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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 Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Communities - Our Families of the Heart reportervpage 3 Tulsa to "Pilot" Prejudice Reductio-n Progra d Tulsa, with Atlanta Houston, has been chosen as a pilot locadon for Project Open Mind. This project, sponsored and designed by the national organization of PFLAG, will challenge homophobia & heterosexism in the Tulsa community through a multimedia campaign. The campaign hopes to reach Tulsa’ s "mushy-middle" (those neither anti-Gay or .supportive) through a combination of radio, TV, and print advertising/stories, and through public forums, speaking engagements and other education’ programs. Tulsa’ s PFLAG chapter will receive media training, TV & radio materials, and support from national PFLAG staff. January 15 - February 14, 1995, Volume 2, Issue 2 TU Introduces Gay & Lesbian Studies Course The University of Tulsa’s Professor Bernice Hams will teach TU’s first Gay studies course, Introduction to .Gay & Lesbian Studies. This interdisciplinary course is listed as an English department offering butis also one of several classes offered as part of a multicultural education requirement at TU. The structure of the course is tripartite. The first section will examine the historical representation of alternative sexualities. The second part will address issues of gender and sexual identity, in particular, the nexus between economic structureandgenderidentity.The third portion will consider theoretical issues, including identity politics, AIDS theory and reality, and the greater complexities of race, class & gender. Professor Harris credits students from the Bisexual, Lesbian, & Gay Alliance at TU with planting the idea for this course with former Dean of Arts see TU, page 11 Kelly Kirby Reflects On Two Years as President of TOHR Editor’s note: this December, TFN interviewed Kelly Kirby who’s justfinished serving two years as president of Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR). TFN asked Kirby to review that service and to share Kelly Kirby his perceptions of his and the organization’s successes andthe areas in which he’d like to have done more. Kirby, who is acertified public accountant by profession, identified a return to fiscal solvency as the accomplishment of which he is most proud. Several years prior, TOHR had see Kirby, page 9 INTERVIEW Gay Tulsa Cop by Tom Neal The history of the interaction ofpolice officers and Lesbian and Gay Tulsans is not an especially happy one. Members of the communities can recall the days ofovert harassment by Tulsa police. You only have to ask to hear about the police rousting folks out of an old downtown bar ando~dering them to cross the street, only to arrest thosefolksforjay-walking across an empty street at ]am. The consequences of arrest were perhaps more severe then. Names werepublished,jobs lost, andfolks even were thrown out oftheir homes. However, the old adage, that "we (Gays & Lesbians) are everywhere" holds true inpolice work. Tulsa Family News is proud to share with our readers the following interview, presented anonymously for reasons thatshouldbe clear, with one of Tulsa’s Finest: TFN: What’s it like to be a Gay cop? Officer: It’ s scary - not the job itself but the prejudice in the department, and ,in general, see Cop, page 9 Mayor &Rights Chief. C.all For Gay Civil Rights Protec.tions by Kelly Kirby In honor of International Human Rights Day, the Human Rights Commission and Human Rights Department of the City of Tulsa hosted a reception on Monday, December 19, 1994. -Addressing the gathering, Commission Chair Eddie Faye Gates spoke of past accomsee Mayor, page 9 TOHRtoCreate Community Center Tulsa Oklahomans forHuman Rights (TOHR) kicked off its new y.ear by announcing a campmgn to create a Lesbian/ Gay Community Center at its Jan. 3rd meeting at the Tulsa City-County Central Library. The meeting which was billed as an open forum for grievances, gripes, kudos, etc. drew about 25 persons, some old members, some new. The topic of the Community see Center, page 2 Radical Right Escalates Anti-Gay Activities WASHINGTON - Anti-gay forces increased their assault in Congress, state legislatures, the courts and other public policy arenas during the last year, a new report by People for the .AmericanWay says. "Theresult lS a political and social climate hostile to the principles ofjustice and fairness that safeguard every American,"thenon-partisan civil liberties watchdog group said in releasingits second annual report on political activity aimed at the lesbian and gay rights movement in the U.S. The report, a compilation of 134 anti-gay moves in 37 states see Radical Right, page 8 Oregon Anti-Gay Forces Try Again SALEM, Ore. - Despite being twice rejected by voters .in the state - mostrecentlyinNovember - the Oregon Citizens Alliance has once again filed papers to begin collecting signatures for a proposed statewide ballot initiative to bar rain ority rights to lesbians, gays and bisexuals. Titled the "Minority Status & Child Protection Act of 1996," the proposed ballot measure is nearly identical to one that see Oregon, page 11 Gays May Be Included As ’Family’ for Leave Act WASHINGTON - The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued internal regulations implementing the federal Family Friendly Leave Act in a way that appears to include non-traditional relationships. Under the Family Friendly Leave Act, federal workers can use sick leave to care for a sick family member, or for bereavement purposes. According to theOMB, ?family" is defined as: "Any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship," Anti-Gay Murders Marked by Viciousness SAN FRANCISCO - A report released by the San Franciscobased organization Community United Against Violence says that more than 150 gay men and lesbians around the U.S. were killed in anti-gay attacks during the last 3 years, and that an ti-gay murders nationally tend to involve a greater degree of violence that most killings. Cooperatively researched by some 22 anti-violence groups see Violence, page 11 Top GOP Official Urges Meetings with Gay Org.,. WASHINGTON - The Washington Times reports that Jennie Austin, co-chair of the Republican National Committee, sent letters to all the Republican members of Congress recommending that they meetwithRich Tafel, head of the gay-oriented Log Cabin Republicans. In her letter to GOP members of the 104th Congress, Austin wrote, "I hope you and your staff will find time to meet with Rich, if you have not already done so, when he calls on you at the start of the next Congress." A spokesperson for the Republican National Committee said that GOP Chairman Haley Barbour was unaware the letters were sent and disavowed Austin’s suggestion, noting that she leaves office at the end of the year. Women Die From AIDS Faster Than Men MINNEAPOLIS’- Researchers at the University of Minnesota say a just-concluded study indicates that women infected with HIV have shorterlife-spans following diagnosis than men who are infected. The study tracked women and men with HiV at health facilities around see Women, page 11 AMA Adopts New Policy on Gays and Lesbians WASHINGTON - The American Medical Association has reversed a long-standing policy regarding homosexuals, and has adopted a 20-page report calling for "non-judgmental recognilion of sexual orientation by physicians." The policy report, entitled "Health Care Needs of Gay Men and Lesbians in the U.S.," states: "All patients, regardless of their sexual orientation,haveafight torespect and concern for their fives and values. However, gay men and lesbians face ostrac ism and discrimination from some health care professionals." The new policy says that some gays and lesbians may have "unique mental health concerns" butnotes thatmostoftheseissues see AMA, page 11 More Mississippi Murder INDIANOLA, Miss. - Activists in Mississippi report that another gay manhas been murdered. The body of Stanley King, 24, was found partly clothed several yards from his parked car. He had been shot twice in the back, once in the shoulder and once in the head, apparently at close range. Police arrested Remus see Murder, page 11 MILITARY UPDATE Steffan & Lambda Won’~ Appeal to Supreme Court WASHINGTON - In whatactivists say is a strategic legal move, former U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman Joseph Steffan has ended his six-year court fight to win his diploma andcommissionas aNavy ensign afterbeing dismissedby officials at the Academy because he acknowledged being gay. The U.S. Court of Appeals dealt Steffan’s case a serious blow in see Steffan, page 11 AnotherAnti-Gay Military Policy Going to Court SEATTLE - A month after a Navy panel recommended dischargebecausehe’s gay, Petty Officer 2rid Class Mark Philip has been granted a preliminary order and court hearing date to contest the military’s policy of excluding homosexuals from t he U.S. armed forces. A U.S. District Court judge granted the injunction and slated a hearing for Philips’ case for Feb. 22. Philips tol.d superior officers he was gay m 1993 after being directly asked, saying he wanted to challenge the exclusionary policy. Phihps has worked until now as a machinist on a submarine. ALL EYES ON THE ~104TH Promising to revolutionize American government, Republicans opened the doors of the Capitol Building to anew House of Representatives and Senate both dominated by the Republican party for the first time in 40 years. Stepping up to the rostrum for the first time on the morning of January 3rd, new Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich touted his Contract With America. tS"evious statements by Gingrich, including that "it is madness to pretend that families are anything other than heterosexual couples," make it clear that his Contract with America is intended to support o~fly some Americans. Gay, lesbian and bisexual people have learned to read between the lines of proposed Contrac!,policies like "The Family Reinforcement Act. and might consider~enaming the Republican Contract a"ContractOnAmerica." What concerns most progressive activists is not the takeover of the House and Senate by the Republican party per se, but rather the dominance of an ultra-conservative faction of Senators and Representatives. According to a recent report by the Christian Coalition, a full 44 of the 62 new Republican members of the House conformed to its "pro-family, pro-life"~ agenda. Also alarming are the number of familiar faces now chairing powerful committees who have a long- standing tradition ofopposmg gay-positive legi slation. Chief among themisJesse Helms, the homophobic North Carolina senator, who will now head the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Activists can expect to spend the bulk of their energies throughout the 104th Congress. fighting off anti-gay legislation and funding cuts. Many previously defeated Radical Right initiatives may find a second wind in the 104th session. Anti-gay amendments may appear in legislation on topics ranging from government personnel policies to milk subsidies. Funding may be challenged for the Ryan White CARE Act and other AIDS research and service appropriations, the National Endowment of., ~the Arts for its funding of gay positive art, and for ~chools teaching tolerance and acceptance of all students, including gay and lesbian youth. Unfortunately, pro-active efforts, including movement ofpr6-gay federal legislation such as the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, seem unlik~lyJn such a politically conservative and hostile environment. In addition, attacks on abortion rights, social security ~nsurance, health care, and new immigrants all appear likely. Activists from all comers of the country will need to keep up on the new hostile Congress by lobbying their senators andrepresentatives regularly if the voices of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people are to be heard on Capitol Hill. ACTION: NGLTF offers several resources to assist you in lobbying the federal government. To learn more about writing, calling, and visiting your senators andrepresentatives,request Lobbying Tips ($1) from the NGLTF publication request line. Call (202) 332-6483 ext. 3327. If you spend time on the Internet during business hours, you can receive urgentlegislative action alerts fromNGLTF as news breaks on Capitol Hill. Write to: babngltf@aol.com and type "subscribe legislative action alert" in the subject heading. Be sure to include your name address and telephone number in the message. PHELPS’. FOLLIES Holding their "God’s Hate is Great" signs high above their heads, minister Fred Phelps and members of his Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) of Topeka, Kansas were spotted recently picketing NGLTF’s Creating ChangeConference. Inaddilion to the activist conference, WBC members heckled Sunday services at Mel White’s MCCCathedral of Hope in Dallas. According to Phelps, WBC picketed 1,560 gay and lesbian churches, conventions, parades, and funerals in 1994 including Stonewall 25, the recent funeral ofAIDS activist Pedro Zamora in Miami and a Kansas speech by poet Maya Angelou. Phelps garnered national attentionwhen he began his campaign of picketing funerals of AIDS victims and harassing their mourning family members. Maya Angelou’s confrontation with Fred Phelps led her to cancel her speech at Emporia State University. In response, an outraged coalition of over 70 organizations formed to create an organized opposition to Phelp’s virulent gay-bashing. The Network for Unity and Tolerance (NUT) is a mulficultural group committed to "reaffirming the traditional American values of mutual respect, t61~rance and integrity.".... The "Reverend Church Lady" of Topeka now distributes a weekly parody and update of WBC activities called Church Chat. The Ch~ch Lady faxes,Wt3C each ~eel~in!rep~ns:.~tb~C~ s~t~,gtfl~r~ hornophobic and ~,ile faxes. ACTION: To find out more about how you can support the efforts ofNUT, write to 8336 Sagamore Road, Leawood, Kansas, 66206 or email: Junemoon@fileshop.com. To download a new unauthorized biography of Fred Phelps on America Online, go to glcf->community organizations->file !ibrary->NGLTF publications. DISTRESS IN DES MOINES School board members in Des Moines Iowa are finding their pro-tolerance, multi-cultural curriculum proposal under fire thanks to the efforts of imported anti-gay activist, Bill Horn. Four of seven school board members voiced their support for the proposed district education plan which would include teaching about the contributions of famous gay, lesbian and bisexual people and discussion of homophobic thinking and behavior. The plan met with opposition when board members gave the district superintendent the go ahead to begin implementing curriculum changes. Des Moines would become the first school district in Iowa with specific curriculum requirements to ensure that its schools are safe places for all its students including gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth. Controversy erupted when Bill Horn; spokesman for The Report, a national Christian organization that publishes the anti-gay Lambda Report, moved to Des Moines to begin a campaign aimed at dismantling the long standing school district proposal. Horn, whose children do not attend the Des Moines Public School District, succeeded in gathering 3,000 protesters at a recent Des Moines anti-gay rally and called on those present to flood the school board with phone calls demanding rejection of the tolerance proposal. School board members continue to stand in strong support of the policy but need support particularly from activists in Iowa and in other school districts with pro-tolerance policies. The Gay and Lesbian Resource Center (GLRC) ofDes Moines has pitch~t in their organizing strength to fight Horn and his supporters. In addition to letters of support and encouragement to the Des Moines School Board, GLRC has suggested that activists from across the country write letters to the editor of the Des Moines Register in support of the board’s position on the side of tolerance. ACTION: Send letters of support to Jacquie Easley, President, Des Moines School District, 1800 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA, 50309. Send letters to the editor to The Des Moines Register, PO Box 957, Des Moines, IA, 50309 or fax to (515) 286-2511. For more information write GLRC: PO Box 7008, Des Moines, Ilk, 50309. Center cont’dfrom page ] Center campaign dominated the meeting though serious discussions occured on issues of health and racism. TOHR president, Tim Gillean, promised to schedule a series of focus groups to examine these issues in greater depth (see calendar on page 3). Rainbow Business Guildalmouncedits nextmeeting on Jan. 23, 7pm at the Spaghetti Warehouse restaurant. TULSA 918-832-0233 POB 414(3, Tulsa OK 74159 TulsaNews@aol.com Publisher/Editor Tom Neal Asst. 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Donations contributed to TOHR over set membership fees are Tax Deductible. t BISEXUAL, LESBIAN AND GAY ISSUES INFORMATION .AND REFERRALS 743’ February Meeting: Reptwts from all focus groups 030PM Feb 7th 4154 South Harvard "The Gathering Place" News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Tenn. Sodomy Statute Challenge Wins One NASHVILLE - Davidson County Circuit Court Judge Walter Kurtz has ruled that private sexual behavior between consenting adults of the same sex is protected under the Tennessee constitution’ s privacy rights provisions. The ruling came in the first stage of a court challenge t’o the state’s samesex sodomy law. Judge Kurtz said private sexual behavior cannot be prohibited simply because it does not adhere to ....majoritarian ~morali’ty"-" and added thatstate officials had failed to show sufficient reason for governmentintrusioninto the private sexual behavior of i ts citizens. While the ruling does not overturn the state sodomy statute, is does raise the state’s burden of proving a compdling interest. The attorney representing the 4 homosexuals who mounted the legal challenge to the law said she would ask Judge Kurtz to now declare the law unconstitutional and to prohibit its future enforcement, Gay Marriages in Sweden STOCKHOLM-The new year got off to a bang in Sweden on Monday when Hans Jonsson and Sven-Olov Jansson became the country’s first gay couple to marry under the nation’s new legislation permitting same-sex couples to legally:regist er their relationships. The ceremony took place at the town hall in Ostersund in central Sweden. Local governments throughout the country have appointed officials to handle the same-sex partner registrations, except Varnamo, a conservative town of about 16,000 some 200 miles southeast of Stockholm, where political opponents of the .new marriage law convinced local authorities not to appoint registration officials. Gays and lesbians in Varnamo who want to marry will have to go before a local magastrate to register their relationship - at least for the time being. Iceland Studies Legal, Civil Rights Changes REYKJAVIK, Iceland - An Iceland parliamentary commission established to study civil rights and social conditions ,of gays and lesbians in the ’country has recommended ~enactment of national antidiscriminztionlegislation, alegal partnership registration similar to those in several Scandinavian countries, and educational changes about homosexuality in thenation’s schools. A minority on the commission, including the 2 members from the gay rights group Samtokin 78, wanted the commission’s recommendations to be far more sweeping, including making same-sex partnerships fully equal to marriages. The commission’s recommendations are now being. reviewed by government . ministries thatwouldb~in~Ql~v~ed in implementing ~ sugges.ted changes. Lesbian Kiss TV Flap HOLLYWOOD - The Family Defense Council, a conservative, anti-gay organization, has launched a campaign to pressure NBC-TV into editing out a kiss between 2 women in the Glenn Close film, "Serving in Silence - TheGrethe CammermeyerStory ," which is slated to be broadcast in February._ The Family Defense Council says the lesbian kiss does not reflect "traditional family values," and should be cut from the TV movie. Antigay groups around the country have had several successes recently in convincing television networks to tone down, drop, or revise same-sex kiss scenes in the past few years by putting pressure on advertisers to pull commercials from gay-posilave pr ogramming. See page 2 for related item. Court Says Same-Sex Harassment Not Illegal BALTIMORE - U.S. District Court Judge Alexander Harvey II has ruled that federal civil rights laws do not prohibit same- Sex sexual harassment. Harvey dismissed a lawsuit by David Hopkins, aformerBaltimoreGas & Electric Co. worker who charged that his male job supervisor, Ira Swadow, had made unwanted sexual advances to him at work. The judge said that while Hopkins may have found Swadow’s behavior, which reportedly included questioning him about his sexlife and staring at the man’s crotch with a magnifying glass, as offensive, Harvey ruled that federal sexual harassment laws do not apply to members of the same gender. Swadow had denied the incidents. Some federal courts in other districts have ruled that the u.S: Civil Rights Act"~’f 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on sex, does in factinclude samesex sexual harassment, while others have agreedwithHarvey’s logic in similar cases leaving the issue unresolved at the lower court level. Hopkins said he would appeal the court ruling. Indian Gay Conference BOMBAY, India - Gay rights activists from around the Indian subcontinent had to relocate the vast region’s first gay conference ,. ~.from, Now ,-Delhi .tot a. hidden d0cafiofi .nea~ B0ml~ay OUt ~’of concerns that conservative Hindus might stir up anti-ga y attacks. But even amidst this somewhat tense social environment, some 70 gay men - the conference was not intended to include lesbians - attended the 5- day meeting from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and the island nation of Sri Lanka. The principal focus of conference goers, aside from increased communications, was abolition of India’s anti-gay "carnal intercourse" law, which .carries. penalties ofup to 10 years m prison, and inclusion of educational materials about homosexuality in the country’s history, e~pecially during the era prior to British colonial rule. ’Playboy’ Sex Survey CHICAGO - Playboy. maga~ zine’s International Sex Survey, to be published in the February issue of the popular monthly, will show the nature of differences in sexual behaviors around the world - including what impact the AIDS epidemic has had on global sex. According to the forthcoming study, most men are concerned contracting sexually transmitted diseases. Menworried about STDs most in these countries: 90% in Brazil, 81% in France, 78% in Greece, 75% in the U.S., and 70% in Japan: Unlike a recent University of Chicago survey of U.S. sexual behavior, which reported that 33% of American men said they had had more than 11 sexual partners, the Playboy survey found that 57% of U.S. men said they had had 11 sexual partners. The survey also found that Japanese men were the most likely to use condoms during sex. Aussie Anti-Gay Leader to Complain to the UN HOBART, Australia - Richard Gibbs, the leader of the anti-gay groupTasAlert, has toldreporters that he will file a formal complaint with the United Nations over the recently passed Federal Sexual Privacy Act which he says violates international treaties. The Sexual Privacy Act was enacted by the AustralianParliament earlierthis year effectively to block enforcement of Tasmania’s sodomy statutes after a UN €ommis~ion~ ruled the °isla~d- ,,state’s ~ anti-gay: laws ~ were themselves a violation of intemationaltreaties. Gibbs says the Sexual Privacy Act violates international agreements on democratic principles. Gay Fingertips? CHICAGO - Doreen Kimura and Jeffrey Hall, researchers at the University of Western Ontario, report in the December x s s u e o f Behavioral Neuroscience that the ridges in the fingerprints may be an indicator of homosexuality amongmen. The unusual study, which compared the number of ridges on the fingertips of both hands of 66 gay men and 182 straight men, found that a larger portion of the homosexual men had more ridges in their lefthand fingerprints than in those of their right ban d. According to Hall and Kimura’s study, 30% of the gay men had more left-hand ridges than right-hand ridges, but only 14% of the heterosexual men showed the left-hand imbalance. People .generally have more ridges m their right-hand fingerprints than their left, and the researchers say their findings add more fuel to the notion that sexual orientation is fixedbefore birth, possibly genetically, since fingerprints are formed on the fetus in about the 3rd month of pregnancy. While most people can hear slightly better in their right ears, the researchers also found in the same report that some of the gay men could hear equally well inboth ears. Hearing in each ear is connected to the oppositehemisphere ofthebrain, sugges ring that some gay men may have better transmission between the brain’s 2 hemispheres, according to the researchers. Gay Couple Finally Gets to Adopt SEATTLE - Ross and Luis Lopton, a gay couple in Seattle, have formally been given adoption rights for the 4-yearold boy Gailen whose mother, Megan Lueas, has been fighting to block the adoption of the child she surrendered in 1992. Lueas, who was unmarried at the time she gave birth, has since married and gone to court to block the adoption and regain parental rights because~ she said she disapproved of homosexuality. State courts in Washington - including the state S,upreme Court - have consistently ruled against Lucas’ attempts to regain custody of the boy. Now a King County Superior Court commissioner has formally signed the adoption papers, giving the Loptons legal parental custody of the youngster. Magazine for Deaf Gays SAN FRANCISCO - A new quarterly magazine, CTN, is ready to begin publishing in January for deaf and hearingimpaired lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. Dragonsani Renteria, editor of the publication, says CTNis the first in the country to aim specifically at the deaf community. The annual subscription rate for the magazine is $30. For in£ormarion, write: CTN Magazine, PO Box 14431, San Francisco CA 94114, or fax them at their TTY number (415) 626-9033. ClintonDrops .Proposed Gay Ambassador SAN FRANCISCO - Gay and Democratic political leaders were sharply critical of President Clinton after learning that the White House has apparendy decided not to nominate James Hormel, openly gay scion of the Hormel meatfamily and amaj or Democratic Party financial donor, to a post as ambassador to the island-nation of Fiji. Hormel told reporters that he had been informed that the administration will not be putting his name forward to the ambassadorship because Sen. Jesse Helms (RN. C.), an arch homophobe, now heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Matthew Rothschild, chairman of the San Francisco Democratic Party, called: the move "an outrage" and a "victory for bigotry." "I Ph otography Pager 621-5597 1635 E. 15th Street, 599-8070 Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian & Gay Communities With Pride - Look for our Rainbow Flag News Briefs News thought we elected a fighter," Rothschild said. "I say, take Helms on. There’s no reason other than a lack of guts to abandon this nomination." Hormel, Whose name has been repeatedly mentioned as Clinton’s likely choice for the post, would have been the first openly gay or lesbian person to benominated to suchanoffice in U.S. history. Religious Rep. Off Rights Commission HONOLULU- Federal Court Judge Harold Fong in Hawaii has ordered that 2 Catholic and 2 Mormon church representatives be removed from a state commission studying the civil rights of gays and lesbians in the state, sayrng their appointment as designated representatives of their churches as a violation of the separationofchurchAndstate. Ironically the complaint was not filed by gay rights activists but by afundamentalist Catholic and a minister of the Assembly of God who had also challenged the commission’s task itself. But Judge Fong rejected that broader challenge and also made it clear that the governor could appoint 4 new replacementmembers - as long as they aren’t designated representative of an organized religion. Activists believe the challenge from arch-conservative religious leaders is only an attempt to te.mporarily halt the commlssion’ s workwhile theymount a more complex legalchallenge to the commission, which is charged with reviewing the civil rights of gays, lesbians and -bisexuals in Hawaii - including_ marital rights and benefits. Gay/Lesbian Pilots Org. WASHINGTON-The National Gay Pilots Association (NGPA) has officially formed as a nonprofit national organization for gay and lesbian aviators, aiming to educate gays and lesbians in .aviation aboutcivil andjob rights Issues, safety, and serve as a network. Ron Swanda, GNPA’s executive director, said "The pilot and aviation communities are among the last to acknowledge, much less accept, the presence of gays and lesbians.Y The group, which succeeds the more informal Gay Pilots Assn., founded in 1991, produces a quarterly magazine and already has more than 400 Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News haembers throughout the U.S. hnd 5 other countries. The associationincludes commercial, corporate and general, aviation pilots, student pilots, managers, flight attendants and flying enthusiasts. For membership information, write: NGPA, Dept. N, PO Box 27542, Washington DC 20038-7542. Women in Custody Fight CONCORD, N.H. J- Joan Comeau has filed a lawsuit in an effort to gain partial custody of the 4-year-old daughter of her ’ former lover, Lucinda Grondin. Comeau’s suit claims that the two women shared in decisions about the girl’s birth, care and financial support and that after the 2 women ended their relationship in 1991 arranged for Comeautocontinueregularvisits with the child. Grondin halted the .visifihg rights earlier .this. year, and both women are claiming that the other is trying to alienate the affections of the San Francisco Bans Bias Against Transgenders SAN FRANCISCO - In a move that many city officials say is long overdue, SanFrancisco’s supervisors have barred discrimination against transvestites, transsexuals and cross-dressers. The Board of Supervisors unanimously passed the ordina nce prohibiting discrimination based on "gender identity" in the areas of employment, housing, health care, social services, public accommodations, city contracts, and.other areas with no apparem opposition from businesses, community organizations or eve n reli~irus :grbupg.- "Thislegislation adds to the classification of persons protected by our Human Rights Commission and gives them the respect they are entitled to," said SupervisorTerence Hallinan, the measure’s sponsor. ’"vVe have a chauce to make history. This is a prou d day to be a San Franciscan." The law is similar to a few such measures in other cities, including Seattle and Minneapolis, for example. Mayor Frank Jordan is expected to sign the measure into law by the beginning of the year. Bishop Cancels Union SEATTLE - Vincent Warner, the Episcopal Bishop of Seattle, has stopped plans for the marriage of 2 gay men, John Black and Thoma~ Monalian, that hadbeen slated to take place at St. Mark’s Cathedral in the city. In a statement, Bishop Warner said, "There is incredible, wrenching pain for all of us in these events. How do wehold out the hand ofwelcome and inclusivity and yet deny the church’s blessing? ~’As a person who has all my life stood with those Who are marginalized by the church and by society," the bishop added, "it grieves me ~deeply that I am the person who - says "no:’~ And J.. ache ;for~ the couple who only asked that their care for one another, their covenant, be witnessed and blessed by the church." Japanese-American Org, Begins Gay Group LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles-based civil fights group, the Japanese American Citizens League, has launched its first chapter devoted to Asian and Pacific Islander gay and lesbian concerns. The chapter, known as API Lambda, will also be located in Los Angeles but will not be restricted to membership in the Southern Calffomiaregion. Earlier this year, the JACL offic!ally endorsed same-sex marriages amid intense controversy - the first major nongay civil rights organization to do so. "We want to build upon the work that was started at the national convention," said J. Craig Fong, a member and organizer of the new chapter. "We want to energize the organization with new approaches to new issues and address and advocate for other civil rights issues as well." Gay Superhero Comic VANCOUVER - Mermaid Publications, a small Canadian comic book publisher, has announced that it will begin shipping copies of’X3o~Go Boy," a monthly gay superhero coxmc, created by cartoonist Neil Johnston. The superhero comic series will feature regular characters, including Go-Go Boy’s boyfriend Ron Lee and another known as the Invisible Lesbian. ¯Sailor’s ’Wife’ Was a Man CONCORD, Calif. -.Police in this city east of San Francisco revealed that the sailor’s wife whose murder earlier in December they began investigating was in fact a man. "She was a he," said Concord Officer Joe Kreins in announcing that the 28-year-old victim known as Terrie Ladwig was in fact a man also known as Larry Earl Thompson, even though Thompson and Navy Petty Officer Steven Ladwig were married lastsummer in Nevada. Steven Ladwig had returned from duty at sea when he discovered the body of Thompson at their home in Concord On Dec. 2. Police had - kept Thompson"s true identity secret froni the public out of concerns that witnesses who weren’t aware the victim was a man would n’t come forward if they did. Authorities said Steven Ladwig is not a suspect in the killing, but Navy officials acknowledged that they were -.investigating the petty.officer to see ifhe faces possible discipline because ofhis sexual orientation. Ladwig told police he dated Thompson nearly 4 months before finding out thathis partner was a man, but denied being gay himself. "I consider her full female," Ladwig said. "I’m not gay. I don’t feel that way." Suspected Serial KillerArraigned JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Gary R. Bowles, who has confessed to killing 6 gay men in Florida, Georgia, Maryland and Virginia, was arraigned on murder charges in Duval County, Fla. Bowles pleaded not guilty in the killing ofWalter Hinton ofJacksonville. No date for a trial has been set, but another hearing is slated for January. Bowles in suspected in the murders of David Jarman of Wheaton, Md., Milton Bradley of Savannah, Alverson Carter Jr of Atlanta, Albert A. Morris of Hilliard, Fla., and Jolm Hardy Roberts of Daytona Beach. GayGenius Honored MANCHESTER, England - Alan M. Turing, the British mathematician andgayman who played a central role in breaking Nazi military codes duringWorld War II and paved the way for basic concepts that later led to the development of the moder n computer, has finally been honored in his home town of Manchester. Michael Meacher, Labor MP, officially opened the Alan Turing Way in the city, describing the Turing as "a real local genius.’" The event commemorated the 40th anniversary of Turing’s death in 1954 from cyanide poisoning, an apparent suicide. Goldwater Honored By Ariz. Civil Liberties Org. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - In another surprising - and at one time unlikely ~ recognition of political friendships, the Arizona Civil Liberties Union honored former Republican presidential nominee and ex-Senator Barry Goldwater as its Civil Lib ertarian of the Year. Goldwater was selected for his support of a woman’s right to decide questions concerning abortion and his outspoken opposition to the ban on gays in the U.S. armed forces. "Fhe Constitution doesn’t say anything about gays," the archconservative Goldwater said. "It gives us the freedom of Speech, it gives us the freedom of association. It gives us other freedoms as long as the expression of those freedoms does not do any harm to .anybody else. "Now that’s a great thing to remember because I know there are people even today that want to question in this country whether ornot we should be nice to people Who are gay. I think that we should." Senate Not Likely to Tackle Pentagon Ban WASHINGTON- According to a report in the Washington Times, Sen. Dan .Coats (R-IN), who will probably become chairman of the Senate Armed Services’ manpower & personnel subcommittee, says he might hold hearings on whether the Clinton Administration is enforcing thecompromise "don’t ask, don’t tell" Pentagon policy concerning homosexuals in the armed forces. Coats told the paper, however, that he does not want to hold new hearings on reinstating a blanket ban on gays and lesbians in the military. "I think at this point, it would be a mistake to do that." the Times quotes Coats as saying in an interview. ’’There’s bipartisan, widespread saris-faction with the law that was written and the regulations issued." When President Clinton first proposed ending the ban against Gays in the armed forces altogether, Coats was the GOP’s leading opponent of the Clinton proposal in the Senate. P-FLAG Parents, Friends & Family of Lesbians & Gays Tulsa, Oklahoma Area Chapter POB 52800, 74152, Helpline 918-749-4901 Metro Men’s Chorus Sat. 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Harvard, Suite F-5 Tulsa, OK 74135-2610 918-747-3320 Health Briefs 2nd PWA Blood Heating Study Approved by FDA WASHINGTON - The Food & Drug Administration has given conditional approval to Hemocleanse Inc. to enlarge its clinical testing of its BioLogic-HT apparatus, following initial study with 6 patients earlier this year. The machine is used to heat the patients’ blood to destroy HIV cells and then infuse it back into the patients. Hemocleanse will conduct further studies of the effect of the heating process under the conditional FDA approval with 30 infected patients. Theresults of the initial study were encouraging and the .expanded study will begin early in 1995. Researchers May Have Found KS Virus NEW YORK - Scientists at Columbia University have announced that they have found what they believe is a new virus that may cause Kaposi’s sarcoma, askincancer.thatstrikes a number of people with AIDS. Dr. Yuan Chang and her husband, Dr. Patrick S. Moore, said they found that unique sequences ofDNAwere isolated from tissues of KS lesions taken from patients with AIDS. "The DNA sequences we found contain portions ofat least three different genes that are unique to herpes virus," Chang said. "The evidence strongly Health Briefs Health Briefs Health Briefs Health HIV, Simone ve~, thecountry’ s health minister, opposed the measure, telling the Assembly that testing for the virus is already required for blood, sperm, tissue, organ and other donors. The Assembly members finally decided that the benefits that might be gained by universal testing did not outweigh the possible discrimination and invasion of the privacy of citizens. Estimate: 10,000 Indians Will Die Daily by 2000 BOMBAY - The head of the Indian Health Assn., I.S. Gilada, has said that by the year 2000 - just 5 years from now - an estimated 10,000 Indians will die daily from AIDS or AIDSrelatedillnesses. Gilada said that 1 of every 100 pregnant women at prenatal clinics in Bombay now tests HIV-positive - thesame infection rate as prostitutes in the city in 1986. "India will need 6 times as many hospital beds as it has today to manage just the AIDS eases," he said. New AIDS Program Leader at UN NEW YORK- Dr. Peter Plot, a Belgian physician, has been named head of a new agency to combine theAIDS-fightingwork of 6 United Nations agencies. Plot has been the organizer of several international AIDS conferences and the associate director of the World Health guggests that these DNA sequences belong toanewherpes sequence, but additional tests are needed to con firm it." Researchers around the world have been trying for some time to discover if KS is caused by some infectious agent. FDA OKs HIV Saliva Test WASHINGTON - The Food & Drug Administration has gaven the OK for Epitope Inc. to begin marketing the first HIV test that uses saliva instead of blood to detect the virus. The test, known as OraSure, is alS0 the first to bdapproved for diagn6~iS Of disease using saliva. The test detects anti-bodies to HIV, not the virusitself, whichis notfound in saliva. Some health experts believe a saliva test for HIV would increase the number of people finding out if they were exposed to the virus. The FDA said it approved the oral test because it had been shown to give false negatives in only t or 2 of every 100 people who are actually infected, and false positives mjust 2 of every 100 uninfected individuals. The test is not for home use and can only be used under the supervision of a physician. France Rejects Universal HIV Testing PARIS - The French Assembly has voted down a proposal that would have involved eventually testing all French citizens for Organizat.ion’s world AIDS program since 1992. The new AIDS program, which will be headquartered in Geneva, will include the work currently done by WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO, the UN Development Program, the UN Population Fund and the World Bank. Duchess Had HIV Tests LISBON - The former Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York and estranged wife of Britain’ s Prince Andrew, told the Lisbon dai!y.,ne,.wspaper _Diar~o de Noticias that she was tested 3 times for HIV - once before marrying the prince and once eachbefore gettingpregnant with her 2 daughters. "People must be more open about the disease," the duchess told the paper. "It seems to me that the slogan ’The treatment for AIDS is education’ would be. appropriate." The duchess was in the country to help a local AIDS charity. AIDS Theory Disputed CHICAGO - A series of articles in the highly respected journal Science has outlined a 3-month investigation into claims by controversial University of California virologist Dr. Peter Duesberg that drug use, not the HIV virus, is the cause ofAIDS. The reports found that Duesberg has been promoting his theories for anumber of years and has acquired a number of followers, but that his ideas are Briefs Health not widely accepted among his fellow scientists. Studying recent research on AIDS among hemo -philiacs, spread of the epidemic in Thailand, and on the side effects of illegal drug use, the researchers concluded that there is increasing evidence for the causal relationship between HIV and AIDS, but do not support Duesberg’ s theories. Lawsuit Over Canceled Insurance Policy MIAMI-Allan Terl, an attorney who is HIV-positive, has sued the Ohio-based Universal Guaranty Life insurance company, charging the firm sold life insurance policies to people with AIDS and other serious illnesses and then dropped their policies when their medical condition was discovered. Terl’s suit claims an agent sold him- a policy that required no physical examination or medical questions about HIV, but that after completing the application and sending his first payment, Universal Guaranty Life wrote him claiming that the insurance agent who sold the policy was unlicensed in Florida and had been soliciting policies fraudulently. Universal Guaranty offered to refund his premium with an additional $1,000 if he would surrender the policy. Ted has refused to surrender the policy and wants the insurance see Health Briefs, page 8 Jeffrey A. 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Ex Nursing Aide Sues Hospital over HIV Tattoo PHILADELPHIA - John Baldetta, a former nursing aide, has suedthe Harborview Medical Center because officials there fired him for showing a tattoo on his forearm that reads: "HIV POSITIVE," and because he discussed AIDS with patients at the facility. Baldetta claims that the hospital violated federal laws, including the Americans With Disabilities Act, as well as his constitutional rights of free speech. The medical center fired Baldetta in January 1993 when he refused to keep the tattoo covered and would not stop telling patients who asked about AIDS issues. Hospital officials said Baldetta could impede the recovery of some patients who might worry about contracting HIV from him. Baldetta said he had a right-to display his tattoo and he never discussed AIDS unless asked by patients. HUD May Eliminate AIDS Housing Program WASHINGTON°:- The federal Housing & Urbafi:Development Dept. may eliminate a major AIDS housing subsidy program Health Briefs Health Briefs Health Briefs Health in a cost-cutting restructuring effort. The HOPWA (Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS) is administered by HUD, where Secretary Henry Cisneros had asked the program get $225 million for fiscal 1996. Instead the Office of Management & Budget rejected the proposal and has put forward the reorganization plan that would phase out the housing program over a 5-year period. Ryan White CARE Act May Face Cuts WASHINGTON ~- AIDS activists, already shaken by reports that the Clinton Administration may dismantle funds forhousingforpeople with HIV andAIDS, are increasingly worried now over reports that the new Republican congressional majority may also gut the Ryan White CARE Act when it expxres in September 1995. Since the Nov. 8 elections put theGOPincontrol ofbothhouses of Congress, several newspapers have reported that the new Republican majority has discussed various federal funding cuts, including the Ryan White program. The act authorizes federal funds to cities that are hardest hit by the epidemic, and accounts for hundreds of millions of federal dollars currently going to 42 metropolitan areas in the U.S. With budget-conscious Republicans no~’iii"6ontrol of both the House and the Senate, some activists say the Ryan White CAREAct is atemptingprogram for theGOPbecause it is now the 2rid largest domestic ’discretionary funding program, surpassed only by the federal Head Start program. WHO: 1 Million ’Official’ Cases of AIDS Globally GENEVA - The World Health Organization says the official number of AIDS cases globally has. now’ surpass’ed the’ onemillion mark. WHOafinounced that as of Dec. 31, 1994, governments around the world had reported 1,025,073 AIDS cases since they started keeping records of the epidemic in 1980. WHO officials said, however, that the actual numbers worldwide were closer to 4.5 million because of underreporting in developing countries. According to WHO, more than 70% of all the global AIDS cases are in Africa; some 9% are in the U.S.; another9%in the rest of the Americas; 6% in Asia; and some4% in Europe. HIV Infectiousness ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Researchers at the University of Michigan report that infected individuals are most contagious during the first 2 months after their initial HIV infection, the sameperiodoftime during which they are least able to tel 1 they’ve beeeninfeeted. According to the study, infected individuals could transmit the virus in up to a third oftheir sexual contacts withother people. After .this highly infectious 60-day period, HIV becomes far. less virulent, and the researchers found that after the initia 12-m0nth period the chances of transmitting the virus were only 3 in 1,000 contacts according to the study published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The researchers noted that the vies againbecomes more transmissible later when the individual develops full-blow AIDS, but does not become as infectious as during the initial 2 month period. Dating Magazine for HIV-Positive Individuals SEATTLE - Taking note of changes in the AIDS epidemic in this country, anew publication aimed at socially active people infected with HIV has been launched. The Positive Planetis subtitled "The Global HIV Dating Magazine and HIV Treatment. Catalogue," and offers free personals ads as part of the subscription price ".to help positives find dating partners in a way that feels normal," according to a statement issued by the publishers. Positive Planet also features resources ;aimed at Briefs Health helping subscribers findproducts and services around the world dealing with HIV. Contact the magazine for subscription/ membership information or gift certificates for friends at: The Positive Planet, 323 Broadway Ave. East, #1205, Seattle WA 98102, or call (206) 233-7998 (fax: (206) 329-6091) or send email to hivdates@cyberquest. corn for details. Right frompage8 and the District of Columbia between 1993 and 1994, focuses on "activity that institutionalizes hostility" toward gay men and lesbians, not on actual violence or harassment of individuals. 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I’d rather face a lunatic with a gun than deal with the prejudice of the department. Oneoptionisjustto lie, topretend not to be Gay but that’ s notme- I don’ t like to be that way. TFN: What would be the consequences of "coming out"? What kind of response would you get? How would you be treated? Officer: [My fear is that] they may not back me, come to my aid in a confrontation, which wouldjeopardize my life. Some officers might also harass and even threaten me. I know it happens: I’ ve heard officers say that they would not work with someoneorwouldnotbackthem. However, there are others who are not afraid of doing theirjobs who would back me or anyone, regardless of their personal feelings. There are those who know me and know I’d come to their aid.... I feel many officers are very prejudiced. I think that they would have a hard time dealing with openly Gay officers. Recently, I overheard some officers saying that these people [Gays] are bad, evil, gross, and disgusting.... However, there seems to be a slightly different attitude toward Lesbians among Tulsa police. I’ d guess that there are about 70- 90 female Tulsa officers, a few of whom are Lesbians. I think the male officers believe that Lesbian cops are more apt to ~elp in a fight than "straight" emale ones. Certainly the "straight" male cops are aware that there are Lesbians on the force and don’ tseem.to have the same objections that they would seem to have to Gay cops. They think that there aren’ t any Gay cops.... I know some bias comes from the fact that we mostly deal with "bad" people. Officers don’t know "good" Gay people, only people in trouble2 It’ S the same with Blacks or Jews or any other minority. You can’ tlump people into some category, though a lot of-officers do assume if ~one member of a minority is bad,all are. Itis easy for cops to develop a lot of prejudice but to do this job working with so many different people, you .should not be prejudiced. TFN: What if anything does the department do to deal with officers’ prejudice? Officer: At the Police Academy, there’s some "sensitivity" training. It’ s a recent program and many Officers opposed it. It’ s limited to issues of race and ethnicity. Homosexuality seems to be taboo unless mentioned in :a bad sense. Nothing’s taught about it. It was mentioned just once in the context~ of sexual harassment. The response from one participant was, ~’we would hope there’ s no homosexuals in our midst." TFN: Do you think no.t including it is aproblem? Officer: Yes. The majority of officers who talk about it [homosexuality!,,,~ayit’ s wrong or immoral; it ~ chosen. For example at an "in-servic.e" training (periodic re-training provided to current officers as opposed to new recruits), there was an officer who wore an anti- -Gay t-shirt (During in-service training officers wear street clothes2) That officer would not havewornat-shirt that was racist, even if he is [racist]. He knows he v(ould get in trouble. Management takes racism seriously. Officers get days off ~avcitihstobuet.hpaavyiaonr.d.reprimands for TFNi Are the anti-Gay comments as bad as the racist ones? Officer: Yes, forexample, I heard an officer say, "they’re [Gays] so screwed up in the head, they should all get a gun, shoot themselves in the head and get it over with." TFN: Do you think that Lesbian & Gay issues should be added to academyandin-service training? Officer: Yes, but I believe it would be hard to do; there are so many who are so prejudiced, and who are so set in their ways. Some it might help - the ones who are more open-minded. Officers need to be reminded that they are not here to force(all citizens) to share the officers’ belief. TFN: Do you thinkmanagement would support adding Lesbian &Gay issues to academy and in- ~1~ Sensitive to the Challenges of Gay, Lesbian, ~d~l’.~. ’~1---~ Bisexual & Transgendered Individuals, ~1~ Couples&Families. ~[y ¯ " 2865 E. 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Right now there’s no protection from being fired for being Gay, though I think the department would be wise enough to look for other things to cover the firing -petty stuff.If you were fired for being Gay and you were bold enough to raise the issue, they’ d deny it. 1" dlike to talk toMayorSavage about what it’ s like to bea Gay officer and about the need forjob protections. I’ve heard that the Mayor said no city employee’s ever approached her about anti- Gay problems and that’s why she’s not sure about supporting the non-discrimination proposal. I’d like to talk with her about it but I’m afraid of what would WHEN YOU HIREJONATHAN & DEE NICHOLAS AS YOUR REALTOR.... THIS IS THEIR SCHEDULE! happen to me. Again; I’d rather face a guy with ~ gun than be exposed to the prejudice in the department. TFN: What do you think about the undercover vice operations targeting male/male sex in public parks? Officer: How often do straight people get arrested for sex in parks while Gays get cited or arrested? At most straight people get written up for curfew violations. The difference is due toprejudice [anti-Gayprejudice]. TFN: We’ ve done some stories where citizens claim that police officers solicited sexual overtures in sting operations, and later lied in court. Do you .flfink officers would perjure themselves? Officer: Yes,incourt somemight say that those officers have no reason to lie and should be believed. Somebody might ask, "what is their motive for lying?" The motive is the officers’ prejudice againsthomosexuality. !, know officers sometimes do creative paperwork’ so acharge will stick. I also know officers and prosecutors knowingly _misapply laws, for example, using laws intended for crimes. of violence but applying them to consensual acts. Many times these charges stick because the citizen charged fears to fight them. 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In other texts, Paul takes StOiC The first text in the New Testament that terminology and completely mangles it. -mentions homosexuality is found in This does not suggest that Paul is against Roman, Ch. 1 v. 26 & 27: ~Ior this reason Stoic philosophy, but it suggests that he God gave them up to degrading passions, did not really understand it. Paul was a their women exchanged natural Jew at heart and it seems that he was using intercourse for unnatural and in the same popular terminology to attract the attention way also the men, giving up natural of the Romans to whom he was writing. intercourse with women, were consumed He is trying to identify himself to them to with passion for one another, men get them to listen. This is comparable to a committed shameless acts with men and preacher today using phrases from a rock received in their ow.n persons the due song to get the attention of teenagers. penalty for their error?’~)erse 26 is said to Trying to figure out what Patti really refer to lesbianism and verse 27 to male means is not easy to explain. InGalatians. homosexuality andalsO to argue that I-IIV 2:15, he talks of those who are Jews :by is the punishment. ~,;~ nature (physen) but it is translated "Jerks First, we need to understand what the by birth." In Romans 2:27, he speaks of Apostle Paul (the-author of the text) means those who are Gentiles by nature, but the by natural and unna.tural. literal translation reads TheworkthePauluseshere ."ff to act para ’hmcircumcisedbynature" for unnatural is para physin.Physisisthe(’_rreek p!ly$~/l is immoral, butitistranslatedas’"those who are physically work for nature anpara uncircumcised." It is usually means~’bes~des, tl~en Paul is obvious here that whether morethan, overand above, sa~ll~ thai: what a man acts like a Jew or or beyond, understands Jewish law or Some scholars believe God I:~d was whether a man is thatparaphysin does mean circumcised has nothing to unnatural or contrary to immoral.., do with the laws of nature nature in the abstract sense or Immorality. of nature and the laws of nature. Para Again, in I Corinthians 11:14~ Paul physin was used in Stoic philosophy - a writes "Does not nature (physis) itself popular philosophy in the Roman Empire teach you that if a man wears long hair, it during Paul’s day. Stoic philosophy is degrading to him?" It was the custom of insisted that all.~ngs were governed by Paul’s day to wear short hair - so to him, lawsofnamreat~thathumanscandiscem natural mean what was characteristic, that law. Virtu¢£consisted of living by consistent, ordinary, standard, expected reason and hOt,by the laws of nature, and regular When it came t0~sex, the Stoic believed The study of Paul’s use. of the Greek that procreationWas the only purpose for wordparaphysin clearly shows that there sex and anything else violates nature, is no ethical condenmation. If you are not Anything that violates nature was convinced, there is further evidence. In eonsideredparaphysin or mmamral. It is Romans 11:24, Paul describes how God believed that Paul was aware of-the grafted the Gentil.es intoehe olive tree that terminology, is the Jews. As Paul understands it, God- There are a few other examples of Stoic acted para physin. If to act paraphysin is terminology in Paul’s writings but there is immoral, then Paul is saying that what no indication that Paul even clearly God did was immoral - which is absurd. understood the technical meaning of the Once again, we can conclude that Paul terminology, also, Paul believed that Christ means no moral condemnation of was coming back any day and he is never homosexuality. con6emed with procreation in any of his To be continued. Responsible Roommate wanted South Tulsa area, NON-SMOKER, GWM’s have room to rent in large 3-bedroom house; preferably to same. Must be employed, dean, trustworthy and discreet. References, first month’s rent & deposit required. $250 per month, washer/dryer, cable TV, all utilities & basic phone included. Page Gordon @ 672-5741. After tone, use touch-tone phone to enter your number, plus *69. Bless The Lord At All Times CHRISTIAN CENTER With,Bishop Nathaniel Thurman,~ ~..Will Celebrate Its 2nd Anniversary Sunday, Jan. 29,3:30 pm Sunday School, 9:45 Tues. Minister’s Class, 7:30 Sunday, Service, 11 am Wed. Choir Rehearsal, 7 pm 2627-B East Hth, 583-7815, messages, Eddie Cook, pastor Because everyone has a right to be blessed by God! Nursing Facility Adds HIV/AIDS Unit Mohawk Care Center has added a 20 bedunitdedicated to serving persons living with AIDS. The unit which is open to PWA’s with T-cell counts of 200 or below is commited to providing health care in a supportive and sensitive manner. Spokesperson Mary Durant said that the facilities are not fancy but are comfortable and that accomodations for special needs of PWA’s such as smaller but more frequent meals and IV treatments have been arranged. All thee staff have volunteered for this unit ~d have.gone through specialized in-service, training. For m0re~mf0:~ical142&1355 or~write to Mohawk Care Center, 3910 Park Road, Tulsa 74115. Religion Notes Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center announces the celebration of its second anniversary to be held January 29, at 3:30 pm. The Reverend Nathaniel Thurman, Bishop will attend. The Rev. Nancy Horvath will preach at Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church on Sunday,.Jannary 22, llam. Horvath is the pastor of Joie de Vivre MCC in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is said to be a particulary fine speaker. The Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa will welcome the Rev. Joan Wakeford on Feb. 15-19. Ms. Wakeford, ordained as a MCC pastor, heads the independent Joan Wakeford Ministries based in Austin, Tx. Ms. Wakeford will shareherrecentexperiences with Lesbian & Gay Christians in South Africa, her native land. For more information, call 838-1715. Do You Like to Blow? Tulsans interested in joining a Statewide Marching Band for this June’s Gay Pride Parade are encouraged to call 838- 2121. The organizers are not professional musicians (most have not played since high school) but intend to have fun and make a big noise! V~ rlI~J--I~y1 cont’dfrom page 1 received abequestfromamember’s estate. This enabled the organization to expand its services buttheorganizationhad slipped into a habit of deficit spending. During his tenure, TOHR returned to non-deficit spending. Kirby is also proud of the role TOHR has taken in representing the Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual communities to city government, and especially to the non- Gaymedia; TOHRrepresentatives brought .concerns of anti-Gay violence andother issues tO city/community police committees. TOHR also participated in a State of Oklahoma conference conducted by thegovernor’s office at the direction of the state legislature. TOHR was the lead organization that called a "town hall" meeting to respond to anti,Gay state legislation in the winter of 1993. Kirby noted that he wished that he & TOHR could have done more coalition building with other minority communities and also, within the. Lesbian,-Gay & Bisexual communities. His visionfor whatTulsa’s communities need includes: non-discrimination legislation protecting persons on the basis of their affectional orientation and hate crimes legislation at the state level. Kirby notes thatneitherwill be easy to getpassed. Kirby as a member of the "Say No to Hate" coalition observed that the Tulsa Police Department has been effective in reducing hate crimes based on .race and religion once the state statute was passed. He thinks Tulsa police could have similar success with Gay:related hate crimes. TOHR is the only entity, private or public, which tracks anti-Gay job and housing discrimination in Tulsa. Kirby who is now Self-employed was himself was fired -an experience which motivated him to activism. In fact, hebecameTOHR president almost exactly one year after his firing. He recognizes that it may take years to ge~ non-discrimination legislation passed by the city or the state but h6 has faith in the power of education to change minds and attitudes Ultimately, Kirby hopes for an integration of Lesbians and Gay men into the larger society. He looks toward a day see Kirby, page 11 ¯ Sunday Services ! 1:00 am ¯ Wednesdays 6:30 pm Potluck 7:00 pm Bible Study ¯ 8:00 pm Choir Practice To do justice, love mercy & to walk with God... Micah I humbly our 6:8 5451-E S. Mingo ¯ Tulsa, OK 74146 . (918) 622-1441 1623 N. Maplewood Tulsa, OK 74115 Metropolitan. 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Yale created its Lesbian/Gay research center in 1986 and Prof: Harris recalls that the first Lesbian/Gay Studies dept. was established in 1988. She emphasized ~that the course is not a "political vehicle" but will be conducted as a serious educational investigation. a,ruy cont’dfrom page 10 when Lgsbians and Gaymendon’thave to be ghettoized but can still maintain their identity. Kirby’s enjoyed the volunteer job of TOHR president. It’s been stressful but not to the point of burnout. Fie won’t miss some of the admini strative headaches but he doesn’ t see himself as being less active, noting that he’s continuing on the TOFIR board as its treasurer. Nor is he really reducing his overall level of activism. At the beginning of continue the sort of work he did asTOHR president, trying to make the world more tolerant of Lesbian and Gay lives. He notes that it took him 20 years to be able to walk back into the church of his youth with his head held high, saying "this is who I am." 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The American Psychiatric Assn. removed homosexuality from its diagnostic manual in 1974, followed by the American Psychological Assn. the following ye~.......... Steffan° cont’dfrom page 1 Noveniber when it ruled.7-3 that the Navy acted properly in dismissing Steffan just six weeks before he was scheduled to graduatefrom the Naval Academyin 1987. The decision now by Steffan and the attorneys representing him not to appeal that ruling means it will be a year or more before any of the challenges to the Pentagon’s anti-gay policy can come before the U.S. Supreme Court. But on the heels of the appeals court ruling just a few months ago, Steffan and his attorneys with the Lambda Legal Defense Fund said a discharge challenge under the new "don’t ask, don’t, tell" Pentagon policy may be legally more defensible than one such as his a gainst the previous blanket ban. Steffan called it a "difficult and emotional decision" not to appeal the case to the Supreme Court after so many years fighting the legal battle. Fie said, however, that the challenges to the new policy faced a better chance of winning before the high court. Murder cont’dfrompage 1 Wilson, a 17-year-old, just hours after King’s body was discovered. According to reports, Wilson told police he and King had driven around together for afew hours when King parked, pointed a gun to the youth’s head and demanded sex. Wilson says he then grabbed the gun and shot King 4 times. Women cont’dfrom page 1 the country and found that I-IIV-infected women were 33% more likely to die than men during the same timeperiod. The researchers found no medical reason for the difference in survival rates, but the scientists said it may be that women wait longer to seek medical treatment. The study Was the largest and longest to examine differences in survival rates. It was also one of the most representative, with 50% of the subjects being black or Hispanic and 20% being women. Qregon cont’dfrom page 1 Oregon voters narrowly rejected in the Nov. 8election. Theballotproposal would bar all public agencies from recognizing sexual behavior as a civil rights classification, prohibits spending public funds on anything that shows homosextmlity in .a positive manner, would prevent recognition of same:sex.couples or partners benefits, and would restrict other areas of public policy based on sexual orientation. Kent Balch & Assodates Self-employed? Free Affordable Health & Life Insurance O_uo tes "You were born to win, there’s no doubt about it!" 918-747-9506 FAX 747-4154 4308 South. Peoria Tulsa 74105-9804 CHERRY STREET PSYCHOTHERAPY ASSOCI.ATES Eating Disorders Co-Dependency Issues Same Sex RelationshiPS Trauma Recovery Chemical Dependency/Re!apse Prevention Leah Hunt,. MSW " - Della Blackburn, CADC Serving J. 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These plans offer pre-tax deductions and, in some cases, company matching of dollars. However, if saving more than ten percent of your income is impossible,.reduce your debt and place as many dollars into retirement/saving plan as you can. There are many factors to consider whdi~ picking an investment avenue for your retirement / savings -your risk level, time horizon, dollar amount, interest rate, tax consequedce to mention a few. For example : The more time you have to save; the less ( dollar amount per-check ) you will have to conla’ibute to reach your goal. Present age 35 25 Planned retire -ment age 65 65 Inflation rate 5% 5% Desired monthly income at retirement . $1,200 :-$1,200 Income to age 87 87 Growth rate/ Interest rate 10% 10% Taxable (taxed each year on interest growth) $379/mo. 251/mo. Tax Deferred (not taxed until withdrawn) $296/mo. 167/mo. Pre - Tax (saved before taxed, like retirement plan at work ) $322/mo. 176/mo. What a difference a few years and taxes make! Let’s look at what a percentage points and compounding interest will do for you. Years of Growth $10,000 Compounded at: 6% 10% 5 $13,382 $16,110 10 $17,908 $25,940 15 $23.966 $41,770 20 $32,071 $67,270 30 $57,435 $174,490 40 $102,857 $452,590 In other words, in a period 8 times longer - (40 years rather than 5 years ) the investment result at 10% is 28 times .....greater growth ( $452,590 divided by $16,110). Avenues for savings may be depending on risk ( Risk = The degree of uncertainly associated with something happening, or a situation in which there is exposure to possible loss ): High Risk Potential High Reward Potential $ Art Metals Options Speculative Investment Real ~state Growth Stocks & Mutual Funds Variable Life Ins. & Annuities Growth Residence .G.N.M.A.. Retirement Plans~.~ Corporate Bonds Municipal Bonds Govt. Bonds Secure Savings T-Bills Fixed Annuities Money Market Traditional Life Insurance (cash values) Foundation Low Risk Potential Low Reward Potential I know this sounds confusing and difficult ; however, don’t let that stop you from making one of the most important decisions in your life. Help is available! !.~’OIJ from page 9 beliefs. TFN: We know that doing this interview is a big step for you. Why did you decide to do it? Officer: I’d like to serve as a role model for the community, not only for our youth but for people my age and older as well. People are surprised to find a Gay cop, especially in the Bible Belt. It would help too with the stress of hiding, the worries of being a Gay police officer. Eventually, I think people in the department will know. I’d be happier if I could be open and conld speak out. Also, it would improve the relationship between the community and the department. I’ve been on some domestic dispute calls where it was a Lesbian or Gay couple. On one, an officer made rude comments to other officers about the Situation. It was deliberately loud enough to be heard by everyone: This officer said these people are all messed up, screwed up in the head, and deserve everything they get. After,the officerleft, Iwas able to help. I didn t come out but said that I have Gay friends andI was able to smooth over the situation some. TFN: Any final comments? Officer: Tolerance needs to be taught. Officers shouldn’t abuse their power to impose their personal morality on others. Morality is a matter of perspective. As it’s been said before, hate and prejudice are not "family values." Tell them you saw it here. Thanks! MORE New CDs $10.99-11.99 pre-owne,d. CDs $7.99-8.99 W.ell give you $4.80 TOt your used Cds by Barry Hensley Circulation Department Supervisor Tulsa City-County Library Growing Up Gay/Growing Up Lesbian: A Literary Anthology Edited by Bennett L. Singer One of the most difficult decisions for any gay male or lesbian is when, and whether to, come out to friends, family and co-workers. Growing Up Gay/ Growing Up Lesbian contains 55 essays, short stories, poems, letters and excerpts from novels and autobiographies, dealing with the coming out process. The authors range from famous adults (Dave Kopay, Martina Navratilova and Rita Mae Brown) to anonymous teenagers. Some of the selections are taken from previously published works, while others appear for the first time. The autkors range from famous adults (Dave Kopay, Martlna Navratflova and Rha Mae Brown) to anonymous teenagers. There is something here for everyone! Regardless of your sexual identity, race, cultural background or age, there will be an entry with which you can identify. The book is broken down into four sections: 1) Self-Discovery: Dealing with the complicated exploration of sexual awakening, this section focuses on that mysterious time, whether in high school or later in adulthood, when we all must face ourfeelings, be honestwith ourselves, and figure out whowe are. Few people, however, are able to recall this process with as much humor as Quentin Crisp, whose entry is a highlight. 2) Friendships/Relationships: How did you deal with your first crush? Early experiences are chronicled here, with all of the excitement, fear, frustration and, in some cases, guilt intact. 3) Family: or, "No, Mother, it’s not your fault." Parents and siblings have a varie.ty of reactions .to a family member’s cormng out. Jesse Monteagudo’s horror story, "GrowingUpGay in Little Havana," should put into perspective the situations of those who are not of his culture. It could be worse, folks. 4) Facing the World: This final section deals with how the various authors have spoken the truth to teachers, classmates, the basketball team and, inJoseph Steffan’s timely e~itry, his commanding bffi~~ This book is ideal for anyone struggling with their sexual identity. There is humor, comfort and logic, page after page. There is also an excellent bibliography and information regarding national organizations and hotlines. Check Tulsa City- County Library’ s catalog for this book and other titles in the bibliography, or call Central Library’s Reader’s Services department at 596- 7966. Some other recent library additions of interest include: *Am I Blue: Coming Out From The Silence (A collection of short stories for young adults) *My American History: Lesbian And Gay Life During The Reagan/Bush Years (by S arah S chulman) *Two Teenagers In Twenty: Writing By Gay And Lesbian Youth (Edited by Ann H-eron) *Becoming Visible: A Reader In Gay And Lesbian History For High School And College Students *Penguin Book Of Gay Short Stories i Oiii!EXP,ECT:,! Wembley Center 7116 S. Mingo #102 254,2100 60% off 2" Wood Blinds Custom Chairs from $299.00 Framed Prints& Accessories Cornplete Design Store Bear Club in OKC A phenomenon spreading in gay -.,America is the bear club. It’ s now made its way to OklahomaCity. Bears are generally considered huskier and hairier men. But members say the club is not only for bears but also for folks who love them. RED EARTH BEARS is the name of the new club formed here. People interested in starting the club met for the first time Sunday, December 11 in Oklahoma City and decided on the name. The meeting also featured a potluck feast. Even the 25 bears in attendance couldn’ t come close to eating all of it. The name was chosen from a field of19 possibilities. Bear club members asked for name suggestions on the intemet and received replies from Maine to Seattle. Suggestions included the Buroks, 144-135 Bears, Panhandlin’ Bears, Boomer Bear~, Sooner Bears, Okie Bears, and Prairie B~ars; however,, the winning name came from one of the bears attending the December 11 meeting. Folks attending the meeting preferred the club stay with a social agenda that will include at least a once a month gathering. On January 7, Red Earth Bears ate dinner together at the Buckboard in OKC’ s Bunkhouse. Officers are Ray Lambert- President, Loren States - Vice President, Bruce Clark - Treasurer, andJerome Scheer- Secretary. Ddues ~vere set at $10/aunually. Currently, about 50 folks are on the mailing list. The first issue of the newsletter will be mailed in late December or early January. If you want to correspond with the club orbecome a member you can write Red Earth Bears, POBox 57561, OKC, OK 73157-7561 or send e-mail to alanokc@aol.com or to jerome@telepath.com or telephone 405- 732:9808. Tulsa Prime Timers Start your New Year off with a ’"oang!’" by joining Prime Timers, a social group for Gay and Bisexual men over the age of 40. The next meeting will be on Sun. Feb. 5th at 4pm at the the Gathering Place, 4154 So. Harvard. Dick Reader, a psychotherapist with an exclusively Gay & Lesbian practice, will speak about "Coupling and Dating in the 90’ s." Other Prime Timers activities have included a Christmas holiday party, holiday light tour of Honor Heights Park in Muskogee, dinner at Pepper’s and a Twelfth Night Celebration at River Parks. A sub-group is forming of a~piring gourmets. 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Owner Rie Banks-Riemar 1541 South Sheridan, 834-2838 Full Service Salon: Hair, Nails,& Tanning 2134 South Memorial, 622-PERM (7376) Mon. - Sat.-8 - 6pm, Evenings by appt. Ric Banks- RICMAR, Owner erobics Indoor Free Weights I Weight Machines Toning Tables Tanning Swimming Sauna - .-Masseuse $29.95 monthly, no sign-u# fee !9.95 monthly, unlimited tanning 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 [1995] Tulsa Family News, January 15-February 14, 1995; Volume 2, Issue 2 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 15-February 14, 1995 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Online text PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource newspaper periodical Subject The topic of the resource Politics, education, and social conversations toward Tulsa's Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities. Description An account of the resource Tulsa Family News was a monthly newspaper; No. 1 issued December 1993-January 1994. The final issue available was published in September of 2001 (Vol. 8, Issue 9). The newspaper brings up important, evolving topics of marriage, military, law, charity, Pride, TORH, HIV/AIDs, events, advice, politics all at the local and national level. This document is available in searchable PDF attached. It is also available to be seen at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center with permission. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Family News Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tom Neal Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Christjohn Kharma Amos Brannon Crain Maureen Curtin JD Jamett Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Tom Neal/Tulsa Family News Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tulsa---Oklahoma Oklahoma---Tulsa United States Oklahoma Tulsa United States of America (50 states) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/items/show/493 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://history.okeq.org/collections/show/24 Relation A related resource Tulsa Family News, December 15, 1994-January 14, 1995; Volume 2, Issue 1 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 [Series] Oral Histories Project > Interviews Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br />Box 7, Folder 7 - Dr. Leisa Meyer Program<br />Box 7, Folder 8 - Interviewees Materials, Original Series 2003-2007<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 [2019] Al Carlozzi Interview Subject The topic of the resource Al Carlozzi Diverse Sexuality and Gender in Oklahoma Oral History Project Interview from June 6, 2019 Description An account of the resource Al was interviewed on June 6, 2019, by Oklahoma State University as part of its Diverse Sexuality and Gender in Oklahoma Oral History Project. In the interview, Al discusses his early life, service in the Air Force and early outreach to the LGBTQ+ community for mental health. In 2006, he became director of the OSU-Tulsa Counseling Center (now named the Al Carlozzi Center for Counseling) until his retirement in 2019. He has been a long-time consultant with Oklahomans for Equality regarding its counseling services. He collaborated on the book “Transgender and Gender Diverse Persons: A Handbook for Service Providers, Educators, and Families.” <strong>A copy of the OSU transcript is on file at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center for on-site research.</strong> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Al Carlozzi, Angus Henderson, Allison Richmond, Matthew D. Williams, Micki White, Dennis Neill Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 6, 2019 2019 Al Carlozzi Allison Richmond Angus Henderson Diverse Sexuality and Gender in Oklahoma Oral History Project interview Matthew D. Williams Micki White Oklahoma Oral History Research Program Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University (OSU) Oklahoma State University Archives oral history oral history interview Oral History Project oral history transcript OSU OSU Archives OSU Diverse Sexuality and Gender in Oklahoma Oral History Project OSU Oral History Project transcript https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/ddac39db5b605163d6db17f44d13ab44.jpg ed4a8c0f834ae0d7817a3afe0ec9ba64 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper article 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 [2007] Thousands celebrate pride Subject The topic of the resource Pride 2007 Description An account of the resource Newspaper article covering Tulsa Pride 2007. 2007 was the 25th anniversary of pride. Between 15,000 and 18,000 people attended the parade and festivities held at Veterans Park. Tim Williams, OKEQ public relations coordinator, is quoted about the first Tulsa pride event. Marc Acuff, event coordinator, is quoted about his plans for the coming years. Protestors are present. Kathy Hinkle, board member of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, is quoted about accepting her son’s sexuality. Toby Jenkins, community outreach coordinator for OKEQ and pastor of Emerging Church of Tulsa, is quoted about the feeling of dignity and self-worth that being involved in pride gives him. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Althea Peterson Adam Wisneski Tulsa World Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Tulsa World Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tulsa World Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 10, 2007 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Althea Peterson Adam Wisneski Tulsa World Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper clipping 6.5x4.25' 5.5x4' Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper article Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context June 10, 2007, Tulsa World, pp. A17, A25 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tulsa Pride 2007, Oklahomans for Equality, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, protestors https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/3f257b237fcb28eacc3a53644888ae6c.mp4 b7854c07569e72010538c04ee38ad435 https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/dc8193d4ab8cf0eb7f5c31a11315bcfe.pdf a2e2ac0ad4e26f5a886e10f91d43280c 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 [Series] Oral Histories Project > Interviews Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br />Box 7, Folder 7 - Dr. Leisa Meyer Program<br />Box 7, Folder 8 - Interviewees Materials, Original Series 2003-2007<br /><br /><strong>Digital Media:</strong> Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. 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 [2004] Anna Dodwell Interview Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 1, 2004 Subject The topic of the resource Anna Dodwell Oral History Project Interview from August 1, 2004 Description An account of the resource Video recording and transcript of oral history interview with Laura Belmonte on August 1, 2004. Anna was born on September 7th, 1963, in Tulsa. She attended public schools in Tulsa. Around 1983, she became aware of Oklahomans for Human Rights, Tulsa Chapter, [predecessor to Oklahomans for Equality] through her contact with its Helpline. She recalls the bar life around this time and other aspects of the Tulsa LGBTQ+ community. She became an active volunteer with OHR and then its successor organization Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights, serving on the board and active participant with the Helpline. Through Oklahoma State University, she became a HIV/AIDS educator. She wrote the highly popular “Dyke Divine.” She discusses the various challenges facing the organization and the “class” divide within the community. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anna Dodwell, Laura Belmonte, Dennis Neill 2004 AIDS AIDS/HIV AIDS/HIV education Anna Dodwell bar life Dyke Divine helpline HIV HIV Education HIV/AIDs interview Laura A. Belmonte Laura Belmonte OHR OKEQ Oral History Project Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University (OSU) Oklahomans for Human Rights Oklahomans for Human Rights - Tulsa Chapter oral history oral history interview Oral History Project oral history transcript OSU TOHR TOHR helpline transcript Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) video https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/fe99420b73189643446e9bd518cd4878.jpg 99cb25bd3bb3d5590f0681419d350289 https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/8665ee79788e7717653445da58532fef.pdf 885110ad2d5bceddbae48c49c0870bdd https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/c265c8d54511caee1316f48adedfaaa5.pdf 00eab8291fe6bef9ef38f4b864d8021b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Collection] Oklahoma LGBT+ History Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br /><br /><br /><strong>Digital Media:</strong> 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 [2006] THE EMERGENCE AND EVOLUTION OF THE GAY AND BISEXUAL MALE SUBCULTURE IN OKLAHOMA CITY,OKLAHOMA, 1889-2005 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bachhofer II, Aaron Lee Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College of Oklahoma State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY May, 2006 As of 2019, Dr. Bachhofer is serving as Associate Dean of Social Sciences at Rose State University Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright by Bachhofer, II, Aaron Lee May, 2006 All Rights Reserved. Permission granted to OkEq to make available to the public. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889 - 2005 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Location:OkEq History Project/Ddatadrive/History-General (in Omeka)/GAY Male subculture in OKC 1889-2005 Aaron Lee Bachhofer Aaron Bachhofer Oklahoma City Gay Male History Oklahoma State University 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 [Series] Oral Histories Project > Interviews Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br />Box 7, Folder 7 - Dr. Leisa Meyer Program<br />Box 7, Folder 8 - Interviewees Materials, Original Series 2003-2007<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 [2005] Bill Bissey Interview Description An account of the resource Video recording and transcription of Laura Belmonte’s November 19, 2025, interview. <strong>Video and Transcript available at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center for on-site research.</strong> Bill was born on July 6, 1932, in Clay County, Illinois and passed on April 10, 2019, in Tulsa. He served in the Air Force and moved with his Tulsa-born wife from Illinois to Tulsa in 1956. Following a divorce, he moved to Houston for his job and entered an eighteen-year relationship until his partner developed HIV and died in 1996. When he returned to Tulsa, he was active with the Prime Timers, the social organization for gay and bisexual men. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 18, 2005 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bill Bissey, Laura Belmonte, Dennis Neill 2005 AIDS AIDS/HIV available at Center Bill Bissey HIV HIV/AIDs interview Laura A. Belmonte Laura Belmonte OKEQ Oral History Project oral history oral history interview Oral History Project oral history transcript Prime Timers Primetimers transcript video https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/2ba0854d31555f052589ee6f8f30d589.pdf c075226804ee57c66ba45d915a484f5e https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/cae0cab67dbba006859779f324fcbc61.mp4 e71dbd9d5040432cf3641c9dd2b8169e 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 [Series] Oral Histories Project > Interviews Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br />Box 7, Folder 7 - Dr. Leisa Meyer Program<br />Box 7, Folder 8 - Interviewees Materials, Original Series 2003-2007<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 [2011] Bill Francisco Interview Description An account of the resource Video recording and transcription of Toby Jenkin’s September 13th, 2011 Vintage Series Interview. Bill was born on September 5th, 1931, on a dirt farm outside of Catoosa, Oklahoma. He passed on December 25, 2024, in Tulsa. He made his first stage appearance in a school play in Tuls at the age of 7. At that moment, he was attracted to the theatre and applause. From being a high school cheerleader to playing the accordion to forming Green Country Cloggers, Bill was a ham. He served in the Army, spent time in Los Angeles learning dance and ballet and lived and worked in New York City before returning to Tulsa. He witnessed the first Gay Pride Parade in New York City in 1969 following the Stonewall Riot. He was locally famous as the “Dancing Santa,” exciting children throughout the Tulsa area. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bill Francisco, Toby Jenkins, Dennis Neill Subject The topic of the resource Bill Francisco Vintage Series Interview Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 13, 2011 Bill Francisco Green Country Clogger Green Country Cloggers interview OKEQ Oral History Project oral history Oral History Project Toby Jenkins video Vintage Vintage Series https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/c055a059f2e4dad59d4cf5b940804cc1.jpg e092cde3f183bec8d3a57be572cac888 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Collection] Oklahoma LGBT+ History Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br /><br /><br /><strong>Digital Media:</strong> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newsprint 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 [2004] Episcopal church joins splinter group Subject The topic of the resource Faith Description An account of the resource Newspaper article covering the Church of the Holy Spirit and their defection to a splinter Episcopal group over the approval of an openly gay bishop. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bill Sherman Tulsa World Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Tulsa World Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tulsa World Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 13, 2004 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bill Sherman Tulsa World Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper article Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Tulsa World, June 13, 2004 pg. A31 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Faith Gay clergy Homophobia 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 [Series] Oral Histories Project > Interviews Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br />Box 7, Folder 7 - Dr. Leisa Meyer Program<br />Box 7, Folder 8 - Interviewees Materials, Original Series 2003-2007<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 [2005] Bob Cisar and Kirk Holt Interview Description An account of the resource Video recording and transcript of oral history interview with Laura Belmonte April 9, 2005. <strong>Video and Transcript available at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center for on-site research</strong><strong>.</strong> Bob Cisar was born on February 18, 1942, and grew up in Oklahoma City. Married and then divorced, Bob served in the army as a surgical nurse in Vietnam during the war. In the interview, Bob discusses his career and social experiences in Tulsa, and early involvement with Oklahomans for Human Rights and Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights. With his partner of twenty-one years, Kirk Holt, was a well-known interior designer until his death on March 10, 2006. Kirk Holt was born on July 2, 1961, in Oklahoma City. He graduated in 1983 from Oklahoma State University with a degree in interior design. Together, Kirk and Bob ran a successful interior design studio and retail operation. Before his passing, Bob worked with Kirk in helping design the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center prior to the 2007 move-in. Kirk lead the design effort in 2017 when the Center underwent a major re-design and served for several years on the Board of Trustees for Oklahomans for Equality. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 9, 2005 Subject The topic of the resource Bob Cisar and Kirk Holt Oral History Project Interview from April 9, 2005 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Cisar, Kirk Holt, Laura Belmonte, Dennis Neill 2005 available at Center Bob Cisar Dennis R. Neill Equality Center Equality Center Equality Center Opening interview Kirk Holt Laura A. Belmonte Laura Belmonte OHR OkEq OKEQ Board OkEq Equality Center OKEQ Oral History Project Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University (OSU) Oklahomans for Equality Oklahomans for Equality (OKEQ) Oklahomans for Equality Board Oklahomans for Human Rights Oklahomans for Human Rights - Tulsa Chapter oral history oral history interview Oral History Project oral history transcript OSU TOHR transcript Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) video 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 [Series] Oral Histories Project > Interviews Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br />Box 7, Folder 7 - Dr. Leisa Meyer Program<br />Box 7, Folder 8 - Interviewees Materials, Original Series 2003-2007<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 [2004] Bob Inglish Interview Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 30, 2004 Description An account of the resource Video recording and transcript of oral history interview with Laura Belmonte on January 30, 2004. <strong>Video and Transcript available at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center for on-site research</strong><strong>.</strong> Bob grew Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He attended Oklahoma State University and received a law degree from the University of Oklahoma. While at OU, he came “out.” He returned to Okmulgee and entered into a law practice with his father. Although practicing in Okmulgee, Bob lived in Tulsa, where he realized in the late 1970s that the gay life was almost solely centered on the bars. With Dennis Neill, Mike Green, Gary Durst and others, in 1980 they became the Tulsa Chapter of Oklahomans for Human Rights, which was formed around 1977 in Oklahoma City. Bob served as the first treasurer of OHR. The early focus of OHR was to provide social and educational opportunities to the LGBTQ community in addition to the bars. In 1985, the organization became its own nonprofit under the name of Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights. Bob highlights the early challenge of engaging with the lesbian community to broaden OHR and TOHR’s outreach. He discusses the origins of the Harwelden Party which began in 1980, and the Black and White Party held for 10 years in the 1980s. He talks about his involvement with the ACLU and Tulsa’s and TOHR’s response to the AIDS crisis. Subject The topic of the resource Bob Inglish Oral History Project Interview from January 30, 2004 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Inglish, Laura Belmonte, Dennis Neill 2004 ACLU AIDS AIDS/HIV available at Center Black and White Gala Black and White Party Bob Inglish Dennis Neill Gary Durst Harwelden Party HIV/AIDs interview Laura A. Belmonte Laura Belmonte Mike Green OHR OKEQ Oral History Project Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University (OSU) Oklahomans for Human Rights Oklahomans for Human Rights - Tulsa Chapter oral history oral history interview Oral History Project oral history transcript OSU OU TOHR transcript Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma (OU) video 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 [Series] Oral Histories Project > Interviews Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br />Box 7, Folder 7 - Dr. Leisa Meyer Program<br />Box 7, Folder 8 - Interviewees Materials, Original Series 2003-2007<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 [2020] Bob Ritz Interview Subject The topic of the resource Bob Ritz Oral History Project Interview from August 4, 2020 Description An account of the resource Video recording and transcript of oral history interview with Morgan Allen and Fraser Kastner on August 4, 2020. <strong>Video and Transcript available at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center for on-site research.</strong> In the interview, Bob discusses his early life, coming out in the late 1960s, his military experience, involvement in the Tulsa LGBTQ community and work on behalf of immigrant rights. Bob passed on October 21, 2024. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Briscoe, Burke, and Grigsby LLP Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 1, 2015 2015 annual balance audit Briscoe Burke & Grigsby Briscoe Burke & Grigsby LLP Briscoe Burke and Grigsby Briscoe Burke and Grigsby LLP OkEq OKEQ Board OKEQ Board of Directors OKEQ financials Oklahomans for Equality Oklahomans for Equality (OKEQ) Oklahomans for Equality Board https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/f0130f165d4d522af18bf7e0543ec663.pdf b6db5e6009f6fc83311d879a8a3ee272 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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Text Any textual data included in the document 2/28/25, 2:45 PM Vernon Leon Jones - Butler-Stumpff &amp; Dyer Funeral Home &amp; Crematory<br /><br />Butler-Stumpff &amp; Dyer<br />funeral home, crematory, cemetery<br /><br />Vernon Leon Jones<br />May 03, 1935 - February 05, 2024<br />Share:   <br /><br />Obituary<br />Event &amp; Services<br />Charities &amp; Donations<br />Gallery<br />Videos<br /><br />https://www.butler-stumpff.com/obituaries/vernon-leon-jones/ 1/4<br /><br />2/28/25, 2:45 PM Vernon Leon Jones - Butler-Stumpff &amp; Dyer Funeral Home &amp; Crematory<br /><br />Guestbook<br />Send Flowers<br /><br /><strong>Obituary</strong><br />Vernon Leon Jones, 88, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, left this earthly plane to be with his late partner Phil Wiley, on February 5th, 2024.<br />He was born in Oklahoma, on May 3rd, 1935. As a gay man, born and raised here, Vernon’s chosen family is vast. He is survived by Hayward Jones, Nekesha Jones, JaKobe Jones, Sue Davis, Fred Hilliard, Arlowe Clementine, Mason Thomas, Rey Thomas, and so many other individuals that claimed Vernon as their friend, family, and elder.<br />Vernon was an active learner, even in his later years. He was always working to understand the world around him and was eternally hopeful for a better world. He was a strong advocate for marginalized peoples and was particularly committed to Queer and Black Liberation.<br />Vernon was a clear Taurus. He was intelligent, dependable, logical, honest, and generous. Vernon spent most of his life focused on making his community better. He was a holder of receipts. A maker of spreadsheets. A true community historian and archivist.<br />Vernon was dedicated to making people safer, both in his career in emergency management and<br />his activist work in the ght against AIDS. He was not a stranger to controversy and was unrelenting in speaking his truth and the truth of the people he loved.<br />In the years before his death, Vernon worked hard to ensure that the legacy of LGBTQ activism in Tulsa was properly recorded and preserved for current and future generations. His substantial archive is now housed in Oklahoma State University’s Archives. This collection will be witnessed by researchers and community members for years to come.<br />Vernon was a connector. He worked hard to bring people together and was always willing to give someone support that needed it. Even in his death, he is connecting individuals over their shared love and respect for him and his life.<br />Vernon fought hard for his community and the legacy of his late partner Phil Wiley. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2024] Vernon Jones Obituary Subject The topic of the resource Vernon Leon Jones, May 3, 1935 - February 5, 2024 Description An account of the resource Four pages of an obituary for Vernon Leon Jones, who lived May 3, 1935 to February 5, 2024, published by Butler-Stumpff & Dyer Funeral Home. A service was planned for March 1, 2024 at Butler-Stumpff & Dyer Funeral Home. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Butler-Stumpff & Dyer Funeral Home Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.butler-stumpff.com/obituaries/vernon-leon-jones/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 1, 2024 2024 Butler-Stumpff & Dyer Funeral Home Butler-Stumpff and Dyer Butler-Stumpff and Dyer Funeral Home in memoriam memoriam Obituaries Obituary Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University (OSU) Oklahoma State University Archives OSU OSU Archives Phil Wiley Vernon Jones Vernon Leon Jones https://www.history-okeq-org-red5.dev.unicomm.me/files/original/8962e17a9843b20cc46b751f0c04cba6.pdf 11eedde5dcac0140952fec99d70b32c1 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 [Series] Oklahoma LGBT+ History > In Memoriam Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br /><br /><br /><strong>Digital Media:</strong> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document <div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"> <div> <div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"> <div class="html-div xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd"></div> </div> <div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"> <div class="html-div xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1q0g3np"><strong>Carrie Fleharty</strong><br />April 15, 2022<br /><br />Agnes Patricia Spurgin was born on January 6, 1941 at Morningside hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Paul Eugene Spurgin, Sr., and Madeline Kime Spurgin. Some people knew her as Pat Spurgin, her family called her Tish, and some of her closest friends knew her as Trish.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"> <div>Trish passed away peacefully in the afternoon at her home. She was surrounded by her devoted partner, neighbors, John and Dusty, and her closest friend, Christiane on June 27, 2021. She had been diagnosed with a bacterial lung infection, and COPD. Weakened by a lengthy illness, Trish’s body was not able to overcome these two diseases.</div> </div> <div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"> <div>Trish graduated from Central High School in 1959. She briefly attended Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio which is now part of Miami University. She then took classes at the University of Tulsa and Tulsa Community College studying accounting and Human Resources. She was an all-around bookkeeper for various businesses in and around Tulsa.</div> </div> <div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"> <div>Her favorite place to work was for her stepfather at Logan Concessions. She loved the smell of fresh roasted peanuts and fresh-popped popcorn. She enjoyed gardening, bird watching, and being outdoors. As a youngster, she spent many summers at the Spurgin ranch in Osage county. She would tell stories of helping the mother pigs with their babies. She helped with the cattle drives, and getting the cattle vaccinated. She spoke very fondly of her time on the Spurgin Ranch. She always wanted to be a rancher. She had a deep respect and love for Nature. Trish really loved her dogs and cats. They were her children.</div> </div> <div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"> <div>Trish was preceded in death by her parents Paul Eugene Spurgin Sr., Madeline Kime Spurgin Logan, and her brother Paul Eugene Spurgin Jr. She is survived by her beloved and cherished partner of 20 years, Carrie Fleharty.</div> </div> <div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"> <div>A memorial will be held on April 30, 2022, at 2 pm at Bluff Landing east of Broken Arrow at the shelter. You will need to bring a chair. This was one of the spots that she went to visit often. In lieu of flowers, you may send a memorial to Tulsa Equality Center or the Tulsa Garden Center.</div> </div> 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 [2022] Agnes Spurgin Obituary Subject The topic of the resource Agnes Patricia Spurgin Obituary Facebook Post Description An account of the resource One page of a Facebook post of an obituary for Agnes Patricia "Trish" Spurgin, by Carrie Fleharty, Trish's partner, on April 15, 2022. Trish lived from January 6, 1941, to June 27, 2021. 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Title A name given to the resource [2006] Gay Pride Show with Ron Mangum, Channel 41 Tulsa - February 2006 Subject The topic of the resource Discussion with Laura Belmonte, President of Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights and guests Description An account of the resource Discussion of activities in the Tulsa area related to the LGBTQ community Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Channel 41, Tulsa Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Sponsored by the Gay Guardian Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Channel 41, Tulsa Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2006-02 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Channel 41, Tulsa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Channel 41, Tulsa Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MP4 video available to researchers for on-site viewing only due to copyright. 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Title A name given to the resource [Collection] Oklahoma LGBT+ History Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br /><br /><br /><strong>Digital Media:</strong> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 92 pages 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 [1976] Sexual Preference Study, Community Relations Commission, City of Tulsa, November 1976 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Community Relations Commission, City of Tulsa Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Prepared and Written by Victoria A. Meyers Community Relations Commission - Gloria Caldwell - Chair, Jim Boswell, Lanny Endicott, Barbara Geffen, Wyonia Bailey, Clayton Walker, Clyde Wyant, Morey Villareal, Director Gerald Parker, Sylvester Gibson, Norman Johnson, Jayne Reed, Bill Doenges, Robert Tips, Charles Swett Description An account of the resource On March 19, 1976, Mr. John Faires, of the Tulsa Gay Community Caucus, appeared before the city's Board of Commissioners to speak on the matter of gay civil rights. Mr. Faires said "on behalf of the gay population of Tulsa (we) respectfully ask that the Tulsa City Commission adopt a Municipal Ordinance which will guarantee the rights of all homosexuals in this municipality so that fear and repression will no longer enslave the minds of one of the largest minorities in this community. As we look back to the past, we find it hard to understand the hatred and injustice which affected other minorities within the country. Why should a person be forced into a role of second or third class citizenship because of his color, religion or economic standing? In the same way, how can any rational, educated person Justify oppression and hatred of a person because his natural orientation allows that person to love an 1ndiv1dual of his own sex. Gentlemen, we ask for no special treatment. What we do ask ls equality - Just as other minorities have been guaranteed their Just rights, those of Jobs, housing, public accommodations, it still remains out of reach of the open or 'suspected' homosexual, . The Board of Commissioners in a four to one vote moved to refer the matter to the Community Relations Commission for investigation and report. On April 19, 1976, Mr. Faires appeared before the Community Relations Commission (CRC). The CRC voted to conduct a detailed study to determine whether or not an ordinance should be recommended to the City Commission. It was suggested that the investigation be in conjunction with the Tulsa Gay Community Caucus and should gather concrete data that would be useful to CRC, the City Commission and the public at large, The motion passed unanimously. Barbara Geffen Bill Doenges Charles Swett Clayton Walker Clyde Wyant Community Relations Commission Community Relations Commission - Gloria Caldwell - Chair Director Gerald Parker Jayne Reed Jim Boswell John Faires Lanny Endicott Meyers Morey Villareal Norman Johnson Robert Tips Sexual Preference Study Sylvester Gibson Victoria A Wyonia Bailey