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Dining for DoUars 10 at Riverside Convention Center on Sept 30 Rochester's biggest fondraiser J Dirung for DoBars, win cdebrate its 10th year at the Riverside Convention Center on Sept 30, with a gala tided "Positive Reflections.** Private!)' hosted dinners wifl precede die cventj which will bc^n at 9L50 p.m, and end at 1 a.m., and will featurc livc music and dandrea mound of daborate desserts, a silent art auction, cash bar, retail bajzaar and more. Over the past decade, Dining for Dollars has grown from an event at Village Crate Squiaixr in 198(> which dtr^w 450 part)'gt>crs and raised S19,0(X), to last year's gala at Midtown l%2a, which drew 3000 peopk and raised $125,000 for Helping People with AIDS, Inc. Sugested donation for the evening is $35. One hiindred percent of profits go to HIV/AIDS related services in Candace Gingrich at Lake Avetiue Baptist Church. Photo Iry DougMest^ler. thc greater Rochester area. For infor mation or to host a dinner, call (716) 987-1853, Candace Gingrich: let*s showwe exist WAVE educates about By Tony Leuzzi gay public access cabk show, The Word is heckling, no rock throwing. The only On Aug. 8, Candace Gir^rkrh made Oi^ she !^x3te to 7Z»f £)K^'Qzia; During dr^ is bdng inundated with Newt ques against women an important appearance at l.ake A\*enuc the discussion, it was obvious that tions fiic»n the press and from caHers on By Lucinda Sangree Baptist Church. As the new spokes Candace's role as sptikespcrson for racfio shows. People seem to be con- Women Against a Moknt EnvTOo- person for tfae Human R^ts Campaign hERCF is due not only to her staais as fuang the issues. Vm not on the tour to ment (WÂVE) held a press confer Fund's National Coming Out Project, Newt's sister, but also to the eloquent, berate my brother. I'm spreading the ence onjuly 25 to introduce a new Gir^rich has embarked on a 51 -dtj'^ tour well-informed manner with which she message ofthe importance of coming educational resource for women, over the next six months, whkii wffi take ejqjfcsscs hersdf Cctfioary to the more out. WAVE is a Rochester group her throughout thc continental United cynkal view of some audiences, Gingridi "EXlr. P^)€^ seme of tbis confusion stwts dedicalsed to increastngi pdsEc aware States and Alaska. is no flash in the pan. Rather, she is an jhm tbe way jou 've been packd^ged by tbe •n ness of crimes sgainst women and env Her visit to Rodiester was positioned cxckirig energetic arid versatik itidrvidud HRCF; âO, tbepampb^jou handout powerirg inJviduals fildi e strag^ IO in the middk of die tour, fiiOowing who is ultimatdy wiDing to take risks. ottAetoursays *Veea^BniAer£kesK'tHautto foducc tMs vioknce. To sesist an ducir Buflalo as her 30th stop. Espousing die EC: Why artyou gpir^ on tbis tour for BeSîe^dberforYourlôicetoHemdim dfons, WAVE has puUbhed a m» Human Rights Can^saign Fund's tbeHRCF? America." dded Â Weadier Map for (HRQ^ intsskn to cfioQUfs^ga^ and OG: I got a big wake-ip caD last fidL GGrThc HRCF is rcaD}'trying to Women,'* whidi names and kcatcs ksfaiaris duot^ghout the couritry K> rnake I had been Gitt to iny fittrdy, fikndsan d enforce tfae fiKit that one doesn't have businesses tfaar profit by tfae exdoita- tfaemsdves more visihk, Candace came peofJc at work for about eight years. to be in a position of s^gnificanr power to tion of women's bodks, thereby con out pubfidy in die fidlo f 1994. As sister Bm I never teaSy feltcomfortab k doir^ make a difference in this country. The tributing to thc "climate of vio to radkal-right, anti-gay Speaker ofthe an^thir^ diat would require me to come everyday person should come out as a lence" in Rochester. House Newt Gingrich, Cardaoc's open out in a pubik way, such as protesting or means of (Staining power and fighdr^ By tedudng women to their body adoiowkc^mentofher sexual orknta- speaks^ for the comrnutitty. No orie had unreaUstic stereotypes. Don't wait un parts, men leam that women do not tion has both polttical and personal force ever prevented tne ftcMmdotfi g anythir^ til something h^spens in your Ufe that need to bc treated with respect. Not for thc g?y and lesbian community. public, but I always feh it would be in my re^)ectk^ women aflows rîe, assault Acoordir^ to the Rochescer Gaj'îd best intetests not to come out puUidy. GINGRICH condnued on p. and sexual harassment to go on every Lesbian Political Caucus cochair Jeffiey Last fall, however, our famil)' became 7 day. Thc climate of vioknce which Young the HRCFs ifiterition of crioour- a niedia targjet. due to rny brother Newt dicsc businesses promote is as harm- agir^ kslâns and g^ to ccHne out has becoming Speaker of die House- TABTJLOr- fill as ntdsm, anti-Semitism and pertinence to die Rochester community. A reporter interviewed me to spot (:()N TIN I S hotnofrfiofaia. Hie ma|i uq^ eadi of 'T diink one of tlie top priorities ^tys and lit Newt's fiunity.I n interviewing me us to not support tiiese businesses and lesbjaris rnust have in their fives is to inake she made some presurnptkins ab(xtt the to educate others in our fivesabou t why themsehnes visibk, not only to counteraa way I kxiked, dr^sed, presented mysd^ these and similar places are danger stereotypes, but to make di^nsdves and then she simply aêd if I was g^. I ous to women. avaiUsk to diose who may not l-tfve die wasn't about to lie to her. I toki her the Tlie p»ress conference was held in inner strength to do so," Young says. truth- fiont of die Time Wamer Ownmuni- He insists diat "the stereotypes have I had the <^>portunitj\ Thc HRCF cadons (GRQ buBdirôn Nft. Hope haunted us and have impeded our calkd me and asked me to become thdr Ave. Time Wamer airs the program progress for too kuig." ^xDke^xrson fortfaei r Natknal Coming "Life Widiout Shame," a program that YOUTHS hopes were to some degree Out Projea arid I was excited because I Bare chest n^M at die Fomm. See diames and degrades women and of realized as a resuk of Gitmich^s well- had the diance to do ^xnethirig. There pBgc 15. Photo by Doug Mesadcr fers jokes about sexual harassment, mddcized and wett^ttendcd visit to was no wacy I codd tum down the dianoe. Readcfs* sufvey»,^«...... «.*..p. 2 rape, domestk vioknce and other top RodiCiiBtTbcdtrofherpwaenMinfva Tm reachkig so mari^'psopk^ Tm makipg ics that are definkefy not fijnriy. Evety adifiference. .p*5 six minutes a man rapes a woman hknsdf pidifidyonCharvid lONews. In EC: Haeejeuhem^ftthfâffadmiftion r4p*S or youi^gld in the IMted States. Ev lesponae to dvB heioic gesture, anodier Jhmtbepntsf Bookirvicw. HH..4>*12 ery ds^ husbands and boyfiknds k9 cktaeted educator catne our as wdL OG: Evtiywhezd At my piisSckausea^ 13 fi3ur women in die United States — Durir^ her bdef stay in Rochester, tfae crowds usuaDy run fiom 100-200 flhu. PCSI Fc^lm »•——.»>^Ki 14 day afier day, year afirr year. Every 15 Gingpcfa was ea^ to ânt interviews to peopk, excqn of course in the smaDer tfae media, particulatly tfae gay media. towns. Surpmtndy, I haven't encoun iiiPi 2Q WAVE ootHinued tm p. 26 After gtvit^ a Gfied interview for tfae tered resistance. No pfottsan^ no 1.T •*>•-'."-*?t''*.f. September 1995 ThsEmptyCks^ 3 2 Tbe Empiy Closet September 1995

EDITORIAI LOCAL & STATE NEWS Twdve peopk sakl diey had redized get dond So g^ IS a caH and he^ make "fcm men atid admirers." Six peopk A btgc msôiity of 30 rc^xxidancs sakl Those who answered thc next ques diey were gsy ki duUhood; 12in adofcs- rhepaperwhsttyouwantktobe. Mearv wodd Stan "prc^ssionaT' gpoiq^s ("aa- tion fek doser to extended fimibs of Survey results diat diq^ fed threatened by die rdi^^ cenc^ six ki dieir 2f?s, and ftiur bter in Hfe. wh3e, we ate woridr^ on al kkids of im- 'u By Susan Jordan irig trotpe," "sderioe,'' "to bridge rnisun- i^tt^s aoadcs on ^ peopk and g^ dvil fiknds and ex4ovets (1^ dian to biokgh E^Jiteen sakl diat taDdr^ with 6iends ptovcrnerits whkh wfl hopefully becotne Messages of love and derstandings between peopk of difierent Rodiester lesbians, gay men and bi- tîts. Six sakl th^dKl not fed direatened, cal fitmiUes (11) or partners (six.) had been most he^&J in oomir^ to terms evident over die next six mondis. sexual orientations.'^ Sx would fike to sexLials are a pret^ Bsetal burxfa, content and two did not know. Question 24 itwcived oppression's ef with their gay idenrity, while 15 dted One person had issues with thc b^ hobby gnoups Cmovk/TV," *1iik- remembrance on the whok to be g^, out to fiunilyan d The questkn about identides and kbds fea on our fives. Sbcicen peofde sakl t bodks and other matenak^ six ctedoed GAGV, accusing it ofbeing sdf-ri^- irig/bitding/camping/canoeing/cross fiiends, and partid to movies, Martkia and btou^ rndtipk ariswers. Eiîteen pkked have been vctbdl^ harassed, one physkaly stîport gnoqjs, and c^ dted thei:^. teous and dosed, an "in grotp." AB we Timothy **Otto** Schapp to come to me with any ppcAkm you coittitiy skiing," arid "quiting'^ Hve want the GAGV pknk—or at kast so one *^man,"Uchedad"fcslMan,"ll diDse assadtod, arid two fircd because ofbdng Odiers listed "affirmir^ diurdi," "^y can say is that fer from being a cfique, may have. to start politicai groifss C'cnvironrtieriid," Dear Otto — woukl aûme fiom the results of tfae "gay woman," four **bisexual," fixê gy. Segue wiott in die ojiiMnema space tok modds," "femily,*' •*time,"or "intm- most of die current Board members did You he^sed me so mudi. Thank you, *T£d3iati/gay/femttiist;/Jewish radb sta We've certainly been tfarouj^ many hig^ unscientific Emf^ Closettca^cs: ^^qoeci;" and d^ "fisninists." Haece dut tfaey had been "riot fatted in find sm," ^sectioa*'One person wrote, *a had no noc even know eadi other before Board you were greati n\ tion'^ one suggested a tdigôus group transitk)ns over tfae past years. I am so survey. were three **bittmes," one "femme," ftxtr "denied job assjîment," "stercotypoci at troubfe coming to terms." ekctions last spring, and that anyone can Fm sure you know about the dining C^metsf^hyskaT^, and write-ins induded thankful we sat at I^/s Study that Thirty-nine poopk reqxxKkd to the ^'tops," dirce *l3ottoms," one " leather per work," or "sexually harassed;" had cx- Fourteen men saki tfaar men need social join the Board or attend montfa^ meet- room I narned after you. Even tfaoug^ *Svorkir^ widi peopk with AIDS or feteful ni^t when we realized we survey in the AugiKt £»^ (!3zfl9t Their son, " one "androgenous,"and five perienooi *Swork discrimiriadori," or had acdv-ides oiflside the bar sccrie. Five rnen ir^ whkfi are cîen to tfae pubBa Thc I did not put a rug down ^'ou always HIV," **unkn-oricntBd," and "^jorts." should be friends, not foes, sharing a ages rat^ fiom 20 to 65, and most are in "dyioes." Two peopk expressed a disfike 'lost fiknds vpon comity out" saki that more sifpDTt groips ftwme n are Board is always seekir^ kiput &om aD botde of wine and our thoughts and wanted a n^ in tfae entire dinir^ room) The fiivorite communis activity seems their 30s and 40s. Twenty men and 19 of labels, otie disfikes the word "queer," To tfae question **how can wc ckfeat needed, one chedced "current atuatkn b s^menrs ofthe community, so if you fedit^s. Our fiiendsh^ grew and you the room feels like you. The hunter to be the GAGV pknic, with 22 votes, women responded, and they identify and one wrote in "gid jock" homophobn," die mmority ^) chedoad adBqpiate,"and Of le man recommended a have had problems in die past, piease becarne rnentor also, always concerned green looks greati! foBowed by die Pride Pteide (13.) The themsehnes as nurses (four), retired (two), Only one reqxtfidant, jf^parently, no "all ofthe above," indudirig working wider varietj' of activities. give us another chance. for my wdl bdr^ Your objectivity was I miss you so much! Fflm Festival and bars/danoe dubs tied at "professkmal," federal enqJoyee, sakqxr- ticed that questions numbered 14 and widiin the poUdcal system, local grassroots Few Rochesterians seem to attend Thc same person also seems to have invaluable, if scjrnetirncs pamfii You Love, 11. Churdi activities and Dinirig fbr Dol son, XHTS^, kb or medkal technician, er^ 15 had inadvertandy been skipped. (If organizing buildirig a natknal tnovcrrieri^ gay events in othcr cities, but six go to issues with me and with GAGV Cen never held back, did you? Even as John-John lars tied at nine, c^b^ pkked ^x>rts teams noers (two), banker, prodixtion manager, that person would like to bc an EC ccxning out, protest and direct actiori, and prik marches, two checked LPGA tour, ter Director Tanya Smolinsky. With AIDS took hcikl and your body feikd, other than women's sofdiall, five diose fikctory worker, luiernpbyed, disatkd, 1^ proofreader, call us today!) using die media. Those who checked in and Cff^ wrote *'More L^t ccxiferenoe." out a name or specific details it is hard you would StiU look at me with those Requiem: In Memory of Jcdm women's sofdsaD, and Gay Men's Chorus seatdi/acadernia, servioe, part tirne xiriiver- Questioii 16 deak with dvil ri^ts issues. dividual cations pkkcd ccxning out (nine), As fer as what peopk like best in die pa for us to give a meaningful response. bcautifiil eyes, ever wiser, and say "But, concerts and drag shows tied at four. Nicastro sity professor, art teadier, social worker, Thirrj'-six respondants said that gays the pditiod system (four), grassroots or per, news and potitical artides ranked &^ Your concems and perceptions are what about you? I want to make sure Odicr choices induded Rochester By L.T. Benson instructor, madiine operator, educator, shouki have the r^Tt to rnarrj'fcgpDy; tliree ganizing (five), naticaial movement (one) ftJlowed by features and photo essays. important to us. Ifyou would Uke to you're alright." Women's Community Chorus concerts dis^îEcd The same number fektha t g^j-s and media (two.) Your hand no longer caresses diis ferni/greerihouse laborer, students (two), Reviews, inter%iew3 and grcwjps attkks fti- get together and taUc, please call Tanya Otto, I have to say I'm having (one), Triar^ Talk (one). Out and About and ksbians should be abk to adopt, whik In the ccxnments space, pec^de wrote, worU. assembler, sonographer, homecare lowed, and then came columnists, with at 244-8640 or me at 244-9030. troubfe with this last transition we're (one) and gay dieater/plays (one.) two disagreed The numbers stayed the **Stop being homophobk oursdves," I StiD fed it touching mine. worker, adomej', photographer, and "tek- Eric Bdhnann and Tom Fronczak sir^bi Fkialh', sTMTie peopk mentioned posi going through. It's one I never ex The sixth question invcJvêd how dos same few* the question of whether lesbians "Education," '"Sepai^tc oursdves from Earthly ears are no longer blessed visiort'* Only one person crfcok>r rep&d out for pndsc. Two people wrote in tive fedings abcxit die paper, eg.; "1 enjoy pected to have gone throiî with you. eted pecê are, and again scffne pec^^ and g3ys shouki be abk to join the militaiy; the AIDS issue," "Stt;:^ pissing off tfae with your kiigjiter. To the first question, which asked if "editorials." thc EQ You do a great job! Thanks for You are gone, yet I fed the phantom- made muh^^ choices. The majority of 23 on the questictti of gay^ bang otxdained as puUk so they may actually accept us," and Now die angds smile. readers woukl choose to beoorne hetero Entertainment and health features kd in all your hatd work^'' Y'our coverage of pain of you — in some waj's com said they are out to family and fnends, dergy, 28 agreed and six disagreed. "estabUshing credibiUty for personal te- sexuals if th^'coukl, mo^ who answered the cat^pry of what peopk wouki like to giy issues is the best Fve seen of any news forting, many times painful I fed that if and some also at work Ten said they are qponsibifit)'on a one-tou now, your and three said that they would change. rions si^port people with HIV/AIDS stating diat he feds in\TsiHe within the Watdi Out For," expensive, but well see an opiruon or "tiasfa* n^." "Pco{Jc ace only, and two diedced 'Svay out" if you're intent on harming around, FB response The second question was about bckrg- very strongly, while 15 checked "fairiy communicy and that his needs ate not met what we can do. Six want more features afraid to get help... I fee! the papet is a The next question was rdatect it asked tdte you with mc wherever I go. Well is a feeling inside of me. ing to kxal or national gay groups. Ekven wdl" and five"roo m for improvement" At least 11 respondants arc GAGV on gay/lesbian famiUes, five want gos wonderful resource." 'T LOVE your how isolated or connected pecâk fed have coffee every moming, youTl be people indicated that they are GAGV One dedined to answer because "^\IDS members-Of those v^4io are not, one said sip/bar scene coverage, and three newspaper. 1 read every word ofit, there when I screw \sp^ and when I do Thirteen said that they fed isolated fiom Echoes of you pierce me members, and other gro^3s listed were is not a gay issue." tt is because the GAGV does not meet hb vrant morc columnisrs (suggestions in cover to cover." "No changes — you weU. We'U go to parries and share a gay fiiends and fiom thc community, 13 when I least expect, my friend Dignity-Integrity, Rodiester Lesbian and Twenty peof4e said that thc)^ dwan's or her needs, four that it never occured to duded "wom\n topks" and "gay em all should bc ven,-^ proud. I drive from laugh, talk about everyone we know! sail they are connected with a smafl drde Your drde is compdcte, Gay Film and Video Festival, PFLAG, practioe safer sex, rune saud that they usuaBy them to join, and se\'en wrote in othcr powerment.") Buffalo to Rochester once a month to Ill StiU ask you for advice, just please of g^y fiiends, and 13 said the)' fod genu bm it wiU never end, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Foroe, do, two dieckcd "not often,"and five said reasons: "Don't have a car so not always Several people wrote in suggestions, get an EC." (Hc)% we do have sub indy conncctod to a wide grotp of fnends don't answer directly or I'll freak! (I Human R^îts Canpagn Fund. Lambda that they never do ("monogamous.') easy to get diere," and * "Bufikto tr^sidenL" such as "gay jumblc/oTosswoni," "motx; scriptions! Thanks for all rhe kind and the gay community in general. think you'd love that.) I truly fed ôu Legal Defense and Educarion Fund, About wantir^ to be "straight-appear The question on cult icons m^t have humor." a sports column, softball cover words, and thanks to everyone who arc watching out for me, and I thank A tribute to Michaek I wiU Question number ci^t asked women Ome^ ¥*arents of Leslnan and Gay CM ing," or beir^ attracted only to strain-ap been better phrased to indude rok mod I age and "Ann Iânders column," One took the trouble to respond.) you for that. what is iackir^ in support and services for abways remetrilber dren, SUN^'Brockport^ GLBSFA, Fins, pearing peopk, 17 dTeckcd no and 13 }'cs. ds. Martina Navratilo\'a got 17 votes, person wants "real" dassified ads. (We So what can wc condiik:; from this very But 1 still can't remove your name kxal women. Twdve respondants said COAP, and "the Democratic Gay Cau Thc sole person of color (an African Margarethe Cammcrmej'er took 16; think thc pergonals arc "reaT'to the peopk small sampling? Thc latge-ma)ority votes from my address book By Monica A. Peari that Rochester nc3eds a wcxnen's center, cus" (it was not dear if this means the American) who sent in a rc^xMise fektha t Harvc)^ Milk, kd kng, Metssa Edicridgie, who place them. Maybe die use of Uiies may indeed represent widespread feeling Love, •^ Time it was, and what a time it was, seven that there is a need for ntxvdco- Rochester Lesbian and Ga}'Pofitical Cau the Rochester community ss raast — and Harvc)^ Fierstein ded at 15. Joe Steffiin alor^ tfae colurnris and between the ads in the Rochester-area ga)', kstaan and bi Andy it was a time of innocence, a time of hoUc women's dances, and six that a cus, or refers to the Democratic Party.) "verj' mudi so." The next question, for got 10, RuPaul cook seven voces; ACT UP would look more Uke traditional sexual community as a whok, but SCHTTC confidences. Long ago it must be, I women's bar and/or restaurant is needed Most leqxxidants did not fistan y gpoi^j whites, brought a response of 2? and-rac fixmder Lacry Kramer and thc kte poeV" classifieds?) Odiers said that they want results may rcflect only the opinions of Dear Otto: have a photograph. Preserve your One woman suggested "a women's art affiliation, and one person listed six. ist, three racist and five "don't know." fianinist/Afikan Arneikan activist sociai notes about kxal people, which wc the individuals who mailed in their There have been so many times I memories, tfaey're all that's kft to you.'' and poetry dub," and one wrote, "a vi To the question, if )TXI do not join g^ As fara s entertainment preferences, Audre Lorde tied at four vote^ die kue have done fbr a lor^ time; wc woidd tike questionnaires. In any case, some sig have wanted to have you here to talk These arc the words ofa Simon and sion, a grip, a due." groi^K, why?, three peoffc said tlMt exist movies got 25 and reading 22 Restaurants film dinaaor Markxi R^gs got three. Ur to encourage more people to send us nificant "ne^borhoods" Vrithin the oom to. I hope you've been Ustening. At Garfunkel song fiom many years ago ing grotîs do not meet their needs thrce Non-activTsts with stiong pcAtical opin are also a tigfavorite , with 18 votes, TV vashi Vaid, former head of die Nadonal news of their extents. munity (Le., transgender) are not rep times, it seems Uke you wiU be back It's always been a fevorite of mine and s£ud that they are noc joiners, and odiers ions (25) oumumbercd activists (six) aixl and video was next at 17, and theater/ Gay and Lesbian Task Force, got two Among the more critical comments resented by these results, Otfaer groups soon. I know Nfichad always liked it. It's a wrote, "I'm a lazj' sloth," "No time," the ^lofitical (six.) Out of the 37 who an- dance/dassicalmusic took 16. Nine votes, and noveUst Edmund VC'hite got (whkh wc greatly approdate), two peopk are represented inadequatdy. You always knew what to say at any very short sor^ with a very powerfid "Afiaid of cfisoovcry," *T)on't see a way I swctrd the question, 30 voted in the kist picked travel, d^ diose ^xins, and gala two Wtite-kis induded Oscar Wikk, saki that thc if?pcaranoe of the paper is So perhaps we should be hesitant to gvcn time. Your dharm and wit were message, a beautifLil imitation of oodd contribute,"'*ak(ues," "Shy, ner dection and seven dki not To the ques events, bars/dance dubs, and rock con AUson Bcdidd, thc Iix%3 Gids, Erîsh "mundane" or "monotonous;" we are draw any swecfring conclusions fiom our wonderful. I miss you so much. I do NfidiaeTs Hfc. Preserving your memo vous, difficL^ to go akne to new pboes." tion about thc general tendency of their certs tied at four votes. Several wrote in actor Sir Ian McGdbn, Rev. Jane Spahr, currently seeking designers and other poll But on the odhcr hand, perh^ wc fed ycxi are with me eadi time I think ries is a vety iniportant part of fife— political opinions, six identified as pro Adoed what g^xxfis diey woiid start, tfae odicr choices; "cardckii,""outdoorac- coiumnist Deb Price, Grt^ Louganis, experts who couki ^vc the paper a better shoukin*t licdtate - after aU, die Radkai of you, and I know you wiU always good, or bad, memories affect each gressives, 16 as fibcrals,tw o as both pro majority checked social or support groups. riviocs," "cooking and kwiof^ ftiends Ekarior Roosevek, PsoJ LjTicie,Ttm graphic look (Victor, where are you,^ R^t draws fer more drastk oonduskxis be there. part of our fivesan d can he^ us in the gressive and fiberal, five as conservatives Some exampks of support g^TXjps (15 re over," *^putt-pult, bOi^ds, tabic termis," Nbins, Rep. Bamcy Frank, Jose Zun|^ Like cverythii^ dse connected witfa tfae about us and our Uves all the time, IXiriri^ your last four months, I will fiiture—if we dioose to remember. and one as td^H^vus r^n "Other" an sponses) were "rural area," "for kdxan '^Christian ôifi activitks," "art dub," Randy ShUts, Ellen DcQêrcs (two) p^jcr, induding crosswords and soldsal based on studies fer flimsier than diis! alwaj's remember what you tokl me: I think our lives would be a total swers were Libertarian, Democrat, fiberd victims of domestk vioknce," and "accep "bird-waoc^rig, outdoor activides and ani- and John F. Kennedy Jr. (presumabty coverage, if we have the r^ vokxiBeers No matter what, do not shdter me Republican, moderate, and'liberal on tance." Social grtx^ suggested (13 re- rnd tig^ activism," and one person just as a pb-vp icon ladicr tfaan ag^ rde wc can do k; if wc dorft, k probdiy wan't from your life. Pleê do not hesitate MESSAGES cotitinied onp. 26 some issues, conservative on odiers." ^xmses) induded "singk ksbians" and wrote "no pubUc places." nxxid!

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The Soudi Afikan oonsdtuQon uf^xdriodc It also rriarks die first tirne a requiies federd agencies to recognize wlbedicinostprogpesswcptD^ylqg- 800-HEP-A-VAX for tiavefers, and witfa AIDS (passed unanimously) and sdtotional because k infringed on die prohibits cfiscrindnadon based on sexud te-fiinds Ryan White pro-gay cûse has been induded in a eadi odier's secutsydeacuices. Execu •"fiaidarncntd iôfjîn^ idbnon in cxiseeixe;%e kw wa ni^ 1-80D-VAX-9585 fbr gay men, profaiUting die Qinton administration orientaticm. Despttc Jesse Hdms* vitriolk attacks tive orders carry the wd^t of law, but and bisexuds to padkpa&e equdty in the a cninkid csfidise to cSscdrnkiate jdfg^tkist from making HIV/AIDS prevention preskientid order. Copks of die PSAs cm be oblakied by Four of die event's oig^ttdzieis puied on peo{de witfa AIDS, tlie U.S. Senate Gay r^hts groîs were juMant Eh2a- may be overturned by Congress. pcditkd pcooess.*'The Court is sdied" any pexson basod csn tfadr sexual ocientar txakiing attendance mandatoty fbr fed caDkig Mkfaad Kandrier at (212) 627- C3ut to protest tfae government's SBittg^ passed die 1995 Ryan Whke CARE Act bedi Birdi of die Human RigMs Cam. -Associated Ptess; Lou Chibbaro iiied to beg^ hearir^ Old aigianetit^ in tion. eral employees (passed 99-0.) 8098, or IJndsey Bowman at 012)887- baa Arnnesty Irtterriadond also protested Reaudiodzation BS on Jidy 27, by a voce paigi Ftffid sakl *This is an inportant Jr^ The Wasbttôn Biade the Cdorado case cm Oct 10. A cfcd- **We ckvi*t know of anotfaer antidis- FL Alexander Robirisoti, an openty g^ 8093. tfae ban on GAI^ and intemadonaOy of 97 to diree. step tcK»ard endBnggovcrnrricritatys^ #» to ofvertum tfae rufir^ cin Arnencl- cdminatkn kw tfastf is SO enfifidt about rnan witfa lilVvsîo serves an tfae Clinton Siqyteme Court asked -Narional Foundation for Infectious renowned Afiican autfaors Wok Soj^bka lidms did suooeed in passkig three anti doned job dKoirimiation agairist g^ arid mera:2wolid validate anti^^ arnett homosexua&y,** said Jdia Jamsa of Seta, admkiistration's new Advisory Council Diseases and Nadine Gordimer added tfadr gy amendments to tfae faS. And dtfaou^ tnenb in odierdties and states, îd woiid the Finnish gay and lesbian group. on HIV/AIDS, sakl diat Rpn White lesbian peofJe.*' to review Cincinnati bin protest of die govemment directive. tfae CARE Act will now be fiinded for in efifect decjassify ^ys, lesbians and Thc Finnish fegiskture is expected Protest follows gay ban wodd riot have been reaudiorized widi Washington D.C acthist Frank Lanibda Legd Defense arid Education M^g^ was jeend byg^pfOtostoB tfae next five )«ars, tfae kvds of fimdir^ Kamoty, who has wodced few:man y years bisekuals as dtizens. to debate whether to recognize same- out tfae work of tfae AIDS community, Furid arid tfae Attierkan CKil Liberties at Zimbabwe book fair ^dicn he anived in Soutfa Afiica CXI AL«& are not specified on security dearance issues ftwr^ys, has Uiikn seked tfae Supreme Court CMI Aig. The Lambda petition utges tfae Court sex rckrionships next year. whkii coflaboratod eflfocrivdy in ^Ditc of The South African Publishers Associa 2& Hiund Mtctwe of tfae Gi^ and Les The Hdms amendments which tfae argued that no known cases have oc- 10 to review die anti-gay amendment to gcarit review of die CkicSiiiati case on -Emily Pearce, The Wasinngton Blade what he caDed **turmofl diat has some tion has withdrawn fixttn a bocJc feir in bian Qig^ntzatkxi oTK^twatecsrand saU, Senate passed included anotfaer ofhis cuncd over tfae past 50 years of a g^y or adopted by Cincinnati voters in 1993, ^Kfo questions: whedier tfae measure vio- times kept some people fix)m working Zimbabwe, afier the president of Zim 'Tk must oome to dds countty and leam altaiipts to prohibit use of federal furids lesbian person breaching ^vemmcnt faces die c<îal right to poUtical partid- Gay men warned on together.'* and overturned by a U5. Disttict Judge babwe cfenounced gsys and ordered that fiom die fauman lipids cukure here." fi>r anything which wiU "direcdy or in secrets due to bbdanail based on sexud patiori, and whetfaer thc measure has any AIDS activists hailed the reautfaoriza- ml994. the Gay and Lesbian Asscxiation of -Assodated Pness; WaiingmtBlade directly encourage or promote homo orientation. Ptcskfcntid advisor Georgp fittknd basis. The petiticMi also urges a hepatitis A vaccination tkwi as a vktory. **Ntticty-seven to three That juc^'s dedsiotfi was overturned Zimbabwe (GALZ) be exduded fiom sexuality." The only new aspect of this is Stephanopoulos said that Rep. Barney review because die issue of ratkffid bads, Former U5. Surgeon Genetal C Ev in a worid where wc don't get much iast May by a federal appeals court which the fair. Hawaii marriage trial that the Senate vote of 5445 in fiivorwa s Frank (D-Miiss.) had presented Kamen/s ruled riiat the anti-gay amendment is a vitd cjuestion in the pending Colorado erett Kcx^, MX)., has joined the National smaDer than in previous year^ also, this agreement on anything is significant," Foundation for Infectious Diseases to Ptrsicknt Rolêrt Miâbwe cafied ho- research and other information to the oonstitutionaL Thc May ruUng departed case, is more fidl}' examined in the Cin- postponed till 1996 year Republican presidential candidate said Winnie Stachdbctg, senior health devdop a nationwide consumer ediKa- incjscxuafit}^ an abhcMTent offlferise ^jurist Whtte House in an attenpt to get Oktton from every previous ruling on anti-gay dninati c:asc, and would assist in tfae The landmark case underway in Hawaii, and Majority Leader Bob Dole voted poUcy advocate at die Hviman Rights tictfi plan CXI the riskso f hepatiris A, a con- nature, and cxtfnpared it to dn^ adcfic- to add a sexual cMkntation dause to the amendments when it upheld the con- Ccxirt*s decision. whkh may gve same-sex cot^des die k- widi Helms. Canâgn Fund "The vote shows that tôus viral infecrion ofthe Uver whkh ticjn and bestiafity. Many in the audience pending executive order. stitutionaUty ofthe measure. Thc 1995 îd 1996 dections wfll see ^ r^t to man}'in that state, has been When Hdms proposed a similar Congress is responding to the need of can bc cai^t tfarough eating ccwitami- walked out in protest of Mi^bwe's re "He made a compeUing case k>t it," The anti-gay amendment, known as several odicr state anti-gay baUot initia put off until Juty 1996, with a find de amendment last year. Senators Edward the peofJe livir^ with HIV and AIDS" nated fcxxl, or through certain sexua! marks at the opening of the Zimbabwe Stephanopoulos said. *Tssue 3," woukl dhange thc dty charter tives. Maine voters wiU decide on an dsion from die state Suprcme Court Kennedy (D-Mass) and James Jefifords -Jose Zuniga, Tf)e WasUngton Blade, practices. Intemationai Book Fair (ZIBF) on Aug. The order predictably brought outrage to ban l<^^tots and dtj^ offidals fiom anti-gay referendum this y-ear, and anri- expected in 1997. The state must prove a (R-Vt) amended Hdms' amendment to Associated Press 1. The theme for this }'ear's feir, one of fixjm the radicd ri^ Rep. Bob Dornsffi ever adopting Icgisiation that protects gscy amendments are being proposed SexuaUy active ga}* men are among "con^jcfiing" reason fix disciimination say that no money would be provided ftx Africa's largest, is hunian rights. (R-Cali£), a vimknt hater of gay peopk, lesbian and gay dtizens from discrimi tor 1996 in Idaho, Oregon arid Wash the groi4)s shown to be at risk for hepati against @ty coiqdes. The f^waii Supreme sdiocds to fimd programs dcafingv^^ Qinton approves gay Thc Soudi Afiican Pubfishers'Asso said, "I wotddn't trust them with a $5 nation in emploj'ment, housing and ington $tate. An anri-gpiy decision by the tis A Koop said, 'There is no cure ftx CoifftniBdm 1993 diat refiisd of mar hetert>sexuafity, as wdl as hornosexuafity. ciation (PASA) issued a statement saving security clearance loan, kt alone our narion's secrets." He other areas. It would dso repeal any Sipicme Court on (5fcracfo diis fidl hepatitis A, but this debilitariT^ illness can riage Ucenses to same sex ccxnes is Their amendment defeated Hdms' that the action of Mugabwe and the calkd gays ''promiscuous by definitioTL" existing laws which prohibit discrimi woidd l^jdmizc fimher anti-gay ballot and should be prevented through vac unconstitutional. anti-gay version by unanimous vote. On Ai^. 4, President Ointon ordered Zimbabwean govemment was indefcn- The administration's 21-p£^ octfer adds nation based on sexual orientation. ipitianves bj' die racUcal right cination. There's no excuse for getting Qrcurtjui:^ Kevin Chang postpcood a ban on discrimination based on sexual Tliis year. Sea Nancy Kassebaum (R- the words "scxted orientation" to the non- -Lardxk Legal Defense and Educa hepatitis A." side, Gonskkdr^ die fint^ dieme c^h>- the trid on Jufy 13 to gjve state kwrnakers Kan), co-aiihor ofthe Ryan White Ac^ otientatktfi in granting govemnient secu In order to secure anti-discrimination tnan t^^ and justice. disoimuiation dause covering access to tton Futid Travdkrstoheparit:^ Vendemkcoun- anodier d^tnce to review reoommenda- offered an amendment to Hdms* "no rity dearances. protection fiom lawmakers, Ondnnati "Expkwatory talks have recently been dassified material, and also states,'ô ttaes are also amc^ the high risk groups. tions from a commission studying the promo homo" amendment which woukl Clinton's action ends decades of as g^ys woukl first have to persuade a ma- Finland bans anti-gay hdd with trustees of tfae ZJBF on die pos- infererice concerning tfae standartls in this The NFID prxsgram has developed issue. Gay activists hope to use tfae ex ban the use of Ryan White fiinds ftn-pro sumptions diat g^ and ksfaian peopk are jorit)^ of voters to repeal Issue 3; in ef sibflity ofa joint Soudiem Afiican Inter- sectkxi may be raised sold)'on die basis TV and radio pubfic service anncxmce- tra time to organize arid vdn siq^>ort. moting use of IV drt^ homosexual or poor security risks due to the threat of fect, die measure requites g^ dtizens to lation nationd Book Fair," tfae statement said ofthe sexual ociencaaon c^the cmpkjce." . expected to adopt kgLslarion ments (PSAs) dinxted co sexually active -Lambcia L^d Dcfiaise and Edu hecerosexual activities. Her amendment bJadoTiaiL The otder also kivaUdatcs the junp tfatot^ extra hutdks to make the ''But in 1^ ofdiis action b>' die Zimbab- wfaid:i w3l ban discrimination on the gay men and siimrner travdlers. Each ad carion Fund passed 76-23. pre/udices hdd by those vtô grant se Thc order represents tfae first imiform same politicd gains as al odicr ddzens. VI wean gp\êmfnenr and because of South ••, .-#'»——c. :CX:'- •«/ --rf ^ **.-- -s:v—~-*-s:>. Hans DeBruyn Blaek S r M> \\ Scptenibe r Bolgen Vargas S\'\ ( 1 Al V\ n\i)\i\\\\i I s .^<> c:s^

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GINGRICH contiiiued from *!>> you kfxiw sotneone g^/* 87 per p.l cent of tfae peofde wfao said yes dso siq^xMTted ecpial ri^ts forgays and motivates you to act pubUdy. ksbnaris. WfacfMs Gti^ 65 percent of ^CdBut isn't tbat wbt^jyaudid^ the pecîk who cficin't loiow soitiecine ^ô this datse, I doubt CXJ: Yes. And if Fve reod^ned «i^ heat \dio was gay siq^MXted equal t^hts. Q"^^s tour, it has been fi-om scMne Cleariy die nuiiu»ers are in isNot of tisy brother^ mother and ^vtitas ki die g^ pcess formy noc doiqg consdousness taidng efifefts. anydiing puWidy befbre I was asked For ckckdeigigrs and fesbians have £aither fuUy understand about bcfeffi fcsbian> Still, I'm mmed remained dotêted, but we need to about my being at die wonderfid rcceptionrve recdved come out and show we exist, {Micsent across die boaid I did fitodierWcase's outsehês as w$ really are. Otherwise, lesbian^ but there is an moming radio show, which I really die only pen±ption others will have enjoyed. Wease seems pretty hip. On of us is the stetcbtypes. A face needs acceptance of the fact. the odier hand, thc majority of callers to be put to thc discrimination. Our We^re really not the seemed latgd>'uneducated on the issues. fiiencis and &mfly need to be aware of EC: Formstance.„ our being gay so that they might say, idnd of famity that talks CG: Wdt, some edicts oonflfie cotnir^ **Hej', tfaat's my brotfaer or sister diej^'rc out with outing. I am not intending to ulking about." Very few peopfe sup about stuft" out the unwiUing. One caller today ex port outright cUscrimination. WeB, at pressed his annoj-ance with tfae visiMity least most sane pcc^fe do not support Photo by DougMe$i(ier of gays and lesbians in thc workplace. outri^t cUscrimination. "V(^y should thej' have to flaunt their EC: Ifs interesting that a r^>orterfort ffi?/dress as I am dressed; and there are about my being lesbian, but there is an lifestyk by putting lectures of tfaeir fevers bmacfjedthe ttpict^jour beinga leslnan, straight women who dress like diis. acceptance of die feet As fiur as Newt i^ in thc wonqpUicc?** I responded by based on jour appem^snce,., kind rfa s^reo- EC; How hasjottrfamly reacted tojonr is conoemeci we have a tmttud xemct askii^ him if he was married; cfid he ' fjpe abont d)e way lesbians took Wrnjon beif^ tmtfor^tyutrs? fix each otfaer as peopfe. I am pkascd have a weckUiig ring do^ he ever phn consdoftsly "dresmtg'' as a lesbian so that CG: Wdl, it's not as if we're the tfaat he is suooessfid Bl what he is ckdrig dmncr parties for friends at worit? I someone might ask? tjpe of fendly that sits around and cfe^te the fibct tfaat I do noc respect tried to show that what some peopk CXk Ncx I just fixuid die cksthes and talks about issues anyhow. My being a his views. Fm sure he feds the same see as ga)'S advertisir^ their love Ufe in tfae hairstjk veryccttnft>rtalde. 1 wasn't fesbian was a feet. My mom found a way about me. He would be die I^t the workplace is really just an affirma intending to bc a walkk^ poster. I didn't gay newsfetter lyir^ around and asked person to advocate the Human Rîts tion of themsdves as peopfe, just like consdously teU mj'self "Fm dressing me, "Are you trying to teU me some Campap Fund, bu^ lie's prcKjd of anyone else. like a dyke today." The reporter made diing?" I said, 'Tes, Fm a lesbian." Af my accompUshments with tfais organi EC: What is dye purpose of tbe HRCF? a presumption based on pc5pular stettxv ter the initio typkd parcnt cjuestions, zation. I see Newt about twice ayear, CG: Awareness, and to create a mes typcs about how lesbians look StiU, such as "VCêre cUd we go wrong?," which is standard for las. We're reaQy sage where people wiU redize that to her reacrtion spurred my very pubUc my parents grew to accept my lesbian not tfae kind of fiunily tfaat talks abcmt come out means making a difference. outing. Jusr as long as thc reporter re- ism. To this date, I doubt my brother, stuff. VClien HRCF poUcd peopfe and asked aUzes that there are lesbians who do motfaer and father fidlv understand

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evolvirig. Me witfa my new-found tfaeiig^way when you'te stadiânyii^y? capabiUties. I shaU not pass wine and bread to Poets & writers: our vcdoes Lur^ and legs and i^rig^t spine. Untided I it would stab more deeply Canlcww St. Paul! Carried mc here. By Debotah Gteen than dishy remarks or nasty looks. ever part n^ hdr stt^g^ Did Jesus say anything against my Self defense Everything Is... C^, Mother, b^f^pOr^seetitmsrfdbe wfaen you're in tfae next room, holy gold? for Jim, Colorado, 1992 Bibk To sing you my gypsy scjng The nig^t is dark and bittersweet But your hands are ByBediBaiky kugîtfi^ and bramksbu^tbem Bke hot iroru; and show you the scar on my bdly. I say to my companion healkig, lightening, 'IBveryone is bom naked and after "A Statue of David*' By Michele Spring-Mcxire don't take ngf name m oain, Whirling our romance around "be carefid of tbs Uttle holes" the burden queers must shoulder. tfaat, everytfaing is drag." -RstPasd *til it's finely ^5un and si^ry as cot MyHofyGoJd By Eddie Swayze Intact, ycHir fingers snap: '*We are itm't take my history amety My friend hears my waming but A stereotype, yes. But ton candy. fiibuknisr' don't tell me wbea I akea^ know, bnt By Eddie Swayzie stumUes just the same gay men's hands lwas young. His fece gUstens can't behet^ Atn^t, and recdves a cut can be more expressive; The way my heart cUdn't qukken nYoneirMe Some h«vy, luOcvwy dbuds Under die silver mcxwi. I almost laug^ at shouki have been die tip off. movement's often aU that's left Ob, my peers; don't refitse to admit me. London, you saki was a bombsheU. Hover above me. FBs bcxly flexes tfae silliness of her accident Dicdonary How I was about to embark when you Ve been denied Fm already there, And Paris, an egg soufBc. A blue moon Like a Statue of David I ck> not lau^ but didn't cx:cur to me. what straights get merely for being Ihave th^^t abont my place ift ê Beriin, tight as the sheet on my Rests behind tfae dotids. Ithink— het. From The HetaerM rfRrfkx more thanjan wonld ever dare. army bed The chilly autunin winds blow. It's a Statue of Davici' even Inhere, AU I said was, VC^creisGod? It's a Statue of Davkl! at the edge of die great water Your caU jang^ mc soundly from "Ifyou were going to Idss someone, I never made it past the 7-11 ofmy By Shelly Rafier^r Oh, Prindpal^ don't make me a ktbora- It's a Statue of DavWI where beauty and truth reaOy live, sleep, who would it be?" youth, tory rat My head aches. It's a Statue of David! wc StiQ faD but Fm StiD caught And I was picturing red Slurpees, blue bubble gum I shouldn't be writing or crrossir^ fortfye sctmolpsycholo^st. A thom crown on my head I say to my companion on my nightmare's jagged edges: Katherine H^)btmt orNar^Drew. and America, flags waving at every this line An inkblot's just an inkblot Sends blocxl all over my face. Volcano lava erupts — '*be carefiii ofthe Utde holes" hands are mangled, you come to Or maybe, nry eighth ^de Spanish house, was bcautifi.d. To gossip. I should avoid die A kiss is just a kiss. Some blue-Ut tears Hot red and burning Uke gas. class teadyer. It jumps, dies, and ^des Untitled II SuUen air, its daric invitation to listen FaU on my soft rod- with five fingers cut off at thc To the riddle of her infectious I do remember this, Riding my 3-spced up a dust)^ hiU, like 100 ndes of fluttering My soul is crudfied! By Deborah Green knuckles. lai^;h. My friend was Icxiking at me, say lying down with my huzzm^ gar fishing off the Erie cana! locks, Rcd humming birds. Frostbite, you explain; I stare at The steam from a shower ships ing* den; reading my Hardy Boys dl after Wc danced, barefcxit, together. Magic with silver on their wings what remains over the silL dn4mrvllpkase watching thc sides of strawberries noon in the ccmercn'. It's a Statue of David! Wefkwh^ their forms create a moving stillness after amputation, study the stumps, A few weeks ago we were guided by "Fd Uke to kiss changing from green hardness to Too chicken to plav spin the bottie. It's a Statue of David! like a pair of hearts with wings. as wind attempts to control directicxi realize voull offer no more custom: social conventiom please summer rcd That's mv inkblot, that was me. It's a Statue of David! It was holy! It was bright widi goidi fey gestures, voguing, broad As bosun I crewed weU, I guess that guy, Brad, on the dangUng between sk\' and earth, It's a Statue of David! St. Paul cut it with an ax, TVxlay they do not bend or even flips of the wrist What had to be leamed and what scKcer team. just like I did. NXTiile you were silk}- — Should Sdomc demand his head tc) give thought to breaking heterose>Malitypkase Uke Fred Astaire's cravat. be cut with a ^word? I sip a boiling red wine When you ask. Why are you lulling The blond one with a scar on his arm" Had to be tat^t. We exchange Killing Time Before a A ddicate scarf, panties, bra. for thc Statue of David. Energy surpasses strength my peopk? QMCxyonQ: responds: The wet wine kisses lessons in the ink SUppen' in your cool pajamas, A huge churdi cktor they become invisible You're being hysterical. And, suddenly, the universe wasn't on the statue's Up. Ofthe safest idiom: fiction. Her 7:00 Date whizTiing across the sheets, Forbade my golden Ught soar to the creator You and friencLs teU handgun jokes, big enough Tlie rest of the wine spiUs stories By Beth Bailey shimmering unselfconsciously. Witfi two big red horns — hot and bocUes fluid vapor rise thumb to hold me anymore. on the stame's body. Are sober, and her voice whispers ferocious. through Smith & Wesson catdogs. secUtion. I tried again, III. Doubt Kisses wng^ in my p>ocket. Some priests and worshippers See them through rhe sun When a passerby calls yon Jag^t I I should mind the anchors. *'Yes, But, 1 was tdking about ^^gifi How can I, you know... It's a Stamc of David! Tonight the skin ofmy infatuation Bark, like wild beagles without they transform inro people watch Tie up the knots and mark the What giri would you like to kiss.'^" knot my ric It's a Statue of Davkl! sheds. hearts. who reach for each other, clinging your face, know tfyou carried a Now, my nakcdnc:ss was compiete. It's a Statue of Davkl! charts. moving, shades change knife. And wam the others of hazards. It's a Statue of Davkl! accept only ecstasy

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That you aic not finmilttrwit h each And how do you find me? Do I to a ^vfa%>.lfaat 0tiigae» tfae egg wfafees to JVMA that you coi^ find me wordiy scratch, eac^ crease, each worn pkure? My mother wcxild si;qê£t diat nq^ lay staring at the fittnffiar,comfortsi ^ dedstvcv cciticd of rncn arid didrpcxMCt encx^to cverintcmqjt tise t^ astflxjdtf:^ to eacapc. Yet tfaey By SheUy EaKOtrty your tfaoi^ts? Can a song place my Why ck» you se{Mu:ate tfae memory grandmodier make a^cfy Baldniote fomtuteinniytDoni— adeskânda Formy fedier dK was beautifot, dtn^ brush away my tears, witfa no prc- from die emotion? cake. And my grandmotfid* wciuid ««fr atec^vid Ibr sec faow dicy faeccKne lttde4RSsit^ tabk witfa a tiifficd ^kirt kigfis^gple,adnfitrkign]en—cat-icridfy cautic»is, fiice stiând fimt afld {^Kstco. Misery: not knowing. Last ni^t our in your eyes? Do you ever wonder, Wfay do you want to change the tihat sfae coutdn\ tfafttdi^ was past tite and a mator tfaat c^jencd out in tfatee hkn. She was a rnkior forcvf a of dKta arms brushed with no reservations, witfa no gain. road behind you instead of tfaat whkh A^ywitiwiodief^tefebteshoc sug^ pmdi. I had esfxessed ckl|g^ at bavitig Ifd K oodd scand widi acparase ponds I should gK^ away aD ofwho I am if even Ues ahead? sbn^jntt^diêgg'wliiles and oontniea In dieater darkness, tcx> hesitant fi^r a fleeting secx)nd, wfaat my she coukln't make^ ftLK ^ Bahttnoce diii dlaoed in tny tociin. But soinewhete she ccxdd keqi each ims^ sqxurate, tofi:d to bott; Btafoic mjr e]«s die beautifd inskk I fek sttSB^ dttkie; befote it; for it but scMnednies tfae reflections leaned (wasn't it?) to be acddentaL Your satin hands would %dn as k was the most difficult of aO Vest on my forearm was a tongue, again your hands on my tears, yet, AD lean do die cakes die ever tnade. cocijfectioci takes focm. Beady now, was my motfaer's dcUf^ tfaat I ws» re- dose to ovetbfi and tfaen the minor, I know not who I am, and diis is fed Uke on your tears, <]UKktyoaiD thendied cdoB b^bte dK rousing mine Is trace tfae lines in your hands A Laciy BahkiKMc caioe is wfaisc; flecdog |ust as dK nsxeca reflected 1^^ unable to contain botfa images, tfareat •^' only a my hands on your shoulders? Tlie scent ofyour dgîrette Like die wear on a tire, they mark ^xdihe iri^cie arid outsick. Ikfy fem m two Side iridtadon n:iik--tk4ite ened to shatter. beginning, and I have a long road Reminded me tfaat I am addicted to To another poet your way modier ph(» a lai^ atnoiitK Olt tiuac^ andflh«|»îilldKonly knife dmic^ dass lan^ tfaat stcxxl on dtfaer side. Iâriri|y ritjab are cfatwpXHis, as are tfae ahead, and women wfao smoke, and By Esdier, 16 And guess at where you have been. our cTwn butter chi»cned by lini^ki li^ Skdt^ at das Jtctie dhesstr^ table was an tsuak ki the Churdi arxlin dK Scstoerer^s you cannot be my fiiend and ycm Waver like young mysteries and finôrite ctock and takirig hcEt b^ old you ever morye tfaat knife fiem diis e^^nession of willingness to enter tfae hut Competing forces whii&ig throu^ cannot be Cut tfaeir hair too short AU day yes TTiere's a swing hung on a tree Summer Communion woodeniipoon she be;gpnB to {kMT stnr dnn9cr,youhe»?'*NowjtiscDm|ieee^ ca^Kctadon, tfae fetttasy, tfaat my modier nature arvi in scxjls are gathered to ac- my lover and you cannot be any terday I wondered Made of rope & tire ByUncumbet as she presses and sdts andpncascs atn Qn die piaic siafdls diel^BdNniate hsui for wtm my life—her ckt^tet^s knowlcK^ otK anodier and to adtnit thing more Ifyou dept welt you stayed later Things dr^dy used, but stiU useful, In July there were Birthdays. Two. sets dK butter and sqg^tqêtfa^ life—wouklbelike.WasItniywffirig^ limits to didr influence for the sake of than hands on tears. sweetness kydn^ sunound and ocBner My fedier's was onjuly 13th and my tiWiy eggaâxe scponmsd Wldi gjnstt <^ Was I pretendbfi^ peace and to avokl chaos. At tfae Birth tfaanldared you say. die i^g^ tnoist and ftetKkrSwee t Eu grandmodicr's was onjuly 15th. It \^^s fe- diat "nor one meek" of ydbw goes At k^ a few wys before tlK first You invite mc to play as long as I You can see the wear ofthe road charist* day in July my fether and my giand- In the steamy heat and blackness, hot and dicrc must be vi^termdon — inc> diexdike of tiK egg &Kfa atiia^^ Birtfaday, my grancknodier would say stayin On tfae hard black mbber, mothcr, aoif^ out of kivc for my after the Latin ic:e cold—pmik or red inside, ringedb v tfaat even to die end ofmy fife there The dsys passed befoie die Binfadays diat she tfacxigfat she coukl manage a my head, fantasize, for I have been Travd & hardship have made it mother, wcxild restrain tfaeir mutud Dancing, you'd have found my pale green that shaded into dark. The wiB be a pause and a dutdi m my diest and tfaete were many stories of Lady Lady Baltimore cake one more year. too long smooth. distaste and c&trust of each odiei: TTK hand on your bony hip. mdon sat Uke a plump, perspiring pia —caiôfbteadi als I stsot to separate Bahknoce cakes made in tfae eariier yeats. S^^ of reUef I breathed cni^ arid lines without And I thank you. Hands Thc grass is worn away under the destructive forces pudiod back cxice My rig^t reachir^ diere, \diere on thc table. My &thcr plunged £e att cffig^ ^9(W ifais be die utne dm I £1% VC'ho made one fbr what occadcHi of oftension melted from tsty motfaer^s onmy tree, crossed with a^ûn, wc would tneet at tfae cent»' on sweat bUstered like knife to its handle into die center. He lIuaT^ tfae yeBow into die white? frierids and relatives gadiered. How fece. Agjun tfais summer tfae two txTwess a faot day in tfae middk of summer shoulders give me strength, hands Marks of love & use. Ugfat—but not too Ugfat How mciist White wine, under thc curve ofyour The tire rotates skjwly as if seardikig gpndy turned thc melon as he held thc 'tlie doe is baked and stancls ti^^ ofhcr fife,he r hudxtfid and her motfaer, and feast on mekm and cake. breast. Fd have asked puUed knife pointing straight down in front —but not too moist Who of rdatives wfao eyed eacfa other witfa suspidon away weaken me. fiDramemor}'. On ia fcng piattcr die c^'cdiites are '*StimifierComimmaon*' is part rfa hnger Ifyou like the Gypsy Kings, ofhis chest, and there came the sound sfKcki TTiey rest tfaere wakirig for didr no _ across a crhasm of jeakxjsy and ciecp work brngconsideredforpMa^hnj and jambdaya, and sex. WTien you put braids in your hair, of summer—a crack, a splitting sound stories werc toki over and over, some cUfferences, would cdebrate n^getfaer Hands on tears, hands on shoul punishmenrand didrgbry. My grand tit&d^w^ Ice Cream and Turnips, And afterwards, if you wanted cof you wanted Uke no otfaer in thc world—and sweet, times when niy gpndmothcr was picsettt the cidstence of c^ch. Celebrate in a ders, I am where modier takes her beater, an oval hoc^ Stories by Uncumber, i&tstnaedby fee, or my mouth, again. To wind in roses & hope & old pde juice began to spread out on the ofwisedsit finidies its disqê by fomiir^ but also when die was not The esEdfie- sic^^ party diat drew us aB together Karen Bums. Thepsettdmym "Umsmeber*' I need to bc now, or do I need to be tabic. Like one surprised at some new ment of tfae children grew and ^rw, for OTK ds^. My fetherwoui d select and you? dreams that a hsrafts: Qsss^tosskig iriskie tfae hoop ism honor rf a k^ndaryPorttêse saint, St phenomenon, suddenl)^ my modier ioe diin wires. The af^êarance is ofa eîeda% after die IBourdi of Juty came cut the watermdon and my grand* Table wodc Pretty, strong, soft, gende, under You once used to ease your path Uncnmber, who as ayomtggri was betratbed sprang into action bringbg plates to wire net widi large spaces between die and went and tfae Birtfadays were ahead mother would bake the beautiful Lady standing? dong life's cUtt roads. by herfathertoa ^ksnish ttobSemasu On Ae By Cindy McClurg receive sUces, as if die spilUng juice had to rieOttigsttards. Onoe rny grandniodicr — thc next huge summer event The Bdtimore cake. Our family would re- I could at times, if aDowed, crawl You made stories & poems out of eve rfthe wedSng theyonrtgffripntyedto I watch you, your every step. I fed be cjuickly caught Uke die wine from a bc!gb$ to bear tfae ^gs no one may inter- anticipation, even anxiety. Wcmlc niain. My riKsdier woukl contiriue to be through your dreams Mary for deliverance. Overnight six êw a the warmncss ofyour breath on my <:atdcsdy tipped chaUce at die altar, or nqpt her. And who would, for I can grandmother make a Lady Bdtimore safc in that space maintained by these mc^ficent beard artd was rêcted by Ae your skin and setde in your nesting Left them han^r^ tfaerc for tfae fiice — like the foaming bubbling Uquid from oruy stand amazedl as the €gg ^\4iitcs cake this year? We cWkken went to bed rwo giants. Protected by each in some suitor Banished to a convent, site had a num- place caUed cfaildren to play in. thc sweet smdl of it lingers still, a newly opened botde of champagne. p3e yî^ps^ and higher and her smaU asking each other this question and predous area of her existence, she re ber of wtmten lovers, was expelled Jmn tbe when heart I could Uve on through adult- asking mother as she tucked us in for Why, then do ycju pretend There was cake. Evcty summer wcdcs stepf^ btown arm continues to swing flected their cUflK^rent eTîectations and convent, and, Iprrferto betieve, Aen lived a I dose my eyes. hocxland die n^t ^WcTl see," was dl she codd That they bdong to someone dsc^ beforc die Birthdays tfae conversation bade and forth and her wrist contkiucs to fantasies for her Ufe. For my grand long life as a msewoman and healer, My body trembles with the thou^t be with you al^^/ays. answer. If she doesn't what Idnd of on a dififerent road between my mother and grandmother t>s^ c>vta: axid ova-again scncUrig power mother she tried to be the woman who cake could we have,^ My cjuestion as J ccxiklmar^ge any crisis — independent^ WRITERS contmued on p. 27

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'•:.aHSA-^' 12 TbeEit^Chmit Sn|Hfimbsfl9W ^ti[Uciiite¥i9>g "iîsMft^tmie y REVIEW S deadl, he uiH^giues diot her son was ay. pididic, where, tfaroi^ language, tfae abfc past When Jack refuses to make enter into Jack, but he muat first "step Playwri^ts Conference fbr his work, * •' ^ 1111»r- f tfaenoi^ kive to Boh, die latter seeks an oudet ar Fl^^ confesses she smoked ;£ of her flowcfs» tears and memories to the tomb- lover's status is acliieved ccxntnunaDy. actoss town" tock) so. His god of in Etthgy. EuhgyvnA abo selected by Stones of tfae dead This recurririg dierTK in/osfe ie6fAlodbttc^ dK badis. Set in 1981, diere was not an son's dg^MCtte buds wfaen she learned he timacy is inextdcabty bound by dKckske Interplay as one of tfae diree best new vnlatliig Itnear leaiity estah&hed concem about HIV/AIDS died; Bob tecQgntzes dK oot^rtmy be It is not a pretty s^t ByTonyLeaz2i undetlies tfae autfaor's {idea for love de of the communtty. ffis pneserit is msepft- pfays of 1993. And thk year IntcrPIay —cxcven GRTO; however, dK at-risk tween n^ffis* oonûlskxi and his cTwn In TTK Sfaipping Dock TTieatre pro Jadk tbe Modernist. By Robert GlucJc laite tfae stnons of aUenation and tfae fears idile fiom a private and odfecdve hstocy. dtoee ZiviAf Z3l2Kr as cxie of tfae best bchavkxs Bob cr^ês ki at dK badis sg- obsesskxi with Jack. The two stories duction, the audence saw scxds butrdng New Yodc High Risk, 1995. $tZ99 of kitimacy kifecting oontempcxary cd- Gfaxk is certainty a writer ctftxs dnK& dttec. Abo, his third foO-let^^ piay, inguik,arig^,fear — every now and nd the knminent hSJdi crisis. Because meige Vkîcn Vfa^ said Bob spontane- This sunvner sees tfae reissiK of a mar nve, especLlty urban ^y cukioe. Whedier And yet, narratives sudi as dxs cfo mote Marum PJum^wasgnênareaduât tfaen ccx>led by a fitmetic lai^ter. But Bob has been spinned privatdy byJ«:k , ousty kiss eacfa odier—aresdtofriidr jc^riteraryhridriiarkinajiiujiyorarygpy or not Gluck's plea is granted is a con dian annotate tfae coUecdve psyche of dK presrig^cxis Camegk-Melkxi Sum most of aU tfaey saw men who had cern diat propds the narrative forward in he is forced to sedc hurnan affectkxi in shared loss. By comkig together in loss, a ocxnmiiriity, they tfiteridt o txatisfbrm it mer Showcase of New Pfciys- fictkifi. Robert Gbdc's^^ iSiriUbg^rT)^ pubUc. This is ultimatdy a mission im- heart; flesh and bkxxi gay men who a deeply introspective and amazingly Bob and WiyBis actually fotge an alter Gluck's prose, in conjunctkm with his OTK pcywcrfiil dieme Hoc^nergTEfsfsks oc^jraDy rdeased by Fdice Pkario's Sea possilile, since Bob is attainting torem - chose not to run from death, but face artica^te examination oflove and self native form of intimacy bom out ofa debt to "high Uterature" and popular witfa is how tfae fivingcop e wiifa catiqg Hcxse Press in 1985, has ncjw been in ecty his pdnfiil reaction to Jack's ilkiess it head cxi, and fac:e it not cxice cx* HeaOeerSk^ Phoio iy Dong Robert features himsdf as the "F' of mutud recxjgnidon and identification. for, tfaen burying, tfaeir fiiencban d duded in the truly cutting-edge Hig^ (an inabiUty to love) by participating in tnedb, foi^ a new Uterature that focces twice, but time and time again. Meszter Risk catdog. diis bcx>k; he feUs in love with the en^ St^^ncsSky^Jac k tbe Mo^tist'is com- readers to conskler diose often unex fovcrs. This pbywr^ht, who docs not So though diere is no God to gê one ofthe iUness' symptoms ^ûbUc- (dbx, akhx^ a synîatfaetk; reacUng will and drs^ was ncx neaity as makistrcam. Audiotir^ a string of groundbreaking matic Jack and almost immediatdy at pressed, though instantty reoogptzdie; b^cvc in God or an afterlife, leaves comfort in the wcxid of Hoover's anonymous sex). \Klde the experience yidd rewarding insist into the Post- Tlierefore tfae aucfienoe was comprised novds that are provcx:ative in scc^ and tempts to form an intimac:)' between trudis about tfaemsdves, both his characters and his audience plays, thc dignity ofhis characters' at the baths is an undeniable feflure,it s modem wcdd Despite Gluck's fondness afanost entirdy of gay, lesbian and bi daring in technique, Gluck has been them diatis never fill!)' reaUzed Narrator to fece die terrifying finafity of ckath. i^xrits suffices to raise his wcxrk fixxn consecjuences are fer-reaching and nu for cktdl and lus seemiri^'random se sexud pecple. Very few heterosexuab called a wtiter's writer, along with DenLs Bob states, 'T was so attracted I was P^^wright Ted Hociver Thc controversial gunshot at the end nihiUstic despair to an implidt visicxi merous. Is 6st-fbod sex the sofe ahema lection of refeicno^ he is uWmatdy con ventured out to gay n^ttdubs at tfaat Cooper, Kevin KilUan, DocUc Bellamy bursting with news, persond ne\^^ to of These Days, where an HIV nâtive of tfae courage of tfae human soul, a tive for a cc>nirnufiity seddng to exert itsdf cerned widi essences. As an immaculatdy time. We sat cxi gravd pits cxr stood to and Katfay Adcer (to name a few),Ghic k launch intimacy." And then, "I opened focuses on AIDS in a man commits suidde, is, according to ccxirage of wfaich his characters are as a force ki contemporary civilization? des^ped ^xcnyjdck tbeMademisth suc watdi a series ofwTcstfin g matches ki a has recktincd the form and range of die vp in Jack a territory named Bob; I antid Hcx>ver, meant to prevent anyone in cxdy dimly aware. cessfiil because eadi passE^ is dense with secies of plays since *86 smali wooden box Sled witfa gritty mud novd, eaqitoring its parametea:s in a chd pated in me a sister dty named Jack." By After a number of frustrated experi the audience firom turrung thc pJay mcankig fiJ of poetic fanguage, and of By Marvin E. Barrett The con^Ktttors were tfae city's female lenging aesthetic devdofxnent called the Ukening tfae sdf to a dty, community is ences with Jack, Bob ends the affeir, but into some transcendcntd, philosophi- course preoccupied with poutical im In die powerful, often hUarious, ul- An appreciation of drag imperscxiators. It was entertaining in New Narrative Movement Gluck's once again invoked in what has been not before testingjadc's limits publicly. cal statement of hc^ about the living pUcations. timatd}' soul-searing performance of an off-beat way, and it was humorcxjis works in diis vein have been ciiaracter- tracUtionaUy rdc^ted to aprivate matter. On a dance floor at a gay bar, Bob de- overcoming cfcadx As Hoover com 7J«»Z%;f at tfae Shq:^!r^ I>ock Theatre By Tonya GtifSn to witness Lee Bess-on Ndb popping ized by their blatant violation of tracU- Gkick maps the rdatkinship between Uberatcty scamps Jack's foot in cxder to At cwie point Gluck writes, "A jay mented to thc audience during a last month, playwright Ted Hoover Aa an flivxl folbv^r and fen of dqg it ofi^ costumes dveckled and w^ fiyitig tiond linear representation of fictiond Bob arid Jack on a piAUc scale in c>rcler draw a reaction fiom Jadt; when Bob gets chided, aggressive. The aroma of wild meeting after the find Shipping Dock continues an artistic journey he b^^ has been exdtir^ to see so much natkxid butit was far fix>m glamorous. reaUty, witfa tfae purpose of expo^T^ tfae to consckxisty create a pcîticd Uterature no response, he repots this action, orfy fennd, a hire. A qxirtscar cfcovc by, an performance of These Dqys^ "Thar shot back in 1986 when he first started fo media coverage ofthis artistic genre When I tefl diat story to drs^ &ns now often rcpressk^ ocgatnizirig metaphors diat is rooted in a source of shared ex to be warned by Jack, "the diird time impiise. 1% cha«l a cat fua We stepped is a big pericxi at the end of the play." cusing on AIDS. recendy. I have noticed, however, diat they c:an't visuafize it Once a wedc tfaey perience. Whether Jack wifl return die won't be funny." Rather than transgress off the curb. Our dbows touched, a Yet, in spire of Hoover's bleak out we Uve by; as a resiit, a startfingty honest, there is Utde media representation of see a Uneif> of perfbmiers wfao are weB intimacy that Bob has offered him is a ing tfae UTK, Bob backs away from the hir^.. We wdked across .some âss— As one fiiend after anodier began to look, in These Days his characters shine sdf-consdous fitera&ire is fomiedtha c cxir lexral drag scene. What few artides put tcgetfaer. Of course tfaere are dways matter that concems everyom, not just dialienge, rKvcr leaming what Jack's paôral—and talked dxxit thc past— cSe, Hcxjvcr made a cteUberate decision with an inner strength that ccxnes fiom addresses a community of readers who I have read have heen brief, not reaUy little cjuirks tfaat tieed to be worked out, Bob suidjack—and the impUcations reactkxi rnig^ have beert Ccitairity tfae pastoral-historicaL.. Our walk tired mc to chronide through the theatricd bearing much pain, much sorrow. inevitably associate with its concerns. doir^ fustice to the tdents of thc per Uke the occaskind run in the stocking of tfae outxxxne make direct commen nanator's dcdskxi to run fiom tfae op- exit widi its fitde s&qis; I wanted to take medium not onfy his own feeling in And all this and more were exc]uisitdy Gludc bqg^ his autobfog^sfihicd^/iasfc formers we have in Rochester. or a w^ line. But by and large the drag tary on tifK state of scxiety ar large. poctutuy is kiformed by a fear that Jack cne gânt step across town ard ktto Jade" regards to AIDS, but also those of the reveded in the skiUed performances ifliriMbiyiafl^ witfa a rctnarkabiy aoairstte Drag has come a long way fix>m the diows now are pretty profesdcxiaL TIK Bob leams earty CXI that Jade does not ''9i3LfoUtore^)ondrf\isvicAM\xibic\M-- TTie rhythmic rcpcrition of sentence entire gay community of which he is a ofthe eight actors in The Shipping obscrvatkxi about people ki kwe:'You're days of drag queen mud wtesdit^ at tfae performers are taken mcvce sericxisty diare tfae same kvd of oommitment to mate hcxror for Bob, as it woidd con patoemkig akxig widi dK demental de part Dock Theatre's production. not a lover *tiU ycxi Uab about it** Im- liberty. Thb was my initiation to drag now, which is evident in tfae quality of tfaeir relarionship and ccmfesses that firm his suspicion that intimacy widi tafls, is poetK; but thc particulars of die Thcx^ his plays ded exdieivdy with In face ofthe mounting death toll, tnodbuety tfae reader is cbectty oonfiontcd in 1987. A group of about 40 people thc shows. *Tdenrity seem^ remote as thc village Jack is impossible. walk, the *1ittie sfiqps,* * ate abandoned for gays and AIDS, critics of all persuasions eight HIV negative gay men take it witfa an uncompromising abnost em- have taken note. In 1992 Hoover was gadiered outside behind the Liberty TIK most extensive female impcrscxv- our giandmotfaers came fiom." Here, the Juxtsposed with the main narrative is a desire to take a giant step, to artivc ar a upon themselves ro educate others barrassirig trutfa abour human nature. given the highest award a new Ameri (what is now Qub JMarcdla) cm liber^ atscxi diows in dK area are hekl on Sun sdf identifies with a scxircc of alienation: the story of PhjiUs, a student in Bob's cctticiusioti, to create happeriirig^ CO iswi about AIDS, help the dying in count Love is yanked fiom the private sphere can playwright can reedve at die Eu Pole Way. day nights at Ckib NîrceBa, 123 Liberty the cit>^ Bob hopes fio find in Jack is re okfcr writers' wotkshop. Phyflis' son has And any deske to act necessitates a con- less ways, arrange memoriai services (of secret emotions or one-to-one ex gene O'NeiU Theater Center National Akhough it was not tfaat long ;^, gay periences) Bf^fotxxdmso tbe tcahn ofthe duced to an intarigiblc though unavoid- fust died, and in Bob's knovdec^ of tfais sideration of sodd rcabns. Bob wants to whc^ the end comes — and EnsSiy bring culture was not as aocepted as it is now. DRAG continued on p. 27 -jmtT Patricia O'Brien Maerohietit EJueator

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Ihere were steeocd dear of Holfywood Hcl^wood wouki hojp ki and we'd go off for coffix. two bars side by side on Front St: Ma had one mission in fife:sns^git ^ stra^jht Connie Connie's &vorite hangout was die CadiBac Martins'arxl Okie's (laiGwn as Martin's; ttidcs. (Ihis was kx^ befote thc errors of I can't tcmeniber Connie's teal name. Hotd coflfee shop, which stayed open Ae wife oPTMck," Mattfia, tan thc bar.) political cotrecmcss became at^ârent. Mi^beit was Charies, possibly Cari. late. Once Connie boi^fit me dinner. As Qn East Ave, where the {xitkir^ lot for The only worthwhile object of pursuit ContacTs red name be^ widi tfte letter we sat, he commented oo nq^ fifêtmiis. RG&E nowis, stood tiie 5 O'Oock was a man who betrayed no trace of C Ihat was the nie, once, in detemiin "Honey, you need to take care ofyour Club, a cocktail bar with two heavily cflfemitiacy.) Any time Hollywood ap- ing a^ name. hands."The foBowingwcd c Connie ^ve draped windov^^ In orte window diexe pcated» backs turtied, eyes were averted Conric was my niemor, t^K first teal me a pair of cutide d^pcts. I had never was a spindly table and chair painted Ihis was one tougb oDokie. Let her pass. QLieen I ever knew. Connie explained seen sudi a devke. Connie showed me white. I took this to be gay Eushkm, I Anotfier legend was The Dudies. lAv tfaiqg^tome^fQld me thtt^ I c&in't know. how to use them, how to give mysdf a watehed die door. The people who went like Hcjiywood, die qsitome of a ksner. Connfe was a Ira^ encydopedia of ^ly matikattc. Connie was a derk in a Daw's inside were mostly thm men in penny drugstore, The Duchess had gay fijcnds. Iocs of hisMy, ctkpwic, awi gote^ kxifets. Ihcy wete not th^ men I Seed, thetn. They flocfad to her apartment ki •'i I never quesrioned Connie's attitude when we wefe riding in his car be toki me not the mm of the nît, die ones who Com HiD. In this era RTT was stin lo that i»*icn he was my age, 15, he woriffid towaids me. Acceptance was beyond my drded the bridge. cated clowrttosvTL The Duchess dhnewdly in Rub/s, a whorehouse iji Elmita, his understandii^. Sex nded my bdiavKMr. Thcte was a gym/sauna on Savannah found an apartment immediately acâ- home town. Connie said that some of Connie was idiable, a given, my fiiend St. which was obliterated by die con cent to the rowdiest fiiatemity house. the men who came to Ruby^s sometimes Maybe he had a cmsh on me. jMaybe he struction of Manhattan Square. Therc The IXxhess and her cohort smied and liked "qjecial" things and tiiat he did was bored Connie liked to crdse, what were scads of tea tooms. Therc was one waved fix>m the fiDntponii, enduring dK)se tMi^ £6r mcxiey. The money was dse was therc to do in the evenif^ I was in die publk: Hbtaiy, another in die Baptist a first wave of catcalls ^(hkh in time sub- a fiKmalky; Connie liked the sex. londy too, though I didn't know it. I Temple basement and one in Sibley's skied Radier soon die Qudiess's home only knew I liked the night, liked men. The seory exdted me. Unwekome in basement, the tiny bathroom off thc bar became a major stopping-off jâce for And while there uêmmon and sex, there die worid I lived in and lonely, I was in the old Powers hotd. The most d- a surprising number of gendemen not curious about the details of this life still werc, as wdl, empty stretdies. Then I'd ^;ant was the expansive marble-tiled oppcêd to broadenit^ dietr educatkm. sit and listen to Connie, very new to mc. Connie had an aloof, men's room on die lower levd ofthe Ultimafldy, rutnor hS it; The Dudicss Connie introduced mc to one ofhis almost ky character. I dkln't mind The Manger Hotel Its entrance was off a was evicted, run out ofthe nd^bor- friends, a gray-haired man who always distanoe in his vcHce enabled me to con passageway entered ftom Cfinton Ave, hood, when the scatidal of those extia- worc a suit He drove a big car and he, sider his infbmiatioa Connie likxi to talk, beneath, now, the basement of Mkitown coirricular services becatnc common too, liked mc to ride with him. With this Plaza. WiH an anhedbgist ever unearth seemed pleased to see me. Never in the knowledge, services so obviously in man I dkl not fed comfortabie. He asked these naned arenas of passkxi? WiD scxne time I knew him did I think he mi^t dulged and tallccd about tfaey could no too many quesrions, had no magical foture g?y historian researdi and catak)g bc kxidy, too. I likcti Connie's stories. lof^jer be Qnoted This was fiustratit^ to die Hves lived out ther^ Urban renewal I was ripe for educadon. scories to tdL This man wanted me. The die robust gents to say nbdur^ of the g^ kfca tepuked mc. He was fet and oid and has erased neariy ali thc landmarks of 1 was tvffmkig thc streets-The streets hangprs-on xn^ whom The Duchess nowherc near anythir^ I oould like, Fd then, in the *50s, in Rochester, were Rochester ^ history. Its few remnants shared her htgcsse (and doubly ftusttat- make him puD over, jump out ofhis car great. Cars cruised around Sometimes remain in the fonn of anecdotes, feded ii^ to ttie okler Queens for whom The once traffic picked up. Later Connie or embellished by time. IXichess was the most reliable, afford-

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sh cotntnitment cetemony, start sex. So tfae cficstkxi becomes, dp SeoxMis octihb^VStAttM'i^ able if>hc^terer around.) iMa«iidoou%c»Jdy 5,1995 to endorse tion ofa marri^ license. Given the thinking about laisir^ cMdren, and— 14 and 15 of die Domesric Rdaticms Gcusdi ifRrfter andToîw wcie iBued a Getie Wdch (wlx» is maktf^ a bkl fbr Iûge wanted to be a woman. She same sea xnamages, and a kx ctf tenskm aver^ dutation of g^ unions (or even meaning in our lives... a sense ctf pur what the heck—apply iot a marria^ Law prohibit two gL^ or two g^ fixm a niaiEriyioBtiac^JufeHntoairibwi^ tfae Courtty Execudve scatX and N.YJSi i shaved her legs, plucked her eyd^rows, between die {xilitksdleadetî^ in Ithaca heterosexual marriages), and the aver^ pose. This ycamit^ keeps rcmtndit^ nurik^ fioense^ Who kiiows.^ Or tadier deckle what to » at least for te time Assembiymernber Joe MoceBe, wfao by cnKvcned her watdtobe with die cxxa- license. and tfackadershq> ki M^^tiy. Mayor duration of legal challenges, the union us that tfaere is something important who does know d^>ends, it seetns, on being. So die docnbd to punt, and asked SKHial angota sweater. Paige, a ccxintry On May 18,Todiav and Fhilb stroOed Mdlok has soidlhat if tt is at ^ poe^ble, could bc over beforc the cerrificate is tfae way suDoessfi^ hdd up die SUNY that we need to remember. who's doing thc interpreting^ thc New York State DqMtfmicnt of kd, ahs, was a horse, moie thaoti six feet into the Ithaca Qty Clerk's orace and he wfl ditect tfae Giy abk to issue the issued! MteryBcCTuJtmfenrBMJnoomnaigpe This o^xMnce is sometimes described Afier kx3^ng at his Iqg^ department's Health (the des^nated supervising taD and cursed with a mtiscular, low- asked to afÎy for a license. Julie rnanjage Bcetise because he thiriks k^s tile — thanks, Joe! asafedkigofen^Ttiness—avcadScxne initkd reseaich, Mayc»- NtdKik made a agecxy on these nnaoeis) fora n Gpkuon. bcxiy-fitt physkjue everyone else envied HokcHnb, die City Qcrk, tiuncd the ri^ttfaif^ to cb. Perfaaps by the time A Sept 20 mcctii^ has been slated fbr women find themselves feeling bored, prekmiriary cfcterrniriatkin that Peter and So Pa^ earned her rent by becoming tequest ciown What the heck, they asked It^s fiisdnatitig (Aiopg^ futile) to speai- this jutkie is pdbK^bed, he wiB have made 9 a.m. at the Downtown ACLU head- resdess, unfulfilled. Their lives lack di- Toshav shouki be entided to a license 1 PDA!F the lust olêct c^cvety middfe-sêd (and to speak to thc Mayor of Idiaca, Ben- kte what mi^t have haf^sened if cMily his final deoakm. cjuarters where I will be meeting with mensbn and fed dat Even addictions, because nothir^ in state law prevents it usually married) closet case in town. jarnin Nkhols, 74, a r)emcKrat and long Peter and Toshav had fiiuen in love in In die meantime, Peter and Toshav BY JEFFERY YOUNG MCPEARL, Hanned Patendiood, Pec^ idarionshqss, finishing tiie **to ck>" list, or So thc Mayor, being thc Mayor, talked What hsq>pened to tl^m? I don't time dvfl lig^ activist Quite taken with 1994 instead of 1995. You remember have said tfaey do not pbn to sue if they United For Separation of Church and careers don't satisfy. This is a s^gpal tfaat to JuKc Hcicornb, tiic Qty Oak, abcwt know. At 171 left town. Thdr stories the lovebitds. Mayor Nidx^ls clidn't see die gcKxl okl days, don't you.> In 1S>94, are ckxiied a marci^ ficcnse. If a license Coming up for fall State, and otiiers cccicemed about stealth you'te iicglectii^ your scxil and cfcprivirg any reascxi to deny them a marriage issuing the license. Mam> Cuomo and his cronies wcrc in B issued, however, tile whofe matter will candidates running for school boards. hang in memory like torn ffagments What's up politkally? Be sure to join us it of nourishment license, so he asked !iis law department But the Qty Cede, bdi^ die Qly Oed;, charge of the Department ofHcaldi, and probably end tq> in court. And if that This win be a workitTg strat*^ meerit^ if ftom a paperback. at the next Polirical Caucus meeting and Our matcrialistk: cuhuie emfîasizes to do a lâl analysis ofthe state ofthe rcad thc law, too, and said, '*Uh, uh. I Dcmocnit Oliver Koppdt was Adomey you're interested in attending, call our were to hs^jpen, a decision m^t come find out, on Sept 18 at 7:15 p.m., at the ptoductivity and gives strotig messages marriage laws in New York State. don'tdiiriksc»L''After all,Sections Mand GenctaL But in 1995, Geoige I^taki and out fiister than in Hawaii. Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, voice mail, 234-5050, and leave your that there is sometfaing wrong with at- IMI: J \W AND his pacdc ate in chaige, and DentBS Vacco Up until nc3w, no ^y couple has ever 15 don't authorize thc Mayor to issue Remcnd3erHawai> In 1993, die Su 179 Adantic Ave. number. We can certain!)' use new ideas. tencfitig to tiie souL It is easy to get cai^h^ IS (tfae feBonv fiiom Buffido who rescinded been kg^ married in New Yotk State, Ik^nses; they authorize die dty derk to preme Court of Hawaii held, in Baebr Si^Jpottets of Maxine Qiikijess Browtl, q> in tile over-stimubtting "'cxtter^'wotld die policy ptohibitir^ discriminatibn For more informarion on our guest ler alone in any stace in thc country^ issue IkêtisesL And beskies, secdon 23 c^ n Z/sim; diat die ccjual protcxtkci clause a City Ccxmcfl member who has voted and get ferdier away fiom our tme Sdf BY ELLEN YACKNIN Presumably, that's because New York against gays in thc Attomey General's speaker for the night, call our Voice the Domestic Rdations Litw authorizes of HawaiTsCbristitiJion fmohiHted tiie Mail line at 234-5050. widi the gay community on many issues It's easy to become someone we don't Dcpartrnetit) is die State Attcxney Gcrv State law|xc^'bits same sex marti^^, the criminal prosecution of any person state fiom denyit^ gay coi^pfcs the r^ht CJver die yêar^, indudirg domestic partner- want to be widiout ever realiîtig it is ctaL Any guesses on honv they kiterpret A sincen? tiiank you to each of )'ou who Wedding Ben Blues r^t? Wrong! Or at least thc answer is who wxc£^;fuDy issues a marriage Ikense to get manied unkss there were a com- shq?, wiD be gjad to know tiiat her oppo hjfjpenirig. To be a sodftd person incsns Domesric Relations Law Section 14? responded ro our recent fundraising As reported in August's £>fl^ Gbes; c|uestionabb, dcpendirig ifxxi to whom — with jsul as a possiUc penalty! Be peffing reasoci to do sa Skice dien, the nent in die Sept 12 Democratic primary goit^ against iSi the pervasdve, "'prove letter. Your generous contributions wiD lias been disqualified Calvin Lee, an op the ted-hot issue of kgal same sex mar you talk, and dirough what kind of tead- cause it would be Julie Holcomb and If tfaerc were any doub«; the Dqpart attorneys have been ptcparitig for the yourself'values of cxar cuhute. It means furdier assist us in the oi^crir^ process ponent of domestic partnershî, who riage in Ameri<:a has recendy travded iiig lenses jTXj look at New York's law. ment of Health made its view crystal trial to cieoermine whedier sudi a com treasurir^wiut is vakiable inskie yourself of sharif^ imponant pditical informa had received tiic parry's endorsetnent irv fiom the shores of Hawaii to the shores For when Ithaca's legal department dear in a memo dated June 26,1995. pelling reason exists. and honoring your own personal evo tion and in educating dw^ lesbian, gay and stead of Maxine, was disqualified for not of Lake CajTjga. The story ofthe state anafyzed New York's marriage laws, the Aocortfa^ to the Heahh Departmctit's The trial was cxiginaBy sdieduled for lution and process. bisexual community and our non-gay actualy bdng a resident of ttse distria he ofNew Yoric's law rârdir^ same sex attomeys discovered that the state of btief arid rwt particulari)^ iriaave rneino- Sqstembcr 1995. But in re^xxisc to tile tiie krw was not necessarily all tiiat clear. aDies in the ever-diarigirigpoiiticat scene. woidd have been reptescntirig There ate women who wait until tfaey marriage is stiB evcrfvirîn Ithaca, N.Y. randum, same sex couples could not state atoooic/s tequrat fix a postpone- If you haven't yet re^xxided, pfease send ate S or didr partner kavcs diem or di^ Sections 14 and 15 of New York's Wdl, diat's thc current sccx>p. Hope Already, however, it has ofifered a fesd- marty. So in a letter ciated two days later txient to await tfae nport of a state legisla lose dicir job to attend to dieir souL They Domestic Rdations I-aw, which govem us a check payable to the Rodiester your summer was fimtastic, arid do tty natii^ exampk of how the law is not thc (but which was undoubtedly written tive "corrantssion (as tf a>mtni$sion ate fofced ttVD k because didr wodd has rnarris^cs in New YcMrk State, autiioiize Lesbian and Gay Political Caucus, 179 to attend a mccm^ sometime. Take carc black and white wtitten word we often several days earlier), a Department of repcirts ha:v%; ever rnack any cliffcrence sucklenly been turned upside down. You the dty dcrk (not the mayor) to issue a Atlantic Ave., Rochester, N.Y. 14607; and keqp fiîting oppcesskm in atiy and believe it is, but is instead an amalgam Hedth official wrote to JuKe Holcomb in atiythkigO, tfae juc^ reschedjlcd tfae we can put it to good use. don't have to wEut fix a cfisastcr. You can (rf'semantks, personalities, atid pcjitics. marrif^ license to applicants \sho "are and tcdd her, in no uncertain tertns,' Ycxa trial tojuly 15,1996. ail forms. Iqg^ ccHtipetcnt to rnarry,''but tiot to If you're not cm our mailing list and open ycxirsdf now to nourishing your Our stoty beg^ (as stories often do) are not audiorisoi to issue mairi^ li So vô knows? Lor^ before a final ihose £f3pficants ^^who are not entakd eo would like to be, fust can c}ur infiormation soul arid makir^ it a pricxity ki your fifil with two people falling in love. In this censes to persons who arc the same sex,*' dedskxi is made in Hawaii, Ithaca tather WOMANSPIRIT be tnarried''CcoqjicuDusly ateent frcMn line at 234-5050 and leave your name Take a moment and oonader whete you i case Toshav Greene, 34, and Phillip The Ithaca Law Department teceivêd than Honolulu could bc the mecca for tiiese provisions are any ticfetenccs to the and address and well get back to you! arc currentiy ^)ending your life enecgy. \ Storrs, 36, met and fell in love over a a copy ofthis letter onjuly 19,1995. gtycot^jfcs. Don't worry, wc'E ke^ you BY PAULA DECHELLY requisite sex of each applicant. More Our annual sunimer i»cnk: at Ellison C>^ to ciay rei^xxisibilkies can easily ex Valentine's Day blind dare dinner in End of stOf>'? HairiJy. After aD, we have posted. In die meantime, here's some over, don't (ofc^ thar New York's Con Pstk in Aiûst had some surprise guests: pand to take up your entire life. When Elmira, N.Y. By May 1995, diey had a Demcxxatic Nfajor, an allrDenKKiatk: Tending the soul sriturion bars discfiminaaon based on ftêc 1^ advice: don't posponc any Cit>^ Court Judge Ann Pfcaffer, County you ate ocwisumed in diis way, your scxil mavcd to lih^ca to live together, hoJd Ithaca Common Council that voted planned union cetemonies in anticipa Ixgishtor Linda Gamer-Goldstein, One thmg I notice when J raiic with IS forgotten. women is how much we long ro iind You nourish your soui by listening

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It is (hcqjcfidy die one you wanted), new fove widi ÂMÂ'sin downtieiwn WM...— J g—^,*«ina Fmfu^^JbrHlVcxpcmixt is avaiiabfe from New Yodc State Depart tknevlfaadcet^ AIDS, like Ufe itself, tends to be too irrôttant to protect diose tfaif^ tfaat ckMhes,tiew^hDes,anddsi9s fiAof some- Buffido thc cky before we left town. handxA c^KJor. &i May,Tom was ofikred laige to contam ki a column, a body, or ment of Healdt- call Rexhester Area Rqjônal Hodme at (716)423-8081, c» feed die soui Bnd WQ^ to stay ki touch dwg to db Pedie^ diat's why I came to The living ffooffihiaci a rustsoeisbrr» wc I stil kTve atid kx^ fentwatdt o autuma was a sexuaBy transmitted disease that (busmess lme) or (716)442-2200 V/TDD (hodme). ttie first stepu Lookk^ at your imerests rdcx:ated from Buf&lo to Syracuse, I used a few of tfaem abng with Lm- headed tow«rd Ui£iyt!» a^^ But even as I look forward to k and ex- was infallibly fatal." He^ng People with AJDS Jnc (HPA) P.O.Box 1543 Rochester NY t stfid passkns, what sparks your creativky, where I had accq>ted rny fitst teaching pcesskxast pants to cieate an cdcctic mix bmu)^ home die nioesrSiaOidê^ petKiioe k now, part of me is also reviving I remember lav^hing at the rime. I 14603-1543 is a non-profit, volunteer organization. HPA raises and distrib what Icings joy, wonder, and pleasure job at Homer H^ SchocJ about 20 that was homey and cosy, if notdik. tteewe the FaD of "89, and by so doing I ie' HJiySTD Coordination Pnyect ur tdatiotishq^ in its first year provided in our 1978 pumpkkvoiatigf? CUstTiobfe The austerity of thc pciiod was part of doki^'Thc air seems sriDcr, rK]w. Thc states that thc harder you try to hold Roch&fterArea Task Forrx on AJDS (HATTA) is a cdlection of agpndcs pro- As a kid, I looked forward to it all us with a sc4id foundation tiiat I stin fed Omega to the Betts Brandi Library for its ciutrn. Welived on just myp^wcfaedc. dogs rest easily at his feet, and ttic cat scMTicdikig, tiie quicker k s%« av^y. It vkimg a multiplidty of resources and services to die upstate New York com summer. As a gay boy in a small, blue svipporting us now. books, Valley Pool to swim, and tfae WecouUn'taOMdcsdicTVoraVCR. lingers in a diair looking at me. Wc arc becomes die wmd tiiat you ti>^ to gra^ munity. Their offices are located throt^ die Fingr Lakes HealA Systems collar, "jock" town, summer vacation Neatly every mcmcsry I iiave of that /^fei^tTin Vaft^ Piaza for gôccrks. But We had an 11-year-old car. Litde plea waiting. with your hand, only to find it gotie. A^cy, which also provides medical literature and newspaper dippings, as meant isolation and botrsdcwn. While tiie time is a happy one. We had had two other than tiiat, we stayed HOME. In sures were ail we could g^ve cxirsdves We arc wattkig fix many tiiir^ Wc arc Those who open thdr lives witfa lovc wdl as demographic and statistical data for use in devdopmg health carc ser other boys played baseball, basketball, roommates in Buffiilo, so tiie place wc October we went ^3ple pkkk^ ar .Saas^ —Hbrary books, popcotn, an occasktnal waiting for tiie tit August riight to bring and heart become like sails; and the vkes. Kdli McMidion, (716)461-3520. and fbcxbafl fyuckJ), I read Uttk Wimrt, found in Syracuse was really "our first ^W5!i^m La&ycttc and bou^t hc»nc fikn at Syracuse Univer^ (S2 a ticket). us a OMI btMith of life Wc arc waidng for breath ofthe spirit fills riicm to carry Greater RsichesierAJDS Inteffaith Network (GRAIN) pmvides lay and pro wrote poetty, and watched-î?J^ CA&A apartment*' It was tiie k)wer flat ofa '20s enou^ ^]plcs to keep us making apple Yet I was oompletdy h^3py and fiiiflfcd a son ki a ckstant dty to hang tfl his phone dicm home. ficssional care through hcaUng and memorial services; traming of friendly ikm (those were the days of PhiUip and era double house Jr had hardwood floors, crisp every niglit until Thanksgiving. for tlie first time ki tny life because I was so tiiat we may btir^5 him ricws about his In thc end, it is wc who do not un visitors for visiting homes, hospitals, hospices and prisons; information Tara—remember when Tara rhougfit ctimu'ood trim, and an oid fashioned Jf we had had any fiiends, our neariy in lovc with someone who was jiist as father. We are waiting for time to run about pastoral resources and advocacy on bebsdf of people effected by derstand nor care, who become the V, z m t"Bi'i""'>'i' down, for our emotions sweated dr^' to vkmris. Wc are blkvd tr) die rnadnesa, AIDS. (716)889-8050. ^--.-, _^ unfold, for tiie passs^ of angds, fbr the deaf to the cries of injustice. We rant Monroe Cômmunity CôUe^ msonxuvns -an AiO'S "B.trao\a3c«:ut VJA>T«C^ "\rv ift«c^ Leroy V. Good library, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd. 424-5200. oomirôfdawn. I amwaitir^fbrsome and rave agaiast tfae inccjuitics of cate, Monroe County Health Department, at 111 WestfaU Road in Henrietta, of sort of meaning about life to cxMne to me; research, tolerance and perception... fers testing and counsding for HIV and othcr sexually transmitted diseases. it never arrives. He is waitir^ for a shower but tell me, what has any of us really denied him for tiie past few ckys; and ttse done to change anything? 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H O U We ate both wakir^ fix the tnen fiom fcss against governmental gcncxnde P/anned Parenthood of Rachestetând Genesee Valley ofifers tcsririg and mfomia- the funeral home to arrive, to take his ••IIIT-nillV 1#B-7 \Ta apathy; and in the end, powerless tion (716)5462595. partner away, to ftnally free thc heart tmt LAKE FRONT PROPERTY agamst deadi in all its forms. But if Threshold Youth Centerptovide^ confidential testing for young people ages and the lox'c from its physical bounds, laiLT tkwu Fll FlEi iMMriii riizft •^. ; jn9LAKERD wc let go, and open our hearts to be 12-25. Fees on sikling scale, no GHedertied servke. Threshokl Center fi^rAl ONTARIO, NEW YORK "He was just that tjpe of guy " he con come thc canvas that others can fill ternative Youtfa Servkes, 80 St. Paul St. 454-7530. tinues. "He was always concerned about with thdr lives, to write m our drcams New York AIDS Ins^te Experimental Treatment IrôBne. 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-W: ^v.;^ .^'•i.'--: ^^l^-T. ?*• 'i^.-Vr* .^^.;^' hig^^htof whk^ wiaadie mesenta- *c M^^p^W^gW^to €m^ sen- tidn^tfce anpQ«ff*Sld{^^ Awards. to an original biucsy sotig called ^'For a must, but enjoyii^ making musk GAY GROUPS satiori%^hivfi»« Chorus members Aidx)i^htxaocoi» in icne> die tdbutes Bdn' a Woman." Tne pcrfiMmancc,*' with otiier women is. For more infor I • • , I • I • • i.f •• I . I T 1 — ——- feam A^ {deaf sign lai^;us^) to ac \(hich was hdd at Peoples Park in mation about dther singit^ with thc bctvf^ccn die dikd F^kkqr for j^riner jfimd Waeyne Ccxinty on Sqit. 24. Eaqserience a wete nonetfadess skiccte for aB tlie ways We wiB raft together for an afêsnoon company thcsingiiig of "Kumbaya.** that ChoRB niondieis hid assisted cnner Seneca FaBs, followed a community- groi^ or hdpuig witfa otganizational Dignity-Integrity the thkd Surxk}'fbr ImorKh Joki us fix^.. c]uaking bog, camiverous plants, and a of froUc on jet skis» saBmg and swim TteinddettistncDdbdki die officid tfae year. Since aO canodt be nanted, wide matdi dwou^ cown commemo- details, caB 473-7365. "Twenty Years Buikfing the Future" is gpod food, fdlowship and interestfeig bonsai effect on shrubbery. CaU Bob ming. Our meetings are held the sec histoty of GALA, tfae only mention tatk^the 75tfa birtfidsqr of tfae women's tfae theme for Dignity-Integrity's 20th conversaticxi. Contact Dave at 359-3337. suffice it to rmort that Davki Skkiner at 473-9384 to confirm. See you Out otid Thursday of every month ar 7 of A iqjodfic ctoorus m die cmite woric suffrage movement. On hand as key Lambda Car Oub anniversary cefebrarion. was piociakned *t]homc c>f tfae Year^' andAboud pjn. at tfae GAGV Community Ceiv- Lookii^^ ilip fimne, die teticat re fbr years of servke as tieasuter and tfaen note speaker was fimed National Ptess Seven Hriger Lakes Region rxiembers A variety of activities have been planned Omega Rainbow Boating Oub ter, 179 Atteitk Ave- viewed plana for die major events of as chairman. Cocps pctsonsfi^ Hden Thomas. It was traveled to Indianapolis in late July for dircx^îout the year. Hghl^rif^ these Our annual meeting wiB bc hdd on Thc Rambow Bofttk^ Chdb is ki the a forrrucbbfe afternoon of music, as **FuU Service Indiana," tfae national It was a grcat day to be on a boarf 1996» kicMng die Choms's trb to Rdiearsals for thc new year b^gin win be two special events. On Oct 7, a Sept 16 at 7:30 p.m. at die GAGV eady st!^^ of c^giMiiSBBtiofi. Thete is a TainpBi«3torkN^ iirîfy of ^ for Ac ski^/scK^;wcimr Bobbi CarmitchcD Lambda Car Ck^ Meet Two members Sept 5, and there is st9 time to join dinner dance will be held at the new Community Center, 179 Atlantk Ave. The outtrigbi^;^!! with a cpikk gatlier need Ibr additionfld mombdra wi& en and die accûmed Washington Sisters brought hemic awards fbr their cats, next GAIA îdieni^ a week-kM« tfae Chorus, ^fo audkions aic necessac)^ Mario's Restaurant. Tickets <:an be re We will be decmr^ tfae officers for ing and breakfiist befiore loading into ergy aild citgaiiksatidfisd 9kSs4 0>n- also performed kidudrgdiepccstiigîus *'Bcstc>f Shcrn^' cars fiar tfae ricfe into tfae Fingpr Lakes fosdvalîfcfaonises fiom aO over £e simfdy come to die rehearsal studfo at served by c^lir^ 482-8601. thc 1995-96 year at tfais time, Pfease sider hdping with shoresiefe support courHsy, ladKLm^^ Future performing dates to put on for die 1966 Thumferbitd convcrtibfe r^km to meet our host and skif^Tcr 6:30 p*m- on Tuesday evenings during On 0«x 8, a qjcdal anniversary liturgy call Ginny at 473-4765^ ifyou would as weB as enjoyif^ tfae boîêverus. your calerxlar ate Sqit 30 at tiie Riverskfc owned by our chapter president, Rob. for thc day. Once aboatd and com usud tfaree iTiain concerta, plus scnne September fbr voice {^ccmcnc Re will bc cdebraced at 5 pjn. at the Church bc interested in serving on tfae Boaixl Remember ~ you don't need a boat Convention Center for tiie armiKil "Din On Aug. 12, members and fiiends fortabfe, we got uncferway for thc vil smaller events, eg. an appearance on hearsals are hdd at the Downtown of St. Luke-St. Simon CyTene, 17 S. or to make a nomination for an office. to bc a member! Contact Joe ficwrmor e ing for DoUars" fundraiser, Oct. 21 at gathered at Rob's for a pcxd party and lage landing at ScTK^ca FaBs. The short die kist cvertif^ of tfae Rochester Les United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St We look forward to wd Bring ideas for foturc events! mfo at 271-4482. tfae Dryden Theater as RWCC sings pkiiic, ^leze the inatiy cldkjous cfiîes passage was a fMctutcsque ricfe tliroi^ bian and Gay FBm and Vkico Festival Rtzhugh St. Enter dirougb die office coming aU friends of D^;nity-Integrity for tfae Rochester premiere of the film proved diat car nuts can ccx>k, tcx>! Out and About thc natural kkesicfe liabitats for loons in October, wir^. Cafl thc Chorusline at 423-0650 —^ both oki and new—to ttiese events. Gay Men^s Chorus "Sister, Sister," and Dec. 16 for the Coming up on Sept 9 is a gîfi^ Cdebrate I^bor Day and the end of and herons. These pubfic events, however, are for more informarion. In conjunction with our odebtation we holiday performance with Rochester's sale with proceeds to benefit tfae club. summer on Sept. 4 with a picric on cxdy the t^j of die kebeig. To make all are also oflferir^ 20di anniversary T-shirts Our skipper nav^;aflDd the two-st^ By Daxtell Lanc% own trio, die '^Wikfecartis." Injune, tiie Cafl Terry at 546-8812 for detafls or Durand Beach, Call Davkl at 224-9067 riiis possible recjuires great amounts Women*s Chorus for sale. They will bc avaibble after lituigy kjck with ease. Wc tied \xp at the vfl The montfa of August marked tiic end women will join the Rochester Gay to donate items. for time and meeting place. of another successful program yeat of time spent on "administrivia," to Although summer is drawiiig to a evcty Sunday during tlie commg month lage dock in Seneca FaBs for a walking Men*s Chorus in performance as both The Lambda Car Club has been in Come see the laser light show at the for the Rochester Gay Men's Qiorus- adopt rile notable term contributed by dose, thc Rochester Women's Com- r%nity-lntcgpty/Rodiescer is a fiutfa tour of the Fustoric district A search of gro^Ts prepare for thdr long-anticipated vited to parricipate in the "Reels and H^ FaDs, and also a fiiB moon over die Mike McManus. So time had to be munitj'^ Chorus is certainly not cooling community which worships in the Main St mmed up a stote selling Ben FoOowing tiaditfon, the montfa con^ trips to Tampa, Fla. forthe GALA per VChcds" event on Sept 16 at the FaBs, on Sept 8. WeH meet and grab a spent at the retreat dealing with cvcr)- down! A pcjrtion ofthe chorus has been CathcJic and Episcopal traditions but and Jerry's. Yes, they are everywhere tained two môr events, tfae annual formance fesrival featuring over 5,000 George Eastman House. Highlights bite to eat first, and then head for tfae thing from fundraising to how to sell working hanJ all summer to prqiare for a wdcomes all tegardless of worship coo. We re-boardcd our boat, cooled retreat and THE party ofthe year, thc choristers from throughout North include a parade of classic cars down show. Cafl David at 224-9067 for rime tickets. (InddentaUy, if tfaerc are pec>ple late August pcrfomiance, while another tradition. Liturgy, followed by a social and refreshed for the ride back to the "Skipp/* Awards. America. East Avenue and motitxi pktures witfa and meeting place. who would like ro join the Chorus as group ofwomcn has been working hour, is cdebrated cver^' Sunday at 5 pjn. rnarina. We arrived at our dkxrk in rime 'Ihe retreat, an all-day affeir, provides Tlic makeup ofthe Rochesrer automotive riicmes pla)ing in the Joki us for c:anodng in Genesee VaDe)' "B Sharps*' — non-singing members hard on rhe c>rg:.ini:zarional aspcxts of at the Church of St. I-uke-St. Simon for a brief thunderstorm and cocktails time for a leisurdv look back and a time \X omen's Chorus represents a diversiry Dr)'den and Curtis Theatres. Patk CHI Sept 16. Canoe ixaital is $5 per — to help with st>mc ofthe behind- thc operation. NX'c havê also welcomed Cyrene, 17 S. Fitzhi^ St For more and snacks on board When the storm for ptennk^ &>r tiie fijtutc. Pat Moran, of talents, ages and lifest\']es. At last person. CaU Bob at 473-9384 for time the-scenes tasks, the)' are invited to morc than seven new women singers Additiona! displa)^ indude antique .» information please call 262-2170. passed we headed for the pool for a who has been a member of tfae Qiorus count we have women from Webster, and meering place. call the Chorusline at 423-06S() anc since our major performance in Îa\'. bicvdes, 1995 soap box derb)' winners, quick dip before going in for dinner. virtuaUy from thc beginnings and was Honeoye, V('a\Tie Count)', 1 lilton. Chili, Rochester in-line skate dub and Kodak Our next brurich social/piaririir^ rnect- leave their name and number.) On Aug. 26, RWCC perfomied a High Technology The day ended about 9 p.m. with the first person to walk onstage for Geneva and the Cit)' of Rochester. film NASCAR racecar. General ad ing is set for Sept 17 at noon at thc Once thc business ofthe retreat was concert of music endded 'Women *s If you'te interested in tedincdogy (com- fareweU to our host and a reshuffling the Chorus's first concert, rcflected on TTiere are women ranging in age from mission is $4 adult, 12 years and un GAGV Community Center, 179 At accomplished, thc way was clear ro Names and Voices," with a repertoire putcn^, audio, video, ham, radio, radio of drivers and passengers for thc ride some of thc hig^^ts of the past 12 16 to 50-something, and at least three der free, and $10 family maximum. lantic Ave. Come and meet your feDow celebrate the j'car in a gayer fashion^ ranging ftxxn 'Harriet Tubman," sung monitoring, etc.), consider joining us! back to Rochester. It was a delightful years. music majors and one admitted com Ran or shine. For more information (arid fernkime) Out and About inembers namdy by a P/\RTYI Gary Kddier and by I loUy Near and Ronnie Gilbert on The High Technology Group is a dy event that brouglit some new friends Certainly one was the triumphant poser. There are teachers, hosfatal work caU Lou at 436-9187. and siiare conversation and ideas. Ma>he John McIntjTc gcncrovBly opened their the Lifeline Album, to a rendition ot namic new group of gay men and les and some old friends together for a concert hdd in tine auditorium of thc ers, dergy, medical petsctfind and com you have a particular activity you'd like to home and garden for tfais event, tiic tiie jazz standard'Sweet GecMgia Brown," bians interested in the many aspects good time. Thanks again to our host Rochester Chamber of Commerce, puter experts. Musical experience isn't lead or a good idea for an acrivit>\ Sliare and valued member for providing the whidi had been fijrcod byjxiblk opmion of technology. them with us. See vou therd Well bring opportunity to see an area none ofus to rent its ^>aice to tfae GKHTUS after Many interesting gôup and individual die b^ds/ Please KS\'P Bob af 473^9384. Ifi' projects arc pJarincd for the future. We had visired before. havirig previous^'tcfijscci Anodher was Join us as wc cxplorc the remnants of meet monthly for dinner and an occa- Our next event wifl be the largest in Rocli^ter's appearance at thc 1986 . h siorval activity- Ovit: rocdongs a\tcmatc. an ancwint \sd^f£L ar ^-urich &og in central the brief history of Rainbow Boating. narional gatfaering of gay and lesbian

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Lyn Pezzulo Ms. Ed« Counselor for all emotional concerns bgether tve will create an Individual and couple therapy T environment that promotes Sliding Scale 594-5142 healing, provides supportfor explorin your personal journey and empowers 1«t, Xn«« titf Sundtoy - xrxyx7xy •%r.:^.:^:^^r2: you to nudce se^rpspec^g chokes. fram 2-4m mtm A Mora Uglit Church Personal Growth llMough SelKxpioi^ û ..»- Gay, lesbian and bisexual parseni air welcomed as partners in ministry. Richard Lenhard* MS, ED. *âvv -Tfu. wl;tit**^ > Ma Bd. 10:30 AM * Wbrship '"fiiTii"- Tr:'-"J NkKiday Island 3rd 7:30 PM Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Support Group CONSULTATION VISfT DiSCOUNTEO NatkmaBY€ei0Bad Cvenino & Soturdoy Individtial, CoupIeS/ GroupB ChM care-Wheekhair accessible - Looped forthe bearing impaired. Uppoln>i IXI il5 ovi.#Ci'i.>lft 442-7225 Sign LangiLiage ProlicieRl ^6)3854735 -r\VK .. yS. A -^ .\ A. .\ .\ .\ .\ ^fic'.v tVfpf'o >a yUrvC-^ • 'ônr,fq-% ..v\ >(.->- * Mseuxis /•••y-•TitfAiT .l. t-l Y r.'iiTyJUJt.* AjJL»iJL:XsXJA,\tiJAAtJ-\J. 26 Tbe En^ Closrt September 199S eWI isdniaiqsa i^wO ryde»3 ^T d£ September 1995 TSt EmpSf Ctuet 27

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Michad had galeae memofies of tfm mari^RJisitody^ Sfae never dy geta lEyvi& Hefp^nte leftdlhem to dae hnd of bitt the audienrc. Witfi the increasiag offers women a list of community re- his chikihood, of his femilân d fiiendsi point of tears, even tficM;^ fie alWays as tkne woic c», she dedble^lîN^ popiariiy ofcfa^ peciple fivjm« i wafts soutces for iise in crisis, c>r for obtaining and of all the paths he took in life. He seenned to watch ihimi Bui: we wcvi't cfo cciuldn*t have hini, tfiitf sht>ttw6^ StttBf Aaion tose fioai her pi3a)V fcacly c>f life fave bqgun tog^rfier in wbKaie eckicatk>nal and informative materid. has left tne, and Fm suic^ aB tfiosewh o that hete. I tnust sa^, tfiot^^ it Is txviy havt any crthcr. Tha^s whcii it hit her. for diedf^. Shechedaedherhabit; fir^ primarily gs7 estabfishments to ei^c^ Hieie is also a fisto f action suêsticxis knew him, with very fotid memories. She wouU have to beccxhe 9bf»m (>r what was once ccnridcicd cw^ a fikige thar could hdp to curb violence in our end up an okl makl, fflge ho-AIM Msiik Fve known Mkiiad foe 25 yeacs. For tfiis mttetal hi^ne. AB of us WIK> wetfc lf 5 tfiat time c>£ yc» ajÛa i^^ stnaft otf»de tfiat served as her private dement crf"^ scxk^. In the nkie years I fives, ie, *Tea^t#aiii;|ii3^^ burictious tfais rncwnir^ "Afl t^t, let^s have witnessed has managed to tran harassmetit at schcK)!, accept date rape as and laughter and inspired mc to gp on claim tfiat tficy were content, but how our adolescence and inncxrence, and Beautifol pecple headrg to beautiful WhaK i^îî;!^ îi^taom îoc eacit year The Gay Alfance Community Center memory and devdc^ped a friendship. next to her bed. Ever>^ day she would Aggie Dune; show coi^rdfinator Pandora impressed with the number of people work ofthe organization. nitdy easier tiyir^ to accommodate one look at tiie picmre and pray. She could and have now spread into the yard I can't needs: person at a time (though otic teenager Boxx, and Darienne Lake. Two sup who drove from Rexrhester to Buffalo For a copy of die m^, or to arrange almcist fed the cmcitkin said sacredness hdp but thii ik rfiat there is a veiy strot^ 1. Two four-drawer file cabinets can seem like a whole crowd at times). porting cast members are Ambrosia on a Sunday night to watch our enter for a WAVE speaker to address your The King of Kings that emanated from it. This picture of paralld between tfie flowers and Mkharfs 2. MacKiompatiblc computer (or To further uncorr^jkstte tfainga I let him Salad and Lady Jane. tainers. TTie performers themsdves group, or for information on the self Him became her divine inspiration. strong will for life. Michad was not a parts) — system 7. pick the destination, which is how I By L T.Benson TTiere are also shows heki petiodicafiy were happy to have all the support defetise course, write WAVE, P.O. Box once-in-a-lifctimc kind of person. Ifhe 3. llfes (or money fortiles ) for Com ended up in a large resort on a Florida Becoming a nun wasn't always what After that, devout was the only word at Qub Zei, 171 St Paul St Head For anyone who has never experi 15650, Rochester, N.Y. 14615-0650, touched somecne's life once he wodd mutiity Coiter kitchen floor. (Wc have a beach in July! she wanted in life. She never was very you could use to describe Sister Aaron. lining these shows are Jami Hue, who is enced a drag show, or for those who or can (716) 395 5509 after 5 p.m. bc there time after time, year after year volunteer to do the work.) sure about diat For Lisa, growing up She was devoted to her second grade the current Miss Syracuse, arid Veronica have not attended in a while, please stop — like his flowers. We may not see him So thcte I was on vacation surrounded in the'50s was all about sâpif^ Ccrfis I-ake Shows at Qub Zî have been held in and carch a show. I'm sure youTl be 4. 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aius^mliiatfs4^Jhtihfast30 'ôodoA Two n^g^ per wcdc; $6.50 per md k)ss: a rite of passs^ honorii^ yatd, faundty. Walkir^ dbtance to Cobbs amk smdttJarôBh ad^mud 10 words W Can the Gay Aiance at 244-864^ me many losses in women's Kves. Sat. Sendd^^tttmtgtmderwtdaiifpedor HI and Hiîbnd Rirks. S275 phK utili H<>t new muW-Jevdi men's bar O^Dr. RttJadeaidly,473-3050. nfittmigtii^^Bmpty Qoset, 179 Ai- ties, cafl 442-1055. AvailaWc Sept 1. ^cnir^ soc>n. Complete stafFnccded Dieani weavii^ cdtcles. Oi^c»ng /antisAfffi, IbdfiasrN. Y. 14607-1255. ™»fcre, W backs, bouncers, coat G^ tootmnam wanted Two to ™a*-ooctaaiIscrv^ Accapygpoups forwonwa New drde titsxc three-bedroom Eastside hcmse, otner fojrra^ Tte Empty CkMtnaaa^tonif ads andmalc dancers. Submit appl^Son aB amenities. Pet OK. Rent tiesoÂslc. m PO Box 1007, Downto^^,^ CaB 482-1853. wtishafsaemmpamibfanarteandône PERSONALS ?•.••'• ntimber NeidkrtidBbeptddubei htttwe Rochester NY 14603-9998. Afl teplies Gi^ nooie or ledbian to diate hocne confidentiaL I^« at GAGV piemen sihw brace in edectic Souhwedge widi two Icdbons, P6«timavail^ let widi casting of dasped hands and twodogs, twocat&&nokkigOK,no Weae^^ptrmesdads, bmthetsdmtiser mund charm engraved wirii name on mttstttsildsorbermPHboxmtrrrherorper' ^rfft Chonis seeks ptoducer for coor iHc^ cln^. Indudes cable, laundry fexit and September 10,1954 on back. sonaladdress. We ptiblisb perstmal ads from dinating non-muskal ndieaisal and con- feciliries, ofif street parking. $300 in Please caU Liz at (716)436-0888. cludes aB, Linck or Nancy, 442-4133. prisoners on a spaee-tmailabk basis, ^jtm ^ ^^'T'''^' *^ ^^"^ Ph<>nc, Bedi: Fvcbcen thinidiôfyoa Hope haveapnAktfewUbapenptidy ktasknm, 4.huikfers and Klirwons, loqgtcimk7vitigidadonshf>. LetKis widi 1254. not afiSliateci widi the book publisher. plus plain folk. SASE for info: BROS Nominations should bc accompanied PO Box 17931, Rochester NY 14617 photo answered fet Write to PO Box Roommate wantecL Motiioe/Ox- b\'a shcjrt statement saymg why the bcx>k 92314, Rochester NY 14692-0314. ford. Male/female, non-smoker, dn^ Cwntywkfe Houseworics, the small The foUcywing prisonets are is bdngfiommat3Qd Dcacffine NCJV. 30. repair specialists. Caqjenny, masonry, firoe, neat and clean, enÂjycd To share lonefy and would appreciate hear large lOOO-squarc-foot halfhouse. Send to John DeSands, Chair, GLB painting, interior-exterior, driveway ing from anyone who wiU write: Lai^ living rocxn, den, cat-in kitchen, Book Awatd Cottmuttcc, Dartmouth paling, landscaping, appliance repair, Ametican Indian, 24, seeks some two bedrooms, attic area for storage. CoB^ Libiary, HB 60Z5, Hanover forruture refinishing, dtywaB tepairs, cme special to share quiet times witfi. Air ccMiditicmed. OfiF-strect paiidng. NH 03755-3525- CaB (603)646-3605 furniturc rc-upholsteri!^. Insurccl; fi^ or fax (603)646-3702 Intcnict: 5*10", black eyes, olive sldn, wdl buBt, Secure. $250 indudes aB. Nfflce, 234- estimates. Ten years' experience. CaB enjoys outdoors, cjiet evenings in front 8954. Please leave message. [email protected] (315)483-0978. of fire, working out, meeting people, Housemate wanted to share half Volunieer fir dK Bxsopty Ooset. Wc Wood att wood c*aft. Creative, one- ate seddtig iqdoctccs, tevjewers, {rfiocc^ motorcydes, fishing, Wishes to find house with GWM smoker. East skfc of-a-kind furniture, practical wcxxi- someone to shate dicse times witfi. Webster. $225 phis. Available Sept. 1. raphers, word processors ^crosoft working ptojects, shelving and repairs. WiBit^ to tdocate. Free riiis monrii. Leave name and number, 244-9030. Woccl) and nia&ig volunteers. CaO Susan RTF trained Jeffrey, 458-4828, Robert Rkhatds, #29(^309, WO, 1-D- at 244-9030. RocMnmate wanted. Looking fiar Unicjue, sensual lesbian gteecing 125 PO Box 120, LdMnc3n, OH 45036. one or two non-smoking males. Spsce VofamteecB fieeded to aaff the Gs^ caids! Make those intimate moments Black gay male, 33,175 lbs., ff. I Source Info-line weekciay evenings at is available Sept 1 and Oct 1. Off a Btdc mcxe special and romantic Ftee am intdBgoii; attractive, witty, po&hccl^ strcet paiking is provided Rent is only • > the Gay AlIianceTcsdning provided. color catalogue. Send SASE: Person athletic, articuktc, md lovc to laugh. $260/month. Evciythiflg induded CaB Tanya at 244^8640. II Person Greetings, PO Box 1841 Lovc musk, nature. Looking for 'mtd' Cafl Kdth at 288-6351. Culnire/SubcuhuR. 12rms-4 Lomita, CA 90717. M^lcd disctccdy. Monday - Friday GALLERY in Sj^racusc seeks submis LO.O. are equipped to engage in mcaningEuL Top bcaxifd gay videom. THiIL VcnêK Breakfast l\/Ieetings sions for juried frfiotography competi Psychofheis^ and counseling for conversation and cultivate a meeting fixture aU-male videos for sale, list of 10 am-6 pm tion and show focusing on gays/lesbians. lesbians and gajTi. Indi\'iduals, couples of niincis, the test should cc)me iiaturaBy. tides avaBable by caBing 638-6191; ask Box Lunches Deadline Sqst 20, Prospectus and en and &milies. NYS certiiied social worker; Hease write to Mr. John Swinney, fi>r Tom. Must scB... rdocating. Afl Saturday 10 am - 4 pm try fonns avaBable by contacting 12 addiction, ACOA, relationship prob 186-906, PO Box 45699, LucasviBe tides — $10 each// -^^ Corporate Luncheons & Dinners rms- 4 GALLERY, 210 Bumet Ave^ lems. CaB 234-1930 fbr information/ OH 45699-0001. House forsale: 418 Carter St. Vkiyi Free Delivery Full Line of Catering Services Syracuse NY 13203, (315) 4724340. apix>intmcnt. Sliding fee available. White male, brown hair and eyes, sidir^. New doubfe pane windows, mod Ardsts can ^51% for SOS (Spedal Op Always wanted to sing? Try voice 5'W\ 180 lbs., 33. Would like to meet em Jotdien, comfoftahlelfvifigtDom, cozy portunity Stipend) grants from Arts 6c lessons with MicheUe Taylor, an expe white or Black male who stiB loves to fit»it sunporch, three bedrooms. Third & Take Out r ----COUPON---- Cultural Councfl for Gn^ter Rochester. rienced singer witti a dcgtre in vocal per have fon under thc sun! XX'lBie Dennis, bedroom is walk-in closet desened by S^^^ 831 South Clinton Ave. $50-S500. Deadline Sept. 29. SASE to formance. By combining both traditional #305 893, M.a.c.l, PO Box 740, Lon California Closets. Newly remodded SATURDAY SPECIAL Arts & Gidtural Council, 335 E, Main and non-rradirional methods, Michelle don OH 43140-0740. bathroom with Jacuzzi bathtub. Full size ^3^^^Gr Rochester, NY 14620 St., Suite 200, Rochester NY 14604. pays !^xxial attention to easing the fears ROOMMATES/ 2S!ac and basement One-car garage. Afl Bring a Friend to Lunch Must be resident for one year in Mon that keep so tnany of us silent^CaB HOUSEMATES ^^pitanoes plus washer and dryer induded. roe or local countJ^ 244^222 Housemate wantecL Nice town- Excdlent starter home. Price is $59,900. ]B^ (716)442-6572 CaB (716)342-2464. Buy I and Gei One of Equal Leatfaenfyioe seeks others of similar Body/musde rubs. Take time to home in dt)^ with g^y male smcicr and fax (716) 442-7818 orientation for social group. Novices rdax! Handsome, muscular, trim Italian two cats. Own bedroom with plenty City SE: Three bedroom, one bath of Lesser Value FREE. or aîcricnced. Playmates or friends. GWM wiU hdp you lose that stress. of ck>set ^>ace. Use of entire hcxne, $350 Victorian in popular Southwedge. Sciaring AM wdcsomc. ux; 620 Ptok Ave, Box Get rubbed the right way with my indudes laundry, cable TV, central air, ceffiiigs, wc>od fiocx^ newer khdieii, but- Catering Hotline: 442-8200 Valid Saturdays Only - Good ^ Sitdown 200, Rodiester NY 14607. skifled, strong hands. Four years expe private courtyard. AvailaUe Sept. 15. ler^s pantiy. WonderfiJ open fbor plan. CaB 546-6228. Pleasant fenced backyard, pcxch A show »nd Take Out Orden Only. HELPWANTED rience. Appointments available at my hotne c>r yout^ Rcasonsdsk: races. Treat Housemate wanted* Female, ncxi- stopper... must see. $74,900. Nancy Patt tiinc fsMdlitics manager. Re- CoBms, Associate Broker, Nothnag^ ^xinsbideB ktdxfe staffingcxsni^^ yourself or give as a g^ft to a ftiend or smoking. professional or grad student k>ver. CaB (716)235-6688 now! pfcfcrtcd to share quiet two-bedroom Realtors, 473-1320 (o); 377-2825 (h.) btaiyand^liittnboards; other t^ Women hdf house. Haidwcxxl fiocxs, beautifid

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I only know this: It is I wonder hcJw nq'fiiend has tetainod whidi I dioii^wastesoivedin tnyown •OMHl^lMjHb;' Jtm Op SStî ke^wmSBSammSvL 'jt»i* only siloice should remain. time to stop being a victim ofmy own the digpi^ he possesses. Suddenty, I look heart and mkid, diatof "beitig out." I •nvTV wluttcO «daE«Ml t Ri ftr i^^fS* vtei poweriessncss. I only know tiiis: It is at my hands and find that they are iwCaNtoGovl asft» MVM fpr load tlMM. AM. tic I wonder ifl can let go ofmy fear. I have been quhe convinced tf^t "out" wwiilBgfriiiia i»g __ have wcwfced with HIV/AIDS fi>r a kx^ time to teach our gay brothers and les denched into fists, witfi my thumbs is where to be. ^^dc«^ wirii countiess .Mki bian sisters, and straight fiiends, how tucked inside. This surprises mc, I re others, have insbted mat everybody ^m»)9m{ ririwn . _ exm ^mme^jotmrn. N»mn44pBB*BMr Mtetead riniiOiiiniiiMiiiTlii' WAM"^ QwdttXDIOriwwwrftfc S3ffi\ ISS •»tWM,A«»m huMttiiliilM w •wrtjt wl^Ht. âm. 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Share your good fortune safe portions have a êater re^xm^- affect me, tfaen I am part of a special in Hre enetgy continues to light if» your widi kxved ones. "ity to fight for thc cause. terest groi^ and I can no longer daim sigp. Your instinctive intuitkm is at one CAPRICORN: DECEMBER 22 But \(« are riot livii^ in''oooned terri- to be championing human ri^ts. ofits peaks for tfae test of tfae }car. Use -JANUARY 19 We are livit^ in a wotid ^Bt is on diis keen sense to lead you into new ad Sqxerrdia'is a busy month. You can cumrê^ Cott^»ritânoutper- INVOl RSI \HS ventures. Romance is one ofyour c^ accomplish what tfaree peofJe can. By i in 1990*$ Ametka to a Jewish peison tions. Sedc die attendon and affection nvd-Septeniber lernember to rdax with NaaiKxcupied Eurc^ is simply too now diat ycu truly destte. It k a\^dlab]e. fiiends. Tty out your new communica >ng a stretch. BY LAURIE TwDLiGHT VIRGO: AUGUST 23- tion skiOs. Also, take some quiet time I can lodk around and see all the dan- SEPTEMBER22 in October. You are gptting ready for sand aB the evils just like everyooe else, Septetnber horoscope Get to workl Just kidding, as youVe a new you to emetge. 19% will pleas I can certainly condone situational been akpgether too busy kttdy. Take time antly show off tfae work youV e done. fejT scMTie people, but I also fed tfae ARIES: MARCH 20 - APRIL 20 out to enjoy your soiar return (birdiday)! AQUARIUS: JANUARY 20 - It of firodom tising up fiom the Stiategizc, sodalize and hobnob with Abo, take dd^ht in )Our home. Irr^Hove- FEBRUARY 18 >ul ofthe eardi. I believe that each of comrades and significant otl^Ts, but do ments thcte reflect your inner devd Your wealth lies in friendshp this has a responsibilitj^to be as autfientic hoki lâck Sept 22 thnxj^ Oct 14 when opment of strength and your renewed season. Creative or {jayful pursuits with wc can be and to champion all hunian communications go from concise to acceptance oflove. Giving to yourself others are your key to happiness. Inbdlec- sts, not just those aliûxi with our own chaotk:. Refiain fiom makii^ definitive is most appropriate at this time. tually you are sharp t^tt now. Leamir^ jgpCRjps, ^X'hat of diCR>e who cannot hide plans or dedsions then. Instead go over new skills widi others could be fim. It your own ideas and bdicfe makir^ cer LIBRA: SEFHaÎBER 23- [their mdnority status? OCIX>BER22 also gives you a sense of your immense VCliik I defeiitdy s^pec with Viiginia cain you are CMI die riît padi. Then make Your inttovetted mood continue into and diverse atufoies. Show yoursdf off forward movement. [that nobody should be fueled liatdil) for Sqstember. But by October you are ready PISCES: FEBRUARY 19 - I choosing to remain in the doset, I dis- TAURUS: APRO. 21 - MAY 20 to ^le. Your natural talent with verbosity MARCH20 ' agree widi her judgment of tfaose who You're in die hot spot now. By Sq?t 7 and finessetake s on new meaning. Others Busbess matters are demaiKlir^ atten dioose to be out How can she say what the passiotiate planet Mars enters your arc exhilarated by your prowess and tion. Make sure your paper work, biDs, would have happened, for example, if tebtbnship dcMTiain. This fieryfJane t can diarm. Wririr^ may bc another way to iâl or financbl afiBurs are in ocder. Then St: Tlioinas Morc had apptoved of the stimulatic yT)ur appetite, dtawir^ out your captuie your intellect. Poetry or short you can have special time with a loved divorce and remained in his posidon? sensuous nature. Frolic with a loved stories could be a talent ready for you one. Intimate communication brings The very foct that wc arc discussir^ him one, yet beware of this planet's effect to discover. greater doseness with fiimilyo f ^ledal means that his actions had some impact on heating up tempers as well. IjCt go SCORPIO: OCTOBER 23 - fiiends. Afcw ycxirsdf to fed leaBy loved. he not have been answerir^ a call ofany grudges and have ftm instead. • I NOVEMBER 22 Ttavd or educational punsuks ate pofisibie: rt that none ofus ccxild hear? ! bdieve that GEMINI: MAY 21 - JIJNE 20 Good news finandaHy.Yo u have pow Lattrie TttiUgpt is a 19yem pnfessional those o f us who Ar for causes can fcam a Rektionship posssbOities are in die £ur. erful aspects for uncovering wealiinL. A haernatkmaUy knoam aOroio^ mi co$msâr. gteat deal fiom those who die for thera Ncwv tlie only problem is for you to bnr^ business venture could be quite prof She can hdp n'ithjoia'^*s qnesôns contxmit^ Each of us needs to decide for our this opportunity down to earth. Conie itable all faB. 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