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Give the People Light and they will find their own way. vir The Wisconsin Light ,Condoms Create Conflict at PrideFest '96 by Terry Boughner Milwaukee—By my estimation, some 100 people gathered in the Rainbow Cafe tent sponsored by Milwaukee's Shepherd Express newspaper for the June 7th ribbon cutting ceremony that would open PrideFest '96. The ceremony was to begin at 6:00 p.m. Despite the weather, people were cheerful and very upbeat, savoring this moment of triumph for the community. Few there knew how close to derailment things still were. Sixth of June - The Conflict Begins On Thursday afternoon, June 6th, the lawyer for Summerfest, Michael Kelly, informed the Milwaukee AIDS Project (MAP) that Summerfest would not allow condoms on the festival grounds. This was apparently in response to the pressure the Board was getting from Right Wing Religionists who wanted to sell or otherwise distribute bibles at PrideFest 96. Doug Nelson, MAP's Executive Director, took the call from Kelly and was Milwaukee's In Between bar entered this prize winning float in the 1996 Wisconsin Pride Parade which marched through the stunned by the demand. streets of downtown Milwaukee on June 9, 1996. Up against stiff competition, In Between's entry won a well deserved first "I was thrown back in time at least 10 years when we originally fought the battle place award in the Float Category. PLEASE SEE CONDOMS - PAGE 30 Thompson Opposes Same-Sex Marriage,

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Middleton, WI-- Wisconsin Governor lower court and has yet to be resolved. Jerry Tommy Thompson says he supports a plank Some lawmakers worry that their states in the state Republican Party's proposed plat- may have to recognize same-sex marriages of form that urges the state to make it clear that people who were married out of state. same-sex marriages will not be recognized in President Clinton has said he would sign a Wisconsin. bill that would define marriage as a "legal 'I don't feel the State of Wisconsin needs union between one man and one woman" 'for to support homosexual marriages," federal purposes and let states reject the va- Thompson told reporters Friday, June r, at lidity of same-sex marriages performed in the GOP state convention at the Holiday Inn- other states. West in Middleton. On Abortion The party's proposed platform urges state Thompson also said he would support government "to make it clear that marriage modifying the state party's platform to ac- in Wisconsin will be recognized as between a commodate Republicans who support abortion man and a woman only." rights, although he didn't plan to propose The platform was scheduled for considera- such a change. tion by the more than 1,000 delegates attend- Thompson drew national attention recently ing the three-day convention at the Holiday for saying Republicans should show they are Inn-West in Middleton. The agenda included "the party of the big tent" by adding lan- resolutions and a speech by Thompson. guage to its platform showing that while it The proposed platform reaffirms a Wiscon- opposes abortion, it tolerates opposing views. sin law that defines marriage as a civil con- The proposed platform repeats the party's Congressman Steve Gunderson and his long time companion, Rob Morris were in Milwaukee for the Chal- tract " which creates the legal status of hus- call for legislation "that would re-establish lenge Party fundraiser held on Friday June 7. The event raised thousands of dollars for several Milwaukee band and wife." The law does not mention legal protection for all human beings from Gay and Lesbian groups. (See page 3 for Wisconsin Light's exclusive interview with Mr. Gunderson and his Gay marriages. conception until natural death and affirm our partner.) Several states are considering banning support for the Human Life Amendment to same-sex marriages following a 1993 decision the U.S. Constitution." Tanqueray AIDS Ride Ignores Wisconsin; by the Hawaii Supreme Court that denying A similar plank in the national Republican marriage licenses to same-sex couples is dis- Party's platform has become a campaign issue ACT UP Milwaukee Urges Boycott criminatory. That case was sent back to a PLEASE SEE THOMPSON - PAGE 30 s. Milwaukee—A 450 mile bicycle ride throughout Wisconsin, sponsored by Tanqueray 3 Vodka to benefit people living with HIV/AIDS will run from the Twin Cities to Chicago. co z Called the "Twin Cities to Chicago AIDS Ride," it will take place July 1-6, 1996. AIDS activists in Wisconsin are angry that the AIDS community in our state will see no benefit from the event. PLEASE SEE BOYCOTT - PAGE 30 Supreme Court Strikes Down Inside The SpotLight (Pages 14 to 25) - Cincinnati's Anti • Our New Hot Line Gay Issue 3 • Our 4th of July Bash • Movie Reviews: New York, NY—On June 17th, the U.S. Supreme Court flexed the muscle in its The Monster landmark ruling against a Colorado Rock amendment to ban Gay civil rights protec- The tions and reverse a federal appeals court's The Phantom upholding of an anti-Gay charter amend- to the Doll House ment in Cincinnati (Issue 3). The action Welcome throws the Cincinnati case back to the Sixth • In The Public Eye: Circuit Court of Appeals, signaling that the Patricia Nell Warren appeals court's reasoning was fatally flawed Author and now must conform to the Constitution's • Traveling Gay Wisconsin: guarantee of equal protection—as was pow- erfully affirmed for Lesbians, Bisexuals and The Chanticleer Gay men in last month's "Romer v. Evans • You're Invited, Calendar, ruling. This action should kill Issue 3. "We convinced the federal trial court in the Night Light and More! 1994, to strike down Issue 3 based on the same longstanding constitutional principles Also inside: Seventy full The rain and strong winds on the outside didn't douse the spirits of those inside the Shepherd Express Rainbow set out by Justice Kennedy in the Colorado Café for the PrideFest '96 opening ceremonies on Friday June 7, 1996. Pictured above and ready to cut the ribbon to case," said Patricia M. Logue, managing color pictures of PrideFest open PrideFest are: Dr. Karen Lamb, wife of former Milwaukee Mayor Henry W. Maier, Rev. Lou Broyles, attorney for the Midwest Regional Office of '96 and the Pride parade! Milwaukee Police Chief Phillip Arreola and Milwaukee County Executive Tom Ament. Standing on the stage behind the Lambda Legal Defense and Education to March and (Pages 1, 2, 18, 31 & 32) them is PrideFest founder and Co-director, Bill Meunier who gave an emotional and rousing Call PLEASE SEE ISSUE 3 - PAGE 12 Celebrate. , , °,a.4.4%. Y 3. ' ty+74t, 1:;;;;r4;47.- PHOTOS BY JERRY JOHNSON June 20, 1996—July 3, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-3 Steve Gunderson and Rob Morris on Love, THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Congress, Politics and the Gay Community June 6, 1996 Retiring Congressman Steve Gunderson (R- try this year—but we will do it together. You W1), was in Milwaukee on June 7th with his take both of us or neither. partner, Rob Morris, to attend a fundraiser. I'm amazed that in a time when we're ad- Warm greetings to all those participating in the Milwauke4 Pride The Milwaukee AIDS Project (MAP) held a vocating relationships in our community, Fest . reception for them. It was prior to the recep- we're unwilling to promote the very thing we tion that Gunderson and Morris sat down to advocate. Throughout my life and during my tenure as President, I have talk with Light. RM: As a Democrat who supported Bill remained dedicated to ending discrimination and to protecting the civil rights of every citizen in our * * * Clinton, I am absolutely appalled at the De- society. More openly gay and fense of Marriage Bill, that he (Clinton) lesbian individuals are serving in my Administration than in any Wisconsin Light: Rob, what's it like be- previous couldn't explain to the American public why Administration, and their impact, both in expertise and in efforts to ing a Congressional spouse? the bill is garbage. advocate for the concerns of gay men and lesbians, Rob Morris: For 12 years? I can only tell is significant. We have increased AIDS And he didn't because the issue of his char- funding, research, and you what it's like being the spouse of a Re- educational outreach. We made history when the first acter has remained a problem and he didn't -ever briefing spouses for openly gay and lesbian elected officials was held last year. publican Congressman. I hear from want to bring that baggage to the fore. We of Democratic Congressmen and women that have also opened the door for qualified gays and lesbians to receive The Gay community needs to understand top they party hearty, but having said that, it's an security clearances. Additionally, we have made significant that it cannot achieve freedom by having ac- advancements in interesting learning experience. lesbian access to the federal public health depart- cess on one side of the aisle and being the ment. I pledge to you that I I came to Washington with little or no un- will continue striving for greater villain on the other side. By doing that, all education and compassion, working not simply to tolerate our derstanding of government. I met Steve. He we've done is make it much easier for the differences, but to celebrate them. first, that he was a Con- didn't tell me, at Religious Right to raise money in Republican gressman. I became intrigued by the process circles. As a nation committed to the ideals of equality, diversity, of politics. I maintained a distance for a good To have a friend on the Republican side and excellence, we must never give up the struggle to provide all eight years. Friends were apolitical. who will temper rhetoric from conservative of our citizens with the opportunity to reach their full potential and to As friends got sick, as hostility within the elements in the Republican Party is crucial. make their own unique contributions to our world. This century bears witness Republican Party was on the increase, I be- The education process is the only way it can to many important advances we've made toward building such a society. came more political—and more protagonistic happen. But much work remains to be done. While there is still frustration and of Steve and his Party. But I had to learn Just as you would hope that Gay and Les- misunderstanding in America today about issues affecting the lives of gays and lesbians, what the process was. bian Democrats would educate homophobic all of us It was all over easy to get information. must continue working to heighten public awareness and inclusiveness. Democrats. I Various Gay organizations realized that if firmly believe that by working together, we can make our national Homophobia occurs on both sides of the community a better place for all Americans. they couldn't get to Steve because of his other aisle. To suck into one side only, effectively duties, they could fax something to my office negates our leverage. Best wishes for a successful and memorable celebration. and it would get to him that night. ACT UP has great intentions, but they The other thing is being with someone who don't understand the difference between cares deeply, but has to function in a political stomping and politics. party that doesn't have a great deal of regard SG: If you try and build bridges in the po- for the Gay community. The result is that we litical community, you run the risk of being (Steve and I) have been victims of liberal hit from both the right and the left. Rob and I elements within the Gay community— have ACT UP on one side and the Far Right Michael Petrelis and a host of others—Is on the other. RM: I see him as there a Mr. Campbell here? (The reference is We're just like any other couple. We think a middle-aged, over- one candidate people across the political to Tim Campbell, former editor of Minnea- the two of us together is much greater than weight, very shy man. The man is incredibly spectrum will support. polis's GLC Voice). the sum of the individual parts. We build on timid in personal settings because then he's WL: Is there a political future in your not The result is that I feel much more confi- that. That's what a relationship is supposed to Speaker of the House. I don't see him as lives? dent going into a straight crowd as a Gay man be all about. the leading force behind the moralists in the SG: The answer is that I think that the po- than I do going into Gay crowd as a Gay Re- WL: What's Newt Gringrich like? Republican Party. litical process is so bogged down in sound publican. SG: I think the public personification of SG: Newt Gringrich is a intellectual vision- bites, that there's no substance in it. The Gay community tends to be as oppres- Newt Gingrich and the person are different. ary with a right wing power base. All the RM: As far as the Gay community is con- sive on one hand as the element we're fight- He has been knowingly and outwardly sup- conflicts that this represents is what the man cerned, our battles will be won in the courts. ing on the other hand. portive of us, of Rob and me. Newt has been deals with on a daily basis. Maybe Congress isn't the place to be to be My advice to anyone thinking they're going very supportive of me personally and profes- RM: He's so psychologically inept that he the most productive anymore. to pick up a spouse in Washington, is to err sionally. doesn't understand the difference between The partisan bickering overwhelms the on the Democratic side. His comments about his sister (her wed- homosexuality and alchoholism. prospect for substantive change. Steve Gunderson: It's a rather interesting ding), that's his political image rather than SG: When the intellectual side of Newt SG: Government has become so polarized dynamic because the Gay community still his personal image and I will tell him that. I comes out, I can almost guarantee you that that it's almost paralyzed. I can be more pro- wants to deal with me as a single politician, will tell him that his answer was wrong. You within two weeks, he'll take a backstep. The ductive elsewhere. and Rob and I made the decision that we will don't put politics before your family. He did. conservative political community will have spend a great deal of time traveling the coun- That was wrong. gotten to him. Left to his down devices, he would be a libertarian. ARCW AIDS Care Facility Renovated to RM: He would have the flexibility to do a whole lot more if he didn't have to babysit a Become Handicap Accessible small minority of loud, illiterates. HOMEOPATHICS WL: Bob Dole? Has he a chance? Milwaukee—The Wisconsin House, a local Americans with Disabilities Act. RM: I heard in the gym the other day that We have thousands of individual residence for 30 men and women with AIDS "I'm happy that we were able to complete it'd be Bob Dole and Sam Nunn in '96, and I & combination homeopathic rem- operated ' by the AIDS Resource Center of the renovations to make Wisconsin House en- thought what a crazy combination. edies & all the resources you Wisconsin (ARCW), has completed a reno- tirely handicap accessible," said Monica SG: No one should criticize me for being a need to pick the right remedy vation project which made the building com- Pope, ARCW Director of Housing Programs. Republican who belongs to the Party of Sam for you. pletely handicap accessible. ARCW received "We are pleased to now offer all of our cli- Nunn. government grants from both the city and the ents an opportunity to make use of such an If the election were held today, Bill Clinton county totalling $126,500 and a grant of excellent facility." would obviously win. But, a campaign is an HERBS Foundation to $35,000 from the Milwaukee ARCW also runs Milwaukee House for cli- eternity. For Dole to succeed, he has to find a We have over 200 individual help cover the cost of the work. ents with families who need temporary hous- way to appeal to a much broader base than he The Wisconsin House, created in 1993 ing. This facility has remained at full occu- has. herbs by the ounce, in tinctures, from a former convent, as reported in Wis- pancy since it opened in 1993. I think leaving the Senate was a good step. tablets & capsules. We also consin Light at the time, is a unique facility Milwaukee House, a two unit facility, aims It breaks the traditional mold. I anticipate the have an extensive selection of offering much-needed safe housing and food to keep families intact, safe, stable and his V.P. will also break the traditional mold. the finest herbal combinations. to individuals affected by HIV and AIDS. healthy by providing affordable transitional Interestingly enough, Bob Dole would have The cheerful, comfortable facility, provides housing. a lot better chance if the Republicans didn't private bedrooms for each person, which they Each 3 bedroom unit is furnished and has a control Congress. I am convinced the Ameri- !SUPPLEMENTS can decorate with their own things if they fully equipped kitchen where families can can people do not want one party governing We stock high quality vitamins, wish. prepare meals. Families stay at Milwaukee everything, anymore, period. There is a commodious, shared kitchen and House until they are able to find permanent WL: Running mate? Any insights? minerals, green foods, antioxi- common areas, including a recreation room housing and have a steady source of income. SG: I don't think anything has changed. If dants & generic supplements. and living room, each filled with artwork and During that time, ARCW case managers help they can convince Colin Powell to be Dole's numerous plants. residents get the services they need to stabi- running mate, it's a done deal for all the right RESOURCES Two ARCW staff members, who supervise lize the family. reasons. It is historical, it is quality. He is the Wisconsin House 16 hours each day, have We have been Madison's source daily contact with each resident to evaluate for homeopathics, herbs & their health and to help to meet their needs. supplements for over 10 years. ARCW hosts support groups at Wisconsin We have an extensive health House and residents can plan recreational outings and activities. 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91, '"' 10.1y, "1.0'00!)W** June 20, 1996—July 3, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-4 people say how great it was to see the Rain- If the President or the Dole/Gingrich ilk has bow Flags flying proudly in the wind. I know evidence that gay marriages are a real threat to our Editorial what they meant. Coming down Chicago families, then they are obligated to present it, Street, seeing the semicircle of Rainbow instead of pandering to the bigotry and unfairness of Flags, sent a shiver down my spine. They the right. The choice in 1996 appears to be MAP and ACT UP: were beautiful. Others saw that too. between two followers, rather than between leaders. So, while the Twin Cities claim to have the Unfortunately, Dole and Clinton are missing an A Stand on Principle biggest Pride Celebration in the Midwest, opportunity to foster and reward responsible loving while New York and San Francisco sniff and gay relationships for the sake of political We were as enthusiastic about PrideFest as it was possible to be. We fully shared everyone's say there's really nothing of consequence be- positioning, distancing, and posturing, based upon pride and pleasure at the move to the Henry W Maier Festival Park (Summerfest grounds), but tween the river and the bay, here in Wiscon- stereotype and myth rather than upon fact. we would have been willing to give it up. sin, we can be proud, damned proud. However, if you believe the so-called gay In the last minute upheaval over whether condoms could be distributed on the Summerfest We should thank all those who labored community should be made the Sister Soldier of grounds at PrideFest, we shared with the Milwaukee AIDS Project (MAP) and ACT UP the mightily to bring the Festival off. They done 1996 by Clinton, Inc., over same sex marriages, position that condoms and safer sex materials had to be available and distributed at PrideFest good. then perhaps you will find William Jefferson come what may. A Few Suggestions Clinton the cats patootie in 1996. Clinton will win We shared their position that to even think of holding a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Undoubtedly, the Pride Committee is going without the gay vote, so why not take the event like PrideFest and not have condoms and safer sex literature in distribution, is incon- through its own rigorous dissection of the opportunity to tell politicians that family values and ceivable, cruel and uncaring—and out of touch with reality. event. What was good, what was not, what human dignity are not political chips to be toyed If they can hand out condoms in People's China, why not at Wisconsin's PrideFest? should be changed, what should be left as it with in America. Hum? Certainly it would have been a harsh price to pay if the distribution of condoms had resulted was. To that very necessary dialogue, may I Rand Knox in PrideFest not being held on the Summerfest grounds—or closed down on the spot, as was add a few suggestions. San Rafael, CA threatened. But harsh as that price would have been, we believe that it would have to have • Press releases to the media, both alter- been paid—and, we believe, have been cheap at the price. native and mainstream, should and In this day of AIDS, condoms and knowledge of safer sex is quite literally a matter of life must improve. Quite frankly, this year Deadlines and death. No festival is worth the price of risking one life. Rather than have that happen, it media arrangements were pathetic. would have been better that PrideFest have been held out on the street. Press releases should be on-time and July 4th Issue We do not believe that this is an exaggeration. Condoms and safer sex knowledge can pre- complete. No more 3 sentence blurbs (distributed July 2') vent the spread of HIV. HIV leads to AIDS and AIDS leads to death. There is no cure in PLEASE SEE PRIDEFEST - PAGE 30 Articles - June 27th sight. Ads - June 29' We heartily commend the Milwaukee AIDS Project for standing on principle. Part of their mission is to do anything and everything that they possibly can prevent the spread of HIV. By their stand, they upheld that. Letters July 18th Issue We also heartily commend ACT UP for the stand that they took. Their reason for being is Articles—July 12th the, struggle against AIDS. For them not to have taken the stand that they did, would have meant they were betraying their highest ideals. Open Letter to Ads—July 16th Both MAP and ACT UP stood on principle. They were loyal to their ideals of helping save PrideFest 4 lives. By taking the stand that they did, they served our community well. We applaud them for Give the People Light and they that and we are proud to have been able to stand beside them. On behalf of the many parents, families and friends who have been a part of PFLAG- willfi nd their own way. Where Were They? Milwaukee since its inception in 1989, I would like to thank the PrideFest Committee for the Commu- After thanks is given to all the hard-working people who made PrideFest '96 possible; to the nity Service Award presented at PrideFest 1996. The sponsors; to the Summerfest Board for standing up to volumes of vitriolic criticism for renting We exist because you exist and there are cultural the grounds in the first place, what we want to know was where were the rest? negatives that exist. PFLAG-Milwaukee began Wisconsin On Saturday morning, June 8th, some 50 or so religious extremists stood red-eyed, dripping opening its own closet door a year ago at PrideFest hatred in the rain. Kluxers without the hoods, they forced decent people to walk a gamut of '95. Since then the door has opened wider and evil signs and thrust out hands, trying to shove their brand of religion down people's throats. more parents have walked through that door. Light In the process, they caused fear and made many feel less than who they are. When one is raised with conflicting messages, the We were under some impression that one of the cardinal beliefs of most, if not all faiths, negative ones tend to wield the greater impact and was the dignity of human beings. We believed that love and courage were at the core of faith. control of how we relate and express ourselves. Those protesters called themselves "Christians." Okay, so where were the "other Chris- The fear of "What will they think?" or "What will tians," those who believe in dignity, those who believe that the essence of God is love? happen?", has controlled many aspects of our lives There's an absence of political leadership in this state and nation. Few there are who doubt for many years. that. There's also a sad lack of religious leadership as well, it seems. But we can personally attest to the power that These religious extremists with their hate speech cause death. They destroy Gay teens, they comes from openness, trust, honesty, and love— ruin AIDS prevention (It's God's punishment, etc.). they are the true forces of empowerment. And it is Catholics, Protestants, Jews, people of faith, where were they? And where have their pro- most liberating to live each day with that kind of tests been since? power as the motivating force. The Cream City Foundation So we as parents and friends will continue to support, to speak out, to educate, to advocate for Executive & Editorial Offices you and your rights—until such a time as PFLAG On of the organizations in our community that doesn't toot its own horn enough is the Cream 1843 N. Palmer City Foundation (CCF). As was pointed out in the last issue of the paper, each year, the will no longer need to exist. Foundation gives thousands and thousands of dollars to worthwhile community projects. Elna Hickson Milwaukee, WI 53212 A good example is PrideFest. PFLAG-Milwaukee (414) 372-2773 CCF has always been a major sponsor of PrideFest. This year was no exception. The Foun- dation's help has been immeasurable and has done tremendous good. PrideFest Needs to LIGHT FAX: (414) 372-1840 Someone said one time, "Well, when all else fails, we can always count on the Foundation." Okay. That's true. But they can only help the community if the community helps them. Explain Office Hours: When you're making out your will, remember the Foundation. Monday-Friday-10:00 a.m. -5:30 TO p.m. When the Foundation holds its annual telethon, give as generously as you can. THE EDITOR: 24-Hour Recording When you're asked to give at work, through ACHOICE or some other program, remember Now that PrideFest 1996 is over, I hope the Publisher to target your giving to the Foundation. PrideFest Board will explain clearly why it saw fit Jerry Johnson Do this knowing that your money stays here to help this community. Give as much—and as to remove co-director Bill Meunier from his re- often—as you can. sponsibilities seven weeks before the festival he has Executive Editor. Let Pride not be a thing of a weekend in June, but something you do all year through. devoted years of his life to building took place. Terry Boughner, Ph.D. I hope the Board will put its reasons in writing On ACT UP for publication in your paper. Arts & Entertainment Editor and Tanqueray I have worked for the festival as stage manager Geno since the Advertising Manager As the scope of AIDS widens and the burdens it brings grow greater by the year, AIDS festival's second year in Cathedral Square until this year Service Organizations (ASO) struggle to keep up. Time was when AIDS was confined almost when I regretfully resigned to protest Jerry Johnson Bill's completely to the Gay male community, but no more. The disease has spread into other popu- removal. 372-2773 lations, women and minorities to name two. I know from the experience of working closely with him just Time was, too, when relatively small fundraisers were enough, but that hasn't been true for what Bill has done for our festival. I also awhile and it won't be true again. The costs involved in prevention efforts, research, housing, know that he is a man of honesty and integrity. There is no doubt in my mind that his clarity of vi-. care, paid staff, help purchasing badly needed drugs, equipment, and a great deal else run into Columnists sion and unbelievably hard work are the main and Reporters the millions—and millions. rea- Glenn Bishop, sons that the festival has grown as it has. Eugene "Geno" Brzenk, Fundraisers are still important, very much so, but few ASOs could survive on them alone. Ph.D., Sue Bringing the festival to the Burke, Jason Jellison, Karen This is why government and corporate dollars—and the efforts it takes to get them—is so im- Summerfest grounds, Lamb, making it more fun and Ph.D., Bill Meunier, John Quinlan, portant. more inclusive than ever, Carl but without losing its Szatmary There are some corporations, like Miller Brewery, which are helping, here in Wisconsin and profoundly serious purpose, has been Bill's nationwide. (We are not a Donatist in this. We don't care what the motivation is. People are dream for year, a dream he has being helped. That's all that matters.) worked like a madman to realize. To tear that from Associated Press That is what is him seven weeks before the event, as the PrideFest p puzzling about Tanqueray. Are they not big enough to spread their help Board did, was around? Why should they ignore us in Wisconsin? Would the Twin Cities and Chicago get less cruel and completely unnecessary, Copyright © 1996 as far as I can see. because we get some needed help too? Why can Miller help all over the country, and Tan- By Novo Graphics, Ltd. queray cannot? It smells of power grabbing and personal ven- dettas that are irrelevant to our festival. THE WISCONSIN LIGHT is published biweekly by NOVO We believe that as governments—local, state, and federal—must be lobbied—often very GRAPHICS. . LTD.. with offices at 1843 N. Palmer, The festival is too forcefully—Tanqueray must be as well. This is why we support ACT UP Milwaukee is its ef- important to be tarnished by Milwaukee. WI 53212. Advertising and copy deadline is the this kind of ugliness. I want to be able to feel proud Aursday- prior to publication. Opinions expressed by forts to get Tanqueray to be a good citizen of Wisconsin. They do business here. Why can't writers in WISCONSIN UGHT are not necessarily those of they help here? of PrideFest again. I hope the Board will explain its the publisher, editor, or our advertisers. Any reference actions in regard to Bill in all honesty, so that the made to any individual or organization should not be construed as an indication of the same's sexual or affection community can judge whether these actions were orientation or preference. All copy, text, design, photos, and fair and justified, and whether the festival was truly illustrations in advertisements are published with the better for taking them. understanding that the advertiser is fully authorized and has Editor's Note secured proper written consent for the use of names, Personally, I don't believe their arguments will pictures. or testimonials of any living person, and withstand even mild scrutiny, and I certainly don't WISCONSIN LIGHT may lawfully publish and cause such' publication to be made; and the advertiser agrees by The Weekend That Was believe that our festival is better for what they did. submitting ads to indemnify and save blameless the John Schneider publication of any error that may be contained in said ad. There is, I think, no doubt about it. WISCONSIN LIGHT does not accept any responsibility for. standing there playing Solitaire. There was, Milwaukee any claims made by advertisers. The entire contents of PrideFest '96 was a success. Not a smash- the vendor said, nothing much else to do. WISCONSIN LIGHT are © Copyrighted and protected ing success, the weather prevented that, but under the Federal Copyright Act and International' On Sunday, Channel 4 News reported that Clinton/Dole Conventions. Reproduction of any portion of any issue will one of which we can all feel proud. at about 3:00 p.m., there were only 25 people not be permitted without express written permission of For example, PrideFest may not have at- NOVO GRAPHICS. LTD. Legal venue is Milwaukee County. at the gazebo in Marquette Park. TO THE EDITOR: Wisconsin. Printed in the U.S.A. tracted the expected numbers of people, but The reason for PrideFest's numbers, I Notwithstanding "cool headed rhetoric" about nearly 10,000 over-all is certainly a respect- think, was that it was an event people really voting for Clinton to avoid another conservative able number, Subscribe to especially considering that wanted to attend. They were there to see and appointment to the Supreme Court, and about someone had to be a cross between the An- be seen, to be entertained, to eat, to generally Clinton doing more than any other President for gay cient Wisconsin Light Mariner and Nannook of the North to have a good time. But there was more. issues, the so called gay vote, left and right, would attend. 1 Year (25 issues) People attended PrideFest because they be better served by staying home or voting third PrideFest First Class $24.95 certainly outdid River Splash. On needed to be there, needed to be among their party in 1996, for the bigger message it would sent Saturday a friend wandered down Water own, needed to feel good about themselves. to politicians about family and individual values and Third Class $11.95 Street and saw a vendor at his booth. He was Out and about on Saturday night, I heard human dignity. June 20, 1996—July 3, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-5 A Note from the Publisher's Desk Put Politics Aside And Get the Stadium Built

By Jerry Johnson By coming down firmly on both sides of the The Milwaukee Brewers are a major asset fence, Thompson has succeeded in alienating for Milwaukee and for Wisconsin. They both supporters and opponents of Miller bring millions of dollars into the local Park. economy and provide our state with a big Even more inexplicable are the actions (or league image. lack of action) by Milwaukee's Mayor John Brewer players are involved in a variety of Norquist. One Stadium Board member, social causes. Milwaukee AIDS Project Elaine Kraut, said that she refused to vote for Executive Director, Doug Nelson, says that the package because the Mayor of the city the fund raisers headed by Brewer owner, with the most gain from its passage refused to Bud Selig, his wife, and his players have support it. raised over $1,500,000 since 1991 alone. Its no secret that Norquist would prefer a "They've helped us enormously in the fight Downtown site for Miller Park. Its also no against AIDS." secret that such a site does not now exist. Nelson's figures don't even include the Does anyone remember the fight over the thousands that will be raised at MAP's annual Bradley Center site? golf outing in September. The outing will Does the Mayor really think the Brewers include every member of the Brewers' team. can afford to stand by and lose more money Nelson says "We can't afford to lose the in an outdated facility while court battles, The Southeast Wisconsin AIDS Project (SEWAP) held its annual cruise on Lake Geneva on Saturday June Brewers." environmental soil and noise tests etc. carry 15. Enjoy the scenery are (1 to r) Stu Rau, SEWAP representative on the ARCW Board of Directors, Doug Nelson is absolutely correct. In a day and on for three or four more years of delays? Nelson, Executive Director, and Michael Obinger, Director of SEWAP. The cruise raised thousands of age when so many young people need heroes, As Mayor of Milwaukee, Norquist stands dollars for the fight against AIDS. the Milwaukee Brewers have provided a to gain the most by keeping the Brewers here. shining example of caring not only in the His lack of leadership on the Stadium issue fight against AIDS but in other worthwhile threatens to rupture the strong partnership he In an Election Year, Clinton Takes Steps to causes as well. has developed with Milwaukee's business For these reasons and more we are angry community. Court the Gay Community over the Stadium Board's rejection of the Nothing said by their spokespersons will Miller Park financing package. We are es- excuse the conduct of Norquist and Thomp- San Francisco-- Hundreds of Gay rights Act (DOMA) if passed, has angered many of pecially outraged over the lack of leadership son on this issue. If the Brewers leave demonstrators, many waving signs and his Gay supporters. He has taken steps to try shown by Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist Wisconsin (as now appears likely), a more shouting slogans, gathered near the home of and mend fences. and the backtracking by Governor Tommy than substantial heap of blame can be laid Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Sunday night, June For example, Clinton granted an interview Thompson on the issue of a new Brewer directly at their door steps. 9th, to protest President Clinton's opposition to The Advocate, thus becoming the only Stadium. It's time they both did the job they were to same-sex marriages. President to talk with any Lesbian or Gay After shepherding enabling legislation elected to do, that is represent the best On a brief visit to San Francisco, Clinton publication. The interview appears in the through the State Legislature, Thompson has interests of the people who put them in office was at the Democratic senator's home to at- most recent issue. all but abandoned the team. His opposition to the voters. One of those voters brought a tend a private fund-raiser after an environ- In the lengthy interview, conducted by The an economically sound financing package put sign to County Stadium. We hardily agree mental speech at the Presidio. Advocate's Washington correspondent, J. together by Milwaukee's Business community with his sentiments. His sign read "Norquist: Police barricades kept protesters across the Jennings Moss, Clinton says, "I am proud resulted in four of his Stadium Board ap- Two strikes, no balls." street from Feinstein's residence in the ritzy that my administration has more openly Gay pointees voting to kill that package. Presidio Heights neighborhood. The crowd of and Lesbian individuals serving in appointed about 200 was loud but not unruly and there positions than any previous administration . . Wisconsin United Methodists Vote to were no reports of arrests. Clinton spent about 2 1/2 hours at the "My administration," Clinton points out, senator's home and then flew to San Diego. "has taken more steps than any previous in Become a Reconciling Conference Among the protest signs spotted earlier bringing the Gay and Lesbian communities to were: "Human beings are not Political Cur- the table." Harris By Kristin Knudson "We need to ask ourselves, 'Do we want to rency" and You Have Betrayed Us Clin- The President lists among his accomplish- im- Madison—The text was short, but the be open, in the name of Christ, to all?"' the ton." ments, increased funding for AIDS, and his as pact will be felt throughout the church Rev. Harvey B. Delery challenged. Oakland resident Arwyn Moore said she endorsement of a Gay and Lesbian civil rights record as Wisconsin United Methodists go on Within United Methodism, Wisconsin joins attends few protests but was outraged when bill. being a Reconciling Conference. only four other Annual Conferences that have Clinton made his announcement. Over and over again in the interview, we were only With a brief reminder that taken a stand as being Reconciling Confer- 'It doesn't make sense," said Moore, 23. Clinton speaks of his strong belief in equal resolved" sec- voting on the "Therefore be it ences: New York; California-Nevada; North- 'He's trying to say he supports equal rights rights for all. "God's love is extended to all Con- tion of the brief resolution, the Annual ern Illinois; and the Troy Conference. Pend- for Gays...(But) we can't get married. You people," the President said. He remains, be a ference resolved that it "declare itself to ing this year are votes to be taken by the Des- can't go halfway with equal rights." however, against same-sex marriage. peo- Reconciling Conference, welcoming all ert Southwest and the New England Annual The President and his advisors are well "I remain opposed to same-sex marriage. I by a large majority, ple into its churches, Conferences at their sessions. aware, sources in Washington say, that his believe that marriage is an institution for the the resolution to following an effort to refer As the vote was being taken, questions decision to sign the "Defense of Marriage union of a man and a woman," the President Society. the Board of Church and were raised regarding the "Transforming says. "For the past 15 years we have done a very Congregation/Conference program, a pro- good job of not making a decision on this is- gram which, according to board member Why now? quoted in an article by Jeff Yar- sue," said the Rev.. Carly Kuntz during the Rev. Tom Lambrecht, is one in which the SEWAP's Twilight Moss, as Advocate's Editor in Chief, debate. "For once, we need to say where we church is open to all, but seeks to offer the brough, The answer is to try and bring Gays home are—whatever the vote—where we are right transforming power of Christ to Gay men, Cruise is a says the Cocktail fold. now." Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgenders. to the Democratic the community dur- Becoming a Reconciling Congregation or "He incited passion in Smashing Success election," Moss is quoted as say- Conference is largely a symbolic act which ing his last ing, "and he thinks this interview will do that Milwaukee AIDS doesn't affect Conference polity, but puts the Milwaukee—The Sixth Annual Cruise on for him again." Conference on record as being welcoming to Lake Geneva sponsored as a benefit by the Moss said that the President's intent was to Gay men, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Trans- Southeast Wisconsin AIDS Project Project to Host convey the message that, "Look at my overall genders. It also provides an opportunity for a (SEWAP), held on June 15', by any defini- record. I'm still here for you." representative from Wisconsin to serve on the tion, was a success. African- American Clinton is reaching out to the Lesbian, Bi- board of the Reconciling Congregation pro- The weather was perfect, warm, with sexual and Gay community in other ways as gram. bright sun. Lake Geneva, located in Wal- well. Forum The vote reflects the spirit of a statement worth County in the southeastern part of the For example, for the first time since it be- signed by seven denominational leaders from state, was fairly placid—calm by most ac- Milwaukee— The Milwaukee AIDS Project gan, Wisconsin's PrideFest was the recipient throughout Wisconsin. counts. will host an African American of a letter of greeting from Clinton. The letter (MAP) The statement signed by Rev. R. Burke Approximately 150 people set sail at 5:30 Forum on Saturday, June 22, was read to those attending PrideFest '96 on Community Johnson, President of the Western District, for a three hour tour. 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the DNR Sunday, June 9, by State Rep. Tammy Bald- from Moravian Church; Rev. Harold H. Murry, Along the banks of the lake, set back on building, 2300 N. Martin Luther King Jr. win, and is reprinted elsewhere in this issue. Executive Presbyter, John Knox Presbytery, beautifully manicured grounds, stand the Drive. The purpose of the forum is to allow The original letter will be placed in the Presbyterian Church (USA); the Right Rev. stately mansions of Chicago millionaires built members of the African American community PrideFest office, Wisconsin Light was told. Roger J. White, Bishop, Diocese of Milwau- during the Gilded Age when ostentation was a formal opportunity to provide input and a kee, Episcopal Church; Rev. Frederick R. virtue, not a vice. feedback on MAP's programs and services. Trost, President, Wisconsin Conference, Those on the cruise saw the Wrigley man- "There is such a high incidence of HIV United Chruch of Christ; Rev. Jon Enslin, sion (chewing gum fame), a regal residence Come see the infection within the African American Bishop, South Central Synod of Wisconsin, where the Mrs. Potter Palmer would have fit community that a check in with community Ballet the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; right in. Milwaukee members is an invaluable tool to MAP in the Rev. George Daniels, Executive Minister, As luck- would have it, the Wrigley's had shaping of our programs," said Monica Pope, perform FREE of Wisconsin; and just launched their yacht. Built in 1910, it is a co-organizer of the forum and MAP's American Baptist Churches Rader. mahogany beauty that is reminiscent of the :7' all year long. Director of Housing Services. "Our purpose Bishop Sharon Zimmerman r they "urge our Czar's "Northstar." hear what people have to say about the Bishop Rader stated that (prac ce, that is) is to welcome to One person was heard to comment, "Shows about HIV and AIDS, and to learn congregations to extend a caring agency, families what a little chewing gum can get you." the information that is shared." Gay and Lesbian persons and their from places for As was seen, however, the possession of African American Community Forum and to offer themselves as safe The our money does not guarantee taste. More than three scheduled forums. The those who are persecuted or harassed in is the second of one of those houses along the lake—the more the Gay and Lesbian society. first, involving modern ones at least—looked like the materi- occurred last November. A third community, als had been bought at Neiman Marcus, while Hispanic/Latino community, YOUR NEXT VEHICLE forum, for the BUY the design had been purchased at Target. for later this year. will be scheduled WILL Those on the cruise were feted with lavish will include informational FROM US AND WE The forum buffets from which they could help them- about HIV and AIDS and MAP presentations DONATE $250 TO THE selves, while listening to the music of Jerry lea &Ara programs and services, and will include a Grillo and company, softly performed, com- question and answer session with MAP staff. PROJECT MILWUAKEE AIDS mensurate with the placidity of the day. "As a multicultural agency, MAP is Grillo is one of Milwaukee's most popular committed to direct, open communication • Rent to Purchase Program musicians. with the communities we are serving," .said Trade-ins Welcome In addition to the food, the music and the Doug Nelson, AIDS Resource Center of • splendid view, there were raffle prizes to be Wisconsin, Inc. (ARCW) Executive Director. • Financing Welcome FINE MEXICAN CUISINE • 7 DAYS A WEEK won. All proceeds went to benefit SEWAP's "The devastation of HIV and AIDS is Warranties Available 734 South 5th Street • Service work helping people with HIV/AIDS. Some widespread and affects all segments of our 282-9223 (414) $18,000 was said to have been raised. 645-9888 community. We must be able to identify from the E 4739 S. 27th St. SEWAP is a service agency of the AIDS Corner of 5th & NaUonal, across community needs and shape our programs Milwaukee Ballet WI 53221 Center of Wisconsin. accordingly." V Arn° REM" Greenfield, Resource June 20, 1996—July 3, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-6 What a Weekend It Was, a Family Affair; A Few Observations on PrideFest 96 By Terry Boughner were women and men, the old and the young. "What month is this?" I heard someone People brought their children. Thank heav- ask. ens, I thought. What a wonderful learning "January," her partner replied, sinking experience. At least the kids won't grow up deeper into her thick, winter coat. with narrow minds. The problem with that was that it wasn't The only sad note for me comes when I re- January at all. It was the 7" of June. Yet, as member that I've been to every Pride cele- someone else joked, the glacier had been bration so far and always there are people not sighted forming just to the north, they might there who were there the year before. . have been excused. It was cold, core cold, as I run into a young man I know. His name one observer described it. A bitter wind doesn't matter. "I am dying," he says, and blew, howling in off Lake Michigan, flinging before I can reply, he lashes out at the whole sleet-like rain into everybody's face. community. "They are to blame," he snaps. This was the inauspicious beginning of "Not me. I didn't cause this AIDS thing. You PrideFest 96 held for the first time on Mil- did!" He turns on his heel and walks away. waukee's the Henry W. Maier Festival He is wrong. I know that. But when are grounds. Yet, I heard more than one person they going to find a way to stop this damned say, "Hey, it's raining on all the church fes- disease? tivals too." A response, I guess, to the Right There were people, I think as I watch him Wing's saying that the weather was a sign of go, who did not want condoms handed out at God's disapproval of PrideFest. PrideFest—and those who were willing to go Friday, June 7 along with that. Had that been allowed to Ribbon Cutting happen and one person come down with HIV Some 75 to 100 people gathered for the as a result, one could say that the person's 6:00 p.m. opening ceremonies in the Rain- life would have been on our hands. bow Café tent, sponsored by Milwaukee's I didn't see all of the many acts, and I Shepherd Express newspaper. Among the didn't get to all the booths, not by far. But dignitaries was Milwaukee County Executive, what I saw, I liked—and two acts, especially. Tom Ament, Milwaukee Chief of Police One was Ladybelle Bradley. Appearing as Phillip Areola and his wife, and Dr. Karen part of what the schedule called "The Satur- Lamb, wife of the late Mayor Henry W. day Night Gayla," Ladybelle was great. Maier for whom the grounds are named. The second was the Pageant Productions With the wind so strong that it threatened to presentation. Maybe Ladybelle was a part of take the tent off its moorings, Ament pro- that, I'm not sure, but they put one a first claimed June 7, 8 and 9, Pride Weekend in class production with a patriotic theme that Milwaukee County. was polished, professional and, in a word, Chief of Police Areola greeted the crowd superb. warmly, introduced his wife, and with a nod The fireworks, courtesy of Miller Brewery, to the blustering weather, spoke of the im- really are great. Am I wrong or at one point portance of the sun shining inside. do I see a Q formed in the sky? Perhaps it's I sat, shivering, buried in a coat I'd bor- only my imagination, but I hope it's not. rowed from a friend, and wondered at the Hundreds and hundreds of people stand by changes that had come about. Here was the the lakeside, ohhh, ahhh, and applaud. To the Chief of Police greeting PrideFest, while only northwest, River Splash tries to compete with The cover of the June 17 New Yorker magazine shows two sailors kissing in a take off on the famous Life a little over 10 years ago, Chief Brier, petty their own show, but I think it's hopeless. This magazine photo showing a straight couple kissing during the V-J Day celebration at New York's Time tyrant that he was, would have raided the night belongs to us. Square. event and arrested us all. When the last star has burst and its light is and Dr. Lamb, PrideFest's first Grand Marshal, gone from the sky, it's off to the bars. "What some of the paint comes off and his hands There are religious-themed floats and ban- spoke movingly of her husband'S founding of would you like?" one bartender asks. pants take on a rainbow look. ners, a group of marchers from Bi-Definition, Milwaukee's festivals. PrideFest at the Maier "To get warm," I tell him. Up a little further, I stop to look at a drill female impersonators in glittering costumes, Their routine is Festival grounds, she said, would have ful- Every year, the Saturday night of PrideFest team from Chicago perform. leather people, old people, young people, filled his dream of a diversity of festivals. is the time to be in the bars. There's a special perfect, from what I can see, and the smiles women and men, children, African- The ribbon cutting ceremony followed. The excitement there then, a kind of effervescence on their faces, radiant. Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanic- ribbon was pink—what else—with black let- you can feel at no other time. It's like the I intended to go to the head of march, but Americans, and a whole lot more. get there, tering saying this was PrideFest '96, a nice holidays with the family all at home. the parade gets started before I can We are a family. We bicker like a family, touch, I thought. It was a nice touch, too, that This year is no exception. The bars are so I go back to the main gate to watch it come we argue, some of us get along, some of us anyone who wanted could take a little snippet packed with revelers. Some were at in. do not. But, when it comes right down to it, as a souvenir. PrideFest, others were not, kept away by the Down Chicago Street it comes, led by a we are family. This parade and the entire After that, Jerry asked me what I was going weather. But whether there or not, everyone lone piper playing "The Campbells are festival is living proof of that. to do? I told him that I was going someplace, seems caught up in the magic—not too strong Coming. The martial sounds of that Scots anyplace, to get warm. a word, I don't think—of the time. anthem are made to stir the soul. Before I left, however, I did stay long "Happy PrideFest" or "Happy Pride." Later, I ask one of the parade directors who The "New Yorker" enough to hear the Singsationals. I love their People greet each other this way, in much the the piper is. He tells me no one knows, that year, pipes the parade rendition of "Jose Quervo." To my mind, same tone of voice one would use for the he just appears every Puts a Gay Spin On route and then is gone. I remind my- they are really great. I mean that. I never holidays. along its of fiction about that give compliments lightly. "Were you there?" someone asks me. I tell self to write a piece someday. a Famous 'Life' Saturday, June 8 her that I was. "How many were there?" I Alan Eslinger drives the car car- On Saturday morning, some 40-50 Right tell her Jerry estimates 4-5,000. "That's As usual, rying the Grand Marshals, this year, Robert Magazine Photo Wing Religionists showed up at the Summer- great! I really wanted to go. I was going to Virginia Savrnoch. One thing is puzzling. fest grounds gate. Their appearance was not go, but the weather, you know? Next year and year, Alan has driven his classic New York, NY--The New Yorker is rais- unexpected, and there they were, carrying I'm going to be there if I have to crawl." Every other is it? ing eyebrows again—with a cover showing their hate signs and trying to ram their par- Sunday, June 9 white T-bird. Where he explains that the T-bird had an oil two male sailors locked in a passionate kiss in ticular brand of religion down everyone's The Parade Later mechanic assured Times Square. throat. More clouds, more rain, more cold. Add to leak. He had it fixed. The fixed. But just that morning when The provocative sketch is a take-off of the I don't want to give them too much press. my five layers of clothing, my thick winter him it was his garage to get it, he found a famous Life magazine photograph by Alfred They don't deserve that. But one man was ar- coat. he went out to puddle of oil underneath it. His frustration is Eisenstaedt, who shot a euphoric World War rested when he stood by the ticket booth and The parade is scheduled to start at noon. H sailor kissing a nurse in the square on V-J tried to shove tracts in people's hands. An- Jerry and I get to the grounds at about 10:30 obvious. The cars from the Great Lakes Classic car Day. other of them was carted off of the grounds so. He goes off to take pictures. I get in or club parade slowly by. "My God, I remem- The cover of the June 17 issue now on the itself. line for coffee. Forty-five minutes later—by ber when those things were new," Jim says newsstands, also appears to be a comment on The problem they created was that going my watch—I get a cup and go off to watch the recent compromise under which Lesbians through them was intimidating for some. and shakes his head. the line-up. It is only then, I think, that I be- The Dykes on Bikes go roaring by. Impres- and Gay men can serve in the military only if For example, that afternoon, I met a couple gin to get "the goose bumps," as a friend of they keep their sexual orientation private. The who said they were Bisexual. The woman had sive, to say the least, as is the contingent mine says. from the Lesbian Avengers. It's great to see color sketch by cartoonist Barry Blitt is titled been fearful because she'd run into Right Rainbow flags are everywhere, their colors "Don't Ask," and the policy is known in- Wing protesters in front of an abortion clinic. them both. bright despite the lack of sun. The 10% float So too is ACT UP impressive, somberly so, formally as "don't ask, don't tell." She wanted me to thank Pride Co-Chair Bill goes slowly by, playing "Born Free." I think In recent years, the New Yorker has drawn Meunier, for going out and escorting them reminding the crowd by their sever de- I am about to cry. meanor, of the seriousness of the battle that debate by tackling current topics with the hip through the "gamut," as she called it. I see Curt Peck of In Between yank a tar- edge of its British-born editor, Tina Brown. Saturday had one thing going for it: it must be fought against AIDS. paulin from his bar's float. In the process, Among the floats which caught my eye: Since she arrived from the celebrity-studded wasn't raining and the wind had died down. Vanity Fair four years ago, the New Yorker But the clouds glowered and it was still cold. The M&M Club float. Before it came the guys dressed up like M&Ms. Along the side has taken on her in-your-face style. On Friday, I'd worn a sweater and thin shirt, PRIDEFEST 496 A 1994 issue featured a Hasidic Jew em- this time I figured that I knew better. I lay- of the float is a banner reading, "Celebrating 20 years of Pride." This year marks the bracing a black woman—an image that infu- ered up five deep. Still, it wasn't enough. riated both some Blacks and some Jews. That I got to the grounds in the late afternoon AWARDS popular bar's 20th anniversary. The Possum Queen float with its rainbow cover not only broke the religious taboo for- and went wandering around. Overheard in bidding an ultra-Orthodox Jewish , man to passing: Marching Unit bedecked figure of a possum on the truck roof, is great. I love it. touch a woman in public, but also pushed the "It's too cold. People have too much on." 1' —ROTC-Chicago race button. "Wonder where the Mama Roux's float goes gliding by, a bold Mayor is?" 2' —ARCW Under Brown, the magazine has printed "Next time, I wear and imaginative statement of Pride. pants. The f**king 3" —Riverwest Rainbow Association nude photos and four-letter words, unheard wind blows right up my skirt." And the re- The ARCW float is big, and brave with rainbow colors, so bright that it almost hurts of in the history of the 71-year-old publica- sponse was, "Yeah, but doesn't it feel Float tion. good?" the eyes to look at them. 1a—In Between "Quit complaining. This is summer in Wis- The Cream City Squares float looks pure FOR THE LATEST consin." 2'1—Walkers Point Café southwest-country, as it should. And who is "Well, his mother died awhile back, which 3"—MCC that hunk sitting astride a bale of straw? was near my birthday, and then he inherited Just Us outdid themselves. I wave to • Info On Tonight's Events her estate, so I moved in, which was before Car George Prentice from La Cage, but he David got together with Bryan. That was af- 1'`—M&M Club doesn't see me. • Update on Our Calendar ter he broke up with Tom . . ." 2"—Shoreline This is the biggest Pride Parade ever, 1 am On a T-shirt: "Save a horse, ride a cow- told, commensurate with coming to the Sum- 3"—La Cage boy." merfest grounds. Rick and Sheldon, the Pa- Call One thing really impressed me as I walked Special Creativity Award rade Directors, have, I think, done a wonder- (414)299-0857 through the crowd. That was all the different ful job. Queen Committee The Wisconsin Light variety of people. There were African- Possum I think too, as I watch, huddled into. my Americans, Hispanics and Asians. There Source: Pride Parade Coordinators coat, of all the incredible diversity on display. Spotline June 20, 1996—July 3, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-7 Supreme Court Ruling Expected to Bolster Dykes To Watch Out For Wide Range of Gay Rights Cases IF Yod RAISE DE- UR STEADFAST COLTuRAL cAiR I babW.IT l.WES AtE floc. I FE-ELA O DLt TO AlkoUimp most* OBLIGATION WoRRER5 ENGAGED TD'MARE MyEMPwyEeS, New York — The ME VEUARS, WE AIGHTA1 Bur THE FACT IS, WE'RE NOT DOING victory in the Supreme Dohrn, co-counsel with the ACLU in the case IN A RATHER GRIM Nay ‘,Eu.. Court abolishing Colorado's unconstitutional pending in the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, WEIL NorEvEw NAVE T Wilt To cur EXPEWSEsAHDTHIS IS 1HE STAFFMEETING... HEALTH INSURAHCE! ONLY -TRW, LIFT-RO CUT Amendment 2 "reverberates through "Our challenge now is to persuade the courts Lambda's docket ill 3 and will affect all cases examining the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy involving discrimination against Lesbians and that it is based entirely on prejudice and Gay men," said Beatrice Dohrn, Legal personal discomfort toward Gay people." Director of Lambda Legal Defense and Marriage Rights humor Education Fund in analyzing the potential Romer states that "Laws singling out a impact of Romer v. Evans. certain class of citizens for disfavored legal Lambda released a list of specific issues that status or general hardships" cannot survive 01996 By At Jaw BEcHDEL exemplify potential applications of the even minimal equal protection scrutiny. Right IT. ALL BECAUSE OF NoTJuSTIHAE THE BUM4.9 ReONODDIX ALL RIGHT aly %tr Supreme Court's May 20 decision. Whigs AND I4DUSTRy 15 0046,1‘. now, legislation is pending before Congress NODDLE, MIGHTCARRY FVT.SoME NUM- "Romer will be a powerful weapon in that would create two classes of lawful ISN'TIT? WERE LoSir* T141 POE OW% If LESBIAN F.RoTkA, BERS TOGETWR FoR SALES To THAT BIG CHANGING. IX TOT BUTTHEY DON'T ME. Bor IN THE Lambda's legal arsenal on behalf of Lesbians, marriage, with the federal government *&#e StPERSIORE TRYING-to KEEP LP. SELL 1NE MFAttrirAE,otJa DE- Gay men and people with HIV and AIDS," withholding benefits from marriages of Gay HARDWARE. DUCTIBLEGOES UP. Dohrn said Friday. "Directly and indirectly, people that any state lawfully recognizes. this week's 6-3 ruling works a profound "This anti-Gay effort to create two classes of change in the battle for civil rights by stating lawful marriage is precisely a 'classification that the Constitution forbids singling out of persons undertaken for its own sake,— said Lesbians and Gay men for discrimination." Evan Wolfson, Lambda senior staff attorney Dohrn stressed, "When it comes to securing and director of Lambda Marriage Project. Lesbian and Gay civil rights, Romer is a very "We hope Romer will help in our efforts to good start. Now we must go on to secure the demonstrate this." IF>TWPRomISE NOT HO ON HIS e Su! CAR oCATEX legal protections that Amendment 2 sought to Youth and Schools TO SPRING Airy FLESH- PHowE. FlaBP1141EUNG H15 preempt." Romer also will support Lambda's ongoing WOG AcACCAU ON BR01ZR TO BLry PERE BULKS example, in ME. I couLDN'T AND NOODLE STOcK,IRE Sal( Bowers v. Hardwick Blunted work on youth issues. For HANDLE SYDNEY BASTARD. I BET GoT Sodomy laws like Georgia's are still on the Nabozny v Podlesny, the first case in the TONIGHT. HEALTH INSURANCE UP-THE books, Dohrn said in addressing the 1986 country to challenge anti-Gay violence in tJAZco! Bowers v. Hardwick ruling that upheld the schools, the principal of the school responded arrest of an Atlanta man in his bedroom where to Jamie Nabozny's four-year ordeal by saying he was having sex with another man. Nabozny "should expect such abuse if he's "Some of the worst impact of Hardwick will Gay." David Buckel, Lambda staff attorney be blunted by the Court's clear statement that and co-counsel with Logue on the case, said, anti-Gay sentiment is not a permissible "With that response, the principal was rationale for law. The Court greatly limited expressing the very societal prejudice that I Ana> WIPED. I HAD To My oFF SomE- RUNNING A BATTERED WOMEN'SSHELTER Hardwick's holding that 'moral disapproval of Romer says cannot be the basis for treating ONEELSE lb b4Y, AHD OUR FOOD BuDGFT 15 CH A SHIKSTRING AND McGodAuD c.Erj homosexuality' was sufficient to justify Gay people differently." The 7th Circuit DOWTo ZERO. WE E GoT Eiarr4y4EN HALF-A-millokl BOO 'F TARPAYERS 'momEyit, AHD Rival MD/ LIVING oW WARE) AND AWEREisE CHICKEN McNUGGETS ri.ORKEW government action," said Dohrn, adding that Court of Appeals is expected in coming 60vErv4/4EhrFSuRPLuS CHEESE. IT MARES ME SICK! for a decade, lower courts have cited that months to rule on Lambda's arguments in the decision to justify a plethora of unrelated anti- case. Gay rulings. The Utah Legislature's attempt to ban Lambda Executive Director Kevin Cathcart student clubs, after students formed a group to commented on Justice Antonin Scalia's respond to anti-Gay beatings, is likely to be dissent in the case. challenged by Lambda and other legal "Scalia's harsh and ugly words may have organizations. Said Jon Davidson, Lambda's helped push the majority to six of the nine supervising attorney for its Western Regional justices," Cathcart said. "His tone, from his Office, "Romer hits home in Utah, where the use of the German term `Kulturkampf to the legislature made a law based on dislike of a Largest Ever Political and Cultural allegation that Gay people are dispro- Gay-identified group — and the targeted portionately wealthy and influential, echoes group was a bunch of well-meaning high Gathering of Old Lesbians This what is plain in the content of the dissent: his school kids trying to stop beatings that reflect Summer opinion is on the extreme political right and that kind of dislike." Houston, TX—All Lesbians 60 and over delegates at last year's White House Confer- outside of the mainstream of this country." "Sodomy" Law Challenges are invited to an Old Lesbians Organizing for ence on Aging, and will share information on Cathcart added, "We are celebrating signs Campbell v. Sundquist, a challenge to Change (OLOC) conference, August 15-18, that important forum. that, on Gay equality, the center is with us." Tennessee's "Homosexual Practices Act," 1996, at the University of Minnesota in Min- The Gathering planners, OLOC, and local Anti-Gay Ballot Initiatives currently before the Tennessee Supreme neapolis. The event, with its theme: Examin- community groups, are planning an all-ages, Other anti-Gay ballot initiative cases Court, singles out and imposes criminal ing Our Lives, Confronting Our Challenges, all-women's banquet and dance at the Univer- certainly will feel the effect of Romer. Most penalties on Gay people for engaging in Celebrating Our Strengths, promises to be the sity Radisson Hotel on Friday, August 161h, immediately, Equality Foundation v. particular sexual acts. "Romer should help largest ever gathering of old Lesbians, or- featuring top notch entertainment by Lesbians Cincinnati, challenging an amendment undermine Tennessee's defense of this law ganizers say. over 60. banning any discrimination protection laws in and aid challenges to other 'sodomy' Representative of the hundreds of old Les- The registration fee of $175 to $200 in- Cincinnati for Lesbians, Gay men and prohibitions, particularly in the six states that bians expected to attend are: cludes registration, 3 nights lodging at the Bisexuals, is awaiting a Supreme Court ruling prohibit only same-sex sexual conduct," said • Eunice Samuels, a 69-year-old African- University dorm, and 3 meals daily, including on a certiorari petition. "Cincinnati's Lambda Staff' Attorney Suzanne Goldberg. American Lesbian activist and breast the Friday night banquet. Scholarships and amendment is a clone of Colorado's, and we Custody and Adoption cancer survivor from Manhattan's East community housing are available. Vegetarian expect the Court to send it, dead on arrival, to Subjective decisions of judges cloaked as Village; meal options will be provided. the Sixth Circuit," said Patricia Logue, objective assessments of what is in a child's • Arden Eversmeyer, 64, and Charlotte The conference will be wheelchair accessi- managing attorney for Lambda's Midwest best interest have made bias and prejudice Avery, 65, lifelong Lesbians and dedi- ble, fragrance-free and will have ASL inter- Regional Office and co-counsel on the case against Lesbians and Gay men especially cated OLOC volunteers from Houston; preters. For brochure and registration form, along with Lambda's Suzanne Goldberg, the difficult to root out in this area. In Schroeder • Kore Mountain, 63, a long-time activist send a SASE to: OLOC, P.O. Box 980422, ACLU of Ohio, and attorneys Alphonse A. v. Schroeder, for example, a judge ignored in the fields of sexual abuse, battered Houston, TX 77098. For more information, Gerhardstein and Richard Cordray. evidence that two children were doing well in women and addictions from Ottawa, call (602) 983-6462. Morris v. Hill challenges a ban by Florida's the care of their mother and her female Canada. Alachua County that prohibits discrimination partner and removed the children because of The gathering is also expected to attract based on sexual orientation. Despite the the possibility of "social condemnation" and some of the leading figures in the old Lesbian Rainbow Scarves text's differences from Colorado's "social comment." community, including Keynote speaker Bar- Amendment 2, Florida courts are likely to "Romer reinforces arguments that bara McDonald, internationally acclaimed co- Among the many things that attracted my recognize this measure as unconstitutional government cannot empower private prejudice author of Look Me in the Eye. She will set eye at this year's PrideFest, was a hand- under Romer for intending to limit the by letting it decide basic civil rights," said the tone for the conference with her com- knitted scarf done in the colors of the Rain- political rights of Gay people. Logue, who represents the mother in the case, mentary on ageism in our own communities bow Flag. Many people asked about it, in- AIDS-Related Discrimination which is being appealed to the Appellate and in the world. cluding me, not only because it was cold, Many federal state and local government Court of Illinois for the Third District. V Authors Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, but because it was beautiful. agencies continue to treat HIV disease whose sensible book entitled Lesbian Unfortunately, the man who wore it could differently than other disabilities in Women eased coming out pains for countless not remember the name of the woman who employment and program eligibility criteria. women, will contribute a unique perspective knitted it. He did, however, recall that she "Much discrimination against people with to relationship issues. Martin and Lyon were was a member of this year's Proud Crowd. HIV has homophobia at its root, and the If you are the person who knitted that reasons offered to justify limiting or excluding beautiful scarf, please contact me: Terry the participation of people with HIV in Boughner, here at Wisconsin Light. The government jobs and programs, such as the number is (414) 372-2773 or write: 1843 military and the Job Corps, have been every N. Palmer, Milwaukee, WI 53212. bit as irrational and unsupported as proffered bases to exclude Gay men and Lesbians," said Yesiza.t de fro A .doeueleee Catherine Hanssens, director of Lambda's AIDS Project. Twenty-Eight "Unsupportable assumptions about the Diverse, Dynamic, Determined, Empowering, Everywhere health and safety risks that people with HIV New AIDS Cases pose in the workplace and in places of public accommodation could be prohibited under the Drop your Saturday night bar tab at LAMM and instead Reported in Romer majority's equal protection-rational basis analysis," Hanssens added. of a few good drinks enjoy: Wisconsin for May Likewise, Romer further strengthens • Access to Milwaukee's largest Lesbian library House arguments against revived efforts in the • A monthly newsletter Madison—Twenty-eight new cases of of Representatives to include a provision in AIDS and 22 deaths from the disease were which Invitations to Bi-monthly member meetings the next Defense Authorization Bill • reported to the state in May, a state agency with would require the discharge of people • Discounts and coupons from local businesses says. men and Lesbians. HIV as well as of Gay The new figures reported Friday, June Discrimination • Information about hundreds of local community Military 7th, bring to 3,303 the number of con- military's "Don't Able v U.S. challenges the events firmed AIDS cases reported in Wisconsin Gay service Ask, Don't Tell" ban on • Many opportunities to meet your next girlfriend since 1982 when the first case was re- based solely on members, arguing the ban is ported. The latest deaths increase the total the government's desire to accommodate the number of deaths to 1,969, according to the dislike and discomfort of those who do not Department of Health and Social Services. want to serve with Lesbians and Gay men. For Membership Information Dail 414/264-2600 One year ago, Wisconsin had 2,882 con- Romer firmly rejects laws in which "the ACHOICE firmed AIDS cases and 1,670 reported disadvantage imposed is born of animosity deaths. toward the class of persons affected." Said June 20, 1996—July 3, I996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-8 Amendment 2, in addition, nullifies specific toward the class that it affects; it lacks a ra- Special Disabilities, Not Special Rights Would legal protections for this targeted class in all tional relationship to legitimate state inter- transactions in housing, sale of real estate, in- ests. Amendment 2 surance, health and welfare services, private Taking the first point, even in the ordinary Have Come Under education, and employment. equal protection case calling for the most def- standards, we insist on knowing On May 20, 1996, the U.S. Supreme that adopted by the State Supreme Court. Not confined to the private sphere, erential of between the classification Court handed down what is considered a II Amendment 2 also operates to repeal and for- the relation object to be attained. landmark decision in the battle for the civil The State's principal argument in defense of bid all laws or policies providing specific adopted and the link between classifica- rights of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual people. Amendment 2 is that it puts gays and lesbians protection for gays or lesbians from discrimi- The search for the gives substance to the In the case of "Romer v Evens," by a 6-3 in the same position as all other persons. So, nation by every level of Colorado government. tion and objective it provides guidance vote, Colorado's anti-Gay Amendment 2 the State says, the measure does no more than The State Supreme Court cited two examples Equal Protection Clause; legislature, which is was struck down. deny homosexuals special rights. of protections in the governmental sphere that and discipline for the of laws it can Associate Justice Kennedy wrote for the This reading of the amendment's language are now rescinded and may not be reintro- entitled to know what sorts majority. Here is the text of the majority is implausible. We rely not upon our own in- duced. pass; and it marks the limits of our own opinion. terpretation of the amendment but upon the The first is Colorado Executive Order authority. authoritative construction of Colorado's Su- D0035 (1990), which forbids employment In the ordinary case, a law will be sustained One century ago, the first Justice Harlan preme Court. The state court, deeming it un- discrimination against " 'all state employees, if it can be said to advance a legitimate gov- admonished this Court that the Constitution necessary to determine the full extent of the classified and exempt' on the basis of sexual ernment interest, even if the law seems un- "neither knows nor tolerates classes among amendment's reach, found it invalid even on a orientation." wise or works to the disadvantage of a par- citizens." Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U. S. 537, modest reading of its implications. The criti- Also repealed, and now forbidden, are ticular group, or if the rationale for it seems 559 (1896) (dissenting opinion). cal discussion of the amendment, set out in "various provisions prohibiting discrimination tenuous. Unheeded then, those words now are under- Evans I, is as follows: based on sexual orientation at state colleges." By requiring that the classification bear a stood to state a commitment to the law's neu- "The immediate objective of Amendment 2 The repeal of these measures and the prohi- rational relationship to an independent and trality where the rights of persons are at is, at a minimum, to repeal existing statutes, bition against their future reenactment dem- legitimate legislative end, we ensure that stake. The Equal Protection Clause enforces regulations, ordinances, and policies of state onstrates that Amendment 2 has the same classifications are not drawn for the purpose this principle and today requires us to hold and local entities that barred discrimination force and effect in Colorado's governmental of disadvantaging the group burdened by the invalid a provision of Colorado's Constitution based on sexual orientation. sector as it does elsewhere and that it applies law. Metropolitan State College of Denver pro- to policies as well as ordinary legislation. Amendment 2 confounds this normal proc- The enactment challenged in this case is an hibits college sponsored social clubs from Amendment 2's reach may not be limited to ess of judicial review. It is at once too narrow amendment to the Constitution of the State of discriminating in membership on the basis of specific laws passed for the benefit of gays and too broad. It identifies persons by a single Colorado, adopted in a 1992 statewide refer- sexual orientation and Colorado State Univer- and lesbians. It is a fair, if not necessary, in- trait and then denies them protection across endum. The parties and sity has an antidiscrimination policy which ference from the broad language of the the board. The resulting disqualification of a the state courts refer to encompasses sexual orientation. amendment that it deprives gays and lesbians class of persons from the right to seek specific it as "Amendment 2," "The 'ultimate effect' of Amendment 2 is to even of the protection of general laws and protection from the law is unprecedented in its designation when prohibit any governmental entity from adopt- policies that prohibit our jurisprudence. submitted to the voters. ing similar, or more protective statutes, regu- arbitrary discrimination in governmental and The absence of precedent for Amendment 2 The impetus for the lations, ordinances, or policies in the future private settings. is itself instructive; "[d]iscriminations of an amendment and the unless the state constitution is first amended At some point in the systematic administra- unusual character especially suggest careful contentious campaign that preceded its adop- to permit such measures." tion of these laws, an official must determine consideration to determine whether they are tion came in large part from ordinances that Sweeping and comprehensive is the change whether homosexuality is an arbitrary and obnoxious to the constitutional provision." had been passed in various Colorado munici- in legal status effected by this law. So much thus forbidden basis for decision. It is not within our constitutional tradition palities. For example, the cities of Aspen and is evident from the ordinances that the Colo- Yet a decision to that effect would itself to enact laws of this sort. Central both to the Boulder and the City and County of Denver rado Supreme Court declared would be void amount to a policy prohibiting discrimination idea of the rule of law and to our own Con- each had enacted ordinances which banned by operation of Amendment 2. Homosexuals, on the basis of homosexuality, and so would stitution's guarantee of equal protection is the discrimination in many transactions and ac- by state decree, are put in a solitary class with appear to be no more valid under Amendment principle that government and each of its tivities, including housing, employment, edu- respect to transactions and relations in both 2 than the specific prohibitions against dis- parts remain open on impartial terms to all cation, public accommodations, and health the private and governmental spheres. crimination the state court held invalid. who seek its assistance. and welfare services. The amendment withdraws from homo- "'Equal protection of the laws is not What gave rise to the statewide controversy sexuals, but no others, specific legal protec- "We can not accept the view achieved through indiscriminate imposition of was the protection the ordinances afforded to tion from the injuries caused by discrimina- inequalities."' persons discriminated against by reason of tion, and it forbids reinstatement of these that Amendment 2's pro- Respect for this principle explains why their sexual orientation. Amendment 2 re- laws and policies. laws singling out a certain class of citizens for peals these ordinances to the extent they pro- The change that Amendment 2 works in the hibition on specific legal disfavored legal status or general hardships hibit discrimination on the basis of legal status of gays and lesbians in the private protections does no more are rare. A law declaring that in general it "homosexual, lesbian or bisexual orientation, sphere is far-reaching, both on its own terms shall be more difficult for one group of citi- conduct, practices or relationships." and when considered in light of the structure than deprive homosexuals of zens than for all others to seek aid from the Yet Amendment 2, in explicit terms, does and operation of modern anti- discrimination government is itself a denial of equal protec- more than repeal or rescind these provisions. laws. That structure is well illustrated by special rights." tion of the laws in the most literal sense. "The It prohibits all legislative, executive or judi- contemporary statutes and ordinances prohib- guaranty of equal protection of the laws is a cial action at any level If this consequence follows from Amend- of state or local gov- iting discrimination by providers of public ac- pledge of the protection of equal laws."' ernment designed to protect the ment 2, as its broad language suggests, it named class, commodations. A second and related point is that laws of a class we shall refer to as homosexual per- would compound the consti- tutional difficul- "At common law, innkeepers, smiths, and the kind now before us raise the inevitable in- sons or gays and ties the law creates. The state court did not lesbians. The amendment others who 'made profession of a public em- ference that the reads: decide whether the amendment has this effect disadvantage imposed is born ployment,' were prohibited from refusing, of animosity toward the class of persons af- "No Protected Status however, and neither need we. In the course Based on Homosex- without good reason, to serve a customer." fected. ual, Lesbian, or Bisexual Orientation. of reject- ing the argument that Amendment 2 Neither The duty was a general one and did not "[I]f the constitutional conception of 'equal the State of is intended to conserve resources to fight dis- Colorado, through any of its specify protection for particular groups. The protection of the laws' means anything, it crimination against suspect classes, the Colo- branches or departments, nor any of its agen- common law rules, however, proved insuffi- must at the very least rado Supreme Court made the limited obser- mean that a bare . . cies, political subdivisions, municipalities or cient in many instances, and it was settled desire to harm a politically unpopular group vation that the amendment is not intended to school districts, shall enact, adopt or enforce early that the Fourteenth Amendment did not cannot constitute a legitimate governmental any affect many anti-discrimination laws protect- statute, regulation, ordinance or policy give Congress a general power to prohibit interest." whereby ing non- suspect classes. In our view that does homosexual, lesbian or bisexual ori- discrimination in public accommodations, In Even laws enacted for broad and ambitious entation, conduct, not resolve the issue. practices or relationships consequence, most States have chosen to purposes often can be explained by reference shall constitute or In any event, even if, as we doubt, homo- otherwise be the basis of or counter discrimination by enacting detailed to legitimate public policies which justify the entitle any person or class of sexuals could find some safe harbor in laws persons to have statutory schemes. incidental disadvantages they impose on cer- or claim any of general application, we cannot accept the minority status, quota prefer- Colorado's state and municipal laws typify tain persons. ences, protected status or claim of view that Amendment 2's prohibition on spe- discrimi- this emerging tradition of statutory protection Amendment 2, however, in making a gen- nation. This Section of the cific legal protections does no more than de- Constitution shall and follow a consistent pattern. The laws first eral announcement that gays and lesbians be in all.respects self-executing." prive homosexuals of special rights. enumerate the persons or entities subject to a shall not have any particular protections from Soon after Amendment 2 was adopted, this To the contrary, the amendment imposes a duty not to discriminate. the law, inflicts on them immediate, continu- litigation to declare its invalidity and enjoin special disability upon those persons alone. The list goes well beyond the entities cov- ing, and real injuries that outrun and belie its enforcement was commenced in the Dis- Homosexuals are forbidden the safeguards ered by the common law. The Boulder ordi- any legitimate justifications that may be trict Court for the City and County of Denver. that others enjoy or may seek without con- nance, for example, has a comprehensive claimed for it. We conclude that, in addition Among the plaintiffs (respondents here) were straint. They can obtain specific protection definition of entities deemed places of "public to the far-reaching deficiencies of Amend- homosexual persons, some of them govern- against discrimination only by enlisting the accommodation." They include "any place of ment 2 that we have ment employees. citizenry of Colorado to amend the state con- noted, the principles it business engaged in any sales to the general offends, in another sense, are conventional They alleged that enforcement of Amend- stitution or perhaps, on the State's view, by public and any place that offers services, fa- and venerable; a law must bear a ment 2 would subject them to immediate and trying to pass helpful laws of general applica- rational re- cilities, privileges, or advantages to the gen- lationship to a legitimate substantial risk of discrimination on the basis bility. governmental pur- eral public or that receives financial support pose, and Amendment 2 does not. of their sexual orientation. Other plaintiffs This is so no matter how local or discrete through solicitation of the general public or The primary rationale the State (also respondents here) included the three the harm, no matter how public and wide- offers for through governmental subsidy of any kind." Amendment 2 is respect for other municipalities whose ordinances we have spread the injury. We find nothing special in citizens' The Denver ordinance is of similar breadth, freedom of association, cited and certain other governmental entities the protections Amendment 2 withholds. and in particular the applying, for example, to hotels, restaurants, liberties of which had acted earlier to protect homosexu- These are protections taken for granted by landlords or employers who have hospitals, dental clinics, theaters, banks, personal or religious objections als from discrimination but would be pre- most people either because they already have to homosexu- common carriers, travel and insurance agen- ality. vented by Amendment 2 from continuing to them or do not need them; these are protec- cies, and "shops and stores dealing with Colorado also cites its interest in conserving do so. goods or services of any kind," tions against exclusion from an almost limit- Although Governor Romer had been on rec- less number of transactions and endeavors resources to fight discrimination against other These statutes and ordinances also depart groups. The breadth of the Amendment is so ord opposing the adoption of Amendment 2, from the common law by enumerating the that constitute ordinary civic life in a free so- he was named in his official capacity as a de- ciety. far removed from these particular justifica- groups or persons within their ambit of pro- tions that we find it impossible to credit fendant, together with the Colorado Attorney tection. III Enumeration is the essential device them. We cannot say that Amendment 2 is di- General and the State of Colorado. used to make the duty not to discriminate The Fourteenth Amendment's promise that The trial court granted a preliminary in- no person shall be denied the equal protection rected to any identifiable legitimate purpose concrete and to provide guidance for those or discrete objective. junction to stay enforcement of Amendment 2, who must comply. In following of the laws must coexist with the practical this approach, It is a status-based enactment divorced from and an appeal was taken to the Supreme Colorado's state and local necessity that most legislation classifies for governments have any factual context from which we could dis- Court of Colorado. Sustaining the interim in- not limited anti- one purpose or another, with resulting disad- discrimination laws to cern a relationship to legitimate state inter- junction and remanding the case for further groups that have so far vantage to various groups or persons. been given the protec- ests; it is a classification of persons under- proceedings, the State Supreme Court held tion of heightened equal We have attempted to reconcile the princi- protection scrutiny taken for its own sake, something the Equal that Amendment 2 was subject to strict scru- under our ple with the reality by stating that, if a law cases. Protection Clause does not permit. "[C]lass tiny under the Fourteenth Amendment be- Rather, they set neither burdens a fundamental right nor tar- forth an extensive cata- legislation . . . [is] obnoxious to the prohibi- cause it infringed the fundamental right of gets a suspect class, we will logue of traits which cannot be the basis for uphold the leg- tions of the Fourteenth Amendment ...." gays and lesbians to participate in the politi- islative classification so long as it bears a discrimination, including age, ra- We must conclude that Amendment 2 clas- cal process. military tional relation to some legitimate end. status, marital status, pregnancy, sifies homosexuals not to further a proper On remand, the State advanced various ar- Amendment 2 fails, indeed defies, even parenthood, custody of a minor child, political this legislative end but to make them unequal to guments in an effort to show that Amendment conventional inquiry. First, the affiliation, physical or mental disability of an amendment everyone else. This Colorado cannot do. A 2 was narrowly tailored to serve compelling has the peculiar property of individual or of his or her associates--and, in imposing a broad State cannot so deem a class of persons a interests, but the trial court found none suffi- and undifferentiated disability recent times, sexual orientation. on a single stranger to its laws. Amendment 2 violates cient. It enjoined enforcement of Amendment named group, an exceptional Amendment 2 bars homosexuals from se- and, as we shall the Equal Protection Clause, and the judg- 2, and the Supreme Court of Colorado, in a explain, invalid form of curing protection against the injuries that legislation. Second, ment of the second opinion, affirmed the its Supreme Court of Colorado is at- ruling these public-accommodations laws address. sheer breadth is so discontinuous with the firmed. We granted certiorari and now affirm the reasons offered for it that the That in itself is a severe conse- quence, but amendment It is so ordered. judgment, but on a rationale different from there is more. seems inexplicable by anything but animus June 20, 1996—July 3, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-9 Supreme Court's Amendment 2 Decision is Supreme Court's Decision on Amendment 2 Only One Step in Our Fight for Rights Makes Us First-Class Citizens Commentary by David Clarenbach politicians to do the right thing, women and Commentary by John D'Emilio Court could hear our case with fresh ears. When a national news anchor opened his members of the black and other minority I confess. I was worried that we might The victory, in other words, comes from us as newscast to announce that the U.S. Supreme communities turned their attention to electing either lose the Colorado Amendment 2 case, much as from them. Let's pat ourselves on Court had overturned Colorado's discrim- their own. They knew that if institutions or that a bare majority would write an opinion the back because of it. inatory Amendment 2, he said that the court mandated change, public opinion would that waffled so badly that we might as well We also need to be clear about what this had unequivocally ruled that Gays have equal eventually follow. And they knew that have lost. case does not do. rights. Nothing could be further from the putting members of their communities in Imagine my pleasure, then, when I read It does not, for instance, prevent the truth. And nothing could be more dangerous positions of power would help to tear down Justice Kennedy's opinion, speaking for a 6-3 extremist right wing from coming up with than for Gays, Lesbians, and heterosexuals to the destructive stereotypes that cause good majority. The decision is a stunning victory new language for ballot initiatives in an believe it. people to make bad decisions. for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans- attempt to weasle around this decision. The Court's decision in Romer v. Evans, gender community. It states in unequivocal Victory in this case does not give us our full which stated that no one group can be singled terms that state action rendering us second- civil rights; in out for discrimination, will forever stand as a most parts of the country we class citizens is unconstitutional. can still be barrier to the seemingly endless efforts of the fired based on disapproval of our The Supreme Court, for the first time, has sexual extreme right to make Gays and Lesbians identity. In 41 states and in most unambiguously affirmed our moral claim to cities, we still need to second-class citizens in our own country. The work to pass civil full citizenship. rights laws. We still have sodomy decision upholds the democratic belief that laws to Kennedy and the other five justices who repeal, hate crimes to prevent, laws must apply equally to everyone, not just family supported the decision "got it" in some basic relationships that need recognition. to people who give us warm fuzzies. ways. The majority exposed the right-wing The Amendment 2 case also does not speak While the ruling in Romer v. Evans rhetoric of "special rights" and instead to the marriage issue. A judge could easily certainly brightens the future for the hope of understood that Amendment 2 and measures accept every word of Justice Kennedy's Gay equality, the reality of where we are like it in fact impose, in their words, "a reasoning and still come to the conclusion that today has not changed much. special disability ... born of animosity" the prohibition on same-sex marriage is ✓ Gays and Lesbians are the only minority toward Gays and Lesbians. Their decision constitutional. In other words, our work is group that is still not covered by federal declared that the goals of Amendment 2 bore still cut out for us. civil rights laws, despite having been no rational relationship to any legitimate state Yet let's also recognize that the Court victims of egregious discrimination. interest, and violated the Equal Protection decision gives us a new plateau from which to ✓ In 41 states it is still legal to fire Clause of the 14th Amendment to the do our work. Just as the right wing will someone because of their sexual Constitution. redouble its efforts, so should we. This orientation. The Court described Amendment 2 as ✓ decision places the moral weight of a According to the Department of Justice, "unprecedented in our jurisprudence." "traditional" institution on our side. Gay and Lesbians are still more likely But there was more. Justices choose their It explicitly disavowed hate-inspired than any other minority group to be words carefully; they can be extremely bigotry. This will mean something to the victims of "hate" crimes. attuned to the significance of a phrase. ✓ many Americans who are fairminded, yet also Legislation to ban same-sex marriage is Surely, then, it was no accident that Justice confused about our issues. Now is the time to moving like wildfire through state Kennedy began his opinion by quoting Justice DAVID CLARENBACH put our issues out there, to organize ourselves legislatures and the U.S. Congress, Harlan's dissent, a century ago, in Plessy v. and educate the majority so that real although measures to legalize same-sex The true test of our community mettle will Ferguson, the case that enunciated the institutional change comes our way. marriage are more likely to become law not simply be in how effectively we can argue "separate but equal" doctrine in American This is an election year. Through voter in only one state (Hawaii). our case in court. We must keep discrim- race relations. Was this his way of registration and mobilization, we have the That's about how equal we are right now. inatory legislation from being enacted at the acknowledging that the Court sometimes opportunity to place our community's needs Suddenly, the Court's decision to overturn outset. Unfortunately, straight, "Gay- changes its mind? That changes in cultural on the political agenda — but on our terms. Amendment 2 seems more like a relief than a friendly" politicians have proven time and mores and social values lead to changes in the We can help build a political environment that victory. Victory comes at the end, and we again that their willingness to stand up for our application of the Constitution to major will make the 1997 state legislative sessions have barely begun. rights depends on the intensity of the venom issues? Even though there was no reference an opportunity rather than a threat. We know Gay and Lesbian Americans have every they face from groups like the Family to Hardwick, was Kennedy suggesting — the right wing will be there — in the election right to ask that our country give us what Research Council and Colorado for Family obliquely to be sure — that in time Hardwick campaigns and in the nation's legislatures. everyone else has — not more, not better, just Values, the extremist organization which led might be overturned? Let's be there, too, in full strength, speaking the same. We are American citizens in every the effort to pass Amendment 2. This decision is a victory, no doubt about it. to the citizens who may now be more willing meaning of the word. We do all of the things Gay and Lesbian Americans must invest, We should savor it, especially since it came to hear us: that heterosexual citizens do. We vote, work, financially and through our labor, in electing not simply through the constitutional Victory and hope are better resources for a pay taxes, raise our families, worship in our openly Gay politicians at all levels of reasoning of six Supreme Court Justices, but political movement than defeat and despair. churches, support our charities, love our government. Only openly Gay politicians through the actions that every one of us has Let's take the hope that the Amendment 2 partners in life and honor them in death. have a truly vested interest in making the taken in the years since Hardwick. In coming victory fosters, and use it to generate more It is not enough, however, for Gays to sit sacrifices necessary to see that we achieve out, in taking action in the political process, momentum. V with our fingers crossed in hopes that the equal rights. They uniquely understand that in workplaces, in communities of faith, in Editor's Note: The writer is the Policy Court will continue to decide that Constit- the issues of same-sex marriage, Medicaid schools, and elsewhere, we have changed the Director of the National Gay and Lesbian utional protections should apply to Gay and outlays for AIDS patients, promoting terms of the debate about sexual identity. Our Task Force. Lesbian citizens. It is not enough to make our tolerance in schools, and a host of other issues work created a new environment in which the voices heard on "Pride Day" and remain are more than just political fodder for the far silent for the other 364 days in the year. And right. These issues go to the core of our lives it is certainly not enough to leave our and theirs. Amendment 2 Victory Means No Rest for legislative future in the hands of self- Openly Gay politicians are not immune proclaimed "Gay-friendly" politicians who from attacks from the Right. But when the Righteous seem to abandon us with greater regularity as people run for office with their entire lives the extreme right wing grows louder and exposed, when they have won an election Commentary by Elizabeth Birch said it is wrong for a state to make one group stronger. despite the Gay-bashing and misinformation Washington, DC — The U.S. Supreme of citizens "a stranger to its laws." If Gay and Lesbian Americans are to campaigns for which the extreme right is Court's stunning ruling in the Colorado Gay marriage is the next battleground achieve true equality in American society, we famous, when they can stand in the well of the Amendment 2 case is without question a between our community and the religious must borrow a page from the struggles for U.S. House of Representatives or U.S. Senate reason for our community to celebrate. It is political extremists who have adopted us as an undeniably hopeful sign that six members scapegoats. They have already made racial and gender equality. After generations with no apologies about who they are or what their of the generally conservative court did not buy state legislatures, as of waiting for the courts and white male they stand for, they achieve a strength that significant inroads into allows them to put leadership ahead of into the extremists' cant that we are seeking evidenced by the fact that some 34 states have political expediency. special rights, rather than the same basic civil considered legislation aimed at stemming the Note on the Supreme We have made tremendous strides in the last rights that others take for granted. "threat" of same-sex marriage. A similar few years in electing openly Gay leaders to But the court's ruling is also a clarion call measure has been introduced in Congress, and Court Opinions office. Sheila Kuehl, an openly Gay member for Gay men and Lesbians — and our friends presumptive GOP presidential nominee Bob of the California State Assembly, may one and families — to redouble our efforts this Dole eagerly agreed to be a lead sponsor in day become the Speaker of that body. Mike election year, because if we don't muster our the Senate. Handed Down Nelson was elected in 1993 to Carrboro (NC) collective might to elect fair and reasonable Gay marriage is a novel issue for this City Council, right in Jesse Helms' back yard. people at every level of government, the nation, and it will take time to convince our on Colorado's Two years later, the citizens of Carrboro religious political extremists will prevail. fellow citizens that we are being deprived of a elected Nelson as their Mayor. The court's decision is important to the basic human right. Amendment 2 And this year, we may elect our first non- future of Gay and Lesbian Americans because In the meantime, this will undoubtedly be incumbent, openly Gay candidates to the the six justices who ruled Amendment 2 one of the most difficult issues we have By Terry Boughner House of Representatives, Rick Zbur who is unconstitutional indicated quite clearly that encountered in our long struggle for equal Outside the legal profession and others running for the 38th congressional district in they are open to considering extending other rights. having a special interest in Constitutional California is in a strong positions to win his protections to us, in the areas of employment, Religious political groups — and the law, few, I would suppose, read the opin- election. However, of the 511,037 elected housing and public accommodations, for complicitous Dole presidential campaign — ions written by the justices of the Supreme officials in this country, only 115 are openly example. We must not squander that are using same-sex marriage to drive a wedge Court. They are often long, replete with Gay. We have a lot of work to do and a long possibility. The more fair-minded people we between our community and the political footnotes and other citations, legal jargon, way to go. can elect at the state and federal levels, the leaders who have supported us over the years, and written in what can be most charitably Right now, people are left to judge the issue better are our chances of passing legislation including President Clinton. We must not be described as ponderous prose. of Gay equality through the prism of right that will extend us those basic protections. allow them to succeed. There are exceptions. Such, I believe is wing zealots who have animus in their hearts And when those who vilify us challenge our Their strategy is to back Clinton and fair- the case with the two opinions we have de- and straight politicians who have their heads right to those protections, as they surely will, minded members of Congress into a corner cided to print. in the sand. How we change that perspective the majority on this supreme Court appears to where they must back anti-Gay marriage Justice Kennedy, writing for the majority, is up to us. be open to giving our side a fair and impartial legislation or run a very real risk of losing re- affirms in words strongly reminiscent of As the late San Francisco City Supervisor hearing. election. Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Harvey Milk once said, "It's not enough just For we must remember that, great as the We cannot be distracted by this ploy. Yes, Jr., the essential right Gay people have to to have friends represent us, no matter how Amendment 2 decision is, it does not protect it should make us angry but our anger must be be part of the political process. good those friends may be. We must give us from discrimination. No federal law focused with its full intensity on the Justice Scalia, writing for the minority, in people the chance to judge us by our own protects Americans from discrimination based extremists, the Dole campaign and cong- equally lucid prose, comes down hard (very leaders, and our own legislators." V on sexual orientation. The court's decision ressional leaders who are using this issue as a hard) on the other side. renews our call to political action. weapon to bludgeon us. The worst thing our Therefore, do not be put off by the length Think There's Nothin To We must, as a community, commit to this community could do to itself would be to of these documents. struggle for the long haul and not allow allow this fury to keep us from working hard Wisconsin Light chose to devote consid- Do This Evenin? ourselves even a figurative minute to rest after to defeat those who despise us. That is ex- erable space to these opinions because we this Supreme Court ruling. Our opponents are actly what they want us to do. believe that what is said therein is of criti- fall (414)299-0S57 already hatching new strategies against us. So let us take a cue from the long, bloody cal importance not only to our community, The same day as the Amendment 2 ruling was struggle for African American civil rights and but to all Americans who hold to the ideal The Wisconsin 1,i4ht handed down, Representative Charles Canady, keep our eyes on the prize. Winning the of equal justice and rights for all under the Spot Line a conservative Republican from Florida, said Amendment 2 case was a moral victory and a law. he would hold a hearing in his House foundation upon which we must build our For those who believe in these ideals, Judiciary subcommittee on the court's futures. V these are among the two "must-read" And Think Again? decision. Others are even calling for the documents of 1996. impeachment of the very justices who simply June 20, 1996—July 3, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-10 Bishops Will Not Appeal Heresy Ruling New York-AP- Ten Episcopal bishops who charged a fellow bishop with heresy for ordain- News Briefs ing a non-celibate Gay man will not appeal the church's decision to dismiss the charges. A. Hugo Blankingship Jr., the attorney for the 10 bishops, said in a document dated June 11, they would not continue legal proceedings. Non-Gay Athlete Assaulted in Gay Bashing Retired Bishop Walter Righter of Alstead, N.H., had been charged with heresy for ordaining Huntington Beach, CA-AP-Police are investigating the beating of a high school track ath- the Rev. Barry Stopfel as a deacon in 1990, even though he knew Stopfel was involved in a lete who says he was targeted because his coach is openly Gay. The victim, whose jaw was long-term relationship with another man. Stopfel has since become a priest and is rector of a broken in the beating, says he isn't Gay. His coach says the attack was the latest incident of church in Maplewood, NJ. harassment of his athletes since the coach acknowledged he was Gay three years ago. "I'm really on top of a mountain now," Righter said. "I'm glad it's over. I'm glad they're Police are investigating the complaint by Jeremy Negrete, 18, who alleged he was attacked willing to let it go to General Convention. I'm sure there will be other voices there as well." Tuesday, June 11th, by a 16-year-old football player who repeatedly used a slur while striking The 10 bishops want the church to prohibit such ordinations when its General Convention his head. No charges have been filed. meets in July 1997 in Philadelphia. At the meeting, the bishops plan to propose a change in Negrete told police the 16-year-old and two other teens tried to pick a fight Tuesday while church law requiring all ordained clergy to abstain from sexual relations outside of a hetero- driving alongside Negrete and a friend as they returned from graduation practice, Lt: Dan sexual marriage. Johnson said. Before the ruling, the Episcopal Church allowed only the ordination of married heterosexu- The unidentified football player and his friends then showed up at the home of Negrete's als, celibate single heterosexuals and celibate homosexuals. The ruling did not say whether the friend and attacked Negrete, the runner told police. The teen said the 16-year-old repeatedly church now condones the ordination of gays. used the slur and made crude sexual remarks while beating him. "I said, 'No, I'm not Gay,"' Negrete said. "He was punching me on the side of the head. AIDS Quarantine Proposed I couldn't get up because I was trapped on the ground." Tacoma, WA-AP- People with AIDS who insist on having unprotected sex should be locked Track coach Eric Anderson said the incident appears to be the latest harassment suffered by up, says Dr. Federico Cruz-Uribe, director of the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. the school's cross-country runners since he announced his sexual orientation to students and Rather than being given special care and support services, those who have the fatal ailment staff in 1993. should be treated like anyone else with an infectious disease, Cruz-Uribe said Some individuals, especially pregnant women, should be required to be tested for AIDS be- Lesbian Couple Loses Adoption Appeal cause there are treatments that can keep their babies from being infected, he added. Denver, CO-AP-The Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday, June 13th, rejected a Lesbian "It's all about prevention," he said. "We could wait until it got really bad, but I don couple's attempt to adopt each other's child. The two, identified only by their initials, live to- think we want to do that. We want to look at this proactively." gether as same-sex domestic companions. Each is the natural mother of one of the two children Traditional health care systems are more prepared to deal with AIDS nowadays, so handling named in their petition. They had appealed a Jefferson County District Court's rejection of the of acquired immune deficiency syndrome cases need no longer be the province of special adoption attempts. groups, Cruz-Uribe asserted. Each sought a "co-parent" adoption decree that would, in effect, grant her the rights asso- Jeannie Darneille, executive director of the Pierce County AIDS Foundation, disagreed. ciated with a "stepparent adoption" for the other woman's child, while retaining parental The group receives $175,000 from the county agency. Pierce County is the second most rights over her own. populous in Washington state. Before seeking adoption each took steps to preserve an ongoing relationship with the other's • 'Our two agencies have very different views as to whether there is a need for specific child. Each has designated the other as the guardian or conservator for her child. services for people with AIDS," Darneille said. Likewise, each conferred on the other medical and financial powers of attorney, and powers -gay, she said. Not so, he of attorney for her child, and designated the other as agent for parental decisions. Some board members fear Cruz-Uribe's remarks are anti Also, each prepared a will and trusts listing the other as primary benef►ciary, and the chil- insisted. dren as alternate beneficiaries. " I have a responsibility to make sure we have programs that work," he said. "That's our And they acknowledge that the family "will remain intact even if the adoptions are not job. That's what a health department does. AIDS is a contagious disease. If it spreads, we're granted. " failing in our job." Judge Michael C. Villano held the children were not available for adoption within the law, because the women were not married to each other, and because each sought to retain parental Bono "Can't Handle" Same-Sex Marriage rights over her natural child while consenting to the other petitioner's adoption. Same-sex mar- Washington, DC-AP- Rep. Sonny Bono, whose daughter is a Lesbian, says he understands riages are not recognized in Colorado. Gay activists who support same-sex marriage, but he just "can't handle" the idea now. Accordingly, the judge concluded he was without jurisdiction to rule on the petitions, and Bono, (R-CA), told fellow members of the House Judiciary Committee that he supports a dismissed the case. bill that would define marriage as a legal union of one man and one woman in federal law. In their appeal the couple argued Villano erred when he ruled that because each refused to Opponents have denounced the bill as discriminatory. relinquish her parent-child relationship with her natural child, the children were not available "I'm not homophobic. I'm not a bigot. I'm not pandering to hatred," Bono said. ''1 sim- for adoption. ply can't handle it. It's nothing else, but at least I want to honestly say that to you and throw The Appeals Court agreed with the judge, noting that if a proposed adoption fails to conform aside all the legal rhetoric." to law, the efforts to adopt must fail and a judge has no authority to enter an adoption decree. Bono said he sees the Gay point of view and loves his daughter, Chastity Bono. He respects Gays and is a close friend of Rep. Barney Frank, (D-MA), who is Gay. Minorities Hit Hardest by STDs But Bono still opposes Gay marriage. Durham, NC-AP- Sexually transmitted diseases including syphilis and HIV hit North Caro- "I think it breaks down to whether you're able to handle something or whether you're not lina's minorities hard last year, the state health director said. able to handle something. I don't like my daughter any less because she's Gay," he said. '' I Minorities made up 92 percent of the 2,300 people diagnosed with syphilis in 1995 in North wish I was ready, but I can't tell my son it's OK." Carolina, Health Director Ron Levine told more than 100 public health workers during a con- ference in Research Triangle Park. Maine's McCormick Loses by Narrow Margin While sexually transmitted disease cases in North Carolina dropped significantly from 1994 Washington, DC-In a heartbreaking finish, Maine State Senator Dale McCormick lost June to 1995, the state still ranks among the worst in the nation, Levine said. 11th's tough Democratic Primary for Maine's First District seat in the U.S. Congress. Seeking Millions of new cases of STDs across the country show public health needs new strategies, to make history as the first open Lesbian to win a major party primary for the U.S. House of said Levine, a physician. The plan of attack should center on customized, grassroots efforts Representatives, McCormick was defeated by former Portland Mayor and 1994 gubernatorial that involve the community, he said. candidate Tom Allen. "The community has some ownership in the problem," Levine said. "They should be- In her concession speech, McCormick endorsed Allen and called for unity in the fight to de- come an integral part of the solution." feat Far Right GOP incumbent James Longley. Longley has scored high ratings from groups like the Christian Coalition, and his anti-Gay record in Congress has earned him a 0 (out of Turkish Crackdown on Drag Queens 100) rating from the Human Rights Campaign, and a "Hostile" rating from the National Log Istanbul, Turkey-AP- Among the hundreds of stands run by volunteer groups at the United Cabin Republicans. Nations city summit, one is decorated with Gay rights slogans. But the transvestites who booked it are absent. "We could not come because of ..." says a banner on the wall signed Tennessee Sodomy Law Struck Down by the Turkish female impersonators whose hopes of joining the international event faded Nashville, TN-AP- Chris Simien no longer has to worry that he will be denied a license to when police repression forced them out of the city. The sentence was deliberately not finished. practice clinical psychology simply because he is Gay. Demet Demir, a spokesperson for 3,000 drag queens in this city of 10 million, said that po- That is because a law making it illegal for homosexuals in Tennessee to have sex is no lice visited the night clubs where they work as singers or belly dancers two weeks ago and or- longer enforceable. dered them to "disappear" during the U.N. event. In a one-line decision Monday, June 10th, the state's highest court declined to review the Demir claimed that police set fire to three houses owned by drag queens in the downtown January ruling by the state Court of Appeals that private sexual activity between consenting neighborhoods of Cihangir and Tarlabasi over the past week. They also used hammers to break adults of the same sex is protected by the state constitution. the doors of several others as part of an anti-homosexual campaign, Demir said. "What it does is lift part of the yoke of oppression on us," attorney Abby Rubenfeld said. Most members of the transvestite community have left the city fearing police repression or She represented Simien and the other four people who filed a lawsuit challenging the 1989 have gone into hiding at the homes of friends, Demir said. Homosexual Practices Act. "I have to come to my house every day to feed my five dogs-and two cats," Demir added. The law made illegal any "sexual penetration" between people of the same sex, including "But I do not turn on the light at night or listen to the radio or television nor make any noise. sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio or anal intercourse. We are just terrified." If convicted, homosexual Tennesseans faced fines of at least $50 and 30 days in jail, but Nicola McIntyre, a volunteer with the San Francisco-based International Gay and many could and did lose their jobs, homes and children simply for being arrested or accused, Rubenfeld said. Lesbian Human Rights Commission, accused Turkish authorities of violating the hu- At least 25 people were prosecuted under the law between 1989 and 1993, when the lawsuit man rights of the transvestites. was filed, Rubenfeld said. Rubenfeld said some 20 other states have anti-sodomy laws on the Turkey's first Gay festival• was banned last year because, authorities said, it would offend books, including several in the South. society's values. Turkey's Lesbian community, which now occupies the stand booked by the Recently, Georgia's Supreme Court ruled its anti-sodomy law constitutional, while Ken- transvestites, issued a statement of solidarity with the transvestites. tucky's was overturned. Challenges to anti-sodomy laws are pending in Louisiana and Mon- Fall-Out From Amendment 2 tana. Spartanburg, SC-AP- Spartanburg County Attorney Roy McBee Smith says an anti-Gay Extremists Jam Right-Wing Issues In Defense Bill resolution some citizens wanted on a November ballot is discriminatory, unconstitutional and would lead to several challenging lawsuits. Washington, DC — Extremist members of congress are yet again using a defense authori- The county council dropped the resolution Monday, June 10th, after getting Smith's advice. zation bill to push their obsessive, right-wing social agenda, rather than dealing with the na- He said the May 20 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning a Colorado law that banned tion's vital defense interests, the Human Rights Campaign charged Thursday. laws to protect Gays from discrimination makes the Spartanburg resolution unconstitutional. "These members are abusing their power as legislators, with the tacit approval of Republican The county would have faced a lawsuit if it had not reversed its position on an earlier reso- House leaders," said Daniel Zingale, HRC's political director. "These issues have absolutely lution condemning homosexuality, Smith said. Council members did that last month after nothing to do with the national defense and do not belong in the legislation authorizing the De- Olympic organizers threatened to pull the torch relay run out of the county and one team fense Department's 1997 budget." threatened to train elsewhere. These extremists have attached the following irrelevant and inappropriate measures to the Richard Spencer, a Spartanburg resident and member of anti-resolution groups Voices and 1997 defense authorization bill: ✓ ProJustice Carolina, was pleased with council's decision. "Let Jesus take care of transgres- a mandate to discharge, within two months of diagnosis, all members of the armed serv- sors," Spencer said. "Let county council take care of potholes." ices with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. A similar measure, enacted in January, was repealed by Congress last week; Church Overturns Gay Ordination ✓ a ban on abortions at overseas military hospitals; ✓ Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island-AP- The Presbyterian Church of Canada has over- a gratuitous reopening of the ban on Gays in the military and a reversion to the old anti- turned the ordination of its first acknowledged practicing Gay minister in a decision that has Gay policy, including reinstating the policy of asking recruits their sexual orientation and left the church deeply divided. The church's 300-member general assembly supported by a sanctioning witch hunts of suspected Gay men and Lesbians; wide margin Monday, June 10`h, a committee report reversing the ordination of Darryl Mac- ✓ a ban on the sale of "adult" magazines and videos on military bases, which may even in- donald by St. Andrew's Church in the Montreal suburb of Lachine. Macdonald, 32, was or- clude self-help books for married couples; dained last year with support of 90 percent of St. Andrew's congregation. ✓ a directive to survey the armed forces (with the exception, of high-ranking officers) on at- Opponents such as John Allan, a commissioner with the Vancouver Island presbytery, titudes toward women in combat. warned that homosexual ordination would tear the church apart, driving conservative members "Extremist Rep. Robert Doman (R-CA), who is author of the HIV provision and the measure away. to reinstitute the old ban on Gays in the military, is clearly motivated by spite and bigotry," Supporters saw the matter as a measure of the value of human rights in the church, which Zingale added. "These provisions serve no purpose other than to give him a public forum in has about 800,000 members nationwide. which to bash Gay men and Lesbians." The committee's report said Macdonald shouldn't be ordained unless he gives up his lover and remains celibate. June 20, I996—July 3, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-11 sacramental perspective, and we will do what Anyone affected by HIV/AIDS who wishes Two Women Become Latest Victims of Anti- we can to help others on their journey without to contact I/D may do so by writing to imposing our own beliefs and practices upon Integrity/Dignity of Madison, P.O. Box 730, Lesbian Violence in the National Parks them. Madison, WI 53701 or by calling the group's "We honor the integrity of each person's contact number at (608) 836-8886 or Paul Roanoke, VA--A spokeswoman for the site about one-half mile off the Appalachian spiritual path." Patenaude at (608) 233-0525. V family of one of two women killed while Trail on June 1. Their throats had been hiking in the Shenandoah National Park said slashed. Southern Baptists' Vow to Boycott Disney, the family welcomes looking into the sugges- Investigators have confirmed that the tion that the slayings might be motivated by women were not robbed, but have described Greeted With a Great Ho-Hum anti-Lesbian hatred. the killings as an isolated incident. "We want them to be looking into all aspects However, according to the National Coali- Los Angeles, CA—When the Hawaiian groups like the American Family Association, of this case," Sue Mackert, a spokeswoman tion of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP), Tourist Bureau calculated the amount of Disney officials say demand for all their for the family of Julianne Williams of St. there has been a history of anti-Lesbian, anti- revenue that would accrue to the state if products is high, with surging attendance at Cloud, Minnesota, told The Washington Gay incidents in the area. NCAVP also says same-sex marriage becomes legal there, esti- the theme parks in Florida and California. Post. that 59 Gay men and women were the victims mated the amount would be upwards of $4.5 Disney limited comment to a statement The assertion that the slayings of Williams, of hate crimes in the National Parks in 1994. billion—after subtracting money that would saying, ' 'We find it curious that a group that 24, and Lollie Winans, 26, might be anti- One federal law enforcement official, who be lost from an ultra-conservative boycott of claims to espouse family values would vote to Lesbian violence came Friday, June 7th, from spoke to The Associated Press on the condi- the Aloha State. boycott the world's largest producer of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force tion of anonymity, would not discount the No panic. Simply how nice for all that wholesome family entertainment." (NGLTF), and from The Washington Blade. possibility that the women were sexually as- money to roll in. The company said it would not accede to The Blade, quoted Rebecca Strader, a saulted. Much the same attitude has greeted the demands to deprive people of health benefits Presbyterian minister whose Burlington, Williams and Winans, of Unity, Maine, Southern Baptists' resolution to boycott and said that to deny admission to a group, as Vermont, congregation welcomes homosexu- were experienced hikers on a five-day camp- Disney Industries. One of the reasons is that the Baptists wanted, was something no tourist als, as saying Winans and Williams were ing trip in the park in Virginia's Blue Ridge Disney is big. attraction anywhere would do. Lesbian lovers. Strader said Williams at- Mountains. They had worked on outdoor To boycott Disney, Southern Baptists will American Family Association President tended the church. Strader has an unlisted programs for Woodswomen Inc., a Minnea- have to do a lot more than just steer the kids Donald E. Wildmon said he thinks the boy- phone number and could not be reached for polis-based adventure vacation travel organi- clear of Epcot Center, The Hunchback of cott is gaining momentum. comment Friday, June 7'. zation. Notre Dame, "Home Improvement," Accusing companies from Time-Warner In a press release, NGLTF said that their Woodswomen director Denise Mitten, who "Monday Night Football" and the Mighty Inc. to AT&T and MCI of catering to homo- concern "stems from the fact that FBI Agent has organized outdoor trips for 20 years, said Ducks. sexuals, Wildmon said Disney is the "most John Donahue is on record as dismissing bias women who go camping together are often There's "Live with Regis and Kathie appropriate boycott target because it promotes as a possible motivation, but did not indicate perceived to be Lesbians, whether they are or Lee." "Siskel & Ebert." "Bill Nye the itself as a family-oriented company while what facts led the FBI to rule out bias." not. • Science Guy." Hollywood Records. Hype- producing filth." Tracey Conaty, NGLTF Field Organizer "Some people consider hiking and camp- rion books. Discover magazine. ESPN. Ten Disney recently purchased Cap Cities/ABC said that there were other "red flags" that ing as outside a woman's domain," she said. daily newspapers. Ten TV stations. Twenty- for $19 billion, adding to its empire network pointed to anti-Lesbian violence in the case. "For some people, that makes them angry one radio stations. television, cable operations, television and "The fact that the women were Lesbians; enough to do this kind of violent crime. If Oh yeah, better toss out that Oklahoma radio stations in most major markets, a news- the fact that robbery was not a motive and they are also perceived to be Lesbians, that Farmer-Stockman and ditch the Missouri paper chain, and extensive publishing opera- there is no other apparent motive, and the fact would infuriate them even more. Their actual Ruralist. Tack'n Togs Merchandising? In- tions. that Rebecca Wright was killed on the trail in sexuality doesn't matter. People sometimes dustrial Safetj, & Hygiene News? Feed- Indeed, it's hard to imagine mainstream an anti-Lesbian hate crime in 1988, raise the jump to that conclusion." stuffs, Motor Age, New Steel, Outdoor America without Disney and hard to imagine specter of bias as a possible motivation," Co- Williams' family said the relationship Power Equipment? a successful boycott, said Jill S. Krutick, a naty said. "doesn't make any difference to them," All once part of Capital Cities/ABC, now Smith Barney entertainment analyst. Wright was murdered and her lover, Mackert told the Associated Press late Fri- part of Disney. "They're very far-flung and it's very hard Claudia Brenner was seriously injured, on the day. "They love Julie and respected her Same for Women's Wear Daily. Institu- to avoid Walt Disney," she said. "They're Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania. Brenner's wish to be private. They want to know, how tional Investor. Not to mention Ob. Gyn. an important part of our cultural fabric." willingness to go public with her ordeal was a do we move on to solving this murder? ... News, Stamp Collector, and the Wichita re- Merrill Lynch analyst Jessica Reif agreed. defining moment in passing the Hate Crimes They said she made the right choices for her, gional telephone directory. "Disney has a very high-quality product and Statistics Act. Stephen R. Carr, their assail- and that was evidenced by who she was." So it will be tough to follow through on the I don't think consumers want to bun into cor- ant, was convicted of murder, and sentenced About 900 people attended Williams' fu- boycott, urged by Southern Baptist leaders porate America, especially over health-care to life in prison. neral Friday, June 7" in St. Cloud. A funeral this week for the denomination's 16 million issues," she said. In a letter to Attorney General Janet Reno, was also held for Winans in Michigan on the members. They said Disney's acceptance of Richard Jennings, executive director of Melinda Paras, NGLTF's Executive Director, same day. Gay civil nights at its theme parks and bene- Hollywood Supports, a group that lobbies for wrote,' We are asking for your help to in- Williams' uncle, Bernard "Brownie" fits for same-sex partners of employees workplace rights for homosexuals, said 40 sure that the FBI and the National Park Williams, told the St. Cloud Times: "Any "disparages Christian values." entertainment companies, including every Service are diligent in investigating all as- group that is going to help the investigation Then again, if Wall Street and Hollywood major studio, have extended benefits to same- pects of these crimes, including the possibility and find Julie's murderer is welcome. We observers are right and history repeats itself, sex partners of employees. that the murders were motivated by anti- could welcome any group that would partici- there really won't be that many people boy- To boycott every such company would es- Lesbian bias," pate, that would help us get this heinous cotting anything for long anyway. sentially mean shunning popular culture, he Shenandoah National Park rangers found crime solved. The National Rifle Association Sidney J. Sheinberg, the president of said. the women's bodies at their primitive camp- could, I don't care." MCA/Universal when it became the first stu- "I think you'd sell your TV and not go to dio to offer health insurance to partners of any movies and not go to theme parks. And Integrity/Dignity of Madison Becomes an Gay and Lesbian employees, said he knows probably not listen to the radio much either," of no case in which boycotts have had a mate- he said. rial effect on an entertainment company. The emotions stirred up by the debate are AIDS-Caring Community Universal Pictures was embroiled in a bitter undeniable. One well-regarded Wall Street group has been doing for some time. feud in 1988 when it released The Last talk publicly on any Madison—The members of Integrity/ what the analyst said he would years we have experienced the Temptation of Christ, denounced by some no longer speak for at- Dignity (I/D) of Madison, a group that serves "In recent other topic but would HIV/AIDS is having on the Gay conservative Christians for its portrayal of a and Gays. the spiritual needs of Gay/Lesbian Christians, influence that tribution about Disney We have had members who have very human Jesus with sexual desires. letters and crank calls from has officially declared itself an AIDS-Caring community. Too many nasty with HIV and those who have "I personally always love these people would ensue. Community. been infected "lunatic Christians" result of AIDS. We have indiv- who know what God wants and likes and resolution probably won't affect the I/D's membership unanimously voted after died as a The and together offered what spiritual think others are misguided. The humility of convention the denominational group is its June 9 worship service to affirm this status idually and comfort that we could. In some that kind of thing always bothers me," scheduled to hold in the year 2000 in Or- by pledging themselves "as a spiritual solace therefore, we have implicitly been an Sheinberg said. lando, home of Walt Disney World. A community to welcome and support those who sense, -Caring Community." "They've spoken their little piece and spokesman for the group said he doubted are HIV-infected or affected in any way by AIDS However, the group's AIDS Ministry they've gotten their little headlines and noth- there was time to re-book a meeting the size the disease, including caregivers, church min- Coordinator Paul Patenaude pointed out, "As ing's going to happen." the Southern Baptist Convention. isters, family and friends of persons with of group has grown in numbers, interest, and Disney stock, unchanged after the Baptist And even the Rev. Wiley Drake—who AIDS." our ability support a more formalized ministry, vote was taken, fell by 62 1/2 cents Thursday wrote the boycott resolution wasn't ready to LID Convener Paulette Quick remarked that we have undertaken a nearly year-long to close at $61.75, a drop of less than 1 per- drop Mickey Mouse from his life completely. this official declaration merely makes explicit process of discernment and have decided to cent on a generally down day on the New Drake, whose church is in Buena Park, explicitly affirm this ministry. We have now York Stock Exchange. California, about six miles from Disneyland, Tammy Baldwin pledged ourselves to publicly open our arms Analysts said repeated boycott threats said he would stop buying Disney products in prayer and welcome to those infect by HIV against Disney, many stirred up by the Gay- but would continue going to the theme park. Launches Internet or in any way affected by AIDS." cleric film Priest and other mature-themed "We have at least a dozen family passes to To accomplish these objectives, I/D's offerings from its Miramax subsidiary, have Disneyland and I'm not going to throw them AIDS-Caring Declaration outlines these steps: had no discernible impact on the company's away. They cost too much money," Drake Homepage (1) I/D will make widely known its openness results. said. "But when I go I'm not going to buy Representative Tammy Madison— State to all persons affected by HIV/AIDS. (2) I/D Indeed, despite earlier boycott calls from any food or products at the park." become the first Baldwin (D-Madison) has will do what it can to increase access for internet home- State Representative with an PWA's to its services and other social events organized page page. The simple and well and to participate in sponsoring AIDS-related the representative, contains information about events, such as prayer services and retreats. and current issues the 78th Assembly District (3) The group will express its concern for INSURANCE into CASH\IOW. links Turn your LIFE The site in the Wisconsin Legislature. PWA's in its corporate and individual and information to public policy resources prayers. (4) I/D members will take additional Wisconsin server, contained on the State of steps to offer HIV/AIDS-affected persons an NOW. such as hearing schedules, bill histories and and spiritual Your NEEDS must be met \OW, voice, CASH open ear, a friendly bill texts. friendship. (5) I/D members may offer other is to point to NOW. The goal of the homepage services to some needy individuals who Your DREAMS must be fulfilled provide information answers to questions, to present themselves to the group. (6) I/D \OW. currently CASH and links to public information pledges itself to continually develop this Viewers can also available electronically. ministry as circumstances and the Spirit lead. HIV-Challenged the representative send comments directly to (7) an AIDS Ministry Coordinator has been homepage provides a through the site. "The added to I/D's governing board to guide the CASHNOW about state government Brochure and Video wealth of information group in developing the ministry in a way that Call for FREE issues we're working on. and the substantive best serves the needs of the community and is updating our homepage, so We are frequently consistent with I/D's core mission of service 800-650.3333 information on NOV will have access to timely you to the Gay/Lesbian Christian community. ca says Baldwin. state legislation," Patenaude noted that the area in which I/D The Internet Address for the homepage is: is most likely to be of help is in offering state. wi. us/agenc ies/w i I is/ http: //badger. spiritual friendship: "Because of our own Wileutaa CASiiNOVA V assembly/asm78/ experiences and our spiritual faith, we may be able to assist HIV/AIDS-affected persons with such matters as their feelings toward God or developing their response to CAS Read Wisconsin Light Online the church and in their life's Our Internet Address Is: this phase, perhaps the last, of Viatical Settlements, Inc. this earth. http://www.gaytutiverse.cominews.html journey on "We understand, though, that not all Founding Member Member NAPWA coming to us will share our Christian and June 20, 1996—July 3, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-12

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Washington, D.C. — A report released on their HIV status. HIV counseling and testing Friday, June 7, 1996 from the Dana-Farber offers individuals a chance to not only find Cancer Institute and Tulane University have out their antibody status, but also the ability to highlighted the potential risk associated with seek services that will either help them stay oral sex in the transmission of HIV. When HIV negative or keep them healthy and seven monkeys were orally applied with SIV productive if they are HIV positive." (the virus that causes an AIDS-like disease in Ms. Luna continued, "NAPWA, which monkeys), six monkeys seroconverted. annually sponsors HIV Testing Day (to be Further, the amount of SIV needed to held on June 27, 1996), believes that effectively transmit the virus orally in the knowledge of one's antibody status is a monkeys was significantly less than had been critical element in managing HIV disease. previously thought. Individuals who know their HIV status can This study has many serious implications in take full advantage of both HIV prevention our nation's efforts to prevent the spread of and care services once they know if they are -HIV in humans, said A. Cornelius Baker, living with HIV. Especially now, with the Acting Executive Director of the National announcement of new therapies for managing Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA). HIV disease, knowing one's antibody status is While there are still many unanswered fundamental to staying healthy and staying questions about the study, the overall message alive. Maintaining a negative antibody status Alan Hauth and Jeff Kelly along with their close friends recently celebrated their Silver anniversary with a is clear. What constitutes safer sex must, in is as crucial. With proper pre- and post- lovely dinner and cocktails party upstairs at Milwaukee's M & M Club. light of this study, be re-examined. In the counseling, individuals have the ability to past, because there has been such a lack of make informed choices for changing and information about the real risk of oral sex and reducing risk behavior." New Gene Therapy Techniques Offer Hope HIV transmission, we have been unable to As this data is new, NAPWA also holds that clearly educate people on the risks associated it should not be disseminated in such a way as in the Struggle Against AIDS with oral sex. Now, however, we may have to alarm individuals. Rather, it needs to be reason to re-craft our messages in order to discussed and the communities at risk for HIV Tucson, AZ--Like a superhero in innocent • Then the trick becomes separating the keep people from becoming HIV infected. infection should be educated as to what disguise, a camouflaged common-cold virus helper virus from the stealth virus before it's NAPWA believes that the study (as reported actions can place them at risk for becoming may be able to deliver therapeutic genes put into a person. In the case of muscular in Science on Friday, 6/7/96) should be a HIV infected. within the body without triggering an attack dystrophy, the virus will be used to deliver clarion call for community-based HIV Said Baker, "With this news, it is clear that from defective immune systems. and infect muscle cells with the dystrophin prevention education efforts. Because of the our HIV prevention efforts now have another That's the theory behind research scientists gene. lack of data on oral transmission of HIV, piece of data in their arsenal. We must say if proven successful, could revolutionize Present separation techniques have left many local communities have tried to educate capitalize on what we know, inform people at treatment of scores of inheritable diseases as about 1 percent of helper cells among the al- all people on known and potential risk to the risk and make sure that everyone takes all the well as cancers and AIDS. tered virus. Chamberlain hopes to lower that best of their ability, given limited infor- necessary precautions if and when they are The research is funded by the Muscular to improve chances that immune systems mation. going to have sex with someone else. Dystrophy Association (MDA), which held a won't react to any remaining helper viruses With this recent study, NAPWA believes Clearly, a condom is now just as important in conference here in Tucson this week. that might remain mingled with the gutted vi- that local HIV prevention education programs oral sex as it is in anal and vaginal sex. "It's sort of like a stealth virus, so that ruses. should incorporate this new data and use it to Telling the truth to people at risk is about they can go into cells and won't alert the im- "We're real excited," said Chamberlain. inform and re-direct the manner in which oral saving their lives." V mune system to kick them out again," says "I think it's an important technical break- sex is discussed in national, regional, state University of Michigan geneticist Jeffrey through that shows we can modify these vi- and local HIV prevention education messages. Thoughts on a Man I Chamberlain, one of the lead scientists. ruses a lot more than might be expected." "We are very concerned about the impli- The therapy was devised in researching cations of this new data," said Ernest Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy, Hopkins, Director of Health and Treatment at Saw at PrideFest two forms of the genetic disease that cause Rainbow Clad Statue NAPWA. muscles to waste away. Duchenne, its most "This type of scientific development on the By Richard Mence common form, generally results in death by of Liberty to Grace pathogenesis and transmission of HIV will I saw a man who was born when the mid-20s. continue to drive both policy and programs. this century was barely born Until now, the big problem with gene ther- San Francisco's Gay It must be used in such a way as to help who carried his years, so many, like bricks, apy has been its preferred delivery system, protect people from becoming HIV infected," a bricklayer would even scorn. Chamberlain said. Hopkins said. It was at a festival of freedom, Delivering the therapeutic genes through Pride Parade A second implication from this news, of freedoms yet to be won viruses has triggered immune responses to San Francisco—Imagine the Statue of Lib- according to Elisa Luna, the Director of where the man strolled alone, slowly smiling, destroy the viruses and their precious cargo, erty, draped in the Rainbow Flag. Imagine it, Education and Outreach for NAPWA, is in seeming to have fun. said Chamberlain, a medical school associate not in New York harbor, but in San Francisco the manner that we now encourage people His hair and mustache were whiter professor. Chamberlain was here for the for the June 30th Pride Celebration. Impossi- who have yet to find out their antibody status than the hanging fog above, MDA conference. ble? Well, not really, according to James to do so now in a safe and confidential his clear blue eyes danced with pride, Chamberlain's group, and another team of Reid, Float-March Co-Chair of the San Fran- manner. recollections...and love. researchers from the University of Pittsburgh cisco LesGayBiTrans Freedom Day Parade "People who believed themselves to not be It was a soggy mess of tents and Baylor College of Medicine, are working Committee. at significant risk because of oral sex are in and stands and reckless laughter on similar approaches. Of course, it won't be the actual statue real need of a supportive environment that shared by all the ages present, Both gut an adenovirus, a common cold vi- on display. That would be a "little" difficult to will allow them to come into an anonymous or his the oldest, after rus, by replacing its own protein-making ge- move since it weighs 225 confidential setting where they can find out all the mists have dried, and souls netic material with that intended to heal sick tons. However, there will be a half scale exact replica have cried, and some have died. cells. In this case, defective muscle genes that of Auguste Bartholdi's For what could his eyes be seeing cause two types of muscular dystrophy. masterwork standing at the foot of that did not lie before him? The virus thus becomes a genetic carrier. Market Street on Parade Weekend. Obituary The How could he not be conjuring days Chamberlain's research will be published in San Francisco replica will be a 50' ago when skies were clear the July issue of Human Molecular Genet- tall balloon set on an 8' faux stone base. It is Lonnie Kellogg and Gay meant nothing but happiness ics, with the Proceedings of the National made of vinyl and mylar coated fabric, weighs and his secret was called queer? Academy of Sciences publishing a paper de- over 500 pounds, and has taken 2,880 hours 1978-1996 How many faces of his youth tailing the research of Paula Clemens of and over $50,000 to complete. Lonnie Kellogg, dear friend and valued and middle years does he recall Pittsburgh and a team from Baylor. According to Reid, the replica will be un- member of the Milwaukee AIDS Project with gashes forming extra mouths, Dr. Leon Charash of Cornell University veiled at the Parade where it will be seen by Thursday Night Volunteer Group, passed to and bones all broken from a fall, Medical College, chairman of the MDA's over half a million people. Afterward there the next life surrounded by her loving family or neck blistered red then blue medical advisory committee, called the de- are plans to take it on tour around the coun- on Thursday, June 6, 1996. from a tightening rope velopment a landmark advance for gene try—including having it at the Republican "We will miss her smile, her sense of when all the tomorrows that lay ahead therapies for dozens of inherited diseases and National Convention in San Diego in August. humor and her dedication," said Lori Sitz- lay there without hope? illnesses. The figure will be "a monumental and mo- wohl, a MAP Thursday Night Volunteer. What courage it is a soul must have The researchers have engineered a virus so bile symbol of Lesbian and Gay Pride across "She was just a very wonderful, very special to survive the crush of years that "the body doesn't know it's coming in the USA and the world,".Reid said. person." with little to anticipate but and can't reject it," Charash said. "We've heartaches, hatreds, and fears? taken viruses, maybe we can turn them into Old faithful soldier of the fight friends." Read All About It! who fought the battle through Tests in mice could begin later this sum- what victories that have been won mer, but human trials are likely a couple of On-the Internet of you. have been won because years away. Chamberlain said the other key to making Our Address Is "Shepherd Express" the process work will be the ability to grow /www.gay universe.com /news. the gutted virus in the laboratory, using a so- html to Remain Employee called helper virus which helps copy the DNA of the gutted virus. Controlled Milwaukee—Despite assertions to the contrary that appeared in an article in the June 6th Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Shep- herd Express remains committed to em- ployee ownership, a press release from the paper said. The release went on to say that it is no LONNIE KELLOGG wonder that organizations and individuals are Her parents were the proud recipients of a interested in acquiring the company. Adver- Wisconsin Light Spotlight Service Certifcate tising sales have risen and, after years of es- honoring Lonnie's dedication to the fight calation, paper prices have stabilized. This against AIDS. growth has occurred in a national advertising Her life may have been a short one, but it environment wherein newsweeklies are was rich with many friends. Lonnie's parents growing 10% per year as dailies continue to Tom and Lauri Randall, her brothers James shrink. and David and her many, many friends will Management transitions and the normal miss her deeply. challenges of business can be difficult, but the Experience the hot, then cool taste "The most beautiful flowers bloom for Shepherd says that its commitment remains only a little while. 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Call (414)299-0857 For the Latest Entertainment Info The SpotLight Starts Entertainment Hot Line It happens all the time. You can't find after our next publication date. your copy of The Wisconsin Light and "The Wisconsin Light is pleased L., you can't remember exactly what time the announce this new service for its readers big party/fundraiser/show starts. and advertisers" said Publisher Jerry Up until now that could cause some Johnson. "We want everyone to know all problems. You either run out and get a about the special events and special paper, call someone who might have one nights offered by our advertisers." or stay home. This is a free service offered to our Now there is another option. Call 299- advertisers and readers. In addition to 0857. listings of what is going on, the Spotline The Spotline Begins Fri June 21 also will provide businesses and org- The Wisconsin Light proudly announces anizations with an easy to use opportunity the Spotline, an event hotline that con- to leave us messages about coming tains all the information you need to know events for inclusion in the next SpotLight about what is going on. calendar. MAP's Thursday Night Group SpotLight Party held at This Is it on Thursday June Beginning on Friday, June 21, 1996, the Call 299-0875 For Any Occasion was honored at our 13. Part of this very dedicated, and looking group was squeezed together for this picture. the Spotline will be in operation 24 hours Going to the city for the weekend and obviously good As you can see by the faces, a very good time was had by all. a day, 365 days a year. With one simple wondering what is going on? Bored this easy to make phone call to (414)299- evening and thinking about going out? 0857, you can get all the information you Planning on going out for a big evening Noted Author, Patricia Nell Warren, need to know about is going on, when its you're not sure where to head out to? going on and where its going on. Call the Spotline 299-0857 to find out Youth Other than regular long distances char- everything you need to know. Talks About Writing and Gay ges for those calling outside of the Mi- The Spotline, another way that the By Carl M. Szatmary entry in the series, to be titled Billy's lwaukee area, the call is free. Wisconsin Light, Wisconsin's most It maybe over twenty years since the Boy which she hopes to have in the Local and State Wide Information widely read and most complete source of book has been published but one ques- bookstores in early spring. The third book Dial (414)299-0857 and you'll have a information for the LesBiGay community tion will inevitably follow Patricia Nell War- Harlan's viewpoint in favor of choice of hearing a listing of what's hap- is serving that community. will leave ren whenever and wherever she makes thirteen year-old Falcon, Billy Sive's son. pening in your area that evening or an Please note that news and regular an appearance. "When is the movie go- Warren, "is not saying as to Falcon's updated listing of our entire state wide business calls should still be placed to ing to be made?" The book of course is orientation", but warns readers to expect calendar which runs through the weekend our office number (414)372-2773. The Front Runner, perhaps the landmark in Billy's Boy, "something very, very dif- title in Gay publishing. ferent." z Patricia Nell Warren was in Chicago A fourth book, which will feature the over the first weekend in June to attend story from a woman's voice, is set to co- -9, the American Booksellers Association's incide with the millennium will conclude annual convention. Warren is attending this saga. "I loved sagas," explains War- the convention, in conjunction with her ren, "I always wanted to do a saga of Gay own publishing imprint, Wildcat Press, to life... of Gay families and friends." announce the long-awaited paperback Not merely focusing on this saga begun release of Harlan's Race, the sequel to with The Front Runner, Patricia Nell The Front Runner plus paperback re- Warren has many other literary irons in issues of The Fancy Dancer and the long the fire, including two other books. unavailable, The Beauty Queen. Warren is particularly enthusiastic when Warren graciously took a few moments talking about The Wild Man, based on out of her hectic schedule at the conven- her first, unpublished novel written while tion to grant this exclusive interview with she living in Spain in the late 1960's, a the Wisconsin Light. time when she was still married. For When chatting with Warren, what be- comes immediately apparent is her warmth, enthusiasm and friendliness but don't let that fool you, Patricia Nell War- ren is a passionate writer and activist who is involved in a variety of Gay youth pro- grams in Los Angeles. "Paul Newman was never to play the Coach", Warren reveals in response to a question about who she would have Over 100 People attended our SpotLight Party held on Thursday June 13 at This Is It in Milwaukee. The hoped to play Harlan Brown and the party honored MAP's Thursday Night Volunteer Group. It featured beer, pizza, and special presentations. young runner, Billy Sive. Newman did One of those presentations is pictured above,. Lil Lau and Fran Culbert presented a surprised and moved This hold the film option for The Front Runner Is It owner, Joe Brehm with a special plaque naming This Is It as the group's official Inn Keeper. for a year and had hoped to direct the project which was to include wife Joanne Woodward. Have a Bang Up Fourth at Our Next Newman had a screenplay treatment done but was not happy with it. Neither, SpotLight Party At Mama Roux apparently was Patricia Nell Warren who could not understand why they wanted to Milwaukee- Our first SpotLight Party their favorite character from American pay her for the use of the title, The Front was such a big success that we are going history, be it Marilyn Monroe, George Runner and entirely change the story. to do another free party, "The Washington or Lizzie Borden. Prizes will Although now too old, Warren feels that Amendment 2 Party", at Mama Roux on be given for the best costumes. Clint Eastwood would have captured Thursday, July 4 at 6:00. There will also be a special Jeopardy Harlan, "absolutely to the max." Harlan Located at 1875 N. Humboldt, Mama Game with prizes for the players. Brown, as are all of her characters, is a Roux is a popular East Side bar. With "Mama Roux's is a great place for a composite of a number of individuals in Warren's life. She particularly drew upon great food, a lively atmosphere and a party. The clientele, the staff and the PATRICIA NELL WARREN great staff, Mama Roux's is always a owners are wonderful folks who really of her Uncle John, a marine combat pilot twenty years, Warren had put this great place to party. know how to have a good time," said and a conservative for inspiration for story of a young Gay matador and his Mama Roux and her staff are pulling out SpotLight party person, Bill Meunier, "And Coach Brown. twin Gay sister away. When she had all of the stops to make this Fourth of July an Amendment 2 Party on the Fourth of A long distance runner herself in her trouble with Harlan's Race, she turned back a memorable one. is especially appropriate." youth, Patricia Nell Warren studied many to Wild July Man. "The characters The Amendment 2 party will feature free -Manager and Party runners, particularly their styles and called to me, told Joe St. Claire Co me their story." Miller beer, food, games, costumes, and Planner Extrordinaire agrees. "In a very techniques in creating Billy Sive, men- Another future writing project is surprises. The fabulous Lu Shanti will real way, the Supreme Court decision that tioning 1972 Olympic runner Steve Pre- Patricia Nell Warren's almost completed provide live entertainment. Mama Roux threw out Amendment 2 marks a new era fontaine. autobiog- raphy, to be titled "Girl Grassroots." herself will be on hand to do her Kate of justice for all of us. It just makes this No actor at the time would have cap- Patricia Nell Warren is perhaps most Smith imitation. special one." tured Billy's spirit and Warren felt that an Fourth a eager to answer questions about her in- The entire bar will be decked out in will be. So unknown would have had to have been Special is what this party volvement in a variety of Gay youth pro- Red, White and Blue decorations chosen party for early found to play the young Gay runner. don't miss our SpotLight grams in the Los Angeles area, particu- especially for the occasion. at Mama Currently the film rights to The Front July, the Amendment 2 party larly the EAGLES Center, short for Em- Revelers are encouraged to come as Roux. Runner are in dispute in court, a situation that Warren has no comment on. phasizing Adolescent Gay & Lesbian Warren is presently working on the third PLEASE TURN TO WARREN - PAGE 22 SPOTLIGHT THE June 20, 1996 - July 3, 1996-WISCONSIN LIGHT-15

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Los Angeles--Kids inevitably drag their Hunchback will be judged by a very sim- parents to Disney's animated films. Will ple yardstick: Does the story work for a parents now haul their kids to The broad audience? Hunchback of Notre Dame? "It's a little more sophisticated subject The newest installment in Hollywood's matter," says Don Hahn, the film's pro- \Hi most popular movie franchise, ducer, who has not yet decided if he will Hunchback is by far the most "adult" take his 5-year-old daughter. "It's a very I he Monter' Is a Funny Film With a animated musical since 1991's best personal decision" about how young is picture-nominated Beauty and the too young, he says. Crowd-Pleasing Climax Beast. A sporadically menacing film "Ever since Snow White, Disney has touching on some of the troublesome been accused of scaring children," says Reviewed by Glenn Bishop left police without a clue. themes raised in Victor Hugo's 1831 Wise. "But as adults, those scared chil- Loris (Roberto Benigni), protagonist of When Loris inadvertently mistakes a novel, Hunchback will test the formidable dren look back (at those scary movies) as the new Italian farce, The Monster is "respectable" woman for a notorious Disney marketing machine. great memories of childhood." perhaps the most unlikely, put upon nymphomaniac (Glen ponders, aren't all The studio has at least one glittering Made into a major U.S. live-action film cinematic hero that Glenn has seen in a nymphomaniacs notorious by definition?) twist on the dark classic working in its four times previously, The Hunchback of very long time. Bearing a striking resem- who flees to the police after witnessing favor: In Disney's version, opening June Notre Dame is far more than a story of a blance to the bewildered and befuddled Loris' ill-fated encounter with a chainsaw 21, Quasimodo and Esmeralda don't die hideously deformed man living in the characters that Woody Allen is known for, (ditto). When surveillance cameras cap- after all. Loris is a peculiar yet engaging little con ture Loris' often bizarre looking behavior Entertainment man. at almost every turn, authorities become analyst projec- Spending his days muddling along, absolutely certain that they have their tions and early Reserved Loris takes Chinese man. What the need is proof. toy store sales lessons, goes to ever rights lengthening Enter Jessica Rosetti (Nicoletta Braschi) indicate the mov- extremes to avoid eviction All from his apartment by the ever indignant a lovely young police officer instructed by ie and its related manager and earns a pitifully meager ex- her superiors to follow Loris and lure him merchandise, in- Inc. istence by transporting naked female into a compromising situation. When cluding hand mannequins around town. For excitement Loris invites her to share his apartment, puppets, a lavish and out of necessity, Loris cleverly shop- the hijinks begin as Jessica sets out to Disneyland stage Enterprises lifts his weekly groceries list at the local tempt the flustered Loris, through a series show and The supermarket by ingeniously setting off of ever increasingly outrageous sexual Hunchback of Disney alarms throughout the store. antics. Still, the baffled Loris resists. Notre Dame Top- Through misadventure, misfortune and Jessica begins to have doubts but is sy Turvy com- coincidence, his mild-mannered existence spurred on by the Chief of Police (Laurent puter game, Copyright abruptly changes when police mistakenly Spielvogel) and a more than slightly ob- could surpass the conclude that Loris is a serial killer who sessive criminal psychiatrist, Taccone highly profitable chops up women after raping and mur- (Michel Blanc). Taccone insists that Jes- Pocahontas and dering them. Okay, Loris isn't exactly sica invite him and his wife over for din- its loot. honest but somehow it is difficult for ner, an unhappy prospect for his nervous Others are Glenn to imagine that such a klutz could wife (Dominique Lavanant) who spies skeptical. Reel Quasimodo is crowned king by Clopin during possible have butchered 18 women and murder attempts at every turn and flees Source, an online this scene from Disney's latest animated flick, The Hunchback of Notre the apartment research service Dame. in a frenzy. for movie exhibitors, says the film's shadows of a French cathedral. Enough is "prospects seem limited," and the film "It's a very serious book. It deals with enough when may not appeal to very young children. political and historical issues in a very se- Taccione for- Held against the huggable Simba from rious way," says Victor Brombert, a pro- ced Jessica to The Lion King and the slinky title char- fessor of comparative literature at Prin- don a "Little acter of Pocahontas, the stars of The ceton University and a renowned Hugo Red Riding Hunchback of Notre Dame are both authority. Hood" outfit more complicated and less approachable. Despite its relatively challenging narra- guaranteed to From early sketches where he looked tive, Disney's Hunchback abandons set Loris into a no worse than "some kid having a bad Hugo's tragic ending, in which the Gypsy sexually mur- hair day," Quasimodo (voiced by Tom Esmeralda is hung and Quasimodo joins derous frenzy. Hulce) evolved into a tormented, poten- her in the tomb. „,„. 00,", • Instead, Lor- tially frightening bell-ringer. Since The Lion King was an original is, who has by In early screenings at least, his appear- work, there was no criticizing its this time fallen ance, and public humiliation, has sent "authenticity." Pocahontas took broad in love with the some tearful 4-year-olds bolting for the liberties with the historical forebear, but enigmatic Jes- lobby. The film's villain, Judge Claude without significant backlash. Hunchback, sica, remains Frollo, is an animated musical's equiva- whose story is known by many, may not baffled, baffled lent of a child abuser. And while Quasi- escape so lightly. that she is modo doesn't die, he also doesn't turn As for the Disney update, "I must con- wearing such into a beautiful prince and get the girl. fess I'm resisting this one a little bit," an outfit during "I think it has plenty in it for kids to en- Brombert says. "It seems so far removed daytime and joy," says Kirk Wise, who co-directed the and sentimentalized." baffled at why film with Gary Trousdale. - But when we A few literary authorities concur. she is leaving are looking at these stories, we are look- "Not too long ago, Hollywood was ca- him. ing for things that we would enjoy. Hugo's pable of telling stories with sad endings, A frenzied, novel is very dark. We wanted to stay true such as Cyrano and Dark Victory, " says crowd-pleasing to the drama and emotion but add ele- Mark Crispin Miller, chair of the writing climax follows ments of fun and humor." program at Johns Hopkins University. bringing The The film's most conspicuous pitch for "The corporate need for immediate suc- Monster to a children is delivered by talking, wise- cess on a grand scale has made it impos- satisfying end- cracking gargoyles named Victor, Hugo sible to tell stories that don't leave people ing that Glenn and Laverne. In the tradition of animated laughing and applauding. certainly won't leading women, the take-no-gruff Esmer- "It's really sad and troubling because it reveal here. alda (voiced by Demi Moore) is so curva- rules out a lot of stories, a lot of stories Setting a de- ceous it looks like the only time she can't be told." lightfully comic leaves aerobics class is for breast en- Co-director Trousdale notes that Disney farce against largement surgery. is in the entertainment business, not liter- the backdrop of Hulce, who toyed around with several ary preservation. People have com- a serial killer Quasimodo voices, finally settled on a plained about Disney's adaptations of would seem to form of speech that makes the character other classics, he says. be more than a sound like a bashful young man. "Working with a French national treas- bit of a precari- When he was first asked to audition for ure has its pitfalls," Trousdale says. "You ous proposition the leading vocal role, Hulce said Quasi- have to be careful you don't alter it too by Roberto Be- modo's animation was "much less mon- much, don't run too roughshod over it." nigni as direc- strous. I was surprised how tame As for the new batch of Loris (Roberto Benigni) is wired in The Monster, a comic farce tor/co-writer he naysayers, was," just a "bad-hair" teen. Along the Trousdale says, "They can go have and star carries a way, says Wise, Quasimodo's drawn de- drink with the Lewis Carroll purists, the Matthew Coles to it off with an meanor ranged from "very Rudyard Kipling appealing flair. Even without multi-million frightening" to purists and the Hans so enchanting "he Christian dollar special effects or a hunky, looked like one of the Andersen purists." multi- seven dwarves." Read at A Room million dollar star, say a Tom Cruise or a Just as the filmmakers Keannu Reeves, The Monster is an walked a narrow path between tragedy Of One's Own audience pleasing piece of cinematic and comedy, fright en- and compassion, tertainment. Trust Glenn and go. Hulce struggled to bring Quasimodo to life. "It was Madison — On Friday, June 28 at 6:30 Rating $$$$ (scale $ to $$$$$$) a process of hunt-and-peck," Hulce p.m. at A Room of One's Own feminist Opening at Milwaukee's Downer theatre says. "How bold is bookstore, the ACLU's director of the on June 21st he willing to be? How devastating is the Lesbian and Gay Rights and AIDS abuse he has undergone?" Project, Matthew Coles, will be speaking Wise and Trousdale decided their on his new book, Try This At Home, leading man essentially was a 19th cen- tury translation of the most unpopular published by The New Press. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Produc- kid Coles' new book is a practical guide for in a 20th century elementary school. tion stage manager and individuals and groups on how to pass de-clawed ex- "I think everybody at some time in their laws and policies that protect Lesbians, tremely friendly cat seek furnished life has felt like Quasimodo," Wise says. "Children are keenly Gay men, and Bisexuals from housing (apartment/condo/house cabin... aware of what it's BOOT CAMP SALOON discrimination. The book includes like to be left out. So kids immediately whatever) during run of show in Mil- warm MILWAUKEE'S strategies to use at the state and up to him." waukee from July Thanks governmental levels and at private insti- 14 thru August 24. I to increasingly sophisticated LEATHER / LEVI BAR tutions. have a car so I don't mind living outside computer animation programs, The Hunchback 209 E. National A Room of One's Own is located at 317 of of Notre Dame features the City, especially in a quaint se- several W. Johnson Street. The reading is free dazzling scenes of lifelike crowds, Milwaukee, WI cluded area near natural beauty. Voice realistic and open to the public. Call (608) 257- confetti and luminous sunlight 414-643-6900 7888 for more information. V mail/pager: 1-800-990-5118 streaming through stained-glass windows. For all its artistic beauty, however. June 20, 1996 - July 3, 1996-WISCONSIN LIGHT-17 `Welcome to the Dollhouse' is a Brilliant, Bitter Little Film that is a Must-See

Reviewed by Glenn Bishop Dawn who must write and then read to For many, recollections of childhood are the entire class, an essay on the impor- inevitably made warm and fuzzy, through tance of dignity. the use of rose-coloured glasses or by Still, it is Dawn's relationship with the one of the many popular anti-depressants enigmatic Brandon that gives Welcome like Prozac. No such deterrent for film- to the Dollhouse it's electric charge. maker Todd Solondz whose re-telling of Poor Dawn only sees Brandon as yet an- the horrors of seventh grade are fright- other of her tormentors. When Brandon eningly crystal clear in his recent film, insists that he will rape her and demands Welcome to the Dollhouse. that she meet him after school to do so, Hello to Dawn Wiener (Heather Mata- Dawn is resigned to her fate. Trapped in razzo), Solondz's spunky, if not exactly the misery of her own world, she is unable pretty protagonist. Welcome to the to see the misery in his. Blinded by the Dollhouse opens as the solitary Dawn, "god-like beauty of Steve (Eric Mabius), a perhaps not so affectionately nicknamed hunky high school Lothario recruited by "wiener dog" by her seventh grade peers, brother Mark to aid his pathetic band, The scans the unfriendly terrain of the Junior Quadratics, Dawn fails to recognize Bran- High lunch room for a seat at which she don's advances to her, awkward as they can eat her mac & cheese lunch. may be. When Dawn finally spies a space oppo- What is so refreshing about Welcome site tough girl, Lolita, she learns to her to the Dollhouse is Solondz's refusal to dismay that it is empty because someone allow any character, Dawn included, any "bailed there last period." Welcome to superfluous sympathy. Dawn is, at least Dawn's world. partially responsible for little Missy's kid- Perhaps Dawn's older brother Mark, a napping but Glenn couldn't help but think high school computer-geek extraordinaire that it was a just reward for that irritatingly should be sympathetic to Dawn but he is cute little girl. too busy finding extra-curricular activities Solondz perhaps only crosses the line to get into "a good school." when he has Dawn, again lost in her mis- Little sis Missy (Dana Kalinina) is ery, turn on her one true friend Ralphie, Dawn's personal and private nightmare. screaming at him "faggot" amongst other Missy is everything Dawn isn't: a beautiful insults. That this moment in the film has a little girl who endlessly pirouettes around frightening ring of honesty cannot dimin- the neighborhood in her pink tutu and ish how uncomfortable Glenn and other who is momma's little favorite no matter Gay men and Lesbians are likely to find what momma tells Dawn, A particularly the scene. telling moment comes, late one night Welcome to the Dollhouse is a bril- when Dawn is poised, hammer in hand, liant, more bitter than sweet little film. and ready to rid her life of her pretty little Solondz cleverly alternates excruciating nemesis. funny detail with touches of wondrous While Welcome to the Dollhouse may tenderness to create a devilishly clever lack pretensions of great themes, Solondz portrait of the cruel underbelly of a subur- certainly has a wry eye on the tragedy of ban middle-America rarely seen. Wel- daily torments experienced during ado- come to the Dollhouse is not to be lescence. missed! When bad-boy Brandon McCarthy Rating $$$$$ (scale $ to $$$$$$) (Brendan Sexton Jr.) tries to copy an- Welcome to the Dollhouse starts Fri- swers during a test, both are punished. day, June 21st, at Milwaukee's Downer Innocent victim Dawn pleads with her Theatre. teacher at the unfairness of it all, but it is Gary Wells and Terrance Rohloff shorty after taking their "wedding vows" at Kenwood United Methodist ti Church. Following their joyous union they celebrated their wedding with over 100 friends and relatives at B's `The Rock' is Just Enough of an Action Bar in Milwaukee. nado knows, is patrolled by the Phantom tights and mask is the himself, played here same guy who with delightful good- dumped her after college Mess to Please the Befuddled Masses guy innocence and to go riding enthusiasm by mus- through the jungle on his cular hunk Billy Zane. __- white horse Reviewed by Glenn Bishop amongst the SEALS, even Glenn knew fighting bad guys. The henchmen make off with the Summer is the time when the collective they'd be butchered immediately. skull, (Superheroes of course, while the Phantom stops somehow, rarely have intelligence of the American movie-going Well, of course they are and soon it's to time for women, rescue a little boy they've left tied other than to give them a public vanishes into thin air and mindless up in a passing glance.) just Mason and Goodspeed against all of truck that's about to topple off action pictures command virtually every a bridge In this, The the evil villains. Will Hummel blow up the into a picturesque gorge. Phantom generally deliv- available cinema screen. and ers. The Gay Mecca of the Universe? Time The catch is that Drax chemistry between Zane and more screens at mul- needs three Swanson is Showing at two or an admission cost of at least $6.50 will skulls before he can there, watered down, and harness the mysteri- some of tiplexes across the land is The Rock, a answer these questions and many, many ous power that the slam-bang special effects will allow him to conquer scenes current prototypically mindless action flick more, not Glenn. the world. directed by Simon Wincer, in- starring the always wonderful Sean Con- Fortunately director Michael Bay and cluding one in which The Phantom quickly tails him to New the pair escape nery and the hunky (stop drooling Kiki) Ed editor Richard Francis-Bruce have kept Drax's men by going from York, loses him, gets back on the trail and an airplane to Harris that Glenn and Kiki inadvertently word dialog to an absolute horseback, is nothing any spoken eventually confronts him in a fight for less than spec- found themselves at last week. minimum (although there's grunts aplenty) tacular. Skull No. 3 that takes place on an under- story, believe it or not. Gen- the Diana, meantime, is no Here's the and very few shots in the course of ground island somewhere under a Ber- shrinking violet, Harris) pro- but a woman able to eral Francis X. Hummel (Ed film have a duration longer than a mo- muda Triangle-like section of ocean. deliver a good kick his wife's tomb stone below the belt or a fesses his love to ment or two. Along the way, the Phantom gets help round-house right to whole bunch the head with about as and then decides to steal a All this just to keep the absolute implau- from (and must repeatedly rescue) Diana much gusto as her with lethal V.X. poison, the protector does. of missiles filled sibility of this mess hidden from Palmer (Kristy Swanson), who, by lucky ever devised by The Phantom, the scariest chemical masses. The masses, at least at the coincidence, is the old college flame of meanwhile, might seem at first to be at a bit man. screening Glenn and Kiki attended, the Phantom's alter-ego, Kit of a disadvantage to Walker. other comic-strip Why, you might ask? seemed to love The Rock, cheering en- Well, this being a heroes who have made comic strip, it would it to the big Glenn didn't care but here goes. Well, thusiastically throughout. While leaving seem pretty screen. He has special pow- clear from the get-go which ers like apparently the U.S. government has for- the cinema, Kiki overheard one of the side is going to Superman, after all, and no dark triumph in a battle of good demons gotten to honor Hummel's men who lost masses enthusing, "This was way better versus evil. haunting his soul like Batman, mis- who as a child saw his their lives during some super secret than Mission Impossible." A true com- Thus the fun must be derived in parents slain by getting criminals and vowed sion. Hummel demands millions of dollars pliment to be sure. to that final showdown, and in wondering revenge. But Zane, who was mean to compensate the poor, desolate fami- All in all, The Rock regardless of its whether the Phantom will win over Di- as they come in the film Dead Calm, makes lies. wonderful cast is merely a testosterone ana's affections. Or if he even wants the char- acter work here by being such With the help of trusted colleague Major inspired muddle for masses. Still. Sean them. Or, for that matter, if she'll figure out a nice guy. Tom Baxter (David Morse), Hummel and Connery fans abound and he's on hand to that the big handsome Iua in thp ni urnlo Please Turn to PHANMIIA _ a mangy bunch of mercenaries take a do his very best Sean Connery imitation. pathetic group of tourists hostage at Al- Nicholas Cage adds some must needed catraz. The nation's only hope is Stanley touches of humour and thrown in gener- Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage), an FBI ous helpings of nifty explosions and inane chemical/biological weapons expert and dialog and there you have it. A certified Patrick Mason (Sean Connery), the only hit! man ever to escape from Alcatraz. See The Rock if you must, enjoy it if This curious duo is accompanied to Al- you can and just remember, Glenn told catraz by a top notch Navy SEAL team to you so! 100 infiltrate the island, detoxify the bombs, Rating $$ (scale $ to $$$$$$) avert disaster and let San Francisco live Playing at any and every multiplex near happily ever after. Since there ain't any you. stars (but a couple of real hunks) soor 0 00 `The Phantom' Isn't Supposed to be 1r —.ow Deep, Just Fun—And It Is

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SATURDAY JUNE 22 Postal Service to Issue Stamp in Memory of In Between Soft Ball Fun Raiser In Between (625 S Second St., Milwaukee), is throwing another its unending Bisexual Actor James Dean series of fun parties. This one is a benefit for the In Between softball team. The fun Indianapolis, IN—Grant County officials make little difference. begins at 5:00. The fun raiser includes a cook out, a celebrity pie toss, an auction, and say they're not disappointed that James Dean's "Dean was raised here in Indiana, so for fun games like "Pin the nasty on the Bad Boy." hometown post office won't get to issue a the locals it might mean something, but col- commemorative stamp honoring the film star lectors don't care," he said. Tammy Baldwin Hosts Fund Raiser for Madison Pride this summer. Besides the summer celebration, the Postal Tammy Baldwin will host a fund raiser to help raise money for Madison's Pride March The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday, Service also plans to hold a commemorative on July 22. The event which includes entertainment and food will be held from 4:00 to April 17th, it will release the stamp in Holly- ceremony this fall to coincide with the annual 7:00 at 525 Riverside Drive. A $15.00 donation is suggested. For more information wood on June 24th and hold a second-day is- Fairmount Museum Days, which run Septem- contact Steve Starkey at (608)251-6834. sue ceremony the next day in Fairmount, ber 27-29. A special postmark will be de- where Dean grew up and is buried. signed for the event, Runyon said. Twin Cities Pride Festival Begins "We're happy with that," said Karen Lentz, The celebrations will remind people of The Twin Cities Pride Festival held in Loring Park will open at 11:00. The fest which executive director of the Grant County Con- Dean's Hoosier ties, Lentz said. runs only during daylight hours on Saturday June 22, and Sunday June 23 is expected to vention and Visitors Bureau. "We became about attract over 100,000 celebrants from throughout the Upper Midwest. "There are a lot of people who know aware in the process of lobbying for the first- movies and Entertainment, food and a huge market place are the main features of this 24th James Dean and know about his annual front- Pride celebration. day issue that Hollywood was the such, but don't specifically link him to Indiana runner." The Twin Cities Pride Parade will be held on Sunday June 23. (One of the grand and to Fairmount," she said. JR-1N), was pleased as marshals is Bob Jansen owner of Superiors Main Club) For more info on Twin Cities Sen. Dan Coats, Dean was born in 1931 in Marion, just Pride call 1-800-PRIDE-YA well. north of Fairmount. He moved with his family "This will bring national attention to Fair- to California, but he returned to Fairmount at SUNDAY JUNE 23 mount and Grant County," he said. age 9, after his mother died, to be raised by Coats wrote to Postmaster General Marvin an aunt and uncle. Century Hall Reunion Benefits MAP Runyon last month to ask that Runyon con- Runyon's decision on the second-day issue The Broadway Theater Center (158 N. Broadway, Milwaukee) will host the 20th sider issuing the stamp in Fairmount. delighted Brenda Graham, an employee at the Reunion of Century Hall patrons, fans, and staff. The reunion includes a galaxy of In his response Runyon said the Postal James Dean Gallery in Fairmount. Milwaukee and national performers including nationally known comic Will Durst, Blues Service had decided to go ahead and release "He's a hometown boy," she said. "If he artist Paul Cebar, Jazz artist Juli Wood, African Storyteller Reginald Findlayson, Miriam the Dean stamp in Los Angeles. It will be the was around today he'd still be laid back and Ben Shalom, and the Ko Thi Dancers among dozens of others. second in the "Legends of Hollywood" series, you'd still see him walking the streets." All proceeds will go the Milwaukee AIDS project. Tickets are $8.00 in advance and following 1995's stamp honoring Marilyn $10.00 at the door. Children under 12 are just $5.00. Advance sale tickets can be Monroe. WARREN purchased at the Broadway Theater Box office or at Survival Revival (246 E. Chicago, The new stamp, which has won a gold Continued From Page 14 Milwaukee). medal for design by the Society of Illustrators, Education Services Center. depicts a somber Dean with tousled hair and The Gay, Out And Single at Manoeuvres group had requested her for a sideburns. writer's Manoeuvres (150 S. Blair, Madison) will be the site of a wild night featuring an X-rated workshop and Warren soon found Dean appeared in three films: East of Eden herself dating game show. Based on a popular Cable show, "Gay Out and Single" promises to teaching school, as a volunteer, (1955), Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and every day be a hilarious bit of entertainment. The fun begins at 10:00. for six months. Through her Giant (1956). He died at age 24 in a Califor- involvement in this project, Warren feels nia car crash on September 30, 1955. that these FRIDAY JUNE 28 youths have taught here as While many authorities believe that Dean much as he has taught them in the proc- was Bisexual, there are those who think that ess has happily found herself with "many Wisconsin Leather Weekend Begins With Ball at B's he was Gay. B's (formerly 3 B's), located at 2nd and Lapham in Milwaukee will be the site of the young consultants on Billy's Boy. Grant County tourism officials had argued A very forward thinking woman, 'Patricia opening festivities for Milwaukee's "Wisconsin Leather Weekend." A Leather Ball will be that a first-day issue from Fairmount, a town held Nell Warren has embraced the new tech- at the bar beginning at 7:00. Admission is $4.00 ($3.00 for those attired in Leather) of 3,200 about 60 miles north of Indianapolis, There nology and has not only a website with will be special guest appearances from JD Buchert, the 1995 International Mr. would make the stamp more valuable to col- Fantasy, Dale Willman, Mr. Minnesota Fantasy, 1995, and Beth Kelly her publishing company, Wildcat Press Ms. Leather lectors. Madison, 1995 throughout the weekend. but has continued her involvement with But Richard Weinberg, owner of The Stamp Gay and Lesbian youth to edit a youth Shop in Indianapolis, said the location would SATURDAY JUNE 29 magazine on-line.

Mr. Wisconsin Fantasy Contest at the 1100 Club The 1100 Club (1100 S. 1st Street, Milwaukee) will host the 1996 Mr. Wisconsin DISCOVER WISCONSIN'S GAY Fantasy Contest. Be on hand as some of Wisconsin's hunkiest men work to convince the ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX! judges that they deserve the title. The contest begins at 9 PM. Admission is just $5.00. 4 Different Places to Party, Dance or Relax Miss Central Gay Wisconsin US of A Pageant at Madhatter 7 Bars 2 Dance Floors The Madhatter (320 Washington Street, across from Walgreens, Wausau) will be the 4 Sound Systems site of the 1996 Miss Central Gay Wisconsin pageant. The pageant will feature great Video • Food entertainment and celebrity appearances. It begins at 10:30 PM. Games Dancing SUNDAY JUNE 30 WISCONSIN'S FINEST VIDEO & DANCE CLUB Gargoyle Bus Heads to Chicago Pride Parade Gargoyles (354 E. National Ave) is sending a bus to the Chicago Gay Pride Parade. The trip which costs $30.00 includes some fabulous food, drinks and surprises. Those taking the bus will meet at Gargoyles at 10:30 AM. The bus leaves at 11:00 AM sharp and returns at 7:30 P.M. To reserve a spot stop by the bar or call (414)225-9676. QQQSUNDAYS Mr/Ms Southeast Wisconsin Leather Contest at B's Alternative & New Music Intro The Wisconsin Leather Weekend concludes with the Mr/Ms. Southeast Wisconsin Leather Contest at B's. The contest gets underway at 9:00. Admission is $5.00. B's Use your Sunday $ • No Cover (formerly 3 B's) is located at Second St. and Lapham in Milwaukee. Country Dykes Hold Picnic 0 0Q Are you a country dyke? Do you want to be one? If the answer to either of these MONDAYS questions is yes, then you are more than welcome to join the RDA for its monthly potluck at 2:00. Interested parties are encouraged to being a vegetarian dish to pass, a few good Happy Hour All Night! stories and a willingness to meet a few Llamas. For more information call (608)266-5972 8:30 to 4 weekdays or (608)846-2417 weekends. "Shake-a-Drink" • Comedy Video Clips

Chicago Pride Parade No Cover The Chicago Pride Parade, the largest gathering of Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals in the Midwest will again wind its through the streets of Boystown. The Parade which begins at 2:00 sharp, is expected to attract over 250,000 participants and watchers. The TUESDAYS annual street extravaganza will end at Grant park, the site of entertainment and a rally. For more information contact Chicago Pride, (312)348-8243. $5 Beer Bust* THURSDAY JULY 4 No Cover • $7 Non-card Holders MAMA ROUX'S HOST SPOTLIGHT PARTY! They are at it again. The bunch from Mama Roux's (1875 N. Humboldt, Milwaukee) is throwing another one of their wild parties, "The Amendment 2 Party. This time its a Open 8pm Nightly • Happy Hour 8-10pm Spotlight Party co-hosted by The Wisconsin Light. Free beer (while it lasts) food, fun GRUBB'S PUB Open Wed-Sat, and more awaits the holiday revelers beginning at 6:00. In addition to a costume contest 8pm-after hours (come as your favorite character in American history) there will be a Jeopardy game and Serving Char Broiled Sandwiches & more surprises. So be on hand as Mama Roux's and Wisconsin Light celebrate a bang up 4th of July. Appetizers

FRIDAY JULY 5

Men's Room Grand Opening at Geraldine's Geraldine's (3054 E. Washington, Madison) is opening its new Men's Room Bar. The Area Ana' (awe Men's Room will be located on the second floor and will cater primarily to men. The ijij Men's Room bar is part of the extensive remodeling done over the past few months. Food Fin Drmnk

SUNDAY JULY 7 Milwaukee's Newest Gay Nite Club Just Happens to be Waukesha Lesbians Party at State Park! Milwaukee's Oldest Gay Nite Club! The Waukesha Area Lesbian Network is hosting its first annual picnic at Lapham 801 - 807 South 2nd Street • Peak State Park in Delafield. All womyn, children and assorted pets are welcome to Milwaukee • 383-8330 THE SPOTLIGHT June 20, 1996 - July 3, 1996-WISCONSIN LIGHT-23 day's "Late Show" because the comic never Eddie Murphy properly apologized for the remarks. In the HBO show, Murphy commented on Apologizes for 1981 promiscuity and sexually transmitted dis- eases, saying that AIDS might be transmitted through kissing. Research has shown that AIDS Remarks AIDS is transmitted through bodily fluids, San Francisco—Actor Eddie Murphy such as blood and semen. There is a small apologized Friday, May 10th, for comments chance it can be transmitted through saliva. he made in 1981 about how AIDS can be Among the protesters was San Francisco transmitted, saying he was a young, misin- Supervisor Tom Ammiano, who is Gay. formed comic at the time. Ammiano read his own version of Letter- "I deeply regret any pain all this has man's Top 10 List. Calling it "Ten Reasons caused," Murphy said in a statement regarding Why Murphy Should Not Appear," he som- comments he made during a 1981 HBO show berly recited the names of 10 well-known called "Delirious." people who have died of AIDS. His statement came in response to AIDS Murphy appeared on the show as sched- activists who had demanded that David Let- uled. terman remove Murphy as a guest for Thurs- "I know AIDS isn't funny," Murphy said in the statement, adding that he is more knowl- edgeable about AIDS now. "I think it's unfair to take the words of a 1995 Lammy misinformed 21-year-old and apply them to an informed 35-year-old man ... I want to Winners once again go on the record as saying that Pm Robb Gerpoltz and Yuri Hall Keestra not homophobic and I'm not anti-Gay," he announced their engagement at This Is It. Lesbian Fiction said. Engagement ing PrideFest. The two plan a Winter Autobiography of a Family Murphy signed the statement: "Peace, love Solstice (December 21) Robert ceremony. and condoms, Eddie Murphy." Christo- The Winter Solstice Jacqueline Woodson pher was chosen be- Gerpoltz cause of the symbolism of the day— Gay Men's Fiction (Robb) and Yuri Hall December 21st has the longest night of Keestra, both Flesh and Blood Support Our of the year and marks the returning of Michael Cunningham Milwaukee, joyfully light. announce their en- In addition to their careers, Robb Lesbian Studies Advertisers gagement to be married. vol- unteers at MAP and both are members Dyke Life Robb, 23, a transaction processor at of the Milwaukee chapter of the AIDS the American Society for Quality Karla Jay, editor Control Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP). They Help Us Bring You (ASQC) proposed to Men's Yuri, 25, a The couple plans to reside in Milwau- Gay Studies Gay/Lesbian Community Outreach Spe- kee and to continue their commitment De Los Otros cialist at the to The Light! Milwaukee AIDS Project Milwaukee's Queer Community. Joseph Carrier (MAP), on Saturday, June 8, 1996, dur- Lesbian Poetry Dark Fields of the Republic 1875 North Humboldt • Milwaukee Adrienne Rich 347.0344 Your Eastside Gay Men's Poetry Alternative Atlantis Mark Doty Lesbian Mystery Intersection of Law and Desire J.M. Redmann Gay Men's Mystery Closet R.D. Zimmerman !EAU Lesbian/Gay Science AMERICAN... Fiction/Fantasy (tie) Shadow Man GRILL Melissa Scott Slow River Nicola Griffith Lesbian and Gay Anthologies/Fiction Tasting Life Twice E.J. Levy, editor Lesbian and Gay Spotlight Party Anthologies/Non-Fiction Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage Claude J. Summers Lesbian/Gay Small Press Award AMENDMENT The New Fuck You 2 Liz Kotz and Eileen Myles, editors Gay and Lesbian Humor The Butches of Madison County Ellen Orleans Thursday, July 4 • 64m9pm '•• Children's/Young Adult From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun Free Deer & Food Jacqueline Woodson Lesbian and Gay Drama (tie) Thinking About Longstanding Performances by Lou Shanti Problems of Virtues and Happines (Slays!) Tony Kushner American History Costume Contest Go Fish Guinevere Turner and Rose Troche Lesbian Biography/Autobiography Come and play Gay Jeopardy Aimee and Jaguar Eric Fisher Lesbian and Gay Spirituality Wrestling With the Angel Bruce Bouldrey, editor Mama Koux will 17e making an appearance Editor's Choice (tie) Forbidden Passages Introductions by Pat Califia and as Kate Smith Janine Fuller Restricted Entry Janine Fuller and Stuart Blackley I Grill Hours Weekly Publisher's Service Award Monday thru Thursday: 4-10 pm Double Bubble Every Wednesday Nancy Bereano Friday and Saturday: 4-11 pm 8pm-Midnight Publisher, Firebrand Press Friday Fish Fry - Cod or Catfish Live Singers Every Thursday Lambda Literary Full menu with grill open to 8 pm Lou Shanti & Yolanda Frye Foundation Pioneer Award Carry-out Orders Available Alternate Thursdays L. Page "Deacon" Maccubbin President and CEO of MasterCard/Visa Accepted - Personal Checks upon Approval Lambda Rising Inc. THE SPOTLIGHT June 20, 1996 - July 3, 1996-WISCONSIN LIGHT-24 Venturing Out 46 A World of Travel

By Sasha Alyson about traveling to a place where we felt A generation ago, Gay travel largely more at home. Today, even if we've Chanticleer Guest House: involved a plane ticket to San Francisco fOund that place, that urge to explore has or New York. Today, the possibilities are stayed with us. in Door County endless. Venturing Out is a new monthly column A Gem The list of "Gay Meccas" has grown that will address all areas of Gay and each year to include South Beach, Lesbian travel, both in the U.S. and Take one part beautiful scenery, one part spacious grounds, one part romantic Provincetown, Palm Springs, Rehobeth, abroad. We'll report on one-day parties setting and a big dash of elegance and you have the recipe for Wisconsin's 4 Star Russian River, Key West, and Fire Island. and two-week cruises. You'll get Gay Bed and Breakfast, the Chanticleer Guest House. Beyond that, hundreds of Travel agencies suggestions about the best beaches for a Located near the Southern end of beautiful Door County, and nestled on a now focus on Lesbian and Gay travelers, week of pure relaxation; and also about charming 30 acre estate that includes hiking trails, a sheep pasture, and a gazebo as do dozens of cruise and tour vacations that challenge your mind, your that's perfect for weddings the Chanticleer is well worth the trip. It is the brainchild operators. So do two magazines: Out & body, or both. We'll look behind the scenes too: How did RSVP get so well- of Bryon Groeschl and Darrin Day an attractive, young couple who are as gracious About and Our World. of the reasons for this explosion known so quickly? What are the as hosts as any guest could imagine or wish for. Some are obvious and cliched. We really are dynamics by which a South Beach Boasting four well-appointed elegant units, the Chanticleer provides an atmosphere everywhere. Yes, as a group, we do becomes Gay identified? as anything you will find at more well known Gay and Lesbian that is as relaxing travel more than the average American. Do you have questions about Gay travel getaway, a resorts. It is a great destination for a quick weekend or mid week While I'm skeptical of surveys claiming that you'd like to see addressed? wedding, a gathering of a few friends, a honey moon, or an anniversary trip. In fact that Gay people have higher-than-average Companies that did a great or not-so- the Chanticleer is a great place for just about any occasion. incomes, we do seem more inclined to great job for you? Experiences you'd like The Guest House really doesn't have rooms; it has suites. Every suite includes a indulge our wanderlust. to share? I'd like to hear them. Send large Jacuzzi, whirlpool, a fireplace, a sitting area , private bath , TV, VCR and Other reasons for the Gay travel boom them to Sasha Alyson, Alyson stereo and a wonderful atmosphere. All guests are able to take advantage of are more subtle. My theory is that many Adventures, P.O. Box 181223, Boston, 02118. several other amenities as well. of us, growing up in a world where we MA didn't always feel we fit, daydreamed American Airlines Makes the Skies a Friendly Place for Gays and Lesbians New York, NY--American Airlines has Minneapolis. is an industry leader in announced another ground breaking offering resort "escapes" and vacation move by introducing the most ambitious cruises exclusively for Gays and travel promotion to date designed Lesbians. For more than a decade, it has principally for the growing numbers of served thousands of Gay and Lesbian Lesbian and Gay travelers. vacationers and resort travelers. Charlie Introduced as PLAANET RSVP, this Rounds, President of RSVP, called this marketing outreach will be presented in newest venture a "breakthrough." partnership with the respected gay-owned According to Rounds, "Working with travel organization RSVP Travel American and GoGo Vacations Production, and one of the largest US represents a global potential for Gays and travel industry whole-salers, GoGo Lesbians. Our experience tells us that Worldwide Vaca-tions. A special feature Gay and Lesbian travelers like a mix of of this joint promotion includes agreement experience, with enough indepen-dence to by the parties to share a portion of the discover new sights, new friends and profits with philanthropic causes that will fascinating cities. We also know that benefit the Gay and Lesbian community. Gays and Lesbians, like all smart American Airlines was selected in 1995 travelers, insist on value for their dollar. by Out and About magazine for its We intend to deliver on that promise." Editor's Choice Award as the leading US k*, airline serving Gays and Lesbians. as the first 44 The Chanticleer Guest House is a wonderful place to stay for any occasion. The popular American is also recog-nized and Lesbians Chanticleer is open year round. It is located at the Southern end of Door County. Reservations for US carrier to include Gays Join Us For an employment non-discrimin- the elegant rooms are strongly recommended. in its written ation guidelines. Opening Each room has a balcony overlooking a good size, in ground swimming pool. PLAANET RSVP will begin to accept There are hiking trails winding through the woods that comprise part of the grounds. reservations in the fall of 1996 for US Celebration for If you can't sleep, don't worry, you can literally count the sheep Darrin keeps in the domestic and overseas departures starting in November 1996. pasture behind the Guest House. You get all of this plus a great breakfast delivered These air-inclusive, exceptional travel Chela & Rose's a to your door at time of your choosing. values will include many favorite US "We wanted to create an experience for our guests, " said Darrin. "It was a lot of destinations for Lesbian and Gay B&B & Forest hard work but it was well worth it. We get a lot of repeat business. We have travelers, including: Key West, Hawaii, weddings here, we've had groups rent the place out for the weekend." Miami, New York, San Francisco, Los Retreat The Chanticleer has been so successful that Bryon and Darrin are planning an Angeles, Palm Springs, New Orleans and expansion. "We will be adding four more rooms and a bigger commons area.," said San Juan, Puerto Rico. For overseas Bryon. " There are too many times when we are booked up and have to turn people journeys, the immediate destinations will away. I hate turning people away. That's especially a problem with some of our include London, Paris and Amster-dam. hotel Gay and Lesbian guests, They don't realize that they have to make reservations well All of the combined travel and July 4-7 will feature an important in advance especially on summer weekends." accommodations difference: they are designed especially The of the is explained than its suites popularity Chanticleer by more spacious and for the value-minded Lesbian and Gay beautiful site. It is located in one of Wisconsin's most popular tourist attractions, traveler, offering a mix of Gay-friendly Chela & Rose's B&B is Door County. In addition to great scenery, with well over a hundred antique shops, and knowledgeable accommodations in artist studios , art galleries, fine restaurants, mu-seums, wineries and boutiques, each market — from two-star to five-star located in the hills of SW Door County is a Gay shopper's paradise. If you aren't into "power shopping," there hotels. Wisconsin on 35 acres of are great fishing spots , boating, hiking trails, golf courses, several fine theater Rick Cirillo, National Sales Manager for troupes, a festival of one kind or another nearly every weekend and more. the Gay and Lesbian market at American Women's Land in a quiet Even when the shops are closed (as most are after October), the Chanticleer is still Airlines, called PLAANET RSVP the "next busy. In part drawn by the area's excellent cross country ski trails and also in part step" in making Lesbians and Gays feel secludedforest. and fulfilling their travel needs. drawn by the friendly, gracious inn keepers. Byron and Darrin, the guests keep welcome "We have worked hard to go the extra coming. mile for all our passengers, and we also Both men were raised on dairy farms in rural Wisconsin. They met in while Darrin know that Gays and Lesbians are among Come and just hang out was studying agriculture at UW in Madison. At the time Bryon had his own our most loyal and frequent flyers. with usfor the day, or camp business, trimming cattle hoofs. Creating affordable and value-priced After Darrin's graduation, the two lived together in Chilton for a time while Bryon packages that include Gay-friendly in your own forest spot. continued trimming cows and Darrin began work for an agricultural cooperative. destinations and properties will make the Bryon was growing weary of cutting cattle toe nails. One evening he asked some experience more relaxing and enjoyable Or, spend a night or two in friends in Door County if they thought a Gay owned Bed and Breakfast would make it for Gay people who are not always made the house. in their ern ironment. They encouraged him and the rest is history. to feel welcome," Cirillo said. American's partner, RSVP Travel "I always thought that if the Hoof Trimming thing didn't work out, I would study Productions, headquartered in hotel management in college." said Bryon., "So when the opportunity presented Hike wooded paths, enjoy a itself, I took advantage of it." Byron and Darrin went hunting for a suitable site. "This was the second place we fire circle, a wood-fired saw. I wanted a place that had plenty of space. When we turned the corner, I saw it and said to Darrin, if that's the one that for sale, let's take it." sauna andfind just plain It wasn't that simple though. The estate was used for horse farming. They had to 7 Day Dream Cruise peace and quiet. gut the entire buil-ding, put in all of the comforts, buy the furniture and get the word from APPLE VACATIONS out. December 21-April12 "We were a success from the start," said Byron. "I really think that's because we are Starting from $795 per person Maps, overnight providing what people needed and wanted, a great B & B where everyone could feel including air to Aruba from Chicago • comfortable." no tipping allowed reservations can be requested That comfort awaits you at the Chanticleer. Call today for Early Bird Price The Chanticleer is easy to find. Take 1-43 to the HWY 57 Sturgeon Bay exit. by calling Continue on 57 to County HWY BB, turn left and go about a mile to HWY HH. For a TRAVEL PLUS, INC., more scenic route you can drive along Lake Michigan on HWY 42 until it meets HWY "A GOLDEN APPLE AGENCY" 608-735-4829 57. Advance reservations especially for the weekends are strongly recommended. One of Wisconsin's Top producers To make a reservation call the Chanticleer at (414)746-0334. (414) 255-6461 1-800-255-4359 THE SPOTLIGHT June 20, 1996 - July 3, 1996-WISCONSIN LIGHT-25

Film Showing 231 S. 2nd Milwaukee • 276-8890 Sultan as Bisexual 74e '11,e9lit Ze9/4t Infuriates Islamic Fundamentalists Ankara, Turkey—A blockbuster movie tied up I will have to send a By Dusty Sass If I get too has conservative Turks up in arms over representative to the Miss Central Gay what they say are hints that a feared Whew again, what a busy time the last Wisconsin Pagaent at the Madhatter in 17th-century Ottoman sultan was Bisex- few weeks have been. Between Wausau on Saturday June 29. This is ual. PrideFest, the Classic and all of the other one of the big shows of the year for that The dispute is about more than the events its hard to catch one's breath. area of the state and shouldn't be missed movie. It is part of a battle over Turkish The next couple of weeks or so things will by anyone. society being waged between Turks who 1111111/ calm down somewhat, but just a bit. On Sunday June 30, it will be another want a secular society and a growing On Friday June 21, Dr. Susie Shovelit out of town trip as I join the guys from movement that wants to impose strict Is- and I will be at Just Us for one of their Gargoyles as they bus it down to lamic law. fabulous fish fries. Big hunks of fish, Chicago for the big Pride Parade. Vic and Istanbul Under My Wings is breaking great cole slaw, fries and more served Jerry promise to have lots of great food, box-office records for Turkish-made films. family style (which is another way of drink and company to keep things in- It tells the story of Hazerfan Ahmet saying you can pig out and not feel teresting. Celebi, a Turkish scientist who built his guilty). By the way there's not one scintilla of own wings using Leonardo da Vinci's Later that evening we'll trip the light truth to the rumor that after my last trip to blueprints and supposedly was able to fly. fantastic (okay maybe we'll just trip, Susie Chicago, my picture has been posted at Central to the movie is Sultan Murad IV, gets a little wobbly after a few drinks) at all of the border crossings and toll booths who offered shaky support for Celebi's La Cage, Milwaukee's premier Dance between Milwaukee and Chicago. endeavor. Murad is depicted in the con- bar. That of course means that I will miss the stant company of a handsome young On Saturday June 22 I'll be checking Dyke Picnic sponsored by RDA. head HOUR Country man. He is shown patting the man's MI out the In Between Softball Fun Raiser. Tuesday July 2 is Wisconsin Light and talking to him in an intimate manner. This should be a real hoot. Besides some distribution night in Milwaukee. Because The producers contend they never great food they are going to have a we don't want to be distributing papers on meant to suggest that Murad was Bisex- DAILY • 2-8pm celebrity pie toss, some games (at least July 4, we are cumming early. (That'll be ual. In numerous scenes, he is shown in one of which is X-Rated) and an auction. a first for me.) Terry, Jerry and I will be bed with women from his harem. I tell ya, if they auction off some of the hot out and about trying to beat off the But a lawmaker from the pro-Islamic men they have on their team, I may have frenzied mobs of people who want to be Welfare Party demanded in Parliament to break my piggy bank and pawn my the first to see my next column. that the government explain how such a pearls. The fun starts at 5:00. I am really looking forward to Thursday movie could receive state funds. Kurt and his crew always do a great job July 4. That's when Mama Roux's and Culture Minister Agah Oktay Guner, Don't miss this party. The Wisconsin Light throw a big known for his ultranationalist leanings, SUNDAYS Of course to make it to In Between, I'll Independence Day bash with our Amen- condemned the movie for "insulting our have to race back from Mad Town. Ear- dment 2 party. Don't spend the day history" and said he would ask that the lier in the day I'll be at the Tammy decorating your coaster wagon or bike, funds be returned to the treasury. with Alvin Baldwin Fund Raiser for the Madison come on down and party with us. "Nobody has the right to swear at Turk- Pride celebration. Lots of good food and There will be lots of friendly people, free ish history by portraying a sultan as Gay good friends will be on hand to help a Miller beer, food, free Miller beer, games, using the (state's) money," he said. The very worthy cause. free Miller Beer, and other surprises. Oh money was granted during the previous Beer Bust Isn't it just like Tammy to pitch in like did I mention the free beer, it will be administration, when the ministry was run this. I mean she has plenty of other Miller beer, of course. by a social democrat. things to do with all the BS in the Capitol. We encourage you to come as your A Welfare mayor in the central city of Its another reason to be proud of her. favorite character from American History. Kayseri banned the film. Madness Sunday June 23 sees the a MAP Two Lesbian friends of mine are coming The Islamic political movement, led by Benefit, the Century Hall 20th as Lizzie Borden. (000hh that ax is the Welfare Party, has been gaining Anniversary Reunion at the Broadway sharp!) The fun starts at 6:00. strength in the last few years. While it Ham & Hard Rolls • $1 Theater Center, 158 N. Broadway. This On Friday July 5 you can join me in could muster no more than 10 percent of wonderful event features some great Mad Town for the grand opening of the the vote in the 1970s and 1980s, it has entertainers including one of my favorite latest addition to Geraldines, the Men's drawn 25-30 percent of the vote in recent comics, Will Durst. Now normally you'd Room. Hey I try to make all Men's Room elections. pay a pretty penny to see some of these openings. I have spent many enjoyable Now the largest party in Parliament, acts, but its just $10.00 and well worth it. hours in various Men's rooms. Welfare is looking for partners to form a SUNDAY Then its back to Madison for the "Gay, Speaking of which this Men's Room is a coalition government after a center-right Out and Single show at Manoeuvres. new bar on the premises so leave the coalition collapsed last week. thru This is a take off on a cable X-Rated magic markers at home, I don't think that Welfare wants to push Turkey toward Dating show. It should be lots of fun. Ray wants you to scribble up his walls. the East, and says the country would be Maybe I can be the consolation prize! That wraps it up for the next couple of better off leading the Islamic world than Then on Friday June 28 it will be time weeks. Hope to see YOU out and about trying to tag along behind its richer and THURSDAY to put on my dead animal skin for the soon. In the meantime, play safe and be more powerful Western allies, who have Wisconsin Leather Weekend. Held at proud! different values anyway. Secular West- two bars over three nights, the weekend ern-oriented leaders advocate unity with has all the elements of a success, hot Tap Beer Europe. men, butch men, hunky men. Spend the Fourth With Family! B's is holding a Leather Ball on Friday The tensions frequently spill over into June 28. Then the action moves over to everyday life. For example, Welfare is the 1100 Club for the Saturday June 29, The Amendment 2 trying to lift a ban on female lawyers cov- Mr. Wisconsin Fantasy Contest. (Sorry ering their heads in court. And then 50° guys I decided to let someone else win SpotLight Party there's the sultan. Many intellectuals, newspaper colum- this year.) On Sunday June 30, the whole nists and historians criticized the culture thing wraps up with the Mr/Ms Wisconsin Mama Roux minister for his denunciations and the Leather Contest back at B's.l can hardly mayor for banning the movie. Some said wait. 1875 N. Humboldt, Milwaukee FRIDAYS that even if the sultan had been Gay or 6 to 9 PM Bisexual, it wouldn't be a big surprise. ;' If you read between the lines in Otto- SHOWTIME WITH Food, Entertainment & Fun! man history, you'll clearly see that homo- sexuality was widespread," Erdal Yavuz, C'EST LA VIE's a professor at Ankara's Middle East Technical University, wrote in the liberal newspaper Yeni Yuzyil. Dazzling Suleiman the Magnificent Other articles have come out, stating what has long been known, if seldom ac- knowledged: that the greatest Sultan of Divas! them all, Suleiman the Magnificent was Bisexual. cz Suleiman, who ruled the Grand Porte from 1520 to 1566, had as the love of his 11:301m life, Ibrahim, a Greek slave given him by his father. -> Ibrahim never left the Sultan's side, and it was common knowledge that they shared a bed. ATURDAYS When Suleiman became the tenth sul- tan of the House of Osman, he made Ibrahim his Grand Vizir. Ibrahim should have been satisfied, but MALE was not. He aimed to get the throne for himself. Suleiman killed him with his own hands. Years later, Suleiman told the Sultana, STRIPPERS "I loved him above all others—even you." Such historical accounts and the movies that depict them, infuriate Islamic Funda- mentalists. Like their Christian counter- 10:30m parts, with whom they have much in common, they want all mention of homo- sexuality wiped from the books. Performers needed for Light Online Read Wisconsin Friday & Saturday Shows Our Internet Address Is: Shy and demure? These bashful introverts attended the SpotLight Party. While they didn't mind our picture http://www.gayuniverse.corninews.htrn1 CALL FOR AN AUDITION taking they wouldn't give us their names. June 20, 1996 - July 3, 1996-WISCONSIN LIGHT-26 THE SPOTLIGHT are challenged by HIV disease and its development as Gay men. Mary Cassatt, Feminist, Impressionist, emotional and physical effects. Others, both inside and outside of the Recently, however, greater emphasis is Gay community, criticize this as demean- New Appreciation in France being placed on men who are HIV ing and offensive. Gains negative and the challenges they face in What are some of the healthy aspects of Giverny, France--Known better for works, later meeting not only Degas but Gay culture. Survivors' guilt in the face of sexualizing others? How might this is a Monet's lilies and his pink country home such artists as Berthe Morisot, Renoir, illness and death of friends and lovers behavior hold us back from further devel- reality, and the emotional toll of grief and nestled in flowers, Giverny is playing host Pissarro and Cezanne. opment and growth? loss for some men can be devastating. Please join us for what promises to be a to one of America's premier Impression- "I hated academic art," she confided to What are the challenges experienced by stimulating and interesting discussion. ists--Mary Cassatt. her biographer, Achille Segard. "This is Gay men who are HIV negative? What Gary Hollander is Director of Educational A feminist who never married, Cassatt when I began to live." are the opportunities that they have before Services for Family Practice Residency at nevertheless evoked her maternal in- In all her 52 years in France, Mary them? Andy and Yuri work for the St. Luke's Medical Center and an area stincts in her famous and touching por- Cassatt only returned to the United States Milwaukee AIDS Project in the Gay and psychologist experienced in working with traits of mothers with their children. twice, since she suffered from seasick- Lesbian Outreach Program. Gay men and Lesbian people. Her tender scenes of intimate family ness. Her parents came to Europe in August 25 Offered through the Men's Support moments in close-up made her reputation 1877 and stayed with Mary until they died Turning Men into Sex with Gary Group Program, the GMDG's goal is to with the public, though her skill in mas- in the 1890s. Hollander, Ph.D.: The affirmation of sexual provide information, ideas, and support to tering dry-point prints and etchings Earlier this month the American Club of desire and the appreciation of the beauty all men on a variety of issues that are of earned her contemporaries' admiration. Paris placed a brass plaque on the Fourteen of her works are on display at of men is an important part of a process of interest or concern to the Gay community. apartment building at 10 rue Marignan self-acceptance among Gay men. When The GMDG is designed to be a safe and the Musee d'Art Americain, France's where Cassatt lived from 1887 until her seeing a handsome man at the beach or supportive place for us to share with one mecca for fans of American Impression- death in 1926 at age 82. walking down the street many of us another what our diversity of experiences ists such as John Singer Sargent, Win- Just around the corner from the wander into sexual fantasy — a process as Gay men is and can be. slow Homer and James Abbott McNeill Champs-Elysees, it commemorates her Whistler. that often includes sexualizing someone. Preregistration is not required, and the simply as an "American Impressionist This process, sometimes called cost is a $3 donation. All discussions Admirable in this exhibition are a pastel painter, friend and colleague of Edgar portrait of a resolute woman stirring away "objectification" — making someone into meet from 6:00-8:00 p.m. If you'd like Degas." more in "A Cup of Chocolate" of 1897 and an "object" — is seen by some as a information, please call Bill Hanel at (414) "The Bath," a dry point with aqua tint Gay Men's normal and healthy part of our 271-2565. V print of 1890-1891 that shows a mother testing the water for the naked baby she holds. Discussion Group Another print of The Afternoon Tea Party" hums with echoes of Toulouse- Calendar of Lautrec and strong Japanese cornposi- P GARGOYLEc tion _ emphasizing flat surfaces and out- Summer Events lines rather than perspective. The late 19th century was a time for June 23 admiring Japanese prints and, like Gay Marriage: Worth the Fight? with Claude Monet, who was wild about Scott Evertz: A nationwide debate is Utamaro and Hiroshige, Mary Cassatt developing over whether or not states used the influence to great advantage, should recognize marriage commitments having visited a Japanese exhibition of between two individuals of the same "ukiyo-e" prints in 1890, with her friend gender. Hawaii is moving towards making 354 E. National 414 • 225 • 9676 and mentor, Edgar Degas. Gay marriage a reality, and legislators in "Voila! Somebody who feels as I do," other states are preparing to fight back by exclaimed Degas after seeing a painting restricting their own marriage laws to by Cassatt in the Paris Salon of 1874. individuals of different genders. Hopeful artists, including many Ameri- What are the latest developments of this cans, flocked out to this town some 40 significant issue? Please join the GMDG miles west of Paris where Degas lived as we focus on the debate surrounding and worked from 1883 till his death in Gay marriage rights. Scott Everts is co- An Open Invitation to: 1926. chair of Action Wisconsin, a political But by mid-20th century, Giverny was action group for Gay rights. nearly forgotten, and the property was in July 7 Chicago's Gay Pride Parade disrepair. With American donations and Bodies Beautiful with Greg Mulry, French support, Monet's house and gar- Ph.D.: Once again summer is here. dens were restored and opened to the Layers of clothing begin to shed, revealing the effects of winter. Diets again become Crawl public in the early 1980s. Bus Bar Opened in 1992, the Museum of Ameri- priority and trips to the gym or an evening can Art was founded by Daniel J. Terra, a jog become more important. Sunday, June 30,1996 Chicago-based chemical engineer and Many of us are very conscious of our collector of American Impressionist art. bodies and how they are perceived by for more information, But the discreet, low, air-conditioned other men. Some of us look in a mirror museum building, with its quiet terraces and like what we see, and some of us stop-in or call and restaurant blending into the country- self-criticize and feel shame about what side, and special flowered new parking we look like. Obviously the way we look lots not far away, have mollified the local at our bodies has an enormous impact ourselves in population of some 550 worried about upon how we feel about general. GARGOYLES tourist pollution. good about how we Open from April to October 31st, the How can we feel look, even though our bodies might not fit museum's Cassatt exhibition will run the Milwaukee's newest Social Club where meeting new and a media mold of body beautiful? Please entire season. join us as we explore our body image/self- old Friends Is Made Easy. Everyone's Welcome! Born in 1844 to a wealthy Philadelphia esteem connection. Greg is a psycho- family who took their daughter on the therapist with Calyx Counseling Center. 1851, Cassatt Grand Tour of Europe in July 28 DAILY always loved European art and at 16 be- OPEN LOCATED Being HIV Negative — Challenges at Philadelphia's Institute of Sun thru Thurs Between The Wreck Room & gan studies and Opportunities with Andy Bagnall and Fine Arts. Yuri Keegstra: Services provided for Gay Fri and Sat 2PM-2:30' The Boot Camp on the corner of and trav- She returned to Paris in 1865 men often focus on being HIV positive. 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After the Medical Board of California in- procedure _ only the practitioner. breast implants, thousands of men, both Gay "It only took an hour to mess my life up," vestigated several complaints, it temporarily "Penile enlargement is a procedure en- and straight, think a good doctor can remold said Nance, now scarred "like someone who suspended Rosenstein's license in February. gaged in by a number of physicians and I their private parts, magnify their maleness. It stepped on a land mine" and unable to engage Now the board wants to shut him down for don't want to suggest that all of them and all can be done, but in many cases the results in sex. After corrective surgery, he's smaller good. penile enlargement practices are inappropri- have been disastrous. In California, scores of than before, Charles Palmer, an Irvine attorney repre- ate," he said. "We have no other active in- lawsuits are pending and state regulators are and broke. senting Rosenstein in the patient suits, did not vestigations against practitioners of penile investigating Like the 5,000 patients Rosenstein has op- return five telephone calls. Tom Brown, a enlargement." * * * erated on since 1991, Nance forked over his Century City attorney representing Rosenstein A defender of penile enlargement is Dr. Los Angeles, CA-- Ron Nance, a 47-year- own money for an experimental operation in the state case, was unreachable, his office Gary Alter, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon old divorced carpenter, wishes he'd never rarely covered by insurance. said. and urologist. met the doctor who promised him a larger At least 30 doctors around the country per- Steve Fabbro of San Francisco represents 'The point I would want to get across is penis. form the increasingly popular penile aug- 21 patients going after Rosenstein for fraud, there are different ways of doing the proce- Surgery left Nance infected, racked with mentations, often in private operating rooms medical negligence and false advertising. dure and there are different quality doctors pain, impotent and eventually abandoned by not affiliated with established hospitals. Keith Schulner, an attorney from Camarillo, doing the procedure," Alter said. the man he loved. The practitioners lure potential patients represents an additional 25 former Rosenstein To avoid reabsorption of fat, Alter uses an When Nance, who lives in Capitola, first through ads in Gay publications, in newspa- patients from California, New York, Arizona alternative, called dermal fat grafts. Those read a newspaper ad touting the successes of per sports pages, right in there with strip and Texas. are sections of fat and tissue taken from the Dr. Melvyn Rosenstein and his Culver City joints, hair restoration centers and fast cars. The Medical Board accuses Rosenstein, a lower abdomen or buttocks and wrapped un- practice, he thought he'd found "the answer Rosenstein's media blitz also included tele- urologist trained at New York University and der the skin of the penile shaft. to my insecurity problem." vision infomercials and an Internet site that the former chief of surgery at Brotman Medi- Done correctly, the grafting makes a Like many of the estimated 10,000 Ameri- proclaimed his patients gained an average of cal Center in Culver City, of violating the 'very good operation," he says. ''The guys cans who have undergone cosmetic penile 1.5 to 2 inches in length and 30 percent to 50 state Medical Practices Act. The board al- I've followed for a couple of years are very enlargements, his concern wasn't sexual per- percent in circumference. leges he made false advertising claims about stable in terms of the size." the Medical Board reviewers formance, but how he measured up—or ap- Yet many men who thought a scalpel could what the surgery could accomplish, didn't Alter, one of Rosenstein case and an assistant plastic peared to measure up—to other men. give them a larger penis have only scars to provide proper pre-operative examinations on the surgery professor at UCLA, sees no differ- Despite his friend's protestations, Nance show for it—both physical and mental. and counseling, didn't provide informed con- fulfilling men's desires for felt further compelled by what he heard from 'When I use a rest room, I won't look sent and failed to render proper post- ence between penises and women's desires for larger a San Francisco sales representative for Ro- down. When I do, I get totally depressed, operative care to patients often plagued with larger breasts. senstein, the nation's busiest penile enlarge- disgusted," said Tony, a 35-year-old Arizona raging infection. I'm a plastic surgeon. A woman walks in ment practitioner. man who agreed to be interviewed on condi- The board also alleges sterility problems in with B breasts and wants C. Am I going to "He assured me that it was a relatively tion of anonymity, "I look like some kind of the operating room, illegal use of commis- tell her no? No. With him the same thing. painless procedure, so fine-tuned that all the Frankenstein patched together." sioned salespersons to bring in patients and The men that are done that have good results results were 100 percent and that I would be Tony says the procedure and corrective op- that Rosenstein noted good outcomes in his are extremely happy." back to work in three days and back jogging erations left 12.5 inches of unsightly scars medical records even when there were com- Alter contends men always have wanted in a couple of weeks and, as he said, 'back and ruined his dating life. plications. larger penises, although it wasn't until the in the saddle in a month,"' Nance recalls. "If I get into situations where it's going to Rosenstein has testified that the complaints mid-1980s that a Chinese doctor began at- So Nance took money he'd been saving for get (sexual), I bow out as fast as I can," that formed the state's case resulted from pro- tempting enlargements. a new truck and put $5,900 cash down on the Tony said. "It's very noticeable and who- fessional jealousy and disgruntled employees. Although the medical community was "The demand has always been there, it just aware of the potential dangers of such sur- had nowhere to go," Alter says. 'Now all gery, word never reached Rosenstein's pa- of a sudden you've opened the door." tients, who paid their $5,900 before ever Must It 1R+ Gay College Boys seeing the doctor. Milwaukee L/G/B/T No Caller Reiusee Although Rosenstein has more cases pend- Galls dairy 10 000 + ing against him than any other penile en- Community Center largement surgeon, urologists have seen com- Listen or Join In plications from other doctors' work. But tracking poor results can be difficult. Seeks Volunteers 1-900-745-2398 Most men are too embarrassed to admit Milwaukee — Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals L having surgery to relieve a self-esteem prob- and Transgendered persons make up a lem that many doctors say might be better ad- significant portion of the local population. dressed through psychotherapy. With the establishing of L/G/B/T Community 1-809-474-6163 y1111. 1N -f Like women seeking breast implants, the Center, each of us has the opportunity to 809 et you pay LOW inn Id ofnIV... men have faith that a doctor can make a cut contribute our talents, energy and money to here and inject a few fat cells there to give an organization that really serves us and the them the body of their dreams. relationships and families that we choose to Unfortunately, surgery is never that simple. build. The lengthening procedure entails snipping It is an exciting time. This is a new a ligament in the lower abdomen that attaches venture. Nothing has been written in stone. the penis to the pubic bone. Once it's cut, Everything is just now being established. As some of the penis drops down outside the business owners, home owners, civil service 11 EM E body, enhancing the appearance of length. CHEAP RAUNCHY employees, teachers, activists, students, The doctor advances skin from the lower ab- laborers and health care providers, we now domen to cover this section of penile shaft. have the means to affect the quality of our life But the loss of support can lower the angle here in Milwaukee. of erections and the newly exposed shaft por- Therefore, it is an opportune time for tion may be covered by unwanted pubic hair. everyone in the community to get involved. In the worst cases, the ligament can reattach Your input is important and will be heard. to the pubic bone and retract the penis farther Volunteers are needed, no special skills or inside than it was to begin with. training are necessary. There's plenty of The widening involves liposuction, by • 'I ON 'I work, friendship and camaraderie for all. which the doctor removes excess abdominal However, to ensure the success of both the fat and injects it to literally "fatten • GROUP SCENE up" the establishment of the Center and its programs, penis. However, fat not attached to blood those with expertise in group facilitation, • PRIVATE BACKROOMS vessel-rich tissues may reabsorb, become social work, mental health counseling, youth lumpy or form growths called granulomas. programs, computer software, graphic design, • AND MORE. . . The American Urological Association has database entry, fund raising, research/grant declared fat injection and cutting the suspen- writing, membership programs, feature sory ligament neither safe nor effective. The writing, public relations, marketing, admin- American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Sur- istration, accounting, board of directors gery says penile fat injection is experimental, experience, special events planning, public with ' insuf-ficient data to establish its safety policy advocacy, artists, public speakers, 11119-474-4888 and effectiveness." education and legal issues would be of great "It's totally experimental. The results of it Must be 18! Pay LOW int'l LD only. PV Inc. assistance and are strongly urged to get have never been published in the peer- involved. reviewed medical literature. That's just not Still to be decided are such basics as the how we practice medicine in the 1990s,'' says name of the Center, a logo to distinguish the Dr. Mark S. Litwin, a University of Califor- Center, and the location of the Center. Now The Original USA nia, Los Angeles, assistant professor of urol- is the time to get involved! Gay Party Line ogy and public health. The next steering committee meeting is "The problem with it is that the people scheduled for Saturday, June 22, 1996 from who do this surgery very often prey upon the 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in the Community 1-809E404-5462 insecurities of vulnerable men." Room of the Eastside Library located at 1910 Dr. Jack McAninch, chief of urology at E. North Avenue on Milwaukee's east side. WHY PAY MORE? WHY SEARCH? San Francisco General Hospital and a urology The public is invited and this is a great time to Here You Get Everything professor at the University of California, San come and offer your views as methods of Francisco, has developed a reputation for re- operation, establishing of committees, LIVE! pairing results gone awry. executive board responsibilities, cite location 'The deformities are significant. The 24 Hours ;.,_, # and procedures are being formulated. scarring that results is significant," says A general town hall meeting to brief the McAninch, incoming president of the Ameri- community on the progress and direction of can Urological Association. the L/G/B/T Community Center is planned In the May issue of the association's peer- for Saturday, July 13, 1996 at 10:00 a.m. in reviewed Journal of Urology, McAninch and Room 300 of the Milwaukee Enterprise two co-authors reviewed a 'dozen cases of Center located at 2821 N. 4th Street in complications from penile enhancements per- Milwaukee. formed by others. For more information, call (414) 483- Without peer-reviewed reports on the pro- EXXXTREME 4710 or write P.O. Box 92722, Mil- cedure, they say it's impossible to compute a waukee, WI 53202. 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Light in a personal interview that he and his sionalism. for GOP presidential nominee-to-be Bob "This is my job," Bagnall told Light. "I'll partner, Rob Morris, had just been at the The Pride Council should give earnest Dole, who like Thompson has said the plat- lose it if I have to, but this is where I must bedside of a friend who was dying from com- consideration to having a paid staff po- form should be modified. take a stand. I can't betray our community." plications due to AIDS. sition. As the festival grows larger— Anti-abortion activists have promised a Bagnall was in no danger of losing his job, "Isn't it strange," Gunderson said sadly. and it will—volunteers, as in any or- floor battle at the national convention if Dole but his statement conveys the urgency that he "that when I come to Milwaukee, I find con- ganization, no matter how well- tries to add so-called tolerance language to and many people felt. doms can't be distributed here." intentioned they are, cannot supply the the abortion plank rather than making a Seventh of June Eighth of June needed continuity and simply cannot broader statement in the platform preamble. ACT UP The Resolution handle all the work. Thompson said he favored adding a state- On June 7th, ACT UP Milwaukee issued a As PrideFest got underway on Saturday, Again, let me say that PrideFest '96 was a ment to the state platform's preamble that press release condemning the SummerFest June 8th, condoms were present at the MAP success. People, at least those I talked with, would say the party is tolerant of differing Board. booth. Both ACT UP and MAP did mass had a good time. No one should ever under- opinions on all issues, and not specifically "This is ridiculous," fumed Robb Gerpoltz, distribution of condoms outside the Summer- estimate the amount of toil, sweat and tears it mention abortion. a member of ACT UP Milwaukee. fest grounds. takes to put on something like this. Susan Armacost, legislative director of "PrideFest is Milwaukee's Gay/Lesbian Pride According to Bagnall, PrideFest officials However, there is no event this side of Wisconsin Right to Life, said she would have Celebration. Part of Pride is protecting one- periodically informed volunteers at the MAP Heaven, that cannot be improved. If you have no problem with such a change to the pream- self, one's partner(s), and the community booth that their condoms were against Sum- something you'd like to have changed, why ble from HIV. Condoms have always been an merfest policy. not write your suggestion down or call it in. Modifying the plank would make it seem integral part of PrideFest." "We thanked them and continued to dis- The number is (414) 272-FEST. the party was apologizing for its anti-abortion Others were equally angry with PrideFest. tribute the condoms," Bagnall said. And if you had a good time, write or call stance, Armacost said. Yuri Keegstra, another ACT UP Milwau- PrideFest was not shut down. that in too. Say thanks. There's no one who Republicans opened the convention Friaay kee member, asked, "Why wasn't all this On Saturday evening, a high and well- doesn't need some appreciation now and then. afternoon with workshops on campaigning (about condom distribution) arranged back placed source told Light that the Summerfest and fund raising—two areas of prime impor- before the contracts were signed? Why wasn't Board would take no action. Further, that the BOYCOTT tance as the party tries to win back its Senate this discussed?" He criticized PrideFest for Board was to be commended for standing Continued from Page 1 majority this November. what he saw as their being concerned that strongly against Right Wing extremists who Though over 80% of GOP Sen. George Petak's loss to Demo- MAP's determination to distribute condoms didn't want PrideFest on the grounds in the the ride will be through cratic Rep. Kimberly Plache in a Racine on the Summerfest grounds would ruin first place. Wisconsin, and Tanqueray is ac- tively County recall cost Republicans their 17-16 PrideFest. "They (the Summerfest Board) will take promoting the ride in Wisconsin, not one dime of the Senate majority. ACT UP was determined to go ahead and this (the condom issue) in stride, and do money raised will go to benefit Wisconsin's Petak was targeted for providing the swing hand out condoms, even if MAP backed nothing." people living with HIV/AIDS. vote for a five-county sales tax to fund a new down. But MAP was not going to back down. In the end, the source proved to be correct. Milwaukee Brewers stadium. ACT UP members said that they would Next Year Neither does Tanqueray make clear that money State party Executive Director R.J. Johnson distribute condoms. Wisconsin Light said it In cautioning about next year's Pride, raised in our state will not benefit our state, but will said the Petak loss has energized Republicans. would join ACT UP; that the editor and the Keegstra said, "Although we're soft pedaling go to AIDS agencies in the Twin Cities "They're angry," Johnson said. "They publisher of the paper would distribute con- the issue this year out of respect for Milwau- and Chicago. In protest, understand this is the first set in a long tennis doms themselves. kee's Queer Community, this state of events ACT UP Milwaukee has called match." As the ribbon cutting of PrideFest took will not be allowed to continue next year. If for a boycott of Tanqueray. CONDOMS place, Milwaukee's AIDS activists stood their Summerfest remains intransigent on the issue "The audacity of Tanqueray in completely better not be held on passing over all AIDS Service Organizations Continued from Page 1 ground in support the time-honored, cultur- of condoms, PrideFest ally appropriate activity of condom distribu- the Summerfest grounds. (ASOs) in Wisconsin infuriates me," said unanimous and easy decision," ACT "It was a tion. "PrideFest will not be allowed to be turned UP Milwaukee member Yuri Keegstra. could not abandon our Nelson said. "We At the ceremony, Bagnall again told Light into a meaningless festival just for prestige. "And it's not that they're unaware of local that AIDS prevention and historic position of MAP's determination to adhere to princi- The lives of our Gay brothers are too impor- organizations, either," Keegstra added. "I availability are fundamentally inte- condom ple. ACT UP's position had not changed and, tant to be thrown away for the sake of being know of at least one ASO that has attempted decided to make condoms avail- to apply grated. We he was told, the paper's hadn't changed ei- allowed on Summerfest grounds," Keegstra for money from Tanqueray in the booth regardless of the con- able at the MAP ther. said. past" and got no response. could not allow Summerfest to Keegstra sequences. We "I truly believed that PrideFest was not in Robb Gerpoltz, another member of ACT called Tanqueray's decision to prevention message by ban- dissect our AIDS jeopardy if we stood our ground on the con- UP, said , "We demand that ACT UP be ignore Wisconsin "arbitrary." ning condoms." dom issue," Nelson said. "Even the greater party to discussions held after this year's "Wisconsin is simply a state to pedal MAP's Manager of Gay and Andy Bagnall, Milwaukee community was poised to support PrideFest on the issue of condom distribution. through and people living with HIV and Outreach, was infuriated by the AIDS here Lesbian us on the issue." We refuse to be excluded from lw dialogue don't matter," Keegstra said. that is inevitable after this year's PrideFest." Because of this, ACT UP Milwaukee is CLASSIFIEDS encouraging everyone to call Tanqueray and Business Opportunit). PRIDEFEST protest that Wisconsin's AIDS community Continued from Page 4 gains nothing by the AIDS Ride and that Tanqueray products should be boycotted. Discover the magic of Llamas. Visit Blue Hills and sketchy outlines, please, sent off at Accomodations the eleventh hour. The number is 1-800-825-1000. Ranch in Cameron, Wisconsin for quality llamas at In addition, If there is an event, an entertainer, or Keegstra said, ACT UP Mil- affordable prices. For more information or an waukee is other personality who needs to be cov- drafting a letter to Wisconsin bars, Chanticleer Guest House—located on 30 private appointment please call John at (715) 859-2800. telling them ered in extenso. and the Pride media about the situation and recom- acres in picturesque Door County, WI. 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Palmer, Milwaukee, WI ing a full community meeting follow- • FREE Ad layout and Design CLASSIFIEDS 53212. Replies will be forwarded. ing close on the heels of the festival. PrideFest belongs to us all and it would CLASSIFIED ORDERS: Completely fill out this form and mail to WISCONSIN LIGHT, 1843 N. give everyone an opportunity to offer • Flexible Deadlines to Meet Your Palmer, Milwaukee, WI 53212. suggestions for the coming year. Needs RATES ARE $2 for each line. Each hue can contain up.to 42 characters, (including spaces). Indicate if • The history tent should be returned. As you would like a BOLD HEADLINE of up to three words above your ad for an additional $2.50. Also someone once said, if you can't look • Low Rates indicate classification under which your ad is to be run. back on your past with pride, you can't DEADLINE for placing a classified ad in WISCONSIN LIGHT is noon Wednesday prior to look forward to your future with hope. publication. If you mail your ad we must receive it on or before Wednesday. NO CREDIT or BILLING To look back on our past with pride, we • A Solid Reputation Built Over SERVICES are offered, and we DO NOT accept any classifieds on the phone for filacements or renewals. need to know what it was. We need to Nearly Nine Years of Serving the know, not only where we are in space, LesBiGay Community NAME ADDRESS Plniff but where we are in time. • The Pride Committee should contact its STATE ZIP-CYYD# printer and get some money back. To Find Out More Call Us PLEASE CHECK THE ISSUE[S] IN WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR AD TO APPEAR. Those uncut pages in the Pride Guide were irritating and were the printer's July 18; Aug. 4Aug. 15; Sept. 12 (414)372-2773 July 1; fault. The Pride Committee should not 1r 1.* * • 4* •vr VAIP A WAVrn*, jrAk " I V • V ir 41 1401 . . . , „ , " June 20„ 1996—July 3, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-31