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Volume 5, Number 5 Memphis, Tennessee May, 1984 AIDS CAUSE DISCOVERED Blood Test Developed-Vaccine 2-3 Years Away By Allen Cook blood, but can also determine if an health, Dr. Edward N. Brandt, We cannot allow the community to the mys­ The probable cause of individual has AIDS even before said the blood test should be wide­ believe there is no risk." Others con­ AIDS terious and deadly disease symptoms arise. ly available within six months to sider the 2-3 year timetable for a isolated by has reportedly been Heckler said, "With the blood screen donated blood, but that vaccine to be optimistic pointing to to government scientists, according test, we can now identify AIDS a preventive vaccine is still several the fact that it took 10 years to de­ The dis­ news reports on April 23. victims with essentially 100% cer­ years away. velop the hepatitis-B vaccine and covery has led to the development tainty." that no vaccine has ever been devel­ The virus has been labeled as of a blood test and may lead to the Finding the causative agent has oped using the type of virus seen HTLV-3, a human T-cell leukemia production of a preventive vaccine been the top priority of researchers here. virus.The virus hasbeen found only within two or three years. dealing with AIDS because until it in AIDS patients, but tests must still As for the current victims of At a news conference, Margaret was found, no progress could be be conducted to determine if the AIDS, there is still no cure for thl Heckler, Secretary of Health and made in the areas of medical· pre­ virus is, in fact, the cause of AIDS. disease once caught. Human Services, indicated that the vention or cure. Now that the Dr.Robert Gallo of the National most likely cause of AIDS had been virus has been isolated and pro­ In the Gay community, there was Cancer Institute and other scientists discovered and that a 100% certain duced in mass quantitites for re­ cautious optimism.Virginia Apuzzo at the National Institutes of Health blood test has been developed. search, progress is expected to of the National Gay Task Force were given most of the credit for This test will not only be helpful to accelerate. said, "I can't be cautious enough. isolating the virus. blood banks in screening donated A:;.... 1stant HHS secretary for Gay Conference Draws 300 '84 Campaign SOS Approximately 300 Lesbians and Bryant. The autograph reads, "To Gay men converged on Birmingham, Ginny with warm feelings -Anita Launched by Gay· PAC Alabama for the 4th annual South­ Bryant." Bryant lives in nearby eastern Conference of Lesbians and Selma, Alabama and was unaware Gays April 13- 15. The conference to whom the album would be given. At a special meeting of the at least 100 additional cities and featured workshops, performers, and Apuzzo responded, "Gee, I wonder Memphis Gay Political Caucus, Vic towns across the country, where speakers covering a wide range of how I can respond." Basile, Executive Director of the there is an active Gay community," topics. One of the highlights of the Human Rights Campaign Fund, pre­ he added. Volunteers in each city conference was a comedy workshop will work to identify prospects who sented an overview of his organiza­ Among the conference partici- . presented by comedienne Robin will be asked to make a contribution pants were singer Meg Ch ristian, Tyler.Tracing the history of comics tion and its fundraising strategies of $19.84 to HRCF, and who will be comedienne Robin Tyler, Virginia for their current campaign, SOS '84.. and comedy, Tyler managed to both added to the growing list of HRCF Apuzzo of the National Gay Task The Caucus unanimo_usly agreed make her points and keep the atten­ supporters and contributors. The Force, Tom Chorlton of the Gay dees laughing at the same time.Com­ to undertake SOS '84 as a project overall goal of the campaign is to and Lesbian Democratic Clubs and menting on Eddie Murphy, she and Vincent Astor and John Stilwell add a minimum of 10,000 new Abby Reubenfeld of Lambda Legal said, "He's out of his element. volunteered to be co-chairs of the contributors and supporters to Defense Fund. Comedy should be derived from special project.A direct mailing and HRCF rolls. The plans fo r the Birmingham Mayor Dr.Richard your own experience... Comedy several small fundrasing receptions. campaign were developed by a task Arrington addressed the welcoming is truth that makes you laugh." are currently under consideration. fo rce of HRCF Board members, a meeting and noted that he had re- Most Memphis participants were SOS '84 is an acronym for "Show political consultant, and Basile. ceived considerable support in his pleased to see how active the "This is a grassroots campaign," Gay Our Strength '84. mayoral campaign from the Gay community in Birmingham obvious­ said Kerry Woodward, HRCF co­ The Human Rights Campaign community.He has since appointed ly is.They· noted a Gay community chair. "Many people cannot afford Fund is a Political Action Com­ a liason to the Gay community, center (donated by a local realtor), to attend expensive dinner parties mittee designed to assist Congres­ who, later in the conference, pre- a Gay newspaper (The Alabama and make contributions of $100 or sional candidates who are cmnmit­ sented Meg Christian with a key to Forum), as well as a Gay coffee more. This campaign is designed to ted to support of Gay and Lesbian reach them, with a contribution that the city. house, speakers bureau, and coun- civil rights.The Campaign Fund is The conference's keynote speaker seling services. Birmingham bar is sign ificant hut within· their not allied with any political ideolo­ was National Gay Task Force Ex- owners donated a hospitality suite incomes." gy, liberal or conservative, other ecutive Director Virginia Apuzzo at the Holiday Inn where the con­ According to Basile, 80% of the than a devotion to the rights of who spoke on the need for Gays to ference was held. candidates who received HRCF do· Lesbian and Gay Americans to broaden their scope in this election As part of the organization effort nations in 1982 were elected by order their private and intimate year and to "form coalitions with For this year's conference, the SCLG their constituents."Our goal now is lives without government interfer­ other groups." She also stressed the was incorporated in the state of to prove that 1982 was not a fluke ence. need to register Gay voters and to Alabama. As such, it must have a and that the Gay community is "Most of our fu ndraising to date make sure they Vlent to the polls. board of directors. Pat Jones of one to be recognized and reckoned has been focused on six or seven At the closing summation meet- Memphis has become a member with •. " Basile said. major cities," Basile explained. ing, Apuzzo was presented with a of the board which will oversee HRCF was ranked as the 17th "This campaign will be an effort to copy of "In A Velvet Mood " auto- physical and financial arrangements establish HRCF volunteer groups in continued on page 15 graphed by none other than Anita for next year's conference......

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Closing the Baths: Where Do You Draw the Line

Of course, the baths -are what of AIDS cases. Where do you think are a "good thing" or not, whether people are pointing at. Supporters the bath-closers are going to look you find the concept of Gay bath­ of closingthe baths seem to be com- next? Don't think for a minute houses morally repugnant or not, - posed of two groups - those who that Gay bars won't be the next you, as a Gay person, stand to lose want to close them for moral rea- target. After all, Gays are meeting if they are closed. by Allen Cook sons and those who want to close in those places too and probably Closing the baths is not going to Co-editor them for health reasons. The unfor- going off and having sex - and help if those people who frequent The question of bathhouses is, tunate thing isthat with a coalition spreading AIDS in some cases. them don't change their sexual - if you '11 pardon the pun, a tricky like that, how can they be refuted? lifestyles. We do know enough - one for the Gay community to han­ And after the bars are closed? Too bad that the Constitutio does about AIDS to know there are n What then is the next step? · dle. While Gay baths have almost certain practices which increase not contain an inalienable right to If you think I'm overreacting, become a tradition in the Gay male one's chances of getting it. Closing oathhouses. you could be right. I hope you are. community, there are still many The bath-closers are foolishly But all I can say is that if the bath­ the baths is not going to help those people who would never even con­ maintaining that closing the baths closers have their victory, you had who practice denial and continue on sider going into a bathhouse and will stop the spread of AIDS. It the sexual merry-go-round. You can better start saving your money to feel that those who do should go won't. We all know it won't. Clo- go to a hs and limit your support the heavy duty court bat­ "the o t straight to hell. To some degree sing the baths is not only not going sexual partners; You can practice tles, that are bound to come up. And (how much seems to be open to to stop the growth of AIDS case� ·"safe sex" which limits your risk. while you're at it, clean out that question), the closing of the bath­ but I doubt that it will significantly No, closing the baths is not the closet because a lot ( and I mean a houses in San Francisco appears to reduce the number. Gay men will answer; it is simply transferring the have some Gay support. To his lot) of Gays are going to go back find other places ··· and the places problem to another location - be into that closet, weatherstrip it and credit, Public Health Director Mer­ they find will probably not be it the parks, the tea rooms, or the a.s double-deadbolt-lock it. vyn Silverstein has close ties with good as the baths. t l ast at the bars. The question remains: If they A e I think it's important to con­ the Gay community and has been as bath, you can be clean. start with the baths, where do they · sider the principle involved here. supportive of them as they have . What happens when closmg the Whether you to draw the line? been of him. go the baths or baths does not decrease the number_ not, whether- you Of course the reason the question think the baths has ever come up in the first place is AIDS. The number of cases in San Francisco and across the coun- try has been increasing. At this point in time, people are tired of this • disease; people are now wanting to point fingers. They want to blame Box3038 something for the AIDS epidemic. And they want somebody to do something. AIDS is not going away gone with the white flight. The established, professional gayes, and people are starting'to panic. Why do you suppose people are who have prestige. fllleing to the suburbs. Why are peo- . ple beggering themselves to send Committee of I3, for NATIONAL edJtor should be as Letters to the their children to private schools? ASSOCIATION OF ADVOCATING must be signed short asP C?Ssible a'!d . Why are people so angry about tax CAUCASIAN PROGRESS Wlll be Wlthheld b� request Names dollars being wasted on those who but anonymous letters wlll not be " . . . ell out children m therr l ams printed. "Box 3038" is a letters-to � !�� a the -editor column and is a public as If they were peas . Why are pe - forum for readers to express thei� ple so �gry. that these sar�e . p�ople opinions. Gaze takes no responsl- are gettmg rud to promote ilhgtmate Just wanted to write and say how Box 3038, Memphis, Tennessee 38173-0038. Phone (901) 454·1411 (irregular hours). bility for the views expressed. Mail chillun? very much I agree with your editor­ letters to Gaze, Box 3038, Memphis, And, food stamps for this same ial "As Good As Any Lesbian." Gaze is nonprofit and produced by volunteers. We assume no liability for claims made by advertisers. Appearance in TN 38173-0038. group. When our group Arkansas Gay th1s publication is no indication of sexual orientation or Identity. We welcome materials submitted by readers but Elected officials and big business Rights first started back in 1979 ,we reserve the right to edit or reject such materials. Subscrip· cater to these people because they were all Gay and we had an equal tions are $8 per year to cover mailing costs. Gaze is published monthly by the Memphis Gay Coalition. The following letter was received are vocal and violent. Not deserving. number of men· and women and we Co-Editors: unsigned. While it is not our policy So, when we go out for recreation, all worked closely for the same John Stilwell-Allen Cook to print unsigned letters, we are we want to be with those with goals, but in the past year or so we Staff Writers: whom we have something in com­ have been deluged with women who Thomas Smith Clifton St. John making an exception for this one. Joe Calhoun Ric Sullivan to reprint it as mon. Merely s---ing a d- or getting say they are not Gay but are Les­ Jim Stanley We have attempted Joel Tate bians and that Gay is a sexist word Scott Correll closely to the original as possible. f-ed does not make someone a saint. pertaining only to men. Some go as Nashville Correspondent: -Ed. Jeff Thompson No one with any pride would want far as to spell woman womyn.

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May, 1984- Gaze - 3 . According to the Gay Cnmmntl?.(y­ Liberace's Pal Loses NPw.c;, the Salvation Army stands to los.e $4 million dollars in contracts Las Vel{as- Scott Thorson, the 24- with the city by June 30. The con­ year-old . former chauffer and tracts will be given to other groups bodyguard of pianist Liberace, has which have signed the order. ��L------�.�=.-,�* ... .•. � had his $113 million palimony Lt. Col. Wallace C. Conrath, Divi­ lawsuit thrown out of court. The I W._ ••-:' '"_ sional Commander of the Salvation court ruled that Thomson's claim .....; )I(* ,. Army in New York, said; ·"There is constituted a contract fo r ,� * *-�*�� no way we could sign this order ;-� 11:'* * prostitution and was therefore -...... -..-- because it cuts to the core of our • Murphy, they blew it out of unenforceable. Thornson claimed Murphy Keeps Foot In proportion and "if they want to (buy convictions ....We feel that the he agreed to give up his pursuit of a Mouth ads), I don't give a f--k." Scripture indicates that homosexu­ veterinary degree in exchange for Interesting sidelight: responding ality is foreign to the will of God for an exclusive sexual relationship and Eddie Murphy may not hate gays, to a comment that his butt was mankind." other ·services for the entertainer. but as far as he is concerned, the gay getting big, Murphy said, "That's The programs now bejng fu nded Liberace threw Thornson out in community can "kiss my ass." The cause I get f--ked in it every night." by New York City include seven day April, 1982, ending his $7,000 a comment was his first to criticism Hmmm.... care centers, as well as foster home month allowance, half interest in leveled at the comedian for his anti­ services, a residential home fo r girls several properties, cars, living Gay remarks on his current album and a family center. The Army has Security Clearances accomodations and a $30,000 and his recent HBO special. The held contracts for services in New allowance fo r pet care. response was contained in a long May Get Even Tighter York for 40 years. interview in the March 29 issue of . Mayor Koch denied an exemption Hot Line Legal, Says Rolli�g Stone Magazine. WASHINGTON - If you're Gay to the order for religious groups According to the Rolling Stone or Lesbian and try to get a security stating that he would not sanction Judge story Murphy says, "Faggots who clearance for a government job, discrimination in any group. The order was issued in 1980, but the have nothing to f--king do but sit things might get more difficult. LANSING - A local judge in regulat ions fo r enforcement were around with tight asses and feel like Frank Kameny, considered to be an Lansing threw out a suit which are pointing at them ••• people not prepared until 1982. people expert on gay security clearance would have blocked county funding who are insecure got offended. The problems, told the Washington of a Gay hotline, according to the wayI feel about it is, what they did Blade recently that the CIA is going Lansing State Journal. helped my album because the to take an active role in granting Okla Anti-Gay Law The suit was brought by an majority of the country is clearances for go vernment jobs and Struck Down attorney -who claimed that the heterosexual, and they read that civilian business doing business Lansing Association for Human homosexuals don't like Eddie with the U.S. government. Rather In a stunning victory fo r Gay and Rights hotline promotes homosexu­ Murphy and they think, 'Hey, all than have each agency do security First Amendment rights, the U.S. al ity, which is illegal in Michigan. right."' , clearances, the CIA plans to use the Court of Appeals has struck down He contends, therefore, that the A spinoff on the anti-Gay material new Sensitive Compartmented an Oklahoma anti-Gay law. fu nding of the hotline would was the Eddie Murphy Disease Clearance Information System. He Under the terms of the sta tute promote illegal activity. Foundation, a Hollywood group predicted that a new investigation passed in 1978, teachers and other In ruling against the suit, Circuit which took out ads in many of an employee's background would school district employees were Judge Carolyn Stell argued that magazines denouncing his remarks be required each time that em­ subject to immediate firing if they such an interpretation of the law and urging a boycott of the ployee is given a new assignment. would also have to apply to various. comedian's products. in any way advocated "homosexual" conduct. county drug abuse, family planning Writer Christopher Connelly, and venereal disease programs as author of the Rolling Stone Salvation Army's Policy The case was handled by ACLU volunteer and staff attorneys who well. interview, asked Murphy if a white The Lansing Association received Cost $4 million in NYC prepared an amicus curiae (friend comic began telling jokes about $1,500 to operate a hotline for Gays. black people, what would be his of the court) briefwhkh argued that reaction. Murphy responded, New York City has refused to do advocating homosexual conduct or "That's not funny." business with the Salvation Army advocating that it is acceptable to Gay Atheist Leader engage in homosexual conduct is When asked if he would do jokes because it will not alter its hiring Alive After All about his father being stabbed and policies regarding Gays and protected by the First Amendment. killed, he replied, "I don't like to do Lesbians. The court agreed, noting that Pranksters recently sent out a stuff about my father being dead. According to Mayor Koch's teachers have the right to express bogus news report announcing the No tragedy. My comedy's goodtime Executive Order No. any group their opinions on public issues so {)0, death of ThomasRol fsen, fou ncer of comedy." holding a contract with the city of long as they don't disrupt the f the "Gay Atheist League of The Eddie Murphy Foundation New York must agree in writing to act ivities of the school. America," (GALA). The report, spent several thousands. of dollars to obey the order which prohibits Other groups involved in which was orinted in the Feb. 16 buy ads denouncing Murphy's discrimination on the basis of challenging the law were the ACLU issue of "The Sentinal", stated that humor, seeing nothing funny in his "sexual orientation or affectional of Oklahoma, the Gay Rights Advocates and the National Gay Rolfsen .had asked for a priest to ·jokes about AIDS. According to preference." Task Force. deliver last rites before dying of a The statute was passed in liver ailment. Oklahoma without debate following "Pehaps I should tell the public a personal appeal and appearance that I have been miraculously by singer Anita Bryant. resurrected," laughed Rolfsen when he read the news of his demise. "This is just one more incident in a long Slinp $125 series of harassments directed reg $165 Falwell Claims Demos against myself and the . GALA organization. I'm used to it by now." Pandering to Gays Rolfsen, 70, founded GALA in Custom-made belts•Chaps ,.. 1978 to provide "a fo rum where Gay J•ckets •Y ests •Harne.sses • New York- Democratic front and Lesbian atheists could meet and Wristbands•Siings•Caps• runners Gary Hart. and Walter exchange and disseminate ideas." i.uther Jock Stnlpi•Ci-Sblngs• Mondale are hurting their chances 'I'he group works to remove the T·Shirts•Westem Shirts•Boot· by catering to homosexuals, the stigma that it feels religion places Straps•LutiMr Suspenden•Etc. Rev. Jerry Falwell told a gathering on Lesbians and Gays, and to last week. "I think any homosexual 1474 Madison ap.n fri..5at. IP.M.-ZA.M. promote "the complete and absolute (located in the rear of Jackie's) activity is promiscuous. I think it's a separation of state and church." moral perversion," said Falwell, While Rolfsen holds no official founder of the Moral Majority. "I'm position in the organization now, he sincerely pulling for Mr. Mondale still volunteers much of his time in because I think he's heatable. Hart dea ling with the group's is an unknown quantity, but I do correspondence and helping to handle a 'omplete line We now know he's a flammg liberal on most publish the bi-monthly magazine of ·Leather and Cire issues I'm on the other side of." "GALA Review."

4-Gaze- May, 1984 SF Bathhouses to Change or Close Sit Back and For weeks there had been rumors Supervisor 'Harry Britt called on that the San Francisco Health the health director to shut down the Tune In! Director, Dr. Melvyn Silverman baths immediately. wasgoing to close down the baths. Ed Power of the San Francisco On Monday, April 9 what many AIDS Foundation reportedly told­ Gays feared and what others Silverman that it is how you have Views From Ten Percent actively sought happened - sex, not where, that is important. Silverman announced a plan to close Other activists indicated that those the baths. Not only are baths people who engag� in hig� risk affected, but any place where sexual behaviors would simply multiple sex may take place. "' transfer their actions to other places Wednesday, May 2 - 4:00 pm "What we are doing today is where hygenic facilities are not · Monday, May 14 - 4:30 pm taking steps, with the support. of available and vice squad arrests are many members of the commumty, likely. Friday, May 25 - 7:30 pm to eliminate bathhouses, bookstores, Although Silverman told of Gay and sex clubs as places of sexual leader support, a number of those encounters between individuals - leaders are calling foul. A survey of places where multiple sex takes local Gay leadership ·by the Bay place," said Silverman at a news Area Reporter during the week conference. prior to the decision to close the There had been speculation that baths indicated universal opposi­_ the director would use his tion. Silverman tried to counter this emergency powers to close the b�t�s with a plan to officially ban sex in response to the AIDS crisis. "between individuals" in the. The Bay A rea According to establishments affected. Many of Reporter, the director had told some those whom Silverman claimed Gay leaders privately on March 29 were supportive of his actions, that he would do so. On Friday, denied knowledge that Silverman March 30, at a news conference was planning to call a halt to all sex called by the director, he announced practices. that he would make no ruling for the Just how to regulate sexual moment. A week later the activity will fall into the hands of the announcement wasmade. city which already license� baths. The health director had been New legislation would mclude s grou s, G pressured from vario� � 8:Y licensing of all sex-related and straight, to consider usmg h1s businesses including movie arcades, emergency powers to close the baths bookstores andsex clubs. According and had resisted the idea because of to B.A.R., Silverman said the new the legal and medical issues ______..;. ______legislation will affect only 16 , involved. businesses including the bath­ The San Francisco Gay houses, a figu re the paper says is community appears to be divided low. on the issue. Openly Gay Deputy . Legality of the regulations will no i BWMT I Sheriff Larry Littlejohn, a 20.year doubt be challenged in California. veteran of Gay politics in the Bay Some people claim that regulation memphis City, publicly stated that he would of sexual activity can only be done circulate petitions calling fo r a by the state. Others claim that An Interracial Gay People's Organization referendum on the November ballot Silverman can only declare a health to close the bathhouses. He also emergency if he hasproof that such lobbied the Board of Supervisors to business relate directly to AIDS. Calendar of Events - Everyone Welcome close the baths but, according to B.A.R. quotes one attorney who Littlejohn, "Nobody would take a claims that there could be legal stand." problems if there is an attempt to The Weekly News reports that in a Monday, April General Meeting, Library, differentiate between Gay and 30: 8:00 pm recent letter to Littlejohn, straight businesses. Still others May 4-6: 3-Day Weekend Retreat in Monticello, Kentucky at the rural Silverman wrote, "The exact cause believe any regulation would violate residence of two of our members. of AIDS is presently unknown, and the state's "consensual sex, Tuesday, May CR/Support because the facilities of most bill. 8: Group, 8:00 pm It is now up to the San Francisco bathhouses do not present a public Saturday, May 19: Board of Director's Meeting, 5:30 pm, All Board of Supervisors to take the health hazard, I feel it would be Welcome next step, Attempts to determine a inappropriate and, in fact, illegal Thursday, consensus of opinion did not have May 24: CR/Support Group, 8_:00 pm fo r me to close down all bathhouses." clear cut results. While some Saturday, May 26: SPRING DANCE, Meadow Oaks Clubhouse, 8:00 But Silverman changed his mind supervisors are outspoken on the pm. Call Come and Bring at the request of Gay leaders. 276-4160 - a Friend! - Cash bar. subject and express displeasure Horrified at the pr ospect of Monday, May 28: General Meeting, Library, 8:00 pm that Silverman did not summarily bathhouses going up fo r public vote close the baths, others believe that in November, a group of Gay the current laws are adequate. leaders, including openly Gay We are Gay individuals creating an interracial, cultural, social, political and educational organization dedi�ated to fostering a supportive environment where rac1a� and Gaze cultural barriers can be. overcome, as well as working to _ Advertising Deadline combat racism both within and outside the Gay commumty.

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The world leat her community Illinois 60640; or by calling (312) readys "itself fo r the sixth annual 878-6360. Deadline for purchasing International Mr. Leather Contest weekend packages is May 20, 1984. and Show scheduled for May 27th in Chicago. Sponsored each year by the Gold Coast Leather Bar, the contest brings over a thousand leathermen together. Drummer Maga.zine has called the event "the Academy Awards of Leatherdom." This year, a weekend package is being offered fo r $50. The package includes a reserved seat at the contest and show; private.,bar parties at The Gold Coastand other area leather bars; admission to Man's Country's Black-and-Blue Ball; an official contest poster RlVER�RlDE designed by Etienne; discounts at Chicago's leading leather shops, bars and businesses; and much J()\'C'E ('()BB & l-I Cl'r FL:\ more! \\'ll'l� Over $5,000 in prizes are awarded to the winners, with a grand prize which includes a new motorcycle. Registration is free to winners of local "Leather" contests and $100 Memphis for those entrants sponsored by a Lev i/Leather business or *** organization. to note that in the Queen. . Both entry forms and weekend Interesting \­ Ill package reservations are available twenties, British military slang (-FOOT OF MONROE AT RIVERSIDE) by mail from International Mr. used the word "quean" to denote a Leather, 5025 N. Clark St., Chicago, good-looking man or boy. GRNL Board Meeting Results in New Saturday,·June 30 Director

The Gay Rights National Lobby revenues had been off, GRNL (GRNL), possibly one of the most received more money than it effective of the national gay rights thought it would during the period. Board groups, sees brighter days ahead This fact indicated to the Board that 8:30pm and has elected a replacement fo r the membership had not abandoned Steve Endean. the organization despite its Cruise Meeting in Washington D.C., the problems. Board of Directors elected 32-year To ensure that GRNL's debt is old Lesbian/feminist Vickey fu rther reduced, the Board passeda 9:00 p.m. -12:00 midnight Monrean as Executive Director of motion requiring that half or all G RNL. Monrean is currently a fu nds above budget would be regional director of the U.S. channeled into reducing the deficit. Committee for UNICEF and is One of the alternatives suggested $1200 formerly an upper-level staffer for when Endean announced his the National Organization for resignation, wasa possible merger pe.r person Women. She is expected to have with the National Gay Task Force assumed her duties at GRNL by (NGTF). The Board unanimously May 2 for a reported salary of passed a motion that it not consider $34,000 a year. Monrean replaced a merger at this time. In recent Steve Endean, the embattled years relations between the two fo rmer Executive Director, who organizations have been strained. BYos·· resigned in late January. However, the GRNL board passeda The Board met in Washington fo r resolution that directed the beer and s�t-ups· .available a two-day gathering at which 17 of Executive Director to seek a the 26 members voted. The decision meeting with the NGTF counter­ -·------. ------�------�. was unanimous. part, preferably with the Co-chairs CLIP AND MAIL of the respective organizations. Although GRNL had said It Please send me __ tickets for ·the River-Ride at $12.00 each. The two new Co-Chairs of GRNL would interview at least three Enclosed is my check or money order in the amount of------finalists in the search, Monrean was are Frank Scheuren of Atlanta and the only one interviewed. A second Mary Hartmann of Minneapolis. (Make aU checks payable to Memphis Gay Coalition) finalist withdrew from considera­ The Board approved five goals Because of last year•s seU-out, no reseroations wiU be taken without tion before the Board met. and objectives to be worked on in advance payment. Unsold tickets wiU be sold on a first-come, first­ GRNL has faced a series of Washington over the next half year: seroed basis at the time of boarding. financial problems, some of which Continue advancement of can be traced to the turmoil caused national legislation to prohibit MAIL TO: River Ride c/o M_GC, P.O. Box 3038, Memphis, TN by attacks on Steve Endean and his discrimination on the basis ofsexual 38173-0038. subsequent departure. The total orientation. Name __ debt of the organization - $55,000 Work fo r the reform of anti-Gay ______._ ____ .______provisions in the immigration laws. at the end of Septem her - had Address ______jumped to $72,000 by November. Secure adequate funding for AIDS _ That debt hassin ce been reduced.to research .programs. City ___...., ______.Zip__ _ a more reasonable amount, Reform anti-Gay policies in the according to Jerry Weller, Acting military. Executive · Director during the Defeat anti-Gay initiatives which interim. Although projected may arise. May, 1984 - Gaze- 7 ville's prestigious Performing Arts Watch for Jeff Center promises to be just as thrill­ Thompson's review o the Miss ing as last spring's TGCFHR fund­ ( Continental USA festi­ vzties, coming raiser held there. in the June Gaze.

Nashville's A May by Jeff Thompson Celebration

The merry month of May prom- preliminaries for the Miss Conti­ ises to be just that for Nashville's nental USA Pageant at 1;he TPAC's Gay community.Very soon now the James K. Polk Theatre. Held in month will bring another festive an- conjunction with -The Cabaret and niversary celebration and a gala Calamar Enterprises, the pageant is event at the Tennessee Performing being touted by coordinator Ginger Arts Center downtown. LaMar as "a glamorous, formal e- Friendly Marge Simrell, owner of. vent" for both the audience and the The Crazy Cowboy, invites the com- participants. Many professional fe­ munity to join her in celebrating the male impersonators from across the third anniversary of her Franklin South will compete for the four Road establishment. May 11 1981 hundred-dollar Grand Prize and the· saw the popular country-and-West: privilege of being Tennessee's en­ em bar open its doors for the first trant to the Miss Continental USA time. Now, May 11 of 1984 will Pageant. The be remembered for a wealth of an- contestants will be judged in talent, e':e�ng gown, and swim­ niversary activities at The Cowboy, . with a major portion of the night's s�1t competitions. The pageant also proceeds being donated to the Mul- willfeature a performance by Chena tiple Sclerosis Society. Black, the reigning Miss Continental On Saturday, May 12, The Crazy USA. General admission tickets are Cowboy will welcome Gateway, a now on sale for ten dollars each. Levi/leather club based in St. Louis. Contestants may enter the show The jolly-anniversary weekend will as late as 3:00 pm on l.'vhy 21. "Oh. Wolf' You're magnificent capped by an extra-special Sunday Entry fee is sixty dollars. ;Further when you're angry1" buffet on May 13. information may be obtained by calling (615) 320-7082 or (615) One week later, on Monday, May . 21, much of Music City's Gay com- 834-3502. Th1s dazzling night of © Stonewall Features Syndlcate, 1982 munity will attend the Tennessee music, fashion, and talent at Nash-

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8-Gaze- May, 1984 Gaiiilg Back Sodom and Gomorrah

not be the reason for their destruc­ "to know" used here is yadha. Of Lot then bargains with the Soda­ Most holidays have a political or tion because the 18th chapter of . the 943 uses of yadha in the Old mites; "Behold now, I have two religious background wh ich h ve daughters who have no.t known men; Genesis speaks of the angels stop­ � Testament, it is used only 10 times caused Gays not to be able to enJOY t ping at Abraham's home before go­ without qualification to denote s x­ let me, I pray you, bring them o� them to their fullest, especially the � unto you, and do ye to them as lS ing on to Sodom and Gom ual coitus. With possible exceptiOn orrah. religious ones. Easter is . one such good in your eyes : only unto these The angels tell Abraham that they of this text, yadha always refers to and for that reason, I have men do nothing for therefore came have been sent by God to destroy holiday heterosexual coitus. The Hebrew reques d one of my earlier articles they under the shadow of my roof." these cities " ...because their sin is � word normally used for homosexual be reprintedo This article is not (KJV, Gen. 19:8). TheHeb w wo� grievous." (KJV, Gen. 18:20). It had � coitus and beastiality is shakhabh. n: story by any means, but it is for "known" in this verse 1s agam already been revealed that Sodom Easter Therefore, it is logical to interpret about a Bible story that is probably yadha and clearly implies sexual and Gomorrah would be destroyed "know" in this llersion to mean no knowledge, heterosexual knowled e the number one reference used by more than "to get acquainted with!' � before the Sodomites even asked homophobic people to condemn at that. It can be argued that Lot s Lot to let them "know" the stran­ ger, homosexuality. Read it carefully Since Lot was a the Hebrew offer of his two virgin daughters in gers. word for resident alien, and may and know that God did not destroy place of the visitors is for hetero­ If Sodom and Gomorrah were have overstepped his rights by re­ the two cities because of homosex- sexual satisfaction in lieu of homo­ not destroyed because of their ho­ ceiving and entertaining two for­ . uality and enjoy Easter and all reli- sexual satisfaction in order to divert mosexuality, then what was the eigners whose intentions might have gious holidays to their fullest. the lust of the Sodomites into less nature of the sin in these twin cities? Gomorrah been hostile toward the Sodonites Sodom and reprinted mordinatechannels. But why would Moses states clearly in the cities Gaze, 5• and whose credentials had not been from Vol. 1, No. April, a father offer his virgin daughters were wicked and grievously sinful, 1980 explained, the Sodonites were well. for the sexual gratification of his within their rights to demand of Lot but there is not evidence in this or by Scott Correll neighbors and fellow citizens? Surely to " ...Bring them out unto us, that any other passage that homosexual" not for the homosexual satisfaction ity was prevalent The story of Sodom and Gomor- we may know them ," or so they in these cities. of the women of Sodom, especially Sodom is referredto throughout the rah in Genesis 181-19:11 is perhaps could get ac quainted and find out if homosexuality was such a great Old Testament as the symbol of the single most important factor. in the reason they were there. sin. And if it were men who asked great sins, sins of such magnitude as the Christian tradition condemnmg Even if one insists that "know" for the strangers, why would Lot to merit the exemplary punishment homosexual practices. The Church in this verse means "sexual know­ think the heterosexual knowledge of of total destruction. Ezekial 16:49, has taught that homosexual pra�- ledge," how do we not know that his daughters would appease the de­ 50 (KJV), for example, states, "Be­ tices had brought a terrible but d�- it was women who asked "to know" sires of the homosexual _malesZ It hold, this was the iniquity of thy vine vengeance upon these two c1- the two strangers. Moses, the author can be reasonably explamed the sister, Sodom: pride, fullness of t· and the people have accepted of Genesis, does not state who; he to be the most · offer of his daughters bread, and abundance of idleness t�� teaching to be excellent author- only states, "And they called unto tempting bribe he could offer on the were in her and her daughters, ity on the subject. But is this trad- Lot .... " (KVJ, Gen. ;t9-5). V rse 4 spur of the moment to appease the � neither did she strengthen the hand itional belief truly founded in the tells who was at Lot s house, ···� crowd . the people from every quarter. of the poor and needy. And they B"bl ? Assume the word "know" in this was a city held were haughty, and committed a­ 1 T�� attribution of homosexual Sod om whic� �omen passage to mean "sexual knowledge" and smce , bomination before me: therefore, I practices is based on the demand of in great accord, all the further assume it to mean , and took them away as I saw good." No the Sodomites to Lot when they people from every quarter were at "homosexual coitis." The tradition­ homosexual reference is made. To said, "Bring them," the two angels Lot's house, it is safe to assume al Christian teaching is Sodom and futther confirm that the sin of So­ who were visiting Lot, "out unto us, there were many women there. It Gomorrah were destroyed because that we may know them." (King could have very well been orne dom was not connected with homo­ � ?, the men wanted to have sexual James Version hereafter KVJ, Ge- who asked Lot of let them . sexual practices, none of thepass ages know intercourse with the two male nesis 19:5). The Hebrew word for the male visitors. which traditionally condemn homo­ str�ger� at Lot's _home. This can sexuality in either the Old or New Testaments makes any mention of the Sodom story. � BrunSWICk God did not destroy Sodom and Recreat1on B owl · o · g ram Gomorrah bec�use of exceeding Centers homosexual practices, but He de­ stroyed them because the people were exceedingly proud, ve�; BRUNSWICK CUMBERLAND LANES (LOCATED AT 3930 APACHE TRAIL haughty; overtly gluttonous, ex- tremely lazy, andvery selfish. RIGHT OFF I-24 AT HAYWOOD LANE) . (Credits to: The Church and the Ho mosexual, by John J. McNeill, INVITES ALL GAY NASHVILLIANS TO ATTEND A FREE BOWLING PARTY S.J.: c. 1976, Sheed Andrews and TO BE HELD SATURDAY , MAY 19TH AT 6:00 P.M. McNeill, Inc., Kansas City, Kansas, and Rev. Charlene Taylor and_ Ex- IN THIS EVENING OF FUN : 3 GAMES OF BOWLING , SHOES INCLUDED ARE horter J. R. Finney, II; UFMCC, AND REFRESHMENTS . Memphis.)

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May, 1984 - Gaze - 9 Health · Cold Sores· and Hot Stuff

cold sore is Type-1, above-the­ in thearticle have symptoms such as tion and infection. ' waist herpes. It is often a milder fever, numbness of the buttocks and Conclusion: Half of herpes infection, though frequently thighs, lymph node enlargement, infections recur within six months, recurrent in the same spot. "Canker and tenesmus (difficulty in urinating but it is heartening to know that sores" are not herpes. Type-2 or defecating). each recurrence is less painful and herpes, appearing below the waist, A tip to diagnosis is herpeti'c later than preceding outbreaks. is called genital herpes. Type-2 blisters seen around the rectal area. Probably, this is related to a

· herpes, appearing below the waist, These should lead the physician to gradually-developing immunity. is called genital herpes. Both Type-1 inspect the inside of the rectum for Interestingly, that immunity is the and Type 2, however, may overlap. similar lesions, if the patient can same cell-mediated type that is tolerate the examination. lacking in AIDS people. One by Harvey Thompson, M.D. Herpes initially presents itself on Many physicians are not aware of infection often seen in AIDS Twenty million Americans have mucus or skin surfaces with the possibility of rectal herpes. At a sufferers is severe and widespread been infected with the herpes virus. tingling or numbness fo llowed a day recent conference on sexually­ herpes. This "curse" has continued to gain later by painful r.ed bumps that transmitted diseases, however, . Most people need to be notoriety for the pastfew years, and develop into blisters. As the clear herpes was said to be second only to encouraged to view their genital for a while seemed to be getting as flu id thickens and yellows, the gonorrhea as a cause of proctitis, or herpes as arelatively benign illness. much publicity as AIDS. blisters become pimples again and inflammed rectums. It is truethat herpes is life-long, but Herpes is now the most widely scab into sores. If the overlying skin Non-rectal herpes is notorious for so are chicken pox viruses and dispersed venereal disease, with ruptures, the open sore can be quite recurrence; however, it is my belief warts. There are few serious 300,000 new cases appearing each painful. The patient must be careful that rectal herpes fortunately complications. As they say fn the year. However, herpes is no more not to spread any open sores to a recurs only infrequently. joke: What's the difference between dangerous now than it wasbefo re ­ partner. Diagnosis: The proof of infection herpes and love? Herpes lasts only more common. is a culture for herpes. This is a test fo rever. The Attack: At its worst, an Contact lens wearers must be that is relatively inexpensive initial attack can hit the non-im- especially careful not to infect their (around $25), rapid, and accurate, mune person with a bang. 50% of eyes. Wetting contacts with saliva is but underutilized. It is important to Man Spreads 40 AIDS patients report a systemic "bad case a bad habit. Salvia is known to carry prove herpes by culture because of of the flu," with fevers, muscle herpes form mucosal sores. One the unusual associated symptoms Cases aches, and in infrequent cases, good idea is to go without contact that can be so frightening unless severe enough symptoms to require lenses for the first few days. well understood. Difficulty in One Gay man. is suspected of brief hospitalization. Rectal Herpes: Last year, the urination during an attack can be spreading AIDS to 40 other people Herpes can affect the vagina, the New England Journal of Medicine severe enough to require catheteri­ in ten cities ac ross the nation. labia, the vulva, buttocks, cervix, published an original article zation. Also, with a positive culture, According to researchers, this penis, lips, brain, and certainly the describing rectal herpetic one can predict the course of the "cluster" of casespoint s to the con­ nerves where it seems to hide out infections for the first time. The 102 disease and assure theuncomf orta­ clusion of an infectious agent which ble and worried patient that, the between acute attacks. The common _ sexually-active Gay men mentioned is transmitted during sexual infection will clear in two to three activity. The man was identified weeks. only as "Patient 0" according to the Transmission: Herpes is most Ph iladelphia Gay News. Apparent­ likely sexually transmitted. The ly he passed AIDS to two other men TB!I partner may not be aware of his before he began to ex hibit active disease, and very often sheds symptoms of the disease himself. In virus from an unrecognized lesion. all, he had sex with eight other men The most unusual transmission I in Los Angeles and New York who �nil2535 Franklin Rd., Nashville. TN 37204 (615) 297-4571 can remember was that of a man later developed AIDS. Those eight who was the recipient of another's spread it to more than 30 others in finger while at a bathhouse. That New J.ersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, finger must have inoculated the Georgia and Texas. Dr. William · patient's rectal mucosa with herpes Darr of the Center fo r Disease virus. It was only a few days later Control in Atlanta tracked down the (the usual incubation period), that cases. the patient developed painful sores and proctitis. Transfusion Causes The hot-tub and toilet seat transmission possibilities were Confirmed AIDS recently overdone by the media. While it is true that the virus can The first "clear cut" case of live from 24 to 48 hours in a moist en­ spreading AIDS by a blood vironment, these are not important transfusion has been reported in infective sites. Los Angeles. a woman who had a Condums were recently proved to hysterectomy at Cedars-Sinai be impenetrable to herpes virusis. Medical Center was given a blood Unfortunately, they are probably not transfusion after surgery from a SPECIALS ) reliable protection because their gay man who later wasdia gnosed as MO NDAY delayed application and the poor having AIDS. Both the woman and FAVORITE MO VIES/50C DRAFTS seal at the edges. the man have recovered from bouts TUESDAY Treatment: There is no cure for witb opportu nistic diseases, but SAY "AAAAHHHH!" herpes. The medicine is expensive, bot1i continue to be susceptible to WEDNESDAY - at around $20 per tube; I have additional illnesses. AIDS had been CHILl DO G /DRAFT FO R $1.00 prescribed it only once. Unfortun­ thought to be spread through blood 5C DRAFTS All NIGHT LO NG atly, many peopleha ve heard of the transfusions, but until the Los THURSDAY "new herpes medicine" and have Angeles case, there was no real HAPPY HO UR All DAY LO NG great expectations for a treatment proof because in other cases either POO L TO URNAMENT AT 9 PM that has limited application or the donor didn't develop what FRIDAY - SATURDAY - SUNDAY ' benefit. Its greatest value is in the researchers call "frank" AIDS, or CRUISE WITH CRAZY PRICES! initial attack, but even then must be because the recipient had a history applied early in the outbreak. of drug abuse or blood transfusions. 2535 Franklin Road For rectal herpes, there is no Officials hope that now that the link Nashville, TN 37204 treatment except fo r pain between transfusions and the medication and stool softeners; disease has been established, they Call (615) 297-4571 sometimes an antibiotic will cut will be closer to solving the mystery down on the associated inflamma- of AIDS. 10 - Gaze - May, 1984 How Are You in the Wasteland? by Michele Clad We have friends to whom we send Wasteland it is the thought begun letters, and never find out ifthe mail begun and never finished. Do you wasrecieved. We wait, we wonder. realize we are left waiting for reply, Eventually we talk to our fr iends. and time passed, the communinca­ "Oh thank you for the letter" they tion stagnating, we come to wonder say. "We've been meaning to write at you, dear fr iend, because in back but, oh, you know. Things get silence you say how too busy too so busy." frantic too caught up in else too for­ Oh yes we do know. We used to getful of this gift, friend, of nod our heads in agreement, we d� intimacies we shared, toootherwise know and accepted. We'd simply be engaged and you cannot fit us in. gratefu l the mail was delivered and Oh yeswe can take the hint. You enjoyed, they did remember it. haven't ten m.inutes and a postage We used to. These da y's we stamp to spare us, and we do know questionthe neglect and the apology about modern life. There's hardly a that inevitably follows. Who is this break, when there is we are fr iend, the ones unable to slowdown exhausted. The noises of machines just long enough, to find the time to the television the radio fill our tend the loving fount they had minds, we can forget what is not expressed desire to keep in their right straight in front of us. We do life. We find it sad, a lonliness, a let feel the bills· to pay we think about down, another found them in the sea money a lot. All this filling our time, of forgotten promise. our thoughts so often in a jumble. If we came to their house they We do undersfand the difficulty of would feed us, they might take us writing, all the experts have so out to dine and spend a tidy sum. much to say anymore, we fear to They'd be talking all the while; we commit ourselves to permanent pen have many things to share, that is and paper. The pro<;essis really too why we become friends. When we nerve wracking, who finds time to part we would say- "Good to see write letters anymore. you" and saying it back wou ld be Communication is dying, "that's sincere in our expression (we are too bad"; it's actually heartbeat, refreshed by the visit. In the that's too sad. And let it die! Can't company of a friend we entertain you see good friends, how we wish and much admire, from such a time you had not disappointed. we exit in peace with the world.) Another time don't promise a When we part to our respective thing because when you say and do homes, aw ay upon ou r travels, we not there's a hurt a little - because tender our agreement to keep in of eagerness you engendered, the touch with one another. Thus ends waiting, then, the loss of logical our fair exchange until we meet hopefulness, and our trust sinks a again. What becomes of letters left little, or does not rise. unanswered? So you might be lost, dear friend, Going sour. Fallen into the and is that all you want of me?

National Mental Health Plans Consales, Moon Valley Counseling Associates, 502 East Tam-0- The Gay/Lesbian Task Force of Shanter Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85022. the American Mental Health Two Lesbians Counselors Association is actively involved in addressing issues Challenge French regarding Gay and Lesbian clients, Bureaucracy counselors and their relation to professional counseling organiza­ Paris-- Two French Lesbians are tions. screwing up preconceived notions Paul R. Consales, Director of among mem hers of the French Moon Valley Counseling Associates bureaurocracy. The couple is in Phoenix, Arizona, chairs the demanding that the French Social Task Force comprised of men and Security authorities recognize them women across the country. and their three children as a fam ily Four goals have been identified: unit. Such designation would allow establishing standards for . the them to collect maximum benefits. training of counselors treating Gay One member is applying to have the and Lesbian clients; initiating other and her three children development of a national register recognized as dependents for tax of qualified Gay Counselors; purposes. promoting awareness of Ga y The women are basing their counseling issues and to initiate an argument on the divorce decree of ongoing educational program on one of them which stated that she Gay issues for AMHCA Confer­ "had left to live common law with a ences. friend with whom she had a The Gay/Lesbian Task Force will homosexual relation. French Social be represented at the New York Security legislation states that Gay/Lesbian Health Conference in "common law" couples must· be June as well as AMHCA treated as "man and wife" for Conferences such as the October, benefit purposes. According to the 1984 meeting in Philadelphia, PA. wvman's attorney "Man and wife Members of AMHCA or others refers to a living situation and social interested in joining to help with function, not a biological this project can contact Paul R. difference." May, 1984 - Gaze -11 The Block Poetr by Geoffrey Barnell Here the ugly little man with wrinkled face,

I don't go to The Block any more Sitting on the steps since five o'clock•..

The same steps every night.. : The first time they took ·me there my Gayness was new, Alone every night ... And excitement danced with fear inside me. As hopelessness carves the wrinkles deeper I drowned in the closeness of all those men - And he cringes from the shispered name "troll." GAZE welcomes submissions of poetrY Their beauty dazzling, constitutes rights to publication in the Their muscles rippling, Here an old man, neatly dressed for 1955, be returned only if a self-addressed, stl Their pants so tight that nothing was hidden. Hisliberation come too late to be believed, submissions to Poetry Editor, Gaze, P. All wanting the same thing I wanted so much - Wistfully waiting for someone to ask him to the prom. 38173-0038. All poetry appearing in tl Wanting a hot, hard body beside and inside them, authors and may not be reprinted with Wanting their pulses to hammer Here an aging man, anxious to look young, And their breath to come in quick Boldly flaunting all the trappings of the Now Generation - frantic Unaware that the Now Generation was Back Then. gasps. So many men to choose from, . Here the pock-marked portrait of Dorian Gray, So many to lift the curse of my virginity. With drug-glazed eyes and sneering lips - Heaven! And bulging biceps that never sleep alone.

· I came back with my friends whenever I could, Here the young Adonis, followed by a hopeful crowd, Knowing the night would come when I went there alone.. . Perfect teeth flashing a sensual grin, Not to stand a sniff outside the bakery window, His eyes devoid of feeling for the human objects But to savor the sweet delights inside. That the rhythmic swayir}g of his ass has hypnotized.

After a time, I dared to look them in the eye. Here the wide-eyed boy, adrift in a sea of wonders, · And what I saw there shook me, Eager to be accepted into Paradise. Hurt my eyes, Here the cold-eyed hustler younger than he, Warned me not to look beyond and beneath. Watching him with boredom both real and feigned Therefore I did Ready to fling wide the gates and let him in. And their pretty masks feel into the gutter And I knew them. No warmth, no love, no sharing or caring. No strong arms to enfold and comfort and protect. Here the young man with the restless eyes, No quiet voice to say, "I need you." Feverishly searching, Circling the same streets again and again Love is for lovers. The Block is for tricks. And again and again and again; The Block is for people without last names. Scanning each face for a seventh time, Not knowing what special thing he seeks that is missing; I don't go to The Block any more.-

. A Gift From Chuck and Rick by Charlie McMullen

AutH ors Note: On a recent trip to Kansas City, I met two men who weren't lovers but had Fill th a breathtak ing love relationship. If I could only tell you how it made me fee l... by Charlie McMullen

Te ll me why I do wish they could see you Inseparable, inseparable .•. Spirit only fills the sky Friendship, loveship, what's this ship we 're on Even wish they could be you When we laugh · Glad for me for all You've a gift they could get to Only when we say goodbye You've a gift fo r all Loving, playing, giving, staying Heartaches come The re 's a future mixed with what you're saying I was proud - you had me crying Only when it's do or die An honor in what you're obeying �..fter all the fe ar and lying Such extremes There's an anchor in the storm It is good to see some flying Just to make us laugh and cry When I'm so near the gro und Long ago, feeling's making You would think Cheers to you He look s good and you 're not fak ing - a noble treasure More than this would mak e us sigh You know You stepped in and he stopped tak ing this is more than pleasure As we link - There is importance Give a little, loved a lot here to measure Link our spirits to the sk y Because I know, it's made me strong

Yes, I know it's made me strong.

12 -Gaze -May, 1984 Riding the Tra in A Countryside To ur de Force

Onboard the train there 's the chance by Rose Camille to find out how deeply widely felt the need for real social change. for publication Submissio n Sucking in the rich thick smoke . How much the people know about the the newspaper. Contributio ns can rolling in the bathroom of an Amtrak passenger coach crusted venal pathways followed in stamped envelope is included. Address , the U.S.A. today, Officially speaking. P. 0. Box 3038, Memphis, Tennessee parked in the station of in this column is copyrighted by the Washington D.C. The train itself is a sloppy affair witho ut their permission. nineteen hundred and eighty three more fanfare in advertising than dedicated service. this smells like shit! You'll be thrown across the carriage sometimes if This is shit. you don 't'watch out the trac ks are that tom up. Erudite silent pile The country can't afford to make the necessary repairs. the sign said "don't flush Talking about wars for Oil and facing myriad pollutions, while train is in the station" buying submarines and bombers by the dozens somebody did anyway parking missiles in Europe, the county can't afford all over the tracks their to keep this efficient transportation of citizens silent statement of in truly serviceable condition what they think of well, Washington D.C. at this time ! so much for priorities. This country can't afford Everbody riding North to have people out there talking to each other on the talked about them up here public transportation - 'crazy' they say with a sigh shaiing our feelings, finding out how many of us do bitter strangled anger feel the same. at James Watt, the fr onts, "Better to keep them alone in their autos" and the whole crew better to keep us disunified disconnected alienated strangers, ripping the guts from our land. locked alone each of us in private reflection of public horrors. People told, on the train, Because on the train talking with folk I'd about things they'd seen and read, never met before, riding along together, as always, how, many children are dying I found out some stuff, for instance, of unknown malignancies about churches out feeding whole families together, and the adults Entire families standing in line for food in America the the people are getting sicker Great Society nineteen hundred and eighty three. more new diseases discovered The subject came up at the dinner table. every month We comparing what we'd seen, compounding the eye environmental legislation witness accounts from ; meanwhile tom apart San Francisco, Denver, New Orleans and Jersey, hospitals are closing all report the same budget cuts, the before I took this train and talked to them I only military needs more money knew about the families in Atlanta. protecting this great society We find out the scene is countrywide hospitals are closing while "don't print this in the papers" no way the people are turning green belly up ; "an' don't show it on the news either" what have they done to America? Let me tell you something:­ We're getting wise just the same. "Forty yeru·s" said the lady across the table, putting another forkful in her mouth "forty years it took to build up the social legislation­ and they tore it apart in three·." From Newark, New Jersey just another private citizen talking in the dining car. The sky "What does she know?" they say, "she's just another ... " · It ·was made for you and I She knows enough For you and I because, To sail before we say goodbye let'me tell you something:- she's got a nephew who was studying the water pollution I'm asking you in high school. To let your spirit fly Bor, that boy was scared, To the sky . . . to the sky scared for all of us so now he's in college, doing Environmental Law. Fill the sky . . • fill the sky Yes, you and I The Unknown Woman from New Jersey sigh Can fill the sky is happy to know the work of this young man. Fill the sky He is her faith. Positive touchstone she holds when - fro m "Fill the Sky " this other stuff gets her down copyright 1984, Charlie McMullen when during suburban coffee hour her woman friend's conversation turns to all the horrid things, the facts we dread. And also I am happy for this young man for all of us who know:- We can be the salvation because let me tell you something. We are onto this scam.

� __::_ May, 1984 - Gaze 13 Outlook Let's Quit! by Rev. Larry J. Urhig have grown a barrier between the that will hold us and tell us that we To find the irritation takes a process of dissolving layers of partners. "To quit" is defiiled in Webster's are doing just exactly the right indifference, ignorance, and sheer Do you want to quit? It's a good as "to leave, to abandon, to resign." thing. camouflage. That does not happen idea! But quit whatever is That's just what many of us feel like But wait a minute: If you read in one session, one meeting that lays destroy ing your relationship; clear doing when the go ing gets rough, further on in Webster's definition, out the hidden disputes of two the air and your minds, and work to when resolution doesn't comeeasily. you'll find that "quit" also means to people. The process requires a satisfy the needs and livesof bothof The rough going I more specifically "clear or satisfy." Now, let's look at cleansing that makes both partners you. You may be surprised to fi nd refer to is that which occurs in any quitting with an eye to clearing the understand the needs of one that that half of a genuinely shared relationship regu larly. Sometimes air and satisfying the needs of both seem to be a shortcoming to the relationship is more than all the it seems that dropping the whole partners. What do we have to do to other, of the secret irritations that loneliness of a life apart. arrangement is easier than · accomplish those ends? Are we attempting to work it out. willing to tell the world and all our There are times when both fr iends to leaveus alone for awhile? parties are so busy with their jobs Can we cut ourselvesoff from them Gay Games Sweepstakes and avocations, so tired by social fo r enough time to gain the period obligations, so stressed by a necessary for healing and Off to a successful start, Gay CA 941 17. multitude of factors, that bef ore communication? Games II has begun a Sweepstakes As an ongoing ex tension of the they know it, communication at a If you are sick, you stay in bed, which offers the winner two philosophy of the Games, "playing deep level has been absent for a away from work and social time, Opening Day tickets fo r the 1984 where el'eryone wins," the Games long, long time. At this point, both aw ay from the million-and-one Los Angeles Summer Olympic Board of Directors have chosen to withdraw a few paces to talk only things we all have to do. Shouldn't Games, plus rou nd trip airline make this sweepstakes benefit about mundane things, to avoid we give a "sickness in relationship" tickets, plus, accomodations for available to other non-profit organ­ anything heavy or closely related to the same care we are willing to give three days and two nights. - izations, with the revenues split the meaning of their relationship. our bodies? The drawing will be held on 50/50 with groups who help sell It is not as if either party planned The problem is that most of us Thursday, June 28, 1984, and a tickets. Interested organizations this "distance." It is a kind of wait until our bodies quit working donation of $2.00 each is requested should contact Executive Director growing apart, and goes unnoticed before we devote time to an illness, per ticket. Sweepstakes tickets may Tom Waddell, M.D., 890 Hayes fo r longperiodsoftimeuntil one day call a doctor. Most of us do nothing be obtained by writing to SFA&A, Street, San Fransisco, CA 94 117. some little thing goes wrong - the about preventive medicine. So it 890 Haynes Street, San Fransisco, wash doesn't get done, the bed isn't goes in a relationship; we fail to use made, the kitty litter isn't changed. preventive measures, and when it There's an explosion, and the next fails, we are not evenwilling to see a three days are focused on the "doctor" who will help to tr.eat its ex plosion, and not on the underlying "sickness." The "doctor" in this problem that caused it. Given situ ation is a professional what's needed to restore cou nsellor, and even as medicine communication, healing, and peace, takes a long time for a cure, so d9es it's often easier to decidethat wejust counselling and therapy for a s1ck do not have the energyto put into it, relationship. Can't Be Openly Gay? and don't want to take the time. Too often, we approach "Let's just quit!" we say, and go off counselling as if all we need is one by ourselves to find someoneto love little talk, and then all will be well, and hold us whilewe hurt. and that's it. A miracle cure! That's This is precisely what many like taking only one pill from a peopledo. It is at the heart of many prescription and expecting to be breakdowns in relationships. Often, hale and hearty the next morning! some of us even understand this The problems of a relationship problem, know just what is going take years to manifest themselves, Even so, your financial support will on, and what must be done to restore after more years of development Switch­ the relationship, and yet choose not and neglect. Our serious problems enable us to operate the Gay to invest the time and energy we do not arise from "acute" events that board, publish Gaze, produce Views are similar to "acute" illnesses. They know is needed to resolvethe issue. From 10% and work to secure basic It is a hard thing to admit, but life are "chronic" problems in most s for all Gays. just beats· the hell out of us, cases, a nubbin of irritation like a Human Right sometimes, so we just let it go on grain of sand in an oyster, but these beating while we give in and quit. grow to something less lovely than a We're willing to be out and work for you Moreover, there are a lot of people pearl. - but we need your support. Join MGC. Our mem bership list is strictly confidential.

Memphis Gay Coalition P.O. Box 3038 Memphis, TN 38173-0038 ME:MPH-15 CE:NTE:R fOR RE:PRODUCTI\JE: H-E:ALTH- _Enroll me as an MGC member. Enclosed is $20. Send Gaze to: Non�pro(it FeminUt Heoltla Clinic Name Offerin6A FuU Ran6e OfGynecololical Care Address 1462 Poplar at McNeil Memphis, Tennessee 38104 City/State Zip (901) 274-3550 _ Enroll me as an MGC member. Do not send Gaze or any other mail out. sos '84 continued from page 1

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A third Democratic race would wino up a nomination in 1952, and the first of the Senate is up fo r election, as is battle between former Vice time fo r Democrats since every mem her of the House of President Mondale and Senator Roosevelt's first nomination in 1932. Representatives. Experts predict Gary Hart (with a significant role to The question that begs discussion that Democrats have a good chance be played by Rev. Jesse Jackson). As is the impact of this race on the to win back majority control of the I write this, Mondale has just won priorities of the human rights Senate, and several of the leading the primary in New York, though community, on the platform the Democratic challengers to not by an astounding upset. Since Democrats will draft and run on, the Democrats have eliminated and on the ·other persons who will important Republican seats are Gay Rights supporters who could be Dan Siminoski. 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That would be a Francisco this July. executive order forbidding language in the platform statement deadlock between Hart and Most likely, the Democrats' discrimination against Gays in which will commit the party to those issues, with significant fo llow­ Mondale in San Francisco that nominees for President and Vice federal employment. None of the through in the fal l. could not be broken by a shift of President will be determined on the three has a long or deep history of delegates from Jackson or other floor of the convention, and that committment to the Gay communi­ It seems to me that there arethree pledges. Were this to happen, an choice will be determined by the ty; but national leaders who have reasonable scenar ios fo r the outside candidate might be brought votes of party activists -who may worked with them consider each Democratic Convention, each of in as a compromise (such as the be more progressive than candidate to be open to Gay input which cou ld involve the Gay often-mer.tioned Senator Kennedy). mainstream party identifiers. Each and educable on the issues about community significantly. First, one Such a situation would call fo r the of these remaining candidates which we care most deeply. A of the three candidates may secure a st_rongest possible coopertion comes from the party's liberal wing; variety of Gay, fe minist, and Black majority needed for nomination among act ivist groups to assure that delegates pledged to candidates Civil Rights groups have divided before the Convention. Since the the nominee was one who who have dropped out (McGovern, their endorsements among Hart, primaries and caucuses are barely understood and supported our can be expected to Jackson an d Mondale, and there is half over, this scenario shou ld Glenn, Cranston) goals. shop for a candidate they can no question that the election of any encourage voters and organizations support in San Francisco. There is a one of them would increase the to determ ine which man they truly A variation of this scenario is one I real possibility that the presidential attention paid to our issues prefer (on Gay and other issues) and call the "Jackson strategem." To a to support that candidate as choice will be "brokered" on the throughout the federal government. considerable extent, Senator Hart's strongly as possible. 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What a contast! children; one spoke fluent and difficulties. The pace was leisurely someone started the infernal wheel · beautiful Mandrin; two were over along mostly flat roads, and we in motion again. Cool weather, broad streets, fifty and three were under thirty. could stop at will to rest, take Besides the constants of bicycling imposing buildings, and more All were committed to sharing a pictures, or buy something ·from a and eating, our time was spent sights than we could possibly digest. bicycle journey through a strange roadside stand. There were several visiting the major sights of the areas Even without the bikes we got and fascinating land. As one of the ferry crossings to be made, which we passed through. We saw plenty of exercise, troopingthrough participants, I'd like to share some became opportunities to really beautifully restored ancient the vast Forbidden City, the of my impressions with the readers make contact with local people. Buddhist temples, factories where breathtaking Summer Palace, and of this publication. While waiting for the boat, we skilled craftspeoplecarved jade and of course the Great Wall, which Since our return to the States, one would investigate the nearby ivory or made intricate papercuts, proved to be far more impressive of the first questions we are always market stalls to see if there was and climbed the hills at the scenic than any of us had imagined, asked is, what was the Chinese anything cold to drink (a rarity; Seven Star Crags to perfect little stretching out in every direction reaction to a group of American even the Coca-Cola was usually pagodas overlooking a lake. We over hills ablaze with fall colors. We Gays? The answ-er:we were treated warm) and to buy the local bananas, relaxed overnight at a hot springs planted one of our rain bow flags the same as all Americans are in · which were a real treat. 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18 - Gaze - May, 1984 ·• band member had on a karate suit. leopard skin cap and shoes comple­ When the main attraction, The ted the extraordinary ensemble. All · Eurythmics, appeared on stage, evening long, the singer swayed, the audience rose to its feet - and rocked, and undulated to the music. MUsic remained standing for the entire Amid colorful, changeable light­ performance! With great interest, mg (including some interesting back the crowd surveyed all ten distinc­ lighting), The. Eurythmics treated tively dressed musicians. At differ­ the Nashville audience to an excit­ ent times guitarist Dave Stewart ing, virtually uninterrupted stream wore two frock coats- first a white of such upbeat hits as "Love is a then a salmon-colored coat. His face Stranger," "Let's Just Close Our was obscured by a pair of impene­ Eyes," "Right By Your Side," The Eurythmi�s Not the trable dark glasses, wild hair, and a "Who's That Girl?" and "Sweet beard. 'l'lre Tuxedo-clad trumpet Dreams (Are Made of This)." The player and woodwinds man con­ Grammy-nominated band, which Same Old Song and Dance trasted with the casually dressed evolved from a defunct group called The Tourists, especially shone on dreams are made of this. drummer, keyboardart ist, and other by Jeff Thompson its excellent renditien of "Here Hundreds of N:ashvillians of all guitarist. The three female back-up The Comes the Rain Again." The tune's The term "eurythmics" h&.s been ages were treated to a dazzling singers, known as Croquettes, around long before an English mu- ninety-minute-long concert by Len: each had dark, shoulder length hair arrangement and tempo were just sical group adopted it as its name nox, Dave Stewart, and The Eu­ and bangs, and wore white skirts right. Annie Lennox, who at one time was a disgruntled student at and made it a household word. rythmics at Vanderbilt University's and matching, wide-lapeled blazers. the Royal Academy of Music, play­ Actually, "eurythmics" is "the Memorial Gymnasium on Wednes­ But the true standout, both in terms ed flute on two numbers, including chore·ographic art of interpreting day evening, April 11. The large of attire and musical performance, musical composition by a rhythmi- audience was accented by the out­ was The Eurythmics' flamboyant the haunting finale, "Jennifer." cal, free-style, graceful movement rageoushues and fabrics of the New lead singer, Annie Len.nox. During three songs, moving pro­ The Scottish-born songstress jections of either cumulus clouds or of the body in response to the Wave fashionsworn by many. again sported her famous, cropped, green flames materialized on the rhythm of the music." Virtuaily �e Eurythmics' warm-up act orange hair (after having changed cyclorama _anyone who has seen Annie Lennox was the Australian band, Re al Life, suspended behmd the her hair color to jet black for The and The Eurythmics live in concert made up of two guitarists, one band. "Jennifer" was performed would admit that the energetic Len- drummer, �d one synthesizer/key­ Eurythmics' appearance on the amidst thick smoke billowing from nox truly seems to personify the - boards artist. "Like a Gun," Real February 28 Grammy Awards tele­ a machine offstage. For that final cast). Her orange bob was a striking word. Her stunning presence on Life roared into its forty-five min­ song, Annie Lennox changed into stage, her dynamic singing voice, ute set, pleasing the crowd with counterpoint to her black-and-white black leatherpants and jacket, brim­ and her lithe body's constant, fluid such songs � "Under the Hammer," plaid slacks and matching biazer, med hat, and dark glasses. black blouse, andsparkling diamond movement in rhythm to her band's "Catch Me, I'm Falling," "Pick Me · Through avant-garde songs, ex­ necklace. mus�c comb�e to giv� her audiences Up," "Heartland," and the group's pertly mixed audio, effective light­ the unpress10n that stght and sound current hit, "Send Me An Angel." Later in the concert, Lennox ing, amazing costuming, The Cro­ have merged and Annie Lennox has The lead singer was clad in a blue donned a white cotton pants suit quettes' superb harmonizing, and become one with the electrifying, workshirt and tattered black-and­ with wide lapels and padded shoul· the riveting performance of Annie innovative music. Indeed, sweet white Checked overalis. Another ders, over which she draped a Lennox, The Eurythmics proved to leopard skin wrap which extended its Nashville audience that the band diagonally from her right shoulder , is here to stay in the New Wave to below her waist. A matching music scene of the Eighties.

by Houston Butler The Other Side D.J. Pamala Stanley's long awaited follow-up to I Don't Want To Talk About It is finally here and is a delight for all those fans of high energy dancemusic. Coming Out Of Hiding is brimming with all the gusto that qualifies the hoopla and excitement that very few follow-up records seem to attain once the single is out and available. This 12-inch release is Gay club peak placement that The gallops in a crystal meth stride. Pamala's vocals are pert and effervescent and match the energy level of the arrangement beat for powerful beat. Percussion breaks and breakdowns are well spaced and not held back. The results are exciting and early Other response has been excellent. Side A runs 6:09 with an instrumental flip side. This release on TSR Records could be the season's first dance floor anthem. Not to be ov erlooked! Side 1S ' 1Dt 1. COMING OUT OF HIDING - Pamala Stanley 2. I'VE GOT THE MUSIC IN ME - Yvonne K. 3. BREAKDANCE - Irene Cara 4. RELAX - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 5. RADIO GA GA - Queen 6. WATCH OUT - Doctor's Cat 7. DO YOU WANNA DANCE/ OVER MY HEAD - Toni Basil 8. DEADLINE U.S.A./ DANCING IN THE SHEETS - Shalamar 9.- LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY - Deniece Williams 10. DESIRE - Paul Parker 11. NO MORE WORDS - Berlin 12. EVERGREEN /JEALOUS LOVE - Hazel Dean 13. HIGH ENERGY - Evelyn Thomas 14. WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM - Ramming Speed 12 N. Cleveland Street 15. LIVING IN DESPERATE TIMES/ Memphis, Tennessee 38112 TWIST OF F ATE - Olivia Newton-John

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Actors in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Ke�tucky Youthful Rival Wins Out ·and three cou nties in the Missouri bootheel (Pemiscott, New Madrid and Dunklin) are invited to au dition I then told him that he had a deci­ DEAR HEART for a $4,000 one-year, fu ll-tuition sion to make. Th is advice is easier for me to scholarship fo r study at Circle in the David has told me that he and the give then for you to take. Forget Square Theatre School and kid have nothing in common, yet him: Step back, ge t a grip, and find Workshop in New York City. he decided to be with the kid. This sameone who won 't playga mes with It is the fifth annual Memphis devastated me into acting real child­ your emotions. Acting Scholarship sponsored by ish and getting super drunk the David continues to tell you he Theatre Memphis. The sponsors, I "loves " including Mid-S uth Business, will DEAR DUCHESS night David told Qte. GOD was you for two reasons: (1 ) Ile o to hurt you for fe ar provide an ad ditional $3000 I have been known to be the Dear hurt. doesn 't want Since, when David and I see or he will lose a good beauty supply subsistence allowance to cover part Duchess to a lot of my friends, both talk to each other, J always tell him customer, or (2) He truly does love of the expense of living in New Gay and straight. However, I have a that I love him. He will then tell you, but is trying to stall for more York. problem and who else is t.here _to ants, male, must nie he loves me. I have asked him on time to decide between you and the Applic male or fe consult, but the original "Dear be aged 20 through 30 inclusive and numerous occasions why he chose 19 year old. He may have decided Duchess"? must agree in writing to accept the the kid instead of me? He tells me to be with the younger man because My problem .•• scholarship if offered, to assumethe he can't answer that. I am still he knows that age group is more I am a hairstylist and my beauty additional costs of transportation fighting for him, but so far, to no ap t to_ be flightier and move on at a supply salesman is Gay. He and I and living in New York and to avail. fas ter pace then your agegro up. have dated several times, and have appear in a major production at had manyenjoyable times with each In either case, no one deserves to Theatre Memphis at a mutually Please Duchess, aive"'. me advice as · · other. I will refer to this man as have th e1r emo t wns Pla ye d Wlt· h. lf agreeable time. Applicants must to what I should· do. I really love can David. he not be man enough to tell you not be professional actors in that David and desperately want him as d ti " · ) David has told me we are very h e nee s more me WI th ou t b emg they must not be members of any , my lover. I would like to spend the ss . compatible in many ways. I have pre ured into a decision or that he actor's union or rely on acting in any rest of my life with him... as long as doesn 't � expressed my love for him, and he love you in the way a lover way for their principal source of f we both shall live.-A eart anging for me in many ways. I really want If If should but only as a friend, then it's income. From the Rafters••. BB f and need him. time for you to ''get over" him. Auditions will be held at Theatre I BUT•.. there is a catch. Before I *************************** Memph_is on Saturday, June 9, 19�4. met David, he was seeing a 19 year - .. . - by appomtment. For fu rther details old and asked him to be his lover, and official application form, actors and that he was thinking about it. can write Scholarship Committee, This hurt me terribly. Since David Theatre Memphis, 630 Perkins hadn't made his decision yet, I asked Extended. Memphis, Tenn. 38117. him to be my lover. His response Deadline for applications is May 12, was that I had put him on the spot. 1984.

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Send to GAZE, Box 3038, MemphiS, Hart, for one, has formed a search to choose from, friends of our com­ Tennessee 38173-0038. committee headed by Colorado Re- munities and supporters of the presentative Patricia Schroeder to issues on our policy agenda. For for Rock develop a list of qualified women; those of you who still have the GAY Musicians wanted JEFF THOMPSON, Gaze Nashville reputed to be possible co-candidate chance to vote or participate in cau­ Band, Male or Female, to play club Correspondent, seeks ASSISTANT with Hart . are Representatives cuses, you can evaluate each ofthem circuit in the Memphis Area. Send to help with local . ad sales and dis­ Geraldine Ferraro, N.Y.; Barbara and vote for the one you truly sup­ replies to Box 3038, Dept. M, Mem­ tribution. Must live in Nashville and Mikulski, MD.; former Representa- port. Whatever your choice, you can drive a letter to JEFF phis, TN, 38173-0038. car. Send tive Barbara Jordan, Texas;and the be assured that while obeying the THOMPSON, 6807 Pennywell Drive Mayors of San Francisco and dictates of your conscience, you still Nashville, Tennessee 37205. Houston, Dianne Feinstein and help to ensure a free future for all of GAY Male, 25, looking for a mature, Kathy Whitmire. Every oneofthose us. self supporting partner between the VHS OWNERS- Want to trade ages of 21-30. I know what I want tapes? Write to Box 3038, Memphis, out of life, a permanent loving rela­ TN 38173-0038. Bicycling Through China from p8Jte 17 tionship with someone looking for China is going through we met, it was evident that the GAY IBM EMPLPYEES: Gaze is same. I live in Nashville, Tn. tremendous changes. The Cultural people are optimistic about the the seeking a companion mag card Revolution, which had a future. And although the standard Call me at 833-3096. If no answer, memory unit for IBM CompoSer. devastating effect on the country's of living is far from what we are leave message on answering machine. Must be in working order. Call Gaze economy, intellectual achieve­ used to, we saw many signs of at 454-1411. Also IBM Composer elements. ments, and morale, was repudiated progress beingma de. Watch Views from 10% - cable only seven years ago. In what We left China on a flight from channel 7 - see display ad for amounts to an almOst total about­ Beijing to Hong Kong, where we dates and times. face, the current leadership is spent a couple of days before Landlord/Tenant, Wills, contracts, encouraging intellectuals, returning to the States. Hong Kong you-name-it. D. Bush, Esq. 722- JOIN the Memphis Gay Coalition­ decentralizing agriculture, was a perfect place to end the trip: 2192 April Business Meeting- April 16 allowing free markets, and opening exotic and mostly Chinese, but a city 7:30 pm, Meeting Room B, Library up the country to tourism. It where capitalism runs amok, it at Peabody and McLean. WGF, 25 looking for sincere rela­ appears they are trying to adopt a provided us with an opportunity to pragmatic path, picking and pig out on Western food, go to a tionship with WGF. Interests: good chOosing whatever works from European-style disco and a GWM seekingothers for friendships/ times, sports, beaches. Will relocate among the ancient and modern California-style bar, stay in companionships Greers Ferry Lake for the right person. Serious Only Chinese traditions, as well as comparatively luxurious hotels, and Area. Occupant, P .0. Box 623, Please. J.J. P.O. Box 3038, Mem- adopting the best ideas from the yet still reexperience many of the ...... -�"""-� AR, 72643. phis,TN 38173-0038. West. In a country as vast and sights, sounds an d smells of our Heber Springs, J><)pulous as China, these changes China journey. All in all, the first are not goingto come smoothly, or all-Gay bicycle tour of China wasan overnight. But in our talks with our exhilarating experience, one of the APOLOGIES tourguid es, and with other Chinese great adventuresof my life. The March issue. of Gaze con- tained two articles which were re- p d om T!ze Wash on A"dvocate en more men from minority back- ment is a new stoey penned exclu- rinte � ¥ ist Phil Blade. Ne1ther article was attrlbu- from p&.ge 18 grounds than is common in maga-· sively for IssueOne by erotic continued ted to either the Blade or the zines of its kind. Andros himself. · � Each issue will feature four full- reporters. 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22 - Gaze - May, 1984 Iilformatlon ·and. ServiceS;. · · .... '. MEMPHIS RESTAURANTS AND BARS Metropolitan Community Church: RESTAURANTS AND BARS non-denominational; 131 15th Ave., N., Nashville TN 37202 Organizations Adams Family Restaurant: Home Discovery II: 1021 Jessie Road, cooking, 1782 Madison, 725-7336. TennesseeGay Coalition for Human (501) 664-4784 · DR's: restaurant/bar, late hours; Rights: movement, Box 24181, Lil'sCountry Pub: 1701 University, American Civil Liberties Union - 12 N. Cleveland (upstairs) Nashville, TN 37202 Little Rock, AR ( 501) 663-8682 (ACLU): general movement; 81 The Eighth Day: bar, pizza/beer, Womankind Health Service: con­ The Palladium: 101 S. Victory, Madison Bldg., Suite 1501, Mem- 1382 Poplar, 725-9877 fidential clinic, feminist. 1727 Little Rock, AR (501) 372-2372 phis, 38103, (901) 521-9875 The French Connection: restaurant, Church St., Nashville, 37203 Silver Dollar Bar: 2710 Asher Ave. , Black and White Men Together: bar, dining menu; 598 Marshall, (615) 329-1478 Little Rock, AR ( 501) 663-9886 support/movement; Box 41773 526-1038 Women's Resource Center: general Memphis, 38104, (901) 276-4160 George's: showbar, large disco; 600 services for women; 1608 Wood­ MISCELLANEOUS or 274-0532. Marshall, 526-1038 mont YWCA, Nashville, TN Gay Advocacy Project: movement, J-Wag's: bar, serves food, moderate (615) 385-3952 4-Star Video � 916 S. Rodney ACLU and MGC, 521 =987 5 menu, small disco, games, patio Parham (501) 663-6412 Gay Catholics: Call 725-1698 for late hours, 1268 Madison, 726- RESTAURANTS AND BARS University Adult Arcade, 6316 recommended Sunday M . Asher Ave., (501) 568-2952 ass 9011 _ 1 Memphis Center for Reproductive Jackie's: bar, 1474 Madison Ave., The Chute: Restaurant, bar, 2535 Health: non-sexist, non-hetero- 278-9021 Franklin Road., (615) 297-4571 sexist; 1462 Poplar Ave., Mem- The Other Side: bar, large disco, Crazy Cowboy: bar; 2311 Franklin MISSISSIPPI phis 38104, 274-3550 12 N. Cleveland, late hours, 726- Road (615) 383-9493 Memphis Gay Coalition: movement, 9245 B. Palola's: Restaurant, bar, 1812 Organizations public. Meets 1st and 3rd Mon- The Pendulum: bar, serves food, Hayes St., (615) 320-0713 days of the month in Meeting limited menu; 92 N. Avalon, Cabaret: Bar, disco, drag shows; Gay Switchboard: information, re­ Room B of Library at Peabody 725-1530 1711 Hayes St. (615) 320-7082 ' .- ferral, counseling; (601) 355 - & McLean ; Box 3038, Memphis P.W. Bumps: bar, serves food, limi- Slippo's: 2106-A Eighth Ave. S. 7495 TN, 38173-0038 ted menu; 238 N. Cleveland, bar, (615) 269-9150 Integrity/M ississippi: religious, Epis­ Memphis Gay Speakers Bureau: 726-9953 Warehouse 28: Bar, disco, shows copaleans (all Gay Christians movement, general education, Rumors: bar, disco, video, late and special events;2529 Franklin welcome) Box 4235, Jackson, Box 3038, Memphis, TN 38173- hours; 616 Marshall, 527-6348. Rd. (615) 385-9689 MS 39216 (601) 355-7495 0038 World's End: Restaurant, live music Lambda Group (Gay AA): meets Metropolitan Community Church: MISCELLANEOUS (jazz); 1713 Church St. 329-3480 Sat., 8 pm, 4872 N. State St. non-denominational; 2224 Cen­ c/o Box 8342, Jackson, MS, Tral Ave., 274-8355 Club South: baths, TV room, sauna, LITTLE ROCK 39204 Mystic Krewe of Aphrodite: social/ . spa, lockers, rooms, 628 Madison Metropolitan Community Church : movement, women; Box 41822 (901) 525-2582. CBC affiliated. Organizations non-denominational, Box 8342 Memphis, 38104 Book Cottage (Overton Square): Jackson, MS 39204 (601) 355- Mystic Krewe of Apollo: social, mainstream book store, includes ACLU of Arkansas: general move­ 7495 private membership, men only; section of Gay /Lesbian novels ment, legal; Box 2832, Little Mississippi Gay Alliance: move­ no address listing and nonfiction; 2113 Madison Rock AR 72203 ment; Box 8342, Jackson, MS National Organization for Women Ave., 726-5857 ArkansasGay Rights: general move­ 39205 (601) 355-7495 (NOW): movement, feminist; Box Encore Cards and ment, Box 3115, Little Rock, AR 40982, Memphis, 38104 Gifts: cards, gifts, ceramics, posters, etc. Large 72203 The Queen's Men (TQM): social, BARS AND RESTAURANTS selection of Gay /Lesbian fiction Gay Counseling Service: 409 Walnut private membership, no address Little Rock, AR 72205, (501) listing and nonfiction. 1266 Madison Ave., 722-8963 663-6455 Bill's Disco and Show Bar: 207 W. Phoenix : Gay AA; meets Wed., 8 pm Jackson, MS 39201 (601) Georgetown Inn: hotel, daily, week­ Grassroots Women's House: 1524 Amite, Fri., 10 pm; Sun., 8 pm. 2009 969-9765 (Th-Sat only) ly and monthly rates. 628-630 S. Summit, Little Rock, AR Lamar, 365-7153. \ Emerald City: 2912 Old Canton Rd. Madison Ave. Reservations (901) ( 501) 378-7851 _ Tsarus: social, levi-leather/motor­ Jackson, MS 39216 (601) 366- 525-0725 Great Men/BWMT: support/move- cycle, private membership, Box Men of Leather: clothing, accoutre­ ment: Box 3123, Little Rock, 7315 41082, Memphis, 38111 ments. 1474 Madison (in the AR 72203, (501) 374-3217 Jack's Saloon: 208 W. Capitol, 354- rear of Jackie's). (901) 458-8342 Metropolitan Community Church- Jackson, MS 39201 (601) HELP LINES Little Rock:non-denominational, 9588 see listing above. Mid Town Video : Video cas�>ette Box 1964, Little Rock 72203, Jill's: (at Jack's) Gay Switchboard: information, sales and rentals; 1264 Madison (501) 666-2404 crisis, referrals, counseling, 726- National Organization for Women THIS DIRECTORY IS A FREE GAYY. NASHVILLE (NOW): movement, feminist; Box SERVICE OF THIS NEWSPAPER. Rape Crisis: 528-2161 662, Little Rock. AR 72203 IF YOU DESIRE A LISTING OR Suicide and Crisis Intervention: 274- Organizations Parents and Friends of Gays: move: WISH TO CORRECT AN· INCOR­ 7477 ment/support. Box 1839,Bates­ RECT LISTING, WRITE : GAZE MEDIA American Civil Liberties Union ville, AR 72501 BOX 3038, MEMPHIS, TN 38173- (ACLU): general movement, legal Crisis Center: 664-8834 (toll-free , 0038 OR CALL (901) 454-1411. 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