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Title A name given to the resource More Color postcard Subject The topic of the resource More Color art exhibition Description An account of the resource Poster advertising 2016's More Color art exhibition. 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Title A name given to the resource Rainbow Run poster Subject The topic of the resource Pride Description An account of the resource Poster advertising 2014's Rainbow Run as part of Tulsa Pride. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cash Balance Subject The topic of the resource Pride 1985 Description An account of the resource Cash balance from 1985's Pride celebrations. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pride ‘85 Financial Report, letter from committee coordinators, advertisement for OHR Follies ‘85 Subject The topic of the resource Pride 1985 Description An account of the resource Three pieces of paper, stapled together with three-hole-punches on the left side. Page One is titled “Pride 85” and is a letter from the Pride 1985 committee congratulating members, soliciting applications to next year’s committee, and introducing the financial report. The page is neon green and signed at the bottom by Ron Greenwood, Terry Jefferson, Glen Raney, Vickie Robinson, Mark Sutton, and Larry Yokum. Page Two shows financial proceeds from Pride 1985. Printed on white paper. Page Three is an advertisement for OHR Follies ‘1985. Printed on blue paper. 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Title A name given to the resource [1985] Diversity Celebration 1985 Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 1985 Description An account of the resource Documents and items relating to Diversity Celebration 1985 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1985 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Diversity Celebration 1985 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/items/show/474 1985 Diversity celebration Financial follies Pride Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/5802c7b919d10b7b065d61f398ad0537.pdf 32ada5fb9030f675af94f8e4ccaf76b4 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 Newsletter Subject The topic of the resource Pride Week 1987 Description An account of the resource Newsletter released by Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights for Pride Week 1987. Includes essay about visibility, schedule of upcoming events, and ads for gay bars. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 19-28, 1987 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newsletter Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Diversity Celebration Pride Glen Raney Carole Brown Lynn Holloway Vickie Robinson Terry Jefferson Jim McPherson 1515 Golden Eagle Distributing Co. Major Affairs Renegades Tool Box Too Underground 1987 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) Relation A related resource Diversity Celebration 1987 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/files/show/1114 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 [1987] Diversity Celebration Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 1987 Description An account of the resource Documents and items relating to Diversity Celebration 1987 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Diversity Celebration 1987 Pride Pride Committee Visibility Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/items/show/473 1987 Diversity celebration Pride Pride Committee Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) Visibility https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/4da33f166d5d6b61c61cbdaf51290413.pdf 4e896860a8f9f5dfc06d813af213d170 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 Gay and Lesbian Pride Week Proclamation Subject The topic of the resource LGBT Pride Week 1994 Description An account of the resource Mayoral proclamation declaring June 19 through June 25, 1994 as Gay and Lesbian Pride Week. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Susan Savage Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 19-25, 1994 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Proclamation Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride Week Pride 1994 City of Tulsa Diversity Celebration Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/files/show/1111 PDF Text Text � https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/beef7dc457b38c5e34c34b9ebb9d84f3.jpg f63b8a3bcca7c5d159e1e88a525ee14d 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 Gay Group Enjoys Downtown Picnic Subject The topic of the resource Pride 1994 Description An account of the resource Newspaper article covering Tulsa’s 1994 Pride Picnic. A DJ played in Bartlett Square. TOHR President Kelly Kirby was interviewed. Article discusses lack of legal protections or LGBT folk, such as hate crime legislation and protection from housing discrimination. Two more attendees are interviewed but decline to give their names because they fear discrimination. Includes photo of six people dancing in Bartlett Square by Steve Crane. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Steve Crane Tulsa World Staff Tulsa World Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Tulsa World Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Tulsa World Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 3, 1994 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Steve Crane Tulsa World Staff Tulsa World Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper article and photo Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/files/show/1112 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tulsa Pride Diversity Celebration 1994 Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) Ruben Garcia Chris Sturgis Kelly Kirby Hate crime legislation Homophobia https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/6fedf19d5c628461afd8f03e4f6cd3c4.pdf d967d5d0eca12af917564a9d7fdbdac3 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 Letter to Mayor Savage Subject The topic of the resource Pride 1994 Description An account of the resource Rough draft of a letter criticizing Tulsa's mayor for declaring a "Human Rights Month" in lieu of Gay Pride Month. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1994 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride City of Tulsa Diversity Celebration 1994 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/files/show/1113 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 [1994] Diversity Celebration Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 1994 Description An account of the resource Documents and items relating to Diversity Celebration 1994 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1994 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Diversity Celebration Pride 1994 Susan Savage City of Tulsa Hate crime legislation Homophobia Pride Week Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/items/show/472 1994 City of Tulsa Diversity celebration Hate crime legislation homophobia Pride Pride Week Susan Savage https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/de236dfb180171a4136def9aadd5154b.pdf 7a0f7dd7604abc55c546b3328f0a5c03 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 Miscellaneous Files Subject The topic of the resource Pride 1996 Description An account of the resource Miscellaneous documents relating to 1996's Pride Celebrations. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 15, 1996 June 18, 1996 July 31, 1996 August 14, 1996 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Tom Neal David "Ken" Turner Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Miscellaneous files Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 1996 Homophobia Diversity Celebration 1996 PDF Text Text �� https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/995778c175135e3c7a7b1e24f4b0c950.pdf 158917c2c90c82da42aee4a6f20e880c 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 Picnic Booth Application Subject The topic of the resource Pride Picnic 1996 Description An account of the resource Blank application to operate a booth at 1996's Pride Picnic. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 1996 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Application Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride Picnic 1996 Diversity Celebration 1996 Pride Picnic PDF Text Text � https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/d5fd394ce5319a9f09eb0ac58f614717.pdf 3e96cb45b74c39240841db2c43cea598 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 Human Rights Month Proclamation Subject The topic of the resource Pride 1996 Description An account of the resource Proclamation from Tulsa Mayor Susan Savage declaring June 1996 as Human Rights Month Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Susan Savage Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 1996 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Proclamation Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 1996 Human Rights Month Diversity Celebration 1996 Susan Savage 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 [1996] Diversity Celebration Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 1996 Description An account of the resource Documents and items relating to Diversity Celebration 1996 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1996 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Diversity Celebration 1996 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/3cd3f8c7b32276f0eeaa086ef42b6505.pdf ac9e16184fde06ce17f7ce13dc88da94 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 Flier Subject The topic of the resource Pride Picnic 1997 Description An account of the resource Flier advertising 1997's Pride Picnic. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 1997 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Flier Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 1997 Diversity Celebration 1997 Picnic PDF Text Text � https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/d455e116df76d9f99205eed86c25dc82.pdf 46ac1d78c11aafcd17a4f58111c6cbb2 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 Letter to Tulsa World Subject The topic of the resource Pride 1997 Description An account of the resource Letter from 1997 Pride Events Chairperson Tom Neal to Joe Worley of the Tulsa World. Letter thanks the newspaper for their coverage of Pride activities. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tom Neal Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 15, 1997 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 1997 Diversity Celebration 1997 The Tulsa World 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 [1997] Diversity Celebration Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 1997 Description An account of the resource Documents and items relating to 1997's Diversity Celebration. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Diversity Celebration 1997 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/7ef8809b7dda0c97e10e8966296c6fe8.pdf a23354b2555a736d3f68f8c79553c0d2 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 Vendor Letters Subject The topic of the resource Pride 1998 Description An account of the resource Letters sent to prospective vendors for 1998's Pride celebrations. Includes booth registration application. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Greg Gatewood Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 27, 1998 April 17, 1998 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 1998 Diversity Celebration 1998 Vendors Partners PDF Text Text �� https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/1c710ab7ee43e4e55740fb10f3a9dd41.pdf 4025cca0093494e0cdb77674ac955591 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 Fliers Subject The topic of the resource Pride Picnic 1998 Description An account of the resource Fliers advertising 1998's Pride festivities. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 20, 1998 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Flier Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 1998 Diversity Celebration 1998 Pride Picnic PDF Text Text �� https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/2ae790766d058e9126282247345981cd.pdf ba759439ded3e042d4688b1cb025cf22 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 Profits and Losses Subject The topic of the resource Pride 1998 Description An account of the resource Profits and losses from 1998's Pride festivities. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 1988 January 2-August 30, 2002 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Financial document Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 1998 Financial PDF Text Text �� https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/65e2d6906ec826d58e50766114f18414.jpg 0903077f948401c96a289cb22b93d1a0 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 Picketers to protest gay pride event, churches Subject The topic of the resource Pride Description An account of the resource Covers plans by Westboro Baptist Church to picket Tulsa’s Gay Pride 1998, as well as City Hall, Oral Roberts University, and First Methodist, First Lutheran (ELCA), Trinity Episcopal, St. John’s Episcopal, and All Souls Unitarian churches. The group was protesting against a variety of things, including homosexuality and Richard Roberts’ divorce and remarriage. Westboro was invited by Rev. Johnny Lee Clary, a former klansman who repented of racism and embraced Christianity. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dana Sterling Tulsa World Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Tulsa World Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Tulsa World Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 17, 1998 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Dana Sterling Tulsa World Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper article Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context The Tulsa World, June 17, 1998 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 1998 Westboro Baptist Church Homophobia Protest Diversity Celebration 1998 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/8af99f9ef6877d4bf8e38efd8e6e6bbd.jpg 830bdc76373c74694d2ebbb33fbda553 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 Picnickers say no to hate amid protest Subject The topic of the resource Pride 1998 Description An account of the resource Newspaper article covering Tulsa’s 1998 Pride Picnic and protests that took place. Westboro Baptist Church and Tulsa Rev. Johnny Lee Clary were present. PFLAG President Nancy McDonald interviewed. Article includes two photos by Stephen Pingry. Top photo shows Reverend Fred Phelps Jr. of Westboro Baptist Church holding signs that read “2 GAY RIGHTS: AIDS & HELL” and “GOD HATES FAGS.” Bottom photo shows Pride parade goers. Man in front is holding a Pride flag, behind him is a sign reading: “WE THE PEOPLE. GOD’S LOVE TO GAY PEOPLE IS EVERYWHERE.” Other signs are present but indecipherable. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource World Staff Writer Rik Espinosa Photographer Stephen Pingry Tulsa World Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Tulsa World Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Tulsa World Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 21, 1998 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource World Staff Writer Rik Espinosa Photographer Stephen Pingry Tulsa World Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper article Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Tulsa World, June 21, 1998 pg. A20 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tulsa Pride 1998 Diversity Celebration 1998 Protests Westboro Baptist Church Reverend Johnny Lee Clary Fred Phelps Jr. Nancy McDonald PFLAG Sherry Green ORU https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/93067b60217c85a11cee99f1a4b79070.jpg dd3cbe9ff9b92bbee0655e9cae28426f 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 Homosexuality still a touchy subject among denominations, leadership Subject The topic of the resource Religion Description An account of the resource Newspaper article covering controversy between Tulsa churches regarding their stances on homosexuality. Article lists several interpretations held by various denominations, ranging from full acceptance to full rejection. Two church leaders are interviewed. Reverend James Burskirk of First United Methodist Church argues that homosexuality is a perversion and goes against God’s will. Brandon Scott, professor of the New Testament at Philips Theological Seminary argues for a more accepting view of homosexual relationships as long as they are loving, faithful, thoughtful and between two equals. Buskirk is troubled by the conflict between Christians, mentions that his church has gay members. Contains headshots of Buskirk and Scott. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dana Sterling Tulsa World Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Tulsa World Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Tulsa World Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 21, 1998 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Dana Sterling Tulsa World Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper article Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Tulsa World, June 21, 1998, pg. A20 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 1998 Diversity Celebration 1998 Homophobia Religion https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/4931b15ad651fc3c922565897486230b.pdf 9e5c831c2cee398f0eda83b8189b197a 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 Picnic Letters Subject The topic of the resource Pride Picnic Description An account of the resource Letters to prospective sponsors and booth participants at 1998's Pride Picnic. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 9, 1998 June 20, 1998 March 27, 1998 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride Diversity Celebration Picnic PDF Text Text �� https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/4176b8e8d20f1c445e8c1505fc7dd489.pdf 09e372359ae91d97cb6751330812cad9 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 Picnic Poster Subject The topic of the resource Pride Picnic Description An account of the resource Poster advertising 1998's Pride Picnic Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 20, 1998 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Poster Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride Picnic Diversity Celebration 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 [1998] Diversity Celebration Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 1998 Description An account of the resource Documents and items relating to 1998's Diversity Celebration Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1998 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Diversity Celebration 1998 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/6fea1383321e445fd660a93850cf5a03.jpg b627436cd3292b4c620d56989d4b31e3 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/9c4461626c5d42c3b5207b16f007e54f.pdf 900fe875d3ab0fa0a3557782313f32d7 PDF Text Text TULSA-FAMILY NEWS Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Communities - Our Families of the Heart State H.ealth Dept. Kills HIV Testing Grant to Family of Faith MCC’s Project Reach Out; Flags Management Problems National News Gay Games IV & Stonewall 25 NEW YORK - "Welcome to Yankee Stadium! You’ve come to the right place," actor/playwright Harvey Fierstein said to the roared approval of more thzn 40,000 spectators as nearly 12,000 athletes from around the world marched in the famed New York stadium during the dosing ceremonies of Gay Games IV. The thousands of women and men from 43 countries competed in 31 spordng events held at 42 locations around the New York City ’metropolitan area. The weeklong event, which organizers said drew more than a halfmillion visitors to Manhattan where they spent at least an estimated $400 million, was astOundingly free of trouble. At the opemng ceremonies at Columbia University Stadium on June 18, three rather forlorn antigay fundamentalists showed up outside the arena to warn of "the evils of homosexuality" while tens of thousands and lesbians see Games, page 6 Co ng.ress to Consider AntiDiscrimination Proposal No OK Lawmakers Willing to Sponsor WASHINGTON- According~ to the Human Rights Campaign Fund, .the Employment NonDiscrimination Act (Senate, $2238 & House, HR4636) that would bar bias in the workplace based on sexual orientation, has gotten the backing of 30 sponsors in the U.S. Senate and ll6in the House of Representatives - 136 Democrats, 9 Republicans and 1 Independent -.since the measure was introduced June 23. Legislative aide to Mass. Representative Gerry Studds, Mark Agrast noted that this bill is a "serious" proposal written in "real" legislative language. While he charaterized earlier civil rights proposals as usefulin raising the issue of rights proteetions, he emphasized that this bill has much more serious Chances 0f passing. The bill provides exemptions for religious July 15 - August 14, 1994, Volume 1, Issue 8 TOHR Defends Human Rights Chief Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) praised Eddie Fay Gates for her work as a member of the Human Rights Commission of the City of Tulsa. TOHR alSO condemned the announced opposition of several councillors to Ms. Gates reappointment."This is an attempt to punish Ms. Gates for giving civil rights proposals that include Lesbians and Gay men a fair hearing" said Ric Kirby, TOHR vice-president. He added, "Ms. Gates has a long and distinguished record of volunteer service to the city. Our councillors should consider the city lucky if sheis willing to continue to serve." institutions and for employers with fewer.than 15 employees. Agrast also noted the unprec- bill. He tioted that he has a very " good record of voting in support of issues of concern to Lesbian & Gay Oklahomans. He stated that he would not be a co-sponsor of the bill since it did notgo through any committees on which he serves. He added that he did not feel co-sponsorship was particularly important to a bill’s passage. Senator Boren’s press aide, Nick Hathaway issued a brief statement saying that the senator was supportive of the concept of the bill but was still undecided about co-sponsorship. edented number of Republican c0-sponsors foi the bill. At press time, neither Representative McCurdy’s staff or Sen. Nickles staff had returned re: peated calls asking for explanations of their respective positions. Sen. Nickles’ staff indicated that he would oppose the bill but also stated that they had not even read it yet. Representative Mike Synar while in Tulsa for a pro-choice rally at Temple Israel said he would vote for the Officials with the HIV/STD Services of the Oklahoma State Dept. of Health have issued a certified letter to Family of Faith (FoF) Metropolitan Community Church notifying it of the end of funding for Project Reach Out Too, an HIV education and testing program aimed at Gay & Bisexual men of color in Tulsa. The end of funding for Project Reach Out Too will also end state funding for HIV testing at Project Reach Out, aFoF project begun in 1993 to educate and test underserved sub-communities: youth, rural inhabitants and leatherfolk~ State Healfla Gay & Lesbian Outreach co-ordinator., Alan Nyitray and co-liason Ernestine Hill indicated that the grant was withdrawn due to repeated failure to complete federally mandated forms. These "scan" forms which are coded with identifying numbers to match blood samples and test results; help,in part; to verify that persons teSted actually have received their test results as well aspr0per ~-.re~e~t and p~s t~ test counselling. Nyitray indi, eated that inlate 1993 under the original grant, problems ~ith not receiving the forms _began to appear. In early 1994, FoF received a grant six times larger than its 1993 grant to begin the "men of color"-outreach at a non-SOuth Tulsa location and a small amount of funds was included to continue to pay for HIV testing as a continuation of the 1993 program. However, according to Nyitray, problems with paperwork continued. He recalls that he and Hill had either four orfive meetings in Tulsa with Pastor Pam Crocker over Several months during the spriiag as well as a similar number of phone calls. Nyitray said that it got- to the point that his dept. was making photo copies of blood sample paperwork in order to be able to track how many "scan" forms were missing. Nyitray said _Crocker claimed that volunteers were failing to complete the forms. In April; Nyitray states his office’ feared that Crocker did not seem to be-able to fix the problem but none-the-less met with Crocker who was told that the project would have to have "excellentreporting" during May or the project wouldbe cancelled. As of June 17, the "scan" forms that went with blood samples submitted in May and that should have been sent before June 5, had not been received and the state health dept. began the process to withdraw the grant. Who’s Res ponsible? Family of Faith board members, Kharma Amos and Dee Chambers, both stated that the church board knew that there were problems with Project Reach Outbut that they understood that Project Reach Out and the church were two separate entities. The board was aware that Pastors Pare Crocker and Marion Fink were involved in managing Project Reach Out. Amos remarked on conflict earlier between the board and Project Reach Out management about the accountability of the project to the church. However, according to Nyitray, the contract with the state for Project.Reach Out was signed by Marion Fink as pastor of FoF and state officials considered Pare Crocker to be the person responsible for managing the project: Rudy Castillo; a volun= teer co-ordinator with the project, stated that Project Reach Out was using the church’s tax-exempt status (federal tax identificationnumber) to order to receive the grant. Individuals familiar with Metropolitan Community Church bylaws and Internal Revenue Service regulations indicate that under those circumstances that the church is legally responsible for the project. Rudy Castillo stated that he and Crocker shared responsibilities for Project Reach Out but that paperwork/financial matters were Crocker’s. He recalled two meetings state officials held with Crocker about Project Reach Out problems but says h( was not informed of the meetings until after they took place though he understood that Emestine Hill had requested his participation. He also says heoffered to help with paper work but was turned down. Castillo indicates that last Week he found in the Project ReachOut office about 75"scan" forms that were incomplete or incorrect. He added that if forms were. not completed properly by a volunteer, they could have been corrected by Crocker, him self or a volunteer receptionist. Castillo also reports rumors, confirmed by Nyitray, that state forms which require notarization after first being filled out, signed were see Family of Faith, page 9 Tulsa Family News, July - August 1994, page 1 �TULSA FAMILY NEWS by Senator Edward Kennedy we intend to prevail. complacent and convert th SkepAt all critical stages in the Polls show that the vast matical. To make this bill a reality, history of a free people, forces of jority of Americans agree with we need you to take the followus that Lesbians and Gay men oppression must be confronted i~ng steps: in order for the frontiers of jusshould not have to face discrimiIf you have been discrimilice to be extended. For America, nation in the workplace. Many nated against in employment fortune 500 corporations have the time has come again. For or know someone who has Gay men and LeSbians, the time ¯ alreadyincluded sexual orienta~~ make sure we know about it. tion in their non-discrimination is now. Make sure we know the facts. policies. Eight states and more Just recently, a million (Write to the Committee on LaAmeri.c_~ans gath_ered to combor and Human Resources, SD. than 100 munic~alities have memorate the 25th anniversary’ ": ~d" tt-" bail: discrimination? S" ~4~g,’DC 20510.)Send ti~ all theagainst Gaymen andLesbians. information you think will be of Stonewall, the first milestone in this long journey on freedom’ s By joining Congressmen useful in making our poinL Job road.The civil rights movemem Barney Frank, Gerry Studds and discrimination against Gay men myself at the press conference is on the march again, moving and Lesbians is not a myth-it’s introducing this legislation, a reality that is shattering lives closer to the American ideal, of Coretta Scott King affirmed this liberty and justice for all. and denying opportunities daily. action as the next chapter in Write and call your SenaWe have refused to be intimidated by hate. Once again, it i~ tors and Representatives at timeto challenge our country to (202) 224-3121 and tell them to live up to its founding ideals. co-sponsor the Employment "This is not about A great dealof progress has Non-Discrimination act of been made in the past quarter granting special 1994 (S.2238 & HR4636). Make century. Although many miles sure they know that this is imrights- it is about portant - not just to the Gay have been traveled, there are many promises yet to bekept. commtmity, but to all their conrighting senseThey are promises to a cook in stituents who believe in the fundamental principles of a Georgia fired for being a Lesless wrongs." democratic society. bian; to a postal worker in US Senator Contact your friends, Michigan beaten unconscious by co-workers for being Gay; and neighbors, co’workers, emEdward Kennedy to a truck driver in New Hampployers, and family members and make sure that they, too, shire, a stock broker in MaryAmerica’s civil rights history. make their voices heard for land, a social worker in Missisfreedom and justice. The phone sippi, and countless other She said: "I support the Employbanks.of the radical right will be ment Non-Discrimination Act Americans - all fired because of prejudice despite their producof 1994 because I believe that working overtime - and yours freedom and justice cannot be tivity "and performance. Such must be, too .... parceled out in pieces to suit There is likely to be a massive flagrant discri mination is wrong, political convenience. As my misinformation campaign and it is time to fight back. husband, Martin Luther King, about what our bill does. Form Thatis why, along with thirty "truth squads" and make sure Jr. said, ’Injustice anywhere is a of my Senate colleagues and 115 threat to justice everywhere’ ." your delegation in Congress House members, I have sponThe fact remains that in 42 has the facts to seperate truth sored the Employment Nonstates, qualified Lesbians and from malicious fiction. Discrimination Actof 1994. Our Gay men with excellent records Work closely with others in bipartisan legislation will extend can be fired - with no warning the civil rights community in existing federal protections just for being Gay. It happens your area - people of color, againstjob discrimination to Gay every day, and it is up to us to women, physically challenged, men and Lesbians, and give restop it. religious, and labor organizalief to those living in fear of Lets be clear - The radical tions - and ask for their suplosing their livelihoods. Our bill right will leave no stone unturned will send a strong message to port and s.uggestions. They are veterans In the civil rights employers and all Americans that to block the enactment of this essential legislation. Our own movement and can be helpful homophobia will not be tolerated commitment must be even with coalition-building and as employment policy anywhere stronger. To ensure success, we strategy. in the nation. need your active support and This is not about granting AS Harvey Milk said, ’None assistance. of nsare free until-all of us are special~rights - it is about rightBeing right is good, but it is ing senseless wrongs. Our case free." We need to join together, not enough. We must inspire the not let others divide us. is strong, our cause is just, and by Tom NeaL publisher Civil fights protections are one of those things we shouldn’t need to have. Tulsa City Councillor Vicki Cleveland says so and many of us would agree. Unlike Ms. Cleveland, however, most of us recognize that often we are judged by our status: our race, gender, religion or our, sexual orientation rather than by our ability to perform a job, pay for services or rent/buy a home, Many Americans assume that Lesbians and Gay men, and Bi- sexuals enjoy civil rights protections just like everyone rise. They assume that a problem encountered can be addressed by complaining to the right governmental agency. Many are very surprised to find that those agencies will not, and can not take a complaint of discrimination based on sexual orientation. Some people know better or have good reason that they should. Some of the people who should know better are Oklahoma politicians. Locally, John Tulsa Family News, July - August 1994, page 2 ......................... about silencing debate on civil tights issues and his harrassment of Human Rights Commissioner Eddie F.aye Gates make one wonder if he’s a member of a totalitarian branch of the Republicanparty - those who believe in democratic principles of debate and minority rights need not apply. He’s joined by some ol, l leagues who at least need to review their basic civics lessons: they represent all citizens, .not the ones who are exactly like see OK Politicians, page 8 Publisher/Editor Assistant Editor Staff Writer Tom Neal James Christjohn Kharma Amos 918-832-0233, POB 4140, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74159 Issued on or before the 15th of each month, the entire Contents of this publication are protected by US copyright 1994 by Tulsa Family News and may not be reproduced either in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher¯ Publication of a name or photo does not indicate that person’s sexual orientation. Correspondance is assumed to be for publication unless otherwise noted and becomes the sole property of Tulsa Family News. All correspondance should be sent to the address above. Each reader is entitled to one free copy of each edition at advertiser and ,Qther_ !9.~ca__tign_ ~, _Ad.d.ifional .cgpies.are .ay .ai_l a.b.1e .a.t .Tgm_fpp[er~ ~ ........... 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Permission is granted to reprint information contained within the TOHR Reporter page along with other items, under the byline, "submitted by TOHR’, contained elsewhere in Tulsa Family News. President’s Column by Kelly H. Kirby Pending Legislation Alert The Employment Non=Discrimination Act of 1994 (ENDA) has been introduced into both houses of congress as House Bill 4636 and Senate Bill 2238. There are currently more than 100 sponsors in the House of Representatives and 33 in the Senate. As opposed to legislation which has been introduced every year since the 1970s proposing basic rights for gays and lesbians, the act deals only with non discrimination in employment. This particular issue seems to have the broadest public opinion support (’/8% per one recent poll). That means 4 out of 5 Americans believe that sexual orientation discrimination should not be allowed in the work place. Other basic rights issues draw less and less public support, ranging from housing down to spousal and parental rights for lesbians and gay men. There are two very important things YOU can do: 1. Write or call your Representative and Senators urging their support for passage. This legislation may be acted upon rather quickly so take time to write or call t soon. Your personal message will make a difference. 2. The Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF) is looking for persons with employment related discrimination stories, some from each state. The best and most clear cut accounts will be written up and some persons may be invited to testify at possible Congressional hearings. If you or someone you know clearly fit these guidelines, please write to: August Meeting PARTY ON BARTLETT SQUARE TOHR will observe its August meeting with the Second Annual Picnic and Dance on Bartlett Square. Everyone is invited to join TOHR and its members in celebrating summer at 5th and Main in beautiful downtown Tulsa. On Tuesday, August 2, 1994, from 7 to 10 p.m. we will be OUT in public. TOHR will provide soft drinks and have a live DJ spinning the hottest tracks. You are invited to bring your own picnic if you like, bring your family and friends and come prepared to show your pride. We had a great turn out last year so let’s do it ’til we’re satisfied. HRCF Attention: Steven Leanos P.O. Box 1396 Washington, D.C. 20013 Our quick action can help this measure pass. With a couple of exemptions for small employers (under 15 employees) and religious organizations, this proposed legislation would give far reaching protection to bisexuals, gay men and lesbians. How would it feel to be able to go to work tomorrow and know that you couldn’t legally be fired for being who you are? 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Tulsa Family News, July-August 1994, page 3 �I News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News NAMBLA Expelled NEW YORK- The members of the International Lesbian & Gay Association have voted by 21430 to expel NAMBLA (the North American Man/Boy Love Assn.). An 80% majority is requiredby ILGA’ scharter toexpel a member organization from the international fights group; the vote represents an 88% majority in favor of expelling the controversial NAMBLA group. Two other groups that deal with man/ boy love- the Dutch organization Vereniging Martijn and the USbased Project Truth - were also expdled from ILGA at the same time. Debate over the position of NAMBLA in the lesbigay movement has raged on and off for the past few years. But its membership in ILGA became an urgent political issue during the past year when U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms proposed - and Congress approved - an appropriations-bill amendment the would require the United States to cut off some $118 million in UN contributions unless the government certifies "that no United Nations agency...grants any official status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization which promotes, condones, or seeks the legalization of pedophilia, or which includes as a subsidiary or member any such organization." ILGA last year was granted consultative status with the UN’s Economic & Social Council - the first lesbigay organization to gain such status. In.a press release, NAMBLA condemned the expulsion vote as "a capitulation to US blackmail" and accused the ILGA secretariat of distorting NAMBLA’s position and purpose. Ohio Anti-Gay Measure CINCINNATI- The Cincinnati Post reports that Ohio Attorney General Lee Fisher has f’ded an amicus brief in opposition to the anti-gay Issue 3 approved by Cincinnati voters. The brief f’fled by Fisher argues that any measure approved by voters in the state must be consistent with the provisions of the U.S. Constitution but that Issue 3 violates the equal protection clause by pre-. venting a class of people from seeking legal protections on an equal basis with other citizens. Gay Pastor Begins Fast COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Rev. Mel White, the Dallas gay minister who was once a ghostwriter for Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, has begun a 7day "fast for understanding" outside the offices of Focus on the Family to draw attention to attacks by the religious right against gays and lesbians in this country. "In the last six months, Focus on the Family has quietly assumed leadership of an unprecedented attempt by extremist Christians to exert political and moral control over the nation," Dr. White said in a press statement. "Attacks against gay and lesbian people have become a pivot point in their movement." Focus on the Family backed Amendment 2, approved by Colorado voters and now being challenged in the courts. The organization now has chapters in all 50 states and, until recently a little-known organization, is one of the richest groups to emerge SALON in the religious right recently. NO Arizona Initiative TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona will not be one of the states facing a vote this year on an anti-gay measure that would have barred state and local laws prohibiting discrminafion based on sexual orientation. Frank Meliti, leader of the Traditional Values Coalilion of Arizona which had backed the statewide measure, claimed the group had collected some 247,000 signatures - well over the 158,000 required- but would not be turning the petitions in, charging that ’~nilitant homosexuals" would only keep any such measure passed by the voters tied up in court challenges. At a press conference, Meliti displayed 4 cardboard boxes taped shut, but refused to open the boxes to show reporters the signed petitions he claimed the group had gathered. Louganis Tells Olympic Committee to Move Out ST. LOUIS - Olympic diver Greg Louganis told members of the U.S. Olympic Committee that the 1996 volleyball competition should be removed from Cobb County, Ga., because of a resolution adopted by commissioners there last year condemning the "gay lifestyle." Louganis, who acknowledged being gay at Gay Games IV in New York in June, made his remarks at an awards ceremony after receiving the USOC’s prestigious Robert J. Kane Award recognizing Olympic athletes who continue making contributions to their sport. According to a New York Times report, the USOC is trying to find a way to move the volleyball competition out of Cobb County without appearing to have caved in to pressure from gay rights activists. In speaking to the audience, Lougams identified himself as an "openly gay athlete." He told the awards audience, "They [the Cobb County Commission] have made it dear some of the athletes won’t be welcomed. An openly gay athlete should be able to compete without barriers." Cobb Cty. Extremists NATHANAEL MATTINGLY salon estetica 749-0777 WESTCOPA 3509 S, Peoria ¯ Second Level ¯ Tulsa, OK 74105 Ross Folsom Hairdesigner Color Technician Lincoln Plaza BROOKSIDE JEWELRY Fine Jewelry Watch & Jewelry Repair 4649 South Peoria, 743-5272 Comer of 48th & Peoria 9:30 - 5:00 Monday-Friday 1310 E. 15th St. 583.1500 Shop Where You Are Appreciated! PhillipCyr i RO,YAL TRAVEL Our Clients Always Receive Royal Service" 496-2410, 1-800’336-3524 6927 So.. Canton Ave. General Contractor CosmeticRenovations Inte riorlExteriorPainting Carpeting Cabinet Re-facing Ceramic Tile Countertops 918-745-9911 Tulsa Family News, July -August 1994, page 4 �News. Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News. ATLANTA-The Atlanta-based anti-bias group Neighbors Network has released a report, ’~-Iidden Agenda: The Influence of Religious Extremism on the Politics of Cobb County, Georgia," which links anti-gay County COmmissioner Gordon Wysong with a little-known farright religious movement that advocates the death penalty for homosexuals and replacing democracy in the U.S. with a theocracy. Cobb Cty, Politico’s Daughter Comes Out ATLANTA - Rights activists battling to change an anti-gay resolution in the Atlanta suburb of Cobb County got a maj or boo st when the daughter of Cobb County Commissioner Chairman Bill Byme, told the Southern Voice, Adanta’s gay paper that she struggled with what to do ever since the commission’s resolution made national news last August. After cgnfronting her father about it, Byme said, she decided to take the next step. ’Tm sorry for what my dad has donee" she said. ’That’s one of the reasons I’m coming out .... I felt like I needed to tell these Christian people that they are dead wrong. I don’t think they hdve any idea about l~ow to be Christian." Boy Scouts Lose SAN DIEGO - California Superior Court Judge Anthony Joseph has awarded $5,000 to Chuck Merino, an E1Cajon Police officer who sued the Boy Scouts for drumming him out of the youth group as an Explorer Scout leader after he-acknowledged he is gay. Judge Joseph ruled that the Scouts are in fact a business as defined under state law and are therefore prohibited from discriminating on a variety of factors, including sexual orientation. The judge ruled that acknowledging being homosexual "does not translate into "teaching’ that homosexuality is proper or improper." The state Supreme Court has already agreed to hear 2 cases involving the Boy Scouts’ policies conceruing gays and atheists which hinge on the same question of whether or not the youth group qualifies as a business under California law. Lesbian Officer Wins Reinstatement Appeal SAN FRANCISCO - The federal government has lost its appeal to block Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer’ s immediate re- instatement while the case of her dismissal is being appealed. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals turned down the government’s appeal of a lower "-court that ordered Czmmermeyer reinstated in the Washington State National Guard while her discharge is being appealed. It was not immediately clear whether the government would appeal the ruling to.the U.S. Supreme Court or not. Justice Dept, Appeals Cammermeyer Ruling WASHINGTON- To almost no one’s surprise, the U.S. Justice Department says it will appeal a recent decision by a U.S. district judge in Washington state to reinstate highly decorated National Guard nurse Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer, who declared to military officials she is a lesbian. Earlier in June, a U.S. District Court in a summ ary judgment in favor of Cammermeyer concluded that the government discriminated against the nurse without a "rational" basis for doing so and that the action was "grounded solely on prejudice." Ballot Measures Fail to Qualify in Washington OLYMPIA, Wash. - Two anti- gay initiatives in Washington state have not qualified for the ballot when backers of the initiafives failed to turn in the nearly 182,000 valid signatures. The measures would have barred the state orany governmental agency in Washington from recognizing the legal rights of gays, lesbians or bisexuals as a protected class. Texas Daily Publishes Same-Sex Unions EL PASO,.Texas -The El Paso Times has become the first daily newspaper in Texas - and one of only a handful in the U.S. - to accept same-sex couples announcements on an equal footing with opposite-sex wedding notices. The Everett (Washington) Herald near Seattle is believed to be the first daily paper in the U.S. to begin publishing same-sex partaers notices, which it began doing in November 1990. Fed. Hate Crimes Report BERLIN - FBI Director Louis Freeh, in Germany for an antiright wing conference, released details of the U.S. government’ s 1993 hate crimes statistics. Of the 7,684 crimes reported, the report indicate~, 806 - or 10.5% - were motivated by the victim’ s sexual orientation. The crimes reported ranged from minor property vandalism to assaults, rapes and murders. The motivation in the majority of the reported hate crimes continued to be race (4,168), followed by religion (1,189). Sexual orientation - which almost exclusively means anti-gay attacks - followed next, and national or ethnic origin was last with 583 reported crimes. American Airlines Gay-Positive Video ATLANTA -’ American Airlines, which ran into troubled skies when a flight crew carrying passengers back from the National March on Washington last year replaced all the pillows and blankets midway through the flight because gays and lesbians had used them, has putout a gay-positive employee videotape for its 70,000 workers "to help prevent the unfortunate incidents in the past" and ’’to make it clear that its policies of nondiscrimination and fairness are taken to heart." German Rights Proposal Fails BERLIN - The government of German Chancellor Helmut See News Briefs, page 6 numnnnnmumnmnnnumunmnnnnnunnunnnn ¯ [] ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ [] ¯ [] ¯ [] [] ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ Puppy Pause II All Breeds Dog Grooming llth & Mingo, 838-7626 Open Tuesday - Saturday at 8am. 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The ACLU says it will probably also file a similar suit in behalf of 98 other city workers - beth gay and straight - whose partners lost the benefits following the May 7 election repeal. The suit charges the city with breach of contract and unfair insurance practices because voters yanked the benefits program that had been in place since September when it was initially approved by the city council. Lesbian Gets Son Back RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia CoUrt of Appeals has overturned a lower court child custody ruling that. ordered the 2year-old son of Sharon Bottoms removed from her home because she acknowledged she is a les- bian. "A parent’s private sexual conduct, even if illegal, does not create a presumption of unfitness," wrote Judge Sam Coleman for the. 3-member panel. The unanimous appeals court ruling overturned a lower court ruling that gave custody of the boy to Bottoms’ 43-year-old mother, Kay Bottoms, who had brought the custody dispute against her daughter. The grandmother was unavailable for: comments following the decision, but her attorney, Richard Ryder, said his client, would appeal the ease to the state Supreme Court. Virginia Adds Lesbian/Gay Families RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Housing Development Authority has. approved a pror posed regulatory change that would allow offering low-income loans to non-traditional .households, including gay and lesbian couples. The pr0~posal alters current regulations, which restrict such loans to families that are related by "blood, marriage or adoption," to include low-income joint house purchasers defined’as "two or more individuals living together on the premises as a single, nonprofit housekeeping uuit." Several area gay andlesbianhomeowners and prospective buyers spoke in support of the proposed change as did representatives of Richmond’s and Virginia’s mortgage bankers association and the Richmond Assn. of Realtors. But Margaret Braddy of Concerned Women of America called the proposal a move toward "illegal and immoral behavior. ....Virginia will not be improved by disregarding-the importance ... of the familyuuit," Braddy said. But the VHDA board disagreed and approved the regulation change with oul.y one vote cast against it. ~ Nevada Measure Fails CARSON CITY, Nev. - An attempt by a group in Nevada to put an" anti-gay ballot measure before voters in the state failed when a group backed by the Oregon Citizens Alliance failed to get the 51,399 valid voter signatures needed to qualify the measure by the June 21.~date petitions were due to be turned in. ’The opposition was well-organized and worked extremely hard but they just couldn’t get anywhere near the ... signattires they needed," said Beverly Baum of the Campaign for Liberty, the group fighting the proposed amendment. The signatures needed for proposed ballot measure in Nevada must include voters from 13 of the state’s 17 counties. Surg. General v. Fundies WASHINGTON- U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders has set off a firestorm of controversy for critical remarks she made about anti-gay fundamentalists. During a speech at the Lesbian and Gay Health Conference in New York on Wednesday, June 22, Elders said of the religious right’s opposition to AIDS and schoo! sex education programs: "We’ve got to be strong to.take on those people who are selling our children out in the name of religion..We’ve got to be as aggressive as .they !ve .been." At one point the outspoken Elders referred to the ’bin-Christian religious right." Idaho Pride Draws Crowd BOISE - More than. doubling last year’s turnout, more than a thousand people turned out Saturday, June I 1, for Boise’s 5th annual Gay Pride.celebration as the state faces a likely nasty antigay ballot measure. Anti-gay protesters also showed up for the event, some carrying signs reading: "Only good queer is a dead queer." Organizers of the event said the Idaho Citizens Alliances’ attempt to put an antigay ballot initiative before the voters in the state contributed to the larger tdmout this year. Navy Bans Anti-Gay Civilian Job Bias WASHINGTON - The U.S. Navy has become the first branch of the nation’s armed forces to formally prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation among its civilian workforce. The Coast Guard had earlier this year issues an anti-bias statement including sexual orientation, but the U.S. Coast Guard is a division of the Department of Transportation rather than the Defense Department. G a m es cont’dfrom p. 1 and gay men simply ignored them. New York s police force, beefed up with some 6,500 ofricers on overtime duty during the week, reported not asingle anti-gay attack connected with the gigantic event. On Saturday evening, June 25, after the Gay Games closing ceremonies the International.Dyke March drew. an estimated %000 women who marched from 42rid street down Fifth Avenue - without a permit -to a mucous and festive rally at Washington Square Park. A mile-long rainbow flag led the parade from the United Nations up First Avenue to Central.Park on Sunday - the "ofricial;"Stonewall 25 march that included Mayor Giuliani. ACT UP, Gay & Lesbian Americans and other groups Organized an unautho-, rized parade up Fifth Avenue. S tonewal125 organizers had been refused a city permit for that route. Organizers estimated participation at 1.1 million. City police and parks officials estimated the number was a mere .100;000 people. The only thing tired about your trip Sandra J. Hill, M. S, should be you.., when you get back! Travel with DAMRON ¯ the freshest lesb,an &"gay trav!i guides! 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President Ronald Reagan, depicting him with kaposi sarcoma lesions. According to a Benetton spokesperson, the retouched photo was, the clothing manufacturer s way of pointing the finger of blame at the onetime actor and former president for not acting to battle the AIDS epidemic. Asian AIDS Epidemic GENEVA - The number of AIDS cases around the world has risen 60% during the past year, according to the World Health Organization, which estimates that there are 4 million actual cases of AIDS and 17 ¯ million cases of HIV infection globally. While most of these infections are in sub-Saharan Africa, WHO officials say the greatest danger is in Asia, which has experienced an eighffold increase in the number of AIDS cases during the past year. Of particular concern, says WHO, is thespread of the disease among female prostitutes in Thailand, India,.and.other countries.~. HIV Measures in Sweden STOCKHOLM = The Swedish government has adopted a number of compulsory measures intended to control the spread of HIV,including voluntary routine testing, mandatory contact- and partner-tracing and testing. If a case of HIV is diagnosed, the physician will be required under the new.policies to file a report including a coded case number, gender, year and country of birth; risk category and, if possible, time and place of transmission. The physician will also be obliged to see the patient on a regular basis, and to inform him or her of binding regulations to prevent further spread of infection. These regulations now include informing prospective Sexual parmers about the infection before intercourse; practicing safe:sex; refraining from shared use of hypodermic needles or syringes; and not en- gaging in prostitution. Patients must also inform medical authorities before undergoing any treatment involving Mood contact. If the patient does not follow these regulations, the doctor is required to report the patient to medical officers in charge of the ctntrol of communicable diseases. If thepatient continues to ignore the mandatory restrictions, however, they can be detained in ahospital if health officials believe they present a threat Of infecting others = a decision to be made by the administrative courts. Transmission Risks Among Bisexual Men SAN FRANCISCO - A study on the prevalence and patterns of sexual behavior among male -bisexuals has concluded that San Francisco men identifying themselves as bisexual are not likely to transmit HIV to their female partners. The finding by . researchers at the University of California at San Francisco contradicts a general misconception that bisexual men provide a "bridge" can’ying HIV from the gay subculture to the larger heterosexual community, according to UCSF lead researcher Dr. Maria Ekstrand. The study, which involved 140 unmarried men whose HIV status was known to the researchers, found that mos t of the s exual ris~k-taking took place when the bisexual men had sex with other males not when engaged in sex with women. Only 7 percent of the bisexual male actually reported having sex with women, and among this group,.a mere 2 percent reported having unprotected vaginal intercourse, the. study reports. The findings also indicate that the men in the study significantly cut back on sexual risk-taking behaviors in general and particularly during malemale sex, during the five-year term of the study. Although unprotected vaginal intercourse remains common among men who have sex with women, this behavior wasreported! almost exclusiVely by the HIV-negalivemeninvolvedin the research. Drug Trials in Australia SYDNEY- Australian AIDS researchers have announced that a new drug that is believed to boost the immune system rather than attack the HIV virus itself, is to be tested for the first time in the country. Scientists hope that the drug, Interleukin-2 (IL-2), will increase the life expectancy and quality of life for people infected With HIV. Preliminary studies using IL-2 have shown that some HIV positive people have experienced a fourfold increase in T-cell counts. One hundred twenty volunteers in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth with relatively healthy immune systems are being sought to participate. The drug is supposed to boost the immune system so the virus has less chance of reproducing. In a trial in the U.S. two years ago, 90 percent of the participants, with an average Tcell count of 400, showed marked increases in their counts for about a year. A stronger immune system also makes people less sus--ceptible to secondary infections. H!V Home Test Kit WAS HINGTON - According to Advertising Age, Johnson &: Johnson hopes to become the first healthcare marketer to put an HIV home sdf-test kit on the market. The $30 kit, known as Confide, would include a lancet with which to draw blood and a smear card to send off to a national laboratory. Results, counseling, and medical referrals would be dispensed by phone. The Food & :Drug Administration has refused approval to other home test kits, citing concerns such as packing and mailing, false positives, and the need for in-person medical consultations. Johnson & Johnson claims that Confide will provide easy access and total anonymity. An independent survey by the company found that 80% of gays and lesbians would be inclined to use the test, and a recent poll from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta ~ound that 1 in 4 Americans would use such a test. 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For more information, call 918-743-1000, ext. ’HIV’ between 10am - 4pm. To receive more information about new clinical trials as they are available, send .your name & address to: Associates in Medical & Mental Health 1560 E. 21st St, Ste. 210, .Tulsa, OK 74114 Tulsa Family News, July ~ August 1994, page 7 �OK Politicians co.t’d omp. 2 them. A couple of them, like Ms.lCleveland, need to remember or learn~that even if they’re tired of hearing about a problem, their job ($12,000 annually) includes actually listening to citizens. Councillors Hall, Hogne, & Gilbert, who in theory are members of the Democratic Party, might do well to re-read the national patty platform: civil rights are for everyone, including Lesbian and Gay citizens. Running for governor, Bernice Shedrick. is touted as one of the brightest in the OK legislature (and no, that is not damning her by faint praise) and is an attorney. She apparently thinks that being Gay or Lesbian means that you’re dumb too. A month ago Shedrick was told that current civil rights protections do not include Lesbians & Gay men. She was asked if she would support amending those to provide protection based on sexual orientation. She promised, "H1 look into it." A month later, after repeated phone calls,, she issued a statement that civil rights laws protect all citizens and tt~t as governor sheql uphold the laws. Hello, Bernice- we started with the fact that current civil rights laws don’t include Lesbians & Gay men, a fact that as a legislator or lawyer she could easily verify. So what we’re being told us that she’ll support the laws that don’t include us. Why doesn’t she just tell us that she doesn’t want our votes and we’ll vote for Jack Mildren who believes in civil rights, even for Gay p~ople. However, it is the Oklahoma Congressional delegation which shames us as Oklahomans most. Between Inhofe & Nickles (no doubt members of the same branch of Republicans as John Benjamin) who are openly prejudiced and Democrats such as .Dave McCurdy and David Boren who just. don’t have seem to have the courage to include Lesbian & Gay Oklahomans in their constituencies, Lesbian & Gay Oklahomans just don’t get much represention at all. Except maybe from Rep. Mike Synar who never-the-less won’t join 116 of his peers in co-sponsoring a new bill, the Employment Non-Discrimi- 25" l|° 1|" $2" $6" 40° 44" 48" 3 DA Y PRODUCTION MINI BLINDS VERTICALS PLEATED SHADES SAME PRICE! 42" 1 7 1 8 1 9 21 23 25127 29 48" 18:19 21~23!26128!30i32 18121123 24~281 30~32~35 SG" 22~24127!29132~35 37140 7116 South Mingo, Suite 102, 254-2100 nation LAct of 1994, designed to discourage discrimination based on sexual orientation in the workplace. Mike says cosponsorship doesn’t matter but if that’s so why are 116 congress folks wasting their time? Synar at least is familiar with the bill. Sen. Nickles.office will tell that he’s opposed to it but his folks can’t tell you why because it turns out they haven’t even read it. They just know they wouldn’t like it. Now duck & cover Dave McCurdy "wants to be a senator and probably will get our votes only because the alternative, "Tulsa’s dysfunctional congressman"The Tulsa WorM, James lnhofe, is not only bad for Gay people, he’.s just plain bad. But McCurdy’s position on civil rights for Lesbian and Gay citizens seems to be that he doesn’t mind ff we have a few as long as no one knows he said so. McCurdy too is alone among Oklahoma’s semimoderate Democrats in refusing to sign a Human Rights Campaign Fund pledge not to discriminate in hiring in his office. He told The Tulsa Worm that he did not sign the pledge because he already had such protections in his office. However’, on direct questioning, his press secretary, Cindy Cain said that McCurdy’s office policy does not include protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation. Hello, Dave - back here in Oklahoma, we’d call that a lie- maybe in DC, you call it something else? Sen. Boren to our knowledge is the only Oklahoma politician who’s ever felt it necessary to swear an oath of heterosexuality on the steps of our state capitol. Having been the victim of anti-Gay prejudice, one would hope he might be more forthcoming. However, even though he is leaving DC, the best that he c~an muster is that he’s supportive of theconcept of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994 but he’s still undecided whether to become a co-sponsor. Hello, Senator - you’re a lame-duck! If he can’t stand up for civil rights now, when will ke ever? At the rate this session’s going he’ll be gone before a vote will ever be likely. Many Oklahomans find these legislators to be a disappointment, and in the case of our city council, the word clown comes to mind, but Lesbian and Gay Oklahomans have more justification for those feelings than many citizens. We are not yet represented in the council or the’ legislature or openly represented in our congress. There’s not much we can do but this: get registered if you’re not; vote no matter how inconvenient it may be; get involved- call or fax McOardy and Synar and even Inhofe and Nickles if you are feeling "masochistic." They might not like us but they still need to hear from Us. Call your city councillors and Mayor Savage. Remember that the primary is August 23 and you can make a difference inwho’s govemor.TulsaDemocraticparty headquarters phone is 742-2457. If you’re a Republican, call TFN to.get in contact with folks who want to starta Log Cabin Republicans chapter, an organization for Lesbian and Gay Republicans. What each of you does makes a difference. Other Issues Our report of the loss of state funding for Project Reach Out is a story of pain for a number of individuals, the congregation of Family of Faith MCC and this writer. I am sorrowed by that pain but writing about the situation was appropriate, necsee Other Issues, page 11 Timothy W. Daniel Richard Reeder, MS Attorney at Law Cherry Street Psychotherapy Associates Estate Planning Adoptions Personal Injury Criminal Law Bankruptcy Workers Compensation Serving the Diverse needs of the Gay and Lesbian Community Individuals 1515 South Lewis Tulsa, OK 74104 Couples Groups (918)743-4117 (918)581-0902 Initial consultation at no charge. Attention All Lesbian & Gay Couples Protect your relationship! There are ways.to replicate the legal benefits/ protections of marriage. For the fee of only $150 each, you can provide for each other with powers of attorney, living wills, medical authorizations, testamentary wills and, other documents if needed with full consultation~ 1-800-742-9468 or .918-352-9504 128 East Broadway, Drumright, Oklahoma. Weekend and evening appointments are available. Tulsa Family News, July - August 1994, page 8 Bless The Lord At All Times CHRISTIAN .CENTER 2627-B East 11th Street (Because everyWe would like to one has a right to !nvite you to join be blessed by ,nou.rspiritf!lted serwces. A Place God!) Sunday where we all School, 9:45 am, Services at 11:00 come together to " am & our weekly worship, praise & bible study is held glorify the name each Wed. at 7:30 of Jesus ! 628,0594, message phone. Eddie Cook, pastor �Faith continued frompage,1 pre-signed blank by Fink, allegedly in tile presence of a notary who would later seal the documents. Castillo wonders just exactly what has happened to funds that were donated to Project Reach Out from fundraisers held in two Tulsa bars. Over $400 was raised in these events but right now there is no money in the Project Reach Out account; it appears there have been a couple "bounced" checks (one of which has been made good by Crocker & Fink) and Castillo has yet to find records of expenditures from that account. When he questioned Crocker about where the funds were spent, her accounting of the expenditures did not fit his recollection of the bills. He expected that there would be some funds remaining. Castillo was authorized to sign checks was Crocker but claims the only things he’s ever signed were the signature card and co-signature on a check to help a community enterminer during a serious illness. What do Crocker & Fink Say? Marion Fink and Pam Crocker have moved to Kansas City, Missouri, having resigned their pastorate. They attended a final service on July 10 at Family of Faith at which a special offering of $500 was given to them, according to Dee Chambers, FoF treasurer. Board member Amos suggested that Chambers might have a phone number for Crocker & Fink though Amos did not. Chambers said that the former pastors did not yet have a phone but would call as they got one. A Project Reach Out volunteer suggested that there was a non-published listing for Pare Crocker at what is alleged to be their new address in Kansas City. Shortly after speaking with Chambers about these issues, Amos called TFN with a message from Crocker threatening to sue if an article were written. Rudy Castillo say he,Amos and another church member were called by Crocker about this time. Castillo characterized it as she (Crocker) went "crazy" on me. Crocker called TFN directly and inquired if we’d received her message from Amos. TFN expressed our interest in getring the information sorted out and the following is a transcription of the tape. TFN: "...I’m really happy that you called" Crocker: "yeah well I’m not sure you’re going to be with me" TFN: "I’m tape-recording this conversation. I’d be happy to talk with you and see what you have to say." Crocker: "I think you better take the tape recorder off." TFN: "no ma’am, any conversation we have is going to be stlictly on the record with the tape recorder going, I already have from Kharma that you are making threats" Crocker: "the only threat, dear, is just you know, if a story is printed untrue, then I can take you to court, that’s just plain & simple, that’s not a threat..." TFN: "...People have come to me with allegations. My job as a journalist is to report on items of interest and concern to our community and clearly Family of Faith & Project Reach Outare programs of interest to our community...I am very much interested in heating from you all your version of what has happened with these programs." Crocker: "tell you what I need to do, let me do some talking, let me see what people have said, I don’t want to be on your tape recorder saying things unless I know what’s (been) said." TFN: "...you can share with me your version of what has happened." Crocker: "OK, when I get ready to tell you my version, I’ll give you a call." TFN: "OK would you be willing to give me your number so that I can follow up with you?" Crocker: "no" TFN: "ok, you’re not willing to do that?" Crocker: l...u , I want to do things in my time when I’m ready to talk with you." TFN: "so, do you have anything to hide in this whole matter?" Crocker: "no, I don’t have anything to hide." TFN: "ok, so that you feel that all of your behavior with regard to Project Reach Out and financial management of that particular project as well as the church, all of that is on the up & up?" Crocker: "yes" TFN: "great I’ll be happy to go on the record with that." Crocker: "wall like I said when I have anything to say to you I will...let me talk to my lawyer and I"11 be in touch with you." According to state health officials, although they now reside in another state, Crocker and Fink are still contractually responsible for Project Reach Out. State officials know that they’re gone but can do nothing until Family of Faith sends official notice of the former pastors departure. Family of Faith remains fiscally responsible Rudy Castillo worries whether Project Reach Out can continue with out access to state blood testing Which now will be denied. Private testing is available but funds may not be. And until questions about the disbursement of funds are answered, he worries that the community may be less willing to help. Even now a small food bank project for PWA’s is only continuing because Castillo’s co-workers seeing his anguish are helping. Alan Nyitray and Emestine Hill of the State Health Dept. are preparing an RFP, request for proposals from other’ groups, as quickly as they can to try to address the need for which the program was intended: to get H1V information and testing to Gay & Bisexual men of color, an seriously underserved sub-community both in Oklahoma and across the US. Nyitray commented that finally what killed the program was not just the fact that the required paperwork was not done but was that call after call after call left on answering machines about the programs were unreturned. Shortly before press lime, Pam Crocker called back and was Willing to discuss Project Reach Out. 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By using Tulsa Family News Personal Service the customer placing the ad agrees not to leave his/her phone number, last name or address in his/her greeting. ~ ..... ’ ’" Jackson-Henry Holy Union & Celebration Brian Jackson & Tim Henry exchanged vows and rings in a Holy Union ceremony at the home of Bob Ames in North Hollywood, California on June 10. The Reverend Judy Dahl officiated, reading from the 13th chapter of Hebrews and blessing the rings. The couple also held a Commitment Celebration on June 17 in Tulsa. Friends helping to witness the ceremony and celebrate the union included Randy Ditmore, Craig Tmvis, Frank Harris and Bob ,Mnes. Follies Revue, Inc. Presents Cabaret ’94 Follies Revue, Inc. has announced plans for the sixth annual fundraising event benefitting Tulsa area organizations that provides services and direct care to individuals who have HIV/AIDS. "Cabaret ’94 will follow the format of the ’93 event, a dinner/nightclub entertninment evening. Cabaret ’94 is scheduled for 8:30pm on August 25, 26, and 27 at Escargot, 8th and Main. The 25th performance is a"Patron’s Evening", with pre-show music, dinner, wine & valetparking. Tickets are $40. On the 26 & 27, tickets are $25 & are available from Carson Attractions, 584-2000. For more information on other locations selling tickets or whole-table rates, call Follies Revue, Inc., at 437-0201. SALOON Open: Men-Sat, 10am- 2am, Sun, Noon -2am KNOW WHATTOEXPEC New Hours: Wed.- Sun. 7-2 Closed Mon. & Tues. 1565 South Sheridan, 834-4234 "ulsa Family News, July - August 1994, page 10 �THE G A Y L I F. E S T Y L Miss Gay Tulsa USA On Sunday, September 4, 1994, the Official 1995 Miss Gay Tulsa USA Pageant will be heldin Tulsaat the Metropole ’, Tulsa’s hot new dance dub located at I902 East llth Street, beginning at 10:00pro. The Miss Gay Tulsa USA Pageant is an official preliminary to the 8th annual Miss Gay Oklahoma USA Pageant, which will be held ih November. This will be the seventh year for the Miss Gay Tulsa USA Pageant and former Miss Gay Tulsa USA’s include: Raghenna, Bobble Sue Sommers,Jordan Blake, Toni, Jazmyne Cherri, along with the current Miss Gay Tulsa USA, Taylor Bryan’s. The Miss Gay USA Pageant celebrates its 10th anniversary in 1995 and David Bridgman, Oklahoma USA promoter, is inviting all female impersonators to enter as the Miss Gay Tulsa USA Pageant will send the winner and the 1st runner-up to the Miss Gay Oklahoma USA Pageant which will send its winner and 1st runnerup to the 10th anniversary Miss Gay USA Pageant to represent OUR state. Entry forms are available at Tulsa dubs or by contacting David Bridgman at 838-3701. Tulsa Family News is proud to announce Passages to serve our communities. In this feature, we will publish holy union, birth, anniversary announcements with photos & obituraries on a space-available basis in the issue after the event. Please send materials by the 1st of the month with a phone number. Other Issues cont’d from p. 8 essary and ultimately, was an issue of my responsibility offair and accurate reporting to our communities. I would like to write only of the many heroes of our communities: the McDonalds, the Kirbys, Phil Wiley, Tay Clare to pick on-a few and neglect many others but also I must write of when things go wrong. This story is especially painful because it involves persons who are also heroes to some here but who seem to have made unwise choices. If the individuals involved were only harming themselves, we might pity them but not pass judgement on them. In this case, it’s not ~lear that anything illegal has been done. It appears that most of what happened evenhiay not be unethical but it was negligent. And this negligence resulted in the quite unnecessary loss of funding to an HIV education project to an underserved part of our communities, Gay & Bisexual men of color. Itis conceivable that some lives actually may be lost or end sooner because of the loss of this funding for HIV education and testing. Itis this failure to be responsible that we as communities have a right to evaluate. Just as we reqture our elected leaders to be responsible, we too must ask others who chose roles of leadership to be responsible. If say you’ll do something, then do it. If you find you can’t do it, then hand the project off. In this situation because of the profession of the individuals, the expectations of responsible actions are higher. Did these people do good things dmSng much of the time they were here? Yes. Ate these people bad? I don’t think so. Did they do anything bad? Probably not. But did they do what they should have? No. And have they .taken responsibility for their actions? Only just barely, it seems. Charity Event: 1.994 Tulsa Famil ~ News, July - August 1994, page E �MET POLE RAN.D OPE NING " ~Gala . . . . Satur day,. July 16, Opening with~hoSt Rachael Erlkks, Lola McCall, Paula Rae & More! Fri. & sat: DanCing by Cody! Sunday: Sensuous & Friends! Stage Sets by A Major Affair Monday-Thursday Saturday Through the End of July 50¢ Draws, 4,Spm & regular specials 25¢ Draws, 4-7, $1 Longnecks 8-11 T’s for $2 Friday Sunday For Your Entertainment Dart Board & Pool Table Disco opening during the week Dancers every Fri. & Sat. evenings We put you in charge, pick your own beer bust, any 2 hour period from 410, only $3 $4 Bud Beer Bust 8-11 Sundays: Sensuous & Friends, llpm No Cover - 1902 East llth - 587-8811 - Must Be 21 To Enter-.Open: Mon-Sun, 4-2 am Tulsa Family News, July-August !994, page 12 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document TULSA-FAMILYNEWS Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Communities - Our Families of the Heart July 15 - August 14, 1994, Volume 1, Issue 8 National News Gay Games IV & Stonewall 25 NEW YORK - "Welcome to Yankee Stadium! You’ve come to the right place," actor/playwright Harvey Fierstein said to the roared approval ofmore thzn 40,000 spectators as nearly 12,000 athletes from around the worldmarchedin thefamedNew York stadium during the dosing ceremonies of Gay Games IV. The thousands of women and menfrom 43 countries competed in 31 spordng events held at 42 locations around the New York City ’metropolitan area. The weeklong event, which organizers said drew more than a halfmillion visitors to Manhattan where they spent at least an estimated $400 million, was astOundingly free of trouble. At the opemng ceremonies at Columbia University Stadium on June 18, three rather forlorn antigay fundamentalists showed up outside the arena to warn of "the evils of homosexuality" while tens of thousands and lesbians see Games, page 6 Co ng.ress to Consider Anti- Discrimination Proposal No OK Lawmakers Willing to Sponsor WASHINGTON- According~ to the Human Rights Campaign Fund, .the Employment Non- Discrimination Act (Senate, $2238 &House, HR4636) that would bar bias in the workplace based on sexual orientation, has gotten the backing of30 sponsors in the U.S. Senate and ll6in the House of Representatives - 136 Democrats, 9 Republicans and 1 Independent -.since the measure was introduced June 23. Legislative aide to Mass. Representative Gerry Studds, Mark Agrast noted that this bill is a "serious" proposal written in "real" legislative language. While he charaterized earlier TOHR Defends Human Rights Chief Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) praised Eddie Fay Gates for her work as a member of the Human Rights Commission ofthe City ofTulsa. TOHR alSO condemned the announced opposition of several councillors to Ms. Gates reappointment."This is an attempt to punish Ms. Gates for institutions and for employers with fewer.than 15 employees. Agrast also noted the unprecgiving civil rights proposals that include Lesbians and Gay men a fair hearing" said Ric Kirby, TOHR vice-president. Headded, "Ms. Gates has a long and distinguished record of volunteer service to the city. Our councillors should consider the city lucky ifsheis willing to continue to serve." civil rights proposals as usefulin edented number of Republican raising the issue of rights pro- c0-sponsors foi the bill. teetions, he emphasized that this bill has much more serious Chances 0fpassing. The bill provides exemptions for religious At press time, neither Representative McCurdy’s staffor Sen. Nickles staff had returned re: peated calls asking for explanations of their respective positions. Sen. Nickles’ staff indicated that he would oppose the bill but also stated that they had not even read it yet. Representative Mike Synar while in Tulsa for a pro-choice rally at Temple Israel said he would vote for the bill. He tioted that he has a very " good record of voting in support of issues of concern to Lesbian & Gay Oklahomans. He stated that he would not be a co-sponsor of the bill since it did notgo through any committees on which he serves. He added that he did not feel co-sponsorship was particularly important to a bill’s passage. Senator Boren’s press aide, Nick Hathaway issued a brief statement saying that the senator was supportive of the concept of the bill but was still undecided about co-sponsorship. State H.ealth Dept. Kills HIV Testing Grant to Family of Faith MCC’s Project Reach Out; Flags Management Problems Officials with the HIV/STD Services of the Oklahoma State Dept. of Health have issued a certified letter to Family of Faith (FoF) Metropolitan Community Church notifying it of the end of funding for Project Reach Out Too, an HIV education and testing program aimed at Gay & Bisexual menof color in Tulsa. The end of funding for Project Reach Out Too will also end state funding for HIV testing at Project Reach Out, aFoFproject begun in 1993 to educate and test underserved sub-communities: youth, rural inhabitants and leatherfolk~ State Healfla Gay & Lesbian Outreach co-ordinator., Alan Nyitray and co-liason Ernestine Hill indicated that the grant was withdrawn due to repeated failure to complete federally mandated forms. These "scan" forms which are coded with identifying numbers to matchblood samples and test results; help,in part; to verify thatpersons teSted actually have received their test results as well aspr0per ~-.re~e~t and p~st~ test counselling. Nyitray indi, eated that inlate 1993 under the original grant, problems ~ith not receiving the forms _began to appear. In early 1994, FoF received a grant six times larger than its 1993 grant to begin the "men of color"-outreach at a non-SOuth Tulsa location and a small amount of funds was included to continue to pay for HIV testing as a continuation of the 1993 program. However, according to Nyitray, problems with paperwork continued. He recalls that heand Hill had either four orfive meetings in Tulsa with Pastor Pam Crocker over Several months during the spriiag as well as a similar number of phone calls. Nyitray said that it got- to the point that his dept. was making photo copies of blood sample paperwork in order to be able to track how many "scan" forms were missing. Nyitray said _Crocker claimed that volunteers were failing to complete the forms. In April; Nyitray states his office’ feared that Crocker did not seem to be-able to fix the problem but none-the-less met with Crocker who was told that the project would have to have "excellentreporting" duringMay or theprojectwouldbecancelled. As of June 17, the "scan" forms that went with blood samples submittedinMayand that should have been sent before June 5, had not been received and the state health dept. began the process to withdraw the grant. Who’s Res ponsible? Family of Faith board members, Kharma Amos and Dee Chambers, both stated that the church board knew that there were problems with Project Reach Outbut that they understood that Project Reach Out and the church were two separate entities. The board was aware that Pastors Pare Crocker and Marion Fink were involved in managing Project Reach Out. Amos remarked on conflict earlier between the board and Project Reach Out management about the accountability of the project to the church. However, according to Nyitray, the contract with the state for Project.Reach Out was signed by Marion Fink as pastor ofFoFand state officials considered Pare Crocker to be the person responsible formanaging the project: Rudy Castillo; a volun= teerco-ordinatorwith theproject, stated that Project Reach Out was using the church’s tax-exempt status (federal tax identificationnumber) to order toreceive the grant. Individuals familiar with Metropolitan Community Church bylaws and Internal Revenue Service regulations indicate that under those circumstances that the church is legally responsible for the project. Rudy Castillo stated that he and Crocker shared responsibilities for Project Reach Out but that paperwork/financial matters were Crocker’s. He recalled two meetings state officials held with Crocker about Project Reach Out problems but says h( was not informed of the meetings until after they took place though he understood that Emestine Hill had requested his participation. He also says heoffered to help with paper work but was turned down. Castillo indicates that last Week he found in the Project ReachOutoffice about75"scan" forms that were incomplete or incorrect. He added that if forms were. not completed properly by a volunteer, they could have been corrected by Crocker, himself or a volunteer receptionist. Castillo also reports rumors, confirmed by Nyitray, that state forms which require notarization after first being filled out, signed were see Family ofFaith, page 9 Tulsa Family News, July - August 1994, page 1 by Senator Edward Kennedy At all critical stages in the history ofa free people, forces of oppression must be confronted in order for the frontiers of juslice tobe extended. ForAmerica, the time has come again. For Gay men and LeSbians, the time is now. Just recently, a million Ameri.c_~ans gath_ered to comwe intend to prevail. Polls show that the vast majority of Americans agree with us that Lesbians and Gay men should not have to face discrimination in the workplace. Many fortune 500 corporations have ¯ alreadyincluded sexual orienta~~ tion in their non-discrimination policies. Eight states and more than 100 munic~alities have complacent and convert th Skeptical. To make this bill a reality, we need you to take the followi~ ng steps: If you have been discriminated against in employment or know someone who has - make sure we know about it. Make sure we know the facts. (Write to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, SD. memorate the 25th anniversary’ ": ~d" tt-" bail: discrimination? S" ~4~g,’DC 20510.)Send ti~ all theof Stonewall, the first milestone in this longjourney onfreedom’ s road.The civil rights movemem is on the march again, moving closer to the American ideal, of liberty andjustice for all. We have refused to be intimidated by hate. Once again, it i~ timeto challenge our country to live up to its founding ideals. A great dealof progress has been made in the past quarter century. Although many miles have been traveled, there are many promises yet to bekept. They are promises to a cook in Georgia fired for being a Lesbian; to a postal worker in Michigan beatenunconscious by co-workers for being Gay; and to a truck driver in New Hampshire, a stock broker in Maryland, a social worker in Mississippi, and countless other Americans - all fired because of prejudice despite their productivity "and performance. Such flagrant discrimination is wrong, and it is time to fight back. Thatis why, along with thirty ofmy Senate colleagues and 115 House members, I have sponsored the Employment Non- Discrimination Actof 1994. Our bipartisan legislation will extend existing federal protections againstjob discrimination to Gay men and Lesbians, and give relief to those living in fear of losing their livelihoods. Our bill will send a strong message to employers and allAmericans that homophobiawill notbe tolerated as employmentpolicy anywhere in the nation. This is not about granting special~rights - it is about righting senseless wrongs. Our case is strong, our cause is just, and against Gaymen andLesbians. By joining Congressmen Barney Frank, Gerry Studds and myself at the press conference introducing this legislation, Coretta Scott King affirmed this action as the next chapter in "This is not about granting special rights- it is about righting senseless wrongs." US Senator Edward Kennedy America’s civil rights history. She said: "I support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994 because I believe that freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. As my husband, Martin Luther King, Jr. said, ’Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’ ." The fact remains that in 42 states, qualified Lesbians and Gay men with excellent records can be fired - with no warning - just for being Gay. It happens every day, and it is up to us to stop it. Lets be clear - The radical right will leave no stoneunturned to block the enactment of this essential legislation. Our own commitment must be even stronger. To ensure success, we need your active support and assistance. Being right is good, but it is not enough. Wemust inspire the information you think will be useful in making our poinL Job discrimination against Gay men and Lesbians is not a myth-it’s a reality that is shattering lives and denying opportunities daily. Write and call your Senators and Representatives at (202) 224-3121 and tell them to co-sponsor the Employment Non-Discrimination act of 1994 (S.2238&HR4636). Make sure they know that this is important - not just to the Gay commtmity, but to all their constituents who believe in the fundamental principles of a democratic society. Contact your friends, neighbors, co’workers, employers, and family members and make sure that they, too, make their voices heard for freedom andjustice. Thephone banks.of the radical right will be working overtime - and yours must be, too.... Thereis likely tobea massive misinformation campaign about what ourbill does. Form "truth squads" and make sure your delegation in Congress has the facts to seperate truth from malicious fiction. Work closely with others in the civil rights community in your area - people of color, women, physically challenged, religious, and labor organizations - and ask for their support and s.uggestions. They are veterans In the civil rights movement and can be helpful with coalition-building and strategy. AS Harvey Milk said, ’None of nsare free until-all of us are free." We need to join together, not let others divide us. by Tom NeaL publisher Civil fights protections are one ofthose things we shouldn’t need to have. Tulsa City Councillor Vicki Cleveland says so and many of us would agree. Unlike Ms. Cleveland, however, most of us recognize that often we are judged by our status: our race, gender, religion or our, sexual orientation rather than by our ability to perform a job, pay for services or rent/buy a home, Many Americans assume that Lesbians and Gay men, and Bisexuals enjoy civil rights protectionsjust likeeveryonerise. They assume that a problem encountered can be addressed by complaining to the right governmental agency. Many are very surprised to find that those agencies will not, and can not take a complaint of discrimination based on sexual orientation. Some people know better or have good reason that they should. Some of the people who should know better are Oklahoma politicians. Locally, John Tulsa Family News, July - August 1994, page 2 ......................... about silencing debate on civil tights issues and his harrassment ofHuman Rights Commissioner Eddie F.aye Gates make one wonder if he’s a member of a totalitarian branch of the Republicanparty - those who believe in democratic principles of debate and minority rights need not apply. He’s joined by some ol,l leagues who at least need to review their basic civics lessons: they represent all citizens, .not the ones who are exactly like see OKPoliticians, page 8 TULSA FAMILY NEWS Publisher/Editor Assistant Editor Staff Writer Tom Neal James Christjohn Kharma Amos 918-832-0233, POB 4140, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74159 Issued on or before the 15th of each month, the entire Contents of this publication are protected by US copyright 1994 by Tulsa Family News and may not be reproduced either in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher¯ Publication of a name or photo does not indicate that person’s sexual orientation. Correspondance is assumed to be for publication unless otherwise noted and becomes the sole property of Tulsa Family News. All correspondance should be sent to the address above. Each reader is entitled to one free copy of each edition at advertiser and ,Qther_ !9.~ca__tign_~, _Ad.d.ifional .cgpies.are .ay.ai_l a.b.1e .a.t .Tgm_fpp[er~ ~ ........... Clubs & Restaurants *The Alley, 3340 S. Peoria *-Bad Boys Club, 1229 S. Memorial *Cherry St. Bakery,. 1344 E: 15 *Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th *Metropole, 1902 E. 11 *Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan *Renegade, 1649 S. Main *Rex, 6101 E; Admiral *TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial *Time n’Time Again, 1515 S. Memoriai *Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd *Whittier Cafe, 416 S. Lewis Businesses/Services Adventure Base One BellAire Cleaners, 4951 S. Peoria Budget Window Treatments, 7116 So. Mingo, Ste. 1.02 *CD Warehouse, 6080 S. Sheridan *CD Warehouse in Lincoln Plaza, 15th & Peoria Encore M0rtgage Corp, 4835 S. Fulton, Ste 105 Floral Design Studio, 3404 S. 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Mingo 622-1441 Shanti Hotline 749-7898 TulsaOklahomansforHumanRights,(TOHR) POB52729, 74152 TOHR Gay HelpLine (htfo.) 743-4297 Other. *Chapman Student Center, University of Tulsa * Tulsa City/County Libraries: Central, Hardesty South, Martin East, West Regional, Rudisill North. For info: call 596-7977 *Tulsa City Hall, Cafeteria Vestibule, Ground Floor ~*University Center at Talsa ........... Professionals Associates in MedicaJ & Mental Health, 1560 E. 21 743-1000 Jeffery A. Beal, MD, Giuny Butler, RN, Theodore Campbell, MSW K~ithi Biarns, LCSW, Lie. Clinical Therapist, 425-4778 Phillip Cyr, Gen. Contractor-Cosmetic Remodeling 745-9911 Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 [L Skelly 745-1111 Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468 Bill Hinkle, Attorney 587-1500 Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 74"159 747-5466 John Kirk, Realtor 747-5800, 745-2245 Tom Neal, Designer, Buildings/Gardens/Graphics 832-0233 Richard Reeder, MS, Psychotherapy 581-0902, 743-4117 Religious Organizations *Bless The Lord AtAll Times Christian Ctr 262713 E. 11 *Community Of Hope, 1347 N. Yale *Family of Faith Mcc, 5451-E So; Mingo *MCC ofGreater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood Dignity/Integrity *Canterbury Ministry Center, University of. Tulsa 628-0594 838-7232 622-1441 838-1715 298-4648 583-9780 tohr reporter Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights ¯ PO Box 52729 Tulsa OK 74152 July/Augusl 1994 Volume 14 Number 8 The views expressed elsewhere in Tulsa Family News are not necessarily the views of TOHR. Permission is granted to reprint information contained within the TOHR Reporterpage along with other items, under the byline, "submitted by TOHR’, contained elsewhere in Tulsa Family News. President’s Column by Kelly H. Kirby Pending Legislation Alert The Employment Non=Discrimination Act of 1994 (ENDA) has been introduced into both houses of congress as House Bill 4636 and Senate Bill 2238. There are currently more than 100 sponsors in the House of Representatives and 33 in the Senate. As opposed to legislation which has been introduced every year since the 1970s proposing basic rights for gays and lesbians, the act deals only with non discrimination in employment. This particular issue seems to have the broadest public opinion support (’/8% per one recent poll). That means 4 out of 5 Americans believe that sexual orientation discrimination should not be allowed in the work place. Other basic rights issues draw less and less public support, ranging from housing down to spousal and parental rights for lesbians and gay men. There are two very important things YOU can do: 1. Write or call your Representative and Senators urging their support for passage. This legislation may be acted upon rather quickly so take time to write or call soon. Your personal message will make a difference. 2. The Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF) is looking for persons with employment related discrimination stories, some from each state. The best and most clear cut accounts will be written up and some persons may be invited to testify at possible Congressional hearings. Ifyou or someone you know clearly fit these guidelines, please write to: HRCF Attention: Steven Leanos P.O. Box 1396 Washington, D.C. 20013 Our quick action can help this measure pass. With a couple of exemptions for small employers (under 15 employees) and religious organizations, this proposed legislation would give far reaching protection to bisexuals, gay men and lesbians. How would it feel to be able to go to work tomorrow and know that you couldn’t legally be fired for being who you are? Please ACT NOW! August Meeting PARTY ON BARTLETT SQUARE TOHR will observe its August meeting with the Second Annual Picnic and Dance on Bartlett Square. Everyone is invited to join TOHR and its members in celebrating summer at 5th and Main in beautiful downtown Tulsa. On Tuesday, August 2, 1994, from 7 to 10 p.m. we will be OUT in public. TOHR will provide soft drinks and have a live DJ spinning the hottest tracks. You are invited to bring your own picnic ifyou like, bring your family and friends and come prepared to show your pride. We had a great turn out last year so let’s do it ’til we’re satisfied. t Membership Name Address Cit~ Phone (optional) Signature Application BISEXUAL, LESBIAN AND GAY ISSUES INFORMATION Yes I want to be a contributing member of Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights. Please accept payment as described below: $10 Limited Lncome]Student Membership $20 Regular Membership $35 Organizational/Household Membership $100 Sustaimn"g Membership I-I I~nctana~n:ceg,ingTOHR mailings and the Tulsa Family News [:i I am not on the mailing list 743- AND REFERRALS would like to volunteer help with: Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual HelpLine HIV Counselor Executive Board Member Event Planning and Party Preparations Monthly Meeting Support Make check payable to Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights. Donations contn’buted to TOHR over set membership fees are Tax Deductible. 4G2A9Y7S Memb e rs’ Re presentatives Kelly Kirby ...................................... President Ric Kirby ........................... 1st Vice President Kathleen Golden ............... 2nd Vice President Robert Crow .................................... Secretary Don ............. ~ .................................... Treasurer Owen ............................ HelpLine Coordinator Ruben Garcia ......................... Reporter Editor ..................................... Activities Coordinator Fundraising Coordinator Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights HIV T[STING CLINIC FREE--- ANONYMOUS Finger Stick Method EDUCATE ynURSELF~ REDUCE YOUR RISK BEHAVIORS, IT’S YOUR LIFE- BE IN CONTROL, Daytime Testing Monday-Thursday by Appointment 749-4194 Every Thursday Evening 7-8:30 p.m. 4154 S. Harvard Suite H-1 By and for but not exclusive to the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Communities. Tulsa Family News, July-August 1994, page 3 I News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News NAMBLA Expelled NEW YORK-The members of the International Lesbian & Gay Association have voted by 214- 30 to expelNAMBLA(the North American Man/Boy Love Assn.). An 80% majority is requiredbyILGA’ schartertoexpel a member organization from the international fights group; the vote represents an 88% majority in favor of expelling the controversial NAMBLA group. Two other groups that deal with man/ boylove- the Dutch organization Vereniging Martijn and the USbased Project Truth - were also expdled from ILGA at the same time. Debate over the position of NAMBLA in the lesbigay movement has raged on and off for the past few years. But its membership in ILGA became an urgent political issue during the past year when U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms proposed - and Congress approved - an appropriations- bill amendment the would require the United States to cut off some $118 million in UN contributions unless the government certifies "that no United Nations agency...grants any official status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization which promotes, condones, or seeks the legalization of pedophilia, or which includes as a subsidiary ormemberany such organization." ILGA last year was granted consultative status with the UN’s Economic & Social Council - the first lesbigay organization to gain such status. In.a press release, NAMBLA condemned the expulsion vote as "a capitulation to US blackmail" and accused the ILGA secretariat of distorting NAMBLA’s position and purpose. Ohio Anti-Gay Measure CINCINNATI-The Cincinnati Post reports that Ohio Attorney General Lee Fisher has f’ded an amicus brief in opposition to the anti-gay Issue 3 approved by Cincinnati voters. Thebrief f’fled by Fisher argues that any measure approved by voters in the state must be consistent with the provisions of the U.S. Constitution but that Issue 3 violates the equal protection clause by pre-. venting a class of people from seeking legal protections on an equal basis with other citizens. Gay Pastor Begins Fast COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Rev. Mel White, the Dallas gay minister who was once a ghostwriter for Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, has begun a 7- day "fast for understanding" outside the offices of Focus on the Family to draw attention to attacks by the religious right against gays and lesbians in this country. "In the last six months, Focus on the Family has quietly assumed leadership of an unprecedented attempt by extremist Christians to exert political and moral control over the nation," Dr. White said in a press statement. "Attacks against gay and lesbian people have become apivotpointin theirmovement." Focus on the Family backed Amendment 2, approved by Colorado voters and now being challenged in the courts. The organization now has chapters in all 50 states and, until recently a little-known organization, is one of the richest groups to emerge in the religious right recently. NO Arizona Initiative TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona will not be one of the states facing a vote this year on an anti-gay measure that would have barred state and local laws prohibiting discrminafion based on sexual orientation. Frank Meliti, leader of the Traditional Values CoalilionofArizonawhichhadbacked the statewide measure, claimed the group had collected some 247,000 signatures - well over the 158,000 required- but would not be turning the petitions in, charging that ’~nilitant homosexuals" would only keep any such measure passed by the voters tied up in court challenges. At a press conference, Meliti displayed 4 cardboard boxes taped shut, but refused to open the boxes to show reporters the signed petitions he claimed the group had gathered. Louganis Tells Olympic Committee to Move Out ST. LOUIS - Olympic diver Greg Louganis told members of the U.S. OlympicCommitteethat the 1996 volleyball competition should be removed from Cobb County, Ga., because of a resolution adopted by commissioners there last year condemning the "gay lifestyle." Louganis, who acknowledged being gay at Gay Games IV in New York in June, made his remarks at an awards ceremony after receiving the USOC’s prestigious Robert J. Kane Award recognizing Olympic athletes who continue making contributions to their sport. According to a New York Times report, the USOC is trying to find a way to move the volleyball competition out of Cobb County without appearing to have caved in to pressure from gay rights activists. In speaking to the audience, Lougams identified himself as an "openly gay athlete." He told the awards audience, "They [the Cobb County Commission] have made it dear some of the athletes won’t be welcomed. An openly gay athlete should be able to compete without barriers." Cobb Cty. Extremists SALON WESTCOPA Ross Folsom Hairdesigner Color Technician Lincoln Plaza 1310 E. 15th St. 583.1500 NATHANAEL MATTINGLY salon estetica 749-0777 3509 S, Peoria ¯ Second Level ¯ Tulsa, OK 74105 BROOKSIDE JEWELRY Fine Jewelry Watch & Jewelry Repair 4649 South Peoria, 743-5272 Comer of 48th & Peoria 9:30 - 5:00 Monday-Friday Shop Where You Are Appreciated! i RO,YAL TRAVEL Our Clients Always Receive Royal Service" 496-2410, 1-800’336-3524 6927 So.. Canton Ave. PhillipCyr General Contractor CosmeticRenovations InteriorlExteriorPainting Carpeting Cabinet Re-facing CeramicTile Countertops 918-745-9911 Tulsa Family News, July -August 1994, page 4 News. Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News. ATLANTA-TheAtlanta-based anti-bias group Neighbors Network has released a report, ’~-Iidden Agenda: The Influence of Religious Extremism on the Politics of Cobb County, Georgia," which links anti-gay County COmmissioner Gordon Wysong with a little-known farright religious movement that advocates the death penalty for homosexuals and replacing democracy in the U.S. with a theocracy. Cobb Cty, Politico’s Daughter Comes Out ATLANTA - Rights activists battling to change an anti-gay resolution in the Atlanta suburb ofCobbCounty gotamajorboost when the daughter of Cobb County Commissioner Chairman Bill Byme, told the Southern Voice, Adanta’s gay paper that she struggled with what to do ever since the commission’s resolution made national news last August. After cgnfronting her father about it, Byme said, she decided to take the next step. ’Tm sorry for what my dad has donee" she said. ’That’s one of the reasons I’m coming out.... I felt like I needed to tell these Christian people that they are dead wrong. I don’t think they hdve any idea about l~ow to be Christian." Boy Scouts Lose SAN DIEGO - California Superior Court Judge Anthony Joseph has awarded $5,000 to Chuck Merino, an E1Cajon Police officer who sued the Boy Scouts for drumming him out of the youth group as an Explorer Scout leader after he-acknowledged he is gay. Judge Joseph ruled that the Scouts are in fact a business as defined under state law and are therefore prohibited from discriminating on a variety of factors, including sexual orientation. The judge ruled that acknowledging being homosexual "does not translate into "teaching’ that homosexuality is proper or improper." The state Supreme Court has already agreed to hear 2 cases involving the Boy Scouts’ policies conceruing gays and atheists which hinge on the same question of whether or not the youth group qualifies as a business under California law. Lesbian Officer Wins Reinstatement Appeal SAN FRANCISCO - The federal government has lost its appeal to block Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer’ s immediate reinstatement while the case of her dismissal is being appealed. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals turned down the government’s appeal of a lower "-court thatorderedCzmmermeyer reinstated in the Washington State National Guard while her discharge is being appealed. It was not immediately clear whether the government would appeal the ruling to.the U.S. Supreme Court or not. Justice Dept, Appeals Cammermeyer Ruling WASHINGTON-To almost no one’s surprise, the U.S. Justice Department says it will appeal a recent decision by a U.S. district judge in Washington state to reinstatehighly decorated National Guard nurse Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer, who declared to military officials she is a lesbian. Earlier in June, a U.S. District Court in a summaryjudgmentin favor of Cammermeyer concluded that the government discriminated against the nurse without a "rational" basis for doing so and that the action was "grounded solely on prejudice." Ballot Measures Fail to Qualify in Washington OLYMPIA, Wash. - Two antigay initiatives in Washington state have not qualified for the ballot when backers of the initiafives failed to turn in the nearly 182,000 valid signatures. The measures would have barred the state orany governmental agency in Washington from recognizing the legal rights of gays, lesbians or bisexuals as a protected class. Texas Daily Publishes Same-Sex Unions EL PASO,.Texas -The El Paso Times has become the first daily newspaper in Texas - and one of only a handful in the U.S. - to accept same-sex couples announcements on an equal footing with opposite-sex wedding notices. The Everett (Washington) Herald near Seattle is believed to be the first daily paper in the U.S. to begin publishing same-sex partaers notices, which it began doing in November 1990. Fed. Hate Crimes Report BERLIN - FBI Director Louis Freeh, in Germany for an antiright wing conference, released details of the U.S. government’ s 1993 hate crimes statistics. Of the 7,684 crimes reported, the report indicate~, 806 - or 10.5% - were motivated by the victim’ s sexual orientation. The crimes reported ranged from minor property vandalism to assaults, rapes and murders. The motivation in the majority of the reported hate crimes continued to be race (4,168), followed by religion (1,189). Sexual orientation - which almost exclusively means anti-gay attacks - followed next, and national or ethnic origin was last with 583 reported crimes. American Airlines Gay-Positive Video ATLANTA -’ American Airlines, which ran into troubled skies when a flight crew carrying passengers back from the National March on Washington last year replaced all the pillows and blankets midway through the flight because gays and lesbians had used them, has putout a gay-positive employee videotape for its 70,000 workers "to help prevent the unfortunate incidents in the past" and ’’to make it clear that its policies of nondiscrimination and fairness are taken to heart." German Rights Proposal Fails BERLIN - The government of German Chancellor Helmut See News Briefs, page 6 numnnnnmumnmnnnumunmnnnnnunnunnnn ¯ [] ¯ ¯ ¯¯ [] ¯ [] ¯ [] [] ¯¯ ¯ Puppy Pause II All Breeds Dog Grooming llth & Mingo, 838-7626 Open Tuesday - Saturday at 8am. 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The ACLU says it will probably also file a similar suit in behalf of 98 other city workers - beth gay and straight - whose partners lost the benefits following the May 7 election repeal. The suit charges the city with breach of contract and unfair insurance practices because voters yanked the benefits program that had been in place since September when it was initially approved by the city council. Lesbian Gets Son Back RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia CoUrt of Appeals has overturned a lower court child custody ruling that. ordered the 2- year-old son of Sharon Bottoms removedfrom herhome because she acknowledged she is a lesbian. "A parent’s private sexual conduct, even if illegal, does not create a presumption of unfitness," wroteJudgeSamColeman for the. 3-member panel. The unanimous appeals court ruling overturned a lower court ruling that gave custody of the boy to Bottoms’ 43-year-old mother, Kay Bottoms, who had brought the custody dispute against her daughter. The grandmother was unavailable for: comments following the decision, but her attorney, Richard Ryder, said his client, would appeal the ease to the state Supreme Court. Virginia Adds Lesbian/Gay Families RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Housing Development Authority has. approved a pror posed regulatory change that would allow offering low-income loans to non-traditional .households, including gay and lesbian couples. The pr0~posal alters current regulations, which restrict such loans to families that are related by "blood, marriage or adoption," to include low-income joint house purchasers defined’as "two or more individuals living togetheronthe premises as a single, nonprofit housekeeping uuit." Several area gay andlesbianhomeowners and prospective buyers spoke in support of the proposed change as did representatives of Richmond’s and Virginia’s mortgage bankers association and the Richmond Assn. of Realtors. But Margaret Braddy of Concerned Women of America called the proposal a move toward "illegal and immoral behavior. ....Virginia will not be improved by disregarding-the importance ... ofthe familyuuit," Braddy said. But the VHDA board disagreed and approved the regulation change with oul.y one vote cast against it. ~ Nevada Measure Fails CARSON CITY, Nev. - An attempt by a group in Nevada to put an" anti-gay ballot measure before voters in the state failed when a group backed by the Oregon Citizens Alliance failed to get the 51,399 valid voter signatures needed to qualify the measure by the June 21.~date petitions were due to be turned in. ’The opposition was well-organizedandworkedextremelyhard but they just couldn’t get anywhere near the ... signattires they needed," said Beverly Baum of the Campaign for Liberty, the group fighting the proposed amendment. The signatures needed for proposed ballot measure in Nevadamustinclude voters from 13 of the state’s 17 counties. Surg. General v. Fundies WASHINGTON-U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders has set off a firestorm of controversy for critical remarks she made about anti-gay fundamentalists. During a speech at the Lesbian and Gay Health Conference in New York on Wednesday, June 22, Elders said of the religious right’s opposition to AIDS and schoo! sex education programs: "We’ve got to be strong to.take on those people who are selling our children out in the name of religion..We’ve got to be as aggressive as .they !ve .been." At one point the outspoken Elders referred to the ’bin-Christian religious right." Idaho Pride Draws Crowd BOISE - More than. doubling last year’s turnout, more than a thousand people turned out Saturday, June I 1, for Boise’s 5th annual Gay Pride.celebration as the state faces a likely nasty antigay ballot measure. Anti-gay protesters also showed up for the event, some carrying signs reading: "Only good queer is a dead queer." Organizers of the event said the Idaho Citizens Alliances’ attempt to put an antigay ballot initiative before the voters in the state contributed to the larger tdmout this year. Navy Bans Anti-Gay Civilian Job Bias WASHINGTON - The U.S. Navy has become thefirstbranch of the nation’s armed forces to formally prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation among its civilian workforce. The Coast Guard had earlier this year issues an anti-bias statement including sexual orientation, but the U.S. Coast Guard is a division of the Department of Transportation rather than the Defense Department. Games cont’dfrom p. 1 and gay men simply ignored them. New York s police force, beefed up with some 6,500 ofricers on overtime duty during the week, reported not asingle anti-gay attack connected with the gigantic event. On Saturday evening, June 25, after the Gay Games closing ceremonies the International.Dyke March drew. an estimated %000 women who marched from 42rid street down Fifth Avenue - without a permit -to a mucous andfestive rally at Washington Square Park. A mile-long rainbow flag led the parade from the United Nations up First Avenue to Central.Park on Sunday - the "ofricial;"Stonewall 25 march that included Mayor Giuliani. ACT UP, Gay & Lesbian Americans and other groups Organized an unautho-, rized parade up Fifth Avenue. Stonewal125 organizers hadbeen refused a city permit for that route. Organizers estimated participation at 1.1 million. City police and parks officials estimated the number was a mere .100;000 people. Sandra J. Hill, M.S, Tulsa Family News, July - August 1994, page 6 The only thing tired about your trip should be you.., when you get back! 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President Ronald Reagan, depicting him with kaposi sarcoma lesions. According to a Benetton spokesperson, the retouched photo was, the clothing manufacturer s way of pointing the finger of blame at the onetime actor and former president for not acting to battle the AIDS epidemic. Asian AIDS Epidemic GENEVA - The number of AIDS cases around the world has risen 60% during the past year, according to the World Health Organization, which estimates that there are 4 million actual cases of AIDS and 17 ¯ million cases of HIV infection globally. While most of these infections are in sub-Saharan Africa, WHO officials say the greatest danger is in Asia, which has experienced an eighffold increase in the number of AIDS cases during the past year. Of particular concern, says WHO, is thespreadofthe diseaseamong female prostitutes in Thailand, India,.and.other countries.~. HIV Measures in Sweden STOCKHOLM = The Swedish government has adopted a number of compulsory measures intended to control the spread of HIV,including voluntary routine testing, mandatory contact- and partner-tracing and testing. If a case of HIV is diagnosed, the physician will be required under the new.policies to file a report including a coded case number, gender, year and country ofbirth; risk category and, if possible, time and place of transmission. The physician will also be obliged to see the patient on a regular basis, and to inform him or her of binding regulations to prevent further spread of infection. These regulations now include informing prospective Sexual parmers about the infection before intercourse; practicing safe:sex; refraining from shared use of hypodermic needles or syringes; and not engaging in prostitution. Patients must also inform medical authorities before undergoing any treatment involving Mood contact. If the patient does not follow these regulations, the doctor is required to report the patient to medical officers in charge of the ctntrol of communicable diseases. If thepatient continues to ignore the mandatory restrictions, however, they can be detained in ahospital if health officials believe they present a threat Of infecting others = a decision to be made by the administrative courts. Transmission Risks Among Bisexual Men SAN FRANCISCO - A study on the prevalence and patterns of sexual behavior among male -bisexuals has concluded that San Francisco men identifying themselves as bisexual are not likely to transmit HIV to their female partners. The finding by . researchers at the University of California at San Francisco contradicts a general misconception that bisexual men provide a "bridge" can’ying HIV from the gay subculture to the larger heterosexual community, according to UCSF lead researcher Dr. Maria Ekstrand. The study, which involved 140 unmarried men whose HIV status was known to the researchers, found thatmost ofthe sexualris~k-taking took place when the bisexual men had sex with other males - not when engaged in sex with women. Only 7 percent of the bisexual male actually reported having sex with women, and among this group,.a mere 2 percentreportedhaving unprotected vaginal intercourse, the. study reports. The findings also indicate that the men in the study significantly cut back on sexual risk-taking behaviors in general and particularly during malemale sex, during the five-year term of the study. Although unprotected vaginal intercourse remains common among men who have sex with women, this behavior wasreported! almost exclusiVely by the HIV-negalivemeninvolvedintheresearch. Drug Trials in Australia SYDNEY- Australian AIDS researchers have announced that a new drug that is believed to boost the immune system rather than attack the HIV virus itself, is to be tested for the first time in the country. Scientists hope that the drug, Interleukin-2 (IL-2), will increase the life expectancy and quality of life for people infected With HIV. Preliminary studies using IL-2 have shown that some HIV positive people have experienced a fourfold increase in T-cell counts. One hundred twenty volunteers in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth with relatively healthy immune systems are being sought to participate. The drug is supposed to boost the immune system so the virus has less chance of reproducing. In a trial in the U.S. two years ago, 90 percent of the participants, with an average Tcell countof400, showedmarked increases in their counts for about a year. A stronger immune system also makes people less sus--- ceptible to secondary infections. H!V Home Test Kit WASHINGTON -According to Advertising Age, Johnson &: Johnson hopes to become the first healthcare marketer to put an HIV home sdf-test kit on the market. The $30 kit, known as Confide, would include a lancet with which to draw blood and a smear card to send off to a national laboratory. Results, counseling,andmedical referrals would be dispensed by phone. The Food & :Drug Administrationhas refused approval to other home test kits, citing concerns such as packing and mailing, false positives, and the need for in-person medical consultations. Johnson & Johnson claims that Confide will provide easy access and total anonymity. An independent survey by the company found that 80% of gays and lesbians would be inclined to use the test, and a recent poll from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta ~ound that 1 in 4 Americans woulduse such a test. 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To receive more information about new clinical trials as they are available, send .your name & address to: Associates in Medical & Mental Health 1560 E. 21st St, Ste. 210, .Tulsa, OK 74114 Tulsa Family News, July ~ August 1994, page 7 OK Politicians co.t’d omp. 2 them. A couple of them, like Ms.lCleveland, need to remember or learn~that even if they’re tired of hearing about a problem, their job ($12,000 annually) includes actually listening to citizens. Councillors Hall, Hogne, & Gilbert, who in theory are members of the Democratic Party, might do well to re-read the national patty platform: civil rights are for everyone, including Lesbian and Gay citizens. Runningfor governor, Bernice Shedrick. is touted as one of the brightest in the OK legislature (and no, that is not damning her by faint praise) and is an attorney. She apparently thinks that being Gay or Lesbianmeans that you’re dumb too. Amonth ago Shedrick was told that current civil rights protections do not include Lesbians & Gay men. She was asked if she would support amending those to provide protection based on sexual orientation. She promised, "H1 look into it." Amonthlater, after repeated phone calls,, she issued a statement that civil rights laws protect all citizens and tt~t as governor sheql uphold the laws. Hello, Bernice-we started with the fact that current civil rights laws don’t include Lesbians & Gay men, a fact that as a legislator orlawyer she could easily verify. So what we’re being told us that she’ll support the laws that don’t include us. Whydoesn’t shejust tell us that she doesn’t want our votes and we’ll vote for Jack Mildren who believes in civil rights, even for Gay p~ople. However, it is the Oklahoma Congressional delegation which shames us as Oklahomans most. Between Inhofe & Nickles (no doubt members of the same branch of Republicans as John Benjamin) who are openly prejudiced and Democrats such as .Dave McCurdy and David Boren who just. don’t have seem to have the courage to include Lesbian & Gay Oklahomans in their constituencies, Lesbian & Gay Oklahomans just don’t get much represention at all. Except maybe from Rep. Mike Synarwho never-the-less won’t join 116 of his peers in co-sponsoring a new bill, the Employment Non-Discrimi- 3 DA Y PRODUCTION MINI BLINDS VERTICALS PLEATED SHADES SAME PRICE! 25" l|° 1|" $2" $6" 40° 44" 48" 42" 1 7 1 8 1 9 21 23 25127 29 48" 18:19 21~23!26128!30i32 18121123 24~281 30~32~35 SG" 22~24127!29132~35 37140 7116 South Mingo, Suite 102, 254-2100 nation LAct of 1994, designed to discourage discrimination based on sexual orientation in the workplace. Mike says cosponsorship doesn’t matter but if that’s so why are 116 congress folks wasting their time? Synar at least is familiar with the bill. Sen. Nickles.office will tell that he’s opposed to it but his folks can’t tell you why because it turns out they haven’t even read it. They just know they wouldn’t like it. Now duck & cover Dave McCurdy "wants to be a senator and probably will get our votes only because the alternative, "Tulsa’s dysfunctional congressman"- The Tulsa WorM, James lnhofe, is not only bad for Gay people, he’.s just plain bad. ButMcCurdy’s positiononcivil rights for Lesbian and Gay citizens seems to be that he doesn’t mind ff we have a few as long as no oneknows he said so. McCurdy too is alone among Oklahoma’s semimoderate Democrats in refusing to sign a Human Rights Campaign Fund pledge not to discriminate in hiring in his office. He told The Tulsa Worm that he did not sign the pledge because he already had he is leaving DC, the best that he c~an muster is that he’s supportive of theconcept of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994 but he’s still undecided whether to become a co-sponsor. Hello, Senator - you’re a lame-duck! If he can’t stand up for civil rights now, when will ke ever? At the rate this session’s going he’ll be gone before a vote will ever be likely. Many Oklahomans find these legislators to be a disappointment, and in the case of our city council, the word clown comes to mind, but Lesbian and Gay Oklahomans have more justification for those feelings than many citizens. We are not yet represented in the council or the’ legislature or openly represented in our congress. There’s not much we can do but this: get registered if you’re not; vote no matter how inconvenient it may be; get involved- call or fax McOardy and Synar and even Inhofe and Nickles if you are feeling "masochistic." They might not like us but they still need to hear from Us. Call your city councillors and Mayor Savage. Remember that the primary is August 23 and you can make a difference such protections in his office. However’, inwho’s govemor.TulsaDemocraticparty on direct questioning, his press secretary, Cindy Cain said that McCurdy’s office policy does not include protection from discriminationbasedonsexual orientation. Hello, Dave - back here in Oklahoma, we’d call that a lie-maybe in DC, you call it something else? Sen. Boren to our knowledge is the only Oklahoma politician who’s ever felt it necessary to swear an oath of heterosexuality on the steps of our state capitol. Having been the victim of anti-Gay prejudice, one would hope he might be moreforthcoming. However, even though headquarters phone is 742-2457. If you’re a Republican, call TFN to.get in contact with folks who want to starta Log Cabin Republicans chapter, an organization for Lesbian and Gay Republicans. What each of you does makes a difference. Other Issues Our report of the loss of state funding for Project Reach Out is a story of pain for a number of individuals, the congregation of Family of Faith MCC and this writer. 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Richard Reeder, MS Cherry Street Psychotherapy Associates Serving the Diverse needs of the Gay and Lesbian Community Individuals 1515 South Lewis Tulsa, OK 74104 Couples Groups (918)743-4117 (918)581-0902 Bless The Lord At All Times CHRISTIAN .CENTER 2627-B East 11th Street We would like to (Because every- !nvite you to join one has a right to ,nou.rspiritf!lted be blessed by serwces. A Place God!) Sunday where we all School, 9:45 am, come together to " Services at 11:00 worship, praise & am & our weekly glorify the name bible study is held ofJesus ! each Wed. at 7:30 628,0594, message phone. Eddie Cook, pastor Tulsa Family News, July - August 1994, page 8 Faith continuedfrompage,1 pre-signed blank by Fink, allegedly in tile presence of a notary who would later seal the documents. Castillo wonders just exactly what has happened to funds that were donated to Project Reach Out from fundraisers held in two Tulsa bars. Over $400 was raised in these events but right now there is no money in the Project Reach Out account; it appears there have been a couple "bounced" checks (one of which has been made good by Crocker & Fink) and Castillo has yet to find records of expenditures from that account. When he questioned Crocker about where the funds were spent, her accounting of the expenditures did not fit his recollection of the bills. He expected that there would be some funds remaining. Castillo was authorized to sign checks was Crocker but claims the only things he’s ever signed were the signature card and co-signature on a check to help a community enterminer during a serious illness. What do Crocker & Fink Say? Marion Fink and Pam Crocker have moved to Kansas City, Missouri, having resigned their pastorate. They attended a final service on July 10 at Family of Faith at which a special offering of $500 was given to them, according to Dee Chambers, FoF treasurer. Board member Amos suggested that Chambers might have a phone number for Crocker & Fink though Amos did not. Chambers said that the former pastors did not yet have a phone but would call as they got one. A Project Reach Out volunteer suggested that there was a non-published listing for Pare Crocker at what is alleged to be their new address in Kansas City. Shortly after speaking with Chambers about these issues, Amos calledTFN with a message from Crocker threatening to sue ifan article were written. Rudy Castillo say he,Amos and another churchmember were called by Crocker about this time. Castillo characterized it as she (Crocker) went "crazy" on me. Crocker called TFN directly and inquired if we’d received her message from Amos. TFN expressed our interest in getring the information sorted out and the following is a transcription of the tape. TFN: "...I’m really happy that you called" Crocker: "yeah well I’m not sure you’re going to be with me" TFN: "I’m tape-recording this conversation. I’d be happy to talk with you and see what you have to say." Crocker: "I think you better take the tape recorder off." TFN: "no ma’am, any conversation we have is going to be stlictly on the record with the tape recorder going, I already have from Kharma that you are making threats" Crocker: "the only threat, dear, is just you know, if a story is printed untrue, then I can take you to court, that’s just plain & simple, that’s not a threat..." TFN: "...People have come to me with allegations. My job as a journalist is to report on items of interest and concern to our community and clearly Family of Faith & Project Reach Outare programs of interest to our community...I am very much interested in heating from you all your version of what has happened with these programs." Crocker: "tell you what I need to do, let me do some talking, let me see what people have said, I don’t want to be on your tape recorder saying things unless I know what’s (been) said." TFN: "...you can share with me your version of what has happened." Crocker: "OK, when I get ready to tell you my version, I’ll give you a call." TFN: "OK would you be willing to give me your number so that I can follow up with you?" Crocker: "no" TFN: "ok, you’re not willing to do that?" Crocker: l...u , I want to do things in my time when I’m ready to talk with you." TFN: "so, do you have anything to hide in this whole matter?" Crocker: "no, I don’t have anything to hide." TFN: "ok, so that you feel that all of your behavior with regard to Project Reach Out and financial management of that particular project as well as the church, all of that is on the up & up?" Crocker: "yes" TFN: "great I’ll be happy to go on the record with that." Crocker: "wall like I said when I have anything to say to you I will...let me talk to my lawyer and I"11 be in touch with you." According to state health officials, although they now reside in another state, Crocker and Fink are still contractually responsible for Project Reach Out. State officials know that they’re gone but can do nothing until Family of Faith sends official notice of the former pastors departure. Family of Faith remains fiscally responsible Rudy Castillo worries whether Project Reach Out can continue with out access to state blood testing Which now will be denied. Private testing is available but funds may not be. And until questions about the disbursement of funds are answered, he worries that the community may be less willing to help. Even now a small food bankproject for PWA’s is only continuing because Castillo’s co-workers seeing his anguish are helping. Alan Nyitray and Emestine Hill of the State Health Dept. are preparing an RFP, request for proposals from other’ groups, as quickly as they can to try to address the need for which the program was intended: to get H1V information and testing to Gay & Bisexual men of color, an seriously underserved sub-community both in Oklahoma and across the US. Nyitray commented that finally what killed the program was not just the fact that the required paperwork was not done but was that call after call after call left on answering machines about the programs wereunreturned. Shortlybeforepress lime, Pam Crocker called back and was Willing to discuss Project Reach Out. She confirmed many of the details mentioned above though sometimes in a misleading fashion. When asked if she, as project financial director, felt responsible for the loss of the grant monies, she cited her inexperience but felt she did not bear the full responsibility. Wanted: Lesbians who like to play with balls. Women who want to be active in sports, please contact 646- 6455 (beeper) between 5-10pm or write to: Tulsa Womens Sports Association 1212 S. Florence Place, 74104 46th & Memorial 665-6595 don carlton MITSUBISHI NEW ’94 Galant LS or ’95 Galant ES Only $500 Down Not A Lease Your Choice! *237 too.* "55 payments at $237; ’94 LS list price $19,915, sale price $17,395, amount financed $17,395, last payment $8563.45, 6.40% APR. ’g5 ES list price $19,089, sale price $17,577, amount financed $17,077, last payment $8399.16, 6.73% APR, w. a. c. Jeffery A. Beal, MD Ted Campbell, LCSW Ginny Butler, RN MS Specialized in H1V Care Providing Comprehesiv Primary Care Medicine and Psychotherapeutic Services We have many insurance provider affiliations - ifyou belong to an insurance program that does not list us as providers, call us and we will apply. 1560 Easto21st Street, Suite 210 743-1000 Monday - Friday, 9:30-4:30 pm Tulsa Family News, July - August 1994, page 9 T H E G A Y L I F E S T Y L E Tired of playing games? i Is going to a ballgame or other sporting event your idea of a great date? Tulsa Family News is proud to announce its new telephone personals service, Friends & Lovers. You may place an ad of 30 words or less for a month free. After you mail your ad to TFN by the first of the month, you will be assigned a voice mail box in which you can leave a message to which other readers can respond. Leaving messages or listening to responses costs $1.59/minute. Friends & Lovers is intended to provide an alternative means of meeting new people for friends or for long-term relationships. You must provide your name, address and day & evening phone numbers. This information is completely confidential. Catagories are: friends seeking friends, women seeking women, & men seeking men. Ads containing sexually explicit/implieitlanatomical language will not be accepted. Tulsa Family News reserves the right to edit or reject any advertisement. Ads may be submitted for publication only by persons 18 years of age or older. No ads will be published seeking persons under 18. Tulsa Family News assumes no liability for the content or reply for any personal ad. The customer placing the ad assumes complete liability and holds Tulsa Family News harmless for all cost, expenses, (including attorneys fees), liabilities and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording placed by the adveaiser or any reply to any such advertisement. By using Tulsa Family News Personal Service the customer placing the ad agrees not to leave his/her phone number, last name or address in his/her greeting. ~ ..... ’ ’" Jackson-Henry Holy Union & Celebration Brian Jackson &Tim Henry exchanged vows and rings in a Holy Union ceremony at the home of Bob Ames in North Hollywood, California on June 10. The Reverend Judy Dahl officiated, reading from the 13th chapter of Hebrews and blessing the rings. The couple also held a Commitment Celebration on June 17 in Tulsa. Friends helping to witness the ceremony and celebrate the union included Randy Ditmore, Craig Tmvis, Frank Harris and Bob ,Mnes. Follies Revue, Inc. Presents Cabaret ’94 Follies Revue, Inc. has announced plans for the sixth annual fundraising eventbenefitting Tulsa area organizations that provides services and direct care to individuals who have HIV/AIDS. "Cabaret ’94 will follow the format of the ’93 event, a dinner/nightclub entertninment evening. Cabaret ’94 is scheduled for 8:30pm on August 25, 26, and 27 at Escargot, 8th and Main. The 25th performance is a"Patron’s Evening", with pre-show music, dinner, wine & valetparking. Tickets are $40. On the 26 &27, tickets are $25 & are available from Carson Attractions, 584-2000. For more information on other locations selling tickets or whole-table rates, call Follies Revue, Inc., at 437-0201. SALOON New Hours: Wed.- Sun. 7-2 Closed Mon. & Tues. 1565 South Sheridan, 834-4234 "ulsa Family News, July - August 1994, page 10 Open: Men-Sat, 10am- 2am, Sun, Noon -2am KNOW WHATTOEXPEC THE G A Y L I F. E S T Y L E Miss Gay Tulsa USA On Sunday, September 4, 1994, the Official 1995 Miss Gay Tulsa USA Pageant will be heldinTulsaattheMetropole’, Tulsa’s hot new dance dub located at I902 East llth Street, beginning at 10:00pro. The Miss Gay Tulsa USA Pageant is an official preliminary to the 8th annual Miss Gay OklahomaUSA Pageant, which will be held ih November. This will be the seventh year for the Miss Gay Tulsa USA Pageant and former Miss GayTulsaUSA’s include: Raghenna, Bobble Sue Sommers,Jordan Blake, Toni, Jazmyne Cherri, along with the current Miss Gay Tulsa USA, Taylor Bryan’s. The Miss Gay USA Pageant celebrates its 10th anniversary in 1995 and David Bridgman, Oklahoma USA promoter, is inviting all female impersonators to enter as the Miss Gay Tulsa USA Pageant will send the winner and the 1st runner-up to the Miss Gay Oklahoma USA Pageant which will send its winner and 1st runnerup to the 10th anniversary Miss Gay USA Pageant to represent OUR state. Entry forms are available at Tulsa dubs or by contacting David Bridgman at 838-3701. Tulsa Family News is proud to announce Passages to serve our communities. In this feature, we will publish holy union, birth, anniversary announcements with photos & obituraries on a space-available basis in the issue after the event. Please send materials by the 1st of the month with a phone number. Other Issues cont’dfrom p. 8 essary and ultimately, was an issue of my responsibility offairandaccurate reporting to our communities. I would like to write only of the many heroes of our communities: the McDonalds, the Kirbys, Phil Wiley, Tay Clare to pick on-a few and neglect many others but also I must write ofwhen things go wrong. This story is especially painful because it involves persons who are also heroes to some here but who seem to have made unwise choices. If the individuals involved were only harming themselves, we might pity them but not pass judgement on them. In this case, it’s not ~lear that anything illegal has been done. It appears that most of what happened evenhiay not be unethical but it was negligent. And this negligence resulted in the quite unnecessary loss of funding to an HIV education projectto an underserved part ofour communities, Gay &Bisexual men of color. Itis conceivable that some lives actually may be lost or end sooner because of the loss of this funding for HIV education and testing. Itis this failure to be responsible that we as communities have a right to evaluate. Just as we reqture our elected leaders to be responsible, we too must ask others who choseroles ofleadership to beresponsible. If say you’ll do something, then do it. If you find you can’t do it, then hand the project off. In this situation because of the profession of the individuals, the expectations of responsible actions are higher. Did these people do good things dmSng much of the time they were here? Yes. Ate these people bad? I don’t think so. Did they do anything bad? Probably not. But did they do what they should have? No. And have they .taken responsibility for their actions? Only just barely, it seems. Charity Event: 1.994 Tulsa Famil ~ News, July - August 1994, page MET POLE RAN.D OPE NING ........Saturday,. July 16, Openi"ng ~Gala with~hoSt Rachael Erlkks, Lola McCall, Paula Rae & More! Fri. & sat: DanCing by Cody! Sunday: Sensuous & Friends! Stage Sets by A Major Affair Monday-Thursday 50¢ Draws, 4,Spm & regular specials Friday We put you in charge, pick your own beer bust, any 2 hour period from 4- 10, only $3 Saturday 25¢ Draws, 4-7, $1 Longnecks 8-11 Sunday $4 Bud Beer Bust 8-11 Sundays: Sensuous & Friends, llpm Through the End of July T’s for $2 For Your Entertainment Dart Board & Pool Table Disco opening during the week Dancers every Fri. & Sat. evenings No Cover - 1902 East llth - 587-8811 - Must Be 21 To Enter-.Open: Mon-Sun, 4-2 am Tulsa Family News, July-August !994, page 12 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Publication of a name or photo in no way indicates or reflects that person’s sexual orientation. Correspondance is assumed to be - for publication unless otherwise noted and becomes the sol~ p.ro_perty, of Tulsa Family News. All eorrespondance should be sent to the. address above. TulsaFamilyNews is distributed freeofchargeinlocallbusiri~s~ and organizations. Miz Sensuous Tells Us without reservation, who we are by David Nava What, When & Whereforel and Who we love. "When do we get our parade.7"" The drag queens, female imSo, when do the straight people The question was asked more .in personators, or gender illusionget their own parade? When fun than wi~.en_v.:.~;~more m ists today have a problem: they straight peo.ple are prevented joking than with;~alice, but it are busy cutting one another from marrying the people they struck a chord, with me. I had down.,There’s enough room in choose to marry, precluded from casually mentioned to a couple Tulso for ev~:e~y~_~body.~to get a~ong.. of my straight :.f..,ri~n~.that. the. . enjoying tax benefits availabl.e " Ba~kwheh l~Ii~ s~n~tious~vas to married people; then they Gay Pride E~de ~a~-coming born no one put anyone down, should have a parade. When up and I was looking forward to everyone tried helping everyone. straight people are barred from Old! Damn right...the way some it’"What abgut, S~aight .Pride ¯ serving their country in the mili7 of the Darlings are doing,, cutting ¯ tary,i then they should have a Day?" the female .of ~ ¢O,uple the older Queens down....they pal:ade. When straight people ,are asked with a gin~ "Everyday is ¯ are here and will be here...keep routinely fired from. their jot~s Stratght Pride Day., I auswere , Clubs & Restaurants gettin up, planting your feet~On’% because of who they love with or 744-0896 also grinning, ’..’This culture celthe floor e,~ery day, and you1~be ~ .~The Alley, 3340 S. Peoria live with then they should have a 835-5083 ebrates it with gay abandon." old too! People like myself, MC ..... ~’B~d Boys Club~ 1229 S. Memorial parade. Whenstraight people axe 583-8398 She laughed...When do we get *Cherry St. Bakery, 1344 E. 15 Parker, Mr. Timm~ Miz Dorian, blocked from holding sensitive 749-1563 ourparade?’ dem~ndedher male *Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th Bead Aheads and Lady Diana jobs in the government merely 587-8811 counterpart ’Turn the television *.Metropole, 1902 E. 11 laid the ground for you to be because of their sexual orienta8344234 on." I said. ’¢Fhere’s your pa*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan performers, not critics....the fution, then they should have a 585-3405 rade." We all laughed and went *Renegade, 1649 S. Main ture can be outstanding if we 835-1055 parade. When strai,gh.t people,.a~e, about our business but the brief *Rex, 6101 E. Admiral love one another..stop the hate forbidden to raise their Own cm~660-0856 exchange kept coming back to *TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial and discrimination....why fight dren orto adopt others, if they so 664-8299 me through the week. The more *Time n’Time Again, 1515 S. Memorial among ourselves? choose, then they should have 584-1308 I thought about it the more seri*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd By the way, thank you all for parade. When straight people are 582-2400 ous it became. *Whittier care, 416 S. Lewis your support when I was ill back beaten, harassed and shot at for Why have aGay Pride 15arade? Businesses/Services in October. I’ve come a long holding hands in public then I’ll It’s a question many straight 743-5967 ways...I’m still here to terrorize BellAire Cleaners, 4951 S. Peoria march in their parade. people might be asking in the Budget Window Treatments, 7116 So. Mingo, Ste. 102 254-2100 each and everyone of you...let’s A man who lives in my next few weeks. Gay people, I 491-9474 go forward as one...the past was *CD Warehouse, 6080 S. Sheridan neighborhood was shot on our believe, inherently, intuitively 587-6030 good, now let’s make it a fabu- - *CD Warehouse in Lincoln Plaza, 15th & Peoria street 2 years ago by a carload of know why we have a parade. We 744-9595 Floral Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria, Ste. 100 lous future! Sensuous young thugs because he was bidhave a Gay Pride Parade because 58%1633 Editor’s note: the preceeding *Indian Territory Coffee Company, 1613 E. 15 cling a companion farewell with 25 years ago a bunch of drag 341-6866 International Tours ts only an excerpt of an inforan embrace. The companion was queens at a bar called The 582-1617 mative and interesting letter Harry & Mrs. Jones, 1617 E. 15 another man. The Human Rights Stonewall fought back for the 582-3018 Jared’s, 1602 E. 15 about some of our community’s Commissioner of this city pubfirst time when the police over599-8070 past. We will publish more as Ken’s FlowerS, 1635 E. 15 licly intimated that the mean were stepped the bounds of their au585-1234 *Living Arts .of Tulsa,-224 N. Main space allows. We apologize if "a_sking " ~ for it" through , enga..gig, .. ,, g thority for the millionth time, 587-8108 Major Affairs, 2014 E. 6thwe’ve mispelled any names. in "provocative benavmr thereby launching the Gay Lib664-2951 *Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 PI eration Movement. We have a . embracing to say good-bye. Novel Idea Discount Books or not-so well meaning straight That’s why I’ll be. at The Gay Gay Pride Parade so that at least 3356 E. 51, 747:6711 7104 S. Sheridan, 492-0335 acq~mintance of yours questions Pride Parade. Unless we stand for one day in a year we can walk 838-7626 Puppy Pause lI, 1 lth & Mingo the need for a Gay Pride Day together, march together, care down the streets of Where we 749-6301 *S~ribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square Parade, edueat~ the poor soul. together, no one will do it for us. live and show our numbers for 583-1572 Sound Warehouse, 1338 E. 15th I’ m picking up the phone to call We Gay and Lesbian people are all the world to see. We have a 832-0233 *Tomfoolery, 1565 S. Sheridan my two friends now. on our own and we must depend Gay Pride Parade to celebrate 742-6909 David Nava is an actor and Zat’s, 3708 South Peoria on each other. our defeat of The Closet, to have writer in Chicago. Organizations So, when some well meaning, a day when we can proclaim, Al! across the country, members of the Lesbian/Gay press have been ruminating about this big 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots...Stonewall on this cover, Stonewall on that cover...it’s going to be one hell of a party. But unlike last year’s March on Washington, it’s not clear what, beyond a.party, it will be. Yes, there is a March on the UN; yes, there are the Gay Games, glorious and worthy in themselves, and yes, there is the annual conference of the Inter~ national Lesbian/Gay Association (ILGA). But still I am haunted by the comments of Mary Breslauer in The Advocate this spring. Ms.~ Breslaner asked if we; our wonderfully diver~e communities could organize for any thing other than a party: She suggested that the 100 million or so dollars that will pour into New York could buy a lot of grass-roots lobbying, education, tv & radio ads. The combined budgets of our so- called national organizations (Human Rights Campaign Fund, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund) are but a fraction of the Stonewall dollars. VvTnat’s wrong with this picture - how much do we value our civilrights? Oppression- we usually think of it as something done to us by non-Gay people. Unfortunately, it’s also something we do to ourselves and each other. Growing up in a heterosexist and homophobic society, that hatred poisons us too. I’ve been talking advertising with a Gay merchant for over 9 months. His large & successful business stocks products specifically made for us. He whines about sales but he refuses to advertise those products to us. Many here in Tulsa would buy from him if they only knew. While dearly I would like him to advertise (that’s what makes it possible to bring you news not ~ound in The Tulsa Worm or any other Tulsa paper), there is a broader community interest too. The products he sells can educate and enlighten our community if you know where to find them. Till now, what he’s stocked, though a fraction of what he could do, has been almost the only choice in Tulsa. He could make money and help his community at the same lime but it seems that he’s too inhibited by his fears of ,fundies." More frustrating, this met. chant has refused to allow distribution of this paper while continuing to distribute a monthly paper with documented anti-Gay policies. This sort of disclSmina. fion is unacceptable from nonGay businesses but is unbelievable from our own. Fortunately, one of his better rivals across town, although it is a non-Gay business, is more open-minded. They’ve welcomed Tulsa Family News and our readers. You can guess where Irll be shopping. Tom Neal, publisher &.editor 583 -9780 B/L/G Alliance, University of Tulsa. *HIV Resource Consortium, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-l 749-4194 748-3111 NAMES PROJECT, POB 3181 74101 749-4901 P-FLAG, POB 52800 74152 74128 Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118 622-1441 Project Reachout, HIV Testing, 5451-E So. Mingo 749-7898 Shanti Hotline Tulsa Oklahomaus for Human Rights, (TOHR) POB 52729, 74152 TOHR Gay HelpLine (Info.) 743-4297 Other *Chapman Student Center, University of Tulsa * Tulsa City/County Libraries: Central, Hardesty South, Martin East, West Regional, Rudisill North. For info: call 596-7977. *Tulsa City Hall, Cafeteria Vestibule, Ground Floor *University Center at Tulsa Professionals Associates in Medical & Mental Health, 1560 E. 21 743-1000 Jeffery A. Beal, MD, Giuny Butler, RN, Theodore Campbell, MSW 425-4778 Kathi Bums, LCSW, Lie. Clinical Therapist, 745-9911 Phillip Cyr, Gen. C0ntractor-Cosmetic Remodeling Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111 352-9504, 800-742-9468 Tim Daniel, Attorney -587-1500 Bill Hinlde, Attorney 747-5466 Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 7~159 747-5800, 745-2245 John Kirk, Realtor Tom Neal, Designer, Buildings/Gardens/Graphics 832-0233 Richard Reeder, MS, Psychotherapy 581-0902, 743-4117 Religious Organizations 628-0594 *Bless The Lord At All Times Christian ctr 2627B E. 11 838-7232 *Community of Hope, 1347 N. Yale 622-1441 *Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 838-1715 *MCC of Greater .Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 298-4648 Dignity/Integrity *Canterbury Ministry Center, University of Tulsa 583-9780 �Tulsa OklahomatiS~or Human Rights ¯ PO Box 52 729 Tul~a; 0 K 74152 tohr reporter .. , The views expressed elsewhere in Tulsa Family News are not necessarily the views of TOHR. Permission is granted to reprint information contained within the TOHR R~:~,p~’~long with other items, under the byline, "submitted by TOHR; contained elsewhere in-Tblsa Family News. TOHR proudl9 presents the annual pride meek ~ .o: . :. _ L_ . . i-i " " ~ ’ " : ’~ July Meeting Racism in :the Gay ¯ .: ~ Community~ ’ ’ at the "What olorjs the "GayCommunity?" a~ Jtily’s fe~a.tuted.~St-sp~aiter; " Alan Nyitray, i ofOklahoma: City; The July membership meeting of TOHR will begin wlths~iai time at 6:30 and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5 at the HIV/Resource Center, 4154 S. Harvard, Suite.Hol, lower level. TULSA’S BI ST 1565 S. Sheridan Friday, June 17th from 9 p.m. to Midnight $5 at the door to benefit TOHR. -A lesbian and gay fights activisl, Nyitray has offered his expertise and talents to Oklahomans, from human rights organizing, to lobbying the OklahOma state legislature, to speaking out for marginalized people. I llT! RTfllfllTII llT! M.C. MK. 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Please accept payment as described below: [] $10 Limited Income/Student Memberslup 17 $20 Regular Membership [] $35 Organizatiox~l/Household Membersltip r7 $100 Sustaining Membership 17 I WOuld like to vohmteer heJp with: Mem bers’ Representatives 17 LesbimVGay/Bisexual HelpLine Kelly Kirby .................................. Premdent [] I-{IV Counselor I-I Executive Board Member Ric Kirby ......................... 1st Vice Premdent [] I am cur~ly/eceivh~ TOI-I~ mailings mad the Tulsa Family News n I am not on the mailing list Make check payable to Tldsa Oklahomar~ for Human Rights. Donations contributed to TOI-~ [] Event Plannmg and Party Preparahons [] Monthly Meeting Support Kathleen Golden ............ 2nd \-’ice President Robert Crow .................................. Secretary." Don .............. -. ................................. Treasurer Owen .......................... 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J1me-Ju{Fl1994. page 3 �News:Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Students Fight the Right MINNEAPOLIS - Recalling student civil rights activism in the South during the 1960s, dozens of gay; lesbian, bisexual and transgeader students from the University of Minnesota will be departingby bus from Minneapolis July 10 f,o,r what organizers are calling ’Missouri Summer’ 947~TI~ sthd"ent campaign will work in a~ 8-week grassroots campaign With the Missouri-based :group - Show - Me Equality :to ~gh~.a proposed statewide anti-gayballot measure. For more information about the student grojeet contact Gary Schiff, c00r~liffator, MISSOURI SUMMER’.94 at. (612) 7245942, by writing to MISSOURI SUMM~.~94, 1i5 E. 34th St. Miuneapolis..~ MN 55408, or scbif003 @maroon.tc.nmn_edu Anti-Gay .Ballot to. Fail? BOISE, Idaho- With less than 3 months until a July 8 filing deadline, the Idaho Citizens Alliance says it had gathered just over a third ofthe signafures needed to put a proposed anti-gay ballot initiative on the ballot this November, according to the Idaho Statesman newspaper. Opponents of the proposed measure were hopeful about ICA’ s difficulties in getting the required number of signatures, but were not yet celebrating. "It just goes to Show that Idaho is not the pushover state that they thought it was," said Brian Bergqnist, co-chairman of the Don’t Sign On Committee. No Bias in Health Reform WASHINGTON - According to a poll released bythe Human Rights CampaignFund,-67% of Americans favor anti-bias proteetions including gays andldsbian~ as part 6f~dfi6aal health-care reform efforts, while only 24% opposed such civil rights protections. HRCF, a gay rights advocacy groupbased inWashington, is lobbying Congress to include anti-bias language in various health care proposals currently being considered by the legislature. 10,000 Athletes NEW YORK - At least 10,000 athletes from around the world have registered for the June 1825 Gay Games IV, organizers of the cultural and athletic celebration have announced. Gay Games officials said they expect more than a million visitors in the city from 42 different countries, including Indonesia, Bulgaria, Zimbabwe, and New Zealand. They also confirmed that theU.S. Justice Dept. has ¯ All Breeds Dog Grooming ¯ llth & Mingo, 838-7626 ¯ waived a ban that bars foreigners With HIV and AIDS from entering the country. Fundie Candidates Lose VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A Pat Robertson-backed slate of 5 fundamentalists vying for seats on the televangelist’S own hometown of Virginia Beach, Va., were all rejected by Voters Tuesday, May 3. ~ Edward Kreyfin~ Jr., one of the defeated fundamentalist candidates, said ¯ ilie ~featbf-~e slht~ ~ ~iil~d by talk ’~thdtwe w~ia ri~litwing takeover" group. Austin Repeals Benefits AUSTIN, Tex. - By almb~tla 2~ 1 margin, voters in the Texas state capital dealt a surprise bodyblow to gay rights in one of the few cities in the state that likes to pride itself on its progressive politics by repealing Austin’s domestic partner progr~.for city workers. With a!L _o,f~e ~recincts reporting, thenbn~0fficial count was 51,475, or 62%; in favor of Proposition 22, and 31,082, or 38%, against. Although the group backing the successful repeal measure, Concorned Texans, had couched much of its campaigning to overturn the city-approved partners benefits in economic terms, the organization also made it clear that it considered the recognition of same-sex partnerships a"perversion of traditional family values." Charles Bullock, pastor of the Christ Memorial Baptist Church and the head of Concerned Texans, said the vote in the usually liberal Austin showed a dear majority with conservative moral values,, even if they do not always¯¯out at decti0ns. The resultsof the election stunned ¯ ¢die~city’~’s’ |esbian/gay~commu" ~ifity,~many:of’whom said ihey felt let down by Austin’ s usually tolerant residents. Colorado& Amendm’t 2 I~E~VE~~ The ~10rado attorney general’ s office has applied to the state Supreme Coqrt asking it to restore the anti-gay Amendment 2 to the books. The appeal, which is expected to be heard by the court later this year, c~aim’~ ~e,voter-approved mea. sure would.have protected the legal rights of citizens, including landlords and employers, wi~h "deep-seated and profound religious objections to homosexuality"by repealing local civil rights measures throughout Colorado. Canadian Partners TORONTO ’- The Canadian government says it will go ahead with legislation requiring employers to pay benefits to samesex couples. Attorney General Marion Boyd said the goyernment will introduce the legislation shortly in an effort to make certain that same-sex couples get thesame fights as married heterosexuals. If the proposed legislation is enacted, companies would be required to pay~amily benefits to the’ Same-sex partners of ~mployees, and the def’mition of"spousev would be modified ~in’softie 80 p~dee~of ~Xisting legislation t0 bring it in line with the changes. Although exact details were not made available, the proposed legislation and its relaied changes would mean that same-sex couples would be able tojointly adopt children. Passage of the legislation will hinge on approval in the legislature. NYC Councilman to Run for Congress NEWYORK-TomDuane, New York’s first openly gay city councilman, has announced that hey s throwing his .hat inthe race to.represent part of Manhattan’ s West Side 8th Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. Dtmne, 39, announced during his 1991 bid for a seat on theCity Council that he is HIV:positive. He will face Kelly Kirby Certified Public Accountant Open Tuesday - Saturday at 8am. 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Some 24 ¢ommuni, ties in Oregon have SO far ap- proved anti-gay ballotmeasures, and the anti-gay Oregon Citi- zeus Alliance is planning to put ¯ its 2nd statewide measure before Oregonvoters this November. A similar 1992 effort was narrowly rejected by the state,s voters. Bermuda Sodomy Law BEtLMUDA - The~i Bermuda House of Assembly has voted 22-16 to. legalize homosexual relations between men after a tense and often bitter debate. The proposed legislation must still be approved by the British colony’s senate: Premier Sir John Swan opposes the legalization efforts. ~ " ~ ~. ~Aussies .Fight forRights SYDNEY ÷~ The Aus~ian-fed-. ’ eral gove~ent is,[aunc~izg legal moves .tO nullify Tasma- n/an state laws that bar male on Monday, May 23, that it has petitioned to Queen Elizabeth II homosexual acts following failfor a royal pardonfor gay playure.of state and federal officials wright Oscar Wilde as a fitting to reach any compromise. The commemoration of his convicUN Human Rights CommiRee tion on "~uggery" (or sodomy) . earlier this~ year declared charges next year. A press tel~e~s.,e Tasmania’s male;male sedomy from the group said Wilde s statutea conmavention of internati0nal-human rights accords. . "imprisonment is astain on the .i_ A~s_trali .an~ Attorney General -judi~al. :s~y~t~m...~Th.e-very least ~ ~oc~t~i~n d6i~ ~icl~iov~!edge - Michael Lavarch said he would ~recommend that the federal --the wrong done.to Wilde an,d, grant him; a royal pardon?-.. ~. governmenttak,e steps to assure~ -. that-~ Tasmania~:s.,homosexuals. -~ Buckingham Palac~~ did!i ~ngt enjoy the~ii~e rights :as other citizen..Gay .activists, who: - CiVilian-ACcu~Navy.¯ s~ ~e Wl~lsofthis complex .-LOS ANGF_~F_~ .-~. fight: bgtw~ i the .: fe~der~ and ¯ S~v~ a foyer Mari.e¢~rps T~angovernments by Sucsergemlt and: 12:year:.civilian cessfulty ~g-thelr Caseuf employee with the Strike~Syshuman rights violations to the temi ~~tatthe~M"gu UN,-Said theyh~ot~xtto ice s0me ". Naval!firWeapons station;- has sort ofiegal reforms by-the end reached a settlement~in his’ federal’c6mplaintwith the Equal - Gay RightsLaw. Sort Employinent-. Opportunity cO-~m~ssion, c~ar~ii~g ~th~ -. of -.,in. N.C. City. - was harassed and discriminated ASHEViLLE, H.C:~ A resoluagainst by the.Navy because of tion be~fore the .Asheville City ~his sexual orientation. As part of Council- ban’ing anti-gayem-the settlement, however; Swarm pl0yment =ind h6using discrimiwill keep hiscivil service rank nation passed .by a narrow 4-3 and transfer to the base’s ote - l~ut oaly ~fter.~e phrase comptroller’s office.as a man"sexual orientation" was reagement analyst. placed with~ the vague "or any ~therreason~’ ~. thg list of prOGavs-& the Holocaust JERUSALEM - Conservative tected classes. Far right, anti:gay Jewish demonstrators scuffled fundamentalists had objected to with gay rights activists, at the including sexual orientation in the legislation: .i " " " Holocaust ~demorial .in Israel days before the ceremony, a group of 19 rabbis took out anad in the Jerusalem Post denounc-ing the ceremony as "an abomination" and threatening a boycoRof the Holocaust Mem6rial if the ceremony wentaheac~ One protester shouted . "You are full of shit and AIDS, at a gay rights .hCfi~ist,~-No s.e~ous incidents wererepoff~d and rio arrests were letterofpr0testovertheincidenL Franco Grillini,-head of the Italian group Axcigay, urged "for- ciga governments to boycott Italy until we have assurances that the presence of fascists, in govern- inent woii’i-iaffect ite-;bcratic rights.,~ In Bonn_. the Society for the Threatened People said it had called ~e vigil outside the Italian ¢mbassy~use Of Concern for the rightS of minorities : _Lesbian Book Rev|ew ¯ ~ALTADENA~ Calif..~ The ~-~ bian~Revi~w:~0f:-B0oks will -la~ch¯pubu~ati0n ~s AUguSt, :o f~atuiing reviews of~o~, by, ¯ about and -directed,t6 lesbian readers. The review will also :~ feature essays about :authors, fiterary~issues:and related topical m~tters in a wide range, of works, from histo~ and literature tosCiencefiction and erotica. The, quarterly review is available at a subscription price of $I0 for 1 yeafor $18 foi 2 yeats at:, Lesbian Review 6f Books, PO Box 6369, Altadena CA 91003 (for a sample copy of the first issue, send $2.50 to that address). Conoentration Camps ROME - Gay rights activists in Italy called for an international boycott of the country after remarks.by a neo-fascist r.nning fora seat in the European Parliament that Friday 1;o Sunday, July 15’17 . on t, heOU Gampus,-Norm.an. Oklahoma " " yoU’re a part- of Oklahorna l .fi $t st t .wide’ . gathering of :Gay, Lesbian, Bisexualand Transgendered people! FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL (91~) 445-0922, OR WRITE TO : R0. [50X 61305 . OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA ¯ 73146 Tulsa Family News, June:July 2994, p~age 5 �News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News continued from page 5 page ruling. "Prejudice, whether founded on unsubstantiated fears, cultural myths, Stereotypes or erroneous assumptions cannot be the basis for a discriminatory classification," Judge Zilly ruled. Cam~ermeyer, a 27-year.veteran and Army nurse who was awarded the Bronze Star for her 14-month tour of duty in Vietnam, was thrilled at the ruling. Partners Bill Fails in CA SAC~MENTO; Calif: =-The day after.the California Assembly passed a statewide domestic parmers registration measure by the narrowest of. margins, the proposed bill failed to pass the state Senate by 2 votes - although it s611 lmsa second chance at passage in the upper house. The limited partners bill would extend to registered couples heterosexual or homosexual - such legal benefits as hospital visitation rights; serving as a conservator for their partner, and willing property as married couples do. The legislation, authored by Assemblyman Richard Katz, was approved by the state Assembly on May 31 by a 41-26 vote - the bare minimum needed for approval in the lower chamber. But the next day, the Senate compamon measure, sponsored by Sen. Gary Hart (D~anta Barbara), gam~red.only 19 votes for passage with 16 against. A21-vote majority is required in the upper chamber to pass such legislation. Because of the bill’s passage in the AS. sembly, along with the close Senate vote, Hart asked for and was given permission to put the measure forward on the Senate agenda during a future session. Church~of Greater Tulsa Where God Uplifts All People Sunday service, 10:45 am Home Cell~Groups, 2nd & 4th Sundays, 6:00 pm Phone: (918) 838-1715 SF Partners’ Tax, Break ing, taxpaying citizens who SAN FRANCISCO- Same-sex should be entitled to the same couples here took.another increrights awarded to others." mental step toward equal-recogBoy Scout Ban Review nition of their domestic parmerSACRAMENTO~ Calif: - The ships with an exemption from state Supreme Court has agreed the ~ity’s real estate transfer taxes review conflicting lower court if they dissolve, their relationings about whether the Boy ship - an exemption married Scouts of America policy, of excouples enjoy under state law. cluding gays and atheists vio= The exemption measure, unani- -lates ~S~’e anfi-discrimiiiation mously approved by the Board statutes. The high court .-anof Supervisors on Tuesday May ¯ ntua~d:it wilIe~xi~ the ii~31, is themost recent legal effort peals Of two separate eases inhere to .extend benefits to gay volving the. youth group, both of and lesbian couples already enwhich concern wl~ether the Boy joyed by married conples: Scouts are a ’~business estab"We’re endeavoring to chip. away lishmeni"’aS defined by at the issue of lesbian and gay Califomia~s sweeping Unrnh equity in society," said SuperviCivil Rights Act. Early last year sor Carole Migden, author of the a state Court of Appeal in Santa measure. "Lesbians and gays live Aim ruled that the Orange County here in great numbers, the maCouncil of the Boy Scouts isin jority of whom are hard-workfact a business as defined by the Unnth ACt and cannot exclude youngsters from membership because .of their religious beliefs _and refusal .to swear an oath to God. Just weeks later, however, a state appeals court in Lo~ Angeles.ruledthat the scouts were not a~business under the Unruh Act and that the youth group could legally exclude gays~ Tl~t ruling came in the case’of~Tim Photography Curran, a former Eagle Scout who filed suit originally in 1980 J.D. Jamett after he was rejected as a scout592,0608 master for a Berkeley troop be- Sandra J, Hill, M,S. ~d San Diego Gives Benefits SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The San Diego, Calif., city council narrowly approved a measure extending health care benefits to the domestic partners of unmarried municipal employees. The council approved the measure oN a 5~4 vote during a session. concerned with contracts between the city and anion workers. Councilwoman Christine ,Kehoe,. a lesbian who recently became the council’s first openly gay member and sponsorof the measure, said, "It’s a fairness is, sue. What the city has done is made it - I hope - OK for other employers in San Diego to say this is the kind of coverage I want to offer." Time Kills Gay Magazine NEW YORK - Time Inc. has said abandoned plans to launch Tribe, a national gay magazine that would have been the first such publication started by a major :-mainstream publisher: There were reports that Time had been the object Of intense letterrwriting campaign by anti~ gay fundamentalists, but executives with the publishing firm denied their; decision to drop plans for the new .magazine were a result of any outside pressure and insistedthe Switch in plans was based entirely on economics..The Village Voice had, reported, however, ~at ~ime:~Inc, - A ttorney -at Law . Estate Planning Adoptions Personal Injury Criminal Law 745,1111 Bankruptcy Workers Compensation Initial consultation at no charge. 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It is believed to be and responsibilities of marriage. gry complaints from anti-gay thefirst time ~ maj0r U.S. firm The bill establishing registered ~uhdamentalists ~and evencon= has specifically sought-to target partnerships in tile e0untry couples, extending, to gays andspicuous signs saving it wasn’t a the country’.s !argelyuntapped passed 171-141. The law, which lesbians who registered many of Disney World sponsored event, gay comm~ty in a direct’mail will go into effect at the begin~ the same benefits as married het-. "Gay Day at Disney" drew some advertising campaign..o"It.’.s . a ning of 1995, a!lows same-sex erosexuals,No e~planation ~was ~ 20,000 lesbians andgay men to ¯v~ry o~fitiV~ m~rket,’~ Jo~ couples a civil.(but not churdh) given for .the:action.which is. the popular theme park. A small Heath, AT&T’S public relations ¯ ceremony similar to a wedding; believed-tobe only temporary. gro~ip 0f about 2 dozen protest-= manager in Chicago, said. :"It" s a couples dre ntt allowed to adopt Ontario Partners,-Lose ers connected with the American good market Segment. to tar_get.. or have children through artifiFamily Assn. and Operation TORONTO ~- The Ontario ParIt includes affluent, highly e~hicial insemination, Denmark and Rescue picketed along an enliament has rejected on a 68-59 cated and brand loyal consumNorway already have similar trance road to the park, but withvote a. government-sp0nsored ers with ahigh level of discrelaws. out much apparent support. measure that- would have-estabtionary income.’.’ quotes Minneapolis Law Illegal Disney World posted signs outlished a:domestic partner regisfroms~,~eral AT&T customers MINNEAPOLI.S.~ (June 8) -side the park explaining that tration in the province.This and includes excerpts from a District Court Judge Deborah "members of the gay.comn~unity means the measure is dead:in letter’i explaining the corpohave chosen to visit the Magic ¯ Hedlundhas ruled t~at the Min~ Ontario for the time being. neapolis:eity council overstepped Kingdom today in their recogits authoriU when it enacted a nition of Gay and Lesbian Pride measure tl~t extends benefits to. Month" and that Disney "does the.partners of lesbian .and. gay not discriminate against dnyone’s city workers.: Judge Hedlfin-d fight to visit the Magic Kingd~m." / Lesbian and gay Workers ¯ declared the parmers Ordinance License~d Clinical Therapist illeg.al.and ruled,that the state of at the park volunteered to serve SolutiOn~oriented Therapy Minnesotahad given cities the as off:duty guides for the thouI¯nd[viduals,~couples,¯ families, adolescents sands who showed up. The ..legal. right to finance employee benefits~0nly f0r the spouses mid eventis the 4th such lesbian!gay Confidential - ethical, reputable dependents ofcity workers. 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The drugs commemorate Pediatric & Adocreating fewer Side effects than positive volunteers had been Triangle Association, 2136 NW were selected from the ancient lescent AIDS Week and AIDS other drags, according to Bristolcounseled about how to reduce 39th, Oldahoma City, or the HIV Indian school of Ayurvedic Watch -.flopped when 9 invited Myers Squibb: -the risk of HIV infection, but Resource Center,. 4154 So: .medicine, which uses herbal and I-IIV-positive, homeless guests researchers have long worried Patient Sues Hospital Harvard, Ste. H- 1, Tulsa~ or write root-extracts for treatment of and 20 otherinvitedpeople were HIV/STD Service, Oklahoma. chronic diseases. TOLEDO, Ohio- Fred Charon, denied entrance to the event. The neously believe that they are State Departmont of Health, I000 a 31-year-old man with AIDS University Sued resulting eommotkra and confuprotected and engage in highNE 10th, OKC 73117, 40£27!who was denied treatment by~a BUIES CREEK, N.C. - The fedsions pawned accusations of risk behaviors. Scientists say 4636 or 800=535-AIDS. hospital emergency room physieral lawsuit against the Baptistracism and discrimination some new infections were to be cian, has sued under the Amerirun Campbell University in an against homeless people, and Gay & Lesbian Quarterly, a expected during the trials and cans With Disabilities Act. Ateffort to make the school rehire a many guests who were admitted newsletter for healthcare profesthat no prospective vaccine torneys with ACLU representphysical education coach with to the reception walked out in sionals, highlighting recent rewould likely be 100% effective. ing Charon claim in the lawsuit AIDS is underway. The "John protest. The incident-mounted search of interest of those workthat he was suffering an allergic Doe" suit was filed after the U.S. further criticism of Gebbie, who ing with sexual minorities. reaction to medication when he Equal Employment Opporttmity. activists say has not done enough For info: Christopher J. went to the M_emorial Hospital .... Commission investigated the to fight AIDS. Alexander, Ph.D, 510-869-4544 PROJECT Alivd 622-1441 ¢o.fid al Look for o~ at our NEW LOOATION 7:$0 pm Thursday ¢odepmdmey Support ~roop 5451-E So. Mingo We’re Orowiag g We’re Movi.g! MCC-1441 u.sding tuesdays fro~ 6:~0,9:00 pm at the Family of Fa~ rosario. ~roJeet F.eaoh Out !} Thursdays from 6%0- 9:00 pm a~ ~he llth $~reet laoatio. (~roJeet F,eaeh OH !!) Other Time~ by Appointment �Demo~ Pride Summit ontinuedfrom page I " continuedfrom page l that’s so, then the laws and rules need to be include protection from discrimination changed?’ 3Vhen asked if he would issue on .the basis of sexual orientation. She is an executive order banning discriminanow leading acampaign to fight the radical tion basedon sexual orientation for state employees,, hel responded by. asking, right’s targeting of the black community "do~n’t that follow from what I just said?" in anti-gay ballot initiatives. Radecic and Carter will.join with Gays Bernice Shedriek’s campaign literature and Lesbians from across the state for speaks o~ the. great adversity she.has .Oklahoma’sfirsts-mmitconference.Early " overcome and Jf her doggedness in fo!.registration for the conference ends June lowing what she believes is right. M& Shedrick Said she was.nOtaWare of the ~ 27..For more information, ealiHerl~md " lack oi~ legal protections but said thatshe ~ Sister ReSources.aL(405) 521~9696 .... "...would lookintoit..,’. TFN did not.have the opportunity.to~speak_wi~ candidate, . DannyW.illiams .... ¯ :.~’ :::, J~. :,’-’" Coy: David WaiterS.made what api asked him to peared to be a surprise visit. As he left the thedisplay. Mr~ Hens!ey said the materi~ event, TFN .noted the lack of legal pro, aiS had ~ff.~di~play since the.beginning tections. Tbe governor stated; "I am op, 0f :J~ine’and liaffTeeeived,Only positi,ke posed to discrimination based on race, comments. TFNreaders may direct comreligion or sexual preference..." When ments to Jon Walker at 596-7977. asked about an executive order, he noted Also, Asst..Director Richard Parker inhe had not had-much success in getting formed TFN that the City-County Library other executive orders obeyed but asked now would distribd-te copies of Tulsa that his staff be contacted about the issue. Family News m selected locations.° .Rich-a, rd ,Reed Cherry Street Psychotherapy Associates Serving the. Diverse needs of,the-. Gay and,Lesbian C.Ommun ty:: (9!.8)581:0902 Bless The Lord At All Times " CHRISTIAN.CENTER 2627-B East 11th Street ~3DAYPRODUCTION MINI BLINDS We would like to invite you to join - in.our spirit filled services. 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Memodal * Tulsa, OK 74145 (918) 622~3636 , *House Made Soups, Chili, Dressings & Desserts ¯ NineVegetarian Solectlous ¯ Eureka’s Finest Salads Tulsa Family Ne~s, June,July l~.~, page 9 �T H E G A L Y I F Theatre Notes Greenwood & Archer JUNL~F~NTH JAZZ, BLUES & GOSPEL FF~TIVAL 6116d9 " Broken Arrow CAROSEL 6/16-26 River Park Wdst " RFfoGAEFEST 6/24~25 American Theatre Co. BYE BYE BIRDIE 7/8-17 Theatre Pops ANTIGONE/ANOTHER ANTIGONE 7/8-17 Theatre Tulsa AND THEWORLD GOES ROUND 7/22-31 Svotli~ht Theatre THE DRUNKARD Ongoing 596-71 I1 596-7111 596-7111 587-5030 by Gerald Miller, Theatre Tulsa If it is Summer, thenit must be SummerStage time. The KOTV Spirit of Oklahoma SummerStage~ Festival ’94 kicks off this monih. The original idea for. the: Summer Festival was developed toprovide live Theatrical entertainment during the time.when most area theaters were not in production. That idea .wilt be translated into nine productions by eight companies this summer. For. convenience ..you~may make reservations for ’any of the productions by calling the Per= forming Arts Center Box Office at 596-7111 for res.ervations. This year the Performing Arts Trust and KOTV Television are co-sponsoring the entire Festival and all of us from the SummerStage Board ~want to express our thanks. A-Festival arrangement like this allows all the producing companies to really strut their best efforts. Be sure to take advantage of wide range of offerings. After all, how much time can you really spend at the lake ? Theatre Tulsa will be offering something, very special this summer during the Festival. The World Goes ’Round is a Broadway Musical Revue which pro- E S T Y L continued to mount productions vides 30 of your favorite Broadduring the Second World War, way hits in a single evening. From Cabaret; Chicago; New both for civilians and for service men and women. York, New York to Kiss of the Spider Woman and many, many Between 1942 and 1943, one more shows, you can enjoy a full of.our Artistic Managers was evening of the best of Broadway Ward Mendenhall w’ho was music in one clever evening. For called into service and the last additional information glvem a twoplays of 1943 were directed call at 58%8402 and ask about .- by Virginia Weaver Russell.. our Group Discounts. So here in.this moment of refleetion about sacrifice and serI want to take: a moment to reflect on the .other big event vice; I find another tie between which is occurring as I write. the life of this Theater, this Commtmity and the wonderful The D,Day. Invasion was fifty years ago today. The events of peoplcwho kept up; not only their Own spirits, but the spirits this ..day 50 years ago have been the inspiration for some wonof _the whole community in that darkest of times. Here’s to Ward derful dramatic works. Mendenhall, and .all the other In fact the Theater had its’ own dramatic moment relative to the men and women from Tulsa Little Theatre who served their war. Tulsa Little Theatre, our community so honorably at name back then, was one of the home and on the battlefield. few Community Theaters which ADVENTURE BASE ONE Trainino in rappieling/backpacking/. _m oun?aineering/wil~ernes s treks/ ropes courses Consulting in experimental wilderness adventure based programming. Private & group rates available. Exclusive "family groups" welcome Call for information, 918-425-4778. "TULSA’S HOTTEST CRUISE BAR" SALOON ¯ Huge Patio ¯ Coors Pool Tournament ¯ Volley Ball Tuesdays, 8 pm ¯ Horseshoes ¯ Dart Tournament, ¯ Classic Trashy Sunday Saturday, 5 pm Afternoon Beer Bust & Mondays 2,4 pm $3 After Dart League ¯ Happy Hour, Weekdays 4-7 pm Male Dancers Open: Mon-Sa,,, 0am- 2~.m~S~n, Noon - 2am NEV.. 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Memorial., 660-0856 SAIL ON OVER TO ¯PHOENIX MORTGAGE CORR AND SEE THE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM WE CAN ANCHORFO.RYOU. YOUR ALTERNATIVE MORTGAGE COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN ¯ SELF-EMPLOYED NEW CONSTRUCTION LOANS PROFESSIONALS 918,592.7700 -? Black ~.~ White Charities, It the continuing traditic 1994 ¯ FRIDAY, JUL’f 29 Gilcrease Come be. a part of two evenings A Night of Sizzling Sounds, Delicious Dancing, Savy Socializing & Exotic E -~: Eight o’clocktil Midnight Tulsa Fairground Pavilion on Expo Square Black & White Attire: Suggested Cash Bar on the e~oning of dance. Appropriate Proof of Age 21 will be Required forAdmission Ticket Purchase & Information Numbc Tulsa Family News, June-July 1994, page 11 �� Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document by David Nava "Whendowe getourparade.7"" The question was asked more .in fun than wi~.en_v.:.~;~more m joking than with;~alice, but it struck a chord, with me. I had casually mentioned to a couple of my straight :.f..,ri~n~.that. the. Gay Pride E~de ~a~-coming up and I was looking forward to it’"What abgut, S~aight .Pride ¯ Day?" the female .of~¢O,uple asked with a gin~ "Everyday is Stratght Pride Day., I auswere , also grinning, ’..’This culture celebrates it with gay abandon." She laughed...When do we get ourparade?’dem~ndedhermale counterpart ’Turn the television on." I said. ’¢Fhere’s your parade." We all laughed and went about our business but the brief exchange kept coming back to me through the week. The more I thought about it the more serious it became. WhyhaveaGayPride 15arade? It’s a question many straight people might be asking in the next few weeks. Gay people, I believe, inherently, intuitively know why wehave a parade. We have aGay Pride Paradebecause 25 years ago a bunch of drag queens at a bar called The Stonewall fought back for the first time when the police overstepped the bounds of their authority for the millionth time, thereby launching the Gay Liberation Movement. We have a Gay Pride Parade so that at least for one day in a year we can walk down the streets of Where we live and show our numbers for all the world to see. We have a Gay Pride Parade to celebrate our defeat of The Closet, to have a day when we can proclaim, Al! across the country, members of the Lesbian/Gay press have been ruminating about this big 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots...Stonewall on this cover, Stonewall on that cover...it’s going to be one hell of a party. But unlike last year’s March on Washington, it’s not clear what, beyond a.party, it will be. Yes, there is a March on the UN; yes, there are the Gay Games, glorious and worthy in themselves, and yes, there is the annual conference of the Inter~ national Lesbian/Gay Association (ILGA). But still I am haunted by the comments of Mary Breslauer in The Advocate this spring. Ms.~ Breslaner asked if we; our wonderfully diver~e communities couldorganizeforany thing other than a party: She suggested that the 100 million or so dollars that will pour into New York could buy a lotof grass-roots lobbying, education, tv & radio ads. The combined budgets of our sowithout reservation, who we are and Who we love. So, whendothe straightpeople get their own parade? When straight peo.ple are prevented from marrying the people they choose to marry, precluded from . enjoying tax benefits availabl.e to married people; then they should have a parade. When straight people are barred from serving their country in the mili7 ¯tary,i then they should have a pal:ade. When straightpeople ,are routinely fired from. their jot~s because of who they love with or live with then they should have a parade. Whenstraight people axe blocked from holding sensitive jobs in the government merely because of their sexual orientation, then they should have a parade. Whenstrai,gh.t people,.a~e, forbidden to raise their Own cm~- dren orto adopt others, if they so choose, then they should have parade. Whenstraight people are beaten, harassed and shot at for holding hands in public then I’ll march in their parade. A man who lives in my neighborhood was shot onour street 2 years ago by a carload of young thugs because he was bidcling a companion farewell with an embrace. The companionwas another man. TheHuman Rights Commissioner of this city publicly intimated that the mean were "aski"ng~ for it" throug,h en..ga..,g, ig,g in "provocative benavmr . embracing to say good-bye. That’s why I’ll be. at The Gay Pride Parade. Unless we stand together, march together, care together, no one will do it for us. We Gay and Lesbian people are on our own and we must depend on each other. So, when some well meaning, called national organizations (Human Rights Campaign Fund, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund) are but a fraction of the Stonewall dollars. VvTnat’s wrong with this picture - how much do we value our civilrights? Oppression- we usually think of it as something done to us by non-Gay people. Unfortunately, it’s also something we do to ourselves and each other. Growing up in a heterosexist and homophobic society, that hatred poisons us too. I’ve been talking advertising with a Gay merchant for over 9 months. His large & successful business stocks products specifically made for us. He whines about sales but he refuses to advertise those products to us. Many here in Tulsa would buy from him if they only knew. While dearly I wouldlikehim to advertise (that’s whatmakes it possible to bring you news not ~ound in The Tulsa Worm or any L.e t te rs Miz Sensuous Tells Us What, When & Whereforel The drag queens, female impersonators, or gender illusionists today have a problem: they are busy cutting one another down.,There’s enough room in Tulsofor ev~:e~y~_~body.~to get a~ong.. " Ba~kwheh l~Ii~ s~n~tious~vas born no one put anyone down, everyone triedhelping everyone. Old! Damn right...the way some of the Darlings are doing,,cutting the older Queens down....they TULSA FAMILY NEWS F~ublisher/Editor Assistant Editor Staff Writer Tom Neai James Christjohn Kharma Amos 918-832-0233, POB 41at0, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74159 Issued on or before the 15th of each month, the entire contents of this publication are protected by US copyright I994 by Tulsa FamilyNews and may not be reproduced either in whole or in part withoutvaitten permission from the publisher. Publication of a name or photo in no way indicates or reflects that person’s sexual orientation. Correspondance is assumed to be - for publication unless otherwise noted and becomes the sol~ p.ro_perty, of Tulsa Family News. All eorrespondance should be sent to the. address above. TulsaFamilyNews is distributed freeofchargeinlocallbusiri~s~ and organizations. ¯are here and will be here...keep Clubs & Restaurants gettin up, planting your feet~On’% thefloor e,~ery day, and you1~be ~ .~The Alley, 3340 S. Peoria old too! People like myself, MC ..... ~’B~d Boys Club~ 1229 S. Memorial Parker, Mr. Timm~ Miz Dorian, Bead Aheads and Lady Diana laid the ground for you to be performers, not critics....the future can be outstanding if we love one another..stop the hate and discrimination....why fight among ourselves? By the way, thank you all for your support when I was ill back in October. I’ve come a long ways...I’m still here to terrorize each and everyone of you...let’s go forward as one...the past was good, now let’s make it a fabulous future! - Sensuous Editor’s note: the preceeding ts only an excerpt of an informative and interesting letter about some ofour community’s past. We will publish more as space allows. We apologize if we’ve mispelled any names. *Cherry St. Bakery, 1344 E. 15 *Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th *.Metropole, 1902 E. 11 *Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan *Renegade, 1649 S. Main *Rex, 6101 E. Admiral *TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial *Time n’Time Again, 1515 S. Memorial *Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd *Whittier care, 416 S. Lewis Businesses/Services BellAire Cleaners, 4951 S. Peoria Budget Window Treatments, 7116 So. Mingo, Ste. 102 *CD Warehouse, 6080 S. Sheridan - *CD Warehouse in Lincoln Plaza, 15th & Peoria Floral Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria, Ste. 100 *Indian Territory Coffee Company, 1613 E. 15 International Tours Harry & Mrs. Jones, 1617 E. 15 Jared’s, 1602 E. 15 Ken’s FlowerS, 1635 E. 15 *Living Arts .of Tulsa,-224 N. Main Major Affairs, 2014 E. 6th- *Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 PI Novel Idea Discount Books 7104 S. Sheridan, 492-0335 3356 E. 51, or not-so well meaning straight acq~mintance of yours questions the need for a Gay Pride Day Parade, edueat~ the poor soul. I’mpicking up the phone to call my two friends now. David Nava is an actor and writer in Chicago. other Tulsa paper), there is a broader community interest too. Theproducts he sells can educate and enlighten our community if you know where to find them. Till now, what he’s stocked, thoughafractionofwhathecould do, has been almost the only choice in Tulsa. He could make money and help his community at the same lime but it seems that he’s too inhibited by his fears of ,fundies." More frustrating, this met- . chant has refused to allow distribution of this paper while continuing to distribute a monthly paper withdocumentedanti-Gay policies. This sort of disclSmina. fion is unacceptable from non- Gay businesses but is unbelievable from our own. Fortunately, one of his better rivals across town, although it is a non-Gay business, is more open-minded. They’ve welcomed Tulsa Family News and our readers. You can guess where Irll be shopping. Tom Neal, publisher &.editor 744-0896 835-5083 583-8398 749-1563 587-8811 8344234 585-3405 835-1055 660-0856 664-8299 584-1308 582-2400 743-5967 254-2100 491-9474 587-6030 744-9595 58%1633 341-6866 582-1617 582-3018 599-8070 585-1234 587-8108 664-2951 Puppy Pause lI, 1 lth & Mingo - *S~ribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square Sound Warehouse, 1338 E. 15th *Tomfoolery, 1565 S. Sheridan Zat’s, 3708 South Peoria Organizations B/L/G Alliance, University of Tulsa. *HIV Resource Consortium, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-l NAMES PROJECT, POB 3181 74101 P-FLAG, POB 52800 74152 Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118 Project Reachout, HIV Testing, 5451-E So. Mingo Shanti Hotline 747:6711 838-7626 749-6301 583-1572 832-0233 742-6909 583-9780 749-4194 748-3111 749-4901 74128 622-1441 749-7898 TulsaOklahomaus for HumanRights, (TOHR) POB 52729, 74152 TOHR Gay HelpLine (Info.) 743-4297 Other *Chapman Student Center, University of Tulsa * Tulsa City/County Libraries: Central, Hardesty South, Martin East, West Regional, Rudisill North. For info: call 596-7977. *Tulsa City Hall, Cafeteria Vestibule, Ground Floor *University Center at Tulsa Professionals Associates in Medical & Mental Health, 1560 E. 21 743-1000 Jeffery A. Beal, MD, Giuny Butler, RN, Theodore Campbell, MSW Kathi Bums, LCSW, Lie. Clinical Therapist, 425-4778 Phillip Cyr, Gen. C0ntractor-Cosmetic Remodeling 745-9911 Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111 Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468 Bill Hinlde, Attorney -587-1500 Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 7~159 747-5466 John Kirk, Realtor 747-5800, 745-2245 Tom Neal, Designer, Buildings/Gardens/Graphics 832-0233 Richard Reeder, MS, Psychotherapy 581-0902, 743-4117 Religious Organizations *Bless The LordAtAll Times Christian ctr 2627B E. 11 628-0594 *Community of Hope, 1347 N. Yale 838-7232 *Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441 *MCC of Greater .Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715 Dignity/Integrity 298-4648 *Canterbury Ministry Center, University of Tulsa 583-9780 Tulsa OklahomatiS~or Human Rights ¯ PO Box 52 729 Tul~a; 0 K 74152 tohr reporter . , The views expressed elsewhere in Tulsa Family News are not necessarily the views of TOHR. Permission is granted to reprint information contained within the TOHRR~:~,p~’~long with other items, under the byline, "submitted by TOHR; contained elsewhere in-Tblsa Family News. TOHR proudl9 presents the annual pride meek~ .o: . :. _ L_ . . i-i " " " ~ ’ : ’~ ’ ’ at the 1565 S. Sheridan Friday, June 17th from 9 p.m. to Midnight $5 at the door to benefit TOHR. TULSA’S BI ST I llT! RTfllfllTII llT! M.C. MK. TONI SINCLAIRffom OKC HELLEN BACK Miss Renegades 1994 KRIS KOH% Miss Tulsa 1986 FALLON SCOTT Miss Oklahoma USA 1993 I-~LGA Miss Renegades 1993 SADIE BROOKSMiss Silver Star 1994 MR. SILVER STAR 1993 . .- ~;~: ~-:~: o~::.>..~.~>:~.~: .--~.-~ -~-~........ ~<- L>.~-~:~S ~.E..-R S~.~t~:................. , ~,:~, ~:...:~. . - ~ ~::5-~. 7 30 9:~00-p:m::~- ~ ~"-~ ~-gb~a~~te~L"O~n~ ~f~a~’~ ~= ’~~= ..... ~ . -. . $8 per Person $15 per Couple includes Show! KATHJ_,EEN ’GOLDEN Singer/ACtress ¯ FACES THEATRE GROUP &.many tam’e fabulous entertainers. limited sea~t~8 July Meeting Racism in :the Gay ¯ .: ~ Community~ "What olorjs the "GayCommunity?" a~ Jtily’s fe~a.tuted.~St-sp~aiter; " Alan Nyitray, iofOklahoma: City; The July membership meeting of TOHR will begin wlths~iai time at 6:30 and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5 at the HIV/Resource Center, 4154 S. Harvard, Suite.Hol, lower level. -A lesbian and gay fights activisl, Nyitray has offered his expertise and talents to Oklahomans, from human rights organizing, to lobbying the OklahOma state legislature, to speaking out for marginalized people. BISEXUAL, LESBIAN AND REFERRALS 743-4 2A9¥7S Membership Application Address s~u, z~ 17 Yes I want to be a contributing member of Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights. Please accept payment as described below: [] $10 Limited Income/Student Memberslup 17 $20 Regular Membership [] $35 Organizatiox~l/Household Membersltip r7 $100 Sustaining Membership Phone (optional) S~aature [] I am cur~ly/eceivh~ TOI-I~ mailings mad the Tulsa Family News n I am not on the mailing list 17 I WOuld like to vohmteer heJp with: Mem bers’ Representatives 17 LesbimVGay/Bisexual HelpLine [] I-{IV Counselor I-I Executive Board Member [] Event Plannmg and Party Preparahons [] Monthly Meeting Support Kelly Kirby .................................. Premdent Ric Kirby ......................... 1st Vice Premdent Kathleen Golden ............ 2nd \-’ice President Robert Crow .................................. Secretary." Don .............. -. ................................. Treasurer Owen .......................... HelpLme Coordinator Make check payable to Tldsa Oklahomar~ for ............................................. Reporter Edilor Human Rights. Donations contributed to TOI-~ .................................. Activities Coordinator over set membership fees are Tc~x" Deductible. . ............................ Fundraising Coordinator "EDUCATE YOURSELF~ .REDUCE YOUR RISK BEHAVIORS, BE IN ODNTRDL." ROI3ER MORRIS -- DIRECTOR~ HIV TESTINI3 CLINIC Daytime Testing Monday-Thursday by Appointment 749-4194 Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights HIV TESTING CLINIC FREE ANONYMOUS Rnger Stick Method By and [or but not exclusive to the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Communities. Every ThurSday Evening 7-8:30 p.m. 4154 S. Harvard Suite H- 1 Tldsa: Fanlily "News. J1me-Ju{Fl1994. page 3 News:Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Students Fight the Right MINNEAPOLIS - Recalling student civil rights activism in the South during the 1960s, dozens of gay; lesbian, bisexual and transgeader students from the University of Minnesota will be departingby bus from Minneapolis July 10 f,o,r what organizers are calling ’Missouri Summer’ 947~TI~ sthd"ent campaign will work in a~ 8-week grassroots campaign With the Missouri- based :group -Show -Me Equality :to ~gh~.a proposed statewide anti-gayballot measure. Formoreinformation about the student grojeet contact Gary Schiff, c00r~liffator, MISSOURI SUMMER’.94 at. (612) 724- 5942, by writing to MISSOURI SUMM~.~94, 1i5 E. 34th St. Miuneapolis..~ MN 55408, or scbif003 @maroon.tc.nmn_edu Anti-Gay .Ballot to. Fail? BOISE, Idaho- With less than 3 months until a July 8 filing deadline, the Idaho Citizens Alliance says it had gathered just over a third ofthe signafures needed to put a proposed anti-gay ballot initiative on the ballot this November, according to the Idaho Statesman newspaper. Opponents of the proposed measure were hopeful about ICA’ s difficulties in getting the required number of signatures, but were not yet celebrating. "Itjust goes to Show that Idaho is not the pushover state that they thought it was," said Brian Bergqnist, co-chairman of the Don’t Sign On Committee. No Bias in Health Reform WASHINGTON - According to a poll released bythe Human Rights CampaignFund,-67% of Americans favor anti-bias proteetions including gays andldsbian~ as part 6f~dfi6aal health-care reform efforts, while only 24% opposed such civil rights protections. HRCF, a gay rights advocacy groupbased inWashington, is lobbying Congress to include anti-bias language in various health care proposals currently being considered by the legislature. 10,000 Athletes NEW YORK - At least 10,000 athletes from around the world have registered for the June 18- 25 Gay Games IV, organizers of the cultural and athletic celebration have announced. Gay Games officials said they expect more than a million visitors in the city from 42 different countries, including Indonesia, Bulgaria, Zimbabwe, and New Zealand. They also confirmed that theU.S. Justice Dept. has waived a ban that bars foreigners With HIV and AIDS from entering the country. Fundie Candidates Lose VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A Pat Robertson-backed slate of 5 fundamentalists vying for seats on the televangelist’S own hometown of Virginia Beach, Va., were all rejected by Voters Tuesday, May 3. ~ Edward Kreyfin~ Jr., one of the defeated fundamentalist candidates, said ¯ ilie ~featbf-~e slht~~~iil~d by talk ’~thdtwe w~ia ri~litwing takeover" group. Austin Repeals Benefits AUSTIN, Tex. - By almb~tla 2~ 1 margin, voters in the Texas state capital dealtasurprisebodyblow to gay rights in one of the few cities in the state that likes to pride itself on its progressive politics by repealing Austin’s domesticpartnerprogr~.forcity workers. With a!L _o,f~e ~recincts reporting, thenbn~0fficial count was 51,475, or 62%; in favor of Proposition 22, and 31,082, or 38%, against. Although the group backing the successful repeal measure, Concorned Texans, had couched much of its campaigning to overturn the city-approved partners benefits in economic terms, the organization also made it clear that it considered the recognition of same-sex partnerships a"perversion of traditional family values." Charles Bullock, pastor of the Christ Memorial Baptist Church and the head of Concerned Texans, said the vote in the usually liberal Austin showed a dear majority with conservative moral values,, even if they do not always ¯¯out at decti0ns. The resultsof the election stunned ¯ ¢die~city’~’s’ |esbian/gay~commu- " ~ifity,~many:of’whom said ihey felt let down by Austin’ s usually tolerant residents. Colorado& Amendm’t 2 I~E~VE~~The ~10rado attorney general’ s office has applied to the state Supreme Coqrt asking it to restore the anti-gay Amendment 2 to the books. The appeal, which is expected to be heard by the court later this year, c~aim’~ ~e,voter-approved mea- . sure would.have protected the legal rights of citizens, including landlords and employers, wi~h "deep-seated and profound religious objections to homosexuality" byrepealinglocal civil rights measures throughout Colorado. Canadian Partners TORONTO ’- The Canadian government says it will go ahead with legislation requiring employers to pay benefits to samesex couples. Attorney General Marion Boyd said the goyernment will introduce the legislation shortly in an effort to make certain that same-sex couples get thesame fights as married heterosexuals. If the proposed legislation is enacted, companies would be required to pay~amily benefits to the’ Same-sex partners of ~mployees, and the def’mition of"spousev would be modified ~in’softie 80 p~dee~of ~Xisting legislation t0 bring it in line with the changes. Although exact details were not made available, the proposed legislation and its relaied changes would mean that same-sex couples would be able tojointly adoptchildren. Passage of the legislation will hinge on approval in the legislature. NYC Councilman to Run for Congress NEWYORK-TomDuane,New York’s first openly gay city councilman, has announced that hey s throwing his .hat inthe race to.represent part of Manhattan’ s West Side 8th Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. Dtmne, 39, announced during his 1991 bid for a seat on theCity Council that he is HIV:positive. He will face ¯ All Breeds Dog Grooming ¯ llth & Mingo, 838-7626 ¯ Open Tuesday - Saturday at 8am. ¯ Call for Appointments ¯ Walk-ins Also Welcome¯ ¯ BROOKSIDE JEWELRY : i * Fine Jewelry ¯° Watch & Jewelry Repair 4649 South Peoria, 743-5272 DartTournament, Tuesdays, 9 pm . 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Some 24 ¢ommuni, ties in Oregon have SO far approved anti-gay ballotmeasures, and the anti-gay Oregon Citizeus Alliance is planning to put ¯ its 2ndstatewide measure before Oregonvoters this November. A similar 1992 effortwas narrowly rejected by the state,s voters. Bermuda Sodomy Law BEtLMUDA - The~i Bermuda House of Assembly has voted 22-16 to. legalize homosexual relations between men after a tense and oftenbitter debate. The proposed legislation must still be approved by the British colony’s senate: PremierSirJohn Swan opposes the legalization efforts. ~ " ~ ~. ~Aussies .Fight forRights SYDNEY÷~TheAus~ian-fed-. ’ eral gove~ent is,[aunc~izg legal moves .tO nullify Tasmahomosexual acts following failure. of state and federal officials to reach any compromise. The UN Human Rights CommiRee . earlier this~ year declared Tasmania’s male;male sedomy statutea conmavention of internati0nal- human rights accords. .i_ A~s_trali.an~ Attorney General - Michael Lavarch said he would ~recommend that the federal ~. governmenttak,e steps to assure~ -. that-~ Tasmania~:s.,homosexuals. enjoy the~ii~e rights :as other citizen..Gay .activists, who: ¯ s~~eWl~lsofthiscomplex fight: bgtw~i the.:fe~der~ and T~angovernments bySuccessfulty ~g-thelr Caseuf human rights violations to the UN,-Said theyh~ot~xttoice s0me sort ofiegal reforms by-the end - Gay RightsLaw. Sort -. of -.,in. N.C. City. ASHEViLLE, H.C:~ Aresolution be~fore the .Asheville City Council- ban’ing anti-gayempl0yment =ind h6using discriminaottieo- nl~puatsoseadly.b~yftaern.a~reropwhr4a-s3e "sexual orientation" was replaced with~ the vague "or any ~therreason~’ ~. thg list of prOtected classes. Far right, anti:gay fundamentalists hadobjected to including sexual orientation in the legislation: .i " " " petitioned to Queen Elizabeth II for a royal pardonfor gay playwright Oscar Wilde as a fitting commemoration of his conviction on "~uggery" (or sodomy) charges nextyear.Apresstel~e~s.,e from the group said Wilde s . "imprisonment is astain on the -judi~al. :s~y~t~m...~Th.e-very least ~ ~oc~t~i~n d6i~ ~icl~iov~!edge --the wrong done.to Wilde an,d, grant him; a royal pardon?-.. -~ Buckingham Palac~~ did!i ~ngt - CiVilian-ACcu~Navy.- .-LOS ANGF_~F_~ .-~. ¯ S~v~ a foyer Mari.e¢~rps sergemlt and: 12:year:.civilian employee with the Strike~Systemi~~ tatthe~M"gu ". Naval!firWeapons station;- has reacheda settlement~in his’ federal’c6mplaintwith the Equal Employinent-. Opportunity cO-~m~ssion, c~ar~ii~g ~th~ - was harassed and discriminated against by the.Navy because of ~his sexual orientation. As part of -the settlement, however; Swarm will keep hiscivil service rank and transfer to the base’s comptroller’s office.as a management analyst. Gavs-& the Holocaust JERUSALEM - Conservative Jewish demonstrators scuffled with gay rights activists, at the Holocaust ~demorial .in Israel group of 19 rabbis took out anad in the Jerusalem Post denounc- -ing the ceremony as "an abomination" and threatening a boycoRof the Holocaust Mem6rial ifthe ceremony wentaheac~ One protester shouted . "You are full of shit and AIDS, at a gayrights .hCfi~ist,~-No s.e~ous incidents wererepoff~dandrio arrests were : _Lesbian Book Rev|ew ¯ ~ALTADENA~ Calif..~ The~-~ bian~Revi~w:~0f:-B0oks will -la~ch¯pubu~ati0n ~s AUguSt, :o f~atuiing reviews of~o~, by, ¯ about and -directed,t6 lesbian readers. The review will also :~ feature essays about :authors, fiterary~issues:and related topical m~tters in a wide range, of works, from histo~ and literature tosCiencefictionand erotica. The, quarterly review is available at a subscription price of $I0 for 1 yeafor $18 foi 2 yeats at:, Lesbian Review 6f Books, PO Box 6369, Altadena CA 91003 (for a sample copy of the first issue, send $2.50 to that address). Conoentration Camps ROME - Gay rights activists in Italy called for an international boycott of the country after remarks. by a neo-fascist r.nning fora seat in the European Parliament that Franco Grillini,-head of the Italian group Axcigay, urged "forcigagovernments toboycottItaly until wehave assurances that the presence of fascists, in governinent woii’i-iaffect ite-;bcratic rights.,~ In Bonn_. the Society for the Threatened People said it had called ~e vigil outside the Italian ¢mbassy~use Of Concern for the rightS of minorities Friday 1;o Sunday, July 15’17 . on t,heOU Gampus,-Norm.an. Oklahoma " " yoU’re a part-of Oklahorna l .fi $t st t .wide’ .gathering of :Gay, Lesbian, Bisexualand Transgendered people! FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL (91~) 445-0922, OR WRITE TO : R0. [50X 61305 . OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA ¯ 73146 Tulsa Family News, June:July 2994, p~age 5 News Briefs News continuedfrom page 5 page ruling. "Prejudice, whether founded on unsubstantiated fears, cultural myths, Stereotypes or erroneous assumptions cannot be the basis for a discriminatory classification," JudgeZilly ruled. Cam~ermeyer, a 27-year.veteran and Army nurse who was awarded the Bronze Star for her 14-month tour of duty in Vietnam, was thrilled at the ruling. Partners Bill Fails in CA SAC~MENTO; Calif: =-The day after.the California Assembly passed a statewide domestic parmers registration measure by the narrowest of. margins, the proposed bill failed to pass the state Senate by 2 votes - althoughit s611lmsa secondchance at passage in the upper house. The limited partners bill would extend to registered couples - heterosexual or homosexual - Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News such legal benefits as hospital visitation rights; serving as a conservator for their partner, and willing property as married couples do. The legislation, authored by Assemblyman Richard Katz, was approved by the state Assembly on May 31 by a 41-26 vote - the bare minimum needed for approval in the lower chamber. But the next day, the Senate compamon measure, sponsoredby Sen. Gary Hart (D- ~anta Barbara), gam~red.only 19 votes for passage with 16 against. A21-vote majority is required in the upper chamber to pass such legislation. Because of the bill’s passage in the AS- . sembly, along with the close Senate vote, Hart asked for and was given permission to put the measure forward on the Senate agenda during a future session. Church~of Greater Tulsa Where God Uplifts All People Sunday service, 10:45 am Home Cell~Groups, 2nd& 4th Sundays, 6:00 pm Phone: (918) 838-1715 SF Partners’ Tax, Break SAN FRANCISCO- Same-sex couples here took.another incremental step toward equal-recognition of their domestic parmerships with an exemption from the ~ity’s real estate transfer taxes if they dissolve, their relationship - an exemption married couples enjoy under state law. The exemption measure, unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors on TuesdayMay ¯ 31, is themostrecent legal effort here to .extend benefits to gay and lesbian couples already enjoyed by married conples: "We’re endeavoring to chip.away at the issue of lesbian and gay equity in society," said Supervisor Carole Migden, author of the measure. "Lesbians and gays live here in great numbers, the majority of whom are hard-work- Photography J.D. Jamett 592,0608 ing, taxpaying citizens who should be entitled to the same rights awarded to others." Boy Scout Ban Review SACRAMENTO~ Calif: - The state Supreme Court has agreed ~dreview conflicting lower court ings about whether the Boy Scouts of America policy, of excluding gays and atheists vio= -lates ~S~’e anfi-discrimiiiation statutes. The high court .-anntua~ d:it wilIe~xi~ the ii~- peals Of two separate eases involving the. youth group, both of which concern wl~ether the Boy Scouts are a ’~business establishmeni"’ aS defined by Califomia~s sweeping Unrnh Civil Rights Act. Early last year a state Court of Appeal in Santa Aimruledthat the OrangeCounty Council of the Boy Scouts isin fact a business as defined by the Unnth ACt and cannot exclude youngsters from membership because.of their religious beliefs _and refusal .to swear an oath to God. Just weeks later, however, a state appeals court in Lo~ Angeles. ruledthat the scouts were not a~business under the Unruh Act and that the youth group could legally exclude gays~ Tl~t ruling came in the case’of~Tim Curran, a former Eagle Scout who filed suit originally in 1980 after he was rejected as a scoutmaster for a Berkeley troop be- San Diego Gives Benefits SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The San Diego, Calif., city council narrowly approved a measure extending health care benefits to the domestic partners of unmarried municipal employees. The council approved the measure oN a 5~4 vote during a session. concerned with contracts between the city and anion workers. Councilwoman Christine ,Kehoe,. a lesbian who recently became the council’s firstopenly gay member and sponsorof the measure, said, "It’s a fairness is, sue. What the city has done is made it - I hope - OK for other employers in San Diego to say this is the kind of coverage I want to offer." Time Kills Gay Magazine NEW YORK - Time Inc. has said abandoned plans to launch Tribe, a national gay magazine that would have been the first such publication started by a major :-mainstream publisher: There were reports that Time had been the object Of intense letterrwriting campaign by anti~ gay fundamentalists, but executives with the publishing firm denied their; decision to drop plans for the new.magazine were a result of any outside pressure and insistedthe Switch in plans was based entirely on economics.. The Village Voice had, reported, however, ~at ~ime:~Inc, Sandra J, Hill, M,S. 745,1111 INTERNATIONAL TOURS Airline/Hotel Reservations Ticket Pick-Up " ~C~se/Tour Packages Group & Incentive Programs "No" Service Charge --- :.:: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~"~-r. -. :::::::::: :~ RSVP’s 10th Ai_niversary Cruise on ~~i!~~i~~:::~:-~- JbuoabrildeeC, aMrnairvcahl s19m-2eg6a, -1fu99n5S, hdi.pLA ~Mexican Riviera, Space going fast. Oklahoma’s Only LG.T.A. 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Disney World’s Gay Day ORLANDO, Fla. - Despite .angry complaints from anti-gay ~uhdamentalists ~and evencon= spicuous signs saving it wasn’t a Disney World sponsored event, "Gay Day at Disney" drew some 20,000 lesbians andgay men to the popular theme park. A small gro~ip 0f about 2 dozen protest-= ers connected with theAmerican Family Assn. and Operation Rescue picketed along an entrance road to the park, but without much apparent support. Disney World posted signs outside the park explaining that "members of the gay.comn~unity have chosen to visit the Magic Kingdom today in their recognition of Gay and Lesbian Pride Month" and that Disney "does notdiscriminate againstdnyone’s fight to visit the Magic Kingd~ m." / Lesbian and gay Workers at the park volunteered to serve as off:duty guides for the thousands who showed up. The eventis the 4th such lesbian!gay trip to .the central Florida park, but, because of the ~eelebrations of the 25th annivers~, of.the Stonewall:Riots Daya~’Disney, ~6t@id~pf~! Swedish Partners Law STOCKHOLM -Following a 4-hour debate, the Swedish parliament (Riksdag) narrowly. adopted legislation that would allow-same-sex Couples nearly - - but not all - the Same bentfits and responsibilities of marriage. The bill establishing registered partnerships in tile e0untry passed 171-141. The law, which will go into effect at the begin~ ning of 1995, a!lows same-sex couples a civil.(but not churdh) ¯ ceremony similar to a wedding; couples dre ntt allowed to adopt or have children through artificial insemination, Denmark and Norway already have similar laws. Minneapolis Law Illegal MINNEAPOLI.S.~ (June 8) -- District Court Judge Deborah ¯ Hedlundhas ruled t~at the Min~ neapolis:eity council overstepped its authoriU when it enacted a measure tl~t extends benefits to. the.partners of lesbian .and. gay city workers.: Judge Hedlfin-d ¯ declared the parmers Ordinance illeg.al.and ruled,that the state of Minnesotahad given cities the ..legal. right to finance employee benefits~0nly f0rthe spouses mid dependents ofcity workers. Becaiase sathe-sex couples-cannot leg~ly!-marry, thejudge, ruled,- " ~y eann0t~ome eli~ib!e for - ¯ su~hibenefi.ts~ It Was’not imm¢- ’ ~ ~a~i~ ~|~ but~many,.~obse~. ers expect the city to appeal the ruling since gays and lesbians cannot legally marry anywhere in.the U.S~ Dutch Partners ,Law AMSTERDAM-- The Dutch cabinet hastabledameasur~ that couples, extending,to gays andlesbians whoregistered many of the same benefits as married het-. erosexuals,- No e~planation ~was ~ given for .the:action.which is. believed-tobe only temporary. Ontario Partners,-Lose TORONTO ~- The Ontario Parliament has rejected on a 68-59 vote a. government-sp0nsored measure that-would have-established a:domestic partner registration in the province.This means the measure is dead:in Ontario for the time being. AT&T Wants Gays! CHICAGO - ~T&T, the giant long-distance cartier, has broken something of a barrier by-sending some 70,000 direct-mail pieces targeting gays, .lesbians and bisexuals. ~as ~ prosPectiv.e customers. It is believed to be thefirst time ~ maj0r U.S. firm has specifically sought-to target the country’.s !argelyuntapped gaycomm~ty in a direct’mail advertising campaign..o"It.’.s .. a ¯v~ry o~fitiV~ m~rket,’~ Jo~ Heath, AT&T’S public relations manager in Chicago, said. :"It" s a good market Segment. to tar_get.. It includes affluent, highly e~hicated and brand loyal consumers with ahigh level of discretionary income.’.’ quotes froms~,~eral AT&T customers and includes excerpts from a letter’i explaining the corpo- ,Kami =Burns,. LCSW License~d Clinical Therapist - SolutiOn~oriented Therapy I¯nd[viduals,~couples,¯ families, adolescents Confidential - ethical, reputable _ : ~ Tulsa, OK ration’ s pro-gay policies and its gay-lesbian-biSexual employee group. 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MCC-1441 Other Time~ by Appointment Demo~ ontinuedfrom page I " that’s so, then the laws and rules need to be changed?’ 3Vhen asked if he would issue an executive order banning discrimination basedon sexual orientation for state Pride Summit continuedfrompage l include protection from discrimination on.the basis of sexual orientation. She is now leading acampaignto fight the radical employees,, hel responded by. asking, right’s targeting of the black community "do~n’tthatfollow fromwhatIjust said?" in anti-gay ballot initiatives. Bernice Shedriek’s campaign literature Radecic and Carter will.join with Gays speaks o~ the. great adversity she.has and Lesbians from across the state for overcome and Jf her doggedness in fo!- .Oklahoma’sfirsts-mmitconference.Early " lowing what she believes is right. 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Memodal * Tulsa, OK 74145 (918) 622~3636 Tulsa Family Ne~s, June,July l~.~, page 9 T H E G Greenwood & Archer JUNL~F~NTH JAZZ, BLUES & GOSPEL FF~TIVAL 6116d9 Broken Arrow " CAROSEL 6/16-26 River Park Wdst " RFfoGAEFEST 6/24~25 American Theatre Co. BYE BYEBIRDIE 7/8-17 Theatre Pops ANTIGONE/ANOTHER ANTIGONE 7/8-17 Theatre Tulsa AND THEWORLD GOES ROUND 7/22-31 Svotli~ht Theatre THE DRUNKARD Ongoing A 596-71 I1 596-7111 596-7111 587-5030 Y L I Theatre Notes by Gerald Miller, Theatre Tulsa If it is Summer, thenitmustbe SummerStage time. The KOTV Spirit of Oklahoma SummerStage~ Festival ’94 kicks off this monih. The original idea for. the: Summer Festival was developed toprovide live Theatrical entertainment during the time.when most area theaters were notin production. Thatidea .wilt be translated into nine productions by eight companies this summer. For. convenience ..you~may make reservations for’any of the productions by calling the Per= forming Arts Center Box Office at 596-7111 for res.ervations. This year the Performing Arts Trust and KOTV Television are co-sponsoring the entire Festival and all of us from the SummerStage Board ~want to express our thanks. A-Festival arrangement like this allows all the producing companies to really strut their best efforts. Be sure to take advantage of wide range of offerings. After all, how much time can you really spend at the lake ? Theatre Tulsa will be offering something, very special this summer during the Festival. The World Goes ’Round is a Broadway Musical Revue which pro- F E S T Y L E vides 30 of your favorite Broadway hits in a single evening. From Cabaret; Chicago; New York, New York to Kiss of the Spider Woman and many, many more shows, you can enjoy a full evening of the best of Broadway music inone clever evening. For continued to mount productions during the Second World War, both for civilians and for service men and women. Between 1942 and 1943, one of.our Artistic Managers was Ward Mendenhall w’ho was called into service and the last additional information glvem a twoplays of1943 were directed call at 58%8402 and ask about .- by Virginia Weaver Russell.. our Group Discounts. So here in.this moment of re- I want to take: a moment to reflect on the .other big event which is occurring as I write. The D,Day. Invasion was fifty years ago today. The events of this ..day 50 years ago have been the inspiration for some wonderful dramatic works. Infact the Theaterhadits’ own dramatic moment relative to the war. Tulsa Little Theatre, our name back then, was one of the few Community Theaters which fleetion about sacrifice and service; I find another tie between the life of this Theater, this Commtmity and the wonderful peoplcwho kept up; not only their Own spirits, but the spirits of _the whole community in that darkest of times. Here’s to Ward Mendenhall, and .all the other men and women from Tulsa Little Theatre who served their community so honorably at home and on the battlefield. ADVENTURE BASE ONE Trainino in rappieling/backpacking/. _m oun?aineering/wil~ernes s treks/ ropes courses Consulting in experimental wilderness adventure based programming. Private & group rates available. Exclusive "family groups" welcome Call for information, 918-425-4778. SALOON New Hours: Wed.- Sun. 7-2 Closed Mon. & Tues. 1565 South Sheridan, 834-4234 Tulsa Family News, June-July 1994, page 10 "TULSA’S HOTTEST CRUISE BAR" ¯ Huge Patio ¯ Coors Pool Tournament ¯ Volley Ball Tuesdays, 8 pm ¯ Horseshoes ¯ Dart Tournament, ¯ Classic Trashy Sunday Saturday, 5 pm Afternoon Beer Bust & Mondays 2,4 pm $3 After Dart League ¯ Happy Hour, Weekdays 4-7 pm Male Dancers Open: Mon-Sa,,, 0am- 2~.m~S~n, Noon - 2am NEV.. NOW::: WHAT.:TO EXPEC T. H E G Gay Marriage Video:. Parmers Task Force for Gay &Lesbian Couples has announcedit:Will produce a Videotape to promote legal marriage for " same-sex cot~ples. The video will make a point-by-point Case for same-sex mar~ riage largely through intervie.ws of gayand lesbianinovem~it leaders, legal ex- - perts; andcouples ~ho are suing for the right td marry. The Video willhighlight :: the: many,valuable-benefits that are :et~ently denied.tO same-sex~,, couples. Partners is seeking f’mancial support.for tile projectforproduelionand distn’bution. Formore info: Partners, Box-9685, Seattle, WA 98109; (206) 935-1206. I F -E S T Y L E TNT’s 7th Anniversary Party Sunday, July 10th Dancers, Singers, Comedians Specials All Night! 2H4 So. Memorial., 660-0856 SAIL ON OVER TO ¯PHOENIX MORTGAGE CORR AND SEE THE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM WE CAN ANCHORFO.RYOU. YOUR ALTERNATIVEMORTGAGE COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN ¯ SELF-EMPLOYED NEW CONSTRUCTION LOANS PROFESSIONALS 918,592.7700 -? Black ~.~ White Charities, It the continuing traditic FRIDAY, JUL’f 29 ¯ Gilcrease Come be. a part of two evenings A Night of Sizzling Sounds, Delicious Dancing, Savy Socializing & Exotic E -~: Eight o’clocktil Midnight Tulsa Fairground Pavilion on Expo Square Black & White Attire: Suggested Cash Bar on the e~oning of dance. Appropriate Proof ofAge 21 will be Required forAdmission Ticket Purchase & Information Numbc 1994 Tulsa Family News, June-July 1994, page 11 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [1994] Tulsa Family News, June 15-July 14, 1994; Volume 1, Issue 7 Subject The topic of the resource Politics, education, and social conversation toward Tulsa's Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities. Description An account of the resource Tulsa Family News was a monthly newspaper; No. 1 issued December 1993-January 1994. The final issue available was published in September of 2001 (Vol. 8, Issue 9). The newspaper brings up important, evolving topics of marriage, military, law, charity, Pride, TORH, HIV/AIDs, events, advice, politics all at the local and national level. This document is available in searchable PDF attached. It is also available to be seen at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center with permission. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Family News Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tom Neal Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 15-July 14, 1994 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Christjohn Kharma Amos Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Online text PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource newspaper periodical Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tulsa---Oklahoma Oklahoma---Tulsa United States Oklahoma Tulsa United States of America (50 states) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://history.okeq.org/collections/show/24 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/items/show/467 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Tulsa Family News, May 15-June 14, 1994; Volume 1, Issue 6 Relation A related resource Tulsa Family News, May 15-June 14, 1996; Volume 1, Issue 7