NEW YORK'S OLDEST GAY NEWSPAPER DECEMBER 1982 Issue 133 HEP A TITIS B A VAILABLE
by Sue Cowell, R.N./N.P. contracts the disease is varid>le. Many The vaccine is given in three visits inicreasedrisk for contracting the disease factors can infiuence the outcome includ with the second dose one month after the are encouraged to participate in the A special program is being offered to ing: 1 )Age—children usually have milder first and the last dose six months after immunizadon program. Further advise gay men who desire immunisation and disease than adults, 2)Dose of Virus-^ the first. The vaccine has been studied in can be obtained from private health care protection against the hepatitis B virus. the higher the dose and exposure the over 12.000^people who have received it providers. Individuals who wish to The program is being sponsored by the more severe the symptoms, and 3)Sever- over the past three years. No serious participate should call the University University Health Service at the Univer* ity of Underlying Disease—hidden mal side effects have been reported and 96% Health Service M-F, 9-5:00, at 275-2662 sity of Rochester. The program provides ignancy or pre-existing liver disease will of recipients demonstrated immtmity fer an appoinment. The clinic is located two options and both include an initial predispose a person to increased risk of after the third injection. Although the at 250 Crittenden Boulevard near the visit with a nurse practitioner who will serious consequences and possibly duration of protective effect is unknown Cancer Center at Strong Memorial answer questions about the program and death. at present, current research suggests Hospital. hepatitis B. Option I includes screening Many studies have been done de that iipmunity will last for at least 5 The cost of Option I is $60.00. The laboratory tests to detect evidence of monstrating that gay men are in a high years in people receiving all 3 doses. cost of Option II is $140.00. If Option I immuniry. Option II includes the 3 visits riskcatagory for contracting the disease. After this time a single dose may be reflects the presence of antibodies the and vaccine needed to complete the The three major risk factors identified needed to maintain immunity. immunization series will not be neces protecti The Monroe Coimty Health Depart ease, is severely damaged. When this ment has acknowledged that a Caribbean weakening of the immune system occurs, immigrant to Rochester succumbed here AIDS victims can die from bacteria and as a result of' Acquired hnmutiodefi- viruses which would ordinarily be harm NGTF Hires Ginny Apuzzo ciency Syndrome, better known as AIDS. less. It is beUeved that AIDS precede?^ It was also disclosed that two other cases other diseases and therefore makes it The National Ga^ Task Force (NGTF) public speaker, she has keynoted major have been diagnosed. These have been possible for the diseases to develop. Has officially announced the hiring of coafrncei^s and addressed small groups reported to che federal Centers for AIDS victims suffer prolonged fever, Virginia Apuszo as Bxecmive Director, around the cOimtry. Her frequent broad Disease Control in Atlanta. Approxi weight loss, swollen l3m^h glands, Earlier this month Apnxzo accepted cast appearances have included recent mately ten other suspected cases are sh mm " • c- -,..^. 1982 month's issue will carry an extensive The fact that we are renmning last interview with Sally and Mark. Person year's Thoughts At Random doesn't ality ProfHe and Bartender of the Month mean that I have none. Random will also be back in January* thoughts, that is. (Or "rambling thinks," Because of some serious tsrpesetting as I have sometimes been knovm to call conflicts with this month^s issue, we are them). planning to change our printing schedule It's been an interesting six months, and Susan for really being there when I and wc tsn get along with almost from the first weekend of the month to and sometimes one loses sight of the fact needed them. anybody, especially each other. the second weekend. The deadline wiU that one really is appreciated after all. I We are making some excit^g As you blow, we've been covering a remain the 15th day of the month for all begati last May thanldng people for their changes for the new year. Next month, lot of lesbian mother custody cases material, e^iedally ads. We won't be support and that is the way I'm closing Nicky Walb will become assistant editor. lately, and some of you will recall the totally inflexible, because we realize out the year. Thanks to all of you who Many of you are familiar with her poetry; story of Sally Ann Yotmg^ who did not there are times when lateness is unavoid have given me much-needed moral this month, you will be introduced to her fare as well as Kathy Allgood. We've able, but we've leamed that we can't be support in the past month. .Sometimes I prose in preparation for the excellent job had some.good news: Sally's son, Mark, as flexible abom deadlines as we have may seem to ferget that you're there, but I know she's going to do as assistant is back in Rochester with his parents and been. If we keep doing this long enough, that is never really true. I especially editor. She is much needed and very Sally is also in contact with her daughter, we may get it right. want to thank Steve and Gary, Mary Lou talented. Besides, she's also a Gemini, who is still in New Orieans. Next Thank yon again, and happy holidays and Janet, Rich, Bob, Cindy, Marylynh to you all* • V LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND YOU Dear Editor: human diversity (i.e. gays, Russians, or Dear Editor: To die Bditor: As one of the coordinators of the local whatever). Ultimately this kind of tm Now that the election is over I wish to Just a quick note to inform you acriviries surroonding the Day of Re derstanding will eliminate the need for offer my cooperation to all die readers of Maureen Brady, author of Give Me Your membrance of Gay and Lesbian Victims aggression and nuclear arms and bring The Empty Closet, I do not wish to Good Ear, will read from her second of the Holocaust, I feel a need to respond lasting peace. comment about the arricle by Michael novel, folly, on December 5, Sunday, at 3 to Scott Fisher's letter in the November Sincerely, Pierce in the October issue of The Empty pm, at Silkwo€>d Books, 633 Monroe Empty Closet, Tim Sally Closet, because to me that is water over Avenue. I have long reaHzed the connecting the dam. I wish instead to enter into a folly, set in a Carolina mill town, web betw^een nuclear disarmament, Dear Editor: new era of cooperation vrith all of the blends the story of women textile environmental issues, women's and We are producing a film about residents of the diverse 13Ist Assembly workers' efforts to unionize, their strug minority and gay rights.. They are all a lesbians who decide to have children District. gle with racism and two older women parrof a common vision for a safe, pure, after they've come out. Although there I know that with the recent reappor coming out. socially just world. Like Scott, I too share are lesbians who've done this, the topic tionment I gained a great number of Maureen Brady spent her earUest a gra^e concern for nuclear disarma remains largely undiscussed and very residents of the Gay Community and years in upstate New York, her second ment; and like many others, I am few resources on the subject exist. their concerns are important. I will decade in Florida and eventually wound constantly deluged with pleas from Occasional articles appear and support continue to support all matters and her way back to upstate New York where worthy causes (like nuclear disarma groups have sprung up in some urban issues of human and civil rights for all she currendy Uves in the country. ment) which affect us aU, gay and areas. The documentary film we are cirizens of our community. She is co-founder of Spinsters, Ink, non-gay. making will start to fill in this gap by I look forward to meeting with and a feminist publishing company, and is a However, one fact remains clear fer providing specific information (how peo cooperating with any and all groups in physical therapist. Her first novel, Gioe me that I wish to share with Scott and ple get pregnant, legal ramlficarions, the 131st Assembly District as well as Me Your Good Bar, was published by your readers. There are far many more etc.), role models for lesbians consider Government officials on all levels. Spinsters, Ink and the Women's Press, Americans uforldngfor rmclear disarma ing beccmiing mothers, and a context in I invite comments and concerns by all London. ment than for gay rights. While I which to think about the quesrions which members of the Community in the H<^>e you will join us fer the reading. arise. . , — - contribute rhoney and energy to other feture. 1 urge all residents of the 131st Linda Pancoast We are writing to ask your readers causes when I can, I must remind myself District to contact me at my South SOkwood Books that gay and lesbian persons are needed for their help. We are looking for Wedge office at 656 South Avenue, much more in the gay movement at this lesbians who: have had children siiure Rochester, N.Y. 14607 (244-5255). iiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiin time than ever before. coming out; are pregnant; or are I look ferward to serving you over the seriously considering motherhood. We I commend Scott for working against next two years. THE WELLESLE Y CENTER nuclear arms. If Scott is gay and can do would like to hear from as many women Sincerely, that work as an openly gay person, so as possible, both those who might be Gary Proud Counseling: Individual much the better, he will also be wilUng to appear in the film as well as Cotqde indirectly contributing to the cause of from those who wotdd not. All of your mamsiamsasmmaaaassm VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Croup gay equality. stories will help us shape the film's THE EMPTY CLOSET NEEDS TWO However, in order for equal justice content. PEOPLE TO SOLICIT ADS FROM for Gay and Lesbian Americans to ever If you are involved in a pregnancy LOCAL MERCHANTS. A PERSON "—** Horace Lethbridge 442-2986 become reality, each and every one of us (yourself or as a friend or lover of a FREE DURING THE DAY IS PRE must become aware of our history and of lesbian who is) please write us or pass FERRED, BUT NOT AN ABSOLUTE aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifl our current oppression, and then begin .this request on to someone who is. Once NECESSITY. to do our part, large or small, toward the we hear from you, we'll explain the THE ALLIANCE ALSO NEEDS THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS FAST eradication of homophobia and the project and what we'd like to know in FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE WHO WILL APPROACHING. USE OUR REASON strengthening of our organizarions. greater depth. All informadon we re HOLD THE COFFEE HOUSE ONE ABLY PRICED PERSONALS COLUMN Hence, the Day of Remembrance has ceive will be confidential. Our address is NIGHT A MONTH. TO SEND YOUR HOLIDAY WISHES TO evolved. 46 Bay State Avenue^.. #2, Somerville, THAT SPECIAL PERSON OR YOUR tmmmaaammaaasmmamasm FRIENDS. AND DON'T FORGET THAT Carried to its logical conclusion, the MA 02144. THE EMPTY CLOSET OFFICE CAN NOW struggle for gay rights is part of the BE DOECTLY REACHED BY PHONE. VALENTINE'S DAY IS COMING UP IN Sincerely, FEBRUARY! process of helping all people to under Debra Chasnoff THE NUMBER IS 244.M30. mmmmmmamammmatamaamassmw^^matmmm mmmmassmmmmHmmg^'''mwmmmsmm stand their fears of those who are Kim Klausner different and a step toward acceptance of editor— Tbe Empty Cloeet Is produced ale^an times a yeer Rosemary Cahill (July-August combined) by the Empty Closet Press for the Buainesa Manaeer— Qay Alliance of Geneaee Valley, Inc., at 713 Monroe Tim C. Avenue, Rocfiester. New York 14607, sole owner and put>lisher., Approx. 3,000 ooplea of each Issue are Asat. Business Mgr.— distributed during the first week of the month by mall and Bob Dardano carrier. Advertiaing Team-^ Tha putHication of the name or photograph of any Bob Dardano person or organization in arx\c\es or advertising in this Ronald Furino newspaper is not. an Indication of the sexual or affectional Michael Siani orientation of that person or the momtiera of that BobD. organization. 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December 1982 THB BMPTY'OOSST Page 3 A Day To Rememlier- Umbo by Stephen Picchi dramatic visions of raising the triangle <^ World War II, foilowed by a candle the Kent State massacre but very above their heads or .pinning them to lighting ceremony. effecrively adapted to our cause. A memotial service for lesbians aad their clothing during the program. It was advertised as a nkemorial The service sttmibled again and most gay men mivdered in die genocide of The service opened with the Him service for gay men and lesbians, but —of tis became unwitting subjects in an World War II and a .service to address "Pink Triangles"—an infbrmarive and unfortxmately the gay men and lesbians effort to appease the Catholic Church the current discriminarion which makes realisric movie which zeroed in on all the were left somewhere outside the church (which doesn't want us to be militant), that genocide an ongoing horror; Finally I gay issues of the day from the genocide doors along with the Stonewall Riots, the Protestant Church (which accepts us, A day for us to remember and a day for of World War II tb the Moral Majority— Harvey Milk and the Durand-Eastman but more ofren when we are subserv renelred sc^idarity. A gay memorial an incredible introduction for a local beatings. So much time was spent ient), and the Jewish rehgion (which service, a rally £or rights, a celebra memorial service. placating everyone that the service feels we are also exploiting what tion. .. Next came a kaddish or mourner's missed any vision of a future respecting happened to lesbians and gay men Everyone was handed programs and prayer sung by a local hazaan for all of and safeguarding the rights and lives of dicing the genocide of World War II). I tiny pink triangles at the door. Some had the gay Jews killed during the genocide any people. was told this was a reHgious ceremony The service included a series of which had nothing to do with poUrics. readings and prayers which were un- That's improbable, if not u^i^>ossible. specific to gay and lesbian concerns and A lot of work went intft. this prpduc- Our Greenhouse Is filled with beautiful which could have been spoken at a rioh and seeing the perfloitaance made memorial service for just about anyone. that clear. Marcia Nowik d|il her best to Polntsettlas In all pric^ ranges. (That may have been the intention—it write from her heart widiout tripping Holiday Flowers wired ailywhere was a chance to unite the entire local over~ the m3rriad cooks in the kitchen In the World. community). It was an endorsement of a dictating demands. passive attitude which left a flat, unful Near the end of the ceremony filled feeling that this ceremony lost its everyone held haiids because he/she focus on lesbian and gay victims. It was was instructed to do so. We waited for Our shop and designed to pacify people and support "We Shall Overcome" but got instead greenhouses are at martyrdom. something along the lines of "A Spoonful Florist 201 Grand Ave. at The service was a slap in the face to of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down:" Interior Plants Chamberlain St. any gay activist who had just been Even the "Battle Hymn ofthe RepubUc" Mon.-Sat. 6am-6pm uplifted and caHed to actioti by the would have been more inspiring and less movie. We were finally back on track idealisric. There is a thin boundary Landscape A Design 288-8080 with a song by Holly Near (Thank God between realism and cynicism. for Lesbian representation) written after By the way, each tiny pink triangle was supposed to be thrown in a collec tion plate with some type of thought or suggestion written on it. I chose instead to put mine in my breast pocket, near my heart, feeling it was the most sincere expression of remembrance for my brothers and sisters that I would be able to express that day. Look at the gay Newsfronts and look at what is happening in the gay communities around this country. Have you allowed yotirself to become lulled by " a false sense of security because Rochester is more accepting than other communities? Anyone truly interested in not allowing another program or action intended to destroy all lesbians and gay men should join our local organizations to make certain that decisive and militant voices are heard in this commu nity. Ifyou can't be supportive publicly, then find out what you can do confiden tially. Ifyou choose not to realize there is trouble ahead, then you can passively sing **AH Good Gifts Around Us" on the way to Moral Majority oblivion. Woman seeks Gay Male for Marriage of Convenience. Please contact: Beth c/o Empty Closet 713 Monroe Ave. Rochester, NY 14607 WEDGE GRAPHICS Printing for Business. Personal A Professkmal Nea€is • Cards • Letterheads • Announcements • Invitations • Specialty Items \ 30 Gold street Rochester. NY 14620 Eves, a WMHencto, wk for Joe (71 sy 473-2543 \^ I ^p>r.>.i|.,^^-. ..^^^^^^^^^^ Page ^ fBft &XPfi'tBOSiflP 1Wfcn«»»t9«*--(« '^^'' In the wee hours of the morning, the second day I was on my new ^job, a aU have decried as Ignorance^based, is handful of young men crept through the usedT as a vindictive tool by homosexual shadows to plaster up posters which Churchphobes against anyone who re declared: ^ ISTURBED fuses to be bullied out of the pew. One "Brian McNaught, Boston's New hears such labels as "naive", "holier Gay Liaison, Invites You to a. . . PUBLIC than thou" and "fematic*' tnerdy be ORGY in the Boston Common. Bring EACE cause a man or, woman embraces a Your Own Boys and Toys—Slings 'n personal philoaophy of the eatatence of Things-!-Co-spons<^ed by Dignity and BRIAN McNAUGHT God. The attacks are hurtfrd, angering Integrity for All Sexual Deviants." and fruatrating. Had the main organiser not been Besides being ut^yust and personaUy caught in the act, The old cliche admonishes us against judging a book by its cover. Like most One of those people might have been cliches, it is true. Whether or not they exactly the kind of person you're looking admit it, everyone wants to be loved by for. one special |>erson. A lot of otherwise "I will try not to be so shaUow" nice people are walking around without would be an exceUent New Year's lovers because they have faUed to see resolution. If learning to love yourself is beyond the superficialities. indeed "the greatest gifr of sJl," being Please don't misunderstand me; I'tn others are 'unattractive. There is some •. Have I closed my^nind and heart to loved for yourself must be the second not referring to incompatible personality thing to admire about everybody if you someone who is "too taU" or "too greatest. In other words, \he "right" traits. Certainly we can aU love many just look beneath the surface. sho'rt?" person may he in the "wrong" package. people without being "in love." No one Ask yourself the following questions: • Have I closed my mind and heart Look beyond the wrapping. You may be can explain the chemical miracle of * Have I closed my mind and heart v> to ^someone who has acne? pleasantly surprised at what you find. mutual physical attraction. And no one someone who is "too fat?" • Have I closed my mind and heart to Merry Christmas. can explain why it ceases, either, as it someone I consider to be outside my • Have I closed my mind ahd heart to {The above column was originally pub often does. Sometimes growing together to someone who is "too old?" social strata? or growing apart is simply a matter of • COULD I HAVE CHEATED MY lished in the December 1981 issue ofthis ^ave I closed my mind and heart to paper. It is being rerun here because it is timing. Vm concerned about the fact that someone who is "too young?" SELF IRREPARABLY BECAUSE one of herself s best and herself knows so many people just look at someone and * Have I closed my mind and heart to I HAVE DONE ANY OR ALL OF proclaim, **She/he is not my type,'* That someone who As physically chal THE ABOVE? grates ar my very nerve ends. What the lenged? , hell is a type, may I ask? Unfortunately, • Have I closed my mind and heart to the term is usuaUy applied in a physical someone who has emotional prob sense. Just listen to yourself the next lems? time you say some person is not your * Have I closed my mind and heart to "type." Sounds rather ugly, doesn't it? someone who is **aU skin and Believe it or not, sotneone else has bones?" probably saicl it about you. Yes, YOU! • Have I closed my mind and heart to Deep down inside, we aU know that, someone who has too much or too because we're aU basicaUy insecure and litde hair? it makes us feel better.to suggest that cTlfama Taccone's I^taurant 495 Monroe Avenue 473-3224 Open 6 Daya a week forjty^t^it^ing^p^am^^ i.ry our ^ i ^>i 3 PASTA PRIBfAVBRA- ^uteed btoccblli, carfots, cauliflower, zucchini & marinara sauce over a plate of 175 Mif Qg AvgBoe fettuccine. With garlic bread 85.95 (sMr&Mn) PIZZA made to order - small, medium, large and sheets 4543798 > DeceBdtM' 1982 THE EMPTY t3jO»l^ fege S A Very Spec tai Christwnas Story by Susan Frawley never written to give it^ The beat thing, She got lost so often, she almost gave Comfdete with a mmp and directions, The b^&adi is empty now, except fe# Meg decided, would be to put Chd out of 1^. Severd times she ended up in the Meg made her way toward tbe bakery AmtftardpinipffsSkA^^ her ndmL Keepkig busy with work and Bronx. FinaUy^ she fbund the street she whwere Meg worked. pedEa pui: bebfitid large tumulus douds. school helped tutn die days info weeks was locddiig for* The building had a red Qui^yt Meg opened the door, trying the Htag itartgrnimd- eonnraats on a aod the we^ into mondia. Befere she bride frwit, much like bouses depicted in to avoid any loud rii^ing of tb^ bell nad bMttdtlul^^^^ die knew it, kwaa Dj^ijecanbat 20th, five days nai^b^odibods in BOOKS a iViAGAZINES JOAN CRAWFORD T-SHIRTS ocrr-OFTOWN NEWSPAPERS and GIFTS o CARDS o FOOD GAY CHRISTMAS CARDS 461-5380 for a Meny Christmas 766 Monroe Avenue at The VIDage Green. 4-- For the first time in faer nineteen It was a day in early November, right ly, more peofde killed themselves on how bad the weather was. She faad been yeara,^e dioogiit tfaat she wa»in love. afrer HaUoween—^not one of those beautiful somi^ daya? She didn't cocn- eiqoymg foil tfais year—the fifoaty dowd She had woodeaed^about iti faaddared m Uiaotilok ahimmiwing- Indian SnmniM plete me tnoog^ut. It didn t matter.'She of4ief^bteatfain diedeancdd air, tfae osiya -ommmnsmrM. 'sn- imraifHffai IMK a ccaoidi^ dky- kavet beneath^ her feet. faope ihsi iliii wHay-boi wa»i'tawtc diat it 'Toa^ love. Her titeratnre backer aoddeo ^ray joyleas dm^* it suieued of for a kng; tinie, even'on grim days Mkm Sfaefokrefoased, booyaat. aatf ahe were so Ad&angm any wurma aad wet leaves; die Idnd of Ay, thn. M andi duld m^ina. Sh^d been deing dme-a'ooofdeof 'mmts xamssfprn^ earns muat aoafea tiw auicioc ^rSfae wna eo ber way to bftoratore dw^a latd^ dwt-sfae hmdm^t-Ame in Utenny ekasactcra were "in love." Sfae Ktenperoeiit. Or«iaybe, ironicd- :^latts. 'Sbe' Mitm^^iAm.rmmmewir:smA-- tfae years: dOppaig, S^^ioS* ssog^ 1^^ knew tfaat tfae teacfaer was trying to professor, but the rea£s« was beginning songs along witfa tfae radio. A few days impress upon tfae students tfaat "love" to bodier her. It was so depressing— ago sfae faad, for the first time since sfae is an over-used, misused, and abused fiHed with lovers wfao didn't love each was a cfaild, bobbed for ap{^s. She faad word, and was probably trjring to convey other, people (basing luqipiness and dimked faer faead into a large red plasric the idea diat "love" was an abstract never fcatddn^ it atid nem^ realizing that tub in tfae scfaool bookstore, gotten faer term that couldn't be defined. She one has to create one^s dwn joy. Realistic idiole face wet, laugfaed embarrassedly, agreed wholefaeartedly—^tfae ' 'moon- stuff that she had never liked reading and received four doUars off on any When did you feel that first touch of swoon-June" cticfaes of yesterday's Tin and liked even less latdy. She was happy merchandise in the bookstore. She fear? Pan Alley seemed to faave been replaced and she didn't want to read about picked out a bargain bin Mary Hopkin these days by dozens of rock songs with Did you feel a twinge when you fictiond people wfao weren't. record and stroUed across campus in the realized sunshine, grinning between bites of choruses of "I love you baby"—but her She wasn't going to let anjrtfaing, teacher's pragmarism confused her That what you felt for me went beyond especiaUy grim literature, spoU faer apple and stopping to talk to the can^>u5 - The boundaries of friendship? mascot, a friendly black and white cat nonetheless. She was scared into believ happiness. She enjoyed each day, no ing that she couldn't be in love. Did you suffer from sharp pangs of matter how many things went wrong and tfaat loitered near the women's dorm. fright She'd dso been doing things that She felt that she was in love, but she When you suddenly remembered she'd never done before—buying cute didn't know for sure. She thought there That the world would not approve? cards, grinning in the school haUways, was a difference between loviiig some replying "Great!" when people asked one and being * 'in love with" that Did you fee! the dread in your stomach the usually-perfunctory question, "How p^^sojj. After spending many hours On the night that we admitted thinking about the subject, she had but A Poem for P.P.D. are you?" and becoming angry with Our feelings for each other? cynics who claimed that there was no one question: how does one know Did you detect a trace of terror such thing as love. positively when one is in love? She We spend our lives. supposed that some people would say, Deep inside your head, that time that You said. We held each other tightly? "If you have to ask, tben you're not in Trying to avoid being trampled love," but that seemed such a flip, false Did you feci very close to panic By the beautiful white horse answer to a serious question. That's supposed to carry us away from When I put my arms around you She thought of all this as she walked And kissed you for the first time? reality. to class—wondered about it. pondered This is purely the stuff of fairy talcs it. debated it, mentally turned it over Did the pain grab and clutch at your Vet 1 am envious Tvc spent so much time giving and over until it was upside down and guts That it was you who thought of this sidelong glances backwards in her mind. She supposed As you remembered the last time metaphor Trying to discover what your reactions most people searched, at least subcon And how you'd been hurt before? And not I could be sciously, for answers to questions about Will the iear of loving someone new I have a way with words That 1 never even considered that you love, and she decided she would Ever melt from your soft warm eyes But you carry the hoofmarks were probably never find a sure solution. And let mc get close to you? Imprinted upon your flesh. Looking the sarfic exact way at me. —Nicky Walb Nicky Walb Nicky Walb Nicky Walb rnmni How I Happened To Get Through My Senior Year In December of my senior year in for days, wearing dark clothes. Then I only person who seemed really energe idea that we creative, sophisticated, high school I developed a peculiar strain switched to white and wore a black tic, vital, sensitive, lively, spirited. older students should stage a "happen of the disease known to students as armband. Several days after the murder I wished that I had those qualities, ing." No one knew what she meant but 1. ' * seoioritis." I began to ignore my I went to Albany for the four-day Youth that ability to shock some people and "You mean like Yoko Ono wrapping academic work and neglect my duties as in Government model legislature. I spent obtain the love and admiration of others. the stone lions in Trafalgar Square!" the editor of the school newspaper. the weekend moping, trying to get rid of I had a terrible crush on Janie. and I said. Many students get restless and apathetic a severe cold, and buying every news I began to emulate her. trying to find in Janie and I. and Mike, an R-Wing by the end of their four-year sentences, paper I could find that contained articles myself that spontaneity that was her resident, were Beatles fanatics who but I, being a nonconformist, had to about John Lennon. I felt as if I had lost a hatfanarif. She' occasiondly brought to kn^w2;(ulte at bit abOuf the work of Yoko display my restlessness in various good friend. school an dbum or her tape recorder, Ono. who had been heavUy involved in bizarre ways. Letmon's death actuaUy brought tne and carried them and her schoolbooks conceptud art and poetry before she My strange mood began on Decem closer to severd new friends who were and artwork in a plastic bag from Record married John Letmon. ber 8, when I received a phone cdl at dso mourning. One of these was Janie, a Archive. I never could be a punk rocker "'Ves, aoihething like that." the 6:30 am from a feUow Beatles fanatic, short, sturdy girl of seventeen with like Janie, but I carried my possessions teacher said, and went on to discuss informing me that John Lennon had naturdly red hair cut in a "punk" style. around school in House of Gtiitars bags happenings with us. When she had gone been shot to death. I forced myself to go Sfae was usudly clad in a black rock star tmtU the designs were worn off of the back to the classroom, the R-Wingcrs to school, where I was shocked to see T-shirt (her favorite shirt displayed The plastic. proceeded to engage in creating what that only a handful of my close friends, Who), black jeans, black Hy-Top basket- I started spending mystudy haUs—I they termed their first happening, and a few other music fans, were aware bdl sneakers, and a black jacket with had four per day—with Janie in the art dropping colored inks with eyedroppers that something terrible had happened. straps on the shoulders and around the classrooms. We were each taking two art onto a large sheet of paper on the floor. In my first class, my English teacher neck. Many people are wearing those courses. One day during an afternoon We cleaned the floor, the teacher was displayed her usual sensitivity in asking jackets now, but Janie paid fifty doUars study hdl she introduced mc to amused with the creation, and I redized what was wrong with me. to be the first person in the school to "R-Wing." R-Wing. named after the that I lUted R-Wing. I spent the rest of "John Lennon was killed." one of my wear one. She was a New Wave music psychiatric unit in Strong Memorid the school year in R-Wing during that classmates told her. fan and an art student, and she Uked Hospitd, was the back room of the art study hdl, remaining even after Janie "Well, I don't know why you're so being different. When she wanted to be cbssrooms, where one of the art was ejected for playing a tape of the J am upset. You didn't know him." especiaUy different, she wore her black teachers let her supposedly mamre too loudly and R-Wing was officially It was easier to sit in silence than to and orange tiger-striped jumpsuit, or a advanced students draw during their dosed. sweater that hung to her knees, with rrv to explain to her that*I felt as if I did free rime. She checked on them infre From then on, whenever my friends know him. I felt too deflated to bother colored pantyhose and pumps. She had quently to see that they were behaving. to have a style that differed from and I engaged in the large-scde strange pitting my several years* love of the On this particular day, her regular everyone else's. Actually, when com behavior that most other students call Beatles against her ancient, infinite, class was quiet, so she stepped behind pared with Janie. no one else in that "senior pranks." it was "a Happening." infallible wisdom. the R-Wing curtain to talk to us for a few school had a style. She was often the ! walked around in a depressed fog minutes. Somehow she came up with the continued on page 7 Alieitii stireet Clliiiill!) THE Place for Women in Rochester mm Oisco Fri. & Sat. 8 pm-2 am 325-9772 Sundoys HOURS: 6 pm-2 om 9:00 pm-1:30 pm 278 Alten Street Rochester, N.Y. 242 South Ave.. Rochester. NY 2 for 1 Mixed Drtnks . i - '> I do not often get that urge to write a very stinging reality. (Indeed, if this important thing is that tfainga don't get 't-i. •*. . fN^ticd eaaajr, but vrihto I get it, I get it were liot thi ease I would faappily sfaare any worse. Wdl, I don't agree. Being •'•>•' "-',.•. ;!ta^ a vengOjUice. T peri6dieaUy go witfa'my employers tfae 'fact tfaat I tfae^>orts addict that I am, I am wont to .^^irough a afefige of readjtistmcnt, a time occaaionaDy #rite for tfais prestigious liken tfais dtuation to a soccer or hockey make an effort to r^ect tipon newspaper). We cannot, faowever,. be game idiere one team pla3rs a totaUy eyents taking place arotmd me ensured of greater opportunities in tfae defensive game. Yoo may not lose, but iveadiroct beiffingon faow work, fbrce^ ^' ssmply if the economy yoo sure as faeU won't win. We must not i iive niy Itfe. I call tfais a stage of improves. That is wfaere social issues be so complacent as to play a defensive ^'foadjoatittem" because after sudi re- must come into play. game. The status quo isn't good enough floctfami; never iad tb redefine, at least Watching di^ fUm Pink TWism^/e^ —the stakes are too higfa. t^|btly,>'adi^e my life is headed. shown at the recent Day of Remem So what can be done? I don't have a ^-:A few tfaii^, prompt tfais most recent brance lefr me with more thanka few surefire solurion, but I think- more f^ui^'imd tfaepofatical netfaer world, tfae angry feelings. People ^opresenting the involvement would be an obvious possi ^ fifft^ ba^ l«tt election. In a Mord Majority and other rigfat-wing bility. It would be ided if we aU could ^yiiBtr tdieta moat analysts have wasted poliricd groups were clear conceming take the time to write to our government ¥^'^ • l|ltib rim^ telling us which poHricd party tfaeir view of equd legal and socid rigfats refvesentarives, the media, etc., to let M^on*^* and hew chis election was or was for faomosexuds*-we shouldn't have them know that we are faere and we arc i^ a referendum on President Reagan's any. One or two even advocate the death concerned. Unfortunately, many of us eocmomic programs, I failed to see many penalty for our abominable crimes. have a lot to lose if we are open about our tidltde signs of just wfaat this election Worse yet, it appears that some ordinary sexuality, or even if we voice approvd of niOJint. ActuaUy, economics not being citizens-in-the-street agree with this gay rights. To those of you adio can be td^forte, I foimd this year's campaign a solution (the new Final Solution?) tc the this open, I say, "Do it!" To those who ,ta.- ,• I ' dbfaer duU one, despite the narrow world's woes. At first, such statements, contrary, there seem to be more and feel you cannot, think about becoming margins of victory in many of the races. and similar ones made recently by more of them. We must act to render mpre involved in our ovm Gay Alliance, Give me a mud-slinging free-for-all members ofthe Ku Klux Klan, made me their lies less believable. No one else will even if it's just by becoming a member. based on socid issues any day. laugh aloud. They sound so ignorant, so help us. No effort is too smaU, and we can all help I am not, however, so naive to think ludicrous, until you redize that these We must fight back. We cannot and make a difference. Weathering the tfaat just because economic issues do not people are serious. Then I stop laughing must not be satisfied with the status current storm of rising conservarism may i^iell "gay rights" in black and white and start thinking. Something must be quo. I have heard a number of people be our severest test yet. Let's not be that we are not affected. After all. done to counteract these bigots—they indicate that they are content with the defeated by inacrivity or indifference. ^scrimination in employment is still a won't disappear by themselves. On the present state of affairs, and that the —Bob Dardano How ] Happened lo Get Through My Senior Year (cont'd) continued from page 6 hand holding a copy of Yoke's book school paper. rules said that heaters were forbidden. By this time my friend Dan had met Grapefruit^ and chanted for peace for By the middle of the school year, 1 The constant insanity eventuaUy Janie and become enchanted with her five minutes while classes changed* had given up on the paper anyway, and grew tiresome, and I stopped trying to antics. We became a pair of Janie Janie and Mike watched, amused, as a was letting my schoolwork slide. My impress Janie, rediring that we'd never Emtdators, doing a bad job but having crowd gathered. I'm glad that the English teacher sent a report to my more than casual friends. I ended the fun in the process. My first and best principal never saw me in action. 1 am mother, saying that I was "walking year quietly by spending an entire day in happening took place in the hallway with sure that he would not have been thrilled about in a daze" and hadn't turned in the art classroom, making 92 silkscreen JpflDQ and another friend helping. at the sight of the school newspaper my last four assignments. 1 handed the Beatles, prints, and then giving them aU I had read countless times about editor in a green plastic bag. essays in and continued to be dtematety away. I had already made an idiot of Yoke's happening in which she'd put I performed this stunt once more, depressed and bizarre-acting. m3fself, having spent hours in the haUs faerself into a canvas bag and sat on a and then found other uses for garbage By then Dan and I had made totd wearing plasric bags with Dan, in the art street comer, chanting "Peace." I bags. Dan and I cue holes in them for our fools of ourselves, and had had quite a room arguing with homophobic kids decided that our school needed a arms and heads and wore them like bit of fun. We stopped people walking about whether the music teacher was peacenik as much as any European dresses around school, claiming to be past the art rooms and asked what they gay, in Englisfa class defending Wendy street comer did. I got into a plastic fans of the New Wave group Devo. The thought of Janie's Psychedelic Pizza O. Williams' rigfat not to faave faer teetfa gtfbage bag, sat in the haUway across Youth in Government president cdled us; collage made of black anf flourescem kicked down her tfaroat, in R-Wing witfa from the art rooms, had my friends tie "dirt freaks." We called him various papers, puUed toy duck on wheels— Janie watching her create Tony draw the top of the bag shut, stuck out my names that couldn't be printed in the named "Ducky," of course—down the ings. I faad faad a whole year to waste halls, and cfaanted tfae Hare Kridma time and be mjrself for ^ Utde wlule, Mantra on the afremoon scfaool bus. befbre I faad to '^become mature'* and Wfaen punk rock star Wendy O. WiUiams face tfae idea of college in tfae fdl. It was of tfae Plasmarics was arrested and an interesting time, and occasionaUy I beaten by Milwaukee police, we col wisfa tfaat I could go tfarough it aU again. Roman Catholics - Episcopalians lected pennies in the cafeteria and ended Once in a wfaile Dan and I faave a laugfa up with 13.24, which we sent to tfae over everytfaing and long frir our faigfa Other Gay Christians Plasmarics' Legd Defense Fund. Wfaen sdiool days, but after a few stories I it became unbearably cold in our remember tfae pain tfaat I'd felt, begin to Join Us! last-period study haU and our pleas and appreciate vdiere I am now. Dignity-Integrity/Rochester is an ecumenical organization open to demands for heat were ignored, we —Nicky Walb everyone who wishes to worship in a pleasant, non-threatening brought portable heaters to study haU atmosphere. We Invite you to join us for our weekly celebration c4 and insisted tfaat nothing in the school the Eucharist, followed by a social hour, or one of our many special events such as a pot ludt supper, picnic, retreat, etc. A Roman Catholic mass is celebrated each Sunday of the month, except for the fourth Sunday when mass Is celebrated in the Episcopal tradition. AU masses are tigned for the hearing impaired. Pzistoral I abrtcs 'S: 1 inclines and peer counseUng is also available. Sunday Schedule FABRIC WAREHOUSE Litui^y-SrOOp.m. Social Hour-6:00 p.m. St. Luke*s Episcopal Church 17 S. 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Field **I reaUy enjoyed getting to know tfae Assodaves serve on a volunteer basis as otfaer Field Assodates wfao, are strug grassroots organizers throughout the gling with problems simUar to the ones United States. Pield Associates from dl Tm facing". The trip was weU wort hthe across the country—Hawaii, Colorado, cost—and more." the Arkansas, Massadiusetts, New Jersey, The Right to Privacy Foundation Cdifomia, Ulinois... were in attendance assisted in platining the conference and STARGAZE* at tfae strategy and skiU development in leading parts of it. The Right to LAMBDA STAR Sessions. Privacy Fotmdation is a new foundation "Tfae conference was great—from created by GRNL to provide education, A die.Struck, storlfno silver basic theory to practicd skills to back research. and andysis on anything ^pendant / charm with hand- ground information t we covered the affecting nariond legislation of spedal polished highlights: things I redly need to know," said Peter interest to lesbians and gay men. McKnight, Field Associate from Albany, "The Field Associates are doing a NY, "and the opportunity to meet other tremendous job of organizing our com Field Associates was invduable!" munity and lobbying members of Con The weekend opened with a receprion gress, but we must find more people who Lambda Star hosted by Rep. 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Walkers Harvest Fonds BALTIMOR£, MD.—Hie archl>ishop year, explained to the congregants that , For the , seccmd year in a row, this year's walk. of the Roman Cathc^ Church here, who he had become "convinced that the local members of Dignity-Integrity/Rodiester According to a CROP spokesperson, only ttiFO yeAts ago was denounced by church of 9altimoreliad an obligation to combitted forces with parishioners of St. 'an estimated total of $2,300.00 was lesbian and gay male activists foi respond to your particular hopes and Luke's^Episcopal Church on the October raised by diis year's walk, 25% of which helping to defeat a gay rights bill before needs." 17th~CROP Walk Against Hunger. With will be retamed here in Rochester, with the dty council, recently crielnrated a At one pcnnt during Borders' homily, the morning congregation as sponsors, 17% going to the Community Food special Mass with t^iembers of Dignity, a the congregants brdke into sustained several D-I inembers began walking the Cupboard, and 8% to the Open Door group of lesbiaa and gay Catholics. and emotional applause. 10 mile city route at 1 pm, and covered Mission. According to a report in the Balti-* f Ginny Apuzso, a former nun who now the route in less than 3 hours. Some of 'the D-I walkers wore more Sun, ArchbishcTp Borders' face was directs the Fund fcr Human Dignity, Last year, a dozen members from D-l "Dignity" or "Integrity" lapel pins next "almost strained'* as he preached to a praised those in the audience in a participated in the CROP walk and to their red CROP buttons. One walker congregation of over 200 Dignity mem reception following the Mass. raised over $800.00. This year, D-Ps was quoted as saying, "It was nippy oUt bers and lesbian and gay leaders from ' 7r 15 an > awesome thing to be a contingent was only Vi as large in there but we had a lot of fun doing it. New York, Washington, Pittsbtirgh, teacher. It is a montent oj grace to be a compansKm, yet still managed to raise And there's a good feeling to be had Philadelphia and Harrisburg. * teacher. You have taught this city and over half the amount raised during last fi-om knowing that you're joining the "You, as members of Dignity, must this archbishop sotnething very, very year's CROP Walk. The four walkers fight against hunger as an openly gay always appreciate the reality that you are important," helped to raise over $450,000 on behalf person. It shows non-gays that we care members of the total community of Apuzzo also denounced Jerry Falwell of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, one of too." God*s people on a pilgrimage through ofthe Moral Majority as "someone who seven downtown churches participating in tinie," Borders preached. "We obtain is giving Christianity a bad name," and happiness and fulBUment in time and entreated Catholic leaders to "do more eternity only when we bring others with than make a statement" or treat gay Kentucky Man Quits Job Rather us." liberation with "benign neglect." Bortlers yirent on to "congratulate" Instead, she Said, they must give gay Than Give Up Gay Rdigious Post Dignity members "on the support and men and lesbians "active support" and Samuel Dorr was given an ultimatum include sexual orientadon as a category community that you have rendered to 'Von^ont those who would use the by the First National Bank of Louisville: protected firom discrimination. each other." Scriptures (to put forth) their brand of Either step down as president and lay "Bankers aren't known for their Borders, who appointed a priest to bigotry." minister of the local Dignity/Integrity liberalism," Dorr said when asked about minister to gay men and lesbians last —Gay Community News ch^Her or resign as bank bismch the bank's ultinuuum and his subsequent manager. resignation. Dorr, 38, chose to quit after nearly 20 Dorr has filed a complaint against the i Service of Remembrance Draws 200 years as a bank employee rather than bank with the EEOC, and a lawsuit may give up his leadership role with the gay follow. A number of local depositors at With similar events occurring nation irrational fear and hatred ot homosex Catholic/Episcopal organization. He has First NatiomJ reportedly withdrew their wide on November 7th, a Day of uals). The balance of the lay service since had to rent his house and sell money fiom the bank in response to its Remembrance for Gay dc Lesbian Victims included various Christian and Jewish various posessions. His unemployment treatment of Dorr. A new gay rights of the Holocaiisi was marked in Roches prayers, songs and meditations. compensation ran out in August. organization, Louisville Gay and Lesbian ter with a special Interfaith Service held After the service, one service-goer Jodie Goldberg, the bank's official United, is planning a boycott and at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Over 200 remarked poignantly, "I always knew spokesperson, said che bank's action is possible picket of First Nadonal. The persons of the Catholic, Episcopal, that thousands of gay men worc^ the firmly based on its employee policy incident has even stirred up reacdon in f^ Jewish, and Presbyterian faiths attended symbol of the pink triangle to their ml^nual, which states that "in no case nearby Ohio, where the gay publication the ceremony for the purpose of calling deaths in the concentration camps, but will an officer engage in any outside News of the Columbus Gay and Lesbian to mind over 200,000 gay men and women after this service the pink triangle has so activity which may reasonably subject Community suggested that its readers ^ who perished during the Nazi Holocaust. much more meaning." the bank to criticism or adverse pub withdraw all their funds fiom the It was also a time to remember the 20 The service will become an annual licity." Goldberg said the bank officials Louisville bank. million Gay and Lesbian Americans who event at Dignity/Integriry/Rochester, an believed that a bank manager's public —The Advocate still suffer discrimination and oppression ectmienical gay Christian organizarion of involvement in a gay organization was because of their sexual orientation. Roman Catholics and Episcopalians. rsure to have "a negative impact on our The services opened with a screening According to Tim Sally, the event corporate affairs image." She claimed New Catholic Code of the film "Pink Triangles" which coordinator, "The service is a commit that opinion polls show that the general explored the historical persecution of ment to uncovering our history, which public does not support gay rights. May Include gay men and lesbians from the time of for too long has been denied or Goldberg said that First National the Middle Ages, as well as during the suppressed. It also serves as a reminder offitials saw "no need" to go beyond Pro-Women Stance Holocaust, and up to and including the of our vision for a world that respects federal Equal Employment Opportunity VATICAN CITY—Pope John Paul II present day. The film clarifies the and safeguards the rights and lives of all Commission guidelines, which do not similarities between, and dangers of, people." is expected to issue the first revision of racism, sexism, and homophobia (the the Catholic Church's code of canon law in 65 years in a few months, and initial Methodists Rule reports say the revision will contain First Conference for Catholic Lesbians some pro-feminist clauses. Among sug on Gay Ministers gested points in the historic revision are A conference for Catholic Lesbians, ticut. Massachusetts, Maryland, Vir clauses to permit women to assist priests the first of its kind ever offered in the ginia. Louisiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, LOUISVILLE, KY.—The "supreme in distributing communion in mass and history the Catholic Church, was held Texas, the District of Columbia, the court" of the United Methodist Council permit girls to serve in a function the weekend of November 5-7, 1982, at Province of Quebec, Canada, and Argen has ruled that nothing in church law equivalent to that of altar boys. The Kirkrtdge, a retreat center in Bangor, tina. Conference participants included prohibits the ordination of homosexual church is not expected, however, to Pennsylvatiia. women representing a wide variety of candidates for the ministry, reported the insdtute any sweeping feminist pro- Theresa Kane, R.S.M., the Confer lifestyles: married, previously married, Chicago Sun-T?me*. The chtarch's Judi ' clamadons; the expansion of women's ence Keynote Speaker., is currently mothers, grandmothers, members of cial Council said that the denomination's role in the church will likely ,be accom President of the 4,500 member Congre religious communities, former members annual conferences have the final au plished by removing current restrictions gation of the Sisters of Mercy of the of religious communities, as well as thority in determining whether individu rather than by adding new provisions, Union, and a former president of the lesbians and heterosexual woinen who al candidates ^ould be ordained and according to the Washington Post, The Leadership Conference of Women ReU are single, celibate or coupled. aqppointed to Methodist ministries; last time the code was revised was in gious. Sister Kane is best known for her The Conference for Catholic Lesbians homosexuality in itself is not a relevant 1917, and this current revision has taken controversial remarks addressed to Pope was endorsed by New 'Ways Ministry issue. The decision stems from a case in some 20 years to put together. Most ofthe John Paul II during his 1979 visit to the (Mt. Rainier, Maryland), SIGMA (Sis Denver, Colo., where Melvin E. Wheat- changes made in the 1982-1983 revision United States when she asked him to ters in Gay Ministry Associated), the ley appointed an openly gay minister to are restdts of the Second Vatican open all ministries of the Church, National Assembly of Women Rehgious the staff of a church. Council, held in the early 1960s. including the priesthood, to women. The (NAWR), the National Coalition of —GayLife —GayLife subject of her address was "Women in American Nuns (NCAN), and several the Church.'* Dignity groups. Conference workshop speakers in For further infortnation please con cluded Mary £. Htmt.Mary Mendola, tact either: Barbara Zanotti, Jeannine Gramick, 'Kathy Healy Metropolitan Community Church S.S.N.D., Virginia R. MoUenkott. Diann 261 Central Avenue Neu. Ma/aie Silvestro, Marguerite Krop- Box 141 SERVING THE ROCHESTER AREA GAY COMMUNITY iaak. C.Sj., Joyce Vinson,, Carole Jersey aty, N.J.D7307 Dynamic worship: ratovairt SERVICES Rochman and other feminiat r^gious or Chrtollan ttiMMaa pyoyama leaders. 7: IS pm Sundays The meeting was attended by 110 Kasen Doherty women from Nfw York, New Jersey, 311 West 83rd Street, «B IVnnsylvania. New Hampshire. Connec New-York, NY 10024 Monroe Avenue at Rosedale MS-3531 r.^^;,:* -r—.—i* .;..IM ( Page 10 THE EMPTY CLOSET December 1982 December 1982 THE EMPTY CLOSBT FtM* 11 m^^^^0^r//^^^i^^^^^^!^. '< <^^^2^^^^^^^^^ is also a' secdon dealing widi tfae Nwk^emth Girls: ALesbian Anthology, We learn from the book that and- country. For some, Israel has been an Semitism is not always foimd in an overt, literature of Isaac Bashevis Singer (a eSieA hy Evelyn Torton Beck, Per- important experience; others have never obvious insult. Ntmierous authors point well known writer of Jewish literature) smlMaM^ Prfesis, P.O. Box 7222, W^ter- made the trip. a novd. about love and about the desr out that prejudice can take ^ subtler and the mistreatment of women in his In The Rose Exterminator, Scott sets urmA^Mmss, 07172,1982. 286 pgs. $8.95. In an appendix, a woman addresses The Rose Exterminator, by William out to find his friend Eugene Carmichael, traction sometimes wrought in the /orms, such as the denial that it exists, the increasingly prevalent notion that books. Carney, Everest House, c/o Dodd, Mead in whose trailer Symonds' body had been pursuit of love. ; ' t llaviewed by Ann Goldstein and the omission of lewish history and the Jews killed the Goddess religion (a In the back of the book is a glossary & Company, Inc., 79 Madison Ave., New found hanging upside down, bound in This is not to imply that there is no anti-Semitism when discussing the op variation on the theme that Jews killed of Yiddish and Hebrew phrases used York, N.Y. 10016. PubUcation: October, leather and chains, the subject of an element of suspense or mystery in the otic define ,"Jewish"? pression of other minority groups. There Jesus). Another woman rebuts charges throughout the book. For the most part 1982. Price: $14.95. attempted castration, with the remains story—there is. The reader is held in ^i^iean? There are so many is also the trivialization of Jewish that Jews invented th^ patriarchy. There it's fairly accxirate and useful. reviewed by Joe DiSabato of a cyanide capsule in his mouth. Suspense until the end as to how $»;.|y|r}r«M» to feel Jewish, to experiences, as in the Holocaust, by not Feeling that Eugene was incapable of Symonds was really killed, and there are l^4^i^laism. Is Judaism just a recognizing what happened for all its i:^:%^%:%;%%%5%%:5;5^^ In 1968, William Carney's first novel. murdering Symonds (who was Eugene's some surprising twists in both the plot ri^^dklt ractfe? An anthology is an worth. The Real Thing, -was published and master at the time). Scott spends his and in the relarionships of the characters " i?%i^ to gather together the Others write of the internalized A Comfortable Comer, by Vincent Virga, Virga* burdens his novel and his immediately became a cxilt classic with weekend searching for clues as to to each other. Moreover, while the book ^Irent ideas and stories, to self-hatred they have developed from Avon Books, 959 Eighth Ave., New readers with another subplot about a those involved in the SScM scene. It Eugene's whereabouts and the identity deals with the world of gay S&M, it is what Judaiftm is. society's views of them as Jews, York, New York 10019. 1982, 324 pages, failing marriage between fiiends of related the story of Glenn Symonds, of the real murderer. His search takes not a work full of detailed narradons of apre as many different thoughts lesbians, and women. Closely tied in $3.50. Terence. He is unsuccessful because the plastic surgeon of great renown, who him on a trip through the gay S&M world the sexual activities of its characters. In ilBd HihiyaJof being as there are people. with this is the need felt by growing characters are tedious and imlikeable was the most highly regarded master in of the 1960s, a world he is already fact, there are really only two sex scenes Yet, there is a commonality of experi Jewish girls to "pass" as white gentiles. Reviewed by Barbara D. from any angle. A better part of the Southern California's gay SCcM world in familiar with as an observer through his in the book, and neither would be termed ences WtVeen Jews, much as lesbians Many of these women grew up with an novel is the development of a new, albeit the mid-1960s. It told Symonds' story seven-year relationship with Symonds, "erotic" in the true sense of the word. shstte a ccMOunonality of experiences. imperative from their parents and other One might want to dismiss this as secondary, relationship between Terence using the device of letters written by ITiey really serve to provide further Two ,* miqc^Fldes, both oppressed, yet relatives that they must assimilate into being a wordy, often dreary, novel about and a successful illustrator. This comes SynK>nds himself—letters which detailed insight into the psychology of the oftieii Am Jewish woman is seen as an the mainstream of American (that, is. the effects of alcoholism on the love and off better because it lives in the present his observations and feeliuKS about his characters rather than being designed to Take It Off! by Jacques Toulouse, 9ttta^b»«^*1Sven among other outisiders. Christian) society, that not to assimilate the relationship of two gay writers. time rather than depending on^verbose B^relJr^T^on Beck's, Nice Jewish Girls: life up to the time of his murder.. dtillate the reader. Harmony Books, a Div. of Crown meant sure persecution and death. Yet, Terence, a novelist, and Christopher, a reflections on the past, which are A LesbiaH Anthology is an opening In 1974, his second novel, A Year In Carney is both an incisive and mas Publishing, Park Ave., New York; N.Y., history hds shown that Jews have never poet, have few of the problems many gay characteristic of this novel. diakng^e in this struggle and goes far to The Closet, was greeted with great terful storyteller. His observations on 10016, 110 pages. $4.95. been totally able to assitnilate. For these people have, but all of the despair of The value in A Comfortable Comer, enthusiasm by his fans who were waiting some of the sexual symbolism involved help non-Jews learn more about an often women there is a conflict between the alcohohsm. Terence's novels are suc Virga's second novel, is what it says best patiently for another tale from Carney. in the world of S&M (such as a brief Men, has the excitement gone out of misunderstood culture. At the same Jewish pride they're ;slowly developing cessfiil and his lifestyle, as the dtle indirectly, but belabors quite directly, Again, it became a classic among devo dissertation on the use and S3mibolism of your love life? Looking for something to time, it helps Jewish women reclaim and the mandate of assimilation that is suggests, quite comfortable. Chris about the essendal need for personal tees of S&M. Now, eight years later, his keys) are brilliant. His analysis of the perk up your next date? Need something thek pride in their heritage. Here, both their legacy. topher's needs for money are met by his choice and action, in that real change third novel. The Rose Exterminator, has S&M world and the psychology of those to make a hit at your next party? Well groups can take hope from the women Further concerns include the Jewish father and others ever wOling to bail him and salvation require tremendous and been published and will certainly be involved show that Carney is well then, leam to strip with style and grace; who wrote the stories and from the other lesbian's relationship to her family and out. Neither has problems of identity or consistent effort. Terence realizes that praised by those who have been waiting acquainted with this world first-hand— read Take It Off!. The basic pointers of strong Jewish women whose past and to her roots as part of who she is. Several closets. he has his own kind of disease in being for these many years for a new Carney no outside observer could have his stripping are interspersed with humor to present accomplishments are sprinkled women write of their relationship to The story of Terence and Chris etm>eshed in Christopher's alcohohsm novel. - insights—but the novel itself is not auto provide the reader with a humorously throughout the book. These as well as Israel. The Holocaust is mentioned by topher, who have recently separated and that like Christopher, only he can other issues ranging from anti-Semitism What is so interesting about The biographical. His feelings about the gay informative way to disrobe for someone almost everyone. And, always, there is afier eleven years, is paralleled by that save himself. Virga's characters are to racism to Zionism are explored via Rose Exterminator is that it is the same S&M world today, however, are not the you care about (or anyone else for that the underlying theme of what being a of Christopher's father, William, and his credible in their resistance to both poetry, journal entries, letters, photo tale as Carney told iri The Real same as his feelings about that world as matter). A preppie and a gentleman in a Jew and a lesbian means to each person. much younger lover, Dominic. Like son, self-confiontation and the tise of avail graphs, and essays. Thins—only this time it is told from the it existed two decades ago. As one of his suit provide the essential visual supple The authors come from a wide variety like father—both are alcoholics and the able support groups, which we tend to viewpoint of Scott, the only man who characters, Faulkner, states at the end of ment to the text. The book is designed to Among the issues brought up are the of backgrounds and perspectives. They father's latent homosexuality was see s£S being for others rather than our Symonds ever loved. While this may the book. "It's not the same, you allow the reader to fast-flip through the confusion and fear felt by women when range in age from the 20's to the awakened when he discovered his son's special selves. It is what Virga sa3rs t^dce a couple of plot twists out of the know. . . Leather is in, and everybody's book and see the two models demon they consider talking about and/or do mid-60's and are from different economic gay life. In WiUiam and Dominic's bleak about (>ersonal responsibihty that makes^ book for those familiar with Carney's into it. It's not what it used to be. .. strate stripping routines. The book gives brmg up the question of anti-Semitism in backgrounds. There are Black and relationship, we see full weH how not to this novel worth reading throt^h tBe_ first novel, fans of The Real Thing will There's no concentration or quietness in pointers on what clothes to wear, music the lesbian community. They are fre Arabic Jews represented as well as white cope with alcoholism and how a relation many places it bogs down, to leave you find the change in perspective fascinat Although it is a tnurder mystery of it anymore. . . It's all a parody." to use, lighting and mood setting. The quently charged with paranoia and women. Some women were born abroad ship which began well can end tragically with more hope than hangover. Change ing. And those who have not read the sorts, "who did it" is not the prime 77ie Rose Exterminator is an excel last chapter of the book is left up to the answered with stereotypical responses. or lived for a period of time in another if one cannot or will not strive to change. is possible. ' first novel will not be at any disad focus of the book. Rather, Scott's lently written mystery which is a discretion of the reader. As the author iwiiiiiriwiiaiai MWlltin«»M)M« vantage when reading The Rose Exter reflections, reminiscences, and observa- must-read for anyone interested in the states: "What to do with a naked man? minatory it is a work complete unto itself. dons as he searches for Eugene, and * .4&sychology of the gay S&M world. Well now, there's. . . " heartbroken and is led to Schukert's The new reader might well be motivated tries to sort out what really happened to ^ Lola—a film by Rainer Werner Fass- a III whorehouse where he discovers for the to try and find the first book (currently Symonds make The Rose Exterminator binder stars Barbara Sukowa, Mario out of print) after finishing this one to more a psychological study of the gay- first time Lola performing on stage. He Adorf and Armin Mueller-Stahl. United also sees almost everyone else he works see how Symonds himself felt about the S8cM world of the time. It deals with the Artists Classics Release. Rated R. events and activities leading up to his needs and feelings which drive people to with by day lounging, groping and Rontung time 114 minutes. Now show- crawling around the establishment. death. participate in this activity. It is ultimately •. • It's about time! ing at die Little Theatre—240 East picketed by lesbian organizations at the and new building cotnmissioner—the The filters used to create the out Avenue, Rochester NY 14604. Shown ^ New York Film Festival. outsider looking ignorantly in on Schu- landish colors throughout the movie with subtitles. ^ The opening credits of Lola are kert's kingdom. As the building commis culminate in a scene where Von Bohm is Reviewed by Stephen Picchi designed with carnival colors thrown on sioner he is decisive, but in his private bathed in white-blue Ught and Lola in' Thin Ice and Other Stories by Barbara makes a point of not telling him that she ^ Lola, one of Fassbinder's last films top of a black and white photo of Konrad life he's a dreamer. He represents no orange-pink within the same frame. The Wilson. Seal Press, Box 13, Seattle, writes for a radical feminist newspaper. (h«-diedattheageof36. June 10, 1982. Adenauer, the ' 'miracle worker'' of specific class, but rather some lost idealistic loner exposed to the greedy Washington 98111. Copyright 1979, 125 That point, if there is one, is the at tSe peakofJ^ career) is part two of a post-World War II German reconstruct character aspect which no longer exists capitalist while Pop art rages around pp.. $4.95. beginning of a journey which is properly trilogy of Blms dealing with the post- tion. The screenplay was obviously in the town of Coburg. them. Reviewed by Janet Ervin-Reeves entitled thin ice. Kate bids her brother World WaHI reconstruction in Germany. inspired by 77ie Blue Angel. Lola, Schuker's whore, wants to be Throughout the film Fassbinder fo farewell at the train station and indicates tlic (n-sc.^bn was The Marriage of Maria Schukert, portrayed by Mario Adorf, Hke Schukert's wife (who condones cuses on Esslin (Matthias Fuchs) who A few weeks ago, while I was stuffing that there is someone at home she would Br^ (1979) and the third, soon to be at is a corrupt building contractor who Schukert's relationship with Lola)—an represents the liberal fighting the capi Empty Closets into their plain brown like him to meet. From the picture we get theXit4». Veronika Voss. controls most of what happens in the * active member of the bourgeoisie. She talists yet working with them to survive envelopes, Rosemary Cahill arrived with of this radical feminist newsp;^er writer^ .: It tm not until 1979 that Fassbinder small town of Coburg. He owns the decides to pursue Von Bohm in an effort and hating himself. a stack of newly acquired books for we can only'surmise it is her alter ego. hyiSPdt ^^commercial success" in both whorehouse where Lola (Barbara Su- to become part of the ruling class in One could view Lola solely for the review. After admiring the new arrivals, The story about the lesbian is caiieo G«rnu^ and America (although he kowa) performs her song and dance Coburg. Von Bohm is so busy chasing "sheer, joyous effrontery of it" (as one I chose to read TTiin Ice, The choice wa_ "Sense and Sensitivity." This is where . gafaied^efidcal esteem much earlier) with routines. Lola is a possession of Schu- windmills and falling in love with Lola critic states), or one could note how Lola based upon the fact that the back cover Wilson blows it for sure. And I was weXL mpf forty fihns to his credit during keri's—in short, prostitution is the that he fails to see he's being used. Lola rips open the disease within the social mentioned the word lesbian and also hnoins to give her the opportunity to his sh^ career. His films are labeled center of capitaUsm—anything or anyone surfaces from her ;^an of seduction for a system and exposes it complete with its contained a blurb by Jane Rule, author redeem herself. It is a story about a contr&iarrsial, and his film The Bitter can-^ bought in the town. Bntcr Von moment and decides not to leave class struggle and corruption—its mater of Outlander. Something about "cele has no name other than when she is \ Tears ^ Petra Von Kant (1972) was Bohm (Armin Mueller-Stahl) the idealist Schukert's whorehouse. Von Bohm is ialism' and cynicism. brating the strength of women," wrote called "Ms. Campbell" by her male Rule. psychiatrist. Honestly, the main charac Imagine my surprise f77it5 Ice is one ter, and she is not addressed by her own of thirteen short stories which truly teach name throughout the entire story. Her STARTS DECEMBER 22 us that women can be independent and daughter, .Stella, is married to a sensitive \t \t.]< Al n even take risks, like driving a car alone. man who falls in love with a lesbian I M \IM( 11 DIV EA3T ROCHESTER Of course, the women discover their named Sarah. Sarah has "just become a I itzcarraldo, nohu il I i MIN VM\<.OM <)( UQUOR STORE inner strengths only in relation to the lesbian," so she is really not very good MK KOHMI R S MOSI men in their lives. There are stories at it yet. Sarah and sensitive Mickey ( liAKMINC, ( OM} 1)11 S about women reladng to their brothers, have to meet in out-of-the-way places. fathers, husbands, and even a male Sarah doesn't want her lesbian friends to We Deliver teacher. see her with a man. even if he is 586-2806 This colIectit>n is not a great step for sensitive. Sarah's friends, we are told. feminism: it is more like a wrenched are lesbian separatists. We all know ankle. The male characters are more real what that means. That's what caught my than the female centra) characters. Have eye on the back cover—the words iV/// 1 gotten so used to reading The New lesbian separatist! Back to our story— H'omefi 's Titnes that my thinking has you guessed it. Mickey helps Sarah become warped? The question that has resolve her confusion about her sexual identity and they run off together. To been haunting me is, "Who is the Women's Music, Books, i^ ^. f , .... w;,Hrvf u ^ n-R/o<:^ P(; rr linitcrf A I'Sis l'la';*ir.s intended audience for this book?'* It live sensitively ever after, no doubt. A .- ' ;;KJ Ai . could only have been written for young There is one lesson to be learned in all HOURS: Suixky 12-3 Make an evening of it. A Grand women who are in training to become ot tms—use more sense in selecting Marnier Brownie, a Qrasshopper 408 Mak\ St. cheerleaders. That sort of sums it up. books to review. And if you know anyone Tues. & Wed. 12-6 Tkr. 8C Fri 12-10 ll«V^ltQ^RtV OCttClO^S PAaTRV Mousse and hot coffee from Eaat Rochester, NY 14445 In the story "Thin Ice". Kate, who in training to become a cheerleader... 232-4699 Sweet Stuff. Saturday 10-7 Ooaed Monday 10% Off aalactad winaa wMti^tMa mS goes to her y9unger biother's wedding l»* i T A 1 M^O P » < Page 12 THB EMPTY CLOSfiZ_.Pecrmber 1982 K R E V I EJJV B2^RO M GAG V LIE R ARY But Lord They're Gay by Rev. Sylvia human beings on the same plane as a sexual orientations vs. religious convic-. 1 Pcnnington» Lambda Chrisdan Fellow hec^roscauala. tion conflict. The value of this work tn ship. P.O. Box 1967, Hawthorne, CA As a tight, personal testimonial of this area lies in Pennington's generous 90250, 1982, 171 pp., $5.00. one straight person's jotimey to under use of first and second person accounts Reviewed by Rev. Willie White standing of gays and lesbians in a of experiences of gays and lesbians on reUgious context, this book might be a their religious joUmeys. These are But Lord They're Gay wiil not go worthwhile gift to straight reladves and related in ther book because they down in the annals of gay, literary or friends who find their religious convic influenced Pennington's own search, but theological classics, but it is worth tions are their biggest barriers to accep they also speak directly to the experien reading. It could prove especially helpful tance of gays and lesbians who affirm ces of thousands of other people in the to straights who are on a pilgimmage of their faith tmd their sexualith. Much of gay community. finding a niche from which to relate to Pennington's entightment came through This book has a fundamentalist slant. Between Friends by GiUian E. Hans- gays and lesbians, for that is precisely experiences and contact with members But this need not be problemaric for the combe, Alyson Pubbcatioxis, Inc., P.O. the soil out of which this book grew. and congregarions of Metropolitan Com reader. Religious acceptance or non- Box 2785, Boston, MA 02208, July 1982, Sylvia Pennington traces through munity Churches, a denomination of acceptance of faith and sexuality, follow $5.95. three stages her pilgimmage of relating gays and lesbians which takes up a large similar patterns of joy and pain regard Reviewed by Leni Marino to gays and lesbians: "i, that of a portion of the last two-thirds of the book. less of one's place on the liberal/ Between Friends is truly an intimate Christian fundamentalist seeking to But aside from its possible value to fundamentalist continuum. way to relate to women's experience via minister to gays and lesbians through straight readers, this book also has an Throughout these 171 pages is letters. Gillian E. Hanscombe, the conversion to heterosexuaUty; 2. that of important dimension which ought to be another potential probleni which is author, shows us parts of th6 lives of fbur "just wanting to say 'God loves you"'; helpful to niany homosexuals—those inherent in writing this kind of highly women for over a year's time, through and, 3. that of wanting to know and who have mmed away from a once-held personal account of religious experiences their correspondence. The ebb and flow understand gays in and through a faith, or who are seeking a religious life and pilgimmages: the God led me, Jesus of these conversations drives the reader personal relarionship with them as for the first time, but find themselves in showed iis, I heard God say syndrome. into becoming involved in these real After a while, it seems as if we are issues of the movement. This book %%8%%%^;5%%;%%J%^;^^;%^^ dealing with a writer who is suffering challenges 3rour feminism and zeroes in from a severe case of delusions of on your lesbianism and sister tove. Your And, there is not a Catholic in the grandeur. The reader would do well to most intimate thoughts, fears and ques A Catholic Education by Robert Benard, world, male or female,, who cannot simply remember that for this genre of tions vrill be clarified by delving into this Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 383 Madi identify with Benard's description of a writing, this problem comes with the most thought-provoking journey. A good son Ave., New York, NY 10017, 1982, First Communion: **He was sure he was territory. read! 276 pages, $15.50. going to bite the Host by acddent, or get Reviewed by Rosemary Cahill it stuck between his teeth. What would he do then? And what if he couldn't get This is a very special first novel, it down?*' impressive in its sensitivity and lack of **. . . It was on his tongue. It itchedt r. eason's aJi reelings sensationalism. It is the story of a nice Nicholas quickly retracted it, trying to s G Irish Catholic boy named Nicholas' Ma- give thanks. But the itch got worse. Jaws ion. At the age of 17, Nicholas suddenly clenched, he felt the Host stick to the decides that he has a vocation for the roof of his mouth. Grateful, trying to priesthood. But this is not the same tired make sure no one saw him, he scratched rident tnternational old tale of the young man who enters the his tongue. Had he touched it? No, he ®T seminary only to discover that his was sure not. " Rochester Chapter "vocation" leans more toward homo **As he returned to his pew, /i<. "%• sexuality than the priesthood. It is realized the Host was glued to the roof of Ji gentle, compassionate, and honest. his mouth and it wasn't dissolving. He Nicholas is the only child of rigid parents nudged it with his tongue. . . " who are bound together by obligation For the uninitiated among you—yes, rather than love. It is understandable, he did finally get it down. The com therefore, that the young man feels no munion sequence, very early in the keen attachment to any other human story, is indicative of the author's grasp being and has little insight into his own of his material and an uncanny ability to feelings. The reader will long remember relate a vivid childhood memory shared his tiither's reaction to his entering the by many. seminary: **Didn*t you know? I'd much Robert Benard could be Edwin rather give you to God (han to som^e O'Connor reincarnated. He is a brilliant girlr- young writer. '^f^^^^^^^^l^lfl!^^!^^ Yantras of Womanlove, images by Tee Corinne, text by Jacqueline Lapidus, Sloan-Hunter, the women used in the The Naiad Press, P.O. Box 10543, images are not uniformly young, white,- Tallahassee. Fla. 32302, 1982, $6.95. slim and able-bodies. Since much ero tica, even that which purports to be for Reviewed by Jana Greene lesbians, often reinforces narrow and Yantras is a word from tantric yoga unreal-ideas of what beauty must be, this meaning "diagrammatic representations is a refieshing change. of fields of energy." That is exactly what The prose-poem by Jacqueline Lapi this book is. dus is clear and strong. It is a pleasure to The black and white kaleidoscope read and adds to the enjoyment of the photographs by Tee Corinne are beauti photographs. ful, engrossing, and very special. As This book deserves a permanent noted in the introduction by Margaret place in your library. Treat yourself to it. 55%:5^5^%:%%%%%8%;%%;%;^^^ Tlie Harmony of Love by Bob Larzelere, that reahty and fieeing ourselves from M.D., Comext PuUications, 20 Lomita them. Ave., San Francisco, CA 94122, 1982, 132 pages. According to some of the examples in the book, fieeing oneself fiom restrictive Reviewed by Jana Greene beliefs can result in the ability to: *- Bob Lerzelere, M.D., is not hiding a) steer a boat through tricky and anything. Right away he tells you this heavily trafficked water without ever this is not a "how-to" book, that is, a touching the wheel or tiller; book about "what is true for me, the b) control the weather; ezperienceof beiname," and that "only c) cure a degenerative spinal disease, you can discover' your Truth." He and assures us that he has no need to tell his d) help free your friends from their personal ' 'story,'' but sarisfies our restrictive beliefs by saying "I love you'" curiosity by telling all anyway. constantly in public places imtil they Interspersed with his life story are hate you. examples, comments, and pontificattons In the acknowlegement section, the aimed at showing that we all create our author is grateful to est training, own realign and urging us to take Jonathan Litnngston Sragull, the series responsibility tot it. If we are unhappy, of books by Carlos Castaneda on the wc can diange everything by finding the teachings of Don Juan, and other simitar core beliefs from a^ach we have created infiuences. Enough said. December 1982 THB BMPTY CLOSBT Fife 1^ ••'*•* in LeMsB HentiHy by Leni Marino On November 26, f982, Meg Christ •''^•INMEMORLAM**** ian «id Cris Wifflatnicm sang at Carne MARYPATRK^IA MVTO gie Han in cel^^bration of Otivta Racords' Meg and CMs sang- together and had tenth ju^versai^. This was a great their own'^lo time. Ihey sang mostly November li, 1982 cvenfjCar a|Di^*a mttsic—needless to their own songs but pe^rmed songs say, # r>dlms0&»PMm^ie!imns and back- written by Margie Adam and Betsy gironagijl vooHa iz^ii4a4 dies^^ wonderful Rose. ly tal^^l^imomyn: AdtimtmeTorf, Diane this concen was monumemal for May the angels, dear Pat, lead thee into Lindd^r-jadde Rot^^ins, Jeanette woflQQm's mttsic smd culture, it was a paradise; may the martyrs receive thee at Wratc^-Tret Pure, Judy Chilnick, Linda privilege for me to be there. (Thank the they coming, and lead thee into the holy city Tillery,;Vicki Randle and Shelby Fliint. Goddess for friends and SISTERS^) of Jerusalem, May the choir of angels And'SifSftn'Pretmdlich was there, sign If you want to listen to some receive thee, and mayest thou have eternal ing so fluently. superfine music, it is essential that you rest with Lazarus, who once was poor, The early concert was outstanding, buy this album. ROSEMARY as 1 heard that late one was. Meg Thank you, Olivia Records, and all Christian never sounded so good. And the womyn behind you doing the work. Cris WOliamson, the same as ever, was Thanks for bringing us our music and for GAGV Auction; A Tribute to Russ Morgan excellent. Both performance^ were re all the opportimities you've created for corded and will be released in early 1983 womyn in the music industry. The annual GAGV auction, held on Yfho was Russ remains ever alive and a as a live album. November 21 was a huge success, thanks source of inspiration for us and for our to the skills of auctioneer A. Pegish community. ('•Don't stop bidding tiow, I'm just Russ died two days before he was to getting going!**), the many who donated return to his beloved Rochester, to his ONE-EYED items and the many who came to bid. family and friends here, and to his Margis Almost (300 has been added to the innimierable activides on behalf of our GAGV coffers. commimity. JACK'S The evetiing was especially meaning Russ was crippled in the eyes of 1258 East Main St. ful to those of us who missed the some. To those of us -who knew him, 288-9736 Electric presence of Russ Morgan. Before start however, he was a bustling activist, Residential & Commefcfal Wtrmg ing the bidding, Amie atmotmced that sharing the workload for every gay We wfH. fix your shortsr" the auction would forever be the Russ benefit we had. For dinners, he decor Bust ated before and cleaned up after. And all Beef • Electrical Repair? Morgan Memorial Auction and gave the Genesee ^ QOPHI following tribute: of us will remember him as my right arm • Service Changes at the benefit auctions. In Memoriam December 15' ^--- • Outlets Russ to no quarter fiom his handi Russ J. Morgan (/ 954-1982) • 24 Hour Emergency caps: neither asking sympathy nor Service Sun. Ladies Nite byA.W. Pegish demanding special treatment. He saw a • Free Estimates job to be done and he did it, always full V2 Price Well Drinks The memorial services held last July • Code Work Only in Brockport for Riiss J. Morgan, who of the joy of living, always loving people. Mon. V2 Price Well died suddentiy in an automobile accident He was good all thr6u|^ his life, and Tues. Draft Pitchers in California July 9. 1982, have perhaps his new life will be blessed with that $2 & $2.50 Toi.i Margis •Mtke Sullivan faded from our memories; bin the person goodness as well, we are sure. 135 Cottage St 'v Wed. 25C Schnapps Nite Rochester. NY 14608 Thura. 50 Open MofKSun 2 pm'-2 am '•Dlspo Nightly" 2 for 1 Tuesday 10 pm-2 am HAPPY HOUR Mon-Sun 2 pm-7 pm At JIM'S 123 North Street Well drinks 65« • Topshelf TS* •Beer 65« & 76* Homm of thm Kochmstmr Hmmml RAMS NIGHT 3RD SATURDAY EVERY MONTH • SPECIAL FEATURE • FH€Nndllest Bar in &Q S^fy — Lowest Prices & GUESTS pfsco-TV^ioGm SBOurs IO ^ ±aL Donate One New Toy or $1.50 & Receive One FREE Drink. Toys will be given to children confined in local Hospitals during Christmas Time. ^itt^ " Sponsored by: ^ TRIDINT M.C. & )IM'S fi-r*- •- ti ••«• ir /-•' fi»»?»r-i'. H,.,.."^ pAfcl4 THB BMVTY CtOSBT Pmnber 19» -*•: •'•^. " ••V- '•jJ-^',''- lftoch«ster's oatsratufing cultural «t- ^dwim triif^oiKli are being oflGered at half^Ab ht/d&fii^ii fkrt tStdlety osoal pric«' bf admission with the JPdk Art Guild exhibitions pikdbase of an Art^vier Coupoh Book* D^eioped'by Arts for Greater Roch- ^^oisps ipay f^aEein^ par* est^ as an auAence dcveloptnetit pro- ^cxiUrisimn^^ |>er|bteiaiices from grmlV the Aitsaver Coupon Book is daaedunted. a^nussioEis. Art^ver Cou- targeted at specific portioas of the pbnis may not^ be uaed oil already cofl^tinity, particdiarly new residentSt, discounted tickets. . seizor dtizens, students and persons Artsaver Coupon Books may be used ¥^ only minimally patrotiisfe the area*s during the 1982«S3 performance season, arts ofierings. September through August 31. Only one Costing only 15 and offering savings coupon hook may be purchased per of up to $120, d&e Ansaver Coupon Book* housdkold. Persons wishing to purchase contains ten cot^>ons that entitle the an Artsaver Coupon Book may send a user to a half-price admission to per- check or money order for %S made ferittances aod events involving 23 payable to Arts for Greater Rochester, varkms local arts groups. 32S E. Main St., Suite 500, Rochester, Chodse &om: NY 14604. Please include name, ad ]Mickfriar's dress, jphone number, age, occupation The Bucket Dance Theater and the number of persons in your Children's Reportory Company of the household. For more information, con Rochester Association^f Performing tact Susan Holt at 546-5602. Ans(RAPA) ". EUzabeth Clark Dance finsemble Diocesan Festival Choir Eastman School of Music GeVa Theatre Greece Performing Arts Society i Stmuner Theater Perinton Community Chorus Sc P.A. Speer Orchestsa Rochester Chamber Orchestra Interiors Rochester Community Players distinctively affordable University of Rochester Summer Theater Westside Theater Collective Events Sponsored by. . . Jewish Community Center Arts Dept. Nazareth College Arts Center Puerto Rican Art an^ Cultural Center SUNY Brockport, School of Arts and 999 Arnett Blvd. Performance Rochester, NY 14619 and Admissions to. . . (716) 328-8128 Campbell-Whittlesey House and Stone-Tolan House of the Landmark Society International Museum of ^ Photography at the George Eastman * » .. .Jt k December 1982 THB BMPTY CLOSBT Pm$m 15 •> • - Hieadqiiartonp GIINL Creates Edocatkm NEW YORK. N.Y.—People's Anti- ..ecied to "kill your Jew girl leader.^ War Mobilization (PAM) has quickly put ^AM iueiiibers sand diat they had & Research Fonndalioii its office back into woridng order alter gotten the license number of die vehide five men ransacked it on October 4 and used by the men but did not know how to WASHINGTON,D.C.—The Gay Lesbian and gay male activists, threatened two members with a gun. trace it. The same men have been seen Ri^ts National Lobby has set up a new leaders and organizations are usually According to PAM members Paul hanging around PAM events, a member organization, The Right to Privacy understaffed, underfmaaced, and ser Qmnes and Cornelia Ra«&ai, five men said. Fouadaciofi, to serve as a '^think tank" iously overworked. Faced not only widi 'msimete4lttiB^^aBke AamMomdm^ eveniag^ Mei^wrs o£ PAM did not report die mad tr aiming instinttexoocei^ied with the overcoani^ the old myths and stereo inctdcat to-riie paliee* bttt caUed a press gagr -apd ledbian civil tsf^its. movement. types abotit ^ay people, bnt with ibam&tadftsm fbr Am following day, at Miiny organisations provide kmportant constant asssuln^by die reactionaty New amd f|pewiinua4aa ilae iboc. Dr.' Helen Rodriguee-Trias, a educsrien ow -theiastte of hnmnseituayty, Right, the often almost firsnfically-^nisy peviisillj iiaUisiAmas «o ^samp IMcea activist, and Danl^ Ber- bvt there Js no single organisation Atnivists-Mce coo oitra pse*occwpied widi a^simt larmdl^ mssi threat- an anti-war activist, made state devnced asdefy to providing the unique puitiitg out the ever-present brash fires. ments of support. educational and research services re Even for those not absorbed with brush Gwendolyn Brooks of PAM*s Lesbian quired to effectively address the public fires, the shortage of funds, staff and and Gay Focus told GCN that most of the policy questions surrounding national time makes the execution of their civil broken ttdephpoes and other equipment legislation of concern to lesbians and gay rights program extremely difficult. There had been repaired. men. The Right to Privacy Foundation is scarcely the opportunity for careful —-Goy Comwiwm'ly News will fill this void. analysis, planning or creative thinking. I VD CLINIC short, there is, at present, an instira- tional barrier to the sort of research and analysis that is so desperately needed. ROMAN SAUNA The Right to Privacy Foundation will provide a unique program aimed at both 109 NORTH STREET the gay and the non-gay public. Educa 454-1074 tion in the gay community will focus on LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH Canada's Best skill development training; education in S-midnight the non-gay public will stress the pubUc interest questions and implicadons of federal legislation of special concern to £ast service IheQub lebians and gay men, leaving the more comprehensive efforts to multi-purpose confidential 231 Mutual Street, Toronto groups in an effort to avoid duplication of downtown location (416) 977-4629 efforts. The Foundation's research pro FREE jects will include documenting discrimin A member of the Club Bath Chain. ation against lesbians and gay men and exploration of utilization of technical innovations such as telemarketing, cable MO. CO. DEPT. OF HEALTH television, micropocessing and focus 111 WESTFALL ROAD groups. Perhaps mosc importantly, the llllil Foundation will analyze both pro- and 442-4000 anti-gay arguments and the impact of Monday 1:30-3:30 both pro- and anti-gay bills and amend Wednesday 1:30-6 K/UULUliS © ments in Congress. Friday 1:30-3:30 56 Widmer Street, Toronto The Right to Privacy Foundation can FREE (416) 593-0499 be reached at 750 7th Street, S.E., Washington. D.C. (202) 546-2130- Season's Greetings to the Rochester Gay Community from The Roman .^»3^^ Sauna tK. •-- >^ ,-^--!>^^Fi' -«J%^ -^.•HIM^-tOHW Page 16 THE EMPTY CLOSBT December 1982 Termhiatfag Gay Choral Festival R^ioductive Sights To Be Held CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO.—The city f*tome Out And Sidg 'IpDgiedierlV is council here has passed an ordinance tfaif:;^Mkae sebded for the Bs» HosA requiring that a woman's husband be 'notified before she has an abortion* ' iM^^did^^ Hiv^ of Assodated Preas reports that the 15^; thii Imtt-dby e«eiie b tefMHHivi^ jcoundl voted fbur to three last month to m^tt^itSsd^ itiri' dbe week tcSkiirpie tAot require physiciatts to obtain a signed statement from either the husbandbr the vljlere than; lOOOsingecS:firmi die SI V vdfe that ^ hwdyand has given ''notice ptib4ioattkumdy 0^ bf.termtnataon'* befbre tbe operation can jsdi^> ovi^ the: 0,5*: and ' Caaadb are be petfwuied. Physicians afe subject to LAMBHA Legal 1)^^ ^ at£^ Tk« finittvvl wfH three moaths in jail and a 1500 fbie for Am aaie^^ dbovuaes fiuling to comfrfy. ChaDoBges Aali-Cby Legislate svMse the.fm ofdie fint two of The ^dtndunce abo allows die city to Alism, gtw^i dNK San Fkandseo Gmy in^>ect f4M:0ities where abordons are NEW YORK^-^Lambda Legal De consensual Sodomy statues. These are Mm»^sChmm Stiwiewdl 0iond^ pertomico.^ fense and B4ucation Fund, the nation's pSjrticubrly helpful to attorneys undez^ ^*Gdy Communify ^TeiiKs eldest and largest gay legal defense takmg fuhve challenges to aAiti^ay bws .:. bl^Reptf^^ clkihlses- organization, has jtist published a pion--. and domg gay rights lidgation in eering report on court strategies for geperal"; But die main aim of the report ;^;^^ site';!^^ 'iijrvwineflc In. Hallo We^ti RoagM combating the recent wave of anti-gay is the devek|«nent of tactics to combat jBiM^dst^ ''the legiabtion. TitledMnh'^ay Legislation: bWs aenyin|^ public moniiifs fbr grotips txiis^iiapk^i^ Charles for Some Gays An Attempt to Sanction Inequality?, the ' espdiasukg gay rights. Cawm^lChi^^ 230-page report analyzes the constitu- **"We need to be very Serious in our to||ei£eir (^ '^Wc are very BOSTON and SAN FRANCISCO— tionahty of federal and state laws that response to the tiew right on this issue," ^;^t^ and honored to hie fabisdng the Gays in two cities found few treats this bar public funding of gay-rebted acti* said Ms« lUoiter^^What il particularly -^fiSli^^^'iitieh'- 'fiitiVAl^ - -^''; eacpc^ -'. mm" Halloween while police themselves are vities, sayd Rosalyn Richter, author of fiightening abput these statutes i$ that es^emisfy smict^^^ being accused of brutahty. the report. by widihold^ federal or aitate fimding VThe first tht^e^venings wiO each In Boston, poHce reportedly used •'Very little research has been done froni gsiy and non-gay incBViduals and fe«^e sev«nr^^^iJ^Sr^J^ p«rf nightsticks to club three gay men leaving in this ar^a/' said Ms. Richter. the prgahiz^tioilSr legislators are ' abusing hije^ghtsofthm eemcei^re|Mert<^ All' a Halloween night party at a bar called project attorney. **The report is certainly the budgetary process to undermine our of .the participants will perform in two or The Metro. According to witnesses the first of its kind, the only legal constitutional rights." t thjuie massed choruses for the final outside the bar, the incident occurred analysis of the important issue of these Funding, for the report was provided evening. when the three men, who were entering funding cuts as they affect gay rights.'* by the New York University Public The festival wiH present several a taxicab, exchanged words with police. The Family Protection Act, a pending Interest Law Foundation, the Playboy world premiere works commissioned Police then allegedly pvdled the men congressional bill that would bar the use Fdimdation, the Funding Exchange, ahd especially for the event. A promihent from the cab and repeatedly began of federal funds ''for the purpose of Columbia University Public Law Fotmda guest artist' ^ ,tO conduct the clubbinig two of them about the face and advocating, promoting or suggesting tion. commissibmd ^s:g g the final head. The three men were arrested and homoseuxality,'* is one such law, said Copies » • * -*:;,tf»->^'-%.:. _'•'^jw«!fifc*««i:^«?^--i(W4 .-:-•'_• *r^;,•,-*••*;V' *' • ' -*ir QCfiffioobcr 1982 THE EMPTY CLOSET Paffe 17 Albs May Gay Fimds iStrilceEyes to Combat AIDS LOSANGELES* CA.—Eye examina- tioais may soon prove to be an important NEW YORK, N.Y. NOV. 10—Five factor in diagnosing the presence of New York Oty area medical research An>S, reported bst momh's OpthalmoU projects aimed at combating the. devas ogy Timss. tating effects of Acquired Immune According to • f^>ort published in Defidency Syndrom (AIDS), have been did joonial, "The eye is a frequent site awarding reSearch^ants totalling more fer manifestations of the acquired im- dian $SO,OpO by Gay Men's Health Crisb mMiM>*de&ciencgr.(AID) syndrctne." (GMHC)« it was announced here today. ^^QlfipQStvmstam^ infections tend to "We are Uvitig in die nddst of a fjjsjpmjinafc/* the journal reported in sn -'( s- major health emergency/* said Lirry artkie. eAided VByM May Offer First AIDS, Blodd'WilksdmmmyBmR^^ Kramer, Chairman of GMHC's Medical ChM iti New Homoseacual Syndrome/' NSW< YOSlLII.V.^Bbvcte t*y ttian ilu J»Mi«'' bcS&nps as the AIDS epidemic, Jury Conmnttee in announdi^ die The...journal noted that the AID have been feiihd to have a rare blood pbints to the possibihty of at least an grants. "New Yodc is die hardest hit of sysidtoitne has been associated with a disorder. which impairs the body's indirect link betwen che rwo. aU dries and the AIDS endemic is tfae variety tf opthahnic manifest^ions in- bbodclotting ahiUty, leading some si^* The report also noted that several of worst medical emergency in die coimtry inctading cotton-wool ^lots, CMV retin- endsu to speculate about a possibb the 11 gay male victims in die study were since poUo. As of Octolier 21st, there itis, Kaposi's sarcoma of the conjunc- link between the disorder atid the shown tp have decreased leveb of were 3^9 cases in New York and 665 tiva« and retinal perifMebitis. acquired immuno-defidency syndrome disease*fightiftg -lymphocytes and in nationwide. One year ago, there were According to one researcher. Dr. (AIDS) diseases, reports die New Yorh creased leveb of immune complexes only lOO^qi^es in New York. Fort^- 7 » ^V^^VVll^VVVVV\\V>V\VVVVV^l^\C'CVVVyV^ DISCO: FRIDAY, SATORDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY jaiCE BAR: Fridays til 4am, Saturdays til Sam 2 FOR 1 Mondays I0pm-2am 1st Annual Both Liquor & Beer "Ms. Flower City Fridays & Saturdays Pageant 10 pni-2 am Sunday Dec. 12, 1982 Liquor (Beer 70C) 8:30 pm-Til HAPPY HOUR 1st- $200 & Trophy Advance $3.00 2iMl- $100 & Trophy At Door $4.00 Monday-Friday llam-6pm Std' »50 & Trophy Contestants . $10.00 Weil Liquor 75C Call For Details Genny Beer 60C Otiier Beer 75< I4-I6 CharlcAte St •Rochester, NY 14604 • 454-2299 •w J»»'' i^''^mHm>mi'!^!'tiwi^*smii^mmf>miwamw\x*i^mmtmmuiiamt PagelS THB EMPTY CLOSBT December 1982 DKCCMftm 1M2 a banner day for money matters; alaa a short trip with a frleod^er. lover oeuM to "Merry Chrtstmas^ refreahlngl Keep obtlOMioAa to famtty members. Don't be alraM on the Job to ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 20 express y^Mir feeUngs «nt Idaas. Th«^ may Frianda could try to Involve you fn projects pay off In the future. t5top a dose check on that you're not very entHusiastlc about. Be your finances. Count ohango ait oheek-out firm from the start atx>ut your plans. counters or bank. Oon*t try % cram too Depend only on yourself In money matters. much Christmas visiting Inio one day I Mate's "mind" is more on sex than LUCKY DAYS: 4, 5, <9 eapeclally Uicky), finanoesi Avoid arguments with family 15, 27. 28. 29. members. Long distant travel which in CAPRICORN DEC. Z^dAH. 20 ^ cludes educational Interests could prove During th# hpttday, tnr to Hnd soma time rewarding. Career opportunities, legal and for yourself to relax. Avoid saroastn ^wtth educational matters will show excitement mate. Concerning fafniiy matters and and profit as the NEW YEAR Is born! Trust money, this is the time to make mate a Sagittarlan in financial advice. LUCKY happy, even If H kills you. YOH'H bo DAYS: 8, <9 Speculation advised), 13, 15, rewarded, Caprloornl Show caring for 23,29. others: there may be a need to vMt others TAURUS APRIL 21-MAY 21 in the hospital or shut-lns- Financial Be realistic in Joint financial matters. Use opportunities look good on the 20th. The your Judgement (not mate's) in tax, 8th is not a good day io make Important insurance and inheritance matters. The correctly-double check! Love life looks LIBRA SEPTEMBER 24-OCTOBER 23 decisions in buslnessi LUCKY DAYS: 6. 9, 15th favors Joint financial matters! The active, a very "gay" and **sexy" Christ This month should fly by for many Ltt>ras. (10 career). 12. 22, 29. 16th is an excellent day to put your Ideas In mas and New Year's is Indicated. Many Visits to neighbors, short trips and family AQUARIUS JAN. 21-FE8. 19 motion; romance is also favored. Many "crabs" will be exhausted! LUCKY DAYS: get-togethers, especially involving sisters Be cautious with health: take better eare of Taureans may enter into marrUme during 2, 5,8, 10, 15, 21. and tirothers. can tie very enjoyable. Don't yourself. You may find youraelf upset with Decemt>er. For those attached ones, unions LEO JULY 24-AUOUST 23 spread gossip at>out others unless you friends disappointing you. Social gather will grow stronger. Avoid arguments at Avoid problems with children, make sure know ail the facts. For unattached Librae, ings can t>e hectic, with friends ndw and work! Don^t gossip 1 LUCKY DAYS: 3, 5, they come first, especiatiy on Deoemtwr romance with a new person entering your old entering then leaving your life sudden 10. <15 Love matters), 16, 23. 25th. The spotlight is on parties, new iove life could start a long term commitment. ly. A new love attraction can add enjoyable GEMINI MAY 22-JUNE 21 affairs and tun—this Sign knows how to Guard money and watch your spending evenings to your calendar of events. The The first week in, December, an oppor "enjoy"! The second week in Decemt>er, closely at month's end. Read mail care 13th is especially lucky for romance. Qood tunity may come along where you can earn be on top of a Job opening or advancement fully! The 16th and 17th favor real estate. news in a peraonal matter can t>e expected extra income for Christmas. Avoid getting ori your current Job. Listen to another Leo LUCKY DAYS: 5, (9 romance), 12. 13, 24. the third week In December! LUCKY involved in others' romantic arguments, concerning a personal problem. The 30th 15. DAYS: 5. 10. 13, 15, 23. but where your lover or mate is concerned is a good day to keep your mouth shut and SCORPIO OCTOBER 24-NOV. 22 PISCES FEBRUARY 20-MARCH 20 communications can be very enlightening remain in the background on all matters. The 10th. is the day to shop for ttiat extra The first week In Oeoember. use more and bring a stronger union. Sidestep a LUCKY DAYS: 5, 9, 11, 15. (13 & 23 special gift, for a friend or loved one! The caution while traveling. Pay close attention troublemalcer at work. Don't let gossip especially lucky). 30th, lay (ow. Stay by yourself this to money matters, taxes, bank accounts from others upset your health, especially VIRGO AUGUST 24-SEPTEMBER 23 day—read, watch TV or catch up on letter and bills. Close ties with people at a your nerves! Partnership efforts look The Holiday Season can bring many a tear writing. Avoid conNlcts with others and If distance may bm fouled up by a mis exceptional in the areas of love, sex, and to the Virgo eyes; many of you may feei you must travet. use additional caution. understood message: double check com money! LUCKY DAYS: 4, 5, 13, 18, 21. melancholy due to family members or the The financial sector looks great. Many of munications! Avoid arguments with your CANCER JUNE 22-JULY 23 end of a relationship. Virgo people have a you may receive a financial gift or a sudden boss! You may not receive support from a good friend In - a personal matter. A Christmas shopping may be troublesome, tendency to worry and fret. Home matters payment of a loan, possibly with interest. romantic development on the 9th can be you may not have the (spirit). At any rate, and family will certainly have a big Ask financial advice from a Taurusl The surprising. LUOKYDAYS: 1. 3, 11, 16. 51, don't let health suffer. Avoid worry and influence on Virgo moods. At family last week in ^December, luck in love or 29. watch diet closer. At month's end job gatherings, invite a family memt>er you money can surprise youl LUCKY DAYS: 4, situation can k>e exciting and unpredtetahle like or a friend to cheer you up! Avoid a 6, 10. 11. 15. 16, 22. DON'T FORGET YOUR PETS' CHRIST concerning co-workers and your personal run-in with a co-worker on the 27th or 28th. SAGITTARIUS NOV. 23-bEC. 21 MAS OIFTI THEY'RE xOUR SPECIAL work goals! Don't take on niore work than LUCKY DAYS: 4. 5, 11, (16 romance). 17. Be realistic In a health matter. If you need you can handle, make sure alt work is done 25, 28. medical attention, go and get it. The 17th Is GIFT ALL YEA« LONG. 1 •:4 »'; > vl. ^m X. J •- IP "«i.-. RUMOR HAS IT Sat. Dec. 18 •I 9:00 pm 1 // My Blue Heaven ff A The Play by Jane Chambers Starring There's Barb Porreca a Crov^rd of Marcia Nowik Terrific Women HAVE at Rosie's Wed. 2 for 1 YOU Well Drinks Sat. Shot Nite! HEARD? Mso Reserve, >iov.- ^ {ox out . VveSboV* X 219 Monroe Ave. 454-6598 ar:) '^•.; J --' Live Music Wed, Fri & Sat December 19S2 THB BMPTY CLOSBT P««a 19 Gatfattrfng From die Center IHrecftw The Gaf Mei^'s Gathering meets otfaers. Share with everyone the gift of "Iwishtotake this time to thank large margin. Friday nights from 8:30 until 10 in the love. The Gay Men's Gathering would everyone for giving so much of I am glad that I was Cemer Lottafe asea of GAGV. We have set up a also like to invite evetyone in the gay themselves to the Alliance. This is Director (or eight months of 1982, 8die«faile of jevents including a fihn night commimity to join us in Oiristmas car<^ to aU the members who kept us and I look forward xo the coming the first Friday of eadi month starting in on Saturday, December 18Ui, at 7 pm afloat, to all the volunteers who got year. Januaiy. We will show educational» fcdlowed hy die Cofieehouse at the things done, to the Peer Fa<^- The GAGV wiQ be oekbraring historical* entertaining and erotic mov GAGV lounge. We will sing Christmas tators who were willing to lend an its tenth anniversary in 1983 and ies. Hiere w^l be one film each month carols throttghottt the Mmiroe» Park landerstanding ear to callers and this may be the year diat GAGV fallowed by a group discnsifsion on how and South Wedge neighborhoods. Do walk-ins, to the B.C. staff, who becomes a "household word.'* the film affected each person. join us. come heU and hig^ water get the Maybe that's overdoing it, but we We are planning two end-of-the-year paper out, to the Board and the look forward to seeing everyone events; our annual Trim-a^Tree celebra- officers who spent their free time again and meeting some new Amt; also a Christmas Eve community Gay Aerobics Class keeping things running. I wotdd faces. We always need volunteers sersice event. We will be sharing an like to thank you all. Hie GAGV and members. Hope to see you in hour with the elderly at a local nursing A Gay Aerobics Qass is being has had a good year. We have had the coming year, and thank you home or hospital; then we shall all retire organized through the Metropolitan our problems, our trials and tribula again. to GAGV to spend some time with Community Church of Greater Roches tions, but the good times that we Happy holidays. friends, have some eggnog and spread ter. Persons interested in participating shared outweigh all the bad by a Love, Kyle smne Christmas cheer. All are welcome, are invited to call 865-3531 for additional men and women, straight and gay. Give information and registration. The pro L of yourself this Christmas, and you will gram is set to begin in early January. CAGV Featured on Local Talk Show receive a far greater gift: the feeling that A nutrition workshop is also being Sue CoweU and lim Sally were many requests for information and you shared your love with fellow human organized for the aerobics participants invited to speak on the Dave Carmichael discussion of issues affecting gay peof^e. beings and brought smiles to the faces of and other interested persons. Speak Out Rochester Show (WFTK, AM Many of these requests are the result of 1370) on November 30. Although soroe our excellent Speakers' Bureau presen BilVIHilBIIHIHIHIHIHJHIBilBIIHiaiHIBinBI of the callers were obviously bigoted and tations. One such program will be woefully misinformed. Sue and Tim presented Decend>er 16 on Channel 13*s gave an outstanding performance, an- Morning Break. Ihe request fbr our sweriz^ questions and detailing the involvement was the result of a program the Directory issues facing the Alliance and the gay conceived by Jadde Nudd for the community. They have been invited to professionals of Monroe County and HOPE'S SPECTRUM SUITE BOU appear on the show again, some time in. presented on November 18. The limes TIQUE, 489 South Ave.. 262-2179. January. Watdi this paper for time and Union and Channel 8 bodi highlighted BtHfy Oils, Incense, Cmndles, ELECTROLYSIS MASTERS, #601 date. this event nHiich was picked t^ by Ztidlac Items, Clothing from In Tempye Bldg., 325-5898. The AUiance has been receiving Channel 13. dia, &lfts. Rainbow items. Teas, Permanent hair removal for men Honeys, f^ecycled: books, deth- and women. Electrolysis. 5 Eastom Ontieadi Irtg, odds and ends, and tnore. Pwsmuds Open Tues,-Sat, 12-6pm, 3 KAREN HAQBERQ Piano Inatructor, Update 442-9239. IBONS Have a happy frfh aad remem The Eastern Outreadi is crowinx- ber that I love yen today. tumor»ow. DONNA RUBIN, M.S., 533-1068. Ematmmn Ph.D. Mmmbmr NaHortal aad fofever. AIAN. Coutisellng/Therapy for vromen, Qulld of Plane Tmmchmrs. All mgms rapidly. Ifyou live cast ofthe city or even men, couples. Confidentiality mH levels. "Yttu'rm never too eltlto in Koctiester and don't mind driving out IMMKOTHTt It's been a hm^ time, assured. Sliding fee scale, 5 " to iSt "boonics;*' give us a call at GAGV bet SlefaMbm stiD has noddag yoa play," 5 idon't have. R. JUNE EASTWOOD, M.S., 436-5282. and leave a message for Kyle. We Womart-orlentmd therapy. Individ- started the group three months ago and PEQGY FELT, Wm. Coppard Realtora, already have 35-40 members. Member tial, group & family therapy. 270 Park Ave., 275-9200. ship is free and confidential. B.O.R.A. is Undassifieds Marital, aexual, career corteerns. 4 Creative real estate services, a social organization that presents the BOOMMAIC WANTBDi preferably WAYNE ALBER* M.S.W.. 271-5037. specializing In City prt>pertlee, S chance fer those wbo live in the large New York Slate Certified Social male. West side olf Jay. Near area east of Rochester to get cogether. Eatptessway, busline. 2-bedroom Worker, Confidential, profeasltM-. We've had a picnic and a Halloween apartment. Call 436-6714 sfter 3:30. al Individual and couple oounsel- party and our next event will be a holiday tttg, ferns Negotiable, I The Empty Closet extends sympadiy brunch some time in December. Call us to the many friends af Maria (Vidd) •••laiHiaiHIHIHiaiHIMiaiHIHIBIBIH at the Alliance for more information. Neiman, espedaUy Nande. *^ .^^ "Somewhere over the Rasrtbow" V. Hope's Spectrum Suite Boutique 489 South Ave. Rochester, NY 14620 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Thursdays Seasot$*s Greetings from Us io YtHsf at the New Life Community. Center Monroe Avenue at Rosedale 865-3531 Frankencense & Myrrh Fresh Mistletoe • Bayherty Incense Lambda Coffeehouse is a Metropolitan Community Church Program. Open Tues.-Sat. 12-6pm 262-2179 ^^* Volunteer perforrr^rs are welcome. Call 665-3531. <% I AKA H The Dorr Collection Cocktail Lounge forihtfhitstim thmttuiMownmftdAmmjtgmmHU. 153 Liberty Pole Way (716) 232-4719 "Frimkly my dear — wedosiue a dtmm," • Happy Hav daily mion-7 pm • lat Maaiv each montfi: Tara T-ahlrt Day • Eaaay Taanaap 7 pn-mldttila: % prioaon malldtlnha, baar A attam 741 Monroe Avenue • RrU SaL ft San. Mme 3h«-alQae 10 piii-2 am Phone: 473-6310 a Suadaya 2paa4lpm: *Bculah' Spadala> hot bitenwtional Co0eee, daiquMa. pina eoladaa, imaddlad oM faetkmm • Chack our monthly butlatina a« bar far apadal avan^ tothe onh^iatitisB •i DECEMBER t982 Hepatitis B, a serious The hepatitis B virus can Now this serious sexually disease, may be sexuaUy be passed on by contact transmitted disease is transmitted widi contaminated body usually preventable by Sexually transmitted diseases among the fluids vaccination with the new gay community' are epidemic. Herpes has such as saliva, urine, semen, and blood. hepatitis B vaccine recently received a lot of attemton; The hepatitis B virus can be transmitted gonorrhea and syphilis arc well known; After more than a decade of research through tiny breaks in the skin or contact and development, a new vaccine is but the Centers for Disease (Control with mucous membranes. This can occur I availabie for prevention, Ttot treatnteniy (CDC) recentiy issued a major during intimate sexual ixtntaa and can recommendatifjun for the prevention of of hepatitis B. In clinical studies, the lead to hepatitis B for the partner of an ^ vaccine was highly effective in giiK)ther sexually transmitted disease: infeaed person. Although most patients Hepatitis B. In their Morbidity and preventing hq>atitis B infeaion and was recover and over half contracting generally well tolerated. No serious Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC stated: hepatitis B do nor get symptoms, there is "Susceptible homosexually active males adverse reactions occurred in these no q^cific treatment and no known cure studies. should be vaccinateti [against hepatitis for hepatitis B infections. Bl regardless of their age or duration of The vaccination regimen consists of a their homosexual ixactices.'' series of three injections, the first two a / Hepatitis B may lead to month apart and the third, six months Gay men are at a high risk even more serious after the first, lb be effective, the vaccine must be given l^)efore a person of contractinghepatitis B complications gets hepatitis B. The vaccine helps In one study, from 51% to 76% of 3,816 For those who do get symptoms of prevent the disease: It is not effective as gay men seenin five sexually hepMitis B, a mild or severe ''flu-like" a treatment. ^^ suggest that you consult transmitted disease clinics had evidence sickness may continue for weeks or your docKM* to determine ifyou should of past or presem hepatitis B infection. months. Ten percent of all infections be vaccinated. Once infected, there's a 6% to 10% become long lasting (chronic) with chance c^ becoming a carrier—capable potential complications that are of passing on the virus. 'Fhe CDC sometisnes more serious than those of For more information estimated there are neariy 1 million other sexually transmitted diseases. The carriers in the United States and that serious complications include the about hepatitis B and the 100,000 of these carriers are gay men. chronic carrier state, chronic active vaccine to prevent it, h^titis, chronic persistent hq>atitis, cirrhosis, and even cancer ofthe liver. contact yourdoctoi^ clinic, Every year almost 4,000 carriers die of or the Americaa Liver cirrhosis. In addition, carriers have a risk 273 times greater than that ofthe Foundation, 998 Pompton general papulation of contracting a Avenue, Cedar Grove, iisuallv fatal form of liver cancer. NJ 07009 (201) 857-2626. This message is brought to you as a public service by The American Liver Founda^n Wliryoe •fcoehl ceeselt your doctor or chare from such people, li will noc procecf against hepa following vaccination. In rare caaes, feverove r The vaccine hdpa protect against infection titis causod by viruses ocher man bepatkis B vims. 102 '^F waa itponed. cmmtd by hqMtiiii B rinn. This vims is an No serious advene reactions were reported More generalised cocnplaims including mal iini^anani CSUK ofvirsl htpetkis^ a disease in over 6,000 individuals icceiving the vaccine in aise* fatigue, headache, nausea, di22inesa, muscie nuna^ ofthe Uver. Even nuid fonns ofthis clinical trials. The mott frequent reaction was Min, and ioim pain woe reported infrequefiUy. dksaat awy tesd tOMrious oompikrations and soreness at the point of injeoion; IcM common Rash was repocted rarehr. Af wkh any vaccine, afteteftcte, iadyding liver csnccr. There i* no local reactions included rednesa, swelling, broad uae m«y reveal adrik^mal advene reactxite. 9 \ N j.*^-*- ,m0fgi^.mtdtm^^^-ii^* ^'^b—> .ib.-*>-i»Mi»»iH^ ^^^'-^^-li^-tA-'^ -:3k 4#' -e- V'.A^im^t.-^ »(»'.»»• •- . .-i.. t ^ L». r^^rzi^iJ-^r::^ "^" *_• '^'T^^' '"^T-V""'."'* p— />>-«, a, Tl, »,,B,^i