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Berlin Exhibit Looks at
Gay Victims of Nazis
by Paul Geitner, Associated Press Writer
BERLIN (AP) - Focusing attention on along-neglected
group of Nazi victims, a two-part exhibition about Gays
persecuted under the Nazis opened Sunday at museums
m Berlin and in a former concentration camp where
many of the victims were killed.
The exhibits of documents, photos, drawings and
other objects collected during 10 years ofresearchis the
largest on the subject ever mountedinGermany, project
organizers said. It documents the fate of700individuals
who suffered under the Nazis’ draconian anti-Gay laws
and tells 60 personal stories.
"We want to return to the Gay victims of the Nazis
theirnames and to show their lives, as far as possible, so
as to.at, least symbolically liberate them.from the dehumamzmg
barbarity of the Nazis,’" said Andreas
Stemweiler, project director at the Gay Museum in
Berlin, where part of the exhibit is being shown.
The other half opened at the Sachsenhausen concentration
camp, where many Gay men - labded with a
.pink triangle- ended up because of the camp’s proxim-
,ty to the capital, see Nazis, p.3
Be Counted: Effort to
Include Gays in Census
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A national campaign to
include Gays and Lesbians in Census 2000 is urging
same-sex couples to check offtheboxindicating they’re
unmarried partners.
Using e-mail, ads in Gay publications and word-ofmouth,
thecampaign is an un0fficial way to get a partial
indication of the nation’s Gay and Lesbian population,
the San Jose Mercury News reported recently. "We
want to make the point that there is such a thing as a Gay
or Lesbianfamily,’" said PaulaEttelbrick, family policy
director for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
The federal government added the unmarried partners
category to the census in 1990, to recognize heterosexual
couples who live together without being married.
That year, 150,000 same-sex households were
identified. "It was a vast undercount,’" said Ann
Northrop, board member for the Institute for Gay and
Lesbian Strategic Studies.
Those involved in the so-called "Out the Census’"
campaign say that even though individual Gays and
Lesbians won’t be counted, the number of couples will
provide a partial account. And additional information
included on U.S. Census forms could provide a valuable
snapshot of the community, including income levels,
ethnicity and the number of same-sex couples raising
children.
While the campaign is getting nationwide attention,
some Gays and Lesbians are wary ofrevealing toomuch
information. Rikki Westerschulte, who is raising a
daughterwith herparmer, says sheknows many couples
who are nervous about declaring their sexual orientation
on an official government form.
The recent passage of Proposition 22, which recognizes
only marriage between a man and a woman in
California, adds to the suspicion. "You walk down the
hall at work and wonder, ’Who is it I think I can trust,
who really feels I’m immoral?’ "Westerschnlte asked.
Other couples are angry they cannot declare themselves
as married, see Census, p. 11
Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends
Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Locations
Camme,rmeyer .To Join
Lougan s at Pr de 2000
TULSA - Last month, the organizers of Diversity Festival 2000
announced that US Olympic champion, Greg Louganis, would
serve as Grand Marshall for the° Millennium Pride Parade this
June. This month, organizers confirmed that Dr. Grethe
Cammermeyer, distiguished veteran of the United States Armed
Forces, will join Louganis as grand marshall.
Cammermeyer challenged
US anti-Gay/Lesbian policies
which forced her out of her
nursing positionin the United
States Reserve forces. Her
lifestory was madeinto a television
film produced by
Barbra Streisand, starring
Glenn Close.
Cammermeyerhas come to
Tulsa before. She spoke at
the Universi ty of Tulsa in the
spring of 1995 to an audience
of about 300 Tulsa Family
New~ writer Lauri Cooper
shown in the photo at right
interviewed Cammermeyer.
The week of Pride events begins with an interfaith worship
service to be held at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. The
Reverend Dr. Mel White, author and civil rights activist, will be
the principle speaker at this event. White will lead a workshop
also to be held at the PAC on Saturday, June 3, from 2-5pm (free)
on the principles of non-violent social change.
Lougams will speak at a black tie optional dinner to be held at
the prestigious Summi t Club on Friday, June 9th. Tickets for the
event are $75/person and there will be a VIP reception at $50/
person. These events will benefit Tulsa Oklahomans for Human
Rights, the parent organization of the Gay Community Center
and Oklahoma’ s oldest Lesbian and Gay non-religious organization.
Organizers anticipate that the parade will follow the sameroute
as last year,
Cooper & Cammermeyer
SoulForee in Oklahoma
Members of Soulforce in Oklahoma Marched at
the Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade in January.
TULSA- Oklahoma’s oldest Gay and Lesbian organizataon is a
religious one, the congregation now know as MCC United, the
Metropolitan Community Church United. So perhaps it is fitting
that one of Oklahoma’s newest community organizations also
has religious roots. "Soulforce in Oklahoma" is part of an effort
begun by the Rev. Mel White and his spouse Gary Nixon.
Soulforce is an ecumenical network of volunteers committed
to teaching and applying the principles ofnon-violence on behalf
ofsexnal minorities. Thename derives from the workofMohandas
Karamchand Gandhi, a leader of India’s independence movement.
Soulforce or truth force is a translation of "satyagraha" a
concept Gandhi began developing as a young lawyer fighting for
racial justice in South Africa. Gandhi’s thinking greatly influenced
the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his work for civil
rights for Black Americans.
The goals of Soulforce are to end the suffering ofLesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgendered persons, to change the minds and
hearts of religious leaders whose anti-Gay campaigns lead directly
and indirectly to that suffering, to be guided by the
principles of "relentless non-violent resistance, and through this,
try to bring hope and healing to society.
In Tulsa, Soulforce was organized by individuals involved in
MCC United and the group has been holding regular meetings at
the Gay Community Services Center. see Soul, p. 7
¯
Tulsan Chosen
For HRC Board
¯ Fundraiser Audra Sommers
: To Join Marty Newman in DC
¯ TULSA - Audra Sommers, who is planning an
¯¯ AIDS benefit in Tulsa next month, has gained
national recognition
¯ forher humanrights
- efforts. Sommers
¯ has been named to
the Board of Gover-
¯ nors of the Human
¯ Rights Campaign, a
¯ 300,000-member
national organlza-
¯ tion that batdes dis-
-¯ crimination against
sexual minorities.
¯
As a board mere-
¯ ber, Audra will be
¯ responsible for re-
. cmiting, promoting
¯ awareness ofhuman rights issues in Oklahoma and
¯ serving as a liaison between Oklahoma and the
¯ national organization in Washington, DC, where ¯
she will be heading for orientation this month. "I’m
¯ really, really happy that I was appointed, to the
: Board of Governors," she said.
¯ Sommers joins Tulsan Marty Newman on the ¯
Board of Governors. Newman expressed delight
: with Sommers selection. "Audra has a ~roven
.. history of work on behalf of the commumty, and
¯ she has an enormous number of people wholook to ¯
her leadership," noted Newman. He added that
." HRC is concentrating its effolas on Tulsa at this
¯ time and he feels Sommers will add immeasurably ¯
to HRC’s strengths.
see Audra, p.3
Audra Sommers
Pentagon Admits Hate
Speech is Widespread
by Robert Burns, AP Military Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Anti-Gay speech and harassment
is commonplace in the U.S. military,
especially among young enlisted troops, according
to a Pentagon inspector general’s survey. 85% of
those surveyed said they believed that anti-Gay
comments are tolerated on their base or aboard
their ship, and 37% said they had personally witnessed
or been the target of harassment - such as
hostile gestures, graffiti or physical assault- based
on perceived homosexuality.
The survey released last month also found a
widespread belief among troops that the Clinton
administration’s so-called "don’t ask, don’t tell’"
policy on Gays in the military - which Vice President
A1 Gore says he would eliminate if he were
elected president-is not working. President Clinton
himself has said the policy, forged in 1993, is now
"’out of whack.’"
Defense Secretary William Cohen, responding
to theinspector general’ s survey results, announced
he was creating a committee of military and civilian
officials to draft a plan for measures to improve
the policy’s implementation. Cohen put the onus
on military chiefs to fix the problem. "The report
shows that military leaders must do more to make
it clear that harassment based on sexual orientation
violates military values,’" Cohen said in a memo to
the military chiefs and service secretaries.
The administration’s policy, set in law by Congress
in 1993 after a heated political battle, says
Gays and Lesbians may serve in the military so
long as they keep their sexual orientation to themselves.
Dubbed "don’t ask, don’t tell,’" the policy
still bars openly homosexual people from serving
in uniform. Although the policy was designed to
make it easier for Gays to serve, an increasing
number have been discharged in recent years.
see Pentagon, p..10
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Venus Salon, 1247 S. Harvard 835-5563
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.... Episcopalians, POB 701475, 74170-1475 355-3140
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Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827
918.583.1248, fax: 583.4615
POB 41413, Tulsa, OK 74159
e-mail: TulsaNews@ ear~hlinlc net
Publisher + Editor:
Tom Neal
Writers + contributors:
James Chfistjohn, Barry Hensley, J.-P. Legrandbouche,
Lamont Lindstrom, Esther Rothblum, Mary Schepers
Member of The Associated Press
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* is where you can f’md TFN. Not all are Gay-owned but all are Gay"friendly.
Some 600 homosexuals were killed there
between 1939 and mid-1943 alone, according
to the researchers.
The Nazi anti-Gay law,knownas "Paragraph
175,’" was directly solely against
Gay men, since the Nazis were mainly
concerned with perceived threats to their
ideal of Aryan manhood. Lesbians were
generally ignored, although some were
arrested as "asocials’" or "prostitutes.’"
Few surviving victims ever came forward
after World War II because of continning
stigmaassociated withhomosexualkty,
whicl~remained illegal in West Germfiny
~mder the sam~ Nazi law until 1969:
Tens of thousands of men were prosecuted
in those postwar years.
Historians also generally ignored the
Nazi per.s..e~..u;~n of homosexuals until
the 1980s, meaning many survivors had’
already passedaway, organizers said. Only
a handful are known to still be alive; their
stories are told in a U.S.-made documentary,"
Paragraph 175,’" whichwon awards
at film festivals in Berlin and at Sundance
this year.
Germany’s center-left government introduced
a bill last week - 55 years after
the end of the war - that would require
parliament to officially recognize and
apologize to Gay victims. It also calls on
the government to study whether a blanket
annulment should be issued for convictions
under the Nazi anti-Gay law,
under which even a glance between men
could be cause for prosecution. -
Guenter Morsch, director of tli’~
Sachsenhansen memorial, noted that protests
erupted after the first plaque dedicated
to Gay victims of the Nazis was
hung at the Dachau concentration camp
outside Munich in the 1980s. Last year,
Germany’s national Holocaust memorial
day commemorated Gay victims for the
first time with .a ceremony at
S~lchsenhansen. Events like that and the
¯ new exhibit are important, he said, be-
; cause all groups - not just those that are
¯ "politically correct’" - must be remem-
-"- bered if tolerance is to be promoted.
: About 200,000 people were interred at
Sachsenhausen between 1936 and 1945;
: including Jews, Roma, communists ",rod
¯ other political prisoners. More than 1,400
Jews were killed there, thousands more
sent off to be killed in Auschwitz. Others
were forced to work in adjacent factories.
You mayfind the Gay Museum at
www.schwulesmuseum.de
Audra, who is also a volunteer fund-
¯ raiser, is currently producing her largest
¯ event to date, a three-hourAIDS benefit at
Tulsa’s Performing Arts Center that wi’ll
~ feature Thrifty president Don Himelfarb
: as keynote speaker.
¯ ThePAC show,"Connecting the Hearts
¯ ofTulsa,"is scheduledforApri120 atTpm
¯ and will benefit Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. Fea-
¯ tured performers include Debbie ¯
Campbell, Rebecca Ungerman and
¯ children’s musical groups from All Souls
¯ Unitarian Church.
¯ The John H. Williams Theater seats
429, andAudrahopes to sellit0ut. Tickets
¯ are $10 general admission, $20 VIP seat.-
," ing, and $5 students.
¯ For more information or tickets, call
~ 832-7919. see Audra, p. 3
by Lamont Lindstrom, Ph.D. :
"Unmarried Partner." That’s the U.S. ¯
Census 2000 official term for boyfriends ;
and girlfriends. It’s either that or else you "
check Husband/Wife, Roomer/Boarder, ¯
Housemate/Roommate, or Other "
Nonrelative. ¯
How should I label my live-in? I can’t ¯
call him Husband or Wife. He’s not a :
Boarder. He’s much more than a RoOm- "
mate. (TheCen~uginfbmas us tha~ Room- ¯
mates "share living quarters primarily to :
share expenses.") AndOther Nonrelative; :
although correct, is hopelessly inadequate.
So, for lack of better alternative, the boyfriend
must be an Unmarried Partner.
I am pleased to see the Census Bureau
demands, rather romantically, that the
Unmarried Partnerhave"aclose personal
relationship with Person 1" (that is, with
me). I know some Unmarried Partners °
whose onetime close personal relations :
have aged into an icy and tight-lipped co- ¯
erastence. "
The Census, as a condensed.form of "
Ameri~anculturalpresumption, thinks that :
people really ought tO be related to their -
roommates either by blood or by marriage.
Anthropologists call such presumptions
"residencerules"- expectation about
who should live with whom. There are
patrilocal and matrilocal societies where
children live with either father’s or
mother’~ people. In avunculocal situations
-the tropical Trobriand Islands -
hildren move an with mother s brothers.
Where virilocal rules arefollowed, women
reside with their new husbands. Or there
is theuxorilocal opposite: traditional Hopi
Indian grooms, for example, move’ their
belongings into their bride’g house. And
there isthe "neolocal" U.S. where all
couples should establish new, independent
households.
All these patterns describe the co-residency
of kin, and the American situation
is no different. Most of us live with relafives
as we grow up: "mothers, fathers,
sis{~s, and brothers. And most of us live
with even more relatives after we marry:
husbands, wives, sons, and daughters.
There are just two anomalous periods in
mostAmericanlife cycles when wemight
find ourselves living with non-kin (with
"Other Nonrelatives," according to Census
language). The first consists of the
few years between leaving morn and dad
behind and marriage.
This typically is the time of higher
educalionwhen young twenty-somethings
pile up in dormitories, fraternities, sororities,
and shared apartments. The second
comes with old age. We agomze over the
mor~ity of farming mom out to some
nursing home ward full of strangers.
The experience of life with non-kin and
strangers is fraught with aggravations and
difficulties. The common bathrooms,
those dirty dishes, the housemate’s woeful
taste in music. Life with mere friends
or roommates is rocky and unstable. My
nervous students busy themselves with
inventing "fictive kinship" labels for one
another. They pretend that the co-residents
in their sororities or fraternities are
"just like" their sisters and brothers. And
they watch a lot of "Friends," relying on
Hollywood to romanticize and make fun
of the peculiar experience of sharing their
toilet seats with the "Other Nonrelated."
Weare broughtup to live with relatives.
Sbared residence withkin is easier for two
reasons. We are morally obliged to forgive
the exasperations of our revolting
brothers that we would never stand from
a friend. And we ablemore easily to take
our revenge on our irksome siblings,
spouses, orchildren, unconstrainedby the
politeness conventions that govern our
relations with non-kin. Wash those dishes
or you are grounded! Pick up your filthy
socks, slob!
Gays and Lesbians are in something of
a residential quandary: many of us never
mo~e beyondthis stageof life with nonkin.
Straights leave behind theirfew years
of shared apartments and dormitories to
¯ return to new households composed of
:. kin. But since Gays and Lesbians cannot
¯ marry, officially at least, we live out our
lives with roommates, other nonrelatives,
¯ and unmarried partners.
¯ This perhaps explains some of the fra- ¯
gility ofGay households. "It’sMyWay or
the Highway!" is easier to demand when
you aren’t shouting at relatives. Many of
us havemetguys whowereperfectcouples
before they made the fatal mistake of
moving m together. And we have other
friends who are resigned to living solo.
No spare toothbrushes in theirbathrooms.
They’ve relied too often on the unkind=
hess of strangers.
Soyou snoopingFedenumerators, come
along and count me. I’m checking the
Unmarried Partner box. At the moment at
least, I’m happily living with the UP. I
realize, given American cultural patterns,
that the non-kin structure of our household
is anomalous. It will require extra
effort and forgiveness to keep it going.
Forget or forgive those badly squeezed
.toothpaste tubes. TheUPis neitherbrother
nor spouse but t still want him arodttfl"to
be counted in 2010: ,-:~:
LamontLindstrorn teaches anttfOl~lbgy
at the University of Tulsa.
Among the. survey’s key findings:
- 80% of the 71,500 members of the
Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps
surveyed said they had heard offensive
speech or jokes or derogatory names or
remarks about Gays in the past year. The
service members were not asked if they
had. participated in such behavior.
-33% said they heard it often. It was
reported most frequently in the Marine
Corps and least in the Air Force. Such
behavior was reported to be most common
among junior enlisted troops.
--Of the offensive behaviors or actions
reported as directed against Gays, offensive
speech was the most common. It was
mentioned by 89% of those who reported
witnessing or experiencing some form of
harassment. Hostile gestures were reported
by 35%; threats or intimidation by 20%;
graffiti by 15%, vandalism of personal
property by 7% and physical assault by
9%.
The survey was done on 38 U.S. military
bases and aboard 10 Navy ships and
one submarine from Jan. 24 to Feb. 11.
The spark that caused the Pentagon to
take a closer look at how the Gay policy is
being implemented - and the extent of
anti-Gay behavior in the field - was the
bludgeoning death lastJuly ofaGay Army
private, Barry Winchell, at FortCampbell,
Kentucky. His killer, a fellow Army private,
was convicted and sentenced to life
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Adoptions by Gays
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi may become
the second state with a law banning homosexual
couples from adopting children, althoughlawmakers
embracing the idea say they are unaware of any cases
ofGay adoptive parents. The House approved theban
with no debate late in March, nearly a week after a
similar proposal died for lack of action. The adoption
ban was revived after an orchestrated phone call
campaign by supporters.
Only Florida has a law forbidding Gay adoptions,
but other stateshave policies that keep homosexuals
from seeking adoptions. Bill opponents and supporters
said they were unaware of adoptions in Mississippi
involving Gay couples or any couples hoping to
adopt.
Mississippi Baptists and the Tupelo-based American
Family Association had lined up in support of the
proposal. On the other side were the American Civil
Liberties Union, which has threatened alawsuit, and
homosexual groups.
"It’s ridiculous,’" said Eddie Sandifer of Jackson,
director of the Mississippi Gay and Lesbian Alliance.
"This is going to be in court. It’s just a waste of
taxpayers’ money. They know there’s going to be a
lawsuit and they’ll lose eventually.’"
House Public Health Commi ttee Chairman Bobby
Moody, D-Louisville, said, "ff it’s the right thing to
do, it doesn’t matter to me if it leads to a lawsuit or
not.’" "What constitutes a family is not a homosexual
couple,’" s~iid Moody.
The bill was approved 107-8. There could be an
attempt for a second vote. "That bill is of the assumption
that anybody who’s Gay wilt,abuse children.
That’ s not a good ~rgument. I can’tjudge one’ s moral
turpitude. I’m not qualified to do that,’" said Rep.
David Green, D-Gloster.
This is the second time in three years that Mississippi
lawmakers have gotten involved in Gay issues.
In 1997, they banned homosexual marriages. The
adoption ban was added to a bill dealing with nurse
practitioners. That proposal lets the practitioners prepare
paperwork about the physical or mental condi- -
tion of a child being put up for adoption. Now doctors
must do the paperwork.
Moody said the House vote came in response to a
public outcry. "There’s been a lot of publicity created
around the state. It gave the false impression to some
religious groups that it was happening or there was a
possibility it could happen,’" he said of adoptions by
Gay couples.
Rep. Mary Coleman, D-Jackson, said lawmakers
"’were infringing on people’s private lives.’" David
Ingebretsen, director of theACLU in Mississippi, has
said his group may sue on behalf of aGay couple if the
bill becomes law. Other states have been sued over
their adoption policies. The bill does not ban a Gay
individiml from trying to adopt a child. It goes back to
the Senate for more consideration.
PlanetOut Website and
Advocate/Out to Merge
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - PlanetOut, which caters
to Gays and Lesbians, has announced plans to acquire
Liberation Publications, the largest publisher of Gay
and Lesbian periodicals and books in the country.
Liberatiofi Publications Inc. produces the Advocate
newsmagazine and will soon own Out magazine.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The companies
describe the deal as a merger, but the Interact
company will be the dominant partner; allowing the
magazines "tO continue publishing under their own
brand names.
"You can characterize it as the AOL-Time Warner
in the Gay space,’" said Megan J. Smith,.chief executive
of PlanetOut. Her five-year-old company operates
the Web site
www.planetout.com, along with an online radio and
film service and PlanetOut TV, which airs on the site
and on Canadian television.
In 1996, the San Francisco-based site became the
first Gay-oriented enterprise to secure venture capital
funding. The company has since established parmerships
with AOL, Netscape, Yahoo! and other major
Web companies as well as made advertising agreements
with Arista Records, Virgin Adantic Airways
and Johnson & Johnson.
Liberation Publications is based in Los Angeles. It
announced Feb. 21 that it. would acquire New Yorkbased
Out Publishing Inc., the publisher of Out and
HIV+ magazines.
The Advocate, a 33-year-old bi-weekly with a
circulation of about 88,000, concentrates on news,
politics, business and medical information. Out~ a
monthly launchedin 1992, has a circulation of 115,000
and focuses on culture, entertainment, fitness and
other topics. The Gay marketis considered a prime for
Intemet players because a high percentage of Gays
and Lesbians use the Internet and because the Intemet
)rovides.a level Of anonymity.
Dr. Schlessinger’s TV
Show Draws Protesters
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Paramount Television says it
is committed to putting tough-talking Dr. Laura
Schlessinger on TV, the tough-talking protests of
hundreds of angry Dr. Laura demonstrators notwithstanding.
"Shame, shame, shame,’" more than 200
Gay civil rights protesters shouted outside Paramount
Pictures, where they demanded the studio drop plans
to put the controversial radio host on television this
fall.
Schlessinger, known to her listeners as Dr. Laura,
dispenses relationship advice onher enormously popular
radio show. She has called homosexuality a"biological
error’" and "deviant.’"
"When Paramount bought Laura Schlessinger’s
show, they bought abattle withtheGay community,’"
said Joan Garry, executive director of the Gay and
Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. "We’re going
to do whatever it takes’" to get the ParamOunt Television
Group to abandon the syndicated show, Garry
said.
So far Paramount has stood firm. and none of the
stations signed on to air Schlessinger’s show have
backed out. In arecent statement, the studio §aidit was
committed to presenting moral and ethi’~fl issues
without "creating or contributing to an en~cfroimaent
of hurt, hate or intolerance.’"
One of the signs carried by the demonstrators read
"No More Matthew Shepards.’" a reference to the
Gay student killed in Wyoming in 1998. Also fueling
the protest is anger over the passage last month of
Proposition 22, which bans same-sex marriage in
California.
"We will do whatever it takes to keep the pressure
on. The strategies will be about advertisers and the
affiliates,’" Garry said, declining to specify whether
that meant station or sponsor boycotts.
Countering the demonstrators were about 75
Schlessinger supporters organized by Campaign for
California Families, a conservauve, nonprofit organization.
"We’re the majority Of people who pay to see
Paramount films and who tune in to Paramount television
shows. We are in support of Dr. Laura being on
the air,’" Said Cherri Gardner, a spokeswoman for the
group.
Conservatives Sue City
Over Partners Benefits
BOSTON (AP) -A conservativelaw firm is suing the
city of Cambridge, claiming that the ordinance that
allows homosexual couples to register as domestic
partners is illegal and unconstitutionhl.
"The ordinance isboth legally and morally wrong.
.. This legal action is necessary to defend marriage
and the family,’" Vincent P. McCarthy, Northeast
counsel for the Virginia-based American Center for
Law and Justice, said Tuesday in a statement.
In July, the state Suprem,e Judicial Court struck
down an executive order issued by Boston Mayor
Thomas Menino that was intended to give health
insurance coverage to Gay partners of Boston city
workers.
The ACLJ assisted the Catholic Action League in
that case and predicted another legal victory against
Cambridge. It also said it planned to file a suit against
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the city of Springfield. The Catholic Action Leagueis
also involved in the Cambridge case.
Under the Cambridge ordinance passed in 1992,
Gay couples go to City Hall and register as domestic
partners. Once registered, partners of a city or school
worker are entitled to the same health benefits as
spouses of city and school workers.
Michael Gardner, Cambridge’s personnel director,
who administers the be~lefits, said he felt the ordinance
was both legal and constitutional.
"It was our view that we should continue to follow
the ordinance passed by our legislative body,’" he
said.
The law firm, which brought the suit onbehalfof 12
Cambridge residents, attacked the ordinance on a
number of legal fronts, but one argument was the one
that succeeded in the Supreme Judicial Conrt last
year.
The SJC had rifled that the" Boston executive order
was "inconsistent’" with a decades-old state law that
granted cities the authority to provide health insurance
to workers, their spouses and dependents.
Gary Buseck, executive director of Gay and Lesbian
Advocates and Defenders, said he would be
happy if Cambridge fought the case vigorously.
But he also called on the Legislature to pass a bill
designed to grant cities and towns the power to extend
the benefits if they chose. The bill has passed the
Senate but is pending in the House, he said.
"The Legislature can put an end to all of this and
~make sure cities and towns have an option of extending
health insurance to all their employees,’" Buseck
said.
Georgia Hate Crimes
Bill Gets Final Passage
ATLA~’qTA (AP) - The Georgia Senate gave final
passage to a bill allowing stiffer penalties for hate
crimes. Gov. Roy Barnes will have to sign off on it
before it can become law. ~
The. origii~ Version of the bill specified which
types ofbigo.try warranted a hate crime, but the House
amended the: measure to be more vague. It now
mentions only.crimes motivated by "bias or preju-
Sen. Vincent D. Fort, D-Atlanta, said he would
have preferred the.originalianguage but was willing
to accept the ctian~e~.
.A jury would, declare defendants guilty of a hate
crime after they were convicted ofanother crime such
as vandalism, arson, assault or murder. The initial bill
would have allowed the judge to make that decision.
That changeprompted Sen. Clay Land, R-Columbus,
to reverse his original vote and support the measure.
~At that time,.I felt the legislation was unconstitutional
because it did not provide the accused with a
¯ jury trial,’" he said.
Under the bill, sentences and fines for misdemeanors
would be increased by half, up to the maximum
allowed, for hate crimes. Felony prison sentences
¯ would be increased byfive years up to the maximum
sentence. Defendants convicted ofhate crimes would
have to serve at least 90 percent of their sentences.
Women Lawmakers Key
To Civil Unions Win
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A greater percentage of
women than menin the Vermont House of Representatives
voted in favor of the civil unions bill that
passed in the House last week.
Female representatives approved by a wide margin
granting same-sex couples tile benefits of marriage
through civil unions while their male counterparts
turned it down. The women voted for the bill 35-9
while the men voted against it 60-41.
All but one of 32 female Democrats voted in favor
of the bill, while four of 12 Republican women voted
for it.
Although women make up relatively smaller proportions
of each caucus, more than half of the Democrats
voting yes were women, and more than a quarter
of the Republicans voting yes were women.
Rep. Anne Pugh, D-South Burlington, said female
constituents in general asked her to support the bill,
while men asked her [o oppose it.
"It may have m do with the fact that women
traditionally focus on family, and nurturing and relationships
- that women’s identity comes from connecting,’"
Pugh said.
Rep. Michael Vinton, D-C01chester, a retired state
trooper who has been outspoken in his criticisms of
anti-Gay arguments, said he bdieved women felt less
threatened by homosexuality. "For whatever reason,
I feel there’s more fear among the male gender,’"
Vinton said. "Men seem to be more crfical of people
-it’s just our species, probably.""
The trend reflects women’s greater receptiveness
to homosexuals across the country, according to national
policy experts.
"Women overwhelnfingly support Gay aud Lesbian
civil rights more than ~nen, generally speaking,’"
said Paula Ettelbrick, director ofthe National Gay and
Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute.
"’Women identify more because, like Gays and
Lesbians, they have not been part of the system as a
group, and theymaderstand the need and desire to be
a full citizen,’" she said. However, she said the fact
that the Vermont House had passed a civil unions bill
at all "shows that mendike everybody else have the
capacity to change on issues involving their own
communities.’"
The bill passed on a final margin of76 to 69. Voting
yes were 57 Democrats, 14 Republicans, four
Progressives mad one Independent. Voting no were 50
Republicans, 18 Democrats, and one Independent.
N.M. Christian Coalition
Files Phone Co. Benefits
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - The New Mexico branch
of the Christian Coalition is accusing U S West of
abusing public trust by providing employee benefits
to homosexuals and other umnarried workers. In a
document filed with the state Public RegulationCommission,
theNew Mexico Christian Coalition says the
policy is "offensive to decent, moral subscribers who
want phone service.’"
Edward Lopez Jr., U S West’s vice president in
New Mexico, said he is disgusted to "see-this kind of
hate and intolerance’" in a state as diverse as New
Mexico. Lopez says. the policy is good business. "We
believe our work force mirrors that of our. custom-
: ers,’" he said. "We’ve better able to understand .our.
customers needs and respond to.them.’"
¯ In its one-page filing, theChristian group contends
U S West’s benefits policy promotes the spread of
¯ AIDS and other sexually transmitteddiseases. "We’re
¯ saying there’s a moral issue of unmarried people that
¯ donot deserve benefits. If there is any way to prevent
¯ that from happening, we’ll do that,’" said Mark Bur-
" ton, executive director of the Albuquerque-based
¯ group. The group, affiliated with Pat Robertson’s
Christian Coalition of America, also contends in the
¯ filing that homosexuals are prone to violence and
¯ child molestation.
¯ Linda Siegle, alobbyist for theCoalition forEquality,
called the group’s statements "ludicrous and
¯ absurd, based on every lie and stereotype perpetrated
¯ on people who are Gay.’"
About 2,500 private corporations, universities and
other organizations across the nation provide domes-
" tic partnership benefits, she said.
¯ In its Mar~h i0 filing,’ the New Mexico Christian
¯ Coalition requested the PRC investigate "the social
¯ implications of this heinous U S West policy.’" "The
partners of homosexuals .shouldn’t have the right to
¯ get benefits fromamonopoly when I have no other
choice (for servic£),’" Burton said. " "
The Public Regulation Commission currently as
investigating U S West’s customer rates. Commission
chairman Bill Pope said he couldn’t comment on
anything contained in the filing because the panel has
yet to hear the rate case.
South African Gays
May Give Blood
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -
Gay men have a constitutional right to
donate blood, the South African Human
Rights Commission has ruled. The commission
said it was no longer Gays who
were most at risk for HIV in South Africa,
but people in their early 20s.
The commi ssiondemandedthat ablood
bank in Western Cape change its practice
of not accepting blood from homosexual
men. Western Cape Blood Transfusion
Service director Arthur Bird on Friday
said he disagreed with the decision and
was seeking legal advice.
The case came about after Andrew
Barnes, a public relations manager, responded
to an urgent plea for new donors
in the midst of a severe blood shortage last
year. A nurse at Western Cape Blood
Transfusion Service declined Barnes’
blood afterhemarked "yes’" ontheform’ s
question of whether he had had sex with a
man. Barnes had been in a r~lationship
with anothermanformore than two years.
The commission said the decision to
reject Barnes’ blood was ’~discrimination
in terms of the Constitution." It said it
would take the blood bank to court unless
it explains what changes it will make to
avoid breaching people’s constitutional
right to equality before April 3.
Teacher With AIDS
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - HIV/AIDS activist
Cathy Robinson was a teacher in
1991, living a storybook life with her
husband, pregnant with their second child.
She and her husband, Dan, went to the
doctor for what was supposed to be a
routine physical for life insurance and
learned theunimaginable: They both Were
infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
Three years later, she developed AIDS.
"My first instinct was, ’I know where
I’ve been. Where have you been?’ "
Robinson said. Then headlines flashed
through her head declaring Belle Glade -
where she had worked with children- the
AIDS capital of the state. She wondered if
she had contracted the deadly virus there.
Buttwomonths later, Robinson, 34, found
out she had contracted HIV from a man
who died from AIDS complications in
prison while doing time for raping her
July 4, 1984, at a Tallalaassee convenience
store where she worked. Privacy
laws prohibited the prison from disclosing
to Robinson that he had AIDS.
She went seven years without finding
out she had HIV. She gave it to her husband
during that time, but her children,
Garrett and Lyndsy, are HIV-free. There
is only about a 20% chance a pregnant
mother will pass onHIV to her baby. With
medicine, the chances drop to 4%.
Robinson, who also wasdiagnosed with
breast cancer two year~s ago, is coping
with her own mortality by spending the
time she has left to promote safe sex and
persuade people to get tested. Her efforts
includ~lhe NAMES Project AIDS Memoria~:
Quilt display, which is being displayed
this month in the Hollis Wellness
Center at Florida Southern College.
Robinson. travels throughout Florida
talking with students, sheriffs’ deputies
and commumty groups about HIV and
AIDS, defying stereotypes of the "typical’"
AIDS victim, as a mamed, white,
middle-class mother of two.
Laws about HIV status disclosure vary
by state. In Florida, it takes a court order
to have someone convicted of sexual assault
tested. "We don’t as a state mandate
testing, and emergency rooms don’t have
time to doit,’" Robinson said. "They (tell)
victims of sexual as sault, ’In afew weeks,
you should get tested.’ "
Assistant State Attorney Sherri
Scarborough, who handles many of the
criminal sexual assault cases in Polk
County, said state statutes allow the court
to order HIV tests of anyone accused of a
crime where bodily fluids are exchanged.
But the victim has to request the tests and
ask that the health department notify them
of the results. Scarborough said she only
remembered two cases in the past six
years when a victim wanted to have his or
her attacker tested. One whs aT0-year-old
woman. The other was a college student.
Robinson was a student at Florida State
University when she was raped. Two of
her attackers were convicted, but a third
man never was arrested. She testified in
the two trials but did not ask that her
attacker be tested because there was no
HIV test at the time. "In 1985, there was
a test. I called right away, but they said,
~Cathy, you don’t need to worry. The only
people who get HIV are Gays and drug
users,’ " she said. Meanwhile, her attacker
was being treated for AIDS in
prison.
WhenRobinson foundout she was HIVpositive,
she said she didn’t tell anyone
for amonth. Thev. two months passed, and
she was about to give bir~ to her son,
Garrett, now 8. "Three nurses refused to
give us care. One, not knowing anything
about me, assumed we decided to have
children even though we had AIDS. She
called (the Department of Children and
Families) to try to get them to take our
kids away,’" Robinson said.
ThenRobinsonmadea choice she could
never take back. She decided to talk about
her story in schools and churches to raise
public awareness. "By going public, there
was no way I could ever teach again,
which was fine,’" she said. "Then they
wiped my husband’s job out of his company.
We paid tbr groceries with credit
cards for a while... Thenwerealized they
were going to turn our lights out. We
moved in with my parents in Clewiston."
Cathy and Dan since have moved to
Fort Myers with her best friend, a nurse.
But they decided five years ago to have
Garrett and Lyndsy, 9, continue to live
with her parents, to ease the transition on
the day the~ know will come. The
Robinsons see their childrenon weekends
and holidays. They write in journals and
make tapes to record memories they want
the kids to remember.
"We knew ultimately we were going to
die,’" Cathy said. "We thought it was
importantfor them to transilion. Wenever
thought we’d still be transitioning five
years later. Our biggest fear was dying
before Lyndsy and Garr’ett were old
enough to remember us.’"
Bill Gregory, an advertising professor
at Florida Southern, fellow AIDS activist
and friend, said Cathy hves to spread the
message. But radiation therapy has made
it more difficult in recent months. Cathy
travels to Miami for radiation treatments
because she can get them free in exchange
for leading educational programs. She
puts about 1,500 miles a week on her
leased Ford Explorer traveling throughout
the state for AIDS education, stressing
safer sex and HIV testing.
"You have to be tested,’" she said. "No.
1, you don’t want others to get infected.
No. 2, they can treat you. If you are
negative, you have a chance to rethink
your activities that got you there.’"
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Are You Gay or Bisexual?
Are You Native American?../,=
Tulsa’s Two-Spirited Indian Men s
Support Group is here for you~.
¯ E~ening support group meetings
¯ Relationship workshops
¯ Short trips, outings and retreats
¯ Free HIV testing
For information call Tulsa Native American AIDS Prevention Project
beginning at the Gay Community Center
¯ at 37th and Peoria and ending at Veterans
Park at 18th and Boulder. The parade will
begin at llam The Pride Festival will
also begin at Veterans Park at 1 lain and
will continue till about7 or8pm, finishing
off the week’s events.
TOHR organizers include Kerry Lewis
as chairperson of the overall effort. "Humanity
United for Haman Rights -Diversity
Celebration 2000," Greg
Gatewood, TOI-IR president and festival
chair,Audra Sommers,parade chair, Lynn
Moesteller, sponsor chair, Mitchell Savage,
media chair, Ktis Kohl, festival entertainmentchair
andNedBruha, incharge
of festival booths and beverages.
On June 3, Saturday, That evening also
at the PAC Doenges Theatre, the TOHR
Follies, not seen for a namber of years,
will reprise, 100 Years of Broadway with
tickets available through the PAC. Tuesday,
June 6th, an art exhibit, "United" will
open and on Thursday, June 8th, there
will be a film night. Locations and times
will be announced later.
For more information about these
events, call the Gay Community Services
Center at 743-4297 (Gays).
And while the organization has not been
in Tulsa for long, already it’s become
active and visible. Soulforce members
along withTOHR, Tul sa Oklahomans for
Haman Rights, marched in the M.L.King,
Jr. Day parade, marking the first time
openly Gay people and groups have partidipated.
And for the kick-off for this year’s Gay
Pride events, Diversity Celebration 2000,
Soulforceis bringing Mel WhiteandGary
Nixonback to Tulsafor aninterfaith workshop
and to lead a Soulforce workshop.
White and Nixon were in Tulsa several
years ago for a regional conference of
i~FLAG, Parents, Families and Friends of
Lesbians and Gays, held at All Souls
Unitarian Church.
Also on May 6-12, in Cleveland, Ohio,
at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Soulforce
will hold Soulforce University (SFU) SFU
is arare, one-week opportunity for people
offaith to learn and apply the principles of
nonviolence. SFU is being held in conjunction
with the world congress of the
United Methodist denomination of Chris-.
tianity, General Conference 2000 which
will also be in Cleveland, on May 2-12.
Historically, Methodists have cared
about the poor, the homeless, and the
outcast. Soulforce organizers state, "sadly,
decisions made by their [United Methodist]
General Conferences over the past
three decades have ended that tradition of
caring and made outcasts of God’s Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered
children. We hope to help end those unjust
and discriminatory policies.
For thirty-t~vo years United Methodist
leaders have debated the issue of homosexuality.
Too many of" their delegates
have ignored the historic, scientific, psychological,
pastoral and even biblical evidence
thathomosexuality is neither a sickness
nor a sin. As a result, with almost
every General Conference the U.M.C. has
hardened its anti-homosexual position.
That position leads to discrimination, snffeting,
and death.’"
Several Tulsans involved in Soulforce
will participate in the Cleveland events.
HEAR the Quilt
The NAMES Project Tulsa Area Chapter
is proud to announce the return of the
Quilt to Tulsa for a major display at the
Maxwell Convention Center December1
through 3, 2000.
The success of a major Quilt display is
dependent on volunteers from our community.
To develop interest and support
for this major World AIDS Day event, the
Tulsa Area Chapter will host a reception
on Thursday evening, April 27 at 7: 00pm
at Fellowship Congregational Church,
2900 South Harvard, Tulsa.
Please join us as we bring together the
community in preparation for "HEAR the
Quilt." We’ll have sections of the Quilt on
display and lots of information about upcoming
events Refreshments will be
served and it will be a great opportunity to
renew old friendships andmake new ones.
For more information you can contact
us at (918) 748-.~1 ll or at
TulsaQuilt@go.com
OK Spoke Club
The OK Spoke Club is begimfing its tides
again. A long ride (20 miles plus) will
begin at Ziegler Park at 7:30am on April
8th & 15th. Water and helmet are required.
A short tide (5 miles) along the Katy
Bicycle path in Sand Springs will begin at
6:30 pm on April 19th. Water and helmet
are strongly reconnnended.
At 9am, a long ride will begin at the
Pride Center, 3749 S. Peoria, rear parking
lot on April 22th. Water and helmet are
required. A short ride will leave from
there at 6:30 pm on April 26th. Water and
helmet are strongly recommended.
For more information, contact the club
at POB 9165, Tulsa, Ok 74157, or emaii
to: Okiebicycle@prodigy.net
Texas Lesbian
Conference
For 13 years now, Texas Lesbians have
presented one of the best conferences in
the US. This year’ s event, to be held at the
Renaissance Hotel, Greenway Plaza on
May 19-21 in Houston.
The conference will feature Urvashi
Vaid, former executive director of the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force,
cartoonist/cormnentator, Alison Bechdal,
creator of"Dykes to WatchOut For," poet
and author Ntozake Shange and Lesbian
comic Marga Gomez.
Andifthese were not enough of a draw,
TLC offers a variety of workshops on
legal, financial, spiritual and other issues.
TLC is awoman only event for which you
must be 18 to attend. For more information,
write POB 66012, Houston 77266.
Or "call 713-460-3435 for a registration
form. .
Living ArtSpace
New Show
Tul’sa’s contemporary art gall~ery~: Living
Ai~tSpace, now located at 308 South
Kenosha will present exhibition opening
& gallery talk by artist, John Hitchcoek,
on Thursday, April 6, 5:30-8pm.
Hitchcock invites the viewer tobecome
a participant in his installation by encouraging
them to "play games" and receive a
silk screened pnnt or an object. Using
games derived from Native American traditions,
the artist challenges the participant
to make the comparison between
traditional culture and the artwork.
Once upon a time, there was a teenager
named, for lack of a better moniker, Jim.
He was teased most of his school life for
being gay, name calling and threats of
physical violencebeing the
chief tactics deployed by
most of the other kids -the
mainstays of which were
the dreaded "jocks."
He had few friends, but
one of the few he considered
a friend happened to
be Shaun. Shatm was in
choir and on the football
team, and Jim had known
him for a few years, since
Jr High. What Jim repressed
and suppressed
was his physical and emotional
attraction for Shann.
Shaun wasn’t classically
handsome, but something
about him was incredibly
attractive to Jim. Maybe it
was just that, unlike the
other jocks, who singled
Jim out for particular torment,
Shaun always had
treated him with kindness
" ~roadway Damage’
is another little sleeper,
low budget movie that
is actually quite
wonderful...
The film is a ~ood
old-fashloned romantle
eornedy, kind of llke
the old screwballs
eomedles of the 30’s...
It’s a well-wrltten,
well-fihned, well-acted
" story that is sure to
brin~ a smile to
anyone’s face..."
and yes, even friendline,ss. This was !lJghly
unusual. Jim and Shaun s friendship~ew,
and they hung out a bit together. Jim
continued suppressing, and just enjoyed
Shaun’s company, basking in the glow of
their friendship.
At one point, they went to a film together.
Shaun sat with legs spread wide,
his leg touching Jim’ s. Wall, all Jim could
focus on throughout the film was the
sensfition of Shaun s leg against his; the
bea~from the other boy’s body flowing
in~d~s, the fact that he was really uncomfortable
due to the fact that certain feelingSwere
rising., feelings he’d been hiding
from everyone, including himself.
0~things w~re rising too, and he had
no!~deahow tohandle this. He wasn’t sure
ifShaun was doing this deliberately or by
accident. In ~_ospect, it had to be on
purpose. Shfiuns leg never left contact
wi~Jim’s tmtil the film was over. Jim
wasi:terrified.~Did he dare move, and cut
off~ie contact which he really so desperatdy
Wanted?Or should he re~pond?Was
thi~ ~test? Surely Shaun was aware of the
comments and teasing; he’d seen it happen,
To this day, Jim has no memory of
that film or what it was. Just the sensation
of Shaun’s leg and the accompanying
delight/fear.
Jim’s fervent yet deeply hidden desire
was for Shaun and he to bein love. Yet, of
course this could never be. Shaun was
straight-Jim thought. Andhe was ever so
aware of the fragility of friendship- he’d
~aot had many, ai~d would do nothing to
jeopardize this one.
One time, Shaun asked Jim to join he
and some friends for a swim. When Jim
got to Shaun’s house, he discovere~...that
the friends.~were other members of the
football team - the ones who so delighted
inmakinglife aliving hell for Jim. "Well",
he thought,"This should be ablast. NOT!"
To his surprise, they all got along. Jim did
feel incredibly out of place and utterly
self-conscious the whole time they were
around. Had to be careful not to slip up
and steal a glance at the wrong moment,
not that he could see anything without his
coke-bottle glasses anyway.
During the swim day, Shann told an
interesting story: He had entered a bar on
a certain street in. Arlington, Texas, and
thought it was a real cool place - until he
began to notice all the other patrons were
men - and looking at him. Then he left in
a hurry. You can imagine
thecomments this brought
on from the jocksters. It
was all Jim could do not to
ask WHERE. In fact,
Jim did devote a considerable
amount of time to
thoughts onhow to get the
desired information without
giving myself away,
but never could figure out
a foolproofmethod. Some
years later, Jim did go in
search of the aforementioned
place - and discovered
it was in a shopping
center with no sign age or
indications of any sort that
there was anything in the
shopping center. You had
to know where and what it
was to get there and find
the place. Interesting...
Later that day, Shaun
and I found ourselves
alone in his parent’s house. He excused
himself to take a shower, and was in there
along time. A really long time. Jim began
to wonder if he should just go home,
Shaun was in there so long. Then, out he
popped, completely nude - and Jim with
no glasses on! (He was near blind without
them.) It took a lot of control not to look
down, whichhe recalls doing anyway, for
a split second. Shaun probably caught it.
He paused, saying, "Sorry, forgot to take
my clothes i.n with me." Then went into
his room. Jim was nonplused. Here Shaun
is, withakidheknew was teased for being
Gay, exposing himself.
He spent along time inhis room, too,by
the way Jimwas certain this was all atest,
and the slightest wrong move would end
the friendship - after all, Shaun was a
good Southern Baptist boy, going to a
church that literally preached coercion to
get new members.
Yes, Jim knows better now. There were
signals being sent, Jimjust misinterpreted
them. Jim wished he hadn’t, even though
that would have ted to heartbreak. Jim
really was in love with Shaun. Last Jim
heard, Shaun was married, with kids. Sad
thing is, that all Jim had to go on were
negative images of Gayness. That’s all
that was out there in the world then. There
was no "Will and Grace", no positive
movie role models. And All he knew was
that one wrong step could end a friendship,
Or even get him beaten - or, in one
case he read about, killed.
Whichleads me to aDVD review:_"Get
Real". The story is pretty much the same
as above, withnerdy schoNboyfallingfor
upperclassmanjock. Except in the case of
"Get Real", the relationship is consummated
when schoolboy finds out that the
jockster is indeed, homoerotically inclined.
Of course, Mr. Jock is severely
suppressing, and holding on to his straight
identity with every’ fiber of his being. The
film played Tulsa for about a week in ’96
or ’97. I’m sure not everyone got to see it,
so I won’t spoil the ending. Let’s just say
schoolboy .comes out publicly and discovers
his inner strength. He’s accompanied
by a female friend, who remindedme
ofmyfriend Karin, who is now a Lesbian!
More on that later, see Amuse, p. 9
GILCREASE MUSEUM
April 29, May 5 & 7, 2000
Call 587-4811
Church of the Restoration
Unitarian Universalist
11 am, Sunday, 1314 North Greenwood, 587-1314
EUREKASPRINGS DIVERSITYCELEBRATION
-Friday, April 7
- 8:30pm to 12:30am,Dancing in the Ozark Room at the Basin Park Hotel (12 Spring
Street) with DJ Jon Caswell. Sponsored by theMCC of the Living Spring. Cover: $5 per
person. Cash Bar. Must be 21.
- 9pm to 12:30am, Karaoke at Shaw’s Tavern (37 Spring Street)
- 10pm to 2am, Breakfast at thenew Eureka House of Blues (in the basement of the x’~ :w
Orleans hotel at 63 Spring Street) or,
- 1 lpm to 2am, Breakfast at the Eureka Food Court (37 Spring Street)
Saturday, April 8
10am to Noon, Canoe float on the White River. $25 per canoe. Singles welcome- r
reservations and info, call theBeaver Dam Store at 501-253-6154.
10:30am. to Noon, Learn a littl6 of Eureka S prings’ history on a guided walking to,
the Historic District. Meet at Sweet Spnngs next to Rogue’s Manor on upper !:
Street. For further information, call 501-253-0070 or e-mail walking@nwaft.com.
- Noon to 3:30pm "Go Fly a Kite!" Weather permitting, bring your kites and your
cameras.at the beautiful Pond Mountain Lodge and Resort (two miles south on HighWay
23). For more information, contact Judy Jones at 800-583-8043.
- lpm to 2:30pro Head out to Lake Leatherwood Park (off Highway 62 West) for an
informative, guided trail hike. Get there a few minutes early and bring some water; some
walking sticks will be provided. You can also hike on your own on one of
the various trails in Eureka Springs’ "City Park". To obtain a trail map or
for further information about the park, please e-mail lthrwood@ipa.net. For
further information about the hike, call Steve at 501-253-9380 or 9384 or
e-mail gands@ipa.net.
- Please visit the unique shops and restaurants in the Eureka Springs
Diversity Cooperative. Let them know you’re here for Diversity Weekend!
- 3:30pm to 9pm,Check outThe Holein the Wall (191/2 Spring Street) forKaraokewith
Lita! Lunch and dinner will also be served. For further information, call
501-253-8361.
- 9pm to lain; Dance to the high,energy club ttmes of DJ Jon Caswdl at Center Stage
(37 Spring Street). Must be 21. Cover: $5 per person. Sponsored by The Emerald
Rainbow, Mark E. Cook Properties and Center Street Bar & Grill.
- 9pmto 12:30am, Belt out your favorite tunes as Shaw’s Tavern (37 Spring Street) once
again hosts a Karaoke night for "family" and friends.
- 10pm to 2am, Brealffast at thenew Eureka House of Blues (in the basement of the New
Orleans hotel at 63 Spring Street) or,
- 1 lpm to 2am, Breakfast at the Eureka Food Court (37 Spring Street)
Sunday, April 9
- 2pm to 6pm, Join us again at Center Stage (37 Spring Street) for a tea dance and drag
show, with performances by the "girls from Tulsa" and music by DJ Jon
Caswell. Must be 21. Cover: $5 per person. Sponsored by The Emerald
Rainbow, Ermilio’s Restaurant and Center Street Bar & Grill.
- 7pm, MCC of the Living Spring (17 Elk Street) will hold a service. Call
501-253-9337 for information. All are welcome!
For a listing of businesses supporting this and similar events, check out
the Eureka Springs Diversity Cooperative website at www.shimaka.coln/eureka/diversity
or drop by The Emerald Rainbow at 45 1/2 Spring Street for a printed copy.
Oklahoma Repertory Theatre Opens
TULS A-Theatreleaders from twoTulsa : and the Boys" by So. African playwright
organizations, Tulsa Repertory Theatre
and Wayward Theatre Co. have joined
together to create the Oklahoma Repertory
Theatre (also known as OK REP).
Catherine Adkins, Skip suraci. Christopher
Ferguson-Long and Nathan Huntley
will serve as executive artistic director,
advisor, associate founding artistic director
and associate artistic director, respectively.
OKREP,like the companies out of
which it grows is committed to "unique,
professional theatre, children’s theatre,
arts in education and community outreach."
OK REP will open its season with the
Pulitzer Prize winning, "Master Harold
The film translates well to DVD, maintaining
the widescreen image, and with
excellent rarity. Sadly, there’s no extra
features so prevalent now in DVD releases,
such as director’s commentary,
behind the scenes documentaries, etc. It
would have been .nice to have the actor’s
recollections of the making of the film
and the affect it had on them. However,
that does not detract from the fact it’s a
well-written film with an excellent.cast
and beautiful cinematography. The only
thing that bothered one of my friends at
the .initial showing was that jock boy
Athol Fugard. The production will mn
May 11-14 and May 18-20 at Tulsa’s
Performing Arts Center Liddy Doenges
~[]aeatre at 8pm and Sundays at 2pro, and
is supported in part by grants from the
Oklahoma Arts Council and the Tulsa
Performing Arts Center Tn~st.
The play, directed by Nathan Huntley,
is that of a young man growing up and
growxng aware in 1950’s South Africa
apartheid. Tulsa actors Greg Herman, Bill
Thomas and Christopher Ferguson-Long
perform the roles. Tickets are available at
the PAC box office, 596-7111, for $12/
adults and $9/students/seniors. For more
information, call OK REP at 592-6310.
seems to come from a well-heeled family,
yet has a working class accent. I noticed
after he pointed it out, but that did not
detract from the otherwise excellent performanees
given by Ben Silverstone as
the cuteschoolboy Steven Carter, Charlotte
Britain as his friend who faints on
command, and the hunky Brad Gorton as
thejock upon anyone Wouldbe daft not to
develop a crush. Available from Wolfe
Video (www.wolfevideo.com).
Along the same lines, sort of... well,
not really, but there’s a well-done scene
that exemplifies the kind of dynamic I
wrote of regarding seeing that tmnamed
film with Shaun, is "Billy’s Hollywood
Screen Kiss." see Amuse, p. 11
by Tom Neal, editor & publisher
Some Oklahomapolitical observers have noted that the
one good thing for this state about a win by Republican
presidential candidate, George W. Bush, is that we’d get
to send the Honorable Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma
packing back off to DC, though others have said
Oklahoma’.s gain might be to the nation’s detriment.
"... ff it were not enough to invoke
this bigoted image ofGay people
-preying on the young, he
foflowed it with a comment about
how Gay people are among the
wealthiest Amerleans. I had
to wonder if next he’d betalklng
about how ’all Black people
have rhythm’ or ’the international
Jewish banking eonsplraey.’..."
This February, t took my’father to lunch at the Press
Club to see Keating do his song and dance. I imagine that
Keating expected a rather friendly reception- these days
the Press Club membership hardly includesany reporters
but rather mostly public relations types - good enough
people but hardly known for hard hitting .journalism.
They’re there to put a nice spin on tttings, not to get at the
truth, typically. Andyou can count on The Tulsa Worldto
report only selectively on comments made there.
Then there was Dad and me sitting right up front. And
dear Mr. "I am not descended from a Baboon" Keating*
likely did not know what he was in for. Mr. Keating
waxed eloquently about how ifwe only re-made government
to be like"’business," and not just coincidentally
turned it all over to the Republiczins, all would be great
with our state. I could nothave a~kedfor a better setup for
my question to the Governor since in Oklahoma, it’s
business leading the way in treating Lesbian and Gay
citizens, well, like equal citizens.
The question put to the Gov. was this: Oklahoma’s
leading businesses,American Airlines, the state’ s largest
private employer, K.imberly-Clark, Dollar-Thrifty Auto
Group whose CEO, Joseph Cappy was just appointed to
the State Board of Regents for Higher Education, all of
these corporations promise not to discriminate on sexual
orientation. Since "business" shows us the way, Keating
* ina recent controversy about teaching evolution in
public schools, Keating claimed he was not descended
from a baboon. The Tulsa World contested that claim.
Operat=on Montreal,. To ¯
was asked why state government was not following their
lead.
Frank’s answer was an embarrassment to the state of
Oklahoma. He said there was not a public consensus to
support treating all people fairly and had he stopped at
this, I could hardly have argued withhim.
But he went on to invoke the most shameful of stereotypes,
saying that the state government of Oklahoma
could not promise to treat Gay and Lesbian Oklahomans
fairly because "a homosexual schoolteacher might try to
’promote’ his ’lifestyle’ to elementary school students
and then the state could not discipline the teacher..."
Andif it were not enough to invoke this bigoted image
of Gay people preying on the young, he followed it with
acomment abouthow Gay people are among the wealthiest
Americans. I had to wonder if next he’d be talking
about how "all Black people have rhythm" and "the
international Jewish banking conspiracy."
I did have the opportunity to say.his allegation about
Gay "wealth" was false but not to question his premises
about promising to treat public employees fairly.
And this, of course, ignores the fact that it is almost
unimaginable that any Gay teacher would engage in
inappropriate discussions - they’re all too scared because
: they know they’ll be harassed or fired in any school
district in the state. Any inappropriate conversation by a
¯ teacher with students, whether heterosexual or homo-
" sexual, already has avenues for remedy.
I agree with Keating, Oklahoma can learn from the
: example of "business." First and foremost, Frank needs
¯ to figure out that discrimination is bad for business and
¯ badforOklahoma. "Business" has figured this out. Ameri-
" can and Dollar-Thrifty don’t go beyond the minimum
¯ federallaw r.eqmresjust because they regreatfolks. Th y
¯¯ do it because they can’t afford to lose good workers and
¯ some of those good workers ar’-e Gay.
It really shouldn’t be that hardfor Frank Keating. All
¯ he needs to do is to reframe the questionin terms to which
¯ he can relate: shall we not include Catholics in our non-
- discnmmattonlawsbecausewecouldn tfiretbemlfthey
mdocmnated our children with the Cathohclifestyle m
schools? Keating shouldknow that itwash’ t thatlong ago
: that precisely those stereotypes were common in thisstate.
After all, Keating claims to be a Christian. And as
: such, he is commanded to "treat others as he would be
¯ treated." That?s pretty straightforward. I’d bet even a
¯ "lower" primate, maybe even a baboonmight be able to ¯
figure that out. The question is can our governor?
by Dave Fleischer
Senior Fellow, Policy Institute
National Gay andLesbian Task Force
Have you ever met ahomophobe? Of course you have,
which is why you might not immediately be eager to
campaign door-to-door using the "G" word when we
need to win an election.
You might be thinking: Holy Roller, don’t a lot of
people go into rant mode the minute we say the Word
"Gay?’"
Actually, they don’t. Everywhere I’ve gone door-todoor
with teams of volunteers,-
once we explain in
plalnlanguage the issue voters
will be facing, the overwhelming
majority are on
.our side. Most of the rest are
undecided. This has been
true in Anchorage, Houston,
and Fayetteville, Arkansas;
in San Francisco, suburban
Westchester County,.in Miami
(nope, not just in South
Beach) and in both Democratic
and Republican parts
of Spokane, Washington. And that’s just the places in
1998-and 1999 that we’ve gone door-to-door in.
Sure, we start in neighborhoods wherewe believe we’ll
find many supporters. But even when we broaden to a
- diverse set of neighborhoods, 60 to 90% of the time,
voters are surprised to learn that the basic rights, of Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered (GLBT) people
are under attack.
"... I don’t want to tell you about
my%exllfe - but ff I’m doing
a job at my job,
should my boss be able to fire me
just because I’m Gay?"
[long pause, she says uncertainly]
"I’ve never thought about that..."
"Well, I’m Gay, and this may surprise youbut it wasn’t
a choice for me. And if I’m doing a goodjob at work, do
you think my boss should be. able to fire mejust because
I’m Gay?"
"I don’t want to hear about your sex life."
"I don’t want to tell you about my sex life--but if I’m ~
doing a goodjob atmyjob, shouldmy boss be able to fire
me just because I’m Gay?"
. [Long pause]
[She says uncertainly] "I’ve never thought about that."
"Well, that’s what you’ll, be voting on. Here’s the wording
that will be on the ballot.
Takealookatit. [Pausewhile
she reads] What do you
think?"
I didn’t make this voter a
supporter. But I did move
her from leaning against us
to someone who might be
undecided. Theconversation
took abouttwominutes. Then
I was on to the next door.
If we’ve trained our-volunteer
team well, we communicate
our key message
within the limits of the voter’s attention span. Then we
ask what they think. And they tell us.
Soinetimes their answer isn’t easy to hear (I didn’t love
Ms. Informed’s ?Gays can change"). Butifwe listen with
genuine interest, and offer a clear, honest exchange, they
return the favor. We usually-leave the door either knowing
we’ve found someone leaning toward us, or someone
who is now open to hearing more.
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Bruha will present "Operation Montreal" at The Silver
Star, 1565 So. Sheridan, at 10pm on Friday May 5th.
Brnha notes, "’this night of rare comedy and mad-cap
entertainment will aid Audra MarieSommers, an individual
among us who has selflessly impleme.nted her
.talents to l~tter the Tulsa areafor the past decade,,She has
raised money for the poor and the sick." ,
Themoney raised the evening of thi~ event wiR,be ~used
to help Payfor medications, travel and down-time trom
both of lie) jobs for the transgendered Sommers as she
recoups from surgery which will bring her physiology
into correspondence with her gender identity.
This event is called Operation Montreal because after
many years of research, Sommers has chosen worldrenowned
surgeons in Montreal. Any funds raised will
not be used for the surgery. Sommers has underwrittem
the surgery by taking a mortgage on her home.
For more information about this event, call 585-1644,
or write, "Operation Montreal" c/o Ned Bruha, P.O. Box
471282, Tulsa, OK. 74147-1282, or send e-mail to
partygram@webzone.net
wrong."
So the experience of going door-to-door is enormously
encouraging. It’s both productive for the campaign, and
also personally affirming.
This doesn’t mean that every voter is immediately
happy to see us. But as a reality check, here’s the toughest
door I’ve had so far.
Scene: a sweaty August ’98 morning in Fayetteville,
Arkansas; a white senior answers the door
..’...’.Hi, Ms. Informed?" Yes
"Hi, Ms..Informed, my name is Dave Fleischer, and
I’m with the Campaign for Human Dignity. A human
rights resolution is on the ballot - it says that here in
Fayetteville we won’t tolerate discrimination on thejob,
whether you’re a man or women, black or white, Gay or
non-Gay. What do you think about that?"
"Well, I think that if Gay people would just go to
church, they would realize it’s a choice, they don’t have
to be that way". [She went on in this vein for a minute. I
listened.]
Nobody says this work is easy. But, contrary to our
worst fears, it isn’t confrontational. It’s more like the
ordinary experience of one tiuman being talking to another
human being.
And there’s an unexpected personal benefit. If we reopen
our hearts, we are liberatedfrom a piece of internalized
self-hate and our own stereotypical thinking about
the public. It turns out that most of them are human, too
- and more open than we give them credit for being.
Most importantly, voteridentification works. SAVE
Dade in Miami has built a list of.more than 15,000 Gay -
and pro-Gay voters by having dbnversations just like
these, by going door~to-door and by talking to voters
when.they go to vote. Basic Rights Oregon beat back their
last two state-wide anti-Gay ballot measures by doing
voter idenlification on a large scale, and has a list of
125,000 voters statewide.
Sure there are closed-minded homophobes out there.
But they are far fewer and less grumpy than you’d guess
-a mere needle in a Gaystack. If we’re going to win
elections, we need to talk with everyone to find our
supporters. Factis, voters are ready tolistentous,ifwe’re
willing to listen to them. Are we?
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The number of Gays and Lesbians in
the United States is not known because of
largely unreliable studies. Advocacy
groups often claim 10% of the population
is homosexual, basedon surveys ofsexual
behavior conducted by researcher Alfred
Kinsey taken in the 1940s. Other surveys
put the number between 4% and 6%.
Amore direct census question concerning
sexual orientation isn’t likely by the
lime the2010 census roils around. Itwould
take afederal legislation to require collection
of the data. And, advocates say, it’s a
tricky ’question. "Is sexual orientation
defined by feelings of attraction, exclusivity
or praetors?’" Norfllrop asked.
Best known for launching the career of
"Willand Grace’ s" "Jack", Sean P. Hayes,
that’s about the best thing about this film.
It’s got some good moments, but never
quite congeals into a satisfying film. Brad
Rowe, Meredith Scott Lynn, and Hayes
mmin good performances, but the rest of
the cast falls flat, as do many of the jokes.
Hayes stars as Billy, a starving artist photographer
who is the other man in an
unsatisfying relationship he settles for
because (as he. tells everyone repeatedly
in this film until youjust wantto slap him)
he CAN’T FIND A MAN.
He stumbles upon Gabriel (the immensely
appealing Brad Rowe), and instantdysfunctional
crushdevelops, in spite
of the fact (?) that Gabriel is straight.
Hilarity ensues (yawn). There’s the prerequisite
drag queen comicrelief trio, that
should never have .entered this film, because
they are rather pointless to.the plot,
content, and are really so bad they detract
from the film..Obvibusly, theyare ~aeant
to be bad, but all the ~vay t~ough the
opening.sequence~ and at se{~eral points
~(way too many) through the film, they
-..seem to just be inserted for no reason. If
they were doing something that was
plot~orthyand actually funny, itmight be
a good thing. They’re not, and basically
just fill time when the director can’t pull
his head out long enoughto actually make
a film.
This DVD comes with a commentary,
and even that - usually a high point and
asset - is utterly boring. Yes, Sean’s a
wonderful actor -now. OK, Brad was
uncomfortable with thefilm and part starting
out. (Why is never detailed, and that
was what might have been actually interesting.)
OK yes, there are lots ofhomages
to old films, most of which are obvious,
especially with the dream/musical sequences.
Overall, Billy’s a fine addition
to an avid collector ofGay film, for archival
purposes. It’s amusing once through.
But it’s a definite rental, not a keeper.
Also available from Wolfe Video.
An excellent film to have on DVD for
repeated viewings and the extras, is"Gods
and Monsters." It is a most moving and
affecting film, and the disc has lots of
goodies, along with a commentary that
actually IS interesting, adocumentary with
Clive Barker as host, interviews with the
actors, and lots oflovely details. The film,
based on Christopher Brain’s book, is a
look .at what might have happened in the
days leading to James Whale’s mysterious
death.
Whale, the director best known for the
films "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein"
in the ’30’s, was found floating
¯ in his pool fully clothed. No answers ever
¯ came out of the investigation. Sir Inn
¯
McKellan, in abravuraperformance, plays
~ Whale, the absolutely dynamic Lynn
¯¯ Redgrave plays his housekeeper and
caregiver Hannah, and the absolutely brilliantandbreathtakingly
gorgeous Br~ndan
Fraser plays a yard man that Whale be-
" friends.
: This didplay the major theatres,butjust
¯ in case, I won’t give away any more of the
." ending than I have. The performances
¯ were all top notch, with nary a misstep.
¯ The cinematography is beautiful, and the ¯
detail in sets, costumes, and styleis dead-
" on.~(No pun intended.) As an. actor, it’s
~ ~really hard.f,0rme to see a film that makes
¯¯ ~m~fo~etI m~watehing~a film. This one
did. I was surprised, as the end credits
¯ were rolling, to find I had tears runmng
: down my face. The film so engrossed me
¯ that Iwasn’t even aware when that began. ¯
It’s an interesting film on many levels,
¯ the most superficial being Whale as dirty
." old man spying on the yard man; and~the
¯ deepest being the comments on aging, ¯
and the families we surround ourselves
¯ with as that happens. The interplay of
¯ straight andGay, andfear. The betrayal of ¯
¯ the body.and time, the interplay between
youth and age, the reasons we make the
¯ choices in life that we do make., all are
." explored on many levels.
¯ It’s definitely worth viewing several
¯
times, if for nothing more than seeing the
¯ details you missed first time around. The
¯ commentary, as opposed to the useless ¯
blathering on Billy’s HSK, is insightful,
¯
informative, and frequentlylamusing.
." There’s enough mix in details of how the
¯ film was made, how attention to details
: was as important as performance, behind
¯ the scenes stories of what went on during
¯ filming, what it was like to deal with this
¯ or that to keep one quite amused.
." ~ And after watching the film go by wlth
" the commentary, especially re~ardihg the
." director’s intentions, it’s kind of a fun
¯ game to play to seehowmuch youpieked
’’up on. ~klso, some historica~ facts_ are
." thrown in, not in a dry, witless manner,
¯ but which augment the viewing Of the
: film. So, for me, it gets a definite. BUY
¯ THIS! Even if you only get the video
~ version (which may or may not have the
documentary), it’s worth it. Available at
; Wolfe Video.
"Broadway Damage" is another little
sleeper, low budget movie that is actually
quite wonderful. A romantic comedy that
actually is, as~ opposed to Billy, it stars
some very talented unknowns in a film
that is well written and leaves you feeling
good. "Nerdy Guy’~ and "Beautiful Boy"
in New York looking for"Mr. RightY BB
is always finding people bad for him, and
pursues one that is really bad news. NB is
seeking Mr Right and has a crush on BB
Enter BB’s roommate Quirk~y~rl. QG is
trying to make it inNYCon hiSrtwn, even
though daddy’s rich. He wants her to get
a job, something she’s never had to do.
She and the boys form a fun trio, and have
merry adventures in NYC.
The film is a good old-’fashioned romantic
comedy, kind oflike the old screwballs
comedies of the 30’s upon which it is
patterned. The ending’s predictable, but
the g~tting there is fun, as with most
journeys. Even if you know where you’re
going,, the trip is never the same twice,
right? It’s a well-written, well-filmed,
well-acted story that is sure to bring a
smile to anyone’s face. It should have
received wider release w~h,en it played the
film houses, but is a gem I m sharing with
you. Yep, available at Wolfe Video on
VHS and DVD.
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.... an eclectic mix of choral literature ranging from Baroque to Broadway,
from pop classics of the ’50s and ’60s to a bawdy sea chantey
an~J.an American Folk song featuring the Green Country Cloggers.
,Friday and Saturday, April 7 & 8, 2000 at 8pm
Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center
(reception following)
Tickets: PAC box office, 596-7111 in Tulsa,
1-800-364-7111 or online at www.tulsapac.com
COUNCIL oak a fellowship of gay men dedicated to musical excellence in
the performance of choral literature, providing a source of
pride, unity, and support, while presenting a positive image
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Gays in the Military Update
More "Gays" Leaving US Armed Forces
WASHINGTON (AP) -TheAir Force andArmyreport
sharp increases in the number of troops discharged for
homosexuality, and officials believe many are discontented
non-Gay recruits looking for a way out. In
releasing the figures, the Defense Department said it
was satisfied with its "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy on
homosexuality in the services. It asserted that the 1998
dischargenumbers "align" with those ofprevious years,
even though they reached an 11-year high.
A watchdog group, the Servicemembers Legal Defense
Fund, said the’figures were fresh evidence that
Gays still are being mistreated in the 1.4-million-member
active-duty military. "Commanders are still asking,
pursuing and harassing people," said Dixon Osbum, the
group’s co-executive director. ,,,~
The "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy, adopted in 1994, is
supposed to allow Gays to serve if they keep their sexual
orientation private. It punishes those who engage in
homosexual acts or take actions that call attention to
their orientation. But critics accuse the services of
hunting down Gays and driving them out of the service.
If a service member voluntarily states his or her
homosexuality, discharge is automatic.. In the.case oLa
recruit still in basic (raining, av0iuniary declaration of
homosexuality means an admjuistrative discharge that
does not carry a bad-conduct stigma. Under the Pentagon
policy there are three grounds for discharge: if a
service member voluntarily states that he or she is Gay;
if someone is determined to have engaged in a homosee
Military, p. 3
Maryland Judge Throws
Out Sodomy Law
BALTIMORE (AP) - A judge who rtded Baltimore’s
80-year-old anti-sodomy law does not apply to consensual
acts has expanded the ruling to include anal as well
as oral sex. The ruling by Circuit Judge Richard T.
Rombto settles a 1997 clas s-action suit by theAmerican
Civil Liberties Union. "This is saying the government
will not intrude in the bedroom," said Dwight Sullivan,
a staff counsel for the ACLU’s Maryland chapter,
which sued on behalf of several Gay men and Lesbians.
State officials, who did not object to tLe ACLU’s
efforts, said the ruling was largely symbolic because
few if any state residents have been prosecuted for
sodomy. ACLU officials, however, said the existence
of the law posed a threat to privacy rights and left
homosexuals vidnerable to job discrimination and unfair
attacks in child custody cases.
Thirty-one states have rep.ealed anti-sodomy laws,
while 17 still have them on the books, including Virgiuia.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a Georgia case
in 1986 that anti-sodomy laws are constitutional.
In 1990, the Maryland Court Of Appeals ruied the law
could not be used to prosecute consentual, nonpublic
acts of oral sex, see Maryland, p. 14
DIRECTORY/LETTERS P. 2
EDITORIAL P. 3
US & WORLD NEWS P. 4
HEALTH NEWS P; 6
COMMUNITY CAL ENDAR P. 9
BOOK REVIEW P. 10
DO-IT-YOURSELF-DYK E P, 11
DYKE PSYCHE P. 12
CLASSIFIEDS + WEERWOLF P. 14
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Hate Crimes Amendment Has
A Chance in OK Legislature
TMM - Metropolitan Ministry Endorses Amendment
TULSA/OKLAHOMA CITY - Those who knew Matthew
Shepard say that he would have wished that some good come out
of evil. And it appears that, in Oklahoma at least, some good
might come out of the horror of his murder. That at least is the
conclusion drawn by some commumty activists who see the new
willingness of Oklahoma political leaders to address hate crimes
based on actual or perceived sexual orientation.
Speaking anonymously, one clergy participantinTulsa Metropolitan
Ministry, an influential local interfaith organization,
indicated that Shepard’s murder is what helped shake the organization
out of its unwillingness to address the concerns of Lesbians
and Gay men. As she put it, they could no longer remain
silent.
And moving amazingly fast for such a diverse group, TMM
adopted as one of its legislative goals for this 1999 session, the
amendment of Oklahoma’s Malicious Intimidation Statute, otherwiseknown
as the Hate Crimes law. In fact, abill (HB 1211) for
this amendment has been introduced by Tulsa legislator, Don
Ross. HB 1211 has a companion bill introduced in the Oklahoma
Senate by Sen. Ben Brown, and Democratic party rumors have it
that Speaker of the House, Loyd Benson has committed to
support the bill. Oklahoma Attorney G~neral Drew Edmondson
already has committed publicly to supporting this amendment as
has former Tulsa County District Attorney see Hate.p. 13
Activists kick off Eq~mlity Begins at Home at fall conference.
Thousands to Go to Capitols
First Ever National Week ofAction for Equality
WASHINGTON, DC - January 25, 1999 - In the 30th aunivers.
ary year of the S tonewall rebellion- the birth of the modern Gay
rights movement - thousands of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and
Transgender people will launch an unprecedented national week
of action for equality. Equality Begins at Home, slated for the
week of March 21 - 27, is a major initiative to push state
lawmakers to support a platform of equality.
Planning for these by local activists is well under way. In
Oklahoma, Paul Thompson, of the Oklahoma Gay & Lesbian
Political Caucus is co-ordinating the Oklahoma event at the State
Capitol on Saturday, March 27. Paid can be reached at email:
Gayoglpc@flash.net, or 405-791-0202. Tulsa Oklahomans for
Human Rights (TOHR) is working to help organize Tidsans to
go.
From Montana to Maine, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and
Transgender people will come out and speak up in simultaneous
events nationwide, most ofwhich will take place at state capitols.
These actions will, mnong other things, build support for laws
that counter hate violence, ban employment discrimination,
provide for safe schools for all students, ensure.the right to adopt
and become foster parents, and address health issues including
HIV/AIDS.
Equality Begins at Home is coordinated by the National Gay
and Lesbian Task Force .and organized by the Federation of
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Statewide Political
Organizations. As part of its coordinating efforts, the Task Force
provided Federation member groups $5,000 each to support their
Equality Begins at Home organizing efforts and hired a national
coordinator for the event. Dozens of national organizations have
signed on in support of this week of action.
"Equality Begins at Home is not an end point but a beginning
point. We are going to make our statewide organizations stronger,
mobilize more people, register more voters, and demand
greater accountability from our state legislators and policy makers,"
stated Kerry Lobel, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
executive director, see EBAH, p..13
Pride CenterAnnounces
OneRecruitShortofa ToasterMembers
Drive and Gay Legal Rights Program
TULSA - How do you feel about winning a very
stylish toaster or toaster oven? That’s what Pride
Center organizers want to know. They’re hoping
that these possibilities will motivate you to join
Tulsa’s Gay & Lesbian community center, the
Pride Center and to persuade as many of your
friends, family and acquaintances to do the same.
Pride Center volunteers have organized a membership
drive from Feb. 1 to March 31 that was
inspired by Lesbian comedian, Ellen Degeneres,
and they’re offering prizes for "recruiting" new
community center members. Center spokesman,
Greg Gatewood stated that any current or new
member will receive "a toaster accessory" (what is
that???) for bringing in five new members. Ten
new members will win you a sleek new bagelcapable
toaster. And if you get 25 new memberships,
you’ll get, not just a toaster, but a toasteroven!
However, the grand prize is airfare to an exotic
seaside location so you can toast yourself in the
tropical sun. Sound good? To win this you need to
get at least 50 new memberships though the winner
will be the person who gets the most memberships
of 50 ormo~e by March 31 st. Tojoin or to get more
information, call the Center at 743-GAYS (4297).
Beginning in Feb. specifically Feb. 18 at 7:30,
the Oklahoma Lesbian and Gay Law Association
will begin a series of free legal seminars for Lesbians
and Gay men. These seminars are set up as
informal discussions drawing on the skills of attorneys
who specialize in areas of interest to the
community. Tulsa attorney Camille Quiun will
lead the first discussion on estate planning. The
discussion will be geared toward both couples and
individuals. Again for more information, call the
Center at 743-GAYS (4297)..
Other evenfs a( the ~enter include a Mardi Gras
costume party on Feb. 13 with dancing to music by
"Grandmaster DJ Tim."
see Center, p. 14
GaI-A-Vanting
TULSA - More than fourteen women met recently
to plan monthly events for "Gal-A-Vanting, Ms.
Adventures for Women." Gal-A-Vanting is a social
and cultural organization for Lesbian women.
The group seeks to provide social, cultural and selfexploration
opportunities for women as wall as a
venue for meeting and for developing a sense of
The organization was the brainchild of two
friends, Mary (also known as the Do-It-Yourself
Dyke) and Joan, who decided that there was not
enough for women to do in the Tulsa area and who,
also, were tired ofdriving to Arkansas for women’s
activities. They believed there would be enough
interest in the Tulsa community to create an organization
to provide activities here.
Approximately 20 women have attended each of
the activities hosted by Gal-A-Vanting in the past
four months. There are now more than 65 women’s
names on the mailing list. The organization has
hosted a number of events, a "women and the arts
evening" which featured poetry and various artist’s
work, a dance, a drumming circle and a movie
night.
Monthly activities are planned for the second
Samr.day ev.e.mng of each month. Also, community
service acttvltles, such as adopting a mile of road
for clean up or working with the elderly are also
planned, see Gal, p. 14
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine
*Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. Boston
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
*Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria
*Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria
*Interurban Restanrant,717 S. Houston
*Jason’s Deli, 15th & Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
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592-2143
744-0896
599-9512
583-6666
749-4511
585-3134
599-7777
¯ 749-1563
744-4280
745-9998
834-4234
585-3405
660-0856
584-1308
Tulsa Busine.~q~s, $¢ntiees,.& Professionals
Advanced Wirdess & PCS, Digital Cellular 747-1508
*Affinity News, 8120 E. 21 610-8510
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor 746-4620
*Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Kent Baler & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15 712-1122
*Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 712-9955
*Borders Books & Music, 8015 S. Yale 494-2665
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 S. Peoria 743-5272
*CD Warehouse, 3807c S. Peoria 746-0313
Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902,743-41!7
Community Cle,qning, Kerby Baker 622-0700
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th 749-3620
*Devena’ s Gallery, 13 Brady 587-2611
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria 744-5556
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sherid~ii 838-8503
*Ross Edward Salon, 2447 E. 15th 584-0337, 712-9379
*Floral Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria 744-9595
Cathy Furlong, Ph.D., 1980 Utica Sq. Med. Ctr. 628-3709
*Gloria Jean’s Gourmet COffee, 1758 E. 21st 742-1460
Leanne M. Gross, Insurance &financial planning 459-9349
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney 744-7440
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-I111
*International Tours 341-6866
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th 712-2750
*Jared’s Antiques, 1602 E. 15th 582-3018
David Kanskey, Country Club Barbering 747-0236
*Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 599-8070
Kelly Kirby, CPA, 4021 S. Harvard, #210 747-5466
*Living ArtSpace, 19 E. Brady 585-1234
*Midtown Theater, 319.E. 3rd 584-3112
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31 663-5934
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 Place 664-2951
Novel Idea Bookstore, 51st & Harvard 747-6711
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633 747-7672
Puppy Pause II, 1060 S. Mingo 838-7626
*Peace of Mind Bookstore, 1401 E. 15 583-1090
The Pride Store, 1300 E. 38, 2nd floor 743-4297,
Rainbowzon the River B+B, PUB 696, 74101 747-5932
Richard’s Carpet Cleaning 834-0617
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921,747-4746
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*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 749-6301
Paul Tay, Car Salesman 260-7829
*Tickled Pink, 3340 S. Peoria 697-0017
*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria 742-2007
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis 481-0558
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling 743-1733
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis 592-0767
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*All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria 743-2363
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*B/L/G/T Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Cir. 583-9780
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Carbon Copy
KMOD Gay Bashing?
¯ Dear Phil and Brent,
¯ As a regular listener of your show, I am ¯
concerned about the words of intolerance
¯ directed toward theGay community. Your
¯ Thursday shows seem especially filled
¯ with the promotion of hate as an acceptable
behavior. Being reasonable people,
; and I assume residents of the Tulsa com-
-¯ mumty, I cannot understand your continued
promotion of hate towards a large
¯ segment of-the Tulsa community. Hate
¯ speech equals hate crimes- aproven fact.
: Your success as morning show hosts
¯ can only mean that there are a great num-
" ber ofpeople listening. The words youuse
¯ can drastically change the world of those
¯ who listen. Your words could be respon-
- sible for the next bashing or killing of a
Gay person. Is this a responsibility you
_" are ready to accept and bear for the re-
, mainder of your life?
¯ I, as you by now expect, will no longer
¯ be tuning into your show, and will encour-
¯ age my friends and acquaintances to turn
¯ the dial as well. After all, you are "the
¯ rainbow station." The rainbow has been
: mmedinto aflag. That flag represents the
¯ pride of the Gay community.
¯ I wouldhope thatKMODwouldchoose
¯ not to continue the verbal assault on our
¯ Gay citizens. I would offer that two orga-
¯ nizations I belong to, teach tolerance
; classes, and perhapsKMOD would liketo
have some of this information. Your re-
" quest may be directed to me, or to the
¯ organizations directly.
- Ned T. Bruha, Tulsa
¯ ce: TOHR
PFLAG
Great Issue
Thelatest edition [January] ofTFN was
really a great issue. Thanks for the important
work that you do. Keep it up. Our
communityneeds it. This recentissue was
a great example of the kind of quality our
community is capable of. Anyone can be
proud with that kind ofleadership. Bravo.
And thanks.
- M.S. Tulsa
In Memorium
WASHINGTON - The Human Rights
Campaign mourned the death of activist
John Thomas, 51, who died on January
20.
Mr. Thomas served on the HRC Board
from 1982 to 1985 andplayedamajorpart
in HRC’s expansion in the Dallas area.
His contributions withHRCincludedhelping
start the Dallas Black-Tie Dinner
Committee. He helped found numerous
organizations including the Gay & Lesbian
Victory Fund.
Additionally, Mr. Thomas was former
executive director.of the Foundation for
HumanUnderstandingandthe Dallas Gay
& Lesbian Community Center, now
known as the John Thomas Gay & Lesbian
Community Center.
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sexual act; and in the case of same-sex marriage.
"In virtually every self-initiated disclosure, the second
statement made is, ’I’d also like to be discharged,"’ said
David Smith, a spokesman at Randolph Air Force Base,
Texas. He said this led officials to conclude that a growing
number of recruits are using a Gay declaration to get out.
Smith said commanders are legally prohibited from ques-
.tioning Air Forcemembers about such voluntary statements.
"You kind of have to take them at their word,".he said.
T’jae Gibson, anAir Force spokeswoman at the Pentagon,
said an official review of discharges and personnel policies
at Lacklandlast year found that most instructors and trainees
there believed the acknowledgments ofhomosexuality were
made to cut short an enlistment. Armyofficials said they "also
suspect many Gay discharges in their service involve soldiers
looking for a quick way out, but they do not consider
the trend to be a major source of worry.
Supreme Court Lets Military Policy Stand
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court once again left
intact the military’s "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy today,
rejecting a challenge by two former servicemen discharged
after declaring their, homosexuality. The court, without
comment, turned away arguments by the men that the policy
is based on prejudice agaiust homosexuals and violates their
free-speech rights. This action, while not a definitive ruling,
marked the fifth time in recent years that the highest court
has rejected efforts to invalidate the policy. Every federal
appeals court that has considered the issue has upheld the
policy.
This appeal was filed by National Guard 1st Lt. Andrew
Holmes ofSacramento, Calif.,andNavy Lt. Richard Watson.
Holmes declared his homosexuality to. his commanding
officer in 1993. Watson was serving in Bremerton, Wash.,in
October 1994 when he submitted a written statement to his
commanding officer that said, "’I have a homosexual orientation."
Both men were discharged and sued in federal
courts. A judge in San Francisco ruled for Holmes and
declared the military policy unconstitutional. But ajudge in
Seattle ruled against Watson. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals combined the cases andupheldthe "don"t ask, don’t
tell" policy.
US Law Professors Fight .Military Policy
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hundreds of law professors are
joining the fight to get Gays and Lesbians an equal place in
the U.S. armed forces. The battlefield is a 1996 law thatlets
the government take all federal student aid from schools
which refuse to let military recruiters on campus. Scores of
universities had barred recruiters to protest the "don’t ask,
don’t tell" policy, but let them back after President Clinton
signed the law by former U.S. Rep. Gerald Solomon.
"If we had a recruiter who said, ’We won’t hire anyone
who’s black,’ there’s no doubt about us kicking them off
campus," said David V. Chavkin, director and associate
professor at American University’s Washington College of
Law. "The notion that we should treat discrimination
against our Gay and Lesbian and bisexual and trans~gender
students as different is an outrage. The law school agreed in
1997 to let military recruiters return after attorneys decided
that not only its 1,200 students, but all of the university’s
undergraduates could lose their federal aid, including lowinterest
loans and work-study money.
At the meeting, Chavkin was working a~ a table set up
outside the Association of American Law Schools’ biggest
meeting rooms to sign up people willing to work for repeal
of the law. When theAALS meeting ends, organizers hoped
to have 100 law schools represented.
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who plans to lead the
repeal fight, thinks the law is very vulnerable, said Alan
Minuskin, a Boston College Law School professor. At one
point, 138 campusesbarred military recnfiters. By late 1997;.
the list had dwindled to 18. 17 were in Connecticut, where
the policy against discrimination was part of state law. The
federal law applies to all colleges and universities. The
repeal push is starting in law schools because most either
have longstanding rules of their own against discrimination
or belong to the AALS, which had a rule since 1990 against
dealing with any organization that discriminates. It changed
that rule last year, under protest, because of the Solomon
Amendment.
EdwinJ. Butterfoss, deah andprofessor oflaw at Hamline
University in St. Paul, Minn., said, "...we have a lot more
work to do. It [the Solomon law] undermines a law school!s
ability to enforce its own policies - not by attacking the
schools, but they’re attacking the students."
¯ The Associated Press
AtMartin LutherKing Day parades and prayer break-
, fasts, in their offices and in homes, many Blacks said
¯ they have a particular stake in the impeachment trial of
s~dent Clinton- the best thing thathas happened for
¯¯ Blacks in a long time."
"If Clinton is removed from "Dr. Kin~ ¯ office, that’s a slap in the face would be ¯ forBlack America," said Mikel
¯ Holt, editor of the Milwaukee suspect Of the ¯
¯ CommunityJournal, a Black impeael~ment newspaper. ’.’That’s inessence,
derailing the civil fights free- process l~eeause
¯¯ domtrain." he would be
Clinton has long enjoyed
¯ Black support, both from the suspect of tl~e
¯ public and in Congress, be¯
cause he socializes and prays impeaclters,"
¯ with Black people, appoints the Rev. Jesse
¯ them to high positions and un- Jackson said ¯ derstands the struggle of rac-
¯ ism, Black leaders said. a~ter a
: " As the trial entered its secondweek,
some summonedthe breal~ast
: name and message of the slain l~onorin~
¯ civil rights leader in Clinton’s
¯ defense - saying the two men in C]~iea~o.
¯ shared a common dream of Jackson
¯ equality, specffleally
¯ "Dr. King would be suspect
¯ of the impeachment process mentioned
~ because he would be suspect
¯ of the impeachers," the Rev. Senate ¯
JesseJacksonsaidafterabreak- 1MIajorlty leader
¯
fasthonoringKinginChicago. Trent Loft... ¯ Jackson specifically men-
, tioned Senate Majority leader reee_ntly linked.
¯
Trent Lott,who was recently
: linked by his uncle to an ultra- . . . to an ultra-
: conservatl/ve group accused of conservative
¯ promoting white supremacy. ~roup accused
i Lwoastt adfefniliieadteldaswt iwtheethkethgartouhpe of promo~in~
¯ and said he is opposed to rac:
ismand white supremacy. white
: Richard Bailey a historian supremacy¯
¯ and author from Montgomery,
Alabama, said he too was suspect of some of Clinton’s
: critics. "I think (Blacks) are most uncomfortable with
: the way matters are being handled and with the key
¯ players," he said. ¯
¯ "If the conservativepeoplewho are trying to impeach
the president come into power, it will be a tumbaek of
¯ the dock for Afro-Americans," said Edward Lewis Jr.,
i president of the NAACP for Idaho, Nevada and Uiah.
¯ Any current alternative to Clinton could be worse
," said Vicki Washington, director of Equal Opportunity
¯ and Diversity at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Extension
¯ in Madison, Wis. "Of all of our presidents in the recent
¯ past, Clinton seems to be more in tune with the impact
¯ of historic discrimination and how it continues to have
¯ bothapolitical and economic impact onAfriean Ameri_
.. cans and other people of color today," Washington said.
¯ To some, the impeachment itself is being driven by
- :~ fear of-minority power. "My question is, are they real[
hounding him for his personal transgressions, or (to
punish) him for making his administration the most
i
diverse that the country’s ever known? That, to me,
seems the undeit0ne," said Victoria Mares Hershey,
¯ first vice president of the NAACP in Portland, Maine.
Nan Stovall, another NAACP member from Port-
" land, said Clinton is "the best thing that has happened
: for Blacks in a long time," she said.
¯ Via the Internet
¯ Q - What do Howdy Doodie, the Muppets and Steve
Largent have in common?
: A - They all have cute faces with painted-on grins,
¯ empty heads and someone else’s hand up their ass
¯ making their mouths move.
Too vulgar, but too, too funny not to print. What’s
"- dangerous about Largent is that he’s .not stupid at
all.We don’t dispute the hand business though. - TN
by Tom Neal. editor &publisher
As a child, I learned much to my amazement that
some families actually tried to avoid discussing controversial
topics, especially at dimmer. Not mine. When
friends wonder about my interest in discussing ethics
and politics, all I need to do is to invite them to dinner
and.turn my father loose on them. They’ll never wonder
agmn. Note that I regard this familial inheritance of
debate and discussion as a wonderful, wonderful legacy
but it is, perhaps, an acquired taste. I share this bit of
personal history in order to put the following in context.
Since May, I’ve been.arguing at my family’s Sunday
night dinners that Bill Clinton, based merely on the
appearance of inappropriate conduct (that old lawyerly
standard), shouldresign. That is, ifhe were a gentleman.
Of course, we all know that if he had ever been a
gentleman, or even were vaguely acqtminted with the
notion, he wouldn’t be in this nasty PaulaJMonica/
Gennifer/whatever mess in the first place.
But regardless of Bill’s spectacular lapses in judgment,
many Gays and Lesbians, both of color and those
with less color, are going to understand the sentiments
of the adjacent editorial.
If the ultra conservatives, "wing-nuts" as Tul sa Republican
mayoral wanna-be, Terry Simonson, characterized
them, get completely back into power, it will be
a turning back the clock for Gay and Lesbian Americans
as well as for African Americans.
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott not only is dosdy
tied to ultra racist organizations like the Concerned
Citizens Council but has had his anti-Gay views well
documented. And I suspect that the ccc is just about as
anti-Gay as it is racist. And while Lott is now denying
that he shares the CCC’s racist and white supremacy
views, he’s not bothering to deny his heterosexist supremacy
stances. Clearly, we Gay folks really haven’t
gotten as far along in the fight for equality as non-Gay
Blacks.
I think it is safe to sa$ that the folks who hate Clinton
because he treats Blacks more fairly than any previous
president, also hate him because he’s treated Gay folks
more fairly than any other too.
Granted his record’s not perfect. He reneged on his
promise to end our military’s ban on Gay soldiers. And
his talk about AIDS is better than his walk has been
much of the time. But he’s appointed more openly Gay
individuals to significant governmental positions than
ever before and he’s used his executive power to ban
discrimination in civilian parts of our government.
And look who’s out to get him: the slimiest of the
slime: Bob Barr, Newt Gingrich, Helen Chenowith,
Bob Livingston (something of a gentleman at least for
resigning), and Henry Hyde, adulterers, fornicators and
hypocrites all.
Note also that all of these folks were big, big supporters
of the Defense of Marriage Act that banned samegender
marriages, if and when they should happen. Let
me see, when did cheating on your spouse become part
of supporting "traditional" marriage? Bill, of course,
also signed this patently unconstitutional law.
Andone hears from time to time a runaor or two about
our saintly First District representative, Steve Largent.
One wonders what he’d say about his sex life under
oath. After all, even if he’s been utterly faithful to his
spouse, he was a great college athletic star and who
hasn’t heard of a fomieating football player? Maybe at
Brigham Young, and then only maybe. Last I checked,
fornication was still illegal in Oklahoma though it is
hardly one of our frequently enforced laws.
However, I do have to give Henry Hyde some credit
for redefining the notion of"youthful indiscretion." Mr.
Hyde cheated onhis wife at the age of 41. This 41 yearold
editor is delighted to learn that anything I do at this
point in my life still has some hope of being declared a
"youthful indiscretion."
I do digress. The bottom line: I don’t like Bill,’s
dishonesty, but I don’t like the behavior of most of the
Congress. I don’t like Congress’ "witch hunt." The $50
million Stair spent could have bought a whole lot of
drugs or food or housing to keep people living with
AIDS alive, or done any number of genuinely worthy
things for our country.
Maybe we could just impeach them all.
Hormel Renominated
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton has renominated
James Hormel as ambassador to Luxembourg,
and a White House official said Tuesday the
administration hopes "fairness will prevail" in the
new Congress so he can be approved for thejob. The
Senate last year refused to vote on the nomination of
Hormel after several conservative Republicans accused
him of promoting homosexual views: The
White House accused lawmakers of prejudice.
Hormel, who is Gay, was appro,ced by the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, but Senate Majority
Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., didn’ t allow his nomination
to come to the floor in the face of scattered GOP
objections. White House spokesperson, Barry Toiv
said Hormel was among a number of.renominations
Clinton submitted to the new Congress, which began
its work this month. If approved, Hormel wonld be
the first openly Gay U.S. envoy.
Chiistian right groups had’attacked Hormel, a
vocal supporter of Gay rights and AIDS causes, over
his sponsorship ofaGay and Lesbian center at the San
Francisco Public Library that bears his name. Republican
critics called some of the material obscene and
feared Hormel might promote a "Gay agenda" as
ambassador to the tiny European nation.
Hormel must go through the entire nomination
process again, including approval at the committee
level before a Senate vote.
Florida County May Add
Partner Benefits
FORTLAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP)-Broward County
may be on its way to extending to domestic parmers
of county employees the same ,benefits that married
couples now receive. A proposed ordinance would
provide medical coverage to Gay, Lesbian and unmarried
partners of county employees to the same
extentas other employees and allow unmarriedcouples
to legally register as domestic partners. The measure
also would require contractors that handle at least
S50,000 in business with the county to offer health
benefits to partners of their own workers.
If adopted later this year, Broward would join one
other Florida county, more than 100 other state and
local governments across the country and some corpora.
tions that have given similar allowances to domestic
partners.
Some business owners in Broward, Florida’s secon&
largest county, object to being told how to run
their companies. However, the commission, which
has already 6utlawed discrimination on the basis of
sexual orientation, appears receptive to the proposal.
CornmissionCha~rwoman Ilene Lieberman said she
supports most sections of the ordinance but had
doubts about imposing the mandate on private comparties
that do business with the county,
County attorneys said the proposal may conflict
with the state’s broad Defense of Marriage Act, the
1997 law that says same-sex marriages are not recognized
in Florida. Supporters said domestic partnerships
are not identical to marriages and the county’ s
proposal says nothing about child custody, divorce,
inheritance or other rights held by spouses.
Robin Bodiford and Dean Trantalis, two lawyers
and Gay civil rights activists, prepared the proposal
with the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, a national Gay
and Lesbian group.
In Florida, the Monroe County Commission agreed
in February 1998 to allow county workers to share
Lheir employee benefits with their domestic partners.
In Miami-Dade County, the state’ s largest county, the
commission approved an ordinance last month barfing
discrimination of homosextmls in the workplace
and housing.
Holocaust Coverup
Uncovered
ATLANTA (AP) - Material about Nazi persecution
of homosexuals, edited out of a teachers’ guide about
the Holocaust, will be sent to Georgia schools in a
separate letter.
The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, which
had previously deemed the material too sexually
graphic for fifth- and sixth-grade students, agreed to
the change after a meeting with civil rights activists.
It was too late to reprint the guides, which were to be
mailed out to schools across the state by this week.
lut the commission decided to send the deleted
material to schools in a separate letter. Harry Knox,
director of the Georgia Equality Project, a civil rights
group said the new mailing also will include four
extra teachers’ guides from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum in Washington.
The 15-member Holocaust comrmssion, fornted in
1986, is a state agency. It objected to passages in the
92-page guide "Triangles, Badges, & Stars: Remembering
the Mosaic of Victims of the Holocaust." Gay
civil rights groups were upset when the commission
asked a law firm sponsonng the gnides to delete the
material. The law firm reluctandy agreed and removed
the passages from the Georgia version of the
guide. Versions of the guide were’also produced for
teachers in California and Florida.
HOmosexuals are mentioned in at least four places
in the 6,000 copies printed for Georgia middle school
and high school teachers, said SylviaWygoda, director
and chairwoman of the Holocaust commission.
Vice chairman Alex Gross said commission members
wanted only a few objectionable words removed,
not entire paragraphs.
Here are the para~aphs on Nazi treatment of homosexual
Holocanst victims which the GeorgiaCom:
unssion on the Holocaust asked to be deleted:
"German male homosexuals were targeted and
arrested because they would not breed the master
race: they were an affront to the Nazi macho image."
"’The doors of the third (cattle) car open and the
homosexuals spill forth, males only, because as
Hirnmler concluded, ’Lesbians can give birth.’ The
taunting jeers, and blows of the guards stun the men.
They will stay a night and then be rerouted to
Sachsenhausen mad Buchenwald to be with their
kind. The pink triangle they will soon wear is a result
of ajudgment that they have broken Article 175A, by
sexual act, by kissing, by embracing, by fantasy and
thought. Some will be given an opp_ortunity to recant
by successfully completing sexual activity with a
woman in the camp brothel. Most others will find
themselves tormented from all sides as they struggle
to avoid being assaulted, raped, worked and beaten to
death."
Right-Winger Seeks to
Ban Gay Student Clubs
PHOENIX (AP) - A group of conservative Republican
lawmakers is backing a bill that would ban
support groups for homosexual students from public
school grounds.
The measm’e would require school districts to ban
any student orgamzation that promotes a specific
sexual orientation, sexual activity or any kind of
criminal activity, t’We don’ t allow Playboy clubs on
,c,~tmpus to promote heterosexuality," said Rep. Linda
Gray, R-Glendale, one of the bill’s backers. "Why
should we have Gay clubs to promote homosexuality."
A 3-year-old Gay student group at Desert View
High School in the Suunyside Unified School District
has not caused any problems, said Alan Storm, the
district’s director of student services. The group’s
five members have helped educate students, teachers
and others about discrimination, Storm said. "There
arCh’ t even discussions about sex," Storm said. Storm
added the bill was a bad idea because it jeopardizes
federal funding for schools. Thefederal Equal Access
Actrequires school s to allow all extracurricular groups
to use their facilities. Backers of the federal law said
it was meant to keep schools from banning meetings
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teen-ager who attempted suicide last February is
suing the hospital that treated him, claiming news of
his sexual orientation was leaked by an employee,
Cindy Smith, and eventually spread to his high school.
Smith could not be reached by press time, but Troy
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Community Hospital president Mark Webster issued a
statement denying the allegations.
Greg Congdon, 18 and a former football player and
wrestler, said the disclosure made him an instant pariah,
forcing him to forego his senior year at Troy High-
School and study at home by himself.
Congdon’ s lawyer, Jeffrey P. Osmond of Towanda,
said he believes the suit to be the first of its kind in
Pennsylvania. ’‘This has been a springboard for a bunch
of health-care providers in the area to doubly safeguard
their policies so that this doesn’t happen to them,;;
Osmond said.
Congdon said he realized he was Gay about a month
before the suicide attempt. He told no one, terrified of
the consequences of coming out to his parents and to a
rural, conservative community. Severely depressed,
Congdon ingested 33 Tylenols in the early morning
hours of Feb. 1, 1998, went to school, and took 10 more.
Congdon told the treating physician at Troy Community
Hospital that he tried to kill himself because he was
Gay.
Thelawsuit alleges that Smith- the mother of one of
Congdon’s football teammates -examined Congdon’s
medical records and then told "third persons" that he
was Gay.
Returning to school later, "Everybody just stared at
me,". he said. "I’d get approached by several students
and they would say, ’We heard you’re a faggot, is that
true?’ I would just say, ’Believe whatever you want,’
because I was afraid I’d get beat up." Congdon left
school less than a month after returning.
Troy High School Principal Bob Grantier said he did
not know Congdon was being harassed. "If that was
reported, which it was not, it would have been dealt
with. Bottom line," he said.
Congdon expects to take his high-school equivalency
exam in the summer and attend college next fall as a
criminal justice major. Congdon’s story was featured
last month in an ESPN documentary on Gay athletes.
He also wrote about his experience for a San Francisco-
based magazine for Gay teen-agers. "I’m being
very public with it to raise awareness. We do have a
problem in today’s society and there is hate out there
toward us and other ethnic and religious backgrounds,"
he said. "Something has to be done."
Maryland Governor
Offers Anti-Bias Bill
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Gov. Parris Glendening,
prompted by memories of a brother who died of AIDS
after hiding his homosexuality throughout a long military
career, will sponsor legislation this y~ar to ban
discrimination against Gays and Lesbians. Glendening
has endorsed similar legislation in the past, but this year
it will be part of his official administration legislative
package. His bill would add sexual orientation to a law
that already bans discrimination in housing and em-
.ployment because of sex, age, race and religion.
Kathleen Nieberding-Ryan, who has lobbied for the
bill the past few years, said the governor’ s decision to
make it part of his program "will help break down some
of our barriers." "I’ve worked on this bill for a long
time," said Ms. Nieberding-Ryan, lobbyist for MarylandNOWand
former lobbyist for the Free State Justice
Campaign, an organization representing Gays and Lesbians.
"Each year we’ ve inched closer and closer, but
could not secure the one or two votes needed for
passage," she said.
Richard Dowling, head of the Maryland Catholic
Conference, said the church has opposed the bill in the
past and probabl y will do so again. "In our tradition,
discrimination against any person in regard to basic
human fights is a sin," Dowling said. He said that
includes people whose sexual orientation is homosexual,
"but orientation and practice are not the same.’"
"Whether intended or not, this legislation would have
.the eff~t oflegitimating homosexual practice, and that,
m our view, is something government Should not do,"
Dowling said.
Glendening said it was difficult for his brother to live
with the knowledge that his’ career in the Air Force
would be ruined if his homosexuality had been discovered.
"No one should be in fear of their job, no matter
what their occupation, because of their sexual orientation,"
he said.
But ~fracy Conaty, communications director for the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in Washing-
, ton, said discrimination "is a fact of life for many
Gay and Lesbian people." "This law is needed
¯ because it is still legal in the state of Maryland to
; fire somebody simply because they are Gay, Lesbian,
bi-sexual or trans-gendered," she said. "Gov.
Glendening is showing real leadership, in not only
recognizing that fact but addressing it," Ms. Conaty
: said.
:¯¯ Anti-Bias Vote May.Lead to Voter Retaliation
¯ CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - City Commis-
: sioner Nancy Evans knows there mightbefallout at
¯ the voting booth after the City Council decided to ¯ offer protection to homosexuals under the Cedar
¯ Rapids civil rights ordinance. The City Council
¯ ,~oted 3-2 early to make the addition, protecting
¯ homosexuals from discrimination in education,
: honsing, credit, employment and public accommo-
¯ dation.
¯ "This could very well cost an election. I under-
. stand that,’" Evans said. "But cost is not what’s
¯ important. If I believe this stands for intolerance, if
I believe this is injustice, then I have an affirmative
¯ duty toact,nomatterwhatitcosts." Evans and Dale
Toddboth mentioned the Novemberelections when
¯ they discussed their votes in favor of the ordinance.
Mayor Lee Clancey joined them in the majority.
¯ Commissioners Don Thomas and Ole Munson
¯ voted against the change. The Rev. Larry Johnson,
¯ a spokesman for conservative Christiar~s in Cedar
: Rapids, saidhewill try to rally political support for
¯ a new set of candidates. Johnson said, "This thing is very offensive to a lot of people. We want to
¯ investigate to see what we can come up with as far
¯ as overturning this."
Anti-Gay Adoption
Law Reconsidered ¯
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Elizabeth Janeway and
¯ her husband wanted to become foster parents, but
: said they couldn’ t stomach the state’ s ban on Gay
¯ adoptive and foster parents. When they applied in
1991, the state asked them if they had any homo-
" sexuals in their family, Mrs. Janeway told a House
¯ committee. "I felt sick answering the question,"
i She said. "Not sick because we have a Gay son and
¯ a Lesbian daughter, but because of what the ques-
¯ tion implied about our children."
¯ Rep. Raymond Buckley, D-Manchester, wants
¯ that to end. Hehas sponsored a bill to repeal a 1987
¯
law that bans Gays and Lesbians from adopting and
¯ serving as foster parents. "This law was enacted
¯ during a time of great fear," Buckley said. "Thank-
" fully, we know much more today than we did a
¯ decade ago." The ban was passed at "the height of
." the season of hate," he said. New Hampshire is one
¯ of only two states with such restrictions; Floridais
: the other.
¯ A crowd of more than 80 doctors, ministers,
foster parents, Gay civil fights activists and others
¯ gathered to urge the committee to send the bill to
the House for a vote.
: Buckley blames the passage of the ban on fears
¯ fed by the surge of AIDS during the 1980s and
mistaken belief that homosexual parents would
molest their adopted or foster children. During the
legislative debate in 1987, one supporter of the ban
argued that Gay people wanted to "raise their own
meat" to sexually molest. "This law was enacted
despite the lack of a single complaint, not one shred
¯ of evidence, without a single incident of concern,"
¯ Buckley said.
¯ Thelaw also requires heterosexual couples wish-
. ing to adopt or be foster parents to sign a form
stating no adult in the household is homosexual.
~ "This law does more thanmerely prohibit Gays and
¯ Lesbians from adopting or serving as foster parents,"
Buckley said. "It intrudes into the homes of
¯ heterosexual couples as well."
¯ Buckley would not say whether he thought the ¯
bill was likely to pass, only that he hopes the
: Legislature has progressed since the original mea-
¯ sure passed.
Dr. ML King Would
Have Fought AIDS
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Martin Luther King
Jr. did not live to see the scourge ofAIDS,
but ifhe had, he would have been a leader
in the battle against the disease, health
care experts and religious leaders believe.
"Of course he would have been out
there talking about AIDS and advocating
programs to help stop the spread Of HIV ,"
said the Rev Lionel Starkes, an HIVi
AIDS counselor for the Clark County
Health District. Starkes was a member of
a panel that discussed the subject "AIDS:
WhatWouldBe Dr. King’ s Involvement?"
The panel was part of activities in observance
of the national holiday honoring
King’s birthday.
Ulysess Palrose, HIV/AIDS care coordinator
for Sierra Health Services, said
that nationwide, the number of people
dying from AIDS has declined, as have
the number of people infected with HIV.
But the number of blacks contracting the
vires has increased.
’Tmnot an expert on Dr. Martin Luther
King, and I don’ tknow all thereis to know
aboutAIDS, but all I doknow tellsme that
he would be a drum major" in the fight
against HIV, particularly in regard to the
African American commumty, Palrose
said.
According to national statistics, 43 percent
ofnew HIV/AIDSpatients are black.
Blacks constitute about 13 perccgt of the
population. More than 50 percent of all
babies and women infected with HIV are
’black.
Scientist Develops
New HIV Treatment
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -A University
of Kentucky (UK) scientist holds patents
on two new methods for treating AIDS
and cancer with drugs that have been
around for years. Trials of the cancer
therapy are at least two years away, but
the AIDS therapy could be tested on human
patients later this year in South Af-
Dr. Vincent Gallicchio, a cell biologist
and associate dean of research in UK’s
College of Allied Health Professions, developed
and patented the AIDS treatment
independently.
Gallicchio came up with the cancer
therapy in partnership with Milton Yatvin,
professor of radiation oncology at the
Oregon Health Science Center. They
jointly hold the patent on this treatment.
In combatting AIDS, Gallicchio proposes
a combination ofAZT or DDI- two
anti-viral drugs now prescribed for the
disease - and lithium, a drug used for
decades to treat manic depression. Research
has shown that lithium, in addition
to its beneficial effects on mental illness,
stimulates the human immune system.
AIDS kills people by destroying their
immunity. Therefore, Gallicchio thinks
that an AZT-lithium "cocktail" might stabilize
AIDS patients by charging up their
immune systems.
Gallicchio and Yatvin plan to attack
cancer with a new kind of drug-delivery
system, putting standard chemotherapy
agents inside naturally occurring human
immune cells called "macrophages."
Theoretically, the macrophages would
carry thehighly toxic chemotherapy drugs
directly to the site of the cancer, leaving
healthy tissue unharmed.
Lithiumwas first suggestedformedical
use 50 years ago, and approved by the
FDA for use in manic depressive patients
about 1970. "We’ re sort of the first to put
two and two together," said Gallicchio
who, in addition to his UKpost, heads the
International Society for Lithium Research,
a.scientific group devoted to learning
more about the drug.
One reason lithium’ s potential in AIDS
hash’ t been researched before, Gallicchio
said, is economics. Lithium is cheap. So,
there’ s been little economic incentive for
pharmaceutical finns to explore its potential
in AIDS because profits wouldn’t be
great. Lithium’s toxicity also has been
problem, but Gallieehio says that’s been
solved.
Gallicchio plans to test his idea in South
Africa, where selected AIDS patients will
be given his lithium cocktail. South Africa
was chosen as the test site, he said,
because its AIDS incidence rate is one of
the world’s highest.
In battling cancer, Gallicchio and his
pamier,Yatvin, envision a system in which
.powerful drugs would zip straight to the
site of the disease, like homing pigeons,
ignoring healthy tissue. To achieve that,
they would use macrophages.
Macrophages are large immune cells,
which are manufactured in the bone marrow
and then migrate to the body’ s orgaus.
Each organ has its own macrophage,
and each macrophage somehow
knows which organ it is assigned to. A
liver macrophage knows it’ s supposed to
go to the liver; a brain macrophage knows
it’ s supposed to travel to the brain, and so
on.
Gallicchio and Yatvin propose to use
this macrophage "homing instinct."To
treat, say, liver cancer, you could pm
chemotherapy drugs inside liver macrophages,
whichthen would carry them straight
to the cancer.
The plan would be to grow macrophages
in an artificial environment, combine
them with cancer drugs, then deliver
the mixture into cancer patients intravenously.
But Gallicchio says it will be
about two years before trials in humans.
First, researchers mustprove the approach
works in animals, and that it poses no
hazards to patients.
Charity to Help
Children with AIDS
tCAMPALA, Uganda (AP)-Funds raised
by Rotary International will pay for
projects devoted to children affected by
polio and AIDS-related diseases, the
organization’s president said recently.
Speaking to reporters before the opening
of Rotary’ s International Summit on Africa,
James Lacy of Cookeville, Tenn.,
said the organization would also fund
facilities that offer corrective plastic surgery
and finance micro-credit facilities,
job training and educational programs.
More than 400 Rotary members from
23 nations have gathered for the three-day
conference opened by Prime Minister
KintuMusoke, whoread a statement from
President Yoweri Museveni. "I’m glad
¯ that President Lacy has chosen poverty as
¯ the main theme of the conference,"
¯ Museveni said in his statement. "Poverty
: is a great problem in Africa, andwehope
; you will offer practical solutions to it."
¯ Lacy, 68, said Rotary’s efforts would
: focus this yearonchildren and their health.
: "I came here to see the problems faced by
: children and to see exactly where we can
¯ help," he said.
: Rotary has committed more than $313
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HIV+ Soldier Guilty
of Assault by Sex
ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) - An HIV-posifive
Army private from New York City
was sentenced to three years in military
prison after pleading guilty to aggravated
assault for having unprotected sex.
Gerland Squires, 21, also will receive a
bad-conduct discharge from the Army
and forfeit all pay and benefits. Her rank
was immediately reduced from private
first class to private.
After a 1997 blood test revealed Ms.
Squires had HIV, her commander at Aberdeen
Proving Ground ordered her to use
condoms and tell her sexual partners that
she carried the AIDS virus. But Ms.
Squires did not tell eight men she was
HIV-positive and had unprotected sex
with four of them, prosecutors said. She
told a ninth man she had the virus but did
not insist he use a condom. None of the
ninemen- six enlisted and three civilians
- has tested positive for the virus.
Ms. Squires,cryingonthe witness stand,
told jurors she had sex to escape her fear
and confusion about having HIV and
passing it on to-her daughter, who is now
9 months old. She said she feared rejeclion
if she told her sex partners she has
HIV.
Aberdeen Proving Ground, about 40
miles north of Baltimore, was the site of
the biggest sex scandal in U.S. mililary
history in 1997. Twelve drill instructors
were accused of forcing female subordinates
to have sex. One instructor was
cleared, and the remaining 11 either were
convicted or re’signed.
India’s Challenge:
AIDS Treatment
NEW DELHI, India (AP) - On paper at
least, India is ready to cope with the consequences
of increasing AIDS cases. It
hopes to avoid being overwhelmed by not
just the disease, but byfear and ignorance.
P.L. Joshi, deputy director of the
government’s National AIDS Control
Organization, confidently fingers a thick,
plastic-bound sheaf of tables and prose
that detail how nearly 1 million medical
workers, from hospital janitors to surgeons,
will be trained to care for AIDS
patients. But Joshi acknowledges the training
has barely begun, and those patients
today face being alined away by hospitals
or, when they are admitted, find that doctors
and nurses refuse even to touch them.
"’There is an element of fear," Joshi
said. "People think that if they handle
these patients, they will get the disease.
Discrimination can only be taken care of
by a strong training program."
Experts say India’s nearly 1 billion
people are in only the early stages of an
AIDS epidemic that already has swept
over Europe and America and decimated
Africa, where in some places a quarter of
the population is infected with the AIDS
virus.
.Joshi and his colleagues in India’ s campmgn
against AIDS have focused on education
and prevention, hoping to keep the
infection rate down. Now they acknowledg.
e they also must face the challenge of
canng for people with full-blown AIDS
and those infected with the virus.
The World Bank predicts that already
snuggling medical systems in developing
countries like India will be so swamped
by AIDS it will be impossible for people
with other diseases to get care.
India’ s government estimates 5 million
people, less than 1% of Indians, are infected
with the AIDS virus. That is considered
low by many experts because it is
based on very limited testing, but even
that figuremeans one of the world’ s poorest
countries has more infected people
than any other nation.
The estimate of infected Indians has
increased steadily from 2.5 million in
1996, spreading mainly through heterosexual
sex into the general public from
high-risk groups like prostitutes and intravenous
drug users. Joshi’s agency says
the number of full-blown AIDS cases has
soared from six in 1986 to 3,167 in 1996
to around 5,000 in 1998.
Knowledge about the disease is lacking
amongmostIndians,including health professionals.
Four years ago, India’ s largest
and most prestigious hospital, the All-
India Institute of Medical Sciences, surveyedits
morethan7,000 employees about
AIDS. Dr. Bir Singh, head ofAIDS training
at the institute, said he found many
staffmembers did not follow even simple
procedures like using needles properly to
ensure they did not prick themselves with
tips contaminated with a patient’s blood.
Worse, Singh found doctors and nurses
infected with the prejudices about AIDS
that are common in the rest of India. A
disease linked to sex and drugs in this
conservative society is deeply shameful,
and those infected with the virus are often
treated as if they deserve to die.
"The moment it becomes known that a
person on a ward is HIV-positive, fear
engulfs the ward. That fear is still rampant.
That shows theignorance among the
medical community," he said. "If the time
comes, God forbid, when one in four
patients is HIV+, what will we do?"
Sahara, a private residential drug treatment
program supported by international
aid groups, already faces that problem.
Director Neville Selhore estimates a third.
of the 120-130 recovering drug addicts
living at Sahara’s house in south New
Delhi are infected. "In 1990, a lot of the
people here started to fall ill," said
Selhore’ s wife and co-director, Elizabeth.
They soon learned the increasing cases of
tuberculosis and shingles pointed to the
spread of the AIDS virus and took on the
task of treating that as well as addiction.
Over the years, the Selhores have developed
a matter-of-factness about AIDS
that would be striking anywhere. The
couple and their young sons live at Sahara
along with the recovering addicts. The
boys "know about the disease, and they’ re
cool," Selhore said. "They see how we
deal with it. They know there are onlv so
many ways it can be transmitted."
At the 16-bed clinic that Sahara opened
earlier this year, attendants pat patients’
hair or help them walk with casual affection.
They counsel the patients not to
share medications like ointment, to use
condoms, to stay healthy.
Pop music plays in the background.
With books and board games on a shelf in
a room that doubles as parlor and nurse’ s
office, the atmosphere is that of an unusually
calm and orderly college dorm. The
message is simple: People with the AIDS
v~rus can live a normal life if they are
armedwithinformation. "Weteachpeople
to take care of themselves. Because how
many people can the government and
orgamzations like this take care of?"
Tulsa is blessed with quite afew excel- " eration just hasn’t seemed to work.
lent arts organizations
good fortune of this
newspaper to-be able to
work with most of
them. Tulsa Family
News was honored especially
to have been a
media sponsor for
Philbrook’s Year of
Europe in 1998. We’ve
also had the pleasure of
working with
Gilcrease, the Philharmonic,
Tulsa Ballet,
Tulsa Opera and again
the Tulsa Performing
Arts Center Trust
(TPACT).
All of these orgamzations
recognize that,
stereotypes not withstanding,
Tulsa’s Lesbian
and Gay commuand
it’s been the "
Philbrook’s new Beads exhibit
promises to be interesting
Villain no. 1: American Theatre Company.
Repeated calls to
Kitty Roberts have resulted
in no response.
Ms. Roberts apparently
thinksTheTulsaWorld
reaches everyone with
whom she needs to
bother. I mean if someone
calls repeatedly to
say they’ll give you
some free press if you
only will send a press
release, ’why not?
Surely this is not a case
of bias since a prominent
member of this
company is aGay man.
Perhaps once they
couldnothave afforded
the extra stamps but in
these days of faxes and
e-mail, what gives?
nities do support the arts, perhaps even
beyond our numbers. As the lovely
Camille Sartain, formerly ofTPACT and
now working at Gilcrease has stated, it
just doesn’t make sense for arts organizations
not to reach out to the Gaycommu-
So itmakes you wonder about the folks
who just don’t seem to get it! Ani]’they
mostly seem to be theater types, amazingly
enough. Tulsa Family News continues
to have difficulty with several organizations
whom,we will name in hope that
we .might shame them into treating Gay
people fairly. It doesn’t seem that it could
hurt since politely asking for their coop-
¯ Villain no. 2: Theatre Tulsa! run by a
¯¯ wall-known Gay man whom you can see
at Renegades’ pool tables regularly. Re-
" peated visits in person have not persuaded
these folks to share info. about their per-
" formances. Now some with more wicked
¯ tongues than I might say that no self-
" respecting Gay would want to see some of
the ponderous theatrical warhorses this
¯ company produces- still tastes do vary in
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by Adam West
Toby Sligh is one of those characters,
heroes really, who comes along only once
a generation or so. Like Ishmael or Pip or
Hamlet, he brings out all of
0urfears anddreams andhopes
and desires. Don’t get me
wrong, Daniel Vilmure, the
author of Toby’s Lie is not yet
a Melville or Dickens. He’s
nowhere near Shakespeare.
But when this promising
young author decided to make
a worthwhile character, he really
overshot his mark.
Toby is in love with Ia~., the
one-eyed rich kid that has the
"most popular" spot at their
Jesuit-run Catholic school.
Toby wants to take Ian to the
prom. This causes quite a stir,
which gets Toby even more
confusedthanhis mothermoving
out of the house for mysterious reasons.
It confuses him morethan the beautiful
Latin priest who may or may not be the
child molester ofyoungToby’s dreams. It
confuses him more than his theoretically
drug-dealing best friend. It confuses him
almost as much as his relationship with
the AIDS-stricken priest that’]ae visits at
lan’s behest in the local hospital.
Toby’s life gets thrown around in a
whirlwindofstrangefriends, strangerfamily
and familiar strangers. It is how Toby
¯grows tofignreeverything out, andaceept
the strangeness, that makes him a hero.
And make no mistake - to the young
people growing up Gay in this world
l’oby Sligh should be a hero.
What struck me most about Toby’s Lie
was the fact that it’s a cleverly disguised
AIDS novel. Don~t be put off. We’ve all
had enough of our emotions beingjerked
around by badly written, overly soap opera-
ish, ’woe-is-me’ plays, movies, books,
articles, poems, and television specials.
But we should not become disinterested
by a work that truly captures what AIDS
has done to our community (by ’community’
I mean Earth, not the local ’ghetto’).
This problem is not over, and Toby’s
Lie reminds us of that. Finally, an author
reminds us, touches us, in a way that
provokes thought instead of stifling it.
]’oby’s problems are many. He’s bombarded
onall sides by the schemes and lies
of everyone he knows. He’s not innocent.
But he is honest.., in a way that few of us
are ever tndy so: Toby is willing to say
what he fears. And in the end when the
fear ofAIDS piles on top of all the others,
l’oby greets it with true courage.
What Toby’s Lie tinally brings us is a
unique novel in Gay literature. Vilmure
has not succumbed to the need to whine
that our supposed classics (like E.M.
Forster, Edmund White or Andrew
Ric Poston, OklahomaMr. Leather will
host a multi-family garage sale to help
with his titleholder travel fund.
This event will be held in Jenks at 420
West Eighth .on Saturday and Sunday,
Feb. 20-21, from 7am to dark. Donations
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Tol~ Sli~h is one
of those
~lmracters,
heroes really,
~ho come alon~
only once a
~eneratlon or so.
Like Ishmael or
Pip or Hamlet, he
brin~s out. all of
our fea~s and
dreams and hopes
and desires.
Holleran) have. Vilmure is aware of the
dangers Of being Gay and being young.
He’s aware of everything that scares us.
However, unlikemostofus who are afraid,
this author faces the fear with
introspection and grace and
dignity. Toby does not run
away fromhis fears in the end,
and that is what saves his life.
This is a coming of age novel,
but Toby grows up like most
of us do not - Toby learns to
stand up for himself. This is a
quality that is sadly lacking in
the Gay community, no matter
how many snappy queens
you know.
I’d like to digress a little
here, soforgivemeinadvance.
This is after all my last review
for you (I’m moving to New
York!). Do you remember
Blaxploitation?Thosehorren-
¯
dous movies, books and television shows
¯¯ (Yes, Shaftwasjustas awful as Blacula!)
that poured onto the market when enter-
." tainment moguls realized that Black
¯ people liked TVtoo?
¯ I’d like to send you a warning. Beware
¯¯ of Queer-ploitation. The signs of its arrival
arehere (was In andOutor To Wong
¯ Foo really for us, even if they were much
¯ loftier than Blacula?). I came across it
¯ most recently when I started a book for
¯ this very review. The book is called Eye ¯
Contact and it is a mystery with a Gay
¯ protagonist. After my years of schooling
¯ and intelligent discourse about literature, ¯
Icouldonly thinkofonewordthatsummed
¯ up this book: stupid.
¯" Don’t be fooled by the attractive half-
¯. nakedman on the cover- his picure is not worth the price. Or the support a purchase
¯ shows to the publisher who would put out
: a badly-written, ill-conceived novel, just
¯ because they discovered Gay people read
¯
tOO.
¯ Be careful what you buy. Just because a
: book has a Gay protagonist, does not
¯ mean it is good to buy. Don’t let them
¯ think they can sell us Good Times when
¯ we could be purchasing Will and Grace.
¯ Buy Toby’s Lie or Blue Coyote (reviewed ¯
last month), rather than something that
¯ has a pretty chest on the cover and no
muscle inside.
¯ Thank you for reading my reviews and
take care of us.
¯ Adam West is no longer a resident of
¯ Tulsa or Oklahoma, having relocated the
¯ Batcave to the state of New York. He ¯
practically has no credentials, and he
¯ certainly no longer has ajob.
¯ Editor’s note: Tulsa Family News would ¯
like to thank Adamfor his work as a book
¯ reviewer and to wish him good luck and
¯ much warmth as he moves to the frozen
northland.s.
¯
Poston, as Oklahoma Mr. Leather, has
¯ traveled to 14 community events in the
¯ last H weeks. He’sbeentotheDistrictof ¯
¯ Columbia twice, San Francisco and the
Mid:Atlantic redon. Poston wants corn-
¯ munity members to know that he is avail-
: abletoassistinbenefitsandalsohasgiven
¯ seminars on Gay family structurerecently
¯ to Red Rock and to PFLAG. He will be
¯ going to IML, Intemational Mr. Leather
¯ inMay, hoping to continue theOklahoma ¯
tradition of Leather leadership.
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alternative universe this month, at least . variation even within a similarlot ofhamaccording
to her answering machine. She ~ mers.
promises to return to earlh orbit with a o A tape measure is handy to have as
new column next month. In the meantime, well, since accurate measurements help
we repeat this useful column from last ensure successful projects. My advice is
March. to buynothing less than
by Mary Schepers Everyone al6 ft and preferably a
Everyone needs a needs a t0oll~it. 25 ft. There is a meatoolkit.
Our editor suring tape called the
laughs lasciviously and Our editor laughs "’E-Z Rule" that not
offers his own sugges- laselvlously and only has the cry.ptic
dons, which I won’t hashmarksbetweenthe
dignify by repeating, o~ers ]~is own inches but also the ac-
Whether your ambisuggestions,
whleh I tual measurement in
tions extend no further number (i.e. 1/8, 1/2,
than installing mini- won’t dignify 5/8,etc.)foraquickand
blinds, or whether it easy fix on just where
involves "project fan- by repeating, you are. I confess that,
tasies" on a regular ba- Wl~etber your prior to owning an E-Z
sis, some basic tools Rule, I sometimes had
should bc standard in ambitions extend no to count out the hash
any home. ~urtl~er than marks to verify my
To begin with; a few measurement, ttome
of the DIYD’s basic installing mlni-bllnds, repairs don’t have to
rules: first, buy the best
- or wl~etl~er it involves be that painful - oh,
tools you can afford, memories of Sister
Trust me on this one; it "project fantasies" Mary Agnes’ s math
does make adifference, class!Always try to use
and it’s a worthwhile on a regular basis, the measuring tool
maxim to follow, even some basic tools each time; this is really
if you must occasion- critical ff you are meaally
resort to layaway should, be standard suring things that need
ordelayedgratffieation, i~i any borne, to fit together, as I
Second, honor your found out to my distools
and save yoursdfalot offrustration: may inmy early handy-dyke days. Seems
keep your tools together and organized, there there’s always some variation even
They deserve b~tter than to be chucked with something as standard as measureunceremoniously
into your standardjunk ment. Of course, size queens have known
drawer, or under the seat of your car, or - this for years.
horrors! - propping up a potted plant. A few wrenches are also he~udy to have
Third, think about the tasks you do most about. My recommendations: one pair of
often and- buy the necessary tools first, normal pliers; one pair of slip joint phers
A screwdriver set is almost a given. If (channel locks); and one pair of adjustyoudon’t
thinkitis essential tohavemore able locking pliers (vise grips). This is a
than just one, used indiscriminately for bare minimum. If you are going to get
everything, please bear with me. Bare serious about home repairs, I’d also sugminimum,
four screwdrivers: large and gest a small set of combination box end/
small each of a fiat blade and a Phillips open end wrenches in the standard (not
head (cross shaped) screwdriver. Myself, metric) size, a pair of needle nose pliers,
I like four.of each type as a minimum, some wire cutters (aka, "Dykes" -Inn),
frommonstroustominute;mosttaskswill and at least one pipe wrench. However,
fall somewhere in the middle, but its great the bare minimum will take care of most
to have the extremes (no, not the Supremes) basic jobs.
on hand when you need them. Referring back to Rule no. 2, do your-
Using the proper type .and size screw- self and your tools a favor and keep them
driver helps prevent the frustration of together.I’mnotjustbeingabitanalhere;
cam-out (or"wallerin’ out", as I was raised I’m still looking for tools I used to rehab
to say) when you are halfway finished my house. Suggestions: a tool drawer in
driving a screw and can neither go further the house; a peg board with hooks in the
nor back it out. When selecting screw- garage; a plastic bucket or trays with
drivers, it is easy to ignore Rule no. 1: handles or a gatemouth bag. The there’s
Darlings, don’t do it! Cheap drivers bend, my favorite, the tool brit. I always keep a
break and lose head integrity, which also ¯ hammer, a couple of screwdrivers, ameacontributes
to cam-out. You didn’t save : suring tape and a small pair of vise grips
much money if you blow through a set of : in mine, along with a carpenter’ s pencil. I
screwdriverseveryyear.Finally,useyour ¯ can just grab that little darling and get
drivers to drive screws only. They are
° started on any basic tasks right away. It
neither cold chisels noricepicks norham- ¯ also holds the nails, screw, drill bits, etc.
mers. that I’ll be using specific to that task.
A proper hammer should also be in ° Tins brings me to a cautionary tale. My
your basic tool box anyway. There are all " friend C. was on a ladder nailing some
sortsofhammers-finishing,framiug,ball ¯ sidingrecenfly;shecarfiedhernailsinthe
peen, etc. If you only have one hammer, ¯ time-honored yet dangerous method -
make it acarpenter’s hammer. It candrive " between her lips. She and the ladder took
or pull nails, nudge a stubborn board into " a tumble, a nail went down her throat,
place, even demolish that tacky Pepto ¯ resulting in a $3500 trip to the ER. In that
pinktile tub surround. Once again, review ¯ Light, a tool belt is also very economical.
Rule no. 1. A cheap hammer will beat you If this st0ry doesn’ t convince of the merits
like a stepchild if you useit for any length ¯ of a tool belt, please consider its aesthetof
time. A hammer should feel well-bal- ¯ ics: a tool belt has a certain butchly charm
anced in your hand and comfortable to : that almost defies description. Just ask the
grip. Stanley makes a good hamm,er, but " men and women who know.
by Esther Rothblum ¯ publishers. One publisher said they had
Irecentlyhadaconversation~vithElana : too many Jews on their list already!"
Dykewomon about her latest book Be- " When Elana was doing a reading of a
yond the Pale, a novd about the lives of ¯ section of the book, an editor who hap-
RussianJewishLesbianswhoimmigrated " pened to be in the audience knew of antoNorthAmericanattheturn
"~rhen I was 12 or
other woman who was
of the century. Elana searching for Lesbian mate-
Dykewomontmsalwaysbro- 18,I tried tol~ll rial to adapt for her
ken new ground. Her book myself. I was one of storytelling performances.
Riverfinger Womanwas one "My
of the first Lesbian novels, those statistics of
section was then dramatized,"
Elana told me. "I
Beyond the Pale won the adolescent Les[rians saw this woman, Helen
1998 Lambda Literary
who attempt su~elde.
Mintz, performing it once
Award for Lesbian fiction, and I was floored. It’ s amaz-
I asked her how she be- "~hen I was . ing to see someone act your
came a writer. "I was always institutionali~d, work. She performed it in
writing. I was a writing Vancouver where the edichild,"
she said."When I was I realked tlmt tors of Press Gang Publish-
12 or 13, I tried to kill my- writers didn’t kave ers heard it and wrote to me
self. I was one of those statistics
of adolescent Lesbi- to be 0endered in the
askingmeif they could consider
publishing the book."
ans who at[empt suicide, same way that 01rls As Elana continued
WhenI was institutionalized, -. and boys did. work on the book, shehad to
I realized that writers didn’ t researchmany aspects oflife
have to be gendered in the same way that at the turn of the century. "I had toread the
. girls and boys did. That is, I could choose really dry stuff," she said, "like the history
to be neither a traditional girl nor boy; I of the grain trade in Odessa. I couldn’t go
could be a writer." Elana.found that she to Russia, so I was looking for descripcould
be eccentric and free in that m.le as tions of streets and figuring outwhat daily
a writer, life was like. My girlfriend Susan
In college at the California Institute of Levenkind is a librarian and she was very
Arts, Elanamet anumber of experimental good at finding tbings out for me. I would
poets and became active in Gay libera- read a book and then use their bibliogration.
One of her teachers knew someone phy as a starting point. I learnedhow to be
in publishing. ’¢Fhis was 1971, and they an historian." A friend gave her a book
were starting a slightly pornographic se- about the Women’ s Trade Union League,
ties for housewives to cash in on the new which turned out be quite a Lesbian orgafeminist
sexuality," Elana remembered, nization. She went to labor libraries, and
laughing, "and told me to write up my even looked up the transportation system
experiences. I wrote the first third of the in New York City at the turn of the cenbook
in !8 straight hours. I wanted to tury.
write a Lesbian novel with a happy end- At book readings, Elana prefers seeing."
But the publisher said it was not tlons of her book that describe the powhat
they were looking for. groins in Russia. "I also like to read the
By this time Elana had moved to the sectionsthathavealittlesexinthem,"she
women’ s community in Northampton, said. For example, when Chava and Rose
Massachusetts. The feminist publisher fall in love:
Daughters Inc. had sent flyers around "Rose leaned towards me, put her hand
townand afriendrecommended thatElana on my cheek to turn my face so we could
send her book to thatnew company. They see each other... ’So if you want to and I
accepted Riverfinger Woman whichcame want to, who starts?’
out in print in 1974, one year after they I pulled the tenement air down to the
published Rubyfruit Jungle. The Naiad bottom of my lungs. This was harder than
Press reprint of Riverfinger Woman con- goingout on strike. I moved my lips onto
eludes with an essay detailing Elana’s Rose’ s. Together. We had been lying in
process in getting this book published, bed together for more than two years.
Elana went on to publish three more ¯ Careful.Cousins. Leftside, rightside, I’m
books before her current novel. They Will worn out, me too, goodnight.
KnowMeByMy Teeth was a colleclion of No, I changed my mind as the kissshort
stories which she self-published in engulfed our faces and my hands found
1976. She also published abook ofpoems the soft flesh of her shoulders and pressed
entitled Fragments From Lesbos. In 1995 her close. This was easier than going on
Onlywomen Press published her book of strike. This was easier than anything."
poems Nothing Will BE As Sweet As The The response from readers has been
Taste. Elana also had a long stint as an wonderful. ’T ve gotten lots ofletters sayeditor
of the feminist periodical Sihister ing ’This is my grandmother’s Story’ or
Wisdom. ’now I understand my history’ or hetero-
Beyond the Pale began over ten years sexualwomenintheir70s or80s wholove
ago as a poem. After she had written that this story," said Elana.
poem, Elana felt that there was a longer . The "Lammies" (Lambda Literary
story there. "So I started to think who ¯ Awards) are to Lesbian writing what the
these two women would be and who their ¯ Oscars are to Hollywood. Elana’ s award
familieswouldbe, whatwouldmakethem " for Lesbian fiction is the eqnivalent of the
migrate. I started to read old books about " best actress award in the Oscars. She was
travellors in Russia at the turn of the : awarded the most recent Lammy for Lescentury.
The depths of the anti-Semitism ¯ bian fiction.
in these books was stnnning to me." For further information, contact Elana
"I wrote what became the midwife’s " Dykewomon at dyke@sfsu.edu. Beyond
story, and decided this could be a novel. ¯ the Pale was published in 1997 by Press
When the first half of the book was done, " Gang Publishers, 225 East 17th Ave.,
I got someunencouraging responses from " Vancouver, B.C. VSV IA6, Canada.
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gridlock we have come to know from our
nation’s capital," she added.
Never before in the history of the Gay
rights movement has there been a coordinated
political campaxgn of actions in all
50 states as well as the District of Columbia
and Puerto Rico. Equality Begins at
Homerepresents anew phase of the movement
- a focus on state orgamzing and
legislatures. The vast majority of debates
and decisions about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
and Transgender equality occur in
state legislatures. Equality Begins atHome
will bolster the infrastructure of the Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual, andTransgendermovement
within the states - where the heart of
the struggle for equality lies - and lead to
greater success in the overall struggle for
equality.
Each state organization will develop
events to highlight priority issues:
* In California, activists will focus on
defeating an anti-Gay ballot measure to
be put before voters next year. Events will
include a rally and youth lobby day.
* In New Hampshire, activists will hold
a rally at the state capitol to focus attention
on the need to repeal a state law
banning Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and
Transgender people from adopting children.
* In Nebraska, organizers will target
workplace discrimination. They will hold
a lobby day and circulate a "Workplace
Fairness Petition" to business owners
Early on, Tulsa Family News was’told not
to expect fair treatment from this operation
due to the religious prejudices of the
owner, Larry Payton. And true to that
warning, Payton never has taken Tulsa’s
Gay community seriously as part of his
market.
They do send out press releases sometimes
but at least on one occasion only
after the deadlines for every monthly pul~-
lication had passed. There’s not much
point in writing about this sort of event
two weeks after it’s over.
It would be one thing if their decisions
were made on serious business rationale
such as reach of a publication or the cost
for a particular market segment. But
Payton openly admits that he is motivated
by religion; that is, as a Southern Baptist
he feels it’s his religious duty to discriminate
against Gay readers. Now what was
it that Jesus said? Love your neighbor as
yourself, wasn’t it? Is that how he would
want to be treated?
Note, however, that he doesn’t hesitate
to use Gays when it is to his advantage,
say, like many of the people with whom
he does business: the actors, the theatrical
companies, even a member of his own
staff.
The one time he advertised with this
newspaper for The Phantom ofthe Opera
was because we contacted The Phantom
company who -~magine, were mostly
Gay men. It seems they thought reaching
out to us was a good idea.
Oh well, don’t look to see info. about
these companies anytime soonif wejudge
from past performance. But we always
hold out hope for redemption, that these
hard hearts might be softened.
Meanwhile don’t miss the new shows
at Philbrook. Drop by Gilcrease too when
throughout the state.
"The battleground for equality has
moved to the states, and so have we," said
Paula Ettelbrick, Equality Begins atHome
national coordinator. "We are throwing
down the gauntlet and demanding that
state officials resist the right wing’s efforts
to deny us our basic fights as citizens,"
Ettelbrick added. Equality Begins
at Home is part of a campaign to counter
the growing muscle of the right wing and
its anti-Gay attacks. In the last few years,
the right has passed dozens of anti-Gay
laws in dozens of states.
In addition, 1998 was one of the most
vicious years in recent memory. Senate
Majority Leader Trent Lott likened homosexuality
to kleptomania and sex addiction.
Congress introduced a number of
mean-spirited anti-Gay measures. Rightwing
groups launched a major advertising
campaign attacking Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
and Transgender people. In addition,
voters approved anti-Gay ballot
measures in Alaska; Hawaii; Fayetteville,
Arkansas; Fort Collins, Colorado; and
Ognnquit, Maine
"Our demands are simple and in line
with basic American values: the right to
be safe, to have a family, to hold ajob, and
to participate fully as citizens. It’ s exactly
what every American wants anddeserves,"
said Gina Reiss, co-chair of the Federation
of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and
Transgender Statewide Political Orgamzations
and executive director of New
Jersey Lesbian and Gay Coalition.
For a calendar of events for Equality
Beg ins atHome, please view our web site
at http://www.equalitybeginsathome.org
Note also that February will be quite the
month for dance with the Tulsa Ballet
seemingly getter better with ev cry performance
(2/5-7 The Green Table. Equinoxe
and Jardi Tancat) and Les Ballets
Trockadero de Monte Carlo in for just
one, mind you, just one fabulous "men in
tights" performanceon March 16th. Don’t
miss it! - TFN entertainment editor
Bill Laforttme. In Republican circles, it’s
said that Gov. Frank Keating has suggested
that he would not oppose the
amendment.
Also the following bills were introduced
in the Oklahoma House:
HB1224- An Act relating to children;
amending 10 O.S. Supp. 1998, Section
7503-1.1, which relates to eligibility to
adopt a child; making persons in certain
cohabitation relationship ineligible to
adopt a child. Author - Pope, Tim.
HB 1707 - An Act relating to children:
amending 10 O.S. Supp. 1998, Section
7503-1.1, which relates to eligibility to
adopt; prohibiting certain persons from
adopting children. Author - Graves, Bill
HB 1314 - An Act relating to the Oklahoma
Department of Libraries; mandating
certain policies related to identification
and separation of sexually explicit
materials. Author - Graves, Bill
HB 1703 - An Act relating to state government;
prohibiting certain discrimanation;.
Authors - Graves, Bill
HB 1703 - An Act relating to state government;
prohibiting certain discrimination;
to any individual ol group on the
basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or
national operation in public employment,
education, or contracting.
Author - Graves, Bill
Plans for 1999 include a creative arts
night in .February both for the artistically
inclined and the not so artistically indined,
a bingo night in March, dance
lessons in February, a Sadie Hawkins
dance in May, a camping and float trip in
June, a spirituality and healing arts night
in July, a Casino night in August, a,.weekend
in Eureka Springs in October, movie
night in November, and a hiatus in December
(since so much else is going on
anyway) and then in January 2000, a progressive
potluck dinner. Additionally the
group has planned a Memorial Day alternative
picnic and softball game for May.
"We tried to create a wide diversity of
ideas and activities knowingthat not every
one enjoys the same kind of things,"
said Joan. "It was also suggested to have
mid-month bike rides, walking groups,
bowling nights and other sports related
activities ."
Joan added, "we hope to attract singles,
couples and break down some of the barriers
womenhave for attending. All of our
activities have a small fee to help offset
printing and postage and site rental costs.
We are also planning fund raisers for
different organizations."
To learn more about Gal-A-Vanting or
to get the mailing list, call Mary at 743-
6740, Kathy at 322-6322, or Barb at 459-
6825.
but specifically shielded only heterosexual,
and nothomosexual, activity. The
decision prompted protests by Gay civil
rights activists, who said the ruling denied
them eq]aal rights. The Court of Appeals
also was silent on anal sex, which
remained illegal for everyone in the state.
The ACLU asked Rombro to declare
the law unconstitutional, but the judge
instead ruled the Court of Appeals’ decision
on oral sex should extend to homosexual
activity as well. In the final ruling,
Rombro agreed that private, consensual
anal sex also cannot be prosecuted under
the law.
AlthoughACLU leaders had originally
planned to lobby the Maryland General
Assembly to rescind or amend the old
law, Sullivan said the organization is now
satisfied with the judge’s ruling. Andrew
H. Baida, an assistant attorney general,
said state officials want to keep the old
law to help prosecute cases of sexual
.assault,prostitution or sex inpublicplaces.
Center spokesman, Greg, adds that the
Center also is hosting regular Pride Dances
every other Saturday at 8pro. The Center
¯¯ now has a pool table to supplement the ping-pong and foosball tables it had be-
" fore.
Also, Centerlegal counsel, Kerry Lewis,
¯
shared that the board of directors of Tulsa
: Oklahomans for Human Rights, the par-
¯ ent organization of the Pride Center, had
: responded to the eviction notice of the
: Center’s landlord.
¯ - Without delving into the legal partieu- ¯
larities, the board responded to the notice
: saying that the Centerwas withinits rights
¯ under thelaw to post its signs and that the
¯ landlordhadWrongfully terminated their ¯
lease. The gist of the matter, according to
¯ Lewis is that all rights go to the tenant
: unless specifically restricted by the landlord.
¯ Lewis stated too that the landlord and
¯
his attorney had failed to show up at a
: meeting that was scheduled to try to re-
. solve the conflict.
: Lewis added that the landlord had been
: asked to respond in a timely fashion, or
: else, the board would seek legal redress
¯ for the damages already suffered by the
: Center.
¯ Editor’s note: TFN will provide our
¯ readers an update to this conflict in our
¯ March issue.
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Inhofe Still Blocking Gay
Ambassadorial Nominee
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate faces a decision
soon on whether America will have its first openly Gay
ambassador. Supporters of James Hormel are demanding
he at least get a vote while conservative opponents
insist that Republicans take a stand on a key "lifestyle"
Issue.
Hormel, President Clinton’s choice ~to be envoy to
Luxembourg, was the only foreign ~elations nominee
not acted upon at the end of last year’s session. Three
Republican senators, expressing concern that he would
use the post to promote a "Gay agenda", put "holds" on
the nomination, effectively freezing it.
Democrats now-are demanding action. Before leaving
for the Easter recess, 42 Democrats sent Senate
Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., a lett~r supporting
the nomination and urging a vote. Democrats also took
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¯ which goes by the acronym, O’RYAN for Oklahoma Rainbow
¯ Young Adults’ Network, provides."developmentally appropri-
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Bisexual, Transgendered andquestioning" adolescents and young
: adults from 14 to 24.
~ According to Betsy Murphy, program director, a large portion
:’ of the program had been funded through a federal grant for HIV
¯ prevention and education from the CDC, Centers for Disease
¯ Control. However, the grants are administered through the Okla-
¯. homa State Dept. of Health (OSDH) which is running weeks
behind schedule in seeking grant proposals. While Murphy was
¯ extremely reluctant to criticize OSDH, she acknowledged that in
¯ the past OSDH has handled grants so that a new year’s grant if
¯ won, began close to the time the prior year’s grant ended. And ¯
although Red Rock pays for a substantial part of the costs of the
¯" O’RYAN program, theOSDHgrants typically have paid most of
¯ staff salaries. As ofApril 1 st, nomore funds are coming fromthe
CDC/OSDH and Murphy is appealing to theTulsa community to
¯ provide financial aid. "
,,
¯ In a press release, Red Rock states, while in the past, we have
: been able to weather out these funding cycles, the situation now
¯ is dire and without outside help, we cannot continue.. "
¯ Red Rock notes that the program has helped hundreds of youth
: in Tulsa County and surrounding areas. O’RYAN. provides
: weekly support groups, individual and family counseling, HIV
¯ peer education and HIV testing and counseling, a informational
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social events. O’RYANhelps to providepositiverole models and
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Red Ribbon Revue.& Concessions Carwash Slated
TTULSA - Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights, in conjunction
with several co~umuaity businesses is preparing for this
June’s Pride Events. On June 6th, Concessions will be again
holding another Drag Queen Car Wash from 11-4 in the back
parking lot of the dub, 3340 S. Peoria. Organi,zers promise the
event will happen come rain or shine, and last year’s car wash did
have a little rain.
This year’s event will benefit TOHR and Tulsa’s Gay Pride
Picnic. Organizers say yon will see all your favorite Broo"kside
Divas and some of Oklahoma’s top title holders wash cars for
charity in full drag and there may also be a man or two in a string
bi"kini helping out. Donations will be collected for these charities
through out that weekend- notjust at the ear wash. Tickled Pink
will have ffome Pride items available for sale also. Organizers
added that last year they raised $1000 and that this year they hope
to double or triple that amount.
Later on that Saturday, Renegades/Rainbow Room will be
holding their annual Red Ribbon Revue which will also benefit
this year’s Pride events. Helga will host this event and call
Renegades at 585-3405 for details and times.
This year’s Pride events have moved again due to concerns
from the City ofTulsa’s Parkand Recreation Dept. about parking
problems at Owen Park~ This year’s site is Veteran Park between
18th & 21st Streets at Boulder. Rick Martin, Pride Events
coordinator noted that this park is larger than Owen and though
it doesn’t have much parking itself, it is surrounded by business
parking lots which should be available on a Saturday.
While a few community members, such as those in sensitive
professions, like public school teachers, have expressed concerns
about the more visible location, many others have welcomed the
new site - especially the owners of Renegades/Rainbow Room
which is 2 blocks north of the park. Details are not yet available
: but organizers indicate that Renegades will host a post picnic
¯ event. TOHR co-organizer Greg Gatewood said that plans are
¯ underway for the 2rid annual Pride March to be held just before ¯
and to the picnic but that details will be forthcoming. Organizers
¯
note that community organizations and businesses are Welcome
¯ to have booths at the Picnic for a modest fee.
: Later in June, probably June 28th, Oklahoma City will ho~t the
¯
statewide Pride parade. More details should be available in early
¯
June on those events. Info. on Pride events, call 743~4297.
OKLAHOMACITY - OKC will host the annual Great "
Plains Regional Rodeo on Memorial Day Weekend, ."
May 22 -24. While the rodeo will take place in the newly ¯
remodeled and air-conditioned Barn Six of the Okla- "
homa State Fairgrounds in southwest Oklahoma City, ¯
registration, parties and the awards ceremony will be’at ¯
the Ramada Inn Airport Northwest. :
The Great Plains Regional Rodeo is One of a number :
of continent wide rodeos sponsored by 23 member
associations of the International Gay Rodeo Associa- ¯
tion. While many of these organizations are in the "
southwest, there are also groups in California, Wash- "
ington, DC and in Canada.
The Oklahoma Gay Rodeo Association (OGRA) was ¯
formed in 1984 to promote rodeo-ing and to raise funds
to fight HIV and AIDS. Since 1986, OGRAhas contrib- "
uted over $60,000 to Oklahoma AIDS organizations.
OGRA invites all who are interested to join the "
organization -neither riding nor competing are re- "
quired. Tickets f0r this year’s rodeo are $30 for the "
packet which includes both days rodeo events, the ¯
Friday evening party and the awards ceremony. Tickets "
to individual~events are available at the door. Room "
rates at the Ramada are $55 for up to four persons, and "
suites are $95/evening. Call 405-~47-2351 for reservations;
"
OtherDivisi0n III rodeos are: Omaha, NE, June 19- "
21; Wichita, KS, AUgust %9;. and Kansas City, MO, ¯
August 29-31, The Internatii~nal:iGay !~odeo..Association
Finals Rodeo .will beheld ~inPho~i~x-, ~AZ0n "
October 22-25. ¯ ’ "
For more informati.on; cal~405z842-08~9! "
DIRECTORY~E~ERS P..~
US & WORLD NEWS P..4
HEALTH NEWS "- P. 6
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES P: 8 COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9 -
BOOK REVIEW P~ 10
RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 11
GAY STUDIES + DO-IT-YOURSELF P. 12
CLASSIFIEDS + WEERWOLF P. 14~5
i Oklahoma House
Attacks Gays Again
¯ TULSA, Okla. (AP)-Oneoftheresolutions adopted
in 1997 by the Democratic Party State Conventiofi
¯ says the party "opposes, deplores and disavows
¯ discrimination, extremism and hatred of every ¯
kind."
But state Democratic lawmakers raised no argu-
: ment recently when a bill to bar convicts from
¯ working in schools was amended to also bar "ho-
¯ mosexuals or lesbians": Nor did they say anything ¯ when legislation was amended to bar children
¯ being placed in the foster care of"someone who is
¯ a homosexual or a lesbian." ¯
Both amendments were offered by Republican
¯ lawmakers who are vocal about their opposition to
¯ homosexuality. But it was Oklahoma Democratic
¯ Party ExecutiveDirector PatHall who was taken to
task for the inaction of Democratic lawmakers, a
¯ story in Sunday’s Tulsa World said.
¯ In aletter toHall,TomNeal, editor and publisher
of Tulsa Family News, said it may be the Republi-
¯ cans who publicly bash Gays, but it is the Democrats
who are passing the legislation.
¯ "I genuinely believe that these nearly unanimous
votes help create a climate where physical assaults
¯ are considered perfectly acceptable," said Neal,
¯ citing Gay-bashing crimes, including an assault on
¯ two men in Tulsa. "Why is it, Pat, that Democrats ¯
only recognize my.community’s existence when
¯ they’re voting to compare us to convicted felons
¯ who should notbe allowed to teach, but when we’re
¯ being assaulted.., we don’t exist," Neal asked.
Hall tried to defend House Democrats and their
¯ failure to debate the amendments.’ If) ou debate it,
¯ it gives thos~ preaching hate a bully pulpit," he
~ ’ said. "If youjustmove it through with a voice vote,
¯ then you have eliminated, see House, page 3
Equality Begins at Home
:1999 March= on The
Oklahoma State Capitol
¯ April 29, 1997 - The Federation of Statewide
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and April 29, 1997 - The
; Federatiola of Statewide Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
¯ and Transgender Political Organizations will spon-
: sor a historic, coordinated weekofactions focussed
: on state government and statewide organizang.
," After many national and statewide discussions and
¯ after conducting a state-by-state assessment from
¯
its members, the Federation of Statewide Lesbian,
¯ Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Political Orgam-
¯ zations has decidedit is time to focus energy on our
¯ home states. Under the theme Equality Begins at
¯
Home, each state is called upon toplan an activity
¯ - amarch, rally,lobby day, state conference, or any
other visibility campaign m their state capitol to
: occur during the week of March 21-27, 1999.
¯ Equality Begins at Home will provide an opportunity
to focus the national spotlighton the organiz-
: ing challenges and legislative battles faced by the
¯ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and transgender people in
¯ state houses across the nation. The goal is to build
¯ statewide orgamzing capability across the nation.
: The purpose of the Equality Begins at Home ac-
¯ tions will be to promote Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
¯ and transgender equal rights in every state.
: "The Equality Begins at Home actions enable us
¯ to focus our energy on orgamzing and educating at
¯ the state level. Clearly, more and more battles are
¯ fought in the states. With anti-Gay initiatives and
: referendums from Colorado to Maine, and the right
¯ wing organizing against our families; we must
¯ build,,a stronger grassroots movement in every state, explained Paula Ettelbrick, Co-Chair of the
: FederationandLegislativeDirectorofNew York’s
¯ Empire State Pride Agenda. ¯
"The Equality Begins at Home actions give us a
tremendous opportunity to strengthen our efforts in
: the states and create a more powerful network
¯ across our country," stated Dianne Hardy-Garcia,
co-chair of the Federation see March, page 15
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine
*Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. Boston
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
*Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria
*Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th
*Gold Coast Coffe~ House, 3509 S. Peoria
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston
*Jason’s Deli, 15th & Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
832-1269
592-2143
744-0896
599-9512
583-6666
749-4511
585-3134
599-7777
749-1563
*The Palate Cafe & Catering, 3324G E. 31st 745-9899 :
*St. Michael’s. Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st 745-9998 ".
*Margaret’s German Restaurant,. 10 E. Fifth 583-.1658 .
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
834-4234
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
585-3405 "
*TNT’s, 21.14 S. Memorial
660-0856 ¯
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
584-1308 ¯
*Umbertos Pizzeria, 21st west of Harvard
599-9999 ¯
Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals ¯
Advanced Wireless & PCS, Digital Cellular
747-1508
*Affinity News, 8120 E. 21
- 610-8510 "
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor
*Assoc inMed &Mental Health, 2325 S.Harvard 746-4620 ¯
743-1000
Kent B~[ch & ~ssociates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71
250-5034 ~
Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15
712-1122 ¯
*Borders Books & Music~ 2740 E. 21
712-9955 "
Brookside Jewelry, 46d,9 S. Peoria
743-5272 :
*CD Warehouse, 3807c S. Peoria
746-0313 :
Don Carlton,Honda, 4141 S. Memorial
622-3636 ¯
Don Carlton Mitsubishi, 46th & Memorial
665-6595
Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117 "
Community Cleaning, Kerby Bak4r- 622-0700 :
*Daisy Exchange, E. 15th
746-0440 ¯
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468 :
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th
749-3620 "
*Devena’s Gallery, 13 Brady
587-2611 ~
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria
744-5556 ¯
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan
838-8503 "
*Ross Edward Salon, 2447 E. 15th
584-0337, 712-9379 ~
*Floral Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria
744-~595 ¯
*Gloria Jean’s Gourmet Coffee, 1758 E: 21st
742-1460 ¯
Learme M. Gross~ Insurance & financial planning 459-9349
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney
744-7440 ¯
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111 ¯
*International Tours
341-6866 "
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th
712-2750 "
*Jared’s Antiques, 1602 E. 15th
582-3018
David Kauskey, Country Club Barbering
747-0236 ¯
*Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15
599-8070
Kelly Kirby, CPA, 4021 S. Harvard, #210
747-5466 :
Langley Agency & Salon, 1316 E. 36th PI:
749-5533 ¯
Laredo Crossing, 1519 E. 15th
585-1555 ¯
585-1234
*Living ArtSpace, 19 E. Brady
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3
584-3112 "
~krngo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31
663-5934
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 Place
664-2951
*Novel Idea Bookstore, 51st & Harvard
747-6"]11
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633
747-7672
*Peace of Mind Bookstore, 1401 E. 15
583-1090
The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor
743-4297
Puppy Pause II, 1 lth & Mingo
838-7626
Rainbowz on the River B+B, POB 696, 74101
747-5932
Richard’s Carpet Cleaning
834-0617
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors
834-7921, 747-4746
Chri.stoph,er Spradling, attorney, 616 S. Main, #308
582-7748
*Scnbner s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square
749-6301
*Sedona Health Foods, 8220 S. Harvard
481-0201
*Tickled Pink, 3340 S. Peoria
697-0017
*Trizza’s Pots, 1448 S. Ddaware
743-7687
*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria
742-2007
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis
481-0558
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling
743-1733
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis
592-0767
Tulsa Agencies, Churches, Schools & Universities
AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 4337, 74101
579-9593
*All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria
743-2363
Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159
587-7314
Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center, 2207 E. 6
583-7815
*B/L/G/T Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780
*Ch~: ~ ,er of Commerce Bldg., 616 S. Boston
585-1201
*Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th PI. & Florence
*Church of the RestorationUU, 1314N’Greenw°°d 587-1314
*Community ofHope United Meth°dist, 2545 S" Yale 585-1800
*Community Uni,t,ar_i_’an-Universalist Congregation 749-0595
*Council Oak Men s chorale, rehearsals on Mondays, 585-8595
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Publisher + Editor: Tom Neai, Entertaifiment Writer: James
.
Christjohn, Writers + contributors: Jean-Claude de "
Flambeauchaud, Barry Hensley, Jean-Pierre Legrandbouche, .
Lament Lindstrom, Judy McCormick. Esther Rothblum, Mary
Schepers, Member o! The Associated Press
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written permission from the publisher. Publication of a name or
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be signed & becomes the sole property of T~~~.t~.4. "
Each reader is entitled to 4 copies of each edition at aistriDuuon
points. Additional copies are available by calling 583-1248. ¯
¯Delaware Playhouse, 1511 S. Dela~’~re 712-1511 .
¯Democratic Headquarters, 3930 E. 3
742-2457 .
Dignity/Integrity-Lesbian/Gay Catholics!Episcopal. 298-4648
¯Family of Faith MCC, 5451"-E So. Mingo 622-1441
¯Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2,9,0~o0r~Hcaa~V.o~r~info" 747-7777
¯Free SpiritWomen S Center, can ~ . 587-4669
Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152
747-6827 ’
Friends in Unity Social Org., POB 8542, 74101
582-0438
¯HIV ER Center, 4138 Chas. Page Blvd.
583-6611
¯HIV Resource Consortium, 3507 E. Admiral
834-4194
¯Holland Hall School, 5666 E. 81st
481-1111 ¯
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education
834-8378
HIV Testing, Men/Thurs. 7-9pro, daytime by appt. only .
¯House of the Holy Spirit Minstries, 3210e So. Norwood
¯
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
¯MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood
838-1715
NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H: 1
748-3111 .
NOW, Nat’l Org. for Women, POB 14068,74159 365-5658
OK Spokes Club (bicycling), POB 9165, 74157 .
¯Our House, 1114 S; Quaker
584-7960
PFLAG, POB 52800, 74152
749-4901 ¯
¯Planned parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria
587.-7674
¯The Pride Center, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor, 74105
743-4297
prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152 " : " ’ "
¯R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network
749-4195
Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159
665-5174
¯Red Rock Mental Center, 1724 E. 8
584-2325 "
O’RYAN, support group for 18-24 LGBT young adults "
O’RYA,N, Jr. support group for 14-17 LG.BT .youth .
¯ St. Jerome’s Parish Church, 205 W. King
¯Tulsa Area United Way, 1430 S. Boulder
TNAAPP (Native American men), Indian Health Care
582-7225
Tulsa County Health Department, 46 16 E. 15
595-4105 "
Confidential HIV Testing - by appt. on Thursdays only .
TulsaOkla. for Human Righis, c/o Th~ Pride Center
743-4297
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniforn~Leather Seekers Assoc.
838-1222 .
¯Tulsa City Hall; Ground Floor Vestibule
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¯Tulsa Community College Compuses
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¯Rogers University (formerlyUCT)
BARTLESVILLE
¯Bardes~ille Public Library,600 S. Johnstone 918-337-5353
OKLAHOMA CITY/NORMAN
¯Borders Books &Music, 3209NWExpressway 405-848-2667
¯Borders Books & Music, 300 Norman Center 405-573-4907
TAHLEQUAH
¯Stonewall League, call for information:
918-456-7900
¯TahlequahUnitarian-UniversalistChurch ¯ 918-456-7900
¯Green Country AIDS Cralition, POB 1570 918-453-9360
NSU School of Optometry, 1001 N. Grand
HIVtesting every other Tues. 5:30-8:30, call for date
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EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
¯ *Autumn Breeze Restaurant, Hwy. 23
501-253-7734
501-253-7457
¯ *Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main
DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. 501-253-6807
¯ *Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St. 501-253-5445
¯ 501-253-9337
MCC of the Living Spnng
Geek to Go!, PC Specialist, POB 429
501-253-2776
501-253-5332
". Old Jailhouse Lodging, 15 Montgomery
Positive Idea Marketing Plans 501-624-6646
¯ 501-253-6001
¯ Sparky’s, Hwy. 62 East
¯ FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
*Edna’s, 9 S. School Ave.
501-442-2845
¯Ron’s Place, 523 W. Poplar
501:442-3052
* is where you can find TFN. Notall are Gay.owned but all are Gay-friendly.
Carbon Copy:
Gay people should be
included, in Scouts
Letter to the Editor
Petaluma (California) Argus-Couri’er
I am 12 years old and a Life Rank Boy
Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. I like
Scouting alot. Iamwriting to youbecause
I wantpeople toknow that the Boy Scouts
of America is a great program but it excludes
Gay people. The Boy Scouts won’t
allow Gay.kids or grown-ups in Scouting,
The Boy Scouts of America discriminates
agaihst Gay people. Every time the
Scout Law is read at our troop meetings,
I don’t even say it because the Scout Law
is not followed by the Boy Scouts of
America when they discriminate against
Gay people.
¯ The Scout Law says a Scout is true to
his friends.., nation.., world commu.-
nity. This is not true when not everyone ~s
included in that community, when Gays
are excluded.
. The ScoutLaw says a Scout should be,
hdpful. A Scout should be concemeo
about other people. This is not true for the
Boy Scouts ofAmerica whenit bans Gays
or expels them when they are found out.
. The Scout Law says a Scout should be
friendly to all: He seeks to understand
others. He respects those with different
ideas and customs. This is not true w_hen
the Boy Scouts ofAmericaban Gays from
scouting.
The Scout Law says.a Scout should be
kind. He should treat others as he would
want to be treated. I don’t know anyone
who wants to be discriminated against the
way the BoyScouts ofAmerica discriminateagainst,
Gays- My dad and I-were ¯
told we can t e~en bring this issue up at
ourmeeting with other Scouts in our troop.
I hope to change this one bad things
about the Boy Scouts of America. I hope
all of you who read this letter to the editor
will also want to help me in my efforts by
calling Scouting For All at (707) 778-
0564.
Gaykids shouldbe allowed to be Scouts.
And I know kids who have Gay dads
would want their dads to be able to be an
assistant Scoutmaster like my Dad.
- Steven Cozza, Life Rank Boy Scout
Appreciates Coverage
I wanted to say thank youfor the stones
Tulsa Family News does about different
commumty organizations. Many times I
don’t agree with your editorials but I do
like.that I get more Tulsa information
from Tulsa Family News than from other
Gay community newspapers.
Also please continue to look hard at
those who are revolved in HIV/AIDS
services. Some are doing a great job.
Others need more oversight to make sure
they treateveryone as good as they should.
Iknow youhaye received a 1ot of criticism
for this but please conunue. Thank you
but please don’t print my name - I don’t
want the grief I’d get.
- name withheld by request. Jenk~
Editor’s note: thank you for your kind
words - we’ll do the best we can.
¯ Letters Policy
Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on
¯ issues which we’ve covered or on issues
". you thinkneed to be considered. Youmay
¯ request that your name be withheld but
¯ letters mustbe signed &have ph°ne num-
~ bers, or be hand delivered. 200 word let-
" ters are preferred. Letters to other publi-
: cations will be printed as is appropriate.
¯ Do Tulsa Jews Hate Gays?
First they came for the Gays and ! didn’t
speak up because I was not Gay... finally
they came for the Jews, and by that time
there was no-one left to say anything at all
- aparaphrase ofGerman pastor Martin Niemoeller
who referred to the systematic persecution ofJews,
other Germans, including Gay men,
and non-Germans, by the Nazis.
Now that we are just a few weeks past Passover, the
ancient celebration of the liberation of Jerks from Egyp-
¯ dan slavery,-and right after Holocaust remembrance
ceremonies, perhaps it’s equally just to comment on the
ongoing silence of Tulsa’s Jewish leaders about recent
Oklahoma House of Representatives legislative attacks
on Gay & Lesbian Oklahoma citizens (see related story;
page one).
Ofcourse, to those who follow these issues, this silence
is nothing new. Last year when the legislature attacked
s,Tulsa s Jewlshleadership was silent too. And the year
before that. And back to those nasty, hate-filled public
hearings about the City’s Human Rights COmmission’s
Task Force report, Tulsa’s Jewish leaders were silent.
Yolanda Chamey, formerly community relations specialist
with the Jewish Federation, claimed that the Jewish
Federation did send aletter to Mayor Savage supporting
fair and equal treatment fo!~ Gay & Lesbian citizens
but no one ever saw this letter, or wouldeven haveknown
about it if not for this newspaper asking. And while such
a position could have set a standard for the greater
community had it been known, the secretive manner in
which the letter was sent guaranteed that no one would
know about it.
Some will ask why pick on the Jew~.~Why not ask why
other groups which should speak out for social justice
remain silent? It is a fair question. Indeed, the silence of
the Presbyterians, the Methodists, the Disciples ofChrist,
even the Roman Catholics - most ofwhom haye 0fficial
denominational policies which call them toworkfor civil
rights protections for Lesbians and Gaymen (not just
oppose attacks) - is troubling. And of course, Tulsa
Metropolitan Ministry which hardly has met a social
justice issue it couldn’t embrace, seems to continue to
find Gay people not worthy of justice or even minimal
civil rights protections.
Even the voice of the courageous Rev. Russell Bennett
of the most Gay-friendly "main-line" Christian denomination
inTulsa, the UnitedChurch ofChrisL has not been
heard publicly on this matter as ofourpress time¯ To their
no place in the Senate andno#ace in America," said Sen.
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
Hormel, a (>-year-old San Francisco businessman,
philanthropist, Democratic Party contributor and heir to
theHormel Meat Co. fortune, receivedunanimous Senate
confirmation last May for another post, as an alternate to
the U.S. delegation to the U.N. General Assembly¯
He sailed through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
winning approval on a 16-2 vote last November,
after Secretary of State Madele’meAlbrightassured Chair-.
man Jesse Helms~R-N.C., that Hormel was highly qualified
and would not promote his personal interests. Helms
voted against Hormel but let the nomination advance to
the Senate floor¯
In a letter to Sea. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., a committee
member, in February, Hormel said: "I will not use, nor do
I think it is appropriate to use, the office of the ambassador
to advocate any personal views I may hold." He
pledged to resign from mostofhis board seats, limit his
charitable giving and prohibit use of his name in fund
raising.
But that has not satisfied Republican Sens. Tim
Hutchinson of Arkansas, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma and
Bob Smith of New Hampshire, who put holds on the
nomination. Conservative groups also continue to oppose
Hormel as a "radical Gay activist".
Gary Bauer’s Family Research Council cited Hormel’s
financial support for a documentary aimed at educators
that the group said promotes "Gay lifestyles"¯ It also
pointed to a Gay and Lesbian materials wing in the San
" crediL some Tulsa Unitarians and the Episcopal Diocese
¯" ofOklahoma, and I hope, Bennett, are doing workbehind
." the scenes to protest these hate-based actions.
¯ However, it is the Jews with whom Gay people share
~ the experience of systematic Nazi persecution. Gay men,
¯
like Jews, were targeted by Nazi legislation which essen-
¯ tially made their existence illegal and which set the stage
: for deportation to Nazi concentration camps. And while
the persecution of Gay men may not havebeen part of a
: .systematic genocidal theory, the.experience of the camps
¯ m which Gay men typically suffered some of the worst
." conditions and were most despised of all the prisoners,
¯ leftthemjustas dead. AndwhilethoseJews who survived
¯ can speak of "liberation" from the camps, and even
-" received reparations with which to beginlife again, those
; Gay menwhodidsurvivewereimmediatelyreincarcerated
¯ as "criminals" - for the crime of loving - by the Allies.
¯ Soitis this sharedhistory as well as the observation that
: in the US, Jews have traditionally heldleadership roles in
¯ social justice movements, that makes this silence so
paiufU~. Jewish Americans were active in the civil rights
movement of the 50’ s and 60’s which sought to end legal
segregation. This was true in Tulsa as it was elsewhere.
It’s not that Tulsa’s Jewish community has not been
¯ asked to help¯ The day after the first piece of hate
-" legislation was passed (the amendment of Senate bill
; #1394 by Rep. Bill Graves, R-OKC), Rabbi Charles
¯ Sherman of Temple Israel who is also president of the
¯ National Couferenee of Community and Justice (for-
." merly of Christians and Jews), and David Bernsiein,
". executive director of the Jewish Federation were tele-
¯ phoned to ask for their help. To date, nearly four weeks
-" and several follow-up calls later, neither has responded.
." What does this mean? Are they scared? Is it that
; speaking up for Gay people would somehow threaten the
¯ security of Tulsa Jews? This is hard to believe. Tulsa’s
: Jewish community, though Small in numbers, has largely
been rather successful and now is represented on nearly
¯ everymajorinfluential community organi7ationfrom the
¯ Chamber of Commerce to TU’s Board ofTrnstees to the
: National Conference.
: Whetherit isjustplain old-fas_hionedbigotry, ormerely
: ¯ the catering to other’s pi’ejudice, it’s coming from those
¯ who ought to know better. Hebrew Scriptures, whichJew
: and Christian each revere, exhort us "to seek justice" -
; not "to seek justice - except for those socially inconve-
¯ nient Gay people over there". Hopefully, Tulsa’s Gay
¯ community will see Tulsa’s Jewish community take this
: exhortation more seriously someday, and the next time
; thelaws of the land are used to attack Gay citizens, there
¯ will be as much outcry as there was when a cross of
: Christmas lights was placed, wrongfully, on a public
: building. - Tom Neal, editor &publisher
:. Francisco public library supported by and named for
¯¯ Hormel that contains controversialliterature. Further, the
council said, Hormel presided over a 1996 Gay pride
¯ parade in San Francisco at which he was heard laughing
¯ at n/ale drag queens dressed as nuns. Bauer said Luxem-
¯ bourg is 97 percent Roman Catholic, and"appointmg an
; ambassador who shows no~hing but contempt for certain
¯ groups of believers should offend every American who ¯
believes in the Constitution."
¯ Hormd said he had no role in deciding the contents of
¯ either thelibrary collectio,n or the documentary. "I hardly
view myselfas a’radical. I amabusinessman and lawyer
¯
withmore than30years ofcommitment to public service,
¯ social justice and human rights," he wrote Smith.
¯ InconsideringHormel’s n0mination,Republicansmust
deal both with general gripes by socialconservatives that
-" they haven’t done enough to advance pro-family pro-
_" grams, and conversely with concerns about being de-
¯. picted as hostile to Gays.
"I don’t see how the Republican Party wants to be
¯ known as the party that discriminates on the basis of
¯ sexual orientation," said Winnie Stachelberg of the Hu-
¯ man Rights Campaign, a leading Gay political organiza- ¯
tion. Hormd is on the board of the Human Rights Cam-
" paign Foundation, the group’s educational arm.
¯ "’It’s not his sexual orientation," countered Herb
Johnson, chief of staff to Inhofe, one of Hormel’s leading
¯
Senate opponents..’q’he biggest problem is he has been
¯ inclined to use this to push an agenda that doesn’t neces-
.. sarily represent the agenda of the American people."
¯ a hate pulpit." Hall said Democratic leaders in the House
of Representatives don’t want "to let hate spill out on the
¯
floor of the House." Hall also said House Speaker Loyd
Benson deserves credit for "literally making sure Oklahomais
not shown nationally as a state of hate mongers.’"
¯
Both of the bills in question were sent on to conference
¯ committees for more work.
"I think the bottom line is you need to look at the final
¯
vote on those measures and look at the final versions of
the bill. I think that will speak for itself," said Benson, DFrederick.
¯
Rep. Bill Graves, R-Oklahoma City, author of the
¯ measure to prohibit"knoWn homosexuals and Lesbians"
¯ from working as contract or support employees in public
schools, acknowledged that similaramendments onother
¯
bills have failed to survive conference committees.
¯ Whether the amendments are quietly removed in con-
-¯ ference is beside the point for Ncal, who maintains that
the failure to oppose such measures loudly creates bigger
¯
problems for the Gay community.
Hall admitted that another reason the amendments
¯ were passed without protest is that this year is an election
¯ year. Those who openly oppose such measures could be
¯ branded by their political opponents as promoting homo-
" sexuality.
In fact, in 1996 Sen. Penny Williams, D-Tulsa, was
¯
criticized by her Republican opponent for voting against
¯ an amendmentbamng same-sex marriages in Oklahoma.
Ms. Williams, who won re-election, was one of only two
state senators who voted against that amendment.
¯
Republican lawmakers aren’t always behind such con-
" troversies. In 1995, Democratic state representatives
wrote resolutions opposing teaching about homosexuality
in public schools even though no public schools in the
¯
state taught such subjects.
The president of the Oklahoma Education Association
said the resolutions were b~ed on a "blatantly misconstrued"
measure passed by the National Education Asso-
¯ ciadon that dealt With training programs for education
¯ employees."for~the purposerf identifying and eliminat-
¯ ing sexual orientation stereotyping in the education s~tting.’"
Hall said the finai resolution byRep. Jim Hamilton,
D-Poteau, was rewritten so that it was not offensive to
¯ Gay people.
¯ Editor’snote: there was considerable disagreement in
¯ OMahoma’s Gay communities about whether the final
¯ resolution was in any way "acceptable" as Hall claims.
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Gay Couples Provide
College Leadership
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - The names Harvard
and Yale by themselves evoke decades of tradition
and conformity. Now these Ivy League bastions are
breaking new ground for universities, as homosexual
couples provide new models of domestic life for
undergraduates as dormitory leaders. And so far, the
ground-brealdng appointments have created little
commotion.
This July,.a Lesbian couple will assume duties as
housemasters at Harvard’s Lowdl House, asix-story
brickbuilding with a grassy quadrangle anda bell
tower close to the fabled Harvard Yard. A Gay man
appointed dormitory dean is moving with his partner
into Yale’s Trumbull College, a Gothic structure of
seam-faced granite with limestone trim and arching
windows enclosing three courtyards.
"I think it’s a great new erain being able to provide
role models that have not been available at this level
before," said Peter Novak, 32, the Yale.appointee.
"We’ve been welcomed, and it says a lot about the
Yale community and how tolerant it is, especially
within the administration."
.. At Haryard, professor Diana Eck, 52, realizes that
she and her partner of 20 years may raise some
eyebrows. "We know what it’s like in the culture
generally: There are many people who are still very
uncomfortable with this issue, so I’m sure that will be
the case here," said Ms. Eck, a professor of comparafive
religion and Indian studies at Harvard.
The dormitories are not forsaking their traditions,
however. The housemaster’at Lowell House, for
example, has been host of a weekly afternoon tea
since 1930, a custom Ms. Eck plans*’to continue.
Novak~ who is-pursuing a master of fine arts in
dramaturgy anddramatic criticism at theYale School
of Drama, says he will h,e,!p students with aead.emics
and personal problems. This will allow me to be an
influence in people’s lives)’ Novak said. His partner
¯
first leading homosexual character, butGays will still
¯ be seen elsewhere on American television.
: One year ago this month, "Ellen" made television
¯¯ history as the first series with a homosexual lead
character. It drew both praise and fire for its
¯ groundbreaking portrayal of a woman coming to
: terms with being Lesbian. What it didn’t draw was
¯ ratings on a consistent basis. After months of specu- ¯
lation, ABC confirmed late Thursday that Ellen
¯ DeGeneres’ last show would be a one-hour finale
: May 13.
¯ Both ABC and DeGeneres declined to comment ¯
recently. The conservative Southern Baptists Con-
" vention praised the decision, while Gay rights groups
¯. said theloss of amajor Gay character andperspective
: on television is a serious blow.
¯ The sitcom, which has been airing Wednesday
¯ : nights after thehigher-rated’qqae Drew Carey Show,"
¯ made its debut in 1994 with DeGeneres playing a ¯
¯ singleheterosexual with a,,Friends~’_like close group of pals. After the comedian and her character, Ellen
¯ Morgan, both came out as Lesbians last season,
¯ DeGeneres and the network fought over the show’s ¯
content, including story lines that concentrated on
: sexual orientation.
¯ More than 36 million people watched the April30,
: 1997, episode when Ellen came out. This year, the
: series averaged fewer than 11 million viewers - a 22
" percent drop over the previous year.
i Kansas "Sodomy"
: .- Law Upheld
: TOPEKA, Kan. (AP)-A state law that makes homo-
: sexual sex a crime has been upheld as constitutional.
: A three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals
¯ refnsed Friday to overturn the muuicipal court misde-
¯ mean0r conviction of Max D. Movsovitz, a Topeka ¯
artist. Movsovitzwas arrestedinTopeka’s Gage Park
: in April 1995 after soliciting sex from an undercover
¯ police officer.
of four years, Curtis Lee, a store manager, will not x~.....it? rh.]]~noed the constitutionality of a
lntramura.l., sports ana being a part oI StiMd~HL/S "11.v¢~, :. arguing theY, v~ol"a.ted." h.is.rights, to p’nvacy;, e~.ual
- Novak sat& - ¯ treatment under the law and freedom of expression.
: He and the American Civil Liberties Union claimed
the law unfairly discriminates against homosexuals.
¯ The Court of Appeals panel, in a unanimous un-
In a Yale dorm, the dean and.the master act as
surrogate parents in the lix,esof the 440 students who
live there. Master Janet Henrich, amedical professor,
has lived in the durra for ayear with her husband,
Victor, a physics professor.
At Harvard, Ms. Eek and Dorothy Austin will
become housemasters overseeing daily life for 450
students. Ms. Austin will split her time between
Harvard and Drew University in New Jersey, where
she is an associate professor of psychology and religion.
"We knew that it would be an issue for the first
time to have a same-sex couple as masters," Ms. Eck
said. "I don’t know if we would have been appointed
10 years ago."
Administrators say sexual Orientation made no
difference in the appointments, which:were decided
by student-faculty committees. Dean of Harvard
College Harry Lewis saidmany peoplehad suggested
Ms. Eck for the position notknowing what her sexual
orientation was. "Our first criterion in looking at
people was the quality of the individual master and
what they would bring to the house," he said.
At Yale, Novak will succeed dean William di
Canzio, who lived alone in the dorm for eight years
and is leaving for California.. Ms. Eck and Ms. Austin
will replace professor William H. Bossert and his
wife, Mary Lee, who are retiring after 23 years.
Harvard students seemed to see the appointment as
little cause for concern. "People are more interested
in who she is, and what her dedication to the house is,
than her personal life, which isn’t our concern," said
Lisa Mignone, a senior from Bronxville, N.Y.
The same goes for many at Yale. "It’s really not a
big deal," said Tya Harris, a sophomore from Nashrifle,
Tenn. "There are a lot ofpe0ple who are openly
Gay on this campus."
Ellen Gone But
Gays Still on TV
LOS ANGELES (AP) L The cancellation of ABC’s
"Ellen" will leave prime-time television without its
: signed opinion, rejected all of the arguments.
¯ Movsovitz can appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court.
"As societal values evolve, the Legislature may fol-
¯ low some other state legislatures and decriminalize
: private sexual behaviorbetweenall consenting adults,"
¯ the court satd. Ho ever, these are issues that should
¯ be addressed by legislatures and not courts."
According to court records, two men approached
.. Movsovitz while he was parked in Gage Park, the
¯ city’s largest park and home of the Topeka Zoo.
~ During a conversation, Movsovitz agreed to engage
." in oral sex. The two men were undercover police
¯ officers.
: Canada Recognizes
i Same-Sex Spouses
TORONTO (AP) - Ontario’s highest court has ruled
¯ thatthe Canadian government’s definition of"spouse"
¯ is unconstitutional because it excludes same-sexpart- ¯
¯ ners.. A three-judge panel of the Ontario Court of
Appeal ruledthat the definitionof"spouse" shouldbe
¯ amended in the federal Income Tax Act to recognize
¯ same-sex couples as well as opposite-sex couples. ¯
¯ The ruling came in a case involving pension benefits
and technically applies only to the Income Tax Act.
: But Gay activists said it could set a precedent that
¯ would affect similar sections of other federal acts. ¯
"It opens the door for same-sex pension benefits,
¯ certainly, but it’s also a very significant statement by
¯ the courts thatdiscriminating against same-sexcouples
is not only immoral, it’s unconstitutional," said John
¯
Fisher, executive director of Equality Ior Gays and
¯ Lesbians Everywhere.
: The case was broughtby Nancy Rosenberg andher
¯ employer, the Canadian Union of Public Employees,.
: regarding pension benefits which R0senberg sought
¯ to arrange for her Lesbian partner. The union in 1992
amended its pension plan to’extending spousal ben-
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Canada’s revenue department argued the amendment
violated the tax s opposite-sex definition of spouse.
The court ruling gave the union the right to include
same-sex partners in its private pension plan without
losing any tax benefits. Revenue department officials
said they hadn’t decided whether to appeal the ruling to
the Supreme Court of Canada.
Special Classes for Gay
Students Nixed
BAY SHORE, N.Y. (AP) - Gay and Lesbian students
who say they dropped out ofpublic high school because
of harassment almost got their own one-room schoolhouse,
but organizers forget one detail: getting permissi’on
from their bosses.
Top officials of the sponsoring government agency,
the Eastern Suffolk Board of Cooperative Education
Services, said they learned about the schoolhouse from
a Newsday reporter. Board president Bruce Brodsky
immediately halted plans to open the school, the newspaper
reported last month.
He was unaware that members of his own staff had
enlisted a teacher, arranged for a classroom at the Long
Island Gayand Lesbian Youth Inc. in BayShore, and
had been advertising to attract students for several
weeks. Three had signed up. The board Serves youngsters
with special needs, including those who are pregnant,
handicapped or seeking occupational training.
"I don’t believe there should be a separate facility for
Gay and Lesbian students. I don’t want to throw them
back into the closet;’ Brodsky said.
David Kilmnick, executive director of the Gay youth
agency, said he would still push for the separate classes.
"We want to make sure that this school happens, that
these kids are not harassed or subject to violence because
oftheir sexual orientation.-Theyneed a safer place
to-learn," he said.
Californian Trying
to Ban Gay Marriages
SACRAMENTO (AP) -Alawmaker who failed in two
attempts to get a law bauning Gay_m~ages through the
Legislature has received~the go-ahead to start collecting
signatures to submit his proposal direcdy to voters.
State Sen. Pete Knight, R-Palmdale, has until June 25 to
collect the 433,269 signatures needed to place his initiafive
on the November ballot. If he misses that date, but
collects enough signatures by Sept. 21, his proposal
willbeplacedonthe presidential primary ballot in 2000.
His proposal, which was certified to circulate petitions,
brings the number ofproposed initiatives seeking
a spot on the November statewide ballot to 47. Knight’s
proposal, tided the "California Defense of Marriage
¯ Act," adds just one sentence to the state Family Code:
"Only marriage between a man and a woman i s valid or
recognized in California."
Statelaw already says that any marriage pfrformed in
California must be between a man and a woman. But
that lgw also recognizes as valid any marriage performed
elsewhere. After a Hawaiian court riding in
1993 made recognition of Gay and Eesbian marriages
possible, Congress gave states the authority not to
recognize same-gender marriages performed in another
state. An earlier attempt to place aban on Gay marriages
on the June primary ballot failed to collect enough
signatures.
Students Sentenced
for Anti-Gay Attack
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Three teen-age boys have
been sentenced to eight days each on a work crew and
a year or more of probation in the intimidation and
assault of a Gay high school student in February. Paul
.Miller, a senior at Corvallis High School, said the boys
taunted him and then punched him, knocking out his
two front teeth.
Cyle Schroeder, 15, and Robert Huffaker and Michael
Nash, both 16, appeared before Benton County Circuit
Judge Robert Gardner. Miller did not attend the hearing.
Schroeder, who threw the punch, will serve two
years’ probation after his time on the work crew. He
:¯ earlier spent 16 days in juvenile d~tenfion at the
Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility. Huffaker,
¯ who served five days at Oak Creek and 69 days of
¯ home detention, will be on probation for one year. ¯
Nash, who served five days at Oak Creek and 33
¯ days of home detention, will be on probation until
: his 18th birthday.
¯ All three must undergo diversity education, pay ¯
restitution to Miller for his dental bills and write a
¯ letter of apology, the judge said. While what was
done to Miller can’t be undone, Gardner said the
case can send a message to people in the commu-
: nity to think twice before taunting others. The
; judge said he got the impression that the boys have
: come to realize the seriousness :of what happened.
If people are assaulted because of their particular
status, the assault is notjust on that person, but also-
: on the group, he said. "That’s the reason I think this
¯ case had the publicity and had the attention I think
¯ it deserved," Gardner said.
Support for Gays
Provokes Death Threats
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Gay-rights issues have
divided the United Methodist Church, but death
threats against a student who supported Gay rights
¯" at the church’s Nebraska Wesleyan Uni.versity
¯ have caused a deeper controversy. "Everyone is
¯ welcome at this university, regardless of how they
¯ live or how they love," the Rev. Bill Draper Finlaw ¯
told a crowd of about 300 people gathered on
¯ campus Thursday to show support for sophomore
: Jonathan Judge.
¯ The small, liberal arts Methodist school, which ¯
has about 1,500 students, was rocked last week
: when Judge received two messages on his answering
machine threatening him with death for supporting
a campus Gay rights group. Judge reported
’. the messages to police. Judge, who is not Gay, is a
¯ member of the student senate and has introduced a
bill on behalf of the Gay civil rights group, Plains ¯
Pride, to have it recognized as a legitimate campus ¯ organization.
¯" The rally camejust two days before the church’s
¯ national Council of Bishops is to meet in Lincoln.
The bishOps have been asked to call a special
: session ofthe General Conference, the church’s top
¯ legislative body, to discuss Gay civil rights.
¯ These rights became a hot-button issue among
: the church’s 9.5 million members when a Method-
" ist minister in Omaha was acquitted last month on
¯ charges of disobeying church rules for performing
; a Lesbian marriage. The Rev. Jimmy Creech per-
" formed the ceremony in September in defiance of
: anorderby Nebraska BishopJoel Martinez. Creech
: was suspended and put on trial before a jury of
¯ Methodist ministers.
Following a two-day inquiry in Keamey, a panel
¯ of 13 ordained elders voted 8-to-5 to convictCreech
of violating the church’ s Order and Discipline. The
¯ vote fell one short of the nine required for convic-
¯ tion. Creech presented the first challenge to the
denomination’s 1996 decision in its Social Principles
to prohibit"ceremonies that celebratehomo-
. sexual unions." The United MethodistChurch is
¯ the second largest Protestant denomination in the
United States, after the Southern Baptists. It has
about 120 colleges nationwide, including Southern
Methodist, Duke and Emory universities in addition
to Nebraska Wesleyan.
: Dina Weisser, a 21-year-old junior at Nebraska
¯ Wesleyan, said she has several Gay and Lesbian
: friends whohavebeenharassedoncampus.Weisser,
¯ wh0is not Gay but belongs to Plains Pride, said two
¯ members of the group have been attacked on or
near campus in recent weeks. ’q?here’s been so
¯ much violence going on - so much hatred," she
¯ said. ’q’hey are trying to silence us by threatening
¯ senators in our student senate ~.. trying to take away
our First Amendment rights"
¯ Judge sat on a brick wall during the rally, stanng
¯ down at the sidewalk as he listened to the speakers.
¯ "It was very reassuring." he said. "It ¯renewed my
faith in this campus." Judge appeared nervous
¯ when asked how he was coping after the death
threats. "I’m here," he said.
Every 5 Minutes,
Another Young
Person’s Infected
MOSCOW (AP) - Every minute worldwide,
five people between the ages of 10
and 24 become infected with HIV, according
to a report released here inMoscoW.
The UNAIDS report also warned that
Eastern Europe is set to become "one of
the next epicenters" of the world AIDS
crisis, with HIV’ infection.rates having
increased at least sixfold .since 1994. It
said that 190,000 people in the region are
infected, a contagion rate driven by a
sharp rise in the use of injected drugs.
In conjunction with the report, thejoint
U.N. Programon HIV/AIDS launched a
yearlong campaign called "Force for
Change: World AIDS Campaign with
Young People." The report was released
in,Moscow to draw attention to the threat
facing Eastern Europe. "In.Russia, where
injecting drug use and unsafe sex are
fueling the HIV/AIDS epidemic, it is time
for young people to engage in HIV/AIDS
prevention efforts and make their voices
heard," said G4anni MtuTi~ UNICEF’s
Moscow representative. "They have the
right and responsibility to change the
course of the epidemic and the support of
adults is crucial to make it happen."
The report said that the young are particularly
hard-hit by the world epidemic,
with at least one-third of the 30 million
HIV carriers being 24 or younger. Each
day, 7,000 young people worldwide contract
HIV, adding up to 2.6 million new
-infections annually, it said. The report
warned Of an explosion in sexually transmitted
diseases across Eastern E~ope.
New syphilis cases have gonefrom 10 per
100,000people each yearin thelate 1980s
to - in some regions-- hundreds per
100,000.
UNAIDS is a grouping of 5 U.N. agencies
and the World Bank.
More $ Could 1/2
New Infections
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - More spending
could halve the number of new HIV
infections worldwide, according to a
United Nations study presented at a San
Francisco AIDS conference. "We know
what works. We’ve shown it’ s effective.
What we need now is the money to implement
them," said Martha Bulter deLister,
director oftheDominicanRepublicAIDS
organization Fundacion Genesis. "We
can’t wait for a vaccine."
The result could be achieved if affluent
governments, corporations and individuals
dug deeper and spent 10 to 15 times
more on global preventionprograms, said
the UN study presented at this week’s
University of California, San Francisco
conference. HIV infection is rampaging
through Africa, the Caribbean, Latin
America and Southeast Asia, but many
countries are unable to afford something
as simple as a blood test to keep the blood
supply dean.
Nor can they afford testing, and counseling
of HIV-infected people to warn
against transmitting the infection to others.
Sexually transmitted diseases, known
to boost the risk of HIV infection, go
untreated. Furthermore, mothers pass on
the virus to their infants because they lack
access to theAZT drug regimen that could
interrupt deadly viral transmission.
While much of. the globe is riveted by
three- and four-drug anti-viral regimens,
costing $25,000 to $37,000 per person a
¯ year, an estimated 16,000 men, women
~ and children in developing countries are
¯ newly infected each day.
." Conference co-chair MargaretChesney
¯¯ of the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention
Studies, working with AIDS specialists
¯
from 38 different nations, sought pmcti-
¯ cal and affordable solutions to the growing
epidemic.
Among the prevention costs estimated
by experts:
- 50 cents to test blood for theAIDS virus.
- Several dollars to cure a sexually trans-
" mitted disease.
-$50 to give an infected mother a short
course ofAZT to prevent transmission of
the virus to her baby.
Worldwide, about $1.5 billionhas been
spent each year on comic books, radio
spots and condom rallies in devdoping
.nations. But such prevention efforts have
proved to be mere speed bumps, not roadblocks,
in the path of HIV, the report
found.
US HIV Infection
Rate Steady
ATLANTA (AP) - The rate at which
people arebecoming infected withHIV in
the United States has heldrelatively steady
despite a historic drop in AIDS cases,
suggesting thatmany people are not heeding
warnings about prevention. A study
released by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention estimated a2 percent
decline from 1995 to 1996 in.the number
ofnew HIV cases diagnosedamongpeople
13 or older.
"This is a case of the glass is half full,"
said CorneliusBakerof the National AS:
sociation of People with AIDS. "People
are living longer. That’s great. But with a
steady infection rate, it means the epidemic
isn’t going away."
"- The study Used statistics from the 25
~ states that report infection r~ites. AIDS
_" deaths dropped 21%in 1996, while the
¯ number of people with AIDS dropped ¯
6%, according to figures previously re-
: leased by the CDC. AIDS deaths were
¯ down an additional 44%in the firsthalf of
1997. People diagnosed with HIV are not
¯
considered AIDS cases until they actually
: develop symptoms of the disease. So de-
" laying the onset of AIDS and prolonging
¯ the lives of AIDS patients can reduce the ¯
numberofAIDS deaths even while there’s
~ little changein the rate ofnew HIV cases.
¯ "We’renot seeinggoodnews in the fact ¯
that we are not seeing a substantial de-
" dine," in the H_IV infection rate, said Dr.
¯ Palricia Fleming, a CDC researcher. The ¯
¯ CDC estimated that HIV cases between
1994 and mid-1997 dropped slightly
among menbut increased among women.
The study also showed HIV infections
¯ among young people overall had leveled
off, but minorities now make up a greater
¯ portion of that group. Of the 7,200 cases
¯ of HIV reported among 13- to 24-y.ear¯
olds, 63% were black and 5% Hispamc.
Ms. Fleming warned that not all states
¯ were required to report infection rates.
~ The new figures don’t include California
¯ and New York, so the true national infec- ¯
tion rate could be higher or lower, she
¯ said. The CDCwants all states to create a
¯ name-based HIV reporting system.
~ "You need to know about the front end
¯ oftheepidemicifyou’retryingtofindout
¯ what’s going on With the disease," said
¯ Eve Mokotoff, chief of the HIV/AIDS ¯
epidemiology unit at the Michigan De-
" partment of Community Health in De-
" troit. Michigan is among the states that
Medical
Excellence And
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Donors’ Event
Thursday, June 4th, 6 - 9 pm
Home Tour
Saturday, June 6th, 10
Sunday, June 7th, 1 -
-5pro
5 pm
Patrons’ Event
Tuesday, June 16th
For tickets or for more information,
call Charles Faudree, Inc., Anti~ques at 747-9706
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12-9 pro, Saturday
all sales benefit the Pride Center
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require their clinics and hospitals to report
the names of people infected with HIV.
House Bars Needle
Exchange Funds
WASHINGTON (AP) - Not satisfied with
what members called a halfhearted effort
by the administration, the House voted
Wednesday to bar federal money for
needle-exchange programs.
The 287-140 vote came during a week
when the parties were vyi.ng for the high
groundin anti-drug policies. Many Democrats
said the GOP-backed bill was political
posturing that would cripple programs
proven to stop the spread of AIDS. House
Majority Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas,
said the action was needed to counter "a
deadhead president that supports a program
that gives free needles to drug addicts."
The House action came just days after
the White House announced that it would
continue to ban federal money for needle
exchange programs while recognizing that
suchprograms have been effectivein fighting
the spread ofAIDS without encouraging
illegal drug use. Linda Ricci, spokeswoman
for the White House Office of
Management and Budget, said the GOP
bill.was "unnecessary and unwarranted."
The Health and Human Services secretary
"should have the authority to determane
the merit of such programs and...
the decision on which HIV prevention
strategies to use should be in the hands of
state and local offidials,’.’ Ricci said.
The issue divided the administration.
HHS Secretary Donna Shalala encour-
. ~aged local ~Orn)nlmiti~st0,expandthe 1 i 0
.~e&tleexchar~ge~programs now operating
in 22 states while drug policy chief Barry
McCaffrey argued that theprogramsjeopardize
the administration’s war on drugs.
Clinton’s surgeon general, Dr. David
Satcher, said he was "disappointed" funds
wouldnotbe availablefor effective needle
exchange programs. Members of theCongressional
Black Caucus last week called
for McCaffrey’s resignation, saying lives
would be lost if needle distribution is
halted.
But Republicans said the administratiou
policy was consistent with its failure
to get tough on drugs. They disputed scientific
studies concluding that needle exchange
programs are working. "The
Clinton administration’s endorsement of
needle exchange programs is part of an
intolerable message to our nation’s children
sent by the White House that drug
use is a way of life;" Said Rep. Gerald
Solomon, R-N.Y., a sponsor of the legislation.
Democrats accused Republicans of
rushing a bill to the floor withom hearings
to make a political point. "This legislation
is a travesty and a blight upon true medical
science and it plays into the hands of
those who would" use the lives of our
children aud those addicted for political
purposes," said Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee,
D-Texas. "You’d think we’re having a
meeting of the flat earth society," said
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. "How can we
turn our back on science?"
The federal government since 1989 has
barred the use of federal funds to provide
hypodermic needles and syringes to intravenous
drug users. The legislation, which
still needs Senate consideration, would
repeal, language in a 1998 spending bill
that would allow funding if the HHS secretary
determines exchange projects are
effective in preventing the spread of HIV,
the virus that causes AIDS, and do not
encourage illegal drug use.
TheHouse votecameas the Republican
leadership prepared to unveil an dectionyear
package of anti-drug proposals, including
more money for border guards,
tougher penalties andgrants to small businesses
that fight workplace drug use.
House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt
of Missouri sought to get thejump on the
Republicans Wednesday by issuing aninepage
report critical of the GOP record in
fighting drug.s. "By making the war on
drugs a parusan war, Speaker (Newt)
Gingrich is drawing thebattle lines against
imaginary enemies. The onfy thing he
will accomplish is to reduce the prospects
for bipartisan anti-drug legislation in this
Congress," he said.
$1rn Offered for
Needle Exchange
NEW YORK (AP) - International financier
George Soros has offered $1 million
in matching funds to support needle exchange
programs around the country. The
move came in response to the Clinton
administration’s position that it does not
favor federal funding for the programs,
which are credited with helping slow the
spread of the AIDS virus.
The Sorts pledge "was in the works,
and we d~cided to announce it when the
federal government decided not to fund
programs," said Ty Trippet of the
Lindesmith Center, a drug policy research
organizanon that is part of the Sortssponsored
Open Society Institute.
Sorts said an estimated 35 percent of
all new HIV cases in the United States are
due to druginjectionwith unclean needles.
"It has been scientifically proven, and the
federal government agrees, that making
sterile syringes readily available to addicts
reduces the spread of HIV and does
not encourage drug use," he said.
Health and Human Services Secretary
Douna Shalala has urged state and local
officials to use their own funds to implement
such programs. Last 3ear, Sorts
donated S1 million to various needleexchange
programs. This year’s repeat
donation will be used to match the amount
that donors increase their donations over
last year. For exan~ple, if a foundation
don£ted $50,000 to a needle exchange
program last 3,ear and is donating $75,000
this year- then Soros will donate $25,000.
It is oifl.v the latest in a series of contributions
to various causes by the Hungarian-
born financier, who is ~ U.S. cidzen.
In 1997, Soros made charitabledonadons
of about $’540 million, according to Fortune
magazine. Much of his largess has
gone to benefit eastern Europe, including
Russia.
Also Baltimore Mayor. Kurt Schmoke
said Clinton would agree to exchange
programs if he saw how well they worked
in Baltimore. Schmoke renewed his offer
to talk to officials throughout the country
in support of needle exchanges, including
to the nation’s" chief executive. "I’m convinced
if we can get the president over
here, we can change his opinion," he said.
Baltimore’s program, providing needles
to about 7,000 addicts at a cost of about
$300,000 a year, is the largest city-rim
program in the country, Schmoke said.
Mom Pleads for
Infected Child
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) - The 7-yearold
boy already is slowly dying of a disease
that authorities say his own father
deliberately inflicted. The mother of the
¯ youngster, whose father is accused of
¯ injecting him with the AIDS virus, says
¯ her goal now is to prevent him from bei;ag
i victimized again.
The mother, identified on!y as Jennifer,
¯ said she was grateful for the compassion
¯¯ she had received. But she was obviously
shaken by the number of reporters and
¯ television cameras she faced at a news
¯ conference. She took no questions after
¯ making a brief statement. "I plead with ¯
you to respect the privacy and dignity of
¯ my son andmy family. He’s been through
¯ so much already," she said. "My main
¯ concern is to protect my son from any
: further victimization."
Her voice broke several times as she
¯ explained how her son’s illness - he was
¯ diagnosed with full-blown AIDS in 1996
- has affected their lives. She said her son,
who was once near death, ~s dome, better
¯ now" but that she realizes he will eventu-
¯ ally die of the disease. The boy must be
¯ fed small amounts of food frequendy and
¯ must take about 10 medications several
¯ times a day. He is trying to live as normal
: a life as possible, even going to school
¯ when he is able.
Brian T. Stewart is charged with firstdegree
assault, accused of deliberately
¯" injecting his infant son with AIDS-tainted
¯° blood six years ago. He haspleaded iuno¯
cent and is being held on $500,000 bond.
County prosecutor Tim Brann said he
could not comment on any of the evidencc
policemayhave gathered against StewarL
except to say that there was enough to
allow a judge to issue a ~varrant for
Stewart’s arrest on charges of first-degree
assault: - ¯ : ¯ 7
Police said Stewart once told the bo\"s
mother not to worry about trying to collect
child support because the boy ,votdda’t
live that long. His lawyer, Joe Murphy,
has said Stewart maintains that he is immcent.
Murphy has accnsed prosecutors of
trying and convicting his client in the
media.
HIV Positive Kid in
Day Care Dispute
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - An agreement
with two day-care centers sets a precedent
by applying the Americans with Disabilities
Act’s protections to a child who has
the virus that causes AIDS, a govenmaent
prosecutor says. The Beloit centers were
accused of denying service to the bm
because ofhis HIV virus. They have agree~t
the v~rus is a disability under the act,
according to U.S. Attorney Peggy
Lantenschlager. "What this says is, because
someone is HIV positive doesn’t
mean that they can be discriminated," she
said. The lawsuits claimed the centers
illegal|y turned the boy, now 5, away in
1996 because of his disease. The centers’
lawyers had argued the boy was not protected
by the federal law, which requires
that people have an impairment that substantially
limits a major life activity. The
lawyers said the boy was well-adjusted
and functions normally, despite his suppressed
immune system.
Last week, U.S District Court Judge
John Shabaz allowed prosecutors to proceed
with the lawsuit against the centers.
Shabaz ruled that there was enough evidence
to let a jury find that the boy could
beconsidereddisabled under the act. Chris
Kinast, the lawyer for Kiddie Ranch, said
his client settled because federal prosecutors
have virtually unlimited resources
and the center could not afford to defend
itself.
Well, happy May day! For those who
don’tknow,inPagan terms, it~ s the ,d~,y.
celebrate fertility and creativity in au it s "
many forms. Maypoles, phallic symbols
and dancing are the Usual forms of celebration
as Spring returns.
Speaking of creative endeavors, the
Council Oak Men’s Chorale is pleased to
announce our first formal
concert! It will be
atAll Soul’s Unitarian
Church at8pmonMay
29. Hmm. I’d better
start practicing. ,,
"Song and Dance~ ,
my favorite of the
Lloyd-Webber musicals,
Opens here in
Tulsa for a 3 day performance
June 26 at
Tulsafest at the Performing
Arts Centerfor
Education,TCC South
Campus, 10300 E. 81st
Street. The musical is
unusual in that the first act is .to.ldfrom the
perspective of an English g~d newly arrivedinNewYorktobe
withherlovcr and
to pursue her hat making career..The r~est
of ~ct one follows her relationships as her
perspective and lovers change:’,The.first
acti~ done entirely in song. The second
act is told in dance; and follows a young
man who she falls inlove with, andworks
from his perspective. I saw the National
TourwittiMefissaManchester (Bernadette
Peters originated the role here in the
States), andfell inlov¢withthechar,a~c,t~s
and the show. And even if you don t like
dance, if their choreography is anything
even close to what I saw, you will be
.......enchanted and amazed: SEE IT!!!!
It is part of an arts festival which indudes
many other fine events, from orchestras
to dance to pop(call for info) and
"An EveningWith Patti Page", who is a
Claremore native, June 20th at the PACE.
For Ticket info, caI1.595~7777.
Opera buffs, rejoice! June holds lots_a
fun for fans of Gilbert and Sullivan, with
Light Opera Oklahoma p,r,o~_u.d,ng thre~,
shows: ’ffheNew Moon’ by Si..g.m,,una,
¯Romberg, an operetta with all kinds oi
romantic hijink~ of a French chevalier
fleeing royal fury, falling in love and
buckling I~is swish, swash. Sorry. That
opensJune 11; and June 1.2 brings Pineapple
Poll.. The description for this is
infi-iguing: Pineapple Poll and all her
friends are madly in 10ve with the Captain
Philbrook is bringing
old masters to light in
an exhibit entitled
"Old Masters brought
to Light". Catchy,
huh? The exhibit
features some really
beautiful works from
the National Museum
of Art of Romania...
Broken Arrow Community Playhouse
comes to the rescue of an otherwise dull
month with ’q’he Importance of Being
Earnest" by Oscar Wilde May 8 --17. M.y
fav.orite classic comedy, Oscar turns society
upside down in this comedy.of manners.
Call 258-0077 for reservauons.
The Thomas Moran exhibition winds
down May 10 at
Gilcrease Museum, so
catch it while you can.
Philbrook is bringing
old masters to light in
anexhibitentitled"Old
Masters brought to
Light". Catchy, huh?
The exhibit features
some really beautiful
works from the National
Museum of Art
of Romania, where, by
the way, the real
Dracula made many
peasant’s lives rather
difficult. The real
¯ McCoyhad apenchant for punishing anY-
¯¯ one who violated his sense of re,orals by
impaling them on stakes. No, it s true -
¯ ro~ "In Search of Dracula" . He was a ¯ .cad .
convertedChristian, to boot. Andhis sense
". of morals changed on a whim - kind of
". like Pat Robertson, Robert Tilton, Jerry
¯ Falwell, and Jimmy Swaggart. But I di-
". gress, much I’m sure, to the eternal cha-
". grin of my editor, who never d...o~.s ~at.
-’. At any rate, the paintings will t~e hung
~ baroque eras from such diverse locales as
¯ Italy, Spain, Germany, and the Nether-
" lands. Masters such as ElG~eco,
[ Rembrandt, Veneziano, and Jordaens are
re1~resented. This is not to bemissed.
! " "On May 24, a lecture on ’~he Age of
ii BdiesrcnuasrsdinogSGtroenzzoie"sewpilalibnetinggivienntahte2eparrloy,
17th century. Another exhibition cel:
~ ebrates a recent acquisition by Philbrook
¯ of Strozzi’s "St. Francis in Ecstasy" ,
i subtitled"An Acquisition in Focus" ¯ rnnning
May 17 - July 12.
i ¯ Local news: vaudeville was all the rage
i when Doris Travis lied about her ageto
~ join the Ziegfeld Follies. Now 94, she’s
: pulled, out tier tap shoes for a return en-
¯ gagement "I dance the same as I did 79
i years ago," Mrs. Travis said. "Maybe not
~vith th~ same spring in my foot, but my
i style hasn’t changed. I haven’t tried any
of the ttMS Hot Cross Bun. Yes, folks, ". of these new jazz or rock moves!" She
tbheattteirs:~qh’haetythceopnrtersivsereallelamseeasnasyst.oI.Itxg~ear~a :~ hfoeramdeedr ZtoiegNfeewld gYirolrskfotroajnoAinIDfiSvebeontehfeirt
his ship". I bet they do. Seems to me the ¯ at the New Amsterdam Theatre, the remen’s
chorus could have fun with that "¯ storedvaudeville-erashowplaceoffTimes Square where the original Follies were
piece. Oh my, it’s getting warm here. ,, . st,~ged. Mrs. Travis was ju.st l~4,,w.hen~s_h_e.
And.the 3rd offering is "The Mikado , i lied a,.bout her age to join me uomes, t nat
which is a more well-knownwork. And
with character names like Nauld Poo, "- wasn t the last time she refused to be
Yum.Yum,andKo-Ko,it’ssur¢,toaw.ak¢,n : limited by her years: She gr.ad..ua2~ ~[~hm~
the appetite. Theperforman._ces wi.11 runat : theUniv~rsitv ofOklahomamlv’yzatm.
the University of Tulsa, in 3 week reper- ~ age of 88, as ~ history major and mem.b~.r
tory format. Formore info and reserva- : 0fPlaiBetaKappa. Wayt.ogo!,Ilove.tl~,s.
ti6us, call 583-4267. . story, becaus_eitgoesto.snowtlaeremtgmo
"Ohieetof Mv AffectiOus:~ ; a comedy ~ jus"tEblelehno;p’ tehfeotremleeviyseiot!n sitcom that was
about a stratght woman who falls mlove ¯
withhergayroonimate,iscurrently show- ~: the first with a Gay leading character, has
ing at Parklane, Eton, Easfland, and M°v- beencanceledafterfive seas’°~"TheA.BaCnC
ies 8. It comes higtdy recommended,and show will not remmfor a mxthlseason,
I would have had a review for you, but "- network spokeswoman said, declining
lfirfoem’s sleitetilneghtahnedfiglmreinnadtiemsepfroervtehnisteidssmuee, ~ fthuertshuebr jecoctmomfneantti.onTahledepbroagterawmh.e~n~beea~te,n,e,
There’s always Mayfest, and the ¯
played by comedian Ellen DeGeneres,
Renegade’ s answer to that, Gayfest.
" see Notes, page 11
PHILBROOK Visit Tuesday- Sunday
Adults $5, Seniors & Students $3
¢ous¢iL oak
meN’5 ¢i-IoKaLe
will present a flee performance on Friday,_
May 29th at All Souls Unitarian Church at 8
For more information, please call 743-4297.
TOHR/the Pride Center
presents
1998 Tulsa Pride March &.Picnic
Saturday, June 20
Veterans-Park, 18th & Boulder
March: 11:30,.Picnic: Noon- 5pm
_ .Community Organization& Businesses Booths,
Games,-Music & Free Refreshments.
Information? Call TOHR/the Pride Center at 743-GAYS (743-4297)
This ad donated by Tulsa Family News.
Follies Revue,. Inc.
presents its l Oth anniversary benefit
The-Best of Follies ’98
John H. Williams Theatre
Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Patron’s Night
Thursday, June 25, at seven o’clock
Champagne reception to follow, $~0
Benefit Performances
Friday, June 26 & Saturday, June 27
at eight o’clock, $2o
Tickets available at t~e PAC Box O ffice: :596-7111,
¯ 800-364-7111 or Carson Attractions~ 584-2000.
Beneficiaries are: Community of Hope, HIV-Resource Consortium,-Hope
Testing Clinic, Hospice of Green Country, O ur House, St.Joseph Residence,
Tulsa Community~ AIDS part.i~rshiP, and .the Visiting Nurse Association’.
1 st Annual
Red Ribbon Run
5k Run, Race Walk &.,Casual Walk
mbenefitHIV services ofInteffaithAIDS Ministries
& Tulsa Community AIDS Partnership
sponsored by Bank of Oklahoma, Stax/Circle K
Bama Companies, Interim Health Care, Joel, Tracey &
Clay Norvell, & Tulsa Family News
Saturday, June 13
Mens- 7am, Womens - 7:30 am
LaFortune Park, 61st & Yale
Registration SW Shelter, 6 am
Parking at south 10t only, USATF sanctioned event.& c.ertifie~
coordinated by-Glen’s; Ine Prereg.istratio.n: $1.2 wit~ }=sla!~, $~
withoutl Race Day Registration: $15 witla t-shirt, $1o wlmout.
Awards to top three men and women-in each USATF age group, as
well as top overall male& femalefinishers&top threerace walkers.
You dont have to run .to help! Join the Red Ribbon
Booster Club by making a donation to the Red Rib,b.on.
Run. Those donating $25 or more will receive a t-start.
Info: IAM.438-2437orPOB691438, Tulsa, 74169
I~P SUNDAYS
Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - .11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Community of Hope (United Methodist), Service - 6pro, 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Service - 11am, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595
Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist
Service - 1lain, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314
Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church
Service - 5pm, Childrens Ministry - 5pro, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, .Inc.
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:~tSam, 3210e So. Norwood
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa
Service, 10:45am, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715
Parish Church of St. Jerome (Evangelical Anglican Church in America)
Mass - 1 lam, 205 W. King (east of No. Denver), Info: 582-3088
University of Tulsa Bisexual/Lesbian/GayfFransgendered Alliance
6:30 pm, Meets at the Canterbury Ctr., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
~ MONDAYS
Council Oak Men’s Chorale, 7 pm, leave message for more information: 743-4297
HIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appointment required.
Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm, 834-TEST (8378) 3501 E. Admiral (east of Harvard)
HIV Rap Sessions at Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
7:30pm, 2207 E: 61h;583-7815
PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays
2nd Mon/each mo. 6:30pro, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard
Mixed Volleyball, Helmerich Park, 71st & Riverside, 7pm, call Shawn 491-2036.
Women/Children & AIDS Committee, 3/2, noon, United Way Bldg. 1430 S. Boulder
I~" TUESDAYS
AIDS Coalition of Tulsa, 5/12, noon, United Way Bldg. 1430 S. Boulder
HIV+ Support Group~ HIV Resource,Consortium l:30pm
- 3507E Admiral(east ofHarvard), I~fo: Wanda@ 834-4194
Mnlticultnrai AIDS Coalition, 5/5, 12:30pro, Urban League, 240 East Apache
Shanti-Tulsa, Inc. HIV!AIDS Support Group~ and Friends & Family HIV!AIDS
Support Group - 7 pm, Locatiom, call: 627-2525
Rainbow Business Guild, Business & prof. networking group. Info: 743-4297
PrimeTimers, mens group, 3rd Tues/each rot., 7pro, Pride Center, 1307 E. 381h
Coming Out Support Group (TOHR/HOPE)
Tuesdays, 6 pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, info: 743-4297
~ WEDNESDAYS
Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center
Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Family Of Faith MCC Praise/Prayer - 6:30pm, 5451-E S. Mingo. 622-1441
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Service - 7pm, 3210c So. Norwood
Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group
For more information, calI 582-7225, John at ext. 218, or Tommy at ext. 208
TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for info: 595-7632.
Lambda A-A, 7 pm, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
~" THURSDAYS
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education
Anonymous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 ~- 8:30pm 834-8378, 3507 E. Admiral
Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN)
Support/social group for 18-24"s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325
From Our Hearts to Our House~ 1 lpm, 3rd Thurs/cach mo. Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS, Info: 834-4194
~ FRIDAYS
SafeHaven, Young Adults Social Group, tat Fri/each rot. 8pro, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th
Community Coffee House, varying dates, 7 pro, Pride.Center, Info: 743-4297
~ SATURDAYS
Narcotics Anonymous, 11 pm, Community of Hope,1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
Lambda A-A, 6 pro, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
I~’ OTHER GROUPS
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 838-1222
Womeus Supper Club, Call for info: 584-.2978
OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organization. Info: POB 9165, Tulsa 74157
Ifyour organization is not listed, please let us know. Call orfax 583-4615.
Reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa Cir,-Count, Library
Author Isensee has ,’m interesting approach
to currentGay male culture. With
analogies to posttraumatic
stress syndro~ne, he explains
how events ,and society conspire
to create a d,’mgerous
enviromncut for Ga3 males.
While understanding that
mm~v Gay men come l~om
dvsf{mcfi~md or abusi ve fromlies
~md ~e trying to overcome
the effects of our
homophobic culture, it is important
to realize that. in
Iscuscc’s approach, tiffs is a
book about, m~d for, victims.
Divided lUtO two scctmns.
Reclaiming Your ldJ~ begins
by cxamimug homopho~m.
abusive f~nilies, shmne
self-destructive behavior.
Iscnscc sees a direct ton’elation
between posttraumatic
stress (uustmsl. uightmarcs.
With
analogies to
posttraumatie
stress
syndrome, he
explains how
events and
soeiety
conspire to
create a
dangerons
environment
for Gay
males?
m]xict\ ) mid the problems that kc.cj~ some
Gay u’mlcs from living full m~d "happy
lives. Guilt. shmnc, withdra~v~d, m~d isolation
arc cxmnincd, thrlv scxwfl abuse
nla31 cause the adult Gay m[dc to engage m
scxuall3 compulsiv c behavior, often pracuqing
uns~d’c sex. "’Associating sex with
sh;mm, a sexuM abuse snrvivormav seek
out sexmd contact in wlfich he is li~ely m
feel degraded."
Overwork is mmfl~cr area of compulsive
behavior. %Vhen xour sense of sellis
dependent ou overacl~ming, it is vulnerable
to the shifting fortunes of success or
-failure -just as your self-esteem was
dependent on how your parents felt about
themselves at any particularmoment. You
cma never do or accomplish
enongh to gain the approval
that you never had from your
pare~’~ts. Instead you can ~:ieve
for thig loss. This will enable
you to b,’dmace work that expresses
yonrmminterests wifl]
rest. recreatmn, mid intinlate
relationships."
The sccoud half of this
book ex,’uniues the stages of
healiug, including acknowledging
abuse, recoguizing
sclf-desmmtive behavior, nurturing
yoHrself ,’rod asserting
\onr-o~\n needs. Being a so-
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This week has been a week of l)rtilizmg
Grass, trees, slm~bs,just about cver3-
thing except m3 a/aleas.
Some of then]
haven’t finished
blooming )el, so I mn
waiting until 1 can
fertilize them ~dl at
tim smnc time. This
is i~l oplllllUln lime
for feeding because
cvcoflfing is acovch
growing. Xlan~.
plmlls go into a scmidonnm~
t stage in the
hot summer and they
don’t imll as inuch~ml of the soil at that
lime. Now you get the best use Of your
fertilizer
Itcrc ~s a scene that was played oul
mmiv mncs when I had a lawn and g~den
touter; a customer would come in m~d
sayS’My plm~ts just ~en’t growing like
they should." "They are Mire, they just.
aren’t doing ~at wall.’" Then I would say,
"’llow oftcu do you fertilize them." There
would be a lon~ silen~ mid the customer
would get a gipsy look in their eve ~d
say, "’Fertilize the~." TNs is probably not
SOlnetlfing you could relate to at ~1, but it
is common. Feeding your plm~ts is m~
importmlt p~t of spnug mid now is the
time. Arc you tired of me nagging you
about l)rdfi~ng yet?
Plm~t yo~ ~adimns m~y time now, it is
warm enough I saved some bulbs over
from last year It \viii be fun to see their
return pcri’om]~mcc
My pansies look so ~ood that
I haven’t planted the ammals
¯ that $o in their spot . . .
ma:,be I’ll Set one of those ¯
[sugar erystallzin~ kits] so
I can preserve all nay ~ansies
in sugar and decorate desserts
with them. Now all I have to
do i~ find ~omeone
else to flx the de~ert~.
My t)m>acs look
~o good flint I haven’t
pllmtcd the
thai go in their spot
vet. I )ust doll’t have
ihc hc~t to get rid of
thcnl x cl. I Mt~ a
cry ~t~d~izJng kit in a
caudog dm o~]cr
maybe I’ll get one of
th~;se so I cm~ preserve
Ml my pm~sies
in sug~ mid decorate
desserts with
them. Now all I have to do is find someone
else to fix the desserts.
If you havcu’t tfimlned your crepe
myrtl~.vet, it isn’t too late. We had ~m oak
with fungus last vc~ and I should have
sprayed our tree When it first ledcd out
but I didn’t. Oh well. maybe ins year
won’t be as ~vct m~d we won’t have the
problem. I wish this tree would let mc pay
a fine or solnething mid then do what I
shouldhavc done t~vo weeks ago, maybe
I’ll tMk to Nm aboul it’ m~d see what we
~work out. If you have been working in
your g~dcn this last few weeks ~d it
didn’t m~e you fecl better, go back out
there - you ~:eren’t paying enough attention.
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to fill in. Bien-sur, he will be back,
probablement. Mats maintenant, je ne
parlerai pas en francais - I will use the
English.
This Sunday, I had the pleasure of dining
at Philbrook Museum’s brunch buffet
The atmosphere was lovely, as we
arrived just as the rain fell in
droves, and were seated near
the window by the striking
maitre d’. And as I had noted
some particularly handsome,
er, scenery in the restaurant in
addition to the loveliness of
the verdant grounds be~nd a
veil of rainfall, I odjusted my
seating position so I could enjoy
the best of both worlds.
The tableful of handsome
gentlemen provided a lovely
v~ew m one direction,not to
mention the fact that the waiters
were cute, too.
And the sen’ice was excellent.
My glass of iced tea was
never empty very long, which
~s one of my barometers of
good sela’ice.’Leave me thirst).
and go without a tip -well,
other than this verbal one: "’you
really should keep the patron" s
glass full.’" The ambience was
lovely, and the player piano
tinkling gaily in the background
added just the right
touch. Dress ranged from suit and ties to
leather jacket and jeans, so informal is ok.
The buffet, which looked gorgeous,
included something for everyone.Various -
salads, grilled veg~es (squash, zucchini,
and carrots), rosemary potatoes, veg~e
lasagna (they must of had one heck-of-a
deal on the squash and zucchini), roast
beef, grilled chicken over wild rice, cheese
grits (which I found unusual - more later),
ham, and for those more inclined towards
brealffasty-things, an omelette bar and
Bet~an waffles to order.
And the dessert table.., ah the dessert
table. Westarted offatthe salads ofcourse.
I had mixed greens though afew pieces of
which were brown, and a vinegar and oil
concoction. T’was a bit tart, but good. A
CaeS.ar and pasta salads were also featured.
They servedpoppy seedmuffmettes
and also biscuits, which unfortunately
were your average, everyday ones. My
dining companion was daring, and tried
the cole slaw, which he left untouched
after the first bite since it looked much
more interesting than it was - lovely preannouTnced
her sexual orientation a year
ago.
Since then, however, the show’s ratings
have been disappointing. This year,
"Ellen" averaged fewer than 11 million
viewers, a 22 percent drop over the previous
year. The sitcom, which airs at 8:30
pm Wednesdays, made its debut in 1994
with DeGeneres’ character, Ellen Morgan,
playing a young heterosexual. But
the actress and her character both came
out as Lesbians last season.
DeGeneres and the network have since
disagreed over the show’s content, including
whether a kiss between women
could be aired.
[ sentation but an ordinary sugary mayon-
¯ naise dressing.
They also offered a thick cheese-broc-
~ colt -I hesitate to call it soup, but there’s
¯ not really another word that fits. It was
¯ luke-warm, with crunch.), broccoli florets
." that could have used some more blanching.
Where’s Bette Davis when you need
¯" her?
: The main courses - I had the chicken
(dry and cold) and rice (cold),& a small
Sunday Brunch
at
Ph;lbrook
la Villa
2727 So. Rockford
Hou,s:
Tu~. - S~n.. llto 9
Brunch on S~-Mays
Prices:
Expensive
Payment:
~V/ajor eredlt cards
Smoking:
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Alcohol:
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Rating:
bit of veggie lasagna. I use the
term lasagna loosely. It was
basically scorched lasagna
noodles, tomato sauce and zucchini
and squash, cut to look
like potato chips. In fact, I
hesitated to get some because
of that - so did my companion.
It looked like potato chip lasagna.
And it too, was cold to the
taste. I think I tasted sun-dried
tomatoes, but I couldn’t be
sure. The roast veggies ~ver
also tepid.
My dining colnpamon had
pretty much the same thing,
with the addition of rather glutinous
cheese grits that had
solidified as soon as the)" hit
the plate. Mnm~!
On to the denserr table, which
~vas ~vondrous to behold. Carrot
cake, the most succulent (I
love that word!) chocolate
cheesecake I’ve ever tasted,
regular cheesecake, and
chocolate cake with mousse
filling and dark chocolate ic-’
¯ ing and pecan sprinkles. The latter was
¯ good, but the mousse had a slight bitter-
-¯ ness to it, which was unexpected and not
too pleasant -though my companion
¯ thought other~vise. We were too stuffed
¯ by then to try the other selections, but they
¯ were very tempting.
¯ My advice: go straight (so to speak) for
." the dessert table. The rest was a disap-
¯ pointment and a waste of appetite. Hope-
" fully, this will be corrected, or perhaps,
¯ this wasjust aparticularly bad day, but till
¯ then: caveat emptor. And at $15 per person,
you can get a much better meal for a
¯ great deal less at Piccadilly Cafeteria.
Editor’s note: Jean-Claude de
¯ FlambeauchaudwillcontinueTulsaFam- ¯
ily News and Jean-Pierre Legrand-
¯
bouche’s tradition ofrestaurant reviews
¯. which are distinguishedfor theD" candor.
¯ Unlike most other Tulsapublications, we ¯
do not use our reviews as an advertising
¯ tool. In.fact, we’ve lost advertising be-
". cause we did not cater to the egos ofsome
¯ restaurateurs. With us, you get the truth as
¯ we see it. If they don’t like it, tant pis.
~ Joan Garry, executive director of the
¯ Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation,
said the cancellation was a disap-
¯ pointment but not a surprise.
¯ "We’re all disappointed ABC made a
decision based on ratings. We really wish
¯ that they had seriously considered the
¯ impact of Ellen’s work and looked at it ¯
from a broader perspective," she said.
:. "The show may have been canceled, but I
¯ think she gave a gift to Gay and straight ¯
Americans and that’s a legacy that the
¯ cancellation cannot take from her," Garry
¯ said.
¯ The show’s one-hour finale is sched- ¯ uled for May 13 and will take viewers
¯ through a satirical retrospective of her
¯ career. Guest stars will include Jennifer ¯
Aniston, Glenn Close and Phil Donahue.
y
Lesbian mothers ¯
¯ Lesbians that we interviewed even a few
and their children: ¯
¯ years later had begun to use known do-
Interview with Nanette Gartrell ," nors. We actually stopped inviting new
by Esther Rothblum ¯ participants in 1992 because the ’old’
In the early 1980s lots of Lesbians were ¯ Lesbians differed so much from the’new’
beginning to figure out
ways to have children by
donor insemination.
Nanette Gartrell, a Lesbian
psychiatrist, was interested
in studying these pioneer
Lesbians. "We had no
money," she said in a recent
interview, "but of
course none of the work
I’ve ever done has been
funded. It’s usually too
controversial to be funded
by any of the traditional
sources, such as the National
Institutes of Health.
It’s years ahead of its time
in terms ofwhensuchagencies
would fund this kind
of research. We decided if
we waited for funding
agencies to get over their
homophobia to fund this
study, we’d be waiting another
decade. So we went
ahead and funded it our-
"We had no money,"
she said in a recent
interview, "but of
course none of the
work I’ve ever done
ha~ been funded.
It’s usually too
eontroverslal to be
funded by any ofthe
traditional sources
¯.. It’s.years ahead
of its time in terms
of when such
agendes would fund
this kind of
research. ~¢e deelded
ff we walt~d for
selves." Nanette’s studyis- ,’~.funding ageneles to
now the longest-running
study of Lesbians who had
children via donor insemination.
"It’s already been walldocumented
that kids of
Lesbian morns are
healthy," Nanette told me,
"so we’re not trying toreestablish
that. What we’re
interested in is how they
get over their
homophobla to fund
this study, we’d be.
wa;t;ng another
decade. So we w~nt~
ahead and funded it
ourselves."
hav~copedwi.thhomopho- ,
bia. At the time, Nanette s major collaborator
was living in Washington, D.C.
and Nanette was living in Boston, sothey
began the research with Lesbians in those
two cities. Then Nanette moved to San
Francisco and included Lesbians from the
Bay Area.
Thefirst step was finding Lesbian mothers
to participate. Nanette’ s research team
advertised in bookstores and Gay and
Lesbiannewspapers. Theymade upflyers
to distribute at Lesbian films and community
events. They went to all the workshops
on choosing children and told par:
ticipants about the study. The original
study began with 154 mothers.
The first interviews took place when
the mothers were pregnant. Then the mothers
and co-mothers were interviewed again
when the chil&en were a year and a half
old and when they were five. Nanette’s
team is currently interviewing the families
now that the children are 10, and this
for the first time includes interviews with
the .children themselves. Then the families
will be interviewed next when the
children are 17 and when they are 25.
"When we interviewed the mothers at
first, when they were pregnant, they anticipated
being out as Lesbians," said
Nanette. "For the most part they used
unknown donors, because there was a lot
more fear at that time that somehow the
state would come in and take the children
away. By the lime of the next interviews,
when the children were toddlers, many of
them regretted this and wished they had
used a known donor who could have participated
in the child’s life as a father.
ones interms ofdonoridentity."
Not surprisingly, the
children were very. much
desired. When" the Lesbians
were first interviewed
while pregnant, about half
the women werelncoupled
relationships, andhad been
with their parmers from a
few months to a decade or
more. Others were single
mothers.
When Nanette’s team
re-interviewed the mothers
when the children were
a year and a half, they were
not surprised to find completely
exhausted, harried
mothers whohadvery litile
time for their own lives
other than childrearing and
paid employment. One of
the areas of difficulty was
the little contact with their
partners, and this was often
a source of tension. By
the time of the interviews
when the children were
five, a number of the
couples had broken up.
Those couples where the
mothers had spent time
. away from the children,in
order to have more time
with each other, weremore
likely to still be together
than the couples that had
been most child-focused.
¯ Now the team is interviewing the ten-
" year old children. "It’ s very exciting to be
¯¯ interviewing the kids for the first time,"
said Nanette.-"Because we have these
: very articulate kids who are highly edu-
: cated around issues of diversity, racism,
¯ and homophobia." ¯
Doinglongitudinal research is not easy.
: WhenNanettehad a floodinher basement
: a few years ago, some of the file cabinets
¯ got wet. "I was frantically using a hair
¯ dryer to dry the pages of the interviews so
¯ the data wouldn’t be lost," she recalls.
¯ Nanette phones all the families each year
: to see if they have moved, so she won’t
¯ lose touch with them. A couple of women
¯ who once identified as Lesbians are now
¯ involved with men; a few women have
died. ButNanettehas stayedintouchwith
¯ just about all the women from the original
¯ sample. As couples break up and then get
¯ involved with new parmers, Nanette in-
" corporates all these "step-m0ms" in the
¯ study. ’This means we may be the only
¯ study that has more participants at the end
of the study than at the beginningU’ she
¯ said.
¯ More information about the study re-
-¯ sults can be read in: Nanette Gartrell et at.
(1996), The National Lesbian Family
¯ Study: InterviewsWithProspectiveMoth-
: ers.AmericanJoumalofOrthopsychiatry,
¯ volume 66, number 2, pp. 272-281.
: Esther Rothblum is Professor of Psy-
¯ chology at the University ofVermont and
¯
iseditoroftheJournalofLesbianStudies.
¯¯_ She has been chair of the Committee on
Lesbian and Gay Concerns of the Ameri-
¯ can Psychological Association.
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My .friend J. was so delighted that her
leaky toilet was featured in last month’s
column that she set her girlfriend on the
project right away. The DIYD is happy to
report the repair was a success, much to
her friends’ mutual satisfaction.
J is so happy, in fact,
that she promises to bfiy her
girlfriend a tool belt very
.soon -since a pair of silk
boxers will be tucked in one
of the pockets, the DIYD
can only assume the nature
of the first project...
A continuation of the toilet
theme was originally
planned for this month, but
after further consideration, I
have decided to defer unmasking
the mystery of the
wax ring for a later date.
Tttming a toilet over is not
forthe timidorfaint-hearted!
Instead, we will begin a
journey together in developing
that most versatile and
most necessary of all skills -
painting. Dear ones, do not
groan and run away so
quickly! Certainly, unguided
paintingprojects have almost
spelled out D:I-V-O-R-C-E
for too many ofmy brethern
... we will begin a
journey together
in developing that
most versatile and
most necessary
d all stalls -
painting. Dear
ones, do not groan
and run away so
qttlcl~y!Certainly,
unguided
painting projects
have almost
spelled out
D-I-V-O-R-C-E
¯.. but it doesn’t
have to be so
traumatic.
and sistern, but it doesn’t have to be so
traumatic. Indeed, follow the advice proffered
in the next few colunms, and perhaps
your delighted love will buy you a :
tool belt with all the accessories, too. ¯
The DIYD begs your indulgence; a ,"
whole colunm devoted to the selection :
and.care of paintbrushes is not as bizarre ¯
as youmayinitially think. Over ,theco~se ."
ofyour Do-It-Yourselflife, youmaypaint
every room in your house as well as some
or all of the exterior at least once. ff
you’ve ever paid a paint contractor, you
can see the economy of widding a (good)
paintbrush yourself. And the grim fact is,
the type and quality and care of your
paintbrushes is directly related to the finished
quality of your paint job.
Yes, ducklings, wereturn to theDIYD’s
recurring theme o" tools : Always Buy the
Very Best That You Can Afford. You
may choke at the prospect of paying $13
- $24 for a brush, and certainly they canbe
had for cheaper (although I don’t recommend
buying even a small brush for less
than $5), but this is definitely a case of
.getting what one pays for. And please
don’t look at brushes as a limited use,
throw-away commodity; my father, the
original DIY Oracle, has brushes that are
about my age, and they are as marvelous
looking and functional as I am, too! Well,
maybe more so. I will teach you that
lesson in longevity, too, so that you can
get the most out of your investment.
In selecting brushes, you will want a 1
l/2 inch or 2 inch brush and a4 inch brush
as a minimum. When you buy a good
paintbrush, you don’t need a smaller one
for the anal retentive job of cutting in
(painting around trim, molding, etc.); if
you have a real steady hand and good eye,
you won’t even need to use masking tape
very often, and that’s a great time saver.
You will seldom use a 4 inch brush indoors,
but it’s very handy when you do
need it, and absolutely necessary if you
are painting outside. As you go up the
quality and cost ladder, the brushes will
be marked specifically for external or
¯ inside paint jobs, and {hat should be re-
, spected. However, if you are in the upper
¯
middle range, the brushes can, with care,
: be used interchangeably..DO NOT BUY
¯ BRUSHES WITH VINYL BRISTLES!
¯
TheDIYDcaunotbediscreethere: reader,
they are crap. Natural bristle
brushes are the sine qua non
ofpaintjobs; yours will probably
read "Natural China
Bristles" and they are made
of hogs hair; if you have
ethical objections to this,
skip down a paragraph.
After you have sucked up
and bought your precious
brushes, takethemhome and
continue to treat them with
the loving respect they deserve.
Before usingyournew
brushes, dip them in what-
. ever solvent is related to the
type of paint you are using
(paint thinner for oil-based
paint, water for water based
paint); this moistens areservoir
located up at the top of
the bristles, and is essential
to the longevity of the brush
as well as the quality Of your
paintjob. Tap off the excess
moisture (please, no crass
comments) so that the brush
is just damp. Repeat this if
." your brush starts to dry out oryou stop for
: lunch or whenever you are going to use a
¯ clean and dry brush to paint with.
As youpaint, dip yourbrushhalfway up
the bristles into the paint, the tap the side
of the brush on the side of yourpaint can.
This is called loading your brush; if you
scrape most of the paint off on the side,of
the bucket, you are completelydefeating
the purpose of loading the brush. That is,
a dry brush is not a) going to apply much
paint and b) is not going, to last very long.
A loaded brush is going to apply the paint
smoothly and with little friction; as soon
as it sounds a little raspy, load up again
(more on painting technique next month).
Please do not squish the brush downor get
thebrisdes all bentand broken and crooked
as you paint; you’re not trying to kill the
poor thing. Smooth and gentle and flowing
is the technique you’re after. Painting
is a Tao thing, if you please.
You may have read the helpful hint of
putting abrushin aplastic bag and storing
it in the freezer if you will be continuing
¯ your paint job later; the DIYD strongly
¯
discourages you from doing so, with all
¯ duerespect to Heloise. Using the Oracle’s
¯¯ techniques, it doesn’t take long to clean a
brush and it will prolong the life of your
¯ expensive tool. For water based paints,
¯ rinse the brush under a tap of.running
¯ lukewarm water, gently working the ¯
bristles from side to side to get the paint
¯
out of the reservoir. Workin a dab of dish
¯ soap on the bristles and rinse some more;
¯ tam the brush on its side and work the ¯
water in from that angle too; it’s ok to use
¯ your hands, and it’ll help you clean up a
¯ bit, too. When all traces of the paint are
: gone and the rinse water is clean, squeeze
; off the water, put the brush head on a
; paper towel androllitup flat (don’t squish
¯ the bristles tightly together). It keeps the ¯
bristles safe and dust free
¯
An oil based paint is more finicky to
: clean up after, but is not a chore to be
¯ dreaded. You’ll need paint thinner (It’s
: .flammable, so don’t useit near a flame
¯ source and see Dyke, page 14
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me two piercings. Or rather, he showed " of you may have come across a tattoo
me one (a t-bar) and some ripped skin " eslablishmentthatsetupshopintheBrady
where the second had been. He somehow District late last year. Delighted, I took
had lost this on a flight from the UK to " advantage of this local opportunity to
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me, duringlongandtedious No doubt I will horrify
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imported Pacific tattoo designs back to " and thereby our senseand presentation of
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later). This actually was a reintroduction - : us, too, will make handsome, decorated
of forgotten body art to Europe. Ancient , corpses. I am suggesting to Andrew that
peoples from across Europe once also had this time he just have a ring tattooed onto
decorated themselves by needling dyes " his nipple. That way those troublesome
under the skin. ¯ cell phones won’t get inthe way.
Oklahoma is one of only three of the ¯ Lamont Lindstrom is a professo? of
United States that outlaw tattooing. Here : anthropology at the University of Tulsa.
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Rights Lobby ofTexas. "More states than
ever before are facing anti-Gay measures
and/or are fightingforpro-Gay civil rights
protections. Nearly every state has faced
abill banning the recognition of same-sex
marriages in the last two years. Over thirty
states have groups activdy working on
pro-Gay pieces of legislation."
"In Oklahoma, the logical lead organization
for this action is the Cimarron
Alliance," noted community activistTom
Neal who had represented Tulsa Oklahomans
for Human Rights in last year~s
Federation meetings. "Hopefully a consortium
of organizations, like TOHR,
OGLPC, PFLAG and others, will come
together for such an event," he added.
The Equality Begins at Home actions
will be organized by. each of the existing
36 political organizations active in the
Federation. Each state will desig-n an ac~
tion that best fits with their state and their
political goals. Each state will develop a
plan for integrating local groups and our
allies into the Action.
The National Gay Lesbian Task Force
will help to organize the states that do not
have e:dsting statewide political groups.
The Equality Begins atHome actions has
been g~ven office space in the National
Gay Lesbian Task Force office.
Kerry Lobel, executive director of the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force,
said, "The political center of gravity is in
the states. Equality Begins at Home will
allow organizers to focus their energy on
building the movement in all fifty states.
At this critic~ time in our movement,
NGLTF is fully committed to the Federaraon
and the state actions. We urge our
colleague or~ mizations to join us in suppo,-
txng this critical political work.
Several national and local groups have
jointed in supporting the Equality Begins
at Home Actions by helping with re-
5~udraising, publicity-, organiz-
,.~ ~’,~ ~w-~.ic.~ and expertise. There will
also 0e a pc,~ .~i’~d effort to make sure that
both the Equality Begins at Home actions
and the Millenium March compliment
each-other and share resources.
"The Equality Begins at Home actions
enjoys the full support and enthusiastic
supportofthe organizers of the Millenium
March," said Elizabeth Birch, executive
director of the Human Rights Campaign.
"It is imperative that we focus our energies
as a movement at both the state and
federal level. These two events will cornpliment
each other as together we build
the momentum to achieve equality in the
next century."
"Each state capitol must hear voices of
every color thatmakes-up theLGBTcommtmity.
LLEGO will make sure that
Latina/os are active in this event and looks
forward to making a forceful manifestation
ofunity and inclusiveness. Ourmovement
will be raised to anew level with the
success of Equality Begins at Home, said
Martin Omelas-Quintero, Executive Director
of LLEGO, The Nadonal Latinwo
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Organization.
For more .information about Equality
Begins a~ Home, contact Tom Neal at
583-1248 or tulsanews@earthlink.net.
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see ifhomosexuality could be controlled, The Guardian
newspaper reported recently. Documents released by
the government showed that inmates were given shocks
if they stared at pictures of men for more than eight
seconds, the newspaper said. Other inmates were given
the female hormone estrogen.
TheHomeOffice, which funded the study by London
University, concluded at the dme that up to half themen
who participated in the trial "have benefited from it- in
the. sense that they are less likely to indulge in homosexual
behavior." The newspaper did not report when
during the 1950s the trial was carried out, or on how
many people. It said that experiments were carried out
at four prisons in England.
The Guardian also said that the documents showed
the government was concerned that legalizing homosexuality
wouldencourage greater numbers ofpeople-to
try it. "Would homosexual conduct spread, or, losing
the glmnor of rebellion, decline?" the paper quoted a
government report as saying. In 1957, the government
ordered a review of Bfttain S homosexuality laws, which
resulted in their liberalization 10 years later.
Gay Holocaust Survivor
CAMBRIDGE (AP) - Stefan Kossinsky is wanned by
the memory of an old love, and chilled by a haunting
uncertainty. What happened to Kossinsky’s lover - a
German soldier- all those years ago? Kossinsky was a
teen-ager when he fell in love with a Nazi soldier in
1941, after Germans seized his Polish town of Torun,
Kossinsky told a group of Harvard students on Friday.
The 72-year-old Kossinsky, on campus to attend the
sold-out play, "Angels in America," which was dedieated
to him, said the young men met in an abandoned
shed for nearly six months. But then the soldier was sent
to the Russian front. Kossinsky was caught trying to
send a letter, was tortured by the Gestapo and sent to a
prison camp for five years.
"It was my greatest love, my first one," The Boston
Globe quoted Kossinsky as saying. Fearing that he had
sealed his lover’s fate with his hastily-launched letter,
Kossinsky began a frantic search for the soldier. He
examined archives in Germany, Poland, and Austria,
but found no trace of the man.
One of the most difficult things for Kossinsky, aside
from having to live without his lover, has been having
to live with the gnawing uncertainty of what happened
to him and the torturous guilt of possibly having contributed
to his demise.
The Holocaust devoured millions for their ethnicity,
politics, and religion. But it is estimated that as many as
.15,000 were put to death-for homosexuality. Kossinsky
is one of only seven gay Holocaust survivors to be
located by the Shoah Visual History Foundation in Los
Angeles, see Shoah, page14
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: Anti-Bias Policy,Add.ed
.At Rogers University
: First Ever ComprehensivePolicy atOKCollege
: TULSA.- In a move made with no attendant publicity, the board
: of regents for Rogers University added the words "sexual often-
" tation" to the university’s comprehensive non-discftmination
¯ statement last summer. The statement is printed on nearly all of
" Rogers’ newer publications, from Student Handbook & Rei
sources Guide to its 1997-99 catalog.
¯ The specific language reads: Rogers University, in compliafice
¯ with Tides VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive
¯ Order 11246 as amended,Title IX of the EducationAmendments
: of 1972, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and other
: federal laws and regulations, does not discriminate on the basis
¯ of.race, color national origin, sex, age religion, disability, sexual i orientation or status as a veteran in any of its policies, practices,
¯ or procedures. This includes, but is not limited to admissions,
¯ employment, financial aid, and educational services. Formerly
¯ Rogers documents used the same language minus the words,
" sexual orientation.
: While the addition of this language was done as much as 20
: years ago by the "flagship" public and private universities in the
nation (University of California System, University ofMichigan,
¯ University of Texas System, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford
." and Rice University), no other Oklahoma institution of higher
learning, public or private is known to have a similar policy. The
: regents of the University of Oklahoma did adopt after years of
¯ efforts by campus activists a very limited non-discftmination
¯ policy a few years ago which applied only to student organiza-
¯ t~ons.
¯ The change which protects all i~adividuals, Heterosexual, Gay,
’ Bi or Lesbian, from discriminauoz~ was introduced by regent
¯ Nancy Feldman, attorney, former TU professor and longtime
¯ community social jusdce activist in response to a request from a
¯ Gay commumty civil fights activist (A.) who prefers to remain
¯ unnamed. The activist had requested for severa] years that Rogers
!TOHR Protests Bias in
:Tulsa Centennial Book
: by Kelly Kurt, Associated Press
: TULSA (AP) -A Gay civil rights group is protest-
¯ ing the official Tulsa Centennial history, saying the
¯ book excludes contributions and events involving
¯ Gays and Lesbians. Tulsa Oklahomans for Human
¯ Rights (TOHR) charges that.’’Tulsa! A Biography
¯ of the American City" is a biased and incomplete
: account of the city’s first 1.00 years.
." "’An entire minority community is treated as
: though it doesn’t exist,"-Tom Neal, president ofthe
¯ approximately 150-member Gay and Lesbian or-
" ganization, stated. The group has contacted local
." retailers asking that they post its views adjacent to
¯ displays of the book, which Centennial organizers
¯ officially unveiled on November 18th..
: Author Danney Goble said the book’s intent was
: "to cover as fairly as possible the mainstream
¯ history of Tulsa as a whole.""The book never had
: the purpose or the intention of being a politically-
" correct encyclopedia of the contributions of or
: issues centra] to any one social group orminority,"
¯ he said.
: He based the book on 10,000 pages of research
: notes deftved mostly from publicrecords andmain-
: stream, publications. Most historical public ac-
¯ counts have not addressed homosexual issues, he
¯ said. "This should not be surprising because, as a
¯ professional historian, I know that until very recent
." times such highly persona] issues were considered
¯ taboo for public discussion and aiftng," Goble said.
¯ Nea] likened the exclusion to previous histories
¯ that failed to mention the 1921 race riot, which
: destroyed the city’s black business district. For
¯ example, he said, a-Tulsa commission produced a
¯ report in the mid- 1970s on anti-Gay discrimination
¯ at a time when few citie~ nationwide even consid-
University president, Roger Randle and other administrators ¯ ered the issue. "Fairness would only have required
: adopt the change. However, according to "A", thesereouests fell " - o " "
¯ on deaf ears tmtal Ms. Feldman became ~nvolved. "A’~oted tha~t , .¯,.~,~Gpaorbalger~aapihdohretw~,o0,uldhneosmt idn:cludeall groups in the
Ms. Feldman understood see Rogers, page 3 , nearly 3_00-page book. see Centennial~ page 14
No More Church in a Box!
St. Jerome Finds A Home
TULSA - After two years of
sharing others’s space, the
Parish Church of Saint
Jerome celebrated its first
Mass in its own building at
205WestKing StreetonSunday,
Nov. 30th. According to
the Reverend. Father Rick
Hollingsworth the congregation
has under gone many
changes -not the least of
which is no longer having to pack up the altar and all the items
needed for the service: i.e. church in a box!
St. Jerome began its services as a group committed to a
traditional liturgical style of worship; in fact, many at St. Jerome
had gone to Trinity Episcopal Church. But because of ongoing
debates in the Episcopal. Church USA’ about inclusivity, specifically
allowing Lesbians and Gay men to serve the Church openly,
those who founded St. Jerome originally affiliated with an
independent Catholic denomination.
The congregation first met at the United Methodist Commuuity
of Hope where they literally had to move the altar in and out
of the room for services. Later St. Jerome moved to the Garden
Chapel of the Ninde Funeral Homenear 41st&Peoria where they
remained until recently.
For much of the last year, the parish council and the members
of St. Jerome have searched Tulsa for a home. In the meantime,
some church events were held at the Pride Center and others in
homes. The search was made more difficult since Tulsa has few
church buildings on the market and a number of congregations
looking (of congregations fftendly to Lesbians and Gay men,
Commtmity of Hope a~d Community Unitarian Universalist
Congregation have been looking at space).
However, about September in a series of events which Father
Rick and Deacon Debbie characterized as the work of God, the
congregations ofSt~ JeromeandWestmiusterPresbyterianChurch
came together, see Jerome. page 10
¯ TOHR Board Changes
"Staff of HIV Program
¯ TULSA- The board of directors of Tulsa Oklaho-
¯ mans forHumanRights, Inc. (TOHR), Oklahoma’s
¯ oldest. Le.sbian and Gay non-religious community
orgamzauon, have announced changes in their
¯ HIV education, prevention and testing programs,
-" which do business under the name: HOPE: HIV
¯ Outreach, Prevention & Education. The board will.
¯" be hiring a new program director to take the place
which Mallory Degen Brown held. Also the board
¯ willbe replacing theHWclinic co-ordinator. Former
¯ clinic co-ordinator Leslie Johnson resigned due to
." a move out of the state. Other staff members are
¯ temporarily undertaking the duties of program di-
¯ rector and clinic co-ordinator.
The 1997 board of directors of TOHR include
¯ Dennis Arnold, Tim Daniel, Robert.Hill, Steve
¯ Horn, Sue Knause, The Rev. William Chester
¯ McCall, III, Jonathan Stanley and Tom Neal.
¯ TOHR/HOPE provides Tulsa with its principal
¯ anonymous HIV testing site at the HIV Resource
¯ Consortium. TOHR/HOPE staff members also do
’ targeted outreach for HIV prevention in several
: programs. These include "MSM’s" - men who
: have sex with men, younger Gay men; MSM’s in
¯ rural Oklahoma and women in Tulsa who are at
¯ high risk because of drug use or because they are
¯ sex workers.
: TOHR, a 501(c)3 tax-exempt, non-political or--
, ganization, also provides the Pride Center, Tulsa’s
¯ community center for Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Trans-
" gendered persons, our families and friends. The
¯ Pride Center is located at 1307 E. 38th Street, 2nd
¯ floor. Individuals who support the mission of the
: organization may become members and support
: the community and HIV work of the organization.
¯ Formoreinformation, call 712-1600, 9-Spin, M-F,
¯ or 743-4297, 6-10pro, M-Sat.
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*Gloria Jean’ s Gourmet Coffee, 1758 E. 21st 742-1460
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TOHR on Centennial Book Bias
Dear Mr. Goble, Rogers University -
¯ We are disappointed that you appar-
¯ enfly lack both the professionalism and
the courtesy to respond to our several
: requests to speak with you about ’q’ulsa!
." ABiographyoftheAmericanCity". How-
. ever, thanks to the Associated Press, for
whom you seem to have more respect, we
have some insight into the erroneous assumptions
that appear to have motivated
your purposeful exclusion of any mention
of Gay and Lesbian Tulsans in this official
centennial Tulsa history.
"Author Danney Goble said the book’s
intent was ’to cover as fairly as possible
the maimtrewn history ofTulsa as awhole.
.. The book never had thepurpose or the
intention of being a politically-correct
encyclopedia of the contributions of or
issues central to any one social group or
minori~., ’ he said."
This use ofhighly prejudicial language,
"politically correct" to dismiss and .~
marginalize criticism is a cheap shot not
worthy of a serious scholar. Likewise is
the specious suggestion that the only alternative
to what you wrote would have to
be an encyclopedia. For example, if you
had chosen to wax less lengthy about Dan
Alien, you might have found room for a
paragraph or two about the issues we
discussed. And are Tulsa Metropolitan
Ministries (TMM) or DomesticViolence
Intervention ServiceS really more than
Tulsa Oklahomans forHuman Rights and
the work this organization has done in
responding to HIV/AIDS?Ori s itjust that
you were an admirer of Dan Allen, or felt
the need to suck up to TMM or DVIS?
"He based the book on l O,O00pages of
research notes derived mostlyfrom pub--
lic records and mainstream publications,
Most historical public accounts hitve not
addressed homosexual issues, he said."
Perhaps youdepended entirdy toomuch
~ on other peoples’ research? Was it too
much to ask you to do a little original
work? You certainly had ample opportu-
~ nity from the names and phone numberw
¯ we provided you before you began the
¯ book but chose not to take it. For that ¯
matter, once most historical accounts did
¯ not address the experiences of Blacks or
" women in this country well either. Most
~ scholars have learned that these biases in
¯ earlierworkisno excuse for shoddy schol-
: arship now.
". " ’This should not be surprising be-
" cause, asaprofessionalhistorian, lknow
¯ that until very recent times such highly
¯ personal issues were considered taboo
¯ for public discussion and airing,’ Goble
¯ said."
: This comment proves just exacdy what
¯ was wrong with your assumptions about
-" Gay & Lesbian Tulsans. To be Gay or
¯ Lesbian is not merely a function of one’ s
; private sexual behavior as you imply
¯ above. Just like other minority communi-
." ties, Gay &LesbianTulsanshaveadistin-
¯ guishable sub-culmrewhoseexistence can
¯ be documented at least back to the middle
: 60’sbypeoplewhoarestillaliveinTulsa.
¯ see Book. page 16
Letters Policy
: .Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on
¯ ~ssues which we’ve covered or on issues
: youthinkneedtobeconsidered.Youmay
¯ request .that your name be withheld but
¯ letters mustbe signed&have phonehum-
: bets, or be hand delivered. 200 word let-
" ters are preferred. Letters to other publications
will be printed as is appropriate.
Our Fifth Year Begins
by Tom Neal, publisher & editor .
This issue marks the beginningof our 5th year. We take ¯
some space each year to comment on this event which we
believe is of importance, obviously to us, but also to the "
Tulsa and Oklahoma LGBT communities. ¯
Some may forget the pioneering contributions of this "
newspapers since much of what we .started, others have "
since imitated. Tulsa Family News was the first Gay ¯
newspaper in Oklahoma to establish extensive "main- ¯
stream"distribution across an Oldahoma town. Where "
once you could only get acommunity newspaper in a club ¯
or a"specialty" bookstore~ TFN is found at more than 70 .
locations across Tulsa as well as in Oklahoma City, "
Bartlesville, Tahlequah, Muskogee, Eureka Springs and
Fayetteville, Arkansas. Our Tulsa locations range from ¯
near North Tulsa, TulsaCity Hall, theTulsa Metropolitan
Chamber of Commerce, and local colleges and universities
to large Southside retail establishments, and our
acceptance in those venues is, we believe, not just a
positive reflection on this newspaper but a sign of ;growing
tolerance of Tulsa’s Lesbian and Gay communities.
Tulsa Family News was the first Gay newspaper in
Oklahoma to become a member-of the Associated Press
and serious news coverage has been a feature of the
newspaper since the beginning. In fact, much of the early
coverage in the mainstream press about the paperfocused ."
on that then unusual aspect. However, TFN has always .
balanced our national and international news with local ¯
coverage and commentary., and unlike some of our competitors,
our columnists are almost all locals and "wire"¯"
stories do not make up 80-90% of our content.
Fnrthermore, Tulsa Family News has consistently do- "
hated substantially greater amounts of advertising space "
to Tulsa.Lesbian and Gay, and HIV/AIDS charities. One."
of our competitors has a standing policy of not donating
but only giving discounts and another gives just tiny ads "
and tho,~e sdectivdy tojust a few charities. Nearly every .
HIV/AIDS charity in Tulsa has received or been offered "
free ad space in the last two years. It may be bad form to
brag about this but this record of donations is just one way "
that Tulsa Family News gives back to our community, "
unlike others who~takefrom it, and worse, send what they ¯
take out of town. ¯
Another contribution of Tulsa Family News is more :
controversial and that is our commitment to investigative
journalism and serious commentary. In that area, we have
done, we believe, much good work and have easily lived
up to themotto attributed to the early 20th century radical, "
Mother Jones, "to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the "
comfortable.’" ¯
In the process, we’ve angered some influential and
prominent Tulsans, both in and out of the community, ."
Which is probably good. Power gone unchecked often "
leads t° arrogance if not abuse. And it is the role of a real ¯
newspaper sometimes to question thejudgments of those "
who put themselves forward as leaders, to askif they have "
acted always with due diligence, to ask if their action."
benefit the community as whole ormorebenefitindividu~ ,
als’ quests for greater personal influence and position. ¯
It is our very real regret that raising these questions
sometimes hurts the feelings of thoseinvolved especially ¯
when those individuals seem well-intentioned. However, ¯
the goal of creating a tradition of debate and dialogue, of "
a shared democratic and-non-elifigt decision making
process are so critical to the long term growth and well
being ofTulsa’s LGBT community, that those who chose
to be in leadership positions must accept that criticism :
from TFN is as much a part of a healthy community as is ¯
their well-documented criticism of us for our positions.
We commit to our readers to continue to do the good
work we.have been doing; to improve where we need to
and to continue, edi~t0rially~ to be .advocates for Lesbian,
Gay, Bi and.Transgendered persons, for our friends and
families. We don’t promise perfection; in fact, we?likely
miracles, be they Yule, Christmas, HanukkJ~h~-KwaanTa
or merely thejoy of celebrating our,~r~,e..n,ds and families,
honoring thosewhom we ve lost mi~lofWelcoming anew
year, we wish each of you, the blessings of wisdom, joy
Please note these TFN & community updates:
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¯ Tulsa Family News Endorses The Cimarron Alliance
"- by Tom Neal, editor & publisher
." Tulsa’s Gay rumor mills have been working overtime
¯ again. Those of you who don’t have the opporttmity to
¯ hear some of the concoctions that circulate are missing
: some of the most interesting fiction created today.
.. The latest fable of the rumor circuit is that a new
Oklahoma City Organization, The Cimarron Alliance, is
¯ coming to Tulsa to take over everything and everyone.
One friend was told that Cimarron aspires not only put
TOHR
Oklahoma’s oldest Lesbian and Gay non-religious organization)
and the Pride Center out ofbusiness but they are
going to take over ALL the HIV service organizations as
well. My goodness!
When I hear these things, I can’t help but think that if
perhaps just a fraction of-the energy our community
expends on gossip went into good works and substantive
efforts towards change, we would see progress for our
community and for our city as we’ve never seen before.
Well, here’s what we know about The.Cimarron Alliance.
The Oklahoma City based organization is coming
toTulsa- that’s true. But they’re aPAC, apolitical action
committee, registered with the State of Oklahoma and
authorized to do fundraising for political races. They do
not have the tax or legal status to take over TOHR, the
HIV Resource Consortium or any other Tulsa charitable
organization: Nor do they want to do so. Oklahoma City
attorney and board member, Jim Roth, expressed amazemerit,
and dismay, at the suggestion.
What they do want to do is to raise the kinds of dollars
to give to candidates that will result in Lesbian and Gay
issues andpeople being on Oklahoma’s political agenda.
Right now, We’re not even on most politicians’ radar,
except’perhaps as an issue to avoid, or in Jim lnhofe’s
case, to demonize for cheap political points. Cimarron
has raised substantial dollars in Oklahoma City andmade
significant donations in the last OK.C city council races.
That’s what they want to do in Tulsa as well.
Seems reasonabledoesn’t it? Seems damn well overdue,
even. But hey, in the fashion of many minority
communities, it seems we’re not happy just with the
obstacles that others put in fro]it of us, we need to add
some of our own. Already, we’re hearing some Tulsans
say we shouldn’t trust people from "The City" (sorry,
Marty - I know you hate that phrase). And Tulsa does
have ample evidence of Oklahoma City taking dollars
from us with little benefit returning. Others have characterized
Cimarron, rather uncharitably, as just another
(Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights " Dennis Neill, Rick Phillips, Marty Newman, Peter Ath-
¯¯ the need for thepolicy practically without any explanation.
"A" added that months more might have passed before
¯ :he and others kn~w abOUt the chaageexceptfor aconver-
"- : sation that Ms. Feldman had:With oriecotnmunity leader,
can promise that our occasional mistakes will be pre~ ¯ ." Marty Newman. Newman mentioned this to "A" who
sented in print for al!.to, see - !ik¢ having dectronically
lost the second half 0f Josh Whetsell’s story last month.
We will promise to do our best to present the news
fairly and accurately. We promise to work for social
justice, and specifically that if forced to chose, we will
stand withthe poor and oppressed before we stand with
those with privilege, and that we will work for a world in
which the many human differences, like race, gender or
gender identity, class, religion or sexual orientation, are
of only minor biographical significance.
Finally, in this holiday season of celebrating various
: self-appointed "A-list" group whose values may or may
¯ not really reflect those of our community as a whole. So
." there are some legitimate issues to discuss.
¯ But we at Tulsa Family News would like to endorse
¯ The Cimarron Alliance and to welcome them to Tulsa.
: Some Tulsans tried to get ourown version of thi_s type of
¯ group together, and frankly, failed. It wasn’t that the
¯ "right" people weren’t involved; most of the usual sus-
¯ pects were there: Nancy & Joe McDonald, Kelly Kirby,
confirmed the policy withRogers University vice.presidenh
Carolyn Thompson Taylor, a former Norman state
legislator and spouse ofOklahomaSenateleader, Stratton
Taylor.
Students in the University of Oklahoma Gay, Lesbian
.Bisexual Alliance (GLBA) wdcomed the news, expressmghope
that this mighthave a"domino effect" to shiftthe
OUboard of regents off dead center. They also noted that
former Oklahoma Sen. David Boren had not been particular!
y supportive of their efforts get anti-bias policies
passed.
¯ ens,meand others. Likely, the Tulsa effort failed because
¯ most everyone listed is already overcommitted to other
¯ worthy civic work.
So we’re saying let’snmwith what OklahomaCity has
¯ already done. It’s likely better that we have a statewide
¯ organization. Tulsans will need to be careful that the
Oklahoma City dominated board not just take dollars
¯
from our city without giving back. at least proportion-
: ately. And we’d suggest that if Cimarron really wants to
¯ overcome Tulsans’ long established and legitimate dis-
" trust of Oklahoma City motives, the organization should
¯ make having a board that equally balances Tulsans_ with
Oklahoma City residents a priority.. Not only will that
diffuse some of the traditional distrust, it’s a great way to
sell the organization. After all, folks here will much more
likely join a group where they know someone.
As forus, we’re putting ourmoney where ourwords are
- wejoined. And we made a commitment to support and
- promote the organization as much as wecan. Weencourage
you to do so as well.
Note: as many ofyou know, I am a candidatefor Tulsa
City Council and obviously, have been talking with
Cimarron about that race in hopes of having their support.
Indeed, t’t seems likely that a new organization to
Tulsa, a Lesbian and Gay PAC that wants to be credible
in Tulsa’s community, would support Oklahoma’s first
openly Gay candidate to runfor municipal office.
However, to clarify any question ofconflict ofinterest
in my endorsement ofFhe Cimarr0n Alliance, I made my
commitments to support the organizatt’on more than a
month prior to any announcement of incumbent city
ounctlor Gary Watts dectston not to runfor re-electron.
¯ Mr. Watts waswidely expected to continue in office by ¯
Democratic Party leaders and most city hall observers,
¯ including thi-s writer. If Mr. Watts had chosen to run
¯ again, I would not be runningfor city council butI would
¯ still be supporting Cimarron.
¯ A spokesperson for Tulsa Oklahomans for Human
". Rights expressed pleasure at the Rogerpolicy, noting that-
¯ Oklahoma’s largest employer, AmericanAirlines as well
: as a number of other corporations had adopted similar
¯ policies: He added, "promu" s"ing to j"ua"ge people j~t on
¯ their performance, not on their beliefs or statusis aot,Only
¯ good for business, it’s the only morally and
cally justifiable position for a public institut~t)n,to take~:
¯ .TOHR would like to see the City of Tulsa~ T~Sa:Cr~y,
and Tulsa City County Library make an equal:c0mmitment
to fairness."
Vermont Gay Marriage
License Case Filed
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP)- L~,wyers for three samesex
couples who want.the state ~o give them marriage
licenses have filed arguments in court. The arguments,
filed Tuesday in Chittenden Superior Courtby
attorneys for the law firm Langrock, Sperry & Wool
in Middlebury, Say Vermont marriage law supports
all committed couples, including those of the same
gender. The papers say interpreting the law to deny
the couples access to marital benefits goes against the
Vermont Constitution.
Two lesbian couples and a gay couple who were
denied marriage licenses in their towns filed suit
against the state in July. The suit challenges a 1975
ruling by the state Attorney General concerning a
same-sex marriage request in Plainfield. That ruling
advised town clerks that Vermont law defined marriage
as a union between a "bride and a groom,"
prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying.
The Attorney General’s office responded to the
three couples’ lawsuit on Nov. 10, requesting that it
be dismissed. It said the Vermont Constitution does
not guarantee same-sex partners the right to marry.
In the papers filed Tuesday, the couples’ lawyers
said the state has not shown a "valid pubfic purpose"
to deny the couples the benefits of civil marriage.
Those benefits include sick leave, inheritance rights,
and being appointed guardian if a spouse becomes
incapacitated.
Thefiling Tuesday also referred to studies showing
that children raised by same-sex parents are welladjusted
and don’t suffer from psychological or social
development problems. The filing said the state
relied on outdated roles and .stereotypes of men and
women in its arguments.
"Marriage is about much more than procreation,"
said Susan Murray, an attorney representing the
couples. "It’s about sharing. It’s about sacrifice. It’s
about companionship. It’s about loyalty.
Cammermeyer Running!
LANGLEY, Wash. (AP) - Retired Army Col.
Margarethe Cammermeyer has mailed her filing
papers to the secretary of s tateand opened a campaign
office to take on Rep. Jack Metcalf in Washington’s
2nd congressional district. Cammermeyer, 55,- drew
national attentionby successfully fighting to stay in
theWashington National Guard despite the military’ s
policy of discharging homosexuals.
Cammermeyer, a Democrat, said Monday she had
opened her campaign headquarters in Langley, the
Whidbey Island town where she lives. The 2nd Dis=
trict includes Western Washington from Everett to
the Canadian border.
Her early campaign entry against Republican
Metcalf gives her time to rinse cash and drum up
support in a race bound to receive national attention,
party activists said. "We’ve got the ’L’ word in this
race, and we’re not talking about liberal," Paul
Foumier, an Island County Democratic activist, told
The Seattle Times.
Cammermeyer recently retired as chief nurse of the
Washington Army National Guard. She had been
fired in 1992, three years after telling an investigator
she was a lesbian. But a federal judge ordered her
reinstated in 1994, and the government dropped its
appeal of thin ruling. Her battle resulted in a bestselling
book and amade-for-TV movie starring Glenn
Close.
Metcalf, 69, has won twice in the nominally Democratic
district. Before that, he spent years in the state
Legislature. Heis a retired history teacher, and he and
his wife operate a bed-and-breakfast inn on Whidbey
Island. Metcalf has said he considers Cammermeyer
"a substantive candidate" and will take her seriously
if she wins the nomination next year.
Benefits for Detroit
DETROIT (AP) - The City Council is considering
legislation that would allow benefits for domestic
partners,
’q’his does indicate movement forward on this
issue," Jeffrey Montgomery, president of the Gay
civil rights advocacy groupTriangle Foundation, told
the Detroit Free Press. "We look forward to going
through the process. It’s very encouraging."
The legislation, submitted by Councilman Clyde
Cleveland, would allow any committed adult couple
to register with the city a~a-.f-amily.It also would
enable nonunion city employees to declare their partners
as dependents so they could collect life and
health insurance benefits, the paper said in a recent
story, ff adopted, Detroit’s ordinances would be in
line with those found in at least 20 other cities -
including Ann Arbor- which already recognize domestic
partnerships.
None of the council members would comment on
the legislation. Mayor Dennis Archer would not say
whether he will support it. "He’s not going to deal
with that measure until it’s presented to him by the
City Council," Anthony Neely, Archer’s press secretary,
told the Free Press. The council likely will vote
on the ordinances in January.
Wash. St. Rights Initiative
SEATTLE (AP) - His voice still, thickens when he
recalls the day he got fired, 12 years ago. David
Biviano, then a probation supervisor for a Spokane
County court project for youth offenders, says his
bosses told his work was terrific, but that he’d have to
go. There was just one little problem, they said:
Biviano is gay.
"I was wiped out. It was devastating," he says.
"They said they regretted having to do that because it
was a tremendous loss to the county, to the clients and
to the courts, but that.they.., could not employ a gay
man in this position. "I lost my job, my ability to
support my six children, my ability to maintain a
home," says Biviano, now 56. "I became extremely
depressed: I became dysfunctional in many ways.
My children ended up on welfare. It was quite a
struggle making my way back, maintaining some
kind of mental health, some kind of self-esteem."
Biviano now has his own diversity-trmnmg consuiting
firm in Centralia. But he says he was out of
work or underemployed for the better part of six years
before he got work in Seattle, and later with state
government, that reflected his abilities.
Today he is stumping for Initiative 677, which
would make Washington the 12th state to ban employment
discrimination based on sexual orientation.
If it passes, Washington would be the first state to
adopt such a law through the iuitiative process
State law currently bans discrimination based on
race, creed, national origin or disability. Employers
also cannot ask about marital status, children or
religion. The initiative would add sexual orientation
to the list of characteristics the employer can’t take
into account It would apply to government and the
private sector, exempting religious organizations and
employers with fewer than eight workers. The measure
expressly says it would not require preferential
treatment or quotas and that employers could regulate
dress and conduct in the workplace. If the initiative
becomes law, those who believe they have suffered
discrimination could sue in Superior Court.
The citizen initiative was mounted after advocates
tried for two decades to get a "gay civil rights"
measure through the state Legislature - it repeatedly
passed the House only to stall in the more conservative
Senate. The measure began as a response to the
Republican-controlled Legislature’s vote earlier this
year to ban same-sex marriage. When Democratic
Gov. Gary Locke vetoed the ban, backers began
trying to place the bill on the ballot as a referendum.
.That prompted the gay community to begin collectmg
signatures for this counter-measure.
The Gay-marriage referendum died in-the Senate
but the initiative backers went ahead, though some
activists consider it unwise to make civil rights a
ballot-box popularity contest.
The campaign can’t quantify the scope of the
problem, since no one keeps records. Proponents
have offered a handful of examples, but say their
documented eases of discrimination arejust the tip of
the iceberg.
"Nearly everyone in the gay and lesbian community
would say they’ve been affected at some point,"
says Jan Bianchi, a Seattle attorney who heads Hands
Off Washington, a gay-rights organization that has
beaten back anti-gay rights initiatives.
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In addition to direct discrimination in hiring, firing
and promotion decisions;~"m’fiiiy homosexuals face
hostile work environments that the initiative might
help to slowly eliminate, Bianchi says. "in this culture,
we define ourselves through work, and if we are
having to be afraid weql lose our jobs .. or we can’t
be open about our lives, it has a major impact on how
we look at ourselves," she says.
Unincorporated King County, Seattle, Olympia
and Tumwater have anti-discrimination laws covering
mostemployers, and statutes in Clark and Clallam
counties and the cities of Bellingham, Pullman and
Vancouver cover local government employees.
That covers about 18 percent of the state population,
but legal action must be taken by a government
agency on behalf of the person. Under the initiative,
the individual would gain the right to filea civil
lawsuit in Superior Court.
Backers note that Microsoft, Nordstrom, Safeco,
Group Health, Weyerhaeuser and some other employers
have non-discrimination clauses.
Opponents say the initiative is part of a broader
effort to gain public acceptance ofhomosexuality and
w.onld lead to "an epidemic of costly lawsuits against
private employers."
The initiative would make outlaws out of those
who consider homosexuality wrong and harmful,
says Bob Larimer of Vancouver,leader ofNoOfficial
Preferential Employment (NOPE). While advocates
portray the measure as "a harmless gesture of tolerance,"
he contends itwouldcreate special rights in the
workplace.
Latimer and other foes say the initiative could lead
to quotas despite wording to the contrary. The only
effective way for a company to prove it does not
discriminate would be to hire homosexuals and adopt
workplace rules that "honor diversity, which actually
means honoring and legitimizing homosexuality,"
Larimer said at a legislative hearing this month.
The.state Christian Coalition calls it"a quota requirement
in disguise." Opponents also insist that homosexuality
is a lifestyle choice, not an in-born characteristic,
and has no place in a anti-discri~mnation law
based on. "immutable characteristics" such as race
and disabilities.
In a fundraising letter, NOPE uses the bogeyman
tactic: "Your children are the target.... They have not
g~ven up. They still want your kids, and 1-677 is
another move toward that goal." The group says the
initiative would allow cross-dressers in the classroom
and glorify sodomy._
A fundraising letter from initiative supporterscalls
such allegations "stereotypical misinformation and
verbal gay-bashing" Bianchi says the initiativewould
create no special rights or quotas and would simply
require that employment decisions be based on merit,
not on sexual orientation.
"There are not quotas about how many Jews or
Buddhists or Christians someone has to hire," though
religious discrimination is barred, says Hands Off
Washington leader Laurie Jinkins. "Likewise, there
won’t be any quotas about how many gays or lesbians
someone has to hire."
There have been no media or independent polls on
the initiative. A campaign poll taken months ago
showed 9 out of 10 voters agreeing that "It is wrong
to fire someone from their job just because of their
sexual orientation.Y Asked if they’d support a law to
keep that from happening, 62 percent said yes. The
poll was conducted by Lake Research, with 500
respo.ndents contacted by telephone in February. The
margin of error was 4.4 percent.
Sydney Wins Gay Games
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Sydney will host the
2002 Gay Games after beating four North American
cities in a vote in Denver on Thursday. Sydney beat
Dallas, Long Beach, Montreal and Toronto and will
hold the Games in September 2002.
The games will have more participants than the
10,000 expected at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
Sailing, netball and touch rugby will be Sydney’s
addition to the list of official sports which includes
ballroom dancing, tenpin bowling and golf. Events
will take place in ,Olympic venues and mother land-
,.marks;including the Sydney OperaHouse. The openlug
ceremony will held at the Olympic baseball
stadium at Homebush.
Chairman of the Sydney 2002 Gay Games bid,
Tom Seddon, said the 2002 g~ames have a budget of
US $7.35 million. "The economic impact of the
event, most of it in Sydney, is expected to come in at
over $100 million (US $70 million)," Seddon said.
The Gay Games started in 1982 with just 1,200
participants but 12,000 competed at the New York
edition in 1994.
Sydney’s bid was criticized earlier this month by
Ian Armstrong, a conservative ptlitician and member
of the board of SOCOG, the 2000 Olympics organizing
body. Armstrong said he was staggered by a
request for US .$700,000 in government funding. "I
predicted that this business was just a stunt to allow
Sydney’s homosexuals to give their overseas colleagues
acheap holiday in the harborcity,"Armstrong
said. "And it appears I was right.’"
Organizers received about US $50,000 government
funding to help win the bid and were promised
use of some of the venues to be used at the 2000
Olympics.
"The Olympics are for all people, and will be paid
for by the community. But why should the New South
V~ales commumty have to pay for the Gay Games
which by its very name is intended to cater for.only a
minority?" Armstrong said.
Gillian Minervini, a member of the successful bid
team m Denver, said Armstrong’s comments had
"empowered" the team. "I think the gay and lesbian
commumty in Sydney has a history of enormous
strength and those kind of detractors are just not
worth listening to anymore," Minervini said. It was
the third time Sydney has bid for the Gay Games and
the first time the games will be held in the southern
hemisphere.
Senator Supports .ENDA
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Sen. Harry Reid says he is cosponsoring
a federal bill on Gay civil rights because
it’s fundamentally fair. The bill outlaws hiring, firing
or promoting employees based on sexual orientation.
Reid told about 180 gay and lesbian business leaders
Monday night that sexual orientation should not be a
factor in hiring or firing someone. Reid, D-Nev., told
the LAMBDA Business and Professional Association
that thebill does not promote special ghts. It is
not a quota bill or a special treatment bill," Reid said.
"It’s just a fundamental call for fairness."
Rep. John Ensign, R-Nev., opposes the bill. Retired
businessman Bruce James has not taken a position on
the bill, known as the Employment Non-Discrimination
Act. Ensign and James are seeking the Republican
nomination for the 1998 Senate race, while Reid
is seeking a third term in the office.
Thenon-discrimination act was introduced in Congress
m 1994 and has been introduced in every
session since. It failed to pass in 1996 by one vote.
The bill is the leading piece of legislation sought by
the Human Rights Campaign, the largest national
political organization for Gays and Lesbians. The
campaign is supporting Reid’s re-election effort.
Reid told the association he supports the bill because
no laws exist to prohibit putting up a sign in a
business that says, "Wehire everybody but lesbians."
He recalled the days when storefront signs stated"no
blacks, Jews or Mexicans." To discriminate in the
workplace based on gender, race or religion has since
become illegal. Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., is also
one of at least 30 co-sponsors.
Ensign said he is not convinced Gays are being
discriminated against economically. And he said he
sees other problems with the bill. "Somebody could
say they are gay, and who can say they are not?" he
said. Ensign said he thinks people would lie ~to Win
lawsuits by claiming they are Gay, just as people lie
about being injured k0 win setfle~entsi~ ¯ ¯ "
Ensign said as a veterinarian and gaming executive
he hired and promoted Gays and Lesbians. "I’ve
never discriminated against Gay people," he added.
U. of Cal. Gives Benefits
LOS ANGELES (AP) - By a one-vote margin, the
University of California Board of Regents approved
a plan Friday to offer health benefits to domestic
partners of its Gay employees, see News, page 14
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Young Men
Not Being Safe
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BOSTON (AP) - A sex survey criticized
for its frank language has fouffd that 59%
of the young gay men whoresponded had
unprotected sexual intercourse within the
last year. T,he sex survey enraged lawmakers
such as House Speaker Thomas
Finneran who said the questions were
filled with profanity. But it confirmed the
need for HIV prevention programs for
young gay men, said- John Auerbach of
the Department of Public Health. "We
found it to be very helpful," Auerbach
told the Boston Herald.
The survey results convinced DPH to
divert $300,000 from otherAIDS prevention
programs to target young gay men.
The survey questioned 250 gay and bisexual
men aged 13 to 24. It found that 85
percent of men who have sex with both
men and women had unprotected intercourse.
Bisexual menwere twice as likely
to have unprotected sex than those Who
only have sex with men. Those who reported
having sex with unfamiliar partners
were much more likely to have
unprotected intercourse than those who
knew their partners before having sex
with them, the survey reported. AIDS
Action designed and conducted the survey,
butitwas analyzed and printedby the
DPH for $20,000.
Court to Clarify HIV
Bias Protections¯
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme ¯
Court said Wednesday it will use a dis- ¯
pute over a dentist who refused to treat an :
HIV-infectedwomanat his office to clarify "
protections against bias for people with ¯
the AIDS virus. The court said it will hear
an appeal by Maine dentist Randon ."
Bragdon, who a lower court said violated ¯
the federal Americans With Disabilities ’
Act when he told Sidney Abbott he would ¯
only fill her cavity at a hospital.
The 140,000-member American Dental
Association supported Bragdon’s appeal
in a friend-of-the-court brief that
urged thejustices to clarify dentists’ legal
obligations in such circumstances. The
Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders,
which is representing Abbott, said in
a statement, "Without strong legal protections
against discrimination, the nearly 1
millionAmericans inthis countrywhoare
living withHIV will become second-d_ass
citizens."
Lower courts have split on whether
people who are infected with the HIV
virus, but do not yet suffer from symptoms
of AIDS, are considered disabled
under the 1992 anti-bias law. Under the
law, someone is disabled if they have a
physical or mental impairment that substantially
limits "one or more major life
activities."
Bragdon’ s appeal also argues thatcourts
should defer to his professionaljudgment
on whether to provide treatment such as
filling a cavity in his dental office or at a
hospital. Ms. Abbott visited Bragdon’s
office in Bangor, Maine, for. an appointment
on Sept. 16, 1994. On her patient
information form, she indicatedthat she
was HIV-positive buthadnoAIDS symptoms.
Bragdon examined Ms. Abbott and
discovered that she had a cavity near the
gum line on a back lower tooth. He told
her that, under his infectious-disease
policy, he would not fill her cavity in his
office. Bragdon told Ms..Abbott he would
treat, her in a hospital setting, and she
would have to bear the additional costs
~ imposed by the hospital. Two months
¯ later, Ms. Abbott sued. She sought, among
¯
other things, monetary damages..A f_edi
eraljudge ruled thatBragdonhad vioIfffed
: federal law, and the 1st U.S. Circuit Court
: of Appeals agreed. "Ms. Abbott’s HIV-
: positive status is a physical impairment
¯ which substantially interferes with her
." major life activity of reproduction, and
¯ sheis therefore disabled within the mean-
" ing of the ADA," the appeals court said. It
¯ added that Bragdon did not offer enough
¯¯ evidence to show that it would have been
¯ unsafe to fill Ms. Abbott’s cavity in his
office. "Cases of this kind are necessarily
: fact-sensitive," the 1st Circuit court said.
¯ "Had the patient required more invasive ¯
treatmentorhad the dentistproffered stron-
¯
ger evidence of a direct threat, the result
¯" may well have differed.’"
¯ Beforemonetary damages couldbe cal- ¯
culated, Bragdon appealed to the nation’s
¯ highest court. His lawyers argued, among
¯ other things, that reproduction should not
¯ be considered amajor life activity compatable
to walking, seeing, hearing, speak-
" ing, working or caring for one’s self.
¯ AIDS Spread Worse
i Than Thought
: PARIS (AP) - AIDS has struck the world
much harder than previously thought, a
U.N. agency said Wednesday in a report
showing more than 30 million people are
infected - one-third more than earlier
estimated. About 16,000 people are infected
daily, one in every 100 sexually
active adults under age 49 worldwide has
HIV and among those infected, only one
in 10 knows it, UNAIDS said in the report
released in Paris.
"The main message of our report is the
AIDS epidemic is far from over. In fact,
it’s far worse," Peter Piot, director general
of UNAIDS, told a news conference. Released
ahead of World AIDS Day on-Dec.
¯ 1, the report said that if current rates hold
steady, those infected with the immune-
" .stripping virus "will soar to 40 million"
¯ by the year 2000. The impact of AIDS
deaths, which rose an estimated 50 per-
" cent this year, "is only just beginning."
¯. Despite advances in AIDS treatment
and falling infection rotes in the West, the
: virus is hitting Africa much harder than
; earlier believed, said the "Report on the
¯ Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic." Instead of ¯
relying on regional estimates, "for the
: first time, we went country-to-country to
¯ see what was happening," Piot said. "The ¯
: rate oftransmissionwas grossly underes-
¯ fimated, especially mNigeria and South ¯
Africa, he said. Rates are also rising in
¯ Eastern Europe, primarily due tointrave-
: nous drug users and lack of AIDS educa-
¯ tion, said the report by Geneva-based ¯
UNAIDS.
: The report also called for better educa-
¯ tion, which it said does not encourage ¯
¯ young people to have sex, as some believe.
On the contrary, it said sex educa-
¯" don "helps delay first intercourse" and
¯ reduces teenpregnancy. EvenintheWest,
Plot said; "prevention efforts are far in-
; sufficient for youth. I have a daughter at a
: lycee here, and what she’s gettingin terms
¯ of sex education is inadequate." ¯
Thereport said some 5.8 million people
: have been infected in 1997, and an esti-
¯ mated 5.3 million were infected in 1996,
"- up from the count of 3.1 million people
¯ that doctors originally estimated. A total
: of 30.6 million live with HIV or AIDS
¯ globally, two-thirds of them in sub-Sa-
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,-~st~ck yoUth the hardest, Piot said. "Most
of them are under 25 years old."
The report estimated that 2.3 million
people died of AIDS in 1997 - a 50
percent increase over 1996. Nearly half of
those deaths were among women, and
460,000 were among children under 15.
AIDS is wiping out gains in life expectancy
made in the developing world in
recent decades and has orphaned 8.4 million
children, the report said.
The report paints a devastating picture
ofAIDS-ravaged sub-SaharanAfrica, with
7.4 percent of people aged 15 to 49 there
thought to be infected:
- the number of HIV-infected in
Botswana has doubled over the last five
years, now reaching 25 percent to 30
percent of the total population.
- one in five adults in ~Zimbabwe was
HIV-positive in 1996. In one town with a
largepopulation ofmigrantworkerS~ seven
pregnant women in 10 were HIV-positive
in 1995.
- 25 percent more infants are dying in
Zambia and Zimbabwe because ofAIDS.
The disease is expected to push
. Zimbabwe’s infant mortality rate up 138
percentby 2010. Ugandais Africars bright
.spot, reporting falling infection rates that
were credited to education and wider
condom use.
The report said Asia’s AIDS epidemic
is morerecentthanAfrica’s, though India’s
3 million to5million HIV-infectedpeople
make it the country with the most HIVinfected
in the world, Indicating Asia’s
fi.g~res couldjump later, it cautioned that
estimates there are made on "less informarion
than in other regions." In the
world’s most populous nation, China reported
up to 200,000 cases and the figure
was expected to double this year, it said.
Speedier Drug
Approval Process
WASHINGTON (AP)-President Clinton
signed a law Friday giving the Food and ¯
DrugAdministrationnew powers to speed :
the approval of drugs to combat a host of :
killerdiseases including cancerandAIDS. :
Some critics have argued that thelaw will ¯
expose patients to risky medicine for the ~
. benefit Of the makers of experimental :
drugs and new devices.
But Clinton said,"TheFDA has always !
set the gold standard for protecting the. :
public safety," "Today, it wins the gold "
medal forleading theway into thefuture," ¯
he said at the bill-signing ceremony in the ¯
Old Executive Office Building next to the "
White House. ¯
A hard-fought compromise, the FDA ¯
Modernization Act of 1997 took three ."
.years to hammer out. Many of its provi- "
sions.have been put into effect adminJs- ¯
,~,atively throughVicePresidentA1 Gore’s ¯
reinventinggovernment"programs."We .
know that for many patients, experimen- "
tal treatments represent their best - per- ¯
haps their only - chance for recovery," ¯
Clinton said. "That’s why this bill writes .
intolaw current FDA policies that allow "
doctors and patients to use new drugs :
before they are formally approved." "A1- ¯
ready thousands of AIDS, cancer, and :
Alzheimer’ s patients havefoundnewhope :
- even new life- with these experimental ¯
therapies," he said. "
Clinton said he first became interested :
in the issue during his 1992 campaign ¯
when he heard complaints that the FDA ¯
drug approval system was "too slow and :
somewhat arbitrary and not giving the "
: American people the drug approvals and
: the medical-device approval~ in a timely
¯¯ fashion."
Clinton allies applauded the new law.
¯ "The challenge now is to implement this
¯ far-reachinglegislationrapidly andeffec-
: tively, so that the full benefits of these
¯ changes will be available to patients and
¯ industry as soon as possible," said Sen.
: Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass.
¯ But Dr. Sydney M. Wolfe, director of
¯ Public Citizen’s Health Research Group,
: called the new law "the worst attack on
_" the Food and Drug Administration’s abil-
¯ ity to protect consumers and patients in 91
¯ years." "Americans will be exposed to ¯
defective drugs and medical devices that
¯ Europeans with their weaker laws have
¯ been exposed to for a long time," Wolfe
¯ said. He contended thatpolitical contribu- ¯
tions greased the bill’s progress through
Congress and added. This bill,s good for
: corporate profits and.bad for public health
¯ - period."
i Cell Fights HIV
¯ WASHINGTON (AP) - How do some
." patients infected with theAIDS virus sur-
¯ vive for years without treatment and with-
: out getting sick? A Boston team of re-
: searchers says it may have the answer to a
¯ question that has puz~.led scientists for
: years. In a study published in the journal
~ Science, researchers say an analysis of
¯ blood from a robust Boston man infected
." witthHIV for 18 years shows he is pro-
¯. tected by a large number of immune sys- tern cells, called helper T-ceils, that spe-
¯ cifically attack the AIDS virus.
¯ Using:this clue, researchers at the Massachusetts
General Hospital went on to
." find that these special helper T-cells may
: be the essential difference between being
¯ well while infected with HIV and being ¯
sick with the disease. "Our work provides
." an explanation of why a very small group
¯ of people have been able to avoid getting
¯ sick from this virus even though they _are
infected," said Dr. Bruce Walker, the seuior
author of the study.
Helper T-cells direct the body’s immune
system. There is a variety of the
ceils, and each type is primed to attack a
specific virus .or other invader. As these
ceils detect the presence of a target virus,
they reproduce by the billions, flooding
thebloodstream with defenders. ButHIV,
the AIDS virus, has broken down this
defense. For reasons not understood,
helperT-ceils specificforHIV oftenareat
t0w levels in or absent from patients infected
with the virus.
Experiments at Massachusetts General
confirmed that high levels of HIV-specific
T-cells may be essential for the body
to hold the AIDS virus in cheek. Walker
said laboratory tests of blood from HIV
patients found that those with the strongest
T-cell response to the HIV antigen
had the lowest amount of virus in their
bloodstream, but those with weak T-cell
responses had high virus loads.
Thediscovery suggested thebodymight
be able to control HIV if helper T-cells
that target the virus could somehow be
protected. To test this idea, researchers
used powerful anti-viral drugs to treat
patients recently infected with HIV.
Walker said the drugs caused the vires
load to drop quickly, and the patients’
immune systems then started producing
T-cells that specifically attacked HIV.
Walker said the HIV-specific T-cells
were not produced in the bodies of patients
whohad been infected withHIV for
more than six months, see Health, p. 14
by-James Christjohn Bernadette Peters was the
Hello, playmates in the amusement park ¯ artistatthelast TulsaPhilharmonicPops
of life. Well, since I missed it last month, : concert, and put on a great show. To see
Happy Thanksgiving in re~,ospect, and " her perform live is to understand why she
Merry Yule. Good, now that s out of the ¯ is a star. You know the moment she sets
way. I’vebeenrunningamonthbehindall " foot on the stage that a star is present, her
year. ’Bout time I caught up. : charisma is so powerful. Every move-
Well, the one person ¯ ment was perfect, every note a gem, and
who actually reads this the performance one of
colunm-oops, there’stwo . . . ~ceord~l~ to polishandclass.Sheperthat
I know of now (Hi Robert Reed,
formed many of the se-
-Robert!) - anyway, the lections from her new
one who lets me know whathe really thinks,pro- Plaillmrmonlc release"LiveatCamegie
Hall" and included- the
claimed me insane after executive director, patter developed for that
reading last month’s ode mue]z dlseusslon at show. Starting off with
to all things Uhi~y Uhitty "We’re in the Money"
Bang Bang. And Peter’s t]ze prior day’~ and "Pennies from
the one who remembers re]zearsal centered on Heaven", during which
exactly where he bought _ she walked into the audihis
Corgi diecast model w]tet]ter or not to ence and scattered cop-
(Marge McNeamey’s at
form per confetti all over
Utica Square, the "Baby ][mr
people, then thanked the
Gap" of its day), and how "M~xl~ Love crowd for coming and
much it cost at the time Alon~" a ltilt~t-~ou~
told us that shehadheard
($12 in 1968). He also , that Tulsa was famous
admits to still having the ode to t~te joys of... for its oil. She then said
car somewhere in his at- that she loved the city
tic, and to have retained well, mal~in~ love and was only upset that
his childhood copy of the alone. A taste[ul and herhotelwasnexttorail-
LP soundtrack. Sounds roadtracks.~okingiyMs.
like the pot calling the humorous little ditty, Peters said well! guess
kettle tome. . . butnomore. Ms. Peters ]~ad no the only .,fixing that mat-
I have outgrown last ters is if I m on the fight
month’s column, and am small trepidation as side of them!"
now into more mature
to laow well it would Therestofthefirstsectoys.
don of the concert was
So we move on to the l~e reeelved, as Tulsa much like the
review section, inwhichI
lass a reputation for "Sondheim, Etc."
get to play "good re- Carnegie Hall concert
viewer" and "bad re- not l~eln~ very ae- CD, proceeds of which
didn’tViewer’" Waltita minute,theI " ’ o[ anyt]un~,
benefit the Gay Men’s
mean quite . ceJ~tm~ Health Crisis organizaway
it came out. I’m al- i-i-mz_eenter. Imagine. tion. Those of us who
ways a good reviewer, recognized an introduc-
I’ve seen 2 shows with tiontoacertaininfamous
major headliners in the last month, ~ song that began ’¢Hais song has become
Fleetwood Mac and Bernadette Peters. : legendary in certain circles" began clap-
Those who are even slightly acquainted ¯ ping and hollering and she said "well I
with me, or have heard Tom complain in : guess those circles are all here tonight!"
his inimitable fashion about my obses- : (See, it’s notjustme that engages insuch
sions, know that I am fans of both. Espe- : rowdybehavior!Therewasawbolebunch
cially Stevie Nicks. (I’m so jealous that ¯ of us! The bluehairs didn’t know what to
she gets.away with capes and I can,t.) : think!) And according to Robert Reed,
Anyway, one performance was GREAT : Philharmonic executive director, much
and one was woefully disappointing. " discussion at the prior day’s rehearsal
Which was which? Stay tuned for de- ¯ centered on whether or not to perform
tails... ." "Making Love Alone", a hilarious ode to
Don’t miss the University ofTulsa’s : the joys of... well, making love alone. A
production of"FALSETTOS". The kids ¯ tasteful and humorous litde ditty, Ms.
fought long and hard to get this show : Peters had no small trepidation as to how
mounted (don’tgo there)andfinally gotit ." well it would be received, as Tulsa has a
going! The show, which won Tonys ga- : reputation for not being very accepting of
lore duringits Broadway run, was penned ¯ anything off-center Imagine. Wall, she
by James Lapine, author of the book for" : need not have worried, there was a large
Into The Woods". The musical is corn- : contingent of fans who knew the song,
prised of what were originally 2 one-act " and let out a cheer at the intro. The rest of
plays, detailing the changes in a Jewish ¯ the audience wouldn’t have understood it
family brought about by the father’s ac- : anyway. I was able to personally thank
knowledging he is gay. The first act cen- : her for singing it.
ters on the reactions of the family - his : Also included were "Not a Day Goes
wife, son, and lover - to the announce- o By , FmthlessLove ,and GlowWorm.
ment. The second act follows the family : Almost all the students of the theatre
as they deal with the Son’s Bar Mitzvah, : departmentoftheUniversityofTulsawas
the ex-spouses dealings with each other, ° at the show, and waited in the cold for the
AIDs and the lover who had left but now ¯ chance at an autograph. Ms. Peters didnot
is back. TU presents the musical at 8pm ° disappoint, stopping her limo so that she
December 4-6 and two matinees at 2pro ~ could give a wave and a greeting to the
Dec..6 & 7 in Chapman Theatre on cam- ¯ kids, and even signed autographs. I’m
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READ ALL ABOUT IT
reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
Even the most enlightened parent who
learns that their childis
Gay/Lesbian/Transgendered
goes through
anemotional andstressful
period. Christian or
particularly religious
parents often have an
even more difficult
time. Coming Out As
Parents is arevised edition
of afabulous book
written by David
Switzer, Professor
Emeritus of Pastoral
Theology at Perkins
School of Theology at
Southern Methodist
University in Dallas.
Switzer examines the
standardreactions from
mostparents, including
denial, guilt and anger.
This book will guide
disbelieving parents
through the maze of
emotions, and help
themcontinue to have a
constructive and posi-
"five relationship with
their child.
Chapters on"WhatWill PeopleThinkT’
and"Where Does the Fault Belong?" confrontthe
c0unterproducfive andultimately
ummportant feelings that parents may
have. Parents who are ashamed or embarrassed
by their child may decide to keep
seemingly inanswerto eachothers’ prayer.
The congregation of Westminster Presbyterian
Church had aged and they no
longer needed nor could maintain their
1920’s building in Tulsa’s historic Brady
Heights district. They were seeking a
younger, and as it were, "needy" congregation
to take over their building.
So on a Saturday in September, the
Parish Church of St. Jerome held its annual
meeting and decided on a budget to
acquire its own space, citing the need for
their own "sacred space". The next day,
St. Jerome officers connected with
Westminster Presbyterian and found that
the price for Westminster was exactly the
amount to which St. Jerome’s members
had committed the day before!
Father Rick, waxing both serious and
lighter-hearted, noted how important it
was for those "who have been turned
away [from the Church] or disenfranchised,
to have a space to call our own,
where we can be completely free." Humorously,
he added that it would also be
nice to be able to plan HolyWeek services
without having to worry about whether
there would be a body in the Garden
Chapel and be able to carry in the cross
without hitting the low ceiling as happened
at CommlLnity of Hope.
For now, St. Jerome will have all its
parishioners’ hands busy just doing repairs
and renovations to the 10,000 s.f.
main building. But St. Jerome’s also has a
5,000 s.f. auxiliary building which they
hope to make available to community
¯ the information about their Gay child to
: themselves . Switzer’s observation:
¯ "People feel they must keep shame to
: themselves, and yet the sense of isolation
of particular interest
is the chapter
titled "But Doesn’t
the Bible Condemn
It?". In astoundingly
logleal prose,
Switzer examines
the biblical
implications of
homosexuality in a
completely
different light than
we commonly get
from-television
preachers...
that is intensified by
keeping the secret also
further feeds the feelings
of Shame. It is a
destructive trap." Parents
and Friends ofLesbians
and Gays
(PFLAG) is mentioned
as a good resource for
confused parents.
Of particular interest
is the chapter tided
"But Doesn’t the Bible
Condemn It?". In astoundingly
logical
prose, Switzer examines
the biblical implications
of homosexuality
in a completely
different light than we
commonly get from
television preachers. If
a parent is able to go
beyond their emotional
reaction to their Gay
child, this chapter will
bring much comfort
and understanding.
Any parent of a Gay
child, regardless of
their religious beliefs, will benefit from
this slim volume. It packs invaluable information
into just 100 pages.
Check it out at your local Tulsa City-
County branch library, or call the Readers
Services at 596-7966.
: non-profits. Also they plan to create a
¯ garden with a columbarium. The latter
¯ would provide a place not only for the
¯
ashes ofmembers Of St. Jeromebut also a
: place for beloved pets. Father Rick holds
¯ an annual blessing of the animals on the
¯
Feast Day of St. Francisl At this year’s
: blessing, St. Jerome was host not only to
¯ a number of dogs and cats but ~also tO a
chicken, aNile lizard (rather "bitey" said
: Father Rick).
: St. Jerome in addition to having found
¯ a physical home has also found a denomi-
: national home in the Evangelical Angli-
¯ can Church in America (EACA). St.
¯¯ Jerome’sVisitor’sGuidenotes thatEvangelical
Anglican Church in America dif-
¯
fers little from the Anglican Communion
: in matters of church polity, worship or
¯ doctrine. The brochure adds that Chris-
: tians from "every Christian tradition are
¯ welcome" and states that all who are bap-
_" fized are welcome at the Communion
¯ table. St. Jerome’s welcomes all mere- ¯
bers, regardless of "heritage, culture, fi-
¯ nancial status, sexual orientation, age,
¯ gender, ormarital status" toreceive"ALL
¯ sacraments of the church." This includes ¯
the sacrament ofmarriage and Father Rick
¯ presided over the marriage of Deacon-
." Deb Statues and her spouse.
¯ OnSaturday, December6th, the Church
¯
of St. Jerome will welcome the Right
." Reverend Craig Bettendorf, Bishop ofthe
: Evangelical Anglican Churchin America
¯ who will hold a consecration service for
¯
St. Jerome at 7 pm. Also, St. Jerome will
." hold a Christmas Eve Midnight Mass at
¯ 11:30 on Dec. 24. For more information
about the services, call 582-3088.
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q~y Jean-Pierre La Grandbouche
After a hard day of braving the shopping
throngs and cold Oklahoma winter
winds, there is nothingmorerelaxing than
sitting down by the fireplace at one of
Brookside’s older and long-popular cafes,
The Grapevine, for a quiet glass of
wine andanicemeal."Conveniently nestled
at the comer of35th and Peoria, this place
is popular not only with the young professional
crowd, but those withmoreeclectic
tastes, as wall.
Some people come just to
sit at the crowded, narrow,
upstairs bar in this see and-beseenestablishment,
while others
come for quiet cocktails
and hors d’oeuvres. Many
come for the full dining experience,
and we’ve even been
there when wedding receptions
have movedin for a lesschaste
after-party.
Much of the menu has been
selected to complement the
bar’.s large selection of wines
by the bottle and by the glass.
Cheese beards ($1.85 to $9.50)
are very popular, and nibblers
can sample up to a dozen different
cheese varieties, served
withfreshfruit and crusty sourdough
breads. Abaked brie en
croute ($8.75) is also available
with an original touch of
being wmppedin phyllo leaves
instead of the traditional puff
pastry. Those who can afford
the fat grams and calories will
love to indulge in the homemade
hot artichoke spread
($5.25), and they have a very
tasty country-style chicken
liver pate ($6.50) served with
small American gherkins instead
of the usual French
comichons.
: Zealand orange roughy ($12.50), a sturdy
: white fish which is prepared meuniere,
¯ and then sauced with the white wine that
: was used to deglaze the pan. Roughy is
.’. getting to be cliche in Tulsa, but this is a
¯¯ satisfactorypresentation.Theseafooddish
du jour was a Caribbean grilled salmon
¯ ($12.50), which was tantalizingly scented
¯ with the fiery hot Jamaican jerk season-
: ings, and finished with a bell pepper and
Mack olive butter and garlic in olive oil -
The Grapevine
3509 Soutl~ Peoria
Olmn:
llm - lOpm on
Tues. &Wed.
11 am until 11pro
Thurs. through Sat.
Clmed Sun.& Mon.
The imr stays open
-as long as ther~ is
business, sometimes
until 2am
Moderately
expensive
Pavement:
All major plastic
Smoking: "
N0n-smoking and
smoking rooms
Alcohol:
Full
Ambiance:
Dressy casual
Rating:
A llst
abizarre combination thathad
a surprisingly fabulous flavor
for those brave enough to em
dure the jerk seasonings.
Part of the charm of The
Grapevine is that, not only do
they have finerfoods, they also
havegoodold,O~klahoma-style
home cookin, ~oo, with a decent
chicken fried steak
(.$6.75), Dutch oven pot roast
($9.50), and a ham hock and
butter bean special ($7.50).
The deep-fried catfish fillet is
okay, but it’s farm-raised fish,
and at $12.25, wecati find less
expensive and just as goodfried
fish elsewhere. If one
likes meatloaves, don’t pass
up the Mom’s Dangerously
Good Meat Loaf ($7.50),
which is a welVflavored individual
loaf filled with bits of
onion, garlic, carrot, and celery,
sliced in rounds, drizzled
with a thin brown gravy, and
presented on a bed of lumpy,
.homemade mashed potatoes.
Diners with smaller appetites
or smaller pocketbooks
will be well fed by The
Grapevine’s big selection of
hearty sandwiches, ranging in
price from $4.25 for a gour-.
met greaseburger to $9.75 for
a prime rib sandwich. We par-
In addition to their usual chicken enchilada
soup, there is always a substantial
soup dujour, which, on the evening ofour
visit, was country ham and broccoli. Cups
are $2.50 and bowls, $3.50. They also had
two appetizer specials, a grilled chicken
pizzaonafoccacia crust ($7.50) and some
fascinating Chinese-style "pot stickers"
($6.50), which are little packets or dumplings
of pork and-chicken braised and
poached, and served in a roasted garlic
sesame sauce, accompanied by a little
shrimp egg roll.
The dinner menu shows a .refreshing
creativity and willingness to accommodate
both foods-of-the-season and the
tastes ofregular customers. One of the old
standby favorites is the Grapevine’ S Beef
Wellington ($18.50). Now, the traditional
boeuf Wellington recipes involve an entire
beef tenderloin partially roasted, then
encased in arich, truffled, liver pate, all of
which is then rolled up in decadent puff
pastry dough and baked until golden -
certainly an elegant dish for an entire
gourmet army! The Grapevine chef has
improved upon the theme, also making
sure that his kitchen prOductis more suited
to the whims ofthe evening’ s patrons, ahd
created a mouth-watering individual beef
Wellington out of a bacon-wrapped filet
mignon, surrounded by a sauteed mushroom
duxelles, seasoned with Dijon mustard,
and encased in puffpastry. It’s adish
with which we’ve never been disappointed.
Another popular item is the New
ticularly like the ham on German black
bread sandwich ($5.00); with cu(umbers
and sour cream on excellent black rye
bread. Sandwiches usually comejust with
banal potato chips, but th~ $2.00 Order of
beer-battered French fries is well worth
the cost.
One of our favorite things about the
food here is the attention paid to humble
vegetables. During our review meal, we
were served a delicious bowl of sliced
parsnips which had been sauteed in butter
until golden brown, a choice recommended
by our surly waiter. Our dinner
companion’ s meal had excellently prepared,
lightly battered, and sauteed eggplant
circles. The vegetable dujour was a
bowl of huge, Oklahoma-grown Brussels
sprouts. There are always a dozen ormore
fresh vegetables available, and worth every
penny of the $1.50 extra charge. We
also recommend highly the garlicky and
rich cheese grits and thecom souffle, both
$1.75.
If there’ s room for dessert, they have a
large selection of typical Tulsa cakes and
cheesecakes which are popular, but commercially
obtained and, rather boring,
since everyone else in townhas them, too.
However, there are a couple of items
made in-house which are always worthwhile,
inclhding various flavors of creme
bmlee($3.00), anexcellentcoconutcream
pie withfresh, real whippedcream ($2.00),
a simple bread pudding ($2.00), and the
ever-popular baked fudg~ ($3.00),
see Food, page 12
by Lamont Lindstrom
TheJapanese like their gaijin (’ foreigners’)
to have big noses. I worked for a
number ofmonths at auniversity in the far
southern Japanese city Kagoshimawhose
foreignpopulationmostly consists ofsnubnosed
Chinese and Korean immigrants.
Only ahandful ofAmericans and Europeans
live in that city. Most of these are
employed teaching English
in local secondary schools.
Because of this, unlike Tokyo
or Osaka, gaijin are infrequent
patrons ofthe city’ s
several gay bars.
When I dropped in one of
these establishments, the
bartenders and patrons were
invariably polite and curious
about how I had come to
live in Kagoshima. MyJapanese
improved enough to
answer the stock set of questions
always asked: Whywas
I there? What did I do? Was
I married? Didn’t I find
Kagoshimapeoplefriendlier
than other Japanese? Did I
like Japanese men (or food,
or drink, or housing, or the
weather, etc. etc. etc.)? But I
always sensed my new barfriends
checking out my
nose. GayJapanese share our
folk belief that big nose
equals big penis and I was frequently
apologetic that.my nose is of modest dimension.
I did very soon learn the phrase
anata no chinpo wa okii desuka? (’is your
dick big?’). I wasn’ t~telling.
Amerika-jin were still scarce enoughin
Kagoshima that people wanted to check
out rumors ofWestern endowment. I once
met a young American wandering the
entertainment district. He was handing
out flyers for a strip show later that night.
He claimed to been enslavedby a crooked
Japanese entrepreneur who had brought
.him to town to strip at a local dub for
Japanese woman hungry to see white naked
flesh. This boy looked gay to me. He
invited me to a performance but I didn’ t
want to get in the way of those eager
women.
I made friends with Eichiro who was
one ofthehandful ofpeopleinKagoshima
who spoke English well. Eichirohad taken
English courses in New York City and
had worked at his uncle’ s Japanese restaurantin
Glendale, California. He metan
American boyfriend in Hawai’i, and the,
two ofthemhad retamaed to Kagoshima to
be near Eichiro’ s mother. Back home, he
had taken a job as a bartenderin a small
place thatcatered to Japan’ s growingnumbers
of professional working women.
(Young Japanese ~women are fascinated
by gays.)
I hung out there, too, hungry to talk
English. Eichiro was 30 but was obviously
going to remain perpetually, terminally
cute. I would walk downtown to the
bar, drink acouple of glasses of hot shoju
(Kagoshima’s infamous sweet potato
brandy), and thenleave before 11:00 pm
so I could catch abus home. (Kagoshima’ s
city council is in cahoots with the taxi
companies - public transport stops about
11:00 and drinkers have to fall into taxis
when the bars close.)
Eichiro and Isoon developed a routine.
Each time I was making to leave, he
would beg to follow along and check out
my chinpoin the darkened stairwdl. "No,
: Eichiro, you are married." He was, too.A
¯ lesbian minister had married him and the
: American boyfriend on the beach in
¯ Waikiki. ButEichirowouldclaimtobeso
: franticfor gaijin chinpo thathe could even
: forego the shower he normally had to
¯ have after sex. How soJapanese, Ithought.
¯" Good bartenders always Know how to
: make one feel special.
¯ I was lonely for Ameri-
My first two
weeks in town,
nearly every night
I. went bar-h~pp.
m ¯Herewa. smy
ebb?lenSe: could I
find a Gay bar? In
a eitK of 500,000,
so I tlaured, there
had t~ be one or
two. I hardly spoke
any.Japanese ...
Worse, my knowledge
of the three
orthographies
that Japanese use
was nll so I
cans so I called up the boy:
friend one day and asked
him to lunch. He insisted on
eating only at McDonalds,
Pizza Hut, Mr: Donut, or
Subway- thefourUS chains
that have found their way to
distant Kagoshima. We met
at Subway. I didn’ t like boyfriend
much. He whined
about Kagoshima and the
Japanese. He-did have a
mother-of-a-nose, though.-
He and Eichiro were planning
a return to Los Angeles
where they would live by
"selling theJapanese antiques
that they had accumulated
over two years in
Kagoshima. Boyfriend left
first and Eichiro followed a
month behind. I said my
goodbyes. But a few weeks
later, Eichiro called me at
my office. "Eichiro! What
on earth are you doing here?" I asked.
He had arrived at LAX where US Immigration
immediatdy arrested him and
threw him back on the next plane for
¯ Japan. He was on the blacklist, having
overstayed his previous visaby 18 months.
I helped Eichiro fill out the immigration
: lottery form that the American Embassy
¯ in Tokyo had sent him as his only chance
for a US Visa. It didn’t seem very prom-
: ising to me. I left Japan soon afterwards.
Six months later, when I returned to the
US, l sent a postcard to Kagoshima ad-
: dressed to Linda--Eichiro’ s bar name. It
: came back marked "unknown." I started
calling the 28Japaneserestaurants in Glen-
: dale one after the other but gave up, feel-
. ing foolish;.after a dozen or so. Eichiro -
¯ where are you? I sure hope you’ ve found
your way to the land of the free, the home
of the big nose.
¯ although their versionis abitmore on the
¯ half-baked brownie side.
¯ The full bar stocks a lot of domestic
wines andafewimports,thoughnotnearly
¯ as many as we would expect from a bar
¯ that holds itself out to be a wine bar. The
¯ prices are reasonable, though, both by the
bottle andby the glass, and they occasion-
" ally do get in some rare and unusual
: vintages. We were quite shocked, how-
¯. ever, when we went in for dinner on the third Thursday of November (the tradi-
¯ tional release date for the new crop of
¯ beaujolais nouveau) and discovered that
thebarhadn teven ordered any nouveaus.
¯ We trust that their bar manager will be
¯ severely pelted with used wine corks for
: thatfauxpas.
¯ Nonetheless, The Grapevine remains
: one of our favorite eateries for a cozy
: meal. Best of all, we find it to be a com-
¯. fortable place. And, one needn’t wait for
a Brookside shopping day to try it out -
¯ it’ s worth a special trip of its own.
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production "Into the Woods" which she
was acastmemberof;"Unexpected Song"
from Loyd-Webber’s "Song and Dance"
for which she won the Tony in 1985 (and
a highlight of the performance for me);
several gems like "Faithless Love", given
an almost ethereally Celtic
rendering; "Glow Worm",
which only she could pull
off well, and did; and finally,
’Tll Be Seeing You".
Mist notes: Her drummer
is Cubby O’Brien - yes, the
original Mouseketeer, for
those that recall the Mickey
Mouse Club of the ’50’s.
Her conductor is Marvin
Laird, who wrote the musical
"Rut[fiess" and is collaborating
with Speilberg on
a new animated film.
She was poured, and I do
meanpoured, into areddress
withredhigh heelsl Thedress
was simple, not glitzy, but
did maintain a glamourous
effect, while being .easy to
travel with - no ironing, no
muss, no fuss.
When she left, she was in a
black pantsuit and coat. And
boy, is she pale! And tiny. I
have been consistently
amazed that most of the female.
stars I have seen perform
are incredibly tiny. Yet
while on stage, they seem
larger than life. So I would
have been a star had I been
born an incredibly small,
very pale woman. Well, it
seems logical to me.
L;vlng Arts
of Tulsa
presents the
Gay & Lesbian
Issues Series, a
month of ereatlve
events. The "Love
Makes A Family"
exhibit runs
through Dee. 14,
sponsored in part
by PFLAG...
Dee. 19 brings us
the alternative
video evenlng,
featuring
"Tongues Untied",
"Jddy: An hon"
about la dlva
Foster, and
"Glennda &,
Camille do
Downtown", a
moe~umentary
about Camille
Paglia and a
cross-dresser...
The orchestra was in excellent fornl, ]
and the classical selections were-all tied -:
together by a "water" theme by the new
conductor Kenneth Jean. Introduced as a
guess what the tie of the music to the
theme is, some pieces were obvious, such
as "Blue Danube Waltz". Others less so;
"’Pomp and Circumstance" - Watergate;
one piece from an opera .set in Venice,
Italy, performed by the characters in a
gondola, which floats on the.., you get the
idea. Jean is fun to watch, looking at times
like a mad scientist who’s just gotten the
monster to move, or a sidekickto Disney’s
Quasimodo in "Hunchback of Notre
Dame". During Ms. Peter’s concert, the
orchestra members even got to show off
their singing voices.
It’s not too late to catch Philbrook
Museum’s "Festival of Trees: A Century
of Holiday Traditions", which runs
through Dec. 7. All kinds ofYule goodies
are on display. And, through January 11,
you can take someone special there to
"look at etchings" during the "British
Etching Revival" exhibition.
On to Fleetwood Mac. Basically, for
those that couldn’t afford lawn seats at
$50.00 and who have the Dance video -
you’re not missing a thing. The FM that
playedin Dallas was abunch oftired folks
who did reasonable justice to the songs,
but were dearly there to get the money
and go home. Every word of the betweensong
patter was from "The Dance", all by
rote, word for word. Fortunately, l got ’
press tickets, so I didn’t feel ripped off.
But I would have hated to.have paid the
$80 bucks for seats that were worth $20 at
the most. Lindsey Buckingham was terribly
off key throughout the show, and
: making obnoxious gestures behind Stevie
¯ Nicks’ back while she was speaking some
¯¯ of her by-the-book patter between songs.
She tried to play off the alleged
¯ "Buckingham-Nicks" tension by singing
," to him at many points during her lover’s-
, revenge ballads, but he mostly ignored
[ her. Christine looked bored throughout
¯ the evening, watching the audience &
singing along off-talc during main verses
when the others were singing
their songs. John was,
wall, John, and Mick was
the only one who seemed to
be enjoying himself. I made
a 5 hour trip to get to the
show, and I am still wondering
if it was.worth it. -And
I’m adiehard Stevie fan!
Withke.ychains the cheapest
souvemr at $10, the reason
for the tour was made quite
clear. Stevie’s tax bill,
Mick’s constant bankruptcies,
and Christine’s restoration
of an English manor
house - and John’s yachts -
are the reason behind the reunion.
Stevie did sound bet:
ter than ever, so that was
what made the trip worthwhileforme.
Hersongs were
the best Of the bunch. Too
bad Nicks wasn’t on a solo
tour. Maybe next year. Plans
are in the works for a new
solo album and a box set.
The box set is rumored to be
out early next year.
Living Arts of Tulsa presents
the Gay & Lesbian Issues
Series, a month of creative
events The "Love
Makes A Family" exhibit
runs through Dec. 14, sponsored
in part by P-FLAG, with
Rainbow Business Guild and the Pride
Center, withaperformanceworkshop Dec.
6 &7 for Gays and Lesbians who’dlike to
perform but don’t know where to start.
Dec. 12 is Performance Night, giving
honor to those artists who are Gay and
Lesbian. Dec. 19 brings us the~ alternative
video evening, featuring ’’Tongues Untied",
"Jody: An Icon" about la diva Foster,
and "Glennda & Camille do Downtown",
a mockumentary about Camille
Paghaandacross-dresser walking through
downtown New York and the adventure
they encounter. $5, $3 students and members.
No, not that kind. Of the organization,
silly! All of these events take place at
Living Artspace (hmmm - an offshoot of
"Living Island", where H.R. Pufnstuf is
mayor? Gives me an idea for my next
column. Oh, Peter...), at 19 E. Brady. For
more info, call 585-1234.
Heller Theatre is holding Improvisation
classes on Thursday evenings from
6pro. Participants perform in their "Laughing
Matter Improv" shows. An advance
workshop is scheduled Jan 10, 1-4pro.
Free to Laughing Matter participants, $10
otherwise. Laughing Matter Improv per-
.formances are $4, and the next evening of
~mprov will be Jan 9. Heller presents
"Lonely Planet" : Dec. 4-6 & 11-13, a
drama dealing with two men and their
lives and loneliness. For ticket info, call
746-5065.
AndBroken Arrow Community Theatre
is presenting the musical comedy
"Once Upon A Mattress", another of my
childhood favorites. I remember seeing
Carol Burnett in the televised version.
The show runs Dec. 5 - 14. For reservations,
call 258-0077.
which documents Holocaust survivor stories.
Kossiusky went back to Poland after
thewar, workedas an economist andlived
a secret life as a gay man. Kossinsky
wrote an award-winning book about his
affair with the soldier in 1991.
A group in Vermont that teaches high
school students about the Holocaust is
making a moviebased on the book., which
is tiffed "Damned Strong Love." "It’s an
extremely compelling love story thathappens
to be about gay men," filmmaker
William Stetson, president of the Vermont
Film Commission, told the Globe.
In Nazi Germany, homosexuality was
punishablebyup to 10yearsinprison,and
love letters could be considered evidence.
Homosexuality among German police
officers was punishable by death.
Kossinksy read theletter to the Harvard
students, part ofwhichread: "I pray every
day that you will come back Safe. I’mjust
true to you and will remain so for my
whole life."
As far as comparing the issue with omissions
of the race riot: ’qqaat is unfortunate
anditis absurd," Goble said. "I can assure
members of this group that if 35 square
blocks of Gay-owned housing had been
burned and as many as 1,000 Gay and
lesbian people had been murdered, that
that event would have been very much a
part of the public record and very much a
part ofthis history."
ACentennial committee commissioned
Goble to write thebook. Paula Hale, coordinator
of the City’s yearlong Centennial
celebration, said the boo.k was funded
through private funds and pre-release
sales.
Editor note: while the Centennial boak
was privately funded, the Centennial office
and co-ordinator, Paula Hale, who
helped to coordinate the book are paid
throughpublicfunds, directly subsidized
by the Mayor’s office. The statement
TOHR sent to the Centennial committee
as well as to local news media is reproduced
below.
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights :
(TOHR),at 17years o!d Oklahoma’s old- ¯
est n0n-religious Lesbian and Gay orga- -"
uization, is formally protesting the new
Tulsa Centennial book, ’q~ulsa! Biography
oftheAmerican City"for its failure to. ¯
acknowledge any contribution, or. even
the existence of Lesbians and Gay men in
Tulsa’s 100 year history.
Author, and Rogers University profes- ¯
sot, Danny Goble was asked by TOHR "
prior to beginning the book to be both fair "
and accurate by having at least a brief
mention of the eMstence of Lesbian and ¯
Gay contributions, organizations, or is- "
sues¯ Goble was told of the nationally "
groundbreaking report doneby the City of ¯
Tulsa i~ ~.ei~m~_’dt:!le:. 70’s on anti-Gay..~ ,"
discrimi~ff0~. Jk~ thai time, ouly a hand-i’~ :
ful of Am",ericau,Citie~were even consid- :
efing thi~.:sort’~i~g~,T,OHRgaye Goble ¯
the nam~S~~b6~.~..~s of TulSanS :
who were p~~bf:~ffiS~’i t~ er~te~ atrendsetting
non-discrimination policy.
Despite Goble’s published intention to
write a history that would be inclusive of "
Tulsans whosehistory oncehad been sup- "
pressed, his deliberate exclusion of Les- ¯
bian and Gay issues.makes his sections on
Civil rights and diversity incomplete and "
inaccurate. .
: Since this is the offiCial commemora-
¯ tive book for this city, and because the
-" Centennial office and Centennial Co-
" ordinator Paula Hale are paid with public
¯ dollars throughthe Mayor’s office, Tulsa’s
-" Lesbian and Gay taxpayers have the right
~ to be outraged by our exclusion. And
." Centennial Committee members and the
¯ bookCommitteemembers are to be chided
¯" for their efforts to defend Goble’s biased
¯
product with claims that the only other
¯ alternative would have been an encyclo-
¯¯ pedia thousands of pages long. Fairness
would only have required a paragraph or
¯ two.
¯ ’cliffs suggests that there is a window of
: time during the acute phase of infection
¯ when anti-viral treatment can rescue the
¯ helper T-cell response to HIV;" Walker
: said. If treatment is delayed, he said, that
¯ natural protection may be lost forever.
¯ Dr. DavidH. Schwartz, aJohas Hopkins
¯ University AIDS researcher, said the
Massachusetts General finding confirms
." work performed earlier at Hopkins. He
¯ said there may be immune system ele- ¯
merits other than the helper T-cells, how’-
: ever, that are responsible for suppressing
¯" HIV infection in the rare patients who
¯ never get sick from the virus. In any case, ¯
Schwartz said, the new research empha-
¯ sizes the importance of early and aggressive
anti-viral treatment against HIV.
: Virus to Fight Virus
¯
WASHINGTON (AP) - It may take a
¯ virus to kill a virus, say researchers who
¯. have made a biological weapon that seeks
¯ out cells infected with HIV. In laboratory
experiments at the University of Pennsyl-
¯ vania Medical Center, scientists ha~,e
¯ shown that a harmless virus coated with
s.pecial.proteins will search out cells in-
" fectedwith HIV and then lock onto the
: cell surfaces.
¯ Dr. James A. Hoxie, senior author of ¯
he study in the journal Science, said t
¯ at the hunter virus could be loaded with a
: iological weapon that would attack HIV
¯ nside infected cells and, thus, contr ¯
1 the AIDs virus. HoMe said the technique
: takes advantage of the fact that HIV carries
molecules that it uses to link up with
receptors, or receiving molecules, on the
surface of cells that it invadesS When the
HIV molecule connects with the receptor,
it acts like a key in alock, opening the cell
surface to allow the virus to enter.
A prime receptor used by HIV is called
CD4. This receptor is present on immune
system blood cells that are the primary
targets of HIV. HIV also requires the use
of at least one of two other receptors. A
receptor called CCR5 is used by HIV
early in the disease to infect macrophages,
a type ofimmune system blood cell.
: This means,that the hunter virus is rather
: like a biological "smart bomb" that seeks
¯ oat÷specific targets, ignoring the rest.
¯ The technique is still in an early stage of
: study and will require extensive develop-
. ment before it can be tested on patients.
¯ But Hoxie said that it may be possible to
." use the hunting virus to deliver toxins or
¯ attacking genes to the cells where there is ¯
HIV. Once it is locked onto the target,
¯ then the hunting virus would release its
¯ - w.eapon into the infected cell, killing the
.- v~rns or preventing it from reproducing.
More HIV Drugs
¯ NEW YORK (AP) - Drug makers are
¯ working on an unprecedented array of
¯ new mediCines to combat theAIDS virus,
: enough to triple the number of drugs and
¯ vaccines on the market today, according
¯ to a recent survey. Drug companies are
testing 124 new treatments on patients,
: according to the survey by the Pharma-
¯ ceutieal Research Manufacturers of
¯" America. The Food and Drug Adminis:
trationhas approved 50 AIDS-related
.’. drugs, including eight this year.
~ With the first-ever drop in the number
¯ ofnew cases last yearin the United States,
~ drug makers have come a long way since
¯ the first drug, Glaxo Wellcome’s AZT,
." was approved in 1987, said Dr. John
¯ Siegfried, the industry group’s head of
¯ medical affairs. "Here we are ten years
¯ later, just a decade, andnow there are 50
: drugs either for the disease or for associ-
¯ ated conditions," he said. ¯
The treatments under development in-
" elude:
¯" - 40 anti-viral mediCines and protease
¯ inhibitors, whichhave proven effective in
reduCing.the amount of the virus in some
¯ patients..
- 23 drugs to fight AIDS-related cancers,
such as Kaposi’s sarcoma.
- 11 anti-invective medicines to fight
¯ opporttmisdc diseases, including a type
¯ o~’-.pneumouia that afflicts 8 out of 10
¯ pataents. ¯
- 5 gene therapies designed to genetically
: alter patients’ cells to make them more
¯ resistant.
: - 12 vaccines, including the first DNA-
¯ based preventive vacCines.
¯ The National Centers for Disease Con-
¯ trol and Prevention said the drop in AIDS ¯
deaths and new diagnoses last year shows
: that powerful new drugs seem to be slow-
" ing down the virus.
In 1996, an estimated 56,730 people
¯ were diagnosed with AIDS in the United
¯ States, down 6 percent from the 60,620
¯ new cases in 1995, according to the CDC. ¯
¯ AIDS deaths also dropped 23 percent,
from an estimated 50,140 in 1995 to about
¯ 38,780 in 1996. About 235,470 people
¯ wereliving withAIDS in 1996¯ The CDC ¯
said powerful drugs such as protease in-
" hibitors are apparently preventing ~HIV
tackle oppommistic infections and other
related problems.
Doctors who treat AIDS patients have
eagerly called for more drugs since mutations
in the virus can reduce the effectiveness
of drugs. New drugs are being approved
more quickly, in part due to an
FDA.programthatuses contributions from
drug makers to hire more offiCials to review
drugs.
The plan was approved 13-12, with one
abstention, after Republican Gov. Pete
Wilson made two llth-hour regent appointments,
provoking charges he was
trying to "stack" the board. Both appointees
voted against the plan.
"I was very relieved, ecstatic," said
Jonathan Winters, a UC Berkeley employee
and member of the UC Lesbian
Gay Bisexual Transgender Association.
The vote came 16 years after a gay UC
employee first asked the university to
provide health coverage for his partner.
He was turned down. Under the plan,
domestic partners must be at least 18, the
couple has to have lived together for at
least a year, be in a "long-term relationship
of infinite duration," and provide
documents showing mutual home ownership
or leasel common bank accounts or
investments, among other requirements.
The plan applies to 130,000 employees
on the UC system’s nine campuses. UC
has estimated it could cost an .extra $1.5
million to $5 million a year- a very small
percentage of the health care costs for the
UC system.
Opponents, including Wilson, said extending
the benefits would be "devaluing
mamage." Supporters counteredit was an
issue of equality and that without the plan,
UC~s ability to recruit and retain quality
professors would suffer because .comparable
institutions already offer such benefits.
¯
Partners Housing at
U. of Washington
¯ SEATTLE(AP) -Beginuing next month,
¯ same-sex couples who register as domes-
; tic parmers can apply for subsidized mar-
. ried and family housing at the University
of Washington. The UW Board of Regents
voted unanimously and with little
commentto allow gay andlesbian couples
¯ to live in married student housing. "We
had really mad~ clear our intentions early
¯ on,"regentCindyZehndersaid.Themove
¯ comes after the board in May extended
undergraduate health insurance to same¯
sex partners. Five couples have signed up
for that benefit so far.
Bothmoves havebeen opposed by some
¯ state lawmakers. "They shouldn’t be setinfection
from progressing to full-blown ¯ ting policy in the face of the values of the
Another receptor, called CXCR4, is used ." AIDS es,~eciall,, i-n~t~nt~ ,.he~ ot,~vt people of the stateof Washington," said
by HIV later to in¯fect T-cells, wh.ich are ¯¯ taking m.e m.e~c~.ne ea.rl ... ep. Mike -Sherstad, R-Bot¯hell " Th,e
another type of Immune system blood ¯ ~..,,+ a’l’~ ~t,t;vi~t~Y~-~ that tl~,a ** people of the state of Washington don t
cells. : t,a......~i~fi~t~hav,~m~Al-i-,iq~lh,~o : accept homosexual mamage, either-te-
In the Pennsylvama stu¯ dy, researchers .." ,a~ ori0rit,~ h,ii.Vth,=~ M,,,~ ,~,a,~, ,~,v,~oS~ " - gally ormorally. Sherstadsmdheplanned coatedthe surface ofaharmless w..rus w~¯ th .. ~ mi,~,~d r,~V,i,~,~ i:~vor~: ils"’-"I .... 8 . to .... nld ~,t,o thb.rrt .....ask the Legislature s Joint Admimstrathe
molecules used by HIV to invade " .........." ............. s....... five Rules Committee to review whether
cells. The altered virns was then exposed
in tile.lab0ratory tO HIV-infe~ted ~lls:,
HoMe said that the hunter virus coated
with CD4 and CCR5 locked onto macrophages
that were infected with HIV.
When coated with CD4 and CXCR4, the
hunter virus sought out and locked onto
T-cells infected with HIV. In both cases,
he said, the hunter virus ignored normaJ
cells that were not infected with HIV.
¯
¯ an ’A’ for advan’ceS~in the sCience and an : . - . .
’F..................................~""~" .........the regents exceeded their authonty :: -
¯ ~. ~ ¯ - ,.- ;-,-- :- ~_,~,-~,~....~ ,,.: , UW: offic~alshave~smdth~¢state attor-: ¯ Langam, execuuve a~rector ot At~ Ac: ¯
ne eneral’s office .... -; -,
: tion in Washington. "We do owe them a ." y ~ , .,: ..na.,s.,a.~ete~ruunco me
¯ errant debt of crr.fit~,tl~ fat th,~ arlv~.,-,~ : regents can (lecloe ellgiOlnty IOr campus
¯ they’ve made in the fight against HIV and ¯ housing. To quahfy, the couples will have
~ AIDS¯ The challenge is to make. those " to register as domestic partners with the
: treatments more available to people," he : City of Seattle or anotherjurisdiction with
said. Patients pay as much as $15,000 a " similar regiStration procedures. All fami¯
year for the three-drug cocktails usually ¯ liesmust demonstrate finanCial need to be
¯ eligible for the subsidized housing¯
used to treat AIDS and other drugs to . ¯
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This sub-culture has had its own
meeting places, churches, traditions,
language and yes, history. Your unfamiliarity
or prejudices should not
have limited your inquiries.
It is true that ithas been part hidden
because of severe and systematic legal
persecution. In fact, there isa
Tulsan you could have interviewed
who was imprisoned in the 60’s in a
mental institution for the "sickness"
of being a Gay teenager. While imprisoned,
hewas tortured withelectro,
shock"therapy". Healso witnesseda
young Lesbi,~,. being raped so that
she would be turned heterosexual."
In Tulsa, in the 60’s, 70’s andinto the
80rs & 90’s, people have been fired
jnstforbeingidentifiedas Gay. Tulsa
police made, and continue to make,
harassment and entrapment of Gay
mena regularpart of their work, even
perjuring themselves whennecessary.
"Goble said he could not include
all groups in the nearly 300-page
book. Asfar as comparing the issue
with omissions ofthe race riot: "That
is unfortunateandit is absurd, ’ Goble
said. ’I can assure members of this
group that if35square blocks ofgayowned
housing hadbeen burned and
as many as 1,000 gay and lesbian
people had been murdered, that that
event would have been very much a
part of the public record and very
much apart of this histo~.. ’ "
This comment is particularly idiotic
but to try to give you the benefit
of the doubt, perhaps the AP reporter
failed to aecurateiy convey the point
we were making. Or perhaps you
deliberately.responded in such a way
to make us look as though we were
making the comparison which you
accurately characterized as absurd.
We never suggested that Tulsa’s
Gay history was comparable to the
"Race.Riot." The pointwe were making
is that that event was suppressed
.thoroughly for many, many years
because it was considered "embarrassing"
to "mainstreamTulsa"- that
was, of course, when "mainstream
Tulsa" did not treat Blacks as equal
human beings.
Our pointis since Lesbian and Gay
Tulsans now occupy a position
slightly similar to that which Black
Tulsans once held, we find that our
experience andcontributions arerendered
invisible or marginalized just
like theirs were. It is the process that
is similar, not the specific, eventg.
The "mainstream" culture censors
that which it finds objectionable or
embarrassing or uncomfortable.
In the final assessment, Mr. Goble,
with the inaccuracy and omissions of
the Centennial book, you not ouly
rob Lesbian and Gay Tulsans of the
dignity and respectwhich we deserve
as members of this community,-you
also rob all Tulsans of part of our
history. No doubt, 10 or 20 years
later, more progressive scholars will
look back and see you much like .the
racist scholars of some decades back,
and in both cases will say how could
you ignore what really happened?
If you are interested in educating
yourself, we are at your disposal~
Pleasegive these matters serious consideration.
Thank you.
- the board ofdirectors
TulsaOklahomansforHumanRights
www.movo.corn
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Memorial Quilt on October 13-15 at the Tulsa Fairgrounds
Expo Square Pavilion. For schedule, see p. 9.
Gay Tulsa "Yellow Pages"
Tulsa activists and entrepeneurs, Kharma Amos and
Debi Harding have formed Pride Publishing and have
launched Gay Tulsa, A Guide to Businesses Serving the
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual &Transgendered Community of
Tulsa and surrounding area. The Guide will be free,
distributed in Tulsa clubs, other businesses, churches and
non-profit organizations. Amos & Harding will publish
tbe premiere edition of Gay Tulsa in October with an
initial run of about 2500 copies.
Amos added that Gay Tulsa will provide space for
Tulsa not-for-profit organizations to describe briefly
the,ir programs. She also noted that thus far non-Gay
businesses had been more enthusiastic about advertising
than some Lesbian and Gay ones. For more information
about Gay Tulsa, contact Pride Publishing at 9727 E. 1 lth
St. Ste. 128, Tulsa, OK 74128, or phone/fax to 838-2121
or e-mail to OKPridePub@aol.com.
ACLU-Oklahoma Seeks,to
Abolish OK "Sodomy" Law
On August 24, attorneys for the American Civil Liberties
Union of Oklahoma (ACLU-OK) presented arguments
that challenge Oklahoma’s "crimes against nature"
statute to the Oklahoma Courts of Criminal Appeals,
Oklahoma’s highest court for criminal law issues.
The case was an appeal of a guilty conviction of an
Oklahoma City man arrested by an undercover Oklahoma
City police man for describing his sexual predilections
at the policeman’s urgings. Michael Camfield,
develoment director for the ACLU-OK noted that although
the citizen was charged with a misdemeanor:
offering to engage in a lewd or lascivious act, the citizen
actually did not offer to engage but merely described
what he likes. Camfidd added that the OKC officer
presented himselfas aGay man, making references to the
See ACLU, page 11
Gay Volunteer Accepted in
Leadership Tulsa Program
TULSA, OK - For a number of years Leaderslfip Tulsa
has provided training for individuals interested in contributing
to Tulsa by serving on boards of not-for-profit
organizations. Individuals are selected competitively for
the costly program ($1200) and usually represent many
of the best and brightest in Tulsa business and professions.
In this year’s class~ for perhaps the first time, an
ope~lly Gay man, Steve Eberle, was chosen.
Eberle, a longtime volunteer with considerable experience
on the boards of a number of organizations, had had
the impression that Leadership Tulsa was primarily for
individuals without much experience - unlike himself.
But he was persuaded by Iris friend, Penny Painter (executive
director of Resonance) to apply and has found
that the program while great training for the inexperienced,
can take an experienced board volunteer to a
higher level. He adds that it’s broadened his exposure to
individuals and organizations across the city.
See Eberle, page 3
National News & More
Pres. Candidate Bob Dole
Rebuffs Gay Republicans
CINCINNATI ~ In an effort to find.~’common ground,"
the gays and lesbians of the Log Cabin Republicans
began their 6th national convention in Cincinnati, the
object of calls for a national boycott by many rights
activists because of the city’s passage of an anti=gay
ballot me asure in 1993. Instead, the gay GOPers got a
sharp rebuff from leading Republican presidential contender,
Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas.
In announcing the location of this year’s convention,
Abner Mason, president of the Log Cabin Federation,
said, "We are looking for common ground. A boycott is
not going to accomplish what gay activists are looking for
- greater awareness of gay individuals in America." But
as the convention opened on Friday, Aug. 25, Sen. Dole’s
presidential campaign office announced that it was returning
a $1,~contribution from the Log Cabin Republicans.
A spokesperson from Dole’s presidential campaign
said it was the GOP senator’s policy not to accept money
"from political groups that have an agenda that is not in
line with Senator Dole’s position on the issues." Rich
Tafel, executive director of the gay Republican organization,
said the group was "extremely disappointed" by the
Dole~ampaigu move. See relaied sto-ri-es: Dole, ]~. 12
Congressional Hearings
on ’Gay Agenda’ Delayed
.WASHINGTON-Aplan to conduct congressional hearlngs
on Sept. 12 on homosexuality in public education
has been at least delayed after rights activists called the
secretive way the hearings were scheduled a "sideshow
for right:Wing lobbyists:
A House Economic & Educational Operations subconmfittee
had quietly slated the hearings which will now
be delayed until sometime between the end of September
and the Thanksgiving recess. The hearings had been set
up at the request of Lou Sheldon, head of the anti-gay
Traditional Values Coalition of Anaheim, California to
hear testimony from educators, parents and students who
were concerned that the nation’s public schools were
"promoting homosexuality" among students in sex education
classes, counseling and other school activities.
"We are convinced that there is a clear a_~enda that the
See Sheldon, page 10
October 14, 1995, Volume 2, Issue 10
The Rev. Elder Troy Perry, founder of the Universal
FellowshipofMetropolitan Community Churches (MCC),
willpreach and ordain the Rev. Nancy Horvath at 11am,
Sunday. At 6pm, Pastor Horvath will be installed formally
as pastor ofFamily ofFaith MCC, 54th & Mingo.
Tulsa AIDS Walk ’95
HRCF’s Eiiz. Birch Speaks i Targets Native Americans
To Christian Coalition A new program, called the Tulsa Native American
Tulsans will kick off AIDS Awareness month with
Walk This Way, AIDS Walk Tulsa ’95 on Saturday,
September 30. Registration will begin at 9ana and the
Walk will step off at 10am from Boulder Park between
18th Street and 21st Street at Boulder. The walk will
follow the Riverparks path to cross the Pedestrian Bridge
and go along the west bank ofthe Arkansas River to retlma
to Boulder Park over the 21st Street bridge. Walk This
Way will benefit VNA - Visiting Nurse Association,
TOHR Testing Clinic, MTSAS - Metropolitan Tulsa
Substance Abuse Services, Inc. IndianHealth Care, IAM,
Rainbow Village, HIV Resource Consortium, Hospice of
Green Cotmtry, SJR, RAIN - Regional AIDS Interfaith
Network, Ahalaya and MAC.
For more info., call 587-7222.
CommUnity of Hope to
Celebrate & Bless Building
After weeks ofworkin gutting and remodeling donated
by members and friends and with donation of equipment
and supplies, the Reverend Leslie Penrose and members
of United Methodist Community of Hope, a Shalom Base
Conm~tmity, will hold a service at 6pro on Sunday,
September 17 to bless its new and larger facility at 1703
East 2nd Street. All are welcome. For more information,
call 585-1800.
AIDS Prevention Project
: MCC-Tulsa Pastor Resigns
TULSA, OK - The Reverend Alice Jones, longtime
pastor of the Metropolitan Cormnunity Church of Greater
Tulsa, announced her resignation from the pulpit in the
middle of August. Speaking to Tulsa Family News,
Pastor Jones said that she felt God was calling her
elsewhere.
UnderJones leadership, MCC-GreaterTulsapurchased
and paid offits mortgage for its building using innovative
financing techniques which Pastor Jones notes have been
widely imitated in the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan
Community Churches.
Church sources indicate that Pastor Jones is providing
interim pastoral services while the congregation begins
its search for new spiritual leader. This process is expected
to take several months.
LONDON-The British Defense Ministry has announced
that it will begin reviewing the possibility of ending the
ban on gays and lesbians serving in the country’s armed
forces. The mimstry amlounced that all aspects of the
military’s policy on homosexuals will be examined,
including how the armed forces in other nations treat gays
and lesbians. The ministry panel reviewing the issue will
then hand its report and recommendations to the Defense
Select Committee in 1996. See Brits, page 10
UK to Review Military Ban
Washington- Some members of Pat Robertson’s Christian
Coalition today joined with progressive clergy and
other supporters of lesbian and gay equal rights to hear a
speech by Human Rights Campaign Fund Executive
Director Elizabeth Birch during the group’s amlual"Road
to Victory" conference at die Washington Hilton. More
than 300 people crowded into a ballroom tohear the head
of the largest national lesbian mid gay orgamzation deliver
an address in the form of an "open letter" to Christian
Coalition members. The speech was held next to a
Gramm for President luncheon, and just down the hall
from die conference’s main ballroom where most of the
1996 GOP presidential hopefuls were addressing the
two-day gathering. See HRCF. page 10
o AIDS Prevention Project (TNAAPP) has begun to provide
education, testing support groups and other services
to men who self-identify as Native American. The program
will use materials developed at San Francisco’s
° American Indian AIDS Institute and also used by the
American Indian Commtmity House in New York. A
certificate of degree of Indian blood (CDIB) card is not
required for this program. For more info., call Brian
Jackson or Jason Shamblin at 584-4983.
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I1 was something in her eves
Or rather it was sometfiing
that wasn" t in the eyes anymore.
Terror Fury. Tears
For five decades, shehad beet~
speaking her story. So perhap<
the healing in tt~e telling had
surgically separated emouon
from her side of the podium
had not. however lessened her
Hllpa~..t
A Polish Nazi pnson camp
surv~vor she had come to teach
us. Expecting tl~e worsL most
us learned more. The devil was
in these details in a far more
forceful way thm~ any book. or
movie or docu-footage, wtrich
conid never qtfite bnng you close
,enough to absorb the realitieso
The "knowledge that to stand in
lhe front of the soupline.was to
risk a bowl of thin, warm water
as your nonnstunent. That the
oppos~m end offered both the
prolmse of the !ife-~vtng~ sparse
vegetables from the bottom, but
also nsk of the empty pot. That
survival- might hinge on
fronfliners and backliners combining
meager portions so that
all might continue. Horror after
horror. Detailed after detailed
indignity.
I had come as a volmateer for
traimng to join the Survivors of
Shoatr"lthe Hebrew word for
Holocaust) Video ProJect, begun
by Steven Spielberg, to capture
the testimony of holocaust
surv i v ors. These depositions will
be diuitallv transformed ~nto a
multi-- tnedaa computer archive
available to scholars and
searchers worldwide I’ d. held a
mJcrop~aone beiore So I signed
on to learn the delicate disciphne
of penmss~vc, noi)-intrusl’v(: 117[-
terv~ewm,, that assists the
remamecs it) express their expe.
nenoa,~,: And it was impossible
s~t throu~l~ the lecture about
fateful clkonology ~dnotttfi~
of you
’:Hov. was ~t possible asked
Professor of History. Aia~
Berger iniris onentatioh prescri-
Ption ’Tor,amodem nation-state
to ~y out the svsmmauc murder
of a whole population, not
for any crone, but for the mere
crime of the condition of
b~r~?’"
i~ow ~at he Spe~s ofpeople
born Jewish, but I Nso~ow ~at
he. now more th~ ever, spe~s
of people born homosexuN who
were once ~e most despised of
the bu~ates. And who, even
now, without order or cogent
org~7~on, ~e ~e most vulnerable
to &e ex~emes of
Muds of s~pegoafism ~at Nstory
h~ shown ~ result from
foundering ~ono~es, ~d extre~
sts o~upylng power.
Professor Berger det~led a
nationN logbook that on~ did,
~d could on~ agmn, have your
n~e ~ved on it. He refers to
"Jews." I ask you to ~spose
"llonlosexNs".
"The Jews," he smd~ "were
In many ways, the writers,
editors and publisher of Tulsa
Family News have rather traditional
goals. We hope to emulate
the better newspapers of our
country, providing a mix of
news, entertainment, financial
advice, and opimon, etc. albeit
tailored to our communities:
Lesbian, Gay; .Bisexual and
Transgendered.
And while we thank our advertisers
for their support and
the opportunity to promote their
businesses and organizations,
unlike some other publications,
advertising is the means, not the
end. For us, content is more than
just something to fill the space
between ads. Frankly, this ~s
more work. It takes more time
and greater skills to seek out the
stories that affect our lives, our
fanrilies and friends.
Chin of the specific goals of
TuL%~..?:amily News is to provide
a forum for discussion about is-
" sues andideas. Again this is fairly
traditional for a newspaper. For
Our ehallenCe to those
who dlsa~ree with our
positions is thls: ~et off
your baeksldes and partlelpate
in the dlalo~ue.
All it takes to ~et your
vlew read is to submit it
via letter, fax or e-mail. If
you care enough about
where we’re ~oln~, if you
care enough to eomplaln,
eare enough to educate
and persuade your peers.
example, The Tulsa Wormregularly
takes positions on issues
andreaders, agreeing or disagreeing,
write to share their views.
diabolized, demomzed Judged
less than human. In demonizauon,
the v~ctim is bmu shed from
your world, the vicUm is outside
theum verse of mor~ obligati.on.
If you flnnk thin ~meone ~s not
hffmgm, subhum~ ami-hum~.
a v~ms, a vermin, tnm~ you owe
~ha~ ttung, noflung h,.fact, it
VOUr duly lO ~L~:’
~terheadded t~a~ "theactof
being bom.lew~sh was ~1 ~t took
to be eligible for extentnaaon."
i-.or the firs~ ume i, Nstory,
O~rm itself was considered
crime pumshable by death. At
Dachau ~’ter the w~)rd "~cfime’" "
was written ~e word ’Jew."
(And, we ~ow.,"homosexuN.")
The good DoctorNso outlined
for us. o&er th~ fate. the Muds
of factors ~at nright well have
meant~edifferen~betw~n exten~
nauon,~dprotecuon, support
~d survivN:
"~e prew~ status of Jews
dete~ned &eir fate under Namsm.
Acculturation, strong MnsNp
~es. ~ono~c toler~ce,
goodinterperson~ relatiomhips
with non-Jews, N1 of &ese were
factors in dete~imng if you
lived."
~eD~es, who gave up none
of ~eir Jewish dfizem, sNd,"We
help~ &e Jews bemuse ~ey we
~ew them as our fellow
zeus,
Now, I wonder how ~ere c~
be a single soul of us left who
still prefers to live in N&ug? I
see Shoah, page 3
" Tins is one of the ways in which
¯ a public dialogue and debate oc-
¯ curs in a commumty. This is
¯ particularly important in coin-
¯ munities such as ours - which is
¯¯ by its nature non-cohesive in its
diversity.
¯
This is not, however, what’s
been happening in LGBT Tulsa,
¯ unfortunately. We have a spec-
¯
tacular lack of dialogue about
the challenges our communities
face~ This is a problem. Some
: have objected to the positions
] we’ve taken. That’s OK
¯ Our challenge to those who
¯ disagree with our positions is
¯ this: get off your backsides and
participate openly in the dia-
¯ logue. All it takes to get yo.ur
¯ view read is to submit it vm ¯
letter, fax or e-mail, ff you care
: enough about where we’re go-
¯ ing, if you care enough to com-
, plain, care enough to educate
¯ and persuade your peers.
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*Concessions, 3340, S Peoria 744-0896
Ground Zero. :3 ! ! E. 7ffi, (~emng soon where ~is w~s. 585-5622
*[.ola’s 2630 E !Stb 749-1563
*Silver Star SNoon~ 1565 Shend~ 834-4234
*Renegaaes, 1~9 S. Mmn 585-3405
*TNT’s. 2114 S. Memov’d 6~-0856
*Time’n’Time Agmn, 1515 S Memorial 6~-8299
*Tool Box. 1338 E. 3rd 5~-1308
*Wild Nignts. 2~5 E. Ad~ral 582-43~)
Wild Fork~ !~ti~ Sq~e. 21 st & Utica 742 .O7!2
*Intemmm~ 7!7 >. Housto,~ ~85. >- ~.-.,
Tulsa Busines~s, Se~i~s, & Profess=ona~a
Assocmms in Med~ ~ ~cn~ H~th, ~56~ ~. 2 l ~4~-I000
*B;~ms ~ ~oN~ Booksdmrs. 86~0 E. 7~ Z~0-503~
Budge~ ~:mdow l’reatmenb. 7116 So Mlngo~ Ste I)2 2,~-21.0(~
Creative Collectmn -152! };, {5 592- ~. 52;
Che~y St. ~ ’sychotherapy Assoc !.5 t5S Lew~s q8 I.-0902_ 7,43-41 t’7
q"m~ Dmfid, Mtorney 352-95(~ 80(~-742--9~g
*Devena ~ GNlery for Photo~aphy, 13 [:, Bradv 587-261
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l~e M. Gross, Fm~oN Piing 7~-0! 9Z
*S~dra J Hill. MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E Skefi3 745-1lll
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t~u~-G~ou, 2747 E. 15 742- !992
MRi~r AftNrs 587-8108
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*Midmwn Theater. 319 E, a 5~-31 t 2
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*Ross ~w~d SNon, 1438 S. Boston 5~-0337
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*Co~umty of Hope, 1347 N. Y~e 838-7232
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wonder how she or he, knowing the rising
tide of current extreme religionists working
toward government domination, can
think that the pulled curtain is preferable
or even viable? Who doesn’t fathom that
to declare yourselfin the normal course of
your business or industry, without fanfare
orundueattention, and to work toward the
normalizationand legalizationofourlives,
creates a familiar safety that can never be
achieved in hiding. That it works directly
tO deflect the danger that could someday
again require our having to secret ourselves,
not in closets, but in holes under
floorboards or in cellars.
We say, frequently, in the Out Community,
thatno one can hate you if they know
you. The Jews say, "Never again." So
should we.
Let’s not be left out of history again.
If you are a Jewish gay or lesbian holocaust
survivor, and voti understand the
benefit of having your experience on
record, please contact the Shoah Foundation
at 1-800/661-2092 or 818/777-7802.
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Eberle notes that he knows of Gay men
who have been part of Leadership Tulsain
the past (and that he suspects a number of
women in this year’s class are Lesbians),
but he believes that they did not apply
openly. In contrast, he applied as an openly
Gay man as well as an HIV+ individtml.
He feels that Leadership Tulsa really was
seeking diversity in this class which is
also notable for its racial and ethnic diversity
as well as its gender balance.
At a retreat held recently, the conversations
were dominated by discussions about
¯ children, and Eberle was concerned about
how coming out as both Gay and HIV+
would be received. To his surprise, he
found acceptance from the members of
his sub-group, and later, a women came
out to him as the mother of a Gay son.
As is typical ofLeadership Tulsa, Eberle
was assigned to a board, both to learn
from them and to provide them with the
benefit of his experience, lie will be as-
¯ sisting the South Peoria Neighborhood
Association When asked, he noted that
Leaderstiip Tulsa does not send volunteers
to any non-profit orgamzation that
directly serves the Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Trans.
communities. The only organization with
historical ties to the Gay communiues is
the HIV Resource Consortium.
For more information, call Leadership
Tulsa at 582-1296.
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NCOD Founder Dies
TF~qUQUE, N.M. - Psychologist
Robert H Eichberg, cofounderofNational
Coming Out
Day in 1988, has died of AIDSrelated
complications at age 50.
Eichberg also wrote Coming
Out: an Act of Love, which describes
how people reveal their
homosexuality. "His whole life’s
work was about bridging the gap
between gay and nongay communities,
allowing people to discover
who they are, and really
encouraging them to go out and
do something with that’knowledge,"
said Lynn Shepodd, president
of the Santa Fe Lesbian,
Gay, and Bi Pride Committee.
Eichbe,rg’s activism started 2
decades ago whenhe established
a political action committee for
gay and women’s rights in Los
Angeles. National Coming Out
Day is celebrated each year on
Oct. 11.
Lesbians at Conference
HUAIROU, China - At a news
conference at the NGO forum
going on parallel with the 4th
World UN Conference on
Women, lesbians attending as
NGOdelegates said they wanted
tomake contact with other lesbians
in China and throughout
Asia. Arjana Suvamananda, a
lesbian from Thailand, said she
and other members of the Asian
Lesbian Network were eager to
contact lesbians all over ASia.
"It would not be wise to be specific
if there are Chinese lesbian
activists here in the forum. I can
tell you, lesbians are everywhere,
including in China,’"
Suvamananda said.
"’The reason we are networking
with Chinese lesbians is to
be able to share information and
.strengthen the Chinese lesbian
movementhere, which onits own
will be able to make more and
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Anti-Gay Violence in
Washington Schools
SEATTLE - Among some 27
¯ anti-gay incidents in Washington
state schools during the past
5 years, 8 boys and gifts reported
! that they had been gang raped by
¯ fellow schoolmates in a survey
¯ prepared by the Safe Schools
Coalition.
¯ Two girls, ages 13 and 14,
¯ reported they had been forced to
have. sex with each other under
football bleachers and had then
¯ been raped by each of the boys.
In some of the assaults, the sin-
¯ dents reported they had been uri-
¯ nated on or vomited on by their
¯ attackers. Three of the anti-gay
¯
incidents reportedly took place
¯ inelementary schools inthe state.
.. State schools superintendent
¯ Judith Billings said she would
r~ ~ew the coalltton s findings.
¯ No Gay Godparent in OK
¯
LONDON - Simon Lawley, a
¯ 39-year-old man who was told
¯ he could, not be his nephew’s
: godfather because he is gay, has
¯
called on the Archbishop ofCan-
¯ terbury to make a ruling on the
¯ issue that has outraged gays and
church activists in England,
¯ Lawley wrote to The Rev. Dr.
¯ George Carey about the treat-
. ment ofhis family and himself at
¯ St Peter’s Church in
: Famborough, west of London.
¯ Church of England guidelines
¯ on godparents stipulate only that ¯
they must be Christians.
: Lawley was asked by his sis-
" ter, Lizzie Toms, if he would be
¯ a godparent to her son Freddie
¯
who was born in January. She
¯ asked the Rev. Beryl Phillips,
¯ one of St. Peter’s curates, about ¯
it but was told her gay brother
¯ was not be an acceptable godfa-
¯ ther. St. Peter’s officials stood
¯ behind their exclusion ofLawley,
¯ saying, "This church proclaims
thatGodloves all people but that
¯ he also sets boundaries on our
¯ behavior. The Church is always
being clobbered for not taking a
¯ moral stand. Now we are mak-
¯ ing our policy clear and being
¯ clobbered anyway."
$25 Million Suit Filed in
¯ ’Jenny Jones’ Killing
¯ SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - The
¯ family of Scott Amedure,.who
was killed after appearing on the
¯ TV talk program "The Jenny
: J,ones, Show," have filed a $25
million lawsuit against the §yndieated
show...AnAgx!ttre was,one
: of several guest~~vho told other
¯ guests on the show that they had
secret crushes on them, but in
: Amedure’s case, the object of
¯ his crush was Jonathan Schmitz,
¯ who said he was heterosexual.
Schmitzis currently being held
on charges of killing Amedure,
and claims he was led to believe
the person with a secret crush on
him was a woman, not a mail.
Geoffrey Fieger, the lawyer representing
Amedure’s family,
¯ said, "Jenny Jones is as negli-
: gent as Schmitz in creating the
¯ scenario in which Scott was
¯ gulmed down." The suit claims,
¯ among other things, that
¯ Amedure and other guests were
¯ given alcohol before the pro-
" gram to lower their inhibitions.
¯ School Board Bans
¯ Discussion of Gay Issues ¯
MERRIMACK, N.H. - Led by
¯
new.ly-elected far-right conser-
¯ vataves, the Merrimack school
~ board has narrowly approved by
¯ a3-2 vote a proposal that would
¯ prohibit teachers and counselors
: from discussing homosexuality
in a neutral light. The ban would
¯ prohibit any neutral discussion
¯ of homosexuality in the schools,
¯ bar instructional materials that
¯ discuss homosexuality from a ¯
neutral viewpoint, and prohibit
." suicidepreyentioncounseling (or
: even referrals to counseling) for
gay and lesbian students.
: Austrian Cardinal Quits
: Accused of Molestation
¯ VIENNA - Austria’s Roman
¯ Catholicprimate, Cardinal Hans
Hermann Groer, has announced
¯ that he will step down from his
¯ post in September. Groer’s re-
" tirementcomes amidperhaps the
¯ greatest Crisis the church in the
¯ F’~dominately Catholic country
¯ has ever faced. Groer has re-
. fused to comment at all about
¯ accusations madeearlier this year
¯ that he had sex with a male stu-
¯ dent at a boarding school some ¯
20 years ago.
¯
Josef Hartmann, who is now
¯" 37, said he had gone public with
¯ the accusations after Cardinal
Groer said that men who abuse
¯ young boys could never enter
¯ heaven. Groer remained silent
¯ on the charges, and since then ¯
rights activists have also named
¯ several other leading Catholic
¯ clergy in the country whom they
¯ say are closeted homosexuals.
Life Given NE Killing
OMAHA, Neb. Marvin Nissen,
who admitted killing Teena
Brandon -.a woman who had
posed as a man - along with 2 of
her friends, has been sentenced
to life in prison. Officials said
Nissen, 22, and John Lotter, 24,
raped Brandon afterlearning that
she was a woman, then stabbed
her to death to keep her quite
about the rape.
They said Nissen and Lotter
also killed Lisa Lambert, 24,and
Philip DeVine, 22, in rural
Humboldt, Neb., because they
were with Brandon at the time.
Lotter has already been found
guilty of 1 st degree murder in all
three killings and faces possibly
a death sentence.
Lesbian Trapeze
Artists!
EDINBURGH, Scotland - The
Edinburgh International Fringe
Festival, which bills itself as the
largest arts festival in the world,.
has a reputation for outlandish
acts among its 14,000 performances
by groups from 700
troupes from 32 countries.
But among the groups - that
includes Alien Sex, Ian Coguito,
Jeffrey Dahmer Is Unwell, and
Strange Fruit Stageworks - the
performers causing the greatest
stir seem to be the Club Swing-
Appetite, alesbian trapeze troupe
from Australia. Club Swing-
Appetitewas given the festival’s
"’Moira" award - named after
arch-conservative Edinburgh
councilor Moira Knox - who
called the lesbian circus act a
"dirty-minded disgrace." The
trapeze-flying lesbians immediately
included Knox’s remarks
in their advertising fliers and
have been drawing record
crowds to watch the act that they
describe as "a feast of food, sex
and orgasmic trapeze."
Hawaii Bias Commission
HONOLULU - Hawaii Gov.
Ben Cayetano has named the
commissioners who will study
sexual orientationdiscrimination
resultingfrom same-sex couples
not being permitted to legally
marry in the state. The panel will
make recommendations on legislation
next year to overcome
the bias against same-sex
couples, although most rights
activists in the state insist the
solution is for the state to simply
allow gays andlesbians to marry.
The comlmss~oners are: Tom
Gill, former Lt. Governor and
¯
Congressman; K. Gomes,
¯ American Friends Service Com-
. mittee (Quakers); R. Stauffer,
¯ AFSC; M. Britt, Hawaii State.
Teachers Assn.; N. Kreidman,
¯ anti-violence activist; J.
Hochberg, attorney with the antigay
Rutherford Foundation;
¯ Marie Sheldon, attorney.
¯ Internarl Conference of
Gay Police Officers
: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The
¯ first Law Enforcement Gays &
Lesbians International conference
gotunderway in this South-
" ern California resort city, drawing
several hundred police officers
from more than 100 different
¯ departments in 26 states and 6
countries. The conference was
cosponsoredby the Los Angeles
: Police Department with the
Golden State Peace Officers
: Assn., a California-based group
of gay and lesbian officers.
¯ Among the public officials at-
. tending a reception opening the
¯
conference were California. Lt.
¯ Gov. Gray Davis, LAPD Chief
Willie Williams, Los Angeles
Deputy MayorMike Keeley, and
¯ L.A. Police Commissioner Art
¯ Mattox.
¯ Group Hopesto Increase
¯ Visibility of Straights
¯ WASHINGTON - A new orga-
¯ nization, called And Justice for
¯ All, has been formed in the
nation’s capital to increase the
¯ visibility of straights in the gay
¯ rights movement. Jonathan
¯ Zucker, the organization’s ex-
¯ ecutive director, said he hopes
¯
the group will be able to bring
news. ofimportantdevelopments
in the progress of the gay rights
¯ movement to non-gays.
"’A lot of useful information is
¯ produced every day by lesbian, ¯
gay, bisexual, and transgender
¯ rights organizations," Zucker
¯ said. "Unfortunately, much of
¯ this information never reaches ¯
¯ heterosexuals who would use it. AndJusticeforAll will focus on
¯ getting therein theloop and giv¯
ing them the tools they need to
support this movement." The
¯ groups can be contacted at: And
Justice for All, PO Box 53079,
¯ Washington, DC 20009; by ¯
phone at (202) 298-9362; or at
: Jst4All@AOL.com.
British Activists
¯ Protest Islamic Group
¯ LONDON-Brid sh rights activ-
¯ ists with the group OutRage dis-
¯ rupted a rally by Hizb ut Tahrir,
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Sunday, Aug. 13, at London’s
Trafalgar Square. Twenty gay
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away by police as they protested
the Islamic rally and disrupted
speakers from. the group. John
Jackson of OutRage said, "Our
protest was lesbian and gay selfdefense
against Islamic fundamentalists
who endorse the killmg
by Iran of an estimated 4,000
homosexuals since 1980, and
who threaten and intimidate gay
students on college campuses in
Britain.’"
Italian Protest Called
Over Verona Action
VERONA, Italy - Verona may
have been the Setting for
Shakespeare’s"star-crossed lovers"
Romeo and Juliet, but the
city councilors have given a cold
shoulder to gay and lesbian lovers.
The Verona City Council, at
the promptings of the right wing
and of conservative Catholic
leaders .has approved a resolution
rejecting a European Parliament
statement opposing discrimination
against homosexuals.
The anti-gay resolution
adopted by the Verona council
states in part: "’Apart from indi-
"vidual moral and religious beliefs,
homosexuality contradicts
Natural Law itself. The application
ofthe above mentioned [European
Parliament] resolution,
among other things, would have
a negative effect upon the psychological
development of
young people who, in such promiscnous
heterosexual and homosexual
families, would see the
falling of one of the basic foundations
of the family,.that is: the
stable union of a man and a
woman?"
The Verona resolution has no
legal impact, but it has become
the locus of Italian activists who
have called for a demonstration
against the Verona City Council
on Sept. 30 by activists and gay
aud lesbian travelers throughout
the country.
Veterans Affairs Dept.
Bars Anti-Gay Bias
WASHINGTON - The U.S.
Dept. of Veterans Affairs has
issued a policy statement prohibiting
discrimination based on
sexual orientation within the
agency. The Veterans Affairs
policy states that the department
color, national origin, sex, reli-
¯ gion, age, disability, or sexual
¯
orientation in any of its person-
." nel policies, practices, and operations
."
¯ Episcopal Bishop to be
: Tried forGay Ordination
¯ NEW YORK - In a highly un-
¯¯ usual move, the Episcopal
Church in America has an-
¯
nounced that retired Bishop
¯ Walter Righter of Iowa will face
¯ a trial by 9 bishops on ecclesias- ¯
tical charges that he ordained an
openly gay man in 1990. Righter
¯ ordained Barry Stopfel as an
¯ Episcopal deacon while Righter
¯ was servingas anassistantbishop
¯ in New Jersey. Stopfel was later
¯ ordained as a priest by Newark ¯
BishopShelby Spong.Inspiteof
¯
attempts by Episcopal Church
¯ leaders to avoid a church trial,
¯ several conservativebishops got ¯
the required approval of 75 of
¯
the church’s 2_97 bishops to force
¯ Righter to stand trial. Righter,
¯ who currently lives in New ¯
Hampshire, called the move
¯
"’outrageous."
Dutch Gov’t
¯ Subsidizing Gay Games
¯ AMSTERDAM-TheDutchgay
¯ newspaper, De Gay Krant, re-
" ports that the country’s Ministry
of Health, Welfare & Sport has
announced a grant of $62,500 to
¯
the Gay’Games slated to be held
¯ ~n Amsterdam in 1998. The
¯ Dutch governmentregularlysubsidizes
organizers who Work to
¯ bring!arge-scale sporting events
¯ to the country.
¯ A ministry spokesperson said
the governmenthopes that"more
¯
than before, attention will be
¯ given to sport for homosexuals,
¯ whichintumwill promote sport-
¯ ~ngpardcipationin general."The
¯ paper quoted Marc Janssens, an
¯ organizer with the Gay Games
¯ in Amsterdam, as saying the
¯
group hcped to raise some
$625,000 to mount to interna-
¯ tional sporting competition.
Lutherans Tired of Sex
¯ MINNEAPOLIS - After years ¯
of emotional, and often divisive
¯
debate, tlieEvangelicalLutheran
¯ Church in America has decided
¯ to indefinitely postpone work on
¯ a policy statement on sexuality
¯ because of its inability to reach
¯ any consensus on qnestions such
¯ as the ordination of gays and ¯
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put off any statement on sexuality
in 1997 because of"substantive
differences" within the
church. The council said many
members of the churchwere simply
"tired of the issue" which its
members have wrangled withfor
several years without resolution.
Michigan Gay Resort
Nixes Rights Protections
SAUGATUCK, Mich. - The
town council of the tiny Lake
Michigan resort commumty of
Saugatuck, southwest of Grand
Rapids, has unanimously rejected
ameasure thatwouldhave
barred discrimination based on
sexual orientation.
The refusal to adopt the local
legislation incensed many activists
because the lakefront town
of just under 2,000 people is a
popular resort with gays and lesbians.
The issue arose after an
innkeeper in nearby Douglas,
Mich., across the Kalamazoo
River from Sangatuck, refused
to rent a room to 2 gay men. The
town council in Douglas then
promptly adopted an anti-bias
measure by 7-0, and raised the
issue in nearby Sangatuck.
’Celluloid Closet’
Ready for Premiere
SAN FRANCISCO -"The Celluloid
Closet," the star-studded
and long-awaited documentary
by San Francisco film makers
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey
Friedman, will have its world
premiere September 6 at the
Venice Film Festival, followed
by North American showings at
the Toronto International Film
Festival and the New York Film
Festival.
"The Celluloid Closet" was
produced by HBO and is expected
to have a theatrical release
in addition to its cable airing,
Friedman said from Massachusetts,
where he and Epstein
are vacationing. ~The film also
has been "unofficially invited"
to the Sundance Film Festival
next January, he added.
Based on a 1981 book by the
late film historian, writer and
.media acdvist Vito Russo, "The
Celluloid Closet" illustrates the
history of gay imagery in Hollywood
films, and features clips
from more than 100 Hollywood
movies.-Tom Hanks, Whoopi
Goldberg, Susan Sarandon,Tony
Curtis, Farley Granger and
Shirley MacLalne, each ofwhom
¯ appearinfilmedinterviews. The
¯ film is narrated by Lily Tomlin
¯
using a script aut bored by
¯ Armistead Maupin.
NEA Gives $20,000 to
¯ ’96 AIDS Quilt Display
WASHINGTON - The federal
¯ NadonalEndowmentfortheArts
¯ has given $20,000 to the San
Francisco-based NAMES
¯
Project in support of an October
¯ 1996 display of the AIDS Me¯
morial Quilt in the nation’s capi~
tal. Anthony Turuey, executive
¯ director of the NAMES Project,
¯ said the display is timed to "re-
-’- cus the eyes of our leaders and
American citizens" on theAIDS
¯ epidemic during the 1996 decdon.
The display will be the first
time in 4 years the 45,000-panel,
.60-ton. quilt will be on display in
¯ ~ts entirety.
¯ Kentucky Beer Boycott
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Accord-
¯ ing to a report in The Letter, a
¯
Kentucky lesbian and gay paper,
¯ 9 local gay bars and restaurants
¯ have begun a boycott of several
popular beers because of what
¯
activists.there called the "right
¯ wing activities"ofDonna Shedd,
¯ whose husband David ~s presi-
¯ dent of River City Distributing
Inc.
River City Distributing was
targeted for the boycott because
¯
of Mrs. Shedd’s involvement in
Kentucky’s Eagle Forum, the
¯ and-gaygroupheadedbyPhyllis
Schlafly. Activists also noted that
Mrs. Shedd served on the state
Republican Party’s executive
¯ committee when last year it
unanimously passed aresolution
in favor of recriminilizing homosexuality
in Kentucky. In addition
to the popular bars and
restaurants involved in the protest,
die boycott is also being
supported by Kentucky’s Fairness
Campaign, the Pro-Choice
Coalition, the Metropolitan
Commtmity Churchand the Louisville
chapter of Parents-Friends
of Lesbians andGays (P-FLAG).
." Organizers say the boycottcould
cost the distribution company as
nmch as S15,000 per week in
lost sales.
Israel Refuses
Partner’s Death Benefits
JERUSALEM -The Israeli Ministry
of Justice has announced
¯ that anational court has rejected
the claim of Adir Steiner, 29,
who had petitioned the courts to
¯ ceased army colonel, after the
: Defense Ministry refused to extend
the benefits to him. The
court ruling, quoted by the min¯
istry, said that Steiner and Col.
Doron Maisel, who died of cancer
in 1991 while in the Israeli
army, did "not constitute a
nuclear family" and that Steiner
¯ was lherefore ineligible for
Maisel’s death benefits. The 2
menhadbeen partners for8 years
before Maisel died.
: Shocking Gray Closes
_. SAN ANTONIO, Texas - According
to the Columbia, S.C.,
: gay newsmagazine In Unison,
; the Texas-basedmail-order firm
Shocking Gray has shut down
and intends to go into bank-
; ruptcy. In Unison quoted Ed
Rhuebart, a New York buyer for
the mall-order catalog finn, who
said Shocking Gray had laid off
its workers, discontinued processing
telephone orders and
locked its offices.
GayNet News Service con-
: firmed that the catalog
company’s toll-free telephone
¯ number used by customers to
¯ order the finn’s up-scale and dis¯
tinctlygay-orientedmerchandise
had bee~ disconnected with no
: forwarding number. Rhuebart is
; quoted as telling In Unison that
¯ "’ShockingGray, the catalog, was
doing fihe. Shocking Gray, the
company, was not."
Anti-Gay Minister Phelps
¯ Alleges Bomb Attack
¯ TOPEKA. Kan. Fred Phelps,
: the leader of a small fundarnen
: talist church noted for anti-gay
picketing at funerals of people
~ who have died of AIDS, named
~ two men he charged had set offa
bomb at the home of;one of his
daughters in late August. Police
: have made no arrests in the
: bombing.
Authorities said they would
investigate Iris charges, although
: they also said by aunounc~ng the
; names before giving them to oL
ficials Phelps may have inter~
; fered with their ability to ~nvestigate
his accusations. No inju-
; ries were reported at the time of
the August 27 bombing.
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HUAIROU, China- Dr. Ellie Emanuel of
the University of Wisconsin’ s’ school of
education and health services, said lesbians
are being ignored or overlooked by
the L S. heal.th care system Leshians are
shppmg through tiie cracks, ’~ Emanuel
said at ttieNGOforum being conducted in
conjunction with the 4th UN World Conference
on Women. "Women think that if
they don’t have sex with men they don’t
have to worry about annual checksups
that would detect disease."
She also said that lesbians often don’t
believe they are at risk for sexually trans,
mitred diseases. "There is a growing recognition
that women and lesbians are at
risk of getting AIDS through sexual behavior
and needle-sharing," said one
woman from Sweden attending the con,
ference.
The forum was told that health experts
estimated that more than 20% of lesbians
in the U.S. had sex with a high-risk partner,
and that between I and 2% of all
women with AIDS were lesbians.
Emanuel urged lesbians to be identified in
the community and to learn about issues
related to their personal health.
WHO Says Women
Increasingly Hit by HIV
BEIJING - At a press conference held by
the World Health Organization during the
4th UN World Conference on Women in
Beijing, women were told they face the
gloomy reality ofbecoming infected with
HIV more rapidly than men, in part because
of their economic dependence on
males. "Thebleakreality is that the sexual
and economic subordination of women
fuels the HIV/AIDS pandemic," WHO
said in a position paper at the conference.
The WHO document said that by the
year 2000, there will be 14 million HIVinfected
women and about 4 million
women will have died from the disease
worldwide. "The number of infected
women with HIV is increasing more rap
idly thanmenin Africa, in southernAsia,"
said WHO director-general Hiroshi
Nakajima.
Economics Alone Not
Enough to Stem AIDS
HUAIROU, China - Giving women
greater economic clout isn’t enough to
stop the spread of HIV among them because,
of the complexities of different cultural
environments throughout the world,
the alternative NGO (non-governmental
organization) conference runningparallel
to the 4th UN World Conference on
Women was told.
Marina Mahathir, head of the Malaysian
AIDS Council, said even women in
highly educated and affluent societies often
find that their independence ends in
the bedroom. "This is when their hnsbands
regard affluence and success as
having many wives or mistresses,"
Mahathir said at a workshop on economics
and women’ s susceptibility to HIV at
the NGO forum, which had declared the
day "Women and AIDS Day."
Among the difficulties faced in different
cultures that were discussed:
- In Bangladesh, where polygamy is
permitted, the International Centrefor
Research on Women has only recently
begun a campaign to try to persuade
women not. to marry men who already
have one or more wives.
- In Canada, many African immigrants
and refugee women have to become prostitutes.
to earn a living because of limited
emplo.y.ment opportunities, especially for
non-cxuzens.
- In Vietnam whereprostitution is commonplace,
Thi Hwa, who works withsex
workers, said many young prostitutes allow
unprotected sex for a little extra
money. "Many older men pay more for
unprotected sex because they feel itwould
not mak e much diffeience if theycontract
AIDS as they believe they do not
have long tO live anyway," Hwa said.
- In many. poor countries with high
unempl0yment,.:tike .Nepal and: Gu~yana
where men go away to work, they get
infected and return home to infect their
wives. Ginny Bourassa of Women Organized
to Respond to Life-Threatening
Diseases (WORLD) and other NGO delegates
agreed that the best way to deal
with the growing HIV infection rate among
women globally is through communitybased
programs that can respond acco
rding to local needs and problems.
No Appeal Filed in
Congressional AIDS Bias Case
WASHINGTON - Rep. Barbara-Rose
Collins (D-Mich.) missed the filing deadline
to appeal the claim of a former aide in
her office who said he was fired because
thelawmaker thought hehad AIDS. Since
" Collins did not appeal, Bruce Taylor will
¯ now receive compensation for more than
¯ 7 months’ back pay and attorney’s fees.
¯ Jim Davison, a media services adminis-
¯ trator for the House of Representatives,
¯ said heknew ofno other instance in which
¯ a member of Congress had had a case
¯ before the Office of Fair Employment
¯ Practices.
Taylor claimed his firing last Decem-
: bet - just 2 days after his malepartner died
¯ of AIDS - was in violation of the federal
¯ Americans with Disabilities Act. Thelaw
¯¯ protects individtmls who are perceived to
¯ beinfected or haveAIDS, as well as those who actually have the disease. According
¯ to Taylor, both Collins and her chief of
¯ staff repeatedly asked about his health
¯ before he was .fired. Although they deny
: the allegations, the judge ruled that Tay-
: lor was perceived to be infected and that
¯ Collins and her chief of staff had decid~’d
: he "would require time off for health
~ reasons."
." Grim Predictions about HIV
: GENEVA - Up to 40 million people will
~ be infected with HIV by the year 2000,
¯ according to an article published in the ¯
latest issue of the World Health Organi-
¯ zation Newsletter, and 90% of these new
infections with be in developing coun-
¯ tries. The latest WHO projections represent
a 105% increase in the number of
¯ HIV infections of 18 million adults and
¯ 1.5millionchildrenworldwide.TheWHO
¯ projections also noted that HIV infections
: among women will increase to about 15
¯ million within the next 5 years and that up
: to 10 million children globally will be
¯ orphanedas aresultoftheepidemicbythe
¯ year 2000.
: Studies On AZT’s Effectiveness
¯ BOSTON - Two seemingly conflicting
¯ studies of the drug AZT published in the
¯ latestissueoftheNewEnglandJournalof
¯ Medicine, in fact support the increasingly
¯ more common attitude among AIDS ex-
¯ perts that use of the drug alone i s ineffective
in fighting AIDS and that starting
¯ infected patients on multiple anti-HIV
-drug~ as qmcidy as possi01e is the best
~~edi~’cal course of action.
A team of researchers led by Dr. ~anl
Volberding Of the University of Califorma
m San Francisco and Dr. Stephen
Lagakos of Harvard University studied 2
groups of patients for more than 6 years,
comparing the progress of 549 HIV-positive
butasymptomat ic patients who were
given only AZT, and 547 who did not get
AZT until signs of approaching AIDS
appeared. The researchers found there
was no difference in the length of time it
took for the appearance of full-blown
AIDS or death. The results, consistent
with earlier studies, suggest that AZT by
itselfdoes little to delay the appearance of
the disease in pe op!e who~ar-e infected by
HIV but remain generally healthy.
But a European study published along
withitbyateam ledby Dr. Sabine KJnloch-
De Loes. of Geneva University, reported
that 39 people treatedwith AZT very
early kept theirCD4counts above 500- a
marker level used as an indicator in the
progress of t he infection - about6 months
1onger than38people nottreated promptl
The treated patients, typically got the drug
within a few weeks of infection. In an
accompanying editorial, Dr. Da,dd Ho of
the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
at New York University School of
Medicine said that treating HIV with a
single drug "is doomed to fail." Ho suggested
that the reason the European study
found a better response to AZT is that the
viruses in its subjects had not had time tc
develop many mutant varieties.
HIV-2 ’Flare’ in U.S. Blood
ATLANTA - The Centers for Disease
Control &Prevention has announced that
HIV-2 was found in only 2 blood donations
in this country last year and kept out
of the nation’s blood supply. In 1992,
blood banks began testing for both HIV-
1 and HIV-2, which is primarily found in
West Africa and rarely found in the U.S.
Dr.. John Ward, head of the CDC’ s AIDS
surveillance division, said that the U.S.
blood supply continues to be safe. There
have been no cases of HIV-2 infection
through a blood transfusion in the U.S.,
Ward said.
.AIDS Vaccine Tests Begin
BANGKOK - A combined U.S.-Thai
team of military doctors has begun drug
trials of a potential AIDS vaccine made
bv the U.S. finn Chiron Biocine, called
S]~2 gpl20/MF 59. So far, 2 Thai volunteers
have been injected with the drug, but
22 more will also receive the experimental
vaccine during the 1st phase of the
experiment, which will last 6 months,
according to Lt. General Kamrob
Saisuwm~ of the Armed Forces Research
In stitute ofMedical Sciences (AFRIMS).
U.S. Arnay Colonel Rodney Michael said
that the vaccine has already been tested in
the U.S. and that"it proved to be safe with
no side effects.’"
Experimental Thalidomide
Trials OKed for PWAs
WASHINGTON-Thalidomide, the tranquilizer
that caused birth defects throughout
Europein the 1950s, wil! be offered on
an experimental basis to U.S. AIDS_patients
whose bodies are wasting away, the
drug’ s maker has announced. The special
"expanded access" program, approved by
the Food and Drug Administration, represents
the broadest use of thalidomide ever
allowed in the U.S. Celgene Corp. is conducting
clinical trial s to see if its brand of
thalidomide, known as Synovir, counteracts
the severe weight loss and deterioration
that plagues 150,000 AIDS patients.
Questions about Effectiveness
of Dental Disinfectant
¯ WASHINGTON - A study published in
¯ thejoumalNatureMedicineindicatesthat
¯ a chemical disinfectant commonly used
¯ On some medical and dental devices may
: not kill HIV. In the laboratory, the scien-
: tists discovered that the germ-killer glut-
, araldehyde did not eliminate the virus in
: bloodlodgedin lubricants frequentlyused
: in dental equipment andin medical equip-
¯ ment calledendoscopes.
: Researcher DavidLewis of the Univer-
: sity of Georgia said, however, that none
¯ of the devices has ever been shown-to
¯ actually be the source of transmission of
: .HIV. According to Lewis, the study
: derscores theneed to sterilize dental equip-
- ment at very high temperatures and indi-
: cates that the standards for decontaminat-
’- ing endoscopes should be revised.
: Canadian Red Cross and Lab
¯ Battled Over Blood
¯ TORONTO-Twoex-officials ofa Cana-
: dian government-owned company testi-
¯ fled in court that the Canadian Red Cross
¯ and their company struggled for control
¯. over blood products as HIV entered the
¯ country’ s blood supply. ?dun Davies and
¯ William Cochrane, both ex-officials at
¯ Connaugh.t La.boratories Ltd., testified the
¯ two orgamzattons squabbled about who
¯ should make blood products for hemo-
:. philiacs. Lawyers representing HIV-in-
¯ fected Canadians have claimed that the
: CRC and. Connaught spent more time
arguing over who should manufacture
¯ blood plasma than increasing the national
blood supply’ s safety.
Studies Say Legal Needles Cut
HIV Infection Rate
STAMFORD, Ct. - New studies indicate
that needle-shanng among IV .drug addicts
dropped 40% after Connecticut approved
a law 3 years ago allowing pharmacies
to sell syringes over the counter.
The studies, published in the Journal of
AcquiredImmune Deficiency Syndromes,
concluded that the increased availability
of clean needles should, therefore, stem
the spread of HIV and make "a dramatic
change in behavior at no cost to the public,"
according to Beth Weinstein, director
of the AIDS unit of .the Connecticut
Department of Health, which conducted
the studies with the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
One year after the needle laws took
effect, 83%of the state’ s pharmacies were
selling needles over the counter, and injection
drug users were using them as
their primary source of needles, accordmg
to the studies. The 2nd study surveyed
drug users at HIV counseling progra~ns.
prisons and drug treatment centers in
Connecticut where the authors found that
less than a year after the law went into
effect, 78% of those surveyed had bought
syringes from apharmacy in th e previous
month, while just 28% had purchased
needles on the street.
HIV Found In Semen Samples
SEATTLE- According to a recent study,
HIV is found in more than one-fifth of all
semen samples from HIV-infected men,
making unprotected sex with such men
very risky. According to Dr. Ann Collier
of the University of Washington at Seattle,
a study of more than 100 semen
samples from 16 HIV-positive men over a
2-year period found live and infectious
virus 22% of the time. The presence of
HIV appears to be sporadic and was not
affected by whether or not the men were
taking anti-viral medications at the time.
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SUNDAYS
Bless the Lord At All
Times Christian Center
Sunday School, 9:45 am
Worship Service, 11 am
2627-B East 1 lth.
Info: 583-7815
Community of Hope
(United Methodis0
Worship Service, 6 pm
1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Family of Faith
Metro. Comm. Church
Worship Service, 11 am
5451-E South Mingo.
Info: 622-1441
Metro. Comm. Church
of Greater Tulsa
Worship Service, 10:45am
1623 N. Maplewood
Info: 838-1715
TheBanned,OKGay Band
Practice weekly in OKC
Info: 838-2121
Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay
Alliance - Univ. of Tulsa
6:30pm at Canterbury
5th & Evanston
lnfo: 583-9780
MONDAYS
HIV Testing
TOHR Clinic
Free & anonymous testing
using fingerstick
method.
No appointment required.
W~dk in testing: 7-8:30pm"
Results hours: 7-gpm
Info: 742-2927
Lambda Bowling League
Sheridan I_anes
8:45 pm
3121 S. Sheridan
TUESDAYS
Minister’s Class
Bless the Lord at All
Times Christian Center
7:30 pm
2627-B East 1 lth
Info: 583-7815
HIV+ Support Group
HIV Resource Consortium
1:30 pm
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1
Info: Wanda @ 74%4194
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Vicki Robinson Softball Tournament
info: TNT’s 660-0856
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
Family ofFaith MCC,
Marsha Stevens Concert. 7 pm
5451-E S. Mingo, Info: 622-1441
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Family ofFaith MCC
Rev. Elder Troy Perry Preaches &
Ordains Rev. Nancy Horvdth, 11 am
Rev. Nancy Horvath Installed as
Pastor ofFamily ofFaith MCC, 6 pm
5451-E S. Mingo, Info: 622-1441
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Vicki Robinson Softball Tournament
Info: TNT’s 660-0856
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Community ofHope Blessing &
Celebration ofNew Space, 6 pm
1703 E. 2nd St., Info: 585-1800
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Tulsa Oklahomansfor Human Rights
Monthly Board Meeting, 7 pm
40th & Harvard, Info: 743-4297
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
Community ofHope NewMembers
Orientation, 2-4pm
1703 E. 2nd St., Info: 585-1800
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
Rainbow Business Gui/d, 7 pm
Chimi’s, Private Dining Room, 15th Street
.Dinner Meeting, Info: 665-5174
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Womens Coffee House, 6:30pm
Gold Coast Coffee, 3509 S. Peoria
Info: page: 646-6455
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Community ofHope
Feed The Homeless, 5:30pm
Meet at COH, 1703 E. 2nd St., Info:
585-1800
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
TCAP Advisory Council, Malissa
Shepherd, Centers for Disease Control
noon-l:30pm, 1430 S. Boulder
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
Community Receptionfor Tulsa
Americorp HIV Services Volunteers
4:30-6:30pm
Collins Room, 1430 S Boulder
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
AIDS Walk Tulsa ’95,
"Walk This Way", 9am
Boulder Park, 18th & Boulder
Info: 587-7222
Jaycees’ Battle ofthe Bands, lpm
Boulder Park, 18th & Boulder
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
Friendfor A Friend, "Our House"
Yard Sale, 8am-5pm, 1114 S. Quaker
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1
Pdme Timers Monthly Meeting
Write for info: P.O. Box 52118, 74100
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1
NAMES Project Volunteer Training
3pm, All Soul’s Unitarian, 2902 S. Peoria
WEDNESDAYS
Authority OfThe Believer
Bible Study, 7 pm
MCC of Greater Tulsa
1623 N. Maplewood
Info: 838-1715
Bless The Lord At All
Times Christian Center
Choir Practice 7 pm
2627-B East llth
Call 583:7815 for info.
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
1 st & 3rd Wednesdays
4154 S. Harvard
Info: 749-4901
Family Of Faith MCC
Potluck 6:30 pm
Bible Study 7 pm
Choir Practice 8 pm
5451-E South Mingo.
Call 622-1441 for info.
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-E S. Mingo
Call 622-1441 for Info.
HIVTestingTOHRClinic
Free & anonymous testing
using fingerstick method.
No appointment required.
Walk in testing: 7 - 8:30pro
Results hours: 7 - 9pro
Info: 742-2927
Prayer Time
MCC - Greater Tulsa, 7 pm
1623 N. Maplewood
Info: 838-1715
Tulsa Family Chorale
Weekly practice, 9:30 pm
Lola’s 2630 E. 15th
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
1st & 3rd Thursdays
4154 S. Harvard
Info: 749-4901
SATURDAYS
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
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3
Mntlicultural AIDS Coalition. 11:15
AIDS Coalition of Tulsa
Topic: Mandatory v, Voluntary Testing
noon- 1:30, 1430 S. Boulder
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3
NAMES Project Volunteer Training
5:30pro, All Soul’s, 2902 S. Peoria
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3
Tulsa Oklahomansfor Human Rights
Monthly Members Meeting, 7 pm
4154 S. Harvard, Gathering Place
Info: 743-4297
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5
NAMES Project Volunteer Training
7pm, All Soul’s, 2902 S. Peoria
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7
Friendfor A Friend, "Our House"
Bazaar, 9am-Spm, 1114 S. Quaker
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9
Parents, Family & Friends ofLesbians
& Gays, PFLAG
PFLAG 101, 1st Timers Support
Group, 6:30pm
PFLAG 102, OngoingSupport Group,
6:30pm
PFLAG General Meeting, 8pm
4154 S. Harvard, Gathering Place
Info: 749-4901
MON/TUES., OCT. 9 & 10
Hoisting the Banner ofColor Conf.
HIV & the Communities ofColor
OKC Marriott, Info: 800-285-2273
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11
Family ofFaith MCC National
Coming Out Day Sevice
5451-E S. Mingo, Info: 622-1441
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11
Green Countryfor Human Rights
League Monthly Meeting, Muskogee
Library, 7pro, POB 614, 74402, 682:8204
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13
TOHRNationalComingOutDay Dance
Tentative date: call 743-4297 to confirm.
All Soul’s Unitarian, 2952 S. Peoria
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 13-15
NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
Fri. 6:30-10:30, Sat. 10-7, Sun. 11-6:30
Expo Square Pavilion, Tulsa Fair Grounds
Opening: Fri. 6:30, Close: Sun. 6:30pro
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14
Dignityllntegrity
Lesbian/Gay Catholics & Episcopalians
5pm, St. Dunstan’s, 5635 E. 71st
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15
Womens Supper Club Potluck Picnic
Noon-5pm, Zink Park, 31st & Trenton
Info: 298-4648
Gay &.Lesbian Student Association
TJC Southeast Campus, Info: 631-7632
SWAN-Single Women’sActivityNetwork
Call 832-2121
TOHRAnonymous HIV Testing Clinic
Daytime testing by appt. M-Th., 10-5 pm
Info: 749-4194
TOHRHelpline, Daily 8-10 pm
For info. or to volunteer: 743-GAYS
Tool Box Technicians, Leather org.,
Info c/o The Tool Box: 584-1308
T.U.L.S~4,- Tulsa & r Uniform
Leather Seekers Assoc. Info: 838-1222
Britain’s military leaders have
their strong resistance to any monte to lift
the ban on homosexuals serving in the
count~. ’s armed forces, and earlier this
year the policy was upheld in the High
Court. But!n issuing its ruling that upheld
Parliament s right to say who could and
could not join the military, one of the
seniorjudges on the court said he rejected
the challenge by 4 former servicepersonnel
dischargedforbeinghomosexual "with
hesitation and regret" and that the "tide of
history"-was against the Ministry of Defense
andurged a review of the policy.
ha. a. press statement annou.neing the
review, the Defense Ministry said,"In the
light of this judgment the [ministry] has
decided it must examine and assess the
current policy with the aim of presenting
a paper .of evidence to assist: the select
committee on the subject ofhomosexuality
in the armed forces." The review will
be headed by a senior civil servant .and
staffed by officers from the Royal Navy,
Army and Air Force. The miuistry’s out-
.... line of thereview wouldinvolve the policy
being looked at from all levels. Commissioned
officers and non-commissioned
ranks will be asked to give evidence and
fellow members ofNATOand other countries
will be:visited to evaluate their own
policies.
-~ Stonewall, Britain’s leading gay rights
Organization, welcomed the announcement
and called for a moratorium on discharges
from the armed services until the
review had been completed. "Stonewall
¯ has always maintained that the ban is
based on prejudice and prejudice alone,"
a Stonewall news release stated.
gay and lesbian...groups want to promote
in the schools," Sheldon said. "And thi~
agenda has been accomplished through
the Centers for Disease Control with funding
under the Trojan horse of AIDS education."
In a fundraising newsletter, Sheldon
said House Speaker Gingrich had promised
him last year that the House would
address the issue and that Sheldon was
helping to’ organize the hearings. The
Human Rights-Campaign Fund charged
_thatRep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), chairman
Of the Oiiersightand Investigations
subcommittee of the Economic and EducationalCommittee
was"turning his committee
over to a lobbyist.:.to spread his
prejudice."
Elizabeth Birch, executive, director of
HRCF, said Sheldon was "shamelessly
distorting the purpose of. programs designed
to keep young people safe and
healthy, Congress should resistthe temptation
to stage sideshows for. right-wing
lobbyists and get on with the business of
govermng."
.Hoekstra’s office confirmed that
Sheldon was in fact involved in planning
the hearings. The hearings, Hoekstra’s
office said, will address legitimate concerns
of parents who are concernedby
several reforms in public ~education, ineluding
distributing condoms and sex education
in schools:
Activists noted that the hearings were
scheduledbyHoekstm’s staffwithout even
notifying Democratic subcommitteemembers.
The date became public only after
the HRCF last week released a letter that
Sheldon had sent to supporters.
In ~e 20-minute address during the
°iunchbreak ofthe conference, Birchcalled
for a new ethic in the public dialog. "We
may work for different outcomes.... but
we can engage in an ethic of basic respect
and decency."
The Greening of Gay
by Pat Morehead
: Well, it has been a big week for public
: coverage of the "Gay 90’s". We got En-
¯ tertainment WeeNy, we got electronic
¯ coverage of the benefit presentation of
Birch s speech was delivered despite " "The Sum of Us", plus a review in the
being rebuffed by a Coalition spokesman : daily paper. The National networks have
after formally requesting,to SlZ~,ak at the ¯ us scattered round and about both in hard
Conference. Ihave had the opportunity to : news and in magazine.features. Entermeet
thousands of individuals from all ¯ -~tainment Tonight is focusing on WONG - ¯
walks of life who have grave concerns ¯ FOO and "Jeffery". Whewwww!
about misconceptions put forth by repre- : So where am I headed with this you ......
sentativesoftheChiistianCoalitionwhen ’ ask? All of this has lead me- to a rather’- "
addressing the hopes, dreams and aspira- ¯ startling supposition. Is it possible that -
tions-of lesbian and gay Americans and ~ ’Gay’ has become in some sense fashiontheir
families, Birch wrote in a July 5 able.-Are we m , even in Tulsa? Have
letter, to Christian Coalition Executive " we in effect become the flavor of the
Director Ralph Reed. I believe that it is : month like Birkenstock shoes, Santa Fe
-¯..time to address our differences face .to ¯ style cookery, ormountain bikes? Lordy,
face, she wrote. :. say it ain’t so!
¯ When the formal request was turned " I can see it all now. Wewill suddenly be
down, Birch decided to reserve a room in ¯ in demand by our ever so trendy straight
¯ the same hotel that would host the confer- ¯ associates. They will all want to accom-
¯
ence, to deliver her message directly to ~ pany us into the nether world of Cowboy
¯ Christian Coalition members. "Although ~ styleGaybars. We will serveas thecenter
¯ yourpodiumwas not available tome, I am ¯ of focus at backyard barbecues, cocktail ¯
grateful for those who have come today .": gatherings and small informal dinners.
and will giveme the ’benefit of the doubt". -" We will be quizzed on exactly what it is
and be willing to consider what I have to o that two men can do together in bed.
say." ¯ Lesbians unfortunately will not receive
TheHuman Rights Campaign Fund .:.’this same kind attention, because the
(HRCF), the nation’s largest lesbian & " womenalreadyknowtheanswers tothose
gay political organization, works to end : kinds of questions.
discrimination, secure equalrights, &pro- ¯ The more daring straight men will sugtect
the health and safety of.all Ameri- : gest that if the proper precautions are
cans, HRCFlobbies the federal govern- : observed, they might be willing to
ment on lesbian, gay, & AIDS issues; ¯ "dabble" in our excesses. Simpatico feeducates
the general public; and partici- - ~ males will secretly caress our butts while
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will feel a need to call us forth befor~
the congregation and give us brotherli¢
hugs (while a few will secretly caress our
butts and whisper in our ears that they
know just what we need) along with announcements
of acceptance within the
Lord’s eyes. (These will be primarily
Episcopalian and Unitarian Ministers, nix
on the Baptists and most of the Methodists).
Politicians will drag their Gay staffers
out in front of press conferences to
extol the staffers dedication and the pol’s
openness to lifestyles of alternative natures.
(No Oklahoma Politicians will take
this step but the rest of the c.ountry will.
The Oklahoma Pol’s will presume they
HAVEno Gay staffers!) , ....
Be fear not my Brothers. This too Shall
pass, and probably by Christmas. We will
be replaced by the newest wave of deep
muscle massage therapy or Santa Fe style
andmade pnnntlve Christmas decorations.
Yes, we will drift back into the
oblivion of the passe’, excluding, of
course, the decorators, hair stylists and
florists. No more invitations, insinuated
seductions or public displays of empathy
and solidarity.
Oh, the homoerotic advertising images
will remain for awhile. And Hollywood
will turn out the occasional Gay thematic
film, but not too Gay of course. We will
have our season ofever so appropriate and
politically correct Gay Television characters
who will live without real relationships
while beingbefriended by concerned
yet politically correct.straight associates.
At least until the ratings drop below the
32rid ~lot mark in the ratings sweeps.
Yes, our moment in the.glare of public
acceptance will have burnt itself out. And
I say, the better off we will be. My little
life with its trials and failures will be just
another little life. I prefer neither to be
placed on a rail and ridden out of town,
noron apedestal. Theflavors ofthemonth
can come and go. I don’t care to be a
flavor ofthe month, thank youvery much..
No, I want to be the ’bitter herbs’, not
often USed, but a mainstay in seasoning
the life of the world. Except for maybe all
that "secret butt caressing" part.
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NW 39th Street strip and this police offleer
admitted in court that the citizenhad
not made a sexual offer but had described
his preference in sexual activity.
ACLU-OKattorneys who include Mark
Henrickson, Shirley Wiegand and others
seek to challenge not only the OKC statute
(which appears to ban.all discussions
of sex except between married spouses)
but also Oklahoma’s "’crimes against nature"
statute which treats oral and anal sex
as a felony crime for both heterosexuals
and hOmosexuals. Because this law was
found to be unconstitutional for heterosexuals
in a 1.986 case, it’s felt that the
higher courts may find the statute unconstitutional
as it applies to homosexuals
too. The hopeis that if the "crimes against
nature" statute is invalid then also conversation
about private consensual non-commercial
acts cannot be criminalized either.
Camfield said that typically the Court
of Criminal Appeals moves quickly and a
rifling might have come at the hearing.
However, the Court has taken the case
under ad.visemem and timing of aruling is
not certain.
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Procrastination
Is Expensive
by LeanneGross
Two twins, Jean and Jan, had different
ideas about saving. When Jean turned 30,
she started an IRA (Individual Retirement
Account). Each year, for 6 years, Jean
¯ contributed the maximum amount (for
: her) of $2,000 to her IRA. At age 36, Jean
: had put away $12,000. Then she stopped
¯
contn.’buting - however her money kept
¯ growing.
Jan had other plans. She opened an
IRA, but she waited until she was 41. For
¯ 25 years, Jan contributed $2,000 each
¯ year. Her out-of-pocket investment, then,
: was $50,000.
: On their 65th birthday, the twins sat
¯ downtogetherandcomparedplans. Jean’ s
¯ IRA was worth $200,432 ’ nbt bad for an
¯ out-of-pocket investment of $12,000. Jan
checked her IRA statement and found her
account was worth only $170,401.
How could this be? Jan asked.
Compounding interest?Time to let your
dollars workfor you! Jean earned $30,031
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In this case, the cost of~ procrastination
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R-epublican
Congressman
Blasts Dole
WASHINGTON - Rep. Steve
Gunderson (R-Wisc.), one of
only three openly gay members
of Congress, asked Senate Majority
.Leader Bob Dole, a
leading contender for the GOP
presidential nomination, if the
Kansas Republican was rejectmg
his support after Dole returned
a.campaign contribution
to a gay Republican organization
last month. In the mean-
-time, the campaign contribution
from the Log Cabin Club was
instead given to Sen. Arlen Specter
(R-Penna.).
Gunderson, who was one of
the first members of Congress to
publicly endorse Dole, said in a
causticletter to the Senateleader,
"Are you rejecting the support
of anyone who happens to be
gay? If this is so, do youintend to
now reject my support and request
those on your staff who
happen to be gay to resign?"
Dole return.-ed the $1,000 donation
fromhe Log Cabin Club,
which his campaign had originally
solicited, after it was publicizedin
August, saying he does
¯ not accept funds from groups
¯¯ not sharing his views.
In his letter, Gunderson, who
¯ was Wisconsin chairman of
¯ Dole’ s unsuccessful 1988 presi-
¯ dential campaign, said, "As one
: who has championed your political
career for years, you must
¯ know how muchthis disappoints
¯ me .... The Bob Dole I know
," does not support discrimination
¯ againstpersonsjustbecause they
¯ aregay."Dole’ s campaignhead-
: quarters acknowledged receiv-
¯ ing Gunderson’ s letter, but so far
: has not commented on it.
: Following the flap surround-
" ing Dole’ s rebuff of the gay Republicans,
the Log Cabin Club
gave the returned $1,000 contri-
¯ bution to the presidential cam-
. paign bid being mounted by
¯ Specter, who unhesitatingly ac-
.: cepted it. "I write to thank you
¯ for the contribution of the LOg
¯ Cabin Republicans to my presi-
¯ dential campaign," Specter said
¯ in aletter to the group. "As I said
; inmy openletter to the members
¯ of Log Cabin Republicans gath-
¯ ered for your national meetingin
¯ Cincinnati, I welcome the sup-
" port of all Americans who op-
¯ pose discrimination and who
¯ seek amore limited government,
¯ joining the principles of fiscal
¯ conservatism with social liber-
¯ tarianism."
: Rich Tafel, Log Cabin’ s ex-
¯ ecutive director, said Specter"is
¯ taking on the radical right, while
: otherGOPcandidates like Sena-
¯ tor Dole are bowing to them. He
knows the politics of exclusion
will ruin the chances for a Republican
victory in’ 96."
Far-Right Org.
Wants GOP to.
Return Gay $.
WASHINGTON - The Family
Research Council, a conservative
anti-gay fundamentalist organization,
has demanded that
the National Republican Coniressional
Committee return
5,000 it received in campaign
contributions from the Human
Rights Campaign Fund, the gay
rights lobbying organization. The
committeeraises campaignfunds
for Republican candidates ironing
for seats in the U.S. House
of Representatives.
"People don’t think about the
moral messages they send with
the money they take," said Kristi
Hamrick, a spokeswomanfor the
Family Research Council. "If the
Republican Party says that
lifestyle makes no difference
then they are undermining the
family," she said. "If Congressman
Gunderson holds out as the
cost of his involvement acceptance
¯of his lifestyle as being
equal to mamage, then that’s
¯ clearly a problem." The GOP
¯ congressional fundraising com-
: mittee made no comment on the
~ demand.
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Head, Circulation Department
Tulsa City-County Library
Are you planning a vacation
this winter? If Miami, Florida or
London, England are on your
agenda, you may want to check
the travel gnides at the Tulsa
City-County Library, particularly
"Detour’s Miami" and
"Detour’s London." These are
alternative guides "forthosewho
don’t necessarily travel the
straight and narrow." They are
typical travel guides, but geared
toward the Gay/Lesbian traveler.
Each guide deals with basic
information (transportation, climate,
tourist sights)’ as well as
more specific sections of interest
to Gay/Lesbian visitors (local
newspapers and resources,
fun secuons of town, local laws
and safety considerations).
¯ Gay/Lesbian-friendly hotels,
stores, restaurants and clubs
make up the bulk of the listings,
since it is expected that travelers
would want to frequent hospitable
establishments. Surrounding
towns and cides are also examined
with maps, photographs
and suggested itineraries.
You’ll also learn some interesting
facts about these destinations.
It’ s amusing to find out
"- that one of Miami’ s most strik-
¯ ing examples of modern design,
¯ the Centrust Building, is flood-
" lighted nightly with colors ap-
: propriate to events and seasons;
¯ red and green for Christmas, or-
" ange and black for Halloween
¯ and pink for Gay Pride Day!
¯ You’ll learn that, in London, ¯
at the Women’s Pond in
¯ Hampstead Heath Park, "you’ll
¯ belucky to finda squaremetreof ¯
grass that is not teeming with
¯ Lesbians." Call yourtravel agent
¯ and start packing!
¯ Currently, the libr.ary carries ¯
these two "Detour’ s" guides for
¯ checkout. There is also a refer-
: ence copy which cannot be
¯ checked out of the "Damron ¯
Guide". Ithas.similar, butmuch
¯ more general information. Look
~ forthe"Detour" guides and other
¯ travel guides for check-out in ¯ the Reader’s Services Depart-
" ment,2ndfloor, Central Library,
¯ or call 596-7966.
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Family Fun Time
in Eureka Springs
by Phil Boler-Schmidt
Family fun time takes on a
whole new meaning after the
childrenhaveretumed to school.
There is no better time of year to
take a real family vacation to
Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Family, of course, takes on a
new meaning of its own when
one talks about the gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgendered
communities. That’s what Imean
when I talk about family.
Autumnis uponus, the"other"
families are restingup from their
Summer vacations, there is less
competition for tourist attractions,
and the colors are about to
burst forth in the Ozarks. It’s a
great time to come play .in what
I call utopia.
Eureka Springs has long been
known for its eccentricities, and
it is no well-kept secret that our
kind offamily canbefounddamnear
everywhere.
While visiting in the Heart of
the Ozarks, you can stay at any
one ofanumberoffamily-owned
bed and breakfastinns, motels or
hotels. And, there are a number
of family-friendly places too.
Accomodations range from
plush cottages complete withinroom
jacuzzis to small, quaint
motel rooms. Plush, upscale hotel
suites are a possibility too as
well as luxurious, in-house
rooms. The entire range of
ammeuities can be found here.
Out-To-Eats can be a true
artform in Eureka Springs. Family-
owned eateries abound as do
the friendly places. You can partake
of fine dining on tree Italian,
home-cookedcuisine or high
class Ameican fare. Evenings
¯ with good music are easy to find
: at a number of fine places that
¯ serve cocktails and dinner. A
." quiet, romantic dinner is pos-
: sible with about every ethnic
¯ variety of food here.
¯
Clubs tofrequent is a luxury in
: this utopia in the heart of the
¯ Bible Belt. Whenever family
¯ asks me, "Where can we go and
¯¯ be safe?", I have to laugh. Not
because it is all that funny, but I
¯
usually relay a story a friend told
¯ me when I asked the very same
: question a year ago.
¯ As long as you stick to the ¯ Historic District, you can go in
: any club you like If you want to
¯ sit in the comer and hold hands
: or kiss, no one is going to give
¯ you grief. If some redneck from,
: you guessedit, Tulsa, gives you
¯ arough time, they will throw out
¯ the redneck, not you.
¯ So, suffice it to say that eve-
" uings out on the town are a treat
¯ in Eureka Springs.
: As fordaytime activities, there
: are a lot to choose from. You
could dress up in turn-of-the-
¯ century garb and have your pie-
" ture taken for posterity at The
Imagey.
¯ You could try your hand at fly
fishing in one of our rivers or
¯ lakes. All the equipment you
: couldpossiblyeverneedisavail-
¯ able at the Beaver Darn Store. ¯
Professional guides are also
¯ standingby shouldyoubeanov-
¯ ice and want instruction or a
¯ seasoned fisherman/womanand
¯ want a tuneup or someone to
¯ show you the area’s best spots.
¯ If you are into shopping, you
: could make a trip downtown and
." shop ’til you drop. Looking for
¯ family gifts? Everything you
¯ want or need, plus all kinds of
¯ metaphysical, pagan, and
: magickal supplies, are a short
¯ descent of the stairs away atThe
: Emerald Rainbow, the only shop
: in town that carries gay/lesbian
¯ memorabilia.
¯ Shopping for real estate?
~ Come upstairs from The Emer-
¯ aid Rainbow to McClung Realty
-" (family-friendly) andhavealook
; at what,s available in residential
: While visiting in the
: Heart of the Ozarks,
¯ you can stay at any one
~ of a number of family-
: owned bed and break-
: fast inns, motels or ¯
hotels. And, there are
i a number of familyi
friendly places too.
: Aeeomodations range
i from plush cottages
i complete with in-room
¯ jaeuzzis to small,
i quaint motel rooms.
or commecial property, businesses
or land.
There are plenty of tours of the
area too. Some show you around
the Historic District by van or
bus, and one shows you through
the US 62 area in a unique and
fun way. If you take the Duck
Tours (family-friendly), you will
ride a World War II reconditioned
amphibeous military assault
vehicle through town then
onto Lake Leatherwood with a
splash.
Eureka Springs is known for
it’s country m~ic shows and
The Great Passion Play. These
are two of the main attractions to
the area, mostly to the "other"
type of family. But, if you want
to take in some of this type of
entertainment, most attractions
are open through the end of October.
I wouldn’t suggest holdmghands
orkissing there though.
You might get a pretty chilly
reception.
Other area attractions that are
must-sees are. the various caves
that offer self-guided tours and
Eureka Gardens, a splendor to
behold with botanical gardens
that go on and on. Thomcrown
Chapel is a wonder Of modem
architecture that must be witnessed
to bebelieved. And, don’t
forget St.-Elizabeth’s Church,
the only Roman Catholic church
in the country where you enter
through the bell tower.
While in Eureka Springs, there
are a number of family-owned
sevice businesses of which you
may want to take advantage. If
you are looking for dog grooming,
while here, stop in and visit
Greenwood Hollow.
A complete range of body
piercing sev~ces is available locally
through Bill Croft at Ozark
Primitives. There are a number
of qualified massage therapists
in town, and I suggest either the
Palace Hotel & Bath House or
Healing Benefits Massage
Therapy to soothe your tired,
aching muscles.
Kim Ridenour, a professional
astrologer accredited with the
American Federation ofAstrologers,
offers the full range of astrological
services and will do
either individual or composite
readings. She also offers Tarot
readings at The Emerald Rainbow.
And,just in case you are looking
to put together a computer
system, upgrade your existing
one, or just learn a little more
about computers, that’s what I
do.
Whatever else you plan to do
whilein Eureka Springs,remember
to bring your camera or
camcorder. Autumn in the
Ozarks is Something to behol&
and our area has numerous lookouts
from which to take memorable
snapshots or videos.
I first st,~trted putting together
information for this article more
than a month ago, and I have to
admit, I was stuck for away to
adequately present our familyownedandfamily-
friendly businesses
in a way that made sense
without having to clutter up
newspaper space with addresses
and phone numbers.
Then, I realized that I was forgetting
one importanflocal family-
owned business that could
make myjob easy. Positive Idea
Marketing Plans (PIMP, of
course, for short) specializes in
putting together family vacation
packages for the discriminating.
PIMP also offers retreats for
groups in the beauty oftheOzark
countryside.
My suggestion to all wanting
to have a great family fun time in
Eureka Springs is to call PIMPat
501-253-2401 and let the professionals
put it all together for
you. If you’re not sure where to
stay or eat, PIMP will have the
answers and will even make the
arrangements for you.
I like it when people make my
job easy! See you in Eureka
Springs.
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bowling, .golf, movies and cuddling. If you
are interested, please call me. ~47265
Tulsa DEEP CHOCOLATE: GBM, 5’7",
well built, looking for GLM/GWM for hot
fun inthe sun. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Leave me a message and let’s get together
soon.e10596
Oklahoma BOYS WILL BE BOYS:
GWM, 6’, brown hair, blue eyes, very
versatile, seeks new friends in the area for
fun and fi:iendship with relationship
possibilities. Let’s get together and
celebrate life. n6571
Tulsa GAY OR Bh AI, 32, very masc
prof’l, GBM iso Gay or bi male, masc,
race not Impt, into sports; outdoors, if u
like Iv a message thanks! ~ 7580
Tulsa LET’S PLAY: professional, 42 WM,
iso other Gay or bi male, 30s : 40s, in the
area, let’s’play! e 7392
Tulsa SOMEONE TO LOVE: I’m 21 BM,
kinda looking for someone to love, tired of
being by myself, love to sing, read, like to
go to the movies, have fun, love all types
of music, if this interests you give me a
call- ~ 7435
Tulsa SHARE SOME TIME: Dan, BIWM,
mid 40s iso BIWM 30-40, ht/wt prop,
very discreet, expect same, like share
some time, if you are interestet~, give me a
call, VII return all calls- ~ 7822
Tulsa NEW TO AREA: Mike, new to the
area, 35, BIWM, bind/blue, work out
dot, phys fit, Ikg for a str to BI BM 35-65
to hqye a good time with, go out with give
me a call- e 7842
dining,. Iheater, sitting by a fireplace,
outdoors, animals, you name it- give me a
cc I- ~ 7873
Oklahoma Cily JASON, 24, 5’10, 170,
Ikg to meet other hot guys, around my
age, if you’d like, give me a call- ~ 7885
OK. City YOUNG AND PREPPY:
Mike, like to meet people under 40, just
safe, discreet honest, 18 young preppy,
new to this, a little nervous, ifyo~ are
interested give me a call- ~ 8029
Malvern FANTASY FUN= Jack, 33 WM,
Ikg for guys into fantasies, give me a call "
let’s get together. ~ 8031
Walton MARRIED OR BI= Rodney,
married WM 25 5’5, 150~ attr, Ikg for
25-35 married or bi male, for friendship
pass rd, inexperienced ana want
someone to learn with honesty and
discretion req’d- ~ 8671
Oklahoma ATTENTION: I’m 6fl, 1901bs,
body builder type and very well built. I’m
Ikg4 men. call me ~5448
Tulsc TAKE ME OUT IN TULqA: Don,WM
BI, 34, bind/blue attr, vey good shape looking
for a sir BM, to have a go0d 5me out in Tulsa.
grve me a call. ~5974
Tulsa DAVID, 19, 6’6, 275 bind/blue
looking to meet in the area, interested in
lots of things, give me a call. ~6009
Henrietta ONE ON ONE: Jack, GWM
42 5’10 220, looking for someone down
to earth, looking for a tel, like outdoors,
football, bball on IV, Ikg for an avg.
down to earth guy whowants a one on
one- ~6274
Tulsa LONELY AND LOOKING, Wm,
50, 5’8, 165, slim and trim, into BE,, have
a solid body, tan, looking for a person in
the area, that’s slim and trim male under
50 for a friend, to go out with and see
where things go. Hope you can call!
e2082
Ardmore FOOT FAN: 25 Gay
native American, just on the Misted
side, into feet, if you share the same
interests, give me a Call. like to hear
from you! ~6211
Little Rock COLLEGE STUDENT: 23
College student, 5’8 15 brn/blue athl
build, ISO 18-30 for hot times: ~6360
Tulsa BI CURIOUS: 27, 6’ 180,
brn/blugrn, looking for guys 18-30 fit, bi
curious, looking for some clean safe, good
times, give me a ~all. e6405
Metro Area COUNTRY BOY 6’2, 22, 215
bm/gm mu~che baking for some o~er
Tulsa HEY NOW: my name is Steven.
I’m 31 y/o and I’m [kg4 guy’s 18-50 for
Fishing, swimming and camping. I enjoy
the company of slightly aggressive men.
e5354
Tulsa HEY GIRLS:athletic attr. SWF early
30’s 5’4 1101bs bm/brn Ikg4 open minded
women for discr~t hot fun. call me! e45795
Dallas/Ft. Worth LEZ TALK: my name is
Lisa, I’m Ikg4 someone to have great phone
fun with. I feve talking on the phone. Im 42
/o and I hope you call me. e45492
Dallas AFRICAN QUEEN: I’m a 37 y/o
African American Ikg4 the same 30-40. I’m
shy and I’m drug and disease free. I have
dogs and I’m sincere and honest. If you are
honest and sincere, call me. n38212
BUTCH/FEM: I’m a.23 y/o female and I
like poetry, cycling and music. I’m Ikg4 a
friendship and a poss. relationship. I’m a liltle
butch and a little fern. all calls wil/be
returned, e47521
Dallas SPECIAL FRIENDS: I’m a single
woman with no kids Ikg4 a special female
friend to love and care for~ call me. e1614
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[1995] Tulsa Family News, September 15-October 14, 1995; Volume 2, Issue 10
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Politics, education, and social conversation toward Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities.
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Tulsa Family News was a monthly newspaper; No. 1 issued December 1993-January 1994. The final issue available was published in September 0f 2001 (Volume 8, Issue 9).
The newspaper brings up important, evolving topics of marriage, Pride, TOHR, HIV/AIDs, events, advice, and politics all at the local and national level.
This document is available in searchable PDF attached. It is also available to be seen at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center with permission.
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Tulsa Family News
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Tom Neil
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September 15-October 14, 1995
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James Christjohn
Kharma Amos
Laurie Cooper
Shelly Roberts
JD Jamett
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Tulsa Family News, August 15-September 14, 1995; Volume 2, Issue 9
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