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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2020] Robert Gregory Mayfield Funeral Service Program Subject The topic of the resource Robert Gregory Mayfield (17 July 1962 - 21 February 2020) Funeral Service Program Description An account of the resource A program for Robert Gregory Mayfield's (17 July 1962 - 21 February 2020) funeral service at Trinity Episcopal Church on February 27, 2020, 14 pages total. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 27, 2020 2020 church service funerals in memoriam memoriam Robert Gregory Mayfield Robert Mayfield Trinity Episcopal Church https://history.okeq.org/files/original/d80e483c4925605f4897f269a15c22ff.jpg 2b6fb332dedb45533c2ff60324660fc1 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/6ad675a9f0393efa2a1016cc4aa1dd50.pdf 30fc410761ef056a048b7d203c8465ec PDF Text Text MARRIAGE The attack begins at the national level led by Oklahoma Rep. Steve Largent & Sen. Don Nickles. Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans Communities Our Families of the Heart UPCOMING EVENTS HIV-ERC + Red Ribb,.o.n Revue + Pride- Bene.flts Pride Worship Service Dallas Leader Cece Cox Hope Candlelight Tour Pride Prom + Pride Picnic O.KC Parade +. ,.Follies TULSA - The next several weeks offer an unprecedented number of community events which either benefit HIV/AIDS charities or celebrate Lesbian/Gay Pride Month. On May 23rd, the Red Ribbon Ice Revue promises a great show at the Tulsa Ice Arena to support Our House, a day drop-in center for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Later that evening, the Silver Star will host a benefit & raffle for the HIV Education and Recreation Center, a new organization headed by Bruce Begley, Sandy Hill, Steve Wilson and others. On Saturday and Sunday,June 8-9th,the Hope Candlelight Tour will feature the homes of Tina & Steven David, Judy & Bill Fisher, P.S. Gordon & Duane Men Ne, Mary McMahon, and Ouida & Robert Merrifield to benefit St. Joseph’s Residence/Catholic Charities and RAIN, the Regional Interfaith AIDS Network. Tickets are $10 and are available at Charles Faudree, 1345 E. 15th, and at MA Doran Gallery, 3509 S. Peoria. The very distinguished organizing committee also has planned a number of patron events - for more information, call 747-9706. Near the end of. the month, June 21 & 22, Follies Revue, Inc. will present Follies ’96 Salutes the Movies at the Doubletree Hotel, Warren Place. It’s a dinner and a show you won’t want to miss. The beneficiaries are TOHR, HIV Resource Consortium, Interfaith AIDS Ministries, Shanti, Visiting Nurses Assoc. RAIN and St. Joseph’s Residence/Catholic Charities. For tickets, call the PAC box office, Carson Attractions, and Tickets by Phone. For June, the traditional Lesbian/Gay Pride month worldwide, Tulsa volunteers have planned a number of events. The month will begin by the first ecumenical Pride Worship Service. Hosted by St. Jerome at the Garden Chapel, 3841 S. Peoria at 6 pm on Saturday, June 1, the service will include Family of’Faith MCC, Agape Christian Fdlowship and other congregations: On Tuesday, June 4, PFLAG, TOHR and the Rainbow Business Guild (with assistance from the Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay Trans Alliance, BLGTA) will present Cece Cox, president of the Dallas Gay & Lesbian Alliance (DGLA), one of the most dynamic activists in the Southwest and a native of Bartlesville. She will be talking about the Marriage Project of the DGLA as well as her work as co-chair of GLAAD/Dallas. The dinner will be held in the Chouteau Room of the Chapman Student Center of the University of Tulsa at 6:30. The dinner is $10 but the speech is free at about 7:45. June 8th, TOHR and TU’s BLGTA will host a Pride see Pride, page 3 WASHINGTON - Confronted with a flagging presidential campaign and convinced they’ve found a one-sided wedge issue that could embarrass President Clinton’s campaign efforts, Republican lawmakers have introduced. ameasure, titled the"Defense of Mamage Act" (DOMA), that would define marriage as"only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife." The proposed law Was introduced by Republican Reps. Bob Barr of Georgia and by Steve Largent & by Sen. Don Nickles of Oklahoma. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas, who all but has the GOP’s presidential nomination sewn up, became the first Senate co-sponsor of the measure. During the Iowa primary caucuses, when Republican hopefuls were asked to sign a pledge to fight any effort in Congress to legalize same-sex marriages, Dole said the pledge doesn’t go far enough" and added; "Government at all levels must work to support and promote the institution of marriage that unites husband and wife." Just days before the proposed legislation was introduced in Congress, Dole campaign officials told reporters that the Republican presidential hopeful would be taking action to make same-sex marriages a campaign wedge issue, using Clinton’s outreach to gay and lesbian Americans in an effort to make voters wary of the President’s re-election bid. Clinton campaign officials have acknowledged that the issue is potentially a political landmine during the campaign and said the President "didn’t want to touch it." Even so, when anti-gay activists asked Clinton to sign the anti-marriage pledge, he refused and called it "outrageous." The dicey political question is complicated even further by reports in the current issue of the Advocate, the Los Angeles-based magazine, that claims the Justice Department is considering changing both the IRS tax code and federal immigration regulations to give gay and lesbian couples~the same benefits in these two areas as legally married couples. However, \~qaite House spokeswoman Mary Ellen Glynn told reporters that Clinton doesn’t personally support equal marriage rights for gays and lesbians and that the Administration had no plans to implement the changes reported in the Advocate. Elizabeth Birch, executive director of the Human Rights Campaign, called the proposed congressional bill the work of "religiotts political extremists...using this issue as an election year baseball bat to bash gay Americans and score political points." Rep. Pat Schroeder (D-Colo.) was one of the few lawmakers to criticize the measure, saying it was meaningless political maneuvering because it would take an amendment limiting the "full faith and credit clause" of the U.S. Constitution to actually bar same-sex marriages at the federal level. "This is nothing but just to stir the political ¯" waters and see how much hate you can unleash," she added. 3"teve Largent Don Nickles Gov. Keating Signs AntiMarriage Amendment/Bill OKLAHOMA CITY - In a move that surprised Okla. Capitol watchers and a number of state Senators, Senate bill #73, the "Oklahoma Child Visitation Registry Act," passed with an amendment banning the recognition of valid same-gender marriages performed in other states. Only Senators Bernest Cain (D-OKC) and Penny Williams (D-Tulsa) voted against the final bill (42-2). According to Sen. Williams, Sen. Cain spbke with such eloquence against the anti-Gay amendment, that she was moved to vote no as well. Tulsa Sen. Maxine Horuer told TFN that she was not in the Senate at the time of the vote and that the amendment did not represent her position. Earlier, Senator Keith Leftwich, and staffers in Cain’s and Sen. Bernice Shedrick’s offices had stated that they did not think the anti-marriage amendment would remain after the bill returned from conference committee. Senate bill #73 had a correspondingbill that had passed the OK House of Representatives. Gov. Frank Keating promptly signed the bill. When asked about what efforts he or his staff had made to contact Oklahoma’s Lesbian and Gay. community about this bill, the Governor’s press spokesperson, Dan Mahoney stated that no effort was necessary since "it would not have made any difference [to the Governor]." Mnhoney released the following statement: "~,Vhat people do in their private lives ~s none of my business, that is a personal decision. But I don’t feel the state of Oklahoma should bein the business of sanction- ing same sex marriages. I supported SB 73, as did every member of the t!ouse of Representatives and all but two members of the State Senate." TFN asked about remarks attributed to the Governor that he had said the State Republican Party platform (see below) represented "mainstream Oklahoma." see Gov., page 3 Interfaith / -iDS Ministrie ¯ Seeks Missing Benefit $ Excerpts from the OK Republican state Platform ~ Last October, a local bar, Barraccuda’s, contacted Inter,¯ faith AIDS Ministries (L~M) with an offer to do a benefit honoring World AIDS Day in December and benefiting ¯ IAM. Months later, IAM has not seen a dime of the dollars ¯_ raised at the event, despite efforts by director, Diane Zike. ¯ Several board members attended the fundraiser noting ¯ that the bar charged a $3 cover & had tip jars for donations. At the end of the evemn~,, IAM s treasurer was told they’d ¯ raised $250. Director Zike says that she’d called repeatedly for bar ¯ owner, Sue, "known as Barraccuda. No calls had been ¯ returned by March 26 when IAM drafted a letter requesting ¯ a response. To date, IAM still has not received a response ¯ .from the bar. When TFN called, bar staffer, Sheila, referred ¯ all questions back to Sue. ¯ Zike adds, "IAM acted in good faith, advertising the event ¯ and participating [in it]. How can we follow through with : our commitments if those who offer to assist us...do not ¯ follow through themselves...it is not just Interfaith AIDS ¯ Ministries that is being hurt, but more importantly those ¯ living with HIV/AIDS that IAM serves." Page 3, ADOPTION Plank 4: We demand that children not be adopted by homosexuals. Page 6, HIV/AIDS Plank 1: Since HIV is a virus that results in AIDS and certain death, we call upon local, state, and federal governments to deal with thedeadly disease of AIDS in the same manner as other dangerous communicable diseases, i.e. (a) expand universal testing and truth in reporting, which includes full disclosure about the orisee Platform, page 7 EDITORIAL/LETTERS/DIRECTORY P. 2 NEWS BRIEFS P. 4 HEALTH BRIEFS P. 6 CALENDAR P. 9 OUT + ABOUT WITH JD P. 9 EUREKA SPRINGS + P. 11 BOOK REVIEW/ENTERTAINMENT P. 12 RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 13 �Issued on or before the 15th of each month, the entire contents of this publication are protected by US copyright 1996 by Tulsa Family News and may not be reproduced either in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. Publication of a name or photo does not indicate that person’s sexual orientation. Correspondence is assumed to be for publication unless otherwise noted, must be signed & becomes the sole property of Tulsa Family News. All correspondence should be sent to the address above. Each reader is entitled to one free copy of each edition at distribution points Additional copies are available by calling 583-1248. ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ Tulsa, Oklahoma sure feels like ground zero in the war over equal marriage rights forsamegendercouples. Ourelected r presentatives" Steve Largent, Don Nickles and Jim Inhofe again shame our s~te with their attacks on their own constttuents, specifically with the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The motives for ¯ these men surely range from genuineideo¯ logical positions to the basest political .... maneuvering...There is little- doubt that ¯ each holds "Christian" beliefs which they ¯ feel justify discrimination. ~ We can only respond that it is .a betrayal by Patricia Nell Warren ¯ A few days one argument Diane Parker to the Journal lot of people, the wishful Some us ¯ of the most fundamental American conAmerican with ago, her own that wrote homosexuality ig not ~ fool evenamanage to fool inducting our.own mothers~ Forthinkers. a tiine, we evenoffool . stitutional values to abuse their position to now ourselves. But it is still conformity. It is not change. ’" genetic. She believes that the "reformed homosexuals" Acting straight when you know you’re gay is ¯ enforce private prejudices. That is, it is visible in certain videos, programs and organizanot change. It is not a moral act. It is not reform. ¯ wrong to use the power of the government strM~ht to promote or allow to continde systemtions is compelling proof that homosexuals can It is not healing. It is a living death. In the Sixties, really change. I am always amazed at the power when you know a whole generation of youth rose up against all " atic bias against minority citizens, no ¯ matter if the majority despises that minorof wishful thinking m people like Parker. Their kinds of forced conformity in American society, ¯ you re gay whole position is based on a fierce belief in this ¯ ity mad no matter if the group is minority and their protest embraced this deadly confor¯ alleged capacity of homosexuals to "change." mity demanded of gay people. Yet today the ¯ by birth (race or ethnicity) or by choice, ¯ as not chang . The videos, nroorams, etc. represent a 2000wishful thinkers among us are trying to engineer ¯ (religion or political view) or by a combia rnor~al act. nation (as seems to be the case with sexual vear effort by Chrislaamty to wish away the the re-imposition of their wishes. They demand ¯ orientation). Many Americans havebeen, ~xistential fact of homosexuality, whatever its It {s not re[orm. it in the name of "saving marriage." What they ¯ and are, racist and anti-Semitic, and yet root cause. The fact is: in repressive umes, want, in many marriages, adds up to shape- ¯ It {s not heal{n . politicians realize it is no longer accepthomosexuals do not change. They conform. stfifting Of the spookiest kind. It adds up to It ~s a ll~n~ death. " able to pander overtl.y to these views. Gay people disagree about many things, but acting performances that will never get an OsHowever, election-year politics are : car. Those who settle for our conformity get it at an appalling cost ¯ this is one area where we agree -- because so strongly implicated in this effort. DC inmany of. us have lived face-to-face with our own "is-ness’" to themselves. The wishful thinkers lose their power to see what siders suggest that DOMA is a much a through long decades of pretense. I, for one, did a terrific job of is real. They canlook into the eyes of a homosexual who is living : vehicle to divide and inflame the Americonforming to the heterosexual canon, as a wife for 16 years. I in deep cover, and utterly fail to See that person’s true spirit. Even can electorate, to weaken Bill Clinton and even tried both Protestantism and.,,_Catholicism in a desperate ~¯ in the eyes of their own children, parents, closest friends, the to insure that Dole can nominate the next effort to transmogrify my conformity into change. But it didn’t " wishful thinkers see only what they choose to see. Heaven help 20 years of Supreme Court judges. work. The conformity goes so deep that it can masquerade ¯ the American marriage if it is"saved" by people who can’ t tell the So what are our alternatives inTulsa brilliantly as change. Unlike leopards, homosexu~is can make ¯ difference between conformity and change. ,, when our elected "representatives" don’t their spots look like tiger stripes. The penalties for being fingered Patricia Nell Warren is the author of"The Front Runner and even bother to go through the motions of as gay -- loss of family and job, assault and battery, long prison ¯ other bestsellers about gay life. ¯ consulting the communities that are sentences, incarceration in mental hospitals, to n~u,ne a few ¯ harmed by their actions? ¯ The answer’s not glamorous or easy. ¯ Despite all odds, we must continue to Thomas Chiropractic Clinic 742-8868 Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants 4138 S. Harvard, Ste. C-1 °. organize ourselves politically. 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Peoria For your readers that are not aware, :fiends in Unity Social Organization (African-Amer. ~e,n!,,,,~ ¯ 592-1521 POB 8542, 74101 Creative Collection, 1521 E. 15 each of the entertainers that I regularly do 584-4983 . shows with are also involved in the many Cherry Street Psychotherapy Associates Indian Health Care, Save the Nation 438-2437,800-284-2437 ¯ 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117 Interfaith AIDS Ministries benefits that occur around town. The benTim Danid, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468 *MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715 . eficiaries include such great causes as Our 592-5356 D’Antiques, 1508 E. 15th House, A .Friend for a Friend, Shanti *HIV Resource Consortium 749-3620 749-4194 ~¯ 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 " *Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th Coftdom Fund and public service posters 665-6595 748-3111 NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S.Harvard, Ste. H- 1 that are placed through out our commuDon Carlton Mitsubishi, 4423 S. Memorial 838-8503 749-4901 PFLAG , POB 52800 74152 nity. *Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan 74104 743 -9994 Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118 In addition to being tons of fun (no pun F~xpress Pools & Spas, 6310 S. Peoria 690-2974 749-4195 ¯¯ intended to my size), Tulsa has a diverse Foxlinx, Computer Consultation R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network 744-0102 665-5174 ~ Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159 : group of entertainers that not only make Leanne M. Gross, Financial Planning 745-1111 ¯ 646-7116 *Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly "- you smile, but further love and kindness ¯ St. Jerome’s Catholic Church, 3841 S. Peoria, 584-4606 749-7898 ¯ *Imaginations, Lincoln Plaza, 15th & Peoria *Shanti Hotline within Our community. Thank you again. 341-6866 ¯ ¯ Much love, Kathryn Conover *Inte~afi0nfil T0ur~ Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights, (TOHR) 621-5597 ¯ POB 52729 74152 JD Images, Photography 599-8070 743-4297 PS, in my entire life, I can’t once reTOHR Gay HelpLine (Info.) Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 747-5466 ¯ 584-1308 Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011,-74159 Technicians, 1338 E. 3rd member that I begged for anything. Could 742-1992 ¯ JD have been thinking of someone else Loup-Garou, 2747 E. 15 T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222 671-2010 ¯ *Tulsa City Hall, Cafeteria Vestibule, Ground Floor and intended the very first Queen of the Lean Ann Macomber, Realtor Associate 584-3112 *University Center at Tulsa Month to go to another Entertainer? Oh *Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3 i 663-5934 dear, I certainly hope not. Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31st 664-2951 ~. Beaver Dam Store, 1/2 mi. N. of DamHwy. 187 501-253-6154 *Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 PI 74%-7672 501-253-7457 David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633 *Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main 838-7626 501-253-6807 Puppy Pause II, 1 lth & Mingo DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. 584-0337 501-253~5445 *Ross Edward Salon, 1438 S Boston *Emerald Rainbow, 45&1/2 Spring St. 749-6301 800-231-1442 *Scribner’S" BOOkstore, 1942 Utica Square King’ s Hi-Way, 96 Kings Highway,Hwy. 62W 743-2351 501-253-9337 Scott Robison’s Prescriptions, see ad for 3 locations *MCC of the Living Spring 747-3322 Publisher/Editor, Tom Neal 918.583.1248 Assistant Editor, James Christjohn POB 4140 Writers/contributors, Tulsa, Oklahoma Phyl Boler-Schmidt 74159-0140 Barry Hensley Jean-Pierre Leanne Gross & Pat Morehead TulsaNews@ aol.com Staff Photographer, JD Jamett Aetlng It as not Southwest Viatical �AUGUSTA, Maine - With state legislatures around the country heading into recesses for the summer, the anti-marriage bandwagon did little more than bumble along. While Hawaii lawmakers couldn’t muster enough votes to pass an ¯ anti-gay mamage ban there before the ¯ legislature recessed for the current ses¯ sion, an Alabama state Senate committee : approved by an 8-1 vote a bill that would ¯ bar recognizing same-sex marriages in ¯ the state, dropping a $1,000 fine for clergy ¯. performing such unions that had been included in the original measure. ¯ The Alaska legislature took a double : swing at same-sex relationships, passing Prom (alcohol-free) also at the Chapman ¯ one measure that would limit domestic Ctr. at 8 pm. The Picnic, themed Tulsa ¯"¯ partnership benefits in the state educational system and sending it to Gov. Tony United in Pride, will be held in Owen Park ¯ Knowles. At the same time thelawmakers on Sat. June 15, from 12 - 5 pm. A number of community organizations, businesses ¯ began debate on a ban on same-sex marand individuals are working on this event. .¯ riages in the state, a proposal that is expected to easily pass. Kansas lawmakers, As usual, refreshments are free and a range of food will be available for a mod- ¯ meanwhile, approved an anti-mamage bill and sent it to the governor for his signaest donation. Owen Park has tennis courts and a sand volleyball court, as well as ¯¯ ture. In Maine, the anti-gay group Concerned better parking and more shade than the Maine Families has filed papers with the old Mohawk site. On Sunday, June 23, Oklahomans from ¯"¯ secretary of state’s office to get approval all over the state will gather at Memorial ¯ to collect signatures for a ballot measure that would restrict marriages in the state Park, NW 35th & Classen in Oklahoma City about 1:30 for the statewide Pride ¯ to those between male-female couples Rally. The Rally will feature Advocate ¯¯ only. If the signature~gathering is ap1992 Woman of the Year, Donna Red ¯ proved, the group would have to collect some 51,000 valid signatures to put the Wing. The statewide Pride Parade kicks off from the park and ends up at the NW ¯ measure before ~oters- either in 1997 or ¯ 1998. 39th St. community business district. ¯ Georgia Gov. Zell Miller has si~ned a ¯ bill that bars same-sex mamages ~n the ¯¯ state, joining South Dakota, Utah and Idaho as the 4th state to prohibit gay and ¯ lesbian marriages in anticipation that such put into fighting the scourge of AIDS into fighting political prejudice. Locally, ¯ weddings will become legal soon in HaTOHR is doing a voter inform and regis- . waii. The South Carolinalegislature gave tration project, call 743-4297 and leave a ~ its final.OK to a measure outlawing samemessage for Tony. Oklahoma City folks ." sex marriages in the state and sent the have created a political action commi ttee, ¯ legislation to Gov. David Beaseley, who has already indicated he supports the proCimarron Alliance which has funneled significant funds into OKC city council : hibition. The measure would prevent the races and to Democratic state senators. ¯ state from recognizing any marriage beSome in Tulsa are discussing similar ef- . tween people of the same sex that was performed in another state. In Arizona, forts, here. Also, just call Nickles (581Gov. Fife Symington signed the state 7651, the local office can transfer you to legislature’s 3rd attempt to enact aban on DC, fax 202-9~24-6008), Inhofe (748-5111, same-sex marriages, making it the 6th 202-224-4721, fax 202-228-0380) and state so far to legally refuse recognition I_argent (749-0014, 202-225-2211, fax for such unions, even if performed legally 202-225-9187). Even if you don’t want to elsewhere. At the same time, however, by get married anytime soon, tell them you a 34-23 vote, the state House of Represensupport equal marriage rights, that you tatives passed legislation authorizing oppose DOMA, and that you don’t appretougher sentences for criminals who vicmate the scapegoating of Oklahoma’s timize people based on race, religion, Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual citizens. gender or sexual orientation. A similar proposal last year died when Republican legislative leaders objected to including sexual orientation. Meanwhile, a case strikingly similar to the Hawaii lawsuit has gotten under way in New Zealand, with 3 lesbian couples suing for the right to get marriage licenses Dan Du Vall / Owner that were denied them, according to a report in the Queer News Aotearoa. The women’s attorney is arguing that the country’s civil rights laws protects all citizens from being denied equal treatment. The attorney general’s office, however, has argued that marriage is mainly for procreation and that therefore samesex couples are not eligible to marry. In particular, TFN asked if the Governor really felt calling, for a quarantine of people living with AIDS, or preventing Lesbian and Gay men from being teachers represented the values of most Oklahomans. Mahoney responded that he could not speak for the Governor in the particulars but that the Governor supported the platform in general. When asked ifTFN could ask the Governor aboUt specific platform items, Mahoney said Keating would not be available for any questions. 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Even President Nelson Mandela noted that there are still concems among many of the country’s minorities about the guarantees enshrined in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights. "The fact that we have adopted this Constitution does not mean that we are not going to address those concerns," Mandela said. "’We will continue searching for solutions because we want everybody to feel that he or she is part and parcel of our efforts to resolve the problems of South Africa." After a long history of white minority rule and rigidly enforced apartheid, the new Constitutions will bring majority rule to the nation when the next g~neral election in 1999 marks anend to the present transitional government. The Bill of Rights outlaws all discrimination in the country, whether based on sexual orientation, race, religion, gender,-political views, disability and other categories. In a cable to President Mandela about the newly adopted Constitution, the Washington, D.C.,based National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, stated, "The South African people have paved a new road of equality and fairness by outlawing all forms of discmnination in the constitution, including for the first time anywhere in the world, the discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation.’" Fewer than a dozen countries worldwide have national laws outlawing bias based on sexual orientation, and South Africa is the first nation to enshrine such protections in its Constitution. Dutch Get Serious About Marriage TIlE HAGUE, Holland -The Dutch Parliament has approved a measure by 81-60 that calls on the government to appoint a commission to evaluate the legal implications, both nationally and internationally, of extending full mamage rights to gay and lesbian couples in the country. The move is several steps from a radical change, of course, but Dutch gays and ’iIII ’ lesbians, along with progressive politicians in the country, are increasingly insisting on full, equal rights in What is probably Europe’s most liberal nation. What is perhaps most significant about the measure is that the commission is to consider issues such as adoption, parenting, inheritance, taxes, and spousal citizenship of foreigners - an array of questions that other European nations with same-sex .couples registrations have so far ducked or specifically added restrictions to. But as a measure at least of how serious Dutch politicians are about samesex marriages now, public discussions have even reached the level of Members of Parliament debating .whether Queen Beatrix will give her assent to full marital rights for gays and lesbians in Holland. Canada OKs Anti-Bias Law OTTAWA - Canada’s House of Commons has approved by a 153-76 vote a govenm~ent-backed measure that would add sexual orientation to the country’s Charter of Human Rights and legally outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation in Canada’s regulated public sector workforce, which makes up 10% to 15% of the nation’s labor force. All of the nation’s provinces except Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and Alberta already have similar anti-bias laws, and the Canadian government has been promising to introduce federal legislation for 2 decades, so passage of the measure wasn’t much in doubt.. Even so, the bill created enormous political turmoil in the country. When 2 MPs in the conservative Reform Party spoke out against the measure by saying it was acceptable for businesses to discriminate against homosexuals and other minorities, the party’s Parliament leader, Preston Manning, expelled them from the party caucus, saying "It is not all right for employers to fire any employee simply because an intolerant customer complaints about their color or lifestyle." Even the ruling Liberal Party showed signs of the tension the measure had brought to Canadian politics. And outside the Parlimnent building, Justice Minister Allan Rock, who formally introduced the legislation in behalf of the government, was greeted by p,rotesters who called him "Alice Rock" and mocked Prime Minister Jearl Chritien as "’Jeanne :. Chritien." The legislation now goes to the ~ upper house of Parliament, the Senate, ¯ where it is also expected to pass by a : comfortable margin. The measure also requires the royal assent of Canada’ s governor-general, which is litde more than a political, formality. Only 6 nations- Norway, Sweden, Holland, Slovenia, Israel and South Africa -have enacted federal legislation prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. umenic ;Cathofic Church at 37ie Gard-en (:~ape{~ Bosnian War Crimes Nightmare TIlE HAGUE 2 Almost ignored by mainstream news media, the War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague has received detailed evidence of atrocities conunitted during the 4-year-long Bosnian civil war cente.ring on reports of male rape as a war tactic and as a method of intilnidating and controlling prisoners. According to doc~unents supplied to the Tribunal by Dr. Mladen Loncar of the Medical Center for Human Rights in Zagreb, at least 4,000 Croatian men were victims of these rapes and sexual assaults - and Loncar says his figures are conservative estimates of Croats alone. At the height of the complex fighting in : the Balkans, there were an estimated ¯¯ 80,000 men in intenmmnt camps - Serbs, ¯ Croats, Mnslims. Loncar’s medical facility currently sees more than 200 such men ¯ who coutinue to live in the general region. Most, Loncar says, have fled to nearby COUlltries as political’refugees - if they survived the attacks at all. Of the patieuts seen at Loncar~ s ~nedical center for severe post-trannmtic distress disorders, most (70 percent) suffered repeated injuries to their genitals. Many of the inert (25 percent) were tortured I~y having objects forced up their rectums. Man)’ prisoners (22 percent) reported they had been forced, under threats of death, to perform fellatio mad other sexual acts with other male prisoners, and about 11 percent had suffered at least partial castration. policies, and that thejudicial branch should defer to .them. "It was appropriate for Congress to bdieve that a military force should be as free as possible of sexual attachments and pressures as it is prepared to do battle," wrote Judge J. Harvie Wilkonson III in the 9-to-4 majority opinion. The court’s ruling is now applicable throughout the 4th circuit, which includes Vir_,2inia, Maryland West ¥irginia, North CarOlina and South~arolina. Tllomasson and his attorney are now deciding whether to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. MO St. GOP’s Anti- i Marriage Campaign Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Upheld by Court WASHINGTON - In the continuing war over the constitutionality of the U.S. nfilitary’s "’don’t ask, don’t tell" policy, Lt. Paul Thomasson, a former naval ofricer discharged for revealing that he is gay, has lost an important battle in a federal appeals court decision. The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia upheld the policy bamting openly homosexual women and men from serving in ¯ the nation’s maned forces. The case has national significance because it is the first ¯¯ ruling involving the"don’ t ask, don’ t tell" ¯ policy to reach the federal appeals level. ¯ Alan Moore, Thomasson’s attorney, argued that the military policy of excluding ¯ gays and lesbians from the armed services ; was both unconstitutiolml and unreason- ¯ able, considering the young officer’s out- : standing record. Moore also took the un- ¯ usual step of adding First Amendment " free-speech claims on top of Fifth and " ¯ Fourteenth Amendment "due process" and ¯ "equal protection" arguments that have ¯ been more widely used in batding the ¯ Pentagon ban in the past. ¯ But the appeals court would have none of it and ruled that the president and " Congress retain the right to set military " ~ ST. LOUIS - In a highly controversial election cmnpalgn tactic that Republican leaders around the country are watching closely; the head of the Missouri Republican Party, John Cozad, has launched attacks against Democrats running for state office, accusing them of having financial backing from supporters of samesex marriages. But Republica!~s rumling for office in the state, inclnding many who are seeking election to the state legislature, are grumbling because the attack campaigns are being operated in their races whether they want them or not. And so far in two special election races, the Republicans have lost both campaigns. Not all Republicans running for office in Missouri, however, agree with Cozad on the campaign. Republican Bill Patrick, who lost in the just-finished special decdon in the state’s 6th legisIative district, publicly apologized to his Democratic opponent for thesame-sex marriage campaign launched by the Republicans on his behalf. He called the attack "pretty negative, pretty bad." State GOP strategists in Ohio,, Wisconsin, Oregon and elsewhere, however, say they’re interested in seeing how the same-sex marriage link works as a campaign strategy in Missouri. Helms Ads Attack ¯ Opponents & Gays RALEIGH, N.C. - Apparently impatient to get on with the election, Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) has launched a series of TV ads attacking both the Delnocratic primary candidates, Harvey Gantt and Charlie Sanders in a bit of gay-baiting, saying both support domesticpartner benefits. "Liberal Charlie Sanders supports racial preferences in hiring, like Harvey Gantt does, the Hdms ads say. Extending health insurance to homosexual partners? Liberal Sanders and Gantt say yes." With a $2 million campaign war fund from 1995, the Helms campaign apparently decided not to wait for the May 7 prim.ary to find out which Democrat he will face in the November race, but decided to get a jump-start and begin swinging at both men. 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The faculty-approved program would also reimburse students in ROTC if they shouldlose their military scholarships because of their sexual orientation. ¯ Station Drops Show : That Attacked Gays AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Triangle British Transsexual ¯¯ has reported that officials at KIXL-AM, a ¯ Christian-oriented radio station in Austin, Wins Court Case have decided to pull the plug on Wyatt LUXEMBOURG - A Comwall College ¯ Roberts’ weekly talk show. Roberts, who tutor, identified only as "P" in court is affiliated with the American Family records, who was sacked after a sex-change Assn., had called for listeners to boycott ¯ operation, has won a European Court of any business that advertised in the gay Justice battle over the discharge. The court : newspaper, charging that the Triangle’s ruled that the European Equal Treatment ¯ editorial cartoonist promoted pedophilia, agreement of 1976 prohibits any discrimi- -" incest and bestiality. KIXL officials would nation based on sex and is not limited just to bias based on an individual being of one gender or the other. The court ruled that the anti-bias provision, which concerns all members of the European Union, should apply "to discrimination arising, as in this case, from the gender reassignment of the person concerned." The ground-breaking decision incensed Euroskeptic Tory MPs in Great Britain and Tory MP Ann Winterton accused the European Court of "meddling" in British legal issues. Anothd~ Tory MP, Elizabeth Peacock, also attacked the court decision. "Our rules are made by Parliament and are sovereign," she said. "They should not be overturned by a European court. Tli~ey should mind their own business." British government officials, said it was unclear if UK law would have to be changed to conform to the court ruling. Some political leaders say the rnling is so sweeping that it in fact may force the government to drop its ban against homosexuals in the nation’s armed forces. MIT Moves on ROTC Bias CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Faculty members at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology voted ovenvhdmingly by a voice vote for the school to negotiate with ROTC officials for a "modified program" that would allow students to enroll in the campus military program regardless of their sexual orientation. The move is an effort to keep the ROTC program, which also serves students from Harvard, Tufts and Wellesley, at MIT - along with some $56 million in Pentagon funds - without violating the school’s own anti-bias policies that bar discrimination against gays and lesbians. The proposal endorsed by the faculty concedes that openly gay or lesbian students in ROTC would not be eligible for commissions as long as the Pentagon maintains the ban on homosexuals in the armed forces, but would allow gay and lesbian students to participate in the ." only say that Roberts’ program was being ¯ cancded because of "scheduling conflicts," but Kay Longcope, the Triangle’s ¯ publisher said she believes the ; fundamentalist’s boycott campaign : backfired on him and brought pressure on ¯ the station to yank the program. "I think it -" [the decision to cancel the program] speaks "_ very well for the people of Austin who really do not believe that Christianity is "- based on hate," Longcope said ¯ Dole Campaign Ad ¯ in DC Gay Paper ¯ WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole’s capital campaign or: ganization has put an ad in the May 3 issue of the WashingtonBladeurgingreaders to : ¯ vote for a slate of committed Dole del¯ egates. An uncommitted slate, including : seven openly gay Republicans is chal¯ lenging the Dole slate, and has already ¯ been endorsed by the District’s local Log ¯ Cabin Club. Many political observers ¯ believe the challenge from the uncommit." tedslate prompted theKansas Republican ¯ andpresurned presidentialnominee’s cam" paagn to put the ad in the paper. The Dole ¯ campaign ad came just days after news ," that Abner Mason, a gay Boston Republi." can activist and Log Cabin Club officer, ¯ would be one of Massachusetts’ GOP ¯" delegates to the Republican National Con." vention in San Diego later this year. Ma¯ son Is a committed Dole delegate. Dole ¯ has had an on-off record with gays during ¯ his currentpresidential campaign. Earlier ¯ this year a $1,000 campaign contribution ¯ from Log Cabin was returned to the groups ¯ PAC organization. Dbleinitially defended ; the returned check, saying he didn’t want ." voters to think he was "buying into some : special rights for any group." But later he ¯ said returning the check had been"a mis; take" and blamed his campaign staff for ; the blunder. Even so, Dole agreed during the caucus campaign in Iowa to sign a ¯ Chi’istian.Coalition pledge opposing samesex mamages. Is Drag Constitutional? FERNDALE, Mich. - The good folks of Ferndale, just outside. Detroit, have become embroiled in a debate over whether some guys putting on dresses to perform in a variety show is constitutionally protected freedom of speech and expression, or if it violates community standards and can therefore be prohibited. The flap has erupted almost a year after the fact, but that liasn’t lowered the heat of the debate over the Lavender Moon Cafe’s drag show after Gay Pride celebrations there last year. City Councilman Robert Paczkow ski has been leading the opposition, and he said recently that "’a lot of people don’t want that kind of a display right in the middle of our central business district." Paczkowski says Lavender Moon’s entertainment license includes restrictions barfing topless dancing, lingerie shows, and any entertainment that"violates community standards," which he says includes guys dressing up as gals. Town OKs Partner Registration BOULDER, Colo. - About the only positive news recently in the growing battle over same-sex relationships came in the purely symbolic form of a domestic partnership re~stration program approved by the Boulder city council. The registry cames no legal benefits, but allows samesex & opposite-sex couples to legally register their relationship with the city clerk’s office. Proponents said the program could make it easier for registered couples to provide proof of their relationships in seeking work-related benefits. Olympic Games: Utah & Cobb Cty. ATLANTA - The 1996 Summer Olympic Games preliminaries are getting underway with the Saturday, April 27, televised start of the torch that starts in Los Angeles and will be relayed across the counto’ to Atlanta where it will light the official Olympic flame for the games there on July 19 - although not quite the way US Olympic officials expected. To begin with, officials at the Los Angeles Coliseum, where the torch relay begins, have been complai~ting that they’re had trouble find fig [eaves big enough to cover up the genitals on 2 statues of nude athletes outside the stadium. The cover-up order came from the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Ganges, which said they were concerned that some viewers of the nationally televised ceremony might be offended by the nudi ty. B ut ACOG also has announced that the torch relay would not go through Cobb County outside Atlanta because APERMANENT SOLUTION county commissioners have refused to repeal a 1993 measure that condemns"the homosexual lifestyle." That resolution was also responsible for ACOG’s decision, under pressure from acuvists and rights advocates, to pull scheduled Olympic preliminaries from facilities in the county. Olympic officials, however, said the passage of a measure ~n Utah barring gay dubs at public schools would not make them reroute the torch around the state. Utah Lawmakers Ban Gay Clubs SALT LAKE CITY - Called into special session, the Utah state legislature spent a nasty day enacting a measure that would bar gay and lesbian student groups from public schools in the state, a measure that Gov. Mike Leavitt has already indicated ’he would sign into law and for which he called the special session. The state’s ACLU has already vowed that if the measure is signed into law, as it’s sure to be, it will sue to overturn it. "Not only does it violate the rights of lesbian, gay and straight students," said Carol Gnade of the American Civil Liberties Union in Utah, "but also everyone associated with a Utah high school, including teachers, administrators and volunteers." Under the law just approved by the legislature, school boards will have the authority to restrict or bar any campus club, but in addition, the measure also forces public school officials to ban any that are centered around bigotry, criminal activity or human sexuality. Gov. Mike Leavitt and the measure’s sponsor, Sen. Craig Taylor, insisted that the new law takes back control of campus clubs by allowing school boards to prohibit specific dubs. The Utah attorney general has already indicated that barfing campus clubs that are "controversial" is illegal under the 1984 federal Equal Access Act. Forget Nature-vsNurture; It’s Bingo! MILWAUKEE - A judge has tossed out a civil lawsuit filed by 73-year-old Mary Verdev against a local church, claiming she began having spontaneous orgasms and became sexually attracted to other women after an electronic bingo board fell on her 6 years ago. Verdev’s suit was dismissed "’with prejudice" (meaning she can’t refile the claim) because she refused to be examine by psychologists. Verdev said in her suit that she suffered nearly $90,000 in injuries when the 300-pound bingo board fell from a stage at the church during a bingo night she was attending in 1990. Her suit claimed the accident led to her unusual sexual responses. Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa Permanent Hair Removal Carol Anwar, RE, CPE Lic. By Okla, St, Med, Bd. P IAlrERSON REALTORS" LEA ANN MACOMBER Realtor Associate Mobile: ~71-2010 488-0786 Near 71st & Lewis, Call for info. or an-appt, with free consultation. 2642 E. 21st Street ¯ Suite 170 . 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Critics of the provision say ~t may discourage pregnant women from seeking prenatal care altogether. President Clinton has indicated he supports the bill and will sign it into law quickly. Early-Stage Hiding PlaceOf HIV ? NEW YORK - Reporting in tli’e’medical journal Science, researchers say they be~ lieve the mucous’membranes in the throat may be the locatirn where HIV replicates in hiding after individuals are infected with the virus but still show no out,yard signs of the infection. The researchers, led by Ralph Steirmaan of Rockefeller University, said they made the discovery after examining enlarged adenoids removed from 13 patients and found large mnounts of the virus replicating in the glands’ dendritic cells, the inm~une cells found in the membranes. Eleven of the 13 i;ffected people were una~vare at the time tb.at they were l=IIV-positive. ¯ organs ofmostmen. Researchers with the ¯ Institute of Microbiology at the Univer¯ sity of Ferrara in Italy report they found ¯ the KS-related virus, known as KSHV, in 30 of 33 semen samples of health Italian ¯" men - a 91% infection rate. The scientists ¯ also say they found the virusin the urinary ¯ tracts, in the prostates, and other areas of ¯ the genital organs of other health men as ¯ well. The scientists say they believe indi¯ viduals with healthy immune systems can ." live with the virus present in their bodies ¯ without any.apparent problems, but that ¯ when the immune system is weakened, as ¯ it is when infected with HIV, the KS virus ¯ appears to become active. Drug Combo Looks Effective \VASHINGTON - A 73-week study by drug manufacturer Hoffman-La Roche of some 978 AIDS patients has shown that Invirase, the brand name for the firm’s version of the protease inhibitor saquinavir, in combination with the drug ddC, reduced the rate of deaths by more than two-thirds compared to patients taking ddC alone. Saqtunavir has been considered the least impressive of the new protease inhibitors, but the new findings, which have not yet been published, have prompted the drug manufacturer to ask the Food & Drug Administration to allow the new information to be added to the drug’s label. "HIV Cell Infection i AgentIsolated WASHINGTON- Government scientists report they ha~[.e discovered a chemical ¯ clue to why HIV is infectious. Reporting ¯ in the journal Science, researchers at the Nadonal Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases say they have found a pro. tein, which they call "fusin," that must be ¯ present for HIV to infect white blood cells,.the primary target of the virus. Edward A. Berger, who headed the team that made the discovery, said the discovery gives scientists a "new handle on under; standing" how HIV invades cells. "Obvi] onsly this is a potential target for develop. mg new drugs to treat HIV infection," Berger said. "Potentially by coming up ¯ with a drug that blocks the receptor, you CHICAGO - Stanford University researchers report in the Annals oflnternal : might block the .ability of HIV to repliMedicine that the new polymerase chain ¯ cate." The researchers cautioned, howreaction (PCR) AIDS test, which is based " ever, that there were still~ many mysteries ¯ about the virfis that need to be answered. on the presence of elements of DNA from HIV in the body, is less reliable than older ¯¯ Among other things, they noted that HIV tests that rely on the presence of antibod- ¯ attaches itself to some types Of immune cells in the early stages of the infection ies to the virus. The researchers found that even with the daborate precautions re- ~ without using fusin. This means HIV quiredin PCR testing, the results return 5 ¯ comes in variations that connect to CD4 cells and some other molecular cofactor umes as many false results as the more ¯ or cofactors on these cells. Berger said widely used antibody testing methods. PCR testing is also significantly more ¯ that potential, drugs that block, the fusin receptor on cells could only do part of the expensive and costs between $150 and job in combating HIV. $200, compared to standard antibody tests, which range in price from $5 to $50. The advantage of the PCR test is that it can be administered earlier: to newborns because other tests rely on the formation of antibodies to the"virus, which often don’t ¯ BOSTON - Researchers with the Nashow up for 6 months following infection. ¯ tional Institute of Allergy & Infectious ¯ Diseases have reported in the New En~ gland Journal of Medicine that tetanus ¯ shots can cause a dramadc ~ncrease in the reproduction of HIV in the body. After BOSTON - A report in the New England ¯ g~ving tetanus shots to people infected Journal of Medicine says the virus that is ; with HIV, the researchers found they had a 2- to 36-fold increase in HIV believed responsible for Kaposi’s sarlevels. The scientists also found that coma, a rare cancer that strikes many AIDS patients, is found in the sexual ~ blood samples from uninfected individu- New PCR Test for HIV Is Less Reliable Increase in HIV After Tetanus Shots KS Virus May Be Common in All Men SCOTT ROBISON’S PRESCRIPTIONS Serving Tulsan’s Since 1947 Major credit cards In-store charges or Direct insurance billing for your convenience! 3 locationsto serve you: Hillcrest Physician’s Building 1145 So. Utica 743-2351 Utica Square Area 1560 East 21st, Ste. 104 743-2351 The Plaza 8146-D South Lewis 299-1790 B u er- S tttrrt Furteral Home Cemetery - Funeral Home - Crematory At Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home, you and your family will be treated with dignity, compassion, and pride. Whether it is your given or chosen fami’ly who needs our services, you can be who and what youare and you will not be discriminated against, We offer our exclusiveS2820 complete funeral plan, no added costs. 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TOHR Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights 742-2927 4158 South Harvard, Suite-E-2 2 doors east of the HIV Resource Consortium Look for our banner on testing nights¯ HIV & Gene Therapy " Research BOSTON" - Researchers report in the journal Science that use of a genetically benign version of HIV may be the key to an important breakthrough in gene therapy treatment, serving as the carrier system or "vector" to deliver therapeutic genes to target cells in the human body. Researchers with the Salk Institute in San Diego and the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Mass., have reported that they successfully used the HIV vector to inject therapeutic genes in the cells of live rats in laboratory experiments, ff the use of the HIV vector proves as successful inhuman gene therapy, the researchers say it could be a potentially important treatment for such genetic disorders as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and Alzheimer’s dis- Genetically Altered AIDS Vaccine Fails BE!’HESDA, Md. - Government officials say a 5-year study of the genetically engineered AIDS vaccine, gpl60, has shown the prevention effort is not effective in halting the progress of the disease in people. The study, one of the first of its kind, used the Microgenesys experimental vaccine and was a joint venture between the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease in conjunction with private medical facilities. With some 600 military and civilian volunteers, the study showed no improvement in their ability to fend off the infection. gin, transmission and statistics of infection for each community, and (b) quarantine those known to be infected and practicing high-risk behavior. Page 7-8, SEXUAL PERVERSION Plank 1-3~ Homosexuality is not an alternate lifestyle, a genetic abnormality or a civil rights matter, but is instead a consciou~ individual choice of an abominal sin practice. Such behavior has been a major factor in the demise of societies from Sodom and Gomorra to the Empires of Ottoman, Greece and Rome. Homosexlaal behavior is the principle cause of the spread of AIDS in America. We, therefore, condemn not the person but the practice of homosexual behavior, and oppose the ominous political powers being given homosexuals in the United States. We believe that the practice of homosexuality is an abomination before God and a perversion of the natural law and is indicative of severe diseases. We believe that legislation condoning homosexuality would confer public acceptability of this activity and would lead inexorably to the destruction of our nation. Plank 4-6: We believe that homosexuals, sodomites, and other sexually perverse people shonl~i not be entitled to special or extraordinarY rights. We affirm that homosexual behavior is not a constitutionally protected right and that homosexuals area behavi~al group not deserving of special protection under the law. Because homosexuals are not deserving of minority status, we oppose all "’Gay Rights" legislation. We urge that federal and state funding we withheld from all states and or municipalities that enact homosexual "fights" legislation. Plank 8+9: We support the retention and enforcement of sodomy laws in Oklahoma. We urge vigorous arrest and pros.ecufion of all those violating laws regardxng the promotion of homosexual behavior. Plank 17+18: Toprotect family values, we urge that those promotiug an alternative lifestyle by restricted from positions of influence of minor children. \Ve do not recognize homosexuality as a normal lifestyle, therefore we oppose any mandated education curriculum or special rights based on affirmative action for ho~ mosexuals. Plank 20+21: We strongly oppose permitring homosexuals to teach in the public school systems. We oppose the hiring of homosexual teachers, administrators, or counselors. Hank 22-24: We oppose the establishment of homosexual dubs in schools. We hold that portraying the homosexual lifestyle in any positive manner in our schools is heresy. We oppose the National Education Association’s efforts to promote the homosexual agenda in our nation’s schools. Plank 27-29: We submit that legally recognized marriages to be limited to a traditional monogamous heterosexual relationship, with only these mamages allowed current tax and legal benefits. We oppose same-sex marriages. We support federal and state legislation prohibiting legal recognition of same sex "marriages" in the event such unions are made legal by another state. Hank- 30: We believe that the federal government should alter appointments and employment practices that would place homosexuals in sensitive and responsible positions. �benefiting Tulsa Area AIDSAgencies June 21&221996 Warren Place Doubletree Hotel Dinner, Cash Bar and Performance ’96 Pride Picnic TICKETS ON SALE AT ALL CARSON ATTRACTIONS OUTLETS OR BY PHONE: 584-2000 JUNE 15 Noon - 5:00 prn Opening Ceremony, lpm ¯¯ Blessing by the Rev. Leslie Penrose ¯ Welcome by TOHR president Debbie Starnes ¯ Performances by local entertainers, including Miss Gay Tulsa & Miss Tulsa USofA, and Tulsa Family Chorale! 550 N. Memorial Kacie Gordon pager: 672-8905 Joni Ledbetter pager 670-5664 Any Sale - 2% over invoice with ad. Throughout the afternoon, ¯ DJ will provide music throughout the day ¯ Booths with vendors, community organization info., crafts, etc. ¯ Food for modest cost ¯ Free beverage.s ¯ Volleyball & tennis court available ¯ Kids’ playground ¯ Security provided all day ¯ Closing ceremony, with benediction by RF Renfro & Freedom Balloon Extravaganza! If you want to have a "booth," call Tom at 583-1248 before June 1st. Be a part of the Pride Picnic! - To volunteer, call 743-4297. Edison St. ~ Sunday Services 11:00 am ¯ Wednesday Services 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm Choir Practice ¯ Thurs. 7:30 pm Codependency Support Group I To do justice, love mercy & to walk humbly zoith our God... Micah 6:8 5451-E South Mingo Tulsa, OK 74146 . (918) 622-1441 To Sand Springs, 1-412 Directions: From Tulsa, take Keystone Expressway West towards Sand Springs. Exit Gilcrease Rd. turn right (North) on Gilcrease Road to Edison St. and turn right (East) on Edison, go about 1/2 mile. Owen Park is on the right. Parking is on the Southeast corner of the park, near Roosevelt School. 1-244 Tulsa (Downtown) �7 LSA FAMI.LY NEWS COMMUNITY CALE R SUNDAYS Agape’ Christian Fellowship Service, 10:30 am & 7 pm Sheridan Center, Suite H 21st & Sheridan, 747-2482 Bless the Lord At All .Times Christian Center Sunday School, 9:45 am Worship Service, 11 am 262To East 1 lth 583-7815 Community of Hope (United Methodist) Worship Service, 6 pm 1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800 Family of Faith Metro. Comm. Church Adult Sunday School, 9:15 Worship Service, 11 am 545 I-E South Mingo. Info: 622-1441 Metro. Comm. Church of Greater Tulsa Worship Service, 10:45am 1623 N. Maplewood Info: 838-1715 Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay Alliance - Univ. of Tulsa 6:30 pm at Canterbury 5th & Evanston, 583-9780 ¯ MONDAYS TUESDAYS THURSDAYS ¯ SATURDAYS ¯ HIV Testing HIV+ Support Group WEDNESDAYS 16-Step Empowerment ¯ St. Jerome’s Ecumenical ¯ TOHR Clinic ¯ HIV Resource Consortium ¯ Agape’ Christian Group For Women Catholic Church Free & anonymous testing " 1:30 pm Fellowship : Community of Hope : Mass, 6 pm " ¯ using fingerstick method. ¯ 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 ¯ Service, 7 pm ¯ 1703 E.2nd, Info: 585-1800 Garden Chapel ¯ No appointment required. " Info~ Wanda @ 749-4194 Sheridan Center, Suite H 3841 S. Peoria ¯ ¯ Walk in testing: 7-8:30 pm : ¯ 21st & Sheridan, 747-2482 " Co-Dependency Info: Father Rick ¯ Results hours: 7-9 pm ¯ ¯ Shanti-Tulsa, Inc. Support Group at 742-7122 : 7;30; Family of Faith MCC Info: 742-2927 HIV/AIDS:Support Group Bless The Lord At All ¯ & Times Christian Center : 5451-ES. Mingo, 622-1441 Narcotics Anonymous Lambda Bowling League ¯ Friends & Family Prayer & Bible Study Meets weekly at 11 pm Sheridan Lanes ¯¯ HIV/AIDS Support Group 7:30 pm 2627-B East 1 lth HIV Testing TOHR Clinic i Confidential support for 8:45 pm 7 pro, call for location: Call 583-7815 for info. Walk in testing: 7 - 8:30 pm. recovering addicts. 3121 S. Sheridan 749-7898 Results hours: 7 - 9 pm Community of Hope Family Of Faith MCC Info: 742-2927 1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800 PFLAG Family AIDS Grief Group Praise & Prayer 6:30 pm Support Group Butler/Stumpff Choir Practice 7:30 pm Tulsa Family Chorale NAMES Project 2nd Monday of month, ¯ Funeral Home 5451-E South Mingo. Weekly practice, 9:30 pm AIDS Memorial Quilt 6:30 pm 2103 E. 3rd St. Call 622-1441 for info. Lola’s 2630 E. 15th Sewing Bees 4154 S, Harvard Call for time: 587-7000 3rd Sat. of each month Info: 749-4901 Community of Hope PFLAG Family AIDS Info: 748-3111 Alternative Skating Support Group (United Methodist) 8:30 - 11 pm, 241-2282 Service for Peace, 6:30 pm Ist & 3rd Thursdays OTHER GROUPS OTHER GROUPS $4, Sand Springs Skate Bible Study, 7 pm 4154 S. Harvard, 749-4901 TOHR Helpline 1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800 Gay & Lesbian Student Daily 8-10 pm Alternatives For info. or to volunteer: Association TNAAPP Weekly social events for TJC Southeast Campus, 743:GAYS Tulsa Native American LGBT men & women, 7 pm Info:-631-7632 Info: 646-5503 The Technicians, Leather AIDS Prevention ProJect Support group org., Info c/o 621-5597 SWAN-Sip~gle Women’s for Gay & Bi Native ¯ Substance Abuse T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform Activ@ Network Ameri&m Men, 6 pm Support Group & Leather Seekers Assoc. Call 832-2121 at Community of Hope for persons with HIViAIDS Info: 838-1222 1703 E. 2nd 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. G 582-7225 or 584-4983 3-4:30 pm, hffo: 749-4194 MAY 17-19 Herland Sister Resources Retreat Roman Nose State Park Registration deadline: 5/15 Info: 2312 NW 39th, OKC 73112 HIVIAIDS & SpiritualitylWholeness Retreat for Women, Info: 488-9215 SATURDAY, MAY 18 Pride Picnic Benefit, Lola’s 2630 E. 15th, 749-1563 SUNDAY, MAY 19 Interfaith AIDS Minitries 13th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial & Mobilization 3 pro, St. Peter’s Episcopal, 9100 E. 21St Info: 438-2437 SATURDAY, JUNE 8 TOHR Citywide Pride Prom All ages, alcohol-free dance 8 pm, Alan Chapman Activity Cti. TU, Dignity/Integrity Meeting Lesbian/Gay Catholics & Episcopalians 5 pm, St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church 5635 E. 71st, Info: POB 701044, 74170 SUNDAY, JUNE 9 Pride Picnic Benefit, Concession~ 3340 S. Peoria, 744-0896 MONDAY, JUNE 10 PFLAG Family AIDS Support Group, 6:30 pm Social and Refreshments. 7 pm General Meeting, 7:30 pm 4154 S. Harvard, Info: 749-4901 SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Ecumenical Pride Worship Service 6 pm, St. Jerome’s hosting at The Garden Chapel, 3841 S. Peoria Info: Father Rick, page 646-7116 SATURDAY, JUNE 15 Tulsa Pride Picnic Noon - 5pm. Owen Park 560 No. Maybelle, Info: 583-1248 SUNDAY, JUNE 2 Pride Picnic Benefit - The Tool Box 1338 E. 3rd, 584-1308 SUNDAY, JUNE 16 Family ofFaith MCC Father’s Day Service With Father Rick Hollingsworth 11 am, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441 TUESDAY, JUNE 4 TOHR, PFLAG & Rainbow Business Guild present Cece Cox, pres. of the Dallas Gay & Lesbian Alliance 7 pm, Chouteau Ran, Chapman Ctr, TU, Dinner: $10, Speech: free,Info: 743-4297 JUNE 21 a 22 Follies Revue, Inc. Follies ’96 Salutes the Movies! 6 pm, Doubletree Hotel, Warren PlaCe $125 & $40, Info: 437-0201 FRIDAY, JUNE 7 Safe Haven Lake Cookout. Social gathering for young adults, 18-30 8 pm, Family of Faith MCC 5451-E S. Mingo, Info: 622-1441 Pride Picnic Benefit - The Silver Star 1565 S. Sheridan, 834-4234 SUNDAY, JUNE 23 Statewide Pride Rally & Parade Speaker: Donna Red Wing ’92 Advocate Woman of the Year 1:30 pro, Memorial Park, NW 35th & Classen Blvd. Oklahoma City Info: 743-4297 or 405-791-0202 ever by seeing any or all of the following benefit shows: Lola’s on May 18th, the Toolbox hosted by Sensuous on May 26th by J.D. Jamett and the Silver Star on June 7th. What can I say, this last month truly did This month I’m proud to feature, not an have its showers and flowers. The turnestablishment, but a community within about show at the Silver Star was a rose. our .community, Community of Hope. It’s that never smelled more sweeter, & the not just a church, but a place where you staff truly did surprise themselves when feel like a person, not just a number.Leslie they let their less masculine sides show. Penrose is the pastor.She’is one of these On the other hand, the Miss Gay Tulsa rare people you are truly proud to call a America at the Perfriend. This church has forming Arts Center a lot tO offer, for ex, got rained on- no fault ample, chances to of the orgamzers or work in the commuperformers. The tech.nity through programs nical staff at the P.A.C. like their RAIN team constantly missed training, feeding the lighting and sound homeless, meals on cues - what happened? .wheels, small sympoOur sympathies to the siums on a variety of entertainers and orga- Kelly Green, Miss Gay Tulsa America different subjects, and runners-up, JJ Gentry & Sugarbaker nizers. social events such as This next month small dinner groups holds alot of fun things and movie nights. I’ll todo starting with Rensay it a again- it’s not egades" annual just achurch but a comGayFest (May 17- 19) munity! Services are which features Dark very convenient on Shadows (drag in Sunday evening at broad daylight!) and 6pm at 1703 East 2nd other fun things tO do Street. Giveit achance, all outside. That same Monique Foster, the new Miss Silver Star you may just like it. weekend, you may & Bobbi Sue Summers OK, OK, boy, did I venture back inside on open up a big make-up ¯ May 17 for a live performance by Abigail ¯ case with the Queen of the Month (see ¯ at Concessions that should very entertainletter to the editor). Sorry Katherine, but ing then : licking may face does constitute begging. May 23, the Red Ribbon Ice Revue call ¯ Well, this month’s Queen of the Month is ¯ 254-7272 for more details. In June, don’t constandyhelpingpeople- doingbenefits forget Miss Northeastern Oklahoma ¯ &helping as aresearchnurse on HIV drug USofA at The Silver Star (June 23). : studies.That’s right, Danny (TeraTaneal), ¯ youareMay’sQueenoftheMonth.Thanks Pride Picnic Update Show your pride in the community and : for all your hard work! Till then, see ya out + about. help make this year’s Pride Picnic the best OUT + ABOUT �Fina y....Unity Gardens A final resting place in peace, unity and pride... located in Washington Memorial Gardens Cemetery 4300 E. 91st Street South On 91st Street between Yale & Harvard. Unity Gardens has been designed for the Gay and Lesbian Community, and those who support our unity. Did you know that there is no cemetery in Tulsa that will allow companions to be buried together recognizing them as a couple, or~’recognizing your sexual orientation as an individual? Actually there is no place in the United-States who will, UNTIL NOW~ We are the first celnetery in the United States to offer a special section of our cemetery just for Gays & Lesbians, and their family and friends. We offer burial spaces, columbarium for cremated remains, and scattering gardens with a memorial wall, in this new-ly expanded and renovated-section of Washington Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The Pride flag will proudly fly in the center of Unity Gardens to always remind us of our struggle in life for unity and pride. If you have purchased a plot elsewhere, you may be able to transfer or trade your burial plots. For more information, please call Russell Langley-Stumpff at 918-587-7000. ***Owned and operated by Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home*** �¯ A Friendly Place to Stay ¯ ¯ ¯ KING’S HI-WAY INN ¯ ¯ ¯ MCC of the Living Spring .... a community of friends... ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ Rev. Kermie Wohlenhaus Pastor ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ "96 Kings Highway, Hwy. 62 W Eureka Springs, AR 72632 (501) 253-7311 1-800-231-1442 Jerry A. Wilson, owner We welcome you to attend! Services held Sunday evenings at 7 o’clock 0 ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ 17 Elk Street (at the Unitarian Church) Eureka Springs, AR 72632 501-253-9337 ¯ Raven/Redhawk Enterprises AUTHENTIC FRESH Phyl Boler-Schmidt ITALIAN RAINBOW C USINE TROUT Systems & Software Specialist POB 429, Eureka Springs 72632 501,253.2776 Books, Incense, Candles and Rainbows/ Plus lots morel (501) 25315445 45&1/2 Spring Street Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632 emrain@rog.ar.ispnet.com of Eureka Springs Recommended by The New York Times (501) 253-6807, Closed Wednesday 5Center Street, Eureka Springs, AR 72632 Jim & .Brent’s Bistro Calendar of Events Friday, May 24 &-Thursday, May 25 -Richard Johnson, acoustic guitar Thurs. May 30th & Fri. May 31st Music on the deck, Lunch, 11:30-2:30, Dinner 5-11 pm. Bistro Beat Etc. May 30th through June 2nd ¯ live attitude, which clearly appeals to the By Allan Beard, Baltimore GayPaper Like most other gay resort areas, ¯ many thOUsands of lesbians and gay men Provincetown shares the three traits all ¯ that flock there every, summer. The village has two main streets, Comheld in common - sun, sand and surf. And like its southern sister city Key West, it is " mercial Street and Bradford Street, which a remote village located on a narrow strip ¯ run parallel for nearly three miles. They of land jutting out into the Adantic Ocean, ¯ are intersected by numerous smaller streets beginning at the harbor and continuing accessible only to those who seek it out. ¯ back to the dunes. It is a town filled with One does not pass through Key West or guest houses, restaurants, galleries, bouProvincetown; one goes there to be there. And while Provincetown’ s waters are sig- : tiques and shops. It also has its share of ¯ typical beach community tourist businificandy cooler than those of Florida’s southern most city, it is not the water that ¯ .nesses, but in Provincetown they don’t attracts tens of thousands of lesbians and ¯ seem to intrude on the town’s quiet chargay men to this Massachusetts Cape Cod ¯ acter. The Provincetown Business Guild repvillage each year - it’s the lesbians and ¯ resents more than 200 businesses that gay men that is the attraction. Just who first walked the sandy beaches ¯ welcome lesbian and gay tourists. Founded in 1978 the guild is dedicated to enhancthat surround Provincetown is in little ¯ ing the vacation experience of gay people doubt. And while Native Americans can lay claim to the cape, it was the white ¯ , visiting the cape. Lesbian and gay life is readily visible to anyone visiting the town. European immigrants who built the fishCouples stroll the shop lined streets ann mg village that was to become ~n arm with barely notice given them. On Provincetown. Pilgrims from the May the beach thousands of hard bodied men flower first walked ashore in 1620; a and buffed lesbians swim, play and sun monument commemorating that event themselves in the confidence of a shared stands’ atop High Pole Hill overlooking appreciation of their diversity. At night a the town an harbor. not-so subtle sexual energy takes over the For the most part, Provincetown grew town’s main streets as hundreds head to up over three centuries as a fishing vilnightclubs and restaurants to party with lage. Filled with the homes and shops of a old acquaintances and new -found friends. 18thcentury fishing village, Provincetown It is an atmosphere suited perfectly to the is rich in period architecture with an imfriendly, open lifestyle of this .country’s pressive harbor and quaint atmosphere many lesbian and gay communities. one comes to expect from a New England To increase gay visibility and promote port town. It is surrounded by beaches, gay pride, the ProvincetOwn Business dunes and the Atlantic. Isolated at the end Guild plans special events year-round. of Cape Cod, Provincetown has long atFor information on these events and to tracted artists,individualists and free spirmake travel arrangement~,call Vanes sa at its. Very much like Key West, the 3,700 International Tours at - 341-6866. year-round residents have a live-and-let- OK, so maybe you don’t have the time or money to go as far as Provincetown but you still need a get-away and it’s got to be a Gay-friendly place, and affordable! For all that, you can’t beat Eureka Springs. This Victorian jewel has got to have one of the highest per capita Lesbian/Gay/Bi populatious in the country. And therefore, you can count on finding a friendly family welcome. In fact, it’s possible to spend most of your resting and dining time in Gay or very Gay friendly establishments. This writer can personally recommend the food at DeVito’s and dined with Jim & Brent at the restaurant the guys had before they opened the well-regarded Bistro. While we haven"t tried Autumn Breeze, we hear it’s excellent also. Lod~ng can vary from the very convenient Kings Hi-Way Inn overlooking a ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ , ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ lovely valley to the unique bed & breakfast experience of the Woods or Rock Cottage Gardens or the views of Pond MountainLodge. For very reasonable and historic rooms, check out the Park Basin Hotel. In between earing and sleeping, there are many shops to checkout. They range from tourist tacky to worksof art. One of the most interesting selections is at Crazy Bone. And be sure to stop in ’to see MC and Linda, the new ownersofthe Emerald Rainbow, providing locals, and visitors with Pride stuff and mo~e..: NoW if you need more.detailed informarion about all your Options in Eureka Springs, track down Jan & Kim with P.I.M.P.S. who kiaow what’s available. And if like many others, you decide to check out local properties, stop by McClung Realty - they can help. Adult Accommodations Eureka Springs.Blues Festival Stop by our house for a taste of local flavor. Dine outside on the patio & porch or in our three beautiful dining rooms. Fine food at an affordable price. Gay.owned, Operated & Rainbow Proud In Eureka Springs, Arl~nsas Craftsman-style cottages with beautiful views of the woods and wildlife -.Tucked on top of the Ozark Mountains. just a few rmnutes walk to the Historic Village of Eureka Springs. 501/253-8281 Frank Gr~.en Jr., Host - 50 Wall Street - Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632 �play. AIDS, of course, is a topic of a few of Reviewed by Barry Hensley these plays. Victor .Bumbalo’s "What Tulsa City-County Library Are Tuesdays LaKe. takes place in a OK, all of you budding Laurence hospital waiting room. "The Baltimore Oliviers, take notice! ff acting is your Waltz," by Paula Vogel and "Lonely profession 9r just a fun hobby, and you’re Planet," by Steven Dietz deal with AIDS having trouble finding quality plays that in more intangible ways. speak to gays and lesbians, here is the Another interesting entry, "It’s Our book for you. "The Actor’s Book of Gay Town, Too," by Susan Miller, is just what and Lesbian Plays" pulls together sevenyou might think: a bare stage, queer verteen plays, chosen by sion . of Thornton editors (and playWilder’s "Our Town." wrights), Eric Lane and ...One d the-most "Cater,Waiter," by Eric Nina Shengold. is a funny, ironic, interesting aspects of Lane, The criteria for a ten-minute piece about play’s inclusion in this these plays is that not "eighty-seven gay men anthologyis thatitmust and three lesbians servall of them premiered ing dinner tO a buncha have gay or lesbian characters, queer Reagan cronies" at a. in New York or Los themes or be of interest Republican fundraiser. to the gayand lesbian A~ngeles. One hasd.lts With the current community,regardless boom of successful first performance m of the playwright’s queer-themed films, own sexual orientation. like "Jeffrey" and "The Shepherdstown, The plays vary widely, Bird~ge," it shouldn’t, West Virginia... from one-acts to full be long until more gay length, comic and draand lesbian friendly matic, some interesting while others less " plays start showing.up onstage in midso, and a range o_f styles and cast sizes. : America. When they do, "The Actor’s One of the most interesting aspects of ¯ Book of Gay and Lesbian Plays" will be these plays is that not all of them pre- ; an excellent resource. mieredin New York or Los Angeles. One ¯ Check for this book, and others on had its .first performance in ¯ similar subjects, at your local branch liShepherdstown, West Virginia~ and an- ¯ brary or call the Readers Services departother was first heard over the air as a radio ’ ment at the CentrallLibrary, 596-7966. READ ALL ABOUT IT by James Christjohn, Entertainment Notes ¯ To all of you who expressed interest, & While it might seem so at times, this ¯ didn’t put your body where your mouth is column is not just about me being pee- ¯ in terms of your presence in the theatre vish. It is about a much wider concern of " seat, you’ve helped to kill gay theatre. ¯ mine. If there is no gay theatre in Tulsa, it’s To those in the gay & lesbian communot that the shows aren’t produced or ¯ nity whom I have heard complaining that people aren’t interested in doing them; ¯ thereisn’t enough gay theatre, that there is it’s because you weren’t there when the an audience for these shows, that no the- ¯ shows were produced. Even when, as in atre in town is brave enou,,h to do these .. this case, the productions are free to the kinds of shows; I have only one thing to ¯ public! You have no one to blame but say. Where were you? yourselves. So don’t let Several shows durme hear anyone in the To those... ing the TU weekend of community bemoaning One-acts touched on "the lack of gay plays P" ’ ~ gay issues, mine and here, because it’s your t" here lsn t enough Gabriel Washam’s own fault they aren’t "’Diaries" blatandy so. being done. Gay theatre, I had incredible support BACP produced an that there is from Professor Cook ( excellent production of Thank you!), who feels Harvey Fierstein’s"On an audlenee ~or these plays are imporTidy Endings" some tant to have done, an months back_. The night these shows... incredible cast, & itwas Tom & I attended, only free, for heaven’ s sake ! 1/4 of the house was You missed a great set filled. And I know thln¢ to say. of shows. there’s enough queens Where were you? You had the chance in this town to have to say, with your presfilled the theatre. ence, that there is an audience for these " Sad thing is, many students & faculty. shows, that these shows will draw folks ¯¯ were talking about doing a production of in, that there is a reason to see these shows "Falsettoland" at TU. The higher ups were produced. ." concerned that people wouldn’t come. As Gerald Miller said, "Ain’t gonna ¯ One ofmy goals with HIVariations, I’d happen". He and I spoke of Gay theatre in ¯ hoped, was to prove that there was an ¯ Tulsa when he was managing Theatre audience. With the lack of community ¯ Tulsa. His take was that there wasn’t an support of HIVariations, indeed all the audience. Tom and I argued the point, and ¯¯ shows that weekend, it seems unlikely I now feel his comments were, sadly, that this Falsetto, or other shows like it, ¯ justified. will be produced. 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There is quite a know that lots of decent restaurants exist ¯ variety of interesting and worthwhile WITH THIS COUPON AND A BATH PURCHASE in our Capital Cowtown at which they can ¯ places in this area. Anchoring the comer cozy up to the chuckwagon. ¯ spot on i-44 is Portobello (expensive), Coupon Expires Pet Food Just like Tulsa, most of the national ¯ featuring Tuscan style Italian food and June 29, 1996 franchises and chain restaurants have : Italian language tapes in the restrooms. Toys & Supplies stores in Oklahoma City which are con- ¯ Another long time Italian spot is Flip’s 3311 S. Peoria centrated in the Quail Springs Mall area ¯ -Wine Bar and Trattoria (moderately Grooming & Boarding I ¯ on Memorial between May and Pennsyl~ ¯ expensi.ve), at Grand Boulevard, with a Tulsa Pickup & Delivery I vania; near Baptist Hospital at Northwest ¯ great selection of by-the-glass wines and (918) 744-5556 Service Available Expressway and Lake Hefner Parkway; ¯ decent food--be sure to check out the .I in"oiltown" at Interdaily specials. At state 40 and Merid64th Street, you will After all, ian; and down on the . find the excellent south side along InMetro Wine Bar half of the fun terstate 240 between Bistro (expentraveling_is discovering and Western and May sive, reservations 3213 E. 15th St. Avenues. But why advised), serving rethe local euMne. 20TH CENTURY FURNISHINGS eat at some place you ,trial French cuiWed-Sat 10-5 Sun 12-4 can visit at home? And, surprisingly, sine, nightly meat 749-3620 After all, half of the and fish specials, and Oklahoma City tim of traveling to creamy, chilled exotic locations is vichyssoise to die probably has a lot discovering the local for. Across the street more decent non-chain cuisine.And, surprisin: Nichols Hills ingly, Oklahoma restaurants than Tulsa. Plhza is the single City probably has a best restaurant in the lot more decent nonst~ite of Oklahoma, ¯ the.Coach House (veryexpensive, reserchain restaurants than Tulsa. ¯ First, a few words of warning: Many vataons required, dres~ code), featuring ¯ H~rry Bel-toi~, Knoll 1952 rodeoers will be staying at the Northwest Worship Service,~.~.3.~) am e}quisitely prepared Atnerican haute cuiHilton or at the ever popular Habana Inn ¯ sine and impeccable ~ervice. Everyone Sheridan Center, ~’~ite H, both of which have in house dining facili- ¯ should experience the artistry of Chef 21st & Sheridan, 599-7688 ties. Let’s just say that you’ll want to eat ~ Kurt Fleishfresser and the elegance of the off the premises. And don’t even think : Coach House at least once in their lifeabout room service. . time. Crawling back to Western, at 67th’is \¥qaen you are in downtown OKC, be ¯ the Iguana Lounge (moderate) which is advised that. there is no place wonderful, ¯ billed as Acapulco cuisine but we have to and the Myriad Convention Center food is ¯ call it avant garde Mexican, and their new deadly. Nearby though are La Roea Mexi- .: patio should be open by rodeo time. An can Restaurant a couple.of blocks west ¯ excellent sushi bar is Tokyo Japanese of the Myriad on Rent and there are ¯ Restaurant (expensive), just south of always the various trendy (translate: long ¯ Wilshire, which serves Sapporo beer and ¯ lines, small servings, big prices) estabsushi as good as any Japanese restaurant ¯ lishments and the onmipresent Spaghetti we’ve visited in the United States. Way ’96 ECLIPSE SPYDER Warehouse in Bricktown several blocks : up north at 80th is Let’s Barbecue (inexeast o.f the Myriad. The Bricktown Brew- ¯¯ pensive), with basic down home smoked CONVERTIBLE GS ery is, in our opinion, the Oklahoma meats and occasionally fried catfish (if $22,835 microbrewery serving up the best beer ¯ you remember Let’s at 66th Street, that made in Oklahoma (but don’t get your ¯ location, now closed, went to Let’s exhopes up about the food)¯ We just wish the ¯ wife in the divorce, and Leo moved north). Oklahoma legislature didn’t make the ¯ A couple of other spots popular with the ¯ microbreweries water the beer to 3.2. capital city gay crowd include the Painted Several formerly popular northwest : Desert (inexpensive) at 36th and Shartel, spots are now closed, such as Doc’s at ¯ whichis your basic burger bar, Pepperoni 63rd and Western, Rita’s del Rio on May ¯ G~ill (moderately expensive) in Penn across from the Northwest Hilton, Pump’s ¯ Square Mall by Dillard’s with eclectic at Grand and \Vestem, Interurban in ¯" Italian food, and Bellini’s (expensive) at Fifty Penn Place, and Magnolia Cafe at 63rd and Pennsylvania, which serves up 66th and Western: We’re also sad to re- ¯ northern Italian themed food and dellport that due to the new conservative : cious bellini’s (a peach and champagne Christian ownership of United Founder’s ¯ cocktail) with a view of the swan pond Tower, the Eagle’s Nest, with its 360 ¯ and outdoor seating-- enter from the parkdegree revolVing view of Lake Hefner " ing garage_ under the Waterford office and northwest Oklahoma City, has closed ¯ building. its doors. Never fear, though, there are ¯ Those looking for Oriental foods will still lots of fun places to dine and frolic. ¯ be excited to spend time in Oklahoma While on Oklahoma City’s infamous ¯ City s Little S aigon area centered at North 39th Street Strip, many readers may re- ," west 23rd and Classen. We particularly member the gastronomically challenging recommend Lido (moderate) at 24th and Family Diner, a classic greasy spoon. : Military (just off Classen near the milk But better days have come to that loca- ¯ bottlebuilding), which has excellent Viettion, and completely new proprietors have : namese food in an elegant setting, and is established the gay owned and operated ¯ popular with many of the state’s powerPifion Care (moderate cost), which fea- " ful--we’ve run into Governor Waiters tures lots of Southwestern style entrees, ¯ and several Supreme Court justices here. heavy on the pasta and chicken, and, while ¯ Check out the dim sum at Grand House notan all-night establishment, does stay : (moderate),just across the street from the open until 2 a.m., and 3 a.m. on weekends. see Food, page 14 &TICK of �milk bottle. One of our favorite Chinese restaurants is Dumpling House (moderate) on 23rd just east of Classen, which is patronized by many Chinese and Vietnamese youth (be sure to ask for the English menu). Another excellent Vietnamese and Chinese place is Mirawa (moderate), a bit farther east on 23rd. For Korean food, try Sharon Gardens (inexpensive) on 23rd west of Classen, and for Thai, go to Sala Thai (inexpensive) just a couple of blocks farther west. If seeing all those cowboys wrangle beef on the hoof has you hankering for a big juicy steak, you can’t go wrong with Cattleman’s Care (moderately expensive) in Stockyards City, Exchange Street south of 1-40 (ask for directions). In the Remington Park area at Northeast 50th and Kelly is one of our favorites, Sleepy Hollow (expensive), which has no menus, but serves up big delicious bowls of mashed potatoes, ~avy, and peas family style and huge, wonderful steaks to its horseman and jockey clientele. You can get decent barbecued ribs and an all you can eat special at Oklahoma County Line (moderately expensive) on Northeast 63rd between Kelly and Eastern. And, when the budget gets a little thin, you can find an excellent chicken fried steak sandwich at Chuck House (inexpensive) at Northwest Tenth and Meridian. This should be a big enough list of the better places in Oklahoma City to keep rodeo-goers well fed for one weekend. Just remember, we have McDonald’s in Tulsa. Bon appetit, cowboy. How To Do It First 30 words are $10. Each additional word is 25 cents. You may bring additional attention to your ad with: Bold Headline - $1 Ad in capital letters - $1 Ad in bold capital letters - $2 Ad in box - $2 Ad reversed - $3 Tear sheet mailed - $2 Blind Post Office Box - $5 Please type or print your ad. Count the number of words. (A word for our purposes is a group of letters or numbers separated by a space.) 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Text Any textual data included in the document Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans Communities Our Families of the Heart UPCOMING EVENTS HIV-ERC + Red Ribb,.o.n Revue + Pride- Bene.flts Pride Worship Service Dallas Leader Cece Cox Hope Candlelight Tour Pride Prom + Pride Picnic O.KC Parade +. ,.Follies TULSA - The next several weeks offer an unprecedented number of community events which either benefit HIV/AIDS charities or celebrate Lesbian/Gay Pride Month. On May 23rd, the Red Ribbon Ice Revue promises a great show at the Tulsa Ice Arena to support Our House, a day drop-in center for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Later that evening, the Silver Star will host a benefit &raffle for the HIV Education and Recreation Center, a new organization headed by Bruce Begley, Sandy Hill, Steve Wilson and others. OnSaturday and Sunday,June 8-9th,the Hope Candlelight Tour will feature the homes of Tina & Steven David, Judy & Bill Fisher, P.S. Gordon & Duane Men Ne, Mary McMahon, and Ouida & Robert Merrifield to benefit St. Joseph’s Residence/Catholic Charities and RAIN, the Regional Interfaith AIDS Network. Tickets are $10 and are available at Charles Faudree, 1345 E. 15th, and at MA Doran Gallery, 3509 S. Peoria. The very distinguished organizing committee also has planned a number of patron events - for more information, call 747-9706. Near the end of. the month, June 21 & 22, Follies Revue, Inc. will present Follies ’96 Salutes the Movies at the Doubletree Hotel, Warren Place. It’s a dinner and a show you won’t want to miss. The beneficiaries are TOHR, HIV Resource Consortium, Interfaith AIDS Ministries, Shanti, Visiting Nurses Assoc. RAIN and St. Joseph’s Residence/Catholic Charities. For tickets, call the PAC box office, Carson Attractions, and Tickets by Phone. For June, the traditional Lesbian/Gay Pride month worldwide, Tulsa volunteers have planned a number of events. The month will begin by the first ecumenical Pride Worship Service. Hosted by St. Jerome at the Garden Chapel, 3841 S. Peoria at 6 pm on Saturday, June 1, the service will include Family of’Faith MCC, Agape Christian Fdlowship and other congregations: On Tuesday, June 4, PFLAG, TOHR and the Rainbow Business Guild (with assistance from the Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay Trans Alliance, BLGTA) will present Cece Cox, president of the Dallas Gay & Lesbian Alliance (DGLA), one of the most dynamic activists in the Southwest and a native of Bartlesville. She will be talking about the Marriage Project of the DGLA as well as her work as co-chair of GLAAD/Dallas. The dinner will be held in the Chouteau Room of the Chapman Student Center of the University of Tulsa at 6:30. The dinner is $10 but the speech is free at about 7:45. June 8th, TOHR and TU’s BLGTA will host a Pride see Pride, page 3 MARRIAGE The attack begins at the national level led by Oklahoma Rep. Steve Largent & Sen. Don Nickles. WASHINGTON - Confronted with a flagging presidential campaign and convinced they’ve found a one-sided wedge issue that could embarrass President Clinton’s campaign efforts, Republican lawmakers have introduced. ameasure, titled the"Defense ofMamageAct" (DOMA), that would define marriage as"only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife." The proposed law Was introduced by Republican Reps. Bob Barr of Georgia and by Steve Largent & by Sen. Don Nickles of Oklahoma. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas, who all but has the GOP’s presidential nomination sewn up, became the first Senate co-sponsor of the measure. During the Iowa primary caucuses, when Republican hopefuls were asked to sign a pledge to fight any effort in Congress to legalize same-sex marriages, Dole said the pledge doesn’t go far enough" and added; "Government at all levels must work to support and promote the institution of marriage that unites husband and wife." Just days before the proposed legislation was introduced in Congress, Dole campaign officials told reporters that the Republican presidential hopeful would be taking action to make same-sex marriages a campaign wedge issue, using Clinton’s outreach to gay and lesbian Americans in an effort to make voters wary of the President’s re-election bid. Clinton campaign officials have acknowledged that the issue is potentially a political landmine during the campaign and said the President "didn’t want to touch it." Even so, when anti-gay activists asked Clinton to sign the anti-marriage pledge, he refused and called it "outrageous." The dicey political question is complicated even further by reports in the current issue of the Advocate, the Los Angeles- based magazine, that claims the Justice Department is considering changing both the IRS tax code and federal immigration regulations to give gay and lesbian couples~the same benefits in these two areas as legally married couples. However, \~qaite House spokeswoman Mary Ellen Glynn told reporters that Clinton doesn’t personally support equal marriage rights for gays and lesbians and that the Administration had no plans to implement the changes reported in the Advocate. Elizabeth Birch, executive director of the Human Rights Campaign, called the proposed congressional bill the work of "religiotts political extremists...using this issue as an election year baseball bat to bash gay Americans and score 3"teve Largent Don Nickles Gov. Keating Signs Anti- Marriage Amendment/Bill OKLAHOMA CITY - In a move that surprised Okla. Capitol watchers and a number of state Senators, Senate bill #73, the "Oklahoma Child Visitation Registry Act," passed with an amendment banning the recognition of valid same-gender marriages performed in other states. Only Senators Bernest Cain (D-OKC) and Penny Williams (D-Tulsa) voted against the final bill (42-2). According to Sen. Williams, Sen. Cain spbke with such eloquence against the anti-Gay amendment, that she was moved to vote no as well. Tulsa Sen. Maxine Horuer told TFN that she was not in the Senate at the time of the vote and that the amendment did not represent her position. Earlier, Senator Keith Leftwich, and staffers in Cain’s and Sen. Bernice Shedrick’s offices had stated that they did not think the anti-marriage amendment would remain after the bill returned from conference committee. Senate bill #73 had a correspondingbill that had passed the OK House of Representatives. Gov. Frank Keating promptly signed the bill. When asked about what efforts he or his staff had made to contact Oklahoma’s Lesbian and Gay. community about this bill, the Governor’s press spokesperson, Dan Mahoney stated that no effort was necessary since "it would not have made any difference [to the Governor]." Mnhoney released the following statement: "~,Vhat people do in their private lives ~s none of my business, that is a personal decision. But I don’t feel the state of Oklahoma should bein the business of sanctionpolitical points." Rep. Pat Schroeder (D-Colo.) was one of the few lawmakers to criticize the measure, saying it was meaningless political maneuvering because it would take an amendment limiting the "full faith and credit clause" of the U.S. Constitution to actually bar same-sex marriages at the federal level. "This is nothing but just to stir the political ¯" waters and see how much hate you can unleash," she added. Interfaith / -iDS Ministrie ¯ Seeks Missing Benefit $ ~ Last October, a local bar, Barraccuda’s, contacted Inter- ,¯ faith AIDS Ministries (L~M) with an offer to do a benefit honoring World AIDS Day in December and benefiting ¯ IAM. Months later, IAM has not seen a dime of the dollars ¯ raised at the event, despite efforts by director, Diane Zike. ¯ Several board members attended the fundraiser noting ¯ that the bar charged a $3 cover & had tip jars for donations. At the end of the evemn~,, IAM s treasurer was told they’d ¯ raised $250. Director Zike says that she’d called repeatedly for bar ing same sex marriages. I supported SB 73, as did every member of the t!ouse of Representatives and all but two members of the State Senate." TFN asked about remarks attributed to the Governor that he had said the State Republican Party platform (see below) represented "mainstream Oklahoma." see Gov., page 3 Excerpts from the OK Republican state Platform Page 3, ADOPTION Plank 4: We demand that children not be adopted by homosexuals. Page 6, HIV/AIDS Plank 1: Since HIV is a virus that results in AIDS and certain death, we call upon local, state, and federal governments to deal with thedeadly disease of AIDS in the same manner as other dangerous communicable diseases, i.e. (a) expand universal testing and truth in reporting, which includes full disclosure about the ori- ¯ owner, Sue, "known as Barraccuda. No calls had been ¯ returned by March 26 when IAM drafted a letter requesting ¯ a response. To date, IAM still has not received a response ¯¯ .from the bar. WhenTFN called, bar staffer, Sheila, referred all questions back to Sue. ¯ Zike adds, "IAM actedingoodfaith, advertising the event ¯ and participating [in it]. How can we follow through with : our commitments if those who offer to assist us...do not ¯ follow through themselves...it is not just Interfaith AIDS ¯ Ministries that is being hurt, but more importantly those ¯ living with HIV/AIDS that IAM serves." see Platform, page 7 EDITORIAL/LETTERS/DIRECTORY P. 2 NEWS BRIEFS P. 4 HEALTH BRIEFS P. 6 CALENDAR P. 9 OUT + ABOUT WITH JD P. 9 EUREKA SPRINGS + P. 11 BOOK REVIEW/ENTERTAINMENT P. 12 RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 13 918.583.1248 POB 4140 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74159-0140 TulsaNews@ aol.com Publisher/Editor, Tom Neal Assistant Editor, James Christjohn Writers/contributors, Phyl Boler-Schmidt Barry Hensley Jean-Pierre Leanne Gross & Pat Morehead Staff Photographer, JD Jamett Issued on or before the 15th of each month, the entire contents of this publication are protected by US copyright 1996 by Tulsa Family News and may not be reproduced either in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. Publication of a name or photo does not indicate that person’s sexual orientation. Correspondence is assumed to be for publication unless otherwise noted, must be signed & becomes the sole property of Tulsa Family News. All correspondence should be sent to the address above. Each reader is entitled to one free copy of each edition at distribution points Additional copies are available by calling 583-1248. by Patricia Nell Warren ¯ A few days American with ahgeor, oownne aDrgiaunmeePntartkheart whoromteosetoxutahleityJoiug rnnaolt ~ feovoelnamloant aogfepteoopfoleo,l ionudru.ocwtinngmtohtehewrsi~shfFuolrtahitniikneer,s.wSeoemveenoffouosl now ourselves. But it is still conformity. It is not change. genetic. She believes that the "reformed homosexuals" visible in certain videos, programs and organizations is compelling proof that homosexuals can really change. I am always amazed at the power of wishful thinking m people like Parker. Their whole position is based on a fierce belief in this alleged capacity of homosexuals to "change." The videos, nroorams, etc. represent a 2000- vear effort by Chrislaamty to wish away the ~xistential fact of homosexuality, whatever its root cause. The fact is: in repressive umes, homosexuals do not change. They conform. Gay people disagree about many things, but this is one area where we agree -- because so Aetlng strM~ht when you know you re gay ¯ ¯ as not chang . It as not a rnor~al act. It {s not re[orm. It {s not heal{n . It ~s a ll~n~ death. many of. us have lived face-to-face with our own "is-ness’" through long decades of pretense. I, for one, did a terrific job of conforming to the heterosexual canon, as a wife for 16 years. I even tried both Protestantism and.,,_Catholicism in a desperate effort to transmogrify my conformity into change. But it didn’t work. The conformity goes so deep that it can masquerade brilliantly as change. Unlike leopards, homosexu~is can make their spots look like tiger stripes. The penalties for being fingered as gay -- loss of family and job, assault and battery, long prison sentences, incarceration in mental hospitals, to n~u,ne a few - Acting straight when you know you’re gay is not change. It is not a moral act. It is not reform. It is not healing. It is a living death. In the Sixties, a whole generation of youth rose up against all kinds of forced conformity in American society, and their protest embraced this deadly conformity demanded of gay people. Yet today the wishful thinkers among us are trying to engineer the re-imposition of their wishes. They demand it in the name of "saving marriage." What they want, in many marriages, adds up to shapestfifting Of the spookiest kind. It adds up to acting performances that will never get an Os- : car. Those who settle for our conformity get it at an appalling cost to themselves. The wishful thinkers lose their power to see what : is real. They canlook into the eyes of a homosexual who is living ~ in deep cover, and utterly fail to See that person’s true spirit. Even ¯ in the eyes of their own children, parents, closest friends, the " wishful thinkers see only what they choose to see. Heaven help ¯ the American marriage if it is"saved" by people who can’ t tell the ¯ difference between conformity and change. ,, Patricia Nell Warren is the author of"The Front Runner and ¯ other bestsellers about gay life. Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine ,Concessions,.33"40 s. Peoria *Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th *St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st *Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan .Renegades, Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main *TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial *Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd *Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston 832-1269 744-0896 749-1563 745-9998 834-4234 585-3405 660-0856 584-1308 585-3134 Tulsa Businesses, Services, &. Professionals Dennis C. 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Ourelected r p- ¯ resentatives" Steve Largent, Don Nickles ¯ and Jim Inhofe again shame our s~te with ¯ their attacks on their own constttuents, specifically with the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The motives for ¯ thesemen surely rangefrom genuineideo- ¯ logical positions to the basest political .... maneuvering...There is little- doubt that ¯ each holds "Christian" beliefs which they ¯ feel justify discrimination. ~ We can only respond that it is .a betrayal ¯ of the most fundamental American con- . stitutional values to abuse their position to ’" enforce private prejudices. That is, it is ¯ wrong to use the power of the government ¯ to promote or allow to continde system- " atic bias against minority citizens, no ¯ matter if the majority despises that minor- ¯ ity mad no matter if the group is minority ¯ by birth (race or ethnicity) or by choice, ¯ (religion or political view) or by a combi- ¯ nation (as seems to be the case with sexual ¯ orientation). Many Americans havebeen, ¯ and are, racist and anti-Semitic, and yet ¯ politicians realize it is no longer accept- " able to pander overtl.y to these views. ¯ However, election-year politics are strongly implicated in this effort. DC insiders suggest that DOMA is a much a vehicle to divide and inflame the American electorate, to weaken Bill Clinton and to insure that Dole can nominate the next 20 years of Supreme Court judges. So what are our alternatives inTulsa when our elected "representatives" don’t even bother to go through the motions of ¯ consulting the communities that are ¯ harmed by their actions? ¯ The answer’s not glamorous or easy. ¯ Despite all odds, we must continue to °. organize ourselves politically. We must ¯ put the same sorts of energies that we’ve see Attack, page 3 Tulsa, Oklahoma sure feels like ground What a great honor itis to be chosen as the first Queen of the Month in the Out & About column of your newspaper. What a wonderful way to spotlight Tulsa’s diverse and talented group of entertainers. As a general rule, our society has a poor ] opinion of Drag Queens and it is my hope that your column will help dispense these thoughts. For your readers that are not aware, each of the entertainers that I regularly do shows with are also involved in the many benefits that occur around town. The beneficiaries include such great causes as Our ~ House, A .Friend for a Friend, Shanti ¯ Coftdom Fund and public service posters that are placed through out our community. ¯ In addition to being tons of fun (no pun ¯ intended to my size), Tulsa has a diverse : group of entertainers that not only make "- you smile, but further love and kindness ¯ within Our community. Thank you again. ¯ Much love, Kathryn Conover PS, in my entire life, I can’t once remember that I begged for anything. Could JD have been thinking of someone else and intended the very first Queen of the Month to go to another Entertainer? Oh dear, I certainly hope not. In particular, TFN asked if the Governor RIBBON ALL TICKET PR.O,CEED5 TO BES£,FIT TICKETS: HOUSE" $8.0,0B"~EA..[.H..E.R~<, $12.50 ON ICE SEATISL:3 TIC’KET8 A% AL.IABLE TULSA ICE ARENA RE1Nq GADE8 { 17rf’H really felt calling,fora quarantine ofpeople living with AIDS, or preventing Lesbian and Gay men from being teachers represented the values of most Oklahomans. Mahoney responded that he could not speak for the Governor in the particulars but that the Governor supported the platformin general. WhenaskedifTFN could ask the Governor aboUt specific platform items, Mahoney said Keating would not be available for any questions. Prom (alcohol-free) also at the Chapman Ctr. at 8 pm. The Picnic, themed Tulsa United in Pride, will be held in Owen Park on Sat. June 15, from 12 - 5 pm. Anumber of community organizations, businesses and individuals are working on this event. As usual, refreshments are free and a range of food will be available for a modest donation. Owen Park has tennis courts and a sand volleyball court, as well as better parking and more shade than the old Mohawk site. On Sunday, June 23, Oklahomans from all over the state will gather at Memorial Park, NW 35th & Classen in Oklahoma City about 1:30 for the statewide Pride Rally. The Rally will feature Advocate 1992 Woman of the Year, Donna Red Wing. The statewide Pride Parade kicks off from the park and ends up at the NW 39th St. community business district. put into fighting the scourge ofAIDS into fighting political prejudice. Locally, TOHR is doing a voter inform and registration project, call 743-4297 and leave a message for Tony. Oklahoma City folks have created a political action committee, Cimarron Alliance which has funneled significant funds into OKC city council races and to Democratic state senators. Some in Tulsa are discussing similar efforts, here. Also, just call Nickles (581- 7651, the local office can transfer you to DC, fax 202-9~24-6008), Inhofe (748-5111, 202-224-4721, fax 202-228-0380) and I_argent (749-0014, 202-225-2211, fax 202-225-9187). Even if you don’t want to get married anytime soon, tell them you support equal marriage rights, that you oppose DOMA, and that you don’t appremate the scapegoating of Oklahoma’s Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual citizens. Dan DuVall / Owner Anti-Marriage ¯ Efforts Around US ¯ AUGUSTA, Maine - With state legisla- ¯ tures around the country heading into ¯ recesses for the summer, the anti-mar- : riage bandwagon did little more than ¯ bumble along. While Hawaii lawmakers couldn’t muster enough votes to pass an ¯ anti-gay mamage ban there before the ¯ legislature recessed for the current ses- ¯ sion, an Alabama state Senate committee : approved by an 8-1 vote a bill that would ¯ bar recognizing same-sex marriages in ¯ the state, dropping a $1,000 fine for clergy ¯. performing such unions that had been ¯ included in the original measure. The Alaska legislature took a double : swing at same-sex relationships, passing ¯ one measure that would limit domestic ¯" partnership benefits in the state educa- ¯ tional system and sending it to Gov. Tony ¯ Knowles. At the same time thelawmakers ¯ began debate on a ban on same-sex mar- . riages in the state, a proposal that is ex- ¯ pected to easily pass. Kansas lawmakers, ¯ meanwhile, approved an anti-mamage bill and sent it to the governor for his signa- ¯ ture. ¯ In Maine, the anti-gay group Concerned Maine Families has filed papers with the "¯ secretary of state’s office to get approval ¯ to collect signatures for a ballot measure - ¯ that would restrict marriages in the state ¯ to those between male-female couples ¯ only. If the signature~gathering is ap- ¯ proved, the group would have to collect ¯ some 51,000 valid signatures to put the ¯ measure before ~oters- either in 1997 or ¯ 1998. ¯ Georgia Gov. Zell Miller has si~ned a ¯ bill that bars same-sex mamages ~n the ¯¯ state, joining South Dakota, Utah and Idaho as the 4th state to prohibit gay and ¯ lesbian marriages in anticipation that such ¯ weddings will become legal soon in Ha- . waii. The South Carolinalegislature gave ~ its final.OK to a measure outlawing same- ." sex marriages in the state and sent the ¯ legislation to Gov. David Beaseley, who has already indicated he supports the pro- : hibition. The measure would prevent the ¯ state from recognizing any marriage be- . tween people of the same sex that was performed in another state. In Arizona, Gov. Fife Symington signed the state legislature’s 3rd attempt to enact aban on same-sex marriages, making it the 6th state so far to legally refuse recognition for such unions, even if performed legally elsewhere. At the same time, however, by a 34-23 vote, the state House of Representatives passed legislation authorizing tougher sentences for criminals who victimize people based on race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. A similar proposal last year died when Republican legislative leaders objected to including sexual orientation. Meanwhile, a case strikingly similar to the Hawaii lawsuit has gotten under way in New Zealand, with 3 lesbian couples suing for the right to get marriage licenses that were denied them, according to a report in the Queer News Aotearoa. The women’s attorney is arguing that the country’s civil rights laws protects all citizens from being denied equal treatment. The attorney general’s office, however, has argued that marriage is mainly for procreation and that therefore samesex couples are not eligible to marry. South Africa Protects Gays CAPE TOWN, South Africa -South Africa’s Parliament has overwhdmingly approved by a 421-2 vote the country’s new 150-page Constitution after nearly 2- years of complex negotiations and sometimes acrimonious debate. The nation’s new governing document includes, for the first ti~ne in the world, equal rights protections that include sexual orientation. "United in diversity," begins the preamble to the country’s newly approved Constitution, although at least 2 of the country’s right wing political parties said they would challenge some of the provisions of that diversity in court. In fact, .nearly every major party in South Africa expressed reservations about parts of the new document. Even President Nelson Mandela noted that there are still concems among many ofthe country’s minorities about the guarantees enshrined in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights. "The fact that we have adopted this Constitution does not mean that we are not going to address those concerns," Mandela said. "’We will continue searching for solutions because we want everybody to feel that he or she is part and parcel of our efforts to resolve the problems of South Africa." After a long history of white minority rule and rigidly enforced apartheid, the new Constitutions will bring majority rule to the nation when the next g~neral election in 1999 marks anend to the present transitional government. The Bill of Rights outlaws all discrimination in the country, whether based on sexual orientation, race, religion, gender,-political views, disability and other categories. In a cable to President Mandela about the newly adopted Constitution, the Washington, D.C.,based National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, stated, "The South African people have paved a new road of equality and fairness by outlawing all forms of discmnination in the constitution, including for the first time anywhere in the world, the discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation.’" Fewer than a dozen countries worldwide have national laws outlawing bias based on sexual orientation, and South Africa is the first nation to enshrine such protections in its Constitution. Dutch Get Serious About Marriage TIlE HAGUE, Holland -The Dutch Parliament has approved a measure by 81-60 that calls on the government to appoint a commission to evaluate the legal implications, both nationally and internationally, of extending full mamage rights to gay and lesbian couples in the country. The move is several steps from a radical change, of course, but Dutch gays and lesbians, along with progressive politicians in the country, are increasingly insisting on full, equal rights in What is probably Europe’s most liberal nation. What is perhaps most significant about the measure is that the commission is to consider issues such as adoption, parenting, inheritance, taxes, and spousal citizenship of foreigners - an array of questions that other European nations with same-sex .couples registrations have so far ducked or specifically added restrictions to. But as a measure at least of how serious Dutch politicians are about samesex marriages now, public discussions have even reached the level of Members of Parliament debating .whether Queen Beatrix will give her assent to full marital rights for gays and lesbians in Holland. Canada OKs Anti-Bias Law OTTAWA - Canada’s House of Commons has approved by a 153-76 vote a govenm~ent-backed measure that would add sexual orientation to the country’s Charter of Human Rights and legally outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation in Canada’s regulated public sector workforce, which makes up 10% to 15% of the nation’s labor force. All of the nation’s provinces except Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and Alberta already have similar anti-bias laws, and the Canadian government has been promising to introduce federal legislation for 2 decades, so passage of the measure wasn’t much in doubt.. Even so, the bill created enormous political turmoil in the country. When 2 MPs in the conservative Reform Party spoke out against the measure by saying it was acceptable for businesses to discriminate against homosexuals and other minorities, the party’s Parliament leader, Preston Manning, expelled them from the party caucus, saying "It is not all right for employers to fire any employee simply because an intolerant customer complaints about their color or lifestyle." Even the ruling Liberal Party showed signs of the tension the measure had brought to Canadian politics. And outside the Parlimnent building, Justice Minister Allan Rock, who formally introduced the legislation in behalf of the government, was greeted by p,rotesters who called him "Alice Rock" and mocked Prime Minister Jearl Chritien as "’Jeanne :. Chritien." The legislation now goes to the ~ upper house of Parliament, the Senate, ¯ where it is also expected to pass by a : comfortable margin. The measure also requires the royal assent of Canada’ s governor- general, which is litde more than a political, formality. Only 6 nations- Norway, Sweden, Holland, Slovenia, Israel and South Africa -have enacted federal legislation prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. Bosnian War Crimes Nightmare TIlEHAGUE2 Almost ignored by mainstream news media, the War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague has received detailed evidence of atrocities conunitted during the 4-year-long Bosnian civil war cente.ring on reports of male rape as a war tactic and as a method of intilnidating and controlling prisoners. According to doc~unents supplied to the Tribunal by Dr. Mladen Loncar of the Medical Center for Human Rights in Zagreb, at least 4,000 Croatian men were victims of these rapes and sexual assaults - and Loncar says his figures are conservative estimates of Croats alone. At the height of the complex fighting in the Balkans, there were an estimated 80,000 men in intenmmnt camps - Serbs, Croats, Mnslims. Loncar’s medical facility currently sees more than 200 such men who coutinue to live in the general region. Most, Loncar says, have fled to nearby COUlltries as political’refugees - if they survived the attacks at all. Of the patieuts seen at Loncar~ s ~nedical center for severe post-trannmtic distress disorders, most (70 percent) suffered repeated injuries to their genitals. Many of the inert (25 percent) were tortured I~y having objects forced up their rectums. Man)’ prisoners (22 percent) reported they had been forced, under threats of death, to perform fellatio mad other sexual acts with other male prisoners, and about 11 percent had suffered at least partial castration. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Upheld by Court WASHINGTON - In the continuing war over the constitutionality of the U.S. nfilitary’s "’don’t ask, don’t tell" policy, Lt. Paul Thomasson, a former naval ofricer discharged for revealing that he is gay, has lost an important battle in a federal appeals court decision. The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia upheld the policy bamting openly homosexual women and men from serving in the nation’s maned forces. The case has national significance because it is the first ruling involving the"don’ t ask, don’ t tell" policy to reach the federal appeals level. Alan Moore, Thomasson’s attorney, argued that the military policy of excluding gays and lesbians from the armed services was both unconstitutiolml and unreasonable, considering the young officer’s outstanding record. Moore also took the unusual step of adding First Amendment free-speech claims on top of Fifth and FourteenthAmendment"due process" and "equal protection" arguments that have been more widely used in batding the Pentagon ban in the past. But the appeals court would have none of it and ruled that the president and Congress retain the right to set military policies, and that thejudicial branch should defer to .them. "It was appropriate for Congress to bdieve that a military force should be as free as possible of sexual attachments and pressures as it is prepared to do battle," wrote Judge J. Harvie Wilkonson III in the 9-to-4 majority opinion. The court’s ruling is now applicable throughout the 4th circuit, which includes Vir_,2inia, Maryland West ¥irginia, North CarOlina and South~arolina. Tllomasson and his attorney are now deciding whether to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. MO St. GOP’s Antii Marriage Campaign : ST. LOUIS - In a highly controversial ¯¯ election cmnpalgn tactic that Republican leaders around the country are watching ¯ closely; the head of the Missouri Repub- ¯ lican Party, John Cozad, has launched attacks against Democrats running for state office, accusing them of having financial backing from supporters of samesex marriages. But Republica!~s rumling for office in the state, inclnding many who are seeking election to the state legislature, are grumbling because the attack campaigns are being operated in their races whether they want them or not. And so far in two special election races, the Republicans have lost both campaigns. Not all Republicans running for office in Missouri, however, agree with Cozad on the campaign. Republican Bill Patrick, who lost in the just-finished special decdon in the state’s 6th legisIative district, publicly apologized to his Democratic opponent for thesame-sex marriage campaign launched by the Republicans on his behalf. He called the attack "pretty negative, pretty bad." State GOP strategists in Ohio,, Wisconsin, Oregon and elsewhere, however, say they’re interested in seeing how the same-sex marriage link works as a campaign strategy in Missouri. Helms Ads Attack ¯ Opponents & Gays ¯ RALEIGH, N.C. - Apparently impatient ¯ to get on with the election, Sen. Jesse ¯ Helms (R-NC) has launched a series of ¯ TV ads attacking both the Delnocratic ¯ primary candidates, Harvey Gantt and ¯ Charlie Sanders in a bit of gay-baiting, ; saying both supportdomesticpartner ben- ¯ efits. "Liberal Charlie Sanders supports : racial preferences in hiring, like Harvey ¯ Gantt does, the Hdms ads say. Extend- " ing health insurance to homosexual part- " ners? Liberal Sanders and Gantt say yes." ¯ With a $2 million campaign war fund ¯ ¯ from 1995, the Helms campaign apparently decided not to wait for the May 7 ¯ prim.ary to find out which Democrat he ¯ will face in the November race, but de- " cided to get ajump-start and begin swing- " ing at both men. Helms, 74, is seeking his ’i ’ umenic ;Cathofic Church III at 37ie Gard-en (:~ape{~ .’Mass Sat ur~y eveni~s at 6:00~ "She 7~v. fl~t~er ~ck :/[offi~sw~.~ P~t~ Taller (o18) (;46-7116 7~si~nte ~)t8} 742-7122 ~"QUALITY WORK UNBELIEVABLE PRICE ¯ ~ICK SE~V~ * PATIO BAR Traci Huntsman 3225 S. Yale Owner .. " . . . Tulsa, OK 74135 " BROOKSIDE JEWELRY 4649 South Peoria 743-5272 Corner of 48th & Peoria 9:30 - 5, Mon. - Fri. 5th term as a U.S. senator. A spokesperson for Sanders’ campaign called the TV spots "typical Jesse Hdms distortive attack ads." In a press statement, Gantt blasted the Helms TV campaign as "lies and distortions" and said he has never even addressed the issue of health care benefits for the partners of gays and lesbians. British Transsexual Wins Court Case LUXEMBOURG - A Comwall College tutor, identified only as "P" in court records, whowas sackedafterasex-change operation, has won a European Court of Justice battle over the discharge. Thecourt campus ROTC program. The faculty-ap- ¯ proved program would also reimburse ¯ students in ROTC if they shouldlose their ." military scholarships because of their ¯ sexual orientation. ¯ Station Drops Show : That Attacked Gays ¯ AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Triangle ¯ has reported that officials at KIXL-AM, a ¯ Christian-oriented radio station in Austin, have decided to pull the plug on Wyatt ¯ Roberts’ weekly talk show. Roberts, who is affiliated with the American Family Assn., had called for listeners to boycott ¯ any business that advertised in the gay : newspaper, charging that the Triangle’s ruled that the European Equal Treatment ¯ editorial cartoonist promoted pedophilia, agreement of 1976 prohibits any discrimi- -" incest and bestiality. KIXLofficials would nation based on sex and is not limitedjust to bias based onan individual being ofone gender or the other. The court ruled that the anti-bias provision, which concerns all members of the European Union, should apply "to discrimination arising, as in this case, from the gender reassignment of the person concerned." The ground-breaking decision incensed Euroskeptic Tory MPs in Great Britain and Tory MP Ann Winterton accused the European Court of "meddling" in British legal issues. Anothd~ Tory MP, Elizabeth Peacock, also attacked the court decision. "Ourrules aremadeby Parliament and are sovereign," she said. "They should not be overturned by a European court. Tli~ey should mind their own business." British government officials, said it was unclear if UK law would have to be changed to conform to the court ruling. Some political leaders say the rnling is so sweeping that it in fact may force the government to drop its ban against homosexuals in the nation’s armed forces. MIT Moves on ROTC Bias CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Faculty members at the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology voted ovenvhdmingly by a voice vote for the school to negotiate withROTC officials for a "modified program" that would allow students to enroll in the campus military program regardless of their sexual orientation. The move is an effort to keep the ROTC program, which also serves students from Harvard, Tufts and Wellesley, at MIT - along with some $56 million in Pentagon funds - without violating the school’s own anti-bias policies that bar discrimination against gays and lesbians. The proposal endorsed by the faculty concedes that openly gay or lesbian students in ROTC would not be eligible for commissions as long as the Pentagon maintains the ban on homosexuals in the armed forces, but would allow gay and lesbian students to participate in the ." only say that Roberts’ program was being ¯ cancded because of "scheduling conflicts," but Kay Longcope, the Triangle’s ¯ publisher said she believes the ; fundamentalist’s boycott campaign : backfired on him and brought pressure on ¯ the station to yank the program. "I think it -" [the decision to cancel the program] speaks "_ very well for the people of Austin who really do not believe that Christianity is "- based on hate," Longcope said ¯¯ Dole Campaign Ad in DC Gay Paper ¯ WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole’s capital campaign or- : ganization has put an ad in the May3 issue : of the WashingtonBladeurgingreaders to ¯ vote for a slate of committed Dole del- ¯ egates. An uncommitted slate, including : seven openly gay Republicans is chal- ¯ lenging the Dole slate, and has already ¯ been endorsed by the District’s local Log ¯ Cabin Club. Many political observers ¯ believe the challenge from the uncommit- ." tedslate prompted theKansas Republican ¯ andpresurned presidentialnominee’s cam- " paagn to put the ad in the paper. The Dole ¯ campaign ad came just days after news ," that Abner Mason, a gay Boston Republi- ." can activist and Log Cabin Club officer, ¯ would be one of Massachusetts’ GOP ¯" delegates to the Republican National Con- ." vention in San Diego later this year. Ma- ¯ son Is a committed Dole delegate. Dole ¯ has had an on-off record with gays during ¯ ¯ his currentpresidential campaign. Earlier this year a $1,000 campaign contribution ¯ from Log Cabin was returned to the groups ¯ PAC organization. Dbleinitially defended ; the returned check, saying he didn’t want ." voters to think he was "buying into some : special rights for any group." But later he ¯ said returning the check had been"a mis- ; take" and blamed his campaign staff for ; the blunder. Even so, Dole agreed during the caucus campaign in Iowa to sign a ¯ Chi’istian.Coalitionpledge opposing samesex mamages. Is Drag Constitutional? FERNDALE, Mich. - The good folks of Ferndale, just outside. Detroit, have become embroiled in a debate over whether some guys putting on dresses to perform in a variety show is constitutionally protected freedom of speech and expression, or if it violates community standards and can therefore be prohibited. The flap has erupted almost a year after the fact, but that liasn’t lowered the heat of the debate over the LavenderMoonCafe’s drag show after Gay Pride celebrations there last year. City Councilman RobertPaczkowski has been leading the opposition, and he said recently that "’a lot of people don’t want that kind of a display right in the middle of our central business district." Paczkowski says Lavender Moon’s entertainment license includes restrictions barfing topless dancing, lingerie shows, and any entertainment that"violates community standards," which he says includes guys dressing up as gals. Town OKs Partner Registration BOULDER, Colo. - About the only positive news recently in the growing battle over same-sex relationships came in the purely symbolic form of a domestic partnership re~stration program approved by the Boulder city council. The registry cames no legal benefits, but allows samesex & opposite-sex couples to legally register their relationship with the city clerk’s office. Proponents said the program could make it easier for registered couples to provide proofof their relationships in seeking work-related benefits. Olympic Games: Utah & Cobb Cty. ATLANTA - The 1996 Summer Olympic Games preliminaries are getting underway with the Saturday, April 27, televised start of the torch that starts in Los Angeles and will be relayed across the counto’ to Atlanta where it will light the official Olympicflame for the games there on July 19 - although not quite the way US Olympic officials expected. Tobegin with, officials at the Los Angeles Coliseum, where the torch relay begins, have been complai~ting that they’re had trouble find fig [eaves big enough to cover up the genitals on 2 statues of nude athletes outside the stadium. The cover-up order came from the Atlanta Committeefor the Olympic Ganges, which said they were concerned that some viewers of the nationally televised ceremony might be offended by the nudity. ButACOGalso has announced that the torch relay would not go through Cobb County outside Atlanta because county commissioners have refused to repeal a 1993 measure that condemns"the homosexual lifestyle." That resolution was also responsible for ACOG’s decision, under pressure from acuvists and rights advocates, to pull scheduled Olympicpreliminaries from facilities in the county. Olympic officials, however, said the passage of a measure ~n Utah barring gay dubs at public schools would not make them reroute the torch around the state. Utah Lawmakers Ban Gay Clubs SALT LAKE CITY - Called into special session, the Utah state legislature spent a nasty day enacting a measure that would bar gay and lesbian student groups from public schools in the state, a measure that Gov. Mike Leavitt has already indicated ’he would sign into law and for which he called the special session. The state’s ACLU has already vowed that if the measure is signed into law, as it’s sure to be, it will sue to overturn it. "Not only does it violate the rights of lesbian, gay and straight students," said Carol Gnade of the American Civil Liberties Union in Utah, "but also everyone associated with a Utah high school, including teachers, administrators and volunteers." Under the lawjust approved by the legislature, school boards will have the authority to restrict or bar any campus club, but in addition, the measure also forces public school officials to ban any that are centered around bigotry, criminal activity or human sexuality. Gov. Mike Leavitt and the measure’s sponsor, Sen. Craig Taylor, insisted that the new law takes back control of campus clubs by allowing school boards to prohibit specific dubs. The Utah attorney general has already indicated that barfing campus clubs that are "controversial" is illegal under the 1984 federal Equal Access Act. Forget Nature-vs- Nurture; It’s Bingo! MILWAUKEE - A judge has tossed out a civil lawsuit filed by 73-year-old Mary Verdev against a local church, claiming she began having spontaneous orgasms and became sexually attracted to other women after an electronic bingo board fell on her 6 years ago. Verdev’s suit was dismissed "’with prejudice" (meaning she can’t refile the claim) because she refused to be examine by psychologists. Verdev said in her suit that she suffered nearly $90,000 in injuries when the 300-pound bingo board fell from a stage at the church during a bingo night she was attending in 1990. Her suit claimed the accident led to her unusual sexual responses. APERMANENT SOLUTION Permanent Hair Removal Carol Anwar, RE, CPE Lic. By Okla, St, Med, Bd. 488-0786 Near 71st & Lewis, Call for info. or an-appt, with free consultation. P IAlrERSON REALTORS" LEA ANN MACOMBER Realtor Associate Mobile: ~71-2010 2642 E. 21st Street ¯ Suite 170 . Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114 Off: 918-749-8374 ° Res: 918-582-7672 ¯ Fax: 918-747-1795 Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa Where God Uplifts All People Sunday Service, 10:45 am Wednesday Service, 6:30 pm Home Cell Groups, 2nd & 4th Sun. 1623 No. Maplewood, 838-.1715 Congress Passes Ryan White CARE $ WASHINGTON - The Senate has approved and sent to the White House a measure thatincreases federal RyanWhite CARE Act funds for local care and treatment of people with HIViAIDS to $738 million. The measure passed unanimously by a voice vote in the Senate after being approved on a 402-4 vote in the House the day before. The measure includes a controversial provision, however, that calls for mandatory HIV testing of all newborn infants by the year 2000 if state voluntary testing efforts do not reduce the motherinfant infection rate by then. The issue of mandatory testing of infants has been problematic for many because it necessarily amounts to a virtual inandatory testing of the mother as well. Critics of the provision say ~t may discourage pregnant women from seeking prenatal care altogether. President Clinton has indicated he supports the bill and will sign it into law quickly. Early-Stage Hiding PlaceOf HIV ? NEW YORK - Reporting in tli’e’medical journal Science, researchers say they be~ lieve the mucous’membranes in the throat may be the locatirn where HIV replicates in hiding after individuals are infected with the virus but still show no out,yard signs of the infection. The researchers, led by Ralph Steirmaan of Rockefeller University, said they made the discovery after examining enlarged adenoids removed from 13 patients and found large mnounts of the virus replicating in the glands’ dendritic cells, the inm~une cells found in the membranes. Eleven of the 13 i;ffected people were una~vare at the time tb.at they were l=IIV-positive. New PCR Test for HIV Is Less Reliable CHICAGO - Stanford University researchers report in the Annals oflnternal Medicine that the new polymerase chain reaction (PCR) AIDS test, which is based on the presence of elements ofDNA from HIV in the body, is less reliable than older tests that rely on the presence of antibodies to the virus. The researchers found that even with the daborate precautions requiredin PCR testing, the results return 5 umes as many false results as the more widely used antibody testing methods. PCR testing is also significantly more expensive and costs between $150 and $200, compared to standard antibody tests, which range in price from $5 to $50. The advantage of the PCR test is that it can be administered earlier: to newborns because other tests rely on the formation of antibodies to the"virus, which often don’t show up for 6 months following infection. KS Virus May Be Common in All Men BOSTON - A report in the New England Journal ofMedicine says the virus that is believed responsible for Kaposi’s sarcoma, a rare cancer that strikes many AIDS patients, is found in the sexual ¯ organs ofmostmen. Researchers with the ¯¯ Institute of Microbiology at the University of Ferrara in Italy report they found ¯ the KS-related virus, known as KSHV, in 30 of 33 semen samples of health Italian ¯" men - a 91% infection rate. The scientists ¯ also say they found the virusin the urinary ¯ tracts, in the prostates, and other areas of ¯ the genital organs of other health men as ¯ well. The scientists say they believe indi- ¯ viduals with healthy immune systems can ." live with the virus present in their bodies ¯ without any.apparent problems, but that ¯ when the immune system is weakened, as ¯ it is when infected with HIV, the KS virus ¯ appears to become active. Drug Combo Looks Effective \VASHINGTON - A 73-week study by drug manufacturer Hoffman-La Roche of some 978 AIDS patients has shown that Invirase, the brand name for the firm’s version of the protease inhibitor saquinavir, in combination with the drug ddC, reduced the rate of deaths by more than two-thirds compared to patients taking ddC alone. Saqtunavir has been considered the least impressive of the new protease inhibitors, but the new findings, which have not yet been published, have prompted the drug manufacturer to ask the Food & Drug Administration to allow the new information to be added to the drug’s label. "HIV Cell Infection i Agent- Isolated WASHINGTON-Governmentscientists report they ha~[.e discovered a chemical ¯ clue to why HIV is infectious. Reporting ¯ in the journal Science, researchers at the Nadonal Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases say they have found a pro- . tein, which they call "fusin," that must be ¯ present for HIV to infect white blood cells,.the primary target of the virus. Edward A. Berger, who headed the team that made the discovery, said the discovery gives scientists a "new handle on under- ; standing" how HIV invades cells. "Obvi- ] onsly this is a potential target for develop- . mg new drugs to treat HIV infection," Berger said. "Potentially by coming up ¯ with a drug that blocks the receptor, you : might block the .ability of HIV to repli- ¯ cate." The researchers cautioned, how- " ever, that there were still~ many mysteries ¯ about the virfis that need to be answered. ¯ Among other things, they noted that HIV ¯ attaches itself to some types Of immune ¯ cells in the early stages of the infection ~ without using fusin. This means HIV ¯ comes in variations that connect to CD4 cells and some other molecular cofactor ¯ or cofactors on these cells. Berger said ¯ that potential, drugs that block, the fusin receptor on cells could only do part of the job in combating HIV. Increase in HIV After Tetanus Shots ¯ BOSTON - Researchers with the Na- ¯ tional Institute of Allergy & Infectious ¯ Diseases have reported in the New En- ~ gland Journal of Medicine that tetanus ¯ shots can cause a dramadc ~ncrease in the reproduction of HIV in the body. After ¯ g~ving tetanus shots to people infected ; with HIV, the researchers found they had a 2- to 36-fold increase in HIV levels. The scientists also found that ~ blood samples from uninfected individu- SCOTT ROBISON’S PRESCRIPTIONS Serving Tulsan’s Since 1947 Major credit cards In-store charges or Direct insurance billing for your convenience! 3 locationsto serve you: Hillcrest Physician’s Building 1145 So. 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(insurance policies are available with no health questions asked) 2103 East Third Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104 918-587-7000 Supporting Tulsa’s Gay & Lesbian Community Cherry Street Psychotherapy Associates 1515 South Lewis Are you looking for a relaxed, amicable, private atmosphere for therapy? Our office provides a level o! confidentiality and comfort that enhances teh therapeutic process. ~For further Information, c~ll ~43:4i 17 Leah Hunt, MSW Judy Seymour,Taylor, CADC Della Blackburn, CADC ¯ RichardReeder, MS Serving a Diverse Community KELLY KIRBY Certified Public Accountant Lesbians & Gays face many special tax situations whether single or as couples. We are proud to serve our communities with sensitive & timely information. 747-5466 POB 14011, Tulsa 74159 Free & Anonymous Finger Stick Method By &for, but not exclusive to the Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual Communities.. Monday & Thursday evenings: 7-8:30 pm for testing, .7-9 pm for results. Daytime testing, Mon-Thurs by appointment. TOHR Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights 742-2927 4158 South Harvard, Suite-E-2 2 doors east of the HIV Resource Consortium Look for our banner on testing nights¯ als who had been given the same tetanus shots more readily became infected with HIV after the injections. Researchers said the dramatic increase in HIV production appears to only last about 6 weeks, so the benefits of tetanus shots generally outweighs the temporary surge in HIV levels for most patients. Blood Heat Treatment Gets OK LOS ANGELES - The Indiana-based HemoCleanse Inc. has been given approval by the Food & Drug Administration to expand testing of its blood-heating treatment of people infected with HIV. The 2nd phase of the trials will include 2- hour treatments at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette, Ind., and the Harbor-UCLA Research & Education Institute in Los Angeles. HemoCleanse’s treatment, similar to kidney dialysis, involves slowly drawing all a patient’s blood from his body in small quantifies and heating it to 108 degrees Fahrenheit before infusing it back into his body. The idea behind the treatment is that HIV is sensitive to even small increases in temperature and would be destroyed in massive quantities by the treatment. Sixty patients will be divided into 2 groups during the trials. One group will receive 2 treatments each - the first for 1 hour, and the 2nd fo~ 2 hours. The other group will serve as a control group and will not receive the heat treatment, but will remain on standard HIV drug therapy. HIV & Gene Therapy " Research BOSTON" - Researchers report in the journal Science that use of a genetically benign version of HIV may be the key to an importantbreakthrough in gene therapy treatment, serving as the carrier system or "vector" to deliver therapeutic genes to target cells in the human body. Researchers with the Salk Institute in San Diego and the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Mass., have reported that they successfully used the HIV vector to inject therapeutic genes in the cells of live rats in laboratory experiments, ff the use of the HIV vector proves as successful inhuman gene therapy, the researchers say it could be a potentially important treatment for such genetic disorders as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and Alzheimer’s dis- Genetically Altered AIDS Vaccine Fails BE!’HESDA, Md. - Government officials say a 5-year study of the genetically engineered AIDS vaccine, gpl60, has shown the prevention effort is not effective in halting the progress of the disease in people. The study, one of the first of its kind, used the Microgenesys experimental vaccine and was a joint venture between the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease in conjunction with private medical facilities. With some 600 military and civilian volunteers, the study showed no improvement in their ability to fend off the infection. gin, transmission and statistics of infection for each community, and (b) quarantine those known to be infected and practicing high-risk behavior. Page 7-8, SEXUAL PERVERSION Plank 1-3~ Homosexuality is not an alternate lifestyle, a genetic abnormality or a civil rights matter, but is instead a consciou~ individual choice of an abominal sin practice. Such behavior has been a major factor in the demise of societies from Sodom and Gomorra to the Empires of Ottoman, Greece and Rome. Homosexlaal behavior is the principle cause of the spread of AIDS in America. We, therefore, condemn not the person but the practice of homosexual behavior, and oppose the ominous political powers being given homosexuals in the United States. We believe that the practice of homosexuality is an abomination before God and a perversion of the natural law and is indicative of severe diseases. We believe that legislation condoning homosexuality would confer public acceptability of this activity and would lead inexorably to the destruction of our nation. Plank 4-6: We believe that homosexuals, sodomites, and other sexually perverse people shonl~i not be entitled to special or extraordinarY rights. We affirm that homosexual behavior is not a constitutionally protected right and that homosexuals area behavi~al group not deserving of special protection under the law. Because homosexuals are not deserving of minority status, we oppose all "’Gay Rights" legislation. We urge that federal and state funding we withheld from all states and or municipalities that enact homosexual "fights" legislation. Plank 8+9: We support the retention and enforcement ofsodomy laws in Oklahoma. We urge vigorous arrest and pros- .ecufion of all those violating laws regardxng the promotion of homosexual behavior. Plank 17+18: Toprotect family values, we urge that those promotiug an alternative lifestyle by restricted from positions of influence of minor children. \Ve do not recognize homosexuality as a normal lifestyle, therefore we oppose any mandated education curriculum or special rights based on affirmative action for ho~ mosexuals. Plank 20+21: We strongly oppose permitring homosexuals to teach in the public school systems. We oppose the hiring of homosexual teachers, administrators, or counselors. Hank 22-24: We oppose the establishment of homosexual dubs in schools. We hold that portraying the homosexual lifestyle in any positive manner in our schools is heresy. Weoppose the National Education Association’s efforts to promote the homosexual agenda in our nation’s schools. Plank 27-29: We submit that legally recognized marriages to be limited to a traditional monogamous heterosexual relationship, with only these mamages allowed current tax and legal benefits. We oppose same-sex marriages. We support federal and state legislation prohibiting legal recognition ofsame sex "marriages" in the event such unions are made legal by another state. Hank- 30: We believe that the federal government should alterappointments and employment practices that would place homosexuals in sensitive and responsible positions. benefiting Tulsa Area AIDSAgencies June 21&221996 Warren Place Doubletree Hotel Dinner, Cash Bar and Performance TICKETS ON SALE AT ALL CARSON ATTRACTIONS OUTLETS OR BY PHONE: 584-2000 550 N. Memorial Kacie Gordon pager: 672-8905 Joni Ledbetter pager 670-5664 Any Sale - 2% over invoice with ad. Sunday Services 11:00 am ¯ Wednesday Services 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm Choir Practice ¯ Thurs. 7:30 pm Codependency Support Group I To do justice, love mercy & to walk humbly zoith our God... Micah 6:8 5451-E South Mingo Tulsa, OK 74146 . (918) 622-1441 ’96 Pride Picnic JUNE 15 Noon - 5:00 prn Opening Ceremony, lpm ¯¯ Blessing by the Rev. Leslie Penrose ¯ Welcome by TOHR president Debbie Starnes ¯ Performances by local entertainers, including Miss Gay Tulsa & Miss Tulsa USofA, and Tulsa Family Chorale! Throughout the afternoon, ¯ DJ will provide music throughout the day ¯ Booths with vendors, community organization info., crafts, etc. ¯ Food for modest cost ¯ Free beverage.s ¯ Volleyball & tennis court available ¯ Kids’ playground ¯ Security provided all day ¯ Closing ceremony, with benediction by RF Renfro & Freedom Balloon Extravaganza! If you want to have a "booth," call Tom at 583-1248 before June 1st. Be a part of the Pride Picnic! - To volunteer, call 743-4297. Edison St. ~ To Sand Springs, 1-412 Directions: From Tulsa, take Keystone Expressway West towards Sand Springs. Exit Gilcrease Rd. turn right (North) on Gilcrease Road to Edison St. and turn right (East) on Edison, go about 1/2 mile. Owen Park is on the right. Parking is on the Southeast corner of the park, near Roosevelt School. 1-244 (DowTunlstoawn) 7 LSA FAMI.LY NEWS COMMUNITY CALE R SUNDAYS Agape’ Christian Fellowship Service, 10:30 am & 7 pm Sheridan Center, Suite H 21st & Sheridan, 747-2482 Bless the Lord At All .Times Christian Center Sunday School, 9:45 am Worship Service, 11 am 262To East 1 lth 583-7815 Community of Hope (United Methodist) Worship Service, 6 pm 1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800 Family of Faith Metro. Comm. Church Adult Sunday School, 9:15 Worship Service, 11 am 545 I-E South Mingo. Info: 622-1441 Metro. Comm. Church of Greater Tulsa Worship Service, 10:45am 1623 N. Maplewood Info: 838-1715 Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay Alliance - Univ. of Tulsa 6:30 pm at Canterbury 5th & Evanston, 583-9780 MONDAYS TUESDAYS HIV Testing HIV+ Support Group TOHR Clinic ¯ HIV Resource Consortium Free & anonymous testing " 1:30 pm using fingerstick method. ¯ 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 No appointment required. " Info~ Wanda @ 749-4194 Walk in testing: 7-8:30 pm : Results hours: 7-9 pm ¯ Shanti-Tulsa, Inc. Info: 742-2927 Lambda Bowling League Sheridan Lanes 8:45 pm 3121 S. Sheridan PFLAG Family AIDS Support Group 2nd Monday of month, 6:30 pm 4154 S, Harvard Info: 749-4901 OTHER GROUPS TOHR Helpline Daily 8-10 pm For info. or to volunteer: 743:GAYS The Technicians, Leather org., Info c/o 621-5597 T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Assoc. Info: 838-1222 ¯ HIV/AIDS:Support Group & ¯ Friends & Family ¯¯ HIV/AIDS Support Group 7 pro, call for location: 749-7898 Grief Group Butler/Stumpff ¯ Funeral Home 2103 E. 3rd St. Call for time: 587-7000 Alternative Skating 8:30 - 11 pm, 241-2282 $4, Sand Springs Skate ¯ WEDNESDAYS ¯ Agape’ Christian : Fellowship ¯ Service, 7 pm ¯ Sheridan Center, Suite H ¯ 21st & Sheridan, 747-2482 Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center Prayer & Bible Study 7:30 pm 2627-B East 1 lth Call 583-7815 for info. Family Of Faith MCC Praise & Prayer 6:30 pm Choir Practice 7:30 pm 5451-E South Mingo. Call 622-1441 for info. Community of Hope (United Methodist) Service for Peace, 6:30 pm Bible Study, 7 pm 1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800 TNAAPP Tulsa Native American AIDS Prevention ProJect Support group for Gay & Bi Native Ameri&m Men, 6 pm at Community of Hope 1703 E. 2nd 582-7225 or 584-4983 ¯ THURSDAYS 16-Step Empowerment Group For Women : Community of Hope ¯ 1703 E.2nd, Info: 585-1800 " Co-Dependency ¯ Support Group : 7;30; Family of Faith MCC : 5451-ES. Mingo, 622-1441 HIVTestingTOHRClinic i Walk in testing: 7 - 8:30 pm. Results hours: 7 - 9 pm Info: 742-2927 Tulsa Family Chorale Weekly practice, 9:30 pm Lola’s 2630 E. 15th PFLAG Family AIDS Support Group Ist & 3rd Thursdays 4154 S. Harvard, 749-4901 Alternatives Weekly social events for LGBT men & women, 7 pm Info: 646-5503 ¯ Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIViAIDS 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. G 3-4:30 pm, hffo: 749-4194 ¯ SATURDAYS ¯¯ St. Jerome’s Ecumenical Catholic Church ¯" Mass, 6 pm Garden Chapel ¯ 3841 S. Peoria ¯ Info: Father Rick ¯ at 742-7122 Narcotics Anonymous Meets weekly at 11 pm Confidential support for recovering addicts. Community of Hope 1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800 NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt Sewing Bees 3rd Sat. of each month Info: 748-3111 OTHER GROUPS Gay & Lesbian Student Association TJC Southeast Campus, Info:-631-7632 SWAN-Sip~gle Women’s Activ@ Network Call 832-2121 MAY 17-19 Herland Sister Resources Retreat Roman Nose State Park Registration deadline: 5/15 Info: 2312 NW 39th, OKC 73112 HIVIAIDS & SpiritualitylWholeness Retreatfor Women, Info: 488-9215 SATURDAY, MAY 18 Pride Picnic Benefit, Lola’s 2630 E. 15th, 749-1563 SUNDAY, MAY 19 Interfaith AIDS Minitries 13th InternationalAIDS Candlelight Memorial & Mobilization 3 pro, St. Peter’s Episcopal, 9100 E. 21St Info: 438-2437 SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Ecumenical Pride Worship Service 6 pm, St. Jerome’s hosting at The Garden Chapel, 3841 S. Peoria Info: Father Rick, page 646-7116 SUNDAY, JUNE 2 Pride Picnic Benefit - The Tool Box 1338 E. 3rd, 584-1308 TUESDAY, JUNE 4 TOHR, PFLAG & Rainbow Business Guild present Cece Cox, pres. ofthe Dallas Gay & Lesbian Alliance 7 pm, Chouteau Ran, Chapman Ctr, TU, Dinner: $10, Speech: free,Info: 743-4297 FRIDAY, JUNE 7 Safe Haven Lake Cookout. Social gatheringfor young adults, 18-30 8 pm, Family of Faith MCC 5451-E S. Mingo, Info: 622-1441 Pride Picnic Benefit - The Silver Star 1565 S. Sheridan, 834-4234 SATURDAY, JUNE 8 TOHR Citywide Pride Prom All ages, alcohol-free dance 8 pm, Alan Chapman Activity Cti. TU, Dignity/Integrity Meeting Lesbian/Gay Catholics & Episcopalians 5 pm, St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church 5635 E. 71st, Info: POB 701044, 74170 SUNDAY, JUNE 9 Pride Picnic Benefit, Concession~ 3340 S. Peoria, 744-0896 MONDAY, JUNE 10 PFLAG Family AIDS Support Group, 6:30 pm Social and Refreshments. 7 pm General Meeting, 7:30 pm 4154 S. Harvard, Info: 749-4901 SATURDAY, JUNE 15 Tulsa Pride Picnic Noon - 5pm. Owen Park 560 No. Maybelle, Info: 583-1248 SUNDAY, JUNE 16 Family ofFaithMCCFather’s Day Service With Father Rick Hollingsworth 11 am, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441 JUNE 21 a 22 Follies Revue, Inc. Follies ’96 Salutes the Movies! 6 pm, Doubletree Hotel, Warren PlaCe $125 & $40, Info: 437-0201 SUNDAY, JUNE 23 Statewide Pride Rally & Parade Speaker: Donna Red Wing ’92 Advocate Woman ofthe Year 1:30 pro, Memorial Park, NW 35th & Classen Blvd. Oklahoma City Info: 743-4297 or 405-791-0202 OUT + ABOUT by J.D. Jamett What can I say, this last month truly did have its showers and flowers. The turnabout show at the Silver Star was a rose. that never smelled more sweeter, & the staff truly did surprise themselves when they let their less masculine sides show. On the other hand, the Miss Gay Tulsa America at the Performing Arts Center got rained on- no fault of the orgamzers or performers. The technical staff at the P.A.C. constantly missed lighting and sound cues - whathappened? Our sympathies to the entertainers and organizers. This next month holds alot offun things todo starting with Renegades" annual GayFest (May 17- 19) which features Dark Shadows (drag in broad daylight!) and other fun things tO do all outside. That same weekend, you may venture back inside on May 17 for a live performance by Abigail at Concessions that should very entertaining then May 23, the Red Ribbon Ice Revue call 254-7272 for more details. In June, don’t forget Miss Northeastern Oklahoma USofA at The Silver Star (June 23). Pride Picnic Update Show your pride in the community and help make this year’s Pride Picnic the best Kelly Green, Miss Gay Tulsa America runners-up, JJ Gentry & Sugarbaker ever by seeing any or all of the following benefit shows: Lola’s on May 18th, the Toolbox hosted by Sensuous on May26th and the Silver Star on June 7th. This month I’m proud to feature, not an establishment, but a community within our .community, Community of Hope. It’s not just a church, but a place where you feel like a person, notjust a number.Leslie Penrose is the pastor.She’is one of these rare people you are truly proud to call a friend. This church has a lot tO offer, for ex, ample, chances to work in the commu- .nity through programs like their RAIN team training, feeding the homeless, meals on .wheels, small symposiums on a variety of different subjects, and social events such as small dinner groups and movie nights. I’ll say it a again- it’s not justachurch butacommunity! Services are very convenient on Sunday evening at 6pm at 1703 East 2nd Street. Giveit achance, Monique Foster, the new Miss Silver Star you may just like it. & Bobbi Sue Summers OK, OK, boy, did I ¯ open up a big make-up ¯ case with the Queen of the Month (see ¯ letter to the editor). Sorry Katherine, but : licking may face does constitute begging. ¯ Well, this month’s Queen of the Month is ¯ constandyhelpingpeople- doingbenefits ¯ &helping as aresearchnurse on HIV drug : studies.That’s right, Danny (TeraTaneal), ¯ youareMay’sQueenoftheMonth.Thanks : for all your hard work! Till then, see ya out + about. Fina y....Unity Gardens A final resting place in peace, unity and pride... located in Washington Memorial Gardens Cemetery 4300 E. 91st Street South On 91st Street between Yale & Harvard. Unity Gardens has been designed for the Gay and Lesbian Community, and those who support our unity. Did you know that there is no cemetery in Tulsa that will allow companions to be buried together recognizing them as a couple, or~’recognizing your sexual orientation as an individual? Actually there is no place in the United-States who will, UNTIL NOW~ We are the first celnetery in the United States to offer a special section of our cemetery just for Gays & Lesbians, and their family and friends. We offer burial spaces, columbarium for cremated remains, and scattering gardens with a memorial wall, in this new-ly expanded and renovated-section of Washington Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The Pride flag will proudly fly in the center of Unity Gardens to always remind us of our struggle in life for unity and pride. If you have purchased a plot elsewhere, you may be able to transfer or trade your burial plots. For more information, please call Russell Langley-Stumpff at 918-587-7000. ***Owned and operated by Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home*** A Friendly Place to Stay KING’S HI-WAY INN "96 Kings Highway, Hwy. 62 W Eureka Springs, AR 72632 (501) 253-7311 1-800-231-1442 Jerry A. 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May 30th through June 2nd Eureka Springs.Blues Festival Stop by our house for a taste of local flavor. Dine outside on the patio & porch or in our three beautiful dining rooms. Fine food at an affordable price. Gay.owned, Operated & Rainbow Proud By Allan Beard, Baltimore GayPaper Like most other gay resort areas, Provincetown shares the three traits all held in common - sun, sand and surf. And like its southern sister city Key West, it is a remote village located on a narrow strip of landjutting out into the Adantic Ocean, accessible only to those who seek it out. One does not pass through Key West or Provincetown; one goes there to be there. Andwhile Provincetown’ s waters are significandy cooler than those of Florida’s southern most city, it is not the water that attracts tens of thousands of lesbians and gay men to this Massachusetts Cape Cod village each year - it’s the lesbians and gay men that is the attraction. Just who first walked the sandy beaches that surround Provincetown is in little doubt. And while Native Americans can lay claim to the cape, it was the white European immigrants who built the fishmg village that was to become Provincetown. Pilgrims from the May flower first walked ashore in 1620; a monument commemorating that event stands’ atop High Pole Hill overlooking the town an harbor. For the most part, Provincetown grew up over three centuries as a fishing village. Filled with the homes and shops of a 18thcentury fishing village, Provincetown is rich in period architecture with an impressive harbor and quaint atmosphere one comes to expect from a New England port town. It is surrounded by beaches, dunes and the Atlantic. Isolated at the end of Cape Cod, Provincetown has long attracted artists,individualists and free spirits. Very much like Key West, the 3,700 year-round residents have a live-and-let- ¯ live attitude, which clearly appeals to the ¯ many thOUsands of lesbians and gay men that flock there every, summer. ¯ The village has two main streets, Com- " mercial Street and Bradford Street, which ¯ run parallel for nearly three miles. They are intersected bynumerous smaller streets ¯ beginning at the harbor and continuing ¯ back to the dunes. It is a town filled with guest houses, restaurants, galleries, bou- : tiques and shops. It also has its share of ¯ typical beach community tourist busi- ¯ .nesses, but in Provincetown they don’t ¯ seem to intrude on the town’s quiet character. ¯ The Provincetown Business Guild rep- ¯ resents more than 200 businesses that welcomelesbian and gay tourists. Founded ¯ in 1978 the guild is dedicated to enhanc- ¯ ing the vacation experience of gay people ¯ , visiting the cape. Lesbian and gay life is readily visible to anyone visiting the town. Couples stroll the shop lined streets ann ~n arm with barely notice given them. On the beach thousands of hard bodied men and buffed lesbians swim, play and sun themselves in the confidence of a shared appreciation of their diversity. At night a not-so subtle sexual energy takes over the town’s main streets as hundreds head to nightclubs and restaurants to party with old acquaintances and new-found friends. It is an atmosphere suited perfectly to the friendly, open lifestyle of this .country’s many lesbian and gay communities. To increase gay visibility and promote gay pride, the ProvincetOwn Business Guild plans special events year-round. For information on these events and to make travel arrangement~,call Vanessa at International Tours at - 341-6866. OK, so maybe you don’t have the time or money to go as far as Provincetown but you still need a get-away and it’s got to be a Gay-friendly place, and affordable! For all that, you can’t beat Eureka Springs. This Victorian jewel has got to have one of the highest per capita Lesbian/ Gay/Bi populatious in the country. And therefore, you can count on finding a friendlyfamily welcome. In fact, it’s possible to spend most of your resting and dining time in Gay or very Gay friendly establishments. This writer canpersonallyrecommendthe food at DeVito’s and dined withJim &Brent at the restaurant the guys had before they opened the well-regarded Bistro. While we haven"t tried Autumn Breeze, we hear it’s excellent also. Lod~ng can vary from the very convenient Kings Hi-Way Inn overlooking a ¯ lovely valley to the unique bed & break- ¯ fast experience of the Woods or Rock ¯ Cottage Gardens or the views of Pond MountainLodge. For very reasonable and ¯ historic rooms, check out the Park Basin Hotel. , In between earing and sleeping, there ¯ are many shops to checkout. They range from tourist tacky to worksof art. One of the most interesting selections is at Crazy ¯ Bone. And be sure to stop in ’to see MC ¯ andLinda, the new ownersoftheEmerald ¯ Rainbow, providing locals, and visitors with Pride stuff and mo~e..: ¯ NoW if you need more.detailed infor- ¯ marion about all your Options in Eureka ¯ Springs, track down Jan & Kim with ¯ P.I.M.P.S. who kiaow what’s available. ¯ And if like many others, you decide to ¯ check out local properties, stop by McClung Realty - they can help. Adult Accommodations In Eureka Springs, Arl~nsas Craftsman-style cottages with beautiful views of the woods and wildlife -.Tucked on top of the Ozark Mountains. just a few rmnutes walk to the Historic Village of Eureka Springs. 501/253-8281 Frank Gr~.en Jr., Host - 50 Wall Street - Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632 READ ALL ABOUT IT Reviewed by Barry Hensley Tulsa City-County Library OK, all of you budding Laurence Oliviers, take notice! ff acting is your profession 9rjust a fun hobby, and you’re having trouble finding quality plays that speak to gays and lesbians, here is the book for you. "The Actor’s Book of Gay and Lesbian Plays" pulls together seventeen plays, chosen by editors (and playwrights), EricLane and Nina Shengold. The criteria for a play’s inclusion in this anthologyis thatitmust have gay or lesbian characters, queer themes or be ofinterest to the gayand lesbian community,regardless of the playwright’s ownsexual orientation. The plays vary widely, from one-acts to full length, comic and dramatic, some interesting while others less so, and a range o_f styles and cast sizes. One of the most interesting aspects of these plays is that not all of them premieredin New York or Los Angeles. One had its .first performance in Shepherdstown, West Virginia~ and another was first heard over the air as a radio play. AIDS, of course, is a topic of a few of these plays. Victor .Bumbalo’s "What Are Tuesdays LaKe. takes place in a hospital waiting room. "The Baltimore Waltz," by Paula Vogel and "Lonely Planet," by Steven Dietz deal with AIDS in more intangible ways. Another interesting entry, "It’s Our Town, Too," by Susan Miller, is just what you might think: a bare stage, queer ver- ...One d the-most interesting aspects of these plays is that not all of them premiered in New York or Los A~ngeles. One hasd.lts first performance m Shepherdstown, West Virginia... sion . of Thornton Wilder’s "Our Town." "Cater,Waiter,"by Eric Lane, is a funny, ironic, ten-minute piece about "eighty-seven gay men and three lesbians serving dinner tO a buncha Reagan cronies" at a. Republican fundraiser. With the current boom of successful queer-themed films, like "Jeffrey" and "The Bird~ge," it shouldn’t, be long until more gay and lesbian friendly " plays start showing.up onstage in mid- : America. When they do, "The Actor’s ¯ Book of Gay and Lesbian Plays" will be ; an excellent resource. ¯ Check for this book, and others on ¯ similar subjects, at your local branch li- ¯ brary or call the Readers Services depart- ’ ment at the CentrallLibrary, 596-7966. byJames Christjohn, EntertainmentNotes While it might seem so at times, this column is not just about me being peevish. It is about a much wider concern of mine. To those in the gay & lesbian community whom I have heard complaining that thereisn’t enough gay theatre, that there is an audience for these shows, that no theatre in town is brave enou,,h to do these kinds of shows; I have only one thing to say. Where were you? Several shows during the TU weekend of One-acts touched on gay issues, mine and Gabriel Washam’s "’Diaries" blatandy so. I had incredible support from Professor Cook ( Thank you!), who feels these plays are important to have done, an incredible cast, & itwas free, for heaven’ s sake! You missed a great set of shows. You had the chance to say, with your pres- To those... corn lainln that t" P" ’ ~ here lsn t enough Gay theatre, that there is an audlenee ~or these shows... I have only one thln¢ to say. Where were you? ence, that there is an audience for these shows, that these shows will draw folks in, that there is a reason to see these shows produced. As Gerald Miller said, "Ain’t gonna happen". He and I spoke of Gay theatre in Tulsa when he was managing Theatre Tulsa. His take was that there wasn’t an audience. Tom and I argued the point, and I now feel his comments were, sadly, justified. ¯ To all of you who expressed interest, & ¯ didn’t put your body where your mouth is ¯ in terms of your presence in the theatre " seat, you’ve helped to kill gay theatre. ¯ If there is no gay theatre in Tulsa, it’s ¯ not that the shows aren’t produced or ¯ people aren’t interested in doing them; it’s because you weren’t there when the ¯ shows were produced. Even when, as in .. this case, the productions are free to the ¯ public! You have no one to blame but yourselves. So don’tlet me hear anyone in the community bemoaning "the lack of gay plays here, because it’s your own fault they aren’t being done. BACP produced an excellent production of Harvey Fierstein’s"On Tidy Endings" some months back_. Thenight Tom &I attended, only 1/4 of the house was filled. And I know there’s enough queens in this town to have filled the theatre. " Sad thing is, many students & faculty. ¯ were talking about doing a production of ¯ "Falsettoland" at TU. Thehigher ups were ." concerned that people wouldn’t come. ¯ One ofmy goals with HIVariations, I’d ¯ hoped, was to prove that there was an ¯ audience. With the lack of community ¯ support of HIVariations, indeed all the ¯ shows that weekend, it seems unlikely ¯ ¯ that this Falsetto, or other shows like it, will be produced. How sad. 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Peoria Tulsa (918) 744-5556 Pet Food Toys & Supplies Grooming & Boarding I Pickup & Delivery I Service Available .I 3213 E. 15th St. 20TH CENTURY FURNISHINGS Wed-Sat 10-5 Sun 12-4 749-3620 H~rry Bel-toi~, Knoll 1952 Worship Service,~.~.3.~) am Sheridan Center, ~’~ite H, 21st & Sheridan, 599-7688 ’96 ECLIPSE SPYDER CONVERTIBLE GS $22,835 by Jean-Pierre, TFNfood critic TFNreaders attending the Great Plains Regional Gay Rodeo in Oklahoma City Memorial Day weekend will be pleased to know that lots of decent restaurants exist in our Capital Cowtown at which they can cozy up to the chuckwagon. Just like Tulsa, most of the national franchises and chain restaurants have stores in Oklahoma City which are concentrated in the Quail Springs Mall area ¯ on Memorial between May and Pennsyl~ vania; near Baptist Hospital at Northwest Expressway and Lake Hefner Parkway; in"oiltown" at Interstate 40 and Meridian; and down on the south side along Interstate 240 between Western and May Avenues. But why eat at some place you can visit at home? After all, half of the tim of traveling to exotic locations is discovering the local cuisine.And, surprisingly, Oklahoma City probably has a lot more decent nonchain restaurants than Tulsa. First, a few words of warning: Many rodeoers will be staying at the Northwest Hilton or at the ever popular Habana Inn both of which have in house dining facilities. Let’s just say that you’ll want to eat off the premises. And don’t even think about room service. \¥qaen you are in downtown OKC, be advised that. there is no place wonderful, and the Myriad Convention Center food is deadly. Nearby though are LaRoea Mexican Restaurant a couple.of blocks west of the Myriad on Rent and there are always the various trendy (translate: long lines, small servings, big prices) establishments and the onmipresent Spaghetti Warehouse in Bricktown several blocks east o.f the Myriad. The Bricktown Brewery is, in our opinion, the Oklahoma microbrewery serving up the best beer made in Oklahoma (but don’t get your hopes up about the food)¯ Wejust wish the Oklahoma legislature didn’t make the microbreweries water the beer to 3.2. Several formerly popular northwest spots are now closed, such as Doc’s at 63rd and Western, Rita’s del Rio on May across from the Northwest Hilton,Pump’s at Grand and \Vestem, Interurban in Fifty Penn Place, and Magnolia Cafe at 66th and Western: We’re also sad to report that due to the new conservative Christian ownership of United Founder’s Tower, the Eagle’s Nest, with its 360 degree revolVing view of Lake Hefner and northwest Oklahoma City, has closed its doors. Never fear, though, there are still lots of fun places to dine and frolic. While on Oklahoma City’s infamous 39th Street Strip, many readers may remember the gastronomically challenging Family Diner, a classic greasy spoon. But better days have come to that location, and completely new proprietors have established the gay owned and operated Pifion Care (moderate cost), which features lots of Southwestern style entrees, heavy on thepasta and chicken, and, while notan all-night establishment, does stay open until 2 a.m., and 3 a.m. on weekends. : The beautiful people and yuppies of ¯¯ OklahomaCity spendmost of their dining ¯ dollars on the strip alongWestern Avenue north of Interstate 44. There is quite a ¯ variety of interesting and worthwhile ¯ places in this area. Anchoring the comer ¯ spot on i-44 is Portobello (expensive), ¯ featuring Tuscan style Italian food and : Italian language tapes in the restrooms. ¯ Another long time Italian spot is Flip’s ¯ -Wine Bar and Trattoria (moderately ¯ expensi.ve), at Grand Boulevard, with a ¯ great selection of by-the-glass wines and ¯ decent food--be sure to check out the After all, half of the fun of traveling_is discovering the local euMne. And, surprisingly, Oklahoma City probably has a lot more decent non-chain restaurants than Tulsa. daily specials. At 64th Street, you will . find the excellent Metro Wine Bar and Bistro (expensive, reservations advised), serving re- ,trial French cuisine, nightly meat and fish specials, and creamy, chilled vichyssoise to die for. Across the street in: Nichols Hills Plhza is the single best restaurant in the st~ite of Oklahoma, ¯ the.Coach House (veryexpensive, reser- ¯ vataons required, dres~ code), featuring ¯ e}quisitely prepared Atnerican haute cui- ¯ sine and impeccable ~ervice. Everyone ¯ should experience the artistry of Chef ~ Kurt Fleishfresser and the elegance of the : Coach House at least once in their life- ¯. time. Crawling back toWestern, at 67th’is the Iguana Lounge (moderate) which is ¯ billed as Acapulco cuisine but we have to ¯ call it avant garde Mexican, and their new .: patio should be open by rodeo time. An ¯ excellent sushi bar is Tokyo Japanese ¯ Restaurant (expensive), just south of ¯ Wilshire, which serves Sapporo beer and ¯ ¯ sushi as good as any Japanese restaurant we’ve visited in the United States. Way : up north at 80th is Let’s Barbecue (inex- ¯ pensive), with basic down home smoked ¯ meats and occasionally fried catfish (if ¯ you remember Let’s at 66th Street, that ¯ location, now closed, went to Let’s ex- ¯ wife in the divorce, andLeomoved north). ¯ Acouple ofother spots popular with the ¯ capital city gay crowdinclude the Painted : Desert (inexpensive) at 36th and Shartel, ¯ whichis your basicburger bar, Pepperoni ¯ G~ill (moderately expensive) in Penn ¯ Square Mall by Dillard’s with eclectic ¯" Italian food, and Bellini’s (expensive) at 63rd and Pennsylvania, which serves up ¯ northern Italian themed food and dell- : cious bellini’s (a peach and champagne ¯ cocktail) with a view of the swan pond ¯ and outdoor seating-- enterfrom the park- " ing garage_ under the Waterford office ¯ building. ¯ Those looking for Oriental foods will ¯ ¯ be excited to spend time in Oklahoma City s Little Saigonareacentered at North- ," west 23rd and Classen. We particularly recommend Lido (moderate) at 24th and : Military (just off Classen near the milk ¯ bottlebuilding), whichhas excellent Viet- : namese food in an elegant setting, and is ¯ popular with many of the state’s power- " ful--we’ve run into Governor Waiters ¯ and several Supreme Court justices here. ¯ Check out the dim sum at Grand House : (moderate),just across the street from the see Food, page 14 n Communicolions does not milk bottle. One of our favorite Chinese restaurants is Dumpling House (moderate) on 23rd just east of Classen, which is patronized by many Chinese and Vietnamese youth (be sure to ask for the English menu). Another excellent Vietnamese and Chinese place is Mirawa (moderate), a bit farther east on 23rd. For Korean food, try Sharon Gardens (inexpensive) on 23rd west of Classen, and for Thai, go to Sala Thai (inexpensive) just a couple of blocks farther west. If seeing all those cowboys wrangle beef on the hoof has you hankering for a big juicy steak, you can’t go wrong with Cattleman’s Care (moderately expensive) in Stockyards City, Exchange Street south of 1-40 (ask for directions). In the Remington Park area at Northeast 50th and Kelly is one of our favorites, Sleepy Hollow (expensive), whichhas nomenus, but serves up big delicious bowls of mashed potatoes, ~avy, and peas family style and huge, wonderful steaks to its horseman and jockey clientele. You can get decent barbecued ribs and an all you can eat special at Oklahoma County Line (moderately expensive) on Northeast 63rd between Kelly and Eastern. And, when the budget gets a little thin, you can find an excellent chicken fried steak sandwich at Chuck House (inexpensive) at Northwest Tenth and Meridian. This should be a big enough list of the better places in Oklahoma City to keep rodeo-goers well fed for one weekend. Just remember, we have McDonald’s in Tulsa. Bon appetit, cowboy. 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(Tulsa) =41112 MY NAME IS STEVE GWM, 6’1", 160, 32, sh~rt brown hair, light blue eyes; seeks masculine and straight acting GWM s, 18- 35, for fun and friendship. Leave me a detailed message. (Tulsa) =20475 HI, I’M LEONARD GWM, 195, 6’3", brown hair and eyes, new to area, seeks others, 21-30, submissive and hairy preferred, for hot fun and more. Call me soon. (Tulsa) =18265 HELLO~ I’M A FUN GUY GWM, 24, 6’, 180, good build, blonde hair, hazel eyes, clean cut and shaven, Rrofessional, seeks others 20-30 for fun, friendship and more. P ease eove a message. (Tulsa) = 17715 NO NONSENSE FUN GWM, 20, 5’5", blonde hair, green eyes, 110, into afot of things, seeks bthers, 18-30 for non game playing fun. Life is too short to waste time. Callme soon. (:tulsa) =7823 DISCREET DIVERSITY GWM, 6’, early 50’s, varied interests, seeks discreet fun and more. Call me. (Tulsa) =7728 I HAVE A CUTE SMILE GWM, attractive 36, 6’, 145, dark hair, green .eyes, versatile, seeks same, !8-36, for fi’iendship and possibly mare. Smooth body and all natural end’wdis a big plus! (Tulsa) ~6779 LOOKING FOR YOU GBM, seeks others in the local area for fun and mare. Please give me a call. (Tulsa) e2771 ~ ..~....~ TWO’S FUN, THREE’S BETTER! GWM couple seeks singles or couples for advbnture and excitement. Give us a ca. (Eureka Springs) =23.$23 TEACH ME THE WAYS GWM, 28, 6’, 130 very straight acting real new to this lifestyle, seeks older men for fun and pleasure. (Ft. Smith) =334411 COUNTRY BOY Jim, 5’t0 dk hair, green eyes, real hairy, country boy, used to work on the riverlx~ts, now live up here, like to spend some qual time with someone like camping swimming riding, like to have 1 on 1 devotion with someone, I’m 29, like to setlle down- (Utile Rock) ~34920 UALR STUDENT GWM, 28, college student, seeks others for intimate fun and more. (Li~e Rock) =26930 MY NAME IS JIM GWM, 39, - professional, alot of interests, seeks others for fun, fr endship and more. Leave me a message. (Russe vi e) ~27949 WOMAN TO WOMAN GWF, 35, 5’6", black hair, brown eyes, new to area, very romantic, seeks others for fun, romance and possibly more. If this interest~ you, please giv~ me a call. (Broken Arrow) ~45158 BI AND BI Bi Female, 5’4", 115, brown hair, hazel eyes, seeks same. No exceptions! (Oklahoma City) ~22358 - ~ TOUCHING AND HOLDING GBF, seeks+BE or Gay females for fun and friendship~ Please get in touch with me. (Oklahoma City) e3610 LET’S LEARN TOGETHER Bi Curious BF, seeks same for learning .~xperiences. Give me a call. Oklahoma City) ~49584 FRIEND SEEKER GWF, 5’5", 120, brown eyes and hair, variety of interests, seeks other women for fun and friendship. Please give me a call. (Oklahoma City) ~45876 HEY GIRLSl GWF, into all sports and more, seeks others to hang out with. Give me a call (Tulsal ~48144 ++~+~.~ ’+ ~++ :~+ ’+"":~I~ +WOMAN TO WOMAN Bi WF, 29, 5’3", 150, auburn hair, green eyes, seeks others who are honest and sincere, local preferred, for a long lasting friendship and relationship. Please leave a message (Jonesboro) ~34470 A QUALITY OF LIFE ALTERNATIVE WHAT IS VIATICATION? Viaticatlon is the process through which a person liviug with an terminal illness can receive a cash pa.wnent from the face value of their insurance policy. WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR A VIATICAL SETTLEMENT? Generally, to be eligible for a viatical settlement you must have a documentable terminal illness, and life insurance coverage in either ai~"individual tenn, whole life, or a group policy. HOW MUCH IS MY POLICY WORTH? The value of 3our life insurance policy in a viatical settlement is detemfined by the specifics of your policy ,’rod your tmique medical situanon. Not every policy is suitable for viatication, but settlement offers t.vpically range.from 60% to 90c~ of a policy"s face value; depend- .ing on the specifics of your policy and medical history. HOW DOES A SETTLEMENT WORK? With 3our writteu permission, we gather medi"cal. mad insurance records with which to detennine 3our policy’s value. Then. a settlenmt offer is presented to you. You may always decline the offer with no obligation whatsoever. Should you accept the offer, payment is made directly to you. You pay nothing else on 3"our policy, mad \ou owe us nothing. IS VIATICATING MY POLICY THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR ME? Many factors influence whether viaticating 3our life insurance is the best financial alternative available for you. Southwest Viatical can discuss all of the factors with vou and your fanlilv in person, in detail and can recommend an experienced Certified Financial Plamler to assist .you in plaxming the best outcome from your umque financial situation. 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Southwest Home Office Dallas, Texas 800-559-4790 Kelly Kirby Oklahoma Representative POB 14011 Tulsa, OK 74159-1011 918-747-3320 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [1996] Tulsa Family News, May 15-June 14, 1996; Volume 3, Issue 6 Subject The topic of the resource Politics, education, and social conversation toward Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities. Description An account of the resource Tulsa Family News was a monthly newspaper; No. 1 issued December 1993-January 1994. The final issue available was published in September 0f 2001 (Volume 8, Issue 9). 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Family News Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tom Neal Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 15-June 14, 1996 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Christjohn Phyl Boler-Schmidt Barry Hensley Jean Pierre Leanne Gross Pat Morehead LD Jamett Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Tom Neal/Tulsa Family News Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image PDF Online text Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource newspaper periodical Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tulsa---Oklahoma Oklahoma---Tulsa United States Oklahoma Tulsa United States of America (50 states) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/items/show/510 Relation A related resource Tulsa Family News, April 15-May 14, 1996; Volume 3, Issue 5 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://history.okeq.org/collections/show/24 1996 AIDS/HIV AIDS/HIV drugs AIDS/HIV research AIDS/HIV testing AIDS/HIV treatment arts and entertainment attorneys Barry Hensley Bars businesses churches Dave Fleischer Don Nickles Don't Ask Don't Tell Eric Lane estate planning Follies Revue funerals homophobia Interfaith AIDS Ministries J.D. 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