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Brief for Dale v. BOy Scouts
by Tim Talley, Associated Press ~rite~ -
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Some state lawmakers
demanded in mid-April that Oklahoma Attorney General
Drew Edmondson withdraw from participating in a
U:S. Supreme Court case on whether to allow Gay boys
and men in the Boy Scouts of America. Resolutions
were f’ded in the state House and~ Senate opposing a
friend-of-the-court briefEdmondson filed supporting a
New Jersey court decision that ordered the Boy Scouts
to reinstate a homosexual scout leader.
"I think it is a dark day for Oklahoma that we have
taken this stand, by and through our attorney general, in
favor of Gay rights and against the Boy Scouts," said
Rep. Frank Davis, R-Guthrie, a former scout master
whoseresolutionhas70co-authors.Aresolutionpassed
by the Senate says Edmondson’s position "is in dramarie
opposition to the moral ideals of.our state and is
inappropriate in this case of first impression before the
United State Supreme Court."
In a statement, Edmondson saidhe respects the views
of lawmakers who oppose his action. But the attorney
general said the state’ s position see Attorney; p. 2
Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends
: ,~. Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Locations
¯ Co!legeHill Presbyterian
::Church Welcomes Gays
TULSA - This last Palm Sunday, the Session (the board of
directors) of College Hill Presbyterian Church, one of Tulsa’ s
older"mainline" congregations, voted 13 yes, zero no’ s with one
abstention to become officially a member of"More Light Presbyterians."
College Hill, located a block west of the University of
Tulsa is the first Presbyterian congregation in Eastern Oklahoma
(o. take the position of welcoming
all to attend and serve
the church regardless of
sexual orientation.
More Light Presbyterians
is a national network of
churches and individuals
working for justice, love and
the full embrace and inclusion
of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual
and Transgendered
persons and their families.
The name is taken from the
words of the Rev. John
Robinson (c. 1620),"we limit
not the truth of God to our
poor reach of mind - by notions
of our day and sect - crude, partial and confined. No, let a
new and better hope within our hearts be stirred, for Godhath yet
more light and truth to break forth from the Word."
The decision for College Hill came after more than 14 months
ofprayer, study and discussion. Acongregational voteon several
statements and positions, one affirming open inclusion, another
reaffirming the mission statement of More Light Presbyterians,
and for becoming a More Light congregation passed, 87%, 90%
and 80% respectively. .
Pastor Radford Rader noted, "College Hill has long been a
congregation which has stood for jnstice issues and with groups
of people who others ignore or exclude.., we cannot remain in
the closet, but want to rejoice in who we are as a family of faith.
¯ .we are blessed by our Gay and Lesbian members."
College Hill’ s history is one of s0cialjttstice, seeChurch,p.11
College Hill Presbyterian
GI,s Mom Suing Arm i- Supreme Court Hears Gay Civil
WASHINGTON(AP)-Them°ther°fas°ldiermur- " R|ghts Case: Dale vs. BSA dered in his barracks believes the Army’s attitude ,
toward Gays created the atmosphere that led to the
killing. Patricia Kutteles of Kansas City, Mo., said she
would file a claim with the Army, seeking roughly $1.8
million in damages for the death of her son, Pfc. Barry
Wincbell,21. Shesaidfellow soldiers believed Winchell
was Gay and harassed him for months before he was
beaten to death while sleeping in his cot last July at Fort
Campbell, Ky. The Army knew about the harassment
but did nothing to stop it, she said. "We want theArmy
to be held accountable," Kutteles said.
Pvt. Calvin Glover, 19, of Sulphur, Okla., was convicted
of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in
prison for the attack. Another soldier was givena 12.5-
year sentence for lying to investigators and obstructing
justice. Thekillingprompted criticism ofthePentagon’ s
policy onhomosexuals in the military. Under the policy
known as "don’t ask, don’t teli.;’:~,Gay-members of the
military can continue to serve.as Ibng as they keep their
sexual orientation to themselves.
Kutteles’ attorney,Adam Pachter, saidheplans to file
under a federal law that allows people to seek reimbursement
from the military for injury or death. The
claim will be sent toMaj. Gen. Robert T. Clark, the
commander of Fort Campbell, but Army Secretary
Louis CaldemprobAbly’will make thef’mal decision on
whether to pay, Pachter said. Kutteles’ claim also alleges
Fort Campbell officials ignored underage drinking
on the base and did not provide a way for soldiers to
call 911 from the barracks.:Glover has said he had been
drinking prior to theattack~ Maj. Pamela Hart, an Army
spokeswoman, declined to comment on the claim but
said soldiers cannow reach 911 from their barracks. She
also said soldiers hadreceived additional training about
the military’ s policy on Gays.
Kutteles said her goal is to get the Army to admit
wrongdoing and take corrective action. "I don’t think
you~put aprice on your child’ s life,’.’ she said. "Your
world is changed if you lose a child. Nothing caa ever
rip3at it."
¯ WASHINGTON, D.C. - Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is not
¯ entitled to expel an exemplary member who is openly Gay from
¯ its ranks, the National Gay and LesbianTask Force said at the end
¯ ofApril as theU.S. SupremeCourtwas hearingargumentsinBoy
Scouts of America v. Dale. The ruling on the case will likely be
: issued before the term ends in early summer.
: ’q’he Boy Scouts’ mission is to promote model citizenship and
¯ integrity," said Panla Ettdbrick, NGLTFFamily Policy Director.
: "It is ridiculous and wrong to exclude a man whose outstanding
¯ personal character fulfills this mission simPlY because he is
¯ Gay."
-" "The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case on appeal by the
¯ BSA after the August 1999 unanimous decision of the New
¯¯ Jersey,Supreme Court. The court found that the BSA falls under
New Jersey’ s anti-discrimination law and cannot deny any per-
" son "accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges"
: because of sexual orientation.
¯ Because the Scouts do not organize for a specific anti-Gay
¯ message; the New Jersey Supreme Court also found that the
¯ inclusion of openly Gay assistant scoutmasterJames Dale would
¯ not violate the BSA’ s First Amendment rights offree association
¯ and free speech.
." ~I’llis case represents a classic struggle in our country?s ever-
" evolving democracy," said Ettelbrick, a veteran attorney and
: national expertLon legal-issues facing.the Ga~y~ lesbian~ bisexual
¯ and transgender community. "It is the stragglebetween agroup’ s ¯
right to establish its own values and the government’ s obligation
¯ to ensure that the law does not give effect to those private biases
when they are used to inhibit equality." .. . ~
: Ettelbrick praised the Lambda Legal Defense and Education
¯
Fund, which has served as lead counsel for James Dale and has
¯ assembled a broad collection of groups to sign friend-of-the-
. court briefs. Those groups range from NGLTF and the National
¯ Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
: to the attorneys-general of 10 states, including Oklahoma Attor-
: ney General Drew Edmondson (see related story this page).
¯ NGLTF’ S brief can be found online via I..ambda’ s website at
: http:/Iwww.lldef.org/sectionslseetionsldalepresskit/
: amicusaclu.html.
i
Vermont Governor
Signs Gay Union Bill
by Ross Sneyd, Associated Press Writer
¯ MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Gov. Howard Dean ¯
signed into law on Wednesday, April 26, 2000, a
¯ bill making Vermont the first state to give Gay and
’ Lesbian couples all the rights and benefits of mar-
¯ riage - without legally declaring it a marriage. ¯
"I think the powerful message is that in Vermont,
¯ we tend to value people for who they are, not what
¯ they are," the Democratic governor said after the
House gave the measure final approval Tuesday.
° The bill, which House members supported 79-68,
¯ arrived at the governor’ s deskjust before lunch and
¯ was signed quietly prior to a2pmnews confe~e,nce, ¯
Vermont lawmakers didn’t use the term mar-
" riage to describe the official state sanction. Instead
¯ they set up aparallel track of"civil tmions," which
¯ would give Gay and Lesbian partners the property
and other legal fights of spouses. Such unions
¯ would become legal July 1. No state has ever gone
¯ so far in recognizing the relationships that Gay and
"- Lesbian couples form.
." Three couples and the lawyers who sued in 1997
¯ when they were denied marriage licenses watched
in the crowded Housechamber as the final roll was
¯ called and House representatives agreed to minor
." changes made by their colleagues in the Senate.
¯ Stacy Jolles and Nina Beck stood cradling their 5-
¯ month-old son, Seth. PeterHarrigan stood embracing
Stan Baker, who held a small necklace from
¯ which his parents’ wedding rings dangled. And
¯ Holly Puterbaugh held hands as Lois Famham
¯ wiped tears fromher eyes. "This isn’ tmarriage, but
it’ s ahuge and powerful bundle ofrights that we’ ve
¯ finally gotten," Baker said moments after the vote.
¯ After the vote, Rosana Vestuti, 41, of Montpelier,
sat on a window seat as legislators, Gay and
." Lesbian couples and thepress milled about. "It’ s so
¯ nice. I have all this in my eyes," see Vermont, p. 7
¯ OKC Gay Group Meets
With Daily Oklahoman
OKLAHOMACITY -Leaders in OklahomaCity’ s
are hailing an early April meeting with Sue Hale,
: the new executive editor of the Daily Oklahoman.
¯ The Daily Oklahoman which was characterized in ¯
the Columbia Journalism Review as "the worst
: newspaper in America" has been known for its
¯ unfair treatment of Lesbian and Gay issues, not ¯
only on the editorial pages but in regular, "objec-
¯ five" newscoverage.
¯ Those who met with Hale are participants in a
¯ new speakers bureau. "Speakers for Gay and Les-
¯ bian Issues" was organized with the goal of reach-
¯ ing out to the straight commtmity to facilitate ¯
¯ understanding of the realities of.being Gay and
Lesbian. Karen Pars0ns,Nathaniel Batchelder, Paul
¯ Thompson, and Rob Abiera attended the meeting
¯ with Hale, a thirty-year veteran of the Daily Okla-
" homan.
¯
Hale was chosen to be the successor to Stan
¯ Tiner, who left the Daily Oklahoman after several
¯ months of working to remold the paper into a more
¯ progressive, contemporary medium which would
¯ more accurately reflect the diversity of Oklahoma
." City.
¯ Halewas approached after reports.began to surface
of her interest in "social justice" issues. And
¯ though homophobic diatribes continue to grace the
editorial page - still under the firm control of
¯ Patrick McGuigan - the rest of the paper was ¯
showing signs of neutrality, if not being outright
; Gay-friendly.
¯ One place where the paper was showing signs of
¯ openness has been in the movie reviews. Kathryn
; Jenson White had come from the Oklahoma Ga-
: zette (OKC’ s alternative weekly) and had always
¯ been of decidedly liberal persuasion. It did not take
¯" long after Tiner’ s departure to see that she would
: continue to be so, and when two GLBT-themed
: Oscar coatenders see Daily, p. 11
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r task. This is true on a national as well as
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commiLAnd there is no one wilting and
able to take my place.
The bisard has made the decision t~
continue IAM’s existence, at this time.
IAM’s board will continue to meet periodicallyand
monitor the changing reali:°
ties of HIV/AIDS, its effect on our community
and any future role IAM may play
inmeeting needs. It is the ministry’ s hope,
of course, that the future will bring a cure.’.
that some day gatherings will be in remembrance
only.
The board and I wish to express our
deepest appreciation for you support of
the work of this ministry over the many
years of its existence. Without that support
IAM would not have been able to
serve the hundreds of individuals which it
has assisted withpractical, emotional, and
spiritual support. Thank you on behalf of
thosewehave served for themany gifts of
your time, your talents, and your support.
I appreciate the opporttmity the ministry
has provided me to serve those affected
by HIV/AIDS and to get to know
and work with all of you. It has been very
hard for me to step away from this work
knowing there is so much more to be
done. However, I know I have reached
that place where, even though there is alot
more I would have liked to have done, I
have done all I can do for now. I would ask
that you continue your prayers of those
living:~ith and affected by HIV/A~DS
and fofthOse who minister to them, for a
cure for this,devastating disease, and frr
those who have served Interfaith AIDS
Ministries. Thank you and God bless you.
Faithfully,
- Chaplain Diane Zike, Director
"focused on the issue of state’s rights"
and that the high court’, s ruling in the case.
"will have no direct effect in Oklahoma."
"Oklahoma does not have the same antidiscrimination
law as New Jersey,"
Edmondson said. "For me and my office,
this matter was soldy decided on the
advancement of states’ rights."
Theissue ofstates’ rights involves powers
reserved to the states under the 10th
Amendment and immunity from lawsuits
under the 1 lth Amendment.
Edmondson, a former Boy Scout and
see Attorney, p.7
by Christopher Graft, Associated Press Writer
On the day Unilever bought Slim-Fast for $2.3 billion
and Ben & Jerry’s for $326 million, it was the smaller
purchase that captured the headlines and attentionnationwide.
TheNew York Times, The Washington Postand The
Associated Press were among the major news organizations
that focused on the purchase of the tiny ice cream
company, mentioning the acquisition of the much-larger
Slim-Fast only to savor the unusual pairing of the fatten,
ing and dieting duo.
ceutical industry or whoever is his enemy of the moment.
It is remarkable, actually, that Vermont gets as much
attention as it does - through Ben, Jerry, and Bernie, and
through U.S. Sens. Pat Leahy and Jim Jeffords and Gov.
Howard Dean, all of whom have images of straight
talkers in a business full of bluster. I suspect the nation’ s
high interest in things Vermont has something to do with
"... More and more in recent years Vetmont
has been out front in tackling tough Why? Why does a $326 million purchase gain more
attcntionthatva$2.3~billionone?Qu~fle-simplybecauseno ¯ probl.ems. There is something about the
one ldab~s 6r~ cares ~h6 !o~vns Shn~-Fast." ~ . , ~ ¯ . ¯
Butdle k~d~Be~duidflie ’ldid,& J " ~’" ""~ ~ ,.small ~s~ze of the state that allows exper~-
¯ ! y ,, ! , y.:,. . ’. erry. mlamey care . .... ¯ ¯ : ¯
who owns th~s’c0mpa@.~ h~;ce ~dffay~ b~fi ~ttnazed’l~ ~. :nlentat~i0ii. Aiad ther is something a~ well
the wide interest in Ben & Jerry’ s. By the news media.
And by peo_p,te in general. Because, to be blunt about it,
Ben & Jerry s is a tiny company, with an insignificant
share of the ice cream market. The appeal, though, stems
from the fact there are two real guys at the heart of this
company; two guys who want t6~do good.
No faceless multinational ctlialj._"~,y with layers of
bureau...cracy. This xs Ben and Je~’.~,~-stlll doing a little
scooping here and there, and always keeping their eyes on
social concerns. And that strikes a nerve with the publicl
Twoguys who want to do good. Helping out the little guy
by earmarking 7.5% of the pretax p.r.ofits for charity and
running campaigns to help children and savethe family
farm. Two guYS. Doing good.
Bernie Sanders strikes that same nerve. This past week
found him gushingly profiled in the New York Times and
prominently featured in the Boston Globe, the National
Journal.and on Nagonal Public Radio. H~ is just one of
435 members of the U.S. House - and ye’~ he reaps far
more than his share of publicity - just like Ben and Jerry
do. Why? Because he, too, strikes a nerve. Bernie is the
fighter for the little guy, taking on the powerful pharma-
" about the attitude of its polltieal leaders
¯ and people, an attitude that champions eivll
i
r~ghts and foeuse~ on the little guy.
: As difficult as it seems for some people,
the debate this year over extending
i
benefits to Gay and Le~hian couples
is part of that tradition..."
: theseindi~iduals, but it als0 has s0me~ng to do with the
state, its people and its heritage.
¯ In a time when many people feel disconnected from
~ their communities, when they feel overwhelmed by the
¯ stresses and strains of everyday life, Vermont seems to
¯ offer an anchor and a hope. Vermont is small enough.to
retain the seBs¢ of community lost elsewhere, and is
¯ unafraid to try the unconventional - to stand up for the
¯ litde guy. ¯
Ben, Jerry, Bernie and the others are not creating a new
image for Vermont: They are simply building on what
Editor’s note: the following are remarks made by new
NGLTF Executive Director Elizabeth Toledo at the National
Press Club at apress conference held on April.25.
"Good morning. I am here this morning to discuss the
state of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
movement (GLBT) for equality in the United States.
As many state legislatures across the land wrap tip their
work and adjourn, we are seeing a frenzied pace of
legislative activity surrounding GLBT issues. For only
the second year in our movement’ s history, we have seen
bills favorable to our community outnumber unfavorable
bills - and the ratio is rapidly increasing.
So far this year, the National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force has tracked 466 bills, of which 288 are favorable
and 178 are unfavorable. By comparison, last year, we
tracked 269 favorable bills and 205 unfavorable bills.
A trend has emerged which shows that although the
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender population remains
under fierce attack, the movement toward civil
rights for all is steadily gaining strength.
Today the Vermont House of Representatives is poised
to give final approval to a bill that would allow same-sex
couples the right to enter into official civil unions sanctioned
by the state. If approved and signed into law, the
Vermont bill will do what no state has ever done before
- it will pr0~ide same~s,¢x couples wi~ al! of the fights,
benefits iitid ~i~0fi-iilsNties Of niarfiag~ thai a state can
offer.
Vermont has garnered a lot of attention, and rightfully
so. But did_you know_ about Georgia? Indiana? Mai_ne?
Alabama?’GeOrgia this Tear foi~ ,the firs:t!time ever: has
passed and enacted a hate crimes law. Indiana has passed
and enacted a hate crimes data collection law. While not
a full-blown hate crimes law, it represents the first rime
hidianalegislators have everreacted favorably to aGLBT
issue. Maine has passed and forwarded to the voters a
full-scale civil rights law that includes sexual orientation.
In Alabama, the House has passed an historic bill adding
.sexual orientation to the existing hate crimes law. Thebill
is scheduled to come up for a heating in the Senate
tomorrow.
Five states - Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
New Mexico, Wisconsin - have defeated attempts to
either pass or strengthen anti-same-sex marriage laws.
¯
The pace of activity this year continues a trend we first
¯ noticed in 1999, a breakthrough year for the GLBT
; .- movement. Last year’ s legislative victories included his-
" toric advances in such disparate states as California,
: Kentucky, New Hampshire and Nevada. In California,
legislators passed and the governor signed a trio of bills
: "...Vermont has garnered a lot of
: attention, and ghtf lly But did
you know about Georgla.9
Indlana.~ Maine.9 Alabama?
Georgia this year for the first time ever
has passed and enacted a hate erlmes
law. Indiana has passed and enacted a
hate cr~mes data collection law..."
that established a statewide registry for same-sex couples,
added sexual orientation to thenondiscrimination clauses
under the state Fair Employment and Housing Act and
offered public school students some protection against
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
In Kentucky, tWO cities..and two_ 9oun.ties ad~pted, pro-
GLBT civil rights measures. In New Hampshire, a law ¯
preventing same-sex couples from adopting children was
repealed. And Nevada became the 1 lth state to ban job
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
~While we hav~ l~geiy ~picked-ul~iii flJ~ ~e’a~’2000 -
where we left off, the news is not all good. Two states -
Utah and Mississippi -have passed bills preventing "
same-sex couples from adopting children. Two state "
legislatures - Colorado and West Virginia- passed laws
preventing same-sex couples from marrying, and Call- "
fornia voters approved a measure banning the state from "
recognizing same-sex marriages in other states. The "
number of states that have explicitly passed laws banning
same-sexmamagewill reach 33 ifthe Colorado governor ,’.
signs that statefs legislation. :
Such activity reflects the unfortunate reality of our ,"
movement. There is a checkerboard quality to the legal ¯
and cultural victories for the LGBT movement, and too "
¯ was there. This state has always been seen as a bastion of
¯ common sense and a breeder of courageous people.
Yes, Vermont’ s pastoral image is of a bygone era of
¯ village squares and hillside farms. But its political image,
its heritage, in fact, is of courage, of caring, of going
¯ where others fear to tread.
Ralph Flanders was about as conservative as they
~ come. But he had the courage to stand up in the U.S.
¯ Senate and call for an end to Joe McCarthy’ s red-baiting,
¯ taking a stand that for Flanders was steeled in the values ¯
in the Bill of Rights. And so it was for George Aiken,
¯ fighting against :the banks, the rai!roadS, and~ flae marble
¯ and:~~ani,t.~i,n~t.u.stries in the ’3Os~ and spegaki~g up yche,It
¯¯ - others,would not .about the~ ,folly’,.of,Vietnam. :, . . . ..
More and mpre in. recent ~ears V,e.rmont:has been out
¯ front in tackling tough problems. There is something
: about the small size of the state that allows experimenta-
¯ tion. And there is something as well about the attitude of
¯ its political leaders and people, an attitude that champions
¯ civil rights and focuses on the little guy.
¯ As difficult as it seems for somepeople, the debate this
¯ year over extending benefits to Gay and Lesbian couples
¯ .is part of that tradition. Again the eyes of the nation are on
~ the state. Certainly there is apprehension and even oppo-
¯ sition, but it is reassuring and pleasing to see how much
: applause thereis. A South Carolinanewspaper writes that
¯ "Vermont has offered a sensible model for secular civil
¯ unions;" theArizonaDaily Star says "this is probably the ¯
¯ best solution possible to an emotional, important debate
that strains the bounds of Americans’ tolerance and
¯ respect for each other," and the Concord (N.H.) Monitor
; says Vermont has "passed what was a test of conscience."
¯ A tourist promotion campaigns a few decades back
¯ proclaimed that Vermont is what America was. It is more
¯ accurate today to say that Vermont is what America
¯ wants to be.
often the difference between legitimacy and illegitimacy
in the eyes of society may rest on something as arbitrary
as a state boundary. Many residents of thiS country
assume that the great strides of the civil rights movement
have afforded broad protection against discrimination for "
all. In fact the legal reality is that those of us in same sex
relationships have notbeen fully protectedfrom discrimination
in housing,jobs, family law, education - virtually
every aspect of our lives is subject to discrimination and
sadl y, hate violence or harassment remains a reality in
every state in the nation.
Too often the cultural strides that are made in the
media, in places or worship, in schools and universities
and in the workplace are misinterpreted as a sign that
equality has been won.
I’ll give you an example. The National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force frequently receives phone calls from
same-sex couples asking for alist of states in which they
can legally marry. These individuals see shows like Will
and Grace or Dawson’ s Creek. They worship in churches
or synagogues that welcome them. They are out in the
workplace or at school. They just assume, like many
heterosexual Americans, that the barriers of discrimination
have been eradicated.
The reality, of course, is quite different¯ Not a single
state allows same.sex mamage. 39 states allow Gay,
"Lesbian, Bisexual:and Transgender employees.to be fired
from ourjobs. 28 states lack hate crimes law s that include
sexual orientation. 18 states criminalize loving, same-sex
relationships.
.~ " T~day the GLBT movement i~ at a crossroads We.are
under open assault by those who would deny us basic
.human rights., and at the same time the nation.is witnessing
a surge in support for our cause. Ourtives, our
liberty, our pursuit of happiness depend upon our ability
to build strong political infrastructure and organize on the
state and local level.
Local orgamzing has always been the trademark of the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Fortunately, we
are not alone. Today, the state and local political infrastructure
of the GLBT movement in the United States is
stronger than it has ever been before.
In 1996, NGLTFhelped found the Federation of Statewide
LGBT Political Organizations. see NGLTF, p. 11
College Course to Focus
On Net Hate Groups
BOSTON (AP) - One shows an image of a slain Gay
man burning in hell Another claims the FBI has
declared war on white Christians. A third pretends to
pay homage to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., then
suggests the civil rights leader was a sex fiend, a
communist and a "plastic god." They ~e radical,
hate-driven Internet sites and they are increasing
rapidly. This fall, they also will be the basis for a
communications class at Emerson College called
Hate.com. Robert Hilliard, an Emerson communications
prof~e,ssor, vlans to use ,the sites to examine how
radical gxpups use fi!e Internet to recrmt new members.
" "
Hilliard became interested in extremists~ when.he’
stumbled across a far-right talk radio show, and later
wrote abookonthe topic withBoston College professor
Michael Keith. "We began to listen and we said,
’Here we were, communications professionals and
we didn" t know about these people,’" Hilliard said.
"People have got to know what these people are
saying." Their book, "Waves of Rancor: Tuning in
the Radical RighC’ was well-received and ended up
onPresident Clinton’ s summerreading list. Hilliard’ s
says his class will .examine how the groups target
xmpressionable youth, how they multiply and how
they foment rage¯
More than 300 extremistWeb sites are on the
Internet today, ranging from neo-Nazi alliances to
Gay and Lesbian haters to Holocaust denials sites,
according to the watchdog Southern Poverty Law
Center¯ In 1998, the group counted 254 such Web
sites, up from 163 in 1997.
Experts say extremists are careful’not to urea away
viewers with upfront, inflammatory statements or
epithets. Instead, rock music and games draw in new
members gradually. OneNeo-Nazi site features bands
like RaHoWar, which stands for Racial Holy War.
"Others attract viewers with seemingly mainstream
articles, but the articles can lead to racist and conspiratorial
theories bolstered with passages from the
Bible and alternative historians.
Hilliard plans toinvite some hate site creators to the
class, giving them a chance to defend their work. One
rote creator satdhe s open to such challenges. I thi
the media is extremely biased against my point of
view and I want to provide an alternative to their
news," said Don Black, creator of Stormfront, one of
o.. the Web’ s oldest white nationalist sites.
Hilliard and others emphasize that extremist sites
are fully protectedby the First Amendment and stress
they are not calling for their removal. However,
Hilliardmakes no bones abouthis hopes that students
work to combat them. ’q?hese are people saying’We
must arm ourselves for a holy war to rid the world of
those who are not white, Aryan Christians or those
who disagree with our points of view,’" he said.
Idaho Public TV Faces
Program Challenges
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho. (AP) :-Adding adisclaimer to
.controversial programming on Idaho Public Television
may pacify prograrnm~ug restrictions from the
.Legislature while allowing the stationto keep federal
funding.
Idaho Board Of Education member Curtis ’Eaton
¯ proposed.Friday the board require PublieTelevision
tO air a disclaimer stating the station does not sanction
acts or events depicted in programming. In a letter
dated,April 13, Eaton asked.the ¯board to consider the
option-as a way torectncile what he describes aft
contradictory statements in recent.legislation that
require theboard to regulateprogramming deemed to
promote acts illegal in Idaho.
The controversy over programming began last.
spring, when Idaho Public Television General Manager
Peter Morrill decided to air"It’ s Elementary," an
hour-long documentary abouthow five public school
districts across the country dealt with teaching kids
about homosexuality. Christian conservatives lobbied
the board to veto the program, but in June 1999
the board voted unanimously not to interfere with
Morrill’ s programming decision.
But the Legislature got involved this spring by
including restrictions in a funding package for the
network that reouire the board to monitor and reject
programming that "promotes, supports or encourages
the violation of Idaho criminal statutes." Because
sodomy is illegal in Idaho, the bill could be interpreted
tomeanprograms like"It’ s Elementary" should
be cut. Or, because robbery is an Idaho felony, documentaries
about legendary thieves Bonme and Clyde
mightbebarred. ButboardmemberHarold Davis said
he agreed with the restrictions and felt "It’ s Elementary’
crossed the line iiito promoting "the Gay
lifestyle." Heopposed Eaton’ s proposal, saying itwas
not sufficient to meet Legislative demands for new
policy.
Methodists Callings,For:+
Investigation of Bishop
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Some parishioners want
religious leaders to investigate the United Methodist
Church bishop who decided not to charge 68 ministers
who attended and endorsed a Lesbian wedding.
The western region of the United Methodist Church’ s
College of ~3ishops received two letters from parishioners,
asking for aninvestigationinto whether Bishop
Melvin Talbert disregarded church laws, including
one banning same-sex unions. Bishop Elias Galvan of
Seattle, a member of the religious body, said the o
letters would be reviewed to see if they merit complaint
status.
John Stumbo, a Fort Valley, Ga., lawyer and member
of the Coalition for United Methbdist Accountability,
said the complaints centered around comments
Talbert made when he announced that there
was no basis f01~ a trial. At the time, Talbert said it was
more important for the church to be all-inclusive than
to puuish someone for blessing a union not officially
sanctioned by the churcJa; But Stumbo said Talbert
and the church’ s investigative committee disregarded
a church law against homosexual, marriage in reaching
their decision,
If the-College of Bishops finds grounds for complaint,
a separate committee wouldinvestigate whether
Talbert should be tried in a church court, which would
have the power to impose a number of penalties,
including expulsion. Talbert’ s secretary said thebishop
was travding and could not be reached for comment.
The Rev. Don Fado of St..Mark’ s United Methodist
Church in Sacramento performed the January 1999
ceremony for churchmembers Ellie Charlton, 64,and.
Jeanne BametL 69. He and 67 other ministers offiCiated
en masse at the ceremony.
University Denial of
Benefits Ruled Legal
P1TTSBU-RGH (AP) - The University of Pittsburgh
has-legally denied health benefits to same-sex partners
of employees, an AlleghenyCounty judge ruled.
Judge Robert Gallo said that Pitt’ s policy is neutral
because health benefits are offered to all employees
regardless of sexual orientation, and Pitt also denies
benefits to unmarried partners of heterosexual employees.
"This ruling dearly iupholds what has been
the university’ s .position, thr0~ghout these proem,dings
- namely that the universityhealth benefits plan
is legal and nondiscriminatory," Pitt spokesman Ken
Service said.
But. Deborah Henso~, ia’former Pittinstn~ctorWho-’
sued when the university denied benefits to her Le~.-
bian partner, said she’would appeal to Common~
wealth Court. ’~Fhis is.important in terms of fairness.,,
and equality," Hens,on s~d.."pitt has .l~e~¯ ~gh~ng
tooih and nail, inmy opiuion,tojus,tff,y~ disenmina~tton
against Gay and Lesbi~in persons. Henson and six
others were plaintiffs in a lawsuit alleging that Pitt
violated a city ordinance banning discrimination
against Gay~ and Lesbians. I-Ienson’ s attorneys had
wanted the case to be heard by the Pittsburgh CommissiononHumanRelations,
whichhears complaints
about violations of the city ordinance.
Ga!lo said the commission has nojurisdiction over
Pitt. In November, Gov. Tom Ridge signed a law
exempting state universities and colleges from being
forced by city anti-discrimination laws to provide
same-sex benefits. Pitt is a state-affiliated institution.
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"Recognizing that Pitt’ s health care contract on its
face prohibits Pitt from providing benefits to both
same sex and heterosexual unmarried couples, making
n~ distinction between the two, it is dear that the
commi ssion would be precluded from finding that an
unlawful practice hadbeen committedbyPitt," Gallo’ s
written ruling said.
Other universities in Pennsylvania that offer samesex
benefit~ include the University of Pennsylvania,
Swarthmore College and DickinsfnCollege. C.amegie
MdlonUniversity.faculty earlier this monthaccepted
a recommendation-that the:,.university ,provide samesex
benefits as wall..CMU’ s board of trustees must
approve the recommendation as well before samesex
benefits will be extended, according to university
spokesman Don Hale.
BOSh
on Vermont Civil Unions
¯ Clark delivered opening and dosing arguments ¯
while Richard Van Wagoner, another Salt Lake City
¯ lawyer, grilled Seidel on her decision to disqualify
¯ PRISM but sanction the Polynesian Club and the
¯ Odyssey of the Mind Club. ’Seidel also nixed a
¯ women’ s literature club, saying she had suggested a
¯ genderless literature club instead. Campbell seemed
¯ particularly interested in that decision a~d asked for
¯ district records on it. ~ "....
." The judge frequently turned oia Dan: Larsen, an
¯ assistant Utah state attorney general d~fending the
¯ school district, attacking his argiamentsand declaring
school administrators were not hb~v~:the law. Dis-
- trict Superintendent Darlene Roblds: who was in the
¯ courtroom but did not testify, S~iid tti~ school board
¯ "wasla:t tr~_’0g to violate studen[s" ~F,ifst Amendment
¯ ~nghk~ and welcomed any ~]anfi~ohC ~ ll~ear~
"bring on, the m~tte~r~ ,
TEMPLE,Texas (AP)-Republican presidential candidate
George W. Bush refused to be drawn into
comment on Vermont’s civil unions, which would
grant to same~sex couples some 300 state benefits of
marriage, including medical decision-making, tax
breaks and inheritance. Bush has opposed recognizing
same-sex unions in Texas. "They have a right to
pass a law," Bush said. "It’ s the right of the state to
.make that decision just like it’s the right of the state
of South Carolina to make the decision on the flag."
Bush also met with a group ofGay Republicans last
week in Austin and said he was "a better person" for
heating their stories but still disagreed with them on
Gay marriage. The Texas governor answered questions
after making an elementary school appearance
to_~,r.omote "character education" on the anni .v.ersary
of the Columbine shootings.
School District InC0urt
Fi0r Rejecting Gay Club
SALT Li~KE CITY (AP) - A fede~r,al judge recently
shai~ly questioned a’s~hoor distiict s refuSai.to’sanctibia’
"d" ’ ~~d:¢rff ~ dub ’ that would-focus:,on:Gay "~-:
IJYe:sbjan~ssu¢si"’~ust (~ecaus~ yo~gof6"safi’6ol’d~i
m~y~.~0!~ -th~ii,~’~iis~ Aiii~iidifiefi{iights; U..S,"
Di~ft Jildg~ Teiah’ chmp~~tttold’.a lawyer for’the
S~,t-~ .city’s~tiool ~’~&:Campbell made.no
d~Li~ionlasr m’or~,...B.~t.~:.i.s e.x_pected’t0 nile ~60n
o..n~a’reqye~ by stud~,nt org~:z~r~’i6b~c~ia~lVadnfiil:
is~t6r~ find .~_~ "PRrSM~’Peoi~l~ R~spectingIm~
pdrt~t s~iAl Mov-&ia~nt~= ter@o:rary school privileges.
Campbell will then’decide the crux of the case:
w3aether schoql 9ffici~s violated the First Amendmeat
or their own-policy in sh~bb~ag., PRISM:Tot-?
merly the Gay-Straight Alliaiice and_now, reconsti-.
ttitM M’ii~i" aii ac~id’6G~i~ ib~ar to satisfy new district:
c[abrules, -
_ .Cynthia ~¢i_.dd i. the_Oi,S_tri’~? s._as~istani,~upe~nten-:
¯ dent, struggled on the stand Tliurs~y.~0¢xplaii~ why.,
PRISM didn’ t.qualify as, an academic_club;.contend:
ing,it represents a~ narrow..viewpoi~ o.n ~.~.erican
hist6ry and sociology In 1996, the school districi
el.i_nu,’na,ted all nonacademicdubs’i:aiher.than idlow
Qay .dubat East RighS&ooL ambve.that ,was
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insurance~ Th~~i~a’l~ ;sn ’t~16~l t6 liand ~tU~t t’l,y..¢~ oL
c~uh ~ha~e.t0~ay.fQr~ :,es si Coh~:saia’.’C6iien ~’d:
i~qrpos; ,oLtll.e .cfii~ is tbi~i~ss history"f~bifi:the
pcrsp.e.,,~tive~ of’G~y~ a~a)’?!;~in~."Seida ti~Z them
~O~i~ :Uec~U~ ~e’d0ii~t t~ch c,,urri~ulum from the
viewpini:dfGays and Legblans. ’. .
Stephen.Clark, l¢.gal director for the American
Civil ,Liberties, U,ni"on of Utah, argued that the denial
was a straighff0.r~v)ffd First Amendment v,iolation.
Clark also contends the district manipulated its own
club policy and sealed its decision against PRISM
with a new, still unwritten rule disqualifying clubs
advocating an "exclusive viewpoint" of subjects.
Lesbian Housing Rights
NEW YORK (AP) - A lawyer for a Lesbian medical
student asked a state appeals court to order Yeshiva
University to let the woman and her domestic partner
live together in school-subsidized housing.
James Esseks told a five-judge panel of the New
York State Supreme Court’ s Appellate Division that
Yeshiva’ s policy discriminates on the basis of marital
status and sexual orientation in violation of city and
state law. Esseks said the university pern-ts married
students to live in school housing only with spouses
and children. Because Gay couples cannot legally
marry, the policy has a disparate, discriminatory
impact on them, he said. Esseks represents Sara
Levin, 28, of San Francisco, a fourth-year student at
Yeshiva’ s Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Yeshiva
University is the oldest andlargest institution of
higher education under Jewish auspices in the United
States.
University Members
Protest Anti-GaY Slurs
GORHAM, "{~/Iaine (AP) - Abou(.125.~t_udent~, staff
and administrators attended ameeting following three
incidents o£ anti-Gay bias at the University of Southern
Maine. One student and two others were arrested
_ by GorhamandUSMpolicein connection with one of
" the three_’in.cidents, all of which took place during a
¯ one-week period earlier this spring. President Rich-
- : ard Pattenande assured participants.at Wednesday’ s
:Tmeeting that anti-Gay acts will not be tolerated.
:’ "USM stands unflinchingly for equality~. -. homophobid
has.no place at USM," Pattenande said..
The incidents began on the weekend of April 8-9
when anti.Gay graffiti was foundin Woodward Hall.
The graffiti referred to a resideatadvisor. The next
incidenthappened on April 13 when the same
Woodward resident advisor and anotheradvisor intervenedin
an out-of-control party. Both were taunted
~ with violent, anti-Gay threats. Last Saturday, another
¯ dormitory.staff workerfoundawritten-anti-Gay death
threat had been slipped under her’dtbr~" .......
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Law Revision In:Trouble
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - At:i~n-danc~..at. a Senate
comfifittee meeting could determine the fate Of
lcgist~tif~;to ~;po,laxkA!.~b._a~a,~’.A~h~.qrim,es !~w to
indud~NXnald~r~e~a~:.ti...on.!.7~.e.t)i:!$ pa~red~R~
49-39:on.April 6..George, Olssom Mbntgomery .area
coordinator for-the Gay and Le~ian,Al!iartc,e .of
Alabama~,s~d ’.~e ,J~c!~ci_ary _Co~t.t~~: sharply
which commi.B~me,_~a~bcrs shoN,upat tlag~tiil~eting.
Committee, cL~irman.:Rodger,:,Smi,ih~ianan, a
supporter Of the bill, agreed thdco~tteeii spfit 50-
50 and,attendance,could determine t!~.outcome.
Alabama law already mandates, mini.mm:n prison
terms that felons must serve for crimes motiyated by
race, color, religion, national origin, :ethnicity or
physical or mental disability. For instance,, if a person
committed a crime that is normally punishable by one
to 10 years in prison, the hate crimes law mandates the
person must serve at least two years in prison.
TB Spreading In
Transgender Group
ATLANTA (AP) - A tuberculosis outbreak
in the Transgender commtulities of
Baltimore and New York City may be
spreading to 0ther:cities, the government
said recently. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention confirmed 26 active
cases and 37 dormant cases of tuberculosis,
most of them connected to members
of the transgender community inthe
two cities.
The’ CD~,, ~s~ th~t~m~ig~asgender to:
encbn~Ss~"cro~-~dr~ss~dr~,~ those who
haveig~.,derg0~eI
and indi~id~Jai~ ~tio ~re’plafining to un~
dergo sex-change operations. All of the
cases in Baltimore were men except for
fourwomenwho w’ere eitherfamilymembers
of the men or health care workers
who treated them. Many had a strain of
TB treated with common antibiotics. The
government said 62% of the tuberculosis
patients tested positive for HIV, the virus
that causes AIDS. People with HIV are
susceptible to tuberculosis and could die
if not treated.
Transgenders often travd to many cities
frequenting social clubs and participaring
in fashion and dance competitions.
"Frequent travel and social network links
identified among the Baltimore andNYC
cases have raised concern that thi~ strain
¯ . may be circulating in other’~ities
among young, mobile transgender persons
withHIV infection," theCDCsaid in
a report¯
The CDC is checking for additional
cases linked to the same strain in Atlanta,
"Baltimore, Boston,NewYorkCity, Philadelphia
and Washington, D.C.
Actor Bruce Willis
Donating to Charity
LOS ANGELES (AP) - There’ s more to
theBruceWillis appearances on"Friends"
than a potential ratings boost. The actor,
who agreed to be a guest star on NBC’ s
"Friends" for three episodes during the
May ratings "sweeps," is donating earnings
from the show to five charities. The
amount of money wasn’ t disclosed.
The American Foundation for AIDS
Research, AIDS Project Los Angeles, the
Elizabeth Glaser PediatricAIDS Foundation,
the Rape Treatment Center and
UCLAUnicamp for underprivileged children
will share the money, Willis publicist
Paul Bloch said.
On "Friends," Willis plays the widowedfather
ofRoss’ new girlfriend. Willis
became friendly with "Friends" actor
Matthew Perry when they both starred in
the movie "The Whole Nine Yards."
Study on Prison
Sex in Kentucky
MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) - A Morehead
State University professor is conducting a
study on prison sexuality, a topic he says
has been shrouded in silence but must be
dealt with. The information could be used
to combat the spread of AIDS and improve
prison safety. Christopher Hensley,
a sociology professor who directs
Morehead’s Institute for Correctional
Research and Training, said the survey is
the first of its kind in Kentucky.
Hensley studied prison sex in Oklahoma
and found that nearly one in four
male prisoners had engaged in sexual
activities with fellow inmates. Overall.
13.8% of all prisoners said they had been
: "threatened sextmlly" by other inmates
: and 1.1% said they had been raped.
". If they have AIDS or another sex~mlly
¯ transmitted disease, they’ll be spreading
: it to their partners, he said. "These people
: are g,oing to be getting out of prison and
¯¯ they re going to be having sex with their
wives or husbands," Hemley said.
: The sweeping 46-question survey .,asks
¯ about jailhouse consensual sex,
: autoeroticism and rape. About 3,600 of
: Kentucky’ s 15.300 prisoners have been
¯ asked to participate. The survey is volun-
!, ~tary and_anonymouL Funded in part b~ a
.: ~$1,600 ~ant from ’Morehe~id~State,! the ":~i ~ques~i~res have~n ~ent to i.m~tes
¯ ’. dt three Of the state’ s .12 male prisons and
: toinmatesatthestate’sonlyfemaleprison.
¯ Results will be released this fall.
Hensley’ s research has "extraordinary
value," said Cindy Stmckman-Johuson, a
professor of psychology at the University
of South Dakota. But~topic is so taboo
that few scholars focus on it, she said.
"We should have hundreds of people
studying it," Struckman-Johnson said.
"Sex inprisonis amajor cause ofviolence
... of upset and turmoil, a major cause of
disease."
Prisoners’ rights advocates also say the
sexuality data could be useful. "Prison is
a very violent place and ff (officials) can
get a better idea about the reality ofprison
rape and what’ s going on, hopefully they
caTu be more prepared to deal with that
issue," said Kara Gotsch, a public policy
coordinator with the Washington, D.C.-
based National Prison Project of the
American Civil Liberties Union.
Struckman-Jotmson said some prison
administrators try to quash these kinds of
studies out of concern about negativepublicity.
But Morehead State administrators
and Kentucky prison officials approved
Hensley’ s study.
Hensley also has co-written an article
on conjugal visitation in Mississippi, and
his study on consensual homosexual activity
in male prisons in Oklahoma is
scheduled for publication in December in
a prison-related academic journal.
Russian Prison
For HIV+ Inmates
MOSCOW (AP) - Authorities in a Siberian
region plan to open a separate prison
for inmates infected with HIV, the virus
that causes AIDS, a news report said last
month.
About 600 HIV-positive convicts are
serving time in prisons of the Irkutsk
region, and another 300 infected people
are held in pre-trial detention, said Boris
Gronik, chief of the regional Justice Ministry
branch in charge of prison administration.
Gronik said afflicted inmates
present a danger to other prisoners, and
need to be removed; the ITAR=Tass news
agency reported. "Unless they are all gathered
in one place, the situationmayget out
of control," Gronik was quoted as saying.
Russia already has one special prison
for HIV-positive convicts, ITAR-Tass
said. The jail is located in the Baltic Sea
enclave of Kaliningrad, which has one of
the highest concentrations of AIDS cases
in Russia.
In a separate development, authorities
in the southern Siberian republic of
Buryafia, next door to lrkutsk, said 101
HIV cases have been registered in the
republic, up from 24 at the start of the
year, ITAR-Tass reported.
HIV has been spreading fast in Russia
and more than 30,000 registered cases
March.
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reviewed by Barry Hensley . In the mid 1960’ s, Garlandstarted re-
Tulsa City-County Library ¯ cording her memories and feelings on a
Judy Garland’ s fascinating and tumul- " reel to reel tape recorder. Theoretically, it
tuous.life has become the subject of yet ¯ was to be a verbal, and hopefully moneyanothercontroversialbiography,
thistime " making autobiography, butinreality,forby
Gerald Clarke, author tifiedbyherfavoritewine,
of "Capote." Goddess of "Extraordinarily Blue Nun, it became a ti-
Gay men of a certain age, . oor, at~ ehoosln , . ~ade.ag~in~t~pe°p!eand
Judy died inlJun~iof. 196~,~ ¯-P. .... ~,~ :- ¯ ~ .; cbmpafli~s~ "who"~ had a week. before’thei tone.-" .... hn,s t~ d.s",,,:the ""~ ’.wronged her. C~arlde
wall rio.t in York,
her 77 ..... "s. ems especially proud
which started the modem that he had access to these
Gay rights, movement.
From Dorothy in "The
Wizard of Oz," through a
series of film successes, to
someembarrassing television
performances, and, fin.
ally., to aging songstress
staging substandard tunes
written by her lover, Judy
Garland’s career was a
rollercoaster ride unparalleled
in showbiz history.
. .Through thenewspapers, radio and television,
the public eagerly watched her
career rise and fall many times over a
thirty year period. Each triumphant performance
was soon followedby some sort
of disaster. Extraordinarily poor at choosing
husbands, the public followed her
volatile personal life as well, although
they were probably unaware of a few
Lesbian encounters that are mentioned in
Get Happy. Cycling down to an untimely
an-d-litigation filled end, Judy’s stormy
life finally exhausted and frustrated her
friends, fans and family. Her story is one
of the greatest indictments against the
excessive use of drugs and alcohol that
American popular culture has produced.
After ten years of interviews and meticulous
investigation, Clarke has written
ahuge tome, second only to GeroldFrank’ s
700 page biography, "Judy," in 1975.
Clarke had access to the personal diary of
Dottle Ponedel, Judy’ s longfime makeup
woman, who apparently found that Judy
was the most interesting thing in her life.
Clarke also interviewed many of Judy’ s
costars, friends, directors and conductors,
including Arfie Shaw, Lena Home, and
Judy’ s mostinfluential husband, SidLuft.
she said, wiping the tears and gesturing at
the joyous chaos on the House floor.
Their jubilahon was matched by anger
among opponents, who have complained
that lawmakers weren’ t listening to their
concerns. "The people of the state of Vermont
will be back in November and this
legislation will be repealed," said John
Nelson, a 70-year-old retired salesman.
The state Supreme Court unammously
ruled in December that the couples were
being unconstitutionally denied therights
and benefits of mamage. The legislature
decided to establish a parallel system for
Gays rather than broaden marriage statues
to include Gays and Lesbians.
The civil unions essentially duplicate
marriage, but are not recognized under
federal law denying Gay couples benefits
such as Social Security andirmnigrafion.
Under the law, Gay ~ouples will be
able to go to their town clerks and have
their unions certified by a judge or by a
member of the clergy. Breakups will be
handled in Family Court.
volatile personal life
as wall, although
they were probably
naware d a few
Lesbian encounters
that are mentioned in
~et Happy’..."
tapes, although at leastone
other Garland biography
has utilized them. Thecontent
of the tapes is very
interesting, although painfully
sad, as she lashes out
at the people who .made
millions off of her name
but left her penniless.
With the exception of
some films and her celebrated
Carnegie Hall concert,
Clarkelargely ignores Garland’ s professional
life, preferring to give us lurid
gossip and personal problems instead of
analyzing her varied career. In fact, of the
almost 500 pages in this book, only four
are dedicated to’q’heJudy GarlandShow,"
the 1963 CBS series that was the last,
sustained effort of her career (and which
is currently available on DVD.)
Reviewers and fans seem intensely polarized
about their opinions of this book.
(Check out the Amazon.corn reviews!)
While listing over 50 pages of notes and
acknowledgements, Clarke often relies
on unverifiable comments, some of them
quite ugly. He also seems obsessed with
Judy’s sex life, a topic well covered in
Judy Garland: The SecretLife ofanAmerican
Legend, by David Shipman. However,
his decade ofresearch pays off occasionally,
with someinteresting stories and
comments, although we must be aware
that what we are reading is quite probably
as much a juicy novel as it is a serious
biography. Either way, it’ s an intriguing
read.
Check out Get Happy, as well as many
of Garland’ s films or music at any branch
Library, or call Central at 596-7977.
the parent of a former Boy Scout, said
there have been 255 requests for the state
to join friend-of-the-court briefs since he
became attorney general in 1995. The
state has signed on to 111 of them, 68
dealing with states’ rights. "In making
those decisions, we have always tried to
focus on the legal issues rather than the
political ones," he said.
But lawmakers said Edmondson’s action
makes ~*. appear the state opposes the
right of the Boy Scouts to choose their
own leaders.
"’Drew Edmondson has put Oklahoma
on record in the highest court in the land
as being in favor ofthe homosexual movement
against the Boy Scouts," said Rep.
Bill Graves, R-OKC,-an outspoken opponent
of civil rights for Gay people. "I
thought the decision by the New Jersey
Supreme Court was an outrage," Graves
said.
Editor’s note: the switchboardfor the
Oklahoma House of Representatives is
800-522-8502.
Editor’s lugte: due to gremh’nesqueglitches
tn the e-mail, our regular "Amusements"
column byJim Christjohn never got to the
editorial desk. Unfortunately this came to
light at first::lighr’the mormng before
going to’.press, andbeing brave, but northat
brave, :I dtdt no:t invoke the wrath of
the dembn~ by Waking him at 5:30am.
Future issues.~willfeature interviews by
Christjohn: with members of the cast of
cal, will be at the
Tulsa Performing
Arts Centerbeginning
May 30 thro’
June 4th. As the
promoters, the
Tnlsa-based Celebrity
Attractions,
note interest
in the ill-fated
ship has been _ ~om Sesma
great, resulting in
televisionprograms, a"major motion picture,"
novels and "even a cookbook."
Indeed.
The show was written by Peter StOne,
known for other shows: 1776, T~e Will
Rogers Follies, My One & Orii~, and
music and lyrics are by Maury Yeston ..
(Nine, Grand Hotel).
Titanic wonmultiple’q’ony" awards~in
1997 and New York Observer critic, Rex
Reed claims, " you will never see anyder
of wonders, to TULSA! This Pulitzer
and Tony award winning work by the late
Jonathan Larson-was introduced to Tulsa
theatre and media, folk at a.recent PAC
reception.
Coordinated by the ever gracious and
lovely Tracey Norvell, fed a grea~ llmch
by the Polo GrilF s Tal.madge Powell, and
wowed by perfomances by two .current
Broadway casrmembers flown into Tulsa
forithe; ~vent.,~’sa~_~ hear,~d.: the veff~ .era
ergetie,(~md:cute-)-p~.~l~!ce~, Jeffre~ ~!1~
deseribethe off-off
Broadway .and
shaky origins of
Rent, as well as the
tragic death of an
aeortic aneurysm
of composer/
writer Jonathan
Larson on the very
eve of the show’s
successful opening.
Larson drew
inspiration for
Rent from Puccini’s La Boheme but set
his work in New York’ s East Village and
with people living with HIV (rather than
TB), Lesbian lawyers, drag queens instead
of Parisian poets and painters.
The music draws on!the traditions of
American gospel and in the words of.the
Houston Chronicle~ "Rent .is that rare.
musical whose content and style areo£the
present rather than the past..
words of pro.d.ucer Jeffr,y Sellers~ tradithing
this impressive anywhere elser on’ tional :upt wn . t_h_eatre;,t.e..Broadway,
Broadway." Certainly,Titanic seems cer~ .... was not-:~’our.characters ;,our stories, our
tain t0 pl~hse the target audience ofCelebi; "" music, i. 2;.S~1~8 addecL that ,The.New
rity Attractions and to bring in any nlmi: "~ York Ti~oa~.s,:q,a~:.,ed ;~e~t~Ya, shimm~
ber ofcharter buses full of traditional ~ea~ ¯ choonpceufrowr-i~ffei h~iAm.mmeri~_d.c’w~n.-ith th~Pe~q~ng
theatr~igoers. ~ ....
Theatre Tulsa Goes Gay!?!_,-. ~ Arts Center’s..director~-.33lm~e~i~ iii~t
.......for T~s.a.;:R.¢.n.tj~!O~ag0~erdue!
Tulsa Family News is delighted to re.:., Rent 9Li.t.lbe ip:Tulsa, f,om Augusi 29Rt
ceive notice that
TheatreZul~a’ S final
seasonproductionis
theTerrence
McNallyhit,Lips
Together, Teeih
Apart."
It Will run April
28, 29, and May3-
6 at8,l~.~,; ~e~e_w.ill
be a:~ma~lee
all
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Tickets, range, be:..
$25 to.$55
,a~..dgQ:on ~.ale on
June 12. Call 596-
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Willidins :Tkeatre.’ ..... :
Veto S~fanic~directs this "adult sitmi:"
tion" drama:~dae elegant beach house "
on Fi~I~taii~i:~;brother and sister and
their i(d~tig~e~pouses attempt to cel-:
ebrat~i=tll~-~t~6~li:0f July. Surrounded 6if:
bo.th s[d~Tb,~]~e~ii~ve h~ses~Ga~.~i~ieff:~ "
me" two sfi~:~i~t ~codpqeg’exi~Xa*
own!ives ~[li~it;sorrow, and agnawmgup.,,~
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Gay~i~ ,th~"th~iff~ is ’a big step, n~ot t6 ¯
me~tidff~cNali~ is one Of
temporary pla~fights so check this production
out, W~:don’t get that many ¯
chances trsee theatre in Tulsa which
acknowledges-the eXistence ofGaypeople: "
525,600 Minutes :
Having said that, the extraordinary new
Ameficanmusical, Rent, is coming, won- "
;~ Do, you got:Hope? ~
Fran~_.~,C.~thy Kc~ting’, sfavodte~ulsa
designer_ ,~gd..H!.V/AtDS .. fund.raise-~,~
Charles-Faudree,-once again has, o~ga;
nized theHopeCafid~eli.~ht~0urforea~!y,
June. TI~.,"~,eve~t not,rnly,heips i~aise f~d~i
groups;p~c~yide~car~, toW-opl,e liv~:ii~
see some6fTulsa s mostbeau~i~f~@~,
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for a donation ofonly $10. Ticke,ts fi3r tliis
tour may be obtainld a~ each..home ¯
There is also a donor tourfeaturing four
more homes on Iune 1 for those who
donate $125. And patrons (donations of
more than $450) will gather at Doug &
Susan Pielsticker on June 10th.
For more information, call Charles
Faudree, Inc. at 747-9706.
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Monty + Jane Butts, 240 E. Woodward Blvd.
Brett + Maricarolyn Swab, 2112 S. Norfolk Ave.
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BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - They
giggled like girls and limp-wristed their
high-fives, but when these players spiked
a volleyball, opponents knew they were
facing some of the meanest men on a Thai
Bacldin 1996, a transvestite volleyball
team with a woman coach overcame an
anti-homosexual campaign to keep them
out and competed!ha meffs national club
volleyball championship They wonboth
the tournamentandthehearts.of the crowd.
Now; their tale has been turned into a
movie titled "Satree-lek," or "Iron Ladies,"
and it’ s quickly turning into one of
the biggest box office hits in Thai history
- while spotlighting the country’s ambiguous
feelings about transvestites and
homosexuality.
DirectorYongyootThongkongtoon said
that on the surface, Thai society is open
and tolerant of transvestites and homosexuality.
The two are often equated in the
popular mind, though not all transvestites
are homosexuals, or vice versa.
Transvestite cabarets are popular with
tourists and several television shows feature
transvestites-prompting an edict last
year by the government to broadcasters to
tone it down. The order, however, has
widely been ignored.
ButYongyoottoldTheAssociatedPress
that transvestism was a lifestyle far removed
from that led by most Thais, and
his debut film takes a look at how other
people : react to having transvestites as
neighbors, rivals and colleagues.
In the movie, the team was insulted by
words and gestures at the beginning of the
tournament. However, when they showed
they could play as well, and better- than
their rivals, they gradually gained respect
from fans and other players.
"I chose to present it as a comedy,
because I thought a drama might be boring,"
said Yongyoot, who formerly directed
TV commercials. "An audience is
more easily attracted by a comedy film."
When the movie began showing nationwide
in March, it became an instant
hit and pulled in more thaii 100 million
baht ($2.7 million) in thefirst month, 10
times what it cost to make.
That already makes it second Thai film
in all-rime box office receipts behind the
A walk-through butterfly exhibit at the
Tulsa Zoo and Living Mus~umwil! open
onMay 6 and will continue through October
8. The exhibit is open from 10am -
5pmand visitors canexperiencehundreds
ofnative butterflies up-el0seand in flight.
Nearly 30 species of North American
butt.efflies.and ~ few s,p~..’es ofmoths will
be represented itl an enel6~&l garden setring,
near the Animal Kingdom Building
and features a variety offlowering plants.
This exlfibit is free wi~ the ~regular Zoo
admission.
Wings ofWonderis set withina30x 96’
greenhouse covered with a light mesh to
contain the animals. The exhibit features
a "chrysalis house" where visitors can
watch as each butterfly emerges from its
chrysalis or pupa and prepares for flight.
Winding stone pathways, a water feature,
benches, andeducational exhibits enhance
the exhibit area.
Wings of Wonder is dedicated to increasing
visitor knowledge and appreciation
of butterflies which are signature
150 million baht (dlrs 4 million) earned
by "Nang Nak," last year’ s arty retelling
of an old ghost legend that is credited with
giving a new breath of life to the moribund
Thai film industry.
Pakorn Pimton, a transvestite and coordinator
of the Gays Against AIDS group,
said he was unsurprised by the success of
the movie and he hoped it would open
useful debate. Gays are accepted as entertainers,
Pakom said, because Thais d(,
see movie stars and television program
hosts as serious. ,~ -
"Howe~,ifthey go beyond’that line to
be a doct~,~polifiCi~, banker Or top~nfili,~
tary official - I guess the answer is no,
Pakorn said. "We still use a two-tier measure
for members of our society." Violence
against homosexuals is rare in Thailand,
Pakorn said, but many barriers remain
against open homosexuals. The Gay
rights movement is weak. His group regularly
receives calls fromhomosexuals who
-fear coming out of the closet because they
risk their jobs or status.
Kitikorn Meesapya, senior psychologist
at the Department of Mental Health’ s,
said that Thais can accept homosexuals
that keep a low profile. Homosexuals in
Parliament and the military are well treated
until their lifestyles are publicly exposed
- a fairly rare occurence. "But then they
will fac~ harsh criticism from society,"
Kitikorn said, expressing hope that
"Satree-lek" might encourage more tolerance
and help some people to express
themselves as homosexuals.
For Kongrith Singnukote, one of the
1996 champion players, the film’ s strongest
pointis that it’*talks about peacefully
living together in society by accepting the
differences of each person." Kongrith
works as a bank teller. He goes to work in
men’s clothes, but wears makeup and
¯" speaks in a girlie voice. All his colleagues
¯ know he is a transvestite. Kongrith says
: he gets teased a bit, but no one has ever
¯ shown violence toward him. He says he is
: grateful that his family accepts him as he
: is.
: Being the subject of a hit movie hash~ t
¯ raised.his celebrity ambitions,however,
and he doesn’t see a career for himself
: beyondretail service. "I know that thereis
¯¯ a barrier for us," he says. "For now, I’m
satisfied at being what I am."
¯ species for conservation. By fostering a
greaterunderstanding of theneeds and the
¯ life,cycle of butterflies we can hdp con-
" serve these delicate creatures.
-" In addition tothe butterfly enclosure,
: knownas"Butterfly Landing," the grounds
¯ aroundtheexhibithavebeen planted with
: butterfly-attracting plants to encourage
:
v~s~tataon by someof our natt,~e butterfly
residents. Thebutterflies exhibited inside
¯ Butterfly Landing have not been taken
~ from:the wild but are procured through
¯ certified butterfly suppliers. ¯
¯ Exhibits describing the lifecycle of the
butterfly, the differences between moths
¯ and butterflies, common butterflies of
¯ Oklahoma, chrysalis and butterfly !dent!-
: fication, and about attracting butterflies
¯
to yards will be included in the exhibit.
¯ Also planned for this summer is a vision
¯ exhibit that will enable visitors to see like
: a butterfly. The Animal Kingdom Build-
. ing will also house agift cart specializing
¯ in butterfly-related books, souvenirs, and
gifts. Info: 669-6600 orwww.tulsazoo.org
r
by Lament.. Lindstrom, Ph.D.
What do you call a dead Blond in a
closet?
- a 1964 hide and seek champion!
The recent flush of
Blendjokes is an interesting
cultural phenomenon.
Jokes are more than just
funny. They are also dangerous
because they are
polilical. Overthepastfew
decad~s~: change~ iri
Amefi’~t"~ ~olitib~[ arena
have affectedboth the content
and practice Ofjoking.
Itis alittleless easy than
it used to be to joke about
ethnic and religious
groups, handicap, gender,
or gender-orientation.
Blonds have emerged as a
safe target in politically
conscious, if not always politically correct,
America. Andmanyjokes that previously
featured Jews- or Blacks or Gays
have been reworked into Blond jokes.
This is not to say that offensive joking
has disappeared. Rather, it is just a little
less public. American politeness conventions
demand that I should not tell a joke
whose "butt" is in my audience, unless I,
too, am in the targeted category, or unless
I already have a close relationship’~vith
those I potentially offend. But I can joke
all I want as long as the butt can’ t hear me,
or if I do indeed intend to offend.
Thewebsite, www.whitepride.com, for
example, offers along list of by now very
stale Jewish, Black, and "faggot" jokes.
Here’ s a sample groaner from the"white
pride" boys:
Why was the faggot fired from his
job at the sperm back?
- for drinking on the job!
Jokesters sometimes complain about
the "political correctness" that has narrowed
the contexts in which they can
safely perform. "Come on, it’s only a
joke!" But of course jokes aren’t just
jokes. They are also assertions about the
world, or at least one particular view of
the world. The lines that jokes ckaw between
the funny and the unfunny reflect
local understandings of normality. Jokes
are potent oral texts that, retold over and
over again, maintain certain ways ofthinking
about people and behavior.
Why do brides wear white?
- so they will match the other
domestic appliances!
.Even ironic jokes, such as this, refresh
established ways of thinking about men,
women, and the gendered division of labor.
In particular, the swarm of jrke~
flying constantly around a community
protects existing systems of inequality.
People joke "downwards" more than
they do upwards.~ :People joke far more
often about the powerless than they
about the powerful. There are far more
jokes about women than there are about
men. "More jokes about ethnic and religious
minorities thanthe white-bread Protestant
mainstream. More jokes about the
handicapped than about the able. More
jokes about the old than the young. More
jokes about Oklahoma than about California.
Do you know what an Oklahoma
divorce and a Texas tornado have
in common? - in both cases
¯ somebody is gonna
¯ lose a trailer house!
And there are many more jokes about
being Gay than about being
Straight. We usually
"~V’hy is it so hard abide by the politeness
constraints ofjoke-telli~,
for women to find in fact, because we realize
that jokes (even "just-amen
that are jok~sT’) have this political
" weight. ,Th..o~sewhofeel tSe
sensitive, earing,, ~ ’ Sfing~hidd~n ’within the
.a.n..d ’geed-look"m
- because those guys
already have
ho rlends!?’
laughter sometimes protest
when etiquette breaks
down.
GLAAD, the Gay &
Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation, for example,
has attempted to police the
telling ofcertainGayjokes
in the m~ss media, notably
on a number of morning radio shows
whose sleazy hosts are keen to boost their
market share. Such policing, of course, if
successful merely shrinks the arenas in
which Faggot jokes are safely told. They
still circulate freely in less public Spaces.
Each time I teach Cultural Anthropology,
I have my students as a group collect
jokes from their friends. I figure that these
joke archives provide good evidence about
which of the joints of American society
currently ache the most.
Last week, the students broughtin about
150 jokes. For the first time in years, none
ofthese was a"faggot"joke. And the only
ethnic joke was turned in by a clueless
Japanese woman, happily ignorant of the
American politics of public joking. Instead,
nearly half the collection consisted
of Blond jokes. Blonds, poor things, are
nowadays the butt of choice when American
jokesters are nervous and unsure of
our audience.
What do Blonds put behind their
ears to attract boyfriends?
- their ankles!
Our collection also included several
"counter-jokes" whose butt is strategically
reversed. There are, for example,
Brunette jokes - the futile ripostes of oppressed
Blonds. There are also "stupid
men jokes" - invented jokes that attempt
to counteract the dominant targeting of
women within the’universe of American
jokes.
Why did God create man?
- because a vibrator can’t
mow the lawn!
While these attempts to resist inequality
by shifting a joke’s target upwards
may have only limitie~." politigal,fimpact, it
sfillfecls"goodtolaflgh.: ~:: ~ -~’~
Why is it so hard for women to
find men that are sensitive,
caring, and go~dqo~king? -~
because those guys _~
already have boyfriends!
LamontLindstrom teaches anthopology
at the University of Tulsa.
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Guys for
Hot Ti
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Cry" - actually showed up in OKC, she
madeit abundantly clear that shehad been
completely won overby them and was not
about to be shy about saying so in print.
Sympathy towards GLBT issues might
be expected from someone like White,
but it was definitely a surprise to see the
much nibre conservative reviewer, Jerry
Shottefi~irk, being taken in by the Ma-
.donna:Rupert Everett"Next BgstThing."
¯ election - and what could be the most
¯ importantelectionofourgeneration. The
: GLBT voting bloc has proven to be one of
¯¯ the most powerful constituencies in the
country in recent election cycles. If our
¯ voters are motivated to the polls and elect
¯ supportive leaders, we could have the ¯
opportunity to shape groundbrealdng le-
: gal protection. If the nation elects leaders
¯ who are hostile to all that NGLTF stands ¯
for, we could witness a serious backlash
¯ to our h~rd-won gains.
¯ Dr. Martin Luther King. once said the ¯
moral arc of the universeis long but bends
Surprises were cropping up in the rest .: toward justice. Dr. King was right - but
!~f th~ p,gper ~. W~I!, indu~g the busi- ¯ with our continued o!;gahi~gg g~ad motif
~es .,~..; o ~ .w~i~ g~ ~)le on .~_~o ~,~ ~jzatmn, we~make ~at,ii~.~;0’~,.~
:~est~c p~mership~ p,6ilc~es..a~.ong OkI’fi- ¯ much more qmckly
fioma compames- mcludiffg qu,otes from: $~,,-.~oundectir~1973, ttie
~Lucent’s I~aren Par~ons w~o is involved : Lesbian Tbsk Force W~’l?s to~iiniinate
inLuqent~sLesbianandGayemployees’ ¯ prejudice, uiolence andiwustice against
;brgani’zafion, EQUAL!. :- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexualgtn~l T~ransgen-
: Striking, 5wey r, was.a group of :. &red people at the local, state dnd naarticles;
oii 1~hate crimes in the Sun- ¯ tional level. As part ofdbrOaddr ~Ocial
iday, March 20 issue. Mostof these ar- : justicemovementforfreOdom;]usticeand
titles appeared in ~ Community see- : equality, NGLTF is creattYg d Worm that
fion, Milch w’as’d~_i’ilh~lPdedia.the late : ~respects and celebrates_ ttie’diversity of
~F,dition ’on Stmday’. The~e, in b!a~k and .’. ’human expression and identity where all
White, was the opeii as~ertidii.’.tiia~ Okla- i .people mayfully participate in society.
h°ma City"s Human Rights CASmmlssi°n i
I ] .Was abolished by(the City Council bemuse
they iesent&!havingt.6 deal with
the issue. 0fiG@’Ri~h?s, cbml~iete, with
~uote by c.ottt~,¢ilmenqbi~r~Je@ Fo~hee: " During WWII, the church Sheltered.Japa-
.-.; "The councilis tiredof.th6is~ue’hlways ; nese-American students who were given
being b~ought forward, and flae vehicle the opportunity to study atTU ratherth~a,n,,,
that is alWays brin~g.i’.t forward is the " beincarceratedinAmerican"internment
human rights comm, ss~on...~ If the vehicle
is bringing you dompany that you
don’ t want ... then you do away with the
vehicle."
In meeting with Hale, Speakers for Gay
and Lesbian Issues hoped that they would
open a dialog between the Daily Oklahoman
and the Gay and Lesbian community
of Oklahoma City. According to Speakers,
Hale provided them with many opportunities
by asking many questions
about Gay and Lesbian issues. Speakers
for Gay and Lesbian Issues noted the
positive trend in the paper’ s coverage of
Gay issues.
Hale revealed that those changes had
come at a price: while the articles on hate
crimes had generated both positive and
negative responses fromreaders, some of
the negative responses had been vicious
and involved actual threats. But, Hale also
said she was not going to let that stop her
from continuing to cover controversial
issues. She said that when a story generates
strong reactions on both sides, she
knows she’ s doing her job right.
This federation consists ofpolitical groups
that fight for equality. In just four years’
time, the Federation has grown to represent
members in every state in the union,
gro,wthinsuch ashort
period of time.
With the Federation’s help, last year
NGLTF was able to produce the largest
:~ grassroots mob~fion:inputmoyem~ntfs
history. We helped organize some 350
rallies and other events in all 50 state
capitols, plus D.C. and Puerto Rico, during
a one-week period. Our campaign -
called Equality Begins at Home- and the
work of the Federation paved the way for
the wonderful successes we have seen in
the past year.
Now many state legislatures are wrapping
up their business and adjourning.
Attention will soon shift to the November
camps. Later the church was involved in
the "Sanctuary" movement which offered
relocation of Central American political
refugees, both documented and-undocumented.
Aletter issued tomembers ofthe church,
signed by Rader and Clerk of the Session,
Kathy Evanson, notes, "None of these
actions changes who we are as a congregation;
but, they declare who we area and
what we want to be in our relationships
with one another. We are still a loyal,
supporting congregation of the Presbyterian
Church,U.S.A. We have done nothing
improper according to our
denomination’ s constitution. We are not
changing any signage, letterhead, preaching
or program. We are declaring inclusion
and affirmation of all our members
and our openness to a group of people
long rejected and stigmatized by society,
and within the Christian commtmity...
College Hill is a majority "straight"
church but with visible and welcome Lesbian
and Gay families.
Editor’s note: Tulsa Family Newspublisher
and editor, Tom Neal is a member
of College Hill Presbyterian Church.
An Evening With
The Quilt
On Thursday evening, May 25, the
NAMES Project Tulsa Area Chapter of
the AIDS Memorial Quilt will sponsor an
evening of meditation and remembrance
at Fellowship Congregational Church,
2900 So. Harvard in Tulsa, from 7-9 pm.
You. are invited to drop in anytime
during this time period to meditate, pray,
or simply view the Quilt. Feel free to stay
just afew minutes, or as long as you wish.
The NAMES Project Tulsa Area Chapter
invites everyonewhohas been touchedby
the AIDS pandemic to take a moment
from their evening to remember and reflect.
For more information, please contact
the NAMES Project Tulsa at (918)
748-3111 or TulsaQnilt@usa.net
Humanity Unites
f’or Hu’man Rights
Diversity .Celebration 2000
Grand Marshalls for the Millennium Parade
Dr. Grethe Cammermeyer
Distinguished Veteran of the United States Armed Forces
Gre£! Lou~lanis
US Olympic Champion
Pride Week Events,
.Interfaith Worship Service
The Tulsa Performin£l Arts Center
Speaker: the Reverend Dr. Mel
W.hite, author and activist
Friday, June 2, from 7pro (free)
TOHR Folbes.
1OO Years of Broadway
Saturday, June 8, 8pm, $15
PAC Doenges Theatre
Black Tie Optional Dinner
~i:Featuri~ 6re~q Louganis
The Summit Club
Friday, June 9th, $75 person
VIP reception at $50 person.
Benefitin~l Tulsa Oklahomans for
Human Ri/thts, the parent
or~Ianization of the
Gay Community Center
Millennium Pa~de 2000
Saturday, June IO, llam
Beginning at the Gay Community
Center at 87th and Peoria and
endin~i at Veterans Park
at 18th and BouIder
The Pride Festival
Veterans Park, llam 8pro
For more information about these
events, caIl 748-4297 (gays).
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Fayetteville Civil Rights
Measure Gains Support
FAYEI II~VILLF~ Ark. (AP) - A "hmn~ dignity"
ordinance that Ires d~vided city residents hexe has won
Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulesns, Our Families + Friends
Tules’s Largest Circulation CommunityPaperAvallable In More Than 75 City Locations
PublicAwareness Campaign
Begins: Gay or Straight,
Everyone Deserves a Job
¯ by Tom Neal, TFN reporter
.’ TULSA - In eleven l~.atiom aro~md Tulsa, Tulsa Transx bus
: stop benches are carrying the message: "Gay or Straight, Every-
: public awareness campaign by Oklahoma’ s Clmarron Alliance
: Group. Cmmrro~fis
¯ cfiminafion based
sMp in Tulsa and which now has two Tulsa board members.
: 4959 So. Memorial. 4400 So. Mcmorinl. 4506 E, I l, 3607 N.
Supportexs quoted the pre~tdmt of the county league -¯ Peoria ~md 60"27 So" Mem.orial.... ¯
t , . ¯ T~x dedueJabl¢ ¢onmbut~ons to suppog. Cimatton s public
Colorado Gov,’s Report:
Gays Due Equal Rights
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DIRECTORY/LE~FERS P, 2~
US & WORLD NEWS P. 4
~1~ HEALTH NEWS P. 6
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES P. 8
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 8
BOOK REVIEW P. 10
DO-IT-YOURSELF P. 11
DYKE PSYCHE/GAY STUDIES P, 12/13
m CLASDIFIEDS + WEERWOLF P, 14
Circuit Court Reverses "Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell" Decision
NEW YORK (AP) - Six members of the nfilltarv are in line for
Lesbians: At Higher
Risk of Breast Cancer?
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A limited study of
afients at a women’s health clime found Lesbians
1~ a higher risk of breast cancer than beterosextml
patients, according to a report in the Journal oft/w
Gay and Lesbian Medical .4ssociation.
An analysis of 1,019 women seeking services at
Lyon-Martha Women’s Health Services in San
Francisco bet~veen 1995 arid 1997 showed thai
Lesbians bad a higher body mass index and fewer
pregnancies, both previously idenli fled as risk fac
tars for breast cancer.
Eageula Calle. director of epidemiology for the
American Cancer Society. said the study was onl)
a prelimiq,~ look at risk factors and was not wide
enoughin scope to draw general conclusions aboul
Lesbians. "The real question is, ’Is the population
large enough and is it similar enough to the entire
population of L~sbia~ women and the entire popuhifion
of heterosexual women?’ " seeBreost, p. 3
Walk for Life 1998
’,VEST COAST & TIJLSA (AP & TFN) Thousands
of l~ophi turned out in the Puget Sound itrca
to raise money to help fight AIDS. Ten3’ M. Stone.
)’ear, he said.
Als0, an estimated 1 A00 people participated in
y~ffs old Colin Cadarette received the Crystul
Apple award, the highest honor the AIDS Project
Eureka Springs
Diversity Weekend
EUREKA SPRINGS Organizers of Eureka
Springs" secoed Dl~ersit) Celebration \Vcekcnd
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 Restaurant, 717 S. Houston
*Jason’s Ddi, 15th & Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
832-1269
592-2143
744-0896
599-9512
583-6666
749-4511
585-3134
599-7777
749-1563
744-4280
745-9998
834,4234
585-3405
660-0856
584:1308
*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 746-4620 ~
*Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000 ¯
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506 "
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034 "
Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15 712-1122 :
*Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 712-9955
*Borders Books & Music, 8015 S. Yale 494-2665 "
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 S. Peoria 743-5272 "
*CD Warehouse, 3807c S. Peoria 746-0313."
Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Community Cleaning, Kerby Baker 622-0700 "
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504. 800-742-9468 "
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th 749-3620
*Devena’ s Gallery, 13 Brady .... 587-2611 "
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria 744-5556 "
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan 838-8503 "
*Ross Edward Salon, 2447 E. 15th 584-0337, 712-9379 ¯
*Horal 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. 21 st 742-1460
Leanne M. Gross, Insurance & financial planning 459-9349 ¯
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney 744-7440
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, PsyChotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111
*International Tours 341-6866
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th 712-2750
*Jared’ s .Antiques, 1602 E. 15th 582-3018
David Kauskey, Country Club Barbering 747-0236
*Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 599-8070
Kelly Kirby, CPA, 4021 S. Harvard, #210 747-5466
Langley Agency & Salon, 1316 E. 36th P1. 749-5533
Laredo Crossing, 1519 E. 15th 585-1555
*Living ArtSpace, 19 E. Brady 585-1234
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3rd 584-3112
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31 663-5934
*Mohawk ~v~usic, 6157 E 51 Place 664-2951
*Novel Idea Bookstore, 51st & Harvard 747-6711
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633 747-7672
*Peace of Mind Bookstore, 1 40 1 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
Christopher Spradling, attorney, 616 S. Main, #308 582-7748
*Scribner’ 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. Delaware 743-7687
*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria 742-2007
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis 481-0558
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling 743-1733
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis 592-0767
Tulsa Agencies, Churches, Schools & Universities
AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 4337, 74101 579-9593
743-2363
587~7314
583-7815
583-9780
585-1201
&Florence
587-1314
747-6300
749-0595
743-4297
712-151
742-2457
*All Sonls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria
Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159
Bless The Lord at All Time~ Christian Center, 2207 E. 6
*B!L!G/T Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr.
*Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 616 S. Boston
*Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th PI.
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W~SHINGTON, D.C. - Parents, Families
and Friends of Lesbians and Gays this
month named as its new president National
PFLAG Board Member Paul
Beeman. An ordained minister who lives
in Olympia, WA, Beeman is the father of
four, aGay son and Lesbian daughter, and
two non-Gay children. In addition to serving
as a United Methodist pastor for many
years, Beeman also has a strong backgroundinfundraising,
marketing andjournalism.
He has served on PFLAG’ s board
since 1994.
Beeman, who was elected Sept. 12 by
PFLAG’s National Board of Directors,
says he is eagerly looking forward to lead
the group as it presses ahead nationally
and locally in its fight for equal civil
rights. "What a dynamic time this is for
PFLAG," Beeman said. "With two years
to prepare, will the year 2000 be a turning
point for welcoming Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals
and transgendered persons into
full equality in our society? I believeit can
be!"
"PFLAG is all about being able to give
kids back to their parents," Beeman emphasized.
"As with slavery and women’s
rights, barriers to equality will eventually
fall in our communities of faith and in our
whole society. It will happen as we family
members tell the stories of our children
and families and explain their commitment
to stable family relationships," he
said.
Beeman also hailed PFLAG’s tremendous
growth in membership over the last
few years. "Our influence in more than
420 communities across all 50 states is the
result of so many members in countless
rural towns and big cities across the country-
working on the frontlines of change."
Among .his. goals are to assure safe
space foi: all children in school and at
worship and to enhance the education of
¯ the majority of middle Americans who
¯ don’ t yet understand how natural homo-
" sexuality truly is. Beeman will be work-
" ing closely withPFLAG ExecutiveDirec-
] tor Kirsten Kingdrn, who is based in the
¯ group’s national office in Washington,
DC.
Beeman strongly praised his predeces-
¯ sor, Tulsan Nancy McDonald, who dur-
: ing her two-year termrepresentedPFLAG
¯ in Washington, DC, in giving testimony before the U.S. Congress and meeting
¯ with federal officials, as well as criss-
¯" crossing the country to speak out for Les-
¯ bian and Gay loved ones and their fami-
¯ lies.
¯ Members of Parents, Families and
] Friends of Lesbians and Gays voted over-
. whelmingly earlier this month in favor of
¯
a proposal to include Transg.endered
¯ peopleintheorganization’ s mission state-
¯. merit.
The near unanimous vote, which came
¯ during PFLAG’ s Sept. 12 annual meeting
¯ in San Francisco, followed a recommen-
~ dation by the group’s national Board of
: Directors last May to amend the group’ s
¯ bylaws to include Transgendered people
¯ in its mission statement, which covered
~ Lesbians, Gays and Bisexual people.
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At a 45-minute news conference, Colorado for Family
Values, Concerned Women for America, the Christian
Coalition of Colorado, Where Grace Abounds~ Family
First and the American Jewish Assembly all roundly
condemned the commission’ s report and suggested there
were other motives involved.
Chuck Gosnell of the Christian Coalition said "overwhdming
evidence" proves "a loving, committed marriage
between one man and one woman is the most
beneficial toward raising children and encouraging a
healthy society." "Romer," he said, ,’has used a taxpayerfunded
commission in an attempt to force affirmation of
his personally skewed vision of marriage and the family.
The governor’s already tarnished legacy will only be
damagedfurther ifhe continues to imposehis anti-family
values on mainstream Coloradans."
A statement by Nancy Sutton of Family First said there
is no basis for the claim "committed relationships" are
beneficial to society. ’q~here is no basis for much of what
the commission found." Colorado for Family Values
spokesman Dr. Paul A. Jessen said "without evidence or
support, the claim is made same-sex couples have been
unfairly denied the samerights as normal married couples,
and this denial calls for a redress of inequity, but will not
diminish the rights and benefits enjoyed by married
persons." "Parallel fights and responsibilities," he said,
"is a disguise for homosexual marriage."
ButSueAnderson, executivedirector ofEquality Colorado,
and a member of Romer’ s commi ssion, listened to
the complaints of the groups and said she wasn’t surprised
at their attack. "We’re here," she said ofherself and
other Lesbians, "We’re living our li~,.e.s. We’re trying to
protect our relationships. We’re trying to protect our
families." "We’re looking for basic economic rights. SO
what happens to me if my partner dies? Do I have access
to her pension? No. Do I have access to her health
insurance, likemy colleagues and their wives have? No."
"What we are looking for is something to protect ourselves
when something bad happens,"
She said she was not surprised at their remarks.because
she had heard their position againsthomosexuality often.
"I didn’ t wake up in the morning, put on a lavender shirt
and say: ’I’mgoing to be a Lesbian today.’ That’ s just not
how it works."
While the groups said flatly they had not been asked to
participate in the commission’s studies, Anderson said
she understood a variety ofpeoplefromColorado Springs
were invited, "and everybody said no." But the commission
did go to Colorado Springs and met with conservative
groups, and the commission did do public forums,
whichtheGay community attended, she said. "They were
included as much as anybody else," she said. "I don’t
agree with them and their basic premise. Am I angry?
No."
The report by Romer’s commission recommended
granting same-sex couples the same legal rights and
benefits as married heterosexual couples, but stops short
of endorsing same-sex marriages. Romer made it clear in
response to two bills banning same-sex marriage, he had
established his own position: that marriage in Colorado
should be reserved for the union of a man and a woman.
"That is current law, and it should remain a law," he said.
He wants communities to address the legal and ethical
issues posed by same-sex relationships, he said. "But
there should be no conclusion as to what the end result is."
The 16-member comrmssion was charged with comparing
the legal and economic rights, responsibilities and
benefits of same-sex couples and married couples: The
commission was at that time criticized by people on both
sides of the issue. Some critics say there were no conservative
members who are unalterably opposed to samesex
marriages. Several were invited to serve on the panel,
Romer said, but they declined to serve.
In his 4 years of participating, Colin has raised nearly
$47000. The boy stole the show from luminaries like
Madonna, actor Nathan Lane and a gaggle of politicians.
During the ceremony, Madonna criticized spending millions
of dollars to investigate President Clinton, saying
the money could be better spent on research.
whenColin took the podium, hejust said~"Hi." "It was
so cute. He was very shy," see Walk, p. 10
by Tom Neal, editor & publisher
A week or so ago, I received a call from a reader, telling
me about how she’ d had a very negative experience with
a Hillcrest associated physician. As a part of the discussion
about her treatment, she shared with the
physician and staff that she is Lesbian. Indeed
for a number of medical conditions,
not just the issue of HIV, sexual orientation
can be relevant (see The Associated Press
story about Lesbians and breast cancer on
page 1). The physician.and staff’ s response
was to ask her if she wanted to be prayed for.
And as a person of faith, she said yes -
assuming that the prayers would be for
good health. Instead she found the doctor
and staff praying for her "release from homosexuality"
where all she wanted was release
from a minor infection.
Last year, two acquaintances wound up at
St. John Emergency Room after one took a
duding claims that the highest level ofmanagement have
Perhaps, Lesbians
and Gay men will
have to create our
own institutions to
meet our needs.
Thls is what we
did all over thls
country in
response to the
HIV/AIDS erlsls.
fairly serious fall with a blow to his head. Although this
couple has been together for a number of years, even
raising children, St. John staff refused to recognize the
relationship, denying the very worded partner any informarion
about his spouse’s condition and also denying
access that would have been routinely provided to a
heterosexual couple. This went on until emergency room
staff had a shift change and a nurse, a Gay man, whom
they knew, came on duty and corrected the situation.
Back during the GulfWar and the debate about Gays in
the military, my father, now a retired physician, heard a
few of his St. Francis colleagues say that they,i e we Gay
and Lesbian folk, should all .just be killed. This from
professionals allegedly devoted to the health and well
being of humankind.
¯ Granted these are anecdotes, possibly only isolated
incidents. But they suggest a fai_lure ofTulsa’ s health care
¯
delivery system to deal seriously with providing Lesbian
¯ and Gay citizens with fair, adequate and sensitive medi-
¯" cal care. Not one ofTulsa’s majormedical institutions haS
: adop/ed a non-discrimination policy which would indi-
¯ cate both to patients and to providers that discrimination
¯ based on sexual orientation will not be tolerated.
Now in their defense, St. John officials responded with
¯ speed and concern when they became aware of the
¯ discriminatory treatment which the two men mentioned
: above experienced. Those officials have stated that they
¯ will not tolerate this behavior and also, have reached ot[t ¯
to Tulsa’ s Lesbian, Gay and Bi communities by advertis-
¯ ing in this newspaper.
¯ In contrast, St. Francis, Hillcrest, and Tulsa Regional/
: Doctors (the various ColumbiaJHCA ownedinstitutions)
¯ have done nothing to addregs possible bias in their insti-
~ tutions or to manifest any commitment to serving the
¯ needs of Gay and Lesbian Tulsans
¯ Hillcrest in particular continues to have allegations of
anti-Gay employment practices brought against it, in-
The Polo Grill ¯
by Tom Neal, publisher
¯ Local publicity guru, Tracey Norvell, of Arts Society,
¯ along with The Polo Grill owners, Ouida and Robert
¯ Merrifield, definitely have the right notion about getting ¯
the attention of members of the press wine them and
¯
dine them - quite literally. The already award winning
~ restaurant has two new distinctions, awards from The
¯ Wine Spectator and the Unipro Cully Award. ¯
At a recent lunch, Tulsa media types sampled five
¯ courses of exquisitely fresh and well prepared food and
~ three California white wines, and a lovely Merlot. The
¯ stars of the lunch were fresh North American rainforest ¯
salmon and a very low fat cut of Piedmontese beef filet
¯ grown near Tulsa (though the point of alow-fat cut when
¯" it’s served with a fat-rich bernaise sauce eludes me, or
¯ maybe that is the point, so that you can have the bemaise).
." Service was gracious and attentive, from several of
: Tulsa’s best-looking and delightfully everrso-gay staff.
¯ The Polo Grill is, of course, not cheap but unlike many ¯
wanna-be restaurants in this town, is worth it when the
¯
restaurant lives up to this high standard it’ s set.
: Check it out whenever your budget permits.
¯
openly expressed bias against Lesbians and Gay men. If
¯ these allegations are true, then certainly I, as a health care ¯
consumer, would have questions about the safety and
quality of my health care at Hillcrest.
And a related issue is that of finding a
Lesbian or Gay, or Gay-friendly physician.
You can call the physician referral lines and
find, if you want, a Black physician or a
"Christian" physician but if you ask for a
Gay or Gay-friendly physician, you’ re just
out of luck.
Now if you have lived here for a while and
start to network in the community a bit,
eventually you’ll find that there’ s a Lesbian
gynecologist, a Lesbian general practioner.
a number of Gay physicians from Owasso
to south Tulsa as well as the better known
doctors who’ve specialized in HIV/AIDS
care like Drs. Beal and Peake. But most of
these physicians are closeted, fearing repercussions to
their practices.
Indeed I’ ve only, just found out aboutmore two dentists,
one Lesbian, the other Gay and it’ s my job as newspaper
publisher to know who’ s who in the community even if I
don’t write about them. Contrast this with Dallas, certainly
a conservative place in many respects but whose
community newspaper is filled with choices for health
care providers.
Perhaps, Lesbians and Gay men will have to create our
own institutions to meet our needs. This is what we did all
over this country in response to the HIV/AIDS crisi s. The
Los Angeles Community Center has begun its own clinic
in recogmt~on of the community’s needs.
Last spring Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights"
(TOHR) HIV anti-body testing clinic (HOPE) split off
under the direction of clinic director, Kristi Frisbie.
However, a few members of thatTOHRboard suggested
that the clinic should broaden its health care services for
Lesbians.and G0y-men, remaining true to its origins as a
Gay & Lesbian organization, instead of trying to become
a broader based HIV prevention orgmfization..After all,
while Tulsa has a number of other prevention groups
addressing non-Oay aspects ot ~]\’~IA]~)~, there is no
one looking at non-HIV related Gay & Lesbian health
care, other than perhaps Drs. Peake & Beal.
Even now that HOPEis independent, there is no reason
that TOHRand The Pride Center could not be the site of
a free clinic, perhaps monthly, where Tulsa’ s Lesbian and
Gay physicians could volunteer to do basic examinations
and consultations. Obviously anything requiring specialized
equipment or testing would have to be referred to the
physicians regular office, and some kind of legal waivers
would be needed as well to protect the physicians and the
Center. Maybe one or another ofourGay lawyers rtmning
around could help there? What do you tlfink? Do any of
you care? Let us know via e-mail, post, tdephone or tax.
Ms. Calle asked. "All women should be concerned about
breast cancer and getting age-appropriate breast cancer
screening," she added.
Still, researchers said the study shows a need for more
research that compares Lesbian women to heterosexuals
of various ages, economic and geographic groups. The
study was conducted by the clinic’s medical director,
Stephanie Roberts, and Suzanne Dibble, an associate
professor at the University of Califomia at San Francisco.
"It’s still too early for us to develop specific
mammography guidelines for Lesbians, but our study
shows the importance of encouraging Lesbians to seek
medical care on a regular basis," Roberts said. Roberts
and Di’bble found no significant differrnces between the
two groups on risk factors such as family history of breast
cancer or alcohol use. Nearly all of.the women surveyed
for the study were low-income and lacked health insurance.
Of the 1,019 women studied, 57.6 percent identified
themselves as heterosexual and 42.4 percent as
homosexual.
"For far too long Lesbians have had more questions
about than answers about their health," said Kathy Oriel,
president of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association,
whose group funded the study.
California Politician to-
Try to Ban Gay Marriages "
NORWALK, Calif. (AP) - A group that wants to .
keep Cnlifornia from recognizing Gay marriages "
collected 675,000 signatures to place the measure on ¯
the state ballot - more than enough signatures to
qualify the Defense of Marriage Act for a future "
election, Sen. Peter Knight announced. "
The measure is designed "to protect our definition
of marriage from being undermined by liberal judges ¯
from other states," Knight said. "Given the push for "
"same-sex’ marriage across the nation, Califorma
must prepare by making it clear we only recognize
iraditional marriage." Courts in Hawaii,Vermont and "
Alaska are considering rulings that "could legalize
same-sex marriage.
Knight was on hand as volunteers hauled boxes ¯
containing 144,000 Signatures collectedinLos Ange- "
les County into the office of the county registrar of
voters here. Signatures gathered elsewhere w,,ere submitted
to registrar offices in other counties all over
the state," said Matthew Cnnningham, a member of
the Orange County-based Californians for the Defense
of Marriage.
The initiative states: "Only marriage between a
man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
Twenty-six states have passed similar laws and
five are considering such laws. Alaska voters will
consider an initiative on the November ballot that
wouldamend the state constitution to define marriage
as being "between one man and one woman."
Knight, R-Palmdale, introduced bills in 1996 and
1997 in the Legislature to bar recOgnition of Gay
marriages. Both times the legislation was defeated.
He will face a fierce fight this time, critics vowed. "If
that measure is qualified, we’ll beat it back as we have
every time," Assemblywoman Carole Migden, DSan
Francisco, said last week. "It is gratuitous and
polarizing and unnecessary," she said. "The community
will beat it back at the polls."
The measure cannot make the upcoming November
election. It will take several weeks for the secretary
of state’ s office to determine whether supporters
gathered the necessary 433,269 valid signatures of
registered voters. The .measure could qualify" in time
for the March 2000 state primary or for any earlier
statewide special election next year, said AndS" Pugno,
a Knight spokesman.
Assembly Speaker Pro Tern Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa
Monica, who helped lead legislative efforts to defeat
Knight’s anti-Gay mamage bills, said sh’e thinks the
initiative can be defeated again in California. "They
better be prepared for a fight," she said. But she
added: "I think that it is a very difficult thing for a
community tO be forced to prove its own humanity
over and over and over."
only states to do so.
Adoption decisions in Indiana are based on what is
best for the child, and the sexual orientation of prospective
parents isn’ t considered, said Andrew Stoner,
spokesman for the state Family and Social Services
Administration, which regulates adoption and.f.oster
care. The Madison County case is not necessarily the
first in Indiana in which Gays or Lesbians have been
considered as adoptive parents, Stoner said. "It’s
likely it has occurred, although it’ s not something that
people always disclose and there’s no requirement
that they do so.’"
The case has sparked sharp reactions from those on
both sides of the issue. The child’s foster parents,
Butch and Sandy Kimmerling of Anderson, have said
they will seek to adopt the child because they say it
would be destructive to have her raised in a homosexual
environment. U.S. Rep. David Mclntosh, RInd.,
called the adoption proposal "egregious and
¯ morally unacceptable" and urged Gov. Frank
¯ O’B~on to support any propos.ed.legislation bar-
¯ fing homosexuals from adopting children. Opponents say Burton and Lutz’ proposed bill is an
¯ unconstitutional and unnecessary infringement on
¯ the privacy of the adoption process that will deprive
: children of needed homes. "It’ s a completely unnec-
¯ essarv law. More than 25 years of research has dem-
¯ onstr~ted that a person’s Sexual orientation makes ¯
absolutely n,o, difference in his or her ability to be a
good parent, said John Knfll, executive director of
¯ the Indiana Civil Liberties Union. "A lot of children
¯ who need homes are going to be left in foster care."
" ,nti-Gay Attacks Up 81%
NEW YORK (AP) - Anti-Gay attacks citywide are
up 81% this year, and a spate of 27 such attacks since
late August has a civil rights for Gay people group
demanding increased police presence in areas where
the assaults have been prevalent. As of Sept. 13 - the
latest figures provided by the pol.ice department -
there have been 76 anti-Gay attacks citywide, com-
. ,ared with 42 attacks last year during the same time
period. However, overall bias attacks citywide are
down3.4%. There were368bias attacks as of Sept 13,
compared with 38 t last year. Bias crimes are slurs or
attacks that include an element of race, religion,
stxual preference or gender.
Christine Quinn; executive director of the New
York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project,
said the Police Department’s bias unit was doing an
dmirable job responding to the crimes, but more
¯ ~olice presence still was needed, especially in the
Greenwich Village area, where most of the attacks
have occurred. Since Aug. 25, there have been 27
such attacks citywide, she added. "The attacks, harassment
and threats against our community have
continued in full force since Labor Day weekend,"
Ms. Quirm Said. "Almost every day a New Yorker is
the victim of violence because he or she is perceived
to be Gay.’"
Police Commissioner Howard Safir said the department
is aware of the increase in anti-Gay attacks
and has dispatched additional officers to the Village.
Buthe saidhe does not think the attacks are prevalent.
"We don’t see an epidemic throughout the city," he
said.
The Gay and Lesbian anti-violence group is planning
a community demonstration Oct. 3 to condemn
the attacks and teach people how to better protect
themselves;
Indiana May Ban
Adoption by Gays
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The proposed adoption of
an 8-year-old gift by a Gay couple has sparked a
campaign to bar Gays and Lesbians from becoming
adoptive or foster parents in Indiana.
Word that the Madison County Office ofChildren
and Family Services was considering letting an Indianapolis
couple adopt the girl prompted two lawmakersto
announce Friday they wonld sponsor a bill
making Indiana the third state toban such adoptions.
Opponents called the proposed ban unconstitutional
and unnecessary.
"Their lifestyle is their business, but when they
start using government to promote their lifestyle, It
ta.me.to s.tep I.n, Rep. Woody Burton, R-Greenwood,
said Monday. Burton said he and Rep. Jack Lutz, RAnderson,
proposed the ban to protect children from
the abuse and discriminationmany homosexuals suf:
~er "’What’ s ~oin~ to happen to those kids when they
o ~o school a~nd tl~e othe]: kids at school find out about
~t?" Burton asked. "It actually invites discrimination
against those kids.’"
Burton and Lutz say they plan to introduce legislation
in next year’s General Assembly session. If it
passes, Indiana would become the third state to bar
homosexuals from adopting Children or being foster
parents. FloridaandNew Hampshireare currently the
Controversial Play
Draws Protesters
NEW" YORK (AP) - Theatergoers flocked to the
¯ debut performance of an off-Broadway play, ignor-
¯ ing angry protesters who believe it depicts a Gay
: Christlike figure who has sex with his apostles. As
~ patrons passed through a metal detector to see the
¯ Terrence McNally play "Corpus Christi," about 100
¯ protesters held a prayer vigil across the street, led by
". members of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal.
¯. Police said one protester was arrested Tuesday night
¯ for disorderly conduct.
¯ "We are inviting people to get. up a~d 1~eTa,ve.w,h~en ¯ blasphemies are enunciated in the play, sam me
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group’ s leader, the Rev. Benedict J. Groeschel. "We are
praying for the conversion of people attending the
play."
Theatergoer John Friedman, 34, of Greenwich, Comi.,
saidhe understood why the show is controversial. "It
may not be for everybody, but I thought it really brought
out the transcendental nature of Jesus," he said after the
preview performance. "It emphasized that he was an
outcast."
While theater officials and patrons were tightlipped
about the content of"Corpus Christi," published reports
have said the play depicts a Gay Christlike character
who has sex with his apostles. A brochure released
earlier this year described the play this way: "From
modem day Corpus Christi, Texas, to ancient Jerusalem,
we follow a young Gay man named Joshua on his
spiritual journey, and get to know the 12 disciples who
choose to follow him.’"
In May, the Manhattan Theater Club canceled plans
to produce the off-Broadway play after receiving anonymous
death threats against its actors, audience and
McNally, a multiple Tony Award-winner. Days later,
theater executives reversed their decision, saying police
promised to ensure safety if the play was staged. The
official opening is scheduled for Oct. 13; Tuesday was
the first night of previews, in which a play is generally
fine-tuned before its official opening. No tickets were
provided to reviewers, The New York Times reported.
A statement from the theater Tuesday’ reaffirmed its
support of"McNally’ s right to express his artistic vision
freely" as well as the right of protesters to object "in a
peaceful and law-abiding manner." Most theatergoers
were not dissuaded by the commotion. "It’s all about
free speech," said Candace Simon of Newark, N.J.
"They have the right to protest. The theater has aright
to stage it. I have the right to see it.’"
Churches Re|ect
Pro-Gay Pastors
OMAttA, Neb. (AP) - Two rural United Methodist
churches are telling denomination leaders that they will
not accept appointments ofpastors who snpported former
Omaha Rev. Jimmy Creech in his decision to perform a
Lesbian marriage. The Nehawka and \Veeping Water
United Methodist churches told Omaha District Superintendent
Ronald Croom that they will not accept the
Rev. Doyle Burbank-Williatns as their new pastor.
Burbank-Williams was an early supporter of Creech.
who created a furor when he performed a same-sex
marriage at his Omaha church last September.
Burbank-Williams was pastor of Dietz .\Iemorial
United Methodist Church and of homeless people in
downtown Omaha. He also was one of about 200
pastors nationally who pledged to. defy the United
Methodists" prohibition against same-sex mamages.
Weeping Water church officer Farley Amick said the
rural churches want a conservative pastor.
Burbank-Williams said he would keep Iris name on
the pledge list but would not perform a covenaut ceremony
in churches that are on record as opposed to such
ceremomes. Amick said that was not good enough. He
said the churches do not want a pastor who believes that
same-sex mamages are OK. He said it is a bad influence
for young people.
Meanwhile, a second pastor in Omaha has presided
over a satne-sex mm-riage The Rev. Nancy Brink said
it was the first she had performed at the North Side
Christian Church in Chnaha. The church is affiliated
with Disciples of Christ. which does not have prohibitions
against covenant ceremomes. Brink noted the
ceremony was given near unmnmous approval last
spring bf the church’s board of elders. But the event has
caused dissensmn within the 300-member congregation.
Brink declined to say how man~ members had left
the church over the issue~ Brink said covenant ceremonies
are in line ~vith Christ’s admonition to love one’s
neighbor as oneself.
Utah Group is Anti-Gay
But Suppo.rts Polygamy
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - \~qfile Gov. Mike Leavitt
has changed his tune regarding polygamy, Eagle Forum
President Gayle Ruzicka still sings the original notes.
The conservative Utah Eagle Forum has campaigned
against civil rights for Gay people, which
Ruzicka says is a question of morality, but she says
men who live with several women in polygamy
"may find support in the Bible.
"For polygamous folks - it is a religious belief
and at least through their religious ceremomes they
think they are married before God," Ruzicka said.
"Homosexuality is not part of somebody’s religion."
Ruzicka said she would urge Utah polygamists
to lobby to change the state’s constitutional
provision outlawing polygamy. "Polygamy has
been blown totally out of proportion," she said.
"These people out there living polygamous lives
are not bothering anybody."
In July, Leavitt acknowledged his polygmnist
ancestors and said he knew many polygamists and
"for themost part, they were hardworking and good
people." While the pracace is baamed by the state
constitution, Leavitt first said there were religious
freedom questions that could prevent prosecuuon
of the tens of thousands of practicing polygmnists
believed living in Utah. Within four weeks, his
position had changed to: "I believe polygamy is
against the law, and it should be." Polygamy has
come under renewed scrutiny due to reports of
child abuse, incest and welfare fraud within some
polygamist groups.
Some legislators may address the issue in the
1999 legislative session. "The next legislative session
will bring a healthy discussion about polygamy
that Utah needs," says Rep. Sheryl L.
Allen, R-Bountiful. "This has been postponed for
too long. It is past due."
Gay Family Struggles
for Acceptance
WATERTOkVN, Minn. (.-\P) - In this insular \ll
lage of 2,400. where bird feeders and American
flags h~g on front ~rches and cl~ldreu ride their
.bikes to,tl~e O~fl) grocery store ~ound, XV atcrto~ n
is grappling with the most di~ isive question
encountered in ve~s: How to) deM wi t!~ opeul
p~ents? Aboui 100 residents attended a
two-ho~ town meeting Sept. 10 at Waterto~
Nement~ School to discnss the issne. Or~mn zer~
stud they ~’anted to create awareness of violence
and hate crones and to invite di~dogne about
and ~sbi~s. ~ae meeting ~ne mnidst ~dlc~ations
that for the p~t two ye~s Robert Protomastcr.
35; Ns p~tner, Brian C~Isou, 35: and their three
teen-age sous have been the t~gets of verb~d and
physicM h~assment because Protomaster and
C~lson ~e Gay.
~e clmms ~e disturbing: Epithets hurled at the
fanfil~, as they drove tl~ough to~vn. Statues m their
front v~d smashed at mght. Homophobic notes
stuck haside their front door. And, most troubling,
stud the fanfilv, repeated h~sment of the boys
wNle they attended Watertown Middle School in
1996 and 1~7. ~ev stud that they repeatedl3
were cMled "’queei" and "’faggot" and that other
students refused to sit b~ them be~ansc they lc~ged
that "’they .. would become Gay,’" said "lqmoth~.
13. "’So f~r a long time no one ~votdd come ne;g us.’"
Michael. 14, stud he was held down b~ studcnts
~vNle one wrote "’faggot" ou lfis :ran. S~hool offitins
did little to stop the harassment, the fiunil~
says.
~e school district issued a statement on the da~
of the town zneeting saying that the district "has a
record of responding appropriately to comphunts
of h~sment." The Watertown mayor’s office
and C~ver County officiMs issned statements the
day before the meeting saying that Watertown
stands agmnst Violent, hate crones and harassment
of ~v kind.
The bow - Jo~, ~vho"s 16. Michael and "l’imo~
thv - spent most of their [iveg in and out of foster
hdmes before Protom~ter mad C~Mson adopted
them about 3 years ago. Although the boys no
longer attend s~hool in Watertown School Distnct.
their p~ents filed a discfinfinatiou complmnt last
ye~ agmnst ~e dis~ct w~th the state lluman
~ghts Dep~tlnent. The case is no~v on appeM.
More HIV Drugs,-
More Errors
..\I.BAN’f. N.Y (AP) - Two ’,ears ago,
o~fl\ a few drugs were availatJle to treat
tti’{’. Now. 14 types of ~nedicatton ,°re
used to treat the disease. And while the
chmaces for survi,,al have increased, so
have the chances for error in the prescribing
of these drugs, hi fact, mistakes in
prescriptions wntten for people with HIV
arc much more counnon than for other
hospital patients, according to a recent
two ‘.ear study. Fortunately, most of the
time the wrongly prescribed medicines
aren’t actuMly given to the patients. They
usu-all,. oaflv make it tothe pharmacist’s
desk. said l)r. Bonnie Purdy, the stud\"s
author ,’rod AI ban’~ *ledical Center cli~lical
phmanacist.
"Without may doubt, there ,are physicians
who don’t’understm]d therapies ~orrectlv.’"
said Paul Volberding, director of
S~m i:rancisco Geueral’s AIDS program.
And because HIV patients can become
resxst,’mt if not treated correctly the first
time. he added. "There’s not very much
margin for error.’" Johi] Bartlett. ~:hief of
itffectious disease and AIDS ser‘.tce at
Jolms ttopkins .Medical Center. said the
stud} findings show a needfor more HIV
specialists. Other studies have suggested
that 3% of Ml prescriptlous written b’,
physicim]s coutai n an error, Purd’, said.
f~ors m ItIV prescnptions rose from
about 2c} iu 1~)6 to 14% this ",ear. Rapid
chmtges in treatments are conhtsi,ng doctors..
Some doctors have even written potentiall
y deadl y formulas for medical care
at the .-\Ibm]} hospital over the last two
vein’s, the report said
()he lily specMist, whose practice was
not studied for the report, admits that the
increase in treatmcuts has been tough to
follo\~. "’it .~ccm> cvcrx three or four
months a ne~ drag is rel~.ased. The drugs
have unforeseen side effects." said Dr.
l)avid l !ermm]. of the \Vhitne‘. .X i. Young
!tcalth (’cater. The :\lb,’m,. c’linic ser,.-es
1 it} lilY patients. Additiouallv. "’patients
mc living longer, mM as the‘. live longer
the} require more ,’rod ntore complicated
drug rcgmmns said I)r. Douglas Fish.
acting director of the lilY medicine divistun
at .-\tbmav Medic,’d College.
Purdx said :730 of the prescription errors
were "’serious" or "’se,.ere. meamng
they could bc fatal or increase resistance
IO dlllgs.-The most connTlon error was
either prescribing doses that were either
too high or too lmv. Most of the mistakes
were made by people who weren’t HI\-
svccialists, the report said. Herman warned
that the nuntber of errors may be higher in
hospit~fls where interus and students can
~vnte prescriptions. The rates of error have
decreased at :\lbany Medical since Purd,.
revealed the results of the stud,, With the
hospital staff., she said. "’We ~]ow pauents
li,.e longer with these regimens,"
third,. stud. "’But if we don’t prescribe
thcm’correctlv, we ha,an the patient."
FDA Approves
New Treatment
W.\SHINGTON (AP) - AIDS patients
got an easier-to-swallow drug as the Food
and l)rug Administration approved a new
once-a-day medicine that offers the first
good alternative foF patients who cannot
take today’s best AIDS treatment.
l)uPout Pharmaceuticals" Sustiva appears
to be about as effective as protease
nfllibitors, the landmark medicines that
have helped thousands of HIV patients
rebound from their disease, tile FDA said.
Ahd because it’s taken only. once daily,
Susti,.’a conld significantl‘.’ cut the number
of pills AIDS patients’now swallow.
:’It really gives soane flexibilit,. ~md some
new options for patients," said Dr. Heidi
Jolson. FDA’s antiviral chief.
But the FDA warned that patients
shouldn’t race to switch to Snsti,.a if
they’re doing well on other AIDS medic,ations.
The HIV virus relentlessl,. mutates
to overcoane drug treaunent, metaling
patients must take a drug until it qmts
working- not switching on the spur of the
~noment - so file’, don’t exhaust their
options too quickl}:, stressed AIDS expert
Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Iustitutes
of ttealth. But for newly diagnosed
patients, or those whose current cocktail
of AIDS medicines is failing or causmg
too many side effects. Susti,.’a offers a
good option, he said.
In a sixqnonth stud’, of 450 patients
taking the standard drugs AZT mid 3TC
plus either Susti,.a or the most popular
protease inllibitor, Crixivan, both theraptes
were equally effecti,.e. The FDA
approved Susti,.-a. kalown chemically as
efa,.irenz, for both adults and children]. It
is to be taken with a protease inhibitor
and or older AIDS medicines.
The Sustiva portion of that cocktail will
cost almost $4,000 a ‘.ear. DuPont says
the price is.midrange f6r AIDS drugs, ai~d
that Sustiva therapy could sa,.’e up to S500
avear over Crixivan cocktails. DuPont
al~o promised a treatment assistm]ce program
for poor patients, but would not
reveal details. But some AIDS activists
attacked the price; the group Act Up wrote
DuPout this week threatening protests to
"’reveal your greed." Sustiva "addresses
some imporumtissues in the lives of people
with HIV. including the complexity of
taking a large number of drugs," said
D,’ufiel Zingale of AIDS° Action. "But I
.don’t think the company went far enough
m fair pacing... The‘. could pfi.ce this
lower mid still make a ~rofit.’"
T,.pical HI\ pauents s~,. allow some 20
pih~ throughout the day to combat the
virus, timed carefully to take some with
meals and some without. The,, may also
take additional medicines to pre,.ent HIVcansed
refections. Missing e,.eu a few
,’mtiviral pills, however, allows the HIV to
mutate and become more difficult to treat
Sustiva is taken just once a day, in three
capsules, whenever it’s convenient.
DuPonl also is de,.eloping a formulation
that will require only a single tablet a day.
Easing patients" "pill burden" ma,. be
Sustiva’s main" ad,.’ance. With it, some
patients may get by onjust five pills a day.
"I have some patients who absolutely will
only take medicine twice a day," said Dr.
Do~aald P0retz of Virginia’ s Inova Fairfax
Hospital. ’This is a race addition."
Half of Susti,.’a pattents suffer dizziness,
insomnia, impaired concentrauon,
abnormal dreams and drowsiness. Therefore,
patients should consider taking
Sustiva at bedtime, the FDA said, and
definitely avoid driving or operating machinery
if they suffer the side effects.
TheSe are milder side effects than many
AIDS drugs cause, and unlike other drugs
they usually disappear over time, theFDA
said.
But FDA’s Jolson cautioned that Sustiva
can also cause some severe side effects,
and that it has been studied for only six
months. Longer use of AIDS drugs typically
turns up more problems. Sustiva’s
cautions include:
- Some patients - usually those with a
histoU of substance abuse or mental illness
- suffer severe depression or delu-
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- 40% of children and some adults
suffer skin rashes, occasionally severe.
Womenmust use effecnve contraception
because animal studies suggest
Susfiva causes severe birth defects. The
FDA ordered DuPont to track accidental
pregnancies to determine the true risk.
In a separate development Friday,
Merck &Co. stopped a study it had hoped
would pave the way for easier Cfixivan
use. But taking Cfixivan twice a day instead
of the government-approved three
daily doses proved far less effective.
Insurance for
Working PLWA’s?
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Unemployed
people living with HIV want to work but
fear they’ll lose .their health insurance if
they become employed, according to a
new study. "Discrimination is still very
much an issue for those Seeking employment,"
said Dr. Ronald Brooks, a researcherfrom
Los Angeles County Harbor-
UCLA Medical Center. Brooks and
Dr. ,David Martin of AIDS Project Los
-Angeles conducted the study, which they
said was the first one to analyze employ:
ment issues for LOs Angeles residents
living with HIV and AIDS.
In July and August, the doctors surveyed
5,685 people with HIV or AIDS
who were case-managed by LOs Angelesarea
AIDS service organizations. An estimated
13,000 people in LOs Angeles
County are infected with HIV, Brooks
said. The survey released in September
found about 37% of respondents were
working. More than half of them had fulltime
.jobs. Some of the 67% of those
unemployed said they were disabled. The
majority said they were thimkmg about
retumilig to work ~o increase their tncoxne
and feel useful to society.
, Mayor Richard Riorcl~m vowed to encourage
health insurers to cover all employees,
including those with AIDS. Their
medications alone can cost S12.000 to
S16,000 a )’ear. The law states no HIVinfected
person may be deified employment
because of the disease. But m,’my
sufferers are afraid they will lose their
current health insurance~including Medi-
Cal, and will not obtain adequate insurance
from a new employer, said Los Angeles
City AIDS Coordinator Ferd Eggan.
",’AIDS remains a highly stigmatized disease,"
Eggan said.
Jusfina Thompson, an HI\’-infected
Venice resident, blames her honesty for
her inability to find work. "’If you’re infected
and ):ou tetl people you’r~ infected,
they won’t ~ve you a job," said Thompson,
who now works with Women Alive,
a drop-in center in Los Angeles for women
with HIV or AIDS.
Craig Thompson, executive director of
AIDS Project Los Angeles, said retunfing
HIV-i~ffected people to the workplace
actually would have a positive effect on
society. If employed, they would pay into
social security and pay taxes which are
lost when th@ are uot working, he said.
"It’s actually revenue-positive for the taxpayers
in the long rim,’" Thompson said.
Monkeys and the
Origin of HIV
COVINGTON, La. (AP) - Preston Marx
is still gettiug settled, and it shows. Books
are heaped in stacks, and boxes of all sizes
- some unpacked, manynot - crowd the
floors of his office at Tulane University’s
primate center. Despite the helter-skel ter
appearance of his office, the center’s new
headofAIDS researchknew exactly where
to look for what he wanted. From a pile of
plaques and framed photographs, Marx,
54, pulled out a picture that, perhaps more
than anything else, sums up the nature of
his work. The photograph, which he shot
nearly a decade ago in Liberia, shows a
brightly clad girl 9-year-old girl and her
pet monkey, a sooty mangabey, clutching
each other as tightly as possible. The
monkey’s forepaws and prehensile toes
are wrapped tightly around the girls’ left
arm.
Sunny at first blush, the picture has a
sinister side: It symbolizes the easy passage
between monkeys and humans of a
.simple vires that has developed into the
microorganism that causes AIDS, said
Marx, a New Orleans native who was at
the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
in New York before coming this summer
to the primate center in rural St.
Tammany Parish. ":My work has shown
that the viruses carried by these monkeys
are closely related to the viruses earned
by people in the local villages," he said.
Marx, whosucceeded Michael Murphy-
Corb at Tulane, also has studied the way
AIDS infection develops, and he has con’-
ducted vaccine research. He will continue
in both fields at the primate center and at
the Diamond center, which shares him
with Tulane. In return for letting Marx
move south, Diamond gained access to
what is, with 4,500 monkeys, the country’s
biggest primate center. The two institutions
plan to co_ltaborate on .-kIDS research.
"I’m not onlyOK with that; I think
it’s a tremendous opportunity,’" said Peter
Gerone, director of the Tulane Regional
Primate Research Center. "’Talk about
sometlfing being mutually beneficial." As
part of the agreement, Marx received a
professorship of tropical mediciue - and
the enthusiastic welcome from Dr. Paul
\Vhelton, dem~ ofTulane’s S cbooi of Public
Health and Tropical Medicine "’He
has provided fltndamental underpinmng
of the sinuan innnunodeficiencv virus
and the origin of AIDS.’" said \\~elton.
For Marx, named the primate center’s
senior scientist, flats is his first priority: to
trace the history of the iucurabte illness by
detennimng the origin of the virus that
causes ~t "%’obodv else is doing that,"
Ronald Desrosier,~. imcrobiologist and
molecular geneticist at Harvard Medical
School and Harvard’s New Fmgland Primate
Center. "’I tlm~k he ki~ows mo~tkevs
and monkey natural history very we~l.
This is a niche where he can contribute
and he tries to make the most of it ""
The work, wlfich Marx conducts in the
United States and Africa, may lead to a
vaccine and better ways to fight.AIDS,
said Dr. Andrew Lach~er, a pathologist at
Harvard Medical Center and ~ts pinnate
center, "-[’he tnore you le,’~t about these
viruses. . will provide very significant
clues to what’s different in sooty
mangabeys, where the virus can be
haudled, and humans, and humans, where
it’s not," Lackner said. Which leads back
to Marx’s photograph of the ~fl and her
pet, and the potential for monkey viruses
to leap the species barrier. In villages like
the ~fl’s, monkeys bite people and people
hm~t and eat monkeys. And angry farmers
have clubbed to d~th sooty mangabeys
that devoured their crops, said Dr. Beatrice
Hahn of the University of Alabama at
Birminghana.
Through such incidents, the simian
nmnunodefiency virus, "known as SIV,
regularly invades human bloodstreams,
said Marx, who has worked in :\frica
since 1987. Under normal circumsumccs,
he has found a huntan can elinmmtc il
wi~n 12 weeks. The mo~ev vm~s. Much
has been in Africa more than 100,000
ye~s, c~~nutate in ml attenlpt to survi vc,
but he s~d, the body’s defenses gencrall3
work f~ter. HIV, an offshoot of thc
IN vires, is relatively nee in human~
M~x stud, dating b£ck to about 1950
"~at t~t me~s, in a sense, is thal
there’s a mo~ey out ~ere that donated
vires to people," Marx stud. ’The question
becomes, "X~at’s the mechmfism ’
.. Some~ng ~p~ned in 1950 that caused
tNs vires to st~t crossing over. I kmm
what it is, but I ~n’t prove it.’" ttis hunch:
widespread use of hypodenmc ucedlcs.
wNch beg~ about the s~e ti~nc injectable
~gs ~c~e available to fight dise~
es such as tonga. In countries that
~’t ~forda new needle for each pattern.
ne~les ~e often reused, picNng up Inicr~
rg~sms ~ong the way.
A ~ad~te of 1 ~uisi~a ~tatc Iuivcrsitv
in New ~leans (now the Univcrsit~
of ~’ew Ofl~s) and~1" Mcdic~fl Center
, M~x beg~ ~s quesl for the ofigiu of
AIDS in 1987. ~e quest h~ U~en him
~ound ~e world, including a remote Affi~
b~ where he and a colleague stopl~,d
for a beer ~ter a frustrating day of collecting
blo~ smnples from redcap
m~gabeys in a hunt for a r~e SIV strain.
H~ picked up the stor~, w~ch has bccome
p~t of the Marx lebend: "Thcv
a redcap monkex tied to the b~, ~ating
pe~uts. ~esto~ stud, "We could blccd
that one as well." "" After a pause. !l~dm
delivered the puuch line. ’Thin happcncd
to be the monkey that was i~fl~ctcd with
that vm~s.’" she stud "’Preston told mc
later. "As you can see. I do my best work
m b~.""
HIV+ Prisoners
To Be Separated
GREENVII.I.1L S.(’. {.-\P) - With ntorc
than 600 S. Carolina prison inmates about
to be segregated because they tested postfive
for &e AIDS-casuing virus, one AII)S
expert says the state has far underesu
mated the cost. The state esdmalcs it will
cost St,Q00 wr ~mnate l~r ~eatment. Tha~
is more likely.to k S15,000. Dr. Rick
Altice. ~ AIDS expert m Yale-New ttayen
HospitN in New Haven. Conn.. u)ld
The Greenville News.
In a prison system of 21.0~) lmnmcs.
~ of them t~IV-positive, a system of
providing condoms, sex eduction and
drug rehabilitation wouldbe more effective.
sav some of those who speciNize in
tracing ~edise~e. [nprotccted consensu~
sex~drapes remmn prev~ent mnong
prisoners, m~v of whom don’t know
HIV ~ be transmitted bv unsafe ratercourse,
sMd Steve Nesselr~th of the AIDS
m Prison Project.
17 states have m~datory testing, lto~vever,
one-time testing ~ give pnson
officiM s a fMse sense of secuntv, sMd Dr.
Jo~ Miles, of the Centers f~r Disease
Con~ol & ~evenfion. Without lbllowup
testing, i~ates who~~ey ~c
sine~fur~er spread H1V, Miles sMd. It
~es ~ long ~ six months tbr ~e vires to
be det~mble. ~ficiMs pl~ follow-up
tests ~d say i~ates will ~tested ~fore
¯ey l~ve prison st~ngnext ye~. "AVith
the follow-up ~gsfing, we feel like we’ll
~tch~yone~o~’ttest ~sifive whea
we test~ or when they c~e into the
system," B~Mey sMd.
1998 Water Garden Tour
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’SurL Oct. 4, 1-5
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CINDERELLA
Sept. 18-20, 1998
~, sweeping tale of prince gels gift. Where between
"once upon a time" and "happily ever aftel;" we discover
love and romance, greed and envy, beauty and ugliness.
And the realization that timing is everything.
DEATH AND THE MALDEN
Light Fandango ¯ Mare Nostram
Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 1998
Matters of death and life. From two choreographers.
An established American, Robert North, takes on mortality.
The upstart Italian, Luciano Cannito, explores immortality.
Contemporary ballet in classical terms. The real spice of life.
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Feb. 5-.7, 1999
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SWAN LAKE
Apr. 9-11, 1999
Ali’s fair in love. The only emotion over which countries
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For the first time eve~; Tulsa Ballet presents the four-act
Swan Lake in its entirety. With Artistic Director
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Oct. 17, 22 & 24, 1998
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Read All About It
by Adam West, Helmerich Library
We all love Auntie Marne. It’s pracfiv~
V a orere~uisite; it’s possibly genetic.
~t’-s’not t~ love in a s-tory @’out a bo.y
growing up with a bohemian’, eccenmc
and rich aunt for a guardian? But if you
ever wondered where all of
Marne’s gay friends were (oh,
of course she had them!), you
will definitely adore Say Uncle
by Eric Shaw Quinn. Although
the whole plot rests on a gruesome
tragedy, this comedy has
enough absurdity and sardonic
humor to keep you smiling for
weeks. The characters are so
engaging that they become a
part of your family -even
when you hate them; and
Quirm’s evocative style will
rivet you with your own emo~
tional reactions.
InSav Uncle, Michael Reily
finds l~s life turned inside out
when his sister and her husband
are killed tragically ,leaving
Michael the guardian of
their baby, Scott. Urged on by
his mother and challenged by
the baby’s patemal grandfather,
a conservative former
Senator, Michael’s fights
anaidst a media blitz as his
homosexnality and Suitability as a parent
are "called into question.
The most noticeable aspect of this brilliant
first novel is certainly its brand of
humor. Part Congreve, part Dickens, part
Fierstein, Quinnmanages a seamless blend
of Restoration comedy, bitter irony and
modem disillusioned idealism. The resul_t
is a classic style in today’s language.
Qmma clearly wanted to go for the literary
throat with his debut. The scope and
scheme of Say Uncle is of Shakespearean
proportions. ~a,s an actor lfimself, the author
was possibly hoping for a movie deal
with a cast on the level of Steel Magnolias
(of wlficli this is also reminiscent). Say
said Nicole Russo, spokeswoman for
AIDS Project Los Angeles, which organizes
the event every year. Colin’ s mother
got him started when he was four to learn
about helping others, Ms. Russo said.
The event raised an estimated $3 million
that will provide care for the nearly
7,400 people with AIDS in l_~,s .Angeles
County. Participants asl~ people to sponsor
them for every mile they walk. The
course, about 6.2 miles long, started at
Paramount Studios in Hollywood, looped
onto Melrose Avenue and then back to the
studio through Hancock Park.
Craig Thompson, executive director of
AIDS Project Los Angeles, said he was
encouraged to see so many.young people
taking part in the fund-raiser this year.
’q’hat’s good because half of all .new
infections of HIV occur among 18- to 25-
year-olds," he said.
Here in Tulsa, however, local HIV/
AIDS andcivil rightactivist,Jimmy Flowers,
bemoaned what he called the shamefully
low turnout at Tulsa’ s 6th nnn~al
AIDS walk, Walk For Life held Sat. sept.
26th. Flowers claims therewere only about
80 persons participating in the 2 mile
walk along the Riverparks and that some
The most
notleeable aspect
of this brilliant
first novel is
eertalnly its
brand of humor.
Part Congreve,
part Dickens,
part Fiersteln,
uhn manages
a~seamless blend
of Restorat;on
comedy, hitter
irony and modern
dlsillusloned
ideallsm. The
result is a elassle
style in today’s
Uncle’s beauty shines through, covering
~ a span of over twenty years and doing so
¯ without neglecting continuity or cohe-
¯ siveness.
¯ Even thOugh half of the book is told
¯ mostly from Scott’s perspective, the clear
star of the novel is Uncle Michael.
Michael’s straight-forward
and amusing take on life fuels
the story and you adore him
more with each page¯ He’ s not
a perfect man, but he"s close
enough, and his flaws just endear
you to him more¯ His
blunt’and occasionally odd
rapport with his meddling
mother is so similar to somany
of us that you’ll surdy find
new realizations m your own
maternal rdationship. Best of
all, .kfichael fights for respect
the way we all would like to:
withh~nor, ~ace and tremendous
gumpuon.
The circumstances of Say
Uncle wouldn’t happen to
mare of us. \~2tile overall you
mav~ehappy about that, there
will also be a part of you that
longs for it. Michael Reily is a
tree hero in so many ways -
Iris di~mfity, his selfish selflessness,
his passion for life¯
\Xqao ,’unong us doesn’t want
to star ~n a life of feature film quality. Say
Uncle has its realism, and even its absuiditv
is plausible, but in the end what gets
us ior at least gets me) is thejourney of the
characters from letters on a p0ge to human
beings we would like to kaaow..Say Uncle
is the story we would have if we got the
option - and the strength - to enjoy it.
You can request Say Uncle from your
nearest’l"ulsa City-County library br~ch
or by calling th~ Reader’s Services department
of the Central Library.
Adam West is an associate with lulscl
City-County Library S3wtem and an OSU
ah~mus. Hets m)t now and,ever has bee,
Batman.
agencies whi,c,h serve People Living with
AIDS~(PLWA s) werenot represented by
their staff.
However, Community Service Council
AIDS f~mdraiser and organizer, Janice
Nicklas claimed about 100 attended and
that, for Tulsa, that’ s a good turnout. According
to Nicklas, about $5,000 was
raised which will be matched by an addi-
¯
ttonal $2500 from the Nat’1. AIDS Fund.
LongtimeHIV/AIDS activist/volunteer,
¯ Claudette Peterson, noted that she was
¯ unable to attend the event because The
¯ Food Pantry of Tulsa CARES (formerly ¯
¯ theHIV ResourceConsortium)whichshe directs was scheduled to getalargeamount
¯ of donated food that morning.
¯ Walker, Nancy Smith, and walk team, i Soles for Souls brought in the highest
donations. Street School student Kat
¯ Morgan won a prize for her HIV/AIDS
¯. poem,, and the poster design used on tiffs
¯ year s t-shirts was createdby amember of
¯
Red Rock Mental Health Group’s Gay
¯ youth support group. Chairpersons were
¯ ~Vlichael Bmmgardt of Youth Services
~ andTerry Russell of Planned Parenthood
". of America, NE OK/NW AR. Business
¯ sponsors were US Cdlular, NYBagds,
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by Ma~. Schepers, Do-It-YourselfDyke
Announcingfencing lessons for the nonathlethic
members of the family! Like the
wise creatures you are, you heeded your
DIYD’s sage advice in the last column
and selected the picket type and size that
suits your needs and
budget, made your measurements,
purchased
your posts and stringers
and are ready to get
nailed. Pardon. To get
nailing. Or, the DIYD’ s
preference for fencing,
to get busy screwing,
because screws are always
the preferred fastener
for fence construction.
They hold
better, won’t pull out,
and make any future
repairs oh so much
eas~er - and we love
easier, don’t we?
The DIYD has certain
other preferences
when it comes to
screws, and the primary
one is for square drives
(as opposed to standard
or - shame-on you for
smirking - Phillip’s
head). -Ihex do not
"’cam out" easily, which
means they don’t get
all cheered’up and ratty
mad unusable, and yoffl,azow by now what
aesthetics does for the DI’YD~ Order the
catalogue from McFeelv’s (800 443-
7937) and you will be ifi square driv~
heaven; of course, youcan order the square
drives from them as well. The quality is
lfigh, the service good and the delia:err
prompt - mad most of us can’t say that
about our exes. can we?
You will be using a #8 scre~v. 2 1 2"
long, to attach stringers t.o posts. ,and \ou
will need to order the"No-Co-Rode’" ty"pe.
The’* will We you good rust resistance
along with strength. For attaclfing 3our
pickets to the stringers, you wi!l need #8
scre~vs. 1 1 4." long; the wood ’*ouve
chosen for the pickets will deterrrdue the
type of screw. For wKite wood or treated
pickets, use the No-Co-Rode screws, but
for cedar, vou must_use stainless steel
because thd acids and volatile oils in the
cedar will seriously corrode an\ other
fastener you use. Tt~e DIYD realizes that
some of this informaUon is a rehash, but
speaking for herself, the old memory isn’ t
quite what it used to be. Remember also
that you will need4 screw s for each stringer
and 5 screws for each picket.
Now that you’ve assembled all ’,our
raw material s, it is time to gather up ’,’our
tools. The DIYD is delighted to inform
you that this is the perfect project for that
stunning leather tool belt, so if you haven’t
indulged yourself yet, do so now. You’re
paying so much for the fence, at this point
you canjustify the few extra dollars for an
accessory that will give years and years of
good use and satisfaction. In adcfition to
the .tool belt, you will need the following:
a good level (bigger really is better here;
don’t settle for an.vthin~ under 12"); a
drill and drill bits (2 drills are better); a #2
square driver for the screws; a wheelbarrow
or very large tub to mix concrete in
(there is an nnapproved method to cheat
this, which will be passed along forthwith);
a hoe and shovel for mixing and
scooping concrete; and a device for dig-
Trust me darll-nCs, you do
not want to d;~ a post
hole wlth a shovel.
too much work, and
requires more
mater~al to fill it.
Oh., dear, there ~oes the
ex factor a~aln...
The standard method is
to use a post hole di~¢er.
but thls too is much too
painful, and you will use
an entire 80 lb. ba~ of
quiekrete to fill the hole.
It is not laziness that will
drive you at thls point to
the E-Z equipment
rental, but efficiency!
ging the holeS.
Trust me darlings, you do not want to
dig a post hole with a shovel. Ugly, too
much work. and reqmres more material to
fill it. Oh, dear, there goes the ex factor
again.. : The standard method is to use a
post hole digger, but
this too is much too
painful, and yon will
use an entire 80 lb. bag
of quic"krete to fill the
hole. It is not laziness
that will drive you at
this point to the E-Z
Equipment rent,d, but
efficiencv! Go rent an
auger and forget the
Ph.D. altogether. You
have two options: a
hand operated auger,
which is just fine in
soils that arc not rocky,
or a gas powered auger.
Hm Bet we’ve
made a choice already.
Get a bit instruction ~n
how to rev the little
darlin" up and you’ll
be sinking more holcs
that an Oklahoman
wildcatter in July. Besides,
power to~ls arc
fl~n, and you’ll get yonr
job dgne quicldy. And
you "ll use less
Quickrete, too.
In order to buy your materials, you have
already measured your fence li~]e. ()nce
again, you will space 3"our posts 8 feet on
6enter for treated pickets and 10 feet on
center for cedar pickets. You will rarely
come out perfectly, so plan on splitting
the difference ou either end of the fence
unless the distance left over ~s over a few
~’eet. In other words, you may have ten
posts 10" apart and have 3" at the end, so
put nine posts 10" apart, and at the ends
have the posts 61 2’ apart. More than that.
put the short section of fence on the cud
you won’t see as often. If this confuses
you. draw ~t out on paper first. It never
hurts to have a visual.
Drill your holes Zccording to your spacing
plan. Go ahead and give yourself an
inch or so less between the posts for a bit
of a fudge factor (you can cut a board, but
stretching it is ~mpossible). Drill the holes
2".deep. Center 3our posts in the holes,
using the level to get the post as level as
possible in the horizontal as well as the
vertical plane. If you" ve never used a level
before, ask someone who has for a few
pointers. It’s reall,v quite easy. Do not skip
this step or the fence will be a disaster and
you’ve paid too much for that. After centenng
the post in the hole, add your mixed
concrete until the hole is filled level with
the ~ound. Use a stick to work the concrete
mix down and the air bubble out.
Always put the post in the hole and fill
around it. The moisture needs to be able to
drain away from the bottom of the post. If
you drill your holes with an auger, you
shonld only need about 3/4 of an 86 lh
bag of quickrete per hole. Let the concrete
sit for at least 12 hours before proceeding.
Cheater’s method: Pour a bag of quikrete
into the hole, add water to fill. Let sit for
24 hrs. Results not guaranteed.
Once again, your beloved DIYD has
waxed eloquent to the point of being verbose,
so join us next month when we will
finish this project. Promise. Until theu,
enjoy the tool belt.
by Esther Rothblum
I recently met with three members of
the Crones, a group for old Lesbians in
Vermont. "We were at a dance one night,"
said.Alverta, "and I asked the woman l
was with, where are all the Lesbians our
age?" They put an ad in the local Lesbian
newspaper, and had to drop
the minimum age to 40 because
there were so few Lesbians
older than that who
were out in the community
at that time. They started as ~
political group, butit quickly
became a social group because
so many women
wanted just to meet someone
their age.
"’And even now," added
Mary Wallmyn, "here we all
sit together in your living
room and wonder where are
the Lesbians in their 60s and
70s like us.’" The women
agrecd that some of the~e
older Lesbians are extremely
closeted or out to only one
"It’s even hard
for older
Lesbians
to meet someone
to be a friend
or just someoue
to han~
out wlth."
sald Alverta.
’%Vhere do
older Lesbians
disappear to?"
other person. They lived through times
that were very hostile to Lesbians and
aren’t willing io be too out, eve!.13o other
old l~esbians..klan3 don’t even hse the
word "Lesbian"- they refer to themselves
as "that wax" or use other euphemisms.
I asked ~’hat Alverta, Mary, and Joy
thought the major issues were facing Les’-
bians over 60. Getting a job mad facing
ageism, said Alverta. Leaving a husband,
coming out as a Lesbian, andbeing thought
too old for full-time work yet not old
enough for social security, said Mary.
Beiug closeted on the job and needing 1o
move in order to live near a lover, said
Joy. Working for a non-profit organization
that has no retirement benefits. Getung
sick in old age.
In fact, thewomen agreed that discrimination
due to age was more severe than
discmninauon due to being a Lesbian.
And many have found this hideaway in
the Ozarks to be an ideal spot for a holy
union or commitment ceremony.
Early reservations for the weekend are
advised. For more information on the
schedule of activities or Diversity Cooperative
listing, please check out the website
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call the event sponsors,The Emerald Rainbow,
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Schedule of Activities
Friday, November 6, 8:30pm-12:30am
Kick off the weekend with a dance in
the Basin Park Hotel Ballroom to benefit
¯the Metropolitan Comnmnity Church of
the Living Springs & the Eureka Springs
R.A.I.N. Team. Music by Sisters II. $3
single; $5 couple. 12:30-2: 00am, after the
dance, head over to Center Street So. for
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Saturday, November 7, 8:00-10:30am
Meet Charlotte for a trout fishing adventure
on die beautiful, crystal clear
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required. Meet at the Beaver Dam Store
by 7:45am. Fxtuipment rentals & licenses
available: Reservations: 501-253-6154.
1 l:00am-l:00pm, Take a leisurely float
trip down the White River. Enjoy the fall
colors mad peacefulness of the Ozarks.
Mary had noticed that even the personal
¯ ads in thelocal newspapers had "seniors"
¯ under a special section. They mentioned a
; Lesbian friend who had stated her age in
; apersonaladandgotalmostnoresponses.
¯ "’It’ s even hard for older Lesbians to meet
someone to be a friend or just someone to
hang out with,’" said,Mverta:
"Where do older Lesbians
disappear to’?" the women
wondered. Perhaps some
leave to take care of families
of origin, the)’ thought.
The Crones talked about
interacting with younger
Lesbians. When older and
younger Lesbians become
lovers, people may assume
that one is the other:s mother.
It’s hard to go to the health
care center mad have a 20-
year old woman do the in-
. take extort.
Old women are "called
wise, said Alverta. vet they
are ignored iu meetings that
include yOtmger women. Joy
found that the younger women go off to
socialize together mid don’t iuclude old
Lesbians. But the women did feel that
the) have become more outspoken as they
have become older.
The women remiaisced about living
through extremely homophobic times.
They talked about bein_o in the ntilitary
and Working as school teachers. But now.
as older women, they were living in times
that were more affirming of Lesbians, but
hostile to old women. Yet ever.vone agreed
that ageism was worse in the Gay male
mid in the Heterosexual co~mnunitv.
For more information about the C~’ones.
write to 143 RoIlin Irish Road, .\lilton. VT
05468. Esther Rothblum is Professor of
Psychology at the Umversitv of Vermont
affd Editor ofthe Journal ofLesbian Studies.
She can be reached at John Dewey
Hall, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington. VT.
Bringa ~nack or pick up something at the
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Reservations apprecmted
1 l:30am- 1:00pm,Take an historic walking
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2:00-4:00pm, Be a part of nature on this
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by Lamont Lindstrom
Last summer, I visited Carl, an old high
school friend who lives near Princeton,
New Jersey. Carl and I grew up together in
the same small California town but I did
not learn he was Gay until
years after we had both
moved away. The previous
time I ran into Carl, back in
California for the holidays, I
thought he was straight. Eccentric,
but straight. I looked
forward to seeing him again
in this different light, and in
his own place- a condo that
he and his lover had purchased
a few years before
AIDS cuthim down, leaving
Carl single once more.
We sat digesting our dinner
around the kitchen table
joined by Richard, a recent
acquaintance from New
York City. Contemplating
the dr~gs of my wine, I was
startled when Carl and Richard
began comparing the
relative merits of the sadomasochist
clubs inNYC that
tfiey both frequent. Not just
merely Gay, I also hadn’t a
clue that my boyhood buddy was into ¯
whips and chains and fit-clamps. Carl ¯
enthused that his peak sexual experience ."
had come when once he was "sewn up." ¯
Don’t ask - I didn’t. I preferred to let a
heated imagination race through the pos- ¯
sibilities of exactly WH_AT was sewn up .
HOW, and WHERE. (If anyone cares to ¯
enlightenme, my email address is below.) ¯
Richard advised
ttmt the best place
to acquire such
paraphernalia
cheaply is
your local
hardware store.
Waltdn~ those
TrueValue
aisles, the SIM
eye sparhles at
exeltln~ possibilities
brought to
mind by hoohs,
clamps, struts,
braehets, and
power tools.
~ added leather and clamps to his interests
¯ in music and math. A previous artist boy-
" friend had even recruited him to model for
¯¯ a drawing; and Carl stands there in full
leather and chains illustrating the SADOMASOCHISM
sectxon of
Silverstein and Picano’ s New
Joy of Gay Sex -a volume
that Ihad often meticulously
studied without recognizing
my old high school friend!
As an old-fashioned anthropologist,
I’ ve sometimes
made fun of contemporary
identity politics that begets
aperfusionofculture claims.
Nowadays, everyone has to
have his or her own culture:
Gay-culture, Lesbian-culture,
deaf-culture, black-cultin’e,
Polish-American culture,
skater-culture, it goes
on. However, because all of
us continue to speak English
and to eat the same Burger
Kings, the stodgy anthropological
term for these various
yet connected spheres is
"subculture." But whatever
you want to call it, listening
to Carl and Richard chat
merrily together, it was clear to me that S/
Minvolves a closecommunity with shared
understandings of its sexual world.
These shared S/M understandings in-
" clude well-defined statuses (all those vanetaesof
tops and bottoms ),andrule
governed practices for combining sexual
pleasureandpain. Americans like to regularize
and institutionalize the world as
Carl and Richard attend several well- ¯ much as ~auyone, and at s no s~nse tha
~eir doo~ abour9 p.m. ~~oWo ms~a¢ . corona: i~¢opnytCs ~ ~~ ~/~v~-~mthen
wiles away~~ght ho~s by orga- ¯ ~ on ~ Intem¢t, or even by ~ng
m~ng what I t~¢ to be a series of im- ¯ semin~s: P~n 101.
promptu demonstrations and skits. Up on
stage a leather daddy whips his boy. A
rough dyke strings up the bottom she has
just met. Guys dripping hemp rope enthusiastically
demonstrate, likemyBoy Scout
troop master of long ago, a plethora of
complicated knots. Someone whohas visited
the supermarket unpacks boxes of
plastic wrap and wraps his partner in
yards and yards of plastic, poking holes
here and there in the bulging saran cocoon
for purposes of breathing and so forth.
From all corners chains rattle and hand-
"cuffs clank.
Richard advised that the best place to
acquire suchparaphernalia cheaply is your
local hardware store. Walking those
TrueValue aisles, the S/M eye sparkles at
exciting possibilities brought to mind by
hooks, clamps, struts, brackets, andpower
tools.
This all was a revelation to me. My
image of Carl, dating back to high school,
was of a shy, quiet, reservedboy whom, of
all of us, I would have bet on to die a
virgin. He had outstanding talents in both
music and mathematics-that odd, not uncommon
mixture of aptitude that lends
support toAmericanpop theories ofrightbrained
versus left-brainedpeople. Iknew
that Carl was wall into a second decade of
work on a Princeton University PhD thesis
in musicology-one that was tracing, in
tortuous-detail, a chronicle of 17th century
German organ music. Twenty years
academic slavery in the music archives -
this all made sense to me, knowing Carl.
But years of sexual slavery inNew York
S/M clubs-that came as a shock.Carl had
: A message on an Internet list-serve, in
: fact, recentlycomplainedbitterlythatpro-
¯ liferating confusion in the "hanky code"
was undermining S/M cultural unlfor-
: mity. And one can think up amusingly
[ horrible scenarios where someone sport-
. ing a mustard yellow hankie (seeking the
: well-endowed) ends up witha2am"golden
." shower" instead. (editor’s note: or as our
¯ First District US Congressman Steve
". Largent likes to refer to them. "yellow
". showers.")
: Carl talked enthusiastically about his
¯ vocationasagingleather-boy.Itooknotes.
." Gay-culture mightbe rich and elaborated,
: but the number of roles it allows us 40-
." somethings is limited. What comes next
¯ after "sweet young twink"? Bear, queen,
: leather-daddy - there really isn’t much
¯ ~hoice. I’m heading down to my neigh-
"borhood TrueValue soon.
Lamont Lindstrom is a professor of
anthropology at the University of Tulsa.
Contact him at: lamont_.tu@ionet.net
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Sapulpa Teen Flees Bias
SAPULPA, Okl~ (AP) -The 17-year-old son ofa local
school board member has faced threats and harassment
because of his sexual orientation, but the boy’s father
said his other children will remain in the suburban
district. Will .Allen, a junior at Sapulpa High School,
will attendTulsaW~hingtonHigh School whenthefall
semester begins Aug. 12. The family requested the
transfer in February, his father, Sam Allen, said.
Allen said Will has been vexed and tormented by his
~.2assmates for the past two years because of his sexual
Orientation. ;The Allen family appeared recently on
NBC’s "The Today Show"; and Will encouraged other
young Gay men and women to confide in people with
whomtheyfeltcomfortable. ’Tvehadmany Gayfriends
who have been kicked out of their homes, treated very
poorly - physical abuse," he said. "The first thing you
should do .is find somebody, maybe,not your parents,
who you know and feel positive that ~hey can give you
the support that you need."
Will was inMichigan atamusic academy andwas not
available for comment.
Sapulpa school officials issued a news release that
! US House Votes t.o Limit City’s
!Partner Benef,ts to Gays
: WASHINGTON (AP) -Despite charges of bigotry and interfer-
~ ence in local government, the House in July voted to prohibit the
: s.pe.nding .of fed.eral, money o.n programs implementing a civil
: rights o_r.dinzncem.S.an Francasco. The measure, offered by Rep.
o Frank Ri.g.gs, .R.-Calif., was approved 214-212 as an amendment
: to a sPe~.ding bill forhous..rag, veterans programs, environmental
¯ protecaon, space and funding for the arts.
: Supporters said they hoped to get the provision removed
¯ during negotiations to reconcile the House bill with a yet-to-be
" approved Senate version. The Riggs amendment prohibits any
¯ money in the $94 billion spending bill to be used to implement
a San Francisco ordinance that requires employers doing bus|-
¯ ness withthecity toprovidehealthandotherbeuefits to same-sex
¯ partners. "We should not force or coerce (private business) to
¯ adopt policies they t-rod morally objectionable," Riggs argued in
¯ a heated debate.
¯ Rep. Patrick K.,e~n,edy, D-R.I., called it a "mean-spirited,
bigoted amendment’ and other opponents said it was an assault
¯ onlocalautonomy."Italtacks homernleinevery city in America,"
¯ declared Rep. Dennis KucinidL D-Ohio, a former mayor of
: Cleveland. "It’s a move back to the days of witch hunting, back
¯ to the days oftellingpeople what they should and should not do,"
¯ complained Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill. He said the amendment
¯ threatens programs in San Francisco that help the homeless and
¯ thetreatment ofAIDS patients as well as scores ofotherprograms
: that rdy in part on federal support.
¯ Rep. Nancy Pelts|, D-Calif., said the city negotiated with
~" Catholic Charities, which had balked at the ordinance, and
¯ reached an accommodation, and compromises were expected to
be worked out with other businesses. "I don’t know why Mr.
¯ Riggs wants to create a war," she said in strong opposition to the
¯ measure. Pelts|,whorepresents SanFrancisco, called theamend-
" ment an affront to home rule and Said "the city of San Francisco
’~ is not forcing anyone to act against their principles?’
¯ More than adozen lawmakersspoke emotionally against the
.: amendment, . see Attack, p. 3
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stated the district"does not condoneor tolerate harass- ~. ment of students foranyreason)’"We have comprehen- Surgeon .G,:e=,. neral Compares
sive board policies_’m,,P!ace on sexual harassment and a ~’. I~I~l I~|nI~’~~|1 #11 l~-"m-L a.__. I~-~-- -~ --
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Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays,
arranged for the television appearance. Will’s situation
is cotfimon for homosexual teen-agers, Ms. McDonald
said. "Some (schools) are doing a great job, and some
are sticking their heads in the sand," she said. "We’re
just beginning to work with Tulsa-area schools."
Allen said he had no complaints about the Sapulpa
district and said his two other children will continue to
attend Sapulpa schools. He also has no plans to step
down from the school board. ’‘The community support
has been wonderful," he said.
: WASHINGTON (AP) - Recalling his childhood in the segre-
¯ gated South, Surgeon General David Satcher compared the fight
: against AIDS, which is hitting the Black community hard, to the
-’: struggle for civil rights. Speaking to one of nation’s oldest civil
.: rights groups, he called on Black leaders to reject stereotypes
¯ around AIDS, overcome shyness about sex and confront the
[ issue. ’‘This is anareawhere weagain need to mobilize," Satcher,
." who is Black and grew up in Alabama, told the Southern Chris-
: tian Leadership Conference in a speech Tuesday. ’Tm talking to
¯ you about you."
While Blacks make up 13% of the U.S. population, they
¯ account for 57% of the new infectious, according to the federal Family of Faith to Present : CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention.Amongsomegroups,
¯ the statistics are even more striking: Blacks and Hispanics make Noted Christian Singer
TULSA -Marsha Stevens, composer of For Those
Tears I Died (Come to the Water), will perform a free
concert at Family of Faith Metropolitan Commlmity
Church on Saturday, Sept.. 5th at 7:30 at 5451e South
Mingo as wall as at Family of Faith’s regular Sunday
evemng service on Sept. 6th at 5pm.
Stevens’ song, For Those Tears... has become a
standard of evangelical Christian hymnals since 1972
even though the songwriter experienced rejection and
scorn from part of the church since she came out as a
Lesbian. Active in the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan
Community Churches (UFMCC), Stevens performs
over 150 concerts a year and has recorded six solo
albums and a concert video on her independent BALM
(Born Again Lesbian Music) labd. She now ministers
with the SW UFMCC district. Info: 622-1441.
P. 2/3
P. 4
p. 6~
P.8
P. 9
P. 10
P. 11
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: up 82% of HIV-positive women ages 13 to 24. Andlife-prolong-
" ing AIDS drugs are helping whites more than Blacks. In 1996,
¯ deaths among whites with AIDS were down 28%; for Blacks, it
¯ was just 10%.
¯ The Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s new presi-
¯ dent, Martin Luther King III, underscored the difficulty ofAIDS
¯ education, saying he is not comfortable promoting use of con-
" doms. "The only way is abstinence," he said in an interview after
¯ Satcher’s speech. "Sex should not be something that we just
: casually engage in and take lightly." The solution, King said, is
¯ restoring fundamental values to society. He said AIDS is an
¯ important issue, although it is not among his top priorities.
Satcherdid notrecommendany particularprevendon strategy.
" But he and other public health experts agree that use of condoms"
¯ is essential to halt the spread of HIV among people who are not
: likely to abstain from sex. The surgeon general will hammer the
~ AIDS message in upcoming speeches to Black journalists and
¯ doctors, and he plans to reach out to other groups such as Black
¯ fraternities, sororities and newspapers.
¯ But his speech to church leaders was particularly important.
¯ Churches play a central role in many Black communities, and
¯ ministers are,often among the most prominent community lead-
,: ers. But church leaders have been reluctant to talk about AIDS
¯ because it relates so closely to sex and homosexuality, Satcher
¯ says. The issue is also thorny because of its relationship to drug
¯ use, amajorprobleminside the Blackcommunity withits ownset
¯ of taboos, see Surgeon,p.ll
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - From skimpily
clad revelers to Bible-toting evangelists, the
Gay Games are drawing an eclecdc crowd for
weeklong festivities ce,!ebrating Gay pride and
culture. With the,,theme Friendship Through Culture
and Sports, the quadrennial Olympics-style
sports festival begins Saturday, offering competitors
everythingfrom ballroom dancing to wrestling
and more cerebral pastimes such as bridge and
chess.
This is the
first time the Gay
Games are being
held in Europe
since they beganin
San Francisco in
1982. New York
City was the site
¯ of the last Games
¯ in 1994; Sydney,
¯ site of the Summer
Olympics in 2000,
¯ will have the first
¯ Tulsan CliffBaileyis compet- southern hem|-
¯ ing in this year’s Gay Games .sphere Gay Games
¯ in Amsterdam, accompanied in 2002.
¯ by his spouse Chris Ritthaler. The opening
night’s ceremony
¯ will feature the Israeli transsexual pop star Dana
¯ International, who gained fame- and notoriety-in
¯ May after winning the 25-nation Eurovision song
¯ contest and incensing Orthodox Jewish leaders at
¯ home.
¯ Some 30 competition sports will be available at
¯ these games, which run through Aug. 8. But with-
" out top-level athletes, they threatened to be eclipsed
¯ by the many parties outside the stadium.
¯ Amsterdam is renowned for its tolerance and its
¯ lively Gay community, so these games are almost
~:. inconspi~ug~s, ap.ar~ [rg~ so,me posters and a few
~ more same:~e~couples than USUal-:strolling arm-in-
¯ arm a!Orig the canals.
With up to 14,000 participants and 200,000 visi-
¯ tors in town, the Dutch capital is about to be
¯ transformed into the ultimate Gay hangout with
¯ enough temptations to satisfy even the most vigor-
. ous partygoer. There are transvestite shows and
¯ drag queen contests. For the more athletic, there’s
¯ even oil wrestling.
One top attraction officially has nothing to do
¯ with the Gay Games: Saturday’s yearly canal pa-
: rade of decorated boats. Games organizers prom-
- ised a flotilla of Gays and Lesbians on the city’s
¯ famous medieval waterways. But not everyone
¯ will be party-hopping. For the straight-laced and
intellect’ual types-; there are plenty of alternatives,
including art exhibits, symposiums on Gay and
¯ Lesbian issues, and cooking shows.
¯ Participants might get a dose of religion. Up to
¯ 100 representatives from the international evange-
¯ lism group Youth With a Mission plan to stage
[ C.hristian-themed street dramas and pray with par-
¯ Uopants. "God wants to care for people whether
¯ they are homosexuals or heterosexuals," YWAM
¯ spokeswoman Nelleke Bosshardt said.
Sigrid Johannisse of the Netherlands, who will
". be competing in the badminton competition, said
¯ she’s searching for fun and friendship. Even so, she
¯ hopes the Gay Games one day will disappear as
Gays become more accepted.
¯ Although heterosexuals are welcome to com-
" pete, few do, triggering criticism within the Gay
¯ community that the games createneedless segrega-
¯ don. "! hate all the separation," said Johmmisse, a
¯ 33-year-old art historian. "in sports, there isn’t so
¯ much integration.., it was just easier to play with
¯ Gay people."
¯ Eddy Feenstra has a more carefree attitude as he
¯ prepares to compete in ballroom and Latin Ameri-
¯ can dancing with partner Tonny Aliens. Girding
¯ for victory, Feenstra says "I am doing it for the
¯ fun," he said. "I would also like to show off what I
¯ am good at."
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Keep Up the Good Work
Thanks for your paper. It is a welcome
relief from the crosstown neo-fascist
infotainment weekly, i particularly enjoyed
last issue’s cover story about SenatorNickles,
presumably the selfsame Senator
once knownfor closeting himself with
a reputedly Gay [Oklahoma] . fellow politico,
but who now wishes to protect the
Luxembourgians from the possibility of
an "immoral" ambassador. From what I
understand, the Luxembourgians aremuch
less concerned with the comings and goings
.in an ambassador’s, boudoir than is
Sen. Nickles.
As a politically leftist straight older
male, I naturally fmd common cause with
the Gay community: when the good Senator
and the Right good Rev. Phelps get
finished with the queers, they’ll be after
me next. I applaud your efforts to establish
dialogue with straightminority groups
who have themselves been the targets of
bigotry an discrimination. Ifwelearnnothing
more from History, at least we should
know that solidarity is the only hope for
the oppressed, and perhaps the best defense
from the excessively repressed.
This town needs a paper that gives
voice to all those outside the power elite,
performing the traditional role of the
Fourth Estate: to hold our governments
accountable for their actions, and to protect
the liberties of the individual. Keep
up the good work. - Keith Bolton, Tulsa
: A Letter from RAIN Oklahoma
," Thank you for providing me with providing
me with a way to address some
questions and concerns I’m aware of re-
"¯ garding a policy for volunteers that
RAIN’ s Board of Directors approved and
¯ that RAIN Staff are now charged with,
’ implementing. The policy in question is
". in regard to criminal history reports now
¯ being performed (with the volunteer’s
¯ permission) for all new volunteers effec¯
tive June 1, 1998 and gradually incorporating
such reports on all volunteers by
: March 1, 1999.
¯ I ask readers to consider the nature of ¯
¯ RAINvolunteers’ service topeopleliving
with HIV/AIDS [PLWA’s] and those in
; theirhouseholds. Volunteers provide non-
¯ medical,non-technical careto [PLWA’s],
"- most often in the RAIN client’s home.
¯ The services vary, depending on the ex-
." pressed needs and the volunteerrs avail-
- ability, but can include transportation,
¯ meal preparation, housecleaning, child
; care, pet care, and social outings. Emo-
; tional support is often a Valuable compo-
¯ nent of the relationship between RAIN
¯ Client and volunteer.
¯ RAIN’s Board of Directors and staff
¯ realized that we have a tremendous responsibility
to do what we can to ensure
¯ thesafety ofchildrenandvulnembleadults
¯ that volunteers contact: The policy was
: not-initiated naively or without regard to
¯ potential negative consequences. In a fo- ¯
cus group with volunteers many months
¯ ago, responses ranged from "against it
¯ -under any circumstance" to "yes, absoi
lutely, I support this fully." see RAIN, p.3
: Letters Policy
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issues which we’ve covered or on issues
¯ you think need to be considered. Youmay
¯. request that your name be with/add but
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Rev, Howard vsthe Evil Steve
by Tom Neal, editor & publisher ".
Severalyears ago whenUS Congressman Steve Largent "
firstranforoffice, this newspapermet withLargent, athis ¯
request, andafterwards I argued, despiteLargent’s record ¯
of bigoted,.anti-Gay comments and his association with "
radical extremist religio~political groups, for an initial ¯
policy of tolerance for Herr Largent. I’d hoped that ¯
Largent might just really believe in real Christian and "
American values of loving and respecting not only your "
neighbor but also the US Constitution. He sure tried to
sweet-talk us that way.
And to be fair, Steve did agree to a town hall meeting "
with Tnlsa’s Lesbian and Gay community - something "
none of his predecessors had ever done, certainly not the ¯
Idiot Congressman Inhofe (now US Senator and in competition
with Ernest "
Istookfor mostembar- "
rassing Oklahoman in
Washington) but not ¯
even the Democrat, "
Jim Jones, who’d held "
the seat before. ¯
But obviouslyI was "
wrong. Nomatterhow "
Largent may want to
see himself as just a
nice guy, he’s chosen "
to promote rdigious "
extremism and to surround
himself with "
folks so bigoted that "
they make him look a "
littlebit~m,oderate. His ."
chief of staff, Terry
US Rep. Steve Largent making Allen, thepoliticalex- "
those endorsement dollars by tremist calling the "
showing offhis son in his Hanes plays for our football ."
underware. Yep, Steve andsome hall-of-famer, comes ¯
of those Republicans sure know to mind. Actually "
about thosefamily values. Steve’s not moderate ¯
but his staff is openly
hate~:.t.o~ir Lesbian aod Gay constituents while Steve
.... a~’[d.~t~tu§~ly is polite. "
Now Steve et al will argue that their radicalism is just
repres.enting the views of the First District (which is more
or less Tnlsa county). But as a nearly lifelong Tnlsan (my
f,am~ly moved here from Oklahoma City in 1960), I just
don t ihink So. Yes, wedo have a sufficiency of Baptists,
Methodism, and also those no-name, make-it-up-as-yougo-
along~they-claim-they-areChriStians, many ofwhom
seem to think that their faith demands that they hate their
nexgt~bor as tlaey would be loved. Or.who engage in the
profoundly insincere rhetoric of claiming "to love the
person and to hate the ’sin’:" Often one wonders if these
types on meeting Christ would not reject Him as a "longhairedcommie,
pinko-fag."
But I don’t believe that these types represent the
majority of Tulsans, and regardless, given the values of
the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution, ¯
minority civil fights are not supposed to be subject to the
tyranny of the majority. And I believe that many Tulsa "
Baptists, Methodists, Jews, Muslims, Pagans and non, "
believers recognize that once the power of the govern- ¯
merit is used to promote a particular religious agenda, ¯
each tradition could be targeted just as Lesbian mad Gay "
citizens are the target du jour. ’
So, it is with some relief to learn that a brave soul, the ’
Reverend Howard Plowman, retired Methodist pastor,
has announced his willingness to face the football bully..
According to The Yellow Dog Democrat, the newsletter ¯
of the Oklahoma Democratic Party, Rev. Howard will ¯
challenge the ,hard-core Christian Coalition which has ¯
done a disservice to all political parties..." He adds, "1 "
resent them taking a Christian name and pretending-to: ]
have no other agenda..." Plowman, 73 years old, with ..
kids and grandkids, went to Tulsa Public Schools,TU and "
SMU’s Perkins School of Theology.
This newspaper certainly agrees that the so-called ¯
Christian Coalition has done a disservice to all Ameri- ¯
cans who believe in real religious freedom and have "
respect for America’s rich diversity. And I applaud Rev. "
Howard and his spouse and family for being willing to ¯
stand up against the Evil Steve. Tulsa deserves better. ¯
Editor’s note: More information is available about ¯
Plowman ’for Congress by writing to 3617 East 48th "
Place, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74.135. ¯
by James Christjohn
Greetings! Welcome to a new occasional colunm, one
that I hope you will fred interesting. The focus is to
comment on the world around us with the perspective of
being a Gay man in a diverse world. Topics will have a
wide range, from frivolity to high drama to serious issues
that affect us all. In this exploration, the question will
always be: What exactly is a Gay lifestyle?
I had an acquaintance once remark to me
"I don’t approve of your lifestyle, but I like
you." My first thought was "Well, I don’t
approve of your lifestyle, but I accept it as
part of you without comment: Who the hell
are you to judge me?" Before I did so, I
thought to myself, ’q’hat is not her rational
mind speaking, it’s her brainwashing coming
through. She doesn’t know any better.
She knows not what she speaks." I had to
ponder thatfor awhile. Itwas terribly tempting
to ask, "Does your brainknow what your
mouth is saying?"
I began pondering: what the hell is a Gay
lifestyle, anyway? There are perceptions,
usually starting witha"mis", that the straight
world has of Gay folk, and our so called
lifestyles, such as apparently we spend 90%
of our time in Gay bars in the pursuit of sex.
I know.that there are some folk who like to
go clubbing, straight and Gay, I know some
folk who do drugs, straight and Gay, I know
some folk who are promi.scuous (yes, even x
years into the AIDS epidemic), again, both
straight and Gay, - and I know many folk
who do none of those things. Yet, in the
straight world, we are all lumped under a
stereotype of eternal drugging, drinking,
slutty behaviors. Why is this, and.do we
need to hire publicity firms to turn theimage
around?
Thus I
dragged,
kicking and
sereamina, out
of the closet
by two very
curious Baptist
women from
Q)dessa-latlon,
Texas¯
And despite all
" my f~ars~
notlang
happened.
In fact, when I
leh, they were
very qulch to
tell me I
replaced
another
Gay man . . .
¯ and they still want me. Another time, I was copying some
¯ recipes out of a book in the office, when the same sister
; noticed and said, "Oh, you like to cook? You’ll make
¯¯ some wo - person a wonderful hus - mate."
Well, the cat was definitely coming out of the closet
¯ then. Shortly thereafter, I met my future mate, and all of ¯
a sudden, there was much curiosity about my life, which
I kept sidestepping, still fearing I could lose
ajob. It came to ahead one evening when I
was drawing plans ofTom’ s apartment, and
trying to figure out how to combine stuff,
furniture, etc. Cyndee, the boss, came over
and was looking over my shoulder. She
noted I had not drawn another bed, and
remarked "So, where ya golma put your
bed? or are ya gonna sleep with him?" It
was so surprisingly I my only response was
-- ..u..hhh ~ ana men to oraw in a bed real fast.
It was utterly silly, and she was letting me
know that she knew and it was no big deal,
.she had known, and now I knew she knew.
After that, the questions were exhausting.
The next year was one big Gay 101
Question and Answer session, as I ,demythified
Gayhood (Gaydom?) to them and
did no small amount of education. Cyndee
even shielded me from a stalker who’d
become obsessed with me, and nearly had
him arrested for calling the business repeatedly.
That was not fun, but it was notable in
the way she was ready to defend me. They
came from Irish stock, and Cyndee mad was
a sight to avoid.
And I became the one to turn to when
Annie, the other sister, was planning parties.
Which she did. A lot. I was the one
draftedinto helping herdo artsy-crafty things
for her parties, and when she was selecting
new furniture, I was always asked for de-
¯ I tend to think that theimagecanbe turned
arotmd,though it will mked~ne, ~aad lots ofpatiehee:The
¯ woman I referred to before may have a different image of
: Gay people than what she’d been brainwashed into be-
¯ lieving because we knew each other. Maybe not a magic
." transformation, but a little logic, here and there,:can add
¯ For example, I worked for three years in a physical
¯ therapy office, for two small.town Baptistwomenl It was ¯
a nice job, and I liked them, so I didn’t talk about myself
¯ much for fear oflosing thejob:! was rather silly. TI~first
¯ day f worked there, "a client came in and demanded that
¯ one of the "purty wimmin" do his therapy because he
didn t want no pansy-assed faggot to touch him. Well,
¯ we were both nonplused. I thought I was pretty low key,
¯¯ having left the bright, hotpinkneon"QueerHere" sign at
¯ home.
After h~ left, one of the sisters begged me not t6 quit,
saying their clients were not all like that, and he was an
exception, not a rule. Wall, I thought, at least they know,
¯ sign opinions. I guess it’s part of the Gay gene, that interior d(sign comes with it. (I really had no
talent forit, but it was a misconception that wouldil’t die.
No matter how hard I tried to dispel the myth that not all
Gay men had impeccable taste, even to the extent of
describing my past relationships.)
Thus was I drug, kicking and screaming, out of the
closet by two VerY curious Baptist women from Odessalation,
Texas. And despite all my fears, nothing bad
happened. In fact, when I left, they were very quick to tell
me I was being replaced with another Gay man, who’d
actually made a pass at their very handsome but terribly
straight brother. Apparently, the strategy worked.
I had a point in all this somewhere. Oh yes, it is by
events like these - and not being afraid to be who we are
- that this whole mythification of what we are can be
¯changed. It’s not always the loud voices that help create
change, sometimes it’s the whisper on the wind. And in
that way, everyone can help make long-lasting changes
for.the benefit of all.
characterizingit as an attack on the rights of Gay citizens
and a federal imposition on local rule. Only Riggs-vigorously
supported it during the debate,
"It’s a message amendment.... It will unquestionably
encourage intolerance," said Rep. Henry Waxman, DCalif.
The San Francisco ordinance has been criticized by
some businesses as well as nonprofit orgamzadons including
Catholic Charities and the Salvation Army. "The
SalVation Army, which refused to buckle to city policy,
forfeited $3.5 million of its $18 million budget," said
Riggs, because it didn’t want to comply with the city
ordinance on domesdc partner benefits.
The Human Rights Campaign, the largest national
Lesbian and Gay political organization, called theamendment
"the latest salvo in fight-wing attacks .against Gay
people." "The amendment is a thinly veiled attempt to
attack San Francisco and micromanage the city," said
Winnie Stachelberg, the political director for the Human
Rights Campaign.
In another action ofinterest to the Gay community, the
House decided to reduce money it had allocated
see Attack, p. 13
There were concerns expressed regarding the cost ($15/
report) and it was decided to handle it similar to the way
we handle our $25 volunteer training fee. Scholarships
are offered for training to anyone who request one and
RAIN will pay the report fee for any volunteer, so that no
one is prevented from volunteering due to the cost.
All decisions for volunteer eligibility are made at the
discretion of the RAIN coordinator and any grievances
against the policy or any decision made my the RAIN
coordinator may be taken up with me. I hope that current
RAIN volunteers will understand RAIN’s mission of
providing a compassionateresponse to HIV/AIDS through
education and service has not changed. We appreciate the
love and concern shown by our volunteers and we are
grateful that men, women and children living with HIV/
AIDS are willing to risk letting strangers into their lives
by asking for a RAIN team.
- Pam S. Cross, MPH, Executive Director
No Gays or Singles to
Adopt in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK (AP) - A state board that sets standards
affecting foster care has approved a requirement
that prohibits private agencies from placing
children with homosexual.or unmarried heterosexual
adults. The new rule must undergo a public comment
period before becoming effective. Rules have not
been written for public foster care agencies, said Joel
Landreneau, alawyerfor the licensing unit ofthe state
Human Services Department. The state has some
2,700 to 2,800 children in foster care. In the past, the
ruleshave been silent on homosexual or single heterosexual
foster parents.
Along with passing the new rule, the Child Welfare
Agency Review Board discussed the possibility of an
exemption for unmarried heterosexuals. Board member
James Balcom of Paragould said agencies could
use single people by applying for an exemption called
alternative compliance.
Bob West of Little Rock, also a board meml~er and
the only dissenter, said he believes there will be many
requests for exemptions. "I don’t think you can exclude
anyone just because they’re single," he said. "I
really think it should be up to the local agencies who
is qualified to be a foster parent. I just think it has to
be done on a case-by-case basis.’"
Board member Robin Woodruff of Little Rock
proposed the prohibition, saying "I would like for our
children to have a mom role model and a dad role
model." After the meeting, Ms. Woodruff said she
had been told that the Centers for Youth and Families
had placed at least one child with a Gay family and
had other such families waiting.
Kay Kimbrough, the centet"s service administrator
for adolescent services, said her agency doesn’t inquire
rote foster parents’ sexuality. "That is not an
issue for us, asfar as gender of parents. We don’ t have
a policy or practice that dictates whether we place
kids in that type family," Ms. Kimbrough said. "We
don’t make a practice to determine whether a family
is heterosexual or homosexual."
At the board meeting, Chris Pyle, family life issues
Aiai.~.On f~o~ Q.o,v..~Mike Huckabee~ said the. govemgr
supports-applying the principle of foster parents being
heterosexual married couples. Pyle said Arkansas
law prohibits marriages between members of the
same sex. He said Huckabee believes "it is not in the
best interest of children for them to be placed in an
environment that.the Legislature has specifically and
purposely removed from legal sanction and recognition."
"I think there are a lot of foster children out there
and not enough foster parents, and we may run into
trouble if.we try to limit it to couples only," said West,
apediatric medical consultant who works for the state
Health Department. AssistantAttorney General Karen
Wallace, a lawyer for the board, had recommended
the board stick with the standards as written. She said
she.had concerns about equal protectionand discrimination.
New England Lesbian
Wins Bias Lawsuit
BOSTON (AP) -Ajudge has awarded $906,000 to a
Lesbian who managed a state social services agency,
ruling she was the victim of job discrimination.
Middlesex Superior Com’tJudge Sandra Hamlinruled
that Lowell-based Community Teamwork Inc., the
state’s second-largest .anti-poverty agency, had no
good reason fire Patrica Weber. Hamlin added that
Weber was "eminentlymorequalified" man the CTI’ s
director, the man who was picked over her by the
agency’s board of directors. Hamlin, who said a
"sexist attitude" prevailed at CTI, also ruled that the
reasons given for Weber’ s firing were "a pretext."
"I feel vindicated," Weber, 49 told the Boston
Herald. "What they did tomewas wrong. I’m glad the
!aw feels thatway too. Employers can’ t firepeoplefor
nothing-because they don’tlike them, or they’re the
wrong sex or whatever."
Cheryl Cronin, CTI’s lawyer, said the agency is
appealing. !~We are c~,,n~,~dent that CTI will ultimately
prevail in this matter,’ she said. CTI provides a range
of services,including housing, education and daycare
to low-income residents of 38 communities from
Lowdl to Framingham.
Weber, who worked for CTI for 18 years, was fired
in March, 1996 during a meeting with Executive
Director Jim Canavan. A month later, when she
applied for unemployment benefits, she learned the
reason for her dismissal was listed as "inability to do
her job." Hamlin said inca 38-page ruling that CTI
retaliated against Weber for filing a complaint with
the Massachusetts Commission Against Discriminationbyrefusing
to provide her areference. Weberwas
turned down for dozens of jobs, before accepting one
that cut her pay nearly in half.
"Weber’s past work history while at CTI reveals
only a dedicated, bright, hardworking employee,".the
judge wrote. "Nothing whatsoever in the evidence
supports defendant’ s contention that Weber’ s inability
to perform led to her termination.’"
Tennessee Lesbian
Wins Child Custody
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)-Gay activists hope the
case of a Wilson County Lesbian who was granted
custody of one of her children marks a trend in
Tennessee. Pat Finn was awarded sole custody of her
9-year-old daughter this month by ajudge in Wilson
County. Her second child, a teen-age son, chose to
live with his father, who was awarded sole custody of
the boy.
’Tm glad this has been brought to light," said Bev
Clendenen of Nashville, director of the Lesbianand
Gay Community Center. "This reconfirms that Gay
mothers are good mothers. Like everything, there are
good apples and bad. You should be judged not on
your sexuality, but rather what kind of mother you
are.;"
Pa~ck Sullivan, Finn’s ex~husband, plans to appeal.
I thought it was the greatest injustice in the s/ate
of Tennessee," he said. ’q-his case is about her being
a neglectful mother and very little about the homosexuality."
He said he opposes:his ex-wife’ s Lesbian
relationship and does not wanthis daughter exposed
to it "It is about discrimination of me as a father
trying to get custody of his children," he said of the
ruling.
Finn, a registered nurse, was married to Sullivan
for 17 years. She and her female partner have formalized
their relationship with a commitment ceremony
and exchange offings. Finn believes she won custody
of her daughter because she was judged on the facts
and not politics, public sentiment or the judge’s
personal preferences about family life.
"I realized the odds were against me, but I told my
" daughter I wasn’t doing anything wrong and I needed
to show her I would fight to keep her," Finn said. ’Tm
thesame mother. I’m the same woman who has been
raising children for 16 years."
Can A Lesbian Win A Seat in Congress?
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - Grethe
Cammermeyer, a daughter of the Nazi resistance in
Norway and a decorated Vietnam veteranwhobattled
her owngovernment, hasjumpedheadlonginto anew
challenge: The retired Armycolonel, who wryly calls
herself "one of the most famous Lesbians in the
country" after her successful fight to stay in the
military, is rtmuing for Congress.
Cammermeyer, 56, has never held public office.
Her Gay civil-rights fight - recounted in "Serving in
Silence," a book and made-for-TV movie = made her
a celebrity. Glenn Close, who starred in the movie, its
producer Barbra Streisand and other show-business
notables have contributed to her campaign.
She’s favored to win the Democratic nomination
Sept. 15. That would pit her against two-term Republican
Rep. Jack Metcalf on Nov. 3. Metcalf, who says
this is his last campaign, was boosted to victory two
years ago by absentee voters in the traditionally
Democratic 2nd District.
No openly Lesbian candidate has been elected to
Congress, but Caramermeyer is one of four Democrats
hoping to break the barter this year along with
Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Christine Kehoe of
California and Susan Tracy of Massachusetts. ’q’his
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year is a benchmark for proud, out Lesbians," says
Kathleen DeBold, polifical director ofthe Victory Fund,
a Washington, D.C., group that backs Lesbians and
Gays for public office. "Grethe is so admired, both for
her record in the military and for her willingness to stand
up and fight homophobia," says state Rep. Ed Murray,
. a Seat-de Democrat who’s Gay.
Cammermever earned national attention with her
fight to stay in~eWashington National Guard. She was
f!red, in 1992.after disclosing her sexual orientation
aunng a 1989 Interview for a security clearance as chief
nurse of the National Guard.Afederaljudge orderedher
reinstated in 1994; the government did not appeal.
On the campaign trail, she doesn’t talk Gay civil
rights. At an ice cream social held by Skagit County
Democrats earlier this month, Cammermeyer spoke
about education, health care, the environment and countering
a Republican Congress she considers radical and
heartless. "I am not a politician," she told The Associated
Press. "I’m an everyday person who has a healthcare
background and an education background. I am a
mother, a grandmother and served in Vietnam. I have
had thebest and the worst of social experience."
Cammermeyer was born in Oslo, Norway, to a doctor
and a nurse who sheltered undergroundresistance fighters
in World War II. A now familiar tale has her mother
shuttling weapons to the Nazi resis,_t~_,ce by hiding them
beneath the mattress in Grethe s baby buggy.
Cammermeyer was 9 when she came to the United
States with her parents and three brothers. She became
a eitizen in 1960. Ntlrsingmeshed well with her military
ambitions, she has said, because it was a job she could
take to the batflefront. She served in the military 31
years, including active duty in Vietnam. She earned the
Bronze Star. for treating wounded soldiers in the. Tet
Offensive in 1968. She has four grown sons from her
marriage to a fellow officer she met while serving in
Germany.
She’s wall aware why she.has such ready name
recognition. :But the personable, 6-foot-tall
.Cammermeyer-whosefirstname, shortforMaxgarethe,
is pronounced Greta- bdieves most voters are ready to
move past her sex,,,u~,, ori,entadon to the issues affecting
their own lives. Whats.most difficult is suddenly
realizing there are some people who don’t want you to
approach them or shake their hand or even say hello,"
she said of experiences on the campaign trail.
-State Democratic Chairman Paul Berendt, neutral in
the primary, says Cammermeyer needs to let voters
know the range of issues she cares about. "If people see
her as one-dimensional,it’s over," agrees Murray. "We
don’ tknow how big ofanegative it is" to be openly Gay
in a district with no major homosexual enclaves and a
sizablenumber ofreligious conservatives, Berendt says.
Cammermeyer’s lone primary opponent, businessman
and environmentalist Fran Einterz, 44, makes apoint of
telling audiences he’s been in the district for 17 years.
Einterz plans to raise only $100,000 for the primary
election. Cammermeyer has raised $502,801 so far.
Neither Einterz nor Metcalf has made an issue of
Camm.ermeyer’ s sexual orientation, althoughthe Metcalf
campaign sent out a fund-raising letter that said the
Cammermeyer campaign is being underwritten by the
national Gay movement.
Boy Scouts-Feud
with Unitarians
BOSTON (AP) -A feud between the Boy Scouts of
America and the Unitarian Universalist Assocaation
over homosexuality has led to cries of outrage by the
Boston-based branch of the church. 2~he Unitarian Universalist
Association, a long-standing New England
liberal denomination that~supports civilrights for Gays,
has condenmed in a church manual the Boy Scouts’
rejection of homosexuality. As a result the youth orgamzation
has ordered the association to stop honoring
Unitari.~an scouts with religious awards.
But the president of the Boston-based 250,000-member
association called the order "’outrageous" and said
the Unitarians do not intend to honor the Boy Scouts’
emand., They simply can t tell us how to teach our
children ’ John Buehrens, a former Boy Scout, told The
Boston Globe. "Telling us we can’t give out awards to
our boys is blatant discrimination against children.
That’s not in the Boy Scouts’ tradition," Buehrens said.
¯ The religious emblems awarded by Unitarimas
¯
are also presented by several other religious groups,
¯¯ including the Roman Catholic Church, ant many
¯ Protestant, JewishandMuslim denominations. The emblems differ from the merit badges that are
¯ earned for mastering a specific task, but can still be
¯ worn on scouts’ ufiiforms as badges of honor.
In recent years, the Boy Scouts has drawn fire
¯ from human rights groups and a number of reli-
¯
gious organizations for its view of homosex,u~l,ity
¯ and refusal to admit Gay scouts and leaders. We
resp.ect other people’ s rights to disagree with us and
: we simply ask people to respect our rights as a
¯ private voluntary orgamzation," Gregg Shields. ¯
national spokesman for the Scouts, said.
¯
But in its manual distributed to tecn-agers, the
: associadonmakes it clear thatit does not agree with
¯ the Boy Scouts’ view. The manual describes the
Unitarians’ "ongoing concern regarding the
¯
homophobic and discriminatory attitudes of the
: nationalleadership of the Boy Scouts ofAmerica.’"
¯ Since then, letters have gone back and forth
between the two sides, leaving Buehrens wi th the
¯ hope that the dispute can be resolved by a mee.ting
¯ with Boy Scouts officials this fall.
¯ "I’m perfectly willing to sit down with the Boy
Scouts, but I also need to be very clear that they are
¯ in grave danger of having much of America’s
: mainstream religious community concerned abom
: the way in which they are acting," Buehrens said.
¯i Anti-Gay Hawaii TV
Ads Criticized ¯
HONOLULU (AP) - Opponents of a proposed
: state constitutional amendment that would ban
same-sex marriage are criticizing a pro-amend-
, ment television ad featuring professional football
: player Reggie White.
¯ Jaekie Young, coordinator of the Protect Our
¯ Constitution campaign, said this isn’t about letting
¯ the people decide but about "political extremists"
coming to Hawaii to argue anissue aboutbasic civil ¯ rights and dividing the community.
¯ Noelani Foster, spokesman for a group called
¯ Save Traditional Marriage, said White, defensive hneman for the Green Bay Packers, "feels a con-
; nection to theislands" because he has played in the
: Pro Bowl in Honolnlu for the past 12 years.
¯ White, an ordained minister, filmed the TV spot
¯ re~enfly as part of a broader advertising campaign
¯ to educate Hawaii voters about the ballot question.
: Hawaii voters will decide during the Nov. 3 Gen-
¯ eral Election whether to ratify an amendment that
¯ would restrict marriage to opposite-sex couples.
¯
¯ Alaska Lawmakers Sue
Over Ballot Language ¯
¯ JUNEAU (AP) - Republican lawmakers are suing
Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer, claiming she distorted the
¯
meaning of a proposed constitutional amendment
." banning same-sex marriage when she summarized
it for the November ballot. As part of her duties,
¯ Ulmer, a Democrat, must compose impartial summanes
of proposed amendments-and initiatives.
Thefirst sentence ofher summary ofSenate Joint
¯ Resolution 42 read: "This measure would amend
¯ the Declaration of Rights section of the Alaska
¯
.Co.nstitution to limit marriage." "The word ’limit’
¯ is incorrect because as of this date no nation in the
.. world and no state in this country recognizes or has
¯ ever recognized homosexual same-sex marriage,"
¯ attorney Kevin Clarkson wrote on behalf of the
¯ Legislative Council, a committee of lawmakers
¯ that acts for the Legislature between session, M0ng
¯ with Sen. Loren Leman, R-Anchorage and Rep.
¯ Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks.
¯ In the lawsuit, the.lawmakers accuse Ulmer of
¯ altering the language at the behest of opponents of the measure, bqmers position was spelled out in a
¯ July 20 letter to the Legislative Council. "’The
¯ proposed constitutional amendment restricts the
¯ cour! .from "interpreting Alaska’s constitution as ¯ reqtunng a broader definition of marriage than that
¯ which is defined by statute," seeBriefs, p.]l
HIV Creates
Infection Resevoir
WASHINGTON (AP) - New research
shows th~it the AIDS virus takes as little as
little as 10 days to establish a stronghold
inimmunecells of thebody that could last
for years, waiting to erupt into disease.
Researchers at the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Disease say a study
of 10 patients show that alatently infected
pool of immune cells quickly established
following infection by HIV, the virus that
causes AIDS. Drug treatment apparently
does not easily clear out the pool of infected
cells, the experts said. A report on
the study was published in the Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences.
Evenif the active HIV disease is held in
check by a three-drug combination of
antiviral drugs, the researchers say, the
virus continues to lurk in resting CD4 Tcells
in the blood. These are immune ceils
that detect and lead the attack on infections,
but the CD4s are also the primary
target of the HIV.
CD4 T-cells are usually resting. They
are activated only when they detect some
pathogen invader in the blood. When this
happens, the cells attack the invader and
prompt otherimmunecells to dothe same.
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director ofNIAID
and co-author of the study, said that studies
of the blood from the 10 HIV patients
showed that their resting CD4 T-cells
became infected as earl,y~ as 10 days after
their initial HIV infection symptoms appeared.
Earlier studies had shown that the
re.sting CD4 T-cells continued to contain
v~rus even when the antiviral drugs suppressed
the virus elsewhere in the body.
" The new study, said Fauci, shows that
these reservoirs of virus are established
very early in the infection. Such reseryoi~
s.’.’Presentafo~dableobstacle to the
Ultimate~ 0ntrbland possible eradication
of HIV from an infected person’ s body,"
saidTae-Wook Chun, aN!AID researcher
and co-author of the study.
Activists Urge
Better Prevention
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lulled by lifeprolonging
AIDS drugs, the nation has
slacked off vital efforts to keep Americans
- especially young people - from
catching the deadly virus in the first place,
say AIDS activists who are demanding
major increases in HIV prevention work.
.Activists called formillionsmorein spending
on HIV education, televised condom
ads and outreach to at-risk teen-agers via
the Interuet, saying such AIDS prevention
programs are a "virtual vaccine.’"
"If there were a medical vaccine for
AIDS, imagine the forces mobilized to
deploy it," said Daniel Zingale of AIDS
Action. "The irony is that today we have
a virtual vaccine- prevention and education
- and those forces are paralyzed."
Saving lives isn’t the only issue. At
least 40,000 Americans every year catch
HIV, adding add $6.2 billion in lifetime
treatment costs to the nation’s health care
bill, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention announced recently. "AIDS
drugs cost $40 a day" and do not cure the
disease, added Zingale. "This condom
costs .40 cents. Our plan today will not.
only save lives, it would save dollars."
The CDC hash’ t won.a budget increase
to fight new infections in three years, and
some people most at risk of HIV have
become complacent, activists said. For
example, two-thirds of Gay men say
¯ they’ve had unsafe sex at least once in the
: last 18 months, concluded a study pre-
¯ sented at last month’s World AIDS Con-
" ference.
." Also, Secret Service agents arrested 10
; other AIDS activists who briefly chained
¯ themselves to desks in the office of Presi-
" dent Clinton’s topAIDS adviser to protest
¯ the administration’s refusal to federally
: fund needle exchange programs. Experts
¯¯ say 33 people a day catch HIV fromdirty
drug needles or sex with addicts. Seien-
¯ tific studies show letting addicts swap
¯ used needles for dean ones lowers the
¯ risk of HIV’s spread. Some 110 U.S.
¯
needle exchanges operate with local or
¯. privatefunding,but communities say they
¯ need federal tax dollars to reach more ¯
addicts. Clinton refusedin April, side-
" stepping a political fight. ’’To have the
¯ United States government play politics.
¯ with people’s lives - it’s just not OK
¯ anymore," said Kenneth Vail, who rims a
¯ needle exchange program in Cleveland,
¯ after his arrest.
¯ Separately, AIDS Action gatheredpub~
liehealthofficialsandAIDS workers who
¯ called for a 25 percent increase inCDC’s
¯ $634 million budget for AIDS education
¯ and prevention. Congress has addedmil,
lions to government programs thatpay for
¯ drugs for AIDS patients, but increasing
AIDS prevention money significantly is
¯ considered a tougher fight, particnlarly in
~ view of a new conservative campaign
¯ against homosexuality.
¯ But HIV ,infects across:the-board, Dr~
: Helene Gayle, CDC’s AIDS chief, said
¯ Monday. Some 26 percent of HIV-infected
young people caught the v~rus
¯ through heterosexual intercourse, she
: notea.. "If people in leadership positions
: care about thefuture of this nation, you’ ve
¯ got to care about H’IV prevention," she
¯ said. ¯
Activists also called for:
: - TV networks that air programs rated
¯ "S" for sexual content to also allow
¯ condom ads to air during those programs.
- Doctors, clinics and hospitals to begin
." using a new 10-minute HIV test immedi-
: ately. An older test takes about a week to
¯ get results, and thousands of Americans
¯
who get tested each year never return to
¯ leamifthey’reinfected. Pcoplewhodon’t
¯ know they are infected can unknowingly
spread HIV to others.
- AIDS education to reach more teen-
" agers by .creating an AIDS prevention
¯ web site that links to popular teen Internet
sites.
¯ - CDC to launch a campaign persuad-
¯ ing more people to get tested. An esti-
¯ mated 50,000 people in New York State ¯
have HIV and don’t know it, says a corn-
: puter model by Gay Men’s Health Crisis.
! HIV+-Teacher Can
: Be Transfered
¯ ATLANTA (AP) - An order prohibiting ¯
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¯ the .virus that causes AIDS, has been re-
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: in court documents, a permanent injunc-
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Americans with Disabilities Act.
¯ Doe worked with children with severe
¯ behavioral disorders at the district’s
¯ Shadow Rock Psychoeducational Center. ¯
The school district says the students are.
¯ violent and teachers often suffer bruises
: and scrapes. "Because district officials
¯ feared thatviolence and subsequentblood-
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to-blood contact between Doe and one of
his psychoeducation students might lead
to transmission of HIV, the District transfenced
Doe to an ’interrelated’ classroom
at a different school in April 1995," the
appeals court wrote. After being transfenced,
Doe worked with students with
mild disorders that are often in mainstream
classrooms for most of each day.
The school district and Doe are disputing
whether or not the Wansfer was voluntary.
Although Doe’s salary, benefits and
seniority all remained the same after the
transfer, the move requires him to take an
additional 10 hours of course work to
obtain an interrelated certificate.
Doehadinformed Shadow Rock’ s principal
of his illness in February 1995. He
spent the months following his transfer
trying to convince school officials to return
him to his psychoeducation class or
assign him to a group of children who are
’self-contained’ or too ’disordered’ to
participate in the ’interrelated’ program,
the court wrote. Doe eventually filed a
lawsuitclaiming the districtdiscriminated
against him. The district court supported
Doe’s assertions in August 1997.
"The district court, however, failed to
make explicit findings of fact regarding
any dangers that Doe’ s illness might pose
to violent psychoeducation students," the
appeals court ruled. "In addition, the district
court erred by applying a subjective
standard for determining whether Doe’s
transfer was adverse." The three-judge
panel said the district court should take a
. second look at the case and make a decision
following the guidelines of its reversal.
City Approves
Needle Exchange
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP)-After years
of heated debate and flip-flopping, the
city council has approved a needle exchange
program. After two hours of publiccommentand
debate, the council voted
5-4infavor oftheprogram. Council memberWilliam
Foley received applausefrom
the crowd of 100 people when he cast the
swing vote.
MayorMichael Albano, whohas pushed
for an exchange program for two years,
said there was an AIDS epidemic in
Springfield. "This is not a political issue,
this is a medical issue," he said. "We are.
getting people into treatment and stopping
people froin getting a deadly disease."
But Hampden District Attorney William
Bennett accused the council of "giving
out tools to commit a crime with."
After the vote, council member Timothy
Rooke asked the board to consider an
amendment that would require health officials
to test all needles to seeif they were
used by more than one person or if they
contained any viruses. "It is not a stalling
tactic," he said. "Now it’ s a matter of fine
tuning the #an."
Theneedle exchangewouldoperate out
of a!-Iigh Street building of the Bay State
Medical Center. Drug users can turn in
used needles for clean needles in an even
exchange. They would all’be referred to
drug treatment programs and be asked
questions so city officials could track the
program.
The city council first rejected the plan
5-4 in 1996. It agreed to reconsider after
the city’ s Public Health Council declared
a health emergency in May and tried to
launch the program on its own.
Springfield Health Director Helen
Caulton said thenumber ofAIDS cases in
the city had reached epidemicproportions
and most had been caused by addicts
sharing needles. However, city lawyers
ruled that only the city council could seek
state funding for the program.
State law provides funding for 10 programs
to hand out clean syringes to drug
users, but, so far, they have been established
only in Boston, Cambridge,
Northamptonand Provincetown. The state
pitches in about $200,000 for the programs.
TheClinton administmtionhas endorsed
needle exchanges. Still, Health and Human
Services Secretary Donna Shalala
said the federal government would not
help pay for the programs. The House of
Representatives voted in April to ban using
federal money for such programs.
New Eyesight
Saving Drug
WASHINGTON (AP)- Scientific advisers
are recommending approval of a new
¯¯ The code also outlaws any form of job discrimination against a worker infected
¯ by the HIV virus, and requires that any
¯ employee too ill to performnormal duties ¯
be reassigned, the newspaper said.
According to 7fiord Health Organiza-
¯ tion figures released in June, one-fifth of
¯ Namibia’s population of 1.8 million is ¯
infected with HIV. Some densely popu~
¯ lated areas are estimated to have an infec-
_" tion rate of as high as 40%.
i Inmates Being
i "rested for HIV
¯ GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Now that
¯ South Carolina is testing all state prison
inmates for the AIDS virus, some law-
" makers and others want to know how the
¯ .information will be used. The federal
¯ Bureau of Prisons and 17 other states
: already have mandatory testing for HIV,
¯ the virus that causes AIDS, according to
¯ the American Civil Liberties Union’s
: National Prison Project.
¯ State Sen. Kay Patterson, D-Columbia,
genetic drug therapy to help save AIDS ¯ likes the idea of testing all prisoners, but
patients’ eyesight. Isis, Pharmaceuticals’ : is concemed about how prison officials
Vitravene is the first antisense" drug to -" will use the information. "What will the
be reviewed by the Food and Drug Ad- ° department do once they find out they’re
ministration. This novel class of drugs is
created from DNA coding, working at the
genetic level to block production of disease-
causing proteins. Thebioteclmology
industry is stressing development of
antisense drugs against myriad diseases.
Isis says Vitravene slows the progression
of cytomegalovirus retinitis, an infection
that destroys AIDS patients’ rednas.
Advisers to theFDAvoted 5-2Wednesday
to recommend approval of Vitravene,
saying that although powerful new .anti-
HIV drugs have prevented many AIDS
patients from getting the eyeinfection in
recent years, some still fail standard
therapy.
¯ Chinese HIV
¯ Infections Increase
¯ BEIJING (AP)-Chineseauthorities urged
¯ greater efforts to slow the spread ofAIDS
¯ as the official tallyofpeopleinfectedwith
: the virus that causes the disease topped
10,000, an official newspaper said Tues-
" day. The newspaper said the actual num-
" ber of people infected with HIV may be
¯ as hi.gh as 300,000 - 100,000 more than
¯ previous estimates.
That figure could pass 1 million by
¯ 2000 if more is not done to check the
¯ spread of HIV, Xiao Yan, an official with
the Department of Disease Control, told
¯ state television.
¯ Loc~ health authorities have been or-
¯ dered to speed up education and preven-
¯ tion campaigns, the newspaper said. The
¯ disparity between official numbers and
¯ estimates is likely due tO undenceporting,
the lack of government resources to perform
tests and the stigma attached to ac-
: knowledging HIV,infection.
: Namibia Bars HIV
¯resting for Jobs
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) - Namibia,
: whichhas one of the word’s highest HIV
: infection rates, has made it illegal for
¯ employers to require tests for the virus
: that causes AIDS. The country’s new
¯
AIDS testing code binds both public and
private employers. It says HIV-infected
employees are under no obligation to inform
their employer of their condition.
infected? That’ s the missing piece to me,’"
¯ said Patterson, a member of the Senate
¯ Corrections and Penology Committee.
: Jackie Walker, an AIDS expert for the
¯ National Prison Project, is skeptical. I’ve
¯ never seen them say, ’OK, we’ll test you
¯ and you’ll be provided with correct level
¯ of care, medications and access to outside
¯ specialists whenit’ s neededand appropriate.’
It has just not happened across the
¯ board," she said.
¯ The $126,000 mandatory screening of
¯ about 21,000 prisoners should be done by ¯
Aug. 31, Corrections Department spokes-
¯ woman Linda Davis said. Correctional
¯ officers can use minimal force to ensure ¯
all inmates comply, including holding
¯
them down while blood is drawn, Davis
¯ said. So far no one has objected, she said.
"It’s a public safety issue. Considering
¯ the nature of our population and the
~ lifestyle, there’s a potential for health-
" related problems," she said. "It gives us a
¯ gauge to measure potential problems." ¯
However, Steve Bates, executive direc-
¯ tor of the state ACLU, worries that HIV-
¯ positive inmates will be segregated and
denied educational and vocational train-
. 1rig opportunities.
: Davis said the department does not yet
¯ haveapolicy onhousingforHIV-posltive
¯ inmates. State Sen. David Thomas, R- ¯
Fountain Inn, who heads the corrections
¯ committee, said the department could see
: roughly how many inmates are infected
¯ by doing a random sampling of 250 pris-
¯ oners. "They may have some reason to
." believe there is an accelerating number of
¯ cases and they need to segregate thepopu- ¯
lations. Given how AIDS usually spreads,
¯ they may have somereason to believe that
: they need to look very, very carefully at
¯ what is happening in that population,"
¯ Thomas said.
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Lars Eiglmer’s novel Pawn to Queen
Four is pretentious, disturbingly campy
and fantastically absurd. That’s exactly
what makes it so much fun to read. This is
a gay novel that does not take
itsdf any more seriously than
it does the ’moral majority.’
But Eighner keeps his tacky
brand of~humor from getting
tedious by plying his skill at
intricate plot twists, quick-andquirky
characterizations and a
unique insight into the fears
and desires of both the Gay
commnnity and ourdetractors.
As the story opens, Agnes,
the six-foot seven,350lb. drag
queen is facing quite the dilemma.
As ruler of the Court
of the Jade Chimera, she must
faithfully oversee the ’Gay
agenda’ throughout her territory
which covers most of
Texas and part of Oklahoma,
including the tiny town of
Osage. Osage is home to Holy
Word of God University and
Technical Institute, the headquarters
of the charismatic
Brother Earl, Agnes’ old enemy.
Agnes has been able to
keep Brother Earl’s violently
anti-gay rhetoric in check for
years, but now Earl has the
upper hand. Agnes has lost a
certain set of photographs of
Brbther Earl engaged in his
favorite bad habit - namely, seducing his
male students. Now Brother Earl has rejuve~
ted his homophobic campaign and it
is Agnes’ duty as Empress of the Jade
Chimera to stop him. Her mission: retrieve
the photographs or, failing that.
make new ones.
Enter Jim, our reluctant hero. Through
various types of bribery, appeals to his
duty as a Gay man and assurances of
lifelong sexual satisfaction by the finest
men in Houston, Agnes convinces Jim to
undertake this desperate, dangerous mission.
Now the fun’begins as Jim, his new
boyfriend Phil and eventually Agnes herself
infiltrate HWOGUTI, the Ku Klux
Klan and the sleepy town of Osage.
Eiglmer has a refreshing talent for creating
characters so natural and detailed
that you forget they are unbelievably stereotypical.
Jim is a typical clone; Phil is a
twink; Agnes is the UltimateDrag Queen,
but you never doubt that any of them
could be real. Even Brother Earl, though
hopelessly two-dimensional, seems to be
an exact replica of the kind of people we
elect to Congress all the time. This kind of
stereotyped hyper-neo-virmal-realism almost
makes Pawn to Queen Four an
EverYman play for the modem Gay individual.
The characters are so typical, yet
so real, that you could plug yourself into
whichever one fits best and pretend that
you are a part of this grand adventure.
There’s even a Lesbian (yes, only one)
who shows up with the Hell’s Fairies, a
Gay motorcycle gang.
There are more admirable things going
onJaere however¯ The three main characters
have a point in-their stereotyping.
Jim’ s uncertainty about his role in such an
exotic world draws you in. You begin to
refreshing talent
for ereat~g
characters so
natural and
detailed that you
forget they are
unbelievably
stereotypical...
Agnes is the
Uh~-nate Drag
Que n... Even
Brother Earl...
seems to
exact re~|~ea of the
klnd~mpeople we
elect to Congress
all the time. Th~s
kind of stereotyped
hyper~neo-wirtualrealism
almost
makes Pawn to
¯ been Four an
Everyman play for
the modern Gay
~dl,ad~l.
wonder how much of our culture is controlled
by a marginalized minority of our
society. You start to wonder, "how much
does that drag queen control what club is
’ in’ or’ out?’ "or"am I on the A-list for all
the best partiesT’ Though the true extent
of an underground society’s
control is questionable,
Eighner wants you to question
the image we have and
who gives it to us.
Even more infectious than
Jim’s trepidation is his admi=
ration of Phil. Phil’s angelic
beauty and innocent devotion
give the story apeaceful wonder
missing from most Gay
novds. Oh, there are plenty of
beauties, plenty of innocents
and plenty of devoted lovers
in Gay literature, but how
many characters really have
all three traits? Phil reminds
us thatwe canretain ourchildlike
fascination with the world
no matterhow adverse the cir=
cumstances and still beresponsible,
capable, respectable
human beings. This is a quality
of life that so much of the
gay community neglects in
favor of that oh-so-chic snide
cynicism. Though Jim is the
protagonist, Phil is the one
youwill involve yourself wi~.
You will be proud when he
comes into his own destiny;
you will admire him as Jim
does, because Phil is that beatl-
¯ tiful person that would actually talkto you
¯ in a bar.
¯ Alas, Agnes... with the resourceful-
" hess and style of a true pageant-winner,
¯ the Queen of the Jade Chimera inspires
¯ belief in the impossible, faith in the unbe-
¯ lievable . . . and that she does just by
¯ carrying 350 pounds of drag queen in
¯ seven-inchheels! Regency and flare have
¯ never been in better form. She can imper~
¯ sonate a grtmgy old gardener or a Klan
¯ member and never break a two-inch-long
: nail. Truthfully, any respect and dignity
¯¯ wehave neglected to allow drag queens to
haveis broughtforth with no apologies by
¯ the glorious Agnes. She is a true heroine
in the vein of those queens who started
¯ this most groundbreaking era of our
¯ struggle for equal rights. I wouldn’t be
¯ surprised tolearn thatAgnes or some real¯
life equivalent was actually at Stonewall.
Her Highness is controlling, deceptive
¯ and stubborn but you can’t help but love
¯ her .... and you can’thelp but watch her.
¯ Ultimately,whatmakes Pawn toQueen
Four a good read is what it teaches (al-
¯ though I think Eighner might hate me for
: saying that). For all its outlandish hijinx
¯ and biting wit, this book has a serious, ¯
though probably unintentional, message
¯ - we in the Gay community have become
" so obsessed with fighting our enemies
¯ that we forget to have fun, or the exact
: opposite. Pawn to Queen Four is ulti-
: mately aboutbalance. Agnes doesn’twant
Brother Earl out of the picture. She has
¯ plenty of chances to ruin him, but she
¯ knows that he has every right to exist that
¯ she does. Surprisingly, Brother Earl feels
: the same, although he gets a little threatening
when he leads the Klan in a true
" Oklahomabackroads see Queen4,p. 14
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The DIYD admits the following with a
red face: a blatant act of voyeurism. After
a visit at the Oracle’s, this author spied
their neighbor through the window. The
studly, shirtless fellow was busy painting
the trim and causing the
DIYD no end of fussy
fascination. Good grip
on the brush. No, no,
long, smooth strokes..
¯ and dip your brush
NOW! Oureditorcame
to mind, and while he
would have probably
agreed about the Strok-
Ing technique, the paint
job wouldhavebeenhis
least concern. But not
you, loyal reader! Over
the past few months,
you too have come to
admire the beauty of
paint.
As promised, last
month, when the cart of
exterior painting was
put before the workhorse
of window
reglazing, the DIYD
will now enhance your
skills even more. Window
reglazing is only
done on the older wood
framed single paned
windows, andis amust
ff you% doing all
your windows, and
usually you will,
do yourself a favor
and buy the Prazi
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It attaches to any
drift chuck.., and
with one simple adjustment
the carbide
cutter is set so that it
won’t harm the
Turn on the drift and
remove the old putty
fa~ter than Dorothy
can click her heels
three times, and it
won’t slit or chip the
wood frame eitker.
before starting that outside paint project.
It will also make your winter heating bills
more. palatable when you stop the coldair
seeping in around.the pane. And aesthetics
! Don’t forget the aesthetics ! Curling,
peeling and cracking glazing putty is just
¯ tired and frumpy2 Lose it.
¯ Traditionally, this job has been a lot of
uresome work, but the DIYD will pull a
few tricks out of her pocket that will have
you simply melting with delight..First, the
old, dried putty must be removed to the
wood. If you’re doing all of your windows,
and usually you will, do yourself a
"We need your help," Satcher told the
organizationformedby ministers in 1957.
"We need the church to help us to deal
with the prejudice and the bias that-we
face as we’re trying to fight this epidemic."
Ministers are uneasy talking about
AIDS, said the group’s chairman, Dr.
Claud Young, a family doctor in Detroit.
’qqaey speak about sex in any form as if
it’s a form of cancer," he said, recalling
preachers asking him not to use the word
"condom" inside the church. "I said, ’Not
only is the word condom being usedinthe
church; I can assure you condoms are
being used in the church.’" Young added
thatin Michigan,Blackorganizations have
received little of the grant money available
for prevention.
Today’s fight presents challenges that
did not exist during the 1960s, Satcher
said. During the civil rights movement, he
said, people had hope that they could
effect change. Today, too many young
people are hopeless about their futures so
they do not try as hard to avoid risky sex
and other health threats, he said. But that
can change, he said. "Leadership is critical,"
he said. "I don’t think we’ve found
any~substitutes for good leadership."
favor and buy the Prazi Putty Chaser. It is
available only by mail and is worth all ,of
the $19.95+shipping/handling (McFeely s
800/443-7937. Don’t forget to ask for a
catalog - it’s worth i0. It attaches to any
drill chuck 1/4" oflarger (3/8 is standard),
.and withone simple ad=
justment the carbide
cutter is set so that it
won’t harm the glass.
Turn on the drill and
remove the old putty
faster than Dorothy can
dick her heels three
times, and it won’t slit
or chip the wood frame
either.
With the old
putty gone, make a
mixture 50/50 of paint
thinner and linseed oil
to coat and nourish the
old, exposed wood,
then wait a day before
proceeding. TheDIYD
gently urges you to restrain
your passion for
neatly glazed windows
and not omit this step.
Then youhaveoptions:
one, you can use the
old putty in the can and
putty knife trick; or
two, you can use the
new latex compoundin
the tube, like caulk.
Unless you are an old pro, please opt for
the latter. Not only will it be easier~ the
latex material will last longer and it may
be the last tame you have to do this.
The tube comes with a specialized
nozzle that applies the compound at the
proper angle and it fits a standard catdk
gun, Though it isn’t necessary, your job
will look heater if you mask the glass
about 1/3" above the wood, with the compound
filling in. Leave the tape on for
p.ainting, then strip it off 24 hrs. later for a
crisp, unsmeared edge. The tube material
costs a bit more than, the putty, but is
worth every penny of it. Apply the material
moving smoothly and slowly along
the frame at about a 33 degree angle; the
nozzle will do this for you. Smooth with a
wet finger, if desired. Wait another day,
then paint; with the premasked windows,
this isn’t painful. Your house will be gor=
geous and snug and, with the two above
techniques, done days ahead of those who
do not heed the DIYD’s advice.
Next month: take up your PHD’s and
pickets - it’s time’to build that privacy
fence (PHD = Post Hole Digger). Any
questions or cqmmentary? The DIYD
accepts your praase, chastisement or suggestions
care of this paper!
Ulmer wrote. "In other words, the proposedamendmentlimits
marriage to what
it has been and currently is by statute in
Alaska. Because that is themeaning of the
amendment, I believe the ballot summary
should say so."
The lawsuit seeks to force Ulmer to use
an earlier version that began: "This measure
would add an amendment to the-
Alaska Constitution on marriage." The
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Dr. Marny Hall is a San Francisco Bay
Area psychotherapist with twenty years
experienee speeializing
in Lesbian relationships.
In her book, The
Lesbian Love Companion:
How to Survive
Everything from
Heartthrob to Heartbreak,
she tackles issues
of Lesbian relationships,
sex, breakups,
rituals, and jeab
ousy.
"I had had a painful
break-up," she told me
m a recent interview,
"and-decided to find
somelongterm couples
who had managed to
weather the difficulties
that had undermined
my relationship. I was particularly interested
in finding couples who had survived
outside affairs." She located a.handfu!:0f
long term Lesbian couples and contacted
them periodically over anumber of years.
She asked, how they met, how their relationshipprogressed,
andhow they handled
difficult situations:such as jealousy, conflict,
desire, homophobia, work, and illness.
"I was searching for a formula," said
Mamy, "but I didn’t find anything. Then
five years into this experiment, two of the
model couples I had been tracking broke
up. I had come to think of them as perfect
couples. I felt a bit shell-shocked but I
decided that I wouldcontinue to interview
both ex-partners. It was then that I found
the answers I was looking
for. Now the ex-
.partners started talking
about their relationships
in entirely different
ways. One woman,
who had said that she
was really in lust now
told me that they had
never had any passionate
chemistry! Another
womanused to say that
her community of
friends kept them together;
now she said
that she never felt a
sense ofcommtmity ! A
third said she wanted to
be with her partner until
her breath was no
: longer in her body. After the break-up she
¯ told me that even if her partner were
available, she wouldn’.t go back. These
¯ 180 degree turns made me realize that so
¯ much of how we process relationships is ¯
through the tales that we tell. The tales do
¯ all sorts of things - they certify legit1-
¯ macy, they heal broken hearts, and they ¯
explain betrayals."
: After this revelation, Mamy decided to
¯ go back and reread the transcripts from
the interviews she had conducted with the
¯ couples that were still together. Now she
¯ could see shifts in their stories too, over
: time. Their stories had kept them going
Dr. Marny Hall
through hard times. For example, if one
partnerhadhadan affair, .theother discovered
a motive that explained everything.
Perhaps the straying partner had been
depressed about her job or angry at her
partner. The affair had been a coded way
of announcing these dissatisfactions. In
other words, the two partners collaborated
on a story that turned an unpardonable
betrayal into a forgivable misdemeanor.
By reconstruing the potentially
damaging revelation in more positive
ways, they were able to stay together.
"So I thought, why not think of more
stories?" said Marny. Her book focuses
on stories that provide alternatives to the
"master stories" ab0utforever-after, about
terrible betrayals, about bad times. "If I
could tell stories about small break-ups or
trivial passions or benign other women
then I could contribute to partners’ flexibility
and givethemmore staying power,"
Maruy told me.
Originally planned as a book about successful
long-term couple relationships,
The Lesbian Love Companion took on a
life ofits ownl "I love the story of ~happily
ever after," Marny said, "but we. can tell
other stories, too. Everyday stories about
contentment instead of epics about do-ordie
love affairs. Stories of downsized disenchantments
instead of major dyke dramas.
The first time you realize that your
.lover snores and you love her anyway is
not exactly a swash-buckling bodice-ripper.
But it does qualify as a modest tale
about a small turning point. Our lives are
packed with all kinds of minimalist ro-
: mances. We just have to tune in to them.
: "The same thing is true about sex,"
¯ Mamy continued. "We’re all so familiar
¯ with the story about the earth-moving sex.
: But we can tell a lot of different stories
: about sex- maintenance sex that depends
¯ on cultivating orgasmic habits, sex for ¯
comfort or fun, psychodrama sex that
exorcises old demons. Even the fond
sexual memories we share with ex-lovers
is anotherform of sex. Wemight call it exsex.
These stories aren’t the mainstream
favorites so they aren’t heard, they’re
inaudible, private." As Marny putsit, her
book puts some "amplification" on the
stories that many of us are already telling.
’q’he bookis for long-term couples. It is
also for the sluts and passionate friends,
the celibates andthecommunally minded,"
Mamy added. "All of us are affected by
¯ the traditional stories. Uncoupled Lesbi-
: ans often feel as though they have failed
¯ some crucial test. And long-term couples
: may feel such pressure to live up to these
¯ stones that, as aresult, they feel they must
¯ conceal anything thatisn’t congruentwith ¯
’perfect coupledom.’ Such self censor-
" ship makes~thard for partners to be play-
" ful .or spontaneous. The perfect couple
¯ ideal exacts a toll on everyone- Ltgbians ¯
who are coupled,unpartnered or who have
¯ multiple partners."
"It tends to turn us all into intimacy
¯ overachievers," said Mamy. "The pur- ¯
pose of my book is to counteract that
¯ sense of performance anxiety. Almost
: everybody has doubts, and forbidden passions,
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I met brown-eyed Burt one summer
when I was working in Hawai’i. Burt had
grown up near Manila in the philippines.
He taught English for some years at a
Catholic high school. Then
he came to Honolulu to work
on a Ph.D. in philosophy at
the University of Hawai’i
In his thesis, Burt planned to
reexamine traditional Asian
philosophy in light of the
work of post-modernists
suchas Foucault and Derrida.
When I met Burt, he was in
his mid 30.s and solidly built,
just runmng to chunk. But
you could still look through
those added pounds to see
that he had been a graceful
young man.
In Honolulu, Burt found
an American boyfriend- an
older man retired from the
telephone company. Burt
movedinand tookovercooking
and cleaning for the two
of them. His lover’s elderly
mother came to stay and he
took care of her too. Burt
kept purposely missing his
thesis deadlines to maintain
his relationship. His student
visa and US Immigration
demanded that, after finishing
a degree, he return to the
Philippines and not come
back to America for three
years, even as a tourist. His
Ph.D. thesis wa~ already four
Throughout
muck of the
Philippines -
especially the
Muslim south
- there aretraditional
roles
in which men
take on tTemlnlne,
eharaeteristles
and clothing.
In Tagalog,
the main Filipino
language,
these men are
cafled ba/da.
Traditionally,
many bakla
¯were dancers.
actors, and
entertainers.
years overdue.
~-Since that summer, I’ ve met a number
of American/Filipino couples - the Filipino
half typically keeping house.
Throughout much of the Philippines -
especially the Muslim south = there are
traditional roles in which men take on
.feminine characteristics and clothing. In
Tagalog, themainFilipino language, these
men are called bakla. Traditionally, many
bakla were dancers, actors, and entertainers.
MarkJohnson’snew bookabout transvestites
in Sulu, Beauty andGender (Berg
1997), describes numbers Of feminine,
cross-dressing Filipino boys who are .on
the prowl for masculine (i.e., ’straight
acting’, even married) boyfriends. In recent
years, these guys have taken overand
developed the hairdressing and beauty
business sectorthroughoutthe Philippines.
Most reject, however, a traditional bakla
identity and embrace instead the label
"gay." Our Western term here continues
to extend its global’ spread. Burt, too, was
horrified when I asked if he was a bakla.
This term today resonates too many sour
tones of backwardness, effeminacy, and
male prostitution.
There is a straight parallel to Butt and
his boyfriend in Hawai’i. In any romance
magazine sold at Quiktrip, one can find
advertisements touting the merits of submissive,
yet sexy, Asian women. You,
too, can easily send away for a mail-order
Oriental bride! One ofmy second cousins
had a fairly successful marriage with an
able woman from Vietnam until his warrelated
post traumatic stress syndrome
worsened one day and he attacked an old
lady gassing her car up at a California
service station.
Feminists decry the Ameriean stereotype
ofsexy Suzy Wongs who serve white
° men in bed, serve them dinner - who
¯ meekly serve all their needs whatever.
," But the international marriage marketl
." place works to bring women out from the
Philippines, and other Southeast Asian
countries, into the US.
Ainerican wealth allows at
leastsome ofus to shop overseas
and purchase our sexual
fantasies, even if we don’t
always get what we think we
are buying. And Americans
.profit, too, from positive
images that encourage at
least some Asians to hop a
plane and fly into the arms
of an unknown Occidental
spouse. Obviously, just as
many Filipinas (and Filipinos)
are 1.ooking for Americans
as vice versa.
The market for gay Asian
fianc6s is constrained by the
inability of homosexuals to
marry legally and thereby
obtain green cards for our
~mported boyfriends. Still,
I’ve had interesting email
correspondence with several
guys in Indonesia, Malaysia,
and the Philippines. They
wonder if I can set them up
with American lovers. One
gayboy in Jakarta, a civil
servant whose nom de email
is Koko, asked my advice
about accepti.’ng a one-way
air ticket from an American
Internet correspondent. I
counseled him to take care
lest he end up a sex slave, bound up in
somebody’s basement. The Hollywood
~mage of the United States is very powerful
overseas. Even Tulsa can seem urbane
and sophisticated to somebody in
Zamboaga or Chiangmai or Penang.
Mostrecently, I havebeenin touch with
a sad, young Filipino in the port city of
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Joe moved
to Dubai from Saudi Arabia severa! months
ago. He had broken up with his 50-something,
bald American lover whom he was
with for three years. Joe, understandably,
is depressed. He emails me that he misses
fixing dinners for the two of them. He
misses fussing about his ex-lover’s various
medical conditions. Gay life in Dubai
is no doubt grim. Joe nowadays appears to
live mostly on the Internet. The American
boyfriend, perhaps because he was at the
end of an employment contract or perhaps
becauserelations with Joehadlanguished,
returned here to Tulsa by himself. Well,
almost by himself. He brought their eat
back to Tulsa but he left his Filipino
boyfriend behind in the Arabian deserts.
for housing programs earmarked for
people with AIDS. The $21 million was
shifted to help f’mance state extended care
programs for veterans. Rep. VanHilleary,
R-Tenn., said the reduction was justified
because of a 6 percent decline in the
annual number of AIDS cases. Opponents
of the amendment argued that the
decline is attributed to the wider use of
¯ new drugs and the success ofsuch drug
tr~tments often depends on patients having
decent housing.
Almost everybody wo~nders about the
paths not taken. By telling our untold tales
and making them normal, I hope that our
sense of failure will be reduced.’" As a
psychotherapist, Marny has been witness
to many stories by Lesbians. An example
of the man3’ excerpts from The Lesbian
Love Companion: "You might ~’ant to
develop your other-woman fantasy. Install
her as your permanent muse. Pay
attention to her. She’ll tell you whether t~
sign up for scuba class or just buy some
new lingerie. And after you do what she
suggests, check in with her from time to
time. Has she changed? Is she suggesting
another direction? You are entitled to
keep her toyourself: ,She is, after all,
purely 3"our playmate, soul mate - combination
projection, reflection, guide. And,
:Aphrodite forbid, ifanything should ever
happen to ),our partner, ’*our fantasy lover
";~q]l be there for you. SlOe will shoe 3"our
’memories and your tears. She will con-
~ble and commiserate. And, one chy, when
the time is right, she will lead You back to
~E world.’" As Mamv writes i’n the book:
"V~qlen it comes to ou~ lives and loves, we
need a generous supply of alternative stoi~
es: Instructive sci-fi fabIes and twilight
zone mysteries, endless sequels and whitel~
uckl~ exploits. \Ve ~e both hearth
buggers and voyagersl We must make
room in our lives for the dream of foreverafter
and the determination to never look
back."
Early reactions to Marny’s book? Rumorhas
it that Lily Tomlin loves it ! Alison
Bechdel, creator of the comic strip Dykes
To Watch Out For, calls it".., a veriiable
Karma Sutra of emotional possibility."
For further reading: Mamy Hall (1998),
The Lesbian Love Companion: How to
Survive Everything from Heartthrob ~o
Heartbreak. HarperCollins, I0 East 53rd
St., New York, NY 10022.
Prof. Esther
Rothblum
is teachek psy-
6hology at the
University of
Vermont 6nd is
Editor of the
Journal of Lesbian
Studies.
She can be
reached at Jo,"n
Dewey Hail,
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
05405. e~ail: esther.rothblum@uvm.edu.
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Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Communities - Our Families of the Heart
National News
Oregon Murder ¯
......STSOCuKsTOpNe, Ccaltif..A-Triprpeedsotffebdy an i
anonymous caller, authorities in Stockton,
about 70 miles east of San Francisco, ~
January 15 - February 14, 1996, Vohlme 3, Issue 2
,have arrested-Robert. James- Acremant in.’--
connection.with the killingiearlier in De- :
.cember oftwoprominent lestiiaii activists "
¯
Run for Your Lives:
¯ OK House is In Session
¯ Legislators S.eekTo
"Endorse Bias In
i Adopti,on, Foster
Gare & Education
¯ ~,In what is becoming a regular legisla- ~n Medford, Oregon. Authorities have : ¯
confirmed that the man also confessed to :, ti~e kick in the pants forOklahoma Lesbith
.-~, t.:v. ~ ^r n _ :......~.__._ ¯ This drawing representing a gun target ¯ ans, Gay men and Bisexuals the Okla e earll,,.4 aadlng u,t a m,~, ,. LalllUllfl,H . _ . ¯ - .. , , - ,~-o--_~.t.....:t.:,:,. ,,__, ~_............ was left 3ee story below for details ¯ -homa House of Representatives is ised
. ’ see Ore on a e:12 .... - ’ ~ /. . :~ .to address at least two resolutions which
" ¯ -. " "~ ~ ~’~
~’~ .....
Younn Men Admit,. ..u .r-Hara sm,nt- ’.......H.ou.se.Re.so.lut.ion.s 1.04.5&.1046,i.n_tro.- ~ ¯ - -": " ~ OUCgO resp~uvely o\’ Ul~ Kepresema- Murder-of Gay Man ! H.,aLnoscoanl communiDileaaad es.orsn, ,k,’,ellb,-, :"z"v..-. l,on:°" su° ,dB oe, e°na°u"f ,readree""mckeaannd, ,’oneesx o-f
" HOUSTON - Authorities say Daniel C. : awoke to find "hate -.~.messages at theii~: ." press the position of the House of Repre-
Bean, 19, and Rodney H. Gauthier, 21, : home. Recently, theyf0und an.anti-Gay :- sentadves "regarding certain lifestyles"
two half-brothers who say they’re members
of a net-Nazi organization, have
admitted viciously attacking twogaymen,
one ofwhomdied ofmultiple stabwounds.
Frank Mangione, ’46, Was pronounced dead
on amval at a local hospital, and Kenneth
Stern, a friend who had been with
see Murder, page 3
Ge,o. rgia: Fed.eral-
Rultng on Marr,age
ATL’-XNTA - The U.S. Court of Appeals
in Adanta has ordered Georgia Attoruey
General Michael Bowers to explain in
court why his withdrawal of a 1991 job
offer to Robin Shahar after she had a
religious marriage ceremony with her
lover does not violate Shahar’ s free speech
rights under the U.S. Constitution. The
ruling could force the .state’s, attorney
general into a difficult court fight since it
would require him to establish a"compelling
governmental interest’: in changing
his mind about the job offer. Bowers"
office had argued that hiring Shahar after
the commitment cerelnonv would complicate
enforcement of the state’s antisodolny
laws and could be construed as an
endorsement of same-sex marriages. The
attorney general’s office said it was "’disappointed"
in die 3-judge panel’s ruling
and would ask for a review, either by ftfll
appeals court or the US Supreme Court.
Calif. GOP Tries-To"
Ban Gay Marriages
Thursday, Jannary 4, Califorlfia
Assemblymelnber Pete Knight unveiled
amendments to his bill, AB 1982, to prevent
Califonfia from recogmzing samesex
marriages.!egally pedbnned in other
states. Knight’s bill isiu reaction to the
expected legalization of stone-sex marriages
in Hawaii in the next two )’ears.
Knight’s bill has the backing of the
Assembly Republican caucus, and ,’dread)"
has 29 Republican co-sponsors. Kafight’s
stated reasoning follows: traditional marriages
are for procreation. S,’une-gender
couples can’ t "produce offspriug together,
[so] they must view marriage as just a
reservoir of economic perks." galight did
see CA-GOP. page 10
¯ (concentriccircles) with themessage,"tar-
¯ get practice-fags’: and on the reverse, ¯ vulgar drawings and comments.
¯ Kirby, fonner TOHR president, stated
¯ that this harassment is especially trou- ¯ bling since their address is not pul~lished.
¯ He added that the hate crimes unit of the
Tuls.a police depart, did send officers to
¯ investigate, even though under
¯ Oklahoma’s hate crimes law, attacks on the basis of sextml orientation are not
cov.ered. Kirby noted that these nughtjust
See Target, page 10
message marked on a. car window. Two : and regarding "celebration of a LeSbian
days later, tbeyfoundacrudedrawingon° .~ and Gay history month in the public
their porch. On one side therewas a target ._: schools". Both are simple resolutions and
: therefore would not have the force ot’lass"
¯ ACLU Continues to
Challenge Sex Law
The American Civil Liberties Union
: (ACLU) ofOklahoma recently received a
¯ setback to its challenge of Oklahoma’s
¯ "’sodom)"’ law.. Oklahoma City attoruey,
¯ Mark Hendricksen, with Marquette l_’ni-
¯ versitvprofeSsoroflaw Shirley \Vie_,aand
¯ with assistance from ~he Gay & Lesbian
Rights Project of the national’office of the
ACLU are preparing a petition to the
U~fited States S.up.reme Court for a review
of the late 1995decision of the Oklal~olna
Court of Criminal Appeals.
The circumstances ~f the -case follow! a
citizeu was approached by a undercover
OKCpolice officer. After extended flirtation
by the police officer who emphasized
see ACLU. page 10
Project-Open Mind
,Parents, Fanfilies and Friends~of Lesbiaus
and Gays, (PFL,~G), both the national
and local orgamzations ,are contilming
their Project Open Miud cmnpaign to reduce
hate langtmge and violence directed
toward Lesbians, Gay men, Bisexuals mad
those perceived to be. PFI.=~G National
,’umomiced that the law finn of Hogan &
tlartson LI.P will assist PFLAG at no
.charge (pro bond) in First Amendment
tssues raised by the threat of lawsuits
against PFL&G i’r0mthe Christian Broadcasting
Network (CBN).
Project Open Mind began with television
connnercials that featured anti-Gay
see PFLAG. page
House resolution 1045 declares that
¯"- "’homosexuality, lesbianism or bisexnal-
: ity’" should not be taught as "’natural
: lifestyles" in public schools, and that Les-
¯ bians, Gay men or Bisexuals should not
] adopt or’be foster parents and would
~. specify that the stone classes of citizens
] should not have "any special status under
¯ the law".
: ~ Resolution 1046 states the position of
: the House condemmng the National Edu-
~ cation Association’s (NEA) "call for "’the
¯ acceptance and tolerance of homosexual
behavior" and for "’celebrations of a Lesbian
and Gay History Month to ac"knmvledge
the contributions of lesbians, gays
¯ and bi sexuals, all ofwhich is inconsistent
with traditional values of this state...’"
Traditionall.v le~slation of this sort have
been filed by one or another of the OK
House’s Radical-Right members, typi-
"cally, Bill Graves ofOKC. \\’hat concerns
many longtime politi"cal observers is that
these have been filed by Democrats. Laurie
Phillips, co-chair of the Tulsa County
Democrat Party stated that tlfis "’flies in
the face of the principles of the Democrat
Party, not only the local, state & national
platforms but violates the constitution and
bylaws of the state Democrat part3".
tale observer suggested that the introduction
ofthese resolution might be a way
for the Democratic leadership to kee~
these issues under their control. The idea
is that a milder, non-binding resolution
would let legislators take an anti-Gay
lX?.sition for their ultra-conservative consutuents
at home but would allow those
Representatives to avoid a vote on an
actnal anti-Gay bill. However,.attoruev
Bill Hiulde rio’ted that even as a resolu’-
tion. Lesbians, Gay men mid Bisexnals
could be affected if agency heads chose to
reflect the views of the House in their
policies. Dept. of Hunwaa Senices (DHS)
officials said at this time, the agency does
not discriminate on the basis of sexual
orientation mid DHS staff knew of some
adoptions by Lesbian or Gay citizens.
DHS stall" stated their duly cdnceru was
with the quality of the hol~e for the chilsee
R.1045. page 10
¯ HIV Bias Lawsuit
Names Cafe Owner
¯ The Tulsa Federal Court will soou hear
.an HIViAIDS discriminatiou lawsuit
¯ which could be the first in the nallon
under the A~nericans with Disabi lilies Act
" (ADA). Local"society" "cafe owner, Tcrr3
_’~ ~T~urner; who mvns Capistrano inq "ticw "
¯ ’ Square andThe French Hen in sonth’l;ulsfi,
;.’ iS ~li¢ged to have ~’iolated the federal nou-
¯ discrimination law in what former cur
¯ ployee, Paul Saladin, claims was a wrong.....
¯ ful firing, Saladin had beeu emplo.vcd at
." The French Hen for over 8 years.
: Background
¯ Saladin’s spouse, FxtGandin, tested
i positive for HIV :’anti.bodies in=1987. In-/
¯ late 1992, Gaudin becanle ill and was
¯ ..diagnosed with AIDSin early 1 ~93. I)ur-
¯ mg this time, Saladin supported the finn-
¯ ilv and was Gaudin’s prilnary carcgivcr.
¯ A’lso during this time, Saladin becmnc a
¯ voluuteer with an HI\" AIDS hospice and
became a certified HI\" AII)S educator.
¯ Both Gaudin’s !llV status, illness and
¯ Saladin’s vohmteer work wcrc known to
most French Ileu employees and Saladin’..~
manager, Jemlifer \Vallacc. On occasion.
¯ French Hell CtlSlOlners who kllcw of
Saladin’s circumstances, would ask hiul
¯ about his spouse. \\.hilt he appears to
have been discreet about the subject.
Saladin did not hide his vohmtcer work or
his relationship with Gaudin.
History of this Case
In respouse to ,’m inqtury from l)r. &
; .Mrs. Spohr of Tulsa (according to pnblic
doculnents on file with the court), Saladin
¯ did uot mention either HIV or AII)S but
¯ did refer to Gandm’s T-cell count. On ¯
Sept. 17, 1993, the manager at that time,
¯ Je~mifer Wallace instructed Saladin not
¯ to discuss Gaudin’s HIV AIDS condition
¯ while waiting on tables, and further m-
Ibnned him that she hoped owner Terry
¯ Turuer did uot find out. According t~
¯ documents sublnitted to the court, Saladin
¯ agreed but objected and sought guidance
see ADA. page 3
Tulsa Prime Timers
¯ Raises $1000 For
Community Center
¯ Tulsa Area Prilne Tilners (’I’AVI’)
: hosted a holiday party and silent auction
¯ in December. With food prepared with ¯
TAPT’s gourmet group and items donated
¯
by TAPT’s members, the event raised
¯ S 1000 for creation of a Tulsa Couununitv
; Ceuter which lnembers of the group prt;-
¯ seuted to TOHR president, Dcbi Statues.
¯
Prime Tizners, which is ,’dread\" one of
¯ the fastest growing social orgam’zations,
¯ has expanded its membership to include
Gay mid Bisexual men over the age of 21.
¯
Formerly, membershipwas 40 and alx)vc.
EDITORIAL P. 2
DIRECTORY Po 2
," NEWS BRIEFS P. 4
¯ HEALTH BRIEFS P. 6
CALENDAR P. 9 ¯
EUREKA PAGE P. 11
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It’s that time again When we have to deal with
politics whether or not we want to do so. On
[:cbruary 6th, there.~e city council.primary races
which aren" t particularlyinteresting AND tl~ere are
ol v charter changes which may not be that interestiug
either but which ARE important. The one that
I would urge each of us to vote ~n lavor of is a
ch,’mgc to the charter which would allow an employee
of a business which holds a franchise with
thc city to hold public office. The prohibition dates
from early days of statehood and no longer has a
usc. I tow~\er~ the impact of it remmning could be
to force City Councillor Joe \Villiams off the city
council. Joc" s district is mostly north Tulsa mad vo{~
all might ask why. if you don’t live in that district.
.you should care’? Fi~rst. Joe V,’illian~s has been a
good rcprcsentative for his district and seems to
this observer to be one of the few of our councillors
who has both brains and integrity. Furthermore,
-Joc is sensitive to issues of m,.ti-Gay discrimination
and is thc oulv member of city govermnent to say
he would support a non-discrimination ordinanc~
"that included sexual orientation. Right now, oulv
one friend o~r city council can’t do much but it’~
better than no fri~nds.Let’s help Joe stay in:office.
Also. Rob Hill is ntiufing for School Board Dist.
;6. Rob brings intelligence, compassion mad experi-
~cnce to this race m~d deserves our support. If you’re
~in hi( district, please:vote for him on Feb." 13. If
!youre. not in Iris district mad c,’m spare some cash
:for cmnpm_ou expenses, please help. If yOU can’t
¯sparc the c~ish, c0nsidcr giving some ti,fie.: If yon
:wm,t to help.please contact.tiffs paper for-inf’.
I ~ch 0f ns cam makc a difference, just by voting.
:.Plcasc do. - Tom Neal, publisher
Taking Heart
b\" Pat .\ lorehead
To begin thisyear,my companion and I started
in the hot mb with a,botfle .of champagne we’ve
.carted around since the mid eighties awaiting a
"’special" occasion, Due to his career he is usually
unavailable at the holidays, so this was the first
time in several years that we’ve actually shared the
New Year together. \Ve started with a very good
dimmer at the Bistro of Brookside, though it was a
little noisy and a little too dear from my v~ewpoint.
\Ve dined late and then returned home and settled
into the hot tub. \Ve enjoyed the relaxing comfort
mad then adjourned inside for some more relaxing
activ,ties. All in all it was a nice start to a new year.
I got to sit in on a rehearsal for "The Lion in
\\’inter" being presented by Broken Arrow Community
Playhouse; call 258-0077 for details. I want
bYShblT{, ~ob~rtb ....................
( Warn#}g : Not [or thehumor-imp)aired!)
It h~ long been my contention that ~ough we
may shoe orgmfi~ti~ns, a couple of b~s, and the
stone colors of the rNnbow, the rdNity is that, wNle
gay men ~dlesbi~s ~e of the stone "ilk", they ~e
NOT of the stone planet. For ex~ples:
Lesbians usuNly m~y slightly"before" the first
date. Gay men marry only after e.rtensive interviewing
~nd denial. "
Lesbians have sex inunediately ~ter meeting
the other woman’s mumNs, cNl&en, relatives,
reviewing ~1 her b~ks, and inte~ogatlng her current
and ~1 her exes. G~v men have sex immediately
a~er just about attythhtg. Sometimes before.
though not as much as they used
I.esbians use love to get io sex. With g<v men, the
vtce is versa.
~en lesbians buy a house, they rehab. And
refi~rbish Gay men. ~n the other han~. redecorate.
~sbi~s~easily fix~~ling refrigerator. Gay
men can e~ih’ fill it~om the cheese atzd importe~
mushroont sebtton of the dell
Lesbians ~e more likely to be vegetal. Gay
men will eat almost anything.
It took lesbi~s to rediscover Hush ~ppies. It
took gay men w redesign tltem in Easter egg colors.
Lesbians process. Endlessly. Gay men rationally
debateram~caaons andconsbqueitces. Forslightly
longer.
Lesbi~ ~e politi~ly co~ect to everyone. Gay
men are politically correct to everyone [hey knout.
I_esbians don’t eat tNngs that used to ha~:e faces.
Gay men categorically reject tofit ~ pointless
wa~@aper p~te with calories.
~sbians envv M~tha Stew~t’s Co~ecticut
house. GaY men’channel her.
~sbi~ fix si~ le~s ~emselves, Gay men call
plumbers. Cute ones.
~sbi~s pay intemN pen~ for haph~d eye
contact, btlhe rightpar& circumstances, ga~ men’s
heads have been known to r~’olve a fidl 3~0"
Polifi~ly co~ect or not, lesbi~s look at Play-
~y Mag~ine. Gay men just read the articles.
To a lesbi~, cNntz is your p~tner buying yo~
bir~day present at a y~d s~e. To a g~v man, its a
fabulous ~rnishing opportuni&,
Two lesbi~s ~ght refer to ~ch o~er ~ "my
wife." Two gay men wouldn ’t.
~sbi~s ~ve off-road veNcles ~d~ymaps
that refold~emselves. Gay Men eventually stop at
service station and ~kfor directions. But only if
th~ real~7 have to go.
~sbi~s bring ~e chars, ~e newsletter, NI the
:to recormnend llii~~ ibroduCtion. I was ¢ery ira: .’ "flyers, theminut~s~ and’the- Coffee pot. Gay men
pressed even though I saw it at an early point in the : bring chkckbo~ks.~
rehearsal schedule. But I was particularly taken ¯ Lesbians have potlucks with dishes made from
with.the.the Richard.and Phillip scene. The.Direst .." l.en~ils .or chocolate. Or both. Gay. men have intitorhastakentherelati0nshipbetweenthesecharac-
." mat~ litti~ ~ti~tn~rs)~o~, i~vb fv~th:lio~emadepate. To
ters and..:,~d~; i!t:!.~!~.~~ .that it.is ahomosexual~ : start~ ’ . "
relations~ij’i~)i! i ~i i:::il" ~..i.~i,.... ..... ’.... - z . "~ LesbianS love camp. ~o.do gay men.
. Now, I h~g~;trrlid~ihat:the inclinations of the : Lesbians cook out by tliepond. Gay men cook in,
two feilo~’ii~i~" N~iiard and,:Phillip are, but : then sit out bythe pooL " " "
bet~een them the mana e a ~erv conv~nono Lesbian Cou le
¯ ’" "~Y~ i g .~ " " ~ ." ’ " p s hyphenate their last names.
see Play, page 3 ". Gay men arm wrestle each other to the ground and
¯. use the winner’s name.
Lesbians go to the gym to get fit. Gay men go to
the gym to get theirjeans to fit.
¯ Lesbians think of New Year’s Eve as an oppor-
¯ tunity to get reacquainted with steps 10, 11, and 12.
see Vegan, page 3
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*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
*Ground Zero, 311 E. 7th
*Lola’s, 2630 E 15th
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*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
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*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
*Wild Nights, 2405 E. Adnfiral
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*Associates in Medi"cal & Mental Health, 1560 E. 21 743-1000
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*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
Brookside Jewelry. 4649 So. Peoria 743-5272
Creative Collectirn, 1521 E. 15 592-1521
Cherry St. Psychotherapy Assoc. 15 ! 5 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Tim Dmnel. Attorney 352-9504. 800-742-9468
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*International Tours; 341-6866
Kerfs Flowers, 1635~ E 15 599-8070
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Mingo \;alley Flowers, 972i3c E. 31 st 663-5934
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Puppy Pause II, l lt.hl & Mingo 838-7626
Royal Travel, 6927 S~. Canton 496-2410
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*Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Ctr. 2627B E. I l 628-0594
B, LG Alliance, Uni~!ersity of Tulsa 583-9780
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*Conunmtity of Hope (United Methodist), i703 E. 2nd 585-1800
Dignity;Integrity (LegbianiGay Catholics & Episcopalians) 298’-4648
*Fannlv of Faith ..X.~CC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441
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P-FLAG, POB 52800 74152 749-4901
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R.A.I.N., Re~onal AIDS Interfaith Network 749-4195
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Rainbow Village, POB 50403, 74150-0403 599-8423
*Shanti Hofline 749-7898
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TOHR Gay HelpLine (Info.) 743-4297
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T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Unifgrm/Leathe_r Seekers Assoc. 838-1222
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*Jim &.Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main 501-253-7457
DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center S t. 50 1-253-6807
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¯ The Woods, 50 Wall St. 501-253-8281
on how to handle inquiries about the issue.
Saladin worked several more days
until Wallace informed Turner about the
situation. Saladin was then suspended for
30 days, although he claims he had complied
with Wallace’s directive and The
French Hen does not dispute this. During
the time of the suspension, he retrieved
his liquor license from The French Hen so
that he could continue to work at temporary
jobs. Also, during this time, Saladin
attempted to speak with Turner to address
¯ any misunderstanding.
On Oct. 15th, Saladin called to arrange
to return to work by the 22rid and was told
that Turner had directed her to replace
Saladin. Up to this time and afterwards,
Turner refused to take his calls. According
to Saladin’s documents, when once he
succeeded in getting Turner on the phone,
Turner stated he had nothing to say and
hung up. During this time, several other
employees left or were terminated and
positions became available, but Saladin
was not offered his position back. He filed
with the Oklahoma Employment Security
Commission (OESC), with the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC), and sought legal representation.
In late Nov, Saladin was informed that
he’d been denied uuemployment compensation
because Turner claimed that
Saladin had quit. To the OESC, Wallace
on behalf ofTurner claimed that there trad
been repeated customer complaints about
Saladin’s conduct ,and that Saladin had
been suspended for nffsconduct and insubordination
and that Saladin had volun:
taril y quit and Saladin had threatened to
sue. Wallace and Turner repeated these
allegations at a telephone hearing on Dec.
16th with the OESC.
On Dec. 17th, Turner called Ed Gaudin
at his and Saladin’s home asking questions
about Gaudin’ s health and physician
and allegedly calling Saladin a liar.
Gaudin, who was already seriously ill,
appears to have been so upset by the
conversation that when Saladin came
home, he found Gaudin emotionally devastated
and vomiting.
In Jan. of 1994, after Saladin had obtained
legal representation and the EEOC
found sufficient reason to direct Turner to
respond to Saladin’s complaint, Turner
through his attorneys offered Saladin his
job back without conditions. Saladin’s
attorneys accuse Turner of making the
offer in bad faith in order to limit Turner’s
liability for back wages while obviously
Turner et al claim good faith. However,
Saladin expressed a willingness and desire
to return to work from Oct. 15 at least
until Turner’s call to Gandin in Dec. Turner
did not communicate an offer to restore
Saladin’s job until January after Turner
had retained legal counsel.
Since January of 1994, this case has
seen a flurry of legalese documents as
attorneys from each side cite cases to
bolster their side. A trial date has been set
several times but delayed. It is expected to
go to trial February.
Other Information
Late in 1987. after Gaudin tested positive
for ttIV antibodies, a fact which
Saladin shared with several co-workers at
The French Hen, Turner directed that
Saladin be suspended without pay until
Saladin produced a medical repor~ proving
that Saladin was HIV negative. After
being tested. Saladiu subnffl ted a report to
see ADA. page 8
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Mangione when they met the 2 young
men at a local bar, had been beaten. S tern’s
condition was not serious however. Police
said Bean and Gauthier told them
they had attacked Mangione and Stern
after one of the men had touched one of
the young men while the 4 were taking a
drive earlier in the evening. The young
men also told officers they belonged to a
group called the German Peace Corps,
which human rights activists say is a California-
based neo-Nazi orgamzation affiliated
with the KKK. Several witnesses
told authorities that the 2 young men had
bragged earlier that they were "going’to
get a fag" that night, and later boasted that
they had "cut up this fag real bad."
Gay men see it as a chance to blow their
horns off..
Lesbians truly believe that communes
work. Gay men really think they can be
RepublicZms.
Lesbians turn everyone within hugging
range into "family.’" Gay men have a
tendency to run around i~i PACs.
It is, ~onsidering everything, amazing
that we still talk to each other. Fortnnately,
we are all smart enongh to have
figure out that what is truly unnaturai on
tiffs looney-tune plauet is marrying outside
your own species. ~ 1996 Shelly
Roberts.
All rights reserved. Shelly Roberts is a
uationally syndicated colun~fist, spe,~er,
and author of Roberts’ Rules of Lesbi,’m
Living (5 96) Spinsters htk
seduction scene xvith a very sensual kiss.
The actors deserve credit, and the theater
deserves credit for not diluting the homosexual
content~ Here is a chance as a
co~u~ty forus to snpport a mmustrcana
effort w~ch represents us without apology
or emb~assment.
I was saddened at the passiug of Mike
Syn~, former Congressm~ lrom l)i strict
Two. I have contributed to and worked on
Mike’s beh~f in ~e pasl. tie was a good
guy, honest ~d decent, a truc public scrv~
t in ~e very best sense. There is no
comping ~e ~u~ities Mike represented
with the likes of a Cobum, or I ~gcnt or
I~ofe. And I ~z not refemng to political
ideolo~es.
So for me ’96 is off to an uneven start.
But I intend to t~e heart from the bad as
well ~ the good. I will t~e heart in tl~
ex~ple of Mike Syn~ ~d not be afrmd
to go out ~d fight the good fight. I will
t~e he~t in these two unkuown local
actors and their associates who ~cn’t
~r~d to tac~e a Bible belt tahoo. Aud
I’m going to t~e he~t in the eighteenth
ye~ of a loving and sh~ug relationship
with my lover compmfion.
~ch gives me a re~ly silly idea. l’d
like to he~ from you, the readers, about
what gives you he~t, and helps you make
your way through the world. Maybe you
have so~e key that someone m our commusty
ueeds io hear or would m~c them
feel less isolated. Send you responses to
the editor or E-mail tbcm ~o
TulsaNews ~2 aol.com, and hc can l’or~vard
them on to me. XXtacn I get a good one 1"11
use it in fl~e cohmm. If yon want thcln to
be anonymous, that’s I’iqac.
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Recruiting Cops for
’City of Brotherly Love’
PIIILA DELPHIA - The Philadelphia
Police Department has
begun rccniitmg gay ,and lesbian
police officers through public
cmpioynieut notices in the city’s
t~vo gay newspapers The uew
effort is the rcsult of a meeting
Police Commissioner Richard
Ncal held earlier in December
with leaders of the city’s lesbian
and gay community. Police Sgt.
l:rcd Cottou said the dcpartuaenl
made a similar effort m 1989-90
bnt !he department had uo i id’ormarion
on how successfill thai
recruitment program had been.
"l’vc never Imd,’mvonc come up
to me and tell m~ their sexual
pcrsuas~ou." Cotton said. The
dcpm’tmcut doesn’t kccp any data
ou the sexual orientation of offleers,
hc added
Study: The Kids (of
Lesbian Moms) Are OK
CIlICAGO- A prolonged study
of the kids of lesbian morns th,~t
tracked the children’s developmcut
forsome two decades found
that they had no more problems
with sexual orientation or other
dcvclopmcut~d issues than the
kids oflmtcroscxtud parcuts. The
study, which was reported in tl~
American ,lournal of Orthopsychiatrv,
found one noticeable
diffcr0mc between the clfildrcn
of Icsbiau morns mad hcteroscxmd
parcuts:"th~ offspnng in
the lcsbimi f,’unihcs were more
uncouflk~rtablc udkiug with other
pcoplc about their parents than
the kids from the str~fight fanfilic~.
Anether signilic~mt di ffcrence
bctwccu the two groups was tha!
none of the kids from hctcroscxnal
fanfilics reported having
had any homosexual experience
by their mid-20s, wlfilc some
25% of those from lesbian lhmi-
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lies said they had had at least one
homosexual relationslfip.
Washington State Anti-
Gay Measure May Fail
SEATTLE - To the relief of
rights activists iu the state, Washmgton
anti-gay activists
concede they probably will not
be able to get cuough siguaturcs
to put two ballot measures before
voters in 1996. Initiative
167 would bar gays and lesbians
from adoptiug clfildrcm mid hlitiative
166 would prohibit antibias
laws based ou sexual orientation
anywhere iu the state. The
head of the Citizens ..\.ltimme of
\Vaslfiugton conceded shortl\
before Chi’istnms that the group
wasn’t going to bc able to get the
uceded signatures because the
orgmfizatiou had attracted oulv
a few huudred members an~J
raised only about $5.000 for its
siguaturc-gathcring cmnpaign.
Cathy Y, lickcls, the head of the
state dmpter of the Eagle Forum.
,also told Seattle reporters
she didn’t think it was very likely
the organization would be abl~
to get thd rcqnircd signatures.
Proposed Bill to Aid
Partners Measures
SAC~\MENTO, C:dif. - C~diforuia
Assemblyman \Vallv
Kuox (D-West Hc{llywo~xt) wil’l
introduce a measure m the stale
legislatnre carl\ m 1996 that
would attthorizt~ the giant CadifonfiaPublic
Emtfloyccs & Rctiremeut
System (CAL-PERS)
to open its hc~dth iusurancc coverage
plans to thc dolncstic partners
of muuicipal mid other govcnuncnt
agcucy employees
the state. Some 80 or so C~dil’orma
cities and rcgiomd bomds
and commissions carry their
employce health ius~rancc
thi’ough CAL-PERS. But CAI,-
PERS regulations govcmiug the
state-operated health mid medi-
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cal insurance plata specifically
exclude "conunon law spouses"
and "’life partners" as eli~ble
employee dependents, preventing
the cities, counties and special
districts in the CAL-PERS
prograna from offering partner
benefits to their gay or straight
workers even if they want to.
Lobbying for Educational
Anti-Bias Protections
SAN FRANCISCO -The Lavender
Youth Recreation & Information
Center (LYRIC}
started off the New Year with a
political bang on Jan. 3 with a
caravan of gay, lesbian and bisexual
,voting people tothc state
Capitol in Sacrmnento to lobby
for proposed anti-discriminatio[~
protections. Tim California Educatiou
Code bans discrinfination
in the state’s schools mid educational
services based ona number
of categories, bu! does not
include sexual orientation. The
lesbigay youth groupspent the
first &a.v of the legislature’s new
3ear, Jan. 3, lobbying in support
of a measnre introduced by Assemblywoman
Sheila Kuehl (DSanta
Moifica) that would add
sexual orientation to the state
education code.
So. Dakota Anti-
Marriage Battle Again
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota
state Rep. Roger Hunt, whose
1995 le~slation to prohibit samesex
marriages in the state failed,
has announced plans to introduce
the bill again during die
current le~slative session. Hunt’s
1995 bill passed overwhehningly
in the state’s lower house by a
,’54-13 vote, but became stalled
m a cotmnittee in the state Senate
where it died. The proposed
legislation would make any
same-sex marriage’:null and void
from the beginning" in the state,
and is aimed at making any such
marriages that may be legal elsewhere
illegal in Soulh Dakota. It
would, for example, have the
effect of nullifyiug s,’unc-sex
nmrriages if Ha,&aii courts v~d idate
them as many cxpcci to
happeu this year.
Political Attacks Against
Gays Increasing
SAN FRANCISCO A report
isstled here by People for the
American Way. says attacks
alined agaiust the political
progress of gays mid lcsbimas in
this country increased at ~dl levels.
The report, the 3rd of its kiud
the organization,has issued,
¯ .counted at least. 180 anti-gay
actions m 1995, an increase of
46 such attacks over 1994. The
survey counted anti-gay political
iuitiatives, legislative measures,
executive actions by state
governors as well as open at-
. tacks by police mid mid public
. ~!d. mc..dia figures against gay
rights.
High. School Gay Group
Stirs Controversy
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah
school mid legal anthoritics, after
2 moaths, have agrced thcre
is litflc or nothing that can be
-done to preveut a gay- and lcs-
¯biau club being fonncd by a
group of studeuts at Salt Lake
City’s East High School. A small
group of students at the school
asked for pennissiou to start the
club in October, and their request
was passed from the
school’s priuciphl to the city’s
school superintendent, then up
to the state cducatiou office, and
finally on to the Utah attorney
gcueral’s office.
Shortly before Cl~stmas, the
attorney geueral’s office notified
district officials that both
state and federal law prolfibit
barring non-curriculum school
clubs because of content. But
activists with the Gay & 1,csbian
Utali 1)cmocrats say the head of
the state mali-gay Eagle Forum,
GayJe Ruzicka, has already indicated
she would immediately
begin lobbying the state legislatnrc
to keep the club from lbrming.
California’s Hate Crimes:
1/5 Are Anti-Gay
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In the
firs! of .its kind in California,
state Attorney Geueral l)an
LI.mgrcl!"s office reix)rts tl!at hate
crones m the Golden Stale arc
gcucndi y couccutratcd in ci tics -
:andnearly one-fifth of them were
aimed agaiust gays and lesbians.
During the filaal six mouths of
1994, the survey of local law
enforcculent agencies found
there were 672 bias-based crimes
reported in the state. Of these,
487 (72 percent) were based on
the race or ethnic origins of the
victims, Mille 119 (18 perccut)
wcre bccause the victims were
lcsbkms or gay men - or were
believed to bc by the attackers.
Some 6-1- iucidents (orjust m~dcr
10 pcrccut) WCl’C based on the
victims" religion. The largest
number of reported Irate crimes,
243 of them, were logged in the
[x)s Augclcs metropolitan area.
The San Frmmisco Bay Area
checked in with next largcst couceutratiou,
129 bias-based crimes
iu the four-county ,area.
Transsexual Identity
Bill Proposed in Britain
LON1)ON - Among the
backbcuch bills being offered in
Bri rain’s Ilousc of Connnoiis as
private members" legislation is a
mcasure that wouldmake it easier
for traussexuals in the UK to
establish a legal idemity in keeping
with their new gender after a
sex-change operation. MP Alex
Carlilc has proposed a Gcudcr
Identity Bill which would allow
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transsexualstherighttobegiven . dard of the district’s commu- suit. Ashby, whohasrepresented totheSupremeCourt"ifhemust, sexcouplcstocnroll. Roscnl~aum
a substitute birth certificate reflecting
their reassigned gender
after the operation is completed.
Some 8,000 people in Britain
have undergone a complete sex
change but are not allowed the
legal rights of their new sex.
such as getting married, adopting
and enjoying employment
rights.
Gay Credit Card Can’t
Use ’Rainbow’ Name
TRENTON, N.J:- A federal
court in NewJersey has enjoined
promoters of a gay-oriented
credit card from using the nanm
"Rainbow." U.S District Judge
Mary Little Parell barred the
Rainbow Card Fom~datiou from
using that trade name on the
credit card it was pro~noting in
the New York-New Jersey area
in a suit filed by the Rainbow
Foundation Inc., a Middletown,
N.J., charity that offers medical
assistance and other services to
children in the state. The Rainbow
Card had contracted with
Martina Navratilova to act as
spokeswomanfor the Visacredit
.card that wouldhave used part of
~ts card charges to benefit gay,
AIDS & breast cancer agencies.
Gay Teacher Allowed to
Stay in Michigan School
BYRON CENTER, Mich. -
Gerry Crane, a 3 l-year-old high
school music teacher who told
students he was gay alter they
asked about anew wedding band
he was wearing, will be ,allowed
to keep tfis teaching post. The
school board in the town, about
16 miles from Grand Rapids,
said however that it wonld keep
Crane under scrutiny because of
his sexual orientauon. In a forreal
statement, the trustees said.
"The school board firmly believes
that homosexuality violates
the doufinant moral stan-
¯
nity. Individuals who espouse
¯ homosexuality do not constitute
¯ proper role models as teachers
¯
for students in this district."
¯ Crane had told his students he
¯ was gay after he and his companion
had gotten married dur-
¯ ing acommitmentceremouy and
.exchanged wedding bands, causing
some of his students to ask
about the wedding ring.
School Board Condemns
.... Homosexuality
¯
NEW HAVEN, Ind.- Homo-
- sexual activity is inconsistent
¯ with community values and
should be discouragedin the East
¯ Allen County (Iudiana) schools,
¯ according to a resolution adopted
by the local school board. Ac-
¯
cording to school, district officials,
the resolution only reflects
the board’s opinion and isn’~ a
¯ policy statement. But the
¯
resolution’s laaaguag.e, someedu-
¯ caters say, certainly sounds like
¯ an official school policy. The ¯
resolution, wlfich was introduced
¯ in response to a statement earlier
[ tiffs year by the National Educa¯
tion Association endorsing
teacher training aronnd gay and
¯ l~’sbian student issues and rec-
¯ ognizing a national gay mad les¯
bian lfistory mouth, says in part: "’Homosexuality is contrary to
the laws of nat;are, it’s xno~:ally
¯ unacceptable to our conununity
mad we should leach our chil-
¯
dren as such." ¯ UK Member of Parliment
¯ Loses ’Gay’ Libel Case ¯
LONDON’ - Tory MP David
¯
Ashby wept as he f~aced the pros-
" pect offinanci,-d ruinaftcr losing
¯ a prolongcd libel actiou ag,’uust
Londou’s Sunday Times wlfich
." had reported that he is homo-
¯ scxnal. Thc jury deliberated 5
¯ hours belbrc rc[unfing its ver- ¯
dict in favor of the Tlmes in the
Northwest Leicestershire since
1983 in the ruling conservative
~ party, now faces the prospect of
~ : having to pay all legal costs that
are estimated at about $800,000.
Ashby; 55, had sued the Times
: overanarticlein the paperwhich
said he had shared a bed with a
¯ man during a holiday in Gee in
." 1993, that he had misled his wife
¯ and constituents abouthis sexual
¯ orientation, and that he had lied
:..about. h.awn,g a relat~oaship with
a32-year-old Irish physician, Dr.
Ciar~i Kilduff. The ~iewspaper
admitted during the libel trial
that its report had contained at
least one factual error, but mainrained
the accuracy of its article,
wlfich it maintained was justified
to lfiglflight what it cousiders
Ashby’s hypocrisy in advocating
heterosexual f~nilv values
while leading what the’papcr
called a "double life." Both
Ashby’s wife and his sister testified
against the Tory MP duriug
the 4-week trial. It is likely that
Ashby may face bm"akruptc’y and
the loss of his seat in the House
of Conunons as a result.
Gay Marine to
Fight Discharge
DAVENPORT. Iowa - Corporal
Kevin Blaesing says he will
fight efforts by the .MarZiue Corps
to discharge him because hc is
gay. Blaesing, who has bccn
umned "’Marine of the Month"
mad"M,-mne of the Qtuarter.’" was
denied pernfission to reeniist iu
1993 because of remarks he lind
made about homosexuality to a
USMC psychologist. Bu! earl\
in 1995 hejoined a Marine Corp’s
Reserve umt in South Carolina
without auy difficulties m~d later
spoke at a gay pride even! there.
Now thc Mariucs have bcgun
discharge proceedings against
lmn mad Blaeslug says he will
fight the discharge "~1 the way
Two Lutheran
Churches Expelled.
SAN FRANCISCO-St. Francis
Lutheran Church and the First
United Lutheran Church here
officially became ex-members
of the 5.3-million member Evangelical
Lutheran Church of
America at the end of 1995 for
ordaining 2 lesbians and a gay
man as ministers in defiance of
the national church’s prohibi-
’tiofis. The 2 churches were suspended
by the ELCA in 1990
and given until the end of 1995
to rescind the ordinations of the
Revs. Ruth Frost, Phyllis Zillhart
and JeffJohnson, or be officially
expelled from the national church
group.
A spokesperson forSt. Francis
Lutheran Church said not one
member of the congregation had
left since the controversy started
more than 5 .,,’ears ago. But ironi-
c¯ally one St. Francis Lutheran
member who attended his last
service at the church (at least
officially) on Sunday, Dec. 31,
was Bishop Robert Mattheis, the
presiding bishop of EIX2A’s Sierra
Pacific Synod of some 220
con~egations in Northern Califontia
and Nevada. A long-time
member of St. Francis, Bishop
Mattheis now must officially
leave the church’s con~egatio~:
Calififornia City OKs
Partners Registry
PALO ALTO, Calif. - OutNow,
the San Jose, Calif., gay newspaper,
reports that Pale Alto’s city
council has approved by a 6-]
vote a domestic partners registration.
The re~stranon carries
no direct benefits and requires a
fee to the city clerk’s office. The
only vote agmnst the proposM
crone from Dick Rosenbamn.
who objected that the partuers"
registry ,also allowed oppositesaid
he believed the partncrs"
registranon should be .just for
gays and lesbians.
Marriage Commission
Issues Final Report
IIONOI.UIJ.~- A llawali statc
comnfissiou has approved its finN
report of rccoum~cudations
on a 5-2 vote. calling on the
legislature to a~cpt the rcalil v
of Sallle-SeX lnarriag
courts. Few acnvists believe the
legislature will t;~c the advice
of the commissiou,appointcd b~
Gov. Bcnjmnin Cayctano, b~t
the report’s rccounncndations
add flu ther fuel to the legM bat
~ound the case. The legislature
l~t ye~ adopted a law prohibitlng
stone-sex m~agc, although
=t rcm~us unclc~ whether thai
law itself~m bc considered coustitut~
omd.
Chairman Thomas (;ill,
former mcmbcr of Cougrcss and
out-tune lieut, govcruor, said
the state had f~lcd to prove
~c in courl and had relied
the legislature to block tauntsex
m~agcs. "q’hc opposluOU
~ft.come up with a compelling
state lntcFcsI other th~ul I ~x’i~cus
18," he said, rcfcmug to an Old
Tcsumacnt vcrsc that says. ""l’hou
shalt not lic with mankind as
with womankind ""
Sparks Fly in O.S.
Senate Race in Or~on
SAI+EM, Ore. - Rcspondiug to
ch~gcs that hc is an "+extremist"+
for supporting the dUn-go3
agenda of the Oregon Citizen’s
Alliancc, Rclmbli~m t.S 5cuate
candidate Gordou Snfi th told
reporters at a news CollfcjCll~’c
that he is opposed to ga3 and
lcsbimt ttu~agcs "’bccausc +vc
should dcfcud a mamagc license"
mid thai hmdlortts who
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Sunday ServiEye Drug Implant Method
Wins FDA Panel Approval
S ILVER SPRING, Md. - A Food & Drug
Administration advisory panel has urged
approval of an eye implant for some AIDS
pauents that it says would be twice as
good as current treatments in fighting off
possible blindness by delivering medic
ation direcdy to the eye. Cytomegalovims
(CMV) retinitis hits up to 40% of all
people with AIDS and the Chiron Corp.
"Vitrasert’" implant would deliver the
medicine ganciclovir in time-released
doses directly in the eye after being \mplanted,
making it much more effective.
the FD A advisory panel said. The full
FDA must now decide whether to accept
the panel’s recommendation or not.
USC to House AIDS Archives
LOS ANGELES - The University of
Southern California will become one of
the first sites in the country with an archive
documenting the earl) years of the battle
against AIDS. Los Angeles city officials
are granting the university a total of
$50,000 for the project alor~g with thousands
of original works com~ected with
the earliest veers of the epidemic. The
AIDS archi~:e will be housed in~,the university
library’s special collections and
will include "city documents, materials
from local actiViSt groups, and papers
from Drs. Michael Gottlieb and Joel
Weismal who published the first cases of
what later came to be known as AIDS.
30% of India’s Blood Infected
NEW DELHI - According to a stud)’ by
India’s National AIDS Control Organization,
nearly 30% of the blood provided by
the country’s blood banks is tainted with
infectious diseases, including HIV, malaria,
hepatitis and others. The government
agency responsible for the national
effort to fight the epidemic in India said
tinrdiable screening procedures risk exposing
patients receiving blood and blood
products to one or the other illnesses. The
Indian Red Cross Society said that part of
the problem stems from chronic shortages
of blood in the country with the result that
commercial blood banks often rely on
poorer professional donors 9iho sui~pl~ement
their incomes by giving blood. Such
paid donors, the society says, are often in
higher-risk groups for various infectious
diseases. The National AIDS Control
Organization now estimates that in less
than 5 years some 5 million Indians will
be infected with HI\" with 1 million fullblown
cases of AIDS in the country.
KS Linked Virus Found
in Semen of HIV+ Gay Men
LONDON" - According to a report in the
British medical journal Lancet, researchers
with the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control have found a virus strongly associated
with Kaposi’s sarcoma in the semen
of large numbers of gay men ~vith
HI\’, but not in many HIV-positive heterosexual
men. The scientists said that
64% of the infected gay men also had the
Kaposi’s Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus
(KSHV) in semen samples: of the
non-gay men examined, less than 24%
were infected with KSHV. The research-
" ers said their findings explain why a disproportionate
number of gay men may
contract the cancer ,and suggests that
KSHV may be sexually transmitted~ The
CDC scientists say further research is
called for to try to detemfine if KSHV is
latent and then triggered by an HIV infection.
Milder Strain of Virus Inhibits
HIV NEWYORK-According to a report
in the Journal of Molecular Medicine;
researchers at the Mount Sinai Medical
Centerhave identified aless vinflent strain
of HIV that appears to slow down reproduction
of the more connnon and damaging
s train of the virus. The researchers
speculated that the weaker HIV-2 may
interfere with the more virulent HIV-I
straila at-the molecular le~el, blocking the
virus’ ability to reproducel While the finding
could l]old promise in fighting off
HIV-1 in infected individuals, scientists
warned that there is still little’known about
the detailed interaction between the 2
strains.
High HIV Levels Infect Newborns
WASHINGTON’, D.C. - According to a
study published in the Proceedings ofthe
NationalAcademy ofSciences,New York
State health department researchers report
that fairly high levels of HIV in the
blood ofwomen who are pregnant is requi
red before the virus can be passed along to
their newborns. The scientists found that
women with levels of HIV in their bloodstreams
at about 50,000 viruses per milliliter
of blood had a 75% or ~eater likelihood
of passing the vii’us onto their infants.
At lower leVds, the chances of the
womentransmitting the virus to their newborns
was significantly lower, the researchers
said. The scientists said the finding
helps explain why some HIV-positive
women~ve birth to infected infants, while
other infected mothers do not.
AIDS Drug 3TC Also Appears
Effective Against Hepatitis B
BOSTON - Two preliminary tests of a
newly approved AIDS drug, 3TC (also
kamwn as lamivudine or Epivir), published
in the New England Journal of
Medicine indicate the medicine also seems,
to suppress HBV, the hepatitis B virus, in
chronic eases. One study, led by Dr. Jules
Dienstag of Massachusetts General Hospital,
found that after a 12-week course of
3TC, about 20% of chronically infected
hepatitis B patients showed no traces of
the HBV. Interferon is the only currently
approved medication to combat chronic
h.epatitis B and has been shown to effective
in about a third of those given the
drug. But interferon must be taken for a
fairly long period ot time and has a nmnber
of very unpleasan t side effects, which
is not apparently the ease with 3TC. Further
studies will now be undertaken to
determine long-term effects of the drug in
combating hepatitis B, possibly in combination
with other drugs.
Status of AIDS Patient Given
Baboon Marrow Transplant
SAN FRANCISCO-JeffGetty, the AIDS
patient who was given baboon bone marrow
in December in an effort to rebuildhis
failing immune system, experienced some
side effects as a result of the chemotherapy
and radiation treatanent he underwent
in conjunction with the marrow transplant.
But Getty’s physician, Dr. Steven
Deeks, said the reactions where fairly
minor and not a result of the bone marrow
injections. Getty’s physicians had said
the bone marrow transplant might either
bolster the man’s rapidly failing immune
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system, or "kill him. A similar procedure
with an AIDS patient at the University of
Pittsbnrgh in 1993 failed, but doctors flare
refined the procedure as a result and are
using a specially processed part of the
baboon bone marrow to improve Gettv’s
: HIV at Chinese Universities
¯" BEIJING - Newspapers in China have
~ reported that during "’spot checks" at urn-
¯ versities, Chinese health officials fotmd
~ 10 HIV infected students at 2 colleges in
: the capital city. Health officials in the
¯ country say getting AIDS information
and e&~cat~on programs to the cotmtrv’s
: schools is "extremely urgent" and esti--
." mate that morethan 60% of those infected
¯ with HIV in the country are under the age
." of 29 years.
AZT Helps Cut Risks in
chances. Accidental Needle Jabs
"t’~o r~ ph~ ¯ .,,, - ¯ .......C.-based ....."s~o~,s Comrmttee :. \.V¯¢SHIN- GTO-N,-,C...ooperatingwith Britfor
Responsible Med]cifie,’lio~ .ever, has tsh and Frenc"h othoa" ls , the l_ -S - C~enters"
filed a formal complaint with the federal for Disease Control and Prevention re~.
g0venunent over the experimental bone
marrow procedure. The public interest
group charged that such cross-species
marrow injections endanger the public
health by risking the spread of dangerous
baboon infections. Susan Getty of
\Vatcrford, Conn., the mother 61"the ailing
man who was with him at the hospital
during the procednre, said people with
advanced AIDS have little to lose ~n undergoing
such medi"cal gambles. %\emttst
take greater risks." she said. "It is time to
stop tiffs horrible, horrible disease."
AIDS Awareness in France
I~OSTON-- According to the U.S. journal
Nature, a snrvcv of what they think about
l llVand ..\ID~ suggests th~ Frei~:h ,are
continuing to adjtrst their sexual behaviors
because of the ~pidemic. The report
says that condoms arc increasiugly used,
particuhtrlv anion,, those who are single
mid under ihe age ~f’30: more people are
having fewer casual sexual parmers: ,’rod
the nnmbcr of peat)It who regularly get
tested for I IIV fiffccfion continues to ~ow.
ports that atimited study of 31 health care
workers accidentally jabbed with hypodermic
needles at work had much lower
risk of HIV infection if given AZT. The
CDC reports indicated the health care
workers" risk of refection was nearly 80%
lower from taking the drag shortly after
the needle-stick accident than workers
who were not given AZT.
U.S. Blood Supply Even Safer
BOSTON" - According to a govenunent
stud) published in the New EnglandJourhal
of)ledicme, only an infinitesimally
small mnount of blo~d do~mted tbr transfusions
in the U.S. is infected with HIP.
The L.S. Centers for Disease Control &
Prevention study estimated that no more
th,’m 27 pints out of the total 12 nffllion
pints donated each year are tainted. Because
blood usedin transfusions is pooled
from several donors, bowever, health officials
said the chances of receiving con-
Uumnated blood are between 1 in 83.000
m~d 1 in 122.000. To reduce these odds
even further, the Food & Drng Adnmlis-
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tration had ordered blood banks in this
country to begin additional HIV testing
that it ~stimates will reduce the number of
tainted donations to no more than 17 per
year. Some public health care workers
~luestion whether the added $65 nffllion in
)early testing expenses is justified by
eliminatingjust 10 units of infected blood
per )ear.
AIDS Mortality Among Prisoners
CHICAGO - Writing in the American
Journal of Public Health, Adansi
Amankwaa with the Florida prisons department
says that a review of mortality
data from 1987-92 in the state’s prisons
indicates that AIDS was the main cause of
imnate deaths during the~ 5’ year period~
accounting for more thau 50% ofall prison
deaths in 1992. It indicated that deaths
from the disease were increasing compared
with other causes in prisons.
Turner ,and was permitted to return to
work. In a statement given to the EEOC in
Aug. 1995, Ttmier testified that he was
unsure if he would serve a customerwhom
he kiiew to have AIDS. According to
court docmnents,"he [Turner] is unaware
about the trausnfission possibilities of the
HIV virtts through casual contact in a
food establishment and states that for all
he kiiows it c,’m be mmsnfftted though
perspiration falling into food. He testifies
that he is very "concerned" about this
possibility mid’that he would try to favorably
resPond: to customer prejudice regarding
AIDS. tte states thai the subject
of AIDS mid HIV is disgusting mid objectionable
mid indicative of bad hygiene.
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SUNDAYS
Agape’ Christian
Fellowship
Worship Service, 10:30 am
Sheridan Center, Suite H
21st & Sheridan, 599-7688
Bless the Lord At All
Times Christian Center
Sunday Schoo!, 9:45 am
Worship Service, 11 am
2627b East 1 lth 583-7815
Community of Hope
(United Methodist)
Worship Service, 6 pm
1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Family of Faith
Metro. Comm. Church
Adult Sunday School, 9:15
Worship Service, 11 am
5451-E South Mingo.
Info: 622-1441
Metro. Comm. Church
of Greater Tulsa
Worship Service, 10:45ran
1623 N. Maplewood
Info: 838-1715
Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay
Alliance - Univ. of Tulsa
6:30 pm at CanterbmT
5th & Evanston, 583-9780
MONDAYS
H]V Testing
TOHR Clinic
¯ Free & anonymous testing
using fingerstick method.
¯ No appointment required.
: Walk in testing: 7-8:30 pm
Results hours: 7-9 pm
Info: 742-2927
TUESDAYS
HIV+ Support Group
HIV Resource Consortium
1:30 pm
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-I
Info: Wanda @ 749-4194
Shanti-Tulsa, Inc.
HIV/AIDS Support Group
WEDNESDAYS
Authority OfThe Believer
Bible Study, 7 pm
MCC of Greater Tulsa
1623 N. Maplewood
lnfo: 838-1715
Bless The Lord At All
Times Christian Center
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
i_Jambda Bo~vling League
Shdridan LaSnes
8:45 pm
3121 S. Sheridan
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
2nd Monday of month,
6:30 pin
4154 S. Harvard
Info: 749-4901
OTHER GROUPS
Tool Box Technicians,
Leather org., hffo cio The
Tool Box: 584-1308
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform:
& Leather Seekers Assoc. "
Info: 838-1222 "
The Banned, OK Gay Band
Practice weekly in OKC ¯
Info: 838-2121
,"HIViAI’DS Support Group
: 7 pm, call for location:
:
749:7898
¯ Community of Hope
: Grief Group, 6 pm
: 1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
¯ :.: ~,, ~ ~ . ~o. ....
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siaonsored by
Community of Hope
6pm, Butler/Stumpff
Funeral Home
2103 E. 3rd St.
Info: 585-1800
.........& ..... Prayer&Bible Study 5451rES. Mingo, 622-1441
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Family Of Faith MCC
Praise & Prayer 6:30 pm
Choir Practice 7:30 pm
5451-E South Mingo.
Call 622-1441 for info.
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¯ ’Community of Hope
(United Methodist)
¯ Service for Peace, 6:30 pm
¯ Bible Stud,,,’, 7 pm
1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
TNAAPP
¯ Tulsa Native American AIDS Prevention Project
¯ Support group
¯ for Gay & Bi Native
¯ American Men, 6 pm
at Conununitv of Hope
¯ 1703 E. 2nd
¯ 582-7225 or 584-4983
TOHR Clinic
Walk in testing: 7 - 8:30 pm
Results hours: 7 - 9 pm
Info: 742-2927
Prayer Time
MCC - Greater Tulsa, 7 pm
1623 N. Maplewood
Info: 838= 1715
Tulsa Family Chorale
Wee"kly practice, 9:30 pm
Lola’s 2630 E. 15th
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
1st & 3rd Thursdays
41 54 S. Harvard, 749-’4901
Alternatives
Weekly socials, 7 pm
See below for schedule.
Info: 646-5503
SATURDAYS
St. Jerome’s Ecumenical
Catholic Church
,Mass, 6 pm
Garden (Thapcl
3841 S. Peoria
Info: Father Rick
at 742-7122
Narcotics Anonymous
Meets weekly at 11 pm
Confidential ~upport for
recovering addicts.
Co~unmnity of I lope
1703 E. 2nd. lnfo: 585- I
NAMES Project
AIDS Memorial Quilt
Sewing Bees
3rd Sat of each month
hffo: 748-3111
OTHER GROUPS
Gay & Lesbian Sttulent
Association
TJC Southeast Canq)us,
Info: 631-7632
SWAN-Single Women’s
Activity Network
Call 832-2121
TOHR Helpline
Daily 8= 10 pm
For info. ~r to vohmtcer:
743-GAYS
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18
Community ofHope Orientation
2 pro, 1703 E. 2nd
Info: 585-1800
SUNDAY, JANUARY 21
Faith & Struggle Dialogue Group
Community of Hope United Methodist
4:30 pm, 1703 E. 2nd (ongoing group)
Info: 585-1800
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25,
Community ofHope Orientation
6:30 pm, 1703 E. 2nd
Info: 585-1800
SUNDAY, JANUARY 28
Faith & Struggle Dialogue Grm~
Community of Hope United Methodist
4:30 pm, 1703 E. 2nd (ongoing ~oup)
Info: 585-1-800
SUNDAY, JANUARY 28
,Miss Gay Oklahoma USofA, 9 pm
Concess|ons, 33rd& Peoria
Pageant ..
Info: 744-0896 or 838-3701
TUESDAY, JANUARY ,30.
Rainbow Business Gui/d, 7 pm
Uno Pizzeria,.61st & Memorial
Dinner Meeting
Info: 665-5174
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31
Tulsa Women’s Supper Club, 6:30 pin
Full Moon Care, 1525 East 15th
Info: 584-2978
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1
Alternatives. Informational meeting
for reactivated social orgamzauon for
men and women, also, video of
comedian Suzmme Westenhoefer, 7pm
Holiday Inn Express, 51st & Harvard,
Info: 646-5503
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6
TMsa Oklahomansfor Human Rights
Local Police Officers Speak Out, 7 pm
Alan Chapman Activity Center
University of Tulsa ,
5th St. west of Harvard, Info: 743-4297
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY-8
Alternatives, Bowling at Riverlanes, 7pm
8711S. Lewis .. ~
Info: 646-5503
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11
Community ofHope Orientation
2 p!n, 1703 E. 2nd
hffo::585~ 1800
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15
.Alt~r.natives, Movie Night; 7pm
Fox 4 Cinema, 51st & Harvard
Info: 646-5503
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16
Fandly ofFaith MCC
Reclaim & Recovery Workshop:
Forgiveness, 9 am - 3 pm
5451-E S. Mingo, hffo: 622-1441
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY22
Alternatives, Dinner, 7pro
Golden Corral, 71st & Mingo
hlfo: 646-5503
Out & About With JD!
More sequins, but that’s not all that this
month’s featured establishinent has to
offer. Lola’s is "’truly a fanfilv bar" says
Bill (Lola) McCall of this wonderful pla~e
Brian & tJttt ofLola’s
thht ~ves a lot to the community. One
example they’ve supported Mr. Oklahoma
Leather~ Mr. Tulsa Leather and 1st alternate
to Mr, Oil Capital. Also, Lola’s pro:
rides ahome forTULSA FAMILY CHOIL~
LE, which is opento any Gay, Lesbian
¯ or Gay-.friendly persons and m~ets Thurs.
at 9:30:~
Bill & Brian are the owners of this cozy
establishinent that represents a little bit of
Valentine’s Day. Bill & Brian have been
to,,tethet for 15 (!) vear~ which they plan
to celebrate with a ~umiversarv showand
party .on FebruaD’ 16th. Tffey ,opened
Lola’s 2years ago. "’At Lola’s you can
find whatever liking may be: entertain:
ment, games (pool & darts), good friends
or jnst a good time."
Oh by the way, the following are happenin~
s at Lola’s for the coming month:
Feb. 16th, Bill & Brians’s Anniversary
show & party; Feb. 20th, Birthday celebration
for Desdny Ray, Miss Upper
Cherry Street, and Feb. 24th, 1st Annual
see JD, page 11
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Start February 17
Family Workshops
YPoreusncgheoroalrt ~
~Adult
Studios
Action Studios
Spring Break Studios March 25-29
not, however, mandate procreative possibility
as a requirement for heterosexual
marriage certificates, a move that would
seem consistant with his stated rationale.
Knight goes on to forecast economic
doom and collapse if California "’were
forced" to recognize the relationships of
same-gender couples,including taking on
the same responsibilities for each other
thathetero-couples expect. However, economic
forecasts for Hawaii project that
same-sex marriages could add $4 billion.
to Hawaii’ s revenues over the next 5 years.
Some observers think that Knight" s bill,
if enacted, will likely cost California taxpayers
millions in legal fees as gay and
lesbian citizens challenge the. law. Current
law recognizes all mamages performed
throughout the United States. The
bill would prohibit recogmtion of legal
marriages of same-sex couples, regardless
of where they are performed.
sexual activities, the citizen suggested
that he mad the officer go to a private
location for consensual sex. After the citizen
made the offer, he was arrested for
solicitation under ma OKC ordinance.
The ACLU defense of the citizen rests
on two concerns. First is the 1 st Amendment
(free speech) issue. The OKC ordinance
appears to make it illegal to make
any offer of consenstml sex in OKC. ACLU
spokesperson, Michael Canffield noted
that this would make offers betweeu heterosexuals,
say in a drinking establishmeut,
illegal al~o but he/also noted that the
OKC police do not appear to be assigning
undercover cops to heterosexual bars.
The other basis for challenging the arrest
is a 1986 decision by the Criminal
Court that ruled that the Oklahoma "sodomy"
law which makes oral or anal sex a
felony crime was unconstitutional. The
decision held that a constitutional right to
privacy prevented the state or cities from
forbidding private, consensual sex acts
between adults. The law makes no distinction
between heterosexual or homosexual
oral or anal sex.
However, the ’86 case involved heterosexuals
and the court specified that it was
not addressing whether homosexual citizens
enjoyed the same right to privacy as
heterosexual ones. If homosexual citizens
have the same right to privacy and the
solicited activities are not themselves illegal,
then the OKC ordinance can hardly
be constitutional. This is, if it" s not illegal
to have sex, then it can hardly be illegal to
talk about it.
In a 3-1 decision, the Court of Criminal
Appeals chose not to address whether the
state can constitutio~mlly prohibit same
gender sex but said this case was only
about public solicitations mad rtfled that
OKC could prohibit such solicitations.
The appeal, according to Hendricksen,
who is ACLU-OK president, will ask the
US Supreme Court to compel the OK
Court of Criminal Appeals to decide if the
right to privacy that ~t established for
heterosexual citizens ~s also available for
homosextml citizens. "’The court [appeals]
ducked this issue and we are going to see
if we can force them to m~swer tiffs question.’"
To help the ACI.U-OK fight tiffs case.
donations may be made to 600 NW 23rd
St. OKC 731(36.
be the actions of a neighborhood adolescent
but that the theft of their family’s
peace of mind is no little thing. The
Harrison Kirbys are considering their options
to protect themselves and their children
from futher harm. Kirby did add that
they have been comforted by expression
of support from friends around the US
with whom they correspond via e-mail.
statements by Radical Right leaders, such
as CBN’s Pat Robertson and Sen. Jesse
Helms. Since the threat of lawsuits by
CBN, no television station in any of the
target cities of Washington, Tulsa, Houston
or Atlanta will air the commercials.
Mitzi Henderson, president of PFLa,G’s
board of directors, stated that PFLAG is
conunitted to "’get our message on the air
and compel CBN to stop its harassment
and censorship attempts".
Locally, the Tulsa chapter of PFLAG is
presenting a free film series at All Soul’s
U~titarian Church at 7pm, Jan. 23 & 30,
mad Feb. 6 & 13. The films, Straight From
The Heart. On Being Gay, Queer Son, and
Always .\.lb~ Kid, feature Lesbians and Gay
men and parents of Lesbians and Gay men
dealing with issues from fanfilies to religion
to AIDS. PFLAG Tulsa also is continuing
a campaign for a siguature advertisement
to run in The Tulsa World. The
ad "calls for Tulsans to stand against
tred, hate speech mad violence" against
individtmls based on their sexual orientation
mad "’to recoguize the strong link
between hate speech, teen suicide and
violent physical attacks..." Tulsa Family
News reported correctly last month that
The Tulsa Worm is on record as having a
policy banning the use of the words, Gay
or Lesbian in advertising. However, contrary
to our report, The World has not
changed its policy to allow an exception.
According to Bill Hinkle, PFLAG Tulsa
co-chair, PFLAG cannot even spell out its
name but may be forced to use a circumlocution
like, "Parents and Friends of Persons
of Differing Sexual Orientation.’"
The ad will likely, run later in January.
dren they were trying to place.
Rep. Benson stated to TFN that he was
motivated by the NEA’s resolution to
reaffirm what he views as Oklahoma’s
"traditional. family values". He said the
reason for a resolution instead of a bill
was that since a resolution lacks the power
of law, the legislators could express their
feelings without infringing any constitutional
rights which such a law would
probably do. Benson claims that he does
not want to condeum Lesbians and Gay
men for their "choice of lifestyle" & that
he expected to get wide support
OKC’s Oklahoma Gay & Lesbian Political
Caucus has begun a postcard campaign
directed at Rep. Benson. In Tulsa,
according to one source, PFLAG’s Nancy
McDonald is putting together a group of
parents mad Tulsa area legislators to meet
with Benson. Other activists have begun
to ph’m a Family Day at the Capitol, a
state-wide lobb3:ing day by Lesbian, Gay
and Bi activists, clergy mad business
people. For i~ffo, call Green Country Pride
at 838-2121 or 583-1248.
Timothy W. Daniel
Attorney at Law
Know Your Rights!
Estate Planning,
Adoptions,
Personal Injury,
Criminal :Law, Bankruptcy
& Workers Compensation
1-800-742-9468 or.918-352-9504
128 East Broadway, Drumright, Oklahoma
Weekend and evening appointments are available.
Speakers &performers include comedian Suzanne
Westenhoefer, Col. Grethe Cammermeyer & her
partner, Diane Divelbass, & Candace Gingrich
April 7 - 14, Olivia’s Womens’ Cruises
Call 341.6866
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by Phil Boler-Schmidt
Winter is a special time in
Eureka Springs. With the falling
of the Autumn leaves comes a
respite from the thundering
hoardes, and locals get a chance
to renew old acquamtmlces, catch
up on family time, and spend
time with cherished friends.
Each December, we have the
Women’s Party. 1995 saw the
25th annual event, and it was
quite a sight to behold. My own
estimate was about 500 women
in attendance. Each brings some
type of finger food and a drink to
share. There is music and dancing,
talk and Sharing. A grand
time is had by all. This year was
no exception. And, as usual, a
few of the guys showed up, respectfully
of course, and sang
Christmas carols to the assembled
masses at the ballroom
high atop the Basin Park Hotel.
Now that Christmas ~s over,
the really big events are potluck
dinners. It is the Ozark way of
getting to "know people, fo~: the
first time, or to renew old friendships.
Us queer folk do the
potlucks in style. This is mv2nd
Winter in Eureka, and I’m looking
for~vard with anticipation to
the Season of the Potlucks. This
is the time to get to lmow those
people you have always ~vanted
to know but were too bits5 working
to spend any time with.
As man5 of you already kimw.
Eureka Springs is a wedding
haven. And, it is also a wonderful
spot for holy unions. Everything
imaginable is possible,
from an extravaganza to a small
ceremony just for the two of
you. And what better time than
this Winter? Resources are available
for holy unions at 253-2401.
Events upcoming in Eureka
this Winter include Jacob Adler,
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
at the University of Arkansas
giving a talk at MCC of the
Living Spring oftjanuary, 21 st at
4 PM The trpi~ will be Jewish
Influence on Jesus’ Teachings.
Joya Pope will be in town on
February 3rd, also speaking at
MCC of the Living Spring at 7
PM. Joya Pope is author of The
WorMAccording to Michael and
Upcoming Changes: Prophecy
and Pragmatism for the Late
Nineties. Admission is S 12.50 at
the door, and she also has private
channeling sessions available.
Winter is the time we sit back
and take stock, read all the good
books we didn’t have time to get
to during the rush of tourists,
begin a new study program, and
¯ get read~ for theseason wlfich is
-~’" only a c~uple of months away.
For those of you who are Eureka
locals, you know exactly
~vhat I ,’un talking about. Those
of you who ,are from out of to~vn
will just riced to visit in order to
see why wc call this place Paradise.
For more information about
Eureka Springs available on the
World Wide Web, point your
browsers to:
http: www.pimps.com~
eureka.html. See you in Eureka!
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He compares AIDS and HIV to
leprosy....He states that hi s attitude
regarding HIV and AIDS
has remained unchanged s~nce
1987 when he suspended the
plaintiff [Saladin] because he
suspected he was HIV positive.
In the same manner that he directed
plaintiff not to discuss-the
AIDS and HIV status of ¯
plaintiff’s partner in casual conversation
with customers he
states that he would consider
asking a white waitress to not
discuss or disclosed (sic) that
fact that her spouse was black in
casual conversation."
Steve Norick, one of Paul
Saladin’s attorneys, claims the
Americans with 13isabilities Act
was violated in at least two major
ways. The ADA provide relief
from discrimination based
on acttmlly being handicapped
but also to those who may not be
handicapped but who are perceived
as being handicapped.
And it also provides protection
to those ~vho are associated with
those wh6 are handicapped.
Thus far the court has seen
sufficient merit in Saladiu et al’s
case not to accept the efforts of
Tumer’s attornevs to dismiss the
case though the court has not
seen fit to render judgment to
Saladin yet either. Now it will be
up tojudge &jury to findjustice.
JD cont’dfromp. 9
Miss Rivercity America Pageant.
If you missed Concessions celebration
of their first anmversary,
you should just hang your
headin shame! Kirk &Terry and
their staffand patrons had a great
time and look forward to a grca~
year two. Also the) say, don’t
miss Miss Gay Oklalloma t "Sofa
co/fling on Jan. 28th and even
more to come in March - mark
your calendars.
I hope that tiffs month and ucxt
you find, or cherish more. that
someone who brings you joy!
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Living Spring
,..a community of friends...
Rev. Kermie Wohlenhaus
Pastor
We welcome you to attend!
Services held
Sunday evenings at 6 PSI
17 Elk Street
(at the Unitarian Church)
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Stop by our house for a taste of local flavor. Dine outside on
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20% of all proceeds will go to the support of family causes
by Barry Hensley, Tulsa City-County Library
For information regarding HIV/AIDS topics, our Library is an excellent resource.
There are books, videos, audio cassettes, government documents and periodical articles
full of updated information. Many branch libraries have books and other materials,
although the Central Library, at 4th and Denver in downtown Tulsa, has more detailed
information. Here are some of the items available through Central Library departments:
BUSINESS ANDTECHNOLOGY, 4th floor, phone: 596-7988 (Dewey area 616.9792)
AIDS and HIV in Perspective (by Barry Schoub)
Immune Power: The Comprehensive Healing Pro~am for HIV (b.v Jolm Kaiser)
Dictionary of AIDS Related Terminology (by Jeffrey Huber)
Rethinking AIDS (by Robert Root-Bernstein)
Everything You Need to Know When a Parent Has AIDS (by Barbara Drainlin)
AIDS and the Law of Workplace Discrimination (by Jeffrey Mello) (34417301)
READERS SERVICES, 2nd floor, phone: 596-7966 (Dewey area 362.1969)
People, Sex, HIV and AIDS (by Pierre Andre)
Everything You Need to Know About Being HIV Positive (by Amy Shire)
I’ll Not Go Quietly (by Mary Fisher)
We Are All Living With AIDS (by Earl Pike)
Women’s HIV Sourcebook (by Patricia Klosser)
Search for an AIDS Vaccine (by Christine Grady) (174.2 G)
Recovering From the Loss of a Loved One to AIDS (by K. Dounelly) (155.937)
Diary of a Lost Boy (by Harry Kondoleon) (fiction)
Labour of Love (by Doug Wilson) (fiction)
Such Times (by Christopher Coe) (fiction)
Promise of Rest (by Reynolds Price) (fiction)
CHILDREN’S, 2nd floor, phone: 596-7971
Magic Johnson (by Martin Schwabacher)
AIDS: How it \Vorks in the.~odv (by Lorna Greenberg)
Daddy and Me (by Jeanne M6ut~)uss’amy-Ashe)
David ttas AIDS (by Doris Sanford)
Know About AIDS (by Margaret Hyde)
MEDIA CENTER, 1 st floor, phone: 596-7933
Living Proof: HIV and the Pursuit of Happiness (video)
Heart of the Matter (video, HIV+ women)
HI\" Test: Who Should Take It? What Does it Show? (video)
AIDS: \Xqay We Won’t Look (audio cassette)
Let’s Talk: C. Everett Koop (audio cassette)
AIDS Quilt Songbook (compact disc)
There are also various Government Documents available in both the Reference
Department and the Business and Technology Department. Please call the Central
Library at 596-7977 or any branch library for more information.
Sunday Services 11:00 am ¯ Wednesday Services 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm
Choir Practice ¯ Thurs. 7:30 pm Codependency Support Group
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trial here before being returned to Oregon.
Acremant, 27, was taken to flae San
Joaquin County Jail for extradition to
Oregon ou murder charges in die brntal
slayings of Rox,’ume Ellis and Michelle
Abdill. Stockton police say they were
tipped off by an anonymou~ -caller early
on the monli]~g ofDec. 13, who gave them
the license number of a rented van
Acremant was driving. Alter several hours
of patrolling area motels, police say they
located the van at a Motel 6 and discovered
that Acremant had registered the
night before tmder his own name. According
to a Stockton police spokesperson,
Acremant was not armed when he
was arrested, and he surrendered to authorities
without incident.
Ellis mid Abdill, who operated a property
management business together and
were domestic partners, were-last seen on
Dec. 4. Their bodies, bound, gagged and
blindfolded, were discovered three days
later in the back of their parked pickup
truck. According to Medford authorities,
die two women had each been shot twice
in the head in what some have described
as an "executton-style slaying."
Police are continuing to refuse to talk
abom the details of the case but did say
they had no evidence that Acremant knew
that the two women were lesbians. Although
Acremant’ s father said his son had
told him he had killed the two women in
a robbery, police say that money, wallets,
jewelry and other valuables belonging to
them had not been taken.
See related story., this page.
STOCKTON, Calif. - The Natioual Gay
& Lesbian Task Force has asked the U.S.
Justice Department to examine the killing
of Roxmme Ellis and Michelle Abdill,
lesbian activists in Medford, Ore., because
of statements made by Robert
Acremant, who is facing charges in the
case. The Task Force formally asked Attorney
General Janet Reno in a letter to
investigate whether the killings were hate
crimes because of a variety of statements
Acremant has made to television, radio
and newspaper reporters duringjail interviews.
In one interview, Acremant said he had
asked the women if they were lesbians
and said they had told him they were. "It
kind of made me sick to my stomach that
she was someone’s grandma," Acremant
was quoted as saying in an interview
published in the Oregonian shortly after
his arrest. He also said in that interview
that the fact that they were lesbians "made
it easier" to kill them.
In a letter to Reno, NGLTF Executive
Directory Melinda Paras said, gays and
lesbians around the country were "’very
much upset and disturb0xl by these murders"
and that statements by Acremant
"have heightened the alarm and concern"
that the killings were, in fact, hate crimes.
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by Jean-Pierre
St. Valentine’s Day is soon to be upon
us, and everyone is once again faced with
the dilemmaof selecting that special place
for a romantic dinner. Here are the three
best restaurants in Tulsa, as well as the
three most overrated. Each of the establishments
reviewed this month considers
itself to offer "fine dining," or what you
might call a"white tablecloth" restaurant.
Elegant. Dressy. Be forewarned, though,
that all of these places fall into the category
of "very expensive."
Heading up the list is Montrachet, in the
Consortium at 3509 South Peoria. This
restaurant was formerly on our list of
places to avoid, unless you liked schizophrenic
Santa Fe French cuisine courtesy
of the previous chef/owner. But, last summer,
it was taken over by new ownership,
management, and chefs from the resorts
in Scottsdale, Arizona, and has successfully
regained its place on Jean-Pierre’s
social list. With the demise lastyear of
both Karmichael’ s and the Fifteenth Street
Grill (-gotta pay those taxes!), Montrachet
is currently Tnlsa’s best restaurant.
The Montrachet style is still basically
French In concept, but displays a,.fresh
American note to the Continental style:
Beef tenderloin, rack of lamb, poussin,
fresh salmon, and other gourmet specialties
are mainstays ofthe Montrachetmenu,
which changes seasonally. But the highlight
of the meal with be the lovely montage
of flavors from experiencing all of
the courses, not just the entree.
The onion soup at this place is absolutely
the best one can get in Oklahoma. A
rich beefy and winey stock bathes tender,
caramelized onions, and is a delicious and
warming treat. Frizzled onions top the
soup as a garnish, which you may want to
request be left in the kitchen.
For a special appetizer, try the seared
foie gras. It’s presented medium rare,
stacked between layers of puff pastry, and
grilled apples. The salad of mixed greens
with Stilton cheese, walnuts, & poached
pears is excellent.
Desserts change regularly,
and all are exquisite.
None are the typical
ice cream and hea~y.,
sticky sauce on abrownie;
....all. drowned in icanned
¯ whipped topping, that one
¯ usually finds in Tulsa.
¯ Many are truly works of art, and the tastes
¯ can be heavenly. Montrachet also has a
¯ full bar and an excellent wine list. They
¯ also offer a number of interesting cordials
¯ and liqueurs. - ,
; Expect.seryice~ to .be.very well trained
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and efficient. All of the waiters are very
¯ knowledgeable about the evening’s menu
¯ and the preparations of the foods, and will
¯ be happy to recommend,.the evening’s
¯ best dishes.
Bodean Seafood Restaurant has been
¯ the place to go for fresh-off-the-plane-
" daily, seafood in Tulsa for years. Located
¯ in a nondescript strip shopping center at
¯ 3323 East 51st, just east of Harvard,
¯ Bodean is filling the shoes of the late
." Louisianne,Tulsa’slegendary downtown
¯ r.estaurant. You can also buy lovely fresh
¯¯ seafood to prepare at home at Bodean’s
adjacent seafood market.
If you like New England style clam
¯ chowder, you willlove the soupat Bodean,
: probably the best Marc-Pierre has had
: outside of the East Coast. Rich and thick,
it contains big pieces of fresh dams. Limit
¯ yourself to a cup though; the bowl is big
~ enough for a meal by itself.
Check the chalkboards to see whatcame
in on the plane that day. Mussels, cockles,
: and oysters from Newfoundland and New
: Zealand are regularly on the appeuzer
¯ lists, and fishes from across the world will
: become scrumptious entrees.
The fish entrees are al-
St. Valentine’s Day is
soon to be upon
us...Here are th~ three
_. b~st restaurants in
Tulsa, as well as the
three most overrated.
ways creatively prepared
and presented, though
sometimes the creativity
can be a bit excessive.
~re recently experienced
a mahi mahi presented
with mango chumey and
a blackened monkfish
served with crawfish jambalaya. Never
mind, though, since any fish can be prepared
to order, and Jean-Pierre often orders
the wonderfully fresh seafood simply
grilled with alittle lemon butter on the
side. Expect your fish to be cooked to an
expert level of doneness, not undercooked
and not dried out, but just right.
Vvqaile most of the waiters provide the
professional service you would expect
from a quality restaurant, not all of the
staff is properly trained. You may want to
request a special waiter, once you find one
you like.
Our third choice amongst the three best
Tulsa restaurants is actually a private club
in downtownTulsa. The Summit, atop the
Bank IV Center, serves both luncheon
and dinner to Tulsa’s business and socialite
community. It might be worth your
while to get out those gold-digging shoes
and wrangle an invitation to share dinner
with aclub member. A qnick review of the
club roster reveals several ’Tanfily’" members,
so this is not an impossible task.
Honorable mention has to go to the food at
the Southern Hills Golf & Country Club,
but finagling an invitation here is much
more challenging.
The Summit features expertly traineo
staff with charming & sexy European
accents. And, this being "The Club" of
Tulsa’s elite, the staff will do everything
possible to cater to the diners" every whim
and pleasure. Of course, such service and
top quality food does not come without its
cost, but the saving grace is that the Summit
doesn’t make you pay at the endof the
meal your host just signs h check!
This is Tulsa, so beef is heavily featured
on the menu. Steaks are excellent, always
prime beef, and will be prepared exactly
to vour specifications. They also do a
lovely Dover sole. Wildgame is frequently
available. But one of the most memorable
entrees here is the fork tender, melt-inyour-
mouth, lamb tenderloin. The only
thing to avoid is the lasagna, which is
bland & insipid, a big disappointment
~ven the management’s Italian origins.
Desserts are ~ bit more mundane, but
fresh fruit with real whipped crean~ is
always available, and the signature dessert
of the club is a chocolate crunch cakc.
a very rich mousse m a pastry shell.
If you are watching your pennies, be
careful with your choices of wines ,and
liquors. The "Summit stocks all of the
ultra-premium liquors and has wines costing
100’s (note the plural) of dollars per
botde.
And now for the list of Tulsa’s three
most overrated "’fine" restaurants, at which
see Dining, page 14
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Jean-Pierre refuses to eat when he is picking
up the tab, and which Jean-Pierre will
discourage friends from visiting as well.
All of these restaurants suffer from overinflated
prices, inconsistent food quality,
and mediocre servtce (judged by a standard
of what one might expect given the
expense).
Number Three: Bravo Ristorante. Suffeting
through the attempts of the wait
stuff to sing arias and show tunes does not
make up for their inept service or the
mediocrity of the food. R.I.P. Montague" s,
the fine dining room when the Adam’s
Mark used to be the Westin.
Number Two: Atlantic Sea Grill. In
probably the most expensive restaurant in
Tulsa, the expectation that the food will
be cooked to a quality level consistent
with the prices is unrequited. Perhaps one
would be better off to walk a few doors
down to the cheaper and infinitely less
stuffy T.G.I. Friday’s.
NumberOne: Warren DuckClub. Aside
from being in the tone)- Doubletree Warren
Place, how this establishment manages
to be touted as one of the finer
establishments in Tulsa is totally bevond
this reviewer. On several oceasirns, ~ean-
Pierre has been served tough and overcooked
duck with dreadfully sweet fruit
sauce to mask the (lack of) "flavor of the
bird. But most disappointing is thee dessert
bar reminiscent of Harvest Buffet. Save
your money.
Well, dear readers, this is the list of
Tulsa’s besl and worst. Now, you can
decide where you want to take your special
friend on’Febrtmry 14. Any hidden
messages there’? Just be sure to call ahead
for reservations, Bon appetit!
by James Christjohn
Hello again! Time for another rousing
round of reviews! I have received complaints
from some members of the community
for using the "snap" system of
rating stuff. They claim to have patented
it. Go figure; some people are legends in
their own minds. At any rate, if anyone
out there in readerland feels they have a
more amusing rating system, please submit
it to Tulsa Family News Rating System
contest,POB 4140,TulsaOK, 74159.
I’m not sure what the prizewill be yet, but
I’ll come up with something. I am also
asking for the women in our readership to
Submit ideas of what they’d like to see
reviewed. I don’t want anyone left out.
On with the reviews, comments, and
whatever other stuff I feel might be amusing.
If you remember your first crush on
another member of the same sex, or have
forgotten, I can highly recommend "’Tom
& Huck". It is an excellent adaptation of
"Tom Sawyer", with excellent performances
by the entire cast. And the
homoerotic subtext clearly evident inTom
and Huck’s relationship ~s almost underlined
in one of several scenes where Tom
and Huck are struggling to communicate
their feelings towards one another and
you just want to yell "Go ahead! Say it!
Tell him’I love you!’"Actually,it’s pretty
much true to it’s time - I can see Huck
living in town, madTom marries Beckx’ as
a cover, and continues his relationship
with Tom. This is definitely a good
Valentine" s day flick, very romantic in its
way, and the action keeps you on the edge
of the seat. Fortunately, I restrained myself
from the yelling bit, for which mv
mece was grateful (I must credit her f~r
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this issue’s reviews, during the holiday
trip to see fmrtily, she dragged me to all
these movies I wouldn’t have ever seen
otherwise, and was pleasantly surprised
at how good they were. I dedicate this
month’s column to her. Otherwise, I’d
just be babbling on about anything I could
think of and making up reviews of fictional
films and stuff.)
Another winner is "Jumanji", and it
takes you on a doozy of a rollercoaster
ride. It’s a fun film, and Robin Williams is
always a delight, especially in this flick
about ama~cal board game set in a deadly
jungle that sucks you in until someone
else plays the game to it’s finish and sets
you free. The scenes of the jungle and its
animals taking over an entire town is
amazing. The plot was a bit uneven, but I
found it amusing enough overall to make
up for that.
Inmusical terms, Boy George’s"Cheapness
and Beaut)"" deserves more of a
listen than it’s been getting. I am not
partial to BG or Culture Club, but I was
curious enough to give this disc a spin,
and found it surprisingly effective. It covers
every style from country to heavy
metal (mad I HATE heavy metal, but I
rather liked it here. Skip the first track, but
listen to the rest. He holds no punches, mad
does not shy away from telling it like i~ is
- no bet love songs here! There is one song
on there about AIDS that nearly hadme in
tears. The lyrics are well-written if not
well-spelled and the music is fairly well
done. (For me, the first test of a songs is
the lyrics. Are they intelligent? Do they
have meaning? If they don’t, forget it.)
Another "new" discovery, October
Project, has a new CD, "Falling Farther
In", and it is beautiful. The lyrics are
amazingly intelligent, and the music fuses
a bit of rock, pop,jazz and Celtic soul. Try
it, you’ll like it. The lead singer has a
lovely deep alto voice that is like chocolate
to listen to. If you don’t like chocolate,
insert the dream food of your choice.
(Like I said, I don’t want to leave anyone
out.) This is a CD to add to your collection,
no matter what.
And, if we’re all lucky, I’ll be able to
review "’Phantom of the Opera" for the
next issue. I know a lot of folks out there
are dusting off their opera capes and lnasks
for this one!
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special encounters. Please leave a
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Tulsa LET’S LEARN TOGETHER: GWM,
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~ 17465
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Please leave a messege.iNo need to be
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We’re not all Greek God’s or are we
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I’m alight drinker and a non smoker.":
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like Iv a message thanks! ~ 7580
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WM, isa other ~Gay or bi male, 30s-
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BM, kinda looking far someone to love,
tired of being by myself, love to sing,
read, like to go to the movies, have fun,
love all types of music, if this interests
you give me a call- ~ 7435
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7822
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President Obama’s Gay Rights Agenda
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Gay community upbeat
TULSA, OK__ Despite the
involvement of controversial Pastor
Rick Warren, the gay and lesbian
community responded generally
favorable to the inauguration of
President Barack Obama on January
20.
"This is a big moment for all of the
people who feel we were shut out
by the Bush Administration," said
Oklahoma resident Brian DunleaW,
36. Dunleavy traveled from Green
Country to Washington D.C. to
witness the inaugural parade and
events. "That includes gays and
lesbians. Obama is clearly a friend to
US, even if many of us don’t always
agree xvith him on everything. This
could be the beginning of a new era
for us."
for the inauguration ceremonies.
"WE DELIVER DIVERSITY" FEBRUARY 1, 2009
about
By Michael W. Sasser
new president
he was not happy about Warren’s
involvement but that he "didn’t go to
D.C. for the prayer."
Oklahomans for Equality
Celebrates Anniversary at the
Dennis R. Neill Equality Center
Photo by Chaz
"Hopefully it’s just a bump in the
road," he added.
Warren, the controversial evangelical
pastor at Orange County, CA’s
Saddleback Church, delivered the
inaugural invocation at Tuesday’s
ceremony. Warren was an outspoken
supporter of California’s Proposition
8, the California measure that banned
same-sex marriage in the state. 365gay.
com reported that the website for
Warren’s church specifically stated
until recently that unrepentant gay
people were not welcome to attend
services. In perhaps the most virulent P~oto: Dennis R. Nei!I Equalil.y Center Downtown Tulsa
’.;Warren has compared
gay marriage to sanctioning TULSA, OK (PR) __In February 1999, the Pyramid Project
hosted their first major fundraising event by holding a Wild
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~°nnnued ~ee OBAMA Page’10 ~i~i6fi 6£~ ~fi~h0~ f~r the EG~Smmunity in
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far away.
0KC Pride Parade Stays on 39th Street
Festival Will Move, No Longer At Memorial Park
By Victor Gorin
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK __ Amid an abundance of
controversy and hearsay, OKC Pride hosted an open meeting
January 5 at the Days Inn West, anticipating a much larger
crowd than usually attends these meetings. True enough,
around 60 GLBT & allied people attended to voice Concerns
about rumours that OKC Pride Inc, which administers the
annual June OKC Pride Parade & Festival, was not only
planning to move the festival to Remington Park, but that the
parade would be moved to Remington Park as well.
The OKC Pride Parade route had always been, since its
beginning in 1987, from Memorial Park at N.W. 36th &
Classen Boulevard concluding on N.W. 39th Street & ¥oungs
Street, taking it over the now famous hill leading to the
crowds on the Strip, an area where many of the gay
community have felt at home for decades.
OKC Pride pointed out that moving from Memorial Park was
unavoidable for many reasons, including that the Festival itself
had outgrown the park and less space was available due to the
new Boys and Girls Club building as well as other projects
under construction. Another problem was that the City of
Oklahoma City required vendors on city parks to pay a sales
permit fee of $150 per day ($100 for nonprofits) which made
the cost of doing business prohibitive for many of the vendors.
Although some members of the board were not happy with
the Remington Park location for many reasons, so far it was
the only option they had found, and Paul Thompson stated
that if anyone could present another viable option it would
definitely be considered.
Passions ran much higher concerning the Parade route, as this
route had been a long held tradition since the beginning
........... Continued See OKC PRIDE Page-6
This February 13th, 14th, and 15th we will celebrate the 10th
anniversary of the Wild Hearts Ball and the 3rd anniversary of
living in our permanent home, The Dennis R Neill Equality
Center. As a mission and vision moving toward fulfillment,
this year’s Anniversary Weekend expands with even more
events and greater visibility for EQUALITY.
Friday, February 13th at 4:00 pm kiclcs offwith a fabulous
wedding reception! We will celebrate the unions of local
couples who have traveled out of Oklahoma to get married,
registered as domestic partners, or conducted civil unions
in those places where it is recognized by the municipality,
state, or country. The media has been invited to cover this
special event of our community, honoring our community
heroes. Oldahomans for Equality will present a certificate of
recognition to our couples and a photographer will be present
to memorialize the moment. As a family, we will toast our
happy couples and cut the wedding cake.
.........Continued See OKEQ Page-9
Oklahoma Weather Forecast for February 2009
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~ Feb. 6-12: Rainy periods, chilly
@ Feb. 13-19: Snow north and central, rain
¯ ~ south, then sunny, cold
~ Feb. 20-22: Showers, chilly
Feb. 23-25: Rain, mild
Feb. 26-28: Snow north, rain south; colder
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Kansas City’s
’ Chorus
Mirreni Jim Roth
says goodbye
to politics.
"God bless
you citizens of
Oklahoma for
you have blessed
me so. Thank
you for the
honor to serve
you." Thank
You Jim!
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2 February 2009
~tine’s Day started in the time of
the Roman Empire. tn ancient Rome, Februa~
T t4th was a holiday to honour Juno.
Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods
and Goddesses. ~ae Romans also knew her
as the Goddess of women and marriage.
~e following day, February
’The good Saint Valentine (photo above) was
a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II.
He and Saint Marius aided the Christian
martyrs and secretly married couples, and
for this kind deed Saint V~flentine was apprehended
and dragged before the Prefect of
Rome, who condemned him
15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia.
The lives ofyoung
boys and girls were strictly
separate. However, one of
the customs of the young
people was name drawing.
On the eve of the festiva!
of Lupercalia the names of
Roman girls were written
on slips of paper and placed
into jars. Each young man
would draw a girl’s name
from the jar and would then
be parmers for the duration
of the f’estival with the gir!
whom he chose.
Sometimes the pairing of
the children lasted an entire
year, and often, they would
to be beaten to death with
clubs and to have his head cut
off. He suffered martyrdora
on the 14th day of February,
around the year 270. At
that time it was the custom
in Rome, a very ancient
custom indeed, to celebrate
in the month of February the
Lupercalia, feasts in honour
of a heathen god. On these
occasions, amidst a variety of
pagan ceremonies, the names
ofyoung women were placed
in a box, from which they
xvere drawn by the men as
chance directed.~The pastors
of the early Christian Church
in Rome endeavoured to do
away with the pagan element
in these feasts by substituting
{:all in love and would later marry. Under
the rule of Emperor Claudius II Rome was
involved in many bloody and unpopular
campaigns. Claudius the Cruel was having
a difficult time getting soldiers to join his
military leagues. ~e believed that. the reason
was t}~at Roman men did not want to leave
A~eir loves or {hmilies. As a result, Claudius
cancelled all marriages and engagements in
MARDI GRAS
FAT TUESDAY
Celebrations include lots of ~asting, partying
and parading on the big da~; also known as
Shrove Tuesday - just before Ash Wednesday
- when the Church rules offasting and sacrifice
take erect. It’s been that way in Christian
countries around the ~vofld since the Middle
Ages. Today most ofthe world’s celebrations
occur duirng the ~veek of Fat Tuesday; which
falls on February 24th this yeal:
Fat Tuesday in New Orleans
It’s been four long years since the devastation of
the names of saints for those of maidens. As
the Lupercalia began about the middle of
February, the pastors appear to have chosen
Saint Valentine’s Day for the celebration of
this new feast.
So it seems that the custom ofyoung men
choosing maidens ~br valentines, or saints
as patrons fbr the coming year, arose in this
way.
Hurricane Katrina, and the biggest part), town
in America will pick itself up for the 2009 Fat
Tuesday- celebration with even bigger crowds
- and more parades - expected this year. The
New Orleans Mardi Gras parade schedule kicks
offonJanuary 6 and continues through to Fat
Tuesday, February 24, 2009.
Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras and Carnival
Celebrations around the world
The biggest and loudest of them, as always,
are in Rio and Ne~v Orleans...although the
Karneval, or Fasching, festivities in Cologne
and Berlin get pretty wild, Carnaval in Nice
shows off the wackier side ofthe trendy
Riviera scene, and the Italians in Venice are the
worldwide experts on the art of street theater.
For anyone who’s ever been dumped, jaded, didn’t get the box of
chocolates they wanted~ had bad sex or just wants to get lucky
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A P VILEGE TO
HAVE SERVED
By Jim Roth
OYd2kHOMA CITT, OK __ It is with
immense gratitude that I say thank you to my
fellow citizens for the opportunity to serve
you these past years. I am forever grateful for
the chance to toil in the field of public service
and I am forever blessed because of you.
In an inspiring speech titled "~e Man in
the Arena," President Theodore Roosevelt
said "the credit belongs to the man who is
actually in the arena, who knows the great
enthusiasms, the great devotion, and who
spends himself in a worthy cause." While I
appreciate these words, the true credit belongs
to the citizens who gave me the chance to
serve.
As your Corporation C.ommissioner and
as an Oklahoma County Commissioner, I
accomplished every task I had hoped. My
guiding principle was simple: Always put the
people first. I thrust myself into the arena and
fought the good fight defending the rights of
all people. I took an oath to honor all people
and in turn you have given me the highest
honor of my life -- the chance to give back.
As a Corporation Commissioner, i worked
to expand the horizon of Oklahoma through
native blessings like natural gas and wind,
through new energies and energy ei~iencies.
I encouraged our utility providers to think
bigger and am glad fl~ey are making progress
today. These willing partners are developing
programs that will benefit generations of
Oldahomans to come.
At Otdahoma County, we implemented
programs that eliminated public waste and
saved the taxpayers millions of dollars. Xg4e
built better roads and bridges and brought
relief to our aging senior citizens. It xvasn’t
always easy battling entrenched attitudes that
resisted change, but working with you I never
worked alone. In the end, I feel that I left
Otdahoma County much better than I found
it because you trusted me to serve you.
So as I move into the next chapter of my life
I will take with me all tl~e good friends and
memories made along the way. My time in
public service has come to an end, but my
desire to make this state the best it can be has
not. I am excited for new opportunities and
new arenas to create the change I wish to see
in the world.
I have devoted my career to public service
these past 14 years and your help along this
journey has made me a better person. I hope I
have made you better as well. As this chapter
closes, I am reminded of another passage
from President Roosevelt’s speech, where he
says: "If he fails, at least he fails while daring
greatly, so tl~at he may never be one of those
cold and timid souls, who know neither
victory nor defeat." God bless you citizens of
Oklahoma for you have blessed me so. Thank
you for the honor to serve you.
Former State Senator
Running to Chair OKC
Schoolboard.
By Victor Gorin
P/~oto: Fom~er State &nator Angela Monson
Seldom has our communit); and those
interested in true quality educaOon for the
Oklahoma City School District had such
an opportunity as xve have now to elect a
true progressive with a vision that could
effect meaningful change. First elected to the
Oklahoma State Legislature as a representative
in 1990, she moved up to the State Senate
in 1993, re-elected until she was forced out
by term limits in 2005. During that time
she never failed to take proud stands for any
progressive cause, and was proud to be a
keynote speaker at the OKC MDSWalk as
well as our Pride Festival.
Most importantly, she attended the
Oldahoma City Public School System, a 1973
graduate of Douglass High School, following
both her parents. Earning a Master’s degree
in Public Health Administration from OU,
she is currently employed at the OU Health
Sciences Center as Director of Health Policy
Development and Analysis. She currently
is raising her niece and nephew ( Donovan
18, Danielle 10), also attendees of the
OKC school system, so not only does she
understand the problems firsthand, she has
the passion to make it better. She shares ~vith
the Metro Star:
Victor: Angela, you must know what you are
taldng on. What made you decide to xvant to
run for tiffs office?
Angela: I did it for our children. That really
is what prompted me. These last 3 years
I have been working really intensely witl~
students from the OKC public schools. What
I have seen has really concerned me greatly.
We should be embarrassed at the quality of
education our children are receiving. I want
to change the priorities, to make a difference
as to the quality of education all of our
children receive.
Victor: What are the worst problems ~ve are
facing there?
Continued See MONSON Page-9
RAIN Oklahoma Begins
New HIV Testing
Outreach on OKC’s 39th
Street Strip
By Victor Gorin
Tulsa-Area LGBTS
Church Celebrates New
Pastor
TULSA, OK (PR) __ MCC United(MCCU)
is a thirty yea>old, Tulsa-area church that is
part of the worldwide Universal Fellowship of
Metropolirtan CommunitT Churches which
invite Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
& Straight people to full inclusion and total
participation in all aspects of church and
ministry life.
On Sunday, February 1st, 2009, the Reverend
Ed Paul*will preach his first sermon as
Pastor ofMCC United. Pastor Ed is well
known among the LGBTS community in
Tulsa, Oklahoma, and has preached often at
MCCU.
Photo: [@ndell Powers, counselor, I~i Dameron,
CTR Outreach Coordinator
OKLAHOMA CITy, OK __ Regional
AIDS Interfaith Network ( better known as
R.A.I.N.) has begun an HIV testing outreach
on OKC’s 39th Street Strip. Beginning on
Saturday Jannary 24, and followed on the
1st Saturday of each month, free anonymous
HIV testing will be provided fi’om 5 p.m.
until 8 p.m. at the Brief Connection, a
popular undergear/novelty shop located at
2!35 N.XgZ 39th Street.
This Will help fulfill a need for those who had
been getting testing and other assistance at
the Red Rock Clinic located on the Strip that
had closed at the end of 2008. As Kendall
Powers points out, "Many people in tl~at
area are transient, people may not know
where help is available, and may not have
transportation."
Testing is also done at the R.A.I.N. Clinic
located at 600 N.W. 23rd Street, hours
Monday thru Thursday 9:30 a.m. until 3:30
p.m., when rapid testing is offered, which can
show results in around 20 minutes. Testing
like,vise here is free and anonymons. The
clinic also is open on Friday with the same
hours, but the rapid test is not available.
Pastoral Search Team Leader Nathan Black
said, "I believe this is exactly ~vhat God
has for this church. Pastor Ed’S heart for
people and his powerfu! leadership will be
a tremendous gift to our church and our
community. I believe God is calling MCCU
to grow and expand its vision and mission,
reaching all of northeastern Oldahoma with a
message of God’s inclusive and transformative
love, and I believe Pastor Ed is the man to
lead us on that journey."
The church is inviting community members
and friends to attend worship at MCCU on
Sunday morning, February 1st at 11:00 AM
and to share a Celebration Potluck Dinner
that ,;viii follow the service. For those who
may be unable to attend worship, but want to
come to the Dinnm; it should begin around
12:30pm.
The church is located at 1623 N. Maplewood,
just offofN. Pine and Reading. You can
learn more about MCCU by visiting their
website at www.mcctulsa.org, sending an
email to iworship@mcctulsa.org or calling
9!8-838-1715.
...........More Oklalaoma News Page 6
With tlais outreach and other plans for testing
and education, R.A.I.N. wants the GLBT
community as well as
Oldahomans in general
to knmv that they are
still around working to
prevent the spread of
HIV and helping those
living witla it. Speakers
are available upon
request for groups
interested in learning
about HIV. For more
information, please
call (405) 232 2437.
email: kdanersib@
rainoklahoma,org
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of the parade over 20 years ago. OKC Pride’s
Male co-chair Paul Thompson dispelled
turnouts that city government was behind the
proposed change, stating that the City had
been totally cooperative for raany years.
Communication was stressed as ~vell, with
many people at the Ineeting stating tbat
they had never been asked for their input
or support, and had not been informed of
OKC Pride activities. Feraale co-chair Latricia
Ohnstead stated that" It’s great that you
guys have come out saying xvhat you want us
to do differently, but you need to come up
with some solutions and possibilities to help
us make it better."
Monty Milburn, President of the Diversity-
Business Association, suggested that the
Parade be held on Saturday, so that those
fi’om out of town could arrive on Friday
night, enjoy the festival and parade, and
return to their homes Sunday without being
rushed, and while he commended the current
board members and volumeers, he did stress
the need for" new blood" and new ideas.
Following this public discussion, the OKC
Pride Board voted unanimously to keep the
parade on the same route it has always been,
and announced that the next meeting would
be January 26, where it would be decided,
after considering all options, where and when
the festival would be and when the parade
would take place. At press time the outcome
was not available so to find out more
inforraation after that date call (405 410-
8102 to reach Paul Thompson or check OKC
Pride’s website at www.okcpride.org.
Obviously- more community involvement is
needed, along with better communication.
But as Paul 2Pnompson puts it, ’We hope that
the parade and festival wil! continue to grow,
and that those who feel there needs to be new
blood, ideas and people will come out to be
part of that and make it happen"
EQUAL RIGHTS IN
EVERY STATE TEACH
IN
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (PR) On
February 14, 2009, on the South Steps of
the Oklahoma State Capitol at noon, there
will be a "Teach Iff’ supporting equal rights
in every state. While this is largely a gay
event, members of the faith community are
attending and wilt be speaking to the issues
of"Family Values", which has become a code
word for homophobia. We intend to expose,
through the use of faith based communities,
that "Family Values" are toxic to gay people
and to society as a whole. Our Teach In is
not a protest, it is not a rally, it is a positive
message that we as gay people already have
equality spelled out in the Constitution, and
we are going to call upon our elected officials
to enforce the la~v of the land with a positive
message post card campaign to our elected
representatives in Oldahoma and Congress.
Unless and until we ask for enforcement of
our rights in every state we will not have them
simply granted to us. Until we can TEACH
the greater community that gay people are
just regular people, doctors, laxwers, teachers,
postal workers, business owners and laborers,
the pervasive view of "Family Values" will
persist. Now is the time, change happens.
Please participate in some ~vay. You can
attend the Teach In starting at noon on the
South Capitol Plaza on February 14, or you
can request a pack of 8 post cards for a $10
donation (we’ll pay the postage) to send
to your elected representatives along with
hundreds of other people, gay and straight.
You can contact the coordinator. Peter Myers
at hpkanyersmd@yahoo.com, you may mail
your request to Peter Myers, 2512 NW41st
Street, OKC, OK 73112, or call at 405-
815-4059. We look forward to everyone
participating. Please get involved to end all
discrimination against gay people.
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Gay bishop Robinson
a so selected for
inaugura
@Je RI; Rev. H Gene Robinsom the open,gay
and?artnered bishop (fd~e Episcopal Church~
~wHamuhire diocese, a~livered @e invocation
at ganzck Obama~ inaugmnd concert at the
Lincoln Memorkd on.~¢n. ~ 8. GL~Dphoto
Amid the controversy over Barack Obama’s
selection of anti-gay preacher Rick g~rren
to ddiver the invocation at his inaugural,
Obama announced Jan. 12 that the Rt.
Re~: V[ Gene Robinson, the openly gay and
partnered bishop of the Episcopal Church’s
New- Hampshire diocese, would deliver the
invocatmn at the inaugur~d concert at @e
Lincoln Memorial on Jan. 18.
Obama attended the concert.
Because Robinson is gay and partnered, his
selection as bishop in 2003 has led to an
evolving schism in the Episcopal Church
and a near-schism in the worldwide Anglican
Communion, of which the Episcopal Church
is the U.S. branch.
"President-elect Obama has made a stellar
choice in selecting Bishop Gene Robinson
to offer the prayer at the Lincoln Memorial
to kick offthe inaugural festivities," Rea
Care); executive director of the National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force, said after
the announcement. "For the first time in
history, an out gay man will lead the nation
in opening the transfer of power from one
administration to another."
Log Cabin Republicans
are broke
~ne gay group Log Cabin Republicans is
broke and $100,000 in debt, according to the
Washington Blade.
LCR President Patrick Sammon said the
troubled U.S. economy has impacted
donations to the organization.
The ~roup currently has vwo flail,time
employees and one part-time employee, three
fewer than a year ago.
in at least 77 nations and punishable by death
in at least seven.
The statement was signed by Albania,
Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada,
Cape Verde, Central African Republic,
Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador,
Estonia, Finlaaad, France, Gabon, Georgia,
Germany, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Israel~ Ital); Japan, Latvia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro,
Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Nicaragua, Norwa}( Paraguay, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, San Marino, S~o Tom4
and Prfncipe, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-
Leste, United Kingdom, Uruguay and
Venezuela.
Fifty-seven nations signed an alternative
statement, promoted by the Organization of
the Islamic Conference, daat said universal
human rights do not include "the attempt to
focus on the rights of certain persons" because
"the notion of orientation spans a xvide range
of personal choices that expand way beyond
the individual’s sexual interest in copulatory
behavior with normal consenting adult
human beings, thereby ushering in the social
normalization, and possibly legitimization of
many deplorable acts."
The U.S. did not sign either statement.
ACLU sues over new
Arkansas adoption ban
¯ne American Civil Liberties Union filed a
lawsuit Dec. 30 seeking to strike down a new
voter-passed laxv that bans any unmarried
person ~vho lives with a partner from serving
as an adoptive or foster parent in At’kansas.
~-he suit, filed in Pulaski County Circuit
Court, argues that the ban violates federal and
state constitutional rights to equal protection
and due process.
Twenty-nine people from a dozen families
are participating in the case as plaintiffs,
including a grandmother who lives with
her same-sex partner and is the only relative
willing to adopt her grandchild, who is
in At’kansas state care. Several married
heterosexual couples also are plaintiffs. They
previously had chosen friends or relatives who
are coupled but not married to adopt their
children in the event 0fthe parents’ deaths.
"We’ve been hearing from all corners of
the state from dozens of families who are
panicking about how Act 1 impacts them,"
said Rita Sldar, executive director of the
ACLU of Arkansas. "~ais kiw ... takes away
parents’ right to decide fbr themselves xvho
will adopt their children if they die, it denies
the many children in Arkansas state care a
chance at the largest possible pool of potential
foster and adoptive homes, and
(it) denies couples who are living together
but unmarried the chance to provide loving
homes to children who desperately need
them."
Four arrested in
California lesbian rape
case
After receiving tips from residents, police in
the San Francisco Bay Area city of Richmond
arrested two men and two teens Jan. 1 for
allegedly raping a lesbian while making antigay
slurs.
Humberto Hernandez Salvador, 31, Josue
Gonzalez, 21, and Darrell Hodges, 16, were
arraigned in Contra Costa County Superior
Court Jan. 5 and 6 on charges that included
carjacking, kidnapping, gang rape and hate
crime. The fourth suspect, a 15-year-old, will
be tried as a minor.
Bail was set at $2.2 million for Hernandez
and $1.85 million for Gonzalez. They could
face up to life in prison if found guilty.
Barney Frank details
congressional gay agenda
Gay U.S. Rep. Barney Frank said Jan. 12
that three long-delayed pieces of gay-related
legislation likely will pass and become law
now that Congress has a Democratic majority
and the incoming president is gay-friendly.
"We’re going to do three things in Congress,"
Frank, D-Mass., told The New Yorker. "First,
a hate-crimes bill -- that shouldn’t be too
hard. Next, employment discrimination.
We almost got that through before, but
nmv we can ~vin even ifwe add transgender
protections, which we are going to do. And
finally, after the troops get home from Iraq,
gays in the military. 7he time has come."
San Francisco Catholic
church vandalized with
swastika
The Dec. 13 attack began after the woman
got out of her car, which had a rainbow
sticker on it. One of the men hit her with an
object, ordered her to strip and raped her on
the spot, with assistance from the other men,
police said.
Nxe woman ~vas then forced into her car and
driven to a more remote location, where she
was raped inside and outside the car. After
about 45 minutes, the assailants left in the
victim’s vehicle with her wallet, leaving her
naked at the scene.
Police had offered an $11,000 reward
for information leading to the arrest and
conviction of the alleged attackers.
Gay mayor takes once in
Portland, Ore.
Sam Adams took the oath of office as mayor
of Portland, Ore., Jan. 1 at 12:01 a.m.,
making the city the largest in the country
with aft openly gay mayor.
Adams, 45, captured more than 50 percent
of the vote in a May 20 primary election
that had 13 candidates, thereby avoiding a
general-election runoff.
He has promised
to make Pordand
"cleaner, greener, more
sustainable, smarter,
more equal, better
educated."
San Diego is the largest
city in ATmerica ever to
haace had an openly gay
mayor.
Toni Atkins held the jok
for five months in 2005.
She was appointed by
the Civ Cguncil after
both the mayor and the
deputy, maygr quit in
the wake of a pensionfunding
debacle.
SMq FRANCISCO, CA __ Someone
spray-painted a Roman Catholic church in
San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood with
a swastika Jan. 4 in apparent protest of San
Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer’s
support for Proposition 8, the Nov. 4 ballot
initiative ~vith which voters amended the state
constitution to re-ban same-sex marriage.
Accompanying red-and-black text sprayed on
Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church said:
"Prop H8 - Niederauer Ratzinger - Where is
the love?"
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is Pope Benedict
XVI.
Most Holy Redeemer is considered to be
liberal and gay-friendly, as Catholic churches
go.
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OMING ELECTS
FIRST OPENLY GAY
PERSON TO THEIR
STATE LEGISLATUIBy
Victor Gorin
Photo: State Representative Cathy Connol&
When Cathy Connolly got elected to the
Wyoming Legislature as a Democratic
representative for House District 13, she
made history as the Cowboy State’s first
openly gay legislator.
All things being relative, it is one of the more
progressive districts ofWyoming, inside one
of only two counties in the state that went
blue this last election.
Born in Troy, New York, she came to
Wyoming in 1992. Holding both a PhD
in Sociology, and a law degree earned at the
State University ofNew York in Buffalo, she
is now a professor of women’s studies at the
UniversitT ofWyoming in Laramie.
Public policy has been an area of keen
interest for her. Urged by her peers to run
for this office, Ms. Connolly is active in
the communit): She is a strong advocate
for ~vorking people and one of her major
objectives as a legislator will be to try to lessen
the wage gap between men and women,
which in ~’yoming is the highest in the
nation.
Connolly also wants to work to improve
healthcare and education, and to create
a better environment for all minorities,
including Wyoming’s GLBT community.
Obama spokesman: Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tel~ is history
By \Vocl~ler Wire Sen*ice
New White House Press Secretary Robert
Gibbs says the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" ban on
open gays in the military will be repealed.
In a video posted in mid-January at change.gov,
in which Gibbs answered some ofthe 72,000
questions Americans have submitted to the
site, he said: "Thaddeus from Lansing, Mich.,
asks, ’Is the new administration going to get rid
ofthe "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy ?’"
Gibbs answered: "Thaddeus, you don’t hear a
politician give a one-word answer much, but
It S, Yes.
"We should be embarrassed at the quality of education our
children are receiving. I want to change the priorities, to make a
difference in the quality o~ education all o~ our children receive."
"The two candidates are Angela Monson and Kirk Humphreys.
We know from Angela’s track record that Angela cares about
minorities and the GLBT community, and will understand problems
like school bullying, and we know that Kirk Humphreys
clearly doesn’t get it."
Paul Thompson, C0-Chair of the Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus
Angela is far and away the best candidate for this
position. It is imperative that we get out and vote for her.
Margaret Cox, Activist
To volunteer or For more information call
www.Monson4ourchildren.org
®
monsonforourchildren@yahoo.com
8 ~÷troSTAR February 2009
At 5:00 pm MY BIG EAT GAY \X;%DDING FAIR opens
with vendors and merchants throughout the center. These
local companies cater to same gender couples looking to plan
their speciai da> Several honeymoon destinations will be
participating iu a raffle fbr free prizes.
Saturday, February 14th at 7:00 pm the dancing and partying
begins with the 10th annual \Vild Hearts Ball. DJ Zeke
Richardson will be playing the tunes to light up the dance
floor. Raffles and prizes will be given away all evening. A cash
bar and party foods will satisfy your palate.
A photographer will be present for those special part), pics.
Admission is free for members of OkEq, $10 admission f~e
for non OkEq members. Your admission fee can be applied to
your first installment of a $50.00 OkEq membership. Child
care will be provided in the Wellness Room on the second
level for children under 12 years of age. ~e will have games,
crafts and special Valentine snacks for our young guests.
Sunday, February 15th we celebrate FAITH with music and
a wonderful brunch buffet. The second annual Brunch and
Blessing will be in the Events Center. We will have a 9:00
am, 11:00 am and 1:00 pm seatings. Admission is $10.00 for
the buffet and $2.00 for mimosas. John Sawyer will be our
host extraordinaire and will be joined by Tulsa’s finest choirs,
choruses, orchestras, bands and local musical artists like
Rebecca Ungerman, Mindy Bardett, and Jarod Tyler.
Ten years ago our community dreamed of a permanent home
for the LGBT citizens of Oklahoma. Anniversary Weekend
,vill celebrate the progress towards full equality in the state we
call home. You can join Oklahomans for Equality and become
a full member t’or $50.00. Membership gives you discounts
on special promotions in our Pride Store, discounts on special
events, and supports the important work of the Dennis R.
Neill Equality Center. Please embrace our mission of serving
our community and progressing towards equality.
Angela: Dropout rates, which is indicative of the problems
we are having. Some schools in our district have dropout
rates over 60%. That~ terrible, they wind up in the street and
too often in our prison system. On test scores, our students
overall still are performing poorly. Too many students say ’I
hate school!’ I want our students to be excited about the value
of learning.
Across America our students are not performing well enough
in math and science, lagging behind other countries.
don’t ~vant to become dependent on other countries for our
technology, we need to educate our own to bring back our
high skill/high tech .jobs.
Victor: What abou.t teachers?
Angela: Teacher pay is an issue, Oklahoma is 48th in the
nation and I’ve heard complaints about it, but more often I’ve
heard teachers express concerns about their facilities, about
having to pay for school supplies with their own money. That
~hould never happen. Instead of raises for administrators, I’d
like to see the money better spent on the classroom.
There is a huge mistrust between the public and the
administration of the school system. People don’t feel they
have a voice, and as the board chair I can involve parents
and the public, including groups such as the Parent-Teacher
Association, faith based organizations and those groups and
individuals who want to be involved. I’m a PTA president
myself, I’ve worked after school programs, so I understand the
problems and what needs to be done.
Victor: A major issue for the GLBT community is school
bullying. Currently in the Oklahoma City Public School
Handbook, real or perceived sexual orientation is not listed
as a category among groups not to be bullied, unlike other
protected groups such as race and religion. We have tried for
years to get that changed with no success.
Remember what made a dream a reality for Dorothy? Click
your heels and say "Tulsa.......... there is no place like home."
Bathroom Bingo A Big Success
TULSA, OK (PR) __ Free Bingo has caught on at Tulsa’s End
Up Club. The Thursday 6:30pm event now in it’s 2nd month
has attracted a large following of locals out for a fun time and
the chance to ,vin great prizes. They play five games, 4 straight
bingo for beer tabs, Walmart gift cards, and gas cards. The
last game is blackout, and the winner gets a chance to choose
one of five gift boxes. One holds the grand prize. The first
grand prize was a very nice Swiss Army watch won by a Tulsa
celebrity.
The End up is Tulsa’s newest bar located at 5336 E. Admiral
P1. Phone 918-836-0915
Angela: There is never any reason to bully anyone. We knmv
that there is a problem, that people are bullied, discriminated
against & treated differently,due to their real or perceived
sexual orientation. \Vhy do we put our heads in the sand
and pretend it’s not an issue? This gives tacit approval for this
behavior, implying that it’s OK to be mean to people who are
different.
Not only should it be listed as a category, we should go further
to show people how to trust and respect people who are
different. As with human nature, sometimes there is friction.
But like when you rub two sticks together, it creates heat
and light, and used properly it can be beneficial. Addressing
prejudice and dealing with it correctly can sometimes mal<e
things better. ~is can be an opportunity to teach, empower
and make a positive difference. Not only that, but kids would
perform better academically when there are less of these kinds
of conflicts and social pressures,
Sunday Services @ 11:00 AM
CC United 918-838-1715
A Metropolitan Community Church www.rncctulsa.org
Victor: As~ything else special
you’d like to add?
A_ngela: An educated worl~orce
and general population makes
our whole society better for a
lot of reasons, and I want to
help make that happen here in
Oklahoma City.
Victor: Thank you Angela, and
I hope you get your chance to
go do that.
To reach Angela; call
405 314 961"3, Email:
Monsonforourchildren@ ~g,~rel°°,cOnl
bsite: Monson4ourchildren.
Org
www.metrostarnews.com P~®t~’oSTAR 9
vi÷w oints
road to Barack
presidency paved by
entertainment machine
By Jerry Libonati
FT LAUDEPd)ALE, FL __ ’11~e movie and television industry
may have had a hand in shaping public opinion about electing
a black president by depicting African-Americans in the role
of Americas number one
Seeing situations on screen allows viewers to get used to a new
idea. As early as 1972 a movie about the first black president
hit the silver screen. Based on a novel by Irving \Vgallace, The
Man starred James Earl Jones. Ironically, the screenplay was
written by Rod Sefling as if to suggest that such a scenario
could only be seen on ~l~ne ~i\vilight Zone.
More than two and a half decades lateI; Morgan Freeman
played the lofty role in the 1998 comet-snaashing film, Deep
h’npact. It appeared in theaters at a time, not that long ago,
when no one in the real world seriously entertained the idea
of a black president.
Dennis Haysbert took the role on the Fox television series, 24
that premiered in 2001. In ~lct, Haysbert was voted "Favorite
On-screen President" by a Blockbuster poll.
"If auything, my portrayal of David Palmer; I think, may have
helped open the eyes of the American people.., to prove the
possibility* there could be an M~rican-American president, a
female president, any type of president that puts the people
first," Haysbert told reporters in a July 2008 teleconference.
If Hollywood could change the way Americans thiuk about
having a black president, could it also influence the way
Americans took at gay and lesbian people? It already has.
~Ihe younger you are the less you will be aware that movies
and "~ shows have dramaticall) changed. %efve evoNed
over the years to include gay and lesbian characters. It wasn’t
always like that. For most of the twentieth century, there were
virtually no gay/Iesbian personalities on the big or the small
scree~.
Gay people were sometimes interviewed on edN, television
documentaries hidden behind screens like seedy criminals.
The first dine t personally saw a gay man interviewed out in
the open was on the Virginia Graham talk show in the 1960s.
~his brave soul sat right their on her studio couch in front of
a live audience. No screen, no mask, no garbled voice. It was
revolutionary.
Ellen DeGeneres’ sitcora premiered in 1994 as a lukewarm
comedy show. It had a supporting cast member who was
gay. But her character, Ellen Morgan, didfft turn up the heat
with her coming-out episode until 1997. It was a historymaking
event but not vdthout its pitfalls as some sponsors,
like Wendy’s, dropped their support. The show was cancelled
the next year. Since The Ellen Show, other entertainment
venues made their stand. Will and Grace debuted in 1998 and
became a romance-free staple. Rosie O’Donnell got off to a
closeted start with her Daytime-Emmy-winning talk show in
I996 but made her impact after coming out and later spoke
proudly as a lesbian woman on The View. The popular Queer
Eye for the Straight Guy; that brought stereotypes to a new
levet, popped up in 2003.
A smattering of gay characters now populate mainstream
sl~ows, not as devious villains, but as ordinary people.
horns are still being removed from gay and lesbian heads but,
who knows, when the process is done, maybe we’ll even see
a gay or lesbian president.
Times o£Harvey
Responsibility £or Our Ft ture
By James Nimmo
Photo: Harvey Milk
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK __ I’m hoping you had a safe (in
more ways than one) New Year’s celebration and are ready to
commit to a political and social New Year of acquiring the
legal recognition of our GLBT equality which is ours as a
right of citizenship.
This morning I watched the "The Times of Harvey Milk", a
documentary of Harw2y Milk composed of interviews with
people who knew and worked with him, combined with
news clips illustrating the important events in Milk’s public
life as a San Francisco City Commissioner. This is not to be
confused with the new biopic starring Sean Penn titled simpl>
"Milk".
I was reminded that the defeat of’the Briggs Amendment that
would have outlawed the employment of GLBT teachers in
California was fiollowed by the rise of Anita Bryant, who got
her inspirational juice from this setback to the fundie nuts
and homo-haters agenda. She was the rolling crest of the
wave of anti GLBT taws and reversals that followed across the
country in the late 70s and early 80s. Think Wichita, Kansas;
Dade County, Florida; and Oregon. Oklahoma had its own
version of a Briggs Amendment argued before the United
States Supreme Court in 1985. You can read the transcript
and listen to the audio here: http:/Iwwvw:oyez.org/casesl1980-
1989/1984/!984_83_20301argument/or http://tinyurl.
com/Sznzkp. ~e Supreme Court let stand a 10th Circuit
Court ruling that invalidated an Oklahoma ban on pro-gay
advocaW by teachers. ( http://v,~x,:lambdalegal.orglaboutus/
35th anniversary/) ( http:/itinyurI.com/9qqvc8 ) ( http://
en.wikipedia.org/wild/Anita_Bryant
It would seem this knee-jerk reaction to GLBT progress is
genetic to the Bible-bumping believers of America as that’s
what’s going on now with our marriage-equality movement:
for every Massachusetts there’s an Arizona and an Arkansas.
Listening to the confession clips of Dan White, the convicted
killer of Milk and Mayor George Moscone, as well as the
ravings of Sally> Kern of Otdahoma and her other Kern Krew
members in Oklahoma where I live, they have a single uniting
fear: fear of change, be it social, legal, enviromnental, or
scientific.
Michelle Goldberg, author of Kingdom Coming: The Rise
of Christian Nationalism, has written, "Modernity is the
enemy of fundamentalist religion, and gende>bending is the
hallmark of modernity." ( ,a~v.religiondispatches.org )
We’re probably too familiar with the Santayana quote, "Those
who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." So,
let’s get acquainted with a new one that’s explicitly forward
looldng, by George Bernard Shaw: "We are made wise not by
the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our
tq~tture."
Times of Hawey Mill~’ available free online at http://
tinyurl.com/7qyaco.
"No doubt ~hrren is on the ,vrong side on gay marriage and
openly hostile to the gay community, but he isn’t the new"
president," said Arkansas native Pippa Roc~’ord, 42, another
inauguration spectator. ’%)~’re going to be much better off:
then ever before with President Obama."
Obama’s positions on GLBT issues are more liberal than
either Bush’s or even former President Bill Clinton. Mthough
not a supporter of gay marriage, he opposes legislation to ban
it and h~s asserted flail support for civil unions with rights
equal to marriage. According to the ~Thite House website,
President Obama supports the repeal of the "Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell" pollW for service members and of the Defense of
Marriage Act. The White House also cites Obama’s support
for stronger hate crimes laws, for housing anti-discrimination
laws inclusive of orientation language, for adoption equality
and for a comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strateD:
ABC
News online reported just prior to the inauguration that
Obama intends to nominate openly ga,v John Berry, director
of the Smithsonian~ National Zoo, as Director of the O~ce
of Personnel Management. Berry was Assistant SecretaW of
the Interior during Bill Clinton’s administration. Obama has
also nominated a lesbian, Nancy Sutley, as chairwoman of the
Council on Environmental Qsiality.
Pinning down president’s roles in GLBT issues has not been
easy in recent administrations. Although considered generally
amenable to the GLBT community, President Clinton,s record
on gay rights includes his signature on both the Defense of
Marriage Act in 1996 and the 1993 Colin Powetl- led strateD,
of"Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell." Bush was openly supportive of a
federal ban on gay marriage and retained "Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell" under fire; but also was the first Republican president
to appoint an openly gay man to serve in his administration,
Scott Evertz as Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy:
Bush’s nominee as ambassador to Romania, Michael E. Guest,
became the first openly gay man to be confirmed by the
Senate as a U.S. ambassador. ~e first openly gay ambassador,
James Hormel, received a recess appointment from Clinton
aAer the Senate failed to confirm the nomination.
Obama’s Gay ghts Agenda
By Greg Steele
Within ~ninutes after President Obama took the oath of office
on Jan 20, the official x~q~ite House webpage ( http:/Aw,-w.
whitehouse.govlagenda/civil_rightsl ) was updated under
the heading of"~]~e Agenda, Civil Rights" to detail Obamgs
support fbr tbe LGBT community. His stated agenda include
the following:
÷ Expand Hate Crimes Statutes: In 2004, crimes against
LGBT Americans constituted the third-highest categoU of
hate crime reported and made up more than 15 percent of
such crimes.
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10 Met~~oSTAR Februaw 2009
@ Fight Wbrkplace Discrimination: President Obama
supports the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and
Oldahomans for Equality art
gallery opens Maegan Kauffman
’Zetting Go" @ Maegan KauflCman
The exhibit will remain up through the month of February,
and can be viewed Monday thru Saturday from 3-9pm. ~Ilne
Dennis R. Neill Equality Center is located at 621 E. 4th St.,
in downtown Tulsa. More info can be found on the web at
okeq.org.
This monthly event is hosted by Oklahoman’s for Equality-
(OkEq). OkEq seel~s equal rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
& Transgender (LGBT) individuals and families through
advocac){, education, programs, alliances, and the operation of
the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center.
TULSA, OK (PR) __ Nae Dennis R. Neill Equality Center
art gallery will host its monthly First Thursday meet-the-artist
reception from 6-gpm, Nmrsday, February 5th, 2009, for the
opening of its new exhibit, featuring the charcoal drawings of
artist Maegan Kauffman.
Maegan Kauffman is an artist from Tulsa, OK. She graduated
from Skiatook High School in May of 2005. Currently,
Maegan is attending the Fred Jones Jr. School ofArt at the
University of Oldahoma where she works as a Teacher’s
Assistant for Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies,
Professor Robert Dohrmann. She is a member of The Red
Clay Faction Ceramics Club and will graduate with her
Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree in May of 2010.
"As an artist, I draw my inspiration fiom life and the human
body as it differs from individual to individual," states Ms.
Kauff)nan. "I am inspired by the human condition and
the way that we not only deal with the challenges we face
out in the world, but also with the inner battles we have
within ourselves. The way that a person feels on the inside is
expressed through that person~ demeanor, the way they hold
their body, and the way they force a smile. By capturing
people’s expressions and their body language, I capture
their inner emotional state. I consider my artwork realistic
expressionism, in which I portray my subjects in a photo
realistic manner. Although I put much emphasis on realistic
rendering, I use techniques like contrast and composition to
express sentiments of the individual portrayed."
Maegan continues, "I enjoy all of the different aspects of
figurative drawing, including the challenge of proportions
and morphing mere shapes and shadows into recognizable
form. When I approach a new piece, I don’t necessarily look
at my subject as a whole, but as a million different forms.
I concentrate on rendering each individual form accurately
and in the end the forms melt together into one cohesive
image. Charcoal is nay medium of choice for rendering these
images. I have learned to manipulate the charcoal, by shading,
blending, and crisping edges, to achieve the image desired.
The high distinction between tones of dark, medium, and
light give the subject matter a tangible quality."
Qffe-Broadway’spopular musical corn@ Alter Boyz is set to rock
the masses at Tulsa’s PAC.
TULSA, OK (PR) __ ALTAR BOYZ is the hilarious account
of a struggling Christian boy band from Greenville, Ohio.
The Boyz - intent on saving souls and raising spirits - are
on the last night of their "Raise the Praise" U.S. tour and
determined to make the big time. There’s Matthew, the
hunky leadm; who holds the group together; Mark, the sweet
and sensitive one, who choreographs all the band’s signature
moves; Luke, the bad boy with an interest in communion
wine and driver of the Altar Boyz van; Juan, the Latin lover
who’s popular with the ladies; and Abraham, a nice Je,vish boy
who’s not sure how he ended up in the group.
Spectacular music...sinfully sensational dancing...faith that’s
stronger than their hair gel .... The ALTAR BOYZ get ready
to rock the masses of all denominations by spreading the
good news and soothing the troubled souls ofTulsa through
the glory of sweet pop music. Produced by Grace Man
Productions, ALTAR BOYZ makes its Tulsa debut March 6-
15, 2009 at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.
Tickets for ALTAR BOYZ, priced $25 to $35 with special
2-top cabaret table seating at $90 are on sale nox~; at the Tulsa
Performing Arts Center Box Office, by phone call (918) 596-
7111 or purchase on-line at www.myticketoffice.com.
Kansas City’s Gay Chorus Makes
Oklahoma Debut
ICANSAS CITY, MO (PR) __ Heartland Men’s Chorus,
Kansas Ci@ gay men’s chorus, will present a flee concert
performance of And Justice for All at the Village Christian
Church (9401 Ridgeview Drive) at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
March 3, 2009. Singing out in Kansas City for more than 23
years, the concert will mark the Oklahoma City debut of this
renowned group of singers. A fi’ee-will offering will benefit the
BritVil Food Pantry.
Among the largest gay meffs choruses in the nation,
Heartland Men’s Chorus has won acclaim for its daring
programming and unique choral sound. More than 100
singers are expected to travel to Oldahoma City for this special
benefit performance ofAnd Justice for Al!.
"llae concert combines lnusic, narration and multi-media in
a unique "musicaI documentary" format, that has become a
halhnark of HMC. The performance will trace the struggles
of Afiican Americans, women, gays and lesbians in their quest
for civil rights. Audience members can expect to hear inusic
spawned fiom the various civil rights movements ("We Shall
Overcome"), music inspired by iconic historical events ("Elegy
for Matthew") and songs that resonate on the theme of social
justice ("You’ve Got to be Carefully Taught").
This concert marks the first regional tour for HMC. In
addition to the performance at Village Christian Church,
the men will perform at the American Choral Directors
Association annual conference (to be held in Oklahoma City)
and present a special weekday matinee for middle and highschool
students in Kansas City.
"Reaching out to diverse audiences is an integral part of our
mission," says artistic director Dr. Joe Nadeau. "This particular
concert, combining our music with an important social
justice message, was the perfect vehicle to bring ’the HMC
experience’ to those who may not have had a chance to hear
us perform before."
www.metrostarnews.com ~!~ ~"<~STAR 11
OKC Community Center
Planning Committee Meets
By Jeanne Flanigan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK __ The steering committee for the
OKC LGBT Community Center met January 21 at Church
of the Open Arms, 3131 N. Pennsylvania. The meeting was
attended by 10 people, some representing organizations and
some attending as individuals. The goal is to have a building
to house a communitT center.
Several have volunteered to take responsibilities for aspects
of planning for the center, and some want to be identified
by first name only, for privacy concerns. Facilitator/Chair of
the steering committee is Henry, Building committee chair
is Ginger, Finance committee chair is Margaret, Program
committee is Larry Schockley, PR/Outreach committee is
Eric, and Governance committee is Saul Olivarez.
"I]~e cormnittee will begin the process of forming a non-profit
501 C3 organization by reviewing the mission statements of
other organizations, selecting a temporary name for the center,
forming a board, and writing bylaws. The committee invites
anyone interested to make suggestions for a name, attend
raeetings, and help advance the process.
~ne PR/Outreach committee will establish a website
eventually, but for no,v people can communicate to the
committee at okcglbtcenter@ gmail.com. The next meeting
will be on February 19, at 6 pro, at Church of the Open
Arms.
K~ns~s City’s w~rld renowned g~I/men s chorus comes ~ Okl~h~rn~ City
~nd mm,ing ~ne-night-~nly performance.
Mickey Coalwell, The Kansas City Star
12 %~A oSTAR February 2009
Health Departments
React with A arm to
New CDC Surveillance
Data
STD Rates Higher Than Ever While Funding
For Prevention Declines
(PRWEB) January 15, 2009 -- Today, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
released national sexually transmitted disease
(STD) surveillance data for 2007. The report
shows persistent and staggeringly high rates of
STDs as welt as a disproportionate burden of
infections on youth, minorities, and women.
Upon the release of this information, the
National Coalition ofSTD Directors called
for a renewed commitment ftom Congress
and President Obama to fight the STD
epidemic in the U.S.
In 2007, more than
1.1 million Chlamydia
cases were reported,
which is the largest
number of cases ever
reported to CDC for
any condition. Rates of
primary and secondary
(P & S) syphilis
increased by 15% from
2006, and 65% of all
P & S syphilis cases
were among men who
since Fiscal Year 2003. This has significandy
hampered the ability ofSTD programs in
state and local health departments to deliver
critical prevention and treatment services,
as well as conduct surveillance. "State and
local health departments are responsible
for controlling this epidemic and often
are the medical providers of last resort for
persons with STDs. There needs to be a
systematic reinvestment in the public health
infrastructure to provide the necessaiT clinical
services to diagnose and treat STDs and
contact exposed partners to insure that they
are treated and further spread is prevented,"
stated Dr. Peter Kerndt, NCSD Board Chair
and STD Program Director from Los Angeles
County.
"In addition to the need for a greater
investment of resources for CDC’s Division
of STD Prevention, NCSD strongly urges
Congress and President Obama to support
:evidence-based
"This report should serve as a
wake up call to policymakers
and the public that STDs remain
a significant public health threat
in the U.S., and a scaled up
investment of funds are desperately
needed for prevention and
treatment."
prevention programs
to prevent STDs,
particularly for young
people," stated Don
Clark. More than
$1.6 billion in federal
funds have been
spent on abstinenceonly-
until-marriage
programs, which
have been unable
effectiveness at
have sex with men (MSM). In addition, the delaying sexual activity, or reducing rates of
report shows persistent and growing racial STDs, including HIV/AIDS, or unintended
d!sparities in Chlamydia, Syphilis, and pregnancy. Clark continued, "It is time to end
Gonorrhea infections. In 2007, Blacks were these ineffective and harmful programs, and
19 times more likely to become infected with invest ifi sciefice based ~ipproaches to STD
Gonorrhea than whites, prevention, including comprehensive sex
education."
CDC estimates that approximately I~ million
STD infections occur each year, and nearly
half are among those aged 15:24. African
American women between 15 and 19 are
particularly hard hit, accounting for the
highest rates of Chlan~ydia and Gonorrhea
of any group. The consequences of untreated
STDs include infertility, pregnancy
complications, cervical cancer, pelvic
inflammatory disease, birth defects and an
increased risk of HIV transmission.
While rates of STDs have continued to
increase, federal funding for CDC’s Division
of STD Prevention has steadily declined
The National Coalition of STD Directors
is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association of
public health sexually transmitted disease
(STD) program directors in the 65 CDC
directly funded project areas, which includes
all 50 states, 7 cities, and 8 U.S. territories.
As the only national organization with a
constituency that provides frontline STD
services, NCSD is the leading national
voice for strengthening STD prevention,
research and treatment. These efforts include
advocating for effective policies, strategies,
and sufficient resources, as xvell as increasing
awareness of the medical and social impact of
STDs.
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een to Might British
AIDS activist
Queen Elizabeth II ~mnounced on New i%r’s
Eve */ant she will ~ni£ht leadin£AIDS activist
Ni~ Partdd£e, chi~executiw" ofthe AIDS
o,gmdzation ~n’ence Hi,,ins ~’ust. THT
Queen Elizabefl~ II announced on New Year’s
Eve that she will knight leading MDS activist
Nick Partridge, chief executive of the MDS
organization Terrence Higgins Trust.
Partridge told the BBC he was "absolutely
delighted" by the honor.
He will be "invested" later this year when
Elizabeth lays a sword on his shoulders.
Aussie gay partners
gain access to military
pensions
Australian gays and lesbians will have access
to their deceased partners’ military pensions
starting in July.
The move follows a 2003 ruling by the ofiqce
of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights, which found Australia’s
refusal to grant the pensions in violation of
the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights.
Sweden will not
recognize Canadian
Two S~vedish Lutheran ministers, Lars
Gfirdfeldt and Lars Arnell, have lost their fin!l
appeal in a case seeking recognition of their
Canadian same-sex marriage.
The Supreine Administrative Court agreed
with lower courts Dec. 16 that foreign samesex
marriages can be recognized in Sweden
only as registered partnerships.
~e case targeted Sweden’s taxation authority
for allegedly mislabeling the couple’s union.
"Ihe ruling, however, may have a limited
lifespan. Sweden’s government favors granting
same-sex couples full access to marriage, and
a new law is expected to be in place by the
middle of 2009.
Senegal }ails nine men
for having gay sex
Nine gay men in Dakar, Senegal, were
jailed for eight years Jan. 6 for the crimes of
having gay sex and belonging to a "criminal
association," an HIV-services group.
On Dec. 19, police raided the apartment of
gay leader Diadji Diouf, arrested him and
the other men, and confiscated Condoms arid
lubricants.....
The men were taken to a police station and
held until Dec. 24, then transferred to a
detention center, where they were held until
trial. Human Rights \Vc’atch said the men were
beaten while in custody.
According to the International Gay and
Lesbian Human Rights Commission, the
men’s lawyers had only limited access to case
files and little time to prepare for the hearing.
At the trial, prosecutors reportedly used the
confiscated condoms and lube as evidence
tha~ the men had engaged in gay sex.
The men received the maximum five-year
sentence for engaging in what the Penal Code
calls "an improper or unnatural act with a
person of the same sex" and three additional
years for being members of the HIV-services
organization AIDES Sdndgal, the "cril~ninal
associatiom"
HRgZ said the sentences have "produced
widespread panic among organizations
addressing HIV and MDS, particularly those
working with men who have sex with men."
Tl~e arrests occurred several days after Senegal
hosted the 15th International Conference
on AIDS and STIs (sexually transmitted
infections) in Africa. Presentations at the
conference highlighted the contradictions
in countries such as Senegal that aim HIVprevention
efforts at men who have sex with
men but continue to criminalize same-sex
relations.
Last February, 10 men and a woman were
arrested in Dakar, the capital city, after a
popular magazine published photographs of
a purported marriage ceremony between two
Senegalese men.
Although the individuals were later released,
"the publicity and arrests created tremendous
public animosity toward LGBT people in
Senegal," IGLHRC said.
"MaW gay men and lesbians were attacked
by mobs or driven fi’om their homes," the
organization said.
Ugandan gay activists
win awsuit
In a landmark victory, the High Court of
Uganda ruled Dec. 22 that constitutional
rights apply to GLBT people.......... ....
Activists Victor Mukasa and Yvonne Oyoo
had sued the attorney general following
a 2005 raid at Mukasa’s home in which
documents were seized and Oyoo was
arrested, assaulted and sexually
harassed. Mukasa was not present
at the time of the raid.
Justice Stella Arach Amoko found
that the raid violated the activists’
rights to, among other things,
liberty; privacy, dignity, and
protection from unlawful entry,
unlawful search, unauthorized
seizure and inhuman treatment.
"The actions of the officials that
molested Victor Mukasa and
Oyoo were unconstitutional,
inhuman, and should be
condemned," Arach Amoko said.
AIDS societies call for
release ofimprisoned
Senegalese gays
"ihe International AIDS Society and the
Society for AIDS in Afi’ica have demanded
that Senegal release nine men who were sent
to prison for eight years on Jan. 6 for the
crimes of engaging in gay sex and belonging
to a "criminal association," the HIV-services
group AIDES Sdndgal.
"The arrest of these men based purely on their
sexual orientation represents a major setback
for the Senegalese response to HIV, which
is widely viewed as a model in Africa," SAA
President Joanna Mangueira said Jan. 12.
The nine men were sentenced in Dakar, the
capital, after being arrested and jailed Dec.
19 following a raid on the apartment of gay
leader Diadji Diouf.
At the trial, prosecutors used condoms and
lube confiscated during the raid to prove that
the men had engaged in gay sex.
The men received the maximum five-year
sentence for doing what the Penal Code calls
"an improper or unnatural act with a person
of the same sex" and three additional years
for being members of the "criminal" HIV
organization.
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~Ihe case was brought by Edward Young of
Sydney, whose partner of 38 years died 10
years ago.
"What I wanted was to take on the little
man, (former Prime Minister John) Howard,
and fight," Young told Nae Sydney Morning
Herald. "What I wanted was something that
would apply right across the board."
After the 2003 ruling, the former Howard
government procrastinated in reviewing its
policy, Howard was replaced by Kevin Rudd
in December.
"IGLHRC is deeply concerned by what
appears to be a violation of the right to a flee
and fair trial, the right to privacy and the
right to freedom from discrimination," the
group said.
"These charges will have a chilling effect on
AIDS programs," added Scott Long, director
of Human Rights \Vatch’s LGBT Rights
Division. "Outreach workers and people
seeking HIV prevention or treatment should
not have to worry about police persecution.
Senegal should drop these charges and repeal
its sodomy law (which) invades privacy,
criminalizes health work, justifies brutality
and feeds fear."
"It was my dream that justice
would come and it has come,"
Mukasa said after the ruling.
"And it is my bigger dream
that justice will come to every
human being in Uganda who is
oppressed. This does not mark
the end. ~Ihe struggle continues
until every human being is free."
14 ~i?et ’oSTAR February 2009
@ Bamboo Lounge, Tulsa
@Club 209, Tulsa
@ The Copa, Oklahoma City
@ Finishline, Oklahoma City-
@Club Majestic, Tulsa
@ Tulsa Eagle, Tulsa
@ The End Up, Tulsa @Angles, Oklahoma City
believes that our anti-discrimination employment laws
should be expanded to include sexual orientation and
gender identitT.
@ Support Ftfll Civil Unions and Federa! Rights
fbr LGBT Couples: President Obama supports full
civil unions that give same-sex couples legal rights and
privileges equal to those of married couples. Obama also
believes we need to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act
and enact legislation that would ensure that the 1,100+
federal legal rights and benefits currently provided on the
basis of marital status are extended to same-sex couples in
civil unions and other legally-recognized unions.
@ Oppose a Constitutional Ban on Same-Sex Marriage:
President Obama voted against the Federal Marriage
Amendment in 2006 which would have defined marriage
as between a man and a woman and prevented judicial
extension of marriage-like rights to same-sex or other
umnarried couples.
@ Repeal Don’t Ask-Dofft Tell: President Obama
agrees w’ith former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
John Shalikashvili and other military experts that we need
to repeal the "don’t ask, don’t tell" polic?:
@ Expaald Adoption Rights: President Obama believes
that we must enstire adoption rights for all couples and
individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation. He
thinks that a child will benefit from a healthy and loving
home, whether the parents are gay or not.
@ Promote AIDS Prevention: In the first year of his
presidency.
@ Empower’Women to Prevent HIV/AIDS: In the
United States, the percentage ofwomen diagnosed with
AIDS has quadrupled over the last 20 years. Today,
women account for more than one quarter of all new
HtV/AIDS diagnoses, President Obama introduced the
Microbicide Development Act, which will accelerate the
development Of products that empower women in the
battle against AIDS.
National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force responds to President
Obama inauguration speec
xWASHINGTON, DC (PR) __ ~Ihe National Gay and
l~sbian Task Force responded today to President Barack
Obama’s inauguration speech.
"America made history today ~vith the swearing-in of
Barack Obama as its 44th president. It is our hope this
truly marl~ the dawn of a new political era ofengagement
in the life of this country. In his gpeech, the president
spoke of our nation’s need to reat~rm its enduring spirit
and ’carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea ...
[the] promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve
a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.’
"Our country has made significant strides in advancing
this ’noble ideg toward ful!-fledged realitT, but we’re
not there yet. Too many people continue to face
discrimination and hardship. As President Obama
assumes the role ofAmeric~s ~’oremost leader, we call
upon him to fulfill the promise of a nation where lesbian,
ga~, bisexual and transgender people are recognized
and valued as part of this country’s strength, spirit
and solution. ~e fact tl~at the ot~cial White House
Web site was updated just this afternoon with a list
of commitments to LGBT rights is already enormous
positive change."
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Loo ng for some new exciting wines ?
You may wanna check these’ out.
"We Just got back fi’om a California road trip. Vie were lieading
south on ~iuT 101/a road trip fi’om Napa to Paso R0bles2
My partner & I did one of our famous annual
~vhifl wind holiday road tours through
northern California There are a lot ofwineries
between Napa & Paso Robles. Grape growing
regions are expanding every year and we
never have time to see as much as ~ve want to.
California has so many wineries to experience
and they’re all zip and dmvn the coast. We
visited quite a few tasting rooms in 3 days and
tried out some really good ~vines. If the wines
are listed here, it’s because we fonnd them and
the service to be quite exceptional. Not all we
sampled will be listed here and although many
are not available here in Oklahoma, you may be
surprised to find out which ones are.
Here are some highlights from our trip:
Napa
Silver Oak/Alexander Valley Cabernet "04
Miner Oracle Red ’05 and the ~qld Yeast
Chardonnay ’07
Saddleback Scouts Honor named after wine
maker Niels Venge’s late dog. This wine is
naostly Zin with Petite Sirah and Charbono.
Cult Wine Central is a good place to go and
check out some ofNapa’s more serious wines all
under one rooflike Ghost Block Cabernet and
many, many more.
Monterey
Ventana Chardonnay Arroyo Seco ’06
Paso Robles
Rotta Cabernet ’05 & the Heritage Zin ’06,
Opolo Summit Creek Zin ’06
Cambria Viognier 07. Bench Break Pinot
Noir ’06, Julia’s Pinot Noir ’06 anSthc Tepu--
quet Vineyard Syrah ’05
Dierberg Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir &
Chardonnay both are ’06 and estate grmvn.
Fess ~Parker Santa Barbara County Viognier
’07 & Melange Blanc ’06 (Marsanne, Ro)~fi
& Granache Blanc).
Zaca Mesa Estate Rousanne ’06
Firestone Cabernet Franc Rose ’07
These wines are
than describe the
invite you to go
questions and purchase a bottle
some food & wine with
out for yourself.
Photo: M~ D in California wine country
This writer is one ofthe managers at the Grand Vin
~vine shop. He also bar tends and hosts ,vine & food
events known in town as the
Wine Enthusiasts ofTulsa.
~References include:
ww. ~neSpectator.com
w.lffqneCount~7-his~ek.com
~w.CultI~neCentral.com
This months recipe courtesy of: 1 cup Green onion
2 ts Oregano
2 drops Red hot sauce (optional)
Cajun spices (blackened or Cajun king
herbed spice excellent) to taste
Salt to taste
2 cups Raw white rice
~AlligatorJambalaya
Ingredients:
lb Marinated alligator fillet cut into small
pieces
1 lb Hot sausage (Italian) cur into chunks
3 tbs Oil
213 cup Bell peppers chopped
2 cloves Garlic crushed
3/4 cup Parsley
1 cup Chopped fi-esh parsley
1 cup Ch@i3ed celery
2 can Tomatoes ~16 oz each)
2 cups Chicken stock (2 pkg chicken cube
mix + water also works)
To prepare:
In deep frying pan (cast iron preferably) sautd
the bell pepper, garlic, parsley and celery.
While this is c~oking, adT:l tomatoes & their
liquid, the chicken stock &, green onion to
a pot that can cook on the stove and in the
oven (Corningware) Stir in spices, sautded
vegetables raw rice, sausage and alligator fillet
pieces. Cook on medium-high heat until
liquid is absorbed (stir occasionally to make
sure rice doesn’t burn on bottom) and then
bake covered in the oven for 25 minutes.
NOTE: Alligator meat may not be available
in your area, try chicken breast fillet as a
substitute:
16 ~’>~ roSTAR February 2009
At ~e BOK Center Tulsa
L~"W ~e Cable Guy
Feb 13, 2009 at BOK Center
’Eat, Drink, and Be Larry"
Tickets On Sate Nov 21 @ 10am
Prices: $I0, $25.75, $43.75
The man who added the catchphrase "Git-R-Done" to the
Banerican lexicon is coming to Tulsa! Dan Whitney, known
better as Larry The Cable Gu> has proven to be one of the
most successful comics. Larry has received a Billboard Top
Comedy Tour Award.
For a limited time, we are offering an ’Economic Recovery
Package’ where select tickets are buy one get one free. N~is
off)r on select seats is valid Friday, November 2tst at 10am
until Monday, November 24tb at 6pm gq-tlLE SUPPLIES
~ST!
Smucker~ Stars on Ice
Feb 15, 2009 at BOK Center
"On The Edge" "Tour
Sunday, Feb 15th @ 3pm
Tickets: $25, $40, $70, $115
Group Discounts: Receive $5 off groups of 10+, Additional
incentives for groups of 25+!!! Please call 918-894-4252
to purchase yonr group tickets today and find out more
information!
In the year leading up to the 2010 Winter Games, skating
fans will not find a better preview of America’s favorite
Olympic sport. This year Tulsa skating fans are in for a real
treat; Smucker’s Stars on Ice is proud to welcome Evan
~vsacek, Two-time U.S. Champion as a very specia! guest for
this performance.
Trace Adkdns
NEW DATE: FEBRUARY 19, 2009
with special guest: Craig Morgan. Ticket Prices: $52 and $42
Due to illness, the Trace Adkins concert for Frida?,; December
5th was postponed until Timrsday, February 19, 2009.
A series of dates on the tour have been rescheduled after
management reported that he had the intestinal flu and
needed rime off to recover. M1 tickets previously purchased
will be honored. Refunds will be available at point of
The V¢-or|d-Famous Lipizzaner Stallions
Mar 1, 2009 at BOK Center
Tt~e World-Famous Lipizzaner Stallions
Sunday; March 1, 2009 Showtimes: 2pm & 6pm
Ticket Prices: $34.50, $29.50, & $24.50
Group Discount:
15 or more people get $5 discount on $24.50 tickets and
$29.50 tickets. Call 918-894-4252 for more information
Photo: Helen Mirren
Mirren, Gershon, Jordan
Saddle Up for Love Rmach
Do you want to see Helen Mirren
as the madam of Nevada’s first legal
brothel? Ofcourse you do, and
now you can. She and Joe Pesci will
play reaMife married entrepreneurs
Grace and Charlie Botempo in Love
Ranch, directed by Taylor Ha&ford
(who~ also Mirren’s husband). The
cast of gay-adjacent favorites also
includes Gina Gershon and Bai Ling
- playing, one would assume, "rancla
hands" - as well as the hilarious Leslie
Jordan (Sordid Lives, Wil! & Grace).
Between Mirren and Gershon alone,
there~ enough caree>spanning
cinematic Sapphic scenarios to Photo: LeslieJordan
melt your Caligula and Bound DVDs into liquid plastic, and that’s not even
counting the cast members who are actually homosexual. Add Ling and Jordan
- one brazen bisexual and one screaming queen, respectively - and it sounds
like Love Ranch will offer lots of queer pleasure when it hits theaters later this
year.
Tomlin Swaddles Sweet Baby Jesus
pro Steve Bendelack (M~: Bean’s Holiday), the film offers
an interestingly, eclectic cast, including lesbian goddess Lily
Tomlin, Christopher Guest regular Michael McKean, Freddy
Got Fingered creator Torn Green, the eve>unpredictable
Melanie Griflith, and bear pin-up Hagrid himself, Robbie
Coltrane. With any luck, Sweet Baby Jesus will be a blessed
theatrical event this December.
Romeo loves a good Christmas movie - and if it’s got a whiff
of sacrilege, so much the better. Sweet Baby Jesus certainly
sounds promising; its about pregnant teenager Mary (Alison
Pill of Milk), who returns to her hometown of Bethlehem,
Md., at Christmastime. Mary’s got an older boyfriend named
Joe - but he’s not the baby’s father, leading rumors to s~virl
among the locals that Mary is about to give birth to Jesus in
his second coming. Directed by British comedy
Can Shankanan Make Bil:die Fly? Kathy Griffin Mouths Off for 50 Years
What do you get when you cross Finding Nemo ~vith An
Inconvenient Truth? Presumably Around the World in 50
Years 3D, an upcoming animated feature about a sea turtle
who hatches in !959 and spends the next five decades
traveling all over the Earth and observing what global
warming and climate change are doing to the planet. You can’t
make a cartoon without an all-star voice cast these days, and
Around the World_features gay icon ICathy Gril~n. (Can you
really stil! be on the "D List" after you’ve won two Emmys
and been nominated for a Grammy? Discuss.) Also piping
up for the film are Tim Curry, Jenny McCarthy, Anthony
Anderson, and the exceedingly ecology-minded Ed Begley Jr.
This 3D animated feature is set to turn your kids’ consciences
green later this year or in early 2010.
For years, Columbia Pictures has tried to launch a remake of
its 1960s hit musical Bye Bye Birdie, about teenage hysteria
over an Elvis-like rock icon going into the army: Tina Fey
took a crack at a new script, and John Chu (Step Up 2 the
Streets) was hired fresh out of film school to make a youthoriented
hip-hop version of the property. After those efforts
failed to soar, the studio is now turning to one of the few
people responsible for making screen musicals viable again
- gay Hairspray director Adam Shankrnan. He’ll develop
and produce a new version of Birdie, but he probably won’t
direct; he’s already got _Bob: The Musical_ and a new Sinbad
adventure on his plate. Will Shankman be the wind beneath
Birdies wings? Watch this space for flight information.
Romeo San Vicente has triedforyears to recycle ex-boyj%iends. It doesn’t really work. He can be reached care ofthispublication or at
DeepInsideHollywood@qsyndicate.com.
www.metrostarnews.com NetroSTAR 17
by Donald Pile and Ray Williams
ATLANTA, GA
"He& Bed and BreakfastAdanm, GA
We finally have got to visit the beautiful
city of Atlanta. We usually just drive thru
Atlanta on our way down m Ft. Lauderdale.
However this year we decided to stop and
"smell the Atlanta roses" for a few days and
are we glad that we did! X)ge first checked
into the Hello Bed and Breakfast. Mike, the
owner is extremely friendly and hospitable.
He lmows the city well and can direct you to
anyplace you want to go. Atlanta of course
is a very huge city and there are enough
"Peachtree" streets, avenues, circles, etc. to
get even the best driver lost. His B and B is
tucked away in a nice, quiet neighborhood
in the heart ofAtlanta and is located in the
lush Morningside neighborhood just north
of Midtown and very close to Bucld~ead,
Virginia Highlands, EmorT¢; downtown,
Lennox Mall and Chinatown. You can walk
to many restaurants & nearby shops. They are
just a mile from the Lindbergh Marta Station.
~e railway goes directly to the Airport,
Downtown, and Chinatown. Visit the CNN
Center, Underground Atlanta, Coca-Cola
Museum, MLK & President Carter Centers,
Centennial Olympic & Piedmont Park.
Enjoy their courtyard & small stream through
the property plus a wonderful hot tub. They
are a pet & smoke free home. They have
free Wifi access. You can check out their
website at ~.~v.hellobnb.com. Call him at:
404.892.8111. Email at hellobnb@aol.com
and it is located at 1865 Windermere Drive.
Atlanta is full of gay bars an.d we do mean
FULL of gay bars! ~ere is indeed something
here for everybody! Lots of disco/dancing
bars, leather, cowboy, piano, stripper as well
as wonderful neighborhood bars to enjo): The
bars are packed neatly all the time in Atlanta.
~is is a Major pa~ty town! And everyone
loves to party! The very first bar you need to
visit is BURKHART’S PUB which is located
at 1492 -F in a strip mall and is the friendliest
bar in the entire South! The owners, Mary
and Palmer have set the standard attitude
level for everyone and the rest of the bar
patrons follows. In all of our travels from
coast to coast we have never been
to a friendlier bar. It is a rather
large club with an outdoor patio,
several different bars and offers food
services everyday including salads,
appetizers, sandwiches, entrees and
desserts. The), have a live DJ every
night as well. They have two stories
and you can look down onto the
large crowd belmv. Very simply
put, if you can’t have fun at this
bar, you won’t be able to have fun
anyplace! Check out their ~vebsite:
http://www.burkharts.com/ It
is NOT one of Atlanta’s favorite
bars, it IS Atlanta’s favorite bar!
Tt~e number one person to meet
in Atlanta is a gendeman by the
name of Marko. He can found at Burkhart’s
on most days. He was from New York and
moved to Atlanta a fev¢ years ago and knows
more about hospitality than anyone we
have met. He introduced us to dozens of
people. ~lhe only major drawback to partying
in Atlanta is that it is NOT smoke-free!
Hopefully sometime soon, they will catch up
with the rest of the cities in the country and
have no smoldng!
We dined at Einstein’s Restaurant which is
near midtown at 1077 Juniper Street (12th
& Juniper Streets), website: einsteinsadanta.
com. They have a great atmosphere,
tremendous service and ~bod to die
for! Everything we had was prepared to
perfection. ThiS is THE place to "see and be
seeff’ in gay Atlanta! They serve lunch and
dinner and are open until 11 PM during
the week and Midnight on weekends. On
Saturday and Sundays they open at 10:00
AM offering their famous brunches. Be sure
and stop by for a meal there.
Among the dozens of dozens of attractions
to see in Atlanta are the APEX Museum,
Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta Cyclorama
& Civil War Museum, CNN Center, Carter
Presidential Library and Museum, Georgia
Aquarium, Margaret Mitchell House, World
of Coca- Cola, and the WoodruffArt Center
to name a few.
Since Proposition 8, just ALWAYS remember
to check out businesses before you give them
any of your gay dollars. ~ere are numerous
lists on the internet saying which major
companies financially supported Proposition
8. Never, ever give them a dime of your
money. There are a lot of major companies
who have worked extremely hard with the gay
5ommunity and they are the ones we need to
give our business to.
Before going to aW major city, always check
out: funmaps.com which is the leading gay
site for traveling in the entire country. The
local gay publication is v,~*av.southernvoice.
com and from their xvebsite you can find
listings for gay churches, organizations, gay
community center and most anything else
you need to know about "Ga,v Atlanta: http:/!
www.atlantaga.gov/Visitors/Attractions.
aspxt anything you need to know about
"Gay Atlanta. Also check out: wwvc.atlanta.
net and http:llwww.atlantaga.govlVisitorsl
Attractions.aspx.
Photo: Ray ~lliams, Marko &Donald Pile
Ofcourse we just clm’t stress enough to
remember to have fun when traveling, meet
new people and talk to everyone! In Atlanta,
we want to give a big thanlcs to Marko and
Jasen who are two wonderfu! guys! Thanks
to the owners of Burk~art’s Pub for having
such a wonderful bar! Bar owners around the
country should fly down to Atlanta and see
for themselves what a great bar.
internationa
Euro Parliament pushes
for gay equality
The European Parliament is pushing the 27
member states of the European Union to do
better in treating gay people equally.
The parliament adopted a report Jan. 14 that
urged member nations to recognize each
other’s same-sex partnerships and marriages,
and condemned homophobic hate speech by
political and religious leaders.
The report also calls on the European
Commission to propose legislation to
criminalize anti-gay hate crimes, guarantee
the right of free movement ~vithin the EU for
same-sex couples, and assure that gay people
seeking asylum from anti-gay nations receive
it.
The parliament further requested that a study
be done to gauge the level of harassment and
violence experienced by transsexuals in the 27
nations.
~lhe European Union is composed of Austria,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovalda, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the
United Kingdom.
At least 14 of the nations allow same-sex
marriage or have civil-union or registeredpartnership
laws that grant some, most or all
of the rights and obligations of marriage to
same-sex couples.
In related nevcs, Thomas Hammarberg, the
human rights commissioner for the 47-nation
Council of Europe, recently denounced
the mistreatment of transgender people in
member nations.
"Some people seem to have a problem with
the mere existence of human beings whose
outer expression of their inner gender identity
is not the same as their gender determined at
birth," Hammarberg said. "Aggression against
transgender persons cannot however be
excused as resulting from ignorance or lack of
education. These attitudes cause serious harm
to innocent and vulnerable people and must
therefore be countered.... There is no excuse
for not immediately granting this community
their full and unconditional human rights."
The Council of Europe is composed of
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria,
Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein,
Lithuania, Lt~xembourg, Malta, Moldova,
Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands,
Norway; Poland, Portugal, Romania,
the Russian Federation, San Marino,
Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, "The former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia," Turkey, Ukraine and the
United Kingdom.
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Feb. 6 .- Mar. 1 LOOK BACK IN ANGER
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Feb. I3
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Feb. 18
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P~INVENTtNG THE PAST:
PAPJF II presented by the
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Brian Rcgan
- Mar. 1 H~{Y FE~,nER by Noel
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romantic comedy by John Cariani
- Feb. 14 P~S ROUGE - OKC
Ballet Company
Menopause the Musical
- Feb. 21 POP GOES ~GAS!
presented by the ONahoma Ci~,
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Rose State College
Performing Arts Center
Feb 18, 2009 Menopause the Musical
Mar 26, 2009 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
February At ~e P.A.C.
Feb 4 David Finckel and Wu Han @ John
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Feb 6-31 FP,]~E Highway 412 PAC
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Feb 24 P~atph’s World @ John H. Williams
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Feb 28 Ethel Concert @ John H. Williams
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by Jack Fertig February 2009
"Accept flattery, Capricorn!"
With Venus going into Aries and Mars
going into Aquarius, latch on to bold,
creative impulses. Take the flirtatious
chances that you normally wouldn’t
dare to. Think of new approaches to
artistic projects you’ve been considering,
and get started!
ARIES (March 20 -April 19): Trust
those inspirational sparks that seem to
come out of nowhere, even though they
do need the guidance of a practiced
expert - and some improvements you
won’t think of - to help you bring them to
successful fruition.
TAURUS (ArR 20 - May 20): Wellmeaning
friends offering "helpful suggestions"
can unwittingly hit a nerve. Try
to take it all in good humor, or just thank
them for sharing. Political or philosophical
arguments can be less personal and
more enlightening. Speak up and state
your opinions!
GEM~N~ (May 21 - June 20): Someone
in charge is taking an interest in you.
It could be professional or sexual. This
could be great for your career or just a
lot of drama at work. Keep your eyes
open and think ahead, and you’ll be
fine.
CANCER (June 21 o Ju~y 22): The
stars offer a new romantic adventure!
~f you’re partnered, that could alleviate
boredom, but include your mate in
the fuu! Anything sporty and sweaty’ is
good, perhaps ro!!#r skating in the park
or exploring some kink.
LEO (July 23 -August 22): "(’our eagerness
to try new sexual techniques
could leave you open to catching
something very nasty. Think ahead on
prophylaxis whenever you try anything
(or anyone) new! And when was your
last check-up? You’re probably fine, but
make sure to get yourself tested.
WRGO (August 23 - September 22):
Even if you’re long-partnered, this is a
great time for innovative romantic fun
and games. With the love of your life or
an _amour du jour_, treat love as an art
and explore new techniques.
HERA (September 23 - October 22):
You’ll get a better or more frequent
workout if you figure out how to make
it more fun. Exercising at home or with
a group of friends you regard as family
can help. At least shake it up with some
variety.
SCORHO (October 23 - November
21): Playful banter can lead you into
revealing more of yourself than you
intended. This can be good, prompting
more intimacy and openness in your
friendships. Spats along the way should
be easily reconciled. Just don’t take
yourself so seriously!
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December
20): Rather than acting on
shopaholic impulses, use them as clues
to think about what you want, what you
really need, and how to practice more
efficient economy. A household inventory
can also spur a smarter approach
to finances.
CAPRICORN (December 21 - January
19): Accept flattery and flirtations with
good grace, enjoying them as passing
pleasantries. Try practicing the art of
compliments and flirtation yourself. It
can be done without compromising your
integrity!
AQUARIUS (January 20 - February
t8): "Retail therapy" is not therapy at
all, but a symptom of deeper needs.
When you get that expensive impulse,
stop and ask what you really want.
Deal with the deeper disappointments
provoking a yen for compensation, and
you’ll be stronger and richer!
PISCES (February t9 - March 19):
Wear more of the clothing or jewelry
you’ve received as gifts. The m~rror of
your friends’ eyes can show not only
sides of yourself that you rarely consider,
but also more of your potential.
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COMMUNITY CHURCHES
Rev Steve T. Uric
SpidtofChdst MCC
2902 E 20th Slreet
Joplin, MO 64804
417-529-8480
Worship Saturdays at 10:00 AM
Community Meal Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
MCC of the Living Spdng
17 Elk S eet
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
479-253-9337
Worship Sundays at 6:00 PM
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5 New York Liberty game offiCials
9 Pink, fbr one
14 Retreat f~r D.H. Lawrence
15 Colorado, to Co~teau
16 Garment with a flared bottom
! 7 Sui~x with leather
dance dub anthem
23 Grid coach Amos ~Alonzo
24 One who looks into c®stal balls
25 Sam6-~eX vow in Conn~:eticut
28 Prepare i6 +h00{ ....
30 Toni c6U~iengm0vie,~,vith The
32 Coi+ por+er Song +ha Wak ahit fo}+Eartha
Kitt ~
37 Cashdrawers
38 "~ake a crack
39 Conquers, sexually
42 Composer EdoUard
43 Smallbush
45 Eartha Kitt~ role on Barman
3 Choral work at Metropolitan Community
Chur&
4 Gay fbrmer NFL player Tuaolo
5 Field ofGene RoBinson
6 Sappho’s H~
7 Sows one’s seed. e~c.
8 Didn’t leave the next morning
9 Minnelli movie
10 Brothers & Sisters producer Ken
11 Labium
12 A Chorus Line song
13 Color ofa Columbus circuit party
2 t "How queer !"
33 It puts people out
34 Rubbers on rims
35 Macho man
36 Facial follower
40 Article ofFrida
47 Began a hole, to Patty Sheehan 41 Have between your legs
50 Lanka head ~Animal painter Rosa
46 TuI~ Ofl~ubic hair, e.g;
51 MTF operation
52 Scott Oi~Beautiftd Thing 48 Some escorts w~t i~ up f~ont
54 Boobs Or bt~tts
49 Brown-nosed, ~wth over
58 Eartha Kitt~ 2000 Broadway show 53 Ofcourse I people ... (Quentin
61 Corydon author Gide Crisp)
64 HaW an opening for 55 Debussy contemporary Erik
65 Family diagram 56 Bill), B~an boo-boo
66 Open~mo~}hed fives0me 57 Po61 party?
67 A~dothersi for caesari
58 perry; ofi~letropolitan Community Church
68 Isl~ hleyJ~n~dn ~ land 59 Ball~t move
69 Eech 6fGreek:ld~e 60 Votes for, for ~Frank 70 411; ’ 61 some sex-toy bateries 71 Gr{ek love 62 R.Mapplethorpe supporter
63 Sh0~t
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[2009] Metro Star Magazine, February 1, 2009; Volume 6, Issue 2
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The Metro Star’s first issue began in August of 2008. Before this issue was Ozarks Pride (2004), The Ozark’s Star (2004), and The Star (2005).
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Chaz Ward
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Greg Steele
James Nimmo
Jeanne Flanigan
Rex Wockne
Susan A. Muscari
Gerald Libonati
Michael W. Sasser
Romeo San Vicente
Andrew Collins
Donald Pile
Ray Williams
Jack Fertig
Devre Jackson
Judy G.
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