9 20 639 https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/cad0a227df418d824c0a725b9ad6eeb7.jpg 8fe36b0f2e6d0aaeb169422a1fe38536 https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/61bd2074c80e5a411c0e996a547aadaa.pdf ac7abe1d33b993bca233b903f8e5848d 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 THE NAMES PROJECT Quilt Tours Black Colleges Coretta Scott King Slams Homophobia ATLANTA (AP) - During the AIDS Quilt tour of historically Black colleges and universities, Coretta Scott King told those viewing the memorial that homophobiahas prolonged and worsened the epidemic within the Black community. "It is particularly sad tome when I hear Black people, includiug some in leadership positions, making homophobic comments and attacking t.he humm] rights of Gay and Lesbian people," the widow of die Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said Monday during the tour’s opening ceremonies at Clark Atlanta University, Regardless of sexual orientation or gender, Blacks have a signiticantly higher risk of becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Stati-stics show ntost new HIV infections occur among people 25 and younger. The Black community has been hit particularly hard. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Blacks account for about half the new HIV infections, AIDS cases and AIDS deaths, though they represent only 13% of the U.S. population, "With the stigma on homosexual behavior mthe African-American coxmnunit~¢, ¯ see Ki.,t~, ~9.: 15 Matthew Shepard Murder Trial Update LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Gay college student Matthew Shepardwas pumaneled to deathby Aaron McKirmey in a drunken, drug-induced rage after Shepard made a pass at him, McKirmey’s attorney Said as: his trial began. "’Did Matthew Shepard deserve to die? No, that’s ridiculous-. No manslaughter victim deserved to die," Jason Tangeman said in opening statements. "That’s what Aaron McKirmey is guilty of, manslaughter." The roofer’s judgment that night Vas affected bv alcohol, methamphetamines and "~ome sexuall} traumatic and confusing events in his life," Tangeman told jurors. Prosecutor Cal Rerncha said his case against McKinney will not deal with Shepard’s Gayness. "It will simply be about the pain, suffering and death of Matthew Shepard at the hands of the defendant, Aaron James:McKimaey," he said." The Human Rights Campaign, a national Gay civil rights organization strongly condenmed the use of the.’’blame the victim" defense in the trial. Shepard, McKinney and Henderson met in a Laramie bar about a year ago, where Shepard asked McKinney for a ride home, humiliating him in front of friends because McKinney believed Shepard was Gay, Tangeman contended. Tangeman said McKinney, 22, was confused by three homosexual encounters that occurred when he was 7, 15 and 20: In one case, McKinney was forced into an oral sex act with a neighborhood bully, Tangeman said. Rerucha said McKirmey and Henderson drove Shepard, 21, to a remote area, where they robbed, lashed him to.the fence and pistol-whippinghim into a coma. Opening statements were made after ajury of 10 men and:six women, including four alternates, was seated in McKinney’s trial on charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping androbbery. Thejury includes three students at the University of Wyoming, where Shepard was a freshman. McKinney could receive the.death penalty. Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Locations World AIDS Day Memorial Service at Historic Mt. Zion Baptist Church Dedicated to the Memory of HIV/AIDS Activist Phil Wiley TULSA - The 10th annual World AIDS Day Candlelight March and Memorial Service will be held at one of Tulsa’s most historical traditionally African-American churches, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, led b~ the Rev. Calvin McCutcheon. The march will begin gathering at 6:30 near St. Monica’s Churchjust south of Carver School east of Greenwood Avenue This is just south of Pine. The march will begin about 7pm and will continue about a mile south on Greenwood to John ttope Franklin Bottlevard which travels west through the Oklahoma State University at Tulsa campus to Elgin. Mt. Zion is on FJ~n just across the OSU-Tulsa parking lots near 1-244. The theme for the march and memorial is "Fa~d the Silence" and the service will feature the music of Ernestine Dillard, the Council Oak Mens Chorale and the Mr. Zion church choir. Tiffs Tulsa service is dedicated to the memory of 1o"cal ttIV AIDS and Gay civil rights activist Phil Wiley who died of kidney failure last summer. Orgamzers note that all tilnes are approximate aud that lhey will provide candles and matches but encourage marchers to bring banners and bells to nng on the march. For more information, call Interfaith ..\ IDS Mira stries at 438- 2437. Also on World AIDS Day, an organization called "\Vc The Peopl.e Li.ving .with AIDS/HIV’" will join with thousm~ds of other orgmuzatlons m remembering, fiercel3, those the~ lmvc !ost to the AIDS epidemic. They will do this through the posting of the manes of their members, friends and loved ones lost to ,A IDS on the. \ IDS \Vatch webpage, which will display the .,aan]es of tens of thousands of people who have died from :kIDS. one at a mnc in the 48 honrs before and after December ist. They request that readers consider adding the uames of those whom they have lost to AIDS to the list. The page is localed m http:/iwww.aidswatch.org. Click on "’Add a name "’ to include the name, of~v°ur loved one, friend or colleague to the li st. Community Center News All Community Meeting, Nov. 16, 6:30pm TOHR Meeting, 11/9: Carol Petersen, Author, Poet + Gay Man in Hitler’s Navy TULSA - The third all community meeting will be held at the Communiiy Center on Tues., Nov. 16th at 6:30pm. About 35 individuals attended the last meeting in Sept. and the representatives of a number of organizations, churches and businesses decided to convene a community council with TOHR, Tulsa Oldahomans for Human Rights, the parent organization of the Tulsa Gay Community Services Center, coordinating the exchange of information. Local attorney and original meeting co-convener Dennis Neill will present a draft contract to clarify the relationship between the various groups. For more information about the next conmaunitv meeting, call the Community Center at 743-4297. On Tues. Nov. 9th at 7:30pro, TOHR will hold its montlflv membership meeting. The meeting, which is open to the publiC, will feature remarks by Carol Petersen, a Romanian born poet, biographer and educator. Petersen, a Gay man.~ even found lfimself serving in the German Navy during the N~i government of Adolf Hitler. Petersen has-published works on Albert Camus, Andre Gide, John Steinbeck, Goethe, Spanish poet Lorca, Thomas Mann as wall as works of poetry. He has taught French and German literature and awarded one of the highest honors in France, the Chevalier de L’oi’dre des Palmiers Academique de France. Other News: House of the Holy Spirit Calls Pastor House of the Holy Spirit Ministries announces that they have selected a new full-time pastor, Chuck Breckenridge. Breckenridge served in a pastoral capacity in a Wichita congregation where he formerly resided. Breckenridge is also known for having published and edited The Parachute, a now defunct regional publication. He also started The Triangle Of which he has recently served as general manager. Breckenridge was installed as pastor on October 17th. Troy McGoveran, spokesman for House of the Holy Spirit notes, "the entire congregation is very excited about the movement going on in our church.., we.. welcome Pastor Breckemidge to our church.. ?’ Falwell MeetsWith Gays LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP)-The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who has denounced homosexuals for years, held an .unprecedentedmeeting with GayChristians recently m an attempt to reduce violent acts against Gays and Christians. Both sides said the gathering was productive. Dozens of anti-Gay protesters denmnstrated outside, yelling at Gay supporters as they entered the church parking lot. The Rex’. Fred Phelps of Topeka, Kan.. whose congregafiou also taunted Gays at the funeral of slain Gay college studcm Matthew Shepard. said Falwdl is a hypocrite for ineeting with the Rev. Mel White, a Gay minister and his followers. "Falwell used to teach the Bible word for word. now he’s going off and meeting with these fags and going against everything he’s ever taught," Phelp,~ said. "He always says ’hate the sin. bnt love the simmr,’ but it’s ~mpossible to separate the t~o Does ajudge send the crime or the crintinal tojail’?" Falwell. who has long believed lha~ homosexuality is a sin, insists he will not change Iris views, but has agreed to tone down tfis anti language that Gay civil rights activists encourages hatred and violence towar~t homosexuals. "’We are here because ihnocent people ol vari~ faiths, racial and ethnic groups and sexual preferences have increasingly had their live~ abruptly mid violently ended by people ~vilh opposing vie~\s.’" Fah~ell told th~ group of 4 delegates in ~velcomiug then] to the anti "~ml,,ncc fortun Saturday afternoou x~q]itc brought 200 Gays mid Lesbians l’rom 3~* slates to p~ticil)atc in the forum. They were ]t)]ncd by 2~)evm~gelic~d Chnsfians who supjmrt Fid~ cEstmacc "q hi s is the first step iu ourjoume3 tm~ auct~ reconciliation." s~d White, who held a pra3 e~ ~ ~gil Ffida3 mght for 20 Gay men or gm~sgcndcred people killed because of their sexu~ oneutation. see Fahvell, p. 10 France OK’s Gay and Non-Gay Partnerships The British Broadcasting System (BBC) reported in October that the French Parlimnent has approved a controversial bill that gives Gay couples mare of the rights enjoyed by married people. The NatiOnal Assmnbly passed the Civil Solidarity Pact (PACS) by 315 votes to 249. The PACS allows unmarried couples to register their umon and enjoy some of the tax, legal and social welfare benefits associated with marriage. It is intended to allow Gay and heterosexual couples who are not married to "’organise their common life". Partners who want to separate will be able to do so via a letter of separation. According to Justice Minister Elisabeth Guigou, the bill will improve the lives of more than five million people. Conservative opponents immediately said they would ask the Constitutional Council to role whether the law was unconstitutional. Religious leaders have strongly denounced the law, saying it enables a form of homosexual marriage. The PACS wasintroduced by the riding socialists and the government’s majority made approval virtually certain. It has been one of themostbitterlycontested pieces of social legislation for years, opposed by conservatives and by leaders of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths in France. see France, p. 15 LI~ DIRECTORY P. 2 EDITORIAL P. 3 ~I~ US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 . HEALTH NEWS P. 6 ~ ENTERTAINMENT P. 8 COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9 READ ALL ABOUT IT P. 10 Z DO-IT-YOUR-SELF DYKE P. 11 DYKE PSYCHE P. 12 mmm GAY STUDIES P. 13 Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine *Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. 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Not all are Gay-owned but all are Gay-friendly. Audra Sommers: To All .My Friends Tiff s ruessage brings to youinformation about my up-coming benefit called ’~onnecting The Hearts of Tulsa" Friday November 5th, at 10:30 p.m. at the Silver Star. This eventfocuses onthe Prescription Assistance Program which as youknow is very, very important to many. As a community of caring individuals I ask all ofyou once again to come together as compassionate and sympathetic members of our community and show your support. Without fai! every year, you pull out all the stops and arrive in droves. My heart shines with delight to see all of your faces as we raise the much needed money to keep those who can’t afford the necessary medications alive and well. Come, meet new people and see some new faces. Uniting together_we make the difference. Please join all my guests: Miss Gay America - Catia Lee Love Miss Gay Oklahoma America - Bridgett Lee Miss Gay Oklahoma USofA - Kris Kohl Miss Fish-Lake Nevada - Slutisha Swamppussy Miss Midwestern Plains USofA - Victoria Turrell Miss Tulsa USofA 1998 - Jasmine Turrell Miss Gay University Of Tulsa Homecoming Queen 1999 - Audriana Sommers The Green Country Cloggers Miss Silver Star USofA 1996 - Tera "T" Neil Miss Gay Oklahoma At Large USofA 96 - Domonique Daniel’s Miss Feticia Winters Miss Ebony Hall Miss Tabatha Taylor Miss Gain A Pound Miss Miranda McMillian Miss Tore McMillian Miss Audra Sommers and her special "Grab Bag Segment" Mr. Steve Sludder And Mr. Brock Masters - video star along with many, maaay others. I look forward to seeing everyone at the StarFriday NovemberSthat 10:30p.m. It is going to be the best show ever! With love and respect, - Audra Marie Sommers Announcements Policy Tulsa Family News will provide space for holy union ceremony, marriage ceremony, birth, adoption and death announcements on a space available basis. Photos are welcome, though we cannot promise placement or return them, so please send copies to Tulsa Family News, POB 4140, Tulsa 74159. Letters Policy Tulsa Family Newswelcomes letters on issues which we’ve covered or on issues you think need to be considered. You may request that your name be withheld but letters must be signed & have phone numbers, or behand delivered. 200 word letters are preferred. Letters to other publications will be re-printed as is appropriate. Editorial: Singing Those Millennium March Blues To March or Not March? That is the question - ok, ok, yes that’s tired and perhaps, even trite but I couldn’t help it. The millennium does indeed approach and with it, the next great Gay march scheduled for next April. Called by Robin Tyler, Lesbian event organizer par excellence, taken up by the Gay community’s organizational 800 pound gorillas, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) and the Human Rights Campaign(HRC), the Millennium Marchhas beenfraught with controversy from its beginning. No one doubts that these events are tremendously ehapowering for those ofus who attend. I can attest to that from my experience.at the last march. My long-suffering ex (just ask him ;-) and I organized a group mostly of students and others on limited incomes from Texas to travel bybus to DC. Since this was a budget trip we stayed about 12 to a room, 3 or 4 to a bed with some on the floor of a hotel in the Virginia suburbs. But the moment ofmy epiphany was when weboarded the Metro (subway) at the 2nd to the last stop that far out into the suburbs, and everyone waiting, and everyone on the train but for perhaps one or two per car, w,as Gay, or Lesbian, or Bi, ornon-Gays whomwe’ddearly welcomed into our tribe. For once tobe safe, for once to be inOUR space is a rare and precious thing. There we could hold hands in the street without the fear that we Were taking our !ives literally in our hands. For once, we could say that we don’t mind "straights" as long as they "behave" themselves. Formany this was alife transforming experience¯ From it, they came back and became active in the organizations of their hometowns. This clearly is go6~l: And yet, some questions remain. First of these i.s whether, this march will even come off at all. Because MCC and HRC proclaimed that a march was going to happened before they consulted the many other organizations which make up the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered civil fights and cultural movement, the March was immediately caught up in controversy. This "movement" is-tremendously diverse and building consensus is long hard work. Prior march organizers did do so through long and sometimes painful (I write this Do you know where a number of Tulsans have been during the last 18 months? Buried in trash. We studied different curbside recycling programs from around the state and from across the country. About 100 cities were looked atby theTAREboard’ s subcommittee onrecycling. Ourmost important discovery: each community is unique in its requirements for recycling. In Tulsa, most of the trash we generate is incinerated at the trash-to-energy plant. The burning process results in waste by-products that can mad do pollute our air. For example, some substances like plastic can be harmful when burned. Recycling will take them out of the trash collection burned at the Walker Hall recovery plant. The more Tulsa recycles, the more we improve Tulsa’s air quality for our young, our elderly, and most significantly, our chronically ill. And let us not forget that we are breathing the same air. Recycling does not ouly helpinmaking the environment cleaner and healflfier; it also has economic benefits other than quality of life. Once Tulsa citizens recycle enough items that can be reused, a recycling industry will be created an become a viable part of the economy with added job opportunities, In the beginning, Tulsans, will be able to recycle four types of items. Newspapers, includin°g the slick advertisement sections, compose the first recycling category. Now you cannotrecyclemagazines and business forms; these are another category which may be added at a later date. However, you can still take them to MET recycling centers. The second category acceptable for recycling in Tulsa will be aluminum. Drop all aluminum beverage cans inj the recycling container; however, you cannot recycle other forms of aluminum. Please rinse them immediately after use. Remember that recycling pick up is every other : from serving as a representative) meetings. ¯ And according to the Nov. 9th i°ssue of The Advocate, ¯ control of the event has _been shifted from Robin Tyler to ~ Malcolm Lazin, interim executive director. Kerry Lobel, executive director of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), earlier resigned from an oversight board for the March because of concerns about event "...the moment of my epiphany was when we boarded the Metro (subway) at the gnd to the last stop that far out into the suburbs, and everyone waltln~, and everyone on the train but for perhaps one or two per ear, was Gay, or Lesl~ian, or Bi, or non-Gays whom we’d el rly we6om l into our tdl . " organization and raised the question of whether the event would need to be rescheduled or dropped. But another question to ask is this: is this the best use ofour communities’ resources? NGLTFhas been arguing that we, as a movement, should be putting more of our energies into local and state efforts at change. This doesn’tmean abandoning federal level efforts but working harder locally. In Oklahoma, we’ve started to see some results from just such efforts; the Cimarron Alliance has substantially changed somelegislative attitudes in theOklahomaHouse. FundingforHIV/AIDS care andprevenfionhas benefited from lobbying by Tulsan Steve Eberle. These things would not have happened unless some Oklahomans decided to invest in local efforts. According to Kelly Kirby, former Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) president, longtime activist and current Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) board member, at least 40-50 Tulsans stopped by a reception Marty Newman gave at the last march. And likely there were some from the city who did not attend. So I have to ask, as another former TOHR president who begged for money for that organization and for the community center, what would happen if some of those week. Besides, you will make it so much easier for those separating our recyclables. Plastic is one of the most important things to recycle. As petroleum-based products, these items release toxins when burned. You can recycle all plastic beverage bottles including mostpop, milk, and water containers, as well as soap and detergent bottles. Rinse our the container to prepare these items for recycling and dispose of the lids. It is easy to remember which plastic items are acceptable. Look for the number "1 "or "2" inside the little triangle on the bottom of the container. .The final or fotu:th category for Tulsa’s new recycling program is glass. Both clear and colored glass bottles and jars will be accepted. Nounbroken glass will be taken, nor will the program accept other housewares or plate glass from windows. Since the glass before putting out for collection and discard the lid. Because of the once-everytwo- weeks collection, you may want to rinse after use, if it contains food. Curbside recycling is a great addition to Tulsa’s solid waste disposal program. Now it is up to us to make it succeed. Begin sign up for this new service. Just call the Mayor’s Action Center at 596-2100 and tell them that you wish to sign up for curbside recycling. It is scheduled to start on Nov. 1st. The cost is only $2/month; it will be added to your city utility bill. Recycled items will be collected twice a month on an every other week basis. Before the program begins, you will be informed about your curbside pickup days. You can also sign up by clicking on www cityoftulsa.org/recycle or www.tulsarecycles.com. Remember this program can succeed only ifenough ofus participate. So sign on now! Bob D. Rounsavell is a freelance Tulsa writer who specializes in environmental education. dollars did stay here in Oklahomainstead of adding to the profits of American Airlines, or United, or Marriott or Hilton? Let’s guess that many of those 50 attending spent about $500 to $1000 for their visit. A few who traveled as I did with my student group perhaps spent as little as $200- 300¯ One might argue that an average expenditure might be about $600 for a total of $30,000. But on the other hand, $30k would pay the current rent on the Community Center for almost two years ! Now that other TOHR ex-president argues that while many in our community are willing to spend that money on whatis in essence an extraQueer vacation, he feels that few would be willing to mm around and invest that amount into our community if there’s no immediate gain for themselves. And sadly, I would like to argue with him but as a community organizer, I can’t - because I’ve seen that what he claims is mostly true. What if we did value our rights and invested in our communities as much as we did our fabulous vacations, great clothes, stylish homes and cars?Whatcould we accomplish then? After all, ifwe don’t take care of ourselves, who is going to? "Straight" people? - Tom Neal PS: those of you who’ve already got this message, thanks! Keep up the good work and drag a friend along. Tom Neal, publisher & editor ofTulsa Family News, helped tofound and direct the Coalition of Lesbian/Gay Student Groups and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Dallas Chapter andhelped iofoundGLAAD National. He also served as co-chair ofthe University of Oklahoma Gay & Lesbian Association, and helped to found the Rice University Gay Alumni group as well as serving on Tulsa’s Pride committeefor several years. On Nov. 9th, Tulsans will have the opportunity to vote on a $109 million bond package to invest in the needs of Tulsa Public Schools and the children of the district. The Citizens Bond Development Committee has identified more than $600 million in building, facilities, teaching materials and transportation needs for the District in a comprehensive, strategic plan that covers 20 years. The bond issue to be presented to voters on Nov. 9th will be m~ important step in adequately addressing the need of the District and in creating a District ofunparalleled excellence in the state... - Sincerely, Ruth Ann Fate President, Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education Chair, Citizens for Better Education 2121 So, Columbia, Suite 103, Tulsa : by Tom Neal, editor/publisher ¯ Some Gay readers will likely look at the excerpted ¯ letter above and respond: "yeah right, why should I care ~ - I don’t have kids"and"TPS is ahomophobic institution ¯ which doesn’t deserve my support." Some non-Gay ~ readers will likely read this and also wonder why Gay people should care about education issues. But the reality is that many Gay people (using the term broadly to include LGB and T folk) do have children, some by marriages to non-Gay folk before coming out, and some by adoption, and some creative Lesbians and Gay men are having our own children. Even those of us who do not have children directly of our own, like me, have no fewer than eight nephews and nieces about half of whom were educated in Tulsa Public Schools. And we have friends with children too. .My pointis that despite the an.ti-Gay stereotypes which paint Lesbians and Gay men as anti-family, we have a strong interest in providing a good educational system to the children of our community. We also have some selfinterest in that there tends to be a correlation between education and the lessening of anti-Gay prejudice. And if we insist that TPS, an educational system which we help fund, seek to teach the values of respect and tolerance for all citizens, to teach that the diversity of our city makes us stronger, then we, Gay and Lesbian citizens, regardless of whether we have children who directly benefit from TPS, will gain. Therefore, on Nov. 9th, please consider voting yes: do it for kids. Friends Mourn Murdered Gay Pastor SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Calling him a "an oversized angel inhumanform,"mourners andfriendsof a slain pastor and Gay civil rights activist led tributes to him. The Rev. Edward R. Sherriff, 68, an associate pastor at the Cathedral of Promise MetropolitanCommtmity Churchin Sacramento was found stabbed to death in his home Oct. 20 in what police believe was a robbery. More than 300 friends andfzraily crowded into the church where Sherriff served as co-pastor for 11 years. Later in the day, mourners filled the sidew~ilks to "celebrate the home~zoing" of the slain activist. A t~ndf-ul.of local religious leaders paid tribute to Sherriff, including Sister Catherine Connell, director of the Catholic Wellspring women’s center, and the Rev. Isaiah Muhammad of the Nation of Islam. Sherriff’s daughters were als0 among the crowds. "It’s amazing to me the people who love him, who truly love him," said Scharlene Sheriff. Sherriff’s other daughter Marsha Lanier said she does notbelieve her father’s murder was ahate crime. Helikely died because he went out ofhis way to help, Lanier said. ’That’s one thing he would have been proud of," she said. Court to Reconsider Religious Bias Ruling SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The federal appeals court that allowed religious landlords to deny rentals to unmarried couples agreed to reconsider recently at therequest of states, cities andcivil rights groups. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said an 11-judge panel will decide whether property owners with religious objections to certain types of tenants are entitled to exemptions from housing discrimination laws. The case involves state and local laws in Anchorage prohibiting housing discrimination based on marital status. The ruling would also al’fect discrimination based on sexual orientation, where barred by law, and possibly other categories covered by laws in the nine states of the nation’s largest federal circuit. A panel of the court ruled 2-1 in January that enforcement of the discriminationlaws would violate the rdigious freedom of two Anchorage landlords who had religious objections to providing homes for unmarried couples. With no compelling state interest at Stake, the landlords could not be forced to choose between their businesses and their religious beliefs, the courtmajority said. The court said a majority ofits 21 activejudges had voted to set the January decision aside and order a new hearing before the 11-judge panel, at a date not yet scheduled. Requests by Alaska and Anchorage for a reheating were supported by national civil liberties and Gay civil-rights orgamzations, cities including Los_Angeles and San Francisco, and the states of California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Montana and Hawaii. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who enlisted his counterparts in the other states, said discrimination laws would be affected in every state. "q’here’s no inherent conflict between state antidiscrimination laws and the private religious view s of a landlord," he said. "Fhe issue is whether they can discriminate in their commercial and business activities." Kevin G. Clarkson, lawyer for the Anchorage landlords, said he wasn’t surprised by the rehearing, but argued that his clients’ ’interests were more important than those of the state or would-be tenants. ’%Vhat’s at stake is the First Amendment right of property owners to manage their property consistent with their religious beliefs," Clarkson said. He said there was no evidence that unmarried couples in any state have had trouble finding housing because of the religious objections of a small number of landlords. Conservative religious organizations such as Focus on the Family and the American Center for Law and Justice, as well as the more liberal National Council of Churches, have filed arguments supporting the landlords. The Supreme Courts of Alaska and Californiahave upheld their state discrimination laws against challenges .by religious landlords. But if the federal appeals court sides with thelandlords, property owners throughout the circuitcould sidestep statecourtrulings and go into federal court for religious exemptions. The suit was filedby KevinThomas and Joyce Baker, who each own several rental properties in Anchorage and said they had consistently refused to rent to unmarried cohabitants because of their Christian beliefs. They have not been accused of violating the state or local laws but asked the court to bar" their enforcement. In the January ruling, Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain said the law not only placed an unconstitutional burden on landlords’ religious practices but also violated freedom of speech, by prohibiting owners from asking about a tenant’s marital status, States can imposesuchrestrictions onbusinesses for compelling reasons, such as preventing discrimination based on race or sex, O’Scannlain said. But he said discrimination on the basis of marital status isn’t banned by the Constitution, federal law or the laws of many states, and no compelling interest has. been shown for its elimination. The case is Thomas vs. Anchorage Equal Rights Commission, 97-35220. Methodists Attack Boy Scouts’ Anti-Gay Policy tIACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) - The Boy Scouts of America could lose an important ally as it prepares to appeal a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that the group couldnotremove aNew Jersey manbecausehe is Gay. The United Methodist Church, which sponsors about 15% of the 3.3 million Scouts in the United States, has scolded the group and is threatening to halt its sponsorship if things don’t change. Although the church "would like to enthusiastically affirm and encourage this continuing partnership of the church and Scouting, we cannot due to the Boy Scouts of America s discnmanat~on agmnstGays; the Gener Board of Church and Society said earlier this month. The board is a top policy-making body of the Methodists. It also encouraged the Boy Scouts to stop the policy barring homosexuals. ’"We further, for the sake of our continmng partnership, call upon the Boy Scouts of America to discontinue this exclusion of Gays," the board concluded in the Oct. 10 statement. The Methodists earlier had said the church wanted to triple the number of Scouts it sponsors. But the Boy Scouts say the threat won’t dissuade themfrom appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court. Greg Shields, a spokesman for the Boy Scouts, said the organization hopes the case will be heard before next year’s summer recess. Shields also said he believes the Boy Scouts’ longtime relationship with the Methodists will endure. "We feel like we have a ¯ strong base of support within the congregations," ¯ Shields told The Record of Hackensack. ¯ The appeal plan follows aunanimous Augustruling : by the state Supreme Court that says the policy of keeping out homosex~mls violates the state’s anti- " discrimination law. The court said the Boy Scouts ¯ organization constitutes a "place of public accommodation" because it has a broad-based membership and forms partnerships with public ¯ entities such as police and fire departments. ¯ James Dale, 29, ofMatawan inMomnouth County, ¯ was an assistant scoutmaster whe was kicked out of the Boy Scouts nine years ago whenleaders found out ¯ he is Gay. He sued., seeking reinstatement. Dale ¯ earned 30 merit badges, seven achievement honors ¯ and other awards, and became an Eagle Scout during ¯ his 12 years in the organization. He was expelled by ¯ theMoumouthCouncilin 1990 after the group leamed from a newspaper article that he was Gay. The Irving, ¯ Texas-based organization has said if forced to accept ¯ Gays, the organization would not be able to build ¯ moral character in boys. The New Jersey ruling contrasted with a March ¯ 1998 decision by the California Supreme Court inthe ¯ Boy Scouts’ favor. In that ruling, alsounammous, the ¯ court said the organization was not abusiness and was : therefore free to exclude Gays, as well as atheists and ¯ agnostics. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an : appeal of that decision. Kelly Kirby, CPA, PC Certified Public Accountant a professional corporation 747-5466 4021 S. Harvard, Suite 210, Tulsa 74135 MCC-United formerly Family of Faith & Greater Tulsa MCC Joined as one body of believers. Come celebrate with us, Sunday Services, 11 am 1623 North Maplewood, 838-1715 HOUSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Sun. Worship, 10:45 am, Sunday School, 9:30 am Wed. Bible Study, 7 pm 3210b S. Norwood, Info: 224-4754, Chris or Sharon Sandra Hill M.s. 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Companies that provide same-sex-partner benefits include Lotus Development Corp., Microsoft Corp., IBM, Walt Disney Co., U S West, Honeywell and Xerox. In the e-mail, James B. Dagnon, Boeing’s senior vice president for personnel, said the move was made for two reasons: ’~First to attract and retain talented employees, and second to walk the talk on diversity. "Diversity, with a capital D, means acknowledging employees have different backgrounds, preferences and interests." A task force of personnd managers and minority employees w.asformedto study theissue last year, bu.t consii~eration of an initial proposal was stalled until the company’s financial performance improved in recent months, Boeing spokesman Peter Conte said. The decision is long overdue, said Charles Fay, chairman of Hands-Off Washington in Snohomish County€ and Dennis Rybicki, a spokesman for the SnohomishCountyElections Committee., which,r~an~__. s political candidates on Gay and Lesbian xssues, q’his should send a signal to other employers, large and small, that it’s goodbusiness to recognize the value of all families," Fay said. Charles Bofferding, executive directorof the Society ofProfesSional Engineering Employees inA.erospa.~, said the move seemed to be designed to sabotage ,his group’s contract-negotiations, which begin soon. SPF.EA, formerly the Seattle Professional Engineering Employees Association, is the second-largest imion at Boeing, representing 23,000 scientists, engineers, manual writers and technical workers. SPEEA negotiators will seek the benefit but don’t want to sacrifice other potential contract gains to obtain it, Bofferding said. ’This attitude, that management knows best and employees will take whatever is dished, out, this is outrageous ,"he said. "Is the Boeing Co. going to discriminate againstheterosexuals now?" Conte said health-care benefits will not be offered tO unmarried heterosexual partners because they can get married, an option from which same-sex parmers are barred by law. Tim Flynn, a spokesman for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which r~ep~resents hourly producuon workers and is Boeings largest union, said Machinist leaders may discuss same-sex benefits before expiration of the three-year contract that was ratified in September. Annetta Small, director of the West Coast office of Kerusso Ministries, which seeks to persuade Gays and Lesbians to become heterosexual through Chrsfianity, said she opposes any extension ofbenefits to non-married partners. "We are giving benefits to a behavior that I believe is wrong and that I believe is immoral," she said. "I don’t believe that we should extend these benefits to people who are not married." Hate Letters Sent to Rhode Island Politicos PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Threatening letters with anti-Gay sentiments have been sent to the Providence mayor, the city’s liaison to the Gay community and two men who were recently assaulted in a Gaybashing attack. One letter, which Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr. received, described Providence as a ’Tag lovin’ city". Leaflets that said "Fake Action Against Queer’s, ¯ were also scattered downtown and placed on cars. ¯¯ City and police officials said they are taking the threats very seriously because they appear to be part ¯ ofan organized effort. Inresponse, thepolice assigned ¯ extra officers downtown. "In this day and age, this ’- should not be. We’re not going to tolerate it," Cianci ~ told The Providence Journal. ¯ W. Fitzgerald Himmelsbach, the city’s liaison to the Gay and Lesbian community, also received a " death threat over the telephone. He received a call at ¯ his business from aman who said, "Die, you fagg.ot . ~ All the letters said ’~omosexuality is a sin against ¯ humankind and God," and all were signed "The ¯ Trench Coat Mafia" - the name used by a group of "- students at Columbine High School, in I.ittleton, ¯ Colo., that .included the two gnmmen who killed 13 ¯ people there last spring. - Himmelsbach saidletters receivedby the twoassault ". victims threatened that they would"endup inhell like [ Matthew Shepard," the Wyoming college student ¯ who was beaten to deathlast fall because he was Gay. ¯ The letters were sent to Ed Webb, 34, and Noah ] Schwartz, 41, both of Providence. On Sept. 19 in : downtownProvidence, themensaid about20college- " aged men yelled "faggots" and then five of the men ¯ beat them up. ¯ Both Himmelsbaeh, who has been the liaison for ~ two years,and Cianci saidreceiving threats is nothing ¯ new but both are worried that this is part of an ~ organized effort. ’~Eianci vowedto fred the "cowards" .. who are the perpetrators and then prosecute them for . hate crimes. Police do not have any suspects yet. : Denver Considers :: Couples Registry ¯ DENVER (AP) - City Council members are : considering a proposal that would create a registry to ~ record the relationships of Gay and Lesbian partners and other committed but unmarried couples. The ¯ proposal, heard by the city council, would allow Denverites to officially record their partnerships to ¯ qualify for insurance benefits some companies offer ¯ to the "domestic partners" of their workers. And, for ¯ same-sex couples, it would allow their unions to be : acknowledg?,.d,, if only nominally, by local " government. It sfinallytimeforthecitytorecognize ." committed relationships," said Councilman Ed ¯ Thomas, who, along with Councilwoman Cathy ¯ Reynolds, has beenplanning such aregistry for several ¯ years. . ¯ To qualify, both members of a couple would have ¯ to be unmarried, 18 years or older and sharing the ¯ ¯ same household with a partner who is not a blood relative. A filing fee at the city’s clerk and recorder’s ¯ office is expected to be about $20. Couples would be ¯ ¯ required to notify that office if their relationships dissolve. The plan had tentative approval by most members ofthe city s Safety and Personnel Commatt ¯ except council member Ted Hackworth, who said it ¯ "doesn’t make sense." ¯ Itis slated for further discussionby council members ¯ in the coming weeks. Advocates hope to have the registry in place by Valentin~ s Day. If approved, ¯ filing with the registry wouldn t constitute amarriage or common-law marriage, nor would it affect ¯ inheritance rights. ¯ Still, advocates say itwouldprovide documentation ¯ ¯ for couples seeking benefits from United Airlines, Coors, Denver city government and other employers ¯ who insure domestic partners of workers. Proponents ¯ also hope it would help advance rights whenit comes ¯ to visiting partners in the hospital ormaking medical ¯ decisions on their behalf. Theregistry would similarly ¯ benefit seniorcouples who choosenot to marry because ¯ they would lose Social Security or other benefits. ~ Boulder has a similar registry program, as do the state ¯ of California and 35 cities in 25 states nationwide. ¯ Irish Jury Convicts Writer’s Assailants : PHILADELPHIA (AP)- Ajury in Irdand convicted ¯ two men in the near-fatal beating of a well-known ¯ Philadelphia writer of Gay-themed books who was ¯ overseas researching a novel see News, p. 13 Magic Johnson Plays in Sweden BORAS, Sweden (AP) - Magic Johnson entertained a sellout crowdTuesday night with some of the trademark skills he used to help the Los Angeles Lakers win five NBA rifles. The 40-year-old star, 10 years older than the second oldest player on the court, had 14 points and 11 rebounds as Magic M7 beat Sallen 84-60 in.the Swedish basketball league. "The first half was a little tough, but the second was easier.,"Johnson told the 3,319 spectators after,the game, his first nonexlfihition contest since leaving the NBA for good in 1996. Johnson missed some easy layup attempts. "That’s easy when the atmosphere was as charged and the euphoria as high as it was tonight," he said. After a standing ovation before the game, Johnson drew further cheers when he promised to return to play more games for Magic MT. MT, which missed the playoffs last season, is 7-0 this season,.with Johnson’s appearance generating great interest in the sport in Boras, a city of 110,000 in western Sweden. Johnson, who led Michigan State to the 1979 U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association rifle, learned he had tested positive for the HIV virus that can cause AIDS in 1991. He retired for the first rime justbefore the startof the 1991-92 season. After returning to play on the U.S. Dream Team that won the gold medal in the 1992 Olympics, he made a brief comeback before the !992-93 season, but quit again after several players expressed concerns about playing against him. In January 1996, he returned to the Lakers and played the remaining half of the season, retiring again, at age 37, after the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs. Louganis in Nun-Drag? HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Greg Louganis has picked up a new habit. The Olympxc gold medal-winning diver is starring in the musical comedy, ’~lunsense A-Men," which runs through Dec. 5 at the Hollywood Playhouse. Lougams, who wonfour gold medals in two Olympics and later disclosed he was Gayand HIV-positive, will pull on a habit six rimes a week for his role as Sister Robert Ann, a streetwise nun who always wanted to be a star. All the nuns in this production are men. The former diver, author and motivational speaker says he likes working in an ensemble cast. "There’s always someone there to hold your hand," said I_ouganis, 39. "It feels more supportive, I guess.’" Thou.gh Louganis now has AIDS, he looks and feels healthy. He says he does not think aboutbeing arole model. "We’re all haman. We all make mistakes," he said "Role model, in my mind, is perfection and one can’t be that. I try to encourage young people to be their own heroes and their own role models." AIDS & So. Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - After the end of apartheid, South Africa pushed to get patients out of overcroWded hospitals and into preventive care clinics. But as fast as the country has built 700 ¯ new clinics since 1994, traditional state ¯¯ hospitalshavefilledupwithAIDS patients who occupy up to 60% of the beds, South : African Health Minister Manto ¯ Tshabalala-Msimang said recently. ¯ ’’We expected the demand for hospital ¯ caretodrop,"shesaidatanews conference ; at theheadquarters oftheAfrican National ¯ Congress. "But the HIV and AIDS ¯ epidemic has increased the burden." The ¯ briefingwas one ofa series by theANCon ¯ its progress in ruling the country. ¯ Tshabalala-Msimang chairs the party’s ¯ health committee. -" Some 3.6 million South Africans are ¯ infected with AIDS, roughly one in eight ." adults, and the government says 1,500 ¯ new :infections occur every day in one of ." the world’s fastest rates of infection. A ¯ narionalAIDS councilwillbefunctioning : by year’s end, Tshabalala-Msimang said. ¯ ’’We should have had the council in place : already," she said. : Controversial proposals, such treating : pregnant women with HIV with a drug ¯ therapy to prevent transmission of the ¯ virus to infants, will be discussed next ¯ month at a meeting of regional health ¯ ministers, she said. The government so far : has rejected the proposal as too expensive : and possibly even dangerous in terms of ¯ long-term side effects. ¯ The healthministers fromthe Southern ¯ African Development Community will ¯ also discuss blood safety anddevelopment ¯ of an HIV vaccine. : AIDS Threatens Asia’s Prosperity KUALALUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -The AIDS epidemic in Asia could erase the region’s economic gains over the last two decades unless governments maintain funding for social programs, aWorldBank expert warned late last month. In Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam and Southern China, AIDS had gained a "strong foothold," even before the economiccrisis struckin 1997, saidMartha Ainsworth, a senior World Bank economist. The dreaded virus "threatens to slowly unravel the progress in improving the human condition.and to diminate if not reverse the benefits of the economic miracle,’’ Ainsworth told the 5th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. The region’s two-year economic crisis may have further hurt Asia’s fight against AIDS, said Ainsworth. Cash-strapped governments wereforced to slash budgets and lower wages. The crisis also pushed thousands of families into poverty and many women into prostitution. "’Even before the crisis, political commitment to AIDS prevention in the region was weak," said Ainsworth. "Many policy makers are still in denial." Development policies before the crisis channeled funds into education and health ¯ care budgets, resulting in higher life expectancies and reduced poverty: ¯ "The full impact of the crisis on HIV : depends critically on how well ~ governments and households succeeded ¯ .in maintaining socialsafety nets," said : AJnsworth, an expert on the effect of ¯ AIDS on households. Ainsworth said : AIDS hadalready subtracted several years ¯ offtheaveragelifeexpectancies ofcertain ¯ countries. A U.N report released at the four-day ¯ conference esrimates that by 2010, the ¯ overall death rate will be 20% higher in OECE~% WorldAIDS Day 1999 Candlelight March & Memorial Service sponsored by Interfaith AIDS Ministries Wednesday, December 1st End the Silence Mount Zion Baptist Church 419 North Elgin (next to OSU-Tulsa) Gather 6:30 at St. Monica’s, Marshall Place at Greenwood (just south of Pine), March at 7pm, Service at 7:30, all times approximate! Bring banners & bells; candles provided. Info: 438-2437. Are You Gay or Bisexual? Are You Native American~.~ Tulsa s Two-Spirited Indian Men s ¯ Support Group ~s here for you! ¯ Evening support group meetings ¯ Relationship workshops ¯ Short trips, outings and retreats ¯ Free HIV testing For information call Tulsa Native.American AIDS Prevention Project at 582-7225 Ext, 208 or 218 Dial-Up Accounts Dedicated ISDN Connections Virtual Hosting Visit our web page "www.igisweb.net" (918) 622-4965 Internet Marketing E-Commerce Web Page Design On-Site Setup Available Oklahoma NARAL cordially invites you to a chocOlate and champagne fete in support of abortion and reproductive rights in Oklahoma. Celebrating 26 Yedrs.of Choice Sunday, November 7, 1999, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. to be held at Resonance 1608 S. Elwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma Champagne, Coffee, Chocolates $25 per individual Please R.S.V.P. to the NARAL Office: 494-9585 Stay Healthy Naturally Wellness Rejuvenation Longevity Dr. Terrance L. 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It diverted attention and funding from the AIDS epidemic, Aiusworth said. ’~olitical turmoil nodoubt increased risky behavior for the spread of HIV," Ainsworth said. She said countries such as Thailand one of the high-risk areas in Asia, had proved that maintaining commitment to AIDS -prevention programs paid dividends. HIV cases dropped among prostitutes,menwith sexually-transmitted diseases and blood donors in Thailand despite the economic crisis, she said. "Many governments in this region have a window of opportunity to act early and prevent an epidemic," Ainsworth said. Children at Risk in South Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Seeking to help young children deal with a soanng number of sexual assaults, national health and education officials are considering an education program for primary students to teach about rape and HIV infections, a newspaper reported Sunday. A pilot program was tested in the Nor~ern and F~ee State provinces, where about 700 children received the lessons, the Sunday Times of Johannesburg reported. About 14,000 children are sexually violated every year, police reports say, but a large number of rapes go unreported, anti-rape activists say. About 8% of the adult population is HIV positive. One factor that experts belie,ve has contributed to child rape is the persxstent myth that sex with a virgin can cure the disease. Abraham Seckle, an Education Department official, was quoted assaying the program would "empower learners to protect themselves." A consultantinvolved in the project, Darleen Edwards, said that children are taught to "run, yell and tell" in the program. PLWA to Race in Iditarod Next Year MESA, Ariz. (AP)-The first Arizonan to enter Alaska’s most grueling sled dog race faces two major obstacles before he even steps to the starting line. Chuck Kin.g, 39, of Tempe, has no experience racang. He has only 100 miles actually riding a dog sled. And King is. HIV positive. Every day, he takes fisffuls of anti-viral pills just to stay alive. But he doesn’t see this as a setback. He views his illness and the March 4 Iditarod sled-dog race as a chance to prove that people with AIDS don’t have to concentrate on survival alone. "In the last seven years, I was supposed to have died three times and I made it through all of that," King said in a telephone interview from Wasilla, Alaska. The Iditarod this year will stretch 1,152 miles fromWasilla to Nome, takingracers " at least 10 days to complete. And that’s : only if the expected 80 participants keep up a good pace. The snow layers the trail ¯ in multiple feet, not mere inches. ¯" Temperatures dip deep into thenegatives, numbing hands and lungs. At night; ¯ Sections of the woods-darkened course ." are lit only by the aurora borealis, which ¯ crackle and cast shadows in the trees and : snow. Switchbacks get so steep in some ¯ areasthatdrivers can’tseetheleadoftheir ¯¯ 16-dogpack.A driver unlucky enough to fall off gets left in a cloud of snow and ¯ regret. ’q~here ain’t no waitin’ in this ." race," said Raymond "Raymie" ¯ Redington, King’s sled-dog trainer. ’q’he ¯" huskies are bred to go. They’ll bolt off the ." starting line even if you say halt." ." Redington should know. The 54-year- . old Alaska native’s father founded the ¯ racein 1973. He has been in 111ditarods; : his highest placing was seventh. Since : September, Redington has trained King ¯ on a four-wheeler that simulates a sled- : dog team. King will work with the dogs as ¯ the snow starts to fall. ¯ King began training last year, gaining ¯ ¯ about 100 miles of mushing experience. Oddly, being a native Arizonan could give him a boost: King was trained as a bo.y to handle amule drawn wagon, which ¯ ~mrrors mushing techniques, Redington ¯ said. King will have to be up to speed by : Jan. 1, whenthelditarod’sfirstqualifying race, the Knik 200, takes place. The 2nd ~ qualifier is a week later. ¯ Only after the 500 miles of racing will ’ Redington know whether King is ready : for the Iditarod. "I don’t know how he’s ¯" going to do when it gets real freezing," ¯ said Redington, who remembers the 38- below zero wind chill he endured in the ¯ 1974Iditarod. "Buthelooks healthynow. "" ¯ That hasn’t always been the case for ¯ King. Six years ago, the 6-foot man had ¯ wastedto 118pounds. Doctors gav,eKing, ¯ a former respiratory physician, 90 days to live after diagnosing him with multidrug ¯ resistant tuberculosis. At one point, his Tcell count, a measure of the body’s ¯ resistance to disease, bottomed out at 40; ~ a virus-free, healthy person’s T-cell coun! usually reaches 1,000. Kinghad one wish: to see Alaska before ¯ he died. Two years ago he took a cruise ." there, and he caught another bug. This time, it was mushing. "That’s all he could ¯ talk about," said his father, Dick King. ¯ "He was suicidal, depressed at times. BUt this brought him out." Science lent a hand, too. Strong anti¯ viral drugs called protease inhibitors became available. King was soon on a ¯ five-drug ’.’cocktail"prescribed to him by Scottsdale’s Dr. Thanes Vanig. He began ¯ popping about 26 pills a day. He said he ¯ has to smoke marijuana to beat down the ¯ nausea caused by themedieation. He also ,- has to take percocet, and even morphine, ¯ to numb the neurological pain to his lower ¯ legs that was caused by the tuberculosis ¯ and AIDS drugs. His T-cell count has ¯ jumped to 560, the lower side of normal. ¯ He’s also gained 44 pounds, thanks in ¯ large part to injections of human growth : hormone, a $4,000-a-month drug that he ; said was donated by a pharmaceutical ¯ company. ¯ WhenKingrecentlyreturned to Alaska, ¯ his spirits were high, His po~c,k,etbook is ¯ - the opposite. King is feveris!!) lining up ¯ sponsors, such as Tempe Mayor Neil ¯ Giuliano, to make it through the race and ¯ bring AIDS awareness to a new level, ¯ "It’s not just for people with AIDS," he ¯ s.aid. ’q~hemessageis for everyone: Don’t ¯ g~ve up. Don’t ever give up." L by James Christjohn Upon viewing the PBS production of "Spirit: A Journey in Dance, Drum, and Song" on PBS, I contacted Peter Buffett, the composer and creator. Upon learning that there would be a National Tour with a stop in Tulsa at the Brady Theatre on January 3, 2000; I had the opportunity to askafew questions. You can get the video of the production that originally aired on PBS, as well as theCDat areamusic/video stores. It’s powerful in those mediums (reviewed previously), and one can only imagine the impact of the piece live. JC: Hello, Peter! PB: Hello! Well... finally I’m answering your questions. I was frantically finishing a record for a friend. It had to be done by yesterday (which it was) so I can go to New York today to start all the mechanics it’s going to take to get the "Spirit" showon the road by the Fall. At somepoint, you’11 have to get the’’making of" part of the video. I think you’ll really enjoy it. "(Note: The "Making of..." is included on the retail vide~’Of the show.) JC: It’s such an amazing piece that works on so many diffdrent levels, l was wondering whatinspired the idea to bring together the different elements - dance. song, etc. - to create the show? PB: I wanted to bring all the elements together for two main reasons. One, "A hundred years ago people sang the Ghost Dance songs in the hopes that the world would return to the way it once was, Now, the choir in some of the Spirit songs are singing those very same words in hopes that the world can become what it could be. "" - Peter Buffett because in Native cultures, song anddance are usually linked. You can’t have one without the other. They both contribute to the telling ofthe story. Andthe projections help bring the natural (or unnatural.., or supernatural) worldinto the theatre. That’s the "art" reason. The "commerce" reasonis that I knew my show would be competing with larger and larger events. Not only theatrical, but lmaxmovies,hugebudget movies and all sorts of entertainment that tugs at the consumer. I wanted to try and create something thatpeople could honestly say they hadn’ t seenbefore (no small feat). So this was my attempt.. JC: Well,judgingfrom the response at the taping from the audience, and the incredible response I’ve seen to the video, l’d say you achieved your goal. PB: It’s important to note that I’m not in the "bigger is better" : camp (as it may sound) but people want and deserve their money’s worth. Andit’s getting harder to "outdo" the last thing ~n [ terms ofp0werful soundandimagery. My [ hope is that the message of the show has as much effect on people as anything else. JC: I can only speak from my own ¯. experience, and that oflistening to others ¯ who have seen the video, to say that it was very powerful in that regard, and ¯ communicated its message wonderfully. see Buffett, p. 14 couNciL Is proud to present gie Hall veteran soprano, Floxane La Combe. nature "COMC Sound" has attracted sold out audiences. Order your tickets in advance. November 19 & 20 JOHN WILLIAMS THEATRE TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Call 596-7111 for tickets www.counciloak.org ~’~#Made possible in part oy a grant from the Tulsa Pedorming Arts Center Trust. by That Entertainment Guy Livin La Vida Loca Tour, the Divine king, Ricky Martin appears in Dallas al Reunion Arena, Dallas, Thursday, Nov 4, 1999, at 8:00PM. Now this would be the concert to take binocnlars to - and the telephoto mini-camera. Ticket prices for the Prince ofPop: $35.00- $75.00 Charge- By-Phone #: 214-373-8000. The Divine Queen of All Things is also performing in Dallas in November. No, not Stevie, although she is the otherQueen of All T’nings Divine; but the Divine Ms. Millennium Tour: Bette Midler in Concert, A Beaver Production takes place Sunday, Nov128,1999 at8:00prn at ReunionArena. As she said in one early concert tour, ’qTais ain’t no cheap meat you’re lookin’ at!": Ticket prices run $50.50 - $150.50, Charge-By-Phone at 214-373-8000. Peter Buffett’s "Spirit - A Journey in Dance, Drums and Song" is a music, dance and percussion spectacle that combines the power of contemporary music with the songs, chants and dances of Native American culture. The release of the CD coincides with the PBS Broadcast ofthe live show of Spirit, which features over 80 performers - including twenty dancers with both modem and traditional training, an orchestra withboth modem and ancient tribal instruments, a flits choir and percussionists pounding outheart-stopping rhythms on a variety of drums. The show runs in Tulsa, January 4-9, at the Brady Theatre; and if you miss that, then you can catch "Spirit" in Dallas, March 7-12 at the Majestic Theatre. You really didn’t think I’d let you get away without the obligatory mention of Stevie Nicks herself, did you? Yes, La Diva nicks is performing three shows: Two in California’s HOuse of Biues in December, and one in Las Vegas HOB on New Year’s eve. Tickets went for an outrageous $127 (balcony seating) and $227 (Orchestra - STANDING!). There only a few floor spaces left for the New Year’s show.. All others sold out. Believe it or not. Anyone wishing to contribute to the "Send the obsessed reviewer to see S tevie and not come back fund" can send contributions to TFN. Just make sure my name’s in big letters on the envelope, or I’ll never see the money. It’ll end up in the "buy the publisher new household gimmicks" fund. The Divine Ms. Nick’s new album should be out the 1st of the year, if not sooner. And hopefully, with a more affordable tour. Apparently the cost of chiffon has risen - a lot. Fight Clubis.amovie that under ordinary circumstances, I would have never gone to see. However, I was not under ordinary circumstances, and was swept along to see it. I thought I’d hate it. After seeing it, I think everyone should see it. The acting is dynamic, the pace is breathless, and the intellect behind it is tremendous. The violence is not that bad, one scene aside, and the points the movie makes are well worth the viewing. The humor is well done, and the homoeroticism between Ed Norton and Brad Pittmakes it worthwhile. see Fight, p. 15 .Parade of Ligh! s. Come celebrate the spirit of the holiday season at the PSO Christmas Parade of Lights. Saturday, December 11, Downtown Tulsa at 6 p.m. View parade floats up close, Friday, December 10, at the HolidayFest (Brady Arts Distriot) fl om 6-9 p.m. Pubfic Service Company of Oklahoma A Central and South West Company I B B (I T Z "emotionally and visually rich ..." -Performing Arts Review, Taiwan "unforgettable scenes of disparate beauty" -Davar "intense in feeling ... deep in intellectual content" -The Plain Dealer "bold, flLnging athleticism" -The Kansas City Star November 16 at 8 p.m. Chapman Music Hall Tulsa Performing Arts Center 3rd & Cincinnati Tickets: $15, $22, $25 Call: (918) 596-7111 Outside Tulsa: 1-800-364-7111 Online: www.tulsapac.com Presenting by Rami Be’er Co-presented bj,: Oklahoma Israel Exchange "Dazzling," "Pounding," "Unsettling," "Erotic" "The dancing--real, vital dancing--of these 18 people becomes a dyfiamo for transforming experience and recharging the spirit." The Village Voice Sponsored in part by: "You don’t have to know ballet to love ballet. You just have to try it." -- MARCELLO ANGELINI ART ST C D RECTOR :Mixed Repertory includes two Oklahoma premieres FRIDAY 8 PM NOVEMBER 5 SATURDAY 8 PM " NOVEMBER 6 SUNDAY 3 PM NOVEMBER 7 Be one of the first anywhere to witness Tulsa Ballet’s first commissioned piece. Tailored to the strengths of the Company by an international genius. Classical ’roots, contemporary movements A prime-time performance of2Oth-century choreography. The way people dance today. Andwili tom0rrow: " Tickets start at $8. THE 199.9 - 2000 SEASON IS SPONSORED IN PART BY: Order tickets,by calling The Tulsa Ballet Ticket Office at 749-6006, PAC at 596-7111 or Carson Attractions at 584~2000 * 4512 S. Peoria Ave. ¯ Tulsa, OK 74105-4563 Visit our web site at www.webtek.€omitulsaballet ~ SUNDAYS Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 Community of Hope (Welcoming), Service - 6pro, 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800 Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation Service - 1 lain, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595 (Welcoming) Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist Service - 1 lam, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314 Metropolitan Community Church United Service, 1 lain, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715 House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210b So. Norwood Parish Church of St. Jerome (Evangdical Anglican Church in America) Mass - 1 lam, 205 W. King (east of N. Denver), Info: 582-3088 Unity Church of Christianity Services: 9:15 & 11:00 am, 3355 S. Jamestown, 749-8833 University of Tulsa Bisexuai/Lesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance 6:30 pm, Meets at the United Ministry Cir., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780 ~ MONDAYS Mixed Volleyball, Helmerich Park, 71st & Riverside, 6pm, call Shawn at 243-5190. HIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appointment required. Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm, 834-TEST (8378) 3501 E. Admiral (east of Harvard) HIV Rap Sessions at Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center 7:30pm, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays 2nd Mordeach mo. 6:30pro, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard Women/Children & AIDS Committee, call for meeting date, noon, 585-5551 Council Oak Men’s Chorale, rehearsals - call for thnes, info: 748-3888. ~ TUESDAYS AIDS Coalition of Tulsa, call, for next meeting date. 1430 S. Boulder, 585-5551 Live And Let Live, Community of Hope U~fited Methodist, 7:30pm, 2545 S. Yale Multicultural AIDS Coalition, call for next meeting date. Urban League, 240 East Apache, 584-0001 PrimeTimers, mens group, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th Coming Out Support Group (TOHR/HOPE) Tuesdays, 6 pm, Pride Center, 1307 E 38th, info: 743-4297 ~ WEDNESDAYS Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 House of the Holy Spirit Ministries,. Inc. Service - Vpm, 3210b So. Norwood Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group, more information, call 582-7225 TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for info: 595-7632. Lambda A-A, 7 pm, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft. ~ THURSDAYS HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education Anonymous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pm 834-8378, 3507 E. Admiral Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN) Support/social group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325 Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS, Info: 834-4194 ~ FRIDAYS SafeHaven, Young Adults Social Group, l st Fri/each mo. 8pm, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th ~ SATURDAYS Narcotics Anonymous, I 1 pm, Community o!~ Hope, 1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585;-1800 Lambda A-A, 6.pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd fl. ~ OTHER GROUPS T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 298-0827 Gal-A-Vanting, Womens Social & Cultural Group Call for info: Kathy at 322-6322, or Barb at 459-6825. OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organization. Long rides & short rides from Zcigler Park. Long & short rides from Tulsa Gay Community Center. Write for info: POB 9165, Tulsa, OK 74157 Ifyour organization is not listed, please let us know. Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615. reviewed by Barry Hensley : substanceabuse and, now, a sympathetic Tulsa City-County Library : wife with a decidedly un-Christian like Whathappens whena"radical Lesbian" ¯ penchant for screaming and yelling. The goes undercover to infiltrate the " author’s interaction with this member of organizations of the religious Focus on the Family is most right? She writes a book, of course! Fortunately, this isn’t "jnstaanotherChristianbashing book, as Minkowitz is able to see past her obvious disagreements with these groups and find some real, human common ground. Life is full ofgray area, as this book shows. Ferocious Romance is a humorous but serious lookinto religious fight organizations, such as Promise Keepers and Focus on the Family. Minkowitz dons a fake monstachc and lowers her voice to attend a Promise Keepers weekend that really opens her eyes. In addition to experiencing the fully expected propaganda of men itaking charge of the familyi and making women submissive, she al~o witnesses burly mencrying,hugging each other andexpressing words offorgiveness. She enjoys discussing this absurdity of the feminization of the Christian Men’s movement~ Her discussions with James Dobson’s Focus on the Family are of more concern. She has long conversations with a cute voung man named Bobby, who is an ~tthappy "ex-Gay." It becomes evident that Bobby’ s life is in a shambles due to the cumulative effects ofchildhood abuse, "The a.thor’s interaetion with this member of Focus on the Family is most ;nsi~htful. She also meets with several high level exeeutlves in the or~anlzatlon whose arguments t~t they are not homophone are astoundln~ in their h~oe~sy." insightful. Shealso meets with several high level executives in the organization whose arguments that they are not homophobicareastoundingin their hypocrisy. After these encounters with the religious right, the author inexplicably dives into an account ofthe International S/ M Leather Fetish Celebration that she attended inNew York City to-celebrate the twentyfifth anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. We really learn more than we ever wanted to know about her involvement in S/M. This topic surfaces occasionally throughout the book and her comparison of conservative Christians and S/M practitioners is humorously ¯¯ enlightening. As the 2000 elections approach, the : religions right will undoubtedly take center .. stage to promote their candidates and , agenda. It is in everyone’s best interest to : understand what these groups have in ¯ store for the country, should their ¯ candidates be elected. This book gives a : bit ofinsightinto what’ s going onin these ¯ organizations. Check out Ferocious Romance at your local branch library or ¯ call the Reader’s Services department at : Central library, at 596-7966. Members of each group were paired together at the tables and encouraged to gettoknow each other. Before the meeting, the groups agreed to disagree on whether Gays can be Christians and to focus on ways to deter violence against Gays and Christians, Falwell cited the September shootings at a Texas church and recent school shootings inwhichChristians were targeted. At a news conference following the meeting, Falwell andWhite apologized to each other for harsh words they have said about the other’s groups over the years. "I’ve been a preacher for 47 years, a preacher of the gospel.., but in the end homosexuality is. wrong," Falwell said. ’’It is my hope that evangelicals might build a bridge of friendship -to Gays and Lesbians as we have to alcoholics and unwed mothers." White, an author and minister with the Metropolitan Community Churches, was the ghost writerofFalwell’s autobiography before White acknowledged being Gay. Delegates from both groups thought the meeting was good. The same weekend, many of Mel White’s groups listened to Falwell’s Sunday sermon. Falwell, 66, began the serviceby welcoming White andhis guests and briefing his congregation on the antiviolence forum conducted at the church the day before. At that meeting, both sides apologized for harsh words said over the years and discussed ways to reduce vio~lence against homosexualS. ¯" ’His sermon was amazang, said David ¯ Chandler, 36, a Gay man from San : Francisco and one of the more than 4,000 : worshippers who jammed into Thomas ¯ Roads BaptistChurch. "Hesentamessage : to parents to love their children no matter ." what.... I admire and respect Falwell for ¯ taking that stand." In his sermon, Falwell ¯ stressed that he will hot change his belief ¯ that homosexuality is a sin. But he added, ¯ "That has nothing to do with the love : factor involved. We are to be lovers of all menand women."Falwell’ s sermon came ¯" from Proverbs 13, which offers advice on ¯ successful living in the eyes of God. He ¯ spoke on the importance of working hard, ¯ living with integrity and not focusing on ¯ material things. He also talked at length : about the importance of parents loving : their children unconditionally. ¯ "For him to invite these fags here and ¯ into his church is an abomination,"Phelps : said outside the church. "Now, Jerry ¯ Falwell is just as much a sinner as Mel ¯ White and both will bum in hell." : Theservice endedwiththe congregation, ." singing the hymn "Only Trust Him. ¯ Falwell interrupted the song to reiterate to : worshippers that what he or anyone else : thought of them did not matter, but what ¯ was important is their relationship with ¯ God. White said it was "a shame" that : protesters like Phelps brought hostility to ¯ aplace of worship. "What we have hereis ¯ a great moment for our country, Gays and ¯ Falwell worshipping together," White ¯ said. "It’s a small start, but it’s a start." The Gift of Pride In Honor of... Or In Memory of... Someone Special to You. For a small gift of $25.00, you can donate a beautiful Christmas poinsettia to a local AIDS hospice. Your gifts will adorn the stage at" "A Council Oak Christmas," November 19-20. Call Today for COMC Carolers at Your Holiday Party! To Order: Call COMC at (918) 748-3888 Medical Excellence And Compassionate Care Since 1926. ¯ ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTER WJj Medical Excdlence ’ Compassionate Care Timothy W. Daniel Attorney at Law An Attorney who will fight for justice & equality for Gays & Lesbians Domestic Partnership Planning, Personal Injury, Criminal La w & Bankruptcy 1-800-742-9468 or 918-352-9504 128 East Broadway, Drumright, Oklahoma Weekend and evening appointments are available. RESTAURANT AT PHILBROOK TUES-SUN, I I-2 $13.95 ¯ Sunday, II to2 ¯ Reservations, 748-5367 TOHR Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Home Holiday Tour Saturday, December 11,noon- five o’clock Several homes in historic Tulsa. Reception at the Center tofollow. More info. after Dec. 1st. 743-4297 by Mary Schepers, Do-It- Yourself-Dyke Hey, baby, it’ s coldoutside. Andbefore you start heating it up in front of the fireplace, take some precautions. Notjust theustml ones, ducklings! Thehouseneeds some love and attention, too. And by attending to a few simple details, not only will your house o’ love be snug, but safer, too. You know what a raving bitch your DIYD is about safety, but she does it out of a place of love. Which place, she demurs to answer.. The first order of business is to keep the winter winds and drafts outdoors where they belong. Inthe oftrepeated words of the Oracle, ’We don’t have a heating contract with the great outdoors,’ although you may feel that way when you get the first heating bill for the winter. And the side benefit is that if you can keep the house warm, you won’t have to bundle up, and neither will your schnookie, unless,ofcourse, youfred the layers of sweats and sweaters an erotic challenge. From thereon, you’re on your own! Try to take care of your outside heat sinks (places you lose heat) before the weather dips to 45 degrees during the day. Mostofthematerials you will useperform better when it’s warm - that’s a life philosophy worth adopting! Checkaround windows and doors for loose or cracked caulking and replace where needed. Around pipes or conduits that enter the house, use an expanding foam product like Good Stuff or better yet, Daptex, which can be tooled, painted and cleaned up with water, It costs a little more but is worth it. Use this also to seal any gaps between your foundation and the siding of your house. It’ s like mousse with attitude. Work it, girl[ If you’re really hard core, make a trip under the house and seM up around the pipes coming up into your house, and the same from the garage. This also discourages unwanted visits from mice, who use pipe and conduit holes like a superhighway to the supermarket. And darlings, there’s no way to make trapping mice attractive. Think about it. It is also a good idea to insulate behind switch and wall outlet plates. Special foam. cutouts can be bought at your local home repair store, so that all you have to do is unscrew the plate, fit the cutout in and replace the plate. It is amazing how much cold air leaks in that way, especially in older houses. Occasionally, thefitbetween the plate is too tight, but not often. The foam cutouts are cheap and it takes little time to do this. Before firing up the furnace for the first time, it is advisable to have a contractor come and give it a gogd cleaning and inspection - the older your unit, the more important this step is. Most heating and cooling contractors will do a combined winterandsummerservice forareasonable sum, resulting in increased efficiency and ¯ reduced chance of injury. Heater ¯ malfunctions can result in explosions or ¯ fires, and sweeties, we have worked so ¯¯ hard to make your house into a fabulous home.- It’s worth your peace of mind and personal safety. If you have a fireplace, 6all a licensed sweep to clean thechimneyandto inspect and repair the firebox and flue: Your DIYD prefers to do this in the spring, when scheduling is less hectic for the sweep, and then the fireplace is ready togo as soonas inspiration and a little cool weather hits. This should be an annual event for masonry fireplaces, and every two years if you have a metal flue. If you’re the intrepid sort who doesn’t mind scampering out on the roof like a rabid squirrel, get a good extension ladder and do some maintenance and cleaning on the roof..Be sure that the ladder has firm, steady footing and is not placed near any powerlines. Get a hose with a power nozzle or a blower and blast those gutters clean, especially at the downspouts. Clean any ; leaves, sticks or debris offthe valleys and ¯ gables of the roof, and look for any loose ¯ shingles. Use an appropriate kind of roof ¯ goo or caulking to repair, and use this also ¯ around any flueflashings thatmightbenefit ¯ from some extra sealant. This is a good ¯ time to evaluate if you will need to repair ¯ or replace your roof in the spring. Be : careful up there, and never crawl around ¯ on the roof without having someone at ¯ home in case you need help or get hurt. Make sure she or he is not glued to a ball ¯ game or otherwise out of contact. At a ¯ time like that, you deserve the extra ¯ attention, pookie! ~" This is a good time of year for a lube ¯ job, or perhaps several. No, we’re not back in front of the fireplace with Baby ¯ justyet-patience,my impetuous darlings ! ¯ Borrow Dorothy’ s oil can and put a drop on door hinges and garage door chain ¯ drives to keep things smoothly operating ¯ and silent in the winter, when the metal ¯ ¯ contracts and squeaks. You know your DIYD considers the aesthetics as well as ¯ the practical matters. If you have storm windows, give them ¯ a good cleaning to let in as much winter ¯ sunlight as possible, and check for any necessary repairs. Ifyoudon’ t haveenergy ¯ efficient windows,consider getting ~torms ¯ or even using the heat shrink film to ¯ provide some dead air spacq on your ¯ windows and to keep your house toastier. 0 : Now that the DIYD has planned your : social life for the next couple of weekends, ¯ you can get busy making your nest cozy ¯. and snuggly for the winter: And if you’re ¯ very lucky, perhaps you will get yourjust ¯ reward- and we’re not only talking about ." a lower bill! Why don’t you go get a ; couple pairs of silk boxer shorts,just to be ¯ prepared? Be hot, not frigid, this winter! ¯ Ciao, ducklings! "This is a good tlme of year for a lube job, or perhaps several. No, we’re not back in front of the fireplace with Baby just yet - patience, my impetuous darlings! Borrow Dorothy’s oll can and put a drop on door hinges and garage door ehaln drives to keep things smoothly operating and silent in the wlnter, when the metal contracts and squeaks. You know your DIYD eonslders " the aesthetles as well as the practleal matters." by Esther Rothblum, Ph.D. Coming out as a Lesbian is difficult enough, but is even more stressful when the woman is an immigrant and is struggling to come out in anew countryand using a new language. For several years now, Dr. Oliva Espin, a professor of women’s studies at SanDiego State University, has been studying the lives of immigrant and refugee Lesbians. The topic had to do with her own life experience as an., immigrant and with the imm.!granteli.ents she was seeing m her psychotherapy practice for over twenty years. "I saw that there were some experiences that .were common to immigrant women," Dr: Espin .told me. "A major theme I found most interestingwashow often the woman would be talking to me in Spanish~ for example, and then switch to English when she began talking about being a Lesbian. There seemed to be something about using a second language that helped distance Lesbians from whatever they had been told was bad in their i also think that women who have come outas Lesbians when they were still children, may have more disruptions about theirownidentity," Dr. Espin said. ’q’hey ask ’who am I?’ or ’What is wrong with me?’ For .them, coming out so young gets mixedup with other issues ofidentity. For girls who also fecl that they are not ’rexd Americans,’ or who as immigrants are different in color or in language or in cultural traditions - being Lesbian is one more thing that strains their relationship with their parents." Furthermore, the parents may feel that their daughter’s Lesbianism is something she has "caught from those Americans." When immigrant Lesbians come out as adults, they have a stronger sense of identity and coming outdoes not getmixed up with the turmoil of adolescence although it may get mixed up with the turmoil of migration if they are recent immigrants. Dr. Espin has been conducting research and interviewing immigrant women. She found two types of immigration experiences. Some women were Lesbian before the migration, or else where somewhatdissatisfied with what they were even if they had no language for this. ’~2oming to anew countrymadeitpossible for them to come out. This is true for women from all countries, not just those from traditional cultures. Being awayfrom the familiar environment gave them permission to come out; being I_~sbian Dr. Espln has been.., interviewing immigrant women... "Coming to a new country made it possible [or them to come out. This is true for women from all countries, not just those from traditional cultures. Being away from the familiar environment gave them permission to come out; being Lesbian was very freeing in this way. I’ve even spohen with Lesbians born in the U.S. who have told me that they had to move all the way across the country in order to come out." was very freeing in this way. I’ve even spoken with Lesbians born in the U.S. who have told me that they had to move all the way across the country in order to come out." The other group of women Dr. Espin interviewed was actively Lesbian in their home country, immigrated to the U.S., and found that the U.S. Lesbian culture was different and had to adjust their way of being to the new culture. That was sometimes very difficult. "Some women who were used to playing roles very actively," Dr. Espin continued, "if they were used to being ’the man,’, they couldn’t understand why their partner did not want to cook their meals, for example. Or, vice versa, women who lived lives that were ve~ closeted in their home countries, foundit terribly offensive when I would use the word ’Lesbian’ and were threatened by not having a cover-up." In general, Dr. Espin has found that immigrant communities focus very much on the "decency" and "purit.y" of the women in their community. "Because the communities are experiencing difficulty adjusting to the U.S., they want to prove that they are good people. It is the behavior of women that describes the family. So : when you have a Lesbian daughter, how ¯ are you going to explain that to yourself : andto your community? They may think : , that this is what happens to all women ¯ when they come to America." Dr. Espin has also found that Lesbian : daughters tend to be more educated than : their parents or their heterosexual sisters. ¯ As a result, the Lesbian daughters tend to : bemaking more money andin many cases : runmng the community centers and ¯ activities. "So coming out is also difficult : for the Lesbian immigrant in terms of the : community losing their mast in her. The community doesn’t have the language skills, the education, and the access to the dominant culture that she does." Dr. Espin has written about her experiences intwo recent books. Formore information, see Women Crossing Bbundaries: The Psychology of Immigration and the Transformation of Sexuality (Routledge, 1999) and Latina Realities: Essays on Healing Migration and Sexualities (Westview, 1997). Esther Rothblum is Professor of Psychology at the University of Vermont and Editor of the Journal of Lesbian Studies. She can be reached at Dewey Hall, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT, email: esther.rothblum@uvm.edu. Red Rock Tulsa Free Confidential HIV Testing Walk-in Clinics Tuesday Testing, 5 -8 pm Pride Center, 1307 East 38th Wednesday Testing, 5-8 pm Red Rock, 1724 East 8th Daytime appointments available. 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A police officerwhorecordedDrake’s words as he lay motionless inhis blood-spattered kitchen with a severe head injury told the jury that he believed he was recording Drake’s "dying declaration." Thedefensecontended thatDrakemade acrudehomosexual pass atone ofthemen and that the other then struck Drake in the face to make him stop. Doctors had to open a hole in his windpipe to ease his breathing; he also experienced pneumonia, kidney failure and other complications. Drake returned to Philadelphia by medical transport in March to undergo five months of rehabilitation to learn to walk and speak again. Though he was released from the hospital two weeks ago, his speech and mobility remain seriously impaired. He uses a wheelchair to get around, and a letter board to assist in communicating. Drake was in the middle of a speechtherapy session at his Center City apartment when word of the verdict reached him. Through a friend, he said that he was pleased with the verdict, ’"out not surprised." Monaghan and Mahon are free on bail awaiting sentencing Jan. 10, when they could get up to 10 years in jail. "It speaks volumes that Robert, eight months after ¯ theincident, needs round-the-clock care," said Slevin, an Irish physician now living with Drake in philadelphia. "I hope the severity of the punishment meets the severity of the crime." Brattleboro Offers Partners Benefits BRATI’LEBORO, Vt. (AP) - Selectmen have voted to extend health benefits to same-sex domestic partners of town employees. TownAttorney Robert Fisher said the decision to extend the privileges to same-sex parmers, but not unmarried partners of the opposite sex, followed the trend of law in Vermont and other states. The University of Vermont extends benefits to same-sex couples, Fisher said. The city of Winooski is planning to as well after an employee filed a complaint with the Vermont Labor Relations Board. "Winooski hasn’t come out with a policy just yet," Fisher added. "They’re still researching insurance issues. But if they don’t follow the arbitrator’s decision, they’ll likely wind up back in court." He said Burlington, Vermont’s largest city, extends health benefits to all the domestic partners of city employees, whether the rdationship is same-sex or opposite sex. The town of Middlebury also offers benefits to same-sex couples, said Steve Jeffrey, the executive director of- the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. TheVermontSupremeCourtis deciding whether to legalize same-sex marriages in Vermont. If it does, the towns’ policies : will be irrelevant, Fisher said. The policy : passed tmanimously. The issue wasn’t ¯¯ controversial, Fisher said. "It’s one of these things where they’re wiseenough to ¯ realize that if there were a grievance with ¯ respect to this sort of an issue, that based : on the case law both around the country ¯ -and the Labor Relations Board here in ¯ Vermont, that they would be fighting an : uphill legal battle," Fisher said of the : select board. "I think they look at it as an ¯ opportunity to perhaps steer clear of ¯ possible legal pitfalls in the future." " Blue Cross-Blue Shidd of Vermont, : which supplies health insurance to most Vermont municipalities through the ¯ VermontLeagueofCities andTowns,has : offered domestic partner benefits to large ¯ groups for a few years now, said Leigh Tofferi, a company spokesman. Those benefits were available to same-sex and different-sex partners. Lesbian & Gay Seniors Sought : BOSTON (AP) - Targeting an older : generation open about its sexuality and ¯ thinking about its golden years, some developer~ are looking to build Gay- " friendly retirement communities. : "We want to create something that ¯ mirrors the life they’re living now," said ¯ BoSton real estate agent John Goode, part ¯ of9gr°up planning .an urban homosexual ¯ reUrement commumty in Boston. ~ In generations past, societal pressures ¯ forced many Gays and Lesbians to keep ¯ their sexual orientations under wraps. : Today,developers think those who helped ¯ pave the wayfor vibrantGay communities ¯ will want to continue living in Gay ¯ communities after retirement. ¯ "In the mainstream aging community, there is the assumption that everyone is ¯ straight," said Terry Kaelber, executive ¯ director of the New York-based Seniors Active in a Gay Environment. ’’We have : a place that does not assume that. In fact, ¯ it assumes that old people can be attracted : to old people of the same gender." ¯ Kaelber’s group is working with a real estate development company to locate a ¯ site and investors for a 100-unit, mixed- : income assisted living facility. Current options for Gay- and Lesbian-themed ¯ retirement housing consist primarily of a ¯ handful of mobile home parks and small ¯ resorts in Florida and Arizona. Goode’s group of seven partners wants ¯ to build a 75- to 100-unit retirement community somewhere in Boston. The project, called Stonewall Communities, ¯ is named after aGay bar inNew York City ¯ where a 1969 police raid sparked what many say is the begimfing of the modem ¯ Gay civil rights movement. ¯ Other entrepreneurs across the country ¯ also have begun thinking about how the ¯ Gay and Lesbian baby boomers pushing ¯ into their 50s will want to spend their ¯ retirement years. "I’m looking for the ¯ active retirement market," said Peter Lundberg of San Francisco, who is trying to round up capital to build a Gay ¯ retirement community in California. ¯ Gay retirement housing options will : likelyincreasedramaticallyinthecoming ¯ years, said Laura Connolly, who chairs ¯ theLesbianandGayAgingIssues Network ¯ for the San Francisco-based American ¯ Society on Aging. "I think it will grow ¯ over the years," slie said. "They will be in ¯ a variety ofconfigurations, from the more : affordable trailer park options on upto the ¯ more upscale and expensive models." How did the story develop? PB: Many years ago whilereading "Son of the Morning Start’ I was struck by what we all may have lost by the greed and ego of relatively few men. I wasn’t so much taken by Native history as I was the belief system behind the firstpeople of.this land. JC: One of the things that struck me while viewing the show was that this was much more than a show, this was a ritual, what theatre started out as. And ritual that worked successfully to bridge past andpresent. PB: I alsoknew thatmostpeople (myself included) thought of Indian history asjust that.., history, museum pieces etc. So it was important to do a couple of things. Bring the culture into the present and future tense. And incorporate a mythical story about aman"sjourney tofindhimself. By understanding his past - better understanding his role in this life. I was hoping to bridge worlds for people on both sides. Wemight be able to accept, as _ opposed to feel guilty or angry. And if we can get to acceptance, we can progress to learning. JC: I like that philosophy PB: A hundred years ago people sang the Ghost Dance songs in the hopes that the world would return to the way it once was. Now, the choir in some of the Spirit songs are singing those very same words in hopes that the world can become, what it could be. JC: What a lovely vtsion. PB: Pretty lofty goals., but hey, somebody’s got to try. JC: !’d say, from what l’ve seen and heard, you’ve succeeded admirably. Before I wear out my welcome, one last question: What inspired you to utilize Native American music in 3,our works ? PB: To me, almost all Native tribes on may land have the true connection and understanding of that land. Here, not only can we learn things about how we fit into the fabric of the physical world through Native American culture. But we can also learn a thing or two about the spiritual world. PB: I’m really glad that you hear the music staying true to the ancient as well as the modem. The show (and the music) can’t work any other way. It’s where the two worlds combine that the magic happens. JC: That is so true. in more ways than one. It’s a dzfficult balance, and rarely have I heard it done so well. PB: If you liked the video, I’m sure you’ll love the live version! JC: Having seen the video and the impact it had on people, 1 can barely begin to imagine the effect ofseeing it live. I can’t wait. Thank you, Mr. Buffett. © 1999J. Christjohn, all fights reserved A unique opportunity to view and purchase art works and hand crafts from local women artists occurs Nov. 5 - 6. Hosted by local artists Kathleen Pendergrass andMary Schepers, the show and sale will also highlight works by Susan Norris, Robin Dunn, Donna Richardson, Cara Liggett, Nicolasa Kuster, Gayla Norman and others. "We want to showcase the incredible talent that we have in the Tulsa area," Schepers said. "There ’are a lot of very talented artisans here who are not represented in galleries or who are just starting their careers. We’re having the show at my house and studio to keep the whole setting fun and relaxed, as well as making these exciting works accessible to a broad audience. ’~lt’s a good time to consider buying a special gift for the significant people in ~our life, or for adding an original piece of art to your own home, or even for buying something practical likehath salts, candles, display cases or smudges. Prices are reasonable, especially compared to the premiums paid for works shown in galleries or higher priced venues such as Eureka Springs. We’ll have clayworks and sculptures, paintings, etchings, and many other fun items." The preview for the show is Friday, Nov. 5 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The show and sale continues Saturday Nov. 6 . from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 pro. The address is2727E. 56thSt. (51sttoColumbiaAve, South on Columbia to 56th St) in Tulsa. For details or directions, please call Mary at 743-6740. The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, an Israeli arts group will present ....Aide Memoire"," a full-length contemporary dance by renowned choreographer and KCDC Artistic Director Rami Be’er at the at Tulsa Performing Arts Center’ s Chapman Music Hall on November 16 at 8 pm. Tickets are $15, $22, and $25 with discoants for groups of 10 ormore and student discounts at the door (call (918) 596-711 lot order online: www.tulsapac.com). Choreographer Rami Be’er states that ....Aide Memoire.... is not about the Holocaust nor does it describe the Holocaust; it deals neither with documentation nor a historical account. Rather, "Aide Memoire" introduces the maaner in which the remembrance of the Holocaust can be approfiched and expressed in an inspired, artistic medimn. The subject of Holocaust remembrance is relevant to present-day life and reality as it lurks in the background of mundane existence, penetrates deep subconsciousness, and dwells forever in personal and collective memories. "’Aide Memoire" presents the audience with a sequence of scenes moving about the stage just like a cinematic flashback. Theproduction conveys afleeting glimpse of images which.the audience must face in a lfighly personal manner. The audience has ne alternative but to use its senses to impart meaning to the images. "Aide Memoire" has no central narrative, nor do two opposing sides face each other. Cruel stormtroopers are absent, yet there exists a reminder of the struggle by those who were there and experienced those atrocities firsthand. Within this conflict, we observe their efforts to continue the fabric of human relationships, whether as : individuals, couples or xn groups, and to express the fundamental right of every ¯ person to continue to dream. Be’er joined Kibbutz Contemporary : Dance Company in 1981 as a dancer and ¯ choreographer. His works have won ¯ several international awards and have ~-become the trademark of KCDC’s : repertoire. He became the company’s Artistic Director in 1996. ¯ The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance : Company was founded in 1970 by _" Holocaust survivor Yehudit Arnon. : Although based in Kibbutz Ga’aton near ¯ the Lebanese border, see Dance, p. 15 use code 393 ~eqaDhone does noI presereen sal[ers & assumes rio liability for personal meetings. 24hr Customer Service. 18+ only. © 1999 PC Sprint PCS" The Glear Alternative to Cellular Serint PC$" Select Retailer ;9935 :25.oo $74.95 New Sprint PCS Phone Less instore rebate " Net cost Buy any Sprint PCS Phone and get S25 off!* Everyone is approved! :~,.o~,,,,,: ,~.,,,~.;.,.~,.:,oc,.,,,¢., All Sprint PCS service plans include: ¯ Free Voicemail ¯ Free Caller ID phonesistartingat. ¯ Free. Call Waiting¯ Free 3 way calling ................ ¯ No activation, fee o No contract required ¯ 100% Sprint PCS Nationwide Network. Tulsa Locations: 2001 S. Garnett, 437-2444 3733 S. Memorial, 6600344 1216 S. Harvard, 587-1778 Sapuipa Location: 109 N. 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Slowly, leaders say, more attention is being focused on the issue. Earlier this month, Black churches in Atlantagathered for the first National Black Church HIV/ AIDS Institute. Thegathering was an effort to help pastors learn how to deal with the disease. Last Thursday, faith leaders, policy makers, commumty activists and AIDS researchers met in Atlanta to discuss combating AIDS among Blacks. On the same day, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, announced a series of educational films aimed at raising HIV awareness. The CDC has also awarded $39 million in federal funds to 100 national, state and local organizations to help prevent HIV infections in minority communities. "We must mount prevention and treatment strategies that deal with people where they are now, not where we want them to be or where we imagine them to be," said Phill Wilson, director of the AIDS Social Policy Archive. Nonetheless, the statistics continue to upset AIDS activist Denise Stokes, who has been HIV-positive fo~ 17 years. "One day, this is ultimately where I’m going to end up," she said pointing to the quilt. "I’m going to be a panel on some wall in some library. "I just hope the library isn’t full of people with AIDS." A lot of straight folk are going to go into this thinking it’s aboutbeating otherpeople up, and come out thinking about a lot of things. Some of you, due to the timing of the paper will have seen it - don’t ruin the ending for those that haven’t. And if you haven’t seen it because you don’t think it"s your kind of movie, go see it. You’ll be surprised. Brad Pitt’s bod is well worth seeing. Amd since I work in a football sized building filled with cubicles, I could relate well to Ed Norton’s plight in the beginning of the film- living life to support things he’s bought, working in a mindless dronin.gnumbness of cubicality. Anyway, go see It. Oh yeah, Helena Bonham Carter turns in a magnificent performance as well. I kept wondering why her character was sleeping with guys, though. In the interest of a public service announcement, I will pass this along: Warrior Way Martial Arts is offering a 3 hour class on selfdefense againstpunches, kicks, and grab attacks; knife and gun attacks; and club attacks. This takes place on Saturday, November 13 from 12 - 3 PM at Warrior Way martial Arts, 2717 S. Memorial. The cost is $25 in advance; $35 after Nov. 6. Call to register at 664- 9100. These guys are serious and know their stuff, and with the violence against Gay folk on the rise, I think everyone should make an investment in something like this. Knowledge is power, and in this case could mean the difference between life and death. Literally. Learn, and practice what you learn, and stay safe. And my final words for this column: life is notabout surviving orjobs orl’mding love, although it’s nice if it happens. It’s about facing fears and making dreams come true, struggling against yourselfand others to find your strength and make things happen. Being ready, and in the right place and time for opportunity to strike is important. Butifyou’re notready, or are afraid, it will pass youby before you know it, and that’s when regret sets in, which leads to bitterness. So try all the things you can, and do all the things you wanted to do - and it’s never too late. - James Christjohn its members come from settlements all over Israel. The dancers rehearse five days a week at Ga’aton Studio, but on weekends return home to work on their various kibbutzim. Not only is KCDCone of Israel’s foremost companies, it has also earned an international reputation of renown and is invited to perform at numerous festivals worldwide. Kibbutz Contemporary Dance is copresented by the Oklahoma Israel Exchange. Sponsors for this event include the Oklahoma Arts Council, Heartland Arts Fund. The National Endowment for the Arts, Schustennan Family Foundation, KCFM 94.1 and ONEOK Foundation. Opponents fear it will eventually lead to Gay couples being able to adopt children, although the government has opposed any such move. Last November, parliament rejected a conservative bid to sink the controversial bill. At the time, left-wingers said PACS was needed to adapt outdated laws to the evolution of French society, where marriage is on the decline. Classifieds - how to work them: First 30 words are $10. Each additional word is 25 cents. Options for your ad: Bold headline - $1, ali capital letters - $1, all bold & capital letters - $2. ad in box - $2, Ad reversed - $3. tear sheet mailed - $2 Blind P.O. Box - $5 Please type or print your ad. Count the words - word is a group of letters or numbers separated by a space. TFN reserves the fight to edit or refuse any ad. No refunds. Send ad & payment to POB 4140, Tulsa. OK 74159 with your name, address, telephone. 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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 European Union to British Army: No More Gay Ban STRASBOURG, France (AP) - The European Court of HumanRights ruled latein September that Britain’ sban on homosexuals in the armed forces is a breach of humanrights. The court found in favor ofthreemenand a woman who were discharged from the British armed forces in line with its absolute ban on homosexual personnel after they admitted their sexual orientation. The court said the British policyyciolated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights which defends the right to respect for private and family life. "The Court considered the investigations, and in particular the interviews Of the applicants, to have been exceptionally intrusive," thc European court said in a statement. "The investigations conducted into the applicants’ sexual orientation together with their discharge from the armed forces constituted especially grave interferences with their private lives," it said. The verdict cannot force a-change of law, but the applicants considered it a step towards ending discriminationin thearmedforces. Defense Sec. George Robertson said other existing cases involving Gays in the British armed forces will be put on hold while the government studies the implications of:the ruling. Gay Demos Organize TULSA- Local. Democratic Party activists will hold an organizational meeting for a Tulsa chapter of the the National Stonewall Democratic Federation on Sunday, October 24th, at 4pro at the Tulsa Gay Community Services Center (the Pride Center), at 1307 East 38th Street, 2nd floor.. Stonewall Democrats, acaucus within the Democratic Party works to secure the rights ofall people, regardless ’of sexual orientation or gender identity and serves as a voicewithin the DemocraticParty for Lesbians andGay men. Organizers noted in their press release that the Oklahoma,Democratic party is rather conservative with regard to civil rights for Gays and Lesbians and seek to educate state party leadership about Lesbian and Gay issues. They list the following specific goals of the National Stonewall Democratic Federation as: (1) mobilizing voters through a national grassroots network of Gay and Lesbian Democratic clubs and individuals to advance the fight for Gay and Lesbian civil rights; (2) improving the record of the Democratic party by - pressing it further inthe direction of full recognition of the rightsofGay men, Lesbiansand Bisexuals to befree from prejudice; (3) educating voters on the vast difference that exists between the two major parties on our issues, and the importance of voting Democxatic as the most effective way to achieve our goals; (4) fighting the anti-Gay rhetoric of the Republican conservative-wing, which has increasingly become the instrument of those d~dicated to denying us our rights. The organizers are encouraging those who share these values to come to the October 24 meeting which will feature membersfromthenewlyformedOklahoma City Stonewall Democrats chapter. Paul Barby,whoran as an openly Gay candidate for US Congress in Oklahon~a’s 6th district will speak. For more information, telephone Start Simpson at 582-6557. ~ :.Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsane, Our Families + Friends ¯ Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Locations i Tulsa Area United. W .y Fun.ds Support Anti-Gay D,scr, minat,on : TULSA (TFN) - In a recent promotional piece printed and ¯ inserted in The Tulsa Worm for free, Tulsa Area United Way ¯ (TAUW) touted its strong points. TAUWclaims to be thelargest ¯ non-governmental funder of health and human services.in the ¯¯ Tulsa area, funding some 231 programs at 68 member agencies. TAUW also claims to have a lower than 10% overhead as ¯ compared to overhead of up to 40% declared acceptable by the ¯ National Charity Information Bureau. ¯ Joe Cappy, chairman/CEO and president of Dollar/Thrifty Automotive Group, in the Tulsa World insert, claimed, ’q’ulsa ¯ Area United Way gives each of us a sensible, cost-effective ¯ approach to helping the people in our community who need it ¯ most..." ¯ But there are those who take issuewith some aspects of United Way s funding,, partacularly that of the Indian NaUons Council of ¯ the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). The BSA is one of the earliest ¯ organizations funded in Tulsa by the predecessors to the current : United Way but the Scouting organization has been under fire ¯ nationally for its anti-Gay policies. The BSA claims the Scout ¯ pledge to be "morally straight" refers to being heterosexual and ¯ .therefore bans Gay youth from being Scouts or Gay men from ¯ being Scoutmasters on the grounds that to be Gay is intrinsically ¯ to be "morally non-straight." ¯ Recently, the BSA lost a legal challenge to thi s anti-Gay policy ¯ brought under New Jersey state law. Former Eagle scout James Dale won his lawsuit but in response to questions from The Tulsa ¯ World,aspokespersonfortheTulsa-basedIndianNafionCouncil of the BSA r~affirmed the ban in this area. ¯ And when TAUW kicked off its 75th anmversary campaign, ¯ running from Sept. 10th to Nov. 1 lth with a goal of raising $21,497,725.00, some of these individuals said no to helping ¯ United Way because of the funding for an organization which blatantly discriminates. ¯ Most ofthe individuals who spoke asked to remain anonymous ¯ citing fears ofretaliationfromTAUWor risk to their employment ¯ by public.ly speaking ~bout Lesbian and Gay issues in’h city with fewprote~tious again~wolkplace discriminationbasedon sexual ¯ orientation. ¯ One Gay couple, both of whom are public ¯ employees, had slightly different reactions to the issue of funding for the Boy Scouts.-One noted that ¯ "we’re so used to it, thatwedon’ t think about it"but ¯ he added that it’s "time when United Way needs to start analyzing what they’re doing." : However, his parmer noted that the organizations ¯ his employer was set to help for United Way’s Day ¯ of Caring were the Boy Scouts and the Salvation Army, both organizations which he claims ¯ discriminate against Gay people. He notified his ¯ employer that he would not participate in the Day ¯ ofCaring because of those organization’ s anti-Gay ¯ policies. ¯ Another couple, Lesbian, said that it was a"tough ¯ question." One women, again who requested ¯ anonymity because of her job (she is a teacher), ¯ characterized the Boy Scouts’ policy as ¯ reprehensible but noted too that United Way funds ¯ the YWCA, an organization which has a non- " discrimination policy which includes "sexual ¯ orientation." Her partner added that TAUW also ¯ funds Youth Services of Tulsa (YST) which has ¯ programs that benefit Lesbians and Gay men but ¯ she also acknowledged that YST hadkept those ¯ programs "closeted,"i.e. not publicized because of ¯ fears that UnitedWay fundingmight be withdrawn, despite the fact that the failure to publicize the ¯ program significantly limitedYST’s ability toreach ¯ those whom the program was intended to help. : Tulsa Area United Way’s marketing representative, Beth Kuehnert was asked to explain ¯ TAUW’s continued funding for the BSA and ¯ initially, in a cordial and civil conversation, Ms. Kuehnert said she was not aware of the Boy Scouts’ position nor see TA UW, p. 12 ¯ Community Center News Eureka Springs Holds Community Meeting 111 6. Diversity Celebration ¯ TULSA - Organizers of the First Annual Community Center ¯ EUREKA SPRINGS - Fall is around the comer, ¯ Film Festival to be held on Oct. 7-9, Tulsa’s Gay Commtmity : andintheOzarks,it’salmosttimefor thebi-annual ¯ Center andits parent organization, TulsaOklahomaus forHuman " Diversity Celebration Weekend in Eureka Springs, : Rights (TOHR) will show both Lesbian and Gay films, both : Ark. ! Organizers say this event, scheduled forNov. ’. feature length and shorts beginningat 5:30 onThurs, and Fri. and " 5-7, will be bigger and better than ever! : from 2pm on Sat. and Sun. ¯ Metropolitan Community Church’s Friday night ¯ In addition, theCenterwillhostTOHR’sfirstComingOutFair " dance and camival will kick off the weekend at the : "Discovering Yourself" from noon to 6pro on Sat. Oct. 9th. A " top of the Basin Park Hotel. On Saturday morning, ." record number of community organizations have committed to " strollthestreetsofEurekaonahistoric(andcolorful) ¯ particil~ating in the Coming Out Fair. . walking tour, canoe on the White River, or hike in ¯ GregGatewood,TOHRboardpresident,noted that at the Sept. ." Lake Leatherwood Park. ¯ .14th commlmity wide meeting held at the Center about 35 " Intheearlyaftemoon,bringthekidstoa"family" ihdividuals attended and the representatives decided through a family picnic at Harmon Park, sing like you’re in i largely consensus process to convene a commlmity council of the shower at karaoke, or listen to the sounds of ¯ organizations, churches and businesses. The group also decided : localandvisitmgGay/Lesbianmusiciansatseveral toaskTOHRto co-ordinate theproposedbi-monthlymeetings to " different venues around town. And please be sure : exchange information and ideas. . to visit all the wonderfully unique shops, and ¯ Marty Newman, a Human Rights Campaign board member, : support the Diversity Cooperative businesses of ¯ who along with TOHR co-founder Dennis Neill, called the first " Eureka Springs. : meeting this summer, expressed his satisfaction with the Sept. " Then, after a delightful dinner (it’s Eureka - ". meeting and the general progress of the process. Newman-noted ¯ Spri.ngs’ Food and Wine Festival this weekend, ¯ thatTulsaPFLAG chapter co-founder,Nancy McDonaldattended ¯ too),work offthosecaloriesattwofantasticdances. ¯ the meeting and that Mrs. McDonald recalled that TOHRs by- : AtCenterStage, DJ Jonwillraisetheroofwithhigh ." laws had at one time had a provision for a community advisory ¯ energy club music. And the Basin Park Hotel ¯ council. Meeting co-convener Dennis Neill, an attorney, was ¯ Ballroom will come alive with electrifying i given the task of drafting a contract to clarify the relationship " performances by "Barnes", a dynamic GLAMA- ¯ betweenthevariousgroups.Formoreinformationaboutthenext ~ winningsinger/songwriter seeEureka, p. 14 ¯ community meeting, call the Community Center at 743-4297. ." : Also, the CommunityCenter will be the site ofanall-community ¯ ¯ Halloween Costume Ball to be held on Saturday, Ocotober 30th, : ¯ 8pm at 1307 East 38 Street, 2nd floor. The event will be BYOL " ¯ but soft drinks and ice will be provided. : : Organizers suggest that while this is a costume party, a loud ¯ ¯ shirt and simple mask will-do. Guests should not feel compelled : : to spend a lot of money, just to use a little imagination. The : : sponsors, Prime Timers of Tulsa, stated that the purpose of the : _" party is for all groups connected with the Pride Center to have an ¯ opportunitytogettoknowonemlother, andhelpbuildcommunity, i Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine *Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. Boston Burger Sisters Restaurant, 1545 S. Sheridan *Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria *Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th *Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria *Jason’s Deli, 15th & Peoria *Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th *Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square *St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st 832-1269 592-2143 835-1207 599-9512 583-6666 749-4511 599-7777 749-1563 744-4280 745-9998 *Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan ........ 834-4234 "*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main 585-3405 *TNTrs, 2114 S. 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Mingo 838-7626 *Peace of Mind Bookstore, 1401 E. 15 583-1090 The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2rid floor 743-4297 Rainbowz on the River B+B, POB 696, 74101 747-5932 Richard’s Carpet Cleaning 834-0617 Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921,747-4746 *Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 749-6301 Paul Tay, Car Salesman 260-7829 *Tickled Pink, 3340 S. Peoria 697-0017 *Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria 742-2007 *Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis 481-0558 *Venus Salon, 1247 S. Harvard 835~5563 Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling 743-1733 *WhittierNews Stand, 1 N. Lewis 592-0767 Tulsa Agencies, Churches, Schools & Universities AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 4337, 74101 579-9593 *All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria 743-2363 Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 587-7314 Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center. 2207 E. 6 583-7815 *B/L/G/T Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780 *Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 616 S. Boston 585-1201 *Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th PI. & Florence *ChurchoftheRestorationUU, 1314N.Greenwood 587-1314 *CommunityofHopeUnitedMethodist,2545 S.Yale 747-6300 *Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595 *CouncilOak Men’s Chorale 748-3888 *Delaware Playhouse, 1511 S. Delaware 712-1511 *Democratic Headquarters, 3930 E. 31 742-2457 Dignity/Integrity of Tulsa- Lesbian & Gay Catholics & Episcopalians, POB 701475, 74170-1475 355-3140 *Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777 918.583.1248, fax: 583.4615 POB 4140, Tulsa, OK 74159 e-mail: TulsaNews@ earthlink, net Publisher + Editor: Tom Neal Writers + contributors: James Christjohn, Barry Hensley, J.-P. Legrandbouche, Lamont Lindstrom, Esther Rothblum, Mary Schepers Member of The Associated Press Issued on or before the 1 st of each month, the entire contents of this ~blicaatnidonmaaryenportobteecrteedprboyduUcSedcoepityhreirgihntW19h9o8leboyrTin~part without written permission from the publisher. Publication of a name or photo does not indicate a person’s sexual orientation. Correspondence is assumed to be for publication unless ot.herwjse no,ted,,~must be signed & becomes the sole property of T~ Each reader is entitled to 4 copies of each edition at distribution lYoints. Additional copies are available by calling 583-1248. *Free SpiritWomen’s Center, call for location& info: 587-4669 Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827 Friends in Unity Social Org., POB 8542, 74101 582-0438 *HIV ER Center, 4138 Chas. Page Blvd. 583-6611 *HIV Resource Consortium, 3507 E. Admiral 834-4194 *Holland Hall School, 5666 E. 81st 481-1111 HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education 834-8378 *House of the Holy Spirit Minstries, 3210e So. Norwood Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437 *MCC United, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715 NAMES Project, 3507 E. Admiral P1. 748-3111 NOW, Nat’l Org. for Women, POB 14068, 74159 365-5658 OK Spokes Club (bicycling), POB 9165, 74157 *OSU-Tulsa (formerly UCT, formerly Rogers U. whoever...) *Our House, t 114 S. Quaker 584-7960 PFLAG, POB 52800, 74152 749-4901 +Planned Parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria 587-7674 Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152 *R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network 749-4195 Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159 665-5174 *Red Rock Mental Center, 1724 E. 8 584-2325 O’RYAN, support group for 18-24 LGBT young adults O’RYAN, Jr. support group for 14-17 LGBT youth St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 4045 N. Cincinnati 425-7882 St. Dunstan’s Episcopal, 5635 E. 71st 492-7140 *St. Jerome’s Parish Church, 205 W. 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Grand HIVtesting every other Tues. 5:30-8:30, call for dates EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS *Autumn Breeze Restaurant, Hwy. 23 *Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. *Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St. MCC of the Living Spring Geek to Go!, PC Specialist, POB 429 Old Jailhouse Lodging, 15 Montgomery Positive Idea Marketing Plans Sparky’s, Hwy. 62 East *White Light, 1 Center St. FA YETTEVI LLE, ARKANSAS5 *Edna’s, 9 S. School Ave. JOPLIN, MISSOURI *Spirit of Christ MCC, 2639 E. 32, Ste. U134 501-253-7734 501-253-7457 501-253-6807 501-253-5445 501-253-9337 501-253-2776 501-253-5332 501-624-6646 501-253-6001 501-253-4074 501-442-2845 417-623-4696 * is where you can ftndTFN. Notall areGay-ownedbutallare Gay-friendly. Holy Union Ceremony Alan Williams and Gregory Casillas celebrated a Holy Union Ceremony on Friday, September 24, 1999, in Eureka Springs, AR. Presiding over the intimate union was Reverend Vivian Juett. The commitment ceremony was witnessed by Zoe Dearing and Nancy Ermding. After traveling to Dallas, TX, San Francisco, CA and Nashville, TN to celebrate with friends and family, the couple will reside for’a short period in Tulsa. Obiturary Dr. W. Malcolm Jacox, a veterinarian well known in the community for his kindness and gentleness with both his animal patients and their caregive~s, died Sept. 22. Services were held at Floral Haven Memorial Gardens Mausoleum on Sept. 25. He will be greatly missed by many both in and out of the Gay He is survived by his family and his longtime companion. Those who wish to honor his memory are encouraged to support a charity of their choice. Condolences may be sent care of Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 East 15th, Tulsa 74104. Mr. Tulsa ¯ Leather 2000 The Mr. Tulsa Leather 2000 contest was held September 10, 1999, at the Silver Star Saloon in Tulsa, Oklahoma.The evening included a benefit for Miss Gay Mid America, Catia Lee Love. Love will participate in the Miss Gay America contest. Four contestants participated in the contest: Jay Fleming, Kelly Kirby, Dayvid Montross, and Tony Hall, all of Tulsa Oklahoma. Themencompeted in Personal Interview, Street Wear, Swimwear/ Physique, and Full Leather Image events. The judging panel consisted of: Ron Greenwood, Mike Ryan, Ed Smith, John McCuistian, Don Lawrence, all also from Tulsa. The tally master was James Murray, Mr. Tulsa Leather 1997. The winner of the contest was Jay Fleming of Tulsa. Jay is a past "Mr Gay. Leather Long Beach 1987" and the 20th Elected Emperor, Greater California Empire. Fleming will compete for the Oklahoma Mr. Leather 2000 title on October 22-24, 1999. Heis an event promoter for such events in Tulsa as Mayfest, Gatesway Balloon Festival and chairmanof Street Party 2000; benefiting Street School and Tulsa at risk youth. Contestproducer, Ric Poston,MrTulsa Leather 1999 and the Oklahoma Mr Leather 1999, said of Fleming, "he is an outstanding citizen and will be a great representative for the Tulsa Leather Community." The first runner up was Kelly Kirby and the 2nd runner up was Dayvid Montross. For more information on OML2000, check the T.U.L.S.A. website at WWW.TULSALEATHER.com Editorial: Un!ted Our Way by Tom Neal, editor andpublisher This year is the 75th anniversary of a program of charitable giving in Tulsa which has become known as Tulsa Area United Way (TAUW). Tulsa’s United Way supports some 231 programs offered by 68 member agencies and hopes to raise over $21 million and help perhaps 250,000individuals this year. Obviously, all this is worthy. For example, oneof the I’d suggest that agencies which TAUW supports is Tulsa instead of letting "C.A.R.E.S., formerly and" TAU~V’ sllee its tare moreaccuratelyknown as the HIV Resource Consortium. Tulsa Area UnitedWayalso funds the Community Service Council that manages the Tulsa Community AIDS Project, one of the most effective funding sources for fighting HIV infection and for providing care for. individuals with HIV relatedillnesses. These are worthy organizations - as are many, many others which TAUW funds. However, along withthe many good organizations which TAUW funds is another. Thatis the Indian Nations Council of the Boy Scouts ofAmerica. It off the top, glve your dolhrs dlreetly to Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. or other or~an{zatlons in our eommunlty... groups that really do give a damn about us. Let’s stop using our dollars and those of our families and friends to support United Way’s prejudlee and eowardlee. Let us be unlt,~ our way. is the official policy of the Boy Scouts, both locally and nationally, to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. They’ve been rather explicit about this. The last time the Indian Nations Council of the Boy Scouts of America voiced this policy locally was in August when James Dale, a former Scout in New Jersey, successfully challenged the BSA’s apartheid policies under New Jersey state law and won. A local BSA representative however reiterated-its support for BSA prejudice. Now as a former Boy Scout, I’m hardly hostile to the true values of the organization. But I do not believe that thephrase, "morally straight," ori_ginating around th_etum of the century, ever, ever could be thought to refer to heterosexuality, using an interpretation of the word "straight" whichnever existed until at leas t some 60 years later. However I recognize that it is the prerogative under current federal, state and local law, of the BSA to engage in invidious discrimination if it chooses to do so. It is reprehensible behavior but it is quite legal. However, even if this bigoted conduct is legal, there is no justification for Tulsa Area United Way to use the funds it receives from the community as a whole to subsidize the systematic discrimination of the Indian Nations Council of the Boy Scouts of America. After all, if we were to substitute "no Jews allowed" or "no Blacks allowed" lot"no fags allowed," I would hardy have to be writing this essay. Part of why TAUW still funds this apartheid organization is an accident of history. The Boy Scouts have been funded for most of TUAW’s existence. Back in thoseearly days theBSA was one ofafew organizations that did address youth issues. That is no longer so. Andin contrast with the BSA, the Girl Scouts, for example, have explicitly said that sexual orientation is not relevant to participation in their organization and they have a nondiscrimination policy. Now if Tulsa Area United Way had a comprehensive non-discrimination policy, they might have some greater degree of credibilityas an organization committed to fair treatment of all. But they don’t. Infact, Ms. "duck’n’cover" KathleenJ. Coan, president and chief professional officer, is so gun-shy of the issue she’s managed not to returnphone calls to this newspaper for nearly four years -now that’s what I call real professional conduct (though in fairness, Ms. Coan did take aphone call once whenTFN was calling on deadline and her p.r. person was unavailable) But it does call into question, Ms. Coan and TAUW’s commitment to all of Tulsa’s communities when she seems primarily willing to talk to non-minority news orggnizations, for example, ." The Tulsa World- not frequently known for challenging ¯ the Tulsapower establishment, often inseparable from it. ." And what is more troubling about the unexamined ¯ decision to continue to fund the Indian Nations Council ¯ of the Boy Scouts of America by TAUW is the lack of ¯ leadership from TAUW’s board of directors. ¯ A number of TAUW board members come from ¯ corporations that claim that they do not discriminate on ." sexual orientation. Foremost among these are Public ~ Service Company of Oklahoma, Dollar Thrifty ¯: Automotive Group, Inc. and Bank of America, and yet, somehow, not one of these very highly paid and : presumably ratberintelligent men seem to havemade the _" connection between their own corporate policies ¯ emphasizingfairness andTAUW’s supportfor ablatantly ¯ bigoted program. Or perhaps they’vejust not"counected ." the dots." Or perhaps, they’re hoping thatnoone will ever ¯ hold them responsible. ¯ Regardless, until Tulsa Area United Way see fit to : begin to treat Lesbian and Gay Tulsans as equal human : beings by adding sexual orientation to its non- ,. discrimination policies and chooses not to fund ¯ organizations which discriminate, the best bet is for us to ¯ not to contribute to Tulsa Area United Way but to take ." those same dollars and to give them directly to worthy ¯ organizations. ¯ I’d suggest that instead of letting TAUW slice its take ¯ off the top, give your dollars directly to Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. ¯. or other organizations in our community, like the ¯ community center, or the Cimarron Alliance or PFLAG, ¯ groups that really do give a danm about us. Let’s stop ¯ using Our dollars and those of our families and friends to ¯ support UnitedWay’s prejudice and cowardice. Let us be ¯ united our way. ¯ TulsaFamily News editorandpublisherTomNealhas ¯ volunteeredonaUnitedWayfundsdistributioncommittee ¯ on services for semor citizens tn the Tulsa area. ¯ Unfortunately, hefound thatTulsaArea UnitedWay staff went out of their way to censor and suppress questions ¯ about how well member agencies were serving Lesbian ¯ and Gay seniors, even when the agencies were willing to ¯ answer the questions and despite TAUW claims that ¯ their evaluationprocess is "volunteer driven." Neal also ¯ has asked to serve on the funds distribution committee ¯ which looks at the funding for the Boy Scouts Indian ¯ Nations Council but, for some reason, keeps getting ¯ reassigned to senior services - imagine that. First and foremost, let me put your mind at rest about ¯ two of our regular columnists, our fabulous Do-It- " Yourself-Dyke, Mary Schepers and Tulsa City-County ¯ Library book reviewer, Barry Hensley. Both columns ¯ will resume next month. ¯ An,other upcoming event is the annual World AIDS ¯ Day Memorial Service. This year’s event will be at ¯ Mount Zion Baptist Church under the auspices of the ¯ Rev. Calvin McCutchen, Sr., one of Tulsa’s most ¯ distinguished religious leaders. The date, as always will ¯ be Dec. 1st which is a Wednesday but the details of the ~ march and precise time of the service will be announced. ¯ It is expected that Council Oak Mens Chorale who had ¯ their first ever performance at a World AIDS Day ¯ Memorial Service will again lend their talents. The event . is being co-ordinated by Diane Zike, former executive ¯ directorof Interfaith AIDS Ministries andBeverlyDenton ¯ Galbreith. For more information, call 438-2437. - TN An nouncements Policy Tulsa Family News will provide space for holy union ¯ ceremony, mamage ceremony, birth, adoption and death " announcements on a space available basis. Photos are ~ wdcome, though we cannot promise placement or return ¯ them, so please send copies to TFN, POB 4140, Tulsa ¯ 74159. ¯ Letters Policy ¯ Tulsa Family News¯ welcomes letters on issues which ¯ we’ve covered or on issues you think need to be considered. You may request that your name be withheld but ¯ letters must be signed &h.ave phone numbers, or be hand ~- delivered. 200 word letters are preferred. Letters to other ~ publications will be printed as is appropriate. Drug-resistant Strains of AIDS Virus Rising CHICAGO (AP) - Highly drug-resistant strains of the AIDS virus are on the rise, showingupin as many as 4.5% ofnewlyinfectedpatients in twonew studies. "Resistance is slowly increasing," said Dr. Roger J. Pomerantz, an expert not involved with either study, "If you were looking at this five years ago, you would see zero." The studies - published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) - involve mostly Gay white men. Resistance, however, may be more prevalent in other groups, such as drug users and their sex partners, researchers-said. About 40,000 new HIV infections occur yearly in the United States. In recent years, powerful drug cocktails have subdued the virus to undetectable levels in many patients. But studies have found the virus persists or comes roaring back in 10% to 50%. The complicated drug regimen has proved difficult to adhere to, and many patients who missed doses or quit taking theirmedicines developed drug-resistantinfections that are now being passed’along to others. "I wasn’t that surprised. This is what happens in infectious disease," said Pomerantz, director of the Center for Human Virology at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. HIV is still so new that scientists disagree even about how to define resistance. And since both studies used laboratory tests, no one really knows how the definitions will translate into patient care. Giving high doses of a drug may be enough to overwhelm a virus’ resistance, Pomerantz said. In one study, researchers at the University ofCalifornia at San Diego defined resistance as a 10-fold increase in HIV’s ability to withstand a drug when compared with a laboratory strain. That study, led by Dr. Susan J. Little. tested 141 patients - in San Diego, Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver and Boston- and found that three (2%) had HIV with at least 10-fold greater resistance to one or more drugs. An additional 36 patients (26%) had HIV that was 2.5 to 10 times more resistant. In the other study, researchers at Rockefeller University in New York defined resistance as a threefold increase in HIV’s ability to withstand a drug. That study, led by Dr. Daniel Boden of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, tested 80 subjects in New York and Los Angeles. Of 67 in whom resistance could be tested, three (4.5%) had HIV that was highly resistant- fivefold resistant- to multiple drugs. The subjects were among 18 (26.8%) with HIV that was at least threefold resistant to at least one drug. Testing every newly infected patientfor drugresistance would be impractical because the tests cost several thousand dollars and are difficult to interpret, Pomerantz said. But if a patient takes a drug cocktail faithfully and it isn’t working, testing should be considered to see how the combination of medicines might be reformulated, he said. Don’t Go to Sleep Yet For a while, it seemed that there mightbe a light at the end of the tuunel of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. And for many ¯ things are better than they used to be: to become HIV ¯ positive is not immediatdy to know that your death was likely six months away like it was in the 80s. But the news report above from The Associated Press ¯ should slam home the message that we cannot be ¯ complacent; we must continue to educate ourselves and ¯ our children about protecting themselves against HIV ¯ infection, through all appropriate means: safer sex with ¯ its reduced risk, no sex, i.e. abstinence where appropriate ¯ and through the strengthening of longterm relationships ¯ through their legal recognition not only for heterosexuals ¯ but for Gay men and Lesbians. ¯ The best way to deal with AIDS is to prevent further ¯ infections but also to insist on adequate funding for ¯ proper care for those who are already infected and more ¯ funding for more successful treatments for AIDS. ¯ Please, please be safe, hdp those still in need and ¯ remember those whom we have lost. -Tom Neal Accused Killer of Gay Soldier To Stand Trial FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - An Army private charged with premeditated murder in the. beating death ofafellow FortCampbell soldierwill stand trial at a general court-martial, the Army said Sept. 24th. Thecharge against Pvt. CalvinN. Gloverwas referred to court-martial by Maj. Gen. Robert T. Clark, Fort Campbell’ s commanding gelleral. Clark reviewed an iiiv~tigative hearing he~’d in August for Glovet and rexx:ived recommendations from the investigating officer, brigade commander and staffjudge advocate. The hearing was similar to a civilian grand jury investigation. Glover, of Sulphur, Okla.,is charged in the death of Pfc. Ban-y L. ,Winchell, of Kansas City, Me. No date has been set for G10ver’s courtmartial, which will be open to the public. The courtmartial is scheduled to be at Fort Campbell. According to Army investigators, the 21-year-old Winchellwas beaten with abaseball batinhis barracks on July 5 and died the following day at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. Gay civil-rights advocates say anti-Gay sentiment m,ay have been behind, or at least contributed to, me ldlling. Winehell was perceived as Gay by some soldiers in his mlit and friends contend he was beginning to explore his homosexuality when he Another investigative hearing was held several weeks ago for Spec. Justin R. Fisher, who is accused of being an accomplice in Winchell’s death. Fisher, of Lincoln, Neb., is accused of .encouraging Glover in the attack and lying to Army ii~qestigators about his iiavolvement. No decision has been made yet on whether Fisher’s case should proceed to a courtmartial, an Army official added. Both Glover and Fisher are being held at Fort Knox. Gay Priest Resigns NEWARK,N.J. (Ap)-AGaypriestwhoseordination divided the Episcopal church has left theparish where he ministered for six years, blaming the controversy that surroundedhim. Rev. Barry Stopfel said the furor strained his relationship withhis partner, andpreached his last sermon at St. George’ s Church in Maplewood at the end of September. "My ministry has not been a typical one," Stopfel toldThe Star-Ledger ofNewark, N.J. in a story published recently. "It has been deeply gratifying but very stressful, and ithas taken its toll on me and our marriage." When Stopfel was ordained as a deacon in 1990, conservative Episcopal bishops filed heresy charges against Newark Bishop Walter Righter. Righter’s trial was averted, but a church court in 1996 ruled that church doctrine does not explicitly bar the ordination of practicing homosexuals. The division, however, remained between the church’s conservative and liberal factions. Stopfel, 51, andhis partner aremoving to a 25-acre farm in an Amish area of Pennsylvania, where he said he will write a book. Methodist Minister Faces 2nd Church Trial OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -The Rev. Jimmy Creech, who faces another church trial for performing a Gay union ceremony, said the churchlaw against suchceremonies amounts to institutional bigotry againstGayChristians. Reached at his Raleigh, N.C., home, Creech said he was disappointed but not surprised with.a church committee’s deci~i0n ordering him to stand trial. Nebraska United Methodist Church Bishop Joel Martinezannouncedthfit theformerNebraskaminister will stand trial for Officiating a Chapel Hill, N.C. ceremony fortwo meninApril.AMarch 1998 church trial cleared Creech of violating church law for a similar 1997 ceremony involving two women. At least two complaints were filed as aresult of the April ceremony. Atissuein Creech’s 1998 trial was whether thechurch’s ban on same-sex unionswas a pastoral guideline or church law. The church has since established the ban is church law. Creech said the trial will be "a detriment to the church." "It’s a waste of time and money. The trial is an actofviolence againstLesbians, Gays andbisexual people," Creech said. While Creech said he admits he violated the churchlaw byperforming the Chapel Hill ceremony, the immorality of this law makes him innocent of violating the order.and discipline of his denomination, ofwhichheis accused. "I think thelaw itself is a violation of the highest ethical standards of the United Methodist Church," Creech said. Creech said thechurch’ s positiononGayunions is comparable to racism. "How can such an encumbered church witness to the grace bf God?" he asked. Martinez’s assistant, Rev. Mel Luetchens, said Martinez will .appoint another bishop as presiding authority for the case. A jury of 13 ministers will [ecide Creech"s fate. Ministers will lead the defense and theprosecution.Thetrial likely will beinNebraska in the next couple of months,-Luetchens said. If convicted Creech faces a wide range of possible )unishments, including dismissal from the United Methodist clergy. Creech is on voluntary leave of absence after. Martinezdeclined toreappointhim pastorofOmah.a’s First United Methodist Church after the earher controversy. He remains part of the Nebraska conference and is answerable to Martinez. Vermont JudgeJudged By His Wife’s Vote MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A group opposed to same-sex marriage; "Take it to the People," says a VermontSupremeCourtjusticemightnotbeimpartial as he reviews a pending case. "Take it to the People" says the wife ofJusticeJohn Dooley voted in June as a member of the Governor’s Commission on Women to give an award to the three same-sex couples who are challengxn.g Vermont marriage law. Sandra Dooley’s vote raises questions about whether the justice is impartial in the case now before the Vermont Supreme Court, said Ruth Charlesworth of Burlington, a member of the antimarriage group. "I think it is outrageous that the wife of the Supreme Courtjusdce should come out (with a public stand) when this issue isn’t yet decided," Charlesworth said. ’‘This isn’t fair to the citizens of Vermont." Thecourtis considering alawsuit seeking to overtmal the state’s refusal to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. Despite its concerns, ’’Take it to the People" hasn’tformally requested thatJustice Dooley disqualify himself from the case. Judith Sutphen, executive director ofthe Governor’ s Commission on Women, said Sandra Dooley has been on the commission for 15 years. Theorganization has supported allowing same-sex couples to marry since. 1996 - before the lawsuit brought by two Gay men and four Lesbian women was appealed_ to the Supreme Court, Sutphen said. Commissioners have the right to take independent votes on issues, Sutphen said. "A wife has a right to vote as she chooses, as does a husband," she said. "The votes of one spouse don’t necessarily reflect the . judgment or opinion of the other spouse." "Take it to the People" argues that rules of judicial ¯ conduct sayjudges should disqualify themselves when their spouses have interests that could be substantially : affected by the proceeding. The lawyers at the office ." of the attorney general who are defending the state’s mamage lawweren’t available to comment. -" Beth Robinson, an attorney representing the three : couples in the Supreme Court appeal, said she felt confident the deliberations would be fair. "We have : no reason to question Jusdce Dooley’s ability to ~ impartially judge this case on its legal merits," : Robinson said. "Justice Dooley and his wife are two ¯ different people with two different jobs to do." ¯ Judge Dismisses Same- Sex Marriage Lawsuit ¯ ANCHORAGE (AP) - A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filedby twoAnchoragemenwho claimed that : the state’s marriage laws discriminated against them. ¯ Judge Peter Michalski took the action late in ¯ September, nearly a year after Alaska voters ¯ overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment ¯ limiting marriage to a union of one man and one Kelly Kirby, CPA, PC Certified Public Accountant a professional corporation 747-5466 402i S.Ha~vard, sifite 2.10~-T~llsa 74135 MCC-United forme.rly Family of Faith & Greater Tulsa MCC .Joined as one body of believers. Come celebrate with us. Sunday Services, 11 am 1623 North Maplewood, 838-1715 HOUSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Sun. Worship, 10:45 am, Sunday School, 9:30 am Wed. Bible Study, 7 pm 3210b S. Norwood, Info: 224-4754, Chris or Sharon Sandra Hill M.s. 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Cincinnati. 582-4128 The Episcopal Church Welcomes You Jay Brause and Gene Dugan had claimed in their lawsuit that it was discriminatory to not allow samesex couples the same health insurance and other benefits that married and unmarried heterosexual couples enjoy. It was their lawsuit that spurred the pbtition drive that put the same-sex marriage amendment before voters last November. Bob Wagstaff, the lawyer representing the two men, says the case will be appealed to the state Supreme Court. Wagstaff says his clients’ lawsuit is at its heart an equal-rights case, not a Gay marriage Town Considering Partners Registry ASHLAND, Ore: (AP) - Same-sex couples can’t get married in Oregon, but in this town, they may soon be able to get registered. The City Council is likely to consider settingupsucharegistry for domesticpartners at its upcoming meeting Oct. 5. City Attorney Patti Nolte said he is unaware of a similar registry in Oregon. The registry would allow domestic partners - two unmarried people age 18 or older who live togetherto document that relationship. Gay couples cannot marry under Oregon law, which recognizes marriage as the union of a manand a woman. "I believe it is appropriate that AglJland, as a caring community, should lead the way," said Neil Sechan, speaking for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Political Caucus of Southern Oregon. The local chapter of Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays are also backing the proposed registry. Mayor Cathy Shaw said she believes a registry would have limited effect on unmarried couples, whether heterosexual or same-sex. "I would be incredibly proud to be mayor of a community that provides this service," she said recendy. "I am a great believer in the institution of marriage... I understand why this community is asking us to do this -.how importantit.is to be able to celebrate in an official way your commitment to another person.’" Rosemary Dunn Dalton, also speaking for the caucus, said a registry would let unmarried couples establishrelationships for purposes ofvisitation rights in hospitals and other institutions. She said a registry would provide proof of partnership for businesses offering benefits to domestic partners. The Oregon Court ofAppeals decided last year that if local governments offer benefits to domestic partners, they cannot deny benefits to same-sex couples because of the constitutional guarantee of equal protection. The court did not nile on Oregon’s legal definition of marriage. Ashland is among the local governments that have extended benefits to same-sex couples to comply with the ruling. A proposed ballot measure, to write the definition of marriage into the state constitution and bar benefits to unmarried couples, died in the 1999 Legislature. Albuquerque To Vote On Discrimination Ban ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Lillian Mueller says she Gays in Albuquerque have lost their jobs and been denied housing because of their sexual orientation. Mueller, the mother of a Gay son and president of the local chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, has formed a new group called TheCampaignforHumanRights. The group’s purpose is to mobilize support for a proposed amendment to the Albuquerque city charter that would add sexual orientation and mental disability to the antidiscrimination section. The issue will be on the Oct. 5 municipal election ballot. The charter now bans discrimination based on race, religion, sex and national origin. "It’s not a question of special rights," she said. "It’s a question of equal rights.’" Butthe Christian Coalition ofNew Mexico strongly opposes the charter amendment because it believes "the Gay lifestyle" is wrong. Mark Burton, Christian Coalition executive director, said his group will alert people in voters guides that go to about 300 churches. "It’s not a behavior that we want to have a nondiscrimination policy for," he said. "It’s a health haTard. It spreads AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, so there’s no reason to endorse a behavior that’s dangerous and hazardous." Albuquerque added a human rights section to its charter in the early 1970s. The state Legislature in March rejected a bill that would have outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation. It was the "third time such a measure was killedin the House. The bill would have expanded the state’s Human Rights Act to cover sexual orientation, malting it il!egal’to discriminate on that basis in matters of empld’yment, housing, credit, public-accommodations and’union membership. Eleven states and more than 170 local governments include sexual orientation in their nondiscrimination statutes, supporters Of the bill say. The cify of Albuquerque bars Such discrimination against its employees and when providing public services. Alleged Killers of Gay Men Must Stand Trial REDDING, Calif. (AP) - Two brothers accused of murdering a Gay couplemust stand trial and may face the deathpenalty ifconvicted, ShastaCounty Superior Court Judge James Ruggiero has ruled. Benjamin M. Williams, 31, and James T. Williams, 29, will each be tried on two counts of murder and related charges. The brothers are accused of killing Gary Matson, 50, and Winfield Scott Mowder, 40, in July. They are also suspects in June arson fires that caused more than $1 million in damage to three Sacramento-area synagogues. Matson and Mowder were found shot to death in their bed July 1 in rural Happy Valley, about 165 miles north of Sacramento. The Williams brothers, being held without bail, have pleaded innocent to first-degreemurder and four robbery, burglary and auto theft charges. The judge ruled that prosecutors can seek the death penalty, a decision that hasn’t been made. Prep School Attacker Free Until Trial GREENFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A Tennessee youth accused of using a knife to cut anti-Gay slur into the back of a fellow prep school student can continue college classes while awaiting trial, a judge said. Matthew Rogers, 20, of Franklin, Tenn., pleaded to charges of assault with a dangerous weapon. Franklin Superior Court Judge Lawrence Wemick continued bail at $10,000 cash or $50,000 bond on condition Rogers live with his parents or at the University of Mississippi where he is taking classes. Before his arrest, Rogers had held an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. Rogers and another student at the Northfield Mount Hermon School, Jonathan Shapiro, 18, of Keene, N.H., were initially charged in Greenfield District Court following the May 27 incident. The two are accused of slashing the word "HOMO" in shallow cuts on the back of a 17-year-old student during a dispute over music. Authorities said no one actually believed the victim was Gay. The argument arose over the rock band Queen and the characterization of its music as "Gay." Promoters of Community Center To Respond ELK CITY, Idaho (AP) - Promoters of a community education and performing~center expect to respond to charges by critics of the ~roposed c~nter who fear it could be used by homosexuals and become a place where teen-age girls get abortions. Plans to build the center have created division in the town of about 400 in remote Idaho County. Objections to the center range from locating it on school property to the fear homosexuals will use it to stage performances and teen-age girls getting abortions there. Critics have said since the center would be on public land there could not be restrictions placed on who uses it. New AIDS Drug SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A medicine developed in North Carolina that blocks the AIDS virus from getting inside cells is showing promise among patients whofail to respond to standard AIDS drugs. The medicine, code-named T-20, is still in early-stage testing, but researchers said it could offer a reprieve for those who have run out of options. "It looks quite good," said Dr. Michael Saag of the University of Alabama. "We are looking at something with a.totally different method of. action. It is an important, potent new option." T~20 was discovered at Duke University. It is being developed by Hoffmatm-La Roche Inc. and Trimeris Inc., a small biotech company in Durham, N.C. Thedrug is the furthest along of a new class of AIDS medicines called fusion inhibitors. They work by thwarting the virus’s ability to fuse with blood cells and insert their genetic material into them. However, the treatment has one large drawback compared with other AIDS drugs: Instead of being a pill, it must be injected twice daily. Nev~rtbeless, Saag said patients in advanced stages of AIDS are willing to give themselves shots, and they seem to tolerate the drug well. The results were reported by Dr. Jay Lalezari of Quest Clinical Research in SanFrancisco atameeting ofthe.,Aga,erican Society for Microbiology. Other AIDS drugs work principally by thwarting the virus’s ability to stitch its genetic material into cells it has invaded orbyblocking its ability to dispersemature copies of itself. Doctors gave T-20 to 55 people who had high levels of the AIDS virus despite trying many different combinations of AIDS medicines. While these standard drugs have proved to be life savers for many with AIDS, they do not work for all patients. Doctors administered T-20 in combinationwith other drugs, eventhough the patients’ HIV was resistant to the older medicines. After four months of treatment, virus levels fell significantly in 33 of the volunteers. In 20 of them, the virus fell to levels too low to bemeasured. Saag cautioned that the treatment is unlikely to work forever. But he said doctors hope it will dday rebound of the virus for perhaps-a year. T-20 is part of the protein thatmakes up the AIDS virus’ outer coat. Ordinarily it comes into play with another peptide- T- 21 - as the AIDS vinm grabs onto blood cells andprepares to enter them. Scientists found that flooding the body with extra copies of T-20 gums up this attachment process, Another AIDS study released at the meeting found that treatment very early in the course of an AIDS infection does not wipe out the virus entirely, as some had hoped. Dr. Martin Markowitz of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City reported on four patients who started treatment within seyen to 90 days of catching HIV. All signs of their virus disappeared, andthey chose to stop therapy after three years: Thevirus reappeared within two to three weeks, One patient went back on treatment, but the three others stayed off. After shooting up, their virus levds fell again to low butdetectable levds. Researchers said the results raise the possibility that in such situations, the ¯ body’s immune system may be able to ¯ k~p I-HV in check without completely eliminating it. Are You Gay or Bisexual? : Satcher Looks at Are You Native American? :¯ Kids’ Health , . , Tulsa s Two-Sp,r,ted ,nd,an Mens : ROBINSVILLE, Miss. (AP) - U.S. ¯ SurgeonGeneralDavidSatcherhasissued Support Group is here for you! ¯ a warning about the health of America’s ¯ children. Satcher, speaking to a health ¯ Evening support group meetings : association recently in Tunica County, ¯ said children are growing fatter, lazier, ¯ Relationship workshops ¯ more sexually active and increasingly ¯ Short trips, outings and retreats ¯ addicted to toxic substances. ¯ Free HIV testing ¯ Satcher, former president of Meharry ¯ Medical College in Nashville, .Tenn., -spoke tO 400 public health care workers ¯ and advocates at the annual meeting of the ¯ Mississippi Public Health Association. ¯ Regarding the disparity in health care, ¯ Satcher said that in the last 10 years minorities, women and children have : fallen behind in many areas. ¯ Satcher said progress has been made in ¯ dealing with infectious diseases and there ¯ has been a decrease in the number of ¯ cancer cases, injury-related deaths and ¯ adult smokers. However, the munber of : teen-age smokers has risen_rapidly, Satcher ¯ said. Obesity has become a virtual epidemic ¯ among both adults and children, Satcher said. The current generation of children ¯ and teen-agers is the most inactive the ¯ country has ever had. One of the results of that inactivity has ¯ been an increase in Type 2 diabetes in ¯ children. In the past, physicians were told never to look for Type 2 in individuals ¯ - under40 years old, Satcher said. Now, the disease is occurring in children under the age of 10. Emphasis must be placed on physical activity and on diet, Satcher said. The American diet consists mainiy offats and sugars, he said. In one year, the average American will consume 156 pounds of added sugar. Weneedto promotehealthy lifestyles, Satcher said. "We need to promote physical activities. We need to promote nutrition and avoidance of toxins like tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs. We need to promote responsible sexual behavior." 40% of college students and 30% of high school students are binge dri.nking, Satcher said. That has contributed to an increase m automobile accidents and irresponsible ~exual behavior. "Weneed to talkmorewith ourchildren aboutwhatit means tobesexually active," Satcher said. "When we don’ t teach sex in ¯ the schools, at home and in the churches, ¯ but they do teach it out on the streets or ¯ after school when there are no adults ¯ around, our children aren’t going to ¯ become responsible, sexual adults." ¯ His warning was directed not just to teen-agers, but to all people. Every day, 16,000 peoplebecomeinfected with HIV, ¯ the virus that causes AIDS. In the years : since the disease’s discovery, HIV has ¯ infected 50 million people and resultedin 14 million AIDS-related deaths. ¯ "In my opinion AIDS is the worst : epidemic since the plague of the 14th : century or maybe the influenza epidemic ," of 1918," Satcher said. "AIDS is : increasingly a disease o,,f people of color, ¯ women and the young. : African Americans account for almost : 50% of new cases; Hispanics, 20%; and ¯ women, 25%. Not enough is being done ¯ to prevent the disease, Satcher said, even though people know how to stop the ¯ spread. For information call Tulsa Native American AIDS Prevention Project at 582-7225 Ext. 208 or 218 Dial-Up Accounts Dedicated ISDN Connections Vi rtual Hosting Visit our web page "www.igisweb.net" (918) 622-4965 Internet Marketing E-Commerce Web Page Design On-Site Setup Available ~ Medical Excellence And Compass.ionate Care S nce 1926. ¯ ¯ ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTER q P Medical Excellence-Compassionate Care Stay Healthy Naturally Wellness Rejuvenat "on Longevity Dr. Terrance L. 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"We’re at the beginning of an epidemic, not the end of an epidemic, with no vaccine, no cure," she told reporters before the walk began. "It’s not going to be over next week. It’s not going to be over in 10 years. It’s probably not going to be over in my lifetime.’" A sign of hope is the success of anti- AIDS drugs that are keeping thousands of people infected with the HIV virus free from symptoms. ButinmanyThirdWorld natxon~, including much of AIDSdecimated Africa, the medicines remain unaffordable and the publichealth system inadequate, she said. This is the second year of a coordinated AIDS WalkMichigan. Lastyear, 10 walks statewide raised $2~0,000, This year, walks also tookplace Sunday inAnnArbor, BerrienCounty, Flint,Grand Rapids, Holland-Saugatuck, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Muskegon, Port Huron, Saginaw-Midland-Bay City and Traverse City. But organizers sdid/he ~)etro’it event was particularly important because of the high rate of AIDS in the city. With about 10% of the state’s population, Detroit has nearly half of the reported AIDS cases, they said. "It’s the No. 1 killer of young African- American males and the No. 2 killer of young black females," said Detroit Episcopal Bishop R. Stewart Wood Jr. as he set out on the walk. Wood’s diocese, which has 35,000 members from Lansing to the Ohio line, has not been immune from the effects of AIDS. "Every one of our congregations has been touched by AIDS - members or loved-ones who have the disease. We’ve lost two of our clergy to AIDS," he said. Teresa and Bill Snell came in from Wayne County’s Redford Township to walk in this year’s walk, taking turns pushing 15-month-olddaughter Courtney in a three-wheeled jogger’s stroller. They raised a total of $49, most in pledges of $2 to $3, for their part in the walk. The 20 walkers from Mrs. Shell’s agency, the Detroit Hispanic Development Corp., raised $1,500 for. the fight, against AIDS. "It affects so many people and families around you," she said. "I don’t know anyone who has died,.of AIDS, but I do know that it is something that affects all kinds of people," her husband said. "It’s something that’s got to be stopped." Award Given to African Groups NEW YORK (AP) - The world’s largest humanitarian prize - $1 million - was awarded to an organization whose accomplishments include bringing health care to the Maasai and Turkana, two of Africa’s nomadic tribes. The Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, awarded to the African Medical and Research Foundation, will give the organization funds it needs for additional work in AIDS and malaria prevention. It will also helppay to trainmore health care workers. ’q’his million will go along way and it will allow us tokeepmanyprojects afloat," saidJohn R. Batten, director ofthe Nairobi, Kenya-based AMREF, who accepted the prize at a ceremony in New York on Tuesday. Startedin 1957as aprogram thathelped needy Africans get specialized medical care- particularly reconstructive surgery - AMREF now provides health care services to 21 African countries. Programs are run from offices in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa. This year’s budget was $19 million. Over the years, AMREF built a twoway radio network that boosted hospital communications in East Africa, spearheaded the use ofinsecticide-treated mosquito nets to reduce childhoodmalaria deaths and performed more than 40,000 operations. It also has trained thousands of health care workers and specialists and brought services to the most remote corners of Africa, including to tribes that roam the continent. What sets AMREF apart from most international non-governmental organizations is that more than 95% of its employees are Africans. ’q’he approach we use in tackling all of theseproblems is community-based," said Peter Muchiri Ngatia, director for AMREF’s Uganda office. "Some prdl~lems "in A~r~ca, such as AIDS and HIV, areaggravatedby cultural practices." Much of the prize, which will be spent over three years, will be directed at two of Africa’s biggest killers - AIDS and malaria. "AMREF’s success in building an African-led and African-run health care system that is accessible to all provides a strong model for aid agencies around the world," said Barron Hilton, chairman of Hilton Hotels Corp. and a board member of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. AMREF was selected out of 225 nominations made by members of the international community, including diplomats, foundation leaders and academics. Once nominations are made, the Hilton foundation researches the organization and performs On-site visits. After that, selections go to an independent international jury. Last year, Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders - the largest independent international medical aid organization - won the prize. ¯ Feds Pushingf0r : Name"Reporting ¯ FRANKFORT, Ky~ (AP):-, The General ¯ Assembly could be asked to require : doctors treating people infected with the : virus that causes AIDS to report them by ¯ name. It is the only way to ensure that : federal money for AIDS treatment and " program keeps flowing, a task force’s ~ reasoning goes. : "The practicality is this," Dr. Anna ¯ Huang, see Health, p. 11 byJames Christjohn, entertainmentQueen By the time you read this, the film will be gone (thanks toWoodlandHills Cinema for bringing it to us!), but as it will be a great stocking stuffer - no catty remarks, please - I will review it for your reading pleasure anyway. And since I’ve never worried about timeliness before, why start now? "Get Real" was a wonderful film about a 16 year old Gay boy in England, and the process of "coming out" - he runs into an older boy at his school, and they find themselves in "love", or what seems to be love. Only one problem: The older boy is ashamed of his Gayness, and wants everything kept "hushhush." Needless to say, many poignant moments ensue, all of which rang true for me and the other person viewing the film with me. Much was true to life, although much of it was kind of "what if I had come out at 16 instead of 21" speculation for me. I was a late bloomer, what can I say? Speaks a lot for "the environment. At any rate, I found the film absorbing and realistic, in many aspects. As my friendpointed out, "Yes, but there were so many’cinematicmoments.’ "Myresponse was, "yes -and ? - life is made of ’cinematic moments.’ Sometimes we’re lucky enough to havelots of them." I pointed out several ’cinematic moments’ that we shared that he’d forgotten, and he conceded the point. He also took umbrage with the ending, whichwas realistic. (Warning: Don’tread beyond this point to the next paragraph if you haven’t seen it and don’t want it spoiled) He wanted a more romantic ending ¯ (ironic, given his criticism only moments before of the "cinematic moments"). The ¯¯ boys split, our hero deciding against a futurebased on deceptionand hiding with : one so.uncomfortable with himself. ¯ To me, that was a happy ending - he : was strong enough to standup for whathe believed, both in a public And of course, no column written by yours truly would be complete without a mention of "You Know Who." And if you don’t know, then you’ve not been reading this seetion regularly, now have you? and personal sense, and wasn’t willing to "settle" for less. Yes, the sappy ending myfriendproposedwould have been ok, and his rationalewas that so many mowes with Gay characters end up with depressing endings that he’d have liked to have seen an alternate ending where both come out and live happily ever after. Yeah, maybe it. would have been nice, but I applaud the author and producer’s strength to stick with this ending. And to me, it was a happy ending of sorts. All ¯ depends on perspective, I suppose. At any ¯ rate, The activg was top-notch, the ¯ characters were real, and it is definitely a ¯ film destined to be at the top of my DVD ¯ wish list." : "Beauty and the Beast" ended its run on ¯ aninterestingnot.e.Abeautifulproduction, ¯ albeit with sometechnieal difficulties (the. : first week’s shows were in reality : "previews", in which technical errors are : more or less expected and worked out) ¯ such as bad timing on the lighting, ¯ ° reveahngcharacter’ s "di° sappearances"to ¯ beactors running inand out oflights when ¯ it should bedark, beasts transforming into : princes and getting stuck in mid- ’ transformation by malfunctioning ¯ "magic" ("this spell canceled due to ¯ technical difficulties") and mysterious ¯ illnesses taking out cast members. ". see Beast, p. 14 by the Helmerich Foundation October 16, 22 & 24 Tulsa Perf:oming Arts Act Now! 587-4811 596-7111 for tickets. OKLAHOMA T 0 H R by John Curran ATLANTIC CITY - The flowers and dime-store crown were real. Nearly everything else was fake, from the eyelashes to thecleavage tothetip-synched songs. WelcometoAtlantic City’ s otherbeauty pageant, the one for men dressed in drag. Seven blocks and a world away from the stage where Miss America 2000 was crowned, the Miss’d America Pageant lampooned its famous older sister with a raucous, gender-bending spoof funny enough to bust a girdle. Held annually on the night after Miss America’s crowning, Miss’d America provides a sarcastic antidote to the applepie sincerity of the real pageant. The swimsuit competition? A display of chunky thighs and muscular arms. The musical production numbers? Over-thetop atrocious. The evening wear contest? Outright hysterical. The only serious thing Sunday was the cause: Theeventraisedmorethan $15,000 for support programs run by the South Jersey AIDS Alliance. "It’s the wildest show this side of the Boardwalk," said Bill Mattel, the alliance’s former chief executive. Wild, indeed. There was Miss Sallotta ¯ Tea, who squeezed 240 pounds into a : sequined black cocktail dress and opera- " length black gloves. Down the runway ¯ wentMissTea, pushing acartloadedwith ¯ goodies and warbling a versionofthe title : song from the musical "Cabaret." "Life is ¯ abigb,uf,fet, myfriend. Socometothebig buffet, sang Miss Tea. ¯ Then there was Miss Tenee, a 6-foot-3 : inch, 205-pounder, who began a talent ¯ segment in a purple Afro wig and brown ¯ velour dress. That soon disappeared, : revealing a silk chemise. Miss Tenee won : the crown, was given a dozen roses and ¯ headeddown the bulb-adornedrunway as ¯ the crowd sang a reworked version of ". "There She Is," the Miss Americastandard. ¯ The capacity 600-person crowd was a ¯ mix of Gay and straight, casino workers and local politicians, Miss America ¯ Pageant hairstylists and female ¯ impersonators. , Not that there wasn t some authenticity ¯ to the proceedings. Miss America 1998 : Kate Shindle, who spent her reign ¯ promoting AIDS advocacy and needle : exchanges, sang "My Man" during the : show. "As far as I’m concerned, what’s : any pageant without a former Miss ¯ Whatever singing StreisandT’ she said. M E TI"VAL OCTOBER 7, 8, 99 9 9 9 Professional Business "You don’t have to know ballet to love ballet. You just have to try it." AR11Sl1[: :Mixed Repertory includes two Oklahoma premieres Exposition ~SUNDAYS Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 Community of Hope (Welcoming), Service - 6pm, 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800 Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation Service - 1 lain, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595 (Welcoming) Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist Service - 1 lain, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314 Metropolitan Community Church United Service, l lain, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715 House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210b So. Norwood Parish Church of St. Jerome (Evangelical Anglican Church in America) Mass - 1 lain, 205 W. King (east of N. Denver), Info: 582-3088 Unity Church of Christianity Services: 9:15 & 11:00 am, 3355 S. Jamestown, 749-8833 University of Tulsa Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance 6:30 pm, Meets at the Canterbury Ctr., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780 ~ MONDAYS Mixed Volleyball, Helmerich Park, 71st & Riverside, 6pm, call Shawn at 243-5190. HIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appointment required. Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm, 834-TEST (8378) 3501 E. Admiral (east of Harvard) HIV Rap Sessions at Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center 7:30pro, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815 PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays 2rid Mon/each mo. 6:30pro, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. 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Lambda A-A, 7 pm, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft. ~THURSDAYS HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education Anonymous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pm 834-8378, 3507 E. Admiral Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN) Support/social group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325 Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS, Info: 834-4194 I~" FRIDAYS SafeHaven, Young Adults Social Group, I st Fri/eachmo. 8pro, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th ~" SATURDAYS Narcotics Anonymous, 11 pm, Commmlity of Hope, 1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800 Lambda A-A, 6 pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd t, ~i~ _ I~’ OTHER GROUPS ...... T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info:298-0827 Gal-A-Vanting, Women~ Social & Cultural Group Call for info: Kathy at 322-6322, or Barb at 459-6825. OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organization. Long rides & short ddes from Zeigler Park. Long & short rides from Tulsa Gay Commtmity Center. Write for info: PUB 9165. Tulsa, OK 74157 Ifyour organization is not listed, please let us know. Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615. by George Bria POUND RIDGE, N.Y. (AP) - Gardening ~njoys suchaserenereputation thatgetting njure~ at it seems almost laughable: Yet anoverzealous greenthumbcanalsomean a sore elbow. Thecasualtyhsts are. swelled, ofcourse, by the power eqmpment ix~juries oaten stiffered through ¯ in’attention or failure to wear ,:protective gear~ But.whatwe’re talking about here is soreness, strains and sprains. A common ailment is tendonitis. You can get tennis elbow just pulling weeds, the repetitive squeezing motion inciting inflzmmation. Back muscle spasm is another trauma that threatens the wheelbarrow lifter or the person who bends abruptly or improperly to perform some taskinflowerbed or vegetable patch. Sometimes it just happens without an easily pinpointed cause. Having suffered both these : abdominal muscles," Pearlman says. "In ¯ essence, thesemuscles act as"guy wires," ¯ to keep your baekmhne. She prescn a series of abdominal strengthening : exercises and also exercises to condition ¯ other muscles related to the back. : If, in spite of all this, back spasm suddenly strikes, Pearlman says stop your garden work immediately, head for the house and lie down on an ice pack for 20 minutes. That’s just a beginner. Then do some exercises and maybe take a pain reliever. Repeat the sequence four or five tames during the first day. In two or three days you should be better, she says, and if not, think of going to a doctor. Pearlman prescribes a variety of push-ups and weight-lifting exercises to -strengthen arms. One. way to strengthen hands, she says, is repetitive squeezing of a semisoft rubber ball.. Aside from strengthening exercises, "Lets get down to earth and be real;’ Pearlman says, "gardening is an active, contact "sport." "When is the last time you sat still in your garden?" - Barbara Pearlman ailments from my gardening, I can testify : they’re just as painful as if you got them " on the tennis court, as I did, or from some ° other sport or at work. To add to potential miseries, a bad elbow you got in tennis might heal only to flare up again in the garden. Tendonitis can hit the shoulder, too,andoften does. There are conditioning exercises youcan do, andprobably should do, to prevent injuries, but in my experience inflanu~tory ailments like tendonitis sometimes seem to happen willy-nilly. One day you’re fine after w.eedigg an,d. anotherday you develop pain tlaat doesn t go away. The same thing happens to a pitcher or a hard-serving teums player despite conditioning. Proven therapies, involving drugs, exercises or even surgery, exist to heal such injuries but preventing them from happening in the first place is something else. Nevertheless, suggestions exist, and a good book has just come out aimed at conditioning youto minimize the chances of getting hurt while gardening. "Gardener"s Fitness" by Barbara Pearlman (Taylor Publishing Co., $12.95, paperback), a Manhattan fitness expert and a gardener, prescribes exercises, proper posture and attire and relaxation teclmiques. The 151-page book contains easy-to-follow instructions and helpful illustrations. "Lets get down to earth and be real," Pearlman says, "gardening is an active, contact "sport." "When is the last time you sat still in your garden?" she asks, "If you’re not hauling heavy rocks, you’re pushing a wheelbarrow, toting tools, dragging the hose, or whacking weeds. You’re in perpetual motion, unless of course your idea of gardening is planting :apot of~etunias orp~msies onyourpaso?’ Pearlman identifies tlie body parts mat workhardestinthe garden as arms,: ,,l~ees, hands "and, abov,~ all, your back,. Back pain,"shesays,~s the gardener sbugaboo. Unless your back is made of steel (in which case, youprobably can’.t g.etinto ,al,1 the contorted positions gardemng cans for) at some point during the season, your back is bound to protest." ’The very best defense against back painis agoodoffense, whichmeans strong knee fitness involves proper squatting in the garden, Pearlman says. This means keeping your heels flat, otherwise far : much pressure is placed on your knees." : "Knowing how to bend over andhow to ¯¯ lift an object (or yourself) the correctway is crucial to gardening," Pearlman says. : ’The chance of straining your back is far : greater if youneglect tobendyourknees." ¯ When carrying things, she says, "you ¯ should use the strongest and largestjoints and muscles (those in your arms) for the ." job to avoid direct pressure on your ¯ smallestjointsandweakestmuscles (those : in your hands and fingers.)" ¯ "There is a right way and a wrong way ¯ to move when you garden and malting th,e, ¯ right moves makes good garden sense,’ ". Pearlman says. "It’s as simple as that." :: :DonationsRejected ¯ JOHANNESBURG, South Mrica (AP)- ¯ A provincial blood donor service has ¯ started turning away black blood donors ¯ between 18 and 35 years because of the : high risk of infection from AIDS and ¯ other diseases, E-TV reported in : September. ¯ Eric Saunderson, head of the Natal BloodTransfusion Service, confirmedthat the agency is importing blood from Hollandand theWestern Cape, a province with a lower rate of HIV infections. ¯ "Ourresponsibility is to thepatient, and ¯ it’s the right of every patient to have the ¯ safest blood possible," Saund~rson said ¯ in the television interview. ¯ Ronald Louw, a spokesman from the ¯ Gay and Lesbian Coalition, denounced the practice of apartheidblood collection. ¯ ’q’his is discrimination," he said. ¯ About 8% 0f all South Africans are ¯ HIV positive,~a rate that reaches up to ¯ 25% in some communities in KwaZulu- ¯ Natal, where the Natal service is located, ¯ and elsewhere in the country. 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A survey of 1,200 boys, ranging from 10- to 17-yearsold, revealed their favorite entertainment often depicts brutality as a heroic way to solve~problems, said Harvard psychologistWilliam Pollack, who helped analyze the study for ChildrenNow. "It’s gender straight-jacketing," Pollack said. ’q~hese boys believe that in order to be a real man- like the ones in the media - they have to be violent and aggressive."About74%ofthe characters and sports figures viewed by the participants committed brutal or defiant acts or demonstrated antisocial behavior such as ridiculing or lying, Pollack said. The study was released at the start ofthe group’ s anntml conferencein Los Angeles. Children Now, an independent advocacy group for children in Oakland, plans to use the findings to call on entertainment executives to promote a more compassionate image of men, said Lois Salisbury, president of the organization. According to Ms. Salisbury, the kickboxing crimefighter on "Walker, Texas Ranger" on CBS and the sensationalized crashes and arrests on Fox’s "World’s Wildest Police Videos" were among the worst for reinforcing negative stereotypes ofauthoritativemen. "Theyjust glorify heavy-handed tactics," she said. She also speculated that professional wrestling’s blend of scantily dad women a University ofLouisville assistantmedical professor, said: without federal money, only people with insurance will have access to the relatively few doctors with experience in AIDS treatment. "I think we’re at a point the legislation needs tobe considered,"Huangsaidduring a public hearing by the legislature’s Task "It’s gender straightjacketing," Pollack said. "These boys believe that in order to be a real man - llke the ones in the media - they have to be violent and aggressive." - William Pollack : and muscle-bound fighters could cause ¯ relationship problems for adolescent boys "_ who might imitate the behaviors they see ¯ acted out by the wrestlers when trying to : woo women. ’The image is that men are meant to be defined by anger and violence and power and sex," Ms. Salisbury said. ’There is very little roomfor a range of behaviors such as compassion and compromise." She points to ABC’s ’¢Fhe Drew Carey Show" as an example ofaprogram that has very little violence and draws itshumorfrom the crew-cutted comedian’s portrayal of schlepping throughamundane job. "He’s stuck in ajob that’s going nowhere and the whole basis (of the show) is that he is ¯ . . a loser," Ms. Salisbury said. "That tells boys that the only place to be is at the top. Otherwise, you’re to be laughed at." Michael J. Gerson, a psychologist and lecturer at Loyola Marymount University, criticized Children Now for ¯¯ drawing what he characterized as an elementary conclusion about the effects ¯ of media violence on young people. ¯ "Researchers canunderestimate the ability of children to make distinctions between ¯ fantasy andreality,"Gerson said.’~A child ¯ may s~oot his fingers like a gun, but he doesn t have to develop a killer mentality ¯ or wish to be destructive." i-iowever, ¯ Gerson saidChildren Now was correct in ¯ proposing that the blending of sex and ¯ violence can confuse adolescents who ¯ should instead associate gentleness with ¯ intimacy. "I do object to movies where the ¯ girl and the guy get into the back seat of ¯ the car and a Miler pops out and cuts them ¯ in half with a chain saw," Gerson said. ¯ "That can cause problems." Force on HIV/AIDS Prevention, Services " and Financing. " Thirty-three states require people ! infected with HIV, the human ¯ immundeficiency virus, to be reported by " name. The federal government is : pressuring all other states, including ¯ Kentucky, to follow suit. Those that balk ¯ could lose federal funding for AIDS, the " task force says in a report. ." The recommendation brought a fierce ¯ response aboutprivacy-evenamong task " force members - at the public hearing. "I " call it blackmail," said Barry .Norris, a ," task force member from Louisville. But, ¯ Norris asked, what choice does Kentucky " have. Do we just not take themoney9... ° ¯ Do we make a principled stand?" Jeff ." Vessels, executive director of the ¯ American Civil Liberties Union in " Kentucky, said states should challenge the federal agencies. "It’s a terrible thing that we have to sacrifice so much privacy in the name of money," Vessels said. An AIDS patient said the stigma of the disease would drive many people underground. "For the fear of reporting their names, they simply will not go get tested," Michael Seidler of Louisville testified. Thestate keepsrecords ofAIDS patients by name, but not of people infected with ttIV..For that reason, the state’ s reports of HIV infection are considered suspect by federal record keepers at the Centers for Disease Control. Mollie’Adkins, of the Kentucky Department for Public Health, said name reporting is the most reliable way yet found to ensure cases are not duplicated and statistics are not inflated. Names would he maintained, in a state database, not passed along to the CDC. The task force also says the legislature should restrict access to the information and enact stiff penalties for breaches. Seidler, the AIDS patient, said that was wishful thinking. Computer hackers got into Florida’s HIV-test database, he said. "Ifyoucan guarantee somethinglike that’ s not going to happen..." Seidler said, "by all means go outand get tested yourselves." by Esther Rothblum, Ph.D. Do Lesbians drink more alcohol than heterosexual women? In the not-toodistant past, the Lesbian bar was one of the only places " ~ome d the where Lesbians could go to early studies meet other women. On the otherhand,many Lesbianbars su~,rested that h~iVe Closed down, indicating Pdr.einrhkainpgs lt~hsast aLndeshbaivaensot-haerer- upd-toLoensblei~atnhlsrdplaces to socialize, To find out more about Lesbians and alcohol-use, I interviewedDr. TondaHughe~ in the Department of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago. ,Some of the early studies suggested that up .to one third of Lesbians were serious alcohol abusers," she said, "but often these researchers collected their data from Lesbians in bars. So itis not surprising that this method found a large number of Lesbians who were heavy drinkers. I think that that is why we have the bdief that Lesbians are atriskfor alcohol abuse." Nevertheless, Dr. Hughes believes that Lesbians drank more than heterosexual women in the 1960s and 70s. "Lower rates of drinking among Lesbians now is partly due to changes in drinking in the whole population, to more health consciousness, and to the AIDS crisis, which has alertedus to the risks ofalcohol and drug use," she said. She also felt that Lesbians used to drink more during the coming out process, in order to deal with social anxiety and stigma involved in meeting other women and coming to terms with being a Lesbian. In a study conducted in Chicago, New York City, and Minneapolis/St. Paul in the mid-1980s with more than Lesbians, Lesbians overall were no more likely to reportalcohol-relatedproblems than we.re ° heterosexual women. Only Lesbians in the 50-60 year old age range reported ¯ more alcohol problems than did their " heterosexualcounterparts. Dr. Hughes has ¯ conductedaseries of studies withLesbians " and heterosextml women that focus on ° various mental health factors, including ¯ alcohol use and abuse. Her results indicate that Lesbians these " days are no more likely to drink heavily " than are heterosexual women. In fact,-- Lesbians were more likely to report ¯ abstaining from alcohol altogether for the " past year than were heterosexual women.." Most of the Lesbian and-heterosexual ¯ womeninher sample drank alcohol at low " levels. White Lesbians, however, drank " morethandid AfricanAmericanor Latina ¯ Lesbians. "Interestingly, there are more Lesbians ." who report that they are in recovery, " though" she added. Only 2% of." heterosexual womenhadbeenin treatment for alcohol or in 12-step programs, compared with 17% of Lesbians--a large " difference. This may be the result of prior ¯ heavy drinking among Lesbians. Or it " may be thht Lesbians are more aware of " were serious alcohol abusers~~ she said, ’but often these researchers co||ected tbelr data [rom Lesblans ;n bars. So it’s not surprlslng that this method [ound o[ Lesbians who were heavy drinkers. I think that that is why we bare the belld that Lesbians are at r~sk [or alcohol abuse.’" ~ substanceuse issues than areheterosexual ¯ women. Oneofthe questionsinthesurvey is "Have you ever wondered if you had a drinking problem," and 47% of Lesbians answered "yes" to this item compared with only 14% of the heterosexual women. This finding again hints at heavy alcohol use in thepastonthepartofLesbians. Finally, there was a trend for older Lesbians to report more drinking, and these are the Lesbians who were adults during earlier times when drinking was more part of the Lesbian commurtities. Dr. Hughes is interested in exploring patterns of drinking across various age groups of Lesbians. Specifically, she is interested in whether older Lesbian~ who were adults during earlier times when drinking was more part of the Lesbian cotumunities are continuing to drink heavily. She is also interested in the question of how Lesbians and their partners moderate each others drinking, because research on heterosexuals shows that partners’ drinking is a major factor in how much people drink. We still know very little about all Ihe factors that increase or decrease Lesbians’ risk for alcohol abuse or alcohol-related problems. Esther Rothblum is Professor of Psychology at the University of Vermont and Editor of the Journal of Lesbian Studies. She can be reached at Dewey Hall, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT, ¯ emaih esther.rothblum@uvm.edu. of The Tulsa Worldnews story about the New Jersey ruling. Ms. Kue.lmertpromised to check into the issue and to telephone back the next day. TAUWenjoys significant supportfrom some of Tulsa’s most well known corporations. Debbie Graham ofQuikTrip Corporation said that her organization had supported UnitedWayformany years because it helps a vast variety of agencies but-that QuikTrip doesn’t get involved in "the politics of individual agencies." And while Ms. Graham could not confirm that Quik Trip has a nondiscrimination policy which explicitly includes "sexual orientation," she noted that it is their practice not to discriminate. Quik Trip had provided promotion of the United Way campaign in the form of a printed solicitation for support on Quik Trip paper bags. Emily Gill of Dollar Car Rental did confirm that her company and its parent group, Dollar/Thrifty Automotive Group (DTAG) which Mr. Cappy chairs, does have an explicitnon-discrimination policy butMs. Gill wasunable to address whether any one atDTAG saw any conflictbetween their internal non-discrimination policy and see TA UW, p. 13 Red Rock Tulsa Free Confidential HIV Testing Walk-in Clinics Tuesday Testing, 5 -8 pm Pride Center, 1307 East 38th Wednesday Tdsting, 5-8 pm Red Rock, 1724 East 8th Daytime appointments available. Call for more information: 918-584-2325 Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist 11 am, Sunday 1314 North Greenwood 587-1314 We knowyou’re going to love this..r Restaurant & Cabaret ltxst~~ tla~ ~’f~rO~ ¯. 310 East First Streel 918-599-9949 Massage Therapy Services Edgar O. Cruz, L.M.T. Pager: 918-889-5255 Voice Mail: 918-697-9282 Lic. #C4133 Want to get involved? Need to get tested for HIV? Need a Coming Out Support Group? 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He is de_t,_e~_.ined.n_o,t to get any older. Freezingone s agent50ts somewhat more mature than those of us who fixate on 30, or even 25. Another birthday boy I know is at 28 and holding. Andmy friend Steve- who is 33 and gorgeous - always shaves five or six years off his age on those tempting messages he leaves on telephone dating, lines. Welcome to America. Growing up around here is good. But growing old can be a problem. We all know about the bittersweetness of birthdays. Next time you are in a card store, have a look at those nasty if cruelly funny. cards that we are encourag to giveanyoneunlueky enough to have turned 40. Women complain that the onusof age falls most heavily on them. Men, as they wrinkle, gray; and sag, at least might bope.~o grow to be distinguished. Women, on the other hand, age into grannies and crones. My sly friends who have recycled or lost a few of their blrdadays, however, don~t seem to be waiting eagerly for distinguished, silver-haired maturity. They, too~ would rather stay young and juicy. Theexplosion of men’s hair dye, plastic surgery, and youthful herbal supplement commercials flashing daily on my television screen suggest an increasingly desperate age-panic among all of us, no matter our gender. When I was 24, I lived on Tanna, an isolated South Pacific island. Everyone there is related to everyone. Newcomers - quickly receive "fictive kin" identities in order better to fit into village life. Soon after I arrived, all the kids began calling me kaha - "grandpa." I was taken aback by this. Why, back then, I had hardly any gray hair after all! OnTanna, though, as in most places on earth, ageis pr_estigio.us.. Those kids were doing me abig favor wttla that grandpa thing. Myislandfriend Nariu, who was hardly older than me, within a few years had started referring to himself (and me) as "’we old men." Nariu was ambitious and since old men ran his society, he was determined to become a senior citizen as soon as he could. American fears of aging clearly have much to do with how years connect up with power and prestige. I sometimes ask my university students when they think adulthood begins. When do you truly become an adult? They tend to place this somewherein the20s-afew years bey.ond their own age. Most Americans associate adulthood with economic independence: having one’s own job, paying 0n.e’s.o.wn bills. We see some 35-year-old still hvlng with mother as sadly still a little juvenile. I also askmy youthful students for their, defimtmns of nnddle-aged and old. Answers here are more variable. (Some startmiddleage-at30.) Generally, though, true oldness connects with retirement. Once we leave the workplace for good, we lose salary, power, prestige, and any final fleeting claims to youth. People throughoutmost of the world can’t wait to get old. The older they are, the more ¯ authority and influence they have within their fzmilies and societies. Here, if you : want to be president at age 69, like Ronald ¯ Reagan you’d better pour on that black ¯ hair dye. . Gay menmay bemore panickedby age : than most Americans. We have all heard : bitter complaints about our agi_sm ~ a~,d lookism- and such gripes are often samy : justifiedbypersonal experience. (Lesbian ¯¯ society is,l~___ha,p_s kinder to it_s wrin.kl,ed sisters ) It s fun to read the age limitalmns in classified personal ads. "Gay men may Most of the lovelorn are ISO sweet-youngthings. Notmany be more want to date those of well-. panicked by age than most Americans. We have all heard bitter complaints a~out our agism -- and lookism - and such gripes are often sadly justified by personal experience." aged .and mature vintage. Many ads have upper age cutoffs - commonly 30 or 35 or, morerarely, 40. Some seekers are willing to date over a decade’s span-five years younger to five years older than themselves. Many 40- somethings speei-ficaldl’y request none but the 20- something... Good luck... More gray hair on the way for you, I think. Or there is the daddy niche: Sugardaddies,leatherdaddies, bears and cubs. A few yonngish personal advertisers won’ t touch anyone underneath 45 or 50. They want~eir daddy. At.leastthere remarns, here m .agist American, one specialized market opporUmity for mental, ,facial,,and financial maturity. So you can atways ouy a youth if you can’t have youth yourself Then there are the age-blind. They "go bv~t_he s,n_i_r_i t. "Thev_o_romisetodateanyone 18 to 88, or so they say. I logged onto a 61- vear-old’s personal page on the Internet. "Ageis only a state of mind,"it said. Yeah right. Are you from Tanna or America? Check out your mirror. But I’m taking notes. Those birthdays keep rolling. And next year the cake might set off the smoke Lamont Lindstrom. Ph.D. teaches anthropology at ~he University of Tulsa? the discriminatory policies of the BSA and United Way’s failure to pledge not to discriminate. Ms. Gill promised aresponse after consulting with others in her organizationbutfailed to respondby press time. Likewise, Jean Johnson, Bank of America’s southwestern press spokesperson, pointed out that the bank, with its origins in San Francisco, has some of themostprogressive policies, not only pledging not to discriminate but also ¯ prowiding domestic partner benefits to ¯ their employees. She added that Bank of ] America is one of United Way’s largest ~ supporters on a national level. Roger ¯ Whaley ofBank of America serves on the ~ board of directors of TAUW. : The Tulsa Area United Way campaign ¯ enjoys further promotional sup.port fr,.om Tulsa area television stations. Accoromg ’. to the staffperson at KOTV, Channel 6, : the stations which represent the major ~ networks and Fox all agree to do public ¯ service announcements. " Pat Baldwin of KTUL, Cbannel 8 who ¯ is a member see TAUW, p. 14 The regular Belle’s father was hospitalized during the run, and at the last matinee, folks in the audience neverknew of the backstage drama going on. The Beast became ill at the end of the first act (where he flings himself across a balcony In despair of ever being loved, and the curtain falls). When the backstage crew revolved the set to help him down, they found the actor playing the Beast hanging over the balcony - passed out cold. They revived him, and he decided to go on with the show: However, you could never tell from the audience that anything was wrong. After the performance, he was whisked to the hospital as soon as the curtain fell. It appears he may have been suffering from a bleeding ulcer. The understudy went on that evening, and I hear he did well, despite misgivings on the part of some of the crew and other castmembers-not tomentionhehimself! I was sorry to see the troupe leave - they were such nice folk. October events at the Performing Arts Center (596-7111 for tix) include Tulsa Ballet’ s "AnnaKarenina", Oct 1-3; Sabella Oct 2; The Celtic Series with Natalie McMaster, Oct 8-9; Tulsa Opera’s "Carmen, Oct 16-24; ATC’s Titanic mystery, "Scotland Road", Ok 22-30; and The Phil’s pops concert, "Sound and Sorcery" Oct 29-30. I look forward to the arrival of Petula Clark as Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard." However, I still think Carol Bumett should tour with the show; that would bea .fresh interpretation in many respects. The reviews I’ve read and heard from friends thus far have reassured me we are in for an excellent show. The magicin themaking will arriveNovember 23 -28. And of course, no column written by yours truly would be complete without a mention of"YouKnow Who."Andifyou don’tknow, then you’ve not been reading this section regularly, now have you? Shame on you! The ever-ethereal Stevie Nicks made a stumling appearance on the top-rated Sheryl Crow and Friends concert on the ,Fox network, and it was interesting to note that she garneredthemostenthusiastic audience response of the eminently talented bunch. "Gold Dust Woman" never sounded better, and according to the rumor mill, her new CD’s in the can, awaiting release. Sheryl Crow produced theCDin between tours. Also, Lesbian Icon, Melissa Etheridge, if you follow the Tulsa World columns, is rumored to be scheduling a Tulsa appearance. We’ll be awaiting word on that situation. And "heart-and-other-body-partsthrob" Ricky Martin will be in Dallas November 4th. Ay cammba! of the board of directors of Tulsa Area UnitedWay, failed to respond to the voice mail asking him to call. In contrast, Bud Brown, new general manager ofKOTV, Channel 6, noted he’d only been in Tulsa for 3 weeks, and had not seen the Tulsa World article in which the Boy Scouts reaffirmed their anti-Gay stance but he noted that his corporation, The Belo Corporation which owns the Dallas Morning News, WFAA in Dallas and a number of other television_ stations, : is "very clear...very firm" on their ¯ corporatenon-discriminationpolicy which ¯ includes "sexual orientation." : Greg Gatewood, president of Tulsa ¯ Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR), ¯ was one .Gay person willing to have his : name used though he emphasized that he ¯ was speaking as an individual not for ¯ TOHR. Gatewood saidhefeltUnitedWay : did a lot of good, funding for example, ¯ TulsaC.A.R.E.S.andotherorganizations, ¯ and that he’d given to United Way in the : past. However, he added that he did not ¯¯ agreewith theBoy Scouts’ policy and that he’d like to see United Way open a : discussionwith theGay community about ¯ the Boy Scouts, trying to f’md common ¯ ground. He added thathe’dlike to include ¯ the Boy Scouts in that dialogue also. ¯ He suggested that instead of asking ¯ Tulsa Area United Way to stop funding ¯ the Boy Scouts that TAUW should be : asked to fund an organization which : provides services to Tulsa’s Lesbian and : .Gay communities. Gatewood emphati- ¯ tally agreed thatTAUW shouldamendits : ownnon-discrimination policy to include ¯ "sexual orientation." : A prominent member of Tulsa’s Gay ¯ community, Vernon Jones, partner of the ¯ late Phil Wiley and civil rights and HIV/ ¯ AIDS issues activist, recalled that Tulsa ¯ Area United Way also has a history of : racial discrimination. He remembers ¯ newspaper articles from his youth ¯ reporting on how TAUW refused to fund ¯ agencies which served Tulsa’s Black ¯ commtmity. Jones,likeothers appreciated ¯ TAUW’s support for HIV/AIDS services ¯ " but thought United Way should not fund. the BSA. Beth Kuehnert, Tulsa Area United Way’s marketing representative, did not call back as she promised. When asked about this by telephone, she accused Tulsa Family News of calling and harassing United Way supporters, naming one in particular. Ms. Kuehnert was informed that a news story required speaking with more than just her and that all contacts with United Way supporters had been through their designated press representatives and clearly identified as news inquiries and had been quite cordial. And despite earlier promises to try to answer questions about United Way’s decision to fund .the Boy Scouts, Ms. Kuehnert now stated that "I’m not going to ask this question in the middle of the campaign.., the decision [to fund the Boy Scouts] was made in the spring [last spring]." When TulsaFamilyNews contacted the UnitedWay corporate supporter who had allegedly been the subject of TFN harassment,TFN was told that they’d said nothing of the sort but only that they’d called Tulsa Area United Way president ¯ and chief professional officer, Kathleen ¯ Coon, to say that the issue of funding the : Boy Scouts had been raised. ¯ This corporate spokesperson ¯ characterized the conversation with TFN ¯ as very civil and cordial. At press dine, Tulsa Family News had ¯ made either three or four phone calls over : at least a four year period to Tulsa Area ~ United Way president Kathleen Coan ¯ requesting the courtesy of a return phone ¯ call. ¯ To date, Ms. Coon, despite an apparent ¯ ready accessibility to The Tulsa World ¯ and other non-minority news orgam- ." zations, has refused to return any calls. ¯ For a related editorial, please see ; United Our Way, p. 3. 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(and former lead singer of "lnae Nylons), whose sound is an eclectic hybrid of electronicpop witharock ’n’ roll swagger, and the fabulous "Doris Daze", an allwomen’s pop/rock band that is currently making a big splash in Dallas. (Check out these websites, www.mp3.com/dorisdaze and www.loudboybarnes.com, to get a taste of their music.) And it’s not over yet! Don’t dare miss the dance and drag show on Sunday afternoon at Center Stage. Besides the always exciting, always surprising performances of Domonique Daniels, .Carla Renee, Miss Helga, Tara T’Neil, and Tabitha Taylor of Tulsa, Okla., and our ever-popular DJ, Jon Caswell, "Barnes" will make a guest appearance! So call your friends, select your wardrobe, and make your lodging reservations now!! You won’t want to miss this weekend!!! Call The Emerald Rainbow at (501) 253-5445 or visit www.shimaka.com!eureka/diversity to get a full schedule of activities. DIVERSITY CELEBRATION SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES " bRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5 2:30 pm - 5:00 pin"Family" musicians perform at Mud St. Espresso Cafe on Main St. 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm More entertainment at the Kaffeehaus Aroma in Basin Park Hotel. 8:00 pm - 12:30 am M.CC. of the Living Spring hosts Carnival Under the Rainbow - Dance and Game Night. Game booths- will raise funds for local projects and organizations while Jon Caswell spins an eclectic mix of dance music. A great way to kick off the weekend! Basin Park Hotel Ballroom. Cover: $4.50 per person, $7.50 per couple. Must be 21. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 10:00 am - Noon Catch the end of the fall colors canoeing down the beautiful White River. Call the Dam Store at (501) 253-6154 for details. $22!canoe. 10:30 am - Noon Enjoy a "colorful" historic walking tour wi~ Bill. Meet at Sweet Springs on upper Spring St. next to Rogue’s Manor. No charge. 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Bring the kids to a "family" family picnic at Harmon Park. Food and games. Call Samuel Strickland for details (501) 253-7837. Children of all ages welcome. No charge. Be sure to check out the unique shops andrestaurants listed in the Eureka Springs Diversity Cooperative. Let them know you’re here for Diversity Weekend! 1:00 pm - 4:00 pro, Did you bring your singing voice? Give Karaoke a whirl with Lita at the Hole in. the Wall off Center St. No cover. 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Give your feet a break, and listen to some great musicians at Mud St. Espresso Cafe and Kaffeehaus Aroma. Tips appreciated. 9:00 pro- 1:00 am Party, party, party!! Dance, dance, dance!! Come on out to Center Stage, and dance like you mean it to Jon’ s high energy club tunes;ORShake your booties at the Basin Park Hotel Ballroom to the live performances of dynamic GLAMA-winning L.A. Singer/ songwriter Barnes, and the fantastic pop/ rock Dallas-based women’s band Doris Daze. (Both will have their CDs available for sale.) Must be 21! Cover charges: Center Stage only - $5 per person. Basin Park only - $10 per person. Both venues - $13 per person. What a nightt ! SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 2:00 pm - 6:00pmYou can’t leave yet!! Meet us again at Center Stage for our tea dance and drag show. Those girls from Tulsa, those talented, and always fantabulous entertainers, Domonique Daniels, Carla Renee, Miss Helga, Tara T’Neil and Tabitha Taylor will knock your socks off with their dazzling performances, while Jon graces us with his DJ magic once again. AND, to add to the excitement, Barnes will be there to sharehis terrificvoice andpowerful music in a Special guest set. Must be 21! Cover: $5 per person. 7:00 Inn M.C.C. of the Living Spring Service at 17 Elk St. Call (501) 253-9337 for information. All are welcome! OTHER HAPPENINGS * Friday night from 10 p.m. ’til close, Clary and K.J. will havelive entertainment and dancing at Center Stage. * If you’re feeling adventurous (and a little brave), you may want to check out the Ghost Tours at the Crescent Hotel. They start at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and last for approximately anhour andfifteenminutes. Discounted price of $8 per person to anyone wearing a purple"Eureka Springs Celebrating Diversity" button (available for half a buck at The Emerald Rainbow). Call (501) 253-8030 or 2428 for details. * In keeping with both themes this weekend, Judy at Pond Mountain Lodge, is hosting a "family" wine tasting, with hors d’oeuvres, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is a favorite boftle of wine from your state or $10 per person. Pond Mountain is on Hwy 23S about two miles from its intersection in town with Hwy 62. Call (800) 583-8043 for reservations. * After the dances on Friday and Saturday nights, Basin Block Cafe (across from Basin Park Hotel) will be open for breakfast from midnight ’til 3 a.m. * This weekend is also Eureka Springs’ Food and Wine Festival, and many of the town’s fine restaurants are offering special menus, from light fare to exquisite multicourse dinners. If you’re interested, call theChamberofCommerceformoredetails at (501) 253-8737. Be sure to stop byThe EmeraldRainbow to pick up your Diversity Cooperative booklet and discount coupons from some of the Coop’s businesses! And please join us at our next Eureka Springs Diversity Celebration Weekend on April 7, 8 &9, 2000 ! ! ! Keep an eye on www.shimaka.com/eureka~diversity for details. The Eureka Springs Diversity Celebrationweekendis producedby Linda Williams and M.C. 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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 United +AmericanAirlines To Offer Partners’ Benefits WASHINGTON - In a bold move with global ramifications for Gay and Lesbian workplace equality, United Airlines - the world’s largest airline - became the first major U.S. airline to offerfull domestic partner benefits, according to a press release from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). United Airlines announced the decision on July 30. ’q’his enormous victory will have a global impact in helping to create fair and equitable workplaces for Gay and Lesbian people," noted HRC Executive Director Elizabeth Birch in a statement released early in August. "We congratulate Unitedforjoining therapidly growing legion of compames who realize that treating all employees with dignity andrespect is goodfor business. United has definitely earned their wings. This is a noble challenge to other carriers to now align their benefits packages to reflect fairness and equality for every employee." As a result of United’s action, Equal Benefits Advocates, a San Francisco-based group, declared an end to the educational boycott of United. That organization called the.boycott in Febrtmry to .raise public awareness of United’s lawsuit, see United, p. 2 Arizona Legislator Takes On "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" by Melanie Carroll, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK - "Don’t ask, don’t tell?" Doesn’t work. ¯ That’s the word from an openly Gay Arizona legislator " and Army Reserve officer being investigated for : dischargeby the military. State Rep. Steve May,inNew ¯ York recently for a meeting of the Log Cabin Republicans, a Gay political group, called for an end to . the military’s policy on Gays. "A.t a time when recruiting and retentionis becoming ¯ a serious problem, and some members of Congress are . discussing a reinstatement of the draft, how much " longer will we degrade our military readiness by ¯ discharging competent, qualified, trained men and ¯ women?... This policymustcome to an end,"May said. " A spokesman for the Army Reserve confirmed an " investigation of May is under way; it started Aug. 7. ¯ ’¢foday I am facing discharge proceedings because I ¯ have refused to lie about who I am," May said. While never discussing his sexual orientation with military ¯ officials, he was open about it when seeking election ¯ last year. May, who still serves in the Army Reserve once a month, saidhe willlikely be discharged when the " Army’s investigation is complete. - ¯ Sen. John McCain, a former POWl said thereis room : in the GOP for openly Gay _r,ep,r.,e.sen,t~tives, but,add,~e~,’ " that besupports [he fiiiiitary s ’dOn t ask~ don t tell’ " policy. "We should in our party refrain from ¯ discrimination in any form,.M.cC.aan.satd. As-forMay, : "he’s a fine man," McCain added. "I have the greatest respect for him?’ Yet, as a member of the:mili~,May is subject to constraints growing out of the natur~ ~t~the military service, McCain said. Hesaid that sincesoIdiers ¯ must live in place and with people not of their own . : choosing, the policy regarding a soldierrs Sexual _" orientation makes sense. Stacey Sobel, a senior attorney with the Washingtonbased Service Members Legal Defense Network, is representing May against the Army Reserve. see Officer, p. 2 Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tuleans, Our Families + Friends Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Locations Congressi,onal Committee Hears Tulsans On Hate Crimes WASHINGTON-TheHuman Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest national Lesbian and Gay political organization, with members throughout the country, brought Tulsa hate crime victims Tony Orr and his partner Tim Beaucamp to Washington in early August to testify?before the hearing ot the House Judiciary committee on the .faced for a stonger federal response to hate crimes, specifically asking the House of Representatives to pass the Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA). InSeptember 1997, Orr and Beaucamp were standing at an ATM at State Bank in the Brookside neighborhood when three men approached them. They called the two men "faggots" and proceeded to brutally beat them. Orr suffered a concussion and received stitches for the many gashes onhis head. Bcauchampreceivedpermanentnerve damage after the orbital bone around his eye was broken. Speaking at a press conference before the Congxessional hearing, HRCexecutive director Elizabeth Birch introduced Orr, saying, "we urge Congress to listen to the courageous men and women who came forward today to speak ofthe unspeakable hate cr~mes that irreversibly changed their lives.., it is clear that hate crimes are a national problem and now is the time for Congress to embrace real solutions. The House should follow the Senate’s lead and pass the Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA)." To demonstrate the reai-life impact of these crimes, Birch introduced "A Decade of Violence: Hate Crimes Based on Sexual Orientation," a newly published report by the Human Rights Campaign and the Southern Poverty Law Center. The report details the rise in hate crimes and the impact it has on its victims and society. Tulsan Orr noted, "people like us in communities all across this country need some place to turn seeCongress,p.lO Tony Orr & Tim Beauchamp ¯ ’Jenny Jones’ Murderer Guilty ¯ PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - A jury rejected a claim that Jonathan ¯ Schmitz was driven to kill a Gay.acquaintance because of his unrelenting and unwanted advances, starting by revealing a crush on a talk show. "If he was Gay and a woman had approached him that way, would it have been right for him to kill her because she put anote and a flashing light in his door?" askedjuror Kimberley Manney. Schmitzwas convicted inlate August of second-degree murder in the death of Scott Amedure,who had appeared with him on ’q’he Jenny Jones Show." It marked the second time that a jury hadfoundhim guilty of that charge. The first conviction was later overturned"We wanted to send a message that it’s not all right to act this way," juror Ted Hight said. Schmitz’s second trial avoided the debate over the role played by Ms. Jones’ show, which was amajor part of acivil trial against the-show and Schmitz’s first murder trial. Instead, the jury debated Schmitz’s state of mind. As the verdict was read, Schmltz, 29, hung his head, stared down and clasped his hands under his chin. Schmitz’s first conviction for second-degree murder in 1996 resulted in a sentence of 25 to 50 years in prison; the Verdict was thrown out on appeal due to an error in jury selection. Oakland County Assistant Prosecutor Donna Pend~rgast Raid ~he Would ask for the same penalty when Schmitz is sentenced Sept. 14. "I always knew if thejury followed the law it would come back with this verdict," she said Schmi tz’s attorney, Jerome Sabbota, sought a le~s~r verdict Of manslaughter, saying that Amedure continued to pursue Schmitz to the point Schmitz "lost all reason." The segment never aired. He said Amedure lied to Schmi tz about the show, entitled "Same- Sex Secret Crushes," and set Schmitz off byleaving a suggestive note and blinking construction lightonhis door. Amedure "never let up and he never backed off. He created a situation when any reasonable person would have snapped," Sabbota said. The facts in the case were not disputed in the four-day trial. On ¯ March 6,1995,Amedure revealed his crush on’q’heJenny Jones Show," along with a sexual fantasy. Schmitz told him he was ." heterosexual. The two flew back to Detroit together and stayed ." out late drinking with a mutual friend, Donna Riley. : Onthe morning of March 9, 1995, see Jones, p. 15 ¯ Community Center News ¯ TULSA - Tulsa’s Gay Community Center and its parent organization, Tulsa Oldahomans for Human ¯ Rights (TOHR) have announced a full schedule of ¯ events for the next several months. On Sept. 11, ¯ TOHRandParents, Families &Friends ofLesbians &Gays (PFLAG) will hold aGarage Sale to benefit ¯ both groups. The sale will run from 7am to 4pm at ¯ 5303 E. 27th Place atDarlington. Donations of sale ¯ items may be left at the Center up to Sept. 8. Later, on Sept. 25, TOHR along with many ¯ others will host a Feast for Friends dinner which ¯ supports THENAMES PROJECT, theAIDS Quilt ; organization. TOHR’s dinner at the "Double T ; Ranch" will begin at 5pro and a $15 donation is ¯ requested. Those who cannot attend a dinner can ¯ join the dessert finale at the Southern Hills Marriott ; at 8:30. Into: TOHR, 743-4297 or THE NAMES ; PROJECT, 748-3111. ¯ Along with the First Annual Film Festival on Oct: 7-9 (see TFN’s Entertainment column which begins on page 8for more details as well as the Film Festival ad on page 8), the Center will host ¯ TOHR’s first Coming Out Fair "Discovering ¯ Yourself" from noon to 6pro on Sat. Oct. 9th. ; TOHR is also kicking off a new project, the CommUnity Pages, which is a Gay & Lesbian ; "yellow" or "pink" pages, or directory to Gay and ¯ Gay-friendly businesses and organizations. ; Tulsa formerly had such a directory called "Gay Tulsa" which was published by former resident, Kharma Amos. Amos, however, moved to the ; Northwest to attend seminary and for a number of ; years, no directory has been published. (Editor’s ¯ note:TulsaFamilyNewsalsoprovidesfreelistings ¯ in its directory to those who request them.) ¯ TOHR volunteers will be soliciting advertisers ¯ this fall and hope to publish a community directory ; early next year. Those interested in being listed or ¯ advertising should contact TOHR board member, ¯ Kerry Lewis, at POB 2687, Tulsa 74101 or by email at pride_center@yahoo.corn ¯ Wichita: No GaysAIIowed Tulsa Big Bros: No Prob. ¯ WICHITA/TULSA (AP/TFN) When the ¯ Sedgwick County Big Brothers Big Sisters went ¯ asking for mentors for a new program, everyone ¯ was invited to participate. Everyone exceptmembers ¯ of Ten Percent, a campus Gay and Lesbian group. ¯ Big Brother Big Sisters of Sedgwick County ¯ began its search for mentors by sending letters to ¯ Wichita State University student organizations. ¯ Thoughit wasn’t supposed to,Ten Percentreceived ¯ a letter soliciting volunteers. The letter said Big : Brothers Big Sisters clients were "waiting for a ¯ mentor like you." However, Ten Percent, which describes itself as : a"campus organization for Lesbian, Bisexual,.Gay : and Transgendered university students and their ¯ friends and allies," didn’t fit Big Brothers Big ¯ Sisters’ policy. The youth group does not allow ¯ Gay men or Lesbians to serve as mentors. ¯ Casey Ritchie, spokesman for Big Brothers Big : Sisters, said theletter was part of a mass mailing to ¯ all Wichita State University groups. "We simply ¯ feel it’s not in the best interest of the youths we : serve to put them in the middle of any potential ¯ controversy," Ritchie said. The letter was addressed to Chris Taylor, vice ¯ president of the 50-member group, whose name is ¯ based on studies that suggest that 10% of the : nation’s population is Gay. see 10%,p. 3 DIRECTORY P. 2 EDITORIAL p. $ US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 HEALTH NEWS P. 6 ENTERTAINMENT P. 8 COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9 D-I-Y-D P. 11 DYKE PSYCHE P. 12 GAY STUDIES P. 1:3 Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine *Boston Willy’s Diner, !742 S. Boston Burger Sisters Restaurant, !545 S. Sheridan *Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria *Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th *Gold Coast Coffee House. 3509 S. Peoria *Jason’s Deli, 15th & Peoria *Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th *Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square *St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st *Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan *Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main *TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial . ~ *Tool~Box, t338 Ei 3rd ’:~ ~ ~ ~ - 832-1269 592-2143 835-1207 599-9512 583 -6666 749-4511 599-7777 749-1563 744-4280 745-9998 834-4234 585-3405 656804--018350682~ Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals Advanced Wireless & PCS, Digital Celhdar 74%1508 *Affinity News, 8120 E. 21 610-8510 *Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000 Kent Balch & Associates, Health& Life Insurance 747-9506 *Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034 *Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 5231 E. 41 665-4580 Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15 712-1122 *Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 712-9955 *Borders Books &Music, 8015 S. Yale 494-2665 Brookside Jewdrv, 4649 S. Peoria- 743-5272 *CD Warehouse,’3807c S. Peoria 746-0313 Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. 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"It’ s ironic that his qualities ofintegrity and honesty got him elected in Arizona. ¯ Now thosequalitiesaregettinghimkicked ¯ out of the Army Reserve," Sobel said. ¯ Sobel added that since the implementation of"don’t ask, don’t tell," ¯ in 1994 the number of people discharged ¯ from the armed services has increased. ¯" "This demonstrates that the policy is not ¯ working," Sobel said. Lastyear the Army ¯ discharged 1,149 members of the armed ¯ fo.r..ccs ~or being G.ay~,ua.der. ’~do!~t. ask,. ~" don’Lt~ll." In 1~97, idi~lhw f6i~ 997 ~: ~eopte-0ut of die miii~_y. In 1994; 6i7 :,’. ~eople were dismissed. May, a lieutenant trained in nuclear, chemical and biological warfare defense, also is qualified as a paratrooper. He is second-in-command of the 348th Transportation Company. "The boycott was a success and now it’s over,;’ Jeff Sheehy, founder of Equal Benefits Advocates, told HRC. "We are grateful thatHRC supported this action;it really made a difference. Together, we liave sent amessage to corporateAmerica that this issue is important to our commlmity." "Wehave changed the world, and given that United is providing worldwide benefits, that is not hyperbole," said San Francisco Supervisor Mark Leno. "I want to commend and recognize HRC’s early and immediate support upon our request to honor the Equal Benefits Advocates in their designing of the boycott. Theboycott certainly played arole in the outcome, as did the courts." United’s domestic partner benefits package will offer a full range ofcoverage toGayandLesbian couples. Thesebenefits include medical and dental benefits, life insurance, pension survivor rights, bereavement and medical leave and flight discounts. Heterosexual domesticpartners will only receive non-economic benefits such as bereavement or medical leave and flight discounts. The decision will affect 97,000 United employees worldwide. According to the SanFrancisco Chronicle, the airline said their domestic partnership program will not go into effect until May. United came under heat from Gay and Lesbian advocates this year for.joining in a lawsuit to stop San Francisco from making them comply with a local ordinance that said they must offer domestic partner benefits in order to do business in the city. United argued that they did not have to comply with the ordinance because they were a national company that only had to follow federal government mandates. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilkin recently ruled that the airlines had to provide "soft benefits" such as bereavement or medical leave. However, they did not have to offer employees economic benefits, such as pensions or health insurance. Theairlines, represented by the Air Transport Association, are appealing the ruling. Letters Policy Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on issues which we’ve covered or on ~ssues you think need to be considered. You may request that your name be withheld but letters must be signed & have phone numbers, or be hand delivered. 200 wordletters are preferred. Letters to other publications will be printed as is appropriate. Guest Editorial: Keeping Gay Kids Safe Too l~y Kerry Lobel, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force More than 50 million young people in grades K~ 12 trek back to school this month. They bring with them the concerns of their parents and their communities over the issue of school safety. Seeing the flood of back-to-school stories on the local news, I sense that something - or someone - is missing from this picture. Specifically, five million someones. That’s thenumber ofestimatednumberofGLBTQ (Gay, -Lesbian, Bisexual, transgendered or questioning) students in "our public schools. For them, safetyis aneveryday concern. Let’s consider some statistics: - 28% Of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual youth drop out of school because of harassment and verbal attacks, according to a study conducted by the U.S. DepartmentofHealth and Human services. - 22% ofboys and29% of girls perceived as Gay or Lesbian have reported physical attacks by students, according to another study by the same agency. -80% of Gay and Lesbian teens report feelings of severe social isolation at school, What can you do? Demand that your school dlStrlet adopt pollees that protect students and teachers from harassment and discrimination; p~-ovlde staff with workshops and training; support eurrio~la that includes information about the llv~s and contributions of GLBT people; and allow for the formation of Gay-Stralght Ai~’~anees. , . according to statistics provided by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network. Right now, our nation is having a public discussion overwhat to do about violence in the schools. President Clinton held a summit. Columbine, Colorado officials put in place a policy of "zero tolerance" for harassment and taunting. Many are pointing fingers at the entertainment industry or the gunindustry or the Interact. Republicans and Democrats, in typical fashion, are pointing fingers at each other. But once again, our voices are left out of the debate. Our voices are enriched by painful experience, for who among us can forget the frequency with which epithets like "fag" and "dyke" are casually tossed around on the playground, in the school cafeteria, inthe locker room, Nevertheless, airlineindustry experts expect Other airlines to follow United s lead~ ¯ even in the school classroom. ¯¯ What can be done? The good news is progress can- and is - being made to ¯ protect our schoolchildren. In the state of New York, for ." example, legislators this summer filed (but have not yet ¯ passed) the Dignity for All Students Act, which would ¯" direct schools to adopt policies to create a safe school environment for all students. The proposal would revise : state curriculum requirements to include human relations ¯ education. This curriculum Would enable students to ¯" :foster an appreciation- of people of different sexmd ¯ orientations as well as different racial or religious backgrounds. In the state of California, legislators defeated similar legislation by one vote. That was disappointing, but the bill progressed further than ever before, and I amhopeful California and New York will join Connecticut, Massachusetts and Wisconsinin protecting their students. Across the country, hundreds of school districts have examined ways to keep young people safe. Perhaps some ofyoureading this columnhavejoined in this effort. I like to say that equality begins at home- and there’s no better place to join the battle for GLBT equality thzn at your local school district.Groups such as the National Youth Advocacy Coalition (www.nyacyouth.org) and the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (www.glsen.org) are already working across the country to improve the lives of GLBTQ youth. What can you do? Demand that your school district adopt polices that protect students and teachers from harassment and-discrimination; provide staff with workshops and training; support curricula that includes information about the lives and contributions of GLBT people; and allow for the formation of Gay-Straight alliances and other clubs that address homophobia and heterosexism in school. As the award-wiuning documentary producer Debra Chasnoff ("It’s Elementary") taught us, children are not bornwith bigotry andintolerance- they learn it. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, if we used back-to-school season as a platform to address safety for our children? Five million children are waiting for us to act. Founded in 1973, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force works to eliminateprejudice, violenceandinjustice against Gay, Lesbian, Bisexualandtransgenderedpeople at the local, state and national level. Aspart ofa broader socialjustice movementforfreedom,justice andequality, NGLTF is creating a world that respects and celebrates the diversity ofhuman expression and identity Where all people mayfully.participate in society. According to the Chronicle, a spokesman for the Air Transport Association said that although none of the group’s members except United is offering the benefits, they probably will, even as they press for appeal Just a few days after United Airlines announced ~ts decision, AmericanAirlines officials informed theHuman Rights Campaign that they would become the second major U.S airline to offer domestic partner benefits to Gay and Lesbian employee~ worldwide. -.HI~ ~ s Birch~said of,American Airlines’ decision, "W~ are witnessing history and the beginning of a new era of fairness for Gay and Lesbian airline workers. United’s landmark decision has clearly had a domino effect, where walls.of discrimination-.are:falling each day." And Birch added, "American Airlines is HRC’s official airline and we ate enormously proud that they have taken this important step." American’s domestic partner benefits package will offer a full range of coverage to the partners of Gay and Lesbian workers. These benefits include medical and dental insurance, life insurance, pension survivor fights, bereavement and medical leave and flight discounts. The decision will affect more than 100,000 American and American Eagle employees worldwide. American and United Airlines join a greater trend in corporate America where employers are increasingly offering domestic partner benefits to Gay and Lesbian employees. Overall more than 2,800 U.S. employers currently offer domestic partner benefits, according to HRC’s WorkNetprojectwhich tracks this trend. Currently 70 Fortune 500 companies offer these benefits, including AT&T, Chase Manhattan Bank Corp., General Mills, IBM, Mobil Oil,TimeWarner, and Walt DisneyCompany. In addition, more than 99 colleges and universities, 73 state and local governments and hundreds of non-profit organizations and trade umons are currently offering domestic partner benefits, according to HRC’s WorkNet. I-IRC’ s WorkNet project, which also assists companies in implementing domestic partner benefits and with other workplace issues, worked closely with GLEAM, the Gay employee group atAMRCorporation, the parentcompany, of American Airlines in formulating the policy. Taylor said the group would use the incident to try to get Big Brothers Big Sisters’ policy changed. However, in contrast to the Wichita group, Tulsa’s Big Brothers Big Sisters has no "’across the board" ban on Lesbians or Gay men acting as mentors. The group’s spokesperson, Martha Desmond, Community Relations Director, did note that the issue probably would come up in the screening interview and would be shared with the child’s parent. She said she was not aware of the issue having arisen before. According to executive director, John Jacobs, the agency’s overriding concern had to be the best interest of the child, especially since most of the children served by the program may already have challenges which they face. Also, Jacobs stated that while a parent might veto a potential mentor because he or she is Gay, a parent, for obvious reasons, may also chose to take into consideration matching race, or religion or a nnmber of Other factors as well. ¯ Call me foolish or [ naive if you llke, but I ¯ still hope {or an Oklahoma that ¯ could stand up to any ¯ other state in our nation in justice, in equal opportunity, in : decent education. I ¯ believe our people are ¯ up to it. I just wish we ¯ had leaders who were. by Tom Neal, editor & publisher A few years ago, my father and I prevailed upon Sen. Don Nickles to meet with us about Gay &Lesbian issues, and we trekked over to Oklahoma City one warm winter day. We figured with one conservative Republ,ican and one progressive Democrat, one straightman and one Gay one, we were presenting a bipartisan view on civil rights issues. We were scheduled for 15 minutes and gotnearly -30.......... When all was said and done, Oklahoma’s senior senator, hardly surprisingly had not changed his mindone little iota, though he was quite civil. All we got out of the meeting was the c~mpliment that "you are a good spokesman for your cause." Gee thanks. So it’s not as though I really thought any constituent comment made to his office would make a difference, but periodically I like to try to bdieve in our American democracy: that if you have faith and speak the truth, that eventually right will prevail, despite the ample evidence ofmostofourhistory whereminority Americans are involved, be we Black, Indian, Female or Gay, or any combination thereof. But after reading one or another bits of tripe from the senator about the recess uomination by Pres. Clinton of openly Gay ambassador James Hormel, I figured I should at least not let Mr. Nickles believe that all Oklahomans agreed with him. I called. I left a~ message. I didn’t think much more about it. That was until I got a form letter from our senator saying how he agreed withmy position and in which letter proceeded to trash Hormel. Obviously that was not my position. Now mind you, this sort of inverse idiocy ~s just the sort of thing we’ve come to expect from Oklalaoma’s jtmior senator, Jim Inhofe, of pornographic office computer fame. Sen. Inhofe, who sings the praises of private enterprise although he’s lived off the public dole most of his ilfe, ts reputed by thosein this town who should know. not to be particularly bright. And I can say from first hand experience, that he’s rude to constituents. So the simple incomp.etence of getting a constituent’ s~position enurely wrong is somewhat expected from his office. But from Nickles, we should be able to expect a bit more. But then again, I also still believe in democracy. So of course, I called again to ask if it’s possible for Nickles’ office to do better. Because surely, surely no matter how much evil been done in this state in one way or another, nothing could have been so bad that we deserve two Inhofes! Nickles" staff did begrudgingly ad~nit that maybe they should have gotten it right. But they made the claim that they really don’t have to represent all the c~tizens of Oklahoma, that all Nic.kles has to .do is ,to represent whatever he said in his campaign that gothim elected and that was enough. So forget about whatever you may have believed about representative democracy, about the need for elected officials to find solutio~as for all their constituents, it’s winner take all and the rest be damned. I can’t believe that this approach is in our state or nation’s best ~nterests. I believe that Americans and Oklahomans in particular, are fair-minded people who would respond to leaders who sought compromise and consideration for all instead of the "leaders" wehave who wallow in prejudice and bigotry to fill their campaign coffers and get elected (mind you, I’m not picking just on Republicans, too many Oklahoma Democrats are just as bad, the only difference is Democrats just don’t talk as dirty about you when they’re stabbing you in the back). Call me foolish or naive if you like, but I hope for an Oklahoma that could stand up to any other state in our nation injustice, in equal opportunity, in decent education. I believe our people are up to it. I just wish we had leaders who were. Colorado Springs Holds¯ Gay Pride Parade & Rally COLORADO SPRINGS, Cold¯ (AP)-Two-year-old : Kyle wore a T-shirt that said "I love my Gay ¯ mommies," and knows 25-year-old Jennifer " Porterfield as "mommy" and 32-year-old Becky " Lewton as "mama." Each year Porterfield gets a card ¯ on Mother’ s Day and Lewton gets breakfast in bed on "Becky’s Day." "We’re no different than a straight " family," Lewton says. "We argue about the same " stuff. Believe me." . " They were among.those p.articipating .in the. m,n,th " annual Colorado Spnngs PrideFest parade and ratly, " held on the last Sunday in August. At the end of the ¯ parade, police estimated between 3,500 and 4,500 ¯ people filled Acacia Park for a celebration sponsored " by the Pikes Peak Gay &Lesbian Community Center. " "We’reteachers. We’relawyers. We’reprofessional " pa,,,,,l~" Lewton said. "(The oarade) is certainly not ¯ s’~xV’t~l thing, and thats"- wha’t people think it is." About a dozen protesters, some holding placards i and a couple of them carrying crosses; stood at one ¯ street comer as the parade passed. Police reported no ¯ problems. The .rally capped a week that brought Gay.iss..ues into the headlines in Colorado Springs, including those triggeredby ameeting oftheNational Religious Focus on the Family Christian ministry xor aueg y "inflammatory" rhetoric about homosexuality. Focus respondedonSundayin~tfull-pagenewspaper ad that said its staff members who attended the conference had hopes of establ}shing dialogue but were blind-sided by the accusataon. Focus, and the Christian Coalition of Colorado, also had criticized Colorado Springs Mayor Mary ~Lou Makepeace for sigmng a proclamation recognizing Gay-Pride week. ButCity Councilman Richard Skorman marchedin the parade and told the crowd at the park the mayor would have faced controversy regardless of her response to PrideFest organizers’ request for the proclamation. The banners in the parade heralded civil,rights groups, support groups, Gay pageant winners and Gay-friendly churches, includingFirstCongregational Church, All Souls Unitarian Church and Pikes Peak Metropolitan Community Church. The handful of protesters staked out the no,rthw.e,st comer of Platte Avenue and Tejon Street wlaere me six-block parade terminated. Parade participants occasionally taunted and blew kisses to the protesters who called for the marchers to "’repent." Missoula Gets First Gay Community CenterAgain MISSOULA (AP) - Wanting to show they’re "just next-door people," volunteers will open a downtown Gay and Lesbian community center here Wednesday¯ Founders of the Wes tern MontanaGay and Lesbian Community Center have Seen raising money for the project since last fall and now have about $19,000 from 50 paid members. But finding an affordable rent in Missoula’ s visible down~own axea wa.s ~ bigger challenge than raising the money, supporters said. With a rent budget of $800 a month and their goal focused on downtown, themembers havebeencombing thereal-estate market formonths:: ...... -, ’ -: - -’ ’-~. ":. What they ended up with is a two-room office state wi~ hardly=the room for a dance or even a public lectfire. But it’s a start, said Cat Carrel, one of the lcadera~pf the effort. ’qlais is a start-up space," she,, said,"and itrsa good first start-up. Wecan get goln~. Missoula last had a Gay and ,L~,,sbian commumty ~enter during the first half of the 80s, when the nowdefunct organization."Out in Montana" hadoffices in the Wilma Building in downtown Missoula. After 15 years without asocial and service-oriented center; the town’ s Gays and Lesbians wanted aplace to meet that was not a bar, said Randy Chancy, executive director of the Missoula AIDS Council. The center’s fledgling efforts had a wide variety of allies, from student groups at the Uni~iersity of Montana to several area churches. Early in the effort, the center got a $1,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The money will go toward a Healthy Lifestyles Program, which .will include health and mental health support serwces, stress reduction and education about sexually transmitted infections. The Gay Outdoors group, Gays and Straights Together, and other organizations will also use the community center as their headquarters. ’°I’he idea is to have our space available for other groups, and to use our office for as a resource to bring other groups together," said volunteer Casey Charles. The group has also drawn a $5,000 grant from Broadway Cares, a fund of ~the actors’ equity organization inNew York. It willhelp starta speakers’ bureau and foster work on HIV prevention. The center will have security measures in place, but its members stress they’ve had no trouble with opposition to the center. OtherMontanacities have services forGay, Lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, but the. closest community centers are in Spokane and Boise. The group is working on bylaws and hopes to have a board of directors in place by the end of the year. Utah Bans Unmarried Foster Parents OGDEN, Utah (AP) -The s tate Division of Child and Fnmily Services has adopted apolicy to bannnmarried couples from providing state-sponsored foster care. The new policy, adopted Friday, August 27th, by a5- 2 vote by the DCFS board, defies standards set by the Child Welfare League of America, a professional association representing more than 1,000 voluntary and public agencies. Board chairman Scott Clark, the drivingforcebehind the decision, said unmarried, unrelated adults living together abuse children more often than married men and women. "I read in the newspaperjust last night of two cases in which boyfriends abused the children in their girlfriends’ homes," Clark said. In the past, Clark has also referred to Gay couples - who, because they cannot m.ar~,,_, w!ll be b~ar~,e~,, from fostercare-as contributing to gendercontusion of children in their care. Only twoboardmembers, Regnal GarffandVirgrnia Higbee, opposed Clark’s recommendations. They argued the new rule would narrow the field of foster parents, who are already outnumbered nearly 2-to- 1 by children in state custody who need homes. Garff, a retired juvenile court judge, also criticized Clark’s example because neither of the cases sited involved foster children. "I am relterating my opposiuon to this whole thing.., that example is poorly conceived and poorly argued," he said. The changebrings matches similar state restncuons ¯ passed earlier this year for adoptive parents. But groups like the Child Welfare League of ¯ America, the American Bar Association and the ¯ American Civil Liberties Union have opposed such policies. Opponents say too many quesuons are left ¯ unanswered by the policy. For example, there is no ¯ provision for common-law marriages, which go into ¯¯ effect after seven 3,ears. And it is unclear if the rules apply when an unrelated adult rents living space from ¯ a foster or adoptive paxent. ¯ The Child Welfare League is so staunch ih its ¯ opposition that the association recently sent DCFS Director Ken Patterson aletter asking its end°rsement ¯ be removed from the agency’s po!icy manual...Th,e ¯ board gwiftly a~ounrt0datedthat reituestb~removing ¯ thephrase that refers toDCFS policy as "in accordance with the standards of the Child Welfare League of ¯ America." ¯ Gay Pastor’s Church : Work Continues in Ames ¯ ¯ AMES, Iowa (AP) -Though technically an outcast in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Steve ¯ Sabin’s ministry continues at Lord of Life Lutheran Church. The ELCA has removed Sabin from its roster of ] ministers because he has a Gay parmer. 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Cincinnati. 425-7882 Saint John 4200 S. Atlanta Place, 742-7381 Saint Dunstan 5635 East 71st, 492-7140 Trinity 501 S. Cincinriati, 582-4128 The Episcopal Church Welcomes You earlier this month voted to keep its ride requiring homosexual ministers to remain celibate. "My call right now is ministry at Lord of Life," Sabin said. "I’m going to stop holdingmy breath for the ELCA to come along." When Sabin was.removed from the church’s list of ordained ministers last year, the 150-member congregation supported him. By keeping him as their pastor, the congregation risks .expulsion from the While Bishop Philip Hougen of the Southeastern Iowa Synod said he is "uncomfortable" with Sabin as Lord of Life’s minister, he has not asked the Synod Council to expel the congregation. ’To remove them in,order tomakesome sort ofpoint about purity seems t0be~to benot worth the effort," Hougen said. "I don’t want to cause any more pain." At the Churchwide Assembly earlier this month in Denver, ELCA leaders passed a resolution that reaffirmed previous assembly statements that committed the church to continuing discussion of the issue of ordination of Gays and Lesbians. "How long do you have to keep studying it?". Sabin asked last week. Sabin, who has two daughters, was ordained as a minister in 1985 andbecame pastor at the Lord of Life Church inAmes later that year. He was married at the time, but the 10-year marriage ended i.n 1990. Sabin began living with Karl von Uhi abont four years ago. Former Lesbian Couple Must Share Custody GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - A district judge has ordered a former Lesbian couple to share custody of a 10- year-old girl they raised, but ruled the youngster must live in New York with her biological mother during the school year. Jefferson County DistrictJudge Christopher Munch said he based the decision on what he considered the best interests of the child. The youngster will spend summers and school vacations in Colorado. He noted she will be able to make friends and attend a neighborhood school in Albany, but if she remains in Colorado, she will have to commute daily from Aurora to Jefferson County, rougtfly a ’40-mile round trip, Munch said. "(Gift M) will be living in a race middle-class, rural to suburban home with her morn and stepdad," Munch said. Thejudge emphasized that he did not consider the past rdationship of the two women or their sexual orientation when he made the decision. Identifiedin court papers as "Gift M," the youngster was raised by Leaune Bueker, her "psychological" mother, and Kelly Cunningham, her bio1ogicat mother, until the two women separated two years ago. The womenwere awardedjoint custody in February 1998, but the arrangement became complicated when Ms. Cunninghammarried Michael Naylor andmoved to Albany. Ms. Bueker remains single. Mrs. Naylor "was pleased with the decision. "The judge gave appropriate (onsiderat~on to the facts and came up with a. decision that was difficult to make," said attorney Ron Litvak. Ms. Bucker declined comment. Sen. Hatch Apologizes to Blacks But Not To Gays SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Sen. Orrin Hatch said Wednesday hehad been "inarticulate" and apologized to NAACP officials for a statement in which he compared Gay civil rights with black issues. . The Utah Republican, who is a GOP presidential candidate, came under fire earlier this month for saying,"People of color can’t do anything about their color." Hatch continued: "I do believe Gay people have a choice to live within the legal rules or not. That’s why we have civil-rights laws to protect African-Americans from discrimination." JeanettaWilliams, presidentof the SaltLakebranch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, called Hatch’s remark "a poor articulation of what he was trying to say." Heather Barney, a Hatchspokeswoman, said Hatch "apologized for being inarticulate." "He did note that he was coming from a strictly legal perspective, that there is judicial precedent that the courts have treated race as distinct from sexual orientation, which is the point h~ was making," Barney said. Darin Hobbs of the Gay and Lesbian Political Action Committee in Salt Lake said Hatch did the right thing by apologizing to the NAACP. Next, he saidHatch shouldapologize to Utah’s Gaycommunity. "The senatoris unable to recognize the commonalities between homophobiaandracism," Hobbs said. "Both are bigotries rooted in fear and ignorance." Williams and Edward J. Lewis, president of the NAACP tri-state conference for Utah, Nevada and Idaho, said they felt Hatch’s’apology was sincere. They were scheduled to meet with Hatch at 1 p.m. but di’dn’t arrive at his Salt~Lake office until-an hour later. Hatch pushed back other meetings and talked with them for 45 minutes. "The importance of this meeting was we established a need to sit down and have a dialogue with him," Lewis said. Williams said she also discussed concerns about Hatch’s voting record on civil-rights issues. She said Hatch made no promises but agreed to consider the NAACP’s views. Hatch and Sen. Bob Bennett, RUtah, received F’s in the NAACP’s latest congressional report cards. Also, Bennett apologized to theNAACPfor saying Texas Gov. George W. Bush would win the GOP presidential nomination unless "some woman comes forward, let’s say some black woman ~omes forward, with an illegitimate child that he fathered." Comparing the remarks by the two senators, Lewis’ said: "On,e, was more severe, but they were both in the same pie. Williams and Lewis said Hatch and his wife, Elaine, are lifelong NAACPmembers. Hatch co-sponsored a bill to award civil-rights pioneer Rosa Parks the Congressional Gold Medal, whichis Congress’ highest honor. Barney said Hatch has enjoyed a good relationship with the NAACP. "His door has always been open to Jeanetta and the NAACP," she said. "They meet regularly and he is proud of some of the things he has been able to accomplish which benefit minority communities in Utah." Hatch has previously raised the ire of Gay civilrights groups. In 1988, he called the Democratic Party "’the party of homosexuals; they are the party of abortion." InJune, he told delegates to the Republican state convention they could be proud because "we don’t have the Gays and Lesbians with us." Gay Couple Murdered After Recording Message REDDING, California (AP) - Two brothers killed a Gay couple after forcing them to record an answering machine message saying they had suddenly become ill and were leaving town for medical help, authorities say. Benjamin Williams, 31, and James Willianas, 29, could face the death penalty ifconvicted of murdering Gary Matson, 50, and Winfield Mowder, 40. The men were found shot to death in their bed July 1. in rural Happy Valley near Redding, northeast of San Francisco. The suspects have pleaded innocent. According to the court documents, sheriff’s deputies went to the victirrisr home after Matson’s relatives thought the answering machine message sounded forced and odd, and may have been someone else’s voice. The message said the. victims were headed to San Francisco to see "a specialist friend"for medical help and would return "in about a week." "Off the message, it’s evident that the person who recorded themessageis under distress andwas possibly forced to make the recording," officers said. In the background, another voice can be heard saying, "just calm down." Based on information from Matson’s father and brother, investigators said the message was recorded "very dose" to the time of the slayings. Thedocuments were unsealed following a legal challenge by several news organizations. Evidence in the brothers’ homes also allegedly links themto the arson ofthree California synagogues. Those fires caused more than $1 million in damages. Authorities also found handouts from the World Church of the Creator, a white supremacist group, which preaches extreme racial and religious views. AIDS Deaths Decline ATLANTA (AP) - Two years after powerful new drugs brought a sharp drop in AIDS deaths nationwide, new government figures released today show the declinein AIDS deaths slowed sharply a year later. AIDS killed 17,047 people in the United States last year - a decline of 20% from 1997. From 1996 to 1997, the drop in deaths was a much more dramatic 42%, which health officials attributed to the effectiveness of new drugs. "As we anticipated, we are now seeing the first signs ofa slowing in this trend,’" said Dr. Helene Gayle, director of HIV prevention for-the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during the National HIV Prevention Conference. "In a period of only two years, new combination therapies cut the annual level of death in half," she said. "But for the time being, it appears that much of the benefit of these new therapies has beenrealized." In 1995, 49,351 people died from AIDS in the United States. By 1996, that dropped to 36,792, and the number was down to 21,222 in 1997. TheCDClisted several possible causes for the slowdown in reductions of AIDS deaths. Most people who know they have HIV are already being treated, Gayle said. Drug resistance among some AIDS patients causes the treatment to fail, and other patients fail to keep up with, the complicatedjuggling of pills they,have to take for the drugs to be effective. New HIV infections in 1998 were estimated at roughly 40,000 - a number that’ s held steady for the past decade. The CDC said AIDS continues to kill blacks in higher numbers than other racial groups. Blacks, who make up about 13% of the population, accounted for 49% of AIDS deaths in 1998. Thirty-two% of deaths were among whites and Hispamcs made up 18%. "In many ways, the story of how well we do in HIV and AIDS will be told by how well we do with the African- American population," Gayle said. The three-day conference, organized by theCDCand 17 other agencies, features 2,000 scientists, doctors, researchers and advocates addressing efforts to monitor and prevent the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Gayle and others opened the conference by warning against complacency. "It’s becoming increasingly difficult to get people to pay attenuon to HIV prevention and that in and of itsdf is a primary reason for this conference," she said. Since the 1980s, more than 300,000 have died of AIDS. The recent success of some treatments have made some people complacent about the disease. "Despite a growing complacency about the need for HIV prevention, HIV remains a serious disease that is still very much with us and there is a greater need for HIV prevention today more than ever," she said. Black Churches To Step Up AIDS Fight BOSTON (AP) - Local black religious leaders plan tomeetwith state Department of Public Health officials and members of the AIDS Action Committee to discuss ways to better educate their congregations about the disease. The meeting, involving 26 black leaders, signals a change in the black church’s approach to AIDS, religious scholars and activists told the Boston Globe. They said the conservative theological views about homosexuality, intravenous drug use and premarital sex held by many black religious leaders have led them to shy away from the issue. But leaders are now seeing they must pay attention to the disease because of their obligation to help people in need, according to Pemissa Seele, founder of the New York-based Balm in Gilead ministry. The ministry raises AIDS and HIV awareness among black congregations nationwide. "Their responsibility to save lives has nothing to do with their theology on homosexuality or sex outside marriage," Seele said. "We’re talking about two different apples." In the Boston area, only about 90 of450 black churches promote HIV awareness, the Globe reported. Meanwhile, blacks account for 26% of all AIDS cases in Massachusetts, though they make up only 6% of the population. Nationally, AIDS is the leading cause of death for black men and women ages 25 to 44. Rev. Conley Hughes, pastor ofConcord Baptist Church in Boston’s South End, said thechurchcanbe apowerful influence in the fight against AIDS because it has historically been an institution blacks could count on. Many blacks consider the church society’ s most credible source of authority, Hughes said. Experts-Discuss Vaccine Progress BALTIMORE (AP) - Doctors and scientists from 20 countries gathered in Baltimore las t month for a conference to . discuss progress made in the effort to find an AIDS vaccine. The annual meeting, which began years ago as an informal gathering of Dr. Robert C. Gallo, codiscoverer of the AIDS virus, and his colleagues, has grown into one of the largest AIDS conferences in the w6rld. More-than 1,000 physicians, scientists and others are expected to attend the conference, hosted by Gallo and the University of Maryland’s Institute of Humafi Virology, which he directs. "It is possible that the components for a reasonably successful vaccine are almost there, in our hands, but we don’ t know it yet," Gallo told The(Baltimore) Sun. ’Tm much more positively inclined than a year or two ago." However, it could be years before a vaccine is developed. At the conference, Gallo expected one of the more significant discussions to deal withTat, or transactivating protein, which is made by HIV. Researchers have found that Tat plays akey role inHIV spreading. "You can regard it as one of the missiles from HIV infection that leads to the problems in the immune system and facilitates the virus’ spread," said Gallo, who has done some of the work. Researchers have -shown that vaccinating monkeys against Tat lowers the amount of the virus and lessens the immune system’s impairment. Gallo and his collaborators have tested Tat in humans for safety, both as a preventive vaccine and as a therapeutic one. He said his group’ s strategy will be to create a sort of vaccine cocktail, by combining aninactivatedTatprotein with another vaccine approach. Over the past 10 years, more than 40 preventive AIDS vaccines have been tested worldwide involving about 10,000 volunteers. 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What he does want is data - hard numbers that will prove or disprove the theory that transplants can help people infected with HIV. Key toHIV transplants i s finding patients who are healthy enough to qualify and are willing to take care of their new organs once they get them. Another key is controlling hepatitis C, which is often found in HIV patients and invariably reinfects the new liver once i~ has been transplanted. At this point, there is very little data on transplantation for patients infected with HIV, the virus which causes AIDS, and no papers have been published, experts said. Only recently have a select few surgeons performed the procedure knowingly, although there is some historical data from before patients were checked for HIV infections. "’People think we’re crazy for doing it," said Dr. John Fung, head’of the Um~ersity ofPittsburgh Medical Center’ s transplant center. But early indications show that liver transplantation is effective in reversing the complications of end-stage organ failure m some HIV-positive patients, Fung said. He presented findings at the conference on four HIV patients who underwent the procedure between September 1997 and March 1999. In all the cases, the liver transplants reversed the distinguishing characteristics of chronic liver failure, including fluid retention, muscle wasting, fatigue and jaundice. HIV traces remained undetectable with patients who continued the drug combination with protease inhibitor and none developedopportunistic infections, Fung said. Medical experts often question Fung and others about the.use of scarce resources - in this case, healthy human organs- and the safety of surgeons operating on HIV Calif. A! ow Needle Exchange SACRAMENTO,Calif. (AP)- Tryi:n~ to slow the spread of AIDS, the Legislature sent Gov. Gray Davis a,bill that would let cities and counties setup n~dle-exchange pro~s for ~g addicts. Cmwent state law b~s such progrmns butfour CNifo~a cities - Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Fr~cisco and Santa Cruz - ~d M~n County have adopted emergency ordi~s ~lowing needle exchm~ges. Davis’ office said the Democratic governor has not taken a position on the Nll, wNch passed the state Senate. At le~t 15 o~er states have authorized ne~e-exch~gepro~s,~ough~ere ~e exch~ge progr~s operating in more th~ twi~ that m~y states, according to AssemNy~vomanKe~ M~zoni’s office~ Supporters of her proposN sNd studies have shown exchange progrmns redu~ the spread of the A IDS vires. There lmve been atleast six o~erneedleexch~ ge bills intr~uced in ~ifo~a since 1993. They either died in the Legislature or were vetoed by then- Repubti~ Gov. Pete Wilson. infected patients in a procedure that Chemist Gets $7 m. For AIDS Research NEW BRUNSWICK,’N.J. (AP) - A Rutgers University chemist who helped researchers study the most lethal part of the AIDS virns will get nearly $7 million in federal fnnds to continue his work. Dr. Edward Arnold has won an award from the National Institutes of Health that will double federal suppor~ of his research. The prize, called MERIT for Method ~o Extend Research in Time, will extend his funding from a five-year grant for $3.4 million to a grant spanning 10 years and providing nearly $7 million. His work is aimed at developing longerlasting drugs to fight the deadly AIDS virus. "The whole philosophy of research is the more you know, the better chavce you have to fight something," Arnold told the East Brunswick Home News Tribune. The new funding will aid his study of a protein called reverse transcriptase, or RT. The protein plays a key role in the virus’ early life cycle, giving itinsm~ctions to duplicate its deadly properties. It is the involves a lot of blood . . molecule targeted by anti-AIDS drugs S0cietallv sorn0 ~o,,~,i,~ ,~;.J ~,.,, ¯ includingAZT, DDI, Nevirapineand3TC. whether org~a~s sho~d~’tiao~’~ : The virus colnmonly mutates so quickly lifestyle choices may have led to their " that it becomes irmnune to drugs. Arnold infection, said the doctors, who prefer that medical reasons determine who gets a transplant. Recently, the University of California in San Francisco received a $1 million grant to perform transplants on HIV patients. The state money will fund transplants for 10 people, and doctors hope the information will help build a database to determine if the operation can be a medical success in HIV patients. "I think there is a great deal of trepidation in the medical community, and I don’ t think it’s ill-founded at all," said Peter Stock, associate professor of surgery at UCSF. "We have to be very cautious." While some insurance companies in the ." is trying to devise a way to see what drug resistance looks like. Heis mapping three- . dimensional pictures of the RT protein, _" getting a look at its detailed atomic " structure. Such views can help researchers ¯ see how the virus interacts with" drugs. ". "We need to understand how drugs can ¯ fail," Arnold said. "If we can do that, we - can be more aware of how to design them .* - how to avoid those hurdles." ¯ His work first gained prominence in 1992 when he and others created a threedimensional computer model of the RT protein. Arnold’ s workis also focusing on the design and development of an AIDS vaccine, something that has eluded researchers thus far. J by James Christjohn TFN entertainment writer Hey there, hi there; ho there! Whereho? There ho? Who you callin’ a ho? Sorry, just had to. Something about Disney inspires that kind of mania, especially after having lived with a Beast for so long. (editor’s note: aren ’tlucky the Beast is occasionally quitefor-bearing?) Speaking of beasts, Beauty and the Beast is here! They’ve been building sets, chopping sets, recreating and creating costumes for a month now, working 15 hour days[ And it looks to be faaaabulous ! Especially those moving pillars., I LOVE those moving pillars t There’s just something so intrinsically... phallic about moving pillars ! I want somefor my. house! Really the- magic begins September 7 and runs through the 19. And the conductorand assistant conductor, James and Brent, are very handsome and char~i,"ng men, so say hi if you can when they re out on ~e town! Call 596-7111 for tix. Lynn Flewdling has written one of the best series of Gay fantasy novels to come along since Mercedes Lackey’s "Last Herald Mage" trilogy. "Luck in the Shadows", which I’ve written of before; "Stalking Darkness", and the just out "Traitor’s Moon" follows the trail of intrigue and romance of Seregil and Alec, the main protagonists. I recommendthe books highly to anyone ¯ with or without an interest in the genre. They have everything: magic, intrigue, romance, murder, and just about everything else you can think of, in a artistically perfect package. The events and characters are such that you hate the book to end, and the characters stay with I wondered ff the average fantas~ r~.a+der would follow that far - they have, and ¢ladly for the most part. I eet letters from straiCht Curs sayln~ essentially "I shouldn’t be ok with t~s, but I amP’... Others ~ve sald it made it ~sler to talk ~th Gay relatives. youlong after the lastpage is turned. ~Lynn was gracious enoughto spare some time for some questions while working on the new book, "The Bone Doll’s Twin:" JC: I have enjoyed the Nightrunner series. Your characters are so welldrawn, that theyseem real enough to wonder what they’re up to long after the book isfinished. LF: I’m so glad to hear that the story and the characters work for you. That’s high praise indeed. That’s how I feel about my favorite books. JC: What inspired you to write these characters as "Gay" men (Seregil & Alec, the protagohists) ? LF: Well, as I recall, I wanted to create "a hero that challenged the stereotypical molds set by Eddings. or Jordan (well known fantasy writers). Hence his profession and methods. The Gay part - not: sure. Partly the mold breaking, bu~ mostly just how he wanted to be. Perhaps he’s my animus? Whatever the case, the characterjust cameout that way and I love him. Alec was more ofa conscious choice. I could see where it was all headed, see Fantasy, p. 14 by.TFN staff As we move into the fall, Oklahoma’s arts calendar is increasingly busy. On Sept. 11, at 8pm at Holland Hall’ s Branch Theatre, Richard Gere Productions, the Loseling Institute and Unity Church of Christianity and Unity Center of Tulsa present "The Mystical Arts of Tibet" featuring the Drepung Loseling Monks. This group ofmonks have performed with composer Phillip Glass, and performers such as Paul Simon, Natalie Merchant, the Beastie Boys and others. For tickets, call 582-6624 or 749-8833. Already open at Gilcrease is an exhibit of Inuit artwhich will be shownuntil Nov. 7th. The .works, which include sculpture, prints and tapestries, draw on a private collection which has never before been publicly exhibited. Pieces from Gilcrease’s-collection will complement the exhibit. Gilcrease anthropology curator, Jason Jackson, suggested that these works will appeal to those who appreciate traditional Native American art as well as those who like modem art coming outofwestern Europeantmditions. hffo: 596-2700. Local youth activist Emily Sizemore is one of the organizers of Arts for AIDS, an event scheduled for Sept. 25th. They are looking for singers, other musicians, writers, actors, visual artists, etc. If interestedinparlicipating, please call 361- 1000. That same evening, the Tulsa Philharmonic will open see Arts, p. 14 "It’s Elementary" Tolerance Film Provokes Debate CHICAGO/TULSA (AP/TFN) - Thirdgraders in New York debate the idea of Gay mamage. Storytime for first- and second-graders ata school in Cambridge, Mass., includes the book "Asha’ s Mums" about a little girl who has two Lesbian mothers. Eighth-graders in San Francisco fire questions at a Gay man and Lesbian who visit their classroom. All areexcerpts from a controversial documentary, "It’s Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues In School," which first caused a stir when several public television stations decided to air it this summer. Now it’s being used by many schrol districts nationwide as a training tool for teachers, most recently in Chicago - unifying what some say is a growing move to incorporate Gay and Lesbian issues into curriculum, from elementary to high school. Critics say talkabout suchissues belongs at home. But others say it’s a matter of dealing with issues that students already see every day innewspapers,ontelevision, in movies - and maybe even in their own communities or classrooms. "Both schools and families have to address the issue somehow because it’s there - and it’s not going back into the closet," says Tony D’Augelli, a psychologist at Penn State’s College of Health and Human Development who studies Gay youth ~sues. see Elem.,p.15 T Call today to receive a 1999-2000 season brochure Season subscriptions, starting at $44for adults, are now on SALE! FOR 1999-2000 SEASON BROCHURES CALL TULSA~PERA 1999-2000 SEASON MEET THREE WOMEN To.DIE FOR CARMEN MANON TOSCA Season tickets on sale now! Save 25% off single ticket prices! Season tickets start at just $36 for three operas! FOR 1999-2000 SEASON BROCHURES CALL TULSA PHILHARMONIC HoT THE SEASON! ¯ Mas~Ywol"~s " . Classics usic on . "toe RocRs" No ! 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"Since normal plant care practices might be harmful under drought conditions, under- "Focus your water~ng-efforts on plants you ~n do some~blng about, llke ornamentals," ke added. "With lawns, it’s just a waiting game until the rMn and cool w~ther return." stand that these contractors may advise against them." Nuss and others offer some specific suggestions. "Grasses gO into a semidormant state and become vulnerable when it’s dry," said Peter Landschoot, associate professor of turfgrass science. "Now that the water’s been turned off, you should limit activities and traffic on lawns as much as .possible. Come September (October in Oklahoma) - if we get rain and cooler weather- you can fertilize and overseedto getsomerecovery. Ifwe don’t get enough rain in September, wait tmtil next spring to oversee&’" "Focns your watering efforts on plants you can do something about, like ornaments," he added¯ "With lawns, it’s just a waiting game until the rain and cool weather return.’" "Pruning’s a gamble," said Nuss. "If you’re sure the parts are dead - if they’re brittle and dry - go ahead and cut back to the live tissue. This will promote some healing and help the plants aesthetically. Butremember, ffweget somerain,proning can trigger growth in the buds." "Fertilizers are salts - even organic materials such as manure -and salts can bum roots," Nuss said. "If you want to give plants nutrients, wait until October (late November or December here) when they’re fully dormant." "Watering is key for woody plants," Nuss said. "When the top 1-11/2 inches of soil are dry, water down to 8-10 inches - to the root zone," he said. "You can accompllsh~ this by dire~t, slow watering. Trickle water on very slowly so it soaks into the soil, with no rtmoff. Also, when you water at night, you lose less to evapOration." But watering has its dangers. "If you overwater in areas with heavy soil or slow drainage, you can saturate the root zone and force out the air," Nuss says. "This can suffocate the roots and kill them." Whenroots die, you’ll _see top wilting in ¯ the plant, Nnss says. "Mostpeopleinterpret this as a lack of water, add even more and aggravate the problem. After watering, most plants should recover overnight. But if the plant remains wilted, you may have root damage from overwatering." For new plantings, Nuss recommends keeping the initial root ball moist. "Water bevond the planting hole, not just at the base of the plant," he said. "That way, you don’t drown the roots, and new roots have moist soil to move ~nto." Mulching is the next best solution to watering, Nuss says. "But be sure to water under mulch, not on top of it. It takes at least an inch ofrain to get through organic mulch." In extreme conditions, Nuss said covering the soil surface with black plastic will retain extra moisture. "You.can hide the plastic with organic mulch," he says. To supplement watering, use gray water (from such uses as cooking and the laundry rinse cycle) on ornamentals, Nuss said. "But move from tree to tree soyoudilute it. Also, don’t use water that contains chlorine bleaches or laundry softeners. For health reasons, don’t use gray water on leafy vegetables or root vegetables. "With a drought this serious, I’d focus watering on highvalue plants and shrubs," Nuss ¯ said. "Savefresh waterforyour vegetables, ¯ use gray water on the ornamentals, and ¯ don’t water your flowers. Flowers are ¯ going to die with the. first frost anyway." "Droughts have a negative effect on ¯ most insect and mite pests that attack : landscape plants," says Greg Hoover, extension entomologist. "Because of last year’ s drought, forinstanee, wehavefewer adult Japanese beetles this year, and probably will see even fewer next year." But hot, dry weatherfavors two different groups of insect and mite pests. "Woodboring insects successfully attack trees and shrubs that are stressed," Hoover said. "If you don’t have water restrictions, the bes~ thing you can do for woody plants is water them. Supplement watering with rainfall collected in buckets or barrels, or water from dehumidifiers." "The two-spotted spider~mite, acommon pest on garden and landscape plants, also thrives in hot, dry weather," Hoover said. "The winged euonymus - what some people call ’burning bush’ -is particularly vulnerable. When indicated, use an appropriate miticide on infested plants." Hooverrecorfimends using wetpowder insecticide formulations. ’q’hey’re less likely to damage plant tissues during hot, dry Weather when used according to label directions." whenjustice is not served. 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The Hate Crimes Prevention Act limits the federal governrnent’ sjurisdiction to only themost serious violent .crimes directed at persons, not property crimes. Lead House sponsors ofthe Hate Crimes Prevention Act are Reps.. John Conyers, D-Mich; Mictiael Forbes, D-N.Y.; Connie Morella, R-Md;TammyBaldwin, D-Wis.; and House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo. The Hate Crimes Prevention Act was passed by the Senate this summer as an amendment to the Commerce, State, Justice Appropriations Bill. President Clinton has-promised to sign HCPA into law if it is passed by ¯ ¯ Congress. This bill would allow states with inadequate resources to take advantage of ¯ Department of Justice resources and personnel in limited cases that have been ¯ authorized by the Attorney General. The Hate Crimes Prevention Act has broad ¯ bipartisan backing and support from notable law enforcement agencies and state and local leaders, including 22 state ¯ attorneys general, the National Sheriff’s ¯ Association, President Bush’s former Attorney General Dick Thoruburgh, the Police Foundation and the U.S. ¯ Conference of Mayors. ¯ Hate.crimes basedon sexual orientation were up 8% in 1997, according to the ¯ latest FBI statistics. Sexual orientation ," was the third highest category of hate ¯ crimes behind race and religion and ¯ represented 14% of all hate crimes ¯ reported. Currently, hate crimes ¯ monitoring and enforcement consists of a ¯ patchwork of laws that offer citizens ¯ varying see Congress, p. 12 by Esther Rothblum, Ph.D. get cervical cancer." Two women even Dr. Sue Wilkinson is currently reported that they were considered conducting the first national survey of "virgins" by the medical profession Lesbian health in the United Kingdom because they had had sex withwomen but with doctoral student Julie Fish. The" not with men! survey managed to contact Lesbians in But the pap smear is not a comfoitable almost every postal district of the United procedure for many women, and may be Kingdom, from the southern particularly painful, uncomtip of England to the islands Cervical cancer fortable, unusual or trauoff northern Scotland. Over. appears to l~e matizing for Lesbians. 38% of 1,000 Lesbians answered the Lesbians in the U.K. study questionnaire, which focused .connected. with reported .that they. had never on breast cancer, mammo- sexual activity, had a cervical smear for this grams, breast self-exam, particularly reason. One Lesbian reported cervical cancer, and pap that she viewed a speculum as staears, penetrative sex "a huge metal crocodile." I recently spoke with Sue wlt]~men. Tl~is Othershadheardhorrorstories about the early results of this . from friends and partners that studY, Which focus oncervica1 Is why Lesi~ians the procedure was aversive, screemng. Unlike many lmve traditionally humiliating, or painful. cancers, cervical cancer has ]~een vlewed as Finally,, Lesbians raised an early warning stage, with questions about havingamale abnormal cells present. This is at low rls]~ for health provider "pokingwhy women are told to have cervical cancer, around in my body," regular pap smears (or cervical specifically, in the vagina. Or smears, as they’re called in the. But Lesglans they were concerned that the U.K.). may lmve ]~ad health care provider con- SueandJuliefoundthat 12% sex with men ducting the procedure would of Lesbians eligible for result in questions about their cervical screening had previously, and/ sexual activity or would NEVERhadapap:mear.This or t]aey may ]~e assume they were heterois higher than comparable U.S. sexual. figures of 5% found by the ha’~cln~ sex with This important study raises National Lesbian Health Care men evenw]a~le some questions about cervical smears. DoLesbians whohave However,Surveiynthisthefiguremid-19lo80w’Se.isr eallln~ t]aemselves neverhadintercourseneedpap than that of 17% for women in Lesl~ans. smears at all, or need pap the general U.K. population Cervical cancer smears less often? How can who report never having had a cervical smear. What is is not well pap smears be performed in a matter that is more positive surprising about these low understood, so for Lesbians? figures for womenin the U.K. ineludin~ is that the U.K. has national Fish can be contacted at the women, Sue Wilkinson and Julie health service. Pap smears are Lesl~ians, may l~e Department of Social free, and women receive a at rls]~ for other Sciences, Loughborough reminder letter every five years,withtwoorthreefollow- reasons unrelated University, Loughborough LE11 3TU United Kingdom. uplettersiftheydon’tcomein tosexualaetlvity. - Esther Rothblum is for the pap sinear, Professor ofPsychology at the When Sue andJulieexaminedLesbians’ ¯ University of Vermont and Editor of the written comments about cervical Journal of Lesbian Studies. She can be screening, they found that one reason for " reached at John Dewey Hall, University non-attendance was lack of time. "But " of Vermont, Burlington, VT. E-maih apart from that, it looks as though the two ¯ esther.rothblum@uvm.edu. main categories of response are-that " Lesbians feel they don’t need a smear and ° secondly, negative aspects of the ¯ procedure," said Sue, "they imagine the " procedurewillbepainful,orembarrassing, ° levels of legal protection depending on or thatthey will encounterheterosexism." where they live. Twenty-two states and Cervicalcancerappearstobeconnected " the District of Columbia have hate crimes with sexual activity, particularly " laws that include sexual orientation. penetrative sex with men. This is why ¯ Twentystateshavelawsthatdonotinclude Lesbians have traditionally been viewed- ¯ sexual orientation. Eight states have no as at low risk for cervical cancer. But " hate crimes laws at all. Lesbians may have had sex with men ¯ SpeakingwithTFN, Orr&Beauchamp previously, and/or they may be having ¯ expressed their disappointment with how sex with men even while calling Tulsa district attorney staff members themselves Lesbians. " handled theprosecution of their attackers. Cervical cancer is not wall understood, ° They indicated that had Orr not had so women, including Lesbians, may be at ¯ .professional experience as a journalist, risk for other reasons unrelated to sexual : specifically covering crime stories, they activity, In the U.K. study, about 40% of : likely would have given up in frustration Lesbians felt they did not need a cervical : while trying to get information abouthow screen because they had never had ¯ the case was going. Their perception intercourse. Many Lesbians wrote that : remains that Tulsa DA considered the they had specifically been told this by a " assault to unimportant because they are doctor or nurse. 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We’ve learned to use the word to label a peculiar mental state and aching body sensation sparked by our love interests. The word has been around for years. English speakers of the 12th century borrowed ’jealousy’ from Old French. And those speakers on the continent previously had adopteditfrom the Latinzelus, derived from the even more ancient Greek zelos, that originally m,,eant something like ardor or "fervor." Jealousy andzeal-andjealous and zealot - are linguistic cousins, all derived from the samerootconceptofemotional upheaval and intensity. Jealousy’ s deep cultural and linguistic roots indicate the popularreachofboth emotion andconcept. We use a language of jealousy to understand why Shawn’s boyfriend dumped him. Whose lips were kissing Shawn before his? Whose arms had already held that waist? Yet, anthropologists debate the facts ofhuman emotion. Can we say that there are emotions that we all feel because we are human? If so, which ones? Love, hate, happiness, sadness, fear, anger? Are there other emotions that people in one culture cultivate and learn to feel thatareunknown or less important m other societies? Just how normal - and how universal - are feelings such as sexual jealousy? Those anthropologists of the sociobiological persuasion often figure that jealousy ~s indeed a human universal ¯ with an adaptive function. Men are never completely sure that the baby a woman carries is theirs. Jealousy works = so goes the story - to motivatemen to police their women in order to better the odds that the.y have fathered her babies. An), easygoing man withdut Some yet~to-beidentified gene for.jealousy would have contributed less to thehuman gene pool in that he may not have fathered the children he thought he did. Butwhatof women?They always know that they are the mothers of their children, so what should they care if the guys mess around elsewhere? Andwhat of Shawn? It’s unlikely thathis boyfriendwas jealous because of evoluationary womes that a rival would make him pregnant. We could argue that our bodies have an inbnilt heritage of emotions, includln. jealously, nomatterwho arelovers happen to be. Still, other anthropologists argue that our body feelings are only half the story. The other half - perhaps the more important half - is the way we have of labeling, understanding, and talking about those feelings. We sense a rush of chemicals through our brains and body, butwe can’tknow what is happening to us until we put these feelings into words. Anddifficult cultures have different ways of.classifying and interpreting those same chemical flushes. anthropologists debate the facts ofhuman emotion. Can we say that emotions that we all feel because we are human? If so, whleh ones? Love, bate, bappiness, sadness, f~r, anger? Are there other emotions that people in one culture eultlvate and learn to feel that are unknown or less important in other soeieties? You may have heard of the German emotion schadenfreude - which is pleasurefelt atsomeoneelse’ s misfortune. Many of us also take pleasure from other’s misfortunes, but English has nowordthat specifically labds this twisted enjoyment. Does this lin,g,nistic gap mean that wedon t sense this pleasure as deeply as do Germans? And even if jealousy is a human universal, it may be that some ofus experience the feeling more intensely. Gore Vidal reports in his autobiography Palimpsestthat he and his lover never have sex. This he finds this on the street. His "lover," instead, provides breakfast conversation and other forms of sexless companionship. Clearly, many couples have created similar "open" relationships inwhich they are able to at least mute any feelings of sexual jealousy, Some occasionally have campaigned to open up all relationships. During the 1960s, many : preached and sometimes practiced "free love."They hopedto stifle sexualjealousy ¯ in order to rework the economy of ¯ relationships. No one was meant to own ¯ anyone else. No one ought get jealous. Sex was healthy recreation, freedom, even ¯¯ spiritual; jealousy was wrongly possessive, limiting, and neurotic. ¯ It was no dice, though. For most of us, ¯ jealousy remains the flip side of love- or of love American-style anyway. The ¯ babyboomers failed to stamp outjealousy ¯ because they could not remake the ¯ associated emotion of love. It remains ¯ ¯ might) hard to love and not get jealous. If you don’t feel jealous, can you really be in love? It is plausible that humans in other ¯ places and at other times have experienced ¯ and understood the body flashes that we ] call jealousy in various ways. But around ¯ here, don’t let me catch you messing ¯ around! Lamont Lindstrom teaches anthro- ¯ pology at the University of Tulsai: ¯ profesgionally, did local law enford~ment; ¯ take the casemore seriously. SpecifiCally, ¯ two of their assailants had not been made : to perform their sentences whichinduded community service and a fine to the court. ¯ Orr and Beauchamp also stated that it is ¯ typical in assaults of this type for the ~ victims to receive compensation for their ¯ losses due to the assault, and that they ¯ specifically requested compensationfrom ¯ theDistrictAttomeys, see Congress, p.14 butwonderedifthe averagefantasy reader would follow that far - they have, and gladly for the most part. I get letters from straight guys saying essentially "I shouldn’t be ok with this, but I am!" even if it makes them a little uncomfortable any-way. Others have said it made it easier to talk with Gay relatives. Ifmy stories have anysocial value, perhaps it’s .that. Mostly, I just follow my muse where~she leads and hope it works. JC: Andhow haveyou managed to do it so well? LF: Love is love. JC:Andhow doyou keep trackofall the .intrigues? My head is spinningfrom what l’ve gotten through in "Traitor’s Moon!" LF: Copious notes and charts on the wall. I see that Bantam (though they cut my glossary, now available on.my web page) left a blank page at the ends. I hope people will use it for notes, like I did reading "Trainspotting." The next book, ’‘The Bone Doll’s Twin" goes back in history to one of the. Skalan queens, but there will bemoreNightnmners, too. A&S are already prowling restlessly about my brain, hungry for more work. JC: 1 understand you’re appearing at Gaylaxicon, a sci-fi convention for Gay and Lesbian fans of the genre in Alexandria, Virginia. LF: Gaylaxicon promises to be a lot of fun. I’ve had a lot of contact with the organizers and they are simply the best I’ve ever dealt with. Hope to teach a writing workshop forthemwhile I’m there. JC." Have you heard of Loreena McKennitt? Her music and appearance reminds me ofsome ofyour "aurenfaie" characters. LF: Aurenfaie? I’ll claim her. "Mask and Mirror" is my personal favorite of all her disks. My husband is a great fan of female vocalists and has amassed quite a collection, which I dip into. (My tastes seem torunmore to GeorgeThoroughgood and Melissa Etheridge a lot of the time, along with someLeonardCohen and Rufus Wainwright, a new discovery.) JC: Andon thatmusical note, l ’d like to say thank you to Lynnfor sharing some of her inspirations, writings, and - methods behind the madness’ with us. !ts 51 st season wiihpianist John Browning m a program featuring Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Berlioz. Prior to the concert at 7pm, long time radio man and the voice of the OK Mozart Festival (Simon Estes - he’s the bestest!) Edward Dumit will lead "Musical Moments" a pre-concert discussion. For more information, call the Phil at 747-7445. Also at the end of Sept. Heller Theatre, one of Tulsa’s theatre companies that actually interested in newer works (as opposed-to recycling the same old stuff, again and again and again), are presenting "Dallas to LaGuardia R.T." on Sept. 23- 25 and Sept.. 30-OcL 2, a play about a couple that misses a flight and winds up invited to stay .over with complete strangers. Later in Oct. Heller will present "Fortinbras" revisiting Hamlet in a contemporary political context. Early in Oct. the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers presents its Celebration of Books on Oct. 1-2 at OSU-Tulsa with a remarkable assemblage of artists, even including some Gay ones. Some names include Michael Wallis, William ¯¯ Bernhardt,GuyLogsdgn,CliftonTaulbert, Eddie Faye Gates, C.J. Cherryh, Rich ¯ Fisher and folksinger Michael Martin ." Murphey. Info: 594-8215. ¯ Alsoin Oct. the Performing Arts Center Trust presents Sabella, featuring"global" ¯ music on Oct. 2 and on Oct. 8th & 9th, ¯ TPACT’s Celtic series (now so popular that they’ve added 2nd performances, and alas, forgotten their friends who helped ¯ them before the Celtic series got so ¯ popular) will start with Natalie ¯ MacMaster,fiddler extraordinaire. I don’t think any of the Celtic series artists I’ve ¯ seen have ever been bad, so check it out. ." And on that same busy weekend, both ¯ Tulsa’s and Oklahoma City’s Gay ¯ communities are presenting arts events in ¯ honor of National Coming Out Day. ¯ OUTART’99inOKCwillfeature 10new ." release films, two plays, a music special ¯ and visual artists. The Gala opening, A ¯ Black Tie Dinner and A Movie, Friday, ¯ Oct. 8th will present the southwest : premiere of the film"Edge of Seventeen" ¯ as well as a buffet dinner and wine bar. ¯ For more information or tickets, see the ¯ advertisement on page 16, or call 405- ¯ 752-2762 or 800-722-8866. ¯ That same busy weekend, TOHR and ¯ the Gay Community Center will hold ¯ TOHR’s first film festival at the Center. ¯ The first film will be shown at 7:30pro on Thursday~ Oct. 7 with films also being ¯ shown on Fri. evening and on Sat. ¯ afternoon and evening. Call 743-4297 for ¯ more information. : It also appears that local presentation of ¯ Gay and Lesbian films may show back up on a big screen. AMC Southroads 20 will ¯ present a Lesbian themed film, "Better ¯ Than Chocolate" on Sept. 10, and a Gay ¯ film, "Trick" on Oct. 1st. The key to ¯ getting theseon aregular basis is to support the theatre that takes the risk. S o vote with your dollars ! None was ever received. In fact,-this ¯ became an issue in Orr’s Congressional testimony. Rep. Mary Bonn, widow of the ¯ late Sonny Bonn, attacked err and ¯ Beauchamp saying that the Tulsa District ¯ Attorneys office claimed that they had ¯ been uncooperative with th DA and had ¯ notfilled out the forms necessary toreceive ¯ compensation..Orr and Beauchamp ¯ counter that not only-did they not receive ¯ the forms, thry did not even know of their existance until Bonn raised the issue. ¯ Commenting to TFN, Human Rights ¯ Campaign Political Director Winnie Stachelberg said, "I urge "the Gay and ¯ Lesbian community ofTulsa to act now in ¯ support of this bill (HCPA), so that incidents like these are prevented.... i~t is ¯ important that the; Gay and LeSbian ¯ community of Oklahoma is protected at a federal if not at a state level.’" Want to get involved? Need to get tested for HIV? Need a Coming Out Support Group? 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Ifnothing .else, ~ ays : parents can ask to have their , v~.:~ Chicago school officials- who stress ¯ excused from a lesson the-: find that "It’s Elementary" will not be shown . objecttonable: SaysP~,~shall, Mywarm g to students -are atadskittishabouttalking to parents would be: Beware.’ " about, their plan. They confirm that the In Oklahoma, there’s been no public district’s 589principals will view thefilm " outcry about "It’s Elementary" because beginning in September and receive a " the Oklahoma Educational Television copy of the Video for their schools - a plan ¯ Associationhas chosen not to air thepiece. funded by Lesbian tennis star Billie Jean " Malcomn Wall, executive director of King.But several teacherswho vealready " OEFA, claimed that OETA’s decision viewed the film on their-own declined to : not toair theprogram was not based onthe be interviewed out of feat of criticism, content, i.e. Gay & Lesbian issues but A city official who helped get the film " rather that OETA is offered far more - in part due to backing from chicago " programs thaJa it can ,possibly. air. He Mayor Richard Daley ~ .into the dis~t characterized it as.a routine passing over. was more forthcoming. She says the " However, Wallis relatively new at OETA decision was aimed at fostering tolera9,ce ¯ and the association has had a history of and, in turn, preventing violepce ag..mns,t " mostly refusing to air programs with Gayand Lesbian students. "It’s pmcttcm. Lesbian and Gay content. One notable Itmakes good sense. It’s about safety_, for " exception was the airing of an award children.Idon’tthinkanybody,regardless winning program, "Breaking the Code" of their religious background, can argue ¯ about the Gay man who broke the Nazi with that," says Mary Morten, Daley’s ¯ messagecodeinWorldWarlI. However, liaison on Gay and Lesbian issues. " OETA first refused to air this program School officials in San Francisco, who ] and did so only after being pressured by are also using "It’s Elementary" have ¯ Oklahoma City’s Gayly Oklaho_.man gone as far as imposing a ban on anti-Gay newspaper and Tulsa Family News. "they slurs. "Go stand on a playground. I " also waited to air the program later in the guarantee you that you will hear within " summer of 1998 after the Oklahoma Ru.n.ut.es..ra.os..~a.yin~",,,’Oh, that’s so Gay¯ ¯ Legislature was out of session, instead of What at(you a fag? says KevinGogin, airing in May or June like many PBS director of support services for sexual : affiliates did. minority youth for the San Francisco ." Unified School District who regularly ¯ speaks to teachers and principals nationwide. ¯ Moves to address Gay and Lesbian " Schmitzarrivedhometofindthenoteand issues in the classroom are not, however, " light in his doorway from Amedure. without opponents, among them tough- Schmitz withdrew money from his bank, talking radio talk show host Dr. Laura " bought shells and a shotgun and drove to Schlessinger and several religious groups " Amedure’s mobile home. Schmitz went who have made "It’s E"lementary" a "¯ inside to see if Amedure was home, then went back to his car, got the gun and shot priority target. Patti Johnson - a member of the " ~maedure twice in the chest- all while Colorado Board of Education who has wearingthegreenbowtieandwhitemxedo spoken out against use of the filmin her shirt from his job as a waiter. state - says she agrees with having a no- Pendergast told jurors that Schmitz slur policy but says some teachers are " werreactedtomereembarrassment."The going too far. "I don’t thinkyou have to go ouly reason that murder is an issue is that into bl , deep explanattons, especlall.y Scott Amedurewas Gay and (Schmitz’s) when kids are little, Johnson says. It s manhood, so to speak, was insulted on kind of like when you want to stop a 2- national TV," she said. "Wall, you know year-old fromrunninginto the street. T.hey what? Get over it." Jurors said while some don’t always understand death or dying, agreed with. Sabbota at first, they But they understand a quick swat on the eventually decided that Schmitzacted too slowly for the crime to be an actofpassion. butt." One official at the Washington-based "There was just way too much time Family Research Council, calls the film involved for a reasonable person to make ,,anindoctrinationtool-plainandsimple." some choices," said juror Bruce Sole. Sabbota said he would appealthe "Whyareyoucreating aresource to create abei~htened sensitivity.., on a behavior verdict, saying Oakland County Circuit choice that is cons!,,dered problematic to a Judge Wendy Potts should ,have letjurors whole lot of folks? ’ asks JanetParshall, a hear about Schmitz’s history of mental former teacher and spokeswoman for the illness andalcoholism. Hehadbeentreate~t. nonprofit organization which is known " for manic depression and tried to comnnt for its anti-Gay policy positions. , suicide four times in the years before the Filmmaker Debra Chasnoff says she s killing. "We knew it was an uphill battle simply providing resources to teachers from the start," Sabbota said. whoalready have to deal with such issues Ms. Jones and the producers of the in the classroom. "It just doesn’t work to show were not called to testify, as they say, ’We’re ,going to all be race to one hadbeenintheprevioustrials.Thejuryin another; don t use those words here.’ I the civil case awarded Amedure’s family thinkyouneed to explain who those words $25million; that verdictis being appealed. are hurtful to," says Chasnoff, director Jurors said the show played a role in the and co-producer of "It’s Elementary. kilhng,butwas not the sole cause. I think The debate is not likdy to end soon. most of us felt it Was a whole series of Thisfall,Chasnoff’s SanFrancisco-based events, H~,ht sal . media center also will begin distributing a After seven jurors spoke to the media, curriculum guide for.elementary teachers Amedure’s father, Frank Amedure St., that includes lessons they can incorporate shook hands with each one. "ijust want to into discussions about Gay and Lesbian thank the jury. God bless you," he said. Schrmtz’s father, Allw~ Sc~unitz, said 1ssues. " Such moves frustrate Parshall, who he didn’t ka~ow what to think about the notes that - w~le parents don’t ha;’e verdict. "T~crc’s no wwcaer~, or losers much control over what teachers use lot here," he said. "’Everybody loses." Oklahoma Cit~ Oklahoma nteen. , ~m &Hallways, Out ¯ Ramr Bkde Smile ¯ Likei~ "BroadwayDam~e .Theatre Productiom~ Talesf?om the Closet .Drama Queens etro Mens Chorus Women’s ChO~u, "Plus=Over 20 Aru)ts various mediums on disflay.and sale For More Information Visit our web site at: www.gayokc.com/outart99 or call 405-752-2762 Steamroller Blues - 18th & Boston - presents a Blues Evening a -benefit to support HIV & AIDS services featuring Tulsa Bands Wed., Sept. 29 7:30- midnight 7th Annual Walkathon for AIDS Services Saturday, October 2 Veterans Park 18th & Boulder 9am, registration 9:45 step off voicemail: 579-9593 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Olympic diver, retired Army colonel to highlinght gay pride parade, festival Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Newspaper article covering plans for Tulsa Pride 2000. Retired Washington State National Guardswoman Col. Grethe Cammermeyer and diver Greg Louganis featured, interviewed. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meeting Notes Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Notes from a meeting held to plan 2000's Pride festivities. 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 August 16, 1999 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kerry Lewis Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Email Notes Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 2000 Diversity Celebration 2000 https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/74472f22f269d20ec94d4729e765af99.pdf 5c9196fc0bec12fc06adba9f8bf07abd 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 Back Stage Door Pass Lists Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Back Stage door pass lists for 2000's TOHR Follies and Soulforce Workshop. 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Title A name given to the resource Benefit Dinner Menu Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Menu for 2000's Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights benefit dinner. 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Title A name given to the resource Diversity theme promotes pride at 2000 parade Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Article covering Tulsa Pride 2000. Col. Grethe Cammermeyer and representatives from various LGBT groups are interviewed. 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Title A name given to the resource United Art Exhibit Flier Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Flier advertising the United Art Exhibit, part of 2000's Pride festivities. 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Title A name given to the resource Co-Grand Marshall Letters Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Two letters written by Kerry Lewis. The first is a rough draft of a letter asking Sam Harris to be a Grand Marshall at 2000's Diversity Celebration ceremonies. The second is written to someone else in Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights. 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Title A name given to the resource Preliminary Treasurer's Report Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Preliminary Treasurer's Report for 2000's Diversity Celebration. 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Title A name given to the resource Second Annual Pride Festival a Great Success and Ticket List Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Article from unknown publication touting the success of 2000's Pride celebrations. Also includes list of tickets sold or donated to that year's Gala. 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Title A name given to the resource Interfaith Service Evaluation Subject The topic of the resource Interfaith Service 2000 Description An account of the resource Evaluation of 2000's interfaith service. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Don Satterthwaite John Mercer Rev. Melinda Foster Rev. Cathy Elliot Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 2, 2000 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Interfaith Service 2000 https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/ebbebe2728840177e6498a9037502456.pdf 417e3f8a33d59035c7e7aae069453251 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Letter of Congratulations Subject The topic of the resource Diversity Celebration 2000 Description An account of the resource Letter from Sharon Thoele to Greg Gatewood congratulating him and the board of Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights on the success of 2000's Pride events. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2000] Interfaith Service Pamphlet Subject The topic of the resource Interfaith Service 2000 Description An account of the resource Pamphlet advertising the Interfaith Service, an event during 2000's Diversity Celebration events. Includes schedule of Diversity Celebration events and biography of Rev. Mel White. 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Title A name given to the resource [Series] The Pyramid Project > Strategic Planning & Leadership Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br />Box 5, Folder 5 - Meeting Materials<br />Box 5, Folder 8 - Strategic Planning &amp; Leadership<br /><br /><strong>Digital Media:</strong> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2000] Pyramid Project Capital Campaign Notes Subject The topic of the resource 2000 Pyramid Project Capital Campaign Notes Description An account of the resource 2 pages of Capital Campaign notes for fundraising a permanent facility for Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR), featuring the slogan "Building a Home... Funding the Future". 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Title A name given to the resource [2000] Pyramid Project Kick Off Party Subject The topic of the resource 2000 Pyramid Project Kick Off Party and Marty Party Guest Book Description An account of the resource 3 pages total: 1 page of a handwritten flashcard labeled "Pyramid Project Kick Off Party circa 2000", then 2 pages of The Marty Party Guest Book listing various Pyramid Project Steering Committee members and donors. 2000 donors Marty Party Pyramid Project Pyramid Project campaign Pyramid Project Capital Campaign Pyramid Project donors Pyramid Project fundraising Pyramid Project Kick Off Party Pyramid Project Steering Committee TOHR Pyramid Project https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/b0d17eb8c068f916b20417c10bf434e1.png c4fff0204b043aeb864f3c71b0a41874 https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/9a2af3f585b8815aef5fce6d6ff08948.pdf 9044d3796ba374c06f9bd6cab7089088 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource [2000] Tulsa Diversity Celebration Program: Humanity Unites for Human Rights Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 2 - 10, 2000 Subject The topic of the resource 2000 Tulsa Diversity Celebration Program: Humanity Unites for Human Rights Description An account of the resource The cover of a brochure for the 2000 Humanity Unites for Human Rights Tulsa Diversity Celebration taking place June 2 - 10, 2000. 2000 brochure Diversity celebration Diversity Celebration 2000 Human Rights Celebration Humanity Unites for Human Rights pride festival Tulsa Human Rights Celebration Tulsa Pride Tulsa Pride 2000 Tulsa Pride Events https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/fe478eb503346b76d111ec713654575c.jpg ff08337cc5191cc189c5ab43992f499b https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/09b2986511645c17d24e2596c65e850a.pdf c8ca09acf9a97df515cf3a1f54ee1045 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Berlin Exhibit Looks at Gay Victims of Nazis by Paul Geitner, Associated Press Writer BERLIN (AP) - Focusing attention on along-neglected group of Nazi victims, a two-part exhibition about Gays persecuted under the Nazis opened Sunday at museums m Berlin and in a former concentration camp where many of the victims were killed. The exhibits of documents, photos, drawings and other objects collected during 10 years ofresearchis the largest on the subject ever mountedinGermany, project organizers said. It documents the fate of700individuals who suffered under the Nazis’ draconian anti-Gay laws and tells 60 personal stories. "We want to return to the Gay victims of the Nazis theirnames and to show their lives, as far as possible, so as to.at, least symbolically liberate them.from the dehumamzmg barbarity of the Nazis,’" said Andreas Stemweiler, project director at the Gay Museum in Berlin, where part of the exhibit is being shown. The other half opened at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where many Gay men - labded with a .pink triangle- ended up because of the camp’s proxim- ,ty to the capital, see Nazis, p.3 Be Counted: Effort to Include Gays in Census SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A national campaign to include Gays and Lesbians in Census 2000 is urging same-sex couples to check offtheboxindicating they’re unmarried partners. Using e-mail, ads in Gay publications and word-ofmouth, thecampaign is an un0fficial way to get a partial indication of the nation’s Gay and Lesbian population, the San Jose Mercury News reported recently. "We want to make the point that there is such a thing as a Gay or Lesbianfamily,’" said PaulaEttelbrick, family policy director for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. The federal government added the unmarried partners category to the census in 1990, to recognize heterosexual couples who live together without being married. That year, 150,000 same-sex households were identified. "It was a vast undercount,’" said Ann Northrop, board member for the Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies. Those involved in the so-called "Out the Census’" campaign say that even though individual Gays and Lesbians won’t be counted, the number of couples will provide a partial account. And additional information included on U.S. Census forms could provide a valuable snapshot of the community, including income levels, ethnicity and the number of same-sex couples raising children. While the campaign is getting nationwide attention, some Gays and Lesbians are wary ofrevealing toomuch information. Rikki Westerschulte, who is raising a daughterwith herparmer, says sheknows many couples who are nervous about declaring their sexual orientation on an official government form. The recent passage of Proposition 22, which recognizes only marriage between a man and a woman in California, adds to the suspicion. "You walk down the hall at work and wonder, ’Who is it I think I can trust, who really feels I’m immoral?’ "Westerschnlte asked. Other couples are angry they cannot declare themselves as married, see Census, p. 11 Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Locations Camme,rmeyer .To Join Lougan s at Pr de 2000 TULSA - Last month, the organizers of Diversity Festival 2000 announced that US Olympic champion, Greg Louganis, would serve as Grand Marshall for the° Millennium Pride Parade this June. This month, organizers confirmed that Dr. Grethe Cammermeyer, distiguished veteran of the United States Armed Forces, will join Louganis as grand marshall. Cammermeyer challenged US anti-Gay/Lesbian policies which forced her out of her nursing positionin the United States Reserve forces. Her lifestory was madeinto a television film produced by Barbra Streisand, starring Glenn Close. Cammermeyerhas come to Tulsa before. She spoke at the Universi ty of Tulsa in the spring of 1995 to an audience of about 300 Tulsa Family New~ writer Lauri Cooper shown in the photo at right interviewed Cammermeyer. The week of Pride events begins with an interfaith worship service to be held at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. The Reverend Dr. Mel White, author and civil rights activist, will be the principle speaker at this event. White will lead a workshop also to be held at the PAC on Saturday, June 3, from 2-5pm (free) on the principles of non-violent social change. Lougams will speak at a black tie optional dinner to be held at the prestigious Summi t Club on Friday, June 9th. Tickets for the event are $75/person and there will be a VIP reception at $50/ person. These events will benefit Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights, the parent organization of the Gay Community Center and Oklahoma’ s oldest Lesbian and Gay non-religious organization. Organizers anticipate that the parade will follow the sameroute as last year, Cooper & Cammermeyer SoulForee in Oklahoma Members of Soulforce in Oklahoma Marched at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade in January. TULSA- Oklahoma’s oldest Gay and Lesbian organizataon is a religious one, the congregation now know as MCC United, the Metropolitan Community Church United. So perhaps it is fitting that one of Oklahoma’s newest community organizations also has religious roots. "Soulforce in Oklahoma" is part of an effort begun by the Rev. Mel White and his spouse Gary Nixon. Soulforce is an ecumenical network of volunteers committed to teaching and applying the principles ofnon-violence on behalf ofsexnal minorities. Thename derives from the workofMohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a leader of India’s independence movement. Soulforce or truth force is a translation of "satyagraha" a concept Gandhi began developing as a young lawyer fighting for racial justice in South Africa. Gandhi’s thinking greatly influenced the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his work for civil rights for Black Americans. The goals of Soulforce are to end the suffering ofLesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered persons, to change the minds and hearts of religious leaders whose anti-Gay campaigns lead directly and indirectly to that suffering, to be guided by the principles of "relentless non-violent resistance, and through this, try to bring hope and healing to society. In Tulsa, Soulforce was organized by individuals involved in MCC United and the group has been holding regular meetings at the Gay Community Services Center. see Soul, p. 7 ¯ Tulsan Chosen For HRC Board ¯ Fundraiser Audra Sommers : To Join Marty Newman in DC ¯ TULSA - Audra Sommers, who is planning an ¯¯ AIDS benefit in Tulsa next month, has gained national recognition ¯ forher humanrights - efforts. Sommers ¯ has been named to the Board of Gover- ¯ nors of the Human ¯ Rights Campaign, a ¯ 300,000-member national organlza- ¯ tion that batdes dis- -¯ crimination against sexual minorities. ¯ As a board mere- ¯ ber, Audra will be ¯ responsible for re- . cmiting, promoting ¯ awareness ofhuman rights issues in Oklahoma and ¯ serving as a liaison between Oklahoma and the ¯ national organization in Washington, DC, where ¯ she will be heading for orientation this month. "I’m ¯ really, really happy that I was appointed, to the : Board of Governors," she said. ¯ Sommers joins Tulsan Marty Newman on the ¯ Board of Governors. Newman expressed delight : with Sommers selection. "Audra has a ~roven .. history of work on behalf of the commumty, and ¯ she has an enormous number of people wholook to ¯ her leadership," noted Newman. He added that ." HRC is concentrating its effolas on Tulsa at this ¯ time and he feels Sommers will add immeasurably ¯ to HRC’s strengths. see Audra, p.3 Audra Sommers Pentagon Admits Hate Speech is Widespread by Robert Burns, AP Military Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Anti-Gay speech and harassment is commonplace in the U.S. military, especially among young enlisted troops, according to a Pentagon inspector general’s survey. 85% of those surveyed said they believed that anti-Gay comments are tolerated on their base or aboard their ship, and 37% said they had personally witnessed or been the target of harassment - such as hostile gestures, graffiti or physical assault- based on perceived homosexuality. The survey released last month also found a widespread belief among troops that the Clinton administration’s so-called "don’t ask, don’t tell’" policy on Gays in the military - which Vice President A1 Gore says he would eliminate if he were elected president-is not working. President Clinton himself has said the policy, forged in 1993, is now "’out of whack.’" Defense Secretary William Cohen, responding to theinspector general’ s survey results, announced he was creating a committee of military and civilian officials to draft a plan for measures to improve the policy’s implementation. Cohen put the onus on military chiefs to fix the problem. "The report shows that military leaders must do more to make it clear that harassment based on sexual orientation violates military values,’" Cohen said in a memo to the military chiefs and service secretaries. The administration’s policy, set in law by Congress in 1993 after a heated political battle, says Gays and Lesbians may serve in the military so long as they keep their sexual orientation to themselves. Dubbed "don’t ask, don’t tell,’" the policy still bars openly homosexual people from serving in uniform. 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U134 501-253-7734 501-253-7457 501-253-6807 501-253-5445 501-253-9337 501-253-2776 501-253-5332 501-624-6646 501-253-6001 501-253-4074 417-623-4696 * is where you can f’md TFN. Not all are Gay-owned but all are Gay"friendly. Some 600 homosexuals were killed there between 1939 and mid-1943 alone, according to the researchers. The Nazi anti-Gay law,knownas "Paragraph 175,’" was directly solely against Gay men, since the Nazis were mainly concerned with perceived threats to their ideal of Aryan manhood. Lesbians were generally ignored, although some were arrested as "asocials’" or "prostitutes.’" Few surviving victims ever came forward after World War II because of continning stigmaassociated withhomosexualkty, whicl~remained illegal in West Germfiny ~mder the sam~ Nazi law until 1969: Tens of thousands of men were prosecuted in those postwar years. Historians also generally ignored the Nazi per.s..e~..u;~n of homosexuals until the 1980s, meaning many survivors had’ already passedaway, organizers said. Only a handful are known to still be alive; their stories are told in a U.S.-made documentary," Paragraph 175,’" whichwon awards at film festivals in Berlin and at Sundance this year. Germany’s center-left government introduced a bill last week - 55 years after the end of the war - that would require parliament to officially recognize and apologize to Gay victims. It also calls on the government to study whether a blanket annulment should be issued for convictions under the Nazi anti-Gay law, under which even a glance between men could be cause for prosecution. - Guenter Morsch, director of tli’~ Sachsenhansen memorial, noted that protests erupted after the first plaque dedicated to Gay victims of the Nazis was hung at the Dachau concentration camp outside Munich in the 1980s. Last year, Germany’s national Holocaust memorial day commemorated Gay victims for the first time with .a ceremony at S~lchsenhansen. Events like that and the ¯ new exhibit are important, he said, be- ; cause all groups - not just those that are ¯ "politically correct’" - must be remem- -"- bered if tolerance is to be promoted. : About 200,000 people were interred at Sachsenhausen between 1936 and 1945; : including Jews, Roma, communists ",rod ¯ other political prisoners. More than 1,400 Jews were killed there, thousands more sent off to be killed in Auschwitz. Others were forced to work in adjacent factories. You mayfind the Gay Museum at www.schwulesmuseum.de Audra, who is also a volunteer fund- ¯ raiser, is currently producing her largest ¯ event to date, a three-hourAIDS benefit at Tulsa’s Performing Arts Center that wi’ll ~ feature Thrifty president Don Himelfarb : as keynote speaker. ¯ ThePAC show,"Connecting the Hearts ¯ ofTulsa,"is scheduledforApri120 atTpm ¯ and will benefit Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. Fea- ¯ tured performers include Debbie ¯ Campbell, Rebecca Ungerman and ¯ children’s musical groups from All Souls ¯ Unitarian Church. ¯ The John H. Williams Theater seats 429, andAudrahopes to sellit0ut. Tickets ¯ are $10 general admission, $20 VIP seat.- ," ing, and $5 students. ¯ For more information or tickets, call ~ 832-7919. see Audra, p. 3 by Lamont Lindstrom, Ph.D. : "Unmarried Partner." That’s the U.S. ¯ Census 2000 official term for boyfriends ; and girlfriends. It’s either that or else you " check Husband/Wife, Roomer/Boarder, ¯ Housemate/Roommate, or Other " Nonrelative. ¯ How should I label my live-in? I can’t ¯ call him Husband or Wife. He’s not a : Boarder. He’s much more than a RoOm- " mate. (TheCen~uginfbmas us tha~ Room- ¯ mates "share living quarters primarily to : share expenses.") AndOther Nonrelative; : although correct, is hopelessly inadequate. So, for lack of better alternative, the boyfriend must be an Unmarried Partner. I am pleased to see the Census Bureau demands, rather romantically, that the Unmarried Partnerhave"aclose personal relationship with Person 1" (that is, with me). I know some Unmarried Partners ° whose onetime close personal relations : have aged into an icy and tight-lipped co- ¯ erastence. " The Census, as a condensed.form of " Ameri~anculturalpresumption, thinks that : people really ought tO be related to their - roommates either by blood or by marriage. Anthropologists call such presumptions "residencerules"- expectation about who should live with whom. There are patrilocal and matrilocal societies where children live with either father’s or mother’~ people. In avunculocal situations -the tropical Trobriand Islands - hildren move an with mother s brothers. Where virilocal rules arefollowed, women reside with their new husbands. Or there is theuxorilocal opposite: traditional Hopi Indian grooms, for example, move’ their belongings into their bride’g house. And there isthe "neolocal" U.S. where all couples should establish new, independent households. All these patterns describe the co-residency of kin, and the American situation is no different. Most of us live with relafives as we grow up: "mothers, fathers, sis{~s, and brothers. And most of us live with even more relatives after we marry: husbands, wives, sons, and daughters. There are just two anomalous periods in mostAmericanlife cycles when wemight find ourselves living with non-kin (with "Other Nonrelatives," according to Census language). The first consists of the few years between leaving morn and dad behind and marriage. This typically is the time of higher educalionwhen young twenty-somethings pile up in dormitories, fraternities, sororities, and shared apartments. The second comes with old age. We agomze over the mor~ity of farming mom out to some nursing home ward full of strangers. The experience of life with non-kin and strangers is fraught with aggravations and difficulties. The common bathrooms, those dirty dishes, the housemate’s woeful taste in music. Life with mere friends or roommates is rocky and unstable. My nervous students busy themselves with inventing "fictive kinship" labels for one another. They pretend that the co-residents in their sororities or fraternities are "just like" their sisters and brothers. And they watch a lot of "Friends," relying on Hollywood to romanticize and make fun of the peculiar experience of sharing their toilet seats with the "Other Nonrelated." Weare broughtup to live with relatives. Sbared residence withkin is easier for two reasons. We are morally obliged to forgive the exasperations of our revolting brothers that we would never stand from a friend. And we ablemore easily to take our revenge on our irksome siblings, spouses, orchildren, unconstrainedby the politeness conventions that govern our relations with non-kin. Wash those dishes or you are grounded! Pick up your filthy socks, slob! Gays and Lesbians are in something of a residential quandary: many of us never mo~e beyondthis stageof life with nonkin. Straights leave behind theirfew years of shared apartments and dormitories to ¯ return to new households composed of :. kin. But since Gays and Lesbians cannot ¯ marry, officially at least, we live out our lives with roommates, other nonrelatives, ¯ and unmarried partners. ¯ This perhaps explains some of the fra- ¯ gility ofGay households. "It’sMyWay or the Highway!" is easier to demand when you aren’t shouting at relatives. Many of us havemetguys whowereperfectcouples before they made the fatal mistake of moving m together. And we have other friends who are resigned to living solo. No spare toothbrushes in theirbathrooms. They’ve relied too often on the unkind= hess of strangers. Soyou snoopingFedenumerators, come along and count me. I’m checking the Unmarried Partner box. At the moment at least, I’m happily living with the UP. I realize, given American cultural patterns, that the non-kin structure of our household is anomalous. It will require extra effort and forgiveness to keep it going. Forget or forgive those badly squeezed .toothpaste tubes. TheUPis neitherbrother nor spouse but t still want him arodttfl"to be counted in 2010: ,-:~: LamontLindstrorn teaches anttfOl~lbgy at the University of Tulsa. Among the. survey’s key findings: - 80% of the 71,500 members of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps surveyed said they had heard offensive speech or jokes or derogatory names or remarks about Gays in the past year. The service members were not asked if they had. participated in such behavior. -33% said they heard it often. It was reported most frequently in the Marine Corps and least in the Air Force. Such behavior was reported to be most common among junior enlisted troops. --Of the offensive behaviors or actions reported as directed against Gays, offensive speech was the most common. It was mentioned by 89% of those who reported witnessing or experiencing some form of harassment. Hostile gestures were reported by 35%; threats or intimidation by 20%; graffiti by 15%, vandalism of personal property by 7% and physical assault by 9%. The survey was done on 38 U.S. military bases and aboard 10 Navy ships and one submarine from Jan. 24 to Feb. 11. The spark that caused the Pentagon to take a closer look at how the Gay policy is being implemented - and the extent of anti-Gay behavior in the field - was the bludgeoning death lastJuly ofaGay Army private, Barry Winchell, at FortCampbell, Kentucky. His killer, a fellow Army private, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Medical *Excellence And Compass.ionate ’ Care S nce 1926. ’* ¯ ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTER q P Medical Excellence ¯ Compassionate Care IGTA member Call 341. 6866 International ToutS formore inyormation. Massage Therapy Services ~!~~gar O. Cruz, L.M.T. ¯ ¯ Pager: 918-889-5255 Voice Mail: 918-697-9282 Lic. #C4133 Country Club. Barbering Custom Styling for Men & Women David Kauskey 3310 E. 51st, 747-0236, Tues.-Fri., 8-5:30, Sat. 8-5pro Mississippi House Bans Adoptions by Gays JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi may become the second state with a law banning homosexual couples from adopting children, althoughlawmakers embracing the idea say they are unaware of any cases ofGay adoptive parents. The House approved theban with no debate late in March, nearly a week after a similar proposal died for lack of action. The adoption ban was revived after an orchestrated phone call campaign by supporters. Only Florida has a law forbidding Gay adoptions, but other stateshave policies that keep homosexuals from seeking adoptions. Bill opponents and supporters said they were unaware of adoptions in Mississippi involving Gay couples or any couples hoping to adopt. Mississippi Baptists and the Tupelo-based American Family Association had lined up in support of the proposal. On the other side were the American Civil Liberties Union, which has threatened alawsuit, and homosexual groups. "It’s ridiculous,’" said Eddie Sandifer of Jackson, director of the Mississippi Gay and Lesbian Alliance. "This is going to be in court. It’s just a waste of taxpayers’ money. They know there’s going to be a lawsuit and they’ll lose eventually.’" House Public Health Commi ttee Chairman Bobby Moody, D-Louisville, said, "ff it’s the right thing to do, it doesn’t matter to me if it leads to a lawsuit or not.’" "What constitutes a family is not a homosexual couple,’" s~iid Moody. The bill was approved 107-8. There could be an attempt for a second vote. "That bill is of the assumption that anybody who’s Gay wilt,abuse children. That’ s not a good ~rgument. I can’tjudge one’ s moral turpitude. I’m not qualified to do that,’" said Rep. David Green, D-Gloster. This is the second time in three years that Mississippi lawmakers have gotten involved in Gay issues. In 1997, they banned homosexual marriages. The adoption ban was added to a bill dealing with nurse practitioners. That proposal lets the practitioners prepare paperwork about the physical or mental condi- - tion of a child being put up for adoption. Now doctors must do the paperwork. Moody said the House vote came in response to a public outcry. "There’s been a lot of publicity created around the state. It gave the false impression to some religious groups that it was happening or there was a possibility it could happen,’" he said of adoptions by Gay couples. Rep. Mary Coleman, D-Jackson, said lawmakers "’were infringing on people’s private lives.’" David Ingebretsen, director of theACLU in Mississippi, has said his group may sue on behalf of aGay couple if the bill becomes law. Other states have been sued over their adoption policies. The bill does not ban a Gay individiml from trying to adopt a child. It goes back to the Senate for more consideration. PlanetOut Website and Advocate/Out to Merge SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - PlanetOut, which caters to Gays and Lesbians, has announced plans to acquire Liberation Publications, the largest publisher of Gay and Lesbian periodicals and books in the country. Liberatiofi Publications Inc. produces the Advocate newsmagazine and will soon own Out magazine. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The companies describe the deal as a merger, but the Interact company will be the dominant partner; allowing the magazines "tO continue publishing under their own brand names. "You can characterize it as the AOL-Time Warner in the Gay space,’" said Megan J. Smith,.chief executive of PlanetOut. Her five-year-old company operates the Web site www.planetout.com, along with an online radio and film service and PlanetOut TV, which airs on the site and on Canadian television. In 1996, the San Francisco-based site became the first Gay-oriented enterprise to secure venture capital funding. The company has since established parmerships with AOL, Netscape, Yahoo! and other major Web companies as well as made advertising agreements with Arista Records, Virgin Adantic Airways and Johnson & Johnson. Liberation Publications is based in Los Angeles. It announced Feb. 21 that it. would acquire New Yorkbased Out Publishing Inc., the publisher of Out and HIV+ magazines. The Advocate, a 33-year-old bi-weekly with a circulation of about 88,000, concentrates on news, politics, business and medical information. Out~ a monthly launchedin 1992, has a circulation of 115,000 and focuses on culture, entertainment, fitness and other topics. The Gay marketis considered a prime for Intemet players because a high percentage of Gays and Lesbians use the Internet and because the Intemet )rovides.a level Of anonymity. Dr. Schlessinger’s TV Show Draws Protesters LOS ANGELES (AP) - Paramount Television says it is committed to putting tough-talking Dr. Laura Schlessinger on TV, the tough-talking protests of hundreds of angry Dr. Laura demonstrators notwithstanding. "Shame, shame, shame,’" more than 200 Gay civil rights protesters shouted outside Paramount Pictures, where they demanded the studio drop plans to put the controversial radio host on television this fall. Schlessinger, known to her listeners as Dr. Laura, dispenses relationship advice onher enormously popular radio show. She has called homosexuality a"biological error’" and "deviant.’" "When Paramount bought Laura Schlessinger’s show, they bought abattle withtheGay community,’" said Joan Garry, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. "We’re going to do whatever it takes’" to get the ParamOunt Television Group to abandon the syndicated show, Garry said. So far Paramount has stood firm. and none of the stations signed on to air Schlessinger’s show have backed out. In arecent statement, the studio §aidit was committed to presenting moral and ethi’~fl issues without "creating or contributing to an en~cfroimaent of hurt, hate or intolerance.’" One of the signs carried by the demonstrators read "No More Matthew Shepards.’" a reference to the Gay student killed in Wyoming in 1998. Also fueling the protest is anger over the passage last month of Proposition 22, which bans same-sex marriage in California. "We will do whatever it takes to keep the pressure on. The strategies will be about advertisers and the affiliates,’" Garry said, declining to specify whether that meant station or sponsor boycotts. Countering the demonstrators were about 75 Schlessinger supporters organized by Campaign for California Families, a conservauve, nonprofit organization. "We’re the majority Of people who pay to see Paramount films and who tune in to Paramount television shows. We are in support of Dr. Laura being on the air,’" Said Cherri Gardner, a spokeswoman for the group. Conservatives Sue City Over Partners Benefits BOSTON (AP) -A conservativelaw firm is suing the city of Cambridge, claiming that the ordinance that allows homosexual couples to register as domestic partners is illegal and unconstitutionhl. "The ordinance isboth legally and morally wrong. .. This legal action is necessary to defend marriage and the family,’" Vincent P. McCarthy, Northeast counsel for the Virginia-based American Center for Law and Justice, said Tuesday in a statement. In July, the state Suprem,e Judicial Court struck down an executive order issued by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino that was intended to give health insurance coverage to Gay partners of Boston city workers. The ACLJ assisted the Catholic Action League in that case and predicted another legal victory against Cambridge. It also said it planned to file a suit against United in God’s Love MCC-United Sunday Worship Reverend Cathy Elliot 11:00 am Pastor 1623 N. Maplewood 918/838-1715 Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Community ofHope 2545 South Yale, Sundays at llam, 749-0595 A Welcoming Congregation HOUSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Sun. Worship, 10:45 am, Sunday School, 9:30 am Wed. Bible Study, 7 pm 3210b S, Norwood, Info: 224-4754, Chris or Sharon Sandra Hill M.s. Licensed Professional & National Certified Counselor, Certified Hypnotherapist Psychotherapy & Clinical Consultation After Hours Appointments Available 2865 E. Skelly Drive, Suite 215,745-1111 Red Rock Tulsa - O’RYAN Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network Outreach Program Thurs. 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Call for more information: 918-584-2325 KEVIN BURLESO N Keller Williams Realty 712-2252 Burleson@kw.com 2651 Ea~t 21st Street, Ste. 100, Tulsa 74114:" .~An lndep(ndent Member Broker OPENARMS,OPENMINDS,OPENHEARTS Saint Aidan 4045 N. Cincinnati. 425-7882 Saint John 4200 S. Atlanta Place, 742-7381 Saint Dunstan 5635 East 71st, 492-7140 Trinity 501 S. Cincinnati. 582-4128 The Episcopal Church Welcomes You the city of Springfield. The Catholic Action Leagueis also involved in the Cambridge case. Under the Cambridge ordinance passed in 1992, Gay couples go to City Hall and register as domestic partners. Once registered, partners of a city or school worker are entitled to the same health benefits as spouses of city and school workers. Michael Gardner, Cambridge’s personnel director, who administers the be~lefits, said he felt the ordinance was both legal and constitutional. "It was our view that we should continue to follow the ordinance passed by our legislative body,’" he said. The law firm, which brought the suit onbehalfof 12 Cambridge residents, attacked the ordinance on a number of legal fronts, but one argument was the one that succeeded in the Supreme Judicial Conrt last year. The SJC had rifled that the" Boston executive order was "inconsistent’" with a decades-old state law that granted cities the authority to provide health insurance to workers, their spouses and dependents. Gary Buseck, executive director of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, said he would be happy if Cambridge fought the case vigorously. But he also called on the Legislature to pass a bill designed to grant cities and towns the power to extend the benefits if they chose. The bill has passed the Senate but is pending in the House, he said. "The Legislature can put an end to all of this and ~make sure cities and towns have an option of extending health insurance to all their employees,’" Buseck said. Georgia Hate Crimes Bill Gets Final Passage ATLA~’qTA (AP) - The Georgia Senate gave final passage to a bill allowing stiffer penalties for hate crimes. Gov. Roy Barnes will have to sign off on it before it can become law. ~ The. origii~ Version of the bill specified which types ofbigo.try warranted a hate crime, but the House amended the: measure to be more vague. It now mentions only.crimes motivated by "bias or preju- Sen. Vincent D. Fort, D-Atlanta, said he would have preferred the.originalianguage but was willing to accept the ctian~e~. .A jury would, declare defendants guilty of a hate crime after they were convicted ofanother crime such as vandalism, arson, assault or murder. The initial bill would have allowed the judge to make that decision. That changeprompted Sen. Clay Land, R-Columbus, to reverse his original vote and support the measure. ~At that time,.I felt the legislation was unconstitutional because it did not provide the accused with a ¯ jury trial,’" he said. Under the bill, sentences and fines for misdemeanors would be increased by half, up to the maximum allowed, for hate crimes. Felony prison sentences ¯ would be increased byfive years up to the maximum sentence. Defendants convicted ofhate crimes would have to serve at least 90 percent of their sentences. Women Lawmakers Key To Civil Unions Win MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A greater percentage of women than menin the Vermont House of Representatives voted in favor of the civil unions bill that passed in the House last week. Female representatives approved by a wide margin granting same-sex couples tile benefits of marriage through civil unions while their male counterparts turned it down. The women voted for the bill 35-9 while the men voted against it 60-41. All but one of 32 female Democrats voted in favor of the bill, while four of 12 Republican women voted for it. Although women make up relatively smaller proportions of each caucus, more than half of the Democrats voting yes were women, and more than a quarter of the Republicans voting yes were women. Rep. Anne Pugh, D-South Burlington, said female constituents in general asked her to support the bill, while men asked her [o oppose it. "It may have m do with the fact that women traditionally focus on family, and nurturing and relationships - that women’s identity comes from connecting,’" Pugh said. Rep. Michael Vinton, D-C01chester, a retired state trooper who has been outspoken in his criticisms of anti-Gay arguments, said he bdieved women felt less threatened by homosexuality. "For whatever reason, I feel there’s more fear among the male gender,’" Vinton said. "Men seem to be more crfical of people -it’s just our species, probably."" The trend reflects women’s greater receptiveness to homosexuals across the country, according to national policy experts. "Women overwhelnfingly support Gay aud Lesbian civil rights more than ~nen, generally speaking,’" said Paula Ettelbrick, director ofthe National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute. "’Women identify more because, like Gays and Lesbians, they have not been part of the system as a group, and theymaderstand the need and desire to be a full citizen,’" she said. However, she said the fact that the Vermont House had passed a civil unions bill at all "shows that mendike everybody else have the capacity to change on issues involving their own communities.’" The bill passed on a final margin of76 to 69. Voting yes were 57 Democrats, 14 Republicans, four Progressives mad one Independent. Voting no were 50 Republicans, 18 Democrats, and one Independent. N.M. Christian Coalition Files Phone Co. Benefits ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - The New Mexico branch of the Christian Coalition is accusing U S West of abusing public trust by providing employee benefits to homosexuals and other umnarried workers. In a document filed with the state Public RegulationCommission, theNew Mexico Christian Coalition says the policy is "offensive to decent, moral subscribers who want phone service.’" Edward Lopez Jr., U S West’s vice president in New Mexico, said he is disgusted to "see-this kind of hate and intolerance’" in a state as diverse as New Mexico. Lopez says. the policy is good business. "We believe our work force mirrors that of our. custom- : ers,’" he said. "We’ve better able to understand .our. customers needs and respond to.them.’" ¯ In its one-page filing, theChristian group contends U S West’s benefits policy promotes the spread of ¯ AIDS and other sexually transmitteddiseases. "We’re ¯ saying there’s a moral issue of unmarried people that ¯ donot deserve benefits. If there is any way to prevent ¯ that from happening, we’ll do that,’" said Mark Bur- " ton, executive director of the Albuquerque-based ¯ group. The group, affiliated with Pat Robertson’s Christian Coalition of America, also contends in the ¯ filing that homosexuals are prone to violence and ¯ child molestation. ¯ Linda Siegle, alobbyist for theCoalition forEquality, called the group’s statements "ludicrous and ¯ absurd, based on every lie and stereotype perpetrated ¯ on people who are Gay.’" About 2,500 private corporations, universities and other organizations across the nation provide domes- " tic partnership benefits, she said. ¯ In its Mar~h i0 filing,’ the New Mexico Christian ¯ Coalition requested the PRC investigate "the social ¯ implications of this heinous U S West policy.’" "The partners of homosexuals .shouldn’t have the right to ¯ get benefits fromamonopoly when I have no other choice (for servic£),’" Burton said. " " The Public Regulation Commission currently as investigating U S West’s customer rates. Commission chairman Bill Pope said he couldn’t comment on anything contained in the filing because the panel has yet to hear the rate case. South African Gays May Give Blood JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Gay men have a constitutional right to donate blood, the South African Human Rights Commission has ruled. The commission said it was no longer Gays who were most at risk for HIV in South Africa, but people in their early 20s. The commi ssiondemandedthat ablood bank in Western Cape change its practice of not accepting blood from homosexual men. Western Cape Blood Transfusion Service director Arthur Bird on Friday said he disagreed with the decision and was seeking legal advice. The case came about after Andrew Barnes, a public relations manager, responded to an urgent plea for new donors in the midst of a severe blood shortage last year. A nurse at Western Cape Blood Transfusion Service declined Barnes’ blood afterhemarked "yes’" ontheform’ s question of whether he had had sex with a man. Barnes had been in a r~lationship with anothermanformore than two years. The commission said the decision to reject Barnes’ blood was ’~discrimination in terms of the Constitution." It said it would take the blood bank to court unless it explains what changes it will make to avoid breaching people’s constitutional right to equality before April 3. Teacher With AIDS LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - HIV/AIDS activist Cathy Robinson was a teacher in 1991, living a storybook life with her husband, pregnant with their second child. She and her husband, Dan, went to the doctor for what was supposed to be a routine physical for life insurance and learned theunimaginable: They both Were infected with the virus that causes AIDS. Three years later, she developed AIDS. "My first instinct was, ’I know where I’ve been. Where have you been?’ " Robinson said. Then headlines flashed through her head declaring Belle Glade - where she had worked with children- the AIDS capital of the state. She wondered if she had contracted the deadly virus there. Buttwomonths later, Robinson, 34, found out she had contracted HIV from a man who died from AIDS complications in prison while doing time for raping her July 4, 1984, at a Tallalaassee convenience store where she worked. Privacy laws prohibited the prison from disclosing to Robinson that he had AIDS. She went seven years without finding out she had HIV. She gave it to her husband during that time, but her children, Garrett and Lyndsy, are HIV-free. There is only about a 20% chance a pregnant mother will pass onHIV to her baby. With medicine, the chances drop to 4%. Robinson, who also wasdiagnosed with breast cancer two year~s ago, is coping with her own mortality by spending the time she has left to promote safe sex and persuade people to get tested. Her efforts includ~lhe NAMES Project AIDS Memoria~: Quilt display, which is being displayed this month in the Hollis Wellness Center at Florida Southern College. Robinson. travels throughout Florida talking with students, sheriffs’ deputies and commumty groups about HIV and AIDS, defying stereotypes of the "typical’" AIDS victim, as a mamed, white, middle-class mother of two. Laws about HIV status disclosure vary by state. In Florida, it takes a court order to have someone convicted of sexual assault tested. "We don’t as a state mandate testing, and emergency rooms don’t have time to doit,’" Robinson said. "They (tell) victims of sexual as sault, ’In afew weeks, you should get tested.’ " Assistant State Attorney Sherri Scarborough, who handles many of the criminal sexual assault cases in Polk County, said state statutes allow the court to order HIV tests of anyone accused of a crime where bodily fluids are exchanged. But the victim has to request the tests and ask that the health department notify them of the results. Scarborough said she only remembered two cases in the past six years when a victim wanted to have his or her attacker tested. One whs aT0-year-old woman. The other was a college student. Robinson was a student at Florida State University when she was raped. Two of her attackers were convicted, but a third man never was arrested. She testified in the two trials but did not ask that her attacker be tested because there was no HIV test at the time. "In 1985, there was a test. I called right away, but they said, ~Cathy, you don’t need to worry. The only people who get HIV are Gays and drug users,’ " she said. Meanwhile, her attacker was being treated for AIDS in prison. WhenRobinson foundout she was HIVpositive, she said she didn’t tell anyone for amonth. Thev. two months passed, and she was about to give bir~ to her son, Garrett, now 8. "Three nurses refused to give us care. One, not knowing anything about me, assumed we decided to have children even though we had AIDS. She called (the Department of Children and Families) to try to get them to take our kids away,’" Robinson said. ThenRobinsonmadea choice she could never take back. She decided to talk about her story in schools and churches to raise public awareness. "By going public, there was no way I could ever teach again, which was fine,’" she said. "Then they wiped my husband’s job out of his company. We paid tbr groceries with credit cards for a while... Thenwerealized they were going to turn our lights out. We moved in with my parents in Clewiston." Cathy and Dan since have moved to Fort Myers with her best friend, a nurse. But they decided five years ago to have Garrett and Lyndsy, 9, continue to live with her parents, to ease the transition on the day the~ know will come. The Robinsons see their childrenon weekends and holidays. They write in journals and make tapes to record memories they want the kids to remember. "We knew ultimately we were going to die,’" Cathy said. "We thought it was importantfor them to transilion. Wenever thought we’d still be transitioning five years later. Our biggest fear was dying before Lyndsy and Garr’ett were old enough to remember us.’" Bill Gregory, an advertising professor at Florida Southern, fellow AIDS activist and friend, said Cathy hves to spread the message. But radiation therapy has made it more difficult in recent months. Cathy travels to Miami for radiation treatments because she can get them free in exchange for leading educational programs. She puts about 1,500 miles a week on her leased Ford Explorer traveling throughout the state for AIDS education, stressing safer sex and HIV testing. "You have to be tested,’" she said. "No. 1, you don’t want others to get infected. No. 2, they can treat you. If you are negative, you have a chance to rethink your activities that got you there.’" Timothy W. Daniel Attorney at Law An Attorney who will fight for justice & equality for Gays & Lesbians Domestic Partnership Planning, Personal Injury, Criminal Law & Bankruptcy 1-800-742-9468 or 918-352-9504 128 East Broadway, Drumright, Oklahoma Weekend and evening appointments are available. January April July October December Even Out Your Monthly Electric Bills. At WoO, we know that changing weather conditions throughout the year can cause your monthly electric bills to rise and fall dramatically. Which can make it tmrd to plan your household budget. That’s why~ our Average Monthly Payment plan, could be your budgeting solution. With~you pay about the same each month, because ifs based on your previous 12 months usage. That makes budgeting a breeze. And best of all, ifs free. AMPis}ust one of several flemq~le payment options PSO offers you. For more information, we’re available 24 hours a da~. Or s’tgn up forAMP on our website at www.csw.corm PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA A Central and South Weat Company Kelly Kirby,. CPA, PC Certified Public Accountant a professional corporation Lesbians and Gay men face many special tax situations whether single or as couples. Electronic filing is’available for faster refunds. 747-5466 4021 South Harvard Avenue, Suite 210, Tulsa 74135 Are You Gay or Bisexual? Are You Native American?../,= Tulsa’s Two-Spirited Indian Men s Support Group is here for you~. ¯ E~ening support group meetings ¯ Relationship workshops ¯ Short trips, outings and retreats ¯ Free HIV testing For information call Tulsa Native American AIDS Prevention Project beginning at the Gay Community Center ¯ at 37th and Peoria and ending at Veterans Park at 18th and Boulder. The parade will begin at llam The Pride Festival will also begin at Veterans Park at 1 lain and will continue till about7 or8pm, finishing off the week’s events. TOHR organizers include Kerry Lewis as chairperson of the overall effort. "Humanity United for Haman Rights -Diversity Celebration 2000," Greg Gatewood, TOI-IR president and festival chair,Audra Sommers,parade chair, Lynn Moesteller, sponsor chair, Mitchell Savage, media chair, Ktis Kohl, festival entertainmentchair andNedBruha, incharge of festival booths and beverages. On June 3, Saturday, That evening also at the PAC Doenges Theatre, the TOHR Follies, not seen for a namber of years, will reprise, 100 Years of Broadway with tickets available through the PAC. Tuesday, June 6th, an art exhibit, "United" will open and on Thursday, June 8th, there will be a film night. Locations and times will be announced later. For more information about these events, call the Gay Community Services Center at 743-4297 (Gays). And while the organization has not been in Tulsa for long, already it’s become active and visible. Soulforce members along withTOHR, Tul sa Oklahomans for Haman Rights, marched in the M.L.King, Jr. Day parade, marking the first time openly Gay people and groups have partidipated. And for the kick-off for this year’s Gay Pride events, Diversity Celebration 2000, Soulforceis bringing Mel WhiteandGary Nixonback to Tulsafor aninterfaith workshop and to lead a Soulforce workshop. White and Nixon were in Tulsa several years ago for a regional conference of i~FLAG, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, held at All Souls Unitarian Church. Also on May 6-12, in Cleveland, Ohio, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Soulforce will hold Soulforce University (SFU) SFU is arare, one-week opportunity for people offaith to learn and apply the principles of nonviolence. SFU is being held in conjunction with the world congress of the United Methodist denomination of Chris-. tianity, General Conference 2000 which will also be in Cleveland, on May 2-12. Historically, Methodists have cared about the poor, the homeless, and the outcast. Soulforce organizers state, "sadly, decisions made by their [United Methodist] General Conferences over the past three decades have ended that tradition of caring and made outcasts of God’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered children. We hope to help end those unjust and discriminatory policies. For thirty-t~vo years United Methodist leaders have debated the issue of homosexuality. Too many of" their delegates have ignored the historic, scientific, psychological, pastoral and even biblical evidence thathomosexuality is neither a sickness nor a sin. As a result, with almost every General Conference the U.M.C. has hardened its anti-homosexual position. That position leads to discrimination, snffeting, and death.’" Several Tulsans involved in Soulforce will participate in the Cleveland events. HEAR the Quilt The NAMES Project Tulsa Area Chapter is proud to announce the return of the Quilt to Tulsa for a major display at the Maxwell Convention Center December1 through 3, 2000. The success of a major Quilt display is dependent on volunteers from our community. To develop interest and support for this major World AIDS Day event, the Tulsa Area Chapter will host a reception on Thursday evening, April 27 at 7: 00pm at Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 South Harvard, Tulsa. Please join us as we bring together the community in preparation for "HEAR the Quilt." We’ll have sections of the Quilt on display and lots of information about upcoming events Refreshments will be served and it will be a great opportunity to renew old friendships andmake new ones. For more information you can contact us at (918) 748-.~1 ll or at TulsaQuilt@go.com OK Spoke Club The OK Spoke Club is begimfing its tides again. A long ride (20 miles plus) will begin at Ziegler Park at 7:30am on April 8th & 15th. Water and helmet are required. A short tide (5 miles) along the Katy Bicycle path in Sand Springs will begin at 6:30 pm on April 19th. Water and helmet are strongly reconnnended. At 9am, a long ride will begin at the Pride Center, 3749 S. Peoria, rear parking lot on April 22th. Water and helmet are required. A short ride will leave from there at 6:30 pm on April 26th. Water and helmet are strongly recommended. For more information, contact the club at POB 9165, Tulsa, Ok 74157, or emaii to: Okiebicycle@prodigy.net Texas Lesbian Conference For 13 years now, Texas Lesbians have presented one of the best conferences in the US. This year’ s event, to be held at the Renaissance Hotel, Greenway Plaza on May 19-21 in Houston. The conference will feature Urvashi Vaid, former executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, cartoonist/cormnentator, Alison Bechdal, creator of"Dykes to WatchOut For," poet and author Ntozake Shange and Lesbian comic Marga Gomez. Andifthese were not enough of a draw, TLC offers a variety of workshops on legal, financial, spiritual and other issues. TLC is awoman only event for which you must be 18 to attend. For more information, write POB 66012, Houston 77266. Or "call 713-460-3435 for a registration form. . Living ArtSpace New Show Tul’sa’s contemporary art gall~ery~: Living Ai~tSpace, now located at 308 South Kenosha will present exhibition opening & gallery talk by artist, John Hitchcoek, on Thursday, April 6, 5:30-8pm. Hitchcock invites the viewer tobecome a participant in his installation by encouraging them to "play games" and receive a silk screened pnnt or an object. Using games derived from Native American traditions, the artist challenges the participant to make the comparison between traditional culture and the artwork. Once upon a time, there was a teenager named, for lack of a better moniker, Jim. He was teased most of his school life for being gay, name calling and threats of physical violencebeing the chief tactics deployed by most of the other kids -the mainstays of which were the dreaded "jocks." He had few friends, but one of the few he considered a friend happened to be Shaun. Shatm was in choir and on the football team, and Jim had known him for a few years, since Jr High. What Jim repressed and suppressed was his physical and emotional attraction for Shann. Shaun wasn’t classically handsome, but something about him was incredibly attractive to Jim. Maybe it was just that, unlike the other jocks, who singled Jim out for particular torment, Shaun always had treated him with kindness " ~roadway Damage’ is another little sleeper, low budget movie that is actually quite wonderful... The film is a ~ood old-fashloned romantle eornedy, kind of llke the old screwballs eomedles of the 30’s... It’s a well-wrltten, well-fihned, well-acted " story that is sure to brin~ a smile to anyone’s face..." and yes, even friendline,ss. This was !lJghly unusual. Jim and Shaun s friendship~ew, and they hung out a bit together. Jim continued suppressing, and just enjoyed Shaun’s company, basking in the glow of their friendship. At one point, they went to a film together. Shaun sat with legs spread wide, his leg touching Jim’ s. Wall, all Jim could focus on throughout the film was the sensfition of Shaun s leg against his; the bea~from the other boy’s body flowing in~d~s, the fact that he was really uncomfortable due to the fact that certain feelingSwere rising., feelings he’d been hiding from everyone, including himself. 0~things w~re rising too, and he had no!~deahow tohandle this. He wasn’t sure ifShaun was doing this deliberately or by accident. In ~_ospect, it had to be on purpose. Shfiuns leg never left contact wi~Jim’s tmtil the film was over. Jim wasi:terrified.~Did he dare move, and cut off~ie contact which he really so desperatdy Wanted?Or should he re~pond?Was thi~ ~test? Surely Shaun was aware of the comments and teasing; he’d seen it happen, To this day, Jim has no memory of that film or what it was. Just the sensation of Shaun’s leg and the accompanying delight/fear. Jim’s fervent yet deeply hidden desire was for Shaun and he to bein love. Yet, of course this could never be. Shaun was straight-Jim thought. Andhe was ever so aware of the fragility of friendship- he’d ~aot had many, ai~d would do nothing to jeopardize this one. One time, Shaun asked Jim to join he and some friends for a swim. When Jim got to Shaun’s house, he discovere~...that the friends.~were other members of the football team - the ones who so delighted inmakinglife aliving hell for Jim. "Well", he thought,"This should be ablast. NOT!" To his surprise, they all got along. Jim did feel incredibly out of place and utterly self-conscious the whole time they were around. Had to be careful not to slip up and steal a glance at the wrong moment, not that he could see anything without his coke-bottle glasses anyway. During the swim day, Shann told an interesting story: He had entered a bar on a certain street in. Arlington, Texas, and thought it was a real cool place - until he began to notice all the other patrons were men - and looking at him. Then he left in a hurry. You can imagine thecomments this brought on from the jocksters. It was all Jim could do not to ask WHERE. In fact, Jim did devote a considerable amount of time to thoughts onhow to get the desired information without giving myself away, but never could figure out a foolproofmethod. Some years later, Jim did go in search of the aforementioned place - and discovered it was in a shopping center with no sign age or indications of any sort that there was anything in the shopping center. You had to know where and what it was to get there and find the place. Interesting... Later that day, Shaun and I found ourselves alone in his parent’s house. He excused himself to take a shower, and was in there along time. A really long time. Jim began to wonder if he should just go home, Shaun was in there so long. Then, out he popped, completely nude - and Jim with no glasses on! (He was near blind without them.) It took a lot of control not to look down, whichhe recalls doing anyway, for a split second. Shaun probably caught it. He paused, saying, "Sorry, forgot to take my clothes i.n with me." Then went into his room. Jim was nonplused. Here Shaun is, withakidheknew was teased for being Gay, exposing himself. He spent along time inhis room, too,by the way Jimwas certain this was all atest, and the slightest wrong move would end the friendship - after all, Shaun was a good Southern Baptist boy, going to a church that literally preached coercion to get new members. Yes, Jim knows better now. There were signals being sent, Jimjust misinterpreted them. Jim wished he hadn’t, even though that would have ted to heartbreak. Jim really was in love with Shaun. Last Jim heard, Shaun was married, with kids. Sad thing is, that all Jim had to go on were negative images of Gayness. That’s all that was out there in the world then. There was no "Will and Grace", no positive movie role models. And All he knew was that one wrong step could end a friendship, Or even get him beaten - or, in one case he read about, killed. Whichleads me to aDVD review:_"Get Real". The story is pretty much the same as above, withnerdy schoNboyfallingfor upperclassmanjock. Except in the case of "Get Real", the relationship is consummated when schoolboy finds out that the jockster is indeed, homoerotically inclined. Of course, Mr. Jock is severely suppressing, and holding on to his straight identity with every’ fiber of his being. The film played Tulsa for about a week in ’96 or ’97. I’m sure not everyone got to see it, so I won’t spoil the ending. Let’s just say schoolboy .comes out publicly and discovers his inner strength. He’s accompanied by a female friend, who remindedme ofmyfriend Karin, who is now a Lesbian! More on that later, see Amuse, p. 9 GILCREASE MUSEUM April 29, May 5 & 7, 2000 Call 587-4811 Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist 11 am, Sunday, 1314 North Greenwood, 587-1314 EUREKASPRINGS DIVERSITYCELEBRATION -Friday, April 7 - 8:30pm to 12:30am,Dancing in the Ozark Room at the Basin Park Hotel (12 Spring Street) with DJ Jon Caswell. Sponsored by theMCC of the Living Spring. Cover: $5 per person. Cash Bar. Must be 21. - 9pm to 12:30am, Karaoke at Shaw’s Tavern (37 Spring Street) - 10pm to 2am, Breakfast at thenew Eureka House of Blues (in the basement of the x’~ :w Orleans hotel at 63 Spring Street) or, - 1 lpm to 2am, Breakfast at the Eureka Food Court (37 Spring Street) Saturday, April 8 10am to Noon, Canoe float on the White River. $25 per canoe. Singles welcome- r reservations and info, call theBeaver Dam Store at 501-253-6154. 10:30am. to Noon, Learn a littl6 of Eureka S prings’ history on a guided walking to, the Historic District. Meet at Sweet Spnngs next to Rogue’s Manor on upper !: Street. For further information, call 501-253-0070 or e-mail walking@nwaft.com. - Noon to 3:30pm "Go Fly a Kite!" Weather permitting, bring your kites and your cameras.at the beautiful Pond Mountain Lodge and Resort (two miles south on HighWay 23). For more information, contact Judy Jones at 800-583-8043. - lpm to 2:30pro Head out to Lake Leatherwood Park (off Highway 62 West) for an informative, guided trail hike. Get there a few minutes early and bring some water; some walking sticks will be provided. You can also hike on your own on one of the various trails in Eureka Springs’ "City Park". To obtain a trail map or for further information about the park, please e-mail lthrwood@ipa.net. For further information about the hike, call Steve at 501-253-9380 or 9384 or e-mail gands@ipa.net. - Please visit the unique shops and restaurants in the Eureka Springs Diversity Cooperative. Let them know you’re here for Diversity Weekend! - 3:30pm to 9pm,Check outThe Holein the Wall (191/2 Spring Street) forKaraokewith Lita! Lunch and dinner will also be served. For further information, call 501-253-8361. - 9pm to lain; Dance to the high,energy club ttmes of DJ Jon Caswdl at Center Stage (37 Spring Street). Must be 21. Cover: $5 per person. Sponsored by The Emerald Rainbow, Mark E. Cook Properties and Center Street Bar & Grill. - 9pmto 12:30am, Belt out your favorite tunes as Shaw’s Tavern (37 Spring Street) once again hosts a Karaoke night for "family" and friends. - 10pm to 2am, Brealffast at thenew Eureka House of Blues (in the basement of the New Orleans hotel at 63 Spring Street) or, - 1 lpm to 2am, Breakfast at the Eureka Food Court (37 Spring Street) Sunday, April 9 - 2pm to 6pm, Join us again at Center Stage (37 Spring Street) for a tea dance and drag show, with performances by the "girls from Tulsa" and music by DJ Jon Caswell. Must be 21. Cover: $5 per person. Sponsored by The Emerald Rainbow, Ermilio’s Restaurant and Center Street Bar & Grill. - 7pm, MCC of the Living Spring (17 Elk Street) will hold a service. Call 501-253-9337 for information. All are welcome! For a listing of businesses supporting this and similar events, check out the Eureka Springs Diversity Cooperative website at www.shimaka.coln/eureka/diversity or drop by The Emerald Rainbow at 45 1/2 Spring Street for a printed copy. Oklahoma Repertory Theatre Opens TULS A-Theatreleaders from twoTulsa : and the Boys" by So. African playwright organizations, Tulsa Repertory Theatre and Wayward Theatre Co. have joined together to create the Oklahoma Repertory Theatre (also known as OK REP). Catherine Adkins, Skip suraci. Christopher Ferguson-Long and Nathan Huntley will serve as executive artistic director, advisor, associate founding artistic director and associate artistic director, respectively. OKREP,like the companies out of which it grows is committed to "unique, professional theatre, children’s theatre, arts in education and community outreach." OK REP will open its season with the Pulitzer Prize winning, "Master Harold The film translates well to DVD, maintaining the widescreen image, and with excellent rarity. Sadly, there’s no extra features so prevalent now in DVD releases, such as director’s commentary, behind the scenes documentaries, etc. It would have been .nice to have the actor’s recollections of the making of the film and the affect it had on them. However, that does not detract from the fact it’s a well-written film with an excellent.cast and beautiful cinematography. The only thing that bothered one of my friends at the .initial showing was that jock boy Athol Fugard. The production will mn May 11-14 and May 18-20 at Tulsa’s Performing Arts Center Liddy Doenges ~[]aeatre at 8pm and Sundays at 2pro, and is supported in part by grants from the Oklahoma Arts Council and the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Tn~st. The play, directed by Nathan Huntley, is that of a young man growing up and growxng aware in 1950’s South Africa apartheid. Tulsa actors Greg Herman, Bill Thomas and Christopher Ferguson-Long perform the roles. Tickets are available at the PAC box office, 596-7111, for $12/ adults and $9/students/seniors. For more information, call OK REP at 592-6310. seems to come from a well-heeled family, yet has a working class accent. I noticed after he pointed it out, but that did not detract from the otherwise excellent performanees given by Ben Silverstone as the cuteschoolboy Steven Carter, Charlotte Britain as his friend who faints on command, and the hunky Brad Gorton as thejock upon anyone Wouldbe daft not to develop a crush. Available from Wolfe Video (www.wolfevideo.com). Along the same lines, sort of... well, not really, but there’s a well-done scene that exemplifies the kind of dynamic I wrote of regarding seeing that tmnamed film with Shaun, is "Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss." see Amuse, p. 11 by Tom Neal, editor & publisher Some Oklahomapolitical observers have noted that the one good thing for this state about a win by Republican presidential candidate, George W. Bush, is that we’d get to send the Honorable Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma packing back off to DC, though others have said Oklahoma’.s gain might be to the nation’s detriment. "... ff it were not enough to invoke this bigoted image ofGay people -preying on the young, he foflowed it with a comment about how Gay people are among the wealthiest Amerleans. I had to wonder if next he’d betalklng about how ’all Black people have rhythm’ or ’the international Jewish banking eonsplraey.’..." This February, t took my’father to lunch at the Press Club to see Keating do his song and dance. I imagine that Keating expected a rather friendly reception- these days the Press Club membership hardly includesany reporters but rather mostly public relations types - good enough people but hardly known for hard hitting .journalism. They’re there to put a nice spin on tttings, not to get at the truth, typically. Andyou can count on The Tulsa Worldto report only selectively on comments made there. Then there was Dad and me sitting right up front. And dear Mr. "I am not descended from a Baboon" Keating* likely did not know what he was in for. Mr. Keating waxed eloquently about how ifwe only re-made government to be like"’business," and not just coincidentally turned it all over to the Republiczins, all would be great with our state. I could nothave a~kedfor a better setup for my question to the Governor since in Oklahoma, it’s business leading the way in treating Lesbian and Gay citizens, well, like equal citizens. The question put to the Gov. was this: Oklahoma’s leading businesses,American Airlines, the state’ s largest private employer, K.imberly-Clark, Dollar-Thrifty Auto Group whose CEO, Joseph Cappy was just appointed to the State Board of Regents for Higher Education, all of these corporations promise not to discriminate on sexual orientation. Since "business" shows us the way, Keating * ina recent controversy about teaching evolution in public schools, Keating claimed he was not descended from a baboon. The Tulsa World contested that claim. Operat=on Montreal,. To ¯ was asked why state government was not following their lead. Frank’s answer was an embarrassment to the state of Oklahoma. He said there was not a public consensus to support treating all people fairly and had he stopped at this, I could hardly have argued withhim. But he went on to invoke the most shameful of stereotypes, saying that the state government of Oklahoma could not promise to treat Gay and Lesbian Oklahomans fairly because "a homosexual schoolteacher might try to ’promote’ his ’lifestyle’ to elementary school students and then the state could not discipline the teacher..." Andif it were not enough to invoke this bigoted image of Gay people preying on the young, he followed it with acomment abouthow Gay people are among the wealthiest Americans. I had to wonder if next he’d be talking about how "all Black people have rhythm" and "the international Jewish banking conspiracy." I did have the opportunity to say.his allegation about Gay "wealth" was false but not to question his premises about promising to treat public employees fairly. And this, of course, ignores the fact that it is almost unimaginable that any Gay teacher would engage in inappropriate discussions - they’re all too scared because : they know they’ll be harassed or fired in any school district in the state. Any inappropriate conversation by a ¯ teacher with students, whether heterosexual or homo- " sexual, already has avenues for remedy. I agree with Keating, Oklahoma can learn from the : example of "business." First and foremost, Frank needs ¯ to figure out that discrimination is bad for business and ¯ badforOklahoma. "Business" has figured this out. Ameri- " can and Dollar-Thrifty don’t go beyond the minimum ¯ federallaw r.eqmresjust because they regreatfolks. Th y ¯¯ do it because they can’t afford to lose good workers and ¯ some of those good workers ar’-e Gay. It really shouldn’t be that hardfor Frank Keating. All ¯ he needs to do is to reframe the questionin terms to which ¯ he can relate: shall we not include Catholics in our non- - discnmmattonlawsbecausewecouldn tfiretbemlfthey mdocmnated our children with the Cathohclifestyle m schools? Keating shouldknow that itwash’ t thatlong ago : that precisely those stereotypes were common in thisstate. After all, Keating claims to be a Christian. And as : such, he is commanded to "treat others as he would be ¯ treated." That?s pretty straightforward. I’d bet even a ¯ "lower" primate, maybe even a baboonmight be able to ¯ figure that out. The question is can our governor? by Dave Fleischer Senior Fellow, Policy Institute National Gay andLesbian Task Force Have you ever met ahomophobe? Of course you have, which is why you might not immediately be eager to campaign door-to-door using the "G" word when we need to win an election. You might be thinking: Holy Roller, don’t a lot of people go into rant mode the minute we say the Word "Gay?’" Actually, they don’t. Everywhere I’ve gone door-todoor with teams of volunteers,- once we explain in plalnlanguage the issue voters will be facing, the overwhelming majority are on .our side. Most of the rest are undecided. This has been true in Anchorage, Houston, and Fayetteville, Arkansas; in San Francisco, suburban Westchester County,.in Miami (nope, not just in South Beach) and in both Democratic and Republican parts of Spokane, Washington. And that’s just the places in 1998-and 1999 that we’ve gone door-to-door in. Sure, we start in neighborhoods wherewe believe we’ll find many supporters. But even when we broaden to a - diverse set of neighborhoods, 60 to 90% of the time, voters are surprised to learn that the basic rights, of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered (GLBT) people are under attack. "... I don’t want to tell you about my%exllfe - but ff I’m doing a job at my job, should my boss be able to fire me just because I’m Gay?" [long pause, she says uncertainly] "I’ve never thought about that..." "Well, I’m Gay, and this may surprise youbut it wasn’t a choice for me. And if I’m doing a goodjob at work, do you think my boss should be. able to fire mejust because I’m Gay?" "I don’t want to hear about your sex life." "I don’t want to tell you about my sex life--but if I’m ~ doing a goodjob atmyjob, shouldmy boss be able to fire me just because I’m Gay?" . [Long pause] [She says uncertainly] "I’ve never thought about that." "Well, that’s what you’ll, be voting on. Here’s the wording that will be on the ballot. Takealookatit. [Pausewhile she reads] What do you think?" I didn’t make this voter a supporter. But I did move her from leaning against us to someone who might be undecided. Theconversation took abouttwominutes. Then I was on to the next door. If we’ve trained our-volunteer team well, we communicate our key message within the limits of the voter’s attention span. Then we ask what they think. And they tell us. Soinetimes their answer isn’t easy to hear (I didn’t love Ms. Informed’s ?Gays can change"). Butifwe listen with genuine interest, and offer a clear, honest exchange, they return the favor. We usually-leave the door either knowing we’ve found someone leaning toward us, or someone who is now open to hearing more. A...J--~"~’~A~.~,~’A,,’~ (;.... ~Vhenthe~ydo, they say somethinglike. OfcourseI Benefit uur= i i i i i i~i~..,,..; :=~-agai~i’s’t--d~sc~aination, against anybody. I like/don’t care Localentrepreneurandmouth-about-townactivistNed about/dort’flike Gay people, but discriminationis always Bruha will present "Operation Montreal" at The Silver Star, 1565 So. Sheridan, at 10pm on Friday May 5th. Brnha notes, "’this night of rare comedy and mad-cap entertainment will aid Audra MarieSommers, an individual among us who has selflessly impleme.nted her .talents to l~tter the Tulsa areafor the past decade,,She has raised money for the poor and the sick." , Themoney raised the evening of thi~ event wiR,be ~used to help Payfor medications, travel and down-time trom both of lie) jobs for the transgendered Sommers as she recoups from surgery which will bring her physiology into correspondence with her gender identity. This event is called Operation Montreal because after many years of research, Sommers has chosen worldrenowned surgeons in Montreal. Any funds raised will not be used for the surgery. Sommers has underwrittem the surgery by taking a mortgage on her home. For more information about this event, call 585-1644, or write, "Operation Montreal" c/o Ned Bruha, P.O. Box 471282, Tulsa, OK. 74147-1282, or send e-mail to partygram@webzone.net wrong." So the experience of going door-to-door is enormously encouraging. It’s both productive for the campaign, and also personally affirming. This doesn’t mean that every voter is immediately happy to see us. But as a reality check, here’s the toughest door I’ve had so far. Scene: a sweaty August ’98 morning in Fayetteville, Arkansas; a white senior answers the door ..’...’.Hi, Ms. Informed?" Yes "Hi, Ms..Informed, my name is Dave Fleischer, and I’m with the Campaign for Human Dignity. A human rights resolution is on the ballot - it says that here in Fayetteville we won’t tolerate discrimination on thejob, whether you’re a man or women, black or white, Gay or non-Gay. What do you think about that?" "Well, I think that if Gay people would just go to church, they would realize it’s a choice, they don’t have to be that way". [She went on in this vein for a minute. I listened.] Nobody says this work is easy. But, contrary to our worst fears, it isn’t confrontational. It’s more like the ordinary experience of one tiuman being talking to another human being. And there’s an unexpected personal benefit. If we reopen our hearts, we are liberatedfrom a piece of internalized self-hate and our own stereotypical thinking about the public. It turns out that most of them are human, too - and more open than we give them credit for being. Most importantly, voteridentification works. SAVE Dade in Miami has built a list of.more than 15,000 Gay - and pro-Gay voters by having dbnversations just like these, by going door~to-door and by talking to voters when.they go to vote. Basic Rights Oregon beat back their last two state-wide anti-Gay ballot measures by doing voter idenlification on a large scale, and has a list of 125,000 voters statewide. Sure there are closed-minded homophobes out there. But they are far fewer and less grumpy than you’d guess -a mere needle in a Gaystack. If we’re going to win elections, we need to talk with everyone to find our supporters. Factis, voters are ready tolistentous,ifwe’re willing to listen to them. Are we? Meet Local Guys for Hot ~Odgin. 18+. Additional features fron ads guys you like The number of Gays and Lesbians in the United States is not known because of largely unreliable studies. Advocacy groups often claim 10% of the population is homosexual, basedon surveys ofsexual behavior conducted by researcher Alfred Kinsey taken in the 1940s. Other surveys put the number between 4% and 6%. Amore direct census question concerning sexual orientation isn’t likely by the lime the2010 census roils around. Itwould take afederal legislation to require collection of the data. And, advocates say, it’s a tricky ’question. "Is sexual orientation defined by feelings of attraction, exclusivity or praetors?’" Norfllrop asked. Best known for launching the career of "Willand Grace’ s" "Jack", Sean P. Hayes, that’s about the best thing about this film. It’s got some good moments, but never quite congeals into a satisfying film. Brad Rowe, Meredith Scott Lynn, and Hayes mmin good performances, but the rest of the cast falls flat, as do many of the jokes. Hayes stars as Billy, a starving artist photographer who is the other man in an unsatisfying relationship he settles for because (as he. tells everyone repeatedly in this film until youjust wantto slap him) he CAN’T FIND A MAN. He stumbles upon Gabriel (the immensely appealing Brad Rowe), and instantdysfunctional crushdevelops, in spite of the fact (?) that Gabriel is straight. Hilarity ensues (yawn). There’s the prerequisite drag queen comicrelief trio, that should never have .entered this film, because they are rather pointless to.the plot, content, and are really so bad they detract from the film..Obvibusly, theyare ~aeant to be bad, but all the ~vay t~ough the opening.sequence~ and at se{~eral points ~(way too many) through the film, they -..seem to just be inserted for no reason. If they were doing something that was plot~orthyand actually funny, itmight be a good thing. They’re not, and basically just fill time when the director can’t pull his head out long enoughto actually make a film. This DVD comes with a commentary, and even that - usually a high point and asset - is utterly boring. Yes, Sean’s a wonderful actor -now. OK, Brad was uncomfortable with thefilm and part starting out. (Why is never detailed, and that was what might have been actually interesting.) OK yes, there are lots ofhomages to old films, most of which are obvious, especially with the dream/musical sequences. Overall, Billy’s a fine addition to an avid collector ofGay film, for archival purposes. It’s amusing once through. But it’s a definite rental, not a keeper. Also available from Wolfe Video. An excellent film to have on DVD for repeated viewings and the extras, is"Gods and Monsters." It is a most moving and affecting film, and the disc has lots of goodies, along with a commentary that actually IS interesting, adocumentary with Clive Barker as host, interviews with the actors, and lots oflovely details. The film, based on Christopher Brain’s book, is a look .at what might have happened in the days leading to James Whale’s mysterious death. Whale, the director best known for the films "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein" in the ’30’s, was found floating ¯ in his pool fully clothed. No answers ever ¯ came out of the investigation. Sir Inn ¯ McKellan, in abravuraperformance, plays ~ Whale, the absolutely dynamic Lynn ¯¯ Redgrave plays his housekeeper and caregiver Hannah, and the absolutely brilliantandbreathtakingly gorgeous Br~ndan Fraser plays a yard man that Whale be- " friends. : This didplay the major theatres,butjust ¯ in case, I won’t give away any more of the ." ending than I have. The performances ¯ were all top notch, with nary a misstep. ¯ The cinematography is beautiful, and the ¯ detail in sets, costumes, and styleis dead- " on.~(No pun intended.) As an. actor, it’s ~ ~really hard.f,0rme to see a film that makes ¯¯ ~m~fo~etI m~watehing~a film. This one did. I was surprised, as the end credits ¯ were rolling, to find I had tears runmng : down my face. The film so engrossed me ¯ that Iwasn’t even aware when that began. ¯ It’s an interesting film on many levels, ¯ the most superficial being Whale as dirty ." old man spying on the yard man; and~the ¯ deepest being the comments on aging, ¯ and the families we surround ourselves ¯ with as that happens. The interplay of ¯ straight andGay, andfear. The betrayal of ¯ ¯ the body.and time, the interplay between youth and age, the reasons we make the ¯ choices in life that we do make., all are ." explored on many levels. ¯ It’s definitely worth viewing several ¯ times, if for nothing more than seeing the ¯ details you missed first time around. The ¯ commentary, as opposed to the useless ¯ blathering on Billy’s HSK, is insightful, ¯ informative, and frequentlylamusing. ." There’s enough mix in details of how the ¯ film was made, how attention to details : was as important as performance, behind ¯ the scenes stories of what went on during ¯ filming, what it was like to deal with this ¯ or that to keep one quite amused. ." ~ And after watching the film go by wlth " the commentary, especially re~ardihg the ." director’s intentions, it’s kind of a fun ¯ game to play to seehowmuch youpieked ’’up on. ~klso, some historica~ facts_ are ." thrown in, not in a dry, witless manner, ¯ but which augment the viewing Of the : film. So, for me, it gets a definite. BUY ¯ THIS! Even if you only get the video ~ version (which may or may not have the documentary), it’s worth it. Available at ; Wolfe Video. "Broadway Damage" is another little sleeper, low budget movie that is actually quite wonderful. A romantic comedy that actually is, as~ opposed to Billy, it stars some very talented unknowns in a film that is well written and leaves you feeling good. "Nerdy Guy’~ and "Beautiful Boy" in New York looking for"Mr. RightY BB is always finding people bad for him, and pursues one that is really bad news. NB is seeking Mr Right and has a crush on BB Enter BB’s roommate Quirk~y~rl. QG is trying to make it inNYCon hiSrtwn, even though daddy’s rich. He wants her to get a job, something she’s never had to do. She and the boys form a fun trio, and have merry adventures in NYC. The film is a good old-’fashioned romantic comedy, kind oflike the old screwballs comedies of the 30’s upon which it is patterned. The ending’s predictable, but the g~tting there is fun, as with most journeys. Even if you know where you’re going,, the trip is never the same twice, right? It’s a well-written, well-filmed, well-acted story that is sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face. It should have received wider release w~h,en it played the film houses, but is a gem I m sharing with you. Yep, available at Wolfe Video on VHS and DVD. presents .... an eclectic mix of choral literature ranging from Baroque to Broadway, from pop classics of the ’50s and ’60s to a bawdy sea chantey an~J.an American Folk song featuring the Green Country Cloggers. ,Friday and Saturday, April 7 & 8, 2000 at 8pm Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center (reception following) Tickets: PAC box office, 596-7111 in Tulsa, 1-800-364-7111 or online at www.tulsapac.com COUNCIL oak a fellowship of gay men dedicated to musical excellence in the performance of choral literature, providing a source of pride, unity, and support, while presenting a positive image for ourselves, our community, and society as a whole. FOR MORE INFORMATION about the COUNCIL oak meN~S c~or~aLe and its parent organization, the non-profit Vocal Pride Foundation, visit our award-winning website at www.eouneiloak.org. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document MCC +American Expre.ss Offer Financial Planning TULSA - Tulsa’s Metropolitan Community Church United (MCC-United) with Theresa M. Barnard, a financial planning advisor with American Express Financial Advisors will present a series of financial planning seminars at MCC United. One seminar will be "Financial Strategies forGayMen&Lesbians" and will be held onTuesday, September 5th and will be repeated on Tuesday, October 10th. Barnard will present "Retirement - Explore Your Options, Create your Retirement Income," on Tuesday, .September 19th and ,Estate Planning" on Tuesday, October 24th. All seminars will be at 7pro at the church located at 1623 No. Maplewood, just north and west of Sheridan and Pine. Bamard and MCC United provided the following statement from American Express Financial Advisors: "We want to make our commitment to Gay men and Lesbians clear. Just as we have ~ktended domestic partner benefits to our Lesbian and Gay employees worldwide, wearecommi tted to providing sound finan, cial advice that specifically addresses the unique finandal issues affecting our Lesbian and Gay clients." see MCC, p. 3 Women Try to Change Canada’s Marriage Law VICTORIA, CANADA (AP.)- Two women at the center of a constitutional court challenge exchanged vows inJuly as friends andrelatives witnessed the union ceremony. Judy Lightwater, 49, and Cynthia Callahan, 36, pledged to "cherish and sustain each other" for all of their days with "passion, honor, patience and laughter." Since Canadian law recognizes marriage only between aman and awoman, it was legally impossible for the Gay activism to get a marriage license. But the British Columbia government has asked the provincial Supreme Court on behalf of the couple to declare that same-sex marriages are legal. The court challenge is expected to reach the Supreme Court of Canada within about seven years. The provincial government issues marriage licenses but is boundby federal rules as to who qualifies. "When I see there are two people who are dearlyin love and want to make a commitment to each other and want to have the same access to laws that are available to others, as a human being I ask myself why should ~ose people not be able to make that commitment? said B.C. Attorney General Andrew Petter. "We’rein loveandwe want to tell everyone about it," ........... said Lightwater: "It"s not that complicated.~ More love in the world is something everyone supports." The other couple named in B.C.’s court petition are Murray Warren and Peter Cook, who filed a human rights complaint after they were. refused a marriage license 18 months ago. see Courts, p. 3 DIRECTORY P. 2 EDITORIAL P. 3 US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 HEALTH NEWS P, 6 ENTERTAINMENT P, 8 GAY STUDIES P. 10 Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans;Our.Families + Friends " Building AEVER A More Light Presb erMn Weekend ¯ TULSA - A local liberal protestant church, College Hill Presby- ¯ terian Church recently became a"More Light" church byjoining ¯ the More Light network, a group of Presbyterian affiliated ¯ organizations which are dedicated to welcoming Lesbians, Gay men, Bisexuals and Transgendered persons into the church in all roles, both as lay members and as ordained leaders and clergy. Now in August, on the 25, 26, and 27, the congregation will host a "More Light" event and organizer both to help educate local religious groups and individuals, and to recognize and ¯ celebrate College Hill’s joining the More Light group. The Session (the board of directors of the congregation) has invited Michael Adee, Ph.D., who is a full time organizer for More Light network, a weekend of workshops. ~ According to College Hill’s spokesperson, "these three days ¯ will be filled with opportunities for worship mad fellowship ¯ together, to learn more about ministry to and with Gay, Lesbian; Bisexual and Transgendered persons, and to inform and welcome ¯ others to this ministry of compassion, inclusion and justice." The opening event will be a lunch on Friday; August 25th, ¯ from noon to 1:30 in the Fellowship Hall of the church which is ¯ located at 712 So. Columbia Ave. The church is just west of the ¯¯ campus of theUniversityofTulsa and sinceTU has tomdown the old Kendall School to build a Tennis Center, the church can be seen from Delaware. The lunch presentation is called, "Building a Church for Everyone," and church professionals and elders from Presbyterian Churches in the area are invited to attend this luncheon. Adee will give a short presentation on the history and goals of More Light Presbyterians, followed by a question and answer session. The meal will be $5.00. On Saturday, August 26th, Adee will lead a workshop "Caring for All God’s People," from 8:30- 12:30 again in the Fellowship Hall. According to organizers; those attending this event will gain greater understanding of the pastoral care needs of GLBT people and their families, see Light, p. 3 ¯ Others May Follow Vermont’s Lead On Unions ¯ MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP)- Legislators in Rhode Island and New ¯ York are hoping their states follow Vermont’s lead in granting ¯ same-sex couples the benefits of marriage. "From New Hamp- ¯ shire to California, politicians are intrigued by the civil unions ¯ statute Vermont created to grant Gay and Lesbian couples rights ¯ and benefits without wandering into the politically volatile ¯ thicket ofmarriage. But most advocates say Vermont will remain ." a pioneer on the issue for the foreseeable future while the public ¯ becomes more comfortable with the idea. ¯ A state senator in New York is drafting a bill based on : Vermont’s statute and a Rhode Island state representative is ." pushingabill to expandhis state’s marriage laws toinclude same- ¯ sex couples. "I would not introduce anything but marriage;’ said : Rep: Michael Pisamro, a Democrat from Cranston, R.I. "I don’t : necessarily see something like civil unions or domestic partner- . ships as a stepping stone to marriage." Pisaturo earlier this year ; said Rhode Islanders are still uncomfortable with the idea of ¯ recognized partnerships between Gay people. That’s why heheld ~ . off on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage and will try next year. ¯ In the New York state Senate, Manhattan Democrat Tom : Duane is drafting a bill that his aide said would be "similar to" ." Vermont’s first-in-the-nation civil unions statute, although de- ." tails were still being worked out. "Our Legislature won’t be back , ’ until January., ~s~ it wouldn’t be until then,", said Scott Mdvin. ~ : Advocates also see opportunities in New Hampshire, Con- : nectient, New Jersey, Massachusetts and California for laws ¯ granting marriage benefits, either through marriage itself or ¯ through a civil unions compromise like Vermont, s. ¯ "I think the situation we’re in is Vermont will be there and will ." have to have the courage of its convictions for a while and then, ¯ I think, it will fall into place in a number of spots," said Beatrice ¯ Dohrn, a lawyer for the Lambda Legal Defense and Education : Fund, which led the legal fight in Hawaii for Gay marriage. ¯ Although most advocates insist that full inclusion in marriage ¯ statutes is the only way for Gay and Lesbian couples to achieve ; equality, some see the civil unions statute as a good way to begin ." moving toward that goal. ¯ "Using Vermontas a model, other legislatures wishing to enact ¯ equal benefits,~ see Unions, p. 2 ¯ Boy Scou.ts Target.ed For Ant -Gay B=as ¯ TULSA - In conjunction with a National Day of ¯ Protest ofthe Boy Scouts ofAmerica~ Kerry Lewis, ¯ spokesperson for Tulsa Oklahomans for Human ¯ Rights (TOHR), has announced that TOHR and : other local organizations will hold a protest at the ¯ local headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America on ¯ August 21st. The time of the event will be available ¯ by contacting TOHR at 743-4297. The protest is in response to a recent US Supreme Court decision which overturned a New Jersey court ruling that the Boy Scouts’ anti-Gay policies were illegal under New Jersey non-discrimination laws. According to Lewis, "the purpose of these protests is to provide a visible and rational response to their discriminatory and de-humanizing policies." The Indian Nations Council of the BSA is located at 3206 So. Peoria. Parking is limited at the site but is available on the street a few blocks away in the Brookside business area. Lewis noted also that there are also several other options for you to register your protest of the Boy Scout policy. One is to write a letters of complaint. Informational materials, including sample letters, are available by contacting TOHR. ¯ And in discussions with Tulsa Family News, ¯ Lewis acknowledged that another aspect of the ¯ Boy Scouts’ discriminatory policies was Tulsa ¯ AreaUnitedWay’s (TAUW) funding for the BSA. ¯ Lewis acknowledged that some in the community ¯ favor designating TAUW as the target of protests ¯ or demonstrations, but that those discussions were ~ ongoing. ¯ Lewis also said that the next meeting of Tulsa’s Diversity Council will beonTuesday, August 22nd ¯ at 7pm at the Center. : Further in the future is a visit to Tulsa by Dr. : Laura Schlessinger, radio talk show host known for her characterization of Gay people see BSA, p. 3 Barnes & Noble Boots ¯ TULSA-In amove thatis being decriedby smaller ¯ newspaper publishers across the US, Barnes & ¯ Noble has thrown out most community publica- ¯ dons out of its stores across the US. ¯ In Tulsa, Barnes & Noble representatives sent ¯ notice to TulSa Family News by letter in the last ¯ week of June of the new policy which went into : effect on July 1st. Newspaper reports from else- . where in the US note that Barnes & Noble sent the : letter to most publication in sometime in March. : Local representatives could giveno explanation for ¯ the several month delay before informing Tulsa : publications. ¯ Barnes & Noble stated in its letter that it was : removing the publications in order to use the space ¯ forit own merchandise but after TFN publisher : spoke with (the no~w former) manager of the 71st : St. store, it became clear that while minority pub- : lieatious were being removed, Barnes &Noble was ¯ creating a new space inside the store for two com- " ¯ mtmitypublications; TulsaPeopleand Urban Tulsa. ¯ These two were retaining distribution privileges ¯ because they have the largest volume of copies ¯ ¯ distributed. Both- Tulsa People (TP) and Urban : Tulsa (UT) are publications with histories of fail- " ing to serve Tulsa’s Gay &Lesbian communities or : of having anti-Gay policies (UT). Tulsa Family News publisher Tom Neal said, ¯~ "this policy inherently discriminates against mi- ¯ nority community publications. By virtue of being ¯ minority, we simply cannot compete on a highest ," volume basis." : Neal added that given a choice between making ¯ purchases at Barnes & Noble or at Borders, he ¯ encourages community members to buy at Borders ¯ which consistently has been more supportive of : Lesbians and Gay menin Tulsa. Neal also suggests ¯ that readers letMattMozzoni,manager of the 41st ¯ St. Barnes & Noble see Barnes & Noble, p. 3 Minority Newspapers Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Chasers, 4812 E. 33 *CW’s, 1737 S. Memorial *Club Cherry Bomb, 1926 E. Pine *Club Vortex, 2!82 S. Sheridan *Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square *St. Michael"s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st *The Star, 1565 Sheridan *Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main *TNT’s, 2114 S. 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Humau Rights Campaign, the nation’s the country that would look to this.’.’ Vermont’s law is parallel to mamage but ~s a separate legal creation. It has prompted a lot of debate around the country about granting benefits to couples who want legal recognition and protection for their long-term relationships. Vermont lawmakers have said repeatedly that their law could be a model for other states to emulate as they seek to steer clear of the emotional debate about marriage. Thirty-two states have adopted statutes specifically outlawing Gay marriage. Because civil unions aren’t marriage, though, the Vermont authors of the law say, they’re a way to take a step without getting bogged down in emotion, religion and morality. But to people like California Assemblywoman Rep. Carole Migden of San Francisco, that’s demeaning. ’.’Thepremise of civil union is still an insult, but nevertheless we’re pleased that the state of Vermont recognizes the quality of Lesbian and Gay equality in a less-than-dignified way," said Migden, whose state last year outlawed Gay marriage in a referendum. "We’re moving along. Each year we add to it, It’s a step-by-step buildingblock process." Some Gay civil rights advocates caudonthat experiences in Hawaii and Alaska, where courts said same-sex couples should be allowed to marry and then lawmakers and voters reversed them, should temper any predictions that the idea of civil unions will spread quickly beyond Vermont. "I think it’s important to bear in mind that Vermonti s aleader in notjust civil rations, but in terms of hate crimes, second parent adoption and nondiscrimination is sues for the Lesbian and Gay community," said Tim Sweeney, deputy executive director of New York state’s Fanpire State Pride Agenda. "I think that’s an important context to keep in mind." Political considerations appear to be far from the minds of many of the people entering into civil unions since they became thelaw on July !. Ofthe 115 that had been reported to the state vital records division through Monday~ more th;m tw othirds have b~eu between conples from outside Vermont. That’ s even though civil unions are not legally recognized anywhere else in the country. That "alone will make a difference in other states, though, advocates say, be~ cause it is generating debate in practically every state. "The whole mo~cement an Vermonthas createda tremendous amount of education and discussion about Lesbian and Gay relationships and the kind of discrimination we face," Sweeney said. "It’ s been an extremely positive discusstun and very helpful to humanize Lesbian and Gay relationships and our families ." by Tom Neal, editor/publisher How disappointing that Colin Powell would lend his credibility to the Republican scam of being a party of inclusion at the recentGOPconvention. Since the days of that deficit-creating monster Reagan, Republicans have represented the worst in American character: hate-mongering, religiously intolerant, and committed to undermining constitutional rights of those unlike themselves. In Philadelphia, we see Blacks, Latinos, women and the disabled trotted out but we still read the same attacks o~ Gay Americans. Gays can be soldiers ouly at the cost offree speech. Gayrelationships,by federal law, can only be end class. In Oklahoma, Democrats aren’t much better. Republicans talk nasty about Gay taxpayers. Democrats keep quiet but both abuse the authority of the State to attack Gay Oklahomans. God forbid we should get through a legislative session without a vote by the majority to remind us of the contempt in which we are held. Whenboth parties treat all fairly, when the accidents of birth: race, ability, ethnicity, sexual orientation and the choices of a free citizenry: political affiliation, religious "lifestyles" or "preferences", all are of no more importance than that of being left or fight-handed, then Americans, Republican and Democrat, can say we are thenation of fairness for all. The statement continues, "whether you’re single, in a committed relationship, or caring for children, yotir ?maerican Express financial advisor ca~’help you take control of your financial future. We can help you: Establish savings and investment plans. Protect your assets from unnecessary taxation. Avoid financial restrictions placed on unmarried couples. Avoid cosily delays in the receipt of life insurance proceeds." Bamard requests that those wishing to attend please telephone in advance to her at 748-8191, ext. 121. They have been in a relationship for 29 years. "The community support has been really important to me because I don’t have the support from my family," said Callahan, whose parents did not attend her union ceremony. as being "biological error[s]". TOHR is trying to work with other groups to design an effective protest for her visit this fall. On Tuesday, Aug. 8th, TOHR will hold its general membership meeting at the Tulsa Gay Community Services Center at 7:30pm. The regular business session (which is usually short) will be followed by a special program presented by the Credit Counsding Center of Tulsa, a Short presentation on financial responsibility, etc. Members and those interested in the community are invited and encouraged to attend. And on Sunday, Aug. 13th, the"Lesbian Connection," a program of TOHR, is inviting EVERYONE in the community to come out and have fun at Keystone lake. Burgers will beprovided - youbring the rest! Swimming, volleyball, fishing, boating, etc. will be available all day. Call the Center for directions. The initial planning meeting for "Diversity Celebration 2001" will be held at the Tulsa Gay Cominunity Services Center beginning at 1 lain on Saturday, Aug. 19th. know about their nnhappiness with the new policy. Mozzoni seemed to be sympathetic to the situation but has stated that since it comes down from corporate. headquarters, hehas litflechoice. Mozzoni canbe reached at 665-4580. National Gay Organizations Comment on Cheney WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) have issued comments on the record o’f Richard B. Cheney, George W. Bush’s Vice-presidential nominee, on Gay and AIDS issues. Cheney, a former defense secretary in the administration of Bush’s father, and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1978-1989, has an extremely conservative record, HRC noted. Like Gov. Bush, however, Cheney seeks to package a conservative record with a moderate image, the organization said. "The choice of Secretary Cheney is in keeping with Governor Bush’s strategy of staking out conservative pos!,tions and wrapping them in a moderate package, said Wiunie Stachelberg, HRC’s political director. As a Wyoming congressman, Cheney opposed early efforts to address the HIV/AIDS crisis. Most notably, he was one of 13 House members who voted against the AIDS Federal Policy Act of 1988, the first major bill to provide funding for HIV/AIDS counseling and testing. Cheney also supported an effort to reduce funding for HIV/AIDS research. In addition, Cheney voted against the Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1988 and supported an amendment that added anti-Gay language to the bill. As defense secretary, Cheney supported Pete Williams, the department’s chief spokesman, when The Advocate magazine revealed his homosexuality. "I have operated on the basi, s over the.years with respect tO my personal staff that I don’t ask them about their private lives," said Cheney. "As long as they perform their professional responsibilities in a responsible manner, their private lives are their business." Cheney opposed President Clinton’s effort to lift the ban on Gays serving openly in the military. Cheney told CNNin 1993,"I am one of those people who believes that people’s sexual preference and orientation are a private matter. It’s something that is a personal matter for them, and no one else’.s business. And that’s the way I ran the civilian side of the Pentagon... On the military side, though, you can’t pursue that policy." Later in the interview, Cheney ffaid: "I basically don’t believe in discrimination, but I did conclude, as secretary of defense, that the ban on Gays in uniform was appropri- Topics include: coming out, integration of sexuality and faith, responding to homophobia in the church and society, helping parents of GLBT children and children of GLBT parents. This group is open to all. ’ It will be especially helpful for GLBT people and their families, their friends, and fellow church members, elders, teachers and youth leaders. Continental breakfast and snacks will be served. Sunday morning, the Church School Mid-highs to Adults will.begin at 9:35 in the Chapel. This event is rifled "Bringing Body and Soul Together (Let’s Talk about Faith and Sexuality)" This Church School Class will feature’an interactive discussion on Christian sexual ethics. Those choosing to attend will share in an hour devoted to how Christians integrate faith and sexuality in living the Christian life. The focus will be what makes ’good relationships’ for all God’s people. Then on Sunday, August 27th, the regular worship service at 11amin the Sanctuary will feature a sermon by Michael Adee. The service entitled "Celebrating Diversity and Inclusiveness" will honor "Christ’s call to be inclusive." The chancel choir will offer special music for the occasion and communion will be celebrated. This is the formal event to mark College Hill’s declaration to be inclusive and work as part ofMore Light Presbyterians to bring the Presbyterian denomination to the inclusion of GLBT people in ordination as well as membership.. Finally on Sunday afternoon from 5:30- 7:30, aYouth Event, "On Being Gay & Being Christian" will be held. The College Hill youth fellowship will be hosting individuals and other youth groups for pizza and open, informal conversation about sexuality andfaithfor youth. Adee will be the facilitator on topics ranging from being GLBT and Christian, coming out, harassment at school and church, sexual sdf-esteem, dealing with family, and Gay/Straight friendships. This event hopes to help Gay and Straight youth underctand themselves and each other better. For more information about these events, contact " College Hill Presbyterian Church at 592-5800. : ate." ¯. HRC has endorsed Vice President A1 Gore for presi- ¯ dent. He has yet to name a running mate. Cheney is : currently the chief executive officer of the Halliburton : Co., a publicly traded company that supplies equipment ¯ to the oil industry. Halliburton does not have a non- . discrimination policy thiat includes sexual orientation nor : a domestic partner program for Gay employees. ¯ According to the NGLTF research, Cheney opposed : the Equal Rights Amendment, opposes reproductive ¯¯ choice and supports prayer in public schools. NGLTF notes like HRC that Cheney in 1993 opposed ¯ President Clinton’s effort to lift the military ban and ¯ openly Gay servicemembers. At the height of the debate, ¯ Cheney warned that defense cuts and the proposal to lift : the ban "have led to a decline in the quality of military ¯ recruits." ¯ He added that "the whole reduction in defense spend- : ing, the controversy over Gays in the military, has led to : an unwillingness to serve and low morale." ¯ NGLTF adds that Cheney has served as a trustee of the ¯ arch-conservative American Enterprise Institute, where ¯ he was a former senior fellow. The American Enterprise ¯ Institute is home to many right-wing thinkers, such as ¯ former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, former ¯ House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Charles Murray, ¯ author of "The Bell Curve," a book which suggests that ¯ differences inintelligence existbetweenblacks and whites ¯ and that these differences are genetic and immutable. ¯ American Enterprise Institute scholars have also been ~ outspoken in their opposition to equal rights for Gay, : Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender people. : "George W. Bush has flubbed the most important ¯ decision in his presidential camp~gn," said Elizabeth ¯ Toledo, NGLTF executive director. "His compassionate ¯ conservatism holds out no compassion whatsoever for ¯ theGay, Lesbian,BisexualandTransgendercommunity. ¯ Furthermore, it sends a chilling signal to women, to ¯ people of colo~: and to those concerned with fairness and : equality that a major political party would offer up a candidate with such a background to the voters. This ¯ selection demonstrates that right-wing, religious extrem- ¯ ists are still a powerful force on the political landscape." ¯ Openly Gay Republican ¯ Featured at Convention . PHILADELPHIA -Rep: Jim Kolbe of Arizona made ¯ history when he became the first openly Gay member of ¯ Congress to address a Republican convention. The Ari- ¯ zona congressman had a prime-time speaking slot, ad- ¯ dressing the GOP on trade issues for three minutes. ¯ Kolbe, first elected in 1984, is the most senior openly ¯ Gay member of Congress andis the only openly Gay ¯ Republican in the House. Having Kolbe speak at the ¯ convention was an idea first raised by Washington city ¯ councilm_.an David Cataniain April, when the Log Cabin ] Republicans, themostprominent Gay GOPorganization, ." met with presidential candidate George W. Bush. ¯ Bushmetwith the group, a first for a candidate preparing to pick up the GOP presidential nomination, despite his opposition to many of the its issues, including Gay ." marriage. Log Cabin Republicans Pleased Members of ¯ the Log Cabin Republic,~ns are delighted by Kolbe’s : place.in the convention lineup - especially considering ¯ that he backed Bush’s rival, Sen. John McCain, during ¯ the primary season. ¯ According to the group, this is the first lime a wall- ¯ known openly Gay person has gone to the podium at the ¯ GOP national convention. In 1996, a little-known Log ¯ Cabin Republican member from California, Steve Fong, ¯ gave alow-prof’ile, one-mi nute speech amidlittle fanfare. [ But some socially conservative Republicans, who are ¯ opposed to civil rights for Gay people and have warned ¯ Bush about reaching out to the Gay community, were " unhappy with the prospect of having Kolbe speak, One leading conservative Republican told ABCNEWS he ¯ was "flabbergasted" by the decision, and called it a ~ "shock." "It is not going to be a happy time," said the ¯ Republican. "I think it is a really bad decision." : Kolbe is a founding member of the National Advisory ¯ Board of the Log Cabin Republicans; the nation’s most [ prominent Gay GOP group. In 1997, he gave the keynote ¯ address at the LOg Cabin Republicans convention. Kolbe ¯ was a strong proponent of the NorthAmerican Free Trade i Agreement. Pentagon Says Gay Policy Is Working WASHINGTON (AP) - The military’s much-criticized policy on Gays in uniform is working, but training must be improved to eliminate anti-Gay behavior like the abuse that led to a soldier’s murder in Kentucky last year, the Defense Department said. "We think we’ve got it right this time," Carol DiBattiste, the undersecretary of the Air Force, told a news conference Friday to publicize anew Pentagon program to re-emphasize in training that such behavior is unacceptable. Speaking at the same news conference, Bernard ¯ Rostker, the undersecretary of defense, said he disagreed with President Clinton’s statement last year, after the beating death of Pfc. Barry Winchell by a fellow soldier at Fort Campbell, Ky., that implementation of his policy on Gays was "out of whack." "I don’ t agree with that characterization. I think the policy is working reasonably wall to provide a degree of safety’.’ for Gays in uniform, Rostker said. "The days of witch hunts, the days of stakeouts, are really gone." Even so, Rostker said, more needs to be done to ensure that everyone in the military understands the policy. The Clinton administration’s policy on Gays in the military is derived from a law passed in 1993 after Clintonfailed topersuade Congress and the Pentagon to allow Gays to serve openly. ~.The policy, known as "don’t ask, don’t tell," holds that Gays can serve in uniform so long as they don’t reveal their sexual orientation. One problem, however, has been unwarranted investigations of people suspected of being homosexual. There also is a fear among discreetly Gay service members that if they ,qomplain about harassment, they will be discharged. ’" The announced plan to eliminate anti-Gay behavior was created by a panel of civilian and military officials led by DiBattiste of theAir Force. It was in response to a Pentagon inspector general’s report in March that found anti-Gay behavior was commonplace in the military. DiBattiste said the key to her panel’ s plan is adoption of an"overarching principle" meant to clarify to all in the military that unacceptable behavior includes not just abuse of Gays but also "inappropriate comments or gestures." "That’s the high road that we need to take," she Said. The DiBattiste panel’s 13-point "action plan" is largely reiteration of previous expressions of deterruination to stamp out anti-Gay behavior and to hold military commanders responsible for policy infractions. Last December, Rostker’s predecessor in the undersecretary’s post, Rudy de Leon, issued a statement that "harassment of service members for any reason, to include alleged or perceived homosexuality, will not be tolerated," and commanders must take prompt action against violators. Michelle Benecke, an executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Fund, an advocate for Gay rights in the military and a frequent critic of Pentagon policy; called the DiBattiste panel’s report "’thoughtful and considered." ’.’Today’s recommendations, if implemented, would be a very good start," Benecke said. The spark that caused- the Pentagon to take a closer look at the Gay policy’s implementation, and at the extent of anti-Gay behavior in the field, was the Winchell murder at Fort Campbell on July 5, 1999. Two of Winchell’ s fellow soldiers were convicted in the crime and are in prison. Gen. Eric Shinseki, the Army chief of staff, released the Army inspector general’s report Friday on circumstances surrounding the Winchell murder. The report concluded that some members ofDCompany, 2nd Battalion, 502rid Infantry Regiment, Winchell,’ s unit in the 101st Airborne Division, violated the military’s policy against anti-Gay behavior, but it exonerated all commanders at Fort Campbell. TheArmy report also concludedno general climate of homophobia existed at Fort Campbell. With some exceptions, "It was determined that the command climate at Fort Campbell before 5 July 1999 was a positive environment," the inspector general’s report said. It also said the chain of command at Fort Campbell "respondedappropriate1y"when confronted with situations that appeared to violate the "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy. " Rep. Mart,y,. Meehan, D-Mass., questioned these conduslons. ’Giving FortCampbdl arelatively dean bill of health doesn’t square with recent reports of prevalent anti-Gay harassment throughout the services," Meehan said. Vermont Papers Will Print Civil Union Notices RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) - Aunotmcements for civil unions are beginning to appear alongside wedding announcements on wedding pages in newspapers around the state. At many newspapers, editors said they will treat announcements of same-sex unions the same as traditional marriages, placing them in the same section of their newspapers and in the same format, although perhaps under a different heading. The decision "took about 30 seconds of deep thought," said Valley News editorJim Fox. "It wasn’t very difficult." "Of course we would treat them the same," said .amnette Sharon, managing editor of the Manchester Journal. "ff they want to make that announcement to their neighbors, the newspaper is the place for that to happen." Evennewspapers thathave editorialized against the law granting marriage-like benefits to same-sex couples appear likely to print civil union announcements. Mark Smith, publisher of The Caledonian- Record, said no one had.brought such a notice to his St. Johnsbury paper, but if someone did, he would probably publish it. "My personality is such that it will depend on the attitude of the person who comes through the door," he said. Smith said he would comply with a polite request but dig in his heels if he felt pressured. So far,the reqtlests have been few. In Brattleboro, where the first civil union was certified just after midnight on July 1, no announcements have been submitted to the local newspaper, the Reformer. In August, that will likely change, though, when John Calvi and Marshall Brewer of Putney, have a civil union ceremony, and submit an announcement. The couple- and the newspaperi- made national news more than a decade ago when the Reformer became the first mainstream newspaper in the United States to publish a Gay wedding announcement. Joseph Watson of Leicester, entered a civil union with his partner, Michael Warner, on July 7. Watson said he had no problem with sending out the notice, which has appeared in the Addison County Independent and was in the July 23 edition of the Sunday Rutland Herald and Times Argus. It will also be in a new "Milestones" section of the Gay newspaper "Out in the Mountains" and is expected to be published soon by The Burlington Free Press. Addison . County Independent publisher Angelo Lynn said his paper received only aletter of praise for its publication of Watson’s civil union notice. At the Newport Daily Express, however, managing editor Susan Davis doesn’t expect such a smooth reception. Davis said if she receives civil union notices, she will print them as long as her publisher approves. But she anticipates a backlash. "I don’t have a problem with it, but I know a lot of people do," she said. 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Kralewski pleaded innocent to a homicide charge and goes on trial Aug. 7. Reed, 34, pleaded guilty to aiding a feton and was sentenced to t~vo years in prison. Chicago Bishop Faces Ecclesiatical -Charges CHICAGO (AP) - A United Methodist lay member has filed a complaint with the church, accusing his Chicago-based bishop of using the office"as a public relations and news media channel for promoting homosexuality," among other things. John Juergensmeyer, an attorney and member of a United Methodist church inElgin, is calling for Bishop C. Joseph Sprague to resign or be removed. Sprague, formerly a United Methodist pastor in Columbus, Ohio, heads the church’s Northern Illinois Conference. He was one of several Methodists, including at least one other bishop, arrested while protesting anti-Gay measures adopted at the church’ s general conference in Cleveland in May Juergensmeyer said that Sprague’s arrest was a "triggering point" for his complaint. But he said Sprague’s overall political views have long troubled him and other conservative United Methodists. "He is reducing the church only to a political instrument rather than a spiritual force." said Juergensmeyer, rather than a spmtum io~c~, ~a~,., o~.~r,~,l.....av., who also ~s accusing Sprague of promotang writings about Jesus Christ that luergensmeyer says violate church doctrine. Earlier this month, Sprague told the United Methodist News Service that the letters of complaint seemed to be "part of an organized effort of a small, very vocal minority." He also said he made his views clear when he stood for election as bishop four years ago. Sprague was re-elected to his second four-year term at the church s North Central Jurisdictional Conference this month. Man Gets Two Life Sentences for Slaying BALTIMORE (AP) - A man who told police he attacked Gay men because he thought Gays were evil was given two life sentences for the slaying of a h.otel guest last June. Gary William Mick, 25, was gaven one life sentence for first-degree murder and a concurrent 20-year sentence for robbery for the attack on Christopher Williams Jones. He received a consecutive life sentence with all but 30 years suspended for first-degree attempted murder and a concurrent 20- year sentence for attempted robbery for a separate incident last September. Mick, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to the two attacks in May. Jones, 37, of Metuchen, N.J., was attending a pharmaceutical conference in Baltimore whenhewas found bludgeoned to death at the Admiral Fell Inn. "We loved our son and his partner in life as we love all our children and their lifemates. The emptiness we feel because of this loss is extreme," said Howard Jones, the father of one of the victims, in a family statement to the court. Prosecutors said Mick accompanied Jones to his hotel room after the two met. once.inside, Mick struck Jones nine times on the right side of the head with a claw hammer. He then stole Jones’ truck and credit cards, which he used to buy clothes, jewelry, food and a beard trimmer, prosecutors said. The second attack occurred in September. Prosecutors said Mick attacked another man he had met, but the victim was able to fight him off. Lesbian Recieves Headof- Household Status SACRAMENTO (AP) -The state Board of Equalizationhas voted to grant head-of-household tax status to a Lesbian who is supporting her partner and nonbiological child. The board voted 3-2 to allow the Los Angeles family to file with one of the women as the head-of-household, which will savethem about $2,500 a year in state and federal taxes. Helmi Hisserich and Tori Patterson of Los Angeles have been together 14 years and had a daughter in 1997. Patterson gave birth and has stayed home to raise the baby since then. When Hisserich filed a tax return for 1997, she checked the box for head of household and calculated accordingly. The Franchise Tax Board said she was not eligible, saying head of household status covered situations only where an unmarried person was paying more than half the expenses of an adoptive or foster child, or any blood relative. They said she owed $1,050, Hisserich said. Sbnnnon Minter, staff attorney for the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco, argued Hisserich’s case before the board June 30. "This is the first time they’ve addressed this issue," he said. "It recognizes the reality of our families and gives legal validation to the reality that our client is a parent regardless of the fact that she doesn’t have a biological relationship to the child." Hisserich said the board had to consider whether a heterosexual couple would be treated in the same manner. "But if we were a heterosexual couple, we would be mamed. We’ve been together 14 years, we’ve registered as domestic partners in our city, our county and the state. We’ ve done everything we can," she said. The Board of Equalization will vote again after its staff prepares a written decision, and will comment publicly on its reasoning when the vote is final, according to spokeswoman Cristina Herrera. That could take up to three mouths, she said. -- ~i~-n~)g~s~i~d tile vote was the logical extension of Califo~aua court rulingsin the past two years that had granted parental status to Gay men and Lesbian couples planning and having children. Because intent was the basis of his winning argument in the tax case, Minter said the decistonmostlikely woulon’t apply to situations where someone moved in with a partner who already had a child. The ruling affects only state tax status, but I-Iisserich said the Internal Revenue Service followed the state on head of household status. Jury Votes Death to Killer of Lesbian Couple PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -A Mnltnomah Countyjury sentenced to death a Portland man who killed a Lesbian couple in a karaoke bar. Eric Walter Running, 49, was fOund guilty of two counts of aggravated murder in the February 1998 shotgun slayings of Jaqueline J. A_ffderson, whom he had dated, and Barbara J. Gilpin. Running killed the women after Anderson, 29, a poet and writer, broke up with him and returned to her 10-year-relationship with Gilpin, 44, a landscaper. In an unusual split, the jury imposed the death sentence only for Anderson’s murder, giving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for Gilpin’.s death. Ten of the 12 jurors voted to give a deat~ sentence in Gilpin’s murder, but a unanimous verdict is needed. "’Barbara Gilpin deserved the same verdict as my daughter," said Jack Anderson. "But one death sentence is all that it takes. I don’t care if he dies tomorrow or never, I’m just glad he can’t be a threat to anyone anymore." Running smiled as the verdicts were read. Hewill become the 25thperson onOregon s Death Row at the state penitentiary in Salem. Almost 20 patrons at the Ambassador Restaurar.’-a and Lounge in Portland witnessed Running kill women Feb. 24, 1998. Rurming’s lawyers offered insanity defense. Se.n.a.te OK’s $600 ¯ $200 million interuational program to Million for AIDS batfleHIV/AIDS. Speaking ahead of the . " ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian WASHINGTON (AP)-Legislafioncom- " Nations) Regional Forum, Asia’s largest mitring up to $600 million in U.S. aid for " security conference, Downer noted prefighting HIV and AIDS in Africa and ¯ dictions that AIDS threatens to reduce or developing countries elsewhere was " even reverse Asia’s economic growth. "I passed at the end of July by the Senate. On don’t think the Asia-Pacific region can avoicevote, theSenateapprovedabillby turn,!ts back on this devastating prob- Sens. Bill Ffist and Jesse Helms, both lem, Downer told’anews conference. Republicans, authorizing $300 million in " Most of the $200 million will be tar- ¯ geted at countries in the Asia-Pacific re- " glen, Downer said, and Canberra expects ¯ to work dosdy with the Association of ¯ Southeast Asian Nations. ¯ Much of the funding remains uncom- ", mitted, but some will augment existing ¯. programs in Indonesia and Papua New ¯ Guinea, Australia’s immediate northeru ¯ neighbors. Relations Committee, said the bill requires that up to $220 million of all U.S. bilateral funding forHIV-AIDS programs over the next two years be spent on supporting orphans in Africa. T,he United Nations has predicted that the disease is expected to wipe out half the teen-age population in some poor countries in Africa. Similar legislation passed in the House, which voted earlier this month to fully fund President Clinton’s request for $2’44 million next year for combating and treating AIDS in poor counmes. each of the next two years for AIDS prevention and treatment and also for the care ofAIDS orphans in developing countries. Thebill directs the Treasury Department to establish a trust fund with the World Bankfor the prevention efforts and the treatment of orphans. Helms, chairman of the Senate Foreign HIV-Treatment Ctr. Targets Blacks ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A treatment center for blacks who have AIDS or HIV is planned in a county where only a third ofblackAIDS patients gettreatment, compared to half of infected whites. Rochesterhas the second-highestnumber ofAIDS cases in Ne~v York state, after New York City. The number of local AIDS cases has leveled off among whites but is climbing among blacks, according to the Rochester Primary Care Network. Existing programs are not reaching t~ growing number ofblackmenanawom who are HIV-positive, Art Collier, prestdent of Primary Care Network, said. The rateamong MonroeCounty’residents who are black is over eight times the rate among white residents, he added. Before 1991, 64% of reported AIDS cases in Monroe County were among whites mad 27% were among blacks. The center expects to have an initial casdoad of about 150 patients. Besides medical care, services will include mental health counseling and treatment for substance abuse. TheNational Black Leadership Commisston onAIDS is helping plan the center and recruit ablack staff, Collier said. Coordinatbrs believe black patients will respond better to treatment by black medical personnel. Dr~Anson .,W;urapa.,~ black physician at strong Memon Hospital’s AIDS Center, said blacks tend Russia’s Infections Growing MOSCOW (AP) - The number of registered HIV cases in Russia has soared in the last six months and will continue to grow, but the government doesn’t have the money to fight the epidemic adequately, a top health official said. By tl~e middle of July, Russia had some 53,1~30 registered HIV cases, with almost half ofthemcomingin the last six months, said Vadim Pokrovsky, the head of the Federal AIDS Prevention Center. But he said that the actual number of Russians infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is probably more than 300,000, since only about 10% of the population. has been checked. "The regi,s,tered cases are only the tip of the iceberg, Pokrovsky said. "We must accept the fact that we are facing avery quickly spreading epidemic." Increaseddrug use andprostitution since the collapse of the Soviet Union have been two key reasons for the rise in HIV cases? Still, a low incidence in HIV-ca.ses in recent years as well as more pressing economicproblems m.ean ~.e~g~ov~eru~,~t, has been slow to combat AID~. in zu , only 46 million rubles ($1.65 million) was set aside to combat HIV and AIDS, Pokrovsky said. If Russia doesn’t take new measures to stop the spread of the virus, the country could have some 1.6 million HIV cases by 2015, he said..and those who are infected nrobablv won’tbeable to get the help they. the government’s manmty to pay. wm people probably shouldn t count on getting treatment," Pokrovsky said. . HIV is worst in the Moscow regto.n, where some 5% of young people are infected, Pokrovsky said. 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Well, Dr. Laura could be my girlfriend (eeeewwww, not that way!!!) because every stupid thing I’ve ever said in my life would sound intelligent next to the things she says. And she’ll be saying plenty, I’m sure, come October, when she rides in on her broomstick to Tulsa. Who is Dr. Laura, you ask? If you’re Gay, you’ve been in a cave. Laura Schlessinger, shock jock advice-giver of the radio circuit, has called Gays and Lesbians "biological errors", "sexual deviants", and my personal favorite, "pedophiles." She says she does this out of compassion for us, not out of hatred. Oh no, I don’t feel hated and maligned by those statements, do you? She spews her hatred and bile via the airwaves, with complete support from the Religious Right. You know them- that group that has the inside info on the "homosextml agenda"! As if her radio show weren’t bad enough, Schlessinger’s taking her "teach intolera-: ze" rantings to the TV screen in September, courtesy of that "giant" of great television programming, Paramount. "OK," you’re saying, "the Lesbian is once more raging about something, but what has that got to do with me? What’s one more ignorant person in a long line?" Funny you should ask. "Dr." Laura (she has a Ph.D in physiology, not psychology) has become svch a controversial figure (much like Am., Bryant in the late ’70s when she tried to inflate anti-Gay legislation) that the G/L/B/T commurnty has united to protest her television show. All over this country are planned protests to keep her off the TV screen. And debates have become so heated that major advertisers such as Proctor & Gamble, American Express and United Airlines have pulled out, saying that they don’t need any more controversy. And Geico InsuranceCompany (my insurance company!) tookits advertising away from her radio show at the beginning of July. The reason? The company could not, being supporters of diversity, condone the words and actions ofsomeone who clearly sees diversity as wrong. These are not their exact words, mind you, but .youmay find out more by going to www.stopdrlaura.com. Let’ s lookat this woman’s careerbriefly and find out just what led her to this homophobic phase in her life. Several years ago I.first heard her radio program, and I thought that she was telling people the truth, even if they didn’t want to hear it. Somehow I admired that, although I didn’t always agree with everything she said. She is a big proponent of parents taking control in the home and not blaming everyone else for how their’children behave. That part hooked me since Iwas a middle school teacher at the time and saw parents who didn’t think they hadan] responsibility for their child’s behavior. So far, so good. And I even read reports that she used to support theG/IJB/T community. Two years ago, however, she converted to Orthodox Judaism, adopting intolerance as her Bible. Now she says she can’t support the G/L/B/T community because of religious teachings. If you hate me, hate me. But don’t lie : about it, saying you’rejust~following the ¯ Old Testament. Hell, if we followed all the Old T0.~tament teachings we’d still be ¯ selling ot~ daughters into slavery; still ¯ buying s~ves from neighboring coma- " tries; and~ould be allowed to kill, with- " out impunity, anyone who worked on the ¯ Sabbath. Gee, I didn’tknow that the Jew- ¯ ish could also play pick and choose with ¯ religious teachings like some Christians. How much does she really believe in ¯ these religious texts? Who knows? She doesn’t even have a consistency when it ¯ comes to condemning homosexuality. ¯ Well, she does, but she tries to say that ¯ she’s not condemning anyone. The point ¯ is,shehas saidthingsinprintandonradio, ¯ takenthemback, backpedaled, madeother ¯ people speak for her so many times it’s ¯ ridiculous. Her stand is so ambivalent, so ¯ setin sand, thatno one canbelieve or trust ¯ anything that comes out ofher mouth. Her ¯ press agents said she apologized for her ¯ remarks about Gays being "errors", and ¯ ¯ then the next day she said she wasn’t apologizing. ¯ Dr. Laura has denounced the American ¯ Psychiatric Association and the National ¯ ¯ Education Association for their - oh, I suppose- compassk hate stance on equal ¯ rights for all, andinstead has sold her soul ¯ to Religious Right organizations like Fo- ¯ cus on the Family. She promotes, within ¯ her own radio show, an intolerance to- " ward Gay people on all levels, even to the ¯ point of denouncing hate crimes legisla- ¯ tion. ¯ I can see her leading cheers to teach children who’ve just come home from ¯ school how to actively hate homosexuals. "Gays are bad! Gays are fey! Let’s go ¯ bash ~ Gay today!" She says she is a ¯ moralist and has openly opposed the Ver¯ mont same-sex partners’ rights decision a few months ago. But again, she’s not ¯ hatingus. She’sjustcompassionate.Yeah, ¯ this is why she takes an attitude of "I’m right no matter what" on her radio show, ¯ and will also, I’m sure, on TV. But let’s ¯ see how that could work against her, shall ¯ we? Anyone who’s ever watched a few epi- : sodes of"Frasier" knows how easy it is to ¯ just hit a button and get rid of pesky caller ¯ #1. How does this work on TV, when ¯ you’re faced with the pesky caller in per- " son? Taping. has already begun on her : show, andfrom the reports, it doesn’ tlook ¯ likeasuccess. Dr. Lauradidn’tknow how ¯ to ask the proper questions, or even know ¯ some rudimentary technical televison ¯ knowledge i~her first tapings. ¯ There’s n~question that Dr. Laura is ¯ used to the ~d~o. But she also wants an ¯ audience like the one on radio - one she ¯ can rant to ,and not have to.see. Because ¯ ¯ for all her bravado and showmanship, she really DOESN’T WANT to help anyone. : She actually doesn’t seem to like people. ¯ You can bitch and moan to people all you : wantif you don’tsee their faces. She’s on : radio and~feels safe. i Guess What? Rea[peopie~ ! may had.e, more difneultyi~ing~p.le 0ff if she him to .fae~i. them, [f’.~votild be interesting to seehow b~y!hla~ di~S if ¯ she has to face questions about her views ¯ on homosexuality, but I know I won’t be ~ watching. I think she should just quietly ¯ go away, like Anita Bryant. A career ¯ shriveled by her own hatred. ¯ ¯ Gregory is a Texas based writer, who lives near Ft. Worth. Sheformerly taught ¯ school and also was a newspaper re- . porter. by Jim Christjohn, entertainment queen as ffelll He speaks atleast threelanguages o trammg. And to do this you need that of doing the constant prePs/media events, Happy summer, folks! Been a lot of fluently, and has a mischievous sense of o traimng. So it’s easy to injure your voice, being portrayed in press as living a life changes since the last column- went on a humor. Welose alotofcastmembers, whohaven’t that wasn’t close to reality and the rumors visit to Chicago where I discovered an Described as Versace on hyper speed, ¯ had the kind of vocal traimng that will based on the illusion. For instance, artist I’m eager to tell you about, and Braehetti changes costumes at lightning ¯ sustain you through a show like this. And, "There’d be a photo op at a party. I’d go closed the door on a ghost from the past; fast speed, transforming into more than " like I said, even if you have had it, there just long enough for the picture, then g~t started a new job and more. 80 characters and giving life to legions of ¯ are moments you forget. And you defi- home to a cup of tea and bed. DoingS8 First, local news: Cyndi Vetter directs personalities. His show is a multi-media o nitely feel it later. Even the trained folks shows a week plus recording an~ alb~ Heller Theatre’s first production of the extravaganza, combining comedy, mu- . lose voices as they get caught up in the didn’t leave much time for a Wild new season, "A Coupla White Chicks sic, magic, and emotions of the even if I’d wanted to live one. Thenthe~ Sitting Around Talking" by John Foi:d video in a unique show " I’d be, splashed across the C~adian Noonan. Starring local favorites Julie collage of acting, ". , .Deserll~ed as Versace on Jc: What el- equivalent of the National Inquirer, with Tattershall (an excellent actress) and storytelling, stunts layper speed, Braelaett] c]aan~es fect has doing this an article about what a party boy I was. Maude Mix, it is the story of two women and caricature. He show had in terms Please." who are complete opposites of each other, is thewinner ofthe costumes at li~latnin~ fast speed, of impacting your Feeling too tied to the show, he decided and the unlikdy bond they form. They 2000 Moliere life and/or views to start over and move to NYC, where discover that, together, they can over- Award(theFrench transformln~ into more tlaan 80 of the world? ironically, he ended up being recast in come anything. The production runs Au- Tony, which has el~araeters and ~ix,~n~ life to. MH: "As I Rent. He took a week or so off to record gust 3-6, at the Heller Theatre, 5328 S. never been one by said, I’ ve been vocals for the new album, which he pro- Wheeling Ave. Reservations are rectA- anyone outside of le~ions of personalities, through years of duced and played instrument~ for. mended at 746-5065. France), and a de- training, withsing- Heloves performing, dislikes pressjun- While in Chicago, I had the chance to lighffully impish His slaow is a multl-media ing, and acting, kets and meeting hordes of people. He meet some marvelous people, including fellow.Addalittle extravaganza, eomblnln~ and dancing. I’d made an exception to come to Tulsa, for TomMichael,whoIlaterlearnedisoneof Cirque De Soleil been so close to which the event was nice and relatively the top cabaret artists across the nation, too that mixture comedy, music, marie, and v’ldeo getting parts so low key, in his eyes. At th~ time of the consistently in the industr~’s top ten lists above, too. many times, only interview,hehadflownoutfromNYCity amongthecompanyofMichaelFeinstein, Brachetti ar- in a uniclue colla~e of acting, to lose them to 6:30pm the prior evening, didpress, upat Maureen McGovern, Betty Buckley, rivesinTulsaatthe peoplewhohadn’t 5:30am for more press, and was flying Michael McAssey (who hosted the PAC courtesy of storytelling, stunts and earlea- had any training. I back an’hour after I spoke with him. Ah, eveningatthepianobar-somethingTulsa Celebrity Attrac- was about to quit the glamorous life! ture. He is... a desperately needs), Sally Mayer, Donna tions August6-13. show busines s Chad was kind enough to give me a CD Murphy, and Amanda McBro(~fi. Tickets can be had deliChffully impish fellow, when the call came sampler of his new album, "No. 1 Fan," ~He’s been actively singing in the Chi- by calling 596- from the Rent and it’s very good. Nice melodic rock, cago nightclub scene for 12years, andhas 7111.Iwilltellyou Add a little Cirque De Soldl people. I’dbeenin and I love the first song -"Small Town also performed with the Boston Pops and now, the costumes too tlaat mixture above, too.., so many situations Girl;" atl.~,ode to not giving up on dreams Spokane symphonies. In 1995, he was that Brachetti de- where I’d been and p~venng with what life gives vou invited to participate in the national Caba- signedandcreated through al! this Ng~i~2i~ really nice beach-boys n{eets ret Symposium with such luminaries as rival any elaborate [and] training, and Fl’~i~,ood Mac kinda tune about break- MargaretWqfiting, Julie Wilson. and Ann Bette Midler workedreallvhard ~ mg-!:~p¢ or ~vantiug to, by the title .of Hampton Callaway. His album, "Sailing Cheridrag Queen onmy craft c~nly to ¯ "I~xmgton." After that is "Say Good-bye On," is the perfect music for romancing extravaganza. Di ...RENT opens August 99 see people with no : t~hip-hoppy kinda rappish song yournewguyorgal.TomMichael’svoice I mention he’s and runs tlarou~la September 8 experieuce get wi~eat pop hook, withsomejazz~a~,d wraps around you like a warm blanket on cute, designs a parts I was up for, rock bi-~:thrown in for good measure. It s a winter’s night, and draws you in. mean frock, in his for 8 performances, and had just be- about growing up, growing old, selling I was privileged to meet theman behind mid thirties (he’s come so disheart- out, doing what you’re told. "I know who the voice, and spend-an afternoon with cagey about his RENT is only ttae ened with the biz. I wanna be..." The next ~s a ham~ting him. He is as nice as the voice he sings age) and single? ~tla musical to win both Sothis,gethngthat ballad/rocker, an ode to loneliness of a those incredible love songs with. And RENT Opens call, really .rein- lostfriencFrelationshipanddrinkingalone. he’sboyishlyhandsome, withblondehair August 29 and tlae Pulltzer Prize and forced my faith in On each, his voice handles the material and incredibly intense eyes that dance runs through Sep- the business and and styles with aplomb, and he has a very with light ’ every so often. His smooth tember3for8per- several qony Awards..." renewed that appealing tone. It seems there will be " tenor voice and immaculate phrasing fin- formances. Tix go dream, something for everyone on the full CD, mediately gave me a new perspective on on sale June 12th Also, I’ve be- and it will be worth picking up. I hope ~t that style of voice, at 596 7111. RENT is only the fifth musi- come much more spiritual. I wasn’t spiri- gets radio play. My favorite cut is the title song, which cal to win both the Pulitzer Prize and tual at all when I took this part. But Mimi Jeffrey Seller, the show’s producer, I’ve heard done before, but not with such seve :al Tony ,Awards. Matinees are set is such a wonderful character and she’ s speaks of show with real enthusiasm, and feeling that you feel the song flowing for Sat & Sunday, and there will be a grounded in faith, and to play that, every his eyes light up when speaking of the around you. Beckie McKenzie, who un- special $25 per seat matinee on Wednes- night I have to believe it on stage. Since impacthe’s witnessedthe showhaveupon fortunately was out of town the.Sunday I day, August 30. doing the show and portraying a charac- its audience. He sees "Rent" as a transforsaw Tom perform, lent her voice and Presentatthepressconferenceannounc- ter, Mimi, who is very spiritual, I have mative experience. He hopes the show arranged the music for the album, and ing this special addition to Celebrity At- become more open to that aspect of life will reach the younger Gay teens and there’s not a tinker on it. When I asked tractions’ season were Marcy Harriell, where once I wasn’t, and I’ve heard from twenty-somethings and send a message my host "Which local artists’ CD should MIMI on Broadway, and Chad friends and fans about their own searches that "Yes, you can be gay and successful, take home with me as a souvemr. , the Richardson,ROGERonBroadway, flown for meaning, whichis one of the themes of that gay is more than OK and is cool. You immediateresponsewasTomMichael’s’, in for the day to perform a couple of the show. And that has inspired me to can live ~oodlife, a rich life," and hopes And he was right. Tom Michael’s "Sail- numbers from the show. They were both start searching. It’s so nice to bein a show they will be moved by the relevant expeing On" is available from Amazon.corn, dynamate, and had incredible voices, that’s inspiring instead of traumatizang." rienees the show represents. The message or Tower Records, Original Cast Records I was able to ask a few questions of Marcy Harriell has not done a CD yet, of inclusiveness is important to him for (1-888-627-3993), Borders, Barnes and them, which they were most ~acious in but hopes ~t is in her future. And I can the audience to ’get." Noble, Footlight Records, and answering. I spoke first with Ms Harriell, assure you, evenifshe sings the telephone Even today, he still has a passion for CDNOW.com: who was as gracious as she was beautiful, book, it would be well worth listening to. this show evident in his speech and the BrachettllS comang. No,~t s notaplece JC: This seems like an incredibly diffi- Chad Richardson is Canadian rock way his eyes light up. Having aecomof tOast with herbs and tomatoes on ~t, it’s cult show to do, especially in terms of the singer, and has had two albums produced, plished quite a bit for his 35 years, he ArturoBrachetti, the quick-change artist, vocals. His third is the upcoming "No. 1 Fan," chalks his success up to being a Think "Greater Tuna" meets Robin Will- MH: (laughing) "Oh yes! Well, I’m a due out in May. He’s a handsome man, workaholic. He never tires of seeing the Jams while doing David Copperfield’s classically trained singer - opera and so and he also has an incredible voice, much show s effect on audiences, its power to act. Greater Tuna had two guys doing on, so doing this show was really different easier to listen to in many ways than embrace and connect with all people, and quick changes to create the 22 characters in terms of it being arock show, basically. Anthony Rapp, the originator of the role. make them feel part of a family. of a small mythical town; Arturo is one It places totally different stresses on your He also has incredible presence and very Of course, that does kind of clash with man creating 88 characters during the vocalchords,andrequiresalotofstamina; piercing eyes. the show’s detractors, who feel that it course of an evening - from cowboys to because when you get caught up in the Chad was a member of the Canadian glamorizes drug use and unsafe sex, but geishas and barmaids to Royal Mounties, emotion of the show - which happens at cast ~f Rent, who reached rock-star fame you can’t please everyone. he is a very channing man and handsome some point every night - you forget the .o as a member of the show. He quickly tired by Lamont Lindstrom, Ph.D. My sister just reported in from the annual family reunion. Earlier this month, the uncles, aunts, and cousins congregated in apark on the suburban slopes ofMt. Diablo, California. Safe here in Oklahoma, I’ve somehow managed to .miss the last decade ofthese family pic- But news filters back. This year my second cousin Michael reappeared, somehow on parole. I am surprised because it wasn’t too long ago thathe attacked an elderly couple in their car, pulled up at a gas station. He stabbed the oldwoman dead. A .Vietnam War flashback, Michael’s lawyer said, which could wall be true. My family doesn’t talk much. What facts I have derive from the Oakland Tribune lnternet newspaper archives. Orrather, the truth is that we happily gossip about each other when those others aren’t listening. Wejust don’t speak such things publicly. And there at the picnic also were my second cousins, once-removed, who are autistic. Our gossip wonders if this condition is their parents’ fault. The brothers, who are now in their 30s, somehow make a living repairing trails in Yosemite National Park. We all know something about them despite the fact that their autism is never spoken of at our reunions. My first cousin arson was at the picnic too. arson is 46, unmarried, does something with computers, and still lives with my aging aunt and uncle. It makes one think. It makes us gossip, too. Perhaps I have a Gay cousin: Or perhaps arson is just a happy solitary. Who knows? We never talk about it:Opeuly, that is. My family - likes yours, maybe - religiously follows our own policy of "Don’t ask, don’t tell." This peculiar sort of secrecy is the framewt,rk of the closet. The closet comes into being just because we have agreed not to notice what is obvious. arson’s sexual identity is an open secret. He knows what he is, and we know what he is too. But because we never admit what we know, not publicly anyway, we avoidhaving to deal withits consequences. If we did acknowledge that we know, we might have to do something. Dismiss the newly uncloseted Gay from the Army, for example. My family wouldn’t discharge Orson.(or me either,.for that matter) fromthe clan,butitwouldface having to revalue Gayness. It would lose the comfort of our open secret. This would demand considerable emotional and political transformationonall sides, It’s alot easier just to go along to eat the hotdogs and hamburgers and chat about kids and the weather. Eve Sedgwick, a literary critic and one of the founders of "queer theory," proposedin" TheEpistemology ofthe Closet" that open secrets are fundamental within modern American culture. Part of her argument can be restated simply. Homosexuality - which throughout much of the 20th century couldnot be recognized publicly - is nonetheless always present within contemporary no- My family doesn’t talk much. What f~ets I have derive from the Oakland Tribune Internet newspaper archives. Or rather, the truth is that we happily gossip about each other when those others aren’t listening. We just don’t speak such things publiely. ¯ tions of sexuality. Gayness exists in order : to maintain theboundaries of straightness. ¯ Wejust don’t admit it: ¯ Gayness has to exist as an open secret. It is a shadowy, inverted, and devalued reflection of straight. When it emerges from the closetand appears clearly in public, it threatens ¯straightness if it becomes a possible, alternative normal sexuality. Straight can’t exist withoutGay; butitperhaps also can’t exist-notin thesame way, anyway - when the open secret is revealed. Likemurder and autism in the family, the unspeakability of secret Gayness has maintainedits shame. We’ve heard the reaction: "Go ahead and be Gay. Butkeepit to yourself. Don’t thrust your lifestyle in my face. We don’t want to know about it. How dare you Gays flaunt k ? Can’t you keep it secret?" ¯ You can understand the worry. Flaunt- " ing destroys open secrets. Public recogni- ¯ ,tion of Gayness erodes the normality and "6ounds of straightness. Telling one’s se- ¯ crets unsettles the uncles and the aunts ¯¯ and their elemental notions about who ¯ and what they are. Who can blame them? Nowonderthey’dratherhappily smalltalk ¯ with arson abouthis job andhis car- and ¯ not about what he does when no one is ;" looking (or when they are pretending not ¯ to be looking). ¯ So my family dogs its job, keeping our ¯ open secrets. And it’s not just my timo- ¯ ¯ rous relatives. I have thirty-something Gay friends who avoid certain bars for ¯ fear they might run into family friends ¯ who’dtell thex" rmother. Li" kemomdoesn’t ¯ already know. But, sometimes, she really doesn’tknow- she honors the open secret ¯ by not admitting that she’s seen through ¯ her son years ago. ¯ One of these years I’m going to finally ¯ make it home to the family reunion. ¯ "Orson," maybe I’ll say,"So what do you ¯ think of those Back Street Boys?" ¯ Lamont Lindstrom teaches anthropology at the University of Tu,lsa. ¯ ¯ It takes courage to scrutinize yourdefense structures, belief system, values, self- " worth, self-doubt, behavioral patterns, and ¯ overall identity, and to shed the traits and ¯ beliefs thatno longer functionin your life. ¯ It takes uncommon courage and integrity ~ to implement the insights of that scrutiny, ¯ and to live honesty and authentically. ¯ Anyone who enters and completes this : process is a survivor, and deserves the ¯ rewards of liberation, identity autonomy, ¯ and happiness." : While much of this book is geared to- " ward use by straight therapists for their ¯ Lesbian and Gay clients, lay people will ¯ also find it valuable. It will help people to ¯ fully understand that the rituals they have ¯ gone through are not unusual and that : their goal shou!.d be a vibrant, happy and ¯ healthy life. ¯ Check for this title at your local library, ¯ or call Readers Services at 596-7966. Timothy .W. Daniel Attorney at Law | An Attorney who will fight for justice & equality for Gays & Lesbians Domestic Partnership Planning, Personal Injury, Criminal Law & Bankruptcy I 128 East Broadway, Drumright, Oklahoma ~sareavailable. Are You Gay or Bisexual? Are You Native American Support Group is here .for you! ¯ Evening support group meetings ¯ Relationship workshops ¯ Short trips, outings and retreats ¯ Free HIV testing For information call Tulsa Native American AIDS Prevention Project rr IGTA member Call 341.6866 international Toursiormorein!ormation. e Therapy services Edgar O. Cruz, L.M.T. Pager: 918-889-5255 Voice Mail: 918-697-9282 Lic. #t34133 Country Club Barbering Custom Styling for Men & Women David Kauskey 3310 E. 51st, 747-0236, Tues.-Ffi., 8-5:30, Sat. 8-5pro Tulsa ’sonly professional body-piercing American Theatre Company presents Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night Augus, 17- !9 August 24 - 26 Eight o’clock Eight dollars at. the gate Phil brook Museum 2727 South Rockford Road. by Ted Anthony, AP National Writer N~V YORK (AP) - 715ose eyes. ~tNose eyelashes. Those cheekbones. Those outfits. She Is m~ American original, this Tammy Faye Bakker - for better and for worse, an utterly umque vessel that conrains the strange stew of celebrity, spirituality and sin we have come to expect from our fallen 1cons in recent decades. Who better, then, to explore, to figure out, to focus in upon than the face that launched 1,000 quips? That’s the mission of a new documentary, and "Tile Eyes of Tammy Faye" doesn’t disappoint. For those of you living on Jupiter’s moons, Tammy Faye Bakker (now Tammy Faye Messner) was/is the excruciatingly mascaraed ex-wife of tdevangelist Jim Bakker and former costar of PTL, the North Carolina-based television ministry that imploded in a pit of accusations and recriminations in the late 1980s. He trysted with Jessica Hahn (who later paraded in Playboy) and went to jail. She got addicted to pills and ended up marrying his best friend. Jerry Falwell got involved. Things got nasty. Pop culture references were born. Mascara companies prospered. Now, more than a decade later, Tammy Fgye paces-the halls of her California gated-community house, trying to sti~lI together the swatches of her life and fin__ out what’s important to her. This proves to be a funny and tragic endeavor, and filmmakers Randy Barbato and Fenton Baily chronicle it as it unfolds. Narrated by RuPaul, of all people, it’s a festival of weirdness camed out on an impressively documentarian level, and it offers a deadon look at Tammy _ aye without ever poking fun at her. It lets her do all the work, and work she does. - She gives us a tour of her makeup case (the eyes come from L’Oreal Waterproof - She is praised by relatives in strange ways ("When she was born, she had perfecfly manicured fingernails:’ says an aunt). - She goes to a photographer to get new head shots and smpri ses the makeup artist by announcing that her lips, eyes and eyebrows are permanently lined. The film’s success, though, lies in assembling a portrait of Tammy Faye that transcends parody. She is an easy target for a hip, sarcastic documentary. Instead, we find out about a woman who was reaching out to Gays and AIDS patients long before anyone else in the Christian broadcasting community Welearn about awoman who endured cancer, thenjudged. the experience worthwhile because ~t brought her closer to her daughter. And we discover, though she never says it outfight, that she still respects Jim Bakker - and may well still love him xn some ways. Bakker, too, is interviewed here, watched balefully by his new wife as he talks - and sometimes reminisces fondly - about his time with Tammy Faye. In the end, you’re left with several questions aboutTammy Faye: What DID she and Bakker believe in? God? Ego? Money? Themselve,’ 9 And what does she really look like under all those layers? Whatever she ultimately is, Tammy Faye deserves some sympathy. She’ s been through alot that wasn’t her ownmaking. She’s going to church again, singing ~n a local choir and trying to figure out just who she is - an admirable trait in anyone, and something not to be lampooned, no matter what her past has held. "I don’t know of any woman in our time who has been so maligned," Pat Boone tells the camera. "And yet she just keeps going." And that trajectory makes for a fascinating documentary - whether you end up seeing it as a valid piece of journalism or an entertaining celebrity car wreck. Homosexual Rites of Passage: arises from lack of awareness that others A Road to Visibility & Validation by Marie Mohler, MA reviewed by Barry Hensley Tulsa Ciry-CounU Eibrary Like e~eryone else, Lesbians and Gay men go through a series of life events that shape their personalities, morals and ability to interact with other people. However, because of sexual orientation, there is often a different set of events and there are different hurdles to jump. This book analyzes these rites of passage to help Lesbians and Gay men understand themselves. Author ~ [thief approaches a variety of topics, each with, a sep~ate chapter, inciudi~. g ~,~nderstar,,ding Fear, Overcoming c.~- Coming Out, Con-a~fitment Rimai s ar,_d Aging Rites. Each topic builds o~ the prevtous one. Fern plays a big role for both straights and Ga)’s. For Gay people, fear serves as an obstacle to growth. For straightpeople, fear of Gays "’smt’aces in antiGay bashing, picketing, propaganda, hazing, attempts at converting homosexuals and discrimination in the workforce. Energy is tied up in keeping the Lesbian and Gay individual out of their world, consciousness, and own ide.nti.ty,.b.y attemp.ting t,o, keep homosexuahty mws~ble and stlent. Mohler suggests that straights fear Gays due to ignorance. "This ignorance often may differ from one’s sdf. There is often no motivation to learn about other cultures or sexual orientations. Thus, anything different from the self is considered abnormal." One thought provoking section in the chapter on aging deals with the death of a same sex life partner. A Gay or Lesbian individual’s "truest support system, emotionally, physically, sexually, and finandally, may be flflfilled by this one person. In light of’the fact that many heterosexual peers and families may not mfite understand the magnitude of homo~sexual fee!- rags _~md. Gay!Lesbi,~ conuni~mem to !ife parmers, ~t ma~ be devastating to not rec~’~c ~N’.: much-needed suppn<i: dmSng this a;~,::’~;v-g pefic,l. The heterosextml majci:~.~? ~m,,y be blind to exiuatiL~g the loss of one’s life partner to ’,he loss of a husband or wife. While this lack of support is a great tragedy, with great potenial for re- ~njuring and shaming homosexuals during a time of great mourning, it is thevery reason why Gay men and Lesbian women needto stand together as a community and validate the troth of their parmerships." The chapter on coming out summarizes the upbeat feel of the entire book: "(the coming out) process affects homosexuals physically, emotionally, and intellectuall) - see Passages, p. 10 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2000] Tulsa Family News, August 2000; Volume 7, Issue 8 Subject The topic of the resource Politics, education, and social conversation toward Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities. Description An account of the resource Tulsa Family News was a monthly newspaper; No. 1 issued December 1993-January 1994. The final issue available was published in September 0f 2001 (Volume 8, Issue 9). 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