9 20 644 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/50bdd98677712ae3f569f32d1ff8f5a2.jpg ce7f2c861df6f8ff8935802cdcfc58da https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/1db91b78c49a0952df18445ae40db06d.pdf ca6cf97abbffe0a153cbfd0cca1e2111 PDF Text Text Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community Paper Available In More Than 75 City Locations Gay Businesses Open + Close Lesbian-Owned Daycare and Gay-Owned Texas House Passes Hate Crimes Bill WAS HINGTON- The Texas House of Representatives 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 of Texas residents support hate crimes legislation... "Reason and principle triumphed in the Texas legislature today," said Human Rights 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 on Women and AIDS will be held on The University of Tulsa campus Monday,June 14,in the Allen ChapmanActivity Center, located at 440 South Gary Avenue. The conference is a comprebensive, one-day program 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 who deal with women’sissues, educators, policymakers, youth organizations,health and social service providers, family members, volunteers and concern.ed citizens. "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. Saiadra McDonald, the founder of Outreach, Inc., will present the closing address on "What We Can Do to Be a Force for Change." see Women, p. 11 MJ DIRECTORY/LETTERS EDITORIAL ~I~I~. ~ "" US & WORLD NEWS HEALTH NEWS ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY CALENDAR DO-IT-YOURSELF-DYKE DYKE PSYCHE GAY STUDIES P. 2 p. $ P. 4 P. 6 P. 8 P. 9 P. 11 P. 12 P. 13 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. And one ofTul sa’ 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 7080 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 where he 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’v e sometimes felt they had ~o say they were"sisters" in order to be treated fairly. So finally, after thoroughly researching state requirements, they just decided tO start their own daycare 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). B ono was the keynote speaker Saturday night, April 17th at the Red Ribbon Ball, an annual black-tie gala that benefits Tnlsa CARES, the Center for AIDS Resources, Education and Support. The event attracted more than 250 to the Downtown Doubletree. Bono, the Openly Lesbian daughter of Sonny and Cher, 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 TOHR president, 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 tom down 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 honor at a dinner Saturday evening at the Greenwood Cultural Center at 322 No. Greenwood near the OSU-Tnlsa campus. Thedinner will be hosted joindy by TOHR/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 and dinner 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, oneact play will be presented Tuesday and Wednesday, May 25-26, 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’ with whom she can live 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 of Lewis Routh in the play Bar Dykes, where she played the role ofabig butch. She and Routh have worked together on several projects since that time, including the 1994 showing of One Fool in Orlando. Goodison, whose comedic talenthas foundits way tomany of Florida’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, she co- wrote and/or directed every production. Moonlighting, which she directed and co-wrote, toured Europe to great acclaim in 1979. 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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 the Board. 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 the community from 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 demanded an opening of the March process for greater discussion. The questions 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. Despite my political 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, my voice was needed in the March planning process. I stated at the time that I would remain on the 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 and longs tanding 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, and the broadening of the planning 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 on a Board 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. You may request that your name be withheld but letters must be signed & have phone numbers, 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, she fredy admitted that she’d made no effort 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 about confronting the Rev. Fred Phelps 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. After meeting Ms. Bono, it’ s hard not to regard her as a v cry ho-hum ’~v onderbread dyke" (as one of my 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 fee by one-half, it still cost almost $10,000 for her irresistible charms. Our sou~,,ce indicates that Ms. Bono normally 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 damn fine racket. One would hope 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 $10k s money that would not have come into this effort except for supporting Ms. Bono in the fashion to which she’s become accustomed. But then, maybe, just maybe, it could have been given to care-giving, and surely, there are speakers, ones who actually prepare their remarks and who have something worth saying, who’d speak for, say, only two or three thousand. Makes you wonder, don’t it? - Tom Ne.al, editor & publisher Several special ’levels. of participation in the event are available with,the most cxdflsiCe being the Platinum table ($ 2500), which includes 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 ($500), a table for 8 and the .cash bar cocktail party. For tickets or for more information, call 743-4297. Also, Sunday morning Congressman Frank will probably be attending an interfaith prayer breakfast. Details for that event will be announced soon. Also in honor of Lesbian and Gay Pride, Community Unitarian Universalist Cohgtegation (cuuc) has invited the:Rev. DougStrong.of Community UU Church ~h ~iano~ T~xas to be guest minister attheir Sunday, May 16th, 1 lain service. After the service, all are invited to’join CUUC and Community of Hope ~for a potluck picnic cookout.~ The service and picnic .will be at Community of Hope Church, 2545 So..Yale where CUUC meets regularly. Guests are encouraged to bring both lawn chairs and food to share or t6 cook. The Rev. S trong i s a 6th generation Uni taft an-Univ ers ali s t and an openl~ Gay. man who has served congregations in Maine, Massachusetts, Virginia, California, Wisconsin and Arizona. Mr. Strong was the first openly Gay man to be called to serve as a pastorAn the history of the UnitarianUniversalism f~iith. Thiswas in 1980 inAugusta, Maine.- by Tom Neal Editor & Publisher The Tulsa WorM really is gettmg better. Whileit’s not of the quality of The Dallas Morning News or other such papers,itis shedding some of its more parochial qualities. Of course, since the state’s only other major daily is The ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ " ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ " ; ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ : ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ : advertise my gift shop, tomfoolery! which now has transmuted into The Pride Store at Tulsa’s Gay Community Center. The World’s anti-Gay policy stung PFLAG, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, more recently when the orgamzation placed an advertisement Oklahoman, now officially recognized as supporting fair treatment for Lesbians and the worst paper an the United States as The Tulsa World Gays but was not allowed to spell out their Oklahomans have long known, it’s never full legal name because, of course, it really is Settln$ been hard for The World to look better. includes the forbidden word: "gay". better. While it’s not More investigative journalism is being In contrast, The Worm accepted an allowed at The World. So instead of just advertisement from West Tulsa churches of the quality of supporting the status quo, an elected attacking Gay people but The ~VorM The Dallas official like Dist. 4 City Councilor Anna allowed the churches to use the word Falling is being held accountable for her "gay"! It’s bad enough that they have the Morrdn¢ News liberal spending of public dollars on bigoted policy but worse that they enforce or other such "working" vacations or for possible it selectively. conflicts of interest she may have had And it only adds injury to insult that The papers, it is sheddln$ when her spouse was applying for public World, counter to the pohcies of the best some of its more monies which theCouncil would have to media corporations in the country, has no approve. non-discrimination policy that includes paroehlaJ qualities. This last month, The Worm also printed "sexual orientation" to protect the Lesbian Of course, slnee the a week series of in,depth stories about and Gay reporters and staff. Nor has the state’s only other Tnlsa’s Latino communities. This series corporation seen fit to provide equal pay is similar to ones done aboutTulsa s Black for equal work by providing benefits for major daily is communities. All this is very well and the families of Lesbian and Gay workers. good. Tulsa’s "establishment," our Tl~e Oldal~oman, In a day when health care is so expensive wealthy, our influential have long taken and benefits become a significant part of now offleially advantage of Tulsa’s minority comthe "total employment package", this is no reeoSnlzed as the munities without sharing the benefits, little issue. But maybe it shouldn’t be too surprising without sharing the decision-making worst paper in the process,-most often not acknowledging that The Worm doesn’t recognize the United States as even the existence of our communities. families of their Gay workers since part-0f The fact that The WorM, the ultimate The World’s anti-Gay policy also includes Oklahomans have establishment mou~piece of Tiflsa, the a refusal to print engagement, anniversary lon$ known, country club paper par excellence, is now or tmion announcements for Gay and willing to acknowledge the existence of Lesbian couples. Several years ago, v~fien it’s never been hard Latino, Black, Indian and Asian I asked Joe Worley about thi~ discrifor commlmil~es is.progress. minatory policy, he responded by asking But the real proof of The World’s The World if all I had to do each day was to dreamup commitment to journalistic fundamentals, hard questions for The Tulsa World. The to look better. i.e. covering the community as it is. rather answer to thatis "no"but the issue remains. than as its ownership wants to present it, will come Would The WorMban such ads from interracial couples ? when The World does a similar piece on Tulsa’s Gay, Those relationships were once not recognized as legal, Lesbian, Bi and Transgendered’communities. in many states. Ironically, more than five years ago, World reporters All this might not be that surprising for a corporation were set to do such a series. I discussed aspects of the which has barely integrated its newsroom racially, and proposalwithTulsaWorldreporters,JanetPearsonand which was cited for (and settled) an EEOC (Equal David Fallis. The proposal was killed by-then executive Employment Opportunity Commission) complaint for editor, Bob Haring. And while I believe Joe Worley, racist hiring practices (this according to their own current executive editor, is fundamentally a fair person, pages). It still doesn’t make it right. in general, and in particular towards.Gay people, it So while we are making progress with The World, appears that he is constrained by the prejudices of the they really have a still some way to go. And as daily paper’s ownership. newspapers struggle to retain their relevancy in an The Tulsa World’s owners and top business increasingly media-diverse culture, organizations like management are responsible for the newspaper’s many The World will have to lose their country-club year’ s old and quite official anti-Gay advertising policies. narrowness, with its largely useless and clearly I first encountered these policies in the middle 80’s pretentious regular columns devoted to who attended when a Lesbian businesswoman tried to advertise her what soiree, and their outdated view of how-minority Gay oriented book and gift shop. I later encountered the Tulsans, Gay as well as racial and religious groups, are exact same policy almost 10 years laterwhen I tried to 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 : scrutiny from the communities we claim to represent. ¯ . of its overwhelming success, the campaign is likely to ¯ ° Thesecondreasonformyresiguationisthatlcontinue ¯ be repeated in years to come, perhaps even annually. : to doubt the value of this March at this time. I honor the "" The National Gay and Lesbiafi Task Fbrce has ¯ valueofour previous nafi6nal Marches andacknowledge ¯ committedthevastmajorityofitsresources to deepening them as having been political turning points in the lives and growing political power in every state. The time I of many current leaders and activists. However, the ¯ have spent on the March Boardhas taken away from my effectiveness of sflCh dn enormous commiimeiit ofiJme ¯ °iniportani work ~t( ~he state and i~tl level. I need to and resources at a moment when more and more energy ¯ concentrate my energies on. NGLTF’s efforts to build is demanded of the GLBT movement at the state and this state-by-state movement and on advocating for our local level is questionable. Nothing so dramatically ¯ grassroots constituents at the national level This is the reinforced this as the success of Equality Begins at ¯ heart and soul Of our work and it requires us to have the ¯ courage of our convictions. Home. ¯ ’Held one month ago and sponsored by the Federation Finally as a Board member, I have had personal ¯ of LGBT Statewide Political Organizations and the financial responsibility and liability for the non-profit Task Force, EBAH was supported by national and local ¯ corporation producing the March. I am concerned that groups, including the March Board. It demonstrated the ¯ the March is not moving forward in a strategic manner. ¯ incredible power ofinveslingin state and local movement I am also concerned that neither the Boardmembers nor building. It also exemplified the real possibilities for ] our GLBT community have full access to information political advancement of GLBT equality in eyery state~ ] about March management and finances. More favorable bills were introduced in state legislatures, ¯ see Letters, p. 10 ¯ �Arkansans Challenge: After learning she was a Lesbian, he refused to her and told her to leave his office, she told Gay Foster Care Ban l treat the Concord Monitor. 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 significant burden 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 member Wanda Gooden 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 the new rulewonld not significantly reduce the number of foster families in Arkans as. According to the law suit, 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 that did happen were more vicious, according to state figures. There was a 36% drop in the number of hate crimes against Gays and Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgenders reported to police and other organizations, said the Fenway 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-old Gay 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., "there has 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 Roper questionedher abouther sexual orientation. 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 return March 23. By the time she came back, accompanied by her partner, the temporary filling had come out and her tooth was in pain. B efore taking her into his office, Roper held up 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 that her partner was a woman, 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. ’~ecaus e of my own personal philosophy, yes." Asked what his philosophy was, Roper replied, "I’hat stays in the office." Asked if he 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. The American Dental Association’s "Principles of Ethics," which govern New 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 of a 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 ". 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We wanted someone who would be apastor to all our clergy and their families and he’ 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. But his sexuality will be alightning rod for some. At the 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 also comes from within. The conservative 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 elected by a diocese 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 campaign recently, 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 want populations thathave been traditionally 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 for Women & 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 do theirjob, they must have public support," said Williams, 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 that a police 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 in New York City. Four police officers have ¯ been charged in the fatal shooting of Amadou 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 about 664,000 full-time police 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 ¯ ¯ Chief MelvinWearing said thereis no quota and minorities ¯ ¯ " ¯ 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. "If you start encouraging one certain group, ¯ ¯ 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," but Codish believes law enforcement 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 ¯ hard and thinks she deserves healthinsurance benefits for ¯ her familyjust like any other city worker. But the 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. The question before the state’ s highest court was whether ¯ 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 ¯ permission from the 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," S chmidt 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 for lawmakers 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 appropriate commi ttees voted onit. The White House and other supporters hope public outrage over recent wellpublicized 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. "We have 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 and make it easier for the Justice Department to inv eslagate 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 men face 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. �he, too, is dead. So when Coburn Calls For "¯ believes MacGuffie, who had decided to become a H IV Prog ram A udits "- "medi missiona ,"touredthedis°aseinfested 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. Tom Cobum and two plastic surgeonfrom New City, New Y ork. Republican colleagues to request an audit ¯ She returned home and founded the " Society for Hospital and Resources of those programs. Coburn, a practicing physician from ¯ Exchange to improve health care for westem Kenyaby sta_,aing clinics, donating Oklahoma, House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas and Commerce medical equipment and educating Committee Chairman Tom Bliley of " residents how to avoid disease. Kenya’s Virgima sent a letter requesting the audit " government provides little medical care to the General Accounting Office on ¯ for many rural districts, leaving private Tuesday. They question spending ¯ groups like SHARE to care,f0r the _ps~o.pl,e. Inrecognition of SHARE s work, Lion s practices and other aspects of the programs. ¯ Club International named MacGnffie its "X2ongress has a moral obligation to 1998 Humanitarian of theYear, anhonor those suffering with AIDS/HIV to ensure ¯ previously given to Mother Teresa and that the nearly $9 bilfion directed to federal ¯ Jimmy Carter. The award comes with a $200,000 grant. AIDS programs is s,p,ent for purpos.~ for On a recent trip, she and other SHARE this it is intended, Coburn said m a ¯ prepared statement. "Over the past five ¯ volunteersfromNewYorktreatedpatients years I have encountered too many and sprinkled donations throughout instances where federal AIDS/HIV funds " Nyanza province, about 160 miles (250 ". kms) west of the capital, Nairobi. They have been misused." In addition to requesting any evidence ¯ gave money to expand a local hospital. on misuse Of federal AIDS funds, the ¯ They paid the school fees for AIDS orphans. They donated drugs to treat letter requests a report on whether ¯ disparities existinAIDS funding regarding children wit.h, disfiguring Birkitts Lvmphoma. "It s a greater need here than race or gender, what criteria are used to ~ .,h ....l~e" said Eleanore Schafer, a determine AIDS Drug Assistance Pro.gra~. N’~e~v~’~]t~y’;o~ial worker who set. up distributions and whether tkose criteria ¯ SHARE’s program for sponsoring favor any particular region, and information regarding compliance with orphans. ~ David Violante, a paramedic from federal laws within the programs.. ¯ Wallkill, New York, was on his fifth visit Other requests made in the letterinclude information on how much money from- ¯¯ to train Kenyans in emergency medical federal AIDS programs is used to pay for ¯ techniques. He met MacGuffie nine years overhead and other non-care related ¯ when she taught a course for his paramedics class, andthree years later she activities rather than on direct treatment ¯ persuaded him and three other paramedics of patients. ¯ to visit Kenya. "She just has so much " passioninitandputssomuchenergyint° it, that probably impressed me more than Black Men 7x More Likely For AIDS " anything," Violante said. ¯ local paramedics and brought over MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Public " 500 Violanteesdmatedhehadtrainedabout health officials are sounding an alarm, for hundreds of thousands of doll.ars worth of Alabama black males, who are seven ttmes ] donated backboards, stretchers, cervical more likely than white males (o contract ¯ collars and other trauma equipment. the virus that causes AIDS. The, MacGuffie has spent millions here, she Department of Public Health, which held ~ said, wheedling donations from drug a news conference last month to discuss ¯. companies, civic groups and corporations. the problem, said the spread of the disease ¯ Shehas raised.tens of thousands of dollars has reached crisis proportions among black ¯ from her Rockland County neighbors and ¯ collected single dollars from children she men. ¯ The dan,g,er .lies in the f.ac,t that. m~any lectured to at schools. She remains blacksdon tknow they areimected, they determined to continue working in Kenya might believe the disease is still one of ¯ as tong as Americans support her. homosexual white males, said Jane ¯, Editor’s Note: SHARE, c/o Martha Cheeks, AIDS director at the state Health MacGuffie, 591 S. Mountain Rd., New Department. A former public health City, New York. USA, 10956. worker in Jefferson County, Ms. Cheeks Dentist Settles HIV Bias Lawsuit recalled working with the first people i,n Birmingham to be affected by HIV, which causes AIDS. Most were homosexual white males. BOSTON (AP) -A dentist and his office The disease is now striking more heax[ily ...... exuals ¯ "We’re seeing manager will pay a combined $60,000 for among black laetelu~zthis as aleading causeof death for Africanallegedly committing Medic~’," d fr, aud and discriminating against people who were American males ages 25 to 44, and that’ s HIV-positive, the attorney general’s office got to stop," she said. She said the state said. Dr. Guillermo Recinos, 38, and has spen{ $1.6 million On HIV/AIDS education programs since 1993, but more ¯ Yolanda Jereidini, 46, were sued in civil court in October 1998 by the attorney must be done. "It’s not working," she ¯ general’s office. They were accused of said. "We need to join commumty efforts ~ violating federal discrimination laws by to address this at a local level." ¯ refusing to treat patients who were HIVpositive. 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 ¯ ¯ ¯ KISUMU, Kenya (AP) - Dr. Martha ¯ ,’Bobby" MacGuffie has known pain. Two of her sons died of the AIDS they ¯ HIV Fight in Kenya contracted from blood transfusions. Their older brother, crushed by the deaths, disappeared into a haze of drugs. She Power To Do Good. 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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 ¯ ¯ of the Medicaid fraud settlement approved by Kottmyer, Recinos alone will pay ¯ $40,000 in civil penalties and restitution. : private market, which represents five ¯ Botswana, South Africa’s wealthier to be given to fight AIDS. months of wages for an average South " neighbor to the north, has introduced free UNAIDS says 95% of the people living ¯ AZT treatment for infants born to HIVAfrican. ¯ with the AIDS virus are in developing The Centers for Disease Control and ¯ positive mothers, said Vicki Ehrich ¯ countries, most of them in Africa. Prevention in Atlanta recommends the ¯ spokeswoman for Glaxo Wellcome, which ¯ Agency officials said developing three-drug therapyforhealthcare workers ¯ produces AZT. ." countries are also contributing to the who have been exposed to HIV through Glaxo Wellcome wants to supply the ¯ campaign against AIDS. The study contaminated needles because some ¯ South African government with the drug ¯ showed domestic spending varied from a ¯ studies have found AZT alone has for $65 perbirth, orone-third of its market low of 8% in the Caribbean and 9% in prevented them from contracting the virus. ¯ price. But the government says that’s too Africa to 57% in Asia, 67% in Latin ¯ "The state has removed the death : expensive. ’°We cannot afford this type of America and 79% in Eastern Europe. sentence" for crime, said Johannesburg intervention," said Khangelani journalist Charlene Smith. "Now we are ¯ Hlongwane, spokesman for the South asking them to remove the death sentence ¯ African Health Ministry. for rape survivors." Smith, who wrote ¯ Physicians at state-rim hospitals have recently about being raped and her ¯ clashed with the government on theissue. attempts afterward to obtain AIDS -related ¯ ’oWe’re trying to convincethegovernment BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Asia’s medical treatment, spoke at a news economic crisis is worsening Thailand’s that it’s actually cost effective," said Dr. ¯ conference sponsored by women’s groups ¯ Avy Violari, a pediatrician at Chris Hani ¯ AIDS crisis, experts said, predicting that ¯ more than 100,000 Thai children will be who represent rape victims. : Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. Doctors and others have also ." The United Nations AIDS program ." orphaned by the disease by the end of the complained about a decision by South ¯ estimates that about 600,000 HIV ¯ year 2000. Africa’s Health Ministry last year to shut ¯ infections are spread during childbirth ¯ Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, down pilot projects to treat HIV-positive ¯ worldwide, but no figures for South Africa ¯ opening Thailand’s annualNationalAIDS expectant mothers in the last month of ." were available. Transmission of HIV ¯ Seminar, told hundreds of researchers and pregnancy with AZT, which reportedly ¯ through sexual assault has been less ¯ health workers that the government will ¯ can reduce by half the transmission rate of studied, partlybecause rape and AIDS are ¯ scrimp to find now-scarce funding to keep ¯ : HIV to newborns. the AIDS epidemic under control. not as widespreadin Europe and the United A woman in South Africa is three times : States, wheremostresearchis carried out, ¯ But Wirut Poolcharoen, a Health ¯ ¯ morelikely to be raped than in the United ¯ ." Ministry official, acknowledged that Smith said. ¯ States, and South African men are much ¯ Thailand’s government does not know ¯ JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) how to cope with an expected explosion Women’s groups criticized the South : more likely to be infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, said Nthabiseng in the number of AIDS orphans. Most are ¯ ¯ African government Thursday for failing Mogale, head of People Opposed to taken care of by their grandparents or to provide medical treatment they say Women Abuse. South African women are other family members. "The number of could help prevent victims of rape from ¯ : entitled to treatment as a human right, ¯ GENEVA (AP) - Spending by donor orphans whose parents die of AIDS will contracting the AIDS virus from their : countries to combat AIDS in developing ¯ double by the end of the year 2000,"Wirnt Mogale said. ¯ attackers. ¯ One in eight South African adults is ~ countries is failing to keep pace with the ¯¯ said. "The government does not yet know The activists are demanding the ¯ infected with HIV. The rate is tWice that ¯ spreadofthe disease, now infecting nearly how to carry such a huge burden to ensure government provide rape victims with a for pregnant women, the government has ¯ 6 millionpeople worldwide each year, the ¯ the well-being of these children." . " three-drug cocktail of AZT, 3TC and a said. Police say about 65,000 women and ¯ United Nations said recently. ¯" Statisticians at Mahidol University protease inhibitor Crixovan. The three"it is alarming that AIDS is expanding girls are assaulted every year, but activists ¯ released a report showing that in 1997, the drug cocktail is available for $820 on the ¯ three times faster than the funding to ¯ year that recession struck Thailand and insist the number is much higher. control it," said Dr. Peter Piot, executive : much of Southeast Asia, the country had director of UNAIDS, the Joint U.N. 34,349 AIDS orphans, about a quarter of Program on HIV/AIDS. Piot called on them under age five. By the end of 2000, ¯ industrialized nations to do more to fight the report predicts the total figure will be the disease in developing countries. ¯ 116,508childrenorphanedbyAIDS,with The agency said wealthy countries’ 30,845 of them under five¯ support for the global fight against AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome IS being vastly outpacedby the epldennc, ¯ claimed 51,000 lives in Thailand in 1997 which has infected 47 million people over alone, according to research presented by the past two decades. That figure includes Bangkok’s prestigious Chulalongkorn those who have already died from the ¯ University. Death figures were not ¯ disease and those hying with HIV, the available for 1998. "It takes years for AIDS-causing virus. ~ p.eople to realize they have contracted the Funding to fight AIDS in developing virus, and its consequences are thereby countries was $273 million in 1997, less ¯ affecting quality of life of their family than double the $165 million spent in ¯ members and of society as a whole,"Wirnt 1990, it said. During the same period, the said. number of people living with HIV around In the early years after AIDS was the world more than tripled to 30.3 million ¯ discovered, Thailand refused to ¯ acknowledge it had a single case of the from 9.8 million. UNAIDS said a study by the Harvard disease, fearing damage to the lucrative University School of Public Health found prostitution industry that is a mainstay the United States was "by far the largest ¯ both of tourism and the sex lives of many tnbutor to the lnternat~onal campaign, ¯ Thai men. A change of attitude coupled giving $135.2 million-in 1997. But it said ¯ with aggressive condom distribution and that other countries ranked higher when ¯ education programs brought the epidemic their contributions were measured against ¯ somewhatundercontrolbythemid_ 1990s, the size of their economies. Norway gave ¯ but the gains are eroding due to cuts in the $ 93 for each $1 million of its gross national health budget in ’the recession-era product; the Netherlands gave $92. ¯ economy. The government’s spending on Denmark was third at $52 per 1 million of ¯ AIDS pre~iention has fallen about 25% to its gross national product, followed by ¯ 1.4 billion baht ($39 miillion) Since 1997. Sweden at $49. Australia gave $31, Canada ¯ Thailand needs to prepareitself to handle $21, Britain $19, Belgium $18, United ¯ the social and economic consequences of States $17, Finland $10, Switzerland and : AIDS and the HIV virus that leads to it, Germany $6 and Japan $2. ¯¯ said Supachai Kunarattanapruek, an Industrialized countries are spending adviser to the Health Ministry. I P Medical Excellence. Compassionate Care less than 1% of their development aid on ¯ Though Thailand spends little on longthe fight against AIDS, according to : term care for AIDS sufferers, the country UNAIDS. ’oWeighed against the global will pay a high price for the loss of catastrophe of the AIDS epidemic, the economically active people, experts said. ¯ level of spending for HIV prevention About two-thirds of the country’s AIDS around the world is minimal," Piot said. ¯ sufferers are 25-39 years old, their prime He said in order for any aid to benefit ¯ working years. ¯ developing countries, more money needs ¯ Economics Making :HIV Fight Harder So. African Women Criticize Govt. :$ for HIV Falling Behind Its Spread Medical Excellence And Compass.ionate Care S nce 1926. ¯ ¯ ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTER �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 on Thursday, ¯ JosephHenry Sharp. Formoreinformation the6thandare or directions in the Chapthe to man Music museum, call Hall. This 596-2700 or in work, 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, Center at 319 East 21st Street and of course, Holland Hail we can all relate to that, can’t we? Don’t " School. Three local Episcopal choirs are ¯ featured, Saint John’s, Saint Dtmstan’s miss it. 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, on May 21-23. The program : 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. The this,ourplantorulethewofldwillproceed show parti-cularly explores the much faster... - TFN editors TOHR & Cimarron Alliance present Designer Showcase TULSA-The Council OakMen’s Chorale will present it’s spring concert "MUSIC" to be held on May 7 and 8, 1999, at All Soul’s Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria. Concerts on both evenings will begin at 7 PM. Advance tickets are available from The Pride Store, chorale members or by contacting the COMC Ticket Office at 585-COMC. Tickets will also be available atthedoor. Tickets areS 10.00andadvance purchase is recommended due to sdl-out audiences at previous events. The program will feature a variety, of music from"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. 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Honey, they don’t call it ¯ working off of true center is not best, "Homo" Depot for nothin’.The DIYD : especially if you’re cutting tiny pieces of file. blushes to admit that more than tool lust ¯ Realizing she hasn’t been of much carries her thither on a regular basis. But your DIYD digresses. Yes, you can : practical help at all, the DIYD wishes you call in Surface Doctor or a resurfacing : a fond bon voyage on your trip to the company of that ilk, but by the time it’ s all ¯ home improvement center until she said and done, you might just as wall pay : astounds and amazes youagainnextmonth for a new surface. Of course, check it out : when she has you on your knees on the floor. The mere thought of it makes her anyway, but please review your options before buying.Dating should be the same ¯ purr with anticipation... 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 old counter top and replacing Workshop topics will include: Breaking it with prdaminated counters, or tiling the Silence - White, Mrican American, over the old laminate, if it is only ugly but not warped or popping up. You can also ¯"¯ Hispanic and Native American Women remove the old counter top, replace the ¯ Speak Out; Expanding Clinical Trials and Treatment Research for Women; Special surface and tile from scratch, but why ¯ Issues for Children in Families Affected don’t we save that kind of labor for later? The easiest option may be replacing the ¯" by HIV/AIDS; The lank Between HIV Infection, Violence Against Women, counter tops. If you have a relatively uncomplicated lay out, with counters no ¯ Homelessness and Substance Abuse; and more than 10 foot long at a run, then you ~ HIV Programs for Women: A Fdnder’s can go and buy the counter top from a ¯ Perspective. ’This conference will allow large home improvement store. Some will ~ us a chance to look at the progress that has do the miter cut and cutouts for sink, range ~ been made over the years, and the or whatever; others won’t, but can ¯ challenges which still confront us when ~ dealing with women and AIDS," says recommend someone who will do two ¯ Nicklas. miters [one comer] and a sink cutout for Conferenceregistrationfeeis $35before about $40,whichisn’tbad:Itis remarkably ¯ ¯ May 20 or $40 after May 20. The fee for easy to install these counters yourself if ¯ the luncheon only is $15. Special student YcoachOU have a simple L, and the store will you on what to do. The back splashes ," rates are available. Seating is limited. Some confidential scholarships for come pre-rolled in most cases, so you can ¯ finish them off with a smart little bead of ¯" housing, transportation and conference fees are available for HIV positive women. caulk. ¯ Call 585-5551 ext. 231 to receive an If your counter top layout is more ¯ application. A respite room and child eare complicated or longer, you will have to have the counter tops custom made, and ¯¯ are available for HIV positive women. For more information or to register, call possibly even installed by a contractoI ¯ 585-5551. but that will be p art of your review process. �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 will stimulate research on Now Dr. Deborah Bowen, a The theory goes Lesbian health issues. Dr. psychologist at the Fred Bowen said: "It’ s expensive Hutchin~n Cancer Research that ff Lesbians to do this kind of research. Center and a member of the have a harder You have to have lots of Lesbian Health Research money to call up 20,000 ¯ Institute, is conducting tlme finding women, and with breast research on breast cancer that affordable and cancer you have to call a lot includes Lesbians. of women in order to reach "Five years ago, this was affirmative some who have the disease." guess-work; there was no Dr. Bowen’s research team cheek-ups, data," shetold me in a recent asks about sexual interview. "At my Cancer then they may he now orientation in both paper and Center, we do a lot of pencil surveys and in research about the causes of less likely to have telephone interviews. They breast cancer and how to ask this in two ways - by mammo~rams prevent breast cancer. There are many experts on breast or to interact with asking about identity (do women identify as cancer, so I had a lot of a health provider heterosexual, bisexual, colleagues I could talk to Lesbian, or other) and also about my ideas about in a Way that by asking about sexual Lesbians and breast cancer." would help with behavior. "ff we only ask the In talking with Lesbians, former, we lose women who Dr. Bowen realized that the early diagnosis. have sex with women but common perception was that don’t identify as Lesbian, breast cancer was more So it may be that and .if we just ask about frequent among Lesbians Lesbians aren’t at sexual behavior we lose and that perception was women who are not currently frightening to Lesbians. As hi’her risk for a scientist, she knew there breast eaneer, just sexually active," she explained. was no proof yet one way or Dr. Bowen thinks there the other. "That’s when I that Lesbians are two camps of thoughts in began thinking that we could don’t get good the Lesbian community make some in-roads into about breast cancer. ,One this," she said, "either by health eare . . . has to do with reproductive collecting new data on Lesbians or else by including questions ¯ factors. Fewer Lesbians have children than about sexual orientation into existing ¯¯ do heterosexual women. The ’fewer’ can range from about 36% to about 60% of studies." Dr. Bowen has done both - she Lesbians who have had children. Whereas has written research grants to fund studies specifically on Lesbians and breast cancer ¯¯ with heterosexual women it’s actually and also begun to examine sexual ¯ quitehigh-between 80-90% of all women have had children. Not having had children orientationin somelarge-scale community : or having had children late aright be a surveys on hundreds of thousands of ¯ factor in developing breast cancer. women. ¯ Pregnancy might cease certain hormones "The biggestriskfactor for getting breast ¯ that are linked to the development of cancer is being a woman," Dr. Bowen said, "and the second biggest risk factor is ¯ breast cancer." "The other camp of thought has to do age. Even though we hear a lot about ~¯ with acces s to reliable, good, open, access younger women getting breast cancer, it ¯ to health care," Dr. Bowen said, "and is really a disease of older women. And the problem is that very few people have ¯¯ Lesbians may not have such access. We studied older women who are past ¯ know that if cancer is caught at a later stage when it has had more chance to menopause. So we don’ t even know much ¯ growandspreadtootherpartsofthebody, about breast cancer in women in general." Other risk factors for breast cancer are ¯ it’ s harder to treat and can’t be treated as having a family history of breast cancer. ~ wall. The theory goes that if Lesbians "Having a close or even a distant relative : have a harder time finding affordable and who has had breast cancer is now known ," affirmative check-ups, then they may be to ~put women at higher risk for breast ¯¯ less likely to have m~mmograms or to c~._cer, but we don’t know much about ¯ interact with a health provider in a way that wouldhelp with early diagnosis. Soit why this is so," Dr. Bowen continued. "Much of the research has focused on ¯¯ may be that Lesbians arCh’ t at higher risk women Who have multiple relatives with ¯ for breast cancer, just that Lesbians don’t get good health care and are likely to be breast cancer~ but that only accounts for ¯ diagnosed with breast cancer at a later abOut 4% of all women. What about the woman who had a great-atmt Matilda who ¯ stage when it is harder to treat." I asked Dr. Bowen what she would had breast cancer? How does Aunt ¯"¯ reconamend that health care professionals Matilda’ s breast cancer transfer to her?" ¯ do to increase the comfort of Lesbian Cancer researchers are also. beginning to learn more about environmental ¯ patients. Her suggestions: "The person exposures, "the toxins, chemicals, and :¯ who comes to a doctor has to trust that doctor and she has to feel comfortable maybe even the radiation that we experience, some of it naturally occurring ¯ bringing scary problems to that doctor. and some it put there by technology" as ¯ And I’m hypothesizing that one of the Dr. Bowen described it, "but we don’t ~ problems bringing up sexual orientation how andwe don’ tknow when the exposure : in a health care setting is that you aright to these environmental factors has to occur ¯ feel okay saying you have a cold or a see Psyche, p. 13 in order to become arisk for breast cancer." : stomach ache, A UTHENTIC FRESH ITALIAN RAINBOW CUSINE TROUT IGTA Call 341.6866 member ’ [ .~~.~~ International of Eureka Springs Voted Number One in Arkansas! Tours SormoreinSormation. 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Garnett, 437-2~,~A 3733 S. Memorial, 6600344 1216 S. Harvard, 587-1778 Sapulpa Location: 109 N. Mission, 227-2322 Free & Anonymous Finger Stick Method By &for, but not exclusive to the Lesbian; Gay, & Bisexual Communities. Monl &Thurs., 6-8 pro,. Daytime testing: Mon-Thurs. by appt. H 0 P HIV Outreach, Prevention & Education 834-TEST(8378), 3501 E. Admiral Place by Lamont Lindstrom. Ph.D. ¯ romantic attraction and love is indeed an Ahinad is looking for a boyfriend in "¯ alien idea in societies where families originateonlythrougharrangedmamages. Califoruia.RaisedinPakistaninawealthy, Like Parivaraj’s Gay schoolboys, rural farnilv he immigrated to the US a ¯ " Ahrnad, some-how, has also learned to few years Ego. Ahinad telephones home desire a boyfriend. Sex on the regularly to talk with his ~rester n stories corner before going home to parents and sisters. He misses wife and kids is no longer his family but he’s not going of romantic good enough. . back. His parents expect him Previously, in many love, and the to marry and if he returns to societies, even if you were a Pakistan he knows he ..would emergence of a man-loving-man, there was find tfimself quickly caught up no obvious alternative to what in an arranged mamage with separate Gay ¯ all men did. You accepted the some woman selected by his woman that your parents identity are father. So he remains in San arranged for you and you Francisco, despite his homepowerful served your family by sickness, hoping to arrange his fathering children. notions that ownmamage- but withaman. In future, however, Ahmad’ s problem is shared have spread there may be more and more by the characters of a recently Ahmads who are unwilling to published novel that deals with Oobally. go along with traditional Gay lifein India, P. Parivaraj’ s ¯ " expectations. Western stories of romantic Shiva and Arun. In this book, a group of Hindu and Muslim schoolboys face :¯ love and the emergence of a separate Gay difficult challenges related to their ¯ identity are powerful notions that have spread globally. homosexuality. They can only be honest , When one of Parivaraj’s young men with each other about their desires that breaks with his parents by confessing that they hide from family and even their ¯ ¯ he loves men, they think he must be a closest friends. After leaving school, one is fired when ¯ transvestite prostitute -the only local to try his boss discovers his sexual orientation. ¯ gender category they have available t All of them are pressured by family to ¯ tounderstandhim. Buthe sno. Although marry and have children. One is rejected ¯ he may not call it thus, he has adopted the Western identity "Gay" that is by his father when he refusesto do so. : fundamentally defined by a romantic Another gives in and is only able to have ¯ awkward sex with his new wife by thinking ¯ desire for boyfriends. Those of us who celebrate individuality -. of his boyfriend. He soon kills himsdf. ¯ andlovemight applaud Abroad’ s coura.ge Marriage has failed to quell his ¯ at defying his father, abandoning his homosexual desire. mother and sisters, and casting himself I discussed Shiva and Arun with a Gay colleague who has lived in India. Based :¯ into Gay-dating hell - that horribly lonely on his experience (some of thi.s rather ¯ search for romance. In my more paranoid moments, intimate), .my colleague argued that the ¯ novel’ s tragic suicide is unbelievable. He ¯ however, I worry about the recent proliferation and spread of all sorts ofnew has met hundreds of happily married social identities, including "Gay." The homosexual Indian men who juggle parallel lives with wife and children in ¯ global economic system in large part public, and discrete sexual encounters with ¯ depends on the cultivationof multiple and men in private. Almost all Indian and ¯ splintered identities that serve-as niche markets for its goods. Pakistani men - whether they desire : So, in addition to all the foods, and women or men - marry without complaint ¯ clothing, and furniture, and art, and music as the normal, human thing to do. Those ¯ who want sex with men can easily pick up ¯ that Ahmad seems to need to buy in order to demonstrate his Gayness, I pray thathe partners by cruisi,ng in appropriate places. can manage to snag a boyfriend. But he Stephen Murray s 1997 book, Islamic : knows that they can cost a lot. Homosexualities, describes street corners ¯ already Lamont Lindstrom is a professor of in Karachi where men drive by to find ¯ dates. ¯ anthropology at the University of Tulsa. However, this semester he is teaching at I asked Ahmad why he just didn’t give "~ the University of California, in Berkeley. 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 ¯ but not that you want the provider to feel is, a Gay man. He is exiled in California, your breast, for example. Lesbians might torn between family duties and personal also worry that the provider might force desire. Shiva andArun taps into this sentiment ¯ them to use high-tech solutions for their problem when they would prefer to begin - a model of Gayness that is recently ¯ "diffusing" (as anthropologists put this) ¯ with alternative solutions. Lesbians often have good reason got to trust ’the system’ from West to East. Parivaraj seemingly ¯ and right now the solutions we have for rejects the conclusion that Indians have ¯ breast cancer have to with technology, borrowed Western patterns of sexuality. : such as chemotherapy, radiation, or None of his characters identifies himself ¯ as"Ga,. v" Pather , they are "men who love ¯ surgery." She also recommends that Lesbians look for open, trustworthy men." Still,he clearly has adopted Western ¯ providers if these exist’ in their concepts of individuality and romantic communities. love. Two of his boys manage to find ¯ : Esther Rothblum is Professor of happiness in the end. They fall in love, Psychology at the University of Vermont leave their families, and move in with i and Editor Of the Journal of Lesbian their boyfriends to establish at least quasi: Studies.ShecanbereachedatJohnDewey public homosexual households. : Hall, UniversityofVermont, Burlington, The notion of long-term household relations between two men founded in : VT, email: esther.rothblum@uvm.edu. �Good Food, Good Service, 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. "We hope the state Senate and Governor B ush will follow the lead of the House and the people of Texas and pass hate crimes legislation," said Birch. At aWashington press conference last month, family members of two hate crimes victims announced their support for federal 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 against African-Americans; 64 against Gays and Lesbians; 22 against Hispamcs; and 21 against Jews. The effort 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 Senfronia Thompson has made it 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 through lobbying and education can have a significant societal impact. Today, millions of Texans 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 have no hate crimes laws. Nationally, since 1981, hate crimes have nearly doubled. In 1997 - the FBI’s most recent reporting period - race-related hate crimes were by far the most common, representing nearly 60% of all 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 Howard poll of 1,003 adults was conducted by telephone, March 30April 17. It has a margin of error of plus 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 be licensed and bonded, 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 camera which would allow 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 ~ ¯ ~rogram .which is due openversus mid-May ill charge $100 per to week the $125phis which Teresa and Joan 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 ¯ May 7th & 8th to help kick off the program. : For more information, call 808-8026. ¯ No Anti-Gay Attitude Tulsa’s never had that many choices for late night dining but now, with Burger Sisters,just opened the last week of April, 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. On Friday 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: 8351207. 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. 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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 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. 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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. The this,ourplantorulethewofldwillproceed show parti-cularly explores the much faster... - TFN editors 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 1 WORKIHG CLASS HEROES.IMAGES FROM THE POPULAR CULTURE Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art 410 W. Boyd The University of OklaSoma TULSA-TheCouncil OakMen’s Chorale will present it’s spring concert "MUSIC" to be held on May 7 and 8, 1999, at All Soul’s Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria. Concerts on both evenings will begin at 7 PM. Advance tickets are available from The Pride Store, chorale members or by contacting the COMC Ticket Office at 585-COMC. Tickets will alsobeavailable atthedoor. Tickets areS 10.00andadvance purchase is recommended due to sdl-out audiences at previous events. 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. Jg t, goddesses fIaJrttappyHour Tuesday&Thursday 3pm toSpm 835-5563 1247 Si Harvard, Tulsa, NearTO PRIDE ’99 "PRIDEFUL PAST... POWERFUL FUTURE! TULSA’S FIRST ANNUAL PARADE W/GRAND MARSHALL REP. BARNEY FRANK (D) BEGINS@ 10:00 AM @ 38th & PEORIA ENDING AT VETERANS PARK TULSA’S EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL PICNIC VETERANS PARK: -NOON - 5:00 JUNE 12th PRESENTED BY: TULSA OKLAHOMANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SPONSORED BY: BUD LIGHT & MCC UNITED FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 918-743-4297 Sing Out, Sing Out, Wherever You Are! 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. Open Rehearsal Monday, May 17, 7 PM Hope Unitarian Church -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 of Hope (Welcoming), Service - 6pro, 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800 Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation Service - llam, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595 Church of the Restorhtion Unitarian Universalist Service - 11am, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314 Metropolitan Community Church United Service, llam, 1023 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715 House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210b So. Norwood Parish Church of St. Jerome (Evangelical Anglican Church in America) Mass - 1 lam, 205 W. 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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. 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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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Zion Baptist Church Dedicated to the Memory of HIV/AIDS Activist Phil Wiley THE NAMES PROJECT Quilt Tours Black Colleges Coretta Scott King Slams Homophobia ATLANTA (AP) - During the AIDS Quilt tour of historically Black colleges and universities, Coretta Scott King told those viewing the memorial that homophobia has prolonged and worsened the epidemic within the Black community. "It is particularly sad to me when I hear Black people, includiug some in leadership positions, making homophobic comments and attacking t.he humm] rights of Gay and Lesbian people," the widow of die Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said Monday during the tour’s opening ceremonies at Clark Atlanta University, Regardless of sexual orientation or gender, Blacks have a signiticantly higher risk of becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Stati-stics show ntost new HIV infections occur among people 25 and younger. The Black community has been hit particularly hard. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Blacks account for about half the new HIV infections, AIDS cases and AIDS deaths, though they represent only 13% of the U.S. population, "With the stigma on homosexual behavior m the African-American coxmnunit~¢, ¯ see Ki.,t~, ~9.: 15 Matthew Shepard Murder Trial Update LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Gay college student Matthew Shepard was pumaneled to death by Aaron McKirmey in a drunken, drug-induced rage after Shepard made a pass at him, McKirmey’s attorney Said as: his trial began. "’Did Matthew Shepard deserve to die? No, that’s ridiculous-. No manslaughter victim deserved to die," Jason Tangeman said in opening statements. "That’s what Aaron McKirmey is guilty of, manslaughter." The roofer’s judgment that night Vas affected bv alcohol, methamphetamines and "~ome sexuall} traumatic and confusing events in his life," Tangeman told jurors. Prosecutor Cal Rerncha said his case against McKinney will not deal with Shepard’s Gayness. "It will simply be about the pain, suffering and death of Matthew Shepard at the hands of the defendant, Aaron James:McKimaey," he said." The Human Rights Campaign, a national Gay civil rights organization strongly condenmed the use of the.’’blame the victim" defense in the trial. Shepard, McKinney and Henderson met in a Laramie bar about a year ago, where Shepard asked McKinney for a ride home, humiliating him in front of friends because McKinney believed Shepard was Gay, Tangeman contended. Tangeman said McKinney, 22, was confused by three homosexual encounters that occurred when he was 7, 15 and 20: In one case, McKinney was forced into an oral sex act with a neighborhood bully, Tangeman said. Rerucha said McKirmey and Henderson drove Shepard, 21, to a remote area, where they robbed, lashed him to.the fence and pistol-whippinghim into a coma. Opening statements were made after a jury of 10 men and:six women, including four alternates, was seated in McKinney’s trial on charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery. The jury includes three students at the University of Wyoming, where Shepard was a freshman. McKinney could receive the.death penalty. TULSA - The 10th annual World AIDS Day Candlelight March and Memorial Service will be held at one of Tulsa’s most historical traditionally African-American churches, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, led b~ the Rev. Calvin McCutcheon. The march will begin gathering at 6:30 near St. Monica’s Church just south of Carver School east of Greenwood Avenue This is just south of Pine. The march will begin about 7pm and will continue about a mile south on Greenwood to John ttope Franklin Bottlevard which travels west through the Oklahoma State University at Tulsa campus to Elgin. Mt. Zion is on FJ~n just across the OSU-Tulsa parking lots near 1-244. The theme for the march and memorial is "Fa~d the Silence" and the service will feature the music of Ernestine Dillard, the Council Oak Mens Chorale and the Mr. Zion church choir. Tiffs Tulsa service is dedicated to the memory of 1o "cal ttIV AIDS and Gay civil rights activist Phil Wiley who died of kidney failure last summer. Orgamzers note that all tilnes are approximate aud that lhey will provide candles and matches but encourage marchers to bring banners and bells to nng on the march. For more information, call Interfaith ..\ IDS Mira stries at 4382437. Also on World AIDS Day, an organization called "\Vc The Peopl.e Li.ving .with AIDS/HIV’" will join with thousm~ds of other orgmuzatlons m remembering, fiercel3, those the~ lmvc !ost to the AIDS epidemic. They will do this through the posting of the manes of their members, friends and loved ones lost to ,A IDS on the. \ IDS \Vatch webpage, which will display the .,aan]es of tens of thousands of people who have died from :kIDS. one at a mnc in the 48 honrs before and after December ist. They request that readers consider adding the uames of those whom they have lost to AIDS to the list. The page is localed m http:/iwww.aidswatch.org. Click on "’Add a name "’ to include the name, of~v°ur loved one, friend or colleague to the li st. Falwell MeetsWith Gays LYNCHB URG, Va. (AP)-The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who has denounced homosexuals for years, held an .unprecedented meeting with Gay Christians recently m an attempt to reduce violent acts against Gays and Christians. Both sides said the gathering was productive. Dozens of anti-Gay protesters denmnstrated outside, yelling at Gay supporters as they entered the church parking lot. The Rex’. Fred Phelps of Topeka, Kan.. whose congregafiou also taunted Gays at the funeral of slain Gay college studcm Matthew Shepard. said Falwdl is a hypocrite for ineeting with the Rev. Mel White, a Gay minister and his followers. "Falwell used to teach the Bible word for word. now he’s going off and meeting with these fags and going against everything he’s ever taught," Phelp,~ said. "He always says ’hate the sin. bnt love the simmr,’ but it’s ~mpossible to separate the t~o Does a judge send the crime or the crintinal to jail’?" Falwell. who has long believed lha~ homosexuality is a sin, insists he will not change Iris views, but has agreed to tone down tfis anti language that Gay civil rights activists encourages hatred and violence towar~t homosexuals. "’We are here because ihnocent people ol vari~ faiths, racial and ethnic groups and sexual preferences have increasingly had their live~ abruptly mid violently ended by people ~vilh opposing vie~\s.’" Fah~ell told th~ group of 4 delegates in ~velcomiug then] to the anti "~ml,,ncc fortun Saturday afternoou x~q]itc brought 200 Gays mid Lesbians l’rom 3~* slates to p~ticil)atc in the forum. They were ]t)]ncd by 2~)evm~gelic~d Chnsfians who supjmrt Fid~ cEstmacc "q hi s is the first step iu ourjoume3 tm~ auct~ reconciliation." s~d White, who held a pra3 e~ ~ ~gil Ffida3 mght for 20 Gay men or gm~sgcndcred people killed because of their sexu~ oneutation. see Fahvell, p. 10 Community Center News France OK’s Gay and All Community Meeting, Nov. 16, 6:30pm TOHR Meeting, 11/9: Carol Petersen, Author, Poet + Gay Man in Hitler’s Navy TULSA - The third all community meeting will be held at the Communiiy Center on Tues., Nov. 16th at 6:30pm. About 35 individuals attended the last meeting in Sept. and the representatives of a number of organizations, churches and businesses decided to convene a community council with TOHR, Tulsa Oldahomans for Human Rights, the parent organization of the Tulsa Gay Community Services Center, coordinating the exchange of information. Local attorney and original meeting co-convener Dennis Neill will present a draft contract to clarify the relationship between the various groups. For more information about the next conmaunitv meeting, call the Community Center at 743-4297. On Tues. Nov. 9th at 7:30pro, TOHR will hold its montlflv membership meeting. The meeting, which is open to the publiC, will feature remarks by Carol Petersen, a Romanian born poet, biographer and educator. Petersen, a Gay man.~ even found lfimself serving in the German Navy during the N~i government of Adolf Hitler. Petersen has-published works on Albert Camus, Andre Gide, John Steinbeck, Goethe, Spanish poet Lorca, Thomas Mann as wall as works of poetry. He has taught French and German literature and awarded one of the highest honors in France, the Chevalier de L’oi’dre des Palmiers Academique de France. Other News: House of the Holy Spirit Calls Pastor House of the Holy Spirit Ministries announces that they have selected a new full-time pastor, Chuck Breckenridge. Breckenridge served in a pastoral capacity in a Wichita congregation where he formerly resided. Breckenridge is also known for having published and edited The Parachute, a now defunct regional publication. He also started The Triangle Of which he has recently served as general manager. Breckenridge was installed as pastor on October 17th. Troy McGoveran, spokesman for House of the Holy Spirit notes, "the entire congregation is very excited about the movement going on in our church.., we.. welcome Pastor Breckemidge to our church.. ?’ Non-Gay Partnerships The British Broadcasting System (BBC) reported in October that the French Parlimnent has approved a controversial bill that gives Gay couples mare of the rights enjoyed by married people. The NatiOnal Assmnbly passed the Civil Solidarity Pact (PACS) by 315 votes to 249. The PACS allows unmarried couples to register their umon and enjoy some of the tax, legal and social welfare benefits associated with marriage. It is intended to allow Gay and heterosexual couples who are not married to "’organise their common life". Partners who want to separate will be able to do so via a letter of separation. According to Justice Minister Elisabeth Guigou, the bill will improve the lives of more than five million people. Conservative opponents immediately said they would ask the Constitutional Council to role whether the law was unconstitutional. Religious leaders have strongly denounced the law, saying it enables a form of homosexual marriage. The PACS wasintroduced by the riding socialists and the government’s majority made approval virtually certain. It has been one of the most bitterlycontested pieces of social legislation for years, opposed by conservatives and by leaders of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths in France. see France, p. 15 LI~ ~I~ ~ ~ Z mmm D IRECTORY EDITORIAL U S & WORLD NEWS . HEALTH NEWS ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY CALENDAR READ ALL ABOUT IT D O-IT-YOUR-SELF DYKE DYKE PSYCHE GAY STUDIES P. 2 P. 3 P. 4 P. 6 P. 8 P. 9 P. 10 P. 11 P. 12 P. 13 �Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants 832-1269 *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine *Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. Boston 592-2143 599-9512 *Empire Bar, 1516 S: Peoria 583 -6666 *Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th 749-4511 *Gold Coast Coffee House; 3509 S. Peoria 59%7777 *Jason’s Deli, 15th & Peoria 749-1563 *The Mix, 2630 E. 15th 744-4280 *Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square *St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st 745-9998 834-4234 *Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan 585-3405 *Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main 660-0856 *TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial 584-1308 *Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals Advanced Wireless & PCS, Digital Cellular 747-1508 *Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000 Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506 250-5034 *Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 665-4580 *Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 5231 E. 41 712-1122 Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15 712-9955 *Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 494-2665 *Borders Books & Music, 8015 S. Yale 743-5272 Brookside Jewelry, 4649 S. Peoria 746-0313 *CD Warehouse, 3807c S. Peoria Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117 622-0700 Community Cleaning, Kerby Baker 352-9504, 800-742-9468 L:m Daniel. Attorney 749-3620 " ~_~eco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th 587-2611 *Devena’s Gallery, 13 Brady 744-5556 Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S Peoria 838-8503 *Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan 584-0337, 712,-9379 *Ross Edward Salon 592-0460 Events Unlimited, 507 S. Mai~’ 744-9595 *Floral Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria 610-0880 Four Star Import Automotive, 9906 E. 55th P1. 628-3709 Cathy Furlong, Ph.D., 1980 Utica Sq. Med. Ctr. 808-8026 Gay & Lesbian Affordable Daycare 742-1460 *Gloria Jean’s Gourmet Coffee, 1758 E 21st 459-9349 Leanne M. Gross, Insurance & financial planning 744-7440 Mark T. Hamby, Attorney *Sandra J. Hill, MS. Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skellv 745-1111 341-6866 *International Tours 712-2750 Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th 582-3018 *Jared’s Antiques, 1602 E. 15th 747-0236 David Kanskey, Country Club Barbering 582-8460 The Keepers, Housekeeping & Gardening 599-8070 *Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 747-~-!-66 Kelly Kirby, CPA, 4021 S. Harvard, #210 585-1234 *Living ArtSpace, 19 E. Brad3,’ 584-3112 *Midtown Theater. 319 E. 3rd 663-5934 Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31 664-2951 *Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 Place 838-7626 Puppy Pause II, 1060 S. Mingo 583-1090 *Peace Of Mind Bookstore, 1401 E. 15 743-4297 The Pride Store. 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor 747-5932 Rainbowz on the River B+B, POB 696, 74101 834-0617 Richard’s Carpet Cleaning Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921, 747-4746 749-6301 *Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 260-7829 Paul Tay, Car Salesman 48t-0558 *Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis 835-5563 *Venus Salon, 1247 S. Harvard 743-1733 Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling 592-0767 *W~hittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis Tulsa Agencies, Churches, Schools & Universities 579-9593 AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 4337, 74101 743-2363 All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria 587-7314 Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center, 2207 E. 6 583-7815 *B/L/G/T Alliance. Univ. of Tulsa United Min. Ctr. 583-9780 585-1201 *Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 616 S. Boston *Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th P1. & Florence *Church of the Restoration UU, 1314 N.Greenwood 587-1314 *Community of Hope United Methodist, 2545 S. Yale 747-6300 *Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595 748-3888 Coundl Oak Men’s Chorale 7!2-t511 *Dela}vare Playhouse, 1511 S. Delaware 742-2457 *Democratic Headquarters, 3930 E. 31 Dignity!Integrity of Tulsa - Lesbian & Gay Catholics & 355-3140 Episcopalians, POB 701475, 74170-1475 747-7777 *Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard *Free Spirit Women’s Center, call for location & info: 587-4669 918.583.1248, fax: 583.4615 POB 4140, Tulsa, OK 74159 e-mail: TulsaNews @ earthlink.net Publisher + Editor: Tom Neal Writers + contributors: James Christjohn, Barry Hensley, J.-P. 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Admiral 481-1111 *Holland Hall School, 5666 E. 81st 834-8378 HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education *House of the Holy Spirit Minstries, 3210e So. Norwood Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437 838-1715 *MCC United, 1623 N. Maplewood 748-3111 NAMES Project, 3507 E. Admiral P1. 365-5658 NOW, Nat’l Org. for Women, POB 14068, 74159 OK Spokes Club (bicycling), POB 9165, 74157 *OSU-TUlsa 749-4901 PFI~AG, POB 52800, 74152 587-7674 *Planned Parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152 749-4195 *R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network 584-2325 *Red Rock Mental Center, 1724 E. 8 O’RYAN, support group for 18-24 LGBT young adults O’RYAN, Jr. support group for 14-17 LGBT youth 425-7882 St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 4045 N. Cincim~ati 492-7140 St. Dunstan’s Episcopal, 5635 E. 71st 582-3088 *St. Jerome’s Parish Church. 205 W. King 583-7171 *Tulsa Area United Wa3,, 1430 S. Boulder * TNA APP (Native American men), [udiat~ Health C0a’_¢- _582-7225 595-4105 Tulsa County Health Department. 4616 E. 15 Confidential HIV Testing - by appt. on Thursdays only Tulsa Okla. for Human Rights, cio The Pride Center 743-4297 T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 298-0827 *Tulsa City Hall, Ground Floor Vestibule *Tulsa Community College Campuses 743-4297 *Tulsa Gay Community Center. 1307 E. 38, 74105 749-8833 Unity Church of Christianity, 3355 S. Jamestown BARTLESVILLE *Barflesville Public Library, 600 S. Johi~stone 918-337-5353 OKLAHOMA CITY/NORMAN *Borders Books & Music, 3209 NW Expressway 405-848-2667 *Borders Books & Music, 300 Norman Center 405-573-4907 TAHLEQUAH 918-456-7900 *Stonewall League, call for information: 918-456-7900 *Tahlequah Unitarian-Universalist Church 918-453-9360 *Green Country AIDS Coalition, POB 1570 NSU School of Optometry, 1001 N. Grand HIVtesting every other Tues. 5:30-8:30, call for dates EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS 501-253-7734 Autunm Breeze Restaurant, Hwv. 23 501~253-7457 *Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Ma]n 501-253-6807 DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. 501-253-5445 Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St. 501-253-9337 MCC of the Living Spring 501-253-2776 Geek to Go!, PC Specialist, POB 429 501-253-5332 Old Jailhouse Lodging, 15 Montgomery 501-624-6646 Positive Idea Marketing Plans 501-253-6001 Sparky’s, Hwy; 62 East 501-253-4074 White Light, 1 Center St. JOPLIN, MISSOURI 417-623-4696 *Spirit of Christ MCC, 2639 E. 32, Ste. U134 * is where you can find TFN. Not all are Gay-owned but all are Gay-friendly. Audra Sommers: To All .My Friends Tiff s rues sage brings to you information about my up-coming benefit called ’~onnecting The Hearts of Tulsa" Friday November 5th, at 10:30 p.m. at the Silver Star. This event focuses onthe Prescription Assistance Program which as you know is very, very important to many. As a community of caring individuals I ask all of you once again to come together as compassionate and sympathetic members of our community and show your support. Without fai! every year, you pull out all the stops and arrive in droves. My heart shines with delight to see all of your faces as we raise the much needed money to keep those who can’t afford the necessary medications alive and well. Come, meet new people and see some new faces. Uniting together_we make the difference. Please join all my guests: Miss Gay America - Catia Lee Love Miss Gay Oklahoma America - Bridgett Lee Miss Gay Oklahoma USofA - Kris Kohl Miss Fish-Lake Nevada - Slutisha Swamppussy Miss Midwestern Plains USofA - Victoria Turrell Miss Tulsa USofA 1998 - Jasmine Turrell Miss Gay University Of Tulsa Homecoming Queen 1999 - Audriana Sommers The Green Country Cloggers Miss Silver Star USofA 1996 - Tera "T" Neil Miss Gay Oklahoma At Large USofA 96 - Domonique Daniel’s Miss Feticia Winters Miss Ebony Hall Miss Tabatha Taylor Miss Gain A Pound Miss Miranda McMillian Miss Tore McMillian Miss Audra Sommers and her special "Grab Bag Segment" Mr. Steve Sludder And Mr. Brock Masters - video star along with many, maaay others. I look forward to seeing everyone at the StarFriday NovemberSthat 10:30p.m. It is going to be the best show ever! With love and respect, - Audra Marie Sommers Announcements Policy Tulsa Family News will provide space for holy union ceremony, marriage ceremony, birth, adoption and death announcements on a space available basis. Photos are welcome, though we cannot promise placement or return them, so please send copies to Tulsa Family News, POB 4140, Tulsa 74159. Letters Policy Tulsa Family Newswelcomes 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 word letters are preferred. Letters to other publications will be re-printed as is appropriate. �Editorial: Singing Those Millennium March Blues serving as a representative) meetings. To March or Not March? :¯ from And according to the Nov. 9th i°ssue of The Advocate, That is the question - ok, ok, yes that’s tired and ¯ perhaps, even trite but I couldn’t help it. The millennium ~ does indeed approach and with it, the next great Gay march scheduled for next April. Called by Robin Tyler, Lesbian event organizer par excellence, taken up by the Gay community’s organizational 800 pound gorillas, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the Millennium March has been fraught with controversy from its beginning. No one doubts that these events are tremendously ehapowering for those of us who attend. I can attest to that from my experience .at the last march. My long-suffering ex (just ask him ;-) and I organized a group mostly of students and others on limited incomes from Texas to travel by bus to DC. Since this was a budget trip we stayed about 12 to a room, 3 or 4 to a bed with some on the floor of a hotel in the Virginia suburbs. But the moment of my epiphany was when we boarded the Metro (subway) at the 2nd to the last stop that far out into the suburbs, and everyone waiting, and everyone on the train but for perhaps one or two per car, w,as Gay, or Lesbian, or Bi, ornon-Gays whom we’ddearly welcomed into our tribe. For once to be safe, for once to be in OUR space is a rare and precious thing. There we could hold hands in the street without the fear that we Were taking our !ives literally in our hands. For once, we could say that we don’t mind "straights" as long as they "behave" themselves. For many this was alife transforming experience¯ From it, they came back and became active in the organizations of their hometowns. This clearly is go6~l: And yet, some questions remain. First of these i.s whether, this march will even come off at all. Because MCC and HRC proclaimed that a march was going to happened before they consulted the many other organizations which make up the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered civil fights and cultural movement, the March was immediately caught up in controversy. This "movement" is-tremendously diverse and building consensus is long hard work. Prior march organizers did do so through long and sometimes painful (I write this control of the event has _been shifted from Robin Tyler to Malcolm Lazin, interim executive director. Kerry Lobel, executive director of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), earlier resigned from an oversight board for the March because of concerns about event Do you know where a number of Tulsans have been during the last 18 months? Buried in trash. We studied different curbside recycling programs from around the state and from across the country. About 100 cities were looked at by the TARE board’ s subcommittee on recycling. Our most important discovery: each community is unique in its requirements for recycling. In Tulsa, most of the trash we generate is incinerated at the trash-to-energy plant. The burning process results in waste by-products that can mad do pollute our air. For example, some substances like plastic can be harmful when burned. Recycling will take them out of the trash collection burned at the Walker Hall recovery plant. The more Tulsa recycles, the more we improve Tulsa’s air quality for our young, our elderly, and most significantly, our chronically ill. And let us not forget that we are breathing the same air. Recycling does not ouly help in making the environment cleaner and healflfier; it also has economic benefits other than quality of life. Once Tulsa citizens recycle enough items that can be reused, a recycling industry will be created an become a viable part of the economy with added job opportunities, In the beginning, Tulsans, will be able to recycle four types of items. Newspapers, includin°g the slick advertisement sections, compose the first recycling category. Now you cannot recycle magazines and business forms; these are another category which may be added at a later date. However, you can still take them to MET recycling centers. The second category acceptable for recycling in Tulsa will be aluminum. Drop all aluminum beverage cans inj the recycling container; however, you cannot recycle other forms of aluminum. Please rinse them immediately after use. Remember that recycling pick up is every other week. Besides, you will make it so much easier for those separating our recyclables. Plastic is one of the most important things to recycle. As petroleum-based products, these items release toxins when burned. You can recycle all plastic beverage bottles including most pop, milk, and water containers, as well as soap and detergent bottles. Rinse our the container to prepare these items for recycling and dispose of the lids. It is easy to remember which plastic items are acceptable. Look for the number "1 "or "2" inside the little triangle on the bottom of the container. .The final or fotu:th category for Tulsa’s new recycling program is glass. Both clear and colored glass bottles and jars will be accepted. No unbroken glass will be taken, nor will the program accept other housewares or plate glass from windows. Since the glass before putting out for collection and discard the lid. Because of the once-everytwo-weeks collection, you may want to rinse after use, if it contains food. Curbside recycling is a great addition to Tulsa’s solid waste disposal program. Now it is up to us to make it succeed. Begin sign up for this new service. Just call the Mayor’s Action Center at 596-2100 and tell them that you wish to sign up for curbside recycling. It is scheduled to start on Nov. 1st. The cost is only $2/month; it will be added to your city utility bill. Recycled items will be collected twice a month on an every other week basis. Before the program begins, you will be informed about your curbside pickup days. You can also sign up by clicking on www cityoftulsa.org/recycle or www.tulsarecycles.com. Remember this program can succeed only if enough of us participate. So sign on now! Bob D. Rounsavell is a freelance Tulsa writer who specializes in environmental education. dollars did stay here in Oklahoma instead of adding to the profits of American Airlines, or United, or Marriott or Hilton? Let’s guess that many of those 50 attending spent about $500 to $1000 for their visit. A few who traveled as I did with my student group perhaps spent as little as $200300¯ One might argue that an average expenditure might be about $600 for a total of $30,000. But on the other hand, $30k would pay the current rent on the Community Center for almost two years ! Now that other TOHR ex-president argues that while many in our community are willing to spend that money on what is in essence an extra Queer vacation, he feels that few would be willing to mm around and invest that amount into our community if there’s no immediate gain for themselves. And sadly, I would like to argue with him but as a community organizer, I can’t - because I’ve seen that what he claims is mostly true. What if we did value our rights and invested in our communities as much as we did our fabulous vacations, great clothes, stylish homes and cars ? What coul d w e accompli sh then? After all, if w e don’t take care of ourselves, who is going to? "Straight" people? - Tom Neal PS: those of you who’ve already got this message, thanks! Keep up the good work and drag a friend along. Tom Neal, publisher & editor of Tulsa Family News, helped to found and direct the Coalition of Lesbian/Gay Student Groups and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Dallas Chapter andhelped iofoundGLAAD National. He also served as co-chair of the University of Oklahoma Gay & Lesbian Association, and helped to found the Rice University Gay Alumni group as well as serving on Tulsa’s Pride committee for several years. "...the moment of my epiphany was when we boarded the Metro (subway) at the gnd to the last stop that far out into the suburbs, and everyone waltln~, and everyone on the train but for perhaps one or two per ear, was Gay, or Lesl~ian, or Bi, or non-Gays whom we’d el rly we6om l into our tdl . " organization and raised the question of whether the event would need to be rescheduled or dropped. But another question to ask is this: is this the best use of our communities’ resources ? NGLTF has been arguing that we, as a movement, should be putting more of our energies into local and state efforts at change. This doesn’tmean abandoning federal level efforts but working harder locally. In Oklahoma, we’ve started to see some results from just such efforts; the Cimarron Alliance has substantially changed some legislative attitudes in the Oklahoma House. Funding for HIV/AIDS care andprevenfionhas benefited from lobbying by Tulsan Steve Eberle. These things would not have happened unless some Oklahomans decided to invest in local efforts. According to Kelly Kirby, former Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) president, longtime activist and current Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) board member, at least 40-50 Tulsans stopped by a reception Marty Newman gave at the last march. And likely there were some from the city who did not attend. So I have to ask, as another former TOHR president who begged for money for that organization and for the community center, what would happen if some of those On Nov. 9th, Tulsans will have the opportunity to vote on a $109 million bond package to invest in the needs of Tulsa Public Schools and the children of the district. The Citizens Bond Development Committee has identified more than $600 million in building, facilities, teaching materials and transportation needs for the District in a comprehensive, strategic plan that covers 20 years. The bond issue to be presented to voters on Nov. 9th will be m~ important step in adequately addressing the need of the District and in creating a District of unparalleled excellence in the state... - Sincerely, Ruth Ann Fate President, Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education Chair, Citizens for Better Education 2121 So, Columbia, Suite 103, Tulsa : ¯ ¯ ~ ¯ by Tom Neal, editor/publisher Some Gay readers will likely look at the excerpted letter above and respond: "yeah right, why should I care - I don’t have kids"and"TPS is a homophobic institution which doesn’t deserve my support." Some non-Gay ~ readers will likely read this and also wonder why Gay people should care about education issues. But the reality is that many Gay people (using the term broadly to include LGB and T folk) do have children, some by marriages to non-Gay folk before coming out, and some by adoption, and some creative Lesbians and Gay men are having our own children. Even those of us who do not have children directly of our own, like me, have no fewer than eight nephews and nieces about half of whom were educated in Tulsa Public Schools. And we have friends with children too. .My pointis that despite the an.ti-Gay stereotypes which paint Lesbians and Gay men as anti-family, we have a strong interest in providing a good educational system to the children of our community. We also have some selfinterest in that there tends to be a correlation between education and the lessening of anti-Gay prejudice. And if we insist that TPS, an educational system which we help fund, seek to teach the values of respect and tolerance for all citizens, to teach that the diversity of our city makes us stronger, then we, Gay and Lesbian citizens, regardless of whether we have children who directly benefit from TPS, will gain. Therefore, on Nov. 9th, please consider voting yes: do it for kids. �Friends Mourn Murdered Gay Pastor SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Calling him a "an ov ersized angel in human form," mourners and friendsof a slain pastor and Gay civil rights activist led tributes to him. The Rev. Edward R. Sherriff, 68, an associate pastor at the Cathedral of Promise Metropolitan Commtmity Church in Sacramento was found stabbed to death in his home Oct. 20 in what police believe was a robbery. More than 300 friends andfzraily crowded into the church where Sherriff served as co-pastor for 11 years. Later in the day, mourners filled the sidew~ilks to "celebrate the home~zoing" of the slain activist. A t~ndf-ul.of local religious leaders paid tribute to Sherriff, including Sister Catherine Connell, director of the Catholic Wellspring women’s center, and the Rev. Isaiah Muhammad of the Nation of Islam. Sherriff’s daughters were als0 among the crowds. "It’s amazing to me the people who love him, who truly love him," said Scharlene Sheriff. Sherriff’s other daughter Marsha Lanier said she does not believe her father’s murder was ahate crime. He likely died because he went out of his way to help, Lanier said. ’That’s one thing he would have been proud of," she said. Court to Reconsider Religious Bias Ruling challenges .by religious landlords. But if the federal appeals court sides with the landlords, property owners throughout the circuit could sidestep state court rulings and go into federal court for religious exemptions. The suit was filed by Kevin Thomas and Joyce Baker, who each own several rental properties in Anchorage and said they had consistently refused to rent to unmarried cohabitants because of their Christian beliefs. They have not been accused of violating the state or local laws but asked the court to bar" their enforcement. In the January ruling, Judge Diarmuid O’ Scannlain said the law not only placed an unconstitutional burden on landlords’ religious practices but also violated freedom of speech, by prohibiting owners from asking about a tenant’s marital status, States can impose such restrictions on businesses for compelling reasons, such as preventing discrimination based on race or sex, O’Scannlain said. But he said discrimination on the basis of marital status isn’t banned by the Constitution, federal law or the laws of many states, and no compelling interest has. been shown for its elimination. The case is Thomas vs. Anchorage Equal Rights Commission, 97-35220. 4021 S. Harvard, Suite 210, Tulsa 74135 Methodists Attack Boy Scouts’ Anti-Gay Policy Sunday Services, 11 am tIACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) - The Boy Scouts of America could lose an important ally as it prepares to appeal a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that the group could not remove a New Jersey man because he SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The federal appeals court is Gay. that allowed religious landlords to deny rentals to The United Methodist Church, which sponsors unmarried couples agreed to reconsider recently at about 15% of the 3.3 million Scouts in the United the request of states, cities and civil rights groups. The States, has scolded the group and is threatening to halt 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said an 11-judge its sponsorship if things don’t change. Although the panel will decide whether property owners with church "would like to enthusiastically affirm and religious objections to certain types of tenants are encourage this continuing partnership of the church entitled to exemptions from housing discrimination and Scouting, we cannot due to the Boy Scouts of laws. The case involves state and local laws in America s discnmanat~on agmnstGays; the Gener Anchorage prohibiting housing discrimination based Board of Church and Society said earlier this month. on marital status. The ruling would also al’fect The board is a top policy-making body of the discrimination based on sexual orientation, where Methodists. It also encouraged the Boy Scouts to stop barred by law, and possibly other categories covered the policy barring homosexuals. ’"We further, for the by laws in the nine states of the nation’s largest sake of our continmng partnership, call upon the Boy federal circuit. Scouts of America to discontinue this exclusion of A panel of the court ruled 2-1 in January that Gays," the board concluded in the Oct. 10 statement. enforcement of the discriminationlaws would violate The Methodists earlier had said the church wanted to the rdigious freedom of two Anchorage landlords triple the number of Scouts it sponsors. who had religious objections to providing homes for But the Boy Scouts say the threat won’t dissuade unmarried couples. With no compelling state interest them from appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court. Greg at Stake, the landlords could not be forced to choose Shields, a spokesman for the Boy Scouts, said the between their businesses and their religious beliefs, organization hopes the case will be heard before next the court majority said. The court said a majority of its year’s summer recess. Shields also said he believes 21 active judges had voted to set the January decision the Boy Scouts’ longtime relationship with the aside and order a new hearing before the 11-judge Methodists will endure. "We feel like we have a panel, at a date not yet scheduled. ¯ Requests by Alaska and Anchorage for a reheating ¯ strong base of support within the congregations," were supported by national civil liberties and Gay ¯ Shields told The Record of Hackensack. The appeal plan follows aunanimous August ruling civil-rights orgamzations, cities including Los_Angeles by the state Supreme Court that says the policy of : and San Francisco, and the states of California, keeping out homosex~mls violates the state’s antiNevada, Washington, Oregon, Montana and Hawaii. " California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who ¯ discrimination law. The court said the Boy Scouts organization constitutes a "place of public enlisted his counterparts in the other states, said accommodation" because it has a broad-based discrimination laws would be affected in every state. "q’here’s no inherent conflict between state anti- ¯ membership and forms partnerships with public entities such as police and fire departments. discrimination law s and the private religious view s of James Dale, 29, of Matawan in Momnouth County, a landlord," he said. "Fhe issue is whether they can ¯ discriminate in their commercial and business ¯ was an assistant scoutmaster whe was kicked out of the Boy Scouts nine years ago whenleaders found out activities." ¯ Kevin G. Clarkson, lawyer for the Anchorage ¯ he is Gay. He sued., seeking reinstatement. Dale earned 30 merit badges, seven achievement honors landlords, said he wasn’t surprised by the rehearing, ¯ but argued that his clients’ ’interests were more ¯ and other awards, and became an Eagle Scout during important than those of the state or would-be tenants. ¯ his 12 years in the organization. He was expelled by theMoumouthCouncilin 1990 after the group leamed ’%Vhat’s at stake is the First Amendment right of from a newspaper article that he was Gay. The Irving, property owners to manage their property consistent ¯ with their religious beliefs," Clarkson said. He said ¯ Texas-based organization has said if forced to accept there was no evidence that unmarried couples in any ¯ Gays, the organization would not be able to build moral character in boys. state have had trouble finding housing because of the The New Jersey ruling contrasted with a March religious objections of a small number of landlords. ¯ Conservative religious organizations such as Focus ¯ 1998 decision by the California Supreme Court inthe Boy Scouts’ favor. In that ruling, alsounammous, the on the Family and the American Center for Law and ¯ said the organization was not abusiness and was Justice, as well as the more liberal National Council : court therefore free to exclude Gays, as well as atheists and of Churches, have filed arguments supporting the ¯ agnostics. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an landlords. 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Atlanta Place, 742-7381 501 S. Cincinnati, 582-4128 The Episcopal Church Welcomes You also scattered downtown and placed on cars. Boeing ExtendsBenefits ¯¯ were City and police officials said they are taking the ¯ very seriously because they appear to be part to Same-Sex Partners ¯ threats of an organized effort. In response, the police assigned SEATTLE (AP) - The Boeing Co., citing the need to ¯ extra officers downtown. "In this day and age, this maintain a quality work force and the benefits of ’- should not be. We’re not going to tolerate it," Cianci diversity, plans-to extend health-care benefits next ~ told The Providence Journal. year to same-sex domestic partners of salaried non- ¯ W. Fitzgerald Himmelsbach, the city’s liaison to umon employees. The decision, announced to the Gay and Lesbian community, also received a company managers by electronic mail, was praised " death threat over the telephone. He received a call at by Gay civil rights advocatesl It was criticized by business from aman who said, "Die, you fagg.ot . union leaders, however, for leaving out their members ¯~ his All the letters said ’~omosexuality is a sin against ¯ and nnmarried heterosexual partners. Company humankind and God," and all were signed "The officials did not say how many employees would be ¯ Trench Coat Mafia" - the name used by a group of affected. Roughly half of Boeing’ s 202,000 employees "- students at Columbine High School, in I.ittleton, ¯ worldwide are salaried and non-union. Colo., that .included the two gnmmen who killed 13 A recent Forbes Magazine survey indicated ¯ people there last spring. unmarried partners are covered by health benefits in Himmelsbach saidletters received by the two assault 10% of the businesses with at least 200 employees. ". victims threatened that they would"end up in hell like Companies that provide same-sex-partner benefits [ Matthew Shepard," the Wyoming college student include Lotus Development Corp., Microsoft Corp., ¯ who was beaten to deathlast fall because he was Gay. IBM, Walt Disney Co., U S West, Honeywell and ¯ The letters were sent to Ed Webb, 34, and Noah Xerox. ] Schwartz, 41, both of Providence. On Sept. 19 in In the e-mail, James B. Dagnon, Boeing’s senior : downtown Providence, the men said about 20 collegevice president for personnel, said the move was made " aged men yelled "faggots" and then five of the men for two reasons: ’~First to attract and retain talented ¯ beat them up. employees, and second to walk the talk on diversity. ¯ Both Himmelsbaeh, who has been the liaison for "Diversity, with a capital D, means acknowledging ~ two years,and Cianci saidreceiving threats is nothing employees have different backgrounds, preferences ¯ new but both are worried that this is part of an and interests." ~ organized effort. ’~Eianci vowed to fred the "cowards" A task force of personnd managers and minority .. who are the perpetrators and then prosecute them for employees w.as formed to study the is sue last year, bu.t . hate crimes. Police do not have any suspects yet. consii~eration of an initial proposal was stalled until the company’s financial performance improved in recent months, Boeing spokesman Peter Conte said. The decision is long overdue, said Charles Fay, chairman of Hands-Off Washington in Snohomish County and Dennis Rybicki, a spokesman for the ¯ DENVER (AP) - City Council members are SnohomishCounty Elections Committee., which,r~an~__. s : considering a proposal that would create a registry to political candidates on Gay and Lesbian xssues, q’his ~ record the relationships of Gay and Lesbian partners should send a signal to other employers, large and and other committed but unmarried couples. The small, that it’s good business to recognize the value of ¯ proposal, heard by the city council, would allow Denverites to officially record their partnerships to all families," Fay said. ¯ Charles Bofferding, executive director of the Society qualify for insurance benefits some companies offer ¯ to the "domestic partners" of their workers. And, for of ProfesSional Engineering Employees in A.erospa.~, said the move seemed to be designed to sabotage ,his ¯ same-sex couples, it would allow their unions to be group’s contract-negotiations, which begin soon. : acknowledg?,.d,, if only nominally, by local S PF.EA, formerly the Seattle Professional Engineering " government. It sfinallytimeforthecitytorecognize Employees Association, is the second-largest imion ." committed relationships," said Councilman Ed at Boeing, representing 23,000 scientists, engineers, ¯¯ Thomas, who, along with Councilwoman Cathy manual writers and technical workers. SPEEA Reynolds, has been planning such a registry for several negotiators will seek the benefit but don’t want to ¯ years. . sacrifice other potential contract gains to obtain it, ¯ To qualify, both members of a couple would have Bofferding said. ’This attitude, that management ¯¯ to be unmarried, 18 years or older and sharing the knows best and employees will take whatever is same household with a partner who is not a blood ¯ dished, out, this is outrageous ,"he said. "Is the Boeing relative. A filing fee at the city’s clerk and recorder’s Co. going to discriminate against heterosexuals now?" ¯¯ office is expected to be about $20. Couples would be Conte said health-care benefits will not be offered ¯ required to notify that office if their relationships tO unmarried heterosexual partners because they can dissolve. The plan had tentative approval by most get married, an option from which same-sex parmers members of the city s Safety and Personnel Commatt ¯ except council member Ted Hackworth, who said it are barred by law. Tim Flynn, a spokesman for the International ¯ "doesn’t make sense." ¯ Itis slated for further discussionby council members Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, ¯ which r~ep~resents hourly producuon workers and is in the coming weeks. Advocates hope to have the Boeings largest union, said Machinist leaders may registry in place by Valentin~ s Day. If approved, discuss same-sex benefits before expiration of the ¯ filing with the registry wouldn t constitute a marriage three-year contract that was ratified in September. or common-law marriage, nor would it affect Annetta Small, director of the West Coast office of ¯ inheritance rights. Kerusso Ministries, which seeks to persuade Gays ¯¯ Still, advocates say it wouldprovide documentation and Lesbians to become heterosexual through for couples seeking benefits from United Airlines, Chrsfianity, said she opposes any extension of benefits ¯ Coors, Denver city government and other employers to non-married partners. "We are giving benefits to a ¯ who insure domestic partners of workers. Proponents behavior that I believe is wrong and that I believe is ¯ also hope it would help advance rights whenit comes immoral," she said. "I don’t believe that we should ¯ to visiting partners in the hospital or making medical extend these benefits to people who are not married." ¯ decisions on their behalf. Theregistry would similarly ¯ benefit senior couples who choose not to marry because ¯ they would lose Social Security or other benefits. ~ Boulder has a similar registry program, as do the state ¯ of California and 35 cities in 25 states nationwide. : Denver Considers : Couples Registry Hate Letters Sent to Rhode Island Politicos PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Threatening letters with anti-Gay sentiments have been sent to the Providence mayor, the city’s liaison to the Gay community and two men who were recently assaulted in a Gaybashing attack. One letter, which Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr. received, described Providence as a ’Tag lovin’ city". Leaflets that said "Fake Action Against Queer’s, ¯ : ¯ ¯ ¯ Irish Jury Convicts Writer’s Assailants PHILADELPHIA (AP)- A jury in Irdand convicted two men in the near-fatal beating of a well-known Philadelphia writer of Gay-themed books who was see News, p. 13 overseas researching a novel �Magic Johnson Plays in Sweden ¯ new clinics since 1994, traditional state ¯ hospitalshavefilledupwithAIDS patients ¯ who occupy up to 60% of the beds, South : BORAS, Sweden (AP) - Magic Johnson ¯ African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said recently. entertained a sellout crowd Tuesday night ¯ ’’We expected the demand for hospital with some of the trademark skills he used to help the Los Angeles Lakers win five ¯ caretodrop,"shesaidatanews conference ; at theheadquarters of theAfrican National NBA rifles. ¯ Congress. "But the HIV and AIDS The 40-year-old star, 10 years older than the second oldest player on the court, ¯ epidemic has increased the burden." The had 14 points and 11 rebounds as Magic ¯¯ briefing was one of a series by the ANC on M7 beat Sallen 84-60 in.the Swedish ¯ its progress in ruling the country. Tshabalala-Msimang chairs the party’s basketball league. ¯ health committee. "The first half was a little tough, but the Some 3.6 million South Africans are second w as easier.," Johnson told the 3,319 -" ¯ infected with AIDS, roughly one in eight spectators after,the game, his first nonexlfihition contest since leaving the NBA ." adults, and the government says 1,500 ¯ new :infections occur every day in one of for good in 1996. Johnson missed some easy layup ." the world’s fastest rates of infection. A attempts. "That’s easy when the ¯ narionalAIDS councilwillbefunctioning atmosphere was as charged and the : by year’s end, Tshabalala-Msimang said. euphoria as high as it was tonight," he ¯ ’’We should have had the council in place said. After a standing ovation before the : already," she said. Controversial proposals, such treating game, Johnson drew further cheers when : he promised to return to play more games : pregnant women with HIV with a drug ¯ therapy to prevent transmission of the for Magic MT. ¯ MT, which missed the playoffs last ¯ virus to infants, will be discussed next season, is 7-0 this season,.with Johnson’s ¯ month at a meeting of regional health ministers, she said. The government so far appearance generating great interest in : has rejected the proposal as too expensive the sport in Boras, a city of 110,000 in : and possibly even dangerous in terms of western Sweden. ¯ long-term side effects. Johnson, who led Michigan State to the The health ministers from the Southern 1979 U.S. National Collegiate Athletic ¯¯ African Development Community will Association rifle, learned he had tested ¯ positive for the HIV virus that can cause ¯ also discuss blood safety and development of an HIV vaccine. AIDS in 1991. He retired for the first rime just before the start of the 1991-92 season. After returning to play on the U.S. Dream Team that won the gold medal in the 1992 Olympics, he made a brief comeback before the !992-93 season, but KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -The quit again after several players expressed AIDS epidemic in Asia could erase the concerns about playing against him. region’s economic gains over the last two In January 1996, he returned to the decades unless governments maintain Lakers and played the remaining half of funding for social programs, a World B ank the season, retiring again, at age 37, after expert warned late last month. the Lakers were eliminated from the In Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, playoffs. Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam and Southern China, AIDS had gained a "strong foothold," even before the economic crisis struckin 1997, saidMartha Ainsworth, a senior World Bank economist. HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Greg The dreaded virus "threatens to slowly Louganis has picked up a new habit. The unravel the progress in improving the Olympxc gold medal-winning diver is human condition.and to diminate if not starring in the musical comedy, ’~lunsense reverse the benefits of the economic A-Men," which runs through Dec. 5 at the miracle,’’ Ainsworth told the 5th Hollywood Playhouse. International Congress on AIDS in Asia Lougams, who won four gold medals in and the Pacific. two Olympics and later disclosed he was The region’s two-year economic crisis Gayand HIV-positive, will pull on a habit may have further hurt Asia’s fight against six rimes a week for his role as Sister AIDS, said Ainsworth. Cash-strapped Robert Ann, a streetwise nun who always governments were forced to slash budgets wanted to be a star. All the nuns in this and lower wages. The crisis also pushed production are men. thousands of families into poverty and The former diver, author and many women into prostitution. motivational speaker says he likes working "’Even before the crisis, political in an ensemble cast. "There’s always commitment to AIDS prevention in the someone there to hold your hand," said region was weak," said Ainsworth. "Many I_ouganis, 39. "It feels more supportive, I policy makers are still in denial." guess.’" Development policies before the crisis Thou.gh Louganis now has AIDS, he channeled funds into education and health looks and feels healthy. He says he does not think about being a role model. "We’ re ¯ care budgets, resulting in higher life expectancies and reduced poverty: all haman. We all make mistakes," he "The full impact of the crisis on HIV ¯ said "Role model, in my mind, is perfection and one can’t be that. I try to : depends critically on how well encourage young people to be their own ~ governments and households succeeded ¯ .in maintaining socialsafety nets," said heroes and their own role models." : AJnsworth, an expert on the effect of ¯ AIDS on households. Ainsworth said : AIDS hadalready subtracted several years ¯ JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - ¯ offtheaveragelifeexpectancies of certain countries. After the end of apartheid, South Africa A U.N report released at the four-day pushed to get patients out of overcroWded hospitals and into preventive care clinics. ¯¯ conference esrimates that by 2010, the overall death rate will be 20% higher in But as fast as the country has built 700 : Louganis in Nun-Drag? AIDS Threatens Asia’s Prosperity OECE~% WorldAIDS Day 1999 Candlelight March & Memorial Service sponsored by Interfaith AIDS Ministries Wednesday, December 1st End the Silence Mount Zion Baptist Church 419 North Elgin (next to OSU-Tulsa) Gather 6:30 at St. Monica’s, Marshall Place at Greenwood (just south of Pine), March at 7pm, Service at 7:30, all times approximate! Bring banners & bells; candles provided. Info: 438-2437. Are You Gay or Bisexual? Are You Native American~.~ Tulsa 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 Dial-Up Accounts Dedicated ISDN Connections Virtual Hosting AIDS & So. Africa Visit our web page "www.igisweb.net" (918) 622-4965 Internet Marketing E-Commerce Web Page Design On-Site Setup Available �Oklahoma NARAL cordially invites you to a chocOlate and champagne fete in support of abortion and reproductive rights in Oklahoma. Celebrating 26 Yedrs.of Choice Sunday, November 7, 1999, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. to be held at Resonance 1608 S. Elwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma Champagne, Coffee, Chocolates $25 per individual Please R.S.V.P. to the NARAL Office: 494-9585 Stay Healthy Naturally Wellness Rejuvenation Longevity Dr. Terrance L. Sullivan Doctor of Naturopathy Certified Colonic Hygenist Certified Reflexologist Certified Herbalist Certified Accupres suri st provides consultations by appointment Iridology- Hair Analysis - Herbal Supplements Pain Control - Nutritional Analysis 4520 So. Peoria, Brookside, 712-1400 L Myanmar due to AIDS fatalities. In " at least 10 days to complete. And that’s Cambodia and Thailand, it may rise 15% : only if the expected 80 participants keep because of AIDS. The United Nations up a good pace. The snow layers the trail estimates that 7 million people in Asia are ¯ in multiple feet, not mere inches. infected with the HIV virus or AIDS. ¯" Temperatures dip deep into thenegatives, Speakers at the conference, which ends numbing hands and lungs. At night; Wednesday, have urged Asia to act fast to ¯ Sections of the woods-darkened course curb the epidemic or risk the devastation ." are lit only by the aurora borealis, which now faced by Africa, which has 21 million ¯ crackle and cast shadows in the trees and AIDS-related cases. : snow. Switchbacks get so steep in some Experts are particularly concemedabout ¯ areasthatdrivers can’tseetheleadoftheir the effects of AIDS on Indonesia, the ¯¯ 16-dogpack.A driver unlucky enough to world’s fourth largest country, where the fall off gets left in a cloud of snow and regional economic crisis was compounded ¯ regret. ’q~here ain’t no waitin’ in this by political upheaval. It diverted attention ." race," said Raymond "Raymie" and funding from the AIDS epidemic, ¯ Redington, King’s sled-dog trainer. ’q’he Aiusworth said. ’~olitical turmoil no doubt ¯" huskies are bred to go. They’ll bolt off the increased risky behavior for the spread of ." starting line even if you say halt." HIV," Ainsworth said. ." Redington should know. The 54-yearShe said countries such as Thailand . old Alaska native’s father founded the one of the high-risk areas in Asia, had ¯ racein 1973. He has been in 111ditarods; proved that maintaining commitment to : his highest placing was seventh. Since AIDS -prevention programs paid : September, Redington has trained King dividends. HIV cases dropped among ¯ on a four-wheeler that simulates a sledprostitutes, men with sexually-transmitted : dog team. King will work with the dogs as diseases and blood donors in Thailand ¯ the snow starts to fall. ¯ despite the economic crisis, she said. King began training last year, gaining ¯ "Many governments in this region have about 100 miles of mushing experience. ¯ Oddly, being a native Arizonan could a window of opportunity to act early and prevent an epidemic," Ainsworth said. give him a boost: King was trained as a bo.y to handle a mule drawn wagon, which ¯ ~mrrors mushing techniques, Redington ¯ said. King will have to be up to speed by : Jan. 1, whenthelditarod’sfirstqualifying race, the Knik 200, takes place. The 2nd JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - ~ qualifier is a week later. Seeking to help young children deal with Only after the 500 miles of racing will a soanng number of sexual assaults, ¯ Redington know whether King is ready national heal th and education officials are :’ for the Iditarod. "I don’t know how he’s considering an education program for " ¯ going to do when it gets real freezing," primary students to teach about rape and ¯ said Redington, who remembers the 38HIV infections, a newspaper reported below zero wind chill he endured in the Sunday. ¯ A pilot program was tested in the ¯ 1974Iditarod. "Buthelooks healthy now . "" That hasn’t always been the case for Nor~ern and F~ee State provinces, where ¯ King. Six years ago, the 6-foot man had about 700 children received the lessons, ¯ the Sunday Times of Johannesburg ¯ wastedto 118pounds. Doctors gav,e King, a former respiratory physician, 90 days to reported. About 14,000 children are live after diagnosing him with multidrug sexually violated every year, police reports say, but a large number of rapes go ¯ resistant tuberculosis. At one point, his Tcell count, a measure of the body’s unreported, anti-rape activists say. ¯ resistance to disease, bottomed out at 40; About 8% of the adult population is HIV positive. One factor that experts ~ a virus-free, healthy person’s T-cell coun! usually reaches 1,000. belie,ve has contributed to child rape is the King had one wish: to see Alaska before persxstent myth that sex with a virgin can ¯ he died. Two years ago he took a cruise cure the disease. ." there, and he caught another bug. This Abraham Seckle, an Education time, it was mushing. "That’s all he could Department official, was quoted as saying the program would "empower learners to ¯ talk about," said his father, Dick King. protect themselves." A consultant- ¯ "He was suicidal, depressed at times. BUt this brought him out." involved in the project, Darleen Edwards, Science lent a hand, too. Strong antisaid that children are taught to "run, yell viral drugs called protease inhibitors and tell" in the program. ¯ became available. King was soon on a ¯ five-drug ’.’cocktail"prescribed to him by Children at Risk in South Africa PLWA to Race in Iditarod Next Year Scottsdale’s Dr. Thanes Vanig. He began ¯ popping about 26 pills a day. He said he ¯ has to smoke marijuana to beat down the MESA, Ariz. (AP)- The first Arizonan to ¯ nausea caused by themedieation. He also enter Alaska’s most grueling sled dog ,- has to take percocet, and even morphine, race faces two major obstacles before he ¯ to numb the neurological pain to his lower ¯ legs that was caused by the tuberculosis even steps to the starting line. Chuck ¯ and AIDS drugs. His T-cell count has Kin.g, 39, of Tempe, has no experience racang. He has only 100 miles actually ¯ jumped to 560, the lower side of normal. riding a dog sled. And King is. HIV ¯ He’s also gained 44 pounds, thanks in positive. Every day, he takes fisffuls of ¯ large part to injections of human growth anti-viral pills just to stay alive. : hormone, a $4,000-a-month drug that he But he doesn’t see this as a setback. He ; said was donated by a pharmaceutical views his illness and the March 4 Iditarod ¯ company. sled-dog race as a chance to prove that ¯ When King recently returned to Alaska, people with AIDS don’t have to ¯ his spirits were high, His po~c,k,etbook is concentrate on survival alone. "In the last ¯ - the opposite. King is feveris!!) lining up seven years, I was supposed to have died ¯ sponsors, such as Tempe Mayor Neil three times and I made it through all of ¯ Giuliano, to make it through the race and that," King said in a telephone interview ¯ bring AIDS awareness to a new level, ¯ "It’s not just for people with AIDS," he from Wasilla, Alaska. ¯ The Iditarod this year will stretch 1,152 s.aid. ’q~hemessageis for everyone: Don’t miles from Wasilla to Nome, taking racers ¯ g~ve up. Don’t ever give up." �because in Native cultures, song and dance by James Christjohn are usually linked. You can’t have one Upon viewing the PBS production of without the other. They both contribute to "Spirit: A Journey in Dance, Drum, and the telling of the story. And the projections Song" on PBS, I contacted Peter Buffett, help bring the natural (or unnatural.., or the composer and creator. Upon learning supernatural) worldinto the theatre. That’s that there would be a National Tour with the "art" reason. a stop in Tulsa at the Brady "A hundred years ago The "commerce" reaTheatre on January 3, sonis that I knew my show 2000; I had the opportunity people sang would be competing with to ask afew questions. You the Ghost Dance larger and larger events. can get the video of the songs in the hopes Not only theatrical, but production that originally lmax movies, huge budget aired on PBS, as well as that the world would movies and all sorts of the CD at areamusic/video return to the way entertainment that tugs at stores. It’s powerful in the consumer. I wanted to those mediums (reviewed it once was, try and create something previously), and one can Now, the choir in that people could honestly only imagine the impact of say they hadn’ t seen before some of the Spirit the piece live. (no small feat). So this was JC: Hello, Peter! songs are singing those my attempt.. PB: Hello! Well... very same words in JC: Well,judgingfrom finally I’m answering your the response at the taping questions. I was frantically hopes that the world from the audience, and the finishing a record for a can become incredible response I’ve friend. It had to be done by seen to the video, l’d say what it could be. "" yesterday (which it was) you achieved your goal. so I can go to New York - Peter Buffett PB: It’s important to today to start all the note that I’m not in the "bigger is better" mechanics it’s going to take to get the "Spirit" showon the road by the Fall. At : camp (as it may sound) but people want and deserve their money’s worth. And it’s some point, you’ 11 hav e to get the’’making getting harder to "outdo" the last thing ~n of" part of the video. I think you’ll really enjoy it. "(Note: The "Making of..." is [ terms ofp0werful soundandimagery. My included on the retail vide~’Of the show.) [ hope is that the message of the show has as much effect on people as anything else. JC: It’s such an amazing piece that works on so many diffdrent levels, l was JC: I can only speak from my own wondering what inspired the idea to bring ¯. experience, and that of listening to others together the different elements - dance. ¯ who have seen the video, to say that it was very powerful in that regard, and song, etc. - to create the show? PB: I wanted to bring all the elements ¯ communicated its message wonderfully. see Buffett, p. 14 together for two main reasons. One, by That Entertainment Guy Livin La Vida Loca Tour, the Divine king, Ricky Martin appears in Dallas al Reunion Arena, Dallas, Thursday, Nov 4, 1999, at 8:00PM. Now this would be the concert to take binocnlars to - and the telephoto mini-camera. Ticket prices for the Prince of Pop: $35.00- $75.00 ChargeBy-Phone #: 214-373-8000. The Divine Queen of All Things is also performing in Dallas in November. No, not S tevie, although she is the other Queen of All T’nings Divine; but the Divine Ms. Millennium Tour: Bette Midler in Concert, A Beaver Production takes place Sunday, Nov128,1999 at 8:00prn at ReunionArena. As she said in one early concert tour, ’qTais ain’t no cheap meat you’re lookin’ at!": Ticket prices run $50.50 - $150.50, Charge-By-Phone at 214-373-8000. Peter Buffett’s "Spirit - A Journey in Dance, Drums and Song" is a music, dance and percussion spectacle that combines the power of contemporary music with the songs, chants and dances of Native American culture. The release of the CD coincides with the PBS Broadcast of the live show of Spirit, which features over 80 performers - including twenty dancers with both modem and traditional training, an orchestra with both modem and ancient tribal instruments, a flits choir and percussionists pounding out heart-stopping rhythms on a variety of drums. The show runs in Tulsa, January 4-9, at the Brady Theatre; and if you miss that, then you can catch "Spirit" in Dallas, March 7-12 at the Majestic Theatre. You really didn’t think I’d let you get away without the obligatory mention of Stevie Nicks herself, did you? Yes, La Diva nicks is performing three shows: Two in California’s HOuse of Biues in December, and one in Las Vegas HOB on New Year’s eve. Tickets went for an outrageous $127 (balcony seating) and $227 (Orchestra - STANDING!). There only a few floor spaces left for the New Year’s show.. All others sold out. Believe it or not. Anyone wishing to contribute to the "Send the obsessed reviewer to see S tevie and not come back fund" can send contributions to TFN. Just make sure my name’s in big letters on the envelope, or I’ll never see the money. It’ll end up in the "buy the publisher new household gimmicks" fund. The Divine Ms. Nick’s new album should be out the 1st of the year, if not sooner. And hopefully, with a more affordable tour. Apparently the cost of chiffon has risen - a lot. Fight Clubis.amovie that under ordinary circumstances, I would have never gone to see. However, I was not under ordinary circumstances, and was swept along to see it. I thought I’d hate it. After seeing it, I think everyone should see it. The acting is dynamic, the pace is breathless, and the intellect behind it is tremendous. The violence is not that bad, one scene aside, and the points the movie makes are well worth the viewing. The humor is well done, and the homoeroticism between Ed Norton and Brad Pitt makes it worthwhile. see Fight, p. 15 Is proud to present gie Hall veteran soprano, Floxane La Combe. nature "COMC Sound" has attracted sold out audiences. Order your tickets in advance. November 19 & 20 couNciL JOHN WILLIAMS THEATRE TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Call 596-7111 for tickets www.counciloak.org ~’~#Made possible in part oy a grant from the Tulsa Pedorming Arts Center Trust. .Parade of Ligh! s. Come celebrate the spirit of the holiday season at the PSO Christmas Parade of Lights. Saturday, December 11, Downtown Tulsa at 6 p.m. View parade floats up close, Friday, December 10, at the HolidayFest (Brady Arts Distriot) fl om 6-9 p.m. Pubfic Service Company of Oklahoma A Central and South West Company �I B B (I T Z ~ SUNDAYS Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center "emotionally and visually rich ..." -Performing Arts Review, Taiwan Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 Community of Hope (Welcoming), Service - 6pro, 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800 "unforgettable scenes of disparate beauty" -Davar Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation Service - 1 lain, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595 (Welcoming) "intense in feeling ... deep in intellectual content" -The Plain Dealer Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist Service - 1 lam, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314 Metropolitan Community Church United "bold, flLnging athleticism" -The Kansas City Star Service, 1 lain, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715 House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210b So. Norwood November 16 at 8 p.m. Presenting Parish Church of St. Jerome (Evangdical Anglican Church in America) Mass - 1 lam, 205 W. King (east of N. Denver), Info: 582-3088 Chapman Music Hall Tulsa Performing Arts Center 3rd & Cincinnati Unity Church of Christianity Services: 9:15 & 11:00 am, 3355 S. Jamestown, 749-8833 University of Tulsa Bisexuai/Lesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance Tickets: $15, $22, $25 Call: (918) 596-7111 Outside Tulsa: 1-800-364-7111 Online: www.tulsapac.com by Rami Be’er 6:30 pm, Meets at the United Ministry Cir., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780 ~ MONDAYS Co-presented bj,: Oklahoma Israel Exchange "Dazzling," "Pounding," "Unsettling," "Erotic" "The dancing--real, vital dancing--of these 18 people becomes a dyfiamo for transforming experience and recharging the spirit." The Village Voice Sponsored in part by: Mixed Volleyball, Helmerich Park, 71st & Riverside, 6pm, call Shawn at 243-5190. HIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appointment required. Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm, 834-TEST (8378) 3501 E. Admiral (east of Harvard) HIV Rap Sessions at Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center 7:30pm, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays 2nd Mordeach mo. 6:30pro, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard Women/Children & AIDS Committee, call for meeting date, noon, 585-5551 Council Oak Men’s Chorale, rehearsals - call for thnes, info: 748-3888. ~ TUESDAYS AIDS Coalition of Tulsa, call, for next meeting date. 1430 S. Boulder, 585-5551 Live And Let Live, Community of Hope U~fited Methodist, 7:30pm, 2545 S. Yale Multicultural AIDS Coalition, call for next meeting date. "You don’t have to know ballet to love ballet. You just have to try it." -- MARCELLO ANGELINI ART ST C D RECTOR Urban League, 240 East Apache, 584-0001 PrimeTimers, mens group, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th Coming Out Support Group (TOHR/HOPE) Tuesdays, 6 pm, Pride Center, 1307 E 38th, info: 743-4297 ~ WEDNESDAYS Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 :Mixed Repertory includes two Oklahoma premieres House of the Holy Spirit Ministries,. Inc. Service - Vpm, 3210b So. Norwood Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group, more information, call 582-7225 FRIDAY 8 PM SATURDAY 8 PM " SUNDAY 3 PM NOVEMBER 5 NOVEMBER 6 TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for info: 595-7632. Lambda A-A, 7 pm, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft. ~ THURSDAYS NOVEMBER 7 HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education Be one of the first anywhere to witness Tulsa Ballet’s first commissioned piece. Tailored to the strengths of the Company by an international genius. Classical ’roots, contemporary movements A prime-time performance of 2Oth-century choreography. The way people dance today. Andwili tom0rrow: " Tickets start at $8. THE 199.9 - 2000 SEASON IS SPONSORED IN PART BY: Anonymous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pm 834-8378, 3507 E. Admiral Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN) Support/social group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325 Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS, Info: 834-4194 ~ FRIDAYS Safe Haven, Young Adults Social Group, l st Fri/each mo. 8pm, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th ~ SATURDAYS Narcotics Anonymous, I 1 pm, Community o!~ Hope, 1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585;-1800 Lambda A-A, 6.pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd fl. ~ OTHER GROUPS T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 298-0827 Order tickets, by calling The Tulsa Ballet Ticket Office at 749-6006, PAC at 596-7111 or Carson Attractions at 584~2000 * 4512 S. Peoria Ave. ¯ Tulsa, OK 74105-4563 Visit our web site at www.webtek. omitulsaballet Gal-A-Vanting, Womens Social & Cultural Group Call for info: Kathy at 322-6322, or Barb at 459-6825. OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organization. Long rides & short rides from Zcigler Park. Long & short rides from Tulsa Gay Community Center. Write for info: POB 9165, Tulsa, OK 74157 If your organization is not listed, please let us know. Call 583-1248 or fax 583-4615. �reviewed by Barry Hensley Tulsa City-County Library What happens when a"radical Lesbian" goes undercover to infiltrate the organizations of the religious : : ¯ " substanceabuse and, now, a sympathetic wife with a decidedly un-Christian like penchant for screaming and yelling. The author’s interaction with this member of Focus on the Family is most "The a.thor’s insightful. She also meets with right? She writes a book, of several high level executives course! Fortunately, this isn’t interaetion with in the organization whose "jnsta another Christian bashing this member of arguments that they are not book, as Minkowitz is able to homophobic are astounding in see past her obvious Focus on the disagreements with these their hypocrisy. Family is most After these encounters with groups and find some real, the religious right, the author human common ground. Life ;nsi~htful. She inexplicably dives into an is full of gray area, as this book also meets with account of the International S/ shows. Ferocious Romance is a several high level M Leather Fetish Celebration that she attended in New York humorous but serious look into exeeutlves in the City to-celebrate the twentyreligious fight organizations, fifth anniversary of the such as Promise Keepers and or~anlzatlon Stonewall Riots. We really Focus on the Family. whose arguments learn more than we ever Minkowitz dons a fake monstachc and lowers her t~t they are not wanted to know about her involvement in S/M. This voice to attend a Promise homophone are topic surfaces occasionally Keepers weekend that really throughout the book and her opens her eyes. In addition to astoundln~ in comparison of conservative experiencing the fully their h~oe~sy." Christians and S/M expected propaganda of men practitioners is humorously itaking charge of the familyi and making women submissive, she al~o ¯¯ enlightening. As the 2000 elections approach, the witnesses burly men crying, hugging each other and expressing words of forgiveness. : religions right will undoubtedly take center She enjoys discussing this absurdity of .. stage to promote their candidates and the feminization of the Christian Men’s , agenda. It is in everyone’s best interest to : understand what these groups have in movement~ Her discussions with James Dobson’s ¯¯ store for the country, should their candidates be elected. This book gives a Focus on the Family are of more concern. She has long conversations with a cute : bit ofinsightinto what’ s going onin these voung man named Bobby, who is an ¯ organizations. Check out Ferocious Romance at your local branch library or ~tthappy "ex-Gay." It becomes evident ¯ call the Reader’s Services department at that Bobby’ s life is in a shambles due to the cumulative effects of childhood abuse, : Central library, at 596-7966. Members of each group were paired ¯ " together at the tables and encouraged to ¯ get to know each other. Before the meeting, : the groups agreed to disagree on whether : Gays can be Christians and to focus on ¯ ways to deter violence against Gays and : Christians, Falwell cited the September ." shootings at a Texas church and recent ¯ ¯ school shootings in which Christians were ¯ targeted. ¯ At a news conference following the meeting, Falwell and White apologized to : each other for harsh words they have said ¯" about the other’s groups over the years. ¯ "I’ve been a preacher for 47 years, a ¯ preacher of the gospel.., but in the end homosexuality is. wrong," Falwell said. ¯¯ ’’It is my hope that evangelicals might build a bridge of friendship -to Gays and : Lesbians as we have to alcoholics and : ¯ unwed mothers." ¯ White, an author and minister with the Metropolitan Community Churches, was : the ghost writerofFalwell’s autobiography ¯¯ before White acknowledged being Gay. Delegates from both groups thought the : ." meeting was good. The same weekend, many of Mel ¯ White’s groups listened to Falwell’s : Sunday sermon. Falwell, 66, began the : ¯ service by welcoming White andhis guests and briefing his congregation on the anti- ¯ violence forum conducted at the church : ¯ the day before. A t that meeting, both si des ¯ apologized for harsh words said over the years and discussed ways to reduce ¯¯ vio~lence against homosexualS. ’His sermon was amazang, said David Chandler, 36, a Gay man from San Francisco and one of the more than 4,000 worshippers who jammed into Thomas Roads BaptistChurch. "Hesentamessage to parents to love their children no matter what .... I admire and respect Falwell for taking that stand." In his sermon, Falwell stressed that he will hot change his belief that homosexuality is a sin. But he added, "That has nothing to do with the love factor involved. We are to be lovers of all men and women." Falwell’ s sermon came from Proverbs 13, which offers advice on successful living in the eyes of God. He spoke on the importance of working hard, living with integrity and not focusing on material things. He also talked at length about the importance of parents loving their children unconditionally. "For him to invite these fags here and into his church is an abomination,"Phelps said outside the church. "Now, Jerry Falwell is just as much a sinner as Mel White and both will bum in hell." The service ended with the congregation, singing the hymn "Only Trust Him. Falwell interrupted the song to reiterate to worshippers that what he or anyone else thought of them did not matter, but what was important is their relationship with God. White said it was "a shame" that protesters like Phelps brought hostility to aplace of worship. "What we have hereis a great moment for our country, Gays and Falwell worshipping together," White said. "It’s a small start, but it’s a start." The Gift of Pride In Honor of... Or In Memory of... Someone Special to You. 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More info. after Dec. 1st. 743-4297 ¯ reduced chance of injury. Heater by Mary Schepers, Do-It- Yourself-Dyke Hey, baby, it’ s cold outside. And before ¯¯ malfunctions can result in explosions or fires, and sweeties, we have worked so you start heating it up in front of the fireplace, take some precautions. Not just ¯¯ hard to make your house into a fabulous home.- It’s worth your peace of mind and the ustml ones, ducklings! The house needs personal safety. If you some love and attention, have a fireplace, 6all a too. And by attending to a "This is a good tlme of licensed sweep to clean few simple details, not year for a lube job, or the chimney and to inspect only will your house o’ and repair the firebox and perhaps several. No, love be snug, but safer, flue: Your DIYD prefers too. You know what a we’re not back in front to do this in the spring, raving bitch your DIYD when scheduling is less is about safety, but she of the fireplace with hectic for the sweep, and does it out of a place of Baby just yet then the fireplace is ready love. Which place, she togo as soonas inspiration demurs to answer.. patience, and a little cool weather The first order of hits. This should be an business is to keep the my impetuous darlings! annual event for masonry winter winds and drafts Borrow Dorothy’s oll fireplaces, and every two outdoors where they years if you have a metal can and put a drop on belong. In the oftrepeated flue. words of the Oracle, ’We If you’re the intrepid don’t have a heating door hinges and garage sort who doesn’t mind contract with the great door ehaln drives to scampering out on the outdoors,’ although you keep things smoothly roof like a rabid squirrel, may feel that way when a good extension you get the first heating operating and silent in get ladder and do some bill for the winter. And maintenance and cleaning the wlnter, when the the side benefit is that if on the roof..Be sure that you can keep the house metal contracts and the ladder has firm, steady warm, you won’t have to footing and is not placed bundle up, and neither squeaks. You know near any power lines. Get will your schnookie, your DIYD eonslders " a hose with a power unless,of course, you fred the layers of sweats and the aesthetles as well as nozzle or a blower and blast those gutters clean, sweaters an erotic the practleal matters." especially at the challenge. From thereon, downspouts. Clean any you’re on your own! Try to take care of your outside heat ; leaves, sticks or debris offthe valleys and sinks (places you lose heat) before the ¯¯ gables of the roof, and look for any loose shingles. Use an appropriate kind of roof weather dips to 45 degrees during the day. ¯ goo or caulking to repair, and use this also Most ofthematerials you will useperform better when it’s warm - that’s a life ¯¯ around any flue flashings that might benefit from some extra sealant. This is a good philosophy worth adopting! Check around ¯ time to evaluate if you will need to repair windows and doors for loose or cracked caulking and replace where needed. ¯ or replace your roof in the spring. Be Around pipes or conduits that enter the : careful up there, and never crawl around ¯ on the roof without having someone at house, use an expanding foam product ¯ home in case you need help or get hurt. like Good Stuff or better yet, Daptex, Make sure she or he is not glued to a ball which can be tooled, painted and cleaned ¯ game or otherwise out of contact. At a up with water, It costs a little more but is worth it. Use this also to seal any gaps ¯¯ time like that, you deserve the extra attention, pookie! between your foundation and the siding of This is a good time of year for a lube your house. It’ s like mousse with attitude. ~" Work it, girl[ If you’re really hard core, ¯ job, or perhaps several. No, we’re not make a trip under the house and seM up ¯ back in front of the fireplace with Baby just yet-patience,my impetuous darlings ! around the pipes coming up into your house, and the same from the garage. 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Be hot, not frigid, this winter! Ciao, ducklings! sum, resulting in increased efficiency and �Red Rock Tulsa Free Confidential HIV Testing by Esther Rothblum, Ph.D. permission to come out; being I_~sbian Coming out as a Lesbian is difficult was very freeing in this way. I’ve even spoken with Lesbians born in the U.S. enough, but is even more stressful when who have told me that the woman is an they had to move all the immigrant and is struggling to come out in way across the country in order to come out." a new country and using a been.., interviewing The other group of new language. immigrant women... women Dr. Espin For several years now, Dr. Oliva Espin, a interviewed was actively "Coming to a new professor of women’s Lesbian in their home country made it studies at San Diego State country, immigrated to University, has been the U.S., and found that possible [or them to studying the lives of the U.S. Lesbian culture immigrant and refugee was different and had to come out. Lesbians. The topic had adjust their way of being This is true for to the new culture. That to do with her own life experience as an., was sometimes very women from all immigrant and with the difficult. "Some women who were used to playing imm.!grant eli .ents she was countries, not just seeing m her roles very actively," Dr. Espin continued, "if they those from psychotherapy practice were used to being ’the for over twenty years. traditional cultures. man,’, they couldn’t "I saw that there were some experiences that Being away from the understand why their partner did not want to .were common to immigrant women," Dr: familiar environment cook their meals, for Espin .told me. "A major example. Or, vice versa, gave them women who lived lives theme I found most interesting w as how often that were ve~ closeted in permission the woman would be their home countries, talking to me in Spanish~ foundit terribly offensive to come out; for example, and then when I would use the being Lesbian was word ’Lesbian’ and were switch to English when threatened by not having she began talking about very freeing being a Lesbian. There a cover-up." seemed to be something In general, Dr. Espin in this way. about using a second has found that immigrant I’ve even spohen with communities focus very language that helped distance Lesbians from much on the "decency" Lesbians born in the and "purit.y" of the whatever they had been women in their told was bad in their U.S. who have told community. "Because the communities are i also think that me that they had to experiencing difficulty women who have come move all the way out as Lesbians when they adjusting to the U.S., they were still children, may to prove that they across the country in want have more disruptions are good people. It is the about their own i dentity," behavior of women that order to come out." Dr. Espin said. ’q’hey describes the family. So ask ’who am I?’ or ’What is wrong with : when you have a Lesbian daughter, how me?’ For .them, coming out so young gets ¯ are you going to explain that to yourself mixed up with other issues of identity. For : andto your community? They may think girls who also fecl that they are not ’rexd : , that this is what happens to all women Americans,’ or who as immigrants are ¯ when they come to America." Dr. Espin has also found that Lesbian different in color or in language or in cultural traditions - being Lesbian is one : daughters tend to be more educated than more thing that strains their relationship : their parents or their heterosexual sisters. with their parents." ¯ As a result, the Lesbian daughters tend to Furthermore, the parents may feel that : bemaking more money andin many cases their daughter’s Lesbianism is something : runmng the community centers and she has "caught from those Americans." ¯ activities. "So coming out is also difficult When immigrant Lesbians come out as : for the Lesbian immigrant in terms of the adults, they have a stronger sense of : community losing their mast in her. The community doesn’t have the language identity and comin g out does not get mixed up with the turmoil of adolescence skills, the education, and the access to the although it may get mixed up with the dominant culture that she does." turmoil of migration if they are recent Dr. Espin has written about her immigrants. experiences in two recent books. For more Dr. Espin has been conducting research information, see Women Crossing and interviewing immigrant women. She Bbundaries: The Psychology of found two types of immigration Immigration and the Transformation of Sexuality (Routledge, 1999) and Latina experiences. Some women were Lesbian Realities: Essays on Healing Migration before the migration, or else where somewhat dissatisfied with what they were and Sexualities (Westview, 1997). even if they had no language for this. Esther Rothblum is Professor of ’~2oming to a new country made it possible Psychology at the University of Vermont for them to come out. This is true for and Editor of the Journal of Lesbian women from all countries, not just those Studies. She can be reached at Dewey Hall, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT, from traditional cultures. Being away from the familiar environment gave them email: esther.rothblum@uvm.edu. Dr. Espln has Want to get involved? Need to get tested for HIV? Walk-in Clinics Tuesday Testing, 5 -8 pm Pride Center, 1307 East 38th Wednesday Testing, 5-8 pm Red Rock, 1724 East 8th Need a Coming Out Support Group? Daytime appointments available. Call Call for more information: 743-GAYS (4297) 918-584-2325 Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist 11 am, Sunday 1314 North Greenwood 587-1314 Tulsa Gay Community Services Center i307 E. 38th at Peoria, 2nd floor We know you’re going to love this[ Restaurant & Cabaret 3 i 0 East First Street 918-599-9949 Massage Therapy Services Country Club Barbering Custom Styling for Men & Women Edgar O. Cruz, L.M.T. 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"It’s one of ¯ these things where they’re wise enough to ¯ realize that if there were a grievance with ¯ respect to this sort of an issue, that based : on the case law both around the country ¯ -and the Labor Relations Board here in ¯ Vermont, that they would be fighting an : uphill legal battle," Fisher said of the : select board. "I think they look at it as an ¯ opportunity to perhaps steer clear of ¯ possible legal pitfalls in the future." " Blue Cross-Blue Shidd of Vermont, : which supplies health insurance to most Vermont municipalities through the ¯ Vermont LeagueofCities andTowns,has : offered domestic partner benefits to large ¯ groups for a few years now, said Leigh Tofferi, a company spokesman. Those benefits were available to same-sex and different-sex partners. at the time of the assault. A Circuit Court jury in northwest Ireland deliberated about two hours before finding 20-year-old Ian Monaghan and 21-year-old Glen Mahon, both of Sligo, guilty of "recklessly causing serious harm" in the Jan. 31 attack on Robert Drake, at his apartment. The defendants were convicP,xlofIrishcharges equivalent to aggravated assault in the U.S. Barely conscious, Drake lay for more than 12 hours in a pool of blood before a friend, Ciaran Slevin, discovered him. A police officer who recorded Drake’s words as he lay motionless in his blood-spattered kitchen with a severe head injury told the jury that he believed he was recording Drake’s "dying declaration." The defense contended that Drake made a crude homosexual pass at one of the men and that the other then struck Drake in the face to make him stop. Doctors had to open a hole in his windpipe to ease his breathing; he also experienced pneumonia, kidney failure : and other complications. Drake returned : to Philadelphia by medical transport in ¯ March to undergo five months of rehabilitation to learn to walk and speak " again. Though he was released from the : hospital two weeks ago, his speech and ¯ mobility remain seriously impaired. He ¯¯ uses a wheelchair to get around, and a ¯ letter board to assist in communicating. Drake was in the middle of a speech- ~ ¯ therapy session at his Center City ¯ apartment when word of the verdict reached him. Through a friend, he said :¯ that he was pleased with the verdict, ’"out ¯ not surprised." ¯ Monaghan and Mahon are free on bail awaiting sentencing Jan. 10, when they ¯ could get up to 10 years in jail. "It speaks ¯ volumes that Robert, eight months after ¯ ¯ theincident, needs round-the-clock care," said Slevin, an Irish physician now living with Drake in philadelphia. "I hope the : severity of the punishment meets the ¯ : severity of the crime." ¯ Brattleboro Offers ¯ Partners Benefits :¯ Compatibility reports for you and your friends or lovers. 59%0717 Gay Owned, Operated & Rainbow Proud Gay Mecca of the Ozarks Beautiful Eureka Springs, Arkansas BRATI’LEBORO, Vt. (AP) - Selectmen have voted to extend health benefits to same-sex domestic partners of town employees. Town Attorney Robert Fisher said the decision to extend the privileges to same-sex parmers, but not unmarried partners of the opposite sex, followed the trend of law in Vermont and other states. The University of Vermont extends benefits to same-sex couples, Fisher said. The city of Winooski is planning to as well after an employee filed a complaint with the Vermont Labor Relations Board. "Winooski hasn’t come out with a policy just yet," Fisher added. "They’re still researching insurance issues. But if they don’t follow the arbitrator’s decision, they’ll likely wind up back in court." He said Burlington, Vermont’s largest city, extends health benefits to all the domestic partners of city employees, whether the rdationship is same-sex or opposite sex. The town of Middlebury also offers benefits to same-sex couples, said Steve Jeffrey, the executive director of- the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. The Vermont Supreme Court is deciding whether to legalize same-sex marriages in Vermont. If it does, the towns’ policies ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ : ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ Lesbian & Gay Seniors Sought BOSTON (AP) - Targeting an older generation open about its sexuality and thinking about its golden years, some developer~ are looking to build Gayfriendly retirement communities. "We want to create something that mirrors the life they’re living now," said BoSton real estate agent John Goode, part of 9gr°up planning .an urban homosexual reUrement commumty in Boston. In generations past, societal pressures forced many Gays and Lesbians to keep their sexual orientations under wraps. Today,developers think those who helped pave the way for vibrant Gay communities will want to continue living in Gay communities after retirement. "In the mainstream aging community, there is the assumption that everyone is straight," said Terry Kaelber, executive director of the New York-based Seniors Active in a Gay Environment. ’’We have a place that does not assume that. In fact, it assumes that old people can be attracted to old people of the same gender." Kaelber’s group is working with a real estate development company to locate a site and investors for a 100-unit, mixedincome assisted living facility. Current options for Gay- and Lesbian-themed retirement housing consist primarily of a handful of mobile home parks and small resorts in Florida and Arizona. Goode’s group of seven partners wants to build a 75- to 100-unit retirement community somewhere in Boston. The project, called Stonewall Communities, is named after a Gay bar in New York City where a 1969 police raid sparked what many say is the begimfing of the modem Gay civil rights movement. Other entrepreneurs across the country also have begun thinking about how the Gay and Lesbian baby boomers pushing into their 50s will want to spend their retirement years. "I’m looking for the active retirement market," said Peter Lundberg of San Francisco, who is trying to round up capital to build a Gay retirement community in California. Gay retirement housing options will likelyincreasedramaticallyinthecoming years, said Laura Connolly, who chairs the LesbianandGayAging Issues Network for the San Francisco-based American Society on Aging. "I think it will grow over the years," slie said. "They will be in a variety of configurations, from the more : affordable trailer park options on upto the ¯ more upscale and expensive models." �How did the story develop? PB: Many years ago while reading "Son of the Morning Start’ I was struck by what we all may have lost by the greed and ego of relatively few men. I wasn’t so much taken by Native history as I was the belief system behind the first people of.this land. JC: One of the things that struck me while viewing the show was that this was much more than a show, this was a ritual, what theatre started out as. And ritual that worked successfully to bridge past and present. PB: I alsoknew that most people (myself included) thought of Indian hi story as just that.., history, museum pieces etc. So it was important to do a couple of things. Bring the culture into the present and future tense. And incorporate a mythical story about aman"s journey to findhimself. By understanding his past - better understanding his role in this life. I was hoping to bridge worlds for people on both sides. We might be able to accept, as _ opposed to feel guilty or angry. And if we can get to acceptance, we can progress to learning. JC: I like that philosophy PB: A hundred years ago people sang the Ghost Dance songs in the hopes that the world would return to the way it once was. Now, the choir in some of the Spirit songs are singing those very same words in hopes that the world can become, what it could be. JC: What a lovely vtsion. PB: Pretty lofty goals., but hey, somebody’s got to try. JC: !’d say, from what l’ve seen and heard, you’ve succeeded admirably. Before I wear out my welcome, one last question: What inspired you to utilize Native American music in 3,our works ? PB: To me, almost all Native tribes on may land have the true connection and understanding of that land. Here, not only can we learn things about how we fit into the fabric of the physical world through Native American culture. But we can also learn a thing or two about the spiritual world. PB: I’m really glad that you hear the music staying true to the ancient as well as the modem. The show (and the music) can’t work any other way. It’s where the two worlds combine that the magic happens. JC: That is so true. in more ways than one. It’s a dzfficult balance, and rarely have I heard it done so well. PB: If you liked the video, I’m sure you’ll love the live version! JC: Having seen the video and the impact it had on people, 1 can barely begin to imagine the effect ofseeing it live. I can’t wait. Thank you, Mr. Buffett. © 1999 J. Christjohn, all fights reserved represented in galleries or who are just starting their careers. We’re having the show at my house and studio to keep the whole setting fun and relaxed, as well as making these exciting works accessible to a broad audience. ’~lt’s a good time to consider buying a special gift for the significant people in ~our life, or for adding an original piece of art to your own home, or even for buying something practical like hath salts, candles, display cases or smudges. Prices are reasonable, especially compared to the premiums paid for works shown in galleries or higher priced venues such as Eureka Springs. We’ll have clayworks and sculptures, paintings, etchings, and many other fun items." The preview for the show is Friday, Nov. 5 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The show and sale continues Saturday Nov. 6 . from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 pro. The address is2727E. 56thSt. (51sttoColumbiaAve, South on Columbia to 56th St) in Tulsa. For details or directions, please call Mary at 743-6740. The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, an Israeli arts group will present .... Aide Memoire"," a full-length contemporary dance by renowned choreographer and KCDC Artistic Director Rami Be’er at the at Tulsa Performing Arts Center’ s Chapman Music Hall on November 16 at 8 pm. Tickets are $15, $22, and $25 with discoants for groups of 10 or more and student discounts at the door (call (918) 596-711 lot order online: www.tulsapac.com). Choreographer Rami Be’er states that .... Aide Memoire .... is not about the Holocaust nor does it describe the Holocaust; it deals neither with documentation nor a historical account. Rather, "Aide Memoire" introduces the maaner in which the remembrance of the Holocaust can be approfiched and expressed in an inspired, artistic medimn. The subject of Holocaust remembrance is relevant to present-day life and reality as it lurks in the background of mundane existence, penetrates deep subconsciousness, and dwells forever in personal and collective memories. "’Aide Memoire" presents the audience with a sequence of scenes moving about the stage just like a cinematic flashback. The production conveys a fleeting glimpse of images which.the audience must face in a lfighly personal manner. The audience has ne alternative but to use its senses to impart meaning to the images. "Aide Memoire" has no central narrative, nor do two opposing sides face each other. Cruel stormtroopers are absent, yet there exists a reminder of the struggle by those who were there and experienced those atrocities firsthand. Within this conflict, we observe their efforts to continue the fabric of human relationships, whether as : individuals, couples or xn groups, and to express the fundamental right of every A unique opportunity to view and ¯ person to continue to dream. Be’er joined Kibbutz Contemporary purchase art works and hand crafts from local women artists occurs Nov. 5 - 6. : Dance Company in 1981 as a dancer and Hosted by local artists Kathleen ¯ choreographer. His works have won Pendergrass and Mary Schepers, the show ¯ several international awards and have and sale will also highlight works by ~-become the trademark of KCDC’s Susan Norris, Robin Dunn, Donna : repertoire. He became the company’s Artistic Director in 1996. Richardson, Cara Liggett, Nicolasa ¯ The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Kuster, Gayla Norman and others. "We want to showcase the incredible : Company was founded in 1970 by talent that we have in the Tulsa area," _" Holocaust survivor Yehudit Arnon. Schepers said. 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Earlier this month, Black churches in Atlanta gathered for the first National Black Church HIV/ AIDS Institute. The gathering was an effort to help pastors learn how to deal with the disease. Last Thursday, faith leaders, policy makers, commumty activists and AIDS researchers met in Atlanta to discuss combating AIDS among Blacks. On the same day, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, announced a series of educational films aimed at raising HIV awareness. The CDC has also awarded $39 million in federal funds to 100 national, state and local organizations to help prevent HIV infections in minority communities. "We must mount prevention and treatment strategies that deal with people where they are now, not where we want them to be or where we imagine them to be," said Phill Wilson, director of the AIDS Social Policy Archive. Nonetheless, the statistics continue to upset AIDS activist Denise Stokes, who has been HIV-positive fo~ 17 years. "One day, this is ultimately where I’m going to end up," she said pointing to the quilt. "I’m going to be a panel on some wall in some library. "I just hope the library isn’t full of people with AIDS." on Saturday, November 13 from 12 - 3 PM at Warrior Way martial Arts, 2717 S. Memorial. The cost is $25 in advance; $35 after Nov. 6. Call to register at 6649100. These guys are serious and know their stuff, and with the violence against Gay folk on the rise, I think everyone should make an investment in something like this. Knowledge is power, and in this case could mean the difference between life and death. Literally. Learn, and practice what you learn, and stay safe. And my final words for this column: life is not about surviving orjobs or l’mding love, although it’s nice if it happens. It’s about facing fears and making dreams come true, struggling against yourself and others to find your strength and make things happen. Being ready, and in the right place and time for opportunity to strike is important. Butifyou’re notready, or are afraid, it will pass you by before you know it, and that’s when regret sets in, which leads to bitterness. So try all the things you can, and do all the things you wanted to do - and it’s never too late. - James Christjohn its members come from settlements all over Israel. The dancers rehearse five days a week at Ga’aton Studio, but on weekends return home to work on their various kibbutzim. Not only is KCDC one of Israel’s foremost companies, it has also earned an international reputation of renown and is invited to perform at numerous festivals worldwide. Kibbutz Contemporary Dance is copresented by the Oklahoma Israel Exchange. Sponsors for this event include the Oklahoma Arts Council, Heartland Arts Fund. The National Endowment for the Arts, S chustennan Family Foundation, KCFM 94.1 and ONEOK Foundation. 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Text Any textual data included in the document THE NAMES PROJECT Quilt Tours Black Colleges Coretta Scott King Slams Homophobia ATLANTA (AP) - During the AIDS Quilt tour of historically Black colleges and universities, Coretta Scott King told those viewing the memorial that homophobiahas prolonged and worsened the epidemic within the Black community. "It is particularly sad tome when I hear Black people, includiug some in leadership positions, making homophobic comments and attacking t.he humm] rights of Gay and Lesbian people," the widow of die Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said Monday during the tour’s opening ceremonies at Clark Atlanta University, Regardless of sexual orientation or gender, Blacks have a signiticantly higher risk of becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Stati-stics show ntost new HIV infections occur among people 25 and younger. The Black community has been hit particularly hard. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Blacks account for about half the new HIV infections, AIDS cases and AIDS deaths, though they represent only 13% of the U.S. population, "With the stigma on homosexual behavior mthe African-American coxmnunit~¢, ¯ see Ki.,t~, ~9.: 15 Matthew Shepard Murder Trial Update LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Gay college student Matthew Shepardwas pumaneled to deathby Aaron McKirmey in a drunken, drug-induced rage after Shepard made a pass at him, McKirmey’s attorney Said as: his trial began. "’Did Matthew Shepard deserve to die? No, that’s ridiculous-. No manslaughter victim deserved to die," Jason Tangeman said in opening statements. "That’s what Aaron McKirmey is guilty of, manslaughter." The roofer’s judgment that night Vas affected bv alcohol, methamphetamines and "~ome sexuall} traumatic and confusing events in his life," Tangeman told jurors. Prosecutor Cal Rerncha said his case against McKinney will not deal with Shepard’s Gayness. "It will simply be about the pain, suffering and death of Matthew Shepard at the hands of the defendant, Aaron James:McKimaey," he said." The Human Rights Campaign, a national Gay civil rights organization strongly condenmed the use of the.’’blame the victim" defense in the trial. Shepard, McKinney and Henderson met in a Laramie bar about a year ago, where Shepard asked McKinney for a ride home, humiliating him in front of friends because McKinney believed Shepard was Gay, Tangeman contended. Tangeman said McKinney, 22, was confused by three homosexual encounters that occurred when he was 7, 15 and 20: In one case, McKinney was forced into an oral sex act with a neighborhood bully, Tangeman said. Rerucha said McKirmey and Henderson drove Shepard, 21, to a remote area, where they robbed, lashed him to.the fence and pistol-whippinghim into a coma. Opening statements were made after ajury of 10 men and:six women, including four alternates, was seated in McKinney’s trial on charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping androbbery. Thejury includes three students at the University of Wyoming, where Shepard was a freshman. McKinney could receive the.death penalty. Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Locations World AIDS Day Memorial Service at Historic Mt. Zion Baptist Church Dedicated to the Memory of HIV/AIDS Activist Phil Wiley TULSA - The 10th annual World AIDS Day Candlelight March and Memorial Service will be held at one of Tulsa’s most historical traditionally African-American churches, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, led b~ the Rev. Calvin McCutcheon. The march will begin gathering at 6:30 near St. Monica’s Churchjust south of Carver School east of Greenwood Avenue This is just south of Pine. The march will begin about 7pm and will continue about a mile south on Greenwood to John ttope Franklin Bottlevard which travels west through the Oklahoma State University at Tulsa campus to Elgin. Mt. Zion is on FJ~n just across the OSU-Tulsa parking lots near 1-244. The theme for the march and memorial is "Fa~d the Silence" and the service will feature the music of Ernestine Dillard, the Council Oak Mens Chorale and the Mr. Zion church choir. Tiffs Tulsa service is dedicated to the memory of 1o"cal ttIV AIDS and Gay civil rights activist Phil Wiley who died of kidney failure last summer. Orgamzers note that all tilnes are approximate aud that lhey will provide candles and matches but encourage marchers to bring banners and bells to nng on the march. For more information, call Interfaith ..\ IDS Mira stries at 438- 2437. Also on World AIDS Day, an organization called "\Vc The Peopl.e Li.ving .with AIDS/HIV’" will join with thousm~ds of other orgmuzatlons m remembering, fiercel3, those the~ lmvc !ost to the AIDS epidemic. They will do this through the posting of the manes of their members, friends and loved ones lost to ,A IDS on the. \ IDS \Vatch webpage, which will display the .,aan]es of tens of thousands of people who have died from :kIDS. one at a mnc in the 48 honrs before and after December ist. They request that readers consider adding the uames of those whom they have lost to AIDS to the list. The page is localed m http:/iwww.aidswatch.org. Click on "’Add a name "’ to include the name, of~v°ur loved one, friend or colleague to the li st. Community Center News All Community Meeting, Nov. 16, 6:30pm TOHR Meeting, 11/9: Carol Petersen, Author, Poet + Gay Man in Hitler’s Navy TULSA - The third all community meeting will be held at the Communiiy Center on Tues., Nov. 16th at 6:30pm. About 35 individuals attended the last meeting in Sept. and the representatives of a number of organizations, churches and businesses decided to convene a community council with TOHR, Tulsa Oldahomans for Human Rights, the parent organization of the Tulsa Gay Community Services Center, coordinating the exchange of information. Local attorney and original meeting co-convener Dennis Neill will present a draft contract to clarify the relationship between the various groups. For more information about the next conmaunitv meeting, call the Community Center at 743-4297. On Tues. Nov. 9th at 7:30pro, TOHR will hold its montlflv membership meeting. The meeting, which is open to the publiC, will feature remarks by Carol Petersen, a Romanian born poet, biographer and educator. Petersen, a Gay man.~ even found lfimself serving in the German Navy during the N~i government of Adolf Hitler. Petersen has-published works on Albert Camus, Andre Gide, John Steinbeck, Goethe, Spanish poet Lorca, Thomas Mann as wall as works of poetry. He has taught French and German literature and awarded one of the highest honors in France, the Chevalier de L’oi’dre des Palmiers Academique de France. Other News: House of the Holy Spirit Calls Pastor House of the Holy Spirit Ministries announces that they have selected a new full-time pastor, Chuck Breckenridge. Breckenridge served in a pastoral capacity in a Wichita congregation where he formerly resided. Breckenridge is also known for having published and edited The Parachute, a now defunct regional publication. He also started The Triangle Of which he has recently served as general manager. Breckenridge was installed as pastor on October 17th. Troy McGoveran, spokesman for House of the Holy Spirit notes, "the entire congregation is very excited about the movement going on in our church.., we.. welcome Pastor Breckemidge to our church.. ?’ Falwell MeetsWith Gays LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP)-The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who has denounced homosexuals for years, held an .unprecedentedmeeting with GayChristians recently m an attempt to reduce violent acts against Gays and Christians. Both sides said the gathering was productive. Dozens of anti-Gay protesters denmnstrated outside, yelling at Gay supporters as they entered the church parking lot. The Rex’. Fred Phelps of Topeka, Kan.. whose congregafiou also taunted Gays at the funeral of slain Gay college studcm Matthew Shepard. said Falwdl is a hypocrite for ineeting with the Rev. Mel White, a Gay minister and his followers. "Falwell used to teach the Bible word for word. now he’s going off and meeting with these fags and going against everything he’s ever taught," Phelp,~ said. "He always says ’hate the sin. bnt love the simmr,’ but it’s ~mpossible to separate the t~o Does ajudge send the crime or the crintinal tojail’?" Falwell. who has long believed lha~ homosexuality is a sin, insists he will not change Iris views, but has agreed to tone down tfis anti language that Gay civil rights activists encourages hatred and violence towar~t homosexuals. "’We are here because ihnocent people ol vari~ faiths, racial and ethnic groups and sexual preferences have increasingly had their live~ abruptly mid violently ended by people ~vilh opposing vie~\s.’" Fah~ell told th~ group of 4 delegates in ~velcomiug then] to the anti "~ml,,ncc fortun Saturday afternoou x~q]itc brought 200 Gays mid Lesbians l’rom 3~* slates to p~ticil)atc in the forum. They were ]t)]ncd by 2~)evm~gelic~d Chnsfians who supjmrt Fid~ cEstmacc "q hi s is the first step iu ourjoume3 tm~ auct~ reconciliation." s~d White, who held a pra3 e~ ~ ~gil Ffida3 mght for 20 Gay men or gm~sgcndcred people killed because of their sexu~ oneutation. see Fahvell, p. 10 France OK’s Gay and Non-Gay Partnerships The British Broadcasting System (BBC) reported in October that the French Parlimnent has approved a controversial bill that gives Gay couples mare of the rights enjoyed by married people. The NatiOnal Assmnbly passed the Civil Solidarity Pact (PACS) by 315 votes to 249. The PACS allows unmarried couples to register their umon and enjoy some of the tax, legal and social welfare benefits associated with marriage. It is intended to allow Gay and heterosexual couples who are not married to "’organise their common life". Partners who want to separate will be able to do so via a letter of separation. According to Justice Minister Elisabeth Guigou, the bill will improve the lives of more than five million people. Conservative opponents immediately said they would ask the Constitutional Council to role whether the law was unconstitutional. Religious leaders have strongly denounced the law, saying it enables a form of homosexual marriage. The PACS wasintroduced by the riding socialists and the government’s majority made approval virtually certain. It has been one of themostbitterlycontested pieces of social legislation for years, opposed by conservatives and by leaders of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths in France. see France, p. 15 LI~ DIRECTORY P. 2 EDITORIAL P. 3 ~I~ US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 . HEALTH NEWS P. 6 ~ ENTERTAINMENT P. 8 COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9 READ ALL ABOUT IT P. 10 Z DO-IT-YOUR-SELF DYKE P. 11 DYKE PSYCHE P. 12 mmm GAY STUDIES P. 13 Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine *Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. 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Not all are Gay-owned but all are Gay-friendly. Audra Sommers: To All .My Friends Tiff s ruessage brings to youinformation about my up-coming benefit called ’~onnecting The Hearts of Tulsa" Friday November 5th, at 10:30 p.m. at the Silver Star. This eventfocuses onthe Prescription Assistance Program which as youknow is very, very important to many. As a community of caring individuals I ask all ofyou once again to come together as compassionate and sympathetic members of our community and show your support. Without fai! every year, you pull out all the stops and arrive in droves. My heart shines with delight to see all of your faces as we raise the much needed money to keep those who can’t afford the necessary medications alive and well. Come, meet new people and see some new faces. Uniting together_we make the difference. Please join all my guests: Miss Gay America - Catia Lee Love Miss Gay Oklahoma America - Bridgett Lee Miss Gay Oklahoma USofA - Kris Kohl Miss Fish-Lake Nevada - Slutisha Swamppussy Miss Midwestern Plains USofA - Victoria Turrell Miss Tulsa USofA 1998 - Jasmine Turrell Miss Gay University Of Tulsa Homecoming Queen 1999 - Audriana Sommers The Green Country Cloggers Miss Silver Star USofA 1996 - Tera "T" Neil Miss Gay Oklahoma At Large USofA 96 - Domonique Daniel’s Miss Feticia Winters Miss Ebony Hall Miss Tabatha Taylor Miss Gain A Pound Miss Miranda McMillian Miss Tore McMillian Miss Audra Sommers and her special "Grab Bag Segment" Mr. Steve Sludder And Mr. Brock Masters - video star along with many, maaay others. I look forward to seeing everyone at the StarFriday NovemberSthat 10:30p.m. It is going to be the best show ever! With love and respect, - Audra Marie Sommers Announcements Policy Tulsa Family News will provide space for holy union ceremony, marriage ceremony, birth, adoption and death announcements on a space available basis. Photos are welcome, though we cannot promise placement or return them, so please send copies to Tulsa Family News, POB 4140, Tulsa 74159. Letters Policy Tulsa Family Newswelcomes 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 behand delivered. 200 word letters are preferred. Letters to other publications will be re-printed as is appropriate. Editorial: Singing Those Millennium March Blues To March or Not March? That is the question - ok, ok, yes that’s tired and perhaps, even trite but I couldn’t help it. The millennium does indeed approach and with it, the next great Gay march scheduled for next April. Called by Robin Tyler, Lesbian event organizer par excellence, taken up by the Gay community’s organizational 800 pound gorillas, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) and the Human Rights Campaign(HRC), the Millennium Marchhas beenfraught with controversy from its beginning. No one doubts that these events are tremendously ehapowering for those ofus who attend. I can attest to that from my experience.at the last march. My long-suffering ex (just ask him ;-) and I organized a group mostly of students and others on limited incomes from Texas to travel bybus to DC. Since this was a budget trip we stayed about 12 to a room, 3 or 4 to a bed with some on the floor of a hotel in the Virginia suburbs. But the moment ofmy epiphany was when weboarded the Metro (subway) at the 2nd to the last stop that far out into the suburbs, and everyone waiting, and everyone on the train but for perhaps one or two per car, w,as Gay, or Lesbian, or Bi, ornon-Gays whomwe’ddearly welcomed into our tribe. For once tobe safe, for once to be inOUR space is a rare and precious thing. There we could hold hands in the street without the fear that we Were taking our !ives literally in our hands. For once, we could say that we don’t mind "straights" as long as they "behave" themselves. Formany this was alife transforming experience¯ From it, they came back and became active in the organizations of their hometowns. This clearly is go6~l: And yet, some questions remain. First of these i.s whether, this march will even come off at all. Because MCC and HRC proclaimed that a march was going to happened before they consulted the many other organizations which make up the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered civil fights and cultural movement, the March was immediately caught up in controversy. This "movement" is-tremendously diverse and building consensus is long hard work. Prior march organizers did do so through long and sometimes painful (I write this Do you know where a number of Tulsans have been during the last 18 months? Buried in trash. We studied different curbside recycling programs from around the state and from across the country. About 100 cities were looked atby theTAREboard’ s subcommittee onrecycling. Ourmost important discovery: each community is unique in its requirements for recycling. In Tulsa, most of the trash we generate is incinerated at the trash-to-energy plant. The burning process results in waste by-products that can mad do pollute our air. For example, some substances like plastic can be harmful when burned. Recycling will take them out of the trash collection burned at the Walker Hall recovery plant. The more Tulsa recycles, the more we improve Tulsa’s air quality for our young, our elderly, and most significantly, our chronically ill. And let us not forget that we are breathing the same air. Recycling does not ouly helpinmaking the environment cleaner and healflfier; it also has economic benefits other than quality of life. Once Tulsa citizens recycle enough items that can be reused, a recycling industry will be created an become a viable part of the economy with added job opportunities, In the beginning, Tulsans, will be able to recycle four types of items. Newspapers, includin°g the slick advertisement sections, compose the first recycling category. Now you cannotrecyclemagazines and business forms; these are another category which may be added at a later date. However, you can still take them to MET recycling centers. The second category acceptable for recycling in Tulsa will be aluminum. Drop all aluminum beverage cans inj the recycling container; however, you cannot recycle other forms of aluminum. Please rinse them immediately after use. Remember that recycling pick up is every other : from serving as a representative) meetings. ¯ And according to the Nov. 9th i°ssue of The Advocate, ¯ control of the event has _been shifted from Robin Tyler to ~ Malcolm Lazin, interim executive director. Kerry Lobel, executive director of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), earlier resigned from an oversight board for the March because of concerns about event "...the moment of my epiphany was when we boarded the Metro (subway) at the gnd to the last stop that far out into the suburbs, and everyone waltln~, and everyone on the train but for perhaps one or two per ear, was Gay, or Lesl~ian, or Bi, or non-Gays whom we’d el rly we6om l into our tdl . " organization and raised the question of whether the event would need to be rescheduled or dropped. But another question to ask is this: is this the best use ofour communities’ resources? NGLTFhas been arguing that we, as a movement, should be putting more of our energies into local and state efforts at change. This doesn’tmean abandoning federal level efforts but working harder locally. In Oklahoma, we’ve started to see some results from just such efforts; the Cimarron Alliance has substantially changed somelegislative attitudes in theOklahomaHouse. FundingforHIV/AIDS care andprevenfionhas benefited from lobbying by Tulsan Steve Eberle. These things would not have happened unless some Oklahomans decided to invest in local efforts. According to Kelly Kirby, former Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) president, longtime activist and current Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) board member, at least 40-50 Tulsans stopped by a reception Marty Newman gave at the last march. And likely there were some from the city who did not attend. So I have to ask, as another former TOHR president who begged for money for that organization and for the community center, what would happen if some of those week. Besides, you will make it so much easier for those separating our recyclables. Plastic is one of the most important things to recycle. As petroleum-based products, these items release toxins when burned. You can recycle all plastic beverage bottles including mostpop, milk, and water containers, as well as soap and detergent bottles. Rinse our the container to prepare these items for recycling and dispose of the lids. It is easy to remember which plastic items are acceptable. Look for the number "1 "or "2" inside the little triangle on the bottom of the container. .The final or fotu:th category for Tulsa’s new recycling program is glass. Both clear and colored glass bottles and jars will be accepted. Nounbroken glass will be taken, nor will the program accept other housewares or plate glass from windows. Since the glass before putting out for collection and discard the lid. Because of the once-everytwo- weeks collection, you may want to rinse after use, if it contains food. Curbside recycling is a great addition to Tulsa’s solid waste disposal program. Now it is up to us to make it succeed. Begin sign up for this new service. Just call the Mayor’s Action Center at 596-2100 and tell them that you wish to sign up for curbside recycling. It is scheduled to start on Nov. 1st. The cost is only $2/month; it will be added to your city utility bill. Recycled items will be collected twice a month on an every other week basis. Before the program begins, you will be informed about your curbside pickup days. You can also sign up by clicking on www cityoftulsa.org/recycle or www.tulsarecycles.com. Remember this program can succeed only ifenough ofus participate. So sign on now! Bob D. Rounsavell is a freelance Tulsa writer who specializes in environmental education. dollars did stay here in Oklahomainstead of adding to the profits of American Airlines, or United, or Marriott or Hilton? Let’s guess that many of those 50 attending spent about $500 to $1000 for their visit. A few who traveled as I did with my student group perhaps spent as little as $200- 300¯ One might argue that an average expenditure might be about $600 for a total of $30,000. But on the other hand, $30k would pay the current rent on the Community Center for almost two years ! Now that other TOHR ex-president argues that while many in our community are willing to spend that money on whatis in essence an extraQueer vacation, he feels that few would be willing to mm around and invest that amount into our community if there’s no immediate gain for themselves. And sadly, I would like to argue with him but as a community organizer, I can’t - because I’ve seen that what he claims is mostly true. What if we did value our rights and invested in our communities as much as we did our fabulous vacations, great clothes, stylish homes and cars?Whatcould we accomplish then? After all, ifwe don’t take care of ourselves, who is going to? "Straight" people? - Tom Neal PS: those of you who’ve already got this message, thanks! Keep up the good work and drag a friend along. Tom Neal, publisher & editor ofTulsa Family News, helped tofound and direct the Coalition of Lesbian/Gay Student Groups and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Dallas Chapter andhelped iofoundGLAAD National. He also served as co-chair ofthe University of Oklahoma Gay & Lesbian Association, and helped to found the Rice University Gay Alumni group as well as serving on Tulsa’s Pride committeefor several years. On Nov. 9th, Tulsans will have the opportunity to vote on a $109 million bond package to invest in the needs of Tulsa Public Schools and the children of the district. The Citizens Bond Development Committee has identified more than $600 million in building, facilities, teaching materials and transportation needs for the District in a comprehensive, strategic plan that covers 20 years. The bond issue to be presented to voters on Nov. 9th will be m~ important step in adequately addressing the need of the District and in creating a District ofunparalleled excellence in the state... - Sincerely, Ruth Ann Fate President, Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education Chair, Citizens for Better Education 2121 So, Columbia, Suite 103, Tulsa : by Tom Neal, editor/publisher ¯ Some Gay readers will likely look at the excerpted ¯ letter above and respond: "yeah right, why should I care ~ - I don’t have kids"and"TPS is ahomophobic institution ¯ which doesn’t deserve my support." Some non-Gay ~ readers will likely read this and also wonder why Gay people should care about education issues. But the reality is that many Gay people (using the term broadly to include LGB and T folk) do have children, some by marriages to non-Gay folk before coming out, and some by adoption, and some creative Lesbians and Gay men are having our own children. Even those of us who do not have children directly of our own, like me, have no fewer than eight nephews and nieces about half of whom were educated in Tulsa Public Schools. And we have friends with children too. .My pointis that despite the an.ti-Gay stereotypes which paint Lesbians and Gay men as anti-family, we have a strong interest in providing a good educational system to the children of our community. We also have some selfinterest in that there tends to be a correlation between education and the lessening of anti-Gay prejudice. And if we insist that TPS, an educational system which we help fund, seek to teach the values of respect and tolerance for all citizens, to teach that the diversity of our city makes us stronger, then we, Gay and Lesbian citizens, regardless of whether we have children who directly benefit from TPS, will gain. Therefore, on Nov. 9th, please consider voting yes: do it for kids. Friends Mourn Murdered Gay Pastor SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Calling him a "an oversized angel inhumanform,"mourners andfriendsof a slain pastor and Gay civil rights activist led tributes to him. The Rev. Edward R. Sherriff, 68, an associate pastor at the Cathedral of Promise MetropolitanCommtmity Churchin Sacramento was found stabbed to death in his home Oct. 20 in what police believe was a robbery. More than 300 friends andfzraily crowded into the church where Sherriff served as co-pastor for 11 years. Later in the day, mourners filled the sidew~ilks to "celebrate the home~zoing" of the slain activist. A t~ndf-ul.of local religious leaders paid tribute to Sherriff, including Sister Catherine Connell, director of the Catholic Wellspring women’s center, and the Rev. Isaiah Muhammad of the Nation of Islam. Sherriff’s daughters were als0 among the crowds. "It’s amazing to me the people who love him, who truly love him," said Scharlene Sheriff. Sherriff’s other daughter Marsha Lanier said she does notbelieve her father’s murder was ahate crime. Helikely died because he went out ofhis way to help, Lanier said. ’That’s one thing he would have been proud of," she said. Court to Reconsider Religious Bias Ruling SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The federal appeals court that allowed religious landlords to deny rentals to unmarried couples agreed to reconsider recently at therequest of states, cities andcivil rights groups. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said an 11-judge panel will decide whether property owners with religious objections to certain types of tenants are entitled to exemptions from housing discrimination laws. The case involves state and local laws in Anchorage prohibiting housing discrimination based on marital status. The ruling would also al’fect discrimination based on sexual orientation, where barred by law, and possibly other categories covered by laws in the nine states of the nation’s largest federal circuit. A panel of the court ruled 2-1 in January that enforcement of the discriminationlaws would violate the rdigious freedom of two Anchorage landlords who had religious objections to providing homes for unmarried couples. With no compelling state interest at Stake, the landlords could not be forced to choose between their businesses and their religious beliefs, the courtmajority said. The court said a majority ofits 21 activejudges had voted to set the January decision aside and order a new hearing before the 11-judge panel, at a date not yet scheduled. Requests by Alaska and Anchorage for a reheating were supported by national civil liberties and Gay civil-rights orgamzations, cities including Los_Angeles and San Francisco, and the states of California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Montana and Hawaii. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who enlisted his counterparts in the other states, said discrimination laws would be affected in every state. "q’here’s no inherent conflict between state antidiscrimination laws and the private religious view s of a landlord," he said. "Fhe issue is whether they can discriminate in their commercial and business activities." Kevin G. Clarkson, lawyer for the Anchorage landlords, said he wasn’t surprised by the rehearing, but argued that his clients’ ’interests were more important than those of the state or would-be tenants. ’%Vhat’s at stake is the First Amendment right of property owners to manage their property consistent with their religious beliefs," Clarkson said. He said there was no evidence that unmarried couples in any state have had trouble finding housing because of the religious objections of a small number of landlords. Conservative religious organizations such as Focus on the Family and the American Center for Law and Justice, as well as the more liberal National Council of Churches, have filed arguments supporting the landlords. The Supreme Courts of Alaska and Californiahave upheld their state discrimination laws against challenges .by religious landlords. But if the federal appeals court sides with thelandlords, property owners throughout the circuitcould sidestep statecourtrulings and go into federal court for religious exemptions. The suit was filedby KevinThomas and Joyce Baker, who each own several rental properties in Anchorage and said they had consistently refused to rent to unmarried cohabitants because of their Christian beliefs. They have not been accused of violating the state or local laws but asked the court to bar" their enforcement. In the January ruling, Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain said the law not only placed an unconstitutional burden on landlords’ religious practices but also violated freedom of speech, by prohibiting owners from asking about a tenant’s marital status, States can imposesuchrestrictions onbusinesses for compelling reasons, such as preventing discrimination based on race or sex, O’Scannlain said. But he said discrimination on the basis of marital status isn’t banned by the Constitution, federal law or the laws of many states, and no compelling interest has. been shown for its elimination. The case is Thomas vs. Anchorage Equal Rights Commission, 97-35220. Methodists Attack Boy Scouts’ Anti-Gay Policy tIACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) - The Boy Scouts of America could lose an important ally as it prepares to appeal a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that the group couldnotremove aNew Jersey manbecausehe is Gay. The United Methodist Church, which sponsors about 15% of the 3.3 million Scouts in the United States, has scolded the group and is threatening to halt its sponsorship if things don’t change. Although the church "would like to enthusiastically affirm and encourage this continuing partnership of the church and Scouting, we cannot due to the Boy Scouts of America s discnmanat~on agmnstGays; the Gener Board of Church and Society said earlier this month. The board is a top policy-making body of the Methodists. It also encouraged the Boy Scouts to stop the policy barring homosexuals. ’"We further, for the sake of our continmng partnership, call upon the Boy Scouts of America to discontinue this exclusion of Gays," the board concluded in the Oct. 10 statement. The Methodists earlier had said the church wanted to triple the number of Scouts it sponsors. But the Boy Scouts say the threat won’t dissuade themfrom appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court. Greg Shields, a spokesman for the Boy Scouts, said the organization hopes the case will be heard before next year’s summer recess. Shields also said he believes the Boy Scouts’ longtime relationship with the Methodists will endure. "We feel like we have a ¯ strong base of support within the congregations," ¯ Shields told The Record of Hackensack. ¯ The appeal plan follows aunanimous Augustruling : by the state Supreme Court that says the policy of keeping out homosex~mls violates the state’s anti- " discrimination law. The court said the Boy Scouts ¯ organization constitutes a "place of public accommodation" because it has a broad-based membership and forms partnerships with public ¯ entities such as police and fire departments. ¯ James Dale, 29, ofMatawan inMomnouth County, ¯ was an assistant scoutmaster whe was kicked out of the Boy Scouts nine years ago whenleaders found out ¯ he is Gay. He sued., seeking reinstatement. Dale ¯ earned 30 merit badges, seven achievement honors ¯ and other awards, and became an Eagle Scout during ¯ his 12 years in the organization. He was expelled by ¯ theMoumouthCouncilin 1990 after the group leamed from a newspaper article that he was Gay. The Irving, ¯ Texas-based organization has said if forced to accept ¯ Gays, the organization would not be able to build ¯ moral character in boys. The New Jersey ruling contrasted with a March ¯ 1998 decision by the California Supreme Court inthe ¯ Boy Scouts’ favor. In that ruling, alsounammous, the ¯ court said the organization was not abusiness and was : therefore free to exclude Gays, as well as atheists and ¯ agnostics. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an : appeal of that decision. 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 HOUSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Sun. Worship, 10:45 am, Sunday School, 9:30 am Wed. Bible Study, 7 pm 3210b S. Norwood, Info: 224-4754, Chris or Sharon Sandra Hill M.s. 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Atlanta Place, 742-7381 Saint Dunstan 5635 East 71st, 492-7140 Trinity 501 S. Cincinnati, 582-4128 The Episcopal Church Welcomes You Boeing ExtendsBenefits to Same-Sex Partners SEATTLE (AP) - The Boeing Co., citing the need to maintain a quality work force and the benefits of diversity, plans-to extend health-care benefits next year to same-sex domestic partners of salaried nonumon employees. The decision, announced to company managers by electronic mail, was praised by Gay civil rights advocatesl It was criticized by unionleaders, however, for leaving outtheirmembers and nnmarried heterosexual partners. Company officials did not say how many employees would be affected. RoughlyhalfofBoeing’s 202,000 employees worldwide are salaried and non-union. A recent Forbes Magazine survey indicated unmarried partners are covered by health benefits in 10% of the businesses with at least 200 employees. Companies that provide same-sex-partner benefits include Lotus Development Corp., Microsoft Corp., IBM, Walt Disney Co., U S West, Honeywell and Xerox. In the e-mail, James B. Dagnon, Boeing’s senior vice president for personnel, said the move was made for two reasons: ’~First to attract and retain talented employees, and second to walk the talk on diversity. "Diversity, with a capital D, means acknowledging employees have different backgrounds, preferences and interests." A task force of personnd managers and minority employees w.asformedto study theissue last year, bu.t consii~eration of an initial proposal was stalled until the company’s financial performance improved in recent months, Boeing spokesman Peter Conte said. The decision is long overdue, said Charles Fay, chairman of Hands-Off Washington in Snohomish County€ and Dennis Rybicki, a spokesman for the SnohomishCountyElections Committee., which,r~an~__. s political candidates on Gay and Lesbian xssues, q’his should send a signal to other employers, large and small, that it’s goodbusiness to recognize the value of all families," Fay said. Charles Bofferding, executive directorof the Society ofProfesSional Engineering Employees inA.erospa.~, said the move seemed to be designed to sabotage ,his group’s contract-negotiations, which begin soon. SPF.EA, formerly the Seattle Professional Engineering Employees Association, is the second-largest imion at Boeing, representing 23,000 scientists, engineers, manual writers and technical workers. SPEEA negotiators will seek the benefit but don’t want to sacrifice other potential contract gains to obtain it, Bofferding said. ’This attitude, that management knows best and employees will take whatever is dished, out, this is outrageous ,"he said. "Is the Boeing Co. going to discriminate againstheterosexuals now?" Conte said health-care benefits will not be offered tO unmarried heterosexual partners because they can get married, an option from which same-sex parmers are barred by law. Tim Flynn, a spokesman for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which r~ep~resents hourly producuon workers and is Boeings largest union, said Machinist leaders may discuss same-sex benefits before expiration of the three-year contract that was ratified in September. Annetta Small, director of the West Coast office of Kerusso Ministries, which seeks to persuade Gays and Lesbians to become heterosexual through Chrsfianity, said she opposes any extension ofbenefits to non-married partners. "We are giving benefits to a behavior that I believe is wrong and that I believe is immoral," she said. "I don’t believe that we should extend these benefits to people who are not married." Hate Letters Sent to Rhode Island Politicos PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Threatening letters with anti-Gay sentiments have been sent to the Providence mayor, the city’s liaison to the Gay community and two men who were recently assaulted in a Gaybashing attack. One letter, which Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr. received, described Providence as a ’Tag lovin’ city". Leaflets that said "Fake Action Against Queer’s, ¯ were also scattered downtown and placed on cars. ¯¯ City and police officials said they are taking the threats very seriously because they appear to be part ¯ ofan organized effort. Inresponse, thepolice assigned ¯ extra officers downtown. "In this day and age, this ’- should not be. We’re not going to tolerate it," Cianci ~ told The Providence Journal. ¯ W. Fitzgerald Himmelsbach, the city’s liaison to the Gay and Lesbian community, also received a " death threat over the telephone. He received a call at ¯ his business from aman who said, "Die, you fagg.ot . ~ All the letters said ’~omosexuality is a sin against ¯ humankind and God," and all were signed "The ¯ Trench Coat Mafia" - the name used by a group of "- students at Columbine High School, in I.ittleton, ¯ Colo., that .included the two gnmmen who killed 13 ¯ people there last spring. - Himmelsbach saidletters receivedby the twoassault ". victims threatened that they would"endup inhell like [ Matthew Shepard," the Wyoming college student ¯ who was beaten to deathlast fall because he was Gay. ¯ The letters were sent to Ed Webb, 34, and Noah ] Schwartz, 41, both of Providence. On Sept. 19 in : downtownProvidence, themensaid about20college- " aged men yelled "faggots" and then five of the men ¯ beat them up. ¯ Both Himmelsbaeh, who has been the liaison for ~ two years,and Cianci saidreceiving threats is nothing ¯ new but both are worried that this is part of an ~ organized effort. ’~Eianci vowedto fred the "cowards" .. who are the perpetrators and then prosecute them for . hate crimes. Police do not have any suspects yet. : Denver Considers :: Couples Registry ¯ DENVER (AP) - City Council members are : considering a proposal that would create a registry to ~ record the relationships of Gay and Lesbian partners and other committed but unmarried couples. The ¯ proposal, heard by the city council, would allow Denverites to officially record their partnerships to ¯ qualify for insurance benefits some companies offer ¯ to the "domestic partners" of their workers. And, for ¯ same-sex couples, it would allow their unions to be : acknowledg?,.d,, if only nominally, by local " government. It sfinallytimeforthecitytorecognize ." committed relationships," said Councilman Ed ¯ Thomas, who, along with Councilwoman Cathy ¯ Reynolds, has beenplanning such aregistry for several ¯ years. . ¯ To qualify, both members of a couple would have ¯ to be unmarried, 18 years or older and sharing the ¯ ¯ same household with a partner who is not a blood relative. A filing fee at the city’s clerk and recorder’s ¯ office is expected to be about $20. Couples would be ¯ ¯ required to notify that office if their relationships dissolve. The plan had tentative approval by most members ofthe city s Safety and Personnel Commatt ¯ except council member Ted Hackworth, who said it ¯ "doesn’t make sense." ¯ Itis slated for further discussionby council members ¯ in the coming weeks. Advocates hope to have the registry in place by Valentin~ s Day. If approved, ¯ filing with the registry wouldn t constitute amarriage or common-law marriage, nor would it affect ¯ inheritance rights. ¯ Still, advocates say itwouldprovide documentation ¯ ¯ for couples seeking benefits from United Airlines, Coors, Denver city government and other employers ¯ who insure domestic partners of workers. Proponents ¯ also hope it would help advance rights whenit comes ¯ to visiting partners in the hospital ormaking medical ¯ decisions on their behalf. Theregistry would similarly ¯ benefit seniorcouples who choosenot to marry because ¯ they would lose Social Security or other benefits. ~ Boulder has a similar registry program, as do the state ¯ of California and 35 cities in 25 states nationwide. ¯ Irish Jury Convicts Writer’s Assailants : PHILADELPHIA (AP)- Ajury in Irdand convicted ¯ two men in the near-fatal beating of a well-known ¯ Philadelphia writer of Gay-themed books who was ¯ overseas researching a novel see News, p. 13 Magic Johnson Plays in Sweden BORAS, Sweden (AP) - Magic Johnson entertained a sellout crowdTuesday night with some of the trademark skills he used to help the Los Angeles Lakers win five NBA rifles. The 40-year-old star, 10 years older than the second oldest player on the court, had 14 points and 11 rebounds as Magic M7 beat Sallen 84-60 in.the Swedish basketball league. "The first half was a little tough, but the second was easier.,"Johnson told the 3,319 spectators after,the game, his first nonexlfihition contest since leaving the NBA for good in 1996. Johnson missed some easy layup attempts. "That’s easy when the atmosphere was as charged and the euphoria as high as it was tonight," he said. After a standing ovation before the game, Johnson drew further cheers when he promised to return to play more games for Magic MT. MT, which missed the playoffs last season, is 7-0 this season,.with Johnson’s appearance generating great interest in the sport in Boras, a city of 110,000 in western Sweden. Johnson, who led Michigan State to the 1979 U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association rifle, learned he had tested positive for the HIV virus that can cause AIDS in 1991. He retired for the first rime justbefore the startof the 1991-92 season. After returning to play on the U.S. Dream Team that won the gold medal in the 1992 Olympics, he made a brief comeback before the !992-93 season, but quit again after several players expressed concerns about playing against him. In January 1996, he returned to the Lakers and played the remaining half of the season, retiring again, at age 37, after the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs. Louganis in Nun-Drag? HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Greg Louganis has picked up a new habit. The Olympxc gold medal-winning diver is starring in the musical comedy, ’~lunsense A-Men," which runs through Dec. 5 at the Hollywood Playhouse. Lougams, who wonfour gold medals in two Olympics and later disclosed he was Gayand HIV-positive, will pull on a habit six rimes a week for his role as Sister Robert Ann, a streetwise nun who always wanted to be a star. All the nuns in this production are men. The former diver, author and motivational speaker says he likes working in an ensemble cast. "There’s always someone there to hold your hand," said I_ouganis, 39. "It feels more supportive, I guess.’" Thou.gh Louganis now has AIDS, he looks and feels healthy. He says he does not think aboutbeing arole model. "We’re all haman. We all make mistakes," he said "Role model, in my mind, is perfection and one can’t be that. I try to encourage young people to be their own heroes and their own role models." AIDS & So. Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - After the end of apartheid, South Africa pushed to get patients out of overcroWded hospitals and into preventive care clinics. But as fast as the country has built 700 ¯ new clinics since 1994, traditional state ¯¯ hospitalshavefilledupwithAIDS patients who occupy up to 60% of the beds, South : African Health Minister Manto ¯ Tshabalala-Msimang said recently. ¯ ’’We expected the demand for hospital ¯ caretodrop,"shesaidatanews conference ; at theheadquarters oftheAfrican National ¯ Congress. "But the HIV and AIDS ¯ epidemic has increased the burden." The ¯ briefingwas one ofa series by theANCon ¯ its progress in ruling the country. ¯ Tshabalala-Msimang chairs the party’s ¯ health committee. -" Some 3.6 million South Africans are ¯ infected with AIDS, roughly one in eight ." adults, and the government says 1,500 ¯ new :infections occur every day in one of ." the world’s fastest rates of infection. A ¯ narionalAIDS councilwillbefunctioning : by year’s end, Tshabalala-Msimang said. ¯ ’’We should have had the council in place : already," she said. : Controversial proposals, such treating : pregnant women with HIV with a drug ¯ therapy to prevent transmission of the ¯ virus to infants, will be discussed next ¯ month at a meeting of regional health ¯ ministers, she said. The government so far : has rejected the proposal as too expensive : and possibly even dangerous in terms of ¯ long-term side effects. ¯ The healthministers fromthe Southern ¯ African Development Community will ¯ also discuss blood safety anddevelopment ¯ of an HIV vaccine. : AIDS Threatens Asia’s Prosperity KUALALUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -The AIDS epidemic in Asia could erase the region’s economic gains over the last two decades unless governments maintain funding for social programs, aWorldBank expert warned late last month. In Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam and Southern China, AIDS had gained a "strong foothold," even before the economiccrisis struckin 1997, saidMartha Ainsworth, a senior World Bank economist. The dreaded virus "threatens to slowly unravel the progress in improving the human condition.and to diminate if not reverse the benefits of the economic miracle,’’ Ainsworth told the 5th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. The region’s two-year economic crisis may have further hurt Asia’s fight against AIDS, said Ainsworth. Cash-strapped governments wereforced to slash budgets and lower wages. The crisis also pushed thousands of families into poverty and many women into prostitution. "’Even before the crisis, political commitment to AIDS prevention in the region was weak," said Ainsworth. "Many policy makers are still in denial." Development policies before the crisis channeled funds into education and health ¯ care budgets, resulting in higher life expectancies and reduced poverty: ¯ "The full impact of the crisis on HIV : depends critically on how well ~ governments and households succeeded ¯ .in maintaining socialsafety nets," said : AJnsworth, an expert on the effect of ¯ AIDS on households. Ainsworth said : AIDS hadalready subtracted several years ¯ offtheaveragelifeexpectancies ofcertain ¯ countries. A U.N report released at the four-day ¯ conference esrimates that by 2010, the ¯ overall death rate will be 20% higher in OECE~% WorldAIDS Day 1999 Candlelight March & Memorial Service sponsored by Interfaith AIDS Ministries Wednesday, December 1st End the Silence Mount Zion Baptist Church 419 North Elgin (next to OSU-Tulsa) Gather 6:30 at St. Monica’s, Marshall Place at Greenwood (just south of Pine), March at 7pm, Service at 7:30, all times approximate! Bring banners & bells; candles provided. Info: 438-2437. Are You Gay or Bisexual? Are You Native American~.~ Tulsa 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 Dial-Up Accounts Dedicated ISDN Connections Virtual Hosting Visit our web page "www.igisweb.net" (918) 622-4965 Internet Marketing E-Commerce Web Page Design On-Site Setup Available Oklahoma NARAL cordially invites you to a chocOlate and champagne fete in support of abortion and reproductive rights in Oklahoma. Celebrating 26 Yedrs.of Choice Sunday, November 7, 1999, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. to be held at Resonance 1608 S. Elwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma Champagne, Coffee, Chocolates $25 per individual Please R.S.V.P. to the NARAL Office: 494-9585 Stay Healthy Naturally Wellness Rejuvenation Longevity Dr. Terrance L. 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It diverted attention and funding from the AIDS epidemic, Aiusworth said. ’~olitical turmoil nodoubt increased risky behavior for the spread of HIV," Ainsworth said. She said countries such as Thailand one of the high-risk areas in Asia, had proved that maintaining commitment to AIDS -prevention programs paid dividends. HIV cases dropped among prostitutes,menwith sexually-transmitted diseases and blood donors in Thailand despite the economic crisis, she said. "Many governments in this region have a window of opportunity to act early and prevent an epidemic," Ainsworth said. Children at Risk in South Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Seeking to help young children deal with a soanng number of sexual assaults, national health and education officials are considering an education program for primary students to teach about rape and HIV infections, a newspaper reported Sunday. A pilot program was tested in the Nor~ern and F~ee State provinces, where about 700 children received the lessons, the Sunday Times of Johannesburg reported. About 14,000 children are sexually violated every year, police reports say, but a large number of rapes go unreported, anti-rape activists say. About 8% of the adult population is HIV positive. One factor that experts belie,ve has contributed to child rape is the persxstent myth that sex with a virgin can cure the disease. Abraham Seckle, an Education Department official, was quoted assaying the program would "empower learners to protect themselves." A consultantinvolved in the project, Darleen Edwards, said that children are taught to "run, yell and tell" in the program. PLWA to Race in Iditarod Next Year MESA, Ariz. (AP)-The first Arizonan to enter Alaska’s most grueling sled dog race faces two major obstacles before he even steps to the starting line. Chuck Kin.g, 39, of Tempe, has no experience racang. He has only 100 miles actually riding a dog sled. And King is. HIV positive. Every day, he takes fisffuls of anti-viral pills just to stay alive. But he doesn’t see this as a setback. He views his illness and the March 4 Iditarod sled-dog race as a chance to prove that people with AIDS don’t have to concentrate on survival alone. "In the last seven years, I was supposed to have died three times and I made it through all of that," King said in a telephone interview from Wasilla, Alaska. The Iditarod this year will stretch 1,152 miles fromWasilla to Nome, takingracers " at least 10 days to complete. And that’s : only if the expected 80 participants keep up a good pace. The snow layers the trail ¯ in multiple feet, not mere inches. ¯" Temperatures dip deep into thenegatives, numbing hands and lungs. At night; ¯ Sections of the woods-darkened course ." are lit only by the aurora borealis, which ¯ crackle and cast shadows in the trees and : snow. Switchbacks get so steep in some ¯ areasthatdrivers can’tseetheleadoftheir ¯¯ 16-dogpack.A driver unlucky enough to fall off gets left in a cloud of snow and ¯ regret. ’q~here ain’t no waitin’ in this ." race," said Raymond "Raymie" ¯ Redington, King’s sled-dog trainer. ’q’he ¯" huskies are bred to go. They’ll bolt off the ." starting line even if you say halt." ." Redington should know. The 54-year- . old Alaska native’s father founded the ¯ racein 1973. He has been in 111ditarods; : his highest placing was seventh. Since : September, Redington has trained King ¯ on a four-wheeler that simulates a sled- : dog team. King will work with the dogs as ¯ the snow starts to fall. ¯ King began training last year, gaining ¯ ¯ about 100 miles of mushing experience. Oddly, being a native Arizonan could give him a boost: King was trained as a bo.y to handle amule drawn wagon, which ¯ ~mrrors mushing techniques, Redington ¯ said. King will have to be up to speed by : Jan. 1, whenthelditarod’sfirstqualifying race, the Knik 200, takes place. The 2nd ~ qualifier is a week later. ¯ Only after the 500 miles of racing will ’ Redington know whether King is ready : for the Iditarod. "I don’t know how he’s ¯" going to do when it gets real freezing," ¯ said Redington, who remembers the 38- below zero wind chill he endured in the ¯ 1974Iditarod. "Buthelooks healthynow. "" ¯ That hasn’t always been the case for ¯ King. Six years ago, the 6-foot man had ¯ wastedto 118pounds. Doctors gav,eKing, ¯ a former respiratory physician, 90 days to live after diagnosing him with multidrug ¯ resistant tuberculosis. At one point, his Tcell count, a measure of the body’s ¯ resistance to disease, bottomed out at 40; ~ a virus-free, healthy person’s T-cell coun! usually reaches 1,000. Kinghad one wish: to see Alaska before ¯ he died. Two years ago he took a cruise ." there, and he caught another bug. This time, it was mushing. "That’s all he could ¯ talk about," said his father, Dick King. ¯ "He was suicidal, depressed at times. BUt this brought him out." Science lent a hand, too. Strong anti¯ viral drugs called protease inhibitors became available. King was soon on a ¯ five-drug ’.’cocktail"prescribed to him by Scottsdale’s Dr. Thanes Vanig. He began ¯ popping about 26 pills a day. He said he ¯ has to smoke marijuana to beat down the ¯ nausea caused by themedieation. He also ,- has to take percocet, and even morphine, ¯ to numb the neurological pain to his lower ¯ legs that was caused by the tuberculosis ¯ and AIDS drugs. His T-cell count has ¯ jumped to 560, the lower side of normal. ¯ He’s also gained 44 pounds, thanks in ¯ large part to injections of human growth : hormone, a $4,000-a-month drug that he ; said was donated by a pharmaceutical ¯ company. ¯ WhenKingrecentlyreturned to Alaska, ¯ his spirits were high, His po~c,k,etbook is ¯ - the opposite. King is feveris!!) lining up ¯ sponsors, such as Tempe Mayor Neil ¯ Giuliano, to make it through the race and ¯ bring AIDS awareness to a new level, ¯ "It’s not just for people with AIDS," he ¯ s.aid. ’q~hemessageis for everyone: Don’t ¯ g~ve up. Don’t ever give up." L by James Christjohn Upon viewing the PBS production of "Spirit: A Journey in Dance, Drum, and Song" on PBS, I contacted Peter Buffett, the composer and creator. Upon learning that there would be a National Tour with a stop in Tulsa at the Brady Theatre on January 3, 2000; I had the opportunity to askafew questions. You can get the video of the production that originally aired on PBS, as well as theCDat areamusic/video stores. It’s powerful in those mediums (reviewed previously), and one can only imagine the impact of the piece live. JC: Hello, Peter! PB: Hello! Well... finally I’m answering your questions. I was frantically finishing a record for a friend. It had to be done by yesterday (which it was) so I can go to New York today to start all the mechanics it’s going to take to get the "Spirit" showon the road by the Fall. At somepoint, you’11 have to get the’’making of" part of the video. I think you’ll really enjoy it. "(Note: The "Making of..." is included on the retail vide~’Of the show.) JC: It’s such an amazing piece that works on so many diffdrent levels, l was wondering whatinspired the idea to bring together the different elements - dance. song, etc. - to create the show? PB: I wanted to bring all the elements together for two main reasons. One, "A hundred years ago people sang the Ghost Dance songs in the hopes that the world would return to the way it once was, Now, the choir in some of the Spirit songs are singing those very same words in hopes that the world can become what it could be. "" - Peter Buffett because in Native cultures, song anddance are usually linked. You can’t have one without the other. They both contribute to the telling ofthe story. Andthe projections help bring the natural (or unnatural.., or supernatural) worldinto the theatre. That’s the "art" reason. The "commerce" reasonis that I knew my show would be competing with larger and larger events. Not only theatrical, but lmaxmovies,hugebudget movies and all sorts of entertainment that tugs at the consumer. I wanted to try and create something thatpeople could honestly say they hadn’ t seenbefore (no small feat). So this was my attempt.. JC: Well,judgingfrom the response at the taping from the audience, and the incredible response I’ve seen to the video, l’d say you achieved your goal. PB: It’s important to note that I’m not in the "bigger is better" : camp (as it may sound) but people want and deserve their money’s worth. Andit’s getting harder to "outdo" the last thing ~n [ terms ofp0werful soundandimagery. My [ hope is that the message of the show has as much effect on people as anything else. JC: I can only speak from my own ¯. experience, and that oflistening to others ¯ who have seen the video, to say that it was very powerful in that regard, and ¯ communicated its message wonderfully. see Buffett, p. 14 couNciL Is proud to present gie Hall veteran soprano, Floxane La Combe. nature "COMC Sound" has attracted sold out audiences. Order your tickets in advance. November 19 & 20 JOHN WILLIAMS THEATRE TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Call 596-7111 for tickets www.counciloak.org ~’~#Made possible in part oy a grant from the Tulsa Pedorming Arts Center Trust. by That Entertainment Guy Livin La Vida Loca Tour, the Divine king, Ricky Martin appears in Dallas al Reunion Arena, Dallas, Thursday, Nov 4, 1999, at 8:00PM. Now this would be the concert to take binocnlars to - and the telephoto mini-camera. Ticket prices for the Prince ofPop: $35.00- $75.00 Charge- By-Phone #: 214-373-8000. The Divine Queen of All Things is also performing in Dallas in November. No, not Stevie, although she is the otherQueen of All T’nings Divine; but the Divine Ms. Millennium Tour: Bette Midler in Concert, A Beaver Production takes place Sunday, Nov128,1999 at8:00prn at ReunionArena. As she said in one early concert tour, ’qTais ain’t no cheap meat you’re lookin’ at!": Ticket prices run $50.50 - $150.50, Charge-By-Phone at 214-373-8000. Peter Buffett’s "Spirit - A Journey in Dance, Drums and Song" is a music, dance and percussion spectacle that combines the power of contemporary music with the songs, chants and dances of Native American culture. The release of the CD coincides with the PBS Broadcast ofthe live show of Spirit, which features over 80 performers - including twenty dancers with both modem and traditional training, an orchestra withboth modem and ancient tribal instruments, a flits choir and percussionists pounding outheart-stopping rhythms on a variety of drums. The show runs in Tulsa, January 4-9, at the Brady Theatre; and if you miss that, then you can catch "Spirit" in Dallas, March 7-12 at the Majestic Theatre. You really didn’t think I’d let you get away without the obligatory mention of Stevie Nicks herself, did you? Yes, La Diva nicks is performing three shows: Two in California’s HOuse of Biues in December, and one in Las Vegas HOB on New Year’s eve. Tickets went for an outrageous $127 (balcony seating) and $227 (Orchestra - STANDING!). There only a few floor spaces left for the New Year’s show.. All others sold out. Believe it or not. Anyone wishing to contribute to the "Send the obsessed reviewer to see S tevie and not come back fund" can send contributions to TFN. Just make sure my name’s in big letters on the envelope, or I’ll never see the money. It’ll end up in the "buy the publisher new household gimmicks" fund. The Divine Ms. Nick’s new album should be out the 1st of the year, if not sooner. And hopefully, with a more affordable tour. Apparently the cost of chiffon has risen - a lot. Fight Clubis.amovie that under ordinary circumstances, I would have never gone to see. However, I was not under ordinary circumstances, and was swept along to see it. I thought I’d hate it. After seeing it, I think everyone should see it. The acting is dynamic, the pace is breathless, and the intellect behind it is tremendous. The violence is not that bad, one scene aside, and the points the movie makes are well worth the viewing. The humor is well done, and the homoeroticism between Ed Norton and Brad Pittmakes it worthwhile. see Fight, p. 15 .Parade of Ligh! s. Come celebrate the spirit of the holiday season at the PSO Christmas Parade of Lights. Saturday, December 11, Downtown Tulsa at 6 p.m. View parade floats up close, Friday, December 10, at the HolidayFest (Brady Arts Distriot) fl om 6-9 p.m. Pubfic Service Company of Oklahoma A Central and South West Company I B B (I T Z "emotionally and visually rich ..." -Performing Arts Review, Taiwan "unforgettable scenes of disparate beauty" -Davar "intense in feeling ... deep in intellectual content" -The Plain Dealer "bold, flLnging athleticism" -The Kansas City Star November 16 at 8 p.m. Chapman Music Hall Tulsa Performing Arts Center 3rd & Cincinnati Tickets: $15, $22, $25 Call: (918) 596-7111 Outside Tulsa: 1-800-364-7111 Online: www.tulsapac.com Presenting by Rami Be’er Co-presented bj,: Oklahoma Israel Exchange "Dazzling," "Pounding," "Unsettling," "Erotic" "The dancing--real, vital dancing--of these 18 people becomes a dyfiamo for transforming experience and recharging the spirit." The Village Voice Sponsored in part by: "You don’t have to know ballet to love ballet. You just have to try it." -- MARCELLO ANGELINI ART ST C D RECTOR :Mixed Repertory includes two Oklahoma premieres FRIDAY 8 PM NOVEMBER 5 SATURDAY 8 PM " NOVEMBER 6 SUNDAY 3 PM NOVEMBER 7 Be one of the first anywhere to witness Tulsa Ballet’s first commissioned piece. Tailored to the strengths of the Company by an international genius. Classical ’roots, contemporary movements A prime-time performance of2Oth-century choreography. The way people dance today. Andwili tom0rrow: " Tickets start at $8. THE 199.9 - 2000 SEASON IS SPONSORED IN PART BY: Order tickets,by calling The Tulsa Ballet Ticket Office at 749-6006, PAC at 596-7111 or Carson Attractions at 584~2000 * 4512 S. Peoria Ave. ¯ Tulsa, OK 74105-4563 Visit our web site at www.webtek.€omitulsaballet ~ 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. 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Norwood Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group, more information, call 582-7225 TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for info: 595-7632. Lambda A-A, 7 pm, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft. ~ THURSDAYS HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education Anonymous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pm 834-8378, 3507 E. Admiral Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN) Support/social group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325 Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS, Info: 834-4194 ~ FRIDAYS SafeHaven, Young Adults Social Group, l st Fri/each mo. 8pm, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th ~ SATURDAYS Narcotics Anonymous, I 1 pm, Community o!~ Hope, 1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585;-1800 Lambda A-A, 6.pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd fl. ~ OTHER GROUPS T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 298-0827 Gal-A-Vanting, Womens Social & Cultural Group Call for info: Kathy at 322-6322, or Barb at 459-6825. OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organization. Long rides & short rides from Zcigler Park. Long & short rides from Tulsa Gay Community Center. Write for info: POB 9165, Tulsa, OK 74157 Ifyour organization is not listed, please let us know. Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615. reviewed by Barry Hensley : substanceabuse and, now, a sympathetic Tulsa City-County Library : wife with a decidedly un-Christian like Whathappens whena"radical Lesbian" ¯ penchant for screaming and yelling. The goes undercover to infiltrate the " author’s interaction with this member of organizations of the religious Focus on the Family is most right? She writes a book, of course! Fortunately, this isn’t "jnstaanotherChristianbashing book, as Minkowitz is able to see past her obvious disagreements with these groups and find some real, human common ground. Life is full ofgray area, as this book shows. Ferocious Romance is a humorous but serious lookinto religious fight organizations, such as Promise Keepers and Focus on the Family. Minkowitz dons a fake monstachc and lowers her voice to attend a Promise Keepers weekend that really opens her eyes. In addition to experiencing the fully expected propaganda of men itaking charge of the familyi and making women submissive, she al~o witnesses burly mencrying,hugging each other andexpressing words offorgiveness. She enjoys discussing this absurdity of the feminization of the Christian Men’s movement~ Her discussions with James Dobson’s Focus on the Family are of more concern. She has long conversations with a cute voung man named Bobby, who is an ~tthappy "ex-Gay." It becomes evident that Bobby’ s life is in a shambles due to the cumulative effects ofchildhood abuse, "The a.thor’s interaetion with this member of Focus on the Family is most ;nsi~htful. She also meets with several high level exeeutlves in the or~anlzatlon whose arguments t~t they are not homophone are astoundln~ in their h~oe~sy." insightful. Shealso meets with several high level executives in the organization whose arguments that they are not homophobicareastoundingin their hypocrisy. After these encounters with the religious right, the author inexplicably dives into an account ofthe International S/ M Leather Fetish Celebration that she attended inNew York City to-celebrate the twentyfifth anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. We really learn more than we ever wanted to know about her involvement in S/M. This topic surfaces occasionally throughout the book and her comparison of conservative Christians and S/M practitioners is humorously ¯¯ enlightening. As the 2000 elections approach, the : religions right will undoubtedly take center .. stage to promote their candidates and , agenda. It is in everyone’s best interest to : understand what these groups have in ¯ store for the country, should their ¯ candidates be elected. This book gives a : bit ofinsightinto what’ s going onin these ¯ organizations. Check out Ferocious Romance at your local branch library or ¯ call the Reader’s Services department at : Central library, at 596-7966. Members of each group were paired together at the tables and encouraged to gettoknow each other. Before the meeting, the groups agreed to disagree on whether Gays can be Christians and to focus on ways to deter violence against Gays and Christians, Falwell cited the September shootings at a Texas church and recent school shootings inwhichChristians were targeted. At a news conference following the meeting, Falwell andWhite apologized to each other for harsh words they have said about the other’s groups over the years. "I’ve been a preacher for 47 years, a preacher of the gospel.., but in the end homosexuality is. wrong," Falwell said. ’’It is my hope that evangelicals might build a bridge of friendship -to Gays and Lesbians as we have to alcoholics and unwed mothers." White, an author and minister with the Metropolitan Community Churches, was the ghost writerofFalwell’s autobiography before White acknowledged being Gay. Delegates from both groups thought the meeting was good. The same weekend, many of Mel White’s groups listened to Falwell’s Sunday sermon. Falwell, 66, began the serviceby welcoming White andhis guests and briefing his congregation on the antiviolence forum conducted at the church the day before. At that meeting, both sides apologized for harsh words said over the years and discussed ways to reduce vio~lence against homosexualS. ¯" ’His sermon was amazang, said David ¯ Chandler, 36, a Gay man from San : Francisco and one of the more than 4,000 : worshippers who jammed into Thomas ¯ Roads BaptistChurch. "Hesentamessage : to parents to love their children no matter ." what.... I admire and respect Falwell for ¯ taking that stand." In his sermon, Falwell ¯ stressed that he will hot change his belief ¯ that homosexuality is a sin. But he added, ¯ "That has nothing to do with the love : factor involved. We are to be lovers of all menand women."Falwell’ s sermon came ¯" from Proverbs 13, which offers advice on ¯ successful living in the eyes of God. He ¯ spoke on the importance of working hard, ¯ living with integrity and not focusing on ¯ material things. He also talked at length : about the importance of parents loving : their children unconditionally. ¯ "For him to invite these fags here and ¯ into his church is an abomination,"Phelps : said outside the church. "Now, Jerry ¯ Falwell is just as much a sinner as Mel ¯ White and both will bum in hell." : Theservice endedwiththe congregation, ." singing the hymn "Only Trust Him. ¯ Falwell interrupted the song to reiterate to : worshippers that what he or anyone else : thought of them did not matter, but what ¯ was important is their relationship with ¯ God. White said it was "a shame" that : protesters like Phelps brought hostility to ¯ aplace of worship. "What we have hereis ¯ a great moment for our country, Gays and ¯ Falwell worshipping together," White ¯ said. "It’s a small start, but it’s a start." The Gift of Pride In Honor of... Or In Memory of... Someone Special to You. For a small gift of $25.00, you can donate a beautiful Christmas poinsettia to a local AIDS hospice. Your gifts will adorn the stage at" "A Council Oak Christmas," November 19-20. Call Today for COMC Carolers at Your Holiday Party! To Order: Call COMC at (918) 748-3888 Medical Excellence And Compassionate Care Since 1926. ¯ ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTER WJj Medical Excdlence ’ Compassionate Care Timothy W. Daniel Attorney at Law An Attorney who will fight for justice & equality for Gays & Lesbians Domestic Partnership Planning, Personal Injury, Criminal La w & Bankruptcy 1-800-742-9468 or 918-352-9504 128 East Broadway, Drumright, Oklahoma Weekend and evening appointments are available. RESTAURANT AT PHILBROOK TUES-SUN, I I-2 $13.95 ¯ Sunday, II to2 ¯ Reservations, 748-5367 TOHR Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Home Holiday Tour Saturday, December 11,noon- five o’clock Several homes in historic Tulsa. Reception at the Center tofollow. More info. after Dec. 1st. 743-4297 by Mary Schepers, Do-It- Yourself-Dyke Hey, baby, it’ s coldoutside. Andbefore you start heating it up in front of the fireplace, take some precautions. Notjust theustml ones, ducklings! Thehouseneeds some love and attention, too. And by attending to a few simple details, not only will your house o’ love be snug, but safer, too. You know what a raving bitch your DIYD is about safety, but she does it out of a place of love. Which place, she demurs to answer.. The first order of business is to keep the winter winds and drafts outdoors where they belong. Inthe oftrepeated words of the Oracle, ’We don’t have a heating contract with the great outdoors,’ although you may feel that way when you get the first heating bill for the winter. And the side benefit is that if you can keep the house warm, you won’t have to bundle up, and neither will your schnookie, unless,ofcourse, youfred the layers of sweats and sweaters an erotic challenge. From thereon, you’re on your own! Try to take care of your outside heat sinks (places you lose heat) before the weather dips to 45 degrees during the day. Mostofthematerials you will useperform better when it’s warm - that’s a life philosophy worth adopting! Checkaround windows and doors for loose or cracked caulking and replace where needed. Around pipes or conduits that enter the house, use an expanding foam product like Good Stuff or better yet, Daptex, which can be tooled, painted and cleaned up with water, It costs a little more but is worth it. Use this also to seal any gaps between your foundation and the siding of your house. It’ s like mousse with attitude. Work it, girl[ If you’re really hard core, make a trip under the house and seM up around the pipes coming up into your house, and the same from the garage. This also discourages unwanted visits from mice, who use pipe and conduit holes like a superhighway to the supermarket. And darlings, there’s no way to make trapping mice attractive. Think about it. It is also a good idea to insulate behind switch and wall outlet plates. Special foam. cutouts can be bought at your local home repair store, so that all you have to do is unscrew the plate, fit the cutout in and replace the plate. It is amazing how much cold air leaks in that way, especially in older houses. Occasionally, thefitbetween the plate is too tight, but not often. The foam cutouts are cheap and it takes little time to do this. Before firing up the furnace for the first time, it is advisable to have a contractor come and give it a gogd cleaning and inspection - the older your unit, the more important this step is. Most heating and cooling contractors will do a combined winterandsummerservice forareasonable sum, resulting in increased efficiency and ¯ reduced chance of injury. Heater ¯ malfunctions can result in explosions or ¯ fires, and sweeties, we have worked so ¯¯ hard to make your house into a fabulous home.- It’s worth your peace of mind and personal safety. If you have a fireplace, 6all a licensed sweep to clean thechimneyandto inspect and repair the firebox and flue: Your DIYD prefers to do this in the spring, when scheduling is less hectic for the sweep, and then the fireplace is ready togo as soonas inspiration and a little cool weather hits. This should be an annual event for masonry fireplaces, and every two years if you have a metal flue. If you’re the intrepid sort who doesn’t mind scampering out on the roof like a rabid squirrel, get a good extension ladder and do some maintenance and cleaning on the roof..Be sure that the ladder has firm, steady footing and is not placed near any powerlines. Get a hose with a power nozzle or a blower and blast those gutters clean, especially at the downspouts. Clean any ; leaves, sticks or debris offthe valleys and ¯ gables of the roof, and look for any loose ¯ shingles. Use an appropriate kind of roof ¯ goo or caulking to repair, and use this also ¯ around any flueflashings thatmightbenefit ¯ from some extra sealant. This is a good ¯ time to evaluate if you will need to repair ¯ or replace your roof in the spring. Be : careful up there, and never crawl around ¯ on the roof without having someone at ¯ home in case you need help or get hurt. Make sure she or he is not glued to a ball ¯ game or otherwise out of contact. At a ¯ time like that, you deserve the extra ¯ attention, pookie! ~" This is a good time of year for a lube ¯ job, or perhaps several. No, we’re not back in front of the fireplace with Baby ¯ justyet-patience,my impetuous darlings ! ¯ Borrow Dorothy’ s oil can and put a drop on door hinges and garage door chain ¯ drives to keep things smoothly operating ¯ and silent in the winter, when the metal ¯ ¯ contracts and squeaks. You know your DIYD considers the aesthetics as well as ¯ the practical matters. If you have storm windows, give them ¯ a good cleaning to let in as much winter ¯ sunlight as possible, and check for any necessary repairs. Ifyoudon’ t haveenergy ¯ efficient windows,consider getting ~torms ¯ or even using the heat shrink film to ¯ provide some dead air spacq on your ¯ windows and to keep your house toastier. 0 : Now that the DIYD has planned your : social life for the next couple of weekends, ¯ you can get busy making your nest cozy ¯. and snuggly for the winter: And if you’re ¯ very lucky, perhaps you will get yourjust ¯ reward- and we’re not only talking about ." a lower bill! Why don’t you go get a ; couple pairs of silk boxer shorts,just to be ¯ prepared? Be hot, not frigid, this winter! ¯ Ciao, ducklings! "This is a good tlme of year for a lube job, or perhaps several. No, we’re not back in front of the fireplace with Baby just yet - patience, my impetuous darlings! Borrow Dorothy’s oll can and put a drop on door hinges and garage door ehaln drives to keep things smoothly operating and silent in the wlnter, when the metal contracts and squeaks. You know your DIYD eonslders " the aesthetles as well as the practleal matters." by Esther Rothblum, Ph.D. Coming out as a Lesbian is difficult enough, but is even more stressful when the woman is an immigrant and is struggling to come out in anew countryand using a new language. For several years now, Dr. Oliva Espin, a professor of women’s studies at SanDiego State University, has been studying the lives of immigrant and refugee Lesbians. The topic had to do with her own life experience as an., immigrant and with the imm.!granteli.ents she was seeing m her psychotherapy practice for over twenty years. "I saw that there were some experiences that .were common to immigrant women," Dr: Espin .told me. "A major theme I found most interestingwashow often the woman would be talking to me in Spanish~ for example, and then switch to English when she began talking about being a Lesbian. There seemed to be something about using a second language that helped distance Lesbians from whatever they had been told was bad in their i also think that women who have come outas Lesbians when they were still children, may have more disruptions about theirownidentity," Dr. Espin said. ’q’hey ask ’who am I?’ or ’What is wrong with me?’ For .them, coming out so young gets mixedup with other issues ofidentity. For girls who also fecl that they are not ’rexd Americans,’ or who as immigrants are different in color or in language or in cultural traditions - being Lesbian is one more thing that strains their relationship with their parents." Furthermore, the parents may feel that their daughter’s Lesbianism is something she has "caught from those Americans." When immigrant Lesbians come out as adults, they have a stronger sense of identity and coming outdoes not getmixed up with the turmoil of adolescence although it may get mixed up with the turmoil of migration if they are recent immigrants. Dr. Espin has been conducting research and interviewing immigrant women. She found two types of immigration experiences. Some women were Lesbian before the migration, or else where somewhatdissatisfied with what they were even if they had no language for this. ’~2oming to anew countrymadeitpossible for them to come out. This is true for women from all countries, not just those from traditional cultures. Being awayfrom the familiar environment gave them permission to come out; being I_~sbian Dr. Espln has been.., interviewing immigrant women... "Coming to a new country made it possible [or them to come out. This is true for women from all countries, not just those from traditional cultures. Being away from the familiar environment gave them permission to come out; being Lesbian was very freeing in this way. I’ve even spohen with Lesbians born in the U.S. who have told me that they had to move all the way across the country in order to come out." was very freeing in this way. I’ve even spoken with Lesbians born in the U.S. who have told me that they had to move all the way across the country in order to come out." The other group of women Dr. Espin interviewed was actively Lesbian in their home country, immigrated to the U.S., and found that the U.S. Lesbian culture was different and had to adjust their way of being to the new culture. That was sometimes very difficult. "Some women who were used to playing roles very actively," Dr. Espin continued, "if they were used to being ’the man,’, they couldn’t understand why their partner did not want to cook their meals, for example. Or, vice versa, women who lived lives that were ve~ closeted in their home countries, foundit terribly offensive when I would use the word ’Lesbian’ and were threatened by not having a cover-up." In general, Dr. Espin has found that immigrant communities focus very much on the "decency" and "purit.y" of the women in their community. "Because the communities are experiencing difficulty adjusting to the U.S., they want to prove that they are good people. It is the behavior of women that describes the family. So : when you have a Lesbian daughter, how ¯ are you going to explain that to yourself : andto your community? They may think : , that this is what happens to all women ¯ when they come to America." Dr. Espin has also found that Lesbian : daughters tend to be more educated than : their parents or their heterosexual sisters. ¯ As a result, the Lesbian daughters tend to : bemaking more money andin many cases : runmng the community centers and ¯ activities. "So coming out is also difficult : for the Lesbian immigrant in terms of the : community losing their mast in her. The community doesn’t have the language skills, the education, and the access to the dominant culture that she does." Dr. Espin has written about her experiences intwo recent books. Formore information, see Women Crossing Bbundaries: The Psychology of Immigration and the Transformation of Sexuality (Routledge, 1999) and Latina Realities: Essays on Healing Migration and Sexualities (Westview, 1997). Esther Rothblum is Professor of Psychology at the University of Vermont and Editor of the Journal of Lesbian Studies. She can be reached at Dewey Hall, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT, email: esther.rothblum@uvm.edu. 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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(501) 253-6807, Closed Wednesday 5 Center Street, Eureka Springs, AR 72632 TOM NEAL BUILDING & GARDEN DESIGN 583- 1248 eeze FRESH CLAMS VEI;IE STIR FRY COtaUILE ST. JAI;IUES MAHI-MAHI RACKOF LAMB CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE Compatibility reports for you and your friends or lovers. 59%0717 Gay Owned, Operated & Rainbow Proud Gay Mecca of the Ozarks Beautiful Eureka Springs, Arkansas at the time of the assault. A Circuit Court jury in northwestIreland deliberated about two hours before finding 20-year-old Ian Monaghan and 21-year-old Glen Mahon, both ofSligo, guilty of "recklessly causing serious harm" in the Jan. 31 attack on Robert Drake, at his apartment. The defendants were convicP,xlofIrishcharges equivalent to aggravated assault in the U.S. Barely conscious, Drake lay for more than 12 hours in a pool of blood before a friend, Ciaran Slevin, discovered him. A police officerwhorecordedDrake’s words as he lay motionless inhis blood-spattered kitchen with a severe head injury told the jury that he believed he was recording Drake’s "dying declaration." Thedefensecontended thatDrakemade acrudehomosexual pass atone ofthemen and that the other then struck Drake in the face to make him stop. Doctors had to open a hole in his windpipe to ease his breathing; he also experienced pneumonia, kidney failure and other complications. Drake returned to Philadelphia by medical transport in March to undergo five months of rehabilitation to learn to walk and speak again. Though he was released from the hospital two weeks ago, his speech and mobility remain seriously impaired. He uses a wheelchair to get around, and a letter board to assist in communicating. Drake was in the middle of a speechtherapy session at his Center City apartment when word of the verdict reached him. Through a friend, he said that he was pleased with the verdict, ’"out not surprised." Monaghan and Mahon are free on bail awaiting sentencing Jan. 10, when they could get up to 10 years in jail. "It speaks volumes that Robert, eight months after ¯ theincident, needs round-the-clock care," said Slevin, an Irish physician now living with Drake in philadelphia. "I hope the severity of the punishment meets the severity of the crime." Brattleboro Offers Partners Benefits BRATI’LEBORO, Vt. (AP) - Selectmen have voted to extend health benefits to same-sex domestic partners of town employees. TownAttorney Robert Fisher said the decision to extend the privileges to same-sex parmers, but not unmarried partners of the opposite sex, followed the trend of law in Vermont and other states. The University of Vermont extends benefits to same-sex couples, Fisher said. The city of Winooski is planning to as well after an employee filed a complaint with the Vermont Labor Relations Board. "Winooski hasn’t come out with a policy just yet," Fisher added. "They’re still researching insurance issues. But if they don’t follow the arbitrator’s decision, they’ll likely wind up back in court." He said Burlington, Vermont’s largest city, extends health benefits to all the domestic partners of city employees, whether the rdationship is same-sex or opposite sex. The town of Middlebury also offers benefits to same-sex couples, said Steve Jeffrey, the executive director of- the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. TheVermontSupremeCourtis deciding whether to legalize same-sex marriages in Vermont. If it does, the towns’ policies : will be irrelevant, Fisher said. The policy : passed tmanimously. The issue wasn’t ¯¯ controversial, Fisher said. "It’s one of these things where they’re wiseenough to ¯ realize that if there were a grievance with ¯ respect to this sort of an issue, that based : on the case law both around the country ¯ -and the Labor Relations Board here in ¯ Vermont, that they would be fighting an : uphill legal battle," Fisher said of the : select board. "I think they look at it as an ¯ opportunity to perhaps steer clear of ¯ possible legal pitfalls in the future." " Blue Cross-Blue Shidd of Vermont, : which supplies health insurance to most Vermont municipalities through the ¯ VermontLeagueofCities andTowns,has : offered domestic partner benefits to large ¯ groups for a few years now, said Leigh Tofferi, a company spokesman. Those benefits were available to same-sex and different-sex partners. Lesbian & Gay Seniors Sought : BOSTON (AP) - Targeting an older : generation open about its sexuality and ¯ thinking about its golden years, some developer~ are looking to build Gay- " friendly retirement communities. : "We want to create something that ¯ mirrors the life they’re living now," said ¯ BoSton real estate agent John Goode, part ¯ of9gr°up planning .an urban homosexual ¯ reUrement commumty in Boston. ~ In generations past, societal pressures ¯ forced many Gays and Lesbians to keep ¯ their sexual orientations under wraps. : Today,developers think those who helped ¯ pave the wayfor vibrantGay communities ¯ will want to continue living in Gay ¯ communities after retirement. ¯ "In the mainstream aging community, there is the assumption that everyone is ¯ straight," said Terry Kaelber, executive ¯ director of the New York-based Seniors Active in a Gay Environment. ’’We have : a place that does not assume that. In fact, ¯ it assumes that old people can be attracted : to old people of the same gender." ¯ Kaelber’s group is working with a real estate development company to locate a ¯ site and investors for a 100-unit, mixed- : income assisted living facility. Current options for Gay- and Lesbian-themed ¯ retirement housing consist primarily of a ¯ handful of mobile home parks and small ¯ resorts in Florida and Arizona. Goode’s group of seven partners wants ¯ to build a 75- to 100-unit retirement community somewhere in Boston. The project, called Stonewall Communities, ¯ is named after aGay bar inNew York City ¯ where a 1969 police raid sparked what many say is the begimfing of the modem ¯ Gay civil rights movement. ¯ Other entrepreneurs across the country ¯ also have begun thinking about how the ¯ Gay and Lesbian baby boomers pushing ¯ into their 50s will want to spend their ¯ retirement years. "I’m looking for the ¯ active retirement market," said Peter Lundberg of San Francisco, who is trying to round up capital to build a Gay ¯ retirement community in California. ¯ Gay retirement housing options will : likelyincreasedramaticallyinthecoming ¯ years, said Laura Connolly, who chairs ¯ theLesbianandGayAgingIssues Network ¯ for the San Francisco-based American ¯ Society on Aging. "I think it will grow ¯ over the years," slie said. "They will be in ¯ a variety ofconfigurations, from the more : affordable trailer park options on upto the ¯ more upscale and expensive models." How did the story develop? PB: Many years ago whilereading "Son of the Morning Start’ I was struck by what we all may have lost by the greed and ego of relatively few men. I wasn’t so much taken by Native history as I was the belief system behind the firstpeople of.this land. JC: One of the things that struck me while viewing the show was that this was much more than a show, this was a ritual, what theatre started out as. And ritual that worked successfully to bridge past andpresent. PB: I alsoknew thatmostpeople (myself included) thought of Indian history asjust that.., history, museum pieces etc. So it was important to do a couple of things. Bring the culture into the present and future tense. And incorporate a mythical story about aman"sjourney tofindhimself. By understanding his past - better understanding his role in this life. I was hoping to bridge worlds for people on both sides. Wemight be able to accept, as _ opposed to feel guilty or angry. And if we can get to acceptance, we can progress to learning. JC: I like that philosophy PB: A hundred years ago people sang the Ghost Dance songs in the hopes that the world would return to the way it once was. Now, the choir in some of the Spirit songs are singing those very same words in hopes that the world can become, what it could be. JC: What a lovely vtsion. PB: Pretty lofty goals., but hey, somebody’s got to try. JC: !’d say, from what l’ve seen and heard, you’ve succeeded admirably. Before I wear out my welcome, one last question: What inspired you to utilize Native American music in 3,our works ? PB: To me, almost all Native tribes on may land have the true connection and understanding of that land. Here, not only can we learn things about how we fit into the fabric of the physical world through Native American culture. But we can also learn a thing or two about the spiritual world. PB: I’m really glad that you hear the music staying true to the ancient as well as the modem. The show (and the music) can’t work any other way. It’s where the two worlds combine that the magic happens. JC: That is so true. in more ways than one. It’s a dzfficult balance, and rarely have I heard it done so well. PB: If you liked the video, I’m sure you’ll love the live version! JC: Having seen the video and the impact it had on people, 1 can barely begin to imagine the effect ofseeing it live. I can’t wait. Thank you, Mr. Buffett. © 1999J. Christjohn, all fights reserved A unique opportunity to view and purchase art works and hand crafts from local women artists occurs Nov. 5 - 6. Hosted by local artists Kathleen Pendergrass andMary Schepers, the show and sale will also highlight works by Susan Norris, Robin Dunn, Donna Richardson, Cara Liggett, Nicolasa Kuster, Gayla Norman and others. "We want to showcase the incredible talent that we have in the Tulsa area," Schepers said. "There ’are a lot of very talented artisans here who are not represented in galleries or who are just starting their careers. We’re having the show at my house and studio to keep the whole setting fun and relaxed, as well as making these exciting works accessible to a broad audience. ’~lt’s a good time to consider buying a special gift for the significant people in ~our life, or for adding an original piece of art to your own home, or even for buying something practical likehath salts, candles, display cases or smudges. Prices are reasonable, especially compared to the premiums paid for works shown in galleries or higher priced venues such as Eureka Springs. We’ll have clayworks and sculptures, paintings, etchings, and many other fun items." The preview for the show is Friday, Nov. 5 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The show and sale continues Saturday Nov. 6 . from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 pro. The address is2727E. 56thSt. (51sttoColumbiaAve, South on Columbia to 56th St) in Tulsa. For details or directions, please call Mary at 743-6740. The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, an Israeli arts group will present ....Aide Memoire"," a full-length contemporary dance by renowned choreographer and KCDC Artistic Director Rami Be’er at the at Tulsa Performing Arts Center’ s Chapman Music Hall on November 16 at 8 pm. Tickets are $15, $22, and $25 with discoants for groups of 10 ormore and student discounts at the door (call (918) 596-711 lot order online: www.tulsapac.com). Choreographer Rami Be’er states that ....Aide Memoire.... is not about the Holocaust nor does it describe the Holocaust; it deals neither with documentation nor a historical account. Rather, "Aide Memoire" introduces the maaner in which the remembrance of the Holocaust can be approfiched and expressed in an inspired, artistic medimn. The subject of Holocaust remembrance is relevant to present-day life and reality as it lurks in the background of mundane existence, penetrates deep subconsciousness, and dwells forever in personal and collective memories. "’Aide Memoire" presents the audience with a sequence of scenes moving about the stage just like a cinematic flashback. Theproduction conveys afleeting glimpse of images which.the audience must face in a lfighly personal manner. The audience has ne alternative but to use its senses to impart meaning to the images. "Aide Memoire" has no central narrative, nor do two opposing sides face each other. Cruel stormtroopers are absent, yet there exists a reminder of the struggle by those who were there and experienced those atrocities firsthand. Within this conflict, we observe their efforts to continue the fabric of human relationships, whether as : individuals, couples or xn groups, and to express the fundamental right of every ¯ person to continue to dream. Be’er joined Kibbutz Contemporary : Dance Company in 1981 as a dancer and ¯ choreographer. His works have won ¯ several international awards and have ~-become the trademark of KCDC’s : repertoire. He became the company’s Artistic Director in 1996. ¯ The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance : Company was founded in 1970 by _" Holocaust survivor Yehudit Arnon. : Although based in Kibbutz Ga’aton near ¯ the Lebanese border, see Dance, p. 15 use code 393 ~eqaDhone does noI presereen sal[ers & assumes rio liability for personal meetings. 24hr Customer Service. 18+ only. © 1999 PC Sprint PCS" The Glear Alternative to Cellular Serint PC$" Select Retailer ;9935 :25.oo $74.95 New Sprint PCS Phone Less instore rebate " Net cost Buy any Sprint PCS Phone and get S25 off!* Everyone is approved! :~,.o~,,,,,: ,~.,,,~.;.,.~,.:,oc,.,,,¢., All Sprint PCS service plans include: ¯ Free Voicemail ¯ Free Caller ID phonesistartingat. ¯ Free. Call Waiting¯ Free 3 way calling ................ ¯ No activation, fee o No contract required ¯ 100% Sprint PCS Nationwide Network. Tulsa Locations: 2001 S. Garnett, 437-2444 3733 S. Memorial, 6600344 1216 S. Harvard, 587-1778 Sapuipa Location: 109 N. 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Slowly, leaders say, more attention is being focused on the issue. Earlier this month, Black churches in Atlantagathered for the first National Black Church HIV/ AIDS Institute. Thegathering was an effort to help pastors learn how to deal with the disease. Last Thursday, faith leaders, policy makers, commumty activists and AIDS researchers met in Atlanta to discuss combating AIDS among Blacks. On the same day, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, announced a series of educational films aimed at raising HIV awareness. The CDC has also awarded $39 million in federal funds to 100 national, state and local organizations to help prevent HIV infections in minority communities. "We must mount prevention and treatment strategies that deal with people where they are now, not where we want them to be or where we imagine them to be," said Phill Wilson, director of the AIDS Social Policy Archive. Nonetheless, the statistics continue to upset AIDS activist Denise Stokes, who has been HIV-positive fo~ 17 years. "One day, this is ultimately where I’m going to end up," she said pointing to the quilt. "I’m going to be a panel on some wall in some library. "I just hope the library isn’t full of people with AIDS." A lot of straight folk are going to go into this thinking it’s aboutbeating otherpeople up, and come out thinking about a lot of things. Some of you, due to the timing of the paper will have seen it - don’t ruin the ending for those that haven’t. And if you haven’t seen it because you don’t think it"s your kind of movie, go see it. You’ll be surprised. Brad Pitt’s bod is well worth seeing. Amd since I work in a football sized building filled with cubicles, I could relate well to Ed Norton’s plight in the beginning of the film- living life to support things he’s bought, working in a mindless dronin.gnumbness of cubicality. Anyway, go see It. Oh yeah, Helena Bonham Carter turns in a magnificent performance as well. I kept wondering why her character was sleeping with guys, though. In the interest of a public service announcement, I will pass this along: Warrior Way Martial Arts is offering a 3 hour class on selfdefense againstpunches, kicks, and grab attacks; knife and gun attacks; and club attacks. This takes place on Saturday, November 13 from 12 - 3 PM at Warrior Way martial Arts, 2717 S. Memorial. The cost is $25 in advance; $35 after Nov. 6. Call to register at 664- 9100. These guys are serious and know their stuff, and with the violence against Gay folk on the rise, I think everyone should make an investment in something like this. Knowledge is power, and in this case could mean the difference between life and death. Literally. Learn, and practice what you learn, and stay safe. And my final words for this column: life is notabout surviving orjobs orl’mding love, although it’s nice if it happens. It’s about facing fears and making dreams come true, struggling against yourselfand others to find your strength and make things happen. Being ready, and in the right place and time for opportunity to strike is important. Butifyou’re notready, or are afraid, it will pass youby before you know it, and that’s when regret sets in, which leads to bitterness. So try all the things you can, and do all the things you wanted to do - and it’s never too late. - James Christjohn its members come from settlements all over Israel. The dancers rehearse five days a week at Ga’aton Studio, but on weekends return home to work on their various kibbutzim. Not only is KCDCone of Israel’s foremost companies, it has also earned an international reputation of renown and is invited to perform at numerous festivals worldwide. Kibbutz Contemporary Dance is copresented by the Oklahoma Israel Exchange. Sponsors for this event include the Oklahoma Arts Council, Heartland Arts Fund. The National Endowment for the Arts, Schustennan Family Foundation, KCFM 94.1 and ONEOK Foundation. Opponents fear it will eventually lead to Gay couples being able to adopt children, although the government has opposed any such move. Last November, parliament rejected a conservative bid to sink the controversial bill. At the time, left-wingers said PACS was needed to adapt outdated laws to the evolution of French society, where marriage is on the decline. Classifieds - how to work them: First 30 words are $10. Each additional word is 25 cents. Options for your ad: Bold headline - $1, ali 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. TFN reserves the fight to edit or refuse any ad. No refunds. Send ad & payment to POB 4140, Tulsa. OK 74159 with your name, address, telephone. 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W .y Fun.ds i Support Anti-Gay D,scr, minat,on : ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ TULSA (TFN) - In a recent promotional piece printed and inserted in The Tulsa Worm for free, Tulsa Area United Way (TAUW) touted its strong points. TAUW claims to be thelargest non-governmental funder of health and human services.in the Tulsa area, funding some 231 programs at 68 member agencies. TAUW also claims to have a lower than 10% overhead as compared to overhead of up to 40% declared acceptable by the National Charity Information Bureau. Joe Cappy, chairman/CEO and president of Dollar/Thrifty ¯ Automotive Group, in the Tulsa World insert, claimed, ’q’ulsa ¯ Area United Way gives each of us a sensible, cost-effective ¯ approach to helping the people in our community who need it European Union to British Army: No More Gay Ban ¯¯ most..." But there are those who take issuewith some aspects of United STRASBOURG, France (AP) - The European Court of Human Rights ruled late in S eptember that Britain’ s ban ¯ on homosexuals in the armed forces is a breach of ¯ human rights. The court found in favor of three men and : a woman who were discharged from the British armed ¯ forces in line with its absolute ban on homosexual ¯ personnel after they admitted their sexual orientation. ¯ The court said the British policy yciolated Article 8 of the ¯ European Convention on Human Rights which defends ¯ ¯ the right to respect for private and family life. "The Court considered the investigations, and in particular the interviews Of the applicants, to have been ¯ exceptionally intrusive," thc European court said in a ¯ statement. "The investigations conducted into the applicants’ sexual orientation together with their ¯ discharge from the armed forces constituted especially ¯ grave interferences with their private lives," it said. The verdict cannot force a-change of law, but the ¯ applicants considered it a step towards ending discriminationin the armed forces. Defense Sec. George ¯ Way s funding,, partacularly that of the Indian NaUons Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). The BSA is one of the earliest organizations funded in Tulsa by the predecessors to the current United Way but the Scouting organization has been under fire nationally for its anti-Gay policies. The BSA claims the Scout pledge to be "morally straight" refers to being heterosexual and .therefore bans Gay youth from being Scouts or Gay men from being Scoutmasters on the grounds that to be Gay is intrinsically to be "morally non-straight." Recently, the B SA lost a legal challenge to thi s anti-Gay policy brought under New Jersey state law. Former Eagle scout James Dale won his lawsuit but in response to questions from The Tulsa World, aspokespersonfortheTulsa-basedIndianNafionCouncil of the BSA r~affirmed the ban in this area. And when TAUW kicked off its 75th anmversary campaign, running from Sept. 10th to Nov. 1 lth with a goal of raising $21,497,725.00, some of these individuals said no to helping United Way because of the funding for an organization which blatantly discriminates. Most of the individuals who spoke asked to remain anonymous Robertson said other existing cases involving Gays in ¯ citing fears of retaliation from TAUW or risk to their employment the British armed forces will be put on hold while the ¯ by public.ly speaking ~bout Lesbian and Gay issues in’h city with government studies the implications of:the ruling. fewprote~tious again~wolkplace discrimination based on sexual ¯ orientation. ¯ One Gay couple, both of whom are public employees, had slightly different reactions to the ¯ issue of funding for the Boy Scouts.-One noted that ¯ "we’re so used to it, that we don’ t think about it"but ¯ he added that it’s "time when United Way needs to start analyzing what they’re doing." : However, his parmer noted that the organizations ¯ his employer was set to help for United Way’s Day ¯ of Caring were the Boy Scouts and the Salvation Army, both organizations which he claims ¯ discriminate against Gay people. He notified his ¯ employer that he would not participate in the Day ¯ ¯ of Caring because of those organization’ s anti-Gay policies. ¯ Another couple, Lesbian, said that it was a"tough ¯ question." One women, again who requested ¯ anonymity because of her job (she is a teacher), ¯ characterized the Boy Scouts’ policy as ¯ reprehensible but noted too that United Way funds ¯ the YWCA, an organization which has a non" discrimination policy which includes "sexual ¯ orientation." Her partner added that TAUW also ¯ funds Youth Services of Tulsa (YST) which has ¯ ¯ programs that benefit Lesbians and Gay men but she also acknowledged that YST hadkept those ¯ programs "closeted,"i.e. not publicized because of ¯ fears that UnitedWay fundingmight be withdrawn, despite the fact that the failure to publicize the ¯ program significantly limitedYST’s ability toreach ¯ those whom the program was intended to help. : Tulsa Area United Way’s marketing representative, Beth Kuehnert was asked to explain ¯ TAUW’s continued funding for the BSA and ¯ initially, in a cordial and civil conversation, Ms. Kuehnert said she was not aware of the Boy Scouts’ position nor see TA UW, p. 12 Gay Demos Organize ¯ Community Center News Eureka Springs Holds TULSA- Local. Democratic Party activists will hold an Community Meeting 111 6. Diversity Celebration organizational meeting for a Tulsa chapter of the the ¯ National Stonewall Democratic Federation on Sunday, TULSA - Organizers of the First Annual Community Center ¯ EUREKA SPRINGS - Fall is around the comer, October 24th, at 4pro at the Tulsa Gay Community ¯ Film Festival to be held on Oct. 7-9, Tulsa’s Gay Commtmity : andintheOzarks,it’salmosttimefor thebi-annual Services Center (the Pride Center), at 1307 East 38th ¯ Center andits parent organization, Tulsa Oklahomaus for Human " Diversity Celebration Weekend in Eureka Springs, Street, 2nd floor.. : Rights (TOHR) will show both Lesbian and Gay films, both : Ark. ! Organizers say this event, scheduled for Nov . Stonewall Democrats, a caucus within the Democratic ’. feature length and shorts beginningat 5:30 onThurs, and Fri. and " 5-7, will be bigger and better than ever! Party works to secure the rights of all people, regardless : from 2pm on Sat. and Sun. ¯ Metropolitan Community Church’s Friday night ’of sexual orientation or gender identity and serves as a ¯ In addition, theCenterwillhostTOHR’sfirstComingOutFair " dance and camival will kick off the weekend at the voice within the Democratic Party for Lesbians and Gay : "Discovering Yourself" from noon to 6pro on Sat. Oct. 9th. A " top of the Basin Park Hotel. On Saturday morning, men. Organizers noted in their press release that the ." record number of community organizations have committed to " strollthestreetsofEurekaonahistoric(andcolorful) Oklahoma,Democratic party is rather conservative with ¯ particil~ating in the Coming Out Fair. . walking tour, canoe on the White River, or hike in regard to civil rights for Gays and Lesbians and seek to ¯ GregGatewood,TOHRboardpresident, noted that at the Sept. ." Lake Leatherwood Park. educate state party leadership about Lesbian and Gay ¯ .14th commlmity wide meeting held at the Center about 35 " Intheearlyaftemoon,bringthekidstoa"family" issues. family picnic at Harmon Park, sing like you’re in ihdividuals attended and the representatives decided through a They list the following specific goals of the National i largely consensus process to convene a commlmity council of the shower at karaoke, or listen to the sounds of Stonewall Democratic Federation as: ¯ organizations, churches and businesses. The group also decided : localandvisitmgGay/Lesbianmusiciansatseveral (1) mobilizing voters through a national grassroots to askTOHR to co-ordinate theproposedbi-monthlymeetings to " different venues around town. And please be sure network of Gay and Lesbian Democratic clubs and : exchange information and ideas. . to visit all the wonderfully unique shops, and individuals to advance the fight for Gay and Lesbian ¯ Marty Newman, a Human Rights Campaign board member, : support the Diversity Cooperative businesses of civil rights; ¯ who along with TOHR co-founder Dennis Neill, called the first " Eureka Springs. (2) improving the record of the Democratic party by : meeting this summer, expressed his satisfaction with the Sept. " Then, after a delightful dinner (it’s Eureka - pressing it further inthe direction of full recognition of - ". meeting and the general progress of the process. Newman-noted ¯ Spri.ngs’ Food and Wine Festival this weekend, the rightsof Gay men, Lesbians and Bisexuals to be free ¯ thatTulsaPFLAG chapter co-founder, Nancy McDonald attended ¯ too),work offthosecaloriesat two fantasticdances. from prejudice; ¯ the meeting and that Mrs. McDonald recalled that TOHRs by- : AtCenterStage, DJ Jonwillraisetheroofwithhigh (3) educating voters on the vast difference that exists ." laws had at one time had a provision for a community advisory ¯ energy club music. And the Basin Park Hotel between the two major parties on our issues, and the ¯ council. Meeting co-convener Dennis Neill, an attorney, was ¯ Ballroom will come alive with electrifying importance of voting Democxatic as the most effective i given the task of drafting a contract to clarify the relationship " performances by "Barnes", a dynamic GLAMAway to achieve our goals; ¯ betweenthevariousgroups.Formoreinformationaboutthenext ~ winningsinger/songwriter seeEureka, p. 14 (4) fighting the anti-Gay rhetoric of the Republican ¯ community meeting, call the Community Center at 743-4297. ." conservative-wing, which has increasingly become the : Also, the Community Center will be the site of an all-community ¯ instrument of those d~dicated to denying us our rights. ¯ Halloween Costume Ball to be held on Saturday, Ocotober 30th, : The organizers are encouraging those who share ¯ 8pm at 1307 East 38 Street, 2nd floor. The event will be BYOL " these values to come to the October 24 meeting which ¯ but soft drinks and ice will be provided. : will feature members from the newly formed Oklahoma : Organizers suggest that while this is a costume party, a loud ¯ City Stonewall Democrats chapter. Paul Barby, who ran ¯ shirt and simple mask will-do. Guests should not feel compelled : as an openly Gay candidate for US Congress in : to spend a lot of money, just to use a little imagination. The : Oklahon~a’s 6th district will speak. : sponsors, Prime Timers of Tulsa, stated that the purpose of the : For more information, telephone Start Simpson at _" party is for all groups connected with the Pride Center to have an 582-6557. ~ ¯ opportunitytogettoknowonemlother, andhelpbuildcommunity, i �Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants 832-1269 *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine 592-2143 *Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. Boston 835-1207 Burger Sisters Restaurant, 1545 S. Sheridan 599-9512 *Empire Bar, 1516 S. 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Harvard 918.583.1248, fax: 583.4615 POB 4140, Tulsa, OK 74159 e-mail: TulsaNews@ earthlink, net Publisher + Editor: Tom Neal Writers + contributors: James Christjohn, Barry Hensley, J.-P. Legrandbouche, Lamont Lindstrom, Esther Rothblum, Mary Schepers Member of The Associated Press Issued on or before the 1 st of each month, the entire contents of this ~blication are not protected by US copyright 1998 by and may be reproduced either in Whole orT~ in part without written permission from the publisher. Publication of a name or photo does not indicate a person’s sexual orientation. Correspondence is assumed to be for publication unless ot.herwjse no,ted,,~must be signed & becomes the sole property of T~ Each reader is entitled to 4 copies of each edition at distribution lYoints. Additional copies are available by calling 583-1248. *Free Spirit Women’s Center, call for location & info: 587-4669 747-6827 Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 582-0438 Friends in Unity Social Org., POB 8542, 74101 583-6611 *HIV ER Center, 4138 Chas. Page Blvd. 834-4194 *HIV Resource Consortium, 3507 E. Admiral 481-1111 *Holland Hall School, 5666 E. 81st 834-8378 HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education *House of the Holy Spirit Minstries, 3210e So. Norwood Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437 838-1715 *MCC United, 1623 N. Maplewood 748-3111 NAMES Project, 3507 E. Admiral P1. 365-5658 NOW, Nat’l Org. for Women, POB 14068, 74159 OK Spokes Club (bicycling), POB 9165, 74157 *OSU-Tulsa (formerly UCT, formerly Rogers U. whoever...) 584-7960 *Our House, t 114 S. Quaker 749-4901 PFLAG, POB 52800, 74152 587-7674 +Planned Parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria Prime-Timers, P.O. 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School Ave. JOPLIN, MISSOURI *Spirit of Christ MCC, 2639 E. 32, Ste. U134 417-623-4696 * is where you can ftndTFN. Not all are Gay-owned but allare Gay-friendly. Holy Union Ceremony Alan Williams and Gregory Casillas celebrated a Holy Union Ceremony on Friday, September 24, 1999, in Eureka Springs, AR. Presiding over the intimate union was Reverend Vivian Juett. The commitment ceremony was witnessed by Zoe Dearing and Nancy Ermding. After traveling to Dallas, TX, San Francisco, CA and Nashville, TN to celebrate with friends and family, the couple will reside for’a short period in Tulsa. Obiturary Dr. W. Malcolm Jacox, a veterinarian well known in the community for his kindness and gentleness with both his animal patients and their caregive~s, died Sept. 22. Services were held at Floral Haven Memorial Gardens Mausoleum on Sept. 25. He will be greatly missed by many both in and out of the Gay He is survived by his family and his longtime companion. Those who wish to honor his memory are encouraged to support a charity of their choice. Condolences may be sent care of Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 East 15th, Tulsa 74104. Mr. Tulsa Leather 2000 ¯ The Mr. Tulsa Leather 2000 contest was held September 10, 1999, at the Silver Star Saloon in Tulsa, Oklahoma.The evening included a benefit for Miss Gay Mid America, Catia Lee Love. Love will participate in the Miss Gay America contest. Four contestants participated in the contest: Jay Fleming, Kelly Kirby, Dayvid Montross, and Tony Hall, all of Tulsa Oklahoma. The men competed in Personal Interview, Street Wear, Swimwear/ Physique, and Full Leather Image events. The judging panel consisted of: Ron Greenwood, Mike Ryan, Ed Smith, John McCuistian, Don Lawrence, all also from Tulsa. The tally master was James Murray, Mr. Tulsa Leather 1997. The winner of the contest was Jay Fleming of Tulsa. Jay is a past "Mr Gay. Leather Long Beach 1987" and the 20th Elected Emperor, Greater California Empire. Fleming will compete for the Oklahoma Mr. Leather 2000 title on October 22-24, 1999. He is an event promoter for such events in Tulsa as Mayfest, Gatesway Balloon Festival and chairman of Street Party 2000; benefiting Street School and Tulsa at risk youth. Contest producer, Ric Poston, Mr Tulsa Leather 1999 and the Oklahoma Mr Leather 1999, said of Fleming, "he is an outstanding citizen and will be a great representative for the Tulsa Leather Community." The first runner up was Kelly Kirby and the 2nd runner up was Dayvid Montross. For more information on OML2000, check the T.U.L.S.A. website at WWW.TULSALEATHER.com �Editorial: Un!ted Our Way The Tulsa World- not frequently known for challenging the Tulsa power establishment, often inseparable from it. And what is more troubling about the unexamined decision to continue to fund the Indian Nations Council of the Boy Scouts of America by TAUW is the lack of leadership from TAUW’s board of directors. A number of TAUW board members come from corporations that claim that they do not discriminate on sexual orientation. Foremost among these are Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. and Bank of America, and yet, somehow, not one of these very highly paid and presumably ratberintelligent men seem to havemade the connection between their own corporate policies emphasizing fairness andTAUW’s support for ablatantly bigoted program. Or perhaps they’ve just not"counected United Way also funds the Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. or ." the dots." Or perhaps, they’re hoping that no one will ever Community Service Council that manages the other or~an{zatlons in ¯¯ hold them responsible. our eommunlty... Regardless, until Tulsa Area United Way see fit to Tulsa Community AIDS Project, one of the most groups that really do : begin to treat Lesbian and Gay Tulsans as equal human : beings by adding sexual orientation to its noneffective funding sources give a damn about for fighting HIV infection ,. discrimination policies and chooses not to fund ¯ organizations which discriminate, the best bet is for us to and for providing care for. us. Let’s stop using ¯ not to contribute to Tulsa Area United Way but to take individuals with HIV our dollars and those ." those same dollars and to give them directly to worthy relatedillnesses. These are of our families and ¯_ organizations. worthy organizations - as ¯ I’d suggest that instead of letting TAUW slice its take friends to support are many, many others ¯ off the top, give your dollars directly to Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. which TAUW funds. United Way’s However, along with the ¯. or other organizations in our community, like the prejudlee and ¯ community center, or the Cimarron Alliance or PFLAG, many good organizations which TAUW funds is eowardlee. Let us be ¯ groups that really do give a danm about us. Let’s stop ¯ using Our dollars and those of our families and friends to another. That is the Indian unlt,~ our way. ¯ support United Way’ s prejudice and cowardice. Let us be Nations Council of the ¯ united our way. Boy Scouts of America. It ¯ TulsaFamily News editorandpublisherTomNealhas is the official policy of the Boy Scouts, both locally and nationally, to discriminate on the basis of sexual ¯ volunteeredonaUnitedWayfundsdistributioncommittee ¯ on services for semor citizens tn the Tulsa area. orientation. They’ve been rather explicit about this. ¯ Unfortunately, hefound thatTulsaArea UnitedWay staff The last time the Indian Nations Council of the Boy went out of their way to censor and suppress questions Scouts of America voiced this policy locally was in August when James Dale, a former Scout in New Jersey, ¯ about how well member agencies were serving Lesbian successfully challenged the BSA’s apartheid policies ¯¯ and Gay seniors, even when the agencies were willing to answer the questions and despite TAUW claims that under New Jersey state law and won. A local BSA ¯ their evaluationprocess is "volunteer driven." Neal also representative however reiterated-its support for BSA ¯ has asked to serve on the funds distribution committee prejudice. Now as a former Boy Scout, I’m hardly hostile to the ¯¯ which looks at the funding for the Boy Scouts Indian Nations Council but, for some reason, keeps getting true values of the organization. But I do not believe that ¯ reassigned to senior services - imagine that. the phrase, "morally straight," ori_ginating around th_e tum of the century, ever, ever could be thought to refer to heterosexuality, using an interpretation of the word "straight" which never existed until at leas t some 60 years later. However I recognize that it is the prerogative under current federal, state and local law, of the BSA to engage First and foremost, let me put your mind at rest about in invidious discrimination if it chooses to do so. It is ¯ two of our regular columnists, our fabulous Do-Itreprehensible behavior but it is quite legal. " Yourself-Dyke, Mary Schepers and Tulsa City-County However, even if this bigoted conduct is legal, there is ¯ Library book reviewer, Barry Hensley. Both columns no justification for Tulsa Area United Way to use the ¯ will resume next month. funds it receives from the community as a whole to ¯ An,other upcoming event is the annual World AIDS ¯ subsidize the systematic discrimination of the Indian Day Memorial Service. This year’s event will be at Nations Council of the Boy Scouts of America. After all, ¯ Mount Zion Baptist Church under the auspices of the if we were to substitute "no Jews allowed" or "no Blacks ¯¯ Rev. Calvin McCutchen, Sr., one of Tulsa’s most allowed" lot"no fags allowed," I would hardy have to be distinguished religious leaders. The date, as always will ¯ be Dec. 1st which is a Wednesday but the details of the writing this essay. Part of why TAUW still funds this apartheid ~ march and precise time of the service will be announced. organization is an accident of history. The Boy Scouts ¯¯ It is expected that Council Oak Mens Chorale who had their first ever performance at a World AIDS Day have been funded for most of TUAW’s existence. Back ¯ in thoseearly days theBSA was one ofafew organizations Memorial Service will again lend their talents. The event that did address youth issues. That is no longer so. And in . is being co-ordinated by Diane Zike, former executive contrast with the BSA, the Girl Scouts, for example, have ¯¯ director of Interfaith AIDS Ministries and Beverly Denton explicitly said that sexual orientation is not relevant to Galbreith. For more information, call 438-2437. - TN participation in their organization and they have a nondiscrimination policy. An nouncements Policy Now if Tulsa Area United Way had a comprehensive Tulsa Family News will provide space for holy union non-discrimination policy, they might have some greater ¯ ceremony, mamage ceremony, birth, adoption and death degree of credibilityas an organization committed to fair " announcements on a space available basis. Photos are treatment of all. But they don’t. In fact, Ms. "duck’n’cover" Kathleen J. Coan, president ~ wdcome, though we cannot promise placement or return ¯ them, so please send copies to TFN, POB 4140, Tulsa and chief professional officer, is so gun-shy of the issue she’s managed not to return phone calls to this newspaper ¯ 74159. Letters Policy for nearly four years -now that’s what I call real ¯¯ Tulsa Family News¯ welcomes letters on issues which professional conduct (though in fairness, Ms. Coan did take a phone call once when TFN was calling on deadline ¯ we’ve covered or on issues you think need to be considered. You may request that your name be withheld but and her p.r. person was unavailable) But it does call into question, Ms. Coan and TAUW’s commitment to all of ¯ letters must be signed & h.ave phone numbers, or be hand Tulsa’s communities when she seems primarily willing ~- delivered. 200 word letters are preferred. Letters to other to talk to non-minority news orggnizations, for example, ~ publications will be printed as is appropriate. Drug-resistant Strains of AIDS Virus Rising ." by Tom Neal, editor and publisher This year is the 75th anniversary of a program of ¯ charitable giving in Tulsa which has become known as ." Tulsa Area United Way (TAUW). Tulsa’s United Way ¯ supports some 231 programs offered by 68 member ¯¯ agencies and hopes to raise over $21 million and help perhaps 250,000individuals this year. Obviously, all this ¯ ¯ is worthy. ." For example, oneof the I’d suggest that agencies which TAUW ~ instead of letting supports is Tulsa ¯: "C.A.R.E.S., formerly and" TAU~V’ sllee its tare more accurately known as off the top, glve your : _" the HIV Resource dolhrs dlreetly to ¯ Consortium. Tulsa Area ¯ CHICAGO (AP) - Highly drug-resistant strains of the AIDS virus are on the rise, showing up in as many as 4.5% ofnewlyinfectedpatients in twonew studies. "Resistance is slowly increasing," said Dr. Roger J. Pomerantz, an expert not involved with either study, "If you were looking at this five years ago, you would see zero." The studies - published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) - involve mostly Gay white men. Resistance, however, may be more prevalent in other groups, such as drug users and their sex partners, researchers-said. About 40,000 new HIV infections occur yearly in the United States. In recent years, powerful drug cocktails have subdued the virus to undetectable levels in many patients. But studies have found the virus persists or comes roaring back in 10% to 50%. The complicated drug regimen has proved difficult to adhere to, and many patients who missed doses or quit taking their medicines developed drug-resistant infections that are now being passed’along to others. "I wasn’t that surprised. This is what happens in infectious disease," said Pomerantz, director of the Center for Human Virology at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. HIV is still so new that scientists disagree even about how to define resistance. And since both studies used laboratory tests, no one really knows how the definitions will translate into patient care. Giving high doses of a drug may be enough to overwhelm a virus’ resistance, Pomerantz said. In one study, researchers at the University of California at San Diego defined resistance as a 10-fold increase in HIV’s ability to withstand a drug when compared with a laboratory strain. That study, led by Dr. Susan J. Little. tested 141 patients - in San Diego, Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver and Boston- and found that three (2%) had HIV with at least 10-fold greater resistance to one or more drugs. An additional 36 patients (26%) had HIV that was 2.5 to 10 times more resistant. In the other study, researchers at Rockefeller University in New York defined resistance as a threefold increase in HIV’s ability to withstand a drug. That study, led by Dr. Daniel Boden of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, tested 80 subjects in New York and Los Angeles. Of 67 in whom resistance could be tested, three (4.5%) had HIV that was highly resistant- fivefold resistant- to multiple drugs. The subjects were among 18 (26.8%) with HIV that was at least threefold resistant to at least one drug. Testing every newly infected patient for drugresistance would be impractical because the tests cost several thousand dollars and are difficult to interpret, Pomerantz said. But if a patient takes a drug cocktail faithfully and it isn’t working, testing should be considered to see how the combination of medicines might be reformulated, he said. Don’t Go to Sleep Yet ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ For a while, it seemed that there might be a light at the end of the tuunel of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. And for many things are better than they used to be: to become HIV positive is not immediatdy to know that your death was likely six months away like it was in the 80s. But the news report above from The Associated Press should slam home the message that we cannot be complacent; we must continue to educate ourselves and our children about protecting themselves against HIV infection, through all appropriate means: safer sex with its reduced risk, no sex, i.e. abstinence where appropriate and through the strengthening of longterm relationships through their legal recognition not only for heterosexuals but for Gay men and Lesbians. The best way to deal with AIDS is to prevent further infections but also to insist on adequate funding for proper care for those who are already infected and more funding for more successful treatments for AIDS. Please, please be safe, hdp those still in need and remember those whom we have lost. -Tom Neal �Accused Killer of Gay Soldier To Stand Trial FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - An Army private charged with premeditated murder in the. beating death of afellow Fort Campbell soldier will stand trial at a general court-martial, the Army said Sept. 24th. The charge against Pvt. Calvin N. Glover was referred to court-martial by Maj. Gen. Robert T. Clark, Fort Campbell’ s commanding gelleral. Clark reviewed an iiiv~tigative hearing he~’d in August for Glovet and rexx:ived recommendations from the investigating officer, brigade commander and staffjudge advocate. The hearing was similar to a civilian grand jury investigation. Glover, of Sulphur, Okla.,is charged in the death of Pfc. Ban-y L. ,Winchell, of Kansas City, Me. No date has been set for G10ver’s courtmartial, which will be open to the public. The courtmartial is scheduled to be at Fort Campbell. According to Army investigators, the 21-year-old Winchell w as beaten with a baseball bat in his barracks on July 5 and died the following day at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. Gay civil-rights advocates say anti-Gay sentiment m,ay have been behind, or at least contributed to, me ldlling. Winehell was perceived as Gay by some soldiers in his mlit and friends contend he was beginning to explore his homosexuality when he Another investigative hearing was held several weeks ago for Spec. Justin R. Fisher, who is accused of being an accomplice in Winchell’s death. Fisher, of Lincoln, Neb., is accused of .encouraging Glover in the attack and lying to Army ii~qestigators about his iiavolvement. No decision has been made yet on whether Fisher’s case should proceed to a courtmartial, an Army official added. Both Glover and Fisher are being held at Fort Knox. Gay Priest Resigns NEWARK,N.J. (Ap)- A Gaypriest whose ordination divided the Episcopal church has left the parish where he ministered for six years, blaming the controversy that surroundedhim. Rev. Barry Stopfel said the furor strained his relationship with his partner, and preached his last sermon at St. George’ s Church in Maplewood at the end of September. "My ministry has not been a typical one," Stopfel told The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J. in a story published recently. "It has been deeply gratifying but very stressful, and it has taken its toll on me and our marriage." When Stopfel was ordained as a deacon in 1990, conservative Episcopal bishops filed heresy charges against Newark Bishop Walter Righter. Righter’s trial was averted, but a church court in 1996 ruled that church doctrine does not explicitly bar the ordination of practicing homosexuals. The division, however, remained between the church’s conservative and liberal factions. Stopfel, 51, and his partner are moving to a 25-acre farm in an Amish area of Pennsylvania, where he said he will write a book. Methodist Minister Faces 2nd Church Trial OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -The Rev. Jimmy Creech, who faces another church trial for performing a Gay union ceremony, said the church law against such ceremonies amounts to institutional bigotry against Gay Christians. Reached at his Raleigh, N.C., home, Creech said he was disappointed but not surprised with.a church committee’s deci~i0n ordering him to stand trial. Nebraska United Methodist Church Bishop Joel Martinez announced thfit the former Nebraska minister will stand trial for Officiating a Chapel Hill, N.C. ceremony for two meninApril. A March 1998 church trial cleared Creech of violating church law for a similar 1997 ceremony involving two women. At least two complaints were filed as a result of the April ceremony. Atissuein Creech’s 1998 trial was whether the church’ s ban on same-sex unionswas a pastoral guideline or church law. The church has since established the ban is church law. Creech said the trial will be "a detriment to the church." "It’s a waste of time and money. The trial is an act of violence against Lesbians, Gays and bisexual people," Creech said. While Creech said he admits he violated the church law by performing the Chapel Hill ceremony, the immorality of this law makes him innocent of violating the order.and discipline of his denomination, of which he is accused. "I think the law itself is a violation of the highest ethical standards of the United Methodist Church," Creech said. Creech said the church’ s position on Gay unions is comparable to racism. "How can such an encumbered church witness to the grace bf God?" he asked. Martinez’s assistant, Rev. Mel Luetchens, said Martinez will .appoint another bishop as presiding authority for the case. A jury of 13 ministers will [ecide Creech" s fate. Ministers will lead the defense and the prosecution. The trial likely will be in Nebraska in the next couple of months,-Luetchens said. If convicted Creech faces a wide range of possible )unishments, including dismissal from the United Methodist clergy. Creech is on voluntary leave of absence after. Martinez declined to reappoint him pastor of Omah.a’ s First United Methodist Church after the earher controversy. He remains part of the Nebraska conference and is answerable to Martinez. Kelly Kirby, CPA, PC Certified Public Accountant a professional corporation 747-5466 402i S.Ha~vard, sifite 2.10~-T~llsa 74135 MCC-United forme.rly Family of Faith & Greater Tulsa MCC Vermont Judge Judged .Joined as one body of believers. Come celebrate with us. By His Wife’s Vote 1623 North Maplewood, 838-1715 MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A group opposed to same-sex marriage; "Take it to the People," says a V ermont Supreme Courtjustice mightnot be impartial as he reviews a pending case. "Take it to the People" says the wife of Justice John Dooley voted in June as a member of the Governor’s Commission on Women to give an award to the three same-sex couples who are challengxn.g Vermont marriage law. Sandra Dooley’s vote raises questions about whether the justice is impartial in the case now before the Vermont Supreme Court, said Ruth Charlesworth of Burlington, a member of the antimarriage group. "I think it is outrageous that the wife of the Supreme Court jusdce should come out (with a public stand) when this issue isn’t yet decided," Charlesworth said. ’‘This isn’t fair to the citizens of Vermont." The court is considering a law suit seeking to overtmal the state’s refusal to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. Despite its concerns, ’’Take it to the People" hasn’t formally requested that Justice Dooley disqualify himself from the case. Judith Sutphen, executive director of the Governor’ s Commission on Women, said Sandra Dooley has been on the commission for 15 years. The organization has supported allowing same-sex couples to marry since. 1996 - before the lawsuit brought by two Gay men and four Lesbian women was appealed_ to the Supreme Court, Sutphen said. Commissioners have the right to take independent votes on issues, Sutphen said. "A wife has a right to vote as she chooses, as does a husband," she said. "The votes of one spouse don’t necessarily reflect the . judgment or opinion of the other spouse." "Take it to the People" argues that rules of judicial ¯ conduct sayjudges should disqualify themselves when their spouses have interests that could be substantially : affected by the proceeding. The lawyers at the office ." of the attorney general who are defending the state’s mamage lawweren’t available to comment. -" Beth Robinson, an attorney representing the three : couples in the Supreme Court appeal, said she felt confident the deliberations would be fair. "We have : no reason to question Jusdce Dooley’s ability to ~ impartially judge this case on its legal merits," : Robinson said. "Justice Dooley and his wife are two ¯ different people with two different jobs to do." Sunday Services, 11 am HOUSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Sun. Worship, 10:45 am, Sunday School, 9:30 am Wed. Bible Study, 7 pm 3210b S. Norwood, Info: 224-4754, Chris or 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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Jamestown Avenue (918) 749-8833 Rev. Steve Colladay, Minister Jay Brause and Gene Dugan had claimed in their lawsuit that it was discriminatory to not allow samesex couples the same health insurance and other benefits that married and unmarried heterosexual couples enjoy. It was their lawsuit that spurred the pbtition drive that put the same-sex marriage amendment before voters last November. Bob Wagstaff, the lawyer representing the two men, says the case will be appealed to the state Supreme Court. 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The registry would allow domestic partners - two unmarried people age 18 or older who live togetherto document that relationship. Gay couples cannot marry under Oregon law, which recognizes marriage as the union of a manand a woman. "I believe it is appropriate that AglJland, as a caring community, should lead the way," said Neil Sechan, speaking for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Political Caucus of Southern Oregon. The local chapter of Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays are also backing the proposed registry. Mayor Cathy Shaw said she believes a registry would have limited effect on unmarried couples, whether heterosexual or same-sex. "I would be incredibly proud to be mayor of a community that provides this service," she said recendy. "I am a great believer in the institution of marriage... I understand why this community is asking us to do this -.how importantit.is to be able to celebrate in an official way your commitment to another person.’" Rosemary Dunn Dalton, also speaking for the caucus, said a registry would let unmarried couples establishrelationships for purposes of visitation rights in hospitals and other institutions. She said a registry would provide proof of partnership for businesses offering benefits to domestic partners. The Oregon Court of Appeals decided last year that if local governments offer benefits to domestic partners, they cannot deny benefits to same-sex couples because of the constitutional guarantee of equal protection. The court did not nile on Oregon’s legal definition of marriage. Ashland is among the local governments that have extended benefits to same-sex couples to comply with the ruling. A proposed ballot measure, to write the definition of marriage into the state constitution and bar benefits to unmarried couples, died in the 1999 Legislature. Albuquerque To Vote Housekeeping & Gardening Service Contact Patti on: (918) 582 8460 POB 3150, Tulsa, OK; 74101 OPENARMS, OPENMINDS, OPENHEARTS Saint Aidan Saint Dunstan 4045 N. Cincinnati. 425-7882 5635 East 71st, 492-7140 Saint John Trinity 4200 S. Atlanta Place. 742-7381 501 S. Cincinnati. 582-4128 The Episcopal Church Welcomes You On Discrimination Ban ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Lillian Mueller says she Gays in Albuquerque have lost their jobs and been denied housing because of their sexual orientation. Mueller, the mother of a Gay son and president of the local chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, has formed a new group called The Campaign for Human Rights. The group’s purpose is to mobilize support for a proposed amendment to the Albuquerque city charter that would add sexual orientation and mental disability to the antidiscrimination section. The issue will be on the Oct. 5 municipal election ballot. The charter now bans discrimination based on race, religion, sex and national origin. "It’s not a question of special rights," she said. "It’s a question of equal rights.’" But the Christian Coalition of New Mexico strongly opposes the charter amendment because it believes "the Gay lifestyle" is wrong. Mark Burton, Christian Coalition executive director, said his group will alert people in voters guides that go to about 300 churches. "It’s not a behavior that we want to have a nondiscrimination policy for," he said. "It’s a health haTard. It spreads AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, so there’s no reason to endorse a behavior that’s dangerous and hazardous." Albuquerque added a human rights section to its charter in the early 1970s. The state Legislature in March rejected a bill that would have outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation. It was the "third time such a measure was killed in the House. The bill would have expanded the state’s Human Rights Act to cover sexual orientation, malting it il!egal’to discriminate on that basis in matters of empld’yment, housing, credit, public-accommodations and’union membership. Eleven states and more than 170 local governments include sexual orientation in their nondiscrimination statutes, supporters Of the bill say. The cify of Albuquerque bars Such discrimination against its employees and when providing public services. Alleged Killers of Gay Men Must Stand Trial REDDING, Calif. (AP) - Two brothers accused of murdering a Gay couple must stand trial and may face the death penalty if convicted, Shasta County Superior Court Judge James Ruggiero has ruled. Benjamin M. Williams, 31, and James T. Williams, 29, will each be tried on two counts of murder and related charges. The brothers are accused of killing Gary Matson, 50, and Winfield Scott Mowder, 40, in July. They are also suspects in June arson fires that caused more than $1 million in damage to three Sacramento-area synagogues. Matson and Mowder were found shot to death in their bed July 1 in rural Happy Valley, about 165 miles north of Sacramento. The Williams brothers, being held without bail, have pleaded innocent to first-degree murder and four robbery, burglary and auto theft charges. The judge ruled that prosecutors can seek the death penalty, a decision that hasn’t been made. Prep School Attacker Free Until Trial GREENFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A Tennessee youth accused of using a knife to cut anti-Gay slur into the back of a fellow prep school student can continue college classes while awaiting trial, a judge said. Matthew Rogers, 20, of Franklin, Tenn., pleaded to charges of assault with a dangerous weapon. Franklin Superior Court Judge Lawrence Wemick continued bail at $10,000 cash or $50,000 bond on condition Rogers live with his parents or at the University of Mississippi where he is taking classes. Before his arrest, Rogers had held an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. Rogers and another student at the Northfield Mount Hermon School, Jonathan Shapiro, 18, of Keene, N.H., were initially charged in Greenfield District Court following the May 27 incident. The two are accused of slashing the word "HOMO" in shallow cuts on the back of a 17-year-old student during a dispute over music. Authorities said no one actually believed the victim was Gay. The argument arose over the rock band Queen and the characterization of its music as "Gay." Promoters of Community Center To Respond ELK CITY, Idaho (AP) - Promoters of a community education and performing ~ center expect to respond to charges by critics of the ~roposed c~nter who fear it could be used by homosexuals and become a place where teen-age girls get abortions. Plans to build the center have created division in the town of about 400 in remote Idaho County. Objections to the center range from locating it on school property to the fear homosexuals will use it to stage performances and teen-age girls getting abortions there. Critics have said since the center would be on public land there could not be restrictions placed on who uses it. �New AIDS Drug SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A medicine developed in North Carolina that blocks the AIDS virus from getting inside cells is showing promise among patients who fail to respond to standard AIDS drugs. The medicine, code-named T-20, is still in early-stage testing, but researchers said it could offer a reprieve for those who have run out of options. "It looks quite good," said Dr. Michael Saag of the University of Alabama. "We are looking at something with a.totally different method of. action. It is an important, potent new option." T~20 was discovered at Duke University. It is being developed by Hoffmatm-La Roche Inc. and Trimeris Inc., a small biotech company in Durham, N.C. Thedrug is the furthest along of a new ¯ body’s immune system may be able to ¯ k~p I-HV in check without completely eliminating it. : Satcher Looks at :¯ Kids’ Health : ROBINSVILLE, Miss. (AP) - U.S. ¯ SurgeonGeneralDavidSatcherhasissued ¯ ¯ : ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ a warning about the health of America’s children. Satcher, speaking to a health association recently in Tunica County, said children are growing fatter, lazier, more sexually active and increasingly addicted to toxic substances. Satcher, former president of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, .Tenn., -spoke tO 400 public health care workers ¯ and advocates at the annual meeting of the ¯ Mississippi Public Health Association. Regarding the disparity in health care, ¯ Satcher said that in the last 10 years class of AIDS medicines called fusion ¯ minorities, women and children have inhibitors. They work by thwarting the : fallen behind in many areas. virus’s ability to fuse with blood cells and Satcher said progress has been made in ¯ insert their genetic material into them. ¯ dealing with infectious diseases and there However, the treatment has one large ¯ has been a decrease in the number of drawback compared with other AIDS ¯ cancer cases, injury-related deaths and drugs: Instead of being a pill, it must be ¯ adult smokers. However, the munber of injected twice daily. Nev~rtbeless, Saag : teen-age smokers has risen_rapidly, Satcher said patients in advanced stages of AIDS ¯ said. are willing to give themselves shots, and Obesity has become a virtual epidemic they seem to tolerate the drug well. ¯ among both adults and children, Satcher The results were reported by Dr. Jay said. The current generation of children Lalezari of Quest Clinical Research in ¯ and teen-agers is the most inactive the ¯ S an Francis co at a meeting of the.,Aga,erican country has ever had. Society for Microbiology. One of the results of that inactivity has Other AIDS drugs work principally by ¯ been an increase in Type 2 diabetes in thwarting the virus’s ability to stitch its ¯ children. In the past, physicians were told genetic material into cells it has invaded never to look for Type 2 in individuals or by blocking its ability to disperse mature ¯ - under 40 years old, Satcher said. Now, the copies of itself. disease is occurring in children under the Doctors gave T-20 to 55 people who age of 10. Emphasis must be placed on had high levels of the AIDS virus despite physical activity and on diet, Satcher said. trying many different combinations of The American diet consists mainiy of fats AIDS medicines. While these standard and sugars, he said. In one year, the average drugs have proved to be life savers for American will consume 156 pounds of many with AIDS, they do not work for all added sugar. patients. We need to promote healthy lifestyles, Doctors administered T-20 in Satcher said. "We need to promote combination with other drugs, even though physical activities. We need to promote the patients’ HIV was resistant to the nutrition and avoidance of toxins like older medicines. After four months of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs. We treatment, virus levels fell significantly in need to promote responsible sexual 33 of the volunteers. In 20 of them, the behavior." virus fell to levels too low to be measured. 40% of college students and 30% of Saag cautioned that the treatment is high school students are binge dri .nking, unlikely to work forever. But he said Satcher said. That has contributed to an doctors hope it will dday rebound of the increase m automobile accidents and virus for perhaps-a year. irresponsible ~exual behavior. T-20 is part of the protein that makes up "We need to talk more with our children the AIDS virus’ outer coat. Ordinarily it about what it means to be s exuall y activ e ," comes into play with another peptide- TSatcher said. "When we don’ t teach sex in 21 - as the AIDS vinm grabs onto blood the schools, at home and in the churches, ¯ cells and prepares to enter them. Scientists ¯ but they do teach it out on the streets or ¯ found that flooding the body with extra after school when there are no adults copies of T-20 gums up this attachment ¯ around, our children aren’t going to process, ¯ become responsible, sexual adults." Another AIDS study released at the ¯ His warning was directed not just to meeting found that treatment very early in teen-agers, but to all people. Every day, the course of an AIDS infection does not 16,000 people become infected with HIV, wipe out the virus entirely, as some had ¯ the virus that causes AIDS. In the years hoped. : since the disease’s discovery, HIV has Dr. Martin Markowitz of the Aaron ¯ infected 50 million people and resultedin Diamond AIDS Research Center in New 14 million AIDS-related deaths. York City reported on four patients who ¯ "In my opinion AIDS is the worst started treatment within seyen to 90 days : epidemic since the plague of the 14th of catching HIV. All signs of their virus : century or maybe the influenza epidemic disappeared, and they chose to stop therapy ," of 1918," Satcher said. "AIDS is after three years: The virus reappeared within two to three weeks, One patient went back on treatment, but the three others stayed off. After shooting up, their virus levds fell again to low but detectable levds. Researchers said the results raise the possibility that in such situations, the : ¯ : : ¯ ¯ increasingly a disease o,,f people of color, women and the young. African Americans account for almost 50% of new cases; Hispanics, 20%; and women, 25%. Not enough is being done to prevent the disease, Satcher said, even though people know how to stop the ¯ spread. Are You Gay or Bisexual? 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Peoria, Brookside 712-1400 awarded to an organization whose accomplishments include bringing health care to the Maasai and Turkana, two of Africa’s nomadic tribes. The Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, awarded to the African Medical and Research Foundation, will give the organization funds it needs for additional work in AIDS and malaria prevention. It will also help pay to train more health care workers. ’q’his million will go along way and it will allow us to keep many projects afloat," saidJohn R. Batten, director of the Nairobi, Kenya-based AMREF, who accepted the prize at a ceremony in New York on Tuesday. Startedin 1957 as aprogram that helped needy Africans get specialized medical care- particularly reconstructive surgery - AMREF now provides health care services to 21 African countries. Programs are run from offices in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa. This year’s budget was $19 million. Over the years, AMREF built a twoway radio network that boosted hospital communications in East Africa, spearheaded the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets to reduce childhood malaria deaths and performed more than 40,000 operations. It also has trained thousands of health care workers and specialists and brought services to the most remote corners of Africa, including to tribes that roam the continent. What sets AMREF apart from most international non-governmental organizations is that more than 95% of its employees are Africans. ’q’he approach we use in tackling all of theseproblems is community-based," said Peter Muchiri Ngatia, director for AMREF’s Uganda office. "Some prdl~lems "in A~r~ca, such as AIDS and HIV, areaggravated by cultural practices." Much of the prize, which will be spent over three years, will be directed at two of Africa’s biggest killers - AIDS and malaria. "AMREF’s success in building an African-led and African-run health care system that is accessible to all provides a strong model for aid agencies around the world," said Barron Hilton, chairman of Hilton Hotels Corp. and a board member of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. AMREF was selected out of 225 nominations made by members of the international community, including diplomats, foundation leaders and academics. Once nominations are made, the Hilton foundation researches the organization and performs On-site visits. After that, selections go to an independent international jury. Last year, Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders - the largest independent international medical aid organization - won the prize. DETROIT (AP) - Federal AIDS czar S andy Thurman and Mayor Dennis Archer led thousands of walkers in a fund-raising event for programs that help treat people infected with the deadly disease. The Detroit event was one of 12 statewide sponsored by AIDS Walk Michigan. "Walk on walkers!" Thurman shouted to cheering participants at Hart Haza, where the 3.1-mile walk began and ca_rex!.. Many held helium balloons and signs with messages such as "AIDS has many faces." Despite the cheery atmosphere and warm sunshine, Thurman brought a chilly message about the disease, which she said will have infected 100 million people worldwide by 2005. "We’re at the beginning of an epidemic, not the end of an epidemic, with no vaccine, no cure," she told reporters before the walk began. "It’s not going to be over next week. It’s not going to be over in 10 years. It’s probably not going to be over in my lifetime.’" A sign of hope is the success of antiAIDS drugs that are keeping thousands of people infected with the HIV virus free from symptoms. But in many Third World natxon~, including much of AIDSdecimated Africa, the medicines remain unaffordable and the public health system inadequate, she said. This is the second year of a coordinated AIDS Walk Michigan. Last year, 10 walks statewide raised $2~0,000, This year, walks also tookplace Sunday in Ann Arbor, BerrienCounty, Flint, Grand Rapids, Holland-Saugatuck, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Muskegon, Port Huron, Saginaw-Midland-Bay City and Traverse City. But organizers sdid/he ~)etro’it event was particularly important because of the high rate of AIDS in the city. With about 10% of the state’s population, Detroit has nearly half of the reported AIDS cases, they said. "It’s the No. 1 killer of young AfricanAmerican males and the No. 2 killer of young black females," said Detroit Episcopal Bishop R. Stewart Wood Jr. as he set out on the walk. Wood’s diocese, which has 35,000 members from Lansing to the Ohio line, has not been immune from the effects of AIDS. "Every one of our congregations has been touched by AIDS - members or loved-ones who have the disease. We’ve lost two of our clergy to AIDS," he said. Teresa and Bill Snell came in from Wayne County’s Redford Township to walk in this year’s walk, taking turns pushing 15-month-olddaughter Courtney in a three-wheeled jogger’s stroller. They raised a total of $49, most in pledges of $2 to $3, for their part in the walk. The 20 walkers from Mrs. Shell’s agency, the Detroit Hispanic Development Corp., raised $1,500 for. the fight, against AIDS. "It affects so many people and families around you," she said. "I don’t know anyone who has died,.of AIDS, but I do know that it is something that affects ¯¯ FRANKFORT, Ky~ (AP):-, The General Assembly could be asked to require all kinds of people," her husband said. "It’s something that’s got to be stopped." : doctors treating people infected with the : virus that causes AIDS to report them by ¯ name. It is the only way to ensure that : federal money for AIDS treatment and " program keeps flowing, a task force’s ~ reasoning goes. NEW YORK (AP) - The world’s largest : "The practicality is this," Dr. Anna humanitarian prize - $1 million - was ¯ Huang, see Health, p. 11 ¯ Feds Pushingf0r : Name"Reporting Award Given to African Groups �by James Christjohn, entertainment Queen ¯ (ironic, given his criticism only moments before of the "cinematic moments"). The By the time you read this, the film will ¯ be gone (thanks to Woodland Hills Cinema ¯ boys split, our hero deciding against a futurebased on deceptionand hiding with for bringing it to us!), but as it will be a great stocking stuffer - no catty remarks, : one so.uncomfortable with himself. To me, that was a happy ending - he please - I will review it for your reading ¯ pleasure anyway. And since I’ve never : was strong enough to standup for what he believed, both in a public worried about timeliness and personal sense, and before, why start now? And of course, no wasn’t willing to "settle" "Get Real" was a column written by for less. wonderful film about a 16 Yes, the sappy ending year old Gay boy in yours truly would my friend proposed would England, and the process have been ok, and his be complete of "coming out" - he runs rationale was that so many into an older boy at his without a mowes with Gay school, and they find characters end up with mention of themselves in "love", or depressing endings that what seems to be love. "You Know Who." he’d have liked to have Only one problem: The And if you seen an alternate ending older boy is ashamed of where both come out and his Gayness, and wants don’t know, then live happily ever after. everything kept "hushYeah, maybe it. would you’ve not been hush." have been nice, but I Needless to say, many reading this applaud the author and poignant moments ensue, producer’s strength to seetion regularly, all of which rang true for stick with this ending. me and the other person now have you? And to me, it was a viewing the film with me. happy ending of sorts. All Much was true to life, ¯ depends on perspective, I suppose. At any although much of it was kind of "what if I had come out at 16 instead of 21" ¯¯ rate, The activg was top-notch, the characters were real, and it is definitely a speculation for me. I was a late bloomer, ¯ film destined to be at the top of my DVD what can I say? Speaks a lot for "the ¯ wish list." environment. "Beauty and the Beast" ended its run on At any rate, I found the film absorbing :¯ aninterestingnot.e.Abeautifulproduction, and realistic, in many aspects. As my friend pointed out, "Yes, but there were so ¯ albeit with some technieal difficulties (the. many’cinematic moments.’ "My response : first week’s shows were in reality was, "yes -and ? - life is made of : "previews", in which technical errors are ’cinematic moments.’ Sometimes we’re : more or less expected and worked out) bad timing on the lighting, lucky enough to havelots of them." I ¯¯ such as ° ’ " ° pointed out several ’cinematic moments’ ¯ reveahngcharacter s disappearances"to be actors running in and out oflights when that we shared that he’d forgotten, and he ¯ it should be dark, beasts transforming into conceded the point. He also took umbrage with the ending, : princes and getting stuck in midwhichwas realistic. (Warning: Don’tread ’¯ transformation by malfunctioning "magic" ("this spell canceled due to beyond this point to the next paragraph if ¯ technical difficulties") and mysterious you haven’t seen it and don’t want it ¯ illnesses taking out cast members. spoiled) see Beast, p. 14 He wanted a more romantic ending ". ¯ Tea, who squeezed 240 pounds into a by John Curran ATLANTIC CITY - The flowers and : sequined black cocktail dress and operadime-store crown were real. Nearly " length black gloves. Down the runway ¯ everything else was fake, from the ¯ went Miss Tea, pushing acartloaded with goodies and warbling a versionofthe title eyelashes to the cleavage to the tip-synched : song from the musical "Cabaret." "Life is songs. ¯ abigb,uf,fet, myfriend. Socometothebig Welcome to Atlantic City’ s other beauty pageant, the one for men dressed in drag. ¯ buffet, sang Miss Tea. Then there was Miss Tenee, a 6-foot-3 Seven blocks and a world away from the stage where Miss America 2000 was : inch, 205-pounder, who began a talent crowned, the Miss’d America Pageant ¯¯ segment in a purple Afro wig and brown velour dress. That soon disappeared, lampooned its famous older sister with a raucous, gender-bending spoof funny : revealing a silk chemise. Miss Tenee won : the crown, was given a dozen roses and enough to bust a girdle. Held annually on the night after Miss ¯¯ headeddown the bulb-adorned runway as the crowd sang a reworked version of America’s crowning, Miss’d America provides a sarcastic antidote to the apple- ". "There She Is," the Miss Americastandard. ¯ The capacity 600-person crowd was a pie sincerity of the real pageant. The ¯ mix of Gay and straight, casino workers swimsuit competition? A display of chunky thighs and muscular arms. The ¯ and local politicians, Miss America Pageant hairstylists and female musical production numbers? Over-the¯ impersonators. , top atrocious. The evening wear contest? Not that there wasn t some authenticity Outright hysterical. ¯ to the proceedings. Miss America 1998 The only serious thing Sunday was the cause: Theeventraisedmorethan $15,000 : Kate Shindle, who spent her reign for support programs run by the South ¯ promoting AIDS advocacy and needle Jersey AIDS Alliance. "It’s the wildest : exchanges, sang "My Man" during the show this side of the Boardwalk," said : show. "As far as I’m concerned, what’s Bill Mattel, the alliance’s former chief : any pageant without a former Miss ¯ Whatever singing StreisandT’ she said. executive. Wild, indeed. There was Miss Sallotta by the Helmerich Foundation October 16, 22 & 24 Tulsa Perf:oming Arts Act Now! 587-4811 596-7111 for tickets. OKLAHOMA T 0 H R M E TI"VAL OCTOBER 9 7, 8, 9 �~ SUNDAYS 9 9 9 Professional Business Exposition Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 Community of Hope (Welcoming), Service - 6pm, 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800 Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation Service - 1 lain, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595 (Welcoming) Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist Service - 1 lain, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314 Metropolitan Community Church United Service, l lain, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715 House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210b So. Norwood Parish Church of St. Jerome (Evangelical Anglican Church in America) Mass - 1 lain, 205 W. King (east of N. Denver), Info: 582-3088 Unity Church of Christianity Services: 9:15 & 11:00 am, 3355 S. 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AR11Sl1[: :Mixed Repertory includes two Oklahoma premieres Live And Let Live, Commuuity of Hope United Methodist, 7:30pm, 2545 S. Yale Multicultural AIDS Coalition, call for next meeting date. Urban League, 240 East Apache, 584-0001 PrimeTimers, mens group, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th Coming Out Support Group (TOHR/HOPE) Tuesdays, 6 pro, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, info: 743-4297 I~ WEDNESDAYS Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Service - 7pm,’3210b So. Norwood Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group, more information, call 582-7225 TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for info: 595-7632. Lambda A-A, 7 pm, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft. ~ THURSDAYS HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education Anonymous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pm 834-8378, 3507 E. 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"In by George Bria ¯ essence, thesemuscles act as"guy wires," POUND RIDGE, N.Y. (AP) - Gardening ¯ to keep your baekmhne. She prescn a series of abdominal strengthening ~njoys suchaserenereputation that getting njure~ at it seems almost laughable: Yet : an overzealous green thumb can also mean ¯ exercises and also exercises to condition other muscles related to the back. a sore elbow. : If, in spite of all this, back spasm The casualty hsts are. swelled, of course, suddenly strikes, Pearlman by the power eqmpment "Lets get says stop your garden work ix~juries oaten stiffered through immediately, head for the ¯ in’attention or failure to wear down to earth house and lie down on an ice ,:protective gear~ But. what we’re pack for 20 minutes. That’s and be real;’ talking about here is soreness, a beginner. Then do some Pearlman says, just strains and sprains. exercises and maybe take a A common ailment is pain reliever. Repeat the "gardening is tendonitis. You can get tennis sequence four or five tames elbow just pulling weeds, the an active, during the first day. In two or repetitive squeezing motion three days you should be contact "sport." inciting inflzmmation. she says, and if not, Back muscle spasm is "When is the better, think of going to a doctor. another trauma that threatens last time you Pearlman prescribes a the wheelbarrow lifter or the variety of push-ups and person who bends abruptly or sat still in your weight-lifting exercises to improperly to perform some -strengthen arms. One. way to garden?" task in flower bed or vegetable strengthen hands, she says, is patch. Sometimes it just - Barbara repetitive squeezing of a happens without an easily semisoft rubber ball.. Aside Pearlman pinpointed cause. from strengthening exercises, Having suffered both these ailments from my gardening, I can testify : knee fitness involves proper squatting in they’re just as painful as if you got them " the garden, Pearlman says. This means keeping your heels flat, otherwise far on the tennis court, as I did, or from some ° : much pressure is placed on your knees." other sport or at work. To add to potential : "Knowing how to bend over andhow to miseries, a bad elbow you got in tennis ¯ might heal only to flare up again in the ¯ lift an object (or yourself) the correct way is crucial to gardening," Pearlman says. garden. Tendonitis can hit the shoulder, too, and often does. There are conditioning : ’The chance of straining your back is far : greater if youneglect to bend your knees." exercises you can do, and probably should ¯ When carrying things, she says, "you do, to prevent injuries, but in my ¯ should use the strongest and largest joints experience inflanu~tory ailments like and muscles (those in your arms) for the tendonitis sometimes seem to happen . " job to avoid direct pressure on your willy-nilly. ¯ smallestjointsandweakestmuscles (those One day you’re fine after w.eedigg an,d. : in your hands and fingers.)" another day you develop pain tlaat doesn t "There is a right way and a wrong way go away. The same thing happens to a ¯¯ pitcher or a hard-serving teums player ¯ to move when you garden and malting th,e, right moves makes good garden sense,’ despite conditioning. Proven therapies, ". Pearlman says. "It’s as simple as that." involving drugs, exercises or even surgery, exist to heal such injuries but preventing : them from happening in the first place is : something else. Nevertheless, suggestions exist, and a good book has just come out aimed at conditioning you to minimize the chances of getting hurt while gardening. "Gardener"s Fitness" by Barbara Pearlman (Taylor Publishing Co., $12.95, ¯ JOHANNESBURG, South Mrica (AP)¯ A provincial blood donor service has paperback), a Manhattan fitness expert ¯ and a gardener, prescribes exercises, ¯ started turning away black blood donors between 18 and 35 years because of the proper posture and attire and relaxation : high risk of infection from AIDS and teclmiques. The 151-page book contains easy-to-follow instructions and helpful ¯ other diseases, E-TV reported in : September. illustrations. ¯ Eric Saunderson, head of the Natal "Lets get down to earth and be real," BloodTransfusion Service, confirmed that Pearlman says, "gardening is an active, the agency is importing blood from contact "sport." "When is the last time Holland and the Western Cape, a province you sat still in your garden?" she asks, "If with a lower rate of HIV infections. you’re not hauling heavy rocks, you’re "Our responsibility is to the patient, and ¯ pushing a wheelbarrow, toting tools, ¯ it’s the right of every patient to have the dragging the hose, or whacking weeds. ¯ You’re in perpetual motion, unless of ¯ safest blood possible," Saund~rson said course your idea of gardening is planting ¯ in the television interview. Ronald Louw, a spokesman from the :apot of ~etunias or p~msies on your paso?’ ¯ Gay and Lesbian Coalition, denounced Pearlman identifies tlie body parts mat the practice of apartheid blood collection. work hardest in the garden as arms,: ,,l~ees, ¯ ’q’his is discrimination," he said. hands "and, abov,~ all, your back,. Back ¯ About 8% 0f all South Africans are pain,"shesays,~s the gardener sbugaboo. ¯ Unless your back is made of steel (in ¯ HIV positive,~a rate that reaches up to 25% in some communities in KwaZuluwhich case, you probably can’.t g.etinto ,al,1 ¯ Natal, where the Natal service is located, the contorted positions gardemng cans ¯ and elsewhere in the country. But a racial for) at some point during the season, your : breakdown of the infection rate was not back is bound to protest." ’The very best defense against back ¯ known. pain is a good offense, which means strong The More Things Postage Stamp 1985 22¢ 1998 32~ Minimum Wage 1985 $3.35 1998 $5.15 Average New Car Price 1985 $ 9,011 1998 $20,000 The More Things Stay The Same. Average Price of Electrici~ Per Residential kWh 1985 6.,$¢ A lot has changed since 1985. Prices for many 1998 5.7¢ consumer goods have more than doubled. But one thing has stayed the same. Our rates. They’ve remained virtually unchanged for almost fifteen years. 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"It’s gender real man - llke comedian’s portrayal of straight-jacketing," Pollack the ones in the schlepping through a mundane "He’s stuck in a job that’s said. ’q~hese boys believe that media - they job. going nowhere and the whole in order to be a real man- like basis (of the show) is that he is the ones in the media - they have to be ¯ . . a loser," Ms. Salisbury have to be violent and violent and said. "That tells boys that the aggressive."About 74% of the only place to be is at the top. characters and sports figures aggressive." Otherwise, you’re to be viewed by the participants laughed at." committed brutal or defiant - William Michael J. Gerson, a acts or demonstrated antipsychologist and lecturer at social behavior such as Pollack Loyola Marymount ridiculing or lying, Pollack University, criticized Children Now for said. The study was released at the start of the ¯¯ drawing what he characterized as an elementary conclusion about the effects group’ s anntml conference in Los Angeles. Children Now, an independent advocacy ¯ of media violence on young people. group for children in Oakland, plans to ¯ "Researchers can underestimate the ability of children to make distinctions between use the findings to call on entertainment ¯ fantasy andreality,"Gerson said.’~A child executives to promote a more compassionate image of men, said Lois ¯ may s~oot his fingers like a gun, but he doesn t have to develop a killer mentality Salisbury, president of the organization. According to Ms. Salisbury, the ¯ or wish to be destructive." i-iowever, kickboxing crimefighter on "Walker, ¯¯ Gerson said Children Now was correct in proposing that the blending of sex and Texas Ranger" on CBS and the ¯ violence can confuse adolescents who sensationalized crashes and arrests on Fox’s "World’s Wildest Police Videos" ¯ should instead associate gentleness with were among the worst for reinforcing ¯ intimacy. "I do object to movies where the negativ e stereotypes of authoritativemen. ¯ girl and the guy get into the back seat of ¯ the car and a Miler pops out and cuts them "They just glorify heavy-handed tactics," ¯ in half with a chain saw," Gerson said. she said. She also speculated that professional ¯ "That can cause problems." wrestling’s blend of scantily dad women Kentucky, said states should challenge the federal agencies. "It’s a terrible thing that we have to sacrifice so much privacy in the name of money," Vessels said. a University of Louisville assistant medical An AIDS patient said the stigma of the professor, said: without federal money, disease would drive many people only people with insurance will have underground. "For the fear of reporting access to the relatively few doctors with their names, they simply will not go get experience in AIDS treatment. "I think we’re at a point the legislation tested," Michael Seidler of Louisville needs to be considered," Huang said during testified. The state keepsrecords of AIDS patients a public hearing by the legislature’s Task Force on HIV/AIDS Prevention, Services " by name, but not of people infected with and Financing. " ttIV..For that reason, the state’ s reports of Thirty-three states require people ! HIV infection are considered suspect by infected with HIV, the human ¯ federal record keepers at the Centers for immundeficiency virus, to be reported by " Disease Control. Mollie’Adkins, of the name. The federal government is : Kentucky Department for Public Health, pressuring all other states, including ¯ said name reporting is the most reliable Kentucky, to follow suit. Those that balk ¯ way yet found to ensure cases are not could lose federal funding for AIDS, the " duplicated and statistics are not inflated. task force says in a report. ." Names would he maintained, in a state The recommendation brought a fierce ¯ database, not passed along to the CDC. response about privacy- even among task " The task force also says the legislature force members - at the public hearing. "I " should restrict access to the information call it blackmail," said Barry .Norris, a ," and enact stiff penalties for breaches. Seidler, the AIDS patient, said that was task force member from Louisville. But, ¯ Norris asked, what choice does Kentucky " wishful thinking. Computer hackers got 9 ° into Florida’s HIV-test database, he said. have. Do we just not take the money... ¯ Do we make a principled stand?" Jeff ." "If you can guarantee somethin g like that’ s Vessels, executive director of the ¯ not going to happen..." Seidler said, "by American Civil Liberties Union in " all means go out and get tested yourselves." �Red Rock Tulsa ~ substance use issues than are heterosexual by Esther Rothblum, Ph.D. ¯ women. Oneofthe questionsinthesurvey Do Lesbians drink more alcohol than is "Have you ever wondered if you had a heterosexual women? In the not-toodrinking problem," and 47% distant past, the Lesbian bar of Lesbians answered "yes" to was one of the only places " ~ome d the this item compared with only where Lesbians could go to early studies 14% of the heterosexual meet other women. On the women. This finding again other hand, many Lesbian bars su~,rested that hints at heavy alcohol use in h~iVe Closed down, indicating the past on the part of Lesbians. P.erhaps that Lesbians -are up-to onle~thlrdFinally, there was a trend for drinking l~ss and have otherd Lesbians older Lesbians to report more places to socialize, were serious drinking, and these are the To find out more about Lesbians who were adults Lesbians and alcohol-use, I alcohol during earlier times when interviewed Dr. Tonda Hughe~ abusers~~ drinking was more part of the in the Department of Nursing Lesbian commurtities. at the University of Illinois at she said, ’but Dr. Hughes is interested in Chicago. ,Some of the early often these exploring patterns of drinking studies suggested that up .to across various age groups of one third of Lesbians were researchers Lesbians. Specifically, she is serious alcohol abusers," she co||ected tbelr interested in whether older said, "but often these Lesbian~ who were adults researchers collected their data data [rom during earlier times when from Lesbians in bars. So itis Lesblans ;n drinking was more part of the not surprising that this method Lesbian cotumunities are found a large number of bars. So it’s continuing to drink heavily. Lesbians who were heavy not surprlslng She is also interested in the drinkers. I think that that is question of how Lesbians and why we have the bdief that that this their partners moderate each Lesbians are atrisk for alcohol method [ound others drinking, because abuse." research on heterosexuals Nevertheless, Dr. Hughes shows that partners’ drinking believes that Lesbians drank o[ Lesbians is a major factor in how much more than heterosexual people drink. We still know who were women in the 1960s and 70s. very little about all Ihe factors "Lower rates of drinking heavy drinkers. that increase or decrease among Lesbians now is partly Lesbians’ risk for alcohol I think that due to changes in drinking in abuse or alcohol-related the whole population, to more that is why we problems. health consciousness, and to Esther Rothblum is Probare the belld fessor the AIDS crisis, which has of Psychology at the alerted us to the risks of alcohol that Lesbians University of Vermont and and drug use," she said. She Editor of the Journal of are at r~sk [or also felt that Lesbians used to Lesbian Studies. She can be drink more during the coming alcohol abuse.’" reached at Dewey Hall, Univ. out process, in order to deal of Vermont, Burlington, VT, with social anxiety and stigma ¯ emaih esther.rothblum@uvm.edu. involved in meeting other women and coming to terms with being a Lesbian. In a study conducted in Chicago, New York City, and Minneapolis/St. Paul in the mid-1980s with more than Lesbians, of The Tulsa Worldnews story about the Lesbians overall were no more likely to report alcohol-related problems than we.re ° New Jersey ruling. Ms. Kue.lmert promised to check into the issue and to telephone heterosexual women. Only Lesbians in the 50-60 year old age range reported ¯ back the next day. TAUW enjoys significant support from more alcohol problems than did their " heterosexualcounterparts. Dr. Hughes has ¯ some of Tulsa’s most well known conductedaseries of studies withLesbians " corporations. Debbie Graham of QuikTrip and heterosextml women that focus on ° Corporation said that her organization various mental health factors, including ¯ had supported United Way for many years because it helps a vast variety of agencies alcohol use and abuse. Her results indicate that Lesbians these " but-that Quik Trip doesn’t get involved in days are no more likely to drink heavily " "the politics of individual agencies." And while Ms. Graham could not than are heterosexual women. In fact,-confirm that Quik Trip has a nonLesbians were more likely to report ¯ abstaining from alcohol altogether for the " discrimination policy which explicitly past year than were heterosexual women.." includes "sexual orientation," she noted Most of the Lesbian and-heterosexual ¯ that it is their practice not to discriminate. Quik Trip had provided promotion of womenin her sample drank alcohol at low " levels. White Lesbians, however, drank " the United Way campaign in the form of more thandid African American or Latina ¯ a printed solicitation for support on Quik Trip paper bags. Lesbians. Emily Gill of Dollar Car Rental did "Interestingly, there are more Lesbians ." who report that they are in recovery, " confirm that her company and its parent though" she added. Only 2% of." group, Dollar/Thrifty Automotive Group (DTAG) which Mr. Cappy chairs, does heterosexual women had been in treatment have an explicit non-discrimination policy for alcohol or in 12-step programs, compared with 17% of Lesbians--a large " but Ms. Gill was unable to address whether difference. This may be the result of prior ¯ any one at DTAG saw any conflict between heavy drinking among Lesbians. Or it " their internal non-discrimination policy see TA UW, p. 13 may be thht Lesbians are more aware of " and Free Confidential HIV Testing Want to get involved? Need to get tested for HIV? Walk-in Clinics Tuesday Testing, 5 -8 pm Pride Center, 1307 East 38th Wednesday Tdsting, 5-8 pm Need a Coming Out Support Group? Red Rock, 1724 East 8th Daytime appointments available. 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Nights & Meet Others in a Safe Enviroment Call for meeting times and place: 918-584-2325 GARDEN DESIGN 583- 1248 Compatibility reports . for you and your friends or lovers. 599-0717 Gay Owned, Operated & Rainbow Proud Gay Mecca of the Ozarks Beautiful Eureka Springs, Arkansas ¯ authority and influence they have within by Lamont Lindstrom, Phdg. their fzmilies and societies. Here, if you Last snmmer I went to a friend’ s fiftieth birthday p~arty.,] I think actually it was at :¯ want to be president at age 69, like Ronald Reagan you’d better pour on that black least his tbir or even fourth fiftieth ¯ hair dye. birthday. He is de_t,_e~_.ined.n_o,t to get any . Gay men may be more panicked by age older. Freezing one s agent 50 ts somewhat more mature than those of us who fixate : than most Americans. We have all heard on 30, or even 25. Another birthday boy I : bitter complaints about our agi_sm ~ a~,d lookism- and such gripes are often samy know is at 28 and holding. And my friend : justifiedbypersonal experience. (Lesbian Steve- who is 33 and gorgeous - always shaves five or six years off his age on ¯ society is,l~___ha,p_s kinder to it_s wrin.kl,ed sisters ) It s fun to read the age limitalmns those tempting messages he leaves on in classified personal ads. telephone dating, lines. Most of the lovelorn are ISO "Gay men may Welcome to America. sweet-young things. Not many Growing up around here is be more want to date those of well-. good. But growing old can be aged .and mature vintage. panicked by a problem. We all know about Many ads have upper age cutthe bittersweetness of age than most offs - commonly 30 or 35 or, birthdays. Next time you are more rarely, 40. Some seekers Americans. in a card store, have a look at are willing to date over a those nasty if cruelly funny. We have all decade’s span-five years cards that we are encourag younger to five years older heard bitter to giveanyoneunlueky enough than themselves. Many 40to have turned 40. Women complaints somethings speei-ficaldl’y complain that the onusof age request none but the 20a~out our falls most heavily on them. something... Good luck... Men, as they wrinkle, gray; agism -and More gray hair on the way for and sag, at least might bope.~o I think. lookism - and you, grow to be distinguished. Or there is the daddy niche: Women, on the other hand, such gripes are Sugar daddies,leather daddies, age into grannies and crones. bears and cubs. A few often sadly My sly friends who have yonngish personal advertisers recycled or lost a few of their justified by won’ t touch anyone blrdadays, however, don~t underneath 45 or 50. They personal seem to be waiting eagerly for want ~eir daddy. At.least there distinguished, silver-haired experience." remarns, here m .agist maturity. They, too~ would American, one specialized rather stay young and juicy. market opporUmity for mental, ,facial,,and Theexplosion of men’s hair dye, plastic financial maturity. So you can atways ouy surgery, and youthful herbal supplement a youth if you can’t have youth yourself commercials flashing daily on my Then there are the age-blind. They "go television screen suggest an increasingly bvth niri "Thevoromisetodateanyone __ ~_e s,___t. desperate age-panic among all of us, no 18 to 88, or so they say. I logged onto a 61matter our gender. vear-old’s personal page on the Internet. When I was 24, I lived on Tanna, an "Age is only a state of mind,"it said. Yeah isolated South Pacific island. Everyone right. Are you from Tanna or America? there is related to everyone. Newcomers Check out your mirror. But I’m taking - quickly receive "fictive kin" identities in notes. Those birthdays keep rolling. And order better to fit into village life. Soon next year the cake might set off the smoke after I arrived, all the kids began calling me kaha - "grandpa." I was taken aback Lamont Lindstrom. Ph.D. teaches by this. Why, back then, I had hardly any anthropology at ~he University of Tulsa? gray hair after all! On Tanna, though, as in most places on earth, ageis pr_estigio.us.. Those kids were doing me abig favor wttla that grandpa thing. My island friend Nariu, who was hardly older than me, within a the discriminatory policies of the BSA few years had started referring to himself and United Way’s failure to pledge not to (and me) as "’we old men." Nariu was discriminate. Ms. Gill promised a response ambitious and since old men ran his after consulting with others in her society, he was determined to become a organization but failed to respond by press senior citizen as soon as he could. time. American fears of aging clearly have Likewise, Jean Johnson, Bank of much to do with how years connect up America’s southwestern press with power and prestige. I sometimes ask spokesperson, pointed out that the bank, my university students when they think with its origins in San Francisco, has adulthood begins. When do you truly some of the most progressive policies, not become an adult? They tend to place this only pledging not to discriminate but also somewhere in the 20s- a few years bey.ond ¯ prowiding domestic partner benefits to their own age. Most Americans associate ¯ their employees. She added that Bank of adulthood with economic independence: ] America is one of United Way’s largest having one’s own job, paying 0n.e’s.o.wn ~ supporters on a national level. Roger bills. We see some 35-year-old still hvlng ¯ Whaley of Bank of America serves on the with mother as sadly still a little juvenile. ~ board of directors of TAUW. I also ask my youthful students for their, : The Tulsa Area United Way campaign defimtmns of nnddle-aged and old. ¯ enjoys further promotional sup.port fr,.om Answers here are more variable. (Some Tulsa area television stations. Accoromg start middle age-at 30.) Generally, though, ’. to the staffperson at KOTV, Channel 6, true oldness connects with retirement. : the stations which represent the major Once we leave the workplace for good, ~ networks and Fox all agree to do public we lose salary, power, prestige, and any ¯ service announcements. final fleeting claims to youth. People " Pat Baldwin of KTUL, Cbannel 8 who throughout most of the world can’t wait to ¯ see TA UW, p. 14 is a member get old. The older they are, the more �: is "very clear...very firm" on their ¯ corporate non-discriminationpolicy which ¯ includes "sexual orientation." Greg Gatewood, president of Tulsa The regular Belle’s father was : hospitalized during the run, and at the last ¯¯ Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR), was one .Gay person willing to have his matinee, folks in the audience never knew of the backstage drama going on. The : name used though he emphasized that he Beast became ill at the end of the first act ¯¯ was speaking as an individual not for TOHR. Gatewood saidhefeltUnitedWay (where he flings himself across a balcony In despair of ever being loved, and the : did a lot of good, funding for example, curtain falls). When the backstage crew ¯¯ TulsaC.A.R.E.S.andotherorganizations, and that he’d given to United Way in the revolved the set to help him down, they found the actor playing the Beast hanging : past. However, he added that he did not over the balcony - passed out cold. They ¯¯ agree with theBoy Scouts’ policy and that he’d like to see United Way open a revived him, and he decided to go on with : discussionwith theGay community about the show: ¯ the Boy Scouts, trying to f’md common However, you could never tell from the audience that anything was wrong. After ¯¯ ground. He added that he’d like to include the performance, he was whisked to the ¯ the Boy Scouts in that dialogue also. He suggested that instead of asking hospital as soon as the curtain fell. It ¯ Tulsa Area United Way to stop funding appears he may have been suffering from ¯ the Boy Scouts that TAUW should be a bleeding ulcer. The understudy went on that evening, : asked to fund an organization which and I hear he did well, despite misgivings : provides services to Tulsa’s Lesbian and on the part of some of the crew and other : .Gay communities. Gatewood emphaticast members- not to mentionhe himself! ¯ tally agreed thatTAUW shouldamendits I was sorry to see the troupe leave - they : own non-discrimination policy to include ¯ "sexual orientation." were such nice folk. A prominent member of Tulsa’s Gay October events at the Performing Arts : Center (596-7111 for tix) include Tulsa ¯¯ community, Vernon Jones, partner of the late Phil Wiley and civil rights and HIV/ Ballet’ s "Anna Karenina", Oct 1-3; Sabella ¯ AIDS issues activist, recalled that Tulsa Oct 2; The Celtic Series with Natalie McMaster, Oct 8-9; Tulsa Opera’s ¯ Area United Way also has a history of "Carmen, Oct 16-24; ATC’s Titanic :¯ racial discrimination. He remembers newspaper articles from his youth mystery, "Scotland Road", Ok 22-30; ¯ reporting on how TAUW refused to fund and The Phil’s pops concert, "Sound and ¯ agencies which served Tulsa’s Black Sorcery" Oct 29-30. I look forward to the arrival of Petula ¯¯ commtmity. Jones,likeothers appreciated TAUW’s support for HIV/AIDS services Clark as Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard." However, I still think Carol ¯ " but thought United Way should not fund. the BSA. Bumett should tour with the show; that Beth Kuehnert, Tulsa Area United would bea .fresh interpretation in many Way’s marketing representative, did not respects. The reviews I’ve read and heard call back as she promised. When asked from friends thus far have reassured me about this by telephone, she accused Tulsa we are in for an excellent show. The Family News of calling and harassing magic in the making will arrive November United Way supporters, naming one in 23 -28. particular. Ms. Kuehnert was informed And of course, no column written by that a news story required speaking with yours truly would be complete without a more than just her and that all contacts mention of"You Know Who."And if you with United Way supporters had been don’t know, then you’ve not been reading through their designated press this section regularly, now have you? representatives and clearly identified as Shame on you! news inquiries and had been quite cordial. The ever-ethereal Stevie Nicks made a And despite earlier promises to try to stumling appearance on the top-rated answer questions about United Way’s Sheryl Crow and Friends concert on the decision to fund .the Boy Scouts, Ms. ,Fox network, and it was interesting to Kuehnert now stated that "I’m not going note that she garnered the most enthusiastic to ask this question in the middle of the audience response of the eminently campaign.., the decision [to fund the Boy talented bunch. Scouts] was made in the spring [last "Gold Dust Woman" never sounded spring]." better, and according to the rumor mill, When Tulsa Family News contacted the her new CD’s in the can, awaiting release. United Way corporate supporter who had Sheryl Crow produced the CD in between allegedly been the subject of TFN tours. Also, Lesbian Icon, Melissa harassment, TFN was told that they’d said Etheridge, if you follow the Tulsa World nothing of the sort but only that they’d columns, is rumored to be scheduling a Tulsa appearance. We’ll be awaiting word ¯ called Tulsa Area United Way president and chief professional officer, Kathleen on that situation. ¯ Coon, to say that the issue of funding the And "heart-and-other-body-partsthrob" Ricky Martin will be in Dallas : Boy Scouts had been raised. ¯ This corporate spokesperson November 4th. Ay cammba! ¯ characterized the conversation with TFN ¯ as very civil and cordial. At press dine, Tulsa Family News had ¯ made either three or four phone calls over of the board of directors of Tulsa Area : at least a four year period to Tulsa Area United Way, failed to respond to the voice ~ United Way president Kathleen Coan mail asking him to call. ¯ requesting the courtesy of a return phone In contrast, Bud Brown, new general ¯ call. manager of KOTV, Channel 6, noted he’d To date, Ms. Coon, despite an apparent ¯ only been in Tulsa for 3 weeks, and had ¯ ready accessibility to The Tulsa World not seen the Tulsa World article in which ¯ and other non-minority news orgamthe Boy Scouts reaffirmed their anti-Gay ." zations, has refused to return any calls. stance but he noted that his corporation, ¯ For a related editorial, please see The Belo Corporation which owns the ; United Our Way, p. 3. 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(and former lead singer of "lnae Nylons), whose sound is an eclectic hybrid of electronic pop with arock ’n’ roll swagger, and the fabulous "Doris Daze", an allwomen’s pop/rock band that is currently making a big splash in Dallas. (Check out these websites, www.mp3.com/dorisdaze and www.loudboybarnes.com, to get a taste of their music.) And it’s not over yet! Don’t dare miss the dance and drag show on Sunday afternoon at Center Stage. Besides the always exciting, always surprising performances of Domonique Daniels, .Carla Renee, Miss Helga, Tara T’Neil, and Tabitha Taylor of Tulsa, Okla., and our ever-popular DJ, Jon Caswell, "Barnes" will make a guest appearance! So call your friends, select your wardrobe, and make your lodging reservations now!! You won’t want to miss this weekend!!! Call The Emerald Rainbow at (501) 253-5445 or visit www.shimaka.com!eureka/diversity to get a full schedule of activities. DIVERSITY CELEBRATION SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES " bRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5 2:30 pm - 5:00 pin"Family" musicians perform at Mud St. Espresso Cafe on Main St. 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm More entertainment at the Kaffeehaus Aroma in Basin Park Hotel. 8:00 pm - 12:30 am M.CC. of the Living Spring hosts Carnival Under the Rainbow - Dance and Game Night. Game booths- will raise funds for local projects and organizations while Jon Caswell spins an eclectic mix of dance music. A great way to kick off the weekend! Basin Park Hotel Ballroom. Cover: $4.50 per person, $7.50 per couple. Must be 21. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 10:00 am - Noon Catch the end of the fall colors canoeing down the beautiful White River. Call the Dam Store at (501) 253-6154 for details. $22!canoe. 10:30 am - Noon Enjoy a "colorful" historic walking tour wi~ Bill. Meet at Sweet Springs on upper Spring St. next to Rogue’s Manor. No charge. 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Bring the kids to a "family" family picnic at Harmon Park. Food and games. Call Samuel Strickland for details (501 ) 253 -7837. Children of all ages welcome. No charge. Be sure to check out the unique shops and restaurants listed in the Eureka Springs Diversity Cooperative. Let them know you’ re here for Diversity Weekend! 1:00 pm - 4:00 pro, Did you bring your singing voice? Give Karaoke a whirl with Lita at the Hole in. the Wall off Center St. No cover. 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Give your feet a break, and listen to some great musicians at Mud St. Espresso Cafe and Kaffeehaus Aroma. Tips appreciated. 9:00 pro- 1:00 am Party, party, party!! Dance, dance, dance!! Come on out to Center Stage, and dance like you mean it to Jon’ s high energy club tunes; OR Shake your booties at the Basin Park Hotel Ballroom to the live performances of dynamic GLAMA-winning L.A. Singer/ songwriter Barnes, and the fantastic pop/ rock Dallas-based women’s band Doris Daze. (Both will have their CDs available for sale.) Must be 21! Cover charges: Center Stage only - $5 per person. Basin Park only - $10 per person. Both venues $13 per person. What a nightt ! SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm Y ou can’t leave yet!! Meet us again at Center Stage for our tea dance and drag show. Those girls from Tulsa, those talented, and always fantabulous entertainers, Domonique Daniels, Carla Renee, Miss Helga, Tara T’Neil and Tabitha Taylor will knock your socks off with their dazzling performances, while Jon graces us with his DJ magic once again. AND, to add to the excitement, Barnes will be there to share his terrific voice and powerful music in a Special guest set. Must be 21! Cover: $5 per person. 7:00 Inn M.C.C. of the Living Spring Service at 17 Elk St. Call (501) 253-9337 for information. All are welcome! OTHER HAPPENINGS * Friday night from 10 p.m. ’til close, Clary and K.J. will have live entertainment and dancing at Center Stage. * If you’re feeling adventurous (and a little brave), you may want to check out the Ghost Tours at the Crescent Hotel. They start at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and last for approximately anhour andfifteenminutes. Discounted price of $8 per person to anyone wearing a purple"Eureka Springs Celebrating Diversity" button (available for half a buck at The Emerald Rainbow). Call (501) 253-8030 or 2428 for details. * In keeping with both themes this weekend, Judy at Pond Mountain Lodge, is hosting a "family" wine tasting, with hors d’oeuvres, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is a favorite boftle of wine from your state or $10 per person. Pond Mountain is on Hwy 23S about two miles from its intersection in town with Hwy 62. Call (800) 583-8043 for reservations. * After the dances on Friday and Saturday nights, Basin Block Cafe (across from Basin Park Hotel) will be open for breakfast from midnight ’til 3 a.m. * This weekend is also Eureka Springs’ Food and Wine Festival, and many of the town’s fine restaurants are offering special menus, from light fare to exquisite multicourse dinners. If you’re interested, call the Chamber of Commerce for more details at (501) 253-8737. Be sure to stop by The Emerald Rainbow to pick up your Diversity Cooperative booklet and discount coupons from some of the Coop’s businesses! And please join us at our next Eureka Springs Diversity Celebration Weekend on April 7, 8 & 9, 2000 ! ! ! Keep an eye on www. shimaka.com/eureka~diversity for details. The Eureka Springs Diversity Celebration weekend is produced by Linda Williams and M.C. 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Text Any textual data included in the document European Union to British Army: No More Gay Ban STRASBOURG, France (AP) - The European Court of HumanRights ruled latein September that Britain’ sban on homosexuals in the armed forces is a breach of humanrights. The court found in favor ofthreemenand a woman who were discharged from the British armed forces in line with its absolute ban on homosexual personnel after they admitted their sexual orientation. The court said the British policyyciolated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights which defends the right to respect for private and family life. "The Court considered the investigations, and in particular the interviews Of the applicants, to have been exceptionally intrusive," thc European court said in a statement. "The investigations conducted into the applicants’ sexual orientation together with their discharge from the armed forces constituted especially grave interferences with their private lives," it said. The verdict cannot force a-change of law, but the applicants considered it a step towards ending discriminationin thearmedforces. Defense Sec. George Robertson said other existing cases involving Gays in the British armed forces will be put on hold while the government studies the implications of:the ruling. Gay Demos Organize TULSA- Local. Democratic Party activists will hold an organizational meeting for a Tulsa chapter of the the National Stonewall Democratic Federation on Sunday, October 24th, at 4pro at the Tulsa Gay Community Services Center (the Pride Center), at 1307 East 38th Street, 2nd floor.. Stonewall Democrats, acaucus within the Democratic Party works to secure the rights ofall people, regardless ’of sexual orientation or gender identity and serves as a voicewithin the DemocraticParty for Lesbians andGay men. Organizers noted in their press release that the Oklahoma,Democratic party is rather conservative with regard to civil rights for Gays and Lesbians and seek to educate state party leadership about Lesbian and Gay issues. They list the following specific goals of the National Stonewall Democratic Federation as: (1) mobilizing voters through a national grassroots network of Gay and Lesbian Democratic clubs and individuals to advance the fight for Gay and Lesbian civil rights; (2) improving the record of the Democratic party by - pressing it further inthe direction of full recognition of the rightsofGay men, Lesbiansand Bisexuals to befree from prejudice; (3) educating voters on the vast difference that exists between the two major parties on our issues, and the importance of voting Democxatic as the most effective way to achieve our goals; (4) fighting the anti-Gay rhetoric of the Republican conservative-wing, which has increasingly become the instrument of those d~dicated to denying us our rights. The organizers are encouraging those who share these values to come to the October 24 meeting which will feature membersfromthenewlyformedOklahoma City Stonewall Democrats chapter. Paul Barby,whoran as an openly Gay candidate for US Congress in Oklahon~a’s 6th district will speak. For more information, telephone Start Simpson at 582-6557. ~ :.Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsane, Our Families + Friends ¯ Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Locations i Tulsa Area United. W .y Fun.ds Support Anti-Gay D,scr, minat,on : TULSA (TFN) - In a recent promotional piece printed and ¯ inserted in The Tulsa Worm for free, Tulsa Area United Way ¯ (TAUW) touted its strong points. TAUWclaims to be thelargest ¯ non-governmental funder of health and human services.in the ¯¯ Tulsa area, funding some 231 programs at 68 member agencies. TAUW also claims to have a lower than 10% overhead as ¯ compared to overhead of up to 40% declared acceptable by the ¯ National Charity Information Bureau. ¯ Joe Cappy, chairman/CEO and president of Dollar/Thrifty Automotive Group, in the Tulsa World insert, claimed, ’q’ulsa ¯ Area United Way gives each of us a sensible, cost-effective ¯ approach to helping the people in our community who need it ¯ most..." ¯ But there are those who take issuewith some aspects of United Way s funding,, partacularly that of the Indian NaUons Council of ¯ the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). The BSA is one of the earliest ¯ organizations funded in Tulsa by the predecessors to the current : United Way but the Scouting organization has been under fire ¯ nationally for its anti-Gay policies. The BSA claims the Scout ¯ pledge to be "morally straight" refers to being heterosexual and ¯ .therefore bans Gay youth from being Scouts or Gay men from ¯ being Scoutmasters on the grounds that to be Gay is intrinsically ¯ to be "morally non-straight." ¯ Recently, the BSA lost a legal challenge to thi s anti-Gay policy ¯ brought under New Jersey state law. Former Eagle scout James Dale won his lawsuit but in response to questions from The Tulsa ¯ World,aspokespersonfortheTulsa-basedIndianNafionCouncil of the BSA r~affirmed the ban in this area. ¯ And when TAUW kicked off its 75th anmversary campaign, ¯ running from Sept. 10th to Nov. 1 lth with a goal of raising $21,497,725.00, some of these individuals said no to helping ¯ United Way because of the funding for an organization which blatantly discriminates. ¯ Most ofthe individuals who spoke asked to remain anonymous ¯ citing fears ofretaliationfromTAUWor risk to their employment ¯ by public.ly speaking ~bout Lesbian and Gay issues in’h city with fewprote~tious again~wolkplace discriminationbasedon sexual ¯ orientation. ¯ One Gay couple, both of whom are public ¯ employees, had slightly different reactions to the issue of funding for the Boy Scouts.-One noted that ¯ "we’re so used to it, thatwedon’ t think about it"but ¯ he added that it’s "time when United Way needs to start analyzing what they’re doing." : However, his parmer noted that the organizations ¯ his employer was set to help for United Way’s Day ¯ of Caring were the Boy Scouts and the Salvation Army, both organizations which he claims ¯ discriminate against Gay people. He notified his ¯ employer that he would not participate in the Day ¯ ofCaring because of those organization’ s anti-Gay ¯ policies. ¯ Another couple, Lesbian, said that it was a"tough ¯ question." One women, again who requested ¯ anonymity because of her job (she is a teacher), ¯ characterized the Boy Scouts’ policy as ¯ reprehensible but noted too that United Way funds ¯ the YWCA, an organization which has a non- " discrimination policy which includes "sexual ¯ orientation." Her partner added that TAUW also ¯ funds Youth Services of Tulsa (YST) which has ¯ programs that benefit Lesbians and Gay men but ¯ she also acknowledged that YST hadkept those ¯ programs "closeted,"i.e. not publicized because of ¯ fears that UnitedWay fundingmight be withdrawn, despite the fact that the failure to publicize the ¯ program significantly limitedYST’s ability toreach ¯ those whom the program was intended to help. : Tulsa Area United Way’s marketing representative, Beth Kuehnert was asked to explain ¯ TAUW’s continued funding for the BSA and ¯ initially, in a cordial and civil conversation, Ms. Kuehnert said she was not aware of the Boy Scouts’ position nor see TA UW, p. 12 ¯ Community Center News Eureka Springs Holds Community Meeting 111 6. Diversity Celebration ¯ TULSA - Organizers of the First Annual Community Center ¯ EUREKA SPRINGS - Fall is around the comer, ¯ Film Festival to be held on Oct. 7-9, Tulsa’s Gay Commtmity : andintheOzarks,it’salmosttimefor thebi-annual ¯ Center andits parent organization, TulsaOklahomaus forHuman " Diversity Celebration Weekend in Eureka Springs, : Rights (TOHR) will show both Lesbian and Gay films, both : Ark. ! Organizers say this event, scheduled forNov. ’. feature length and shorts beginningat 5:30 onThurs, and Fri. and " 5-7, will be bigger and better than ever! : from 2pm on Sat. and Sun. ¯ Metropolitan Community Church’s Friday night ¯ In addition, theCenterwillhostTOHR’sfirstComingOutFair " dance and camival will kick off the weekend at the : "Discovering Yourself" from noon to 6pro on Sat. Oct. 9th. A " top of the Basin Park Hotel. On Saturday morning, ." record number of community organizations have committed to " strollthestreetsofEurekaonahistoric(andcolorful) ¯ particil~ating in the Coming Out Fair. . walking tour, canoe on the White River, or hike in ¯ GregGatewood,TOHRboardpresident,noted that at the Sept. ." Lake Leatherwood Park. ¯ .14th commlmity wide meeting held at the Center about 35 " Intheearlyaftemoon,bringthekidstoa"family" ihdividuals attended and the representatives decided through a family picnic at Harmon Park, sing like you’re in i largely consensus process to convene a commlmity council of the shower at karaoke, or listen to the sounds of ¯ organizations, churches and businesses. The group also decided : localandvisitmgGay/Lesbianmusiciansatseveral toaskTOHRto co-ordinate theproposedbi-monthlymeetings to " different venues around town. And please be sure : exchange information and ideas. . to visit all the wonderfully unique shops, and ¯ Marty Newman, a Human Rights Campaign board member, : support the Diversity Cooperative businesses of ¯ who along with TOHR co-founder Dennis Neill, called the first " Eureka Springs. : meeting this summer, expressed his satisfaction with the Sept. " Then, after a delightful dinner (it’s Eureka - ". meeting and the general progress of the process. Newman-noted ¯ Spri.ngs’ Food and Wine Festival this weekend, ¯ thatTulsaPFLAG chapter co-founder,Nancy McDonaldattended ¯ too),work offthosecaloriesattwofantasticdances. ¯ the meeting and that Mrs. McDonald recalled that TOHRs by- : AtCenterStage, DJ Jonwillraisetheroofwithhigh ." laws had at one time had a provision for a community advisory ¯ energy club music. And the Basin Park Hotel ¯ council. Meeting co-convener Dennis Neill, an attorney, was ¯ Ballroom will come alive with electrifying i given the task of drafting a contract to clarify the relationship " performances by "Barnes", a dynamic GLAMA- ¯ betweenthevariousgroups.Formoreinformationaboutthenext ~ winningsinger/songwriter seeEureka, p. 14 ¯ community meeting, call the Community Center at 743-4297. ." : Also, the CommunityCenter will be the site ofanall-community ¯ ¯ Halloween Costume Ball to be held on Saturday, Ocotober 30th, : ¯ 8pm at 1307 East 38 Street, 2nd floor. The event will be BYOL " ¯ but soft drinks and ice will be provided. : : Organizers suggest that while this is a costume party, a loud ¯ ¯ shirt and simple mask will-do. Guests should not feel compelled : : to spend a lot of money, just to use a little imagination. 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Admiral 834-4194 *Holland Hall School, 5666 E. 81st 481-1111 HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education 834-8378 *House of the Holy Spirit Minstries, 3210e So. Norwood Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437 *MCC United, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715 NAMES Project, 3507 E. Admiral P1. 748-3111 NOW, Nat’l Org. for Women, POB 14068, 74159 365-5658 OK Spokes Club (bicycling), POB 9165, 74157 *OSU-Tulsa (formerly UCT, formerly Rogers U. whoever...) *Our House, t 114 S. Quaker 584-7960 PFLAG, POB 52800, 74152 749-4901 +Planned Parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria 587-7674 Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152 *R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network 749-4195 Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159 665-5174 *Red Rock Mental Center, 1724 E. 8 584-2325 O’RYAN, support group for 18-24 LGBT young adults O’RYAN, Jr. support group for 14-17 LGBT youth St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 4045 N. Cincinnati 425-7882 St. Dunstan’s Episcopal, 5635 E. 71st 492-7140 *St. Jerome’s Parish Church, 205 W. 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Grand HIVtesting every other Tues. 5:30-8:30, call for dates EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS *Autumn Breeze Restaurant, Hwy. 23 *Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. *Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St. MCC of the Living Spring Geek to Go!, PC Specialist, POB 429 Old Jailhouse Lodging, 15 Montgomery Positive Idea Marketing Plans Sparky’s, Hwy. 62 East *White Light, 1 Center St. FA YETTEVI LLE, ARKANSAS5 *Edna’s, 9 S. School Ave. JOPLIN, MISSOURI *Spirit of Christ MCC, 2639 E. 32, Ste. U134 501-253-7734 501-253-7457 501-253-6807 501-253-5445 501-253-9337 501-253-2776 501-253-5332 501-624-6646 501-253-6001 501-253-4074 501-442-2845 417-623-4696 * is where you can ftndTFN. Notall areGay-ownedbutallare Gay-friendly. Holy Union Ceremony Alan Williams and Gregory Casillas celebrated a Holy Union Ceremony on Friday, September 24, 1999, in Eureka Springs, AR. Presiding over the intimate union was Reverend Vivian Juett. The commitment ceremony was witnessed by Zoe Dearing and Nancy Ermding. After traveling to Dallas, TX, San Francisco, CA and Nashville, TN to celebrate with friends and family, the couple will reside for’a short period in Tulsa. Obiturary Dr. W. Malcolm Jacox, a veterinarian well known in the community for his kindness and gentleness with both his animal patients and their caregive~s, died Sept. 22. Services were held at Floral Haven Memorial Gardens Mausoleum on Sept. 25. He will be greatly missed by many both in and out of the Gay He is survived by his family and his longtime companion. Those who wish to honor his memory are encouraged to support a charity of their choice. Condolences may be sent care of Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 East 15th, Tulsa 74104. Mr. Tulsa ¯ Leather 2000 The Mr. Tulsa Leather 2000 contest was held September 10, 1999, at the Silver Star Saloon in Tulsa, Oklahoma.The evening included a benefit for Miss Gay Mid America, Catia Lee Love. Love will participate in the Miss Gay America contest. Four contestants participated in the contest: Jay Fleming, Kelly Kirby, Dayvid Montross, and Tony Hall, all of Tulsa Oklahoma. Themencompeted in Personal Interview, Street Wear, Swimwear/ Physique, and Full Leather Image events. The judging panel consisted of: Ron Greenwood, Mike Ryan, Ed Smith, John McCuistian, Don Lawrence, all also from Tulsa. The tally master was James Murray, Mr. Tulsa Leather 1997. The winner of the contest was Jay Fleming of Tulsa. Jay is a past "Mr Gay. Leather Long Beach 1987" and the 20th Elected Emperor, Greater California Empire. Fleming will compete for the Oklahoma Mr. Leather 2000 title on October 22-24, 1999. Heis an event promoter for such events in Tulsa as Mayfest, Gatesway Balloon Festival and chairmanof Street Party 2000; benefiting Street School and Tulsa at risk youth. Contestproducer, Ric Poston,MrTulsa Leather 1999 and the Oklahoma Mr Leather 1999, said of Fleming, "he is an outstanding citizen and will be a great representative for the Tulsa Leather Community." The first runner up was Kelly Kirby and the 2nd runner up was Dayvid Montross. For more information on OML2000, check the T.U.L.S.A. website at WWW.TULSALEATHER.com Editorial: Un!ted Our Way by Tom Neal, editor andpublisher This year is the 75th anniversary of a program of charitable giving in Tulsa which has become known as Tulsa Area United Way (TAUW). Tulsa’s United Way supports some 231 programs offered by 68 member agencies and hopes to raise over $21 million and help perhaps 250,000individuals this year. Obviously, all this is worthy. For example, oneof the I’d suggest that agencies which TAUW supports is Tulsa instead of letting "C.A.R.E.S., formerly and" TAU~V’ sllee its tare moreaccuratelyknown as the HIV Resource Consortium. Tulsa Area UnitedWayalso funds the Community Service Council that manages the Tulsa Community AIDS Project, one of the most effective funding sources for fighting HIV infection and for providing care for. individuals with HIV relatedillnesses. These are worthy organizations - as are many, many others which TAUW funds. However, along withthe many good organizations which TAUW funds is another. Thatis the Indian Nations Council of the Boy Scouts ofAmerica. It off the top, glve your dolhrs dlreetly to Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. or other or~an{zatlons in our eommunlty... groups that really do give a damn about us. Let’s stop using our dollars and those of our families and friends to support United Way’s prejudlee and eowardlee. Let us be unlt,~ our way. is the official policy of the Boy Scouts, both locally and nationally, to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. They’ve been rather explicit about this. The last time the Indian Nations Council of the Boy Scouts of America voiced this policy locally was in August when James Dale, a former Scout in New Jersey, successfully challenged the BSA’s apartheid policies under New Jersey state law and won. A local BSA representative however reiterated-its support for BSA prejudice. Now as a former Boy Scout, I’m hardly hostile to the true values of the organization. But I do not believe that thephrase, "morally straight," ori_ginating around th_etum of the century, ever, ever could be thought to refer to heterosexuality, using an interpretation of the word "straight" whichnever existed until at leas t some 60 years later. However I recognize that it is the prerogative under current federal, state and local law, of the BSA to engage in invidious discrimination if it chooses to do so. It is reprehensible behavior but it is quite legal. However, even if this bigoted conduct is legal, there is no justification for Tulsa Area United Way to use the funds it receives from the community as a whole to subsidize the systematic discrimination of the Indian Nations Council of the Boy Scouts of America. After all, if we were to substitute "no Jews allowed" or "no Blacks allowed" lot"no fags allowed," I would hardy have to be writing this essay. Part of why TAUW still funds this apartheid organization is an accident of history. The Boy Scouts have been funded for most of TUAW’s existence. Back in thoseearly days theBSA was one ofafew organizations that did address youth issues. That is no longer so. Andin contrast with the BSA, the Girl Scouts, for example, have explicitly said that sexual orientation is not relevant to participation in their organization and they have a nondiscrimination policy. Now if Tulsa Area United Way had a comprehensive non-discrimination policy, they might have some greater degree of credibilityas an organization committed to fair treatment of all. But they don’t. Infact, Ms. "duck’n’cover" KathleenJ. Coan, president and chief professional officer, is so gun-shy of the issue she’s managed not to returnphone calls to this newspaper for nearly four years -now that’s what I call real professional conduct (though in fairness, Ms. Coan did take aphone call once whenTFN was calling on deadline and her p.r. person was unavailable) But it does call into question, Ms. Coan and TAUW’s commitment to all of Tulsa’s communities when she seems primarily willing to talk to non-minority news orggnizations, for example, ." The Tulsa World- not frequently known for challenging ¯ the Tulsapower establishment, often inseparable from it. ." And what is more troubling about the unexamined ¯ decision to continue to fund the Indian Nations Council ¯ of the Boy Scouts of America by TAUW is the lack of ¯ leadership from TAUW’s board of directors. ¯ A number of TAUW board members come from ¯ corporations that claim that they do not discriminate on ." sexual orientation. Foremost among these are Public ~ Service Company of Oklahoma, Dollar Thrifty ¯: Automotive Group, Inc. and Bank of America, and yet, somehow, not one of these very highly paid and : presumably ratberintelligent men seem to havemade the _" connection between their own corporate policies ¯ emphasizingfairness andTAUW’s supportfor ablatantly ¯ bigoted program. Or perhaps they’vejust not"counected ." the dots." Or perhaps, they’re hoping thatnoone will ever ¯ hold them responsible. ¯ Regardless, until Tulsa Area United Way see fit to : begin to treat Lesbian and Gay Tulsans as equal human : beings by adding sexual orientation to its non- ,. discrimination policies and chooses not to fund ¯ organizations which discriminate, the best bet is for us to ¯ not to contribute to Tulsa Area United Way but to take ." those same dollars and to give them directly to worthy ¯ organizations. ¯ I’d suggest that instead of letting TAUW slice its take ¯ off the top, give your dollars directly to Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. ¯. or other organizations in our community, like the ¯ community center, or the Cimarron Alliance or PFLAG, ¯ groups that really do give a danm about us. Let’s stop ¯ using Our dollars and those of our families and friends to ¯ support UnitedWay’s prejudice and cowardice. Let us be ¯ united our way. ¯ TulsaFamily News editorandpublisherTomNealhas ¯ volunteeredonaUnitedWayfundsdistributioncommittee ¯ on services for semor citizens tn the Tulsa area. ¯ Unfortunately, hefound thatTulsaArea UnitedWay staff went out of their way to censor and suppress questions ¯ about how well member agencies were serving Lesbian ¯ and Gay seniors, even when the agencies were willing to ¯ answer the questions and despite TAUW claims that ¯ their evaluationprocess is "volunteer driven." Neal also ¯ has asked to serve on the funds distribution committee ¯ which looks at the funding for the Boy Scouts Indian ¯ Nations Council but, for some reason, keeps getting ¯ reassigned to senior services - imagine that. First and foremost, let me put your mind at rest about ¯ two of our regular columnists, our fabulous Do-It- " Yourself-Dyke, Mary Schepers and Tulsa City-County ¯ Library book reviewer, Barry Hensley. Both columns ¯ will resume next month. ¯ An,other upcoming event is the annual World AIDS ¯ Day Memorial Service. This year’s event will be at ¯ Mount Zion Baptist Church under the auspices of the ¯ Rev. Calvin McCutchen, Sr., one of Tulsa’s most ¯ distinguished religious leaders. The date, as always will ¯ be Dec. 1st which is a Wednesday but the details of the ~ march and precise time of the service will be announced. ¯ It is expected that Council Oak Mens Chorale who had ¯ their first ever performance at a World AIDS Day ¯ Memorial Service will again lend their talents. The event . is being co-ordinated by Diane Zike, former executive ¯ directorof Interfaith AIDS Ministries andBeverlyDenton ¯ Galbreith. For more information, call 438-2437. - TN An nouncements Policy Tulsa Family News will provide space for holy union ¯ ceremony, mamage ceremony, birth, adoption and death " announcements on a space available basis. Photos are ~ wdcome, though we cannot promise placement or return ¯ them, so please send copies to TFN, POB 4140, Tulsa ¯ 74159. ¯ Letters Policy ¯ Tulsa Family News¯ welcomes letters on issues which ¯ we’ve covered or on issues you think need to be considered. You may request that your name be withheld but ¯ letters must be signed &h.ave phone numbers, or be hand ~- delivered. 200 word letters are preferred. Letters to other ~ publications will be printed as is appropriate. Drug-resistant Strains of AIDS Virus Rising CHICAGO (AP) - Highly drug-resistant strains of the AIDS virus are on the rise, showingupin as many as 4.5% ofnewlyinfectedpatients in twonew studies. "Resistance is slowly increasing," said Dr. Roger J. Pomerantz, an expert not involved with either study, "If you were looking at this five years ago, you would see zero." The studies - published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) - involve mostly Gay white men. Resistance, however, may be more prevalent in other groups, such as drug users and their sex partners, researchers-said. About 40,000 new HIV infections occur yearly in the United States. In recent years, powerful drug cocktails have subdued the virus to undetectable levels in many patients. But studies have found the virus persists or comes roaring back in 10% to 50%. The complicated drug regimen has proved difficult to adhere to, and many patients who missed doses or quit taking theirmedicines developed drug-resistantinfections that are now being passed’along to others. "I wasn’t that surprised. This is what happens in infectious disease," said Pomerantz, director of the Center for Human Virology at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. HIV is still so new that scientists disagree even about how to define resistance. And since both studies used laboratory tests, no one really knows how the definitions will translate into patient care. Giving high doses of a drug may be enough to overwhelm a virus’ resistance, Pomerantz said. In one study, researchers at the University ofCalifornia at San Diego defined resistance as a 10-fold increase in HIV’s ability to withstand a drug when compared with a laboratory strain. That study, led by Dr. Susan J. Little. tested 141 patients - in San Diego, Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver and Boston- and found that three (2%) had HIV with at least 10-fold greater resistance to one or more drugs. An additional 36 patients (26%) had HIV that was 2.5 to 10 times more resistant. In the other study, researchers at Rockefeller University in New York defined resistance as a threefold increase in HIV’s ability to withstand a drug. That study, led by Dr. Daniel Boden of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, tested 80 subjects in New York and Los Angeles. Of 67 in whom resistance could be tested, three (4.5%) had HIV that was highly resistant- fivefold resistant- to multiple drugs. The subjects were among 18 (26.8%) with HIV that was at least threefold resistant to at least one drug. Testing every newly infected patientfor drugresistance would be impractical because the tests cost several thousand dollars and are difficult to interpret, Pomerantz said. But if a patient takes a drug cocktail faithfully and it isn’t working, testing should be considered to see how the combination of medicines might be reformulated, he said. Don’t Go to Sleep Yet For a while, it seemed that there mightbe a light at the end of the tuunel of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. And for many ¯ things are better than they used to be: to become HIV ¯ positive is not immediatdy to know that your death was likely six months away like it was in the 80s. But the news report above from The Associated Press ¯ should slam home the message that we cannot be ¯ complacent; we must continue to educate ourselves and ¯ our children about protecting themselves against HIV ¯ infection, through all appropriate means: safer sex with ¯ its reduced risk, no sex, i.e. abstinence where appropriate ¯ and through the strengthening of longterm relationships ¯ through their legal recognition not only for heterosexuals ¯ but for Gay men and Lesbians. ¯ The best way to deal with AIDS is to prevent further ¯ infections but also to insist on adequate funding for ¯ proper care for those who are already infected and more ¯ funding for more successful treatments for AIDS. ¯ Please, please be safe, hdp those still in need and ¯ remember those whom we have lost. -Tom Neal Accused Killer of Gay Soldier To Stand Trial FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - An Army private charged with premeditated murder in the. beating death ofafellow FortCampbell soldierwill stand trial at a general court-martial, the Army said Sept. 24th. Thecharge against Pvt. CalvinN. Gloverwas referred to court-martial by Maj. Gen. Robert T. Clark, Fort Campbell’ s commanding gelleral. Clark reviewed an iiiv~tigative hearing he~’d in August for Glovet and rexx:ived recommendations from the investigating officer, brigade commander and staffjudge advocate. The hearing was similar to a civilian grand jury investigation. Glover, of Sulphur, Okla.,is charged in the death of Pfc. Ban-y L. ,Winchell, of Kansas City, Me. No date has been set for G10ver’s courtmartial, which will be open to the public. The courtmartial is scheduled to be at Fort Campbell. According to Army investigators, the 21-year-old Winchellwas beaten with abaseball batinhis barracks on July 5 and died the following day at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. Gay civil-rights advocates say anti-Gay sentiment m,ay have been behind, or at least contributed to, me ldlling. Winehell was perceived as Gay by some soldiers in his mlit and friends contend he was beginning to explore his homosexuality when he Another investigative hearing was held several weeks ago for Spec. Justin R. Fisher, who is accused of being an accomplice in Winchell’s death. Fisher, of Lincoln, Neb., is accused of .encouraging Glover in the attack and lying to Army ii~qestigators about his iiavolvement. No decision has been made yet on whether Fisher’s case should proceed to a courtmartial, an Army official added. Both Glover and Fisher are being held at Fort Knox. Gay Priest Resigns NEWARK,N.J. (Ap)-AGaypriestwhoseordination divided the Episcopal church has left theparish where he ministered for six years, blaming the controversy that surroundedhim. Rev. Barry Stopfel said the furor strained his relationship withhis partner, andpreached his last sermon at St. George’ s Church in Maplewood at the end of September. "My ministry has not been a typical one," Stopfel toldThe Star-Ledger ofNewark, N.J. in a story published recently. "It has been deeply gratifying but very stressful, and ithas taken its toll on me and our marriage." When Stopfel was ordained as a deacon in 1990, conservative Episcopal bishops filed heresy charges against Newark Bishop Walter Righter. Righter’s trial was averted, but a church court in 1996 ruled that church doctrine does not explicitly bar the ordination of practicing homosexuals. The division, however, remained between the church’s conservative and liberal factions. Stopfel, 51, andhis partner aremoving to a 25-acre farm in an Amish area of Pennsylvania, where he said he will write a book. Methodist Minister Faces 2nd Church Trial OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -The Rev. Jimmy Creech, who faces another church trial for performing a Gay union ceremony, said the churchlaw against suchceremonies amounts to institutional bigotry againstGayChristians. Reached at his Raleigh, N.C., home, Creech said he was disappointed but not surprised with.a church committee’s deci~i0n ordering him to stand trial. Nebraska United Methodist Church Bishop Joel Martinezannouncedthfit theformerNebraskaminister will stand trial for Officiating a Chapel Hill, N.C. ceremony fortwo meninApril.AMarch 1998 church trial cleared Creech of violating church law for a similar 1997 ceremony involving two women. At least two complaints were filed as aresult of the April ceremony. Atissuein Creech’s 1998 trial was whether thechurch’s ban on same-sex unionswas a pastoral guideline or church law. The church has since established the ban is church law. Creech said the trial will be "a detriment to the church." "It’s a waste of time and money. The trial is an actofviolence againstLesbians, Gays andbisexual people," Creech said. While Creech said he admits he violated the churchlaw byperforming the Chapel Hill ceremony, the immorality of this law makes him innocent of violating the order.and discipline of his denomination, ofwhichheis accused. "I think thelaw itself is a violation of the highest ethical standards of the United Methodist Church," Creech said. Creech said thechurch’ s positiononGayunions is comparable to racism. "How can such an encumbered church witness to the grace bf God?" he asked. Martinez’s assistant, Rev. Mel Luetchens, said Martinez will .appoint another bishop as presiding authority for the case. A jury of 13 ministers will [ecide Creech"s fate. Ministers will lead the defense and theprosecution.Thetrial likely will beinNebraska in the next couple of months,-Luetchens said. If convicted Creech faces a wide range of possible )unishments, including dismissal from the United Methodist clergy. Creech is on voluntary leave of absence after. Martinezdeclined toreappointhim pastorofOmah.a’s First United Methodist Church after the earher controversy. He remains part of the Nebraska conference and is answerable to Martinez. Vermont JudgeJudged By His Wife’s Vote MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A group opposed to same-sex marriage; "Take it to the People," says a VermontSupremeCourtjusticemightnotbeimpartial as he reviews a pending case. "Take it to the People" says the wife ofJusticeJohn Dooley voted in June as a member of the Governor’s Commission on Women to give an award to the three same-sex couples who are challengxn.g Vermont marriage law. Sandra Dooley’s vote raises questions about whether the justice is impartial in the case now before the Vermont Supreme Court, said Ruth Charlesworth of Burlington, a member of the antimarriage group. "I think it is outrageous that the wife of the Supreme Courtjusdce should come out (with a public stand) when this issue isn’t yet decided," Charlesworth said. ’‘This isn’t fair to the citizens of Vermont." Thecourtis considering alawsuit seeking to overtmal the state’s refusal to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. Despite its concerns, ’’Take it to the People" hasn’tformally requested thatJustice Dooley disqualify himself from the case. Judith Sutphen, executive director ofthe Governor’ s Commission on Women, said Sandra Dooley has been on the commission for 15 years. Theorganization has supported allowing same-sex couples to marry since. 1996 - before the lawsuit brought by two Gay men and four Lesbian women was appealed_ to the Supreme Court, Sutphen said. Commissioners have the right to take independent votes on issues, Sutphen said. "A wife has a right to vote as she chooses, as does a husband," she said. "The votes of one spouse don’t necessarily reflect the . judgment or opinion of the other spouse." "Take it to the People" argues that rules of judicial ¯ conduct sayjudges should disqualify themselves when their spouses have interests that could be substantially : affected by the proceeding. The lawyers at the office ." of the attorney general who are defending the state’s mamage lawweren’t available to comment. -" Beth Robinson, an attorney representing the three : couples in the Supreme Court appeal, said she felt confident the deliberations would be fair. "We have : no reason to question Jusdce Dooley’s ability to ~ impartially judge this case on its legal merits," : Robinson said. "Justice Dooley and his wife are two ¯ different people with two different jobs to do." ¯ Judge Dismisses Same- Sex Marriage Lawsuit ¯ ANCHORAGE (AP) - A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filedby twoAnchoragemenwho claimed that : the state’s marriage laws discriminated against them. ¯ Judge Peter Michalski took the action late in ¯ September, nearly a year after Alaska voters ¯ overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment ¯ limiting marriage to a union of one man and one Kelly Kirby, CPA, PC Certified Public Accountant a professional corporation 747-5466 402i S.Ha~vard, sifite 2.10~-T~llsa 74135 MCC-United forme.rly 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 HOUSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Sun. Worship, 10:45 am, Sunday School, 9:30 am Wed. Bible Study, 7 pm 3210b S. Norwood, Info: 224-4754, Chris or Sharon Sandra Hill M.s. 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Cincinnati. 582-4128 The Episcopal Church Welcomes You Jay Brause and Gene Dugan had claimed in their lawsuit that it was discriminatory to not allow samesex couples the same health insurance and other benefits that married and unmarried heterosexual couples enjoy. It was their lawsuit that spurred the pbtition drive that put the same-sex marriage amendment before voters last November. Bob Wagstaff, the lawyer representing the two men, says the case will be appealed to the state Supreme Court. Wagstaff says his clients’ lawsuit is at its heart an equal-rights case, not a Gay marriage Town Considering Partners Registry ASHLAND, Ore: (AP) - Same-sex couples can’t get married in Oregon, but in this town, they may soon be able to get registered. The City Council is likely to consider settingupsucharegistry for domesticpartners at its upcoming meeting Oct. 5. City Attorney Patti Nolte said he is unaware of a similar registry in Oregon. The registry would allow domestic partners - two unmarried people age 18 or older who live togetherto document that relationship. Gay couples cannot marry under Oregon law, which recognizes marriage as the union of a manand a woman. "I believe it is appropriate that AglJland, as a caring community, should lead the way," said Neil Sechan, speaking for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Political Caucus of Southern Oregon. The local chapter of Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays are also backing the proposed registry. Mayor Cathy Shaw said she believes a registry would have limited effect on unmarried couples, whether heterosexual or same-sex. "I would be incredibly proud to be mayor of a community that provides this service," she said recendy. "I am a great believer in the institution of marriage... I understand why this community is asking us to do this -.how importantit.is to be able to celebrate in an official way your commitment to another person.’" Rosemary Dunn Dalton, also speaking for the caucus, said a registry would let unmarried couples establishrelationships for purposes ofvisitation rights in hospitals and other institutions. She said a registry would provide proof of partnership for businesses offering benefits to domestic partners. The Oregon Court ofAppeals decided last year that if local governments offer benefits to domestic partners, they cannot deny benefits to same-sex couples because of the constitutional guarantee of equal protection. The court did not nile on Oregon’s legal definition of marriage. Ashland is among the local governments that have extended benefits to same-sex couples to comply with the ruling. A proposed ballot measure, to write the definition of marriage into the state constitution and bar benefits to unmarried couples, died in the 1999 Legislature. Albuquerque To Vote On Discrimination Ban ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Lillian Mueller says she Gays in Albuquerque have lost their jobs and been denied housing because of their sexual orientation. Mueller, the mother of a Gay son and president of the local chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, has formed a new group called TheCampaignforHumanRights. The group’s purpose is to mobilize support for a proposed amendment to the Albuquerque city charter that would add sexual orientation and mental disability to the antidiscrimination section. The issue will be on the Oct. 5 municipal election ballot. The charter now bans discrimination based on race, religion, sex and national origin. "It’s not a question of special rights," she said. "It’s a question of equal rights.’" Butthe Christian Coalition ofNew Mexico strongly opposes the charter amendment because it believes "the Gay lifestyle" is wrong. Mark Burton, Christian Coalition executive director, said his group will alert people in voters guides that go to about 300 churches. "It’s not a behavior that we want to have a nondiscrimination policy for," he said. "It’s a health haTard. It spreads AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, so there’s no reason to endorse a behavior that’s dangerous and hazardous." Albuquerque added a human rights section to its charter in the early 1970s. The state Legislature in March rejected a bill that would have outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation. It was the "third time such a measure was killedin the House. The bill would have expanded the state’s Human Rights Act to cover sexual orientation, malting it il!egal’to discriminate on that basis in matters of empld’yment, housing, credit, public-accommodations and’union membership. Eleven states and more than 170 local governments include sexual orientation in their nondiscrimination statutes, supporters Of the bill say. The cify of Albuquerque bars Such discrimination against its employees and when providing public services. Alleged Killers of Gay Men Must Stand Trial REDDING, Calif. (AP) - Two brothers accused of murdering a Gay couplemust stand trial and may face the deathpenalty ifconvicted, ShastaCounty Superior Court Judge James Ruggiero has ruled. Benjamin M. Williams, 31, and James T. Williams, 29, will each be tried on two counts of murder and related charges. The brothers are accused of killing Gary Matson, 50, and Winfield Scott Mowder, 40, in July. They are also suspects in June arson fires that caused more than $1 million in damage to three Sacramento-area synagogues. Matson and Mowder were found shot to death in their bed July 1 in rural Happy Valley, about 165 miles north of Sacramento. The Williams brothers, being held without bail, have pleaded innocent to first-degreemurder and four robbery, burglary and auto theft charges. The judge ruled that prosecutors can seek the death penalty, a decision that hasn’t been made. Prep School Attacker Free Until Trial GREENFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A Tennessee youth accused of using a knife to cut anti-Gay slur into the back of a fellow prep school student can continue college classes while awaiting trial, a judge said. Matthew Rogers, 20, of Franklin, Tenn., pleaded to charges of assault with a dangerous weapon. Franklin Superior Court Judge Lawrence Wemick continued bail at $10,000 cash or $50,000 bond on condition Rogers live with his parents or at the University of Mississippi where he is taking classes. Before his arrest, Rogers had held an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. Rogers and another student at the Northfield Mount Hermon School, Jonathan Shapiro, 18, of Keene, N.H., were initially charged in Greenfield District Court following the May 27 incident. The two are accused of slashing the word "HOMO" in shallow cuts on the back of a 17-year-old student during a dispute over music. Authorities said no one actually believed the victim was Gay. The argument arose over the rock band Queen and the characterization of its music as "Gay." Promoters of Community Center To Respond ELK CITY, Idaho (AP) - Promoters of a community education and performing~center expect to respond to charges by critics of the ~roposed c~nter who fear it could be used by homosexuals and become a place where teen-age girls get abortions. Plans to build the center have created division in the town of about 400 in remote Idaho County. Objections to the center range from locating it on school property to the fear homosexuals will use it to stage performances and teen-age girls getting abortions there. Critics have said since the center would be on public land there could not be restrictions placed on who uses it. New AIDS Drug SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A medicine developed in North Carolina that blocks the AIDS virus from getting inside cells is showing promise among patients whofail to respond to standard AIDS drugs. The medicine, code-named T-20, is still in early-stage testing, but researchers said it could offer a reprieve for those who have run out of options. "It looks quite good," said Dr. Michael Saag of the University of Alabama. "We are looking at something with a.totally different method of. action. It is an important, potent new option." T~20 was discovered at Duke University. It is being developed by Hoffmatm-La Roche Inc. and Trimeris Inc., a small biotech company in Durham, N.C. Thedrug is the furthest along of a new class of AIDS medicines called fusion inhibitors. They work by thwarting the virus’s ability to fuse with blood cells and insert their genetic material into them. However, the treatment has one large drawback compared with other AIDS drugs: Instead of being a pill, it must be injected twice daily. Nev~rtbeless, Saag said patients in advanced stages of AIDS are willing to give themselves shots, and they seem to tolerate the drug well. The results were reported by Dr. Jay Lalezari of Quest Clinical Research in SanFrancisco atameeting ofthe.,Aga,erican Society for Microbiology. Other AIDS drugs work principally by thwarting the virus’s ability to stitch its genetic material into cells it has invaded orbyblocking its ability to dispersemature copies of itself. Doctors gave T-20 to 55 people who had high levels of the AIDS virus despite trying many different combinations of AIDS medicines. While these standard drugs have proved to be life savers for many with AIDS, they do not work for all patients. Doctors administered T-20 in combinationwith other drugs, eventhough the patients’ HIV was resistant to the older medicines. After four months of treatment, virus levels fell significantly in 33 of the volunteers. In 20 of them, the virus fell to levels too low to bemeasured. Saag cautioned that the treatment is unlikely to work forever. But he said doctors hope it will dday rebound of the virus for perhaps-a year. T-20 is part of the protein thatmakes up the AIDS virus’ outer coat. Ordinarily it comes into play with another peptide- T- 21 - as the AIDS vinm grabs onto blood cells andprepares to enter them. Scientists found that flooding the body with extra copies of T-20 gums up this attachment process, Another AIDS study released at the meeting found that treatment very early in the course of an AIDS infection does not wipe out the virus entirely, as some had hoped. Dr. Martin Markowitz of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City reported on four patients who started treatment within seyen to 90 days of catching HIV. All signs of their virus disappeared, andthey chose to stop therapy after three years: Thevirus reappeared within two to three weeks, One patient went back on treatment, but the three others stayed off. After shooting up, their virus levds fell again to low butdetectable levds. Researchers said the results raise the possibility that in such situations, the ¯ body’s immune system may be able to ¯ k~p I-HV in check without completely eliminating it. Are You Gay or Bisexual? : Satcher Looks at Are You Native American? :¯ Kids’ Health , . , Tulsa s Two-Sp,r,ted ,nd,an Mens : ROBINSVILLE, Miss. (AP) - U.S. ¯ SurgeonGeneralDavidSatcherhasissued Support Group is here for you! ¯ a warning about the health of America’s ¯ children. Satcher, speaking to a health ¯ Evening support group meetings : association recently in Tunica County, ¯ said children are growing fatter, lazier, ¯ Relationship workshops ¯ more sexually active and increasingly ¯ Short trips, outings and retreats ¯ addicted to toxic substances. ¯ Free HIV testing ¯ Satcher, former president of Meharry ¯ Medical College in Nashville, .Tenn., -spoke tO 400 public health care workers ¯ and advocates at the annual meeting of the ¯ Mississippi Public Health Association. ¯ Regarding the disparity in health care, ¯ Satcher said that in the last 10 years minorities, women and children have : fallen behind in many areas. ¯ Satcher said progress has been made in ¯ dealing with infectious diseases and there ¯ has been a decrease in the number of ¯ cancer cases, injury-related deaths and ¯ adult smokers. However, the munber of : teen-age smokers has risen_rapidly, Satcher ¯ said. Obesity has become a virtual epidemic ¯ among both adults and children, Satcher said. The current generation of children ¯ and teen-agers is the most inactive the ¯ country has ever had. One of the results of that inactivity has ¯ been an increase in Type 2 diabetes in ¯ children. In the past, physicians were told never to look for Type 2 in individuals ¯ - under40 years old, Satcher said. Now, the disease is occurring in children under the age of 10. Emphasis must be placed on physical activity and on diet, Satcher said. The American diet consists mainiy offats and sugars, he said. In one year, the average American will consume 156 pounds of added sugar. Weneedto promotehealthy lifestyles, Satcher said. "We need to promote physical activities. We need to promote nutrition and avoidance of toxins like tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs. We need to promote responsible sexual behavior." 40% of college students and 30% of high school students are binge dri.nking, Satcher said. That has contributed to an increase m automobile accidents and irresponsible ~exual behavior. "Weneed to talkmorewith ourchildren aboutwhatit means tobesexually active," Satcher said. "When we don’ t teach sex in ¯ the schools, at home and in the churches, ¯ but they do teach it out on the streets or ¯ after school when there are no adults ¯ around, our children aren’t going to ¯ become responsible, sexual adults." ¯ His warning was directed not just to teen-agers, but to all people. Every day, 16,000 peoplebecomeinfected with HIV, ¯ the virus that causes AIDS. In the years : since the disease’s discovery, HIV has ¯ infected 50 million people and resultedin 14 million AIDS-related deaths. ¯ "In my opinion AIDS is the worst : epidemic since the plague of the 14th : century or maybe the influenza epidemic ," of 1918," Satcher said. "AIDS is : increasingly a disease o,,f people of color, ¯ women and the young. : African Americans account for almost : 50% of new cases; Hispanics, 20%; and ¯ women, 25%. Not enough is being done ¯ to prevent the disease, Satcher said, even though people know how to stop the ¯ spread. For information call Tulsa Native American AIDS Prevention Project at 582-7225 Ext. 208 or 218 Dial-Up Accounts Dedicated ISDN Connections Vi rtual Hosting Visit our web page "www.igisweb.net" (918) 622-4965 Internet Marketing E-Commerce Web Page Design On-Site Setup Available ~ Medical Excellence And Compass.ionate Care S nce 1926. ¯ ¯ ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTER q P Medical Excellence-Compassionate Care Stay Healthy Naturally Wellness Rejuvenat "on Longevity Dr. Terrance L. 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"We’re at the beginning of an epidemic, not the end of an epidemic, with no vaccine, no cure," she told reporters before the walk began. "It’s not going to be over next week. It’s not going to be over in 10 years. It’s probably not going to be over in my lifetime.’" A sign of hope is the success of anti- AIDS drugs that are keeping thousands of people infected with the HIV virus free from symptoms. ButinmanyThirdWorld natxon~, including much of AIDSdecimated Africa, the medicines remain unaffordable and the publichealth system inadequate, she said. This is the second year of a coordinated AIDS WalkMichigan. Lastyear, 10 walks statewide raised $2~0,000, This year, walks also tookplace Sunday inAnnArbor, BerrienCounty, Flint,Grand Rapids, Holland-Saugatuck, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Muskegon, Port Huron, Saginaw-Midland-Bay City and Traverse City. But organizers sdid/he ~)etro’it event was particularly important because of the high rate of AIDS in the city. With about 10% of the state’s population, Detroit has nearly half of the reported AIDS cases, they said. "It’s the No. 1 killer of young African- American males and the No. 2 killer of young black females," said Detroit Episcopal Bishop R. Stewart Wood Jr. as he set out on the walk. Wood’s diocese, which has 35,000 members from Lansing to the Ohio line, has not been immune from the effects of AIDS. "Every one of our congregations has been touched by AIDS - members or loved-ones who have the disease. We’ve lost two of our clergy to AIDS," he said. Teresa and Bill Snell came in from Wayne County’s Redford Township to walk in this year’s walk, taking turns pushing 15-month-olddaughter Courtney in a three-wheeled jogger’s stroller. They raised a total of $49, most in pledges of $2 to $3, for their part in the walk. The 20 walkers from Mrs. Shell’s agency, the Detroit Hispanic Development Corp., raised $1,500 for. the fight, against AIDS. "It affects so many people and families around you," she said. "I don’t know anyone who has died,.of AIDS, but I do know that it is something that affects all kinds of people," her husband said. "It’s something that’s got to be stopped." Award Given to African Groups NEW YORK (AP) - The world’s largest humanitarian prize - $1 million - was awarded to an organization whose accomplishments include bringing health care to the Maasai and Turkana, two of Africa’s nomadic tribes. The Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, awarded to the African Medical and Research Foundation, will give the organization funds it needs for additional work in AIDS and malaria prevention. It will also helppay to trainmore health care workers. ’q’his million will go along way and it will allow us tokeepmanyprojects afloat," saidJohn R. Batten, director ofthe Nairobi, Kenya-based AMREF, who accepted the prize at a ceremony in New York on Tuesday. Startedin 1957as aprogram thathelped needy Africans get specialized medical care- particularly reconstructive surgery - AMREF now provides health care services to 21 African countries. Programs are run from offices in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa. This year’s budget was $19 million. Over the years, AMREF built a twoway radio network that boosted hospital communications in East Africa, spearheaded the use ofinsecticide-treated mosquito nets to reduce childhoodmalaria deaths and performed more than 40,000 operations. It also has trained thousands of health care workers and specialists and brought services to the most remote corners of Africa, including to tribes that roam the continent. What sets AMREF apart from most international non-governmental organizations is that more than 95% of its employees are Africans. ’q’he approach we use in tackling all of theseproblems is community-based," said Peter Muchiri Ngatia, director for AMREF’s Uganda office. "Some prdl~lems "in A~r~ca, such as AIDS and HIV, areaggravatedby cultural practices." Much of the prize, which will be spent over three years, will be directed at two of Africa’s biggest killers - AIDS and malaria. "AMREF’s success in building an African-led and African-run health care system that is accessible to all provides a strong model for aid agencies around the world," said Barron Hilton, chairman of Hilton Hotels Corp. and a board member of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. AMREF was selected out of 225 nominations made by members of the international community, including diplomats, foundation leaders and academics. Once nominations are made, the Hilton foundation researches the organization and performs On-site visits. After that, selections go to an independent international jury. Last year, Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders - the largest independent international medical aid organization - won the prize. ¯ Feds Pushingf0r : Name"Reporting ¯ FRANKFORT, Ky~ (AP):-, The General ¯ Assembly could be asked to require : doctors treating people infected with the : virus that causes AIDS to report them by ¯ name. It is the only way to ensure that : federal money for AIDS treatment and " program keeps flowing, a task force’s ~ reasoning goes. : "The practicality is this," Dr. Anna ¯ Huang, see Health, p. 11 byJames Christjohn, entertainmentQueen By the time you read this, the film will be gone (thanks toWoodlandHills Cinema for bringing it to us!), but as it will be a great stocking stuffer - no catty remarks, please - I will review it for your reading pleasure anyway. And since I’ve never worried about timeliness before, why start now? "Get Real" was a wonderful film about a 16 year old Gay boy in England, and the process of "coming out" - he runs into an older boy at his school, and they find themselves in "love", or what seems to be love. Only one problem: The older boy is ashamed of his Gayness, and wants everything kept "hushhush." Needless to say, many poignant moments ensue, all of which rang true for me and the other person viewing the film with me. Much was true to life, although much of it was kind of "what if I had come out at 16 instead of 21" speculation for me. I was a late bloomer, what can I say? Speaks a lot for "the environment. At any rate, I found the film absorbing and realistic, in many aspects. As my friendpointed out, "Yes, but there were so many’cinematicmoments.’ "Myresponse was, "yes -and ? - life is made of ’cinematic moments.’ Sometimes we’re lucky enough to havelots of them." I pointed out several ’cinematic moments’ that we shared that he’d forgotten, and he conceded the point. He also took umbrage with the ending, whichwas realistic. (Warning: Don’tread beyond this point to the next paragraph if you haven’t seen it and don’t want it spoiled) He wanted a more romantic ending ¯ (ironic, given his criticism only moments before of the "cinematic moments"). The ¯¯ boys split, our hero deciding against a futurebased on deceptionand hiding with : one so.uncomfortable with himself. ¯ To me, that was a happy ending - he : was strong enough to standup for whathe believed, both in a public And of course, no column written by yours truly would be complete without a mention of "You Know Who." And if you don’t know, then you’ve not been reading this seetion regularly, now have you? and personal sense, and wasn’t willing to "settle" for less. Yes, the sappy ending myfriendproposedwould have been ok, and his rationalewas that so many mowes with Gay characters end up with depressing endings that he’d have liked to have seen an alternate ending where both come out and live happily ever after. Yeah, maybe it. would have been nice, but I applaud the author and producer’s strength to stick with this ending. And to me, it was a happy ending of sorts. All ¯ depends on perspective, I suppose. At any ¯ rate, The activg was top-notch, the ¯ characters were real, and it is definitely a ¯ film destined to be at the top of my DVD ¯ wish list." : "Beauty and the Beast" ended its run on ¯ aninterestingnot.e.Abeautifulproduction, ¯ albeit with sometechnieal difficulties (the. : first week’s shows were in reality : "previews", in which technical errors are : more or less expected and worked out) ¯ such as bad timing on the lighting, ¯ ° reveahngcharacter’ s "di° sappearances"to ¯ beactors running inand out oflights when ¯ it should bedark, beasts transforming into : princes and getting stuck in mid- ’ transformation by malfunctioning ¯ "magic" ("this spell canceled due to ¯ technical difficulties") and mysterious ¯ illnesses taking out cast members. ". see Beast, p. 14 by the Helmerich Foundation October 16, 22 & 24 Tulsa Perf:oming Arts Act Now! 587-4811 596-7111 for tickets. OKLAHOMA T 0 H R by John Curran ATLANTIC CITY - The flowers and dime-store crown were real. Nearly everything else was fake, from the eyelashes to thecleavage tothetip-synched songs. WelcometoAtlantic City’ s otherbeauty pageant, the one for men dressed in drag. Seven blocks and a world away from the stage where Miss America 2000 was crowned, the Miss’d America Pageant lampooned its famous older sister with a raucous, gender-bending spoof funny enough to bust a girdle. Held annually on the night after Miss America’s crowning, Miss’d America provides a sarcastic antidote to the applepie sincerity of the real pageant. The swimsuit competition? A display of chunky thighs and muscular arms. The musical production numbers? Over-thetop atrocious. The evening wear contest? Outright hysterical. The only serious thing Sunday was the cause: Theeventraisedmorethan $15,000 for support programs run by the South Jersey AIDS Alliance. "It’s the wildest show this side of the Boardwalk," said Bill Mattel, the alliance’s former chief executive. Wild, indeed. There was Miss Sallotta ¯ Tea, who squeezed 240 pounds into a : sequined black cocktail dress and opera- " length black gloves. Down the runway ¯ wentMissTea, pushing acartloadedwith ¯ goodies and warbling a versionofthe title : song from the musical "Cabaret." "Life is ¯ abigb,uf,fet, myfriend. Socometothebig buffet, sang Miss Tea. ¯ Then there was Miss Tenee, a 6-foot-3 : inch, 205-pounder, who began a talent ¯ segment in a purple Afro wig and brown ¯ velour dress. That soon disappeared, : revealing a silk chemise. Miss Tenee won : the crown, was given a dozen roses and ¯ headeddown the bulb-adornedrunway as ¯ the crowd sang a reworked version of ". "There She Is," the Miss Americastandard. ¯ The capacity 600-person crowd was a ¯ mix of Gay and straight, casino workers and local politicians, Miss America ¯ Pageant hairstylists and female ¯ impersonators. , Not that there wasn t some authenticity ¯ to the proceedings. Miss America 1998 : Kate Shindle, who spent her reign ¯ promoting AIDS advocacy and needle : exchanges, sang "My Man" during the : show. "As far as I’m concerned, what’s : any pageant without a former Miss ¯ Whatever singing StreisandT’ she said. M E TI"VAL OCTOBER 7, 8, 99 9 9 9 Professional Business "You don’t have to know ballet to love ballet. You just have to try it." AR11Sl1[: :Mixed Repertory includes two Oklahoma premieres Exposition ~SUNDAYS Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 Community of Hope (Welcoming), Service - 6pm, 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800 Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation Service - 1 lain, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595 (Welcoming) Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist Service - 1 lain, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314 Metropolitan Community Church United Service, l lain, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715 House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210b So. Norwood Parish Church of St. Jerome (Evangelical Anglican Church in America) Mass - 1 lain, 205 W. King (east of N. Denver), Info: 582-3088 Unity Church of Christianity Services: 9:15 & 11:00 am, 3355 S. Jamestown, 749-8833 University of Tulsa Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance 6:30 pm, Meets at the Canterbury Ctr., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780 ~ MONDAYS Mixed Volleyball, Helmerich Park, 71st & Riverside, 6pm, call Shawn at 243-5190. HIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appointment required. Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm, 834-TEST (8378) 3501 E. Admiral (east of Harvard) HIV Rap Sessions at Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center 7:30pro, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays 2rid Mon/each mo. 6:30pro, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard Women/Children & AIDS Committee, call for meeting date, noon, 585-5551 Council Oak Men’s Chorale, rehearsals - call for times, info: 748-3888. I~"TUESDAYS AIDS Coalition of Tulsa, call for next meeting date. 1430 S. Boulder, 585-5551 Live And Let Live, Commuuity of Hope United Methodist, 7:30pm, 2545 S. Yale Multicultural AIDS Coalition, call for next meeting date. Urban League, 240 East Apache, 584-0001 PrimeTimers, mens group, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th Coming Out Support Group (TOHR/HOPE) Tuesdays, 6 pro, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, info: 743-4297 I~ WEDNESDAYS Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Service - 7pm,’3210b So. Norwood Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group, more information, call 582-7225 TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for info: 595-7632. Lambda A-A, 7 pm, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft. ~THURSDAYS HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education Anonymous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pm 834-8378, 3507 E. Admiral Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN) Support/social group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325 Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS, Info: 834-4194 I~" FRIDAYS SafeHaven, Young Adults Social Group, I st Fri/eachmo. 8pro, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th ~" SATURDAYS Narcotics Anonymous, 11 pm, Commmlity of Hope, 1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800 Lambda A-A, 6 pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd t, ~i~ _ I~’ OTHER GROUPS ...... T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info:298-0827 Gal-A-Vanting, Women~ Social & Cultural Group Call for info: Kathy at 322-6322, or Barb at 459-6825. OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organization. Long rides & short ddes from Zeigler Park. Long & short rides from Tulsa Gay Commtmity Center. Write for info: PUB 9165. Tulsa, OK 74157 Ifyour organization is not listed, please let us know. Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615. by George Bria POUND RIDGE, N.Y. (AP) - Gardening ~njoys suchaserenereputation thatgetting njure~ at it seems almost laughable: Yet anoverzealous greenthumbcanalsomean a sore elbow. Thecasualtyhsts are. swelled, ofcourse, by the power eqmpment ix~juries oaten stiffered through ¯ in’attention or failure to wear ,:protective gear~ But.whatwe’re talking about here is soreness, strains and sprains. A common ailment is tendonitis. You can get tennis elbow just pulling weeds, the repetitive squeezing motion inciting inflzmmation. Back muscle spasm is another trauma that threatens the wheelbarrow lifter or the person who bends abruptly or improperly to perform some taskinflowerbed or vegetable patch. Sometimes it just happens without an easily pinpointed cause. Having suffered both these : abdominal muscles," Pearlman says. "In ¯ essence, thesemuscles act as"guy wires," ¯ to keep your baekmhne. She prescn a series of abdominal strengthening : exercises and also exercises to condition ¯ other muscles related to the back. : If, in spite of all this, back spasm suddenly strikes, Pearlman says stop your garden work immediately, head for the house and lie down on an ice pack for 20 minutes. That’s just a beginner. Then do some exercises and maybe take a pain reliever. Repeat the sequence four or five tames during the first day. In two or three days you should be better, she says, and if not, think of going to a doctor. Pearlman prescribes a variety of push-ups and weight-lifting exercises to -strengthen arms. One. way to strengthen hands, she says, is repetitive squeezing of a semisoft rubber ball.. Aside from strengthening exercises, "Lets get down to earth and be real;’ Pearlman says, "gardening is an active, contact "sport." "When is the last time you sat still in your garden?" - Barbara Pearlman ailments from my gardening, I can testify : they’re just as painful as if you got them " on the tennis court, as I did, or from some ° other sport or at work. To add to potential miseries, a bad elbow you got in tennis might heal only to flare up again in the garden. Tendonitis can hit the shoulder, too,andoften does. There are conditioning exercises youcan do, andprobably should do, to prevent injuries, but in my experience inflanu~tory ailments like tendonitis sometimes seem to happen willy-nilly. One day you’re fine after w.eedigg an,d. anotherday you develop pain tlaat doesn t go away. The same thing happens to a pitcher or a hard-serving teums player despite conditioning. Proven therapies, involving drugs, exercises or even surgery, exist to heal such injuries but preventing them from happening in the first place is something else. Nevertheless, suggestions exist, and a good book has just come out aimed at conditioning youto minimize the chances of getting hurt while gardening. "Gardener"s Fitness" by Barbara Pearlman (Taylor Publishing Co., $12.95, paperback), a Manhattan fitness expert and a gardener, prescribes exercises, proper posture and attire and relaxation teclmiques. The 151-page book contains easy-to-follow instructions and helpful illustrations. "Lets get down to earth and be real," Pearlman says, "gardening is an active, contact "sport." "When is the last time you sat still in your garden?" she asks, "If you’re not hauling heavy rocks, you’re pushing a wheelbarrow, toting tools, dragging the hose, or whacking weeds. You’re in perpetual motion, unless of course your idea of gardening is planting :apot of~etunias orp~msies onyourpaso?’ Pearlman identifies tlie body parts mat workhardestinthe garden as arms,: ,,l~ees, hands "and, abov,~ all, your back,. Back pain,"shesays,~s the gardener sbugaboo. Unless your back is made of steel (in which case, youprobably can’.t g.etinto ,al,1 the contorted positions gardemng cans for) at some point during the season, your back is bound to protest." ’The very best defense against back painis agoodoffense, whichmeans strong knee fitness involves proper squatting in the garden, Pearlman says. This means keeping your heels flat, otherwise far : much pressure is placed on your knees." : "Knowing how to bend over andhow to ¯¯ lift an object (or yourself) the correctway is crucial to gardening," Pearlman says. : ’The chance of straining your back is far : greater if youneglect tobendyourknees." ¯ When carrying things, she says, "you ¯ should use the strongest and largestjoints and muscles (those in your arms) for the ." job to avoid direct pressure on your ¯ smallestjointsandweakestmuscles (those : in your hands and fingers.)" ¯ "There is a right way and a wrong way ¯ to move when you garden and malting th,e, ¯ right moves makes good garden sense,’ ". Pearlman says. 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A survey of 1,200 boys, ranging from 10- to 17-yearsold, revealed their favorite entertainment often depicts brutality as a heroic way to solve~problems, said Harvard psychologistWilliam Pollack, who helped analyze the study for ChildrenNow. "It’s gender straight-jacketing," Pollack said. ’q~hese boys believe that in order to be a real man- like the ones in the media - they have to be violent and aggressive."About74%ofthe characters and sports figures viewed by the participants committed brutal or defiant acts or demonstrated antisocial behavior such as ridiculing or lying, Pollack said. The study was released at the start ofthe group’ s anntml conferencein Los Angeles. Children Now, an independent advocacy group for children in Oakland, plans to use the findings to call on entertainment executives to promote a more compassionate image of men, said Lois Salisbury, president of the organization. According to Ms. Salisbury, the kickboxing crimefighter on "Walker, Texas Ranger" on CBS and the sensationalized crashes and arrests on Fox’s "World’s Wildest Police Videos" were among the worst for reinforcing negative stereotypes ofauthoritativemen. "Theyjust glorify heavy-handed tactics," she said. She also speculated that professional wrestling’s blend of scantily dad women a University ofLouisville assistantmedical professor, said: without federal money, only people with insurance will have access to the relatively few doctors with experience in AIDS treatment. "I think we’re at a point the legislation needs tobe considered,"Huangsaidduring a public hearing by the legislature’s Task "It’s gender straightjacketing," Pollack said. "These boys believe that in order to be a real man - llke the ones in the media - they have to be violent and aggressive." - William Pollack : and muscle-bound fighters could cause ¯ relationship problems for adolescent boys "_ who might imitate the behaviors they see ¯ acted out by the wrestlers when trying to : woo women. ’The image is that men are meant to be defined by anger and violence and power and sex," Ms. Salisbury said. ’There is very little roomfor a range of behaviors such as compassion and compromise." She points to ABC’s ’¢Fhe Drew Carey Show" as an example ofaprogram that has very little violence and draws itshumorfrom the crew-cutted comedian’s portrayal of schlepping throughamundane job. "He’s stuck in ajob that’s going nowhere and the whole basis (of the show) is that he is ¯ . . a loser," Ms. Salisbury said. "That tells boys that the only place to be is at the top. Otherwise, you’re to be laughed at." Michael J. Gerson, a psychologist and lecturer at Loyola Marymount University, criticized Children Now for ¯¯ drawing what he characterized as an elementary conclusion about the effects ¯ of media violence on young people. ¯ "Researchers canunderestimate the ability of children to make distinctions between ¯ fantasy andreality,"Gerson said.’~A child ¯ may s~oot his fingers like a gun, but he doesn t have to develop a killer mentality ¯ or wish to be destructive." i-iowever, ¯ Gerson saidChildren Now was correct in ¯ proposing that the blending of sex and ¯ violence can confuse adolescents who ¯ should instead associate gentleness with ¯ intimacy. "I do object to movies where the ¯ girl and the guy get into the back seat of ¯ the car and a Miler pops out and cuts them ¯ in half with a chain saw," Gerson said. ¯ "That can cause problems." Force on HIV/AIDS Prevention, Services " and Financing. " Thirty-three states require people ! infected with HIV, the human ¯ immundeficiency virus, to be reported by " name. The federal government is : pressuring all other states, including ¯ Kentucky, to follow suit. Those that balk ¯ could lose federal funding for AIDS, the " task force says in a report. ." The recommendation brought a fierce ¯ response aboutprivacy-evenamong task " force members - at the public hearing. "I " call it blackmail," said Barry .Norris, a ," task force member from Louisville. But, ¯ Norris asked, what choice does Kentucky " have. Do we just not take themoney9... ° ¯ Do we make a principled stand?" Jeff ." Vessels, executive director of the ¯ American Civil Liberties Union in " Kentucky, said states should challenge the federal agencies. "It’s a terrible thing that we have to sacrifice so much privacy in the name of money," Vessels said. An AIDS patient said the stigma of the disease would drive many people underground. "For the fear of reporting their names, they simply will not go get tested," Michael Seidler of Louisville testified. Thestate keepsrecords ofAIDS patients by name, but not of people infected with ttIV..For that reason, the state’ s reports of HIV infection are considered suspect by federal record keepers at the Centers for Disease Control. Mollie’Adkins, of the Kentucky Department for Public Health, said name reporting is the most reliable way yet found to ensure cases are not duplicated and statistics are not inflated. Names would he maintained, in a state database, not passed along to the CDC. The task force also says the legislature should restrict access to the information and enact stiff penalties for breaches. Seidler, the AIDS patient, said that was wishful thinking. Computer hackers got into Florida’s HIV-test database, he said. "Ifyoucan guarantee somethinglike that’ s not going to happen..." Seidler said, "by all means go outand get tested yourselves." by Esther Rothblum, Ph.D. Do Lesbians drink more alcohol than heterosexual women? In the not-toodistant past, the Lesbian bar was one of the only places " ~ome d the where Lesbians could go to early studies meet other women. On the otherhand,many Lesbianbars su~,rested that h~iVe Closed down, indicating Pdr.einrhkainpgs lt~hsast aLndeshbaivaensot-haerer- upd-toLoensblei~atnhlsrdplaces to socialize, To find out more about Lesbians and alcohol-use, I interviewedDr. TondaHughe~ in the Department of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago. ,Some of the early studies suggested that up .to one third of Lesbians were serious alcohol abusers," she said, "but often these researchers collected their data from Lesbians in bars. So itis not surprising that this method found a large number of Lesbians who were heavy drinkers. I think that that is why we have the bdief that Lesbians are atriskfor alcohol abuse." Nevertheless, Dr. Hughes believes that Lesbians drank more than heterosexual women in the 1960s and 70s. "Lower rates of drinking among Lesbians now is partly due to changes in drinking in the whole population, to more health consciousness, and to the AIDS crisis, which has alertedus to the risks ofalcohol and drug use," she said. She also felt that Lesbians used to drink more during the coming out process, in order to deal with social anxiety and stigma involved in meeting other women and coming to terms with being a Lesbian. In a study conducted in Chicago, New York City, and Minneapolis/St. Paul in the mid-1980s with more than Lesbians, Lesbians overall were no more likely to reportalcohol-relatedproblems than we.re ° heterosexual women. Only Lesbians in the 50-60 year old age range reported ¯ more alcohol problems than did their " heterosexualcounterparts. Dr. Hughes has ¯ conductedaseries of studies withLesbians " and heterosextml women that focus on ° various mental health factors, including ¯ alcohol use and abuse. Her results indicate that Lesbians these " days are no more likely to drink heavily " than are heterosexual women. In fact,-- Lesbians were more likely to report ¯ abstaining from alcohol altogether for the " past year than were heterosexual women.." Most of the Lesbian and-heterosexual ¯ womeninher sample drank alcohol at low " levels. White Lesbians, however, drank " morethandid AfricanAmericanor Latina ¯ Lesbians. "Interestingly, there are more Lesbians ." who report that they are in recovery, " though" she added. Only 2% of." heterosexual womenhadbeenin treatment for alcohol or in 12-step programs, compared with 17% of Lesbians--a large " difference. This may be the result of prior ¯ heavy drinking among Lesbians. Or it " may be thht Lesbians are more aware of " were serious alcohol abusers~~ she said, ’but often these researchers co||ected tbelr data [rom Lesblans ;n bars. So it’s not surprlslng that this method [ound o[ Lesbians who were heavy drinkers. I think that that is why we bare the belld that Lesbians are at r~sk [or alcohol abuse.’" ~ substanceuse issues than areheterosexual ¯ women. Oneofthe questionsinthesurvey is "Have you ever wondered if you had a drinking problem," and 47% of Lesbians answered "yes" to this item compared with only 14% of the heterosexual women. This finding again hints at heavy alcohol use in thepastonthepartofLesbians. Finally, there was a trend for older Lesbians to report more drinking, and these are the Lesbians who were adults during earlier times when drinking was more part of the Lesbian commurtities. Dr. Hughes is interested in exploring patterns of drinking across various age groups of Lesbians. Specifically, she is interested in whether older Lesbian~ who were adults during earlier times when drinking was more part of the Lesbian cotumunities are continuing to drink heavily. She is also interested in the question of how Lesbians and their partners moderate each others drinking, because research on heterosexuals shows that partners’ drinking is a major factor in how much people drink. We still know very little about all Ihe factors that increase or decrease Lesbians’ risk for alcohol abuse or alcohol-related problems. Esther Rothblum is Professor of Psychology at the University of Vermont and Editor of the Journal of Lesbian Studies. She can be reached at Dewey Hall, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT, ¯ emaih esther.rothblum@uvm.edu. of The Tulsa Worldnews story about the New Jersey ruling. Ms. Kue.lmertpromised to check into the issue and to telephone back the next day. TAUWenjoys significant supportfrom some of Tulsa’s most well known corporations. Debbie Graham ofQuikTrip Corporation said that her organization had supported UnitedWayformany years because it helps a vast variety of agencies but-that QuikTrip doesn’t get involved in "the politics of individual agencies." And while Ms. Graham could not confirm that Quik Trip has a nondiscrimination policy which explicitly includes "sexual orientation," she noted that it is their practice not to discriminate. Quik Trip had provided promotion of the United Way campaign in the form of a printed solicitation for support on Quik Trip paper bags. Emily Gill of Dollar Car Rental did confirm that her company and its parent group, Dollar/Thrifty Automotive Group (DTAG) which Mr. Cappy chairs, does have an explicitnon-discrimination policy butMs. Gill wasunable to address whether any one atDTAG saw any conflictbetween their internal non-discrimination policy and see TA UW, p. 13 Red Rock Tulsa Free Confidential HIV Testing Walk-in Clinics Tuesday Testing, 5 -8 pm Pride Center, 1307 East 38th Wednesday Tdsting, 5-8 pm Red Rock, 1724 East 8th Daytime appointments available. Call for more information: 918-584-2325 Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist 11 am, Sunday 1314 North Greenwood 587-1314 We knowyou’re going to love this..r Restaurant & Cabaret ltxst~~ tla~ ~’f~rO~ ¯. 310 East First Streel 918-599-9949 Massage Therapy Services Edgar O. Cruz, L.M.T. Pager: 918-889-5255 Voice Mail: 918-697-9282 Lic. #C4133 Want to get involved? Need to get tested for HIV? Need a Coming Out Support Group? Call 743-GAYS (4297) Tulsa Gay Community Services Center 1307 E. 38th at Peoria, 2nd floor Country Club Barbering Custom Styling ¯ for Men & Women David Kauskey 3310 E. 51st, 747-0236 Tues.-Fri., 8-5:30, Sat. 8-5pm ¯ IGTA member Call 341. 6866 International Tours/ormoreinformation. Red Rock Tulsa O’RYAN Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network Outreach Program Thurs. Nights Meet Others in a Safe Enviroment Call for meeting times and place: 918-584-2325 ERESH ITALIAN RAINBOW CUSINE TROUT ofEureka Springs Voted Number One in Arkansas! (501) 253-680Z Closed Wednesday 5 Cen~er Street, Eureka Springs, AR 72632 TOM NEAL BUILDING & GARDEN DESIGN 583- 1248 Compatibility reports . for you and your friends or lovers. 599-0717 Gay Owned, Operated & Rainbow Proud Gay Mecca of the Ozarks Beautiful Eureka Springs, Arkansas by Lamont Lindstrom, Phdg. Last snmmer I wentto afriend’ s fiftieth birthday p~arty.,] I think actually it was at least his tbir or even fourth fiftieth birthday. He is de_t,_e~_.ined.n_o,t to get any older. Freezingone s agent50ts somewhat more mature than those of us who fixate on 30, or even 25. Another birthday boy I know is at 28 and holding. Andmy friend Steve- who is 33 and gorgeous - always shaves five or six years off his age on those tempting messages he leaves on telephone dating, lines. Welcome to America. Growing up around here is good. But growing old can be a problem. We all know about the bittersweetness of birthdays. Next time you are in a card store, have a look at those nasty if cruelly funny. cards that we are encourag to giveanyoneunlueky enough to have turned 40. Women complain that the onusof age falls most heavily on them. Men, as they wrinkle, gray; and sag, at least might bope.~o grow to be distinguished. Women, on the other hand, age into grannies and crones. My sly friends who have recycled or lost a few of their blrdadays, however, don~t seem to be waiting eagerly for distinguished, silver-haired maturity. They, too~ would rather stay young and juicy. Theexplosion of men’s hair dye, plastic surgery, and youthful herbal supplement commercials flashing daily on my television screen suggest an increasingly desperate age-panic among all of us, no matter our gender. When I was 24, I lived on Tanna, an isolated South Pacific island. Everyone there is related to everyone. Newcomers - quickly receive "fictive kin" identities in order better to fit into village life. Soon after I arrived, all the kids began calling me kaha - "grandpa." I was taken aback by this. Why, back then, I had hardly any gray hair after all! OnTanna, though, as in most places on earth, ageis pr_estigio.us.. Those kids were doing me abig favor wttla that grandpa thing. Myislandfriend Nariu, who was hardly older than me, within a few years had started referring to himself (and me) as "’we old men." Nariu was ambitious and since old men ran his society, he was determined to become a senior citizen as soon as he could. American fears of aging clearly have much to do with how years connect up with power and prestige. I sometimes ask my university students when they think adulthood begins. When do you truly become an adult? They tend to place this somewherein the20s-afew years bey.ond their own age. Most Americans associate adulthood with economic independence: having one’s own job, paying 0n.e’s.o.wn bills. We see some 35-year-old still hvlng with mother as sadly still a little juvenile. I also askmy youthful students for their, defimtmns of nnddle-aged and old. Answers here are more variable. (Some startmiddleage-at30.) Generally, though, true oldness connects with retirement. Once we leave the workplace for good, we lose salary, power, prestige, and any final fleeting claims to youth. People throughoutmost of the world can’t wait to get old. The older they are, the more ¯ authority and influence they have within their fzmilies and societies. Here, if you : want to be president at age 69, like Ronald ¯ Reagan you’d better pour on that black ¯ hair dye. . Gay menmay bemore panickedby age : than most Americans. We have all heard : bitter complaints about our agi_sm ~ a~,d lookism- and such gripes are often samy : justifiedbypersonal experience. (Lesbian ¯¯ society is,l~___ha,p_s kinder to it_s wrin.kl,ed sisters ) It s fun to read the age limitalmns in classified personal ads. "Gay men may Most of the lovelorn are ISO sweet-youngthings. Notmany be more want to date those of well-. panicked by age than most Americans. We have all heard bitter complaints a~out our agism -- and lookism - and such gripes are often sadly justified by personal experience." aged .and mature vintage. Many ads have upper age cutoffs - commonly 30 or 35 or, morerarely, 40. Some seekers are willing to date over a decade’s span-five years younger to five years older than themselves. Many 40- somethings speei-ficaldl’y request none but the 20- something... Good luck... More gray hair on the way for you, I think. Or there is the daddy niche: Sugardaddies,leatherdaddies, bears and cubs. A few yonngish personal advertisers won’ t touch anyone underneath 45 or 50. They want~eir daddy. At.leastthere remarns, here m .agist American, one specialized market opporUmity for mental, ,facial,,and financial maturity. So you can atways ouy a youth if you can’t have youth yourself Then there are the age-blind. They "go bv~t_he s,n_i_r_i t. "Thev_o_romisetodateanyone 18 to 88, or so they say. I logged onto a 61- vear-old’s personal page on the Internet. "Ageis only a state of mind,"it said. Yeah right. Are you from Tanna or America? Check out your mirror. But I’m taking notes. Those birthdays keep rolling. And next year the cake might set off the smoke Lamont Lindstrom. Ph.D. teaches anthropology at ~he University of Tulsa? the discriminatory policies of the BSA and United Way’s failure to pledge not to discriminate. Ms. Gill promised aresponse after consulting with others in her organizationbutfailed to respondby press time. Likewise, Jean Johnson, Bank of America’s southwestern press spokesperson, pointed out that the bank, with its origins in San Francisco, has some of themostprogressive policies, not only pledging not to discriminate but also ¯ prowiding domestic partner benefits to ¯ their employees. She added that Bank of ] America is one of United Way’s largest ~ supporters on a national level. Roger ¯ Whaley ofBank of America serves on the ~ board of directors of TAUW. : The Tulsa Area United Way campaign ¯ enjoys further promotional sup.port fr,.om Tulsa area television stations. Accoromg ’. to the staffperson at KOTV, Channel 6, : the stations which represent the major ~ networks and Fox all agree to do public ¯ service announcements. " Pat Baldwin of KTUL, Cbannel 8 who ¯ is a member see TAUW, p. 14 The regular Belle’s father was hospitalized during the run, and at the last matinee, folks in the audience neverknew of the backstage drama going on. The Beast became ill at the end of the first act (where he flings himself across a balcony In despair of ever being loved, and the curtain falls). When the backstage crew revolved the set to help him down, they found the actor playing the Beast hanging over the balcony - passed out cold. They revived him, and he decided to go on with the show: However, you could never tell from the audience that anything was wrong. After the performance, he was whisked to the hospital as soon as the curtain fell. It appears he may have been suffering from a bleeding ulcer. The understudy went on that evening, and I hear he did well, despite misgivings on the part of some of the crew and other castmembers-not tomentionhehimself! I was sorry to see the troupe leave - they were such nice folk. October events at the Performing Arts Center (596-7111 for tix) include Tulsa Ballet’ s "AnnaKarenina", Oct 1-3; Sabella Oct 2; The Celtic Series with Natalie McMaster, Oct 8-9; Tulsa Opera’s "Carmen, Oct 16-24; ATC’s Titanic mystery, "Scotland Road", Ok 22-30; and The Phil’s pops concert, "Sound and Sorcery" Oct 29-30. I look forward to the arrival of Petula Clark as Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard." However, I still think Carol Bumett should tour with the show; that would bea .fresh interpretation in many respects. The reviews I’ve read and heard from friends thus far have reassured me we are in for an excellent show. The magicin themaking will arriveNovember 23 -28. And of course, no column written by yours truly would be complete without a mention of"YouKnow Who."Andifyou don’tknow, then you’ve not been reading this section regularly, now have you? Shame on you! The ever-ethereal Stevie Nicks made a stumling appearance on the top-rated Sheryl Crow and Friends concert on the ,Fox network, and it was interesting to note that she garneredthemostenthusiastic audience response of the eminently talented bunch. "Gold Dust Woman" never sounded better, and according to the rumor mill, her new CD’s in the can, awaiting release. Sheryl Crow produced theCDin between tours. Also, Lesbian Icon, Melissa Etheridge, if you follow the Tulsa World columns, is rumored to be scheduling a Tulsa appearance. We’ll be awaiting word on that situation. And "heart-and-other-body-partsthrob" Ricky Martin will be in Dallas November 4th. Ay cammba! of the board of directors of Tulsa Area UnitedWay, failed to respond to the voice mail asking him to call. In contrast, Bud Brown, new general manager ofKOTV, Channel 6, noted he’d only been in Tulsa for 3 weeks, and had not seen the Tulsa World article in which the Boy Scouts reaffirmed their anti-Gay stance but he noted that his corporation, The Belo Corporation which owns the Dallas Morning News, WFAA in Dallas and a number of other television_ stations, : is "very clear...very firm" on their ¯ corporatenon-discriminationpolicy which ¯ includes "sexual orientation." : Greg Gatewood, president of Tulsa ¯ Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR), ¯ was one .Gay person willing to have his : name used though he emphasized that he ¯ was speaking as an individual not for ¯ TOHR. Gatewood saidhefeltUnitedWay : did a lot of good, funding for example, ¯ TulsaC.A.R.E.S.andotherorganizations, ¯ and that he’d given to United Way in the : past. However, he added that he did not ¯¯ agreewith theBoy Scouts’ policy and that he’d like to see United Way open a : discussionwith theGay community about ¯ the Boy Scouts, trying to f’md common ¯ ground. He added thathe’dlike to include ¯ the Boy Scouts in that dialogue also. ¯ He suggested that instead of asking ¯ Tulsa Area United Way to stop funding ¯ the Boy Scouts that TAUW should be : asked to fund an organization which : provides services to Tulsa’s Lesbian and : .Gay communities. Gatewood emphati- ¯ tally agreed thatTAUW shouldamendits : ownnon-discrimination policy to include ¯ "sexual orientation." : A prominent member of Tulsa’s Gay ¯ community, Vernon Jones, partner of the ¯ late Phil Wiley and civil rights and HIV/ ¯ AIDS issues activist, recalled that Tulsa ¯ Area United Way also has a history of : racial discrimination. He remembers ¯ newspaper articles from his youth ¯ reporting on how TAUW refused to fund ¯ agencies which served Tulsa’s Black ¯ commtmity. Jones,likeothers appreciated ¯ TAUW’s support for HIV/AIDS services ¯ " but thought United Way should not fund. the BSA. Beth Kuehnert, Tulsa Area United Way’s marketing representative, did not call back as she promised. When asked about this by telephone, she accused Tulsa Family News of calling and harassing United Way supporters, naming one in particular. Ms. Kuehnert was informed that a news story required speaking with more than just her and that all contacts with United Way supporters had been through their designated press representatives and clearly identified as news inquiries and had been quite cordial. And despite earlier promises to try to answer questions about United Way’s decision to fund .the Boy Scouts, Ms. Kuehnert now stated that "I’m not going to ask this question in the middle of the campaign.., the decision [to fund the Boy Scouts] was made in the spring [last spring]." When TulsaFamilyNews contacted the UnitedWay corporate supporter who had allegedly been the subject of TFN harassment,TFN was told that they’d said nothing of the sort but only that they’d called Tulsa Area United Way president ¯ and chief professional officer, Kathleen ¯ Coon, to say that the issue of funding the : Boy Scouts had been raised. ¯ This corporate spokesperson ¯ characterized the conversation with TFN ¯ as very civil and cordial. At press dine, Tulsa Family News had ¯ made either three or four phone calls over : at least a four year period to Tulsa Area ~ United Way president Kathleen Coan ¯ requesting the courtesy of a return phone ¯ call. ¯ To date, Ms. Coon, despite an apparent ¯ ready accessibility to The Tulsa World ¯ and other non-minority news orgam- ." zations, has refused to return any calls. ¯ For a related editorial, please see ; United Our Way, p. 3. 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(and former lead singer of "lnae Nylons), whose sound is an eclectic hybrid of electronicpop witharock ’n’ roll swagger, and the fabulous "Doris Daze", an allwomen’s pop/rock band that is currently making a big splash in Dallas. (Check out these websites, www.mp3.com/dorisdaze and www.loudboybarnes.com, to get a taste of their music.) And it’s not over yet! Don’t dare miss the dance and drag show on Sunday afternoon at Center Stage. Besides the always exciting, always surprising performances of Domonique Daniels, .Carla Renee, Miss Helga, Tara T’Neil, and Tabitha Taylor of Tulsa, Okla., and our ever-popular DJ, Jon Caswell, "Barnes" will make a guest appearance! So call your friends, select your wardrobe, and make your lodging reservations now!! You won’t want to miss this weekend!!! Call The Emerald Rainbow at (501) 253-5445 or visit www.shimaka.com!eureka/diversity to get a full schedule of activities. DIVERSITY CELEBRATION SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES " bRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5 2:30 pm - 5:00 pin"Family" musicians perform at Mud St. Espresso Cafe on Main St. 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm More entertainment at the Kaffeehaus Aroma in Basin Park Hotel. 8:00 pm - 12:30 am M.CC. of the Living Spring hosts Carnival Under the Rainbow - Dance and Game Night. Game booths- will raise funds for local projects and organizations while Jon Caswell spins an eclectic mix of dance music. A great way to kick off the weekend! Basin Park Hotel Ballroom. Cover: $4.50 per person, $7.50 per couple. Must be 21. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 10:00 am - Noon Catch the end of the fall colors canoeing down the beautiful White River. Call the Dam Store at (501) 253-6154 for details. $22!canoe. 10:30 am - Noon Enjoy a "colorful" historic walking tour wi~ Bill. Meet at Sweet Springs on upper Spring St. next to Rogue’s Manor. No charge. 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Bring the kids to a "family" family picnic at Harmon Park. Food and games. Call Samuel Strickland for details (501) 253-7837. Children of all ages welcome. No charge. Be sure to check out the unique shops andrestaurants listed in the Eureka Springs Diversity Cooperative. Let them know you’re here for Diversity Weekend! 1:00 pm - 4:00 pro, Did you bring your singing voice? Give Karaoke a whirl with Lita at the Hole in. the Wall off Center St. No cover. 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Give your feet a break, and listen to some great musicians at Mud St. Espresso Cafe and Kaffeehaus Aroma. Tips appreciated. 9:00 pro- 1:00 am Party, party, party!! Dance, dance, dance!! Come on out to Center Stage, and dance like you mean it to Jon’ s high energy club tunes;ORShake your booties at the Basin Park Hotel Ballroom to the live performances of dynamic GLAMA-winning L.A. Singer/ songwriter Barnes, and the fantastic pop/ rock Dallas-based women’s band Doris Daze. (Both will have their CDs available for sale.) Must be 21! Cover charges: Center Stage only - $5 per person. Basin Park only - $10 per person. Both venues - $13 per person. What a nightt ! SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 2:00 pm - 6:00pmYou can’t leave yet!! Meet us again at Center Stage for our tea dance and drag show. Those girls from Tulsa, those talented, and always fantabulous entertainers, Domonique Daniels, Carla Renee, Miss Helga, Tara T’Neil and Tabitha Taylor will knock your socks off with their dazzling performances, while Jon graces us with his DJ magic once again. AND, to add to the excitement, Barnes will be there to sharehis terrificvoice andpowerful music in a Special guest set. Must be 21! Cover: $5 per person. 7:00 Inn M.C.C. of the Living Spring Service at 17 Elk St. Call (501) 253-9337 for information. All are welcome! OTHER HAPPENINGS * Friday night from 10 p.m. ’til close, Clary and K.J. will havelive entertainment and dancing at Center Stage. * If you’re feeling adventurous (and a little brave), you may want to check out the Ghost Tours at the Crescent Hotel. They start at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and last for approximately anhour andfifteenminutes. Discounted price of $8 per person to anyone wearing a purple"Eureka Springs Celebrating Diversity" button (available for half a buck at The Emerald Rainbow). Call (501) 253-8030 or 2428 for details. * In keeping with both themes this weekend, Judy at Pond Mountain Lodge, is hosting a "family" wine tasting, with hors d’oeuvres, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is a favorite boftle of wine from your state or $10 per person. Pond Mountain is on Hwy 23S about two miles from its intersection in town with Hwy 62. Call (800) 583-8043 for reservations. * After the dances on Friday and Saturday nights, Basin Block Cafe (across from Basin Park Hotel) will be open for breakfast from midnight ’til 3 a.m. * This weekend is also Eureka Springs’ Food and Wine Festival, and many of the town’s fine restaurants are offering special menus, from light fare to exquisite multicourse dinners. If you’re interested, call theChamberofCommerceformoredetails at (501) 253-8737. Be sure to stop byThe EmeraldRainbow to pick up your Diversity Cooperative booklet and discount coupons from some of the Coop’s businesses! And please join us at our next Eureka Springs Diversity Celebration Weekend on April 7, 8 &9, 2000 ! ! ! Keep an eye on www.shimaka.com/eureka~diversity for details. The Eureka Springs Diversity Celebrationweekendis producedby Linda Williams and M.C. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [1999] Tulsa Family News, October 1999; Volume 6, Issue 10 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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InSeptember 1997, Orr and Beaucamp were standing at an ATM at State Bank in the Brookside neighborhood when three men approached them. They called the two men "faggots" and proceeded to brutally beat them. Orr suffered a concussion and received stitches for the many gashes onhis head. Bcauchamp received permanent nerve damage after the orbital bone around his eye was broken. Speaking at a press conference before the Congxessional hearing, HRC executive director Elizabeth Birch introduced Orr, saying, "we urge Congress to listen to the courageous men and women who came forward today to speak of the unspeakable hate cr~mes that irreversibly changed their lives.., it is clear that hate crimes are a national problem and now is the time for Congress to embrace real solutions. The House should follow the Senate’s lead and pass the Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA)." To demonstrate the reai-life impact of these crimes, Birch introduced "A Decade of Violence: Hate Crimes Based on Sexual Orientation," a newly published report by the Human Rights Campaign and the Southern Poverty Law Center. The report details the rise in hate crimes and the impact it has on its victims and society. Tulsan Orr noted, "people like us in communities all across this country need some place to turn seeCongress,p.lO United +American Airlines To Offer Partners’ Benefits WASHINGTON - In a bold move with global ramifications for Gay and Lesbian workplace equality, United Airlines - the world’s largest airline - became the first major U.S. airline to offer full domestic partner benefits, according to a press release from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). United Airlines announced the decision on July 30. ’q’his enormous victory will have a global impact in helping to create fair and equitable workplaces for Gay and Lesbian people," noted HRC Executive Director Elizabeth Birch in a statement released early in August. "We congratulate United forjoining the rapidly growing legion of compames who realize that treating all employees with dignity and respect is good for business. United has definitely earned their wings. This is a noble challenge to other carriers to now align their benefits packages to reflect fairness and equality for every employee." As a result of United’s action, Equal Benefits Advocates, a San Francisco-based group, declared an end to the educational boycott of United. That organization called the.boycott in Febrtmry to .raise public awareness of United’s lawsuit, see United, p. 2 ¯ Rights (TOHR) have announced a full schedule of ¯ events for the next several months. On Sept. 11, TOHR andParents, Families & Friends of Lesbians ¯ & Gays (PFLAG) will hold aGarage Sale to benefit ¯ both groups. The sale will run from 7am to 4pm at ¯ 5303 E. 27th Place at Darlington. Donations of sale ¯ items may be left at the Center up to Sept. 8. Later, on Sept. 25, TOHR along with many ¯ others will host a Feast for Friends dinner which ¯ supports THE NAMES PROJECT, theAIDS Quilt ; organization. TOHR’s dinner at the "Double T ; Ranch" will begin at 5pro and a $15 donation is ¯ requested. Those who cannot attend a dinner can ¯ join the dessert finale at the Southern Hills Marriott ; at 8:30. Into: TOHR, 743-4297 or THE NAMES ; PROJECT, 748-3111. Along with the First Annual Film Festival on ¯ Oct: 7-9 (see TFN’s Entertainment column which begins on page 8for more details as well as the Film Festival ad on page 8), the Center will host ¯ TOHR’s first Coming Out Fair "Discovering ¯ Yourself" from noon to 6pro on Sat. Oct. 9th. TOHR is also kicking off a new project, the ; CommUnity Pages, which is a Gay & Lesbian ; "yellow" or "pink" pages, or directory to Gay and ¯ Gay-friendly businesses and organizations. ; Tulsa formerly had such a directory called "Gay Tulsa" which was published by former resident, Kharma Amos. Amos, however, moved to the ; Northwest to attend seminary and for a number of ; years, no directory has been published. (Editor’s ¯ note:TulsaFamilyNewsalsoprovidesfreelistings ¯ in its directory to those who request them.) ¯ TOHR volunteers will be soliciting advertisers ¯ this fall and hope to publish a community directory ; early next year. Those interested in being listed or ¯ advertising should contact TOHR board member, ¯ Kerry Lewis, at POB 2687, Tulsa 74101 or by email at pride_center@yahoo.corn Arizona Legislator Takes ¯ ’Jenny Jones’ Murderer Guilty ¯ Wichita: No GaysAIIowed ¯ Mich. (AP) - A jury rejected a claim that Jonathan On "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" ¯ PONTIAC, Schmitz was driven to kill a Gay.acquaintance because of his Tulsa Big Bros: No Prob. by Melanie Carroll, Associated Press Writer ¯ WICHITA/TULSA (AP/TFN) When the unrelenting and unwanted advances, starting by revealing a crush NEW YORK - "Don’t ask, don’t tell?" Doesn’t work. ¯ on a talk show. "If he was Gay and a woman had approached him ¯ Sedgwick County Big Brothers Big Sisters went That’s the word from an openly Gay Arizona legislator " that way, would it have been right for him to kill her because she ¯ asking for mentors for a new program, everyone and Army Reserve officer being investigated for : put a note and a flashing light in his door?" asked juror Kimberley ¯ was invited to participate. Everyone except members discharge by the military. State Rep. Steve May,in New ¯ Manney. ¯ of Ten Percent, a campus Gay and Lesbian group. ¯ York recently for a meeting of the Log Cabin Schmi tz was convicted in late August of second-degree murder Big Brother Big Sisters of Sedgwick County Republicans, a Gay political group, called for an end to . in the death of Scott Amedure,who had appeared with him on ¯ began its search for mentors by sending letters to the military’s policy on Gays. ’q’he Jenny Jones Show." It marked the second time that a jury ¯ Wichita State University student organizations. "A.t a time when recruiting and retentionis becoming ¯ had found him guilty of that charge. The first conviction was later ¯ Thoughit wasn’t supposed to,Ten Percent received a serious problem, and some members of Congress are . overturned"We wanted to send a message that it’s not all right to ¯ a letter soliciting volunteers. The letter said Big discussing a reinstatement of the draft, how much " act this way," juror Ted Hight said. : Brothers Big Sisters clients were "waiting for a longer will we degrade our military readiness by ¯ Schmitz’s second trial avoided the debate over the role played ¯ mentor like you." discharging competent, qualified, trained men and ¯ by Ms. Jones’ show, which was amajor part of acivil trial against However, Ten Percent, which describes itself as women?... This policy must come to an end," May said. " the-show and Schmitz’s first murder trial. Instead, the jury : a"campus organization for Lesbian, Bisexual,.Gay A spokesman for the Army Reserve confirmed an " debated Schmitz’s state of mind. As the verdict was read, : and Transgendered university students and their investigation of May is under way; it started Aug. 7. ¯ Schmltz, 29, hung his head, stared down and clasped his hands ¯ friends and allies," didn’t fit Big Brothers Big ’¢foday I am facing discharge proceedings because I ¯ under his chin. ¯ Sisters’ policy. The youth group does not allow have refused to lie about who I am," May said. While Schmitz’s first conviction for second-degree murder in 1996 ¯ Gay men or Lesbians to serve as mentors. never discussing his sexual orientation with military ¯ resulted in a sentence of 25 to 50 years in prison; the Verdict was ¯ Casey Ritchie, spokesman for Big Brothers Big officials, he was open about it when seeking election ¯ thrown out on appeal due to an error in jury selection. Oakland : Sisters, said theletter was part of a mass mailing to last year. May, who still serves in the Army Reserve County Assistant Prosecutor Donna Pend~rgast Raid ~he Would ¯ all Wichita State University groups. "We simply once a month, said he willlikely be discharged when the " ask for the same penalty when Schmitz is sentenced Sept. 14. "I ¯ feel it’s not in the best interest of the youths we Army’s investigation is complete. ¯ always knew if the jury followed the law it would come back with : serve to put them in the middle of any potential Sen. John McCain, a former POWl said thereis room : this verdict," she said ¯ controversy," Ritchie said. in the GOP for openly Gay _r,ep,r.,e.sen,t~tives, but,add,~e~,’ " Schmi tz’s attorney, Jerome Sabbota, sought a le~s~r verdict Of The letter was addressed to Chris Taylor, vice that besupports [he fiiiiitary s ’dOn t ask~ don t tell’ " manslaughter, saying that Amedure continued to pursue Schmitz ¯ president of the 50-member group, whose name is policy. "We should in our party refrain from ¯ to the point Schmitz "lost all reason." The segment never aired. based on studies that suggest that 10% of the discrimination in any form,.... McCaan satd. As-for May, : He said Amedure lied to Schmi tz about the show, entitled "Same- ¯ : nation’s population is Gay. see 10%,p. 3 "he’s a fine man," McCain added. "I have the greatest Sex Secret Crushes," and set Schmitz off byleaving a suggestive respect for him ?’ Yet, as a member of the:mili~, May note and blinking construction light on his door. Amedure "never DIRECTORY P. 2 is subject to constraints growing out of the natur~ ~t~the let up and he never backed off. He created a situation when any EDITORIAL p. $ military service, McCain said. He said that since soIdiers ¯ reasonable person would have snapped," Sabbota said. US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 must live in place and with people not of their own . : The facts in the case were not disputed in the four-day trial. On HEALTH NEWS P. 6 choosing, the policy regarding a soldierrs Sexual _" March 6,1995, Amedure revealed his crush on’q’he Jenny Jones ENTERTAINMENT P. 8 ¯ orientation makes sense. Show," along with a sexual fantasy. Schmitz told him he was COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9 Stacey Sobel, a senior attorney with the Washington- ." heterosexual. The two flew back to Detroit together and stayed D-I-Y-D P. 11 based Service Members Legal Defense Network, is ." out late drinking with a mutual friend, Donna Riley. DYKE PSYCHE P. 12 representing May against the Army Reserve. GAY STUDIES : Onthe morning of March 9, 1995, see Jones, p. 15 P. 1:3 see Officer, p. 2 �Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants 832-1269 *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine 592-2143 *Boston Willy’s Diner, !742 S. Boston 835-1207 Burger Sisters Restaurant, !545 S. Sheridan 599-9512 *Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria 583 -6666 *Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th 749-4511 *Gold Coast Coffee House. 3509 S. 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"It’ s ironic that his qualities of integrity and honesty got him elected in Arizona. ¯ Now thosequalitiesaregettinghimkicked ¯ out of the Army Reserve," Sobel said. Sobel added that since the ¯ implementation of"don’t ask, don’t tell," ¯ in 1994 the number of people discharged ¯ from the armed services has increased. ¯" "This demonstrates that the policy is not ¯ working," Sobel said. Lastyear the Army ¯ discharged 1,149 members of the armed ¯ fo.r..ccs ~or being G.ay~,ua.der. ’~do!~t. ask,. ~" don’Lt~ll." In 1~97, idi~lhw f6i~ 997 ~: ~eopte-0ut of die miii~_y. In 1994; 6i7 :,’. ~eople were dismissed. May, a lieutenant trained in nuclear, chemical and biological warfare defense, also is qualified as a paratrooper. He is second-in-command of the 348th Transportation Company. *Free Spirit Women’ s Center, call for location &info: 587-4669 747-6827 Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 582-0438 Friends in Unity Social Org., POB 8542, 74101 583-6611 *HIV ER Center, 4138 Chas. 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School Ave. JOPLIN, MISSOURI *Spirit of Christ MCC, 2639 ~5.. 32, Ste. U134 417 6’2Lq-4696 * is where you can find TFN. Not allare Gay-owned bu~ll are Gay-friendly. "The boycott was a success and now it’s over,;’ Jeff Sheehy, founder of Equal Benefits Advocates, told HRC. "We are grateful that HRC supported this action;it really made a difference. Together, we liave sent a message to corporate America that this issue is important to our commlmity." "We have changed the world, and given that United is providing worldwide benefits, that is not hyperbole," said San Francisco Supervisor Mark Leno. "I want to commend and recognize HRC’s early and immediate support upon our request to honor the Equal Benefits Advocates in their designing of the boycott. Theboycott certainly played arole in the outcome, as did the courts." United’s domestic partner benefits package will offer a full range of coverage to Gay and Lesbian couples. These benefits include medical and dental benefits, life insurance, pension survivor rights, bereavement and medical leave and flight discounts. Heterosexual domestic partners will only receive non-economic benefits such as bereavement or medical leave and flight discounts. The decision will affect 97,000 United employees worldwide. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the airline said their domestic partnership program will not go into effect until May. United came under heat from Gay and Lesbian advocates this year for.joining in a lawsuit to stop San Francisco from making them comply with a local ordinance that said they must offer domestic partner benefits in order to do business in the city. United argued that they did not have to comply with the ordinance because they were a national company that only had to follow federal government mandates. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilkin recently ruled that the airlines had to provide "soft benefits" such as bereavement or medical leave. However, they did not have to offer employees economic benefits, such as pensions or health insurance. The airlines, represented by the Air Transport Association, are appealing the ruling. Letters Policy Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on issues which we’ve covered or on ~ssues 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. �Guest Editorial: Keeping Gay Kids Safe Too ¯ even in the school classroom. ¯ What can be done? ¯ The good news is progress can- and is - being made to ¯ protect our schoolchildren. In the state of New York, for ." example, legislators this summer filed (but have not yet ¯ passed) the Dignity for All Students Act, which would ¯" direct schools to adopt policies to create a safe school environment for all students. The proposal would revise : state curriculum requirements to include human relations ¯ education. This curriculum Would enable students to ¯" :foster an appreciation- of people of different sexmd ¯ orientations as well as different racial or religious ¯ [ backgrounds. school dlStrlet adopt In the state of California, legislators defeated similar concern. ¯ Let’s consider some legislation by one vote. That was disappointing, but the pollees that protect bill progressed further than ever before, and I am hopeful statistics: - 28% Of Gay, Lesbian California and New York will join Connecticut, ¯ students and teachers Massachusetts and Wisconsinin protecting their students. and Bisexual youth drop ¯ from harassment and Across the country, hundreds of school districts have out of school because of harassment and verbal discrimination; p~-ovlde examined ways to keep young people safe. Perhaps some attacks, according to a of you reading this column have joined in this effort. I like staff with workshops study conducted by the to say that equality begins at home- and there’s no better and training; support place to join the battle for GLBT equality thzn at your U.S. Department of Health local school district.Groups such as the National Youth : and Human services. eurrio~la that includes Advocacy Coalition (www.nyacyouth.org) and the Gay, ¯ - 22% of boys and 29% Lesbian, and Straight Education Network of girls perceived as Gay information about the (www.glsen.org) are already working across the country ¯ or Lesbian have reported llv~s and contributions ¯ physical attacks by to improve the lives of GLBTQ youth. of GLBT people; and students, according to What can you do? Demand that your school district another study by the same adopt polices that protect students and teachers from allow for the formation harassment and-discrimination; provide staff with agency. of Gay-Stralght -80% of Gay and workshops and training; support curricula that includes Lesbian teens report information about the lives and contributions of GLBT Ai~’~anees. , . feelings of severe social people; and allow for the formation of Gay-Straight alliances and other clubs that address homophobia and isolation at school, according to statistics provided by the Gay, Lesbian, and heterosexism in school. Straight Education Network. As the award-wiuning documentary producer Debra Right now, our nation is having a public discussion Chasnoff ("It’s Elementary") taught us, children are not overwhat to do about violence in the schools. President born with bigotry and intolerance- they learn it. Wouldn’ t Clinton held a summit. Columbine, Colorado officials it be wonderful, if we used back-to-school season as a platform to address safety for our children? put in place a policy of "zero tolerance" for harassment and taunting. Many are pointing fingers at the Five million children are waiting for us to act. Founded in 1973, the National Gay and Lesbian Task entertainment industry or the gun industry or the Interact. Force works to eliminateprejudice, violence and injustice Republicans and Democrats, in typical fashion, are pointing fingers at each other. against Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and transgenderedpeople But once again, our voices are left out of the debate. at the local, state and national level. As part ofa broader Our voices are enriched by painful experience, for who socialjustice movementforfreedom,justice and equality, among us can forget the frequency with which epithets NGLTF is creating a world that respects and celebrates like "fag" and "dyke" are casually tossed around on the the diversity of human expression and identity Where all playground, in the school cafeteria, inthe locker room, people may fully.participate in society. l~y Kerry Lobel, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force More than 50 million young people in grades K~ 12 trek back to school this month. They bring with them the concerns of their parents and their communities over the issue of school safety. Seeing the flood of back-to-school stories on the local news, I sense that something - or someone - is missing from this picture. Specifically, five million someones. That’s the number ofestimatednumberofGLBTQ (Gay, -Lesbian, Bisexual, transgendered or What can you do? questioning) students in "our public schools. For Demand that your them, safetyis aneveryday Nevertheles s, airline industry experts expect Other airlines to follow United s lead~ According to the Chronicle, a spokesman for the Air Transport Association said that although none of the group’s members except United is offering the benefits, they probably will, even as they press for appeal Just a few days after United Airlines announced ~ts decision, American Airlines officials informed the Human Rights Campaign that they would become the second major U.S airline to offer domestic partner benefits to Gay and Lesbian employee~ worldwide. -.HI~ ~ s Birch~said of, American Airlines’ decision, "W~ are witnessing history and the beginning of a new era of fairness for Gay and Lesbian airline workers. United’s landmark decision has clearly had a domino effect, where walls.of discrimination-.are:falling each day." And Birch added, "American Airlines is HRC’s official airline and we ate enormously proud that they have taken this important step." American’s domestic partner benefits package will offer a full range of coverage to the partners of Gay and Lesbian workers. These benefits include medical and dental insurance, life insurance, pension survivor fights, bereavement and medical leave and flight discounts. The decision will affect more than 100,000 American and American Eagle employees worldwide. American and United Airlines join a greater trend in corporate America where employers are increasingly offering domestic partner benefits to Gay and Lesbian employees. Overall more than 2,800 U.S. employers currently offer domestic partner benefits, according to HRC’s WorkNet project which tracks this trend. Currently 70 Fortune 500 companies offer these benefits, including AT&T, Chase Manhattan Bank Corp., General Mills, IB M, Mobil Oil, Time Warner, and Walt Disney Company. In addition, more than 99 colleges and universities, 73 state and local governments and hundreds of non-profit organizations and trade umons are currently offering domestic partner benefits, according to HRC’s WorkNet. I-IRC’ s WorkNet project, which also assists companies in implementing domestic partner benefits and with other workplace issues, worked closely with GLEAM, the Gay employee group at AMR Corporation, the parent company, of American Airlines in formulating the policy. Taylor said the group would use the incident to try to get Big Brothers Big Sisters’ policy changed. However, in contrast to the Wichita group, Tulsa’s Big Brothers Big Sisters has no "’across the board" ban on Lesbians or Gay men acting as mentors. The group’s spokesperson, Martha Desmond, Community Relations Director, did note that the issue probably would come up in the screening interview and would be shared with the child’s parent. She said she was not aware of the issue having arisen before. According to executive director, John Jacobs, the agency’s overriding concern had to be the best interest of the child, especially since most of the children served by the program may already have challenges which they face. Also, Jacobs stated that while a parent might veto a potential mentor because he or she is Gay, a parent, for obvious reasons, may also chose to take into consideration matching race, or religion or a nnmber of Other factors as well. by Tom Neal, editor & publisher A few years ago, my father and I prevailed upon Sen. Don Nickles to meet with us about Gay & Lesbian issues, and we trekked over to Oklahoma City one warm winter day. We figured with one conservative Republ,ican and one progressive Democrat, one straight man and one Gay one, we were presenting a bipartisan view on civil rights issues. We were scheduled for 15 minutes and gotnearly -30.......... When all was said and Call me foolish or naive if you llke, but I done, Oklahoma’s senior senator, hardly surprisingly had not changed his still hope {or mind one little iota, though an Oklahoma that he was quite civil. All we could stand up to any got out of the meeting was the c~mpliment that "you other state in our are a good spokesman for your cause." Gee thanks. nation in justice, in So it’s not as though I equal opportunity, in really thought any constituent comment decent education. I made to his office would believe our people are make a difference, but up to it. I just wish we periodically I like to try to bdieve in our American had leaders who were. democracy: that if you have faith and speak the truth, that eventually right will prevail, despite the ample evidence of most of our history where minority Americans are involved, be we Black, Indian, Female or Gay, or any combination thereof. But after reading one or another bits of tripe from the senator about the recess uomination by Pres. Clinton of openly Gay ambassador James Hormel, I figured I should at least not let Mr. Nickles believe that all Oklahomans agreed with him. I called. I left a~ message. I didn’t think much more about it. That was until I got a form letter from our senator saying how he agreed with my position and in which letter proceeded to trash Hormel. Obviously that was not my position. Now mind you, this sort of inverse idiocy ~s just the sort of thing we’ve come to expect from Oklalaoma’s jtmior senator, Jim Inhofe, of pornographic office computer fame. Sen. Inhofe, who sings the praises of private enterprise although he’s lived off the public dole most of his ilfe, ts reputed by thosein this town who should know. not to be particularly bright. And I can say from first hand experience, that he’s rude to constituents. So the simple incomp.etence of getting a constituent’ s~position enurely wrong is somewhat expected from his office. But from Nickles, we should be able to expect a bit more. But then again, I also still believe in democracy. So of course, I called again to ask if it’s possible for Nickles’ office to do better. Because surely, surely no matter how much evil been done in this state in one way or another, nothing could have been so bad that we deserve two Inhofes! Nickles" staff did begrudgingly ad~nit that maybe they should have gotten it right. But they made the claim that they really don’t have to represent all the c~tizens of Oklahoma, that all Nic.kles has to .do is ,to represent whatever he said in his campaign that got him elected and that was enough. So forget about whatever you may have believed about representative democracy, about the need for elected officials to find solutio~as for all their constituents, it’s winner take all and the rest be damned. I can’t believe that this approach is in our state or nation’s best ~nterests. I believe that Americans and Oklahomans in particular, are fair-minded people who would respond to leaders who sought compromise and consideration for all instead of the "leaders" we have who wallow in prejudice and bigotry to fill their campaign coffers and get elected (mind you, I’m not picking just on Republicans, too many Oklahoma Democrats are just as bad, the only difference is Democrats just don’t talk as dirty about you when they’re stabbing you in the back). Call me foolish or naive if you like, but I hope for an Oklahoma that could stand up to any other state in our nation injustice, in equal opportunity, in decent education. I believe our people are up to it. I just wish we had leaders who were. �Montana to several area churches. Early in the effort, center got a $1,000 grant from the Centers for Colorado Springs Holds¯ the Disease Control and Prevention. The money will go Gay Pride Parade & Rally toward a Healthy Lifestyles Program, which .will include health and mental health support serwces, COLORADO SPRINGS, Cold¯ (AP)-Two-year-old : Kyle wore a T-shirt that said "I love my Gay ¯ stress reduction and education about sexually mommies," and knows 25-year-old Jennifer " transmitted infections. The Gay Outdoors group, Gays and Straights Porterfield as "mommy" and 32-year-old Becky " Together, and other organizations will also use the Lewton as "mama." Each year Porterfield gets a card ¯ community center as their headquarters. on Mother’ s Day and Lewton gets breakfast in bed on ’°I’he idea is to have our space available for other "Becky’s Day." "We’re no different than a straight " family," Lewton says. "We argue about the same " groups, and to use our office for as a resource to bring other groups together," said volunteer Casey Charles. stuff. Believe me." . " The group has also drawn a $5,000 grant from They were among.those p.articipating .in the. m,n,th " annual Colorado Spnngs PrideFest parade and ratly, " Broadway Cares, a fund of ~the actors’ equity held on the last Sunday in August. At the end of the ¯ organization in New Y ork. It will help start a speakers’ parade, police estimated between 3,500 and 4,500 ¯ bureau and foster work on HIV prevention. The center will have security measures in place, but people filled Acacia Park for a celebration sponsored " its members stress they’ve had no trouble with by the Pikes Peak Gay &Lesbian Community Center. " "We’reteachers. We’relawyers. We’reprofessional " opposition to the center. Other Montana cities have services for Gay, Lesbian, pa,,,,,l~" Lewton said. "(The oarade) is certainly not ¯ bisexual and transgender people, but the. closest s’~xV’t~l thing, and that s"- wha’t people think it is." About a dozen protesters, some holding placards i community centers are in Spokane and Boise. The group is working on bylaws and hopes to have and a couple of them carrying crosses; stood at one ¯ a board of directors in place by the end of the year. street comer as the parade passed. Police reported no ¯ problems. The .rally capped a week that brought Gay.iss..ues into the headlines in Colorado Springs, including those triggered by a meeting of the National Religious OGDEN, Utah (AP) - The s tate Division of Child and Focus on the Family Christian ministry xor aueg y Fnmily Services has adopted apolicy to bannnmarried "inflammatory" rhetoric about homosexuality. couples from providing state-sponsored foster care. Focus responded on Sundayin~tfull-pagenewspaper The new policy, adopted Friday, August 27th, by a52 vote by the DCFS board, defies standards set by the ad that said its staff members who attended the conference had hopes of establ}shing dialogue but Child Welfare League of America, a professional were blind-sided by the accusataon. association representing more than 1,000 voluntary Focus, and the Christian Coalition of Colorado, and public agencies. also had criticized Colorado Springs Mayor Mary Board chairman Scott Clark, the driving force behind ~Lou Makepeace for sigmng a proclamation the decision, said unmarried, unrelated adults living recognizing Gay-Pride week. together abuse children more often than married men But City Councilman Richard Skorman marched in and women. "I read in the newspaper just last night of the parade and told the crowd at the park the mayor two cases in which boyfriends abused the children in would have faced controversy regardless of her their girlfriends’ homes," Clark said. response to PrideFest organizers’ request for the In the past, Clark has also referred to Gay couples proclamation. - who, because they cannot m.ar~,,_, w!ll be b~ar~,e~,, The banners in the parade heralded civil,rights from foster care-as contributing to gender contusion groups, support groups, Gay pageant winners and of children in their care. Gay-friendl y churches, including First Congregational Only two boardmembers, Regnal Garff andVirgrnia Church, All Souls Unitarian Church and Pikes Peak Higbee, opposed Clark’s recommendations. They Metropolitan Community Church. argued the new rule would narrow the field of foster parents, who are already outnumbered nearly 2-to- 1 The handful of protesters staked out the no,rthw.e,st comer of Platte Avenue and Tejon Street wlaere me by children in state custody who need homes. six-block parade terminated. Parade participants Garff, a retired juvenile court judge, also criticized occasionally taunted and blew kisses to the protesters Clark’s example because neither of the cases sited involved foster children. "I am relterating my who called for the marchers to "’repent." opposiuon to this whole thing.., that example is poorly conceived and poorly argued," he said. The change brings matches similar state restncuons ¯ passed earlier this year for adoptive parents. But groups like the Child Welfare League of MISSOULA (AP) - Wanting to show they’re "just ¯ America, the American Bar Association and the next-door people," volunteers will open a downtown ¯ American Civil Liberties Union have opposed such Gay and Lesbian community center here Wednesday¯ policies. Opponents say too many quesuons are left Founders of the Wes tern Montana Gay and Lesbian ¯ Community Center have Seen raising money for the ¯ unanswered by the policy. For example, there is no provision for common-law marriages, which go into project since last fall and now have about $19,000 ¯ ¯ effect after seven 3,ears. And it is unclear if the rules from 50 paid members. apply when an unrelated adult rents living space from But finding an affordable rent in Missoula’ s visible ¯ a foster or adoptive paxent. down~own axea wa.s ~ bigger challenge than raising ¯ The Child Welfare League is so staunch ih its the money, supporters said. With a rent budget of opposition that the association recently sent DCFS $800 a month and their goal focused on downtown, ¯ Director Ken Patterson aletter asking its end°rsement the members hav e beencombing the real-estate market ¯ be removed from the agency’s po!icy manual...Th,e formonths:: ...... -, ’ -: -’ ’-~. ":. What they ended up with is a two-room office state ¯ board gwiftly a~ounrt0dated that reituest b~removing wi~ hardly=the room for a dance or even a public ¯ the phrase that refers to DCFS policy as "in accordance with the standards of the Child Welfare League of lectfire. But it’s a start, said Cat Carrel, one of the ¯ America." lcadera~pf the effort. ’qlais is a start-up space," she,, said,"and it rsa good first start-up. We can get goln~. Missoula last had a Gay and ,L~,,sbian commumty ~enter during the first half of the 80s, when the nowdefunct organization."Out in Montana" hadoffices in ¯ the Wilma Building in downtown Missoula. After 15 ¯ AMES, Iowa (AP) - Though technically an outcast in years without asocial and service-oriented center; the the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Steve town’ s Gays and Lesbians wanted aplace to meet that ¯ Sabin’s ministry continues at Lord of Life Lutheran was not a bar, said Randy Chancy, executive director Church. of the Missoula AIDS Council. The ELCA has removed Sabin from its roster of The center’s fledgling efforts had a wide variety of ] ministers because he has a Gay parmer. The church allies, from student groups at the Uni~iersity of Utah Bans Unmarried Foster Parents Missoula Gets First Gay Community Center Again ¯ Gay Pastor’s Church : Work Continues in Ames Kelly Kirby, CPA, PC Certified Public Accountant a professional corporation 747-5466 4021 S. Harvard, Suite 2.1_0,.Tulsa 74135 MCC-United formerly Family of Faith & Greater Tulsa MCC Joined as one body of believers¯ Come celebrate with us. 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"I’m going to stop holding my breath for the ELCA to come along." When Sabin was.removed from the church’s list of ordained ministers last year, the 150-member congregation supported him. By keeping him as their pastor, the congregation risks .expulsion from the While Bishop Philip Hougen of the Southeastern Iowa Synod said he is "uncomfortable" with Sabin as Lord of Life’s minister, he has not asked the Synod Council to expel the congregation. ’To remove them in,order to make some sort of point about purity seems t0be~to benot worth the effort," Hougen said. "I don’t want to cause any more pain." At the Churchwide Assembly earlier this month in Denver, ELCA leaders passed a resolution that reaffirmed previous assembly statements that committed the church to continuing discussion of the issue of ordination of Gays and Lesbians. "How long do you have to keep studying it?". Sabin asked last week. Sabin, who has two daughters, was ordained as a minister in 1985 and became pastor at the Lord of Life Church in Ames later that year. He was married at the time, but the 10-year marriage ended i.n 1990. Sabin began living with Karl von Uhi abont four years ago. Former Lesbian Couple Must Share Custody GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - A district judge has ordered a former Lesbian couple to share custody of a 10year-old girl they raised, but ruled the youngster must live in New York with her biological mother during the school year. Jefferson County District Judge Christopher Munch said he based the decision on what he considered the best interests of the child. The youngster will spend summers and school vacations in Colorado. He noted she will be able to make friends and attend a neighborhood school in Albany, but if she remains in Colorado, she will have to commute daily from Aurora to Jefferson County, rougtfly a ’40-mile round trip, Munch said. "(Gift M) will be living in a race middle-class, rural to suburban home with her morn and stepdad," Munch said. The judge emphasized that he did not consider the past rdationship of the two women or their sexual orientation when he made the decision. Identifiedin court papers as "Gift M," the youngster was raised by Leaune Bueker, her "psychological" mother, and Kelly Cunningham, her bi o1 ogi cat mother, until the two women separated two years ago. The women were awarded joint custody in February 1998, but the arrangement became complicated when Ms. Cunningham married Michael Naylor and moved to Albany. Ms. Bueker remains single. Mrs. Naylor "was pleased with the decision. "The judge gave appropriate (onsiderat~on to the facts and came up with a. decision that was difficult to make," said attorney Ron Litvak. Ms. Bucker declined comment. Sen. Hatch Apologizes to Blacks But Not To Gays SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Sen. Orrin Hatch said Wednes day he had been "inarticulate" and apologized to NAACP officials for a statement in which he compared Gay civil rights with black issues. . The Utah Republican, who is a GOP presidential candidate, came under fire earlier this month for saying,"People of color can’t do anything about their color." Hatch continued: "I do believe Gay people have a choice to live within the legal rules or not. That’s why we have civil-rights laws to protect African-Americans from discrimination." JeanettaWilliams, president of the Salt Lake branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, called Hatch’s remark "a poor articulation of what he was trying to say." Heather Barney, a Hatch spokeswoman, said Hatch "apologized for being inarticulate." "He did note that he was coming from a strictly legal perspective, that there is judicial precedent that the courts have treated race as distinct from sexual orientation, which is the point h~ was making," Barney said. Darin Hobbs of the Gay and Lesbian Political Action Committee in Salt Lake said Hatch did the right thing by apologizing to the NAACP. Next, he said Hatch should apologize to Utah’s Gay community. "The senator is unable to recognize the commonalities between homophobiaand racism," Hobbs said. "Both are bigotries rooted in fear and ignorance." Williams and Edward J. Lewis, president of the NAACP tri-state conference for Utah, Nevada and Idaho, said they felt Hatch’s’apology was sincere. They were scheduled to meet with Hatch at 1 p.m. but di’dn’t arrive at his Salt~Lake office until-an hour later. Hatch pushed back other meetings and talked with them for 45 minutes. "The importance of this meeting was we established a need to sit down and have a dialogue with him," Lewis said. Williams said she also discussed concerns about Hatch’s voting record on civil-rights issues. She said Hatch made no promises but agreed to consider the NAACP’s views. Hatch and Sen. Bob Bennett, RUtah, received F’s in the NAACP’s latest congressional report cards. Also, Bennett apologized to the NAACP for saying Texas Gov. George W. Bush would win the GOP presidential nomination unless "some woman comes forward, let’s say some black woman ~omes forward, with an illegitimate child that he fathered." Comparing the remarks by the two senators, Lewis’ said: "On,e, was more severe, but they were both in the same pie. Williams and Lewis said Hatch and his wife, Elaine, are lifelong NAACP members. Hatch co-sponsored a bill to award civil-rights pioneer Rosa Parks the Congressional Gold Medal, whichis Congress’ highest honor. Barney said Hatch has enjoyed a good relationship with the NAACP. "His door has always been open to Jeanetta and the NAACP," she said. "They meet regularly and he is proud of some of the things he has been able to accomplish which benefit minority communities in Utah." Hatch has previously raised the ire of Gay civilrights groups. In 1988, he called the Democratic Party "’the party of homosexuals; they are the party of abortion." In June, he told delegates to the Republican state convention they could be proud because "we don’t have the Gays and Lesbians with us." Gay Couple Murdered After Recording Message REDDING, California (AP) - Two brothers killed a Gay couple after forcing them to record an answering machine message saying they had suddenly become ill and were leaving town for medical help, authorities say. Benjamin Williams, 31, and James Willianas, 29, could face the death penalty if convicted of murdering Gary Matson, 50, and Winfield Mowder, 40. The men were found shot to death in their bed July 1. in rural Happy Valley near Redding, northeast of San Francisco. The suspects have pleaded innocent. According to the court documents, sheriff’s deputies went to the victirrisr home after Matson’s relatives thought the answering machine message sounded forced and odd, and may have been someone else’s voice. The message said the. victims were headed to San Francisco to see "a specialist friend"for medical help and would return "in about a week." "Off the message, it’s evident that the person who recorded the message is under distress and was possibly forced to make the recording," officers said. In the background, another voice can be heard saying, "just calm down." Based on information from Matson’s father and brother, investigators said the message was recorded "very dose" to the time of the slayings. The documents were unsealed following a legal challenge by several news organizations. Evidence in the brothers’ homes also allegedly links them to the arson of three California synagogues. Those fires caused more than $1 million in damages. Authorities also found handouts from the World Church of the Creator, a white supremacist group, which preaches extreme racial and religious views. �AIDS Deaths Decline ATLANTA (AP) - Two years after powerful new drugs brought a sharp drop in AIDS deaths nationwide, new government figures released today show the declinein AIDS deaths slowed sharply a year later. AIDS killed 17,047 people in the United States last year - a decline of 20% from 1997. From 1996 to 1997, the drop in deaths was a much more dramatic 42%, which health officials attributed to the effectiveness of new drugs. "As we anticipated, we are now seeing the first signs ofa slowing in this trend,’" said Dr. Helene Gayle, director of HIV prevention for-the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during the National HIV Prevention Conference. "In a period of only two years, new combination therapies cut the annual level of death in half," she said. "But for the time being, it appears that much of the benefit of these new therapies has been realized." In 1995, 49,351 people died from AIDS in the United States. By 1996, that dropped to 36,792, and the number was down to 21,222 in 1997. The CDC listed several possible causes for the slowdown in reductions of AIDS deaths. Most people who know they have HIV are already being treated, Gayle said. Drug resistance among some AIDS patients causes the treatment to fail, and other patients fail to keep up with, the complicated juggling of pills they,have to take for the drugs to be effective. New HIV infections in 1998 were estimated at roughly 40,000 - a number that’ s held steady for the past decade. The CDC said AIDS continues to kill blacks in higher numbers than other racial groups. Blacks, who make up about 13% of the population, accounted for 49% of AIDS deaths in 1998. Thirty-two% of deaths were among whites and Hispamcs made up 18%. "In many ways, the story of how well we do in HIV and AIDS will be told by how well we do with the AfricanAmerican population," Gayle said. The three-day conference, organized by the CDC and 17 other agencies, features 2,000 scientists, doctors, researchers and advocates addressing efforts to monitor and prevent the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Gayle and others opened the conference by warning against complacency. "It’s becoming increasingly difficult to get people to pay attenuon to HIV prevention and that in and of itsdf is a primary reason for this conference," she said. Since the 1980s, more than 300,000 have died of AIDS. The recent success of some treatments have made some people complacent about the disease. "Despite a growing complacency about the need for HIV prevention, HIV remains a serious disease that is still very much with us and there is a greater need for HIV prevention today more than ever," she said. Black Churches To Step Up AIDS Fight BOSTON (AP) - Local black religious leaders plan to meet with state Department of Public Health officials and members of the AIDS Action Committee to discuss ways to better educate their congregations about the disease. The meeting, involving 26 black leaders, signals a change in the black church’s approach to AIDS, religious scholars and activists told the Boston Globe. They said the conservative theological views about homosexuality, intravenous drug use and premarital sex held by many black religious leaders have led them to shy away from the issue. But leaders are now seeing they must pay attention to the disease because of their obligation to help people in need, according to Pemissa Seele, founder of the New York-based Balm in Gilead ministry. The ministry raises AIDS and HIV awareness among black congregations nationwide. "Their responsibility to save lives has nothing to do with their theology on homosexuality or sex outside marriage," Seele said. "We’re talking about two different apples." In the Boston area, only about 90 of 450 black churches promote HIV awareness, the Globe reported. Meanwhile, blacks account for 26% of all AIDS cases in Massachusetts, though they make up only 6% of the population. Nationally, AIDS is the leading cause of death for black men and women ages 25 to 44. Rev. Conley Hughes, pastor of Concord Baptist Church in Boston’s South End, said the church can be a powerful influence in the fight against AIDS because it has historically been an institution blacks could count on. Many blacks consider the church society’ s most credible source of authority, Hughes said. Medical Excellence And Compassionate Care Since 1926. ¯ ¯ ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTE_R Experts-Discuss Vaccine Progress BALTIMORE (AP) - Doctors and scientists from 20 countries gathered in Baltimore las t month for a conference to . discuss progress made in the effort to find an AIDS vaccine. The annual meeting, which began years ago as an informal gathering of Dr. Robert C. Gallo, codiscoverer of the AIDS virus, and his colleagues, has grown into one of the largest AIDS conferences in the w6rld. More-than 1,000 physicians, scientists and others are expected to attend the conference, hosted by Gallo and the University of Maryland’s Institute of Humafi Virology, which he directs. "It is possible that the components for a reasonably successful vaccine are almost there, in our hands, but we don’ t know it yet," Gallo told The (Baltimore) Sun. ’T m much more positively inclined than a year or two ago." However, it could be years before a vaccine is developed. At the conference, Gallo expected one of the more significant discussions to deal withTat, or transactivating protein, which is made by HIV. Researchers have found that Tat plays a key role in HIV spreading. "You can regard it as one of the missiles from HIV infection that leads to the problems in the immune system and facilitates the virus’ spread," said Gallo, who has done some of the work. Researchers have -shown that vaccinating monkeys against Tat lowers the amount of the virus and lessens the immune system’s impairment. Gallo and his collaborators have tested Tat in humans for safety, both as a preventive vaccine and as a therapeutic one. He said his group’ s strategy will be to create a sort of vaccine cocktail, by combining an inactivated Tat protein with another vaccine approach. Over the past 10 years, more than 40 preventive AIDS vaccines have been tested worldwide involving about 10,000 volunteers. Only oneAIDS vaccine, made by the California company VaxGen, is headed for the-testing stage that will determine if it prevents HIV. q P Medical Excellence. Compassionate Care Are You Gay or Bisexual? Are You Native American?/ Vulsa’s Two-Spirited Indian Men’s Support Group is here for you! ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ Evening support group meetings Relationship workshops Short trips, outings and retreats Free HIV testing For information call Tulsa Native Amencan AiDS Prevention Project at 582-7225 Ext. 208 or 218 Dial-Up Accounts Dedicated ISDN Connections Virtual Hosting Visit our web page "www.igisweb.net" (918) 622-4965 I nternet M arketing E-Commerce Web Page Design On-Sit~ Setup Available �¯Transplants for HIV Patients Possible Stay Healthy Naturally Wellness Rejuvenation Longevity Dr. Terrance L. 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What he does want is data - hard numbers that will prove or disprove the theory that transplants can help people infected with HIV. Key to HIV transplants i s finding patients who are heal thy enough to qualify and are willing to take care of their new organs once they get them. Another key is controlling hepatitis C, which is often found in HIV patients and invariably reinfects the new liver once i~ has been transplanted. At this point, there is very little data on transplantation for patients infected with HIV, the virus which causes AIDS, and no papers have been published, experts said. Only recently have a select few surgeons performed the procedure knowingly, although there is some historical data from before patients were checked for HIV infections. "’People think we’re crazy for doing it," said Dr. John Fung, head’of the Um~ersity of Pittsburgh Medical Center’ s transplant center. But early indications show that liver transplantation is effective in reversing the complications of end-stage organ failure m some HIV-positive patients, Fung said. He presented findings at the conference on four HIV patients who underwent the procedure between September 1997 and March 1999. In all the cases, the liver transplants reversed the distinguishing characteristics of chronic liver failure, including fluid retention, muscle wasting, fatigue and jaundice. HIV traces remained undetectable with patients who continued the drug combination with protease inhibitor and none developed opportunistic infections, Fung said. Medical experts often question Fung and others about the.use of scarce resources - in this case, healthy human organs- and the safety of surgeons operating on HIV infected patients in a procedure that involves a lot of blood . S0cietallv sorn0 ~o,,~,i,~ ,~;.J ~,.,, whether org~a~s sho~d~’tiao~’~ lifestyle choices may have led to their infection, said the doctors, who prefer that medical reasons determine who gets a transplant. Recently, the University of California in San Francisco received a $1 million grant to perform transplants on HIV patients. The state money will fund transplants for 10 people, and doctors hope the information will help build a database to determine if the operation can be a medical success in HIV patients. "I think there is a great deal of trepidation in the medical community, and I don’ t think it’s ill-founded at all," said Peter Stock, associate professor of surgery at UCSF. "We have to be very cautious." While some insurance companies in the Calif. A! ow Needle Exchange SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)- Tryi:n~ to slow the spread of AIDS, the Legislature sent Gov. Gray Davis a,bill that would let cities and counties setup n~dle-exchange pro~s for ~g addicts. Cmwent state law b~s such progrmns but four CNifo~a cities - Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Fr~cisco and Santa Cruz - ~d M~n County have adopted emergency ordi~s ~lowing needle exchm~ges. Davis’ office said the Democratic governor has not taken a position on the Nll, wNch passed the state Senate. At le~t 15 o~er states have authorized ne~e-exch~ge pro~s, ~ough ~ere ~e exch~ge progr~s operating in more th~ twi~ that m~y states, according to AssemNy~voman Ke~ M~zoni’s office~ Supporters of her proposN sNd studies have shown exchange progrmns redu~ the spread of the A IDS vires. There lmve been atleast six o~er needleexch~ge bills intr~uced in ~ifo~a since 1993. They either died in the Legislature or were vetoed by thenRepubti~ Gov. Pete Wilson. Chemist Gets $7 m. For AIDS Research NEW BRUNSWICK,’N.J. (AP) - A Rutgers University chemist who helped researchers study the most lethal part of the AIDS virns will get nearly $7 million in federal fnnds to continue his work. Dr. Edward Arnold has won an award from the National Institutes of Health that will double federal suppor~ of his research. The prize, called MERIT for Method ~o Extend Research in Time, will extend his funding from a five-year grant for $3.4 million to a grant spanning 10 years and providing nearly $7 million. His work is aimed at developing longerlasting drugs to fight the deadly AIDS virus. "The whole philosophy of research is the more you know, the better chavce you have to fight something," Arnold told the East Brunswick Home News Tribune. The new funding will aid his study of a protein called reverse transcriptase, or RT. The protein plays a key role in the virus’ early life cycle, giving it insm~ctions to duplicate its deadly properties. It is the . molecule targeted by anti-AIDS drugs ¯ includingAZT, DDI, Nevirapineand3TC. : The virus colnmonly mutates so quickly " that it becomes irmnune to drugs. Arnold ." is trying to devise a way to see what drug resistance looks like. Heis mapping three. dimensional pictures of the RT protein, _" getting a look at its detailed atomic " structure. Such views can help researchers ¯ see how the virus interacts with" drugs. ". "We need to understand how drugs can ¯ fail," Arnold said. "If we can do that, we - can be more aware of how to design them .* - how to avoid those hurdles." His work first gained prominence in ¯ 1992 when he and others created a threedimensional computer model of the RT protein. Arnold’ s workis also focusing on the design and development of an AIDS vaccine, something that has eluded researchers thus far. �by James Christjohn ¯ with or without an interest in the genre. TFN entertainment writer They have everything: magic, intrigue, Hey there, hi there; ho there! Where ho? romance, murder, and just about There ho? Who you callin’ a ho? Sorry, everything else you can think of, in a just had to. Something about Disney artistically perfect package. 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Pieces from Gilcrease’s-collection will complement the exhibit. Gilcrease anthropology curator, Jason Jackson, suggested that these works will appeal to those who appreciate traditional Native American art as well as those who like modem art coming out of western Europeantmditions. hffo: 596-2700. Local youth activist Emily Sizemore is one of the organizers of Arts for AIDS, an event scheduled for Sept. 25th. They are looking for singers, other musicians, writers, actors, visual artists, etc. If interestedin parlicipating, please call 3611000. That same evening, the Tulsa Philharmonic will open see Arts, p. 14 HoT "It’s Elementary" Tolerance Film Provokes Debate CHICAGO/TULSA (AP/TFN) - Thirdgraders in New York debate the idea of Gay mamage. Storytime for first- and second-graders ata school in Cambridge, Mass., includes the book "Asha’ s Mums" about a little girl who has two Lesbian mothers. Eighth-graders in San Francisco fire questions at a Gay man and Lesbian who visit their classroom. All areexcerpts from a controversial documentary, "It’s Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues In School," which first caused a stir when several public television stations decided to air it this summer. Now it’s being used by many schrol districts nationwide as a training tool for teachers, most recently in Chicago unifying what some say is a growing move to incorporate Gay and Lesbian issues into curriculum, from elementary to high school. Critics say talk about suchissues belongs at home. But others say it’s a matter of dealing with issues that students already see every day in newspapers, on television, in movies - and maybe even in their own communities or classrooms. "Both schools and families have to address the issue somehow because it’s there - and it’s not going back into the closet," says Tony D’Augelli, a psychologist at Penn State’s College of Health and Human Development who studies Gay youth ~sues. see Elem.,p.15 THE SEASON! TULSA ¯ Mas~Ywol"~s " PHILHARMONIC . Classics usic on . "toe RocRs" No ! FOR 1999-2000 T~CKaT INFORMATION CALL 1999-2000 Celtic Series SAVE $10 by purchasing the entire series! 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In extreme condi"Pruning, fertilizing and watering can fool plants.into "Focus your tions, Nuss said covering the soil surface with black plastic thinking it’s springtime and water~ng-efforts will retain extra moisture. trigger new growth," said "You.can hide the plastic with Robert Nuss, professor of on plants you organic mulch," he says. ornamental horticulture. "New ~n do To supplement watering, use growth won’t have time to mature before the frost. Not some~blng about, gray water (from such uses as cooking and the laundry rinse only will you kill it, but you’ll llke ornamentals," cycle) on ornamentals, Nuss use up next year’s buds." "If you have a landscape said. "But move from tree to ke added. tree so you dilute it. Also, don’t contractor or arborist do your "With lawns, it’s use water that contains work, there’s only so much chlorine bleaches or laundry they’ll want to do during a just a waiting softeners. For health reasons, drought," said Rick Johnson, game until the don’t use gray water on leafy associate extension agent in vegetables or root vegetables. Delaware County. "Since rMn and cool "With a drought this serious, normal plant care practices w~ther return." I’d focus watering on highmight be harmful under value plants and shrubs," Nuss drought conditions, understand that these contractors may advise ¯ said. "Save fresh water for your vegetables, ¯ use gray water on the ornamentals, and against them." ¯ don’t water your flowers. Flowers are Nuss and others offer some specific ¯ going to die with the. first frost anyway." suggestions. "Grasses gO into a semi"Droughts have a negative effect on dormant state and become vulnerable ¯ most insect and mite pests that attack when it’s dry," said Peter Landschoot, associate professor of turfgrass science. : landscape plants," says Greg Hoover, extension entomologist. "Because of last "Now that the water’s been turned off, year’ s drought, forinstanee, we have fewer you should limit activities and traffic on adult Japanese beetles this year, and lawns as much as .possible. Come probably will see even fewer next year." September (October in Oklahoma) - if But hot, dry weather favors two different we get rain and cooler weather- you can groups of insect and mite pests. "Woodfertilize and overseed to get some recovery. boring insects successfully attack trees If we don’t get enough rain in September, and shrubs that are stressed," Hoover said. wait tmtil next spring to oversee&’" "If you don’t have water restrictions, the "Focns your watering efforts on plants bes~ thing you can do for woody plants is you can do something about, like water them. Supplement watering with ornaments," he added¯ "With lawns, it’s rainfall collected in buckets or barrels, or just a waiting game until the rain and cool water from dehumidifiers." weather return.’" "The two-spotted spider ~mite, a common "Pruning’s a gamble," said Nuss. "If pest on garden and landscape plants, also you’re sure the parts are dead - if they’re thrives in hot, dry weather," Hoover said. brittle and dry - go ahead and cut back to "The winged euonymus - what some the live tissue. This will promote some people call ’burning bush’ -is particularly healing and help the plants aesthetically. vulnerable. When indicated, use an But remember, ff we get somerain, proning appropriate miticide on infested plants." can trigger growth in the buds." Hoover recorfimends using wet powder "Fertilizers are salts - even organic insecticide formulations. ’q’hey’re less materials such as manure -and salts can likely to damage plant tissues during hot, bum roots," Nuss said. "If you want to dry Weather when used according to label give plants nutrients, wait until October directions." (late November or December here) when they’re fully dormant." "Watering is key for woody plants," Nuss said. "When the top 1-11/2 inches of soil are dry, water down to 8-10 inches when justice is not served. We need to be to the root zone," he said. "You can able to appeal to a higher authority’when accompllsh~ this by dire~t, slow watering. localities and states do not-for whatever Trickle water on very slowly so it soaks reason- fully investigate and prosecute a into the soil, with no rtmoff. Also, when hate crime. On behalf of hate crimes you water at night, you lose less to victims everywhere, I urge Congress to evapOration." pass the Hate Crimes Prevention Act." But watering has its dangers. "If you On" added, "we were targeted because of overwater in areas with heavy soil or slow who we are, not for any other reason... drainage, you can saturate the root zone they were trying to send a message that and force out the air," Nuss says. "This "our kind’ are not welcome in Tulsa and can suffocate the roots and kill them." deserve to be beaten or die. It is time to When roots die, you’ll _see top wilting in send a message that what is not welcome ¯ the plant, Nnss says. "Mostpeopleinterpret are hate crimes." this as a lack of water, add even more and Under current law, a hate crime can be aggravate the problem. After watering, federally prosecuted only if the victim is most plants should recover overnight. But targeted on the basis of race, religion, if the plant remains wilted, you may have color or national origin, while on federal root damage from overwatering." property or while exercising a federally For new plantings, Nuss recommends protectedright, such as vodng or attending keeping the initial root ball moist. "Water school: see Congress, p. 11 bevond the planting hole, not just at the Change... ~- Postage Stamp 1985 22¢ 1998 Minimum:Wage 1985 $3.35 1998 $5.15 Average New Car Price 1985 $ 9,011 1998 $20,0OO q- e More Stay The m ee. A lot has changed since 1985. Prices for many consumer goods have more than doubled. But one Average Price of Electricity Per Residential kWh 1985 1998 6.4¢ 5.7¢ thing has stayed the same. Our rates. They’ve remained virtually unchanged for almost fifteen years. Top value for your energy dollar. The mo st reliable ser vice p~~ Public Service Company of Oklahoma possible. And better choices than ever before. You can count on it. 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Currently, hate crimes ¯ monitoring and enforcement consists of a ¯ patchwork of laws that offer citizens ¯ varying see Congress, p. 12 �Red Rock Tulsa by Esther Rothblum, Ph.D. get cervical cancer." Two women even Dr. Sue Wilkinson is currently reported that they were considered conducting the first national survey of "virgins" by the medical profession Lesbian health in the United Kingdom because they had had sex with women but with doctoral student Julie Fish. The" not with men! survey managed to contact Lesbians in But the pap smear is not a comfoitable almost every postal district of the United procedure for many women, and may be Kingdom, from the southern particularly painful, uncomCervical cancer tip of England to the islands fortable, unusual or trauoff northern Scotland. Over. matizing for Lesbians. 38% of appears to l~e 1,000 Lesbians answered the Lesbians in the U.K. study .connected. with questionnaire, which focused reported .that they. had never sexual activity, on breast cancer, mammohad a cervical smear for this grams, breast self-exam, reason. One Lesbian reported particularly cervical cancer, and pap that she viewed a speculum as penetrative sex staears, "a huge metal crocodile." I recently spoke with Sue Othershadheardhorrorstories wlt]~men. Tl~is about the early results of this . from friends and partners that Is why Lesi~ians studY, Which focus on cervica1 the procedure was aversive, screemng. Unlike many lmve traditionally humiliating, or painful. cancers, cervical cancer has Finally,, Lesbians raised ]~een vlewed as an early warning stage, with questions about havingamale at low rls]~ for abnormal cells present. This is health provider "pokingwhy women are told to have around in my body," cervical cancer, regular pap smears (or cervical specifically, in the vagina. Or But Lesglans smears, as they’re called in the. they were concerned that the may lmve ]~ad health care provider conU.K.). SueandJuliefoundthat 12% ducting the procedure would sex with men of Lesbians eligible for result in questions about their cervical screening had previously, and/ sexual activity or would NEVERhadapap:mear.This assume they were heteroor t]aey may ]~e is higher than comparable U.S. sexual. ha’~cln~ sex with figures of 5% found by the This important study raises National Lesbian Health Care men evenw]a~le some questions about cervical smears. Do Lesbians whohave However,Surveyinthisthefiguremid-1980’S.is lower eallln~ t]aemselves neverhadintercourseneedpap Lesl~ans. than that of 17% for women in smears at all, or need pap the general U.K. population smears less often? How can Cervical cancer who report never having had a pap smears be performed in a is not well cervical smear. What is matter that is more positive surprising about these low understood, so for Lesbians? figures for women in the U.K. Sue Wilkinson and Julie women, ineludin~ is that the U.K. has national Fish can be contacted at the health service. Pap smears are Lesl~ians, may l~e Department of Social free, and women receive a Sciences, Loughborough at rls]~ for other reminder letter every five University, Loughborough reasons unrelated years,withtwoorthreefollowLE11 3TU United Kingdom. uplettersiftheydon’tcomein tosexualaetlvity. - Esther Rothblum is for the pap sinear, Professor ofPsychology at the When Sue andJulieexaminedLesbians’ ¯ University of Vermont and Editor of the written comments about cervical Journal of Lesbian Studies. She can be screening, they found that one reason for " reached at John Dewey Hall, University non-attendance was lack of time. "But " of Vermont, Burlington, VT. E-maih apart from that, it looks as though the two ¯ esther.rothblum@uvm.edu. main categories of response are-that " Lesbians feel they don’t need a smear and ° secondly, negative aspects of the ¯ procedure," said Sue, "they imagine the " procedurewillbepainful,orembarrassing, ° levels of legal protection depending on where they live. Twenty-two states and or thatthey will encounterheterosexism." Cervicalcancerappearstobeconnected " the District of Columbia have hate crimes with sexual activity, particularly " laws that include sexual orientation. penetrative sex with men. This is why ¯ Twentystateshavelawsthatdonotinclude Lesbians have traditionally been viewed- ¯ sexual orientation. Eight states have no as at low risk for cervical cancer. But " hate crimes laws at all. Lesbians may have had sex with men ¯ SpeakingwithTFN, Orr&Beauchamp previously, and/or they may be having ¯ expressed their disappointment with how sex with men even while calling Tulsa district attorney staff members themselves Lesbians. " handled the prosecution of their attackers. Cervical cancer is not wall understood, ° They indicated that had Orr not had so women, including Lesbians, may be at ¯ .professional experience as a journalist, risk for other reasons unrelated to sexual : specifically covering crime stories, they activity, In the U.K. study, about 40% of : likely would have given up in frustration Lesbians felt they did not need a cervical : while trying to get information about how screen because they had never had ¯ the case was going. Their perception intercourse. Many Lesbians wrote that : remains that Tulsa DA considered the they had specifically been told this by a " assault to unimportant because they are doctor or nurse. 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Emotionally, he couldn’t handle knowledgeofhis lover’s onetimerelations with : And difficult cultures have different ways of.classifying and interpreting those same other guys. We’ve got a name for that emotion: ¯ chemical flushes. You may have heard of the sexual jealousy. Shawn’s anthropologists German emotion tmhappiness prompted me to schadenfreude which is debate the facts think about the green emotion. Jealous feelings, and their of human emotion. pleasure felt at someone else’ s misfortune. Many of us also sorry consequences, are an Can we say that take pleasure from other’s endlessly fascinating motif in misfortunes, but English has popular novel and film. Besides, most of us have emotions that we no word that specifically labds this twisted enjoyment. Does experienced jealously in all feel because this lin,g,nistic gap mean that person. We’ve learned to use wedon t sense this pleasure as the word to label a peculiar we are human? deeply as do Germans? mental state and aching body And even if jealousy is a If so, whleh ones? sensation sparked by our love human universal, it may be interests. Love, bate, that some of us experience the The word has been around bappiness, feeling more intensely. Gore for years. English speakers of Vidal reports in his sadness, f~r, the 12th century borrowed autobiography Palimpsestthat ’jealousy’ from Old French. anger? he and his lover never have And those speakers on the sex. This he finds this on the Are there other continent previously had street. His "lover," instead, adopteditfrom the Latinzelus, emotions that provides breakfast derived from the even more people in one conversation and other forms ancient Greek zelos, that of sexless companionship. culture eultlvate originally m,,eant something Clearly, many couples have like ardor or "fervor." and learn to feel created similar "open" Jealousy and zeal- and jealous relationships in which they are that are and zealot - are linguistic able to at least mute any cousins, all derived from the unknown or less feelings of sexual jealousy, s ame root concept of emotional important in Some occasionally have upheaval and intensity. campaigned to open up all other soeieties? Jealousy’ s deep cultural and relationships. linguistic roots indicate the During the 1960s, many popular reach of both emotion and concept. : preached and sometimes practiced "free We use a language of jealousy to understand why Shawn’s boyfriend ¯ love." They hoped to stifle sexual jealousy in order to rework the economy of dumped him. Whose lips were kissing ¯ Shawn before his? Whose arms had ¯ relationships. No one was meant to own anyone else. No one ought get jealous. already held that waist? Yet, Sex was healthy recreation, freedom, even anthropologists debate the facts of human ¯ spiritual; jealousy was wrongly emotion. Can we say that there are ¯ emotions that we all feel because we are ¯ possessive, limiting, and neurotic. It was no dice, though. For most of us, human? If so, which ones? Love, hate, ¯ jealousy remains the flip side of love- or happiness, sadness, fear, anger? Are there of love American-style anyway. The other emotions that people in one culture ¯ cultivate and learn to feel that are unknown ¯ babyboomers failed to stamp out jealousy or less important m other societies? Just ¯ because they could not remake the how normal - and how universal - are ¯ associated emotion of love. It remains might) hard to love and not get jealous. If feelings such as sexual jealousy? ¯ you don’t feel jealous, can you really be in Those anthropologists of the love? It is plausible that humans in other sociobiological persuasion often figure ¯ places and at other times have experienced that jealousy ~s indeed a human universal ¯ with an adaptive function. Men are never ¯ and understood the body flashes that we completely sure that the baby a woman ]¯ call jealousy in various ways. But around here, don’t let me catch you messing carries is theirs. Jealousy works = so goes ¯ around! the story - to motivate men to police their Lamont Lindstrom teaches anthrowomen in order to better the odds that the. y have fathered her babies. An), ¯ pology at the University of Tulsai: easygoing man withdut Some yet~to-beidentified gene for.jealousy would have contributed less to the human gene pool in that he may not have fathered the children ¯ profesgionally, did local law enford~ment; he thought he did. Butwhatof women?They always know ¯¯ take the casemore seriously. SpecifiCally, two of their assailants had not been made that they are the mothers of their children, so what should they care if the guys mess : to perform their sentences whichinduded community service and a fine to the court. around elsewhere? Andwhat of Shawn? ¯ Orr and Beauchamp also stated that it is It’s unlikely thathis boyfriendwas jealous ¯ typical in assaults of this type for the because of evoluationary womes that a ~ victims to receive compensation for their rival would make him pregnant. ¯ We could argue that our bodies have an ¯ losses due to the assault, and that they inbnilt heritage of emotions, includln. ¯ specifically requested compensation from theDistrictAttomeys, see Congress, p.14 jealously, no matter who are lovers happen �¯ ¯ Bernhardt, Guy Logsdgn, CliftonTaulbert, Eddie Faye Gates, C.J. Cherryh, Rich ¯ Fisher and folksinger Michael Martin ." Murphey. Info: 594-8215. ¯ Alsoin Oct. the Performing Arts Center Trust presents Sabella, featuring"global" ¯ music on Oct. 2 and on Oct. 8th & 9th, TPACT’s Celtic series (now so popular ¯ that they’ve added 2nd performances, and alas, forgotten their friends who helped ¯ them before the Celtic series got so ¯ popular) will start with Natalie ¯ MacMaster, fiddler extraordinaire. I don’t think any of the Celtic series artists I’ve ¯ seen have ever been bad, so check it out. And on that same busy weekend, both ." ¯ Tulsa’s and Oklahoma City’s Gay ¯ communities are presenting arts events in ¯ honor of National Coming Out Day. ¯ OUTART’99inOKCwillfeature 10new ." release films, two plays, a music special ¯ and visual artists. The Gala opening, A ¯ Black Tie Dinner and A Movie, Friday, ¯ Oct. 8th will present the southwest : premiere of the film"Edge of Seventeen" ¯ as well as a buffet dinner and wine bar. ¯ For more information or tickets, see the ¯ advertisement on page 16, or call 405¯ 752-2762 or 800-722-8866. ¯ That same busy weekend, TOHR and ¯ the Gay Community Center will hold ¯ TOHR’s first film festival at the Center. ¯ The first film will be shown at 7:30pro on Thursday~ Oct. 7 with films also being ¯ shown on Fri. evening and on Sat. ¯ afternoon and evening. Call 743-4297 for ¯ more information. : It also appears that local presentation of ¯ Gay and Lesbian films may show back up on a big screen. AMC Southroads 20 will ¯ present a Lesbian themed film, "Better ¯ Than Chocolate" on Sept. 10, and a Gay ¯ film, "Trick" on Oct. 1st. The key to ¯ getting these on aregular basis is to support the theatre that takes the risk. S o vote with your dollars ! but wondered if the average fantasy reader would follow that far - they have, and gladly for the most part. I get letters from straight guys saying essentially "I shouldn’t be ok with this, but I am!" even if it makes them a little uncomfortable any-way. Others have said it made it easier to talk with Gay relatives. Ifmy stories have any social value, perhaps it’s .that. Mostly, I just follow my muse where~she leads and hope it works. JC: And how have you managed to do it so well? LF: Love is love. JC: And how do you keep track ofall the .intrigues? My head is spinningfrom what l’ve gotten through in "Traitor’s Moon!" LF: Copious notes and charts on the wall. I see that Bantam (though they cut my glossary, now available on.my web page) left a blank page at the ends. I hope people will use it for notes, like I did reading "Trainspotting." The next book, ’‘The Bone Doll’s Twin" goes back in history to one of the. Skalan queens, but there will be more Nightnmners, too. A&S are already prowling restlessly about my brain, hungry for more work. JC: 1 understand you’re appearing at Gaylaxicon, a sci-fi convention for Gay and Lesbian fans of the genre in Alexandria, Virginia. LF: Gaylaxicon promises to be a lot of fun. I’ve had a lot of contact with the organizers and they are simply the best I’ve ever dealt with. Hope to teach a writing workshop for them while I’m there. JC." Have you heard of Loreena McKennitt? Her music and appearance reminds me of some of your "aurenfaie" characters. LF: Aurenfaie? I’ll claim her. "Mask and Mirror" is my personal favorite of all her disks. My husband is a great fan of female vocalists and has amassed quite a collection, which I dip into. (My tastes seem torunmore to GeorgeThoroughgood and Melissa Etheridge a lot of the time, along with some Leonard Cohen and Rufus ¯ Wainwright, a new discovery.) ¯ JC : And on that musical note, l ’d like to say thank you to Lynn for sharing some of ¯ her inspirations, writings, and - methods ¯¯ behind the madness’ with us. ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ !ts 51 st season wiihpianist John Browning m a program featuring Brahms, ¯ Tchaikovsky and Berlioz. Prior to the concert at 7pm, long time radio man and ¯ the voice of the OK Mozart Festival ¯ (Simon Estes - he’s the bestest!) Edward ¯ Dumit will lead "Musical Moments" a pre-concert discussion. For more ¯ information, call the Phil at 747-7445. ¯ Also at the end of Sept. Heller Theatre, one of Tulsa’s theatre companies that actually interested in newer works (as opposed-to recycling the same old stuff, again and again and again), are presenting "Dallas to LaGuardia R.T." on Sept. 2325 and Sept.. 30-OcL 2, a play about a couple that misses a flight and winds up invited to stay .over with complete strangers. Later in Oct. Heller will present "Fortinbras" revisiting Hamlet in a contemporary political context. ¯ Early in Oct. the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers presents its Celebration ¯ of Books on Oct. 1-2 at OSU-Tulsa with ¯ a remarkable assemblage of artists, even ¯ including some Gay ones. Some names include Michael Wallis, William . FRE 100% LOCAL Per o a M use code 393 Megaplnone aoes not prescreen callers & assumes no ]JabJlit~ for personal meetings. 24hr Customer Service. 18+ :~nly. © lggg Pe None was ever received. In fact,-this became an issue in Orr’s Congressional testimony. Rep. Mary Bonn, widow of the late Sonny Bonn, attacked err and Beauchamp saying that the Tulsa District Attorneys office claimed that they had been uncooperative with th DA and had not filled out the forms necessary to receive compensation..Orr and Beauchamp counter that not only-did they not receive the forms, thry did not even know of their existance until Bonn raised the issue. Commenting to TFN, Human Rights Campaign Political Director Winnie Stachelberg said, "I urge "the Gay and Lesbian community of Tulsa to act now in support of this bill (HCPA), so that incidents like these are prevented .... i~t is important that the; Gay and LeSbian community of Oklahoma is protected at a federal if not at a state level.’" Want to get involved? Need to get tested for HIV? Need a Coming Out Support Group? 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If nothing .else, ~ v~.:~ parents can ask to have their , excused from a lesson the-: find that "It’s Elementary" will not be shown . objecttonable: SaysP~,~shall, Mywarm g to parents would be: Beware.’ " to students - are atadskittishabouttalking In Oklahoma, there’s been no public about, their plan. They confirm that the " outcry about "It’s Elementary" because district’s 589principals will view thefilm beginning in September and receive a " the Oklahoma Educational Television ¯ Association has chosen not to air the piece. copy of the Video for their schools - a plan funded by Lesbian tennis star Billie Jean " Malcomn Wall, executive director of King. But several teachers who vealready " OEFA, claimed that OETA’s decision toair theprogram was not based onthe viewed the film on their-own declined to : not content, i.e. Gay & Lesbian issues but be interviewed out of feat of criticism, A city official who helped get the film " rather that OETA is offered far more - in part due to backing from chicago " programs thaJa it can ,possibly. air. He characterized it as.a routine passing over. Mayor Richard Daley ~ .into the dis~t was more forthcoming. She says the " However, Wallis relatively new at OETA decision was aimed at fostering tolera9,ce ¯ and the association has had a history of and, in turn, preventing violepce ag..mns, t " mostly refusing to air programs with Gayand Lesbian students. "It’s pmcttcm. Lesbian and Gay content. One notable Itmakes good sense. It’s about safety_, for " exception was the airing of an award children.Idon’tthinkanybody,regardless winning program, "Breaking the Code" of their religious background, can argue ¯ about the Gay man who broke the Nazi messagecodeinWorldWarlI. However, with that," says Mary Morten, Daley’s ¯ liaison on Gay and Lesbian issues. " OETA first refused to air this program School officials in San Francisco, who ] and did so only after being pressured by are also using "It’s Elementary" have ¯ Oklahoma City’s Gayly Oklaho_.man gone as far as imposing a ban on anti-Gay newspaper and Tulsa Family News. "they There’s no charge to slurs. "Go stand on a playground. I " also waited to air the program later in the create an ad! guarantee you that you will hear within " summer of 1998 after the Oklahoma ......... ’Oh , that’s so Gay ¯ ¯ Legislature was out of session, instead of Call Runutes raos ~ay in" ~,,, What at(you a fag? says KevinGogin, airing in May or June like many PBS 1-800-326-MEET director of support services for sexual : affiliates did. SMALL TOWN G!RL minority youth for the San Francisco ." Unified School District who regularly ¯ 36-year:old BF, looking speaks to teachers and principals for a F, to have a good nationwide. ¯ DO YOU time with and maybe Moves to address Gay and Lesbian " Schmitzarrivedhometofindthenoteand FULFILL MY FAN- WHAT issues in the classroom are not, however, " light in his doorway from Amedure. TASY Straight-acting WANT? Bi-curious more. "~16927 without opponents, among them toughSchmitz withdrew money from his bank, talking radio talk show host Dr. Laura " bought shells and a shotgun and drove to WM, 36, cunous with WM, 5’9", stocky TULSA NATIVE 30Schlessinger and several religious groups " Amedure’s mobile home. Schmitz went Elementary " a "¯ inside to see if Amedure was home, then year-old WF seeking a fantasy of a couple who have made "It’s " went back to his car, got the gun and shot build, brown/brown, friendship and possible priority target. of young, wellPatti Johnson - a member of the " ~maedure twice in the chest- all while wearingthegreenbowtieandwhitemxedo Colorado Board of Education who has endowed Guys to new to the Tulsa, relationship with anothshirt from his job as a waiter. spoken out against use of the filmin her er Woman, 25-45. 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I think check your messages, call and co-producer of "It’s Elementary. most of us felt it Was a whole series of would be a big plus. The debate is not likdy to end soon. 1-900-786-4865 events, H~,ht sal . $1.99/Min. 18+ Thisfall,Chasnoff’s SanFrancisco-based Discreet ° Confidential ¯ Easy After seven jurors spoke to the media, (Tulsa) "~’16184 media center also will begin distributing a --~ND ~ ~J900 TIME Amedure’s father, Frank Amedure St., curriculum guide for.elementary teachers shook hands with each one. "ijust want to that includes lessons they can incorporate thank the jury. God bless you," he said. into discussions about Gay and Lesbian Schrmtz’s father, Allw~ Sc~unitz, said 1ssues. he didn’t ka~ow what to" think about the Such moves frustrate Parshall, who verdict. "T~crc’s no wwcaer~, or losers notes that - w~le parents don’t ha;’e here," he said. 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Text Any textual data included in the document United +AmericanAirlines To Offer Partners’ Benefits WASHINGTON - In a bold move with global ramifications for Gay and Lesbian workplace equality, United Airlines - the world’s largest airline - became the first major U.S. airline to offerfull domestic partner benefits, according to a press release from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). United Airlines announced the decision on July 30. ’q’his enormous victory will have a global impact in helping to create fair and equitable workplaces for Gay and Lesbian people," noted HRC Executive Director Elizabeth Birch in a statement released early in August. "We congratulate Unitedforjoining therapidly growing legion of compames who realize that treating all employees with dignity andrespect is goodfor business. United has definitely earned their wings. This is a noble challenge to other carriers to now align their benefits packages to reflect fairness and equality for every employee." As a result of United’s action, Equal Benefits Advocates, a San Francisco-based group, declared an end to the educational boycott of United. That organization called the.boycott in Febrtmry to .raise public awareness of United’s lawsuit, see United, p. 2 Arizona Legislator Takes On "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" by Melanie Carroll, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK - "Don’t ask, don’t tell?" Doesn’t work. ¯ That’s the word from an openly Gay Arizona legislator " and Army Reserve officer being investigated for : dischargeby the military. State Rep. Steve May,inNew ¯ York recently for a meeting of the Log Cabin Republicans, a Gay political group, called for an end to . the military’s policy on Gays. "A.t a time when recruiting and retentionis becoming ¯ a serious problem, and some members of Congress are . discussing a reinstatement of the draft, how much " longer will we degrade our military readiness by ¯ discharging competent, qualified, trained men and ¯ women?... This policymustcome to an end,"May said. " A spokesman for the Army Reserve confirmed an " investigation of May is under way; it started Aug. 7. ¯ ’¢foday I am facing discharge proceedings because I ¯ have refused to lie about who I am," May said. While never discussing his sexual orientation with military ¯ officials, he was open about it when seeking election ¯ last year. May, who still serves in the Army Reserve once a month, saidhe willlikely be discharged when the " Army’s investigation is complete. - ¯ Sen. John McCain, a former POWl said thereis room : in the GOP for openly Gay _r,ep,r.,e.sen,t~tives, but,add,~e~,’ " that besupports [he fiiiiitary s ’dOn t ask~ don t tell’ " policy. "We should in our party refrain from ¯ discrimination in any form,.M.cC.aan.satd. As-forMay, : "he’s a fine man," McCain added. "I have the greatest respect for him?’ Yet, as a member of the:mili~,May is subject to constraints growing out of the natur~ ~t~the military service, McCain said. Hesaid that sincesoIdiers ¯ must live in place and with people not of their own . : choosing, the policy regarding a soldierrs Sexual _" orientation makes sense. Stacey Sobel, a senior attorney with the Washingtonbased Service Members Legal Defense Network, is representing May against the Army Reserve. see Officer, p. 2 Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tuleans, Our Families + Friends Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Locations Congressi,onal Committee Hears Tulsans On Hate Crimes WASHINGTON-TheHuman Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest national Lesbian and Gay political organization, with members throughout the country, brought Tulsa hate crime victims Tony Orr and his partner Tim Beaucamp to Washington in early August to testify?before the hearing ot the House Judiciary committee on the .faced for a stonger federal response to hate crimes, specifically asking the House of Representatives to pass the Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA). InSeptember 1997, Orr and Beaucamp were standing at an ATM at State Bank in the Brookside neighborhood when three men approached them. They called the two men "faggots" and proceeded to brutally beat them. Orr suffered a concussion and received stitches for the many gashes onhis head. Bcauchampreceivedpermanentnerve damage after the orbital bone around his eye was broken. Speaking at a press conference before the Congxessional hearing, HRCexecutive director Elizabeth Birch introduced Orr, saying, "we urge Congress to listen to the courageous men and women who came forward today to speak ofthe unspeakable hate cr~mes that irreversibly changed their lives.., it is clear that hate crimes are a national problem and now is the time for Congress to embrace real solutions. The House should follow the Senate’s lead and pass the Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA)." To demonstrate the reai-life impact of these crimes, Birch introduced "A Decade of Violence: Hate Crimes Based on Sexual Orientation," a newly published report by the Human Rights Campaign and the Southern Poverty Law Center. The report details the rise in hate crimes and the impact it has on its victims and society. Tulsan Orr noted, "people like us in communities all across this country need some place to turn seeCongress,p.lO Tony Orr & Tim Beauchamp ¯ ’Jenny Jones’ Murderer Guilty ¯ PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - A jury rejected a claim that Jonathan ¯ Schmitz was driven to kill a Gay.acquaintance because of his unrelenting and unwanted advances, starting by revealing a crush on a talk show. "If he was Gay and a woman had approached him that way, would it have been right for him to kill her because she put anote and a flashing light in his door?" askedjuror Kimberley Manney. Schmitzwas convicted inlate August of second-degree murder in the death of Scott Amedure,who had appeared with him on ’q’he Jenny Jones Show." It marked the second time that a jury hadfoundhim guilty of that charge. The first conviction was later overturned"We wanted to send a message that it’s not all right to act this way," juror Ted Hight said. Schmitz’s second trial avoided the debate over the role played by Ms. Jones’ show, which was amajor part of acivil trial against the-show and Schmitz’s first murder trial. Instead, the jury debated Schmitz’s state of mind. As the verdict was read, Schmltz, 29, hung his head, stared down and clasped his hands under his chin. Schmitz’s first conviction for second-degree murder in 1996 resulted in a sentence of 25 to 50 years in prison; the Verdict was thrown out on appeal due to an error in jury selection. Oakland County Assistant Prosecutor Donna Pend~rgast Raid ~he Would ask for the same penalty when Schmitz is sentenced Sept. 14. "I always knew if thejury followed the law it would come back with this verdict," she said Schmi tz’s attorney, Jerome Sabbota, sought a le~s~r verdict Of manslaughter, saying that Amedure continued to pursue Schmitz to the point Schmitz "lost all reason." The segment never aired. He said Amedure lied to Schmi tz about the show, entitled "Same- Sex Secret Crushes," and set Schmitz off byleaving a suggestive note and blinking construction lightonhis door. Amedure "never let up and he never backed off. He created a situation when any reasonable person would have snapped," Sabbota said. The facts in the case were not disputed in the four-day trial. On ¯ March 6,1995,Amedure revealed his crush on’q’heJenny Jones Show," along with a sexual fantasy. Schmitz told him he was ." heterosexual. The two flew back to Detroit together and stayed ." out late drinking with a mutual friend, Donna Riley. : Onthe morning of March 9, 1995, see Jones, p. 15 ¯ Community Center News ¯ TULSA - Tulsa’s Gay Community Center and its parent organization, Tulsa Oldahomans for Human ¯ Rights (TOHR) have announced a full schedule of ¯ events for the next several months. On Sept. 11, ¯ TOHRandParents, Families &Friends ofLesbians &Gays (PFLAG) will hold aGarage Sale to benefit ¯ both groups. The sale will run from 7am to 4pm at ¯ 5303 E. 27th Place atDarlington. Donations of sale ¯ items may be left at the Center up to Sept. 8. Later, on Sept. 25, TOHR along with many ¯ others will host a Feast for Friends dinner which ¯ supports THENAMES PROJECT, theAIDS Quilt ; organization. TOHR’s dinner at the "Double T ; Ranch" will begin at 5pro and a $15 donation is ¯ requested. Those who cannot attend a dinner can ¯ join the dessert finale at the Southern Hills Marriott ; at 8:30. Into: TOHR, 743-4297 or THE NAMES ; PROJECT, 748-3111. ¯ Along with the First Annual Film Festival on Oct: 7-9 (see TFN’s Entertainment column which begins on page 8for more details as well as the Film Festival ad on page 8), the Center will host ¯ TOHR’s first Coming Out Fair "Discovering ¯ Yourself" from noon to 6pro on Sat. Oct. 9th. ; TOHR is also kicking off a new project, the CommUnity Pages, which is a Gay & Lesbian ; "yellow" or "pink" pages, or directory to Gay and ¯ Gay-friendly businesses and organizations. ; Tulsa formerly had such a directory called "Gay Tulsa" which was published by former resident, Kharma Amos. Amos, however, moved to the ; Northwest to attend seminary and for a number of ; years, no directory has been published. (Editor’s ¯ note:TulsaFamilyNewsalsoprovidesfreelistings ¯ in its directory to those who request them.) ¯ TOHR volunteers will be soliciting advertisers ¯ this fall and hope to publish a community directory ; early next year. Those interested in being listed or ¯ advertising should contact TOHR board member, ¯ Kerry Lewis, at POB 2687, Tulsa 74101 or by email at pride_center@yahoo.corn ¯ Wichita: No GaysAIIowed Tulsa Big Bros: No Prob. ¯ WICHITA/TULSA (AP/TFN) When the ¯ Sedgwick County Big Brothers Big Sisters went ¯ asking for mentors for a new program, everyone ¯ was invited to participate. Everyone exceptmembers ¯ of Ten Percent, a campus Gay and Lesbian group. ¯ Big Brother Big Sisters of Sedgwick County ¯ began its search for mentors by sending letters to ¯ Wichita State University student organizations. ¯ Thoughit wasn’t supposed to,Ten Percentreceived ¯ a letter soliciting volunteers. The letter said Big : Brothers Big Sisters clients were "waiting for a ¯ mentor like you." However, Ten Percent, which describes itself as : a"campus organization for Lesbian, Bisexual,.Gay : and Transgendered university students and their ¯ friends and allies," didn’t fit Big Brothers Big ¯ Sisters’ policy. The youth group does not allow ¯ Gay men or Lesbians to serve as mentors. ¯ Casey Ritchie, spokesman for Big Brothers Big : Sisters, said theletter was part of a mass mailing to ¯ all Wichita State University groups. "We simply ¯ feel it’s not in the best interest of the youths we : serve to put them in the middle of any potential ¯ controversy," Ritchie said. The letter was addressed to Chris Taylor, vice ¯ president of the 50-member group, whose name is ¯ based on studies that suggest that 10% of the : nation’s population is Gay. see 10%,p. 3 DIRECTORY P. 2 EDITORIAL p. $ US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 HEALTH NEWS P. 6 ENTERTAINMENT P. 8 COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9 D-I-Y-D P. 11 DYKE PSYCHE P. 12 GAY STUDIES P. 1:3 Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine *Boston Willy’s Diner, !742 S. Boston Burger Sisters Restaurant, !545 S. Sheridan *Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria *Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th *Gold Coast Coffee House. 3509 S. 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"It’ s ironic that his qualities ofintegrity and honesty got him elected in Arizona. ¯ Now thosequalitiesaregettinghimkicked ¯ out of the Army Reserve," Sobel said. ¯ Sobel added that since the implementation of"don’t ask, don’t tell," ¯ in 1994 the number of people discharged ¯ from the armed services has increased. ¯" "This demonstrates that the policy is not ¯ working," Sobel said. Lastyear the Army ¯ discharged 1,149 members of the armed ¯ fo.r..ccs ~or being G.ay~,ua.der. ’~do!~t. ask,. ~" don’Lt~ll." In 1~97, idi~lhw f6i~ 997 ~: ~eopte-0ut of die miii~_y. In 1994; 6i7 :,’. ~eople were dismissed. May, a lieutenant trained in nuclear, chemical and biological warfare defense, also is qualified as a paratrooper. He is second-in-command of the 348th Transportation Company. "The boycott was a success and now it’s over,;’ Jeff Sheehy, founder of Equal Benefits Advocates, told HRC. "We are grateful thatHRC supported this action;it really made a difference. Together, we liave sent amessage to corporateAmerica that this issue is important to our commlmity." "Wehave changed the world, and given that United is providing worldwide benefits, that is not hyperbole," said San Francisco Supervisor Mark Leno. "I want to commend and recognize HRC’s early and immediate support upon our request to honor the Equal Benefits Advocates in their designing of the boycott. Theboycott certainly played arole in the outcome, as did the courts." United’s domestic partner benefits package will offer a full range ofcoverage toGayandLesbian couples. Thesebenefits include medical and dental benefits, life insurance, pension survivor rights, bereavement and medical leave and flight discounts. Heterosexual domesticpartners will only receive non-economic benefits such as bereavement or medical leave and flight discounts. The decision will affect 97,000 United employees worldwide. According to the SanFrancisco Chronicle, the airline said their domestic partnership program will not go into effect until May. United came under heat from Gay and Lesbian advocates this year for.joining in a lawsuit to stop San Francisco from making them comply with a local ordinance that said they must offer domestic partner benefits in order to do business in the city. United argued that they did not have to comply with the ordinance because they were a national company that only had to follow federal government mandates. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilkin recently ruled that the airlines had to provide "soft benefits" such as bereavement or medical leave. However, they did not have to offer employees economic benefits, such as pensions or health insurance. Theairlines, represented by the Air Transport Association, are appealing the ruling. Letters Policy Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on issues which we’ve covered or on ~ssues 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. Guest Editorial: Keeping Gay Kids Safe Too l~y Kerry Lobel, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force More than 50 million young people in grades K~ 12 trek back to school this month. They bring with them the concerns of their parents and their communities over the issue of school safety. Seeing the flood of back-to-school stories on the local news, I sense that something - or someone - is missing from this picture. Specifically, five million someones. That’s thenumber ofestimatednumberofGLBTQ (Gay, -Lesbian, Bisexual, transgendered or questioning) students in "our public schools. For them, safetyis aneveryday concern. Let’s consider some statistics: - 28% Of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual youth drop out of school because of harassment and verbal attacks, according to a study conducted by the U.S. DepartmentofHealth and Human services. - 22% ofboys and29% of girls perceived as Gay or Lesbian have reported physical attacks by students, according to another study by the same agency. -80% of Gay and Lesbian teens report feelings of severe social isolation at school, What can you do? Demand that your school dlStrlet adopt pollees that protect students and teachers from harassment and discrimination; p~-ovlde staff with workshops and training; support eurrio~la that includes information about the llv~s and contributions of GLBT people; and allow for the formation of Gay-Stralght Ai~’~anees. , . according to statistics provided by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network. Right now, our nation is having a public discussion overwhat to do about violence in the schools. President Clinton held a summit. Columbine, Colorado officials put in place a policy of "zero tolerance" for harassment and taunting. Many are pointing fingers at the entertainment industry or the gunindustry or the Interact. Republicans and Democrats, in typical fashion, are pointing fingers at each other. But once again, our voices are left out of the debate. Our voices are enriched by painful experience, for who among us can forget the frequency with which epithets like "fag" and "dyke" are casually tossed around on the playground, in the school cafeteria, inthe locker room, Nevertheless, airlineindustry experts expect Other airlines to follow United s lead~ ¯ even in the school classroom. ¯¯ What can be done? The good news is progress can- and is - being made to ¯ protect our schoolchildren. In the state of New York, for ." example, legislators this summer filed (but have not yet ¯ passed) the Dignity for All Students Act, which would ¯" direct schools to adopt policies to create a safe school environment for all students. The proposal would revise : state curriculum requirements to include human relations ¯ education. This curriculum Would enable students to ¯" :foster an appreciation- of people of different sexmd ¯ orientations as well as different racial or religious backgrounds. In the state of California, legislators defeated similar legislation by one vote. That was disappointing, but the bill progressed further than ever before, and I amhopeful California and New York will join Connecticut, Massachusetts and Wisconsinin protecting their students. Across the country, hundreds of school districts have examined ways to keep young people safe. Perhaps some ofyoureading this columnhavejoined in this effort. I like to say that equality begins at home- and there’s no better place to join the battle for GLBT equality thzn at your local school district.Groups such as the National Youth Advocacy Coalition (www.nyacyouth.org) and the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (www.glsen.org) are already working across the country to improve the lives of GLBTQ youth. What can you do? Demand that your school district adopt polices that protect students and teachers from harassment and-discrimination; provide staff with workshops and training; support curricula that includes information about the lives and contributions of GLBT people; and allow for the formation of Gay-Straight alliances and other clubs that address homophobia and heterosexism in school. As the award-wiuning documentary producer Debra Chasnoff ("It’s Elementary") taught us, children are not bornwith bigotry andintolerance- they learn it. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, if we used back-to-school season as a platform to address safety for our children? Five million children are waiting for us to act. Founded in 1973, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force works to eliminateprejudice, violenceandinjustice against Gay, Lesbian, Bisexualandtransgenderedpeople at the local, state and national level. Aspart ofa broader socialjustice movementforfreedom,justice andequality, NGLTF is creating a world that respects and celebrates the diversity ofhuman expression and identity Where all people mayfully.participate in society. According to the Chronicle, a spokesman for the Air Transport Association said that although none of the group’s members except United is offering the benefits, they probably will, even as they press for appeal Just a few days after United Airlines announced ~ts decision, AmericanAirlines officials informed theHuman Rights Campaign that they would become the second major U.S airline to offer domestic partner benefits to Gay and Lesbian employee~ worldwide. -.HI~ ~ s Birch~said of,American Airlines’ decision, "W~ are witnessing history and the beginning of a new era of fairness for Gay and Lesbian airline workers. United’s landmark decision has clearly had a domino effect, where walls.of discrimination-.are:falling each day." And Birch added, "American Airlines is HRC’s official airline and we ate enormously proud that they have taken this important step." American’s domestic partner benefits package will offer a full range of coverage to the partners of Gay and Lesbian workers. These benefits include medical and dental insurance, life insurance, pension survivor fights, bereavement and medical leave and flight discounts. The decision will affect more than 100,000 American and American Eagle employees worldwide. American and United Airlines join a greater trend in corporate America where employers are increasingly offering domestic partner benefits to Gay and Lesbian employees. Overall more than 2,800 U.S. employers currently offer domestic partner benefits, according to HRC’s WorkNetprojectwhich tracks this trend. Currently 70 Fortune 500 companies offer these benefits, including AT&T, Chase Manhattan Bank Corp., General Mills, IBM, Mobil Oil,TimeWarner, and Walt DisneyCompany. In addition, more than 99 colleges and universities, 73 state and local governments and hundreds of non-profit organizations and trade umons are currently offering domestic partner benefits, according to HRC’s WorkNet. I-IRC’ s WorkNet project, which also assists companies in implementing domestic partner benefits and with other workplace issues, worked closely with GLEAM, the Gay employee group atAMRCorporation, the parentcompany, of American Airlines in formulating the policy. Taylor said the group would use the incident to try to get Big Brothers Big Sisters’ policy changed. However, in contrast to the Wichita group, Tulsa’s Big Brothers Big Sisters has no "’across the board" ban on Lesbians or Gay men acting as mentors. The group’s spokesperson, Martha Desmond, Community Relations Director, did note that the issue probably would come up in the screening interview and would be shared with the child’s parent. She said she was not aware of the issue having arisen before. According to executive director, John Jacobs, the agency’s overriding concern had to be the best interest of the child, especially since most of the children served by the program may already have challenges which they face. Also, Jacobs stated that while a parent might veto a potential mentor because he or she is Gay, a parent, for obvious reasons, may also chose to take into consideration matching race, or religion or a nnmber of Other factors as well. ¯ Call me foolish or [ naive if you llke, but I ¯ still hope {or an Oklahoma that ¯ could stand up to any ¯ other state in our nation in justice, in equal opportunity, in : decent education. I ¯ believe our people are ¯ up to it. I just wish we ¯ had leaders who were. by Tom Neal, editor & publisher A few years ago, my father and I prevailed upon Sen. Don Nickles to meet with us about Gay &Lesbian issues, and we trekked over to Oklahoma City one warm winter day. We figured with one conservative Republ,ican and one progressive Democrat, one straightman and one Gay one, we were presenting a bipartisan view on civil rights issues. We were scheduled for 15 minutes and gotnearly -30.......... When all was said and done, Oklahoma’s senior senator, hardly surprisingly had not changed his mindone little iota, though he was quite civil. All we got out of the meeting was the c~mpliment that "you are a good spokesman for your cause." Gee thanks. So it’s not as though I really thought any constituent comment made to his office would make a difference, but periodically I like to try to bdieve in our American democracy: that if you have faith and speak the truth, that eventually right will prevail, despite the ample evidence ofmostofourhistory whereminority Americans are involved, be we Black, Indian, Female or Gay, or any combination thereof. But after reading one or another bits of tripe from the senator about the recess uomination by Pres. Clinton of openly Gay ambassador James Hormel, I figured I should at least not let Mr. Nickles believe that all Oklahomans agreed with him. I called. I left a~ message. I didn’t think much more about it. That was until I got a form letter from our senator saying how he agreed withmy position and in which letter proceeded to trash Hormel. Obviously that was not my position. Now mind you, this sort of inverse idiocy ~s just the sort of thing we’ve come to expect from Oklalaoma’s jtmior senator, Jim Inhofe, of pornographic office computer fame. Sen. Inhofe, who sings the praises of private enterprise although he’s lived off the public dole most of his ilfe, ts reputed by thosein this town who should know. not to be particularly bright. And I can say from first hand experience, that he’s rude to constituents. So the simple incomp.etence of getting a constituent’ s~position enurely wrong is somewhat expected from his office. But from Nickles, we should be able to expect a bit more. But then again, I also still believe in democracy. So of course, I called again to ask if it’s possible for Nickles’ office to do better. Because surely, surely no matter how much evil been done in this state in one way or another, nothing could have been so bad that we deserve two Inhofes! Nickles" staff did begrudgingly ad~nit that maybe they should have gotten it right. But they made the claim that they really don’t have to represent all the c~tizens of Oklahoma, that all Nic.kles has to .do is ,to represent whatever he said in his campaign that gothim elected and that was enough. So forget about whatever you may have believed about representative democracy, about the need for elected officials to find solutio~as for all their constituents, it’s winner take all and the rest be damned. I can’t believe that this approach is in our state or nation’s best ~nterests. I believe that Americans and Oklahomans in particular, are fair-minded people who would respond to leaders who sought compromise and consideration for all instead of the "leaders" wehave who wallow in prejudice and bigotry to fill their campaign coffers and get elected (mind you, I’m not picking just on Republicans, too many Oklahoma Democrats are just as bad, the only difference is Democrats just don’t talk as dirty about you when they’re stabbing you in the back). Call me foolish or naive if you like, but I hope for an Oklahoma that could stand up to any other state in our nation injustice, in equal opportunity, in decent education. I believe our people are up to it. I just wish we had leaders who were. Colorado Springs Holds¯ Gay Pride Parade & Rally COLORADO SPRINGS, Cold¯ (AP)-Two-year-old : Kyle wore a T-shirt that said "I love my Gay ¯ mommies," and knows 25-year-old Jennifer " Porterfield as "mommy" and 32-year-old Becky " Lewton as "mama." Each year Porterfield gets a card ¯ on Mother’ s Day and Lewton gets breakfast in bed on "Becky’s Day." "We’re no different than a straight " family," Lewton says. "We argue about the same " stuff. Believe me." . " They were among.those p.articipating .in the. m,n,th " annual Colorado Spnngs PrideFest parade and ratly, " held on the last Sunday in August. At the end of the ¯ parade, police estimated between 3,500 and 4,500 ¯ people filled Acacia Park for a celebration sponsored " by the Pikes Peak Gay &Lesbian Community Center. " "We’reteachers. We’relawyers. We’reprofessional " pa,,,,,l~" Lewton said. "(The oarade) is certainly not ¯ s’~xV’t~l thing, and thats"- wha’t people think it is." About a dozen protesters, some holding placards i and a couple of them carrying crosses; stood at one ¯ street comer as the parade passed. Police reported no ¯ problems. The .rally capped a week that brought Gay.iss..ues into the headlines in Colorado Springs, including those triggeredby ameeting oftheNational Religious Focus on the Family Christian ministry xor aueg y "inflammatory" rhetoric about homosexuality. Focus respondedonSundayin~tfull-pagenewspaper ad that said its staff members who attended the conference had hopes of establ}shing dialogue but were blind-sided by the accusataon. Focus, and the Christian Coalition of Colorado, also had criticized Colorado Springs Mayor Mary ~Lou Makepeace for sigmng a proclamation recognizing Gay-Pride week. ButCity Councilman Richard Skorman marchedin the parade and told the crowd at the park the mayor would have faced controversy regardless of her response to PrideFest organizers’ request for the proclamation. The banners in the parade heralded civil,rights groups, support groups, Gay pageant winners and Gay-friendly churches, includingFirstCongregational Church, All Souls Unitarian Church and Pikes Peak Metropolitan Community Church. The handful of protesters staked out the no,rthw.e,st comer of Platte Avenue and Tejon Street wlaere me six-block parade terminated. Parade participants occasionally taunted and blew kisses to the protesters who called for the marchers to "’repent." Missoula Gets First Gay Community CenterAgain MISSOULA (AP) - Wanting to show they’re "just next-door people," volunteers will open a downtown Gay and Lesbian community center here Wednesday¯ Founders of the Wes tern MontanaGay and Lesbian Community Center have Seen raising money for the project since last fall and now have about $19,000 from 50 paid members. But finding an affordable rent in Missoula’ s visible down~own axea wa.s ~ bigger challenge than raising the money, supporters said. With a rent budget of $800 a month and their goal focused on downtown, themembers havebeencombing thereal-estate market formonths:: ...... -, ’ -: - -’ ’-~. ":. What they ended up with is a two-room office state wi~ hardly=the room for a dance or even a public lectfire. But it’s a start, said Cat Carrel, one of the lcadera~pf the effort. ’qlais is a start-up space," she,, said,"and itrsa good first start-up. Wecan get goln~. Missoula last had a Gay and ,L~,,sbian commumty ~enter during the first half of the 80s, when the nowdefunct organization."Out in Montana" hadoffices in the Wilma Building in downtown Missoula. After 15 years without asocial and service-oriented center; the town’ s Gays and Lesbians wanted aplace to meet that was not a bar, said Randy Chancy, executive director of the Missoula AIDS Council. The center’s fledgling efforts had a wide variety of allies, from student groups at the Uni~iersity of Montana to several area churches. Early in the effort, the center got a $1,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The money will go toward a Healthy Lifestyles Program, which .will include health and mental health support serwces, stress reduction and education about sexually transmitted infections. The Gay Outdoors group, Gays and Straights Together, and other organizations will also use the community center as their headquarters. ’°I’he idea is to have our space available for other groups, and to use our office for as a resource to bring other groups together," said volunteer Casey Charles. The group has also drawn a $5,000 grant from Broadway Cares, a fund of ~the actors’ equity organization inNew York. It willhelp starta speakers’ bureau and foster work on HIV prevention. The center will have security measures in place, but its members stress they’ve had no trouble with opposition to the center. OtherMontanacities have services forGay, Lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, but the. closest community centers are in Spokane and Boise. The group is working on bylaws and hopes to have a board of directors in place by the end of the year. Utah Bans Unmarried Foster Parents OGDEN, Utah (AP) -The s tate Division of Child and Fnmily Services has adopted apolicy to bannnmarried couples from providing state-sponsored foster care. The new policy, adopted Friday, August 27th, by a5- 2 vote by the DCFS board, defies standards set by the Child Welfare League of America, a professional association representing more than 1,000 voluntary and public agencies. Board chairman Scott Clark, the drivingforcebehind the decision, said unmarried, unrelated adults living together abuse children more often than married men and women. "I read in the newspaperjust last night of two cases in which boyfriends abused the children in their girlfriends’ homes," Clark said. In the past, Clark has also referred to Gay couples - who, because they cannot m.ar~,,_, w!ll be b~ar~,e~,, from fostercare-as contributing to gendercontusion of children in their care. Only twoboardmembers, Regnal GarffandVirgrnia Higbee, opposed Clark’s recommendations. They argued the new rule would narrow the field of foster parents, who are already outnumbered nearly 2-to- 1 by children in state custody who need homes. Garff, a retired juvenile court judge, also criticized Clark’s example because neither of the cases sited involved foster children. "I am relterating my opposiuon to this whole thing.., that example is poorly conceived and poorly argued," he said. The changebrings matches similar state restncuons ¯ passed earlier this year for adoptive parents. But groups like the Child Welfare League of ¯ America, the American Bar Association and the ¯ American Civil Liberties Union have opposed such policies. Opponents say too many quesuons are left ¯ unanswered by the policy. For example, there is no ¯ provision for common-law marriages, which go into ¯¯ effect after seven 3,ears. And it is unclear if the rules apply when an unrelated adult rents living space from ¯ a foster or adoptive paxent. ¯ The Child Welfare League is so staunch ih its ¯ opposition that the association recently sent DCFS Director Ken Patterson aletter asking its end°rsement ¯ be removed from the agency’s po!icy manual...Th,e ¯ board gwiftly a~ounrt0datedthat reituestb~removing ¯ thephrase that refers toDCFS policy as "in accordance with the standards of the Child Welfare League of ¯ America." ¯ Gay Pastor’s Church : Work Continues in Ames ¯ ¯ AMES, Iowa (AP) -Though technically an outcast in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Steve ¯ Sabin’s ministry continues at Lord of Life Lutheran Church. The ELCA has removed Sabin from its roster of ] ministers because he has a Gay parmer. 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Cincinnati. 425-7882 Saint John 4200 S. Atlanta Place, 742-7381 Saint Dunstan 5635 East 71st, 492-7140 Trinity 501 S. Cincinriati, 582-4128 The Episcopal Church Welcomes You earlier this month voted to keep its ride requiring homosexual ministers to remain celibate. "My call right now is ministry at Lord of Life," Sabin said. "I’m going to stop holdingmy breath for the ELCA to come along." When Sabin was.removed from the church’s list of ordained ministers last year, the 150-member congregation supported him. By keeping him as their pastor, the congregation risks .expulsion from the While Bishop Philip Hougen of the Southeastern Iowa Synod said he is "uncomfortable" with Sabin as Lord of Life’s minister, he has not asked the Synod Council to expel the congregation. ’To remove them in,order tomakesome sort ofpoint about purity seems t0be~to benot worth the effort," Hougen said. "I don’t want to cause any more pain." At the Churchwide Assembly earlier this month in Denver, ELCA leaders passed a resolution that reaffirmed previous assembly statements that committed the church to continuing discussion of the issue of ordination of Gays and Lesbians. "How long do you have to keep studying it?". Sabin asked last week. Sabin, who has two daughters, was ordained as a minister in 1985 andbecame pastor at the Lord of Life Church inAmes later that year. He was married at the time, but the 10-year marriage ended i.n 1990. Sabin began living with Karl von Uhi abont four years ago. Former Lesbian Couple Must Share Custody GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - A district judge has ordered a former Lesbian couple to share custody of a 10- year-old girl they raised, but ruled the youngster must live in New York with her biological mother during the school year. Jefferson County DistrictJudge Christopher Munch said he based the decision on what he considered the best interests of the child. The youngster will spend summers and school vacations in Colorado. He noted she will be able to make friends and attend a neighborhood school in Albany, but if she remains in Colorado, she will have to commute daily from Aurora to Jefferson County, rougtfly a ’40-mile round trip, Munch said. "(Gift M) will be living in a race middle-class, rural to suburban home with her morn and stepdad," Munch said. Thejudge emphasized that he did not consider the past rdationship of the two women or their sexual orientation when he made the decision. Identifiedin court papers as "Gift M," the youngster was raised by Leaune Bueker, her "psychological" mother, and Kelly Cunningham, her bio1ogicat mother, until the two women separated two years ago. The womenwere awardedjoint custody in February 1998, but the arrangement became complicated when Ms. Cunninghammarried Michael Naylor andmoved to Albany. Ms. Bueker remains single. Mrs. Naylor "was pleased with the decision. "The judge gave appropriate (onsiderat~on to the facts and came up with a. decision that was difficult to make," said attorney Ron Litvak. Ms. Bucker declined comment. Sen. Hatch Apologizes to Blacks But Not To Gays SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Sen. Orrin Hatch said Wednesday hehad been "inarticulate" and apologized to NAACP officials for a statement in which he compared Gay civil rights with black issues. . The Utah Republican, who is a GOP presidential candidate, came under fire earlier this month for saying,"People of color can’t do anything about their color." Hatch continued: "I do believe Gay people have a choice to live within the legal rules or not. That’s why we have civil-rights laws to protect African-Americans from discrimination." JeanettaWilliams, presidentof the SaltLakebranch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, called Hatch’s remark "a poor articulation of what he was trying to say." Heather Barney, a Hatchspokeswoman, said Hatch "apologized for being inarticulate." "He did note that he was coming from a strictly legal perspective, that there is judicial precedent that the courts have treated race as distinct from sexual orientation, which is the point h~ was making," Barney said. Darin Hobbs of the Gay and Lesbian Political Action Committee in Salt Lake said Hatch did the right thing by apologizing to the NAACP. Next, he saidHatch shouldapologize to Utah’s Gaycommunity. "The senatoris unable to recognize the commonalities between homophobiaandracism," Hobbs said. "Both are bigotries rooted in fear and ignorance." Williams and Edward J. Lewis, president of the NAACP tri-state conference for Utah, Nevada and Idaho, said they felt Hatch’s’apology was sincere. They were scheduled to meet with Hatch at 1 p.m. but di’dn’t arrive at his Salt~Lake office until-an hour later. Hatch pushed back other meetings and talked with them for 45 minutes. "The importance of this meeting was we established a need to sit down and have a dialogue with him," Lewis said. Williams said she also discussed concerns about Hatch’s voting record on civil-rights issues. She said Hatch made no promises but agreed to consider the NAACP’s views. Hatch and Sen. Bob Bennett, RUtah, received F’s in the NAACP’s latest congressional report cards. Also, Bennett apologized to theNAACPfor saying Texas Gov. George W. Bush would win the GOP presidential nomination unless "some woman comes forward, let’s say some black woman ~omes forward, with an illegitimate child that he fathered." Comparing the remarks by the two senators, Lewis’ said: "On,e, was more severe, but they were both in the same pie. Williams and Lewis said Hatch and his wife, Elaine, are lifelong NAACPmembers. Hatch co-sponsored a bill to award civil-rights pioneer Rosa Parks the Congressional Gold Medal, whichis Congress’ highest honor. Barney said Hatch has enjoyed a good relationship with the NAACP. "His door has always been open to Jeanetta and the NAACP," she said. "They meet regularly and he is proud of some of the things he has been able to accomplish which benefit minority communities in Utah." Hatch has previously raised the ire of Gay civilrights groups. In 1988, he called the Democratic Party "’the party of homosexuals; they are the party of abortion." InJune, he told delegates to the Republican state convention they could be proud because "we don’t have the Gays and Lesbians with us." Gay Couple Murdered After Recording Message REDDING, California (AP) - Two brothers killed a Gay couple after forcing them to record an answering machine message saying they had suddenly become ill and were leaving town for medical help, authorities say. Benjamin Williams, 31, and James Willianas, 29, could face the death penalty ifconvicted of murdering Gary Matson, 50, and Winfield Mowder, 40. The men were found shot to death in their bed July 1. in rural Happy Valley near Redding, northeast of San Francisco. The suspects have pleaded innocent. According to the court documents, sheriff’s deputies went to the victirrisr home after Matson’s relatives thought the answering machine message sounded forced and odd, and may have been someone else’s voice. The message said the. victims were headed to San Francisco to see "a specialist friend"for medical help and would return "in about a week." "Off the message, it’s evident that the person who recorded themessageis under distress andwas possibly forced to make the recording," officers said. In the background, another voice can be heard saying, "just calm down." Based on information from Matson’s father and brother, investigators said the message was recorded "very dose" to the time of the slayings. Thedocuments were unsealed following a legal challenge by several news organizations. Evidence in the brothers’ homes also allegedly links themto the arson ofthree California synagogues. Those fires caused more than $1 million in damages. Authorities also found handouts from the World Church of the Creator, a white supremacist group, which preaches extreme racial and religious views. AIDS Deaths Decline ATLANTA (AP) - Two years after powerful new drugs brought a sharp drop in AIDS deaths nationwide, new government figures released today show the declinein AIDS deaths slowed sharply a year later. AIDS killed 17,047 people in the United States last year - a decline of 20% from 1997. From 1996 to 1997, the drop in deaths was a much more dramatic 42%, which health officials attributed to the effectiveness of new drugs. "As we anticipated, we are now seeing the first signs ofa slowing in this trend,’" said Dr. Helene Gayle, director of HIV prevention for-the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during the National HIV Prevention Conference. "In a period of only two years, new combination therapies cut the annual level of death in half," she said. "But for the time being, it appears that much of the benefit of these new therapies has beenrealized." In 1995, 49,351 people died from AIDS in the United States. By 1996, that dropped to 36,792, and the number was down to 21,222 in 1997. TheCDClisted several possible causes for the slowdown in reductions of AIDS deaths. Most people who know they have HIV are already being treated, Gayle said. Drug resistance among some AIDS patients causes the treatment to fail, and other patients fail to keep up with, the complicatedjuggling of pills they,have to take for the drugs to be effective. New HIV infections in 1998 were estimated at roughly 40,000 - a number that’ s held steady for the past decade. The CDC said AIDS continues to kill blacks in higher numbers than other racial groups. Blacks, who make up about 13% of the population, accounted for 49% of AIDS deaths in 1998. Thirty-two% of deaths were among whites and Hispamcs made up 18%. "In many ways, the story of how well we do in HIV and AIDS will be told by how well we do with the African- American population," Gayle said. The three-day conference, organized by theCDCand 17 other agencies, features 2,000 scientists, doctors, researchers and advocates addressing efforts to monitor and prevent the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Gayle and others opened the conference by warning against complacency. "It’s becoming increasingly difficult to get people to pay attenuon to HIV prevention and that in and of itsdf is a primary reason for this conference," she said. Since the 1980s, more than 300,000 have died of AIDS. The recent success of some treatments have made some people complacent about the disease. "Despite a growing complacency about the need for HIV prevention, HIV remains a serious disease that is still very much with us and there is a greater need for HIV prevention today more than ever," she said. Black Churches To Step Up AIDS Fight BOSTON (AP) - Local black religious leaders plan tomeetwith state Department of Public Health officials and members of the AIDS Action Committee to discuss ways to better educate their congregations about the disease. The meeting, involving 26 black leaders, signals a change in the black church’s approach to AIDS, religious scholars and activists told the Boston Globe. They said the conservative theological views about homosexuality, intravenous drug use and premarital sex held by many black religious leaders have led them to shy away from the issue. But leaders are now seeing they must pay attention to the disease because of their obligation to help people in need, according to Pemissa Seele, founder of the New York-based Balm in Gilead ministry. The ministry raises AIDS and HIV awareness among black congregations nationwide. "Their responsibility to save lives has nothing to do with their theology on homosexuality or sex outside marriage," Seele said. "We’re talking about two different apples." In the Boston area, only about 90 of450 black churches promote HIV awareness, the Globe reported. Meanwhile, blacks account for 26% of all AIDS cases in Massachusetts, though they make up only 6% of the population. Nationally, AIDS is the leading cause of death for black men and women ages 25 to 44. Rev. Conley Hughes, pastor ofConcord Baptist Church in Boston’s South End, said thechurchcanbe apowerful influence in the fight against AIDS because it has historically been an institution blacks could count on. Many blacks consider the church society’ s most credible source of authority, Hughes said. Experts-Discuss Vaccine Progress BALTIMORE (AP) - Doctors and scientists from 20 countries gathered in Baltimore las t month for a conference to . discuss progress made in the effort to find an AIDS vaccine. The annual meeting, which began years ago as an informal gathering of Dr. Robert C. Gallo, codiscoverer of the AIDS virus, and his colleagues, has grown into one of the largest AIDS conferences in the w6rld. More-than 1,000 physicians, scientists and others are expected to attend the conference, hosted by Gallo and the University of Maryland’s Institute of Humafi Virology, which he directs. "It is possible that the components for a reasonably successful vaccine are almost there, in our hands, but we don’ t know it yet," Gallo told The(Baltimore) Sun. ’Tm much more positively inclined than a year or two ago." However, it could be years before a vaccine is developed. At the conference, Gallo expected one of the more significant discussions to deal withTat, or transactivating protein, which is made by HIV. Researchers have found that Tat plays akey role inHIV spreading. "You can regard it as one of the missiles from HIV infection that leads to the problems in the immune system and facilitates the virus’ spread," said Gallo, who has done some of the work. Researchers have -shown that vaccinating monkeys against Tat lowers the amount of the virus and lessens the immune system’s impairment. Gallo and his collaborators have tested Tat in humans for safety, both as a preventive vaccine and as a therapeutic one. He said his group’ s strategy will be to create a sort of vaccine cocktail, by combining aninactivatedTatprotein with another vaccine approach. Over the past 10 years, more than 40 preventive AIDS vaccines have been tested worldwide involving about 10,000 volunteers. Only oneAIDS vaccine, made by the California company VaxGen, is headed for the-testing stage that will determine if it prevents HIV. Medical Excellence And Compassionate Care Since 1926. ¯ ¯ ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTE_R q P Medical Excellence. Compassionate Care Are You Gay or Bisexual? Are You Native American?/ Vulsa’s Two-Spirited Indian Men’s Support Group is here for you! ¯ Evening support group meetings ¯ Relationship workshops ¯ Short trips, outings and retreats ¯ Free HIV testing For information call Tulsa Native Amencan AiDS Prevention Project at 582-7225 Ext. 208 or 218 Dial-Up Accounts Dedicated ISDN Connections Virtual Hosting Visit our web page "www.igisweb.net" (918) 622-4965 I nternet Marketing E-Commerce Web Page Design On-Sit~ Setup Available Stay Healthy Naturally Wellness Rejuvenation Longevity Dr. Terrance L. 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What he does want is data - hard numbers that will prove or disprove the theory that transplants can help people infected with HIV. Key toHIV transplants i s finding patients who are healthy enough to qualify and are willing to take care of their new organs once they get them. Another key is controlling hepatitis C, which is often found in HIV patients and invariably reinfects the new liver once i~ has been transplanted. At this point, there is very little data on transplantation for patients infected with HIV, the virus which causes AIDS, and no papers have been published, experts said. Only recently have a select few surgeons performed the procedure knowingly, although there is some historical data from before patients were checked for HIV infections. "’People think we’re crazy for doing it," said Dr. John Fung, head’of the Um~ersity ofPittsburgh Medical Center’ s transplant center. But early indications show that liver transplantation is effective in reversing the complications of end-stage organ failure m some HIV-positive patients, Fung said. He presented findings at the conference on four HIV patients who underwent the procedure between September 1997 and March 1999. In all the cases, the liver transplants reversed the distinguishing characteristics of chronic liver failure, including fluid retention, muscle wasting, fatigue and jaundice. HIV traces remained undetectable with patients who continued the drug combination with protease inhibitor and none developedopportunistic infections, Fung said. Medical experts often question Fung and others about the.use of scarce resources - in this case, healthy human organs- and the safety of surgeons operating on HIV Calif. A! ow Needle Exchange SACRAMENTO,Calif. (AP)- Tryi:n~ to slow the spread of AIDS, the Legislature sent Gov. Gray Davis a,bill that would let cities and counties setup n~dle-exchange pro~s for ~g addicts. Cmwent state law b~s such progrmns butfour CNifo~a cities - Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Fr~cisco and Santa Cruz - ~d M~n County have adopted emergency ordi~s ~lowing needle exchm~ges. Davis’ office said the Democratic governor has not taken a position on the Nll, wNch passed the state Senate. At le~t 15 o~er states have authorized ne~e-exch~gepro~s,~ough~ere ~e exch~ge progr~s operating in more th~ twi~ that m~y states, according to AssemNy~vomanKe~ M~zoni’s office~ Supporters of her proposN sNd studies have shown exchange progrmns redu~ the spread of the A IDS vires. There lmve been atleast six o~erneedleexch~ ge bills intr~uced in ~ifo~a since 1993. They either died in the Legislature or were vetoed by then- Repubti~ Gov. Pete Wilson. infected patients in a procedure that Chemist Gets $7 m. For AIDS Research NEW BRUNSWICK,’N.J. (AP) - A Rutgers University chemist who helped researchers study the most lethal part of the AIDS virns will get nearly $7 million in federal fnnds to continue his work. Dr. Edward Arnold has won an award from the National Institutes of Health that will double federal suppor~ of his research. The prize, called MERIT for Method ~o Extend Research in Time, will extend his funding from a five-year grant for $3.4 million to a grant spanning 10 years and providing nearly $7 million. His work is aimed at developing longerlasting drugs to fight the deadly AIDS virus. "The whole philosophy of research is the more you know, the better chavce you have to fight something," Arnold told the East Brunswick Home News Tribune. The new funding will aid his study of a protein called reverse transcriptase, or RT. The protein plays a key role in the virus’ early life cycle, giving itinsm~ctions to duplicate its deadly properties. It is the involves a lot of blood . . molecule targeted by anti-AIDS drugs S0cietallv sorn0 ~o,,~,i,~ ,~;.J ~,.,, ¯ includingAZT, DDI, Nevirapineand3TC. whether org~a~s sho~d~’tiao~’~ : The virus colnmonly mutates so quickly lifestyle choices may have led to their " that it becomes irmnune to drugs. Arnold infection, said the doctors, who prefer that medical reasons determine who gets a transplant. Recently, the University of California in San Francisco received a $1 million grant to perform transplants on HIV patients. The state money will fund transplants for 10 people, and doctors hope the information will help build a database to determine if the operation can be a medical success in HIV patients. "I think there is a great deal of trepidation in the medical community, and I don’ t think it’s ill-founded at all," said Peter Stock, associate professor of surgery at UCSF. "We have to be very cautious." While some insurance companies in the ." is trying to devise a way to see what drug resistance looks like. Heis mapping three- . dimensional pictures of the RT protein, _" getting a look at its detailed atomic " structure. Such views can help researchers ¯ see how the virus interacts with" drugs. ". "We need to understand how drugs can ¯ fail," Arnold said. "If we can do that, we - can be more aware of how to design them .* - how to avoid those hurdles." ¯ His work first gained prominence in 1992 when he and others created a threedimensional computer model of the RT protein. Arnold’ s workis also focusing on the design and development of an AIDS vaccine, something that has eluded researchers thus far. J by James Christjohn TFN entertainment writer Hey there, hi there; ho there! Whereho? There ho? Who you callin’ a ho? Sorry, just had to. Something about Disney inspires that kind of mania, especially after having lived with a Beast for so long. (editor’s note: aren ’tlucky the Beast is occasionally quitefor-bearing?) Speaking of beasts, Beauty and the Beast is here! They’ve been building sets, chopping sets, recreating and creating costumes for a month now, working 15 hour days[ And it looks to be faaaabulous ! Especially those moving pillars., I LOVE those moving pillars t There’s just something so intrinsically... phallic about moving pillars ! I want somefor my. house! Really the- magic begins September 7 and runs through the 19. And the conductorand assistant conductor, James and Brent, are very handsome and char~i,"ng men, so say hi if you can when they re out on ~e town! Call 596-7111 for tix. Lynn Flewdling has written one of the best series of Gay fantasy novels to come along since Mercedes Lackey’s "Last Herald Mage" trilogy. "Luck in the Shadows", which I’ve written of before; "Stalking Darkness", and the just out "Traitor’s Moon" follows the trail of intrigue and romance of Seregil and Alec, the main protagonists. I recommendthe books highly to anyone ¯ with or without an interest in the genre. They have everything: magic, intrigue, romance, murder, and just about everything else you can think of, in a artistically perfect package. The events and characters are such that you hate the book to end, and the characters stay with I wondered ff the average fantas~ r~.a+der would follow that far - they have, and ¢ladly for the most part. I eet letters from straiCht Curs sayln~ essentially "I shouldn’t be ok with t~s, but I amP’... Others ~ve sald it made it ~sler to talk ~th Gay relatives. youlong after the lastpage is turned. ~Lynn was gracious enoughto spare some time for some questions while working on the new book, "The Bone Doll’s Twin:" JC: I have enjoyed the Nightrunner series. Your characters are so welldrawn, that theyseem real enough to wonder what they’re up to long after the book isfinished. LF: I’m so glad to hear that the story and the characters work for you. That’s high praise indeed. That’s how I feel about my favorite books. JC: What inspired you to write these characters as "Gay" men (Seregil & Alec, the protagohists) ? LF: Well, as I recall, I wanted to create "a hero that challenged the stereotypical molds set by Eddings. or Jordan (well known fantasy writers). Hence his profession and methods. The Gay part - not: sure. Partly the mold breaking, bu~ mostly just how he wanted to be. Perhaps he’s my animus? Whatever the case, the characterjust cameout that way and I love him. Alec was more ofa conscious choice. I could see where it was all headed, see Fantasy, p. 14 by.TFN staff As we move into the fall, Oklahoma’s arts calendar is increasingly busy. On Sept. 11, at 8pm at Holland Hall’ s Branch Theatre, Richard Gere Productions, the Loseling Institute and Unity Church of Christianity and Unity Center of Tulsa present "The Mystical Arts of Tibet" featuring the Drepung Loseling Monks. This group ofmonks have performed with composer Phillip Glass, and performers such as Paul Simon, Natalie Merchant, the Beastie Boys and others. For tickets, call 582-6624 or 749-8833. Already open at Gilcrease is an exhibit of Inuit artwhich will be shownuntil Nov. 7th. The .works, which include sculpture, prints and tapestries, draw on a private collection which has never before been publicly exhibited. Pieces from Gilcrease’s-collection will complement the exhibit. Gilcrease anthropology curator, Jason Jackson, suggested that these works will appeal to those who appreciate traditional Native American art as well as those who like modem art coming outofwestern Europeantmditions. hffo: 596-2700. Local youth activist Emily Sizemore is one of the organizers of Arts for AIDS, an event scheduled for Sept. 25th. They are looking for singers, other musicians, writers, actors, visual artists, etc. If interestedinparlicipating, please call 361- 1000. That same evening, the Tulsa Philharmonic will open see Arts, p. 14 "It’s Elementary" Tolerance Film Provokes Debate CHICAGO/TULSA (AP/TFN) - Thirdgraders in New York debate the idea of Gay mamage. Storytime for first- and second-graders ata school in Cambridge, Mass., includes the book "Asha’ s Mums" about a little girl who has two Lesbian mothers. Eighth-graders in San Francisco fire questions at a Gay man and Lesbian who visit their classroom. All areexcerpts from a controversial documentary, "It’s Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues In School," which first caused a stir when several public television stations decided to air it this summer. Now it’s being used by many schrol districts nationwide as a training tool for teachers, most recently in Chicago - unifying what some say is a growing move to incorporate Gay and Lesbian issues into curriculum, from elementary to high school. Critics say talkabout suchissues belongs at home. But others say it’s a matter of dealing with issues that students already see every day innewspapers,ontelevision, in movies - and maybe even in their own communities or classrooms. "Both schools and families have to address the issue somehow because it’s there - and it’s not going back into the closet," says Tony D’Augelli, a psychologist at Penn State’s College of Health and Human Development who studies Gay youth ~sues. see Elem.,p.15 T Call today to receive a 1999-2000 season brochure Season subscriptions, starting at $44for adults, are now on SALE! FOR 1999-2000 SEASON BROCHURES CALL TULSA~PERA 1999-2000 SEASON MEET THREE WOMEN To.DIE FOR CARMEN MANON TOSCA Season tickets on sale now! Save 25% off single ticket prices! Season tickets start at just $36 for three operas! FOR 1999-2000 SEASON BROCHURES CALL TULSA PHILHARMONIC HoT THE SEASON! ¯ Mas~Ywol"~s " . Classics usic on . "toe RocRs" No ! 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Long rides & short rides from Zeigler Park. Long & ~hort rides from Tulsa Gay Community Center. Write for info: POB 9165, Tulsa, OK 74157 Ifyour organization is not listed, please let us know. Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615. Associated Press - Your lawn crunches ¯ like potato chips.when you walk on it.. Even your older trees are showing stress. : Although you mightbe tempted to coddle _" your plants, you can kill them with too ¯ muchkindness, say experts inPenn State’ s : College of Agricultural Sciences. *- "Pruning, fertilizing and watering can fool plants.into thinking it’s springtime and trigger new growth," said Robert Nuss, professor of ornamental horticulture. "New growth won’t have time to mature before the frost. Not only will you kill it, but you’ll use up next year’s buds." "If you have a landscape contractor or arborist do your work, there’s only so much they’ll want to do during a drought," said Rick Johnson, associate extension agent in Delaware County. "Since normal plant care practices might be harmful under drought conditions, under- "Focus your water~ng-efforts on plants you ~n do some~blng about, llke ornamentals," ke added. "With lawns, it’s just a waiting game until the rMn and cool w~ther return." stand that these contractors may advise against them." Nuss and others offer some specific suggestions. "Grasses gO into a semidormant state and become vulnerable when it’s dry," said Peter Landschoot, associate professor of turfgrass science. "Now that the water’s been turned off, you should limit activities and traffic on lawns as much as .possible. Come September (October in Oklahoma) - if we get rain and cooler weather- you can fertilize and overseedto getsomerecovery. Ifwe don’t get enough rain in September, wait tmtil next spring to oversee&’" "Focns your watering efforts on plants you can do something about, like ornaments," he added¯ "With lawns, it’s just a waiting game until the rain and cool weather return.’" "Pruning’s a gamble," said Nuss. "If you’re sure the parts are dead - if they’re brittle and dry - go ahead and cut back to the live tissue. This will promote some healing and help the plants aesthetically. Butremember, ffweget somerain,proning can trigger growth in the buds." "Fertilizers are salts - even organic materials such as manure -and salts can bum roots," Nuss said. "If you want to give plants nutrients, wait until October (late November or December here) when they’re fully dormant." "Watering is key for woody plants," Nuss said. "When the top 1-11/2 inches of soil are dry, water down to 8-10 inches - to the root zone," he said. "You can accompllsh~ this by dire~t, slow watering. Trickle water on very slowly so it soaks into the soil, with no rtmoff. Also, when you water at night, you lose less to evapOration." But watering has its dangers. "If you overwater in areas with heavy soil or slow drainage, you can saturate the root zone and force out the air," Nuss says. "This can suffocate the roots and kill them." Whenroots die, you’ll _see top wilting in ¯ the plant, Nnss says. "Mostpeopleinterpret this as a lack of water, add even more and aggravate the problem. After watering, most plants should recover overnight. But if the plant remains wilted, you may have root damage from overwatering." For new plantings, Nuss recommends keeping the initial root ball moist. "Water bevond the planting hole, not just at the base of the plant," he said. "That way, you don’t drown the roots, and new roots have moist soil to move ~nto." Mulching is the next best solution to watering, Nuss says. "But be sure to water under mulch, not on top of it. It takes at least an inch ofrain to get through organic mulch." In extreme conditions, Nuss said covering the soil surface with black plastic will retain extra moisture. "You.can hide the plastic with organic mulch," he says. To supplement watering, use gray water (from such uses as cooking and the laundry rinse cycle) on ornamentals, Nuss said. "But move from tree to tree soyoudilute it. Also, don’t use water that contains chlorine bleaches or laundry softeners. For health reasons, don’t use gray water on leafy vegetables or root vegetables. "With a drought this serious, I’d focus watering on highvalue plants and shrubs," Nuss ¯ said. "Savefresh waterforyour vegetables, ¯ use gray water on the ornamentals, and ¯ don’t water your flowers. Flowers are ¯ going to die with the. first frost anyway." "Droughts have a negative effect on ¯ most insect and mite pests that attack : landscape plants," says Greg Hoover, extension entomologist. "Because of last year’ s drought, forinstanee, wehavefewer adult Japanese beetles this year, and probably will see even fewer next year." But hot, dry weatherfavors two different groups of insect and mite pests. "Woodboring insects successfully attack trees and shrubs that are stressed," Hoover said. "If you don’t have water restrictions, the bes~ thing you can do for woody plants is water them. Supplement watering with rainfall collected in buckets or barrels, or water from dehumidifiers." "The two-spotted spider~mite, acommon pest on garden and landscape plants, also thrives in hot, dry weather," Hoover said. "The winged euonymus - what some people call ’burning bush’ -is particularly vulnerable. When indicated, use an appropriate miticide on infested plants." Hooverrecorfimends using wetpowder insecticide formulations. ’q’hey’re less likely to damage plant tissues during hot, dry Weather when used according to label directions." whenjustice is not served. 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There’s a proper time and place for buckles and pinches, but it’s not on your lawn furniture. Or perhaps it will be... Minor rust holes on the runners are not unusual as long as the runner is still relatively strong. Find that welder and have a new half round piece welded on for about fivedollars, unless you know ofone who can sit with you on your soon-to-beseductive glider. Quid pro quo can be so entertaining. Paint removal can be a real chore. the rust and paint (trust your ¯.. The palntln~ DIYD on this one: it isn’t anything like a big vibrator. is where you e.an Jollies are definitely limited); really express or take it down to the friendly yourselves with Dip ’n Strip furniture refinisher and pay a modest color, color, color! stun to have it done for you. Go wild with The DIYD strongly recommends the latter, if only for those hold colors the reason that people tendeo - it pays to fo paint these chairs with leadbased paints, and inhaling the advertise! dust is quite dangerous. 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The Hate Crimes Prevention Act limits the federal governrnent’ sjurisdiction to only themost serious violent .crimes directed at persons, not property crimes. Lead House sponsors ofthe Hate Crimes Prevention Act are Reps.. John Conyers, D-Mich; Mictiael Forbes, D-N.Y.; Connie Morella, R-Md;TammyBaldwin, D-Wis.; and House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo. The Hate Crimes Prevention Act was passed by the Senate this summer as an amendment to the Commerce, State, Justice Appropriations Bill. President Clinton has-promised to sign HCPA into law if it is passed by ¯ ¯ Congress. This bill would allow states with inadequate resources to take advantage of ¯ Department of Justice resources and personnel in limited cases that have been ¯ authorized by the Attorney General. The Hate Crimes Prevention Act has broad ¯ bipartisan backing and support from notable law enforcement agencies and state and local leaders, including 22 state ¯ attorneys general, the National Sheriff’s ¯ Association, President Bush’s former Attorney General Dick Thoruburgh, the Police Foundation and the U.S. ¯ Conference of Mayors. ¯ Hate.crimes basedon sexual orientation were up 8% in 1997, according to the ¯ latest FBI statistics. Sexual orientation ," was the third highest category of hate ¯ crimes behind race and religion and ¯ represented 14% of all hate crimes ¯ reported. Currently, hate crimes ¯ monitoring and enforcement consists of a ¯ patchwork of laws that offer citizens ¯ varying see Congress, p. 12 by Esther Rothblum, Ph.D. get cervical cancer." Two women even Dr. Sue Wilkinson is currently reported that they were considered conducting the first national survey of "virgins" by the medical profession Lesbian health in the United Kingdom because they had had sex withwomen but with doctoral student Julie Fish. The" not with men! survey managed to contact Lesbians in But the pap smear is not a comfoitable almost every postal district of the United procedure for many women, and may be Kingdom, from the southern particularly painful, uncomtip of England to the islands Cervical cancer fortable, unusual or trauoff northern Scotland. Over. appears to l~e matizing for Lesbians. 38% of 1,000 Lesbians answered the Lesbians in the U.K. study questionnaire, which focused .connected. with reported .that they. had never on breast cancer, mammo- sexual activity, had a cervical smear for this grams, breast self-exam, particularly reason. One Lesbian reported cervical cancer, and pap that she viewed a speculum as staears, penetrative sex "a huge metal crocodile." I recently spoke with Sue wlt]~men. Tl~is Othershadheardhorrorstories about the early results of this . from friends and partners that studY, Which focus oncervica1 Is why Lesi~ians the procedure was aversive, screemng. Unlike many lmve traditionally humiliating, or painful. cancers, cervical cancer has ]~een vlewed as Finally,, Lesbians raised an early warning stage, with questions about havingamale abnormal cells present. This is at low rls]~ for health provider "pokingwhy women are told to have cervical cancer, around in my body," regular pap smears (or cervical specifically, in the vagina. Or smears, as they’re called in the. But Lesglans they were concerned that the U.K.). may lmve ]~ad health care provider con- SueandJuliefoundthat 12% sex with men ducting the procedure would of Lesbians eligible for result in questions about their cervical screening had previously, and/ sexual activity or would NEVERhadapap:mear.This or t]aey may ]~e assume they were heterois higher than comparable U.S. sexual. figures of 5% found by the ha’~cln~ sex with This important study raises National Lesbian Health Care men evenw]a~le some questions about cervical smears. DoLesbians whohave However,Surveiynthisthefiguremid-19lo80w’Se.isr eallln~ t]aemselves neverhadintercourseneedpap than that of 17% for women in Lesl~ans. smears at all, or need pap the general U.K. population Cervical cancer smears less often? How can who report never having had a cervical smear. What is is not well pap smears be performed in a matter that is more positive surprising about these low understood, so for Lesbians? figures for womenin the U.K. ineludin~ is that the U.K. has national Fish can be contacted at the women, Sue Wilkinson and Julie health service. Pap smears are Lesl~ians, may l~e Department of Social free, and women receive a at rls]~ for other Sciences, Loughborough reminder letter every five years,withtwoorthreefollow- reasons unrelated University, Loughborough LE11 3TU United Kingdom. uplettersiftheydon’tcomein tosexualaetlvity. - Esther Rothblum is for the pap sinear, Professor ofPsychology at the When Sue andJulieexaminedLesbians’ ¯ University of Vermont and Editor of the written comments about cervical Journal of Lesbian Studies. She can be screening, they found that one reason for " reached at John Dewey Hall, University non-attendance was lack of time. "But " of Vermont, Burlington, VT. E-maih apart from that, it looks as though the two ¯ esther.rothblum@uvm.edu. main categories of response are-that " Lesbians feel they don’t need a smear and ° secondly, negative aspects of the ¯ procedure," said Sue, "they imagine the " procedurewillbepainful,orembarrassing, ° levels of legal protection depending on or thatthey will encounterheterosexism." where they live. Twenty-two states and Cervicalcancerappearstobeconnected " the District of Columbia have hate crimes with sexual activity, particularly " laws that include sexual orientation. penetrative sex with men. This is why ¯ Twentystateshavelawsthatdonotinclude Lesbians have traditionally been viewed- ¯ sexual orientation. Eight states have no as at low risk for cervical cancer. But " hate crimes laws at all. Lesbians may have had sex with men ¯ SpeakingwithTFN, Orr&Beauchamp previously, and/or they may be having ¯ expressed their disappointment with how sex with men even while calling Tulsa district attorney staff members themselves Lesbians. " handled theprosecution of their attackers. Cervical cancer is not wall understood, ° They indicated that had Orr not had so women, including Lesbians, may be at ¯ .professional experience as a journalist, risk for other reasons unrelated to sexual : specifically covering crime stories, they activity, In the U.K. study, about 40% of : likely would have given up in frustration Lesbians felt they did not need a cervical : while trying to get information abouthow screen because they had never had ¯ the case was going. Their perception intercourse. Many Lesbians wrote that : remains that Tulsa DA considered the they had specifically been told this by a " assault to unimportant because they are doctor or nurse. Examples of this were: : Gay men. ’¢I’he doctor has decided that I do not ¯ Orr noted that finally they contacted require one as I am a Lesbian and have " Susan Ellerbach, managing editor of The never had a sexual relationship with a : T.ulsaWorld, andthatoulyafterTheWorM man," or "the nurse informed methat it : wrote about their experience, and having was virtually unheard of for a Lesbian to to out himself see Congress, p. 13 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. Call for more information: 918-584-2325 Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist 11 am, Sunday ’1314 North Greenwood 587-1314 We knowyou’re going to love this[ Restaurant & Cabaret East First Street 18-599-9949 Massage Therapy Services ¯ Edgar O. Cruz, L.M.T. 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We’ve learned to use the word to label a peculiar mental state and aching body sensation sparked by our love interests. The word has been around for years. English speakers of the 12th century borrowed ’jealousy’ from Old French. And those speakers on the continent previously had adopteditfrom the Latinzelus, derived from the even more ancient Greek zelos, that originally m,,eant something like ardor or "fervor." Jealousy andzeal-andjealous and zealot - are linguistic cousins, all derived from the samerootconceptofemotional upheaval and intensity. Jealousy’ s deep cultural and linguistic roots indicate the popularreachofboth emotion andconcept. We use a language of jealousy to understand why Shawn’s boyfriend dumped him. Whose lips were kissing Shawn before his? Whose arms had already held that waist? Yet, anthropologists debate the facts ofhuman emotion. Can we say that there are emotions that we all feel because we are human? If so, which ones? Love, hate, happiness, sadness, fear, anger? Are there other emotions that people in one culture cultivate and learn to feel thatareunknown or less important m other societies? Just how normal - and how universal - are feelings such as sexual jealousy? Those anthropologists of the sociobiological persuasion often figure that jealousy ~s indeed a human universal ¯ with an adaptive function. Men are never completely sure that the baby a woman carries is theirs. Jealousy works = so goes the story - to motivatemen to police their women in order to better the odds that the.y have fathered her babies. An), easygoing man withdut Some yet~to-beidentified gene for.jealousy would have contributed less to thehuman gene pool in that he may not have fathered the children he thought he did. Butwhatof women?They always know that they are the mothers of their children, so what should they care if the guys mess around elsewhere? Andwhat of Shawn? It’s unlikely thathis boyfriendwas jealous because of evoluationary womes that a rival would make him pregnant. We could argue that our bodies have an inbnilt heritage of emotions, includln. jealously, nomatterwho arelovers happen to be. Still, other anthropologists argue that our body feelings are only half the story. The other half - perhaps the more important half - is the way we have of labeling, understanding, and talking about those feelings. We sense a rush of chemicals through our brains and body, butwe can’tknow what is happening to us until we put these feelings into words. Anddifficult cultures have different ways of.classifying and interpreting those same chemical flushes. anthropologists debate the facts ofhuman emotion. Can we say that emotions that we all feel because we are human? If so, whleh ones? Love, bate, bappiness, sadness, f~r, anger? Are there other emotions that people in one culture eultlvate and learn to feel that are unknown or less important in other soeieties? You may have heard of the German emotion schadenfreude - which is pleasurefelt atsomeoneelse’ s misfortune. Many of us also take pleasure from other’s misfortunes, but English has nowordthat specifically labds this twisted enjoyment. Does this lin,g,nistic gap mean that wedon t sense this pleasure as deeply as do Germans? And even if jealousy is a human universal, it may be that some ofus experience the feeling more intensely. Gore Vidal reports in his autobiography Palimpsestthat he and his lover never have sex. This he finds this on the street. His "lover," instead, provides breakfast conversation and other forms of sexless companionship. Clearly, many couples have created similar "open" relationships inwhich they are able to at least mute any feelings of sexual jealousy, Some occasionally have campaigned to open up all relationships. During the 1960s, many : preached and sometimes practiced "free love."They hopedto stifle sexualjealousy ¯ in order to rework the economy of ¯ relationships. No one was meant to own ¯ anyone else. No one ought get jealous. Sex was healthy recreation, freedom, even ¯¯ spiritual; jealousy was wrongly possessive, limiting, and neurotic. ¯ It was no dice, though. For most of us, ¯ jealousy remains the flip side of love- or of love American-style anyway. The ¯ babyboomers failed to stamp outjealousy ¯ because they could not remake the ¯ associated emotion of love. It remains ¯ ¯ might) hard to love and not get jealous. If you don’t feel jealous, can you really be in love? It is plausible that humans in other ¯ places and at other times have experienced ¯ and understood the body flashes that we ] call jealousy in various ways. But around ¯ here, don’t let me catch you messing ¯ around! Lamont Lindstrom teaches anthro- ¯ pology at the University of Tulsai: ¯ profesgionally, did local law enford~ment; ¯ take the casemore seriously. SpecifiCally, ¯ two of their assailants had not been made : to perform their sentences whichinduded community service and a fine to the court. ¯ Orr and Beauchamp also stated that it is ¯ typical in assaults of this type for the ~ victims to receive compensation for their ¯ losses due to the assault, and that they ¯ specifically requested compensationfrom ¯ theDistrictAttomeys, see Congress, p.14 butwonderedifthe averagefantasy reader would follow that far - they have, and gladly for the most part. I get letters from straight guys saying essentially "I shouldn’t be ok with this, but I am!" even if it makes them a little uncomfortable any-way. Others have said it made it easier to talk with Gay relatives. Ifmy stories have anysocial value, perhaps it’s .that. Mostly, I just follow my muse where~she leads and hope it works. JC: Andhow haveyou managed to do it so well? LF: Love is love. JC:Andhow doyou keep trackofall the .intrigues? My head is spinningfrom what l’ve gotten through in "Traitor’s Moon!" LF: Copious notes and charts on the wall. I see that Bantam (though they cut my glossary, now available on.my web page) left a blank page at the ends. I hope people will use it for notes, like I did reading "Trainspotting." The next book, ’‘The Bone Doll’s Twin" goes back in history to one of the. Skalan queens, but there will bemoreNightnmners, too. A&S are already prowling restlessly about my brain, hungry for more work. JC: 1 understand you’re appearing at Gaylaxicon, a sci-fi convention for Gay and Lesbian fans of the genre in Alexandria, Virginia. LF: Gaylaxicon promises to be a lot of fun. I’ve had a lot of contact with the organizers and they are simply the best I’ve ever dealt with. Hope to teach a writing workshop forthemwhile I’m there. JC." Have you heard of Loreena McKennitt? Her music and appearance reminds me ofsome ofyour "aurenfaie" characters. LF: Aurenfaie? I’ll claim her. "Mask and Mirror" is my personal favorite of all her disks. My husband is a great fan of female vocalists and has amassed quite a collection, which I dip into. (My tastes seem torunmore to GeorgeThoroughgood and Melissa Etheridge a lot of the time, along with someLeonardCohen and Rufus Wainwright, a new discovery.) JC: Andon thatmusical note, l ’d like to say thank you to Lynnfor sharing some of her inspirations, writings, and - methods behind the madness’ with us. !ts 51 st season wiihpianist John Browning m a program featuring Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Berlioz. Prior to the concert at 7pm, long time radio man and the voice of the OK Mozart Festival (Simon Estes - he’s the bestest!) Edward Dumit will lead "Musical Moments" a pre-concert discussion. For more information, call the Phil at 747-7445. Also at the end of Sept. Heller Theatre, one of Tulsa’s theatre companies that actually interested in newer works (as opposed-to recycling the same old stuff, again and again and again), are presenting "Dallas to LaGuardia R.T." on Sept. 23- 25 and Sept.. 30-OcL 2, a play about a couple that misses a flight and winds up invited to stay .over with complete strangers. Later in Oct. Heller will present "Fortinbras" revisiting Hamlet in a contemporary political context. Early in Oct. the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers presents its Celebration of Books on Oct. 1-2 at OSU-Tulsa with a remarkable assemblage of artists, even including some Gay ones. Some names include Michael Wallis, William ¯¯ Bernhardt,GuyLogsdgn,CliftonTaulbert, Eddie Faye Gates, C.J. Cherryh, Rich ¯ Fisher and folksinger Michael Martin ." Murphey. Info: 594-8215. ¯ Alsoin Oct. the Performing Arts Center Trust presents Sabella, featuring"global" ¯ music on Oct. 2 and on Oct. 8th & 9th, ¯ TPACT’s Celtic series (now so popular that they’ve added 2nd performances, and alas, forgotten their friends who helped ¯ them before the Celtic series got so ¯ popular) will start with Natalie ¯ MacMaster,fiddler extraordinaire. I don’t think any of the Celtic series artists I’ve ¯ seen have ever been bad, so check it out. ." And on that same busy weekend, both ¯ Tulsa’s and Oklahoma City’s Gay ¯ communities are presenting arts events in ¯ honor of National Coming Out Day. ¯ OUTART’99inOKCwillfeature 10new ." release films, two plays, a music special ¯ and visual artists. The Gala opening, A ¯ Black Tie Dinner and A Movie, Friday, ¯ Oct. 8th will present the southwest : premiere of the film"Edge of Seventeen" ¯ as well as a buffet dinner and wine bar. ¯ For more information or tickets, see the ¯ advertisement on page 16, or call 405- ¯ 752-2762 or 800-722-8866. ¯ That same busy weekend, TOHR and ¯ the Gay Community Center will hold ¯ TOHR’s first film festival at the Center. ¯ The first film will be shown at 7:30pro on Thursday~ Oct. 7 with films also being ¯ shown on Fri. evening and on Sat. ¯ afternoon and evening. Call 743-4297 for ¯ more information. : It also appears that local presentation of ¯ Gay and Lesbian films may show back up on a big screen. AMC Southroads 20 will ¯ present a Lesbian themed film, "Better ¯ Than Chocolate" on Sept. 10, and a Gay ¯ film, "Trick" on Oct. 1st. The key to ¯ getting theseon aregular basis is to support the theatre that takes the risk. S o vote with your dollars ! None was ever received. In fact,-this ¯ became an issue in Orr’s Congressional testimony. Rep. Mary Bonn, widow of the ¯ late Sonny Bonn, attacked err and ¯ Beauchamp saying that the Tulsa District ¯ Attorneys office claimed that they had ¯ been uncooperative with th DA and had ¯ notfilled out the forms necessary toreceive ¯ compensation..Orr and Beauchamp ¯ counter that not only-did they not receive ¯ the forms, thry did not even know of their existance until Bonn raised the issue. ¯ Commenting to TFN, Human Rights ¯ Campaign Political Director Winnie Stachelberg said, "I urge "the Gay and ¯ Lesbian community ofTulsa to act now in ¯ support of this bill (HCPA), so that incidents like these are prevented.... i~t is ¯ important that the; Gay and LeSbian ¯ community of Oklahoma is protected at a federal if not at a state level.’" Want to get involved? Need to get tested for HIV? Need a Coming Out Support Group? 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Ifnothing .else, ~ ays : parents can ask to have their , v~.:~ Chicago school officials- who stress ¯ excused from a lesson the-: find that "It’s Elementary" will not be shown . objecttonable: SaysP~,~shall, Mywarm g to students -are atadskittishabouttalking to parents would be: Beware.’ " about, their plan. They confirm that the In Oklahoma, there’s been no public district’s 589principals will view thefilm " outcry about "It’s Elementary" because beginning in September and receive a " the Oklahoma Educational Television copy of the Video for their schools - a plan ¯ Associationhas chosen not to air thepiece. funded by Lesbian tennis star Billie Jean " Malcomn Wall, executive director of King.But several teacherswho vealready " OEFA, claimed that OETA’s decision viewed the film on their-own declined to : not toair theprogram was not based onthe be interviewed out of feat of criticism, content, i.e. Gay & Lesbian issues but A city official who helped get the film " rather that OETA is offered far more - in part due to backing from chicago " programs thaJa it can ,possibly. air. He Mayor Richard Daley ~ .into the dis~t characterized it as.a routine passing over. was more forthcoming. She says the " However, Wallis relatively new at OETA decision was aimed at fostering tolera9,ce ¯ and the association has had a history of and, in turn, preventing violepce ag..mns,t " mostly refusing to air programs with Gayand Lesbian students. "It’s pmcttcm. Lesbian and Gay content. One notable Itmakes good sense. It’s about safety_, for " exception was the airing of an award children.Idon’tthinkanybody,regardless winning program, "Breaking the Code" of their religious background, can argue ¯ about the Gay man who broke the Nazi with that," says Mary Morten, Daley’s ¯ messagecodeinWorldWarlI. However, liaison on Gay and Lesbian issues. " OETA first refused to air this program School officials in San Francisco, who ] and did so only after being pressured by are also using "It’s Elementary" have ¯ Oklahoma City’s Gayly Oklaho_.man gone as far as imposing a ban on anti-Gay newspaper and Tulsa Family News. "they slurs. "Go stand on a playground. I " also waited to air the program later in the guarantee you that you will hear within " summer of 1998 after the Oklahoma Ru.n.ut.es..ra.os..~a.yin~",,,’Oh, that’s so Gay¯ ¯ Legislature was out of session, instead of What at(you a fag? says KevinGogin, airing in May or June like many PBS director of support services for sexual : affiliates did. minority youth for the San Francisco ." Unified School District who regularly ¯ speaks to teachers and principals nationwide. ¯ Moves to address Gay and Lesbian " Schmitzarrivedhometofindthenoteand issues in the classroom are not, however, " light in his doorway from Amedure. without opponents, among them tough- Schmitz withdrew money from his bank, talking radio talk show host Dr. Laura " bought shells and a shotgun and drove to Schlessinger and several religious groups " Amedure’s mobile home. Schmitz went who have made "It’s E"lementary" a "¯ inside to see if Amedure was home, then went back to his car, got the gun and shot priority target. Patti Johnson - a member of the " ~maedure twice in the chest- all while Colorado Board of Education who has wearingthegreenbowtieandwhitemxedo spoken out against use of the filmin her shirt from his job as a waiter. state - says she agrees with having a no- Pendergast told jurors that Schmitz slur policy but says some teachers are " werreactedtomereembarrassment."The going too far. "I don’t thinkyou have to go ouly reason that murder is an issue is that into bl , deep explanattons, especlall.y Scott Amedurewas Gay and (Schmitz’s) when kids are little, Johnson says. It s manhood, so to speak, was insulted on kind of like when you want to stop a 2- national TV," she said. "Wall, you know year-old fromrunninginto the street. T.hey what? Get over it." Jurors said while some don’t always understand death or dying, agreed with. Sabbota at first, they But they understand a quick swat on the eventually decided that Schmitzacted too slowly for the crime to be an actofpassion. butt." One official at the Washington-based "There was just way too much time Family Research Council, calls the film involved for a reasonable person to make ,,anindoctrinationtool-plainandsimple." some choices," said juror Bruce Sole. Sabbota said he would appealthe "Whyareyoucreating aresource to create abei~htened sensitivity.., on a behavior verdict, saying Oakland County Circuit choice that is cons!,,dered problematic to a Judge Wendy Potts should ,have letjurors whole lot of folks? ’ asks JanetParshall, a hear about Schmitz’s history of mental former teacher and spokeswoman for the illness andalcoholism. Hehadbeentreate~t. nonprofit organization which is known " for manic depression and tried to comnnt for its anti-Gay policy positions. , suicide four times in the years before the Filmmaker Debra Chasnoff says she s killing. "We knew it was an uphill battle simply providing resources to teachers from the start," Sabbota said. whoalready have to deal with such issues Ms. Jones and the producers of the in the classroom. "It just doesn’t work to show were not called to testify, as they say, ’We’re ,going to all be race to one hadbeenintheprevioustrials.Thejuryin another; don t use those words here.’ I the civil case awarded Amedure’s family thinkyouneed to explain who those words $25million; that verdictis being appealed. are hurtful to," says Chasnoff, director Jurors said the show played a role in the and co-producer of "It’s Elementary. kilhng,butwas not the sole cause. I think The debate is not likdy to end soon. most of us felt it Was a whole series of Thisfall,Chasnoff’s SanFrancisco-based events, H~,ht sal . media center also will begin distributing a After seven jurors spoke to the media, curriculum guide for.elementary teachers Amedure’s father, Frank Amedure St., that includes lessons they can incorporate shook hands with each one. "ijust want to into discussions about Gay and Lesbian thank the jury. God bless you," he said. Schrmtz’s father, Allw~ Sc~unitz, said 1ssues. " Such moves frustrate Parshall, who he didn’t ka~ow what to think about the notes that - w~le parents don’t ha;’e verdict. "T~crc’s no wwcaer~, or losers much control over what teachers use lot here," he said. "’Everybody loses." Oklahoma Cit~ Oklahoma nteen. , ~m &Hallways, Out ¯ Ramr Bkde Smile ¯ Likei~ "BroadwayDam~e .Theatre Productiom~ Talesf?om the Closet .Drama Queens etro Mens Chorus Women’s ChO~u, "Plus=Over 20 Aru)ts various mediums on disflay.and sale For More Information Visit our web site at: www.gayokc.com/outart99 or call 405-752-2762 Steamroller Blues - 18th & Boston - presents a Blues Evening a -benefit to support HIV & AIDS services featuring Tulsa Bands Wed., Sept. 29 7:30- midnight 7th Annual Walkathon for AIDS Services Saturday, October 2 Veterans Park 18th & Boulder 9am, registration 9:45 step off voicemail: 579-9593 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [1999] Tulsa Family News, September 1999; Volume 6, Issue 9 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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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2000] Col. Cammermeyer Documents Subject The topic of the resource Pride Parade 2000 Description An account of the resource Documents relating to Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer serving as co-grand Marshal of 2000's Pride Parade. Includes letter from her agent, biography, and signed contract. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lecture Literary management Inc. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 9, 2000 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 2000 Diversity Celebration 2000 Pride Parade 2000 Col. 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Title A name given to the resource Letters Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Letters regarding Diversity Celebration 2000. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Greg Gatewood Tammy Baldwin Terry Grufik Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 2-10, 2000 January 28, 2000 May 16, 2000 June 14, 2000 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Email Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Diversity Celebration 2000 Pride 2000 PDF Text Text ���� https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/af6b5e6f9222727d974b5f53f1c1f3fe.pdf f2e69786bf6473f7400e39259eb39f43 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 Teens to be given ‘Community Hero’ awards Subject The topic of the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Description An account of the resource Article about award given by Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights to three teens, Will Allen, Emily, and Matt for starting gay-straight alliances in their schools. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Committee Meeting Agenda Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Agenda for Millenium Pride Planning Committee meeting of October 5, 1999. 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Title A name given to the resource Olympic diver, retired Army colonel to highlinght gay pride parade, festival Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Newspaper article covering plans for Tulsa Pride 2000. Retired Washington State National Guardswoman Col. Grethe Cammermeyer and diver Greg Louganis featured, interviewed. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meeting Notes Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Notes from a meeting held to plan 2000's Pride festivities. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Back Stage Door Pass Lists Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Back Stage door pass lists for 2000's TOHR Follies and Soulforce Workshop. 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Title A name given to the resource Benefit Dinner Menu Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Menu for 2000's Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights benefit dinner. 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Title A name given to the resource Diversity theme promotes pride at 2000 parade Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Article covering Tulsa Pride 2000. Col. Grethe Cammermeyer and representatives from various LGBT groups are interviewed. 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Title A name given to the resource United Art Exhibit Flier Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Flier advertising the United Art Exhibit, part of 2000's Pride festivities. 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Title A name given to the resource Co-Grand Marshall Letters Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Two letters written by Kerry Lewis. The first is a rough draft of a letter asking Sam Harris to be a Grand Marshall at 2000's Diversity Celebration ceremonies. The second is written to someone else in Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights. 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Title A name given to the resource Preliminary Treasurer's Report Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Preliminary Treasurer's Report for 2000's Diversity Celebration. 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Title A name given to the resource Second Annual Pride Festival a Great Success and Ticket List Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Article from unknown publication touting the success of 2000's Pride celebrations. Also includes list of tickets sold or donated to that year's Gala. 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Title A name given to the resource Interfaith Service Evaluation Subject The topic of the resource Interfaith Service 2000 Description An account of the resource Evaluation of 2000's interfaith service. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Don Satterthwaite John Mercer Rev. Melinda Foster Rev. Cathy Elliot Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 2, 2000 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Interfaith Service 2000 PDF Text Text � https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/ebbebe2728840177e6498a9037502456.pdf 417e3f8a33d59035c7e7aae069453251 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 Interfaith Service Pamphlet Subject The topic of the resource Interfaith Service Description An account of the resource Pamphlet advertising the Interfaith Service, an event during 2000's Diversity Celebration events. Includes schedule of Diversity Celebration events and biography of Rev. Mel White. 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Title A name given to the resource Letter of Congratulations Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Letter from Sharon Thoele to Greg Gatewood congratulating him and the board of Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights on the success of 2000's Pride events. 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Title A name given to the resource Schedule of Events Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Flier featuring schedule of events for 2000's Pride celebrations. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 2-10, 2000 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Schedule Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 2000 Diversity Celebration 2000 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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Title A name given to the resource Progress Report and Grant Proposal Subject The topic of the resource Grants Description An account of the resource Progress report for grant reference #2024 from the Gill Foundation to Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights. Includes proposal for another grant. 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Title A name given to the resource Millennium March Press Release Subject The topic of the resource Millennium March on Washington Description An account of the resource Press release from the Human Rights Campaign event Millennium March on Washington. Includes endorsement form signed by TOHR President Steve Horn. 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Title A name given to the resource [Series] The Pyramid Project > Strategic Planning & Leadership Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br />Box 5, Folder 5 - Meeting Materials<br />Box 5, Folder 8 - Strategic Planning &amp; Leadership<br /><br /><strong>Digital Media:</strong> 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 [2000] Pyramid Project Capital Campaign Notes Subject The topic of the resource 2000 Pyramid Project Capital Campaign Notes Description An account of the resource 2 pages of Capital Campaign notes for fundraising a permanent facility for Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR), featuring the slogan "Building a Home... Funding the Future". 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Title A name given to the resource [2000] Tulsa Diversity Celebration Program: Humanity Unites for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 2 - 10, 2000 Subject The topic of the resource 2000 Tulsa Diversity Celebration Program: Humanity Unites for Human Rights Description An account of the resource The cover of a brochure for the 2000 Humanity Unites for Human Rights Tulsa Diversity Celebration taking place June 2 - 10, 2000. 2000 brochure Diversity celebration Diversity Celebration 2000 Human Rights Celebration Humanity Unites for Human Rights pride festival Tulsa Human Rights Celebration Tulsa Pride Tulsa Pride 2000 Tulsa Pride Events https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/fe478eb503346b76d111ec713654575c.jpg ff08337cc5191cc189c5ab43992f499b https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/09b2986511645c17d24e2596c65e850a.pdf c8ca09acf9a97df515cf3a1f54ee1045 PDF Text Text Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community Paper Available In More Than 75 City Locations ¯ Camme,rmeyer .To Join Tulsan Chosen Lougan s at Pr de 2000 For HRC Board Berlin Exhibit Looks at Gay Victims of Nazis by Paul Geitner, Associated Press Writer BERLIN (AP) - Focusing attention on along-neglected group of Nazi victims, a two-part exhibition about Gays persecuted under the Nazis opened Sunday at museums m Berlin and in a former concentration camp where many of the victims were killed. The exhibits of documents, photos, drawings and other objects collected during 10 years of researchis the largest on the subject ever mounted in Germany, project organizers said. It documents the fate of 700 individuals who suffered under the Nazis’ draconian anti-Gay laws and tells 60 personal stories. "We want to return to the Gay victims of the Nazis their names and to show their lives, as far as possible, so as to.at, least symbolically liberate them.from the dehumamzmg barbarity of the Nazis,’" said Andreas Stemweiler, project director at the Gay Museum in Berlin, where part of the exhibit is being shown. The other half opened at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where many Gay men - labded with a .pink triangle- ended up because of the camp’s proxim,ty to the capital, see Nazis, p.3 TULSA - Last month, the organizers of Diversity Festival 2000 announced that US Olympic champion, Greg Louganis, would serve as Grand Marshall for the° Millennium Pride Parade this ¯ Fundraiser Audra Sommers June. This month, organizers confirmed that Dr. Grethe : To Join Marty Newman in DC Cammermeyer, distiguished veteran of the United States Armed ¯ TULSA - Audra Sommers, who is planning an Forces, will join Louganis as grand marshall. ¯ AIDS benefit in Tulsa next month, has gained ¯ Cammermeyer challenged national recognition ¯ forher humanrights US anti-Gay/Lesbian policies which forced her out of her - efforts. Sommers nursing position in the United has been named to ¯ States Reserve forces. Her the Board of Gover¯ nors of the Human lifestory was made into a television film produced by ¯ Rights Campaign, a Barbra Streisand, starring 300,000-member ¯ Glenn Close. national organlza¯ tion that batdes disCammermeyer has come to Tulsa before. She spoke at -¯ crimination against the Universi ty of Tulsa in the sexual minorities. ¯ spring of 1995 to an audience As a board mereof about 300 Tulsa Family ¯ ber, Audra will be New~ writer Lauri Cooper ¯ responsible for reshown in the photo at right Audra Sommers Cooper & Cammermeyer .¯ cmiting, promoting interviewed Cammermeyer. awareness of human rights issues in Oklahoma and The week of Pride events begins with an interfaith worship ¯ serving as a liaison between Oklahoma and the service to be held at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. The ¯ national organization in Washington, DC, where Reverend Dr. Mel White, author and civil rights activist, will be ¯ she will be heading for orientation this month. "I’m the principle speaker at this event. White will lead a workshop ¯ really, really happy that I was appointed, to the also to be held at the PAC on Saturday, June 3, from 2-5pm (free) : Board of Governors," she said. on the principles of non-violent social change. ¯ Sommers joins Tulsan Marty Newman on the Lougams will speak at a black tie optional dinner to be held at ¯ Board of Governors. Newman expressed delight the prestigious Summi t Club on Friday, June 9th. Tickets for the : with Sommers selection. "Audra has a ~roven event are $75/person and there will be a VIP reception at $50/ .. history of work on behalf of the commumty, and person. These events will benefit Tulsa Oklahomans for Human ¯ she has an enormous number of people wholook to Rights, the parent organization of the Gay Community Center ¯ her leadership," noted Newman. He added that and Oklahoma’ s oldest Lesbian and Gay non-religious organiza- ." HRC is concentrating its effolas on Tulsa at this tion. ¯ time and he feels Sommers will add immeasurably Organizers anticipate that the parade will follow the same route ¯ to HRC’s strengths. as last year, see Audra, p.3 Be Counted: Effort to Include Gays in Census SoulForee in Oklahoma Pentagon Admits Hate SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A national campaign to include Gays and Lesbians in Census 2000 is urging same-sex couples to check off the box indicating they’re unmarried partners. Using e-mail, ads in Gay publications and word-ofmouth, the campaign is an un0fficial way to get a partial indication of the nation’s Gay and Lesbian population, the San Jose Mercury News reported recently. "We want to make the point that there is such a thing as a Gay or Lesbian family,’" said PaulaEttelbrick, family policy director for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. The federal government added the unmarried partners category to the census in 1990, to recognize heterosexual couples who live together without being married. That year, 150,000 same-sex households were identified. "It was a vast undercount,’" said Ann Northrop, board member for the Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies. Those involved in the so-called "Out the Census’" campaign say that even though individual Gays and Lesbians won’t be counted, the number of couples will provide a partial account. And additional information included on U.S. Census forms could provide a valuable snapshot of the community, including income levels, ethnicity and the number of same-sex couples raising children. While the campaign is getting nationwide attention, some Gays and Lesbians are wary of revealing too much information. Rikki Westerschulte, who is raising a daughter with herparmer, says sheknows many couples who are nervous about declaring their sexual orientation on an official government form. The recent passage of Proposition 22, which recognizes only marriage between a man and a woman in California, adds to the suspicion. "You walk down the hall at work and wonder, ’Who is it I think I can trust, who really feels I’m immoral?’ "Westerschnlte asked. Other couples are angry they cannot declare themselves as married, see Census, p. 11 by Robert Burns, AP Military Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Anti-Gay speech and harassment is commonplace in the U.S. military, especially among young enlisted troops, according to a Pentagon inspector general’s survey. 85% of those surveyed said they believed that anti-Gay comments are tolerated on their base or aboard their ship, and 37% said they had personally witnessed or been the target of harassment - such as hostile gestures, graffiti or physical assault- based on perceived homosexuality. The survey released last month also found a widespread belief among troops that the Clinton administration’s so-called "don’t ask, don’t tell’" policy on Gays in the military - which Vice President A1 Gore says he would eliminate if he were elected president-is not working. President Clinton himself has said the policy, forged in 1993, is now "’out of whack.’" Defense Secretary William Cohen, responding to the inspector general’ s survey results, announced he was creating a committee of military and civilian officials to draft a plan for measures to improve the policy’s implementation. Cohen put the onus on military chiefs to fix the problem. "The report shows that military leaders must do more to make it clear that harassment based on sexual orientation violates military values,’" Cohen said in a memo to the military chiefs and service secretaries. The administration’s policy, set in law by Congress in 1993 after a heated political battle, says Gays and Lesbians may serve in the military so long as they keep their sexual orientation to themselves. Dubbed "don’t ask, don’t tell,’" the policy still bars openly homosexual people from serving in uniform. Although the policy was designed to make it easier for Gays to serve, an increasing number have been discharged in recent years. see Pentagon, p..10 Speech is Widespread Members of Soulforce in Oklahoma Marched at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade in January. TULSA- Oklahoma’s oldest Gay and Lesbian organizataon is a religious one, the congregation now know as MCC United, the Metropolitan Community Church United. So perhaps it is fitting that one of Oklahoma’s newest community organizations also has religious roots. "Soulforce in Oklahoma" is part of an effort begun by the Rev. Mel White and his spouse Gary Nixon. Soulforce is an ecumenical network of volunteers committed to teaching and applying the principles of non-violence on behalf ofsexnal minorities. Thename derives from the work of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a leader of India’s independence movement. Soulforce or truth force is a translation of "satyagraha" a concept Gandhi began developing as a young lawyer fighting for racial justice in South Africa. Gandhi’s thinking greatly influenced the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his work for civil rights for Black Americans. The goals of Soulforce are to end the suffering of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered persons, to change the minds and hearts of religious leaders whose anti-Gay campaigns lead directly and indirectly to that suffering, to be guided by the principles of "relentless non-violent resistance, and through this, try to bring hope and healing to society. 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More than 1,400 838-7626 ¯ *Tulsa Community College Campuses Puppy Pause II, t060 S. Mingo Jews were killed there, thousands more 743-4297 ", *Tulsa Gay Community Center, 1307 E. 38, 74105 743 -4297 ¯ Thh Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor sent off to be killed in Auschwitz. Others 747-5932 " 749-8833 Rainbowz on the River B+B, POB 696, 74101 Unity Church of Christianity, 3355 S. Jamestown were forced to work in adjacent factories. 834-0617 " Richard’s Carpet Cleaning BARTLESVILLE You may find the Gay Museum at 834-7921, 747-4746 Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors *Bartlesville Public Library, 600 S. Johnstone 918-337-5353 www.schwulesmuseum.de 749-6301 ¯ Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square OKLAHOMA CITY/NORMAN 260-7829 ¯ Paul Tay, Car Salesman Bdtders Books & Music, 3209 NW Expressway 405-848-2667 481-0558 ¯ Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis Borders Books & Music, 300 Norman Center 405-573-4907 835-5563 Venus Salon, 1247 S. 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Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827 Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Chasers, 4812 E. 33 *CW’s, 1737 S. Memorial Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th *Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square *St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st *The Star, 1565 Sheridan *The Storm, 2182:S. Sheridan *Renegi~des/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main *TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial *Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd *The Yellow ~rick Road Pub, 2630 E. 15th , 918.583.1248, fax: 583.4615 POB 41413, Tulsa, OK 74159 e-mail: TulsaNews@ ear~hlinlc net �by Lamont Lindstrom, Ph.D. : brothers that we would never stand from "Unmarried Partner." That’s the U.S. ¯ a friend. And we ablemore easily to take Census 2000 official term for boyfriends ; our revenge on our irksome siblings, and girlfriends. It’s either that or else you " spouses, or children, unconstrained by the check Husband/Wife, Roomer/Boarder, ¯ politeness conventions that govern our Housemate/Roommate, or Other " relations with non-kin. Wash those dishes ¯ or you are grounded! Pick up your filthy Nonrelative. How should I label my live-in? I can’t ¯ socks, slob! call him Husband or Wife. He’s not a : Gays and Lesbians are in something of Boarder. He’s much more than a RoOm- " a residential quandary: many of us never mate. (TheCen~uginfbmas us tha~ Room- ¯ mo~e beyondthis stageof life with nonmates "share living quarters primarily to : kin. Straights leave behind their few years share expenses.") And Other Nonrelative; : of shared apartments and dormitories to although correct, is hopelessly inadequate. ¯ return to new households composed of So, for lack of better alternative, the boy- :. kin. But since Gays and Lesbians cannot friend must be an Unmarried Partner. marry, officially at least, we live out our I am pleased to see the Census Bureau ¯ lives with roommates, other nonrelatives, demands, rather romantically, that the ¯ and unmarried partners. Unmarried Partner have"a close personal ¯ This perhaps explains some of the fra¯ relationship with Person 1" (that is, with gility of Gay households. "It’s My Way or me). I know some Unmarried Partners ° the Highway!" is easier to demand when whose onetime close personal relations : you aren’t shouting at relatives. Many of have aged into an icy and tight-lipped co- ¯ us havemetguys who wereperfect couples erastence. " before they made the fatal mistake of The Census, as a condensed.form of " moving m together. And we have other Ameri~anculturalpresumption, thinks that : friends who are resigned to living solo. people really ought tO be related to their - No spare toothbrushes in their bathrooms. roommates either by blood or by marThey’ve relied too often on the unkind= riage. Anthropologists call such presumphess of strangers. tions "residence rules"- expectation about So you snooping Fed enumerators, come who should live with whom. There are along and count me. I’m checking the patrilocal and matrilocal societies where Unmarried Partner box. At the moment at children live with either father’s or least, I’m happily living with the UP. I mother’~ people. In avunculocal situarealize, given American cultural patterns, tions -the tropical Trobriand Islands that the non-kin structure of our househildren move an with mother s brothers. hold is anomalous. It will require extra Where virilocal rules are followed, women effort and forgiveness to keep it going. reside with their new husbands. Or there Forget or forgive those badly squeezed is the uxorilocal opposite: traditional Hopi .toothpaste tubes. The UP is neither brother Indian grooms, for example, move’ their nor spouse but t still want him arodttfl"to belongings into their bride’g house. And ,-:~: be counted in 2010: Lamont Lindstrorn teaches anttfOl~lbgy there isthe "neolocal" U.S. where all couples should establish new, indepenat the University of Tulsa. dent households. All these patterns describe the co-residency of kin, and the American situation is no different. Most of us live with relafives as we grow up: "mothers, fathers, Among the. survey’s key findings: sis{~s, and brothers. And most of us live - 80% of the 71,500 members of the with even more relatives after we marry: Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps husbands, wives, sons, and daughters. surveyed said they had heard offensive There are just two anomalous periods in speech or jokes or derogatory names or most American life cycles when we might remarks about Gays in the past year. The find ourselves living with non-kin (with service members were not asked if they "Other Nonrelatives," according to Cenhad. participated in such behavior. sus language). The first consists of the -33% said they heard it often. It was few years between leaving morn and dad reported most frequently in the Marine behind and marriage. Corps and least in the Air Force. Such This typically is the time of higher behavior was reported to be most comeducalion when young twenty-somethings mon among junior enlisted troops. pile up in dormitories, fraternities, sorori--Of the offensive behaviors or actions ties, and shared apartments. The second reported as directed against Gays, offencomes with old age. We agomze over the sive speech was the most common. It was mor~ity of farming mom out to some mentioned by 89% of those who reported nursing home ward full of strangers. witnessing or experiencing some form of The experience of life with non-kin and harassment. Hostile gestures were reported strangers is fraught with aggravations and by 35%; threats or intimidation by 20%; difficulties. The common bathrooms, graffiti by 15%, vandalism of personal those dirty dishes, the housemate’s woeproperty by 7% and physical assault by ful taste in music. Life with mere friends 9%. or roommates is rocky and unstable. My The survey was done on 38 U.S. milinervous students busy themselves with tary bases and aboard 10 Navy ships and inventing "fictive kinship" labels for one one submarine from Jan. 24 to Feb. 11. another. They pretend that the co-resiThe spark that caused the Pentagon to dents in their sororities or fraternities are take a closer look at how the Gay policy is "just like" their sisters and brothers. And being implemented - and the extent of they watch a lot of "Friends," relying on anti-Gay behavior in the field - was the Hollywood to romanticize and make fun bludgeoning death last July of aGay Army of the peculiar experience of sharing their private, Barry Winchell, at FortCampbell, toilet seats with the "Other Nonrelated." Kentucky. His killer, a fellow Army priWe are brought up to live with relatives. vate, was convicted and sentenced to life S bared residence with kin is easier for two in prison. reasons. 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Only Florida has a law forbidding Gay adoptions, but other stateshave policies that keep homosexuals from seeking adoptions. Bill opponents and supporters said they were unaware of adoptions in Mississippi involving Gay couples or any couples hoping to adopt. Mississippi Baptists and the Tupelo-based American Family Association had lined up in support of the proposal. On the other side were the American Civil Liberties Union, which has threatened alawsuit, and homosexual groups. "It’s ridiculous,’" said Eddie Sandifer of Jackson, director of the Mis sissippi Gay and Lesbian Alliance. "This is going to be in court. It’s just a waste of taxpayers’ money. They know there’s going to be a lawsuit and they’ll lose eventually.’" House Public Health Commi ttee Chairman Bobby Moody, D-Louisville, said, "ff it’s the right thing to do, it doesn’t matter to me if it leads to a lawsuit or not.’" "What constitutes a family is not a homosexual couple,’" s~iid Moody. The bill was approved 107-8. There could be an attempt for a second vote. "That bill is of the assumption that anybody who’s Gay wilt,abuse children. That’ s not a good ~rgument. I can’t judge one’ s moral turpitude. I’m not qualified to do that,’" said Rep. David Green, D-Gloster. This is the second time in three years that Mississippi lawmakers have gotten involved in Gay issues. In 1997, they banned homosexual marriages. The adoption ban was added to a bill dealing with nurse practitioners. That proposal lets the practitioners prepare paperwork about the physical or mental condi- tion of a child being put up for adoption. Now doctors must do the paperwork. Moody said the House vote came in response to a public outcry. "There’s been a lot of publicity created around the state. It gave the false impression to some religious groups that it was happening or there was a possibility it could happen,’" he said of adoptions by Gay couples. Rep. Mary Coleman, D-Jackson, said lawmakers "’were infringing on people’s private lives.’" David Ingebretsen, director of the ACLU in Mississippi, has said his group may sue on behalf of a Gay couple if the bill becomes law. Other states have been sued over their adoption policies. The bill does not ban a Gay individiml from trying to adopt a child. It goes back to the Senate for more consideration. PlanetOut Website and Advocate/Out to Merge SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - PlanetOut, which caters to Gays and Lesbians, has announced plans to acquire Liberation Publications, the largest publisher of Gay and Lesbian periodicals and books in the country. Liberatiofi Publications Inc. produces the Advocate newsmagazine and will soon own Out magazine. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The companies describe the deal as a merger, but the Interact company will be the dominant partner; allowing the magazines "tO continue publishing under their own brand names. "You can characterize it as the AOL-Time Warner in the Gay space,’" said Megan J. Smith,.chief executive of PlanetOut. Her five-year-old company operates the Web site www.planetout.com, along with an online radio and film service and PlanetOut TV, which airs on the site and on Canadian television. In 1996, the San Francisco-based site became the first Gay-oriented enterprise to secure venture capital funding. The company has since established parmer- ships with AOL, Netscape, Yahoo! and other major Web companies as well as made advertising agreements with Arista Records, Virgin Adantic Airways and Johnson & Johnson. Liberation Publications is based in Los Angeles. It announced Feb. 21 that it. would acquire New Yorkbased Out Publishing Inc., the publisher of Out and HIV+ magazines. The Advocate, a 33-year-old bi-weekly with a circulation of about 88,000, concentrates on news, politics, business and medical information. Out~ a monthly launchedin 1992, has a circulation of 115,000 and focuses on culture, entertainment, fitness and other topics. The Gay market is considered a prime for Intemet players because a high percentage of Gays and Lesbians use the Internet and because the Intemet )rovides.a level Of anonymity. Dr. Schlessinger’s TV Show Draws Protesters LOS ANGELES (AP) - Paramount Television says it is committed to putting tough-talking Dr. Laura Schlessinger on TV, the tough-talking protests of hundreds of angry Dr. Laura demonstrators notwithstanding. "Shame, shame, shame,’" more than 200 Gay civil rights protesters shouted outside Paramount Pictures, where they demanded the studio drop plans to put the controversial radio host on television this United in God’s Love MCC-United Sunday Worship 11:00 am 1623 N. Maplewood Reverend Cathy Elliot Pastor 918/838-1715 Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Community of Hope 2545 South Yale, Sundays at llam, 749-0595 A Welcoming Congregation fall. Schlessinger, known to her listeners as Dr. Laura, dispenses relationship advice onher enormously popular radio show. She has called homosexuality a"biological error’" and "deviant.’" "When Paramount bought Laura Schlessinger’s show, they bought abattle with the Gay community ,’" said Joan Garry, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. "We’re going to do whatever it takes’" to get the ParamOunt Television Group to abandon the syndicated show, Garry said. So far Paramount has stood firm. and none of the stations signed on to air Schlessinger’s show have backed out. In arecent statement, the studio §aidit was committed to presenting moral and ethi’~fl issues without "creating or contributing to an en~cfroimaent of hurt, hate or intolerance.’" One of the signs carried by the demonstrators read "No More Matthew Shepards.’" a reference to the Gay student killed in Wyoming in 1998. Also fueling the protest is anger over the passage last month of Proposition 22, which bans same-sex marriage in California. "We will do whatever it takes to keep the pressure on. The strategies will be about advertisers and the affiliates,’" Garry said, declining to specify whether that meant station or sponsor boycotts. Countering the demonstrators were about 75 Schlessinger supporters organized by Campaign for California Families, a conservauve, nonprofit organization. "We’re the majority Of people who pay to see Paramount films and who tune in to Paramount television shows. We are in support of Dr. Laura being on the air,’" Said Cherri Gardner, a spokeswoman for the group. Conservatives Sue City Over Partners Benefits BOSTON (AP) - A conservativelaw firm is suing the city of Cambridge, claiming that the ordinance that allows homosexual couples to register as domestic partners is illegal and unconstitutionhl. "The ordinance isboth legally and morally wrong. .. This legal action is necessary to defend marriage and the family,’" Vincent P. McCarthy, Northeast counsel for the Virginia-based American Center for Law and Justice, said Tuesday in a statement. In July, the state Suprem, e Judicial Court struck down an executive order issued by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino that was intended to give health insurance coverage to Gay partners of Boston city workers. The ACLJ assisted the Catholic Action League in that case and predicted another legal victory against Cambridge. It also said it planned to file a suit against HOUSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Sun. 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Atlanta Place, 742-7381 501 S. Cincinnati. 582-4128 The Episcopal Church Welcomes You the city of Springfield. The Catholic Action League is also involved in the Cambridge case. Under the Cambridge ordinance passed in 1992, Gay couples go to City Hall and register as domestic partners. Once registered, partners of a city or school worker are entitled to the same health benefits as spouses of city and school workers. Michael Gardner, Cambridge’s personnel director, who administers the be~lefits, said he felt the ordinance was both legal and constitutional. "It was our view that we should continue to follow the ordinance passed by our legislative body,’" he said. The law firm, which brought the suit onbehalfof 12 Cambridge residents, attacked the ordinance on a number of legal fronts, but one argument was the one that succeeded in the Supreme Judicial Conrt last year. The SJC had rifled that the" Boston executive order was "inconsistent’" with a decades-old state law that granted cities the authority to provide health insurance to workers, their spouses and dependents. Gary Buseck, executive director of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, said he would be happy if Cambridge fought the case vigorously. But he also called on the Legislature to pass a bill designed to grant cities and towns the power to extend the benefits if they chose. The bill has passed the Senate but is pending in the House, he said. "The Legislature can put an end to all of this and ~make sure cities and towns have an option of extending health insurance to all their employees,’" Buseck said. Georgia Hate Crimes Bill Gets Final Passage ATLA~’qTA (AP) - The Georgia Senate gave final passage to a bill allowing stiffer penalties for hate crimes. Gov. Roy Barnes will have to sign off on it before it can become law. ~ The. origii~ Version of the bill specified which types ofbigo.try warranted a hate crime, but the House amended the: measure to be more vague. It now mentions only.crimes motivated by "bias or preju- while men asked her [o oppose it. "It may have m do with the fact that women traditionally focus on family, and nurturing and relationships - that women’s identity comes from connecting,’" Pugh said. Rep. Michael Vinton, D-C01chester, a retired state trooper who has been outspoken in his criticisms of anti-Gay arguments, said he bdieved women felt less threatened by homosexuality. "For whatever reason, I feel there’s more fear among the male gender,’" Vinton said. "Men seem to be more crfical of people -it’s just our species, probably."" The trend reflects women’s greater receptiveness to homosexuals across the country, according to national policy experts. "Women overwhelnfingly support Gay aud Lesbian civil rights more than ~nen, generally speaking,’" said Paula Ettelbrick, director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute. "’Women identify more because, like Gays and Lesbians, they have not been part of the system as a group, and theymaderstand the need and desire to be a full citizen,’" she said. However, she said the fact that the Vermont House had passed a civil unions bill at all "shows that mendike everybody else have the capacity to change on issues involving their own communities.’" The bill passed on a final margin of 76 to 69. Voting yes were 57 Democrats, 14 Republicans, four Progressives mad one Independent. Voting no were 50 Republicans, 18 Democrats, and one Independent. N.M. Christian Coalition Files Phone Co. Benefits ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - The New Mexico branch of the Christian Coalition is accusing U S West of abusing public trust by providing employee benefits to homosexuals and other umnarried workers. In a document filed with the state Public Regulation Commission, theNew Mexico Christian Coalition says the policy is "offensive to decent, moral subscribers who want phone service.’" Edward Lopez Jr., U S West’s vice president in New Mexico, said he is disgusted to "see-this kind of hate and intolerance’" in a state as diverse as New Mexico. Lopez says. the policy is good business. "We believe our work force mirrors that of our. custom- Sen. Vincent D. Fort, D-Atlanta, said he would have preferred the.originalianguage but was willing to accept the ctian~e~. : ers,’" he said. "We’ve better able to understand .our. .A jury would, declare defendants guilty of a hate customers needs and respond to.them.’" crime after they were convicted of another crime such In its one-page filing, the Christian group contends as vandalism, arson, as sault or murder. The initial bill ¯ U S West’s benefits policy promotes the spread of would have allowed the judge to make that decision. ¯ AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. "We’re That change prompted Sen. Clay Land, R-Columbus, ¯ saying there’s a moral issue of unmarried people that to reverse his original vote and support the measure. ¯ donot deserve benefits. If there is any way to prevent ~At that time,.I felt the legislation was unconstitu- ¯ that from happening, we’ll do that,’" said Mark Burtional because it did not provide the accused with a " ton, executive director of the Albuquerque-based ¯ jury trial,’" he said. ¯ group. The group, affiliated with Pat Robertson’s Under the bill, sentences and fines for misdemeanChristian Coalition of America, also contends in the ors would be increased by half, up to the maximum ¯ filing that homosexuals are prone to violence and allowed, for hate crimes. Felony prison sentences ¯ child molestation. ¯ would be increased byfive years up to the maximum Linda Siegle, alobbyist for the Coalition for Equalsentence. Defendants convicted of hate crimes would ¯ ity, called the group’s statements "ludicrous and ¯ have to serve at least 90 percent of their sentences. absurd, based on every lie and stereotype perpetrated ¯ on people who are Gay.’" About 2,500 private corporations, universities and other organizations across the nation provide domes" tic partnership benefits, she said. ¯ In its Mar~h i0 filing,’ the New Mexico Christian MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A greater percentage of women than men in the Vermont House of Represen- ¯ Coalition requested the PRC investigate "the social tatives voted in favor of the civil unions bill that ¯ implications of this heinous U S West policy.’" "The partners of homosexuals .shouldn’t have the right to passed in the House last week. ¯ get benefits fromamonopoly when I have no other Female representatives approved by a wide margin choice (for servic£),’" Burton said. " " granting same-sex couples tile benefits of marriage The Public Regulation Commission currently as through civil unions while their male counterparts investigating U S West’s customer rates. Commisturned it down. The women voted for the bill 35-9 sion chairman Bill Pope said he couldn’t comment on while the men voted against it 60-41. anything contained in the filing because the panel has All but one of 32 female Democrats voted in favor yet to hear the rate case. of the bill, while four of 12 Republican women voted for it. Although women make up relatively smaller proportions of each caucus, more than half of the Democrats voting yes were women, and more than a quarter of the Republicans voting yes were women. Rep. Anne Pugh, D-South Burlington, said female constituents in general asked her to support the bill, Women Lawmakers Key To Civil Unions Win �South African Gays May Give Blood JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Gay men have a constitutional right to donate blood, the South African Human Rights Commission has ruled. The commission said it was no longer Gays who were most at risk for HIV in S outh Africa, but people in their early 20s. The commi ssion demanded that a blood bank in Western Cape change its practice of not accepting blood from homosexual men. Western Cape Blood Transfusion Service director Arthur Bird on Friday said he disagreed with the decision and was seeking legal advice. The case came about after Andrew Barnes, a public relations manager, responded to an urgent plea for new donors in the midst of a severe blood shortage last year. A nurse at Western Cape Blood Transfusion Service declined Barnes’ blood after he marked "yes’" on the form’ s question of whether he had had sex with a man. Barnes had been in a r~lationship with another man for more than two years. The commission said the decision to reject Barnes’ blood was ’~discrimination in terms of the Constitution." It said it would take the blood bank to court unless it explains what changes it will make to avoid breaching people’s constitutional right to equality before April 3. Teacher With AIDS LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - HIV/AIDS activist Cathy Robinson was a teacher in 1991, living a storybook life with her husband, pregnant with their second child. She and her husband, Dan, went to the doctor for what was supposed to be a routine physical for life insurance and learned theunimaginable: They both Were infected with the virus that causes AIDS. Three years later, she developed AIDS. "My first instinct was, ’I know where I’ve been. Where have you been?’ " Robinson said. Then headlines flashed through her head declaring Belle Glade where she had worked with children- the AIDS capital of the state. She wondered if she had contracted the deadly virus there. But two months later, Robinson, 34, found out she had contracted HIV from a man who died from AIDS complications in prison while doing time for raping her July 4, 1984, at a Tallalaassee convenience store where she worked. Privacy laws prohibited the prison from disclosing to Robinson that he had AIDS. She went seven years without finding out she had HIV. She gave it to her husband during that time, but her children, Garrett and Lyndsy, are HIV-free. There is only about a 20% chance a pregnant mother will pass on HIV to her baby. With medicine, the chances drop to 4%. Robinson, who also wasdiagnosed with breast cancer two year~s ago, is coping with her own mortality by spending the time she has left to promote safe sex and persuade people to get tested. Her efforts includ~lhe NAMES Project AIDS Memoria~:Quilt display, which is being displayed this month in the Hollis Wellness Center at Florida Southern College. Robinson. travels throughout Florida talking with students, sheriffs’ deputies and commumty groups about HIV and AIDS, defying stereotypes of the "typical’" AIDS victim, as a mamed, white, middle-class mother of two. Laws about HIV status disclosure vary by state. In Florida, it takes a court order to have someone convicted of sexual as- sault tested. "We don’t as a state mandate testing, and emergency rooms don’t have time to do it,’" Robinson said. "They (tell) victims of sexual as sault, ’In a few weeks, you should get tested.’ " Assistant State Attorney Sherri Scarborough, who handles many of the criminal sexual assault cases in Polk County, said state statutes allow the court to order HIV tests of anyone accused of a crime where bodily fluids are exchanged. But the victim has to request the tests and ask that the health department notify them of the results. Scarborough said she only remembered two cases in the past six years when a victim wanted to have his or her attacker tested. One whs aT0-year-old woman. The other was a college student. Robinson was a student at Florida State University when she was raped. Two of her attackers were convicted, but a third man never was arrested. She testified in the two trials but did not ask that her attacker be tested because there was no HIV test at the time. "In 1985, there was a test. I called right away, but they said, ~Cathy, you don’t need to worry. The only people who get HIV are Gays and drug users,’ " she said. Meanwhile, her attacker was being treated for AIDS in prison. When Robinson found out she was HIVpositive, she said she didn’t tell anyone for amonth. Thev. two months passed, and she was about to give bir~ to her son, Garrett, now 8. "Three nurses refused to give us care. One, not knowing anything about me, assumed we decided to have children even though we had AIDS. She called (the Department of Children and Families) to try to get them to take our kids away,’" Robinson said. Then Robinson made a choice she could never take back. She decided to talk about her story in schools and churches to raise public awareness. "By going public, there was no way I could ever teach again, which was fine,’" she said. "Then they wiped my husband’s job out of his company. We paid tbr groceries with credit cards for a while... Then we realized they were going to turn our lights out. We moved in with my parents in Clewiston." Cathy and Dan since have moved to Fort Myers with her best friend, a nurse. But they decided five years ago to have Garrett and Lyndsy, 9, continue to live with her parents, to ease the transition on the day the~ know will come. The Robinsons see their children on weekends and holidays. They write in journals and make tapes to record memories they want the kids to remember. "We knew ultimately we were going to die,’" Cathy said. "We thought it was important for them to transilion. We never thought we’d still be transitioning five years later. Our biggest fear was dying before Lyndsy and Garr’ett were old enough to remember us.’" Bill Gregory, an advertising professor at Florida Southern, fellow AIDS activist and friend, said Cathy hves to spread the message. But radiation therapy has made it more difficult in recent months. Cathy travels to Miami for radiation treatments because she can get them free in exchange for leading educational programs. She puts about 1,500 miles a week on her leased Ford Explorer traveling throughout the state for AIDS education, stressing safer sex and HIV testing. "You have to be tested,’" she said. "No. 1, you don’t want others to get infected. No. 2, they can treat you. If you are negative, you have a chance to rethink your activities that got you there.’" 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 appointments are available. January April July October December Even Out Your Monthly Electric Bills. At WoO, we know that changing weather conditions throughout the year can cause your monthly electric bills to rise and fall dramatically. Which can make it tmrd to plan your household budget. That’s why ~ our Average Monthly Payment plan, could be your budgeting solution. With ~ you pay about the same each month, because ifs based on your previous 12 months usage. That makes budgeting a breeze. And best of all, ifs free. AMP is}ust one of several flemq~le payment options PSO offers you. For more information, we’re available 24 hours a da~. Or s’tgn up for AMP on our website at www.csw.corm PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA A Central and South Weat Company �HEAR the Quilt Kelly Kirby,. CPA, PC Certified Public Accountant a professional corporation Lesbians and Gay men face many special tax situations whether single or as couples. Electronic filing is’available for faster refunds. 747-5466 4021 South Harvard Avenue, Suite 210, Tulsa 74135 Are You Gay or Bisexual? Are You Native American?../,= Tulsa’s Two-Spirited Indian Men s Support Group is here for you~. ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ E~ening support group meetings Relationship workshops Short trips, outings and retreats Free HIV testing For information call Tulsa Native American AIDS Prevention Project beginning at the Gay Community Center ¯ at 37th and Peoria and ending at Veterans Park at 18th and Boulder. The parade will begin at llam The Pride Festival will also begin at Veterans Park at 1 lain and will continue till about 7 or 8pm, finishing off the week’s events. TOHR organizers include Kerry Lewis as chairperson of the overall effort. "Humanity United for Haman Rights -Diversity Celebration 2000," Greg Gatewood, TOI-IR president and festival chair, Audra Sommers, parade chair, Lynn Moesteller, sponsor chair, Mitchell Savage, media chair, Ktis Kohl, festival entertainment chair and Ned Bruha, in charge of festival booths and beverages. On June 3, Saturday, That evening also at the PAC Doenges Theatre, the TOHR Follies, not seen for a namber of years, will reprise, 100 Years of Broadway with tickets available through the PAC. Tuesday, June 6th, an art exhibit, "United" will open and on Thursday, June 8th, there will be a film night. Locations and times will be announced later. For more information about these events, call the Gay Community Services Center at 743-4297 (Gays). And while the organization has not been in Tulsa for long, already it’s become active and visible. Soulforce members along with TOHR, Tul sa Oklahomans for Haman Rights, marched in the M.L.King, Jr. Day parade, marking the first time openly Gay people and groups have partidipated. And for the kick-off for this year’s Gay Pride events, Diversity Celebration 2000, Soulforceis bringing Mel White and Gary Nixon back to Tulsa for an interfaith workshop and to lead a Soulforce workshop. White and Nixon were in Tulsa several years ago for a regional conference of i~FLAG, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, held at All Souls Unitarian Church. Also on May 6-12, in Cleveland, Ohio, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Soulforce will hold Soulforce University (SFU) SFU is arare, one-week opportunity for people of faith to learn and apply the principles of nonviolence. SFU is being held in conjunction with the world congress of the United Methodist denomination of Chris-. tianity, General Conference 2000 which will also be in Cleveland, on May 2-12. Historically, Methodists have cared about the poor, the homeless, and the outcast. Soulforce organizers state, "sadly, decisions made by their [United Methodist] General Conferences over the past three decades have ended that tradition of caring and made outcasts of God’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered children. We hope to help end those unjust and discriminatory policies. For thirty-t~vo years United Methodist leaders have debated the issue of homosexuality. Too many of" their delegates have ignored the historic, scientific, psychological, pastoral and even biblical evidence thathomosexuality is neither a sickness nor a sin. As a result, with almost every General Conference the U.M.C. has hardened its anti-homosexual position. That position leads to discrimination, snffeting, and death.’" Several Tulsans involved in Soulforce will participate in the Cleveland events. The NAMES Project Tulsa Area Chapter is proud to announce the return of the Quilt to Tulsa for a major display at the Maxwell Convention Center December 1 through 3, 2000. The success of a major Quilt display is dependent on volunteers from our community. To develop interest and support for this major World AIDS Day event, the Tulsa Area Chapter will host a reception on Thursday evening, April 27 at 7: 00pm at Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 South Harvard, Tulsa. Please join us as we bring together the community in preparation for "HEAR the Quilt." We’ll have sections of the Quilt on display and lots of information about upcoming events Refreshments will be served and it will be a great opportunity to renew old friendships and make new ones. For more information you can contact us at (918) 748-.~1 ll or at TulsaQuilt@go.com OK Spoke Club The OK Spoke Club is begimfing its tides again. A long ride (20 miles plus) will begin at Ziegler Park at 7:30am on April 8th & 15th. Water and helmet are required. A short tide (5 miles) along the Katy Bicycle path in Sand Springs will begin at 6:30 pm on April 19th. Water and helmet are strongly reconnnended. At 9am, a long ride will begin at the Pride Center, 3749 S. Peoria, rear parking lot on April 22th. Water and helmet are required. A short ride will leave from there at 6:30 pm on April 26th. Water and helmet are strongly recommended. For more information, contact the club at POB 9165, Tulsa, Ok 74157, or emaii to: Okiebicycle@prodigy.net Texas Lesbian Conference For 13 years now, Texas Lesbians have presented one of the best conferences in the US. This year’ s event, to be held at the Renaissance Hotel, Greenway Plaza on May 19-21 in Houston. The conference will feature Urvashi Vaid, former executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, cartoonist/cormnentator, Alison Bechdal, creator of "Dykes to Watch Out For," poet and author Ntozake Shange and Lesbian comic Marga Gomez. And if these were not enough of a draw, TLC offers a variety of workshops on legal, financial, spiritual and other issues. TLC is a woman only event for which you must be 18 to attend. For more information, write POB 66012, Houston 77266. Or "call 713-460-3435 for a registration form. . Living ArtSpace New Show Tul’sa’s contemporary art gall~ery~: Living Ai~tSpace, now located at 308 South Kenosha will present exhibition opening & gallery talk by artist, John Hitchcoek, on Thursday, April 6, 5:30-8pm. Hitchcock invites the viewer to become a participant in his installation by encouraging them to "play games" and receive a silk screened pnnt or an object. Using games derived from Native American traditions, the artist challenges the participant to make the comparison between traditional culture and the artwork. �a certain street in. Arlington, Texas, and Once upon a time, there was a teenager thought it was a real cool place - until he named, for lack of a better moniker, Jim. began to notice all the other patrons were He was teased most of his school life for men - and looking at him. Then he left in being gay, name calling and threats of a hurry. You can imagine physical violencebeing the chief tactics deployed by " ~roadway Damage’ the comments this brought on from the jocksters. It most of the other kids - the mainstays of which were is another little sleeper, was all Jim could do not to the dreaded "jocks." ask WHERE. In fact, Jim did devote a considerHe had few friends, but is actually quite able amount of time to one of the few he considthoughts onhow to get the ered a friend happened to wonderful... desired information withbe Shaun. Shatm was in out giving myself away, choir and on the football The film is a ~ood never could figure out team, and Jim had known old-fashloned romantle but a foolproof method. Some him for a few years, since years later, Jim did go in eornedy, kind of llke Jr High. What Jim research of the aforemenpressed and suppressed the old screwballs tioned place - and discovwas his physical and emoered it was in a shopping tional attraction for Shann. eomedles of the 30’s... center with no sign age or Shaun wasn’t classically It’s a well-wrltten, indications of any sort that handsome, but something about him was incredibly well-fihned, well-acted there was anything in the shopping center. You had attractive to Jim. Maybe it " story that is sure to to know where and what it was just that, unlike the was to get there and find other jocks, who singled brin~ a smile to the place. Interesting... Jim out for particular toranyone’s face..." Later that day, Shaun ment, Shaun always had and I found ourselves treated him with kindness alone in his parent’s house. He excused and yes, even friendline,ss. This was !lJghly unusual. Jim and Shaun s friendship~ew, himself to take a shower, and was in there along time. A really long time. Jim began and they hung out a bit together. Jim to wonder if he should just go home, continued suppressing, and just enjoyed Shaun was in there so long. Then, out he Shaun’s company, basking in the glow of popped, completely nude - and Jim with their friendship. no glasses on! (He was near blind without At one point, they went to a film tothem.) It took a lot of control not to look gether. Shaun sat with legs spread wide, down, which he recalls doing anyway, for his leg touching Jim’ s. Wall, all Jim could a split second. Shaun probably caught it. focus on throughout the film was the He paused, saying, "Sorry, forgot to take sensfition of Shaun s leg against his; the my clothes i.n with me." Then went into bea~from the other boy’s body flowing his room. Jim was nonplused. Here Shaun in~d~s, the fact that he was really uncomis, withakidhe knew was teased for being fortable due to the fact that certain feelGay, exposing himself. ingSwere rising., feelings he’d been hidHe spent a long time in his room, too, by ing from everyone, including himself. the way Jimwas certain this was all atest, 0~ things w~re rising too, and he had and the slightest wrong move would end no!~dea how tohandle this. He wasn’t sure the friendship - after all, Shaun was a ifShaun was doing this deliberately or by good Southern Baptist boy, going to a accident. In ~_ospect, it had to be on church that literally preached coercion to purpose. Shfiuns leg never left contact get new members. wi~Jim’s tmtil the film was over. Jim Yes, Jim knows better now. There were wasi:terrified.~Did he dare move, and cut off~ie contact which he really so despersignals being sent, Jimjust misinterpreted them. Jim wished he hadn’t, even though atdy Wanted?Or should he re~pond? Was that would have ted to heartbreak. Jim thi~ ~ test? Surely Shaun was aware of the really was in love with Shaun. Last Jim comments and teasing; he’d seen it hapheard, Shaun was married, with kids. Sad pen, To this day, Jim has no memory of thing is, that all Jim had to go on were that film or what it was. Just the sensation negative images of Gayness. That’s all of Shaun’s leg and the accompanying that was out there in the world then. There delight/fear. was no "Will and Grace", no positive Jim’s fervent yet deeply hidden desire movie role models. And All he knew was was for Shaun and he to be in love. Yet, of that one wrong step could end a friendcourse this could never be. Shaun was ship, Or even get him beaten - or, in one straight - Jim thought. And he was ever so case he read about, killed. aware of the fragility of friendship- he’d Which leads me to a DVD review:_"Get ~aot had many, ai~d would do nothing to Real". The story is pretty much the same jeopardize this one. as above, with nerdy schoNboy falling for One time, Shaun asked Jim to join he upperclassmanjock. Except in the case of and some friends for a swim. When Jim "Get Real", the relationship is consumgot to Shaun’s house, he discovere~...that mated when schoolboy finds out that the the friends.~were other members of the jockster is indeed, homoerotically infootball team - the ones who so delighted clined. Of course, Mr. Jock is severely in making life aliving hell for Jim. "Well", suppressing, and holding on to his straight he thought,"This should be ablast. NOT!" identity with every’ fiber of his being. The To his surprise, they all got along. Jim did film played Tulsa for about a week in ’96 feel incredibly out of place and utterly or ’97. I’m sure not everyone got to see it, self-conscious the whole time they were so I won’t spoil the ending. Let’s just say around. Had to be careful not to slip up schoolboy .comes out publicly and disand steal a glance at the wrong moment, covers his inner strength. He’s accompanot that he could see anything without his nied by a female friend, who reminded me coke-bottle glasses anyway. of my friend Karin, who is now a Lesbian! During the swim day, Shann told an More on that later, see Amuse, p. 9 interesting story: He had entered a bar on low budget movie that GILCREASE MUSEUM �EUREKA SPRINGS DIVERSITY CELEBRATION April 29, May 5 & 7, 2000 Call 587-4811 -Friday, April 7 - 8:30pm to 12:30am,Dancing in the Ozark Room at the Basin Park Hotel (12 Spring Street) with DJ Jon Caswell. Sponsored by the MCC of the Living Spring. Cover: $5 per person. Cash Bar. Must be 21. - 9pm to 12:30am, Karaoke at Shaw’s Tavern (37 Spring Street) - 10pm to 2am, Breakfast at the new Eureka House of Blues (in the basement of the x’~ :w Orleans hotel at 63 Spring Street) or, - 1 lpm to 2am, Breakfast at the Eureka Food Court (37 Spring Street) Saturday, April 8 r 10am to Noon, Canoe float on the White River. $25 per canoe. Singles welcomereservations and info, call theBeaver Dam Store at 501-253-6154. 10:30am. to Noon, Learn a littl6 of Eureka S prings’ history on a guided walking to, the Historic District. Meet at Sweet Spnngs next to Rogue’s Manor on upper !: Street. For further information, call 501-253-0070 or e-mail walking@nwaft.com. - Noon to 3:30pm "Go Fly a Kite!" Weather permitting, bring your kites and your cameras .at the beautiful Pond Mountain Lodge and Resort (two miles south on HighWay 23). For more information, contact Judy Jones at 800-583-8043. - lpm to 2:30pro Head out to Lake Leatherwood Park (off Highway 62 West) for an informative, guided trail hike. Get there a few minutes early and bring some water; some walking sticks will be provided. You can also hike on your own on one of the various trails in Eureka Springs’ "City Park". To obtain a trail map or for further information about the park, please e-mail lthrwood@ipa.net. For further information about the hike, call Steve at 501-253-9380 or 9384 or e-mail gands@ipa.net. - Please visit the unique shops and restaurants in the Eureka Springs Diversity Cooperative. Let them know you’re here for Diversity Weekend! - 3:30pm to 9pm, Check out The Holein the Wall (191/2 Spring Street) for Karaoke with Lita! Lunch and dinner will also be served. For further information, call 501-253-8361. - 9pm to lain; Dance to the high,energy club ttmes of DJ Jon Caswdl at Center Stage (37 Spring Street). Must be 21. Cover: $5 per person. Sponsored by The Emerald Rainbow, Mark E. Cook Properties and Center Street Bar & Grill. - 9pm to 12:30am, Belt out your favorite tunes as Shaw’ s Tavern (37 Spring Street) once again hosts a Karaoke night for "family" and friends. - 10pm to 2am, Brealffast at the new Eureka House of Blues (in the basement of the New Orleans hotel at 63 Spring Street) or, - 1 lpm to 2am, Breakfast at the Eureka Food Court (37 Spring Street) Sunday, April 9 - 2pm to 6pm, Join us again at Center Stage (37 Spring Street) for a tea dance and drag show, with performances by the "girls from Tulsa" and music by DJ Jon Caswell. Must be 21. Cover: $5 per person. Sponsored by The Emerald Rainbow, Ermilio’s Restaurant and Center Street Bar & Grill. - 7pm, MCC of the Living Spring (17 Elk Street) will hold a service. Call 501-253-9337 for information. All are welcome! For a listing of businesses supporting this and similar events, check out the Eureka Springs Diversity Cooperative website at www.shimaka.coln/eureka/diversity or drop by The Emerald Rainbow at 45 1/2 Spring Street for a printed copy. Oklahoma Repertory Theatre Opens TULS A-Theatreleaders from twoTulsa : and the Boys" by So. African playwright Athol Fugard. The production will mn organizations, Tulsa Repertory Theatre May 11-14 and May 18-20 at Tulsa’s and Wayward Theatre Co. have joined Performing Arts Center Liddy Doenges together to create the Oklahoma Reper~[]aeatre at 8pm and Sundays at 2pro, and tory Theatre (also known as OK REP). Catherine Adkins, Skip suraci. Christois supported in part by grants from the Oklahoma Arts Council and the Tulsa pher Ferguson-Long and Nathan Huntley Performing Arts Center Tn~st. will serve as executive artistic director, The play, directed by Nathan Huntley, advisor, associate founding artistic direcis that of a young man growing up and tor and associate artistic director, respecgrowxng aware in 1950’s South Africa tively. OK REP,like the companies out of apartheid. Tulsa actors Greg Herman, Bill which it grows is committed to "unique, Thomas and Christopher Ferguson-Long professional theatre, children’s theatre, perform the roles. Tickets are available at arts in education and community outthe PAC box office, 596-7111, for $12/ reach." adults and $9/students/seniors. For more OK REP will open its season with the Pulitzer Prize winning, "Master Harold information, call OK REP at 592-6310. Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist 11 am, Sunday, 1314 North Greenwood, 587-1314 The film translates well to DVD, maintaining the widescreen image, and with excellent rarity. Sadly, there’s no extra features so prevalent now in DVD releases, such as director’s commentary, behind the scenes documentaries, etc. It would have been .nice to have the actor’s recollections of the making of the film and the affect it had on them. However, that does not detract from the fact it’s a well-written film with an excellent.cast and beautiful cinematography. The only thing that bothered one of my friends at the .initial showing was that jock boy seems to come from a well-heeled family, yet has a working class accent. I noticed after he pointed it out, but that did not detract from the otherwise excellent performanees given by Ben Silverstone as the cuteschoolboy Steven Carter, Charlotte Britain as his friend who faints on command, and the hunky Brad Gorton as the jock upon anyone Would be daft not to develop a crush. Available from Wolfe Video (www.wolfevideo.com). Along the same lines, sort of... well, not really, but there’s a well-done scene that exemplifies the kind of dynamic I wrote of regarding seeing that tmnamed film with Shaun, is "Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss." see Amuse, p. 11 �by Tom Neal, editor & publisher Some Oklahoma political observers have noted that the one good thing for this state about a win by Republican presidential candidate, George W. Bush, is that we’d get to send the Honorable Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma packing back off to DC, though others have said Oklahoma’.s gain might be to the nation’s detriment. "... ff it were not enough to invoke this bigoted image of Gay people -preying on the young, he foflowed it with a comment about how Gay people are among the wealthiest Amerleans. I had to wonder if next he’d betalklng about how ’all Black people have rhythm’ or ’the international Jewish banking eonsplraey.’..." This February, t took my’father to lunch at the Press Club to see Keating do his song and dance. I imagine that Keating expected a rather friendly reception- these days the Press Club membership hardly includesany reporters but rather mostly public relations types - good enough people but hardly known for hard hitting .journalism. They’re there to put a nice spin on tttings, not to get at the truth, typically. And you can count on The Tulsa World to report only selectively on comments made there. Then there was Dad and me sitting right up front. And dear Mr. "I am not descended from a Baboon" Keating* likely did not know what he was in for. Mr. Keating waxed eloquently about how if we only re-made government to be like"’business," and not just coincidentally turned it all over to the Republiczins, all would be great with our state. I could not have a~ked for a better setup for my question to the Governor since in Oklahoma, it’s business leading the way in treating Lesbian and Gay citizens, well, like equal citizens. The question put to the Gov. was this: Oklahoma’s leading businesses,American Airlines, the state’ s largest private employer, K.imberly-Clark, Dollar-Thrifty Auto Group whose CEO, Joseph Cappy was just appointed to the State Board of Regents for Higher Education, all of these corporations promise not to discriminate on sexual orientation. Since "business" shows us the way, Keating was asked why state government was not following their : they know they’ll be harassed or fired in any school district in the state. Any inappropriate conversation by a lead. ¯ teacher with students, whether heterosexual or homoFrank’s answer was an embarrassment to the state of Oklahoma. He said there was not a public consensus to " sexual, already has avenues for remedy. I agree with Keating, Oklahoma can learn from the support treating all people fairly and had he stopped at : example of "business." First and foremost, Frank needs this, I could hardly have argued withhim. ¯ to figure out that discrimination is bad for business and But he went on to invoke the most shameful of stereo¯ bad for Oklahoma. "Business" has figured this out. Ameritypes, saying that the state government of Oklahoma could not promise to treat Gay and Lesbian Oklahomans "¯ can and Dollar-Thrifty don’t go beyond the minimum federallaw r.eqmresjust because they regreat folks. Th y fairly because "a homosexual schoolteacher might try to ¯ ’promote’ his ’lifestyle’ to elementary school students ¯ do it because they can’t afford to lose good workers and some of those good workers ar’-e Gay. and then the state could not discipline the teacher..." ¯ It really shouldn’t be that hardfor Frank Keating. All And if it were not enough to invoke this bigoted image ¯ he needs to do is to reframe the questionin terms to which of Gay people preying on the young, he followed it with ¯ he can relate: shall we not include Catholics in our nonacomment about how Gay people are among the wealthiest Americans. I had to wonder if next he’d be talking - discnmmattonlawsbecausewecouldn tfiretbemlfthey mdocmnated our children with the Cathohc lifestyle m about how "all Black people have rhythm" and "the schools ? Keating should know that it w ash’ t that long ago international Jewish banking conspiracy." : that precisely those stereotypes were common in thisI did have the opportunity to say.his allegation about state. After all, Keating claims to be a Christian. And as Gay "wealth" was false but not to question his premises : such, he is commanded to "treat others as he would be about promising to treat public employees fairly. ¯ treated." That?s pretty straightforward. I’d bet even a And this, of course, ignores the fact that it is almost unimaginable that any Gay teacher would engage in ¯¯ "lower" primate, maybe even a baboon might be able to figure that out. The question is can our governor? inappropriate discussions - they’re all too scared because "Well, I’m Gay, and this may surprise you but it wasn’t by Dave Fleischer a choice for me. And if I’m doing a good job at work, do Senior Fellow, Policy Institute you think my boss should be. able to fire me just because National Gay and Lesbian Task Force I’m Gay?" Have you ever met a homophobe? Of course you have, "I don’t want to hear about your sex life." which is why you might not immediately be eager to "I don’t want to tell you about my sex life--but if I’m ~ campaign door-to-door using the "G" word when we doing a good job at my job, should my boss be able to fire need to win an election. me just because I’m Gay?" You might be thinking: Holy Roller, don’t a lot of . [Long pause] people go into rant mode the minute we say the Word [She says uncertainly] "I’ve never thought about that." "Gay?’" "Well, that’s what you’ll, be voting on. Here’s the wordActually, they don’t. Everywhere I’ve gone door-toing that will be on the ballot. door with teams of volunTakealookatit. [Pausewhile "... I don’t want to tell you about teers,-once we explain in she reads] What do you plalnlanguage the issue votmy%exllfe - but ff I’m doing think?" ers will be facing, the overI didn’t make this voter a whelming majority are on a job at my job, supporter. But I did move .our side. Most of the rest are her from leaning against us undecided. This has been should my boss be able to fire me to someone who might be true in Anchorage, Houston, undecided. The conversation just because I’m Gay?" and Fayetteville, Arkansas; took about two minutes. Then in San Francisco, suburban [long pause, she says uncertainly] I was on to the next door. Westchester County,.in MiIf we’ve trained our-volami (nope, not just in South "I’ve never thought about that..." unteer team well, we comBeach) and in both Demomunicate our key message cratic and Republican parts * ina recent controversy about teaching evolution in within the limits of the voter’s attention span. Then we of Spokane, Washington. And that’s just the places in public schools, Keating claimed he was not descended ask what they think. And they tell us. 1998-and 1999 that we’ve gone door-to-door in. from a baboon. The Tulsa World contested that claim. Soinetimes their answer isn’t easy to hear (I didn’t love Sure, we start in neighborhoods where we believe we’ll Ms. Informed’s ?Gays can change"). But if we listen with find many supporters. But even when we broaden to a genuine interest, and offer a clear, honest exchange, they - diverse set of neighborhoods, 60 to 90% of the time, return the favor. We usually-leave the door either knowvoters are surprised to learn that the basic rights, of Gay, ing we’ve found someone leaning toward us, or someone Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered (GLBT) people who is now open to hearing more. are under attack. Nobody says this work is easy. But, contrary to our ~Vhenthe~ydo, they say somethinglike. OfcourseI A...J--~"~’~A~.~,~’A,,’~ (;.... worst fears, it isn’t confrontational. It’s more like the u r= i i i i i i ~ i~..,,..; :=~-agai~i’s’t--d~sc~aination, against anybody. I like/don’t care ordinary experience of one tiuman being talking to anLocalentrepreneurandmouth-about-townactivistNed about/dort’f like Gay people, but discriminationis always other human being. wrong." Bruha will present "Operation Montreal" at The Silver And there’s an unexpected personal benefit. If we reSo the experience of going door-to-door is enormously Star, 1565 So. Sheridan, at 10pm on Friday May 5th. open our hearts, we are liberatedfrom a piece of internalencouraging. It’s both productive for the campaign, and Brnha notes, "’this night of rare comedy and mad-cap ized self-hate and our own stereotypical thinking about also personally affirming. entertainment will aid Audra MarieSommers, an indithe public. It turns out that most of them are human, too This doesn’t mean that every voter is immediately vidual among us who has selflessly impleme.nted her - and more open than we give them credit for being. happy to see us. But as a reality check, here’s the toughest .talents to l~tter the Tulsa area for the past decade,,She has Most importantly, voteridentification works. SAVE door I’ve had so far. raised money for the poor and the sick." , Dade in Miami has built a list of.more than 15,000 Gay Scene: a sweaty August ’98 morning in Fayetteville, The money raised the evening of thi~ event wiR, be ~used and pro-Gay voters by having dbnversations just like Arkansas; a white senior answers the door to help Payfor medications, travel and down-time trom these, by going door~to-door and by talking to voters ..’...’.Hi, Ms. Informed?" Yes both of lie) jobs for the transgendered Sommers as she when.they go to vote. Basic Rights Oregon beat back their "Hi, Ms..Informed, my name is Dave Fleischer, and recoups from surgery which will bring her physiology last two state-wide anti-Gay ballot measures by doing I’m with the Campaign for Human Dignity. A human into correspondence with her gender identity. voter idenlification on a large scale, and has a list of rights resolution is on the ballot - it says that here in This event is called Operation Montreal because after 125,000 voters statewide. Fayetteville we won’t tolerate discrimination on the job, many years of research, Sommers has chosen worldSure there are closed-minded homophobes out there. whether you’re a man or women, black or white, Gay or renowned surgeons in Montreal. Any funds raised will But they are far fewer and less grumpy than you’d guess non-Gay. What do you think about that?" not be used for the surgery. Sommers has underwrittem -a mere needle in a Gaystack. 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Sir Inn ¯ McKellan, in a bravuraperformance, plays ~ Whale, the absolutely dynamic Lynn The number of Gays and Lesbians in ¯ Redgrave plays his housekeeper and the United States is not known because of ¯ caregiver Hannah, and the absolutely brillargely unreliable studies. Advocacy liant andbreathtakingly gorgeous Br~ndan groups often claim 10% of the population Fraser plays a yard man that Whale beis homosexual, based on surveys of sexual " friends. behavior conducted by researcher Alfred : This didplay the major theatres,butjust Kinsey taken in the 1940s. Other surveys ¯ in case, I won’t give away any more of the put the number between 4% and 6%. ." ending than I have. The performances A more direct census question concern- ¯ were all top notch, with nary a misstep. ing sexual orientation isn’t likely by the ¯ The cinematography is beautiful, and the ¯ lime the 2010 census roils around. It would detail in sets, costumes, and styleis deadtake a federal legislation to require collec- " on.~(No pun intended.) As an. actor, it’s tion of the data. And, advocates say, it’s a ~ ~really hard.f,0r me to see a film that makes tricky ’question. "Is sexual orientation ¯ ~m~fo~etI m~watehing~a film. This one ¯ defined by feelings of attraction, excludid. I was surprised, as the end credits ¯ sivity or praetors?’" Norfllrop asked. were rolling, to find I had tears runmng : down my face. The film so engrossed me ¯ that I wasn’t even aware when that began. ¯ It’s an interesting film on many levels, ¯ the most superficial being Whale as dirty Best known for launching the career of ." old man spying on the yard man; and~the "Will and Grace’ s" "Jack", Sean P. Hayes, ¯ deepest being the comments on aging, that’s about the best thing about this film. ¯ and the families we surround ourselves It’s got some good moments, but never ¯ with as that happens. The interplay of quite congeals into a satisfying film. Brad ¯ straight and Gay, and fear. The betrayal of ¯ Rowe, Meredith Scott Lynn, and Hayes the body.and time, the interplay between mm in good performances, but the rest of ¯ youth and age, the reasons we make the the cast falls flat, as do many of the jokes. ¯ choices in life that we do make., all are Hayes stars as Billy, a starving artist pho- ." explored on many levels. tographer who is the other man in an ¯ It’s definitely worth viewing several unsatisfying relationship he settles for ¯ times, if for nothing more than seeing the because (as he. tells everyone repeatedly ¯ details you missed first time around. The in this film until you just want to slap him) ¯ commentary, as opposed to the useless ¯ he CAN’T FIND A MAN. blathering on Billy’s HSK, is insightful, He stumbles upon Gabriel (the im- ¯ informative, and frequentlylamusing. mensely appealing Brad Rowe), and in- ." There’s enough mix in details of how the stant dysfunctional crush develops, in spite ¯ film was made, how attention to details of the fact (?) that Gabriel is straight. : was as important as performance, behind Hilarity ensues (yawn). There’s the pre- ¯ the scenes stories of what went on during requisite drag queen comic relief trio, that ¯ filming, what it was like to deal with this should never have .entered this film, be- ¯ or that to keep one quite amused. cause they are rather pointless to.the plot, ." ~ And after watching the film go by wlth content, and are really so bad they detract " the commentary, especially re~ardihg the from the film..Obvibusly, theyare ~aeant ." director’s intentions, it’s kind of a fun to be bad, but all the ~vay t~ough the ¯ game to play to see how much youpieked opening.sequence~ and at se{~eral points ’’up on. ~klso, some historica~ facts_ are ~(way too many) through the film, they ." thrown in, not in a dry, witless manner, -..seem to just be inserted for no reason. If ¯ but which augment the viewing Of the they were doing something that was : film. So, for me, it gets a definite. BUY plot~orthy and actually funny, it might be ¯ THIS! Even if you only get the video a good thing. They’re not, and basically ~ version (which may or may not have the just fill time when the director can’t pull documentary), it’s worth it. Available at his head out long enough to actually make ; Wolfe Video. a film. "Broadway Damage" is another little This DVD comes with a commentary, sleeper, low budget movie that is actually and even that - usually a high point and quite wonderful. A romantic comedy that asset - is utterly boring. Yes, Sean’s a actually is, as~ opposed to Billy, it stars wonderful actor -now. OK, Brad was some very talented unknowns in a film uncomfortable with the film and part s tartthat is well written and leaves you feeling ing out. (Why is never detailed, and that good. "Nerdy Guy’~ and "Beautiful Boy" was what might have been actually interin New York looking for"Mr. RightY BB esting.) OK yes, there are lots of homages is always finding people bad for him, and to old films, most of which are obvious, pursues one that is really bad news. NB is especially with the dream/musical seseeking Mr Right and has a crush on BB quences. Overall, Billy’s a fine addition Enter BB’s roommate Quirk~y~rl. QG is to an avid collector of Gay film, for architrying to make it in NYC on hiSrtwn, even val purposes. It’s amusing once through. though daddy’s rich. He wants her to get But it’s a definite rental, not a keeper. a job, something she’s never had to do. Also available from Wolfe Video. She and the boys form a fun trio, and have An excellent film to have on DVD for merry adventures in NYC. repeated viewings and the extras, is"Gods The film is a good old-’fashioned roand Monsters." It is a most moving and mantic comedy, kind of like the old screw affecting film, and the disc has lots of balls comedies of the 30’s upon which it is goodies, along with a commentary that patterned. The ending’s predictable, but actually IS interesting, a documentary with the g~tting there is fun, as with most Clive Barker as host, interviews with the journeys. Even if you know where you’re actors, and lots of lovely details. The film, going,, the trip is never the same twice, based on Christopher Brain’s book, is a right? It’s a well-written, well-filmed, look .at what might have happened in the well-acted story that is sure to bring a days leading to James Whale’s mysterismile to anyone’s face. It should have ous death. received wider release w~h,en it played the Whale, the director best known for the film houses, but is a gem I m sharing with films "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Franyou. Yep, available at Wolfe Video on kenstein" in the ’30’s, was found floating VHS and DVD. �presents .... an eclectic mix of choral literature ranging from Baroque to Broadway, from pop classics of the ’50s and ’60s to a bawdy sea chantey an~J.an American Folk song featuring the Green Country Cloggers. ,Friday and Saturday, April 7 & 8, 2000 at 8pm Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center (reception following) Tickets: PAC box office, 596-7111 in Tulsa, 1-800-364-7111 or online at www.tulsapac.com COUNCIL oak a fellowship of gay men dedicated to musical excellence in the performance of choral literature, providing a source of pride, unity, and support, while presenting a positive image for ourselves, our community, and society as a whole. FOR MORE INFORMATION about the COUNCIL oak meN~S c~or~aLe and its parent organization, the non-profit Vocal Pride Foundation, visit our award-winning website at www.eouneiloak.org. � 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 Berlin Exhibit Looks at Gay Victims of Nazis by Paul Geitner, Associated Press Writer BERLIN (AP) - Focusing attention on along-neglected group of Nazi victims, a two-part exhibition about Gays persecuted under the Nazis opened Sunday at museums m Berlin and in a former concentration camp where many of the victims were killed. The exhibits of documents, photos, drawings and other objects collected during 10 years ofresearchis the largest on the subject ever mountedinGermany, project organizers said. It documents the fate of700individuals who suffered under the Nazis’ draconian anti-Gay laws and tells 60 personal stories. "We want to return to the Gay victims of the Nazis theirnames and to show their lives, as far as possible, so as to.at, least symbolically liberate them.from the dehumamzmg barbarity of the Nazis,’" said Andreas Stemweiler, project director at the Gay Museum in Berlin, where part of the exhibit is being shown. The other half opened at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where many Gay men - labded with a .pink triangle- ended up because of the camp’s proxim- ,ty to the capital, see Nazis, p.3 Be Counted: Effort to Include Gays in Census SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A national campaign to include Gays and Lesbians in Census 2000 is urging same-sex couples to check offtheboxindicating they’re unmarried partners. Using e-mail, ads in Gay publications and word-ofmouth, thecampaign is an un0fficial way to get a partial indication of the nation’s Gay and Lesbian population, the San Jose Mercury News reported recently. "We want to make the point that there is such a thing as a Gay or Lesbianfamily,’" said PaulaEttelbrick, family policy director for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. The federal government added the unmarried partners category to the census in 1990, to recognize heterosexual couples who live together without being married. That year, 150,000 same-sex households were identified. "It was a vast undercount,’" said Ann Northrop, board member for the Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies. Those involved in the so-called "Out the Census’" campaign say that even though individual Gays and Lesbians won’t be counted, the number of couples will provide a partial account. And additional information included on U.S. Census forms could provide a valuable snapshot of the community, including income levels, ethnicity and the number of same-sex couples raising children. While the campaign is getting nationwide attention, some Gays and Lesbians are wary ofrevealing toomuch information. Rikki Westerschulte, who is raising a daughterwith herparmer, says sheknows many couples who are nervous about declaring their sexual orientation on an official government form. The recent passage of Proposition 22, which recognizes only marriage between a man and a woman in California, adds to the suspicion. "You walk down the hall at work and wonder, ’Who is it I think I can trust, who really feels I’m immoral?’ "Westerschnlte asked. Other couples are angry they cannot declare themselves as married, see Census, p. 11 Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Locations Camme,rmeyer .To Join Lougan s at Pr de 2000 TULSA - Last month, the organizers of Diversity Festival 2000 announced that US Olympic champion, Greg Louganis, would serve as Grand Marshall for the° Millennium Pride Parade this June. This month, organizers confirmed that Dr. Grethe Cammermeyer, distiguished veteran of the United States Armed Forces, will join Louganis as grand marshall. Cammermeyer challenged US anti-Gay/Lesbian policies which forced her out of her nursing positionin the United States Reserve forces. Her lifestory was madeinto a television film produced by Barbra Streisand, starring Glenn Close. Cammermeyerhas come to Tulsa before. She spoke at the Universi ty of Tulsa in the spring of 1995 to an audience of about 300 Tulsa Family New~ writer Lauri Cooper shown in the photo at right interviewed Cammermeyer. The week of Pride events begins with an interfaith worship service to be held at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. The Reverend Dr. Mel White, author and civil rights activist, will be the principle speaker at this event. White will lead a workshop also to be held at the PAC on Saturday, June 3, from 2-5pm (free) on the principles of non-violent social change. Lougams will speak at a black tie optional dinner to be held at the prestigious Summi t Club on Friday, June 9th. Tickets for the event are $75/person and there will be a VIP reception at $50/ person. These events will benefit Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights, the parent organization of the Gay Community Center and Oklahoma’ s oldest Lesbian and Gay non-religious organization. Organizers anticipate that the parade will follow the sameroute as last year, Cooper & Cammermeyer SoulForee in Oklahoma Members of Soulforce in Oklahoma Marched at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade in January. TULSA- Oklahoma’s oldest Gay and Lesbian organizataon is a religious one, the congregation now know as MCC United, the Metropolitan Community Church United. So perhaps it is fitting that one of Oklahoma’s newest community organizations also has religious roots. "Soulforce in Oklahoma" is part of an effort begun by the Rev. Mel White and his spouse Gary Nixon. Soulforce is an ecumenical network of volunteers committed to teaching and applying the principles ofnon-violence on behalf ofsexnal minorities. Thename derives from the workofMohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a leader of India’s independence movement. Soulforce or truth force is a translation of "satyagraha" a concept Gandhi began developing as a young lawyer fighting for racial justice in South Africa. Gandhi’s thinking greatly influenced the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his work for civil rights for Black Americans. The goals of Soulforce are to end the suffering ofLesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered persons, to change the minds and hearts of religious leaders whose anti-Gay campaigns lead directly and indirectly to that suffering, to be guided by the principles of "relentless non-violent resistance, and through this, try to bring hope and healing to society. In Tulsa, Soulforce was organized by individuals involved in MCC United and the group has been holding regular meetings at the Gay Community Services Center. see Soul, p. 7 ¯ Tulsan Chosen For HRC Board ¯ Fundraiser Audra Sommers : To Join Marty Newman in DC ¯ TULSA - Audra Sommers, who is planning an ¯¯ AIDS benefit in Tulsa next month, has gained national recognition ¯ forher humanrights - efforts. Sommers ¯ has been named to the Board of Gover- ¯ nors of the Human ¯ Rights Campaign, a ¯ 300,000-member national organlza- ¯ tion that batdes dis- -¯ crimination against sexual minorities. ¯ As a board mere- ¯ ber, Audra will be ¯ responsible for re- . cmiting, promoting ¯ awareness ofhuman rights issues in Oklahoma and ¯ serving as a liaison between Oklahoma and the ¯ national organization in Washington, DC, where ¯ she will be heading for orientation this month. "I’m ¯ really, really happy that I was appointed, to the : Board of Governors," she said. ¯ Sommers joins Tulsan Marty Newman on the ¯ Board of Governors. Newman expressed delight : with Sommers selection. "Audra has a ~roven .. history of work on behalf of the commumty, and ¯ she has an enormous number of people wholook to ¯ her leadership," noted Newman. He added that ." HRC is concentrating its effolas on Tulsa at this ¯ time and he feels Sommers will add immeasurably ¯ to HRC’s strengths. see Audra, p.3 Audra Sommers Pentagon Admits Hate Speech is Widespread by Robert Burns, AP Military Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Anti-Gay speech and harassment is commonplace in the U.S. military, especially among young enlisted troops, according to a Pentagon inspector general’s survey. 85% of those surveyed said they believed that anti-Gay comments are tolerated on their base or aboard their ship, and 37% said they had personally witnessed or been the target of harassment - such as hostile gestures, graffiti or physical assault- based on perceived homosexuality. The survey released last month also found a widespread belief among troops that the Clinton administration’s so-called "don’t ask, don’t tell’" policy on Gays in the military - which Vice President A1 Gore says he would eliminate if he were elected president-is not working. President Clinton himself has said the policy, forged in 1993, is now "’out of whack.’" Defense Secretary William Cohen, responding to theinspector general’ s survey results, announced he was creating a committee of military and civilian officials to draft a plan for measures to improve the policy’s implementation. Cohen put the onus on military chiefs to fix the problem. "The report shows that military leaders must do more to make it clear that harassment based on sexual orientation violates military values,’" Cohen said in a memo to the military chiefs and service secretaries. The administration’s policy, set in law by Congress in 1993 after a heated political battle, says Gays and Lesbians may serve in the military so long as they keep their sexual orientation to themselves. Dubbed "don’t ask, don’t tell,’" the policy still bars openly homosexual people from serving in uniform. 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U134 501-253-7734 501-253-7457 501-253-6807 501-253-5445 501-253-9337 501-253-2776 501-253-5332 501-624-6646 501-253-6001 501-253-4074 417-623-4696 * is where you can f’md TFN. Not all are Gay-owned but all are Gay"friendly. Some 600 homosexuals were killed there between 1939 and mid-1943 alone, according to the researchers. The Nazi anti-Gay law,knownas "Paragraph 175,’" was directly solely against Gay men, since the Nazis were mainly concerned with perceived threats to their ideal of Aryan manhood. Lesbians were generally ignored, although some were arrested as "asocials’" or "prostitutes.’" Few surviving victims ever came forward after World War II because of continning stigmaassociated withhomosexualkty, whicl~remained illegal in West Germfiny ~mder the sam~ Nazi law until 1969: Tens of thousands of men were prosecuted in those postwar years. Historians also generally ignored the Nazi per.s..e~..u;~n of homosexuals until the 1980s, meaning many survivors had’ already passedaway, organizers said. Only a handful are known to still be alive; their stories are told in a U.S.-made documentary," Paragraph 175,’" whichwon awards at film festivals in Berlin and at Sundance this year. Germany’s center-left government introduced a bill last week - 55 years after the end of the war - that would require parliament to officially recognize and apologize to Gay victims. It also calls on the government to study whether a blanket annulment should be issued for convictions under the Nazi anti-Gay law, under which even a glance between men could be cause for prosecution. - Guenter Morsch, director of tli’~ Sachsenhansen memorial, noted that protests erupted after the first plaque dedicated to Gay victims of the Nazis was hung at the Dachau concentration camp outside Munich in the 1980s. Last year, Germany’s national Holocaust memorial day commemorated Gay victims for the first time with .a ceremony at S~lchsenhansen. Events like that and the ¯ new exhibit are important, he said, be- ; cause all groups - not just those that are ¯ "politically correct’" - must be remem- -"- bered if tolerance is to be promoted. : About 200,000 people were interred at Sachsenhausen between 1936 and 1945; : including Jews, Roma, communists ",rod ¯ other political prisoners. More than 1,400 Jews were killed there, thousands more sent off to be killed in Auschwitz. Others were forced to work in adjacent factories. You mayfind the Gay Museum at www.schwulesmuseum.de Audra, who is also a volunteer fund- ¯ raiser, is currently producing her largest ¯ event to date, a three-hourAIDS benefit at Tulsa’s Performing Arts Center that wi’ll ~ feature Thrifty president Don Himelfarb : as keynote speaker. ¯ ThePAC show,"Connecting the Hearts ¯ ofTulsa,"is scheduledforApri120 atTpm ¯ and will benefit Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. Fea- ¯ tured performers include Debbie ¯ Campbell, Rebecca Ungerman and ¯ children’s musical groups from All Souls ¯ Unitarian Church. ¯ The John H. Williams Theater seats 429, andAudrahopes to sellit0ut. Tickets ¯ are $10 general admission, $20 VIP seat.- ," ing, and $5 students. ¯ For more information or tickets, call ~ 832-7919. see Audra, p. 3 by Lamont Lindstrom, Ph.D. : "Unmarried Partner." That’s the U.S. ¯ Census 2000 official term for boyfriends ; and girlfriends. It’s either that or else you " check Husband/Wife, Roomer/Boarder, ¯ Housemate/Roommate, or Other " Nonrelative. ¯ How should I label my live-in? I can’t ¯ call him Husband or Wife. He’s not a : Boarder. He’s much more than a RoOm- " mate. (TheCen~uginfbmas us tha~ Room- ¯ mates "share living quarters primarily to : share expenses.") AndOther Nonrelative; : although correct, is hopelessly inadequate. So, for lack of better alternative, the boyfriend must be an Unmarried Partner. I am pleased to see the Census Bureau demands, rather romantically, that the Unmarried Partnerhave"aclose personal relationship with Person 1" (that is, with me). I know some Unmarried Partners ° whose onetime close personal relations : have aged into an icy and tight-lipped co- ¯ erastence. " The Census, as a condensed.form of " Ameri~anculturalpresumption, thinks that : people really ought tO be related to their - roommates either by blood or by marriage. Anthropologists call such presumptions "residencerules"- expectation about who should live with whom. There are patrilocal and matrilocal societies where children live with either father’s or mother’~ people. In avunculocal situations -the tropical Trobriand Islands - hildren move an with mother s brothers. Where virilocal rules arefollowed, women reside with their new husbands. Or there is theuxorilocal opposite: traditional Hopi Indian grooms, for example, move’ their belongings into their bride’g house. And there isthe "neolocal" U.S. where all couples should establish new, independent households. All these patterns describe the co-residency of kin, and the American situation is no different. Most of us live with relafives as we grow up: "mothers, fathers, sis{~s, and brothers. And most of us live with even more relatives after we marry: husbands, wives, sons, and daughters. There are just two anomalous periods in mostAmericanlife cycles when wemight find ourselves living with non-kin (with "Other Nonrelatives," according to Census language). The first consists of the few years between leaving morn and dad behind and marriage. This typically is the time of higher educalionwhen young twenty-somethings pile up in dormitories, fraternities, sororities, and shared apartments. The second comes with old age. We agomze over the mor~ity of farming mom out to some nursing home ward full of strangers. The experience of life with non-kin and strangers is fraught with aggravations and difficulties. The common bathrooms, those dirty dishes, the housemate’s woeful taste in music. Life with mere friends or roommates is rocky and unstable. My nervous students busy themselves with inventing "fictive kinship" labels for one another. They pretend that the co-residents in their sororities or fraternities are "just like" their sisters and brothers. And they watch a lot of "Friends," relying on Hollywood to romanticize and make fun of the peculiar experience of sharing their toilet seats with the "Other Nonrelated." Weare broughtup to live with relatives. Sbared residence withkin is easier for two reasons. We are morally obliged to forgive the exasperations of our revolting brothers that we would never stand from a friend. And we ablemore easily to take our revenge on our irksome siblings, spouses, orchildren, unconstrainedby the politeness conventions that govern our relations with non-kin. Wash those dishes or you are grounded! Pick up your filthy socks, slob! Gays and Lesbians are in something of a residential quandary: many of us never mo~e beyondthis stageof life with nonkin. Straights leave behind theirfew years of shared apartments and dormitories to ¯ return to new households composed of :. kin. But since Gays and Lesbians cannot ¯ marry, officially at least, we live out our lives with roommates, other nonrelatives, ¯ and unmarried partners. ¯ This perhaps explains some of the fra- ¯ gility ofGay households. "It’sMyWay or the Highway!" is easier to demand when you aren’t shouting at relatives. Many of us havemetguys whowereperfectcouples before they made the fatal mistake of moving m together. And we have other friends who are resigned to living solo. No spare toothbrushes in theirbathrooms. They’ve relied too often on the unkind= hess of strangers. Soyou snoopingFedenumerators, come along and count me. I’m checking the Unmarried Partner box. At the moment at least, I’m happily living with the UP. I realize, given American cultural patterns, that the non-kin structure of our household is anomalous. It will require extra effort and forgiveness to keep it going. Forget or forgive those badly squeezed .toothpaste tubes. TheUPis neitherbrother nor spouse but t still want him arodttfl"to be counted in 2010: ,-:~: LamontLindstrorn teaches anttfOl~lbgy at the University of Tulsa. Among the. survey’s key findings: - 80% of the 71,500 members of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps surveyed said they had heard offensive speech or jokes or derogatory names or remarks about Gays in the past year. The service members were not asked if they had. participated in such behavior. -33% said they heard it often. It was reported most frequently in the Marine Corps and least in the Air Force. Such behavior was reported to be most common among junior enlisted troops. --Of the offensive behaviors or actions reported as directed against Gays, offensive speech was the most common. It was mentioned by 89% of those who reported witnessing or experiencing some form of harassment. Hostile gestures were reported by 35%; threats or intimidation by 20%; graffiti by 15%, vandalism of personal property by 7% and physical assault by 9%. The survey was done on 38 U.S. military bases and aboard 10 Navy ships and one submarine from Jan. 24 to Feb. 11. The spark that caused the Pentagon to take a closer look at how the Gay policy is being implemented - and the extent of anti-Gay behavior in the field - was the bludgeoning death lastJuly ofaGay Army private, Barry Winchell, at FortCampbell, Kentucky. His killer, a fellow Army private, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Medical *Excellence And Compass.ionate ’ Care S nce 1926. ’* ¯ ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTER q P Medical Excellence ¯ Compassionate Care IGTA member Call 341. 6866 International ToutS formore inyormation. Massage Therapy Services ~!~~gar O. Cruz, L.M.T. ¯ ¯ Pager: 918-889-5255 Voice Mail: 918-697-9282 Lic. #C4133 Country Club. Barbering Custom Styling for Men & Women David Kauskey 3310 E. 51st, 747-0236, Tues.-Fri., 8-5:30, Sat. 8-5pro Mississippi House Bans Adoptions by Gays JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi may become the second state with a law banning homosexual couples from adopting children, althoughlawmakers embracing the idea say they are unaware of any cases ofGay adoptive parents. The House approved theban with no debate late in March, nearly a week after a similar proposal died for lack of action. The adoption ban was revived after an orchestrated phone call campaign by supporters. Only Florida has a law forbidding Gay adoptions, but other stateshave policies that keep homosexuals from seeking adoptions. Bill opponents and supporters said they were unaware of adoptions in Mississippi involving Gay couples or any couples hoping to adopt. Mississippi Baptists and the Tupelo-based American Family Association had lined up in support of the proposal. On the other side were the American Civil Liberties Union, which has threatened alawsuit, and homosexual groups. "It’s ridiculous,’" said Eddie Sandifer of Jackson, director of the Mississippi Gay and Lesbian Alliance. "This is going to be in court. It’s just a waste of taxpayers’ money. They know there’s going to be a lawsuit and they’ll lose eventually.’" House Public Health Commi ttee Chairman Bobby Moody, D-Louisville, said, "ff it’s the right thing to do, it doesn’t matter to me if it leads to a lawsuit or not.’" "What constitutes a family is not a homosexual couple,’" s~iid Moody. The bill was approved 107-8. There could be an attempt for a second vote. "That bill is of the assumption that anybody who’s Gay wilt,abuse children. That’ s not a good ~rgument. I can’tjudge one’ s moral turpitude. I’m not qualified to do that,’" said Rep. David Green, D-Gloster. This is the second time in three years that Mississippi lawmakers have gotten involved in Gay issues. In 1997, they banned homosexual marriages. The adoption ban was added to a bill dealing with nurse practitioners. That proposal lets the practitioners prepare paperwork about the physical or mental condi- - tion of a child being put up for adoption. Now doctors must do the paperwork. Moody said the House vote came in response to a public outcry. "There’s been a lot of publicity created around the state. It gave the false impression to some religious groups that it was happening or there was a possibility it could happen,’" he said of adoptions by Gay couples. Rep. Mary Coleman, D-Jackson, said lawmakers "’were infringing on people’s private lives.’" David Ingebretsen, director of theACLU in Mississippi, has said his group may sue on behalf of aGay couple if the bill becomes law. Other states have been sued over their adoption policies. The bill does not ban a Gay individiml from trying to adopt a child. It goes back to the Senate for more consideration. PlanetOut Website and Advocate/Out to Merge SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - PlanetOut, which caters to Gays and Lesbians, has announced plans to acquire Liberation Publications, the largest publisher of Gay and Lesbian periodicals and books in the country. Liberatiofi Publications Inc. produces the Advocate newsmagazine and will soon own Out magazine. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The companies describe the deal as a merger, but the Interact company will be the dominant partner; allowing the magazines "tO continue publishing under their own brand names. "You can characterize it as the AOL-Time Warner in the Gay space,’" said Megan J. Smith,.chief executive of PlanetOut. Her five-year-old company operates the Web site www.planetout.com, along with an online radio and film service and PlanetOut TV, which airs on the site and on Canadian television. In 1996, the San Francisco-based site became the first Gay-oriented enterprise to secure venture capital funding. The company has since established parmerships with AOL, Netscape, Yahoo! and other major Web companies as well as made advertising agreements with Arista Records, Virgin Adantic Airways and Johnson & Johnson. Liberation Publications is based in Los Angeles. It announced Feb. 21 that it. would acquire New Yorkbased Out Publishing Inc., the publisher of Out and HIV+ magazines. The Advocate, a 33-year-old bi-weekly with a circulation of about 88,000, concentrates on news, politics, business and medical information. Out~ a monthly launchedin 1992, has a circulation of 115,000 and focuses on culture, entertainment, fitness and other topics. The Gay marketis considered a prime for Intemet players because a high percentage of Gays and Lesbians use the Internet and because the Intemet )rovides.a level Of anonymity. Dr. Schlessinger’s TV Show Draws Protesters LOS ANGELES (AP) - Paramount Television says it is committed to putting tough-talking Dr. Laura Schlessinger on TV, the tough-talking protests of hundreds of angry Dr. Laura demonstrators notwithstanding. "Shame, shame, shame,’" more than 200 Gay civil rights protesters shouted outside Paramount Pictures, where they demanded the studio drop plans to put the controversial radio host on television this fall. Schlessinger, known to her listeners as Dr. Laura, dispenses relationship advice onher enormously popular radio show. She has called homosexuality a"biological error’" and "deviant.’" "When Paramount bought Laura Schlessinger’s show, they bought abattle withtheGay community,’" said Joan Garry, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. "We’re going to do whatever it takes’" to get the ParamOunt Television Group to abandon the syndicated show, Garry said. So far Paramount has stood firm. and none of the stations signed on to air Schlessinger’s show have backed out. In arecent statement, the studio §aidit was committed to presenting moral and ethi’~fl issues without "creating or contributing to an en~cfroimaent of hurt, hate or intolerance.’" One of the signs carried by the demonstrators read "No More Matthew Shepards.’" a reference to the Gay student killed in Wyoming in 1998. Also fueling the protest is anger over the passage last month of Proposition 22, which bans same-sex marriage in California. "We will do whatever it takes to keep the pressure on. The strategies will be about advertisers and the affiliates,’" Garry said, declining to specify whether that meant station or sponsor boycotts. Countering the demonstrators were about 75 Schlessinger supporters organized by Campaign for California Families, a conservauve, nonprofit organization. "We’re the majority Of people who pay to see Paramount films and who tune in to Paramount television shows. We are in support of Dr. Laura being on the air,’" Said Cherri Gardner, a spokeswoman for the group. Conservatives Sue City Over Partners Benefits BOSTON (AP) -A conservativelaw firm is suing the city of Cambridge, claiming that the ordinance that allows homosexual couples to register as domestic partners is illegal and unconstitutionhl. "The ordinance isboth legally and morally wrong. .. This legal action is necessary to defend marriage and the family,’" Vincent P. McCarthy, Northeast counsel for the Virginia-based American Center for Law and Justice, said Tuesday in a statement. In July, the state Suprem,e Judicial Court struck down an executive order issued by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino that was intended to give health insurance coverage to Gay partners of Boston city workers. The ACLJ assisted the Catholic Action League in that case and predicted another legal victory against Cambridge. It also said it planned to file a suit against United in God’s Love MCC-United Sunday Worship Reverend Cathy Elliot 11:00 am Pastor 1623 N. Maplewood 918/838-1715 Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Community ofHope 2545 South Yale, Sundays at llam, 749-0595 A Welcoming Congregation HOUSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Sun. Worship, 10:45 am, Sunday School, 9:30 am Wed. Bible Study, 7 pm 3210b S, Norwood, Info: 224-4754, Chris or Sharon Sandra Hill M.s. Licensed Professional & National Certified Counselor, Certified Hypnotherapist Psychotherapy & Clinical Consultation After Hours Appointments Available 2865 E. Skelly Drive, Suite 215,745-1111 Red Rock Tulsa - O’RYAN Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network Outreach Program Thurs. 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Call for more information: 918-584-2325 KEVIN BURLESO N Keller Williams Realty 712-2252 Burleson@kw.com 2651 Ea~t 21st Street, Ste. 100, Tulsa 74114:" .~An lndep(ndent Member Broker OPENARMS,OPENMINDS,OPENHEARTS 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 the city of Springfield. The Catholic Action Leagueis also involved in the Cambridge case. Under the Cambridge ordinance passed in 1992, Gay couples go to City Hall and register as domestic partners. Once registered, partners of a city or school worker are entitled to the same health benefits as spouses of city and school workers. Michael Gardner, Cambridge’s personnel director, who administers the be~lefits, said he felt the ordinance was both legal and constitutional. "It was our view that we should continue to follow the ordinance passed by our legislative body,’" he said. The law firm, which brought the suit onbehalfof 12 Cambridge residents, attacked the ordinance on a number of legal fronts, but one argument was the one that succeeded in the Supreme Judicial Conrt last year. The SJC had rifled that the" Boston executive order was "inconsistent’" with a decades-old state law that granted cities the authority to provide health insurance to workers, their spouses and dependents. Gary Buseck, executive director of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, said he would be happy if Cambridge fought the case vigorously. But he also called on the Legislature to pass a bill designed to grant cities and towns the power to extend the benefits if they chose. The bill has passed the Senate but is pending in the House, he said. "The Legislature can put an end to all of this and ~make sure cities and towns have an option of extending health insurance to all their employees,’" Buseck said. Georgia Hate Crimes Bill Gets Final Passage ATLA~’qTA (AP) - The Georgia Senate gave final passage to a bill allowing stiffer penalties for hate crimes. Gov. Roy Barnes will have to sign off on it before it can become law. ~ The. origii~ Version of the bill specified which types ofbigo.try warranted a hate crime, but the House amended the: measure to be more vague. It now mentions only.crimes motivated by "bias or preju- Sen. Vincent D. Fort, D-Atlanta, said he would have preferred the.originalianguage but was willing to accept the ctian~e~. .A jury would, declare defendants guilty of a hate crime after they were convicted ofanother crime such as vandalism, arson, assault or murder. The initial bill would have allowed the judge to make that decision. That changeprompted Sen. Clay Land, R-Columbus, to reverse his original vote and support the measure. ~At that time,.I felt the legislation was unconstitutional because it did not provide the accused with a ¯ jury trial,’" he said. Under the bill, sentences and fines for misdemeanors would be increased by half, up to the maximum allowed, for hate crimes. Felony prison sentences ¯ would be increased byfive years up to the maximum sentence. Defendants convicted ofhate crimes would have to serve at least 90 percent of their sentences. Women Lawmakers Key To Civil Unions Win MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A greater percentage of women than menin the Vermont House of Representatives voted in favor of the civil unions bill that passed in the House last week. Female representatives approved by a wide margin granting same-sex couples tile benefits of marriage through civil unions while their male counterparts turned it down. The women voted for the bill 35-9 while the men voted against it 60-41. All but one of 32 female Democrats voted in favor of the bill, while four of 12 Republican women voted for it. Although women make up relatively smaller proportions of each caucus, more than half of the Democrats voting yes were women, and more than a quarter of the Republicans voting yes were women. Rep. Anne Pugh, D-South Burlington, said female constituents in general asked her to support the bill, while men asked her [o oppose it. "It may have m do with the fact that women traditionally focus on family, and nurturing and relationships - that women’s identity comes from connecting,’" Pugh said. Rep. Michael Vinton, D-C01chester, a retired state trooper who has been outspoken in his criticisms of anti-Gay arguments, said he bdieved women felt less threatened by homosexuality. "For whatever reason, I feel there’s more fear among the male gender,’" Vinton said. "Men seem to be more crfical of people -it’s just our species, probably."" The trend reflects women’s greater receptiveness to homosexuals across the country, according to national policy experts. "Women overwhelnfingly support Gay aud Lesbian civil rights more than ~nen, generally speaking,’" said Paula Ettelbrick, director ofthe National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute. "’Women identify more because, like Gays and Lesbians, they have not been part of the system as a group, and theymaderstand the need and desire to be a full citizen,’" she said. However, she said the fact that the Vermont House had passed a civil unions bill at all "shows that mendike everybody else have the capacity to change on issues involving their own communities.’" The bill passed on a final margin of76 to 69. Voting yes were 57 Democrats, 14 Republicans, four Progressives mad one Independent. Voting no were 50 Republicans, 18 Democrats, and one Independent. N.M. Christian Coalition Files Phone Co. Benefits ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - The New Mexico branch of the Christian Coalition is accusing U S West of abusing public trust by providing employee benefits to homosexuals and other umnarried workers. In a document filed with the state Public RegulationCommission, theNew Mexico Christian Coalition says the policy is "offensive to decent, moral subscribers who want phone service.’" Edward Lopez Jr., U S West’s vice president in New Mexico, said he is disgusted to "see-this kind of hate and intolerance’" in a state as diverse as New Mexico. Lopez says. the policy is good business. "We believe our work force mirrors that of our. custom- : ers,’" he said. "We’ve better able to understand .our. customers needs and respond to.them.’" ¯ In its one-page filing, theChristian group contends U S West’s benefits policy promotes the spread of ¯ AIDS and other sexually transmitteddiseases. "We’re ¯ saying there’s a moral issue of unmarried people that ¯ donot deserve benefits. If there is any way to prevent ¯ that from happening, we’ll do that,’" said Mark Bur- " ton, executive director of the Albuquerque-based ¯ group. The group, affiliated with Pat Robertson’s Christian Coalition of America, also contends in the ¯ filing that homosexuals are prone to violence and ¯ child molestation. ¯ Linda Siegle, alobbyist for theCoalition forEquality, called the group’s statements "ludicrous and ¯ absurd, based on every lie and stereotype perpetrated ¯ on people who are Gay.’" About 2,500 private corporations, universities and other organizations across the nation provide domes- " tic partnership benefits, she said. ¯ In its Mar~h i0 filing,’ the New Mexico Christian ¯ Coalition requested the PRC investigate "the social ¯ implications of this heinous U S West policy.’" "The partners of homosexuals .shouldn’t have the right to ¯ get benefits fromamonopoly when I have no other choice (for servic£),’" Burton said. " " The Public Regulation Commission currently as investigating U S West’s customer rates. Commission chairman Bill Pope said he couldn’t comment on anything contained in the filing because the panel has yet to hear the rate case. South African Gays May Give Blood JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Gay men have a constitutional right to donate blood, the South African Human Rights Commission has ruled. The commission said it was no longer Gays who were most at risk for HIV in South Africa, but people in their early 20s. The commi ssiondemandedthat ablood bank in Western Cape change its practice of not accepting blood from homosexual men. Western Cape Blood Transfusion Service director Arthur Bird on Friday said he disagreed with the decision and was seeking legal advice. The case came about after Andrew Barnes, a public relations manager, responded to an urgent plea for new donors in the midst of a severe blood shortage last year. A nurse at Western Cape Blood Transfusion Service declined Barnes’ blood afterhemarked "yes’" ontheform’ s question of whether he had had sex with a man. Barnes had been in a r~lationship with anothermanformore than two years. The commission said the decision to reject Barnes’ blood was ’~discrimination in terms of the Constitution." It said it would take the blood bank to court unless it explains what changes it will make to avoid breaching people’s constitutional right to equality before April 3. Teacher With AIDS LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - HIV/AIDS activist Cathy Robinson was a teacher in 1991, living a storybook life with her husband, pregnant with their second child. She and her husband, Dan, went to the doctor for what was supposed to be a routine physical for life insurance and learned theunimaginable: They both Were infected with the virus that causes AIDS. Three years later, she developed AIDS. "My first instinct was, ’I know where I’ve been. Where have you been?’ " Robinson said. Then headlines flashed through her head declaring Belle Glade - where she had worked with children- the AIDS capital of the state. She wondered if she had contracted the deadly virus there. Buttwomonths later, Robinson, 34, found out she had contracted HIV from a man who died from AIDS complications in prison while doing time for raping her July 4, 1984, at a Tallalaassee convenience store where she worked. Privacy laws prohibited the prison from disclosing to Robinson that he had AIDS. She went seven years without finding out she had HIV. She gave it to her husband during that time, but her children, Garrett and Lyndsy, are HIV-free. There is only about a 20% chance a pregnant mother will pass onHIV to her baby. With medicine, the chances drop to 4%. Robinson, who also wasdiagnosed with breast cancer two year~s ago, is coping with her own mortality by spending the time she has left to promote safe sex and persuade people to get tested. Her efforts includ~lhe NAMES Project AIDS Memoria~: Quilt display, which is being displayed this month in the Hollis Wellness Center at Florida Southern College. Robinson. travels throughout Florida talking with students, sheriffs’ deputies and commumty groups about HIV and AIDS, defying stereotypes of the "typical’" AIDS victim, as a mamed, white, middle-class mother of two. Laws about HIV status disclosure vary by state. In Florida, it takes a court order to have someone convicted of sexual assault tested. "We don’t as a state mandate testing, and emergency rooms don’t have time to doit,’" Robinson said. "They (tell) victims of sexual as sault, ’In afew weeks, you should get tested.’ " Assistant State Attorney Sherri Scarborough, who handles many of the criminal sexual assault cases in Polk County, said state statutes allow the court to order HIV tests of anyone accused of a crime where bodily fluids are exchanged. But the victim has to request the tests and ask that the health department notify them of the results. Scarborough said she only remembered two cases in the past six years when a victim wanted to have his or her attacker tested. One whs aT0-year-old woman. The other was a college student. Robinson was a student at Florida State University when she was raped. Two of her attackers were convicted, but a third man never was arrested. She testified in the two trials but did not ask that her attacker be tested because there was no HIV test at the time. "In 1985, there was a test. I called right away, but they said, ~Cathy, you don’t need to worry. The only people who get HIV are Gays and drug users,’ " she said. Meanwhile, her attacker was being treated for AIDS in prison. WhenRobinson foundout she was HIVpositive, she said she didn’t tell anyone for amonth. Thev. two months passed, and she was about to give bir~ to her son, Garrett, now 8. "Three nurses refused to give us care. One, not knowing anything about me, assumed we decided to have children even though we had AIDS. She called (the Department of Children and Families) to try to get them to take our kids away,’" Robinson said. ThenRobinsonmadea choice she could never take back. She decided to talk about her story in schools and churches to raise public awareness. "By going public, there was no way I could ever teach again, which was fine,’" she said. "Then they wiped my husband’s job out of his company. We paid tbr groceries with credit cards for a while... Thenwerealized they were going to turn our lights out. We moved in with my parents in Clewiston." Cathy and Dan since have moved to Fort Myers with her best friend, a nurse. But they decided five years ago to have Garrett and Lyndsy, 9, continue to live with her parents, to ease the transition on the day the~ know will come. The Robinsons see their childrenon weekends and holidays. They write in journals and make tapes to record memories they want the kids to remember. "We knew ultimately we were going to die,’" Cathy said. "We thought it was importantfor them to transilion. Wenever thought we’d still be transitioning five years later. Our biggest fear was dying before Lyndsy and Garr’ett were old enough to remember us.’" Bill Gregory, an advertising professor at Florida Southern, fellow AIDS activist and friend, said Cathy hves to spread the message. But radiation therapy has made it more difficult in recent months. Cathy travels to Miami for radiation treatments because she can get them free in exchange for leading educational programs. She puts about 1,500 miles a week on her leased Ford Explorer traveling throughout the state for AIDS education, stressing safer sex and HIV testing. "You have to be tested,’" she said. "No. 1, you don’t want others to get infected. No. 2, they can treat you. If you are negative, you have a chance to rethink your activities that got you there.’" 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 appointments are available. January April July October December Even Out Your Monthly Electric Bills. At WoO, we know that changing weather conditions throughout the year can cause your monthly electric bills to rise and fall dramatically. Which can make it tmrd to plan your household budget. That’s why~ our Average Monthly Payment plan, could be your budgeting solution. With~you pay about the same each month, because ifs based on your previous 12 months usage. That makes budgeting a breeze. And best of all, ifs free. AMPis}ust one of several flemq~le payment options PSO offers you. For more information, we’re available 24 hours a da~. Or s’tgn up forAMP on our website at www.csw.corm PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA A Central and South Weat Company Kelly Kirby,. CPA, PC Certified Public Accountant a professional corporation Lesbians and Gay men face many special tax situations whether single or as couples. Electronic filing is’available for faster refunds. 747-5466 4021 South Harvard Avenue, Suite 210, Tulsa 74135 Are You Gay or Bisexual? Are You Native American?../,= Tulsa’s Two-Spirited Indian Men s Support Group is here for you~. ¯ E~ening support group meetings ¯ Relationship workshops ¯ Short trips, outings and retreats ¯ Free HIV testing For information call Tulsa Native American AIDS Prevention Project beginning at the Gay Community Center ¯ at 37th and Peoria and ending at Veterans Park at 18th and Boulder. The parade will begin at llam The Pride Festival will also begin at Veterans Park at 1 lain and will continue till about7 or8pm, finishing off the week’s events. TOHR organizers include Kerry Lewis as chairperson of the overall effort. "Humanity United for Haman Rights -Diversity Celebration 2000," Greg Gatewood, TOI-IR president and festival chair,Audra Sommers,parade chair, Lynn Moesteller, sponsor chair, Mitchell Savage, media chair, Ktis Kohl, festival entertainmentchair andNedBruha, incharge of festival booths and beverages. On June 3, Saturday, That evening also at the PAC Doenges Theatre, the TOHR Follies, not seen for a namber of years, will reprise, 100 Years of Broadway with tickets available through the PAC. Tuesday, June 6th, an art exhibit, "United" will open and on Thursday, June 8th, there will be a film night. Locations and times will be announced later. For more information about these events, call the Gay Community Services Center at 743-4297 (Gays). And while the organization has not been in Tulsa for long, already it’s become active and visible. Soulforce members along withTOHR, Tul sa Oklahomans for Haman Rights, marched in the M.L.King, Jr. Day parade, marking the first time openly Gay people and groups have partidipated. And for the kick-off for this year’s Gay Pride events, Diversity Celebration 2000, Soulforceis bringing Mel WhiteandGary Nixonback to Tulsafor aninterfaith workshop and to lead a Soulforce workshop. White and Nixon were in Tulsa several years ago for a regional conference of i~FLAG, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, held at All Souls Unitarian Church. Also on May 6-12, in Cleveland, Ohio, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Soulforce will hold Soulforce University (SFU) SFU is arare, one-week opportunity for people offaith to learn and apply the principles of nonviolence. SFU is being held in conjunction with the world congress of the United Methodist denomination of Chris-. tianity, General Conference 2000 which will also be in Cleveland, on May 2-12. Historically, Methodists have cared about the poor, the homeless, and the outcast. Soulforce organizers state, "sadly, decisions made by their [United Methodist] General Conferences over the past three decades have ended that tradition of caring and made outcasts of God’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered children. We hope to help end those unjust and discriminatory policies. For thirty-t~vo years United Methodist leaders have debated the issue of homosexuality. Too many of" their delegates have ignored the historic, scientific, psychological, pastoral and even biblical evidence thathomosexuality is neither a sickness nor a sin. As a result, with almost every General Conference the U.M.C. has hardened its anti-homosexual position. That position leads to discrimination, snffeting, and death.’" Several Tulsans involved in Soulforce will participate in the Cleveland events. HEAR the Quilt The NAMES Project Tulsa Area Chapter is proud to announce the return of the Quilt to Tulsa for a major display at the Maxwell Convention Center December1 through 3, 2000. The success of a major Quilt display is dependent on volunteers from our community. To develop interest and support for this major World AIDS Day event, the Tulsa Area Chapter will host a reception on Thursday evening, April 27 at 7: 00pm at Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 South Harvard, Tulsa. Please join us as we bring together the community in preparation for "HEAR the Quilt." We’ll have sections of the Quilt on display and lots of information about upcoming events Refreshments will be served and it will be a great opportunity to renew old friendships andmake new ones. For more information you can contact us at (918) 748-.~1 ll or at TulsaQuilt@go.com OK Spoke Club The OK Spoke Club is begimfing its tides again. A long ride (20 miles plus) will begin at Ziegler Park at 7:30am on April 8th & 15th. Water and helmet are required. A short tide (5 miles) along the Katy Bicycle path in Sand Springs will begin at 6:30 pm on April 19th. Water and helmet are strongly reconnnended. At 9am, a long ride will begin at the Pride Center, 3749 S. Peoria, rear parking lot on April 22th. Water and helmet are required. A short ride will leave from there at 6:30 pm on April 26th. Water and helmet are strongly recommended. For more information, contact the club at POB 9165, Tulsa, Ok 74157, or emaii to: Okiebicycle@prodigy.net Texas Lesbian Conference For 13 years now, Texas Lesbians have presented one of the best conferences in the US. This year’ s event, to be held at the Renaissance Hotel, Greenway Plaza on May 19-21 in Houston. The conference will feature Urvashi Vaid, former executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, cartoonist/cormnentator, Alison Bechdal, creator of"Dykes to WatchOut For," poet and author Ntozake Shange and Lesbian comic Marga Gomez. Andifthese were not enough of a draw, TLC offers a variety of workshops on legal, financial, spiritual and other issues. TLC is awoman only event for which you must be 18 to attend. For more information, write POB 66012, Houston 77266. Or "call 713-460-3435 for a registration form. . Living ArtSpace New Show Tul’sa’s contemporary art gall~ery~: Living Ai~tSpace, now located at 308 South Kenosha will present exhibition opening & gallery talk by artist, John Hitchcoek, on Thursday, April 6, 5:30-8pm. Hitchcock invites the viewer tobecome a participant in his installation by encouraging them to "play games" and receive a silk screened pnnt or an object. Using games derived from Native American traditions, the artist challenges the participant to make the comparison between traditional culture and the artwork. Once upon a time, there was a teenager named, for lack of a better moniker, Jim. He was teased most of his school life for being gay, name calling and threats of physical violencebeing the chief tactics deployed by most of the other kids -the mainstays of which were the dreaded "jocks." He had few friends, but one of the few he considered a friend happened to be Shaun. Shatm was in choir and on the football team, and Jim had known him for a few years, since Jr High. What Jim repressed and suppressed was his physical and emotional attraction for Shann. Shaun wasn’t classically handsome, but something about him was incredibly attractive to Jim. Maybe it was just that, unlike the other jocks, who singled Jim out for particular torment, Shaun always had treated him with kindness " ~roadway Damage’ is another little sleeper, low budget movie that is actually quite wonderful... The film is a ~ood old-fashloned romantle eornedy, kind of llke the old screwballs eomedles of the 30’s... It’s a well-wrltten, well-fihned, well-acted " story that is sure to brin~ a smile to anyone’s face..." and yes, even friendline,ss. This was !lJghly unusual. Jim and Shaun s friendship~ew, and they hung out a bit together. Jim continued suppressing, and just enjoyed Shaun’s company, basking in the glow of their friendship. At one point, they went to a film together. Shaun sat with legs spread wide, his leg touching Jim’ s. Wall, all Jim could focus on throughout the film was the sensfition of Shaun s leg against his; the bea~from the other boy’s body flowing in~d~s, the fact that he was really uncomfortable due to the fact that certain feelingSwere rising., feelings he’d been hiding from everyone, including himself. 0~things w~re rising too, and he had no!~deahow tohandle this. He wasn’t sure ifShaun was doing this deliberately or by accident. In ~_ospect, it had to be on purpose. Shfiuns leg never left contact wi~Jim’s tmtil the film was over. Jim wasi:terrified.~Did he dare move, and cut off~ie contact which he really so desperatdy Wanted?Or should he re~pond?Was thi~ ~test? Surely Shaun was aware of the comments and teasing; he’d seen it happen, To this day, Jim has no memory of that film or what it was. Just the sensation of Shaun’s leg and the accompanying delight/fear. Jim’s fervent yet deeply hidden desire was for Shaun and he to bein love. Yet, of course this could never be. Shaun was straight-Jim thought. Andhe was ever so aware of the fragility of friendship- he’d ~aot had many, ai~d would do nothing to jeopardize this one. One time, Shaun asked Jim to join he and some friends for a swim. When Jim got to Shaun’s house, he discovere~...that the friends.~were other members of the football team - the ones who so delighted inmakinglife aliving hell for Jim. "Well", he thought,"This should be ablast. NOT!" To his surprise, they all got along. Jim did feel incredibly out of place and utterly self-conscious the whole time they were around. Had to be careful not to slip up and steal a glance at the wrong moment, not that he could see anything without his coke-bottle glasses anyway. During the swim day, Shann told an interesting story: He had entered a bar on a certain street in. Arlington, Texas, and thought it was a real cool place - until he began to notice all the other patrons were men - and looking at him. Then he left in a hurry. You can imagine thecomments this brought on from the jocksters. It was all Jim could do not to ask WHERE. In fact, Jim did devote a considerable amount of time to thoughts onhow to get the desired information without giving myself away, but never could figure out a foolproofmethod. Some years later, Jim did go in search of the aforementioned place - and discovered it was in a shopping center with no sign age or indications of any sort that there was anything in the shopping center. You had to know where and what it was to get there and find the place. Interesting... Later that day, Shaun and I found ourselves alone in his parent’s house. He excused himself to take a shower, and was in there along time. A really long time. Jim began to wonder if he should just go home, Shaun was in there so long. Then, out he popped, completely nude - and Jim with no glasses on! (He was near blind without them.) It took a lot of control not to look down, whichhe recalls doing anyway, for a split second. Shaun probably caught it. He paused, saying, "Sorry, forgot to take my clothes i.n with me." Then went into his room. Jim was nonplused. Here Shaun is, withakidheknew was teased for being Gay, exposing himself. He spent along time inhis room, too,by the way Jimwas certain this was all atest, and the slightest wrong move would end the friendship - after all, Shaun was a good Southern Baptist boy, going to a church that literally preached coercion to get new members. Yes, Jim knows better now. There were signals being sent, Jimjust misinterpreted them. Jim wished he hadn’t, even though that would have ted to heartbreak. Jim really was in love with Shaun. Last Jim heard, Shaun was married, with kids. Sad thing is, that all Jim had to go on were negative images of Gayness. That’s all that was out there in the world then. There was no "Will and Grace", no positive movie role models. And All he knew was that one wrong step could end a friendship, Or even get him beaten - or, in one case he read about, killed. Whichleads me to aDVD review:_"Get Real". The story is pretty much the same as above, withnerdy schoNboyfallingfor upperclassmanjock. Except in the case of "Get Real", the relationship is consummated when schoolboy finds out that the jockster is indeed, homoerotically inclined. Of course, Mr. Jock is severely suppressing, and holding on to his straight identity with every’ fiber of his being. The film played Tulsa for about a week in ’96 or ’97. I’m sure not everyone got to see it, so I won’t spoil the ending. Let’s just say schoolboy .comes out publicly and discovers his inner strength. He’s accompanied by a female friend, who remindedme ofmyfriend Karin, who is now a Lesbian! More on that later, see Amuse, p. 9 GILCREASE MUSEUM April 29, May 5 & 7, 2000 Call 587-4811 Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist 11 am, Sunday, 1314 North Greenwood, 587-1314 EUREKASPRINGS DIVERSITYCELEBRATION -Friday, April 7 - 8:30pm to 12:30am,Dancing in the Ozark Room at the Basin Park Hotel (12 Spring Street) with DJ Jon Caswell. Sponsored by theMCC of the Living Spring. Cover: $5 per person. Cash Bar. Must be 21. - 9pm to 12:30am, Karaoke at Shaw’s Tavern (37 Spring Street) - 10pm to 2am, Breakfast at thenew Eureka House of Blues (in the basement of the x’~ :w Orleans hotel at 63 Spring Street) or, - 1 lpm to 2am, Breakfast at the Eureka Food Court (37 Spring Street) Saturday, April 8 10am to Noon, Canoe float on the White River. $25 per canoe. Singles welcome- r reservations and info, call theBeaver Dam Store at 501-253-6154. 10:30am. to Noon, Learn a littl6 of Eureka S prings’ history on a guided walking to, the Historic District. Meet at Sweet Spnngs next to Rogue’s Manor on upper !: Street. For further information, call 501-253-0070 or e-mail walking@nwaft.com. - Noon to 3:30pm "Go Fly a Kite!" Weather permitting, bring your kites and your cameras.at the beautiful Pond Mountain Lodge and Resort (two miles south on HighWay 23). For more information, contact Judy Jones at 800-583-8043. - lpm to 2:30pro Head out to Lake Leatherwood Park (off Highway 62 West) for an informative, guided trail hike. Get there a few minutes early and bring some water; some walking sticks will be provided. You can also hike on your own on one of the various trails in Eureka Springs’ "City Park". To obtain a trail map or for further information about the park, please e-mail lthrwood@ipa.net. For further information about the hike, call Steve at 501-253-9380 or 9384 or e-mail gands@ipa.net. - Please visit the unique shops and restaurants in the Eureka Springs Diversity Cooperative. Let them know you’re here for Diversity Weekend! - 3:30pm to 9pm,Check outThe Holein the Wall (191/2 Spring Street) forKaraokewith Lita! Lunch and dinner will also be served. For further information, call 501-253-8361. - 9pm to lain; Dance to the high,energy club ttmes of DJ Jon Caswdl at Center Stage (37 Spring Street). Must be 21. Cover: $5 per person. Sponsored by The Emerald Rainbow, Mark E. Cook Properties and Center Street Bar & Grill. - 9pmto 12:30am, Belt out your favorite tunes as Shaw’s Tavern (37 Spring Street) once again hosts a Karaoke night for "family" and friends. - 10pm to 2am, Brealffast at thenew Eureka House of Blues (in the basement of the New Orleans hotel at 63 Spring Street) or, - 1 lpm to 2am, Breakfast at the Eureka Food Court (37 Spring Street) Sunday, April 9 - 2pm to 6pm, Join us again at Center Stage (37 Spring Street) for a tea dance and drag show, with performances by the "girls from Tulsa" and music by DJ Jon Caswell. Must be 21. Cover: $5 per person. Sponsored by The Emerald Rainbow, Ermilio’s Restaurant and Center Street Bar & Grill. - 7pm, MCC of the Living Spring (17 Elk Street) will hold a service. Call 501-253-9337 for information. All are welcome! For a listing of businesses supporting this and similar events, check out the Eureka Springs Diversity Cooperative website at www.shimaka.coln/eureka/diversity or drop by The Emerald Rainbow at 45 1/2 Spring Street for a printed copy. Oklahoma Repertory Theatre Opens TULS A-Theatreleaders from twoTulsa : and the Boys" by So. African playwright organizations, Tulsa Repertory Theatre and Wayward Theatre Co. have joined together to create the Oklahoma Repertory Theatre (also known as OK REP). Catherine Adkins, Skip suraci. Christopher Ferguson-Long and Nathan Huntley will serve as executive artistic director, advisor, associate founding artistic director and associate artistic director, respectively. OKREP,like the companies out of which it grows is committed to "unique, professional theatre, children’s theatre, arts in education and community outreach." OK REP will open its season with the Pulitzer Prize winning, "Master Harold The film translates well to DVD, maintaining the widescreen image, and with excellent rarity. Sadly, there’s no extra features so prevalent now in DVD releases, such as director’s commentary, behind the scenes documentaries, etc. It would have been .nice to have the actor’s recollections of the making of the film and the affect it had on them. However, that does not detract from the fact it’s a well-written film with an excellent.cast and beautiful cinematography. The only thing that bothered one of my friends at the .initial showing was that jock boy Athol Fugard. The production will mn May 11-14 and May 18-20 at Tulsa’s Performing Arts Center Liddy Doenges ~[]aeatre at 8pm and Sundays at 2pro, and is supported in part by grants from the Oklahoma Arts Council and the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Tn~st. The play, directed by Nathan Huntley, is that of a young man growing up and growxng aware in 1950’s South Africa apartheid. Tulsa actors Greg Herman, Bill Thomas and Christopher Ferguson-Long perform the roles. Tickets are available at the PAC box office, 596-7111, for $12/ adults and $9/students/seniors. For more information, call OK REP at 592-6310. seems to come from a well-heeled family, yet has a working class accent. I noticed after he pointed it out, but that did not detract from the otherwise excellent performanees given by Ben Silverstone as the cuteschoolboy Steven Carter, Charlotte Britain as his friend who faints on command, and the hunky Brad Gorton as thejock upon anyone Wouldbe daft not to develop a crush. Available from Wolfe Video (www.wolfevideo.com). Along the same lines, sort of... well, not really, but there’s a well-done scene that exemplifies the kind of dynamic I wrote of regarding seeing that tmnamed film with Shaun, is "Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss." see Amuse, p. 11 by Tom Neal, editor & publisher Some Oklahomapolitical observers have noted that the one good thing for this state about a win by Republican presidential candidate, George W. Bush, is that we’d get to send the Honorable Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma packing back off to DC, though others have said Oklahoma’.s gain might be to the nation’s detriment. "... ff it were not enough to invoke this bigoted image ofGay people -preying on the young, he foflowed it with a comment about how Gay people are among the wealthiest Amerleans. I had to wonder if next he’d betalklng about how ’all Black people have rhythm’ or ’the international Jewish banking eonsplraey.’..." This February, t took my’father to lunch at the Press Club to see Keating do his song and dance. I imagine that Keating expected a rather friendly reception- these days the Press Club membership hardly includesany reporters but rather mostly public relations types - good enough people but hardly known for hard hitting .journalism. They’re there to put a nice spin on tttings, not to get at the truth, typically. Andyou can count on The Tulsa Worldto report only selectively on comments made there. Then there was Dad and me sitting right up front. And dear Mr. "I am not descended from a Baboon" Keating* likely did not know what he was in for. Mr. Keating waxed eloquently about how ifwe only re-made government to be like"’business," and not just coincidentally turned it all over to the Republiczins, all would be great with our state. I could nothave a~kedfor a better setup for my question to the Governor since in Oklahoma, it’s business leading the way in treating Lesbian and Gay citizens, well, like equal citizens. The question put to the Gov. was this: Oklahoma’s leading businesses,American Airlines, the state’ s largest private employer, K.imberly-Clark, Dollar-Thrifty Auto Group whose CEO, Joseph Cappy was just appointed to the State Board of Regents for Higher Education, all of these corporations promise not to discriminate on sexual orientation. Since "business" shows us the way, Keating * ina recent controversy about teaching evolution in public schools, Keating claimed he was not descended from a baboon. The Tulsa World contested that claim. Operat=on Montreal,. To ¯ was asked why state government was not following their lead. Frank’s answer was an embarrassment to the state of Oklahoma. He said there was not a public consensus to support treating all people fairly and had he stopped at this, I could hardly have argued withhim. But he went on to invoke the most shameful of stereotypes, saying that the state government of Oklahoma could not promise to treat Gay and Lesbian Oklahomans fairly because "a homosexual schoolteacher might try to ’promote’ his ’lifestyle’ to elementary school students and then the state could not discipline the teacher..." Andif it were not enough to invoke this bigoted image of Gay people preying on the young, he followed it with acomment abouthow Gay people are among the wealthiest Americans. I had to wonder if next he’d be talking about how "all Black people have rhythm" and "the international Jewish banking conspiracy." I did have the opportunity to say.his allegation about Gay "wealth" was false but not to question his premises about promising to treat public employees fairly. And this, of course, ignores the fact that it is almost unimaginable that any Gay teacher would engage in inappropriate discussions - they’re all too scared because : they know they’ll be harassed or fired in any school district in the state. Any inappropriate conversation by a ¯ teacher with students, whether heterosexual or homo- " sexual, already has avenues for remedy. I agree with Keating, Oklahoma can learn from the : example of "business." First and foremost, Frank needs ¯ to figure out that discrimination is bad for business and ¯ badforOklahoma. "Business" has figured this out. Ameri- " can and Dollar-Thrifty don’t go beyond the minimum ¯ federallaw r.eqmresjust because they regreatfolks. Th y ¯¯ do it because they can’t afford to lose good workers and ¯ some of those good workers ar’-e Gay. It really shouldn’t be that hardfor Frank Keating. All ¯ he needs to do is to reframe the questionin terms to which ¯ he can relate: shall we not include Catholics in our non- - discnmmattonlawsbecausewecouldn tfiretbemlfthey mdocmnated our children with the Cathohclifestyle m schools? Keating shouldknow that itwash’ t thatlong ago : that precisely those stereotypes were common in thisstate. After all, Keating claims to be a Christian. And as : such, he is commanded to "treat others as he would be ¯ treated." That?s pretty straightforward. I’d bet even a ¯ "lower" primate, maybe even a baboonmight be able to ¯ figure that out. The question is can our governor? by Dave Fleischer Senior Fellow, Policy Institute National Gay andLesbian Task Force Have you ever met ahomophobe? Of course you have, which is why you might not immediately be eager to campaign door-to-door using the "G" word when we need to win an election. You might be thinking: Holy Roller, don’t a lot of people go into rant mode the minute we say the Word "Gay?’" Actually, they don’t. Everywhere I’ve gone door-todoor with teams of volunteers,- once we explain in plalnlanguage the issue voters will be facing, the overwhelming majority are on .our side. Most of the rest are undecided. This has been true in Anchorage, Houston, and Fayetteville, Arkansas; in San Francisco, suburban Westchester County,.in Miami (nope, not just in South Beach) and in both Democratic and Republican parts of Spokane, Washington. And that’s just the places in 1998-and 1999 that we’ve gone door-to-door in. Sure, we start in neighborhoods wherewe believe we’ll find many supporters. But even when we broaden to a - diverse set of neighborhoods, 60 to 90% of the time, voters are surprised to learn that the basic rights, of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered (GLBT) people are under attack. "... I don’t want to tell you about my%exllfe - but ff I’m doing a job at my job, should my boss be able to fire me just because I’m Gay?" [long pause, she says uncertainly] "I’ve never thought about that..." "Well, I’m Gay, and this may surprise youbut it wasn’t a choice for me. And if I’m doing a goodjob at work, do you think my boss should be. able to fire mejust because I’m Gay?" "I don’t want to hear about your sex life." "I don’t want to tell you about my sex life--but if I’m ~ doing a goodjob atmyjob, shouldmy boss be able to fire me just because I’m Gay?" . [Long pause] [She says uncertainly] "I’ve never thought about that." "Well, that’s what you’ll, be voting on. Here’s the wording that will be on the ballot. Takealookatit. [Pausewhile she reads] What do you think?" I didn’t make this voter a supporter. But I did move her from leaning against us to someone who might be undecided. Theconversation took abouttwominutes. Then I was on to the next door. If we’ve trained our-volunteer team well, we communicate our key message within the limits of the voter’s attention span. Then we ask what they think. And they tell us. Soinetimes their answer isn’t easy to hear (I didn’t love Ms. Informed’s ?Gays can change"). Butifwe listen with genuine interest, and offer a clear, honest exchange, they return the favor. We usually-leave the door either knowing we’ve found someone leaning toward us, or someone who is now open to hearing more. A...J--~"~’~A~.~,~’A,,’~ (;.... ~Vhenthe~ydo, they say somethinglike. OfcourseI Benefit uur= i i i i i i~i~..,,..; :=~-agai~i’s’t--d~sc~aination, against anybody. I like/don’t care Localentrepreneurandmouth-about-townactivistNed about/dort’flike Gay people, but discriminationis always Bruha will present "Operation Montreal" at The Silver Star, 1565 So. Sheridan, at 10pm on Friday May 5th. Brnha notes, "’this night of rare comedy and mad-cap entertainment will aid Audra MarieSommers, an individual among us who has selflessly impleme.nted her .talents to l~tter the Tulsa areafor the past decade,,She has raised money for the poor and the sick." , Themoney raised the evening of thi~ event wiR,be ~used to help Payfor medications, travel and down-time trom both of lie) jobs for the transgendered Sommers as she recoups from surgery which will bring her physiology into correspondence with her gender identity. This event is called Operation Montreal because after many years of research, Sommers has chosen worldrenowned surgeons in Montreal. Any funds raised will not be used for the surgery. Sommers has underwrittem the surgery by taking a mortgage on her home. For more information about this event, call 585-1644, or write, "Operation Montreal" c/o Ned Bruha, P.O. Box 471282, Tulsa, OK. 74147-1282, or send e-mail to partygram@webzone.net wrong." So the experience of going door-to-door is enormously encouraging. It’s both productive for the campaign, and also personally affirming. This doesn’t mean that every voter is immediately happy to see us. But as a reality check, here’s the toughest door I’ve had so far. Scene: a sweaty August ’98 morning in Fayetteville, Arkansas; a white senior answers the door ..’...’.Hi, Ms. Informed?" Yes "Hi, Ms..Informed, my name is Dave Fleischer, and I’m with the Campaign for Human Dignity. A human rights resolution is on the ballot - it says that here in Fayetteville we won’t tolerate discrimination on thejob, whether you’re a man or women, black or white, Gay or non-Gay. What do you think about that?" "Well, I think that if Gay people would just go to church, they would realize it’s a choice, they don’t have to be that way". [She went on in this vein for a minute. I listened.] Nobody says this work is easy. But, contrary to our worst fears, it isn’t confrontational. It’s more like the ordinary experience of one tiuman being talking to another human being. And there’s an unexpected personal benefit. If we reopen our hearts, we are liberatedfrom a piece of internalized self-hate and our own stereotypical thinking about the public. It turns out that most of them are human, too - and more open than we give them credit for being. Most importantly, voteridentification works. SAVE Dade in Miami has built a list of.more than 15,000 Gay - and pro-Gay voters by having dbnversations just like these, by going door~to-door and by talking to voters when.they go to vote. Basic Rights Oregon beat back their last two state-wide anti-Gay ballot measures by doing voter idenlification on a large scale, and has a list of 125,000 voters statewide. Sure there are closed-minded homophobes out there. But they are far fewer and less grumpy than you’d guess -a mere needle in a Gaystack. If we’re going to win elections, we need to talk with everyone to find our supporters. Factis, voters are ready tolistentous,ifwe’re willing to listen to them. Are we? Meet Local Guys for Hot ~Odgin. 18+. Additional features fron ads guys you like The number of Gays and Lesbians in the United States is not known because of largely unreliable studies. Advocacy groups often claim 10% of the population is homosexual, basedon surveys ofsexual behavior conducted by researcher Alfred Kinsey taken in the 1940s. Other surveys put the number between 4% and 6%. Amore direct census question concerning sexual orientation isn’t likely by the lime the2010 census roils around. Itwould take afederal legislation to require collection of the data. And, advocates say, it’s a tricky ’question. "Is sexual orientation defined by feelings of attraction, exclusivity or praetors?’" Norfllrop asked. Best known for launching the career of "Willand Grace’ s" "Jack", Sean P. Hayes, that’s about the best thing about this film. It’s got some good moments, but never quite congeals into a satisfying film. Brad Rowe, Meredith Scott Lynn, and Hayes mmin good performances, but the rest of the cast falls flat, as do many of the jokes. Hayes stars as Billy, a starving artist photographer who is the other man in an unsatisfying relationship he settles for because (as he. tells everyone repeatedly in this film until youjust wantto slap him) he CAN’T FIND A MAN. He stumbles upon Gabriel (the immensely appealing Brad Rowe), and instantdysfunctional crushdevelops, in spite of the fact (?) that Gabriel is straight. Hilarity ensues (yawn). There’s the prerequisite drag queen comicrelief trio, that should never have .entered this film, because they are rather pointless to.the plot, content, and are really so bad they detract from the film..Obvibusly, theyare ~aeant to be bad, but all the ~vay t~ough the opening.sequence~ and at se{~eral points ~(way too many) through the film, they -..seem to just be inserted for no reason. If they were doing something that was plot~orthyand actually funny, itmight be a good thing. They’re not, and basically just fill time when the director can’t pull his head out long enoughto actually make a film. This DVD comes with a commentary, and even that - usually a high point and asset - is utterly boring. Yes, Sean’s a wonderful actor -now. OK, Brad was uncomfortable with thefilm and part starting out. (Why is never detailed, and that was what might have been actually interesting.) OK yes, there are lots ofhomages to old films, most of which are obvious, especially with the dream/musical sequences. Overall, Billy’s a fine addition to an avid collector ofGay film, for archival purposes. It’s amusing once through. But it’s a definite rental, not a keeper. Also available from Wolfe Video. An excellent film to have on DVD for repeated viewings and the extras, is"Gods and Monsters." It is a most moving and affecting film, and the disc has lots of goodies, along with a commentary that actually IS interesting, adocumentary with Clive Barker as host, interviews with the actors, and lots oflovely details. The film, based on Christopher Brain’s book, is a look .at what might have happened in the days leading to James Whale’s mysterious death. Whale, the director best known for the films "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein" in the ’30’s, was found floating ¯ in his pool fully clothed. No answers ever ¯ came out of the investigation. Sir Inn ¯ McKellan, in abravuraperformance, plays ~ Whale, the absolutely dynamic Lynn ¯¯ Redgrave plays his housekeeper and caregiver Hannah, and the absolutely brilliantandbreathtakingly gorgeous Br~ndan Fraser plays a yard man that Whale be- " friends. : This didplay the major theatres,butjust ¯ in case, I won’t give away any more of the ." ending than I have. The performances ¯ were all top notch, with nary a misstep. ¯ The cinematography is beautiful, and the ¯ detail in sets, costumes, and styleis dead- " on.~(No pun intended.) As an. actor, it’s ~ ~really hard.f,0rme to see a film that makes ¯¯ ~m~fo~etI m~watehing~a film. This one did. I was surprised, as the end credits ¯ were rolling, to find I had tears runmng : down my face. The film so engrossed me ¯ that Iwasn’t even aware when that began. ¯ It’s an interesting film on many levels, ¯ the most superficial being Whale as dirty ." old man spying on the yard man; and~the ¯ deepest being the comments on aging, ¯ and the families we surround ourselves ¯ with as that happens. The interplay of ¯ straight andGay, andfear. The betrayal of ¯ ¯ the body.and time, the interplay between youth and age, the reasons we make the ¯ choices in life that we do make., all are ." explored on many levels. ¯ It’s definitely worth viewing several ¯ times, if for nothing more than seeing the ¯ details you missed first time around. The ¯ commentary, as opposed to the useless ¯ blathering on Billy’s HSK, is insightful, ¯ informative, and frequentlylamusing. ." There’s enough mix in details of how the ¯ film was made, how attention to details : was as important as performance, behind ¯ the scenes stories of what went on during ¯ filming, what it was like to deal with this ¯ or that to keep one quite amused. ." ~ And after watching the film go by wlth " the commentary, especially re~ardihg the ." director’s intentions, it’s kind of a fun ¯ game to play to seehowmuch youpieked ’’up on. ~klso, some historica~ facts_ are ." thrown in, not in a dry, witless manner, ¯ but which augment the viewing Of the : film. So, for me, it gets a definite. BUY ¯ THIS! Even if you only get the video ~ version (which may or may not have the documentary), it’s worth it. Available at ; Wolfe Video. "Broadway Damage" is another little sleeper, low budget movie that is actually quite wonderful. A romantic comedy that actually is, as~ opposed to Billy, it stars some very talented unknowns in a film that is well written and leaves you feeling good. "Nerdy Guy’~ and "Beautiful Boy" in New York looking for"Mr. RightY BB is always finding people bad for him, and pursues one that is really bad news. NB is seeking Mr Right and has a crush on BB Enter BB’s roommate Quirk~y~rl. QG is trying to make it inNYCon hiSrtwn, even though daddy’s rich. He wants her to get a job, something she’s never had to do. She and the boys form a fun trio, and have merry adventures in NYC. The film is a good old-’fashioned romantic comedy, kind oflike the old screwballs comedies of the 30’s upon which it is patterned. The ending’s predictable, but the g~tting there is fun, as with most journeys. Even if you know where you’re going,, the trip is never the same twice, right? It’s a well-written, well-filmed, well-acted story that is sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face. It should have received wider release w~h,en it played the film houses, but is a gem I m sharing with you. Yep, available at Wolfe Video on VHS and DVD. presents .... an eclectic mix of choral literature ranging from Baroque to Broadway, from pop classics of the ’50s and ’60s to a bawdy sea chantey an~J.an American Folk song featuring the Green Country Cloggers. ,Friday and Saturday, April 7 & 8, 2000 at 8pm Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center (reception following) Tickets: PAC box office, 596-7111 in Tulsa, 1-800-364-7111 or online at www.tulsapac.com COUNCIL oak a fellowship of gay men dedicated to musical excellence in the performance of choral literature, providing a source of pride, unity, and support, while presenting a positive image for ourselves, our community, and society as a whole. FOR MORE INFORMATION about the COUNCIL oak meN~S c~or~aLe and its parent organization, the non-profit Vocal Pride Foundation, visit our award-winning website at www.eouneiloak.org. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2000] Tulsa Family News, April 2000; Volume 7, Issue 4 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. 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