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Eastern Illinois University The Keep The Post Amerikan (1972-2004) The Post Amerikan Project Summer 1987 Volume 16, Number 2 Post Amerikan Follow this and additional works at: https://thekeep.eiu.edu/post_amerikan Part of the Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Publishing Commons, and the Social Influence and oliticalP Communication Commons . ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED BULK RATE POST AMERIKAN ~ U.S. POSTAGE PAID POST OFFICE BOX 3452 ~ aJI1Jl:!::;t ~ho ' PERMIT NO. 168 BLOOMINGTON, IL 6170? BLOOMINGTON, IL 61702 ~~ -Iii' :?~ 001- ..a,o ra !3GIS~I LI&J.twu.twns ~'OIJ CJL 'JOA ~ JHd, d!nOf) ~H - m J9UUOH/uo(tlu~UJool~ Page 2 May-June 1987 Post-Amerikan Thanks 25¢ This issue is in your hands thanks t?: Val (coordinator), Sue, Mellssa, Deborah, Susie Laurie S., Dave, Laurie H. ' Michele, Ralph, Joe, J.T.,' Bumper, Chris, Cindy, Margaret, Peg! Kay, Chance, Cathy, Bill, Susle J., and Laurie D. I i The rumors you've heard are true Hard times at the Post Amerikan In the last couple of years, the effect, the Post collective is August, we will have to decide number of hard-core Post staffers being cut in half, at best. whether the September issue will be has dwindled. Those of us who are an integration issue for the old still here have become increasingly The outcome of this is that we need and new Post staffers, or the final overbooked, both with the tasks of you. And without you, we will have issue of the Post Amerikan. those who left and with external to shut down. Without you, the commitments. September issue will be our last. Please call the Post for information about the first community meeting This year, we are reaching a crisis We're taking the summer off to if you want to work to keep it point. Several of our central regroup and try to drum up new alive. We need you. workers are leaving, and some others bodies and new energy. We'll be are profoundly burnt out and need having a couple of community --Chris, for the Post collective to pass on some responsibility. In meetings this summer, and then in In this issue: Post Sellers 3 ..... ANTI-BASHING LAWS: BREEDERS RUN M1UCK BLOOMINGTON Gays need protection from assault; straights need Amtrak Station, 1200 W. Front contraception. The Back Porch, 402 N. Main Bakery Bane, 901 N. Main 4-5 ..• TALKIN' SANDANISTAN REVOLUTION BLUES Bloomington Public Library (in front) Our own Fred Jones makes good as revolutionary, movie Bus Depot, 533 N. East star. Common Ground, 516 N. Main Convenient Mart, Emerson and Main b •••• • NERVE GAS Front and Center Building One of the best-censored stories of 1986. Hit Shed, 606 N Main Hungry House, 103 W. Jefferson ? ..•.• FOR THE LOVE OF ANIMALS Law and Justice Center, W. Front St. Briefs ~bout snow leopards, grizzlies, condors, and Lee St, (100 N.) so on. Main and Miller Streets Medusa's Adult World, 420 N. Madison 8-10 •• AIDS Mike's Market, 1013 N. Park No, it's not about helpful assistants. Mr. Donut, 1310 N. Park ·, Pantagraph (in front), 11-14.HAPPY BIRTHDAY! : 301 W. Washington Snippets from our first 15 years of publication. ,The Park Store. Wood & Allin :People's Drugs, Oakland & Morrisey 15 •..• SETTLEMENT LETS PEACE GROUPS IN HIGH SCHOOLS; ~Red Fox, 918 W. Market LETTERS 'Susie's Cafe, 602 N. Main U.S, Post Office, 1511 E. Empire 16-l?.COMMUNITY NEWS: HANFORD CHEMICAL PLANT: CLASSY FRIED . (at exit) ADS: CABLE COMIX m.s. Post Office, Center & Monroe :upper Cut, 409 N, IVlain 18-19.THE NEW SOBRIETY Wash House, 609 N. Clinton No fun. Washing Well, E. Front St. 20 .... PERVERSE IDEAS; COORS BANNED IN BOSTON NORMAL Oppression and growth;_ beer and politics. 'Avanti 's, 407 S. Main ·Big Rudy's, 107 E. Beaufort 21 .... ERA; GM .rsu University Union, 2nd floor Equal Rights Amendment has real promjse; GM has Hovey Hall, ISU (in front) false ones. N!idstate Truck Plaza, U .. S. 51 north Mother Murphy's, 111 North St. 22-23.MANTRA MASH '87 ARTLUCK; PASSED NORMAL REVIEW ~orth & Broadway, southeast corner The local art and music sc9ne thrives. White Hen Pantry, 207 Broadway ·· (in front) 24 .... POST-AMERIKAN: SOLID PAST, SHAKY PUNCTUATION Good numbers ._.. .._,_, __ ~-·-·-·-·~··:--·--·--·-·.._. .._,,_,~·--·-·-·.._ .. .--.. -.. -·-· Moving? Alcoholics Anonymous ........... 828-5049 Nqclear Freeze Coalition ....... 828-4195 American Civil Liberties Union.454··7.?23 Occupational Development Bloomington Hou~ing Authority .. 829-3360 · Center ..................•. 828-7324 When you move, be sure to send us your Clare House (Catholic Workers) .828-4035 Operation Recycle .............. 829-0691 new address so your subscription gets Communi t.y for Social Actic•n ..... 452-4867 Parents Anonymous .............. 827-4005 to you. Your Post Amerikan will not Connection House ............... 829-5711 PATH: Personal Assistance Telephone be forwarded (it's like junk mail--no Countering Domestic Violence ... 827-4005 Help ......................... 827-4005 Dept. Children/Family Services.82R-0022 Or ....................... 800-3 22-5015 kidding!). Fill out this handy form Phone Friends ......•...•....... 827-4008 with your new address and return it Draft Counseling ............... 452-5046 HELP (transportation for senior Planned Parenthood .... medical .. 827-4014 to us, P.O. Box 3452, Bloomington, citizens, handicapped) ...... 828-8301 bus/couns/educ .. 827-4368 IL 61702. 111. Dept of Public Aid ........ 827-4621 Post Amerikan .............. 828-7232 1]1. Lawyer Referral ....... B00-252-8916 Prairie State Legal Service .... 827-5021 Name: Kaleidoscope ................... 828-7346 Prairie Alliance ............... 828-8249 McLean Co. Health Dept ......... 454-1161 Project Oz ............•........ 827-0377 Rape Crisis Center ............. 827-4005 Street: Mid Central Community Action ... 829-0691 Mobile Meals ................... 828-8301 Sunnyside Neighborhood Center .. 827-5428 McLean County Center for TeleCare (senior citizens) ..... 828-8301 City/State/Zip: __ ~ _______ _ Human Services ....••...... 827-5351 Unemployment camp/job service .. 827-6237 National Health Care Services- United Farmworkers support ..... 452-5046 abortion assistance, l-800-322-1622 UPIC ........................... 827-4026 Post-Amerikan May-June 1987 • Page 3 Why we need anti.. bashing laws Rick Garcia was buying a can of Laws serve a number of purposes- tuna in a supermarket when his and one of the them is symbolic. suit coat brushed the coat of the What this society needs is for man behind him. Gracia said, "Excuse more of its institutions to go me." Then all hell broke loose. on the record against anti-gay feelings and for the rights The man started screaming at the of gay people. Only a few com top of his voice, "You faggot, munities in the country have you homo. I"m going to bash your. anti-gay discrimination statutes; face in. I'm going to break your only one state (Wisconsin) has jaw. such a law. Garcia called police, who took the Sure, if there was more education man and Garcia to the police and awareness and across-the-board station. In the parking lot the enforcement of existing laws, that homophobe was still yelling, "That \-TOuld help solve the gay-bashing faggot. I don't want his AIDS." problem. It would also help if churches and politicians and That was the second attack that educators and judges and police Gracia experienced last February. chiefs and newspapers and rock He is the director of Catholic stars and professional athletes Advocates for Gay and Lesbian and other movers and shakers in Rights in Chicago, and his open When influential religious leaders our country would stand up for ness has made him vulnerable make remarks like this--and they gay people once in a while, and to the raving crazies who think do it all the time--they fan the come out in favor of gay rights. it's okay to threaten and beat flames of anti-gay prejudice and up on gay people. send a clear message t0 many But I don't see that happening. Amerikans that it's all right to In fact, it's currently hip to In early May, the National Gay knock gay people around. It's be anti-gay: one member of the and Lesbian Task Force released time we had some official support pop-rock group the Beastie Boys a survey showing the number of to counteract this vicious gay said right out in a recent inter complaints of violence it receiv baiting. view "I hate faggots." ed in 1986 more than doubled from the previous year, to 4,946 If we can get an anti-bashing from 2,042. law, I say let's take it. We need something. About 70 percent of the complaints involved insults or threats, but --Ferdydurke there were also "80 homicides in which the person's homo sexuality appeared to be a rei evant factor," the report says. I I J I Because of this alarming I ' I increase in anti-gay violence, \ ! ( legislation has been introduced in the Illinois General Assembly to allow a judge to impose a tougher sentence if the motiva tion for an assault was the sexual orientation of the victim. Re action to this and other anti-gay bashing measures has been swift and negative. Newspapers, like the Bloomington Pantagraph and the Chicago Tribune, which usually have to be threatened with a cattle prod to print stories about gay people, lost no time in coming out against these laws. Their position is that an assault is an assault, and that we don't need special legis lation to protect gay people. But it's curious that these editor ials don't say what should be done to stem the increase in anti-gay violence. They disingenuously recommend enforcing the existing laws against assault, without showin~ any awareness that it's They're straicht but rhey're very nice people.