VOLUME NINE, NO. 10—May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—Issue 204 FREE

Give the People Light and they will find their own way. V The Wisconsin Light Tom Ament Appoints Gerard Randall as Salk HIV Vaccine Trial Begins Milwaukee County ARCW Secures Treatment Vaccine for Wisconsin LBGT Liaison Milwaukee—For years the By Sue Burke AIDS community across the For Gerard Randall, his new task as liaison country has anxiously awaited for Milwaukee County Executive Tom Ament the chance to seriously test for the Lesbian and Gay community is a vaccines to prevent and treat "natural extension" of his current job, which HIV disease. Everybody's is community relations counsel to the county hopes and prayers have focused executive. on an HIV vaccine. As liaison, he said, "the most important The announcement this week thing is to be a voice to the exec for some of by the AIDS Resource Center the concerns the Gay and Lesbian community of Wisconsin (ARCW) that it may have that the county has some ability to had secured the Salk vaccine affect." for Wisconsin made hope into His current job as community relations reality. counsel "deals with community groups that On May 151, screening and feel the county has a particular role to play," enrollment officially began in Randall said. These could be community- Wisconsin for the largest clini- based organizations such as neighborhood cal trial of a treatment vaccine groups, or arts groups or education groups. in the history of the AIDS epi- Issues can include health, welfare, the Sher- demic. ARCW has been ini- iff's Department, and recreation. tially awarded 50 slots in the Most recently, Randall has been working important national trial and with organizations that will have some re- early indications are that en- sponsibility for implementation of the "W-2" rollment will be quick and that state welfare reform program. Last summer Wisconsin may gain more he helped diffuse tensions in Washington Park slots. over use of the pool. "Enthusiasm for the vaccine "We wanted to make sure everyone was among physicians and the HIV able to use the park safely and happily. I community is extremely high," made sure everyone was at least aware of the said ARCW Executive Director county exec's desire to make sure the parks Jean-Claude Van Danune stars in and makes his directorial debut with "The Quest," the story of a man who is swept away on an Doug Nelsbn. "We worked were safe, clean, and above all hospitable," adventure of spiritual awakening. The film is now playing in theatres everywhere. hard to get this trial and we are he said. "Those are some of the things that proud to be able to offer it." crop up from time to time that I might deal Nelson emphasized that the vaccine is a with . " Wisconsin Finally Wins Hard-Fought Battle treatment vaccine, not a prevention vaccine. The recommendation for a county Lesbian The vaccine is intended to utilize inactive HIV and Gay community liaison, similar to the for Ryan White CARE Act Funding Equity to stimulate a strong immune response that role Marge Biel plays in Milwaukee Mayor suppresses active HIV. The goal of this treat- John Norquist's office, came from the Gay- Milwaukee—It took two years, it galva- Nelson's elation was almost an understate- ment vaccine is to delay or prevent progres- Lesbian Work Group of the County Commis- nized the AIDS community in the Midwest, ment given the intense opposition that ARCW sion of HIV infection to AIDS, with a strong, sion on Aging. Members of the group spent and it was the mother of all turf battles! encountered from the powerful AIDS commu- natural immune response to keep HIV under six months studying the needs of Lesbian and But, with rapid fire votes in the US House nities in San Francisco, New York and other control. Gay senior citizens and how well the county of Representatives and US Senate last week, major cities. In other words, if you are not now infected was meeting those needs. the highly contentious Ryan White CARE Act It was nearly two years that ARCW cre- with HIV, this vaccine will not prevent you In addition to suggesting the creation of a was well on its way to the President's desk for ated the national Campaign for Fairness to from getting it. liaison, the work group also recommended signing and Wisconsin AIDS advocates were fight the most difficult of fights—a funding However, if you are HIV-infected, the vac- sensitivity training for county employees. on cloud nine. formula change to the CARE Act that would cine is a new treatment that may delay the on- "Tom (Ament) had always been responsi- The bill passed the house on a 402 to 4 vote equitably distribute AIDS funds which meant set of AIDS. ble to the Gay and Lesbian community," said and one day later, passed the Senate unani- a reduction to the largest cities in the country. Dr. Brian Buggy, who chairs ARCW's Wis- Ery Uecker, a member of the work group. He mously. Washington sources tell Wisconsin "I had no idea that the innocent principle of consin AIDS Research Consortium, said re- was pleased that Ament assigned Randall to Light that signing by the President is immi- equity would enrage big city AIDS advocates," search on the vaccine approach to slowing dis- the job within weeks of receiving the recom- nent. Nelson said. "By the same token, I was sur- ease progression is crucial. mendation. "I can't believe we finally won," said Doug prised by how our advocacy galvanized rookie "From a scientific viewpoint this is going to Randall invited groups and individuals who Nelson, Executive Director of the AIDS Re- AIDS advocates in smaller communities and be the largest and the most important vaccine have suggestions for how the county could source Center of Wisconsin (ARCW). "It's a states throughout the country who have long trial in the country," he said. "If a treatment improve its role in their lives to call him at huge victory that will generate more than $3 been denied fair funding from the CARE Act." vaccine is going to work, this is the study that the county executive's office, 278-4211. He million in additional AIDS funding to Wiscon- Conference Committee will define it." said he has done no formal work with the sin over the next few years because we perse- Compromise Dr. Buggy reported that enrollment in the Lesbian and Gay community yet and has no vered in our fight for the principle of equity." For many months the Ryan White CARE Act trial will be easiest in communities where was stalled in a House/Senate Conference there are physician members of the Wisconsin Committee where congressional members AIDS Research Consortium. These communi- ARCW/MAP to Be Major PrideFest Sponsor were reluctant to make final decisions on the ties include: Milwaukee, Racine/Kenosha, formula battle. Madison, Green Bay and Eau Claire. MAPFest Ends With Increased PrideFest Investment The US Senate had passed the CARE Act In addition to his work with ARCW's re- with the ARCW-led equity principles well search program, Dr. Buggy is a Clinical Pro- Milwaukee—The AIDS Resource Center of Transgender community is best expressed established, and the US House had passed the fessor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin (ARCW) made a difficult decision through a much greater and long-term invest- CARE Act without them, with a formula that Wisconsin and is a Milwaukee-based infec- this week that will make PrideFest officials ment in the success of PrideFest," Nelson TURN TO tious disease practitioner active in AIDS care. very happy and will be disappointing to some said. RYAN WHITE, PAGE 23 TURN TO SALK VACCINE, MAPFest loyalists. MAP will also produce AIDS prevention PAGE 23 Confronting the reality of declining demonstrations on the stage in the Stonewall MAPFest attendance in recent years and the Tent and will provide volunteers to work the "Light's" New Spotlight Section Makes Its increasing cost of MAP's original fundraising bar in the Proud Crowd Dance Tent. An event, ARCW chose to end MAPFest's 10 ARCW float will be in the Pride Parade and Debut With This Issue year run and, at the same time, make a major Walk Wisconsin will again have an offi- AIDS Milwaukee—There is financial and volunteer investment in something new in Wisconsin Light Publisher, Jerry cial headquarters at PrideFest for the pre- the paper. Johnson, PrideFest. registration of walkers. sees the new addition as part of his continu- The Wisconsin Light's new entertainment The decision will no doubt be an important Cook, Co-Director of PrideFest, was ing effort to keep Light's readers informed. Susan section, "The Spotlight," makes shot in the arm to PrideFest as it works to it debut in "We have established The Spotlight so that enthusiastic about ARCW's decision to com- this issue. build the summer festival for the bine its efforts into PrideFest rather than con- Wisconsin Light can offer a complete array • The Spotlight, will feature a complete Les/Bi/Gay/Trans community to hold a separate event. of news and features about Wisconsin's tinue review of entertainment, special ARCW announced that it will be a "long- for ARCW and events, fund Les/13i/Gay community," Johnson said. "The "MAPFest was one way raisers and more! term major sponsor" of PrideFest. This year, it MAP to reach out to the Gay and Lesbian response we have received has been very en- • Each issue of The Spotlight will include will sponsor the PrideFest Laser Light Show community, but now they can reach out to couraging." plenty of pictures from your favorite and the Harvey Milk Stage. According to concentrating being part of Gay "The Spotlight will have it all," said Spot- more people by on and Lesbian clubs. ARCW sources, these sponsorships will be a PrideFest," said Cook. "We are always look- light Editor, Bill Meunier. "There's even go- • There is a new and larger typeface to significant increase in its financial investment for new partnerships and I think this part- ing to be reviews of the "hottest" videos out ing separate the Spotlight section in PrideFest. strengthen in the from the there, the kind where thighs are a force of nership will continue to "hard" news. In addition, ARCW and MAP volunteers years to come." nature and bodies are a work of art." • In addition, there will be feature articles will be available in greater numbers to help MAPFest began 10 years ago as the first Meunier and Johnson have been planning on entertainment and recreation support PrideFest. challenges of what was in the The Spotlight since around the first of the fundraiser to meet the Les/B i/G ay/Trans community; "We all loved MAPFest and it served MAP epidemic called AIDS. The volun- year, but they call it "a work in progress." then a new • A calendar you can use; and the community well for 10 years. But The Spotlight will continue to evolve, Me- teers who produced the event for the first time • Movie and video reviews; times change and PrideFest is now the great- unier said, as we get reader reaction to its in 1985, loyally continued to work on the • Listings of special events est and most important celebration of our and shows; features, layout and columns. It is expected event and were joined by many hard working • News from the bars; community," said Doug Nelson, ARCW Ex- to grow in size and scope in the coming volunteers through the years. • Profiles of ecutive Director. people and organizations in months. Ronnie Marks, a founder of MAPFest and our community; "We want to help make PrideFest the best in Check it out and see who and what is in the one of its most hard working volunteers ex- • And a sports the country," Nelson said. "Our commitment round up. Spotlight in this issue! TURN TO All this and and thanks to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and MAPFEST, PAGE 23 more! May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-2 Gays Rally in South Carolina News Briefs Columbia, SC-AP-The site may not have been South Carolina's Statehouse, but Clinton ad- ministration official Roberta Achtenberg stirred up political passions at the Gay and Lesbian Utah Student Leaders Approve Gay Club Pride March on Saturday, April 27th. Achtenberg, a former assistant secretary at the federal Housing and Urban Development agency, told about 5,000 ralliers that Gays and Lesbians Salt Lake City, UT-AP-Student leaders at Westminster College have approved a Gay club. must assert themselves at the ballot box. "If we don't, then the right wing, like a pack of dogs, The student senate voted to approve the constitution for Westminster Pride: A Gay, Lesbian will chase us home and break down our doors," said Achtenberg. and Bisexual Club. There were no negative votes and two abstentions. "This is a major step The Riverfront Park, normally a haven for joggers, strollers and dog walkers, was decorated forward for Gay rights. It's nice to see this happen, in light of the state attacking our rights," with vivid colored balloons and booths selling jewelry, buttons, stickers and T-shirts. A North said Jason Weaver, a freshman who helped organize Westminster's club and also was an or- Carolina group was selling shirts with a large stop sign and the slogan "Stop Helms," referring ganizer of the effort to form a Gay-straight alliance at East High School. to U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms', R-N.C., re-election campaign this fall. The Salt Lake School Board voted to ban all non-curriculum clubs rather than allow such a Members of the North Carolina Mobilization '96 were going through the crowd with voter club to form, and the Legislature two weeks ago passed a measure to prohibits clubs dealing registration forms. with human sexuality. Also speaking at the rally were Bob Bernstein, author of Straight Parents/Gay Children, Weaver said the club, which is open to any Westminster student and "other interested par- and Chastity Bono, daughter of 1960s pop stars Sonny and Cher. ties," already has 12 to 15 unofficial members, a mix of students and faculty. The adviser is For five years, Ms. Bono denied rumors she was a Lesbian until finally announcing it last Charles Kizzire, an accounts-payable clerk for the college. year in The Advocate. She said her father, U.S. Rep. Sonny Bono, (R-CA), was as under- The club, which meets every Tuesday, has existed since the school year began but wanted of- standing as could be. ficial club status for the sake of legitimacy and to get student activity funding. Her mother, she said, was a different story. "That had more to do with her being the last in Former Lover Files Palimony Suit Against Pianist the family to know than with my decision," Ms. Bono said. "In about a week, she was OK." Ms. Bono told the crowd her story of losing a lover to AIDS and how she could no longer live Fort Worth, TX-AP- A former lover has sued pianist Van Clibum for palimony, seeking behind a curtain by hiding that she was a Lesbian. She urged everyone not to keep their lives millions in cash and property and alleging that Clibum exposed him to the AIDS virus during a secret. 17-year sexual relationship. Thomas E. Zaremba, 48, a former member of the board of the Van Clibum Foundation, brought the suit in a court in Tarrant County that normally handles di- Male Life Expectancy Down in New York vorces. New York, NY-AP- For the first time this century the average life expectancy for males "This has been absolutely a shocking surprise to me this afternoon," Cliburn, 61, told the born in New York City has begun to decline, a trend that is blamed mainly on the AIDS epi- Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Cliburn's lawyer, Dee Kelly, said the claims are false and were an demic, according to The New York Times. It said that city Department of Health figures show attempt at extortion. "Van Clibum categorically denies the charges," Kelly said. that the average male life expectancy was 68 in 1990, after peaking at 68.5 years in 1980. The Zaremba is represented by attorney Mike McCurley, who represented tennis player Martina nationwide life expectancy in 1990 was 71.8 years. Navratilova as the defendant in similar litigation four years .ago. McCurley said Zaremba met The figure had steadily risen each decade in New York since measurement began in 1901. At Cliburn in 1968 and the two became lovers in 1977. The lawyer described the relationship as that time, the average male life span in the city was 40.6 years. "akin to a common-law marriage" and said it broke up two years ago. The decline in life span doesn't mean that New York men are dying younger, but that AIDS McCurley said Zaremba does not have the AIDS virus and that he had no reason to believe has become so pervasive it is affecting the statistical chances of men under 40 to make it to old that Cliburn has HIV. But he accused the pianist of having sex with other people who were age. The disease is the city's third largest killer of men, the Times said. Most victims are in HIV-positive during his relationship with Zaremba. their 30's. Clibum said he has not been tested for HIV and does not have AIDS. Zaremba, who teaches mortuary science at Wayne State University in Detroit, declined to Studying New AIDS Drug comment when reached at his home in a Detroit suburb. Thailand Although the exact total had not been determined, Zaremba will seek "multiple millions" of Bangkok, Thailand-AP- Thailand's Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to dollars in cash and property, McCurley said. He contended the pair agreed to share Cliburn's approve the use of Ritonavir, one of several new drugs to inhibit the growth of HIV, the virus income in exchange for Zaremba providing services as a business and personal consultant, the that causes AIDS. Local medical authorities attended a seminar where the drug's maker, Abbott lawsuit contends. Laboratories of the United States, provided details of research and experiments. Cliburn rose to fame in 1958 at 23 when he won the Tchaikovsky International Music Com- More than 800,000 people in Thailand are suspected to be infected with the HIV virus. petition in Moscow. He toured for the next 20 years, but suffered from stage fright. He left the "Even though this medicine, Ritonavir, will not be able to cure AIDS completely, it gives stage in 1978 after earning a fortune but returned to touring on a reduced schedule two years patients a very high hope to have a better quality of life," said Professor Praphan Phanupak, di- later. rector of the Thai Red Cross Society. The drug, which has the brand name Norvir, is a so-called protease inhibitor, a relatively Drug Makers Warn Not To Combine AIDS Drugs new type of medicine to battle HIV. "Protease inhibitors ... block the action of an enzyme in- Trenton, NJ-AP- Warning AIDS patients not to combine two newly approved drugs, two volved in the fmal processing of the AIDS virus," a news release from Abbott Laboratories pharmaceutical companies said they are beginning tests to determine the safest dose of the said. "By blocking protease activity, protease inhibitors prevent production of infectious viral combination. Saquinavir is made by Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. of Nutley, N.J. which sells it un- particles." der the brand name Invirase. The Food and Drug Administration approved its sale in Decem- Ritonavir was approved for sale by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in early March. It ber. Ritonavir is made by Abbott Laboratories of North Chicago, Ill., and sold under the brand was the second protease inhibitor to be approved. The FDA approved Saquinavir, also known name Norvir. It was approved in March. Both medicines are protease inhibitors, a new class of as Invirase and made by Hoffman-La Roche, last December. In mid-March, a third protease in- drugs that target an enzyme called protease needed in the reproduction of the AIDS virus. hibitor, Crixivan, made by Merck and Co., also received approval. "People are experimenting with the full dose of both drugs, not knowing the danger or what It is not known when Thailand's FDA will approve Ritonavir. It had been expected to ap- the optimal dosage is," said AIDS activist Jules Levin, founder of the National AIDS Treatment prove Saquinavir this month, but the process has been delayed for technical reasons, a report in Advocacy Project in New York, on Tuesday. the Bangkok Post said. "There have been some very negative experiences with this combination," he said, including a couple of Philadelphia patients who were hospitalized after bad reactions to the full dose of both drugs. Crixivan Affordability Increased by Hoffmann-LaRoche spokesman Daniel Berman said his company and Abbott have notified dozens of AIDS specialists who worked on human tests of the medicines against combining Pittsburgh Pharmacy for Cash Patients them until the new tests determine the safe dosage. Preliminary results are to be reported at the 11th International Conference on AIDS in Vancouver July 7-12. Pittsburgh, PA— In response to community manufacturing facilities. Two weeks after ritonavir was approved, FDA cleared a third protease inhibitor made by concerns regarding cash-paying clients who If therapy with Crixivan is interrupted, its difficulty affording the newly- Merck & Co. of Whitehouse Station, N.J. Indinavir, selling under the brand name Crixivan, might have antiviral activity may be diminished, which protease inhibitor, Crixivan, appears to obliterate most of the HIV virus in a patient's blood, although the deadly virus lurks approved AIDS may decrease its ability to fight HIV. A suggested use of a elsewhere in the body. Stadtlanders Pharmacy has centralized inventory and distribution method operated by All three drugs cost several thousand dollars per year. discount drug card program became the best solution to provide the Community Prescription Service (CPS). broadest and quickest access possible. Dole's Campaign Runs Ad in Gay Paper With this card, people who pay cash for The temporary program will end as soon as medications receive a deep discount from Washington, DC-AP- The group running Bob Dole's local campaign for next week's District supplies are sufficient to meet demand. At over 30,000 participating pharmacies, - that time, Crixivan will be made available of Columbia primary has taken out a half-page ad in the Washington Blade. The ad urges including Stadtlanders. People who use the "Republicans for a strong and united Republican Party, vote Bob Dole for president on May through retail pharmacies, wholesalers, card when purchasing Crixivan from hospitals and other sources. 7." The $425 ad was paid for by the Bob Dole Delegate Committee, which is running Dole's Stadtlanders Pharmacy will save campaign in the nation's capital and operates independently of the main Dole campaign. Stadtlanders Pharmacy is tracking, counting approximately 20% from the retail price of and sending each prescription from its "Why not?" said D.C. Republican Committee chairwoman and Dole delegate Julie Finley, the drug. who Pennsylvania facility through a confidential coordinated the advertising campaign. "It's just another publication. It's a newspaper and According to Stadtlanders Executive Vice it has readership and people who read it support Bob Dole." and easy-to-use distribution program, as well President of Sales and Marketing, Lisa as monitoring on a month-to-month basis Dole campaign spokesman Nelson Warfield said the national campaign had no control over Fischetti, "Stadtlanders adheres to contract the placing of the ad in the Blade. "This group isn't controlled by Bob Dole, it's independent of whether patients are continuing on therapy as pricing with thousands of third-party parrs prescribed. the campaign," Warfield said. "There are probably plenty of Blade readers who are fed up on a national basis. with Bill Clinton's broken promises," Warfield said. "And we're not going to second-guess the Stadtlanders is contacting prescribers for The CPS discount prescription card entitles refills, and offering patients 24-hour local group who independently placed these ads." cash paying clients to take advantage of a Blade senior editor Lisa Keen was skeptical. "I suppose if somebody had checked in with pharmacist availability for urgent medication similar contract pricing arrangement." issues. In addition, it is notifying each the national campaign, they might have had some strong feelings about the placement of the According to Fischetti, over 5,000 people ad," Keen said. customer's regular pharmacy that they have have received Crixivan from Stadtlanders begun therapy with Crixivan, so the regular Canada Moves to Approve Gay Rights since the temporary distribution program for pharmacy can maintain a complete the medication began four weeks ago. Ottawa, Canada-AP- The campaign for Gay medication profile for monitoring of side civil rights received a boost in Canada's House Beginning Monday, April 29th, Stadtlanders of Commons when lawmakers gave preliminary effects and potential drug interactions approval to a bill that would ban discrimina- will inform all individuals who are paying tion against Lesbians and Gay men. between Crixivan and other medications cash for Crixivan of the availability of the The government-sponsored bill passed 178-53 and now goes obtained through the regular pharmacy. to a committee for review for a CPS discount card. The card is available at final vote in the House. According to Stadtlanders president and an annual cost of $18, payable to CPS. Prime Minister Jean Chretien, anticipating a revolt from some members of his CEO, Gregg Perelman, "It is the support and Liberal Party, If the individual chooses to purchase the allowed lawmakers to vote their conscience instead of the party line. Twenty-three understanding of the HIV-impacted lawmakers card to take advantage of these savings, from Chretien's Liberal Party voted against the bill. community, individual patients, community Stadtlanders will take the application for the The legislation is expected to be approved when it comes up for a fmal vote in its third pharmacists, prescribers, insurers...everyone reading. card on CPS' behalf. Individuals can also get together, that truly is making a program of the discount card by calling CPS directly at 1- this special nature possible." A Good Dose of Money Hides Prejudice 800-842-0502. Founded in 1987, Stadtlanders Pharmacy is In addition, for individuals without Asheville, NC-AP- A high school band will not be allowed to participate in a parade staged a nationwide provider of disease-specific insurance who paid cash for Crixivan prior to for a movie because the march supports Gay civil rights. The movie comedy My Fellow pharmaceutical care to individuals living with April 29th, Stadtlanders has volunteered to Americans, starring Jack Lemmon and James Gamer, will be shot in Asheville and other HIV/AIDS, transplant recipients, and other retroactively credit their accounts for the Western North Carolina locations in May and June. North Buncombe High School officials with specialized or complex medication discount if they provide Stadtlanders with considered letting the band march before declining. . needs. The company has a very long history their CPS card number by May 29th. "Something this controversial... I just felt like it would divide the community," said Principal of support for the 111V-impacted community, Crixivan is a potent inhibitor of the HIV Rodney Mangum. from providing LIFETIMES2 magazine free protease enzyme that is critical to the The filmmakers initially offered his school's band $10,000 for a 100-member band, then of charge to subscribers across the country to replication of the virus that causes AIDS. dropped the offer to $4,000 for 40 band members, Mangum said. The altered offer, along with want information on living well with HIV, to Stadtlanders is the primary distributor of the mixed reaction from parents, led him to back away from the offer, he said. hosting symposiums on HIV and nutrition. In drug as part of a temporary distribution The parade scene has been scheduled to be filmed May 20 in downtown Asheville. 1994, Stadtlanders underwrote all costs program put in place by Merck & Company, Reynolds High School, however, will march in the parade. associated with the mile-long Raise The Inc., the manufacturer of Crixivan. "We'll be dressed in regular band uniforms and not in any way, shape or form advocating Rainbow flag, which appeared in the The temporary distribution program is anything," said David Perkins, president of Reynolds High School's Band Parents Association. Stonewall 25 March on the United Nations designed to ensure that all patients who begin Perkins said parents talked about the movie scene and decided to allow the marching band to and raised funds to support AIDS services therapy with Crixivan can continue without participate after hearing about all the money. The movie has offered to pay the band $10,000, nationwide. interruption, until expanded supplies of the or $100 for each member of a 100-piece marching band, Perkins said. The band group has not medication are available yet signed a contract, he said. from new May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-3 so to AR Performers, Authors and Speakers on Six Exciting Stages...

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CREAM v CI TV ARCW FOUNDATION Ale' 1 C A I DS RESOURCE CENTER Milwaukee's Other Newspaper OF WI SCONS IN. I NC. MILLER BREWING COMPANY May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-4 provided important opportunities from libraries, and using the law to enforce religious charge provision also officials to work closely based belief systems has nothing to do with for education and for elected professional, and medical "protecting" anyone, it is all about power and control. with community, veteran, Speaking From the Right If the religious and radical right cared about any of organizations. of the Ryan White us, there are lots of things they could do to make all of Finally, the reauthorization completed this week Many Frivolous Lawsuits Dominate a Legal System our lives better. Instead of worrying about what adult CARE Act should be that reauthorization movies we watch or books we read, or who we love, AIDS activists had been concerned committee. In the they could do something about cleaning up the real was hopelessly stalled in conference in Desperate Need of Reform held up, not by partisan messes in life. Of course, doing something truly end, this reauthorization was debates over the formulas to be used to Commentary by Jim McFarland liability reform (due to filibusters by Senate meaningful is work, and not nearly as much fun as issues, but by Where else but in America can a criminal Democrats), and President Clinton vetoed complaining, nor is it nearly as good for raising disburse funds. successful completion of reauthorization insures be awarded $43 million for accosting some- even that. money. The HIV care and education programs will one with a weapon, attempting to rob him, There are two major causes of lawsuit You can hardly blame pornography for domestic that valuable available for Americans affected by and then getting shot by the victim as a re- abuse today: (1) Americans are not willing to violence, youth crimes, unwed mothers, the high continue to be least the next five years. sult? While Bernhard Goetz will never be a take responsibility for their own mistakes, divorce rate, gangs, organized crime, drugs, school HIV disease for at a republican led Congress has poster boy for the legal reform movement, his and always need to find someone else to dropouts, unemployment and underemployment, or Just look at what compassion. concern, and com- case is just yet another example of the abuses blame, and (2) juries and liberal judges have unrealistic expectations. done. it has shown the HIV epidemic and to preserv- of the American legal system. increasingly turned to the judiciary system as It is so easy for the radical right to blame all of mitment to fighting American citizens affected by How about the case in which a criminal a means to redistribute wealth. society's problems on pornography, gays and lesbians, ing the quality of life of broke into someone's house, was shot by the It is bad enough when elected legislatures abortion, or teenagers seeing dirty pictures on the HIV disease. Gunderson (R-WI) homeowner, and then sued the homeowner? choose to abuse governmental power in the Internet These are all emotional targets to take our Rep. Steve And everyone has heard about the woman name of "redistribution of wealth". It is minds off the real facts. These things are simply ploys Washington, D.C. who drove with a cup of McDonald's coffee downright obscene when unelected judges to manipulate those who don't know any better. They between her legs. and juries do the same. But instead of redis- have only one real game, power and control. The plaintiff's attorneys (a/k/a the tributing wealth, these judges and juries are The radical right hides behind the Bible, and Deadlines "ambulance chasers") always pull out merely increasing costs for consumers and window dresses their hate with the love of Jesus. They Copy deadline for the May 23" is- trumped up studies to show that there has costing workers their livelihoods, as compa- use the good things of religion and faith to cloak their sue (the Pride Issue) is May 17th. been no litigation explosion and that the av- real agenda and to try to convince you and I to nies are either forced to increase prices to Ad deadline for the May 23rd issue erage jury award is not excessive cover the cost of skyrocketing liability insur- swallow it whole, unthinking and uncomprehending. (Disraeli once said there are three kinds of ance, or go out of business, laying off their They know you won't remember that Adolph Hitler is May 2151. lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics). employees. was big on "family values" too! Copy deadline for the June 6th is- What they fail to mention, and what most The only people who are really benefiting And those of you who have no use for adult sue is May 30. people do not know about, is what happens from this situation are the plaintiffs' attor- materials, keep in mind that is only their first step. Ad deadline for the June 6th issue before a case is even brought before a jury. It neys. When they get around to taking away what you do is known as the "strike suit" in which a per- TURN TO LAWSUITS, PAGE 23 care about, there will be no one else left to stand up for is June 4th son files a bogus claim against a corporation you. knowing that the corporation will likely settle To paraphrase history, "When they came for the Give the People Light and they in order to avoid the significant legal fees it Letters Jews, I did not stand up because I was not a Jew; when would incur in winning. they came for the homosexuals I did not stand up will find their own way. Here are some examples of claims which because I was not a homosexual; when they came for were filed against my company on properties Pornography Is Not the communists, I did not stand up because...; when it holds for investment: a woman was paid they came for the trade unionists...and when they came The $2858 after she tripped on a stray bark chip Linked to Violence for me, there was no one left to stand up." on a ramp to her building (this was our TO THE EDITOR: Dan F. Schram Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin fault?); a woman was paid $528 after she sat It seems that any bigot with a discredited opinion on a planter and fell off (planters are for sit- can get published in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ting on, right?); a man was paid $4510 after these Days. Contrary to the opinions of people trying Tired of Innuendoes Light he slipped on ice in the parking lot (if I was to control what everyone else can read and see, there is paid that much every time I slipped on ice on in fact no established link between adult materials and TO THE EDITOR: the pavement, I wouldn't have to work for a violence. More than one government study has I haven't heard that many mmors, innuendoes, living). discredited this empty theory. Yet, the Journal prints allegations, and nelly hysterics since my twelve-year- A mother was paid $99 after she let a gar- these falsehoods and refuses to print the truth. old slumber party. bage can lid slam on her child's hand as she The perpetrators of violence against women and Not mentioned in the McFarland/Evertz was throwing trash away; a woman was paid children do not need to be set off by an adult magazine commentary are Karen Gotzler's qualifications and $10,200 after she tripped over a curb at the or movie. It is well established that sexual violence is enormous contributions to the 3'd District, the City of edge of the parking lot; another woman was not about sex, it is about power and control. More Milwaukee, and the Gay/Lesbian/Bi (g/Fb) paid $3000 when she tripped over a drainage often than not, it is about men who are control freaks community, by which we have all greatly benefitted. cover in the parking lot; a woman was paid and who have no control in the real world except over She has probably started, chaired or volunteered for $796 when she walked into a planter, not their own families. Adult videos with any violent every g/l/b organization in the city. Gotzler's paying attention (enough said); a woman was content at all have long ago disappeared from the adult leadership, character and integrity are not in question. Executive & Editorial Offices paid $538 after she walked out the front door, marketplace. In fact, virtually all the violence against Nor is there any real question why Log Cabin tripped 1843 N. Palmer on a step, and fell down (how dare women and most against children is carried out by renigged on Gotzler's endorsement and went public. you put steps in front of an entrance!). your "average" heterosexual male. Many arc likely to Considering the Log Cabin has publicly begged the Milwaukee, WI 53212 A woman was paid $190 after she was be considered upstanding citizens and church goers in Dole campaign to take their contribution money, they (414) 372-2773 knocked down by a boy riding a bike (you their communities. Trying to blame the high levels of are pathetically trying to show what good little can't let boys ride bikes in our neighbor- domestic violence in the home, and the vast majority troopers they are for the Republican Party. I can well LIGHT FAX: (414) 372-1840 hood); a man was paid $281 after he fell and of child molestation that takes place within the home imagine they were "shell-shocked" after Gotzler hit his head walking backwards up a hill on pornographic materials is a total fiction. declined to participate in the Log Cabin's inquisition. Office Hours: (enough said!); a woman was paid $254 after I certainly see no evidence that Gay adult materials One of the fascinating aspects of their letter is the Monday-Friday-10:00 a.m. -5:30 she opened a door over her foot (so one can p.m. cause Gay males to sexually or physically assault use of band-wringing phrases such as, "difficult 24-Hour Recording be rewarded for clumsiness!); and a woman other males or to assault lesbians. Obviously if there situation," "Morally offensive," "code of silence," Publisher was paid $2057 after she fell while attempt- was a link between violence and pornography, it "good of the community," "unfortunate reality," and Jerry ing to stop another dog from biting hers (why would show up here too. It doesn't Face it, their speaking out "to protect the community" all Johnson didn't we have dog police there?). heterosexual males are, in large part, immersed in a classic terms used by bigots to oppress minorities. Executive Editor Of course, these are only the cases in which culture of violence. Taking away their dirty Has there been too much sap-sucking going on at Terry Boughner, Ph.D. the claimant was paid7-you should see the magazines or movies isn't going to the ol' log cabin? Log Cabin's willingness to give make one bit of Arts & Entertainment Editor claims of those who weren't paid but tried to difference. credence to the smear tactics used against Gotzler will Geno get money. If those who want to cintrol what you and I can see probably keep g/l/b elected officials in the city, county One might question whether my company in the privacy of our homes did get what they wanted, and state from coming out. Their paternalistic Advertising Manager was doing a good job in settling these outra- they would not be satisfied. If they were correct about claptrap will also encourage future candidates to Jerry Johnson geous claims, but it has generally been recog- a link between pornography and violence and wholly either stay at home or stay in the closet 372-2773 nized as one of the best in loss prevention. suc ded in their quest, the sexual offender could just The question that has me stumped: Why did Log The fact is, we would have incurred much as easily be set off by a bikini on the beach or an Cabin endorse Karen Gotzler in the first place? more in legal bills had we fought these cases, underwear advertisement in your local newspaper. Kimberly Floyd even though we would have won. What will they be out to ban next? Milwaukee Columnists and I will never forget the $5000 our company Reporters What else needs to be outlawed to protect us from Glenn Bishop, was forced to pay to a woman alleging she Eugene "Geno" Brzenk, ourselves? These bigots are worst than any big Ph.D., Sue Burke, Jason was discriminated against because of her race GOP and Ryan White Jellison, Karen, brother. It is especially ironic that most of the radical Lamb, Ph.D., Bill Meunier, when she was denied an apartment because of John Quinlan, right who support such agendas are supposed to TO THE EDITOR: Carl Szatmary her horrible credit rating. We felt we had no believe in individual freedom and less government. Republicans have been the targets of considerable choice, however, because the investigator en- They certainly believe in more government when it criticism during this session of Congress, especially forcing the Federal Fair Housing law took her comes to forcing their religious and moral views upon Associated Press side, claiming that the credit rating compa- flow AIDS activists and AIDS organizations; but p others. three significant and positive developments have oc- nies are racist (although that had never even The simple fact of the matter is that Copyright Cc.) 1996 pornography curred in the last two weeks that belie negative char- been alleged in any publication and none of serves important public purposes. Look at the sales By Novo Graphics, Ltd. acterizations. the civil rights organizations I contacted had and rental figures for adult videos, sales figures for It is time to give credit where credit is due, and it is THE WISCONSIN LIGHT is published biweekly by NOVO ever heard of such a charge), and then sug- adult magazines, and other indicators. Unless 25% GRAPHICS. LTD., with offices at 1843 N. Palmer, of time to recognize some of the contributions this Re- gested that he thought she would settle for, the population consists of sexual perverts, a Milwaukee, WI 53212. Advertising and copy deadline is the great publican led Congress has made on HIV-related issues. Tfiursday- prior to publication. Opinions expressed by say, $5000. number of very average people purchase and writers in WISCONSIN LIGHT are not necessarily those of rent this First, substantial increases in Ryan White CARE If that wasn't extortion, I don't know what material. Although they probably would not admit it, the publisher, editor, or our advertisers. Any reference is. But we knew we would Act Programs were passed as part of the Balanced made to any individual or organization should not be rack up quite a bit many married couples enjoy adult entertainment to construed as an indication of the same's sexual or affection Budget Downpayment Act II. Appropriations for each more in legal bills if we fought. Sadly, there spice up their marriages and revive sexual interest orientation or preference. All copy, text, design, photos, and has been much abuse of of the Ryan White programs was increased over FY illustrations in advertisements are published with the the anti- This helps to keep the partners interested and keeps the understanding that the 1995 levels, with a total increase across the board of advertiser is fully authorized and has discrimination laws. marriage together which benefits society. secured proper written consent for the use of names, close to 17%. In addition to Ryan White programs, pictures, or testimonials of any living person. and It has come to the point now where there Adult materials give many adults a valuable form of funds were appropriated for AIDS Education and WISCONSIN LIGHT may lawfully publish and cause such are actually many people out there who make release. Face it, there are a lot of single people who publication to be made; and the advertiser agrees by Training Centers and AIDS dental services. submitting ads to indemnify and save blameless the • their living bringing claims against busi- are not in relationships, church supported or otherwise. Ina budget year that included consistent and marked publication of any error that may be contained in said ad. j nesses. Of course, the attorneys who repre- There are a lot of single people who for various WISCONSIN LIGHT does not accept any responsibility for' belt-tightening for many government programs, these any claims made by advertisers. The entire contents of , sent these people get anywhere from one-third reasons do not have regular sexual outlets, and a blinding increases for programs that support people WISCONSIN LIGHT are © Copyrighted and protected to one-half of the settlement as their fee. significant number who have no outlets. Adult under the Federal Copyright Act and International with HIV disease and HIV education programs are Conventions. Reproduction of any portion of any issue will It is no wonder then that the plaintiffs' bar . materials provide a very significant relief valve. Adult positive developments of considerable note. not be permitted without express written permission of has fought tooth and nail against any reform materials also provide an alternative to unsafe sexual NOVO GRAPHICS, LTD. Legal venue is Milwaukee County, Also as part of the Balanced Budget Downpayment Wisconsin. Printed in the U.S.A. of the legal system. And because the leader- practices, reducing the transmission of HIV and other ship of the Democrat Act II, the Congress repealed a provision in the De- Party is in the pocket of sexually transmitted diseases. Of course, the bigots the plaintiffs' bar, they fense Authorization bill, that had been signed by the Subscribe to stymied all attempts will tell you "don't touch yourself there!" Oh yes, to reform the legal system when they were in President that required that HIV-positive military per- they have always had a thing about that. Don't fool sonnel be discharged from service. Wisconsin Light control of the state legislature. yourself they still do. Now that the Republicans control the state The repeal of this provision was a bipartisan effort, 1 Year (25 issues) There is a saying that if a minority group can to be sure, but it was championed by many Republican legislature, some limited reforms have been First Class $24.95 control what the majority does in their own bedrooms, members. The success of the repeal effort is cause for adopted, but even a Republican Congress then controlling everything else comes easy. Banning Third Class $11.95 could do no more than pass limited product celebration. what should not be lost, however. is the adult videos, outlawing adult shops, removing books fact that the weeks of debate over this ill-advised dis- May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-5 4 g BestD Clinic Hosts a 6" District Alderwoman Marlene Johnson, despite the fact that the meeting was held in ° Coffee Sponsored by the 3rd Aldermanic District. This was the first time as a community that the Community the Community Election Coalition held a thank you/congratulations gathering for elected officials and it gave them a great Election Coalition opportunity to let the elected officials know that our community is out Milwaukee -- A nice crowd attended the there and organized. Let's hope that we "Community Coffee" held Thursday, April continue to do this after each election. 25, 1996 at the BestD Clinic. Those who were there had an opportunity to talk with the public officials that showed up to meet with members of the community. Representatives came from organizations that make up the "Community Election APPLE VACATION Coalition" that sponsored this event. Action Wisconsin, the Human Rights League, the SUMMER SUN CATALOGUES Lesbian Alliance of Metro Milwaukee, ARE IN! Lesbians of Color/Women of Color and HOT, NEW DESTINATIONS Sherman Park Rainbow Association, as well SEE OUR BOOTH AT PRIDEFEST as other organizations such as Ujima and Log Cabin Club, all attended this event and are TRAVEL PLUS, INC., thankful to BestD Clinic for hosting it. WE ARE A GOLDEN APPLE AGENCY Demonstrating—ACT UP Milwaukee held a rally/press conference outside Milwaukee's City Hall on Thanks needs to go out to the only four N87 W16453 APPLETON AVE. April 25th. Shown above are several of the 15 demonstrators demanding municipal funding for needle officials who took the time to attend: County MENOMONEE FALLS, WI 53051 exchange. Supervisors T. Anthony Zielinski, Elizabeth (414) 255-6461 1-800-255-4359 Coggs-Jones, and Dorothy PrideFest '96, June 7,8,9 Gears Up to Be the Dean; also thanks Biggest And Best Celebration Ever

Milwaukee—PrideFest '96 is gearing up available. for its best festival ever. The ninth annual Admission Deals celebration is marking its first year at Henry PrideFest has announced new admission W. Maier Festival Park (Summerfest deals for this year's festival. grounds). A one-day ticket to PrideFest will cost $4. PrideFest kicks off at 6:00 p.m. on Friday Advance three-day passes are going for only evening, June 7th, with a dedication and rib- $8, a $4 saving for festival fans. bon cutting ceremony. That night, the festival Members of the Proud Crowd can also welcomes nationally known singers- wear their official 1996 PrideFest T-shirt and comedians-political satirists, Romanovsky and get FREE admission to the festival until 2:30 Phillips to PrideFest's Alyn Hess Stage p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. (Miller Main Stage). New this year is the addition of the Mil- PrideFest continues on Saturday with an waukee Journal Sentinel Press Card admis- excellent line-up of entertainers including a sion. Use your Press Card on Sunday to get Broadway review by internationally famed free admission from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. producer-director Dale Gutzman. Three-day advance tickets are available by Gutzman is famous for his shows at the mail by sending $8 to "PrideFest Ticket," Pabst and other Milwaukee stages. He has P.O. Box 93852, Milwaukee, WI 53203. wed, M01, 15t11 8Ln taken his troupe to Thailand several times and For additional information, call (414) 272- was received with wild acclaim. FEST. Appearing also will be actor, comedian Ja- Get in the Parade! son Stuart, recording artist Jeff Krassner and PrideFest is calling for anyone who wants ALL SHOWS ARE ALL AGES. TICKETS AT THE RAVE BOX OFFICE , ALL TICKETMASTERS OR dance music sensation Gillette. to participate in this year's Pride Parade to BY PHONE Other acts scheduled to appear include submit an application no later than June 1". Don't Records recording artist The Yell To register, send a letter to: Pride Parade, (414) Leaders, the Cream City Chorus, the Fest 342-R A VE 1221 E. Brady St., Milwaukee, WI 53202. City Singers, Lesbian comedian Tracey Rose The Parade is scheduled for Sunday, June from Illinois, Chicago's Theatre Q perform- co at noon with a pre-parade rally on the ing troupe, and fireworks by the Bartolottas PrideFest grounds at 11:30 a.m. accented with a Laser Light Show. On Sunday, June 9', PrideFest starts with Rep. Gunderson to be an interfaith service at 10:30 a.m., followed by the Pride Parade at noon, the ceremonial Wedding at 6:30 p.m., plus a six hour coun- in Milwaukee on June try line up starting at 1:30 p.m. with Nash- 7th ville's Jeff Miller, comedian John Berg, and Attending Chal- the BJ Daniels Revue which includes the best • 1 ' 711 in female impersonators and performers from lenging Party VIII N t 1 around Wisconsin. )97, L- Additionally, PrideFest will host a volley- Milwaukee—Congressman Steve Gunder- jfe eitir ball tournament and a Classic car show on son's (R-WI) office has confirmed that he will Saturday, June 8th. be in Milwaukee on Friday evening, June 7th, These are only a sampling of the outstand- the opening day of PrideFest. Gunderson is ing entertainment PrideFest has to offer this the only openly Gay Republican member of year. The festival is still securing some more the House. With him will be his partner, Rob. performers for this year's entertainment and Gunderson and his partner will be in Mil- will release that information as it becomes waukee to attend Challenging Party VIII. Ac- cording to the group's flyer, the Congressman Madison-Based Radio will be discussing the politics of coming out in Washington. He and his partner will also Show "Inside Out" to be giving "insights" into their forthcoming book. • Broadcast PrideFest Each year, the Challenging Party is organ- ,r 8th ized by a group called "Challengers," a group Live June of Lesbians and Gay men. The purpose of the party is to give attendees an opportunity to Select from our Extensive Madison—One of the many "firsts" at this contribute to pre-chosen service organizations year's PrideFest, will be the live broadcast of based on funding needs for programs that are Menu Including these the Madison-based radio show "Inside Out:" "specifically directed to our community." At- • tendance requires a minimum donation of , is a two year old program focusing on the is- sir Popular Items: sues and concerns of the LesBiGay commu- $250. nity, as well as highlighting LesBiGay cul- This year's recipients of the Challenging 748,-, MEXICAN PIZZA—Beans, onions, green Party's benefactions are: the Milwaukee •'•ft ture. The program airs from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. • peppers, guacamole, sour cream and jalapenos, Saturdays on Madison-based WTSO-AM AIDS Project, the Lesbian Alliance of Metro and your choice of chicken or chorizo $7.50 1070. Milwaukee Education Fund, and the Human In the weeks prior to PrideFest, "Inside Rights League. CALDO DE CAMARON—Shrimp soup with Out" will carry a heavy schedule of features Challenging Party VIII will be held on the onions, tomatoes, avocado, cilantro and a penthouse floor of the Astor Hotel in Mil- and interviews informing the Madison com- special sauce $7.25 munity of the new and exciting events that waukee. For that reason, and because the CALDO DE PESCADO—Fish soup will mark the festival's move to the Mayor Party is being held during PrideFest weekend, , $8.50 Henry W. Maier Festival Grounds the title of the event is "Penthouse Pride." CAMARON A LA DIABLA—Shrimp cooked (Summerfest a sunds). with a special red hot sauce, Mexican fries and On June 81% the program will travel to BUY YOUR NEXT VEHICLE salad $12.00 for a first time ever remote broad- Milwaukee ENCHILADAS DE MAR-3 per order— cast, "Live" from the festival grounds. During FROM US AND WE WILL the course of the program, hosts Brian Tyler, DONATE $250 TO THE shrimp, crab and special sauce on top. Served Dayne Verstegen, Paul Wesselmann and Di- with rice and beans $9.50 ana Summers, will interview PrideFest corpo- MILWUAKEE AIDS PROJECT SHRIMP FAJITAS—Grilled shrimp, onions, sponsors, artists and performers, and rate tomatoes, green chile peppers, sour cream, friends and neighbors from around the nation, • Rent to Purchase Program attending the event. guacamole, rice and beans $13.50 Trade-ins Welcome This first ever "live" radio broadcast elec- • MINI COMBINACIONES $4.75 tronically links the Madison and Milwaukee • Financing Welcome LesBiGay communities in an exciting new • Service Warranties Available way and assists in making the festival a (414) 282-9223 734 South 5th Street statewide event. Both the PrideFest Council ITSAYE 4739 S. 27th St. Milwaukee, WI 53204. and the producers of "Inside Out" are excited AUTO RENT" Greenfield, WI 53221 Tel: (414) by the opportunity the broadcast represents. 645-9888 May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-6 Satan and Eve; and that the world is on the General Janet Reno is a Lesbian, a murderer, Gunning for Gays: Gay Men and Lesbians verge of a final struggle between good (white or both. Aryans) and evil (Jews and their fellow "mud "I feel that the biggest difference between on Right-Wing Militia's Hit List people"). her and J. Edgar Hoover is Hoover looked John Trochmann, one of the founders of the better in a dress," groused Tommy Usher by Sue Burke foes, including the Ku Klux Klan, roaming Militia of Montana, has denied that he or ([email protected]) on alt.conspiracy. "Homosexuals are a tool to weaken through the shadows of militias. But even most militia members are racist to television US Representative Helen Chenoweth (R- America," explained George Matousek, who open elements of the militia movement, like news reporters and at the June 15, 1995 ID), Congress' "poster child for militias," who expects United Nations troops to swarm over the "mainstream" Christian Coalition, headed hearings on militias chaired by US Senator campaigned for the November, 1994 election Michigan any minute now. his home state of by the Reverend Pat Robertson, hold bizarre, Arlen Specter (R-PA). saying the only endangered species was the nally allowed in the military, When Gays are fi dangerous views. At the Specter hearing, Senator Max Baucus "white Anglo-Saxon male," has said the tell the Metro Times of he went on to Televangelist Robertson ran against George (D-MT) showed a document Trochmann had decision to protect the Northern spotted own straight men will flee, leaving Michigan, Bush for the Republican nomination for filed at the Sanders County Courthouse on is leading to a "breakdown in state homos, people who can't behind "women and President in 1988. Although Robertson did January 26, 1992, in which Trochmann used sovereignty and possibly leading to a one- of a paper bag." UN fight their way out not win, his followers collected three million the Dred Scott decision to show that only the world government." in. troops will just saunter signatures on petitions supporting him. With "white race" has constitutional rights. In February 1995, she wrote to the Assistant convoluted, conspiratorial logic This is the those names and a $64,000 donation of seed A White Man Scorned... Agriculture Secretary Jim Lyons to complain militia movement, a fast- coming out of the money from the Republican Senatorial In fact, anti-government sentiments seem to that "black helicopters" were being used by growing and secretive phenomenon with Campaign Committee, Robertson founded the motivate the bulk of militias' rank and file, federal rangers to enforce the Endangered 15,000 to 100,000 members in at least 40 Christian Coalition in October 1989. It now not overt homophobia, racism and anti- Species Act. states, according to most observers. has 1.6 million members, an annual budget of Semitism. The averaae member worries most Chenoweth was the only statewide It is the movement that sees sinister black $25 million and a dominant voice in up to about state and local rights that seem to have Proposition 1 on helicopters hovering over every bush, jack- candidate who supported eighteen of the fifty state Republican parties. been usurped by the federal government, says Idaho's November, 1994 ballot. This booted federal thugs at every door, secret bar- Robertson is the same man who once said NGLTF's Nakagawa. codes on paper money so government agencies referendum, narrowly defeated by Idaho the Equal Rights Amendment would He said the militia movement attracts voters, would have denied Gays and Lesbians can scan your house and know how much and encourage women to practice witchcraft people who feel buffeted by a powerful "minority status," prohibited same-sex money you have, a huge secret troop base become Lesbians. Only what he is saying government and a cruel economy. Some are under Detroit ready for the final takeover by marriages and prevented school lessons that these days is even crazier. small-business owners frustrated by approved of homosexuality. the one-world government, and computer In his 1991 Conspiracy primer, The New government regulations, and others are white chips implanted in peoples' butts to allow the Behind Proposition 1 was the Idaho Citizens World Order, a sort of bible for some militia heterosexual men who, like most Americans, Alliance. The organization's debate manual government sufficient purview over our to prove groups, Robertson uses Isaiah 2:2-4 have seen a real loss in their standard of for the campaign said that Gays and Lesbians activities to render us virtual slaves. run the world in that "God's people" should living and range of options. Indeed, young are "spawn of the devil" bent on destroying And if you are Gay or Lesbian, you are part place of its current leaders: "drunkards, drug male workers with only a high school of that all-controlling government conspiracy, families. dealers, communists, atheists, New Age education lost thirty percent of their real Gay men, it added, are mostly masochists even if you do not realize it. worshippers of Satan, oppressive dictators, income between 1973 and 1993, according to Militias are private armies, pure and simple, who "enjoy getting beaten up by homophobes greedy money changers, revolutionary US Census Bureau statistics. and Christians." with arms caches that astound and terrify law assassins, adulterers, and homosexuals." At the same time, the federal government enforcement officers. Militia members are Despite its monumental paranoia, the And who are these "greedy money has defined and parceled out equality since militia movement appears to have constructed afraid enough to kill and are training for changers", which form a central part of the the 1960s, and gains among women as the combat. Would-be inheritors of the 1776 a few conspiracies of its own. Reverend conspiracy? Although Robertson does not result of feminism and gains by minorities of Peters organized a 1992 meeting in Estes American Revolution, militias fuse together directly implicate Jews, his source material, all sorts are blamed for the plight of white gun rights promoters, tax protesters, Park, Colorado, attended by 150 leaders of neatly laid out in his bibliography, blames males. far-right groups. survivalists, extreme libertarians, anti- Jews entirely. Robertson draws on the very "The right-wing movement as a whole abortionists, pre-existing racists and anti- Behind closed doors, Richard Butler, fairer same poison —the same documents—that phenomenon is a reaction primarily to the of the Idaho-based white supremacist Aryan Semites, jury nullification activists, English- Nazi Germany used to justify the Holocaust. civil rights movement," Nakagawa says. It is only supporters, "Wise Use" anti-envir- Nations, and Louis R. Beam, Jr., former That kind of anti-Semitism is typical of the also a response to the peace movement, Grand Dragon emeritus of the Realm of Texas onmentalists, millenialists, far right Christ- paranoid Right, along with the most vicious feminism, Gay and Lesbian visibility and even ians, and state and county rights advocates. Ku Klux Klan and "ambassador-at-large" of racism in America. the New Deal and the Great Society. the Aryan Nations, suggested building a "We're ready to look the federal govern- Another guidebook for militias is William "So the point of entry into these militias is ment in the eye," says Samuel Sherwood, militia movement with a national network of L. Pierce's 1978 novel The Turner Diaries. often not an appeal to white supremacy," he activists and resources organized in such a founder of the US Militia Association, based It gruesomely describes a successful terrorist says. "But the appeal is made, and made in Blackfoot, Idaho. "We want a bloodless way that they could claim the movement has campaign by a racist organization rebelling continuously over the course of organizing no leaders, which would shield it from revolution, but if the bureaucrats won't listen, against the "Cohen Act," which, in the novel, people who become susceptible to the we'll give them civil war to think about." prosecution. outlawed gun ownership by private citizens. message because nobody else is reaching out "This is critical because many of the According to Scott Nakagawa, a National Turner himself is depicted as destroying the to them.." Gay and Lesbian Task Force organizer in militia's activities are criminally treasonous," Pentagon with a nuclear warhead in a suicide Militias are so popular in eastern Oregon, says ,Loretta J. Ross, research director for the Portland, Oregon, and an expert on militias, mission. says Nakagawa, "that people who are on our Sherwood has said the following about Center for Democratic Renewal. Pierce, who holds a doctorate in physics side are forced to negotiate" with militia "They are attempting to form a citizen's President Bill Clinton: "In his term, he will from the University of Colorado and who members, allowing militia believers to capture have killed more babies than Hitler, put more army to overthrow the United States founded the neo-Nazi National Alliance in the debate on issues from welfare to government." She accuses them of using homosexuals in government than Sodom and 1969, describes in the epilogue of his book the feminism. Gomorrah, had the schools teach your children phony financial schemes and of possibly gun final victory of whites over non-whites, in Wacko About Waco running to finance their movement. it is right, and forced you to accept it." which "a combination of chemical, biological "Waco was the shot heard 'round the Several strands of beliefs weave through At the Specter hearing, John Bohlman, a and radiological means" sterilizes 16 million world," Texas Constitutional Militia organizer young and nervous Musselshell County, MT, militias, making generalizations impossible, square miles of the Earth's surface, mostly in John Roland told USA Today in January, but 85 percent are right-wing Christians, county attorney, testified about how John Asia. 1995. "It woke us up to a very corrupt beast." Trochmann, in the January 24, 1995 Militia of according to Skip Porteus of the Institute for "The primary purpose of sexual activity is And even militia critics believe the First Amendment Studies in Great Barrington, Montana's newsletter Taking Aim, told how the upbreeding of the race," claimed Pierce in government did wrong at Waco. to set up replacement county governments and Massachusetts. the August, 1992 National Vanguard, a "The government has made a whole lot of Right-wing Christians have long how to use bogus money orders to fund these newspaper Pierce publishes. "Homosexuality mistakes both in how they handled Waco and activities, which members of other militias promulgated the fear that Gays have an is a disease, a perversion of the most then dealt with the aftermath," says Chip "agenda" to take over society. They believe already have done. pathological sort," he says, which, like Berlet. "But there certainly was not some Local law enforcement officers are "that's why Gays want to get into schools," bestiality, contraception and interracial sex, thousand-year-old conspiracy behind Waco. It Porteus says, "because they recruit, they don't outgunned, Bohlman said. "I am concerned will degrade the race—the white race, of was just government misconduct." that militias with spawn lawbreakers who will reproduce, which you and I know is absurd." course. Conspiracies can be easily spread, however, Some militia organizers, like the Reverend be immune to prosecution due to actual Also influencing some militia groups is a and "behind every conspiracy theory is a grain violent resistance by the lawbreakers' militia Pete Peters of Colorado, even call for the small, fifty-year-old religion called "Christian of truth," Berlet says. "What happens is that execution of all Gay people. "Death Penalty associates or due to the threat of violence Identity." Michael Barkun, a professor at the charlatans get hold of it, and they build it into readily projected by MOM (Militia of for Homosexuals is Prescribed in the Bible," University of North Carolina who has studied this big, seamless conspiracy that goes reads the title of a pamphlet published by Montana) and the North American Militia." the faith, says it has about 20,000 to 30,000 throughout history." The militias' violent rhetoric "bounces Peters. The pamphlet calls on Christians to adherents with about 100,000 total people Anyone looking for conspiracies can go on enforce the Bible as civil law. around" among unknown individuals in the associated with it in some way. the Internet and check out the newsgroups same way violent anti-abortion rhetoric Another Peters pamphlet blames "Jewish Christian Identity, Barkun explains, has talk.politics.guns or alt.conspiracy to see the controlled Hollywood" for making heroes out reverberated through sympathetic crowds, three main beliefs: that white "Aryans" are latest. There, anyone with a computer might Noah Chandler of the Center for Democratic of "queer-looking" sissies and claims white the true descendants of the tribes of Israel and be able to get the text of The Protocols of the Renewal warns, "and then all of a sudden America is being destroyed by "integration, thus are here to do God's work; that Jews are Elders of Zion, a famous old anti-Semitic there's a shooting." interracial marriage, affirmative action, the devil's spawn, the result of a mating of tract, or to discuss whether US Attorney abortion, faggot queers, etc." Worse yet, the ideas are spreading. Tony Although the chief target for all militia Horwitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter members is the allegedly godless, oppressive working on a book about the South, finds federal government, especially its law militia-type conspiratorial notions being enforcement officers, Gays and Lesbians spouted in all sorts of venues in the South. should get no comfort by being lower on the "What this suggests is not only that anti- list of bulls-eyes. governmental extremism represents a vast "The problem is this," says Chip Berlet, an subculture, but that it comes in many guises, analyst at the Cambridge, Massachusetts- 00-GAY VOI and usually not in jungle fatigues," he says. based Political Research Associates, "that "This makes extremism easy to miss, or at targets likely to end up in a confrontation with (800.429.8642) least easy to dismiss." the militias are not just state and local and Chip Berlet compares the situation to the federal officials— which I think are the Weimar Republic. "You see the rise of a primary targets—but abortion providers and BE COUNTED. CALL Now. IT'S FREE. large group of disaffected middle-class and Jews and Gays and Lesbians. Anyone who a working-class people with a strong sense of militia member happens to believe is in a Together, we are blasting stereotypes into oblivit grievance. None of the major parties speak targeted stereotyped group that is part of the for them," he says. "Ultimately, some people, conspiracy is at risk." persuaded by these scapegoating arguments, Paranoia, Inc. conclude that the swiftest solution is to The militia movement started well before Brought to you by eliminate the scapegoats." Waco siege disaster on April 19, 1993, Overlooked Opinions The militia movement won't go away, he although the death of 85 Branch Davidians adds, "until we find out why so many millions that day kicked the movement into high gear. the gay survey firm! of Americans are so angry at the government." The attention drawn to militias by the Berlet proposes to address real economic bombing in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, grievances, rationally refute scapegoating and which killed 168 people, revved up the expose the lies and prejudices that the most militias even more. Where it is headed is not fanatical members spew. clear, but we know where it has been. , Gays and Lesbians need to understand that Long-time observers of the Right like the movement tolerates homophobia, although Porteus and Berlet, and groups like the individual members harbor different levels of Southern Poverty Law Center, the Center for prejudice. Still, "if you go into the militia Democratic Renewal, and the Anti- movement homophobic, you're going to come Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, were out homophobic and armed," Berlet says. warning about militias before the bombing. That should scare Gay and Lesbian people, he These groups worry because they see old warns. May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-7 Milwaukee One of Three US Cities Least at ' Dr. Kenneth Johnson, Executive Director of Faith in Action, Risk for Cryptosporidium at (914) 331-0016.

Washington, DC— Over 30 million people Petersburg, and Washington NAPWA in New Book Tells the 28 of the nation's cities are at risk of a recommends they immediately follow the Cryptosporidium outbreak in their drinking Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Story of L/G/B/T water becoming a health problem, according Guidelines on Cryptosporidium, which to a report recently released by the National include: boiling tap water, drinking bottled Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA). water and/or using specified NSF-approved Olympic Triumph The report examines testing and reporting under-the-sink or direct-faucet filters. practices for Cryptosporidium among 31 of the Twenty-two cities—Baltimore, Boston, Cobb County nation's metropolitan water districts. Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Atlanta, GA—The story of determined Cryptosporidium is a microscopic parasite that Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, activists and their desperate struggle with can cause severe health problems, especially New Haven, New Orleans, New York, Olympic powers is told in the new among people with compromised immune Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh, book: Olympics Out of Cobb/Spiked! The second systems, and is often found in drinking water. Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, St. victory in this tale came "People with compromised immune Louis and West Palm when Olympic Beach— were found to officials systems, especially people living with HIV, be a high risk. recently routed the torch relay around Cobb County need to understand that their public drinking Three of the cities after previously removing —Milwaukee, Seattle and volleyball. water may not be safe," said A. Cornelius Tampa—are at low risk of having an outbreak Quoted from the book: "Start with one anti- Baker, Acting Executive director of NAP WA. of Cryptosporidium becoming a health crisis Gay resolution in Cobb County, Georgia, "This report will help educate the public because of regular surveillance, notification add women's Olympic volleyball to about this problem and serve as a guide to and consumer education. the Cobb Galleria Centre, sprinkle with Lesbian, Gay, creating solutions." People with HIV infection, the elderly, Bisexual, Transgendered people and other In 1995, more than 45 million Americans infants, transplant recipients and individuals human rights activists weary from a history of drank tap water from sources that contained undergoing chemotherapy are considered the government sanctioned discrimination, stir in Cryptosporidium. In April 1993, an outbreak most vulnerable for cryptosporidiosis, the hatemongers determined to maintain of Cryptosporidium in Milwaukee caused infection caused by Cryptosporidium. For traditions of bigotry and you have a recipe for Lillie Taylor—the Milwaukee AIDS Project's Vol- more than 400,000 residents to become ill most healthy people, cryptosporidiosis causes a controversy of Olympic proportions." unteer of the Year, accepted her award from Cheryl from their drinking water. Approximately abdominal cramps, low-grade fever, nausea Lucas, The ongoing clash between Olympic Director of Volunteer Resources, at the 4,500 people were hospitalized and 110 and extreme diarrhea resulting in dehydration AIDS Resource Center officials and Transgendered, Lesbian, of Wisconsin's Volunteer people died. Of those who died, the majority and even hospitalization. Symptoms normally Recognition Dinner held at Bisexual, and Gay activists took another the Italian Community were people with HIV. Additional outbreaks last two to three weeks. For vulnerable twist Center recently. just before the press conference announcing have since occurred in cities such as Las populations the symptoms may last for months the book at 1:00pm on Wednesday, May 1, Vegas and Philadelphia. and can be fatal. Of the 31 cities surveyed by NAPWA, six 1996 at Charis Books and More, 1189 Euclid Riverwest Rainbow "NAPWA encourages all individuals who Avenue, Atlanta, GA, (404) 524-0304. are at extremely high risk of a are concerned about their drinking water to As reported in Light, the latest page in this Cryptosporidium outbreak becoming a major become educated consumers," said Lisa saga came on April 19, 1996, with the Association Forms public health crisis. For people with Ragain, Policy Associate for NAPWA. "Find removal of the Olympic torch relay route from HIV/AIDS and others with weakened immune out where your water comes from, how it is Milwaukee—A new LesBiGayTrans or- Cobb County before protests began with the systems in the six extremely high risk cities tested, and consider safe alternatives." ganization is in the process of formation. It — Atlanta, Dallas, Minneapolis, Newark, St. torch arrival in LA on April 27, 1996. is the Riverwest Rainbow Association, a The controversy with the Olympic community gather of Lesbian, Gay, Bisex- committees began in January 1994 when the ual and Transgendered neighbors and Three of the Smaller Milwaukee Area HIV Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games friends who live in the Riverwest section of (ACOG) announced the Cobb Galleria Centre Milwaukee. Service Providers Unite as the venue for preliminary women's The Association will be holding a "get to volleyball. Their decision came after the know you" picnic on Saturday, May 25th Milwaukee—Three of Milwaukee's small and children. Cobb County Commissioners had passed an from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Kem Park, Site 4 providers of HIV/AIDS services have For information on this Faith in Action anti-gay resolution on August 10, 1993. After (closest to the river), 3500 block of N. announced the establishment of United HIV project or to volunteer, call Kathryn O'Connor six months of intense pressure, the dramatic Humboldt Boulevard. Services (UHS). UHS is a cooperative venture Kuhn at (414) 259-4664, or contact the project conclusion came on July 29, 1994 when Come out, bring a dish to pass and meet of BestD Clinic, STD Specialties Clinic and at 10101 West Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, ACOG pulled women's volleyball from Cobb everyone. St. Camillus HIV/AIDS Ministry. WI 53226. For information on how to start County. Topics to chat about will include: fre- According to Bro. Stephen E. Braddock, your own Faith. in Action program, contact quency of meetings; whether or not to have Ph.D., Executive Director of St. Camillus, a table at Locust Street days; setting up "UHS is committed to providing a continuum meetings with Common Council members; of quality, holistic care and support to persons building community; the possibility of infected or affected by HIV disease." Announcements walking together at PrideFest; and how to Ross Walker, President of BestD Clinic, work together with other LesBiGayTrans states the three partners will attempt to groups. "model cooperation between service providers Do You Want to be a Country Dyke? For more information, call (414) 225- and promote sensitivity to all individuals Madison—Are you a country dyke (or want to be?). Want to meet other country Lesbians? 1645, or write: RRA, c/o Peace Action regardless of race, religious beliefs, age, Then join us! On Sunday, June 2 nd, from 1:00 p.m. for information sharing on small engine Center, 1001 E. Keefe, Milwaukee, WI gender, sexual orientation or disability." maintenance. Bring a vegetarian dish to pass and stories to tell and let's get acquainted. Call 53212. "As we discern and develop new initiatives (608) 437-3637 for location and directions. and services for the months ahead, such as Angels of Hope MCC Moves to New Church Fourth Art for AIDS case management, early intervention and more programs for women and children, UHS will Green Bay—Angels of Hope MCC is pleased to announce that, as of Sunday, June r d, stay focused on what is best for the people we services will be held in their new building at 614 Forest Street in Green Bay at 11:00 a.m. Downtowner, 321 S. Auction to Feature support. It's long past time to make Service are presently held at 11:30 a.m., Sundays, at Best Western May 26th. collaboration more than a buzz word," said Washington Street in Green Bay through will take place as part of Angels of Hope's 10th anni- Over $100,000 Braddock. Formal dedication of the new building Sunday, November 30'. The new building is located one block south of Fred (Casey) Reilly, RN, Executive Director versary observance on the corner of University Avenue and Forest Street, one block east of Baird. For more infor- of STD Specialties agrees, adding, "We're all Worth of Art mation, call (414) 432-0830. in this together. The more united we are, the Milwaukee—The fifth annual Art for more effective we are." Sherman Park Rainbow Association Meeting AIDS Auction and Brunch to benefit the The combined programs of BestD, STD Milwaukee—The next meeting of the Sherman Park Rainbow Association will be held on comprehensive services of the AIDS Re- Specialties and St. Camillus offers a May 22"d, at 7:00 p.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 3617 N. 48' Street. The guest source Center of Wisconsin (ARCW) and its continuum of service and care from prevention speaker will be Stephanie Hume. Hume is the Lesbian and Gay community's liaison to the service agencies, will be held on Sunday, and diagnosis through death and beyond. June 2' at the Italian Community Center, 631 Milwaukee Police Department. "Living with HIV means having to make some also be dis- E. Chicago Street in Milwaukee. The brunch Final details on Rainbow's participation in the Games at PrideFest '96 will very important decisions and UHS facilitates cussed. For more information, call (414) 777-3986. and silent auction begin at 10:00 a.m. and the some options. People are entitled to have voice auction will be held at 12:30 p.m. choices concerning their health and well- Action Wisconsin Dinner More than 450 guests, artists and gallery being," said Walker. owners will bid on over 300 pieces of art to Madison—Action Wisconsin will hold a buffet dinner on Wednesday, May 29' at the Miller Faith in Action Grant speaker will be State raise funds to support AIDS care, prevention Inn, 3931 W. State Street in Milwaukee beginning at 5:30 p.m. The guest The St. Camillus AIDS Ministry Interfaith Rep. Tammy Baldwin. For more information, call (414) 276-6355. and research. Artwork has been submitted by Volunteer Caregiving Program has received a 250 artists from around the country, including $25,000 Faith in Action grant from The well-known local artists such as John Gruen- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This grant wald (Bayview), Susan Falkman (Mequon), will help the ministry recruit and train Denis Sargent (Milwaukee), Leslie Vansen volunteers to provide services to those living (Milwaukee), and James Van Deurzen with AIDS. (Madison area). Over $176,000 was raised Some of the services the volunteers will PRODUCTS FOR THE from the first four Art for AIDS Auctions. provide include housekeeping, transportation Art Preview Exhibition to medical appointments, shopping, errands, Two exclusive locations will allow pro- and respite for caregivers. EARTH CONSCIOUS spective buyers a chance to examine selected "Given all the responsibilities entrusted to Art for AIDS auction pieces. A variety of 2- • ORGANIZ:.COTTOR:•:CLOTHING the volunteers, the esteem in which they are • liEMIckgfilifiGi:so...Aoorsispolos dimensional and 3-dimensional works will be held is high. They will be duly recognized, prints, paint- featured May 17-31, including affirmed and appreciated for their efforts," lithographs, sculpture, glass • ORGANIC COTTON 11q,ow COMFORTERS ings, drawings, said Braddock. ceramic by national and local artists. • UNBLEACHED * BDDING and The grant is from The Robert Wood Johnson locations are Audubon Court • PERSONAN;;OAR6 OROD001%..... DY OILS The preview Foundation, the nation's largest private W. Brown Deer Road in Fox Brisy*x CANDLES Books, 383 philanthropy dedicated to improving health Point, and the Milwaukee Center, 1 1 1 E. • ENERGY. coproaRvgiriii.pkiDuas care through grant-giving. The Princeton, NJ- Kilbourn Avenue in downtown Milwaukee. • ECOLOGICAL' HOUSEHOLD..SUPPLiEs based Foundation established Faith in Action This year's auction materials feature the • 60.04.44#'Kutti':$PECIRtihiljGHTS two years ago. work of Jason Rohlf, a Milwaukee artist, • *tow S ACCESSORIES The Foundation expects to fund 800 Faith whose work is shown at The Silver Paper • BOOKS )t00.44,0. ,FAOOOJ:STATIONERY in Action grants totaling $20 Gallery in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward. million over the next two years. Recipients • diiifitf Art for AIDS tickets, which include brunch must obtain matching funds and the art auction catalogue, may be pur- locally in order to continue HOME ENVIRONMENT chased for $25 by calling (414) 273-2729. projects in the future. 216 N. HENRY STREET, MADISON Art for AIDS is sponsored by Miller The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has 251-4905 additional support helped establish nearly a thousand projects HOME Brewing Company with SUN that help the elderly, people with Alzheimer's MOH, TOES, WED, FRI, SAT 10-6 • ThuRs 10-8 • Noon-5 11111111111•111(1/7 provided by Herbert H. Kohl Charities, Mil- JUST OFT STATE STREET, NOR TO MIMOSA BOOKSTORE waukee Insurance, and Sterling Optical- disease, AIDS and chronic illness, health care Grand Avenue. for the homeless, high-risk mothers, infants, May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-8 The Closet Within the Closet: Domestic Despite Two Legislative Defeats, Gays Won't Violence and the Lesbian Community Shun Alaska—Businesses Hope By Kathy Anderson Lesbian and Gay community is even less Juneau, AK—You can see how Gays might ing to Hawaii to take advantage of their do- In January, 1989, a 46-year-old real estate likely to bring out in the open its flaws and get the feeling they're not welcome in Alaska. mestic-partner laws and marriages," said agent in Madison fatally shot and killed her problems. First the Legislature approves a bill making Robert DeLoach, president of Apollo Travel former Lesbian lover in the chest in the back- Though homophobic pressures from the out- it harder for Gays to pass fringe benefits from Service in Anchorage. yard of the victim's house, and then shot and side may be obvious, it is the internalized their employers on to their partners, then it Tourism is a billion-dollar-a-year business killed herself later that same day. The real myths of the Lesbian community itself that are votes to outlaw same-sex marriages. But the in Alaska, but industry groups don't track how estate agent's co-workers said, "She wasn't a not so obvious and yet perpetuate reticence on Gay travel industry doesn't expect any signifi- much of the that comes from the Gay commu- person you'd believe would do this..." the issue. cant drop-off in Gays visiting the state. nity. While people in general often fmd it hard to The belief in a Lesbian utopia, says Pharr, "Gay travelers like the same things about Ken Morris, public relations director for the believe that women commit acts of violence, maintains a resistance among Lesbians to re- Alaska that mainstream travelers like," said Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau, Lesbians, in particular, find it horrifying that alizing that the Lesbian community is not nec- Tracy Michaels, president of the International said his members haven't heard of any trou- Lesbians could be violent, especially with essarily a sanctuary from the abuses of power Gay Travel Association. "By and large we bles because of the legislation. But com- their girlfriend or partner. That women could and control. fmd the community to be receptive because plaints wouldn't surprise him. engage in the same abusive behavior as male Another myth, shared by the straight com- they know we're there to spend money, and "Whichever way it goes you're going to get batterers in heterosexual relationships seems munity as well, is that women are not violent their businesses depend on that tourist beat up by somebody," he said. impossible. And yet, it's sadly true. or abusive. Classic feminist theory concerning money." Several cruise lines do offer trips through While studies on domestic violence among battering states that domestic violence is a dy- That doesn't mean, however, that legislative the Inside Passage for Gay men or Lesbians. heterosexuals show that about 20 to 25% of namic of a patriarchal society. defeats go unnoticed in the Gay community. In Minneapolis, RSVP Travel Productions the population experiences domestic violence, In a male-dominated culture, men abuse Score is kept, Michaels says, but boycotts Inc. brought 1,100 Gay men to Alaska aboard based on the few studies that have been done, power, and fueled by sexist attitudes and val- tend to be used only when laws are passed the Sea Spirit in 1995. No cruises have been it appears the same percentage applies to the ues, men abuse women. that take away rights gays already have won. set for this summer. Lesbian community (and the Gay men's com- (Conversely, it is believed that men cannot In Alaska, the same-sex marriage ban, if "We have always had a very good reception munity as well). In Milwaukee, for instance, be victims of abuse, which is another myth Gov. Tony Knowles decides to sign it, would in all of the ports that we've traveled to in that would be two women for every ten in that allows silence and disbelief in both the codify a policy already in practice. The do- Alaska," said Paul Figlmiller, RSVP's mar- Fannie's on a Saturday night. straight and Gay communities about domestic mestic partners legislation gives public and keting director. Abusive relationships can simply happen to violence among Gay men.) private employers • the option to deny benefits Figlmiller and DeLoach both pointed to a anyone. Victims of domestic violence do not On top of these underlying myths, the Les- to unmarried partners, but doesn't require it, a constitutional amendment Colorado voters have a "profile." They are not of a particular bian community is typically pretty close-knit. move seen as a defeat for Gays. approved in 1992 as the sort of thing that family history, education or income level, Circles of friends overlap or are completely The governor has until Monday to decide keeps Gays from spending their tourist dollars race, personality, type or sexual identity, ac- shared between lovers. When the close friends whether to sign the same-sex marriage ban. in a state. cording to Claire Renzetti, author of Violent of the victim are also the close friends of the His spokesman, Bob King, said Knowles has That amendment, which now is before the Betrayal and a sociologist who has completed batterer, who can the victim trust for support not yet made up his mind. Knowles signed U.S. Supreme Court, blocked any laws that a study of Lesbian battering. and help? Who would believe her? the domestic-partners bill in the last week in specifically spelled out rights for Gays. Just as victims of crimes, such as rape, theft For the victims, the reticence within the April. Michaels said she and many other agents in and murder have no specific profile, neither Lesbian community can make them more vul- While it's not clear Alaska tourism will lose the Gay travel association have begun shun- do victims of domestic violence—Lesbian, nerable. Survivors have said the taboo sur- any business, travel agents who market to ning Salt Lake City, sending passengers Gay, or straight. rounding domestic violence causes them to Gays say Hawaii is getting a tourism dividend through Denver instead, after Salt Lake City's Without this knowledge, and without deny the abuse is happening or to feel while a court case is pending there that could school board canceled all high school clubs to awareness that domestic violence is a problem ashamed to discuss it. legalize same-sex marriages. The case goes to avoid sanctioning a Gay students group. within the Lesbian community, Lesbian vic- Without acknowledgment by the Lesbian trial this August. tims of battering end up in another closet— community, the suffering and isolation of Les- "I know for a fact that there are people go- one that exists within the community itself. bian victims is only prolonged and made more Battering in Lesbian relationships takes on critical. Without community resources, sup- the same patterns as in heterosexual relation- port, or assistance, the Lesbian victims of ships. The Lesbian batterer uses the same tac- abuse may stay in the relationship far longer Coming May 23 tics of control and abuse that male batterers than she would otherwise, increasing the use: emotional abuse, economic control, isola- chances of injury and perhaps even death. tion, threats, sexual abuse, physical abuse, A workshop, "Addressing Domestic Vio- and even murder. lence in Lesbian Relationships," will be held The Lesbian batterer, however, has a few Friday, May 17, 1996, 1-4 p.m. at Centennial extra weapons in her arsenal. For instance, Hall in Milwaukee. Psychotherapist Kathleen she may threaten to "out" her partner to her Neville will be the workshop facilitator. Cost Our Annual Expanded co-workers or family. Furthermore, the Les- is $50 per person. bian victim who fears being outed at work, A one-time screening of the video, My Girl- will not only have trouble explaining any visi- friend Did It, the ground-breaking documen- PrideFest Issue ble bruises she may have, but how could she tary on battering in Lesbian relationships, will explain they are from a woman? be shown at 7:30 p.m., May 17th also at Cen- Lesbian victims also fear the response of tennial Hall. police, courts, and sometimes battered The event includes a musical performance women's shelter staff. The police, though they by Dawn Rivers. Tickets are $8 in advance, may be slow to respond to domestic violence $10 at the door, and are available at Outpost calls in general, are less likely to take a Les- Natural Foods Co-op, People's Books, Just Reserve Your bian seriously when she calls for help after her Us, and AfterWords. girlfriend beats her. Editor's Note: Kathy Anderson, the author The courts are more likely to call the bat- of this article and a freelance writer living in tering, "mutual abuse," and thereby accuse the Minneapolis, is the documentary's script- Ad Space Now! victim of abusive behavior as well. In battered writer. women's shelters, homophobic residents and (414) 372-2773 staff may make it difficult for a Lesbian resi- dent to receive the support and safety she FAX (414) 372-1840 needs. It would seem the world, even those systems Parents Committee set up for support, is against the Lesbian who suffers domestic violence. For these reasons, Okays Gay Family Lesbian organizations and battered women's shelters have come up with specific services Photos at Madison and programs for Lesbian victims of abuse. But these programs are few and centered in larger cities only, such as New York, San Elementary School Francisco, Los Angeles and Boston. Madison— A committee of parents at a Besides the programs, there are networks, Madison elementary school approved allow- books, articles, training manuals, and news- ing a photo exhibit of Gay and Lesbian fami- letters available to anyone anywhere. lies to be displayed in the school's library un- In 1994, Casa de Esperanza, a Latina bat- der certain conditions. tered women's shelter in St. Paul, Minnesota, But the committee at Hawthorne Elemen- received a grant to film a documentary on tary School said children of parents who op- battering in woman-to-woman relationships. pose the exhibit don't have to see it, and that Premiering in 1995, My Girlfriend Did It, teachers will discuss with parents how the was the first video to serve as a tool for train- exhibit will be dealt with in classrooms. LOOKING FOR ing shelter staff, people in the helping profes- "This decision is final," Hawthorne Princi- sions, and law enforcement agencies, and for pal Peg Hamele said after the meeting Thurs- building awareness in the Lesbian community day, May r d. "We have to fine-tune the plan, and the battered women's movement. but this is intended to be the last meeting on VOLUNTEERS! Yet, still, within the Lesbian community, this issue." the subject of domestic violence remains The exhibit, created by Amherst, Massa- somewhat ignored, even taboo to a certain chusetts, photographer Gigi Kaeser, came to extent. the attention of Hawthorne teacher David FREE admission when you work According to activists and researchers, Les- Wolfe at a conference last year, and he asked bian communities around the country may be to bring the photographs to the east side PrideFest: June reticent to discuss, or address, Lesbian do- school. 7, 8 & 9 mestic violence for many and varied reasons. More than 35 staff members at the school First and foremost seems to be the fact that issued a letter to parents and others saying no one wants to "air our dirty laundry." In a they support the exhibit. YES! Count me in as a PrideFest Volunteer: homophobic world, where there's Gay-bashing "We believe it is educationally sound and and verbal and physical attacks on Lesbians supports our SIP (school improvement plan) and Gay men on a daily basis, no one wants to goals of prejudice reduction and inclusion," Name: Phone admit it happens within the community, the letter stated. Address: within intimate relationships, as well. There's The exhibition also was supported by the City: already so much violence directed at Lesbians Human Relations Advisory Council, commu- State Zip and Gays, why make it worse? nity members who advise Madison Superin- You will be called to verify availability Suzanne Pharr, author of Homophobia: A tendent Cheryl Wilhoyte. Weapon of Sexism and early organizer on "(Not) showing the display at this point Return to: Susan Cook, Lesbian battering, says that the rise of the Re- sends a message that it is not OK and it is not Volunteer Coordinator ligious Right has created an atmosphere of safe to be Gay or Lesbian in Madison today," P.O. Box 07774 shame for Lesbians and Gays—for simply ex- the group's statement read. Milwaukee, WI 53207 isting. In this type of homophobic climate, the May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-9

The Dance Bars Are An Old Staple That Are Changing to Meet the Times TN, • By Bill Meunier could dance together, so could two men. The walls are vibrating, lights are flash- It took a while for it to sink in. For a while PUBLIC EYE ing, the dance floor is packed. Its another everyone would still stop dancing when a Saturday night at one of Wisconsin's uniform walked in. Queer Dance bars. "We had dancing before Chicago did. Dance bars are a cultural icon for the Chicago activists used Milwaukee as a Interview with Full Moon Productions Gay community, an important part of Gay way to get dancing there." life, especially for Gay men. Cicirello adds that another staple of While many Gay and Lesbian bars have Wisconsin's Gay Dance bars, female im- Founder Brenda De Jong dance floors, what makes a dance bar is personators, was made legal at the same more than a space to gyrate. It is a good time. By Cynthia Van Vreede DJ, the right kind of lighting along with an "While this (making male-male dancing Full Moon Productions has just finished over-powering sound system, and a crowd legal) was going on, we also successfully producing two successful concert ap- of people who have come to dance. contested the law against cross dressing. pearances by comic Suzanne Westen- hoefer in Madison and Milwaukee. I talked with the woman behind the stage curtain, Brenda De Jong, the founder and heart of Full Moon. Brenda is a 35 year ti old software engineer. She and her part- ner, Kim, live in a new home they built twenty miles south of Fond Du Lac. In her spare time, Brenda loves to garden and tend to her horses.

Wisconsin Light: How did you come to start Full Moon Productions? Brenda D Jong: I worked with another production company, initially. And they were in kind of a downward trend and weren't doing many shows. And I thought it would be a good thing to do if someone Brenda De Jong were doing more shows for the commu- well. I think maybe people got stuck in nity. Another woman and I decided to that groove. Now it's not a issue of branch out and start Full Moon. whether or not you want to have it WL: Did you know what you were get- somewhere else, you have to have it ting into? somewhere else. BD: Yes. We worked with the other pro- BD: I think previously we've been scared duction company for a couple of years, so to go other places. Either because the little bit of a feel. Dance-Dance-Dance—Dancing remains popular around the state. I think we had a facilities we could afford to rent weren't in WL: What are some of your favorite the best part of town and people were memories over the past eight years. scared to go there in the evenings, or just In Milwaukee it's La We got a judge to rule that if women could Cage and Club 219; What are some of the highlights? wondering if you'd be seen going into in Green Bay wear men's clothes, men could wear it is Za's; Appleton has the BD: Every show was a highlight. I think something that would be a woman identi- Pivot women's clothes," Cicirello said. Club, while Kenosha has Club 94. every show we brought in was a great fied event or perhaps a lesbian identified In Madison the New Bar was the place to How did Dance bars get to be so popu- show. It's nice that the Suzanne Westen- event. be, but due to the Hotel Washington fire lar? According to Cicirello, their popularity hoefer shows have grown and that we've And I think maybe, maybe as more the dance crowd has moved over the Ma- is rooted in years gone by. been able to move up to a bigger, nicer, people are out, or maybe we've made noeuvres—or, according to sources at La "Year's ago it was a way of meeting venue. some progress and people aren't as wor- Cage and Club 219, they are coming from someone. If you liked someone you It's our goal to provide a quality enter- ried about that anymore. Madison to Milwaukee—at least until the played a slow song on the juke box and tainment, as well as a quality environ- Still, when I choose venues I try to find New Bar can be rebuilt. asked them to dance. By the end of the ment. We don't like to have to do shows a place that there's not a lot of outside That soon may change and Madison's song you knew if you had a date for the in churches with hard pews because it's traffic. So if people do have those issues dance crowd won't have to make that 70 evening. uncomfortable. People like to go out and that they'll still feel okay going there and mile drive. According to Co-owner, Ed "Also years ago, the kids used to engage be entertained and be comfortable. And not being outed. I know there are people Grunewald, Manoeuver's is remodeling to in line dances like the Stroll. It brought a some of the smaller shows though, that's in occupations where thafs every sensi- more than double its space. spirit of camaraderie, and togetherness. all the budget permits. So it's been nice tive thing, like teachers. As the former owner of Milwaukee's leg- Things just grew from there." to be able to move up to a nice theater WL: Does Full Moon have any plans endary Factory which closed in the 1980s, The Dance bar's popularity in Gay male like the Pabst. I guess that's a highlight. for Pridefest? Chuck Cicirello is the dean of the owners culture is not easily explained. These bars WL: And the dances have been going BD: No. I wish we did. I, unfortunately, of Wisconsin Dance bars. are typically the largest Gay clubs in their okay? promote several stages at the National Cicirello's association with Dance bars community. They attract the biggest BD: The dances are terrific. It's also Women's Music Festival which is the predates even the Factory. In the mid 60's crowds. For some the attraction is a wider been nice to move the dance to a little same weekend. he was the manager of the Castaways selection of men with whom to spend an nicer place because we're at the WL: Are you going to Michigan when male-male dancing wasn't legal. evening. O'Donnell Park Pavilion with those. So Women's Music Festival this year? I "Back then the minute a cop would walk Others want the anonymity that large it's been nice to move up and be in a new looked at the flyer this year and real- in, everyone had to separate and stop crowds provide. facility. ized I didn't know any of the perform- dancing." said Cicirello. "If they got caught Still others enjoy the total dance bar ex- WL: It's been my experience in the ers anymore. they would get charged with disorderly perience, the music, the lights and the past that sometimes when the com- BD: A lot of artists who were very popular conduct." cruising. munity had dances outside of Lake on the.women's circuit are really rethink- That got changed. Grunewald believes that the music and Park Pavilion, they weren't attended as TURN TO DE JONG, PAGE 12 "We used a test case," Cicirello said. the DJ are the most important elements. "We got a judge to rule that if two women TURN TO DANCE BARS, PAGE 12 "Relatively Speaking" Wraps up Next Act Theatre's Sixth Season

Milwaukee—Next Act Theatre is pre- Sheila. By the time Ginny arrives, much senting Alan Ayckbourn's rollicking confusion and befuddlement has already romantic farce Relatively Speaking, May set in, and she makes it worse. 9-26, 1996, playing in the Stiemke Eventually, the two women come to a Theater at the Milwaukee Center, located private understanding and put each man at 108 East Wells Street, Milwaukee. The in his respective place. Relatively production is being sponsored in part by a Speaking is vintage Ayckbourn, at his grant from Lucy and Jack Rosenberg. frothy and hysterical best! Relatively Speaking, Ayckbourn's first Regular performances run Thursdays at big hit, is a fast-paced comedy of absurd 7:30pm, Fridays at 8:00pm, Saturdays at situations and lightning wit. 4:30pm and 8:30pm. All performances Ginny and Greg are soon to be married. are staged at the Stiemke Theatre The However, Ginny has a few "loose ends" to Steimke Theatre is wheelchair accessible. tie up in the person of Phillip, her former For ticket reservations and information boss and one time love-interest. on discount rates, call the Milwaukee Rep Believing that Ginny is visiting her Box Office at (414) 224-9490. For further parents, Greg gets there first to make a information call the Next Act office at Mary Fauckenberg—wife of the late artist, James Fauckenberg, posed with the artist's self-portrait at t good impression, not realizing that this is (414) 278-7780. current exhibition of his art at the BestD Clinic, 1204 E. Brady Street in Milwaukee. The exhibit opened actually the home of Phillip and his wife May 4th. May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-10 • F2' The Nomad Bar Celebrates Its First Women's Music cymig cAk.k Week Milwaukee--The Nomad, a straight In "Rent", Larson Depicts the Lives of owned, but Gay friendly bar located at 1401 E. Brady Street on Milwaukee's Lesbians and PWA's as Works of Art lower East Side, is sponsoring its first ever Women's Music Week, featuring By Vincent Cantara shoot heroin into her collapsing veins. several nationally known women per- You have a dream—and you're willing As in La Boheme, the lovers' circle of formers. to do whatever it takes to make it real; friends contains an artist, a musician and The bar which is known for its friendly wash dishes, wait tables, sling hash, a woman of somewhat dubious virtue. atmosphere and wide selection of im- whatever it takes. And all the while you But now, the artist is a video hound, the ported beers, is owned by Mike Idol. dream that your ship hasn't foundered on musician is a fabulous drag queen, and Idol told The Spotlight "The Nomad the rocks; that one day you will see it the young woman is a Lesbian with a wants to provide a venue for important standing proudly before the wind as it lover in tow. women performers who otherwise aren't sweeps into port. There is romance here, but no attempt seen in Milwaukee." This is your dream and it sustains you to be romantic about any of the charac- The week which will run from May 12th through dreary days and rain-swept ters, since Larson knew their counterparts and will continue through May 19t , will nights. all too well. Thus, what he is able to do is feature a variety of women performers. Finally, it happens. to portray them in all With performers coming from both A musical that you've their complex human- sides of the country, the Nomad has gone written wins the Pulit- ity—as any writer all out to provide a quality revue of fe- zer Prize for drama does with the people male performers. and is to be brought who he knows. to the Broadway Larson's extraordi- stage. nary music and lyrics Rehearsals go as range from hard rock BestD Clinic Live! rehearsals do, some to reggae, with bits of A Half Hour To Stretch the Mind good, others bad. gospel grunge and • Thursday, May 9—Guests: Ginny Better not to think a tango heard even and Bob Savrnoch, "W're Proud to about those. the way. Per- along be Your Kids!" The dress rehearsal is worse Jamie —which is haps "One Song Glory" won't make you • Thursday, May 16—Guests: Kevin Anderson will perform May 12''' at Mil- a good sign. That means the waukee's Nomad pub. opening forget "Che Gelida Manina," but it's al- Quader, "To be Catholic and Gay" night will be a smashing success. Your most guaranteed that you won't be able to • Thursday, May 23—Guest: Susan schedule is as follows: family will be there, all your friends will get this or any of the rest of Larson's mu- The Cook, "PrideFest '96" th: Jamie Anderson, a too, all those whose faith has sustained sic out of your mind. Sun., May 12 • Thursday, May 30—Guests: Karen contemporary singer songwriter will be you will be there on your night of nights. According to Musical Director Tim Gotzler and Bill Dempsey, coming in from Tucson. 8:00 Cover But you will never see it. You won't be Weil, Rent is "about living with AIDS and there. "Reflections from the Trail" $7.00 maintaining a certain quality of life, as • Thursday, June 6—Guests: Bro. Hope is no lady. She's an evil Thur., May 16th: Marianne Flemming, goddess much as it is about people dying from this Steve Braddock, Casey Reilly, full of cruel tricks to play. The originally from Florida and now in living in worst the horrible plague." Ross Walker. "United HIV Serv- malignant deity reserved for Madison, Flemming and her combo play Jonathan Others agree, especially the critics and ices" Larson whose story is told above. "a souful bluesy kind of folk." 9:00 Cover others who have seen it, that the show • Thursday, June 13—Guests: On the night of January 25, 1996, $3.00. just a deals with hope and joy, with living life to Members of SPRA, "Rainbows few hours after the final dress Fri May 17th: Cathy Braaten, Chicago's rehearsal its fullest. Over Sherman Park" of his crowing achievement, Rent, he Braaten brings her brand of rocking blues "Jonathan wrote what he knew," Weil • Thursday, June 20—Guest: Laurie was stricken with an aortic to Milwaukee. 10:00 Cover: $3.00 aneurysm in said. That's probably why it turned out so Guilbault, "LAMM" his New York City apartment and Sat May 18th: Astra Kelly, Chitown's died. well." • Thursday, June 27—Guest: Pat- On opening night, the applause was second contribution to the Nomad's line Rent is redolent of humor, an uncom- rick Flaherty, "Some New Rain- deafening. The play, all agreed, was a up. 10:00 Cover $3.00 mon thing in rock musicals, but according bows Over River West" triumph of the writer's art. As one of Lar- Sun May 19th: Rachel Bissex, Ver- to Weil, that's the way Larson intended it. All of the above shows are cable- son's friends said sadly afterward, mont's claim to fame. Rachel sings "We'd "Jonathan thought it was important not cast over Cable Channel 47 at 7:00 like to believe he was there in some kind "Green Mountain Folk." 8:00 Cover to take your place in the world too seri- p.m. of spirit, but it's not, of course, the same ously," Weil said. "It's to his credit that he $3.00 thing." was able to write rock songs that are of- Perhaps not, but the young writer has ten funny and always theatrical. He dis- left us a brilliant work, inspired by La Bo- tilled the elements of various musical heme--Puccini's immortal vision of love styles so well that a beautiful ballad can and death amidst a group of struggling be followed by a loud, Seattle-sounding young artists in the Paris of the July rock tune, and neither song seems out of Monarchy (1830's). context." For those of you familiar with the opera, Larson wanted his musical to be of, by the picturesque Parisian locations of a and for the people who he wrote about. humble garret, the thronged Latin Quarter He was able to do that; to create a work on Christmas Eve and a snow-covered of art in Rent that shows drug addiction, inn, have, under Larson's hand, given AIDS, the angst of young people, both way to a squalid loft and the truly raffish Gay, Lesbian and straight, who must environs of St. Mark's Place in New York make their way in today's stultifying soci- City' East Village. ety. 224-8111 1401 E. Brady Roger (Rodolfo) isn't some starry-eyed "The East Village," Weil said, "they're poet spouting verse like water from a universal" to every place in any city where leaky tank, but an HIV-positive punk- Gay people gather. Their lives are so of- rocker struggling to write one great song ten works of art. before time catches up with him. Mllen's Mimi is no longer a demure young woman coughing her life away as she makes silk flowers. She is, instead, a Cream City strung-out PWA who dances in a leather club. She comes to Roger's apartment, Chorus Spring Music Week not to have some candle re-lit, but to Concert Skylight Opera Information May 1996 Presents Johann Milwaukee—The Wisconsin Cream City Chorus will be holding its Spring Concert, "Bridging Dreams," on June beginning Mother's Day... Strauss's "Die 15th at 8:00 p.m. at Vogel Hall in the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Fledermaus" The evening concert will celebrate the *from Tucson, AZ diversity of our community and the Milwaukee -- The Skylight Opera dreams that bind us together. Theatre is staging a presentation of Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the 12SU. Jamie Anderson Johann Strauss's operetta Die door. Tickets are available at the Mar- Fledermaus. The operetta opened on cus Center Box Office or thropgh the *from Madison, WI May 15th and will run until June 7m. Chorus Office, Box 1488, Milwaukee, Is it indiscreet for a married man to flirt WI 53201 or call (414) 344-WCCC. with a beautiful woman at an elegant 16TH.:9 Marianne Hemming masquerade ball? What if that woman is indeed his wife, but he doesn't "10PM know it? Skylight Opera Theatre present "from Chicago, IL The Skylight embraces an evening of Kidswrites, a musical theatre piece exquisite deceptions, attractions and based on young people's writings, flirtations, and some of 17FR. Cathy Braaten the most featuring the talents of Tony Clements, enchanting music ever written for the Carol Greif, Ray Jivoff and Becky Spice- stage featuring a unique *10PM "from Chicago, IL translation by Kopischke. popular author and playwright John Miller Cabaret performances begin at Mortimer. 11:00p.m., immediately following Die 18SA. Astra Kelly Die Fledermaus is sponsored by The Fledermaus, and are free to the public. Edward U. Demmer Foundation. For further information, including *8PM *from Burlington, TX In the Skylight Bar each Friday and performance schedules and ticket price, Saturday evening throughout the run of contact the Skylight Box Office at (414) Die Fledermaus, Miller Brewing and 19SU. Rachel Bissex the 291-7800. 1 May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-11 Suzanne Westenhoefer Knows What Makes us Laugh

Reviewed by Julie Kleppin shopping, she thinks milk is found in the Humor: just what is it that makes us cereal aisle. Suzanne has a thing about laugh? Suzanne Westenhoefer knows. cats and pets in general. On her visit to the Pabst Theater April 26, A cocker spaniel looks like a rat with a presented by Full Moon Productions, skirt, and, "When you have to change the Suzanne had it completely under control. cat box, you KNOW we don't need that While some womyn in the audience were cat!" She usually carries a story over the simply in love with her (did they even hear edge but adds a touch that keeps it real: what she said?), she had everyone rolling Flying to a small town, the planes get from the start. Whether you think she's smaller and smaller till it's just the pilot cute or not, she's funny. and you—and you have to give the safety Most of Westenhoefer's humor results speech. And then you can't remember from her quirky observations on the how it goes... everyday experiences we all share. She talks about normal events—adding her bizarre analysis—and it all sounds like she just thought of it and said it for the first time. No matter how outrageous her comments, the delivery is so smooth and natural, she's believable. She'd be good at sales... On the surface, Westenhoefer's routine Art For AIDS—Pictured left to right: Jason Rohlf, artist, and Art For AIDS auction committee members seems non-political. She ignores obvious Paul Mandracchia, Lisa Quinn and Cece Murphy. Art (left to right) by: Jason Rohlf, Doug Hoist, Bruce comedy material like Republicans or the Johnson, Lois Mogensen and Karen Kaisler. The auction will be held June 2'. (See related story on page Presidential race. 7.) She's not outraged about AIDS, the environment, or campaign financing. But Revival of 'An Ideal Husband' by Oscar the personal is her political field. Whether its auditioning in Hollywood as an out Wilde Opens to Acclaim on Broadway actress or telling your family you are Gay, she's talking about discrimination and Westenhoefer wants us to fight back. New York, NY--Quite the voice of - "To love oneself is the beginning of a But she makes it sound like helpful common-sense morality that Oscar Wilde lifelong romance," he opines—but he ac- advice. Wear your freedom ring jewelry and a pretty good playwright, too. tually is the most realistic and caring per- Take a look at the splendid revival of son on stage. when you travel— you'll get better service from other Gays in the airline industry. An Ideal Husband which arrived This production has the good fortune of If your sister says Satan's inside you, Wednesday, May 1st, at Broadway's Bar- starring Martin Shaw as Goring. Shaw is tell everyone you're eating for two. rymore Theater from London, courtesy of not a conventional leading man, but he Suzanne Westenhoefer performing at the Pabst Though she's 40 and never director Peter Hall and a fine cast of has an engaging smile and a sure sense married, Theatre Westenhoefer's older sister denies mostly British actors. of comic timing. The actor also has been being Whatever Westenhoefer does, she does a Lesbian, saying she's "married Its stars are unknown on these shores, padded to look a bit like Charles Dickens' to it OUT. No shrinking violet, she wants to Jesus." but they are sturdy professionals who Mr. Pickwick. So Suzanne proudly announces strike fear into the hearts of that Jesus is her brother-in-law. know how to get the most out of Wilde's Shaw gets robust support from David discriminators. When it comes to what Westenhoefer gets Lesbians to laugh at elegant play. Yelland as the tempted foreign affairs we should call ourselves (Gay? Lesbian? themselves in a very positive way. Written in 1895 (the same year as his minister; Penny Downie as his adoring She Bi? Trans?), she says we need to united knows we love to change flat tires. masterpiece, The Importance of Being wife, and Anna Carteret as the seductive And it and be serious. "Let's bring back the old was a dyke Earnest), An Ideal Husband discourses blackmailer. who invented the fanny pack term SODOMITES." because A, we hate to carry purses, and on the impossibility of perfection and how Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray, one Suzanne Westenhoefer's not just some B, it's more like a tool belt. Womyn one deals with idols who have feet of of Britain's favorite acting couples, make teenager trying to shock us, she's herself. always ask what a prospective date's sign clay. delightful supporting appearances, Deni- Ending her act, she asked us all to: Vote is but they ought to ask, "Can you rewire The plot: Sir Robert Chiltem, loving son, as Goring's exasperated father, and for Clinton (for our sake) and VOTE. a lamp? Do you like to mow the lawn?" husband and devoted public servant, Gray, as a society matron who is a more Don't do anything rash but come out Anyone's experience is Westenhoefer's faces a serious moral dilemma. In his gentle version of the formidable Lady everywhere you can. Be braver. You'll material, like coupons and shopping. feel youth, he sold a cabinet secret for a large Bracknell in The Importance better, you'll be free. Be smart, but of Being There's her girlfriend who is so unused to amount of money. It made his career. Earnest. be Gay. And most of all, be yourself. Now he is threatened with exposure by an Hall effortlessly spins the play's four exotic adventuress named Mrs. Cheveley acts, and his actors never fall off balance. unless he publicly endorses a question- Designer Carl Toms' settings are de- able financial scheme. ceptively opulent. They are spare but give Should Sir Robert tell his wife, Lady the suggestion of richness. A giant coin Chiltern, who holds her husband up to featuring the profile of a severe and som- impossibly high standards? "One's past ber Queen Victoria descends from the is what one is," she says. "It is the only heavens between each scene, a funny way by which people should be judged." reminder of the age's emphasis on pro- rt or "I did not sell myself for money," Sir priety. Robert equivocates. "I bought success at An Ideal Husband is a remarkably a great price." humane play, generous in its forgiveness The politician enlists the help of a good of human foibles. This production cap- friend, Lord Goring, a witty gadabout and tures the good spirit of Wilde's comedy a stand-in for Wilde in the play. Goring with style and grace. may affect a narcissistic, frivolous nature- auctio "Beneath the Oval Office" at Theatre X A BENEFIT FOR AIDS Shines With a Brilliant Cast CARE, PREVENTION, AND RESEARCH Reviewed by Glenn Bishop isn't inclined in the least to move. Glenn is not a political creature, as any Surround her and "the Old man" are of Glenn's friends are sure to tell you. resident spin doctor Trudy Onassis Occasionally Glenn feels as if he slept (Marcie Hoffman) and body guard cum right through the Reagan Years. Of manservant Todd (David Rommel). SUNDAY course Glenn might also be quick to point For good measure throw in a Barbara out that President Reagan most certainly Walters-wannabe, Irene Duffy (Debrah did as well. Clifton), a clueless reporter unable to JUNE 2.1996 Truth be told, perhaps Glenn also present on camera even the simplest of slumbered right past Bush and found news reports. Poor Duffy wouldn't recog- himself emerging fully grown, not asking, nize a scoop if it was topped with hot ITALIAN COMMUNITY CENTER but boldly telling everyone in sight. Well, fudge, whipped cream and a cherry. that's another story. Act 1 is all is very "You Can't Take it MILWAUKEE Mark Anderson and John Kishline, like With You" until the sudden and unex- Glenn, start from the premise that Ronald pected arrival of rival Colonel Bob Slo- Reagan nodded off sometime in 1980. cum, armed with a political ultimatum. Glenn ponders just how long it might take The challenge: a Presidential debate, FOR TICKETS CALL a highly trained team of archaeologists to winner take all. Intermission curtain. discover if Reagan ever awoke. Such Political satire is a curious beast at vitally important information is sure to best. Despite veiled allusions to the emi- remain top secret and highly classified for nent Mr. Reagan, this Theatre X produc- 414.273.2729 years to come. tion is less a specific indictment of any The heart and soul of Beneath the specific politicians or party, but an unbri- Oval Office is the President of the United dled assault on the uniquely American ART PREVIEW EXHIBITION.MAY 17-31 States, nebulously referred to as simply brand of presidential politics. Anderson "the Old Man." As crafted by Messrs. and Kishline spare no one, taking no A sample of art will be available for viewing at the following locations: Anderson and Kishline, "the Old Man" is a prisoners. The end result is not pretty. cookie eating, piano playing, Moon River- Where Beneath the Oval Office really singing buffoon. Glenn remembers a shines is in the marvelous ensemble AUDUBON COURT BOOKS MILWAUKEE CENTER chimp flick that Ronald Reagan made but performances. As "the Old Man", John 383 W. Brown Deer Rd. 111 E. Kilbourn Ave. seems to recollect that Moon River was Schneider is a delight. His movements a sung by Andy Williams... Glenn di- touch out of sync, his facial expressions Fox Point Downtown gresses. running the gamut, "the Old Man" Milwaukee The audience finds themselves deep in emerges as an oddly endearing fellow. the bowels of the White House. "The Old He meets a true rival in the physical Man" is ga-ga. His manipulative and comedy derby with Sean McKenna, the condescending wife ( the always marvel- bumbling presidential challenger. ARCW ous Flora Coker) is quite happy with her Beneath the Oval Office continues current digs, thank you very much and through May 19. PRODUCED BY THE AIDS RESOURCE CENTER OF WISCONSIN, INC. May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-12 "The crowds aren't as big as they used to So a lot of producers have quit produc- be but they are still there." ing and without producers, there's not a "Those free wheeling days "of the 70's place for artists to perform outside of and 80's are long gone" according to coffeehouses or bars which aren't ideal Prentice. "We'll never see them again. environments. So I think a lot of perform- ANNOUNCEMENTS Now instead of out on ers are doing other things. Like Lucy going Friday and Saturday night, many people just go out Blue (Trembley) has gone back to school. on one or the other." WL: I named my car after her. Karen Beaumont in Concert To help attract customers, the various BD: Too much. But anyhow, people who bars employ a variety of marketing ap- were really popular in that circuit can't Milwaukee—Karen Beaumont will present a concert of organ music with guest artists Jenni- make a living doing this anymore. So fer Goodman, trumpet, and Wendy Wagner, soprano, on Sunday, May 19th at 4:00 p.m. at St. proaches including shows, pageants, and drink specials. They also carefully monitor you're seeing bunches of new people who Paul's Episcopal Church, 914 E. Knapp St. in Milwaukee. There will be music by Walther, maybe you don't know. Guhaidulina, Boulanger, Hindemith, and Bach. The concert is free and open to the public. A their music, often changing the format from night to night. WL: Does Full Moon have any events free will offering will be collected to help support the concert series at St. Paul's. planned for the future? times. They are investing more in technol- Each of the bars tries uses various mar- DANCE BARS keting techniques to attract more people. BD: Right now the Halloween Dance. Continued from Page 9 ogy and some have alcohol-free times or Club 219, for example, has several shows That's it. I'm going to be traveling for "The type of music and the DJ are big spaces. during the week and weekends and often business a lot this summer and I just parts of any bar's success. We notice a "You don't have to drink at a dance bar has strippers on the weekend. didn't want to plan anything. I generally Za "We are significant drop in patrons when our num- to have a good time," said. La Cage prides itself on continually up- kind of wait to see who's touring because good someone's ber 1 DJ isn't there." not pushing alcohol we're pushing a dating its sound and lighting systems, of- if coming through the area and Circirello agrees with the importance of time. Alcohol might be part of that but it fering the latest technology. we don't have to pay travel, it makes the doesn't the DJ. However he adds that the social- have to be." The Pivot Club has brought in nationally budget a little more easy to balance. And Za's offers shows during the week and izing opportunities are important too. is known entertainers, while Club 94 relies not that I don't ant to pay artists a lot of starting a dry night on Sunday evening. money. "Strangers can ask other strangers to on its ability to attract a wide mix of people ... According to Za, "We will be open to any- dance. Dancing is a great ice breaker for from Chicago, Racine, Kenosha and Mil- WL: You have to be realistic about people especially for people who are shy." one who is over 16. Alcohol will be served waukee. what you can afford. upstairs Java's, but will "It's easier to ask someone to dance at no alcohol be Despite their problems, no one should BD: Exactly. You have to find a way to allowed in the dance area." than it is to strike up a conversation," said give up on the dance bars yet. As Hault- make one end of the budget meet the Like Za, and others George Prentice, owner of La Cage, Mil- Prentice point out man put it "People love to party." other. that keeping up with the latest technology waukee's biggest dance bar. As long as that's the case, the walls will WL: Well, I think that's about it for is expensive, which is why some Za, aka Mark, from Za's in Green Bay bars keep vibrating and the lights will keep time. put it simply "Gay men love dancing." charge a cover. flashing. BD: Can I add some words of wisdom? I So, according to Za, do Lesbians. While Grunewald says that his bar spent over think that it's real important that we sup- in Milwaukee, most Lesbians who want to $5,000 just on one large screen video DE JONG port events in our community. And that we monitor. dance go to Fannies and put a song on Continued from Page 9 be out, wherever it's appropriate because the juke box, in smaller towns like Apple- Despite the challenges of making a I think that it's hard to change the world Diedre McCalla ton and Green Bay, Lesbians mix more profit, none of the bars are likely to be- ing their careers. Like unless you're out to people. And they talked to her freely with men on the dance floor. come empty warehouses any time soon. was very popular. When I begin to know we're not ogres, we're not and she's re- One owner, Bob Haultman of Kenosha's Tough drunk driving laws and AIDS have booker not too long ago "those people." We are the people that because it's hard to Club 94 thinks that his bar's ability to at- helped hold down the crowds. "It used to thinking her career they work with. It's one of the reasons I out to those shows to tract both Lesbians and Gay men is a big be that you would have a big crowd get enough people think, for me, doing shows is so impor- plus. throughout the weekend." said one owner. break even. tant. "We don't have one single type of people coming here. Everyone feels comfortable because everyone fits in. We are happy that Lesbians and Gay men come here." The bar business in general has been depressed the last few years and dance bars in particular have been hard hit. The Discover Wisconsin's Gay Entertainment reasons are varied. Complex All Over Again! As Za put it, "People don't have a clue about how much it costs us to operate. 4 Different Places to Party, Dance or Relax You have a big space that is empty most 7 Bars. • 2 Dance Floors • 4 Sound Systems • Video of the time, and it only fills up late in the Food • Games • Dancing evening. Your cost is enormous, because you have to pay for that space even when its not full." Prentice and Za both point to a drop in the bar business in general. "All the bars, straight and Gay are down," says Prentice. "People look at the hour or two or three that they are there and they think the bar is making a killing. Part of the reason there aren't many dance bars is that there are a limited number of customers. No Spring - Summer one wants 1996 to go to an empty room." said Za Za goes on to say that, "We are at point in time right now when dance bars Open 8pm Nightly are not kicking the butt that they used to. Younger Gay people don't have the same Sundays problems coming out that they used to. There are a lot more straight people com- Alternative and New Music Intro — Use Your Sunday Bucks ing to Gay bars and more Gay people go- ing to straight bars." While dancing is the main feature at all Mondays of these bars, They also have auxiliary Comedy and Happy Hour All Night bars in quieter areas of the their buildings. These cocktail bars allow patrons to en- gage in conversations with a new friend without having to shout at each other. Tuesdays Za's has the elegant Java's on its sec- If you want to strut your stuff ond floor. La Cage's Grubb's Pub located Beer Bust and a Touch of Country in its basement also serves food. on TV Gay Dance American will The Pivot Club, and Club '94 have front be filming Friday May 10th! bars that are somewhat isolated from the Wednesdays & Thursdays noise of the dance areas. Manoeuvres is installing a cocktail bar in the front lobby Our Famous SuperBust of the space it occuppies in the Hotel Wil- son. Club 219 has a video cocktail bar in its Fridays basement. No Cover for Card Holders - Dance, Dance, Dance open Like any business the bar business is very competitive, so all of the bars do their best to make their customers happy. All Saturdays of the owners agree that customer service is extremely important. The PARTY! "Never forget that you are one of the customers and always look at things like a customer does. I like to say "I was a whore before, I'm a whore now. The only difference now is that I own a bar" said Cicirello. Za, Grunewald and Haultman agree. Note: there are less than 200 regular La Cage Cards left to issue. "Customer service is our number one pri- Pictures are taken Wednesdays and Fridays 11pm to 12:30 pm. ority." said Grunewald. "One segment of the population is into Temporary slips expires May 15th. the latest gimmick." said Za. "But some bars have been successful without spending tons and tons of money. You do have to have a good sound system and lighting, but you have to treat the custom- ers with respect." Prentice says the technical aspects are also important. "Good sound, good lights and of course the music you can't fool the kids." Are dance bars dead? 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The Triangle—hosted a benefit on April 28th for the Tenant Relief.Fund for Madison's Hotel Washington which burned to the ground on February 18th. Mr. Rod's of the hotel's bar joined several performers including (left to right) Terry, Brittany Morgan, Tabitha Stevens , Tabitha, Brittany, Vanity Fair and Asjia Knight.

ties. Rainbow Over Wisconsin was started through the support and sponsorship of Blue Lite, Brandy's II, Madhatter, Napal- ese, Pivot Club, Rascals, Sass, and Za's. The origins of Rainbow Over Wisconsin lie with the group of businesses which in the past sponsored the Bar Appreciation Picnic held annually in Green Bay. Last year the group decided it would be in the best interest of the community to change Reviewed by Tim Grair the compositions. The playing is compe- and grow. tent and expressive and Mr. Bowles him- The Bar Appreciation Picnic became a Paul Bowles--Migrations Pride Picnic—something better serve the self approves of HCD's interpretation. Yes, this is the same Paul Bowles who LesBiGay community. The first Pride Pic- This is traveling music--whether or not wrote The Sheltering Sky and no, this is nic raised money totaling over $2,000 that you actually go anywhere. not a spoken word album. Mr. Bowles was divided between charitable groups. It has had a long career as a composer (the was so successful that the group felt the Ham & Hard Rolls • $1 earliest piece on this recording was writ- Rainbow Over community would benefit if this organiza- ten in 1931, the most recent was finished tion were more visible and accessible. in 1993). Much of Mr. Bowles music was Therefore, Rainbow Over Wisconsin was written as incidental music for theater and Wisconsin Formed created. has since been lost. This is a shame. Looking to the future, Rainbow over Thankfully Hermann Kretzschmar, Cath- in Appleton to Wisconsin will produce the Rainbow Over erine Milliken and Dietmar Wiesner Wisconsin Pride Weekend as well as TUESDAYS & (collectively HCD) have recorded the Promote LesBiGay many other fundraising events throughout seven pieces comprising Migrations. Al- the year. though Mr. Bowles has been associated Community The Pride Weekend will include a with the avant garde his music is very ac- bowling tournament, Saturday, August THURSDAYS WI—Rainbow Over Wiscon- cessible. He borrows heavily from jazz Appleton, 31st at Riviera Lanes in Green Bay, and a sin is a new non-profit organization which and the music of other countries. As is picnic, Sunday, September 1st, tentatively has been formed to promote the growth usual with classical CDs, the liner notes scheduled at Memorial Park in Appleton. Tap Beer and stability of the LesBiGay community are extensive and provide a wealth of in- Rainbow Over Wisconsin would like to through charitable and educational activi- formation about both the composer and invite anyone interested in learning more about the organization or who are inter- !ill!iiill!IT!!1'!!!!!!!1',!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!ITIfi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!PITH!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!ITT!!!!!!!!!!!1!1!!!!// ested in benefiting from fundraising 3ra, EE. events to join them Monday, June 25' 7:00 p.m. at Sass, 840 S. Broadway. =E= Green Bay, Wisconsin. Free food, soda and juice will be served. There will also ZE= LENDA = be a cash bar. For more information, call (414) 437- 7277. FRIDAYS May 11th May 12th May 13th May 15th May 16th May 17th SHOWTIME WITH Marianne Favor SSBL Games MOTHER'S The Nerd AIDS Benefit HIV Testing Carole la Mama Roux's Fleming Booksigning Sijan Field DAY Benefit in memory of C'EST LA VIE's Stephen Hemming 8 pm to Midnight Nomad's A Room of One's Duwanne Jamie Contributions for 9:00 Own 6:30 Moore Benefit accepted for tickets Dazzling Help send Ms. Anderson 7:30 Powerhouse Cathy Braaten Moore to the Nomad's Theater Nomad's 9:00 Miss Gay USA 8:00 Open Stage pagent 10:30 Divas! Possum Queen Walker's Point Cafe Za's Pagent 6:00 8 to 12 11:30'm Just Us May 18th May 19th May 20th May 23rd May 24th - 26th Spring Follies Rachel Bissex Eric Rofes Wisconsin Light The Milwaukee Classic Club 94 Nomad's 8:00 Bookreading Distributed Friday- Registration and Party Downtown Hilton Rainbow Tour A Room of One's Own Feminist Sci-Fi 6:30 Saturday -Games at Wick Field Za's Rainbow Tour Writer's Reception (52nd & Vliet) Manouevres Room of One's Own Astra Kelly Sunday- Games at Wick Field 6:30 Nomad's 10:00 Banquet at the Downtown Hilton SSBL Games Sijan Field R Theater: Movies: Art: Beneath the Oval Office Dr. Suess I Presume The Celluloid Closet James Faulkenberg u Theater X Broom St. Theater Madison The Oriental Theater A Retrospective (Thru May 19th) (Fri,Sat, Sun to June 2nd) (Now playing) BESTD Clinic Tartuffe Die Fledermaus The Birdcage N Performers needs for Boulevard Ensemble Theater Skylight Opera Theater Various locations Statewide Friday & Saturday S Thru May 19th (May 15th- June 7th) Shows CALL FOR AN AUDITION DEADLINE FOR OUR NEXT CALENDAR: MAY 20TH May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-14

OUT on Film .000000000010000000. The Stars Take a Backseat to the Plots in This Summer's Films Los Angeles—Bill Paxton hasn't sold a natural talent. The star of the movie is many movie tickets in his acting career. nature, so you better have actors who Few people say, "Let's go see the new can act natural. Will Smith film!" And the last time Mi- "If I had cast Arnold Schwarzenegger, chael J. Fox carried a hit film, people you would expect him to behave in a wore leisure suits. certain way. He would probably pull out a Nevertheless, these decidedly B-list machine gun and try to shoot the tor- actors are the leading players in what nado. There are a lot of limitations to big could prove to be this summer's three stars." biggest movies—Paxton's Twister, And a lot of costs. Without a high- Smith's Independence Day and Fox's priced actor, the makers of Twister, like The Frighteners. Independence Day, put the bulk of their In a rare demonstration that star power $75 million budget into computer effects. isn't the only key to the box-office safe, Independence Day is about another ▪ several of the summer's most anticipated menace in the sky: Instead of a tornado, titles are driven more by eye-popping it's invaders from another planet. The concepts than million-dollar perform- movie stars Smith (of TV's "Fresh Prince ances. of Bel-Air"), Bill Pullman and Goldblum. Instead of paying the likes of Jim Car- The premise of Independence Day is rey, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom the kind of wild storyline made famous in Cruise $20 million apiece, the producers the peril films of years ago. of these three movies are pouring that In the same spirit of 1956's Invaders precious loot into special effects and let- From Mars, the new film presumes that ting the stories, not the stars, do the life exists beyond Earth. Rather than talking. bearing gifts from another solar system, - Sometimes the idea is king," says the Independence Day aliens intend to Tom Rothman, whose 20th Century Fox destroy the Earth over the July 4th week- studio is releasing Independence Day on end. July 3. Dean Devlin, who wrote and produced vehicles, in- A number of inevitable star Independence Day, says he and director )- Carrey's Cable Guy, cluding Roland Emmerich were inspired by now- Blockbuster Time—The summer's first film, "Twister," opens in theatres May 10th. Bill Paxton and Cruise's Schwarzenegger's Eraser and famous movies that, at the time, starred Helen Hunt are trying to escape the path of the on-coming tornado. Mission: Impossible, are sprinkled hardly famous actors: Jaws, Star Wars, throughout the school-break season. Yet Close Encounters of the Third Kind when all the receipts are totaled, the and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. `The White Balloon' Offers a Rare and marquee players could trail their starless "Those were the films that Roland and competitors. I fell in love with as children," says Dev- Haunting Glimpse of Life in Iran having a big star in a lead role Simply lin, who collaborated with Emmerich on himself. is no guarantee of success. Just take a Reviewed by Glenn Bishop Stargate, which cast the then ice-cold With the help of a few tears, she even- look at Julia Robert's disastrous Mary The White Balloon is quite a departure Kurt Russell in a starring role. tually reclaims the bank note from the Reilly and the Sharon Stone fiasco Dia- for Glenn. Lately, hardly a film goes by As for putting superstars in leading exotic snake charmers. Determined not bolique. a film's without its appeal to Gay and Lesbian parts, Devlin says it often ruins to be similarly sidetracked, she will go di- A good plot or fantastic special effects audiences. Not so with this surprising suspense. "You know who's going to rectly to the pet shop. (or both), on the other hand, can make film from Iran. No hint of homosexuality, survive at the end of the movie," Devlin Upon arrival, however, Razieh finds to the potential drawbacks of a low-cost not a scantily clad man in sight. says. her utter dismay that she has once more cast disappear. The White Balloon is a delightful film "We've always had a simple philosophy lost the elusive bank note. A kindly old Universal Pictures is betting that writer- focusing on an adorable little girl, Razieh in casting," Devlin says. "We don't care if woman will aid Razieh in her search. director Peter Jackson's execution of the (Aida Mohammadkhani) who has her little somebody's a big star or a little star. We Success! The note is found but sadly in comic supernatural film The Frighteners heart set on a new, chubby goldfish for just want the best possible actor for the unreachable spot beneath a curbside (July 19) will prove more attractive than the imminent New Year's celebration. an part." grate With frantic preparations for the movie's cast. The Iranian New Year's feast begins on cellar When John Carpenter made Escape Year's celebration swirling about Ever since the Back to the Future the first day of spring and continues for the New From New York 15 years ago, Russell Razieh enlists several individuals to films of a decade ago, Fox has starred in 13 days. The little girl's much desired her, wasn't a big star. Thanks to Tombstone her retrieve the note. one clunker after another: Life With goldfish serves to symbolize the peaceful help and Stargate, Russell's more famous Panahi's deceptively simple plot in Mikey, For Love or Money, Greedy and and harmonious relations between men Jafar now, but Carpenter says Russell alone diminishes the simple and en- Where the River Flows North, although and women. no way can't bring people into this summer's se- joys of The White Balloon. he did have a supporting role in last Razieh's reluctant mom, quite under- chanting quel, Escape from L.A. (Aug. 9). real time, The White Bal- year's modest hit, The American Presi- standibly pleads with the little girl that the Unfolding in While Paramount paid Russell $10 mil- manages to create a whole world in dent. goldfish in their very own pool will do just loon lion to star in the follow-up, the studio miniature, through the wide-eyed won- "Universal's line has always been that million on movie nicely but Razieh's heart is set. With the spent another $40 the derment of one small child. It is a per- the concept was the story; they never itself, guaranteeing good special effects. assistance of her older brother, Razieh suasive image, to be sure. wanted it to be star-driven," says Jack- (The original cost just $7 million.) soon finds herself, money in hand and on With a most expressive face, a re- ., son, who made 1994's Heavenly Crea- The audience has changed since Es- the adventure of her young life. - freshing sense of wonder and a charming tures. cape From New York you have to give Desperately clutching a 500 tomans directness, little Aida Mohammadkhani Beyond Fox, The Frighteners is filled them more juice," Carpenter says. "Five note, a huge amount of money in Iran, will steal your heart while she steals the with the relatively obscure performers movies open every weekend. You're try- Razieh soon finds herself sidetracked on film as Razieh. Razieh is not your typical Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, Dee Wal- ing to get attention, but how do you get her way to the pet shop. Despite warn- adorable little Hollywood child character. lace Stone and Jeffrey Combs. awareness up, especially in the hinter- ings that it is not good for girls to watch Aida's Razieh is kind and timidly friendly, "I like working with actors who don't lands?" snake charmers, little Razieh is fasci- often short-sighted but possessing a bring a huge amount of awareness to the The answer for several of this sum- nated. streak of obstinance as only a small child film," Jackson says. "You want to let the mer's filmmakers is not big stars but the She is promptly swindled out of her can. character, not the actor, drive the movie." loudest bells and whistles. Come Labor money. Poor curious and courageous Mohsen Kalifi is not less engaging as Recent Hollywood history suggests that Day, that formula could clinch the sum- Razieh. older and protective brother. small stars can indeed yield big profits. When later asked what drew her to inis Razieh's mer sweepstakes. Shahani is attractive as the Jurassic Park, the highest-grossing forbidden attraction, she simply states, "I Mohammad befirends Razieh. film of all time, didn't break records be- wanted to see what it was that was not soldier who part makes The White Balloon cause it featured Jeff Goldblum and good for me to watch." A sentiment that What in and noteworthy film is that Laura Dern. The draw was the dinosaurs. Glenn has all too often fallen victim to such a special and fleeting glimpse The Batman concept is a popular enough it provides a brief culture rarely seen in the franchise to survive two leading men, Mi- into a life and chael Keaton and Val Kilmer, and is West: Iran. opportunity about to get a third, with TV's George The White Balloon is rare and unique film. Clooney. to see a truly special everyone takes a Twister, which opened May 10, is one Glenn recommends that delightful film! of the summer's most talked-about mov- chance on this absolutely $$$$$$) ies not because of actors Paxton, Helen Rating $$$$$ (scale $ to Hunt and Jami Gertz. The buzz is being generated by the special effects: For the first time since • 1939's Wizard of Oz, a tornado has a co- law starring role. The movie is directed by ,..7. - Speed's Jan De Bont and was written by Michael Crichton (who wrote Jurassic Park) and his wife, Anne-Marie Martin. In the film, Hunt (of TV's "Mad About You") plays Paxton's estranged wife. The BOOT CAMP SALOON • two are Midwest storm chasers deter- MILWAUKEE'S mined to get in the path of a tornado. LEATHER I LEVI BAR Once there, they hope to place scientific instruments in the cyclone's path, taking 209 E. National measurements as the devices are sucked Milwaukee, WI into the vortex. 414-643-6900 "It's not that I didn't want stars," says De Bont, noting that Hunt is well-known The White Balloon—Ali (Mohsen Kalifi) is shown with his sister Razieh (Aida Mohammadkhan) in a to TV viewers. "I wanted actors that had scene from the film which was directed by Jafar Panaki. May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN Long Lost Louisa May Alcott Novel May LIGHT-15 Soon Be Turned Into a Movie Boston, MA--A beautiful but penniless as a governess by the Hamilton family. governess discovers she actually is an Edith's beauty draws the jealousy of a heiress. Her pure heart wins her the love Hamilton aunt, who accuses the govern- of a dashing English lord. ess of stealing. Louisa May Alcott wrote this story when Virtuous Edith knows who committed she was a teen-ager, but few knew about the crime, but will not reveal the name. the manuscript until two Alcott scholars Instead, she resolves to accept the blame from North Carolina and South Carolina and leave the family. found it in the stacks of a Harvard Uni- Just in time, a castle page confesses to versity library. the theft and, in the final twist, produces a "I've come up with a lot of nice things critical excerpt from the will of a Hamilton before, but none as good as this," Joel ancestor revealing Edith is actually an Myerson, an English professor at the heir to the family's fortune. University of South Carolina, said Tues- To sweeten the ending, Edith's virtue day, April 30th. wins her the heart of handsome Lord Attached to the manuscript was a Percy. handwritten note from Alcott claiming Shuster would not reveal details of of- authorship of the story. fers he's fielding, but pointed to another "When we read the first couple of recent Alcott find, The Long Fatal Love pages we thought the novel was worth Chase. Shuster's partner, Lane Zachary, photocopying. When we finally got negotiated that manuscript's $1.5 million around to transcribing it, we realized how sale to Random House. good it was," Myerson said. Myerson and Shealy said they discov- Called The Inheritance, the manuscript ered the new, 150-page novel while sift- Robert De Niro—stars in the film classic "Taxi Driver," which is now playing at Milwaukee's was handwritten and difficult to decipher. ing through Alcott holdings at Downer Harvard's Theatre. The film is currently in theatrical reissue, celebrating its 25' anniversary. Myerson said he and his collaborator, Houghton Library. Daniel Shealy of the University of North The two have edited Alcott's journals old gymnasium where dozens of beautiful readers of the Wisconsin Light not fa- Carolina at Charlotte, discovered the and letters, and collaborated on several youths lounge around the pool, nude of miliar with Lukas's beautiful .. urn, blue course without book two years ago, but only recently other projects involving the author. Myer- and a pesky old troll in eyes. finished transcribing it. son said they were searching the stacks, sight. Lukas's considerable talents notwith- Now Hollywood producers are vying for "just looking for anything," when they Boy is a virtual fantasia of youthful standing, despite its title, Boy 2: Boys at rights to the story, and book publishers found the book. male sexuality, where the camera lingers Play is ironically, far less playful than will get their first shot at it this week, said After securing permission from Harvard lovingly and long on the video's seven was Boy. The five segments of Boy 2 key models, caressing their Todd Shuster, a partner in Zachary and the three heirs to the Alcott estate to every curve. again feature Eastern Europe's most Shuster, a Boston-based literary agency. publish the manuscript, they approached Sure, there is some mild simulated sex beautiful and endowed (or is it beautifully Agents negotiating the deal have been Zachary to represent them. Any profits (nary an erection of course) but the em- endowed ) youths. Still, some of the flooded with calls since word of the from The Inheritance would be shared phasis is the playfulness of male sexual- original's magic is missing. manuscript spread among major studios, between the heirs and the researchers, ity, the innocence of youth. It is a pow- On some levels, little seems to separate Shuster said. Shuster said. erful aphrodisiac, to be sure. Boy 2 from those other videos these "We knew we had a wonderful novel on Shuster said his agency plans this Amongst the six sections in Boy, two same boys make but which can only be our hands, but we didn't expect it to pro- week to approach publishers as well. stand out. In the third section, Sergei found in "those sort of places." (and duce ... this breaking of the floodwaters," "To honor the legacy one would go to a and Mathias delightfully cruise each other which cost a whole lot more). Sure, he said. publisher first and then go to Hollywood," poolside. Later Dalibor is given a mas- there's lotsa sex but only "simulated" and Shuster said the novel had a "feminist he said. "But because of the aggressive sage by a spectacular un-named youth there is, of course, the total absence of streak," and was "romantic with a capital behavior of development executives in who surprisingly wears swim trunks. In- any pesky erections or ..., urn, climaxes. 'R"' Hollywood, we will send it simultaneously quiring minds want to know why. Actu- Needless to say, there's nary a condom Set in an English castle, the novel fol- to Hollywood and the publishing commu- ally the massage itself seems pretty fee- in sight. Certainly an idyllic portrayal of lows the trials of Edith, an orphan hired nity in New York." ble but Dalibor's enthusiastic response youthful sexuality but Glenn wonders carries the scene. what message this video is making. Glenn is sorry to say that Boy 2: Boys A bit disappointing, Boy 2 still boasts a at Play is far less successful. Featuring some beautiful boys and incites the sexual superstar Lukas on the box cover, viewer to think about a Eastern European this sequel should similarly prove as holiday. Affordably priced at $24.95, popular as the original, at least commer- both videos are available at AfterWords cially. Bookstore and Video Adventures. Glenn imagines there are few male

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Murderous Personality—Hugh O'Conor stars in "The Young Poisoner's Handbook" which is now #1 Show:Bar showing at Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre. The story takes place in 1961 m London and is the story about a boy with a demented scientific mission. • OUT on Video Best in the Midwest Female "Boy" and "Boy 2" Show the Delightful Impersonators Whimsy of Young Male Sensuality • Reviewed by Glenn Bishop commonly done in the nude. Glenn's friends are getting worried. Even fewer will disagree that these Why, just the other day a dear friend of same activities: gymnastics and aerobics Top of the Line Glenn's, being shocked at the vehemence ,for example, can be far more entertaining of his tirade against Mrs. Winterbourne viewing when being performed by ex- and poor little Ricki Lake in particular, in- traordinarily handsome and enormously quired if his medication dosage had been endowed young men. Still... Male Strippers changed of late. In Boy, released a scant four months Even Glenn's dear friend Kiki was ago, Greenwood/Cooper had an unquali- heard to utter, " Oh, Glenn, why don't you fied best-seller. Capitalism dictates a se- lighten up!" Okay, fine. Perhaps Glenn quel. But just how good are these vid- is beginning to take The Cinema just a eos? little too seriously. As the box covers indicate for both of One of the Midwest's Anyway, it's back to reality with a fresh these releases, the videos are filled with new assignment : review of Boy and lovely boys, all sleek and smooth and in- Boy 2-Boys at Play, two new videos evitably hung like proverbial little ponies. Best Dance from those wonderful folks at Green- These gorgeous little scamps, the blos- Bars wood/Cooper. soming youth of Eastern Europe, just Few can be unfamiliar with the videos seem love to frolic shamelessly in front of of Greenwood/Cooper, an enormously a camera. As Glenn himself might if he With Top DJ - Kim popular and successful line of videos tar- looked like these gorgeous youths.. geting Gay men and featuring young, at- Even cynical Glenn found Boy, the tractive male models frolicking nude in a original video, an absolute delight. It's six variety of activities, most of which are not sections are set in what looks to be an May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-16

The Daddy's Boy Contest was held April 26th at Milwaukee's Wreck Room bar. Shown above are the The Daddy Contest was held the following night, April 27' , at Milwaukee's 1100 Club. The three contestants with the three winners holding their trophies. winners are holding their trophies, posing with the contest's other contestants. Your Life (Plume, $10.95), Berzon pro- from the University of Wisconsin Press is AfterWords Bookstore Hosts Prominent vides a unique battle plan for confronting due in September. the discrimination that is a part of every Limited space prevents anything more Lesbian and Gay Authors at PrideFest gay and lesbian person's life, whether it than a mention of a few last minute addi- comes from strangers or from friends and tions: Gay mystery writer Mark Zubro In Step have long enjoyed M ilwau kee--AfterWords Bookstore & consin family members. (Another Dead Teenager), first-time Rules", a regular column Espresso Bar is especially honored to "Roberts' Berzon's appearance at PrideFest was Lesbian novelist Carol Guess (Seeing penned by syndicated columnist Shelly present at PrideFest, this first year at the still tentative at publication time of the Dell) and Yvonne Zipter (Ransacking Roberts, author of Hey Mom, Guess Henry W. Maier Festival Park Pride Guide. the Closet), another regular contributor Detector. (SummerFest grounds), the AfterWords What! and The Dyke Long-time AfterWords favorite and to In Step magazine. time for Pride, Roberts brings us PrideFest Literature tent. Just in best-selling Naiad author Jackie Calhoun Please stop by the AfterWords another humorous volume, Roberts' Throughou Saturday June 8th and Sun- is a happy addition to our roster of PrideFest Literature Tent for a more Rules of Lesbian Living (Spinsters Ink, day June 9th, festival attendees will be authors. Jackie's most recent title is complete schedule of authors and pro- $5.95), a delightful send-up of "life- able to find in the Literature Tent a variety Changes. Later in 1996, Naiad will pub- grams! prominent instruction" books, here filled with fabu- of diverse programs given by lish Love or Money, the seventh novel lous lesbian truisms. Lesbian and Gay authors, writing work- from this popular Wisconsin writer. Since the publication of Being Homo- At shops, a poetry slam, as well as a history AfterWords is particularly pleased to New Books sexual, Richard Isay has been recog- of the development of Gay and Lesbian present local author Will Fellows, author nized as a leading authority on the psy- literature. of the soon-to-be published Farm Boys: AfterWords chological development of Gay men. As the Pride Guide went to press, the Lives of Gay Men From the Rural Mid- AfterWords is particularly pleased to schedule of programs at the Literature west. Publication of this intriguing title Lesbian Fiction Tent had yet to be finalized but among present Isay upon the publication of his We Are Gathered Here by Micah Perks the highlights are appearances by the new ground-breaking work, Becoming AfterWords St. Martin's Press HC $22.95 following noted Gay and Lesbian authors: Gay (Pantheon, $23.00), a timely and Gay Fiction Ever since his first novel, Fag Hag was deeply personal account of what it means A Murder on The Appian Way By Ste- published in 1992, Robert Rodi has been to accept and live fully by one's true na- Calendar ven Saylor St. Martin's Press HC delighting Gay readers. Closet Case, ture. Monday, May 13th $23.95 What They Did to Princess Paragon Betty Berzon, Ph.D. is a long-time psy- AfterWords Book Club Book to be dis- Lesbian Non-Fiction and Drag Queen have followed, each chotherapist and activist and is the author cussed: Tricks:Twenty-Five Encounters The New Our Right To Love : A Les- featuring Rodi's uniquely hilarious per- of two classic Gay/Lesbian Best-seller: by Renaud Camus 7:30p.m. New mem- bian Resource Book edited by Gina spective on contemporary Gay life. He Permanent Partners and Positively bers always welcome Vida Simon & Schuster Pb $14.00 has brought these talents to Birdcage: A Gay. Saturday, May 18th Gay Non-Fiction Novel, based on the hit Robin Wil- In her new book, Setting Them Author Appearance: Eric Rofes Reviving Wrestling With The Angel : Faith and Religion in the Lives of Gay Men ed- liams/Nathan Lane film (Plume, $10.95). Straight: You Can Do Something the Tribe: Regenerating Gay men's ited by Brian Bouldrey Riverhead Books Regular readers of our very own Wis- About Bigotry and Homophobia in Sexuality and Culture in the Ongoing Pb $14.00 Eric Rofes, Author of Epidemic 7:00p.m. Free Reviving the Tribe: Regenerating Gay Men's Sexuality and Culture in the On-Going Epidemic 9001 120th Avenue to Appear at AfterWords Highway C & 1-94 Milwaukee--AfterWords Bookstore is pleased to present activist, politicall strategist Kenosha, WI 53140 and author Eric Rofes for a reading and discussion on Saturday, May 18 at 7:00p.m. 414/857-9958 Rofes' appearance at AfterWords coincides with the publication of his most recent book, Reviving the Tribe: Regenerating Gay Men's Sexuality in the Ongoing Epi- demic In Reviving the Tribe, Rofes creates a rich and brutally honest portrait of the con- temporary Gay men's lives amid the seemingly endless AIDS epidemic. Rofes offers both an honest self-examination in addition to a relentless critique of current sexual politics within the Gay community. Confronting the horrors of the AIDS epidemic, Rofes refuses to give way to hope- lessness, denial or blame. In Reviving the Tribe, Rofes provides a moving and com- pelling argument for stepping out of the "state of emergency" and embracing a life be- yond desease. Rofes is the author of several other outstanding titles focusing on contemporary Gay and Lesbian issues including I Thought that People Like That Killed Themselves: Lesbians, Gay Men, and Suicide and Socrates, Plato, and Guys Like Me: Con- fessions of a Gay Schoolteacher. Reviving the Tribe is an inspiring blueprint for the Gay community which faces a continuing spiral of disaster and is filled with insights of special interest to anyone with an interest in AIDS prevention policymaking. Rofes' appearance at AfterWords is free and is open to the public. 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Because of the organ- lightenment." - Sigmond Freud ized Bisexual movement, which has bur- "Even a superficial look at other societies geoned since 1987, researchers now have ac- and some groups in our own society should cess to more information on Bisexuals' rela- be enough to convince us that a very large tionships and on the various routes by which number ofhuman beings, probably a majority they arrive at their identities. - are bisexual in their capacity for love..." - A recent survey of Bisexuals backs the view Margaret Mead that acknowledgment of sexual orientation is Studying Bisexuality a developmental process. Dr. Ron C. Fox, a Bisexuality is the capacity for sexual, emo- San Francisco psychotherapist, conducted a tional and social attraction to individuals of survey of 835 self-identified Bisexual women both biological sexes. However, as long as and men. He found 35% of Bisexuals consid- everyone is viewed as either heterosexual of ered themselves Gay or Lesbian earlier in homosexual, bisexuality will be treated as a their lives. This is exactly the population myth, a developmental phase, or as a pathol- Dual Attraction does not thoroughly study. ogy. Interviewed in the Bisexual magazine, Any- Modern sex research is limited by its thing That Moves, Weinberg acknowledges, monosexual framework; the assumption that "We did not set out to take this and general- everyone is either straight, or Gay; that at- ize for all Bisexuals. This study showed how traction for one sex excludes the other. Such bisexuality is formed by opportunities and research ignores human diversity and sub- in a support available to Bisexuals particular ot sumes bisexuality under a discussion of ho- time and place. mosexuality. When bisexuality is lumped Bis in Kansas today are not the same as Bis Workout for Hope—Close to 120 people jammed, pumped and jumped recently at the 8th Annual Workout with homosexuality it both minimizes bisexu- in San Francisco then. Even if bisexuality for Hope, raising $13,000 for HIV/AIDS and cancer research at City of Hope Medical Center and ality and keeps the emphasis on the homo- has a biological basis, bisexuality is formed Beckman Research Institute. Milwaukee participants burned more than 151,200 calories—the equivalent of sexual side of the equation. by context. 630 bags of plain M&Ms—swinging to the groove of the challenging workout. "Given the diversity of human sexual re- Fox says, "Theories of Lesbian and Gay de- sponsiveness, it may be as artificial to use a velopment have typically regarded establish- aged 13-59) random sample of adults about Bisexual orientation and the continuum of three-category system to describe individuals ing a Lesbian or Gay identity as the end point many aspects of sexuality. However the sexual orientation in their theory and method- - as it is to employ a two-category system. of the coming out process. Bisexuality was authors admit they didn't have a big enough ology. Nevertheless, it is important to recognize the thought to be a transitional experience and of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals to Editor's Note: We thank Bi-Definition, the Bisexual option as an identity because sexual sample identification, whereas, in reality, it can be an anything accurate about America's overall new Milwaukee-area organization for Bisex- orientation is a powerful determinant of social say endpoint, phase, or place of recurrent visita- same-gender experience, much less identity. ual people, for permission to print the above roles and social stigmatization," says psy- tion." Therefore, it's hard to take their "less than article. chologist Jay Paul, urging that "we re- Fox's chapter, "Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual of Americans identify as Gay or Bi" con- examine our culture's myths and theories of 3% Identities Over the Lifespan," points out that clusion, in and of itself as "definitive." sexuality in light of existing evidence." the common view of Bisexuals as confused is What about brain studies? None of them Benefit Performance Usually not much distinction is made be- more the result of society's polarization into have yet studied Bisexuals. In The Sexual tween bisexuality and homosexuality, or be- Gay and straight than anything inherent in the Brain, Simon LeVay doesn't speak directly for tween how people self-label (identity) versus identity. Bisexual of connections of his research to bisexuality. how they act (behavior). This confuses He mentions that though the American Psy- From time to time he adds "and Bisexual," things, particularly when looking at percent- Stephen Hemming chiatric Association's removal of homosexu- either as an afterthought, or as if he wants to ages. ality as a diagnostic category "contributed to a cover himself if, as is the case with most Milwaukee—There will be a special per- In the last several years we have seem me- more affirmative view of homosexuality, the biological phenomena, the biology of sexual formance of the Milwaukee Repertory dia-quoted estimates of the prevalence of ho- dichotomization of sexual orientation into is continuous rather than binary. Theater's production of The Nerd on Mon- mosexuality/bisexuality ranging all the way orientation heterosexuality and homosexuality remained, National Institute of Health researcher Dean day, May 13, 1996, as a benefit for actor from 1% to 20%, depending on how the study which supported the belief that Bisexuals Hamer, on the other hand says that he ex- Stephen Hemming. was done and what questions were asked. were \psychologically maladjusted..." cludes Bi-behavioral people from his popula- Hemming, who died on April 19, 1996, The only thing consistent in these studies is non-clinical In fact, no research on samples tions in order to get purer, less ambiguous re- was a member of the Milwaukee Repertory that a greater number of people report same- of Bisexuals has found any evidence of psy- sults. Theater's acting company and an Associate gender attractions and experiences than iden- chopathology or psychological maladjustment How is it possible to separate out identity Artist at American Players Theater in tify as homosexual/bisexual. due to bisexuality. On the contrary, Dr. Fritz fantasy and attraction versus actual Spring Green, Wisconsin. Numbers would not be important if love for versus Klein's research has found that self-identified such studies? There is also a He also enjoyed a long association with both genders was regarded as normal. Num- behavior in Bisexuals are "characterized by high self- when studies are done on exclu- the Madison Repertory Theatre, and per- bers will not be accurate as long as people are danger that esteem, self-confidence and autonomy...and homosexual people, it formed with the Milwaukee Chamber afraid, for reasons of social ostracism, to sively heterosexual and cognitive flexibility." bisexuals fall some- Theatre and Next Act Theater. identify as someone who is attracted to their will be assumed that In a recent issue of Gender and Society, so- between," while this may not be The doors to the Rep's Powerhouse own sex, or both. where "in ciologist Paula Rust compares more than 400 at all. Theater, 108 E. Wells Street, will open at Forty years ago Dr. Alfred Kinsey's Homo- the case Lesbians and Bi women. Rust observes that who are attracted to more than one 7:00 p.m. for the 7:30 show. The perform- sexual/Heterosexual Rating Scale recognized Those "coming out is not linear, that sexual identity about gender, ance is open to the public and admission sexual orientation as a continuum of grada- gender or those who don't care formation must be reconceptualized as a may be qualitatively different somehow from will be on a Pay-What-You-Want basis. tions from exclusively heterosexual to exclu- process of describing one's social location Seating will be by general admission. sively homosexual - with most of us falling those for whom gender is a determining factor within a changing social context." Changes in their attractions. If we are to ever gain an All proceeds from the benefit will go to a somewhere in between. Yet, most of us still in sexual identity, she says, "...are therefore fund which has been established in Hem- think in either/or, binary ways. Old habits accurate understanding of human sexuality, it expected of mature individuals as they main- is important for researchers to acknowledge ming's name. die hard. tain an accurate description of their position In the 1980's Dr. Fritz Klein developed the vis-à-vis other individuals and institutions." Klein Sexual Orientation Grid. His scale ex- General Population College Newspaper Hands Out Free Condoms pands on the behavior-focused Kinsey scale Studies Leave Out Bisexuals Harrisburg, PA-AP-The student newspaper at the religious-affiliated Lebanon Valley Col- by including attraction, fantasy, social and "AIDS has not spread to the general popu- lege wanted its readers to be sure to pick up this week's issue, which included a story on AIDS emotional preference, self-identification and lation yet, and may never do so..." - Sex in and safe sex. So, a condom was glued to the front page of 1,000 copies of the newspaper. "It is lifestyle factors; all measured along axes of America a political statement," said Jasmine Ammons, a co-editor of the newspaper, La Vie Colle- past, present and ideal. This scale allows us For Bisexuals, it is often confusing what is gienne. "The information was something we wanted people to have," she added. to see sexual orientation as a dynamic multi- meant by the term "general population." Pre- Lori Horst, a student from Lebanon, said she was shocked. "I couldn't believe what I was variable process. sumably it doesn't include Bisexuals, as the seeing. I think that it wasn't a good choice ... It doesn't promote abstinence," she said. A New Look at Bisexuality majority of people are heterosexually- But another editor, Natalie Hope McDonald, said it was fine if some people at the 1,150- In 1994 three sociologists associated with identified, and that is usually what the code- student school affiliated with the United Methodist Church were shocked. the Kinsey Institute published Dual Attrac- words, "general population" imply. "AIDS is shocking because people don't think it's going to happen to them," she said. "If tion: Understanding Bisexuality, the first On the other hand, if many, perhaps the they're going to have sex and this is available, good. I don't think this is going to promote sex. major scientific study to look seriously at bi- majority, of people have the capacity to be- There is a strong feeling around Generation X that people feel they are invincible. Socially, sexual identity and to challenge the construct have bisexually, and may choose to do so I think this needs to be discussed on campus." of an innate sexual orientation. It focuses on openly given a hospitable environment, then College president John Synodinos said he was proud of the newspaper staff for expressing 100 interviews conducted at the Bisexual the "general population" does include Bi- their opinions, although he had reservations about the condom distribution. "I don't believe Center in San Francisco in 1983. sexuals. anyone is against helping young people deal with a major epidemic," he said. 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Service (VNS), a major national polling politics, there is every reason to believe 111. organization, and until now has remained the proportion of self-identified voters ---A,V111111 largely untapped by the media. will get larger over time." policy, Lesbian and Gay Community Bisexual and Transgender VOICES '96, an The report was produced by the NGLTF V The Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual voter of public Center, New York City, on the ad hoc coalition planning actions at the GOP Policy Institute. The Gay vote survey is an displays a clear political profile. The Services Vote Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Convention in San Diego this year. analysis of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual voter polling data shows the Gay voter leans Promote the Transgender national voter registration For a copy of the Gay vote report, contact demographics, political persuasions and heavily toward liberal positions on key and Tony Valenzuela and Brenda NGLTF at (202)332-6483, ext. 3303, or visit voting patterns. It provides the first issues. The Gay voter is more likely to drive; and co-chairs of Lesbian, Gay, the NGLTF Web site at http:\www.ngltf.org. statistically reliable picture of self-identified favor more government services and Schumacher, Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual voters. higher taxes to pay for them; downplay "We are releasing this report at this critical the importance of deficit reduction; Religious Extremists Push Anti-Gay Initiative time because Gay issues have exploded into support greater access to health care; the 1996 presidential campaign in an blame government neglect rather than a in Idaho--Again unprecedented way," said John D'Emilio, decline in moral values for social NGLTF Policy Institute director and author of problems; believe that government Boise, ID—Each side in the debate over the the anti-initiative political action committee. themselves the report. "After a generation of coming out should encourage tolerance of diverse proposed anti-Gay initiative found "Had it not been for the abhorrence that of the closet, Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual value systems; and support continued in the same financial shape this spring as they members of the LDS Church seem to feel for two years ago in a campaign that Americans are flocking to the polling booths." legalization of abortion. "In other words, were in discrimination, then Proposition I would not went down to the wire. The VNS 1992 exit polling data is based on this is the profile of a politically have gone down to defeat." of the initiative are working on a a nationally representative sample of 15,488 progressive constituency," said D'Emilio. But critics Part of the reason for the defeat was that more solid financial base than the Idaho voters. The poll allowed Gays, Lesbians and The survey also details who Gay voters vote much the Religious Right had an anti-Gay video Alliance (ICA) appears to be, ac- Bisexuals to identify themselves for the first for. In 1992, Clinton received 43 percent of Citizens produced by the same company that created cording to fmancial disclosure statements time in a presidential election. Some of the the total popular vote, but 72 percent of the anti-Mormon tapes. Heavily Mormon counties filed with the Secretary of State. major findings include: Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual vote. Only Jewish like Bingham and Madison rejected the ini- The ICA is a Right Wing Religious ex- V Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual self- voters and African-American voters provided tiative even though the Mormon religion con- tremist group dedicated to institutionalizing identified voters constituted 3.2 Clinton with larger margins. The Gay vote for demns homosexuality. Lesbians, Bisexuals percent of the total voting population Clinton surpassed the percentage of votes he discrimination against ICA blamed confusion created by their slo- in the 1992 election. That is roughly the received among union households and and Gays. gan to vote against "special" rights for Gays. On April 1, opponents of the initiative to size of the national Latino vote in the Latinos. They contended supporters of the initiative protecting Gay people same year, more than double the size of But, cautions D'Emilio, the Gay vote is not ban state or local laws misunderstood and voted "no." discrimination had $21,500 in the bank the Asian vote, and slightly less than the guaranteed to any candidate. "If the only two from ICA plans to increase its presence in east- while ICA was down to less than $300. Jewish vote. It's also as large as the old options in 1996 were to vote Democratic or ern Idaho this time, Executive Director Kelly At the same time in 1994, initiative oppo- staple of American politics, the family Republican, the story would seem to be over. Johannsen said. She keeps Mormon literature nents had a bankroll of $21,000 while ICA farm vote. "Because we know that fear But Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual voters have a on sex, marriage and the family close at hand off of $600. The initiative man- still keeps the majority of Gay people in third option: they can stay home," said was working and distributes flyers that read "The sacred aged to fail but by less than 3,100 votes after the closet, this figure of 3.2 percent must D'Emilio. powers of procreation are to be employed only opponents pumped another $440,000 into the be considered a floor rather than a Evidence from the 1994 elections supports between man and woman lawfully wedded as campaign against it, while ICA spent less ceiling, and a basement floor at that," this assertion. In the midterm elections, when husband and wife," and that to do otherwise than $100,000. said D'Emilio. "In other words, the total Gay issues received less attention than in will "bring upon individuals, communities, Both sides are operating on the networks number of those voters is certain to be 1992, and when disappointment was still and nations the calamities foretold by ancient they established during that sometimes bitter higher than three percent and is likely to fresh from the Clinton Administrations and modern prophets." campaign in 1994. Alliance founder Kelly be considerably higher." support of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, Religious extremists in Idaho and elsewhere Walton's company provided a third of the V The Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual vote the self-identified Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual are notorious for believing that sex and chil- $9,500 it operated the initiative drive with can be decisive in urbanized states. vote shrunk by more than a third. "It still dren are the only things that bring a man and this winter. And the No on One Coalition The self-identified Gay vote is not evenly remained a heavily Democratic vote, but there women together. continued to get substantial out-of-state sup- distributed throughout the population, were a lot fewer votes cast," said D'Emilio. But Burley Stake President Steve Tuft port. It raised $23,500 during the winter. but instead is heavily concentrated in Whether voters stay home in 1996 or rush to questions just how much good either side will But the critical difference between the two cities. In towns with a population the polls depends on several factors, said get from all its political theorizing and ma- is the cash injected into their campaigns last between 5,000 and 10,000 people, the D'Emilio. Will the Democratic party actively neuvering. to two years earlier. ICA and a self-identified vote is slightly more than court the Gay vote, or simply take it for year compared "I think there's a myth in the community group spent $42,000 in 1995 com- one percent. But in cities with granted? Will the Republican Party castigate related that Mormons are one model and they all re- pared to over $83,000 in 1993 preparing for populations between 250,000 and the Gay community like it did in 1992, or try spond in the same way," Tuft said. "I think the election-year run. 500,000, the figure rises to more than to avoid polarizing social issues? Will the Mormons are diverse." The coalition, on the other hand, spent more eight percent. "As time goes on and extremist Christian Right make Gays the "Our position is that we do not believe that than $100,000 last year after putting only more small-town residents come out, this target of their rhetoric, and thereby galvanize homosexuality is an alternative lifestyle justi- $11,000 into defeating the initiative in 1993. figure will grow. But the urban Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals to come out and fied by a deity," he said, "but we don't want The alliance has until July 5 to collect the concentration means the Gay, Lesbian vote? Will Gay organizations succeed in their to take any stand against people." 41,335 register voter signatures it needs to and Bisexual vote can be the margin of plans to coordinate massive voter registration get the initiative on the November ballot. victory in key states," said D'Emilio. "It drives, and will they be able to mobilize those But if the campaign plays out as it did in make the critical difference in voters? Coming \lax 23 can also 1994, what happens this fall could be a key, many Congressional races and in state "In other words, the Republican Party can and both sides are trying to assure they have and local elections as well." D'Emilio antagonize the Gay vote, or try to neutralize Our Annual Expanded the edge. eleven states with urban it," said D'Emilio. "The Democratic Party points out that The initiative failed two years ago at least and well-organized and viable Gay, can effectively mobilize it, or watch it slip Prickliest Issue areas in part because of opposition in heavily Mor- Bisexual communities— away in inaction. To a degree, the survey Lesbian and mon eastern Idaho, and critics are trying to York, Illinois, confirms what we have known only intuitively such as California, New assure that vote stays with them this fall Michigan and others — together provide — but never had statistically viable data to while ICA backers hope to win over members Reserve Your the total electoral vote. prove," said D'Emilio. "There is a Gay, 49 percent of of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day states, and a candidate Lesbian and Bisexual vote. It is growing, it is pace 1, m .t Add any two other • Saints (LDS). Ad s wins the presidency. concentrated, and it is still untapped." "What may be most different is we can The self-identified Gay, Lesbian and The survey was released today at a (114) V reach out to some allies that weren't there last younger vote, Washington DC press conference, which also (414) 3-2-18411 Bisexual vote is also a time," said Mary Rohlfmg, co-chairwoman of \\ and will inevitably grow in size. featured a report by Carmen Vasquez, director r - May 9,1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-23 Video Adventures "In total, we will see a 70% increase in Wisconsin Ryan White Funding this year," Advertise said Nelson. "The real winners are people Celebrates The living with HIV and AIDS who will receive In more services and greater fmancial help." Opening of Nelson reported that the new equity formu- las will be in effect for the next five years. As- `Celluloid Closet' Wisconsin Light suming no increase in appropriations, the eq- i uity formulas should deliver more than $3 Milwaukee—If Gay papers across the na- [414] 372-2773 million of new funds to Wisconsin. tion are any indication, The Celluloid Closet 4 - HIV Testing of Newborns is one of the most popular films to come movie. With a flyer, all such videos will rent While the formula debate was intense and along in many years. And why not? for only a dollar. ' divisive, one issue that united the national Maybe you remember back in the `50s, sit- The flyer, in bright yellow, can be picked AIDS community was the congressional at- ting in a darkened movie palace, scrunched up at the Oriental Theatre after the movie. tempt to add a provision to the CARE Act that down in your seat and wondered (hoped?) if Video Adventures is the most elegant video would mandate HIV testing of all newborns. Sal Mineo was Gay? (He was.) store in the city. It is also one of the best The conference committee compromised on Or maybe you went to see Ben-Hur in stocked, with nearly 250 alternative lifestyle this issue as well, but most AIDS advocates 1959 and saw that scene where Stephen Boyd video titles to choose from. Each of these, are not pleased with the outcome. as Messala looks longingly at Charleton with the flyer, rents for only a dollar for a The new HIV testing provision requires that Heston (Judah Ben-Hur). Didn't you know, limited time. within two years all states must either reduce just know, that there had to be more between Video Adventures is located at 1418 E. the number of pediatric AIDS cases by 50% or them than just plain old friendship? Brady Street in Milwaukee's lower East Side. demonstrate knowledge of the HIV status of It is the fascination of The Celluloid 95% of pregnant women. If states are unable It is open from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Nelson was clear that ARCW was commit- Closet, taken from Vito Russo's book, that it to meet these standards, they have a choice of daily. Stop in and take a browse around. ted to being a part of PrideFest's growth and brings out all that we "knew" or wondered implementing HIV testing of all newborns or stability. about. We weren't wrong. There were Lesbi- long term losing Ryan White funding. "We will be a long term, reliable source of ans and Gays on the silver screen. MAPFEST "Year after year we always have to prove to support for PrideFest. We will continue to in- There is only one problem with the movie. Continued from the politicians that mandatory HIV testing is Page 1 crease our investment to help assure the suc- It can only offer snippets from the various counterproductive to early intervention and cess of PrideFest," Nelson said. films. You want to see more. You want to see disappointment and sadness by the good health care," Nelson said. "The choice of pressed As part of the working collaboration be- the films that are cited in their entirety, which end. Known year mandatory testing or no funding is untenable, news that MAPFest would tween ARCW and PrideFest, people will be is where Video Adventures comes in. house with especially in light of the fact that there is no after year, for bringing down the encouraged to bring non-perishable food and Store owner Don Bohatka, has set up a spe- "Ring Them Bells," Marks commitment by congress to guarantee health his rendition of personal care items to PrideFest to place in cial section containing videos of the films the MAPFest care to those who are HIV infected or to invest praised volunteers. MAP food pantry barrels to donate to people cited in the movie. For example, there's Lost express my ex- in AIDS prevention strategies like needle ex- "I especially would like to affected by AIDS. Weekend, Red River (Guy Madison), Gilda treme gratitude to all the entertainers, without change which we know will save the lives of (Rita Hayworth), Rope, Midnight Express whose time and talent MAPFest may never women and infant children." (Brad Davis), and many more. have been," Marks said. LAWSUITS Nelson said that the national AIDS commu- Video Adventures is offering a special price When informed of Marks' disappointment nity is unified and will work hard to change Continued from Page 4 on these and the other films featured in the with the ending of MAPFest, Nelson quickly HIV policies so they are supportive and responded, "PrideFest will be a bigger stage While Wisconsin has adopted such a cap in fri endl y to women and children. CLASSIFIEDS with thousands more people and I hope that medical malpractice cases (but not other As AIDS advocates in Wisconsin were cele- Ronnie will "Ring Them Bells" at PrideFest." kinds of cases), many others have not (for in- brating their win, Nelson offered praise to the "I loved Ronnie and the entertainers at stance, an Alabama jury forced my company Madison AIDS Support Network, the Center Accomodatioos MAPFest and I believe we can fmd a way of to pay $25 million in punitive damages be- Project in Green Bay, and the unity of AIDS continuing their great tradition on the Sum- cause an agent stole approximately $200,000 activists in Wisconsin who "stayed the course" merFest grounds of PrideFest," Nelson said. "I from a customer even though my company and were aggressive advocates during the Chanticleer Guest House—located on 30 private hope all of the MAPFest volunteers will join immediately fired the agent when it learned contentious formula fight. acres in picturesque Door County, WI. Suites in- together in solidarity behind PrideFest." of the theft and offered to pay the customer Nelson also cited the Log Cabin Republi- clude: double whirlpool, fireplace, private bath, en- Cook agreed that PrideFest was an excellent everything which he lost and then some). cans in Washington, DC and Wisconsin for tertainment center, breakfast to room. For reserva- way for ARCW and MAP to reach out to more The most important change which is embracing the equity principle and effectively tion or color brochure, call Bryon and Darrin at people in the community. needed, however, is to adopt the British sys- lobbying on its behalf. (414) 746-0334 "I think MAPFest had 2,000 attend last tem of requiring the loser in a lawsuit to pay year, but PrideFest will have 20,000 people the legal costs of the prevailing party. SALK VACCINE this year and I'm glad we will all be together," This already is the case in discrimination Continued from Page 1 Body Improvement Cook said. suits in the U.S., but it only works in one di- C.A Klein, PrideFest Treasurer commented, rection: only the plaintiff can collect attor- "PrideFest is very pleased to be working with ney's fees from the defendant (thus our dis- The vaccine has been tested for safety Penis and Nipple Enlargement ARCW. Their increased support has made crimination laws are discriminatory them- among 300 individuals since 1987. To date, no Custom vacuum pumps or surgical. Gain 1-3 possible the PrideFest Laser Light Show selves). serious adverse events or side effects have inches. Pemianent, safe. Enhance erection. For FREE which is very popular with the whole commu- The U.S. system encourages scurrilous in- been reported, although safety parameters will brochures: Dr. Joel Kaplan, (312) 409-1950. Latest nitv." dividuals to bring frivolous claims against de- be closely monitored during the vaccine trial. 1-900-976-PUMP ($2.95/m) enlargement info. fendants, knowing that they will settle to "There is high interest in the vaccine be- avoid the legal costs which they would have cause it is safe, there appears to be no side ef- Organizations to absorb even if they won. Critics charge fects, and it is conveniently administered," that a loser pays rule would keep poor people said Nelson. from bringing lawsuits. They are wrong: if Needed Nelson reported that the vaccine is admin- Roommate Volunteers & Ideas Needed Hurricane the poor person had a legitimate case, s/he every three bedrm. Upper. East Side. istered through an injection Milwaukee—Beautiful 2 Productions Womyn's Music & Culture, P.O. would not only be able to win a judgment, but months and that individuals may continue Quiet. Hardwood floors. 53211. $350/month heat included. Box 71268, Milwaukee, WI also would be able to win his or her own at- with current drug regimens. kitchen, pantry. Sorry, no - - - - Dining room, large GALANO CLUB. A social club serving the torney's fees from the defendant. According to Dr. Buggy, eligibility for the 5/13 (414) 332-7596. smokers or pets. Call recovering Gay and Lesbian community. Unfortunately, there has been little move- vaccine trial includes being 18 years of age or scheduled AA, NA, Al-Anon, ACOA GWM, 30, seeking a professional, responsible ttegularly ment toward this legal reform in the U.S. A older, with a CD4 count between 300 and 549. and other 12-step meetings. Open nightly. 2408 to share 2 bedroom townhouse in bill was introduced in the Wisconsin legisla- GWM, 30-35, N. Farwell Avenue, (414) 276- 6936. Individuals may take anti-retroviral drugs, but Cederburg. Rent is $342/month, $100 security. ture to require the loser to pay (whether s/he must not have had any changes in the drugs or Cathedral ceilings, balcony, off street parking, ga- be the plaintiff or the defendant) in discrimi- dosages in the prior three months. rage, central air. Available June 1, call Joe at (414) Public Notices nation cases, but it was watered down so that The vaccine is called REMUNEni and is 376-0556. it only required someone who brought a produced by the Immune Response Corpora- frivolous case or made a frivolous defense to tion in California which was founded by the Housing/Rent Notice of Hearing pay. late Dr. Jonas Salk, who also developed the File #96CV002556 Name Change: 30708 State of The problem with this solution is that the first polio vaccine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Wisconsin—Circuit Court, Milwaukee County standard of frivolousness is difficult to meet, "I recall reading and hearing about Dr. • Milwaukee—Washington Heights, Gay friendly. In the matter of the change of name of Dennis and any liberal judge can justify a case which Salk's immune response HIV theories for breakfast 3 bedrooms, formal DR & LR rooms, LeRoy Bunch to Queerscout. most people would fmd frivolous. years," said Nelson. "It's very exciting to En- nook, built-in buffet, china cabinets, garage. Notice is hereby given, that at a regular term of While minor reforms will help control the know that we have progressed far enough to 873-2662. tertaining delight! June, $675; (414) the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, State of toll that lawsuit abuse is taking on the econ- implement this vaccine trial with a real sense omy, only a loser pays rule will end the in- of hope, and that people with HIV in Wiscon- Washington Heights -- Wisconsin, on the 13th day of May, 1996, at 10:30 be heard and con- American sin can choose to be a part of it." Milwaukee-1530 N. 50th Pl., 2 Bdrm lower, new a.m., or as soon thereafter as can justices which have arisen in the appliances, garage, sidered, the application of Dennis LeRoy Bunch to legal system. Dr. Buggy praised ARCW's research capac- kitchen and bath, includes all cabinets, hardwood change his legal name and designation to Queer- ity through the Wisconsin AIDS Research dining room with built-in china room. June 1, $600. scout, and for consideration of any and all further Consortium. floors, ceiling fans in every RYAN WHITE 861-1476 matters pertaining thereto. Dated at Milwaukee, "The researchers at the Immune Response Call (414) 258-0692 or (414) Wisconsin this e day of April, 1996. Continued from Page 1 Corporation in California know that ARCW By the Court: William J. Haese will do a good job of adhering to the highest favored big states and cities. standards of quality research," Buggy said. With the congressional session rapidly The REMUNElm vaccine consists of two Eqa te drawing to a close and political campaigns basic components. The first is the inactivated, GWM-36, 5'10", 195 lbs. Looking for friendship or revving up, the final decisions were made and or killed, HIV that has been stripped of its relationship to settle down with. Wining to relocate. the equity provisions prevailed. Bar For Sale outermost protein, called gp120. One advan- I'm handicapped with speech impairment, but mobile. • A "living AIDS count" rather than a cu- tage of using an inactivated, gp120-depleted Call Mark at (414) 253-0921. Milwaukee bar for sale. Tavern. Est. business. mulative count will be used to direct Parking lot. Confidential inquires to: Wisconsin viral preparation like REMUNETm is that it funding to where the HIV epidemic is, contains most of the common HIV proteins Light, Box 70, 1843 N. Palmer, Milwaukee, WI not where it has been. CLASSIFIEDS' .53212. Replies will be forwarded. that can be recognized by the immune system. • Formula recognition will be given to By including most of the HIV proteins, RE- states like Wisconsin that do not have an CLASSIFIED ORDERS: Completely fill out this form and mail to WISCONSIN LIGHT, 1843 N. MUNEThi may help the body learn to respond Palmer, Milwaukee, WI 53212. original high incidence city, yet is experi- more broadly to HIV. RATES ARE $2 for each line. Each line can contain up to 42 characters, (including spaces). Indicate if encing significant increases in HIV inci- The Second part of this therapy is a potent you would like a BOLD HEADLINE of up to three words above your ad for an additional 82.50. Also dence state-wide. stimulator of immune cells. This mineral oil indicate classification under which your ad is to be run. • The new formula will be quickly imple- emulsion is commonly referred to as an adju- DEADLINE for placing a classified ad in WISCONSIN LIGHT is noon Wednesday prior to mented while still protecting areas of vant. The adjuvant enhances the immune sys- publication. If you mail your ad we must receive it on or before Wednesday. NO CREDIT or BILLING funding loss from service disruption. tem's response to the viral proteins in RE- SERVICES are offered, and we DO NOT accept any classifieds on the phone for placements or Wisconsin Gains MUNETm. renewals. Wisconsin will immediately benefit from the Anyone interested in participating in the 44AME ADDRESS MOO new CARE Act with a 47% increase in fund- REMUNEno trial should immediately call ing due to the equity formula. Wisconsin's Jacque Kaczinski at ARCW's research office, STATE zip-e64. Ryan White grant will increase from (414) 225-1578. A brochure explaining en- PLEASE CHECK THE ISSUE[S] IN WHICH YOH WOULD LIKE SOUR AD TO APPEAR. $1,063,000 to $1,563,000 in 1996. In addition, rollment, a list of participating physicians and Wisconsin will receive $250,000 in new Ryan other general information can be sent to inter- July 18; Aug. 1; Aug. 15; Sept. 12 May 23; June 6; June 20; July 1; White funds for the state AIDS drug progiam. ested individuals. • May 9, 1996—May 22, 1996—WISCONSIN LIGHT-24

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