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Are lei^Nans being censored Marfdng V^AsHd AIDS Day at Women's Rights Pst^S According to the Coalition for Les­ bian VisiWIity in Seneca Falls, New York, (the birthplace of women's rights). Su­ perintendent Joanne Hanley of Women's Ri^^ts Nationai Park took ic upon herself to hav* a picture of a wofnan of Color hoUling & sign pco- clAimins, "SLAC:K. U^SBI#JM. FEMI- NIIST** rcmov«mtf Foke^ oti Occ /. She chose to move the photo tt> a vn-cually hkiden wall on the second ByMI<^MfieitHuit teceiving these grams there has never been an up" and pccvcnting their cficnts &om becoming floor of the museum, but only if placed inereaae despite dhe sharp rise in people infected 'Victims ofthe polkiad system*** along side an "opposing view.** Starting in Deoember there wax ramors coming with HIV, peopk^sufienng frtKn AIDS and need It's i^ to community siqipon CO pick up wherc Superintendent Hanley has also made htxtk AJbaajT stxttng diac diis yem^t stace budget for pceventadve servkes and education. For ex­ the govemment 6db short, by suf»pocting efforts ItckKU^^ the Coalition says, that she wiM woiild slash fundii^ forHIV/AQ3Sserviccsby 20 ample, the nundwr of patients CHN services has to taise money as wdi as the help of volunteers. not replace the photo with another percent or moicTTie story to dace says diat die grown, appsoxiRtateiy» &om 400 to 700 people. AIDS Rcxhestet^s next fundtaiser is "C^e 2 lesbian image. Because this was the mmors were unmie. Holland ctedfcsLowseSKat^terwithasststartce in Dance" a dance-a-chon hekl at Water Street Music only lesbian image on the wall, accord­ ThegoodnewsisdiataccoaditigioGov.Geoige dieir^dciiwg "ilfcCasqBeadglevdiimakttmBd." HaH on Feh. Z For details cafl either AIDS Roch­ ing to the Coalition, the ^diibit is now Patab's adininisaation, ttexe ivii be no decteaces Widi die constam dueat of noc enough money ester or die GAGV, cur sec arudfron page 3. sanitized and is an incomptece portrayal of the dlversfty of women's lives. in HIV/ADDS fiindii^ diis year. Hie Governor co supply the csM^ineded, (:«gamzations fikeAID S Itis abo our responsibility eoc^ifee sure our state recendy subnittced a "30 day amendment" whidi Rochester aAC^din^^»bp6M:e^^ rcpfcscntativcs reflect our view|,tl»bcn it is time to The CoaMon asks, ?Shall this action states his tec^jicst for level funding meaning the Sihe»tgQne.rJ||W**lteJiafvepbnntf^ib^ vpptove the budget. Concem^$^^p«rsons should be interpreted to be both homophobic i^ same amount as last ^rar. With the dsing cott of Ay.^She inthehndcUxdcs contact their local representa#!Mpl-^t>etweoi now and racist? How v^ould Btzabeth Cady nupplies and the increase in peopte infecced widi as if we ase btttk^sacittfakHi and diis summer to ask dienildSMippose cuts in Stanton, Amelia Soomer and the other early activiscs living k« Seneca Falls 150 Hiy, accoiding to Pauk Stbccsaonc at AIDS necessary to die imbalanGe be- AIDS funding. Letters to i wotdd also years ago respond to this version of Rochester, ^kn'i a cut but it feeb like otw". tween She says thdr main make it clear diat New Yoikcifi i^fiproveof 'out of s^ - out of mind* fominiilnr' Tbebudgpt ttn^staced CO be spfxoved uatdjuty elective is of cace stays dnmsccuts.

soil3i$6ouki chained andritdonk^Sniost^ccly *• i:-. Joanne Hanley tpM the £mp^ Claset be cuts. But accosdu^ to a repanaMadve at the that the visitors* kM>y ^uses on the Departmem of Heakh che state leg^ntce has histary of the women's rights move­ bcCTi 'St^ st^Jportivc of AIDS folding in thc ment, and the second )k»or exiiibit is lislssie Ibr cbntamporary Issues. Sh# said, "Op- The cunent aoxxmt for AIDS services inthe posinf scacement'Is the wrof^ cerm* t 1996-97 scate budget is S96miSioa. Those moneys Leflvii^ dofiAestk •iolence » 8 dpn^ rMiRstolQi^^l^ Tite pm Is of wsnwncafnp^f|niii[gattne i nwuemO" Iiii mahlili HTrrtnlnwininrni£TniiTiirinncthnn^ Intitr^ii^ aqp^jOKiit jfffvkc. 9 gpsiesfiraiii die AIDS Itisdcuc^ Disfliskd gff^miA iimsifaibty »» 10 flpi^l^idMiiibb of die ^fcfv YoA State Depart r,i; ^'*^i li^ rfHeiMi dm spectfioAr dedi wkh A|D6 *•• ..are oopiins Dftci Hottund of die CQi?(ia»u9 HeaUi Net^ ftffiii;up CohlffllttS|>*«*#iy**^y*»*******•*•****• V********** to ii>cakyitfa)iiBteMl wicfa Savestrooc now waVe woiHid^ on a ptan Gay GfOofis ^;i4*«v«ll****>««f ••••«• •••••«aB4« ••••»••• 26 Mfpiflif^^ s^Mft shar smyiUnK-is pesiible befoie 30 Jia^ ly ^tftdA * Ae start of die ncatt 0ram year. OFWhas seeeivedgeants 6om dte AIDS loietiite C ovMnuod on p^ 3 fbr appcoodmacel)' four >'ears. Since dtcy began -^kh- " • i '* ^ i'i**^ 2 , CeniQfihip continued ftiom pg, I LITTERS TO THE EDITOR: and darity. We wffi|]er1tte pro- speak, include die Rochester Police Acad­ vidcd to the Ecfitor; o^tdkbntia&ty wiU be muidcuhural. You can't label every single ers aiid otiier contzibuting wntets ate ^idr emy, Brighton 1^ School, SUNY Brockport -"IV tvspectedJSubtnissions for print ate due by own snd do not ncccs&uily reflect the col­ picture ki such a large exhibit, but if there and the Center for Youth Services. tbe 15th of each month at are pictures of kssbians in the expanded lective anitude of die Gay AHiance of the SifKe May 1995 the Community Educa­ %.•.«.•'I exhibfC* the exhibit catalogue wiH prob­ Getiesee Vafley or the Empty Ooset Wc The Empty Closet tion Project, dirough Its Speakers Bureau, win not ptint personal attacks on individu­ ably kJentify them as lesbian." 179 Adantic Avenue- has reached over 1,500 individuals and has viewp.oints that matter als. We reserve the t^ht to edit for space Rochestef NY 14607^1255 Htfiley said that the primary intent of distributed thousands of gay-sensttlzing the enabling legislation for che Park is to materials throughout the county. interpret the history of the struggle for An Outreach/Education Coordinator was women's rights, and contemporary is­ • LOCAL AND STATC NEWS Frdm Our Readers hired in May 1995 and since tfien che pro­ sues must be discussed in the context of gram has increased its number of speaking Omaha area. Ms. Caviglia lived the last 10 ^4^n ^--^l f".V •, that iiistory. "The second floor is where engagements by 100 percent^ and has '-•^0^:^^^^'- ':-^:'^. ^K^^.^ years of her life in Shrewsbury, Mass. In memory of Roxanne, GAOV ends role mostconcemporary issues are discussed," reached 130 percent more people this year following her move from Rochester. She she said. than during the same period last year. graduated from the University of Kansas Michelle and Fred in Film Festival Letters of inquiry and protest may be Currentiy, the Community Education at Lawrence; earned a master's degree in To the Editor: sent to Hanley's superior, Marie Rust, Project is funded by a start-up grant from Comparative Literature at Indiana Uni­ The GAGV Board of Directors Field Director, Northeast Field Area, the AIDS Institute. Once die grant money voted on Dec. 13 to bring to an 2(X) ChestnutSc, Philadelphia. PA 19106, versity in Bloomington; earned a master's has been spent, the Community Education degree in Library Science at the State amicable m^ the Corponcion's tMmmltjfs artistic and and secondly to Joanne Hanley, Superin­ Project wfll lose its Outreach/Education University of New York at Geneseo, and operation of, as well as fiscal and ctlffearallKkrltoi^ with programs tendent, Women's flights National His­ Coordinator status. In order to preserve earned a third master's degree in Com­ fiduciary responsibility for, the Mdikh address the diversity of our torical Park, 136 Fail St, Seneca Falls, NY the Community Education Project, $ 10,500 puter Science from the Rochester Insti­ oxanne EUis and Mkhdle Abdill died together, hands bound, in the back of Rochester Lesbian and Gay Film community locally, regionally, and 13148. For morc information contact must be raised immediately. tute of Technology. their pickup truck, apparendy two more victims of the narional dimate of and video Festival. This action was international. che Coalition for Lesbian Visibility, PO By pledging your support co the Commu­ Karen Caviglia with Bise Kreiger Karen Caviglia's feminist and political taken after consultations with vol­ The core and foundation ofthe Box S i 7. Seneca Falls. NY 13148, or call nity Education Project today you wili be anti-^y hatred \diipped up by the Radical Ri^t The killings activism, which began in Rochester, con­ unteers of Che 1995 Film Festival. Festival has always been and contin­ Becky Biy or Maureen Owens at (315) helping co put an end to homophobia to­ The best interests of die commu­ Karen Caviglia, tinued until the end of her life In the past not been declared a hate cnme. ues to be the support of its volun­ 568-9364. morrow. Please contribute as much as you nity, the GAGV and the Film Festi­ few years she was an activist against teers and patrons. As plans for the can — no amount is too big or too small. former resident, dies Ihe two Oregon lesbtan activists were found shot to death ize and demonize Michelle and Roxanne in thc twisted mind val were the driving forces behind breast cancer, and was the subject of Fourth Annual Festival get under­ Mail your check, payable to the "GAGV on Dec 7 (see Newsfronts, pagc fbur.) Many in the Oregon oi their killer. At die very least. Radical Right prc^>aganda this decision. way, your energy and Input are Night of 100 Parties in Massachusetts artides in the Btmon G<^ and the Worces­ gay community, ^x^icre an A&ican American lesbian activist and censorship, with its silencing of genuine infbrmarion Community Education Project,"* to 179 At­ The GAGV is proud of having greatly needed and wanced. Oppor­ Karen Anne (Miller) Caviglia, 51, for­ ter Tehgtam and Gazette. and a gay man were kiScd by a firebomb in 1992, believe that aboucgay and lesbian lives, was yet anocher ^'sleazoid ^ctot'* lantic Ave.. Rochester, NY 14607. Thanks founded the Festival, giving it the tunities in all areas ofthe Film Festi­ atVS^inter Garden meriy of Rochester, died Jan. 5, at her home Last year she joined "Against the Tide," the wotnen were ddiberately murdered because they were for your support! in Actemant's decision. chance to take life through die use val organisation are available and a mile-long swim at Walden Pond in The EmprreState fVide Agencbi will hold • J • • • in Shrewsbury, Mass. after a long struggle lesbians. A hate crime aix>ut which there is no doubt whatsoever of community resources as seed waiting to be filled by Individuals i its annual fcshdraiser, the "Night of 100 with metastatic breast cancer. Concord, part of a statewide fundraiser The accused killer, Robert Acrettiaiu, cold rcportecs that cook place on Jan. 3 in Houscon. Fred Man^one, 46, was Cowell sunong gay moTMy. Thanks to the GAGV*s who would like to be Involved with P^iirties." on March 16 at the new Bausch- In recent years she worked as a computer for breast cancer research. She wrote I the fiurt the vxMnen ^i-crc ksbians '^wasn't thc motivacor;" stabbed 3 5 times in his van oucside a gay bar, aUegedly by two vision and willingness to assume a RodiesCer's most unique media andLon^ Winter Garden.: \ software engineer in the Boston area. Until several book reviews on thc subject for [ thac he had decided to rob a propetty management company, neo-Na:ris who daimed that Mangione had ''made sexual delegates nominated significant financial Hsk* die Festi­ event ofthe season. The suggested donation for the event 1985 she was an academic librarian at the Socmer, a feminist newspaper from j that Elks and AbdiU's con^xuiy was the second of two he had advances" — the eternal jusrificadon fbr murders of gay val was able to grow to a point The Festival office is located on for CofHYi^ntion '96 Rochester Institute of Technology. In Roch­ Boston, and edited a local newsletter for thoi^t of tobbifi^ and that he attadced them becatise he men. But wimesses said that che two accused kiOers had is:$30/4ndividuat parties^wHt take place where It can now strike off on Its die second floor of the Genesee ester from the early 1970s, she was an breast cancer survivors and their fami- j had been unable co earty out the first robbery. talked about harming gays before they met Mangione. At before the coffee and dessert gathering' Rochester activist Sue Cowell is among own* Co-op» 713 Monroe Ave. and can be editor of the New Women's Times and later Ues. She was the founding mother of the i But listen co Acremanc's revealing statement to reporters: least three (and possibly five)pec^>l e heard them say,' We're ••' at the new Bausch and L^mb building. the lesbian and gay citizens who witl run as On behalf of th!& membership reached by phone at 271 *2640. the founder of its literary supplement, The Worcester Boole Club and a fong time *1 couldn'c hdp but think diac (EDis was) 54 years old and had going to get a feg." f^tsr the ftrst tirne, a special women's delegates to the \ 996 Democratic Conven­ and staff the Board would like to Please write or call for more Infbr­ Feminist Rcview," both published here for member of the Maynard BooW CXub. SV\e been datir^ that woman for 12 years. Isn't that sick? That's iLjercnt* starting at 7:30 pjn., will take tion; Nine open j^y"rrten and lesbians have Add Roxanne's, Mkhdie's and Fredas names co diose of wish the Rochester Lesbian and mation about the Fourth Anm nationa\ distribution unti\ the &^r\y \*JftOs.\v^ someone's grandma, for God's sake. Cotdd you ims^ne tny > ^ place at Bausch and Lomb before* dien bi^n chosen & run. an 800 percent rise &rc»a^s.t: C:.aT\cL«=r aviW^stJn &Cia.r*i- die Bladt ooupie skin by "Aryan" sc^diers in Nonh Caro­ Gay Film and Video Festival sue* Rochester Lesbian and G^y Rim miairt coffee and de&sert party 3t 1 O pm. fam\\y services and buria\ were he\Queers, feminists, women in general, African Ameri­ •We are confident that the campaign will "AIDS Rochester is proud to join agen­ as an autonomous organization. say that because I don't think thst Project breaking into whac must have been ver)' chiUing lau^ter. cans and all people of color, the poor, ''liberals," peace maintain its commitment to maximizing the AIDS Rochester cies in New York Oty. Boston and Se­ The phenomenal ff"owth In three the fiCneeded^. anyimprovemena. Acremant may not have been directly inspired by one advocates, federal employees, people with AIDS — the list One ofthe main goals of die Gay AHiance^s presence of lesbians and gay men at the atde who host similar events," said Jeff years under the nurturingauspkies I am from Bufblo, wiiere, unfortu­ sponsors danceathon particular bigoted sermon or Christian Coalition videotape of scapegoats is endless. "God tokl me to do xx^^ as Rabin's Community Education Project is to end Kost director of devefopment for AIDS ofthe Gay AlUance ofthe Genesee nately, monthlies seem to disappear Convention as additional delegates are se­ Care 2 Dance, che firsc focal danceadion co or neo-fascist cult to go out and kill some queers (unlike die killer said. homophobia. Your help is urgently Rochester. "It's a great way for people, Valley, Inc. I>as established the Fes­ overnjfghclikeOUMcnik, WMY.Seth lected as Pledged at-Large and Standing benefit people living with HlVand AIDS, vidll racist ^liiitc soldiers in North Carolina who deliberately went needed to ensure die success of diis especially young adults, to help ftght Hatred of gays, Blacks, women and other sc^D^oat tival as a cornerstone of our tit^eidnd VoAjme(which may still be Commiccee members in May and June of be held on Feb. Z at The Water Street looking for Black people to shoot, at about the same time that vakfable community resource beyond AIDS. By cottectif^ pledge donacfons for groups is a traditional pan of Western culturc, just as and- comrmmity's cuhural scene. The around)and Q/^ibws (still around.) 1996," Dadey saki. Musk Hall, 204 Water St North. Michelle and Roxanne were murdered.) But to dismiss this Semirism was a Traditional Value of Eurc^pean culture in the New is Vb/ces by AIDS Community May 30, 1996. Sue Cowell will join the other eight can­ their involvement not only w« they cold-blooded execution as "not a hate crime" is to ignore die Festivals fndependance alhyws for Care 2 Dance, a five-hour danceathon, 1930's. Attacks on members of these grot^ have been a The Community Education Project didates chosen to run as tMeg^tes in New enjoy an cvenk^ of fun but they win help hatred and prcjuxiice that deariy motivated Acremant. It is further expansion and a move to will help fund AIDS-related sconces, educa­ tradirional rite of passage into patriate!^ "manhood** Ihc Lectori continued on p. 24 provktes speaking engagements, work­ York's March 7 Preskiential preference pri­ p^>ple living widi HIV and AIDS ki our also to ignore thc death threats the tvi'o wotnen had received tske its place as a major indepen- tion, and outreach offered by AIDS Roches­ gay-bashers are already programmed and ready Co gp. ^Hic shops and wricten materials to educa- mary. over the past several years as a resuk of their ver>' visible work ter, Inc. in Rochester and the Finger Lakes Danceathon continued on |K 24 Radical Right can tacidy condone and encour^ the terror­ tkxiaL professk>nal and religous of^- -Empk^ State Pride Agenda sgainst anti-gay ballot iniriarives in Oregon. region. „_ ism ofits stormcroopers, while refusing accountabSity. Is it zations. Some orgwtetk>ws, at whkJi Acremant, even ifhe is telling che tmth about his morives, really morality the pauriarchs of the Rig^t are concerned obviously fdt jusc fine about killing tvi'o women who had with, or maintaining their own tradidonal powcr-over- A PubKcackm ofthe Gay AiH^aice confidential GAGV Membership includes an E^ly Closei committed die unspeakable crime of loWng each odicr and others? In dicir minds, apparendy, the nvo are one. living together for o\'Cf a decade. Ellis, it seems, had commit­ OfdieGehcaee V^ : The Rev. Beth Banks and othcr localdergy held a tnovii^ i».i^ ced thc even more terrible crime of being a grandmother. interfaith service to honor MicheUe and Roxanne (bodi 119 AAim"r?e\ mt.>MM>^mw w NY TSaff^iss Their k>ve, their faithful partnershp, even thc existence of devout Chrisrians) on Jan. 21. Of course, die mc«t ksdi^ far MMM ^si£iiirt|(i . . • rfV-'J^i"''*" •'•''^•••'- — ••. '-••"•••• grandchildren, all made Acremant **sidc" and no doubt - , .--,. •->.-•-'- ..i'-j^;-: " •"•• r'- : way to remember and honor them, and aU die vicdms pf. added to his "urge" to shoot them in the back ofthe head. check this box: Q hatred, is to continue to work for justice and tolerante in bur ai40^ jopdbc^'- It is homophobic to pcetetid that the vicious anti-gay sodet)' — to go on working, in die words of Audre Lotde, fiarlar BiaaeU bigotry so kiudly prodaitned by Pat Robertson,Jeny Fahvell, even thou^ it is dear "we were never meant to survive.** ';wmjM*mmfvemt*Kvti''*^*tkn%mtmfti nmi n^ the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valleyt Q Enclosed is a check payable to GAGV Patrick Buchanan, Rush Limbaugh* et al did not de-human- ' AdSit^m^Kit^mtw^ i4«^4ak-^cii m«a*«- • Pkase chaigp iny q VISA or q Mastetcard account tHwtaiiiiii nliiin.*wjMi>yii««>Vi»9',iiiih#«w4%i*»%te«»of n tiW iimlilirtMiiiw iilniii>«t - ,Mfm^kmitium^Uv%uiifte! Account No: , Exp. 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that homosexualicy is being promoted Hi carry out a robbery of the first company. played a crucial role in che killings," said tlie Other parent is in raiskig the chUd. Congress won't act the natfon's schoob." said openiy gay Accordkig to che Exi»tr^t\er and cesti- Robere Bray, NGTLFs Wesc Coasc field Stand up and be The amendment states "f^fo person may Rep. Steve Gunderson (R-Wisc), who b on school diversity mony by Acremanc's father, he lured Ellis director. He said that SiST^rfdSt^^ OV>KI)AS join in a petition under this section un- recognized by House Speaker Newt and AbcHn co a duplex house on Dec. 4 counted: GayCensus*^ The Congressfonal hearings on diversity Glnpich (R-Ga) as an expert on crea­ contempt fbr lesbians means that he could . | ktfs die person Is the spouse of the with die incention of holding chem cap- programs and sex education In public tion issues. have deliberately targeted die Wom^* de­ Overlooked Opkiions. a Cl pclic schoob to Two lesbian activists were murdered (Pordand) Oregotdatt that he had spent a kMative campaign, and "tiib so-called cli­ brief description of the census, and will be outstanding, and time is running out to rity payments, etc. would be prohtt>{tiveiy adopt sex educatfon or diversity programs. ki Medford. Ore, on Dec 4. by a man Calif. GOP seeics Week scalking the women and had asked mate that everybody b talking about b not a asked to respond to questions by using but­ remove the Dickey aniendmcnt from heavy fbr sociecy, although he admits he has Gay activists had feared that the hearing who insisted hb mothre was robbery, but BHs if she and AbdHt were lesbbns. which foceorhere." tons on a touchtone phone. Those witiiout the bill. ban on marriage not calcuhited the costs. before the House Education Subcommittee wiio saki that the women's sexual orien­ S^e confirmed. -Lou Chibbaro* Jr., The Washington Bkide touchtones will be sent a survey by mail. Rep. James Wabh (R-N.Y.) chairs the Laurie McBrfoe of UFE Lobby, the leading on Overs^lit and Investigations would be tation made it easier for liim to shoot "k kbid of made me sick to my stom­ The lO-minute survey covers basic demo­ hfouse D.C. Appropriations Committee Caiifomia Republicans have begun a drive gay/lesbian lobbyist group in Sacramento, heavUy biased in fovor of the views repre­ them because it made hkn "sick to my ach that she was somebody's grand­ to prohibit that state's recopiitfon of counters that some estimates show Hawaii's sented by the Traditional Values CoaUtion, stomach," Neo»Nazis kili gs^ man graphics and a wide range of questions includ­ and b kisbtingon the bad House-passed same-sex marriages performed else* mother," he laughingly told the Orego­ ing descrimination, political bdieb, consumer language. Sen. Jim Jeffords (R-Vt). the econcMny could recehre a $4 billion boost and woukl In foct be a "tax-paQfer funded MkhcHe Abdill and her partner of 12 where (Lc ki HawaU) Gay activists say nian. In hb ExQtttkt^r interview, he stated, outside Houston bar behavior, and general opinions. There is also Senate chair, b a diampion of foimess for over ftve years if same-sex marriage is 1^- plaiform'fbr Coalition leader Lou Sheldon's years. Roxanne EHIs, were found shot in that Rep. Pece Kni^ (R-Pftkndale) \^ *1 coukln*t help but chink that (Ellb was) Agay man was stabbed to death in Hous­ an optional section ftir people with HIV/ lesbbn and gay Americans wfio has been ized. Knight's opponents also crfcidze his anti-^y agenda. the bade of their pkdo^ truck, whh thek^ introtfcjced the measure in order to bol­ assumption chat only heterosexual couples 54 years old and had been dating that ton. Texas on Jan. 3 by two self-proclaimed AIDS. The call b toll-free, and operates 24 supportive or removing the l»ad lan­ The two-day hearing heard testimony hands bound The aUcyed killer. Robert 'MSS» Woman for 12 years. Isn^ that sick? neo-Nasis, who were allegedly heard saying hours a day. guage. ster his campaign in a tight prtoary race. have children. from 10 witnesses,five of wfiom denounced Acremant 27, told the Stockton, Calif. That's someone's grandma, for God's that they were going to "get a fog." Knight introduced the provisfon in the "I challenge Pete Kni^t to come up to school programs that discuss homosexual­ Record that he knew the women were Overiooked Opinions CEOJefPVitale says, The Human Rights Campaign asks that »ke. Could you imagine my grandma a state Assembly in eariy January. It has die San Francisco and walk with me down 24th ity in any other way tiian as morally wrong. lesbians when he lured them to a duplex Daniel Christopher Bean, 19. and hb half "We want to make sure that everyone has an you contact both immediately, because, lesbian with another woman? I couldn't support of 30 of the 41 Repubikans in St In Noe Valley and see ^y and lesbian One witness, vt^o identified herself as a house, forced them to Ik^ down kt the brother Ronald Henry Gauthjer, 21, of opportunity to be counted." "Congress should not be in tlie business believe that It crossed my mind a couple the Assembly, where the RepubBcan Pany couples pushing toddlers In strollers and lesbian and often conferred with Sheldon, back of thefr truck, and sliot them each Columbia FaUs, Mont, were charged with of controlling family law matters." oftimes—lesbo^Tuidna, whaca thin^ huh?" hokb a small majority, and has just in­ buying cheir children ice cream cones,** said said diat gay activists are using federal funds twice in the back of the head. the murder of Fred Mangfone, 46. Bean and Republicans threaten You can contact Walsh and Jeffords at stalled a conservative as Speaker. So far Kace Kendall, legal direccorfor che National ElUs and AbdlH had been active and Gauthier were jailed on $50,000 bail and the following addresses: CO "promoce promiscuicy, homosexuality Acremant told che Records "Icwasn't die bill has no sponsors in the Demo­ Cencer for Lesbian Righcs. vbible in the fight against Radical Right charged with murder. The Honorable James T. Walsh, U.S. and moral relativism*' under the guise of that they were lesbians, but that made it adoption rights in DC crat-controlled state Senate. anti-gay ballot initiatives in Oregon, and Mangione was stabbed 35 times in his van House of Representatives, Washingcon, Evan Wotfoon of Lambda Legal Defense AIDS prevention, sex education and diver­ easier because I don't like them." Knight's measure is similar co proposals many in the gay community believe that outside a gay bar in the Houston suburb of The house version of the the 1996 Dis­ DC 20515. Phone: (202) 225-3701, Fax: and Education Fund said chat there will be sity programs. Medford police and the Jackson County in the works in South Dakota and Wash­ they may have been deliberately tar­ Katy. The accused killers said chac Mangfone trict of Columbia budget bill contains an (202) 225-4042. similar proposals in oither states. The radi­ Other vntnesses, including Mary Griffith, District Attorney's office said they had ington. They are intended as "pre-emptive geted. In 1992, lesbian activbt Hattie or his companion had made "sexual ad­ amendment offered by Rep. Jay Dickey (R- The Honorable Jim M. Jeffords, U.S. cal right has a blueprint out there. Its real the motiier of a gay son who commitced no immediate plans to assign a motive fbr strikes'* against the expected fovorable Mae Cohens and a gay man who lived at vances," buc three to f^e wicnesses cold Aric), that would prohibtt unmarried couples Senace. Washingcon, DC 20510, Attn: goal is to do fijndraisingand elect candkiates suicide, testified that gay teenagers are sub­ the kiHings, claiming that they have littie ruling on same-sex marriage in Hawaii. her Portland, Ore. home were killed by police chey had heard the two say, "We're form jointiy adopting children in Washing­ Tim Leeth. Phone: (202) 224-5141, E- by using gay people as a whipping boy," he jected to beatings and harassment by other evidence to point to escher a hace crime Knight claims that it Is not right to give said. a firebomb. going to get a fag." before they had even met ton, D.C. — threatening the financial well- mail: [email protected] students. Griffith urged members of the or a robbery. being of adopted children and setting a bad same-sex couples the same economic Callifomia's Log Cabin Republkians, a gay The National Gay and Lesbian Task Mangione. -Human fUghts Campaign subcommittee not to do anyching which Acremant tokl die San ftatKisco Exan>- precedent for foimess in parental rights benefits meant to aid families raising group within the Republican f»arty, claims Force (NGLTF) has said that it will ask The two also told detectives that they would prevent tiie nation's public schools ifier chac he had planned co rob a prop­ everywhere. chHdren {\^otm% the fact that many that Knight \z using the inflammatory issue U.S, Attorney General Janet Reno to belong to a group called the German Peace from adopting prtigrams to discourage ha­ erty management company, and Ellb and This provision would threaten lesbian same-sex fomilies have children.) Knight to improve his chances in a tight primary declare the killings a hate crime under Corps, a neo-Nazi group believed to be tred and abuse of gay students. AbdHI's company was die second of cwo and gay couples raising children by ensuring also said that same-sex marriage benefits race for a Senate seat the definition ofthe Federal Hate Crimes based in Caiifomia. "I don't chink anyone can walk away from companies he had cargeced. He said he connected vnth insurance. Social Secu­ Act "Any reasonable person would con­ The FBI has joined the investigation and is that only one adult would be recognized as -Son Frondsco Exatnxnet chose hearings and say any case was made atcacked tiiem because he was unable co the legal parent regardless of how invoWed clude that this bias-motivated hacred considerir^ civil rights charges. \

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IfsdeaUi^^diiomudk couple pfled in Oregon terview: Thcf? ajic a len es lot thc gtoi^? don't ha\'e to do diaC anymorc" because my fldf esteem was ao low. I did say, **He, he, he.** I caught mys^and ance sponsored an interfaith memorial ser- BKi I want to bc able to he^ sotneone with By Sus^JkMtlan and Chiistine Simons she was out and I was home. She had been out CS: Did your friends know wbat was hap^ I dkin*t ^tpw i^ in an abusive funiiy. I met my diought, "I can't keep doiiq^ this.'' vk;eonJan.2l for MkhdieAbdail and Roxanne •^•''•'CncM. I want peopfo to knovr ^Hiat it^ ambi Klechamcr attended the Nov. 13 drinking and came in at 4 a.m. and accused pening and ask about it? cx-htisbandatl6—my vety first boyfiiend and it HC So«n alMesMan group would avoid aU Ellis, a lesbian roupie from Medford^ Or«.. Uke and that you can get out of k snd there is meeting ac Slice of Life Cafe co discuss mc of god knows what, and started hittii^ mc. BK 1 was toltisite seetn^amiroHit^. Site nms ouncd out to beabustvc I knew itwasn*t ri^t,bu t diose coming oot issues. who were murdered on Dec. 7. I i domestic violence in the lesbian com I was in bed and didn't have any clothes on, I ttever violent mjnmt qfartyOMe. I never fold he kcpe teSkvg me diis ie die u^y it is, nobody dse iMpe. Hictc's help out there. Ildt tn^iped in CS: The gronp needs to l^uie ont what our The Rev. Beth Banks ofthe Universalist I municy. She knovt's all too much about went running out totally naked to my car aiKl attyotte—I'dstr^IgotablackeyeJmrtbtm^ta^ will ever kive you. d»aticlatiotuhq>, and I doc^t want anybody to goak ate, wfaat do^ve warn. We need to keep Church and Chuck Collins of Downtown leeitnqpped. Bthe issue, since she •was involved v-ith a man who drove to my parents' house at 4 a.m. Up till agaitu^ the door. CS: Would you intervene if you saw two die conversatkm goii^ and to find wmnen United Presbyterian Church presided over Rev. Beth Banks opens the service vi^as abusive for 11 yes^ts (six )'ears witiiin a mar­ then my parents knew notbing. ClimmttttttuktitegrQt^whtaiAMymmito ^^lo wiD tafce thte pcK^eot on. Thc GAGV wffl the service. Speakers included City School seeAt^fipem. (Tftegtm^ ttmt sehedtdedio meettm riage), and later was in an abusive relarionship with Ibid/tJromGrvacyonc I wets ashamed and tetrad tbat be stqiporthw, and Tanya and Susan and I wffl Board member Bolgan Var^u. who told of Jtm. 2J; cheek She Mtmsh Empty Qoaet Jbr a woman for se\'en \ ears. Bambi \^'as able to leave if I.told anyone it wouldnt hack to her. After tbat »r were I still have my doubts...l'dlike to think forth e he^ but wonien need «D tafce die fc^ondbil- his experiences when he emigrated from the and to change her life through therapy, coiUiseling i^rt two months and my partner said she tfas ^ing to rest of my life I'll never iet anyone control ^meet- ity to keep die baU roffit^ s<^iedulc foturc Dominican Republic and experienced dis­ at ^\ltemaaves for Battered Women (ABW), and chan^ and went to AA, and for unknown reasons I went meeslngiB and so on. crimination as people tried to Americanize support from her new partner. She feels diat the back to ber. TJWO weeks later she started abusing nte again. me again. It's scsuy. I still loolc over my My personal ^>al is that die groc:^ hdp women X BICTliialspartofmyheaiingptoccss-^to him and erase his Latino identity. in abusive rdadonships toget out, and tdl diem ne.xt step in her healing process is co help other EC: You felt you couldn't confide in ftiends move forward and not look back. To be ptoud Christy Simons, educ2£k>n/outreach di­ shoulder. there are resources. women who are in a \-iolent situation. or family members? ofwho I am instead of ashamed. rector fcwth e GAGV, said. "As a iesbian I EC: Could you tell us about your experi­ BK: I never told anyone. My grandmother couM kientify with Bolgan because sodety is ences and the dynamics that you feel keep and I wcrc very dose, and after I left my I still have doubts, like a smoker. I'd like to chink fiiends in this situadon? always trying to make fesbians fit into a wofv^n in ahusive relationships? husband she asked mc, '*Why arc you getting for the rest ofmy life I'll never iet anyone control BK: I have said something to some people. heterosexual rooSd.'' BK: To go back to thcnl^vas married—and divorced?" me again. It's scary. I still look over my shoulder. I have absc^utcly no tolerance for this. Simons, who also spoke at the service, that reladonsh^ was abusive even before we Abusers can come off as so nice -— cvcr^-ixxly I remember one friend said ^\4ien I finally told It took years and j-cars to get to this point. I'm toid the gathering of around 200 people that married — you hear the same old saga: "'Vou loves them. I said, "He hits me." She couldn't her that they wcrc astonished to hear this had been StiU not there — I don't think Fm where I want to they can make a difference by registering to deserved it,** '^o one will ever lovc you like I fothom ir and said, "It couldn*t be so bad." going on, even though they knew she was control­ be. I have a lot of issues uith people I deal with — vote and supporting candidates who believe do*' — and your self esteem goes into the EC: What wcrc some of the factors that ling and manipulative. Looking back, I ask mysdf gay or heterosexual people, people I meet at work. in equal rights for all people. basement. ultimately helped you leave? why 1 went back that time. But thac's what hap­ Thcrc's a sort of controDing, manipulative person Ann Battle McAndrew. a city school­ TJje eiynatftiauith a man and a woman were tbe satne for BK: Prior to ending thc second relarionship pens. Thc average is ivomen go back (to abusive I shy away from, and it's like I'm being abused teacher, talked about the African American me: tbe power anti tbe control. My bushand controlled I started seeing someone else—-taking power community and how hard it is to preserve an everytbingf hiclndir^mypay'cbeck. One day I bad to beghim into my own hands. I'm still with this person African American culture. She connected racist and homophobic oppressions when for money to btty a spool of thread Tberr was no one Icould today. It's ahnost like my ex-partner's jeal- 4506 Culver Rd. oi^y drove mc to do whac she was accusing she told of an incident when she put her arm talk. to. We had friends, but they were hxs frieneis. 323-i«90 me of. anti^iucw, collectibles & around a woman friend, and then felt thc fear When I became involved uith a woman, I Behind Sam's Bsrbsrfthop thought,'*This could never happen-witha woman." My new parmer gave me the support 1 needed, inspired by internalized homophobia. She She was in a relationship with someone else when and told me I didn't deserve to be abused, or to Open Tues. through Sat. 9-6 much, muck mojrc^ said that she realized then that she needed to I started seeing her. They had split up, but were still have someone monitoring every move I made. She Specials! work on her own homophobia, and that Uving together. 1 u'as at thc house one day and they encouraged me to go to ABW. All this took place Wash, Cut & Style... $11.00 CONSiGNMENTo WELCOMEICatl 454-5765 society needs to be healed in many ways. had a big fi^t. \ saw her put her cx-girlfriend's over a year and a half, so it was a long process. Memb«rs of the Roch«k«ter V^- Walk-Ins NA/elcome Perms $30 & up head through thc bathrixim uindow, and a red flag In October 1993 \ first vkcnt to ABW. 'I'hcy Children's Cut $7.00 ;B 1 should have gone up r^^ then. This was diree or mstlte you go forindividua l counseling as well as four months into our reladonship, and nothing suppon groups, so I did that. And actxially, that I had happened, so I tho'^^t it was an isolated wasn't real happy uith. The coiiiiselor was doing T ONLY! incident. Then it started to h^pen to me. an intemship and she was very compassionate and Both she and my ex-husband were alcoholics, sympathetic, which I needed ar that moment. But and alcohol was a big factor. It started happening I remember the counselor sapng I should change Empire State Pride Agenda when she was drinking—extreme jealousy on her the locks on my house; thc house was in my name The Political Voice of the Lesbian and Gay Contntunity part. I couldn't talk co anyone (without her sus­ but my cx was still living there. FREE Confidential in New York State pecting infidelity.) I said, *'I can't do it I'm afraid." Finally I was I kept hearing the same diing as with my ex- raished enough to change the locks. That didn't go husband: it was my fault, I deserved it, I provoked over well, and I ended up having to call the police It. We went through the honeymoon phase, when one day. I got even braver and got an unlisted HIVTesting they feel awful and say, "It will never hs^pen phone number. She had been leaving threatening again." And of couise it does. messages on my answering machine. I wanted an CS: What wcrc some of thc rcasons you order of protection, which I had when I was didn't leave? getting divorced, but it's harder to get one when is now being offered BK: Why I didn't leave — first, I was vciy you're in a gay relationship. I would have had to afraid and didn*t kndsw if Pd make it out alive. have her arrested for harassment, and I just couldn't My cx-husband told me he had a gun and do that, again because I was afraid. EVERY when I went to sleep Td never wake up again. But I gpt into a si^sport group ac ABW and they .'S\".'.'. 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Smith spends much of her time balding cd piece by journalist Kadti Wolfe in which she take a sttong position on thc «^t of peopk with 1985, he jun^>ed off a dam in Valhalia, N.Y., intent biucaucrats and businesses in an effort to raise the tagcd against the "discrimination, prejudice, igno­ bodi physical and devdojMncntal disabilities to a, By Victoria Medgyeai had their consciousness brutally raised by the decent record of discussing the g^y/disabitity is­ sexuality," another wrote, as U'cll as ^'the asaump- on ending it all. percentage of accessible housing. She's also active rance and wdl-^mcaning sn^idity based not on my fiiH sexual life based on.choicCj '^^ASri has* ah ;' Nadve New Yotkcr Anthony Trocchia tives just a AIDS'czi^ and none more than those in the gay sue, coverage has been l^t to nonexistent in die tion undedyttig diis question seems to be: Since we personality, but on disability and sexual orienta­ Tie spent a grcat deal ofhis rehabilitation pon- in American Disabled for Attendant Programs active position on dosii^instftiiaons and oniil3u-'' heartbeat from Manhattan, ihe East Coast niecca conimunity. Foiled to deal widi iDness and death disab£ty media. have one weitd thing wro(^ are we suaoqpdShle to tion.* d^fing his options. '^^''' * Today (ADAPT), travding across thc country' to sion, but not on sexuality," sa)^ Hd^. ' \ "^t took mc a long time to come around!,'^c demonstrations where she meets with st^>porttvc for g^ men looking kx frunne, fcmune and kve. in unexpected numbets, chey Ve been given a crash Three of die four tnajor dissdiiH^ publications another weinl dung^' "I know," Wolfe wrote, "diat when Fm identi­ '^c need to bteak intb thc wk>k sacred wc»ld eventually I figured, 'Hey, I almosc died becatise of" friends. But a 2S-yea]>-old Trcx3dua» a politkal science course in thc poverty and hc^^cssness that often , have all but'ignored the topic, and when die Tbe result '*We didn't rea&y gjct an anawer to fied only as a "blind ksbian,'I sound like an exotic of grot^ hon^ regula^ons ixKic^mW s«c pf ariy diis, * so I'd better come to terms with who I am," student at die City Univeisity of New York and a oome wich long-term iOncss and disability. Keniadcy-based DisM&tf Btig did addiess it in a ourquestksn because it xrasn*tpolhical||rcoci«ct to crekote at die zoo or a guest on Q!>mA. And i»4^ What Sniith doesn't do is spend time with kind," says Hder. ^'Whcn you've been didt^t of says Gallagh<^, who started making die rounds of wheckfaair-user with muscular dystrophy, hasn't Far from making things easier for pe<^>le with 1989 sexuality survey, the cditozs got toasted fbr ask it in die fitst place," says Maty Johnson, dicn 3^ skid die word Svriter'... wdl. The NaHemd pcof^ who won't accept her for who she is. "As as broccoli for so many years, getting to issues of gay ban several yeaxs after his suidde atten^ found die gjbMDOcous gay life; he's found discttmi- odier disabiKtics, die focus on AIDS IwB inadvett- addn^ *'Are incidents of kafaianism and homo­ oScor of 7Xv A^ and one of the audioca of die iSifK^comcs to mind.*" thc years go by, I'm less and kss willing to have dignity ard tie^^ect around sexuality in general can *1 wanted to sec i fl could roU around on m>' ass iiatkxi &t>m the g^odtuce arid homophobia &Ofn cntly, in many cases, made thing? wone: Hate sexuality moce likefy to occur in die disidaAity suzvcy. **It's stffl a vtlklquesdon and one rdlflce to lb«^akiagSitenc«! abldst gay ftiends, and less and less willing CO have commumtyr take some doi^." and stin bc seen as an attcactrvc man," ss^ Gafti^lhcr, homophobic disabled friends. I dkl that U'hen I die disabaity communtty. ctitnes have increased as a resuk of AIDS hyatetia, seead&etaed.*' '*So how many people are we talking about the response, moatiy from^ry men and women Sexual pohtics aside, Hckr says, she'd like to sec a 6-fbot-6-inch square-jawed ex-jock who found was young and fi^olish, but I'm coo oM for diat TtCKdiia pun^ iron on a daily basis,but not thc funding fbr r^eardi and direct services is at a Panaearino agFTicCountyR^ortalEduca beauty and heahh. Nondisabted gays often view hocnc attendant caie has skyrocketed. The situa­ and gay and am refusing co answer your survey," dents of homooccisdity turned our to be higgler politan Deax)it Gayand Lesbian CommunityCen- gay, but die disability still haunca me. It's still A veceran participant in thc women's, gay rights tional Service Agency in Detroit. tcr CO become accessible. 'Those dg^t steps really his <£sability as sickness, whereas straight men with tion has caused some to become cynkal and dis- wtcMc one izaie reader. *1hc question is conq)kte among peopfe with disabilides, it would make difficult for me to say, 'Ed, I forgive you for doing and die disability' movements, Smidi says it's easier Hnding no answers, she jcaned with Thc Asso­ tend to keep peopfe out," disabilitacs often sec his sexuality as a ducat to their trustfoL buOshtt.*' perfect aense tu me. WeNpe had to overcome a lot diis.*" to fed hc^fiii about change — even when it's ciation for Persons With Severe Handicaps Freak Feara hazd-won mascuHniiy. At the Leslxan and Gay Commuiity Services 'nnie tone ofyour questkxi suggests th^thcre's of our own sexual biases about sexual practice. Today, Gallagher packs up his improved atti­ sk>w — when j-ou'vc lived with thc silence and (TASH), a national oiganization of research aca­ For Ed GaIl^ier,ittooka felled suidde attempt It*s enough to send anyone xadng back to the Center in Manhattan, aplaoeTrocdiia frequents as something wrong with lesbianism and/or homo­ We've had to experiment more, make moce jutx^ tude, his disability and his gayness and takes them isolation of 20 5'ears ago when homosexuality stiH demics and sodal service professionals, to sponsor chat resulted in quadri{^^;ia fi^r him to come to doset. a member of die center-based su|^Kkrt groiq> on thc road to high schools across New York state. was officially conskfered a mental illness, when sex Fortunatciy for Trocchia and others in the same Education in a Disabled Gay Environment (also Havii^ founded che non-profic groi^ "Alive co of any kind was prohibited b\' law for diosc with quandary, the gay and disability r^ts movements Icnown morc cheekily as **Damagcd Fruits"), a sign Thrive" several years ago, he talks to teens about disabilities, and when both grot^ were consid­ have emerged as significant poHrical forces, and displayed ac die center's weekend dances offers Geri Stanton suidde (some 30 percent of successful adolescent ered sodal pariahs best incarcerated in institutions ttmmtmmmmmm^m FREEWHEELERS both groqps have morc power to define dicir own free admission to people with AIDS, buc tic^cas suicides are criggercd by confusion over sexuality, and jails. \ \X '^ '"^^ :'^'- \ fotures than at any rime in thc rccent past. Given to extend thc ofier co odiers widi disabilities. That according co a study by che Hectick-Martin Insti­ '•On another day, j'ou might find mc raging," tute) as well as about sdf-estccm, sexuality and thc Smidi says, "but today, I'm feding strikingly posi­ ability to succeed. He also hosts cabfe-TV talk tive. Organized politicsd action can... provide abase show called, Mr. Ed's Corral^ a locsd cult favorite. "I've paid a much h^h^ pdcc fbr my disability for healing and self-acceptance. • AcctssoriM fw coMBMllnit towhg fld rm CjaBagher, for all his opinions, doesn't view than I have for queerness," she adds. "I was EXPERIENCE YOU CAN TRUST himsdf as an activist actached co a cause, but rather disabled so young, long before ! had any defenses. ^ i&nssainbb fioni sooldi bacouse IBtlY PIEQSIOII MES fOI WOMBI as a strong believer in asserting individual r^ts. My awareness ofbeing a lesbian came much lacer, their sharcd history' of oppression, many are wary Idnd of oversight, saj'S Trocchia, plus die feet that Individual, Couple and MS.Ed., MS.Ed. fbcloryosemblyladspiqwrlubicoto SFOHISHmimJMRiS of die ramifications of publicly foitusig forces; yet it took a full cij^t years beforc a permanent ran^ AUOlMjmSE iMNKD • SlOlff "Support groxips are great when )*ou're just after I had some idea who Elcancn: -U'as." Group Therapy National Certified Counselor starting to figure out who yt>u are, buc chc}' can be given thc current political reality of ableism and was instaHed at thc center's 150-year-old building 1 M9 Coiver Rood 1 Rochester 1 4609 • 473:3724 i ..mi..Sout h ol IfV'f !• Smidi saj-s she's seen wonderful and hilarious honic^)hobia, most arc afraid noc to. (still making only thc first floor of three accessible), Specializing in Concems of; Certified Clinical Mental tcx> protective. Get you ass out in the worid and attempts to include and accept difference in all her find out ^-hat's happening." DGWM Seeks ABGM makes a wheelchair-user feel less than welcome. . Isolation and Loneliness, Health Counselor political arenas, something that thrills her when it Survival Polides happens and hurts her when it doesn't. "When you 6*4, T7 para, b^o^^Tl hair, blue eyes, 180 lbs, 41 "Since AIDS is covered by thc Americans With Relationships, Separation, yrs, braces, penile implant ever-ready. Like long, Disabilities Act, we share a common ground, but 496 White Spruce Blvd. Otganized political action can, however, pro­ have high expectations of a group and one or hard, safe, sane, homy encounters; enjoy travel, there's a stigma attached to my disabiiit)' they're Self-Esteem, Abuse, aiid Rochester, NY 14623 vide a base fbr heaHng and sdf-acccpcance. Ic did another Bunks, it is ver)' painful." movies, mountains, sweaty nights and sticky morn­ not interested in sharing," says Trocchia, wich no Sexual Orientation fbr Eleanor Smith. This artick was or^inalfy printed in New Mobility. ings. Your letter, photo get mine. Stay well! Replies licde irony. "After all, many peof^ wich AIDS can TDD<716) 533-2041 As founder of "Concrete Change" in Atlanta (a v.'ith correct postage pieasc to A-T #529. *p>ass' until cheir sickness becomes apparent.** Voice (716) 258-0022 Ext. 2321 Able-To^tber^ a San Francisco-based quarteriy Writer Connie Panzarino, the author of The Me Sv^w \.:[U'^{}A[iv >i\i!u.'(i • ()\ci I S \:<^ars (.•\{n JU ner in .C()!JnsL'!M)i; ^ newsletter serving abled and disabled gay and hi The Mirror ai\d an activist in both movements, bisexuai Jioen, puUs no punches. Along with per- ^^as also watched warily as one oppcesped p^oup m^mmmmtmbm sdbd ads from inexperienced disabled men look­ has been forced co compete with another for BREAKING THE iCE: ing for a first gende lover arc ads such as "older money and services. "There's a scardc)' mentality A SUPPORT GROUP FOR PEOPLE men seeking an amputee" and "abled BiWJM who out there," she says, "and we're all acting on it." Let someone else deal is attracted to difference u'ants new firiends." Tics That Bind NEWLY COMING OUT For anyone looking to make assumptions about Panzarino — who has taken on the medical with the hassle! what's normal and what isn't, Able-Tqgetber pro- establishment, thc Viemam War, sexist behavior wides plenty of ammunition. But i*iiat editor Peter and the women's movement on her way to finally MEN S GROUP STARTING IN FEBRUARY choosing a woman lover as her life parmer — Hegedus sees is altogether differenc He sees Abk- CALL THE GAGV AT 244-8640 To^ther as a place for men to bc safer in dieir makes the political personal and che personal po­ vulnerability, a place to ask for what the}'want with litical on a daily basis. Call on less fear of rejection and judgment. •In some ways, I think che lesbian community Many tnen and women have turned to personal accepts disability more than the disability' commu­ ads in both the straight and thc gay press to find nity accepts homosexuality," says Panzarino, who Mark Dingman partners, biu wirfi vaning degrees of success. **I has experienced che pain of "coming out" to some literally cringe when ! mention disability'," sa^'s of her comrades. On thc other hand, when it Trocchia, whose first ad in Tbe I'lllage I'^«r didn't comes CO lovc, Panzarino believes women with ••• and got tons of replies. *Then I dropped the disabilities axe often doubly victimized by the CHASED OOWM ANY GOOD €GGPIAMT LATSIY? bomb," he sa)'s, "and interest faded." alternative culture: once, by che traditional expec­ It's that kind of rejection that Hegedus saj's Able- tations placed on women and again by che more INCOME TAX r^^/jfierhopes to cushion.'*\''ou*re outof the closet 'liberated" ones. the minute you open the ms^azinc," sa>'s Hegedus, "Many lesbians want to shed the traditional role who'shcard all dic'Vho-are-thesc-wcitdos?** com­ of caretaker and the>' primaril>' sec women with PREPARATION ments he cares to hear. '*>X'ho's to say what's disabilities as needing to bc taken carc of. In thc normal? Is it any morc nonnal to be attracted to end, the impression of disability' dchabilitatcs us people with red hair? Or b^ dicks? V^Tiy not have more than thc disabilic}' icself." a preference for someone in a chair?" Changing expectations of what's acceptable in Short & Long Forms Hegedus believes that being able to say cxactl>' die looks department have also narrowed some­ who you are and u'ha t vou u-ant decreases sdf-hate what. ^'Bodybuilding and lookingph^-sically strong and builds self-esteem. are real popular in our commimity now, just like it's Electronic Filing .-^/^^-T^/^nlocshavelimits.hott'ever. Hegedus alwa^-s been for gay men," says Panzarino. sa^-s thc publication worics to distance icself from Further comp^cating die Ih'cs of gay men and 'devotees," people wich preferences for sex with a women with disabiliries is the professional specific disabilit)' who could care less who that caretaking issue. Panzarino says she's learned to bc p>erson is or what their needs arc. Many of those upfront with prospective attendants about her u'ho profess to be devotees (be the>' men or sexual preference. Some don't carc and some care wotnen, able or disabled, gay or scraighc) have ver^' much. Panzarino also flares U'hen faced with 716-377-3412 turned CO the Internet, filling thc bulletin boards on such comments as, "It must be easier to bc a disabilit\' uith discussions of their specialized in­ lesbian if you're disabled and can't get a man." In Penfield, New York terests. There's also a hot black market for photo­ Now li\ing m Boston after years in a rural graphs of both men and women with disabilities in collective, Panzarino sa\'s 90 percent of her close BiQ:^\M>LE various sexual poses. friends arc both disabled and lesbian, and she feck 682 PAWCAVEMUe Thc AIDS Factor at ease as she writes: "I'm proud to be here. Proud Righd>' or wron^\, AIDS is inextricably linked that I'm a lesbian, proud thar Fm disatJcd and Reasonable Ratesi in thc minds of manv Americans to both disability' proud to like my body." 27H039 and homosexualitN'. 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It^s tiot difBcult to see Bob and Lea as brother game, so I guess il will hun mc professionally. But Lea Delaria and Bob andsister,inaway.llietwoshowa&miliarityand who cares? I mean, Fd like to able to drive fjx>m Smith: opposites comfortableness with each other that is almost one end ofthe dty to the next without having to astonishing. When 1 asked Bob a question. Lea call my agent! 1 won't get a car phone like every­ attract (laughter) would answer for him, and vice versa. And, one else." Bob is more casual in his acceptance: "I occasionally. Bob and Lea would enthusiastically think the town is exdting for me and my lover ByTo«qrI>uzad d^ess from the subject matter to develop a Tom. WeVe never lived there, so it gives us an Question: What do you get when you cross a spontaneous joke. opportunit>' to explore nc^' things/' pteppy gsy boy hom BufBib with a Sidlian- Both were, moreover, very exdted about new Despite their long-haul West, Bob and Lea Amctkan bull dyke? Answer: Bob Smith and Lea projects. Lea explained that she is writing new fondly remember meeting in Provinccto^^Ti, Dekrifl. material all the time. This should come as no where they continue to make frequent visits. Appearing fixwn Jan. 18-20 at Hiccups Com­ surprise to those who have seen her act more than Both performers have grcm'n considerably since edy Qub, in die Downtown Holiday inn, in once. She rarely, if ever, repeats ideas from one their fonxiative years as comedians. With two of ptomodon of thdr "Beaver and Butihote" xour^ tour to the next. Bob, on the other hand, struc­ the three n^ts at Hiccups reaching sell-out this unHkdy corned}' duo could have garnered tures his show around recurring themes, inserting status. Lea and Bob have a lot to be proud about. laughter fix>m a stone. At thc fbrefi-ont of gay and Bob Smith at Hiccups new jokes around well-planned routines. Delaria Rochester's continued support of their work may lesbian comedy. Smith and Delaria are wordi encapsulated the differences in their approach ensure thdr retum next year. getting to know. And because of dieir frequent condsclyt * *Bob is part ofthe traditional school of In the meantime, look for Bob Smith at Hic­ ^jpearance in the media, you may not have a comedy. Whereas I'm a product ofthe '80s, more choice. cups on Feb. 20, for the Ge^lapaloo^ tour, wiiere interested in the energy that flows fix>m my he teams up with r*'o other comedians, Scott Ifyou dcxi't have die slightest conception of material.** Smith concurred with this and added, Kennedy and Kevin May, for a night that prom­ what a boy-next-door looks like, then you need to •*We*re both concerned with delivery, but we ises to be more than mere fun. "I'm doing new look at Bob Smdth. He's thin, tall, elegant and achieve differetit effects." material that iiig^t, some stuff on couple counsel­ reserved. Wdi a clean-cut im^c and an undis­ Both of these LA-based comedians are new to ing, for example.'^ As for Lea Delaria — well, puted intelligence and grace. Smith reprcsencs the West Coast. And, unsurprisingly, they have you'D see her around, whether you want to or noc every parent's dream — gay or not. As an osten­ conflicting views of die ndgjhborhood. "I hate (And a lot ofus do.) sibly i4)Standing dtizen with an eye for ironic, IJV" says Delaria. "I'm not willing to play the joke-oriented humor, he is able to ct^ge lesbians and gays alike, rather than polarizing dther camp in a dramatic attempt at identification and differ­ ence. His polished biand of humor spans a wide- Lea Delaria in drag... range of refiaccnce, from Mary T)4cr Moorc to the thdr distinct differences in approach, style, and crucial difference between wholistic and content, why do they* continue to tour together? assholisdc. You might not **busi a gut'* during "Out of a mutual respect for each other's Bob's sho^r^but then tn expxxt this would bc work," Lea was quick to explain. "I diink Bob is missing the point. After sitting through Bob's act, a great comedian, and I'm sure he feels the same it is impossible not to ponder thc ei^during^'eight ^j^ay about me." '« to of his hui88vlx)us indictment of n^ddlc-cIass Bob added, "And it*s rather easy fOr us togo on America. Whether he*s satirizing his lapsed Ca- tour together, since I^ea and I have been doing dioiidsm or offering the N^'S Regents board of stand-up comedy for years, longer than mostgay educadon his version of "gay" math problems, and lesbian cotnics."This statement is quite true. Bob's vision is pierdngly accurate, and his jokes While the 1990s have seen the emergence of resonate -with, significance even days after a show. many new gay and lesbian comics, this was rda­ Lea Delaria is anocher macter. If Bob Smith is tivdy uncharted territorj' in 1985, a time when a parent's dream, she is die nightmare child in Bob and lisa^weci; already establishing them- Februarys "In the Life" features Black issues every trailer park. In contrast to Bob's sleek 6' 4" dC^es on a national dtiaxtt^ The nationally syndicated TV show "In the Life" lesbian religious organizations, and nenv pro­ figure. Lea's short, rotund &ame stortns the stage ' Pedi^ another leason thc two work so well will air on Feb. 18 at 1130on WXXI. grams which teach gay youth to articulate their with tnore power and energy than five fire trudcs. tpgedicristheirttii^tnriintefestinmuiti-mcdia. In In recognition of February as Black Histoty views. FuiaB)', with a spedal treat, "In the Life" While Smith's humor is the product ofa carefuDy addition to sevetals^jpearances onTVgigs, such month, "In thc Life" reports from Adanta on thtf wekomes to the program seasoned journalist crafted wit, Delaria's outrageous brand of enter- as HBO and Tir Taa^^Sfiuvn Bobhas co-viTitten growing gay presence in that dty's annual march Kay Shelby (aJ^a. dmg artist Chrles Busch), who tainn^ent b an often spontaneous creadve out­ a book called Gnttm^l^ G^ L^ Out te Cotmi^g commemorating the kgacy of Dr. Martin Luther ccmductsanup-dose-and-personalinterviewwith burst of unflinching observation and ^^giession. Ottt. He is alscil^ftkec«3sRii iOusnator and humor- King Jr. The February show also includes an Dirk Shafer, a gay filmmaker who was Pioffftl Lea's repertoire spans the gamut of pditical poet. *T think dttt aH entertainers should be interview with Kddi Boykin, thc new Executive M^i^'s 1992 '"Man of the Year." (thoughts qn fisdng Nancy Re^an) and personal vetsatilc in a tmhiiiet of mediums," Bob says. Director of the National Black Gay and Lesbian **In the Lifc" is thc only ncwsnu^azine scries C*l tan super'pussy.'^ She is anything but politi­ Lea shares this philosof^y as weO, biinging Leadership Fomm; a talk with members ofThink presenting gay and lesbian issues and cultures to cally ooctect, and yet she insists that her audience heart-fek renditions of bop-jazz classic to her It's Not VCTiat It Iz," an Afiican-American lesbian a national public tdevision audience. It broad­ see the wodd openly and hones^« fiidbon. Bob own routine, noc to nkendon her extended inter­ theater troupe; and a look at South Africa, a casts on over 70 PBS stations nationwide, indud­ is enii^cenin^ Lea is cathartic. est in fifan* Hiex^ttpae&i^ Bidl I>fke In A China country pcHscd to become thc first nation to ing 19 ofthe top 20 marlcets. "In the Life" has thc Ihat said, I was looking ftnru'ard xo meeting i»£pwasal994o0kdB^k^8ndhcrl996 sdiedule constitunonaII>' guarantee thc rights ofits gay and greatest reach ofan y gay and lesbian media prefect, both ofthe entertainers, as the>' readily granted an of fifan appearances isMB;^ inckidfa^ roles in lesbian dtizens. with over one and one-half million viewers per interview. The first question was obvious: given tnovies,/7^dwnp/^MAHM^ and tclevisi^ (Matlock). In other stories, '*In the Life" looks at gay and episode.

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male bank employee, alleged diat she had been On the Otiier hand, several odier federal courts inquiry into the sexual orientation of both the the privilege of being aflowed to woric and make a sdgfecced to unwckome sexual advances by her interpret Title VII qpiite differendy. Distria courts victim and the harassei^, rather than a determina­ -a living can be as demeaning and disconcerting as male svtperviaor. Analyzing Tide VITs anti-sex in Pennsylvania, £^tcict of Columbia, Tennessee, tion of the nature of the offensive conduct. As the the harshest of radal epithets/' whidi, as the court COLUMNISTS diiOMMinaiian^AeSi^weme Court condiaded diat Geotgia, Akbama, I\]te«o Itico, Soudi Cafofina» dissenting jia^ observed, while the victim's or observed, as prohil»ted b>' Titk VH regardless of *Ntdica a st^^crvisor harasses a subordinate be­ and Illinois (the answer, for you perceptive types, harasser's sexual orientation mi^t be relevant to u^iether they are made by harassers of the san^ its dEK^tmiDtfcdbn in die wc3ckpiabe er three if you ask tne. Hah, the these advances wete unwdcome* she was entided member ofthe opposite sex, he or she would not homosexual-based sexual harassment (at least in sexual harsBsment, thc court has merdy permitted outinthegxLcald?)Ibcokeinyfa|^ ; ByEtJcBcBmamin txagik flaw»than k you very much. He's got a crush to relief under Thk VII. have been harassed. Therefore, these courts con­ the majority's view), the court exfvessly refused to Sardinia to go to trial to tr^' to prove whether the Then, aomelKnr I foiiad aeeottci aa4 X vat NHEEveiyAeat^dkloQtbecomedtelayofthelitid. On a sttai^ man. I goss^ some more, ^fistafce^ Bot whac does Title VII say about same-sex dude. Title VITs anti-sex discrimination clause dedde whether Title VTI bars same-sex sexual alleged prohibited conduct actually occurred. If BHe In 1964, Coi%niiion4 KeptdsicriM atkd co^ Door #318 gay, too! Eeek, diey are an itenk NohMT sexual hafa3smcnt?Title VIl's anti-sex discrimina­ bans same-sex sexual harasstnent as well as oppo­ harassmem where dther the victim or the harasser, Sardinia wins, DelKi'ood Foods will undoubtedly natives fkta^^^gOKfOdypistxf I'm not getting any sympathy, everyone diHiks Pm I am devastated. Oh weD, no moce going dorat {un.'^Thoi k &tt facoke. '9^^.. tion provision was obviously meant to prohibit site-sex sexual harassment. or both, is homosexual or bisextial. Thc court's ask the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse Tide VII.«|uchdU not oc%bid(yind^ crazy. I shouid write this coknnn ^kc a Cyndua ni^tt I knew d^ere was a good feason for diacft^ diu^teMiapilicgta-^-^ discrimttiation against one gender in fiivor ofthe Then diere's thc middle ground, prompted by a eventual answer wiU be fascinating, becanse under the lower court's legal conclusion. Only then — Heimdtaade andevery(Kie would hmgh stto»c»tait A couple of mondis iater it> picnk dmfe is (he lixllift A^t^^^aaty. aad daoeey other. Under this vicu% it makes sense that sexual sexual harassment ca.se widi a factual twist. In its "sexual orientation" focus*Tidc VII trials could and perhaps onl>' after an ultitnate dedsion by the 'st%ho#eyer, ^g^ yidt gi4jpcateci to igneoJi I just can't, my n^ is cai^t in tny craw. pack. I plop in die pavdkm with two oldest and SinGe%Ef.t9»Bbe^ harassment ofa female employee by a male em­ January' 1996, the 4th Circuit appeals court, which be as racy as soap operas! Supreme Court—^iU we know fbr certain whedier I don't stay \^> late, really I'm a momif^ person, dearest and whadyalmow, Mr. and Mr. Wondecftil pto^lEa^ to fbObw; took out ployee, or vice versa, would be banned by Ude BII. covers Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North So what about New York? Does Tide VO same-sex sexual harassment is just as illegal under' but a cov^pic of months ago I went to a dififerent trot on by. TTicy Imow my Bieaih. They stdp and with me. Now diat it's easMT t6 InAow cvocyptsi- ofdieHoMseofRc|»e9entadvesat4hefaistnu^ But how does Tide VII's prohibition oi sex dis­ Carolina, and Soudi Carolina, hckJ that Tide VII prohibit same-sex sexual harassment anj'uiierc Tide VII tts of^30site-sex sexual harassment. bccauseitbefe^diatT^ VHaaawhokwovAd aerobics dass —^ in the evening. I dcm't care for chat They chat Cfutte a ^a^iilc. They look thropgh doe$ it Ihat^s ^v^ I stMted'Skif^ RtomingLi^ crimination jive with same-sex sexual harassment, does not prohibit sexual harassment by hetero­ from Buffalo to N.Y.C, not to mention Roches­ Now for the ans^'er to the pop quiz: Believe it key, not crowded. And 1 was, c^course, the star.: not pass ifit inckKkd abandon aex as w

'Our legislative representatives to beyond bdief tolerating my whimsical antics. No supposed to be serene, mellow. Wherc did I read In the last diree decades, courts have issued woricout the last few years, before that it was just On one hand, thc 4th Circuit federal appeals who is deaf, dumb and blind," and put a condom him mercilessly. Spedfically, he daimed that they change the laxk-; then die courts uill have to rule thc that. I look old, fat, no one believes my hair is really diousands of dedsions that analyze die scope and me and the gals. Therc v.'ere several men in this place like home, Dorothy. This is a place for me. court, which covers Texas, Louisiana and Missis­ in his food. On atleastthreeoccasions,McWilliams' often grabbed his genitals and buttocks, called him rigjit way. diis color and rhis kamikaze from die future has appJicarion of the anu-sex discrimination pro\i- class (one deariy a queen — pink shorts, what dse Wrong again. Who shows up one Wednesday ar sippi, as well as district courts in South Carolina, co-workers tied his hands together and forced lum ''babe" and "faggot," told him he had a "nice ass," invaded my turf. Is there no peace, no justice? sions of Title VIL And, as they are often asked to can I cell you?) but this guy stood out A knockoiit. 6:15 a.m. but Mr. Perfection himself. I cannot Nevada, Mar^iand, Indiana, Iowa, Washington, to his knees. During one of these incidents, a co­ and made disparaging remarks about the size ofhis dou'hcn confronted with troublesome facts, many Tall, lean, dark, beautifully proportioned and my bdieve this. Not only is he coming to MY CLASS, So i sulk. Fmdecermined to finda flaw. Hc'sbaldii^ Texas, Ohio, and Illinois, have held as recendy as worker smck his finger in McWilliams' mouth to f>enis. Political UPDATE Ri^it, big flaw. I si^ipose the or^ blesstr^ is that he courts have interpreted Tide \TI to prohibit situ­ i god was he in shape! I had a rotten time paying but he is doing everything perfect, kicking higher, 1995, that Tide \^I does not protect employees simulate oral sex; during another simUar incident, In deciding whether Sardinia could proceed neverevainotkedrne. life is unfiiir.Ifdas is the future;, ations that Congrcss did not necessarily attention to cues and watching him. claf^iing louder, hefting the colossal wdgh^s I ixoftti samc-scx sc.xuaJ harassment. These courts a co-worker placed a broomstick to McWilliams' with his Tide VII lawsuit, the district court judge By Andrew Lee screw it Why can't he be nice, like me? comtcmplate when it enacted the law (espedally So first chance I had I gossiped. Who is he I thought they oniy used to prop thc door open. rcason that the only sex discrimination llde VII had to determine whether Tide \TI barred same- since a prohibition against sex discriminarion in anus. hissed to my instructor. The truth floored me. He's Christ I use one step he uses 33. He flails his arms, endeavors to prc\''cnr is discrimination that stems Despire dme sexual and vulgar nature of this sex sexual harassment. After reviewing every' rel­ Coming Up in 96 gay. Naw, can't be. Don't you just hate it when you his arms bulge under zillion pound weights when die larger sense wasn't e\^en contemplated!) One "from an inbalance of power and an abuse of that harassment, the appeals court hdd that Tide VII evant case in the country'', die district court held The 1996dections\iTllplayacmdalroleinuiicthcr (oh yeah, trmybejou don't) make the p.c. error and even the toughest dame in ciass uses sevens. This THE IAW c>^i of these unantidpaced areas to which the courts imbalance by the powerful which results in dis­ did not protect McVCillams from this conduce that Tide VII bars sexual harassment, regardless of die lesbian, gay and bisexual community goes think a great-looking man just couldn't be gay? is an outrage. I con^lain. Actually I dish and have held Tide \TI applies in se?wual harassment on By EUen Yacknin crimination against a discrete and vxilncrable Apparently appljing a *'boys will be bo>'s" under­ whether it is by members of the same sex or fonj'ard in thc fight for equal rights or whether we ^'QU, I wasn't ashamed of my gafife. In fact I UTIS vi^iine. I'm cold to shut up, stop feeding into it. thc job. grotqi.'* These courts condude that because there standing of thc situation, the court reasoned that opposite sex. Tlie court found nothing in the lose important ground. pleased. It cheered mc up to think that this is what Nobody cares. It was not until 1986, some 22 years after Tide Sexual harassment is no imbalance of power between traditionally Title \TI docs not ban harassment, even sexual historv or intent ofTitle VII to limit its restrictions This year die president is up for dection, as are our happy litde tribe had evolved to: a very to­ You don't understand. All my lifc I have been VII became law, that the Supreme Court, in Meritor ible groups when a man, fbr example, sexu- harassment, when both the harassers and thc vic­ to opposite sex harassment. On the contrary^ the the House ofRcpresentatives, the New York State gether man. Just Uke in TV movies or plays. Had unathletic I'm thc wimp who wasn't good cnou^ My how time Bics, More than 30 years have gone S^ngt Bank /: Vinson, agreed with many lower lally harasses another man« Tide VII docs not bar tim are heterosexuals of the same sex. court reasoned, "a requirement that a man or Senate and the New York State Assembly. Our d^c iTuUenruum finally conne to RocKester? for anythir^ ever. In hi^ school 1 hid in the by since Congress passed Tide VH of the Civil courts that Tide VII barred sexual harassment in* ic-scx sexual harassment. The danger of tbis analysis is that it requires an woman run a gauntlet of sexual abuse iii return for local races,bodi on thc federal and state levels, arc So \ Viit tVwe class a iw more tinrtCS-^U^rfV, tivsre ia cafeteria during gyrn dass. 1 Viated everydiing ath- Ri^ts Act the semiirtal federal lata;- tl^at probib- tbe -workplace- In \^HSon, Michelle Vinson, a fe- mnmmmm^tmmmmmmmmmmKmKmtiimmmimmtilmmmmmmmmmimmm » 9» w—*p

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»«'«*J*lB*»W^W-,Jg*;.^..> ,' " -S 2 6¥^^- ,V*' known and silenced women. Buc die web can be unravded and it can be disconnectkxi I intend to focus on a state of him, he goc seated and distanced himsdf <^x^ pcratdy needs yOU. Whatever the tewaids of seacdang for sdf — te^Nin to our own purposes. And in the spinning solitude versus isolation. I understand that gay widiout explanation. continued from pg. 19 Cohimtaa. The Niae:thevewsts^ttssedinHMtitilttmtiatttxtiiisipd; po«Mf;sdfieaizMion,joy—theseanhisnotsttaig^- we can heal ouraelves. Such healk^ tdces time» individuals have often had to leam to survive Dale was in a rdationship for over a year that significant because those representatives whohave Thc presidential race is critical to the gay, lesbian those ^thewri^andtBdstttmotbttwitewmddbimtetmt* foc^vaad* ciot easy, not final It hinges on Dudi, on the resolution, and courage, but abused women have alone, due to fisared or actual rejeaion by otheis, lacked a certain levd of emotiottal connectedness. been especiaUy supportive of ur community (Ccwi- and bisexual cotnmututy because die president is BODY POLITICK witngpeai^ and cipadty, to knoc7 when we ace in die these in abundance because wc are experienced yet die need fbr connection docs not diminish. We He was unable to sharc his dassxo&h^ktti widi his gresswotnan Louise Slaughter, State Senator Rick often the only person who can prevent thc enact­ By BiU Pritchafd pseaenoe o£ mafa and 80 honor it This nnkes die survivors. We have crossed emotional terrain as afl seek connection. There can be a transfbnnativc partner, for fear he would''rock the boat" and risk Dt^linger, and State Asseml^ypersons Susanjohn ment of federal anti-gay Icgislation.This past >'ear Wofnatt SPIRIT kiwMd joQittey e^Kdalf dffia^ and pmSA for steep and dangerous as any Htsnali^an peak and e3q>eriencc in thc devdopment ofthe Self when his partner leavii^ lum. Wlien I tnet him he had andjoe Mordfi) are taigeted for de6eat by those Preskknt Clinton has blocked dramatic cuts in Engage in the process flbuKd women, becauae IM have been sdiooled to readied die other aide—die &ct thatwc are aKvc this occurs. The powerful experience of two selves recendy started to connea sexually uith odiers who ooposc ccpial r^ts for gays. AIDS funding. In addition, the president has en­ By Fftula DeChelly Americans have diminishing expectations for our dmtflL to fies.Abiiski g foniKescove r up their sans fay is testament to due Our survival^ both indhtidual nieigii^ into a sense t^ oneness is sonsethif^ I withouc his panner's awareness. He was seeking On both a state and national level, we fiice not dorsed the Federal Employee Non-Discrimirw- government and dmse whom wc dect tDicpfCsent us. Healingjoumeys pRtendng they do not cxisc, and die dAl in such a aikd coQecttve* is cauae fbr adoiowledgcnKnt and refer to as the **imnierstve moment." It is a fiBciti^ "soinethii^** he was uncertain what it was. only fi^ts fbr the recognition of our r^ts, but we tion Bill and he has ended the denial of security A number of fiictors have caused us to become In cadi of us dierc isaneed tobe whok. Iticarieed reflection. that may be described as spiritual and is certainly Jose lud been with many men in his Hfe. In fea also hxx an unprecedented amount of anti-gay dearance on the basts of sexual orientation. Also, disen^^ed fiom die democratic process diat is in as fundamenod as a plant's need for sun, and as aorwwidependiontfaeatKiaaaiandgoodwiMofdie PmtbidKMSf, PkD. it ti j^ytbotbmpist iti ptiptOt beyond wcxds. his friends joked about his "boy of die month l^^lation. This past year in Albany we have it is estimated diat during the next fixir years, place CO serve us. We arc £aced almost daily widi pcfsistem, and like the pbnt, whtdi rains its ddi­ te%nMmbeEiwlK>«eteapQnatUefordtiuBnghct; ptmtiotimRotiinier^titiaS^ittmtttrti'smtotiottalmid Aduk relationships are founded most often dub." He was proud c^his many conquests, yet he witnessed: whoever is president wifl make at least three ap- one scandal or anodier. Many of these arc con­ cate bkissom, its green, substantial stem townd Kfiuiy c»fua, as difldnsi, in ocder to mdce sense Air^tttdi tfxxi the leamit^ we have had gcowii^ uf> in our was very londy. The Senate majoritj^s refusal to vote on Non- pcmtments to thc United States Supreme Court trived to discredit the political opposition. Other thc li^t, wc joumey, in smafl and large ways, of the abocivr steuaoons that weie widiout sense, The initial connection widi others. Your dakfiiood Jdce fdt an emptiness that he had expeiienoed Discrimination legislation passed by the Assem­ —j^)pts idtisokitay." To diis joumey wc haag only oursdves and an least made die abase understandable. But sdf- it is in childhood that patterns arc set whidi wifl j^jproadipeople atthe bar. He leamed comedicace The Senate majorit^^'s refusal to indude "sexual rights. Authentic Self Increasing^, we are forced to^sit back and ob­ inner map, a kind of psyt:hic blweprim that wc blame is die moat hideous of afi because it robs i» markedly afifect the way you experience your own hb pain and fill his en^Ksness with alcohol, which orientation bias" as a fiictor in hate crimes; By loc^king at die issues and obstades we cur­ By Thomas Rxmcxak serve our elected offidals as if they were actors in fisllow in die search to discover who we ate and of our dbuifying ar^gets, our sdf-esteem^ our sdf- Sdf and therefore your capacity to have rewarding in time evolved to include regular use of poe He %. 5ienate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's fJans to rently face, one can easily understand how vital the a tragic political comedy and wc arc the dutiful what wc m^t become. Often mucli ofthe jour­ knowlec^ or rdationsh^ to truth. As adults, we ACSW telationships with others. Gay men and ksbians, said,'Tt worked." I uxxidercd ifit really did. overturn die recent coun dedsion allowitig second 1996 ekctic»is arc to our community. In order to y^\ audience, s^lauding, crying, and lau^iing ot\ cue. ney is spent Icartiing how to read diis private map, find oorseives in the same drcumstances when, for due to abuses rdated to homc^diobia (or is it Scan wanted to connea uidi others, but when parcnt ad<^MicMi; ensure the victory of candidates who believe in Sadly, die number of empty 'S90U ij* ft^e dieater how to determine what part of die seardi b shaped instance, wc must depend on battering spouses or "heterosexi^n"?) and lade of visible rc^ models it Cume to discussii^ fcclii^s, he would often Ptans for anti-same sex marriage tall to counter­ equaliights forgays and lesbians. Weneed to focus The courage to love continues to grow, as apadiy Strang^ our demo­ by thc past, by fears, by bdiefis about what is or is lovors for our economic survival, or when we must growing up, can often c^icstion issues of connec­ change thc topic or hide behind a joke. His part­ act the looming Hawaii decision on fbur important areas: education ofour firiends cratic process. not possibic. look to an abusive legal system, or a n^^igent Rdationships. Wc are in diem from die day wc are tion widi others. Based vpon past relational expe­ ners lefr him one by one. Ffe fek increasing^* Attempts to cut funding for persons with HIV/ and neighbors; voter registration; involvement in Many ofthe men and women wc dect to public This joumey, at each point along the way, re­ political one, fbr protection firom those u4io do, or conceived. Therc has not been one moment of rience, the act of entering into relationship widi depressed and is<^ted. He l>egan to seek conifoct AIDS; can^)aigns, and aget-out-the-votedrivc. The Roch­ office are good, dedicaced pcoj^ Unfortunatdy veals to us Mi'hat we are capabk o^ what stirs our would do, us harm. your life diat you have not been in relationship. anodier can evoke pleasam feclii^ which assist in and validarion dirough connecting sexually with Proposed l^;islation to ovcrtum the court's ester Lesbian and Gay Political Caucus is currendy dioi^jh, an increasing number arc not. We must deepest abilities and potentials, what inner power The double bind diat leads abused women to deny Befbre we can have a mutuall)' satisfying rekition- the attadimcnt process, or at the ochcr cxtretnc strangers in the park and bookstores. decision to prohibit military' recruitment on state implementing a political plan which addresses hoW our representatives more acountabic for their wc can cafl on. This inner power is a fluid, some­ and theiefoce lie about what is h^spening (or has shqi with Other, we must first have a loving can resurrect a fear or discomfbn whidi may Joe and John had been together for five years. campuses. these four areas. Under this plan, the Caucus will actions. Some lie, get cau^t, hold a press confer­ times firagile thin^ but once axrakcned, we can cafl happened)—namdy, diac our protectors are also our rdationship with Self. This is abouc a connection hinder the connection with another. Unable co discuss thdr feeling widi each other, In Washington we have seen: host candidate forums, discuss the issues and hdp ence, and apologize profusely. Wc forgive them. on this power, draw it up into our bodies and our s^xisefs — is rdnforced hy our culture, wfadi mofc and acceptance ofall aspects of oursehres. Some To grow up as a young gay or lesbian in this they found thcmscK'cs grouing apart and thov^t Congress' refusal to vote on the federal non­ each ofus to find ways in w^ch we can individually Others make blatant sdf-servir^ dedsions that sdves, as a plant drau"s ui'atcr and nutrients up often than not bbmes the' Victan" of abuse, and lies may refer to this as the definition of "sfnricualicy." culcure is about needing co **hide" or create a false the solution was to enhance dieir sex Kfe by bring­ discrimination bill; make a difference. An additional aid to the local n<^tively impact the public. We rationalize their throu^ its roots. about tiie systemic nature of baccctii^ and abuse. To seek conneccion and relationship is noc only sdf in order to survive. Barriers to intimacj' can ing in third and fourth parties. Over die course of Attempts by the House to dismande Medicaid lesbian, gay and bisexual community is the Empirc actions. Still other politidans brii^ our nation S<3mctitnes, to understand our own journey's, The state tells a woman, for instance, diat if she healthy, buc can be very affirming and Hfc enhanc­ b^;in in the eariiest relationship betu'cen parents cwo months chey ended up dissolvir^ their rda­ and cut funding vital to persons with HIV/AIDS; State Pride Agenda which is opening a branch dangerously dose to the brink offinandal disaster wc look to the examples of other women for walks home alone acnighc she is asking to be taped; ing. Too often chis sodecy encourages separation and children and can affect adulc relationships. tionship. The rccent hearings on diversity programs in office in Rochester. to get their way. Forgetting that it is we who will knowkc^ and sustetiance. These may bc ^xxHiien the churdi tdb a woman diat the suffering engen­ and autonomy, espedafiy fbr men, as an ideal of True intimacy is limited ^if^ac all possible) when die The immersive momene is something we all public schcK^ by a House subcommittee which The Radical Rig^t has no problem i*'orking to suffer from these childish shenanigans, we allow kno^vTi to us — mothers, aunts, cousins, friends, dered by abuse is redemptive — in short, that it maturicy. I would st^gesc otherxnse. To insinuate felse sdf meecs Other. How docs this affea our desire, yet can find elusive. The barriers often lie provided a taxpaj'er funded platform for anti-gay dect candidates hostile to gay concems. What wc ourselves to get cau^t up in the political rhetoric lovers — orwomen who left thdr stories behind, must be good for her, the fiunily tdls a daughter that attachment behavior in adult lifc is immature ability to fbrm intimate loving relationships? within the Self. The examples above show how extremist Lou Sheldon; see as equal protection under the la\i' for all Ameri­ the major parties shout sit one another. Teresa of Avila found her life and meaning m an that she "misunderstood" a relative's sexual ad­ is to overiook the vital role that it plays m j'our life Jim was an attractive gu)'who was very energetic many seek to fill die need iot acknowledgnient, The repeal by Congress of the District of cans, they see as a cultural war, and they are ready Thc time has come to reverse this trend. The ecstatic, contemplative rclationship with her god; vances toward her or that she made them xtp. In from the cradle to the grave. Relationship can and oucgcnng, some even used die cerm "charis­ vaHdacion, and connection. I am impressed ac how Columbia'sDomesticParmcrshipordinance guar­ to do batde. We in tum must be just as v^^lanc American people deserve betcer representation Sc^oumcr Tmth, in her u'ork on the Undetground each case, the 'woman is abused again, is cold by affect qualicy Of life, enhance sdf esteem, and matic." He was quice likable and met people easily. universal chis need for connection is with people. anteeing hospital visitation rights to parmers; Many ofour dected officials have been there for us than what we've been getting at all levels of govern­ Railroad smuggling slaves out of the southem implication that she is lying, that the culture's create a sense of general well bdng. He could make initial contacts wdl. The problem In feet, it appears that some uill go CO any lengch in Passage of a bill to discharge HIV positive in the past; we need to be there for dicm now. We ment. Ifyou cjqjcct and accept mediocrity, that is Uniced Staces; Marie Curie, in years of work to denial is the tmth. In this way thc web of denials The goal in life :s not about separation-individu- was he could not sustain them. He would go out on an attempt to obtain it, even if ic invt^vcs sdf- service personnd fi*om thc armed forces, despite cannot afford to lose one friendly voice in Albany what you will get. Arc diere any Mr. or Ms. Smiths purif>* the dement radium; Huda Sharawi, in her and lies chat is thc fabric ofabus e is spun tighter and arion, but alxiut balandng the needs for connec­ one or two dates and then not call the person back- dcstructive bcrhaviors. Jason wanced to connea so Pentagon objections; or Washington. out diere who we can send to Washington or efforts to fi^^ Egyptian women from the voft tighter and becomes harder to unravd. tion and disconnection. When 1 use the term He sought connection, but as it became a reality for Passagp in the House of a biU to end die adop­ COLUHNISTS continued on ps. 2~ tion ri^iws of lesbians and ^ys \n 6^c District of Albany? 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Celebiatingwocnan-centered spiri- AIDS Rochester* Inc., 1350 University Ave., provides education, referrals to appropriati ! 256-0370 heahh GEurc tuafity. Rrst, third and fifdi Tuesdays, 7-9 pm, service agencies* client and fomily services, advocacy for people facing HIV-linked discrimina-1 Village Gate Square-Across From Fast Eddie's Ek^ttb WatdeBreattOimc. 1351 Mt. Hope GAGVCommunityCcmcr, 179 Atbntic Ave. tsont and other services, Includingftnanctal assistance and a public education speaker bureat« ,j Use Parking Lots B or D Ave. 442-2J9a Dr. Wende Logan-Young and 546-6228; 242-9148. (716)442-2210 V/TbD (business line) or (716)442-2200 V/TDD (hotline). | \ an alt-wonum staff pcovide mamnnogranis. CULTURAL: Helping People with AIDS Jnc (HPA) P.O.Box 1543 Rochester NY l4603-l543isanonhJ Give a gift that keeps on giving! AlDSRoebcsttr Wimten's Heaith Outteatb. HtV Rodfesler Womtn*s Commnnitf Choms. 473-7365. prom, volunteer organization. HPA raises and distributes funds to support programs thaf: \ Name _^ _^_.^ pievenaoo.GontaaJami^'iah MOkr, 442-2220, (See Ongc»ng calendar, P2gP 31.) provide services to people living wtth HIV and AIDS. Funding Is provided to agencies located: NO MEMBERSHIP FEE ext 3026. AIDS Rochester, 1350 Univeraty Ept'sDttipping. LocaUy produced cable TV in the counties of Monroe, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Livingston. Chemung. Steuben. Wayn« \ Address andYates. Hodine(716)987-1853. \\ Ave. AAI also has other services fbr HIV show by, for and about women. City diannd :« ^VjJtL| peer fociliutors can provide referrals to physicians and OVER 1000 LOW PRICED PREVIOUSLY positive women. 15,8:30 pm Sundays; 10 pm Tuesdays. Write Phone Comttttiiitf HtiM Nttnmtk- 758 Souih Ave. 200 Park Ave., Rochester NY 14607. service agencies. Person on duty Honday/Frtday6:30-9:30p.m. Message machine othcr dmes. VrEWED TAPES FOR SALE (716)244^8640. A membership to Parents FLAG: $20 per household includes 244-9000. Si;^)poft gioup for HiM positive l^tslnan i^/m-Cwmi^. All leveis and typra of i bi-monthly newsletter. P-FLAG, 179 Atlantic Ave., Rochester ^(rtxncn, '^Makii^Cormecdons." Concact Lyn writing. Meets third Mondays, 7-9 pm, GAGV iPtra#ecColHonro«County, 855 W. Main St.. run through Monroe GIFT CERTIFICATES Blackbum. Meets fifst and third Mondays, CcMTimunity Center, 179 Adancic Ave. County Department of Health, provides information, education and training, and maintains a I NY 14607^1255. (716)234-0156. resource IttM-ary. Sue CoweH. (716)274-61 l4(V/TrY). MOVIE BOOKS 9-30-11 aftt. Pre-interview reqmred. '^oms SilkMwniBookt, 633 Monzoe Ave, Rochester NY 14607.473-8110. NEW RELEASES Etc." su^iport gtoop for all female categivers: CoiyimufiferHsaith Network, iwo (CHN)> 758 South Ave. HIV testing; medical, contact Sydney Metier. CHN has many other Wotttm'^Pt^mttttetPpieyetL (WidWImink^ experimental and pentamicfene treatments; John Washburn UbnuT; support groups; so THOUSANDS OF YOUR OLD FAVORITES fbcus gnx^ and services for HIV positive Alt-ietnale petfoimaoce groop. 235-4182. andcasemanagementservtc^. Emphasis on early intervention for all aspects of HIV and AIDS. (7l6)244-900a OPERA women and HIV negative partneis. GENKRAL: MUSICALS AkematiitsforBartered Women. 232-7353. Shel­ lP&j«rVi2«i»Jww OwaSr. YWCA, 175N. On Rochest«»*AreaTaakForce<»nAlDS(llATFA)is a collection of agencies providing a multiplicity of resources and services to thc upstate New York community. Their offices are FOREIGN AND INDEPENDENT ter, counseling. Leshians welcome. Ave. 546-7740. SBce ^Lft O^ 742 Soudi Ave, 271-8010, located through the FingerLakes Health Systems Agency, which also provides medical POLITICAL: literature and newspaper dippings, as wdl as demographic and satistkal datafor use in developing Feminist v^ctadan cafe. INCLUDING MANY HARD TO FIND TITLES: Wi^tKnA^iinsta ViolentEmfimnmentfWAl'^.) health care services. Kelli McMahon, (716)461 -3520. PO Box 15650, Rochester NY 14608. 234- Cbtck otir monthiy and ei^pii^taitndafsjbr mott Grea«srRociiesterAii:XibvterfokhNetwork(GRAIh^ provides lay and professional care 9709. Women analysing and doing direct ac­ gnttps atsd fumUs, atid caH tht GaySonrtt Ii^Btm for 2IN20(VOL1-3) rfmds, 6:30-9:30pttt,Man,'Tlittt, at 244-^640, through healingand memorial services; training of friendly visitors for vis iting homes, hospitals, tion on issues of violence against women. hospices and prisons; information about pastoral resources and advocacy on behalf of people BALAD OF NARAYAMA affected by AIDS. (716)889-8050. CLAY FARMER MonroeConrwTvunityCkiaege maintains an AIDS Resource Library in the Leroy V. Good COLEGAS .UHN8STSfrompg.2l survive. If patterns of rclationship have not been Ubrary, I OOOE. Henrietta Rd. 424-5200. CONRACK working for you, or if thc ideas presented here dwkt he at times put himself at risk for MoryocCountyi tealdfiPepaartmcnt^at I I I Westfall Road in Henrietta, offers testing and EVERGREEEN itracting HIV, due to his unsafe sex practices resonate with issues you find ^-ourself dealing counselingfor HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. (716) 274 6146. FOOL KILLER I men. jHc told me, "Fm afiraid he will leave mc with, be aware chat hdp is available, and peopk most certainly can move beyond thdr prisons of StrongNeiTKirialHoqjkal provides a complete range of HIV medicai care, including access to HOUSEHOLD SAINTS lotwant to have sex with me ifl ask him to use experimental treatment protocols, and HIV testing. Also provides individual and group L'HOMME BLESSE >m." the past and into the future that they take respon­ psychotherapy. Trainingo?heaJth care professionals also availabk. infectious Disease Oinic. (716) If unable to sustain a cerrain level of intimacy, sibility Jfor creadnj^. Individual or group therapy LAST CALL AT MAUDE'S 275-0526. Department of Psychiatry. (716) 275-3379. AIDSTraSnlng Project. (716)275-5693. many will tum to other means co seek chis degree my be the answer for you. Call for consultation. PlannedPaunenthoodofRochesterandGeneseeVai8eyoffers testingand information LOOKING FOR LANGSTON of attachment or immersion. Drugs, alcohol, ThmtasFtwte^ak, CSW;ACSW,isaNYSMeats»d (716)5462595. i\ MASTERS OF ANIMATION (VOL 1-4) compulsive sexual behavior, food, or gambling sociai worker itt tbtjkltb ofnledionsl^ andaxtkiSty NICE GIRLS all bc ways that someone seeks che warmth, amotmt, HIX^, attd thenrital addictiotts. Ht catt bt ThreshoWYouthCenterprovides confidential testing for young people ages 12-25. Fees on • NOIR & BLANC tg, and soothing connectedness that tOHtatStitimat^ his ptmaMpfttOitn witb WhUo^pnta sliding scale, no one denied service. Threshold Centerfor Aitemative Youth Services, 80 St. PftuI St 454-7530. NUTS IN MAY tthy relationship can bring. I have heard men P^ychothonfy 01258-0022 txn 2323. m>r NEGATIVE Neiy York AIOS Inatitute Eatpierin^entalTreatnf^entkd^^ to date information on StfTPOKrCIKMir ONE NIGHT OF LOVE discussing their anonjinous sexual cn- FOK itcrs say, "It*s not about sex, I was jiKt so dinical trials and expvi^ed access programs. Touchtone phone. I-800-MEDS-4-HIV; (212)239- \bthnade -WOIIIBED WEU." OUR VINES HAVE TENDER GRAPES 5523. X lKI-.AI.T<»Ksty that I wanted to bc touched for five min- 1415 Monroe Ave ." The desirc for connecdon. The search for WOHAN Fwill provide confidential or anonymous free testing in Ontario/ SAMOttA WOHLE1». MPA. CAC -R JOEL DELANEY WayneCoundes. 1-800-650-9853. NY«.CAEOeilTlAL COUMSGtOR , REDNECK "immersive moment." The fear- sense of isolation and kxnelincss that gay to WOMAN "^{Action for a Better Community.) Provides HIV prevention educatfon and JOE RUSSO, PSV.O. SALG: 1^ DAYS OF SODOM WV^^UCENSEO PSYCHOIJOGWT and lesbians have grown up with can cer- By JamiylBh MiDer case management services. HARC program for parolees and femilies. Trainingand technkal ' ' SILVERLAKE LIFE pky into this £car of k»s of rdadonship. assistance to service pro^rtders. Resource library open to publk:. Att services k^e and confident BUYER'S Muttkukural and bilngual staff. Rudy Rivera, propwn manager. 150 N. Clmton Ave^ CAtL f^SS-tKY-^AOE SOLDIER OF ORANGE abuses by sodety while growir^ up g^y can 5 pm, Monday-Friday. 546-6180;fox 546-5669 . SVAMKMAJER^ AUCE be involved in the fearof similar abuses Lesbians at rislc TENDRES COUSINES [aduh rdattonsh^. The actual physical, emo- As lesbians wc want to knonsr our risk of contract- ^Provides linkage with other service providers, transpor- TIMES OF HARVEY MILK CM: sexual abuses expetienced as a child can ingthc Human Immunodefidcncy Virus (HIV), adonandfinandalassistancefor housing. Monday-Friday8:30am-4:40pm. I ISOBufliafoRd.328- BROKER -PRtVATE SETTING 3210. VIRGIN MACHINE play into the fear of connecting in rda- the virus that causes Acquired Immune Defi­ -CONnOENTIAL ship. For nany the notion of "intimacy" is WEST COAST CRONES ciency Syndrome (AIDS), The best way to ad­ • ^' '•g'^'ji. ^^^•V^n: A competent agent ^EASOMABLE FEE YOU ARE NOT ALONE never having experience it feom mom dress this issue is ask oursdves what risk behav­ ZERO FOR CONDUCT jdad while growir^ up. iors we ei^age in. Do we pick up women in bars? working on your Behalf, It takes aoenain Courage to Love: to &ce arid dicn Skep with bisexual women and men? Shoot Idle sdaisesofthe past To take d^axgeofone'sfife dru^? Have tinpiotected sex? Sharc sex toys? Do All brokerage fees are ^ a»peffaK{» one was not able to flis « a >T6ahaiedne^mo6tvdnetdblefedgig5 M9t sdiae oistiimityj^^vtc are qOi artlBk fbr Peggy Felt redefines the [an eSoR to HtflEiKMMn Hnd increase d)c levd of ommunity Health Network offers a fiiil ronge of (suli'SBSB) noun essence of real estate service .if«Siiarju8^(Mngc^d>efldM^^ inf ifeih^ risk, Cmedical ond support services In one (onvenient A favorsitAB result, the gaining of :one^ 0^^i^tiKt]^WBs tuctiwgtax^ ttwi a :«raMiiBe other wesdth t>r fame, a sucessful tNng. pattexn. tecotion. We provide this core regordtess of your My fiitid Jim ^QBCQ^ wioiie me wiih lis coD^ insurance eoveroge or your obility to poy fbr PROUDLY aCRVINd THE COMMUNmrSINCE 1978 The achievefnent of success has most often services. been negated tv those who would odmpiio- #cocatobicNl^k^ mise andsettie for second best... 4%tle Inlwted vU& IflV throi^ If yoo hove HIV, or think you might coR us. JMob ... unless you select the unoompromisino real estaie setvloe of Peggy Felt ^^ 'iMef&> Hit oppointment to meet our coring sisff. YouH see why CHN is Rochester's HIV spodoKst. The sucessful choioe in real estate. ttni die IOSISF of death; gKW^) tfe IWC mJ^Jijying Amy jo O'Brian itDncwpataaritwafiigtto^ Bftttiihaff^ii^pksm PEGGY \^ititx^i^<} pdliji^fAmmidoMicm/pt^ REAL ESTATE SALES AGENT REALTY GROUP ^haven|BmioiKdfa»lbicandki| wonh repeat- irt|l^ for sex wi* thdr I^E^MKK 248-4I290 X 212 that I WiB NEV!l^ find a 9ty man or ksbian PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL fib Eaeh 321-1311 3. ; for don^r^i/hat he or shehid to tn order to •onciniMMl^wyj- 2t .er:^-'^.- s^'^i--^^.:^--

^r K„,E B u ^^> the Ermf^Qtatfi^ iiltiov^tthe gay communtey Televlston Stations droppedthe axfo as soon ^'PPorts or agrees wich hlAAISLA nor w*h ony WlU also be accompanied with a first-person Southwedlge neighborhood. viewed bodi vkleos* They said dm "The hate- had disa|M>*liy < «»<> from NAMBLA and and you can sleep well at night knowing the as CBN tfi^eeseMdlesrf lettoh. Tht n^don- f^i^uai pedoph^'s ju^ifiartiont for sexuo/ essay about their loved one. This wHI allow so Danoeathon continued ftnom p. 3 Over 200 organizations natfonwkte received fol and vicious portrayal of crtrcNWren in the other assoriae sfckos- k is not our responsi­ highways are safe... for men. Call here what aHy reeoflrtizMl medbt law fmn of HogkA md crimes./personoi^rom deeply opposedtotfie self many wonderful memories, and recipes, to be over $ 150.000 in grants. Established in April of The Goy Agendo had us stunned, akkoned, and bility to stipport or aid fugitives from justke. she is, a woman who killed before submitdr^ community." HartMn In Wiahlngeon* &C tw tgr««d IBO serving, anti-feminist sophistry of NAAltbLA. If remembered and shared with others. 1994, the fond awards grants to eligible ors»- saddened. Fortunately* that n^ we v^ere Will the edto>ra now mount a Free Patrick to rape and possible death, and you are forced The pledge dance wilt begin at 8 p.m. and older men want to help and befriend boys under As we all know, there are limited resources nizations in which American Express U.S. able CO soothe our angiMied eoubfay al M DiSteflan canqya^? And what is the differ­ to wonder whose life is valued? As Lee said. continue until I a.m. Parucipants 18 years and ad has bmm shOMV a fieW tfents. fteft ef Hw IS, I beUeve tfiey should do so in a non-^xual and facilities for people living with this disease employees volunteer on a regular basis. viewing Frances wid Dee's Su oTght From thf ence between Hrim and DiStef^n? None! "Who's supposed to die ? Am I supposed to die older will dance to musk from the 70s, *80s {MfMfc^haabeenpkteed up as iii^n^iieit^e». way. Anything else is expioitotion. And certainly Heart. After the film, one parent stood up aod^ The Enpbf Ooset has been diminished by who are not able to support themselves finan­ because Tm a prostitute?' and "905. "The Wrath of P^ester," perform­ those who exploit either young boys or young girls said, 'If every member of Congr«ss has re­ On Feh. 26; we (Geri and Miml^ vifW giving Halm a voke. This is HOT a gay issue. cially. And many donations for AIDS fundraisers Unsurprisingly, Lee dki not receive a fsat ing hits of the *70s. wiH N^light the evening's HPA plans Mardi Gras deserve jail time and need inteitsive psychiatric ceived the The Goy Agendo, then we must give reviewing Strdgfm FOrents/Goy QMnrnKMep- chis is a pervert issue. If we have any concems go to finding a cure. This project will be hearing of. e. c^ . fn het only trial, the dead entertainment. Local merchants will be on treatment part/ fbr March 2 them Straiglht From the HetnT ft^fitvmfeiTcigetfier b^ Robert tttrmCttlri. for about diis they should not be for the two different. All proceeds from the sale of the man'^ history o. se^^ual Violence was not al- hand and food and non-alcoholic beverages TriSf^ talka series at Border Bodes and However, the EC's mission is to provide a very special cookbook wili be donated to ^he That they did On July 18. 1995. Projea young victims and I^T^e pervert who mo­ bwed as evider.ce. H^*r overworked public will be provided. f^kMc P*eas* )oln us and |^ your ittipport forum for all gay community voices, not just those care of people living with AIDS. Helping People with AIDS. Inc. (HPA) proudly Heart was taken to Capitol HIIL A copy of diis lested them. defender had never tried a capital case; 6C For more information or to register for the BringyG«r pareritft, OuarP-HAGcnaeAlls><^ we personally happen to agree vrith. Freedom of All I ask is for you. help in telling your presents its first annual Mardi Gras! On March video was hand-delivered to each and every Sincerely, references to self-defense were deleted from evenc phone the Care 2 Dance office at on^iftlast&9Ktayd%^ speech has always been a basic American right, readers, friends, and associates about tnis 2, from 9 p.m. to I a.m., you will find the flavor member of Congress to give them the oppor­ Louis Richards her videotaped confesston; Lee's background (716)442-2220. to •JOp.tn. ata»e Ouricw'Hertnil'4^^ protected by the Constitution. The classic Ameri- worthwhile project. Each contributor is asked of an authentic New Orleans carnival atHarro tunity to leam about our gay k>ved ones, to {E6. H0tm ft t& hotd tc beHeve ^cx in 1996 of chronic abuse was not acknowledged as a Westminster Rd You are aH wefcome. We can attitude has been, 1 disagree with what you to include their name, their loved one's name East, 400 Andrev*« St. Food, magk, dancing, identify with heterosexual parents just like these thingi s^ ne&d to be explained, but here mitigating circumstance, and the list of injus- are "Parents. Family and Friemb of Lesbians say, but I wilt defend to the death your right to say and favorite recipe, and a brief essay, (or a CHN enrolls patients mystics, games, music and costumes will high- thenwelves, and to watch these parents struggle goes: the letters published by the Etnpty C/oset tices goes on. andGays... Kec^ghwnaiestogetherthrmigh special memory) about their loved one. A late li^^t this exciting "Fat Tuesday" celebration. with ignorance, shame and fear and move into do not represent the views afti^e editor or ofthe As feminists, we feel it is imporcant to raise Ifthat is changing, then we are entering a scary in new HIV drug test HPA is a 501(c)(3) Not For Profit all- support, educatkm and advocacy." GAGV, any more than the letters published by the 1996 publication is planned. Correspondence our voices to demably mduding second set of appeals is being prepared now. tional Institutton, PO Box 8540, Pembroke Letters continucMJ from p« 2 abused two young boys. funds for PWAs strategies. They are hoping to release the Patrick Disteffan, do not regard themselves as Lee was working as a highway prostitute Pines, FL 33024, or form a defense committee We, in Rochescer. have witnessed several To the Editor: Local independentfilmmakerCJ Russo. whose Services. Nice glossy publication. Syracuse controversial ads in three more cities. These part of the gay community, and (fortunately) when she was attacked. Prostitutes are much in your area. Contact the Aileen WuoriKM molesters who have been sentenced in 1995 I am asking for your help on a very unique films have played in lesbian and gay film festi­ lost the Fiftti Column. What I'm saying is that ads are 30 seconds long, portraying a teenage would never tum to us for help. The radical right, more likely to be raped than women in other DefenseConvnitteeat(4l5)995-2392orwrib to lengthy prison terms — and rightiy so. project. I am collecting recipes for a cookbook vals around the globe, is currentiy in mid- your longevity is celebration enough as we giri (contempiatingsuicide) rummaging through of course, has unfairiy assodated pedophilia with jobs. In fact, prostitutes in one study testified to us at 3543 ISth Sc, Box 30, San Francisco Halm whines that his seven to 21 year sen­ being published to remember loved ones who production of her latest film. "Virginia of the enter 1996. her parents' room and finding what she was gays as part oftitei r anth-gay hate propaganda. To that they were raped an average of 33 times a CA94II0. tence is unjust. A year in County Jail would be have died from AIDS. Similar to the NAMES Sea." A benefit to raise funds for the produc­ By the way, I'm not blaming anyone for the looking for — a gun — and a young man being homophobic peiple, all gays are "perverts" — year. Thankyou. more to his liking (the sooner he can get out Quilt Project, the cookbook will allow par­ tion is set for Feb. 16 at Club Marcella. demise of the Buffalo or Syracuse publica­ beaten by a gang as his attackers shout slurs. and that definkdy IS a **gay issue.** But we do not The issues of violence against women and Hildle Kraus and abuse more children). Weff, "Tough shit. ents, children, siblings, spouses, fnends. lov­ The film project was conceived last spring tions, just pointing out the £.C's uniqueness Interspersed in these scenes are actual clips of need io adopt the h^'s vocabulary of hatred. our right to self-defense were obscured in this Aileen >A^uomos Defenae Committe* and \s sthedu\ed for its Rochester premiere Henry." Perhaps you'll iearn to keefJ your ers, neighbors and co-workers to remember and its dedicated staff and volunteers, I could Pat Robertson. Jerry Falwell. and Jessie Helms case by sensational charges that Lee was a r\e^t.\a\\. Cut:s m funding for xhe ans Wave \ed pecker in your pants should you EVER be Neither the GAGV nor the Ernpty Closet those who they have lost to AIDS. Each recipe b\arr\e myself in the case of the lack of Buffalo lamenting homosexuality. The object is to man-hating ser\a\ kiUer. CaW her a sena\ WiWer f(\mmaker& &uch as Kus&o xa seek a\vernat.e allowed near chUdren again... publications, but Ym in the c\oset and \ feel educate that this level of hate and vtolence routes to finance films. isolated even in the gay community. I don't exists against gay and lesbtan people and warn Obviously. I feel no pity for Halm or anyone The fundraiser will be held at Club Marcella. make what many of us are perceived to make that words create a climate in which violent else who abuses children. However, as I stated. 123 Liberty Pole Way. on Feb. 16. from 9 to and live in a BufFalo suburb. I feel out of place people think that their violent action is all I AM curious to know why the editors felt it 11 p.m. The benefit is the first time a film­ at a gala and would feel out of place at one of right was necessary to give Henry Halm a forum in maker has joined forces with a nightclub to your mailing parties. help raise money for a local queer film project. I guess ic just proves it's not any easier "Virginia of the Sea** is a story of a woman coming out the older you get. Anyway, keep ONATHAN'S CHOICE: leading parallel lives — one on land and one at up the good work. Just think, I come to sea—while searching for love and acceptance Rochester every montit for an f C — that must KIMBERLY P.RUSSELL of the nature of desire. Reality and fantasy say something about your newspaper... Huther-Doyle Attorney & Counselor at Law collide in this hilarious mermaid ^iry tale Sincerely. Champagne Sunday Bnmch when a woman's search for her sexuality leads Anonymous her to the beach. Her untapped desires are (ExL note: Thonk you for sharing your opin­ A^&aesamcnta • ReferraU *IcitervcnUoo *Ct9dcpctkda*i Admission is $5 at the door. For more P-FLAG (Parents. Famfly, and Fdends of information caR Ckib Marcella at 454-5963. or Lesbians and Gays) heM In mo«c recent meet­ CJ Russo at (716)244-5604. Psydiology ing on Jan. 7, at the jQuaker Meeting House. I, CDs ^ THjIdrts L-v-c^ •-••'•' ..» We were able to view th»^ideo3M|^ jrom Iteoovjery tlDJS N.C.C ARI receives American Ihe Heort and had a (tsouMph afctrwards. i.» y^' -^ Gv^Beg Sturtevant M.S. Ed. N.C.C. Everyone therflovied this Acad«9ti)|A%MVd* Ei^Miess grant nontlnated documentwy produced by Frances 12-Step bdcAs&ci^dg 271-4220 Reid and Dee Mosbacher. Dee's fother Robert 1.7l4.37f.33S9 The American Express Foundation has an­ Mosbacher, former Secretary of Commerce --'F'.' - ^ nounced that AIDS Rochester has received a and always the latest in im^m under fVesident Bush. Is proud of hit daughter's $ 1.000 grant from the Volunteer Action Fund. lesbianjvritings ^ video :iiuJii^' accomplishment. "When it comes to funily. The Foundation's grant was in recognition i €ENTi# Fl^ir INNER HEALING AND WELLNESS we are one." he says. ofthe volunteer work of Bill Glave, a personal Strm^ From tiit Heart is what P-FLAG IS financial advisor with the Rochester division about. P-FLAG fomUles tell their stories with Ps^diMmi^tMt^ offer-individaal, Couple and Group therapy to persons of ail iifestytes. who wish to be reunited with of American Express Financial Advisors. He emotion, thoughdulness, credtUHcy, arul even volunteers his time at AJDS Rochester's Food humor. It is a documentary that rekites many their ^mer sehes and provide a safe, comfortable environment and therapeutic relationship in which to birth one's self, Pantry, whkh accepts food in cans, boxes or of the distortions In The Gay Agenda, a video jars and personal items such as soap or tooth­ produced by an anti-gay charismatk religous integrate one's fragmented parts and arrive at Inner Unity. f^ TU Cenierfer. Uw paste, and distributes them based on need. group and distributed to every member of 633MQNEOEAVE Mr. Glave also sits on AIDS Rochester's R- ep^P^ liealinq and VvCllness Congress. Project Heart was bom it\ the 1 block west of Oxford Sq* nance Committee. He is a resident of the Metro Washington, DC P-FLAG after they 473-8110 ion-misMKf. lUtm aic ootySlS (another gteat Rangers, 1361 Rklgeway Ave, Roeheater, N.Y.» dcall) pOE^IyL yd m>itt ht svaibbfe at yom This popular group has a wide followitig. Hiey 14615,tt>obtamaniypKcarioiVortyattgffdiry The Chorus's 26 members took to the sta^ at fErvoMcfibmiOpcsbQa or fiom any Raider itieoQ. hcvei^ipeitted on DmuAtte^ GoodMotningAmma^ GAY GROUPS iiext tnonthly busioets meeCM^onFdx '-lnt^ty/Rochester is a &kh commu­ at Tata Codoail Louf^e. Only by involvcfnent as kx:al cdo "The Wikkcsuds" and sang the tradi­ for die comti^ye«r. WhhyOQfstfipontilJtepfOm- to 100 people ao get'cm cariy. You don't want to Hanks. Their fin^ album created a sensation when nity uhich worships in thc Cadioitc and ^liscopal a tnember, volunteer, sponsor or patton can *yoti tional Afncan-American ^ndtual GoodNtmt. The BasskailyTreblemakers Lambda Car Chib ises tobe a fesdve and prospeiaus ytit for die miss this event. Natioaal Pubfic Radk) b^an to pJay it in 1991 and traditions, but wdcomes aH tcgttdless of wocship h^ksbepothm," Chorus then sang its own set, whidi induded a BassicaUy Treyemakcis, Rochester's only lesbian reviews of their concerts have been raves; die Most of die dub members' cars arc tucked away oadition. Liturgy, fofiowed by a sodal hour, is RAf^fccs end dteir bcnefidtties. Our March evetit wiU bc *'March Marymcnt" beaudfid Hei»ew love song Bnv Sbei Sbashaitittt axid gay conununity band, presents their *'Swing verdict "febulous" by Tbe Pbih^^hia En^piittris for a long wiiuer's nap, but we are noc celebrated every Sunday at 5:00p.tn. at the Churdi If you missed our anntttl Chdsmsas Gilt on Benefit Night for the AIDS RochcstcrFoodCu|v (Night ofthe Rose), another spiritual and '50$ style into StHingf* fundraiser. It\dU be held from 4 to 8 Gay Men^ s Chorus typical Thc producer of Cxood Momir^ Atmrim On Feb. 4» diere iviU be a Boyz of "96 Jones Dec 2 «t Dandiefl's Par^ House, fet os «qr you boatd. The ciqpbo«ixii$ dangerously bate, so xve're taxytAllAkmeBeffetith tbe AiIstletoe,\n^K\:)XQh chorus p.m. at Qub Adantis, 10 South Washington St., on of St. Lukc-St amon Cyrene, 17 S. Fitsdn^ St. said, "We haven't had sudi an exdted viewer Pockd Classic Car Show commitcee tneeting ac missed s gyest evening. The foo4 service* snd countingOQthecominutiity'sgencrositytoreplcn- By DatrcH Lance mendacts acted die storj'of tu'o admirers who eventu­ Fth.25. For mon? information please caU (716> 262r2170. response to a segment in years.*' In shott, this is a Tom's hocne. Contact him fbr directions at 254- entcrtHinment were impeccable. Our thanks to ishdietr8uppfcs.Man:h9atTara Cocktail Loungp, Rochcster*s lesbigay comnninity and those who ally find each othcr under (of course) the mistletoe. r This afteitKX>n tea dance will feature swing and community event that wiU be talked about for a 4422. Open Anrns MCC Dandrea's bancpet manager, Otthy, her sca£^ and from 9 p^m* to 1 aJtt. is the place TO be if you'd like support us tuttiedbut in fbrce for a ht^^ success­ Tlie Wildecards sang some tradidonal Christmas b^ band music pla^^ed live by our 26-mcmbcr ful holiday concert presented by thc Rochester long dme and which you don't want to miss. See On Feb. 24 firom 7 to 9 pjm., members and Our b^ news for 19% is our new pastor! Rev. Jim Fien of Cheap Trax for makiti^ dte everui% fo put 5<»nethti3g back into your community. A music and then joined six members ofthe chorus band, as well as firee dance demos. Tickets arc $5 Gay Men*s Chorus on Dec 8 and 9. A near-record the ad elsewhere in this issue for full details. guests meet at the GAGV Cotnmunity Cencer, Ronnie J. Hdms has arrived and is settling in as such a success. A spedal thank you to '^vana repiesentativcfijotnAIDSRochestcrwillbepresent to form a nonet. The small ensemble sang a Span­ and are available at die door or in advance by number of Choms members (42) sang for a total 179 AtlanricAve., fora Winter New Car Roundup Open Arms* leader. If you haven't airc«dy met him JackemofiP' for her cameo sfspeanunce. Evetyone to provide additional infotmation. Munchies. Bu the Chorus season doesn't end in March. ish h)Tnn, Plies Si l^mos, and a song made famous calling 442-0289. Come out and dance to rhum- audience which surpassed even last year's record- Video Extravaganza. Videos of 96 autos and you are in for a real treat Rev. Ron is a delightful was dressed in thetr holklay finest and danced the games, cootesta, and rarities wiil be the fete fbr the Indeed, tliis is die year of GALA, thc quadrennial by the renowned quartet, Manhattan Transfer. bas, cha-chas and bright swing music. Or jus t listen breaking crowd. trucks and new dealer sales brochures wiU be person widi lots of eneig}' and new ideas for Open n:^t away fbllowing the swards perscntations. evening. Your donadon ofa non-peiishable food gathering ofga y and lesbian choruses fit>mal l over After intermission, at which time a hicky audience CO favorites by Glenn Miller, Bermy Goodman and available for viewing. Arms. He brings Southem charm and a passion for Certificates of a^>predation werc presented to aU itemwiliberewatdedwith^l worth of 50/50 raffle The music, die Rochettes, thc tradidonal sing­ the countty for a week of song and celebradtxi, member received some helpful holiday cash firom Cole Porter. Enjoy the chance to leam some new justice to Rochesta. our corporace sponsors, and vcAmteers, Thanks to nckcts and our undying gratitude. Ail moneys akmg, the red poinsettias (donated for distribution foUowing our June concetc This year Tampa, Fla. a rafHe, die two groups joined together once more steps or show off a litde! to pcrsctfis living with HIV and AIDS), the snow, will be the venue. Tampa is a long way from COAP The entire Rochester cotnmunity is invited to everyone for making 1995 a great year for the raised w^ bc used to purchase food and other fbr I^bt One Candle, a Hanukkah song about the BassicaUy Treblemakers is the local chapter of COAP is a group of gays and lesbians in their 20s and the lovely reception afterwards provided by Rochester, so travel and other expenses have to be Rev. Ron's official installation on March 2 at 4 p.m. Rangers and those wc strive to hdp, needed iteois for the food cupboard. hope for peace. LBGA (Lesbian and Gay Bands of America). and 30 interested in doing a variety' of activities. It the Downtown United Prcsbyterian Church met. Two events have been {banned to he^ foot The presiding clergy wiU be Rev. SheUa Rawls, the Jan. 27 was our January' Thaw bar night at Apiii bangs a benchmark in che Rochester TTic Women's Chorus continued with another Rochester is thc smaUest dty to have a band. Other brings the Rochester area's young adult gay com­ wotked their magic to make this again one ofthe the bills. District Coordinator tor the Ne^;^* Yoric-New En­ Common Ground. Everyone who attended had a Rangers' histcwy. Our 10th Anniversary Bash will diverse group of pieces followed by a much lighter member ciries include New \'ork City, Washing­ munity together for events such as picnics, hikes, best-loved events ofthe year for our community. gland discrict, and Rev. Ariene Ackerman, thc great time. Our liats arc off to Keith and the staff be held on April 21 at Afuthcr's 40 Union. This The first comes up in March on St Patrick's Day, set of tunes by The Wildecards. Thc men's rendi­ ton D.C, Boston and Vancouver. BassicaUy coffee nights, movies, skiiiig and theme parties. After a month's break, the Chorus resumed March 17. There will be a series of brunches in District Coordinator for the Mid-Adandc district, at Common Ground for all their heip in and event is our dianks to you, the Rochester commu­ tion oiSuijy Saotiflakevi^s complete with elaborate Treblemakers was begun two >'ears ago and grew We provide a means for new people to meet and rehearsals on Jan. 9 to prepare fbr its part in the private hotnes, followed by a general gathering Rev. Ron's previous district support of this, our first c\^ent of 1996. Our bar nity, fbr your sqppon thoughout the years. Alor^ headdresses, as was their oc^;inal version of We from eight dedicated members to 26. We march in have fun in an informal social setting. March concert, \diich will be a unique event for afterwards (die femiliar Dining for Dollars pat­ After thc instaUation service, those who wish nights are fundraisers for the dub which enable u^ with giant six foot subs and munchies (a big hit last Three Kinp, appropriately called We Three Qtieens, gay and lesbian pride parades irj the summer and Join us at our next meeting, 7 p.m. on March 25 gay and straight Rochester aHke. Thc nationally tern.) can gather for a dinner reception at the Spaghetti to continue our charitable vi'ork. The host estab­ year), wcwifihold our annual White Elephant Sale. Tlie audience was wonderful and gave all the fbcus on swing and other music during the rest of at thc Gay AUiance Communit)' Center, 179 At­ known a cappella group, the Fiirtadons, wiU bc Those who might like to host such a group for Warehouse. Reservations for attending the dinner lishments graciously contribute a percentage of .\nyone interested in ckaning out their atdc, base­ performers a rousing ovation. the year. We have plaj-ed for the dosing night of lantic Ave. Also check out some of our events featured at the March 9 concert, which wiil be thc benefit ofthe Chorus, or who would like to be arc requested by Feb. 23. their bar take to the Rangers on diesc bar nights, so ment, or dosets and donadng unwanted items for On Jan. 21, the Women's Chorus sang for a die 1995 Rochester Lesbian and Gay Film and listed in the Hfnpty Closet calendar, or caU the staged at thc Nazareth College Arts Center at 8 invited are asked to call the Chorusline at 423-0650 On a completely different note (pun intended!), your patronage of riiesc establishment? is greatiy the sale shouki contact die Rangers at (716)256- community-wide memorial service to honor the Video Fesrival at the George Eastman House, GAGV at 244-8640. p.m. and leave a message. (Thc second fimdraiser will be thc church is seeking a new music director. Our appredated. 3873. Help us celebrate a decade of service to the lesbian couple murdered last December in Survivors' Day at Highland Hospital, the AIDS The Chorus will open for thc FUrts with several thc Chorus's annual Spaghetd Dinner in April, much loved direcTor has left to pursue his career in February brings with it our much antidpated Rochester community! Medford, Ore. The Women's Chorus has added Memorial Walk, and at Midtown Plaza during the Dignity-integrit/ upbeat popular favorites, e.gc Home is Where is tbe about which more next month.) Also, if there are another locale. For more information please con­ Cabin Fever at EUison Park. This event uiU take Furdier details on these events will be printed on three new members to its ranks since thc holiday Christmas season. For more informarion about Heart Is from Peter, Paul and Mary, and What If the individuals who could think about providing a Having conduded our Advent and Christmas taa the church office ac (716)271-8478. place on Feb. 25, from 2-8 p.m. This day-long our posters and i^sdated m the Empty Chtet so concert. It is eageriy seeking new members fbr its joining us, please caU 442-0289. (And don't miss Ftmtidit^FatheTsWereC^.{Kit!ex7i^,^c^''9tot^'^9ti^ scholatship to cover the expenses ofa member of season as a "Community of Light," thc members As aJwa>'s, you arc invited to attend our regulariy event indudes open bar with Cheryl Martin, (beer, watch for diem both. spring season. Highlights of the new season in­ our phocos on page 14!) alldayO the Chorus who would odierwise be unable to dude Blue Skies, a joint performance with the of Dignity-Integrity are now focused on prepar­ scheduled worship service each Sunday at 10:30 wine, liquor, and soft drinks), an aU you can eat llie Rangers arc pleased to announce the unani­ Then the Chorus wiB let the Flirts take the stage attend, they are asked to call GALA otganizer Neil Rochester Gay Men's Chorus on June 15, and a ing for the upcoming Lenten season and a.m. We meet at 302 N. Goodman St, Suite 306. buffet, music by d.j. CUffy, and lots of games, mous acceptance of two new membets. Both Empire Bears to do their thing—an inimitable mixture of song, Hougjiton at 624-4225. trip to Tampa, Fb. Chorus members will join 5,000 Eastertime, Enter the building through the parking lot "A" contests, and prizes. The ambiance of a cabin ladies arc involved in thc hcaldi carc field and their Now fomiingrWescemNew York's first bear lodge During this period we wiU retum to the gospd humor, and febulous fun. Composed of four gay other men and women choral singers from the door. Follow the signs to thc elevator and to our setting with a roaring fiie and festive decotations caring and coa^sassion wili be grcat assets to our Women^s Chorus •4m dedicated to Bears and Bear lovers. message which speaks cleariy to us both as indi­ men plus one lesbian (Suede), die Flirts will talk United States, Canada, Germany, and Etigiand for third floor chapcL God bless! continues to make this one of our most well organization. Welcome to our new Rangers! Any­ Rochester Women's Community Chorus* recent Please jwi us fbr our first pothick dinner on viduals and as a community. As usual, aU are about radsm, coming out, love, homophobia, a week of singing and other festivities. attended and fun evencs. Snow and play dou^ one interested kt becoming a Ranger should con­ holiday concen was entided **Regak> en Candon." Feb. 3 at 6*30 p.m. at thc GAGV Community invited CO join with us as we b^^ our observance Rc>chester Rangers politics—bu5m<^tlydiey^ charm J'OU widi songs For information about beconrung a singing or non- sculpture competitions, dance contests, and a gi­ tact ourjncmhcnhip chainnan, Dennis Kimball. Roug^ translated from the Spanish, that means Center, 179 Atlantic Ave. For further information, on Ash Wednesday evening Feb. 21 (time and fitom thc '50s, ballads, rock, gay anthems, and sii^ing stipport metTiberof the RochesterWoTTven's Happy New Year to aU from thc Rangers! Thc ant egg toss, along widi card and dice'games and at (716)388-161(5% or by vniring to The Rochester "A Gift of Song." For the almost full house, many call Gary Gates at 637-6101. ^ce to bc aruiounced). Communin- Chorus, please c^\

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Plaruiing projects for die year rtipmtsMtJittmtyfinantiaiius orphysittd it^ttry tbat may Rooramase warned. Park Ave. To sharc latge tell >T>u anyway that there is no such thing as'*ytxir year. Now die time has cocne fbr you to sharc it S8.6^/hour. Renmes AIDS Rochester. EOE. shq>»tninded, professional BW, Latino or Asian 2220 ext. 3026. ahead is fevorable for you this winter. Put some rtstttt fimn atty (ottospontitmot, hcxise, private bath, new kitchen, sun pcvdi, caUc typacal gay" (any more than therc is a tyjMcal with others. Travd and commmiicaiu^ what you Outtead ^oskeiy Gay OutfeacJi jMrogram. mak fbr in dcpdi conversation and rdaticxiship. structure to your original ideas and watch how TV, fimiishcd, ofF street |»rkiflg4500/month. American) and you would probably be surprised have leamed is appropriate. As you teadi others 20 hours/week, $9.81/hour. Seddng someone to WiOiam A. Coleman, KSP 108788, PO Box 128,3- wonderful youi timing really is. 461-3913. In RI-LATIONSHIP about who you would meet at the gay student your insist, you acquire greater understanding ANNOUNCEMENTS devdop cxitreadi services to gay/lesbian/bisexual 13M8, EddyviUe KY 42038^128. SAGGITARIUS: FORRENT group. Think about it Most of these groups arc yoursdf. You are entering a great cycle of growth, Gay/lesfalftn/bl Iscndequoit leskiems: Let's youth and young aduk population. Also conduct Pm young, Black and educated. Reachit^ NOVEMBER 21 - DECEMBER 21 Ma^ilewood area. Furnished studio, micro- By Peter House very discreet and I doubt anyone there would A deepening philosophical oudook hdps to uplift get tcsgeiher and otganizd Call Christy, 342-1467. street cxttceach, cscate and distribute print inateri- exit to establish sincere relarionship. I'm 30,63**, wravc, carpeted, off s^;reet parior^ on bus line, betray your confidence. Many of them are as ^TMir sense of well beir^. New places or ideas arc This year ahead is a calmer year than last. You Voluf»ecr for the Empty Qoaet. Seeking als, artd cocrununicate on computer bulletin board 225 lbs. Wiii answer alL J J3. Taylor, 28S435. PO The retum of Dann near expressway. $350/month phis electric No concerned as you ate about disdosure. especially stimulating. have achieved enormous growth, expanding your word processors (Microsoft Word), mailing vol­ system. Flexible hours. Resumes to AIDS Roch­ Box 5500, ChilHcodie OH 45601-0990. pets. Securit)' deposit 458-6511. Flanders GEMINI: MAY 21 - JUNE 20 sense ofwho JTIU are in the worid. Now you need unteers, reporters, reviewers, artists, ad designers, ester, Inc, 1350 Utiiversity Ave., RcKhester NY Reaching out to establish sincere relation ship. I'm concerned about what you. describe as an Apartmenc for tent: Park Ave, two bedrocxn In Nox'-ember this feature took on che look ofa This is the year to leam to be organized. So put to examine exactly what you want to do with all ^'ou photographers. Call Susan, 244-9030. 14607. Attention: Steven Price, Gay Outreacii I'm 28, S'lO**, 168 lbs., black hair, brown eyes, daric obsession and the fact that this situation is ruling s^Tartment, hardwcxxl flcxxs, new kitchen, bath, p»arody of an advice column. Some people appar­ your two heads together and start focusing on the have gained. This is a year of both evaluation and De»cifGinncifiion. Circumdsion is unhealthy, Program. complexion, handsome and lonely. Floyd Davis your life. You need to talk to someone and RFT has pario, fireplace, off street covered pKurkit^ ptivate endy fdt a need that w^isn't being met and they tasks at hand. Your tendency in thc past has been acrion. A practical cyde is calling you to make sexually dartiagin^. Intacrt is beautifuL I>e-circum- Prep cook/Hne che£ Apf^y between 2 and 4 153-068, PO Box 5500, ChilEcodic OH 45601. a counseling center \i^ere >'Ou could get coi^itkntial laundry, air-ccxiditioning. $850/month phis utili­ wrote in with questions. So in this column I will to be involved with too much at once. Narrow cfcdsions, ones based on knowing who you arc and dskxi widKHit surgcT)': ficc, painless, effecrtivet pm, Mon.-Fri. Phoenbc Mill, 104 Piatt St ROOMMATES/HOUSEMATES hdp. Piease consider going there. ties. 461-3913. {Mint these letters and attempt to answer thc ques­ your interests. Use your keen sense of objectivit}' what you want Make clear choices and definite safe, sd^ treatment at home. Counseling available. SERVICES Non-snnoldng housemate to sharc large, fur­ plans this year. HAVE WE GOT YOUR CARDS!! Unique, nished dirce-bethoom 19th Ward home on busline FOR SALE dons they ask. Dear Dann Fianders, to analyze what your goals are both in business and NoCirc, 223-4976; PO Box 1213, Fairport NY CAPRICORN: sensual lesbian greeting cards! 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Hease advise. CANCER: JUNE 21. JULY 22 entered your sign and will bc there all year! Hi** is someone else vs or not. Rdationships are becomingmorc powerful.Thb 5'our time for making \'our dreams reality'. In addi­ My roommate acts like he might like mc in a gay Dear Bright and Attracrive, is because you are showing more strength of tion, Mars in your sign is pushing you into action way and I know I like him that ^x'ay. We have jerked I would recommend that you '"hold off on character in your decisiveness. You also arc inte­ this January. Make asserrive moves towart4«q^nri- M off together, but that*s it. He also hugs me a lot. coming out to your parents unless therc is some grating a pragmatic approach widi your highly plishing 5'our goals. Your competitive natwNis i • UiCrTRQI.\ SIS J5\ I.rZA T>»acc Vie bas bou^t me a present. He makes it a developed compassion. New people in your iife showing. That is OK because you have integrated compelling reason to do it now. (Are you coming (716) 4Q2-9087 point to sit next to mc at dinner every ni^i^t and Kc OU4 t>r\ "RtcWi I .aUe" next -vx'cck?^ Vour Wttcr vc- could offer nc-wi' choices. Opportunities could compassion into your being. Oct goixig, get orga­ Ccxit^>liiTientajy Consultation • FuU Body - W« talks to me about bonrioscxualit\' all the time. veals some ambivalent and negadve feelings about present themsdves all year. Ihis could mean new nized and get wich this c\xle of fabulous opfjortu- Could he be giving mc a signal? your sexuality. How can you expect your p)arents to business or entrepreneur possibilities. Look for nines. Appointments to Fit Your Schedule I am in really bad shape because he is all 1 can react in a positive way to something that you still people in )'Our life who could assist you in one of AQUARIUS: JANUARY20 - FEBRUARY 18 St^, Sterile Q^ Cm^ideraial DALE L. EVERETT •••'i think about all the dme. I can't concentrate on my view as a problem? Conventional wisdom on the your dreams. Parmerships ofall kinds could prove You arc in the fast lane thJS year. Actiiall}', >'ou DetxwxUing CorUrocior school work and my grades are suffering. It's like subject suggests that one wait until she fccis good to bring manv blessings. rardy arc that slow an^-wa)'. Now you ma)' be in PaiiUirtg — Wall Coveritig Tm obsessed with him. I can*t stand it ifl am not about her sexuality and positive about her future as LEO: JULY 23 - AUGUST 22 ultra speed, especiallv rViOse bom inJanuar\'. Your uath him all the rime. I feci like Vm losing my mind! a lesbian woman before comingout to her parents. The projects of last year require some detail. potent ruling planer, Uranus, entered your sign on 1 Copeland SUvet Hochester, NY 14609 QytUtty'HMt This is my first year at RIT and I am afraid I uill live with yoursdf a while! Your creative bursts need the finishing rouches. Jan. 12 for seven years. A puU tow^ard greater biow it and my parents will find out why. Organizing and even list-making can aid you in freedom urges you to make some significant Don't tell me I should go to the gay group on Dear Dann Flanders, completing plans (though nor necessarily your changes in your life. Thai is, ifyou arc ready to be KATHY PETERS campus because I could never do it. I play sports Vtliefc can 1 find a guy who is handsome, usual mode.) Traditionally, you are a better starter mie to your real self. LI ranus can bring antsy energy and my reputation would be mined. Also most of masculine, in tip-top physical shape, with a college than a finisher. This is the time though to push until you break fi:om the chains that bind you. Your LICENSED the people there arc like \'Our topical ga)'s and Trn degree, a solid profession and a good income? He yourself to bring your talents into practical use. possibilities are unlimited. just not comfortable with them even though 1 should have no hang-ups, excellent health and be Examine what tasks need to be done in order to PISCES: FEBRUARY 19 - MARCH 20 MASSAC E respect their right to live thci*- chosen lifestj'le. My under 35. IVe waited a long time and won't accept accomplish ^-our goals. You arc making ready to Your friends are delighted to watch j'ou come roommate and I are not like them. Wc arc just THERAPIST SUPERFOOD anyone wiio doesn't meet my standards. show thc worid how special you arc. out of >x)ur sdf-imposcd isolation. You flourish average guys who like each other in a sexual way. Please print this in case there is someone out VIRGO: AUGUST 23 - SEPTEMBER 22 with fiiendships. Grot^ss ofall kinds arc charming NATtiRAL & PURE What I need to know fipom )'Ou is how do I make there wlio fits this description. You may be contemplating a move. Hold off on you out in such a pleasant w^y. Your ability to work 716.387.9963 sure that he fcds the same way about me before I Mr.Ri^t any important decisions until mid-February. Your with others, whether it be task oriented or fiin SUPER BLUE-GREEN ALGAE tdl him how I fcel about him? 1 don't want him to diinlong is not too dear until then and you may loving, is entering a new level A cooperative, freak out or kick my ass or anything. Is there socne DearMr.Ri^t, re^rt signing or making any major changes. Ad­ <:aring and yet practical approach has been devd­ ALTERNATIVE HIV THERAPY way gay people use to find out if someone is gay? I can guess why you've been waiting such a long justments in die hotne may be in order this year. oping within you. Your hard work, over thc past I would appredate any tips >'ou coukl give me. 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Sc Mary's Omnecrtion \ Children/ Bordor$,7pm Mem Llj^t Support GAN^ Gay and Leablan Support Gfoup 4424)289. distributtonaieespeciaaywekome! 244- For ^>'s and lesbians, families and CREATIVE fbr g^y and lesbian peopk and IhiKl Pte^jytcnan On»cl^ 4 Me^ St. WIEDNESDAY fiiends. Third Thursdays, 730-9 pm, 9030. fiiends, IZl 5 pm, last Sundays. Fitst and dm] Mondays, 730-9 pm, 271- Women's Coimnunity Chonis 15 St Man-'s Place (near GEVA.) COAP. Mfileatoncs, 9 pm. Sieve R^ Downtown United Presbytenan 6513. Reheaiaab each Wednesday, 6:30830 Church. 121 N. Fitzhiurfi St. 271- 271-4241.' SATURDAY 24 654-5004. FLORIST Wonien*8 baaketbafl pm, MCC Cha^ 8975 R Maki St. 473- Higii Technology Group 1608. Moncky and Hiursday n^ts, 7-9 pm, Lambda Car Qub. Winter New SATURDAY MARCH 2 739 Park Ave. Paienta and Fdenda 7365, TliW Frida\*s, dinner. Call Dave, 359- IOR ! 1 11; ROM \N riCMONIl 1 Ol I I IVRl AR^ £>o«>ntown United Presbytenan Gay AIHMICC of die Geneaee Valley of Leabiana and Gi^ (P-FLAG) 3337. Car Round\4> literature and Vicko Ex­ Open Anns MCC. Installation of RochesterNY Churdi^ 121 N. Fitahi^ St 7-8 half board of directora Mcctir^ second 2:30-4:30 pm, Fiiends Meeting FinS We>NESDAY 7 COAPbowiing. Steve P., 787-0642. travaganza. 7-9 pm, GAGV Commu­ pastor, Rev. RcKUiicJ. Hchm,4pm, 302 14607 court, 8-9 fuD court. Ramona, 244- Wednesdavs, 7 pm, 179 Atlandc Ave. Pro&ssicMials* social group. Second THURSDAY I House, 41 Westminster. Last Sun* 7 pm. nity' Center. 179 Adantic Ave, call Rob, N. Gcx>dman Sc, Suite .306. 1640- 244-8640.' Thtttsda^'S,530-7:30 pm,cashbar. Imboic:, Candlemas. Feb. 1-Z Cekic Consumer Advisoty Council cli­ (716) 461-5400 day. 234-0156 Beteavement Siqspoft Gay Alcoholic:* Anonynnous Galleiy Cafe, Memorial Art Galler>% cross-cjuarter feast celd:»rating the re­ ent grot^ ofHIV positive pec^e. 7 pm. WEDNESDAY 21 225-0769. Mardi Gfas party. Helping People IMjB«ity*.Integtity Second, fourth Mondays, 4-530 pm, 7 pm. Unitarian Church, 220 Winton 500 University' Ave. Dignity Integrity observance of Ash SUNDAY 25 widi AIDS Inc. (HPA) benefit, 9 pm-1 Desi^as c»f S pm, St. Lukc*s/St. Simon Cyrene newal oflifc and heralding thc coming For location call Don Bruner, 262-4330. AIDS Rochester, 1350 Univetsity Rd. Sex and Love Addicts Anonynnous Church, 17 S. Fitzhugh Sc Every of spring. Festival of candles and lights. THURSDAY 8 Wednesday. For rime and place call BassicaUy Treblemakers tea am, Harro East 987-1853. FIi»al ESkBgance Ave. Free. 442-2220. Positively Sober 7:30 pm, PO Box 10366, Rochester Sunday. Poduck dituier after Mass FRIDAY 2 COAPING. 7 pm. Call Dave L, 262-2170. dance. "Swing into Spring" fundraiser. Roclieater Hiatodcal Bo^dii^ So­ AA group, dosed meetings. AIDS NY 14610-0366. every diird Sunday. 328*9758. dety Carc 2 Dance. Five-hour pledge 271-4446. THURSDAY 22 4-8 pm, Atlantis, 10 S. Washington St. Rochester, 1350 Universit>'Ave. Ev­ Womynspirit This ValenHne^^ Open Arms McttopoMtan 7:15 {»n, Mondays. Qover Lanes, $5.442-0289. eiy Wednesday, noon to 1 pm. Celebrating \^'omcn-centered spirim- dance benefitting AIDS Rociiester. 8 WEDNESDAY 14 *The Bible and Homosexuality.*' Conununity Church 2750 Monroe Ave. 251-2175. The Lesbian Connecdon pm- 1 am. Water Street Music Hall. Talk and discussion unth Darrell Lance, Rochester Rangers' Cabin Fever ALSO IN Day- 302 N. Goodman St., suite 306 (at ality. First, diird and fifth Thureda^-s, COAP Valentine's Day Party. 7 Lesbian Waters Groiq> First Wednesdays, 7 pm, Manchester. 7-9 pm, GAGV Communitv Center, Over 18. For registration fbrms, etc. call pm. Call Tom, 271-3653. Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Party. Ellison Park, 2-8 pm. $15. ycwtvearf Vill^C Gate.) 10-30 am- 271-8478. Third Monda}'S, 7v9 pm, GAGV (716>289-3197. MARCH: Gay Men'a Alcoholics Anony- 179 Atbntic Ave. 546-6228; 242-9148. 442-2220. THURSDAY 15 Interpretation, Colgate Rochester Di­ MONDAY 26 watm^'^mm^mmim^m Community Center, 179 Adantic Ave. Partners of (Incest) Survivors GLBFA SUNY Bmckport GAGV AUCTION: March S, 7 jracNta COAP Ancmynwrns 12^Step meeting SATURDAY 3 Empty Ooset deadline. Articles, vinity School. 730 pm, St. Paul's Epis­ Tfiangie Talk. Geri Stanton and .StLtdc^s/St. Simon Cyiene Thufsdaj's, 6 pm., SeiTnour Coil^ pm* Hauro Eaat Thestra t.s- Come Out aui Ray. Meeting last Women's Information Center, 601 Entire Bears. Poduck dinner, 6:30 classified ads, letters to editor, non- copal Church, 25 Wesmiinstcr. For in­ Maxine McDonald of PFLAG discuss Cboni>» 17 S. PiczhiKh St. 8:30 pm. Unkm Coffeehouse. 395-5269. Monday, 7 pm, GAGV Comm&mity Aflen St., Syracuse. Wednesdays, 6-8 FRIDAY pm, GAGV Community Center, 179 camcra-ready ads. 244-9030. formation call 546-6180. "Straight Parents/Gay Children" by 232-6720. Center, 179 Atianrir Ave. Russ, 473- ROCHESTER GAY MEN'S pm. Kerry, (315)451-7123. Finger Lakes Gay-Lesbian ScKial Adantic Ave. 637-6101. FRIDAY 16 COAP video night. Dave, 271-4446. Robert Bernstein. 7 pm. Borders Books Gay, Lesbian, Biaexual 6407. Siq>port Group for Parems CHORUS: Concert with Tho and Ffiends Aaaociation Group SUNDAY 4 Tropical cocktail party. Club 7 pm. and Music. Free. Co-sponsored by Spring Leabiana Wanting to be Moma Who Have Lost Otildren Fust Ftida>'5 and tiitrd Tuesdays, CaH Flirtmtlons, Mnrch 9, 8 pm, (CSt^FA) Tiiird Mcxidays, 7 pm. For location, First, diird Wcdncsda>'S, 11 am-12:30 COAP brunch. Call Eric, 442-3325. Marcella, 123 Dberty- Pole Way, 9-11 FRIDAY 23 GAGV. arrange­ XJ. of Rociiester. Sundays, 6u30 pm, (315) 536-5573 and ask for Som Nazsaroth CoHatge Artas Center call 381-1026. pm. Third Ptesbyterian Church, 4 Edwaids, or wriic PO BoK 941, Geneva Lambda Car Qub. Ccxnmittee meet­ pm. Benefit for CJ RLISSO*S film ^'Virgin OutWrite *96. Feb. 23-25, Boscon TUESDAY 27 ments Moicy505. 275^9379. tUeSDAY Me^ St. Sponsored l:^ Gcncscc Re­ NY 14456. ing for *96Jones Pond ClassicCar Show. ofthe Sea." $5 suggested donation. Park piaza Hotel and Towers. Featured Naked Lunch. Film by David Rodkcater RflQ^lcta BocheatefGi^ Men's Chorua NIGKT OF IOOPARTKS:MRrch gion Home Care. Free 32V1880. Friday Nis^t Co£fechouae Call Tom, 254-4422. TUESDAY 20 writers include Sarah Schulman, Kitty Cronenberg. UR Fiim Analysis. 8 pm, mond^ IxisitK^ meeting firstSun - Dosiirmown Uniced Presbyterian THUaSDiAY l«,Bw»ch&LombVWtttorG«r- Bulb ciays. 4 pm. Bachelor Forum, 670 Tliiid Fridays, 7^9 pm, GAGV Com­ TUESDAY 6 Eii^ty Closet deadGne. Photo- Tsui, Cheryl Clarke. For information Dryden Tlieater of Eastman House. $5 Chnfch, 121 N. Vit^te^ St 7-930 Pxesbytcdttia Ibr Lesbian munity Center, 179 Adantic Ave. den» $ld'- gram Roclieater Rama bar tdg^ Third days. Call Bob, 442^7185. poctGroi^ H^ Tedincilogy Giot^ Evening of refiecdon ibr those tm- Saturday. 8 pm-2 am, BachekM* Fo­ nrstlovoittS-IUiAttlo music ^ discii^sion •games Thiid Sunciays, bmnch. Thini Tuesdays, first Fiidays. Write pacoed by HIV/AIDS. 7-9 pm. Call ram, 470 Univcisit>' Ave. 271-6930. CaU Dave, 359-3337, PO Box 941, Geneva NY 14456, or 671-6070 or 473-6893. Liiac Rainbow AlHance for the Sex and I..ove AadictA Axiotiy-^ call (315)536-7753, ask for Sam Women's basketbaU Beaf tmous .. TTlursciays sund Mondays, 7-9 pm. Second Saturdays, 7 pm. Gay Alli­ •oott noiis Is, Bofl Mil Atlantic Five O Downtown United Presbyterian Every Third Friday at 7 PM 7:30 pm, PO Box 10366, Rochester ance, 179 Adantic Ave. Write PO Box A^^' Gay men 50 and over. Second Tues­ Chuich, 121 N. Fitzhugh St. 7-8 half 20093, Rochester NY 14618. 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ISO M widi BfWM 3b> 5^. bcowatbmwtt. a*- BtfGM for bw rtaaopw. 1514 Saabbw bcaaBftd Cr Very faand- hK nf dttsff and Innguif oet Nu fatfiZbaent OOStfO SaFF awfcinB BiF fur frat. nnes V«n fct^M SanVF fe4 w with same. #lb leib:, uno apavta.jninnc. »»' "!« GWM 4tt*V, IM tot., bwwnflia—- aoHK BlWM 25 5V* brwrt/Wae. tmo bn ipene or dnin. **?b4 lead hmciftg wa. ftJM gamu. ISO fmiiniK SBi^3WF (20- BIWM IS,aeeksyowsMforbufw (rf hamor ISO Bimi^w^wJWM ;;,';^^ A leabJag tor Mead? BiWM. v«y iflo »».,««** CwiehBiM and ad- ZS) nlw's oAfcSK^l IA xdventwMis, WM 4*. «t". 200 ibt. Iffiws to'drc» (24^35)rorrtttt,lwi;ta6oM*e*ara2»' fitoabdnp. pOfaiMe rtiaioartbp, diacreei, aedUnt yovng, Bl/B*-curl- Attrudtv* SGWF. 22,125 tba., lo«if and fttettdthip. «W1 '*'^'" " "^ " - - _ .. -..- »i« -. veUBfoos F, Downio eanh. bohs- semuei. npen fiiawiihip and more. ia SKCfcinsi, ganer beta HWI more; teo nnd fanway fttlflaaieBL »43B4 nOn oua AM for fnicwltfai^ aad fflwb tffwniybcown, ISOsuBf 1 iv^ 29). 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ISO M #1»«7 Wf. hairy, aaeks Hfcular M of any iapb«oaty. 4a3M Shn^ay TV wishes to meet dom^ aearcbiftg for aome fun 43152 (1^25) to hang oot with aad have WM 37, laie spons and OIOR. kiok' ~ age.forwQC»hi^iaaiiyw»y.;^peQr mM iat ^ saeat BM who's wdbu to SWM2S,aeefcaBuoUerMoryeiBt. ^J SWM 30. kwbag forOM Hint M for fun times. Oea. discnet WFC. nlUnUlw. mid-.^t. seeking BM aed WF ISO BiF for fantasy e£!l$Sab »IBB> agw twiji. Pteate csB. 4wa> weHeijatnKdMwbOLesctictoaes 01:^W) for good _baw3 *2127 ^ eeua iBi/Bi-cariout Ior fanusy fuitillnKitt tuttaiiiwpl. 414Bf Bt earteaa WM, maiure. clean, ia- »ISB1 AllmeBve BtWM ISO BiCfTV^he BUM, load lootoeg. bufcint for lia and adveniurea. Must be clcui wd <>WM 3B. «^. baty cbcsL solid BHTM 35, seeks oldar. Mneroui 0/ 'Tia ••• aaaana w mbd new people! toesied bl dxctng Bi^carioaa A/WM GWM 3X attnctive. saacfabu for >l^^b"iih"^'* playMte. 0M00_ BiM (35^)fordisciWCtettCOa)4Hs. lanes with well equipped, large M. duawL eaeM ISO F fnend for special bnws U^ (lft-26> for fae and (|aia tines. Dia- twahi. a-iktog OWM (onder 35) bao tatoaey aad BBie. iWSM GWM(!»-20). awiperieaced wel-Wb4*«-,l«»a*..bro*nbata.lSO #1U2 »3B71 I GWF 3S. etwekmaily and financi^y fifltwr: ibc's Bi-curioua. W. vefy ai- cietiiaa aawnsj. b4mi coaae. #t39B twoBbfsiOBae tad abnto hini Honea jiecun:. humonMu. uiicutite: ISO tracbve. gieat shape: ISO toweoae WFC dre, peHn M; ISO BBWM 27. 5*7". 140 Bn.. Nowl/ WM 36, way snbitobtova. iDoktof Bl would love lo be whoa stncere. boaefl aad not iiuD G^lWM (lS-23) wbo Ukaa to bHg nebtaleaooaattis. •1147 BlWM 34, neatbty. baadSfe. my. btoe. seeks older WM win's daai- Ipamiiered and en)oyt dK Iwier iliiAB bead game* MtS seeks old fubioaed dadforaUevto' ' i titSH laaUat for G/BIWM for •MBt. for ptoaaaabto toaas. UHTB •3734 out and go lo moviec. f« frieadabin. Bar^4**s. MBiWM ISO S/bnNM/ ^KJ fitraiaMp and ftoi daas. No heed BrewtolBaiid.BnyFtQQtingfara pnaalbie ideaonabg: omm C witb BIM fl3M WMSl*«^,i90te..hHfctoffer S!'^ ib ^^^^ ^J^ST^ GBF. TT', aitnicuwc. educated, aib- dafc. bCf3 BtWM, rtl", 375 Ibe.. 4t)i. IISO >*bBw. _ M.. far. fa. i baseT-» . biowa.baify, bear type; ISO OWM G WM 35. ISO M fiiead for nnantic tir ilHij Ih aijit tl Megmi. IIM J idea MM. «0*. <3B^). tader 190 Iht.. fcr fhend- I letK. HuactiUne. mediuaii tuUd: ISO F m, Inablag for F for diacreef cn- andJiaiet tisea. frieadsbip, poasible 30^ a/j, B^ aeefcs same fcr itiMiaB- BiWM whos fit. WCU equina^ d A ,^^ _^ I avacave. ieawBe GKrft F fcr fhead- k»t tend refaaioatolp. Stooere only. dfme Bace adaportaan. Vary die- 12S ^JhJSy Jiy????** *?y °**"^ SWM abjpyprnihleifflwiowtop, 43Mi coaaaws widi bar aad ber boyftiewL toig. Maat be (30-40>. »||»» fiCg ISO BVOM tor fanbiqf eacoaaea. Race [•imii araat 41873 Wo gaaae* plenae, 4420 creet GWM leba 30% tikes OMdoors. a*FertoHnd aad dotobiw W aaa- bbdAbedadftee. 43J71 uvet afeO>vtos. tooktog for friend- I AttracBve. dean, diaeaae free F 20. ai-ciaitoaa WF laolnag for exjnai- Geed Baibbig. yoeag. adHebc M ler needed by ea:iiaaaly aabaeitaive ISO", abon aubtra/lifla bmwn. aid aceUng aeme for goixl daee and Alp with M who's a good lisuner. eaced or Bi-^artov WF for faacwy Wriava. »tiyi roBMce and weaU like to atat off HHHWH. tor fniifiiidBeadp end 2f Jg^^** *•" • *^_ WM I her tfoytriend. AYT. MoAd«tbi Mee: frk«iato who'd enjoy leeeiv^ btaiaily aad financially aacane: lifces SWM (i^O) fbr iaatiag ftbadabip tog pleaaaie fewp bba. blMb GBMl»,5'IB".1701bL.etaeMaiic. Ws bre (!«-»> tor bet. ae^ SltS^'^'^^^^llSS : SWM. 35. satooth. sRks iBFlXaaiiftncaU PsufanyiKe.for food ttows aaid ijaiec laaec. Seato of aad aelataOBalap. No bead gaawa ISO M (20-35) who bfcee toovles. "«. fMWM. 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IBeee en ealy a ben of SWF aaks aune for fncadtbig aad ftkwdrbip^ poasible If latinnririp Not WedneadcyiMnair ISOBtof<3B-Stodeat. aaeka M (wtoer 391 or »y *"»w****^ end fiuttaay fntfiUincnL Musi be ctean more. ^ .^^ ^ ^ easIB "T-^-'-T'-r ifTtirr ianmeennil tage. tor phone faaiaite. MTM GWM Sl. ktoadAke. toe ads oa die systea t ToheatsUof land diacieet. «31£ ijwpbais, Otm Big tasiae«y WTV lookup for d a d iMIb«wrM.33.eadbtoBelvelk y»^acttogIJOCM(2l30ipr aettootadaafalBta eimp SGF 33. seeks SOF for fta and «d- fiee BM for weekend cacoiurr *!lfiS; fi£tMMMIb«wrM.33.eadlitoBelvelk 00 die Stoto^WM,«*i**.230te..bn>wnr laaklas, dakMtok. use. l«eilyoGionied.adibtoe.oMtfooto ft* faee toariitoaMdfc MBtf M^ettooa can F^-^ aaa d use ieabbw ftar F f JS-4S) inttteaKd in vwmae. dfgBl OSVH GWM. tMd [haviahaviaflnf e reUMionsbip wtdi F. N/t. d btack. 32. bandaoNw. weN 1N>UC: ISO tcatoeTlSOIiiLBBW nrifatodand. . aamai;seekseae.eoraal WMM.«^.i5«ae.«BOMUa' BtofenBeaFeaaaa! Adt^ee BIWF 4*. aBacUve. peibe, aeeks Bi- nice gay for tegubv. dlacneteacoya- Bb^ir*.wi— ^^- Mjar new cipenMca. IdM SWM 3S» toweOl. cta CK Cani can ing fja. Dtccaeciertaaaaied. espected. toase of banm, ISO GWM (tl-25) iMforMc»-30)forfbiinaaip.»m WMNB Bi/OOrv tor weefedsy. beees dtoMtt patWeaimii NW. ahaboi fiee. #33M BI-cariBaa SWF. 21. 57-. bnmtf for fea tanes. fM»3 haul. ISOeapecjeacrd Ffor haibaws to haag oat Witt aad hewefea-dBbtt sj&erflMinntoifi Fm faae«r falfiBaeat by bCMWM. <& WM(30»V -j 971mNnbers? hCWCMOOSF-sforfaawyfuIfil- MdftMBlaiyjlM^toMtB. t»t» MBfWM 42. nice bMkiag. dftd Meerteaa WM, 25. ISO faaMnae SWM 4B* aferate boBd. betodiy. 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FMia-rfdriefoflrtw JMB WF tor aew. •.Only BIWM no QMWM rit-39 Ibr WA,., nsM i*o GWF m ISO OWF (20-^ who SWM 3B. aurarieee. PO yeaagw, bWWMJ»;IBOBlb«Clerdtoctoto BtoAdau^aaMBly aete. MMI be Mair blopfMae. aeaa^ntodaftfc aMn eaKHtoCDnV wbaltee torialae snaaienwaiiddaeHaL BttMi prottaiin^ center at I o^oys ait. leadtog. ooaie boeke and SGBT MO GT fbr coawsebeae. 9: FlBiJ h*yH.M«BM poetry dBiSX OWM so, MBlWbC wy iiHiiilil * ISO BtaKbeaMi boa abbtoltohvBtWMi m^\ MLbtobf^ (Ttfi 262-2200 SWF M^bldndMae.Batoto ilea dl III iiinn BC/M for fttoasy IMa» PO%«Ml; Ctaer^aaiMyMsAAMla WM4 SAera^rrtattwbal tJHUliUUOn seeksapecMSWF(26^ dOtM .«BI •eatDtocietiaaseewai. VtTM epeikBadibe.

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