16 20 639 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/8364ca28f14ee69668e3392df65c2625.jpg a4e504a8c536d25ebf9ba224318dcf15 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/8ec2fd79262c89bf7fcc1eaa9368386c.pdf ca6cf97abbffe0a153cbfd0cca1e2111 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Text Any textual data included in the document First Gay Ambassador, James Hormel, Sworn In WASHINGTON (AP) - Sedate events are the norm in the gilded confines of the State Department’s eighth floor reception room but there can be exceptions. The atmosphere was downright raucous on Tuesday, June 29 over a seemingly routine happening.." the swearing in of a new ambassador. James Hormel, who is Gay, took the oath as ambassador to Luxembourg in the presence ofhundreds offriends whohad siipported Hormel’ s ofttroubled nomination since it was first announced 20 months ago. Hormel’s supporters cheered loudly as he was sworn in as America’s first openly Gay ambassador. "What an inered!ible privilege it is to be standing before you today,’ said Hormel, an heir to the Audiin, Minn.-based Hormel Foods Corp. fortune.Secretary of State Madeleine .Albiight was there, along with Sens. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. Television cameras lined the rear of the majestic State Department hall. Normal procedure on such occasions is to bar the press altogether. Uncertainty had shrouded Hormel’s appointment almost from the day he was nominated because of opposition from a few senators, see Hormel, p. 12 30 Years After Riot, Gays & Lesbians Take Stock NEW YORK (AP) -~,years ago, police raids on Gay bars were a fact oflife~ You took themfor granted the way you took being hated for granted," says Joan Nestle, a writer and activist who started going to, Greenwich Village bars as a tean-ager in the 1950s~ Volunteers carried a 120footRainbowflagfrom the Community Center to Veterans Park where Congressman Frank spoke. 2000 Attend 1st Tulsa Parade TULSA-Tulsa’ s firstGayPrideParade was declared a sweeping success by its organizers and by almost all who attended. -According to The Tulsa World, more than 2000 attended the event which featured US Congressman Barney Frank, Democrat from MassaChusetts as grand marshall and which had more than 35 entries. Frank spoke at the traditional picnic which followed the parade and again at a dinner that evening at the Greenwood Cultural Center. At both events, Frank suggested that straight Americans are not essentially bigoted but rather bdieve that they are expected to be anti-Gay. He strongly encouraged Gay & Lesbian citizens to become politically active. Sponsors of the events indued Mark & Mike, Cimarron Alliance, the Parish Church of Saint Jerome, MCC United, Council Oak Mens Chorale, PFLAG, Bud Light, Pepsi-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling Co. of Tulsa, Jason Reed, The Storm, Jack Wallace, T.W.’s A.F.A.B. Catering, Tulsa Family News and some others. Photos of the parade andpicnicfollow on page 3. Cath, of St. John the Divine Hosts Stonewall 30 Service NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, speaking on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Stonewall riot, urged Gays and lesbians Saturday to bring their fight for equal fights to the ballot box. The congressman, who was greeted with a standing ovation ata Manhattan celebration of the 1969 incident, told the crowd So when the patrons of a bar called the Stonewall Inn ¯ fonghtbackJune 27,1969-attackingpolice with rocks, .bottles and fists that stmtling act of defiance became an . instantwatershed event. Gayactivists considerit akin to the .Montgomery bus boycott or the lunch-counter sitins that galvanized the civil rights movement. This lastmonth~parades andralfiesinNew York, San Franciscoanddozens ofcities worldwidecommemorate the Stonewall riotandmarkthreedecades ofremarkable change. While Gay pcople are not universally accepted - a Time/CNN Foil last fall found that 48% of Americans believe homosexuality is morally wrong-Lesbians and Gay men are becoming increasingly integrated into American society. "We’ve made a sea change in notjust public opinion but public policy as well:~ says Kerry Lobel, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, a lobbying groupbasedin Washington, D.C."We see that ." in areas like civil rights, hate crimes; family issues and ¯ sodomy repeal, we have more possibility of legislative : change than ever before." Lobel cited Nevada, whose Legislature recendy ." banned job discrimination see 30 Years, p. 14 . DIRECTORWt.E’I’rERS P. 2 : EDITORIAL P. 2 ; US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 " HEALTH NEWS P. 6 " ENTERTAINMENT P. 8 . COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9 . DO-IT-YOURSELF-DYKE P. 11 ." DYKE PSYCHE P. 12 . GAY STUDIES P. 15 ~.that the gains made by the Gay comm_u~,’,ty were substantial. But ¯ ne s~sed.~that the.struggle continues. °We have fought on our .terms, said Frank, D-Mass., one of only three Gay members of ". Congress. ,ButI urge you to take the next step. Use our political . ¯ power..You have to vote. Your friends have to vote." Frank-was one of about two dozen speakers, performers and activis~ appearing at "Stonewall 30: A Sacred Celebration." Some. 1,500 Gays and lesbians turned out at.the Cathedral of St. John the Divi~e for the event, which commemorated the start of the Gay rights movement. OnMonday,June28,the Christopher Street siteofthe Stonewall Inn will .be Added to the National Register of Historic Places. Angry Gays fought with police who had rousted them from the Stonewall on June 27, 1969. : Frank, whotookpot shots at closeted Gays in Congress and the : -Rev. Jerry .Falwell, said that there should be no complacency : among Gay civil rights activists. "No one should ask us to be ¯ grateful because there’s less bigotry," Frank said to rousing cheers. "It never should have been there at all." Therest of the ceremony,was by turns solemn andcomical. The New York City Gay Men s Chorus sang a requiem for the late Matthew Shepard, the Wyoming youth killed by Gay-bashers, and a group called Lavender Light performed "We Shall Overcome." But actor Jay Goede did a hilarious reading of a 1969 Daily News article on the Stonewall riot, opening with its homophobic headline: "Homo nest raided. Queen bees are stinging mad." Later, drag performer Miss Coco Peru - in red wig, matching lipstick and sequined purple dr~s - stood in the pulpit with Gay police Sgt. Edward Rodriguez. As a Gay boy growing up in the Bronx," Miss Peru said, "I never dreamed I’d be in the world’s largest Gothic cathedral, in the pulpit, in full drag." She smiled, and the audience applauded. Longtime activist Jimmy Flowers stands before Parade Grand Marshall US Rep. Barney Frank. Community Leadership Meeting Called for 6/20 TULSA - Established community leaders, Marty NewmanandDennis Neill, have called acommumty leadership meeting for 6pro on Tuesday, July 20. According to the letter that went out under Newman’s and Neill’s names, the intent of the meeting is to capitalize on the "renewed sense of excitement and energy" that’s resulted from the recent Pride weekend events: Tulsa’s first parade, the annual picnic and the dinner featuring US Congressman Barney Frank from Massachusetts. The letter went to nearly 50 businesses and organizations, from bars to churches inviting each to send one representative to present their priorities, fo seek ways better to work together, and to "work towards building a more cohesive Gay & Lesbian community." see Meeting, p.11 From one religibus extreme to another at the Parade, Rev, LesliePenroseto anti-Gayprotesters, Rev. PenroseAccepted in UCC; l her Religi .us i Groups Also Welcomzng ¯" TULSA- TheReverend Leslie Penrose, pastor of : Community of Hope Base Shalom Congregation ¯ has had her request for transfer of her.ordination : accepted by the Ecclesiastical Council of the ¯ Oklahoma Association of the United Church of : ChrisL Penrose, _had received her ordination within : the United Methodist Church but had been : experiencing harassment within that denomination ¯ by anti-Gay activists because she had performed : religious ceremonies that blessed same-gender ¯ relationships, i.e. "holy unions." : Pem’ose, writing in Community of Hope’s newsletter, noted that the process of being nszderedfor transfeXincludedpreachingasermon : and presenting several papers and then waiting for : the vote by the council. But she also said that upon ¯ arrival, she’d been greeted with a comment from : the Rev. Russell Bennett saying, "your name’s ," already on the cakeF’ And indeed after the "yes" ¯¯ vote, Peurose was .welcomed at a reception where there was a cake that said,"Welcome, Leslie, to the ¯ United Church of Christ!" : But the UCC is not the only Christian group : trying to welcome Lesbians and see Leslie, p. 14 Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine 832-1269 *Boston Willy’ s Diner, 1742 S. Boston 592-2143 Burger Sisters Restaurant, 1545 S. Sheridan 835-1207 *Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria 599-9512 *Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th 583-6666 *Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria 749-4511 *Jason’ s Dell, 15th & Peoria 599-7777 *Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th 749-1563 *Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square 744-4280 *St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st 745-9998 *Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan 834-4234 ¯ *Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main 585-3405 *TNT’ s, 2114 S. 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Grand : HIVtesting every other Tues. 5:30-8:30, call for dates : EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS : *Autumn Breeze Restaurant, Hwy. 23 501-253-7734 : *Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main 501-253-7457 ¯ DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. 501-253-6807 ¯ *Emerald Rainbow,45 &l/2 Spring St. 501-253-5445 ," MCC of the Living Spring 501-253-9337 : Geek to Go!, PC Specialist; POB 429 501-253-2776 ¯ Old Jailhouse Lodging, 15 Montgomery 501-253-5332 ¯ Positive Idea Marketing Plans 501-624-6646 ¯ Sparky’s, Hwy..62 East 501-253-6001 ¯ *White Light, t Center St. 501-253-4074 ¯ FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS5 ¯ *Edna’s, 9 S. School Ave. 501-442-2845 JOPLIN, MISSOURI ¯ : *Spirit of Christ MCC, 2639 E. 32, Ste. U134 417-623-4696 ¯ * iswhereyoucanflndTF~.NotallareGay-owaedbutallareGay-friendly. by Tom Neal, editor &publisher For this month, I’m going to try just to ¯ say something nice. It’ s not what comes ¯ naturally now. After almost 6 years of ¯ journalism and more than 10 years of all but full-time, unpaid activism for civil ¯ rights for Lesbian and Gay Americans, ¯ I’ ve grown cynical. It’ s hardnotto become ¯ thatwayworkinginOklahoma andTexas ¯ - dearly not Gay-friendly environs. :- But this last month’ s success of Pride ¯ ’99 helps to bolster that wee bit of hope " that’s not entirely faded. And Pride ’99 : organizers deserve to behonored for their ¯ work.Severalnamesneedtobementioned ¯ particularly: Rick Martin who chaired the ¯ picnic for his second year, and Mitchell Savage who chaired the Barney Frank ¯ dinner. Others also merit recognition: ¯ Steve Horn as TOHR president, Kerry ¯ ¯ Lewis aspro-bonolegal counsd, andTim Gillean who was honored as TOHR ," volunteer of the year, Robin Leach, and ¯ the rock, in the sense said by the Christ to ¯ Saint Peter (and graphic designer par ¯ excellence)ofthecommunitycenter,Greg ," Gatewood. There are others, no doubt, ¯ who should also be named, a host of ¯ additional volunteers, and I wish to honor ¯ -them as well. ¯ Congressman Frank was a joy to hear, ¯ an inspiration, a gentle goad to us as a ¯ commumty toovercomeourcomplacency. : Especially in a state where Gay and ¯ Lesbian citizens effectively have no ¯ ¯ politicalrepresentation,itseems ourvoices are heard in our own government at least : through this Congressman from ¯ Massachusetts. My hope is that his message willbe taken to heart and that our ¯ people will get politically involved - we : can change this state. It’ s already happening, thanks in huge : measure to the Cimarron Alliance’ s work ¯ at the Oklahoma Capitol, and as I have ¯ said before, in particular to Keith Smith’ s ¯ and Nancy McDonald’ s work there (yep, ¯" you did read that -nice words even for ", those with whom I’ve occasionally, or : even frequently, disagreed). ¯ Now post-Pride, we must build on this ¯ success. There are signs this is happening. ~ Two of our most respected community ¯ leaders have called a leadership meeting ~ to see what common ground we can : establish. This is great. It’s been tried : before but the time wash’ t right and these ~ two have the stature to bring together ¯ those who might not otherwise meet. ¯ However, I’ll suggest that the goal of : such organizing should not be "unity." ¯ We are a widely diverse group with class, : race, gender, educational, age, and health ~ status differences, and recreational ¯ preferences. Unity in such a diversity is ¯ impossible, andinourpast,nationally and locally, has frequently been "achieved" : through a kind of Gay fascism, where : those with dissenting views were told to ¯ conform or pay the price usually by an : economic, gender and racial elite, i.e. ¯ rich, white guys. : However, building consensus, through ¯¯ long hard work, by really listening to.the diversity ofourcommunity(communities) ¯ is possible, see Pride, p~ 10 ¯ Letters Policy Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on ~ssues ~ which we’ve covered or on issues you think ¯ need to be considered. You may request that ," your name be withheld but letters must be ," signed & have phone numbers, or be hand ¯ delivered. 200 wordletters are preferred. Letters : to other publications will be printed as is ~ appropriate. A giantRainbowflag ends theparade at Veteran’s Park. Cimarron Alliance may have had the most artistic float, Al & David had the coolest bikes in the paradel The University ofTulsa’s Bi/Lesbian/Gay/Trans Alliance Gay-j~iendly straight supporters also marched. Paul Barby behind Marthd Hardwick & her kazoo band.. Greg Gatewood, US Cong. Barney Frank, & BJ Medley T.U.L.S.A. - butch guys with sweet smiles. PFLAG’s McDonald Hilary Kitz & son. CSC"s Janice Nicklas Father Walt Rockabrand " Fabulousdiva&fundraiserAudraSommersandfriends. Counci!OakMens ’. Chorale alsoperformed atthepicnic. The cross ofHouse of the Holy Spirit stood in witness. Theparadecoveredmore than a mile, Peoria to Riverside. Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation Miss Gay Black Oklahoma America 1999 The University ofOklahoma’s Gay/Lesbian/Bi Alliance ¯ ,. FrustratedHousewivesplayedanexcellentsetattheend. Lawmakers Fight Anti- ¯ agenda." - Supporters said it is a long-overdue Gay Discrimination WASHINGTON - Democratic and~Republican lawmakers from New England revived efforts last month to pass a federal law prohibiting job discrimination against Gays. To boost the measure’s chance of passage, lawmakers have rewritten it to explicitly prohibit preferential treatment of Gays, such as hiring to meet quotas or designing affLrmative action standards to make. up for past discrimination. Opponents of the Employment Non- Discrimination Act, known as ENDA, have successfully fgught it in three previous Congresses on the grounds that it would extend special protections to Gays. "ENDA will achieve equal rights - not special .flights- for gays and lesbians," said Sen. James J~fords, R-Vt., who plans to pass the bill out of his Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee andthen try to force considerailon.by the full.Senate. In 1996, the Senate defeated a similar bill by one vote. Vice President A1 Gore, campaigning in Los Angeles at a Gay and Lesbian center, voiced support for the legislation. "It does not confer any special rights, but it does outlaw the kind of discrimination that has become all too common in our society," he Said. The bill was introduced by Jeffords and Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Joseph LielJerman, D-Conn., and in the House by Reps. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Christopher Shays, R=Conn. "If they’re able to get it out of the Senate, that would create tremendous pressure on the House," said Shays, an influential moderate. Shays and other ENDA supporters argue that the bill would pass the House - if conservative Republican 1eaders allow it to comeupfor debate -becauseit is backedby amajority ofAmericans. ENDA would extend basic civil rights protections in the area of employment to cover sexual orientation. Such protections are already afforded to people on the basis of race, religion, gender, national origin, age and disability. Eleven states --California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey; Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and Nevada - already prohibit job discrimination against gays. ENDA would prohibit employers of 15 or more, employment agencies and labor unions from using an individual’ s sexual orientation as the basis for employment decisions, such as hiring, firing, promotion or compensation. The bill would exempt the .military and religious organizations. It would not require benefits for workers’ same-sex partners. Oooonents aren’t buying the argument that the bill- ~v~n’ t confer special-rights. RobertH. Knight of the conservative Family Research Council said sexual orientation shouldn’t be a category that receives federal protection from job discrimination because it involves behavior. Other specially protected categories, such as race, gender and disability, do not. "What if that person was representing a company and it became known that that person had wild and bizarre sexual tastes?" he asked. "That reflects on his employer. An employer should have the right to say,’I don’t want to have that kind of person working for me." " : statement in support of equality, since same-sex ¯ couples cannot marry. ¯ The list would be similar to those in about 50 : cities across the country, including Atlanta, ~ Boston and Madison. Under the measure, same- " sex couples could pay $30 to have their names ¯" placed on the registry. They would have to be 18 ." or older, live together and show some form of : financial unity, such as a joint bank account or ~ joint ownership of a vehicle. ¯ Two years ago, the council rejected by a vote ~ of 14-3 an effort to give health and funeral leave ~ benefits to unmarriedpartners ofcity employees. ¯ However, the currentmeasureis less controversial ¯ becauselittle,ifany, taxpayermoney is involved= Still, about 130 people came to the meelang o! ~ the council’s Judiciary and Legislation ¯ Committee. T,,h,er~ewereapplause,hisses,mut.ters ~ and "Amens during testimony for and against ~ theproposal. CaseyLepianka, whocalledhimself ~ anevangelist, told the committeethattheproposal ¯ condones Sinful behavior and would help send same-sex couples to "the fires of hell." ¯ Bill Attewell of Milwaukee said the.registry would make it easier for himto get benefits from ¯" his partner’s employer. "It angers me that simply : by living my life with my partner, it becomes a ~ politicalissue," Attewell said. If approved July 13 by the council and signed Milwaukee May Register Gay Couples MILWAUKEE (AP) - A Common C6~incil committee has approved the creation of a voluntary city-run registry that would allow Gay couples to formally declare their relationships. Tile measure, which passed 3-1 over the loud objections of Bible-quoting critics, goes to the full council next month. Opponents said the registry is the first step toward carrying out a destructive "Gay-fights Kelly Kirby, CPA, PC Certified Public Accountant a professional corporation 747-5466 4021 S. Harvard, Suite 210, Tulsa 74135 MCC-United formerly Family of Faith & Greater Tulsa MCC Joined as one body of believers¯ Come celebrate with us. Sunday Services, 11 am 1623 North Maplewood, 838-1715 ". by Mayor John O. Norquist, the registry would ¯ take effect in September. Gore Visit.s LA Gay CommunltyCenter ,de .N.M ! od LOS ANGELES (AP) - Vice President AI Gore, seeking to bolster his credentials as a unifier, ¯ " fo"rgi ~n_d_ _A~d~l-llt~ offered a forceful defense of affirmative action. I MeG ted 6_2_3 71.e? and paid tribute to aGay andLesbian.€ommunity center. He faced a skeptical audience at the Gay i. 1 center, where Javier Garcia :asked, !’I want to know exactly why you’rehere."Garcia saidlater Io July 26-30th, 6-8pm each night hewas"suspicious" thatGore’sappearance was [ I 838-1715 C~ll Soon tO Enroll. purdy political. I Gore’s tour of the center came exactly one weekafter his rival for the Democraticpresidential nomination, formerNew Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley, visited it. "I’m here to learn and to pay honor to this ~lace," Gore said, adding the Gay and Lesbian Center of Los Angeles was helping to chang, attitudes and abolish some .. irrationa~ discrimination thetis all toocommon."Hegranted his only interview of the day to the Advocate, a national Gay and Lesbian news magazine. "Thevicepresidenthas alongtimecommitment to bringing our country together," said Gore spokesman Chris Lehane. "He strongly believes that we’re much stronger as a country when all aspects of our community work together and come together." Gore said he supports federal legislation that would outlaw discrimination against homosexuals at the workplace, and bills criminalizing certain hate crimes. Michelle Byler, 22, said she didnrt find Gore convincing. "He didn’t really speak to me or say anything to impress me," said l~yler, who said she left the Army after acknowledging her~ homosexuality. She added that she had reef. Bradley aweekearlier andfoundBmdleyequally. tmimpressive. Arkansas Sodomy ¯ Challenge Continues : LITTLE ROCK (AP) - A group challenging the ¯ constitutionality ofArkansas’ law against s°d°my ; can continue with itscourt acdon against the ; state, the Arkansas Supreme Court-ruled. In its ¯ June 24th opinion, the court ruled against a ¯ request that the law be thrown offthe books. ¯ The court overturned a chancellor s refus to ~ grant a motion by the state attorney general’s ¯ office and the Pulaski County prosecutor to Mingo Valley Flowers 9413 E. 31st St. Tulsa 74145 918-663-5934 fax: 663-5834 800-44A.-5934 ¯ ~amily Owned ~&Operated ~ HOUSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Sun. Worship, 10:45 am, Sunday School, 9:30 am Wed. Bible Study, 7 prn ¯ note our new address 3210b S. Norwood :Info., call 224-4754, Chris & Sharon Sandra Hill M.S. Licensed Professional & National Certified Counselor, Certified Hypnotherapist Psychotherapy & Clinical Consultation After Hours Appointments Available 2865 E. 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However, the courtdisagreed with their argu.m,en.ts, that a constitutional challenge must be.postponed until ¯ true," said Guess, of Zion United Church of someoneisarrestedandchargedwithviolatingthesod°my ". Christandco_ch"aWirmeansohfothuelHdenndoertsohnFavaiernetSoScfalmeepaiogunr. ¯ statute. The justices ordered that the case be transferred to ¯ communities of choice becauselegal protections : ccoirncsutiittuticoonaulritty, owf ictrhimjiunarlisldawicst.ioAnny tsouchdedcecidlaerattihoen ": areino1f9fe9r4ed,Hinenbdigergseorncrietiveiss.e"ditspersonndpolicy ¯ so that it doesn’t discriminate against employe~.s could be appealed to the Supreme Court. . ¯ The suit that seven homosexual men and women filed on the basis of sexual ofientation. However, It ¯ " applies only to people working or seeking ¯ in Pulaski County.Chantry ~?.~,,t. ~,k.,e~l., ,Ch.:an~.d~ ~; e~ployment in;cit’y governmehL " CollinsKilg°re~°ldeclarethes°dOmyiawunc°nsttmu°n ¯ Guess said Fairness Campaign officials have ¯ and to bar enforcementof the statute. . : . ¯ ¯ TheLambdaLegalDefenseand,FxlucationF.lm,d.hafltsedee . met with the four city commissioners and the mayor to share stories of people being denied the decision ,,Welookforwardtotlaenextstepln,tmsca:s, ¯ apartments or being turned down for.jobs. ~dade] ¯ ---the chanc~ to show that the.sodomy,law, .violate,s,,tlae . Fairness Campaign plans to present a mo ¯ p.riv.a.cy.an.d ~e,qi,u~aIlnpmrohtdeactionflraiwghvtesroStuzLaensemBanGaonldtb~eargy ¯ ordinance to the commission in August .or ¯ ArKansans......staf. - ¯ ¯ " September. Opponents are promising to defeat it Shehad argued the case since it was filedln January 1998. The suit said members of the group had performed and saying thelaw would guarantee special rights ant ¯ would perform in the future,sexual ac.t.s bar~ed, by~ me_ that homosexuality is morally wrong and against statute, and that they feared prosecuuon. ~oaomy l~ " Biblical teachings. . , misdemeanor under thelaw, ptmishableby up to a year in " City Commissioner Robby Mills opposes, me ordinance but admits it has a chance ot passing. jail and a $1,000 fine. The suit says the law violates their ruingdhetsr ttohperliavwacsyi,nacsewthelel asstatthueteirdfiogehstsntootepqruoahlipbriot taeccttsioonf ¯" HlitetlesatyoswtnhleikdeeHbaetnediesrspooninbdeelosso.k"iWnghayt tshhisouislsduea ¯ tha~evenourstateandfederalofficeh°lders cannot sodomy between heterosexuals. , : CoOunntyapPperoals,ecthuetoarttLoarnrreyy Jgeegnleeyrala’srgoufefdic,eaamnodngPuolathskeir ¯ dspeceinddemony?t"imhee wsaoidrrylaisntgwaebeoku.t"wI hwaot usltdreleitksewtoe things, thattheirofficeswereimmunefromlawsuits, that " are going to pav,e, next and what sewer project we : the chancery court was not the proper place to file the are going to d& ¯ lawsuit and that the law should be challenged only in ". Guess said the measure has the support of several area congregations and church leaders, : defense of a prosecution. " from Catholic priests to Presbyterian ministers. : Gay Couples Covered by : Lon Oliver, senior minister at First Christian ¯ . Church, said he has been shocked by the tone of ¯ Domestic Violence Law someopponents,whohavesaidthattheordinance " would lead to teaching homosexuality in schools ¯ TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A circuit judge has ruled Florida’s : and that Henderson would become a haven for ¯ domestic violence law covers Gay couples¯ "To hold Gays . ,’The harslmess of the rhetoric and the fear ¯ otherwise would undermine the efforts to safeguard, " has surprised us all," he said. ¯ regardless of gender, the rights of victims of domestic ¯ The Green Valley Baptist Association, which ¯ violence," Judge Ronald N. Ficarrotta wrote in his rifling, represents 30 churches andabout 14,000members " " The ruling came in the case of David Baker who was . _themajorityoftheminHendersonCounty~has ¯ charged with violating a domestic violence restraining " adopted a resolution denouncing the ordinance. ¯ order taken out by his former partner, David Lozier, 39. ¯ Mills, the city commissioner, said that ¯ Public defenders asked the judge last week to dismiss " Henderson citizens generally do not accept the ¯ the case against Baker, saying the injunction was invalid. " homosexuallifestyle¯"Our community is apolite ¯ They maintained the judge who signed the injunction commumty that will not g. .I~O,,P,....... ’ " et in le’s face and ¯ ,,w.rongly recognized ahomosexual relationship a~ family. " say, ’You shouldn’tbe doing that, lae sam. . The court, in issuing, this, injuncu~on,, r,eco.~g~i~zed. a ¯ when this is brought forward, you’ll see a huge ¯ homosexual relationship as a family, which vlotates me " amountofpeoplewanting to voice their opinion." ¯ longstanding policy of ~e Flori,da, Constitution, s~tut.e~s_, ¯ The debate could go statewide. State Rep. Kathy Legislature and courts, Baker s lawyers wrote, rmnoa - Stein,D_Lexington,hasproposedabillthatwould ¯ doesnotrecog~.’.zemarriagesbe.twee,ns,a,.m..e-,s.exp~,ar,m_~oS~ ¯ protect homosexuals, from discrimination.,s The ¯ FicarrottasaldBakerandLozter, wnouvextt°gemert . measurecouldbediscussedatnextyear General .. seven years, sharing ahousehold andjointbank accounts, ¯ Assembly session. ¯ didlive together as family. Legislators who expanded the ¯ domestic violence law in 1991 intendedit to protect all " Namibian Court Rules ¯ meLmobzieerrshoafdaahcocuusseedhohlids,ohneetsiamideipnahrtinseorr°dfers.-trhkinghim for Lesbian Couple andlaterharassing him wlth threatemngphone calls. I m . WINDHOEK, Namibia - Namibia’s high court ¯ very happy with the decision," he said. ¯ ¯ Hillsborough County Public Defender Julinnne Holt has ruled that Gay and Lesbian couples have ¯ saidherofficewillr,e,viewthejudge’sorderbef°redeciding " exactly-the same fights in the country as ¯ whether to appeal. Webelieve that it’s not dear that (the " heterosexual couples. The Namibian newspaper " "d ..... if " said the ruling was a rebuke to often hom°ph°bic ’ " law) covers same-sex couples, she sal . the term, as ~ afnmily,"isnotdefinedinFloridala~v andthereapparently ¯ government that had sought to deny a German are no previous cases on the issue, according to court ¯ woman a residence permit because of her ¯ " relationship with her Namibian parmer. ¯ records. In theruling, Judge Harold Levy also ruled the ¯ Small Kentucky Town May of Home Affairs must supply reasons ¯ for refusing an application for permanent : Ban Anti-Gay Bias ¯ residence.Thejudgerejectedministryatguments ¯ that the nature of the rdationship betw~m Liz ¯ HENDERSON,Ky.(AP)-WhentheLonisvilleB°ard°f " Frank, a German, and Elizabeth Khaxas, a ¯ Aldermen voted earlier this year to ban discrimination ~ Namibian, had no bearing on the application. ~ against homosexuals in the workplace, the Rev. Ben ¯ The couple has been living together for several Guess was at city hall to celebrate. Now, Guess finds years and are ratsmg a son. Not only is thi ¯ himself involved in a similar debate in his own city of relationship recognized, but the respondents ¯ Henderson¯ A group of citizens is urging M_ayor Joan ¯ (HomeAffairs)shouldha,v,.etakenit~toa.ccx).unt,." Hoffman and the City Commission to make it-illegal to ¯ Levy said in his ruling. I have no hesitation is ¯ discriminate in employment, housing and public saying that the long-term relationship between ¯ accommodations based on aperson’s sexual orientation. ¯ the applicants in so far as it is a universal ¯ If approved, Henderson would become the second partnership, xs recogmzeo t~y ia , wrote Levy. MARK T. HAMBY Attorney Bankruptcy & Civil Matters Call for More Information 1500 Nations Bank, 15 West Sixth Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119 744-744~ Fax 744-9358 OPENARMS,OPENMtNDS,OPEN Saint Aidan 4045 N. Cincinnati, 425-7882 Saint John 4200 S. Atlanta Place, 742-7381 Saint Dunstan 5635 East 71st. 492-7140 Trinity 501 S. Cincinnati, 582-4128 The Episcopal Church Welcomes You Anonymous HIV Tests Droppin ATLANTA (AP) - Fewer Americans are choosing to remain anonymous when tested for HIV at federally funded clinics, hospitals and prisons, according to a government report¯ In most states, people can get tested for the AIDS virus without giving their names. But the number of federally fundedanonymous tests declined nearly 27% between 1995 and 1997, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported recently. "One of the reasons perhaps is that people are beginning to see HIV as more of a treatable condition and perhaps less of a stigmatizing disease," RobertJanssen, deputy director of HIV and AIDS prevention at the CDC, said. The decline coincides with theemergence of powerful drugs that have allowed HIV patients to live longer, more normal lives. Also, new laws and regulations have been designed to protect the confidentiality of people who give their names when tested. The study period alsoincludes the arrival of the home AIDS test, which went on the market in 1996 and gav.e people another option for checking their HIV status anonymously. The CDC looked at 6.3 million HIV tests conducted at health clinics,hospitals, drug treatment centers and prisons.~Those sites conduct about 15% of H~.V tests in the United States. Federally funded HIV tests declined8% overall,from2.5 million tests in 1995 to 2.3 million in 1997. The drop could reflect the wider options available for testing and a growing population thathasbeen tested anddoesn’t feel the need to do it again, Janssen said. Joycelyn Elders at AIDSWalk Michigan DETROIT (AP) - Former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders advocated the use of condoms, commumty involvement and needle exchange programs in Michigan’s fight against AIDS. Elders kicked offAIDS Walk Michigan - Detroit, a September fund-raising event coordinated by the Michigan Women and AIDS Committee. The walk’s organizers, who helped bring Elders here, said they hope to raise community awareness of AIDS and HIV, especially among minorities. In 1997, AIDS was the leading cause of death among blacks ages 24 to 44, despite falling AIDS death rates for the general population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was the second leading cause of death among Hispanics in that age group in 1996. But Denise Stokes, a member of President Clinton’s AIDS Advisory Council and a speaker at aregional AIDS/ HIV conference here this week, said HIV and AIDS do not strike limited ¯ communities. "The only requirement to get HIV is to be human," said Ms. Stokes, who has lived with HIV for 17 years. Elders saidthegovernment is harming society bynbtmaking more clean needles a~ailable to. drug users. ~’I consider that absolutdy abuse," Eiders: said during a Detroitnew~ conference. Some Michigan cities have privately funded needle exchange programs. Elders also highlighted the experiences of families with mothers with AIDS. She said thatin thepast, criteriafor diagnosing AIDS were based on men, not women. Thus,womenoftenreceivedlate diagnoses and didnotreceive treatmentIn time. "We have almost 100,000 children who have been orphaned because of the death of their mothers,", she said. She urged churches and communities to talk with young people about HIV and AIDS, but said telling them to abstain from sex isn’t enough. Instead, she would make condoms available to students, many of whom are sexually active already, she said. "Weknow abslinence works, heaven knows it works," Elders said. "But we are sexual beings, and the vows of abstinence break far more easily than do latex condoms." Arab World Needs More AIDS Info ABHA, Saudi Arabia (AP) - AIDS specialists, health workers and government officials wound up a threeday conference with the ~onsensus that information onthe deadly disease must be more vigorously disseminated throughout the Arab world. Cases ofAIDS and HIV - the virus that causes AIDS - remain relatively low in the Middle East and North Africa region - 19,000 adults and children in the region were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus in 1998, compared with44,000 infectious in North America and 30,000 in Western Europe. But the disease is slowly spreading; and nearly 500 people gathered in this mountain resort some 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of Riyadh this week to hear the latest on how to combat the epidemic. "The stumbling block is that thefigures (onHIV-AIDS infections) may not be accurate," said Dr. Fahad A1- Rabiah, a specialist oninfecfious diseases at King Faisal Hospital in Riyadh, the capital. The conference, the third such gathering held every five years, was organized by the King Faisal Hospital and Research Center, the World Health Organization and the Saudi Health Ministry. Strict social and moral codes that prohibit premarital sex, adultery, homosexuality and drug abuse are effective in slowing the spread of HIV infections in Arab and Islamic countries, the speakers noted. But these same codes consider discussing sex and sex education taboo, limiting the flow of information about the disease. WHO estimates that there were 210,000 adults and children with HIV or fully developed AIDS in the Middle F_~st and North Africa region in 1998. The conference speakers pointed out that the number of cases will continue to rise as more young people experiment with sex and drugs without knowledge of safe sex methods and other precautions. MostHIV cases in the region are attributed to heterosexual transmission and shared drug needles. Adding to the growing concern, many Arab governments are not willing to treat AIDS as athreatening epidemic, so testing for HIV and medicine supplies are inadequate. According to ,1998WHOfigures, there e~are~. 373 AIDS patients" in Saudi Arabia, ¯ considered the most socially and religiously strictcountryin theArabworld. "The figures are low, but that should not make us become lazy (in combating AIDS)," Dr. A1-Rabiah said. "The most important way to fight the disease in the kingdom now is to make people aware of it and admit that it exists." Timothy W. Daniel Attorney at Law An Attorney who will fight for justice & equality for Gays & Lesbians Domestic Partnership Planning, Personal Injury, Criminal Law & Bankruptcy 1-800-742-9468 or 918-352-9504 128 East Broadway, Drumright, Oklahoma Weekend and evening appointmenls are available. Are You Gay or Bisexual? Are You Native American? 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Or are the attitudes and practices of doctors and hospitals making it harder for these patients to get it? "At least on an unconscious level, some providers may have more aggressively tried to provide these treatments to certain patients," said Dr. Martin F. Shapiro of the University of California at Los Angeles, lead author of the study being published today in the Joumal.-of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Shapiro also noted that the differences in care based on insurance type and race persisted, evenwhenresearchers took into account such factors as how the person contracted the virus. This, he and others said, reflects larger disparities in the health system that go well beyond AIDS. "The voices of the poor are not heard well in this country," Shapiro said. ’-’In the case of HIV, the consequences of that can be quite profound." Overall, care improved from 1996 to 1998. At first, just 29% of ~all patients were receiving care that met all six standards. Thatjumped to47% two years later. But the care differed widely among groups. In 1998, for instance, 88% of whites were receiving powerful protease inhibitors, but just 80% Of blacks were. Similarly, 87% of men infected through sex with other men were taking these drugs in 1998, compared with 81% of those infected through drug use. Some of the gap had narrowed, but researchers found that tread had slowed, meaning further improvements were not likely. While disparities in access to health care are widespread, unlike other diseases, mostpeople with theAIDS virus can trace their infection to one of two sources: homosexual men or intravenous drug USerS. Part of the explanation is simple economics. People infected through intravenous drug use, or sex with a drug user, generally have less money, less education and more life problems - all of which keep them from getting effective care. Someone who can’t pay the rent or buy groceries or who is addicted to drugs may find getting medical.care a low priority. "That tends to be much more of adown-and-outpopulationinevery way,, said Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, who studies racial disparities in health at Harvard Medical School. At the same time, the Gay commLlnity has mobilized around the disease, educating its members about treatment options and the importance of getting care. But while the AIDS epidemic hit homosexnal men first, black~ are the fimting growing group of victims, now accounting for nearly half of all new infections, making the disparities in care even more alarming to public health officials. There are many AIDS clinics in. the Gay community but few that are targeted to drug users, said Peter Lurie of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group. "The injection drug users are a relatively forgotten part of this epidemic," he said. The new research comes from the HIV Cost and Utilization Study, the first national data on care for people with HIV and AIDS. Researchers identified about 231,400 American adults with HIV.who were receiving at least some medical care outside the militaiy or prison, in all states except Alaska and Hawaii. From this group, a random sample of more than 2,000 patients was chosen for interviews beginning in early 1996 and againin early 1998. Researchers measured six components of care- three relating to use of medication and three related to use of doctors and hospitals. Morgues Stay Open Longer DuetoAIDS HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - State morgues are extending their hours to cope with Zimbabwe’s soaring death rate, mostly as a result ofAIDS, the main state- . controlled newspaper reported in June. An estimated 3,000 people now die every week in the southern African country, nearly 70% of them from AIDS-related illnesses, The Herald reported. Harare’s main hospital will now staff its morgue around the clock and other hospital mortuary facilities will extend closing time by four hours to 8 p.m., health authorities said, according to the newspaper. Families ofthe dead also were being asked to remove corpses within 24 hours of death to reduce overcrowding in morgues, the paper said. The National AIDS Coordination Program estimaies that more than 80,000 Zimbabweans will diefromAIDS-related illnesses this year. The World Health Organization says some 25% of Zimbabwe’s 12.5 million people are infected with the virus that causes AIDS. Churches Helping Support PLWAs RALEIGH (AP) - Churches and secular groups in one area of North Carolina are consolidating to work together on what they call a holistic approach for AIDS patients. A coalition of faith-based congregations Will consolidate with two secular AIDS service agencies to create the largest Triangle organization helping people cope with the virus. Triangle is the ¯ name for the central geographical area of North Carolina. : Thenew entity, which still has no name ¯" or central location, will help people with HIV or AIDS secure federal funding for " housing, track Social Security benefits : andfind supportgroups. Anditwillmatch ¯. clients who want spiritual help with a chaplain or a congregation ready to help i them. "It’s one thing to give lip service t,o, compassion; it’s another thing to do it, "_ said Stacy Smith, who chairs the Triangle ¯ AIDS Interfaith Network’s board of ¯ directors. "For congregations, the : consolidation points to a way they can : walk the walk- not just talk the talk." ¯ BeforeAIDS advocates agreedto allow : churches to work with them, they insisted : on two conditions: All clients would be i treated equally no matter how they were infected, see Health, p. ~4 by TFN Entertainment Editor Can youbelieve that it’s nearly the year 2000? And that 1999-2000 is Broken Arrow Playhouse’s 20th ~nniversary season? 13APC is celebrating this milestone with six productions: You’re a GoodMan, CharlieBrown, Murderonthe Nile, Greater. Tuna, Arsenic & Old Lace, Steel Magnolias, and The Sound of Music. While none of these productions are strict-. ly Gay plays, this is a company doing good work that’s always been Gay-friendly. Yes, it is ajourney out of mid-town to the wilds of Broken Arrow (except for those of you who live out there anyway) but the productions merit the journey. Speaking of good works, Saint Louis Bread, and .local franchise owners, Jim and Gaynell Magers havebeen great about supporting local charities. So when they opened their fourth _and fifth Tulsa locations, it ~should be little surprise that they gave 100% (100%! ! ! !) ofthe proceeds of their opening "dry runs" to charity. When the Woodland Hills ,location opened, the proceeds benefit~l Tulsa CARES (formerly the HIV Resource Consortium) and the Girl Scouts. The opening ofthelocationnear Bishop Kelley benefited Bishop Kelley. So when you dine next at St. Louis Bread, thank them for their community spirit - they don’t ¯ have to do it and it really helps. St. LouisBreadBenefitfor TulsaCARES and the Girl Scouts: co-owners Jim & Gaynell Magers, Tulsa CARES presidentJoeINorvetl, &J.A. Hankins, Bishop Kelley Director ofDevelopment : And if you’re thinking of taking in a ¯ meal at The Polo Grill, consider dining ¯ thereonJuly 6th, whenthose two fabulous ¯¯ Gay guys, financial guru,SteveD,Wright and his buddy, Taimadge Poweil will be : the Polo Grill’s guest chefs. It should be great menu - you can get a preview on KJRH’s morning show on July 5th. Make your reservation now ! Don’t forget that Gilcrease has the exceptional show, Taos Artis ts and their Patrons, 1898-1950 up through July 18th. And opening in August is their show featuring extra- . ordinary masks from Northwest Native ¯ American tribes. ¯ At theendofSeptember,THENAMES ¯ PROJECT will hold its annual Feast for ¯ Friends on 9/25 at the Tulsa Marriott ¯ Sou-them Hills. If you don’t recall, this is ¯ theeventwhereyoudine withyourfriends, ¯ casually or formally and then join all the : other Feast supporters for dessert. The ¯ event raises funds for HIV/AIDS ¯ education and specifically to present : portions of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. ¯ The next local presentation of part of the ¯ quilt is planned for World AIDS Day, ¯ Dec. 1, 2000. Into: 748-3111. Also, ¯ Council Oak Mens Chorale has a " performance planned for August. We’ll : bring you more about that. Stay posted. by the Rev. Mel White, Soulforce, Inc. On June 26, the Huntington Library in Pasadena, California, announced the first publicexhibitionof the Nurembergpapers. Signed by Adolf Hitler himself, the original documents havebeenonfile since they were donated by General George Patton in 1945. Hitler decreed these brief laws to guarantee the"racial purity" ofhis Third Reich. They redefined the role of Jews in Germany and opened the doors to holocaust. "I felt like I was viewing the first draft of the death warrant that led to the demise of one-third of world Jewry," said Dr. Uri Herscher. "Once deportation began" added UCLA professor Saul Friedlander, "these laws determined who would live and who would die." The four primary paragraphs were pnblishedin the Los Angeles Times. I was stunned by their familiarity. The minute .they are on display, Gary and I will be there to see them. IhopeI won’tembarrass him with involuntary tears. We should publish them in every GLBT paper in the country With the warning: It could happen again! Paragraph 1: Ended theright of Jews to marry freely. Sounds like a reason to work even harder to defeat the "Antigay Marriage" laws. Paragraph 2: Ended the right of Jews to have sexual intercourse freely. Sounds like a reason to continue our efforts to rescind the "Sodomy’’ laws. Paragraph3. Ended the right of Jews tO employee or be employed freely. Sounds like a reason to support ENDA, the Employment Nondiscrimination Act. . paragraph 4. Ended the right of Jews to ¯ display/serve the nation’s flag freely. ¯ Sounds like areason to seek thatpromised ¯ executive order from President Clinton to ¯" end the ban on gays in the military at last. ; While we’re celebrating all our hard- " earned victories (and we deserve the time ¯ to celebrate), we need to remember that ¯ Berlin in the 1930s was the most gayfriendly city in the world. How quickly ¯ life as cabaret became a nightmare of suffering and death. ¯ Too many of us believe our adversaries ¯ are ~fools who are only using us to raise funds and mobilize volunteers. In fact ¯ they are sincere believers, determined to ¯ end our rights. Too many of us think that it is NOT important for us to contribute time and ¯ money to help continue our struggle for ¯ equal rights. Infactany one ofour primary adversaries raises more money every ¯ month in part to end th.ose fi.ghts than our entire commumty raises in a year to ¯ preserve and protect them. ¯ Too many of us think the danger is passed and that time is on the side of ¯ justice. In fact Dr. King madeit very clear. ¯ "Time is on the side of injustice." ¯ Even if Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwdl, ¯ James Dobson and the others look to you ¯ likefools who arelosingpower, their antihomosexual rhetoric is reaching critical mass in thehomes and churches of our childhood. Let these documents remind us that it could happen again. Our ¯ "Nuremberg Laws" are in place or on the ¯ ballot. All it would take is for you or for ¯ me to do nothing. 3,600 Honda & Acura Owners Believe in Our... 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Reviewed by Barry Hensley Tulsa City-County Library One of the biggest controversies surrounding the Gay civil rights movement today is the act known as outing- one person publicly identifying another, closeted person as homosexual, against their wishes. Although this trend seems to be winding down, there are still many people, young and old, who are unable to .identify themselves as Losblian or Gay. Because they ar~ not prepared to,acknowledge their orientation, they lead double lives to disguisethe truthfromfriends, families and eoworkers. "Outing Yourself," by Michelangelo Signorile, recognizes the difficulty of these situations andprovides a step-by-step program for making the .journey from "Identifying Yourself" to"Not Thinking About It at All." Signorileoutlines 14 steps, under six general parts which include "Outing Yourself to Yourself," "Outing Yourself to Other Gay People," "Outing Yourself to Your Straight Friends," "Outing Yourself to Your Family," "Outing Yourself to Your C0workers," and, finally, "Coming Out Every Day," which includes ways to help others undertake the same journey. Signorile examines the most difficult steps in the first chapter, where he presents the thoughts of other authors, including film historian Vito Russo, who said, "The truth will set you free, but first it will be a pain in the neck," and Mark Thompson, who commented, "Basically, coming out is a death and rebirthexperience. To come out, something has to diewhateveritwasyouthought your were...In asense, you’rekiiling aformer constructed identity and creating anew one." Also in this chapter are exercises to do whichmay seem simplistic to some, but helpful to others, depending on how comfortable one is with the coming-out process. We can create a list of shared goals, particularly here in Oklahoma where we have so far yet to go. i’11 be so bold as to list afew I hope will make the cut: continuing the work to pass improved hate crimes protections in the Oklahoma Legislature, asking for nondiscrimination policies in private and public corporations and agencies; replacement .of elected officials who support prejudice against Lesbians, Gay men, Bisexuals and Transgendered persons. Some of this canbe the work ofjust one individua. Rogers University, now OSUTulsa, added~€term "sexual orientation" to its non-discrimination policy because one.person asked them to do so. That was me. Now had that request not been heard by social progressives ontheRogersboard like Nancy Feldman, Dorothy Dewitty and SharonKing Davis, it wouldnothave passed. But they wouldn’t have run with that ff someone hadn’t asked. Each of us canbring this reform effort to someaspect of our lives.- A. number of significant Tulsa ¯ As the journey continues, the author ¯¯ documents true experiences which reveal the common frustrations related to- " homophobia and the act of : "deprogramming yoursdf" from stereo- . types and the myths that cause lesbians : and gays to feel out of place in a straight S;~norlh... presents the thoughts of other authors, ineludlng film hlstorlan Vito Russo, who s~;d, ’~Fhe truth will set you free, but first it will be society. In "Meeting Other -Gay People," the reader is reminded that today, with gay community centers, organizations, newspapers and computer bulletin boards, the gay bar is no longer the primary gathering place. There is a list of related books, many of which arein thelibrary, which should be consulted to further explain the sometimes complex and contradictory feelings that many people experience. In "That First Talk," Signorile prepares readers for the inevitable questions and concerns that arise when having thatimportant chatwith parents or other family members. He acknowledges that it is not always wise to come out to parents immediately. Timing is everything, and it may be best topostpone yourconversation. As you get near the end of the book, which deals with coming out at work and helping others to come out, it is apparent that a common thread has been woven through chapter after chapter: maintaining a positive approach. Regardless of who is being addressed, people coming out are urged to ignore negative comments and concentrate on having a truth-" ful, uplifting and educational conversation. ¯ Signorile has also authored "Queer in ¯ America" and numerous columnsfor na- ¯ tional periodicals.Afew years ago,hehad : a notorious reputation for outing public " figures, but he has mellowed consider- " ably and this book is a patient and under- . standing guide, free from harsh judge- ~ ments or urgings to sacrifice oneself for "the cause." ." institutions have already made the pledge ¯ to treatGaypeoplefairlyin theworkplace: ~ our largest employer, American Airlines, ¯ Public ServiceCompany, Kimberly-Clark _. and others. Wenee~l, to build alocal public ¯ awareness campatgn about their good work and encturage others to follow that : lead (like TU, for example and Home ¯ Depot to mentionanother). : I have one last agenda item. We’ve got : a great community center but as many ¯ know it’s got a lease that will not be ¯ renewed. Now is the time to plan for tke : next center, one that is bigger and : preferably owned by us. It’s certainly ¯ feasibleifalotofus withmodest incomes : join withfew of our community members : with not so modest resources to find a i buil~ng and to endowit. One community wag s saidthatifafew of’ourcommunity’s : wealthiest merely redirected a portion of : their interior decorating budgets, we’d : have a buildingpaid off and its annual operating costs covered. I, ofcourse, don’ t know if that’s true butwehave to ere.ate a : vision of a better future. And while we’re : atit, how about a Gay neighborhood too? ¯ Not just a midtown where we’re part of : the fabric but one where we really can : even hold hands, without fear. Imagine. 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She was sweaty. She was close to her work. Polishing. Grinding. And then it occurred to her - "Am I being safe?" The answer, unfortunately, was "No." Removing rest with power equipment requires a minimum of personal protective equipment (PPE) to keep you safe. Rest assured, Muffins, that your DIYD promptly set her work aside, had a cool drink of water, put on her safety glasses, a pair of leather gloves, a dust mask and some earplugs. Then she returned to her work, whioh she brought to a very satisfactory, and safe, conclfision. All too often, the important element of working safely at home eludes us. It’ s awkward. It’s uncomfortable. The job will only take a few moments, so who needs it? Or, more often, wejustdon’t think about it. So this month, your DIYD happily dons her Safety Cop uniform to coax you ~nto submitting to safer work practices in your fabulous home. Surrender, Dorothy! First, read instructions. The law requires s afety notices and admonitions onmost products fi .power tools, adhesives, pmnts, and lawn chemicals. Follow the safety instructions fully. It’s a good idea to have some PPE handy around the house for when you need it. Make a kit and keep it sealed and stored in a clean, dry place where you’ll remember it. Suggested items: Dust and mist tuasks (don’t reuse these, Rockefeller!); latex or vinyl gloves; earplugs (clean the reusable type after every use. Don’t reuse disposable ones); safety glasses and/orgoggles; work gloves that fit. Lawn and Garden Work: For mowing, weed eating, grass blowing and edging, preserve and protect them. Too many of us think the danger is passed and that time is on the side of justice. Infact Dr. Kingmadeit very clear. "Time is on the side of injustice." Even if Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, James Dobson and the others look to you like fools who arelosing power, their antihomosexual rhetoric is reaching critical mass in the homes andchurches of our childhood. Let these documents remind us that it could happen again. Our "Nuremberg Laws" are in place or on the ballot. All it would take is for you or for me to do nothing. "" o In 1997, the Rev. Dr. Mel White received the ACLU’s National Civil Liberties Award for applying the ’soul force’ principles of Gandhi and King to the liberation 9fsexual minorit~’es. He ts a cofounder of Soulforce, Inc.and the author 0fStranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America. wear safety glasses to protect your eyes from foreign objects, earplugs for your hearing, and a dust mask if ~AII too often, tke important element d workln~ safely at home eludes as. It’s awkward. It’s uncomfortable. Thejob will only take a few moments, so who needs ~t.~ Or, more Often, we just don’t think about it, So thls month, your DIYD happily dons her Safety Cop uniform to coax you into submittln~ to safer work praetlees in your fabulous home. you are allergy prone or asthmatic. Drinklots ofliquids and work early if it’ s hot. Lawn Chemicals: If using liquids, wear long sleeves and pants, work upwind, spray 0nly on calm days, wear latex or vinyl gloves and safety glasses. Most chemicals can be absorbed through skin and mucous membranes, andduckling, if it will kill weeds or ticks, think about what it can do to you! For dry chemicals, wear gloves, a dust mask and safety glasses. Shop Work: Wear your earplugs and safety glasses. Never disarm guards m~ant to protect you. Don’t use worn out blades, bits or other components. Use a dust mask and keep the area well ventilated. Using a table saw? Then use push sticks when cutting your stock. Saw kickbacks are truly ugly. Refinishing and painting: Do it outside, if at all possible. Wear gloves, safety glasses and possibly arespirator. Look at less harmful options. There are several products for stripping and refinishing that are more environmentally - and human - friendly. Do not use strippers, Solvents or solvent based stains and : finishes near flame sources, such as gas ¯ water heaters, oven pilot lights and ¯ furnaces. We do not want you to go Sha- ¯¯ boom, sha-boo~n. Na-na-na-na-na, etc. Sorry. Having a retro moment. ¯ This is just an overview to get youin the ¯ habit of looking at the safety precautions your home projects may require. Be safe, ¯ be healthy and be back for next month’ s : column. Your DIYD wants to tell you what to do.for a long, long time. : meeting is to gather, learn and find ways ¯ several "possible outcomes:" : - a commitment to regroup every six ¯ months; - a review of our calendars for events ¯ where we might work together; ¯" - discussion of combining mailing lists with provision for privacy of each ¯ organization’s original list; : - discussion of a community wide fundraising event, similar to Dallas’ Black Tie dinner to benefit all organizations ¯ instead of competing for thee,same dollars; ¯ - consideration of aft ~fimbrell~ co¯ ordinating organization ~or these eff0~ts. Those receiving the letter were ¯ encouraged tO alert the Organizers ~J any ¯ group not listed who should be invited. ¯ However, the contact number listed on ¯ the letter rings to a disconnected message ¯ but Newman’s no. is 582-4673. : Editor’s note: this month’s editorial, ¯ Say Something Nice: Praise for Pride ’99, also comments on this meeting and some ¯ possible community goals. The letter suggests that the point of the better to work together but also identifies by Esther Rothblum : recommend the book Eden Built by Eyes: What’s the first thing that comes to , TheCultureofWomen’sMusicFestivals, mind when we think about women’s ¯ by Bonnie Morris (Alyson Press, 1999) music.’? Many Lesbians will recall Alix Dobkin’s album Lavender Jane Loves ¯ Women. I r~eq,ently spoke with Alix and asked how she first became a Lesbian musician. "I was writing aboutmy own life," she recalled, "so music waspartofmyconsciousness raising." Alix had been a professional folk singer for many-years. "I was at the right place, at the right time, with the right background, doing the right thing," she told me. She produced a number of albums of women’s music: Lavender Jane Loves Women (1973), Living WithLesbians (1976), XXAlix (1980), These Women (I986), YahooAustralia (1990), andLoveandPolitics ( 1992, acompilation album). .., Living with Lavender Jane (1998) wa~ a re-release ontoCDofthefirsttwoalbums. In addition, Alix Dobkin’s Adventures in Women’s Music (Not Just a Songbook) was published in 1978. I asked Alix what other music was around for Lesbians when she first began performing. The answer: notmuch. Robin Tyler had produced Maxine Feldman in 1972; a 45-rpm record with two songs. There was the Chicago Women’s LiberationRockBandand theNew Haven Women’s Liberation Rock Band Double Album. And in New York, Lesbian Feminist Liberation conducted a talent show and recorded it - the record was called A Few Loving Women: Lavender Jane Loves Women was the first album of women’s music that was distributed internationally. "Those days were tremendously exciting," Alix said. "First of all, I was writing about myself AS A LESBIAN. I was writing the kinds of songs in which you could not change a pronoun and have it still make sense. In other words, you could not change my music into heterosexual songs. They were clearly and openly songs about women loving women. I realized that as long as I was writing songs like that, I was writing umque material. No one had ever written that before, and even the women depending on Lesbian audiences almost never write about Lesbians - in fact; they rarely mention womenF’ Even today, Alix feels that there is a great need for Lesbians to be writing about their lives. She has sensed at times that women’s music has received a bad rap, when in fact it is precisely because of the foremothers in .women’s music that performers like theIndigo Gifts havebeen successful. "There is this belief that women’s music is confined to folk music, which it never was," said Alix. "The negative reaction coming from many young Lesbians is due largely to the backlash against feminis~a. Our communities very much reflect what is going on in the world generally and feminism has been dismissed, even by women in our own communities. I would "There is this belief that women s music is confined to folk music, which it never was," said Alix. "The negative reaction coming from many .young Lesbians is due largely to the backlash ag.ai.nst emlnlSm. for an excellent overview and more details. Women’s music is about raising consciousness, and most people don’t even know ~vhat ttiat is anym0re. Furthermore, due to budget cuts in education, we’vealso lost a generation that was schooled to appreciate music" Nevertheless, Alix is excited by the fact that many of her performances these days are atuniversities, so that she does have an impact on young women. After a lifetime in New York, Alix is now living in California. She stillperforms around the country, and is involved with a club that features concerts by women and holds and furthers our chlture. The Director, Barbara Price, used to co- ¯ produce the Michigan Womyn’s Music ¯ Festival. Alix is writing a column for : Chicago Outlines and working on a book ¯ of her memoirs. ¯ Visit Alix Dobkin’s webpage at : www.ladyslipper.org/vendors/ ¯ ladyslipper/alix_dobkin.xtml To order ." Alix Dobldn’s music and music by other ¯¯ women and Lesbian musicians, contact Ladyslipper Music, P.O. Box 3124, ¯ Durham, NC 27715, tel. 1-800-634-6044 ¯ or 919-383-8773. ¯ Esther Rothblum is Prof. ofPsychology ", at the Univ. ofVermont and Editor of the : Journal of Lesbian Studies. She can be ¯ reatz-hedatDeweyHall, Univ.ofVermont, : Burlington, VT, email: ¯ esther.rothblum@uvm.edu. : President Clinton broke the impasse three ¯ weeks agowhenhemadeHormel a"recess : appointment"-amethodthatcircumvents : the normal Senate confirmation process. ," The State Department generally shies ¯ away from partisanship, but the whiff of politics was in the air as Albright joined ¯ Hormel, a longtime Democratic donor ¯ and activist, for the festivities and spoke ¯ on his behalf. Civil rights for Gays and ¯ Lesbians have been a high-profile theme ¯ for the Democrats as campaigning for : next year’s election picks up steam. Vice ¯ President A1 Gorevisited aGayandlesbian ¯ centerduringacampaignvisittoCalffornia : last week. ¯ The Traditional Values Coalition, a ¯ churchlobby thatopposedthenomination, ¯ said in a statement that the swearing in of ¯ Hormel marks "the beginning of the Gore ¯ campaign’s efforts to woo thehomosexual : vote." Coalition members demonstrated ~ in protest outside the State Department as ¯ the ceremony was taking place. : ’"Unis is one of those glorious days : when thenice guy finishes first," Albright ¯, told the gathering. "Neitherrace, norcreed, ¯ nor gender nor sexual orientation should ¯ berelevant to the selection ofambassadors ; for the United States. ¯ . Said Kennedy: see Hormel, p. 13 IGTA member Call 341.6866 International TOUrs !ormorein ormation. AUTHENTIC FRESH 1TALIAN RAINBOW CUSINE TROUT ofEureka Springs Voted Number One in Arkansas! 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Hula, like Hawaiian language, surfing, slack key guitars, kalua pork and lomilomi salmon, and similar cultural symbols, represents "Hawaiianness." Hula dancers celebrate their Hawaiian identity and tla~ir links to ancestral tradition. There.~e twohula styles: ’auana,which often is tourist-trash hula which shakes to the beat of guitar andukulele, and kahiko, where dancers bodies move When ,]ames Cook’s ships llM at the Island of Hawai’i in 1789, the En~llsh were hor~f;ed to d~seover that l ding Hawai~n ehlefs bo g n& in addition to to accompany traditional chants. You might guess that our stodgy academic seminar was treated to the more formal, higher status huta kahiko. But I prefer kahiko style--I must confess--in that the guys d~ce shiftless in skimpy malo; orloindoths. It is certainly easier to appreciate dance when the performer wears little on his body. Traditionally, only men danced hula. ¯ Although no doubt always entertaining, hula was principally a religious ritual meant to communicate with gods and ancestors. Dances took place at temples and shrines that were taboo to women. Nowadays, hula is mostly-women’s business though there are several popular men’s troops that perform and compete in regular hula festivals. Many male hula dancers are gay as have been some noted kumu hula (dance school teachers and leaders). Drivenundergroundby Christian missionary opposition in the early 19th century, the hularetumed as a legitimate art form in the 1880S under the patronage of King Kalakaua. Gay dancers have long cultivated and daborated hula and today, a century later, huladoes very wall as both tourist spectacle and marker of Hawaiian cultural authenticity. Nowadays the local words for "gay man" that one hears most often are mahu and "muffy," these often indicating some degree of effemininl~y. Traditionally, islanders also .spoke of:aikane - a word that appears to have meant "male lover" though today people use the word for any dose friend. When James Cook’s ships called at the Big Island ofHawai’i in 1789, the English were horrified to discover that leading Hawaiianchiefs hadboyfriends in addition to wives. Charles Clerke, second in command of the expedition, wrote: every chief "according to his rank keeps so many women and so many young men ([aikane] as they call them) for the amusement of his leisure hours; they talk of this infernal practice with all"~’ indifference in the world, not do I suppose they imagine any degree of infamy init." Kamehameha, who would unify Hawai’i and.become the archipelago’s first king, also had a boyfriend. David Samwell, ship’s surgeon, met the future king’s lover when Kamehameha visited us, as we have had opportunities before of being acquainted with a detestable part of his Character which he is not in the least anxious to The Hawaiians - shrewd observers no doubt - asked the English if some of the ship’s boys and young sailors on board were the aikane of the ship’s officers. One might guess that a trim ship’s boy might begin to look rather attractive, even to the most heterosexist officer, on an extended two-year voyage around the world in the dose quarters of a small leaky ship. Still, the English were offended by the Hawaiians’ pointed questions. I suspect they mostly were mortified and embarrassed that the Hawaiians, unlike the English, were not anxious to conceal their homosexual relations, nor "imagine any degree of infamy" in them. Any officer who might havebeenmessing witha ships’ boy would have been desperate to keep this on the down low. Today, as Hawaiians ofall sorts continue to argue the possibilities of homosexual marriage, the aikane serves in this debate. Some suggest that the State of HawaJ~i should legalize gay marriage as a way of respecting and celebrating the past and these islands’ onetime traditions. The "English" view of boyfriends remains dominant, however, and aikane are still partially in hiding. Where once Hawaiian homosexuality was indifferent and therefore normal, today it has become different and thus dangerous to admit. There are popular statues and images of the great King Kamehameha on view in many public places here but in none of these does the King have his boyfriend at his side. Nonethdess, the past lives on in hula. As I watched the sinuous hula dancers in their malo I could see back into a time and place where men saw no reason to conceal their honorable affairs with their boyfriends. "There was never any honorable question abouthis qualifications tobe ambassador." The opposition to Hormel was ¯ "irresponsibleandunacceptable," he said. ¯ Feinstein, noting that Hormel’s ¯ appointment teared the SenateForeign ~ Rdations Committee by 16-2, said he ¯ would have been approved by an ¯ overwhelming majority had the Senate ¯ voted as a whole. By tr~idition, even one ¯ senator can preventa Vote on anomination ¯ because of a personal grievance. In Hormel’s case, his appointment was ¯ blockedby Oklahoma senator, Jim Inhofe, who formerly represented in Oklahoma’s ¯ (mostly Tulsa) First District in the US House. Inhofe has received national attention for his anti-Gay views. "In Jim’s [Hormd] appointment, I think ¯ we open a door," Feinstein said. ..) and-AIDS education wouldcontinue, even if it meant handing out condoms at Gay bars. "We wanted to make sure we don’t repeat the mistakes of the past," said Jacquelyn Clymore, director of client. services for AIDS Service Agency of North Carolina. The consolidation, which will become official in December, will unite the AIDS ServiceAgency of NorthCarolina, serving Wake, Durham and Orange counties, the AIDS Service Agency of Orange County and theTriangleAIDS Interfaith Network, a coalition of 60 churches and one synagogue. The secular agencies will get help from a crew of about 500 committed church volunteers, many of whom feel called to help people with AIDS. In the early days of AIDS, Gay men with the virus were unwelcome in many churches, while those who had contracted AIDS from heterosexual contact or blood infusions were called "innocent victims." But in recent years, many Christians and Jews have quietly begun reaching out to people with AIDS, acting on scriptural commandments to love thy neighbor. Today, HIV infection rates are- highest among low-income African-American men and women, many of whom ¯ contracted the virus througli heterosexual contact or sharing needles. It took four years of talking for the consolidation to move forward because this time, it was the AIDS advocates who harbored stereotypes of religious groups. Some feared they would bejudgmental, if not sanctimonious. "We asked ourselves: ’What’s in the best interest of the client?’ "said Bill Brent, executive director of the AIDS Service Agency of North Carolina and director of the new agency. The three groups, withbranches across the Triangle, will consolidate their staff, apply for grants and raise money as one. Man3" church volunteers say they are happy to avoid the politics of AIDS. They don’t ask about sexual orientation or past drug use. "We don’t even talk about that. It’s the relationship here and now that’s important," said Earl Wiggins, who leads the care team at Greater St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Durham. "Love is the key component." againstGays, andNew Hampshire, where lawmakers repealed a 1987 law thatbarred Gays fromadopting children or serving as foster parents. "You can sort of pick the state and measure progress in every state on the legislative front," she said. Unimaginablein 1969was the visibility of-Gay people today in politics, entertainment and everyday news coverage. Think Ellen DeGeneres, k.d. lang; Melissa Etheridge, Flton John, Ian McKellan, Rupert Everett. Three current members of Congress are openly Gay - Democrats Barney Frank ofMassachusetts and’Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Republican Jim K01h¢Of Arizona- as are scores~of other.deeted officials around ’, theS(ountry. ’:.The love that dare not speak its name now ~on’t shut up," says TomAmmiano, president of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors. In 1%9, Ammiano was a27- year,old,, sp,,ec~_’al education teacher and no~e,t, ’out as, a Gay man, although, he salt. ’it wash t hard to surmise - the wrists and everything." He subsequently b~e a stand-up comic and a member of die Board of Supervisors;,where three of 11 members are openly Gay. President of the board since November, he’s considered a likely challenger to San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown Jr. The progress made by Lesbians and Gay men has been accompanied by setbacks as well. Eighteen states still have sodomy laws ontheirbooks, five of which single outhomosexual sodomy, Efforts to include Gays in federal civil rights and hate-crime laws have stalled. Current law prohibits crimes based on race, color, religion or national origin. Recent murders of Gay men- Matthew Shepard, a University ofWyoming student who was beaten and tied to a fence last October, and Billy Jack Gaither, an Alabama textile worker who was beaten with an ax handle mad set on fire - raised awareness of the persistence of anti-Gay violence. AIDS has decimated ageneration of Gay men, and nearly 20 years into the epidemic there is no cure. Still, few could dispute that Lesbians and Gay men in 1999 enjoy rights undreamed of in 1969. Karl Rusterholtziives in Mission Viejo, Calif., with his partner and their twofoster sons. They are active in their church, where Rusterholtz and his partner celebrated their union with a commitment ceremony. "l would say that we’re just pretty average," says Rusterholtz, 36, a microbiologist. "We’ve gone to pride marches and stuff, but it’s not our cup of tea." Rusterholtz says he "would like to see federal protection, that Gays and Lesbians would not worry about losing their jobs or losing their homes -or losing their children." But his own experience negotiating the foster care system inconservative Orange County has been "nothing but fabulous." Margaret Blankenbiller, 21, works in a florist’s shop inProvo, Utah. "I’d like to be able to hold my girlfriend’s hand when we go out to dinner and not worry about someone slashing our tires," she says. Still, her family is supportive and her coworkers - many of them members of the conservative Mormon church - treat her Lesbianism "like it’ s pretty normal." Nestle, who founded the Lesbian Her’story Archives and is now 59, remembers when being a Lesbian was anything but normal. At one bar she frequented, Nestle and her friends had to line up to use the bathroom one at a time "because we couldn’t be trusted" not to misbehave inside together. Toilet paper was doled out shut by sheet. "Something in me was moving from knowing I was a freak to saying that someday I will refuse this moment of humiliation;’ she says. Nestle has ;been chosen one of two grand marshals for Sunday’s Gay pride parade in New York. "It’ll be a very special moment," she says. "I see it as the largest grassroots demonstration in the world." Gay men into its worship life. Unity Church of Christianity at 3355 So. Jamestown has welcomed a new pastor, Steve Colliday, who happens to be an openly Gay -man. The Unity tradition has ¯ been welcoming of Lesbians and Gay ~meri for some time. And College Hill Presbyterian Church (CHPC) is considering becoming a"More Light" congregati.on which is the Presbyterian version of bein.g a "welcoming" congregation. College Hill close by the University of Tulsa, has a tradition of being involved in progressive causes.Avote is expected in afew months. to ads...FRF.E! Use Free Code 717 SEX... ;e Free Code 7000 9699 Tolsa 18-6 Oklahoma Megaphone does not prescreen callers and assumes no liability for personal meetings. 24 hour customer service (800) 289-1489. 18+ ~ ~) ] 998 PC u’ll g Closing on Horr Equity Loans! hat~ right. Home Equity Loans at Bank of Oklahoma now come with no closing costs, so y()u can save hundreds of dollars. Use your home’s equit:y to bom:)w t~:~r just a[x)ut anything .-~ home im.provenmnts, bill consolidation, college tuition, or buying a car. 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Description An account of the resource Tulsa Family News was a monthly newspaper; No. 1 issued December 1993-January 1994. The final issue available was published in September 0f 2001 (Volume 8, Issue 9). The newspaper brings up important, evolving topics of marriage, Pride, TOHR, HIV/AIDs, events, advice, and politics all at the local and national level. This document is available in searchable PDF attached. It is also available to be seen at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center with permission. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Family News Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://history.okeq.org/collections/show/24 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tom Neal Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 1999 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jean-Claude de Flambeauchaud Barry Hensley J.P. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Text Any textual data included in the document American MedicaiAssociatiOn: Gay TeensAt Higher Suicide Risk National Organizations Fight Television War WASHINGTON - Gay and lesbian youths are at high risk for attempting suicide, according to anew study by Dr. Robert Garofalo ofthe Children’s Hospital, Boston. The study, published in April in the American Medical Association’s Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, found that students who are Gay, lesbian, bisexual or not sure of their sexual orientation are 3.41 times more likely to report a suicide attempL Data for the study came from the Massachusetts 1995 Centers forDiseaseControl(CDC)YouthRiskBehaviorSurvey, which included questions about sexual orientation. The study said that factors which may exacerbate this problem, are "psychological stresses such as marginalization, isolation, and rejections" "These statistics underscore that anti-Gay prejudice is a life-threatening problem confronting this country;’ said David M. Smith, Commtntieations Director of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC0, the largest national Lesbian and Gay political organization, with members throughout the country. "Suicides, and violence against Gay people will continue as long as extreme fightwing groups continue to dehumanize GayAmericans see Gay Teens;p.10 London Gay Pub Bombed Hampshire Man Arrested LONDON - Three people died and more than 70 were injured, many seriously, in a nail bomb explosion at a crowded Gay barin London’s Soho area. The device wentoff at 6:37pmwithout any apparent warning in the Admiral Duncan pub inOldCompton Street. It blew out windows, sending glass anddebris flyinginto the street. Hundreds ofpeoplewereevactuatedandeyewimesses reported seeing injured bodies lying on the pavement. Many suffered severe injuries and at least two people had limbs blown off. A 22-year-old engineer, David Copeland, from Hampshire appeared in a west London court a week later facing three counts of murder and three counts of causing explosions with intent to endanger life in three separate nail bomb attacks in London. However, Copeland does not have any ties to the Nazi groups Combat 18 and the White Wolves that had been claiming responsibility for the bombings which have killed three people and injured more than 100. Police believe he had been working on his own. They said that he wasnotresponsible for the hate mail sent to ethnic community ldaders and minority groups since the firstbomb was detonated in aBrixton street on April 17, injuring 39 people. A second bomb, in the midst of the Bengali community in Brick Lane, Fast London, exploded a week later. The attack on the Admiral Duncan, aimed at hurling the Gay community which thrives in the streets around Soho square, see Pub Bombing, p. 11 |1| DIRECTORY/LEI"I’ERS P. 2 EDITORIAL P. 3 mmm US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 ~IEALTH NEWS P. 6 ~ i~NTERTAINMENT P. 8 (~OMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9 DO-IT-YOURSELF-DYKE P. 11 DYKE PSYCHE P. 12 "" GAY STUDIES P. 13 Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Locations Gay Parade PermitApproved TulsaActivist Dies TULSA, Okla. (AP/T~N) - The parade will go on. After twice delaying consideration of a permit for the Gay pride parade, the City Council unanimously approved the permit May 20th. Four citizens testified against granting the permit and three in favor. Those opposing the permit made references to "unhealthy lifestyles" and implied connections between the school shooting in Littleton, Colorado and allowing the parade permit. However, City Councilor Art Justiss had directed all speakers to limit their remarks only to those concerning the parade and that anyremarks about "lifestyles" would be ruled out of order. Progressive Alliance co-chair and longtime environmental activist, B.J. Medley spoke in support of the parade, citing Barney Frank as one of her heroes. Not one but two Libertarian party activists spoke in favor. One noted that if the parade were ofsci-fi fans,thecontroversywouldnotbetakingplace. Libertarian Scott Pearson noted he and his wife and child would march with the parade because of their respect for freedom and tolerance for those who are different. West Tulsa City Councilor Darla Hall sniped that Gays will have to answer to Godfor their "lifestyle" andhoped that they are as prepared to met GOd as they are for their parade. "We cannot single out a group and limit them in ways that we do not limit other groups," Councilor Brady Pringle said. He said the parade permit was not a moral issue, but a legal one. Pringle noted that the average street dosing for parades was two hours (this permit requested 2 1/2 hours). Councilors acknowledged that they wererequired tobe content neutral and merely to assure that all administrative standards had been met. However, Pringle stated that the bad news for callers objecting to granting the parade permit was that the city had been "too consistent" in granting permits to any and all, and that now not to grant the permit would dearly be based on content. Pringle also stated that granting the permit did not constitute "an endorsement ofthe Gay and Lesbian lifestyle" and suggested that putting off granting the permit just called more attention to a divisive issue. Pfingle also added that it served "to further a cause that none of the councilors wish to advance." Parade organizers had threatened to sue if the permit, which allows the dosing of streets for theparade, was denied. Organizers noted i~.~.a press release that the permit application was "lost" twice by city staff over a several month period, see Parade, p.3 Arkansas PFLAG Mom Praises Court Decision FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Carolyn Wagner, a PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) Regional Director and resident of Fayetteville, Arkansas praised last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision which says schools may be liable in student-on-studentharassment. Wagnerhad successfully pressed federal officials to recognize and intervene against sexual harassment directed at Gay and Lesbian students. The 5-4 ruling reversed a federal appeals court decision that said Title IX, a federal law, never applies to student-on-student harassment. Abuse ofGay and Lesbian students can often involve sexual harassment, as well as other types of violence. "This" landmark decision by the highest court in our land reinforces that federally-funded schools must address and stop student-on-student harassment that interferes with their access to education," said Wagner. "This is a critical tool for all youth and their parents to help secure a hostile-free learning environment for all students," said Wagner, who with her husband, Bill, has worked closely with PFLAG since 1996 to meet with, and to be heard by, federal officials on the issue. "We are relieved to hear that the Supreme Court is making it crystal dear to schools that they have an obligation to protect all of our children," PFLAG Executive Director Kirsten Kingdon noted. The Supreme Court ruling that peer-on-peer sexual harassment was included under Tide IX strengthened the main tool currently available to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered students. The Wagners helped secure a historic agreement last year-between federal education officials and Fayetteville Public Schools which says that the Arkansas school district must take specific steps to handle various forms of sexual harassment, including sexual harassment directed at Gay and Lesbian students. The agreementcamein response to a complaint brought by their son, Willi, who charged that the local school system did not act after he was harassed repeatedly and beatenup by a gang of students. The Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund represented him in the complaint. The decision last June was the first time new Tide IX guidelines, issued in 1997, have been applied to sexual harassment directed at Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered students. Phil Wiley Worked on Gay & HIV Issues by Tom Neal, editor &publisher TULSA - Phil’s gone but not forgotten. In a near northside Black Baptist church, we gathered to mourn, to praise, to laugh and to cry for the loss of one of Tulsa’s most remarkable men. Survived by his longtime companion of 28 years, Vernon L. Jones, his morn and dad, Ester Mac Stanley Wiley, Willard Robert Wiley, Sr., brothers, a sister, aunts, uncles, cousins,nephews, niecesand step-daughter Lenita, Phillip Amett Wiley’s passing was noted bynoless thanfive pastors, the Reverends Maxwdl, Davis, Bailey, LaCour and the Reverend Leslie Penrose who gave the eulogy. Phil was nearly 45. He was born June 16, 1954 and died at Saint John Hospital on May 16, 1999. He’d been living with kidney disease, diabetes and with being HIV positive. And while it was kidney disease that took him ultimately, see Phil, p. 3 HIV/AIDS Events Red Ribbon Run & Regional Women + AIDS Conference TULSA - Saturday, June 12, the second annual Red Ribbon Run will open registration at 7am with the mens run to start at 8am and the womens at 8:30am. The event includes a 5 kilometer run, race walk and casual walk, all at LaFortune Park. Registration will be held at the southeast shelter with parking at the south parking lot. The event is $12 pre-registered or $8 without a t-shirt,,and $15 and $10 that day. This is aUSATFsanctioned eventandall proceeds benefit InterfaithAIDS Ministries and the Regional. AIDS Interfaith Network. All contributions are welcome even from non-runners. For more information, call 438-2437. Then on Monday, June 14, the Second Regional Conference on Women and AIDS will be held on The University of Tulsa campus, in the Chapman Activity Center, at 440 South Gary Avenue. .The comprehensive, one-day program hopes to raase awareness, promote discussion and provide opportunities fornew directions inHIVprevention, care and treatment for women. "In the Arms of the Angels," a documentary produced by the National AIDS Fund Americorps Team Tulsa, will open the conference at 8:30 a.m. with a look at women and AIDS. Patty Lather, author of "Troubling the Angels," will give the keynote address at 8:45 a.m. In addition to a series of workshops, the conference will feature a panel of HIV positive women who will share their stories. Judith Billings of the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS will give the luncheon address. Sandra McDonald, the founder of Outreach, Inc., will present the dosing address on"WhatWe Can Do to Be a Force for Change." Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine *Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. Boston Burger Sisters Restaurant, 1545 S. Sheridan *Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria *Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th *Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria *Jason’s Dell, 15th & Peoria *Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th *Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square *St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st *Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan *Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main *TNT’s, 2114 S. 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This part states ¯ that TCC will reflect the pluralistic ¯ community they se.rveandthattheCollege ¯ will conduct workshops on diversity. I ¯ have some concerns about this based on ¯ negative experiences with other Tulsa : institutions which have defined diversity ¯ narrowly, usually just as racial issues. ¯ . However, Lesbians and Gay men also are ¯ part of the diversity of our city, and in ¯ particular, I would suggest that TCC has - greatly benefited from our cxmtribudon~ as students, staff and faculty. I hope that ¯ your workshops also will address issues ¯ of sexual orientation. ¯ ¯ I am also concerned about TCC’s lack of a comprehensive non-discrimination ¯ policy (on page 57 of your fall class ¯ schedule).While I suspect that in practice TCCmostly does not discriminateagainst ¯ Lesbians, Gay men or Heterosexuals on ¯ the basis of sexualorientation, the lack of : an explicitnon-discriminationpolicy puts ¯ Lesbians and Gay men at risk - never ¯ knowing whether or not we may be the : target of discrimination and clearly ¯ knowing that there exists no recourse if ¯ such occurs. Heterosexuals haveonly very ¯ rarely been persecuted because of their °¯ heterosexuality, and therefore, the issue ¯ weighs less heavily on them. While federal and state laws do not ." mandate the inclusion of "sexual ¯ orientation" in non-discrimination ¯ ¯ statements, these laws do not prevent private or public institutions from adding ¯ thelanguage- federal law sets aminimum ¯ standard for non-discrimination, nora ¯ maximum. Public and private institutions ¯ likeThe Universities ofTexas, Michigan, ~ Wisconsin,California, as well as Harvard, ¯ Yale, Stanford have long had these ~ policies. You may have noted also that ; Rogers University (ed. ’s note: now OSU- ¯ Tulsa) recently adopted this language. ¯ I hope to hear from you that TCC will ¯ update its non-discrimination policy. : Thank you. - Tom Neal, publisher/editor In response to your inquiries concerning : TCC’s Affirmative Action policy, we would like to inform you that one of the goals ofTCCas statedin theTCCStrategic Vision is that "employees will accurately reflect the pluralistic community they serve." TCC is fully compliant with both Federal and State guidelines with respect to Affirmative Action. The College also seeks to promote diversity among its student body through many recruitment programs, student organizations, and several academic advisement/counseling services. Thank you for your interest in TCC. - Dean P. VanTrease, Ph.D. Editor: Makes you wonder why it took 14 months and calls to two powerful state senators to get even this lame response - it’s not as though he bothered to answer what he was asked. But the refusal to answersuggests bias is aproblem atTCC. Letters Policy Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on issues which we’ve covered or on issues you think need to be considered. You may request that your name be withheld but letters must be signed & have phone numbers, or be hand delivered. 200 wordletters are preferred. Letters to other publications will be printed as is appropriate. by Tom Neal, editor &publisher It doesn’t happen very often, but it’s certainly welcome to hear that others agreed with Tulsa Family News’ assessment of Chastity Bono’s lame performance at the Red Ribbon Gala. Some of these other critics include include a number of the event’s orgamzers. They were quick to let us know that only a tiny amount of funds from the event went to Ms. Bono. In fact, it appears that only a couple of hundred went to pay her hotel bill. All other costs associated with her visit are the responsibility ofevent co-sponsor, the Tulsa Chapter ofPFLAGandtheir"anonymous donor" thoughyouprobably won’t need three guesses to know who that is. Unfortunately, PFLAG, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays has been less forthcoming in correcung its factual error crediting PFLAG volunteer, Tim Chilean as the single person responsible for Tulsa’s Gay community center. This is what they published in their newsletter, even after they weremade aware of their error at the Red Ribbon Gala: "It was his idea for [a] Community Center and his dream is now a reality, a place for persons to come together to talk, to meet, to dream. A Safe place for young people to gather, a library, a store... " Of course, the editor of the PFLAG newsletter is none other than Chilean. This misattributionofcreditwas madewhilePFLAGgave Chilean a Swan Award for community service. As PFLAG was told, Chilean’s other work merits recognition on its own without giving him all the credit for shared efforts. Chilean was part of the team that created the Center but it was not his dream, idea or work exclusively. And he was voted out as TOHR president because of questions about whether a community center under his leadership would genuinely represent the broader community’s interests or that of Tulsa’~Gay ruling class. Come on, PFLAG, you’re credibility is on the line. Check your facts - it’s really easy, get it right and say you’re sorry. still HIV played a role because of the nearly total .ban on organ transplants for people who are HIV positive. The service was fairly long filled with music, and testimonials from friends and family. Jessie Scott broke our hearts with an exgmsite version of "God Is" backed by the choir of Paradise Baptist Church. Regina Tyler and Sandra McClellan sang with equal joy and sorrow. Testimonials were given by his dear friend, Diane Zike of InterfaithAIDS Ministries, Hilary Kitz of the Office of the Mayor of Tulsa, Janice Nicklas of the Community Service Council, Midge Elliott, longtime HIV/AIDS specialist, and Sharon Thoele of Tulsa CARES and members of hisTamily. ManY "Phil stories" were told. Janice Nicklas told of going on wild car tides out to meet then Vice-president Dan Quayle. Others told of hearing him speak about HIV and AIDS. He would say,"I’m your worst nightmare: I’m Black. I’m Gay. And I have AIDS. Now that that is out of the way, let’s talk." Phil devoted himself to making the world better. His friends cannot have been surptised that even after death, his activist spirit was at work. In its June 1st edition, The Tulsa World featured a lengthy story on Phil Wiley, and the issues involved in organ transplants for people who are HIV positive. The story was frank mad fair t(~ Phit, to Vernort, to Phil’s morn and dad. Phil would have liked it. Editor’s note: this article is a personal reflection more than a newstory. Phi! was a39iend and o.hero, a source of encouragement and bdvice as has been Vernon Jones. My life is richer for having know them and 1. was honored to count Phil as afriend, and to continue to count Vernon as one. - Tom Neal. Tulsa Oklah~mans fox~ Human Rights, Inc. contrasted their expe~tiencc:with that of Nelson’s Buffeteria, which received a street closing inless than24hours withouteven completing the multi-step application process. The June 12 parade will be the first for the local Gay community,, though several marches have been held. US Congressman, the Honorable Barney Frank, Democratfrom Massachusetts will serve as grand marshal and will speak at a dinner the eveuing ofthe parade at tli~ Greenwood Cultural Center and at a prayer breakfast at .7:30 am at Fellowship Congregation Church, 29th and Harvard, Sunday, June 13. :- Lastmonth, I wrote about ¯ ¯ .The Tulsa WorldhighYlghtmg some of the progress : the newspaperhas madeand ¯ also some areas where improvement is needed. ¯ And ironically, this last ¯ month, I’veheardfrom two ¯ unconnected individuals about how Roxanna and : Bob Lorton, the principal ¯ ownersofTheTulsaWorM, ¯ are not only not prejudiced ¯ but are even rather Gay- " friendly. Indeed. ¯ I suppose the mani- ¯ .festation ofthis goodregard ¯ ~s The World’s blatantly bigoted, specifically anti- ¯. Gaypolicies.Afterall, since the paper is privately ¯ owned, those who create ." and enforce those preju- ¯ diced policies answer ¯ directly and only to the ¯ Lortons. And since those ¯ policies have received ¯ significant negative publicity in the past years, their ¯ deliberate, continued exis- ¯ tence can only indicate ¯ some sort of ongoing approval. : Perhaps, another area that Some ofmy best friends are jews. Some ofmy best friends are black. Some ofrny bestfriends are faggots. Some ofmy bestfriends are dykes. - Yeah, right. ¯ indicates theirwarmregard ¯ for us Gay people is the ¯ failure for more than five years of the University of " ¯ Tulsa, on whose board they sit and on which they have " ¯ significant influence as major fundraisers, to a~lopt a ¯ ¯ non-discriminationpolicy pledging minimal fairness to ¯ Lesbians and Gay men, not to mention Bisexuals and " ¯ Transgendered individuals. ~ Let us not forget also their complicity in the hiring of ¯ the allegedly reformed homophobe, TU president, Bob ¯ ¯ Lawless. Does anyone think it was accidental that of all " ~ the newspapers in the Southwest The Tulsa World was " ¯ the only one NOT to report on Lawless’ scandal at ¯ Texas Tech about his anti-Gay attitudes? Even the " ¯ wretched Daily Oklahoman covered that nasty history. " ¯ Let:sgetreal. TheTulsaWorldandtlfisfanfily, which ¯ ¯ ¯ has become, by most people’s standards, enormously ¯ wealthy through the inflated profits which mainstream : ¯ newspapers have reaped over the years, have great " ¯ influence in this provincial litde city. ¯ Andthe reality is that these people, and the others like : : them wh~make up what flatulently claim to be"Tulsa " ¯ society" do say that "some" of their "best friends" are " ¯ Gay - they hire us to do their flowers, decorate their ¯ : houses, paint their portraits, cater their parties, and plan ." ¯ their wedi:ling§,and girl! - dotheir hair ± all While they " ." call us faggots behi.nd our backs, and give money to " people-like Jim Inhofe ,and Don Nickles and Steve ¯ ,:. Largent-~politicianswho dlikelyputnsinconcentration. ; : ,. camps, if they thought they could get away with it. : ¯ But let me be clear, I don’t really want to pickjust on ¯ ¯ theLortons. They are hardly alone among the guilty, but ¯ they do occupy a position of singular responsibility. " They really, really couldprovide theleadership for civil " ¯ rights that this town so desperately needs. And it would ¯ hardly imperil their fortune or daily print monopoly. ¯ : However, so they won’t feel alone as named among : the guilty, let us single out in shame some others: " ¯ First and foremost, in the list for rank and unreformed ¯ hypocrisy is, of course, the National Conference for ¯ Community and Justice, which claims ~t cares about ¯ civil rights while it’s running as fast as it can in the " : .opposite direction. The organization is tremendously ¯ ¯ successfulinits Southern Hills Country Club fundraisers ,_ When it’s aft said and done, you either are part of the solution or you are the problem. And the message to the Lortons, to Mayor Susan Savage, Rabbi Sherman, NCCJ’s Nancy Day, to the so-tailed Democratic leadership, is that you must take as stand: either you support fundamental human rights - even for Gay people, or, if you choose to do nothing, if you choose only to cover your ass or to sit on it, then you don’t even have as much as integrity as the Klan. They, no matter how repulsive, at least are morafly consistent. What they talk, they walk. : (isn’tit convenient forNCCJ that Southern Hills finally ¯ decided a few years ago to let afew Jews, Catholics and Blacks in?) and in making Tulsa’s elite feel like it is less racist and bigoted than it really, really is but NCCJ has steadfastly refused to include Lesbians and Gay men within its work for justice despite repeated r.equests. And at least m one documented case, it’s deliberately discriminated against Tulsa’s Gay community. Some of the fault for this lies at the feet of NCCA leader Rabbi Charles Sherman, who is openly discussed in Tulsa’s tiny but vocal Gay Jewish community as "having aproblem with us." So it should hardly comeas a surprise thatNCCJ gave its award for "human rights promoter" of the year, last year to, guess who? - BobLorton! whosebusiness engages in disctiminatory practices. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’d rather deal with groups like the Westside Ministerial Alliance and the Klu Klux Klan than groups like the National Conference for "Commtmity and Juslice" because with the Klan and the evangelical Biblebased hate mongers, at least there’s no doubt where you stand. Better the evil on which you can depend, than those who talk and talk the talk but who never walk it. Who else should be called out for our hall of shame? How about Oklahoma’s Democrat Party? Is the best thing that we can say about Oklahoma Democrats is that Oklahoma Republicans are worse? Now in fairness, the Tulsa County Party has been welcoming of Lesbians and Gay men but how do you explain the support for noted anti-Gay bigot, Mike Mass as S tate Democratic party chair by Sally Frasier, a non- Gay member of Oklahoma’s Lesbian and Gay political action committee, the Cimarron Alliance? It suggests that Ms. Frasier’s involvement in Cimarron’s may be more about trying to control the direction ofGay dollars into Democratic coffers rather thanany real commitment to civil tights. She sure managed to get some big bucks for Tulsa Mayor Susan Savage despite Savage’s wretched track record on issues that concern Lesbian andGayTulsans, like diversi ty tmiuing forTulsapolice, or voluntarily tracking of hate crimes. After all it’s important to remember that no matter how many horrible things Oklahoma Republicans have been saying about us for all these years, it’s been Democratic majorities in both houses, combined with not that long ago, Democratic governors, who’ve had the votes and whohave failed to pass hate crime reform, ci’~fl andfamilyrights protections forOkl~0maLesbiahs and Gay men. Republicans make talk nasty about us; Democrats just do us dirty. . And isn’t interesting ~ at hov¢ the. pro-civil, rights Democratic party planks adopted at local levels mysteriously did not appear in state, level documents until Gay party activists (credit on this, I’m told, goes to Tim Chilean) noted, the omission? When it’s all said and done, you either are part of the solution or you are the problem. And the message to the Lortons, to Mayor Susan Savage, Rabbi Sherman, NCCJ’s Nancy Day, to the so-called Democratic leadership, is that you must take as stand: either you supportfundamentalhumanrights - evenforGaypeople, or, if you choose to do nothing, if you ch,oose only to cover your ass or to sit on it, then’you don t even have as much as integrity as the Klan. They, no matter how r~epulsive, at l~t are morally consistent. What they talk, they walk. - Tom Neal, editor & publisher Florida Adoption Ban Challenged MIAMI (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Unionhas filed a class-action lawsuit to overturn Florida’s law against Gay adoptions, the only such statewide ban in the nation. TheACLU was also joined by a child advocacy group in the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Key WeSt. "They trustGays and Lesbians to befoster care parents but not adoptive parents," said Howard Simon, executive directorof theACLUin Florida. ."What we want is to remove that blanket prohibition.., so that they wouldbe evaluated-as to their fitness and suitability to be adoptive parents just like everybody else,’~ Simon said. George Waas of state Attorney General Bob Butterworth’s office declined to comment. Florida is the only state with a law that bans homosexuals from adopting children. Lastmonth, New Hampshire repealed its ban on Gay adoptions. At least two states - Arkansas and Utah - have state agency rules preventing adoption by Gay people. The lead plaintiff in the Florida suit is Steve Lofton, a 41-year-old registered nurse. He and his partner of 15 years, also a registered nurse, have raised three foster children ages 8 to 11 from birth. Two are HIV-positive; the third, born positive, no longer tests positive for the virus that causes AIDS. The family recently moved to Oregon° NY State Gay Senator Makes Issues Personal ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Somewhat sheepishly, state Sen. Tom Duane rose to his feet in the Senate one day this month and apologized to a colleague fbr not having complained about a provision in his bill sooner. The measure would provide for state. reimbursement for counsding to the spouse, child or stepchild of a crime victim. Duane asked the sponsor, Sen. Michael Nozzolio of Seneca County, if domestic partners - the unmarried partners of heterosexuals and homosexuals alike - were eligible under the legislation. They are not, Nozzolio said. If Duane’s own domestic partner is murdered, would Duane be’eligible for counseling? No was the eventual answer from Nozzolio. Duane pleaded with Nozzolio to amend the bill. Nozzolio refused. Duane conceded that he should have noticed the omission earlier, arid was not springing"some kind ofa surprise attack" on Nozzolio by only now complaining about it on the floor of the Senate. "You might find this hard to believe," Duane said. "I have been Gay for longer than I have not been Gay, but it’s not the first thing I think about in the morning." Still, Duane’s sexual orientation is an undeniable aspect of his personality, never far from the surface in both how he goes about his job as legislator and how others regard him. That and the fact he is infected with HIV, the virus which causes AIDS. Duane and the state Senate, dominated as it is by conservative Republicans from suburban and upstate New York, would seemlike an awkward fit. Butnearly five months into his first term in Albany, the Democrat from Manhattan says he has been treated well by his new colleagues and he believes his presence has had an effectinnndgingforward abill toughening penalties for hate crimes and another providing more civil rights for Gays and Lesbians. "Neither all of the other senators nor I knew exactly what to expect," Duane, 44, said. "But I think that time together and familiarity has in some ways lessened the mystery about each other." Twice so far on the floor of the Senate when hate-crime related bills were being discussed, Duane has spoken at length about the three times he was assaulted by people spouting anti-Gay epithets. "I’m not even going to talk about all the times I’ve been verbally harassed," he said each time. ] Matt Foreman of the Gay advocacy group ,’ Empire State Pride Agenda said having a sitting ¯ senator offering suchpowerful testimony cannot i help but have an effect on softening attitudes, ¯ even in the Senate, which Foreman derides as ¯ "one of the last bastions ofignorance andbigotry gamst Gay people. It is a whole new dynmmc i for us to have up here a senator who can go peer- . to-peer and talk to people about our issues," ¯ Foreman said. ¯ Senators and spectators alike listened with ¯ "rapt attention" when Duane talked about Gay- : bashing incidents he was involved in, according ¯ to Foreman. "It becomes real," Foreman said. ¯ "HIV issues become real, and living with AIDS ¯ becomes real when a colleague is facing those : issues himself. My sense is people thought he ¯" was going to be a radical... If anything, Tom can ¯ be one of the most charming and funny people in the w0rld." Duane said he may be impassioned, but he is still not all that comfortable discussing his homosexuality or HIV-positive status. That is despite spending seven years on the New York City Council as an advocate for Gays and people living with AIDS before being elected to the Senate last November. "When I decide to raise the issues, I have to take a somewhat deeper breath than I do when I am going to speak on other issues because it is so personal and it has come with along-term personal struggle with the whole issue of being out," Duane said. "It still doesn’ t come naturally," he added. "I have to put together my inner forces to be able to get up and speak on Lesbian-Gay issues and AIDS issues with the self-assurance and spirit that I think it needs to move my colleagues." One issue where Duane has had no effect is on changing the state Senate’ s policy ofnotextending benefits to the domesticphrtners ofits employees. The Democrat-controlled state Assembly does so, and so does the executive branch of government under orders of Republican Gov. George Pataki. But the Senate does not. Its majority leader, Joseph Bruno, once referred to homosexuality as an "abnormal lifestyle." "It sends a signal that discrimination is tolerated," Duane said of the policy. "It provides a disincentive to people not to be more out front.. ¯ It is blatant discrimination." Family benefits are designed for married couples and their children and there are no plans to change the policy, Bruno spokesman John McArdle said. Methodist Anti-Gay Witchhunt Continues DENVER (AP) - A Methodist layman has accused a Denver-areabishop ofbreaking church law by al.lowing a minister to officiate at samesex tmions. Mel Brown of Johnstown filed the complaint against Bishop Mary Ann Swenson with the denomination’s College of Bishops. The charge centers on the activities of the Rev. Toni Cook, pastor of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church on Capitol Hill, who acknowledges she has officiated at same-sex unions for"committed, ¯ lo.v’.mg couples." Brown said church law bars ¯ mlmsters from officiating at same-sex unions. ¯ He claimed Ms. Swenson is guilty "of ¯ disobedience to the order and discipline." The ¯ church’s Book of Discipline, says bishops are to ¯ "teach and uphold the theological traditions of ¯ the United Methodist Church." The church’s ¯ highest court, the Judicial Council, ruled earlier ¯ this year a person could face church charges for ¯ officiating at same-sex unions. Any church court : proceeding would be lengthy. If Ms. Swensonis ¯ found guilty of disobeying church law, she may : be removed from her position. : Ms. Swenson said she has felt "Mel Brown’s : rage" for several years. The filing of charges is ." just another step in his efforts to force-her ¯ resiguadon, she claimed. 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One was found guilty andonewas foundinnocent. "To chargea supervisor (bishop) after the fact may not go directly to the issue (of same-sex union)," Dew said. Church law requires Dew to ask the parties to meet to resolve their differences. If that fails, a three-member committee is named which will meetwith the two parties. If that committee decides the charges are grave, an investigative committee will meet to decide whether a church trial is warranted. "In all my 63 years I’ve never seen a bishop on trial," said Dew. "A person should be absolutely clear and serious about charges against a bishop." Brown, a semi-retired farm supply dealer, said he filed the charges against Ms. Swenson rather than Ms. Cook"to getmorenational attention. Mary AnnSwensun should resign." Hepreviously calledforherresignationin 1996 because she, along with 14 other Methodist bishops, publicly supported the right ofpracticingGays to be ordained. The 15, who made the dissent statement during the church’s national convention in Denver, said they would follow church law that bans such ordinations. Over the years Brown has written letters to Ms. Swensbn to complain about her salary, how she spends vacation time and how she votes on church issues. Massachusetts Gay Bashers Sentenced NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) - Three men have been sentenced to jail for a Main Street attack on a Gay man a year ago. Jameson Conz, 19, of Northampton; Zachary Keefe, 20, ofNorthampton, andJoshuaPhelps, 22,pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court to assault and battery with intent to intimidate a person because of his sexual orientation. Conz, who had gone to high school with the 19-year-old victim, and Keefe were ordered to serve 18 months of a 21/2-year jail sentence. Phelps was ordered to serve six months of a 2 1/2-year sentence. After shouting anti-Gay slurs, the three beat and kicked the victim on May 24, 1998, according to prosecutor Renee Steese. "The incident was an unprovoked act of violence against an individual simply walking back to his truck after work," Steese told thejudge. "Ithad a very traumatic effect on the victim." Oregon House Considers Anti-Gay Marriage Bill SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A key state lawmaker has warned that a court decision giving Gay public employees the same benefits as married workers could dear the way for same-sex marriages in Oregon. Rep. Kevin Mannix, R-Salem, has proposed an amendment to the state constitution to define marriage as only the union between amanand a woman. The measure would also bar the courts from requiring that unmarried partners be entitled to domesticbenefits. Mannix said that the measure is aimed an Oregon Court of Appeals ruling last year that banned discrimination against homosexuals in the workplace and required governments to provide insurance benefits to same-sex domestic partners of government employees. ThedecisionwasbasedonaPorflandnursingprofessor’ s case against Oregon Health Sciences University, where she has worked for 12 years. Christine Tanner, a mother Of two who in a long-term.relationship with another woman, told the House Judiciary-Civil Committee that Mannix’s proposal would erase that ruling. "Please, pleasedonotsendamessagetomychildren that, somehow, their family is less-than equal in the eyes of the state," she said. ¯ Jean Harris of Basic Rights Oregon, a group that fights ¯ anti-Gay measures, saidtheproposal was a thinly disguised ’ ¯ attempt at discriminating against homosexuals. "We : already can’t get married - so why push this out?" she : asked. "It’s about keeping us from having benefits." ¯ Mannix said the appeals court ruling leaves room for : others who are barred from marriage - like first cousins ¯ - to also ask for rights that have been reserved for ¯ heterosexual married couples. Hecalled the appeals court ¯ ruling "perverse reasoning," and said most Oregonians -" would support a constitutional amendment, which the : courts could not change. "What we are doing is taking a : position of neutrality," he .said. "But we are drawing a ¯ firmlineinprotecting a traditional family unit: marriage." Others said barring same-sex marriages would protect : children from being raised outside of the "secure ¯ environment ofaheterosexual umon. Weare not taking ¯ the institution of marriage as seriously as we ought to," : said Jerry Propst, a Baptist minister from Hillsboro. "The ¯ institution of marriage is a sacred trust." ." Dave Fidanque, director of Oregon American Civil ¯ Liberties Union, argued that the proposal would ¯ discriminate against Gay Oregouians - and that it has : taken years to remove other discriminatory provisions ¯ from the state constitution. ’q’his proposal would permit ¯ discrimination against a class of citizens in our state,"he : said. "It would be as much of a mistake as past ¯ discrimination." The measure is HJR29. Bank Closeto Opening ¯ PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - G&L Bank has entered the ¯ final phase of the federal approval process and is looking ~ toward a possible fall opening as the nation’s first bank : designed primarily for homosexual customers. ¯ Thebank, whoseinitials stand forGay and Lesbian, has : received a "deemed complete" letter on its application ." with the Office ofThrift Supervision, saidG&Lpresident : St_even Dunlap. That means the federal agency has 60 ¯ days to approve or deny the bank’s request to operate. ." "We have no reason to believe we won’t get an up sign," ¯" said bank president G. Kay Griffith. G&Lofficers earlier ¯ had hoped for a spring opening, but the approval process : has taken longer than anticipated. : In addition to focusing on homosexuals, G&L would ¯" beamongoulyafewbanksoperatingnationallyprimarily ¯ on the Internet and the first to offer consumer loans via e- : commerce, saidGriffith, aformer NationsBankexecutive : and bank consultant. The downtown bank plans to hold ¯ an open house over the Memorial Day weekend, when : thousands of Gays and Lesbians traditionally flock to i Pensacola area beaches. A similar open house last year attracted 1,400 visitors from 21 states, Dunlap said. G&L ¯ also is getting interest from Blacks and unmarried heterosexual couples who are looking for"a bank which : doesn’tdiscriminate agaiustanybody,"Dunlap said. Many ¯ .banks refuse to consider dual incomes when unmarried ~ .couples apply for loans or mortgages, he said. ¯ Black Gay Church Thrives : CHICAGO (AP) - For Black homosexuals, many .of ~ whom say they feel misunderstood by other Blacks as ¯ well as the white Gay commtmity, one church offers a ¯ haven where they can worship without fear of discrimination. : Men with men, women with women, their children and ! parents are all welcome at the Church of the Open Door, say its founders, the Rev. Alma Faith Crawford and her . : partner, the Rev. Karen Hurt. The two pastors started the church, whichis affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist ¯ Association, three years ago as a Bible study group in their apartment. Since then, the congregation has grown to 275 and has : settled into its own red brick house of worship in the : Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the city’s southwest : side. At a time when many faiths are divided over the inclusion of Gays and Lesbians and the ramifications of ¯ same-sex marriages, Open Door is the only place of : worship in Chicago founded specifically for those who i are both Gay and Black. Members say they joined Open Door after feeling :¯ unwelcome in other churches. "They will takemymoney - but they won’t let me into heaven," said Lloyd Kelly, 38. ¯ Kelly said he eventually grew fired of pastors and priests ¯ : elsewhere saying that homosexuals will bum in hell. ¯ Among the Open Door congregation are also members : who previously attended churches that were open to Gays and Lesbians but were predominantly white and not always culturally sensitive. "It’s not that the Gay white church letme down; the difference is that here my culture as an African-American is celebrated," said Elandria Henderson, 50, who drives across the city to attend Sunday services at Open Door. The church’s two flagsa rainbow banner of Gay pride and the red, Black and green African-American heritage- are symbolic of most of its congregation. But Open Door’s founders say they also want others in the diverse working class neighborhood who have felt the sting of discrimination to feel welcome. "We want to cross those bridges that divide us as African-Americans, as immigrants, as peopledue to class, education or sexual orientation," Crawford said. To that end, the church offers English as a second language and computer training in its annex. Church leaders also have worked with neighbors to rid the area of drug dealers and to start a block club. It is the church’s commuuity involvement, police say, that has likely prevented any protests over what many might consider a controversial congregation. "They want to be good neighbors,"said police Sgt. John Andrews. "Sofar they’re been proactive and productive." Virginia "Sodomy" Law Challenged ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - A Gay activist invited four of Roanoke’s top law enforcement officials to join him in a private act of sodomy, arguing if they don’t prosecutehim for soliciting sex, then they cannot prosecute 18 men charged with allegedly seeking Gay sex in a city park. Franklin Kameny, 74, a longtime Washington, D.C., Gay activist sent letters last week to Circuit Judges Richard Pattisall and Robert Doherty, Assistant Commonwealth’sAttorney Alice Ekirchand Police Chief Arias "Joe" Gaskins. The goal of the letters, he said in a telephone interview, is to bring attention to "these antiquated sodomy laws in Virginia... which malc.e felons of virtually every adult member of the populous of the state." "It raises the question that if they’ve been solicited and they don’t respond, how can they charge otherpeople for solicitin~?" he said. The four letter recipients have either ruled in’he park sex cases or been involved in prosecuting the men. Ms. Ekirch said she received the letter, which she believes does violate the law against solicitation. She declined to comment further, citing the ongoing cases. The other recipients also have declined to comment. Kameny was notprosecuted afterhe wentonan Alexandria Gay issues radio show in December and solicited the entire state of Virginia for sodomy. For years, Roanoke police have brought misdemeanor charges against "cruisers" who sought anonymous Gay sex in the park and other public places. Police said complaints from citizens about blatant sexual activity in WasenaPark led them to seek felony sodomy indictments against the men in the latest cases. In his letter, Kameny invited the f.our officials "to engage withmein an act or acts of sodbmy of your choice and as defined by Section 18.2-361 of the Virginia Code, in some indisputably private place in the state ofVirginia, at a time of our mutual convenience.’" Kameny wrote that the letter would be "published and publicized, with intent to embarrass each of you individually and by name, and to bring you into public contempt and ridicule nationally, as well as to make a contemptible laughingstock of your benighted, barbaric, backward state." Theletter is similar to one Kameny wrote to Washington officials in 1972 as part of a three-decade movement to have the district’s sodomy law repealed. It finally was repealed in 1993, with Kameny writing the statute. Kameny said he "would be absolutely delighted" to be arrested because it would afford him the opportunity to make a media circus of a probable extradition hearing in Washington, and each subsequent hearing in the case. In open court, he said, he would solicit the judge for sex, forcing him to disqualify himsdf from the case, and continue soliciting everyjudge broughtin to hear the case until no state judges remained eligible. Kameny also has posted e-mails on the Internet urging others to solicit law enforcement personnel in Roanoke. "You push whenever you have the opportunity and hope something comes of it," he said. Florida Adoption Ban Challenged MIAMI (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a class-action lawsuit to overturn Florida’s law against Gay adoptions, the only such statewide ban in the nation. TheACLU was also joined by a child advocacy ~roup in the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Key WeSt. "They mastGays and Lesbians to be foster care parents but not adoptive parents," said Howard Simon, executive directoroftheACLUin Florida. ."What we want is to remove that blanket prohibition.., so that they wouldbe evaluatedas to their fitness and suitability to be adoptive parents just like everybody else,’Y Simon said. George .Waas of state Attorney General Bob Butterworth’s office declined to comment. Florida is the only state with a law that bans homosexuals from adopting children: Lastmonth, New Hampshire repealed its ban on Gay adoptions. At least two states - Arkansas and Utah - have state agency rides preventing adoption by Gay people~ The lead plaintiff in the Florida suit is Steve Lofton, a 41-year-old registered nurse. He and his partner of 15 years, also a registered nurse, have raised three foster children ages 8 to 11 from birth. Two are HIV-positive; the third, born positive, no longer tests positive for the virus that causes AIDS. The family recently moved to Oregon. NY State Gay Senator Makes Issues Personal ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Somewhat sheepishly, state Sen. Tom Duane rose to his feet in the Senate one day this month and apologized to a colleague for not having complained about a provision in his bill sooner. The measure would provide for state. reimbursement for counsding to the spouse, child or stepchild of a crime victim. Duane asked the sponsor, Sen. Michael Nozzolio of Seneca County, if domestic partners - the unmarried partners of heterosexuals and homosexuals alike - were eligible under the legislation. They are not, Nozzolio said. If Duane’s own domestic partner is murdered, would Duane be’eligible for counsding? No was the eventual answer from Nozzolio. Duane pleaded with Nozzolio to amend the bill. Nozzolio refused. Duane conceded that he should have noticed the omission earlier, and was not springing "somekind ofa surprise attack" on Nozzolio by only now complaining about it on the floor of the Senate. "You might find this hard to believe," Duane said. "I have been Gay for longer than I have not been Gay, but it’s not the first thinS I think about in the morning." Still, Duane’s sexual orientation is an undeniable aspect of his personality, never far from the surface in both how he goes about his job as legislator and how others regard him. That and the fact he is infected with HIV, the virus which causes AIDS. Duane and the state Senate, dominated as it is by conservative Republicans from suburban and upstate New York, would seemlike an awkward fit. Butnearly five months into his first term in Albany, the Democrat from Manhattan says he has been treated wall by his new colleagues and he believes his presence has had an effectinnudging forward abill toughening penalties for hate crimes and another providing more civil rights for Gays and Lesbians. "Neither all of the other senators nor I knew exactly what to expect," Duane, 44, said. "But I think that time together and familiarity has in some ways lessened the mystery about each other." Twice so far on the floor of the Senate when hate-crime related bills were being discussed, Duane has spoken at length about the three times he was assaulted by people spouting anti-Gay epithets. "I’m not even going to talk about all the times I’ve been verbally harassed," he said each time. -" Matt Foreman of the Gay advocacy group ¯ Empire State Pride Agenda said having a sitting ¯ senator offering such powerful testimony cannot ¯ hdp but have an effect on softening attitudes, ¯ even in the Senate, which Foreman derides as ¯ "one of the las t bastions ofignorance andbigotry gamst Gay people. It is a whole new dynaunc i for us to have up here a senator who can go peer- . to-peer and talk to people about our issues," ¯ Foreman said. ¯ Senators and spectators alike listened with ¯ "rapt attention" when Duane talked about Gay- " bashing incidents he was involved in, according : to Foreman. "It becomes real," Foreman said. ¯ "HIV issues become real, and living with AIDS ¯ becomes real when a colleague is facing those : issues himself. My sense is people thought he ¯ was going to be a radical... If anything, Tom can : be one of the most charming and funny people in ¯ the w0rld." ¯ Duane said he may be impassioned, but he is ¯ still not all that comfortable discussing his ¯ homosexuality or HIV-positive status. That is despite spending seven years on the New York ¯ City Council as an advocate for Gays and people ¯ living with AIDS before being elected to the ¯ Senate last November. "When I decide to raise ¯ the issues, I have to take a somewhat deeper ¯ breath than I do when I am going to speak on : other issues because it is so personal and it has ¯ come withalong-termpersonal struggle with the ¯ whole issue of being out," Duane said. "It still ¯" doesn’t come naturally," he added. "I have to put together my inner forces to be able to get up and ¯ speak on Lesbian-Gay issues and AIDS issues ¯ with the self-assurance and spirit that I think it ¯" needs to move my colleagues." ¯ One issue where Duane has had no effect is on changing the state Senate’s policy ofnotextending ¯ benefits to the domesticpartners ofits employees. ~ The Democrat-controlled state Assembly does ¯ so, and so does the executive branch of ~ government under orders of Republican Gov. ¯ George Pataki. But the Senate does not. Its ¯ majority leader, Joseph Bruno, once referred to ¯ homosexuality as an "abnormal lifestyle." "It ¯ sends a signal that discrimination is tolerated," : Duane said of the policy. "It provides a ¯ disincentive to people not to be more out front.. ¯ . It is blatant discrimination." Family benefits are ¯ designed for married couples and their children ~ and there are no plans to change the policy, ¯ Bruno spokesman John McArdle said. ¯ Methodist Anti-Gay " Witchhunt Continues ¯ DENVER (AP) - A Methodist layman has ¯ accused a Denver-areabishop ofbreaking church ." law by.al,lowing a minister to officiate at same- . sex umons. Mel Brown of Johnstown filed the : complaint against Bishop Mary Ann Swenson ¯ with the denomination’s College of Bishops. ¯ The charge centers on the activities of the Rev. ¯ Toni Cook, pastor of St. Paul’s United Methodist ¯ Church on Capitol Hill, who acknowledges she ¯ has officiated at same-sex unions for"commiRed, ¯ loving couples." Brown said church law bars ¯ ministers from officiating at same-sex unions. ¯ He claimed Ms. Swenson is guilty "of ¯ disobedience to the order and discipline." The ¯ church’s Book of Discipline, says bishops are to ¯ "teach and uphold the theological traditions of " the United Methodist Church." The church’s ." highest court, the Judicial Council, ruled earlier ¯ this year a person could face church charges for ¯ officiating at same-sex unions. Any church court : proceeding would be lengthy, ff Ms. Swenson is ¯ found guilty of disobeying church law, she may ¯" be removed from her position. ¯ Ms. Swenson said she has felt "Mel Brown’s ¯ rage" for several years. The filing of charges is : just another step in his efforts to force, her ¯ resignation, she claimed. Ms. Swenson said she : is "not aware of actualities or specifics" about ¯ Ms. Cook’s ministry, but added that "there’s ¯ been no criticism of her work by the Kelly Kirby, CPA, PC Certified Public Accountant a professional corporation 4021 7 47-5466 S. Harvard, Suite 210, Tulsa 74135 MCC-United formerly Family of Faith & Greater Tulsa MCC Joined as one body of believers¯ Come celebrate with us. Sunday Services, 11 am 1623 North Maplewood, 838-1715 GLAD (~ay & Lesbian Affordable Oaycare) Joan & Teresa Wright P.O. 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Ms.Cooksaidsheis"dumbfounded,’aboutthecharges. ¯ "I believe my job as pastor is to offer the same pastoral " support, sacraments and rituals to all members and that includes Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgendered ¯ people.Wedon’thave second:class citizens at St. Paul’ s," she said. " St. Paul’s declared several years ago thatitis open to all " people, including Gays. Brown’s charges wereforwarded ¯ to Bishop William Dew of Phoenix, who said that no bishop has ever faced charges for allowing a minister to officiate at same-sex unions. In the past several years, a mi.’nister in Chicago and one in Nebraska were tried in church courts forperforming such unions. One was found guilty andone was foundinnocent. "To chargea supervisor (bishop) after the fact may not go directly to the issue (of same-sex union)," Dew said. Church law requires Dew to ask the parties to meet to resolve their differences. If that fails, a three-member committeeis named which will meet with the twoparties. If that committee decides the charges are grave, an investigative committee will meet to decide whether a church trial is warranted "In all my 63 years I’ve never : seen a bishop on trial," said Dew. "A person should be ¯ absolutely dear and serious about charges against a -" bishop." Brown, a semi-retired farm supply dealer, said he filed the charges against Ms. Swenson rather than Ms. Cook"to getmorenational attention. Mary AnnSwenson should resign." Hepreviously calledforherresignationin 1996 because she, along with 14 other Methodist bishops, publicly supported the right ofpracticingGays to be ordained. The 15, who made the dissent statement during the church’s national convention in Denver, said th,e~( would follow church law that bans such ordinations. Over the years Brown has written letters to Ms. Swenson to complain about her salary, how she spends vacation time and how she votes on church issues. Massachusetts Gay Bashers Sentenced NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) - Three men have been sentenced to jail for a Main Street attack on a Gay man a year ago. Jameson Conz, 19, of Northampton; Zachary Keefe, 20, ofNor~harapton, andJoshuaPhelps, 22,pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court to assault and battery with intent to intimidate a person because of his sexual orientation. Conz, who had gone to high school with the 19-year-old victim, and Keefe were ordered to serve 18 months of a 21/2-yearjail sentence. Phelps was ordered to serve six months of a 2 1/2-year sentence. After shouting anti-Gay slurs, the three beat and kicked the victim on May 24, 1998, according to prosecutor Renee Steese. "The incident was an unprovoked act of violence against an individual simply walking back to his truck after work," Steese told thejudge. "It had a very traumatic effect on the victim." Oregon House Considers Anti-Gay Marriage Bill SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A key state lawmaker has warned that a court decision giving Gay public employees the same benefits as married workers could dear the way for same-sex marriages in Oregon. Rep. Kevin Mannix, R-Salem, has proposed an amendment to the state constitution to define marriage as only the union between amanand a woman. The measure would also bar the courts from requiring that unmarried partners be entitled to domesticbenefits. Matmix said that the measure is aimed an Oregon Court of Appeals ruling !ast year that banned discrimination against homosexuals in the workplace and required governments to provide insurance benefits to same-sex domestic partners of government employees. Thedecisionwas basedonaPortlandnursingprofessor’s case against Oregon Health Sciences University, where she has worked for 12 years. Christine Tanner, a mother of two who in a long-term relationship with another woman, told the House Judiciary-Civil Committee that Mannix’s proposal would erase that ruling. "Please, please donot sendamessage tomychildren that, somehow, their family is less than equal in the eyes of the state," she said. Jean Harris of Basic Rights oregon, a group that fights anti-Gay meusttres, said theproposal was a thinly disgnised attempt at discriminating against homosexuals. "We already can’t get married - so why push this out?" she asked. "It’s about keeping us from having benefits." Mannix said the appeals court ruling leaves room for others who are barred from marriage - like first cousins - to also ask for rights that have been reserved for heterosexual married couples. Hecalled the appeals court ruling "perverse reasoning," and said most Oregonians would support a constitutional amendment, which the ¯ courts could not change. "What we are doing is taking a : position of neutrality," he .said. "But we are drawing a ¯ firmlineinprotectingatraditionalfamilytmit: marriage." : Others said barring same-sex marriages would protect ¯ children from being raised outside of the "secure : environment"ofaheterosexual union. "We are not taking ¯ the institution of marriage as seriously as we ought to," : said Jerry Propst, aBaptistminister from Hillsboro. "The : institution of marriage is a sacred trust." _" Dave Fidanque, director of oregon American Civil ¯¯ Liberties-Union, argued that the proposal would discriminate against Gay Oregonians - and that it has taken years to remove other discriminatory provisions from the state constitution. "This proposal would permit discrimination against a class of citizens in our state," he said. "It would be as much of a mistake as past ¯ discrimination." The measure is HJR29. ",Gay Bank Closeto Opening ¯ PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - G&L Bank has entered the : final phase of the federal approval process and is looking : toward a possible fall opening as the nation’s first bank _" designed primarily for homosexual customers. ¯ Thebank,whose initials standforGay andLesbian,has ¯ received a "deemed complete" letter on its application ," with the Office ofThrift Supervision, saidG&Lpresident ¯ Steven Dunlap. That means the federal agency has 60 ¯ days to approve or deny the bank’s request to operate. ¯ "We have no reason to believe we Won’t get an up sign," ¯" said bank president G. Kay Griffith. G&Lofficers earlier , had hoped for a spring opening, but the approval process i has taken longer than anticipated. ¯ In addition to focusing on homosexuals, G&L would : beamong only afew banks operating nationallyprimarily ¯ on the Intemet and the first to offer consumer loans via e- ¯" commerce, said Griffith, aformer NationsBank executive : and bank consultant. The downtown bank plans to hold ¯ an open house over the Memorial Day weekend, when : thousands of Gays and Lesbians traditionally flock to ~ Pensacola area beaches. A similar open house last year ." attracted 1,400 visitors from 21 states, Dunlap said. G&L ¯ also is getting interest from Blacks and unmarried ¯" heterosexual couples who are looking for "a bank which : doesn’tdiscriminate againstanybody,"Dunlap said. Many ~ banks refuse to consider dual incomes when unmarried : .. couples apply for loans or mortgages, he said. ¯ Black Gay Church Thrives CHICAGO (AP) - For Black homosexuals, many of whom say they feel misunderstood by other Blacks as ¯ well as the white Gay community, one church offers a ¯ haven where they can worship without fear of ¯ discrimination. Men with men, women with women, their children and : parents are all welcome at the Church of the Open Door, ¯ say its founders, the Rev. Alma Faith Crawford and her : partner, the Rev. Karen Hurt. The two pastors started the ¯ church, whichis affiliated with the Unitarian Universalis! ¯ Association, three years ago as a Bible study group ~n their apartment. ¯ Since then, the congregation has grown to 275 and has : settled into its own red brick house of worship in the ¯ Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the city’s southwest side. At a time when many faiths are divided over the inclusion of Gays and Lesbians and the ramifications of : same-sex marriages, Open Door is the only place of ¯ worship in Chicago founded specifically for those who ¯ are both Gay and Black. ¯ Members say they joined Open Door after feeling ¯ unwelcome in other churches. "They will takemymoney ¯ but they won’t let me into heaven," said Lloyd Kelly, 38. Kelly said he eventually grew tired of pastors and priests : elsewhere saying that homosexuals will burn in hell. Among the Open Door congregation are also members : who previously attended churches that were open to Gays and Lesbians but were predominantly white and not always culturally sensitive. "It’s not that the Gay white church letme down; the difference is that here my culture as an African-American is celebrated," said Elandria Henderson, 50, who drives across the city to attend Sunday services at Open Door. The church’s two flagsa rainbow banner of Gay pride and the red, Black and green African-American heritage- are symbolic of most of its congregation. But Open Door’s founders say they also want others in the diverse working class neighborhood who have felt the sting of discrimination to feel welcome. "We want to cross those bridges that divide us as African-Americans, as immigrants, as peopledue to class, education or sexual orientation," Crawford said. To that end, the church offers English as a second language and computer training in its annex. Church leaders also have worked with neighbors to rid the area of drug dealers and to start a block club. It is the church’s community involvement, police say, that has likely prevented any protests over what many might consider a controversial congregation. "They want to be good neighbors," said police Sgt. JohnAndrews."Sofar they’ve been proactive and productive." Virginia "Sodomy" Law Challenged ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - A Gay activist invited four of Roanoke’s top law enforcement officials to join him in a private act of sodomy, arguing if they don’ t prosecutehim for soliciting sex, then they cannot prosecute 18 men charged with allegedly seeking Gay sex in a city park. Franklin Kameny, 74, a longtime Washington, D.C., Gay activist sent letters last week to Circuit Judges Richard Pattisall and Robert Doherty, Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Alice Ekirchand Police Chief Arias "Joe" Gaskins. The goal of the letters, he said in a telephone interview, is to bring attent~" on to "these anta" quated sodomy laws m¯ Virginia.. which make felons of virtually every adult member of the populous of the state." "It raises the question that if they’ve been solicited and they don’t respond,how can they charge other peoplefor soliciting?" he said. The four letter recipients have either ruled in the park sex cases or been involved in prosecuting the men. Ms. Ekirch said she received the letter, which she believes does violate the law against solicitation. She declined to comment further, citing the ongoing cases. The other recipients also have declined to comment. Kamenywas notprosecuted afterhewentonan Alexandria Gay issues radio show in December and solicited the entire state of Virginia for sodomy. For years, Roanoke police have brought misdemeanor charges against "cruisers" who sought anonymous Gay sex in the park and other public places. Police said complaints from citizens about blatant sexual activity in Wasena Park led them to seek felony sodomy indictments against the men in the latest eases. In his letter, Kameny invited the f,our officials "to, engage withmein an act or acts of sodbmy of your choice and as defined by S ection 18.2-361 of the Virginia Code, in some indisputably private place in the state ofVirginia, at a time of our mutual-convenience.’" Kameny wrote that the letter would be "published and publicized, with intent to embarrass each of you individually and by name, and to bring you into public contempt and ridicule nationally, as well as to make a contemptible laughingstock of your benighted, barbaric, backward state." Theletter is similar to one Kameny wrote to Washington officials in 1972 as part of a three-decade movement to have the district’s sodomy law repealed. It finally was repealed in 1993, with Kameny writing the statute. Kameny said he "would be absolutely delighted" to be arrested because it would afford him the opportunity to make a media circus of a probable extradition hearing in Washington, and each subsequent hearing in the case. In open court, he said, he would solicit the judge for sex, forcing him to disqualify himself from the case, and continue soliciting everyjudge broughtin to hear the case until no state judges remained digible. Kameny also has posted e-mails on the Internet urging others to solicit law enforcement personnel in Roanoke. "You push whenever you have the opportunity and hope something comes of it," he said. superintendent or her congregation." "It’s not my job to be a policeman," Ms. Swenson said. Ms. Cooksaid sheis"dumbfounded"aboutthe charges. "I believe my job as pastor is to offer the same pastoral support, sacraments and rituals to all members and that includes Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgendered people.Wedon’thave second-class citizens at St. Patti’s," she said. St. Paul’s declared several years ago thatitis open to all people, including Gays. Brown’s charges wereforwarded to Bishop William Dew of Phoenix, who said that no bishop has ever faced charges for allowing a minister to officiate at same-sex unions. In the past several years, a minister in Chicago and one in Nebraska were tried in church courts forperforming such unions. One was found guilty andonewas foundinnocent. ’~To charge a supervisor (bishop) after the fact may not go directly to the issue (of same-sex union)," Dew said. Church law requires Dew to ask the parties to meet to resolve their differences. If that fails, a three-member committeeis named which will meetwith the two parties. If that committee decides the charges are grave, an investigative committee will meet to decide whether a church trial is warranted. "In all my 63 years I’ve never seen a bishop on trial," said Dew. "A person should be absolutely clear and serious about charges against a bishop." Brown, a semi-retired farm supply dealer, said he filed the charges against Ms. Swenson rather than Ms. Cook"to getmorenational attention. Mary AnnSwenson should resign." Hepreviously calledforherresignationin 1996because she, along with 14 other Methodist bishops, publicly supported theright of practicing Gays to be ordained. The 15, who made the dissent statement during the church’s national convention in Denver, said they would follow church law that bans such ordinations. Over the years Brown has written letters to Ms. Swe~on to complain about her salary, how she spends vacation time and how she votes on church issues. Massachusetts Gay Bashers Sentenced NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) - Three men have been sentenced to jail for a Main Street attack on a Gay man a year ago. Jameson Conz, 19, of Northampton; Zachary Keefe, 20, ofNorthampton, andJoshnaPhelps, 22, pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court to assault and battery with intent to intimidate a person because of his sexual orientation. Conz, who had gone to high school with the 19-year-old victim, and Keefe were ordered to serve 18 months of a 21/2-year jail sentence. Phelps was ordered to serve six months of a 2 1/2-year sentence. After shouting anti-Gay slurs, the three beat and kicked the victim on May 24, 1998, according to prosecutor Renee Steese. "The incident was an unprovoked act of violence against an individual simply walking back to his truck after work," Steese told thejudge. "Ithad a very traumatic effect on the victim." Oregon House Considers Anti-Gay Marriage Bill SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A key state lawmaker has warned that a court decision giving Gay public employees the same benefits as mamed workers could clear the way for same-sex marriages in Oregon. Rep. Kevin Mannix, R-Salem, has proposed an amendment to the state constitution to define marriage as only the union between aman and a woman. The measure would also bar the courts from requiring that unmarried partners be entitled to domesticbenefits. Mannix said that the measure is aimed an Oregon Court of Appeals ruling last year that banned discrimination against homosexuals in the workplace and required governments to provide insurance benefits to same-sex domestic partners of government employees. Thedecisionwas basedonaPortlandnursingprofessor’ s ease against Oregon Health Sciences University, where she has worked for 12 years. Christine Tanner, a mother Of two who in a long-term relationship with another woman, told the House Judiciary-Civil Committee that Mannix’s proposal would erase that ruling. "Please, pleasedonot sendamessage tomychildren that, somehow, their family is less than equal in the eyes of the state," she said. - Jean Harris of Basic Rights Oregon, a group that fights anti-Gay measures, said the proposal was a thinly disguised attempt at discriminating against homosexuals. "We already can’t get married - so why push this out?" she asked. "It’s about keeping us from having benefits." Mannix said the appeals court ruling leaves room for others who are barred from marriage - like first cousins - to also ask for rights that have been reserved for heterosexual married couples. Hecalled the appeals court ruling "perverse reasoning," and said most Oregonians would support a constitutional amendment, which the courts could not change. "What we are doing is taking a position of neutrality," he said. "But we are drawing a firmlineinprotecting atraditional family unit: marriage." Others said barfing same-sex marriages would protect children from being raised outside of the "secure environment"ofaheterosexual union. "We are not taking he institution of marriage as seriously as we ought to," said Jerry Propst, a Baptist minister from Hillsboro. ’q’he nstitution of marriage is a sacred trust." Dave Fidanque, director of Oregon American Civil Liberties .Union, argued that the proposal would discriminate against Gay Oregonians - and that it has taken years to remove other discriminatory provisions from the state constitution. ’q’his proposal would permit discrimination against a class of citizens in our state," he said. "It would be as much of a mistake as past discrimination." The measure is HJR29. Gay Bank Closeto Opening PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - G&L Bank has entered the final phase of the federal approval process and is looking toward a possible fall opemng as the nation’s first bank designed primarily for homosexual cnstomers. Thebank, whoseinitials stand forGay and Lesbian, has received a "deemed complete" letter on its application withthe Office ofThrift Supervision, saidG&Lpresident Steven Dunlap. That means the federal agency has 60 days to approve or deny the bank’s request to operate. "We have no reason to believe we won’t get an up sign, said bank president G. Kay Griffith. G&Lofficers earlier had hoped for a spring opening, but the approval process has taken longer than anticipated. In addition to focusing on homosexuals, G&L would beamong only afew banks operating nationally primarily on the Internet and the first to offer consumer loans via ecommerce, saidGriffith, aformer NationsBank executive and bank consultant. The downtown bank plans to hold an open house over the Memorial Day weekend, when thousands of Gays and Lesbians traditionally flock to Pensacola area beaches. A similar open house last year attracted 1,400 visitors from 21 states, Dunlap said. G&L also is getting interest from Blacks and unmarried heterosexual couples who are looking for "a bank which doesn’tdiscriminate againstanybody,"Dunlap said. Many banks refuse to consider dual incomes when unmarried couples apply for loans or mortgages, he said. Black Gay Church Thrives CHICAGO (AP) - For Black homosexuals, many of whom say they feel misunderstood by other Blacks as well as the white Gay community, one church offers a haven where they can worship without fear of discrimination. Men with men, women with women, their children and parents are all welcome at the Church of the Open Door, say its founders, the Rev. Alma Faith Crawford and her partner, the Rev. Karen Hutt. The two pastors started the church, whichis affiliated with the Unitarian Universali.st Association, three years ago as a Bible study group m their apartment. ¯ Since then, the congregation has grown to 275 and has ¯¯ settled into its own red brick house of worship in the ¯ Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the city’s southwest side. At a time when many faiths are divided over the ¯ inclusion of Gays and Lesbians and the ramifications of ¯ same-sex marriages, Open Door is the only place of ¯ worship in Chicago founded specifically for those who ." are both Gay and Black. Members say they joined Open Door after feeling unwelcome in other churches. "They will takemy money : but they won’t let me into heaven," said Lloyd Kelly, 38. : Kelly said he eventtmlly grew tired of pastors and priests : elsewhere saying that homosexuals will bum in hell. ¯ Among theOpen Door congregation are alsomembers ¯ who previously attended churches that were open to Gays and Lesbians but were predominantly white and not always culturally sensitive. "It’s not that the Gay white church letme down; the difference is that heremy culture as an African-American is celebrated," said Elandria Henderson, 50, who drives across the city to attend Sunday services at Open Door. The church’s two flagsa rainbow banner of Gay pride and the red, Black and green African-American heritage- are symbolic of most of its congregation. But Open Door’s founders say they also want others in the diverse working class neighborhood who have felt the sting of discrimination to feel welcome. "We want to cross those bridges that divide us as African-Americans, as immigrants, as people due to clas s, education or sexual orientation," Crawford said. To that end, the church offers English as a second languageand computer training in its annex. Church leaders also have worked with neighbors to rid the area of drug dealers and to start a block club. It is the church’s comrmmity involvement, police say, that has likely prevented any protests over what many might consider a controversial congregation. "They want to be good neighbors,"saidpolice Sgt. JohnAndrews."Sofar they’ve been proactive and productive." Virginia "Sodomy" Law Challenged ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - A Gay activist invited four of Roanoke’s top law enforcement officials to join him in a private act ofsodomy, arguing if they don’ t prosecutehim for soliciting sex, then they cannot prosecute 18 men charged with allegedly seeking Gay sex in a city park. Franklin Kameny, 74, a longtime Washington, D.C., Gay activist sent letters last week to Circuit Judges Richard Pattisall and Robert Doherty, Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Alice Ekirchand Police Chief Atlas "Joe" Gaskins. The goal of the letters, he said in a telephone interview, is to bring attention to"these antiquated sodomy laws in Virginia... which make felons of virtually every adult member of the populous of the state." "It raises the question that if they’ve been solicited and they don’t respond,how can they charge other people for soliciting?" he said. The four letter recipients have either rnled in the park sex cases or been involved in prosecuting the men. Ms. Ekirch said she received the letter, which she believes does violate the law against solicitation. She declined to comment further, citing the ongoing cases. The other recipients also have declined to comment. Kamenywas notprosecuted afterhewentonan Alexandria Gay issues radio show in December and solicited the entire state of Virginia for sodomy. For years, Roanoke police have brought misdemeanor charges against "cruisers" who sought anonymous Gay sex in the park and other public places. Police said complaints from citizens about blatant sexual activity in WasenaPark led them to seek felony sodomy indictments against the men in the latest eases. In hi.s letter., Kame.ny invi.ted the.four of.ficials "to engage withmein an act or acts of sodb~ny of your choice and as defined by Section 18.2-361 of the Virginia Code, in some indisputably private place in the state of Virginia, at a time of our mutual convenience." Kameny wrote that the letter would be "published and publicized, with intent to embarrass each of you individually and by name, and to bring you into public contempt and ridicule nationally, as well as to make a contemptible laughingstock of your benighted, barbaric, backward state." Theletter is si rail ar to one Kameny wrote to Washington officials in 1972 as part of a three-decade movement to have the district’s sodomy law repealed. It finally was repealed in 1993, with Kameny writing the statute. Kameny said he "would be absolutely delighted" to be arrested because it would afford him the opportunity to make a media circus of a probable extradition heating in Washington, and each subsequent hearing in the case. In open court, he said, he would solicit the judge for sex, forcing him to disqualify himself from the case, and continue soliciting everyjudge brought in to hear the case until no state judges remained eligible. Kameny also has posted e-mails on the Intemet urging others to solicit law enforcement personnd in Roanoke. "You push whenever you have the opportunity and hope something comes of it," he said. Thymus Gland May : Offer AIDS Hope LOS ANGELES (AP) - An immune ¯ system gland once thought to be inactive ". in adults actually continues to function : late in life, according to research that ¯ couldlead tonew waysofreactivating the : natural defenses of AIDS and cancer ] patients. " The thymus, a pinkish-gray organ near the heart, is the primary source of germ- : fighting T cells. It was believed to be ] active only during fetal development and childhood before slowly turning into fat : in adults. The research reported in the ] journal Immunity suggests that although ~ the gland’s productivity slows with age, it ¯ remains active nonetheless. "It gives us hope thai if we can find ways to boostup the activity ofthe thymus, we could speed up the replacement of T cells"lost to the AIDS virus, stud Beth D. Jamieson, a biologist at the University of California, Los Angeles AIDS Institute who led the study. "There’s still a source available forT cells, which wasnotthought to be the case previously.’" Drugs also could be developed for" cancer patients whose immune systems have been destroyed by chemotherapy. But tests ofpossible treatments are at least two years away, Jamieson said. David Schwartz, professor of mol.ecular microbiology-immunology at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, said the study offers important information that will be "very useful for understanding how we can generate new immune responses as we get older." "It means we don’t have to rely on T cells that are produced in the first decade of our lives," he said. Previous studies showed that new T cells were being producedby AIDS patients who had been taking potentcombinations ofAIDS drugs. But it was not known where in the body those cells were being created. The research found that the thymus continues to turn stem cells produced .by bone marrow into T cells that recogmze the body’s foreign invaders and eider attackthemdirectly orproduce antibodies to finish them off. The UCLA researchers studied more than a dozen thymuses from organdonors andpeoplewhohad sections of their glands removed during heart surgery. Although agi.’ng does not appear to decrease the effecttveness of the new T cells,it does lead to areductionin quantity. The oldest subject in the testing was 56. for75% of HIV eases among Mississippi women. Blacks make up 12% of the U.S. population and 45% of new AIDS cases, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control Prevention. State statistics show "the trend for African Americanwomenhas beenonaconsistent rise and that is disturbing," Thompson said. "AfricanAmericanwomenconslatute the fastest and only increase in population in terms of morbidity with HIV disease," he said. Cultural mores about the medical community, a lack of medical care and money to pay forit and thenumber ofmen who are having sex with both men and women are among the reasons HIV is growing amongBlackwomen,Thompso.n said. But the state health department is ¯ committed to working toward reversing ¯ the trend. "We’re trying to funnel federal ¯ prevention funds into community based ¯ organizations that work very dosdy with ¯ African American women to detect what ¯ places them at the greatest risk and what ¯ can be done to prevent that risk," ¯ Thompson said. ¯ Fivemillion dollars in state and federal ¯ funds are also available to assist HIV and AIDS patients receive medicine, he said. ¯ Data shows education is critical to ¯ decreasing the transmission of the HIV virus, Thompson said. "It’s encouraging ¯ to look at the trend over time and look at ¯ where the money has been placed," he ¯ said. "African ,amaerican women are a ¯ number onepriority for f.unding so maybe ¯ in the next several years we will see these ¯ . numbers will go down." Women also need tobecome advocates ¯ mddemandbetterfunding and educational programs, said Tylene Harrell, resource coordinator for the National Black Women’s Health Project in Washington, . D.C. It is critical to address cultural and economic issues that affect the Black ¯ women because social issues affect their behavior and their behavior can put them at risk, Thompson said. "Poverty, sexual abuse, family planning, virtually every thing that happens in the state affects people’s behavior," he said. Modifying behavior and examining relationships are essential to preventing the spread of HIV, said Jackyie Coleman, director of assistance with the National Minority AIDS Council in Washington D.C. "We must discuss the meaning sex, the roles of men and women and trust issues, Coleman said. Jordan agrees. "Love cankill," she said. "It was somebody that I thought I loved and cared for thathad done this to me. But I got over that. I amnot the victimbecause I didn’t do what I should have done. We ¯ need to start investigating partners before we get involved with them." Arming ¯ people with information and knowledge ¯ is apart of Jordan’s life mission now that ¯ ¯ she has contracted the virus. "I want to egapower boys, girls, men and women to ¯ know what’s out there." she said. "ff you ¯ don’t take charge of your life you give ¯ ¯ somebody else charge to destroy your life." BlackWomen Need Info. to Fight AIDS JACKSON, Miss. (AP)-Seven years ago when Betty Jordan was told she had contracted the HIV virus she was devastated anduninformed. "WhenI found out I had HIV I didn’t even know what HIV and AIDS was," she said Friday at the Women with a Mission AIDS forum for Black women sponsored by State Department of Health. "When they told me what it was I said ’youjusthanded me adeath sentence that I don’tknow anything about,’ "Jordan said. Jordan, a 47-year-old AIDS educator from Hattiesburg, is one of the many Black women in the state who live with HIV and AIDS. Black women make up 21% of Mississippi’s population living with the virus, that causes AIDS, said Craig Thompson, director of the STD/ HIV division of the state health department. Thompson said Black women account ¯ High Court Lets HIV PrOtections Stand : WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme ¯ Court rejected an appeal Monday by a ¯ Maine dentist who was sued for refusing ¯ t’o treat a woman in his office because she ¯ had the virus that causes AIDS. The court ¯ turnedawaywithoutcommentDr. Randon ¯ Bragdon’s contention that filling a cavity ¯ in Sidney Abbott’s tooth at his office Power Do Good. Supporting Local Community Events Is Something Everyone Can Do. PSO has served the electrical needs of our customers here for almost 80 years now. But we also serve broader needs. By contributing to the education of our By supporting cultural events in communities. And by working h.andin- hand with business and government to strengthen our economy. Because at PSO, we believe one of the best things about being your power company...is having the power to do good. Public Service Company of Oklahoma A Central and South West Company www.csw.com Medical Excellence And ¯ Compass. onate Care Since 1926. a ¯ ST. JOHN. MEDICAL CENTER !~ Medical Excellence-Compassionate Care would have posed a "direct threat" to his health and safety. Lower courts rejected the claim and ruled for Abbott without even holding trials on her claims of discrimination. Although the action was not a ruling and set no national precedent, it was praised by Gay civil-rights advocates. "This is the final chapter in a long history of this case, which established that health-care providers cannot refuse critical services to patients with HIV based upon unscientific beliefs about HIV transmission," said Bennett Klein of the Boston-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates &Defenders. He servedas one ofAbbott’s lawyers. Bragdon, who did not return a message left at his Bangor, Maine, office, had urged the nation’s highest court to use the case to clarify when disabled people can be treated differently under a federal antiprejudice law, the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA protects the disabled against discrimination in jobs, housing andpublicacenmmodations. The same Maine dispute was the subject of a major Supreme Court decision just last June, whenthejustices saidpeopleinfected with HIV can sue under that 1990 law. That decision was the court’s first ever involving the human immunodeficiency virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome. It was praised by Gay civil-rights activists. In returning the Maine case to a federal appeals court~be justices said then that a health-care provider’s actions should be judged according to "the objectivereasonableness of the views of health-care professionals without deferring to their individual judgments." Public health authorities say ilieNis no documented case ofa dentist contracting theAIDS virus from apatient. Bragdon contended he should be allowed to use his ownjudgment on how to safely treat suchpatients. Hehad offered to fill Abbott’s cavity at ahospital near his office, but the procedure would have cost more there. When the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals restudied the case, it ruled in December that Abbott’s legal victory in the discrimination case should stand andthat no tlial was necessary. She had won a judgment saying Bragdon should stop discriminating but received no monetary award. High Schooler May Help Cure AIDS AMES, Iowa (AP) -Ahigh school junior who moved to the United States just six years ago is winning someofthe country’s top scholarships and conducting research his teachers say could help win the fight againstAIDS. When Feng Zhang came to Iowa six years ago with his mother, he spoke no English, but was eager to learn the language - and more. "I didn’t know how big this thing was I was getting into," he says. "I just felt fortunate to have the oppormnity."Today, Feng is a 17-year-old junior at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines. In tile past three years he has won $54,000 in cash and scholarships. The highlight came in Philadelphia earlier this month, when he captured the $40,000 first-place award in an international science fair sponsored by Intel Corp. That makes him one of the top student scientists in the world. Experts say Feng’s research offers clues about stoppmg theAIDS virus. "This has an applicationth;at could truly be revolutionary," says Dr. Robert Donato, Are You Gay. or Bisex.ual? Are You Nat,ve Amer,can? Suppo~ Group is here for you! ¯ Evening sup~ group meetings ¯ Relationship workshops ¯ Sho~ trips, outings and retreats ¯ Free HIV testing For information call Tulsa Native American AIDS Prevention Project at 582-7225 Ext. 208 or 218 ,I WORKING CLASS HEROES.IMAGES FROM THE POPULAR CULTURE ,it Fred Jones Jr, Museum of Art 410 W, Royal TSe University of Oklahoma one of thejudges. Feng says he has always known his mission. ’q?he purpose was to get a good education and to do what I can for the people around me," he says. He learned that early, in the Chinese city of Shijiazhuang, a sister city of Des Moines, in the province of Hebei, a sister state of I0wa. His parents are chemical engineers, his mother a computer expert as wall. His father also is a university administrator. Feng remembers what they told him, day after day: "Do the best you can do. Be the best you can be. And do something for humanity." "Definitely. That’s the meaning of being alive," be said. Feng’s mother, ShujunZhou, says she noticedhis uncanny ability to memorize names as a toddler. In 1989, as a visiting scholar at the University of Dubuque, she decided the United States offered more advanced educational and technological opporttmities for her bright son. She accepted ajob in Des Moines and brought Feng, her only child, with her. The boy’s father remained in China. Marilyn Ritz, who teaches English as a second language at Callahan Middle School, was in her office when Feng, his mother and a sponsor arrived. "What’s your name?" she asked him. No response. "He hadno cluewhatI was talking about," she says. The school had a part-time teacher who spoke some Chinese. The rest was up to Feng. He listened for key words, thenlooked themupin his Chinese- American dictionary. "I wanted to learn to commumcate as soon as possible so I could learn other things," he says. Says Ritz: "Before long, he was getting everything." But while Feng is a serious student, "he also has a nonsenous side to him," says Sean Stanek, 17, a classmate who also won an award in the Intcl competition. "He’s not like one of those Type-A personalities." Feng will tell you he’s not perfect. He plays no musical instrument, has no hook shot, and enjoys Saturday morning cartoons, particularly Bugs Bunny. But Stanek expects big things fromhi s friend."He’ s the future,"he says. "He’s bound to discover something profound." Maybe he already has. Two years ago Feng began studying at the Human Gene Therapy Research Institutein Des Moines. For his science fair project this year, Feng chose to study a retrovirus similar to HIV, the AIDS virus. While AZT and protease inhibitors try to prevent the duplication of the AIDS virus, Feng wondered if it was possible to genetically interfere with the creation ofthe virus andrenderitharmless. The results are promising. Can Feng’s work lead to an AIDS cure? "I’m not sure," he says. "I’d have to be very lucky to do that." John Levy, a staff scientist at the institute, plans to have Feng’s research published in a scientific paper. "This could have enormous implications," he says. Feng’s not sure what to do next or where to attend college. He would like to combine his interests in biology and computers and see where that leads him. U.Pittsburgh Leads HIV Research PITTSBURGH (AP) - To the Gay men they sought for blood samples, the University ofPittsburgh researchers were known as the "vampires," people who lurked in the basements and back rooms of bars with needles at the ready. They worked in cooperation with bar owners ¯¯ who plied subjects with free beer. They enlisted the help of popular barflies who ¯ goaded other patrons into participating. ¯ They became the lifeblood of a ¯ pioneering researchproject, now 15 years ¯ old, that has changed treatment for HIV ¯ and offered a definitive glimpse of its : history. ’qqae study raised the awareness ; level,"Gay bar owner Chuck Home said. ¯ "Just being involved in the study and ; goingevery sixmonths andkeeping (HIV) ¯ prominent in your mind, there was a ¯ tendency to lean to safe sex. "I fear to ¯ ¯ think how many other people we would have lost if we hadn’t had the study." ; Pitt’s researchers began looking for ~ study participants in 1982, two years ¯ beforeHIV-the virus that causes AIDS - ¯ was identified, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ¯ reported in Sunday’s edition. That initial. ¯ effort won them the opportunity to take : part in the national Multicenter AIDS ¯ Cohort Study, also known as MACS, in : 1983. The study officially began the ¯ following year in Pittsburgh,LosAngeles, ¯ Chicago and Baltimore. At the end of ¯ 1982, only three AIDS cases had been : identified in Allegheny County, far fewer ¯ than in other cities. But the National ¯ Institutes of Health, which awarded four- " year grants toMACS sites,was impressed ¯ with the Pitt team’s ability to find study ¯ volunteers and wanted a low-incidence city for comparison. Researchers were ¯ helped by Gay bar owners, who promote ¯ the studyin their businesses and paid their ¯ staff to attend AIDS education classes so ¯ they could educate customers. The bar ¯ owners also helped set up recruitment ¯ tents atholiday picnics that attractedmore than 3,000 Gay men. ¯ Honse, co-owner of Images and the ¯ Holiday Bar, both in Pittsburgh, recalled ¯ a Gay Philadelphia bar owner who asked ¯ him why he would want to chase, away ¯ business by reminding people about the ¯ virus. "When people die, they don’t buy ¯ any drinks at all. They’re not ever coming ¯ back," Honse remembered telling him. : Nationwide, more than 5,600 Gay men ¯ have participated in the MACS study, ¯ including 1,242 from the Pittsburgh area. ¯ Of those involved in MACS, 1,685 ." volunteers have died, 214 from the ¯ Pittsburgharea. The studycontinues today. ¯ ¯ Twice ayear, participants give samples of blood, semen, urine, feces and throat ¯ secretions, and can participate in other ." studies about psychological aspects of ¯ HIV infection. New data is used to learn : about the role ofgenedcs andimmunology ¯ in the disease’s progression. MACS data ¯ set the standard formeasuring when HIV ¯ develops into full-blown AIDS and ¯ focused attention on the role of T-cells. : Dr. John Mellors, director ofPitt’s HIV/ ¯ AIDS program, tested the idea that viral ¯ levels in the blood reflect disease : progression, as opposed to measuring its ¯ progress solely with T-cells. His findings : led to a review of stored blood samples ¯ from more than 1,600 MACS volunteers, ¯ and life-saving drug regimens now are ¯ based on viral load as well as T-cell count. ¯ "pittsburgh has been right there at the : center of MACS, provi,,ding leadership : and active participation,’ said Dr. Sten ¯ Vermund of the University ofAlabamain : Birmingham. He watched over the study : for the NIH from 1988to 1994. This year, ¯ Pittsburgh was chosen as a testing site for : AIDSvax, an AIDS-prevention vaccine. Wemaybemovinginto snmmerbutthe ¯ arts are as busy as ever. One of Tnlsa’s : great traditions is snmmer films on the ¯ lawn at Philbrook. Gates open at 7pm for : .picnicking and the films begin at dusk, ". usually about 9pro. It’s only $5 ($3 if ". you’re a member). The first film is "The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek," a 1944 comedy by Preston Sturges. Early in July (7/2), Shirley MacLaine stars with John Forsythe in Hitch-cock’s ’q’he Trouble with Harry." Down at Tbe Performing Arts Center, Theatre No_rib presents the gospel musical, Gospel at Colonus based on Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colodus,f~omJune 24-27in the Doenges Theatre. Theatre Tulsa is doing something but as usual, that organization continues its several year policy of discriminating against Tulsa’s Lesbian and Gay press, and therefore, Gay theatre-goers, and still only provides information to some media. You’dthinkby now they’d get it. 33 cents, I guess is too much extra to spend for some free press. However, our thanks go to American Theatre Companywho’vebeengreat to work with in the last few months. ATC will be presenting Shakespeare in the Park with the greatbard’ s "As You Like It" rnnning June 10-12 and June 17-19 at Manion Park,3003 East56th Street, direcdy behind Nimitz Middle and Grimes Elementary Schools. This is anotherpicmcopportumty and tickets are only $6. Slxmsors are the Oklahoma Arts Council, Fox 23, KCFM and Z104 and one of those other aewspapers out there. ATC will also present a musical premiere, "Big Blondes" on July 9-24 at thePAC’s WilliamsTheatre. BigBlondes featuresMaeWest, Marlene Dietrich,and Marilyn Monroe and is directed by, of course, Jim Queen. Imagine that. The d-the p~t l~ve ml,htr "white," it’s ~ee to ~a little sn~~ there. N~ ff ~*~ i~*t do ,o~tM~O a~ut the eomp~sory heter~xuality -oh wait, we fo~t, hom~ls of any ~to~l si~n~ and even ~ tkere we~, here O~ho~ w~re not ~gto a~ut them. fo~t Dr. Davy Goble ~ve us ym~ of hom~fr~ Tul~ ~story. Definitely one not to miss. Early this month, theArts &Humanities Council will be presenting Chautauqua, Voices ofRagtime, Visions ofour Future Past at OSU-Tulsa, 700 No. Greenwood. Interestingly, these free presentations which feature amateur recreations of historical figures have added this year, a Black historical figure, Madame Walker, a selfmade millionaire entrepreneur. The Chautauqua’s of the past have been mighty "white," so it’s nice to see a little diversity sneaking in there. Now if we could just do something about the compulsory heterosexuality -oh wait, we forgot, there werenohomosexuals ofany historical siguifieance and even ff there were, here in Oklahoma, we’re not going to talk about them. Don’t forgetDr. DnnnyGablegave us 100 years of homo~free Tulsa history. And while we’re picking on the Arts & Humanities Council, any one want to bet that this year’s "Wedding Sampler in the Tradition of Harwelden" remains as oblivious to the emergence of I_~sbian and Gay Unions as the first one? Not that the issue hasn’t been brought to their attention both by this newspaper and by one of theirreally, really cool board members. We’ll see. Also, the big arts organization have announced their upcoming seasons. The Opera’s going traditional with, alas, no Mozartthis year. TulsaBallet will provide the Oklahoma premiere "Lady of the Camellias" based on the novel by AlexandreDumas. This storywas also the inspiration for Garbo’s Camille and Verdi’s La Traviata. Tulsa Ballet will open its season early in October with Anna Karenina and will close the season with Carmina Buranain April 2000. - TFN entertainment editor TOHR & Cimarron Alliance present A Black Tie Optional Dinner with US Congressman Barney Frank 4th District, Massachusetts Saturday, June 12, 1999 Greenwood Cultural Center 322 North Greenwood Dinner and cash bar cocktails: $50 Dinner and cocktails with the Congressman: $125 Information: 743-4297 & goddesses tlairtIappTtlour Tuesday Thursday 3pmtoSpm 835-5563 1247 S. Harvard,Tulsa, NearTO TheShefaFund, aPhiladelphiafoundation has started a new initiative to move the Jewish community beyond mere acceptance a~dinclusionofGay,Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Jews toa stance ofwelcoming and celebration. The Pooled Fund for Jewish Community Activism on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Issues is now seeking proposals in its t-h-St year of grantmaking. The Shefa Fund anticipates granting $40,000 in 1999, with grants in the range of $5-20,000. "The Jewish community has made strides toward more inclmive policies regardingGay andLesbianJews andtheir families;’said Sue Hoffman, Shefa Fund Associate Director and manager of the grantmakingprogram."Buttheexperience of young teem and families with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual members indicates that the Jewish community still does not o welcome- let alone celebrate- our lives :¯ and leadership potential." Acenrding tothe ShefaFmadpresident, : Jeffrey Dekro, "the point is that Gay, ¯ Lesbian and Bisexual oppression is a : mainstream Jewish issue. The expansion ¯ of rituals that we seek would expand the ¯ -range of ritmal for dl Jews; the visibility ¯ that we seek would increase visibility for : a/t Jews in their communities; the anti- " violence activism that we seek would ; increase the safety of a/l Jews. 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OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organizalio~ Long tides: 7am, 6/5 & 6/19 and short ride: 6:30pm, 6/9 from Zeigler Park. Long ride: 9am, 6/26 and short ride: 6:30pm, 6/23 from Tulsa Gay Community Center. Write for info: POB 9165, Tulsa, OK74157 lfyour organization is not listed, please let us know. Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615. by Barry Hensley Tulsa City County Library System One group often overlooked in the Gay community is Gay and Lesbian Aftican- Ameticans. There is finally beginning to be somerecognitionofthis ignoredgroup, and Keith Boykin’ sbookfills animportant need. "One More River to Cross" is divided into chapters on various topics, includingBlack Homophobia, Gay Racism, Faith in the Lives of Black Americans, andAreBlacksand Gays the Same? In discussing Black homophobia, Boykin review how some Black leaders, including Eldtidge Cleaver, Frances Welsling andMinister Louis Farrakhan, who have associatedhomosexuality with the decline of the Black community. In one of the more improbable examples,Boykin quotes controversial walter ShahrazadAli (author of’q’he Blackwoman’s Guide to Understanding the Black Man’) as she claims that all movement Black male homosexuals "’... cook, sew and bake and are emerges as the determined to be a better woman than all the women they know." Many interesting topics are citedhere, including homophobia in rap music and instances of Black magazines and parade organizers rejecting participation by Black, Gay groups. In the chapter on Gay racism, Boykin points to several national Gay organizations, such as the Human Rights Campaignandthe National Gay&Lesbian Task Force, and is astounded that , although they claim to stand for equality for all, they have very few Black employees. The Gay media, also, is a target: "like its heterosexual counterpart, the white Gay media usually projects Eurocentric images of beauty that transmit messages inferiority to Black and others who do not Boykln cites several other instances where the terms "Black" and "Gay" are interehan~ah]e. eorre]ation between the Black eivll rightsmovement and the Gay elvll rights and anti-Gay harassment flourishes uncheckedin ournation’s schools." Smith added that despite the evidence in the AMA report that stigmatization can have devastating consequences for Gay youth, the"extremetightcontinuedtheir ongoing attacks this week by unveiling an anti- Gay television ad in Washington." - HRC has singled out a television ad, which aired on UPN’s Washington affiliate. The ad whichHRCcharacterizes as "anti-Gay" is an extension of last summer’s $500,000 "Truth In Love" newspaper campaign. The ad shows a son thanking his mother for telling him what she regards as the truth about homosexuality, and that he could change through the help of an "ex-Gay" ministry. "My son found out the trdth, he could walk away from homosexuality. But he found outtoo late. Hehas AIDS," says the actor pla~ing the ad’s "morn." TheHumanRights Campaigncountered the "truth In Love" ad with their own advertisement. The 45-second HRC ad titled "Baby" urges parents to teach their most intriguing argument in this book. ¯ " fit the white stereotype. ¯ "Are Blacks and Gays the Same?" : includes an interesting quote from former ¯. Texas senator John Tower, commenting ¯ on the 1964 Civil Rights Act: "[it would] ¯ deny to millions of employers and : employees any freedom to speak or act on the basis of their religious convictions or their deeprooted preferences for associating or not associating with certain classifications of people." Boykin’s comment: ’q’he complaints rings loudly-today against homosexuals as they did yesterday against Aftican- AmeticallS." The argument that was used in the "Gays in the military" controversy ofafew years ago, first emerged as integration of the US Armed Forces in the 1940’s was discussed. In 1948, opponents of integration said, "The presence of Black soldiers in the Army would create disharmony and drive away whites." In the 1990’s version, "hiding behind the amorphous, catchall ,phrase, of ’unit cohesion, supporters of the Gay ban argue that Lesbians and Gay men serving openly wouldmake other soldiers feel uncomfortable." Boykin cites. several other instances where the terms "Black" and "Gay" ¯ are interchangeable. ¯ The correlation between the Black civil rights movement and the Gay civil rights ¯ movement emerges as themostintriguing ¯ argument in this book. While the other ¯ chapters peak the reader’s curiosity and ¯ interest, they pale in comparison to the ¯ sections on these similar movements for ¯ equality. ." Check for "One More River to Cross" ¯ at your local branch library or at the ¯ Readers’ Services department, 596-7966 at the Central Library. : This review first ran in Tulsa Family ¯ News, vol. 4, no. 3, February 1997. ¯ kids tolerance and to not discriminate. ¯ Produced l~y TBWA/Chiat/Day, it ¯ featured an infant with a narrator asking ¯ who will teach the baby the important ¯ joys and lessons of life. "Behold wonder. ¯ Who will teach him to tie his shoes? To ¯ ride abicycle?To find faces in the clouds? ¯ Who will teach him to love and respect ¯ people for who they are.., unless they’re ¯ Gay? Who will teach him that? Will ¯ you?" ¯ ¯ HRC’s Smith added, "these suicide statistics show that it is imperative to ¯ reach Gay andlesbian youthwith positive ¯ images to counter the barrage of anti-Gay : material put forth by the far tight...We ¯ hope our ad and other similar efforts ¯ contribute toward creating a societywhere the next generation of Gay and Lesbian : youth can live relatively free of the : indignities and violence that many of : today’s youth face." ¯ HRC’s ad ends with a line saying : "choose tolerance," and an imagereading ¯" "In memory of Matthew Shepard, 1976- ~ 1998." Neither the "Truth In Love" ¯ campaign nor HRC have announced any "- plans to air these commercials outside the : Washington, D. C. area. Red Rock Tulsa Free Confidential HIV Testing Walk-in Clinics Tuesday Testing, 5 -8 pm Pride Center, 1307 East 38th Wednesday Testing, 5-8 pm Red Rock, 1724 East 8th Daytime appointments available. 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Well, save that for later; right now we need to concentrate on finding the square footage ofyourkitchen floor, then we’ll discuss your options for flooring materials in our last installment on freshening up your kitchen on a shoestring - well, maybe two shoestrings. To determine your square footage, multiply length times width. That’s easy enough if your floor is a plain square or rectangle, but if you have an "el" shape or something more funky, you’ll have to break it up into areas and add the numbers. I always add a few extra square feet to the sum just to be on the safe side. You will find, as you look around for flooring, that the costis usually figuredi9, square feet; even carpeting Is beginning to go this way. It’s about time. Your DIYD like uniformity - preferably on someone else. But we digress again. We will look at your options only on the vinyl flooring, since anything more ambitious, such as tile or Petgo, really belongs in your real kitchen rehab; it is too cost-prohibitive for this project. But if you insist on it, darling, your DIYD’s admonitions are for naught. Thatleaves us with sheet vinyl [one piece] or peel and stick squares. The peel and sticks have several advantages - they’re relatively inexpensive and easy to install, there are lots of .cglors and styles, and they are readily available. You will need to start from a spot in the center of the room and work outward, as you do in file. Also, lay it out "dry" and make any adjustments that will keep youfromcutting httle bits ofsquares. You will want to start down the middle of has instead brought it closer together withinitself, and also with the rest ofSoho community, according to Nick Laurence, of the American Retro store in Old Compton Slreet. He said the spiritin Soho over the weekend had been one of "high resilience." Mr Laurence said: "One of the real positive things to come out of this is that people’s initial reaction has been one of humanity." A service of remembrance was held in the gardens of Soho’ s St Anne’s church, and began at 6:40pro - the time the bomb went off. Clare Herbert, the rector of St Anne’s, said: "In that act of proud reflection we very much hope the people of Soho, of this community which offers a welcome to so many people and which has been so badly shocked will come ¯ an aisle and work outwards if that is a : consideration. Think of where the eye ¯ falls in looking down an aisle- thelength. ¯ You don’t want to stray off, and this is very critical if the aisle connects two ¯ rectangles. ¯ You’ll want toremoveany quarterround Your DIYD leh you on your knees languishing at her feet last month - oh, don’t move yet! I’m not finished with you. I want to see what you can do with your tape measure. Are you thinking naughty thoughts? ~rell, save that for later; right now we need to concentrate on finding the square [ootage of your kitchen floor, then we’ll discuss your options for flooring materials... and thenreplace itwhen you’re finished; you’ll probably have to put in new, since it doesn’t rip off gracefully, it will also help hold your vinyl tiles in place. This is a good time for a warning about vinyl tiles - they have a bad habit of"floating", so keep the following tips in mind: buy the thickest, sturdiest ones you can find and can afford; keep everything fight - where you join them, where they butt the wall, and so on; and don’t try to cheat by not putting any under the fridge or the stove. ff the existing flooring is in good shape, with no tears, ridges orbumps, youcan apply the tiles right over the top. Make sure the floor is Joan Crawford immaculate. Use a square and a board and utility knife to cut your edge files, and remember - snug!!! For sheet flooring, Armstrong makes some that you can do yourself. It comes with a kit so that you can make a template of your floor, cut it out, then glue it down. There is a video that gives you the particulars. This is arewarding project for anyone who has somebasic skills, fearlessness and good anal retentiveness. For those of you who are less intrepid or who have a more challenging kitchen layout, haveit installed. Itdoesn’t take long and the cost increase is relatively minimal. Take time to shop around; some of the discount flooring houses can ¯ be a good value, but be careful andbe sure ¯ to ask for references and then call them. ¯ Sonow yourkitchen has been repainted, ¯ the new counter tops are gleaming, and the floor looks so lovely - it’s time to show : it off. Have a nice dinner. Invite your ¯ DIYD. She’ll be so proud of you. ¯ together with the other community that ¯ has been shocked and injured, the Gay ¯ community." ¯ In Sohd Square, people from across ¯ London have come to lay flowers for ¯ those killed and injured. On the Sunday ¯¯ justafter thebombing, thousands ofpet.pie packedinto Soho Squarenear thebombed ¯ pub to mourn those hurt. Angela Mason, ¯ a director of the Gay and Lesbian lobby ¯ group, Stonewall, told the’crowd of 2,000 : people: "Nobody, butnobody, is going to ¯ bomb us back into the closet." The chairman of the Commission for : Racial Equality, Sir Herman Ouseley, ¯ warned in a TV interview that ethnic ¯ commumties could rise up against"racial : terrorism." "I think you have got to ¯ understand the way in which some ¯ communities have been under siege for a ¯ longperiod oftime- it’s notjust areaction : to the bombing," he said. by Esther Rothblum : is aperception thatroleplays are somewhat Lesbians, like other women, face : fake, butinfacttheyeanbeverypowerful." challenges finding affordable andquality ¯ I asked Dr. White what some good -health care. But are there particular " opening questions are for doctors who difficulties being a Lesbian patient in the : want to be sensitive to Lesbian patients. health care system? I "Youcanstartbyasking’are interviewed Dr. Jocelyn White, a physician who has .conducted research on Lesbians’ access to health care. "Lesbians face all the typical issues such~having health insurance, traveling somedistanceforhealthcare, finding child care while they visit a health care provider, or being able to take time off from work," she said. "In addition there is a specific domestic partner, issue that Lesbians have, because unlike heterosexual women who are legally married, few Lesbians can be insured under their parmer’s policY. But the real issue is providers’ inability to communicate sensitively and .effectively with their patients. Also, providers often have a lack of knowledge about the health issues of Lesbians." Dr. White has found that many providers would like ito have Lesbian patients but don’t have theknowledge or experience to be good providers. She and her "It’s very interesting for the heterosexual doctors and nurses to have to play the ¯role of a Lesbian," said Dr. White, "because they have to start trying to identify with what it feels like to be a Lesbian patient who has d’doctor say something to them that is insensitive. colleagues have traveled around the country educating health care providers in how to communicate effectively with Lesbian patients and increase their .knowledge base of Lesbian health care Issues. She says "inmy workshops I give a talk on the primary care of Lesbian patients. Wetalk aboutparenting, comingout, HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, cancer risk and screening, depression, substance abuse, domestic violence, hate crime violence, and social issues. Many of the doctors who come to these workshops will go on to teach these issues to their students and medical residents, so it’s important for me to teach communication skills." In one of Dr. White’s role-plays, a workshop leader will play a Mexican- American data entry technologist who comes in wanting to talk about parenting options. "The task of a workshop participant is to determine her sexual orientation and discuss options such as insemination, consider appropriate referrals, and deal with these issues sensitively," Dr. White said, "The person playing therole ofthe patientis scripted to present somechallenges."Otherworkshop participants are asked to be observers and comment on what they saw andfelt during the role play. InanOther role play, the worksh0pleader plays thepart ofapatient who has breast cancer, and tells the doctor that her partner no longer wants to have sex with her. "It’s very interesting for the heterosexual doctors and nurses to have to play the role ofa Lesbian," said Dr. White, "because they have to start trying to identify with what it feels like to be a Lesbian patient who has a doctor say something to them thatis insensitive. There you partnered, married, single, or divorced?’ rather than launching right in with such questions as’whatkind of birth control do you use?’ she answered. "You can ask ’do you have a significant other?’ or ’who is in your family?’ in order to demonstrate that you are open to hearing about broader definitions of relationships and families. She added, "You want to learn aboutthe social history of the patient and it’s also important to be comfortable taking a sexual history if necessary. Few doctors are comfortable taking a sexual history, even if they do it every day, because we don’t talk much about sex in our culture. Sexual questions by doctors need tomakeit clear to the patient that an), response is possible." Dr. White has surveyed Lesbians about advice they wouldgive doctors. "Almost to a person they all said ’don’t assume I’m heterosexual’ so we need to ¯ workonbreakingdown thoseassumptions : of heterosexuality," she said. LesbiAn : respondents also told ofnegahveincidents : with their doctors. Dr. White described ¯ one of these anecdotes: "One woman had severe vaginal hemmoraghing and went to the. emergency room. The doctor, assuming she was heterosexual, asked about birth control and pregnancy. When she told the doctor she was a Lesbian, he flushed, got embarrassed, terminated the interview, left the cubicle, andnevercame back. A different woman came back and completed the pelvic exam. The Lesbian patient was horrified and felt humiliated. She immediately sought out a Lesbian doctor." Another anecdote: "A Lesbian was in a motorcycle accidentin which she collided head on with a bus. She told the doctor she was a Lesbian, and he putin 100 sutures in her leg without novocaine. He didn’t xray her skull, even though she had lost consciousness during the accident, and missed a skull fracture. So this doctor committed assault and battery as well as malpractice and now he is being investigated." In sum, Dr. White’s mission is to hdp doctors provide better care for Lesbian patients and help Lesbians feel goodabout themselves so that they know their fights in the doctor’s office. She encourages Lesbians to keep looking foragooddoctor and. keep moving on until they find a doctor they can be happy with. She tells Lesbians to talk with their friends about doctors who are trusted in their community, or else go to talks given by doctors and ask questions about affirmative doctors. "We deserve a good doctor..It’s our right and we should not tolerate poor health care. We should just walk out if the doctor is homophobic, and IGTA member Call 341.6866 International ToHrsformoreinformation. AUTHENTIC FRESH 1TALIAN RAINBOW CUSINE TROUT ofEureka Springs Voted Number One in Arkansas! (501) 253-6807, Closed Wednesday 5 Center Street, Eureka Springs, AR 72632 Red Rock Tulsa O’RYAN Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network Outreach Program Thurs. 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They waggled their signs and bellowed hoarse abuse’ at passing muscle boys inmuscle cars whb, in turn,honked their horns to drown out the chatter of these volunteer Jeremiahs. The emergence y space and the assertion - by parading - of rights to this territory are even newer... These battles continue over equal rights to publle space... One symbolic curbside barricade, and one bored, roly-poly cop, separated the hecklers from the heckled. This sole whi te woodenbarricade made me think about the social meanings of space. Anthropologists are interested in the ways in which people spatially organize their societies. Anthropologist Edward Hall c.alled this study Of the meaning and use of space "proxemics." He investigated how we communicate nonverbally by arranging ourselves and our possessions in various spatial poses. Parades, for example, are fascinating ritual events. People’s organized movement through space sends important messages. It is no surprise that governments get nervous at parades and do their best to regulate and control these. Parades reveal the existence of communities with at least enough unity andpurpose tomarch together. Andgroup unity-and purpose may threaten powersthat- be. Marches across a landscape also assert fights to that territory. Parades, although symbolic, are serious political events in that they display claims to place. In Northern Ireland, competing Catholics and Protestants parade through each other’s neighborhoods sparking violence and death. Closer to home, the circumnavigation of the University of Oklahoma’s football field by that Sooner Schooner after every touchdown is a similar sort of ritual claim to place. Like small town Fourth of July parades everywhere, this movement symbolically displays people’s rights to occupy territory - land claims that, in Oklahoma, are still a little uneasy in that they are often less than a century old. The emergence of "Gay space" and the assertion ~- by parading- of rights to this territory are even newer. Until recently, few Gay spaces existed. And where they did - Gay bars, bookstores, beaches, and the like - people still had continually to protect themfrom invasionandregulation by saaightpolitical authority. These battles continue overequal rights to public space, or room on library shelves, or signage on Peoria Avenue in Tulsa. That white barricade on Long Beach’s Ocean Avenue separated two territories and two claims. In the street, Gays and Lesbians asserted theirunified community and their claims to occupy Long Beach. Behind the barricade in the vacant lot, the heterosexual hecklers contested theseGay claims, struggling to reassert their own control over the territory. Although the barricade kept their bodies out of the Gay street, they ydled and preached - casting their voices up into the air above the avenue to compete with those of the marchers. Straight attempts to regain control by limiting and regulating Gay space, for the moment at least, have weakened. Gay space is expanding. ".Gay ghettos"l~.ve grown up rn every major Americancity. Publishers such as Damronand Spartacus make money by providing guidebooks to Gay spaces around the world. Gay pride marches down city streets are increasingly visible ritual events. These parades show off the Gay community and assert its ; rights to occupy local territory. The tables : even, here and there, have turned. Some ¯ denizens ofSanFrancisco’s Castro District ; now complain that their neighborhood is ," attracting too many straight residents and : businesses. Theydemand that cityplanners ¯ pass regulations to keep troublesome heterosexuals out of the Gay ghetto. :/ Some paraders marched along the : avenueholding hands, as didmany couples also on the green near downtown Long : Beach where the pride celebration was : headquartered. ¯ Hand-holding is another powerful : proxemic message about sexual identity : and love. My friend Devre observed that : he had once felt uncomfortable holding ¯ men’s hands in public. Now he demands -" more Gay space. He wants to live in a ; place where he can hold his partner’s : hand. ¯ The"gaying"ofpublic space, however, : can bring violent response from those : desperate to protect heterosexual control of the landscape. But a passing parade at !easttemporarily Gays’ space. I hold hands mpart of the city where otherwise I might have second thoughts. I look across that barricade to another place which is no longer mine. 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Title A name given to the resource [1999] Tulsa Family News, June 1999; Volume 6, Issue 6 Subject The topic of the resource Politics, education, and social conversation toward Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities. Description An account of the resource Tulsa Family News was a monthly newspaper; No. 1 issued December 1993-January 1994. The final issue available was published in September 0f 2001 (Volume 8, Issue 9). The newspaper brings up important, evolving topics of marriage, Pride, TOHR, HIV/AIDs, events, advice, and politics all at the local and national level. This document is available in searchable PDF attached. It is also available to be seen at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center with permission. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Text Any textual data included in the document Texas House Passes Hate Crimes Bill WASHINGTON-TheTexas HouseofRepresentatives passed a bill late in March (vote count: 83 to 61, including the support of 9 Republicans) that would enhance penalties for hate motivated violence directed against a person because of their race, gender, religion or sexual orientation. In addition to the House vote, a new poll shows that the vast majority ofTexas residents support hate crimes legislation... "Reason and principle triumphed in the Texas legislature today," said HumanRights Campaign (HRC) Executive Director Elizabeth Birch. ’‘Texas lawmakers took a giant step towards combating hate violence against all residents of the state." The Human Rights Campaign is the largest national Lesbian and Gay political organization. A new Scripps Howard poll for The Dallas Mormng News revealed that 72% of Texans support hate crimes legislation. According to the newspaper, the poll said that the public supports the inclusion of all groups currently included in the legislation: 81% for race; 80% for women; 78% for religious groups; and 76% for Gay people, see Texas, p. 14 TU Hosts Women + AIDS Regional Conference TULSA-The Second Regional Conference onWomen and AIDS will be held on The University of Tulsa campus Monday,June 14,intheAllen ChapmanActivity Center, located at 440 South Gary Avenue. Theconferenceis a comprebensive, one-dayprogram to raise awareness, promote discussion and provide opportunities for new directions in HIV prevention, care and treatment for women. "We will gather together in the spirit of concern for our community," says Jauice Nicklas, Senior Planner of the Commttnity Service Council and Conference Spokesperson. According to Nicklas, the conference will benefit everyone - women living with HIV and AIDS, people whodeal with women’sissues, educators, policymakers, youth organizations,healthand social service providers, family members, volunteers and concern.ed citizens. "In theArms oftheAngels," a documentary produced by the National AIDS Fund Americorps Team Tulsa, will open the conference at 8:30 a.m. with a look at women and AIDS. Patty Lather, author of "Troubling the Angels," will give the keynote address at 8:45 a.m. In addition to a series of workshops, the conference will feature a panel of HIV positive women who will share their stories. Judith Billings of the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS will give the luncheon address. Saiadra McDonald, the founder of Outreach, Inc., will present the closing address on "WhatWe Can Do to Be a Force for Change." see Women, p. 11 MJ DIRECTORY/LETTERS P. 2 EDITORIAL p. $ ~I~I~. US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 HEALTH NEWS P. 6 ~ ENTERTAINMENT P. 8 COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9 DO-IT-YOURSELF-DYKE P. 11 DYKE PSYCHE P. 12 "" GAY STUDIES P. 13 Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Locations Gay Businesses Open + Close Lesbian-Owned Daycare and Gay-Owned Restaurant Open But Concessions Closes by Tom Neal TULSA - Maybe it’s just spring but a couple of new Gay owned and oriented businesses have, or are about to open this month. Andone ofTulsa’ s most visible Gay businesses has unexpectedly dosed. From Lesbian Baby Boom, Comes Gay Daycare The origin of GLAD, Gay & Lesbian Affordable Daycare, reflects the frustrations of two new moms, Teresa and Joan, 33 and 32 years old, trying to find good daycare for their 4 month old son, Joseph (Joey) while they worked. For Teresa, the final thing that convinced her to leave her 70- 80 hour a week managerial position to start a home based business was a conflict about getting time off when their son was sick. But for both, there was more. After their son was bom, they explored many alternatives for infant care. Some options using relatives or friends just didn’t work out. Many of the day care operations which they reviewed just didn’t seem to be very good. And most had inflexible rules and were very expensive, with high deposits, inflexible contracts and schedules. For example, many day care operations require a year round contract with perhaps only 10 days off allowed. Any more days off have to be paid for regardless of whether the child is at the center or not. For these morns, one of whom is a teacher and has the summer off, it makes no sense to pay for care year-round. However, if they don’t, they take the risk that no place will be available in the fall again. Furthermore, Joan and Teresa also were concerned about raisxng their son in an enviroment wherehe will not be mistreated because he has two morns. And they know that they are not the only Gay parents who have these concerns. At some of the day care centers they inspected they were asked, "where’s the father" and were received with not very well disguised hostility. They say that they’ve sometimes felt they had~o say they were"sisters" in order to be treated fairly. So finally, after thoroughly researching state requirements, theyjust decided tO start their owndaycare in their cozy midtown bungalow, see Businesses, p. 14 Red Ribbon Gala + SwanAwards TULSA, Okla. (AP/TFN) - Some members of Tnlsa’s Gay community say they were pleased Chastity Bono visited this weekend because the author has helped mainstream Americans become more tolerant. "Just by her coming to Tulsa, it means a great deal to us. It helps people to come together," said Nancy McDonald, who recently was national president of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). Bono was the keynote speaker Saturday night, April 17th at the Red Ribbon Ball, an annual black-tie gala that benefits Tnlsa CARES, the Center forAIDS Resources, Educationand Support. The event attracted more than 250 to the Downtown Doubletree. Bono, the Openly Lesbian daughter ofSonnyandCher, formerly served as the entertainment media director of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance’Against Defamation. She was involved in controversy for suggesting that the television show of Lesbian comedian, Ellen Degeneres, was "too Gay." Bono, 30, spent part of the day autographing copies of her book "Family Outing," which details how she and others revealed their sexual orientation to their families. Also, at the Gala, the co-sponsoring organization, the Tulsa Chapter of PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays presented their annual Swan awards. Among those honored were State Rep. DOn Ross, the Revs. Leslie Penrose and Gary Blaine, The Tulsa World, represented by editorial board writer David Averill, and PFLAG board member Tim Gillean. The award to Gillean was met with consternation by two former TOHR presidents attending the Gala,’Deb Starnes and Tom Neal, as PFLAG credited him as ’~he founder" of the Community Center. Both noted that Gillean helped start the Center, particularly doing early fundraising but that after he was voted out as TOHRpresident, he had dropped his member at the time when the building was found and leased. "No single person can claim the Center; Kelly Kirby was president when we began, Tim certainly did a great deal but Deb Statues, Midge Elliott and I sweated blood to get that building open, walls tomdown and the place painted. Tim’s done enough other work that PFLAG doesn’t have to rip anyone off to honor him," said Neal. PFLAG president and Swan award presenter, Jan Allen, stated that she was not aware of the history of the Center and that PFLAG had not intended to slight any of the Center’s organizers. Pride ’99 Shaping Up: Picnic, Parade & More US Rep. Frank to be Grand Marshall of First Tulsa Parade + Community Unitarians Host First Gay UU Pastor TULSA - Tulsa’s Pride ’99 organizers have confirmed that openly Gay US Congressman, Barney Frank of Massachusetts not only will attend this year’s June 12th event but will serve as grand marshall of Tulsa’s very first Lesbian/Gay pride parade. The parade will begin at 10 am at Tulsa’s Gay Community Services Center at 38th & Peoria and will go north on Peoria to 31st Street. From there it will go west to Riverside Drive and will continue north to Veterans (Boulder) Park, the site of the Picnic as it was last year. The principle sponsors for this year’s event are Bud Light and MCC United. The picnic will be from noon until 5pm again. Bud Light will be providing a large tent to provide some shelter from the sun as wall the sound system. Local drag diva Kris Kohl is organizing entertainment. These range from a local band, an appearance by the Council Oaks Mens Chorale, various female impersonators and titleholders, and more. Refreshments as always will be free. Congressman Frank will also be the guest of honorat adinner Saturday evening at the Greenwood Cultural Center at 322 No. Greenwood near the OSU-Tnlsa campus. Thedinner will be hosted joindy byTOHR/Tulsa’s Gay Community Services Center and by the Cimarron Alliance, Oklahoma’s Gay and Lesbian political action committee. Cocktails begin at 7pm and dinner will be at 8. Dinner and a cash bar cocktail pre-party will be $50/person anddinner and a complimentary cocktail reception with Congressman Frank will be $125/ person, see Frank, p. 3 "One Fool" Play Coming To Eureka Springs, AR EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. - As part of the May Festival of the Arts, OneFool, a one-woman, oneactplay will bepresentedTuesday andWednesday, May25-26, 8 p.m. at Center Stage (on Spring Street m the downtown Historic Distric0. The play, featuring Orlando improv-actress, Catherine Goodison, was written by Terry Baum and will be directed by Lewis Routh. ’One Fool is a riotously funny play about a woman’s search for the ’one love’ withwhomshe canlive forever," says director Routh. ’‘This wild odyssey takes her across the world and into your heart." Catherine Goodison began her acting career in 1994 under the direction ofLewis Routhin the play BarDykes, where she played the role ofabig butch. She and Routh have worked together on several projects since that time, including the 1994showing ofOneFool in Orlando. Goodison, whosecomedic talenthas foundits way tomany ofFlorida’s stages, including the famed Fringe Festival, has been a featured performer with Act Out Theatre and the Improvabilities comedy troupe. As part of the troupe, her most memorable roles include Lucy in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, and the roles of the Nanny and the school teacher in Baby With The Bath Water, both plays directed by Routh. Playwright Terry Bantu is the founder of Lilith, the San Francisco Women’s Theater, and was its artistic director from 1975 to 1980. During that time, sheco-wroteand/ordirectedeveryproduction. Moonlighting, which she directed and co-wrote, toured Europe to great acclaim in 1979. Baum wrote Dos Lesbos with Carolyn Myers, which ran for two years in San Francisco and was nominated for several awards. She has created two other onewoman shows, Ego Trip and Immediate Family, both ofwhich were publishedinPlaces, Please, the first anthology of Lesbian plays. see Play, p. 14 Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine *Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. Boston Burger Sisters Restaurant, 1545 S. Sheridan *Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria *Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th *Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria *Jason’s Deli, 15th & Peoria *Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th *Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square *St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E 31st *Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan *Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main *TNT’s, 2114 S. 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School Ave. 501-442-2845 : JOPLIN, MISSOURI ¯ *Spirit of Christ MCC, 2639 E. 32, Ste. U134 417-6232696 ¯ * iswhereyoucanfindTFN.NotallareGay.ownedbutallareGay-friendly. NGLTF Leader :Resigns From Millennium March It is with great regret that I resign as a member of the Board of Directors of the Millennium March on Washington, effective immediately. The reasons for my resignation stem from three basic issues, which have¯ continued to grow over time. First, I have significant political disagreements with the March call and planning, which ha~’e not been addressed. Secondly, I have grown increasingly skeptical of the value of this event for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) movement at this time. And finally, I cannot endorse certain decisions made by theBoard. Although I have great trust and affection for each of you individually, it does not assuage my concerns and questions. I now believe I will be most helpful to thecommunityfrom outside the Board. Since the initial call for the March, grassroots activists have consistently challenged us as national leaders. Their concerns address the credibility and legitimacy of the March and they have demandedanopening of the Marchprocess for greater discussion. Thequestions have been on whether to march, what agenda to march for, and how best to use the tremendous platform and visibility that such marches provide. Despitemypolitical disagreements with the call and process, I agreed to serve on the March Board, believing my participation could change the course of the process. I also felt that as a representative of the oldest national political organization, and one of the few explicitly progressive national GLBT groups,myvoice was needed in theMarch planning process. I stated at the time that I wouldremain onthe Board as long as my. presence represented the best interests of Task Force members, our constituents, and the movement as a whole. Since I joined the Board, my participation has been challenged by members and activists with whom we have deep andlongstanding relationships. Individuals from all perspectives have intensively engaged me, the Task Force staff, and our Board. I took their concerns to heart and carried them in my work on the March Board. During my tenure, I voted in the minority on key resolutions on personnel issues, the naming of the March, andthebroadening of theplanning effort to allow more people a seat at the table. I helped lead the successful effort to ensure that funds raised by the March would go to statewide organizations, people of color organizations and other constituents underrepresented in our movement. However, the Board has ¯ largely ignored the fundamental issues that lead me into become involved: why we should march, the agenda, and the involvement of the entire GLBT commnnity. I cannot serve onaBoard that will not open itself to greater input and see Letters, p. 3 Letters Policy Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on issues which we’ve covered or on issues you think need to be considered. Youmay request that your name be withheld but letters mustbe signed&have phonenumbers, or be hand delivered. 200 word letters are preferred. Letters to other publications will be printed as is appropriate. Talking with people inthe community, I was relieved to learn that I was hardly the only one who was disappointed with the celebrated Chastity Bono. Ms. Bono was "the keynote speaker" at the recent Red Ribbon Gala benefiting Tulsa CARES, our local co-ordinating organization for HIV/AIDS services. The dinner was nice enough and the attendance was about double that of last year’s inaugural event. The organizers dearly deserve praise for their efforts. But Ms. Bono was, to be kind, unimpressive, both as a speaker and at her book signing at Tnlsa’s Gay Community Services Center. To a number of observers at the Center, it appeared that Ms. Bono had little interest in being there. At the dinner, shefredy admitted that she’dmadenoeffort to prepare any.remarks -and that degree of preparation showed. Two things saved her performance. First, it was mercifully short, and second, she did have a good, if scatological, anecdote aboutconfronting the Rev. FredPhelps of "godhatesfags" infamy in Topeka at a booksigning. Her appearance may indeed have helped the event. Attendance at the Red Ribbon Gala was about double but then that might have happened just from being the second year for the event. Her appearance does raise questions, though, about America’s preocuppation with celebrity and notoriety. AftermeetingMs. Bono, it’ s hard not to regard her as a vcryho-hum ’~vonderbread dyke" (as one ofmy Lesbian friends put it) who but for the accident of her birth would hardly be getting a second hearing,!et alone a book contract. Ms. Bono’s elevation seems to exemplify the worstAm~rican tendency to Value notoriety over any shred of content. But what really raises some concern about her appearance was learning that despite her having reduced her appearance feeby one-half, it still cost almost $10,000 for her irresistible charms. Oursou~,,ce indicates thatMs. Bononormally charges $15,000 for her appearances" but that du~ to her friendship with the daughter of PFLAG’s Nancy McDonald, Bono reduced it to only $7,500, plus expenses, of course. This is what many wouM call a damnfine racket. One wouldhope that the organizers came up with aspecial donor to take on these expenses andno harm was-done to the genuine financial needs of Tulsa CARES. And no doubt organizers will argue that it wonld not have been nearly as successful without her appearance. But all I can think of is how much medicine or food that $10,000 might have bought for persons living with AIDS - Hello, the peop!e, this is supposed to be all about? Maybe that $10k s money that would not have come into this effort except for supporting Ms. Bono in the fashion to which she’s become accustomed. But then, maybe, just maybe, it could have been given to care-giving, and surely, there are speakers, ones who actually prepare their remarks andwhohave something worth saying, who’d speakfor, say, only two or three thousand. Makes you wonder, don’t it? - Tom Ne.al, editor &publisher Several special ’levels. of participation in the event are available with,the most cxdflsiCe being the Platinum table ($2500), whichincludes six seats at a table with Congressman Frank. There will be only one Platinum table. Also Offered is the Gold level, a table with 8 seats and an invitation to the cocktail party with the Congressman ($1500), a SilVer level ($250) which is two seats and cocktails, and a Bronze level ($500), a table for 8 and the .cash bar cocktail party. For tickets or for more information, call 743-4297. Also, Sunday morning Congressman Frank will probably be attending an interfaith prayer breakfast. Details for that event will be announced soon. Also in honor of Lesbian and Gay Pride, Community Unitarian Universalist Cohgtegation (cuuc) has invited the:Rev. DougStrong.of Community UU Church ~h ~iano~ T~xas to be guest minister attheir Sunday, May 16th, 1 lain service. After the service, all are invited to’join CUUC and Community of Hope ~for a potluck picnic cookout.~ The service and picnic .will be at Community of Hope Church, 2545 So..Yale where CUUC meets regularly. Guests are encouraged to bring both lawn chairs and food to share or t6 cook. TheRev. Strong is a 6th generationUnitaftan-Universalist and an openl~ Gay. man who has served congregations in Maine, Massachusetts, Virginia, California, Wisconsin and Arizona. Mr. Strong was the first openly Gay man to be called to serve as a pastorAn the history of the Unitarian- Universalism f~iith. Thiswas in 1980 inAugusta, Maine.- by Tom Neal Editor & Publisher The Tulsa WorMreally is gettmg better. Whileit’s not of the quality of TheDallas Morning News or other such papers,itis shedding someofits moreparochial qualities. Ofcourse, since the state’s only other major daily is The Oklahoman, now officially recognized as the worst paper an the United States as ¯¯ Oklahomans have long known, it’s never been hard for The World to look better. ¯ More investigative journalism is being ¯ allowed at The World. So instead of just ¯ supporting the status quo, an elected ¯ official like Dist. 4 City Councilor Anna ¯ Falling is being held accountable for her ¯ liberal spending of public dollars on ¯ "working" vacations or for possible " conflicts of interest she may have had ¯ when her spouse was applying for public ¯ monies which theCouncil would have to ¯ approve. ¯ This last month, The Wormalso printed ¯ a week series of in,depth stories about ¯ Tnlsa’s Latino communities. This series is similar to ones doneaboutTulsa s Black ¯ communities. All this is very well and ¯ good. Tulsa’s "establishment," our ¯ wealthy, our influential have long taken ¯ advantage of Tulsa’s minority com- " munities without sharing the benefits, ; without sharing the decision-making ¯ process,-most often not acknowledging ¯ even the existence of our communities. ¯ The fact that The WorM, the ultimate ¯ establishment mou~piece of Tiflsa, the : country club paper par excellence, is now ¯ willing to acknowledge the existence of Latino, Black, Indian and Asian commlmil~es is.progress. But the real proof of The World’s commitmenttojournalistic fundamentals, i.e. covering the community as it is. rather advertise my gift shop, tomfoolery! which now has The Tulsa World really is Settln$ better. While it’s not of the quality of The Dallas Morrdn¢ News or other such papers, it is sheddln$ some of its more paroehlaJ qualities. Of course, slnee the state’s only other major daily is Tl~e Oldal~oman, now offleially reeoSnlzed as the worst paper in the United States as Oklahomans have lon$ known, it’s never been hard for The World to look better. than as its ownership wants to present it, will come when The World does a similar piece on Tulsa’s Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Transgendered’communities. ¯ Ironically, more than five years ago, Worldreporters ¯ were set to do such a series. I discussed aspects of the ¯ proposalwithTulsaWorldreporters,JanetPearsonand ¯ David Fallis. The proposal was killed by-then executive ¯ editor, Bob Haring. And while I believe Joe Worley, ¯ current executive editor, is fundamentally a fair person, ¯ in general, and in particular towards.Gay people, it ¯ appears that he is constrained by the prejudices of the ¯ paper’s ownership. ¯ The Tulsa World’s owners and top business ¯ management are responsible for the newspaper’s many ¯ year’ s oldandquite official anti-Gay advertisingpolicies. : I first encountered these policies in the middle 80’s when a Lesbian businesswoman tried to advertise her Gay oriented book and gift shop. I later encountered the exact same policy almost 10 years laterwhen I tried to : scrutiny from the communities we claim to represent. ¯ ° Thesecondreasonformyresiguationisthatlcontinue : to doubt the value of this March at this time. I honor the ¯ valueofour previous nafi6nal Marches andacknowledge them as having been political turning points in the lives of many current leaders and activists. However, the effectiveness of sflCh dn enormous commiimeiit ofiJme and resources at a moment when more and more energy is demanded of the GLBT movement at the state and local level is questionable. Nothing so dramatically reinforced this as the success of Equality Begins at Home. ’Held one month ago and sponsored by the Federation of LGBT Statewide Political Organizations and the Task Force, EBAH was supported by national and local groups, including the March Board. It demonstrated the incrediblepowerofinveslinginstate and localmovement building. It also exemplified the real possibilities for political advancement of GLBT equality in eyery state~ Morefavorable bills wereintroducedin state legislatures, transmuted into The Pride Store at Tulsa’s Gay Community Center. The World’s anti-Gay policy stung PFLAG, Parents, Families andFriends ofLesbians andGays, morerecently when the orgamzation placed an advertisement supporting fair treatment for Lesbians and Gays but was not allowed to spell out their full legal name because, of course, it includes the forbidden word: "gay". In contrast, The Worm accepted an advertisement from West Tulsa churches attacking Gay people but The ~VorM allowed the churches to use the word "gay"! It’s bad enough that they have the bigoted policy but worse that they enforce it selectively. And it only adds injury to insult that The World, counter to the pohcies of the best media corporations in the country, has no non-discrimination policy that includes "sexual orientation" to protect the Lesbian and Gay reporters and staff. Nor has the corporation seen fit to provide equal pay for equal work by providing benefits for the families of Lesbian and Gay workers. In a day when health care is so expensive and benefits become a significant part of the "total employment package", this is no little issue. But maybe it shouldn’t be too surprising that The Worm doesn’t recognize the families of their Gay workers since part-0f TheWorld’s anti-Gay policy also includes arefusal to print engagement, anniversary or tmion announcements for Gay and Lesbian couples. Several years ago, v~fien I asked Joe Worley about thi~ discriminatory policy, he responded by asking if all I had to do each day was to dreamup hard questions for The Tulsa World. The answer to thatis "no"but the issue remains. Would The WorMban such ads frominterracial couples? Those relationships were once not recognized as legal, in many states. All this might not be that surprising for a corporation which has barely integrated its newsroom racially, and which was cited for (and settled) an EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) complaint for racist hiring practices (this according to their own pages). It still doesn’t make it right. So while we are making progress with The World, they really have a still some way to go. And as daily newspapers struggle to retain their relevancy in an increasingly media-diverse culture, organizations like The World will have to lose their country-club narrowness, with its largely useless and clearly pretentious regular columns devoted to who attended what soiree, and their outdated view of how-minority Tulsans, Gay as well as racial and religious groups, are to be treated, and look at our world as it really is. more allies were reached and involved, more media ¯ coverage was generated in every state on GLBT issues than had ever been achieved at the state level. Because ¯ . of its overwhelming success, the campaign is likely to ¯ be repeated in years to come, perhaps even annually. "" The National Gay and Lesbiafi Task Fbrce has ¯ committedthevastmajorityofitsresources to deepening ¯ and growing political power in every state. The time I have spent on the March Boardhas taken awayfrommy ¯ °iniportani work ~t( ~he state and i~tl level. I need to ¯ concentrate my energies on. NGLTF’s efforts to build this state-by-state movement and on advocating for our ¯ grassroots constituents at the national level This is the ¯ heart and soul Of our work and it requires us to have the ¯ courage of our convictions. ¯ Finally as a Board member, I have had personal ¯ financial responsibility and liability for the non-profit ¯ corporation producing the March. I am concerned that ¯ theMarch is notmoving forward in a strategicmanner. ¯ I am also concerned that neither the Boardmembers nor ] our GLBT community have full access to information ] about March management and finances. ¯ see Letters, p. 10 Arkansans Challenge: Gay Foster Care Ban l LITFLE ROCK (AP) - Six people are suing the state, seeking to overturn a state policy that bans , Gays from serving as foster parents. TheArkansas : Child Welfare Agency Review Board approved ¯ the banlast month. It also prevents heterosexuals from serving as foster parents, if a homosexual lives in their home. "This prohibition imposes a significantburden on (the plaintiffs’).., intimate, highly personal relationships with their partners, as they will not be allowed to serve as foster parents unless,they terminate those intimate relationships," says the lawsuit€filed in Pulaski County Chancery Court: Department .of Human Services spokesman Joe Quinn said the state expected the issue to go to court. "I don’t think there was ever much doubt," he said. The state averages 2,600 foster children daily in about 700 homes, Quinn said. He said the state doesn’t keep track of how many foster parents are homosexuals. Board memberWandaGooden said before the ban was approved that it was "my strong conviction that children thrive best in two-parent homes where there is a father and mother." Ms. Gooden said thenew rulewonld not significantly reduce thenumberoffoster families in Arkansas. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiffs are two Eureka Springs men who adopted children ages 6 and 2 and want to be foster parents; two Little Rock men who want to serve as foster parents; a Fayetteville woman who wants,,to be a foster parent and a Fayetteville man who has a homosexual son living at home. Fewer But More Vicious Attacks BOSTON (AP) - The number of hate cnmes against Gays in Massachusetts dropped last year, but the attacks thatdidhappenweremore vicious, according to state figures. There was a36% drop in the number of hate crimes against Gays and Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgenders reported to policeandother organizations, said theFenway Community Health Center in Boston. But there was a 13%increase in attacks that caused serious injury, and a 5% increase in attacks with a weapon. Nationally, the number of hate crimes against Gays was down 4%last year from 1997, but cases of violence increased 12%. The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs said 33 Gay men and women were, killed in hatemotivated attacks last year, twice the number in 1997. The coalition said two of those killed were in Boston, but police said they were not certain those killings were hate crimes. Friends said a27-year-oldGay man committed suicide last October, about one year after two men beat him in Boston’s South End and carved an "F" on his shoulder with a knife. "Let’S not be fooled by the numbers" showing a decrease in hate crimes, said Attorney GEneral Thomas Reilly. "I see a very frightening increase in violence.’" ¯ David Shannon of the Fenway center’s Violence Recovery Program said that since the killing in October of a Gay college student in Laramie,Wyo., "therehas been ahigher visibility of hate crimes against Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders." "There has also been increased targeting and violence," he said. Dentist Refuses to Treat Lesbian FRANKLIN, N.H. (AP) - Tricia Thompson had been going to the same dentist for two years. Dr. Jay Roper had done her fillings and cleanings and repatred cracked teeth. He s always bee nice," she said. Or he was until two weeks ago, when Thompson came in for a root canal and Roperquestionedherabouthersexual orientation. After learning she was a Lesbian, he refused to treat her and told her to leave his office, she told the Concord Monitor. Katharine Daley, executive director of the state Human Rights Commission, said for a dentist to refuse to treat someone because,of their sexual orientauon is illega! in New Hampshire. Thompson said she may file a civil rights complaint against Roper. ~f the commission finds he i!legally discriminated against her, he could be fined up to $10,000 and ordered to pay compensatory damages. Thompson said when she first signed up as Roper’s patient, she put a former partner’s name on the"spouse" lineofher registrationform. The name was clearly a woman’s. About a month ago, when Thompson went "ln with a bad toothache, she was asked to fill out a new card, ~he said. She put down the name of her new partner; they had performed a commitment ceremony in February. Roper then told her she needed a root canal, put in a temporary filling and told her to returnMarch 23. By the time she came back, accompaniedby her partner, the temporary filling had come out and her tooth was in pain. Before taking herinto his office, Roper heldup the registration card she’d filled out and told her he had questions about it, she said. Thompson and her partner said Roper asked whether Thompson’s "spouse" was the woman with her. She said yes. He asked whether she had been married to her previous partner, then divorced and remarried. When she said yes, he asked if she had a marriage license. She said she asked him, "What business is it of yours?" He shot. back, "Do you have AIDS or something?" she said. She said she didn’t, but she also told him she did not like his questions. Roper shook his head, told her, "I.don’t believe in it," and insisted he had the right to refuse anyone treatment, she said. Roper then put her file, her registration card and chart on the counter and told her to take it and leave the office. Thompson said she reminded him she had been his patient for years. But he said he hadn’t previously realized thatherpartner was awoman, she said. "Basically, he kicked me out of his office and said have a nice life," Thompson said. ’He didn’t even ask me how my tooth was." Roper confirmed that he denied Thompson treatment: ’qZor my own personal reasons, yes,’’ he told the Monitor. ’~ecause ofmyownpersonal philosophy, yes." Asked what his philosophy was, Roper replied, "I’hat stays in the office." Asked ifhe routinely informed patients about his philosophy, he responded, "What philosophy?" Roper said he told Thompson she could file a complaint with the state dental board if she was unhaplSy withhis decision. TheAmerican Dental Association’s "Principles of Ethics," which governNew Hampshire dentists, say they cannot refuse to treat patients on the basis of race, creed, color, sex or national origin. It does not mention sexual preference, but does say, ’‘The dentist’s primary obligations include dealing wi~ people justly and delivering dental care without prejudice." A spokesman at ADA headquarters said the issue of withholding treatment because ofa patient’s sexual preference had ne~er come " up before. However, New Hampshire law is dear, Daley -" said. In New Hampshire, health providers are : considered a "public accomodation;" and equal ¯. access to public accomodations for Gays and ¯ Lesbians is protected by state law, she said. ¯ Gay Priest Being :: Considered As Bishop ¯ WEARE, N.H.(AP) - The Rev. Canon Gene ". Robinson again is a finalist for bishop and if he ~ becomes the spiritual leader of the Diocese of ¯ Rochester, N.Y., he will be the first openly Gay : bishop in the 2.5 million-member Episcopal : Church of America~ ¯ Robinson oneoffive nominees from a field of ¯ 86 applicants for the bishopric, was cited by the Kelly Kirby CPA, PC Certified Public Accountant a professional corporation 74-7-5466 4021 S. Harvard, Suite 210, Tulsa 74135 MCC-United formerly Family of Faith & Greater Tulsa MCC Joined as one body of believers. 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"I’m hoping it doesn’t become a big issue," said Janet Farnsworth, president of the Diocese of Rochester’s Standing Committee. "We wanted a person who would lead us spiritually and a person who was willing to speak out on social issues. We wanted someone who would be apastorto all our clergy and theirfamilies andhe’ s known for his work in clergy wellness," she told The Concord Monitor. Robinson, assistant to Bishop Douglas Theuner of the Diocese of New Hampshire and a priest for 25 years, finished third last year in his bid to become bishop of the Diocese of Newark, N.J. "As honored as I felt to be nominated in Newark, I’m overwhelmed at the privilege of being nominated in a diocese like Rochester and the courage they have shown in nominating me," he said. "The way I can help Gay and Lesbian people the most is by being a good bishop, not a Gay bishop," he said. Buthis sexuality will be alightningrodfor some. Atthe international level, the church has taken a strong stand against homosexuality. A majority of Anglican bishops at the Lambeth Conference of Bishops in England last year declared homosexuality contrary to scripture. While that group has no authority over the Episcopal Church - the Anglican communion in the United States, it has pressured American bishops to conform. Thatpressure alsocomesfromwithin. Theconservative Episcopalians United takeissue with Robinson, believing homosexuality sinful. The group worries his dection could cause rifts in the church. ’’We expect a higher standard of our leaders than our members," said its board chairman, the Rev. Sandy Greene of Christ Church in Denver, Colo., who supports ministries that encourage peopl9 to renounce their homosexuality. Robinson was married with two children when he acknowledged he was Gayin 1986. Henow lives with his partner, Mark Andrew. In early June, he and2Madrew will meet with voting delegates throughout the diocese. On June 19, the diocese’s clergy and three lay people from each of the 54 congregations will vote on a candidate, who needs a simple majority from both groups to win. Should Robinson be elected, he faces an even bigger hurdle. To be ordained bishop, he must be "consented to" by a simple majority of the nation’s Episcopal bishops as wall as standing committees, comprised of laity and clergy. The church went through a similar controversy in 1994 when it elected the first female bishop, Barbara Harris of the Diocese of Massachusetts. Yet it hasn’t rejected a bishop electedby adiocese since thelate 1800s. James DeKovan, rejected twice, now is a church saint. New Haven Police Targeting Gays NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Police here admit they are targeting bJacks, Hispanics, women, Gays and Lesbians - not as suspects, but as candidates to join the force. At a time when images of police brutality have been seared into the American psyche, the New Haven Police Department is recruiting the very people who have often been seen as their victims. The department began its campaignrecently, printing advertisements in alternative publications and distributing fliers to inner city organizations, churches, and a commumty center for Gays and Lesbians. The fliers say, "I want you" in bold letters and feature photographs of minority and women officers. ’’We wantpopulations thathave beentraditionally underserved by police and underrepresented in police departments," said Kay D. Codish, director of training and education. Similar recnfitment drives have had mixed results in San Francisco, Boston and elsewhere, said Penny Harrington, director of the National Center forWomen& Policing in Los Angeles and former chief of the Portland, Ore., police department. "A lot of women and minorities do not see policing as a place for them. In the media, on television, they’re frequently shown in subsidiary roles," Harrington said. "If an agency is serious, they have to go out and target." Hubert Williams, director of the Police Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based research organization, said mistrust of police in some minority communities has reached crisis proportions because of "racial profiling," allegations that police make traffic stops and detain people based on race. "In order for the police officers to dotheirjob, they musthavepublic support," saidWilliams, f6rmer director of police in. Newark, N.J. "You have " populations that see the police in hostile ways, that they’re not there to protect and to serve, but to control and ¯ oppress." ." James Mclver of the National Orgamzation of Black Law Enforcement Executives in Alexandria. Va., said ¯¯ studies show thatapolice force that reflects the community it serves demographically is less likely to have accusations ¯ of police brutality lodged against it. He pointed to two ¯ recent cases inNew York City. Four police officers have ¯ ¯ been charged in the fatal shooting ofAmadou Diallo, an unarmed West African, and four other city officers are ¯ charged with sodomizing a Haitian suspect. ¯ According to the U.S. Justice Department Bureau of ¯ Statistics, there are about664,000 full-timepolice officers ¯ in the country. At the municipal level, the latest figures : available show that roughly 11% are black, 6% are ¯ Hispanic, and about 9% are women. The federal ¯" government does not keep track of officers’ sexual "orientation. New Haven’s 447-member department ¯ already is diverse compared to national statistics, with ¯ 39% being minorities and 16% female. ¯ In a newspaper editorial earlier this month, Police ¯ ChiefMelvinWearingsaid thereis noquotaandminorities ¯ don’t get extra points on their applications just for being ¯ who they are. "Our goal is simply to increase the number ¯ of applicants from those groups that, in the past, have not ¯ presented themselves for consideration in substantial ¯ numbers," he said. ¯ However, police union officials have questioned the recruitment effort and some have said they fear white ¯ male candidates will feel unwelcome to apply for the 40 ¯ job openings. "Ifyoustartencouraging one certaingroup, ¯ others might feel slighted. We would like to see an open ¯ recnfitment. The key is that tlmy be qualified,’7 said Frank ¯ Lombardi, vice president of the local union. Most, if not ¯ all, police departments say they are "’equal opportunity ¯ employers,"butCodishbelieves lawenforcement agencies must go further by advertising in unlikely places such as women’s health clinics and day care centers. Catholics Attack Boston Partners Benefits BOSTON (AP) - City paramedic Kay Schmidt works ¯ hardand thinks she deserves healthinsurance benefits for ¯ her familyjust like any other city worker. Butthe Catholic Action League of Massachusetts says its members don’t ¯ want the city to subsidize Lesbian relationships like ¯ Schmidt’s. The Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments ¯ in the Catholic Action League’s challenge to the city’s ¯ domestic parmer policy. The court’s ruling could affect ¯ Boston and other communities that offer benefits for ¯ domestic partners. Springfield, Northampton, Brookline ¯ and Cambridge also provide domestic partner benefits. ¯ Thequestionbefore the state’ s highest courtwaswhether Boston had the authority to extendhealth benefits to those ¯ not stipulated by state law. "Providing these health ¯" insurance benefits complements the state law, it certainly ¯ doesn’t defeat its purposes," said Jennifer Levi, of the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, who argued ¯ before the court on behalf of Schmidt. ¯ Vincent McCarthy, representing the Catholic Action ¯ League of Massachusetts, said the city needed to get permissionfromthe Legislature, but failed last year when ¯ Gov. Patti Cellucci vetoed the measure. Mayor Thomas ." Menino then signedanexecutive orderputting themeasure ¯ into effect. ’"What they’re trying to do now is an end run ¯ around the Legislature," McCarthy told the court. ¯ McCarthy, counsel for the American Center for Law ¯ and Justice, whichdescribes itsdf as a.nonprofit pro- " family organization, said the city’s executive order was ¯ legally and morally wrong. "It encourages heterosexual : and homosexuals to form what, in essence, are common ¯ law relationships which are illegal in Massachusetts, ¯ without the responsibilities of marriage, and really ¯ discourages people from getting married as well," ¯ McCarthy said. The SJC took the arguments under ¯ advisement. ." Boston defines domestic partners as two people, of at ¯ least 18 years of age, who are not married, but who share ¯ living expenses so that one assumes responsibility for the ¯ ¯ welfare of the other. It is not limited to Gay couples. Schmidt, speaking outside the courthouse with her ¯ partner Diane Pullen and their 8-month-old daughter, ¯ said she was not looking for special privileges as a : Lesbian, but the benefits her co-workers enjoy. She said ¯ they decided Pullen would stay home with the baby and ¯ their 7-year-old child. They said it was perfect timing : when the city began offering health benefits for domestic ¯ partners in November. Were they to lose that benefit, the ¯ two women said Pullen would likely have to return to ¯ work and the two would pay for day care for the baby. Responding to those critical of their"lifestyle," Schmidt ¯ said, "We are two parents rinsing two children. I work, : we’re a family. There’s no way anybody can deny we’re a family. And why shouldn’t we have affordable health insurance like any other family, like your family?" ¯ Federal Hate Crimes Bill Uncertain ¯ WASHINGTON (AP) - Legislation that would broaden ¯ the federal hate crimes law by including offenses based ¯ on sexual orientation faces an uncertain future despite ¯ President Clinton’s call forlawmakers to pass it this year. : A similar bill, which Clinton also pushed, died in the last ¯ Congress. Neither the House nor the Senate or any of the ¯ appropriatecommittees voted onit. TheWhite Houseand ¯ other supporters hope public outrage over recent well- " publicized hate crimes will help advance the measure tbis ¯ time around. : But opposition, however, appears so strong that a lead ¯ sponsor, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., doubts whether " Congress will approveit. "Wehave to face the reality that ¯ it’ s a very tough sell," Specter, a former local prosecutor, ¯ said in a recent interview. "After a while you can develop ¯ a majority (of votes)but I think we’re a long way from it." ¯ Senate Judiciary Committee hearings are expected later this month. At a recent White House ceremony, Clinton said ¯ Congress should pass the bill this year and "send a : message to ourselves and to the world that we are going into 21st century determined to preach and to practice what is right." The Hate Crimes Prevention Act would add disability, gender and sexual orientation to federal anti-bias laws andmakeit easierfor the Justice Department to inveslagate ¯ and prosecute such offenses. Current law prohibits crimes ¯ based on race, color, religion or national origin. Eight ¯ state have no hate crimes laws. Laws in 21 states cover ¯ sexual orientation, 22 state laws include gender and 21 ¯ cover disability. ¯ Richard Socarides, Clinton’s civil rights adviser, said ¯ the White House was more optamistic this time because ¯ of public sentiment over the killings and the upcoming ¯ Senate hearings ,The signs are better than ever before," ¯ he said. ¯ David Smith, spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, a Gay and Lesbian political advocacy group, ¯ cited a Gallup poll, conducted in mid-Febrnary, that ¯ found that 70% of the public favors having a hate crimes : law in their state. ’’We would be very happy for there to ¯ be no need for this legislation," he said. ¯ Some opponents believe federal Intervention is ¯ unnecessary, because states already are prosecuting ¯ ¯ allegations of hate crimes, and discriminatory. Social conservatives,meanwhile, view thebill as creating speci~d ¯ protections for Gays. "By including hate crimes : enhancement for some groups, the message is that the ¯ government cares more about those victims than other ¯ people," said Robert H. Knight, senior director for cultural ¯ studies at the conservative Family Research council. ¯ Among the recent hate-crime cases: - In Texas, white supremacist John William King was : sentenced to death in February for dragging James Byrd ; Jr., who was black, to his death behind a pickup truck in ; June 1998. Two other men await trial in the slaying. ¯ - In Wyoming, Russell Henderson, one of two young ¯ men charged in the beating death of Matthew Shepard, a ¯ Gay college student, pleaded guilty Monday to murder .. andwas se~itencedtotwoconsecudvelifetermsinprison. ¯ - In Alabama, two menface murder charges in the Feb. ¯ 19 killing of Billy Jack Gaither, who was Gay. Police say ¯ he was beaten with an ax handle and burned to death because he allegedly made a pass at one of the men. Coburn Calls For "¯ bMealiceGveusffieh,ew, htoohoa, disdecdiedaedd.toSboecowmheena HIV ProgramAudits "- "medi missiona ,"touredthedis°ase- infested areas of western Kenya 12 years OKLAHOMA C1TY (AP) - Questions " ago, sheunderstoodhow muchits residents about spending pmctices and other aspects " were suffering. 1,,was appalled at what, of federal AIDS/HIV programs have . they didn’t have, said the 75-year-old prompted U.S. Rep. TomCobumand two plastic surgeonfromNew City,New York. Republican colleagues to request an audit ¯ She returned home and founded the of those programs. " Society for Hospital and Resources Coburn, a practicing physician from Exchange to improve health care for Oklahoma, House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas and Commerce Committee Chairman Tom Bliley of " Virgima sent a letter requesting the audit " to the General Accounting Office on ¯ Tuesday. They question spending ¯ practices and other aspects of the programs. "X2ongress has a moral obligation to those suffering with AIDS/HIV to ensure thatthenearly$9bilfion directed to federal AIDS programs is s,p,ent for purpos.~ for this it is intended, Coburn said m a prepared statement. "Over the past five years I have encountered too many instances where federal AIDS/HIV funds have been misused." In addition to requesting any evidence on misuse Of federal AIDS funds, the letter requests a report on whether disparities existinAIDS funding regarding race or gender, what criteria are used to determineAIDS Drug AssistancePro.gra~. distributions and whether tkose criteria favor any particular region, and information regarding compliance with federal laws within the programs.. Other requests madein theletterinclude information on how much money fromfederal AIDS programs is used to pay for overhead and other non-care related activities rather than on direct treatment of patients. Black Men 7x More " passioninitandputssomuchenergyint° it, that probably impressed me more than Likely For AIDS " anything," Violante said. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Public " Violanteesdmatedhehadtrainedabout health officials are sounding an alarm, for Alabamablack males,whoare seventtmes more likely than white males (o contract the virus that causes AIDS. The, Department of Public Health, which held a news conference last month to discuss the problem, said the spread of the disease has reachedcrisis proportions amongblack men. The dan,g,er .lies in the f.ac,t that. m~any blacksdon tknow they areimected, they might believe the disease is still one of homosexual white males, said Jane Cheeks, AIDS director at the state Health Department. A former public health worker in Jefferson County, Ms. Cheeks recalled working with the first people i,n Birminghamto be affectedby HIV, which causes AIDS. Most were homosexual white males. Thediseaseis now strikingmoreheax[ily among blac.k.la.e.te.lu.~ezx-uals ¯ "We’re seeing this as aleading causeofdeathfor African- American males ages 25 to 44, and that’ s got to stop," she said. She said the state has spen{ $1.6 million On HIV/AIDS education programs since 1993, but more must be done. "It’s not working," she said. "Weneed to join commumty efforts to address this at a local level." HIV Fight in Kenya KISUMU, Kenya (AP) - Dr. Martha ,’Bobby"MacGuffiehas knownpain.Two of her sons died of the AIDS they contractedfromblood transfusions. Their older brother, crushed by the deaths, disappeared into a haze of drugs. She ¯ westemKenyaby sta_,aing clinics, donating medical equipment and educating residents how to avoid disease. Kenya’s government provides little medical care for many rural districts, leaving private groups like SHAREto care,f0r the _ps~o.pl,e. Inrecognition ofSHARE s work, Lion s ¯ Club International named MacGnffie its 1998 Humanitarian of theYear, anhonor ¯ previously given to Mother Teresa and ¯ Jimmy Carter. The award comes with a $200,000 grant. ¯ On a recent trip, she and other SHARE ¯ volunteersfromNewYorktreatedpatients and sprinkled donations throughout " Nyanza province, about 160 miles (250 ". kms) west of the capital, Nairobi. They ¯ gave money to expand a local hospital. ¯ They paid the school fees for AIDS orphans. They donated drugs to treat ¯ children wit.h, disfiguring Birkitts Lvmphoma. "It s a greater need here than ~.,h....l~e" said Eleanore Schafer, a N’~e~v~’~]t~y’;o~ial worker who set. up ¯ SHARE’s program for sponsoring orphans. ~ David Violante, a paramedic from ¯ Wallkill, New York, was on his fifth visit ¯ to train Kenyans in emergency medical ¯ ¯ techniques. HemetMacGuffie nine years when she taught a course for his ¯ paramedics class, andthree years later she ¯ persuadedhimand threeotherparamedics ¯ to visit Kenya. "She just has so much ¯ 500 local paramedics and brought over hundreds of thousands of doll.ars worth of ] donated backboards, stretchers, cervical ¯ collars and other trauma equipment. MacGuffiehas spent millions here, she ~ said, wheedling donations from drug ¯. companies, civic groups and corporations. ¯ Shehas raised.tens of thousands ofdollars ¯ from her Rockland County neighbors and ¯ collected single dollars fromchildren she ¯ lectured to at schools. She remains determined to continue working inKenya ¯ as tong as Americans support her. ¯, Editor’s Note: SHARE, c/o Martha MacGuffie, 591 S. Mountain Rd., New City, New York. USA, 10956. Dentist Settles HIV Bias Lawsuit BOSTON (AP) -A dentist and his office manager will pay a combined $60,000 for allegedly committing Medic~’,"dfr,aud and discriminating against people who were HIV-positive, the attorney general’s office said. Dr. Guillermo Recinos, 38, and Yolanda Jereidini, 46, were sued in civil ¯ court in October 1998 by the attorney ¯ general’s office. They were accused of ~ violating federal discrimination laws by ¯ refusing to treat patients who were HIV- ¯ positive. ¯ They also allegedly told employees not ¯ ¯ to take patients who wereHIV-positive at their clinic in the city’s Jamaica Plain ¯ neighborhood. When one dentist in the ¯ office took a patient who was HIVpositive, Recinos andJereidinididn’tgive Power To Do Good. Supporting Local Community Events Is Something Everyone Can Do. PSO has served the electrical needs our customers here for almost 80 years now. But we also serve broader needs. 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The remaining $8,450 will be donated to the Battered Children and Women’s program at the Elizabeth Stone House in Jamaica Plain. Under the terms ofthe Medicaidfraud settlementapproved by Kottmyer, Recinos alone will pay $40,000 in civil penalties and restitution. So. African Women Criticize Govt. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Women’s groups criticized the South African government Thursday for failing to provide medical treatment they say could help prevent victims of rape from contracting the AIDS virus from their attackers. The activists are demanding the government provide rape victims with a three-drug cocktail of AZT, 3TC and a protease inhibitor Crixovan. The threedrug cocktail is available for $820 on the ¯ private market, which represents five ¯ months of wages for an average South ¯ African. ¯¯ The Centers for Disease Control and ¯ Prevention in Atlanta recommends the three-drug therapyforhealthcare workers ¯ who have been exposed to HIV through ¯ contaminated needles because some ¯ studies have found AZT alone has prevented themfromcontracting the virus. "The state has removed the death ¯ sentence" for crime, said Johannesburg : journalist Charlene Smith. "Now we are : asking them to remove the death sentence ¯ for rape survivors." Smith, who wrote ¯ recently about being raped and her ¯ attempts afterward to obtainAIDS-related ¯ medical treatment, spoke at a news conference sponsoredby women’s groups : who represent rape victims. : Doctors and others have also ¯ complained about a decision by South ¯ Africa’s Health Ministry last year to shut ¯ ¯ down pilot projects to treat HIV-positive expectant mothers in the last month of : pregnancy with AZT, which reportedly can reduceby half the transmission rate of : HIV to newborns. ¯ A womanin South Africa is three times ¯ morelikely to be raped than in the United ¯ States, and South African men are much : more likely to be infected with HIV, the ¯ virus that causes AIDS, said Nthabiseng Mogale, head of People Opposed to WomenAbuse. SouthAfricanwomenare : entitled to treatment as a human right, ¯ Mogale said. ¯ One in eight South African adults is ¯ infected with HIV. The rate is tWice that ." for pregnant women, the government has said. Police say about 65,000 women and ¯ girls are assaultedevery year, but activists insist the number is much higher. Medical Excellence And Compass.ionate Care S nce 1926. ¯ ¯ ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTER I P Medical Excellence. Compassionate Care ¯ Botswana, South Africa’s wealthier " neighbor to the north, has introduced free ¯ AZT treatment for infants born to HIV- ¯ positive mothers, said Vicki Ehrich ¯ spokeswomanfor Glaxo Wellcome, which ¯ produces AZT. Glaxo Wellcome wants to supply the ¯ South African government with the drug ¯ for $65 perbirth, orone-third ofits market ¯ price. But the government says that’s too : expensive. ’°We cannot afford this type of intervention," said Khangelani ¯ Hlongwane, spokesman for the South ¯ African Health Ministry. ¯ Physicians at state-rim hospitals have ¯ clashed with the government on theissue. ¯ ’oWe’re trying to convincethegovernment ¯ that it’s actually cost effective," said Dr. ¯ Avy Violari, a pediatrician at Chris Hani : Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. ." The United Nations AIDS program ¯ estimates that about 600,000 HIV ¯ ¯ infections are spread during childbirth worldwide, butnofigures for SouthAfrica ." were available. Transmission of HIV ¯ through sexual assault has been less ¯ studied, partlybecause rape and AIDS are ¯ not as widespreadin Europeand the United : States, wheremostresearchis carried out, ¯ Smith said. :$ for HIV Falling Behind Its Spread ¯ GENEVA (AP) - Spending by donor : countries to combat AIDS in developing ~ countries is failing to keep pace with the ¯ spreadofthe disease, now infecting nearly ¯ 6 millionpeople worldwide each year, the ¯ United Nations said recently. ¯ "it is alarming that AIDS is expanding three times faster than the funding to control it," said Dr. Peter Piot, executive director of UNAIDS, the Joint U.N. Program on HIV/AIDS. Piot called on industrialized nations to do more to fight the disease in developing countries. The agency said wealthy countries’ support for the global fight against AIDS IS being vastly outpacedby the epldennc, which has infected47 million people over the past two decades. That figure includes those who have already died from the disease and those hying with HIV, the AIDS-causing virus. Funding to fight AIDS in developing countries was $273 million in 1997, less than double the $165 million spent in 1990, it said. During the same period, the number of people living with HIV around the worldmore than tripled to 30.3 million from 9.8 million. UNAIDS said a study by the Harvard University School of Public Health found the United States was "by far the largest tnbutor to the lnternat~onal campaign, giving $135.2 million-in 1997. But it said that other countries ranked higher when their contributions weremeasured against the size of their economies. Norway gave $93 for each $1 million ofits gross national product; the Netherlands gave $92. Denmark was third at $52 per 1 million of its gross national product, followed by Swedenat $49. Australiagave $31, Canada $21, Britain $19, Belgium $18, United States $17, Finland $10, Switzerland and Germany $6 and Japan $2. Industrialized countries are spending less than 1% of their development aid on the fight against AIDS, according to UNAIDS. ’oWeighed against the global catastrophe of the AIDS epidemic, the level of spending for HIV prevention around the world is minimal," Piot said. He said in order for any aid to benefit ¯ developing countries, more money needs to be given to fight AIDS. UNAIDS says 95% of the people living ¯ with the AIDS virus are in developing ¯ countries, most of them in Africa. ¯ Agency officials said developing ." countries are also contributing to the ¯ campaign against AIDS. The study ¯ showed domestic spending varied from a low of 8% in the Caribbean and 9% in ¯ Africa to 57% in Asia, 67% in Latin America and 79% in Eastern Europe. ¯ Economics Making :HIV Fight Harder BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Asia’s economic crisis is worsening Thailand’s ¯ AIDS crisis, experts said, predicting that ¯ more than 100,000 Thai children will be ." orphaned by the disease by the end of the ¯ year 2000. ¯ Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, ¯ opening Thailand’s annualNationalAIDS ¯ Seminar, told hundreds ofresearchers and ¯ health workers that the government will ¯ scrimp to findnow-scarce funding to keep the AIDS epidemic under control. ¯ But Wirut Poolcharoen, a Health ." Ministry official, acknowledged that ¯ Thailand’s government does not know ¯ how to cope with an expected explosion ¯ in the number ofAIDS orphans. Most are taken care of by their grandparents or other family members. "The number of ¯ orphans whose parents die of AIDS will ¯ double by the end ofthe year 2000,"Wirnt ¯ said. "The government does not yet know ¯ how to carry such a huge burden to ensure ¯ the well-being of these children." ¯" Statisticians at Mahidol University released a report showing that in 1997, the ¯ year that recession struck Thailand and : much of Southeast Asia, the country had 34,349 AIDS orphans, about a quarter of them under age five. By the end of 2000, ¯ the report predicts the total figure will be ¯ 116,508childrenorphanedbyAIDS,with 30,845 of them under five¯ Acquiredimmunedeficiency syndrome ¯ claimed 51,000 lives in Thailand in 1997 alone, according to research presented by ¯ Bangkok’s prestigious Chulalongkorn University. Death figures were not ¯ available for 1998. "It takes years for ~ p.eople to realize they have contracted the ¯ virus, and its consequences are thereby affecting quality of life of their family ¯ members and of society as a whole,"Wirnt said. ¯ In the early years after AIDS was discovered, Thailand refused to ¯ acknowledge it had a single case of the disease, fearing damage to the lucrative ¯ prostitution industry that is a mainstay both of tourism and the sex lives of many ¯ Thai men. A change of attitude coupled ¯ with aggressive condom distribution and ¯ ¯ education programs brought the epidemic somewhatundercontrolbythemid_ 1990s, ¯ but the gains are eroding due to cuts in the ¯ health budget in ’the recession-era economy. The government’s spending on ¯ AIDS pre~iention has fallen about 25% to ¯ 1.4 billion baht ($39 miillion) Since 1997. ¯ Thailandneeds toprepareitselftohandle ¯ the social and economic consequences of : AIDS and the HIV virus that leads to it, ¯ said Supachai Kunarattanapruek, an ¯ adviser to the Health Ministry. Though Thailand spends little on long- : term care for AIDS sufferers, the country will pay a high price for the loss of ¯ economically active people, experts said. About two-thirds of the country’s AIDS ¯ sufferers are 25-39 years old, their prime ¯ working years. It’s the end of the season but things are ¯ relationship between the artist and patron, hardly slowing down. Tulsa Opera will ¯ and includes the museum’s patron, end its season with our favorite opera, " Thomas Gilcrease who with John D. Mozart’s Magic Flute. Performances are : Rockefeller, Jr. was a patron of artist May 1,6 &8 at 8pm, except onThursday, ¯ JosephHenry Sharp. Formoreinformation the6thandare or directions in the Chap- Designer Showcase to the man Music museum, call Hall. This 596-2700 or work, in visit the German with website at translations www~ shown above T u 1 s a the stage, has Philharmonic not been seen will wrap up It in Tulsa in Chamber more thanl0 Classics years and the season with cast looks to pieces by be excellent. Bizet, Ravel It is, of course and Haydn on a fairy tale, May 7th at the complete with Waiters Arts an evil queen, 319 East 21st Street Center at and of course, Holland Hail we can all relate to that, can’t we? Don’t " School. Three local Episcopal choirs are miss it. ¯ featured, Saint John’s, Saint Dtmstan’s Switchinggearsfromtheartstoreligion, ¯ and Trinity’s. For tickets and moreinfo., those radical, free thinking, wild eyed " call 747-7445. liberals, those Presbyterians are going to ¯ Also, check out the Philharmonic’s havethenationalconferencefortheMore ¯ DesignerShowcaseat319East21stStreet. Light Presbyterians (the official,ly Gay- : It’s a great way to see what the latest in friendly ones) in Oklahoma’City at " high "foofI3"’ and decorating is and to OklahomaCityUniversity’sAngieSmith ," support a great organizatxon. This is the Memorial Chapel, NW 23rd and 26th year for the showcase and the 50th Blackwelder, onMay21-23. Theprogram : year for the Philharmonic. Tickets are $10 begins with a dinner and worship service ¯ and it’s open Tues. to Sat. from 10-4pro at 6pm on Friday. Workshops are : and Thurs. from l0-8pm, Sundays l-4pm scheduledfrom8amto 10pmonSaturday ¯ but don’t get ther after 3pm or 7pm on and Sunday will be devoted to a"ministry ¯ Thurs. if you want to get in. FYI, no of presence." Speakers include Chris ¯ cameras and it’s not handicapped Glaser, Janie Spahr, Scott Anderson and accessible. more.Info:JohnMcNeese,405-848-2819 " Finally ourregular entertaiment writer or john33 @ix.netcom.com , shares the following with credit to "News Moving to the arts but still with a " oftheWeird"andofcourse, Rolling Stone: religious theme, Philbrook Museum opens : "Prominent ’Christian’ radical right an Italian Old Masters drawing exhibit in psychologist Patti Cameron told Rolling May.TheexhibitfeaturesworksbyCrespi, Stone magazine that he feared Gay sex Luti, Cambiaso andCantafiniandTiepolo would supplant heterosexual sex unless a and will hang from May 9 to Sept. 12. vigilant society repressed it. ’Marital sex Philbrook is at 2727 Rockford Rd. tends toward the boring,’ he said. Gilcrease Museum continues to ’Generally, it doesn’t deliver the kind of eelebrateits50thanniversarywithashow sheer sexual pleasure that homosexual opening on May 16th. ’q’aos Artists and sex does.’ ’If all one seeks is an orgasm,’ Their Patrons,1898 -1950" was organized he said, ’the evidence is that men do a by the Snite Museum at Notre Dame U. betterjobonmen, andwomenonwomen.’ but draws on the collections at the Metro- ’Homosexuality,’ he said, ’seems too politan, the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa powerful to resist.’ " Fe, the Harwood Museum of the Amazing. Time to set up more University of New Mex-ico in Taos, recruitment stations. With publicity like Chicago’s Art Institute and more. 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The program will feature a variety, of musicfrom"Swell the Full Chorus"by G. F. Handel, to 60’s sensation’q’umArotmd, Look at Me". "Our audiences have come to expect the Standard choral repertoire ¯ with an occasional twist of humor that ¯ only the men of Council Oak can do so ¯ eloquently.., trust me, concert-goers will not be disappointed," said Rick Former, ¯ Jr., Artistic Director. ¯ Recently, members of Council Oak Men’s Chorale performed on the floor of ¯ the Oklahoma State House of ¯ Representatives as a lobbying effort for ¯ passage of House Bill 1211. The work performed there, ’Wile Voice," was an ¯ original composition by chorale member : Greg Davis, and will also be given its ¯ concert premiere on May 7 & 8. -" . Don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy an ¯ evening of beautiful and exciting music ¯ performed by Tulsa’s all-male chorus, ¯ Council Oak Men’s Chorale. 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Thepopular series ofJ. K. Lasser’s financial guides now includes Gay and Lesbian topics, and none too soon. It is often mentioned, by political friends andfoes alike, that Gays and Lesbians have a lot of expendable income. Here is a book to help you put together a rosy financial future, regardless ofhow much money you’re making right now. Through aseries of charts and sample worksheets, you’ll learnhow toprepareforbuying a house, starting a business, saving for a vacation and, yes, retirement. Although many people share similar financial goals, Lesbians and Gay men need to approach the topic differently than straight ¯ people. The most obvious concerns are the legal barriers that prevent Gay andLesbian couples from participating in the financial benefits of .marriage. In addition, most rnsurance and benefit programs do not yet include same sex couples. Although some people are not planning to retire, some of us are! There~sagoodchapteronpreparing for retirement. (Hint: As youalready know, the earlier you start, the easier it will be.) The scary part of this is estimating how long you’ll live after retirement, and how much income you will need. The charts to determine these figures are fairy simple, I can no longer accept the personal risk my participation on the Board requires. I hope that my colleagues, many of whom are working very hard and responsibly, will push for information and accountability in the planning process. In dosing, I want to assure you that the- Task Force will be visible at the Millennium March on Washington to encourage Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered people from around the country to continue their work through state andlocal organizing. They will come to Washington to experience thepower of gathering in their nation’s capital, to feel strength in numbers, and to create a show of force for the GLBT community. We will be persistent in our efforts to ensure that the energy and momentum of the March cames to local communities. The fmancial commitments madebythe March .Board to organizations dedicated to statewide organizingand people of color organizing could:be the finest legacy the March will leave to our movement. If significant changes are made in the March planning and organizing, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force will gladly considerrejoining theplanning efforts for the Millennium March on Washington. In the meantime, we will advocate for the inclusibn of our entire community in the March process and for the linking ofour agenda to those of other movements for social justice. We hope ¯ although you will need to check with the ¯ Social Security Administration to ¯ determine your probable Social Security ¯¯ benefits during retirement.When youplug the numbers in, you’ll probably be ¯ horrified toseehow muchmoney, adjusted ¯ for inflation, you will need for a Although many similar f’inanelal goals, Lesbians and Gay men need to approael~ t]ae topic dffIerently tha. straiSht ~ple. The most concerns are l~al that prevent Gay and L~blan "~ouvl~ from ~rtlei~tln$ the flnanelal benefit~ .o~ marriage. comfortable retirement. Start saving right now ! Achieving your financial goals is never easy, and rarely fun. There is a chapter on investing money in mutual funds, stocks,moneymarkets, etc., thatis sure to please all of you business majors and numbercrunchers. For therest of us, however, it is astonishingly boring, but necessary reading. Different insurance situations (life, property, auto, disability) are also addressed, as is the inevitable topic of estate planning. As difficult as it may be, it is necessary for every individual to have a valid, up to date will. The possible legal disputes that arisefrompoorestate planning canquickly wipe out any assets you may have built. Don’t let it happen to you, or your significant other! Although the topic is never muchfun, it is vitally important that everyone, regardless of orientation, age or marital : status, address their financial planning needs. This is a good, basic book to help you start thinking about the unthinkable. ." Cheek for this title and others on similar ¯ topics at your local library, or call the Readers Services departmentatthe Central ~ Library at 596-7966. : theseissues will be reflected in the March : planning and agenda. ¯ - Kerry Lobel, Executive Director ¯ MaineTown Passes Rights Protections ¯ FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) - The Town ¯ Council has unammously adopted an ¯ ordinance that bars discrimination based ¯ on sexual orientation, but a conservative ¯ activists says he will try to overturn the : decision in a June referendum. The 7-0 ¯ vote followed remarks by speakers on ¯ both sides of the civil-rights issue. ¯ Mark Finks, a leader of the opposition, : vowed to continue a petition campaign ¯ that would seek to overulrn the ordinance ¯ in a June election. ¯ Councilor Jacob Manheimer said he ¯ wouldnot be intimidated by Finks’ threat. ¯ "Let’s adopt the ordinance, but put it ¯ squarely to the people if they want to ¯ repeah"t,"he stu" d. CouncM" orJohnHobson ¯ said the vehemence of the ordinance’s ¯ opponents convinced him the law was ." necessary. Councilor Dolores Vail told ." the crowd ofnearly 50people that she has ¯ a grown Gay son who straggled with his ¯ identity as a teen-ager. She said shehoped ¯ the ordinance will help families accept ." Gay members and stop "people beating ¯ upontheirchildrenanddisowuing them." ¯ The ordinance prohibits discrimination ." based.on sexual orientation in areas of ¯ employment, housing, credit, education ¯ and public accommodations. Red Rock Tulsa Free Confidential HIV Testing Walk-in Clinics Tuesday Testing, 5 -8 pm Pride Center, 1307 East 38th Wednesday Testing, 5-8 pm Red Rock, 1724 East 8th Daytime appointments available. 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Now that you’ ve gotten ),our cupboards in the kitchen all spruced up, it’s amazing how, well. dingy the counter tops look now. And the sink looks about as stained as Redneck Bubba’s teeth, what there are of them. That’s the down-side of a drawn out, stage by stage renovation - until you’re finished, youjust have to putup with it. Hm, that sounds like a straight girl’s commentary on sex, but we just won’t go there. Instead, we’ll go to the old drawing board and look at our options for counter tops. As usual, it will be time to review the budget and sharpen the old pencil when it comes down to making your choice. The constraints of this column don’t allow me to teach you about installing prelaminated counter tops or tiling, but fortunately, there are several large home improvement stores who will help you out with classes and videos, so for the skilled and intrepid, your ¯ options- and savings- will be greater. And strictly from an aesthetic view point, there are usually lots of other ’Tamily" there, so happy cruising. Honey, they don’t call it "Homo" Depot for nothin’.The DIYD blushes to admit that more than tool lust carries her thither on a regular basis. But yourDIYD digresses. Yes, you can call in Surface Doctor or a resurfacing company of that ilk, butby the time it’ s all said and done, you might just as wall pay for a new surface. Of course, check it out anyway, but please review your options before buying.Dating should be the same way, but hopefully, you’ll show a bit more discipline - if you’re the impetuous sort. So that leaves you with the option of removing the oldcounter top andreplacing it with prdaminated counters, or tiling over the old laminate, if it is only ugly but not warped or popping up. You can also remove the old counter top, replace the surface and tile from scratch, but why don’t we save that kind of labor for later? The easiest optionmaybe replacing the counter tops. If you have a relatively uncomplicated lay out, with counters no more than 10 foot long at a run, then you can go and buy the counter top from a largehomeimprovement store. Some will do themitercut and cutouts for sink,range or whatever; others won’t, but can recommend someone who will do two miters [one comer] and a sink cutout for about $40,whichisn’tbad:Itis remarkably easy to install these counters yourself if YcoachOUhave a simple L, and the store will youonwhatto do. The backsplashes come pre-rolled inmost cases, so you can finish them off with a smart little bead of caulk. If your counter top layout is more complicated or longer, you will have to have the counter tops custom made, and possibly even installed by a contractoI butthat will bepartof yourreview process. : Tiling over is an option if the counter is ¯ basically sound - the base must be : absolutely sound and solid to work. : Darlings, I know some of us prefer to be more loose and fluid, but save that viewpoint for the finer things in life. Once again, yourhomeimprove-ment store will bemore than happy to help out And strletly from an aesthetle v~ew point, there are usually lots of other "fatally" there, so happy erulsln~. Honey, they don’t call it "Homo" Depot for nothln’. The DIYD blushes to admit that more than tool lust earrles her tldther on a regular basis. with classes, advice and other resources - they want to sell you the materials, remember? Keep in mind when buying the tile that if you go with lower-end, cheaper tiles fethe most part and then use the horrendously expensive accent tiles, the job will be more economical overall, and quite attractive, to boot. You will be applying a thinset mortar, then your tiles and then grouting the next day. Consider using a darker grout, or avoid white all together, because darlings,itjustdoesn’, t age well, even after sealing the grout. And if you tile, you will seal the grout, won’t you? The DIYD does not tolerate whining from those who choose not to follow her sage wisdom. The DIYD cannot recommend highly enough that you buy a long level and using it for setting up your lines. Also, lay out the tiles dry and see if a little rearranging of the cross lines , won’t make for an easier job. Sometimes ¯ working off of true center is not best, : especially if you’re cutting tiny pieces of file. ¯ Realizing she hasn’t been of much : practical help at all, the DIYD wishes you : a fond bon voyage on your trip to the ¯ home improvement center until she : astounds and amazes youagainnextmonth : when she has you on your knees on the floor. The mere thought of it makes her ¯ purr with anticipation... : ¯" Hispanic and Native American Women ¯ Speak Out; Expanding Clinical Trials and ¯ Treatment Research for Women; Special ¯ Issues for Children in Families Affected ¯" by HIV/AIDS; The lank Between HIV Infection, Violence Against Women, ¯ Homelessness and Substance Abuse; and ~ HIV Programs for Women: A Fdnder’s ¯ Perspective. ’This conference will allow ~ us a chance to look at the progress thathas ~ been made over the years, and the ¯ challenges which still confront us when ~ dealing with women and AIDS," says ¯ Nicklas. ¯ Conferenceregistrationfeeis $35before ¯¯ May 20 or $40 after May 20. The fee for the luncheon only is $15. Special student ," rates are available. Seating is limited. ¯ Some confidential scholarships for ¯" housing, transportation and conference fees are availableforHIV positivewomen. ¯ Call 585-5551 ext. 231 to receive an ¯ application. Arespiteroom and child eare ¯ are available for HIV positive women. ¯ Formore information or to register, call ¯ 585-5551. Workshop topics will include: Breaking the Silence - White, Mrican American, by Esther Rothblum. Ph.D. . Research begins to happen when the There has been some speculation about : governmentputs funds behindit, andright whether Lesbians are at higher or lower ¯ now the Institute of Medicine of the riskforbreastcaneerthanareheterosexual : National Academy of Science has women. Buttherehasbeenlittleresearch. ;. publishedareportOnLesbianhcalthwhich Now Dr. Deborah Bowen, a psychologist at the Fred Hutchin~nCancerResearch Center and a member of the Lesbian Health Research ¯ Institute, is conducting researchonbreastcancerthat includes Lesbians. "Five years ago, this was guess-work; there was no data," shetoldme in a recent interview. "At my Cancer Center, we do a lot of research about the causes of breast cancer and how to prevent breast cancer. There are many experts on breast cancer, so I had a lot of colleagues I could talk to about my ideas about Lesbians andbreast cancer." In talking with Lesbians, Dr. Bowen realized that the commonperception was that breast cancer was more frequent among Lesbians and that perception was frightening to Lesbians. As a scientist, she knew there was no proof yet one way or the other. "That’s when I beganthinking thatwecould make some in-roads into this," she said, "either by collecting new data on Lesbians or else by including questions about sexual orientation into existing studies." Dr. Bowen has done both - she has written research grants to fund studies specifically onLesbians andbreast cancer and also begun to examine sexual orientationin somelarge-scale community surveys on hundreds of thousands of women. "Thebiggestriskfactorforgetting breast cancer is being a woman," Dr. Bowen said, "and the second biggest risk factor is age. Even though we hear a lot about younger women getting breast cancer, it is really a disease of older women. And the problem is that very few people have studied older women who are past menopause. So wedon’ t evenknow much about breast cancer in womenin general." Other risk factors for breast cancer are having a family history of breast cancer. "Having a close or even a distant relative who has had breast cancer is now known to ~put women at higher risk for breast c~._cer, but we don’t know much about why this is so," Dr. Bowen continued. "Much of the research has focused on women Who have multiple relatives with breast cancer~ but that only accounts for abOut 4% of all women. What about the womanwhohada great-atmtMatildawho had breast cancer? How does Aunt Matilda’ s breast cancer transfer to her?" Cancer researchers are also. beginning to learn more about environmental exposures, "the toxins, chemicals, and maybe even the radiation that we experience, some ofit naturally occurring and some it put there by technology" as Dr. Bowen described it, "but we don’t how andwedon’ tknow whenthe exposure to these environmental factors has to occur inorder tobecomeariskforbreastcancer." The theory goes that ff Lesbians have a harder tlme finding affordable and affirmative cheek-ups, then they may he less likely to have mammo~rams or to interact with a health provider in a Way that would help with early diagnosis. So it may be that Lesbians aren’t at hi’her risk for breast eaneer, just that Lesbians don’t get good health eare . . . will stimulate research on Lesbian health issues. Dr. Bowen said: "It’ s expensive to do this kind of research. You have to have lots of money to call up 20,000 women, and with breast cancer you have to call a lot of women in order to reach somewhohave thedisease." Dr. Bowen’s research team now asks about sexual orientation inboth paper and pencil surveys and in telephone interviews. They ask this in two ways - by asking about identity (do women identify as heterosexual, bisexual, Lesbian, or other) and also by asking about sexual behavior. "ffwe only ask the former, we lose women who have sex with women but don’t identify as Lesbian, and .if we just ask about sexual behavior we lose womenwho are notcurrently sexually active," she explained. Dr. Bowen thinks there are two camps of thoughts in the Lesbian community about breast cancer. ,One has to do with reproductive ¯ factors. FewerLesbians have children than ¯ do heterosexual women. The ’fewer’ can ¯ range from about 36% to about 60% of Lesbians whohave had children. Whereas ¯¯ with heterosexual women it’s actually quitehigh-between 80-90% of all women ¯ havehad children. Nothaving had children : or having had children late aright be a ¯ factor in developing breast cancer. ¯ Pregnancy might cease certain hormones ¯ that are linked to the development of ¯ breast cancer." ~ "The other camp of thought has to do ¯ with access to reliable, good, open, access ¯ to health care," Dr. Bowen said, "and ¯ Lesbians may not have such access. We ¯ know that if cancer is caught at a later ¯ stage when it has had more chance to ¯ growandspreadtootherpartsofthebody, ¯ it’ s harder to treat and can’t be treated as ~ wall. The theory goes that if Lesbians : have a harder time finding affordable and ," affirmative check-ups, then they may be ¯ less likely to have m~mmograms or to ¯ interact with a health provider in a way ¯ that wouldhelp with early diagnosis. Soit ¯ may be that Lesbians arCh’ t at higher risk ¯ for breast cancer, just that Lesbians don’t ¯ get good health care and are likely to be ¯ diagnosed with breast cancer at a later ¯ stage when it is harder to treat." ¯" I asked Dr. Bowen what she would ¯ reconamend that health care professionals ¯ do to increase the comfort of Lesbian ¯ patients. Her suggestions: "The person : who comes to a doctor has to trust that ¯ doctor and she has to feel comfortable ¯ bringing scary problems to that doctor. ¯ And I’m hypothesizing that one of the ~ problems bringing up sexual orientation : in a health care setting is that you aright ¯ feel okay saying you have a cold or a : stomach ache, see Psyche, p. 13 IGTA Calmlem3b4er1.686’6[ .~~.~~ International ToursSormoreinSormation. Red Rock Tulsa O’RYAN Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network Outreach Program Thurs. 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His parents expect him to marry and if he returns to Pakistan he knows he ..would find tfimself quickly caught up in an arranged mamage with some woman selected by his father. So he remains in San Francisco, despite his homesickness, hoping to arrange his ownmamage- but withaman. Ahmad’ s problem is shared by the characters of a recently publishednovel that deals with Gay lifein India, P. Parivaraj’ s ~restern stories of romantic love, and the emergence of a separate Gay identity are powerful notions that have spread Oobally. Shiva and Arun. In this book, a group of Hindu and Muslim schoolboys face difficult challenges related to their homosexuality. They can only be honest with each other about their desires that they hide from family and even their closest friends. After leaving school, one is fired when his boss discovers his sexual orientation. All of them are pressured by family to marry and have children. One is rejected by his father when he refusesto do so. Another gives in and is only able to have awkwardsex withhis new wifeby thinking -. of his boyfriend. He soon kills himsdf. Marriage has failed to quell his homosexual desire. I discussed Shiva and Arun with a Gay colleague who has lived in India. Based on his experience (some of thi.s rather intimate), .my colleague argued that the novel’ s tragic suicide is unbelievable. He has met hundreds of happily married homosexual Indian men who juggle parallel lives with wife and children in public, and discrete sexual encounters with men in private. Almost all Indian and Pakistani men - whether they desire womenormen- marry without complaint as the normal, human thing to do. Those who want sex withmen can easily pick up partners by cruisi,ng in appropriate places. Stephen Murray s 1997 book, Islamic Homosexualities, describes street corners in Karachi where men drive by to find dates. I asked Ahmad why he just didn’t give in and go home, make his dad happy by getting married, and find an occasional lover on the highway roundabouts. He replied gloomily that he couldn’ t do this. He wants instead to live as what he really is, a Gay man. He is exiled in California, torn between family duties and personal desire. Shiva andArun taps into this sentiment - a model of Gayness that is recently "diffusing" (as anthropologists put this) from West to East. Parivaraj seemingly rejects the conclusion that Indians have borrowed Western patterns of sexuality. None of his characters identifies himself as"Gav,." Pather, they are "menwho love men." Still,he clearlyhas adoptedWestern concepts of individuality and romantic love. Two of his boys manage to find happiness in the end. They fall in love, leave their families, and move in with their boyfriends to establish at least quasipublic homosexual households. The notion of long-term household relations between two men founded in corner before going home to wife and kids is no longer good enough. . Previously, in many societies, even if you were a man-loving-man, there was no obvious alternative to what ¯ all men did. You accepted the woman that your parents arranged for you and you served your family by fathering children. In future, however, there may be more and more Ahmads who are unwilling to go along with traditional ¯ " expectations. Western stories of romantic : love and the emergence of a separate Gay ¯ identity are powerful notions that have ¯ spread globally. , When one of Parivaraj’s young men breaks with his parents by confessing that ¯ he loves men, they think he must be a ¯ transvestite prostitute -the only local ¯ gender category they have available to try ¯¯ tounderstandhim. Buthe snot. Although ¯ hemay not call it thus, he has adopted the Western identity "Gay" that is : fundamentally defined by a romantic ¯ desire for boyfriends. ¯ Those ofus who celebrate individuality ¯ andlovemight applaud Abroad’ s coura.ge ¯ at defying his father, abandoning his mother and sisters, and casting himself : into Gay-dating hell - that horribly lonely ¯ search for romance. ¯ In my more paranoid moments, ¯ however, I worry about the recent ¯ proliferation and spread ofall sorts ofnew social identities, including "Gay." The ¯ global economic system in large part depends on the cultivationof multiple and ¯ splintered identities that serve-as niche ¯ markets for its goods. : So, in addition to all the foods, and ¯ clothing, and furniture, and art, andmusic ¯ that Ahmad seems to need to buy in order ¯ to demonstrate his Gayness, I pray thathe can manage to snag a boyfriend. But he : already knows that they can cost a lot. ¯ Lamont Lindstrom is a professor of ¯ anthropology at the University of Tulsa. ¯ However, this semester he is teaching at "~ the University ofCalifornia, in Berkeley. ¯ but not that you want the provider to feel your breast, for example. Lesbians might also worry that the provider might force them to use high-tech solutions for their ¯ problem when they would prefer to begin ¯ with alternative solutions. Lesbians often ¯ have good reason got to trust ’the system’ ¯ and right now the solutions we have for ¯ breast cancer have to with technology, : such as chemotherapy, radiation, or ¯ surgery." She also recommends that ¯ Lesbians look for open, trustworthy ¯ providers if these exist’ in their ¯ communities. : Esther Rothblum is Professor of Psychology at the University of Vermont i and Editor Of the Journal of Lesbian : Studies.ShecanbereachedatJohnDewey : Hall, UniversityofVermont, Burlington, : VT, email: esther.rothblum@uvm.edu. If the hate crimes bill passes the Senate, where it has been in committee, it will ¯come before Bush who can either veto it or sign it into law. "Wehope the state Senate and Governor Bush will follow the leadoftheHouseand the people of Texas and pass hate crimes legislation," said Birch. At aWashington press conference last month, family members of twohate crimes victims announced their supportforfederal and state hate crimes legislation. Both Judy Shepard, mother of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, and Darrell Verrett, nephew of Jasper, Texas resident James Byrd Jr., urged Bush to pass the Texas legislation. As reported in The Dallas Morning News, in 1997 - the most recent year for available statistics-360 hate crimes were reported in Texas. The Department of Public Safety reported that 167 crimes were directed againstAfrican-Americans; 64 against Gays and Lesbians; 22 against Hispamcs; and 21 against Jews. Theeffort to pass hate crimes legislation is led by Dianne Hardy Garcia, executive director of the Lesbian and .Gay Rights Lobby of Texas and state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D~Texas, Chair, Judicial Affairs Committee. ’q~he incredible leadership of Dianne Hardy Garcia and Representative SenfroniaThompsonhas madeit po,s.sible for the House to-take this great stride forward," said Birch. ’q’his is a textbook example of how effective engagement in thepolitical process throughlobbying and education can have a significant societal impact. Today, millions ofTexans are one step closer to receiving protection from hate violence." Only 21 states have hate crimes laws that include sexual orientation and eight s.tates havenohate crimes laws. Nationally, since 1981, hate crimes have nearly doubled. In 1997 - the FBI’s most recent reporting period-race-related hate crimes were byfarthemostcommon,representing nearly60% ofall cases. Hate crimes based on religion represented 15% of all cases. And hate crimes against Gay, lesbian and bisexual Americans increased by 8% - or about 14% of all hate crimes reported. The Scripps Howardpoll of 1,003 adults was conducted by telephone, March 30- April 17. It has amargin of error ofplus or minus 3 percentage points. The home can hold up to 6 or 7 kids from infants to older, and is filled with plenty, of toys. and a nice, little backyard for play. The operation will belicensed andbonded, and one of the morns is qualified to work with special education and hearing impaired children. And in a very 90’s touch, they are considering adding an internet camerawhichwouldallow parents who have web access at work to log into a web site and checkon~ their kids!. GLAD, Ga)~. & ~bian-Daycare ~il1 als0 ~b~a [~t[¢: 1:~§~ ;expensi.ve~ than~ comparable:qUality opera.tions. The ~riollgrcahmar.gwehi$c1h0i0s dpueer two eoepkenvemrsidu-sMtahye $125phis which Teresa andJoan found to be more common. And they are willing to provide evening and weekend care by special arrangement. GLAD,’s orgamzers will be having a special garage sale on May7th&8thto help kickofftheprogram. For more information, call 808-8026. Good Food, Good Service, No Anti-Gay Attitude Tulsa’s neverhad that many choices for late night dining but now, with Burger Sisters,just opened the last week ofApril, Tulsa’s Gay community not only can get good food but be treated right in the process.. John Rothrock and Steve Walley, owners of the Silver Star, just down the way in the same shopping center, have opened a "comfortable, clean" restaurant. Rothrock notes that the restaurant welcomes all, Gays, straights, young and old but especially, it will be a place where Gay people can be free and comfortable to hold hands or to come in late from the clubs in drag or leather and not be hassled. In other words, straight people are welcome - as long as they behave themselves ! Rothrock notes, "it’s time for Gays to grasp the respect we’ve earned.., not tO be ashamed..." and he adds, "when you eat here, you don’t have to hide who you are. Burger Sisters, which opens at 6am offers a typical, "downhome" breakfasts, hamburgers, fries, salads as wall as a daily dinner special. Monday to Thursday, the cafe will be open till 10pro. OnFriday and saturday, they’ll stay open till 4am and Sunday, the hours will be 10am - 3pro (all subject to some change, after all they’ve been open only a few days when this goes to press). At this point, the cafe accepts only cash, no credit cards but their prices are very reasonable. Burger Sisters is located at 1545 So. Sheridan, just north a few doors from the Silver Star. Tel: 835- 1207. Four Years They’re There, One Night They’re Gone According to some of their now exstaff, Concessions, for more than four years one of Tulsa’s largest dance clubs closed precipitously the last Saturday of April. Andindeed, the business signs have been removed from the building. One local bar observer said that rumors in the club crowd suggested that the business was plagued by legal costs associated with an ongoing lawsuit. A member of the former bar staff stated that they were givenjust one hour notice of the loss of their jobs. Other members of the Gay community suggest that the owners of Oklahoma City’s Angles have been said to be trying to expand their operation into Tulsa for a number ofmonths. Theirnames also have been mentioned as possible buyers of Concessions’ equipment or lease. However, other real estate watchers wonder if the gentrification of Brookside may result in that space being leased to other uses. Under the direction of Lewis Routh, OneFoolis fast-paced and wildly original. 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Title A name given to the resource [1999] Tulsa Family News, May 1999; Volume 6, Issue 5 Subject The topic of the resource Politics, education, and social conversation toward Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities. Description An account of the resource Tulsa Family News was a monthly newspaper; No. 1 issued December 1993-January 1994. The final issue available was published in September 0f 2001 (Volume 8, Issue 9). The newspaper brings up important, evolving topics of marriage, Pride, TOHR, HIV/AIDs, events, advice, and politics all at the local and national level. This document is available in searchable PDF attached. It is also available to be seen at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center with permission. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Text Any textual data included in the document New Campaign for Federal Hate Crimes Law Passage WASHINGTON (AP) - Oregon Sens. Ron.Wyden and Gordon Smith are renewing their campaign for an expanded, federal hate crimes statute, hoping thatpublic outrage over the torture and murder of black and Gay men will spur passage. "This is about drawing a line in the sand and saying America.is too good.., to look the other way in the face of violent, hate-filled acts," said Wyden, a Democratic cosponsor of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1999, a replica of last year’s bill. Last month in Texas, John William King, a white supremacist, was sentenced to death for chaining a black man, James Byrd Jr., behind a pickup truck and dragging him to his death. Two men have been charged in the October slaying of Gay colleg..€, student Matthew .Shepard, who was pistol-whipped and’lashed to a fence m Wyoming. Two men also have been charged with beating to death aGay textile worker, Billy Jack Gaither, in Alabamalast month and burning his body on a pile of tires. Sen. Gordon Smith, another cosponsor of the bill, said that as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he often travels abroad and deplores hate crimes in other nations, see Federal, p. 3 Alabama Man Murdered in Anti-Gay Hate crime BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - An overflow crowd of mourners filled Covenant Metropolitan Community Church, honoring the memory of Billy Jack Gaither while also calling for an end to hatred against Gays. There was no standingroom at the 225-seat church as 17 speakers mostly clergy - decried Gaither’s death. A handful of anti-Gay protesters picketed outside. Steven Eric Mullins, 25, and Charles Monroe Butler, 21,.confessed to beating the 39-year-old Sylacaugaman to death with an ax handle last month and setting his body on fire atop kerosene-soaked tires because, they claimed, he made a pass at one of them. Gaither’s body was discovered by apasserby Feb. 20in CoosaCounty, a day after he was beaten and burned. "Mullins and Butler stated the reason they killed him was because he was ahomosexual," said Coosa County sheriff’s deputy Al Bradley. "We believe this to be the true motive." Mnllins and Buffer remain in the Coosa County jail. Gaither met with the two men in Sylaeanga, a community about 40 miles southeast of Birmingham, on the night he was killed, police said. Hehad last been seeninabarhefrequented. According to the statements, Mullins called Gaither and asked him to go to the bar, where they met and.apparently left together, Johnson said. Authorities said the men apparently took Gaither to a remote location, where the murder took place. The memorial service drew people of all races and ages, from all across the state, seeAlabama,p. 13 DIRECTORY)LETtERS P. 2 EDITORIAL P. $ US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 HEALTH NEWS P. 6 ENTERTAINMENT P. 8 COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9 DO-IT-YOURSELF-DYKE P. 11 DYKE PSYCHE P. 12 GAY STUDIES P. 14 Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tuleans, Our Families + Friends ~Cir~cuistion Comm..un" Pa eravailable In More Than 75 C" Locations Ok.lahom; iHou e K, IIs Hate ! Gay US Congres.sman Crime Amendment, HB1.211 :: FranktoAttend Pr,de’99 by Tim Talley and Tom Neal : TULS,A -.~Wl~i,’le some details remain unresolved, OKLAHOMA CITY (AP/TFN)- Hate crimes legislationis dead : Tulsa s Pride 99 organizers have announced that in the Oklahoma Legislature this year following defeat of a bill : .openly .Gay US...Congress.man, Barney Frank of that originally sought to add sexual orientation to the state’s list Mass,ach,nsetts will .attend this of hate erimes, year s June 12th event. An unprecedented number of supporters, including members ~ongressman Frank is _one of of Gay and Lesbian groups and representatives of religious me most respected l)emoorganizations such as TulSa Metropolitan Ministry, went to the _cra~cme..mbers of ~e,,United Capitol early in March to encourage lawmakers to support House ~ tate.s Hou,s e ox,,~,epre- Bill 1211. sentataves ana is well ~nown But the bill’s sponsor, Tulsa Rep. Don Ross said there was not enough bipartisan support to add sexual orientation to the Oklahoma Hate Crimes Act. "I said from the beginning I would not allow this issue to become a partisan wedge issue, used exclusively against Democrats in the next election," Ross said. The vote killing the bill followed more than an hour of sometimes passionate debate between supporters, who said that certain classes ofpeople deserve special protection, and opponents who argued that all citizens should be treated equally under the law. The bill’s final version would have made a first-offense hate crime afelony and providedfor enhanced penalties when~iolence was used but did not add "sexual orientation" to the existing law. Rep. Leonard Sullivan said the measure was divxsive and singled out certain groups for special treatment. The Oklahoma Hate Crimes Act distinguishes offenses committed because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin and disability. But supporters said special status has been given to crimes against children and women, and that similar recognition is needed for other groups because of who or what they are. "The law is an equalizing force," argued Ross, who is one of three Black House members. "The idea of equal protection is a very noble concept," but it is up to lawmakers to make it work, said Rep. Russ Roach, D-Tulsa. "This legislation protects all people," added Rep. John Sellers, D-Enid. Ross’ substitute bill deleting ~exual orientation was drafted in response to the Christian Coalition opposition. Toure said fear, hatred and misunderstanding are to blame for dropping sexual orientation from the measure. "I never knew the hatred toward Gay people as I do now," Ross said. TOHR’ Steve Horn shivers with Cimarron Alliance’ Terry Gatewood andfriend at Equality Begins at Home Capitol rally, Reverend Leslie Penrose Resigns as Methodist Pastor TULSA - On March 5,1999, the pastor of Community of Hope Base Shalom Congregation, the Reverend Leslie Penrose submitted a letter to Oklahoma MethodiSt Bishop, Bruce Blake initiating her withdrawal from the Methodist Church: The following is selections of her letter which circulated by e-mail in the Tulsa community: Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is with prayers for its future well-being, that I initiate the . processofwithdrawingfromtheUnitedMethodistChurch. The ", primary reason for my withdrawal after 18 years offull time ¯ ministry is the increasing focus on complaints and charges ¯ regarding my ministry of blessing same-sex covenant relationships.ltseemsthattheoptionshavefinallybeenreduced ¯ to either withdrawing or preparing for trial. I simply will not ¯ participate inputting God’s grace- or myprivilege as apastor ¯ ¯ to bless andcelebrateany andevery relationship where thefruits ofthe spirit bear witness to that grace - on trial. Nor will I hide ¯ or lie about the ministry I do. ¯ From the time six years ago when I was sent by the Oklahoma ¯ Conference to create a reconciling base community ministry in Tulsa, see Penrose, p. 13 for his skilled and often scathing debate. Mitchell Savage, member of Tulsa Gay Community Services Center’s Pride ’99 planning committee, also noted that in addition to attending the annual Tulsa Pride Picnic, planned again.for Veterans Park at 18th and Boulder, organizers are working on a dinner at which the Congressman would likely speak and possibly a Sunday morning event. Congressman Frank was graduated in 1962 from Harvard University andtaughtundergraduates there while studying for a Ph.D. Before completing his Ph.D. degree, Frank became Chief Assistant to Mayor Kevin White of Boston. In 1972, Congressman Frank was elected to the Massachusetts Legislature, where he served for eight years, until 1980. During that time, he entered Harvard Law School in September, 1974 and graduated in 1977. In 1980, Congressman Frank was elected to the US House of Representatives. In a recent evaluation of Congress, The Almanac of American Politics said "Frank is one of the intellectual and political leaders of the Democratic Party in the House, political theorist :andpit bull at the same time." Frank serves on the Judiciary and the Banking Financial Services Committees. For more information, contact the Community Center at 743-4297. BTW Boasts OK’s First Gay-Straight Alliance by Tom Neal TULSA - Elsewhere in the United States, high school Gay-Straight Alliances have often been met withconsiderable controversy. In Utah, some school districts got rid of all their campus organizations ¯ rather than allow a group which tries to supportGay o young adults andfoster tolerance andunderstanding. : However, Booker T. Washington High School, ¯ Tulsa’s magnet showpiece school, appears to have ¯ avoided much of that sort of uproar and is thought : to be the first high school with such an organization ¯ in the state of Oklahoma. ¯ Former SapulpaHigh School student, Will Allen ¯ and Emily Sizemore began the work of creating a ¯ Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) latein 1998, meeting ." withformerBTWprincipal Mr. Stevens andt’mding ¯ a faculty sponsor, Doug Gronberg. ¯ Then in January this year, after creating flyers ¯ and making an public announcement on the school ¯ intercom, they held their first meeting. ¯ Muchto the astonishmentofAllen and Sizemore, ¯ 40 students showedup. In fact, Allen stated that the ¯ turnout was notable especially since that that first : meeting conflicted with a tryoutfor the Washington ¯ Drama Club’s production of West Side Story: ¯ Apparently BTW’s Gay population is well ¯ represented in theDramaClub and therefore, many ¯ who might otherwise have been expected to attend ¯ weren’t able. Allen also notes that similar groups in : Chicago and Boston frequently don’thave as many ¯ attending. : Allen said that the GSA is comparable to other : studentchapters on thecampus, suchas theNAACP ¯ see BTW,.p. 13 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 Care, 1525 E. 15th *Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria *Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. 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Why were there only aprox. 300 folks at the capitol demanding that our innocent people’s executions stop? Where were you? I will speak for myself. When Mathew Shepard died, Tulsa had a candlelight vigil for him. It rained, and was nasty out thatevening, therefore, I decided toremain in the comfort of my warm home. After seeing the number of folks from the Westboro Baptist Church, that endured the freezing rain at Mathew’s funeral - in order to spew out hate and condemnation to the coldbody ofaninnocent child- I felt like aninsensitive, amoral, spineless snake for staying.home. Where were you? Howmany morefolks are going tohave to die in order for you / us to see that we need to attend these functions? The hate crime law was turned down- even in the state where Mathew Shepard was killed. Arethe"moral majority" ofourlawmakers hate mongers? I Thank God for MC Smothermon, Keith Smith, Paul Barby, and their likes. We need more folks like them at our capitol, to defend the rights of "minorities". We deserve better. Those who have died because of ignorant hate deserved better. Perhaps the world does not fully understand thathate crimes are committed every day. Ourminority citizens are scared to report attacks against themselves as such, because offurther condemnation, or for lack of concern by law enforcement. ¯ Folks are scared to speak up for equal ¯ rights - for fear of what few rights they ¯ currently have - will be torn away from ¯ them as a result. Receiving a pink slip ¯ from your employment, and adeath threat : because of standing up for.equal rights !s i reality. I know from experience. There ~s ~ plenty ofbehind the scene workthatnee~,s ¯ to be done, that will make a differencem : your salvation - and the lives of those in ¯ danger of ignorant violence. ~ I know ofmany hate crimes committed ¯ in Tulsa alone- which have not received ¯ the attention they deserve. I am aware of ¯ "minority" children that were victims of ¯ violent I~ate crime - which cannot tell ~ their parents for fear of getting kicked out ¯ of their ho,,m_es. Obvi,o_nsly the general " public says oh well,it s jt£st another fag, ¯ or blackie". Is the buckle of the bible belt ¯ so. tight.that it is r~.tri_cting blood flow to ; the brains of those who consider ¯ themselves "do-gooders"? God would ¯ never advocate hate. Never. .’~ The general media image of the Gay, Bi, Lesbian, and transgendered community is out cruising River Park, molesting littleboys, and spreading AIDS. Wall, I have not used the parks for sex, and see Letters, p. 3 Letters Policy Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on issues which we’ve covered Or on issues you think need to be considered. You may request that your name be withheld but letters must be signed &hay e phone numbers, or be hand delivered. 200 word lel- ¯ " " OB 701475 74170-1475 3_5.523_1.--42~. ; *~ ’ "t o~ Christ MCC ~2639 E. 32, Ste. U134 417-623-4696 ters are preIerrea~." "~’u~t.ters to other Ep~scopahans, P , ., . Spin . ..... . ¯ " - will be rinteo as is a propna~e. ¯Fellowship Congreg. Ctxurch,2900 S. H~vard~ . ~ ~4,~-,~7~7, , , tswl~ere¢oucanrmaTFN-N°’~au~’eGa’’owne~~ s ap~prop_n[~.: ¯Free S~iht Women’ s Center, call for locauon ~~mo: ~o/-~,u~ . theOklahomaStateCapitol as a local partofanational event, Equality Begins at Home. The turnout really Wasn’ t that bad considering that, in inimi table Oklahoma spring fashion, the weather had turned very, very chilly and rainy. It also wasn’t bad considering how the event’s Oklahoma City organizers had failed thoroughly to get the word out to the statewide community. Their failure actually is rather surprising because those organizers, Paul Thompson of the self proclaimed statewide OGLPC, the Oklahoma Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus, and Paula Hand Brown, an editor and reporter for The Gayly Oklahomanare easily two of the mostexperienced Gay civil fights activists in Oklahoma City. The event itself was only symbolic. The Capitol was locked and our only audience was, wall, ourselves and afew media types. Thereal lobbyingwas thatdoneatthebeginning of the month under the direction of Keith Smith and Nancy McDonald when the Capitol was unlocked and legislators werein attendance. But atleastOklahomacould say we were there; wewere one of those states around the country that did an "Equality Begins at Home" (EBAH) event. But the event was marred by a few parochial and petty aspects which by themselves are not that important but which point to flaws in our national and state movement. Th~se are the sorts of flaws that, frankly, often make u~as effective in hindering our movement as our enemies. One problem to which this newspaper has particular objectionis thefailure ofthese experienced andmedia savvy organizers to provide this newspaper with the most basic information about the event. While TFN earlier published " informationaboutEBAHbasedon the press releases provided by the national sponsors, the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force and the Federation of Stat,ewide LGBT Political Organizations, Thompson and. Brown apparently did not provide even the simplest press release telling precisely when the event was going to be held. Now in fairness, they claim that they telephoned TFN but oddly neither I nor any otherTFN staffever found amessage onour office number, our wireless voicemail,our e-mail, our fax machine, or even by that old fashioned method, by post! Some might suggest that Ms. Brown, an employee of a somewhat rival newspaper and Mr. Thompson, wall known to be dosdy tied to that newspaper might have had an interest in not sharing the information fully. Certainly, we at Tulsa Family News also acknowledge that if the only part of rtmning this business and getting a issue put together was to track down information from negligentcommunity organizers, then wecould have chased the information down as wall. However, we do have some other events we have to cover as well. For the record, Thompson and Brown did later telephone TFN and actually leave messages but only after we had gone to press and only after we complained to NGLTF organizers. But the real issue for Oklahomain the "Equality Begins at Home" effort is notjust that ofpoor communications. Part of the EBAH effort was a grant of to each participating state of $5,000. In Oklahoma, this $5K went to the Oklahoma Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus (OGLPC). Now if you just go by their name, you might assume that they are genuinely a statewide-organization. However, the organization in practice only ha~~ad a real impact in.central Oklahoma City. In that area, they have been fairly effective. An active OGLPC member claims that they have about 150 members, though they claim to have a mailing list of 7,000. He surprisingly was unable to provide any numberfor Tulsa members. And what many Gay and Lesbian civil rights activists believe, both in Tulsa and OKC, is that OGLPC really is just a OKC group. It’s never had any impact on Tulsa politics. Let us compare this with the Cimarron Alliance which, although much newer, hasboth Tulsa and other non~OKC members, and a track record of doing significant work outside of OKC. The obvious question is why did NGLTF give $5K to an organizationwhichhadlittle credibility as agenuine statewide organization, and which for years has seemed to be little more than an extension of the personality of Paul Thompson overTheCimarronAlliance withits documentable successes across the state? Here’s where petty local politics meets petty national politics. NGLTF knew quite wall that OGLPC was not widely considered credible as a statewide organization. see Equality, p.lO ~shocked many with his.suggestion that th~ solution to ¯ .famine in Ireland, then under English domination, was " for the Irish merely to eat their children. Swift, an ¯ Irishman himself,, indeed was being just a wee bit ¯ sarcastic and his essay is still readin literature classes as an example of that type of essay. It is the spirit of Swift that I’d like to ¯ invoke for part of this essay but I realize that these words taken out of context as ¯¯ they no doubt will be, will likely provoke shock and dismay and anger. All that said, ¯ I’d like to talk about hate crimes and hate ¯ crimes legislation, specifically that which ¯ was considered last month in our ¯ legislature. ¯ First, let us praise The Very Honorable ¯ Don Ross, one of Tulsa’s state ¯ representatives who introduced HB 1211. ¯ He can be cranky but as he once told me ¯ (and proved it), he’s one of our few _" dependable friends in the Oklahoma ¯ House. He’s also been supportive of ¯ increased funding for people living with ¯ AIDS. So, take some time to thank him - like :’ your momma said, it doesn’t take that ¯ long to write a thank you note. Also don’t ¯ forget him when the next election cycle ¯ comes up. Send hima checkif you can, or ¯ volunteer. If we don’t take care of our ¯ friends, who will? : And to highlight the positive, the ¯ progress HB1211 made is greater than ¯ anything that came before. That’s notjust ¯ my assessment but that of a Tulsa area ¯ Republican representative. He’ll be ¯ happier if I’ll leave him unnamed, but as ¯ he said, just getting the bill out of ¯ committee counts as progress. Headded that afew years ¯ ago,most of the people talking with us would not even ¯ have let us in the door. ¯ Again to recognize those whose work is making ¯ much of that difference, we need to thank Keith Smith ¯ who lobbies for our communities on his own while he ¯ does his other paid lobbying work. One day, if we are ¯ really smart as a community, we’ll figure outhow to pay ¯ Keith so that he can do even more. ¯ TulsaMetropolitanMinistry deserves great praise for providing the initial leadership on this bill, particularly ¯ the Reverends Mildred Banks, Gary Blaine, Gaff Kecny- ¯ Mulligan and no doubt others whose names I don’t ¯ know. Attorney General Drew Edmondson and former : DistrictAttorney Bill LaFortunealso were tremendousl)~ ¯ helpfui. Also, I would be remiss in not specifi.ca!,ly honoring Nancy McDonald for spearheading Tulsa S efforts on HB 1211. Standing 0utside thechamberoftheOklahoma ¯ House of Representatives with these two and~others, as or nlzed ome to lie in wait outside of notorious "straight"-bars, some guy walking to his ear alone, jump him and beat him senseless? Or when some %traight" couple has the nerve to flaunt their sexuality publicly, by holding hands or kissing, what if we drove up on the sidewalk to run them down or pulled a gun and shot at them. myfather and I did, is quite the education. Butnext time we need to get more of us there! But back to the blasphemous and scandalous, I have ¯ to wonder how quickly hate crimes laws would pass if " the situation were reversed? ¯ What if we organized some gangs of Gay men to get alittle drunkand liein waitoutside ofnotorious "straight" bars, and when we see some guy walking to his car alone, jump him and beat him senseless. Orwhensome straight couple has the nerve to flaunt their sexuality publicly, byholding hands or kissing, what if we drove up on the sidewalk to run them down orjnstpulled agunand shot atthem? At the very least, we could scream epithets at them so that they’ll know how hated and repulsive they are. And if that’s not good enough to intimidate those "straight" guys, wemight prevail on some of our lipstick Lesbians to chat them up in a bar, pretending to be "straight" and then lure them out to where they can be beaten or murdered or tortured - whatever. How long do you think it would take for hate crimes legisl.ation which included sexual orientation to pass? Though our legislature wouldlikely0uly makeitillegal for us to beat up "straight" boys but leave it just fine for them to kill us. Mind you I do not advocate any of the violence mentioned above; we all know it wouldbe wrong. I think it is a testament to the decency of most Gay people that we face the injustice and indignity with which we are treated with as much patience and kindness as we do. I can’t believe that it’s just because we have no choice. Consider this: in the early years of the AIDS holocaust, we had little hope; there were no or few effective treatments; we " had a government that was damning even more to death ¯ through its actions that were indifferent at best, and more often hostile, and yet we never saw any of our ¯ people resorting to violence - civil disobedience, yes, ¯ butmoredidnothappenas is the casewithdesperate and oppressed people in much else of the world. Even the ~ Jews became terrorists as old Palestine went on its way ¯ to becoming Israel. ¯ My old friend Peter and I have wondered how it is that ¯ none of those who might well have seen the world as without hope, sought vengeance or acted in violence? After all, when faced with the evil that Jesse Helms and others like that represent, why no one of us sought to send him or the many in Congress like him to the hell they surely deserve? But in the words of an old Holly Near song, "we are a gentle, angry people, and we fighting, fighting for our lives..." and maybe our persistence, along with the righteousness of our cause will move even the hardened hearts of Oklahoma towards justice someday. radio programming, the (seemingly)blackmailing Christian c~alition, and other attractive sprinkles of ignorance. Prejudice words such as "faggot, blackie, nigger, colored~ and queer" should never be allowed in hateful media - of any sort. This is the dawn of a new century political correctness changes - are we still Neanderthals? I think that we have evolved enough to cease advocating senseless -hate towards our brothers and sisters. Please make plans to attend the Pride ’99 Gay pride parade on June 12th. Perhaps we will be more inclined to attend a function of such ~xtreme value - if the weather is bright and sunny. Weneed to make it known to our leaders that hate crimes are not acceptable. Pride ’99 will be a wonderful vehicle to portray the equality we deserve and demand. Equal rights are just that - equal, not special. ¯ Please become more involved in advocating equality v~a organizations such as T.O.H.R., N.A.A.C.P., P.F.LA.G., and others. You will be, and feel like, a better person for your efforts. I am not pointing t’mgers. Just pointing and pitching in. Conform and be dull. - Ned T. Bruha, Tulsa Icert~ainly there are no more Gays interested in little boys than the heterosexual community. AIDS has no sexual preference. The words "Gay" and"black" arenot needed as verbs. In media, when we talk about an ¯" "average" citizen, we do not say"andin thenews today, ~ a white, heterosexual groi~p of’Christians gathered in a ." local church to discuss how to stop theGays fromkilling ¯ straight folks". Please. Why do we allow our radio stations to advocate hate ¯ via Gayjokes andracial slurs?Why does theFCC allow ." them that’’freedom of speech"? Why are websites such ¯ as the Gay Nazis, skinheads, KKK, Westboro Baptist, ¯ and Larry the Cable Guy allowed? They all seem to ." inciteignorantintolerance,hate, and sometimes violence ¯ - but when asked about what is inwriting- they refuse ¯ to admit it is hate. "We shouldbe outraged andalarmed, ¯ because theideas canlead to violent crimes"- as stated ¯ in the3/28/1999USAWeekendincludedin your Sunday ¯ papers. The minds of our innocent children are being " soiled by seemingly innocent media: Crayons using ¯ peach as skin tone, bandages are peach- for skin tone, Anti-Gay Stand Loses Church Its Building BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) - A dispute over Gay Christians has put a priest and his parishioners who oppose same-sex marriages on the street, so the evicted congregation held services right on the sidewalk. The Rev. Thomas Morris andabout adozen members of his flock prayed outside on a recent Sunday, despite their eviction by a judge in their ongoing dispute with the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. Morris and his congregation at St. Paul’s Church opposed the diocese’s 1994 decision to sanction same-sex unions and ordain noncelibate homosexuals as priests. In opposition, the congregation began withholding fees it was bound to pay the diocese. Diocese officials maintained the dispute was not about beliefs or issues. "What this is about is this church needs a priest ingood standing with the bishop and other churches in the diocese," said the Rev. Donald Parker, the diocese vicar. The diocese is overseen by Bishop Thomas Shaw. In the decision, Judge Charles J. Hely said his ruling settled a legal issue about property, not a religious issue. In 1995, Morris’ predecessor at St. Paul’s, the Rev. James R. HAles,was defrocked after the diocese found him guilty of sexual misconduct. But many members of the church stand by HAles, and say the charges against him were concocted as punishment for his stance against homosexuality. Gay Irish Not Welcome in Bronx Parade Either NEW YORK (AP)= Members of a Gay organization got a Bronx cheer when they tried to join the first St. Patrick’ s Day-parade held in that borough in70 years. Six people, including state Sen. Tom Duane and City Councilwoman Christine Quiun, were arrested Sunday after a.doze~! supporters of the Lavender and Green’Al!ian.~ce stepped into the parade. "I’m an Irish person, I’m a Gay person, I’m here to try to march," Duane sai& % Lavender and Green Alliance founder BrendanFay said his group"originally "got a call to say we were welcome, but then we learned the welcome was being rescindedY The ~Bronx parade’s chairman, patrick Devine, d~d nrt ieturn telephone calls left at his home scekin~o crniment and did not make himself fi)aifable to reporters at.flae~ parade..... Another gr.oup, the Irish Lesbian and. Gay Organizafion,’hhs fifed unsuccessfully to join t13~ big St. Patriek~sD~y??Parade down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan f0t th(last half-dozen years criir~fruqfngs have held ~that the.private organizauons thaVsponsor parades may ch0.Os¢ which groups march Quim~,Duane, Fay and the others were arrested after the first marching band passed by and they stepped into the parade behind the Lavender ~and Green banner. They were stopped by a line of police officers and informed they would be arrested if they failed to l~ave. A few stepped aside, but others stood fast and were led away to a police-wagon and handcuffed before being charged with disorderly conduct."Let themmarch!" shouted a few supporters. "’Shame!" called outJimmy McNulty,who was among those arrested. "Why are we not welcome?" Several dozen spectators cheered when the parad~ resumed without the Gay group. "It’s an immoral lifestyle," said spectator Martin O’Grady. "If they wanted to march, the), could have marched without their banner," said Fannie Sclafani. "t have nothing against them, but it’s a community parade." Mary McGarry also said they shouldn’t have tried to crash the parade. "I have best friends who are Gay, but the parade is not about sexual orientation. It’s about being proud to be Irish," she said. The parade had the feel of a small-town event, featuring cheerleaders from parochial high schools, kilted bagpipers, babies in strollers decorated with Irish flags and groups like the Throgs Neck Homeowners, which consisted of a dozen ladies wearing off-white cable-knit fishermen’s sweaters. Spectators were sparsdy scattered along the mileand- a-half route along East Tremout Avenue. It was in sharp contrast to the annual Fifth Avenue parade, with its glitzy floats, booming drum corps and rowdy crowds. Stanley Rygorwas among a half-dozen people who stood on a sidewalk behind the Lavender and Green banner after the arrests took place. "They want them back in the closet. They want them to be anonymous," said Rygor, whose wife is Irish. He said his son died of AIDS five years ago, and he dealt with his grief by becoming an activist. "I’m here," he added, "in memoriam to him." Gay Vets Want to March FERNDALE, Mich. (AP) - A group of Gay military veterans are taking steps to march in this Detroit suburb s Memorial Day parade.Agroup of Ferndale s Gay veterans hope to join members of Friends and Neighbors of Femdale (FANS), a Gay group that has received tentative approval to enter the parade, according to a parade organizer. Femdale’s parade leaders have so far downplayed the significance of including Gays. "As far as I know, they are planning to meet all our reqmrements," Barbara Earl, a secretary with the Femdale Memorial Association, told the Detroit Free Press for a story Monday. The association puts on the annual parade, one of theregion’ s biggest and oldest, dating to at least 1919. Organizers say they will strictly enforce arequirement limiting any show of a group’ s identity to a display of its nagne. If enforced, that would mean FANS will march with no explicit banner proclaiming it is an orgamzation of Gays. "It’s not a day to promote your own agenda," Ms. Earl said. "This is a day for the veterans." Gay group leaders in Ferndale said they are ctmfortable blending in with the parade’s usual array ofhonor guards, scout troops, high school bands and politicians. "We wouldn’t want to do anything to incite controversy," said Chuck Simon, president of FANS, whichhas about 80 dues-paying members and a mailing list of several hundred. Parade rules require participants to refrain from displaying their own messages and instead stick to OffiCial Slogans, which this year are "Lest we forget" arid "’Fgt _those who gave their all." Navy veteran Ken Warnock, 32, who co-owns the Jn~ 4 ~’G~y. ~0oksto~e in F~rndale, told the Free Pre~;’fimi he will march in Ferndale’s parade with a ¯ mix ofpridd and bft-terhess. In 1987, Warnock, then - 20, was a hrgpital Corpsman aboard a Navy ship when he was. broughL.hefore his commanding officer, q~esfioned abouthis sexual orientation and th]:eafen,ed "’ With~perjury €iia~e, fie said. He resisted the Navy s " in~esfigatirnfor months, Wamock said. Ultimately, he.r¢cgived a lessZthan2honorable discharge - not q~-t.e as bad as a ~dishon0rable discharge, he said. On Memorial Day, Warnock probably won’t wear ¯ his sailor s umform- it s gettang a htfle t~ght - but beplans to carry an American flag while keeping a watchful eye for anyone angry at Gay participants. Despite his wariness, he said the inclusion of Gay marchers "speaks very well for Ferndale.’" Femdale Mayor ChuckGoedert saidhewas unaware of the Memorial Day plans but supports the inclusion ofFANS members and Gay veterans. "There are a lot of groups that participate in our parade to honor those who served. I don’t know why this would be any different," he said. Ohio Diocese to Reach Out to Gay Catholics CINCINNATI (AP) - TheArchdiocese of Cincinnati is creating a ministry for homosexual Catholics and their families. "The church wants to support the homosexual person but not homosexual activity," said spokesman Dan Andfiacco said. "There is a need for pastoral care of homosexual persons. The archdiocese wants to meet that need, and not cede teiritory to ministries that don’t support the teaching of the church." In recent years, RomanCatholicgroups nationwide have started Gay ministries such as DIGNITY, New Ways Ministry, and Parents, Friends & Family of Lesbians & Gays. Some conservative and traditional Catholics have criticized the groups, saying they OKLAHOMA COMMUNICATIONS Local- Long Distance Cellular- Paging 747-1508 Free Car Adaptor & Leather Case with New Cell Phone Want to get involved? 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Themini stry is an outgrowth of community meetings that Auxiliary Bishop Carl M0eddel led in October to discuss the U.S. bishops’ document on homosexuality, "Always Our Children." During those discussions, there was a"sense of urgency" among parents that the archdiocese have a ministryforGay ah~tLesbianCatholics and theirfamili es, Leslmey said. The Catechism of the Catholic Church holds thathomosexual activity is "contrary to thenatural law" and,objectively disordered," but thathomosexuals should be "accepted with respect, compassion and sensitivity." Gay Dallas Church To Televise Infomercial DALLAS (AP) -A federal court settlement announced Friday has cleared the way for Cathedral of Hope, the nation’s largest Gay church, to air a controversial infomercial onbroadcast superstationWGN-TV. Under the settlement, Cathedral ofHope will pay the Chicagobased cable station $35,000 for showing the program five times. Thehalf-hour video includes testimonials by members, scenes ofworship atthe3,000-memberchurch and discussions with the families of church members. Cathedral ofHope claimed the Chicago-based station reneged on a contract to air the church’s program last August. Church officials said the station pulled the infomercial shortly before the air date for unspecified reasons. WGN officials argued that they weren’t obligated to air the program because the station did not have binding contract with the church. TheDallas church filed alawsuitin October, claiming thatWGN accepted the a $13,000 check, made several suggestions that the church followed and then broke its contractandreturned the check after deciding the subject was too controversial. The Rev. Michael Piazza said he was pleased with the settlement. "Of course our desire was for it to have been aired last year," said Piazza, senior pastor at Cathedral of Hope. "But we’re very grateful to be able to resolved it." Pia77a told The Dallas Morning News that every other broadcast outlet approached by the church had refusedto air the program. ’qqaey don’t have to give you reasons, but a couple of the media buyers told us that stations were afraid the conservative religious programming would be withdrawn if ours was shown," he said. The minster said Cathedral of Hope was attracted to WGN because the station airs on cable outlets in the rural areas surrounding Dallas and Fort Worth. Maryland Gov. Supports Civil Rights Bill for Gays ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Gov. Parris Glendening testified for the first time before a legislative committee last month, describing his late brother’s hardship hiding his homosexuality and urging delegates to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation. Glendening’s brother Bruce served 19 years in the Air Force, including three tours in Vietnam. But as the decorated veteran lay dying of AIDS - when the pain was so great that it hurt to touch his skin - Bruce Glendening said it was more painful to keep his sexual orientation hidden for so long in order to keep his job, Gleiadening testified. "He lived in fear.. ," the governor told the House Judiciary Committee. "This has weighed on me a long tame... I’m here to ask ifwe couldmake this state amore fair and just society." Afterward, the audience applauded his three-minute speech. One of several people in the audience who shookGlendening’ s handas heleftwas SilviaRodriguez, chairwomanofthe stateHumanRelations Commi ssion, who said no other governor showed such courage in her 15 years with the group. "He knows this is just and fair for all the people of Maryland," she said. Delegates Sheila Hixson and Leon Billings, both Montgomery County Democrats, havefailed to get the bill approved for six years, but they have not had such a prominent supporter before. Onlookers packed the hearing room and one wall was lined with television cameras. The bill would add sexual orientation to a law thatbans discriminationin housing and employment because of aperson’s race, religion or gender. "The issue is simply a matter ofintolerance and bigotry," Ms. Hixson said. Baltimore City and Montgomery, Prince George’s and Howard counties have similar laws governing 49 percent of the state’s population. Glendening said Prince George’s County hasn’t suffered since it enacted the law in 1991 while he was chief executive. "Western civilization hasn’t collapsed because of the bill," he said. Glendeningleftbefore delegates asked questions about the bill. Several delegates appeared critical ofit. Delegate Emmett Bums, a Baptist pastor, said complaints from homosexuals would flood the Human Relations Commission and create further delays for Blacks and women who suffer discrimination. In the hearing’s testiest exchange, Billings retorted that everyone can suffer discrimination. Commission officials said 1 to3% of complaints in counties that have the law concern sexual orientation, Advocates argued that nobody should be discriminated against for any reason. "We’re trying to cast the net as broadly as possible," Billings said. Teens Protest Gay Story in Dawson’s Creek WILMINGTON (AP) - More than 30 teen-agers gathered outside Wilmington’s EUE Screen Gems Studios to protest the homosexual subject matter of thelocally filmed television show Dawson’s Creek. Members of Youths Against the Promotion of Homosexuality held placards Thursday reading "Jack and Jill, Not Jack and Bill" and "Hollywood: No More Gay Promo." Screen Gems’ employees were greeted with chants of "Don’t Holly-weird me!" as they drove into the studios’ parking lots. "We’re sick and tired of Hollywood trying to force its pro-homosexual values down teen-agers’ throats on shows like Dawson’s Creek," said Robert Hales, 17. "This show is 100 times worse than Ellen because they’re targeting high school kids with their ’pro-Gay’ propaganda." Ellen, which starred Lesbian comedian Ellen DeGeneres, created a national stir two years ago when the main character announced she was a.Lesbian. Theprotests aboutDawson’s Creek center around a 16-year-old character who announced in a recent episode thathe was homosexual. Kerr Smith, whose character Jack was introduced on Dawson’s Creek this season, said the show simply explores common adolescent themes. "’Everybody knows that Dawson’s Creek addresses prevalent issues about teen-agers, and one of them is homosexuality," he said. "It’s in the schools now. Ten years ago, it wasn’t talked about€but now it is." Killer Pleads Guilty LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man accused of murdering five Gay men because he thought it would stop the spread of AIDS abruptly ended his trial by pleading guilty to the charges, prosecutors said. Juan Chavez, 34, avoided a possible.death sentence in the capital case by unexpectedly changing his plea about 1 1/2 weeks into trial, prosecutor Mike Duarte said. He is scheduled to be sentenced June 21. Duarte told jurors during the trial that Chavez lured themen to theirhomes supposedly for sex and then robbed and strangled them Chavez coufessed to the murders while serving a prison sentence for an unrelated 1996 kidnapping. In September of that year, he was charged with strangling the five men in 1986 and 1989. 11 Year Old with AIDS Speaks Out CARSON CITY (AP) - Eleven-year-old Michael Dowling wasn’t supposed to live this long and he knows it. "I was born HIV-positive. My morn was told that I’d probably dieby the timeI was three years old," Michael told the Assembly as they designatedWednesday, March24as HIVAIDS Awareness Day inNevada. Hestood ¯ next to his adopted mother’s friend, Assemblywoman Barbara Cegavske, RLas Vegas, as he addressed thelegislators. The boy was born in Las Vegas to a drug-addicted mother who passed her disease along to him before she gave birth. Now, l~fichael hasbeen adoptedand is also living with full-blown AIDS. Michael said he has to make a trip to Washington,D.C., every couple ofmonths so he can get two sho~ of a medication called IL2 every day for a week. "I go to the National Institutes of Health. The doctors and nurses, there are the people that have kept me alive. If not for them I would be dead,? Mi.chael said,. Despite his disease, the youngster says heis planningto live afull andindependent life. "I plan to. grow up.and be a doctor. I do not plan to be disabled and live off welfare and_have Medicaid pay my doctor’s bills," he added. People.,~ith AIDS need Nevada’s help to find "good jobs and insurance to pay their medical bills," he said. After his speech, the entire 42-member Assembly and dozens of observers in the gallery stood~to applaud. "Mikie is not supposed to be alive. He’s such a fighter, he’s incredible," Cegavske said. Surgeon General at HIV/AIDS Meeting SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders opened the nation’ s annualHIV/AIDS conference by urging the public to fight growing complacency about the disease. "We all have to be in this battle until it’s over, and I want you to know it’s not over," Eiders told about 2,000 people at the opening of the National HIV/AIDS Update Conference. Few doubted that among the hundreds of veteranAIDS health care providers and public health workers in the crowd. But now, Elders reminded them, there’s anew problem: growing public complacency. Lulledby encouraging early results from new drag therapies,many Americans have decided AIDS is no longer much of a threat, said Dr. Mervyn Silverman, the former San Francisco public health czar and chairman of the AIDS conference, which runs through tomorrow. He cited survey results that suggest people mustbe tuning out to all the AIDS awareness campaigns. The deadly virus is nearly always contracted through exchange of blood or body fluids, often during unprotected sexual activity or from sharing intravenous drag paraphernalia. In a survey taken in 1991, 41% still wrongly assumed that HIV could be contracted from sharing a drinking glass with an infected person. In 1997, the same misconception was found in 55% of those surveyed. Similarly, 34% of those surveyed in 1991 won-ied about catching the AIDS virus from a public toilet seat, as compared to 41°/0 in 1997. 87% ofyoung Americans believe they are at no risk of contracting HIV. Yet about one in four of every new infection occurs in the same age group, 17- to 22-yearolds. "Either we’re really gettingd.u.m.b.er, or some of us in this room are notdomgI ourjobs, Sdverm said. ’ ’ ~ Eiders offered-a familiar litany of su ,~gestions,inclUding universal access to health care and free needle-exchange AIDS Researcher Struggles for $ ¯¯ )rograms, both ofwhich seem as far from reality as when she left office in 1994. BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Researcher Peter Duesberg has become a scientific outcast because of his unorthodox AIDS theories. But he’s still in business, thanks to a fund-raising approach as unconventional as his beliefs. Duesberg, who maintains that AIDS is not caused by the human immunodeficiency virus but by illegal drugs and the AIDS medication AZT; has been raising money from private sources for some years, living from check to check. Buthis fund-raising tookonaddedurgency ast November when he.feared he was about to lose his lab at the University of California at Berkdey for lack of money. Friends of Duesbergsprang into acuon, soliciting donationsby way of the Internet and an ad in the alumni magazine. The ad brought in a stream of small contributions, which along with $200,000 in foundation money and some other big individual donations amounted to $325,000, enough to eke out another year of operations. Duesberg is grateful for the kindness of friends and strangers but said it’s a hard way to make a living. "You also begin to see how easy itis if youjust conform," he said. Twelve years ago, Duesberg filled out grant applications and the government sent him checks. Back then, Duesberg was a member of the elite National Academy of Scienees, winner of a 1985 Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health and aleading authority on retroviruses, a family that includes the AIDS virus. But after he published his HIV theory, his reputation tanked. The mainstream AIDS community has rebuffed his theories, saying it is clear that HIV does cause AIDS and that arguing otherwise dangerously undercuts the safe-sex message. "Whatever inroads we have made to help people to practice safer sex or to exchange needles - that all goes out the window," said David Evans of Project Inform, an advocacy group in San Francisco. Since 1987, Duesberg has had 20 grant applications turned down. A spokesman for the NIH declined to comment. As a tenured professor of molecular and cell ¯ biology, Duesberg still has his salary and : position at Berkeley. But without grant ¯ money, he cannot operate a lab, which is ¯ crucial to continuing his research. ¯ The private donauons can t overcom ¯ another problem: no students. Duesberg ¯ said students visit early in the semester ¯ andseeminterested.Butafterafew weeks, ..th.ey.t.aa.e.a.wa.y. "TheY’re told bY the ¯ graduate advisers and by their peers they ¯ may not be able to get ajob, I may not be ¯ able to pay them,,,a,n_,_d it would be bad for their reoutations, he said. ¯ Stuar’t Lynn, head of Duesberg’s ¯ division said the Berkeley ,c~_mmumty ¯ hasn’t o~tracized Duesberg. ’ Ev,eryb.o.dy~ kind of looks at him an amusea sort oz. way," Lynn said. "Berkele,,y has alotmore radical people than Peter. ¯ Duesberg said his lab and money ¯ problems reflect his one-man battle with Medical Excellence And Compass.ionate Care S nce 1926. ¯ ¯ ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTER Medical Excellence ¯ ComlxtSsionate Care John Serrot, MSW LEAH HUNT, MSW Cherry Street Psychotherapy Associates 1515 S. Lewis (918) 743-4117 JUDY SEYMOUR, CADC JOHN SERROT, MSW Serving a Diverse Community Are You Gay or Bisexual? 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"Most people don’t realizehow an-freeweare to do sciencein America," he said. ’q’hey can afford to give mill.ions, but they cannot afford to give me $100,000 or $200,000 to prove them wrong." Condom Program in Cambodia Works PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Declaring a pilot program to increase condom use in Cambodia a success, the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health announced plans on Friday foranationwide campaign to tackle the impoverished country’s skyrocketing AIDS rate. Targeting commercial sex workers who are the mainlinkin the spread of sexually transmitted diseases in Cambodia, the "100% Condom-Use Program" has significantly increased condom use in brothels in thepilot’s targetarea, according to a preliminary report released ahead of nextweek’s National Conference onHIV/ AIDS. Prostitutes in the seaside town of Sihanoukville, 185 km (115 miles) southwestofPlmomPerth, wereinstmcto byhealth workers in October to require all their customers to wear condoms. Ifmen refused to comply, the sex workers were encouraged to report them to police. "Many sex establishments are actively participating and there has been a rise in the distribution and use of condoms," Health Secretary of State Mare Bun Heng said Friday. "We are pleased with these results and.., this year we would like to expand the program nationwide." The condom program was inspired by a similar campaign in Thailand that increased condom use in sex establishments from 15% in 1989 tomore than90%in 1992, preventing an estimated 2 million HIV cases, according to the WHO. Cambodiahas the highestHIV infection rate in Asia, with 50 to 70 people believed to become infected every day. Recent studies have estimated that 3% of the adult population in Cambodia is infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. State Won.’t Require HIV Marriage Test NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Memphis lawmakeris no longer pushing legislation that would require couples wanting to get married in Tennessee to be tested for the HIV virus and other sexually transmitted diseases. Rep. Henri Brooks said she changed her mind after the Health Departmentestimated the tests wouldcost Tennessee taxpayers almost $5 million a year. She amended the bill to require county court clerks to make information about venereal diseases - such as chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea and hepatitis B - available to marriage license applicants. "We are not trying to be Big Brother or say who should and should not marry. All we want to do is be responsible as policymakers," the Democrat said. "The ones who have to pay for these healthrelated illnesses end up being the taxpayers." The bill,, approved by a House subcommittee, also requires that a small sign be conspicuously located in the area ¯¯ Wherepeopleapply formarriagelicenses. It would read: "AIDS KILLS. HIV and : other sexually transmitted diseases can ¯" occurwithoutyourknowledge. Don’trisk ¯ thelifeofsomeoneyoulove.BETESTED : NOW." : In addition, the bill requires the Health : Department to make annual reports to the ¯ Legislature on the status of HIV and -" sexually transmitted diseases by gender : and ethnicity. ¯ Brooks said sheproposed thelegislation ¯ ¯ because one of her constituents found out her husband was HIV positive after they : mamed. She said she may renew .her ¯ efforts for testing later. Harvard to Study AIDS in Africa ¯ BOSTON (AP) - The Harvard AIDS Institute has been given a $2.5 million : grant to research the AIDS epidemic ¯ devastating southern Africa. The grant ¯ from the Oak Foundation will support a ¯ three-year program on research and ¯ vaccine development. The grant will also ¯ support a demonstration project to test : drugs nsed to block mother-to-infantHIV : transmission. ¯ The AIDS Institute’s basic research ¯ involves sequencing the genes found in ¯ theHIV strainprevalentinsouthernAfrica. ¯ No place in the world has been harder hit : by AIDS than southern Africa. In ¯ Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and : Zimbabwe, up to one-quarter of people aged 15-49areinfected withHIV 0rAIDS. AIDS has killed 10 million people in sub- " Saharan Africa - 90% of the world’s ¯ AIDS deaths. Another 20 million are : expected to die, Harvard researchers ¯ added. ¯ Max Essex, chairman of the Harvard ¯ AIDS Institute, and his colleagues have ." beenresearchingAIDS inAfricaformore ¯ than a decade. The Oak Foundation, an international philanthropy, has offices in ¯ Boston, Geneva, London and Harare, ¯ Zimbabwe. : Know Your Legal Rights :A Seminar for People ¯ Living with HIV and AIDS ¯ ¯ TULSA- TulsaOklahomans for Human Right, theTulsaGay Community Services ¯ Center and the Oklahoma Lesbian and ¯ Gay Lawyers Association (OLGLA) are hosting a seminar at 7pro on April 22 on legal issues for people living with HIV/ ¯ AIDS. Kathy Nelson, executive co- . ordinator for the AIDS Legal Resource ¯ Project will conduct the seminar at the Tulsa Gay Community Services Center at : 38th and Peoria, 2nd floor. ¯ The AIDS Legal Resource Project was ¯ created three years ago to help provide ," people living with HIV/AIDS with the ¯ resources to meet the challenges in their : lives. The Project provides free legal ¯ assistance to those who qualify through a network of 150private attorneys statewide. : The Project can assist those qualified in receiving denied Social Security benefits .and in addressing health, life or disability ¯ Insurance discrimination. : Ms..Nelson is an alumna of Oklahoma ¯ State University and Oklahoma City : University School of Law. She has had a : private practice in oil and gas law, family ¯ law, estate planning and probate law. She ¯ also serves on the board of directors for ¯ CarePoint, Inc. a non-profit consortium : for HIV/AIDS health care and support in : Oklahoma City. Info: 743-4297. by James Christjohn Broadway dance. And a relative-of mine, "Spirit - A Journey in Dance, Drums Raymond Christjolm was one of the and Song" combines the power of ° singers! Broadway choreography and contem- ° The cast includes 20 dancers with both porary music with the songs, chants and o modemand traditional training, including dances born of Native Indian Nation dancers Americanculture to tell Act I eontlnues with the story of one ¯ person’s- andanation’s "An Ea~le Above." in - search for renewal by wlaleh Ron Anquoe exploring ancestral roots. (Kiowa tribe, Oh|ahoma) This multicultural per[orms t]ae ritual performance event, which debuted on PBS Ea~le Dance as part of the March 1999 pledge drive and to convey the le~eud d will be released on the Ea$|e Feather. video April 20, was conceived by Peter provldln~ the youn$ man Buffett, working in with [~uow|ed~e and collaboration with Chief Hawk Pope. courage [or the journey. Buffett composed the music for the pivotal Fire Dance scene in Kevin Costner’s Oscar-winning film "Dances with Wolves." "Spirit - A Journey in Dance, Drums and Song" features the choreography and stage direction ofT,o.nywinner Wayne Cilento, who blends his demanding trademark "urban dance" movement with traditional Native American dance. And by the~ way, the video is worth getting just to view the dancers. They are all beautiful, with appeal to Gay men, Lesbians, straight folk.., something fol everyone! And boy can they move! 01~ yeah, themusic’s great, too; the CD is availablenow, and I highlyrecommendit. Peter has been one of the few artists te successfully blend ancient music with modem. Usually, whenthatblendis made, it comes out a mess, but he’s done an excellentjob ofretaining the impact of the ancient with the feel of the modem, rising above time and space to create anew form that is emotionally satisfying on a level few reach. LoreenaMcKennitt is the only other artist I would say that about in her blending of ancient and modem Critic influences on her CD’s. But I digress, back to "Spirit: A Journey...". Taped during the show’s premiere performance weekend at the Weidner Center inGreen Bay, Wisconsin,"Spirit - A Journey in Dance, Drums and Song" features more than 80 performers - dancers, choir, percussionists and orchestra - selected from the worlds of Native-American performance and by Allan Smithee, special contributor Anyone see "Footloose" whileit wasin town? It had all the appeal of a really bad high school play. Bad script, awful choreography and songs worthy ofmaybe two verses stretched out till one thought the record player had broken and was skipping, all added up to an evening of dreck, despite the cast’s sometimes overenergetic performances -and especially the nights when one cast member was off key. It is usually against my principles to walk out on a show, no matter how bad - I hold that it’s rude to the actors and people around you - but Footloose is one I would have walked out on after the first 30 minutes. I find it ironic that local homophobe and religious bigot Larry Payton, famous arrayed in fancy dress of feathers, beads and bones. The orchestra features both modem and traditional Native- American instruments, a string section and percussionists playing a variety ofdrums. The 40-voice Green Bay and Oneida Nation Girls’ Choir provides additional vocals. The program also features soloists Robert Mirabal (also very handsome), a renowned Native- American flautist, vocalist and percussionist; Ron Anquoe, a traditionally trained Eagle Dancer who is a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma; and Chief Hawk Pope, a vocalist, lyricist and composer who is Principal Chief of the Shawnee Nation, United Renmant Band of Ohio. Chief HawkPopenarrates. Joanne Shenandoah, Oneida Nation of the Iroquois confederacy, adds her beautiful voice to the proceedings. "Spirit - A Journey in Dance, Drums and Song" opens Act I with "Urban Overtures" as a group of city dwellers reacts robotically to the stressful sounds of daily life. Determined,to escape this chaos, one young man decides in "Fire Dance" to look back to his roots and search for a new way to live. In "Coashelleaqu (The Shawnee Letter)," a Native-American grandfather encourages him to begin this journey of renewal. "Hidden Heritage" celebrates the 500 Indian Nations. ActI continues with"AnEagleAbove," in which Ron Anquoe (Kiowa tribe, Oklahoma) performs the ritual Eagle Dance to convey the legend of the Eagle Feather, providing the young man with knowledge and courage for the journey. "Passage," Robert Mirabal’s haunting flute solo, continues the young man’s quest to embrace the past. Act I ends with Spirit Dance, bnngmg together dancers from the traditional Native-American and contemporary urban cultures for a celebration, see Spirit, p. 10 for censoring shows andrewriting themto make them safe for the good Baptist families of Tulsa to see would bring in a show that pretty much rips the views of fundie-brand organized religion. In case some of you are too young to remember the film, it’s based on an incident in Elmore, OK wherein dancing was made illegal by virtue of a powerful minister in town who held that dancing would lead to all kinds of sinful behavior. In the film and play, a kidfrom Chicago challenges the dictatorial evil minister, and wins the right to hold a school dance. As a film, it was worth a couple hours at the dollar movie. As a musical, well, it’s not worth that much. But Tnlsans seemed to like it - the shows were sold out. Maybe it’s that even a bad touring show beats anvthin~ on TV9 At any rate, the cast was ~mlfor~v cute,’so that hellxd a little. Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. in association with PFLAG presents Chastity Bono at the 2nd Annual Red Ribbon Ball Saturday, April 17th 7:30pm, dinner + entertainment, tickets begin at $75/person/all proceeds benefit Tulsa C.A.R.E.S., Information: 834-4194 Spring Concert May 7 & 8, 1999 7:00 PM All Soul’s Unitarian Church 2952 S. Peoria COUNCIL OAK MEN’S CHORALE For tickets contact a chorale member or call the COMC Ticket Office. Tel (918)585-COMC Visa MasterCard Discover American Theatre Company presents in its 50th anniversary year Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman April 9, 10, 14, 15, 16 + 17 at 8 pm April 11 at 2pm, $11-14 John Williams Theatre Tulsa Performing Arts Center Lisa Wilson Directing, Ken Spence as Willie Loman This ad donated by Tulsa Family News. ~SUNDAYS Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 Community of Hope (Welcoming), Service - 6pro, 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800 Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation Service - 1 lain, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595 Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist Scrviee - 1 lain, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314 Metropolitan Community Church United (formerly Family of Faith & MCCGT) Service, llam, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715 House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210b So. 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Ifyour organization is not listed, please let us know. Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615. It is a fabulous number to see. R makes you want to stand up and cheer, even if it is a video: Act II of"Spirit- A Journey in Dance, Drums and Song" begins with two numbers - "The Place Where Crying Begins" and "The Dream" - offering a sensual exploration of the relationship of man and woman in a more natural world. "Aubenaubee(Prelude to Rebirth)" begins the young man’s journey back to his own world; m The Thunderbird, he returns as anewly enlightenedmemberof society. In the final number, the two cultures - traditional andurbancontemporary - dance in unison, recovering the true spirit of America. The showitselfwas a seamless blending of ancient and modem, combining to tell a story that many of us can relate to today of alienation from roots, a discontent with where man in general is today in the world, and a yearning for reconnection to the earth in an age where the earth has become one more commodity to exploit. It held me spellbound. Seamlessly integratingmusic, dance, ..and storytelling, it moved me to tears-- something that doesn’t usually happen at all, especially withregards to avideotapedperformance. It was beautiful. I have been in communication with the composer/ creator, Peter Buffett, and, he has mentioned the possibility of brfilging the live show here in the fall. (ya heard it here first, folks!)If that happens, don’t miss it. It willbe an experience that will touch you deeply, as theatre was meant to do. Andif the video is able to move me to tears (along with several others I spoke with that saw i0,imagine whatanimpactseeing the performance live wouldhave! Usually I find videos of plays, especially musical performances, lacking. Something is lost in the translation from live to tape. Not so in this case. Peter’s other CD’s are well worth picking up: "Spirit Dance", from which many of the numbers in "Spirit: A Journey..." were taken, is great, and the soundtrack to "500 Nations" is another winner. Joanne Shenandoahhas anumber ofCD’s out, and "Matriarch" is one ofmy favorites ofhers. RobertMirabal has CD’s out as wall, and he is fantastic. Peter tends to get lumped in the "New Age" although his musicfar surpasses theimage that particular labding conjures up, While the other artists are found, at least in Borders, under "Native American". Other places might have them under "World Music". They knew so because for the last two years, a representative of Tulsa Oldahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) had participated in the planning for this eventand in the creation oftheFederation. FromTOHR,NGLTFknew thatCimarron was the only Oklahoma group genuinely doing statewideorganizing, Sowhy would they give $5,000, a huge sum for a small and under orgamzed state like Oklahoma, to those less likely to put it to good use? Well, it turns out that a number of the individuals who are involved with Cimarron have also worked closely with NGLTF’s semi-rival, the Human Right Campaign (HRC). And rumor has it that NGLTF didn’t want to help an "HRC" organization. So, the money which conid really, really have made a difference in : Oklahoma went to OGLPC. ¯ WhatdidOGLPCdowiththosedollars? : They rented a bus to bring Tulsans to the : rally, and they rented portapots and got : the necessary, permits for the event. But ¯ interestingly they also hired and paid Ms. : PaulaHandBrown to help co-ordinate the ¯ event. And they used the funds to pay for : advertising in various publications, albeit ¯ not this one. (For the record, TFN : frequently donates ads completely free of : charge to community non-profit : organizations unlike our rivals who ¯ typically provide atmosta20%discount.) ¯ Also, OGLPC is permitted, according to : NGLTF organizer, Dan Haws, to keep ¯ any leftover funds to subsidize their ¯ organizational work. ¯ Perhaps, OGLPC will transcend its past and prove worthy of the $5K they were : granted. Butif the reasoning for choosing : them over Cimarronis true, then OGLPC : and Oklahoma’s communities have ¯ become once againpawns in the games of : our"national" organizations. ¯ The bottom line is the money should go ¯ to those who can most effectively use it. ; And you have to wonder if those who : can’tevenissue a simplepress release, are ¯ the ones who can make the best use of the ¯ money. " "I speak out abroad, I must not be silent at home," the Republican said. In a positive : sign for supporters, Senate Judiciary ¯ Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has : scheduled hearings on the legislation for ¯ next month. ¯ But it still faces a difficult road. Some ¯¯ co.ngr.es.sionalRepublicans have expressed mxsgxvmgs that the legislation is ¯ unnecessary because dozens of states have ~ laws protecting the groups identified in ¯ the bill. ¯ Backers are also concemed that social : conservahves may construe thelegislation ¯ as extending special protections to ¯ homosexuals. "This is not a bill that will, ] in one way, advantage one group over ; another," said Wyden. "I can’t believe ¯ any members of the United States Senate ¯ want to be soft on violence." Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Aden Specter, R-Pa.., another bill cosponsor, said he wasn’t as optimistic as some of his colleagues. "A lot of opponents.., pick out hate crimes legislation for a great deal of criticism," he said. "This is a tough bill to get very much support." Under the bill, current law would be expanded so theJustice Department could prosecute crimes based on a person’s sexual orientation, gender or disability. Now, the statute only covers crimes based on race, color, religion or national origin. Also, the bill would make federal prosecution ofhate crimes eas~er. Current ¯ law limits prosecution to situations whexe ¯ the victim is targeted for engaging in : certain, federallyprotectedactivities,such ¯ as serving on a jury, voting or attending ¯ public school. : Over40 states havehate crimes statutes, ¯ but only 21 cover sexual orientation, 22 ~ cover gender and 21 cover disability, ¯ according to the White House, which ¯ supports the bill. : Senator Edward Kennedy, Democrat - ¯ Massachusetts, the bill’s lead author, said ¯ the measure wouldn’t undermine the role ¯ of the states in prosecuting hate crimes, ¯ jnstbringinvestigative andother resources ¯ of the federal government to bear where ¯ necessary. 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No, I suppose most of you want me to get on with that damned project you werelefthanging withacouple of months ago, and so I shall. The DIYD is perfectly confident that you have not been squandering the intervening months but have quite diligently been scoping ideas to steal and make your own in our Kitchen remodel on the shoestring. Now, being Now, heln~ economical does not equate with being. cheesy, so wall the rather " enthusia~tle dyke with the ~tn of Rust-o-leurn economical does not equa[e please with being cheesy, so will the eooIher"jets. rather enthusiastic .dyke with ,’i-,’I the can of Rust-o-leum please....... t ne DIYD cool ~her jets. The DIYD promises that she shall get her shining moment when we discuss refurbishing the garage sale find garden furniture. You have 0aonesfly] assessed both your finances and the state’of yourcupboards? Decidedwhat you can livewith stylistically’? Then lef’s get cooking. We will be working on the assumption that your cabinets are sturdy enough and laid out in amanner that is endurable until the money for the Dream Kitchen appears (The pessimistic side of the DIYD cautions.that any time you have spare money, either your house or your car will find out about it, so be sneaky! A friend of hers adds "girlfriend" to this .corollary.). Given those two assumpuons, you have options. And we all love options, don’t we? The easiest approach may be to repaint your cupboards, put up new hinges, and handles and a bit of tasteful shelf paper. Yes, you still have to prep things for successful results. Sorry. Youwill need to lightly sand the surfaces and clean them, then put on a primer coat. NOT Water based! That raises the grain of the wood or separates the veneer..Oil based only. This might be a good time to review the past articles on painting and brush care. I will always recommend that you "extinguish pilot lights on the range if you have them and to open windows and doors for good ventilation. Solvents are just ugly. Then use Kilz brand paint; it is trouble-free as oil based paint goes, and dries in an hour or less. The DIYD strongly recommends taking one cabinet door at a time offwhen repainting, and then adding thenew hinges and handles when putting it hack on. Or you can take the cabinets off all at once, but mark them or handle them in some other methodical way. Especially in older homes, all things are not equal. One coat of primer then, unless you get somebleed-through, then apply two coats. When that’s all dry, you can paint on your finish paint. TheDIYDurges you to invest in a semi-gloss or gloss formulated especially for kitchens. These paints can stand up to the moisture, and you’ll really be grateful when you go to wipe off that errant cake batter. Put in your shelf paper and the you’re ready for those new hinges promises that she shall get we discuss ref~rbishin~ th..e garage sale find g.arden ~urniture. and handles. Regardless of which option you choose, you will probably want new h,ardware on the cupboards and drawers. It s amazing how much it spiffs things up; it is also amazing how much it costs when you add them all up, so take a count of what you need, then use your calculator when you go shopping. It is also wise, if possible, to find hardware that is similar to the old as regards screw hole placement. If you don’t have to drill anything new, why bother? Put a little woodfiller in the hole, orbreak a match stick off in it, then attach your new hardware. Always remember to look at how the hardware you are removing was attached, especially hinges. This is not frivolous advice! Another option you have is resurfacing, and this can yield some remarkable results. If you are handy and rather intrepid, you can handle the job yourself. They have supplies and instructional videos at Homo Depot and other stores of that ilk. If you’ve a bit extra tucked back in the cookie jar and a low reserve of patience for chaos, by all means look into having the job done by professional resurfacers. They can even take care of that god awful formica counter-top while they’re at it. As usual, get lots of quotes, demandreferences, and check thembefore making this choice. The option of last resort would be stripping and refinishing the cabinets. You should choose this only if a)your cabinets are fabulous butjust dark or dingy;b) you have prior refinishing skills; c) You have an infinite reservoir of patience; d) your beloved has an infinite reservoir of patience. Nodream ofglowing wood cabine.ts is worth a week on the couch - alone. The dog will be in your place in bed. It can be that bad, darlings. As usual, it all sounds so very easy in print, but ~rd up your channing loins, dare to be anal retentive and methodical and you’ll find the work rewarding. I’ll be back next month when we deal with the walls - if you’ve finished climbing them by then: and confabulations of underwear collectors - and they establish all those thousands of websites and chatrooms on the Intemet. Anthropologists call these "special interest ~oups" and, despite pessimistic impresszons that nobody in the country anymore talks to their folks and neighbors, the number of interest groups in this country has expanded astronomically since the 1950s. Where once people hid their fetishes as painfully embarrassing, now, like Jay, we happily call ourselves fetishists and proudly broadcast our fascinations. So I feel like I’m in good company when I’ve got Jay working onmy toes with a dreamy look in his eyes. It’s my contribution to the modem American Way. by Esther Rothblum The Antarctic is the coldest, highest, and driest continent on earth. Unlike the Arctic, which consists of frozen water surrotmded by land, the Antarctic is land surrounded by water. Land is colder than water, so the Antarctic has Tkere temperatures ranging from ." here are strong spirited to start with,.and ¯¯ stronger stilluponleaving. BeingaLesbian was not a contributing factor, whereas ¯ persistence, flexibility, emotional and physical strength are more important. ¯ There is ajoke that usually goes around is a joke town toward the middle of the season: How do you get 40 degrees Fahrenheit in the warmestpartofthe continent in summer to minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit (.not including the wind chill factor) in the winter. 98% of the continentis covered with ice, and in fact the Antarctic contains 90% of the world’s ice. The ice is several miles thick in parts oftheAntarctic interior, so that the altitude is similar to high mountainous regions. Even though the Antarctic contains 68% of the world’s freshwater locked up as ice, the almost total lack of precipitation classifies it as a desert. Frequent blizzards and high winds form "white outs" that make it difficult to see, and the view is often a monotonous sheet of white snow and ice. Why would anyone choose to go to this barren continent? In 1913, explorerErnest Shackleton placed an ad in a newspaper . that stated: "Men wanted for haTardous journey. Small wage, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness . . . Safe return doubtful.., and recognition in case of success." He received about 5,000 applications. Most people who have come "to the ice" in recent decades engage in scientific research or support those who do. About a dozen nations have built permanent research "stations" in the Antarctic.For several years, I conducted research on womenin the Antarctic. I wanted to study women who take risks, and the Antarctic seemed the ideal setting. This work resulted in the recent book Women in the Antarctic(HaworthPress, 1998), co-edited with Jacqueline Weinstock and Jessica Morris. Only one woman that we interviewed for this book came out as a Lesbian, and shewas part ofan all-women’s expedition that skied to the South Pole. Our research team did not feel we could ask our participants about their sexual orientation. In those days the U.S. Navy transported personnel to the Antarctic (these days, it’ s the Air Force) and as a result we were concerned that our participants might not want to come out to us as Lesbian or Bisexual. But we speculated that there might be some Lesbians among the women who live and work in the Antarctic. So I was intrigued to readan article entifled"Below the Ice: An Antarctic Journal" by Peggy Malloy in a recent issue of Weird Sisters, a Colorado Lesbian newspaper. I emailed Peggy in the Antarctic (the wonders of technology!) and she responded as follows: For most people who come to work in Antarctica, it is the sense ofadventure that draws us to this extreme environment. Most ofus wouldnever have themoney to be a tourist-visitor; and we would not be able to learn to love ffduring such a short visit, as many of us have done over the seasons. Those who get through a season that usually goes around town toward the middle of the season: How do you get a date with a woman? Answer: be one. There are approximately 30g females working in the Antaretle program. a date with a woman? Answer: be one. There are approximately36% females working in the Antarctic program. Yes, there are other Lesbians in town, and a very small handful of Gay men. The men are quite closeted. This was a military base at one time and there are still plenty ofmilitary influences since so many ex-military currently workfor Antarctic Support Associates, the civilian contracting firm in the Antarctic. The Lesbians are generally out, but several are not. This is a generally ¯ accepting environment, mainly since we ¯ all have to work andlive together forlong ¯ periods of dme. If someone doesn’t agree ¯ with a lifestyle, it’s futile to fightit. I do ¯ not try to hide my sexuality, but I don’t ¯ flaunt it either. There is always a fear that : one won’t get rehired because of it. ¯ However, this seems to be residual from ; living in northern society, and not well ¯ founded in the hiring practices of this ¯ company. If there are any prejudices, I ¯ would say it is against women in general, ¯ not just against Lesbians. There is no : attempt by the U.S. Antarctic Program to ¯ be Lesbian-affirmative, of which I am ¯ aware. : I have worked at the U.S. McMurdo ¯ StationontheAntarctic continentfor three ¯" seasons so far. Each year the circle of : friends increases: friends of friends tell : friends,andendupcomingworkherewith ¯ us. Each year there seem to bemoremales : who gravitate to our circle. These are : straight men who feel more comfortable ¯ striking friendships with us,mosdy since ¯ we are"safe." There is no concern thatwe ¯ will wantanythingmorethan afriendship. ¯ Email is the best way to keep in touch : withcommuffityfromhome. I amgratefnl ¯ to those who write and keep me informed ¯ of happenings, and gossip, and events ¯ such as the Rainbow Chorus concerts. I : was quite involved with them before ¯ coming to work down here. This is such ¯ an isolated place, very little outside ¯ stimulation from color (th!ngs are brown or white), smells (only the smell of fuel), ¯ and life (nothing grows here naturally : other than some algaes). We see some ¯ seals andmaybe somepenguins at the end ¯ of the summer season. News from home ". or small care packages from friends are ¯ treasured like a long lost love’s return. ¯ Anything, and everything, is a special ¯ gift. This is also the time when I have ¯ more contact with friends than usual, as I ." can sit at the computer and drop a quick ¯ note to say, "hi, how are you doing?" : Peggy Malloy can be contacted via ¯ email: malloyma@hotmail.eom. Esther ¯ Rothblum is Professor of Psychology at ¯ the University of Vermont and Editor of ¯ theJournal ofLesbianStudies. Shecanbe ¯ reached at Dewey Hall, University of ¯ Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. ¯ email: esther.rothblum@uvm.edu. IGTA member Call 341.6866 nternationa Tours:ormoreinformation. 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"We’re here to celebrate this evening that God is not hate, but God is love," said the Rev. Lawton Higgs St. of United Methodist Church of the Reconciler. Roger Lovette, pastor of the Baptist Church of the Covenant, encouraged people to remember Gaither as a person, not a symbol. "He was like the rest of us with hopes, dreams and needs," Lovette said. Rodney Max, co-chairman of the Coalition Against Hate Crimes, urged legislators to pass alaw including offenses motivatedbyhomosexuality on the state’s list of hate crimes. "That should never, ever happen again in this state," Max said. After the two-hour memorial service inside the church, people lit small candles and stood outside singing ’~his Little Light of Mine." Across the street, a small group of protesters from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., held anti-Gay signs in protest. "We are outraged at this violent crime, but the issue is the homosexuals are exploiting it," said Westboro’s pastor, the Rev. Fred Phelps. "It is no longer merely an event for the family and friends to grieve." Protesters held signs saying "Billy Jack Gaither bums in hell.’" Max Griffies, 9, stood near the church’ s step holdin,,g a sig,n declaring, "God loves all people. Max smother, Leah Griffies, but that still some homophobic remarks were expressed by afew teachers to classes after the announcement was made. and flyers went up. However, since a large part of the group’s mission is to educate faculty and other students, Allen characterized these negative remarks as something to be expected, until Gay and Lesbians students and is sues become more visible. BTW’s GSA typically meets during an intermittent free period in the school schedule and the group often discusses issues or plans for upcoming events. One such event is the "Day of Silence" on April 7th which is intended to be a day of protest in support of civil rights for Gay and Lesbian persons. Washington’s Sizemore is actually the key organizer for the US and Canada. Also, the BTW GSA is planning to participate in the upcoming Tulsa Pride Parade. And Booker T. Washington’s example has paved the way for GSA’s in at least two other Tulsa high schools. Smaller and more informal groups have come together at Central and East Central High Schools. All of these groups have joined together in an organization, S.A.F.E. - Student Alliance for Equality which meets at the Tulsa Gay Community Services Center (the Pride Center). For more information, messages may be left for the BookerT. Washington Gay- Straight Alliance or S.A.F.E. at the Tulsa Gay Community Services Center, 743- GAYS (4297). said she wanted her son "to know you don’t kill people, regardless of who they are, and especially for what they believe in." The message seemed to sink in as Max watched the protestors across the street. "Itmakes mefeel disgusted because everybody is created equal and all people are created by God," he said. Police originally charged Mullins and Butler with murder, which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment .with a chance for parole. However, grand jurors upgraded the charge to capital murder, which cames only two possible penalties: electrocution or life without parole. In Washington, DC, the Human Rights Campaignissued the following comments: "in 1997, (the latest FBI statistxcs available) Alabama reported no hate crimes to the FBI for any category. Reporting of statistics is voluntary under to the Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1990. Alabama’s hate crimes law does not cover sexual orientation. ’This case in Alabama shows the great inconsistency between states in tracking and prosecuting hate crimes We call on Congress to pass the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, to set a uniform federal response for hate crimes and signal that anti-gay violence is unacceptable in our society,’ said Human Rights Campaign Political Director Winnie Stachelberg." Kevin Ivers, director of public affairs .for Log Cabin Republicans added, ’’There IS something wrong in society when gay people are continually murdered in this maimer, and our leaders have amoral duty ~o address it.., The leaders of both parties must speak out with eqtml forceagainst the anti-gay hatred and intolerance that is feeding such crimes. . Every political leader, especially those who seek-the presidency, must reflect on why this is happening, and what they can do to,.h,elp stop it from continuing." those who gathered to becomd~othe Community of Hope have i~orked to be honest about who we are and what our ministry is. without insisting that others agree with or embrace our ministry, We have consistently insisted that ministries of healing and hope, and not, Gay advocacy, be ourfocus; while at the.same time naming that homophobia and inhospitality are antithetical to the Gospel, and refusing to be silent in the face of them. We have asked only for tolerance and respect, and have tried to offer the same. However. increasinly, the goodness and dignity of Gay and Lesbian persons and their loving, committed relationships are so consistently and ’officially’ devalued and dishonored within in this Conference and by this denomination, thatI can no longer maintain myaffiliation with integri&. Secondly, I have decided to withdraw because the ministries of justice and compassion to which God’s church has been calledand in which this congregation is engaged, are too urgent and too important for us to faithfully allow any more time or energy to be diverted by denominational arguments aboutwhether or not Gay and Lesbian persons are part of the body of Christ, Since the day this congregation was called into being, Gay and Lesbian persons have been BEING the body of Christ - offering their gifts and graces, their time and energy, their hearts andhands, in loving service to God and neighbor - see Peurose, p. 14 while the Church has debated their acceptability. "Anyone who does the will of God is my brother or sister"(Mark 3: 35), Jesus said. That debate was settled long ago. And yet, women, men, and children in Oklahoma, in the US, and around the world continue to be robbed of life every day by hunger, homelessness, abuse, addiction, and violence, while the UMC spends more and more of its time andresourcesfight~ng over who is allowed to love who. Internal struggles over control and authority, have seduced our Church intoforgetting its call to be the bearers of God’sgospel ofhopeandlove to a hurting worM. I am weary ofthe ’forgetting’ and the fighting, and want my life and our ministry as a community offaith to once again be about ’remembering Jesus’ in ways that honor the life he lived among andfor us. Therefore, on Thursday afternoon, by Lamont Linstrom, Ph.D. My feet are looking niighty fine these days. I~have been seeing a new friend named Jay, who calls himself a foot fetishist. And he has been working these toes down to hubs, almost. Jay describes foot-worshipping parties he has attended where shoes andboots and soqks goflying in all directions. He has intro~oced me to foot magazines. The personal ads are remarkable. They come withphotographs showing everyone thrusting his best foot forward into the camera lens. And websites, too. The intemet is one big fetish supermarket: rubber and latex here, feet over there, underwear at the back. Or uniforms:-I have another friend with a closet full of uniforms. I never know if he’s going to show up dressed in Boy Scout drag, or as Marine, or perhaps a water meter reader. While Jay was mass_aging my feet one afternoon I thought abouttheword"fetish" - a term oddly shared by anthropology, psychology, and sexology. SigmundFreud himself seems to have been the first to borrow "fetish" from 19th century anthrol~i0gy. Scholars of West African religion had.firstused thewordto describe religip~s..objects from Ghana - small carvings, amulets, and’the like-thatpeople bdieve&~were inspirited with divinity. Feti~h deriYes from the Latin facticious whi.€.k once.meant "handmade" or "man~0~tU~ed" (e.g., see also "factory," and "factotum"). The word’s connations of "artificial," in the original sense of "made" or "constructed, "expanded to absorb secondary meanings of "unreal" or "fake"-or "false." Thus, the fetish originally was a man-made, artificial image of-God that African devotees believed to have divine powers. The term is still used occasionally in anthropology and beyond to refer to sacred objects. My Bay Area newspaper, for example, last week contained an advertisement for an upcoming sale of Pueblo Indian jewelry whichfeaturedZuni fetishes- these small, carved animal figures sold as both decorative and spiritual. I am not sure why Freud borrowed fetish to describe sexual kinkiness. We can guess, however, that he shared the same sorts of. European cultural biases that led to th~ earlier anthropological use of the word. The savage religious devotee focuses his attention on the artifical fetish - the man-made object - and thus misses ¯ March 4, I submitted the following ¯ statemen¢ to.Bishop Blake: ~ " Bishois.Bruce Blake ¯¯ Oklahoma Annual Conference United Methodist Church ¯ It is with a deep trust in God’s steadfast ¯ and unconditional love that 1 write to ¯ informyou thatlaminitia,ting theprocess ¯ ofwithdrawalfrom Zhe United Methodist ¯ Church in order to transfer my ministerial ¯ orders to another denominate’on. 1 have chosen to begin this process because I ¯ cannot remainfaithful to the Gospel and ¯ honor the requirement of the United ¯ Methodist Church not to celebrate and ¯ blesssamesexcovenantrelationships.As ¯ one who has been baptized to "resist. ¯ injustice and oppression" and ordained : to"lookaftertheconcernsofChristabove ¯ all," I am called and charged to offer the ¯ full ministry ofthe church--including the ¯ blessing ofdovenant relationships- to all : God’s people, including those who are ¯ Gay or Lesbian. I will do nothing less. : - Rev. Leslie Peurose the larger supernatural reality ofgod. The : sexual fetishist similarly misdirects.his ¯ attention only to this or that body part or : object, and also misunderstands the ¯ broader, complex whole of human ¯ sexuality. The foot fetishist sucks toes, : but ignores everything above the ankle. ¯ The hair fetishist gets tangled and stuck : up there and never moves along towards ¯ "normal" sex. The 19th century anthropologist and ¯ psychologist both shared the belief that ¯ they could indeed define normal religion ¯ and natural sexuality. Whatever fell short ¯ of this standard could be defined away as ¯ artificial - just a fetish. Lucky for us, ¯ maybe, things aremuchmorecomplicated : nowadays. Some complications have ¯ come along with 20th century Hedonism. ¯ While hardly triumphant (especially in ¯ Oklahoma),latterday influentialhedonists : like Dr. Ruth proclaim that all forms of ¯ sexual behavior are good, as long as ¯ nobody gets hurt. And even that can be ¯ good, too, as long as a person wants to get : hurta,ndiftheboundaries andgroundrules ¯ (we Americans are so legalistic) are ¯ negotiated beforehand. ¯ Jay finds sexuality in toes just as West Africans discover divinity in beads and : wood. So fixations .on feet, jocks, : underwear, underarms, hair, rubber sheets ¯ - it’s all reoently wonderful. ¯ Well, perhaps not that kid living down the street who’s discovered to have 2000 ¯ pairs ofwomen’s panties hiddenunderhis ~ bed thai he’s stolen from neighborhood ¯ clotheslines. Butmostly fetishes are good. Isn’t the right toa feti~h protected in the ¯ Constitution? At least they contribute to : the economy. ¯ Sex nowadays is also complicated by ¯ the duty our culture demands of us to ¯ cultivate our individuality. Fetishes here ¯ are extremely useful. They help ¯ differentiate ourselves as unique ¯ individuals. If you remain stuck in plain ¯ old boring vanilla sex, you are just a ¯ cypher in the crowd. Youneed a focus, an : angle. Somespecial way to define yourself ¯ whenfilling outoneofthosebearortwink ¯ codes one sometimes sees flaunted in ¯ email signature files. But the American ¯ desireforindividuality and our cultivation ¯ of sexual fetishes also eventually leads ¯ around to American sociability. Those ¯ fetishes are shared. Fetishists quickly go ¯ to work organizing societies of foot ¯ fanciers, seeAnthro, p. 11 BODY WORSHIP GWM, into body worship, looking for a WM, 35-40, who’s into body budding. (Tulsa) ~10314 I’M WORTH THE CALL Looking for a one-night stand with a very muscular, well-endowed top. If interested, give me a call. (Tulsa) ~r13401 NEED BEEF Looking for a Guy, 35+, with lots of muscle. If you’re Tulsa’s answer to John Holmes or Hulk Hogan, leave me a message. (Tulsa) ’~’13126 GIVE ME THE BEEF If you’re Tulsa’s answer to Larry Holmes or Hulk Hogan, give me a call. I think you’ll find this call worth your while. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Text Any textual data included in the document Call To Action! Tues., M.arch 2, 8-5 HB 1211 Lobby D.ay at OK State Capitol TULSA - State and local community organizers led in Tulsa by former national Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) president, Nancy McDonald, have called for an emergency lobby day at the State Capitol on Tues., March 2 in support of HB 1211 amending Oklahoma’s "hate crime" statute. At the Capitol, Keith Smith, a lobbyist with the OklahomaACLU and Sierra Club is help~g to coordinate lobbying. Keith can be reached through Peggy Leininger in State Senator Bemest Cain’s office. Keith may also be reached at 405-840-2219 and by e-mail at OKSmith@aol.com. Mrs. McDonald has noted that parents are particularly effective in reaching state legislators. M.C. Smothermon, who recently ran for US Congress is herself the mother of a hate crime victim and is encouraging any parents who’may wish to come to the Capitol to contact her at 405-340-7015. see Lobby, p. 3 Despite Murder, Wyoming Rejects Hate Crime Bill CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Four months after Gay college student Matthew Shepard was beaten to death, amove to pass hate crimes legislation in Wyoming was killed in committee. Wyoming is one nine states without bias crimes laws, and lawmakers have rejected similar measures four times since 1995. After Shepard’s death, calls for a bias crimes law increased - Republican Gov. Jim Geringer for the first time supported it. Geringer said that he was disappointed the legislation did not reach the Senate floor for debate, but he added that no law can change how people think about each other. Twomeasures died in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Both would have increased the maximum fine for a felony by up to $5,000 and raised themaximumprison term by up to five years if prosecutors could prove the crime was motivated by bias. State Sen. John Schiffer, the Judiciary chairman, said he hoped supporters of bias crime legislation would come back in future sessions with legislation that would have broader support. Opponents said they objected to listing motivating factors, such as race, religion and sexual orientation, saying the bills offered special protection to certain groups. Others said no new laws are needed, just strict enforcement of existing measures. Wende Barker, state coordinator for theWyoming Bias Crimes Coalition, said she was disappointed but not surprised and planned to try to push for such laws again next year. MJ DIRECTORY/LETTERS P, 2 EDITORIAL p, $ ~ US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 HEALTH NEWS P. 6 Z~ COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9 BOOK REVIEW P. 10 DO-IT-YOURSELF-DYKE P. 11 DYKE PSYCHE/GAY STUDIES P. 12 mm CLASSIFIEDS + WEERWOLF P. 13 -- Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tuisans, Our Families + Friends Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Locations Oklahoma HouseCommittee Approves Hate Crime Bill by Tim Talley & Tom Neal OKLAHOMA CITY (AP/TFN) - A proposal to add sexual orientation to the list of hate crimes in Oklahoma is being criticized by opponents who question whether it will deter anti- Gay assaults.House Bill 1211 would add sexual orientationto the list of groups in the state’s hate ~wimes law, which already includes race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin and disability. "I think we’re going in the wrong direction," Ken Wood, executive director of the Oklahoma Christian Coalition, said Wednesday after the House Judicial Committee voted 5-3 for HB 1211 y Rep. Don Ross, D-Tulsa. I think xt creates an inequality of justice. This elevates particular groups to a higher status," Wood said. Keith Smith, a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union, said the measure is supported by many Oklahoma religious organizations. The bill’s passage by the House committee says "violence and hatred against certain groups is unacceptable," Smith said. But passage by the full Legislature "will be an uphill battle," he said. Opponents attacked the measure for "endorsing Gay lifestyles." ’¢l~ais is more about having a homosexual lifestyle as a normal lifestyle in contravention of 6,000 years of history," Rep. Bill Graves, R-OKC, said. "It goes against the Christian religion." Ross saidthe bill is a response to the beating death of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student in Wyoming who was pistolwhipped, robbed and lashed to a fence in October. Police said Shepard was attacked, in part, because he was homosexual. ’q’hey thought you were dangerous because you were different," Ross said as he read from a letter that Ross said he wrote to Shepard’s spirit. "You didn’t parade your lifestyle," Ross said. "Matthew, you were still in the closet.""I’m sorry for the misfits in our society," said Ross, who closed debate by recmng the Lord’s Prayer. .Critics, including Rep. Ray Vaughn, R-Edmond, said the hate crimes law has not stopped race- and religion-based attacks. "How would it be effective in stopping hate crimes against ; . homosexuals?’"Vaughn said. "r(seems to me we’~e creating "a : special class of Oklahoma citizens. We’re all entitled to the same ¯ respect." see HB 1211, p. 3 Methodist Anti-Gay Marriage Witchhunt Reaches Oklahoma TULSA - Tulsa United Methodist pastor, the Reverend Leslie Peurose of Community of Hope, has had formal charges brought ¯ against her for signing a statement of support for the Holy Union " ceremony between two California women, Ellie Charlton and ¯ Jeanne Barnett in Sacramento on January 16, 1999. ¯ Penrose, along with the Rev. Susan Ross ofPerkins, Oklahoma ¯ signeddocumentsofsupportfortheceremonylistingtheirnames ¯ : asas"officiantsinabsentia."Nearly80Methodistelergypartici_ ¯ .. pated in the widely publicized service to support the couple and " ¯ toprotestreeentdecisionsoftheUnitedMethodistChurchtoban ¯ -" its clergy from officiating or performing such services or from ¯ ¯ such services from being held in Methodist owned facilities. ¯ ¯ Boyce Bowden, spokesperson for the Oklahoma Conference, " United Methodist Church, acknowledged that charges had been " ," brought against Penrose but refused to provide any further ¯" information characterizing the issue as a "personnel issue" and ¯ therefore subject to employment confidentiality rules. Bowden did notmention charges brought against Ross. The Rev. Peurose ." was unable to comment officially. ¯ However, the charges were brought against Peurose and Ross ¯ ¯ by Jake P. Barker of First United MethOdist Church of Eufaula Barker is apparently tied to anti-Gay elements in the Methodist ." Church and copies of his complaint, as well as official responses ¯ have appeared verbatim on the website of "The Confessing ¯ Movement" (http://shell.surfsouth.com/~jwarrene/news/ ok_disobey2.html) "_ So while the Oklahoma Conference office and Oklahoma ¯ Bishop Blake has no comment, the full text of the Conferenee’s ¯ response to Barker is available on the intemet. ¯ The heart of the response of Conference’s response is that ¯ participation in a banned same-gender union or relationship ¯ blessing requires the clergy to be physically present. Therefore ¯ the signatures of Penrose and Ross constitute only a permissible ¯ expression of their opinion rather than a violation of Methodist ophne. Theletterwas signedby Paul Bowles, Tulsa District Superintendent, and Grayson Lucky, Stillwater District Superintendent, see Methodists, p. 3 Chastity Bono to Speak atApril Red Ribbon Gala TULSA- Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. (Center for AIDS Resources, Education and Support), formerly known as the HIV Resource Consortium, will hold its second annual fundraising dinner; the Red Ribbon Gala on Saturday, April 17th at 7:30 at the Downtown Doubletree Hotel. The event will feature a keynote address by Chastity Bono, author and Lesbian and Gay media activist. Bono’s address will emphasize the need for compassion and broad community support in the fight against AIDS. Proceeds from the event will support Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. which is the principal care-giving consortium for people living with HIV and AIDS in northeastern Oklahoma. More than 500 clients receive food, counseling, housing, medical prescription assistance from the agency. Bono’s participation in the Gala is co-sponsored by the Tulsa Chapter of PFLAG. Bono will also attend a booksigning in the early afternoon (time tba) on April 17 at the Tulsa Gay Community Services Center to benefit the Center. Also on April 17, local divaAudra Sommers will present Benefit 99, A Connection ofLove from 6- 8pm at the Parish Church of St. Jerome, 205 West King. Featured artists include Ernestine Dillard, Gregory Hyde, Link Filion, Rebecca Ungerman, Jonathan Brown and the Council Oak Men’s Chorale. Tickets are $25. Info: 836-5447. Vandal Invades Center Verbally Abuses Volunteer + Trashes Hail TULSA - Late last month, aman entered the Tulsa Gay Community Services Center, formerly known as The Pride Center, shouting obsenities at the volunteer, Shawn, who was staffing The Pride Store that evening: The man, a white male was described as being just over 6 foot tall and about 230 pounds with military style short red hair and a full beard and mustache. Shawn stated that the intruder stormed in the store, waving a Pride flag that he’d grabbed from a display near the stairs. She Said his message was essentially, "how dare you f--king faggots come to my town, you need to get the f--k out"and "I know what you look like; I’ll be back to finish what I started." Shawn then coolly asked him whether he felt better now and then the intruder stormed down the hall breaking a framed print and a floor lamp. Shawn called 911 while the intruder was breaking things in the hall. Tulsa Police responded promptly and Shawn said the officers were very professional and supportive but are not classifying the incident as a hate crime: Normally, Center volunteers workin teams; however, the other volunteer had stepped out to bring back fast food for dinner. Center board members have begun fundraising to purchase a surveillance system for the Center in response to the assault. ¯ Prime Timers to H.old Gay Center Fundra,ser ¯ TULSA -The Tulsa Area Prime Timers, a local : mens group, will hold its annual silent auction on ¯ Saturday, March 13 from 5-9pmin the Neal-Padgett : Hall of the newly renamed Tulsa Gay Community : Services Center, formerly known as The Pride ¯ Center. The event is held to raise funds for the ¯ Community Center and features a variety of ob- ¯ jeets from art, to collectables and even to services. ¯ Tulsa Area Prime Timers is the local chapter of an international mens organization. Originally the ¯ group restricted membership to men 40 and above and their partners. Now the organization is open to ¯ men 21 and above. For more information about the ¯ silent auction or Prime Timers or to donate an item for the auction, call 627-2359. Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine *Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. 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U134 501-253-7734 501-253-7457 501-253-6807 - 501-253-5445 501-253-9337 5131-253-2776 501-253-5332 501-624-6646 501-253-6001 501-253-4074 501-442-2845 417-623-4696 * is where you canfind TFN. Notall areGay-owned but all are Gay.friendly. Carbon Copy Mary Easely, Member Oklahoma House of Representatives Dear Mrs. Easely, As a man who happens to have been a victim of hate crimes based on sexual orientation, I would urge you to support house Bill 1211, simply because it’s the right thing to do. You may or may not agree with certain issues surrounding the subject, but surely you can realize that to be killed or maimed simply because of what others perceive you to be is wrong. We need a means to combat that sort of behavior in this city, and this bill is an ~mportant step in addressing that. Since moving to this state in 1993, I have been verbally attacked withepithets ranging from "faggot" to "f***ing queer" while simply-walking down the street with a friend. We were doing nothing untoward, simply walking and talking. ~nat has happened several times - unprovoked attacks. In another instance, I was nearly forced off a highway by a carfnl of kids yelling anti-Gay slurs. It is not hard to imagine that, considering the Mathew Shepard case, I was lucky. In school, I was the victim of several assaults due to the fact I was perceived as being Gay - long before I knew I was. I have never been one to carry flags and .proclaim my sexual orientation with a bullhorn in a parade, so these attacks, especially here in Tulsa, were a surprise - and an unpleasant reminder of a very difficult childhood. I know several men who were physically attacked, even as recently as this year, in settings - urban neighborhoods, daylight - that were surprisxng and upsetting - and undeserved. If the bill passes, then we can begin to effectively works towards eradicating, or limiting this sort of unacceptable violence. Please help this bill make it through. Be a part of the history that promoted a positive, better; peaceful world, not a part of history that ignored the hatred in this world and allowed it free reign. - name witheld by request, Tulsa cc: Don Ross Talking points for HB1211 It’ s not about "special rights ;"it’ s about ¯ stopping violence - Oklahoma’s current laws arenotprotecting citizens adequately. Many crimes, such as murder,vary the penalties depending on the motive of the perpetrator. A stronger hate crimes law is no different. No Oklahomans should fear violence because of who they are. Hate crimes are a form of terrorism: Hate crimes are intended to frighten and silence not only the actual victims, but all members of the targeted group. Perpetrators ofhatecrimes seek to "make examples" of their victims. Oklahomans recognize the importance ¯ ofstanding strongagainstthosewhowonld spread fear through violence. Points provided by Gay Community Services Center Advocacy Committee. -: ¯" Letters. Policy ". Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on : issues which we’ve covered or on issues ¯. youthinkneedtobeeonsidered.Youmay ¯ request that your name be withheld but ¯ letters mustbe signed&have phonenum- : bers, or be hand delivered. 200 word leti ters are preferred. Letters to other publications will be printed as is appropriate. However, as of press time, Barker had already posted on the internet a further letter of complaint to the Oklahoma Conference pursuing charges and a church trial against " Penrose and Ross. In fact, a lay observer of these proceedings alleged that Barker’ s complaints were being seen on the internet for wide public viewing prior to even being received " at the Oklahoma Conference and before Ross and Penrose " even knew they were being accused. ¯ The text of the letter follows with only the deletion of the charges against Ross. Those allegations are identical to th0ge made against Peurose. Reverend Paul Bowles and Reverend Grayson Lucky Re: Reverend Susan Ross and Rev. Leslie Penrose It is obvious we disagree in your comment "we can only interpret their signatures as expressions ofpersonal opinion". I believe thatyou err in this conclusion. In this case the aforementioned clergy (Ross & Penrose) did infact violate the statedposition ofthe Social Principles regarding same sex unions as defined by the Social Principles, which as you know, have been declared, in this instance, as having the force of law, by the Judicial Council. By engaging in a defiant challenge to the statedposition ofThe United Methodist Church they have more than indicated their willingness and ability to violate the covenant entered into at the time of their ordination. This breaking ofcovenant was evidenced by thefollowing method: 1. Attaching or causing to be attached their names and professional titles to a document containing a list of indii viduals engaged in a behaviorprohibited by a ruling ofthe Judicial Council. In addition to myprevious complaints, which still stand, I am nowfiling these additional complaints againstRev. Ross and Rev. Penrose: Reverend Penrose: Allegation: 1. BOD Parag. 2624f: "dissenination [dissemination] of doctrines contrary to the established standard.ofdoctrine of the Church" Rev. Penrose did, on or about January 16th, 1999 attach or caused to be attached, her name andprofessional title to a documentin supportofsame sex unions, this is in violation of Paragraph 3043, quoted in part, "since the practice of " homosexuality isgncompatible with Christian teaching..." ° and Paragraph 65g "... Although we do not condone the ¯ practice ofhomosexuality andconsider thispractice incom- ° patible with Christian teaching.., ". this action expressed, diseminated [disseminated] and otherwise revealed to the ¯ church that her doctrines were contrary to the currently ¯ stated doctrine as Contained in the Book OfDiscipline and " Social Principles. ¯ 2. BOD Parag. 2624g: "Relationships or behavior that ¯ undermines the ministry ofanother pastor" ¯ Rev. Penrose did, on or about January 16th, 1999 attach " or cause to be attached her name andprofessional title to a " document that encourages breaking the ordination covenant as defined by Paragraph 2624b. By her behavior she undermined and renderedfor naught the teaching offellow " United Methodistpastors seeking to befaithful to the disCi- ¯ pline ofThe United Methodist Church and their ordination ¯ covenant. : These two clergy have defiantly and unrepentantly vio- "- lated their vows of ordina~on. 1 am insisting that they be ¯ disciplined appropriately. Ifyou as the district superinten- ¯ dents are unable or unwilling to discipline these two clergy : persons then I have no other recourse than to demand a ¯ church trial before ajury as defined by the BOD. ¯ Sincerely, Jake Barker Rt. 4 Box 951A Eufaula, OK 74432 co: Bishop Bruce Blake " Although the Rev. Peurose declined to comment, lay individuals associated with Commtmity of Hope noted that these charges were not unexpected, especially after the Oklahoma Conference forced the Rev: Kathy McCally of Oklahoma City to leave the denomination. Ms. McCally ~: transferred her ordination to the United Church of Christ --" (UCC), the only "mainline" Christian denomination that~ ordains openly Lesbian and Gay persons. ¯ Furthermore, Oklahoma Bishop Bruce Blake was one of the leaders in the effort to "criminalize" Methodist clergy who perform same-gender unions. Prior to his efforts, the restriction on such ceremonieswas a part of the Methodist Social Discipline, seen as guidance to the thinking of the Churchbut notchurch law. Now those who dissentfrom this view can be charged and prosecutedfor alleged violations as is happening with the Revs. Peurose and Ross. ¯ See associated editorial, this page. ¯ A few weeks ago, a local woman wrote The Tulsa World to protest a recent article about Lesbian and Gay issues featuring PFLAG. She challenged a statement claiming that her part of the Church, the Methodists, was one of several Christian groups that have official positions in support of civil rights for Gay people. She is, ofcourse, wrong. Twenty-seven years ago, in 1972, the United Meth¯ odist General Conference adopted a statement saying, "homosexuals no less than heterosexuals are persons of : sacred worth... [and] we insist that all persons are ¯ entitledto have their human and civil rights ensured." ¯ Her ignorance is not entirely the lady’s fault. The Church, Methodist and other parts, in Oklahoma and ¯ many other places, have done little to honor this civil ¯ rights commitment, or to affirm the sacred worth ofGay ¯ and Lesbian persons. For example, every year, the OklahomaHouse passes ¯ bills clearly attacking the fundamental civil rights of ¯ Lesbian and Gay Oklahomans. Yet not once since this ¯ newspaperbegan publishinghas theOklahomaConfer- ¯ ence of the United Methodist Church ever raised its ¯ voice against these state-sponsored assaults. ¯ . That is not only our recollectionbut also thebegrudg- ¯ lng recollection of Bryce Bowden, communications ¯ directorand spokesmanfor theOklahomaUuited Meth- ~ odistConference. Notoncehas the Conference (OUMC) ¯ ever taken any proactive step towards supporting civil ¯ rights protections. Rumor is, however, that the OC may ¯ be supporting HB 1211, the "hate crimes" amendment. : Twenty-sevenyearslater, that, atleast, wouldbeastart. ¯ However; while the OUMC has failed to honor this longstanding civil rights commitment, no less than the ." Bishop of the Oklahoma Conference, Bruce Blake, led ." the efforts to turn the "guidance" of the Methodist ¯ Social Principles which opposed same-gender union ¯ ceremonies into prosecutable church law. It is this new ¯ law under which Tulsa pastor, the Reverend Leslie ¯ Peurose, is accused of wrongdoing. ¯ The actions of United Methodists indicate leadership that seeks to punish those few brave Methodists who would treat Lesbians and Gay men as equal human beings. It is leadership that has not even tried to "ensure human and civil fights" but worse hash’ t even bothered to tell its general membfrship that they indeed have an obligation to work for such civil rights. " To judge fi:om their actions, their hollow rhetoric of "loving the ’sinner’ and hating the ’sin,’ " should be replaced with "we hate you people," and "we hate that you make us confront the hypocrisy of our words and actions." No, it’ s not in keeping with "Christian values" and it makes them very uncomfortable but it sure looks like the truth. But to doso would require that these good Methodists view themselves as less than righteous people - which ain’t gging to happen. For me, I sometimes think I’d rather deal with an honest Klansman than some of these ,,ood people. You might despise what the Klansman values but at least you know his words and actions are going to be consistent. With "good Christian folk," you just never know. - Tom Neal, editor/publisher If you cannot go to Oklahoma City, you can write your legislator at the following address: The Honorable (then name of Representative) ¯ Eureka Springs Plans April Diversity Celebration ¯ Featuring aQuiltdisplay, Dancing + Kite-Flying EUREKA SPRINGS, AR - They’re doing it again in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and you’re invited! The ¯ - fourth Diversity Celebration Weekend is scheduled for ¯ April 9-11, and several new events will make this the biggest and best yet. ¯ Withgreat pride and respect, the Celebration organizers are bringing three sections (24 panels) of the AIDS : Quilt to Eureka Springs. After an opening ceremony on Thursday evening, April 8, the quilt will be on display at the Unitarian Clmrch Friday and Saturday, with the closing ceremony and folding of the quilt taking place at the .Sunday morning Unitarian service. Friday night, the Celebration will kick off with a " dance from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. in the Ozark Room of the Basin Park Hotel hosted by MCC of the Living Spring. On Saturday, you can walk the streets of this ¯ quaint village on a guided historic tour or hike on your own in the spring air at Lake Leatherwood. If you have a great kite that needs a workout, "Go Fly a Kite" at, Pond Mountain Lodge from 4:30-7:30 p.m. And in the afternoon, when you’re ready to slow down a bit for a light bite to eat and some great coffee, head down to Mud St. Espresso Cafe for continuous music by local and visiting Gay/Lesbian/friendly artists. Now remember when you really wanted to take your boyfriend or girlfriend to your prom, but you had to settle for an opposite sex date or stay home? Well, on Saturday night from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Ballroom atop the Basin Park Hotel, you can bring whomever you like to the "Pro~n of Your Dreams." Break out the corsages and boutonnieres and dance to the music of DJ Jon Caswcll. And be sure to capture this special moment on film with the prom photographer. (Formal attire is encouraged, but not required.) Or if you’re looking for more of a club atmosphere, Center Street South will be jumping with live entertainment frown 10pro- 2an~. Sunday, you’ll have time to sleep in and catch some brunch before the weekend wraps up with the Tea Dance and Drag Show at Center S tage from 2-6 p.m. Jon will spin tunes, and the Girls from Tnlsa will delight all with their terrific performances. That’s it in a nutshell. For a schedule of activities and events, or to find a list of Gay-owned or friendly businesses, check out the Eureka Springs Diversity Cooperative and Celebration website at www.shimaka.com/eureka/diversity, call The Emerald Rainbow at (501) 253-5445 or e-mail emrain@ipa.net. Make your reservations now! Attorney General Drew Edmondson said the legislation provides harsher punishment for individuals whose attacks are based on who or what their victim is. Edmondson also cited studies by medical and psychological groups while stating that homosexuals "are made to have the orientation they have." Graves said sodomy is illegal in the state and questioned whether Edmondson was trying .to legitimize "Gay lifestyles." "I’m not talking about lifestyle. I’m not talking about activity," Graves said. "We don’t expect them to be arrested for what they are." Graves, a frequent critic of Gays and Lesbians who has authored many bills targeting homosexuals, revealed during debate that windows in cars drivenby himand hi s son have been shattered and his dog poisoned. He said he also has Room (insert Representatives office number) 2300 N. Lincoln Boulevard Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105-4808. To find the name of your legislator, you may call the Tulsa County Election Board (or your county election board) at 596-5780. If you give them the address at which you are registered to vote, they will give you the ¯ names of your representatives. Also if you are not registered to vote or have moved, they can assist yon in ¯ getting registered to vote. : To speak with your representative or their assistants, ¯ call 800-522-8502 for the Oklahoma House of Repre- ¯ sentatives and ask for your representative’s office. ¯ Editor’s note: a special thanks to Ned Bruha of ¯ TOHR/Tulsa Gay Community Services Center’s Advo- ¯ cacy committeeforsomeofthe information listedabove. : received obscene phone calls,.,"I can’t prove who did it, _. whether homosexuals did it, Graves said. ¯ The bill now goes to the full House for debate. ¯" Lobby i depends like your life on it- it does. Say No to Hate Violence Call, write, fax, or e-mail your support for Oklahoma House Bill 1211 Call the House for your representative: 800-522-850: Anti-Marriage Bill Moves Forward in Colorado DENVER (AP) -Thelatest effort to ensure Colorado does not have to recognize gay and lesbian marriages legalized elsewhere was approved by the Senate and sent to the House of Representatives. Other states havepassed similar laws as pre-emptive strikes against efforts to legalize same-sex marriages. Challenges to laws restricting marriage between a man and a woman are pending in Hawaii, Alaska and Vermont. Senate Bill 159 would reaffirm the law defining marriage as a licensed union between one man and one woman. Even more important to proponents is the section saying gay and lesbian marriages legalized by other states would not be valid in Colorado. This is the third try by Sen. Marilyn Musgrave, RFort Morgan, to get a bill passed. Past measures were vetoed by former Gov. Roy Romer. But Gov. Bill Owens, who took office in January, has said he would support the legislation. Musgrave and others fear that if other states allow same-sex marriages, Colorado would have to honor the umons unless the state is specifically barred from doing so. States have traditionally recognized marriages performed in other states. The so-called full faith and credit clause of the U.S. Constitution directs states to respect each others’ laws. Congress also adopted a law allowing states to ignore same-sex marriages legalized elsewhere. Opponents predict the state and federal laws eventually will be overruled by the U.S. Supreme Court. Lesbian-Film Controversial in India BOMBAY, India (AP)-Theater owners who want to screen a controversial film about lesbian love can have police protection if they think they need it, Bombay’s right-wing government said last month. "I don’t think security will be necessary, but if they ask for police protection it will be provided," Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane told reporters a week after censors cleared the film "Fire" without any cuts. Rane’s 81~v 8ena had sent small groups of violent protestersinto theaters into the Maharashtracapital of Bombay and the national capital of New Ddhi to disrupt screenings of "Fire" last year. Frightened theater owners pulled the film, though it continued showing to packed houses elsewhere in India. Shiv Sena protesters had said the film, which explores the sexual relationship of two women caught in unhappy marriages, was an affront to India’s centuries-old Hindu culture. In an attempt to defuse the controversy after the violence in Bombay and New Delhi, the government sent "Fire" back to censors who must vet every film shown in India and who had already passed "Fire." Last week, the Bombay-based censor reiterated no cuts were necessary. With renewed approval from the censor, the film will be screened in 17 theaters all over Bombay, distributor Balkrishna Shroff stated. Liberal California City Supports Tinky Winky BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - A city famous for radical politics is drumming up power to the purple with a resolution backing Tinky Winky, the children’s TV character attacked by the Rev. Jerry Falwell as a purse-toting symbol of Gay pride. "We take umbrage at the threat to personal style and choices implicit in Mr. Falwell’s designation of Tinky Winky as an inappropriate role model," dedares the resolution, expected to be passed by the City Council tonight. "Long live Tinky Winky and long live freedom from self-righteousness!" Councilwoman Polly Armstrong, who is sponsoring the resolution, said she wanted tO make a point and have some fun in a city known for taking stands on everything from nuclear proliferation (against) to human rights in Burma (for). "We jump on every good cause in Berkeley and I thought what fun to do one we could laugh at. Of course there is a very serious subtext to the humor and that is that when you see bigotry and self-righteonsness out there you really need to stand up to it even when it’s absurd," she said. A spokeswoman for Falwell did not rettm~ a telephone call from The Associated Press Monday. But the president of Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co., which licenses the Teletubbies in the United States, did have a response: Leave Tinky Winky alone. Kenn Viselman said lie appreciates the show of support, but he doesn’t think political statements of any stripe have a place in the gentle world of Teletubbies. "He’s not Gay. He’s not straight. He’s ust a character in a children’ s series," Visdman said. Tinky Winky turbulence began earlier this month with an article in the National Liberty Journal, edited and published by Falwell, calling Tinky Winky a homosexual role model. "He is purple - the Gaypride color; and his antenna is shaped like a triangle - the Gay-pride symbol," the story said, also noting that Tinky Winky carries a purse (actually his magic bag, show spokesmen point out). Tinky Winky is one of the four stars ofTeletubbies, a British show aimed at toddlers. The Teletubbies, a bit like brightly colored oversized teddy bears with benign baby faces, have antennas of sorts sprouting from their fuzzy heads and television screens in their tummies. They spend their days mainly dancing, playing (falling down is a favorite pastime) and watching short videos showing real children engaged in various pursuits. Lousiana Anti-Sex Law Struck Down NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A state appeals court has struck down a 194-year-old Louisiana law that made oral and anal sex a felony, saying the law violated the privacy rights ofconsenting adults. The decision adds to the growing listof U.S. states thathave struckdown sodomy laws based on rights to privacy granted in state constitutions. The Louisiana court on reversed the 1996conviction of Mitchell E. Smith. He had been accused of raping a woman but found guilty under the state’s "crimes against nature" statute only of having her perform oral sex. "There canbenodoubt that the right of consenting adults to engage in private non-commercial sexual activity, free from governmental interference, is protected by the privacy clause of the Louisiana Constitution," the court held. Courts in Georgia, Kentucky, Montana and Tennessee previously had reached the same conclusion in interpreting their respective state constitutions and striking down sodomy laws. Since the U.S. Supreme Court held in 1986 in a Georgia case that consenting adults have no federal ¯ constitutional right to private homosexual conduct, activists have turned to individual state constitutions to find protection from the sodomy laws. The U.S. ¯ Constitution does not mention the word "privacy," but the Supreme Court since 1965 has recognized that such a right predates the 1787 document itself. However, many state constitutions expressly grant a right to privacy. ¯ Suzanne Goldberg, senior staff attorney with the l_ambda Legal Defense Fund in New York City, was ¯ jubilant about the decision. "These-laws have no : legitimate purpose and that’s what courts are starting ¯ to recognize," she said. ’°The government should not ¯ be in the business of policing private sexual behav- ~ ior." The decision will be appealed, said prosecutor ¯ Tim McElroy. : New Mexico May Ban ¯ Same Gender Marriages : SANTA FE (AP)-A New Mexico Senate committee : recently approved legislation that outlaws Gay mar- " riages and penalizes anyone who performs them. The ¯ bill passed the Senate PublicAffairs Committee on a ¯ vote of 5-3. It goes to the Judiciary Committee. It ¯ defines marriage as a contract between"one man and ¯ one woman"and says a same-sex marriage wouldnot OKLAHOMA COMMUNICATIONS Local- Long Distance Cellular- Paging 747-1508 Free Car Adaptor & Leather Case with New Cell Phone Want to get involved? Need to get tested for HIV? Need a Coming Out Support Group? Call 743-GAYS the Pride Center 1307 E. 38th at Peoria, 2nd floor Your Gay Community Center Capitol Lobby Day Tuesday, March 2 2300 N. 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Anyone who performed a same-sex marriage ceremony could be fined $50, under the legislatiorL Supporters said New Mexico should join 29 other states that have passed similar bills: Its opponents said itwas unnecessary, unconstitutional andpunitive. "This bill was notbom out of fear and ignorance... Tbis bill simply defines what a marriage is," replied its sponsor, Sen. Leonard Lee Rawson, R-Las Cruces. Mass. Religious Leaders Support Gay Marriage BOSTON (AP) - Carmen DeBenedictis is safe sleeping in the arms of either of her two daddies. But the parents of the newly adopted 6-week-old feel less secure about the family situation. That’s because, as a Gay couple, Don Picard and Robert DeBenedictis aren’t legally married. And there are lawmakers on Beacon Hill who want to keep it that way. "It’s strange. Carmen is our next of kin, but we’re not next of kin to each other," Picard said. The unconventional Medford family attended a rally at the Statehouse where dozens of religious leaders called for the state to recognize same-sex marriages. About 150 religious leaders have signed a declaration of support for the right of Gays to marry. The group includes Jews, Quakers, Baptists, Episcopalians, Unitarians, Catholics and others. "The most fundamental human right, after the necessities of food clOthing and shelter, is the right to affection and the supportive love of another person," the declaration begins. But the movement faces opposition on Beacon Hill. "I am not for Gay marriages," Gov. Paul Cellucci bluntly declared recently. Rep. John Rogers, D: Norwood, .is drafting a bill that would more clearly define marriage in Massachusetts. The language in the bill wouldrequire that a marriagebe between amanand a woman, thereby prohibiting same-sex couples to malty. So far, Hawaii is the only state where Gay marriages havebeenupheld in the courts. ButCongress responded withthe Defense of Marriage Actin 1996, which denied federal recognition of Gay marriage and allowed states to ignore the unions of Gay couples married in other states. So far, 29 states have banned homosexual marriage. Tile Massachusetts religious leaders said they would fight to make sure Gay marriages performed legally in other states are recognized here. The declaration presented by clergy compares the ban on Gay marriages to previous bans on interracial marriages and laws prohibiting blacks to marry. Many of the ministers said they perform Gay marriage ceremonies. "I am deeply troubled that...I as a clergyman see the marriages that I officiate at are not being legally recognized by this commonwealth," said Rabbi Howard Berman. Picard and DeBenedictis said they were united in a spiritual ceremony. But a legal ceremony would give them peace of mind. They said they face the same obstacles as other Gay couples who want to be legally married: spousal insurance benefits and being considered next of kin if the other is injured or dies. "It’s strange that the state is excited we are adopting a baby but they are resisting letting us get married," Picard said. Gays Protest Anti-Gay Immigration Policies NEW YORK (AP) - A Gay and Lesbian group protested U.S. immigration policies, saying the govemment discriminates against same-sex couples when granting visas to foreigners. "Love knows no borders," dozens of protesters chanted behind police barricades outside the Immigration and Naturalization Service in lower Manhattan. The demonstration was organized by the Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force, a New Yorkbased advocacy group. The group claims green cards are routinely granted to heterosexual foreigners who marry U.S. citizens, while same-sex applicants are rejected. "We often face an excruciating choice - our parmers can either live an ocean apart or stay surreptitiously in the U.S. without proper papers and under threat of deportation," said Carl Goodman, an American whose partner is Peruvian. "I love an alien," said a sign hoisted by one protester, and another man with an Australian partner held up a red placard asking, "Can my husband come over and stay?" The INS called the protest misguided. "This is not an immigration issue," said spokesman Russ Bergeron. He said it’s a question of"the invalidity of same-sex marriage under existing U.S. law. Any person who is legally married has the right to file a petition for their spouse to immigrate." At least 10,000 Gay couples are affected, said task force attorney SuTanne Goldberg. The task force wants Congress to establish a special category - such as a legally registered partnership - that would qualify a foreigner with a longtime partner to live in the United States, Goldberg said. Ten countries recognize same-sex relationships for the purposes of immigration, including Canada, Britain and Austr~ia. Ariz. Gov. to Legislature Issues, Not Bedrooms PHOENIX (AP) - Gov. Jane Hull wants lawmakers to give more attention to matters of import and less to bedroom issues such as medical benefits for Gays. "I may morallyfeel one way, but I do not believe that I need to pass laws to putmy beliefs on the record," Mrs. Hull, a former House speaker, said during her radio talk show. Mrs..Hull had been asked about a bill (HB2524) that would bar the state and universities from extending medical benefits to "domestic partners" of homosexuals. Cities and towns could extend those benefits only if doing so were approved by voters. Tucson and Pima County are the only two government employers that offer domestic partners benefits in Arizona. The bill sponsored by Rep. Karen Johnson, R-Mesa, led to a heated and personal exchange in the House last week as the bill passed the Government Reform Committee narrowly. Such efforts are an inappropriate expenditure of lawmakers’ time and energy, and they should not be limiting what benefits cities and towns may provide, Mrs. Hull said. "I wish that we could get down to talking about what’s really important,"she said. "We ought to be looking at state responsibilities, not worrying about what goes on in cities and counties and towns and bedrooms. The legislators are there to worry about the future of the state of Arizona and I would prefer that that’s what they did." Johnson said she was disappointed with the governor’s remarks and will continue to push her bib despite seeing little likelihood it will pass. Lawmakers do have a role in laws dealing with morality, especially when public tax dollars and activities barred by Arizona law are involved, she said. "I feel we’re here to support the nuclear family,"Johnson said. "I don’ t think our tax money should be used to subvert the nuclear family." New Zealand Lesbian to Pay Child Support HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) - A Lesbian recently gaveup her legal fight against paying child support after a High Court ruling. The former Hamilton woman, who lives in Wellington, will have to make child support payments to her former partner after the High Court upheld an earlier Hamilton Family Court ruling. The High Court judges did not comment on whether same-sex marriages should be recognized in law. The Family Court had stated she must pay child support for the children she helped bring up. The landmark decision has wide-ranging implications for other same-sex relationships and those where the adults in parental roles have no biological link to their children. The women’s names and details have been suppressed, as are those of the children. Common Chemical. May Help Block HIV i HERSHEY, Pa. (AP)-A substance found ¯ in many shampoos and toothpastes might : hold the key to stopping the spread of : sexually-transmitted viruses that cause ¯ AIDS, genital herpes and genital warts, : researchers from the Pennsylvania State ." University and two other institutions said . ¯ on Thursday. The discovery that sodium dodecyl sulfate, or SDS, can kill such viruses, could have major worldwide public_health implications, said lead researcher Mary K. Howett, professor of microbiology and immunology at Penn State’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Shewasjoinedin the studybyresearchers from the University of Pennsylvania and BiosynInc., aPhiladelphia-basedbiotechnology research and development company. The group published its findings in the February issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents andChemotherapy. "This is potentially very exciting," Daniel Malamud, professor of biochemistry at Penn, told The Patriot~News in Harrisburg. "We have to remember that these are studies in the test tube and in animal models. There.have been many promising drugs in the laboratory thatjust don’t make it to the marketplace because humans are different." Humantrials ofSDS couldbegin within a year, Ms. Howett said, and within two to five years could lead to the dc.velopment of inexpensive over-the-counter products that women could apply intravaginally prior to intercourse to protect themselves or their sexual partners from infection. The research, conducted the past two years, was funded through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Jake Gittlen Cancer Research Institute. Researchers have applied for a patent on the discovery, Ms. Howett said. Such a product, if approved, easily could be used in creams, gels; foams and ointments or applied to condoms, sponges or other types of contraceptives. In addition to potentially curbing the spread of AIDS, use of the substance could stop the spread of the-human papillomaviruses, orHPV, thatcause genital warts. Such warts can turn to cervical and uterine cancer, which cause 5,000 deaths among women in the United States each year and 250,000 deaths annually around the globe. Cervical cancer is the No. 1 cause of cancer-related deaths in women in developing nations. HPVs afflict one out of four women. In addition to being a potential source of cancer, they can cause physical lesions and emotional stress. Alkyl sulfates, the family of chemicals to which SDS belongs, are found in high concentrations inmosttoothpastes, shampoos and skin product. That could bode well for the product as it moves toward possible approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Genetic Testing For AIDS Treatment CHICAGO (AP) - Deciphering the genetic code of each patient’s AIDS virus appears to help doctors tailor treatments to improve the chance of thwarting HIV’s dogged ability to develop resistance. One of the elements that makes HIV such a difficult foe is the sloppy way it makes copies of itself. Each new version is slightly different from its predecessor. Mutant forms quickly arise through randomgenetic changes that are able to resist the most powerful drugs. In recent months, doctors have increasingly turned to individual resistance testing. A study released recently shows this pays off: Analyzing patients’ viruses for genetic signs of resistance seems to improve treatment outcomes. Estimates vary, but perhaps 30% to 60% of all people taking the AIDS drug cocktails are considered treatment failures, because HIV can still be found in their blood. Either their virus never disappeared completely or it rebounded. Without the tests, doctors often must rely on trial and error to put together fresh combinations of medicines. Coming up with these strategies, sometimes called salvagetherapy, is an increasingly important part of long-term AIDS care. "It’s clear the test helps you choose more active drugs for patients who are failing therapy," said the study’s director, Dr. John Baxter of Cooper Hospital in Camden, N.J. He presented the latest data Thursday at the 6th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. - Dr. Douglas Richman of the University of California, San Diego, estamated that as many as two dozen of these tests are now on the market, although they have received little testing to make sure they do any good. "Personally, I think it’s premature," he said. In Baxter’s study, financed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, doctors performed genetic analysis on the viruses of 78 patients who had failed treatment, while a comparison group of 75 received their usual care. The test analyzed viral genes that produce two essential proteins- protease and reverse transcriptase. Both of these proteins are targets Of standard AIDS drugs. When the genes become mutated, they produce forms of these proteins that elude the effects of the medicines. After analyzing the tests and determining the specificmutations in eachpatient’ s virus, Baxter and two other virologists then made treatment suggestions to the patients’ doctors. The doctors precisely followed the virologists" advice only about half the time, although 83% said the information influenced their treatment decisions. At the study’s start, median viral levels were 28,000 copies per milhliter ofblood. All were switched to new drug regimens, but those whose viruses were tested did much better. Their viral levels dropped to 815, compared to 7,950in the comparison group. After eight weeks, half of those in the test group had no measurable virus in their blood, compared with one-quarter of the other patients. Baxter said the testing may be useful to ¯ tailor first-time treatment for those who ¯¯ are newly infected with HIV. This could become especially important if viruses ¯ thatareimmunetomultiple drugs become ¯ more widespread, as many fear. AFrench study, conductedby Dr. Pierre Dellamoniea of University Hospital Cen- ¯ tet in Nice, was released at an AIDS ¯ conference in Glasgow, Scotland in No- - vember. It produced similar results using ." agenetictestdevelopedby VisibleGenet- ¯ ics Inc. Stopping Treatment to Stop AIDS? CHICAGO (AP)-The tentativeresults of a small human experiment offer a glimmer of possibility that the body’s own Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. in association with PFLAG presents Chastity Bono at the 2nd Annual Red Ribbon Ball Saturday, April 17th 7:30pro, dinner + entertainment, tickets begin at $75/person/all proceeds benefit Tulsa C.A.R.E.S., Information 834-4194 INTRODUCING OUR NEW ASSOCIATE! John Serrot, MSW /EAH HUNT, MSW Cherry Street Psychotherapy Associates 1515 S. Lewis (918) 743-4117 JUDY SEYMOUR, CADC JOHN SERROT, MSW Serving a Diverse Community Are You Gay or Bisexual? Are You Native America. n?/ rulsa’s Two:Spirited Indian Men’s Support Group ~s here for you! ¯ Evening support group meetings ¯ Relationship workshops ¯ Short trips, outings and retreats ¯ Free HIV testing For information call Tulsa Native American AIDS Prevention Project at 582-7225 Ext. 208 or 218 r Providing Physical, Occupational & Speech Therapy in the Tulsa Community since -199/4. Orthopedic and Work InJuries are our specialty. Most ins ,r.ance accepted. Appointments made 8 a.m..to 7 p.m. M-F. Call us today at 58g-1233. Medkal Excellence And Compass..ionate Care .Since 1926. ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTER defense system can be trained to hold down the AIDS virus. The clearly risky approach attempts to mimic the success of the much-talkedabout "Berlin patient," a newly infected German man who stopped and started AIDS therapy and eventually quit it entirely, only to discover that his virus had inexplicably disappeared. Hehas remained free ofHIV for two years, "I don’t see why others cannot become ¯ the Berlin patient," said Dr. Franco Loft, head of the Research Institute for Genetic and Human Therapy at Georgetown University in Washington. Lori’s team is one of a few exploring the idea that it may be possible to wean people away from the demanding regimen of AIDS medicines without actually curing them of their infections. Lori presented his findings at the 6th Conference on Retrovirnses and Opportunistic Infections. Some physicians are skeptical. They fear AIDS patients who learn ofthese attempts will stop taking the drugs on their own-withpotentially deadly consequences. "My concern is that this will be overplayed," said Dr. Robert Schooley of the University of Colorado, a conference orgamzer. "It sounds good to patients. Who wouldn’t want to stop treatment? But the real question is whether you can change the immune response. I worry pataents will stop therapy. Whenever that happens, inmyexperience, the vims comes roaring back.’" Loft calls the approach stop and go. The idea: Treat people with standard AIDS drugs until all signs of HIV vanish from the bloodstream. Withhold the medicines until the virus returns. Then give the drugs again, Keep repeating the cycle until eventually the virus never comes back, It probably won’t be eradicated entirely, so the theory goes, but the body’s immune defenses will be able to keel~ it from the explosive growth that is HIV’s killing trademark. Loft has tried the approach so far on three patients. While it’s still too soon to know whether it will work, Loft finds the first few weeks’ results promising. The interval before the virus returns is lengthening. Furthermore, he said that in more aggressive experiments on monkeys, the only practical nonhuman substitute for AIDS research, the approach seems to keep the virus at bay for good. The next step is amuchlarger study involving40 to 80 patients, he said. Dr. Bruce Walker is conducting similar early-stage experiments on patients at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. "We really don’t have any data yet to suggest that this (stopping and starting therapy) is something we should be doing," he said. "I would not put one of my patients on this," said Dr. Roger Pomerantz of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, "Peoplehave talked about this, but it’s the first time I’ve seen anyone have the guts to try it." In Loft’s study, three patients took a combination of the drugs DDI, hydroxyurea and indlnavir. The first time .they stopped treatment, the virus returned m one week. Doctors treated them again and stopped. This time the virus stayed awayfor21/2weeks. Againdoetors started . and stopped the drugs. The virus disap- _" peared for six to eight weeks. ." No one knows how long this will go on ¯ or whether eventually these cycles will put the virus into permanent retreat. Glaxo Wellcome Tries Combo Drugs RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (AP) - Glaxo Wellcome is developing new treatments for AIDS that combine existing drugs into one-dosage medications. The world’s second-largest drug company is in the final stage of development of a drug that would fuse Ziagen, a new AIDS drug that won Food and Drug Administration approval in December, with Epivir, or 3TC, and Retrovir, or AZT. Glaxo Wellcome - based in the United Kingdom but with U.S. headquarters in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park - expects to submit an application for marketing approval to the FDA later this year. The combination follows the footsteps ofGlaxo’ s Combivir, a"cocktail therapy", that allows patients to take a variety of drugs in prescribed combinations. Combivir, which combined3TCandAZT into one pill, posted $443 million in worldwide sales in 1998, including $325 million in the United States. Glaxo is already the leading producer of AIDS drugs. No Extra Criminal Charges for Spitter WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) -A man who allegedly spit intentionally into an open knuckle wound on a police officer and then told the officer he was HIV-posifive has tested negative for the virus that causes AIDS, authorities say. Prosecutors said Dusfin L. Clower, 18,’wouldn’t face additional charges because of the spitting incident. The decision was made after a courtordered test determined Clower wasn’t HIV-positive. Clower appeared before Associate District Judge ]~inson Barefoot to present the preliminary blood test results from the state Department of Health. Clower was arrested following a fight in a restaurant parking lot in Woodward on Jan. 17. He struggledwith Officer Matt .Lehenbaur and allegedly intentionally spit into the split-open knuckle. Lehenbaur said in an affidavit that Clower told him after he spit on him that he was HIVpositive. Clower still faces felony charges of assault and battery on a police officer and attempting to escape custody. AIDS Ride Nets Only 15% to Charity DALLAS (AP) - Of $3 million in donations to the Tanqueray Texas AIDS Ride last year, 85% went toward expenses, organizers confirm. The costs included office space, advertising and the $280,000 fee of the for-profit producer, Pallotta Teamworks of Los Angeles, The Dallas Morning News reported. The 15%, or $450,000, that went to beneficiaries was far below both projections and industry standards for such activities.i Chris Cole, national director of Pallotta’s AIDS rides, said Pallotta generally projects that it will return about 50% of proceeds to participating charities, as it projected in Texas last year and has delivered elsewhere. Even that rate is unimpressive to Daniel Borochoff, president of the National Institute of Philanthropy. He urges a minimum of 65%. Producers of the 575-mile jaunt are promising to cut expenses and attractmore participants so that the second-year event, set for next October, is more successful. Les Ballets Trockadero ¯ January is an exhibit, Symbols of Faith ¯ and Belief, Art of the Native American de Monte Carlo : Church. The show features paintings, Dancing the fine line between high art ¯ drawings, photographs, objects and conandhighcamp, Les Ballets Trockadero de ¯ temporary art from the Native American Monte Carlo have delighted audiences around the world. In parodies of famous classical works, from Swan Lake to Giselle, and of the choreography oflsadora Duncan, George Balanchine, and Martha Graham, they offer performances which both dance afficionados and complete dance novices enLjoeys.Trockaderos began in 1974 and have performedin dancefestivals from New York, Spoleto, Italy, Vienna, Paris to the Nether-.. lands. Their tours have taken them across the US, Europe, South America andrepeatedly across Japan. And while the repertoire and casts of Les Trockaderos may change, the .original concept remains constant: acompany ofprofessional male dancers performing the full range ofballetandmodern dance repertoire. The humorous sight of male bodies delicately balancing in toe shoes as swans, sylphs and water sprites delight, amuse and still serve Les Trockaderos original purpose: to being the pleasure of dance to the widest possible audience. For tickets or more information, call 596- 7111. Outside Tulsa, call 800-364-7111 or online contact, www.tulspac.com Now open at the City of Tulsa’s Gilcrease Museum, are two exceptional, if divergent, exhibits. Opening in Tr ;kade Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, March 16 only Norman Rockwell: An American Portrait at Gilcrease, 2/19-5/2 Alphonse Mucha, the Spirit of Art Nouveau, 4/25 - 6/20 Churchtraditions. The Native American Church developed in the late 1870’s with a ritual basedon the consumption of peyote cactus. For thousands of American Indian people, theChurchhas provided the spiritual and social basis for meaningful lives amid the disruptions and dislocations of 20th century life. Grounded in older tribal religions from the plains region, the Churchwas thef’Lrst native religious movement organized and dessiminated on the model of western Christian denominations. Just opening at the end of February, is a different aspect of America: Norman Rockwell: An American Portrait. This exhibitfeatures all 332 magazine covers the artist didfor the Saturday Evening Post overaperiodfrom 1916 to 1963. Even as Rockwell helped preserveAmericanmyths, he recreated them and made them new for following generations. After you’ve seen Les Trockaderos de Monte Carlo do their Swan Lake, don’t you think you ought to see Tulsa Ballet do the original? You have that chance, April 9-11. Call 749- 6006 for tickets. Also March 6, 11 & 13, Tulsa Opera will present Dialogues of the Carmelites, starring the Metropolitan Opera’s Rosalind Elias. Call 587-4811 for tickets and information. T. U. L. S. A. Hosts Review + Fundraiser The Tulsa Uniform and Leather Seekers Association (T.U.L.S.A.) will host the second annual charity fundraising event called"After the Leather, the GreatLeather Campout" on Friday, March 19. Making special guest appearances will be ahost of Tulsa and Oklahoma City entertainers and tifle-holders from numerous pageants and contests. The event, which organizers hope will be a ongoing effort, will take place at the Silver Star Saloon, beginning promptly at 10pm and will benefit three local charities: Our House, Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. Food Chain and the Tulsa Gay Community Services Center, formerly known as The Pride Center. Also this year a silent auction will take place beginning at 9pm. The regular auction will offer autographed portraits of Patti LaBelle, Cher, Susan Lucci, Rosie 0’Donnell, Troy Aikman, Reba McIntire, Travis Tritt, George Straight, Robin Williams, Michael J. Fox, Diana Ross, Hulk Hogan, Alec Balwin, Bruce Willis and others. A highlight of the auction will be an autographed CD of Sir Elton John. T.U.L.S.A. officers hope that this year’s ¯event will outperform last year’s which raised Over $2500 for charity. For any additional information, please call Randall at 1-918-762- 3212, or contactT. U.L.S.A, atPostOffice Box 33076, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74102 or www.tulsaleather.com NORMAN ROCKWELL: An American Portrait May 2, 1999 3 Performances Only! April 9-11 Tulsa Performing Arts Center Sponsored by Bank of Oklahoma and the Tulsa World TICKERS NOW ON SALE! _ 1998-1999 SEASON BROCHURES CALL Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo March 16 at 8 p,m. Chapman Music Hall TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Tickets $10-$30 Dancing the fine line between high art and high camp, Les Bdllets Trockadero de Monte Carlo delights audiences around the world. ~- Les Bal ets Trockadero is the world’s foremost all-male comic ballet company. Sponsored in part by: OKLAHOMA THE POWER OF CONVICTION AND DRAMA ~ SUNDAYS Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 Community of ttope (United Methodis0, Service - 6pm, 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800 Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation Service - 1 lain, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595 Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist Service - 1lain, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314 Metropolitan Community Church United (formerly Family of Faith & MCCGT) Service, 1 lain, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715 House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210b So. 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He makes a bit a money as an impresario, running a stable of male strippers and also stripping occasionally himself. I met Corey at Oakland’s one African- Americangay bar during one ofhis shows. Hewas kept busy picking uphis strippers’ tips as they dropped these onto the floor. A wise precaution, I thought. The bar’s neighborhood was none too good. Who knows how many quick-fingered drunks in need ofarefill mighthelp themselves to a stray bill or two peeking out from gstring or sock? Deflecting a hustle, I nonetheless gave Corey afide home to his aunt’s house on Fruitvale Ave. We chatted about his two children,mychildren, Arkansas andOklahoma, his girlfriends, problems in California, and his dream of opening a club in Hne Bluff featuring the music tapes and CDs he has collected. Corey claimed that only oneofthe eight guys who had bared all that evening was gay. Yeah, right... I’m thinking. Actually, I am wondering about the psychology of straight-identified youngmen who are willing to be transformed into objects of homosexual desire for a thongful of dollars. Or perhaps it’s sociology, not ¯ psychology- stripping being a quick way : for the youthful, urban poor to make a few ¯ extra bucks. But it’s not just money. ¯ There’s something ,deeper than simple ¯ poverty thatmakes so-called straightboys find satisfaction, and perhaps even pleasure, in the desiring gaze of other men. ¯ Andmost of these were oldermen- the bar’s clientele running a little long in the ¯ tooth. And why were we there? We, with ¯ those slippery dollar bills? ¯ Here, we need anthropology, not Sociology. Cross-culturally, stripping is asso- ¯ ciated withrepression of sexuality and the ¯ human body. Salaciousness is impossible ¯ withoutguilty,hiddenbodies.Inthetradi- ¯ tional Arab word, harem and purdah and : female gowns and veils go along with ¯ belly dancing and other lubricious dis- : plays where those women get unveiled. : The body has long been a problem in ¯ America, too. Your great-grandma put : ruffs on her piano’s ruddy naked legs; ¯ your great-grandpa referred to his cocks ." as "roosters." But by the 1920s, strict : taboos onbodydisplayhad erodedenough ¯ so that people didn’t have to wear their : longjohns at thebeach any longer,women : lost their corsets, and Vaudeville per- : formers baredincreasingamounts offlesh. ¯ And now the cultural descendants of : Gypsy Rose Lee perform every Monday : night see Anthro, p. 13 Red Rock Tulsa Free Confidential HIV Testing Walk-in Clinics Tuesday Testing, 5 -8 pm Pride Center, 1307 East 38th Wednesday Testing, 5-8 pm Red Rock, 1724 East 8th Daytime appointments available. 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A friend of mine said her toilet ran all the time and that it was going to cost $50.00 to have it repaired, so she ought to just go ahead and buy a new one. Well, for about $7.00 and a half hour of time and with some of those tools you rushed out and bought after my last column, you can have a quiet, efficient toilet ¯ Now, that’s something to contemplate! The plumbing section at Homo Depot or Builder’s Queer or any other hardware store Will have a universal repair kit that includes afloat and a rubber stopper. Yes, these are the mysterious working parts of the toilet. You may now be nonplused. Don’t worry that the float doesn’t look like the one in your tank - you know, the copper rod with the little floaty thing attached. That was, quite honesty, called the "ball cock", so if I say your ball cock is dripping, don~t take it pei:sonally. They are a thing of the past, at least as far as plumbing is concerned. This should be all that you need, but it does prompt me to a standard warning - anytime you work on your plumbing, you may need to make extra trips for other parts you didn’t think you’d need. That’s because pipe fittings do rust, and those nice little chrome water cut-offvalves under the tankhave abitchy way of just twisting off when you try to shut them off. But that isn’t always the case, so dick your heels together three times and wish real hard. The first step is to get your tools together. You’ll need an adjustable crescent wrench and a pair of channel lock pliers, and it doesn’t hurt to have a pipe wrench on hand, either. If you don’t have these tools or the task is too daunting already, find a handy dyke, buy her some beer and cook her something fabulous and turn her loose. It’ll still be cheaper than the plumber. Have some paper towels or rags ready, because the toilet will leak, sometime and somewhere. Next, turn off the water. Most of the time, there is that chrome shut off valve under the tank and running into the wall. It probably hasn’t been moved in years, so expect some resistance (kind ofremindsme ofan ex...); you might have to wrap a rag around the handle and use your channel locks - genfl!! - and turn the handle counter-dockwiseuntil itcloses completely. Ifitdoesn’t turn or, more likely, the handle twists off but the valve doesn’t move, grab your keys and head for the hardware store - but we’ll address that in a little while. Assuming youhave successfully dosed the valve, flush the toilet to drain the tank and mop up the water remaining in the bottom ofthe tank. This will also get those nasty deposits out of the bottom that can cause problems later, so that’s a plus. Undip the little hose that empties into that tube in the center of the tank, remove the ball cock (ifyou have one) or float assembly, and then comes the fun part: removing the vertical water supply line into your tank. This is attached to the float assembly. You have to loosen a threaded collar on the bottom of the tank directly under that vertical inlet tube. Use your channel locks and remember that you’re working upside down and that it will unscrew the opposite of what you’d normally expect. Well, it’ s still counterclockwise to loosen, but only if you’re on your head. This is the time you’ll appreciate whether or not your toidy is in a tight spot or not. The cussing is directly proportionate to the amount of workspace you have. Welcome to Plumber’s World.Take the collar off, remove the vertical water supply tube and mop up the water on the floor. Replace it with the new float device and tighten the collar over the bottom. It will have a new rnbber or plastic tube that you clip onto the outlet pipe - pretty much opposite ofthe removal. You may have to adjust that ’~Fea enp"at the top of the float so youcan put tlae toilet lid back on, but that’s simply accomplishedby twisting itup or down as needed. You can also control the water levd this way, but don’t get too chintzy with the water supply, or you’ll regret it. Reattach the water supply from the shutoff up to the tank and you’re ready for the next step. Now, remove the old rubber stopper that’s attached to the handle. Take the little chain loose and then remove the flapper - it usually is attached to the stem of the outlet tube by a couple of little rubber or plastic ears and comes off easily. The rubber on the flapper can be kind of slimy, so use a rag to hold it when you’re taking it off. Replace it with the new flapper in the kit just the opposite of how youremovedit. Thelittle chain needs a bit of slack, but not too much or it winds around the lever from the handle and the water will still run and annoy the hell out of you. There are pretty good instructions on the package, complete with illustrations, so don’t fed too confused. However, the first kit I used forgot to tell.me about that locking collar on the bottom of the tank, and was I one frustrated lezzie until I figured it out! If you’re still uncomfortable doing this job but are determined to learn, find someone patient enough to coach you while youdo the work. It’s a great way to learn this stuff. If youhave trouble with the shut offyou have two options - yell for help or replace it yoursdf. This is where the pipe wrench come in handy. You have to be able to shut the water off at the curb; the valve for yourmain water supply is in themeterbox by the curb and the bar on top of the valve needs to be turned 180 degrees to shut it off. You can use a large wrench, but you can buy a device called a water key that makes it easier; it has a long hand, which is nice if your meter box is full of questionable water. They 0nly costabout $8.00 and are priceless when you really need them, so consider investing in one. After turning off the water, flush the toilet. If it fills back up, the main water isn’t offand you’ll have to try again. If the water is off, put some rags under the valve, grasp the pipe going into the wall with a pipe wrench and turn the collar of the valve see DIYD, p.13 by Esther Rothblum . ¯ Recently a number of books have been " published about the Lesbian identity or ¯ femalerelationships ofprominent women ¯ who lived in earlier historical periods. " .Mary Eichbauer was living in Paris when she became aware that much of the work of Natalie Barney (1876- 1972) hadnever before been published in English. She receivedpermission to translate some of Bamey’s writing and to find an English audience for this work. Eichbauer" described Natalie Bamey’s life and work to mein a recent correspondence: "Inherlastbook, Souvenirs Indiscrets (Indiscreet Memories), Natalie says that shehad always felt drawn to women, from her earliest days. In the first chapter, ’Renre Vivien,’ she describes an intense crush she.had on a beautiful young cousin, how " she loved to be close to her and comfort ¯ her (the young woman was pining for : some young beau). Natalie fell in loee " with a school friend when she was six- " teen, at a time when her family lived in ¯ Washington, D,C. and she was being : courted for her beauty (and her father’s " money) by more than a few young men. ¯ She and her friend Eva Palmer (heiress to ¯ abiscuitfortune) spent a summer together : in Bar Harborpla~ngnaked in the woods " at nymph (Eva) and shepherd (Natalie). Afterthatsummer, theirrespectablefanfi: ¯ lies made sure they were placed in sepa- ." rate boarding schools. : "Ironically, her father’s own egotism ¯ flna!!ygaveBamey the chance sheneeded : to begin her preferred way of life. Albert : Barney was so eager to get back to his ¯ beloved London (which Natalie always " thought of as a male city, as opposed to Paris, whichwas ruledby women), and so bored with the business of parenting, that heleft Natalie staying at a boarding house under scant supervision, supposing her to . be occupied, with shopping and ’fittings’ ¯ for a gown intended for her Washington : ’debut.’ Instead, Natalie visited Carmen, : an artist’s model who had posed for her ¯ mother. The beautiful Carmen welcomed : Natalie into her bed (Natalie’s first time) " and educated her in some of the ways of ¯ the world. (According to Jean Chalon, ¯ Natalie wasn’t quite sure that she could make love to a woman without getting " pregnant!) She walked home from her " first meeting with Carmen repeating to ¯ herself, spellbound: ’I have a mistress, I " have a mistress.’ ¯ "Next, she fell madly in love with one ¯ Liane de Pougy, a celebrated courtesan. Liane took Natalie for a ride in her car- [ riage through the Bois de Boulogne, and " their affair was launched. Later, Liane ¯ wrote Idylle.Sap,.hique ( ~apphic ldyll), a " novelabouther Flossie, thefirstofmany literary tributes that wouldbe dedicated tO Barney over the years (Ren~e Vivien, ¯ Djuna Barnes, Radclyffe Hall and Lucie " Delarue-Mardrus wrote novels featuring : Barney as a character, and quite a bit of [ poetry was dedicated to her). Bamey’s ¯ father never forgave her for causing such ° a scandal backhome. In fact, he boughtup : Natalie’s affair with Vivlen was tempestuous and involved frequent .separations. Although they loved each other dearly, they were essentially incompatible... She and Barney are hurled not far from ¯ inch other inthe Passy Cemetery... all the copies of Liane’s book he could find, along with the printing plates, and had them destroyed. Too late - the book had already been circulated widely. "The greatestpassion ofBamey’s youth, however, was Ren~e Vivien (born Pauline Tam), like herself, an expatriate in Paris (Tam was born in England). The first chapter of Souvenirs Indiscrets describes their affair in detail. Natalie’ s affair with Vivien was tempestuous and involved frequent separations. Although they loved each otherdearly, they were essentially incompatible. Natalie refused to pass upany chance for pleasure that came her way, and so Ren~e eventually left her for another woman. In the end, Ren~e died young, a victim of anorexia and alcoholism. She and Barney are buried not far from each other in the Passy Cemetery in Paris." As Barney says in Souvenirs: "Our opposed natures contrived to make us suffer at each Other’ s hands for a long time. This resulted for her in a fertile inspiration and formyselfin aninstructive defeat. Unable to live with her or without her, I do not know which was most painful: our dangerona meetings, our separations, or our attempts at infidelity. Like so many other lovers, wehad still more of those ’terrible adieus one goes back on’ and those exalt- .’ ing reunions that did not last. Apart, but irresistibly attracted to each other, only to lose each other once again, our persistent love endured all the phases of a fatal attraction that perhaps only death could end. I still loved Ren~e, but with a vanquished love, enslaved by the circumstances that she had allowed to have their ¯ way with us... (Souvenirs Indiscrets)" ~ Eichbauer states: "Natalie’s .life was ¯ more important to her than her writing. : She described the procxss of writing a : book as one of cleaning out her desk ¯ drawers. Her writingis seldom sustained; she expressed herself in sharp lightningbolts of intelligence. In her introduction to Souvenirs, she says, ’If too little of the love I invoke appears in this book, it is because I have better spent it elsewhere. Here there remain only fragments.’" Because of the importance of her salon, Barney is mentioned, at least in passing, in most accounts ofAmerican expatriates in Paris. Here are the books by and about Barney that Eichbauer recommends and that are most readily available: Natalie Barney. Adventures oftheMind. Tr. John Spaulding Gatton. New York: New York University Press, 1992. Natalie Barney. The One Who is Legion, or A.D. ’s Afterlife. 1930; Orono, Me.: U of Maine, National Poetry Foundation, 1987. Natalie Barney. 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Many have commented on American fixation on the female breast. Who knows if it’s childrearing customs, our relations with mom, or our marital relations that have supercharged theAmerican breast, the epitome being Barbie’s big and pointy boobs. In much of the South Pacific, women’s breasts traditionally were neither erogenous nor hidden. Male desire focused instead on meaty thighs. I’ve walked by many bare-breasted women who modestly busy themselves smoothing down their grass-skirts. On Tanna, where I lived for amunber of years, tmditionalmale dress consisted simply of a "penis-wrapper." Men wrapped theirpenes in leaves and fixed these upright to a barkcloth belt. Penis-wrappers had disappeared for years until a roving photographer from National Geographic passed through the island one year and convinced a number of guys to strip back down into penis-wrappers to make his South Sea photos appear more authentic to his Americanviewers. Since then, some ofthesemenhavemaintained the wrapper as a political statement of their traditionality vis-ii-vis their Christian neighbors. Nearly all malebody parts onTannaare boring, and never eroticized. No one, certaiuly, would toss dollars bills around to catch a glimpse ofmale belly or butt. The glans penis is the only body part that men are ashamed to display. As soon as boys are circumcised (between ages of5 and 10 or so) they begin covering themselves - and uncircumcised boys are teased merci- : lessly should their glans peek out of their ." foreskins. Stripping as a profession has ¯ little futurein much of the world. ¯ In Oakland, though, those flying dol- ." lars are sending Corey home to Arkansas. Lamont Lindstrom is a Visiting Prof.of ". Anthropology at the Univ. of Cal~ornia,- ¯ Berkeley, during Spring Term, 1999 (lamont@yana.qal.berkeley.edu) Mary Eichbauer lives and writes in northern California. Her annotated translation ¯ of Bamey’s "Rente Vivien"’ will appear ¯ in a forthcoming issue of The Journal of Lesbian Studies. ¯ EstherRothblum is Prof. ofPsychology ¯ at the Univ. ofVermont andEditor ofI’he ¯ Journal of Lesbian Studies. She can be ¯ reached at John Dewey Hall, Univ. of ". Vermont, Burlington, VT, email: ¯ esther.rothblum@uvm.edu. : with a crescent wrench. If the parts are ¯ rusted together, you can have a real wres- : fling match. Once the val~ce is off, remove ¯ the tube from the valve from ¯ the bottom of the toilet with the crescent ¯ wrench. Take everything to the hardware ¯ store, handittothehapless clerkinplumb- ¯ ing and tell them you want "this". Go ¯ ahead and get a new water inlet hose - ¯ you’ll be sorry later if you don’t. Also ¯ pick up a roll of the Teflon tape they sell ¯ m plumbing. Check out and cuss some : more, because this is costing more than ¯ the replacement kit, but remember that ¯ theplumber would be charging youlabor, ¯ and that hurts. ¯ Back at home, wrap a couple of turns of ¯ Teflon tape clockwise around the threads on the pipe sticking out of the wall. Use your wrenches again to attach the shut-off valve snuggly in place; wrap the threaded end on the valve with Teflon tape and attach the water inlet hose. Rule of thumb in plumbing - if it’s threaded, use Teflon tape on it. This helps give a good seal and also makes it a lot easier if you have to remove these parts again in the future. Now you can proceed with your toilet repairs as above. Once everything is attached and snug, turn your water back on and admire your handiwork! 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Text Any textual data included in the document Gays in the Military Update More "Gays" Leaving US Armed Forces WASHINGTON (AP) -TheAir Force andArmyreport sharp increases in the number of troops discharged for homosexuality, and officials believe many are discontented non-Gay recruits looking for a way out. In releasing the figures, the Defense Department said it was satisfied with its "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy on homosexuality in the services. It asserted that the 1998 dischargenumbers "align" with those ofprevious years, even though they reached an 11-year high. A watchdog group, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Fund, said the’figures were fresh evidence that Gays still are being mistreated in the 1.4-million-member active-duty military. "Commanders are still asking, pursuing and harassing people," said Dixon Osbum, the group’s co-executive director. ,,,~ The "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy, adopted in 1994, is supposed to allow Gays to serve if they keep their sexual orientation private. It punishes those who engage in homosexual acts or take actions that call attention to their orientation. But critics accuse the services of hunting down Gays and driving them out of the service. If a service member voluntarily states his or her homosexuality, discharge is automatic.. In the.case oLa recruit still in basic (raining, av0iuniary declaration of homosexuality means an admjuistrative discharge that does not carry a bad-conduct stigma. Under the Pentagon policy there are three grounds for discharge: if a service member voluntarily states that he or she is Gay; if someone is determined to have engaged in a homosee Military, p. 3 Maryland Judge Throws Out Sodomy Law BALTIMORE (AP) - A judge who rtded Baltimore’s 80-year-old anti-sodomy law does not apply to consensual acts has expanded the ruling to include anal as well as oral sex. The ruling by Circuit Judge Richard T. Rombto settles a 1997 clas s-action suit by theAmerican Civil Liberties Union. "This is saying the government will not intrude in the bedroom," said Dwight Sullivan, a staff counsel for the ACLU’s Maryland chapter, which sued on behalf of several Gay men and Lesbians. State officials, who did not object to tLe ACLU’s efforts, said the ruling was largely symbolic because few if any state residents have been prosecuted for sodomy. ACLU officials, however, said the existence of the law posed a threat to privacy rights and left homosexuals vidnerable to job discrimination and unfair attacks in child custody cases. Thirty-one states have rep.ealed anti-sodomy laws, while 17 still have them on the books, including Virgiuia. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a Georgia case in 1986 that anti-sodomy laws are constitutional. In 1990, the Maryland Court Of Appeals ruied the law could not be used to prosecute consentual, nonpublic acts of oral sex, see Maryland, p. 14 DIRECTORY/LETTERS P. 2 EDITORIAL P. 3 US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 HEALTH NEWS P; 6 COMMUNITY CAL ENDAR P. 9 BOOK REVIEW P. 10 DO-IT-YOURSELF-DYK E P, 11 DYKE PSYCHE P. 12 CLASSIFIEDS + WEERWOLF P. 14 ST~ervin~g Lesb[ian~, Gay,~Bisex_ual +nT~ranPsa_gl~eenrdAevraeidlabTluelIsnaMnso,reOTuhraFna7m5iClieis +LoFcraietinodnss Hate Crimes Amendment Has A Chance in OK Legislature TMM - Metropolitan Ministry Endorses Amendment TULSA/OKLAHOMA CITY - Those who knew Matthew Shepard say that he would have wished that some good come out of evil. And it appears that, in Oklahoma at least, some good might come out of the horror of his murder. That at least is the conclusion drawn by some commumty activists who see the new willingness of Oklahoma political leaders to address hate crimes based on actual or perceived sexual orientation. Speaking anonymously, one clergy participantinTulsa Metropolitan Ministry, an influential local interfaith organization, indicated that Shepard’s murder is what helped shake the organization out of its unwillingness to address the concerns of Lesbians and Gay men. As she put it, they could no longer remain silent. And moving amazingly fast for such a diverse group, TMM adopted as one of its legislative goals for this 1999 session, the amendment of Oklahoma’s Malicious Intimidation Statute, otherwiseknown as the Hate Crimes law. In fact, abill (HB 1211) for this amendment has been introduced by Tulsa legislator, Don Ross. HB 1211 has a companion bill introduced in the Oklahoma Senate by Sen. Ben Brown, and Democratic party rumors have it that Speaker of the House, Loyd Benson has committed to support the bill. Oklahoma Attorney G~neral Drew Edmondson already has committed publicly to supporting this amendment as has former Tulsa County District Attorney see Hate.p. 13 Activists kick off Eq~mlity Begins at Home at fall conference. Thousands to Go to Capitols First Ever National Week ofAction for Equality WASHINGTON, DC - January 25, 1999 - In the 30th aunivers. ary year of the S tonewall rebellion- the birth of the modern Gay rights movement - thousands of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender people will launch an unprecedented national week of action for equality. Equality Begins at Home, slated for the week of March 21 - 27, is a major initiative to push state lawmakers to support a platform of equality. Planning for these by local activists is well under way. In Oklahoma, Paul Thompson, of the Oklahoma Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus is co-ordinating the Oklahoma event at the State Capitol on Saturday, March 27. Paid can be reached at email: Gayoglpc@flash.net, or 405-791-0202. Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) is working to help organize Tidsans to go. From Montana to Maine, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender people will come out and speak up in simultaneous events nationwide, most ofwhich will take place at state capitols. These actions will, mnong other things, build support for laws that counter hate violence, ban employment discrimination, provide for safe schools for all students, ensure.the right to adopt and become foster parents, and address health issues including HIV/AIDS. Equality Begins at Home is coordinated by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force .and organized by the Federation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Statewide Political Organizations. As part of its coordinating efforts, the Task Force provided Federation member groups $5,000 each to support their Equality Begins at Home organizing efforts and hired a national coordinator for the event. Dozens of national organizations have signed on in support of this week of action. "Equality Begins at Home is not an end point but a beginning point. We are going to make our statewide organizations stronger, mobilize more people, register more voters, and demand greater accountability from our state legislators and policy makers," stated Kerry Lobel, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force executive director, see EBAH, p..13 Pride CenterAnnounces OneRecruitShortofa ToasterMembers Drive and Gay Legal Rights Program TULSA - How do you feel about winning a very stylish toaster or toaster oven? That’s what Pride Center organizers want to know. They’re hoping that these possibilities will motivate you to join Tulsa’s Gay & Lesbian community center, the Pride Center and to persuade as many of your friends, family and acquaintances to do the same. Pride Center volunteers have organized a membership drive from Feb. 1 to March 31 that was inspired by Lesbian comedian, Ellen Degeneres, and they’re offering prizes for "recruiting" new community center members. Center spokesman, Greg Gatewood stated that any current or new member will receive "a toaster accessory" (what is that???) for bringing in five new members. Ten new members will win you a sleek new bagelcapable toaster. And if you get 25 new memberships, you’ll get, not just a toaster, but a toasteroven! However, the grand prize is airfare to an exotic seaside location so you can toast yourself in the tropical sun. Sound good? To win this you need to get at least 50 new memberships though the winner will be the person who gets the most memberships of 50 ormo~e by March 31 st. Tojoin or to get more information, call the Center at 743-GAYS (4297). Beginning in Feb. specifically Feb. 18 at 7:30, the Oklahoma Lesbian and Gay Law Association will begin a series of free legal seminars for Lesbians and Gay men. These seminars are set up as informal discussions drawing on the skills of attorneys who specialize in areas of interest to the community. Tulsa attorney Camille Quiun will lead the first discussion on estate planning. The discussion will be geared toward both couples and individuals. Again for more information, call the Center at 743-GAYS (4297).. Other evenfs a( the ~enter include a Mardi Gras costume party on Feb. 13 with dancing to music by "Grandmaster DJ Tim." see Center, p. 14 GaI-A-Vanting TULSA - More than fourteen women met recently to plan monthly events for "Gal-A-Vanting, Ms. Adventures for Women." Gal-A-Vanting is a social and cultural organization for Lesbian women. The group seeks to provide social, cultural and selfexploration opportunities for women as wall as a venue for meeting and for developing a sense of The organization was the brainchild of two friends, Mary (also known as the Do-It-Yourself Dyke) and Joan, who decided that there was not enough for women to do in the Tulsa area and who, also, were tired ofdriving to Arkansas for women’s activities. They believed there would be enough interest in the Tulsa community to create an organization to provide activities here. Approximately 20 women have attended each of the activities hosted by Gal-A-Vanting in the past four months. There are now more than 65 women’s names on the mailing list. The organization has hosted a number of events, a "women and the arts evening" which featured poetry and various artist’s work, a dance, a drumming circle and a movie night. Monthly activities are planned for the second Samr.day ev.e.mng of each month. 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School Ave. 501-442-2845 ¯ JOPLIN, MISSOURI *Spirit of Christ MCC, 2639 E. 32, Ste. U134 41%623-4696 * is where you can find TFN. Notall are Gay-owned but all are Gay-friendly. Carbon Copy KMOD Gay Bashing? ¯ Dear Phil and Brent, ¯ As a regular listener of your show, I am ¯ concerned about the words of intolerance ¯ directed toward theGay community. Your ¯ Thursday shows seem especially filled ¯ with the promotion of hate as an acceptable behavior. Being reasonable people, ; and I assume residents of the Tulsa com- -¯ mumty, I cannot understand your continued promotion of hate towards a large ¯ segment of-the Tulsa community. Hate ¯ speech equals hate crimes- aproven fact. : Your success as morning show hosts ¯ can only mean that there are a great num- " ber ofpeople listening. The words youuse ¯ can drastically change the world of those ¯ who listen. Your words could be respon- - sible for the next bashing or killing of a Gay person. Is this a responsibility you _" are ready to accept and bear for the re- , mainder of your life? ¯ I, as you by now expect, will no longer ¯ be tuning into your show, and will encour- ¯ age my friends and acquaintances to turn ¯ the dial as well. After all, you are "the ¯ rainbow station." The rainbow has been : mmedinto aflag. That flag represents the ¯ pride of the Gay community. ¯ I wouldhope thatKMODwouldchoose ¯ not to continue the verbal assault on our ¯ Gay citizens. I would offer that two orga- ¯ nizations I belong to, teach tolerance ; classes, and perhapsKMOD would liketo have some of this information. Your re- " quest may be directed to me, or to the ¯ organizations directly. - Ned T. Bruha, Tulsa ¯ ce: TOHR PFLAG Great Issue Thelatest edition [January] ofTFN was really a great issue. Thanks for the important work that you do. Keep it up. Our communityneeds it. This recentissue was a great example of the kind of quality our community is capable of. Anyone can be proud with that kind ofleadership. Bravo. And thanks. - M.S. Tulsa In Memorium WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign mourned the death of activist John Thomas, 51, who died on January 20. Mr. Thomas served on the HRC Board from 1982 to 1985 andplayedamajorpart in HRC’s expansion in the Dallas area. His contributions withHRCincludedhelping start the Dallas Black-Tie Dinner Committee. He helped found numerous organizations including the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. Additionally, Mr. Thomas was former executive director.of the Foundation for HumanUnderstandingandthe Dallas Gay & Lesbian Community Center, now known as the John Thomas Gay & Lesbian Community Center. Letters Policy Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on issues which we’ve covered or on issues you think need tobe considered. Youmay request that your name be withheld but letters mustbe signed&have phone numbers, or be hand delivered. 200 word letters are preferred. Letters to other publications will be printed as is appropriate. sexual act; and in the case of same-sex marriage. "In virtually every self-initiated disclosure, the second statement made is, ’I’d also like to be discharged,"’ said David Smith, a spokesman at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. He said this led officials to conclude that a growing number of recruits are using a Gay declaration to get out. Smith said commanders are legally prohibited from ques- .tioning Air Forcemembers about such voluntary statements. "You kind of have to take them at their word,".he said. T’jae Gibson, anAir Force spokeswoman at the Pentagon, said an official review of discharges and personnel policies at Lacklandlast year found that most instructors and trainees there believed the acknowledgments ofhomosexuality were made to cut short an enlistment. Armyofficials said they "also suspect many Gay discharges in their service involve soldiers looking for a quick way out, but they do not consider the trend to be a major source of worry. Supreme Court Lets Military Policy Stand WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court once again left intact the military’s "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy today, rejecting a challenge by two former servicemen discharged after declaring their, homosexuality. The court, without comment, turned away arguments by the men that the policy is based on prejudice agaiust homosexuals and violates their free-speech rights. This action, while not a definitive ruling, marked the fifth time in recent years that the highest court has rejected efforts to invalidate the policy. Every federal appeals court that has considered the issue has upheld the policy. This appeal was filed by National Guard 1st Lt. Andrew Holmes ofSacramento, Calif.,andNavy Lt. Richard Watson. Holmes declared his homosexuality to. his commanding officer in 1993. Watson was serving in Bremerton, Wash.,in October 1994 when he submitted a written statement to his commanding officer that said, "’I have a homosexual orientation." Both men were discharged and sued in federal courts. A judge in San Francisco ruled for Holmes and declared the military policy unconstitutional. But ajudge in Seattle ruled against Watson. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals combined the cases andupheldthe "don"t ask, don’t tell" policy. US Law Professors Fight .Military Policy NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hundreds of law professors are joining the fight to get Gays and Lesbians an equal place in the U.S. armed forces. The battlefield is a 1996 law thatlets the government take all federal student aid from schools which refuse to let military recruiters on campus. Scores of universities had barred recruiters to protest the "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy, but let them back after President Clinton signed the law by former U.S. Rep. Gerald Solomon. "If we had a recruiter who said, ’We won’t hire anyone who’s black,’ there’s no doubt about us kicking them off campus," said David V. Chavkin, director and associate professor at American University’s Washington College of Law. "The notion that we should treat discrimination against our Gay and Lesbian and bisexual and trans~gender students as different is an outrage. The law school agreed in 1997 to let military recruiters return after attorneys decided that not only its 1,200 students, but all of the university’s undergraduates could lose their federal aid, including lowinterest loans and work-study money. At the meeting, Chavkin was working a~ a table set up outside the Association of American Law Schools’ biggest meeting rooms to sign up people willing to work for repeal of the law. When theAALS meeting ends, organizers hoped to have 100 law schools represented. U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who plans to lead the repeal fight, thinks the law is very vulnerable, said Alan Minuskin, a Boston College Law School professor. At one point, 138 campusesbarred military recnfiters. By late 1997;. the list had dwindled to 18. 17 were in Connecticut, where the policy against discrimination was part of state law. The federal law applies to all colleges and universities. The repeal push is starting in law schools because most either have longstanding rules of their own against discrimination or belong to the AALS, which had a rule since 1990 against dealing with any organization that discriminates. It changed that rule last year, under protest, because of the Solomon Amendment. EdwinJ. Butterfoss, deah andprofessor oflaw at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., said, "...we have a lot more work to do. It [the Solomon law] undermines a law school!s ability to enforce its own policies - not by attacking the schools, but they’re attacking the students." ¯ The Associated Press AtMartin LutherKing Day parades and prayer break- , fasts, in their offices and in homes, many Blacks said ¯ they have a particular stake in the impeachment trial of s~dent Clinton- the best thing thathas happened for ¯¯ Blacks in a long time." "If Clinton is removed from "Dr. Kin~ ¯ office, that’s a slap in the face would be ¯ forBlack America," said Mikel ¯ Holt, editor of the Milwaukee suspect Of the ¯ ¯ CommunityJournal, a Black impeael~ment newspaper. ’.’That’s inessence, derailing the civil fights free- process l~eeause ¯¯ domtrain." he would be Clinton has long enjoyed ¯ Black support, both from the suspect of tl~e ¯ public and in Congress, be¯ cause he socializes and prays impeaclters," ¯ with Black people, appoints the Rev. Jesse ¯ them to high positions and un- Jackson said ¯ derstands the struggle of rac- ¯ ism, Black leaders said. a~ter a : " As the trial entered its secondweek, some summonedthe breal~ast : name and message of the slain l~onorin~ ¯ civil rights leader in Clinton’s ¯ defense - saying the two men in C]~iea~o. ¯ shared a common dream of Jackson ¯ equality, specffleally ¯ "Dr. King would be suspect ¯ of the impeachment process mentioned ~ because he would be suspect ¯ of the impeachers," the Rev. Senate ¯ JesseJacksonsaidafterabreak- 1MIajorlty leader ¯ fasthonoringKinginChicago. Trent Loft... ¯ Jackson specifically men- , tioned Senate Majority leader reee_ntly linked. ¯ Trent Lott,who was recently : linked by his uncle to an ultra- . . . to an ultra- : conservatl/ve group accused of conservative ¯ promoting white supremacy. ~roup accused i Lwoastt adfefniliieadteldaswt iwtheethkethgartouhpe of promo~in~ ¯ and said he is opposed to rac: ismand white supremacy. white : Richard Bailey a historian supremacy¯ ¯ and author from Montgomery, Alabama, said he too was suspect of some of Clinton’s : critics. "I think (Blacks) are most uncomfortable with : the way matters are being handled and with the key ¯ players," he said. ¯ ¯ "If the conservativepeoplewho are trying to impeach the president come into power, it will be a tumbaek of ¯ the dock for Afro-Americans," said Edward Lewis Jr., i president of the NAACP for Idaho, Nevada and Uiah. ¯ Any current alternative to Clinton could be worse ," said Vicki Washington, director of Equal Opportunity ¯ and Diversity at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Extension ¯ in Madison, Wis. "Of all of our presidents in the recent ¯ past, Clinton seems to be more in tune with the impact ¯ of historic discrimination and how it continues to have ¯ bothapolitical and economic impact onAfriean Ameri_ .. cans and other people of color today," Washington said. ¯ To some, the impeachment itself is being driven by - :~ fear of-minority power. "My question is, are they real[ hounding him for his personal transgressions, or (to punish) him for making his administration the most i diverse that the country’s ever known? That, to me, seems the undeit0ne," said Victoria Mares Hershey, ¯ first vice president of the NAACP in Portland, Maine. Nan Stovall, another NAACP member from Port- " land, said Clinton is "the best thing that has happened : for Blacks in a long time," she said. ¯ Via the Internet ¯ Q - What do Howdy Doodie, the Muppets and Steve Largent have in common? : A - They all have cute faces with painted-on grins, ¯ empty heads and someone else’s hand up their ass ¯ making their mouths move. Too vulgar, but too, too funny not to print. What’s "- dangerous about Largent is that he’s .not stupid at all.We don’t dispute the hand business though. - TN by Tom Neal. editor &publisher As a child, I learned much to my amazement that some families actually tried to avoid discussing controversial topics, especially at dimmer. Not mine. When friends wonder about my interest in discussing ethics and politics, all I need to do is to invite them to dinner and.turn my father loose on them. They’ll never wonder agmn. Note that I regard this familial inheritance of debate and discussion as a wonderful, wonderful legacy but it is, perhaps, an acquired taste. I share this bit of personal history in order to put the following in context. Since May, I’ve been.arguing at my family’s Sunday night dinners that Bill Clinton, based merely on the appearance of inappropriate conduct (that old lawyerly standard), shouldresign. That is, ifhe were a gentleman. Of course, we all know that if he had ever been a gentleman, or even were vaguely acqtminted with the notion, he wouldn’t be in this nasty PaulaJMonica/ Gennifer/whatever mess in the first place. But regardless of Bill’s spectacular lapses in judgment, many Gays and Lesbians, both of color and those with less color, are going to understand the sentiments of the adjacent editorial. If the ultra conservatives, "wing-nuts" as Tul sa Republican mayoral wanna-be, Terry Simonson, characterized them, get completely back into power, it will be a turning back the clock for Gay and Lesbian Americans as well as for African Americans. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott not only is dosdy tied to ultra racist organizations like the Concerned Citizens Council but has had his anti-Gay views well documented. And I suspect that the ccc is just about as anti-Gay as it is racist. And while Lott is now denying that he shares the CCC’s racist and white supremacy views, he’s not bothering to deny his heterosexist supremacy stances. Clearly, we Gay folks really haven’t gotten as far along in the fight for equality as non-Gay Blacks. I think it is safe to sa$ that the folks who hate Clinton because he treats Blacks more fairly than any previous president, also hate him because he’s treated Gay folks more fairly than any other too. Granted his record’s not perfect. He reneged on his promise to end our military’s ban on Gay soldiers. And his talk about AIDS is better than his walk has been much of the time. But he’s appointed more openly Gay individuals to significant governmental positions than ever before and he’s used his executive power to ban discrimination in civilian parts of our government. And look who’s out to get him: the slimiest of the slime: Bob Barr, Newt Gingrich, Helen Chenowith, Bob Livingston (something of a gentleman at least for resigning), and Henry Hyde, adulterers, fornicators and hypocrites all. Note also that all of these folks were big, big supporters of the Defense of Marriage Act that banned samegender marriages, if and when they should happen. Let me see, when did cheating on your spouse become part of supporting "traditional" marriage? Bill, of course, also signed this patently unconstitutional law. Andone hears from time to time a runaor or two about our saintly First District representative, Steve Largent. One wonders what he’d say about his sex life under oath. After all, even if he’s been utterly faithful to his spouse, he was a great college athletic star and who hasn’t heard of a fomieating football player? Maybe at Brigham Young, and then only maybe. Last I checked, fornication was still illegal in Oklahoma though it is hardly one of our frequently enforced laws. However, I do have to give Henry Hyde some credit for redefining the notion of"youthful indiscretion." Mr. Hyde cheated onhis wife at the age of 41. This 41 yearold editor is delighted to learn that anything I do at this point in my life still has some hope of being declared a "youthful indiscretion." I do digress. The bottom line: I don’t like Bill,’s dishonesty, but I don’t like the behavior of most of the Congress. I don’t like Congress’ "witch hunt." The $50 million Stair spent could have bought a whole lot of drugs or food or housing to keep people living with AIDS alive, or done any number of genuinely worthy things for our country. Maybe we could just impeach them all. Hormel Renominated WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton has renominated James Hormel as ambassador to Luxembourg, and a White House official said Tuesday the administration hopes "fairness will prevail" in the new Congress so he can be approved for thejob. The Senate last year refused to vote on the nomination of Hormel after several conservative Republicans accused him of promoting homosexual views: The White House accused lawmakers of prejudice. Hormel, who is Gay, was appro,ced by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, but Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., didn’ t allow his nomination to come to the floor in the face of scattered GOP objections. White House spokesperson, Barry Toiv said Hormel was among a number of.renominations Clinton submitted to the new Congress, which began its work this month. If approved, Hormel wonld be the first openly Gay U.S. envoy. Chiistian right groups had’attacked Hormel, a vocal supporter of Gay rights and AIDS causes, over his sponsorship ofaGay and Lesbian center at the San Francisco Public Library that bears his name. Republican critics called some of the material obscene and feared Hormel might promote a "Gay agenda" as ambassador to the tiny European nation. Hormel must go through the entire nomination process again, including approval at the committee level before a Senate vote. Florida County May Add Partner Benefits FORTLAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP)-Broward County may be on its way to extending to domestic parmers of county employees the same ,benefits that married couples now receive. A proposed ordinance would provide medical coverage to Gay, Lesbian and unmarried partners of county employees to the same extentas other employees and allow unmarriedcouples to legally register as domestic partners. The measure also would require contractors that handle at least S50,000 in business with the county to offer health benefits to partners of their own workers. If adopted later this year, Broward would join one other Florida county, more than 100 other state and local governments across the country and some corpora. tions that have given similar allowances to domestic partners. Some business owners in Broward, Florida’s secon& largest county, object to being told how to run their companies. However, the commission, which has already 6utlawed discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, appears receptive to the proposal. CornmissionCha~rwoman Ilene Lieberman said she supports most sections of the ordinance but had doubts about imposing the mandate on private comparties that do business with the county, County attorneys said the proposal may conflict with the state’s broad Defense of Marriage Act, the 1997 law that says same-sex marriages are not recognized in Florida. Supporters said domestic partnerships are not identical to marriages and the county’ s proposal says nothing about child custody, divorce, inheritance or other rights held by spouses. Robin Bodiford and Dean Trantalis, two lawyers and Gay civil rights activists, prepared the proposal with the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, a national Gay and Lesbian group. In Florida, the Monroe County Commission agreed in February 1998 to allow county workers to share Lheir employee benefits with their domestic partners. In Miami-Dade County, the state’ s largest county, the commission approved an ordinance last month barfing discrimination of homosextmls in the workplace and housing. Holocaust Coverup Uncovered ATLANTA (AP) - Material about Nazi persecution of homosexuals, edited out of a teachers’ guide about the Holocaust, will be sent to Georgia schools in a separate letter. The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, which had previously deemed the material too sexually graphic for fifth- and sixth-grade students, agreed to the change after a meeting with civil rights activists. It was too late to reprint the guides, which were to be mailed out to schools across the state by this week. lut the commission decided to send the deleted material to schools in a separate letter. Harry Knox, director of the Georgia Equality Project, a civil rights group said the new mailing also will include four extra teachers’ guides from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. The 15-member Holocaust comrmssion, fornted in 1986, is a state agency. It objected to passages in the 92-page guide "Triangles, Badges, & Stars: Remembering the Mosaic of Victims of the Holocaust." Gay civil rights groups were upset when the commission asked a law firm sponsonng the gnides to delete the material. The law firm reluctandy agreed and removed the passages from the Georgia version of the guide. Versions of the guide were’also produced for teachers in California and Florida. HOmosexuals are mentioned in at least four places in the 6,000 copies printed for Georgia middle school and high school teachers, said SylviaWygoda, director and chairwoman of the Holocaust commission. Vice chairman Alex Gross said commission members wanted only a few objectionable words removed, not entire paragraphs. Here are the para~aphs on Nazi treatment of homosexual Holocanst victims which the GeorgiaCom: unssion on the Holocaust asked to be deleted: "German male homosexuals were targeted and arrested because they would not breed the master race: they were an affront to the Nazi macho image." "’The doors of the third (cattle) car open and the homosexuals spill forth, males only, because as Hirnmler concluded, ’Lesbians can give birth.’ The taunting jeers, and blows of the guards stun the men. They will stay a night and then be rerouted to Sachsenhausen mad Buchenwald to be with their kind. The pink triangle they will soon wear is a result of ajudgment that they have broken Article 175A, by sexual act, by kissing, by embracing, by fantasy and thought. Some will be given an opp_ortunity to recant by successfully completing sexual activity with a woman in the camp brothel. Most others will find themselves tormented from all sides as they struggle to avoid being assaulted, raped, worked and beaten to death." Right-Winger Seeks to Ban Gay Student Clubs PHOENIX (AP) - A group of conservative Republican lawmakers is backing a bill that would ban support groups for homosexual students from public school grounds. The measm’e would require school districts to ban any student orgamzation that promotes a specific sexual orientation, sexual activity or any kind of criminal activity, t’We don’ t allow Playboy clubs on ,c,~tmpus to promote heterosexuality," said Rep. Linda Gray, R-Glendale, one of the bill’s backers. "Why should we have Gay clubs to promote homosexuality." A 3-year-old Gay student group at Desert View High School in the Suunyside Unified School District has not caused any problems, said Alan Storm, the district’s director of student services. The group’s five members have helped educate students, teachers and others about discrimination, Storm said. "There arCh’ t even discussions about sex," Storm said. Storm added the bill was a bad idea because it jeopardizes federal funding for schools. Thefederal Equal Access Actrequires school s to allow all extracurricular groups to use their facilities. Backers of the federal law said it was meant to keep schools from banning meetings of Bible-study and other Christian groups. Gay Teen Sues Hospital Over ’Outing’ PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Gay Bradford County teen-ager who attempted suicide last February is suing the hospital that treated him, claiming news of his sexual orientation was leaked by an employee, Cindy Smith, and eventually spread to his high school. Smith could not be reached by press time, but Troy OKLAHOMA COMMUNICATIONS Local- Long Distance Cellular- Paging 747-1508 Free Car Adaptor & Leather Case with New Cell Phone Want to get involved? Need to get tested for HIV? 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He told no one, terrified of the consequences of coming out to his parents and to a rural, conservative community. Severely depressed, Congdon ingested 33 Tylenols in the early morning hours of Feb. 1, 1998, went to school, and took 10 more. Congdon told the treating physician at Troy Community Hospital that he tried to kill himself because he was Gay. Thelawsuit alleges that Smith- the mother of one of Congdon’s football teammates -examined Congdon’s medical records and then told "third persons" that he was Gay. Returning to school later, "Everybody just stared at me,". he said. "I’d get approached by several students and they would say, ’We heard you’re a faggot, is that true?’ I would just say, ’Believe whatever you want,’ because I was afraid I’d get beat up." Congdon left school less than a month after returning. Troy High School Principal Bob Grantier said he did not know Congdon was being harassed. "If that was reported, which it was not, it would have been dealt with. Bottom line," he said. Congdon expects to take his high-school equivalency exam in the summer and attend college next fall as a criminal justice major. Congdon’s story was featured last month in an ESPN documentary on Gay athletes. He also wrote about his experience for a San Francisco- based magazine for Gay teen-agers. "I’m being very public with it to raise awareness. We do have a problem in today’s society and there is hate out there toward us and other ethnic and religious backgrounds," he said. "Something has to be done." Maryland Governor Offers Anti-Bias Bill ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Gov. Parris Glendening, prompted by memories of a brother who died of AIDS after hiding his homosexuality throughout a long military career, will sponsor legislation this y~ar to ban discrimination against Gays and Lesbians. Glendening has endorsed similar legislation in the past, but this year it will be part of his official administration legislative package. His bill would add sexual orientation to a law that already bans discrimination in housing and em- .ployment because of sex, age, race and religion. Kathleen Nieberding-Ryan, who has lobbied for the bill the past few years, said the governor’ s decision to make it part of his program "will help break down some of our barriers." "I’ve worked on this bill for a long time," said Ms. Nieberding-Ryan, lobbyist for MarylandNOWand former lobbyist for the Free State Justice Campaign, an organization representing Gays and Lesbians. "Each year we’ ve inched closer and closer, but could not secure the one or two votes needed for passage," she said. Richard Dowling, head of the Maryland Catholic Conference, said the church has opposed the bill in the past and probabl y will do so again. "In our tradition, discrimination against any person in regard to basic human fights is a sin," Dowling said. He said that includes people whose sexual orientation is homosexual, "but orientation and practice are not the same.’" "Whether intended or not, this legislation would have .the eff~t oflegitimating homosexual practice, and that, m our view, is something government Should not do," Dowling said. Glendening said it was difficult for his brother to live with the knowledge that his’ career in the Air Force would be ruined if his homosexuality had been discovered. "No one should be in fear of their job, no matter what their occupation, because of their sexual orientation," he said. But ~fracy Conaty, communications director for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in Washing- , ton, said discrimination "is a fact of life for many Gay and Lesbian people." "This law is needed ¯ because it is still legal in the state of Maryland to ; fire somebody simply because they are Gay, Lesbian, bi-sexual or trans-gendered," she said. "Gov. Glendening is showing real leadership, in not only recognizing that fact but addressing it," Ms. Conaty : said. :¯¯ Anti-Bias Vote May.Lead to Voter Retaliation ¯ CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - City Commis- : sioner Nancy Evans knows there mightbefallout at ¯ the voting booth after the City Council decided to ¯ offer protection to homosexuals under the Cedar ¯ Rapids civil rights ordinance. The City Council ¯ ,~oted 3-2 early to make the addition, protecting ¯ homosexuals from discrimination in education, : honsing, credit, employment and public accommo- ¯ dation. ¯ "This could very well cost an election. I under- . stand that,’" Evans said. "But cost is not what’s ¯ important. If I believe this stands for intolerance, if I believe this is injustice, then I have an affirmative ¯ duty toact,nomatterwhatitcosts." Evans and Dale Toddboth mentioned the Novemberelections when ¯ they discussed their votes in favor of the ordinance. Mayor Lee Clancey joined them in the majority. ¯ Commissioners Don Thomas and Ole Munson ¯ voted against the change. The Rev. Larry Johnson, ¯ a spokesman for conservative Christiar~s in Cedar : Rapids, saidhewill try to rally political support for ¯ a new set of candidates. Johnson said, "This thing is very offensive to a lot of people. We want to ¯ investigate to see what we can come up with as far ¯ as overturning this." Anti-Gay Adoption Law Reconsidered ¯ CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Elizabeth Janeway and ¯ her husband wanted to become foster parents, but : said they couldn’ t stomach the state’ s ban on Gay ¯ adoptive and foster parents. When they applied in 1991, the state asked them if they had any homo- " sexuals in their family, Mrs. Janeway told a House ¯ committee. "I felt sick answering the question," i She said. "Not sick because we have a Gay son and ¯ a Lesbian daughter, but because of what the ques- ¯ tion implied about our children." ¯ Rep. Raymond Buckley, D-Manchester, wants ¯ that to end. Hehas sponsored a bill to repeal a 1987 ¯ law that bans Gays and Lesbians from adopting and ¯ serving as foster parents. "This law was enacted ¯ during a time of great fear," Buckley said. "Thank- " fully, we know much more today than we did a ¯ decade ago." The ban was passed at "the height of ." the season of hate," he said. New Hampshire is one ¯ of only two states with such restrictions; Floridais : the other. ¯ A crowd of more than 80 doctors, ministers, foster parents, Gay civil fights activists and others ¯ gathered to urge the committee to send the bill to the House for a vote. : Buckley blames the passage of the ban on fears ¯ fed by the surge of AIDS during the 1980s and mistaken belief that homosexual parents would molest their adopted or foster children. During the legislative debate in 1987, one supporter of the ban argued that Gay people wanted to "raise their own meat" to sexually molest. "This law was enacted despite the lack of a single complaint, not one shred ¯ of evidence, without a single incident of concern," ¯ Buckley said. ¯ Thelaw also requires heterosexual couples wish- . ing to adopt or be foster parents to sign a form stating no adult in the household is homosexual. ~ "This law does more thanmerely prohibit Gays and ¯ Lesbians from adopting or serving as foster parents," Buckley said. "It intrudes into the homes of ¯ heterosexual couples as well." ¯ Buckley would not say whether he thought the ¯ bill was likely to pass, only that he hopes the : Legislature has progressed since the original mea- ¯ sure passed. Dr. ML King Would Have Fought AIDS LAS VEGAS (AP) - Martin Luther King Jr. did not live to see the scourge ofAIDS, but ifhe had, he would have been a leader in the battle against the disease, health care experts and religious leaders believe. "Of course he would have been out there talking about AIDS and advocating programs to help stop the spread Of HIV ," said the Rev Lionel Starkes, an HIVi AIDS counselor for the Clark County Health District. Starkes was a member of a panel that discussed the subject "AIDS: WhatWouldBe Dr. King’ s Involvement?" The panel was part of activities in observance of the national holiday honoring King’s birthday. Ulysess Palrose, HIV/AIDS care coordinator for Sierra Health Services, said that nationwide, the number of people dying from AIDS has declined, as have the number of people infected with HIV. But the number of blacks contracting the vires has increased. ’Tmnot an expert on Dr. Martin Luther King, and I don’ tknow all thereis to know aboutAIDS, but all I doknow tellsme that he would be a drum major" in the fight against HIV, particularly in regard to the African American commumty, Palrose said. According to national statistics, 43 percent ofnew HIV/AIDSpatients are black. Blacks constitute about 13 perccgt of the population. More than 50 percent of all babies and women infected with HIV are ’black. Scientist Develops New HIV Treatment LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -A University of Kentucky (UK) scientist holds patents on two new methods for treating AIDS and cancer with drugs that have been around for years. Trials of the cancer therapy are at least two years away, but the AIDS therapy could be tested on human patients later this year in South Af- Dr. Vincent Gallicchio, a cell biologist and associate dean of research in UK’s College of Allied Health Professions, developed and patented the AIDS treatment independently. Gallicchio came up with the cancer therapy in partnership with Milton Yatvin, professor of radiation oncology at the Oregon Health Science Center. They jointly hold the patent on this treatment. In combatting AIDS, Gallicchio proposes a combination ofAZT or DDI- two anti-viral drugs now prescribed for the disease - and lithium, a drug used for decades to treat manic depression. Research has shown that lithium, in addition to its beneficial effects on mental illness, stimulates the human immune system. AIDS kills people by destroying their immunity. Therefore, Gallicchio thinks that an AZT-lithium "cocktail" might stabilize AIDS patients by charging up their immune systems. Gallicchio and Yatvin plan to attack cancer with a new kind of drug-delivery system, putting standard chemotherapy agents inside naturally occurring human immune cells called "macrophages." Theoretically, the macrophages would carry thehighly toxic chemotherapy drugs directly to the site of the cancer, leaving healthy tissue unharmed. Lithiumwas first suggestedformedical use 50 years ago, and approved by the FDA for use in manic depressive patients about 1970. "We’ re sort of the first to put two and two together," said Gallicchio who, in addition to his UKpost, heads the International Society for Lithium Research, a.scientific group devoted to learning more about the drug. One reason lithium’ s potential in AIDS hash’ t been researched before, Gallicchio said, is economics. Lithium is cheap. So, there’ s been little economic incentive for pharmaceutical finns to explore its potential in AIDS because profits wouldn’t be great. Lithium’s toxicity also has been problem, but Gallieehio says that’s been solved. Gallicchio plans to test his idea in South Africa, where selected AIDS patients will be given his lithium cocktail. South Africa was chosen as the test site, he said, because its AIDS incidence rate is one of the world’s highest. In battling cancer, Gallicchio and his pamier,Yatvin, envision a system in which .powerful drugs would zip straight to the site of the disease, like homing pigeons, ignoring healthy tissue. To achieve that, they would use macrophages. Macrophages are large immune cells, which are manufactured in the bone marrow and then migrate to the body’ s orgaus. Each organ has its own macrophage, and each macrophage somehow knows which organ it is assigned to. A liver macrophage knows it’ s supposed to go to the liver; a brain macrophage knows it’ s supposed to travel to the brain, and so on. Gallicchio and Yatvin propose to use this macrophage "homing instinct."To treat, say, liver cancer, you could pm chemotherapy drugs inside liver macrophages, whichthen would carry them straight to the cancer. The plan would be to grow macrophages in an artificial environment, combine them with cancer drugs, then deliver the mixture into cancer patients intravenously. But Gallicchio says it will be about two years before trials in humans. First, researchers mustprove the approach works in animals, and that it poses no hazards to patients. Charity to Help Children with AIDS tCAMPALA, Uganda (AP)-Funds raised by Rotary International will pay for projects devoted to children affected by polio and AIDS-related diseases, the organization’s president said recently. Speaking to reporters before the opening of Rotary’ s International Summit on Africa, James Lacy of Cookeville, Tenn., said the organization would also fund facilities that offer corrective plastic surgery and finance micro-credit facilities, job training and educational programs. More than 400 Rotary members from 23 nations have gathered for the three-day conference opened by Prime Minister KintuMusoke, whoread a statement from President Yoweri Museveni. "I’m glad ¯ that President Lacy has chosen poverty as ¯ the main theme of the conference," ¯ Museveni said in his statement. 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(AP) - An HIV-posifive Army private from New York City was sentenced to three years in military prison after pleading guilty to aggravated assault for having unprotected sex. Gerland Squires, 21, also will receive a bad-conduct discharge from the Army and forfeit all pay and benefits. Her rank was immediately reduced from private first class to private. After a 1997 blood test revealed Ms. Squires had HIV, her commander at Aberdeen Proving Ground ordered her to use condoms and tell her sexual partners that she carried the AIDS virus. But Ms. Squires did not tell eight men she was HIV-positive and had unprotected sex with four of them, prosecutors said. She told a ninth man she had the virus but did not insist he use a condom. None of the ninemen- six enlisted and three civilians - has tested positive for the virus. Ms. Squires,cryingonthe witness stand, told jurors she had sex to escape her fear and confusion about having HIV and passing it on to-her daughter, who is now 9 months old. She said she feared rejeclion if she told her sex partners she has HIV. Aberdeen Proving Ground, about 40 miles north of Baltimore, was the site of the biggest sex scandal in U.S. mililary history in 1997. Twelve drill instructors were accused of forcing female subordinates to have sex. One instructor was cleared, and the remaining 11 either were convicted or re’signed. India’s Challenge: AIDS Treatment NEW DELHI, India (AP) - On paper at least, India is ready to cope with the consequences of increasing AIDS cases. It hopes to avoid being overwhelmed by not just the disease, but byfear and ignorance. P.L. Joshi, deputy director of the government’s National AIDS Control Organization, confidently fingers a thick, plastic-bound sheaf of tables and prose that detail how nearly 1 million medical workers, from hospital janitors to surgeons, will be trained to care for AIDS patients. But Joshi acknowledges the training has barely begun, and those patients today face being alined away by hospitals or, when they are admitted, find that doctors and nurses refuse even to touch them. "’There is an element of fear," Joshi said. "People think that if they handle these patients, they will get the disease. Discrimination can only be taken care of by a strong training program." Experts say India’s nearly 1 billion people are in only the early stages of an AIDS epidemic that already has swept over Europe and America and decimated Africa, where in some places a quarter of the population is infected with the AIDS virus. .Joshi and his colleagues in India’ s campmgn against AIDS have focused on education and prevention, hoping to keep the infection rate down. Now they acknowledg. e they also must face the challenge of canng for people with full-blown AIDS and those infected with the virus. The World Bank predicts that already snuggling medical systems in developing countries like India will be so swamped by AIDS it will be impossible for people with other diseases to get care. India’ s government estimates 5 million people, less than 1% of Indians, are infected with the AIDS virus. That is considered low by many experts because it is based on very limited testing, but even that figuremeans one of the world’ s poorest countries has more infected people than any other nation. The estimate of infected Indians has increased steadily from 2.5 million in 1996, spreading mainly through heterosexual sex into the general public from high-risk groups like prostitutes and intravenous drug users. Joshi’s agency says the number of full-blown AIDS cases has soared from six in 1986 to 3,167 in 1996 to around 5,000 in 1998. Knowledge about the disease is lacking amongmostIndians,including health professionals. Four years ago, India’ s largest and most prestigious hospital, the All- India Institute of Medical Sciences, surveyedits morethan7,000 employees about AIDS. Dr. Bir Singh, head ofAIDS training at the institute, said he found many staffmembers did not follow even simple procedures like using needles properly to ensure they did not prick themselves with tips contaminated with a patient’s blood. Worse, Singh found doctors and nurses infected with the prejudices about AIDS that are common in the rest of India. A disease linked to sex and drugs in this conservative society is deeply shameful, and those infected with the virus are often treated as if they deserve to die. "The moment it becomes known that a person on a ward is HIV-positive, fear engulfs the ward. That fear is still rampant. That shows theignorance among the medical community," he said. "If the time comes, God forbid, when one in four patients is HIV+, what will we do?" Sahara, a private residential drug treatment program supported by international aid groups, already faces that problem. Director Neville Selhore estimates a third. of the 120-130 recovering drug addicts living at Sahara’s house in south New Delhi are infected. "In 1990, a lot of the people here started to fall ill," said Selhore’ s wife and co-director, Elizabeth. They soon learned the increasing cases of tuberculosis and shingles pointed to the spread of the AIDS virus and took on the task of treating that as well as addiction. Over the years, the Selhores have developed a matter-of-factness about AIDS that would be striking anywhere. The couple and their young sons live at Sahara along with the recovering addicts. The boys "know about the disease, and they’ re cool," Selhore said. "They see how we deal with it. They know there are onlv so many ways it can be transmitted." At the 16-bed clinic that Sahara opened earlier this year, attendants pat patients’ hair or help them walk with casual affection. They counsel the patients not to share medications like ointment, to use condoms, to stay healthy. Pop music plays in the background. With books and board games on a shelf in a room that doubles as parlor and nurse’ s office, the atmosphere is that of an unusually calm and orderly college dorm. The message is simple: People with the AIDS v~rus can live a normal life if they are armedwithinformation. "Weteachpeople to take care of themselves. Because how many people can the government and orgamzations like this take care of?" Tulsa is blessed with quite afew excel- " eration just hasn’t seemed to work. lent arts organizations good fortune of this newspaper to-be able to work with most of them. Tulsa Family News was honored especially to have been a media sponsor for Philbrook’s Year of Europe in 1998. We’ve also had the pleasure of working with Gilcrease, the Philharmonic, Tulsa Ballet, Tulsa Opera and again the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust (TPACT). All of these orgamzations recognize that, stereotypes not withstanding, Tulsa’s Lesbian and Gay commuand it’s been the " Philbrook’s new Beads exhibit promises to be interesting Villain no. 1: American Theatre Company. Repeated calls to Kitty Roberts have resulted in no response. Ms. Roberts apparently thinksTheTulsaWorld reaches everyone with whom she needs to bother. I mean if someone calls repeatedly to say they’ll give you some free press if you only will send a press release, ’why not? Surely this is not a case of bias since a prominent member of this company is aGay man. Perhaps once they couldnothave afforded the extra stamps but in these days of faxes and e-mail, what gives? nities do support the arts, perhaps even beyond our numbers. As the lovely Camille Sartain, formerly ofTPACT and now working at Gilcrease has stated, it just doesn’t make sense for arts organizations not to reach out to the Gaycommu- So itmakes you wonder about the folks who just don’t seem to get it! Ani]’they mostly seem to be theater types, amazingly enough. Tulsa Family News continues to have difficulty with several organizations whom,we will name in hope that we .might shame them into treating Gay people fairly. It doesn’t seem that it could hurt since politely asking for their coop- ¯ Villain no. 2: Theatre Tulsa! run by a ¯¯ wall-known Gay man whom you can see at Renegades’ pool tables regularly. Re- " peated visits in person have not persuaded these folks to share info. about their per- " formances. Now some with more wicked ¯ tongues than I might say that no self- " respecting Gay would want to see some of the ponderous theatrical warhorses this ¯ company produces- still tastes do vary in ¯ ourcommtmity. Notealso, thateveaacall ." toTFboard president Dan Call stillhasn’t ¯¯ moved the mountain. Villain no. 3: Celebrity Attractions. We ¯ save the worst for last. ¯ see Celebrity, p. 13 Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo March 16 at 8 p.m, Chapman Music Hall TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Tickets $1 O-$30 Dancing the fine line between hiqh art and high camp, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo delights audiences around the world. ~ Les Ballets Trockadero is the world’s foremost all,male comic ballet company. Sponsored in part by: OKLAHOMA ,Join us. For a of 2Oth century classics. CELEBRATE THE 20TH CENTURY WITH THREE CONTEMPORARY BALLETS, ALL CHOREOGI~&PHED BY MODERN [3AY DANCE MAVENS. FROM KURT JOOSS’ BRI LLIANT CLASSIC TO NACHO DUATO’S CURRENT HIT. MOV[MENT ON THE CUTTING EDGE. BODIES IN ACTION. BOTH ARTISTICALLY AND ATHLETICALLY. DANCE IN PURSUIT OF WHAT’S NEXT. MUCH TO THE DELIGHT OF OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS. THE GREEN TABLE. THE MORE THINGS CHANGE. THE MORE WAR STAYS THE SAME. 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Harvard, Suite 21.0, Tulsa 74135 Sing Out, Sing Out, Wherever You Are! couNciL oak Our voices comfort those in pain Our voices combat oppression Our voices educate the ignorant Our voices inspire Our voices win freedom The Council Oak Men’s Chorale is a dedicated group of gay men united to present a positive image for ourselves, our community and society as a whole through excellence in the performance of choral music. i For information on becoming a member call (918) 585-COMC Now it is time for our voices to be heard. ~= SUNDAYS Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 Community ofHope (United Methodist), Service - 6pm; 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800 Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation Service - 1 lam, 2545 S. 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Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615. by Adam West Toby Sligh is one of those characters, heroes really, who comes along only once a generation or so. Like Ishmael or Pip or Hamlet, he brings out all of 0urfears anddreams andhopes and desires. Don’t get me wrong, Daniel Vilmure, the author of Toby’s Lie is not yet a Melville or Dickens. He’s nowhere near Shakespeare. But when this promising young author decided to make a worthwhile character, he really overshot his mark. Toby is in love with Ia~., the one-eyed rich kid that has the "most popular" spot at their Jesuit-run Catholic school. Toby wants to take Ian to the prom. This causes quite a stir, which gets Toby even more confusedthanhis mothermoving out of the house for mysterious reasons. It confuses him morethan the beautiful Latin priest who may or may not be the child molester ofyoungToby’s dreams. It confuses him more than his theoretically drug-dealing best friend. It confuses him almost as much as his relationship with the AIDS-stricken priest that’]ae visits at lan’s behest in the local hospital. Toby’s life gets thrown around in a whirlwindofstrangefriends, strangerfamily and familiar strangers. It is how Toby ¯grows tofignreeverything out, andaceept the strangeness, that makes him a hero. And make no mistake - to the young people growing up Gay in this world l’oby Sligh should be a hero. What struck me most about Toby’s Lie was the fact that it’s a cleverly disguised AIDS novel. Don~t be put off. We’ve all had enough of our emotions beingjerked around by badly written, overly soap opera- ish, ’woe-is-me’ plays, movies, books, articles, poems, and television specials. But we should not become disinterested by a work that truly captures what AIDS has done to our community (by ’community’ I mean Earth, not the local ’ghetto’). This problem is not over, and Toby’s Lie reminds us of that. Finally, an author reminds us, touches us, in a way that provokes thought instead of stifling it. ]’oby’s problems are many. He’s bombarded onall sides by the schemes and lies of everyone he knows. He’s not innocent. But he is honest.., in a way that few of us are ever tndy so: Toby is willing to say what he fears. And in the end when the fear ofAIDS piles on top of all the others, l’oby greets it with true courage. What Toby’s Lie tinally brings us is a unique novel in Gay literature. Vilmure has not succumbed to the need to whine that our supposed classics (like E.M. Forster, Edmund White or Andrew Ric Poston, OklahomaMr. Leather will host a multi-family garage sale to help with his titleholder travel fund. This event will be held in Jenks at 420 West Eighth .on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 20-21, from 7am to dark. Donations of furniture, clothes, magazines, etc. will be accepted and can be picked up by calling 299-6442. Tol~ Sli~h is one of those ~lmracters, heroes really, ~ho come alon~ only once a ~eneratlon or so. Like Ishmael or Pip or Hamlet, he brin~s out. all of our fea~s and dreams and hopes and desires. Holleran) have. Vilmure is aware of the dangers Of being Gay and being young. He’s aware of everything that scares us. However, unlikemostofus who are afraid, this author faces the fear with introspection and grace and dignity. Toby does not run away fromhis fears in the end, and that is what saves his life. This is a coming of age novel, but Toby grows up like most of us do not - Toby learns to stand up for himself. This is a quality that is sadly lacking in the Gay community, no matter how many snappy queens you know. I’d like to digress a little here, soforgivemeinadvance. This is after all my last review for you (I’m moving to New York!). Do you remember Blaxploitation?Thosehorren- ¯ dous movies, books and television shows ¯¯ (Yes, Shaftwasjustas awful as Blacula!) that poured onto the market when enter- ." tainment moguls realized that Black ¯ people liked TVtoo? ¯ I’d like to send you a warning. Beware ¯¯ of Queer-ploitation. The signs of its arrival arehere (was In andOutor To Wong ¯ Foo really for us, even if they were much ¯ loftier than Blacula?). I came across it ¯ most recently when I started a book for ¯ this very review. The book is called Eye ¯ Contact and it is a mystery with a Gay ¯ protagonist. After my years of schooling ¯ and intelligent discourse about literature, ¯ Icouldonly thinkofonewordthatsummed ¯ up this book: stupid. ¯" Don’t be fooled by the attractive half- ¯. nakedman on the cover- his picure is not worth the price. Or the support a purchase ¯ shows to the publisher who would put out : a badly-written, ill-conceived novel, just ¯ because they discovered Gay people read ¯ tOO. ¯ Be careful what you buy. Just because a : book has a Gay protagonist, does not ¯ mean it is good to buy. Don’t let them ¯ think they can sell us Good Times when ¯ we could be purchasing Will and Grace. ¯ Buy Toby’s Lie or Blue Coyote (reviewed ¯ last month), rather than something that ¯ has a pretty chest on the cover and no muscle inside. ¯ Thank you for reading my reviews and take care of us. ¯ Adam West is no longer a resident of ¯ Tulsa or Oklahoma, having relocated the ¯ Batcave to the state of New York. He ¯ practically has no credentials, and he ¯ certainly no longer has ajob. ¯ Editor’s note: Tulsa Family News would ¯ like to thank Adamfor his work as a book ¯ reviewer and to wish him good luck and ¯ much warmth as he moves to the frozen northland.s. ¯ Poston, as Oklahoma Mr. Leather, has ¯ traveled to 14 community events in the ¯ last H weeks. He’sbeentotheDistrictof ¯ ¯ Columbia twice, San Francisco and the Mid:Atlantic redon. Poston wants corn- ¯ munity members to know that he is avail- : abletoassistinbenefitsandalsohasgiven ¯ seminars on Gay family structurerecently ¯ to Red Rock and to PFLAG. He will be ¯ going to IML, Intemational Mr. Leather ¯ inMay, hoping to continue theOklahoma ¯ tradition of Leather leadership. 748.5304 THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART We knowyou’re going to love this[ Restaurant & Cabaret 310 East First Street 918-599-9949 Massage Therapy Services V Edgar O. Cruz, L.M.T. 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Boyd Street, Norman, OK 405/325-3272, Free Admission, Museum Store Organized by the Frederick R.Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and made possible with the assistance of OAC, the NAHC HoteLrMotel Tax and the NEA. Editor’s note: our DIYD expert is in an " try a few out, as there is some slight alternative universe this month, at least . variation even within a similarlot ofhamaccording to her answering machine. She ~ mers. promises to return to earlh orbit with a o A tape measure is handy to have as new column next month. In the meantime, well, since accurate measurements help we repeat this useful column from last ensure successful projects. My advice is March. to buynothing less than by Mary Schepers Everyone al6 ft and preferably a Everyone needs a needs a t0oll~it. 25 ft. There is a meatoolkit. Our editor suring tape called the laughs lasciviously and Our editor laughs "’E-Z Rule" that not offers his own sugges- laselvlously and only has the cry.ptic dons, which I won’t hashmarksbetweenthe dignify by repeating, o~ers ]~is own inches but also the ac- Whether your ambisuggestions, whleh I tual measurement in tions extend no further number (i.e. 1/8, 1/2, than installing mini- won’t dignify 5/8,etc.)foraquickand blinds, or whether it easy fix on just where involves "project fan- by repeating, you are. I confess that, tasies" on a regular ba- Wl~etber your prior to owning an E-Z sis, some basic tools Rule, I sometimes had should bc standard in ambitions extend no to count out the hash any home. ~urtl~er than marks to verify my To begin with; a few measurement, ttome of the DIYD’s basic installing mlni-bllnds, repairs don’t have to rules: first, buy the best - or wl~etl~er it involves be that painful - oh, tools you can afford, memories of Sister Trust me on this one; it "project fantasies" Mary Agnes’ s math does make adifference, class!Always try to use and it’s a worthwhile on a regular basis, the measuring tool maxim to follow, even some basic tools each time; this is really if you must occasion- critical ff you are meaally resort to layaway should, be standard suring things that need ordelayedgratffieation, i~i any borne, to fit together, as I Second, honor your found out to my distools and save yoursdfalot offrustration: may inmy early handy-dyke days. Seems keep your tools together and organized, there there’s always some variation even They deserve b~tter than to be chucked with something as standard as measureunceremoniously into your standardjunk ment. Of course, size queens have known drawer, or under the seat of your car, or - this for years. horrors! - propping up a potted plant. A few wrenches are also he~udy to have Third, think about the tasks you do most about. My recommendations: one pair of often and- buy the necessary tools first, normal pliers; one pair of slip joint phers A screwdriver set is almost a given. If (channel locks); and one pair of adjustyoudon’t thinkitis essential tohavemore able locking pliers (vise grips). This is a than just one, used indiscriminately for bare minimum. If you are going to get everything, please bear with me. Bare serious about home repairs, I’d also sugminimum, four screwdrivers: large and gest a small set of combination box end/ small each of a fiat blade and a Phillips open end wrenches in the standard (not head (cross shaped) screwdriver. Myself, metric) size, a pair of needle nose pliers, I like four.of each type as a minimum, some wire cutters (aka, "Dykes" -Inn), frommonstroustominute;mosttaskswill and at least one pipe wrench. However, fall somewhere in the middle, but its great the bare minimum will take care of most to have the extremes (no, not the Supremes) basic jobs. on hand when you need them. Referring back to Rule no. 2, do your- Using the proper type .and size screw- self and your tools a favor and keep them driver helps prevent the frustration of together.I’mnotjustbeingabitanalhere; cam-out (or"wallerin’ out", as I was raised I’m still looking for tools I used to rehab to say) when you are halfway finished my house. Suggestions: a tool drawer in driving a screw and can neither go further the house; a peg board with hooks in the nor back it out. When selecting screw- garage; a plastic bucket or trays with drivers, it is easy to ignore Rule no. 1: handles or a gatemouth bag. The there’s Darlings, don’t do it! Cheap drivers bend, my favorite, the tool brit. I always keep a break and lose head integrity, which also ¯ hammer, a couple of screwdrivers, ameacontributes to cam-out. You didn’t save : suring tape and a small pair of vise grips much money if you blow through a set of : in mine, along with a carpenter’ s pencil. I screwdriverseveryyear.Finally,useyour ¯ can just grab that little darling and get drivers to drive screws only. They are ° started on any basic tasks right away. It neither cold chisels noricepicks norham- ¯ also holds the nails, screw, drill bits, etc. mers. that I’ll be using specific to that task. A proper hammer should also be in ° Tins brings me to a cautionary tale. My your basic tool box anyway. There are all " friend C. was on a ladder nailing some sortsofhammers-finishing,framiug,ball ¯ sidingrecenfly;shecarfiedhernailsinthe peen, etc. If you only have one hammer, ¯ time-honored yet dangerous method - make it acarpenter’s hammer. It candrive " between her lips. She and the ladder took or pull nails, nudge a stubborn board into " a tumble, a nail went down her throat, place, even demolish that tacky Pepto ¯ resulting in a $3500 trip to the ER. In that pinktile tub surround. Once again, review ¯ Light, a tool belt is also very economical. Rule no. 1. A cheap hammer will beat you If this st0ry doesn’ t convince of the merits like a stepchild if you useit for any length ¯ of a tool belt, please consider its aesthetof time. A hammer should feel well-bal- ¯ ics: a tool belt has a certain butchly charm anced in your hand and comfortable to : that almost defies description. Just ask the grip. Stanley makes a good hamm,er, but " men and women who know. by Esther Rothblum ¯ publishers. One publisher said they had Irecentlyhadaconversation~vithElana : too many Jews on their list already!" Dykewomon about her latest book Be- " When Elana was doing a reading of a yond the Pale, a novd about the lives of ¯ section of the book, an editor who hap- RussianJewishLesbianswhoimmigrated " pened to be in the audience knew of antoNorthAmericanattheturn "~rhen I was 12 or other woman who was of the century. Elana searching for Lesbian mate- Dykewomontmsalwaysbro- 18,I tried tol~ll rial to adapt for her ken new ground. Her book myself. I was one of storytelling performances. Riverfinger Womanwas one "My of the first Lesbian novels, those statistics of section was then dramatized," Elana told me. "I Beyond the Pale won the adolescent Les[rians saw this woman, Helen 1998 Lambda Literary who attempt su~elde. Mintz, performing it once Award for Lesbian fiction, and I was floored. It’ s amaz- I asked her how she be- "~hen I was . ing to see someone act your came a writer. "I was always institutionali~d, work. She performed it in writing. I was a writing Vancouver where the edichild," she said."When I was I realked tlmt tors of Press Gang Publish- 12 or 13, I tried to kill my- writers didn’t kave ers heard it and wrote to me self. I was one of those statistics of adolescent Lesbi- to be 0endered in the askingmeif they could consider publishing the book." ans who at[empt suicide, same way that 01rls As Elana continued WhenI was institutionalized, -. and boys did. work on the book, shehad to I realized that writers didn’ t researchmany aspects oflife have to be gendered in the same way that at the turn of the century. "I had toread the . girls and boys did. That is, I could choose really dry stuff," she said, "like the history to be neither a traditional girl nor boy; I of the grain trade in Odessa. I couldn’t go could be a writer." Elana.found that she to Russia, so I was looking for descripcould be eccentric and free in that m.le as tions of streets and figuring outwhat daily a writer, life was like. My girlfriend Susan In college at the California Institute of Levenkind is a librarian and she was very Arts, Elanamet anumber of experimental good at finding tbings out for me. I would poets and became active in Gay libera- read a book and then use their bibliogration. One of her teachers knew someone phy as a starting point. I learnedhow to be in publishing. ’¢Fhis was 1971, and they an historian." A friend gave her a book were starting a slightly pornographic se- about the Women’ s Trade Union League, ties for housewives to cash in on the new which turned out be quite a Lesbian orgafeminist sexuality," Elana remembered, nization. She went to labor libraries, and laughing, "and told me to write up my even looked up the transportation system experiences. I wrote the first third of the in New York City at the turn of the cenbook in !8 straight hours. I wanted to tury. write a Lesbian novel with a happy end- At book readings, Elana prefers seeing." But the publisher said it was not tlons of her book that describe the powhat they were looking for. groins in Russia. "I also like to read the By this time Elana had moved to the sectionsthathavealittlesexinthem,"she women’ s community in Northampton, said. For example, when Chava and Rose Massachusetts. The feminist publisher fall in love: Daughters Inc. had sent flyers around "Rose leaned towards me, put her hand townand afriendrecommended thatElana on my cheek to turn my face so we could send her book to thatnew company. They see each other... ’So if you want to and I accepted Riverfinger Woman whichcame want to, who starts?’ out in print in 1974, one year after they I pulled the tenement air down to the published Rubyfruit Jungle. The Naiad bottom of my lungs. This was harder than Press reprint of Riverfinger Woman con- goingout on strike. I moved my lips onto eludes with an essay detailing Elana’s Rose’ s. Together. We had been lying in process in getting this book published, bed together for more than two years. Elana went on to publish three more ¯ Careful.Cousins. Leftside, rightside, I’m books before her current novel. They Will worn out, me too, goodnight. KnowMeByMy Teeth was a colleclion of No, I changed my mind as the kissshort stories which she self-published in engulfed our faces and my hands found 1976. She also published abook ofpoems the soft flesh of her shoulders and pressed entitled Fragments From Lesbos. In 1995 her close. This was easier than going on Onlywomen Press published her book of strike. This was easier than anything." poems Nothing Will BE As Sweet As The The response from readers has been Taste. Elana also had a long stint as an wonderful. ’T ve gotten lots ofletters sayeditor of the feminist periodical Sihister ing ’This is my grandmother’s Story’ or Wisdom. ’now I understand my history’ or hetero- Beyond the Pale began over ten years sexualwomenintheir70s or80s wholove ago as a poem. After she had written that this story," said Elana. poem, Elana felt that there was a longer . The "Lammies" (Lambda Literary story there. "So I started to think who ¯ Awards) are to Lesbian writing what the these two women would be and who their ¯ Oscars are to Hollywood. Elana’ s award familieswouldbe, whatwouldmakethem " for Lesbian fiction is the eqnivalent of the migrate. I started to read old books about " best actress award in the Oscars. She was travellors in Russia at the turn of the : awarded the most recent Lammy for Lescentury. The depths of the anti-Semitism ¯ bian fiction. in these books was stnnning to me." For further information, contact Elana "I wrote what became the midwife’s " Dykewomon at dyke@sfsu.edu. Beyond story, and decided this could be a novel. ¯ the Pale was published in 1997 by Press When the first half of the book was done, " Gang Publishers, 225 East 17th Ave., I got someunencouraging responses from " Vancouver, B.C. VSV IA6, Canada. IGTA member Call 341.6866 International Toursformoreinformation. AUTHENTIC FRESH ITALIAN RAINBOW CUS1NE TROUT ofEureka Springs Voted Number One in Arkansas] (501) 253-680Z Closed Wednesday 5 Center Street, Eureka Springs, AR 72632 COCONUT BEER BATTERED SHRIMP PRIME RIB FRESH CLAMS VE(;IE STIR FRY COG;tUILE ST. JAGIUES MAHI-MAHI RACKOF LAMB CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE Red Rock Tulsa O’RYAN Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Netxvork Outreach Program Thurs. 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Cincinnati. 582-4128 The Episcopal Church Welcomes You "It is this organizing at the state level that will ultimately counter the hostility and gridlock we have come to know from our nation’s capital," she added. Never before in the history of the Gay rights movement has there been a coordinated political campaxgn of actions in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Equality Begins at Homerepresents anew phase of the movement - a focus on state orgamzing and legislatures. The vast majority of debates and decisions about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender equality occur in state legislatures. Equality Begins atHome will bolster the infrastructure of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, andTransgendermovement within the states - where the heart of the struggle for equality lies - and lead to greater success in the overall struggle for equality. Each state organization will develop events to highlight priority issues: * In California, activists will focus on defeating an anti-Gay ballot measure to be put before voters next year. Events will include a rally and youth lobby day. * In New Hampshire, activists will hold a rally at the state capitol to focus attention on the need to repeal a state law banning Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender people from adopting children. * In Nebraska, organizers will target workplace discrimination. They will hold a lobby day and circulate a "Workplace Fairness Petition" to business owners Early on, Tulsa Family News was’told not to expect fair treatment from this operation due to the religious prejudices of the owner, Larry Payton. And true to that warning, Payton never has taken Tulsa’s Gay community seriously as part of his market. They do send out press releases sometimes but at least on one occasion only after the deadlines for every monthly pul~- lication had passed. There’s not much point in writing about this sort of event two weeks after it’s over. It would be one thing if their decisions were made on serious business rationale such as reach of a publication or the cost for a particular market segment. But Payton openly admits that he is motivated by religion; that is, as a Southern Baptist he feels it’s his religious duty to discriminate against Gay readers. Now what was it that Jesus said? Love your neighbor as yourself, wasn’t it? Is that how he would want to be treated? Note, however, that he doesn’t hesitate to use Gays when it is to his advantage, say, like many of the people with whom he does business: the actors, the theatrical companies, even a member of his own staff. The one time he advertised with this newspaper for The Phantom ofthe Opera was because we contacted The Phantom company who -~magine, were mostly Gay men. It seems they thought reaching out to us was a good idea. Oh well, don’t look to see info. about these companies anytime soonif wejudge from past performance. But we always hold out hope for redemption, that these hard hearts might be softened. Meanwhile don’t miss the new shows at Philbrook. Drop by Gilcrease too when throughout the state. "The battleground for equality has moved to the states, and so have we," said Paula Ettelbrick, Equality Begins atHome national coordinator. "We are throwing down the gauntlet and demanding that state officials resist the right wing’s efforts to deny us our basic fights as citizens," Ettelbrick added. Equality Begins at Home is part of a campaign to counter the growing muscle of the right wing and its anti-Gay attacks. In the last few years, the right has passed dozens of anti-Gay laws in dozens of states. In addition, 1998 was one of the most vicious years in recent memory. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott likened homosexuality to kleptomania and sex addiction. Congress introduced a number of mean-spirited anti-Gay measures. Rightwing groups launched a major advertising campaign attacking Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender people. In addition, voters approved anti-Gay ballot measures in Alaska; Hawaii; Fayetteville, Arkansas; Fort Collins, Colorado; and Ognnquit, Maine "Our demands are simple and in line with basic American values: the right to be safe, to have a family, to hold ajob, and to participate fully as citizens. It’ s exactly what every American wants anddeserves," said Gina Reiss, co-chair of the Federation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Statewide Political Orgamzations and executive director of New Jersey Lesbian and Gay Coalition. For a calendar of events for Equality Beg ins atHome, please view our web site at http://www.equalitybeginsathome.org Note also that February will be quite the month for dance with the Tulsa Ballet seemingly getter better with ev cry performance (2/5-7 The Green Table. Equinoxe and Jardi Tancat) and Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo in for just one, mind you, just one fabulous "men in tights" performanceon March 16th. Don’t miss it! - TFN entertainment editor Bill Laforttme. In Republican circles, it’s said that Gov. Frank Keating has suggested that he would not oppose the amendment. Also the following bills were introduced in the Oklahoma House: HB1224- An Act relating to children; amending 10 O.S. Supp. 1998, Section 7503-1.1, which relates to eligibility to adopt a child; making persons in certain cohabitation relationship ineligible to adopt a child. Author - Pope, Tim. HB 1707 - An Act relating to children: amending 10 O.S. Supp. 1998, Section 7503-1.1, which relates to eligibility to adopt; prohibiting certain persons from adopting children. Author - Graves, Bill HB 1314 - An Act relating to the Oklahoma Department of Libraries; mandating certain policies related to identification and separation of sexually explicit materials. Author - Graves, Bill HB 1703 - An Act relating to state government; prohibiting certain discrimanation;. Authors - Graves, Bill HB 1703 - An Act relating to state government; prohibiting certain discrimination; to any individual ol group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national operation in public employment, education, or contracting. Author - Graves, Bill Plans for 1999 include a creative arts night in .February both for the artistically inclined and the not so artistically indined, a bingo night in March, dance lessons in February, a Sadie Hawkins dance in May, a camping and float trip in June, a spirituality and healing arts night in July, a Casino night in August, a,.weekend in Eureka Springs in October, movie night in November, and a hiatus in December (since so much else is going on anyway) and then in January 2000, a progressive potluck dinner. Additionally the group has planned a Memorial Day alternative picnic and softball game for May. "We tried to create a wide diversity of ideas and activities knowingthat not every one enjoys the same kind of things," said Joan. "It was also suggested to have mid-month bike rides, walking groups, bowling nights and other sports related activities ." Joan added, "we hope to attract singles, couples and break down some of the barriers womenhave for attending. All of our activities have a small fee to help offset printing and postage and site rental costs. We are also planning fund raisers for different organizations." To learn more about Gal-A-Vanting or to get the mailing list, call Mary at 743- 6740, Kathy at 322-6322, or Barb at 459- 6825. but specifically shielded only heterosexual, and nothomosexual, activity. The decision prompted protests by Gay civil rights activists, who said the ruling denied them eq]aal rights. The Court of Appeals also was silent on anal sex, which remained illegal for everyone in the state. The ACLU asked Rombro to declare the law unconstitutional, but the judge instead ruled the Court of Appeals’ decision on oral sex should extend to homosexual activity as well. In the final ruling, Rombro agreed that private, consensual anal sex also cannot be prosecuted under the law. AlthoughACLU leaders had originally planned to lobby the Maryland General Assembly to rescind or amend the old law, Sullivan said the organization is now satisfied with the judge’s ruling. Andrew H. Baida, an assistant attorney general, said state officials want to keep the old law to help prosecute cases of sexual .assault,prostitution or sex inpublicplaces. Center spokesman, Greg, adds that the Center also is hosting regular Pride Dances every other Saturday at 8pro. The Center ¯¯ now has a pool table to supplement the ping-pong and foosball tables it had be- " fore. Also, Centerlegal counsel, Kerry Lewis, ¯ shared that the board of directors of Tulsa : Oklahomans for Human Rights, the par- ¯ ent organization of the Pride Center, had : responded to the eviction notice of the : Center’s landlord. ¯ - Without delving into the legal partieu- ¯ larities, the board responded to the notice : saying that the Centerwas withinits rights ¯ under thelaw to post its signs and that the ¯ landlordhadWrongfully terminated their ¯ lease. The gist of the matter, according to ¯ Lewis is that all rights go to the tenant : unless specifically restricted by the landlord. ¯ Lewis stated too that the landlord and ¯ his attorney had failed to show up at a : meeting that was scheduled to try to re- . solve the conflict. : Lewis added that the landlord had been : asked to respond in a timely fashion, or : else, the board would seek legal redress ¯ for the damages already suffered by the : Center. ¯ Editor’s note: TFN will provide our ¯ readers an update to this conflict in our ¯ March issue. Classifieds - how to work them: First 30 words are $10. Each additional word is 25 cents. Options for your ad: Bold headline - $1, all capital letters - $1, all bold & capital letters - $2, ad in box - $2, Ad reversed - $3, tear sheet mailed - $2 Blind P.O. Box - $5 Please type or print your ad. Count the words - word is a group of letters or numbers separated by a space. TFNreserves the right to edit or refuse any ad. No refunds. 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Earlier testimony indicated Shepard was singled out party because he was Gay. Ms. Pasley’s boyfriend, Russell Arthur Henderson, 21, and another man, Aaron James.iMcKinney, 21, are accused of first-degree murder, kidnapping and aggravated robbery. Both pleaded innocent and will be tried separately next year. McKiuney’s girlfriend, Kristen LeAnn Price, 19, was ¯ Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Location-~ i Tulsa Plans 1st Ever Pride Parade, 18th Pride Picnic ¯ TULSA - For a number of years, Oklahoma’s only Gay Pride ¯" Paradehas beenin Oklahoma City. But this year that will change. Organizers ofTulsa’s anmml Pride events have scheduled Tulsa’s first Gay Pride parade for ¯ June 12. ¯ The parade is tenta¯ tively scheduled to begin at the Pride Center, the ¯ Gay commuuity center at @KJ MA ¯ 38th & Peoria and will ¯ move up Peoria through ¯ Brookside to 31st St. Then theparade will follow 31st to Riverside Drive and continue to Veterans Park for the 18th annual Pride PRIDE ’99 picnic. Because of the higher cost involved in organizing a parade (fees for police assisfance, street closings, etc.) organizers are IT’S TIME FOR TULSA! seeking major corporate MJOAINKEYAODUIRFFECROEMNCMEUNAINTDY sponsorship beyond that IN SUPPOP£flNG THIS EVENI~. which they’ve received CALL 743.4297 FOR. INFO! (former corporate supporters have included American Airlines, Coors, Budweiser and Miller as well as Pepsi- Pride Activities Graphics Cola). Sponsors are sought atthe $2000, S 1000 and $500 level as well as at a $250 non-profit level. Major sponsors will receive high visibility in all event materials (program, t-shirts, and other promotional materials). Withmore corporate support, organizers hope to provide a tent otherwise, have been quite successful in bringing also charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree for better shelter from the heat ¢and murder. !~Is. Pricepleaded innocent and will go on ~rial .. e ’ " " ...... ~:~:- ’ " ’~ - potentially, any rain).Also ¯ theCentertothe~attent~onofmor,epeople,localan& Ma,, 24¯ Afithorities said "~’e w"<’~ ~’o~2~ a;~rZ’ ~x ~.~ "-’ xpa~ea-:..ente~tamment,~s-p~annea with lon~fim~ TUfsa dive, ~" ou~50f-towners. Oat~V~0~ ~dso S~id ~hat financial : fundraiser and community activist. Miss Kris Kohl helping to support for the Center is up though many more bloody clothing worn by Henderson. ¯ orgamze those efforts. For more information, call Ric Martin. members need to join in order to reach their goal of Tulsa! At the hearing, posecutor Cal Rerncha told District Judge Jeffrey A. Donnell that if Pasley’s case had gone to trial, the state would have produced evidence to indicateHenderson and McKinneyhad attacked Shepard with "premeditated malice," and "inflicted pain and torture On this individual." "Pleadings for his life fell on deaf ears," Rerucha said. see Shepard, p. 10 Oregon Bans Workplace Bias SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A December Oregon Court of Appeals ruling has effectively outlawedjob discrimination based on sexual orientation across the state, state officials said. The ruling involved a lawsuit by three lesbian employees at Oregon Health Sciences University who claimed their domestic partners were entitled to benefits. Though the school began offering such benefits last June, the court nailed down the university’s obligations. State government also began offering gay partner benefits to its 45,000 employees in June. The "denial of insurance benefits to the unmarried partners of its homosexual employees" violated the equal protection provisions of the Oregon Constitution, said a unanimous three-judge panel. The state attorney general’s office said the ruling puts sexual orientation on the same level as gendeT discriminat~ ion. ’q’his tells Oregonians that discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, public and private, is illegal," said Deputy Attorney General David Schuman. Basic Rights Oregon, see Oregon, p. 10 DIRECTORY/LETrERS P. 2 EDITORIAL P. 3 US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 HEALTH NEWS P. 6 COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9 BOOK REVIEW P. 10 DO-IT-YOURSELF-DYKE P. 11 DYKE PSYCHE ~ P. 12 GAY STUDIES: ANTHROPOLOGY P. 13 CLASSIFIEDS + WEERWOLF P. 14 ¯ parade chair, or 2vfitchell Savage, picnic chair, at 743-4297. ¯ Law Group .To Offer Gay Issues Sem,nar ,n OKC ¯ OKLAHOMA CITY-OLGLA, the Oklahoma Lesbian and Gay Law Associauon will present a Continuing Legal Educatioh seminar this next March (date and location to be announced), "WhereAreWe &Vvqaere DoWeGo From Here- How to Handle ; Lesbian and Gay Law Issues", in Oklahoma City. Featured speakers will be longtime Lesbian political and legal activist, Paula Ettelbrick. Ettelbrick was formerly the Legal Director for Lambda Legal Defense and Education" Fund, a national civil ¯ fights litigation organizauon. She now selwes as Legislative Comisel for the Empire State Pride Agenda, a statewide Lesbian ." andGaypolitical organization in the State ofNew York. Ettelbrick also teaches "Sexuality and the La~ at the Umversxty of Michigan Law School and New York University Law School. She will speak on "Legislatively Lawyering?" : Also speaking will be Suzanne Goldberg, a staff attorney for ¯ Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund who has been involved in numerous cases involving the legal rights of Lesbian and Gay citizens. Currently she is representing several Arkansas ¯ citizens in a challenge to the Arkansas "’sodomy" law. She is also ¯" counsel in the case of Equality Foundation of Greater Cincinnati ¯ v. City ofCincinnati, to contest an anti-gayballotmeasure similar to Colorado,s Amendment 2, which was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in Romer v. Evans. Ms. Goldberg’s CLE topic is ¯ "’Update on Legal Issues Affecting Lesbians and Gays". ¯ Other topics will include, "’EmploymentDiscriminationAgainst Lesbians and Gays," "Jury Nullification of Legal Protections for ¯ Lesbians and Gays," and "Best Interest of the Child: Custody ¯ Issues for Lesbian and Gay Parents.’" Jimmy Goodman of Crowe & Dunlevv’s Oklahoma City ¯ office and Kerry Lewis from Rhodes, Hieron’ymus, Jones, Tucker & Gable in Tulsa will moderate the sessions¯ The OLGLA is a statewide organization for attorneys who are ¯ supportive ofthelegal issues facing Lesbians and Gays.-Formore ¯ inlbmaation, call Kerry Lewis at 918-582-1173. PrideCenter Served With Eviction Notice TULSA - The Pride Center, Tulsa’s Gay & Lesbian Community Center, has been served with an eviction notice by its landlord. TheCenter, which is a program of Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights, Inc. (TOHR) a tax-exempt, educational not-for-profit corporation, was charged by the new building owners with violating its lease by hanging new vinyl signs on the south and west faces of the upper floor, stated Center spokesperson, Greg Gatewood. The signs read,"Gay Commumty Center and Pride Store, Benefiting The Gay Communit)-". Gatewood, who is a member of the TOHR board of directors, indicated that the lease did require getting .prior permission for any building signs from the building owner, and that the owner alleges that permission was not requested. Gatewood also noted that the owner objected to the vinyl banner or "temporary" quality of the signs. He says the owner claims he has no objection to the content of the signs, i.e. their "Gayness." Gatewood did say that the organization has had a similar vinyl sign up without objection from the prior landlord until it was stolen and that other tenants have had a variety of similar signs up. However, on advice of their legal counsel, board members have removed the signs until they can hold a board meeting and determine a suitable response to the building owner. Some real estate observers have speculated that the move on the part of the new landlord may be motivated by the desire to move out a lower paying tenan! and lease the space at a higher rate. Gatewood said that the TOHR board will meet within the next two weeks. He added that the signs, 1,000 supporters by the end of the year. Red Rock Efforts for Gay Youth Expand TULSA - She has a familiar face but it’s in a new location. Lisa Pottorf, seen by many in Tulsa’s Lesbian and Gay co~mnunities as a guardian angel for Gay and Lesbian youngsters, is now with Red Rock Behavioral Health Services’ Tulsa office. Her position was formerly held by Betsy Murphy who came from Red Rock’s Oklahoma City programs to open their Tulsa office. The Tulsa office began a program for young adults that became known as O’RYAN, Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network, an outreach organization for Lesbian, Gay, Bi and questioning 18- 24 year olds. The organization later created a program called O’RYAN Jr. to provide support for youths from 14-18 years old. As part of the O’RYAN efforts, the group IS now holding a drop-in time at the Pride Center every Tuesday from 2:30 - 5pm. Pottoff acts much like a surrogate morn to most of those who attend the group, though she, as she ¯ ° puts it, is ably assisted by Ken Draper, who began ¯ working with the program as a volunteer. ¯ Red Rock also does free, confidential HIV test- . ing at the Pride Center on Tuesdays from 5-8 pm ¯ and at their offices at 1724 Fast Sth on Wednesdays ¯ from 5-8pm. Their office which is adjacent to the ¯ Center for the Physically Limited also provided ¯ mental health support for that organization. Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. 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Delaware 712-1511 *Democratic Headquarters, 3930 E. 31 742-2457 Dignity/integrity of Tulsa - Lesbian & Gay Catholics & " Episcopalians, POB 701475,74170-1475 355-3140 *Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441 *Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777 *Free SpiritWomen’s Center, call for location&info: 587-4669 918.583.1248, fax: 583.4615, POB 4140, Tulsa. OK 74159 e-mall: TulsaNews@ earthlink.net website; http://users.aol.com/TulsaNews/ Publisher + Editor: Tom Neal Writers + e0ntributors: James Christjohn, Jean-Claude de Flambeauchaud Barry. Hensley, J.-P. Legrandbouche, Lamont Lindstrom Esther Rothblum, Mary Schepers, Adam West Member of The Associated Press Issued on or before the 1st of each month, the entire contents of this ~4uc,~blication are protected by US copyright 1998 by.TJ arid may not be reproduced either in whole or in part without written pemaission from the publisher. Publication of a name or photo does not indicate a person’s sexual orientation. 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Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222 : *Tulsa City Hall, GroundFloor Vestibule ¯ *Tulsa Community College Campuses ¯ *Rogers University (formerly UCT) ¯ BARTLESVILLE : *Bartlesville Public Library, 600 S. Johnstone 918-337-5353 ": OKLAHOMA CITY/NORMAN ¯ *Borders Books &Music, 3209NWExpressway 405848-2667 ¯ *Borders Books & Music, 300 Norman Center 405-573-4907 ¯ TAHLEQUAH ¯ *Stonewall League, call for information: 918-456-7900 ¯ *Tahlequah Unitarian-Universalist Church 918-456-7900 ¯ *Green Country AIDS Coalition, POB 1570 918-453-9360 : NSU School of Optometry, 1001 N. Grand : HIVtesting every other Tues. 5:30-8:30, call for dates ¯ EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS ¯ *Autumn Breeze Restaurant, Hwy. 23 501-253-7734 *Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main 501-253-7457 DeVito’s Restaurimt, 5 Center St. 501-253-6807 ¯ *Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St. 501-253-5445 ¯ MCC of the Living Spring 501-253-9337 ¯ Geek to Go!, PC Specialist, POB 429 501-253-2776 ¯ Old Jailhouse Lodging, 15 Montgomery 501-253-5332 ¯ Positive Idea Marketing Plans 501-624-6646 ¯ Sparky’s, Hwy. 62 East 501-253-6001 : *White Light, 1 Center St. 501-253-4074 ¯ FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS5 ¯ *Edna’s, 9 S. School Ave. 501-442-2845 ¯ JOPLIN, MISSOURI ¯ *Spirit of Christ MCC, 2639E. 32, Ste. U134 417-623-4696 ¯ * is where you can find TFN. Notall are Gay-owned butall are Gay-friendly. Remember Matthew Shepard by Donating Books to the University of Wyoming A Different Light bookstore is offering a unique way to honor Matthew Shepard. Customers can purchase any new hardcover book and donate it "In Memory of Matthew." The collection of books will then be sent to the Universtiy ofWyoming, where Shepard was a student. Each donated book will have a bookplate stating, ’q’his .book was donated inmemory ofMatthew Shepard: 1976-1998." A list of suggested titles is available at the store, including books specifically requested by the University of Wyoming library. A Different Light is at 8853 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. For more details, call 310.854.6601. - via e-mail Editor’s note: A Different Light is one of the US’s oldest Gay & Lesbian independent bookstores with locations in Los Angeles and New York City. Scouting for All Dear Scouting For All Supporters, So far over this last year Scouting For All has collected dose to 28,000 signatures. My goal is one million. I am asking youall to standwithmeinmyeffort to end discrimination by the Boy Scouts of : America against Gay kids and adults. ¯ My dad and I, with the help of friends, : collecteddoseto3,000 signatures inNew ¯" York and over 5,000 signatures in San ¯ Francisco in just 3 days. Alex, a tender- : foot scout in the midwest who is support- ~ ing me, collectb,d 400 signatures himsdf. : Alex is 12 years old! ¯ Every signature helps and represents’a ¯ voice of protest. If we really want to see : this policy of discrimination change I am ] asking all of you to step up our efforts of : getting signatures. I am asking each of ¯ you to collect at least 100 signatures. ~ By collecting signatures you also edu- : cate thepublic thatagreat youthorganiza- ¯ tion in America, the Boy Scouts of : America, has one thing wrong about it. -" It teaches us scouts to discriminate against people who they say are different - who they say don’t have family values. How can the Boy Scouts of America say that?They mustnotknow any Gay people like I do. If they did they’d change their policy against Gays tomorrow. I am asking your help to make the Boy Scouts a better program that’s for all kids. To getblank copies ofthepetition, go to out website at: http://www.scouting~forall.org/ petition.htm and print out as many copies as you need. There’s an address at the bottom where you can mail completed petitions back to US. I’m proud to be a scout. I’m just doing whattheBoy Scouts ofAmericahas taught me to do, to help make the earth a better place for all people-notjustsomepeople. Thanks. - Steven Cozza 13 year-old Life Rank Scout Letters Policy Tulsa Family News wdcomes letters on issues which we’ve covered or on issues ~ you think need to be considered. Youmay ¯ request that your name be withhdd but ¯ letters mustbe signed&have phonenum- "- bers, or be hand delivered. 200 word letters are preferred. Letters to other publi- ¯ cations will be printed as is appropriate. by Tom Neal, publisher & editor To those who’ve been watching Brookside’ s increasingly upscale redevelopment, it should come as little surprise that The Pride Center would be threatened with eviction. Since it opened, one local developerandhis partners havemade the old John Zink industrial site (about a mile south of the Center) into moderately expensive homesites, office and retail spaces. Across the street from the Center, an old warehouse was renovated into a trendy bakery and fancy medical offices. The success of Brookside’s north end dearly is spurring developers to move south along Peoria. Therefore, when the building in which the Pride Center is located was sold recently to owners associated with the Brook Restaurant, it struck some as ’~andwriting on the wall". The current tenants, most of whom are on limited budgets, were likely to get priced out as the new owner sought to renovate the spaces and lease them for more money. Few thought that this wguldhappenrightaway since the Center has a three year lease that began in late 1997. However, as the articleon page one indicates, the landlord claims that the Center organizers hung signs (Gay Community Center and Pride Store) in violation of their lease and thereforeheis seeking to break the lease. Center spokesman, Greg Gatewood says that the owner claims he is not troubled by the content of the signs (i.e. Gay) but rather the quality of the signs (vinyl versus some othe~material) and lack of prior permission. Center organizers note that these signs were not new but merely were replacements for earlier authorized signs whichhad been Stolen. Center organizers also note that other tenant businesses have similar vinyl signs. Obviously, as a non-profit organization, the Pride Center, and its parent organization, Tulsa Okl~i~omans for Human Rights, Inc. has limited funds for rent. The notion of a community center has been a challenge for Tulsa’s Gay and Lesbian community which often seems very, very fragmented. Support for the Center has, frankly, not been what it should be. Fortunately, that has been changing. Slowly, people have been realizing that .the Center is thtre. In fa~t; the Signs~:liavebeen successful,in attracting new locals and out-of-towners to the Center. No doubt, Center organizers and their capable legal comasel will do their best to resolve this matter in a manner that is fair to all parties. Andhopefully, anti=Gay bias is not really part of the issue. But the lesson we need to draw from this is that weneed to startnow onabuilding fundendowment with which we can own our space. Then any decisions to move will be ours. Some will say that is unrealistic- that we don’t have the resources. They said much the same about the Pride Center once. Frankly, there are individuals in our community who could substantially underwrite such an endowment. I won’t name names, though many of you know them wall enough. In the larger community, there are also resources such as the newly formed. Tulsa Community Foundation spearheaded by banker George Kaiser. This new organization is drawing on the resources and generosity of some of Tulsa’s mostprominentfamilies andbusinesses, Schusterman, Bank of Oklahoma, Williams, Zarrow, Bartmann, Bama Cos., Helmerich & Payne, etc. just to mention specifically the families and businesses that have ties to Gay Tulsans. Kaiser has said that he supports treating Lesbian and Gay Tulsans fairly and implied that this foundation would likely do.the same. Let us contrast this with Tulsa Area United Way’s funding of organizations, like the homophobic Boy Scouts ofAmerica, whichpromotes religiously-basedpreju- At a national level, there are foundations that will specifically assist Lesbian and Gay groups or projects, such as the Kellogg Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Gill Foundation. The latter should be high priority for Tulsans since it specifically targets "rural" projects and Foundation guidelines classify anything under 1.5 million as rural ! And it can’t hurt that several prominent Tulsans now claim close ties to Tim Gill, creator ofQuark software and founder of the Gill Foundation. However, to get from here to there, we are going to have to start seeing a future. Too often we’ve just reacted to one assault or another, whether it was a directly physical one, the ongoing emotional battering that just being Gay in America entails, or the bullying and/or cowardice of our elected officials. Now is the time to build for our future. If you want to help the Community Center, call 743- GAYS (4297). It’sasadcommentary on our fine state that the annual : gathering of "our elected representatives" should be ¯ fraught with dread by Oklahoma’s Lesbian and Gay ." citizens, our families and our friends. We know we can count on at least one or two virulently anti-Gay bills. These usually are patently unconsfitutonal but they’ll get the votes of all but one or two ofmembers of the Oklahoma House because those members are too cowardly to vote for anything that resembles treating Gay Oklahomans like equal human being. Fortunately, usually the Oklahoma Senate behaves more wisely. And Cimarron Alliance, despite having entirely too many pretentious queens formy taste (note that I’m not referring toits Tulsa representatives), is beginning to do some good at least with Democratic Party leaders. Some of this is just the result of money - no matter what the politicians say, political donations do buy the ears of most politicians. Don’t believe me? Look at the source ofpolitical dollars, then look at who benefits from majority of those votes. progress. Now here’s what you can do to make a difference: Cimarron reports that Oklahoma House leadership has Cimarron . . . is beginning to do some good at lca~t w~tk Democratlc Party leader~. Some of tlds is just the result ot~ money - no matter what tke dPoonlalttm.icnlasndsosabyu,y the cars o~ most pollt-ldans. Don’t believe me~ Look at tke source o~ political dollars, then look at who benefits., . made several committee chair assignments to fair minded individuals. In particular, one committee which is often the gate through which anti-Gay legislation passes, has been assigned to Tulsan Betty Boyd. Mrs. Boyd, known to many in Tulsa for her work as a television journalist, needs to hear from us. A few years ago, interviewing her after she (and every other member of the House save one) voted for an anti-Gay bill, she said that the.call fromTFN was literally the first she’d received about Lesbianand Gay issues. This, despite the fact that I personally know a" number ofher Lesbian and Gay constituents~ Bottom line: you won’t be represented unless you call!!! The other thing you can do is to send Cimarron some money. Many of us have little to spare and many of us wonder if becoming a member of the Cimarron PAC (political action committee) at.$20 a month is "do-able." However, the Cimarron Foun- But just as much a part of what’s helping dation, the tax-exempt group associated with at the Capitolis the ongoing work of a Cimarron officer, the PAC sets no minimum on donations. It is the entity Keith Smith who lobbies for several progressive orga- ¯ that sponsored the bus stop advertisements, "Gay or nizations. Smith and I have disagreed on issues before, ~ Straight, Everyone Deserves a Job" both here and in and may again, but it is his steady presence, quietly : Oklahoma City. Every bit helps. So when you’re thinkvoicing the concerns of Lesbian and Gay Oklahomans ¯ ing about buying that new sweater, CD, or going out to as he does his other work, that has won us some. ¯ eat again, consider w.hat price our freedom is worth. by James Christjohn . " much later. I suddenly wasn’t able tO breathe, and the ThisChrislmas Eve, somethinghappenedthatehanged~ ". cal~ .tiaras.t. had .gotten~me .tO ~that pointvevaporate& 1 my life~ Iwascelebrating the holiday with friends, and ." started hyperventilating. About this time, my phone suddenly felt compelled to return to my rang - it was Tom, readytocomegetme, and apartment. I didn’t have to; I could have I called 911. askingaslewofquestious.Inbetweengasps stayed the night, but it was important to Looking back, of air, I told him "I’m fine, you don’t need return to that place. I got home, noticed a I can laugh -"I’m (gasp) to come (gasp) get me. (gasp) I’ll be strange smellin theentry hall. Acrid, almost in a smoRe ~illed over (gasp) after (gasp) while." So he said, oily. I entered my abode, and thought "Boy, apartment, at doubtfully, "OK... Grab what you need and do I need to dean my glasses!" Then I come on over." looked over the frames, and saw that the xxyy street." The fireman came out and said the haze was not from dirty glasses, but smoke "You’re at xxyy guydownstairshadbeenusingaspaceheater sothick, Icouldn’tseetotheothersideofthe Street.~" "Yes, (Was I the only one using my gas heater?) apartment. I immediately went to the gas xxyy street." "Is tied into two extension cords; The cords heater, shut it down. Well, that didn’t help- that in Tulsa.~’" were lightweight (heating appliances need I called 911. Looking back, I can laugh - heavyweight extension cords, and its’s best "I’m in a smoke filled apartment, at xxyy "Yes. it is in not to use any with them). They were coiled street.""You’reatxxyyStreet?""Yes,xxyy~ Tulsa!!!" "So up (the heater was only 4 feet from the street." "Is that in Tulsa?" "Yes, it is. in You’re at xx~D" outlet.) and overheated, which caused them Tulsa!!!~’ "So You’re at xxyy Street. Tulsa,\ Street. Tulsa. to ignite. and~ou reinasmokefilledroomg."’".Ye.st.tl;"" and you’re in a I went into the apartment after the "Well, sir, if the room is smoke filled, oyou fire folk sucked out some of the smoke (yes, might want to vacate the premises." "I am smoke obvious place of one of my trademark reready to do just that, as soon as I get off the room.~’’ "Yes!!!" marks isn’t it?) and looked around. What to phone with you!" She got the hint. "~v’ell, sir, ff tke take?How does one decide? I wanted to take I left takingmycordless phone, andknock- room is smoke it all. Allthe gifts that are symbols of the ing on all the doors. No one came out, or ~iled, you mi~kt love and people that gave them to us; the even opened the door. I heard the sirens of prized possessions that we .surround ourthe fire trucks approaching. I calmly called want to vacate my landlord, and informed his answering tke premises." "I selves with, all symbols really, but symbols that remind us of who we are, and the ones machine of the events. I then called my ex, am ready to do we love. I settled on a picture morn sent me Tom, andleftamessageonhismachine.The just tlmt, as soon for Christmas - a photo ofme taken in 1970, fire folk arrived. (One of whom was very holding my prize possession at the time - a attractive funny wha! you notice under as I ~et off tke - diecastmodel ofChitty Chitty Bang Bang. It suchcircumstances.)They went throughmy pkone w~tk you.p’ was all I could think of to take at the time, apartment, and couldn’t find a fire-just lots Ske got tke ldnt. because I knew it was irreplaceable. And a of smoke. They looked in the attic, noting memento of a rare time in my childhood that the smoke was throughout the building. At that : when I was happy. So off I went. point, I thought, "What am I doing in here’?" I decided ¯ I never knew how devastating something like this to leave the building again, and then as I was going ¯ could be. Panic attacks are no small thing - I never down, both I and the hunky firefighter heard smoke : understood them until now. A smell reminiscent of that alarm, finally going off in the apartment below mine. ¯ smoke can tighten my chest to the point of not being They busted in the door, and smoke billowed out. " able to breathe. Tears come unbidden, for no reason. My worst fear is dying by fire - due to probably : Fear of being alone leads you to surround yourself with haviug been hiu-nt at the stake in a previous life. (Those :- people, to reassure yourself in some way that you are of you who know me will probably agree.) I had never ¯ alive, that you didn’t end up dying after all. It’s irratiohad a panic attack, so I didn’t know what hit me until " nal, you know it, see Viewpoint, p. 14 Utah to Look at m~}., ~hat no one is doing ~:m’~ < o~.v pcopb~ :}~~ouid i[ differenOy.’" Most hare crime taws. Suazo sad. es*ablish protected classes o~ people, saying m-~ o~- fender faces e~ced penalties if the victim is targeted due to ra~, et~q 06 gin, color, religious *’filia~ on or sexuN ofientanon. But 6e SNt ~e Democrat stud prosecutors have told ~m Ut~fs hate mine law - wNch went into eff~t in 1992 - is too vague ~d lacks tee6 because it does not define ~tegofies of prot~ted people. Ut~’s law Nlows fore~dpenNfies on ~sdeme, or offenses if ~e m~n~ intehds to imi~&te or tegofize someone~ddeprive them of 6eir constimfion~ rights. Su~o sNd ~at r~mres prosecutors to guess what is m 6e offender’s ~nd. "I don’t~you shoMd have to prove intent," he SNd. "It is ~fficMt m work wi~ 6e wW it r~ds." S~o stud leNslafive ~dysts have been reviewing 6e law to &leone what adjus~ ents coMd be made. He sNd he does ~fidpate a fight on Capitol Hill. StiR, ~nofity leaders like Willi~s sw a more defiN~ ve law is n~. She poifi)~ to sever~ lo~ ex~ples of hae tomes, including a cross bu~ng in Sdt~eCity ~at prompt~ federN ch~ges ~d filing of ch~ges agNnst a West Jor~ m~ for h~l~g raci~ slurs at a black womb. S~oa~d, saying people~nolonger ~ford to i~ore hate tomes. "We have to fa~ reNities. There ~e hate ~oups out 6ere ~genng people for e~cbackgro~d, cdor or lfestyle. Wen~d to face ~at fact." He sNd ~e reality is 6a U~~tomes bring pe~e~a~ ag~nst ~oups of people. "We ~’t duck Gay Mens’ Killer Gets 168 Year Sentence ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - A 20-year-old killer smirked after being told through an interpreter that he probably would spend the rest of his life in prison in the deaths of three Gay men. Ricardo Rodriguez was the first of four defendants to go on trial in the 1997 slayings. He was sentenced to the maximum term - 168 years - after he was convicted in November on 13 counts, including firstdegree murder and kidnapping. With three consecutive life sentences, each 30 years without parole, and three consecutive 18-year terms for tirst-degree kidnapping, "in ~1 likelihood Mr. Rodriguez will die in prison," stag prosecutor Jody Curran. The bodies of Victor Monzon, 41, and Jesus Contreras, 30, were foundbound, beaten and strangled in an Albuquerque motel in February 1997. The decomposed body of Osvaldo Travieso, 37, was found dumped along Interstate 25 near Santa Fe two weeks later. The four defendants were arrested m Salinas, Kan., driving Monzon’s car. Indian Police Harass Gays LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Police are preventing Gays from going to a park in the north Indian city of, LuCknow following protests from thepublic that they were having sex there, an official said Thursdw. Policemen have been posted at the GPO Park, a popular rendezvous for the city’s Gays, said police. spokesman R. S. Tomar. "Police will not allow male couples into the park if they kmow they are GWs... Pol icemen will ask them if they are Gay. If they hold hmxds or are demonstrative about their affection: we,ll suspect them of being Gay," he said in m~ interview State prosecutor S of parks violates :ivi; ri~i~vs, m~,> :.[i police ;krc pzoles[ the Dohcc Publicdisplay of a~ Iection cvcn b::~wecn a mm~ m~d a wom~m is rare in h:dia, where man} believe homosexuMs exists ouly in Westen~ nations Hawaii Marriage Update HONOLULU (AP) No further legislation is needed on same-sex marriage, according to the state attorney general" s office. Attoniey General Margery Bronster" s office submitted a brief to the state Supre~ne Court swing the consntutional amendinent approved bv voters last month validates the current state ban on same-sex mamage and that no further action is required. After the amendment was approved, the Supreme Court, Which is considering an appeal in the case, asked the state and attorneys for three Gay couples to submit briefs on how the amendment affects the case. Civil liberties attorney Dan Foley, who represents the couples, said he will submit a brief with a different op~mon. Senate Judiciary co-chairman Matt Matsunaga said le~slators will have to determine if approval of additional legislation.would help or hurt the attorney general’s case or make no difference. The Supreme Co.urt earlier ruled that the state’s ban on same-sex mamage ~s unconstatutional unless the state can show a compelling interest in Continuing the ban. During a subsequent trial, Circuit Judge Kevin Chang ruled that the state had failed to show a compelling reason for continuing the ban. The Supreme Court was considering the state’s appeal of that ruling, but put the case on hold pending outcome ofthe vote on the constitutional amendment. Two Banned Gay Books Restored BARRON, V¢is. (AP) - Two of four books banned because of vulgar language have been temporarily returned to school library shelves while educators search for a less explicit book on the same subject, homosexuality. The school board reached a compromise to restore thebooks,’q’woTeen-agers inTwenty" and "When Someone You Know Is Gay" for 90 days at the Barton High School library. School mediadirector Irene Cooley was directed tofind areplacement book dealing with homosexuality, but without profanity and vulgarity. The books and two others were banned because school board members said they contained profane language. At its meeting, the board voted to continue the ban on the other books, "Baby Be-bop" and "The Drowning of Stephan Jones." The books were removed permanently because of "’pervasively vulgar language, educational unsuitability and failure of the book to reflect the community’s values," said Superintendent Vita Sherry. About 60 people turned out for the board’s meeting, with the crowd about evenly divided on whether to maintain the bookban. "If we allow books with this language, should we allow our children to speak like this?" said one supporter of the ban, Bill Balz. Opponent Mike Urseth said the ban infringed on intellectual freedom. "In tiffs case, the freedom to learn," Urseth said. "Please put the books back on the shelf." Board members said their action on the books was based on complaints of profane language, not be: cause they deal with homosexuality. The American Civil Liberties [;mon of \Vi~c(msi~ ~onndation said ~n a statement ~t amic,,pates fili:..-t~ a ~’edera! lawsuit OKLAHOMA CO~LIN[CAT~ONS Want to ge~ involved? Need to get tested for HIV? Need a Coming Out Support Group? Call 743-GAYS the Pride Center 1307 E. 38th at Peoria, 2nd floor Your Gay Communi~ Center THE ANIMAL HOUSE Reptiles ¯ Birds ¯ Small Mammals Fish * Dog & Cat Supplies Grooming ° Pond Supplies 4414 S. 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But, my friends called at 2 a.m. I loaned them my ear for 3 days. Great excuse to fide my bicycle to work. They thanked me with a yummy sugar cookie. Kewl. Try that on the ’Net. Compassionate Service/Largest inventory in Oklahoma. 3 days/300 miles money back guarantee. 260-7829 Announcing the new MCC-United formerly Family of Faith & Greater Tulsa MCC Join together as one body of believers Come celebrate with us. Sunday Services, 11 am . 1623 North Maplewood, 838-1715 Herman Handyman, Inc. 835-9598 Home Remodeling and Repairs Drywall - Painting - Decks - Fences Tile - Shelving - Arbors- Etc. qeferences MasterCard & Visa Herman "Tony" Becker against the board’s book removal action after school resumes in January. Texas Sodomy Challenge HOUSTON (AP) - A challenge to Texas’s 119-yearold anti-sodomy law has been sent to a Texas appeals court, the latest step in a privacy rights case that could wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court. A decision by that court could effect anti-sodomy laws on the books in 18 states, including Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. In the Texas case, John Lawrence, 55, and Tyrone Garner, 31, were arrested Sept. 17 in Lawrence’s apartment and charged with engaging in homosexual conduct, a misdemeanor. Both pleaded no contest last month, but appealed with a motion to quash the charges. Judge Sherman A. Ross dismissed the motions. Under an agreement reached with prosecutors, Lawrence and Garner again pleaded no contest. The judge fined them $200 each and allowed the immediate filing oftheir new appeals. The case may end up before the Supreme Court because Garner and Lawrence’s challenges are based on state and federal constitutional questions involving privacy rights. "I believe in the Constitution of the United States and I believe in the rights of all citizens," Lawrence said. "Would you like someone busting into your house?" Harris County deputies entered Lawrence’s apartment and found the men engaged in consensual sex. The deputies were res.ponding to a false report that someone was going crazy ~n the apartment and was armed with a gun, according to court documents. Although on the books for more than a century, the Texas sodomy law is rarely enforced. Gay activists hav( worked unsuccessfully for years to overturn the statute there and in 17 other states that have sodomy statutes barring consensual anal or oral sex. Five of those states, includingOklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, specifically ban sodomy between same-sex partners, according to Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., a Gay-rights group based in New York. The Georgia Supreme Court in November struck down that state’s sodomy law, following similar decisions by courts in Kentucky, Montana and Tennessee, and sodomy laws in Arkansas and Louisiana are under currently attack in state courts. Kansas" law was upheld as constitutional earlier this year after a three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals refused to overturn a municipal court misdemeanor convicuon involving a Topeka man. Montana May Add Gays to Hate Crimes Law HELENA (AP) - Attorney General Joe Mazurek says he will proceed with plans to ask the 1999 Legislature to extend the state hate-crimes law to cover Gays and Lesbians. But the proposal faces opposition from conservatives, who say it would advance what they call "the homosexual agenda". Mazurek, a Democrat, is asking for two changes to the current hate-crimes law. First, sexual orientation would join the protected ranks of race, creed, religion, color, national origin and involvement in civil rights. And second, a harsher sentence would be allowed for those who commit a crime and choose their victim for those same reasons. "We hope this would prevent people from commitung what are already criminals acts against another person, solely because that person is Gay or Lesbian," said Mazurek. %~rhat we’re trying to do is ensure that people don’t become victims simply for something they believe in or a lifestyle they lead.’" The question of v~olence against Gays and Lesbians was stirred up this year after the murder in Laramie, Wyo., of Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student who was openly Gay. Several human rights groups in Montana have said" the crime committed in Laramie could easily have happened here and anti-hate crime legislation is necessary to quash any notion that such crimes are acceptable. Similar attempts have failed in past legislative sessions. But this group of lawmakers may be more willing to make the change, one Republican leader said. "I want to keep an openmind about that 1 egislation," said Senate Majority Leader John Harp, R-K*dispel!. Harp said nobody could condone what happened to Shepard. Republican Gov. Marc Racicot has said he wonld sign anti-hate crime legislation that protects homosexuals. But the proposed changes will not come without opposition. Arlette Randash, a Helena resident who works as a lobbyist for the socially conservative Eagle Forum, said her group will fight against the measures. She said the changes are not needed because such acts already are illegal, and she sees the proposed change as a furtherance of a homosexual agenda. "I believe that hate crime legislation, in large part, is being used as a front to move the homosexual agenda forward so It is accepted by people as an accepted standard in our community," she added. Also, Randash said, "We don’t give people special status based on behavior alone." On the other hand, Mazurek said, it’s essential to let people know hate-driven actions aren’t acceptable. "We as a society are saying we are tolerant of people’s views and lifestyles," said Mazurek. Gay Man Assaulted in Rhode Island PROVIDENCE,R.I. (AP)-Twomenwere charged with a hate crime in the assault of a man leaving a Gay and Lesbian bar in Providence. On Nov. 26, 19-year-old David E. Sheldon of East Providence and 18-year-old Taylor Grenier of Warren allegedly initiated the attack by yelling anti-Gay slurs at Diana Obidowski, The Providence Journal reported. Police report that the two teens had gotten bored at a party in East Providence and had driven downtown. When they saw Obidowski, they got out of their car, ran to him, knocked him down and kicked him in the head and ribs, police said. When Obidowski tried to run, the teens allegedly knocked him down agmn, kicked him and punched him in the. face. The incident ended when two Providence police cruisers arrived. ¯ Obidowski, a 44-year-old Air Force veteran, was treated at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Providence. He had cuts that he said required 12 stitches. He was released the same day. Obidowski is a tall transvestite who wears ladies" size 13 shoes, but was not dressed as a woman on the night of the attack, television station WJAR in Cranston reported. The teens accused in the beating face simple assault charges in District Court under the state Hate Crimes Sentencing Act. The law, passed by the state legislature in July, requires offenders to receive sentences of at least 30 days in jail. Obidowski said he "’very, very impressed" with how police handled their investigation. ’qhey made me very comfortable," he told WJAR. There were 44 hate crimes last year, including 25 in Providence. According to Bay Windows, a Gay newspaper, there were at least six anti-Gay attacks in Providence last summer. Internet Bank to Target Gays and Lesbians PENSACOLA, Florida (AP) - When banks refused to finance his planned Gay and Lesbian resort, Steven Dunlap scrapped that idea and decided to start a financial institution that would welcome homosexuals instead of spurn them. The result is G and L Bank - the initials stand for Gay and Lesbian - expected to open here in the spring. Not only would it be the only bank in the United S tates catering specifically to homosexuals, itwould be one o,f the first operating primarily via the Internet. q’he whole deal is to take banking away from you having to go to the bank and let us bring the bank to you," Dunlap said. He envisions Gays and Lesbians as an entry market but not the bank’s sole customer base. "Just like Federal Express is doing to overnight delivery, I expect to be the No. 1 brandnamein the Interact banking arena," Dunlap said. Bold talk, but Dunlap, 42, has some unique business credentials to back it up. He went from selling watermelons see Bank, p. 11 Reporting May expenditures on patients. "Compared to what we spend on all Discourage Tests? ~nds of other things, it’s just not that ATLANTA(AP) - Some Gay men are muchmoney"for the governmentto spend, avoiding testing for theAIDS virus in part " said project co-director Dr. Samuel A. because they don’t want their names re- Bozzette, a health care researcher at ported to the federal government, accord- RAND, the Santa Monica, California, ing to a new study from the Centers for think tank overseeing the government- Disease Control and Prevention. sponsored research. The CDC said the survey, released re- The $20,000 tab is roughly one-third of cenfly, underscores the need to continue the estimates from the early 1990s, when government funding for anonymous HIV firm figures were hard to come by, and testing, even as the agency asks states to before the advent of AIDS drug cocktails start keeping names of people who get that have proven powerfnlly effective in treated for the virus that causes AIDS. fending off the disease and keeping pa- Earlier, theCDCpublishednew recom- tients out of the hospital. The stud)’ was mendafions in which it asked all states to ¯ conducted in 1996, just as the combinabegin reporting HIV cases either with the tion therapy was coming into widespread person’ s name or anidentifying code. The use. It found 55% of people being treated CDCsaystheinformationwillhdphealth for HIV were taking one of the newer officials track HIV cases before they be- AIDS drugs by December 1996. Doctors come full-blown AIDS. But some activ- ¯ >elieve use of the new drugs has since ists believe privacy concerns will steer risen sharply. some away from being tested at all. The study estimated that only half of all The CDC surveyed 556 people in nine American adults infected with the AIDS states in late 1995 and 1996 who were " virus saw their doctor at least once every considered at high risk forHIV but said six months. Many of those not getting they had not been tested, They included " are were unaware they were infected. homosexuals, intravenoUsdrug users and However, an encoura~ng 85% of those heterosexuals recruited from clinics for with full-blown AIDS were getting regusexually transmitted diseases. 19% said lar care, with most of them seeing AIDS not wanting their names reported was one specialists. reason they had not been tested. Only 2% Early treatment can slow the disease, said it was their main reason. Gay men extend’lifespan and save money by reducliving in states that already report~names ing hospitalizations. The study was pubwere more concerned about privacy. 35% lished in The New England Journal of of that group said name reporting was one Medicine. It was based on interviews of reasonthey avoidedtesting..Still, the.most 3,072 people treated in hospitals or doccommon reason for not getung te.stext ~.vas tots’ offices in dozens of urban and rural that people were afraid of learmng they -areas around the country. were .IV-positive. Arkansas Accused Ukraine to Provide of Poor HIV Care Free HIV Medicines LrrrLEROCKC’ P -Ifyouhav AIDS ment has ordered the free distribution of treatment for the deadly disease, Arkanmedicine to those infected with the HIV sas is a less than ideal place to be. The virus and AIDS, a news report noted. In a state is one of only ahandful that contrib~ recently released resolution, the Cabinet utes no money to help people with the also introduced free medical examina- AIDS virus buy thenew drugs for treating tions for .people suspected of carrying the disease, either through joint federal HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, the ¯ ~rograms or special state programs. It is one of 13 states that contributes no Interfaxnews agency reported. The report didnotspecifywhichmedicineswouldbe money to the joint federal-state AIDS distributed. Drug Assistance Program, according to The number of people infected with GaryRose, directorofpublicpolicyforan HIV in Ukraine, a nation of 50 million AIDS national network. Rose says Atpeople, has soared to 23,000 people, up kansas has the "worst ADAP program." from 18,500 in mid-1997, according to It is one of seven states - Arkansas, govemment statistics. 80%oftheinfeeted Alaska, Montana, North and South Dawere intravenous drug users, kota, Oregon and Wyoming - that con- ~l~ae official figure is larger than in any tributes no money specifically for the otherformer Soviet republic. Russia, with treatment ofAIDS and those with the HI¥ three times as many people, has reported virus that causes AIDS. Of those seven 10,283 eases, though the actual figure is states, all but Oregon have significantly thought to be higher, fewer AIDS patients than Arkansas, and In its resolution, the Cabinet also or- Oregon offers a special high-risk insurdered the Foreign Ministry.to-make sure ance program for AIDS patients, Rose that foreign .citizens staying in Ukraine says. Boiled down, Arkansas’ situation is for more than three months have docugrim, he adds. ments certifying they are not infected The Ryan White Center in Little Rock with HIV. Some 642 Ukrainians have helps patients buy drugs, but the center is contractedAIDS over thelast decade, and so strapped for money it has stopped takhalf of them have died, according to goving new cases. ’%Vhat can we do?" says emment data. Susan Goggans, the center’s director of client services. "We can’t afford to pay AIDS CaroCosts ¯ foreverybody-we’vereachedastopping ¯ point." Less Titan Tlaouglat " Theagen~y gets amonthly $30,270in AIDS Drug Assistance Program money Care for AIDS padents in the United " from the federal government. Usually, States is less expensive than generally : it’s gone on the first day of each month. In believed - about $20,000 per person per : addition, the center offers counseling, year, according to a new studY. 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Appointments made 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. M-F. Call us today at 58€-1233. Medical Excellence And Compass.ionate Care Since 1926. ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTER Medical Excellence ¯ Compassionate Care tation assistance. Through the drug assistance program, each of the center’s 272 clients take drugs costingfrom $1,000-$2,000 every month. But federal help doesn’t go far enough to pay for the most expensive drugs, the protease inhibitors, and the center often relies on pharmaceutical companies’ patient assistance programs to provide the drugs for free. Goggans says that because Arkansas does not cover purchases of protease inhibitors, the Ryan White Center is in a "drug crisis." Patients taking the life-giving but expensive protease inhibitors often spend a large percentage of their time chasing the drugs - trying to eke out money from government agencies or get drugs donated from pharmaceutical companies. "It’s just not enough money," Goggans says. "We’re not doing what other states are doing. We’re not giving the best care we can." Since April 1997, the Center’s caseload has nearly doubled from 156 to 272 because more AIDS-HIV patients are seeking treatment and living longer. But the $30,270 in federal funds the local center receives through the Ryan White Care Act has remained the same since early 1997. SomeAIDS and HIV patientsotry to get their medical treatment covered by Medicaid’s medically needy program. But many have incomes considered too high. Patients must.reapply every three months and often are left without coverage during the weeks their applications are reviewed Also, patients can’t reapply before the ¯ three-month coverage period is over. and have to wait two week~ to-~a moffth - sometimeslonger until theircoverageis renewed. Dr. Henry Masters, fonner medical director for the health department’s AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases division. now treats more than 250 AIDS and HIV patients. Masters says the criteria to qualify for Medicaid were designed for people with one-time medical bills, not those with chronicillnesses. "I believe the Medicaid system that we are using to deal with HIV is the worst that could have ever been dremned up," Masters says. "It’s a very cumbersome program that results in people starting and stopping their HIV medicines. This is a recipe for disaster." If a patient on protease inhibitors takes a break from the drugs, HIV can mutate and re-establish itself in drug-resistant strains, making protease inlfibitors ineffective. Even if patients manage to get the drugs the)’ need between coverage periods. the not -knowing whether they’ll be covered in the future can be an all-consuming worry, Masters says¯ "It’s stressfnl and I think it actually worsens their immune function," Masters says. Officials with the state Human Services Department-acknowledge the pro~am isn’t perfect. Roy Jeffus, assistant director of the department’s Medical Services Division, says Arkansas may seek a Medicaid waiver that would all-ow patients with chronic diseases, such as AIDS, to qualify for Medicaid even if their income level or assets are too high. Also, Gary Horton, directorof the Health Department’s AIDS-STD Division, says the state next year expects to see a30% to 40% reduction in the price of drugs from .pharmaceutical companies. The state plans to reinvest the saved money in more drugs, including protease imhibitors, for an AIDS Dru/ Assistance Program, he says. In a&~i~iop.. ,’.he state will receive abou~ q~";:"o"tV,,’.!..’.)(0,: ) :uore ,ro~4 ~he icdc3:a! gcwemmerit for AIDS drugs next year, he says. The1998 federal budget for Arkansas’ AIDS Drug Assistance Program was $2.5 million. Colombians Stress Condom Use ¯ BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Size does ." matter- at least as far as ColombianAIDS : activists are concerned. The activists pa- ¯ raded an enormous inflated condom ~ through the streets of the country’s third largest city hoping to draw attention to the ¯ threat of AIDS. ’The idea is for people to ¯ realize that the disease exists, that it’s ¯ here, and that it represents a far greater ." threat than the condom we’re display- . ing,"Dr. John Jairo Palacio told reporters. ¯ Themockprophylactic, which weighed : roughly 3,000 pounds, stretched over a : half-mile down a holiday street fair in ¯ Call acity of two million inhabitants. ¯ The huge plastic condom was the idea ¯ of doctors specializing in sexually-trans- ¯ mitted diseases at the Santiago de Cali ¯ ¯ University and workers from drug rehabilitation programs. Palacio said the ¯ condom took two months to build at a cost ¯ $13,000, and was paid for by the univer- ¯ sity and a condom manufacturer. ¯ Homeless PLWA Changes Policy PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - It’s been a tough 3ear for Patrick Biggers since he was evicted from a homeless shelter in Ellsworth two days before Clmstmas beca~ ise he has the virus that causes AIDS. ,4 chef who worked at some of the uation’s finest restaurants, Biggers remains home- " les s and has been unable to return to work. He underwent triple bypass surgery three months ago. But unlike last year, Biggers, 36, was not alone on Christmas. And he takes comfort in knowing that somettfing good has emerged from his ordeal in Ellsworth: a policy to promote AIDS awareness and education that he hopes might become a model for shelters in Maine and across the country. The night of Dec. 23, 1997, when the manager of the Emmaus Center ordered Biggers to leave, remains etched in his memory. He was told that his HIV status posed a needless risk to residents and staff. Biggers said his "dangerous behavior" included talking about hi s condition, handling a coffee cup, setting the table, asking to pick up a baby and having sores on the back of his hands, even though there was no fresh blood in sight. The 22- bed shelter arranged to put him up temporarily in a hotel. AIDS activists directed him to the Mnerican Civil Liberties Union, which concluded that the Ea-nmaus Center violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by discriminating against him because he is HIV-posifive and has hepatitis C. The ACLU filed a complaint on Biggers’ behalf to the Maine Human Rights Commission, asking H.O.M.E. Inc.~ the non-profit operator of the Emmaus Center, to estab2 lish a non-discriminatory policy and be required to pay Biggers $10,000 in damages. The case was quickly settled. H.O.M.E., which had replaced the shelter manager even before the complaint was filed, did not dispute Biggers’ assertions and agreed to write a letter of apology, adopt the new policy and begin education and training. The agreemen~ set the s~a,,e.., for devdopmer_,t of a_. five-session I started to say that since it’s winter, Tulsa’s arts scene is happening big time but then if you think about it, pretty much ye.ar-round Tulsa is blessed with arts events of generally very good quality. Already early information is coming "out about spring and summerperformances, like Bartlesville’s annual OK Mozart Festival, now known for its world class perf0rmances. AndinTulsa,LOOK, Light OperaOklahoma is seeking 100 singers for its June 9-July 4th season presented in TU’s Kendall Hall. LOOKis holding auditions on Sat. Jan. 16 & Sun. Jan. 17 from 2-5pro in TU’s Tyrrell Hall, room 302. For more. information or to schedule an audition, call 583-4267. At the end of January, Philbrook will open two new exhibits, "Pure Vision: American Bead Artists" and "Beads: A Cross-Cultural Medium". The first show .will present 60 works by 28 artists. Theworks vary from moe traditional necklaces and bracelet forms to large-scale sculptures, constructions, and shrines. The exhibit was co-ordinated by Chris Knop Kallenberger and was curated by Sherry I~edy of the Leedy Gallery in Kansas City and B.J. Shegaki, director of the Rochester Arts Center in Minnesota. Local support is from Philbrook’s Contemporary Cousortium. The companion show will explore the use of beads in cultures from 15,000 BC Egyptian to ones from 100- 200ADSyrian to SpiroMound of 1,200 AD and 19th century North American Native works. Early in February, Tulsa Ballet will present three dances, The Green Table, Equinoxe, Jardi Taneat (Feb. 5 &6 at 8pro and Feb. 7 at3pm in the Chapman Music Hall of Tulsa’s Performing Arts Center). The Green Table, a critically acclaimed dance drama set in Germany during the rise of Adolph Hitler, is the center-. piece of the February program. Kurt Jooss’ ballet is as he intended it -- to show the world that the only w~nner of war is death. It opens With masked politicians sitting around a table in heated di scussion. Thereafter, war breaks out and in the end, the same politicians, wearing the same masks, are seated at the same table forgetting all the cruelties and casualties the war has caused. Paired with The Green Table will be twomoreOklahomapremieres thatpromise to provide an exceptional evemng of entertainment. James Canfield’ s Equinoxe recalls underwater images of sea creatures which gracefully move with the ocean’s ebb and flow and is set to a synthesizer score byJan-Michael Jarre. Canfield, ¯ a former dancer with Joffrey, is the Artistic Director at Oregon Ballet Theatre. Rounding out the program is Naco Duato’s Jardi Tancatwhichwas Duato’s first ballet,. choreographed for Nederlands Dans Theater in 1983. "Duato, the Artistic Director for the National Ballet of Spain, is one of the brightest stars in Europe and, in my opinion, one of the best choreographers in the world today," Tulsa Ballet’s .Artistic Director, Marcello Angelini related to TFN. "’He brings a new intensity to dance, a fluidity of movement never seen : before, and a new way to express emo- ¯ tions that is so deep, so powerful, it will : change your vision of dance." The ballet is a collection of Maye who was dubed by Ella Fitzgerald. "the greatest white female singer in the world," will present "A Tribute to Frank Sinatra" folk songs, based on ancient Spanish folk tales in which three couples are occupied with the sowing, planting and threshing of their barren land while asking God for water to make their crops grow. Jardi Tancat won Duato first prize at the International Choreographic"~ rorkshop inCologne. He has received recognition throughout Europe for his talents as a dancer and choreographer. ¯ Also early in February, extraordinary jazz vocalist, MarilynMaye, will perform at the PAC’ s JohnWilliams Theatre. Maye who was called by Ella Fitzgerald, "th,e, greatest white female singer in the world, will present "A Tribute to Frank Sinatra" in several shows Feb. 4-6 at Les Ballets Troekadero de Monte Carlo has delighted audlenees around the world. Parodying elassleal works from "Swan Lake" to "Giselle" and the choreography of Isadora Dunean, George Balanehine and Martha Graham, Les Troekaderos offer irresistible entertainment for dance afieionados - and complete novices. 8pm and Feb. 7 at 3pm. Maye began her careerin small clubs and cabarets but since has performed with orchestras from Tulsa to Phoenix to Philadelphia. She first appeared on television on the Steve Alien Show hnd appeared onJohnny Carson’s Tonight Show a record 76 times. Tulsa has a tradition of bringing the great female vocalists of our time and Maye’s appearance continues that. Last but not least the famed "drag" ballet, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo will grace thePAC’s Chapman Music Hall on March 16, 1999. Dancing the fine line between high art and high camp, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo has delighted audiences around the world. Parodying classical works from "Swan Lake" to "Giselle" and the choreography of Isadora Duncan, George Balanchine and Martha Graham, Les Trockaderos offer irresistible entertainment for dance aficionados - and complete novices. The troupe combines a knowledge of dance with a wicked comedic sensibility -- a buoyant and hilarious show. Girls (and you real girls too), you don’t want to miss this one at any cost! - TFN entertainment editor o in Oklahoma. 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Reviewed by Barry Hensley Tulsa City-County Library A few years ago, author Liza Ketchum wrote an award winning book for young adults titled Twelve Days in August. One character, Alex, touchedmany readers, and the author was swamped with requests to continue his_ story. Her new book, Blue Coyote, follows the teenage Alex and his family to yet another new home, this time in Vermont. Being a child of southern California, Alex isn’t too pleased with being stuck in Vdrmont. He’s had a difficult time making friends and doesn’t just miss the beach, but also his only tree, close friend, Tito. He and Tito had kept in touch with each other for awhile, but, suddenly, Tito’s letters stopped coming. Alex attempts to track him down, but Tito seems to have simply disappeared. Luckily, Alex’s father, a writer, has been offered work back in California, not far from Where they had once liyed. Amid some dissension Within the family, Alex and his father move back to California. ¯ This gives Alex a chance to try to locate Beln~ a child d southern Cal~ornla, Alex isn’t too pleased qth beln~ stueh in Vermont. He’s a difficult time mal~in~ friends and doesn’t just mlss the beach, but alsohls only true, dose friend, Tito. his long, lost best friend. This sets the stage for Alex to not only getinto avariety ofsituations inhis search for Tito, but also to realize that the trust and affection he has for his friend is actually infatuation. Eventually, Alex comes to the understanding that he is Gay, and there is quite a bit ofattention paid to the reaction of his family. It is interesting to see the different reactions of two families whenconfronted with Gay children, siblings and friends. Alex’s sister is an important character and positively handles the realization that both she and her brother had, at one time, had a crush on Tito. This is agoodbookfor adults and young adults alike. You need not have read Twelve Days in August before reading Blue Coyote. Although it does continue Alex’~ story, Blue Coyote stands alone well. There isn’t any graphic sex and only a few words that anyone could find offensive. This is a tame but provocative read. Check for Blue Coyote at your local, branch library, or call i_he Readers Services department at 596-7966. Better Than Ever, Pride Merchandise, Magazines & More 610-8510 8120 East 21 st (2lst+Memodal, next to Boot City) We buy back good used adult magazines. the largest gay ri,g,,hts group in the state, hailed the ruling. The state court gave us a ban on discrinfination in employment stronger than anything we could introduce in the Legislature in 23 years," said Jean Harris, executive director of the orgamzation. "We love it. We’ll take it." The court turned aside the university’s argument that it made benefits available on equal terms to all married employees. Thejudges said that reasomng misses the point because homosexuals cannot marry. "Accordingly, the benefits are not made available on equal terms. The~y are made available on terms that, for gay and lesbian couples, are a legal impossibility," the court said. The court concluded that homosexualg are a distinct class and that it’s beyond dispute that they "have been and continue to be the subject of adverse social and political stereotyping and prejudice." Rerucha said HendersonandMcKinney asked their girlfriends if they would provide an alibi for their whereabouts and "initially they did that." The alibi was "broken down by investigators" and testimony would have shown that the two women drove to Cheyenne 50 miles east - to dispose of clothing in a trash container and that Henderson’s bloody shoes were later placed in a relative’s storage shed in Laramie, Rerncha said. Ms. Pasldy had pleaded innocent two weeks earlier. At the end of the 17-minute heating, she was led from the court, head down, long hair hiding her face. No sentencing date was set, but Donnell indicated it would take about 45 days for a presentence report to be completed. Ms. Pa~e,’ faces up to three years in pr:~sou for the shelter’s staff that seeks to dispel myths about AIDS and clarify legal issues and disclosure reqmrements. "A lot of the discrimJnatiofi is based on fear and misinformation surrotmding these issues," said Mary Harney of the Down East AIDS Network. who helped develop the program. "There are still some people who think (HIV) can be passed by mosquitoes and that you can get it from a teacup if someone who has it has been drinking from that cup." Sister Lucille MacDonald, director of the Emmaus Center, acknowledged that the episode was stressful for everyone involved but said she was pleased .at how it was resolved. "We think a lot of important things will happen, education-wise, for residents and staff. That benefits all of us," she said. Biggers, who has struggled to get by on Social Security benefits, decided to forgo any financial recovery. ’’The goal was to change the policy," he said. "That was my goal from the very beginning.’" The ACLU said the impact of the settlement could spread beyond Hancock County and Maine, and perhaps be adopted by many shelters nationwide. "My guess is that the response will be good," said Matthew Coles, director of its AID!HIV Project in New York. "People who run homeless shelters are almostby definition good people who are trying to do something positive in the world and make it a better place. The problem is usually ignorance, not malice." Biggers, whose resttme includes some of Manhattan’s most acclaimed restaurants, was informed of the settlement as he prepared to spend Christmas Day alone for the second year in a row However after learning of his plight, the manager of a local restaurant invited hJlTl to join employees to help prepare the company’s am~ual Christmas dimaer for the needy. ’q’hafl!l be eA ce." Biggs sz&~. a~ter receiving the s~.~rpr~ s¢ ~,’eq-ue..;,:. ’q’d ike thaC We knowyou’re going to love this[ Restaurant & Cabaret 3 i0 East First Street 918-599-9949 Massage Therapy Services ~garO. Cruz, L.M.T. get: 918-889-5255 Voice Mail: 918-697-9282 Lic. #(34133 Country Club Barbering Custom Styling for Men & Women David Kauskey 33 i0 !. 51,,~t. 747-0236 Timothy W. 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Then, after comparing your dream against your checkbook balance, do you weep copious tears of disappointment? Weep not, child; you are not alone. YourDIYD shares your frustration and offers comfort. Not a miracle, but comfort. Remember that as we go along. Yes, your fairy Do- It-YoursdfDyke-y has a trick or two in her magic wand (minds out of the toybox, children!) that canhelp you muddlealong with your current kitchen until you can save up and move up to something more delicious. It involves our pesky old friend, Elbow Grease, and dreams deferred, but the results of a kitchen face lift can Are you depressed, d~rllngs, because your kltehen is as drab. as that dishwater you’ve got your opera-!ength latex Platex gloves submerged Do you long for~ fantasy kltehen that makes Martha’s look llke something from suburban New Jersey? Then, after eomparlng your dream against your checkbook balance, do you ~eep eoplous tears of d~sappolntment? ~Veep not, child; you are not alone... Yes, your fairy Do-h- Yourseff Dyke-y has a trlek or two in her magle actually satisfy your .kitchenlust- rfioderately.: Not a rip and tear project, but a nip and rock. An eye wash, if you will. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again (quite possibly every month) a little paint can do wonders. That will be the coruerstone of our project, which your DIYD proposes to drag out shamelessly for the next few months. But first, put away your rose,tinted glasses and prepare for some coldhearted evaluations of what you have to work with. Obviously, ff)’our cupboards are cheap, flimsy and dilapidated, our success ~s going t~ be pretty limited, so keep it all in perspective. Also, match your budget with what can be accomplished, and learn how to scour the areaforbargains-outlets, resale stores, architectural salvage, etc. Then, if a rehab is in your relatively near future, you can buy a few nice things and carry them over on the redo. We are a creative lot, so let’s use it to our advantage. Don’ t be afraid to do the workin stages. Actually, it prolongs the enjoyment, and outside his father;s appliance store in Jonesboro, Arkansas, at age 8 to retirement in his early 30s after developing a series of novelty products. He made his real fortune, however, by sdling millions of Moonies. The chubby doll-size figures attach to car windows with suction cups like the ubiquitous Garfidd-the-cat stickons, but with a risque difference. "You squeezed the b,~b and the little guy mooned people, Dunlap said. "I got rich off of it and I quit." He movedin 1990fromMemphi s,Tennessee, to Navarre Beach, about 20 miles east of Pensacola, platming nothing more than to siton the sugar-white beach. How- Look at tak:t~g the opportunity to h~prove some essentials that don’timmediately leap to mind when y~u think about fluffing up the kitchen - it might be a good time to learn a little bit about wiring and dectrical, to the extent that you put in a new light fixture or replace the old outlets with GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupters), which are truly a safety must anywhere you have water. There are some good do it yourself books, complete with very necessary illustrations, to walk you through it, and ifyouhave a friend that is familiar with the process, flatter, pitch wand (minds out of the wooorwhateverelseit toybox, children!) rakes to enlisttheir help ¯ ¯ ¯ on the project. ¯ astainless steel sink 0r~iga~bage disposal. ~ Be wary about letting your fancy stray as ¯ far as a dishwasher - you’re heading into " more complicated territory there. Think about flooring options. ,and if your kitchen is in the darker coruer of your house, as is the DIYD’g, definitely thinklight. Notjust visual light, which is where the fixtures come in, but ¯¯- light surfaces -walls, cabinets, appliances. It might not be the right time to go withthe ¯ retro phase and install that avocado har- ¯ vest-tone range (but if you decide you must, the DIYD has a deal for you! Take my old range, please.) ~ Think about using a low-luster semi- " gloss paint - it makes clean ups easier and ¯ resists water and mildew and other dis- " tasteful things. And new finishing tech- ¯ niques open up a plethora of possibilities. ¯ Sleight of hand is very necessary in Eye Wash jobs. Ask any drag queen. ¯ So dream easy dreams until next month, ¯ when your DIYD helps you spiffy up ¯ those horrid, depressingly dark kitchen ¯ cupboards. ~ ever, after noticing thatthousands ofGays ¯ congregate on area beaches every Memo- " rial Day, he decided the panhandle could ¯ support a small Gayresort. Dtmlap and a motel developer took aplan to local bank- " ers about six years ago. "You could just ¯ see the color runoutoftheir faces,"Dunlap ¯ ¯ recalled. "My personal impression and observation was that they did not want [ anythiag to do with the financing solely ~ because it was a... ’Gay and Lesbian’ ¯ business." Dunlap, himself Gay, figured if that ¯ was happening hereit also washap~g to others elsewhere. Creating a b~ak~Jr ¯ such a geographicallywidespreadmarket ¯ niche would have been difficult at b~t ¯ before the Interuet. ’The Interuet~ allows us to deliver see Bank,p~ by Esther Rothblum I recently watched Janice Perry perform during National Coming Out Week at the University of Vermont. By the time I asked her to describe her life and her work, she was off performing in Switzerland. So we communicated over email. Here are her responses to my questions: ER: tell me the story of how you became a Lesbian comedian? JP: Is this a trick question? Because of course, there is the story of how I became a Lesbian, and then the story ofhow Ibeganperforming. I never intended to become a "Lesbian comedian". I began performing and because my sexuality is part of my life, itcomes outin the show, undisguised¯ Audiences don’t often see Lesbianism presented in this way, it’s either ’%rOW, LOOK AT ME, I’MA BIG DYKE!!" or very covert. Mymissionis topresentchallenging work in a way that is accessible. Most, but not all, of my work is highly exaggerated autobiography. I am always trying to find common denominators, trying to weave many different aspects into each piece. The major theme of a piece about an IRS audit was power and abuse of power (this was pre-IRS refo.rm), and the fact that the auditor was conung on to me was the vehicle to exaggerate the taxpayer’s fear and the auditor’s power. I wanted to unequivocally show the equation between sex and power and fear. That the auditor i~-awoman adds another layer. This piece also unequivocally describes both the dedication required and the extremely dire financial situation of artists in general. So there are many levds that are available to the audience. They can take whatever they want from the performance, While this is a theatrical exag- ¯ Satire"¯ When I first started working in : Europe, Ifoundoutthatthereis awordfor : it-"kabarett". I use my .whole body to deliver the : monologues, as wall as costumes, singing; lighting and very strong I never intended facialgestures. Iamperforming pieces with what I see to to ]~eeome a be the big themes - Greed, "Lesl~ian Fear, Abuse of Power, Sex, comedian". War, Death and Taxes. I’m not so interested in just telll l:le.~an ing jokes. I am presenting performin$ and strong content from a Lesbian- feminist perspective in ]~eeause my a highly comedic way. The sexuality is part comedic aspect makes my of my llfe, it work much more accessible to many more people. comes out ER: is there a particuin tlae slaow, lar performance that stands out as memorable? undls~ulsed, jp: Last year (199~/) the Swiss queers organized a demonstrationinBem (the capitol) against thenew constitution, and the refusal of the government to include equal rights for homosexuals as partofbasichumanrights. The organizers of the demo invited me to come and perform. There were Swiss, French, German, Italian speakers and me. I came out on stage wearing a Statue of Liberty crown and carrying a big penis and said, "I want to.thank the Swiss Government for making me feel right at home here. It’s so reassuring to "know that I will be discriminated against wherever I go." Then I did a piece from the early 80’s about the constitution which says that the preamble really should readlike this:’ "vVe, the MEN of the United States, in order to : form a more perfect union. . No, that should be, ’We, the WHITE MEN of the United States.. ’ No, that should be ’We : theCONSERVATIVEWHITEMEN...’ ~ No, that should be ’We the RICH, CON- . SERVATIVE, WHITE, MEN . .’ No, 2 that should be ’We the OLD, RICH ,CONSERVATWE,XVHITE,MEN geration of the truth, it is a true story. I .... " "" They really got it. WAS audited by a woman, who D!D ER: is Janice Perry the performer difabuse her power. ER: What are the messages you are bringing to Lesbians? JP: I want Lesbians and gays to see that it really is okay to be out. That we can present ourselves in public and not be ki¯ lled for i" t. I ’m not hi"ding anything, I’m not preaching anything, I’m just going about my’business of performing in a perfectly natural way (orimperfecfly natural). When I play in some sin_all t.ow,.n, .an,d the audience is mixed, as it often i s, I trunk that it is empowering for all of us. Internalized homophobia is the real killer. I am also showing my total commitment to my work. My pe,rformance, is more theatrical than stana-up comeay. This is "kabarett" with a small "k" in the European tradition of powerful political statements launched from the platform of comedy, rather than"Kabarett" with a big "K" or "Cabaret" with a "C" which is usually women in glittery evening gowns singing "Se~d in the Clowns". This is why I am able to work so often in Europe. In 1982, when I first started, there was either theater or stand-up in the USA, and nothing in-between. I had no language to describe my work. I called it "Comedy - Rock - Music - Theater - ferentfrom Janice Perrry the individual? Do youfindyourselfperforming tofriends and lovers? JP: I am really h~cky in that I get to let out a lot of my desire for attention in my Work. Before I startedperformingon stage, I was performing all day long, because I had no outlet for this creativity. It must have been hell to be around. I thank my friends for putting up with me. Now I am much more relaxed in my personal life. Sometimes when I arrive at a theater where they don’t know my work, they look a bit worried, like - "Uh-oh, this is just a normal 48 year old woman, and she isn’t even wearing make-up and what kind of show will this be?" When I go on stage, they are amazed by my energy, which is very intense. They can’t believe it’s the same person. There is a definite difference between my work and my private life. I lead a quiet life and I have many and vailed interests. I love nature, hiking, gardening, cross-country skiing, bird-watching. I’m an avid reader, I love the classics, English social comedies from the 20’s and 30’s, fiction, history. I love music - rock and roll, classical, heavy metal, opera. see Psyche. p. 13 Red Rock Tulsa O’RYAN Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network Outreach Program Thurs. 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When I liv~ on T~a, V~tu, before I could Mk about ~ybody, I had to count~emfirst. ~ere is a prono~ for "you", a different one for you-two , ~other one for "you-t~" ~d still ~other for "you- Moreover, two sorts of "we" must be distinguished on~msl~d.Our we blur together two logically different groups. Sometimes, when we say "we," we in- use "she" and "her." dude who we’ve speaking to; but sometimes "we" excludes the speaker. For example, if I tell you that "we’re going to kiss" this mightmean that I about to plant one on you, or ~t could mean that I’m going neck with someone else. On Tarma, separate pronouns exist dicuonanes before fadi~, away. Other dc-.gende~ed substitmes d~at have been proposed include s~ m~ and air. Gender in our pronoun system may sustmn inanities between men and womenbutitis Nso am~ha- Nsm ~at we ~ employ creatively to play wi~ ~d chNlenge o~ gender roles. M~y Gay men regM~lj apply female pronouns ther to ~emselves or to ~eir friends (or ene~es -"She’s not N1 ~at~"). ~entNNng about my friends who do drag, I no longer hesitate to use "she" ~d "her." TNs is ~e in o~er c~tures whose pronoun systems Nso encode gender. ~Nysis of ~e sp~h of a Gay ~uple por~y~ in ~e first document~y film about Gay life in Jap~ R~en no Sobyo ("Rough S~eteh of a SpirN") shows that do not allow this ambigui.t},,; ,w.e’.’ includes vou;.the, other "we dales ~ more ~ermmne partner’re~ers to mmsm~ not. . with female or gender-neutral terms set, peopte use tnese woros to tam aoout the world and about themselves. If we listen to how people do this, we can learn something of their underlying concepts about human identity. There is always also a politics of pronouns. People use pronouns creatively in order to demonstrate or to assert certain claims about themselves, and about others. My old friend Rapi, who was the "big-man" or leader of the village in which I lived, surprised me one day with apronotm. He was tdling the story of one of his great- ~andfathers, who was also named Rapi, and he used the ’T" pronoun - "When I smote the enemy back before Captain Cook arrived..." (and this was in 1774!). It became clear tome thatTannesepeople, more so than we, incorporate into their sense of self their ancestors, particularly if these were ancestral namesakes. Part of their personhoodincludes these forebears. Whenrecounting history whichhappened generations before they were born,, they talk about "what I did"in that these events are part of who they are today. The pronoun system on Tanna, despite its complexity, does not recognize gender. He, or she, and it are all called "in." Inequality between men and women on the island runs fairly deep, but this social ineqtmlity is not reflected in the pronominal system. The relationship between linguist’ic form and social structure has been long and fiercely debated. Whatever the facts about this might be, here in the US there has been a fairly successful campaign to de-genderize our first person pronouns. In this politics of pronouns, college students may get marked down ifthey use "he" as the default in their essays. ~1~ polifical!y correct choice nowadays is "Ec or she" or even the grammatically uses mate-marKeo pronouns (ore, jtoun, washi). Justlike Rapi and his ’T’ onTanna, our self-construction depends on creative use of the pronouns that our language provides. This appropriation of the other sex’s pronoun may be a male thing. I have not seen many studies of Lesbian use of "he." (If anyone has come across he-women, please email me.) Some feminists might fault men for, once again, abridging women’~s rights and experience by stealing their "she." It seems to me, though, that if one might attack gender hierarchy by spaying language - replacing he/she with thou-one can also undermine the systemby messing with its rules. I can call you he; or maybe this time I’ll call you she. Remember, everyone must use her condoms. Lamont Lindstrom teaches anthropology at the University of Tulsa and my be reached at lamont-lindstrom@utulsa.edu I love to go to the theater. Dance. Visual Arts. Architecture. Archeology. Yoga. Fashion. I’m very, interested in both prehistory and pop culture. I like to see what is gomg on in "society," both regionally and globally, to try to identify the trends,, see what is universal and then use this information inmy work. In some way I’m always working, always noticing, observing. But I can do it from the sidelines. I don’t need to be the center. I get enough of that onstage. For further informauon and to schedule a perfornlance, contact: Janice Perry RD 1 Femsburgh~ Vermont 05456 jpakagal @aol.com but it doesn’t stop it from happening, and it’s frustrating to you, and the people around you. Some of it has passed, some ofithasn’t and will take time, and some of it will never go away or be forgotten. Right after, if I was alone, the chest would tighten, I couldn’t breathe and I would feel overwhelmed. Evenin agrocery store, whenTom and I went together, but separated, as we usually did, I found’mysdf alone on an aisle, and feltmy chest tighten - it scared the 1x;jeezus out of me. We passed a car emitting fumes with a similar odor to the smoke in the apartment, and I Was right back there. And in a panic attack. I thought, .’ffhis is silly. Stop it". Well, you can’t. I decided to stay at the apartment two days later. Tom was doubtful, again, but supportive. I did try to go back and face down my fear. Then, as I gotintomy smokybed (I’d left windows wide open for the two days, and it helped - a little. The smoke issomething that doesn’t go away easily.) Then the ’~vhat- ifs" started. What if I had gone home earlier (whichI had thought of doing) and gone to sleep? What if I hadn’t gone home till later? No one else called 911. In fact, the neighbor that finally did come out, said "Well, I smdled a funny smell, but didn’tpay any attention to it..." With neighbors like that, who needs enemies? What if... Then the big one hit: If I was in a smoky smelling apartment, and another fire started, how would I know another one had started? I mightjust chalk it up to the already smoky apartment I was in, and then what? An~twhatelsemightbeplUgged in...? So, I tookTom up on his very kind offer that if I became uncomfortable, I could come back to his place and stay. So, on this new years, take stock. Look at whoyourreal friends are. Tomhas been Wonderful., going far above and beyond the call of duty. Look at your extension cords. Are they the right kind for tbejob? Are they over loaded? Funny what you notice after an event like this - I was inRedLobsternot too long ago, and noticed that their xmas lights were connected by 3 extensions cords wound around a wooden beam. I watched them throughout dinner. And no matter how much one may grumble, I am aware of just how lucky I am to be here to grumble. I am lucky to still have my symbols, collected throughout my life, of the people who love me, and the people I love. I am lucky to have a friend like Tom. I am lucky to be alive. I’m not too thrilled at having so much stuff to dean, but I realize that I amlucky it’s there to be cleaned. It was time to move anyway, the neighbors were too noisy. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Collection] Oklahoma LGBT+ History Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br /><br /><br /><strong>Digital Media:</strong> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Thirty years on the Tulsa bar scene has been a long and winding road, to borrow a Beatles song tltle. 1959, IArwriavsingwelIcnomOedctobbyersucohf places as the Eighth bay and Gala, The Glory Hole, the Doghouse and a brand new one - that was the year Gene brought In the Bamboo. The Beatles were soon to give the Eighth Day new significance with their "Eight Days a Week." Paul S's Glory Hole, with Its balcony and the whole works, was the first of 13 he would have in Tulsa. ihe straights ·had no Idea what a glory hole was, but newly arriving gays knew Instantly. Bob White had the Eighth Day and Gala at the time, but Fran and Jodie soon would take over. Fran, a former lady wrestler, had no trouble keeping the peace, although some of the pieces did get out of hand once in a while. Those were the days when the bars were mixed - girls and guys. I could be more specific by saying dikes and queens. The best fights were always by the dikes. Shirley P. always used part of her Indian money on her birthday to throw a big party at the Gala. And those were the days when you always knew when it was about time to leave. Fran or Jodie would yell out, "Hotel, motel time." C.J., Pe�gy's other half, put little differently. The Chicken C oop, still. open on Third Street, was an after-hours eating place BY DICK SUAGEE for a lot of us. preceding Baker's by a few years.· And C.J. would regularly solicit business by yelling out, "Who's going to the Chicken Shit?" C.J., now deceased, was about as butch as they came, even sprouting a mustache once. Oh yes. she worked as a truck · driver. And Peggy was as pretty a femme as you ever would see. The Doghouse was on the corner of Seventh and Boulder, preceding the now-closed Holiday Inn by a few years. And If one of you was having a lovers' quarrel, it was a good place to wind up - In the Doghouse, get. It's main decoration was a huge reprint of the famous painting of dogs of all breeds having a poker game. Mt,CH,The Taj Mahal, which later l�ould be across the street In the middle of the same block, was not even a dream yet. Norma would bring it along In a few years, first as the Adams Hotel bar, and then Its more famous site on Seventh Street. The Zebra Lounge, around the corner on Main Street, was a ·straight place. First "Bob" and then BIii Oliver would change that a few years later. Getting back to Norma, some of the best bar stories ever came out of the Taj when she first opened it. Totally serious, she told the story of how some of her lady friends saw her downtown shopping and said they Just couldn't believe she was running a gay bar, to which she replied, ''Of course I am....All of my customers are happy." The next t wo I heard myself, A young man with a University of Hawaii T-shirt, and obviously the timid type, walked In one afternoon during happy hour and sat at a table next to me. Norma came over to wait on him, and he looked up before ordering and asked, "Ma'am, Is It safe for queens in here?" Norma replied, "My Lord, yes, honey chlle, they have those In England. We don't have them In this country." He got up and ran. Shortly after the Holiday Inn was opened across the street, a man who obviously had looked out the window and saw the bar, walked over. Janie, one of Norma's longtime friends, was working happy hour that afternoon•. Janie is about 4-foot-9, if she's that tall, and on the buxom side. The visitor from across the street observed what was going on for a few minutes, and· to an outsider, some of It could have been pretty shocking, and then stood up. Making sure he had the floor, he said, "Obviously this Is a gay bar, but who is that (pointing to Janie), Mickey Rooney In drag?" He finished his beer and left us with one of the best laughs ever. Janie took It In stride. Paul S. (The Glory Hole) later would have the Scubldu Downtown, the Scubldu East, on Sheridan, the old Thelma's Club at First and Elwood, the Queen of Hearts at Third and Frisco, and on and on. Some didn't stay open long enough for the name to register. Paul played the trombone and 1iked Contlnued... Page 11 -G- NOV. 1, 1990 PAGE 3 > get up a small musical group to rovlde enterta.inment, partlcu­ trly at the Downtown Scubldu on ,outh Main. Gracie Y. would first enter ,e scene when Bill Oliver had the �ebra downtown. Bill also would ,ave the Doors and Caruso's. Gracie, · already . in her 'O's, played the piano · every ,aturday night. The oldies were ,er ·specialty, but she had a little 1ovelly number on the rlsque side vhcf would gladly play, putting ,vhoever's name was requested In :he lyrics. It started out with the 1ame submitted, say. "James," and Nent like this: "James couldn't get :t started•..11 The laughter started immediately and ''James" soon became embarrassed. But it was fun and we all loved it. Gracie later moved her act to the Bamboo and most of us followed. It gave Gene a partner. He was a solo dancer of some merit in those days - I watched him dance from one end of the bar to the other one night to the complete Carole King "Corazon." He was not the Latin from Manhattan but he gave a r=t�6 s Getting back to Paul S. (Glory Hole), he took it upon himself to lead the "Jane Ann Jayroe Parade" after she became the state's second "Miss America" - Norma Smallwood was the first. Paul had the Queen of Hearts at the time and regularly presented drag shows. And by far the best one who ever appeared was "Dawn Winters... On this particular evening, three of his best-dressed drag queens rode on the back of his convertible, legs crossed, and waved to the huge crowd along the parade route. A sign on both sides read,"Come to the Queen of Hearts - where boys will be girls.u The .... BARS, continued cops along the route seemed to get a bigger kick out of it than anyone. And speaking of cops, many years later at Tim;s Playroom, once t�e Gala and then the place to go, two of them came In on ohe of the coldest nights of the year with a foot of snow on the ground and stood under one of the he�ll vents for what seemed like forever. The dance floor was packed for Sunday night happy hour. Tom P., Pearl to many of us, suggested to me -that we walk over and see what was going on. He knew both of them. "Looking for anything In particular," Tom asked, to which one of them replied, 0 Not a damn thing, Tom. It just happens that this Is one of. the warmest and safest spots in town right now." Tl_m Turner gave us three good bars during his ·Tulsa run, before moving to Florida. The Playroom may have been the best Tulsa ever had. And we can't forget Jimmy and Roy, who have give the Tool Box a totally different meaning than the one in your car trunk. Tulsa's bars ·have been a never-ending song of love. Yes, there were some bad moments. I remember the time I watched Ronnie Dlttmore get in his old lover's oar In front of the Zebra. They had spent the evening inside trying to decide If there was enough left to start over again. The next morning I would read that Ronnie had been murdered. And two days later, another story told how the · ex-lover had killed himself on his father's grave in Kansas. Tulsa's bars may never relive their old days. AIDS may have changed that forever. But the many fond memories will never die. I will never forget Walt Carlton (cancer), Carl Nagel (cirrhosis), and Bruce Hower.ton. Wayne Galutza, Newcombe Cleveland, to name a few. They were so brave in death. For . them, the long and winding road has ended. Our Job is to see that their trip wasn't In vain - that we, as gay Tulsans, ca11 rise up and prove to this city that we are some its best .citizens. Two Places You Must See Oral Roberta Prayer Tower & Genes Bamboo Lounge mlb\lMOO@@ IL@QJJOO@I!! 7204 E. PINE 838-9323 NOO� - 2 AM DAILY DOLLAR PITCHERS SUNDAYS - OPEN TO CLOSE $2.00 WELLS $1.75 FROZEN DRINKS $1.00 RATTLESNAKES -G- NOV. 1, 1990 PAGE 11 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [1959-1990] Looking Back on the (Tulsa) Bars, A Brief History, by Dick Suagee Subject The topic of the resource Reflections of Tulsa Bars By Dick Suagee beginning with his arrival in Tulsa in October 1959 until November 1990. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oklahoma Historical Society Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Oklahoma Historical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oklahoma Historical Society Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/1959 to 11/1990 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Dick Suagee Dick Suagee Oklahoma Historical Society Tulsa Gay Bars https://history.okeq.org/files/original/3c5534c471c21dd145842498ffa3bbb3.pdf b86fe35d10bfd959b7d694513b5ce89e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Collection] Oklahoma LGBT+ History Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br /><br /><br /><strong>Digital Media:</strong> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document -GAY-ETY INT-TOWN. far holds the record. Recently remo­ deled,the Bamboo still operates on the same side of town where it has been for Oat of the Closet Into the Fire) Since he had already las his job, John became the primary speaker for TGCC's newly formed Speaker's Bureau, appearing before churches and civic groups. by loni broaddus The vertical file in the Tulsa Library public relations to be seen with a Ttm Tumer is well known around Tulsa as the owner of Tim's Playroom. "John was very upfront," says Tay Clare, a member of TGCC's inceptive labeled "Homosexuality " contains few­ er than thirty articles clipped from the Tulsa World and Tulsa Tribune. The earliest is dated August 1976; the head­ line reads "Homosexual Arrests In­ crease at Mohawk Park." Other arti­ cles discuss a proposed civil rights ordinance requested by the gay com­ munity,claims of police harassment by patrons of gay bars, clergymen views an OHR swimming party. The most thorough Journalism in­ cluded is a series of three articles by Keo Jackson on the entire front page of the City/State section of the Sunday World dated July 11, 1982. The first article estimates a gay population in Tulsa of 50,000 people, further predict­ ing that the "subculture ... will double in number by 1990." The second article, "Gay Pride Replaces Stereotype," is filled with positive comments by John Willis (owner ofZipper's) and Rev.Alice Jones (of MCC in Tulsa), as well as mentions of gay bars, activities, and organizations. The final article tells us that the '"Fruit Loop'Showcases Dark �e. Jackson's account ot gay\itein 'Tu\sa legally. Bootleg whiskey was available, of course; M.C.sold it out of a briefcase in half-pints. The Blue Haven was located south­ west of Tulsa, near what is now Town West Shopping Center. It was one of four gay bars in Tulsa at the time­ though it also had a weekday hetero­ sexual clientele comprised of nearby residents. M.C. explains, "(Gays) couldn't come out on weeknights. Back in those days, not everybody had didn't have cars." So the gay community hung out downtown,sometimes at the Blue Note on Denver,more often at the St. Moritz. The St.Moritz was located in the center of the block where Cathey's Furniture is today, and according to M.C.,was "the number one place to go." Lesbians had their own bar, the Milwaukee Tavern, which was somewhere in the vicinity of 15th and Cincinnati.For the most part, member of the oppostie sex. "Bishop's Bar was quite gay-it was mixed," says M.C. "It was very typical (during that time) to find good places that were mixed. In other words, you didn't go into Bishop's Bar as a scream­ ing queen. You didn't go in there dressed in cutoffs. Women didn't even wear slacks in those days. " Indeed, the Blue Haven, or even the few blocks over to the St. Moritz, where the jukebox played the big band sounds of Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey. Dancing, however, was not allowed: Oklahoma law prohibited dancing where beer was served. After only about three months, the Blue Haven closed-a victim of the miles in a time when mobility was not eaS\\y attained. Some time \ater, Thurman Glynn opened the Little Mexico Bar at about 18th and Boston. "That was a wild, pissy-elegant place," rememoers M. C. dows were Spanish style . . . they opened out. We crawled in and out of those windows because it was so crowded we couldn't get through the front door!" Ah, the good old days. Even in the early 40s, Tulsa had at least one gay bar. Called the Tropical Gardens, it was run by two sisters in what had once been a filling station. M.C. Parker owns a book called Snoot If You Must which mentions The Tropical Gardens, though not by name. Copyrighted in 1943, the book was written by writer and publisher Lucius Beebe, who visited Oklahoma many times to see his lover, who had been drafted and stationed here. Beebe writes: "Tulsa was not without its charms. There was, for instance, a nightclub that had formerly been a gasoline filling st· ation and beer flowed out of all of-the compressed air hoses." Time P.assed, but liqu9r by the drink didn't, and·many oTthe old bars closed Before the Playroom, he managed The New Plantation,which was at 61st and Yale. And before that-he owned Jim's Anything Goes on 58th and Peoria­ whichcameafter The Queen of Heart's, But his bar career started at Friend's Lounge. He had been married; he had been working in the construction busi­ ness. One day he went into Friend's - not knowing it was a gay bar. He played pool all afternoon with a group of les­ bians, who invited that night. Friend's owner, Tracy Mclaughlin, eventually hired Jim to bartend thei:�-.. Thq�.were the days of police harass­ ment. Cops seemed to show up at the gay bars whenever they were bored, theycan't push us around like this.' And he never would hire attorneys. He went down and represented himself all ' the time and he usually won." the war. In 1976, arrests we:re made in Mohawk Park for "soliciting to perform an unnatural sex act, outraging public decency, and sodomy." In 1977,thirteen men were arrested for Jayw�lking­ near a gay bar, of course. A couple of gay organizations had been atteinped in Tulsa, but the one that put Gay TµIsa on the map was the Tulsa Gay Community Caucus. In the early 70s, a series of hostile editorials appeared in the Tulsa World. "They were all very anti-gay, blatantly so, for no reason," remembers John, a co-founder of TGCC who soon became its primary leader and spokesman. "Gay Lib had never been whispered about in the city in any way." The last editorial finally angered John to the point that he felt compelled to reply. He wrote a letter to the editor, a rebuttal which stated facts but never mentioned his own homosexuality. "That's really kind of what started it, strange as it may seem," explains John about the beginnir-igs of TGCC. "There had always been problems ... as far as housing, and police harassment." John's letter was printed the day he left for a two-week vacation. When he. returned,the embryo.group for TGCC was formed. John discussed the group and the situation with his boss, assur­ ing him that John would never bring the company name into it. "It took them three weeks, but they figured out a way to get rid of me." group. "He was absolutely the best advocate for gay rights.!' John received surprising support for his efforts-as well as some disappoint­ ing lack of support."We got more sup­ port from the non-gay community than c , BAY BARS IN TULSA I ,1rt/1/ //II/If TROPICAL GARDENS: Early 40s. Operated by two sisters in what had once been a tilling station. ST. MORITZ: 1940s-50s. located on South Main. Was the place to go. Closed down alter a move in anticipation ot liquor by the drink-which did not pass. I BLUE NOTE: 40s-50s. located on North Denver. BLUE HAVEN: Opened Nov. 1949 by M.C. Parker. Located in southwest Tulsa. Closed alter 3 months due to location. MILWAUKEE TAVERN: 40s-50s. Lesbian bar. Located at about 15th and Cincinnati. BISHOP'S BAR: 40s-50s. Located downtown. M\xed crowd but a popular gay hangout. LITTLE MEXICO: Late 50s. Owned by Thur· THE D06HOUSE: Owned by Bob Johnson. TAJ MAHAL: Late 50s. Original location downtown. Manager and his lover were mur­ the 11th Street location vacated by the 8th Day. ZE••Ar Downtolliin, .-,,,., ,,_ __. ,,_, the Ta/. Pink pool tallle. • IIIMIOO LOU#IE: Opened early 60s. Owned by Gene Covington. Still operating-oldest gay bar in Tulsa. 8th DAY Located on 11th Street al Lewis nexI door to. what is now a flower shop. GALA: Lesbian owned. Women's bar with niixed clientele. Located in what is now Tim's Playroom. First private club. Only entrance in the back. SKOO-BEE-DO: Owned by Paul Scott. FRIEND'S LOUNGE: Owned by Tracy Mclau· glin. Later called Tracy's, the New Edition. TIFFANY CLUB: Opened early 70s. QUEEN OF HEARTS: Opened 1974. Owners: Tim Turner and Paul Magruder. CARUSO'S RICK'S TIM'S ANYTHIN6 60ES: Owned by Tim Turner. 58th and Peoria. NEW PLANTATION: Owned by Tom Olson. managed by Tim Turner. 51st and Yale. • THE CLUB: Opened by owners of Gala. 12th and Memorial. Lesbian bar-originally attended by gay men also. Now called The Rustic Club. • TIM'S PLAYROOM: Owned by Tim Turner. Opened in July 1977. Located at 11th and Lewis under the Meadow Gold sign. • ZIPPER'S: Owned by John Willis. 33rd and Yale. Opened in 1979- , • SEEKER'S CHOfCE: Lesbian bar on Admiral at Memorial. TULSA MINING CO.: On 11th Street. First alter-hours bar. Now Schlitzy·s. • TOOL IOX: Near downtown. Western bar. • OVER THE RAINBOW: At 11th and Garnett. Owned by Arlene Benson. Tulsa's largest les· bian bar-though clientele is mixed. • DANTE'S: Owned by Mark trom L.A. Located ,'I ' 1- . ' ' .. 2 ' I ,, l .. I • I • I I •. II ..\I • ·!i .• fI i ------------- -- --- -- --· -•----- ... ---· on 31st at:Harvard'. · • - ,. . I c.:· ,,- .... 5 . been expected. One gay person ex- oplainedf thesehquestions are checked 'no' - . gabeycabueseknI ohwnave."not let the fact that I am 25 waTsulasna'sin"cSere�duiballyPrweefellr_-ernesceaSrctuhdeyd", epdionfreoemrinagnsdtusedny.tCalol poiveesrwtehreecroeuqunest�t.- nanBcuet itpwasases ndopt reontoeucgtihngtoTgueltsaan'sogrady1- fcoormthmautnmityu.cEheccotmionfotritm. e was too do� miIsnssiotenarde,ctohmemHeunmdeadnaRpigo�hctsy Cstoa!me•- 19go the Premier Issue of Ano�her fifteen years, begun to speak. We are Ieru-ning to take care of ourselves. Tulsa, perhaps, is growing up with us. · . ment-which meant that comparues . . baTsihseoffirssetxsutaelpp. reference. It passed. ideUanwfoarsttuoncaotenlys,idtehrethoenlOy rsdteinpa. nIcf et-he mgauyncitoymCmhuurncithy. SistaMrteetdr�pm oThutals� �mo�mhe- smtoidr-e7fr0os, M(;C has grown from its first proaches to the issue. community for the most part indicated which offered gays the only legal pro- abnu!olduintrgein northeast a. MC� offers that they would not or had not discrim­ wteitchtitohne-eleactt· aiolaotefrJidmatIme,haollfehaospMe adyieodr many otahcehr tcohtuhrecghaeys chommunity that • werealos.veHrwowhelvmerin,gtlhyosaegaiinsbt uasinceistys 1973·74 Dianne ln i978 Jim Imhofe is quoted in the guestrsappeagkreorusp,s,nad children's church, ordinance protecting homosexuals. Church iTt'sultshaeTgroibveurnnemaesnsta'ysipnlga,c"eltdoobne'tgtihvingk a a socials. It ministers poSpiuxltayt-ionefelpt ethrcaet ngt of the general though the m jority believed th t gays 119754·765 1977·78 Taja Trudy Tyler Mayo Le Cabarret gwe did from the gay community. The should not beate chers or ministers. a 1978-791 CLiassaeyGoSotdamrran PNaepwillPolna-ntation waeyrecpoemrcmeuivneitdy was very hostile. We less discaryimcionmmunity itself reported 19° 7.9-80 Mr. Timm Friend's Lounge bo t-eve as rocking their secure 1980-81 Leighann CQauraulsitoy'sInn a n though their boat -was paIsnt ffeacwt,yiet has only been during the Cianti Caruso's ars that Tulsa has had so 1981 ·82 TCohsi hCahTurner Caruso's 1983-84 RHaevleenn HMoaliddday GCarasslihghLtanding gTGCC soon became a page in Tulsa Stephanie Casady Old Lady on Brady n t . . · d " . ' Open 7 p.m. Nightly (located inside TIM'S PLAYROOM Special Sidewalk Sale - June Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [1996-1998] Gay Men's Outreach Subject The topic of the resource HIV and AIDS Description An account of the resource Documents relating to Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights program Gay Men's Outreach. 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Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Text Any textual data included in the document Shepard Murder Update LARAMIE,Wyo. (AP)-A suspect in the deathofaGay University of Wyoming student admitted to an investigator that he drove off with the victim and then told him: ’~3uess what. We’renot Gay. You’regonnagetjacked." After hearing testimony at a preliminary hearing, a judge ordered Aaron McKiuney to stand trial in the death of Matthew Shepard, an attack thatbrought widespread outrage, a condenmation from President Clinton and calls for tougher hate-crime laws. The other suspect, Russell Arthur Henderson, had waived his fight to a preliminary heating and is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 2. Both men are charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery. The21-year-old Shepard, who had been found tied to a fence outside of town, died five days after the Oct. 7 beating. The lead investigator, Sheriff s Detecfi~÷’e Sgt. Rob DeBree, testified that McKiuney, 21, admitted to the beating and implicated his friend Henderson, also 21. According to DeBree, McKinney said that robbery was ." the main motive but that Shepard was chosen,,as a targe~ because he was Gay. DeBreesaidMcKinney admitted ° Matthew did not hit on them or make advances" in the .,~FiresideBar,.batthat they luredhimoutintending:to rob : him and 6urgiari~e hi~ house. ....... :~ . 2 ~ According to DeBree, McKimaey told investigators that the attack began after Shepard placedhis fight hand ". on McKinney’ s leg as the trio drove on Laramie’ s east side." ’Guess what. We’re not Gay,’ "DeBree quoted " McKinney as saying. ’"You’re gonna get jacked. It’s Gay Awareness Week.’" DeBree said McKiuney admitted he hit Shepard two ¯ to three times with his fist, then pistol-whipped and robbed him. see Shepard, p. 10 Tulsa MCC’s Merge! TULSA - After years of strife,Tulsa’ s two Mb~~poli’- tan Community Church congregations have voted to merge beginning at the end of November and at the beginning of the Advent season. The Metropolitan Church of Greater Tulsa (MCC-GT) is likely the oldest Lesbian and Gay organization in the state at more than 20 years old. It was one of the first MCC’ s in the US to purchase its own building in an innovative bond based fundraising program. Family ofFaith’MCCwas younger congregation that grew out of MCC-GT starting out in Jenks, then later moving to a storefront in southeast Tulsa. Both congregations are currently without permanent pastors and members of each congregation approved the merger with "overwhelming majorities." The move also enjoys denominational support. The new congregation will meet at the building near Pine and Sheridan which has been the home for MCC-GTbut the vision that thenew congregationhas is tomove to anew shared home and see MCC, p. 2 ATLANTA (AP) - Twelve years after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Georgia’s controversial anti-sodomy law, the state Supreme Court threw out the statute late last month in a ruling that Gay civil rights activists hope will lead to the downfall of similar laws around the country. The state court voted 6-1 to overturn the conviction of Anthony Powell, now of Shreveport, La. Hehad been foundguilty of sod.omizing his 17-year-old niece m 1996. He had beencharged with rape, but his lawyers argued that the sex was consensual and thejury acquitted on that charge. The court’s majority opinion, by ChiefJustice RobertBenham, said the law violates the state "We cannot think dany other aetlvlty that reasonable persons would rank as more private and more deserving of proteetlon from governmental interference than eonsensual, private, adult sexual aetlv~ty," - Georgia Chld Justiee Robert Benham constitution’ s provision that citizens are entitled to privacy. "We cannot think of any other activity that reasonable persons would rank as more private and more deserving of protection from governmental interference than consensual, private, adult sexual activity," he wrote. In 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 165-year-old Georgia law banning oral and anal sex, ruling that ~e U.S. Constitution provides no right to private homosexual conduct. see Georgia, p. 8 ::WORLD AIDS DAY DIRECTORY/t.ETFERS P. 2/3 US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 HEALTH NEWS P. 6 COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9 BOOK REVIEW P. 10 RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 11 DYKE PSYCHE/GAY STUDIES P. 12/13 CLASSIFIEDS + WEERWOLF P. 14 ¯ MarriageLawsuit Heard : MONTPEIJI~.R, Vt. (AP)- Vermont’s Supreme ¯ Courtjustices dearly wereready for thepotenfially ¯ historic case before them. Before 10 minutes had ¯ gone by in their hour-long heating on the question ¯ of same-gender marriage, Justice Denise Johnson : cut off a lawyerandtoldher to get to the point. "We ¯ have toknow what yourtheories are that entitle you ¯ to relief,"Johnson toldlawyer Beth Robinson, who ¯ was arguing the case for three couples seeking the ¯ right to marry. : Throughout the hearing, justices peppered law- , yers from both sides withquestions about theories : of law, Gay politics and common sense. Each : jnstiee, from the chief to themost seniormember of : the court to its most recent appointee, asked at least ¯ one question. They listened intently, cajoled, prod- ¯ ded, occasionally chuckled and scribbled notes. : "tit’ s good to know the court is thinking about these ¯ issues, and if you think hard about this, we win," ¯ Robinson said following the arguments. ¯ Oral arguments before the Supreme Court can be : curious affairs. Lawyers go prepared to fill their ¯ allotted time with an oral recitation expanding on ¯ the written arguments they have previously filed. ¯ They rarely get a chance to deliver their remarks : tminterrupted because at least one of the justices ¯ generally wants to probe a point more deeply or ¯ perhaps go off in another direction. But seldom ¯ does the court become so immersed in the case ¯ before it. Seldom does the court have as much time ¯ as it allotted Docket No. 98-32, Baker v. State of : Vermont. Lawyers had an hour to make their case. ¯ Normally they get half that, sometimes less. : In the hearings in November, they had to share it ¯ pretty much.eq.ually with the three men and two : women in black robes.-It was almost l~ke a law : school class where thefivejustices were theprofes- ¯ sots and the individual lawyers were the students : getting uncomfortably close seruuny. : - When Robinson rejected a notion that Local AIDS activist, Bruce. Begley before World AIDS Day memorial service and march. For more, see page 3. Tulsa Is Site to Test HIV Vaccine : TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Researchers in Tulsa are participating in : a nationwide trial of a vaccine that may help prevent infection : from the virus that causes AIDS. Tulsa is one ofahandful of cities _. chosen to participate in final testing of the AIDSvax vaccine, ¯ developed by California-based VaxGen Inc. ¯ "I think it is an opportunity to make history as the first major ¯ trial to prevent HIV infection," said Dr. Ralph Richter of St. John .. Medical Center, who is leading the local branch of the trial. "It’ s ¯ aumque opportunity, and the challenge is to prove that this works : by doing a very highly scientific study." ¯ Researchers are recruiting HIV-negative Gay men who are ¯ considered at high risk Of contracting the disease. That includes : those who are not in monogamous relationships. They also seek : women who currently are in sexual relationships with HIV- : positivemen or who have had more than one male sexual partner ¯ and have been diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases : within the past year. : In preliminary trials of AIDSvax, nearly 99 percent of those : vaccinated produced strong levels of antibodies. Final testing of ¯ the vaccine is targeting 5,000 U.S: volunteers at high risk of ~ contracting the AIDS virus and 2,500 high-risk people in Thai- " land. ¯ John Lysight, 31, recently got his first shot of the vaccine and : will get a second injection soon. ’ofhis is a beginning vaccine of ." the future. This is what is going to start what I refer to as the super : vaccines," Lysight said. "I think we are reaching a totally ¯ different realm of meditfine, and it needs to be taken advantage : of." Lysightlearned ofthe vaccinefrom Richter almost ayear ago ~ and plans to help the doctor recruit study subjects. He does not : know if he is receiving the vaccine or a placebo. ¯ see Vaccine, p. 11 : : : : : everyone’ s goals~ Justice James Morse responded: "So the label is everything?" Johnson was the most animated justice. AssistantAttorney GeneralEveJac~bs-Camahan pointed out that no other state in the nation had legalized Gay marriage. Johnson observed: "Somebody had to be the first in an interracial state," referring to states that once banned interracial marriages. Trying to recover, Jacobs-Camahan said that common law had always made a distinction between men and women in marriage statutes, but not between the races, which was what made interracial marriage bans unconstitutional. "What does that show other than how long-standing the discrimination was?" Justice John Dooley asked. Reflecting that new legal ground was potentially being plowed with the case, Chief Justice Jeffrey Amestoy asked Robinson to explain why the state would want to discriminate against its citizens. Figuring that one out is a frustration, Robinson replied. The State of Vermont’s representatives have contended that limiting mamage only to heterosexual couples is good for procreation and childrearing - a point characterized as discriminatory and unconstitutional by Robinson, the lawyer for three Gay couples who brought the case. Robinson argued that Vermont’s 28-year-old ban doesn’t serve to protect children. "If the state’ s concern is about protecting Children, then that would be protected by allowing these couples to marry," she said, noting that two of the three couples have adopted children. State lawyers urged the court to turn down the see Marriage, p. 11 see Editorial, p. 3 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. 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U134 501-253-7734 501-253-7457 501-253-6807 50!~253,5445 501-253~9337 5012~53.2776 50t -253-5332 50-1-62~6646 501-253-6001 501-253-4074 501-442-2845 417-623-4696 :~ is where you can f’md TFN. Not allare Gay-owned but all are Gay-friendly. Carbon Copy: Don’t Abridge Freedom To Marry Recently, basketball star Dennis RodmanandBaywatch starletCarmenElectra were able to marry on a whim at 7 a.m. in Las Vegas after anight ofpartying that his agent says left Mr. Rodman too drtmk to speak or stand up. So much for the sanctity of marriage in this, the second year of the Defense of Marriage Act, which was passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton. It only forbids gay peoplefrom getting married. Richard Ramirez, the night stalker currently on death row for committing 13 sadistic, torturous murders can marry a woman ~n prison, but a gay person who never even gotaparking ticket can’ t marry the person he loves. Ministers who have merely blessed same-sex unious have found themselves in trouble with church leadership. One was quoted as saying "I can bless a battleship. I can bless a nuclear weapon. I can bless dogs or animals, but I can’ t bless two people who want to make a commitment to each other." The freedom to marry the person you love is a basic civil right, a basic human right, and an important, individual personal choice that bdongs to the couple in love, not to politicians or the government: Some day, probably not un61 the next century, that won’ t be an unpopular idea. - William C. Stosine. Iowa City With Credit to The Village Voice The 1998 Wacko Awards: Losers, Liars, and Other Political Lowlifes The Human Rights Campaign Well, the folks- at the. Human~ Rights Campaign sure do know how to pick ’em] After a protracted internal battle, the country’s largest gay fights group voted to endorse Al D’ Amato. Actually, it was the HRC’s board- in a 15-7 vote - that chose to support the Fonz. Mostmembers backed Schumer, who romped in the Gay community. For mstanee, in Manhattan’ s 66th Assembly Dislrict, Schumerrouted D’ Amato by about an 8-to-1 margin. This Greenwich Village district was the first to send an openly gay woman, Deborah Glick, to the state assembly and provided Schumer with his biggest vote total ofany city A.D. In recognition of HRC"s misguided endorsement, we present the group’ s board with the Out ofTouch Plaque and a global positioning system, so they are better informed when they next get the urge to veer right. ¯ Letters Policy : Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on ¯ issues which we’ ve covered or on issues ¯ you thinkneed to be considered. Youmay ¯ request that your name be withheld but ¯ letters must be signed&have phone hum- ¯ bers, or be hand delivered. 200 word let- " ters are preferred. Letters to other publi=m ¯ cations will be printed as is appropriate. by joining forces to be able to secure a permanent full-time pastor as well. Tins also will allow them to increase their outreach to the community. Both congregations were predominenfly women and leaders stated the hope of encouraging men to feel welcome as well. World AIDS Day 1998i WASHINGTON, DC - A new studyjust released resoundingly debunks widely held beliefs about the economic status of. Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual (GLB) people. Contrary to what has become the conventional wisdom on the subject, Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual people do not earn more than "We lmve long known that the myth of Gay wealth is ju,t that - a myth . . . lneome I~at~on s~nes t~e o~ truth on yet another o[ The Ri~ht~ ~stortlon of the ~a~s," - Urv~hl Va~d Heterosexual people. In fact, they may even earn less. lncome Inflation: The Myth of AffluenceAmong Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Americans was released by the Policy Institute of the Na- . tional Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies (I~LSS). The report was authored by M.V. Lee Badgett, Ph.D., professor of economics at the University of Massa- .chusetts at Amherst and executive director of IGLSS. Income Inflation is a startling study of the economic status of a frequently stereotyped population ofAmericans. Badgett explores the pervasive andinaccuratenotion that GLBpeopleform aneconomic elite, insulated from discrimination by their wealth and disconnected frbm society at large by a special, privileged status. After examining data from seven different surveys, she finds that none support this stereotype. "The evidence from many different scientifically sound data sources points to the same dear conclusiom Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual people do not earn more than Heterosexual people, either as individuals or as couples," reported Badgett. "Some GLB people are poor, some are rich, and most are in the middle,jnst as heterosexual people are. Now that we have credible data, we can stop relying on flawed stu~di.’e3, that were designed to find high income Gay people." right-wing organizations and individuals perpetuate and regularly exploit the myth of Gay wealth to bolster their attacks against the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender eommtmity. The mythis so pervasive and accepted that even Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia injected it into the dissenting opinion in the Colorado Amendment Two ease. "We have long known that the myth of Gay wealth is just that - a myth," said Urvashi Vaid, director of the Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "’Income lnflation shines the light of truth on yet another of The Right’ s distortion of the facts," added Vaid. by Tom Neal, editor andpublisher One of the consolations ofgrowing older is that every once in a while, something "right" happens you thought you might never see. Justice sometimes prevails. Forexample, in thelate 80’ s,my youngest brother spent some time in the then German "Democratic" Republic (the DDR in a program organized by the University of Oklahoma); and we wondered when, if ever, all of Germany would be one again. More recently, we’ ve seen Chilean murderer and former dictator, Gen. Pinochet, at least called tojustice-even ifhis age and the legal wrangling may prevent any real payment for his part in the systematic disaFpearance and murder of his own, and foreign, citizens. So too, the decision of the Georgia Supreme Court to say that the apparatus of the State, here Georgia, has no compelling, legitimate interest in regulating the private, consensual sexual conduct of adults. Since Georgia’s law was the impetus for the wretched, horribly reasoned US Supreme Court case, Bowers v. Hardwick, to have the law undermined by its home state constitution is sweet. But it is a bittersweet victory because Bowers still stands rendering Lesbian and Gay Americans lesser citizens under our own federal constitution. Like the 19th century Dred Scott Supreme Court decision that legitimized slavery, Bowers will someday fall. But its decision, (based on primarily on the logic that this behavior, oral and anal sex, has always been despisedandtherefore, based on popular revulsion, should be un- titan constitutional, tliough note that though de~ - - Spised, a lotof "them" are doing it too) continues to butlress anti-Lesbian and Gay decisions, like child custody battles where the Gay parent lives in a state where "sodomy" is illegal. What I like about this column is its flexibility to write ¯ . . it’s been both ~unny and l~tter to learn that former Georgia Attorney General Michael Bowers during the very time in whleh he was defending the Georgia "sodomy" statute was himself breaking a different Georgia law by haGn~ an adulterous affair. Obdously, all animals are equal but some are more e~ual otherS. ¯ ABC’ s 20/20programhas never run a story critical of ¯ nuclear power. Come to find out, the show’ s producer ¯ Victor Neufeld’ s wife works for the nuclear industry. ¯ Rupert Murdoeh, an ultra right wing activist, (he initially offered Newt Gingrich a mulfmi!lion dollar about any number of things without necessarily having to pun them together into a completely coherent argument. So be forewarned that this may wander. Sent via the Internet: "Morality is what you do when nobody is looking." - Oklahoma’ s own Congressman, The Reverend J.C. Watts (R-OK) - who has fathered two children out of wedlock. Indeed. Also from our e-mail regarding the so-called "liberal media": a 1996 Nexis search of sources used by major newspapers and broadcasters, show that 7,776 medi~ citations were used from conservative think tanks (with Heritage Foundation topping the list); 4,665 from centrist think tanks; and 1,837fromliberal think tanks. That means the news media used sources from conservatives 54% of the time, centrists 33% .and liberals 13%. KABC, anABCaffiliate in Los Angeles refused to air any anti-war protest stories during the Gulf war. This from staffers inside the station. : book deal thru his H,ar)pe_r Collins publishing firm), owns the entire Fox media conglomerate, the Fox telei visionnetwork andFox news channel. He also owns the New York Post,and TV Guide magazine. ¯ ABC’s David Brinldey had to apologize for making ¯¯* insulting remarks about President Clinton on the air during the 1996 election. He now is a spokesman for a ; multimillion dollar corporation. John Stossel, known : for his ultra-rightwing pro-corporate views is a regular reporter for ABC news. ¯ CBS canned a 60 minutes story on tobacco company : lies because ofpressure from upper management. NBC has squdched stories about boycotts of General Electric, its parent company. CNN has no one as far to the ¯ It is even more bitter now that we’ ve learned that : former Supreme Court Justice, the late Lewis Powell, ~ decided .that his vote, the"swing" votein Bowers (5-4), ¯ was a mistake. Powell never really seemed to understand the impact of his act since he also stated that his mistake never caused anyone any harm. Indeed. Also, it’ s been both funny and bitter to learn that former Georgia Attorney General Michael Bowers during the very time in which he was defending the Georgia "sodomy" statute was himself breaking a different Georgia law by having an adulterous affair. Obviously, all animals are equal but some are more equal than others - if I may paraphrase that line poorly. Here in Oklahoma, our Supreme Court had less courage or less commitment to fundamental constitutional rights. Oklahoma’s "crimes against nature" or "sodomy" statute was declared unconstitutional in 1986. And like the Georgia decision it involved heterosexual citizens rather than Gay ones. But our court chose to state explicitly that itwas only addressing the unconstitutionality of the law as it affectedheterosexual behavior. As Steve Scarborough, staff attorney, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Southern Regional Office explained to TFN, it’s arbitrary, it’ s unfair but it’ s what we’ ve got until the statute’ s overturned in another statelevel case or until Bowers v. Hardwick is overturned at the federal level. The great thing is that’s going to happen. I don’ t know when, or exacdy how, but to quote that song of solace for both Black and Gay folk (and Black, Gay folk), "deep in my heart, I do believe, we shall overcome some day" Because the fssue here is not really whatfolks are doingin theirbedrooms but whether America’s promise, that all are created equal, is truly, truly what we believe. Left as Pat Buchanan is to the right on its nightly political show Crossfire. NBC’s reporter Pete Williams is a former Bush administration official. CBS’ s and ABC’ s Diane Sawyer was a Nixon administration insider before landing a job covering the news. Britt Hume of Fox News is a known conservative ideologue who used to play tennis with George Bush. _ PBS has many shows dedicated to covering corporate America - Nightly Business Report, Adam Smith’s Money World, Tony Brown’s Journal, Wall Street Week:etc., b~ut~noo’ s,hows dedicated to coveringconsum- .ers or laoor, r’t~ s tongest running show is Firing Line l~osted by ultra conservative William F. Buekley, the editor of the conservative National Review Magazine. Other shows hosted by conservatives regularly are:.One on One, The MeLaughlin Group and American Interests. Additionally, a show has been added to the PBS lineupthat is based on holier-than-thou conservative William Bennett’s book The Book of Virtues. ti Talk"ra’di° is.hosted almost exclusively by conservave talk snow hosts, headed by Rush Limbaugh, Ollie North, Larry Elder, Michael Reagan and G. Gordon Li’_d.dy. Former Republican presidential candidate and religious rightleader, PatRobertson, owns theChristian Broadcasting Network which airs nationwide. He also owns the Family Channel and a radio news service called Standard News. And those are just a few things to consider about our "liberal media" ~ except, of course, Tulsa FamilyNews which is proudly pro-Gay, moderate to progressive in our politics. Hats off to Tulsa Oklahonmns for Human Rights, the organization that provides our Gay CommRnity Center, formounting alarge and very visible sign onthe south face of The Pride Center. The sign can be seen well down Brookside as you travel north. TOHR president Steve Horn credits board member and volunteer, Ric Martin, for getting the sign done. Kudos to Ric and to Steve and see About, p. 14 Texas Sodomy Challenge HOUSTON (AP) - Two men found having sex in a private home pleaded no contest Friday to sodomy charges, initiating a legal challenge to the 119-yearold Texas law that bars Gay intercolarse. John Geddes Lawrence, 55, and Tyrone Garner, 31, were arrested for engaging in homosexual conduct on Sept. 17 when deputies- responding to a false report of an _ armed intruder - found them having consensual sex in Lawrence’ s apartment. Justice of the Peace Mike Parrott fined them $125 each. The men, who want to keep the case alive to fight the law, appealed the fine and posted appeal bonds of $332.50 each, which moves the case to state district court. "I hope that the law changes," Garner said. "I feel like my civil rights were violated and ! wash’ t doing anything wrong." The sodomy law makes homosexual oral and anal sex a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $500. Although on the books for more than a century, the law is rarely enforced. Gay activists have worked unsuccessfully for years to overturn the statute. Of the 19 states that have a sodomy statute barfing consensual anal or oral sex, Texas is one of five that specifically targets same-sex partners. The other four are Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, according to Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc. of New York. United Church of Christ Leader Support Gays CLEVELAND (AP) -The head of the United Church of Christ has asked that a document he wrote supporting the acceptance of Gay ~md Bisexual people into the church and its clergy be read alou.d at services. The Rev. Paul H. Sherry, president of the 1.4-million member church, headquartered in Cleveland, mailed a pastoral document to his denomination’ s more than 6,000 churches. Sherry said he wrote the document in response to the Slaying of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming and other recent examples of anti-Gay sentiments that have been in the news. "The hatred exposed in the shocking murder of Matthew Shepard in Wyormng last month underscores the critical importance of this reflection and of the need for our voice to be heard," , " Sherry stated recently. The pastoral letter is titled "Now, No Condemnations," and supports the full participation of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual persons in the membership and clergy of the church. "Knowing how challenging this issue can be for some in our churches, I hope it can be helpful to you in the exercise of your leadership, providing a way to initiate needed reflection, study and action," Sherry wrote in a letter accompanying the document. Kentucky Lesbian Fired LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children fired a supervisor for being a Lesbian after co-workers saw her pictured with her partner in a photo contest at the Kentucky State Fair. The fired worker, Alicia Pedreira, said she acknowledged she was Gay when she applied for the job last May. Pedreira¯was dismissed Oct. 23 on the grounds that her"admitted Homosexual lifestyleis contrary to the Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children core valties." In the wake of Pedreira’ s firing, five other employees resigned in protest, and two universities decided to withdraw their studentsfromthe BaptistHomes for Children’ s programs. The picture of Pedreira that appeared in a contest at the state fair was takenby an amateurphotographer at alocalAIDS walk. Thepicture, whichshows Pedreira standing in front of partner Nance Goodman wearing an "Isle of Lesbos" t-shirt, was entered without Pedreira’ s consent. In an interview, Brenda Gray, a KBHC spokeswoman, said: "We strive to be fair in our dealings with all people, including, certainly, our employees. At the same time, it is important that we stay true to our Christian values. Homosexuality is alifestyle that would prohibit employment." Jack Cox, the home’ s manager until he quit over Pedreira’s firing, said Pedreira acknowledged she was Gay when she interviewed for the job as art therapist and supervisor at the Spring Meadows home for emotionally disturbed boys m eastern Jefferson County. Cox said he told her that wouldn’t be a problem, as long as she didn’ t talk about her private life at work. In a letter to Pedreira after her termination, Cox said that no one can be hired or fired at KBHC without approval of its president, William Smithwick. Citing privacy concerns, Gray, theKBHC spokeswoman, declined to elaborate on what promises, if any, where made to Pedreira when she was hired or whether Smithwick knew about her sexual orientation then. Pedrcira said when she returned to work from a vacation in August, she learned that several employees at the children’ s home had seen a picture of her and Goodman at the state fair and were discussing it at work. Cox said that his superiors contacted him and told him that they wanted Pedreira to resign. She refused. Pedreira said that KBHC. after initially saying she’d be fired, offered what she considered a demotion. She said she turned that down and was fired. She said she’ s still out of work. After Pedreira was terminated, Cox said he resigned, as did another supervisor; an employee who worked for Pedreira; and two clinical social workers. Cox said Pedreira’ s termination is contrary to the code of ethics of the National Association of Social Workers. "For me to continue to work for an agency that embraces that is against my ethics and personal belief," Cox said. Spalding University and the University of Louisville’s Kent School of Social Work said their students were leaving because discrimination against Gays is inconsistent with the ethics and ideals of social work. TheKBHC,a part of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, operates eight homes across the state for more than 3,000 emotionally disturbed children. Most of the children are placed th(re by the state. The KBHC received about $12 milhon ofits $15.6 million budget last year from state agencies, Gray said. The state can withhold money from private child-care contractors that discriminate against women, African-Americans and others who are protected by state and federal law. But, said Cary Willis, a spokesman for the Cabinetfor Families and Children, "We can’ t base any funding decisions on whether somebody discriminates based on sexual orientation." : California Marriage Ban Advances ¯ SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)-A proposal to declare ¯ that only marriages between a man and a woman ~ would be recognized as legal in California won a ¯ place on the state’ s prima~u¢ election ballot in 2000. ", The initiative was written by state Sen. Pete Knight, ¯ R-Palmdale. ¯ Knight’ s petition drive collected 677,000 signatures, of Which more than 482,000 were projected to : be valid voter signatures based on a random sam- ¯" piing. At least 433,269 voter signatures were needed to qualify the measure for the March 7, 2000 primary. ¯ Iowa Town Looks at ¯ Anti-Bias Measure ¯ CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - The Cedar Rapids ¯ Civil Rights Commission has agreed to recommend ¯ that the words "sexual orientation" be added to the : city’ s civil rights ordinance. 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Kate Brown, D-Portland, the newly elected Senate minority leader. She noted that the breakdown in the Senate is still 17- 13 in favor of the Republicans, so despite any influence she may have for civil rights issues, her caucus will still be outgunned. Brown said civil rights backers might have to settle for small steps, such as the last session’ s funding of a state coordinator to help prevent teen suicides, of which Gays make up a significant share. "We’re treading lightly," said Jean Harris of Basic Rights Oregon, thebiggest Gay civil rights organization in the state. She sees the group’s posture as a mainly defensive one. If the Legislature pushes an extreme right-wing bill on Gays "we’ll be there to prevent them from passing bad things... It’s a fight against the religious right-wing agenda." "We’ re sort of waiting to see how many anti-Gay things are going to come up and whether they’ 11 pass theemploymentbil! after23 years," Harris said. "The employment bill is the only thing on the front burner." The measure to outlaw discrimination against homosexuals in employment, first introduced in 1975, has been a key part of the civil rights lobbying efforts for years. The measure passed in the House in the 1997 Legislature but fell short of getting a Senate vote in the waning days of the session. ’.’I certainly feel that’s an unsolved issue out there," Brown said. "Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual people still are discriminated against in employment." But House Speaker-elect Lynn Snodgrass, R-Boring, who describes herself as a social conservative, said she doesn’t particularly want to spend time dealing with thorny social issues. "We need to focus on issues the people sent us here to do," she said. But added she’ll bow to the will of her caucus if the members want an issue advanced. Harriet Merck of Eugene, a Gay woman who works at the University of Oregon, said it’ s discouraging that "we still don’ t have an anti-employment discrimination bill." But she said she doesn’ t have too much hope of pro-Gay civil rights gains in the coming session. "You have to work what you have to work with in any given session," she said. " 1,000 in Chicago Counter Phelps Protest CHICAGO (AP) - More than 1,000 Gay-fights supporters surrounded a church where an anti-homosexual minister protested a marriage ceremony for two men conducted earlier this year. The Rev. Fred Phelps of the WestboroBaptistChurchofTopeka, Kan., and about 10 of his supporters gathered recently to protest a September marriage presided over by the Rev. Gregory Dell, pastor of the Broadway United Methodist Church. Gay civil rights supporters surrounded the church, gathered on rooftops, and held signs that read "Stop the Hate," in anticipation of Phelps and his followers. Phelps and his followers have engaged in anti-homosexual picketing around the country, including a demonstration at the funeral of Matthew Shepard, a Gay University of Wyoming student who was beaten to death in October. Chicago police surrounded the anti-Gay group with barricades as they gathered on a street comer facing the church. Phelps waved different anti-Gay signs throughout the demonstration. One signread "God Hates Fags." "This is tack3,, minimal, cheap, tawdry stuff," Phelps said in referring to those protesting against him and his followers. Midway through the demonstration, some Gay supporters approached Phelps and his group and were forced back by police. The anti-Gay demonstration ended whenPhelps andhis followers were escorted away by police. Phelps said he plans to return to Chicago in the next few weeks to continue the protests. "It’s unfortunate that individuals and groups carry the kind of hate and fear that these folks do," Dell said of the Kansas protesters. "But however offensive their message might be, the strength of community, justice and love is stronger." Dell performed the Gay marriage service despite a ban on such ceremonies that was inserted in his denomination’s "Book of I>iscipline" in August. The United Methodist Church will put Dell on trial next year for violating the ban. He could be defrocked. Is West Virginia Gov. Gay-Friendly? CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Gov. Cecil Underwood is exasmniDg several Gay civil rights initiatives and has not ruled out proposing legislation to enact them, his spokesman said recently. "Does it fit in his legislative agenda? That is being decided right now," Dan Page said. Underwood sent a letter to a Gay member of the state Republican Executive Committee saying he does not support a "quick fix" on discrimination issues. But he said "we shall examine very carefully the positions" Larry Tighe Of Wheeling had asked him to support. Tighe asked Underwood in September whether he stands by his 1996 campaign pledge to seek changes in state fair housing and human rights acts to make it illegal to discriminate against Lesbians and Gays. Underwood said then, "I am opposed to using sexual preference to discriminate. I feel they are entitled to the same-protection we offer everyone." Tighe asked Underwood specifically if he supports amending the state I-Iumun Rights Act to include aban against diseriminating againsthomosexuals in empl0yment,housing andpublic accommodation. The act now prohibits discrimination because of race, religion, color, nationality, sex and age. Opponents have said the additional language would give homosexuals special privileges. Supporters say it is necessary to protect homosexuals from growing violence. Tighe also asked whether Underwood would sign an executive order banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in state government employment and if he would support changing West Virginia hate crimes laws to protect homosexuals as a class. And he asked Underwood to include the proposals in his State of the State address in January. Underwood’s Nov. 20. reply, which Tighe received Monday, said, "My position on human rights issues is straightforward and unwavering: No West Virginia citizen should suffer discrimination for any reason. "We can realize the vision of Americaembodied within ourconstitutionby maintaining vigilance and fighting prejudice where we find it. We cannot and should not opt for a’ quick fix’ that touches only the surface of a problem," the governor’ s letter said. Page said Underwood’ s opposition to a "quick fix" does not necessarily mean he has rejected the legislation Tighe supports. "The governor believes the long-term solution is changing people’ s attitudes," he said, noting Underwood has established a commission to teach West Virginians about the Holocaust and has an initiative to promote better race relations. Underwood’s letter said, "We should work together to promote tolerance and understanding among all Americans, especially those citizens who would deny freedoms and opportunities to others... That is a long-term process that deserves our full attention." Underwood opposes same-sex marriage and has voted against ordaining Lesbians and Gays as ministers in the United Methodist Church. Rural Americans: Some HIV Ignorant i! ATLANTA (AP)-They had_unprotec~d.. sex withpartners ofthesameandoppostte sex, somclinlcs in exchange f~ .d~gs - yetmany neverlmew they were~il~ of gettiilg AIDS..I~,tervi.ews wire ~a~ infected pati__egts snow .tpat .s~e ¯ Americans still aren’ tgett~.gtttemessage about how AIDS is uansmitted, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported recently. _ . Despite theirrisky behavior, about~ never thought they were at risk of contracting the AIDS virus, theCDCsaid. Of those, roughly a third admitted they had notdeahow thevtrus was spread. ~learly it’ s the people who are engaging in the higher risk behaviors who appear not to be getting the basic information about transmission,"CDCepidemiologistAmy Lausky said Thursday-. "I guess we’d all like to think that, 10 to 15 years into the epidemic, people would know.how HIV is spread." Researchers interviewed608adults with HIV living in rural areas of Georgia, Florida, South Carol",ma. and Delaware. Asked why they didn t consider themselves at risk, 33% of men and 29% of women said they didn’t know how HIV was spread. Other reasons given included not tl~nking their sex partners were infected and the belief that only homosexuals and intravenous drug users contracted HIV. LTnprotected sex and cracl~’use were common among those interviewed. The CDC said it doesn, t know of any studies in which it asked urban HIV patients the same questions. Researchers noted that the vast majority of AIDS cases are concentrated in urban areas. AIDS cases in rural areas made up fewer than 10% ofthe 641~086 cases reported through 1997, the CDC said. ter. ’The disease also progresses faster" in females~ she sai& She also saidwomen and minorities are underrepresented in clinical tri~,s, ofnew AIDS and HIV treati ments, and There may be some biologi- : cal and genetic differences in how some people respond to the drugs." ! ~ Stone said everyonein her study had i -some health insur~ce, so she eliminated cost as a reason some were ~eated with protease inhibitors and others were not. i She said it appeared that patients were more likely to get the treatment if they knew about the drugs and asked for them. ’"Some said they had never heard of the therapy. Whites weremuchmorelikely to have heard of the new drugs," she said. Heterosexuals were less likely to get ~ the therapy because they often face the ~ ailment alone, she suggested. ",Many people get help through networks¯ Gays i have their networks and so do IV drug ¯. users,"she said. Heterosexuals withAIDS : usually are women who got the disease ¯ from having sex with men, who were or : had been drug-users or Bisexual. The : women often did not know anyone else ." with the diseas&, she said. ’~nis was sur- ¯¯ prising, but even IV drug users knew more about AIDS than these women/’ she : said. Of women with AIDS, 58% are ¯ black, she said. Nationally,43% ofAIDS ¯ patients are black; 36% are white, and . 20% are Hispanic, according to data pre- ¯ sented at the conference. i¯ HIVTreatments blot Available to All ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Physicians sometimes steer HIV-infected New Yorkers away from the best drug treatment regi: mens because they do not believe the patients are motivated or stable enough, a state-sponsoredpanel ofexperts has found. Health providers often saw. those with HIV as members of suspectpatient groups - immigrants, homeless people, inmates, ¯ the mentally and physically disabled - : and prescribed treatment accordingly, in- " stead of treating cases on an individual : basis, the group said. ¯ An HIV treatment plan "should not be ¯ based on presumptive judgments about ¯ people in any racial, ethnic, gender, age, ¯ riskor other category," thepanel declared. ¯ "The state of New York should ensure : that every person with HIV has access to ¯ basic health services as well as to provid- ¯ ers with HI¥ expertise," the group con- " cluded. ¯ The 44-member panel included physi- ¯ clans, medical ethicists, public health ex- ¯ perts and advocates for groups at highrisk of contracting the virus that causes AIDS, ¯ including Gay Men’s Health Crisis and ¯ Housing Works. It was formed in mid- " 1997 after reports surfaced that someHIV ¯ patients werereceivingless-than-op~dmum ¯ care because of who they are or because ¯ some doctors and other health care work- " ers were not up to speed on thelatest drug ¯ treatment methods. ¯ Dr. Guthrie Birkhead, director of the : state Health Department’s AIDS Institute : andco-chair of the panel, said the report : was thefirst ofits kindin theUnited States ¯ to examine the ethical issues involved ¯ with the complicated drug treatments : which have evolved for HIV and AIDS ¯ patients. Those treatments have become ". especially prevalent in the last three or ¯ four years. Problems with matching pa- : tients with optimum treatment regimens ¯ "are still not solved at this point" in New : York, Birkhead said. "It’s very important : not to make assumptions about people’s For Some, Less Access to Care BOSTON (AP) -Women, minorities and heterosexuals with AIDS are less likely than others to get a new and effective treatment, andignorance of the procedure may be one of the reasons, according to a new study, The situation maybe particularly bad for women, who, according to another report, may be more susceptible than men to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The reports were given at the "AIDS at the Millennium" conference sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society and Lemuel Shattuck Hospital. A study by Dr. Valerie Stone of the Brown University School of Medicine found that nearly three-quarters ofMassachusetts and Rhode Island men with AIDS got the three-drug, protease inhibitors treatment, but only half the afflictedwomendid. The study also found that 75% of whites with AIDS got the multi-drug, or "cocktail" treatment, but only 58% of blacks and 50%ofHlspanics did. Half ofheterosexuals withAIDS were being treated with the drugs, compared with 81% of Gays and 61% of those who contracted the disease through drug injections. The study was made at five sites, including community health centers and teaching hospitals. Protease inhibitors given in combinations have improved and prolonged the lives of many AIDS victims. New biological evidence suggests women may be more susceptible to HIV than men, said Dr. Deborah Cotton, director of AIDS clinical research at Boston Medical Cem John Serrot, MSW Cherry Street Psychotherapy Associates Sandra Hill, M.s. National Certified Counselor Certified Hypnotherapist Psychotherapy & Clinical Consultation Sensitive to the Challenges of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered Individuals, Couples & Families. 2865 E. 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Often, the drugs can extend the lives of HIV-infected people for many years. Typically, HIV patients take three different drugs two to three times a day, Birkhead said. "For the average person, withoutany problems,keepingona(medication) scheduleis very difficult,"he said. With HIV and AIDS patients, doctors must recognize a whole series of related problems that can prevent medications frombeing taken, including havingproper refrigeration for the drugs and language barriers involving non-English speaking - HIV victims, the panel found. And,recent studies have shown that taking HIV drugs in proper doses and sequences is crucial because if some drugs are stopped, the body could develop immunities to them that will hasten the onset of AIDS. Thepanel ofexperts saiditis the duty of doctors and other health care providers to stay current about the latest drug treatments for HIV, to make them as widely available to patients as possible and to help get patients into situations where they will stick to a medicinal schedule. Patients, the panel said, have an obligation- to religiously take the drugs, to eat properly, to take other steps to maximize the effect of the medications and to otherwise aid in their own treatmentS. In cases where a patient "demonstrates an inability to initiate or maintain a treatment regimen" it may be "appropriate" for a health care provider to discontinue drug treatment, the panel concluded. Amemberofthepanel, Deunis DeLeon of the Latino Commission on AIDS, said he would like to see its recommendation that all NewYorkers have access to anonymous HIV testing become reality. ’There was not equal access to appropriate preand post-test counsding," DeLeon said. ’~3nce a person got tested, thefollow-up in terms of the medical referral was lacking, even in some major urban centers throughout the state." State health officials estimate that between 150,000 and 200,000 New Yorkers are HIV positive, believed to be the highest snch population in the nation. Quilt to Move to DC SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The AIDS Memorial Quilt, a 52-ton symbol born in San Francisco as the deadly epidemic ravaged the city’s Gay community, appears to be headed permanently to Washmgton D.C. The board of the Names Project voted to begin searching for new executive offices and a place to store and display the quilt, which has grown to more. than 100,000 pounds of cloth and imagery. The vote has not been formally announced, but Names Project Executive Director Andy lives told the San Francisco Examiner the move won’t happen for several years. ’XDbviously there is a strong emotional tie to San Francisco, birthplace of the quilt,"he said. "But what began 10 years ago as an ad hoc response to this tragedy has become an icon and the No. 1 AIDS prevention .and education tool in the country. "My position is that logistically, we belong in the nation’s capital... None of us has any interest in having the quilt be this musty, dusty relic stored on shelves:. 2’ The Names Project intends to keepits original storefront space at Castro and Market streets, where the local chapter displays a segment of the quilt. There are 52 US chapters. ~The quilt was the concept of AIDS activist Cleve Jones during a candlelight march on Nov. 27, 1985 honoring slain Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor GeorgeMoscone. Heaskedfellow marchers to write on pieces of cardboard ~the names of lovers and friends claimed by AIDS. When the marchers covered the Federal Building with their placards, "it looked like a patchwork quilt of lives cruelly cut short," Jones said. ’~ understand what they’re trying to do," said Mike Salinas, news editor of the Bay Area Reporter, a Gay newspaper. "Relocating to Washington will let them reach a broader audience of visitors from around the globe, many of whom are in desperate need of better AIDS education." World AIDS Watch: Indian Youth MANESAR, India (AP) --Hard as it is to talk about sex with young people, involving them in AIDS education is crucial to preventing the spread ofthe sexually transmitteddisease, communityworkers, health experts andyoungpeople themselves said. ’Young people have an enormous curiosity about sex. So let’s build an information systemaroundthem," saidLN. Balaji, chiefofplanning ofUNICEF, India, which is organizing a four-day workshop on the role of youth in fighting AIDS epidemic and HIV, the virus that causes the fatal disease: People in their teens and 20s who act as. health activists in their own communities in 17 countries are attending the workshop. They’ll return home with new ideas about education and counteracting discrimination against thosewho have the disease. About 1.7 million people in Africa. and 700,000 others in Asia and the Pacific are infected with HIV every year, according to United Nations statistics. Indiaaccounts for the most cases in the world, at 4 million. One half million of the victims in India are young people. Their number will rise if young people do not have access to information, skills and services to fight the problem, Balaji told a news conference in Manesar, a town near New Delhi. Many participants in the UNICEF conference said youth in their countries are unable to discuss sex with their elders because of societal taboos. They usually endup gettingbadinformationfrompeers or reading pornographic literature or experimenting with unsafe sex. In India, school principals balked at the idea of health experts talking to studentsabout drugs, sex or even problems of youth. ’Talking about sex was considered outrageous," said Gunjan Shah, one of the 4,000 students and teachers trained by Sevadham Trust, a voluntary orgamzation in Pune that is helping spread the message of AIDS. Sevadham volunteers slowly persuaded authorities to talk to teachers. "Soon, they were saying’ This is exactly what we want.’ From then, there was no problem." Today, nearly all public and private schools in Ptme and many others in Bombay have asked Sevadham to conduct training for their staff. That ruling came in a federal lawsuit filed by a homosexual who had been arrested under the Georgia law, Which carried a maximum sentence of 20 ysars. ’This is a symbolic victory," said David Smith, a spokesman for the Gay civil rights group, The Human Rights Alliance. "It sends a message - the demise of the Georgia sodomy law that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court will hopefully be a precursor to the U.S. Supreme Court invalidating all thenation’ s sodomy laws." Three other states - Kentucky, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania - have recently overturned such laws. ’This would help the continuation of this trend," Emory constitutional law professor Robert Schapiro said. Even though the law applied to both heterosexual and homosexual activity, it was seen as an example of discrimination against homosexuals. The law "has made Gays and Lesbians a target for unjust police action in the past and unjust prosecution. Wehope with this, that will come to an end," said Harry Knox, interim director of the Georgia Equality Project Foundation. Powell, formerly of Norcross, spent 14 months injail beforemakingbail last year pending his appeal. "I don’t really espouse’ the Gay lifestyle,’ but’I:understand their point of view," said Powell, whose defense was helped by Lambda Defense and Education Fund, aGay andHIV rights advocacy group. Powell is now living in Shreveport, La. Theruling cannotbe appealed, because the GeorgiaSupreme Courtis theultimate authority on the state’ s constitution. Legislators wouldhave to amend the constitution to pass a similar law. FormerAttorney General Michael Bowers, who defended the law before the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1986 case, said he was surprised by the ruling. "I can’ t imagine how. they can make such a ruling... I would be very surprised if you don’ t see a legislative move to alter that." The 1986 case involved a challenge by Michael Hardwick, a Gay Atlanta bartender who was arrested for committing sodomy in his home. Prosecutors later dropped the charge..Hardwick, who died of AIDS in 1991, sued state officials to have the law declared unconstitutional. The Georgia Supreme Court never ruled on Hardwick’s case because his suit was filed in federal court. In the lone dissent to the ruling, Justice George H, Carley wrote that the majority misconstrued the state constitution and "’usurped the legislative authority of the General Assembly to establish the public policy of this state." Carley said the Georgia Constitution contains "no express recognition of a right to privacy." The antisodomy law was upheld by the state Supreme Court in 1996, but that case turned on the solicitation of sodomy, not the act itself. Eighteen states still have laws against sodomy. Louisiana has such a law. It is under state court challenge and a judge’s ruling is pending. Thosechallenging these laws in various states now have ’Tuel and ammunition see Georgia, p. 14 to fight the battle," said Powell’ s attorney Steven H. Sadow. The following are excerpts from the majority and dissenting opinions: The majority opinion was written by Chief Justice Robert Benham: ’q~he right of privacy has a long and NationsBank Presents Tulsa Ballet’s The Nutcracker The Holiday Magic Retums in 14 Performances Tickets Now on Sale! T u L S A ~*’0 P E RA Carol L. Crawford General Director MINI-SEASON PACKAGE Two Great Operas- One Low Price! Subscribe Now! TULSA PHILHARMONIC Handel’s Messiah TULSA ORATORIO CHORUS Conducted by EDWARD BYROM Branch Theatre, Holland Hall December 3 & 4,1998 at 8PM Sponsored by Omni Medical Group. A Gospel Christmas Tulsa’s All Star Gospel Choir Proudly Sponsored by Parade of Lights. Come celebrate the spirit of tile holiday season at the PSO Christmas Parade of Lights. 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Meet at Zeigler Park, 3903 West 4th. Pride Rides from the Pride Center, 3749 S. Peoria. Write for winter schedule. lfyour organization is not listed, please let us know. Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615. by Adam west " " " Tulsa City-County Library With the millenium close to an end, the rate of novels dealing with the subject are sure to skyrocket. Some wise individuals got onto the trend early, though, and one of these is British science fiction author Elizabeth Hand. Due to my intense love of sci-fi, I was recently asked to review this bookfor theTulsaCity-County Library system in response to a customer’s request to have the book withdrawn from our shelves. Customer objections to material are always taken seriously, and so I found myselfreading this The Glimmering looking for evidence of obscenity in its rather graphic sexual scenes. Before you run out and snatch this one off the shelves, let me warn you - the sex scenes aren’t that graphic, and what’s worse, they’re written with little, attention to the beauty of the written word and an inordinate amount of pornlevel vulgarity. Hand is inept at writing worthwhile erotica, but there are other reasons to devote some time to this dismrbing and elegant novel. For those ofyouwho dislike sci-fi, you should know that this book is more speculative fiction (along the lines of Marge Pierey) than science fiction. There are no aliens here, only some premature advances in technology and some lessthan- scientific consequences. This novel should not be enjoyed for its sci-fi aspects anyway. The real beauty of The Glimmering shines through its characters, thanother note to the style, The Glimmering is in split-focus, with every other chapter altemating between two protagonists, Jack and Trip. It is only near the end that everything comes together, but keep reading- the coalescent result is smooth and logical (albeit extremdy coincidental). Jack is a forty-something gay man dying of AIDS; who finds an unlikely cure called Fusax. Trip Marlowe is a teenage Christian Rock idol who loses his faith ¯when he discovers sex and the female body. The two characters could hardly be reached a sagebrush-strewn area at the foot of the Laramie Range where the dying Shepard was found 18 hours later. DeBree said that McKinney was asked if Shepard begged for his life and the defendant replied: "Well, yeah- he was getting the (expletive) beat out of him." The autopsy showed that the 5-foot-2- inch Shepard was struck in the head about 18 times, prosecutor Cal Rerucha said. Officers testified that Shepard’s face was caked with blood - except where it had been partially washeddeanby tears. They said his wrists were bound so tightly, it was difficult to cut the rope. Explaining the violence, McKinney told his girlfriend, Kristin Price, "’Well, you know how I feel about Gays,"’ Police Detective Ben Fritzen testified. And DeBree said McKinney repeatedly re- : in more polar opposition. While Jack is : noble, dignified and worldly, Trip brings : self-absorption, infantile behavior and ig- ¯ norance to new lows. The chapters focus- : ing on-Trip will probably be tedious for For those d you who dislike sei-fi, you should know that this book iS more speeulative fietlon... There are no aliens here... This novel should not be enjoyed for its sei-fi azpeets anyway. The real beauty of The Gl;mmer~ng shines through its characters. anyone with depth, although he does have his looks and a misguidedinnocentloyalty (to the girl he impregnates) to save him from complete inanity. It is nldmately the character of Jack that makes this book so important. Jack constanfly berates himself for being selfish, but he is horribly mistaken. Jack comes from wealth, and in the political destabilization of 1999,his home is one of the few havens availablein thenovel. Thoughmost of his family’s money is gone, he maintains the upstate New Yorkestatein order to give his aging grandmother comfort and provide his friends with a secure getaway in times of need. Jack undertakes a sort of spiritual journey that we all sometimes feel a need for: the process of remembering what is important in our lives. Jack longs for health and sex and stability, but what he really needs is’the "knowledge thathe has had a positive impact in the lives ofthe people he loves: It’s not a complicated lesson, but for some reason it escapes most of us, most of the time. I’m aware that I haven’t given you a great amount 6f detail about this particu- ¯ lar story, and my descriptions of the characters are rather vague, but that really can’t be helped. Although ElizabethHand has a complete lack of skill with erotica, her ability to create elegant, complex stones and characters and weave them together so intricately with her plot is superb. To tell you much more about the characters would reveal too much of the progression of the plot. Read this one before the millenium ends. It’s not going to be accurate, but you’ll have plenty of ideas to consider on December31 st, 1999. Adam West is an associate with Tulsa City-County Library System and an OSU alumnus. He is not now and never has been Batman. ferred to Shepard as "queer" and "faggot." McKinney sat expressionless for most of the five-hour hearing, smiling once or twice when he spoke with l’us attorneys. Shepard’s parents, Dennis and Judy Shepard, sat in the front row, his mother crying when a deputy identified photo- ., graphs of her son in the hospital. ¯ Public defender Dion Custis said the ¯ state failed to meet its burden ofproof that " the murder was planned and said Shepard ¯ was not kidnapped, but went willingly. A ¯ watch, money and other property left at ¯ the crime scene showed that robbery was ¯¯ not a factoreither, he said. Ms. Price, 18, and Henderson’s girl- : friend, Chasity Vera Pasley, 20, will be ¯ arraigned Dec. 9 on accessory after the ¯ fact to first-degree murder. Henderson ¯ and McKinney are being held without ¯ bond. Rerucha has not yet indicated if he ¯ will seek the death penalty. -Kelly Kirby CPA,. PC Certified Public Accountant, a professional corporation Lesbians and Gay men face many speciaJ tax situations whether single or as coupleS. Call us for help with your year round tax needs. 7’4 7 - 5 4 6 6 4021 S. 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We have the waitresses well trained by now, and they know that any time we come in after l0 a.m., they’d better put aside a slice of the coconut creme pie for us, because we always eat a piece whenever we’ re in for luncheon. This coconut pie is wonderful. Made from scratch - none of that coconut-flavored vanilla pudding stuff - with a classic creme patisserie-style recipe,it’ s lovingly poured into adreamy, flakey, flavorful, lardpastry shell, and topped with clouds of real whipped cream. It’ s not a snooty coconut tart from a New York City bistro cooked by a cook with a bad French accent. It’ s just a plain old piece of good old Oklahoma pie. Phill’s Diner, located just east of Harvard on 32rid Street, serves up a lot of plain ,old .good Oklahoma cooking. In fact, it s such a classic, that when we’re ¯ .entertaining out-of-town performing artists in for a gig with the Phil or the Ballet or the Opera, and they want some "Oklahoma fOod," this is where weend up. Only open for breakfast and lunch, phill’ s is a classic diner. Blue plate specials. Biscuits andgravy. Basichamburgers and fries. Chicken fried steak. Homemade cinnamon rolls that sell out almost every morning. Sirloin steak and egg breakfasts. And, unlike other popular diners in Tulsa, Phill’ s hash’ t succumbed to being trendy. It’ s still a neighborhood place,marketing mostlyby wordofmouth. But, you have to remember that this is a low key kind of place. Vinyl banquettes havethe occasional tapepatch. Sodafountain bar stools face a functioning service area. Glasses are plastic. Dinnerware is mismatched - and includes the sundry remnants of an IHOP going out of bnsi~ heSS sale. There is nothing pretentious about this place. On a recent visit, we decided to have the grilled liver and onions, which, with a simple Iceberg salad, two,~egetables (cho- Two-thirds of U.S. volunteers will re- ¯ sen from the chalkboard), and a basketful : of-freshly baked dinner rolls, only cost : $4.99. Theliver, an easy meat to over- . e~ok, was nicely done, and our only corn- : plaint was that we got a few onions from ¯ the outside stem-end of the bulb which were a bit papery. Our companion opted for the chicken fried steak, which cost just a little moreat $5.69. His steak filled the plate, and the aroma was wonderful. Phill’s recipe includes abitmore than a hint of garlic, and the steak was very satisfying. : The green beans with bacon were heavily ¯ seasoned with black pepper, and that is ¯ almostatrademarkcharacteristicofPhill’s : food. He likes things to have seasoning. ¯¯ Somemay not like things so "spicy," but, with his tendency to use exotic ingredi- ." ents like salt, pepper, butter, onions, gar- ¯ lic, and bacon, we find the spicing charm- : ing - kind of like visiting a friend’s : mother’s house for supper. Another great time to visit Phill’ s is for ¯" a late breakfast on a Saturday or Sunday ’. morning. The chalkboard specials almost : alwayshaveanmterestmg *orunch food, ¯ ~uch asMalibu French toast (French toast ¯ with orange marmalade), an avocado, ¯ bacon, and cheddar cheese omelette, and, ¯ for those who like corned beef, a hefty , serving of eggs and hash. Prices vary, generally in the $4-5 range. Huge, fluffy ¯ hotcakes are also apopularmorningitem, : with one ample cake going for $1.29, and ¯ two for $2.29. If you really think you can ¯ eat it all, they also have a triple stack for ." $3.29 (but eating like that is not going to ¯ help youfitinthosenew bicycling shorts). ¯ And, in the best Southerntradition, one ¯ can also order a brealffast side order of ¯ sliced tomatoes forjust99 cents. After all, ¯ it isn’ t breakfast without tonaatoes. ¯ Whenthe autunm weatherbegins to get ¯ more of a nip in the air, we’ 11 be looking ¯ forward to several other Phill’s staples. ¯ especially his homemade Irish stew and his pinto beans with ham. A big bowl of ¯ one of these ($1.99 cup, $2.99 bowl) and ¯ a basketful of his cornbread is more than ¯ enough to refuel on a chilly afternoon. ." Phill’ s slogan is, "home of good food." : Go to Phill’ s. You’ II feel at home. Andthe ¯ food certainly is good. : I Editor’s note: Mary Schepers. our Do- "I It-Yourself-Dyke is taking this month : off, and so we bring you this review by Jean-Pierre Legrandbouchewhichfirst ". ran tn our November 1997 issue. ceive the vaccine. Richter said the Tulsa trial has enrolled about 12 volunteers but can enroll as many as 150. No women have enrolled yet. Volunteers receive free shots and about $40 to help with transportation, Richter said. Lysight said Tulsa has a large Gay community, making it an ideal.site for the study. He said he has known at least 15 people who died of AIDS complications within the past seven years. Study volunteers commit to participatefor three years. They receive three injections of the genetically engineeredvaccine over several months. Those are followed up with a Phill’ slogan is, "home of goocq food." Go to Phill’ . You’ll feel at home¯ And the food certainly is good. series of booster shots. The vaccine uses : engineered copies of a protein found on ." the outer coating of the HIV virus. It is ¯ designed toprompt theimmune system to : make antibodies, which can attack invad- ¯ ing viruses before they infecthealthy cells. ¯ Lysight said he hopes to help pave the ¯ way for avaccinethat blocks HIV the way ~ today’s vaccines target small pox or ¯ chicken pox. "Until there is a vaccine or : anything to help it. nobody will want to : accept what the problem is," he said. : Local AIDSgroups and the Tulsa City- County Health Department are collabo- : rating on the project and will assist’in : recruiting trial volunteers. Other cities in ¯ the study include New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Denver, Philadelphia and sites in "- Florida, Texas and California. by Esther Rothblum I recently talked with a group of five young women in a Vermont high school about what it means to be Lesbian, Bi, or questionning. These women students - and a teacher- have been meeting weekly in their school after hours. Hard as it may be for us older Lesbians to believe, but such groups are a part of all high schools in the Burlington, Vermont area. The women were proud that their classmates hadjust voted in (500 in favor, 100 against) a club to be called the "Gay and Straight Alliance." As one woman said "what was so good about the process was that it was so out there, and an explanation went along with it, so .... ~bool life is not wlthout harassment, ¯ . . Another woman, who is Bisexual, has been called a "dyke"by another student. Als0, students in their high school will refer to something they don’t llke as "gay," as in "thatdress is so people knew it wasn’t just a Gay thing." In fact, one of the club’s organizers received a school medal for her efforts. BUt school life is not without harassment. One student said: "Yesterday, a kid came up to me and said ’I would really, appreciate it if you didn’t make out with" other girls in the hallways.’ I’ve never done anything like that in school." Another woman, who is Bisexual, has been called a "dyke" by another student: Also, students in their high school will refer to something they don’t like as "gay," as in "that dress, is so gay.’" The women I interviewed were aware of internalized homophobia as well. One woman said: "In eighth grade there was this kid that everyone said he was Gay. He couples’ request to overturn the prohibition. In legal briefsand arguments to the court, they said mamage historically has been defined as a union between a man and a woman because same-sex couples can’t biologically bear children. ’‘To say (otherwise) would be to say there’ s absolutely no connection between marriage and procreation," said Assistant Attorney General Eve Jacobs-Camahan. "It’s a unique social institution based on the sexual communion of a man and a woman." Vermont is now the only state with a Supreme Court considering the question of Gay marriages. In last month’s elections, voters in Hawaii and Alaska essentially overturned court rulings that were moving toward legalizing such unions. Robinson said refusing to allow samegender couples to marry was as discriminatory as bans on interracial marriage, firstoverturnedby the CaliforniaSupreme Court in 1948. "The parallels between that case and this case are striking," she said. In 1948, proponents of California’ s interracial ban used many of the same arguments as Gay marriage opponents today, such .as the promotion of procreation, she said. But Assistant Attorney General Timothy Tomasi said bothmen and women are given the right to marry, and a court redefining it would cut into the rights of the Legislature. ’‘There’ s no benefit given to ¯¯ had a very hard time with harassment. Then when I came out my freshman year, ¯ hestartedmaking fun ofm!! I said to him: : ’Don’t yon remember how-bad it felt ¯ when everyone made fun of you?’ He said: ’But I wasn’t and you are." In s,o,me ways, I was his revenge. Another woman was concerned about how her heterosexual friend would be viewed. She said: "I think mybeing fairly out in school affected her. We used to sit together in class and spend a lot of time together. We’ve been friends since kindergarten. I think the fact that we were so close actually negalively affectedher, with people assuming that she was Gay as well. I found myself pulling away from her so that she wouldn’t be stereotyped. I wanted her to be able to find a boyfriend and be happy; I didn’t want her harasssed." In some ways, being Gay is viewed as trendy in their school, but only when it refers to female students, mostly those who are Bisexual. But the women I interviewed felt that trends are viewed as a phase, and their classmates wonder When this particular trend will finalh, be over. "My friends thought I was a "~oser’ because I told them that I was Bi," said one woman. Esther Rothblum teaches Psychology at the University ofVermont andEditor of the Journal ofLesbian Studies. Ske can be reached at Dewey Hall, Univ. of Vt., Burlington or: esther.rothblum@uvm.edu males that isn’ t given to females," he said. The lawsuit challenges a 1975 rulingby the state’ s attorney general advising town clerks that Vermont law defined civil marriage as a union between a "bride and a groom," in effect prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying. Ten groups, ~ncluding a coalition of other states, wrote briefs supporting Attorney General William Sorrell’s definition. Seven other groups have filed arguments that contend Vermont" s Constitution guarantees Gays the same rights to marriage as heterosexuals. Hordes of people showed to watch the arguments. Folding chairs were setup and the court, for the first time ever, required tickets to get in the building. They were snatched up the moment doors opened, hours b.efore the scheduled arguments. From the point of view of the couples, who found themselves at the center of a national debate and sat in a front row, the arguments couldn’t come soon enough. 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He shyly informed me that his name was now Tio. "But what happened to Tio?" I asked, confused. Tio, I thought, was the helpful son of my neighbors Vani and Kaisaia. Joshua, or rather now Tio, drawing in the dirt with his big toe, told me that Tio was now called Kamuti. But this was equally confusing. Kamuti - or so I had memorized - was an older, childless man who lived in a. rattletrap hut at the end of the village. I pestered people in my rudimentary Pidgin English until they" helped me understand that old Kamuti, sensing death, had just adopted 20-someflfing Tio who took his name. This left open the Ameriean Gay culture includes several drag naming traditions. Much of the attraetlon of drag comes from its eonstruetlon of hyper-femlnlnlty - an image of perfected womanhood that no real female could, in reality, obtain. This is why RuPaul and Barble are twins - they both are way beyond female reality. name-"Tio" that the former Joshua assumed. Men’s names on this island are really titles. They emplace individuals within a structure of kinship groups. Each nmne. moreover, comes with rights to certain land plots. Joshua’s father had more sons than nmnes to give out, so the bob was making do with the European "’Joshua" until a landed personal title (like Tio) freed up. Persona! names in Iankab,ar thus link individuals into land-holding kinship ~oups which are the basic building blocks of island society. AnthropoloNsts study personal naming systems in order to learn more about people’ s understandings of selfhood, and of the ways in which they conceive of individuality and society. In many cultures, people may have several names at once, or may take on additional names as they go throughlife. ,americans are familiar with first names, middle names, nicknames, family or surnames, pen names, stage names, and aliases; and the majority of ~american women still change their familynames at marriage (as Hillary went from Rodham, to Clinton, to Rodham Clinton). Still, people in other societies may have far more opportunities than we do to collect various names or to swap one name for another In some cultures, each time an individual enters a new phase of life (childhood, adulthood, old.age), he takes a different name. In classic Chinese society, important men acquired "death names"; because, dead, you ate a changed person and you need a different name. The Japanese borrowed this custom which is why theformerEmperor!tirohito is now called Showa. Elsewhere, people takenew names after important events in their lives, such as surviving a major illness. In Samoaand other Polynesian cultures, people commonly have several names, one of which may be a tide. Names are context dependent- people call one another by whichever of their names best fits the occasion. Most American names are gendered; some are male, others female. It is not surprising, therefore, that transgendered individuals, and drag queens, almost always acquire new names as part of their transformed personality. Something similar to Samoa’s context-governed names occurs here with American cross-dressers and drag artists. When you meet up with your friend, do you use his boy name or his gift name? This mostly depends on where you are at the moment and also, of course, what s/he’s wearing. Personal nmnes in Iankahar give men rights to family and land; here in America they give us rights to be, and to act, male or female. American Gay cnlture includes Several drag naming traditions. Much of the attraction of drag comes from its construction of hyper-femininity - an image ofperfected womanhood that no real female could, in reality, obtain. This is why RuPaul and Barbie are twins - they both are way beyond female reality. One drag naming tradition is the hyper-feminine. Here, the queens take on Barbie-ish names. I surfed through a number of drag queen websites on the Internet (yes, those gifts are online) and turned up hyper-ladylike names such as Zhanna, Monique, Vaunessa, Cookky, Felicity, Chynna, Windy, Misty De Mute, and so on. Sometimes these names pair with the drag equivalent of a surname. There are named drag houses in many cities, and a daughter takes the family name of her drag-mother (and sometimes also drag-father). This creates a structure of ficdve kinship that anthropologists call matrilineal descent. There is a second, comic naming tradition in American drag. Her~ the queens celebrate the carnival foundations of their art. There are ancient and widespread associations of masking and naughtiness in Western culture, as all of us learn very young ("Trick-or-Treat, smell my feet!"). Those sly queens adore bad puns. My quick tour of the web discovered Miss Pencil Vania, Charity Kaesse, Paige Turner, Evian Water, Sister Dana van Iquity, and of course Hedda Lettuce. And I’m sure you can bring many coarser examples to mind. But,just like people in Vanuatu, China, and Samoa, the more names you have, .the more you are. Lamont Lindstrom teaches anthropology at the University of Tulsa. e-mail: lindstroml@centum.utulsa.edu PFLAG Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays Tulsa Area Chapter POB 52800, Tulsa 74152 749-4901 distingnished history in Georgia. In 1905, this court expressly recognized that Geor~ gia citizens have a ’liberty of privacy’ guaranteed by the Georgia constitutional provision which declares that no person shall be deprived of liberty except by due process of law... This court has determined that a citizen’ s right to privacy is strong enough to withstand a variety of attempts by the State to intrude in the citizen’s life." "v~re cannot think of any other activity ¯ .that reasonable persons would rank as more private and more deserving of proteetion from governmental interference ~consensual, private, adult sexual ac- :~tivity. :. We’conclude that such activityis at the heart of the Georgia Constitution’ s protection of the right of privacy." ’q’he State fulfills its role in preventing sexual assaults and shielding and protecting the public from sexual acts by the enactment of criminal statutes prohibiting such conduct... The only possible purpose for the statute is to regulate the private conduct of consenting adults, the public gains nobenefit, and the individual is unduly oppressedby the invasion of the right to privacy. Consequently, we must conclude that the legislation exceeds the permissible bounds of police power." "In undertaking, the judiciary’ s constitutional duty, it is not the prerogative of members of the judiciary to base decisions on their personal notions of morality. Indeed, if wewere called upon to pass upon the propriety of the conduct herein, we would not condone it... While many believe that acts of sodomy, even those involving consenting adults, are morally reprehensible, this repugnance alone does not create a compelling justification for state regulation of the activity." "We agree with our fellow jurists that legislative enactments setting ’social majority’ are not exempt from judicial review testing their constitutional mettle." The minori~ opinion was written by Justice George H. Carley: "Clearly, Powell has no right under the federal constitution to engage in the act. .. since there is no fundamental right ¯ . under theConstitution ofthe United States ~ to engage in consensual sodomy." 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [1998] Tulsa Family News, December 1998; Volume 5, Issue 12 Subject The topic of the resource Politics, education, and social conversation toward Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities. Description An account of the resource Tulsa Family News was a monthly newspaper; No. 1 issued December 1993-January 1994. The final issue available was published in September 0f 2001 (Volume 8, Issue 9). The newspaper brings up important, evolving topics of marriage, Pride, TOHR, HIV/AIDs, events, advice, and politics all at the local and national level. This document is available in searchable PDF attached. It is also available to be seen at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center with permission. 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Baldwin, 36, made healtheare a cornerstone of her campaign, saying the United States should adopt a ~national, publicly funded system like that in Canada. ’°Tammy Baldwin is a solid representative who happens to be a Lesbian," said Elizabeth Birch, executive director of the Washington-based Human Rights Campaign, a Gay civil rights group that helped bankroll the Baldwin campaign. "She has broken down a very large door," Birch added. see Baldwin, p. 10 Hawaii.+Alaska Voters Reject Gay. Marriage ’Th~As;oc;’atedPress ~Stri~ggiingt; satisf~y~l~ot~.~0ei-al conservatives and the law of the land, Hawaii on Tuesday took another step toward banning same-gender marriage, giving its Legislature the go-ahead to write a new law. Elsewhere, Alaskans voted a Gay-marriage ban into their constitution, and voters in Fort Collins, Colo., defeated a measure to protect Gays and Lesbians from discrimination. News was more hopeful for Gay civil rights advocates in Maine, whereindividual communities are fielding anti-discrimination bills to circumvent this year’s statewide vote that overturned protections on the basis of sexual orientation. South Portland approved a Gay rights initiative; Ogunqult’s vote on a similar proposal was too close to call early Wednesday. The Hawaii initiative was lawmakers" latest try to sidestep the state Supreme Court’s 1993 ruling that the state had no constitutional right to ban same-gender marriages because that would deny some citizens the rights provided to others. Because the U.S. Constitution’ s Full Faith and Credit .Clause requires states to honor each other’ s statutes and legal bonds, the 1993 ruling set off some furious preemptive legislating around the country. At least 30 states have now banned Gay marnage, and Congress passtd the Defense of Marriage Act, which denied federal recognition ofGay marriage and allowed states to ignore same-sex tmions licensed elsewhere. The two sides in Hawaii spent millions of dollars in a relendess media campaign. "It’s really sending aclear message, a strong message, that the people of this community will not allow homosexual marriages;" said Mike Gabbard, a leader of the Save Traditional Marriage group, seeVote, p. 10 UJ DIRECTORY/LETTERS P, 2/3 US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 ~ HEALTH NEWS P. 6 ENTERTAINMENT NOTES P. 8 ~ COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 8 BOOK REVIEW P. I 0 DO-IT-YOURSELF P. 11 DYKE PSYCHE/GAY STUDIES P. 12/13 ~ CLASSIFIEDS + WEERWOLF P. 14 ¯ 200 Attend Tulsa Vigil For Hate Crime Victim Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends Tulsa’s Largest Circulation CommunityPaper Available In More Than 75 City Locations ¯ The Associated Press & TFN- Matthew Shepard, a 21 year old ¯ Gay University of Wyoming freshman, was found severely ¯ beaten Oct. 7. He died Oct. 12 in a Fort Collins, Colo., hospital. ¯ His deathsparkedanintemational "[your vi$11 represents] a eommhment to an end of vlolenee and [to] appropriate proteetlon under the law... Matthew Shepard’s death was horrible and senseless; it would be more so if it. was in vain." - Drew Edmondson OkLaltom Attorney General . .," outpouring of sympathy for vic- ¯ ¯ tims of hate crimes and calls for ~: a-federal hate crime law from Clinton. All across the US, communities heldvigils andrallies tohonor and mourn the slain student. In ¯ Tulsa, a group of about 150-200 ¯ persons gathered at the Civic Center Plaza. Anumberofclergy ¯ spoke, including the Rev. Father : Rick Hollingsworth of the Parish ¯ Church of SaintJerome, the Rev. ¯ Leslie Penrose of Community of : HopeUnited Methodist, the Rev. ¯ Helen Calloway of the Unity : Church and the Rev. Russell Bennett of Fellowship Congrega- ¯ tional Church. : Oklahoma’ s Attorney General, Drew Edmondson, sent a state- : ment which was read by Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights vice president, Greg Gatewood: "[your vigil represents] a commitment to an end of violence and [to] appropriate protection ¯ under the law.. see Hate, p. 11 : - Fayetteville Civil Rights ¯ Measure Overturned FAYEFFEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -.Voters here rejected a resolution : that backers said would have protected Gay people against job ¯ discrimination in city government. Final but unofficial results ¯ from Tuesday’. s .balloting 8howed7~811" v_otes against the measure, 6r58pe~-cent~ whil~ 5,731,or_42 percenL.we~_e cast in favor. Known as the human-dignity resolution, the measure was passed ¯ by the Fayetteville City Council earlier this year, vetoed by the ¯ mayor, then passed by the council again in overriding the veto. : It wouldhave required that all applicants for city staffpositions ¯ have equal access to employment, regardless of race, sex, reli- : gion, color, national origin, age, ancestry, familial statUS, disabil- ¯ ity or sexual orientation, A group opposed to including "sexual ¯ orientation" on the list successfully petitioned to get the resolu- ¯ tion.on the ballot. ¯ Claudette’s Leaving! Longtime AIDS Activist Moving to Aggieland ¯ TULSA - For half a decade, anyone seriously involved with ¯ HIV/AIDS, knew Claudette Peterson. For a nu~nber of years, a ¯ Tulsan being tested for HIV anti-bodies likely had their blood ¯ sample taken taken and results given by her when she ran Tulsa ¯ Oklahomans for Human Rights HIV Testing Clinic. ¯ More recently, Persons Living with AIDS (PLWA’s) have ¯ benefited fromher tireless (and initially unpaid) efforts to establish Food Chain, a food pantry and more. However, since her ¯ spouse, Tim Peterson has recently been taken a teaching job at ¯ TexasA&Mwherehe received his ph.D, Tulsa is losing Peterson ¯ to College Station. Another prominent figure amongTulsaHIV/AIDS fundraisers ¯ and caregivers, Janice Nicklas, bemoaned Peterson’ s departure. ¯ "It’ s a major loss for our community.., she has tireless energy for ¯ developing resources for HIV prevention and care and we owe ¯ her a lot . . . anyone’s fortunate to have her living in their community." ¯ Peterson noted that her work has been a labor of love, and is ¯ proud of the fact that she and Foo~t Chain have never had to turn ; away a client and they are now. serving over 100 PLWA’s a ¯ month. She notes that donating food has brought very diverse : people together- drag queens working right next to conservative church people. Peterson also recognizbA Audra Sommers for her ¯ very generous support ofFood Chain and other care programs as ¯ wall as support from the National AIDS fund, Tulsa Comm ¯ AIDS Partnership, the Rath Foundation, &Philip Morris Co. Inc. : Tulsa Library Rever,s,es Anti-Gay Paper Poltcy ¯ TULSA- Fornearlyfiveyears,Tulsa’sCity/County ¯ Library System (TCCLS) had refused to allow the ¯ distributionofGaynewspapers,TulsaFamilyNews ¯ in particular, in its lobbies. Early in October, TFN ¯ received a letter inviting the newspaper to provide ¯ copies to be distributed at the Central and each of ¯ the four regional libraries. Tulsa Family News is ¯ now found in those locations. ¯ The dispute over distribution privileges began ¯ when TFN publisher, Tom Neal, was representing _" a now defunct out-of-town Gay paper and re- " quested equal distribution access as magazines like ¯ TulsaKids, TulsaPeople and Urban Tulsa enjoyed ¯ a number of library lobbies. The response of the ." then TCCLS director, Pat Woodrum and the ¯ library’.s board of trustees was to change the rules ; to ban "out of town" publications. Shortly after that decision, Neal began Tulsa ¯ Family News and reapplied as a local publication. ¯ Once again, TCCLS changed the rules to continue to grant access to non-Gay publications and not to ." aGay one. Thesenew rules required that50% ofthe ¯ content of the publication be "local." ¯ TFN challenged TCCLS to clarify how it was ¯ defining and connting local content. Neal notes, ¯ "we had issues where it appeared that we met the ~ 50% standard as we understood it and yet we were ¯ told we didn’ t have enough local content. Further- ." more, we documented multiple violations of that : rule by other publications but the library administration refused to respond to our requests to clarify the policies and to explain their seeming tolerance ¯ for rule-breaking by other publications." see Library, p. 12 World AIDS ¯ IAM Director Decides to Step Down ¯ TULSA~interfaithAIDS Ministries is sponsoring ¯ its annual World AIDS Day Candlelight March.& ¯ Memorial Service. As is customary, the event is on ¯ December 1 st,Tuesday andwill beginat 6:30 at the parkinglot of Centenary United Methodist Church ¯ (631 North Denver) just north of downtown. The ¯" march begins to the Parish Church of Saint Jerome (205 West King) at about 7pro and the memorial service will start about 7:30. There is a reception ¯ following the service. Marchers are asked to bring : banners & bells, but candles & matches will be ¯ provided. St. Jerome will be accessible to the disabled at the east entrance. ¯ Also, this will be the last World AIDS Day for which ]AM’ s executive director ofmany years will ¯ serve. Diane Zike, who helped found the organiza- ¯ fion when it was part of the Episcopal Diocese of ¯ Oklahoma’s AIDS care, will be stepping down at ¯ the end of the yearforpersonal reasons. Zike stated, "my work in AIDS ministry has been a very impor- ¯ taut and meaningful part ofmy life fore the past 12 years. I regret the need to step down now from my role as director but I will continue to be active and supportive in any way I can." TFN publisher, Tom Neal, noted, "Diane is one of the unsungheroes of the TulsaAIDS community - she has worked long and hard at great personal cost." Info: 438-2437 or 800-284-2437. : Blues Concert for AIDS ¯ TULSA-Walkfor Life will presentits 2ndannual ." blues concert later this year (the date will be an- ¯ nounced). Last year’s event was held at at ¯" Streamroller Blues and featured a surprise visit from Hanson. The tickets to the event will be $5 at ~ the door and will benefit local AIDS care organizations. For info., call 918-579-9593. see Editorial, p. 3 Tul;a C~ubs & Restaurants *Bmnboo Lom~ge, 7204 E. Pine *Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. Boston *Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria *Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria *Full Moon Care, 1525 E. 15th *Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria *Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston *Jason’s Deli, 15th & Peoria *Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th *Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square *St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st *Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan *Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main *TNT’s, 2114S. Memorial *Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd 832-1269 592-2143 744-0896 599-9512 583-6666 749-4511 585-3134 599-7777 749-1563 744-4280 745-9998 834-4234 585-3405 660-0856 584-1308 Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals Advanced Wireless & PCS, Digital Cellular 747-1508 *Affinity News~ 8120 E. 21 610-8510 Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor 746-4620 *Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000 Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506 *Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034 Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15 712-1122 Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 712-9955 *Borders Books & Music, 8015 S. Yale 494-2665 Brookside Jewelry, 4649 S. Peoria 743-5272 *CD Warehouse, 3807c S.-Peoria 746-0313 Cherry Sf. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. 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School Ave. 501-442-2845 ¯ JOPLIN, MISSOURI : *Spirit of Christ MCC, 2639 E. 32, Ste. U134 417-623-4696 * is where you can findTFN¯ NotallareGaY"ownedbutallareGay"friendly" Coors Donation Condemned Imagine a Lesbian or Gay activist who left the country a few years ago and just recently returned back to our community. Talk about culture shock! She or he would witness a brave new’queer world, one in which GLAAD has accepted $110,000 from Coors, theHumanRights Campaign (a Lesbian and Gay PAC) has endorsed D’Amato for Senator in New York, and a young Gay man was tortured and murdered in Wyoming. Importantly for us, these three things are not unrdated - appeasement comes at a price - and that price is not acceptable to us. Weare writing (respectively) as aformer taffer and former board member of GLAAD/SFBA. Therefore we will focus rathe GLAAD-Coors connection. GLAAD (the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) has accepted $110,000 from the Coors Brewing company to support its new "sexual orientation in the workplace" training effort. GLAAD was founded by activists such as Vito Russo (author of The Celluloid Closet) with a single, very spedfic rmssion: to watchdog and critique the media’ s coverage of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered issues. It has strayed from that mission often to deal with the substance of issues rather than how they are covered. We believe that conducting sexual orientation in the workplace trainings is outside GLAAD’ s niche. No other organization in our community focuses on anti-defamation. There is plenty of defamation (some have lately taken to calling it hate speech) runmng around loose these days. GLAAD has plenty enoughmediaanalysis andresponse to do and litde enough money to do th.at vital work, without implementing a new : project with dirty money. Much has already been said about the politics of Coors and the politics of accepting money from Coors. We would like to emphasize our dismay thatGLAAD would accept money from such a source. When we were with GLAAD, RJR Reynolds (Big Tobacco, a key backer of powerful, homophobic North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms) was also offering the community money and some were considering taking it! So, we in GLAAD/SFBA back then "did the math" and realized that taking money from people trying to kill youjust doesn’t add up to anything that makes sense. Same for Coors once removed - that is the Coors Foundations. - Tom di Maria, Exec. Director, 1993-95 - Jessea Greenman, Co-Chair, 1990-94 GLAAD/San Francisco Bay Area [Editor’s note: the Coors family wealth has been closely associated with a number of the most ultra rtght wing and anti- Gaypolitical causes. Coors Brewing Company was once the target ofa boycott due to anti-Gay company policies. Coors Brewing now boasts a non-discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation and. supports Gay organizations. Coors Brewing has supported the Tulsa Pride Picnic for a number ofyears.] Letters Policy Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on issues which we’ ve covered or on issues you think need to be considered. Youmay request that your name be withheld but letters mustbe signed &have phonenumbers, or be hand delivered. 200 word letters are preferred. Letters to other publi- -- cations will be printed as is appropriate. At the present time. there are only 25 states that have laws against homoffexuals, most nbted are; Alabama 20 years, Georgia 20 years, l~hode Is and ant ess than 7 years nor more than 20 years, Oklahoma 10 years. The homosexuals are working hard to get these laws changed to permit their perversion ofour country, and it appears they are successfuq at it. " A great many laws have been changed. Until 1990 our country. In 1986the U.S. SupremeCourtuph, (in a 5 to 4 vote), noting that "prohibitions again jurisprudence since the colonization of the countr the laws of’he original thirteen states when they r~ outlawed sodomy. Noah Carolina’s original sodl the abonimable and detestable crime against natur adjudged guilty of a felony and SHALL SOl: CLERGY". the U.S. barred admission ofsexual deviants into d the constitutionality of Georgia’s sodomy law homosexuality have been a part of Ainerlcan " Sodomy was a criminal offense forbidden by fiodtheBillofRights. Until 1961, allb0states ay statute nut: "Any person who shall commit not fit tb be named among Christians... Shall be ER DEATH WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF Without proper punishment of these, perveRs, u( great comitxy has become like Sodom & Gomorrah. It’s gotten pretty sad when we allo’~ mmosexuals to teach our children that there is nothing wrong with being *gay".- ttawthome I ementary public school, Madison, Wisconsin, where lesbian TummY" Boldwln is Distriet Cotmty ~upcwisor, bes just one ofmany pilot programs to teach against homophobia, At the direction of~[hoir teachers, Ist and 2nd graders made a book titled "Everybody is Equal, A Book About Gay &. Lesbian." The book teaches our very young chiltlrcn respect for homos, a.s well as the Ga~ Pride chant’Hay-Hay-Ho-Ho-Homophobia’s got to go’and"Wewant rigbl,~tao*: 1ST&2..NDGRADERS!!! OneolderstudenL whenaskedwhatshe had learned, statedshe’loaksatitlnadifferentlight. Toknowwhatbeinggay isallabout, it’snot actually diffcrent from anybody else". Cambridge Mass. schools hold functions like a Gay Family Photo Exhibit on school grounds, and another celebrates Gay Pride Day as a holiday. Third graders n New York earn tolerance for borons, tlomosexuals argue that wbat consenting adults do in the privacy oftbeir home is protectod under lhe tight to privacy. Vsctlmless crimes, sucKas the possession and distribution ofillegal drugs do not escape the law where they are committed at home; right to privacy in no way allows one to break the law. Not State law and not God’s !aw...sodomy is a crime and must be prosecuted. By dolng nothing and allowing sodomites to run amuck, just look around and see where our morals are today. Prison terms for sodomy are designed to punish persons who undertake by unatural and indecent methods to gratify a perverted and depraved sexual appetite which is an offence against public dccancy and morality. To i mprison a conlinnod homosexual is like throwing Brer Rabbit i nto the briar patch To ~ve our nation we need the DEATII PENALTY to put an end to the sodomites ~erverslon ofour country. Can honmsexuals repent and be saved I I Corinthians 6:1 I)? A few are, but this still does not mean society eannol INSTITUTETHE DEATI I PENALTY for this crime, just as it has for the crime of murder. No one says a murderer cannot repent and come to Christ, nor does society allow such a conv~’sion to stop the death penalty from being carried out. Lev. 20:13: "Ira man lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman both of .them have committed an abominatiott. They shall surely be put to death". Asa did that which was right in the eyes ofthe I.ord, and hc tookaway the sodimites out of the hind (IKings 15:12). ]-lad Asa execu~.d these sexual deviants, Jehnsaphat wouldn’t have had to remove the remaining sodomites out ofthe land (I Kings22: 46). The Death Penalty is our only answer to ensure these pe~’erts are out ofour contr~’ and stay out for good. ] But God is love, oh yes, God is love ~nd if you love God, you will keep his commandment {Matt 22:37 and Jol~ 14:15). So for our people to keep the commandment of l.ev. 20:13 is tO love Grd. Romans 1:2~-32: :,re have changed.the . troth ofGod into a lie. worshippingand se~ing the creature more than the Creatbr. God has given us up to qle afflictions, even our woman go against nature, ~nd likewise also the men burned in their lust one toward another, They \vhich commit such things arc worthyofdeath, SodomandGomorrahwcredestro.vedforsuchthings. Ourendcould be #n uch worse ifwe don’t follow God’s law’.and uphold the Death Panahy forsodom): Pastor Pete Peters points out in his book,"Death Panalty for Homosexuals" that the top 6 leading scrialki||ers in the U.S- are: Donald | larvt:y - 37 killed. John \Vay’ne Gaq." - 23 killed. Patrick Keamev - 32 killed, Bruce Davis - 28 killed. Core Henley Brooks - 27 killed. Juan Corona -’25 killed, al! of which were homosexuals; add to that Jeffrey Dahalcr. In closing. I would like to poinrout that God has the answer to all our problems. God has Ills law and the law is good tfa man use it lawfully( I Timothy 1 :g-I 0). Help spread ti~is message, support the ministr) of Reverend Jon’ny Lee Clear,.. To reorder copies scud a $12.50 donation fi~r 100 copies to P.O. BOX 702631; Tulsa, OK 74170. T s tact sponsored by the American Patriot !lotline {918) 494-0004. Call for a free recorded message. by Tom Neal, publisher & editor "To save our nation, we need the DEATH PENALTY t~ put an end to the sodomites perversion of our country." No doubt, your reaction is much like mine was - this is ludicrous, almostlaughable! Andthatreactionis increasedwhen we note the source: the extremely disreputable, publicityhungry ex-Klansman, the "Reverend" Jonny Lee.Cleary. But just as the extremist rhetoric of anti-abortiomsts has created a climate in which extremists murder in order to "save lives," this adds to a climate in which Lesbian and Gay lives .(and those of our non-Gay friends who shand by us) are already devalued and at risk. Though ultra conservative political groups, like the Family Research Council, Focus on the Family and the Republican Party now distance themsdves from recent violence against Lesbians and Gay men, their systematic attacks onus and their exploitation of anti-Gay fear for political gain also have helped create a climate ripe for violence. Murdered University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard’ s death was horrible but it was not the only one of its type, nationally or even locally. According to Kelly Kirby, 1ongtimeTulsacivilrights activist, therewas one Gay man murdered each .year from 1991 to 1996. And yet when Tulsans held a public vigil for Shepard, not one elected official came or sent a representative. Mayor Savage was out of town but surely some one member of her staff could have shown up? What about the district attorney? Only former DA Bill LaFortune came and that reflects not only on his decency and compassion see Penalty, p.14 Ray of Light Campaign Invites Gay People To Tellof Experiences With Ex-Gay Ministries by Wayne Besen . Of course, you would never see a cover story about a HRC Associate Director of Communications ". It is morning once again, and as you rub your tired eyes and peer into the unforgiving bathroom mirror, the " shiny reflection of your head is a painful reminder that you look just as much like Kojac as the day before. Although your friends say you should learn to accept your baldness, you desperately want to change and have spent years pursu- : ing the latest hair growth remedies to no : avail. But today is your lucky day. While : sipping the morning coffee, you pick-up a ¯¯ copy of a respected news magazine and a bold, splashy headline proclaims: BALD : FOR LIFE? Underneath the headline, two ¯ smiling, bushy haired people, who look en- ~ thralledby their new hair-dos, claim to have : been "cured" by a miracle hair tome, corn- : blued with bible study. Ecstatic, you excitedly turn the pages un- : til youf’md the story about this new "miracle ." cure." But as you read on, your enthusiasm ¯ quickly begins to diminish. First, you find that the smiling mop-tops on the cover-page : are full-time, paid employees for acompany : marketing this product. Next, even the most : fervent supporters claim that the success ¯ rate of this so-called panacea is a paltry : Currently, ~alse notions about Gay Amerleans are beln~ perpetuated hy a media whleh erroneously believes it is honorable journalism to simply regurgitate sound bltes rom both sides in the name of bahnee. 30%. What about the other70%? According to the company, the hair tonic is not working for these folks because they are "not praying hard enough." As you skim down the page, you perkup because you read there is still hope! A competing company claims that their hair tonic has a miraculous success rate of 71.6%. But when asked by the magazine reporter for hard data to corroborate the claim, the company spokes- person gli"bly repli¯es,. "I don’t have time to conduct follow-up studies." How then, you wonder, does the ¯ company come up with a specific number like 71.6% without ~’011ow-ti~ studies to document whether or not : the patients sprouted hair? ~ The article then points out that the two scientists who ¯ founded the hair tonic formula have feverishly traveled " to science conventions around the world to declare that ~ their invention.does not work as they once said it did. ~ They say that many people would he harmed psycho- . logically if they pinned all ,of,their ho.p~,s a~,d dream~,on~ what they now Call a"fraud. The article atso states mat "- all respected medical and mental health organizations agreed with the inventors that the hair tonic was no more i likely to help one grow hair than dipping ones head in ~ a vat of Ben and Jerry’ s ice cream. ¯ If that isn’ tbad enough, the companies promoting the ¯ hair tonic have taken out full page ads in major newspa- : pers which have distorted a baldness study by one of the ¯ premier hair loss specialists in the nation. The ac- "_ claimed expert retorted acrimoniously to the lies by ¯ saying, "It was a complete misrepresentation of what ~ the research actually said. It was taken completely out ~ of context. I am horrified and angry and they are ¯ spreading an awful and destructive message." ¯ Your dreams of looking like Fabio are dashed for ¯ good when you read that of the people lumped in the ¯ 30% success rate category, the majority believed that if ~ thehairtonicdidnot work, biologicalbaldness couidbe ¯ overcome bywearing atoupee. The article ends with the ¯ testimony of angry ex-ex bald people who claim that ] they were misled and cheated by the hair tonic compa- ¯ rues. One company’s spokesperson dismisses the in- ] convenient complaints of the ex-ex-bald people by ~ saying: "Some p~.ople fall of the wagon." ~ You now sit m your living room, enraged by the ¯ misleading story, wondering how a respected news ~ outlet would g~ve this "snake oil" that has been so ~ thoroughly discredited, the slightest bit of legitimacy, ~ no less a cover story. Shouldn’t the ex-ex-bald people ~ have been on the cover, or at least been the focus of the ¯ story instead because their experiences are a more ~ representative of the vast majority who took the tomc? ~ Dojournalistic ethics and standards exist anymore, you ¯ wonder? Whoops, you almost forgot, it is 1998, ’‘The : Year of the Journalist." discredited, unsubstantiated, cure for baldness, or anything rise for that matter.., except homosexuality. When it comes to a so-called cure for Gay people, (as if one were wanted or needed) veracity does not seem to be of much importance to the media. In the following passa~, all of the shenanigans attributed to the ex-bald movement actually occurred in the so-called ex-Gay ministries, from the bogus statistics to the distortion of scientific research, to the founders of the ex-Gay ministries marrying each other and repudiating these "cures." Yet, despite these gross irregularities, the media still unwittingly legitimizes "ex-Gay" ministries by not holding them to the same standard of scientific proof that they would demand from any other group. Advocates for Gay equality believe these ministries should have an opportunity to voice their opinions. However, the media has a duty to research the accuracy of statements made or statistics reported. Currently, false notions about Gay Americans are being perpetuated by a media which erroneously believes it is honorable journalism to simply regurgitate sound bites from both sides in the name of balance. While balance is important, it is not an excuse to eschew accuracy and tough, fact checking. All statements are not equally valid and it is the media’ s responsibility, to distinguish factfrom fiction. Inmost of the news stones about the "ex-Gay" mimstries or the Right wing ad campaign in which these mimstries are highlighted, fiction has been the norm and the truth has been a For example, ex-Gay leader Anthony Falzarano recently said dn television that nearly 80% of Gay people were:molested as children. This is factually incorrec~by any objective standards, withGaypeoplenomorelikely to be molested as children than heterosexuals. Unfortunately; because he is talking about Gay people, the lethargicmediafelt there was noneed to hold Falzarano ¯ iecountableforhis lie. IfFalzaranowouldhave mad.e .a9 outrageous claim about any other minority group, ~t ~s guaranteed the media would have followed-up and excoriated him for his hysterical statement. At the Human rights Campaign, our biggest challengeis not countering political religious activist ~oups whoexistmdeny us equal rights. The toughest battle we face is getting the media to accurately follow-up on outrageous statements made by these groups. As it stands, our opponents can say anything they want about Gay people, no matter how despicable, and they never . havemanswer for it~Through lazy reporting, the media has becomean accomphcemthe Right s discnnnnalao campaign against Gay Americans by giving bald faced lies equal stature to documentedfacts. It is our hope that as the news media begins to evaluate some of their glaring ethical lapses in 1998, they will consider stopping the harmful practice of printing false information about Gay people perpetuated by the Right without first verifying the outrageous claims. This perpetuation of myths by the media has forced the Human Rights Campaign to start the Ray Of Light (ROL) project. TheROLseeks to shine the spotlight on these ministries so people can see beyond the rhetoric andhearfromthe vast majority ofpeoplewhohave been through these ministries and now call their techniques psychological terrorism. This project will invite former ¯ ex-Gays from around the nation to share their stories ¯ with the Human Rights Campaign and lift the veil of ¯ secrecy surrounding these mimstries. The Ray of Light ¯ will: ¯ *Seek and chronicle the stories of former ex-Gays; ¯ *Share these smiles with the public and the media; ¯ *Compile information by leading mental health and ¯ medical experts on the most recent studies; and ¯ *Examine the literature of the ex-Gay ministries to ¯ look for flagrant abuses and fraudulent claims. If you have been through these ministries, please ¯ submit your story so we can share it and help others. ~ Stories can be submitted, to: www.hrc.org/ncop/rol Churches Create Hate MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Mainstream Christian denominations are to blame for a climate of hate and bigotry that fostered the fatal beating of a Gay University of Wyoming student, a United Methodist Church pastor says. "It’s not just the fight-wing conservatives" who are teaching that homosexuality is a sin and that Christian churches should shun Gays and Lesbians, the Rev. Jimmy Creech said while in Minneapolis recently. "I hold the church accountable for helping to create a culture that allows violence against Gays and Lesbians," he said. "Churches don’ t intend for the violence to happen, but they lay the groundwork for it." Creech gained national notoriety" for officiating at a same-sex covenant ceremony in his Omaha, Neb., congregation. In August, he was narrowly acquitted of violating church law. He subsequently resigned from his Nebraska congregation. Creech argues that when the church denies clergy members the right to perform same-sex ceremonies, it is preventing them from "being a pastor to all members of the congregation.r’ For him, "’This is the denial ofmy freedom to be a pastor to everyone, and that’s very offensive." Crecch was in Minneapolis to preach at two services at All God’s Children Metropolitan Church. Theday before, hemetwith several Minnesota United Methodistclergy andlaity. Recently,22United Methodist members from Minnesota joined 344 other Methodists around the country in asking the national bishops to address the issues of treatment ofGays and Lesbians in the church. Non-Biological L sbian Mom Shares Custody NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A woman who stayed home [o raise a 2-year-old boy while her Lesbian partner earned a living can share custody of the child, even though she isn’ t the biological mother, a judge has ruled. The partner, identified only as R.E.M., stayed home to take care of the boy while herpartngr, S.L..y., worked at a hospital. The Lakewood couple decided . to have the child together, chose a sperm donor to inseminate S.L.V. and sent out birth announcements " with both women’ s fingerprints on them. Experts who follow Lesbian custody battles say the ¯ decision goes further than any other in granting bro,a,d ," custodial rights to a woman who is not the child s birth mother. "- "The court is satisfied that R.E.M. has been able to ¯ show that she stands in the shoes of a parent to the child and should be accorded the status of parent in " parity with S.L.V.,’7 Superior Court Judge Vincent ¯ Grasso wrote inhis decision issued Monday in Ocean County. Kate Kendell, who heads the National Center for Gay and Lesbian Rights in San Francisco, called the decision "an enormous victory ." "Our children have as much right to a continuing relationship with both parents as any other child of two parents," she said Tuesday, Thejudge’ s declsxon, however, lsn t binding stat - wide and is inconsistent with an opinion issued in Essex County in September. Two other similar cases have yet to be decided in Mercer and Union counties. "Right now, you have a situation that really cries out for an appeal," said Paul Urbania, S:L.V:’s attorney. ’q’he law in New Jersey shouldn’t depend on where geographically you’ re located." One woman in Essex County, who said she helped raise 4-year-old twins with her ex-partner, lost custody of the children and vowed to appeal. Attorney Robin Wernik said the woman will use the Ocean County opinion to bolster her case. Lawyers are stillformalizing thedetails, butR.E.M. will likely be able to care for the boy for three or four 12-hour days each week while S.L.V. isat work, as well as on alternate weekends, said her attorney, Bettina Munson. R.E.M., a former bartender, does notworkbecause ofapermanentdisability toher arm. Both women must share the cost of supporting the boy, identified only as A.J.M.V., thejudge said. The boy, who was born on March 2, 1996, goes by the surname of both women. The couple, who met in 1989 and moved in to- ¯ gether in 1991, chose a sperm donor together with a ¯ geneticprofilethatwas compatible to theirs once they decided to have a child. S.L.V. was inseminated ¯ because R.E.M. had had a hysterectomy, the opinion ¯ satd. The women went by mommy and mamere, ¯¯ and drew up respective, detailed family trees for the baby. The relationship ended in November 1996, ¯ although S.LV. remained in the home until Septem- ¯ ber 1997, the opinion said. R.E.M. sued for castody a ¯ month later. "BBC Apologizes For ¯ Calling Politician Gay LONDON (AP)-TheBritish Broadcasting Corp. has apologized to a Cabinet minister who was described as Gay during a news program. Aides to Trade Secretary Peter Mandelson said Monday he had received ~ a letter of apology from BBC chairman Sir Christo- ¯ pher Bland. Mandelson, who prefers not to make an ¯ issue of his sexual orientation, planned no comment : on the letter, the aides said. The controversy beganwhen newspaper columnist Matthew Pards saidonalate-nightBBCprogram that ¯ Mandelson was "certainly, Gay. The remark came ¯ during speculation about the sexuality of another ¯ Cabinetminister, RonDavies, whoresigned as Welsh ¯ Secretary last weekbecause ofwhathe called a"lapse ¯ of judgment" with a stranger who robbed him after the two met at London’ s Clapham Common, a popu- : lar Gay hangout, and left together. Davies has given : no clear explanation of what happened. But he has ¯ denied he was seeking Gay sex or drugs, even after days of banner headlines and tabloid stories. : Meanwhile, the BBC added to the controversy by ¯ ordering staffmembers never to repeat the remark by ¯ Parris, who is openly Gay, on any of its programs. ¯ That move provoked charges of clumsy censorship ¯ and of giving special treatment to Mandelson, a close ¯ adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair and among the ¯" country’ s most influential politicians. ¯ Protesters included the opposition Conservative ~arty., severa! 9f whose.politicians were pursu.,e,d.by the media over extramarital affairs when the party was ~n power. Also opposed to the BBCrs move was Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam, also a leading member of the Blair Cabinet. Ms. Mowlam said she and other panelists on a Friday nightBBCradio talk show were told not to mention Mandelson and the Gay remark. "I’m not about to be unfair or unjust to colleagues, but we’ve all state~,,very clearly that to be given guidelines is insulfing~ she said during the show. The BBC altered.anews quiz program last week to remove a running joke about Mandelson, but the TV ¯ satare program .Ha. e I Got Ne~ws For You.’?" was ¯ allowed to broadcast a Clip of the Parris comment. i Schools LawSuits Help "Prevent Gay-Bashings ¯ OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - In the wake of the recent ~ death ofaGay collegestudeut, administrators, teach- ¯ ers and students methere this weekend to diSCUSS Gay ~ bashingin schools. They say lawsuits are a powerful ¯ weapon in the ending name:calling, harassment and : violence agMnst young Gay people. S.chool districts ¯ that have ignored the problem are being held liable. ¯ No federal anti-discrimination laws cover sexual : orientation, and Massachusetts is the only state to ¯ mandate such protection. 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Learning how to better run her own such group ¯ brought Veronica Lopez, 22, from Stockton to the ¯ conference. Lopez, a college student who works full time in a day care center, said homophobia starts early. She said a 4-year-old boy recently came to her in tears . because a 5-year-old had just called him an anti-Gay " epithet. "It shows the parents are talking about it, ." because kids don’t even know what (Gay) is," Lopez ¯ said. "I thinkit’ s important that people realize we’re not " sick people... I consider myself pretty normal." Gay Man in NY SenateI ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Thomas Duane, openly Gay ¯ and HIV-positive, describes himself as "distinctly " progressive." TheDemocraticNew YorkCity Council- " man is running for a seat m the state Senate that has ¯ rarely, if ever, been described in those terms. If Duane ¯ is elected - and the heavy Democratic makeup of his " Manhattan district makes that very likely - he will ¯ become the state Senate’s first openly Gay member and only the second openly Gay member of the state Legis- ¯ lature.-"I’m hoping to add something that has been " missing from the debate in Albany," Duane said. He runs as the recent beating death of Gay University ¯ of Wyoming student Matthew Shepherd focuses national attentiononhatecrimes legislation, one of Duane’ s " key issugs. Known for his outspoken support of issues ¯ relating to Gays, women and the disabled in.the rough ¯ and tumble city council, Duanehas said that the absence ¯ of hate crime statutes permits and, ina sense, encour- " ages violence against homosexuals. This-year, he called for can-cellation-of the annual GreenwiEii Village Halloween Parade, clting rising anti-Gay violence in the " traditionally tolerant New York City enclave. " Such abate crimes law has been blockedinNew York ¯ by the very Republican-controlled state Senate Duane ¯ hopes to take a seat in. Senate Majority Leader Joseph ¯ Bruno opposes the law, saying it creates a special class " of victim. " ’‘The state Senate has been absolutely backward," Matt Foreman, executive director ofEmpire State Pride ¯ Agenda, New York’s largest Gay advocacy group. ¯ "Someone like Tom is desperately needed there." It is highly unlikely that Duane he will have any luck " pushing legislation through the highly-regimented Senate from the Democratic side of the aisle. Still, support- ¯ ers say his status is likely to hold sway in debates. "To ¯ have someone who lives with HIV talking about HIV- : related bills will be quite powerful and I think his " opinion willcarry real weight," said state Sen. Catherine ¯ Abate. Duane is running for Abate’ s seat after she vacated it " to nm unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination ¯ for state attorney general. The district winds from the ¯ Upper West Side through Times Square downtown to Greenwich Village and the Financial District. Voter registration is 67 percent Democrat and only about 11 " percent GOP. His opponent, Republican Karol Murov, ¯ has failed to mount mu’ch of a challenge, observers said. Bruno spokesman John McArdle refused to discuss Duane’ s candidacy. But in response.to criticisms about " the chamber’s attention to Gay issues he said "the .. Senate has responded to concerns of New Yorkers as a whole." ." Duane’s election would bring New York even with ¯ Arizona and California, which both have two Gay ¯ members in their state Legislature. Only Oregon and " Maine have more. ." AssemblywomanDe_borah Glick, the-New York’s first openly Gay legislator, points to legislation r~quiring AIDs testing for newborns and this year’ s mandate : that people who test positive for HIV notify their " : partners as si.gns that New York’ s Legislature is ill- " informed on issues important to Gay groups. Yet she sounds a cautionary note for Duane, saying to expect at least some hostility. "I’m sure he will encounter homophobia. I did and still do," Glick said. Gay MayorforWinnipeg WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - A city councilman once featured in a documentary about Gay foster fathers has won the mayoral race in Winnipeg, becoming the first openly Gay mayor of a major Canadian city. "It was a history-making night," said Glen Murray after returns showed him winning easily over six other candidates. Winnipeg is Manitoba’s capital and, with 667,000 residents, is the largest Canadian city between Toronto and Calgary, Alberta. Murray, 41, became one of Canada’s betterknown Gay politicians six years ago when, with his troubled foster son Michael Curtis, he was featured in a film documentary called "A Kind of Family." Murray did not make his sexual orientation a focus of the campaign, concentrating instead on economic issues and moderating some of the left-ofcenter positions he espoused during three terms on the city council. His main opponent, grocery-store executive Philip Kaufman, did not raise the homosexuality issue explicidy, thoughhe made references early in the campaign to family values. Late in the campaign, a local minister organized a prayer vigil and urged voters to oppose Murray. "This is not a matter ofhating anyone," said Bruce Martin, pastor of Calvary Temple Pentecostal Church. "It’s a matter of biblical interpretation." Murray’s victory was celebrated by Gays in Winnipeg. "It’ s apotent symbol that an openly Gay person should be elected to a high post like this," said Chris Vogel, a Gay rights activist. "It contributes to the growing sense that there’s nothing wrong with being homosexual." Murray, seeking to portray himself as mainstream, said he would follow the practice of previous Winnipeg mayors and refuse .to officially proclaim a Gay Pride week in the city. In fact, he said he _will try to avoid issuing such proclamations on behalf of any group or cause. "We’re a city of such diversity, of so many cultures," he said. "We’re a city of great tolerance, ofhope and Ijust think all of those values were reaffirmed tonight." There are only a couple of dozen openly Gay politicians in Canada, including two members of the federal Parliament. Bishop in Bind COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A bishop who performed two same-sex ceremonies when he was a Columbus pastor said it was an agonizing decision for him to file a complaint against a minister for performing a Gay ceremony. Bishop Joseph Sprague, head of the Chicago United Methodist Church, said he performed services for two men and two women. Sprague charged Rev. Gregory Dell, pastor of Broadway United Methodist Church in Chicago, with "failure to uphold the order and discipline of the United Methodist Church." Sprague said he :’ chose to write the complaint to avoid inflammatory language he expected others might use. Dell will be tried before a 13-person jury of his peers. Dell said he didn’ t talk with Sprague before conducting the recent service, but knew the bishop would be required to file charges. Sprague said before he performed the Gay ceremonies he first discussed it with Bishop Judith Craig of the West Ohio Conference, which has jurisdiction over Columbus. "I told him he could not use the marriage ceremony in that setting... I toldhim that in terms of any ceremony he designed, I wouldleave it to his pastoral discretion to do what was necessary to providepastoral care," Craig said. Sprague has refused to remove Dell from his duties pending the trial, and said he isn’ t sure what he will do if the jury votes to oust Dell. Jocelyn Elders: No Regrets COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Jocelyn Elders, who lost her job as U.S. surgeon general four years ago, says she does not regret taking such controversial stands as advocating se~x education for kindergartners and conitoms in teen-agers’ pockets. "You look back on things like that more than once, and I have tried to think how I would have said things differently or should I have said those things, and I have to say I have no regrets," she said at an annual state conference on sexually transfnitted diseases and HIV, the AIDS virus. Even the invitation for her to speak stirred controversy. The state Department of Health and Environmental Control last month withdrew its sponsorship and $40,000 in funding, saying Elders’ presence would distract from the issues. That left AIDS service organizations as the primary sponsors, with funding frompharmaceutical companies. Eiders, who drew bursts of applause and cheers from the audience of nearly 650, said she advocates explaining sex to youngsters so they can protect themselves from abuse. "We want tO teach our children early that there are places that people should not touch," she said in an interview. What about leaving sex education to parents? "We don’t let the parents teach physics," Eiders said. "Your health is far more important than physics." And if site had a teen-age daughter? "I would never want my teen-ager to go out on a date without a condom in her purse," Elders said, saying vows ofabstinence"are easier to break than a latex condom.’" Elders, the first black woman to be surgeon general, held the job 15 months until she was forced to resign in December ;t-994: ~Her downfall came. when she said Gays and Lesbians must help save children from the un-Christian religious right. Needle Exchange Program Prevails WASHINGTON (AP) -Even before a congressonal bahon funds for needleexchange programs became law, anAIDS clinic in the nation’ s capital had set up a private group to supply drug addicts with clean needles. "This law is intrusive," said Jim Graham, executive director of the Whitman-Walker Clinic. "It not only tells D.C. how we can spend ourownlocal tax dollars, but it tells charities like Whitman-Walker how we can spend pri: rate funds." Congress, as part of the $520 billion spendingpackage signedintolaw Wednesday, banned use of local and federal funding for any needle-exchange program in the District of Columbia. That was on top of a permanent ban on federal funding of needle exchanges anywhere in the country. The Whitman-Walker Clinic, one of the nation’ s largest, has created a private, nonprofit group to run theprogram, transferring equipment, supplies and $50,000 in private funds to the new operation. The Washington-based Drug Policy Fotmdation gave the new group, Prevention Works, an additional $25,000. "Sounds like they’ ve. got some pretty sharp lawyers," said Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., who sponsored the ban. The clinic gets $7 million a year in federal and local government dollars and has operated a clean-needle exchange for three years. It got $210,000 from the dis- - trict last year for the effort and raised $50,000 from private donors. Last month, its van disU-ibuted 17,000 needles. Prevention Works should have. enough resources to keep the needle-exchange van rnnning for four or fivemoremonths, said Graham, who is running for City Council. Needle exchanges are operatingin about 100 U.S. cities. Supporters say such programs help prevent the spread ofAIDS by allowing addicts to exchange contamimated needles for dean ones. Opponents contend the programs encourage drug abuse. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the distriCt’ s delegate to Congress, called the provision "callous... (and) ignorant, because the entire scientific establishmenthas reached the same conclusion: Needle exchange markedly reduces AIDS infection and deaths without spreading drug abuse." Its racial implications are inescapable, she said, because AIDS is hitting black and Hispanic populations the hardest. Last year, she said, the District’s AIDS rate was nine times the national average. Tiahrt and Sen. Jolm Ashcroft, R-Mo., the Senate sponsor of the ban, cite Canadian studies they say demonstrate that . clean needle programs have failed to reduce the spread of HIV. "’Wherever the needle exchange programs took place, theybecame hubs for drug activity," Tiahrt said. Addicts~ need "help ~o get off drugs, not help to get new needles." A possible White House contender, Ashcrofl likens needle exchange programs to the idea "that providing bulletproof vests to bark robbers would make it safer for them to rob banks." The authors of the Canadian studies have said congressional leaders misinterpreted their report. Because the programs served inner-tory neighborhoods, they served users.already at the.greatest risk of infection, they said, and the programs did not provide enough syringes to be effecfive. Investors Suing ¯ PLWA’s Not Dying : wEsT PALM BEACH, Fla. 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The deals now amount to deception on the ,part of the two companies in the lawsuits, he said P6rlstein said there’ s no longer areasonable certainty as to the projeqti~n Of life expectancy. The lawsuits seek a~jury trial and unspecified damages. A Judge must certify them if they are to become class actaon. Officials at Accelerated Benefits in Orlando and Dedicated Resources Inc. of Delray Beach said they had not seen the lawsuits and could not comment on the Specific charges. "It’ll be interesting to see what they have to say," said Michael Zadoff, presidentofDedicated Resources. HIV & Elder, Sex TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Sue Saunders is 65 and has AIDS. As far as she’ s concerned, the more people who know it the better. Saunders pioneered aproject in herhometown of Fort Lauderdale to educate Flori~ ans over age 50 about therisk ofde¯eloplng acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Her first challenge was getting the attention of an age group largely ignored when it comes to AIDS education. "Yes, there is sex after 50. After 60. After 70. People think after 50 we die from the neck down," Ms. Saunders said. "People look at you like you’re crazy. What?You mean, Grandma and Grandpa are still having sex?" Ten% of all AIDS cases in the country are people over age 50, according to the Florida Department of Elder Affairs. In Florida, the figure is higher - ranging between 12% and 14%. One in eight Floridians living with AIDS is 50 or older, state health officials said. Yetwhengroups are addressed that are considered.at risk of contracting the virus that causes AIDs, older Americans are often left out. Eighteen months ago, Ms. Saunders began inviting herself to small South Florida groups to discuss prevention, promote education and warn seniors to abstain from sex or use condoms. "You’ re telling people 50 to 90 years old: ’You are at risk for a fatal disease. Youjust went to bed with aguy and y,oudon’ tknow where’ s he’ s been.’" Ms. Saunders was healthy and active. She was divorced, in love and in a longlime relationship. HerBahamianboyfriend was the spark of her life. They spent lazy days on the water, fishing. Life was good. That was in 1990: Suddenly, her boyfriend was diagnosed HIV positive. Nine months later, he was dead. She feared the same thing would happen to her and began saying goodbye to her four grown children. A son took herto an HIV-infected doctor in Laguna Beach, Calif. That visit helped change her life. She dropped the self-pity and went to the Broward County Health Department but found little informarion. After six months doing research, she went to Bentley Lipscomb, elder affairs secretary, who found $170,000 to fund SHIP, the Senior. HIV Intervention Project. Ms. Saunders worked long and hard getting into the crowded retirement condominiums along Florida’ s Gold Coast to give her message. In these building complexes, women outnumber men seven-toone, she said. "The women are starved for affection. The men are having a ball. They" can have all the women they want. "Ev~ erybody says ’it can’t happen to me. I’m uot aprostitute. I don’ t fool around,’" she said. "You’ie never too old. And all it takes xs one partner - if he or she is infected.’" Older people are rarely targeted for prevention. The health care system, including doctors, often is reluctant or uneasy about discussing AIDS and sex with them, said Dave Bruns, elder affairs spokesman. "Not only is it an insult, it’ s rampant ageism," Bruns said. "Just who do they think is buying all this Viagra?" There are 67,282 cases of AIDS cases statewide and 8,400 of those infected are age 50 or older, according to the Florida Department of Health. When Ms. Saunders left the SHIP program recently, the demand for lectures was enormous. "Everybody wanted us to come talk to them," she said. They were scheduling 20to30 presentations amonth. The project was so successful, a second program was launched in the Tampa Bay area under Edith Ellerson in June. She encountered similar apprehension as she started talking at senior centers, assistedliving residences, senior nutritional programs. Gradually, the audiences became more receptive and willing to listen. She brings condoms, urges listeners to be tested and find out firstabout themselves, then question their partners. "You’ re not only sleeping with your partner, but with whomever your partner slept with for the past five years, and whoever they slept with - like a pyramid or domino effect," she said. Hemophiliacs to Get Compensation WASHINGTON (AP) - Last-minute lobbying led to deceptively easy approval of a plan to allow the government to compensate hemophiliacs infected with HIV during the early days of the AIDS epidemic. The bill, passed by the Senate on a voice vote, authorizes payments of $100,000 apiece to compensate hemophiliacs or their survivors for the government’s failure to aggressively screen tainted blood products. The measure, which President Clinton is expected to sign, does not put the checks in the mail, though, because it does not allocate any money. However, with the authorization in hand, the bill’s backers can lobby Congress to appropriate the estimated $750 million it would cost. The bill, named after Ricky Ray, a 15- year-old hemophiliac from Florida who died from AIDS in 1992, became controversial late in the legislativeprocess, when others who contracted the .disease from tainted bloodtransfusions argued thatthey deserved to be included. Sen. James Jeffords, R-Vt., took up the cause of the transfusion victims, and at one point blocked consideration of the Ricky Ray bill in an effort to force action on a more encompassing authorization. Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, said he spent the weekend on the phone pressing Senate leaders to move the bill to the floor and dealing with the last-minute objections of other senators. Jeffords’ spokesmanJoe Karpinski said he never planned to hold up the legislation altogether, and dropped his objections to the House bill after it became clear thathe could not develop consensus to include the.transfusion victims, potentially dou- \ ¯ b.ling the cost. Hemophiliac,~ m~d tra:>/;usxon recipients were infected wifl~.~~,--,.,.,~.,..~. ¯ donated by people who carried th6 AIDS ¯ virus. The Institute of Medicine, a scientific ¯ organizationthatadvises the government, ¯ later concluded that government caution. ¯ fear of criticism and inadequate leadership delayed effective screening of donors and proper blood testing. ¯ Hemophiliacs already have won : $100,000 each from the blood industry ¯ through the settlement of a class action lawsuit. Transfusion court victories have ¯ been more sporadic. ¯ Karpinski said Jeffords will try again ¯ next year toinclude transfusion victims, a ¯ move DeWine backs. "We should work to ¯ see that justice is done for this group of ¯ victims as well," said DeWine. "Wemade ¯ the decision that it was better to deal with part of the problem than none of the prob- " lem." "I think the precedent of this bill ¯ willmakeit easier to address the concerns ¯ ofthosewhohaveAIDS because oftrans- ¯ fusions." School NamedAfter Boy with AIDS WESTMINSTER,Colo. (AP)-Ten years ¯¯ ago, a little boy from Broomfield began first grade while 30 children stayed home ¯ in protest. Threatening statements and ¯ letters from parents demanded a separate : bathroom and eating area for Ryan ¯ Sheridan, who was infected with HIV. He ¯ died ofcomplications fromAIDS in 1993. Public perception of the disease has ¯ changed since 1988, but misunderstand- , ings still exist. Reminding students, teach- ¯ - ers and admimstrators ol~the hard lessons ¯ learned about Ryan is a school named ¯ after him: Ryan Elementary School in ¯ Westminster. His picture, a plaque and a ¯ red ribbon hangin thelobby of the school. "It’s tough to remember. People were ¯ backed in a corner and forced to deal with ¯ something they didn’ t want to deal with," ¯ said Tim Sheridan, recalling the events ¯ leading up to his son’s first day in first ¯ grade. When the Shefidans, now divorced ¯ and bothlivingin ~Ihornton, told adminis- : trators Ryan was infected, the Jefferson ¯ County school boarddecided to inform all parents by letter that a student with HIV ¯ would attendJuchem Elementary School. ¯. Juchem closed in 1994 after being replaced by a new school named Ryan Elementary. ¯ The letter caused a firestorm of controversy that forced the school board to have ¯ a number of secret meetings with Ryan’ s ¯ teacher and publicmeetings to discuss the ¯ issue. Throughout, Ryanremained anony- ¯ mous to everyone but his teacher, the principal and the school board. ¯ Ryan contracted HIV when he was 2 ¯ years old from a blood transfusion during ¯ 9Pen-heart surgery. Teachers and admin- ¯ lstrators say Ryan taught everyone at the ¯ school difficult lessons about tolerance ; and courage, but AIDS educators say the public still has a long way to go in understanding the disease. "in my opinion, we ¯ haven’t gone all that far in 10 years. Our ¯ homophobia is what gets in the way of ¯ hearing about HIV," said Katy Fleming, education director at the Boulder County ; AIDS Project. "Studies have shown that ¯ manytimes peoples’ attitudes towardchildren (with AIDS) have been negative ¯ because of issues of sexual orientation " ¯ Although HIV and AIDS education is ¯ better today, moral issues still need to be ¯ separated from medical issues, Fleming ¯ said. by James Christjohn : they would get the in-jokes peppered ff there is a movie that I would heartily ¯ throughout the film. recommend to all folks this Halloween,,it ; And speaking of magic, The Divine is Practical Magic. It has something for ¯ Miss M’ s new release, "Bathhouse Betty" everyone: laughter, tears, sus- is a must-have for any gifting pense, horror, magic, and Stevie Nicks (betcha were wondering how I’d work her in, huh?). A comedy about a family of hereditary witches - that actually gets the gist of Wicca correct for a change, even if adding a few "eyes of newt and a liberal dose of frogs" - and romance, the favorite line will be the one where one of the townsfolk says of one of the witches "Goodnews - she’ s come out!" And, tomy delight, Stevie~ s reworked "Crystal" is a major theme in the film in the score as well as sung. The advice given in the film to those considering or afraid of relationships is well worth the price of admission. Stockard Channing and Diane Weist are absolute magic as the Annties who pass on the family traditions with liberal doses of love and laughter. One of the lovely things about the film is .that it deals with being perceived as different, inhuman, "other" in the ’~mainstream" world, and being a magical film, how the wOmen of this family transcend that difficulty. It very much has a Gay sensibility to it and thus would be enjoyed by those in our community especially, for "I’m Beautiful, Dammlt" [Bette Midler’s new recording] is a standout track that should he a hit in the dance clubs, being an anthem to being-different and eelebratln~ that dlfferenee in .spite of the flak it brin~s. this season. It is Bette at her best, full of everything from tearful ballads ("One True Friend") to bawdy blues (my personal favorite, and new theme song, "One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show"), to comedic with a message (another theme song, a hiphoppin’ ’Tm Beautiful, Dammit!"). It marks a return to the eclecticism that was one of Bette’ s most delightful qualities, whereyoumightdiscover songs you’ d never find otherwiseifyouhadn’ t been liste~ning to her albums. ’Tm Beautiful, Dammit" is a standout track that shouldbe a hit in the dance clubs, being an anthem to being differentand celebrat- ¯ ing that difference in spite of the flak it ¯ brings. ¯ Know someone that Loves Bette ¯ Midler? Perfect gift. Know someone that has never heard of Bette? Perfect intro- ¯¯ duction. James Christjohn, actor, writer, poet ¯ and Mac-guru extraordinaire provides ¯ TFN with entertainment news, commen- ~ tary and can be counted on for regular ¯ Stevie Nicks updates. Gal-A-Vanting, Tulsa’ s new tivities network specializing in Ms-adventures for women, kicked off its program with a WomenIn the Arts nightat the Pride Center on October 23. While attendance was somewhat thin, with approximately 20 women in the audience, Gal-A-Vanting founders Joan and Mary were still quite happy with the event. "Wedidn’ t takeinto account Oktoberfest," Mary explains, "And we are still developing our mailing list and contacts. The artists were really outstanding, each with a style and media that was quite unique~ We’re hoping to do a week long show in the spring so that the art exhibits can be stationary and serve as an anchor for performing arts such as readings, music and so forth. And this will give people a better chance to see the works of these fine women artists, and support them by purchasing their worl~ You don’ t have to go to Eureka Springs or to Ptown to find exceptional artwork for your home." social ac- The long-awalted dance will be held at the Pride Center on Saturday November 14 from eight p.m. tll ??? and will be D.J.’d by Sue Knause, who promises to play a wide array of tunes for the danelng pleasure of Tulsa’s " play a wide array of tunes for the dancing pleasure of Tulsa’s women. With the smaller lounges in the Pride center, opportunities for a quiet conversation are also available. Light refreshments will be available and the entry fee is $3 for singles and $5 for couples. "We’ ve had a lot of interest in this dance, because somany women like to dance but for whatever reason don’ t care to be arbund smoking or drinking. It will also provide a nice venue for women to meet new friends and make new contacts." says Mary. The December Gal-AVanting event will be a movie night on December 16 at the Pride Center, beginning at6:30 p.m. A feature film and a couple of documentaries will be shown. We’re getting ready to prepare our schedule of events for the first of the year and we’ d really like some ideas from the women in the Tulsa area of what they’d like to do," explains Mary. "Please feel free to call me with your The long-awaited dance will be held at : wish list of activities at 743-6740. And if the pride center on Saturday November . you’re not on our mailing/call list, please 14 from eight p.m. til ??? and will be : let us know, This information is strictly D.J.’ d by Sue Knause, who promises to ¯ confidential and will not be shared." Humperdinck’s nse rete Parade of Lights. Come celebrate the spirit of the holiday season at the PSO Christmas Parade of Lights. Saturday, December 12. Downtown Tulsa at 6 p.m. View parade floats up close, Friday, December 11, at the HolidayFest.(Brady Arts DistriCt) from 6-9 p.m. Public Service Company of Oklahoma A Central and South West Company World AIDS Day 1998 Candlelight March & Memorial Service sponsored by Interfaith AIDS Ministries Tuesday, December 1st 6:30, Gather at Centenary United Methodist Church Parking Lot 631 North Denver 7:00", March Begins to Saint Jerome 7:30*, Memorial Service at the Parish Church of Saint Jerome. 205 West King Reception following seine.ice. *time approximate Bring banners & bells~ candles & matches provided st. Jerome will be accessible to the disabled at the east entrance. Into: 438-2437 or 800-284-2437 THE NOON NEWS NEVER LOOKED SO TASTY. The big news is Warren Duck Club’s new lunch menu. And the Horseradish Orange Crusted Halibut with Apricot Basil Sauce is just one of the tastiest stories. From familiar favorites, to late-breaking dishes hot from Chef Dan Broyles’ creative kitchen, this is news to truly savor. Call 495-1000 for the whole story and for reservations. Wari’enOu~kCh-d) In the Doubletree Hotel At Warren Place 6110 S. Yale / Tulsa OK / 918-495-1000 ~ SUNDAYS Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 Community of Hope (United Methodist), Service - 6pro, 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800 Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation Service - 1 lam, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595 Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist Service - 1 lam, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314 Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church Service - 1 lam, Childrens Ministry also, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441 House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210e So. Norwood Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa Service, 10:45am. 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715 Parish Church of St. Jerome (Evangelical Anglican Church in America) Mass - 1 lam, 205 W. King (east of No. Denver), Info: 582-3088 University of Tulsa Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance 6:30 pm, Meets at the Canterbury Ctr., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780 Council Oak Men’s Chorale, rehearsals at 5pm, Info: 743-4297 ~" MONDAYS nIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appointment required. Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm, 834-TEST (8378) 3501 E. Admiral (east of Harvard) HIV Rap Sessions at Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center 7:30pm, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians.& Gays 2nd Monicach too. 6:30pro, Fellovcship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard Mixed Volleyball, Helmerich Park, 71st & Riverside, 7pro, call Shawn 491-2036. Women/Children & AIDS Committee, call for meeting date, noon, 585-5551 ~ TUESDAYS AIDS Coalition of Tulsa, 11 i 10, noon, United Way Bldg. 1430 S. Boulder H!V+ Support Group, HIV Resource Consortium l:30pm 3507 E. Admiral (east of Harvard), lnf6: Wanda @ 834-4194 Multicultural AIDS Coalition, 11/3, 12:30pm, Urban League, 240 East Apache Rainbow Business Guild, Business & prof. networking group, Info: 743-4297 PrimeTimers, mens group, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th Coming Out Support Group (TOHR/HOPE) Tuesdays, 6 pro, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, info: 743-4297 !~ WEDNESDAYS Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 Family Of Faith MCC Praise/Prayer - 6:30pm, 5451-E S. Mingo. 622-1441 ¯House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Service - 7pm, 3210e So. Norwood Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group, more information, call 582-7225 TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for info: 595-7632. Lambda A-A, 7 pm, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft. ~ THURSDAYS HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education Anonymous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pm 834-8378, 3507 E. Admiral Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN) Support/social group for 18-24’ s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325 Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS, Info: 834-4194 I~" FRIDAYS SafeHaven, Young Adults Social Group, 1st Fri/each mo. 8pm, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th ~" SATURDAYS Narcotics Anonymous, 11 pro, Community of Hope,1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800 Lambda A-A, 6 pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, 2rid ft. ~OTHER GROUPS T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 838-1222 Womens Supper Club, Call for info: 584-2978 OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organization. Info: POB 9165, Tulsa 74157, Short rides, 6:30pro, Long rides, 7am: Meet at Z~igler Park,.3903 West 4th. Pride Rides from the Pride Center, 3749 S. Peorial Write for dates. Ifyour organization is not listed~ please let us know. Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615. Barry Hensley ~sa City-CountyLibrary ~lany Gay and Lesbian families have rallies finding materials for children h depict their family sire- ... In the past few years, ., has been a slow change te publishing world and re beginning to see a few ~ for children, early school and .under, which depict and Lesbian families. ae trailblazer ~as Heather Two Mommies, by Leslea €man, which stimulated di "~ 8t~’~ the in we tifl ag~ Ne dis~ usslons across the country and ’opened a new line of attad ~.on theGay community by the Religious Right. A simple, short book, it depicts a young girl and her family: two pets and two mommies. Heather suddenly realizes that she doesn’t have a daddy and becomes upset. She is gently shown other children who, for a variety ofreasons, don’thave fathers. Heather realizes that there are many different family situations and that she is lucky to have two mothers., A companion book "i§ Daddy’s Roomate,by Michael Wi!lhoite, depicting a boy Willholte has a third, hilarious book, Uncle What-ls-h Is Comln~ To V;s;t. It concerns a youn~ brother and sister who .have just learned that their Gay uncle, whom they have never met, is eomln~ to visit. They ask older kids what it means to be Gay and are horrified as the stereotypes of leather queens and Carmen Miranda look~alikes spew forth. Uncle What-Is-It Is Coming To Visit. It ¯ concerns a young brother and sister who ¯ have just learned that their Gay uncle, ¯ whom they have never met, ts coming to visit. They ask older kids what it means to be Gay and are horrified as the stereotypes of leather queens and Carmen Miranda look-a-likes spew forth. Their fears are shattered when Uncle Brett shows up and tunas out to be a normal, everyday kind of guy. Other appropriate books for young children include The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans, a satire on today’s polirical scene. In it, the Duke issues a proclamation: "I had exactly one mother and one father, and I turned out so well, I thinkall children shouldhave exactly one mother and one father. Any that don’t- why, we’ll throw ’em in the dungeon." Fortunately, the Duke learns the error of his ways. For slightly older children, ages 6-12, tryHow Would You Feel If Your Dad Was Gay? by A~n Heron and Meredith Maran. Written by two Lesbian mothers with help from their sons,it depicts three chilwho’s divorced father is in a long term, canng Gaymlationship. AnotherWillhoite rifle, not owned by the public library, is Daddy’s Wedding, which continues the saga of Daddy’s Roomate. Ask your librarian to interlibrary loan Daddy’s Wedding for you from another library system. Willhoite .has a third, hilarious book, "She has created an arch of hope that future Gay and Lesbian candidates will be-- able to walk through." Baldwinis also the firstwomanever elected to Congress from Wisconsin. Another openly Lesbian Democrat, former Army colonel Grethe Cammeremeyer, was defeated by incumbent Republican Rep. Jack Metcalf in Washington state. A third, Democrat Chrisline Kehoe, was trailing in her bid to upset California Republican Rep. Brian Bilbray. Gay Republican Rep. Jim Kolbe of Arizona, bidding for an eighth term, held a solid l(ad with more than three-quarters of the votes counted in his race against Democrat Tom Volgy. In an Oklahoma rematch, Republican Rep. Frank Lucas easily won. a fourth term against Democrat Patti Barby, an openly Gay OklahomaCity businessman. Another openly Gay member of Congress, Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, was unopposed for a 10th term. Frank is an outspoken member of the House Judiciary Committee, which will consider impeachment charges against President Bill Clinton. In most cases, the Gay candidates and their opponents kept sexual orientation out of the campaigns. But 6ational Gay civil rights organizations poured money into the races, notably $1 million spent t~y the Human Rights Camp~gn. : drenwithGayparents.Ithasmulticultural ¯ characters andcompassionately shows the ¯ reality of different types of families. ¯¯ Don’t forget to check your local library for information regarding Gay and Les- ¯ bianfamilies. Also youmay call the Read- . ers Services department of the Central ¯ Library at 596-7966. "People are taking a stand for traditional mamage." Not surprisingly, Joseph Mdillo, who with his partner and two Lesbian couples sued the state when they were denied marriage licenses in 1990, felt differently. "It’ s putting into our state constitutaon a discriminatory clause that will distinguish us from other people," he said. Alaska’s constxtutional amendment defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The Legislature put the question on the ballot after a Superior Courtjudge ruled infavor oftwo Gay men who challenged the state ban on same-sex marriage. The judge said choosing a life partner was a fundamental right and the state had to prove a compelling reason to regulate it. In Fort Collins, a civil rights proposed had become especially emotional since the beating death of Matthew Shepard, a Gay student from the University of Wyoming who died in a Fort Collins hospital. Ordinance 22 would have prohibited discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation. 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Your beverages have been cooling and you’ve got a pile of pickets stacked in the yard, and the neighbors, the Nosey Parkers, are still muchtoo interested in your private life. So put on that toolbelt you’ve been breaking in, and let’s work it. The fence stringers are the backbone of your fence. If they are on the inside of the fence, you’ll want to channel" your anal retentive side and take Your DIYD is tired and cranky, so let’s snap to it, get this fence ~p and get it over with. After all, you’ve been waitin~ three months to finish this project and it is getting sooo tiresome... So put on that toolbelt y.ou’ve been breaking m, and let’s work it! particular pains to get everything level and true. If your neighbors are getting that side of the fence, one can be somewhat more cavalier, though not messy, about stringer placement. For the perfect stringer array, you will need enough string to stretch from one end of the fence to the other, a spare body for help, and a level. A chalk line won’t hurt, either. There are small levels that attach to your string and they are not expensive; but if you’re tired of waiting, we’ll make do with a regular level. Measurefrom the groundup abouteightinches and make a mark on the fence post on either end. This will be where the bottom edge of your bottom stringer will go. Don’t worry, the tops (and the middies) will get their chance momentarily. You can no either stretch and attach a string line from end to end, using a level to ensure eveness, and mark the other posts, or you can use a chalk line and snap the mark across the posts. This saves time, if you know how to use one. Attach your bottom stringers withNo-Co-Rode screws. drilling a pilot hole slightly smaller than the diameter of the screw. You will need help with this if you are going for the perfect look. ff not, then you can attach a 1x4 so that the top is even with your bottom line. Do this on both posts and use them to support your board while you drive the two screws into each end of the stringers. You can remove and reuse the lx4’s as you go down the fence. The stringers will meet in the middie of each post, so if you’re over the length a bit, measure carefully (twice!) and remove whatever is necessary; if it isn’t long enough, have you got trouble! The only solution-is to b.uy a board two feet longer and saw off the extra, and darling, that is going to hurt. Once your swingers are all attached, you are ready to start putting up your pickets, ff you are using Cedar pickets, the wood is soft enough that drilling pilot holes are not necessary, but they will be for any other type of wood; otherwise, it will split your pickets, and the possibility of screw head cam-out is very much enhanced. News Flash: your pickets will not be even, square, or straight. Sorry, but this would actually be desirablein wood. Keep that level handy and use it when setting each picket unless you want your fence to develop a curious slant in a hurry. Set up your first picket so that it is about 1/4 to 1/2" off the ground; put the square in the middie of one side and move it gently until the bubble is between the two middie lines. Attach picket with the first screw, in the middie. This frees up your hands,for attaching the top and bottom screws. Put two screws into the picket at the top and bottom stringer, about 3/4" from each outer edge. Do the same for the remaining pickets, leveling each as best you can. As you approach the end of your fence, you will, unless most fortunate, discover that the last picket will not fit perfectly, being either too wide or too narrow. Start paying attention to this about a half dozen pickets from the end. If you will not be off by much, you can adjust the spacing between the last few pickets so they come out fine, otherwise, you’ll have to find a way to np cnt an end picket, or to get sneaky. You know what the DIYD prefers: sneaky ways are deliciously evil and always appeal, especially if they equate with less work. On the DIYD’s last fence project ( which is also the current fence project...), a lx4" picket was used in the last space, and the other pickets were spaced ever so slightly wider apart without being the least bit obvious. You’ll have to play around with it, but if vou haven’ t got access to a table saw to rip’cut a picket, it is well worth it, and safer as well. Rip cuts have a nasty reputation. Now youare asking yourself what there was about this project that took so long, and the answer is the same as so many others - prep work makes the difference in any home project. It is well worth the investment of your ume to measure, level mad true up any part of your fence before it becomes regrettably permanent. And it looks so much more beautiful - mad darlings, you are worth it! There. Your DIYD is less cranky now that you’ve built your privacy fence so well. Rest up. We’ll have more fun next month when we freShen up those fired old kitchen cabinets with a bit of sanding, some paint, and some more stylish pulls. Matthew Shepard’s death was horrible and senseless; it would be more so if it was in vain." Kelly Kirby, longtime civil rights activist and Gay community leader spoke of his family’s direct experiences with hate crimes, including an assaultonhis spouse, Ric, which resulted in over 100 stitches being required. Kirby also claimed that each year from 1991 to 1996, a Gay man was murdered in Tulsa. In New York City, participants of the recent Fifth Avenue rally to remember Shepard alleged that police beat them with batons and ran into them with mopeds and that police horses kicked them because they had no permit for the event. Police were dispatched to themarch when about 4,000 people flocked to the event. see Hate, p. 14 by Esther Rothblum At a time when sexual orientation and gender are being viewed as more continuous categories, there is renewed interest in the fluidity of who is a "woman" and whois a"Lesbian." InmanyNativeAmerican cultures, gender and sexuality have not been as fixed as in western cultures. Recently, a number of books have appeared on "two-spirit¯ people," a term coinedby Native Americans for individuals in their cultttres who are Gay or Lesbian, or who are transgendered, or who have multiple gender identities. The term "two-spirit" is an attempt by Native American commttnities to re-define their past from the way in which it has been depicted by white male anthropologists,and also to distinguishNativeAmerican concepts ofgenderandsexuality from those of the.western Gay and Lesbian communities. I recendy spoke with Sue- Ellen Jacobs, one of the coeditors of the book, Two- SpiritPeople: NativeAmerican GendertIdentity, Sexuality and Spirituality. She -said: ’¢Fhere are a number of instances where there are Native women, living on reservations, who don’t stand out, who. don’t come forward. The Gay white men who are out there studying Native American men don’t see the women because these.researchers don’ t recognize, these Women as Who they are with~n their cul~ ture. Not many Native women use the words ’Lesbian’ or ’dyke’ to describe themselves. The researchers didn’t realize that there was a movement going on within the Native American communities, the two-spirit movement." Sue-Ellen Jacobs described instances of"male-bodiedwomen"or "female-bodied men" who took on the roles and became known as being of the "other" genderin NativeAmericancultures. AsJacobs and the other editors state in the introduction to their book: "Using the word ’two- Spirit’ emphasizes the spiritual aspect of one’ s life and downplays the homosexual persona." After experiencing several years of "discriminatory treatment," and many efforts to work out the differences with TCCLS, Neal contacted Tulsa County Commissioner John Selph to discuss what Neal called"theseblatant violations ofthe First Amendment" and his intention to file a lawsuit to resolve the matter. While Neal neverreceived any response fromhis letter to Selph, shordy afterward, TCCLS banned all free publications from its lobbies- withthe exceptionofaLatino publication, Imagen in the 3rd Street Library which serves an increasingly Spanish- spealdng neighborhood. According to Neal; lmagen blatenfly violated the 50% local content nile but said he was told that TCCLS director, Linda Saferite, approved that violation because having the publication helped to traditions acknowledge that the he-shes and she-hes . . . were amon~ the ~reatest eontrlhutors to the well-heln, and advancement of their eommunltles. They were (and we are) the Sreatest probers into the ways of the future, and they qulekly assimilated the lessons of ehan~in~ times .... and people..." ." In the chapter "I am a Lakota womyn," ¯ Beverly Little Thunder writes: "Most ¯ tribes that I have had the honor of know- " ing have specificnames formenwholove ¯ men and women who love women... I ¯" can understand that theremay be a need ¯ by some to findapan-Native term that can be used as a marker for the general population of Native Lesbians and Gays. We are all so different in somany ways, however. Culturally and physically, we are all different. Each tribe has its own name, its own structure. How canwe all even be called ’Natives’?... The words I would like to see written about me and read fifty years from now should be words that reflect who I am as an individual.’" Came House, of Navajo! Oneida descent, writes: "Our oral traditions acknowledge that the he-shes and she-hes (those who hold in balance the male and female, female and male aspects of themselves and theuniverse) were among the greatest contributors to the well-being and advancement of their communities. They were (andwe are) the greatest probers into ¯ the ways of the future, and they quickly ¯ assimilated the lessons of changing times and people. Recent studies into the lives ¯ of she-hes and she-hes have recovered ¯ models or near models of this rich, inven- ¯ tive, reverential, and highly productive ¯ approach t.o k.eg,ping balance within a s~- ¯ ciet~ viewed as an extension of nature." Further reading, see: Sue-Ellen Jacobs, ¯ Wesley Thomas & Sabine l_xtng (’97). ¯ Two-SpiritPeople: NativeAmerican Gen- : der Identity, Sexuality and Spirituality. ¯ Urbana, IL: Univ. of Blinois Press. Will : Roscoe (’98). Changing Ones: Third and ¯ FourthGendersinNativeNorthArnerica. ¯- NY: St. Martin’s Press. Lester Brown " (’98). Two-Spirit People. NY: Haworth : Press. : Esther Rothblum teaches Psychology ¯ at the Univ. of Vermont and edits the : Journal of Lesbian Studies. She can be ¯ reached at John Dewey. Hall,Univ. of : Vermont," Burlington, VT, email:- ¯ esther.rothblum@uvm.edu. ¯" serve a special needs population. Neal ¯ said his arguments about the Lesbian and : Gay communities’ special needs were ig- ¯ nored. ¯ Neal adds, "I have no illusion that ¯ TCCLS made this change to accomodate ¯ Tulsa Family News. It’ s likely that given" ¯ the’society’ make-upoftheTCCLSboard, ¯ that the rifles were changed to keep Tulsa ¯ People happy rather than to be fair - ¯ however, I’m pleased with the result. I : guess it means if you wait long enough ¯ andarepersistentenough, youwillacheive ¯ fairness." ¯ PFLAG - Parents, Family & ." Friends of Lesbians & Gays ¯ Tulsa Area Chapter : POB 52800, Tulsa 74152 ¯ 749-4901 Timothy W. Daniel Attorney at Law An Attorney who will fight for justice & equality for Gays & Lesbians Domestic Partnership Planning, Personal Injury, Criminal Law & Bankruptcy 1-800-742-9468 or 918-352-9504 128 East Broadway, Drumright, Oklahoma ~Neekend and evening appoinlmenls are available. Are.You Gay or Bisexual? 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That same day, an- any important event, such as other friend griped about A Lesblan a dance performance or socpacks of Lesbians invading 17rlend recently cergame, menleavewomen his favorite bar, poisoning its atmosphere. Pleas for eomplalned about behind in the village to sleep by themselves. TheTaunese Gay/Lesbian unity ("why the orffanlzatlonal practice the samesex taboos can’t we all just get along") shorteomln~s ot7 demanded by many Ameriare perhaps as common as can football coaches: No sex jokes that poke fun at this "Gay boys - before the big game! Every continental divide in our They’re . hopeless!" evening, men also go off by commumty, themselves to prepare and Public constemation about she ~ttumed. That drink kava (Piper relations between women same day, another methysticum) - the traditional South Pacific drug differemntaennd -_good,evokedbad,memoi_nO-r t~rlend gaped substance that is becoming ries ofmy years in Vanuatu. about pael~s o17 increasing popular in the ThiSlocatedtropictahline archipelagOsouthwespta-iS Lesbians invadln~ U.S. as a natural relaxant. Men assert that women can cific-aculturalregioncalled h~.s 17avor~.te bar, strip away the potency of Mdanesiathat also includes polsonln~ its kavamerely by touching the the islands of New atmosphere, plant before it is prepared; Caledonia, the Solomons, and drinkers bitterly blame and New Guinea. RitualiZed hostility be- ¯ women, talking too loud back in the viltween men and women is a cultural curi- " lage, for spoiling their kava high. osity of much of Melanesia. Anthropolo- " Women endanger men notjust because gists who first analyzed the phenomenon ¯ of their polluting vaginal fluids. Men are labeled it "sexual antagonism," though " also threatened by naturally female crenowadays we’d more likely call it"cross- " ative powers. Women are mothers. The gender opposition" or the like. ¯ children they bear sustain the cycle of Full-fledged sexual antagonism exists " human life and death. Women’s vaginas notably in the highland valleys of New " are powerfully dangerous openings back Guinea. My village neighbors on an is- " into the spiritual world inhabited both by land called Tanna, on the eastern edge of ¯ the ancestors and the unborn. Men per- ~ Mdanesia, practice only an attenuated " haps fear the vagina as muelx for its lifeversionofgenderopposition. Still,likeall ". giving as for its deadly powers. It’s a Melanesians, they have’great ~ear and ¯ psychological commonplace that men are suspicion of the body fluids of the oppo- ¯ jealous of natural female creativity. This site sex. Men believe that contact with drives us, so the story goes, to various menstrual blood and other vaginal fluids " sorts of "cultural creativity" - art, literacan make them seriously ill. An anthro- ¯ ture, politics, business - as a sort of corn- " pologistlonceknew, who worked among pensation for our inability to bear chil- - the Enga of Papua New Guinea, attracted dren. . much attention with his magnificent and ¯ Throughout much of Melanesia, along luxuriant red beard, much admired by all. ¯ theselines,meniusistthatalthoughwomen When people asked for hair-growing ad- ¯ give birth, only men can make boys into vice, he liked to disgust and appall them men. On Tanna, fathers arrange male iniby claiming that the secret was to rub ° tiation ceremonies for their sons. They menstrual blood on his face. : circumcise these boys who then spend six In many Melanesian cultures, women ¯ Weeks in the bush, isolated from all conretii’etomenstrualhutslocatedinthebush " tactwithwomen.ElsewhereinMelanesia~ (outside the Village) during their periods. ¯ people believe that precious semen itself One can imagine that many women look ¯ transforms boys into men. Male initiaforward eagerly to these monthly vaca- ¯ dons include practices of ritual fellatio - dons from thedailydrudgeryofcooking, ." young .boys masculinize themselves by childcare, and farming. Nomenstrual huts : consnm|ug the semen of older, already exist on Tanna, though men and women ¯ initiated youths. (Gil Herdt describes one here rarely share the same sleeping mat. " such societyin his book The Sambia: And a menstruating woman stops prepar- ° Ritual and Gender in New Guinea.) ing her husband’s dinners. Men, particu- : So, next time those Lesbians (or, alterlarlythosewithrockymarriages, aresome- ¯ natively, those Gay boys) invade your times suspicious that angry wives may be " favoriteclub, whatis that sudden chill you poisoning themby dripping bloodinto the ¯ feel -- is this the "death threat of sexual cooking pots. : pollution," or a contentiousjealousy over And if vaginal fluids don’t kill you, sex ¯ human creativity? itselfmay. Melanesians also shareabelief " Lament Lindstrom teaches anthropol- - one that reaches back into Asia - that ¯ ogy at the University of Tulsa. men are born with a finite amount of ¯ semen. Worse, the faster one uses up his " NOW NOV, Meeting lifetime supply of semen, the faster he ages and dies. Have too many girlfdends : at Pride Center or too .much masturbatory fun, and you die young! Fathers warn their sons about " The Tulsa Chapter of the National Orthe deadly dangers of sex. Dry, flaky skin " ganization for Women will feature Lucy Tamayo of DVIS, Domestic Violence ~s an early sign of semen depletion, and . Intervention Services, speaking about those teenagers withunforttmate skinprob- ¯ methods of empowering women at its lems get teased mercilessly for messing ¯ Nov. meeting, 12:30 pm at The Pride around. ¯ Center, 1307 E. 38th St. 2rid floor. NOW Men (and women, too) believe that ¯¯ will .also hold elections for its executive . female substances may pollute, or other- : board at the meeting. Info: 365-5658. MY KITTY but also his leadership on Tulsa’ s Say No to Hate Coalition. Nor have any other officials ofOklahoma’ s establishment spoken out. Our governor says our "hate crimes" law doesn’t need to address violence agai.’nst Gay people, though note that he hasn’t suggested removing it for Oklahoma Jews or Blacks 7,,.or Catholics like him. None of our congressional delegation has exemplified the compassion which if they were the Christians they claim to be, they might show. For example, a few months ago, I askedPam Pryor, JC Watts, Jr.’ s press secretaryhow many Gaypeople needed to die before JC would speak out against, anti-Gay violence? Obviously, Shepardi~not enough. Maybeifone ofus were crucified on the South Oval of the OU campus, Watts (and that other disappointing Oklahoma politician, David Boren) might take the issue seriously. Butat least withWatts, I still believehis spokesperson’s claims of some decency in the man to bother to ask. With The Evil Steve and his good buddy and roommate, Tom Cobum, there’s no point in wasting my breath. However, given the desire of Matthew Shepard’s family and friends that some bit of good come out of the horror of his tormentand death,let us resolveto change our state to reduce the chance that this will happen here. Passing an amendment to our hate crimes (Oklahoma statutes, 21:850, Malicious intimidation...) has got to be the top priority for Lesbian and Gay Oklahoroans, our families and friends. Find out who your representatives are and talk to them now. Furthermore, we must demand that all those groups that claim to be working for justice andfairness, must end their convenient silences. For example, if the Methodist Bishop of Oklahoma can work so hard to ban same-gender marriage ceremonies, surely he can finally open his mouth to say something against anti-Gay violence. But he must be joined by OklahomaPresbyterians, theOklahomaCouncil of Churches, Tulsa Metropolitan Ministries, our Catholic bishops and all others who claim to value human life. Imagine, maybe even human rights groups like the National Conference for Community and Justice, and others, like the Jewish Fed: eration and African-American organizations will standup to say that Gay Oklahomans have a right to live too. Imagine. 8LAH BLAH : police arrived, organizers said scores of ¯ arrestsbegan.Mostoftheorganizers were taken away first, leaving the marchers : adrift, participants said. ¯ And at the University of Wyoming, a ¯¯ visiting professorwhois teaching acourse on hate crime received a first hand view. ¯ "I reacted with shock-and disbelief," said ¯ Graham Baxendale, a Ph.D. student at ¯ England’ s Reading University. "I certMnly ¯ was not prepared for such an event here. ¯ One can read many textbooks and the : academic literature, but until you are ac- ¯ tually confronted by something like this ¯ within your own community, you recog- ¯ nize that you really don~t understand this ¯ Baxendale said hate Crimes rarely end Only 500 people were expected. Once ¯ in murder and usuallyinvolve low-level ¯ violence or intimidation. The victims of ¯ such crimes typically are selected at ran- " dom because they represent a particular ¯ group. "Gay males are one of the largest ¯ victim catego.rie,s. for thrill hate crimes, but ethnic rmnonty groups such as His- " panics, Blacks, and Jews also are tar- " geted," he said. The perpetrators of such ¯ crimes againstGays,Baxendale said, typi- ¯ cally are young male adults or youths who ¯ are experiencing the emotions that come ¯ with emerging sexuality. To demonstrate : to theirpe~rs that they are wholly hetero- ¯ sexual, these people may express vie- ¯ lance and hatred toward Gays. .. Hate crime victims,’he said, usually are ¯ chosen because they are available, not ¯ because of any individual characteristics ¯ or actions, and because of what they rep- ¯ resent to the perpetrators. Hatred towards ¯ the victim’s group is often manifested in ¯ exceptignal violence. "The perpetrators : often despise and de-humanize their vic- ¯ rims, so such crimes typically are more ¯ violent than corresponding crimes that ¯ are not hate-inspired," he said. 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Title A name given to the resource [1998] Tulsa Family News, November 1998; Volume 5, Issue 11 Subject The topic of the resource Politics, education, and social conversation toward Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities. Description An account of the resource Tulsa Family News was a monthly newspaper; No. 1 issued December 1993-January 1994. The final issue available was published in September 0f 2001 (Volume 8, Issue 9). The newspaper brings up important, evolving topics of marriage, Pride, TOHR, HIV/AIDs, events, advice, and politics all at the local and national level. This document is available in searchable PDF attached. It is also available to be seen at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center with permission. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Family News Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://history.okeq.org/collections/show/24 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tom Neal Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 1998 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Christjohn Jean-Claude de Flambeauchaud Barry Hensley J.P. Legrandbouche Lamont Lindstrom Esther Rothblum MAry Schepers Adam West Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Tom Neal/Tulsa Family News Relation A related resource Tulsa Family News, October 1998; Volume 5, Issue 10 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image PDF Online text Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource newspaper periodical Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tulsa(Oklahoma)---newspaper Tulsa---Oklahoma Oklahoma--Tulsa United States Oklahoma Tulsa United States of America (50 states) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/items/show/553 AIDS/HIV arts and entertainment attorneys Barry Hensley Bars businesses children churches civil rights Claudette Peterson Comic Strips condoms Congress conversion therapy custody Dave Fleischer divorce Do-It-Yourself Dyke Drew Edmonson Dyke Psyche employment discrimination Entertainment Notes Esther Rothblum Gal-A-Vanting gay politicians Gay Studies homophobia Interfaith AIDS Ministries James Christjohn Jocelyn Elders Jonny Lee Cleary Lamont Lindstorm marriage Mary Schepers Matthew Shepard National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Organization of Women Native Americans needle exchange People Living With AIDS performing arts politics Read All About It restaurants Ryan Sheridan sex education sodomy laws Surgeon General Tom Neal Tulsa City County Library Tulsa Family News Tulsa Two-Spirited Indian Men's Support Group United Methodist Church United States House vigil World AIDS day