race," said Raymond "Raymie"
¯ Redington, King’s sled-dog trainer. ’q’he
¯" huskies are bred to go. They’ll bolt off the
." starting line even if you say halt."
." Redington should know. The 54-year-
. old Alaska native’s father founded the
¯ racein 1973. He has been in 111ditarods;
: his highest placing was seventh. Since
: September, Redington has trained King
¯ on a four-wheeler that simulates a sled-
: dog team. King will work with the dogs as
¯ the snow starts to fall.
¯ King began training last year, gaining ¯
¯ about 100 miles of mushing experience.
Oddly, being a native Arizonan could
give him a boost: King was trained as a
bo.y to handle amule drawn wagon, which
¯ ~mrrors mushing techniques, Redington
¯ said. King will have to be up to speed by
: Jan. 1, whenthelditarod’sfirstqualifying
race, the Knik 200, takes place. The 2nd
~ qualifier is a week later.
¯ Only after the 500 miles of racing will
’ Redington know whether King is ready
: for the Iditarod. "I don’t know how he’s
¯" going to do when it gets real freezing,"
¯ said Redington, who remembers the 38-
below zero wind chill he endured in the
¯ 1974Iditarod. "Buthelooks healthynow. "" ¯
That hasn’t always been the case for
¯ King. Six years ago, the 6-foot man had
¯ wastedto 118pounds. Doctors gav,eKing, ¯
a former respiratory physician, 90 days to
live after diagnosing him with multidrug
¯ resistant tuberculosis. At one point, his Tcell
count, a measure of the body’s
¯ resistance to disease, bottomed out at 40;
~ a virus-free, healthy person’s T-cell coun!
usually reaches 1,000.
Kinghad one wish: to see Alaska before
¯ he died. Two years ago he took a cruise
." there, and he caught another bug. This
time, it was mushing. "That’s all he could
¯ talk about," said his father, Dick King.
¯ "He was suicidal, depressed at times. BUt
this brought him out."
Science lent a hand, too. Strong anti¯
viral drugs called protease inhibitors
became available. King was soon on a
¯ five-drug ’.’cocktail"prescribed to him by
Scottsdale’s Dr. Thanes Vanig. He began
¯ popping about 26 pills a day. He said he ¯
has to smoke marijuana to beat down the
¯ nausea caused by themedieation. He also
,- has to take percocet, and even morphine,
¯ to numb the neurological pain to his lower
¯ legs that was caused by the tuberculosis
¯ and AIDS drugs. His T-cell count has
¯ jumped to 560, the lower side of normal.
¯ He’s also gained 44 pounds, thanks in
¯ large part to injections of human growth
: hormone, a $4,000-a-month drug that he
; said was donated by a pharmaceutical
¯ company.
¯ WhenKingrecentlyreturned to Alaska,
¯
his spirits were high, His po~c,k,etbook is
¯ - the opposite. King is feveris!!) lining up
¯ sponsors, such as Tempe Mayor Neil
¯ Giuliano, to make it through the race and
¯ bring AIDS awareness to a new level,
¯ "It’s not just for people with AIDS," he
¯
s.aid. ’q~hemessageis for everyone: Don’t
¯ g~ve up. Don’t ever give up."
L
by James Christjohn
Upon viewing the PBS production of
"Spirit: A Journey in Dance, Drum, and
Song" on PBS, I contacted Peter Buffett,
the composer and creator. Upon learning
that there would be a National Tour with
a stop in Tulsa at the Brady
Theatre on January 3,
2000; I had the opportunity
to askafew questions. You
can get the video of the
production that originally
aired on PBS, as well as
theCDat areamusic/video
stores. It’s powerful in
those mediums (reviewed
previously), and one can
only imagine the impact of
the piece live.
JC: Hello, Peter!
PB: Hello! Well...
finally I’m answering your
questions. I was frantically
finishing a record for a
friend. It had to be done by
yesterday (which it was)
so I can go to New York
today to start all the
mechanics it’s going to take to get the
"Spirit" showon the road by the Fall. At
somepoint, you’11 have to get the’’making
of" part of the video. I think you’ll really
enjoy it. "(Note: The "Making of..." is
included on the retail vide~’Of the show.)
JC: It’s such an amazing piece that
works on so many diffdrent levels, l was
wondering whatinspired the idea to bring
together the different elements - dance.
song, etc. - to create the show?
PB: I wanted to bring all the elements
together for two main reasons. One,
"A hundred years ago
people sang
the Ghost Dance
songs in the hopes
that the world would
return to the way
it once was,
Now, the choir in
some of the Spirit
songs are singing those
very same words in
hopes that the world
can become
what it could be. ""
- Peter Buffett
because in Native cultures, song anddance
are usually linked. You can’t have one
without the other. They both contribute to
the telling ofthe story. Andthe projections
help bring the natural (or unnatural.., or
supernatural) worldinto the theatre. That’s
the "art" reason.
The "commerce" reasonis
that I knew my show
would be competing with
larger and larger events.
Not only theatrical, but
lmaxmovies,hugebudget
movies and all sorts of
entertainment that tugs at
the consumer. I wanted to
try and create something
thatpeople could honestly
say they hadn’ t seenbefore
(no small feat). So this was
my attempt..
JC: Well,judgingfrom
the response at the taping
from the audience, and the
incredible response I’ve
seen to the video, l’d say
you achieved your goal.
PB: It’s important to
note that I’m not in the "bigger is better"
: camp (as it may sound) but people want
and deserve their money’s worth. Andit’s
getting harder to "outdo" the last thing ~n
[ terms ofp0werful soundandimagery. My
[ hope is that the message of the show has
as much effect on people as anything else.
JC: I can only speak from my own
¯. experience, and that oflistening to others
¯ who have seen the video, to say that it was
very powerful in that regard, and
¯ communicated its message wonderfully.
see Buffett, p. 14
couNciL
Is proud to present
gie Hall veteran soprano, Floxane La Combe.
nature "COMC Sound" has attracted sold out audiences.
Order your tickets in advance.
November 19 & 20
JOHN WILLIAMS THEATRE
TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Call 596-7111 for tickets
www.counciloak.org
~’~#Made possible in part oy a grant from the Tulsa Pedorming Arts Center Trust.
by That Entertainment Guy
Livin La Vida Loca Tour, the Divine
king, Ricky Martin appears in Dallas al
Reunion Arena, Dallas, Thursday, Nov
4, 1999, at 8:00PM. Now this would be
the concert to take binocnlars to - and the
telephoto mini-camera. Ticket prices for
the Prince ofPop: $35.00- $75.00 Charge-
By-Phone #: 214-373-8000.
The Divine Queen of All Things is also
performing in Dallas in November. No,
not Stevie, although she is the otherQueen
of All T’nings Divine; but the Divine Ms.
Millennium Tour: Bette Midler in Concert,
A Beaver Production takes place Sunday,
Nov128,1999 at8:00prn at ReunionArena.
As she said in one early concert tour,
’qTais ain’t no cheap meat you’re lookin’
at!": Ticket prices run $50.50 - $150.50,
Charge-By-Phone at 214-373-8000.
Peter Buffett’s "Spirit - A Journey in
Dance, Drums and Song" is a music,
dance and percussion spectacle that
combines the power of contemporary
music with the songs, chants and dances
of Native American culture. The release
of the CD coincides with the PBS
Broadcast ofthe live show of Spirit, which
features over 80 performers - including
twenty dancers with both modem and
traditional training, an orchestra withboth
modem and ancient tribal instruments, a
flits choir and percussionists pounding
outheart-stopping rhythms on a variety of
drums.
The show runs in Tulsa, January 4-9, at
the Brady Theatre; and if you miss that,
then you can catch "Spirit" in Dallas,
March 7-12 at the Majestic Theatre.
You really didn’t think I’d let you get
away without the obligatory mention of
Stevie Nicks herself, did you? Yes, La
Diva nicks is performing three shows:
Two in California’s HOuse of Biues in
December, and one in Las Vegas HOB on
New Year’s eve. Tickets went for an
outrageous $127 (balcony seating) and
$227 (Orchestra - STANDING!). There
only a few floor spaces left for the New
Year’s show.. All others sold out. Believe
it or not.
Anyone wishing to contribute to the
"Send the obsessed reviewer to see S tevie
and not come back fund" can send
contributions to TFN. Just make sure my
name’s in big letters on the envelope, or
I’ll never see the money. It’ll end up in the
"buy the publisher new household
gimmicks" fund.
The Divine Ms. Nick’s new album
should be out the 1st of the year, if not
sooner. And hopefully, with a more
affordable tour. Apparently the cost of
chiffon has risen - a lot.
Fight Clubis.amovie that under ordinary
circumstances, I would have never gone
to see. However, I was not under ordinary
circumstances, and was swept along to
see it. I thought I’d hate it. After seeing it,
I think everyone should see it. The acting
is dynamic, the pace is breathless, and the
intellect behind it is tremendous. The
violence is not that bad, one scene aside,
and the points the movie makes are well
worth the viewing. The humor is well
done, and the homoeroticism between Ed
Norton and Brad Pittmakes it worthwhile.
see Fight, p. 15
.Parade of Ligh! s.
Come celebrate the spirit of the holiday season
at the PSO Christmas Parade of Lights.
Saturday, December 11, Downtown Tulsa at 6 p.m.
View parade floats up close, Friday, December 10,
at the HolidayFest (Brady Arts Distriot) fl om 6-9 p.m.
Pubfic Service Company of Oklahoma
A Central and South West Company
I B B (I T Z
"emotionally and visually rich ..."
-Performing Arts Review, Taiwan
"unforgettable scenes of disparate beauty"
-Davar
"intense in feeling ...
deep in intellectual content"
-The Plain Dealer
"bold, flLnging athleticism"
-The Kansas City Star
November 16 at 8 p.m.
Chapman Music Hall
Tulsa Performing Arts Center
3rd & Cincinnati
Tickets: $15, $22, $25
Call: (918) 596-7111
Outside Tulsa: 1-800-364-7111
Online: www.tulsapac.com
Presenting
by Rami Be’er
Co-presented bj,:
Oklahoma Israel Exchange
"Dazzling," "Pounding," "Unsettling," "Erotic"
"The dancing--real, vital dancing--of these 18 people
becomes a dyfiamo for transforming experience and
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Service - 1 lain, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595 (Welcoming)
Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist
Service - 1 lam, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314
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Service, 1 lain, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc.
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210b So. Norwood
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Mass - 1 lam, 205 W. King (east of N. Denver), Info: 582-3088
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Services: 9:15 & 11:00 am, 3355 S. Jamestown, 749-8833
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reviewed by Barry Hensley : substanceabuse and, now, a sympathetic
Tulsa City-County Library : wife with a decidedly un-Christian like
Whathappens whena"radical Lesbian" ¯ penchant for screaming and yelling. The
goes undercover to infiltrate the " author’s interaction with this member of
organizations of the religious Focus on the Family is most
right? She writes a book, of
course! Fortunately, this isn’t
"jnstaanotherChristianbashing
book, as Minkowitz is able to
see past her obvious
disagreements with these
groups and find some real,
human common ground. Life
is full ofgray area, as this book
shows.
Ferocious Romance is a
humorous but serious lookinto
religious fight organizations,
such as Promise Keepers and
Focus on the Family.
Minkowitz dons a fake
monstachc and lowers her
voice to attend a Promise
Keepers weekend that really
opens her eyes. In addition to
experiencing the fully
expected propaganda of men
itaking charge of the familyi
and making women submissive, she al~o
witnesses burly mencrying,hugging each
other andexpressing words offorgiveness.
She enjoys discussing this absurdity of
the feminization of the Christian Men’s
movement~
Her discussions with James Dobson’s
Focus on the Family are of more concern.
She has long conversations with a cute
voung man named Bobby, who is an
~tthappy "ex-Gay." It becomes evident
that Bobby’ s life is in a shambles due to
the cumulative effects ofchildhood abuse,
"The a.thor’s
interaetion with
this member of
Focus on the
Family is most
;nsi~htful. She
also meets with
several high level
exeeutlves in the
or~anlzatlon
whose arguments
t~t they are not
homophone are
astoundln~ in
their h~oe~sy."
insightful. Shealso meets with
several high level executives
in the organization whose
arguments that they are not
homophobicareastoundingin
their hypocrisy.
After these encounters with
the religious right, the author
inexplicably dives into an
account ofthe International S/
M Leather Fetish Celebration
that she attended inNew York
City to-celebrate the twentyfifth
anniversary of the
Stonewall Riots. We really
learn more than we ever
wanted to know about her
involvement in S/M. This
topic surfaces occasionally
throughout the book and her
comparison of conservative
Christians and S/M
practitioners is humorously
¯¯ enlightening.
As the 2000 elections approach, the
: religions right will undoubtedly take center
.. stage to promote their candidates and
, agenda. It is in everyone’s best interest to
: understand what these groups have in
¯ store for the country, should their ¯
candidates be elected. This book gives a
: bit ofinsightinto what’ s going onin these
¯ organizations. Check out Ferocious
Romance at your local branch library or
¯
call the Reader’s Services department at
: Central library, at 596-7966.
Members of each group were paired
together at the tables and encouraged to
gettoknow each other. Before the meeting,
the groups agreed to disagree on whether
Gays can be Christians and to focus on
ways to deter violence against Gays and
Christians, Falwell cited the September
shootings at a Texas church and recent
school shootings inwhichChristians were
targeted.
At a news conference following the
meeting, Falwell andWhite apologized to
each other for harsh words they have said
about the other’s groups over the years.
"I’ve been a preacher for 47 years, a
preacher of the gospel.., but in the end
homosexuality is. wrong," Falwell said.
’’It is my hope that evangelicals might
build a bridge of friendship -to Gays and
Lesbians as we have to alcoholics and
unwed mothers."
White, an author and minister with the
Metropolitan Community Churches, was
the ghost writerofFalwell’s autobiography
before White acknowledged being Gay.
Delegates from both groups thought the
meeting was good.
The same weekend, many of Mel
White’s groups listened to Falwell’s
Sunday sermon. Falwell, 66, began the
serviceby welcoming White andhis guests
and briefing his congregation on the antiviolence
forum conducted at the church
the day before. At that meeting, both sides
apologized for harsh words said over the
years and discussed ways to reduce
vio~lence against homosexualS.
¯" ’His sermon was amazang, said David
¯ Chandler, 36, a Gay man from San
: Francisco and one of the more than 4,000
: worshippers who jammed into Thomas
¯ Roads BaptistChurch. "Hesentamessage
: to parents to love their children no matter
." what.... I admire and respect Falwell for
¯ taking that stand." In his sermon, Falwell
¯
stressed that he will hot change his belief
¯ that homosexuality is a sin. But he added, ¯
"That has nothing to do with the love
: factor involved. We are to be lovers of all
menand women."Falwell’ s sermon came
¯" from Proverbs 13, which offers advice on
¯ successful living in the eyes of God. He
¯ spoke on the importance of working hard,
¯ living with integrity and not focusing on ¯
material things. He also talked at length
: about the importance of parents loving
: their children unconditionally.
¯ "For him to invite these fags here and
¯
into his church is an abomination,"Phelps
: said outside the church. "Now, Jerry
¯ Falwell is just as much a sinner as Mel ¯
White and both will bum in hell."
: Theservice endedwiththe congregation,
." singing the hymn "Only Trust Him.
¯ Falwell interrupted the song to reiterate to
: worshippers that what he or anyone else
: thought of them did not matter, but what
¯ was important is their relationship with
¯ God. White said it was "a shame" that
: protesters like Phelps brought hostility to
¯
aplace of worship. "What we have hereis
¯ a great moment for our country, Gays and
¯ Falwell worshipping together," White ¯
said. "It’s a small start, but it’s a start."
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by Mary Schepers, Do-It- Yourself-Dyke
Hey, baby, it’ s coldoutside. Andbefore
you start heating it up in front of the
fireplace, take some precautions. Notjust
theustml ones, ducklings! Thehouseneeds
some love and attention,
too. And by attending to a
few simple details, not
only will your house o’
love be snug, but safer,
too. You know what a
raving bitch your DIYD
is about safety, but she
does it out of a place of
love. Which place, she
demurs to answer..
The first order of
business is to keep the
winter winds and drafts
outdoors where they
belong. Inthe oftrepeated
words of the Oracle, ’We
don’t have a heating
contract with the great
outdoors,’ although you
may feel that way when
you get the first heating
bill for the winter. And
the side benefit is that if
you can keep the house
warm, you won’t have to
bundle up, and neither
will your schnookie,
unless,ofcourse, youfred
the layers of sweats and
sweaters an erotic
challenge. From thereon,
you’re on your own!
Try to take care of your outside heat
sinks (places you lose heat) before the
weather dips to 45 degrees during the day.
Mostofthematerials you will useperform
better when it’s warm - that’s a life
philosophy worth adopting! Checkaround
windows and doors for loose or cracked
caulking and replace where needed.
Around pipes or conduits that enter the
house, use an expanding foam product
like Good Stuff or better yet, Daptex,
which can be tooled, painted and cleaned
up with water, It costs a little more but is
worth it. Use this also to seal any gaps
between your foundation and the siding of
your house. It’ s like mousse with attitude.
Work it, girl[ If you’re really hard core,
make a trip under the house and seM up
around the pipes coming up into your
house, and the same from the garage. This
also discourages unwanted visits from
mice, who use pipe and conduit holes like
a superhighway to the supermarket. And
darlings, there’s no way to make trapping
mice attractive. Think about it.
It is also a good idea to insulate behind
switch and wall outlet plates. Special foam.
cutouts can be bought at your local home
repair store, so that all you have to do is
unscrew the plate, fit the cutout in and
replace the plate. It is amazing how much
cold air leaks in that way, especially in
older houses. Occasionally, thefitbetween
the plate is too tight, but not often. The
foam cutouts are cheap and it takes little
time to do this.
Before firing up the furnace for the first
time, it is advisable to have a contractor
come and give it a gogd cleaning and
inspection - the older your unit, the more
important this step is. Most heating and
cooling contractors will do a combined
winterandsummerservice forareasonable
sum, resulting in increased efficiency and
¯ reduced chance of injury. Heater
¯ malfunctions can result in explosions or
¯
fires, and sweeties, we have worked so
¯¯ hard to make your house into a fabulous
home.- It’s worth your peace of mind and
personal safety. If you
have a fireplace, 6all a
licensed sweep to clean
thechimneyandto inspect
and repair the firebox and
flue: Your DIYD prefers
to do this in the spring,
when scheduling is less
hectic for the sweep, and
then the fireplace is ready
togo as soonas inspiration
and a little cool weather
hits. This should be an
annual event for masonry
fireplaces, and every two
years if you have a metal
flue.
If you’re the intrepid
sort who doesn’t mind
scampering out on the
roof like a rabid squirrel,
get a good extension
ladder and do some
maintenance and cleaning
on the roof..Be sure that
the ladder has firm, steady
footing and is not placed
near any powerlines. Get
a hose with a power
nozzle or a blower and
blast those gutters clean,
especially at the
downspouts. Clean any
; leaves, sticks or debris offthe valleys and
¯ gables of the roof, and look for any loose ¯
shingles. Use an appropriate kind of roof
¯ goo or caulking to repair, and use this also
¯ around any flueflashings thatmightbenefit
¯ from some extra sealant. This is a good
¯ time to evaluate if you will need to repair
¯ or replace your roof in the spring. Be
: careful up there, and never crawl around
¯ on the roof without having someone at
¯ home in case you need help or get hurt.
Make sure she or he is not glued to a ball
¯ game or otherwise out of contact. At a
¯ time like that, you deserve the extra ¯
attention, pookie!
~" This is a good time of year for a lube
¯ job, or perhaps several. No, we’re not
back in front of the fireplace with Baby
¯ justyet-patience,my impetuous darlings !
¯ Borrow Dorothy’ s oil can and put a drop
on door hinges and garage door chain
¯ drives to keep things smoothly operating
¯ and silent in the winter, when the metal ¯
¯ contracts and squeaks. You know your
DIYD considers the aesthetics as well as
¯ the practical matters.
If you have storm windows, give them
¯ a good cleaning to let in as much winter ¯
sunlight as possible, and check for any
necessary repairs. Ifyoudon’ t haveenergy
¯ efficient windows,consider getting ~torms
¯ or even using the heat shrink film to
¯
provide some dead air spacq on your
¯ windows and to keep your house toastier.
0 : Now that the DIYD has planned your
: social life for the next couple of weekends,
¯ you can get busy making your nest cozy
¯. and snuggly for the winter: And if you’re
¯ very lucky, perhaps you will get yourjust ¯
reward- and we’re not only talking about
." a lower bill! Why don’t you go get a
; couple pairs of silk boxer shorts,just to be
¯ prepared? Be hot, not frigid, this winter! ¯
Ciao, ducklings!
"This is a good tlme of
year for a lube job, or
perhaps several. No,
we’re not back in front
of the fireplace with
Baby just yet -
patience,
my impetuous darlings!
Borrow Dorothy’s oll
can and put a drop on
door hinges and garage
door ehaln drives to
keep things smoothly
operating and silent in
the wlnter, when the
metal contracts and
squeaks. You know
your DIYD eonslders "
the aesthetles as well as
the practleal matters."
by Esther Rothblum, Ph.D.
Coming out as a Lesbian is difficult
enough, but is even more stressful when
the woman is an
immigrant and is
struggling to come out in
anew countryand using a
new language.
For several years now,
Dr. Oliva Espin, a
professor of women’s
studies at SanDiego State
University, has been
studying the lives of
immigrant and refugee
Lesbians. The topic had
to do with her own life
experience as an.,
immigrant and with the
imm.!granteli.ents she was
seeing m her
psychotherapy practice
for over twenty years.
"I saw that there were
some experiences that
.were common to
immigrant women," Dr:
Espin .told me. "A major
theme I found most
interestingwashow often
the woman would be
talking to me in Spanish~
for example, and then
switch to English when
she began talking about
being a Lesbian. There
seemed to be something
about using a second
language that helped
distance Lesbians from
whatever they had been
told was bad in their
i also think that
women who have come
outas Lesbians when they
were still children, may
have more disruptions
about theirownidentity,"
Dr. Espin said. ’q’hey
ask ’who am I?’ or ’What is wrong with
me?’ For .them, coming out so young gets
mixedup with other issues ofidentity. For
girls who also fecl that they are not ’rexd
Americans,’ or who as immigrants are
different in color or in language or in
cultural traditions - being Lesbian is one
more thing that strains their relationship
with their parents."
Furthermore, the parents may feel that
their daughter’s Lesbianism is something
she has "caught from those Americans."
When immigrant Lesbians come out as
adults, they have a stronger sense of
identity and coming outdoes not getmixed
up with the turmoil of adolescence
although it may get mixed up with the
turmoil of migration if they are recent
immigrants.
Dr. Espin has been conducting research
and interviewing immigrant women. She
found two types of immigration
experiences. Some women were Lesbian
before the migration, or else where
somewhatdissatisfied with what they were
even if they had no language for this.
’~2oming to anew countrymadeitpossible
for them to come out. This is true for
women from all countries, not just those
from traditional cultures. Being awayfrom
the familiar environment gave them
permission to come out; being I_~sbian
Dr. Espln has
been.., interviewing
immigrant women...
"Coming to a new
country made it
possible [or them to
come out.
This is true for
women from all
countries, not just
those from
traditional cultures.
Being away from the
familiar environment
gave them
permission
to come out;
being Lesbian was
very freeing
in this way.
I’ve even spohen with
Lesbians born in the
U.S. who have told
me that they had to
move all the way
across the country in
order to come out."
was very freeing in this way. I’ve even
spoken with Lesbians born in the U.S.
who have told me that
they had to move all the
way across the country in
order to come out."
The other group of
women Dr. Espin
interviewed was actively
Lesbian in their home
country, immigrated to
the U.S., and found that
the U.S. Lesbian culture
was different and had to
adjust their way of being
to the new culture. That
was sometimes very
difficult. "Some women
who were used to playing
roles very actively," Dr.
Espin continued, "if they
were used to being ’the
man,’, they couldn’t
understand why their
partner did not want to
cook their meals, for
example. Or, vice versa,
women who lived lives
that were ve~ closeted in
their home countries,
foundit terribly offensive
when I would use the
word ’Lesbian’ and were
threatened by not having
a cover-up."
In general, Dr. Espin
has found that immigrant
communities focus very
much on the "decency"
and "purit.y" of the
women in their
community. "Because the
communities are
experiencing difficulty
adjusting to the U.S., they
want to prove that they
are good people. It is the
behavior of women that
describes the family. So
: when you have a Lesbian daughter, how
¯ are you going to explain that to yourself
: andto your community? They may think
: , that this is what happens to all women
¯ when they come to America."
Dr. Espin has also found that Lesbian
: daughters tend to be more educated than
: their parents or their heterosexual sisters.
¯ As a result, the Lesbian daughters tend to
: bemaking more money andin many cases
: runmng the community centers and
¯ activities. "So coming out is also difficult
: for the Lesbian immigrant in terms of the
: community losing their mast in her. The
community doesn’t have the language
skills, the education, and the access to the
dominant culture that she does."
Dr. Espin has written about her
experiences intwo recent books. Formore
information, see Women Crossing
Bbundaries: The Psychology of
Immigration and the Transformation of
Sexuality (Routledge, 1999) and Latina
Realities: Essays on Healing Migration
and Sexualities (Westview, 1997).
Esther Rothblum is Professor of
Psychology at the University of Vermont
and Editor of the Journal of Lesbian
Studies. She can be reached at Dewey
Hall, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT,
email: esther.rothblum@uvm.edu.
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at the time of the assault. A Circuit Court
jury in northwestIreland deliberated about
two hours before finding 20-year-old Ian
Monaghan and 21-year-old Glen Mahon,
both ofSligo, guilty of "recklessly causing
serious harm" in the Jan. 31 attack on
Robert Drake, at his apartment. The
defendants were convicP,xlofIrishcharges
equivalent to aggravated assault in the
U.S.
Barely conscious, Drake lay for more
than 12 hours in a pool of blood before a
friend, Ciaran Slevin, discovered him. A
police officerwhorecordedDrake’s words
as he lay motionless inhis blood-spattered
kitchen with a severe head injury told the
jury that he believed he was recording
Drake’s "dying declaration."
Thedefensecontended thatDrakemade
acrudehomosexual pass atone ofthemen
and that the other then struck Drake in the
face to make him stop.
Doctors had to open a hole in his
windpipe to ease his breathing; he also
experienced pneumonia, kidney failure
and other complications. Drake returned
to Philadelphia by medical transport in
March to undergo five months of
rehabilitation to learn to walk and speak
again. Though he was released from the
hospital two weeks ago, his speech and
mobility remain seriously impaired. He
uses a wheelchair to get around, and a
letter board to assist in communicating.
Drake was in the middle of a speechtherapy
session at his Center City
apartment when word of the verdict
reached him. Through a friend, he said
that he was pleased with the verdict, ’"out
not surprised."
Monaghan and Mahon are free on bail
awaiting sentencing Jan. 10, when they
could get up to 10 years in jail. "It speaks
volumes that Robert, eight months after
¯ theincident, needs round-the-clock care,"
said Slevin, an Irish physician now living
with Drake in philadelphia. "I hope the
severity of the punishment meets the
severity of the crime."
Brattleboro Offers
Partners Benefits
BRATI’LEBORO, Vt. (AP) - Selectmen
have voted to extend health benefits to
same-sex domestic partners of town
employees. TownAttorney Robert Fisher
said the decision to extend the privileges
to same-sex parmers, but not unmarried
partners of the opposite sex, followed the
trend of law in Vermont and other states.
The University of Vermont extends
benefits to same-sex couples, Fisher said.
The city of Winooski is planning to as
well after an employee filed a complaint
with the Vermont Labor Relations Board.
"Winooski hasn’t come out with a policy
just yet," Fisher added. "They’re still
researching insurance issues. But if they
don’t follow the arbitrator’s decision,
they’ll likely wind up back in court."
He said Burlington, Vermont’s largest
city, extends health benefits to all the
domestic partners of city employees,
whether the rdationship is same-sex or
opposite sex. The town of Middlebury
also offers benefits to same-sex couples,
said Steve Jeffrey, the executive director
of- the Vermont League of Cities and
Towns.
TheVermontSupremeCourtis deciding
whether to legalize same-sex marriages in
Vermont. If it does, the towns’ policies
: will be irrelevant, Fisher said. The policy
: passed tmanimously. The issue wasn’t
¯¯ controversial, Fisher said. "It’s one of
these things where they’re wiseenough to
¯ realize that if there were a grievance with
¯ respect to this sort of an issue, that based
: on the case law both around the country
¯ -and the Labor Relations Board here in
¯ Vermont, that they would be fighting an
: uphill legal battle," Fisher said of the
: select board. "I think they look at it as an
¯ opportunity to perhaps steer clear of
¯ possible legal pitfalls in the future."
" Blue Cross-Blue Shidd of Vermont,
: which supplies health insurance to most
Vermont municipalities through the
¯ VermontLeagueofCities andTowns,has
: offered domestic partner benefits to large
¯ groups for a few years now, said Leigh
Tofferi, a company spokesman. Those
benefits were available to same-sex and
different-sex partners.
Lesbian & Gay
Seniors Sought
: BOSTON (AP) - Targeting an older
: generation open about its sexuality and
¯ thinking about its golden years, some
developer~ are looking to build Gay-
" friendly retirement communities.
: "We want to create something that
¯ mirrors the life they’re living now," said
¯ BoSton real estate agent John Goode, part
¯ of9gr°up planning .an urban homosexual
¯ reUrement commumty in Boston.
~ In generations past, societal pressures
¯ forced many Gays and Lesbians to keep ¯
their sexual orientations under wraps.
: Today,developers think those who helped
¯ pave the wayfor vibrantGay communities
¯ will want to continue living in Gay
¯ communities after retirement.
¯ "In the mainstream aging community,
there is the assumption that everyone is
¯ straight," said Terry Kaelber, executive
¯ director of the New York-based Seniors
Active in a Gay Environment. ’’We have
: a place that does not assume that. In fact,
¯ it assumes that old people can be attracted
: to old people of the same gender."
¯ Kaelber’s group is working with a real
estate development company to locate a
¯ site and investors for a 100-unit, mixed-
: income assisted living facility. Current
options for Gay- and Lesbian-themed
¯ retirement housing consist primarily of a
¯ handful of mobile home parks and small
¯ resorts in Florida and Arizona.
Goode’s group of seven partners wants
¯ to build a 75- to 100-unit retirement
community somewhere in Boston. The
project, called Stonewall Communities,
¯ is named after aGay bar inNew York City
¯ where a 1969 police raid sparked what
many say is the begimfing of the modem
¯ Gay civil rights movement. ¯
Other entrepreneurs across the country
¯ also have begun thinking about how the
¯ Gay and Lesbian baby boomers pushing
¯ into their 50s will want to spend their ¯
retirement years. "I’m looking for the
¯ active retirement market," said Peter
Lundberg of San Francisco, who is trying
to round up capital to build a Gay
¯ retirement community in California.
¯ Gay retirement housing options will
: likelyincreasedramaticallyinthecoming
¯ years, said Laura Connolly, who chairs
¯ theLesbianandGayAgingIssues Network
¯ for the San Francisco-based American
¯ Society on Aging. "I think it will grow ¯
over the years," slie said. "They will be in
¯ a variety ofconfigurations, from the more
: affordable trailer park options on upto the
¯ more upscale and expensive models."
How did the story develop?
PB: Many years ago whilereading "Son
of the Morning Start’ I was struck by what
we all may have lost by the greed and ego
of relatively few men. I wasn’t so much
taken by Native history as I was the belief
system behind the firstpeople of.this land.
JC: One of the things that struck me
while viewing the show was that this was
much more than a show, this was a ritual,
what theatre started out as. And ritual
that worked successfully to bridge past
andpresent.
PB: I alsoknew thatmostpeople (myself
included) thought of Indian history asjust
that.., history, museum pieces etc. So it
was important to do a couple of things.
Bring the culture into the present and
future tense. And incorporate a mythical
story about aman"sjourney tofindhimself.
By understanding his past - better
understanding his role in this life. I was
hoping to bridge worlds for people on
both sides. Wemight be able to accept, as
_ opposed to feel guilty or angry. And if we
can get to acceptance, we can progress to
learning.
JC: I like that philosophy
PB: A hundred years ago people sang
the Ghost Dance songs in the hopes that
the world would return to the way it once
was. Now, the choir in some of the Spirit
songs are singing those very same words
in hopes that the world can become, what
it could be.
JC: What a lovely vtsion.
PB: Pretty lofty goals., but hey,
somebody’s got to try.
JC: !’d say, from what l’ve seen and
heard, you’ve succeeded admirably.
Before I wear out my welcome, one last
question: What inspired you to utilize
Native American music in 3,our works ?
PB: To me, almost all Native tribes on
may land have the true connection and
understanding of that land. Here, not only
can we learn things about how we fit into
the fabric of the physical world through
Native American culture. But we can also
learn a thing or two about the spiritual
world.
PB: I’m really glad that you hear the
music staying true to the ancient as well as
the modem. The show (and the music)
can’t work any other way. It’s where the
two worlds combine that the magic
happens.
JC: That is so true. in more ways than
one. It’s a dzfficult balance, and rarely
have I heard it done so well.
PB: If you liked the video, I’m sure
you’ll love the live version!
JC: Having seen the video and the
impact it had on people, 1 can barely
begin to imagine the effect ofseeing it live.
I can’t wait. Thank you, Mr. Buffett.
© 1999J. Christjohn, all fights reserved
A unique opportunity to view and
purchase art works and hand crafts from
local women artists occurs Nov. 5 - 6.
Hosted by local artists Kathleen
Pendergrass andMary Schepers, the show
and sale will also highlight works by
Susan Norris, Robin Dunn, Donna
Richardson, Cara Liggett, Nicolasa
Kuster, Gayla Norman and others.
"We want to showcase the incredible
talent that we have in the Tulsa area,"
Schepers said. "There ’are a lot of very
talented artisans here who are not
represented in galleries or who are just
starting their careers. We’re having the
show at my house and studio to keep the
whole setting fun and relaxed, as well as
making these exciting works accessible to
a broad audience.
’~lt’s a good time to consider buying a
special gift for the significant people in
~our life, or for adding an original piece of
art to your own home, or even for buying
something practical likehath salts, candles,
display cases or smudges. Prices are
reasonable, especially compared to the
premiums paid for works shown in
galleries or higher priced venues such as
Eureka Springs. We’ll have clayworks
and sculptures, paintings, etchings, and
many other fun items."
The preview for the show is Friday,
Nov. 5 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The
show and sale continues Saturday Nov. 6 .
from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 pro. The address
is2727E. 56thSt. (51sttoColumbiaAve,
South on Columbia to 56th St) in Tulsa.
For details or directions, please call Mary
at 743-6740.
The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance
Company, an Israeli arts group will present
....Aide Memoire"," a full-length
contemporary dance by renowned
choreographer and KCDC Artistic
Director Rami Be’er at the at Tulsa
Performing Arts Center’ s Chapman Music
Hall on November 16 at 8 pm. Tickets are
$15, $22, and $25 with discoants for
groups of 10 ormore and student discounts
at the door (call (918) 596-711 lot order
online: www.tulsapac.com).
Choreographer Rami Be’er states that
....Aide Memoire.... is not about the
Holocaust nor does it describe the
Holocaust; it deals neither with
documentation nor a historical account.
Rather, "Aide Memoire" introduces the
maaner in which the remembrance of the
Holocaust can be approfiched and
expressed in an inspired, artistic medimn.
The subject of Holocaust remembrance is
relevant to present-day life and reality as
it lurks in the background of mundane
existence, penetrates deep
subconsciousness, and dwells forever in
personal and collective memories.
"’Aide Memoire" presents the audience
with a sequence of scenes moving about
the stage just like a cinematic flashback.
Theproduction conveys afleeting glimpse
of images which.the audience must face in
a lfighly personal manner. The audience
has ne alternative but to use its senses to
impart meaning to the images. "Aide
Memoire" has no central narrative, nor do
two opposing sides face each other.
Cruel stormtroopers are absent, yet there
exists a reminder of the struggle by those
who were there and experienced those
atrocities firsthand. Within this conflict,
we observe their efforts to continue the
fabric of human relationships, whether as
: individuals, couples or xn groups, and to
express the fundamental right of every
¯ person to continue to dream.
Be’er joined Kibbutz Contemporary
: Dance Company in 1981 as a dancer and
¯ choreographer. His works have won
¯ several international awards and have
~-become the trademark of KCDC’s
: repertoire. He became the company’s
Artistic Director in 1996.
¯ The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance
: Company was founded in 1970 by
_" Holocaust survivor Yehudit Arnon.
: Although based in Kibbutz Ga’aton near
¯ the Lebanese border, see Dance, p. 15
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it’s not surprising that this is the case,"
said Dr. Helene Gayle, director of the
CDC’s National CenterforHIV, STDand
TB Prevention.
AIDS experts say injection drug use is
commonly perceived as a major factor in
the spread ofAIDS among Blacks, but sex
is the primary method of transmission.
They say bisexual behavior among Gay
Black men who feel pressured to have sex
with women accounts for a significant
number of the infections among
heterosexuals.
Black preachers and politicians have
been criticized for letting the problem go
unaddressed. "Black communities have
been so overburdened that the idea of
adopting another burden is not appealing,"
said Cornelius Baker, executive director
of the National Association of People
with AIDS.
Slowly, leaders say, more attention is
being focused on the issue. Earlier this
month, Black churches in Atlantagathered
for the first National Black Church HIV/
AIDS Institute. Thegathering was an effort
to help pastors learn how to deal with the
disease.
Last Thursday, faith leaders, policy
makers, commumty activists and AIDS
researchers met in Atlanta to discuss
combating AIDS among Blacks. On the
same day, the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People,
announced a series of educational films
aimed at raising HIV awareness.
The CDC has also awarded $39 million
in federal funds to 100 national, state and
local organizations to help prevent HIV
infections in minority communities. "We
must mount prevention and treatment
strategies that deal with people where
they are now, not where we want them to
be or where we imagine them to be," said
Phill Wilson, director of the AIDS Social
Policy Archive.
Nonetheless, the statistics continue to
upset AIDS activist Denise Stokes, who
has been HIV-positive fo~ 17 years. "One
day, this is ultimately where I’m going to
end up," she said pointing to the quilt.
"I’m going to be a panel on some wall in
some library. "I just hope the library isn’t
full of people with AIDS."
A lot of straight folk are going to go into
this thinking it’s aboutbeating otherpeople
up, and come out thinking about a lot of
things.
Some of you, due to the timing of the
paper will have seen it - don’t ruin the
ending for those that haven’t. And if you
haven’t seen it because you don’t think
it"s your kind of movie, go see it. You’ll
be surprised. Brad Pitt’s bod is well worth
seeing. Amd since I work in a football
sized building filled with cubicles, I could
relate well to Ed Norton’s plight in the
beginning of the film- living life to support
things he’s bought, working in a mindless
dronin.gnumbness of cubicality. Anyway,
go see It.
Oh yeah, Helena Bonham Carter turns
in a magnificent performance as well. I
kept wondering why her character was
sleeping with guys, though.
In the interest of a public service
announcement, I will pass this along:
Warrior Way Martial Arts is offering a 3
hour class on selfdefense againstpunches,
kicks, and grab attacks; knife and gun
attacks; and club attacks. This takes place
on Saturday, November 13 from 12 - 3
PM at Warrior Way martial Arts, 2717 S.
Memorial. The cost is $25 in advance;
$35 after Nov. 6. Call to register at 664-
9100.
These guys are serious and know their
stuff, and with the violence against Gay
folk on the rise, I think everyone should
make an investment in something like
this. Knowledge is power, and in this case
could mean the difference between life
and death. Literally. Learn, and practice
what you learn, and stay safe.
And my final words for this column:
life is notabout surviving orjobs orl’mding
love, although it’s nice if it happens. It’s
about facing fears and making dreams
come true, struggling against yourselfand
others to find your strength and make
things happen. Being ready, and in the
right place and time for opportunity to
strike is important. Butifyou’re notready,
or are afraid, it will pass youby before you
know it, and that’s when regret sets in,
which leads to bitterness. So try all the
things you can, and do all the things you
wanted to do - and it’s never too late.
- James Christjohn
its members come from settlements all
over Israel. The dancers rehearse five
days a week at Ga’aton Studio, but on
weekends return home to work on their
various kibbutzim. Not only is KCDCone
of Israel’s foremost companies, it has also
earned an international reputation of
renown and is invited to perform at
numerous festivals worldwide.
Kibbutz Contemporary Dance is copresented
by the Oklahoma Israel
Exchange. Sponsors for this event include
the Oklahoma Arts Council, Heartland
Arts Fund. The National Endowment for
the Arts, Schustennan Family Foundation,
KCFM 94.1 and ONEOK Foundation.
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Friends RallyAround
Accused Musician
District Attorney Suspected of Bias
by Tom Neal, editor &publisher
Around Tulsa’ s Gay community, the reaction is one
of dismay and disbelief at the allegations of indecent
exposure made against musician and chorale leader,
Rick Fortner.
According to a Dec. 3rd Tulsa Worm story, a 16 year
old man has accused Former of masturbating in front of
him in a sauna of All-American Fitness Center in
Broken Arrow. A spokesperson for the Broken Arrow
p01icenoted that themanand Former were the only ones
in the sauna.
Friends and acquaintances notethat F,grmermaintains
his innocence, and have stated their suplJort for Former.
Mitchell Savage, spokesperson for the Council Oak
Mens Chorale (COMC) for which Former is music
director, said that the board of directors of the
organization has voted to express its support for Former
and their belief that his innocence will be established.
- TheCOMCboardposition was endorsedby the group’ s
general membership also. Savage added that he has
been acquainted for 15 years see Fortner, p. 10
Anti-Gay Harassment
Alleged in Public Schools
Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends
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V rmont Marriage Victory
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - By the time Nina Beck and " previously said he would support Gay mamage,
¯ Stacy Jolles got the news, it seemed like everyone already knew:
¯¯ The Vermont Supreme Court had issued its long-awaited ruling
on Gay marriage. They had won.
¯
The court ruled unanimously that Gay and Lesbian couples in
¯ Vermont should enjoy all benefits and privileges afforded to
¯ heterosexual couples who can legally marry. It is the first court
: in the nation to make such a sweeping ruling on the question.
’ But the justices split on whether it should amount to marriage.
¯ Onejustice splitfrom themajority’ s view that the state Legislature
¯ should decide whether Gays and’Lesbians should actually be ¯
allbwed to marry or shouldbe given domesticpartnership benefits
¯ equivalent to heterosexual marriage.
The split was of no immediate concern to Beck and Jolles and
¯ the other two couples who sued in 1997 when their town clerks
denied them marriage licenses. "It’s just fantastic this decision
¯" could come following his birth," Beck said as Jolles stood
¯ alongside her holding their month-old son Seth.
The issue now will be the subject of debate before the
: Legislature, which convenes on Janl 4. "I think the court has
¯ broken all barriers by dearly riding that we have a class of
¯ individuals in Vermont who are being denied their rights and I
thinkit is the Legislature’ s responsibility to correct that injustice ,"
¯
said Peter Shumlin, Senate president pro tern.
¯ But the question will be how. Should Vermont statutes be
¯ amended to permit two men or two women to marry? Should a
¯ domestic partners registry be established for Gay couples to
¯ record their relationships and therefore qualify for the benefits
¯ now accorded heterosexual mamed couples?
¯ "I think it’ s going to take a couple ofweeks, anyway, forpeople ¯
tounderstand what this means," said Rep. Thomas Little, chairman
¯ of the House Judiciary Committee. "Everyone wants to have a
: virtually immediate informed reaction to it, but I think it takes
¯ longer than.that."
: Gov. Howard Dean said same-sex marriage "makes me
¯ uncomfortable, the same as anybody else." He predicted the
¯ Legislature would comply with the court decision by enacting a
¯ domestic partners law rather than making marriage legal for
: same-sex couples. House Speaker~Michael Obuchowski, who
¯ Evergreen Awards Recognize
i Beal, Campbell, and Others
TULSA -Allegations of anti-Gay harassment have
risen at two Tulsa high schools. On two campuses,
teachers contend that they and some students have been
singled out for inappropriate attention.
While Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) does have a nondiscrimination
policywhich TPS’s attorney interprets
as protecting Gay teachers, staff and students from
discrimination, that policy does not explicitly ban
discrimination based on sexual orientation. It
"The Board is committed-to-the concept of
nondiscrimination in relation to race, religion, sex, age
national origin, handicap and other human differences.
This policy will prevail in al matter concermng staff,
students and the public." However, in the interests of
protecting these teachers from possible further
harassment, their names are being withheld.
One teacher, who is active in a local Gay mens’
singing group, was called into his principal’ s oftrme and
was shown a copy of the group’ s concert program. His
participation in the group was highlighted with a
- comment, -*’is -this~ legal .w’ Another teacherwhohelps,
With a support group for Gay kids. had a self-identified
"Christian" fundamentalist teack-zr attending support
group meetings andthe teacher whodoes notidentify as
Gay but as Gay-friendly felt there was an intent to
identify her as Gay and therefore to threaten her job.
Andatonecampus;twoyoungwomenwere suspended
for a public display of affectkm. A Gay teacher and
other students whb were familiar with the incident
claim that the two women were not behaving with any
less discretion than heterosexual students use in the
same circumstances, They do claim that the
administration response w~:much more harsh than for
heterosexuals. However,~ TPS spokesperson, Tiffany.
Bruton responded to TFN inquiries, saying that the
students’ conduct was well beyond socially acceptable
behavior even for heterosexuals. The students involved
did not respond to TFN requests for an interview.
TULSA - The 1999 Evergreen Awards recognized the work of
a number of Tulsans involved in HIV/AIDS issues. Prominent
among these were Dr. Jeffrey Beal and his parmer Ted Campbell
for their years of service as Tulsa’s principal physician treating
HIV and AIDS related illness and for Campbell’s mental health
practice around those issues.
The lunch ceremony was held at the offices of the Community
Service Council (CSC) on Dec. 7th, and opened with a remarks
Ted Campbell & Dr. Jeffrey Beal
by ~chael Conley of Tulsa CARF~, Melanie Speetor of Tulsa
’County Health Dept. and John Hawk Cocke of Indian Health
Services.
Presenters and the recipients of the awards included many of
Tulsa’ s most prominent activist/workers around HIV/AIDS care
and prevention. Sharon Thoele, exeentive director of Tulsa
CARES, Erie Ramirez of Planned Parenthood, Kathy Bird of
RegionalAIDS Interfaith Network, Tulsa officewere afew of the
presenters andrecipients included videographerAllisonCosslett,
Wendy Weisberg, Audra Sommers for her fundraising work,
Kay Rollins for NAMES PROJEC~ leadership, and Jeremy
Simmons for prevention education.
The Evergreen Awards are presented by the Tulsa AIDS
Coalition which was introduced at this event by Tim Gillean and
represented by CSC staffer, Janice Nicklas.
: said politics might prevent that. "What I’m hearing
¯ from my colleagues is that they’re saying that ¯ domestic partnership is amorepolitically attainable
situation and I think I’d have to agree with that
¯ analysis,"saidObuchowski,aDemocratlikeDean.
¯ Thoughthey were ecstatic, the three couples who
sued will hold off on their celebrations until they
¯ get an opportunity actually to say their vows in a ¯ wedding ceremony. "I think the acttml celebration
¯ will be when we get married," said Stan Baker,
standing withhis armaround partner Peter Harrigan.
Winnie Stachelberg, Political Director with the
¯ Human Rights Campaign, one national Gay
¯ organization noted,"we are thrilled that the Vermont
¯ Supreme Court had the wisdom and courage to
hand down this historic, landmark decision. There
¯ has never been a logical or justifiable reason to
exclude same-sex couples from marrying, and
¯ decision validates the unfairness of exclusion. This ¯
is a tremendous victory forGay and Lesbian couples
¯ in Vermont who are now one-step closer to being
¯ considered equal in the eyes of the law."
¯ Paula Ettelbrick, attorney and Family Policy Director at the National Gay and Lesbian Task
¯: Force Policy Institute said, "the court’s decision is
unique in that it commands that the state give samesex
couples every benefit and protection that
: currently provides to married couples."
¯ "However, bystopping short offully recognizing
: the freedom to marry, the court has opened the door
¯ to complete equality but has not constitutionally
¯ guaranteed it. Now the batde progresses to the
: Vermont Legislature," Ettelbrick continued. "We
¯ have the opportunity as a community to convince
lawmakers to provide the full badge of citizenship
¯ by recognizing the freedom to marry."
¯ Ettelbrick noted that Vermont is a logical state to
¯ become the first see Vermont, p. 12
New Leather Contest
TULSA- Ric Poston, Oklahoma Mr Leather 1999
and his partner James Murray _Mr Tulsa Leather
1997 have announced they are producing a new
leather contest, Mr. Sooner State Leather. The
contest will be a preliminary event to the StateTitle
of "Oklahoma Mr Leather" and is open to any
Oklahoma resident.
This first event will be held in Oklahoma City on
the weekend of April 21 - 23, 2000 and any profits
from the contest will benefit the Leather Archives
and Museum in Chicago.. The event will provide
education and information about the community,
"demonstrations," opportunities for brotherhood, a
brunchonSunday,andthe contestitselfon Saturday
night April 22, 2000.
Judges for the contest .will be Dave Rhodes,
owner and editor of The Leather Journal, Terrell
Brown, Oklahoma Mr Leather 2000, Oklahoma
Drummer2000 (to be announcedin February 2000),
and Michael Vrooman, the current International
Miss Gay Rodeo and a former International Mr ~sayRodeo,MarkMalonInternational Mr. Leather,
tRunnerUp-t997;and alternatejudge, Ed Smith
who is an avid supportor of local and nadonal
Leather and Drummer events.
The contest will be held at the Habana Inn,
Oklahoma’s all Gay hotel and bar complex. For
reservations (be sure to mention the contest for
special rates), contact the Habana Inn, 2200
Northwest39thExpressway, OklahomaCity,73112
1-800-988-2221, www.habanainn.com. For any
furtherinformation about the contest, applications,
and weekend packages contact:
ms.oonerstatelthr@aol.com.
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Chasers, 4812 E. 33
*CW’s, 1737 S. Memorial
*Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria
*The Mix, 2630 E. 15th
*Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square
*St. Michael’s .Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*The Storm, 2182 S. Sheridan
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
712-2324
610-5323
583-6666
749-4511
749-1563
744-4280
745-9998
834-4234
835-2376
585-3405
*TNT’s, 2114S..Memorial 660-0856
*Tool Box,. 1338. E, .3rd o 584-1308
Tulsa Businesses, Services, &:Pr~fe~si6nais
Advanced Wireless & PCS, Digital Cellular 747-1508
*Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71
*Barnes &Noble Booksellers, 5231 E. 41.
Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15
*Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21
*Borders Books & Music, 8015 S. Yale
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 S. Peoria
*CD Warehouse, 3807c S. Peoria
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746,0313 :
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Community Cleaning, Kerby..Baker 622-0700
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th 749-3620
*Devena’s Gallery, 13 Brady
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan
*Ross Edward Salon ,~,: 584-0337,
Events Unlimited, 507 S. Main
*Floral Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria
Four Star Import Automotive, 9906 E. 55th P1.
Cathy Furlong, Ph.D., 1980 Utica Sq. Med. Ctr.
Gay & Lesbian Affordable Daycare
*Gloria Jean’s Gourmet Coffee, 1758 E. 21st
Learme M: Gross, Insurance & financial planning
Mark T: Hamby,.At.tomey ¯ ..
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E Skelly
*International Tours
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th_
*Jared’s Antiques, 1602 E. 15th
David Kanskey, Country Club Barbering
The Keepers, Housekeeping & Gardening
*Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15
Kelly Kirby, CPA, 4021 S. Harvard, #210
*Living Al"tSpace, 19 E. Brady
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3rd
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 Place
Puppy Pause II, 1060 S. Mingo
*The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor
Rainbowz on the River B+B, POB 696, 74101
Richard’s Carpet Cleaning
587-2611
744-5556
838-8503 -
712-9379
592-0460
744-9595
610-0880
628-3709
808-8026
742-1460
459-9349
744-7440
745-1111
341-6866
712-2750
582-3018
747-0236
582-8460
599-8070
747-5466
585-1234
584-3112
663-5934
664-2951
838-7626
743-4297
747-5932
834-0617
834-7921,747-4746
749-6301
260-7829
481-0558
835-5563
743- 1733
665-2222
592-0767
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors
*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square
Paul Tay, Car Salesman
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis
Venus Salon, 1247 S. Harvard
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling
*Wherehouse Music, 5150 S. Sheridan
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis
Tulsa Agencies~ Churches, Schools & Universities
AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 4337, 741-0L .... 579-9593
All Sods Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria 743-2363
Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 587-7314
Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center, 2207 E. 6 583-7815
*B/L/G/T Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa United Min. Ctr. 583-9780
*Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 616-S. Boston 585-1201
*Chapman. Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th PI. & Florence
*ChurchoftheRestorationUU, 1314N.Greenwood 587-1314
*Community ofHope United Methodist, 2545 S. Yale 747-6300
*Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595
Council Oak Men’s Chorale 748-3888
*Delaware Playhouse, 1511 S. Delaware 712-1511
*Democratic Headquarters,3930 E. 31 742-2457
Dignity/Integrity of Tulsa- Lesbian & Gay Catholics &
Episcopalians, POB 701475, 74!70-1475 355-3 t40
*Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777
*Free SpiritWomen’ s Center, call for location &info: 587-4669
Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827
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¯HIV ER Center, 4138 Chas. Page Blvd. 583-6611
¯Tulsa C.A.R.E.S., 3507 E. Admiral 834-4194 "
¯Holland Hall School,5666 E. 81st 481-1111 :
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education 834-8378 ¯
¯House of the Holy Spirit Minstries, 3210e So. Norwood :
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438=2437, 800-284-2437 "
¯MCC United, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715 ."
NAMES Project, 3507 E. Admiral PI. 748-3111 ¯
NOW, Nat’lOrg. for Women; POB 14068,74159 365-5658 "
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¯Planned Parenthood~ 1007 S. Peoria 587-7674 ’
Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152
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¯Red Rock Mental Center, 1724 E. 8 " 584,2325
O’RYAN, support group for 18-24 LGBT young adults :
O’RYAN, Jr. support group for 14-17 LGBT youth
St. Aidan’ s Episcopal Church, 4045 N.Cincinnati 425-7882
St. Dunstan’s Episcopal, 5635 E. 71st 492-7140 "
¯St. Jerome’s Parish Church, 205 W. King 582-3088 "
¯Tulsa Area United Way, 1430 S. Boulder 583=7171
¯TNAAPP (Native AmeriCan men), Indian Health Care 582-7225 "
Tulsa County Health Department, 4616 E. 15 595-4105 :
Confidential HIV Testing - by appt. on Thursdays only :
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¯Tulsa City Hall, Ground Floor Vestibule
¯Tulsa Community College Campuses ,"
¯TulsaGay Community Center, 1307 E. 38, 74105 743-4297
Unity Church of Christianity, 3355 S. Jamestown 749-8833
BARTLESVILLE ¯
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¯Tahlequah Unitarian-Universalist Church 918-456-7900 :
¯Green Country AIDS Coalition, POB 1570 918-453-9360 :
¯ NS.U School of Optometry, 1001.N, Grand.........:
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¯ DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. ¯
¯ Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St.
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It’s Elementary + more...
December 22, 1999
On the heels of a tremendously
successful campaign togetIt "sElementary
aired on public television, we are thrilled~
to announce our new media series for
kids. We are writing to you today to tell
you a little about the project and to ask for
yo~help: .W.e.hopeyo.u’!l eonside.rm.~king
a year-end contribution toward its
completion and distribution.
We’ve been asked repeatedly by It’s
Elementaryfans, "When are you going to
make sombthing we can show to kids?""
.Finally wehave an answer -- THAT’S A.
FAMILY! -- a video for elementary
school children about family diversity.
To learn more about THAT’S A
FAMILY! and to make a donation to
ensure its successful completion, please
read the rest of this email, or go to:
http:.//www.womedia.org/support.html
on the internet.
THAT’S A FAMILY! is the first video
in our. long-awaited media series for
children, "Respect for All." THAT’S A
FAMILY! introduces children to different
kinds of families, while the second and
third videos~in the series center on
dispelling Gay and Lesbian stereotypes
and confronting anti-Gay name-calling.
In THAT’S.A FAMILY! you’ll meet
children’ who were adopted; are
multiracial; haveparents whoare divorced;
are being raised by step-parents, single
morns or dads, or by grandparents and
guardians. There also are children with
Gay dads or Lesbian morns, and their
stories are intertwined with those of the
other families.
THAT’S A FAMILY! is scheduled for
release in the spring of 2000. It has the
potential to reach hundreds of thousands
of children, giving elementary schools a
truly inclusive, respectful teaching tool
that children will love to watch. Wehave
no doubt that the long-term impact of this
project will be tremendous. Giving
elementary school students the opportunity
to hear the words "Gay" and "Lesbian"
described in a matter-of-fact way by their
peers, and experience Gay and Lesbian
families inthe contextofsuchanincredibly
diverse group of other families, could
have a profound effect on their values and
behavior for the rest of their lives.
To kick off this ambitious media series
for children, we need your help. We need
to raise additional funds to finishTHAT’S
A FAMILY! this winter and to launch its
distribution. Our work is not commissioned-
instead we independently
produceand distribute ourmediaprojects.
see It’s... p. 14
Announcements Policy
Tulsa Family Newswitl provide-space
for holy union ceremony, marriage
ceremony, birth, adoption and death
announcements onaspace availablebasis.
Photos are welcome, though we cannot
promise placement or return them, so
please send copies to Tulsa Family News,
POB 4140, Tulsa 74159.
Letters Policy
Tulsa Family News welcomes letters
on issues which we’ve covered or on
issues you think need to be considered.
You may request that your name be withheld
but letters must be signed & have
phonenumbers, or behand delivered. 200
word letters are preferred. Letters to other
publications will be re-printed as is
appropriate.
by Tom Neal, editor & publisher
January is National Volunteer BloodDonor Month and
most newspapers in the city have received press releases
exhorting Tulsans to donate blood.
According to Tulsa’s chapter of the American Red
Cross’ communications manager, Maggie Jewell, "the
winter time is a crucial time for blood donations and that
many new donors are needed to help meet patient needs
in local hospitals...many donors who regularly give find
that they cannot during the winter months because of a
cold or the flu.., the nation’ sblood supply... [is] just a
few hours aheadofdemand. Asit stands today, ifeveryone
stopped donating blood, our nation’s supply would
disappear within only two days..."
So you’d think that the Red Cross would welcome all
donors. In the Red Cross" press releases, they state, "to
donate, one must be 17 years or older, weigh at least 110
pounds, and be feeling wall the day of the donation..."
What they don’t say is that ffyou are Gay, you don’ t lie
about it, and you give blood, they throw your blood away
- even though ALL blood is tested for HIV antibodies
anyway! Anyone who’s had sex with someone of the
samegender since,ifmemory serves me, 1984, is banned.
To reframe a 19th century prejudice: "Irish need not
apply" becomes "Faggots need not apply."
The local Red Cross shrugs off responsibility, saying
it’s a national policy. The national Red Cross places the
blame on the Federal Drug Administration (FDA). They
all know that thisis bad science. "
Once one might have presumed-a tight correlation
between sexual orientation/behavior and HIV status.
Today, those exposed to the HIV virus can just as easily
be heterosexual. Infact, one of the parts ofour population
whichhas disproportionately highinfectionrates is young
Mrican-Americans. Does anyone think we’d see the Red
Cross or FDA saying, "Young Blacks need not apply"?
The reality is that this discrimination is socially wrong
as well as bad public health policy. TulsaArea Red Cross
can’ t:change it by itsdf but its Board of Directors can go
on record to call for a change in the policy (it wouldn’t
hurt if they added a non-discrimination pohcy too). And
it can stop trying to sweep this prejudice under the rug.
Until it and the FDA change their policies, its press
releases should read, "to donate, one must be 17 years or
older, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be feeling well the
day of the donation.., andnot be aGay or Bisexual man."
by Tom Neal, editor/publisher
Early on the morning of Dec. 3rd, like many others, I
was shocked to see the face of a friend, someone whom.
I respectandlike, inTheWorld accused ofa vcry unlikely
act.
Reading the article and knowing the man, my first
reaction was to wonder that the charges had been brought
at all. It is a classic, "he said, she said" recast as "the
straight ’boy’ said, the Gay man said."
According to comments made to the Tulsa World by
Broken Arrow police, the
only persons present at the
allegedactwere RickFortner
and themanwhohas accused
him of lewd behavior (I say
man who accused because at
16 if he were a murderer,
he’d be considered an adult
and 16maynotbevery wise,
but it’s hardly a child in this
day and age).
I then wondered at
possible motivations for his
accuser. Was this the sick
behavior of a young man struggling with his own
homosexuality andprojecting his self-hatred onto another
target?
Or is he yet another young American man warped into
mindless hatred Of men who love other men by a society
whose need for some hated "other’ dates back to before
the Republic was founded (let me see: we Americans
havehated Indians in the East, we’ ve hated Blacks, we’ve
hated Jews, we’ve hated Germans, we especially hated
the Irish, we’ve hated Catholics, and Poles, and again
Indians in the West, and Asians: Chinese, Japanese, Fast
Indians, we’ve hated Commumsts, Socialists, Unionists,
women who dared to vote -or merely not be endless
baby-factories, hell, we’ ve even hated some Republicans
- I personally have thought that Ronnie Reagan was one
of the most profoundly and blandly evil men of our time
but I digress).
Former says he is innocent and I believe him as do his
friends and colleagues at his work, All Souls Unitarian
ChurchandinCouncil Oaks Mens Chorale whichFortner
founded and leads, and I hear his family, thank God.
But even when his innocence is proven, and these
charges likely are shown to be shameless political
opportunism by Tulsa County District Attorney Tim
Harris, Fortuer remains victimized by the accusation. His
reputation has been called into question and defending
" Fortner says he is innocent and I
believe him... But even when his
innocence is proven, and these
charges likely are shown to be
shameless politlea! opportunism by
Tulsa County District Attorney
Tim Harris, Fortner remains
victimized by the accusation...."
himself can 0nly be costly even if the charges are without
merit.
So why is this haptmning? Political and other observers
have known for some dme that Tulsa District Attorney
Tim Harris is closely associated with right wing political
extremists who call themselves "Christian."
Tulsa’s DA’s earlier demonstrated their willingness to
abuse the powers of the office to promote a ultra rightwing
agenda when they failed to prosecute seriously the
brutal hate assault against Tony Orr and Tim Beauchamp
until after prim media had
written about the DA’s bias,
failing even to get them
victim’s compensation for
their medical injuries as the
DA’s office does for other
crime victims.
Local attorney and
TOHRboard member Kerry
Lewis suggests that Harris is
shamelessly using this
accusation to appeal to the
part ofhis electoratewho are
rabidly prejudiced, to appear
as though Hams is "fighting crime" andjust incidentally
destroying Rick Fortner’s lifein the process.
We can likely anticipate that much of our District
Attorney’ s strategy, if they have the nerve to push such a
seemingly meritless case so far, is going to be to engage
in blatant legal "Gay-bashing." It will be suggested that,
ipso facto, Rick’s a"homo" and therefore capable of any
evil, and that any accusation by a red-blooded, all-
American boy is, of course, God’s own Truth!
But what’s really on trial here, is American justice
itself. As has played out generation after generation, with
minority after minority, the reality has been that our
justice, at its best- is uneven, and more often than not is
wildly unfair, favoring wealth, whiteness and heteromaleness.
And all the problem is not in the DA’s office. Some
Tulsa police, year after year, engage in varieties of anti-
Gay bias, including breaking the very law, with no
restriction nor anti-bias training from Chief Palmer nor
the elected official to whom he answers, Mayor Savage.
But right now, what matter is that Rick Former is
treated fairly. I don’ tknow if he’ s got alegal defense fund
set up but he may need it.
I’d suggest that any help readers might give, be sent to
the Rev. Suzanne Meyers at All Souls Unitarian Church.
They’re in the book.
by Dave Fleischer
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Ask voters a question - then listen to their answers -
and you get what Lily Tomlin calls a "goosebump
experience." Why the adrenaline rush? Because you
challenge not only your cherished ideas about the voters,
but also what you believe about yourself.
I was reminded of this while campaigning in Carol
City, an African-American, working-class Miami
neighborhood. I was with a team of volunteers from
SAVE Dade, the group preparing to defend their county
Human Rights Ordinance.
Scene: short, bald, Jewish me at.the door, talking to a
voter: "The Ordinance protects all of us from
discrimination, whether we’~re aman or woman, black or
white, Gay or non-Gay. The newest part of the law is the
part that includes Gay people. Some people want to take
the law .apart and remove Gay people from it. But we
think that s wrong-wethink everyone ought to be treated
with dignity and respect. What do you think?"
,,W,_ith barely a pause, the voter began "My church says.
¯. Oy ray. I figured I knew where we were headed, and
it wasn’t the promised land. "My church says--Jesus
loves everybody. Diseriminadon is always wrong." She
and I had a brief, affirming discussion.
I went to door #2, said my piece, and the voter
immediately began,"My church says..." I listened. "My
church says homosexuality is a sin. It’s wrong. Read
your Bible, and you’ll see the Lord has a plan for a better
life for you." As he amplified his point of view, I was
: trying to decide how quickly to exit. When he stopped
: talking, we paused and looked at each other. Then I said,
"Well, I’m Gay. I likemylife, and if IYm doing a goodjob
¯
at myjob, do you think my boss should be able to fire me
¯ just because I’m Gay?"
¯¯ The voter looked astonished: "Wall of course, no one
should fire you for that." That started a back-and-forth
¯ that surprised both of us. Wedisagreed about why people
are Gay. We agreed that discrimination against G.ays is
¯ unacceptable. After a fewminutes, as hewas prepanng to ¯
read tomefrom the Bible, I called ahalt, thanked him, and
¯ moved to the next door.
: What I learned about myself was how hard itis to ask
: a question and hear the answer. Both times, it only took
: three words before I thought I knew what was coming.
¯ Both times, I was Wrong but I realized why asking
~¯ questions is uncomfortable.Whenwe ask a question, and
really wait to hear the answer, we are not Controlling the
¯ situation. We are sharing control with the other person.
American culture teaches us all to like control. To
¯ celebrate our individuality - to believe that one pe.rson
¯ can make a difference - to have it our way--is as
¯ American as a.microwaved Mcwhopper.
But growing up Gay raises the stakes. Many of us
realize early on that we’ re different, subject to ridicule or
¯
hurt. So we crave control as a way to protect ourselves,
¯ and to survive. We pump up our talent for isolated
¯ individual achievement, sometimes neglecting team-
" building and our curiosity about others.
: Our life becomes a search for refuge. To protect
¯
ourselves, we build communities and organizations
¯ designed to shelter us. Butwe thenmiss genuine, reciprocal
¯ connectionwithotherpeople, especially thosewho aren’ t
just like us. Werarely ask them what they think ofus. We
¯
assume we know.
¯ When we don’ t ask real questions - like "What do you
think?"- we rely on Our past experience. No wonder that
¯
we hold onto ahigh level of paranoia. We can’ t forget the
¯ feelings we knew when we were young. We can’t miss
¯ the hostility expressed by right-wing extremists now. that
¯ we are older. ¯
But, guess what? Neither has much to do with where
¯ most Americans stand today. When we lack confidence
¯ in other people, it is no wonderwe struggle in campaigns. ¯
Ourlifeis a niche, but in elections we need50% + 1 of the
¯ participating voters on our side.
¯ It is understandably scary to put aside our past hurts to
test the possibilities in the present. It’s easier to avoid
person-to-person campaigning; it’s tempting instead to
¯ rely on every other possible form of communication, all
of which have at least some value. But what price do we
[ pay for our lack of curiosity, our unwillingness to risk
: authentic exchange? Are we, without meaning to, buying
¯ intothelargerculture’stoleranceofstereotypicalthinking?
~ Who is most imperiled when it’ s a deviant act to ask a
¯ question - or to question a stereotype? Let’s rescue ¯ ourselves. Goosebumps are ours, for the asking.
Dave Fleischer is a seniorfellow at the Policy Institute
ofthe National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
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Amanda met her partner, "Helen," in 1984 when
they were living in Georgia. Helen was artificially
inseminated in 1993 and gave birth to a daughter that
December. Amanda was involved in the preparations
for the birth and helped take care of the little girl for
a year and a half. The relationship ended in 1995. The
next year, Helenmoved to Chicago with her daughter
and has refused to allow Amanda any contact with the
child since 1997, the court said. Amanda’s suitargued
that even though she was not married to Helen, She
Should have the same rights parents have under
common law. Sawyer, an attorney for the Eainbda
Legal Foundation, said a decision would be made
later on. whether to appeal to the Illinois Supreme
Court.
Helen’s attorney, Leon Finkel, noted that Illinois
does not recognize common law in such cases’~ He
said boyfriends, aunts and uncles and in some cases
even stepparents are among those whoare not entitled
to visitation rights under Illinois law.
Finkel also said limiting the list was a good idea.
because parents should only m special instances be
forced to give up the power to determine who is
allowed to visit their children.
He added that while Illinois doesn’t recognize
same-sex marriages, it does recognize same-sex
adoptions. Had Amanda legally adopted the girl, she
would have had visitation rights and the dispute
would never have taken place, he said.
Study Says Marriage Ban
Would Hurt Children
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - At least 40,000
children living with Gay couples and 100,000 more
with Gay single parents would be affected by a
proposed state ban on same-sex marriages, according
to a new study. Those children could feel ostracized
by. society if their parents’ Unions were considered
invalid, concludes the review by Michael Wald, a
Stanford University law professor who specializes in
public policy’s effect on children. Proposition 22
would let California recognize only marriages
performed between a man and a woman. It will be
voted on in March.
’q’his alleged study, which promotes homosexual
marriages, is nothing more than a bogus political
campaign hit piece against Proposition 22 and the
institution of marriage," said Robert Glazier, a
spokesman for the Yes on Proposition 22 campaign.
Wald’s review used findings by the American
Psychological Association and several research studies
on same-sex parents. "By all reports, these families
are doing very wall," Wald said. "It is different,
obviously, growingup in afamily with two parents of
the same sex, but children adjust to it." Studies have
shown that the children of Gay parents are welladjusted
and do wall in school, but often face
intolerance, he said.
The report drew criticism from David Orgon
Coolidge, director of the Marriage Law Project atThe
Catholic University ofAmerica inWashington, D.C.,
who called it "an attempt to mislead voters." "prop 22
is not about same-sex couples," Coolidge said in a
written statement. "Prop 22 is about whether
Californians will be allowed to decide for themselves
how marriage will be defined in this state."
Colorado Anti-Marriage
Amendment Progresses
DENVER (AP) - A proposed constitutional
amendmentto restrict same-sexmarriages in Colorado
has been approved by the .secretary of state’s office
and now advances to a 30-day challenge period, ifapproved
by voters, the measure would recognize
only marriages between, a man and a woman and
would make same-sex marriages performed in other
states invalid in Colorado.
Themeasure, which cleared the secretary of state’s
ritle-setting board in December, will face opposition.
"As a statewide agency,we are eommitted to fighting
this every step of the way," said LoriAnn Girvan,
executive director of Equality Colorado. "We feel
that the taxpayers of Colorado don’t need another
anti-Gay ballotinitiative that will re-ignite our state’s
reputation as a place of intolerance."
Candace McCune, an Englewood lawyer
representing proponents of the measure who formed
the group Coloradans for Traditional Marriage, said
the measure would close a loophole in the state
Constitution. The Legislaturelast year rejected an
attempt by Sen. Marilyn Musgrave, R-Fort Morgan,
to pass a statute similar to the proposed amendment.
Opponents oftheinitiativehave 30 days to challenge
it. Ifit survives, signatures ofnearly 64,000 registered
voters. W~ould have to be collected tO.l~m the ~easure
off ~1i~ ~6all0t. Coloradatis- for Tradiu6nal" Marriage
also withdrew a proposal to ban same-sex marriages.
Hank Aaron Slams
Pitcher’s Comments
ATLANTA (AP)- Hall of Famer Hank Aaronjoined
thebarrage ofcriticism against AtlantaBraves pitcher
Johp_ Rocker, despite his apology for making
derogatory comments about Gays and minorities.
Aaron said he was "very sick and disgusted about
the whole situation" and questioned how Rocker
could continue in baseball. "I have no place in my
heart for peoplewhofeel that way," the all-time home
run king, who is the Braves’ senior vice president,
told syndicated radio host Jay Mariotti.
About 15 activists protested outside Turner Field,
urging the Braves to fire Rocker for the comments,
which were published i~n a recent Sports Illustrated.
"There may be some room for redemption, but not
as anAtlantaBrave," said Michael Langford, president
of the United Youth-Adult Conference. "We
encourage him to enter his resignation right now and
go into an early retirement."
Rocker told Sports Illustrated he would never play
for a New York team because he didn’t want to ride
a subway train "next to some queer with AIDS." He
also bashed immigrants, saying, "I’m not a very big
fan of foreigners... How the hell did they get in this
country?" While driving in Atlanta during the
interview, Rocker criticized Asian women: Look.
Look at this idiot," he said of another driver. "I
guarantee you she’s a Japanese woman. How bad are
Asianwomenatdriving?" Healso calledan overweighl
black teammate "a fat monkey."
Rocker apologized in a ffritten statement, saying he
was carried away by his "competitive zeal" against
New York Mets fans. He said heis not a racist mad the
comments do not reflect his true feelings.
Civic groups and a member of the Atlanta city
Council delivered aletter to Braves owner TedTurner
and general manager John Schuerholz demanding
Rocker’s immediate firing. "We would have hoped
there would havebeen amore scathing condemnation
of these comments," said Councilman Derrick
Boazman. "This was more thanjust rhetoric. This was
hate." There was no answer at Turner’ s office, and his
publicist did pot return a telephone call.
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig called Rocker’s
remarks "inappropriate and offensive." He said
baseball is reviewing the matter and would take
"appropriate action." There is precedent: Former
Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott was suspended
from baseball for the 1993 season for her use of racial
and ethnic slurs.
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¯ WASH!NGTON(AP)-The U.S. Defense Department
¯ is piessing armed services leaders to re-emphasize to
¯¯ commanders that harassment of troops based on their
sexual orientation will notbe tolerated. The Pentagon
: has drawn fire recently for its "don’t ask, don’t tell"
: policy. Critics say an increasing number ofGay and
Lesbian servicemembers arebeingharassed, contrary
: to the stated policy ofpermitting them to serve so long
: as they do not declare their sexual orientation.
: The criticism sharpened after a court-martial in
¯ which anArmyprivate was convicted of murdering a
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Gay ,soldier harassed with the knowledge of his
¯ superiors. PresidentBill Clinton said earlier lastmonth
¯ that the Pentagon’s policy on Gays was "out of ¯
whack."
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Older Americans
With HIV Increasing
HOUSTON (AP) - An aging population,
life-extending treatments, and a
misperception that AIDS is a disease of
the young have fostered an increase in
AIDS infections among older Americans,
the Houston Chronicle reported recently.
Nationally, about 11% of reported AIDS :
cases are in people 50 or older, the
newspaper reported.
Seniors are the age group with the
fastest-growing AIDS rates - up 22%
between 1991 and 1996, compared with a
9% increase among people age 13-49,
according to the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
However, health officials warned that
the increases seem dramatic because the
numbers are small. A 106% increase in
the number of older women infected
through sex, for example, is based on an
increase from 340 eases to 700 eases.
"’At this point, the numbers are so small
that they really have notbeen perceived as
a problem," said Dr. Rose Brownridge,
acting bureau chief of the Texas
Department:of Health division that deals
with AIDS and other sexually transmitted
diseases. She added, however, that the
issue needs further study.
About 72,000 .americans age 50 and
over and about 4,50(3 Texans have been.
diagnosedwithAIDS. N~gneknows how
many seniors are infected with HIV, the
virus that causes AIDS, because not all
states require HIV reporting and because
older people arethought to be tested far
less often than their younger counterparts.
According to the CDC, slightly more than
one-third of older people with AIDS are
Gay or Bisexual men. About one of five
was infected by using a dirty needle to
inject drugs.
While popular attention has been
focusedon declining infection rotes among
children, AIDS among seniors has been
virtually ignored. That must change, said
Marcia try, chief of social science
research on aging at the National Institute
onAging. "The pointis that society cannot
ignore AIDS in that pediatric population,
in the young adult population or the older
population," Ms. try said. "For people
living longer or getting infected at_ an
older age, these people are incredibly
isolated, and they may not getthe treatment
they need."
That is likely to change with the
onslaught of baby boomers nearing
retirement age, said Kathy Nokes, a New
Yorknursewho works withinfected older
patients and editor of a book on seniors
with AIDS. "Baby boomers talk about
everything, try everything, demand
everything," she said. "To a 60- or 70-
year-old, that’s not polite."
Ironically, the drug Viagra that has
allowedmanyoldermento revive dormant
sex lives also has heightened concern
aboutthe spread ofAIDS. "They are pretty
AIDS-unaware as they venture out into
the world of sexual activity," said Sara
Selber, executive director of AIDS
Foundation Houston. "AIDS wasn’ treally
on their screen at the time they were
(previously) sextmlly active."
Fish Gene Key to
Immune System
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A gene discovered
in puffer fish - which have immune
systems similar to humans - may hold
secrets to learning more about diseases
that affect the human immune system,
such as AIDS, medical researchers say.
~esearchers doing work at St.
Petersburg’s All Children’s Hospital
published their findings in this week’s
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, an academic journal.
Despite the finding, researchers do not
know what the newly found gene does,
said Gary Litman, the University of South
qoridaimmunologistwholedthe research
effort.
However, they do know the gene plays
amajor role in theimmune systembecause
of its complex structure.
In addition to the puffer fish, the
~mportant gene is found in other bony
fish, including zebra fish and sharks.
"The hunt is on for this gene in man,"
said Litman, who is working with eight
other researchers in Florida and in
California and Massachusetts. "Now we
know where to look."
Researchers are using computers .to
search human DNA for the identical or
similar sequence of 114,000 amino acids
found in the fish DNA. There are about 3
million amino acids in the human body.
Discoveries about the immune system
can affectnew developments in treatments
for diseases ranging from common
allergies to cancer and Alzheimer’s
disease.
Litman said thenew gene mightprovide
clues to an additional type of immunity
that doctors might not have realized.
AIDS Most
Important Story
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP)- The
discovery of and ongoing efforts to treat
and find a cure for AIDS was the top story
of the century, according to a survey of a
group ofhigh school history students. The
students surveyed by The Hutchinson
News otherwise generally agreed with
adult readers surveyed by the newspaper,
but, adults gave AIDS barely a mention.
’ It had such a high impact on what they
thought about their own mortality," said
Susan Smith, a teacher atHutchinsonHigh
School. "They didn’t think they could die,
and they certainly didn’t think having sex
could make them die."
Lindsey Derr, 16, saidnews aboutAIDS
is evenmoreimportantnow that the disease
is generally understood by experts and
millions of people have been identified as
AIDS,positive. Jacqui Faber, 16, said a
lot of people still don’t know enough
about where and how to get tested.
Some issues identified by students as
mostimportant occurred long before their
lifetimes, such as womengaining theright
to vote in America. Other issues that are
again xn the news, such as the Scopes
"Monkey" trial pitting evolutionary theory
against creationism, weren’t seen as
important.
Other stories that were big during their
lifetimes, such as the explosion of the
space shuttle Challengerandthemeltdown
¯of the Russian nuclear power plant at
Cheruobyl, were neat the bottom of the
high-school list.
Thebombing ofPearl Harbor that led to
U.S. entry into World War II, top of the
general readership’ s list,was infifthplace
among the students.
A high-ranking story on the students’
list that ranked low among the gener~
readership was the "I Have a Dream
speech given by the Rev. Martin Luther
King Jr. Talesha Brassield, a 16-year-old
junior, said King’s speech was still a
reminder that Americans have a lot to
learn about respecting each other. "There
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think the same, look the same and believe
the same things," Talesha said.
Thais Protest US
Drug Monopoly
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Some 120
Thai activists and HIV-AIDS patients
camped Wednesday outside the Health
Ministry demanding an end to a U.S.
pharmaceutical monopoly thatmakes antiviral
drugs too expensive for most in
Thailand. They want theThai government
to enforce a patent act to legalize local
manufacture of Didanosine or DDI, a
medicine that suppresses the deadly HIV
virus in a patient’s blood, delaying the
onset of AIDS.
Few. of the more than 1 million HIV
postive individuals in Thailand, a country
of 62 million people, can afford drugs
such as DDI and AZT, imported to
Thailandfromoverseas,mainlyfromU.S.
manufacturers.
DDI,manufacturedby U.S. ftrmBristol-
Myers Squibb, is sold at50 baht ($1.25) a
tablet in Thai hospitals. Patients need at
least fourtablets aday, costingin all about
6,000 baht-10,000 baht ($160-250) a
month. A Thai office worker earns about
4,400 baht($110) amonth. Thedrugprice
would be halved if Thailand produce it
locally.
Last month, Medecins Sans Frontieres,
the Nobel Peace Prize-winnlngemergency
healthcare group, said U.S. trade pressure
has made proper health care for H!V/
AIDS patients nnaffordable in Thailand
and other less developed countries.
Activists said access to DDI, used by
around 5% of people living with HIV in
1997, declined over the past two years due
to Thailand’s economic recession. Since
theHIV epidemicbeganin the early 1990s,
more than 260,000 Thais have contracted
full-blown AIDS.
’q’he government has full legislation to
enforce the act butit fears the U.S. will be
angry andit mightlead to trade sanctions,"
said Paisal Tan-ud, spokesmanoftheThai
Network For People Living With HIVAIDS.
The activists plan to camp outside
the ministly in Bangkok until they get an
answer from the government.
Earlier this year, campaigners succeeded
in demanding local manufacture of
Diflu.can, a drug used to treat cryptococcat
memngitis, a fungal infection of the brain
which occurs in HIV-AIDS patients.
The government has allowed two local
pharmaceutical compames to produce the
drug, originally manufactured by the U.S.
drug company Pfizer.
Girl + Grandmother
Tell Their Story
WOODBRIDGE, Va. - When Annisha
Wilbum was 4 years old, she went to live
with her grandmother, Valerie Reeder-
Bey, who is HIV-positive. Reeder-Bey
knew she had to talk about her condition
with her granddaughter. The hard part
was finding a way to do it without
frightening her or delving into
uncomfortable details. "I was living in
fear that anything could happen," said
Reeder-Bey,46,wholives inWoodbridge.
"I wanted to tell her. I just really had to
find the way without being graphic."
She started by jotting down things that
Annisha shouldn’tworry about: "It’ s okay
to hug," she wrote. "It’s okay to hold
hands." As the girl got older, she started
making her own contributions to the list.
¯ Talking on the telephone with her
: grandmother was OK, Annisha pointed
¯ out, or going rollerblading together.
¯ Thus was born "My Grandma Has
: AIDS: Annisha’s Story," a 14-page
¯ illustrated children’s book that was
¯ published this year by a pharmaceutical "
¯ company and distributed at the U.S.
Conference on AIDS in Denver and a
World AIDS Day commemoration in
¯ Boston.
"- Annisha and her grandmotherare both
¯ listed as authors, but thebookis writtenin
¯¯ Annisha’s voice. "Hi. My name is
Annisha. This is a story about my
grandma," the book begins. "She is real
: special to me. Mygrandmaisjustlikeany
¯ other grandma. My grandma has AIDS."
The book goes on to describe the various
things they do together. "I know that ifmy
friendhas AIDS, I cannotcatch itbybeing
~ their friend," Annisha says in the book.
~ Reeder-Bey, who also lives with her
¯ husband, Tommy, is excited about the
: book’s distributionandhopes parents will
¯" use it to introduce the subject of AIDS to
i¯ tHheeairvcehniilndrVenie.wS,haeniosnaplrsoofitthtehafotpurnodveirdeosf
: health counseling and support groups for
¯ people living with AIDS. "I would love
¯ forit to be in ev,,e~y household. That’s ~e
ultimate dream,’ she said. "Even if it s
¯ not in every household, I want everyone
~ to know about it."
: The road to "My Grandma Has-AIDS:
¯ Annisha’s Story"was along one. It began ¯
¯ whenReeder-Beywent toherownmother,
looking for solace after she learned she
¯" was HIV-positive. Reeder-Bey said she
¯ spent 22 years as an alcoholic and drug
¯ addict. Her mother could not accept the
: diagnosis and sent her daughter away, she
: said: "I forgive my mother now, but then,
¯ I couldn’t take it," she recalled.
¯ Six years later, Reeder-Beywas alcohol-
. and drug-free andembarking onanew life
¯ as an AIDS activist and drug counselor.
¯ Then her daughter, who has had her own
: struggles with addiction, asked her to take
in Annisha. "Wehad already spent a lot of
." time together," Reeder-Bey said of
¯ Annisha. "She just became a part of my
: life."
When Annisha was 6, Reeder-Bey
¯ thought the two of them had a book worth
¯ sharing. She went to several well-known
: children’s book publishers, who told her
¯ that the subject matter was inappropriate
¯ or didn’t fit their needs.
¯ Butthebookdidcatch the eye ofofficials
." at Agouron Pharmaceuticals, a La Jolla,
." Calif.-based company that makes the
." AIDS drug Viracept, and Agouron
¯ published it. Agouron has an active
: outreachprogramthatfocuses particularly
¯" on minority communities, and the book
¯ worked well with that program, said Joy
¯ Schmitt, a company spokeswoman.
: Reeder-Bey also made sure that Prince
¯ WilliamCounty school administrators got
: a copy of"Annisha’s Story." Annishais a
¯ third-grader at Featherstone Elementary.
¯ Agouron said it plans to distribute the
~ book at otherAIDS conferences, with the
¯ authors’ permission. In the meantime, ¯
Reeder-Bey is a one-woman distribution
¯ machine, bringing books to her doctor’s
¯ office, to work, to wherever she thinks
¯ someone would pick one up. "I want
: people to open up and start talking to kids
: about it. Kids want you to be open with
: them," Reeder-Bey said.
¯ And Annisha said she plans to keep
¯
writing. She has advice for other would-
~ be authors: "I think they should write
¯ what’s in their imagination, and write
: what’sin their heart."
Happy New Year and Century to " hit Broadway, running for 2 years. This
everyone! "If you’re with me, next year : ground breaking drama about 9 Gay men
willbe... The perfect year!" Sorry, Petula ¯ gathering for a birthday party with catty,
left a little Norma Desmond behind. (The ¯ emotionally trying results spawned a film
line is from a song that features ~ -by William Friedldn (who went on to
prominentlyinthemusical, direct "the Exorcist", and
"Sunset Boulevard".)
Actually, there were afew
days I couldn’ t tell the two
apart. What, me catty? I
don’t know what you
mean. . . (Eyes bat
iunocenfly. Well, as close
as I can get... Shaddup!
Stop snickering amongst
yoursdves!)
January at the PAC: Ben
E. King performs with the
Tulsa philharmonic the 7
&8. The armchair traveler
goes to France on the 10;
and the All State Music
Festival happens onthe 15.
"Gaelic Storm," the Irish
band that played in the 3rd
class steerage section of
the Titanic appears at the
PACJanuary 19 &20. Leo
danced a jig to their tunes
in the film. Latin music is played by
Scarles, Allen and River on the 22, and a
concurrent concert hapl~L’ns with Janina
Fialkowska at the piano. On the 23, Das
Puppenspeil (I love that name!) puppet
theatre performs with the Philharmonic,
and the month closes with "Buddy," the
Buddy Holly musical from the 25 through
the 30. "Crossing Delancy" opens on the
28. More info on these artists to come. If
~ou lust can’t wait, you can always call
e f~iendly folks at the PAC ticket office
at 596-7111.
Forthose abitmoreventuresome, Dallas
seems to be the place of interest in
upcoming months. GeorgeWinstonplays
Majestic Theatre Jan 7; and for those who
recall a rather large member of the Rocky
Horror Picture Show cast, Meat Loaf
performs at McFarlin Auditorium Jan 16.
My, they’re really bringing in the class
acts now, aren’t they?
For the more modem crown, Counting
Crows plays the Bronco bowl Jan 25, and
Beck plays there Jail 26. Kids in the Hall,
the all male cross dressing comedy troupe
of some fame in the mid-90’s plays the
Bronco bowl Feb 3. The Pretenders, with
opening act "Gay Dad", perform at the
Bronco Bowl Feb 6. The Chieftains, for
those who like their Irish music Irish, are
at the Fort Worth Bass Performance Hall
Feb 6. Back in Dallas, Diana Krall plays
the Majestic Theatre Feb 18. And for
those into boy bands, Backstreet Boys
(almost has-beenS) are at Reunion Arena
March3-4. For themorefolksy set, Crosby,
Stills, Nash and Young are playing
Reunion Arena March 7th.
For thosepining for somedecent theatre
- and I know many of you are, even if you
don’t attend it- Mort Crowley’ s seminal
work, "The Boys in the Band", runs
through January 29 at the Fort Worth
Theatre (817-921-5300). It rated a full
page storyin theFortWorthStarTelegram.
Apparently, Fort Worth has become a
progressive town, in that one of its oldest
and mostprestigious theatres has started a
series of Gay plays called the "Labor of
Love" series. They have sold out.
Hello, Theatre Tulsa!
"Boys" opened in April 1968, and was
one of’the first, if not the first, Gay play to
"Sorcerer") and nnhinged
the closet door that held
Gay theater locked inside
and blew it down the
hallway.
. FortWorthTheatrehas
already produced two
shows this season thathad
to do with some aspect of
homosexuality:
"Seducing Sally" and
"The SantalandDiaries".
Folks, this is a city
nicknamed "Cowtown".
Hello? It’ s about the size
of Tulsa. They have 3
theatres there that are
unafraid to try something
new -CircleTheatre, Stage
West, and now, the most
staid of the Fort Worth
Theatres.
We have Heller, and
: sometimes TU, and the quality of theatre
¯ in this town is very hit and miss. I know
: that’ll tick some folks off, but it’s true.
¯ And more often than not, it’s missing.
: Let’s work on that, shall we? I mean,
¯ Cowtown, really!
Tickets are $10 - $12 dollars, and a
¯ percentage of ticket sales goes to AIDS
~ Resources of Rural Texas. And from the
: pics of the cast, it looks like it would be a
¯ handsome evening, indeed. Thanks to
: Mark Lowry of the Fort Worth Star
Telegram for some of the info used in this
: tern.
Usually, when I write of an album
wherein the songs, music and lyrics, tend
to eerily reflect events in my own time
space, it’ s a safe bet that I’m writing about
Stevie Nicks. Shejust does thht sort thing.
I got walloped this last week by an album
my best friend Karin (who’ s straight, by
the way) mademelisten to. She started off
by saying some of the songs reminded her
of me and one of my last major romantic
entanglements. Then she started playing
it, and I was just about knocked out of the
car. The album is by an artist I never gave
much ~hought to, except to wish that I’ d
never hear the phrase "I Wanna Come
Over" again. Yes, I was ~,valloped by a
Lesbian MdissaEtheridge slat~stalbum,
"Breakdown" (an ironic rifle, given the
album’ s previously stated significance) is
a treasure trove of powerful lyrics and
dynamite music.
The song "Stronger Than Me" is one of
the ones my best friend Karin related to
: my experience from her viewpoint. The
~ lyrics are dark and intense, and the music
; echoes their intent. "I don’t know how
: you can take it / invest your heart and then
¯ youbreakit / I don’ tknow how youcan set
: it free / you must be stronger than me"
: certainly sums up my somewhat
¯ overoptimistic romantic enthusiasms
according to Karin.
"Breakdown" is a power ballad about a
~ love gone so wrong one has left, but the
¯ other p~rson keeps pulling you back like
~ a pit of quicksand. "I’m coming to your
~ breakdowntonight.""Enough ofMe" was
¯ another sock to the stomach in its eerie
: capturing of what the last year of my last
; majorrelationship was like. see Jirn,p. 14
The Tulsa Phiharmonicpresents
pianist
Janina Fialkowska
the third concert in the,
Masterworks Series
Saturday, January 22, 8pm
Tulsa Performing-Arts Center
Debussy, Prelude a l’apres midi d’une faune
Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16
Wagner, selections from
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Tickets: 747-PHIL or 596-7111
earles, Allen & Rive.ra
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Long before multi-million dollar book deals -
were the fashion, Alexandre Dumas’ son
(yes, the "The Three Musketeers" author)
converted his torrid:turned-terminal love affair
into a best seller. From there, composer
Guiseppe Verdi adapted the story for opera
(hello, "La Traviata"). Today, choreographer
Val Canipamli finished the iob of turning
"La Traviata" into dance. Using drama,
not melodrama. For understatement
underscored. A full-length love story.
"You don’t have
to knew ballet
to love ballet.
You just have
to try it."
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I~" SUNDAYS
Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Community of Hope (Welcoming), Service - 6pm, 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Service - 11am, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595 (Welcoming)
Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist
Service - 1 lain, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314
Metropolitan Community Church United
Service, llam, 1623 North Maplew00d, Info! 838-1715
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc.
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210b So. Norwood
Parish Church of St. Jerome (Evangelical Anglican Church in America)
Mass - 1lain, 205 W. King (east of N. Denver), Info: 582-3088
Unity. Church of Christianity
Services: 9:15 & 11:00 am, 3355 S. Jamestown,749-8833
University of Tulsa Bisexual/Lesbian/Gayfrransgendercd Alliance
6:30 pm, Meets at the United Ministry Ctr., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
~’ MONDAYS
HIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appointment required.
Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm, 834-TEST (8378)3501 E. Admiral (east of Harvard)
HIV Rap Sessions at Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
7:30pro, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays
2rid Mon/each mo. 6:30pm, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard
Women/Children & AIDS Committee, call for meeting date, noon, 585-5551
Council Oak Men’s Chorale, rehearsals - call for times, info: 748-3888.
I~" TUESDAYSAIDS
Coalition of Tulsa, call for next meeting date. 1430 S. Boulder, 585-5551
Live And Let Live, Community of Hope United Methodist, 7:30pro, 2545 S. Yale
Multienltural AIDS Coalition, call for next meeting date.
Urban League, 240 East Apache, 584-0001
PrimeTimers, mens group, Pride Center. 1307 E. 38th
Coming Out Support Group (TOHR/HOPE)
Tuesdays, 6 pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, info: 743-4297
~ WEDNESDAYS
Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center
Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Service - 7pm, 3210b So. Norwood
Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group, more information, call 582-7225
TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for info: 595-7632.
Lambda A-A, 7 pm, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
~" THURSDAYS
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education
Anonymous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pm 834-8378, 3507 E. Admiral
Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN)
Support/social group for 18-24’ s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325
Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS, Info: 834-4194
~ FRIDAYS
SafeHaven, Young Adults Social Group, 1 st Fri/each mo. 8pm, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th
I~" SATURDAYS
Narcotics Anonymous, 11 pm, Community of Hope,1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
Lambda A-A, 6 pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
t~= OTHER GROUPS
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 298-0827
Gal-A-Vanting, Womens Social & Cultural Group
Call for info: Kathy at 322-6322, or Barb at 459-6825.
OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organization. Long rides & short rides from
Zeigler Park. Long & short tides from Tulsa Gay Community Center. Write for info:
POB 9165, Tulsa, OK 74157
Mixed Volleyball, non-active in winter, call Shawn at 243-5190 for spring activities.
Ifyour organization is not listed, please let us know. Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615.
reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
Here are a couple of new books at the
library that you shouldn’t miss! A few
years ago, author Rik Isensee wrote an
eulighteningbookforGay
men, rifled "Reclaiming
Your Life: The Gay
Man’s Guide to Love,
Self-Acceptance and
Trust." He’s back with a
new winner for those of
us in our, ahem, late
thirties (and on up), "Are
You Ready?"
The time has come for
the community to
understand that Gay life
doesn’t end simply
because you remember
Watergilte. This book
helps you learn to
celebraie i the positive
things about aging
(flexibility, " greater
"One d Isensee’s
primary tasks is to
help Gay males
reach closure with a
youtlt~l identity¯
The key to this is
learning to stop
living for the
moment¯ For a
¯ reclaim youthful ambitions. This tendency
: can be compared to the stage of
¯¯ ’bargaining’ in grief reactions. If only I’d just work harder, exercise more, go to
¯ bars, get a facelift, get a tattoo- I’ll be all ¯
right."
One of the suggested
steps toward stabilizing
your life is to get in a long
term relationship. Just
because it didn’t work
whenyouwereyoungand
foolish doesn’t mean it
won’t work now! There
is a good section that
provides some basic
guidance toward finding
a rdationship, including
"what are you looking
for?," "distinguish
_between desirables.and
necessary qualities," and
variety of reasons, "be open to men who
" don’tfityouinsual type." we are living longer. _There are alsosomegood
tolerances, self ann " 1- ....
¯....
" ~ d nav" ate neell to remmn
acceptance) an lgate~_____-~_~.
the negatives (dis-eti~ vital and involved.
over physical aging,
d i s i 11Usi onm e n t,--It Is very Important
examples of how
depressio,and lethargy).
One of Isensee’s to-not waste time
primary tasks is to help re]ivln6 -
Gay males reach closure
with a youthful identity, the past..
The key to this is learning
to stoplivingfor themoment. Fora variety
of re~ons~ we are living long~-and need
to remain vital and involved. It is very
important to not waste time reliving the
past.
As Isensee explains, "During this
uncertain time, when we’ ve lost our way,
there may be a sense of not having
accomplished anything. Itmay be difficult
to remember earlier goals or to ascribe
any significance to them. It’s also hard to
imagine what else we would like to do.
Rather than tolerating the anxiety of not
knowing, some men are tempted to make
up for lost time - through some radical
change for its own sake, or a mad dash to
with Former and does not believe the
accusation to be credible.
Attorney Kerry Lewis, who is also a
board member of Tulsa Oklahomans for
Human Rights suggested that anti-Gay
bias and political opportunism on the part
of Tulsa County District Attorney Tim
Harris and his staff may be behind this
accusation.
Lewis noted that such a case would
have appeal for Republican Harris whose
voter bast is tied to religious extremist
elements in the Republican Party. Lewis
also said that given the level of anti-Gay
prejudice in the area’s jury pool; Harris
maybecalculating thatheneednotactually
prove Former guilty, that is that merely
being a Gay man accused by a younger
man will be taken as proof of guilt in a
legal system. that is hostile to minority
citizens.
DrumwrightattorneyTimDaniel whose
practice~has’included defending Gaymen
relationships change over
the years. No, thesethi~gs
are not easy, but the hard
work will pay off in. the
end!
Another new book is,
’q’he Book of Gay and
Lesbian Quotations."
This is a fun compilation
of quotes by Gays and
¯ Lesbians; and Gay-friendly peopleas well,
¯ from ancient times to the present. It is a
." simple reference book broken down into
¯ broad subjects: solitude, morality, hope,
¯ etc.
: Some of the better quotes are: "a waist
¯ is terrible thing to mind," "anyone who
¯ says that softball is a boring game to
. watch isn’t looking at the right things!,"
: and "the only way of getting dd of
temptation is to yield to it." This is a super
: book for one liners.
: Check for these and other fun books at
¯ your local branch library, or call the ¯
Readers ServicesdepartmentattheCentral
: Library at 596-7966.
: who say they were entrapped by Tulsa
¯ Police, believes that the Tulsa County
¯ DistrictAttorney uses anti-Gay bias in the legal system to plea bargain cases,
: knowing that accused Gay men, even if
¯ they are not guilty, or even if the police ¯
engaged in illegal conduct themselves in
¯ order to make an arrest, will accept a
~ "deal" rather than risk having a hostile
¯ jury and even more serious charges and
¯ punishment.
: Anti-Gay hate crime victims, Tony Orr
¯ &TimBeauchamp, also have pointed out ¯
that Hams’ office failed to assist them in
: getting normal compensation for their
: medical expenses due to the assault on
¯ them, and that the DA’s office did not
¯ even prosecute seriously their assailants ¯ until after The Tulsa World wrote a story
: about the DA’s inaction.
¯ Fortner did return a call to TulsaFami!y
: Newsbutonadviceofhis attorney declined
; to comment onthe allegations. Calls to
: Former’s attorney were not returned.
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Aerobics
Aquatic Programs
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Le s!
by Mary Schepers . - I will respect electrical energy and will
TFNdo-it-yourself-dyke extraordinaire ¯ notwireanyfixture, outletorswitch’hot."
The holidays are over, the mistletoe " - I resolve to keep saw blades sharp and
delightfullynsed, abusedandrefused.The ¯ clean. I will unplug power saws before
long nights and short days of winter seem ¯ removing the blade.
to stretch on forever. It is - I resolve to use trendy
the time to dreamoffuture
projects that will not be
started until spring time
comes. And it is time for
making all of those godawful
New Year’s resolutions
that endurebutfor
a mere matter of days.
Why not combine home
projects with good
intentions andmake some
resolutions you’ll actually
keep?
Inall modesty, and with
absolutely no sense of
overstepping boundaries,
your DIYD gently offers
her own suggestions for
your approval and
implementatzon.
Considerityourblueprint
for a millennium of
satisfying home projects.
Or consider it your DIYD
telling you what to do -
again. And always. Why
should this century be any
different than the. last?
You love it, ducklings,
you know you do! Now,
repeat after me
- I resolve to always work
safely! I will read and follow direction~
and will not by-pass guards or safety
devices. I will use personal protection
(safety glasses, earplugs, etc.), and ask for
help if I need it.
-I will measure twice (minimum!) and
cut once. Woodis expensive and screwing
up makesmecranky and unbearable. Let’ s
avoid that this year.
-I will not swear to the extent and/or
noise level that the dog or cat needs deep
therapy.
-I will always involve my partner (if
applicable) inhome repair and decoration
decisions. Even if they say they "don’t
care" - trust me, cupcake, theydo!
- I resolve to take good care of my tools.
I will keep them clean, organized and in
good repair. I will thereby not waste
precious project time obsessing about the
mystery location of the screwdriver or
paint roller.
- I resolve not to treat any ofmy partner’ s
questions as stupid - no matter how
glaringly obvious the answer or solution.
- Iwill not loan out tools I care about to
people who abuse them or do not return
them, I will acknowledge my emotional/
psychological bond with my tools,
especially thoserequiring apower supply,
- I will buy that leather tool bdtas soon as
I can. And I will use it (silk boxers
optional).
- I resolve to always set my ladder up on
a stable, even surface and to havesomeone
watching out for me nearby. That
especially applies if I am on the roof. The
dog does not count as my ’safety buddy.’
-I resolve to overcome my fear and
loathing of spiders and slugs long enough
to enter the crawl space and make that
minorplumbingrepair to thebathtub drain.
Other-wise, I will overcome my aversion
to paying a plumber to do the same.
"In all modesty, and
with absolutely no
sense of overstepping
boundaries, your
DIYD gently offers
her suggestions for
your approval . . .
Consider it your
blueprint for a
millennium of
satisfying home
projects.
Or consider it your
DIYD telling you
what to do - again.
And always.
Why should this
century be any
different
than the last?"
colors and designs in my
home sparingly, remembering
fullyhow appalled
I was by the ’50’s Peptopink
bathroom walls, tile
and tub. I am leaving a
legacy! (this does not
apply if you wish vengeance
on your heirs)
- I will always get three
quotes for any contract
labor, as well as
references.
- I resolve to be more
respectful for the people
wor.king atmylocal home
repatr palace, even thal
patronizing boob in
plumbing. Fantasize
about replumbing his
fixtures, butdon’tactually
threaten to do it this time.
-I resolve to buy very
good paint brushes and
keep them clean and
properly stored for a
lifetime of painting
pleasure.
-I will not tell friends,
family or relative
strangers how they
screwed up their latest
project and what I wouldhavedonebetter.
Do give them a stack ofDIYD columns as
a form of gentle guidance.
- I resolve to do one project this year, no
matter how small, to improve the
aesthetics, efficiency or value ofmyhome.
- I resolve tomakemy DIYD that cocktail
- a Manhattan with two cherries - as a
small token of the gratitude I bear her for
enlightening my life and improving my
home!
And your DIYD resolves to be back
next month to help you make good on
some of these intentions.
PS: Your DIYD doesn’ t waste precious
energy tying cherry stems into knots with
her tongue when it is better applied to
practical projects!
¯
By the time ~this song played, I was
¯ becoming a fan. So much so, I bought the
CD
If ’ ,
: you ve been depressed, and couldn t
¯ explain how debilitating a state it really
¯ can be, "Into The Dark" is one of those
¯¯ songs you play for people to make them
understand what the dark night of the soul
¯ is all about. One ofthemore powerful and
dark songs on thi~ album, it leaves you
." haunted. It’ s a ditty about going "into the
¯ soullinto the heart/into the dark", and
: realizing that one’s been spinning one’s
wheels keeping a dead relationship alive,
¯ not that Iwouldknowanythingabout that.
"There was tire/therewas death/there was
¯ lyingonyourbreath/Itumedaway/Iwould
¯ pretend/but the fire never ends/I’ve been
¯
here sleeping all these years. "
_" Lest you think it’s all doom a~ad gloom,
: JulieCypher, Melissa’s longtimepartner,
¯ requested a more upbeat song for fear her
to recognize same-sex civil marriage. It
was thefirst state to offer domesticpartner
benefits to state workers, one of the first
states to recognize second-parent
adoptions and one ofthe first states to ban.
discriminationbasedonsexual orientation.
-The Mormon church, which has
campaigned.-against Gay marriage in
Vermont, Hawaii and California, issued a
brief statement repeating its position and
¯ saying,"As the legislative process moves
forward, The ChUrch of Jesus Cqh-’ist of
Latter-day Saints urges the citizens of
Vermont and their elected representatives
to protect the uniqueness and sanctity of
traditional marriage and to preserve the
family ~ the basic unit of society."
Next Door In New Hampshire
A statelawmakeris trying to make sure
Gay New Hampshire couples do riot take
advantage of the Vermont ruling. Rep.
Gary Torressen, R-Center Harbor, says
he was disappointed by the decision that
Gay couples are entitled to the same
benefits and protections as husbands and
wives. Torressen said he filed., his bill,
which would prevent New Hampshire
from recognizing same-sex marriages
contracted out of state, in anticipation of
the Vermont court’s decision.
The Legislature repealed a ban on Gay
foster parents and Gay adoptions. The
state also has a law that protects Gays and
Lesbiansfrom discrimination in housing,
employmentand access topublicfacilities.
State Sen. Rick Trombly, a Boscawen
Democrat who is Gay, said New
Hampshire shouldgo further and set upits
own domestic partnership system. Rep.
Martha Fuller Clark, D-Portsmouth, has
filed a bill that would extend medical
benefits to domestic partners, andrecently,
trustees for the state university system
approved domestic partner benefits for
employees. But Gays and Lesbians still
lackfull acess to the samehealthinsurance,
disability benefits, tax breaks and
inheritance protections that married
couples enjoy.
Trombly believes New Hampshire
lawmakers would support a domestic
partnership system as a fundamental
affirmation of equal rights. But he does
not believe they would support Gay
marriage, because many believe
heterosexual marriage has a religious
significance.
State Sen. Pat Krueger, a conservative
Republican from Manchester, said
Tuesday she had Gay friends whose lives
were complicated by their lack of legal
protections, and she would consider
supporting domestic partnerships. A
spokeswoman for Gov. Jeanne Shaheen
said the governorremains opposed to Gay
marriage. Spokeswoman Pamela Walsh
declined:comment on Shaheen’ s .view of
domesticpartnership.legislation, sayingit
was premature.
Excerpts from the Supreme
Court decision on marriages:
Maythe stateofVermontexclude samesex
couples from the benefits and
protections that its laws provide to
opposite-sex married couples? That is the
fundamental question we address in this
appeal, aquestionthatthecourtwellknows
arouses deeply-felt religious, moral, and
political beliefs. Our constitutional
responsibility to consider the legal merits
of issues properly before us provides no
exception for the controversial case. The
issue before the court, moreover, does not
turnon the religious-or moral debate over
¯
inlimate same-sex relationships, butrather
¯ on the statutory and constitutionai basis
for the exclusion of same-sex couples
: from the secular benefits and protections
: offered married couples.
¯ We conclude that under the Common
Benefits Clause of the Vermont
Constitution, which, in pertinent part,
e,ads, that government ~s, or ought to be,
instituted for the common benefit,
¯¯ protection, and security of the people,.
¯ nation, or community, and not for the
particular emolument or advantage ofany
i single person, family, or set of persons,
¯ who are a part only of that community,"
plaintiffs may not be deprived of the
: statutory benefits andprotections afforded
¯ persons of the opposite sex who choose to
~ marry. We hold that the state is
¯ constitutionally required to extend to ¯ same-sex couples the common benefits
: and protections that flow from marriage
under Vermont law.
". (and)
¯ While the laws relating to marriage
¯ have undergone many changes during the
¯ last century, largely toward the goal of ¯
equalizing the status of husbands and
¯ wives, the benefits of marriage have not
¯ diminished in value. On the contrary, the
¯ =benefits and protections incident to a
: marriagelicense under Vermontlaw have
: never been greater.
¯ (andfrom Justice Denise Johnson)
¯ This case is undoubtedly one of the
¯ most controversial ever to come before
¯ this court. Newspaper, radio andtelevision
¯ media have disclosed widespread public
¯ interest in its outcome, as well as the full
¯ spectrum of opinion as to what that
¯ outcome should be and what its
¯ ramifications may be for our society as a ¯
whole.
¯
.One line of opinion contends that this is
¯ an issue that ought to be decided only by
¯ the most broadly democratic of our
¯ governmental institutions, theLegislature; ¯ and thatthe small group ofmenandwomen
: comprising this court has no business
deciding an issue of such enormous
¯ moment.
: For better or worse, however, this is
¯ simply not So. This case came before us
¯ because citizens of the state invoked their
¯
¯ constitutional right to seekredress through the judicial process of a perceived
¯ deprivation under state law. The Vermont
¯ Constitution does not permit the courts to decline to adjudicate a matter because its
¯ subject is controverslal, or because the
¯ outcome may be deeply offense to the
Strongly held beliefs of many of our
¯ citizens.
¯ We do not have, as does the Supreme
¯ Court of the United States, certiorari
-’ jurisdiction, which allows thatcourt, inits
¯ sole discretion, to decline to hear almost
¯ any case. To the contrary, if a case has
¯ been brought before us, and if the
¯ established procedures have been
¯ followed, as they were here, we must hear
¯ and decide it.
: Moreover, we must decide the case on
¯ legal grounds. However much history,
: sociology, religious belief, personal
¯ experienceor other considerations may ¯
inform our individual or collective
: deliberations, we must decide this case,
¯ and all cases, on the basis of our
¯ understanding of the law, and the law
¯ alone.
¯" Thismustbethe trueandconstant effort
¯ of every member of the judiciary. That
¯ effort, needless to say, is not a guarantee
¯
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¯ wisdom. It is, however, the fulfillment of
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by Lamont Lindstrom, Ph.D. ¯ into gender patterns as soon as they are
One of my students owns 189 pairs of ~ born, wrapping them in blue or pink
athletic shoes. Not quite Imelda Marcos, ~ blankets. Walk into any toy store and you
butgettingthere.Anthonyisjust20years ¯ knowwhenyou’veenteredthegirls’aisle.
old and already he is a sophisticated ¯ Everything suddenly has turned pink.
collector. Collecting things is oddly ¯ Several of my friends with young sons
importantformany ofus.
I have other friends who
accumulate Native
American artifacts. And
books. And jazz vinyl
recordings. And Cacti.
And uniforms.
Most of us collect
some-thing evenif this is
only string or a draw full
Of condoms. Our houses
are museums. One ofmy
professors saved sheets
of toilet paper from bathrooms
around the world.
Me, I have.a stupendous
collection of refrigerator
magnets.
We buy stuff; we give
it away; we receive it;
andwe curateit: Think of
all those shoeboxes lined
UP in Anthony’s bedroom.
Things, clearly,are
important for reasons
beyond the utilitarian.
Evenwearing themevery
second until the day he
dies, Anthony will never
use up all his Shoes. He
buys themto ownandnot
particularly to wear. They
helpmake sense ofwhom
he is - or at least who he
thinks he wants to be.
Because ofthiS, ormaybe
it’s their smell(they give
him a buzz.
Having just survived
the holiday season, we
know the pleasures and
pains of stuff. Did you
get what you want for the
holidays? Did you make
a list? Did you check it
twice?
Everyone grumbles
about the materialism of
a onetime religious
celebration. But complain
away, I sure had a
lot of desperate company
last month when I went
foraging for things in the
bleak shopping expanses
of Walmart.
"We slot our
ehildren into gender
patterns as soon as
they are born,
wrapping
them in blue or
pink blankets.
Walk into any toy
store and you know
when you’ve entered
the girls’ aisle...
Several of my
friends w~th young
sons complain that
it is difficult to find
gender-neutral toys.
’One two-year old
boy loves to play
with brooms and
vacuunl cleaners.
His morn, of course,
has to go to the
girlS’ side to find
toy household
eleanlng equipment.
And, worse, the kid
likes to play with
dolls. His father
nervously protests
his son’s
babydoll games.
" Je~z! Can’t you buy
the boy atru~k?"
This connection Of stuff and identity is
characteristically American. We learn
early on to~ define ourselves in terms of
things, We_+play a:game with children
called "favorites." Weinsist that kids tell
us their favorite"color~ music, television
show, make of car,.or ice-cream. Evenif
complain that it is difficult
to find gender-neutral
toys: One two-ye~ old
boy loves to play with.
brooms and vacuum
cleaners. His ~m0m+ of
course, has to go to the
girls’ side to find toy
household cleaning
equipment. And, worse,
the kid likes to play with
dolls. His father nervously
protests his son’s.
babydoll games. Jeez!
Can’t you buy the boy a
truck?
This paternal nervousness
signals the symbolic
strength of the connections
we draw between
things and identity, ff doll
equals girl, thenboy-whoplays
-with-doll equals
girlish, perhaps even Gay.
Our use of particular
things sends messages,
accurate or not, aboutwho.
we might be. We know
that both men and women
need to.practice nurturing.
Butthe doll-loving boy,
like the toy gun-toting girl,
violates the cultural code
of consumption that attributes
gender to things.
And, who knows? Maybe
the Kid really just likes
dolls. Or maybe he has
already figured out our
consumption code and he
likes dolls on purpose in
order to Send dad a
message.
My daughters, too’old
for dolls, and also,too old
for Pokemon, this year
wrote Gameboy camera
on their Christmas lists.
They didn’ t seem worried
about the name. Why
Gameboy and not
Gamegirl? In hierarchical
systems, it is easier to
"ups,h,ift" than "dowm
Shifi. Gifts wear pants.
Not .too many boys wear
¯ dresses. Women become d0ctors; not too
¯ many mendreamaboutbecominganurse.
" Except, perhaps+ some of those sweet,
¯ doff-loving boys of course
~When I was a kid, Barbie dolls didn’t
:~ last long in my neighborhood. We’ d steal
¯ themfromour sisters .and use thbm cruelly.
we aetuallyhave,nofavorites-~ this question ¯ They,w~ould.’be J..gan of Arc atthe stake,
puslies~s tomeasureandsztuateoursel~es: . andWor~.~ If ~eh~d any ~ense, w~ W~~d
svi_thin the w0dd of goods.. So goes .,".ha’ve,ca~-~f~illyst6i?&l them away intheig
American.inff!~iduality:;~and.so..goe~rour..: ." boxes to’become’rich by selling them to
_economy:as well....... ~ , - ....... " ........ ., today’s fanatic Barbie ¢_ollectors: I can
Favorites make less senseintta.ditional~ ~ recommend a great website with-pictures
societies where individuality is ,muted~ ." of.Ken, from 1961 to 2000: Check out
and where the range of goods is.litfiited. ¯ www.manbehindthedoll.com. This guy
But even in ¯simpler societies,¯ things: ." ~ really likes,his boy dol|s.J’m suggesting
differentiate gender.. Women wear : to Anthony thathe build a similar Shrine
differentarticles of clothing than do men~ : to his boy shoes :’ . z
They oftent~s~different tO~Is~ The)~ may .~ Lamont Lindstrom, Ph.’D,~ ~teaChes
noteatihesamefoods~.W,eslotourchi.’l.dren. "- anthropology, at .t:he.~University of Tulsa,
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Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon
said thatRudyde Leon, the under secretary
of defense for personnel, and Douglas
Dw0rkin, the acting general counsel,raised
the matter in a Dec. 18 memorandum to
service leaders. "It is important that the
leadership of each of the services issue a
strong statement to the field that
harassment~of service members for any
reason, to include alleged or perceived
homosexuality, will not be tolerated,"
according to thememo,releasedThursday
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Bacon said it had not been made
sufficiently clear to commanders that a
service member’ s complaint about being
harassed for alleged homosexuality is not
grotmds forinvestigating the complainant.
Instead it should be the basis for
investigating the harassers, he said.
image would be one see Jim, p. 14
of a liorrible drago,n,, given the tone of the
oth~"rdationship songs. Melissa asked
her~f,"How much do I love Juiie? I love
her~uchthat I would want to die in her
ar~ Quite a wonderful thing to say
aboi~.’ anyone’s lover, male or female.
"S!O~p" was the answer to the question, a
lovely song about getting away from the
noise ofthe world and snuggling into your
¯¯ lover’s arms and listening to him/her
breathing, and feeling trusting and
¯
comfortable enough with another person
: to be able to sleep. It’s a lovely song of
¯ quiet comfort.
¯
And then there’s issues of equality.
: "Truth of the Heart"is a wonderful ballad
¯ to the truth that "We all begin this race at
: the start" and about how "deep down
: inside we’re all the same / try not tojudge
¯ someone / and never shame." Partnered
¯
for almost 11 years now, the two have two
¯ children of their own. Melissa wrote this
¯ song to explain to their children about ¯
how to deal with life. Words to live by. In
: "MamaI’m Strange", thejoys of growing
¯ up Gay - or just different - is artfully
: explored, with just the fight amountof
¯ angst to remind us where we came from
¯
and how hard the struggle could be at
¯ times~
¯ The single most striking song is called
: "S~carecrow", and it’s about Matthew
¯ Sheppard. She said she hadlots of trouble
," w~riting that because here she was also
¯ writing ’’Truth of the Heart" as well and
¯
felt she couldn’t be writing about people
: being good in one song and denounce
¯ them in another. So the end of the song is
". her way of forgiving (but not forgetting)
¯
the second attacker (I think he was going
¯ to trial or prison at that time). It has to be
: heard to be experienced. If you aren’t
¯ crying and angry after hearing it, you’re
¯
dead.
¯ There are two versions of this CD, one
¯ of which is already hard to find. It has ¯
three extra songs, "Touch and Go",
: "Cherry Avenue" (where she mentions
the name of one-of the Lesbian bars in
¯ which she sang for about 4 years before
being discovered -Que Sera), and "My
¯ Beloved", and is released in a cardboard
¯" case. The regular version has 11 songs in
theusual plasticjewel box; Whichincludes
: the lovely ode tounrequitedlove, ’"’Angels
¯ Will Fall". That’ s the one most folks are
¯ going to be familiar with at this point. ¯
For you men out there: I know that in
¯ some-minds, there’s a big chasm between
¯ Gay men and Lesbians, and this extends
¯ to performer preferences. I’ve heard the
¯ nasty comments - from both sides. All I
¯ can say is, get over your prejudices, and
¯ get this CD. It’s well worth it, and
¯ incredible in its beauty and reflection of
¯
life. And, Melissa, you have a new fan.
Thank you Karin, for your contributions
¯ to widening my musical horizons and the
infolmation contained in the above article
¯
about the backgrbund of the songs. Seems
¯ ironic that I’ mbeing tutoredinGay culture
¯ and musical icons by a straight woman, ¯
but suchis life. I feel like I shouldknow all
¯
this alrcady!
." There’s a few things Karin said that I
¯ think bear repeating, for both Melissa
¯
fans, and more importandy, for us all: "I
¯
am so happy that I could bring a singer
¯ into your life who writes and sings from ¯
¯ the heart. VH1 is rertmmng her "Behind
the Music" next week, and I’m going to
tape it for you You’ll like it. It’ s the only
¯ oneI veseenwheretheartmtlsn thit~hing ¯
about something. Someofthemjustwhine
¯
endlessly. ’I love Shania Twain, but her
¯ BTM special was one endless bitch and
¯ whine.
¯ Stevie Nicks doesn’t bitch, but she’s
: had such lousy things happen, to her, by
: her own hand, that it just sounds so
¯ depressing. You know Melissa has been
¯ depressed, butthere’s somuchshedoesn’t
¯
say. I saw John Mellencamp’s BTM
¯ (Behind the Music), I’ve sc~en Cherts
¯ dozens of times, along with Madonna’ s,
and Melissa’ s just seems so upbeat that
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see Jim, p. 15
she seems to have had a great life. Like I
said before, growing up Gay anywhere, I
know from you, is awful, but growing up
Gay in Leavenworth, Kaus~ must be the
pits. She doesn’t make much of anything
depressing. I was veryimpressed. Thanks
for the remark to the Gay men to listen to
Lesbians. I think they shodd each take
heed of that.
And remember, she’s the only one I
know of getting the word out to the
.mainstream crowd. P,e~,,ple like her so
much that they tend to. forget" (or tryto
...forget) that she’s Gay. She doesn’t let
them. ("Someone’s spitting blood/face
downinthe dirt/someone’ s thinking about
~ a gun/to try and stop the hurt/someone
drew conclusious/on the wail of destiny/
someone’s getting louder/and that
someone would be me.") That should be
importanttous ail."- Miss KarinGregory.
And I agree.
Janis Ianis performing Saturday March
4 in Dallas, TX at a club called Uncle
Caivin’s with Buddy Mondlock. And
ladies, as aiways, if you have something
to contribute or would like to see in this
column, please let me know care ofTFN,
or email me at tfnentritr@aol.com.
I wouldn’ twantto disappointthe diehard
readers of this column, so now it’s time
for... The Stevie Nicks mention. She has
a featured track on the new Sheryl Crow
and FriendsCDand video. The song is the
venerable Gold Dust Woman, and she’s
never sounded better! The CD’ s out now,
video to follow. Sarah. McLachlan,
Chrissie Hynde, the Dixie Chicks and
others aiso sing with Sheryl. And Stevie
still has a few shows left to do in Las
Vegas at the house of Blues this month.
Hernew album, first duein October oflast
year, now set for sometime this year,
maybe, is being produced by one of the
better known producers of hip hop and
rap. I’d mention the name, but I caff t
rememberit. Shery! Crow was producing,
which wouldhavemadefor an interesting
aibum - she did the excellent jobs of
producing the Stevie songs forthe Practical
Magic soundtrack. Stevie and rap... That
will be interesting as well, aithough I fear
for different ~easous. We shall see.., or
hear.
The ever handsome pianist Jim
Brickman performed at the PAC on
December 10, 1999, along with the very
talented John Trones and the beautiful
Anne Cochran. The show was lovely, an
eveningofromance and seasonal favorites,
and as Mr. Brickman described the
evening, much like a gathering of friends
round the piano. Okay, if the friends had
areally large living room, and reaily good
- moodlighting. Andamplifiers. Thegroup
.i did a swell job ofmaking a cavern into an
intimate cabaret. Mx. Brickman has a
charming sense ofhumor and intelligence
.to complementhis goodlooks. (Evenbetter
m person and up close. I love my job...)
He seemed very relaxed, and it was like
meeting an old friend for the first dine.
His playing can certainly set amood, from
exuberant to melancholy and romantic all
at the same time; and has a warmth to it
thatis reminiscentof spending the evening
with a loved one by a fire.
Or, if you’ re .single, as I am, curledup in
a comforter with a good book and cup, of
cocoa. Now that weknow how I spendmy
evenings... What? Have I said too much?
Mr. Brickman is a prolific songwriter as
well, setting words to music that is lovely
: to hear and unabashedly sentimental in
feeling.
: Anne Cochran, who met Mr. Brickman
¯ inhigh school, where they formed aband,
: has one of the most incredible voices I’ve
: heard. And her phrasing with a song is
: immaculate. Shecaptured thewarmthand
joy of the compositions she performed
withexpertease, andhas alovely, energetic
yet relaxed stage presence that also added
to the ambiance of the evening. She has a
new CD out called "Lucky Girl’_’, which I
would highly recommend for a gift based
on whatI heard that evening. Iwould have
one in my hot little hands right now had
they not been sold out. She isa name you
might be familiar with, she has had a top
¯ 5 hit with Jim Bfickman on the song
: -"After All These Years" which has been
: reed by skater Rosalyun:Summers, both
: live and recorded. It was also the song
¯ used on the final episode of "Home
: Improvement", andshe will be featured in
:- the Lifetime television speciai"A Golden
Moment". Definitely worth checking out.
You can order her CD at
www.AnneCochran.com.
John Trones (pronounced ~tro-ness’),
who is as nice and gorgeous as he is
.talented (what a voice! whata smile! what
a chest! what a pleasant man!), was a
delight to listen to as well.
With a million dollar smile that shines
like a searchlight, and a voice that has
incrediblerange and expressiOn,hejoined
Anne on several numbers and had some
lovely solos. His singing soared through
the Chapman theatre and could melt the
most hardened heart. He has an aibum of
standards and ballads out called
"Forward", which I was able to snag and
most definitely would make a great
Valentine’s girlie for the special man on
your list. He can melt the ice off the fiorth
Pole with that voice, and his phrasing and
reading of the standards is right on target.
A pity he’s in Minneapolis, I would love
to see more of him. He does Cabaret there
at Blanche’s, and has performed in a
number of Gay plays, listed on his web
site, www.JohnTrones.com, which is
worth a look. You can also order his CD
there.
After listening to several review CDs of
dubious quality sent to TFN, put out by
Gay artists of dubious talent, attempting
to sing standards and not succeeding very
well at anything other than murdering the
music, I am glad to say that his would be
the one I would, and did, purchase.
They were joined by Tracy Silverman
on electric violin, and he did quite an
interesting variationonthe Beade’ s"Here
Comes The Sun". His playing added an
interesting embellishment to Mr.
Brickman’s piano. I will say he had the
most lovely and LONG hair I’ ve seen on
aman in along time. He has an album out
on Windham Hill records. If you get the
chance to catch any or all of these artists
should they make a return appearance,
DO SO! You won’t regret it. Just make
sure you have a date, and one that won’t
stand you up.
I was looking forward to Peter Buffett’ s
"Spirit: A Journey in Dance, Drum, and
Song"aunique blend of Native American
and contemporary music, dance, and
storytelling, to have been held January 3
and 4th, 2000 at the Brady Theatre.
According to the latest info, ail spring
dates have been put onhold. According to
my sources, a late spring tour is in the
plans.
James Christjohn serves as TFN
Entertainment editor with emphasis on
the performing arts.
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[2000] Tulsa Family News, January 2000; Volume 7, Issue 1
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Politics, education, and social conversation toward Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities.
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Tulsa Family News was a monthly newspaper; No. 1 issued December 1993-January 1994. The final issue available was published in September 0f 2001 (Volume 8, Issue 9).
The newspaper brings up important, evolving topics of marriage, Pride, TOHR, HIV/AIDs, events, advice, and politics all at the local and national level.
This document is available in searchable PDF attached. It is also available to be seen at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center with permission.
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Tulsa Family News
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Tom Neal
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January 2000
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James Christjohn
Barry Hensley
J.P. Legrandbouche
Lamont Lindstrom
Bob Rounsavell
Esther Rothblum
Mary Schepers
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Tulsa Family News, December 1999; Volume 6, Issue 12
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AIDS
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Blood Donation
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Raging Lesbian
Read All About It
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Ric Poston
Rick Fortner
Rik Isensee
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Steve Forbes
Ted Campbell
That's A Family
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Tulsa Family News
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Fundraisers
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Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
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October 13
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Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
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[ND] Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
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Activism
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Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
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activism
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May 30 Donation Letter
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Fundraising
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Letter from Youth Services Executive Director James M. Walker seeking donations.
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Youth Services of Tulsa
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May 30, 2003
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James M. Walker
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Youth Services of Tulsa
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PDF
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Letter
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Letter of Support
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Fundraising
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Letter from TOHR President Brent Ortolani to Youth Services Health and Prevention Coordinator Julie Trainum endorsing a grant proposal to the Tides Foundation.
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Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
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December 12, 2003
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Brent Ortolani
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Youth Services of Tulsa
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PDF
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English
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Letter
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https://history.okeq.org/files/show/2101
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Youth Services of Tulsa
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Julie Trainum
Brent Ortolani
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Tides Foundation Packet
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Fundraising
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Packet including Youth Services' application to receive a grant through the Tides Foundation and letter of endorsement from the American Red Cross.
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Youth Services of Tulsa
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December 11, 2002
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American Red Cross
Dannette McIntosh
Youth Services of Tulsa
Tides Foundation
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Youth Services of Tulsa
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Youth Services of Tulsa
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Pamphlet
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Youth
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Pamphlet providing information about Youth Services of Tulsa.
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Youth Services of Tulsa
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Youth Services of Tulsa
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United Way
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Youth Services of Tulsa
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