1 20 2 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/1e9c975bb5cf65009ea11398a1e6c21a.pdf 7048178ab0f480cb44bdc47ca3de7b76 PDF Text Text �� 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 [1992] Your Rights Are Being Threatened Subject The topic of the resource 1992 Your Rights Are Being Threatened Flier Description An account of the resource A photocopy of a flier alerting people to the opposition against introducing sexual orientation under Tulsa's non-discrimination policy with contact information of the district councilors, 2 pages. Also contains a council district map of the Tulsa area. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992 1992 anti-discrimination bill anti-discrimination law anti-discrimination laws City Councilor Darla Hall Darrell Gilbert discrimination discrimination ban discrimination bans District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 district map districts Gary L. Watts Gary Watts Human Rights Commission James Houge Joe Williams John Benjamin John D. Benjamin map Robert G. Nelson Robert Gardner Robert Nelson sexual discrimination sexual orientation discrimination Susan Savage Tulsa Tulsa City Council Vickie Cleveland Vickie L. Cleveland Your Rights Are Being Threatened https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/bf79af6b84e00fd2b299e201b839ce14.jpg 534ffd87e87a6bd96d210aecdd2d2496 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/80661bea1acf675d982ef151d47f1265.pdf a818bee559ed4118ded478b1b097010c PDF Text Text :.Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsane, Our Families + Friends ¯ Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community Paper Available In More Than 75 City Locations Tulsa Area United. 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. 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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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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. The : : sponsors, Prime Timers of Tulsa, stated that the purpose of the : _" party is for all groups connected with the Pride Center to have an ¯ opportunitytogettoknowonemlother, andhelpbuildcommunity, i Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine *Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. Boston Burger Sisters Restaurant, 1545 S. Sheridan *Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria *Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th *Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria *Jason’s Deli, 15th & Peoria *Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th *Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square *St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st 832-1269 592-2143 835-1207 599-9512 583-6666 749-4511 599-7777 749-1563 744-4280 745-9998 *Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan ........ 834-4234 "*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main 585-3405 *TNTrs, 2114 S. 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Mingo 838-7626 *Peace of Mind Bookstore, 1401 E. 15 583-1090 The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2rid floor 743-4297 Rainbowz on the River B+B, POB 696, 74101 747-5932 Richard’s Carpet Cleaning 834-0617 Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921,747-4746 *Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 749-6301 Paul Tay, Car Salesman 260-7829 *Tickled Pink, 3340 S. Peoria 697-0017 *Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria 742-2007 *Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis 481-0558 *Venus Salon, 1247 S. Harvard 835~5563 Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling 743-1733 *WhittierNews Stand, 1 N. Lewis 592-0767 Tulsa Agencies, Churches, Schools & Universities AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 4337, 74101 579-9593 *All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria 743-2363 Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 587-7314 Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center. 2207 E. 6 583-7815 *B/L/G/T Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780 *Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 616 S. Boston 585-1201 *Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th PI. & Florence *ChurchoftheRestorationUU, 1314N.Greenwood 587-1314 *CommunityofHopeUnitedMethodist,2545 S.Yale 747-6300 *Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595 *CouncilOak Men’s Chorale 748-3888 *Delaware Playhouse, 1511 S. Delaware 712-1511 *Democratic Headquarters, 3930 E. 31 742-2457 Dignity/Integrity of Tulsa- Lesbian & Gay Catholics & Episcopalians, POB 701475, 74170-1475 355-3140 *Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777 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 ~blicaatnidonmaaryenportobteecrteedprboyduUcSedcoepityhreirgihntW19h9o8leboyrTin~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 SpiritWomen’s Center, call for location& info: 587-4669 Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827 Friends in Unity Social Org., POB 8542, 74101 582-0438 *HIV ER Center, 4138 Chas. Page Blvd. 583-6611 *HIV Resource Consortium, 3507 E. Admiral 834-4194 *Holland Hall School, 5666 E. 81st 481-1111 HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education 834-8378 *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. 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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. "It’s as simple as that." :: :DonationsRejected ¯ JOHANNESBURG, South Mrica (AP)- ¯ A provincial blood donor service has ¯ started turning away black blood donors ¯ between 18 and 35 years because of the : high risk of infection from AIDS and ¯ other diseases, E-TV reported in : September. ¯ Eric Saunderson, head of the Natal BloodTransfusion Service, confirmedthat the agency is importing blood from Hollandand theWestern Cape, a province with a lower rate of HIV infections. ¯ "Ourresponsibility is to thepatient, and ¯ it’s the right of every patient to have the ¯ safest blood possible," Saund~rson said ¯ in the television interview. ¯ Ronald Louw, a spokesman from the ¯ Gay and Lesbian Coalition, denounced the practice of apartheidblood collection. ¯ ’q’his is discrimination," he said. ¯ About 8% 0f all South Africans are ¯ HIV positive,~a rate that reaches up to ¯ 25% in some communities in KwaZulu- ¯ Natal, where the Natal service is located, ¯ and elsewhere in the country. 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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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