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Gay candidates do NewisFronte • LOCAL AND STATE well in New York GAGV ball to include Gay elections at all-time high. Pride Agenda says Black & Red Bash Feb. 9 By Susan Jordan openly gay mayors in New York Something new is coming up in A significant number of opent/ gay State, even though neither have many February, so mark your new 2002 or lesbian candidates* and gay-sup gay voters in their constituency. calendars. The Gay Alliance's portive candidates* were elected Tim Mains won re-election to Sweetheart Ball dinner dance on on Nov. 6 — an all-time high in a Rochester City Council, makingthis F^. 9 will now incorporate the single year, according to the Em his fourth four-year term. In wiki new Black and Red Bash — pire State Pride Agenda. The Gay Tompkins County, Democrat Kathy where Barry Robinson will hold and Lesbian Victory Fund reported Luz Herrera won election to the his Pump Night for February. that 15 out of 38 endorsed candi Board of Representatives by a two The hjndraising event at the dates across the country won their to one margin In her first try for Four Points Sheraton will take up races, induding five from New York publk: offke. She will be the first two rooms, one of which will State. openly lesbian or gay Board mem Scouting activist James Dale at the GAGV kincheon on Nov. 2. host che classic dinner dance, the The Pride Agenda endorsed 81 ber, representing the Fifth District other to be the site of the GAG Vs Democratic, Republican and third- (part of Ithaca). first **circuit party". Chuck party candidates for local office, Transgender rights were affirmed Argento will piay tunes from the and 65 won their elections on in the electk>ns in Suffolk County '60s to the *9Qs in the '^Sweet Nov. 6, with one race's results still and New York City. Democrat heart Ballroom," and exciting spe Jonathan Cooper won a second year cial stars will drop in for Pump Pride Agenda Executive Direc term to the Suffolk Co. Ije^lature, N^t at the Biack and Red Bash tor Joe Grabarz said, "The 65 vic representing the 18th District He Whether you are coupled or tories, along vvith the record 250 played a key role in passage of a bill sftigle. romantk or pragmatk. a requests to be;endorsed by the this year which strengthens the baby boomer or a .2' Pride Agendav reflect the public's county's existingantl-discrimination twentysomethin^ Feb. 9 will of strong support for our commu protections for gay men and lesbi* fer an evening tailored to your nity, and bode' well for further ans, and adds scrong protection for special preferences. advances in equal rights for gay and transgendered persons. In New York The dinner dance wfll b<^ at 6 lesbian New Yorkers. It also re Qty, Mar^garita Lopez won her sec p.m., with cocktails and a chance flects the knowkidge that our voces ond term to N.Y. City Council, as Co inspect the silent auctkxi Items and our resources are an knpor* the first Puerto Rican lesbian elected on
Election continuad from p. I Dale continuad from p. I 'Kodak annpk>yees In front and behind the scenes LETTERS TO TME KMTOII: first time in 40 years. Democrat Thomas Suozzi defeated Republican/Conservative of corporate dWarslty," and saAd, *To the GAGV et$ SAO odisr QBMrtMKlng wilore sre candidate Bruce Bert for the posltk>n of board, staff, friends and volunteers, your contri tMir own MM oe noc necenenQf nSsct County Executive The Republican domkia- bution to society is very great. Tha courage you ih« oarihMtiM enic^ft of the Gqr AMMIC* onveSKP* j( ^wi^S^^^eiR^^Wi^^^^w^ ,^M^^a ^^^^^^V^^^^^I^^^^^Sv tion of the araa has meant in the past that and your community display just to live your Kvas ectives ofdwCiifiiitiVMIeyoctbeBwptyCloiwt strengthens the world, tha gay comnrujnhy and WoiMI print MtMv acdw edtaw's dtecre- the county's five Republican/Conservative the Kodak community." tloRwidonai state senators in Albany hava been reluc iewpoints that matter tant to support gay rights and reproductive Brighton Town Supervisor Sandra Frankel, rights. who proposed the domestic partner benefits program adopted by the town last May, shared ••Suozzi's win has political significance far • LOCALAND STATE NEWS beyond tha borders of Nassau County," tha Community Leadership Av^rd with Mayor sakl Joe Grabarz. "It sends a strong signal to Bill Johnson and the three City Coundl members (Lois Geiss, Tim Mains and Wade Norwood) the State Republican Party that they can no That All May Freely who backed the city's human Hghts ordinance, '^Adam & Steve^' k>nger win with the Consenrative Party which inckjdes saxual orientation. Serve is 16 years old anchor tied around their neck. And it sends thie link between another signal to Nassau's five state sena Susan Kramarsky, Brixton Town Clerk* ac By Deanna Tlefenthal cepted the award for Frankel, v^o had another tors that times are changing." On Nov. 18 at Downtown United Presbyte commitment. Kramarsky noted that the wiUing feminism and gacf rights Grabarz noted that homophobia was In rian Church (DUPC), That All May Freely beginnings ness of GAGV Executive Director Rob Gekier volved In some of the races. "Slaazy ho Serve (TAMFS) celebrated the struggles and By Robert GeMer, ExecutiYe Direclwr and the GAGV Board to leave their board >•'-!••. . '-1 mophobic tactics were contemp>latad in the triumphs it has experienced since the meeting and attend the Brighton hearing on the cbsing days of the electk>n by at least two organization's inception 10 years ago. measure made all the difference In its passage, et me statt by sayit^ thank you to tfais concept). But» naoceovt^itis feefaaman canrtpaigns, arid were in fact carried out by TAMFS was formed afcer the national since their voices prevailed over the vocal oppo n the midst of the i^M?o^ sxoused by the oogoii!^ snthrax d^^ evetyone who helped make The desire to g^ of ouxsdves to odietB datiiig one of them*" he said. Presbyterian Church (USA) ruled that DUPC nents of the policy who were present In force been aloKist eatirdyjig^ioced lyy tfae matnsttes^ REACHING OUT: A OMnmumty this time of goodwill and g^nerod^. In Westchester County, the campai^ of could not install the Rev Dr Jane Adams ^' L that night. defenders of homdaod security. Totocists hAv« repeatedly direatened one ofthe most I Leadership Luncheon on Friday, Nov. 2 a We catmot allow thc ttagic events ofour Oemocrat Jose Alvarado threatened to Spahr as their minister, because she is a Janie Spahr welcomes Rev. John Fife. hated and opptessed gtoups in society—andDo,itisnotdic^tcofiunuiiity.Itis'«9omefi,The wonderful success. V^thout all the sponsots, coxmtry's recent past to halt the good worit make Republican Philippe Gtlle's sexual ori Cynthia Martin, in presenting the avrard to lesbian. The group, headed by Jane Spahr, I^tttteer Ptus of St. Paul, Minn, published diis in late October: Mayor Johnson and City Councilmembers Geiss, to remove the prohibition of LGBT ordi tabk captaizis and volunteers, it would not wc do to make our future a better insDiMr- entation an issue, but the Pride Agenda works for ordination rights of an^ Presbyte nation from the church's constitution. "Taking on cetTor at home siKMikl start with the primerval goddess in bet n^dad fottos have come to fhution and been so well re row. Unfbrtunatdy, membership stq^ort o( made it clear to Democratic Party ofBcials Mains and Norwood, sakl that Rochester has rian who feels called by God to serve in the worked to make sure all residents and employ (To take effect, the majority of the and^abottioa cdminals. Violence and tfajieats underiay all bdiefe and customs duting thc ceived. Thank youl the Gay Alliance alone does not fuQy cover that the timing and manner of the potential church, regardless of the person's sexual ees feel valued. Council President Lois Geiss church's regional bodies must ratify this of violence gainst Amedcans ei%aged in the countless miUetmia of pre-his-stoty, even as Itis hard to believe another year is comity die costs oi providing vital support services "discussion" of Gille's Identity would be orientation. responded that she and her two Council col decision.) See TAMFS's website delrvery of health care to \inamen, induding the ima^ of an omnipotent mak god has to a dose and yet another year wiH iTcgin to thc community. We need your fae%> in interpreted as homophobic by thegaycom The Rev John Fife, special speaker from leagues have all experienced discrimination — www.tamfs.org for more details on the abortions as allowed under law, have been permeated most world nslijpons, sodeties and before we've had a time to d^st all the buildiitg that better tomorrow. munity. Atvarado won a close race. Tucson. Ariz, and a former leader of the she as a woman, Tim Mains as an openly gay man, celebration and the vote. tolerated fbr YC»T&. Among the thousands of cultures for the past 2,000 yeats. holiday treats. It is too cariy to make New Every year thc Gay Aiiiance offers support Inthe43rd District New York City Coun national Presbyterian Church, told the cel •$.' and Wade Norwood as an African American The celebration also included the sym red{Hentsof anthrax threats were at least 170 Thc point is, these andent myths have Year's Resolutions to exercise more consis programs for adults and commumty grotips, cil race, homophobic tactics were in fact ebrants, "By your endurance, you havegained who Is still exposed to racial profiling. She thanked bolic ordination of seven gay and lesbian clinics that provide reproductive health care power over our lives today^ Homophobes tendy? Thcreis nothing like planning ahead. as wcU as assis tifig youth who arc questioniiig implementcKj by Republican incumbent your soul, and you may have saved the soul v the GAGV for "being the spur that kept us on pastors, ekJers. and deacons who have for women, induding abortions. For decades, often taunt gay manisge advocates with the I find that it is always this time of year that of the Presbyterian Church." their sexual identides by pmyviding a caring^ Martin Golden, who mailed and distributed track for human rights legislation." not been allowed to hold office because women's health care |m>videts have expen- stsle joke, ^t's Adam snd Eve, not Adam and I think of others and count all the bk^sings supportive environment free firom tfac filers to voters which said that his Demo Fife referred to special milestones that of their sexual orientation, and the dedi enced as a fatct of Hfe what other segments of Steve." The Eve stoty has been used to scapc- that have been bestowed upon me duting the judgtKienta thcy often experience at home, cratic opponent, Joanne Seminara, "does Mayor Bill Johnson noted that, in 1994, Roch took piace this year. Katie Morrison, a les ester v^as the first city in New York State to cation of the TAMFS Anniversary book , -'A sodetyarenowcxpetiendngwithhorfor.Many gost and control women fbr many centuries year. And maybe, somehow, I'm even more work, or schooL We are here to hdp, not think the way we do," due to her bian, was ordained in Califomia. and the adopt domestic parmer^ip legislation. He said, let chronicling the history of the organi of the criminals have been i»osecutcd. But as ^'Adam's Rib," tesponsibk for sin. But consdous of this fact this year, as I've been Hease hdp to make our work poaaible support from groups like the Pride Agenda. national Presbyterian Church voted in June "I announced that t would sign the legislation, zation. certainly more would have been and this whok m^ien wc look at Sumerian rdigious texts able to survive the events of Sepceml>er 11 and our miaaion a reality* Incase conskkr Seminara is not lesbian, but has said she which I did. A group of Black clergy approached cult of violence would have been contained dating thousands of yeats before thc Book of widiout loss of friends and family. making a 3rear-end gift We can't do our wotk would strongly support Igbt concems if rian Church and Interfaith Advocates. Dr. Alliance (GSA) at Brighton is now a me and asked me to repeal the legislation on the much more effectively ifthe whole anti-abor- Genesis, we fiitd diat it is not a male god And it's thinking of others that make us without you. elected. Golden defeated Seminara by a Stewart read a message from Ralph Carter strong presence and has made dramatic grounds that homosexuality is a sin. I reminded don community had taken ownership of the named Jehovah who owns the garden para think about giving charitable gtfts at the end Thanks for thc read. considerable margin. which recognized Rochester's continuing changes in the school. them that as Black people we are in no position violence at its frit^^.'' dise, but tadier thc Great Goddess Ninhutsag. of the year (j^es, there is a tax practicality to Losing candidates included Democrat history of civil rights movements and he Luna Capuano was honored for her to discriminate. I asked them, ^Remember the Actually, dw: statistics for Ac past 24 years Her consort Enki broke the rules by eating Greg Rabb, who lost his third attempt to roes, including Frederick Douglass and Su "tremendous leadership" and her last time you were singled out? Try this morn san B. Anthony. are, according to thc Center for Reproductive her sacred plants, so she punished him with win a seat on Jamestov^ City Council; persistance in overcoming verbal and ing!"' physical harassment by ocher students Law and Policy, seven murders, 17 attempted death, but then returned him to life and etc- Philippe Giile in Westchester, and candi Cynthia Martin was the recipient of the Johnson said he has met with local Moslem and at her high school, and the neglecc of murders, 41 botnbings, 165 arsons, 82 fouled atied eight goddesses to heal each of his dates in the towns of Hudson and Chatham. Vicki Russo Award, for the woman who has Sikh people who have been singled ouc "only made che greatest contribution to the Igbt ceachersand adminiscracors vi4io ignored bombings and arson attempts, 942 acts of wounded body parts. Nin-ti, thc "Rib I-ady/ The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, a William A. Kelly, CSW-R because ofthe way they dress." He said, **lc*s one community. In her response, she mentioned her complaints. She asked to form a vandalism, 100 butyric add attacks, 207 an was created to heal Enid's rib.... Comparing national group based in Washington, D.C, ching CO write checks and encourage your friends the two major factors that fuel her passion GSA at her high school and was refused thrax threats, 122 assaults, 340 death threats, thc texts, it is dear that Iron Age patriarchs AASECT Certified Sex Therapist endorsed Margarita Lopez, Christine Quinn -— but when you see discrimination of any kind for activism: the "hard things abouc beinggay permission, but she never gave up. This and three kidnappings. However you look at it, twisted the Bronze Age myth to use it as a and Philip Reed for N.Y.Crty Council. They 496 White Spruce Blvd. you must stand up.... Thank you, GAGV, for what and lesbian," and "the difference an indi fall, chree months afcer her graduation, $^ this is terrorism. political tool against women and the age-old also supporced the campaigns of Dan Stewart you do in keeping us on the ^straight* and nar vidual can make." her high school now has its first GSA. Why do conservative extremists hate women worship of a female God. Today, that per Rochester, New York 14623 In Plattsburgh and Bill Schmidt, who won row." Luna thanked her parents and GAGV and gay men so much? Whedier diey are Mos verted myth is still used to oppress women, election to Peekskill City Council. The Youth Leadership award was shared (716)327-2121 Laura Lynch was honored with the Kevin by Rebekah Rosenfeld of Brighton High Youth Program Coordinator Patty lem, Christian, or any other kind of patriarchal and now gay men as well, in thc rig^t wing's Elsewhere in the country, the Victory E-mail HYPERLINK tnaHto:WAKELLYeAOL.COM WAKEU-YMSWeAOt.COn Campbell Awzrti for her volunteer work at the Scl-sool and Amanda "Luna" Capuano ofthe Hayes, and said, "I have a lot more to do fundamentalist, hatred ofwomen and gay men campaign to define marriage as ''between a Fund had endorsed eight candidates from Alliance over the past two years, patiently and GAGV Youth Group. Rebekah was recog because there's a lot more to be done." is a ^tradidonal value" thcy all share. And it's man and a woman". Minneapolis, Minn., including five candidates reliabiy assisting staff in many vyays. Ralph Carter, nized for her "amazing leadership" in coor The Small Business Award went to Bill not just the wild-eyed ''fni^e**: the Catfac^c If heterosexual sodety ever stops hating for City Council, which has 13 positions. Individual, Group and Couples Psychotherapy who has been a leader on the Ad Hoc Commit dinating the campaign led by Students for a Coppard ofthe Littie Theatre, for host Church spends tnillions every year to pay lob and bbming women, it will also stop punish- Three of the five endorsed candidates won tee to Save Scouting In Rochester, received the Tolerant Community to pass the Brighton ing the ImageOut Gay and Lesbian Film byists to work ^;3unst women's and gays' cxvfl iiig gay men fbr the unforgivable crime of For Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Attracted andTransg«MKter Clients on Nov. 6, and two incumbents were re Vinnie Wheeler Award, established by former school policy including protection for Igbt and Video Festival for the past nine tights. The battie j^ainst feminism and gay ''bcu^ Hke women**. To tfae patriarchs, gay elected, making a near-majorHy for gays on GAGV board member and Bachelor Forum students, teachers and staff. She has also years, demonstrating leadership through liberation is seen as ccnml and cmdal to tfae tnen (whether **eflcniinate" or "stni^t-ap- tha Council. survival of patriarchal systems. Why? peariiig^ have supposedly dtscarded their Ongoing GAY MEN'S GROUP Mondoy Evenings owner Amie Pegish, to honor thc man who has designed a classroom lesson on the gay "consist^t support of the Igbt commu -Empire State Prkle ^enda; Gay & Les made the greatest contribution to the GAGV rights movement, and fs on a task force nity through film." Coppard said, "The One due: wfaen we look at tfae toots of male btttfaright of pdvik^e, and aligned tfaem- Earty Moming Group for Gay Man In Recovery bian Victory Fund and the gay community in the past year. He was examining homophobia in her school. She Littie is a not-for-profit, community- monotheistic, male-centered religions, we see selves wicfa sinful, less-tfaan-fauman fetoales. not able to attend, so the award was accepted on said, "I'm incredibly honored to receive the ovvned theatre now.... The Utde has vioient reprcssiofl of tfae polytfaeislic, This cleariy goes i^ainst tfae '^natund otder". Beginning January 2002'^poce I* Iknlted^all nowl his behalf by Dr. Jim Stewart, of Third Presbyte- award," and added that the Gay/Strai^t centered rel^jk>ns that preceded tfaem. If women are seen as real human beings Dale continued on p* 11 There is some evidence tfaat power in pre- witfa equal human and civil z^ts, then gay mnm patriardial societies was not exdusively tfae men, bisexuals and ttansgendeted peopk will lj: Tour confidential GAGV Membetship includes an Etttpty Cioset properly of females, as power and conttol have also be seen as fully human. A fetnini«n dial become tfae exdusive property of males under incotpotates democratic and progressive val- ^ J^ , »;^bscx^ti<^inaikd taypur t^^a^deve^ tia^ea tyfi^ioa pjlai^. patriarchy. Ratfaer, die pce-patriarcfaal wodd ues offers tfae only alternative to tfae brutality > # mayhavebeenoneinwhichpowerwassimply of heterosexism, wbetfaer it caQs itself die ar A Publication of the Gay Alliance 0tit detennittid bjt g^ttdgr. However, tfae image of Taliban or tfae Traditional Values Coalition. of the Genesee Valky ck'this Box: a m inAriw^Aw. NY !4M7.t25S Suufijotdsa CU)at4.«t3a «*. The Empty Closet Joe OToole, 244-8640 the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley! ^ • Enclosed is a check payable to GAGV pW« Milkl onrfapc. The r^lteabaa gf 1^ a^H w ] • Subscribe! 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A4 TKB «M>^TY,.<^^*^:t-.,4^"^-^; ment of Education with implementing It. "tt Is The 46-page "Gubi de Recursos Pftra Yit i^« 3M^ now a spedal rights bHIfor the Boy Scouts.** he Salir d^ Closet^ abo Includes an updated said, "Schoob that run afoul of this bwwW face Ibting of U.S. Latino/a organizations. supportir^ gay students at every public allow rK>n-curricular studervt groups to meet sexual orientatfon. cfaim to the property, valued at ^ppfojd^ the prospect of taxpayer funds being used to The coming outgukles have been among high school in Salt Lake City. on campus, are prohibited from discrimiraiting TheVosquezKHowthorne case wentto the mately $230,000, that the two NMI «C* Investigate th«n^,. This says discrimination HRCs most popular publk:ations since The three legal organizations that rep against any groups based on their viewpoints. Supreme Court af^r an appellate court rul quired jointly during their refationshjlp. An against gays b OK and that discrimination, their introduction In 1996, with tens of resented the students fn their suit against When students at Salt Lake's East High tried to ing stripped Frank Vasquez of hb home and apellate court reversed that ruilr^ . more broadly, is abo OK. It sends the wrong thousands distributed. Thb year, the HRC the Salt Lake school board. Lambda * egal organize a gay/stra(ght alliarKe ia 1996, the business following the death of Robert Seattle attomey Suzanne Thonnac, a oo* message to the youth of this nation, who willi Foundation plans to distribute at feast Defense and Education Fund, the Amerf- school board officiaify banned all non-curricu Schwerzler, Vasquez's partner of nearly 30 author of Lambda'^ amicus briefs explain^ be watching thb.** 5,000 ofthe new Spanbh-language edition can Civil Liberties Unbn of Utah, and the lar chibs In an effort to stop them. years. The case has been closely viatched by "Many unmarried people, gay and straight Winnie Stacheiberg of the Human Rights —and nrK>re than 50,000 of the Englbh Natfonal Center for Lesbian Rights, have in a lawsuit challenging the school board's women's rights artd lesbian and gay civil rights alike, procrastinate about doing a wM be? • Newsfronts Campaign sakJ that the language does not version. Free copies of both are available now accepted the final court-ordered actions, a federal judge ruled that the school organizations who assert that denying tesblan cause none of us likes to think about death. • NATIONALAND INTERNATIONAL NEWS by contacting HRC or downloadir>g them "significantly change" theY^t to discriminate paynnent fbr attomeys fees, closing the district vfolated the Equal Access Act In 1998 and gay couples access to equity, v^ite they It's a tremendous victory that Frank wHI fi-om HRCs website at www.hrc.ot:g-ncop another version ofthe amendment offered by given to the BSA by the Supreme Court last last chapter on a struggle whose cost to by alfowing some non-curricular clubs to rneet, abo do not have the freedom to marry, puts have the chance to prove hb case at trial, . Committee apprcyves Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CaliQ. which was passed year. the state, counting Its own le^l expenses but prohibiting the GSA from meeting, in a these families in a doubly unfair catch-22. but it won't be pleasant. We all wish Bob compromise on by the Senate last spring on the same day as The Senate passed the Helms amendment "Our new guide can also serve as an and its payments to the students' lawyers, subsequent bwsuit, a secor>d federal judge According to Lambda, the ruling marks an had just gotten that wHt prepared." the Helms amendment was passed by the last June by a vote of SI to 49; most Republi inportant tool for parents, gukJance coun totaled about $250,000. ruled tiiat the school dbtrict also vfolated the historic step for lesbian and gay families In No state In the United States offers cans voted for it and most Democrats against. Helms Scouts bill House and Senate. The Boxer amendment, selors, heahh care professionab and mem "It's unfortunate that students who Rrst Amendment in 20(X) by attempting to ban Washington, but Lambda expressed concern same-sex couples the option of civil mar The Senate passed the Boxer amendment by On Oct. 30, a House/Senate committee preferred by Igbt activists, called for prohibit bers of student groups on high school and would have benefitted from these clubs a gay-themed curricutar club. In die vyake of for Vasquez. The court sent his particular riage, but last February legisbtors Intro 52 to 47, with the same breakdown abng approved a compromise version of the ing public schools from denying equal access collide campuses," said Kim I. Milb, HRCs were deprived of that opportunity during these decisfons, school officlab agreed to re* case back to the trial court to further exam duced a pair of l>ilb that would bring civil party lines. Christopher Anders ofthe ACLU amendment introduced by Sen. Jesse Helms to facilities for the BSA and other groups education director. thb (awsuft," saki Lambda Senior Counsel scind their antigay poltey in the faH of 20001 ine the evidence of Vasquez's relationship unions to same-sex couples In Washing said he v^as disappointed that the Democrats, (R-NC) last summer, which would with based on those groups' "favorable or unfavor Both the Spanish and English editions jon Davkbon. "But the end result b that Subsequently, the court ordered the state to with hb life partr^er. He must now suffer the ton. A civil union bitt abo b pending fn who won control of the Senate last summer, hold federal education funding from public able position concerning sexual orientation." provide new information on coming out as everyone leamed an important lesson pay attorneys' fees to the lawyers representing indignity of "provir^g" hb rebtionship through Califomia. Civil unfons, like those in Ver did not fi^t harder to bbck the Helmsamend- schools that deny use of their facilities to It did not call for withholding education funds transgender, coming out online, coming about the nondiscrimination mandates of the students. The final paymerrt of attorneys' a trial, while he still deeply griev^ die toss of mont, woukl greatiy expand legal protec from schools or school districts that do not ment In the conference committee. the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), in pro- out in the workplace and coming out as a federal taw, as well as the value of gay/ fees now offktalty ends the bwsuit. hb partner. tions, rights, and responsibilities for les comply with its provisions. parent or to a heatth care provider. Issues cesc against that group's exclusion ofgays. -Lou Chibbaro, Jr., The Washington Bhde straight alliances, which now exist at nearly -Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Jennifer C. Pizer, senior staff attomey in bian and gay families. related to immigration, the military and Gay activists said that the compromise Bamey Frankcalled the compromise amend 800 schools around the countiy." ILambda's Westem Regional Office, and au -Lambda Legal Defense and Education religion are also discussed. language included in the amendment is ment "a symbolic victory" for the BSA be HRC publishes coming ACLU of Utah Legal Director. Stephen Wash, state gay thor of Lambda's frier>d^-the-court briefa, Fund disappointing. Openly gay Rep. Bamey cause it singles them out for potential govem out guide in Spanish Gay student group Ciau*k saki, "The efforts of those opposing couples get protection notes tiiat tragedies like an unexpected death Salvation Army Frank (D-Mass) said, "It's not OK. S would ment assistance if a public school denies them these groups clearly backfired. In fact, show why marriage is essential for lesbian have preferred not to have it at all. But it's equal access to space offered to other groups. The Hunum Rights Campaign Foundation has battle ends in Utah groups supporting gay students are now The Washingcon State Supreme Court has and gay couples. rescinds benefits much better than the Helms amendment." But he also referred to an existing federal law released an updated Spanish-language version ruled that a state doctrine, which has provided thriving at nine schools in Utah. 1 hope the 'This decision affirms that lesbians and gay The Salvation Army, a group which tias a ^; IJ Most Republicans supported the Helms that already prohibits schools from denying of its popular pocket guide to coming out. The A long, expensive court battie against stu protection to unmarried heterosexual part govemment's wasted effort and money men form committed, serious relationships poor record on gay rights, on Nov. 12 version, which would have denied millions equal access to the BSA and all other groups, "Guia de Recursos Para Salir del Closet" has dent run groups intended to support gay ners for years, also protects lesbian and gay will deter other school districts from un* with or without marriage, just like hetero rescinded the decision it had made onty of dollars to pubtic schoob and districts and he added that gay rights advocates have been significantly expanded to reach a diverse youth and their friends has ended for the families. Lambda Legal Defense and Education dertaking these harmful, and ultiniatejy sexuals. It rightiy judges atl unmarried couples weeks eariier to give benefits to domestic^ that deny "equal access" to the BSA, while never called for denying the BSA equal access audience, according to HRC whose founda state of Utah, which spent a quarter million Fund sard on Nov. I. futile attempts to ban these clubs." with the same standards." Pizer said. "How partners of employees. to school meeting facilities. dollars defending a Salt Lake City school s? offering similar space to other groups. Sen. tion operates the National ComingOut Project "Attempts to discriminate against gay/ Washington state's equitable doctrine pro ever. Frank Vasquez would not be in the sad. board ban, the students' lawyers said on The reversal came after officials received Edv/ard Kennedy (D-Mass) and Sen. Jo "From a practical point of view, it has no "We hope this new guide will help anyone straight student alliances have failed in tects those who have been in long-term, un painful position of having co prove the nearly .* Nov. 13. masses of angry mail from conservatives seph Ueberman (D-Conn.) were among effect," Frank said. "It was a victory for us to v^o is in the process of coming out as gay, Utah and nationally." added NCLR Senior married relationships should they separate, or JOyears of love and commitment he and his Not only was the battie expensive for who accused the organization of caving in to che members of the conference commit get the sponsorship issue cleared up." lesbian, bisexual or transgender —as weli as Staff Attomey Shannon Minter. "The fact if one partner dies, lambda argued in cwo partner shared, if they could have married. Utah, it ultimately did nothing to deter pressure by "militant homosexuab". tee that backed the compromise, which Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund those who iove and care about them. It offers that students stood up in the face of omicus briefs, filed on behalf of Frank Vasquez, We will continue to figh^for that right" students from organizing the support that che law should apply equally to lesbians The firestorm of hate mail included 20,000 adds the proviso that schools are not attomey David Buckel said that the language sound advice as well as real-life insights," said opposition even in a conservative strong Vasquez shared a home and business with groups, known as gay/straight alliances and gay men, so that when ti>eir relationships e-maib within 48 hours, according to spokes required to sponsor Boy Scout chapters. ofthe compromise amendment sets a danger Candace Gingrich. HRCs National Coming hold like Utah shows how essential these Schwerzler, who died In 1995 without a wilt, (GSA)>. Today, among the hundreds around end they can use this rule to seek fair distribu person Maj. George Wood. He said the The conference committee rejected ous precedent, since itwill charge the Depart Out Project Manager. support groups are to the lives of so many tn 1997. Schwerzler's relatives sued to take the country, there b at least one group tion of the couple's property in the same vsray national commission had approved the ben students, both gay and non-gay." all the men's assets, including their home in heterosexuals can. The Supreme Court agreed efits to meet equal benefits ordinances in Under the Equal Access Act, secondary Puyallup. Wash. Applyir^g a long-stand ing state that this rule must apply.equally, regardless of cities like San Francisco. sdioob that receive federal funds and that equitable rule, a trial court upheld Vasquez's -Lou Chibbaro jr.. 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We also offer AIDS Resources and Treaonent) Program for transportation." the Health Association. The Ptogram provides For housing services, LaSharon said, there is housing and supportive services to people with a residency agreement, and consumers need to HIV. One of the most important support ser meet its requirements. *'What we found is we vices is the Positively Alive group for women like to see people connect," LaSharon com with HIV, a s^ment ofthe infected population mented, "Our program is unique in tiiatw e which has shown horrifying increases in recent operate from the premise of personal empow years, especially among women of color. erment The health care system was put in LaSharon Haskins In relation to housing, LaSharon said, *'What place for people who are dying, and as tiiey live to share my own personal ex{>erience$ as a the more I'm free to be who I am, the better we do is provide rental subsidies. People pay longer we encourage them, to reclaim their petson with HIV to help people put a face to I can deal with thc circutnstances ofmy life," 30 p>ercent of their income and wc subsidi2e personal power and take responsibility fbr the words. It's been a very healing experience LaSharon feels that there arc not enou^ the balance. Wc provide housing-specific case theiriivcs. So one requirement for housing has for me, because eariy on I'd think. They're woman-specific social services available. management: help with locadon, interceding been to ask people to give back by showing up going to throw tomatoes,' or 'They're going to "There's a lot more we as a community could with landlords, and other resources Hke secu for one support meeting a month, to show run out*. But Fve opened up the door to bc bc providing — especially relating to self rity deposits. We help with basic housewares dicy're taking care of themselves and arc will loved and known for who I am. People haven't esteem, self sufficiency, family-centered set- needs when people fitst go into the progtam." ing to meet us halfway. thrown tomatoes, but have embraced me." vices. What we need is more *onc-stop shop Thc housing service, which began in 1995, "Wc say, we'll walk beside you, or behind The combination of religious faith and the ping' type services, where women could get has grown to include enhanced services, such you, or even in front pulling you, but we won't act of reaching out to peopie has helped child health care as well as their own, and as accupuncture, support groups, massage, carry you on our backs. We have enough ofour LaSharon personally and professionally. "Im where child care is avaiiabie. Lack of family reiki, and public speaking engagements. The own stuff on our backs alreadyl Thc program proving the quality of my spiritual condition services keeps women from showing up fbr a third component offered by HART is the is not for everybody. Sometimes wc have to has been key to me," she said. "To stay con lot of stuff. With thc new funding from thc Positively Alive support group. ask people to leave, just because not everyone nected witii a higher power has been very im Wilson Foundation, we will really be looking LaSharon said, '^HThis is a su{^>ort network is ready for independent living. Wc have a portant. Connecting with others has been just at enhancing the'family' piece and helpit^ for HIV p>ositive women. It's an initiative I housing coordinator who will periodically visit, as important — woridng to get out of denial women who have children." .v':**^ founded in 1996. Women get together and butless of that goes onnow than when wc first and live in truth as much as possible. It's been For more information, call LaSharon at 232- figure out how to live with HIV and su{^>ort started out. Most of our people have to get important to me not to live in the cioset I think 6382, and see thc AIDS Directory, p. B 9. each other in the process. Funding has come intensive case management from ARI or Catho from the Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation, lic Family Services. Wc try to keep tabs on and we just got funding from the Wilson Foun people to see if thcy need, and wiil accept, .7^^&S^"'i*'^••''••':•• •••--*. ';-,^/ dation. help." "Positively Alive utilizes peer mentors. Thc program also goes into Monroe Correc HIV Women go out and connect with other women tional Facility to do informational sessions D5LU^^ •#TvKJrfe with you to keep your life oi** to bring them in for services. Wc have collabo with the women inmates. LaSharon said, "I go rations with CHN and Unity Health Systems in with another HIV positive woman, and wc ^&easy to live witk V)RA^S^$ Connection Clinic mentors to help us reach share our experiences. Wc answer quesdons SFid manageable side effects liafe ping out." from women at risk, or who are already in people continue to lead their Iiv6^?alfi their Women who are interested in the HART fected." ov^ termsii;*. - housing program go through a screening pro LaSharon has been in HIV/AIDS services i^fes future «2ptions. When chocising a cess, but all they need to do is cali 232-6382 and since 1993. She worked at ARI for several V: ••.-(- HART will set up the needed apppoinmients. years, doing outreach and educadon, meedng tre« ifs important t6 consider what options The same is true of Positively Alive. with audiences in colleges, churches, sociai future Studies show taking VIRACEPT "Positively Alive is not a big group/* organizations, schools, jails, alcohol and drug with choices in treatment for later, LaSharon said, "It meets every Thursday from rehab programs. 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The things I'tl uke away will tomorrow and today Just a httieinput about can^.« it waa one of the commen«sd to the Empty Cioset that atten bst a lifetime. I feet personalty clo^e CO a lot of best tfatnga diat 1 have been to in a loflig cmaa. dance has grown from 1,500 the first year to people in Rochescer. It's been a rewarding By Patty Hayca We went as a ^ot^ indtvidaafly, and left aa a over 10,000 this past October. personal experience. I'm impressed by the Oa an eaiiy Ftiday momii^ in die last week of grot^t of one. We had our dififetenoes, and oar In hb speech, James Daie emphasized the courage, fortitude and perseverance of so October. 11 membets of die GAGV Youth ptoblems. But in dK cod we wete aB one. need fer i|^ peopte to respect themselves many p«opie across the state wfio push our Gcott{^ aa aduk fiidtitatoc and mysdfboatded The memoties I luoug^back fiom camp enough to ask for IW percent of the rights movement forward, and Rochester is at the a ^an headed for die Coctimon Threads Camp wete good, bad, and jtistiduit I needed. I met we deserve. *^e win when we open up to top of tfiat. And i swear i mean tfiat; I'm not being held in Hshkili, N.Y. ncwpeopfe, made new CaciKis, and leamed die people, and tead our true, honest and open Jusc saying thb because k's for tfie Rochaster Now in its Iburdi year, Commoa Threads is concept of '*true fiiends*** lives,** he sakl. * 't-m A' B m », T'*(•:. tX'.M-'^M'M'- AI3 ... ^'.j. Transgender politics: Leslie Feiaberg at U. of Rochester '^ By said, had been the "visible tip" of thc Queer Leslie Feinbefg,Ttan$gendet activist and So iceberg through history. If we need a sense of HAIM>Y HpHDAYS cialist Worker's Party leader, spoke on Nov.14 sblidarity, agroup that can express its diversity to a full IOpm at the Utuversity of Rochester's sity is the strongest gtoup. Rush Rhees library, Feinbetg.continued, "I came from the Left, wn ! 1 n S r\! ! Feinbefg hails originally from Buffalo, and and Socialism, where an injury to one is ah grew up in die Rochester/BuflEdo region. in|uty to all** Feinbetg went on to say diat thc Feinbetg considers her/him self to be Ttans", bamibeis ofdie gay cotnmuoity were irt the ^60s i i i AM 1 rO\ i 1>KI\K radier than stricdy male or femaie, using pro alw^ assocbted with the left, and kftistcauses YEARS hvE VXl) i)KI\ I nouns such 9& 'Tiir*' and •*2e",(whkh I will also ofall types. be using m wdting about hir.) Feinbetg spoke about us being 00 the eve of Leslie Fetnbetg is thii: author of thtee books, Ramadan,and su^ested thatwe question, as a Stotte Btttcb BUtes {1993), TtntiJgmder Warrwn 66II0W "minority** gico^p, the ptesent US/Mid- 1^1 \^ I r SAM (*96) and die more recent and poUdcal Trutts East war. Ze pointed out the secret rounding 1 OR I !! I Ubemihti: Beyottd Pittk Or Bltte C98). Leslie up of Arab men in this country. Feinberg is probably the most visibie Several people in the fully packed room transperson in thc worid. seemed unhappy with the direction of hir talk, Feinbetg began hir lecture by saying ze was however, and a few actually got up and left a "grassxpots organizer,*' and telling us ze was There seems to be a feeling of frustration here to tu%> the U of R in theif celebration of surrounding much of Feinberg's prcsentwork, Gay Hbtoty Month, albeit late. on the part ofthe GLB and especially T com Thb tonibed out to be only partially the case. munities. Feinbetg feels strongly, obviously, Leslie Feinberg at the University of Rochester on Nov. 14. Feinbetg said, **These are serious times," that the United States has played more than a and b^an by ikscussing thc GLBT historical small part in the chaih of events leading to ] 1PM MI 1 Si \f K .1 M Commentary: speech, full of antiwar rhetoric, was beyond connectspn. Ze came out (Weinberg said) as a terrorist acts which have been taidng place the pale. I am very disappointed. I person butch lesbbn 30 years ago in the bars of here and around the gjobe. Feinberg hijacks ally invited and urged many peopie to come BuffaloJ'eiribetg stated that zc'd always hated A gifted and often very humorous and hear hir, and I am very sorry I did. the word "Gay," and felt that ze wanted to set speaker,who holds an audience without rais trans cause for anti I was also appalled that s/he just ended, up "a woridng language" to help to define and ing hir voice, Feinberg spoke for tl\e better war statenrient and walked off leaving no opportunity to discuss GLBTissues. "Gay" ze said, broke up part of an hour. Ze lamented that tradidonal By Pamela Barres question or publicly challenge hir assertions as a defining word giving birth to "GLBT**. news sources have done nothing to cover the On Nov.14, at the University of Rochester, and half-truths. It was disingenuous and RI SI HVATIONS Transgender^ has become another such um present antiwar protests taking place in this Leslie Feinberg, noted author and GLBT ac unworthy of hir not to take questions. Itwas brella word, which encompasses many differ country now, and decried the racial profiling BUNG I AKI N: tivist, hijacked the cause of transgender inclu disingenuous not to mention the thousands ent types ofgendcr expression. of Arabic men as an attack on human rights. sion and fuli sociai and legal equality for GLBT of innocent people killed on Sept. 11, or to Though touching on GLBT issues, the main Feinberg urged thc GLBT community to citizens before a room fiJl of people expecting ignore the actions of the Taliban, and their thrust of die Feinberg lecture was plainly anti become polidcally involved with all causes in a talk on gay history and transgender inclusion. treatment of women and GLBT persons. war commentary. Feinberg did talk about the thc protest of the oppression of various To reply to the Sepc 11 attack by just pack I^slie did not use box cutters or bombs, historical roots of movements like the Aboli peoples, and their fight for their rights, and ze ing up and leaving thc Middie East and nor religious rhetoric and prayers, but rather tionists and cariy Feminists, and likened them said that ze felt that we are being shortsighted Central Asia, as she suggests, is naive at best. half-truths, distortions, and gaps in logic so- somewhat to the GLBT movement of the about our o'wn standing in the worid, or con large, trucks could be driven through them. Not only would it be morally wrong to ally present jiay« Feinberg stressed the importance cerned only with GLBTissues. Ze wamed that Les is hijacking the GLBT movement the the GLBT movement to thc current anti of Iceeping unity with all minority communi all of our rights arc in danger. same wayJ erry FalweU, the Taliban, and Osama war movement; it -would be a tactical disas ties and defended hir stance on Socialism as a LooUng into the audience, Feinberg finally tan Ladenhave perverted and hijacked reli ter. It would set our cause in the eyes of the desire for unity with other groups. As ze said, and conipellingly summed up this most con gion to justify their misguided and wrong- public and the politicians back 40 years. Like unity means "grievances, being put together". troversial speech, and said,"In the words of headed beliefs. the brave passengers on Flight UA 93 over Feinbefg talked about drag queens and other the poetjunejordan, *We are the ones that we Pennsylvania, we must stop this hijacking. If I have always respected I^slie, I have signed gender questioners being on the front lines of have been waiting for."' not, the whole GLBT movement will go up copies of and have read all hir books and I rebellions Bke die 1969 Stonewall uprising. (KK is a tttember of tbe Rochester Trans^nder in fiames. W i: KNOW iu)\\ have heard hir speak five times. S/he has been Feinbefg said that ze came out before Stone Group, tbe head of the Rocbes^r FTM Grottpt andis TO CLKJ A HA\C,(>\ I R one of my heroes. I know hir politics and It is good to live in a free nation, even if wall, and that the "queer" bars ofthe time were curretttiy ttritittg tbe colutHn TrattsGenderView and respect them, while largely disagreeing with not perfect, but one that allows the rights of the transsexual bars also. Ze asked us to re the Gay Grottps TG tttotttbiy artick for the Etttpty them. I agree that we must be careful to decent people; in Afghanistan, Leslie and I member that thc homosexual community and Closet S/be is an FTM. maintain civil liberties at home for all and that would both be jailed or killed, not only for transsexual community were at one time all Roc in:srrR Si»\ c^ In;!)-! ( I I 1^. Deb T (photos) is a mettiber ef The Rochester we may have crossed the line a bit, but hir our words, but for who we are. rc9 I iBi Ri> I\)i I W \^ onecommuittty. Gender questioners, Feinberg Transponder Grottp. S/be is MTF.) Kocm s II K, NI W \t >KK '•'*'*«*•«**• 716.4^-4.1^74 ''^^'^HirV^F-r*.. .>.•,•;-- t^^-' ^W iS * MI \s ONI > C M r. exyf. THE GIFT OF FUN 8L SUPPORT THE GAY ALUANCE FINE WINES AND SPIRITS Come shop the EnlBrtauiinoit* Books are always the perfect gift, & one size fits all! 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Spa celdbrates 40th birthday L.^ — Above: James Dale gave the keynote speech at the luncheon. Top: Rob The brownies for dessert at the luncheon Bl*l Coppard of the Little Theatre (center) Gelder and Cynthia Martin with YotJth Leadership Award winners Rebekah bore the GAGV logo. receives his Small Business Award. BySuseaJnjPdea . The Spa's locadon over a police station Rosenfeld and Luna Capuano. Dale made a point of telling the youth how The Rodneer Spa aod Bod|y Qub is tunuqg 40 means that secunty is not a problem. ''Years much he respects and values their work. yeats oJd^aDdodebtated die aciufitveisuyatapatty ago when I had a bar,** Tompkins said» **theie on NOT. 21. Owner lira Tompkins sadd» "Actu- used CO be bteak-ins, so I o^otiated a police ^* we'fl be 40 lo aOO% my first pattner took out lease fbr the building. We seem to get along die pecmk ill 1962.1 got involved in 1982." fine." TompUmp a Kodiesieroadve aod gEadoMe of Tompkins, owner of Tompkins Mortgage St. Bonavculme^ ine eete cnsmy changes over Fundtn^ has been a frequent contdbutor to die years. *^E^ qntedtOinat now. R^ lgbt groi^ in Rodiester, espedaliy AIE>S Im^t in, the HSBX eOA facoke out. I dki a causes, the GAGV and die Egyire State Pride "^^'i^ v^sgeMei aad iiHNle it moR Agenda, He said, *%ly work sappofts me, so RodMBCer Spa and Body Ckib oAMmer Tkn TompMna vvHh Andrew Bewley at tte cnviioomeo^aiMl 'W W*-li*.M PAG E B5 \PAGEBI2 Columnists Gay Groups • New: Lst UsReastttt Toifftber^ by • COAP plans a cookie pttcty aod LudfHda Sangtee; die Jewish GLBT GrcH^ wriD TiwuGetttierVkm}yyKK» hold a latke party. 1^ tite cultured i2^44>eeA^ €^ eli^ PAGE BIS PULL-OUTSUPPLEMENT Calendar Check it out • Holiday events indude the • This month's H Coming up... Father Mychal Judge Ir^ the Ufe reports on Sept. 11 fallen hero In the episode to air on WXXl at 11 p.m. on Dec 16^ Itt the L^e indudes past stories^ which l,Jr-* focus on the the value of bodi ftieads aod £uni]y. Thc TH.. spedal report,^ Friend artd Hero^ is the first nadonal tdevision broadcast to dis cuss New York Fire Department Chaplain Father Mychal judge and the gay community. An advocate and comrade. Father Judge was ansong the many hetoes lost in thc terrorist attacks on the Worid Ttadc Center. Next, /7L examines thc lives of gay and lesbian couples who are seeking to build fami- lies,.ace challenged by hearing impairtnent, and are working to make a difference within thdr community. TTL, also take a look at how par ents and children ofgays and lesbtans seek to ptoiDote undetstanding and suppordve rela donships in excerpts from a moving documen tary. Straight frtttti the Heart, and the work of COLAGE (Childten of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere), an otganization that advocates for the tights of LGBT £unilies. Special ITL public service announcements are presented by actor Susan Sarandon, come dian Kate Clinton, DJ Susan Morabito, and authors Jon and Michad Gallucdo (AnAmvi- ctttt pMttiif). Correspondent Aody Humm joins seiies host Kadierine Linton in Introducing this episode. Get ready Ibr a Sponsors indude The Heddi Assodation, her |ob when her company ndocatea. WfaSe ¥finter breakout See Lighting the Eastman Kodak Company, Biutol-Mycts deddir^ what to do oext, her unde uigea her ao the Lambcfe Netwotk at Kodak, GLOB&L Spirit through Jan« 2 Squibb, Av^uron Phannaceuticala, Suaan go to Rochester, New York, to hdp keep her Taylor Brown and Marc Brown, J. Chtistine ftom Bauadi & Lomb, and GAGV are spon The Health Aaaodadon HIV/AIDS Resources cousin's bookstote afloat. Duzir^ her vidt, she Wilson, Spin Marketing Inc, Coca-Cofe Com sodng a ^^oter BteakOUT party on Satunlay, aod Treatment (HARl) Piugtam are sponsor gets to kiK>w die beautiful and intriguing Tay- panies, He^3tng People with AIDS aod War Fd>. 2 at a calao in one ofthe locd patks. inga photographic exhibit ofkicd peopfe living lor, the daughter of her cousin's landlord. Be ren Phillips Fine Art and Frame. It will be a great reason to get out of our with HIV/AIDS and the peopfe who k>ve tween die apped of die littfe bookstote and her houses and see people, as well as bdng great ihem aod care for them. The show will rxin Local writer appears growing attraction to Ta^^or, Mdanfe is fotced fool Details will be focthcomif^ but pfease put through Jan. 2 at The Center at Hi^ FaUs Fuie to face the facts and re-examine what's really the. date on your cafendar. Art GaBery, 60 Brown Race, and will benefit at Pride Connection important to her in life, career and love. Odier groi^ planning holiday events in Posdvdy AHve, the women's HIV group. Rochestcr native Georgia Beers can IKVW mark Setting the story in her hometown was a no- dude the Rochester Gay Men*s Chorus ("A The exhibit, tided *li^dt% the Spirit, A '^become a published novelist'* off her list of brainer for Georgia. "It's where I was bom. It*s Cddc Chdatmaa," Dec 14 and 15 at DUPQ, Community's Refiection on livir^ with HIV/ diii^ to do in life. Her novel» Tttntit^thtPtigt^ whete I live now. It's the pfece I call hocne aod die Rochester WofoenV Community Chorus AIDS," was created to etihance community has been published by Yellow Rose Books, ihe it's what I know. Hiere'te really a lot of inffer- f Hoiidt^Swif^^'Dec 1 at Hochstein}, COAP awazeneas. More than 40 im^es taken by local lesbian romance imptint of Renaissance Alli esting pfeces here I don't think peo|^ realise (cookk party, £>ec 21 ), the Jewish GLBT amateur and professiond photog;raphets, and ance Publishing, Ioc She witt do a bookaignitig that, even many of us who've lived hete all our Group (latke party on Dec. 6), and the Empire the atcompeoying text, wfll serve to advance at the Ptide Connection on Dec IS, 1-3 pjn. hves." Bears (party oo Dec 1). (See Cafeodat) die visibility of HIV/AIDS in our community. Tttrmt^thiPdjff'vi about Mdanie Larsofi, an To leam more about Georgia Beers and Open Arms MCC will h<^ sevetd Christ- (One of tfae pfaotogcaphera induded is Emptjt attractive, extremdy successfol business ex Tandi^afe A|^ vidtReoaissance Alliance Pub- tnaa services (see Cafendar aod GfoiqM). Gkfi/staiF i^MMogKapher Dong Mcaafer.) ecutive adio shocks herself by reaignir^ from Hshir^at http://www.tBpbooka.com. ..'*3 ^jiVK.,^. ••"'••» JWWWI?* i.>«^- .-^r-v,% '*^*vHi."-^';W4»i »•; W^-HP'«i^i,jiWi»*'*-» •'fc *»**^^' Dunno cofitinued firom p. Bl ably in die neat coi^^ of years FU go to LA. there I went to Kansas City, whete I am right and sec now, and was with die Kansas Qty Balfet for EC: Wfao haa Influenoedyou and inspiied six years. you? We worked only 10 months out ofthe year, WPD: My modier has been a 1% support, Ik Rdfftester Lesbian so in the summers I did summer stock. I did a It was Valentine's Day, Feb. 14. He and my sister is an actress, Peggy ChaaiberB. ftatioxid tour as die Seatecapw in 72if D^S^^^ She actofl2!y got toe staxted in the bndoeas. O^widiPhyUb Diller*Shedcankonlydt^ came up to nie and ssdd, ^'I like your She's 12 years older tliaa me, and ooed«^ die pagne, and was die okleat fedy to fly (onstd^ asked me if 1 waiOtBd to be in a pfey. I tfaoc^^ ifl a harness). I was tbe only^cast member;-v^bo shm*'--1 was w^ she was asktrig i^I wanted tofil^.. Sbe was didn't get to fly — I was torn up by die flying doir^ Ih* MmcMm ift locd tfaeeM^ Sod I monkeys. t-shirt that was kind of tight — and I thoi^t that was the best thing sioce dfeed After tfae O^gi^ I went and dad GoEr fbr four bread. yeazs — I did 1,700 peifminances of tint. said, "I like yout fai«,** and I havari*t TENTH A N S A R Y Y E A R My dad and OKitn tau^t me to afe^ so 2 0 0 2 Then I was in the oatiood tomrof iaiSp^iv lAr been widi anyone else since. siiogers werc my first b^ infiuenoc r4 ^f Bm» ^th Allan Suesa, ivfao uaed to be on Shizfey McLaitie, because of The Timeit^Ptmt; ''Laug^-in": I uodetstudfed die Gene Kdty she was a dancer -who became an actor. Abo role, and gp^ to use my tap '^"*''Tig ^- ^m a - Kevin Spacey, so talented aod versatSe as ao t^^sper.. actor. Among the okler stars, Fred Astaize, of "^As Lot^As He Needs Me", We're gypsies. EC: What fe it Bke foe aai actdr on aoii^ scatii% the Ettfe baOeanMis with stories JO^ die course. 1 spent many afternoons and late zii^itB WPD: Fve played every dty in evety state, Phantom, and he's feter killed by the Phao- EC: What else do yoo do aside fttMmyou r watching him and Judy Garfend on TV. Those tom». I'm dancing ^M^c^ringin thc same scene lifo onstage? except for Montana and Anchor^e, Alaska. old films are incredible, cj^yturing the history To celebrate our tenth year, ImageOut is proud to present a — tOEf character {as a dutmn^ is hanged fttxa WPD: I go to the gym about five days a 5iit Yire been in l^&waii twice with C^, ^^th of musicd talent Fd love a cateer like Glenn series of films from festivals past beginning in January and TBNTH ANNIVERSARY FILM SERIES /^fitfu^me Fve been everywhere You spend four the flies, whik Fm dancing all over the stage. week, and I love to edit movies. I've been Qose's. She's bridged Hollywood and Broad continuing through September. When first conceived, this seemed to six weeks in each town and live In an apart- By the time we're in Rochester, it wili be lucky enough to be with some intetesting way since 1980. FRO G R A M ONE 4,000 peifui mances wcNne dooe on just this projects -r^ I was involved with tlie Judy Gar a simple task; we'd just pick the best films. But what were the best ment, not a hotd, so you can cook. That's why EC: You have a piefoteoce for comedfy? tour. In Boston hst year I met my boyfriend, land life story on HBO, with Judy Davis — I films and why? What was the best documentary? Youth program? I can cook for my boyfriend Scott.... Bdng an WPD: I do stazid-up, and I have a cabaret act Thursday/ lanuary 10, 2002 who is a work! dass ioe skater. His namejs Scott did casting and other things, dthou^ I wasn't Feature? AIDS film? Transgendered story? What about years when actor on tour has been my lifo since 16. Fve where I do Bette Davis andjudy Gazland and MacDonald and be turned pro about six yeats credited. Fve aiways been interested in old danced all over Eutope for kings attd queens. Mae West, and have a thtee-pfece band. I did a there were five best films? LittleTheatre at 8:00pm i^ol We met at a bar ifi BcAOrm. I kept looking movies; you could say Fm a movie historian (Lau^) CD in 1994 with an IS-piecc orchestra,,.. Scott What we ended up with is, in fact what we set out to achieve, at him and he kept lookii^ at mc It was — I know what Bit^ Crosby was doing in EC: What do you do in PAAMAMV? has perfotmed ali over the wodd, and I've been we picked films by specific categories over the course of the Vafentioe's Day, Feb. 14. Hc came up to me 1934 at Paramount. I also read a lot I just read WPD: I got my first/^SwaAnrg^ in 1997 on to Canada, Europe and the U^., and it's prob and said, "I like your shirt" — I was wearing ji a very funny book, David Sedans' BarrtiFeper, festivals. The series will not be presented in chronological order my birthday, Jan. 21.1 vn» in New Y'otk City ably one of the luckiest things to be, an actor in ted t-shirt that was IdfKi of tight — and I said, because we recognized a rare opportunity to be able to combine and auditioned, and they called tne on my EC: What would like to do witfa your a worki tour. You get paid to perform and '^ Hke your focse," atkd 1 haven't been with features and shorts from numerous years to create more impactive birdiday and asked me to |oin the New Yo^ career? make peopfe fei^ and cry — with this show anyone eke since. programs. For example, we are pleased to celebrate Black History cast. Now Ido 13 dififerent tofes every nig^t—- WPD: Fd love to be oo a sitcom for two {PkoHtotte) it's mosdy cry! He's fust back ftom Japan, where he was for years, and get some cefebrity going, so I could Month with a trio of relevant and fabuious films from 1933, '94 and Solo Dancer, ^ve Master, and smaOer tofes I EC: It aouods like tfaat audience reactioti fbur months, and he's here in Kansas Oty xmtii go back to Broadway and be a star on Broad '95. in recognition ofthe huge part AlOS has played in our lives flip fl<^ in aod out of — Stagehand, Flower fe impottaot to you. hc goes to Hoiig Kong for two months. way. I would say it'^ easier to be on TV dian in and in our culture, we bring three more films together in May. Look Bouquet, etc There are a k>t of elaborate WFO: I feed on audience reactiott In die EC: You must be acpacated a iot, witb movies, but nowadays diey take all types of for great documentaries in April, and a youth program in August costumes to get in and out of — the show's Actots* Studio they say, **What*s your fiivorite botfa of yoo travdUo^ mt^ nnacli* actots. I have a wonderful agent friend at Fox budget is nine million aiMi fbur million of that sound?" and some people will say, **Thc sound To complement our series, keep an eye out for additional WPEh Scott's a wonderful guy— he's worth TV, and he asked me to hang out in Califomia is costame! I piay thc Red Death, and am one of children's feughter." I say, *Taughter ftom queer-interest titles at The Oryden Theatre over the next year. waiting fori I was in a revue, Nttif Facts ef2Q01^ with him and he'd see what he could do for mc of the I^antom dcvib and also M. Reyer, who an audience". and I won two off-Btoadway Spotlight Awards I said T couldn't right then because I had is thc musical director ofthe Paris Opera. He's ANNIVERSARY SERIES HIGHLIGHTS lord of thc **fiies" and is always in ttoubfe for fot that. 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Orders purchased ^ B4 •<. ,r ^ v^ S^V ^ ^S V 2002 It u Growing Up I make a great aunt. I may also becocne a Great Aunt, if my 32-ycar-old niece aod ber r by Eric BeUmann female pattnet have theit way. You can bc sute o rUhc there for their childreti, )ust as Fv* been New tricks thete for my niece since she was bom whca I B was 19 years old. Fm stating intently into Eliot*s eyes. We are I was home ftom my fitst year at ooOcge, holding hands, his left in mine, my right in his. working alongside my patents at the fisintly Fm a large guy and I note his hands are bigger business in out small Kansas town. That, ia than mine. Eliot's teeth arc laige too, even, and itself, was bad enougjh. But on one particolar very white. He is really good looking. His dick day in June, my mothet received a pbone cafl is big, too, but I shouldn't look down. I can't and abtuptiy left the office without a wotd» got OO really, we're standing too dose, only inches in her cat and dtove away. Six houts later, she bo • • apart. Anyway, my instructions are to listen. called to say that she was in St Louis at the And to listen without speaking, to listen with hospital with my sister and the baby. 2 my eyes. Not hard to do with Eliot. Over the next month, I had the discotscett- He's telling me about his father, what he ing experience of stepping into my ixK>thei^s likes about his ^ther, what he's teamed from small-town shoes. Her siknt, unafKsJcra ex his fiitfaer. That's die assignment. Eliot will pectations of me gradually unfolded as tfae Md take three minutes to do this and I am forbid days passed. In addition to keeping the boc^ o den to comment or interrupt. fot the business, I gave piano lessons, accom Eliot's story is great. His father had always panied and led the chutch chc»r, played tfae o seemed remote, but now Eliot f^alizes that he group and covers his eyes. He chooses me. rotations, each lasting an hour and a half— I organ for church services Qnduding sevetal is deep, knows a lot, is kind. He likes his dad, Thc other three are told to undress me. Eekl realize my back is killing me and, in fact, I am functals) and cooked and deaned fot my fii- OM ^^gctalotig. Fm thinldngaboutseveral things. This is how it begins. Soon everyone is naked. apprehensive of how this is all supposed to dicf. -^ We're told to push our bellies out! Look as bad come together, no pun intended, so I dedde to • • Lucky Eliot. Lucky because of his good rela Needless to say, by the time I met Ldg^ my as possible. Evetyone, to my astonishment, is shate my concems with the leader. tionship with his father. Lucky because of how adolescent outrage and resentment consunoed a trouper, is taking this seriously. We sit on the to gteat he looks. He's shanng an intimacy and His comment, **Wc are never given more me, and I had more than a litde tesistance to floor. Time dissolves. One activity after an that makes me feel special, chosen in some odd than wc can handle," does not fly with me. I opening my heart to this tiny being 'whose other all designed to create unity, comfort — o O o way, t^ardiess of us being strangers. Maybe snap back, "Ever know a cancer victim who arrival had fotced me into so many uncomfort LO Fm lucky too- a safe environment. Fve managed to suspend committed suidde? How's that for more than able situations. But when I held her, an enor O Now it*s my tum. 1 get to speak, Eliot gets to whatever apprehensions I have. I don't want one can handle?" He is not moved. Instead he tnous sense of joy butst thtough all my barri I listen. I feel safe. Well, Eliot (I only thitik his to be a sissy, a quitter. says that for pcopk who atc "resistant" (that ets. I was instandy and effortlessly initiated would be me), he recommends going first, on K> name), I never had a dad. I was abandoned Much later, probably on the second day, I into the divine delights of bdng an aunt OJ realize a couple of men have split Stress, I getting it over with. It is advice I take. befbre birth. Fm not going to have any prob My sister teUs me that she knew quite eariy "^ guess. I thought I was the only one havitig 2 I lem using up my allotted three minutes. I have Apparendy graduates ofBody Erotic, atleast on that Leigh would grow up to be a lesbian. At second thoughts. Guess not. Since there are 00 quite a bit to share about my non-dad and how in larger dties, maintain contact, gather occa 18 months, Ldgh ferodously pulled out die IO it affected me and how I feel about things. Fve four or Ave fadiitators, men who have been sionally to practice their skiUs and bdong, we carefully placed pins holding her curls in place, told this horror story enough times in recovery through previous workshops, it's hard to fig arc told, to a "sacred brotherhood." At some just like the ones that my sister had ptacticed ff level, I feat that all this knowledge will lead that I have it refined, my delivery is rather ure out who's who. Sdll the total is about 25> on her dolls for yeats. • PMl and we team up into different size squads for back towards something like recreational sex. U detached. I have loved all stages of bdng Leigh's aunt various activities. Fve left that, most ddibetatdy, behind me. Many days later I wonder if I was angry with Several times when she was young, she came to Rather sweedy, I reflect that I only want to use I Eliot fbr his good fortune in the Dad Depart Duting the second moming, I team up with live with me. I cherish the memories of those these techniques with someone I love. C/l a ment, or if Fm jealous of his youth, his looks. Richard (say it the French way, Rce-char — years, because it hdped mc strengdien my Two weeks later, a man seated next to mc on .^ How much unresolved rage is tucked inside half a do2cn men have come frotn other parts sense of who she was and who she was becom a plane to New York mms out to be a massie me? But in our shared moment, the only reality of Canada). Richard and I are each to dedde ing. therapist living in Hawaii. He explains what I is that Eliot is great. He stares into my eyes. what animal we believe captures our essence. When I became awate of my lesbian iden ought to have understood. Sexual therapy of He's very good at this, no words, ju^ his warm Yeah, yeah, sounds dopey but trust me you get tity, Leigh was 16 and away at boarding school. this sort is designed primarily fbt those men, gaze. Time's up. Wc bow respectfully when the into this stuff, especially when you have been Before I could find the words, in all my exdte largely gay, who have been so profoundly trau full six minutes end. We hug one another. A standing around naked in a white room lit by ment, she told me her "news": she loved matized by 20 years of an epidemic that they strong, fuU-contact hug, a hug we've been tiny Xmas lights, vcry magical that, and then women. To this day, my sister stubbornly tefls have, consdousiy or unwittingly, lost the abil taught, a "gourmet" hug. there are various kinds of mood music. us both that my "coming out" influenced ity to cdebrate sexuality. It is designed to re Well, anyway, Richard and 1 are told to Leigh's choice. We aU know that Leigh and I Eliot and I have just completed one of the store fteedom and to link thc sexual experience guess the other's animal identity. We laugh were lesbians aU along. ; innumerable exercises that are part of the to the spirimal. weekend's activities. For all the exercises, for how far off wc were! I thought he was a It's hard to remember exacdy when Leigh Well, of course, I knew sex was dangerous all the parmers I have over this weekend, this is gazelle; he meant to be a sly fox (which is on grew into the wonderful, strong, young lesbian now. Perhj4>s it had always been so. the only time Eliot and I pair up. We atc part of the money). He guessed me to be a lion; I cast woman that sfae is today. Within the last 3reat, When I think back on the weekend, I in BMTON a woricshop, a two-day event designed to en myself as a black momma bear. But the exer at age 32, Ldg^ has opened het own law firm, standy visualize half a dozen faces. Some men able men tO'embrace more fully their sexuality. dse isn't over. Now we have five minutes to gotten involved in a significant relationship, were short, some wete hairy, a few werc old, Yep. Two days, 10 hours each day, naked. act out our true animal natures. Richard, the and, together, she and her pattner have bought several had the buffed bodies of men you sec in The £ftccof the matter is that I did not exactly sly fox, and I, protective sleepy momma beat, thdt fitst house. Her partner is an awesonK gay magazines, only occasionally in teal life. I plan this excursion. A ftiend mentioned he was teat into one anothet like maniacs, lifoog and jewd who brings out the best in Ldgb. They have no idea if some wete straight ot who was going to attend a woricshop in Toronto. Did he shoving one anodier^ neady toUit^ on the are planning a future together that includes floor, gtowding and howling, lau^iing neatly in recovery orwho was HlVpositive. The ftures children. ^dl it Body Electric? Probably, but I wasn't that come to me ate all handsome, kind. New to teats. Naked, too. Now my position is changing again. I am QENERAL SEATINQ listening carefully. I might have considered friends. Intimate friends. what "electric" meant. An> *ray, I only glanced However, tbe intent of Body Erotic, the finding myself, along with my pattnet, in the Because of the long drive home, wc left at die brochure he showed me. Mainly I knew meat of the matter, so to speak, is to teach role of bdng modds, suf^x>ttets and mentors immediatdy, otily hugging the half dozen men Advance tickets $12 I wouldn't have to dtive and diat I could snag genital massage techniques diat hdg^ten and to this younget lesbian couple. This gives us in our pathway to the exit. Fout days latet, I a chea^sh room in the same B&B my pal had extend sexual pleasute. The wotkshop has both a sense of tespensibility and pleasure. It received a lettet ftom EUot. He's sotry he At the door $14 found. Rus we'd have most of Friday to wan tules. No acddental touches ^.c., don't flip also makes us realke how difficult our lives your dick on someone's aim or anyplace dse), didn't have the chance to say good-bye; he was have been without our own community of der gay Toronto. Three days out of town, what touched listening to my story about my dad. die hey. no kissii^ no ejaculation. older lesbians to guide us, showing us tfae way Senior/Student $10 Hiete is a demonstration of the various The next day I wrote back telling him a page thtou^ toi^ times and hdping us to cel I mentioned die workshop to another ftiend. fulL Over the weekend, Eliot phoned. Talk He tried to clue me in on what I might be techniques. We sec *'twist and shout," "cork ebrate oiilestones in out lives. December 14 screw," "fire." Of cwtfu they have names. We about a buzz! I get finally to leatn details, gettix^ into. I smiled stiffly and said I was sure Some of the issues we have b^;un talldi^ ate taught thydimic bteathing techniques. spedfics: he Is 37, he has the same number of itwas a l^t program. It was, after all, a national yeats of sobriety that I do (a coinddence? an over with them have induded healthy commu Downtown and PREFERRED SEATINQ ftanchise. I assumed thete would be lots of Patterns'of breath control ate the cote ofthe nication, bdng able to express what you need, omen?), he is studying philosophy and has a meditatiott and things like that, and then I ptactice. We huff and puff, shout and bellow sharpening listening skills so that you can hear United as we practice. Yes, practice. degtee in engineetir^. He sails. He has a giri Advance $16 snifted that should matters becotne ini4>prp- friend. your partner, dealing with the feats and ben ptiate, I would leave. For all my go-along-to-get-along attitude, 1 efits of finandai interdepetidence, falsing chil etirai^ ELC>LD@rit,edtt Presbyterian At the door $-| g At 9 a,m. wc check in. There ate 20-plus men am not entirdy at ease. In life, I'm a solitaty dten, and finding a place as a lesbian couple in 8:02 milling about. We're using two conference persoi^ Here I fed trapped, overwhelmed. I our sodety. Church 121 rooms and the walls have been draped in white. imagine mysdf gliding near the ceiling, ob- One of the biggest issues that my pattner 15 Senior/Student $14 Thete are swags of tiny lights attached near the sctving, not beii^ part of, having an out-of- and I have sttug^ed widi outselves, and hav« osiliog. We sit crocs-li^ged and do introduc- body expeiience. Is this a tape mentality teac WSomanspirit encountered in other couples* telationships, North Fitzhugh St. Qroup rates availaWc for 10 or more. tion? (My ^oulish humor bubbles up, but Fm 2001 dofis and begin a series of one-on-one exer By Dn Paula has been the pdnful rejection by family thtoi^ cises designed to break the ice, always rotating no| triviaHzii^ tape; it*s just how I fdt.) religious or judgmental denial issues. While partners. This is OK. Everything is choteogtaphcd, monitoted; deCheUy Lead's mothet is wholeheartedly supportive ' tt*s an experiential awakening in which body, Aftet lutich break, thete is an exerdse in of their couplehood, Lei^'spatmet's family is mand, and, we ate told, spirit merge. Before volving teams of four tnen each. One man is not It feels even more important, thetefore, to die lest round of massages—there were thtee given a bandanna. He picks someone ftom his Family Ties surround herwith the waimtfa of out indusive. •"fv. 'a;^ ..y,l^'^<)^pl^^»t?yWgwwiwrftgw'viy'fc ^^*-^.« ..aXMI'*"'' accepting, "chosen" family. ever, treatments available for those infected The sub gtoup wiU be hofnng to addtess needs. We hope to create a cohesive structure The As with het Ufe, events that took place after is not my fault, I am worth saving and I wiU that lead to behaviors that hatm others. Our Even thou^ thete has been some improve with HIV. These treatments have enabled many someof these issues atthe Wetlnesday monthly within riie RTG, which wiU aUow us to do this. het death have only btought more questions. strive to sutvive. cotnmunity often has the tesources but lacks Always, any gender questionets of any age, ment in the past decade or so, the challenges individuals to Uve a longer Ufe but are, how meetings. Thc sub gtoup may also meet, intet Upon EmUy's passing, her sistet Lavinia found This may sound Uke uimcccssaty riictoric, the wiU to ptovide uiuvetsd hedtfa cate^ guar cultute, etc., ate encoutaged to attend. Chapters fadi^ youf^ lesbians in establishing them ever, often a trade-o^. Medication r^jmens est petmitting, duting thc othermeetic^ at the the hundreds of poems neatly stacked. She but these ate impottant components of sut- antee meaningful worit, guarantee a basic in selves in telationships, careers, communities are both complex and cosdy. Thcy have un- GAGV and Open Atms MCC m. an adjacent Information is apatlable from: Seldom Told tealized het sister's tdents and dedded to vivd training fot women. We have been sodd- come to each petson, offet adequate cate and and families ate stiU fiir more complicated than cornfortable side effects and do not work for toom. tttaiJttt:RxhTnmj^@[email protected] pubUsh most of the poetty. ized to accept whatevet tteatment the patriat- education fot chUdten as a community service. those of thdr contemporaty hetetosexual peets. evetyone, and usuaUy lose theit eftectiveness Ihe hope is to puU togethet some of the * HYPERLINK bt^//ttmmt.gtocities,cQm/ By Miguel Colon Orti^ Nevertheless, Lavinia arranged for most of chy doles out, aiid sometimes sick, angty per I StiU retain this view of the police. My parmet and I sometunes remirusce about over time, living with HIV is cenainly pos FTMs from sutrounding areas, coU^es, hig^ rochesiertransgendergroup/ RTG.btml tiiese poems to be edited for theit pronouns. sons take advantage of this. I have even carried In natiofid and intemationd af&its, tfac ques our own joutnc]^ to fotming our individual She requested that aU fetnde pronouns be sible, but it is a Ufdong process diat presents schools, etc., and give them support, contacts, ttmtttt,g$ocities. com/rochestertransgendergroup/ The Mystifying Life and Words weapons, such as pepper spray, for I have tion of ptotection looms large today. Again I lesbian identities, and then to establishit^ our changed to mde, as Emily's poems could some vety significant chaUenges and choices. medicd and counseUing information, and ad RTG.btml HYPERLINK of Enniiy Dicldnson made a decision that I wiU not aUow my Ufe to find that thc question "Which instimtions btixig lesbian couplehood. It wasn't easy for dtfaer of possibly rdse questions about her sexuaUty. be snuffed out without resistance by some out the best in human namte?" is my guide in xThe infotmation above deals witH the ques dress theit needs, questions, and even intet- mailto:RochFTMgrottp@cs. com We can say without much argument that us to find encoutagetnent or appreciation. It is tion of how tnen ate getting HIV and what to Ra^FIMffottp(^.com*HYPERUNKhttp:// Even as many othets have restotcd EmUy's unfortunate, raging, Ul person whom out sod this maze of emotions: fear, butt feelings, an ests. Emphasis wiU be placed on discussion, Emily Dickinson was one ofthe most influen- an honot, and downright fun, to be able to do if they get infected...but what about the wmw.geocities.com/rochestertransgendergyvttp/ wot^ to their otigind fotm, scholats have ety (of which I am a membet) has fdled. This ger, sadness, despair, desire for rcvei^. Throw news, and thc latest medicd infotmation, dong tid writets ofthe 19th century. Although her shower my ruece and fact parmer with botl^. question of why men stiU get infected? There FTMpage, htrtel t»mfw,g€ocities. com/ continued to atgue whethet hef writing was stance has taken a gteat ded of worit fbr me to ing out the miUtary establishment, witfaout with info on web sites, etc. works have been pubUdy praised since her Several weeks ago, as I was browsing on is probably no simple answer to that question, laced with homosexud overtones, or if it was attdn, with the hdp ofsome exceUent wotnen some preparation for dtemative tesistance to FTMs, who often blend into sodety in a ro€hest9rtrttttSg^def;gfntp/FI^^k^,html, and also death, her Ufe of sedusion has been cause for ebay, I b^an looking in thc atea of the countty and certainly not one that can be Idd out in thc frttmtbeGAGV, 179AtlattticApe,, Rochester, NY simply the product of normd Victorian Ufe who teach self-defense. I wiU also not aUow those that would hatm us, is not desitable, even diffetent way than MTFs, need to fed thc debate and wide speculation. whete didr new house is located. Knowing smaU space we have here, but there are some 14607 (716-244-^640). for women to write in such a style. Some others to push me into the faulty reasoning if it wete possible, just as I do not tecomitend option of having a suppott gtoup which pro She was botn EmUy Elizabeth Dickinson on that they needed furniture, my eye caug}it an key factors to consider: tects thdt anonymity, and yet addtesses their sources dismiss het fiiendship with Susan as that detnancb I shodd expand this stance be doing away suddenly with the poUce force. But Decembet 30, 1830 in Amherst, Massachu just casual, whUe othets do not even mention yond immediate, face to face confrontation just because I tecognize thc ptivileges I have item entided "Cherished Dining Room Set" * Men are still having risky and/or un setts. Aside from her parents, HmUy Norcross Susan's tole in EmUy's Ufe. with an attacker. I do not agree that preparing because of thc work of the armed forces, both The table, chdts and china cabinet had pur protected sex. Traditiond wisdom has taught and Edward Dickinson, the Dickinson house fctf immediate self-defense means I must dso tniUtaty and poUce, does not mean that I am portedly blessed thc home of its ttaditional us diat condoms he^ prevent the transmis In whatever way we choose to tead thetn, hold was dso comprised of an older btothet^ approve joining the Anny and obeying otdets unawate ofmy precarious position vis a vis the family with over 30 yeats of holidays and large sion of HIV... during aU types of intercourse. EmUy Dickinson's works wOl continue to tran Austin, and younger sister Lavinia. to enfotce poUdes designed by a systetn that patriarchd powers that those armed forces family gatherings. Intuitivdy, it fdt ri^t, so I Condotns should be latex, properiy stored, scend generations. The true vduc of herwords The Dickinson famUy was one of much opptesses mc. I stiU hold this view. serve. Therefore, it is important to change thc began the bidding process. Before I got a unexpired, and used with water-based lubri should not bc derived ftom her sexuaUty, but achievement. EmUy's grandfadier, Samud strucmres ofour hutnan organizations so that chance to check with diem, I had won it My bit cants. AdditionaUy we know that some types from the Ufe she gave in her love for writing. Next, there is thc community. What about Fowlet Dickinson, was a founder of Amherst non-violent approaches to confiict and dis of nervousness at taking this kind of liberty of sexud activity are lower risk for HIV trans Ifj^H have any comments or wottldlike to suggtsta the poUce?Thus enters thc institution into this College. Her father also held prominent jobs at agreements arc the means we use to work with a "housewarming gift" as swept away by mission. For example, it is generaUy lower risk tcpictfintertst^jottmayreadtmeat HYPERLINK essay. Studies of authotity ate insttuctive. One the coUege as lawyer and treasurer. Edward toward common security for aU of us. their tearful and exdted response when wc to be the "top" than thc "bottom" and ord sex "mailto:[email protected]" classic study instructed subjects to administer was also successful in holding state and con- spoke on the phone. is significandy less risky than and sex. [email protected] electric shocks to other subjects. Thc smdy The economic impUcations are enonnous, gtesdond poUticd seats at different times in I hope that the kind of loving support my reveded that dthough some persotis refosed as this would mean our consumer based * Some men stiU don*t know their status. his Ufe. pattner and I can provide this yoiuig couple as Let Us Reason to do this, others were willing,_and among their economy wodd give way to one in which not WhUc we've made great strides in getting in In a period when women's rights werc given they move into thdr lives togethet will be reasons was often the statement, "I was told to profit but meeting needs wodd be the criteria formation out about testing, there are still Uttle thought, Emily's fanuly fdt a necessity Together reassuring, stabilizing and validating. It doesn't do so". Research directors conduded from of success. There should be regard for protect some gu5rs who have never been tested OR fot equd education for men and women. In lessen the pain Leigh's parmer feds at not subjects' remarks that the laboratory setting, ing our planet, its resources, creatures, and who don't get tested regulariy. Depending on light of theif progressive thinking, her parents By Lucinda Sangree receiving her own family's support Nor does it the white "Doctor" coats wom by instructors, beauty. Uving so as to implement changes in your levd of sexud activity, a testing schedule tried to rear her for success. She attended the take away die struggle for recognition my part What brings out the best in us? and other symbols of scientific "authority" these directions can be as dangerous as going of once every six months to a year is usuaUy locd grammar school, Amherst Academy, and ner has been working on for years with her good. There arc times when it is important to re werc factors. (Stanley Milgtam, **Bchaviord to Chiapas, Mexico and demonstrating with later Mount Holyoke Femde Academy in South Study of Obedience," foumal of Abnormal and thc locd Native women who frequendy face family. Perhaps, though, when my sister, my ^ Men are not talking about HIV with examine theories, opinions, beUcfs, positions parmer and I sit down around our young BREAKFAST - LUNCH • DINNER Hadley. Social Psychology, 67 (1963) 371-378). thc armed govemment soldiers, urging them their pattners. ITiis is, in my opinion, prob Inexpticabiy/Enuly dropped out of Mount one has hdd so firmly and for such a long time couple's "cherished dining room" table at the In another "weU-known study, students were to cease enforcing the oppression of Native ably the most important ofthe three. Thc fact DINE IN - TAKE OUT Holyoke Femde Academy and reunited with that there is thc risk of obsolescence. This is holiday's this year, wc will afl be able to fed like randotnly assigned the role of dther "guard" peoples. These women dso urge the armed ofthe matter is that you cannot get HIV from her famUy. Some have speculated this sudden one of those times for me. cherished members of a chosen family that or "prisoner". In thc mock ptison thc behav guerrillas to negotiate peace. someone -who is HIV negative... and the only change was the result of a mentd breakdown, Settiing comfortably into the rhythms of hold each other in a cirde of love that has way to know that information is talk about 189! flidge l^ocid. Wetaster. Hew York iors of the students soon created conditions It can be the less dangerous but also impor but the lack of proof has simply added to the my joumey, I have been moving on a rdativdy plenty of room for more. I just know FU be a HIV status with sexud parmers. Understand (N«xt to thm umon Hitt nr* HouMl simUar to conditions in red jaUs, and the be tant work of monitoring and protesting ero mystery. One thing is clean after reaching the calm sea, rising and faUing with its sweUs, great Great Aunt ably, it is not dways possible ot convenient to haviors \i^cre so conducive to denigration of sion of dvU rights in a time of growing caUs for age of 30 she became reclusive and would only hoping that the churning currents underneath Paula deCbeUy, Ph.D., is a psycbotben^ist and talk about HIV with parmers, but in instances PHONE: (716) 265-4M3 FAX: (716) 265-4270 the "prisoners" and the mentd suffering of war. It can bc paying attention to where our meet with a sdcct group of people. could be smoortant to our nationd survivd. As dways, gather as much information as attended to them or not. possible, to change. Therefore, they argue, white", as many would only get to see that she only force, punishment, rewards for the strong An example is the unfortunate interventions By Erik Libey you can so that you can bc... be out, be proud, was always dressedin white. It has been noted I need to take stock, as I ask persons to do and bc hedthy. when I faciUtate workshops on non-violent and deprivation of or eUmination ofthe devi of our govemment in recent times in Nicara that she seldom diowed the public to see her ant (seen as weak) are useful. gua and ChUc, and now in Colombia. I cannot STDs Part V: Your 20-year/ Erik Ubey is tbe Gay Health Cottrtiittator at face. Some historians have argued that her resistance. 200,000 mile ciieclc-up AIDS Rochester, Inc., and can be reached at 442- After thc events of Sept, 11,1 can no longer The correct interpretation, however, is that join in nor advocate use of armed forces in any condition stemmed from a case of agorapho way other than immediate protection of this 2220, or by emdl ai [email protected] An > •«'•-: saU dong as I have attempted to do in recent thc nature of humans is wonderfuUy ficdblc. As you may know, Dec. 1 each year is Worid bia, but no records have been found to explain archive tf his pretnouos articles, as ttmll as other gay years with short forays into protesting Welfare Humans arc capable of great effort in many nation's dtizens on our soU. And this defense AIDS Day. This year, it seems of particular if het behavior was caused by mentd iUness. healtb information, can be found at http:// reform, calUng for closure ofthe School ofthe directions, and as sodd beings we can gather I wish codd be carried out In a way that has significance to me because it was the 20di Odd behavior aside, the time between her nmmf.aidsrochester.org/gaaybeaeltb. Americas that trains torturers and death squads, together to achieve great works and survive in non-violent techniques of resistance, not op anniversary ofthe discovery of HIV, thc virus return home and her death is considered her pression, as its basic foundation. opposition to anti-choice activities, opposi almost any environment. The structure of these that causes AIDS. 'H***^-Hvn +iM-:..j, most productive. Many scholars beUeve that TransGenderView tion to straight mde pomograph/s abuse of gatherings is crucial, for these instimtions shape This wodd not be impossible, but we are a Twenty years into the pandemic ofAIDS, a most ofher hundreds of poems (about 1,800) women. Why not.^ Because the shock of that our behaviors to one another, as wcU as aUow long way ftom using this approach. It vt^ould significant number of gay/bisexual men are By KK (of the Rochester wete written during this period. Only a few of event brings the reaUty of possible physicd selective expression of fedings. Wc have thc bring out the best in aU of us. Many persons still getting infected. Between June 2000 and these were evet pubUshed -while she was Uving. possibiUty of forming instimtions or systems Transgender Group) LET US CATER harm to loved ones, thc disruption of dvU mi^t ^e. Consider, however, we never count Sept 2001, one third of new HIV infections in Even then, the ones that were pubUshed were that bring out the best potentid in us or that structure, thc damage of nationd infrastruc it a faUute when people die serving in thc armed thc Rochester atea were men who have sex done so without her consent. bring out thc worst in us and cause much New FTM group begins YOUR NE)(T GATHERING! ture (on which the economy is based) right forces. We do require that for "success" there with men. It seems appropriate, then, that this The most inttiguitig part of Emily's poems suffering. It is our responsibility to discern into my own community in an urgent and be few ot no casudties when non-violent resis month in our series on sexually transmitted The Rochester Transgender Group, which is theit "sexud" tone, and for whom most of which is which in our Ufetime and work to dramatic way. Therefore I put the foUowing tance is used in a struggle for peace. I stiU infections, we revisit the issue of HIV. started meeting at the GAGV around five yeats them werc written. Thc great majority of her nurture those that foster the best. question (again) to mysdf. What do I beUeve support this view, keeping in mind that strug HIV is a virus that can be passed in any one j^ and has gone through sevetd incarnations, "letter-poems" were written forher dose fiaend gling in fights orchestrated by the "bo3rs'* and about sdf-defense, poUcc, jails, govemment I rdy on the poUce, bift I do so with rduc of four ways: sexuaUy, through shared injec is upping its monthly schedule of meetings to Susan Huntington Gilbert. ditected by the 'l>oys" is discouraging and surveillance, and tniUtary force? tancc, for that organization can be used as a tion equipment, from mother to duld, ot much thtee. (See attide in Gtoups section). EmUy and Susan ate beUeved to have met as dangerous to women. I ccndder fitst my persond space. As a tool of oppression and is the enforcement less commonly thtough infected blood/organ A new meeting, thc second Monday of evety students whUe at Amherst Academy. Most Gay owned and operated woman, and espedaUy as a lesbian, I am threat insttument of the status quo. I am resigned to Lucittda Sangree, a member tftbe Society ^Ffkttds, products. Since the primary focus of this series month, wiU be hdd at 6:30 p.m. at the Open sources agree that the two wete ciose ^ends T-^287 ened with assault both in the stteet and in my enooutaging refotm of our crimind justice is a hngtktH aetittist forpeac e tmd for tttotetett's f^his. of artides is STIs, we wiU confine this month's Atms. MetropoUtan Community Chutch, 175 atid confidantes. Inttiguingly, some biogra Irondequoit Mall ^ -^ own home. I wiU not accept a physicd attack system and the dtering of those conditions discussion to sexual transmission of HIV. The Norris Dt. (fot mote info contact die GAGV, phers point to a correlation between Susan*s Rocheste without redstance, and, knowing that thc pet- virus is present in sexual body fluids such as 244-8640), or see die RTG web-page. :hester, NY 14$22 ^^^t- involvement with Endl/s brodier, Austin, and petratots tend to strike unexpectedly and vety semen and vagind secretions; and in order to The other two meetings, third Wednesdays Emily's deepening fear of pubUc intetaction. 716-339-9957 aggressively, in great ra^, I have tried to infect an individual, it must enter the body at 6:30 p.m., and last Saturda3rs at 2 p.m., wiU Out litde of the evidence is dear-cut. ptepare mysdf to watd off such an attack. through a break in the skin or a mucosd remdn at the GAGV with the foUowing change: Althou^ Susan latet became het sister-in- I Love Yoii This tequites mentd ptepatation, such as membrane (eyes, nose, mouth/throat, anus The LAST Saturday meetings wiU be given kw, Emily never seemed to wdver in tfae love attemptit^ a "non-victim" attitude that hope urethra, vagina). For this reason, HIV is gener over to a new FTM Subgroup, to meet in an for Susan expressed in her writing. Some le- fully would enable tne to figute out an escape aUy NOT transmissible through casud contact adjascent toom. seatdiezs hsve dso ttied «o tomamicaUy link Specializing ftom the dtuation. The pieparation also in but IS transmissible through unprotected sex FTMs (Female to Mdes), sometimes called Emily with a niihddphia detgyman. Rever Photo volves trainti^ in self-defense techniques and — oral, vaginal, or and. the "Hidden Ttanssexuab," constitute a latge . in Photo end Chaties W*ds««MCtfa» attd a litetaty man, Mous^ Pads in willingness to use phydcd tesistance, i.e. Once infected with HIV, there is no cure. percentage, some say as high as 50 percent of TeeShirts Thomas Wexitwottfa H^gifison. IronicaUy, it wilfiimoess to cause phydcd hatm to the at Thc virus begins debilitating the human im Transsexuds. 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Sponsored by Pro-Choice or cdb outskle Rochester; Deaf or hearing impdred peopte shouM caU (716)423-0120 Nenro« County Women's Heaidi Resources. (TDD.) Ord testing now available. Statewkie information can be obtained by cdling 1-800- Partnarship. 111 WestM Rd, Rochester POLITICAL: 541-AIDS. Other organizatk>ns which provkJe AIDS-related servkres are as fblk>ws: NY 14692; (716)274-6978. Comprdien W<»men A£alnst^ Violent^ivlron- sive breast cancer screening^ services for AIDS Rochester, Inc., 1350 University Ave.. Rochester NY 14607. Provides support ntent (WAVE.) Issues of violence agdnst services for people with HIV/AIDS and their ^unities; presents educatk>nal programs rebted uninsured and underfoured women. women. POBox 15650. Rochester NY 14608. to HIV/STDs to community groups; olfers free, confidentid testing every Monday and Eteeabatfa Wende Breast ainic. 170 234-9709. www.mooreresuksxom/WAVE Thursday. 5-8 pm (no appointn\ent necessary). Also testing on Outreach van througfiout dty. Sa>M»grass Drive. 442-8432. Dr. Wende Lo Nationai Orysmiauition Ibr Women Contact information: business line (716)442-2220 v/t^ wwwaidsrochester.org. Rural gan-Young and an all*woman staff provide (Greater Rochester NOW.) PO Box counties served by ARI ofFices in Geneva (1-800-422-0282) and BsLth (l-800<'954-2437). mammograms. 93196; (716)461 -1310. E-mail: Helping People with AIDS, inc. (HPA) P.O. Box 31543 Rochester NY i 4603-1543 is AXOS Rochester Women's Health RochNOW@aoLcom Web page: a non-profit, volunteer organintion. HPA raises and distributes funds to support programs Outreach* h350Univer?i^Ave. ARI has www^mooreresuJts.com.NOW provkiing services to people living with HIV/AIDS in nine-co* area. Hodine (716)987- i 853. services for HIV positive women and oth CULTURAL: Gay Alliance ofthe Genesee Valley peer fadiitators can provkie referrab to physicians ers in the lesbian community. 442-2220. Rochester Women's Comrminlty and service agencktt. Person on duty Mon/Thurs. 1-9 pjn., Fri. I-6 p.m. Message machine wvrw.thei>raastcancersite.com (dick Chorus. 234-4441 (See Ongoing calemfar). other times. (716)244-8640. NYS DoH anonymous HIV testing third Wednesdays. to donate stte) SPORTS: HIV/STD Coordination Project of Monroe County, 111 West^l Rd.. run throui^ Community Healdi Networic 758 Women's basketball. Monday, Thurs Monroe County Department of Health, provid^ infermation, education and trdning, and Soudi Ave, 244-9000; TTY (716)461-9202. day nights, 7-9 pm. Downtown United fVes- mdntains a resource library. (716)274-6114 (VHTY). HIV and Primary care medical services for byterian Church^ 121 S. ftehugh St. Ramona, Ccmimunity Health Network (CHN). 758 South Ave. Comprehenshre HIV care and HIV posith^e women, their negative part 244-1640. primary medicd care for individuals who are HIV posidve. their negative partners and adult ners and family members. CHN offers a ONLINE: family members.CHN offers Nutritional evaluation, Neurolpgicd evduation. Vision screen suppdrt group for wpmen who are Upstate LesConnect: http:// ings, Gynecok>gicat care. Medical case nnanagement and coimseling. Out-patient treatments careg^ers, "Moms Etc"meets second and ^oups.yahoo.cpm/group/upstatelesconnect; and infusions on-site, Uaison nurses to coordinate home care needs. Educational resources and supportgroups, Access to clinical trials, lab and Pharmacy services on-site, and Referrab fourth Mondays. Contact Lyn Blackburn. emdl [email protected] 244-9000 ext- 168. Odier services for HIV to substance abuse programs, psychotherapy, and other specidized health services. RochesterDykes: www.rdykes,com; e- (7 i 6)244-9000.TTY (716)461 -9202. posKlve women and women at high risk for mdl: [email protected] HIV Infection: OB/GYN, HIV pre-test and WOWcny: emdl: [email protected] Rochester Area Task Force on AIDS (RATFA) is a collection of agencies providing a multiplicity of resources and services to the upstate New York community. Their offices post-test counseling. Confidentid or free GENERAL: HIV testing. are located through the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, which also provides Women's Resource Center. YWCA. medical literature and newspaper clippings, as wdl as demographic and statisticd data for Atoamatives for Battered Women. 175 N. Clinton Ave. 546-7740. use in developing heaith care services. (716)461-3520. 232-7353. Shelter, counseling. Lesbians wel Slice of Life Cafe. Feminist vegetarian come. restauranc 742 South Ave. 271-8010. Men of Color Health Awareness Project (MOCHA). HIV prevention focus for men Vicdm Resource Center of Wayne Coalition fbr Lesbian Visibility. Di who have sex with men (MSM) in the minority community. Support groups, one on one peer County. Newark N.Y. Hotiine 800-456- verse group of women holding poducks/ education, safer sex workshops, referral services, buddy testing. Sibley Tower Building, 25. Frankfin St., Suite 1060. 420-1400. ll72;offlce (315)331-1171; fax (3150331- socials in Finger Lakes area. Second Satur M89, days. Becky Bly. (315)539-6271. Monroe Community College maintdns an AIDS Resource Ubrary in the Leroy V. Good Mmtry Magdalene House. Women's Color Outside the Line Crew. Con Ubrary. 1000 E. Henrietta Rd. 424-5200. outreach center for HIV positive women tact Jackie Williams, 482-4945. Honroe County Health Department, at 855 W. Main St.. offers testing and counseling and women at risk. 29! Lyell Ave, Open Check our monthiy and ongoing for HIV and other sexudiy transmitted diseases. (716)464-5928. Mon-Fri. 6:30-9:30 pm 458-5728. Calendars and the Gay Groups section www J»lrdsandbees.ors« Website cre for more groups and events, and call Strong Memorial Hospital provides a complete range of HfV medicd care, including access to expMmental treatment protocols, and HfV testing. Also provides individud and ated by youth for youth; info on sexud and the GaySource Infoline for referrals, at group psychotherapy. Training of health care professionals also avdiable. Infectious emotiond health, birth control, STDS, abor 244-8640. And send us your Informa Disease Clinic. (716) 275-0526. Department of Psychiatry, (716) 275-3379. AIDS Trdning tion, parenting, life gods and making in tion! Project, (716) 275-5693. AIDS Remembrance Garden. Highland Park South. Rochester. Infoline: (716)234- AIDS DIRECTORY CONTINUED 1640. Mdiing address: 935 East Ave., Rochester NY 14607. Planned Parenthood of Rochester and Genesee Valley offers testing and informa Catholic Charities AIDS Services. A multicultural and bi-lingual staff providing services tion (716)546 2595. to a diversity of people infected and affected with IHIV. We provide intensive home-based Threshold Youth Center provides confidential testing for young people ages 12-25. Fees case management for all ages; a clinical crisis manager, a child/adoiescent case worker, on sliding scde, no one denied service. Threshold Center for Aitemative Youth Services. transitional case management for children and himily members going through bereavement; 80 St. Paul St. 454-7530. Free oral HIV testing Thursdays 2-4 pm.. ages 12-25. recreationd and support groups for children and teens, and camping experiences including Camp SOAR. We coordinate HOPWA (Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS) Rural HIV testing, anonymous and confidential, in Alleghany, Uvingston, Ontario. short term emergency assistance with rent/mortgage/utility payments and limited subsi Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben. Wayne or Yates Counties, cdl 1-800-962-5063. dized housing. 1945 E. Ridge Rd.. Suite 24. Rochester NY 14622. (716)339-9800. Action Front Center (Action for a Better Community.) Provides HIV prevention education and case management services. Trdning and technical assbtance to service providers. Resource library open to public. All services free and confidential. Multicultural and bilingual staff. Rudy Rivera, program manager. 25 Franklin St., Suite I IOO. Hours 8:30^ 5 pm. f^onday-Friday. 546-6180; fax 546-5669. Free anonymous HIV testing on wdk-in basis, Thursdays 9 am- 4 pm. provkied through NYSDOH at Action Front Center. 242 Andrews St. Carmen Hau. 262-4330. Anthony Jordan Health Center Prevention and Primary Care Program. HIV counseling and testing (free if uninsured), community outreach, Cetrtter in-reach with strong focus on education. Comprehensive HIV care and services, including medicd treatment, CD4 and vird k>ad monitoring, medications (on-site pharmacy), OB-GYN care, opthamology, dental, nutrition, mentd health and substance abuse services, case management, community service referrals, support groups, assistance with medicaid and disability. 82 Holland St., Rochester NY 14603; 423-2879. Evergreen Health Services. Primary care, HIV and family care. HIV testing and counsding: (716)847-0328. CDC National STD and AIDS Hotline. 1-800-342-2437; 1-800-227-8922. English service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Spanish service: 1-800-344-7432, 8 am- 2 am, seven days a week. TTY service: 1-800-243-7889, 10 am- 10 pm, Monday-Frkiay. Public Interest Law Office of Rochester (PILOR), 80 St. Paul Sc, Suite 701. Free legd services to HiV positive persons, families. Spanish bilingual advocates avdiable. All civil cases except divorce; no crimind cases. Ask to speak to someone in f*ILOR. 454-4060. Health Association HART (HIV/AIDS Residential Treatment) Program. 250 East Ave. (716)232-6382. Provkies housing assistance, acupuncture, massage, reiki, support groups, refernri servkes. Positively Alive (HIV -f wonien's support network). All of the attove events (unless indicated otherwise) are free and are held at our offices at 1350 University Ave. ^^**^^^. ^ ^^ brought to you by AIDS RodiMlv • 71M42i2220 f=or more Informotion, oontoot U3 at: wwMuiicl«edwlBCaiB ' r^t^-m "V —:*u'^-R--y- Tirm"'**ir*rvjiiB*nfi'inm.'*i. n i • i _--'-•••--— • -.->-.—.iw.%»w ,-.. — ^ _, •. H- • .• ««M« '•• •. M«tw^ ff jroir'fe cmUering selling ym htrnu. put our qualities to work for bthnafiie NREALTORSC^ Micheal Faucher Assodate Brokers • 442-1800 x211 tnr x253 www.richardsarids.com • m£iucher@iiodms^e.coin Call today for a FREE market analysis ofyour home rtfi Your Community Realtors with Over 27 Years Experence em RANPY Q. 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Winter Community Chtudb, lead by oax redpcforourupcomingcommunity mas BveODtshq>8etvice at die diutch mote about the En^xie Beats is al hundted leadier men iAmweiy^ ao beverage or A snack to pass. For minister Kaye Fox. Sedet. at 11 pum. on Chnstmas Eve (Mon Breakout Party ways wdcome. nually fot a wcekend^long gtiammy* futdier info., contact Ketty at 865- Hiis servioe was a ^Hritud and To RSVP for die Chanukah party day, pee. 24). We wish everyone a Ihe Lambda Netwotk at Kodak, Out BEARNIGHT at the Fotum Tbe men of tfae toad... TRUCK 4619. c*mail politicdgestute of unity in die hopes and/or to get on the email/phone hs^pfhaliday season and look fot- GLOB&L ficom Bausch & Lomb, is also on the 8th, so our fiiends can ERS! Cmon in, take a load oSead [email protected], get on our of sedng that the fotuie biiQgs bet list, contact Jennifer L. Gravitz at wwi » SiBfing you at some of these and GAGV ate sponsoting a Winter attend out poduck and beatnigbt patk youtsdf (and your n^ fitsra n notification list at ter awareness of the loss dut Hate 241-0172. eventsl: BteakOUTpatty on Satuniay, Feb. 2 togjethet. We'te coUectit^ packaged evening witfa die Rams and odwar RochBFConnectList@ Cfitnes jnfisct upon die GLBT col at a cabin in one of die locd patks. goods for ARI, so btti^ in your sack road'lovin' folk. That's Satntdiy, yahoogtotf)s.com,orwzite: P.O.Box lective comtnunity. UnbrokenThreads RONUVNS It will be a gteat teason to get out of goodies fot a fiee tafSe ticket. Dec 15 at the Bachelor Fomm. 60698,Rodiester,NY 14606.H!q7py •Us the season to make something RodiMorMdeNatuiists (ROMANS) ofour houses and see pe«^^, as wdl Also, a numberof tfae RTG mem Tluuiks to evetyone who donated Holidays^ evetvond tsasocMfl^V^KUudoafbtgayiututists bets attended the GAGV Leadet Men's ChcNfus ize at a coffee hour where you ate festive for someone spedall The as bdng gteat fon! Detaib will be teddy beats in Novembet. The kids Ibcusif^ on the theme Teaceabfe who efl|Of eamatadetic in the nude. ship Luncheon widi a table hosted RGMC was saddened tt]f Ume foqg wdcome to join us. Deocmber meetings of UnBroken Open Amns fottfaccMnii^^ butpiease put tfae date at Stroi^ ate en|oyit^ diem. Kingdom**. MembaidiGpis open to males over 18 by boatd member and RTG gtoi^ time fiiend and fimner Efaecsbc of For more kifotmation about Dig Th^pads will be hdd Monday, Dec 3 on your calendat. Ibe BEARS will go to d»e RGMC Our Ttaditional Chiisoiias holi yeats of age diat have in intetest in leadet Pam Battes,who is Board Devclopment,SCBvenChdbot;iaNo- nity-Integdty, please call thc D-I and 17, and on Monday, Januaty 7 MCC ooncett together on Satutday n^jbt, day poduck dinner wiH be hdd Sun- soddmadfam. Member of tfae mondi in tfais issue vembet. His pccMOoe wfll be aocd|y Info-line at 234-5092 for the te and 21. Make this an extca-spedal holiday Transgender Dec 15. It statts at 8 pjn., so meet at day,I>ec. 16. Injanuaty our mondily Our wincer events indude dinnet (pBtS) missed. Our prayets end good cotded infotmation and to leave a Bting ft new or cuttent arts & season! Open Arms Metropolitan 7:30 at Downtown United Ptesbyte- poduck will be hdd Stmdayjan. 20. pattieSySodd meetings, naked swim- Group Also,tfae RTG will soon be havii^ tfaot^hts go out to bis pettner Alan voice message; see out Web page at crafts pto)ect and all needed sup Cotnmunity Chutdi; wfaich minis lian Chtttch,121 N. Fitdiugh St» It's Also injanuaty, look fbr anoounce- mii^. Men over dse age of 18 inter SOFFA activttses (significant oth otaden. http://www.ggw.otg/DI-Roches- plies; basic counted cross-sdtch tets especially to the GLBT commu TheRTGwas busy diis month-Leslie a Cdtic Chtistmas, so tfae music win tnents ofour annual Co«^4e's Mass ested in mote infotmation may call ers, &iendb, fomily, and »sodates). Deoeti^>eris a vety bosy month ler/ ; or send us E-mail at di- taught tqxTn request Fot futther info, nity, invites you to several sodal, Feinbe^ (see attide in this issue) was be fim diis yeat. in our weekly Buttetifi, or by caOix^ Lastly,membets of the RTG ate for tbe Rocfaester Gay Men's Cho call Ketty at 865-4619. musical, and. sjMritual events to cd 234-7641. (This is a change in our speaking at Hie UofR's Rush Rheeae At tfae end of tfae tnontfa, we have our Infty-Iioe bdow. [email protected] eocoutaged to take pan in GLBT tus as we^Hcpaie for *'A Celtie Cd- ebrate Advent and Chtistmas. Join (i^ione nttnd>er.) LibtatytQiope you wete able to make a btondi scheduled for Rimds on tfae If you ate interested in tecdving Butch Femme activities sudi as die Wotid AIDS dytatjoo" pcrfoffmanriffa oo die 14di Je¥fish GBLT with old friends and meet some new it). Ridgie at 1 pjn. oo Sunday,. Dec 30» tfae fitst new, improved newsletter, It*s that joyous time of yead Join us in I^ Concett (see caletidar aod RTG aod 15«fa. Samtd:yl>ec l.dbeCfao- ones to cekbrate the hc^idays. Frontrunners/ We have statted a new FTM and out iMgc New Yeat's Eve Patty dfte "^itty-Giity^, to be piit>lished Decembet as we watm up die holi websits)and attend hohdaty events n» win be caroling in tbe Com ffitt Group We b^in Decembet on a more group:The Rochester FTM will be a blowout. Call our duting tfae tnondi of December, such as the Gay Men's Chotus Chtist od^ribodkood as patt ofdie Com As a tesult of die ^bulous (not to days with out Discussion Nig^d somber note with die worship ser Frontwalkers Gtot:^RochFrM^toi^i@csxom(also BEARLINE at 234-3381 fotdetails . please send us your maiUc^ addtess mas Show (check for times nnd HittHomeTour.Thisni«fa tfae fitst Chess Club mention delicious) ptc-Rosh Comedy! ~ Dec. 7. vice for Wodd AIDS Day, which see column in this i$3ue)v^iich will Dcmt kttget to continue comity to via postal tnail (17 South Fitzhu^ We ate a gtou|> of men and women dates). yeat RGMC has been invited to per- A new dub has atnved which will Hashanah get together, we have a Bring dther a comedy item (boolc, wiil indude moments of remember be holding meetingson the last Sat. Mooday Movie Nfi^t, which begins St., Rochester, NY 14614), E-mail ^n^o meet twke weekly to tun or walk fiitm fi>r diis annual event. stzotignudeus ofjewish GBLT folks, tape, story, etc.) or 0f you date) prep ing those vfiho have died of AIDS. of evety month, at ouf regular 2 p.m. Retnember, wc ate aK ONE com* witfa Slipper at Md's Dinet at 6 pjo. push your nund to new frontlets—a (di-tocfaesfBt@akavtstsuoi^,orfeave on Wedneadbiy at 6 pjn. and Satutday dieu: pattnets, fidetuls and faimilies, a skit and come lau^ with usl Then, The service takes place at the chutch meetit^ at the GAGV, in an adja munity. Happy Holidays. eadi ftfooday. Have a gteat mtmtfa. Sunday eveiitigDec 2die Cboms chess dub! Tliis new dub, in whidi a message on our Info-Line at 234- at9ajxi. atthe Geo^EastznanHouse comtnitted to cdebrating our GBLT after the holidays, come to our be on Sunday, Dec 3, at 11 a.m. cent room.(see web site for WOOF! win again stafiF tfae tekphooe lines cveiyuoe is wdcome fitom bcghmer 5092. Or better yet, come to our paridng k»t. and Jewish identides. lated Gift Exchaiige Night (femmes Invite a fiiend to come with you to details)and FTM's are always wd fi>f tfae annud WXXI-TV membet- to expert, meets st tfae Gsy Aniance, setvices Mod pick one upl On Satutdsty mornings we social Empire Bears Join us fot our Chanuicah latke bring a $5 or less value gift fot a worship at the chutch on Bting a come at all meetings- sh^ drive fiom7tmtn lOpjn. Wotk 179 Atiantk: Aire., ftom 7-9 p.m. ev ize ovet cofi^ following our walk/ Happy Holidays fo>m die BEARS! Dignity-Integdty Rochester is a party, scheduled for Dec. 6. Bring butch; butches, a |5 or less gift for a Friend to Church Sunday, Dec. 16, We have the new TG FILM Rochester Rams ing for tfae tdevision dtivc has be- ety second Thutsday of die moodi, run and have other sodal events Dec 1, Satutday n^t, is out atmud living fiuth communiiy of gay, les latkes made with your Bubbie's fa femmei) For locadon call 86S-4619. at 11 a.m. Well have a spedal recep NIGHT on the last Satutday of ev The Rochester Rams is Rochester's ccmie a h^li^^ of tfae Choms*s in the fitst floor confetence toom. throughout die year. We are out tun patty in DansviUe. Hot tub, food, bian, bisexual and ttansgender people vonte redpe. Cotne and see who has In Januaty our Discussion Ni^t tion afterwards to wdcome every ety month, at out tegular Sat.{s foremost gay motorcycle dub. We Bdf^ your own boatd. Refresh ning and walking all yeat arotmd. games, goodies, overnights if you'd and their fiiends \^io wotship openly die best "spin" in the dteydd tourna (onjan. 4) will focus on "Our Health one. meetir^^dtich we will follow with ate a small band of men witfa similat ments wilibe setved. Players of simi Don't let die cold and snow keep like. Call fot details. The next week, with one anothet. We celebrate litut ment. Test yout Itnowledge of and Body Image". Come shate your Enjoy "JOY!"—a free Chtistmas discussiotL interests: tnoftotcydes, leadiet, foa- GAGVYouth lar sttcx^di will be paued i^ aod you insidd We wdcome all t<^atd- we have our monddy potluck on Dec gies in thc Episcopal and Roman Chanukah trivia and see if you re views on these important topics that gospd concert — by the Rochester The w^eb information about teinity, ai&d good titnes. gtandmaster games wiU be shown. less of jrotir levd of fitness. Visit us 8 at tfae GAGV. It statts at 6-30 pm. Group Catholic ttadidons, and wdcome all member the words to a few Chanukah affect all of us. At the end of January RainlK)w Gospel Choir at hnmanuel Fllmrsights is at out website http:// The Rams ptovide community For mote info, call Paul Forcella, ttie CO come — r^atdless of your reli on the web at http:// Bting a beat-sized dish to share, and tunes. will be the rettim ofour Ice Skating Bapdst Church, 815 Patk Ave., on www.gcocities.com/ setvice both to the gay community The Youth Group president of the dub, at 266-7356 gous affiltadon (or lack of one). communities.msn.com/ well ptovide the test. Wc have scheduled monthly pot Event — call us for dnk location Satutday, Dec. 22, at 7:30 p.m. Tho ww.gcocities.com/ — diroi^ out seties of bar ni^ts update for the month aftet 7 p.m. and befbte 10 pan. See Wotship widi us on Sundays at 5 RochestetNYFrontrunners. We can NOnCE: THIS STARTS OUR luck (or bageQ noshes, along with details/more info. (This was a gteat mas Warfidd and sevetal gifted so rochestcrtransgendergroup/ — and to the community-at-latge, ya diete! pjn. in St. Luke and St. Simon C3nrene be reached at [email protected] POTLUCKS ON THE SECOND con be found on page Shabb>at dinners,Temple services and hit last year, so we are looldng for loists will perform. Admission is free, RTG.html through chanty wotk and donations. Chutch, 17 South Btzhi;^ St Third Presbyterian Church a More Light Church Dignity-Integrity Rocliester bgether we zvill create an (Roman Catholic-Episcopal) environment that promotes Elaine Elkins M.S. where glbt persons are welcomed as T partners in mintstry Wc welcome all regatdless of worship ttadition healing, provides supportfor exphmng Psychotherapist or sexual orientation. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. your personal joumey and empowers Indwidaal and relationship caunseUnp (Child care avaitat>le, wheelchair accessible, Liturgy cveiy Sunday at 5:00 p.m, looped for hearing impaired) Xammn Ctitbaiic - Brst, thini ModStib Suadmy ofthe taaath, you to wake self-respecting choices. tpiecopaJ - neeaad Mad timnh Suade/ cftbc mootb. anxiety & depression Monday (1st and 3rd) Social Hour around 6:00 p,in* loneliness & separation GLBT Support Group 7:30 p.m. Potluck Dinner cveiy third Sunday ofthe month. resolving conflicts communication skills Church of SL Luke and St. Simon Cyrenc sexual abuse recovery at EastAve and Meigs St (the cbtucb with thc pink steeple) dn^dc alocrfKriHsm Rochesier. NY 14607 17 South Fitzhugh Street (Comer of Broad and S. Fitzhugh) 271-6613 grief&loss 244-4837 www.thirdprest>yterian.ofg D-I Info-Unc: 234-5092 (Recorded information and voice mail) E-mail: DI-rochester<^altavista.com ClirisiMas in Ch« lUr Web Site: littp://www.ggw.org/DI-rochestei/ Tliis Eucbaiisiic community exists Geri Stanton AT OPEN ARMS ^ to worsliip God METROPOLrrAN CoMMonnY CHORCH ^ to proclaim tbe good news of/esus Christ * to witaess to tbe reality of Christian gaiy, lesbian^ (^.ounsclory/Lcsbian December 2 - MemoriaJ/AIDS Sunday bisexua^ and transgender people December 16 - "Bring«a-Friend-Day" also, please join us at 11 PM on Join us in celebrating 25 years F ncouragcment EXPERIENCE YOU CAN TRUST December 24 - Christmas Eve in our community! Individual, Ox^le and MS.Ed, MS.Ed. for a Cetebration of Lessons and Carote Caring Group Thers^ Natimai Certified Oxmsd'^r followed by a refreshing fellowship time • •»•»( wtaewMR (juidance S^wdalizing in Ccxicems of: Certified Clinical Mental 'wewOTwevewemevpaOTvww Healtfi Oxmselw Isolatfon and Loneliness, Hmo First Universalist Churchi R.C5pcct Relatioaships, Separation, ft ;.;^A A Self-Esteem, Abuse, and ISt Anu \Wl. HWPadO Sexual Otientation 175 Morris DrfMi(ni 11 AIM TDD (716) 533-2041 PhoMc 271-W7B e- OMilOCNYOMioam Wa affirm mnd promote B— inherent worth •nd I ;5'f^ paric Avenue dl^iltir or ovory pomon Voice (716) 325-7180 •••iaj Wm^ttmtt as teaetM i (71^)271-4^10 Prem^m^«W» mt^mmt iMMW .t^-s^-—...... «<^|^ ... • have a latger buaUiag aad be abk to fonctioa as a ""Queer Conimunity ^^^^^^^^t-'^'-'^r^ ''"i"^''^'''-'"'^^^<^'&S" 5r^^-4^"-r^V^'^ r-'t^.'k^t^M RIC Board Member of Centet*'olfotit^ many dfififeient ser vices to the community. Ate ywi aotive ia odiet ocgeni- the Month Mtlotia in die lgbt or &e wkkt ctmimuiiity? Pamela Battes says, "I will adtmt to GAGV boatd member? Other than tfae GAGV, I am in a being over 50, but beyond that, I am I am currendy in my thitd yeat as leadetship posidon with the Rodies told, a lady nevet teUs, at least not in a boatd member. Pivn Barres ter Ttansgender Gtot4>. In die past I the newsfxipef. I was bom and raised Why did you foin the boatd? was the tteasutet of die Rbchestet in Rochester and graduated £rom One ofthe teasons fot my joining CD Network and a boatd member ConununityCenter Volunteer of the Btodq>ott State. Duting tfae 1970s I the board, and something I have of the Lambda Netwotk at Kodak. I lived in New Yotk City, Pittsbatg^ tried to do, is hdp to btidge the gjip have lobbied Cot^;tess and the State Month: •ni and ClevdatKl, ^^en I woiiced in between the GLB communities and L^slatute. In my youtfa I ^ovas active sales fot Eastman Kodak Co. Inl978 the Ttansgender communities. I am with the Boy Scouts, and have joked Community Center Mara Pawlikowski I moved back to die Rochestet atea. heartened by the fsct that mote and that they helpedmake tne tfaewotnan I was fottutiate to have ass^ntnents mote people ate using the wotd I am today. In tmth, they wete agteat Information at Kodak diat allowed me to travd Ttansgender dong with Gay Les I positive influence on me, and I am GAGyCommunit)rC«nter. 179At- Board Pr«*id«nt: Shiri«y Bow«n the woikl, whete I was able to btoaden bian Bisexual, ot the shottet GLBT. pained by thdr cunent poddons and hmlcAv».Rod.««-N.Y. I4607-I2S5. Ex««utiy« DIractor: Rob G«lder my undetstanding of othet cultutes While saying Gay Lesbian Bisexud I started coming out about 12 yeats with the ttansgender community in polides. ^"^^^Hl^ enter phone: Progrmm Director: T.ny. (716)244^4640 Smolinsky «»>.-... and people. and Ttansgendeted is sometimes a ago as ttansgendeted. 1 self-identify Rochester and nationally. Wfay ia commuidty sesvice im- moudifol, it is itnponantto be indu as a tianssexud womazi. Coming out What do you foet ate the moat EmptiFeieMtphone:(7t6)244.9030 Empty Clo«et Editor Su«« **The best thit^ I have dofse in my pofftatit to you? Mara Pawiikowsld moved to Roches GAGV: How and in what ca- sive, atid I txiiss it when it is not said. for me, as fot snany othet GLBT impottatit things the GAGV does GAGV/EC fiw: (716)244,8246 j«Sm ment. I truly enjoyed working with lifo b meeting and mattying my wifo I was tau^t that it is impottant to ter from Binghamton, N.Y. in Febru pacides have you volunteered I also think Queet is a good indusive fot aad with the community? these terrific folks. atid lifo pattnet Sue. who I love vety petsons, has been a process, not a give sotnedung back to sodety, and S!?*^;,'!^,S^!i!^*1I ^"^"^ ""^'^^ Coordinator: ary, 2001 and began her cotning out wotd diat we should use mote. EC email: empt)[email protected] PattyHayes with the GAGV? GAGV: What would you aay to much. We have two grown daugb- onetitne event. I have reached a point I think the GAGV does a number I hope that doing my litde bit will, in process then. Soon after, she joined GAGV Web site: Executive Assistant: Joseph MP: I first volunteered for the others to encourage thetn to get tets, who live out-of- town,of^)diom What comnoittees and piofects now whete I am comfortable with of impottant things, which is why I some small way, hdp to make this a www.gayalliance.org OToole the Rochester Women's Conununity GAGV at last summer^s Picnic and myself and h2ppy and open about am ptoud to be a membet. Atnong involved witfa (»gatiizations Uke I am vety proud. Sue desetvcs alotof have 3^u wotked on? better wodd fot aH people. Carter hour«MonyThur,.. 10 am-9 Mee^g space is »l,.M^ac«ssibk. Chorus and is currendy in her second had a gteat time. Then after enjoy being me. I wish I had done it much them bdng the Speakets Buteau, the the GAGV? credit fot hangingin diete as I wodced I am a member of the foiance What would j^u aay m some pm; Fri. 10 am.6 pm. Boani.„ttt, /«,«/ WtA^sd^, 7p.m. season with thc Choms. She also en ing the Women's Movie Night as a eatliet in lifo, but better late than Picnic,SweetheattBanand ThtEtttpty MP: It gives me a sense of accom out my gendet identity issues. We cotnmittee, the budget subcomtnit- one vdm Is thltifcing of |oinliig ibe joys many other activities in d\c gay partidpant, I b^an co-hosting about never. My involvements with the Ctttset^ to name a few. plishment knowing that even small have been together for 37 yeats now, tee and the search committee for a board? please call Tanya at thc GAGV at community, induding attending the fburnionths ago. And most recendy, GAGV and before that the Lambda Whete would you like to see the Take the Next efforts help further the work of this so I diink we will make it I enjoy new Executive Director. Do id You will work with gteat 244-8640. ImageOut Film Festival, thc GAG\'^s I CO-facilitated the Breaking the Ice Network at Kodak have played a big Alliance in 10 years' time? organization. Helping out in differ 'Walking, biking travel, reading and What waa the comitig out pto people and be a patt of something Step this Feb. Triangle Talk book discussion series, Group (with Tanya Smolinsky, I would hope that in 10 yeats The ent ways continues to further my foUowing cuttent events." cess like for you aa a part in hdping me reach this point, you can be proud of, and tiiat docs January Triangle and Wild Wimmin theater produc GAGV Program Director). as has my continued participation GAGV would bc bigger and better. The Next Step Group is schedvded to persond growth, and gives me a gteat How long have you been a transgendered individual? make a difference. tions. GAGV: What have you found begin in eariy February. It will meet Talk to mark Tth community to keep coming out in. GAGV: When did you fitst be to be particularly rewarding And everythitig I do here, dther as a Coordinator. Mr. Evertz haa shown service otganizations. for six consecutive weeks on Thurs year, as far too many ''hams" have ProLife Alliance anniversary come acquainted with the GAGV? about volunteering with the volunteer or as a participant, allows Women's Hiking his leadership capabilities as Presi For more information about day evenings at the GAGV Commu access to a huge viewing audience. Triangle Talk, jointiy co-sponsored MP; I first learned about thc GAGV? me to meet many wonderful people! We have a gtowii^ number of gteat of Gays and dent of Wiscotxsia Log Cabin Re PLAGAL, contact P.O. Box 33292, nity Center, which is located just north * Be sure to call in and say heUo as yoxi by Borders and the Gay Aiiiance, will GAGV when I was researching GAGV: Mara, thank you ao ladies joining our monthly hikes. publicans and as Public Policy Ad Washington, DC 20033. Td; 202- of the Monroe/Paric Ave. area. MP: Volunteering has been so make your contribution to WXXI be cdebrating its seventh anniver Rochester on the internet as a pos much. You have teally done a wide Thete are always new women joining Lesbians vocate in the Wisconsin State Gov 223 6697. FAX: 202-265-9737. The group is open to gay men, positive for me! Working at the and Public Broadcasting in Roches sary on Monday, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m., sible new home. I called to chat about variety of things in a vety short us... a great way to meet others. It's with great joy that we tell you that ernment for people with HIV/AIDS Internet: PLAGALONE@aoLcom lesbians, bisexual and transgender GAGV Picnic was a lot of fun; the tcr. with a dessert and coffee teception in gay resources in Rochester and time. Yout efforts ate far from We keep it teal casual. We* re open Ptesident Bush announced Scott and has worked with many AIDS individuds who want to take thdr atmosphere was so festive. Movie www.plagal.org the Borders Espresso Bar, followed among other things leamed about to ali ages and hiking abilities. Mom, Evertz as the AIDS czar to the White next step in thdr own coming out Night is dways a good time and I've small and teally have helped us all by the book discussion at 7 p.m. The Empty Clostt I picked up my first Bassically bring your kids because they make it House. process, whether they have been out met some really nice people there. do mote than \ire could poaaibly January's featured sdection is Cottt- issue on a scouting trip and have accomplish without people like even better. For more information, He will have responsibilities not for years or are just newly coming Being a CO-facilitator was a wonder Treblemakers piete^QmeerzA Gay ^Lesbiatt Ettcyclo- found it to be a fantastic resource yourself wfao ate willitig ta give call Doniu Kearney at 442-6399. only with domesnc issues involving out. Through facilitated discussions, ful learning experience and contrib We just finished our rehearsals ^ to ptdia by Steve Hogan and Lee ever since. theit titne. Coming up July 6 —July 14,2002, AIDS but intemationd issuesas well. interactive exercises, and joumd uted greatiy to my own develop prepare for the holiday season, so Hudson. The discussion leader is \jz is our Hawaiian Advenmrd Seats are What makes this great for PLAGAL writing, the two leaders for the group There are severd sp>edd events look for us around town, including at Pierce, professor at MCC. Smolinsky, "people such as Pamela food and festivosity! limited. Going fast. Come with us! is that he is a staunch pro-lifer as will help partidpants identify their this month. On Dec. 9, Todd Plank the Business Fomm Holiday Patty The series, which began in 1975, Barres, co-facilitator for the Roches Group will be happening Dec. 23 We're going to have a blast. For wdi. It is not too late to write a letter own strengths and resources that will will be coming to group to talk about on Dec. 13 (6-7 p.m.) at Gateway focuses on books of parricular inter ter Transgender Group, Mary Lynne and 30 for those w^ho could use a infotmation, call Sue Ann at 442- by snail mail to President Bush thank enable them to achieve their per Vickers, member of PFLAG. Jenni how each of us can develop our full Poster and Framing. Members will est to the gay, lesbian, bisexud and break from the family and all the 8900 X208 or Donna Kearney at ing him for appointing Scott Evertz sonal gods, whether it be feding fer Gravitz, lawyer and RIT profes potentid to reach our gods in life. ako be helping out the CHN/Xerox cransgender cotnmunity, and is held holiday craziness. 442-6399. to the post of Nationd AIDS Policy more comfortable with their sexud sor, and Lee Carson, Project Coordi Last time Todd came we had a blast Holiday Shopping event on Dec. 1 at Borders, across from Marketplace If you have ideas to share or just orientarion or gender identity, com nator at MOCHA." and this time will be no different! with shopping, wrapping, and deliv Mall on the last Monday of every need to talk to someone, give me a ing out at work or to family, or fed Our annud Youth Group Holi ery of gifts. month. Thc first book discussion To recdve infonnation on upcom call at 244-8640 or drop me an e- ing more integrated into thc gjbt com day Party will bc Dec. 16 during After the holidays, we will resume drew 139 people. Neariy 1,800 people ing book discussions, please contact mail, [email protected]! munity. regular group time! Don your gay rehearsals with a Dixie/jazz/swing have attended a Triangle Talk in the Tanya at 244-8640 or check the Happy Holidays, everyone! '*This is by far our most popular appard and come join us for fbn. type music based on instrumenta past seven years, averaging 25 people GAGV web site at support group. For severd years, wc tion. Rehearsals will start up onjan. at each event www.gaydliancc.org. have had to offer two sessions in 14. All wind and percussionists ate "Triangle Tdk is one of the order to meet the demand," expldns Youth Group to encouraged to join. For more infor GAGV*s most successful collabora Tanya Smolinsky, Program Direc mation, please call JP Huntet (325- tions andmostsuccessfulprograms," party on Dec. 16 tor. "It is great for us to be able to Holiday Hours 5793) ot Tim at (242-0237). Happy says Tanya Smolinsky, GAGV Pro offer a group that is so much needed Holidays! Q^^^i/e^ (^5^^ gram Director. "Our presence at By Patty Hayes in the community." Borders on a monthly basis for the Let it snow! Are you 14-20 years oid The GAGV Community Center will be Rainbow Gospel The fee for the group is on a slid past seven years has consistendy and looking for a place to har^ out closed on Dec 24, 25. 28. 29 and Jan. I. ing scde from 135 to $60 for all six given visibility to gay, lesbian, bi this winter? Come check out the Our hours will be 10 aem. *- 5 p.m. Choir sessions. However, no one will be sexud and transgender issues in a GAGV Youth Group, which meets Antiques turned away because of litnited in every Simday from 2 to 4 pjn. at the on Dec 26. 27 and 31. The Rochestet Rainbow Choit will mdnstream environment. come; a number qf scholarships are Alliance Building, and the Youth of present a ooncert ofholiday music on Complete Floral **The success of Triangle Talk is available to those individuds who Color Group which meets evety Tues Satutday, Dec 22 at 7:30 p.tn. at largely due to the extremdy tdented Wishing you ali the best of the season Collectibles csn't afford the full price. Pre-regis day ftom 3 to 5 p.m. at dte MOCHA Immanud Baptist Chutdi, 815 Patk and diverse group of people who from the Gay Alliamce board and staff! tration is required. For more infor Project Offices, 25 FrankHn St, Suite Ave. Gifts volunteer thdr time to lead each mation or to register for the group. 1060. The choit will be perfotming Balloons month's discussion," continues "Joy!," a collection of Christmas Gift Baskets music, bodi new and traditional, set WOMEN'S in a gospd style. Thomas Watfidd Are you interested in reducing MOVIE NIGHT will be featured as specid guest att Scoh Holberton - Antiques Next Step Group ist. The concett is free and open to Bm Briggs - Flond Homophobia die public. for gay, iesbian, bi and Mjg^n s Stars Coffeehtmse and Heterosexism? n ,.•••• ' • ' • • : {• : A ••; V I. , The Rochestet Rainbow Gospd 4419 Lake Ave transgender people wanting to Choir is an indusive, intetdenomi- Kochester NY 14612 nadond choir that petfotms music Ownn: BttkAm Miekgh On Saturday, March 2, join other like-minded take the next step in their in a gospd styk. Singets ate wd (near Chariotte Beach) people at the GAGV Communitjf Center for a * come tegatdless of sexud oiietita- Open7Day8 aWeek 3-hour worksh<»p that will provide you with new coming out process. 7ti40eiw»[WBMliitl strategies to reduce homophobia and tion or church affiliation. Fot mote 663-2990 BMWbNMrVnk14n o Six-week group scheduled to begin in eauiy infotmation about tfae choit ot the heterosexism in your community. concert, caB 271-8478 ot e-mail at V/here you're treated Vkefiimify * C/l mamMim February. For nrtore information and to rainbowchoit@liotxnaiLcom. For mors informstlon and to regbtsr, Mmtkm Ihte ad «id receive 15 % dtocoiim on any flofri or bdkxjn deHvwy csn Tanym at tha GAGV at 244-8*40. register, call Tanya at the GAGV at 244-8640. A prograw of tha C>y AWanca of the Csnasas VaSay. A program of tho Gay Alliance of tha Ganasee Valley. V ill. , L • LJ ""f '•> -W.T' —*'<-'• •i^»\«HS«C-) i-^LMrm W.W.** •*.'*t n *T«t*t^it^.*r«r'*.m.-«tv»-m.'"'ii*r*T'w'*j*-^ii, ^k^^*.*!. -^.^^^^ak^bi L'^k.*!lt'^i«»3h.aikw * ^^•^m^i '* » "^V* . -rf" %. v_ Qutter got you down? I will ANNOUNCEMENTS clean and organize your basement, Vi^unteer for the Enq>ty Ooset. attic, garage or house and find space READ GAY UBERATION Wc deed reporter, reviewers, lay you never knew you had. Will build ^^ *^4fi(!w««» '7 »-••».- .**-«*•• HV l!SAAL!lL«A.V?M«^i e«ew ^^*». *». ^, ^. ^fc •»* **^ T HJ^^WM p,y -^ ",i*s- BIS * A AA»'f ti * l^t'f 'h. BI9 **x^ »\ J- -T « » a^-K-4: :r.;y.. « In the Life. National TV MONDAY 14 newsmagazine, 11 pm on WXXI. Baaaically Txebteaiakers re- COAF Trick Breakfast. 10 am. bearaala start for jazz/swing con The ONGOrNG Calendar CaU Tom, 454-3609. cert. Forinformation call JP Hunter FRIOAY 21 Rehearsals each Wednesday, 6130-9 Latino Miasicm ^ Dec. 6: Latke party Ibr Jevirish at 325-5793 or Tim Rhoads at 242- SUNDAY Come Out and Play. Business pm, CaU k>t location. 234-4441. Winter Solstice. More Light Siqyport Groi^ meetifig last Mondays, 7 pm, Second and fourth Thursdays, Third 0 CBLT Group. 0237. Gay Alliance of the Geneaee ' Presbytetian Church. 7 pm. COAP Cookie Party. 3 pm. CaU TUESDAY 15 for gay and lesbian peof^e and GAGV Community Center, 179 At Dec 14, IS: RGMC concert. lantic Ave. Tom M., 454-3609. VaUey board of ditectots Meet- GLOB&L Keith, 546-4717. ftiends, 12:15 pm, last Sundays. it^ second Wednesdays, 7 pm, Dec 22: Joy! Rainbow Gospel Choir. Eflopiy Cloaet deadline. Ar Downtown Unit^ Presbyterian American Baptists Concerned (Gays atid Lesbians of Bausch & SUNDAY 22 179 Adantic Ave. 244-8640. Lomb). Meets every diird Thursday P^^ De& 31: New Year's Eve pertiea. ticles, letters to editor, classifieds, Church, 121 N. fntzhtwh St. 271- Third Mondays, 7:30 jMn. Webster Gay Alcoholica Anonymous Joy! Christmas Gospel Concert, ad space reservation, non-camera- 1608. House, 57 Ambrose St. 442-5486. in Area 67 conference room at tlie 7 pm, Unitatian Churdi, 220 Winton Optic Center. Voice maU 338-8977. 7:30 pm., Immanuel Baptist Church, ready ads, for February issue. 244- Parents and Frienda Unbroken Threads testing. GAGV, 179 Adantic Ave,, Krst, dtird Mondays, 7-9 pm, Rd. Rodieater Gay Men's Chofua 815 Park Ave. Rochester Rainbow 9030. of Leabians and Gays (PFLAG) Support Gtot^ for Parenta noon to 4 pm. CaU for appointment 2:30-5 pm. Last Sunday. CaU for GAGV, 179 Adantic Ave. Downtown United Presbyterian Gospel Choir and soloists including WEDNESDAY 16 Who Have Lost Children I oil 11 ii: Ml Kin, MAin MOM ns oi DEC.-JAN and infomiation: 1-800-962-5063; location: 234-0156 Triage Talk. Church, 121 N. Htzhi«h St 7-9-,30 Thomas Warfield. Free. NYSDoH anonymoua HIV First, third Wednesdays, 11 am- pm 423-0650. TDD: (716)423-8120. Dignity-Integrity LGBT book discussion series. Last 12:30 pm. Third Presbyterian SATURDAY I AIDS Day concen, 7:30 pm. School Group. For info and to RSVP caU MONDAY 24 testing* Noon- 4 pm, GAGV 5 pm, St. Lukc's/St, Simon Cytene Monday, Borders Books & Music, Ftee confidential waOc-tn HIV THURSDAY 13 Church, 4 Meigs St. Sponsored by testing Lighting tbe Spirit: a ofthe Arts, 45 Prince St. Admission Jennifer at 241-0172. Christmas Eve worship service. Community Center, 179 Adantic Church, 17 S. Fitzhu^ St Every 7^-8:30 pm. Co-sponsored by Genesee Region Home Care. Free. Business Forum (GRGLBF) GAGV. Ftee. Every Thursday ni^t, 5-9 pm, Community's Reflection on Liv $10, to benefit chUdren witth HIV in SATURDAY 8 Open Arms MCC, 175 Norris Drive, Ave. 1-800-962-5063; TDD: Sunday. 234-5092. 325-1880. Holiday Party, 6-7 pm. Gateway Open Arms Metropolitan HIV Positive Gay Men Support AIDS Rochester, 1350 University BrazU. Entire Bears potluck. 6:30 pm, 11 pm. (716)423-8120. Frontrunners/Frontwalkers Ave. 442-2220. ing with HIV/AIDS. Photo ex Poster and Framing, 277 N. Community Church groi^ hibit by local amateur and profes Entire Bears Christinas Party. GAGV Community Center* 179 At TUESDAY 25 THURSDAY 17 6 pm run/walk; meet Geotge MOCHA movie ni^it Goodman St. 175 Norris Drive, Cobbs HilL Every Monday night AIDS Roch Eastman House parking lot. 271- sional photognq>hers on the Uves of CaU 234-3381 forinformation. landc Ave. Bring dish to share. Christmas Day. COAP Golden Dynaaty. 7 pm. 10:30 am., 6:30 pm 271-8478. ester, 1350 University Ave. 442- Second Thursdays, 6L30 pm. MO FRIDAY 14 2709. CHA Project, 25 Franklin St, Suite area people Uving with HIV/AIDS. Rocester Wonien's Conunu Theme: ItaUan. WEDNESDAY 26 Call Jim, 482-5031. > Gay Men*s Alcoholics Anony- 2220x3051. Rochester Gay Men's Chorus Gteen Party (political) En^yitc Beats 1060.420-1400. Runs through Jan. 2,2002. Center at nity Chorus, "HoUday Swing,** at 8 SUNDAY 9 COAP: Doug's Discount Dash. Silver Thfcada. Celebration for nK>us First Wednesdays, 7:30 pm, ''Celdc Celebradon". 8 pm. Down St. Luke's/St Simon Cytene . Second Mondays, 7 pm, GAGV Country Une dandfig pm, Hochstein School ofMusic, 50 Native American Winter Festi 6 pm. CaU Doug, 248-3166. GAGV Community Center, 179 At Mudiers, 6-9 pm, first and third High FaUs Art GaUery, 60 Browns town United Presbyterian Church, lesbians over 50, through Jan. 21. Church, 17 S. Btzhugh St. 8:30 pm, Community Center, 179 Atlantic N. Plymouth Ave. val, sponsored by Friends of SUNDAY 30 Ave. 234-6470. Adantic Ave. Thursdays. CaU Kevin, 325-6745. Race. To benefit Positively AUvc, 121N. Fitzhuj^ St. Tickets: advance St. Pete Beach, Fla. Reservations 232*6720. Second, fourth Sundays. SUNDAY 2 Ganondagan. RAPA School of Per Empire Bears brunch, Runds BasaicaUy Treblenoakers Tranagender Group FRIDAY HART group for HIV + women. $12;atdoor$14;senior/student$10. due by Dec. 10. 800-237-8916; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Third Wednesdays, 6:30-9 pm, Open Arms MCC. Service for forming Arts, 727 E. Main St. For on thc Ridge, 1 pm. 234-3381, and Friends Association Reheatsals, 4:30-6:30 pm. Evety Women'a Trivia Nigjht. World AIDS Day worsh^ ser Barrier-fi^ce, interpreted for the deaf. (727)360-701 1; Mondlay. For location caU Tim» GAGV Community Center, 179 Seoond Ftidays, GAGV Comtnunity Worid AIDS Day, 11 am, 175 Norris time caU 742-1690. MONDAY 31 (GLBFA) AtlanticAve. vice. 6-8:30 pm, 250 Samuel McCree Advance tickets at 423-0650; cmaU SILVERTREDS@aoLcom 242-0237. Center, 179 Altantic Ave., 7 pm. Drive. 271-8478. MONDAY 10 Empire Bears New Year's Eve U. of Rochester. Sundays, 5 pm, NYS Depattment of Heahh Way. Speakers include Dr. Michael [email protected]. SUNDAY 20 Morey 401. 275-9379. E-mail: TUESDAY Women's Movie Nig^t Keefer, HIV/AIDS CUnical Triak WEDNESDAY 5 Hunuui Rights Day* Candlelight Party. For detaUs caU Beariine at Atlantic Five 0 Anonymoua HIV Testing Third Fridays, 7 pm, GAGV Com SATURDAY 15 COAP brunch. 10 am. Cali ^[email protected] tcr.edu Third Wednesdays, GAGV Com j^ New Way of Looking at For vigU at 5 pm at Sister Cities Bridge, 234-3381. GAGV Youth Group Gay men 50 and over. Second munity Center, 179 Atlantic Ave. Vaccine Unit ofU.R.; Barry Walston, Georgia Beers book signing, at Doug and Shawn, 248-3166. Tuesdays, 7 pm, GAGV Commu munity Center, 179 Adantic Ave. SATURDAY Communities of Color Coordinator/ giveness. Talk by Roscanne W. 5:30 poduck supper, foUowed at 6:45 Color Outside the Line Crew MONDAY 21 Ages 14-21. Every Sunday, 2-4 pm, THURSDAY Pride Connection, 782 South Ave. GAGV Community Center, 179 nity Center, 179 Adantic Ave. 461- Rochester Rams bar nigfit Third Division of HIV Prevention, Critchlow, Wayne Co. Services Di by program. Downtown United Pres New Year's Eve Patty. 9 pm- 2 am, Empty Cloaet deadline. Cam 0821. Presbyterians for Lesbian Samrday. 8 pm-2 am. Bachelor Fo rector, Cancer Action Inc. 7 pm, byterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh 1-3 pm. D'Andrca's Party House. For infor Adantic Ave. 244-8640, and Gay Concems NYSDOH; Rev. Ardiur Boyd, CEO era-ready ads, photographs, for Rainbow Anuiteur Radio Assoc. Orieans Rainbow Feliowshj^ rum, 470 University Ave. 271-6930. Colgate Rochester Divinity School St. Rochester Gay Men's Chorus mation caU Jackie or Minnie WiU 6:30 pm, first Thursday. For loca Frontrunners/Frontwalkers Group Ministries, Inc., pastor/ *H>ldc Celebration". 8 pm, DUPC, Feb. EC. 244-9030. Finger Lakes chapter. Support/social group, meets sec tion caU RaJ^h, 271-7649. Auditorium, 1100 S. Goodman St. Dignity Integrity Christmas iams, 482-4945. Business meeting/lunch. Call Bob, ond Tuesdays, 7 pm. For location 9 am run/walk. Meet Geotge teacher. Second Chance Ministries, 121 N. 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The store also stocks jewelry and all Tdesirable and even unique items at comparatively low gp to people*s homes or to their stands in markets. I want them kinds of accessories. Thc Step Apart look is sporty yet urban, prices. Some of the stores, such as Animas Traders and One to set the prices, not mc — wc in this country are so wealthy casual yet thc opposite of grunge. Worid Goods, feature intemadonal crafts, compared to folks in other countries. Since At Firehouse 15, 715 Monroe Ave., owner Mark BoUman with an emphasis on treating Third Worid ^'We try to keep it I go to the families that make these, I cut says he stocks "Whatever floats our boat Where wc go is where artisans faidy, and avoiding middlemen's affordable. The market's out all levels of middlemen. In touristy fotm, fim and function meet.. an3rthing that's counterculture mark-ups. been a Uttle weird, but spots and major cides in Ladn America, has been working quite well for us. A litde mix of retro and First stop on the £^C shopping tour is you'd bc paying more than you do in my aggro — riot grrl, cocktail culture, DJ culture, anything that's The Ptide Connection at 728 South Ave. if we can't afford it, we store." on the fringe." in the Southnxredge. Now under the own can't expect you to." Animas Traders stocks beaudful, imagi- BoUman adds, "What's reaUy been hot property is product ership of John White, Harry Bronson and " iAark BoUman nadve ceramics, wood carvings, tnetal- lines Ukc *Dirty Giri' toiletries, now movit^ into accessories 'Dawn Corbran, diere have been many owner of Firehouse 15 work, textiles and much more. "I buy Uke purses, and the 'Bad Giri's Guide' series by Cameron changes in the layout of the store, and standard, everyday things that one would Tutde. They're an empowering tool on how to undermine renovatiot^ continue. Thc "book room" is now painted a tich find used by people in Ladn America," Potemkin said. Prices corporate structures and get what 3rou want inside the cubicle shade of dark red, and a big clay "chiminaria" (from Animas range from 25 cents for tiny milagros ("'miracles" — images of — and outside the box, Uke a road guide." Firehouse 15 stocks Traders) holds white candles. The sound of a littic fountain body pans commemorating miraculous healings) to 11,400/ a wide variety of items including candles, soaps, jewelry, cards, sending water over stones cfeates a soothing atmosphere. $1,500 for andque retablos (pre-20th centuiy folk paintings). clothing, children's toys, and colorful star lamps that are one of Dawn said, "We're going for a gallery look, where local artists Just about everything else is under $100, Enormous ceramic the most popular items. can exhibit" (Work by Cheryi Amad Mardn and Mark Groening vases go for almost shockingly low prices. As far as pricing, BoUman says, "We try to keep it affordable. was on display in November). 'We're continously trying to A Step Apart, at 235 expand thc books section! Part of the reason I came on board Park Ave., is at the upper was to add more of a feminine touch to the store, and stock end, pricewise, o£ our more items for women, including sex toys for women in our shopping tour, and ishould upstairs room." sadsfy the urge to splurge Co-owner John White said, "For a long time the store was on designer labels. Owner male oriented, and although we want to keep that clientele, we Cindy GcUer says, "Our also want to be more inclusive of women and even straight \idiole focus is on urban people, who should feel they can get their mom a present here. apparel and brands that We want to be a good spot for local lesbian and gay artists.... previously could only be We've had a lot of things created especially for the store, things fbund in N.Y.C. Our pref that can be found nowhere else in thc world." One example is erence i& fbr fashion with glass picture frames and coasters by Vista Designs. comfort features. It's John said, "We're not just about rainbows and triangles 'sport casual,' not athedc anymore. Wc will keep them, but we want to offer more than gear." Pride stuff. It's a very limited market... We do a lot of research: Favorite designers at A Dawn gets on the Intertiet, aod we scoured all 26 miles of aisles at die New York Gift Fair (a trade fair)." The Pride Connecdon is in many ways an lgbt conimunity center. John White 8aid»"One thingwe^re proudofia that we've seen a lot of youi^ people come in. I ttftned one 17-yeat*old to the GAGVYouth Groups and he got a lot out of it We he^ Above: Cat band from people find out how they can come out in a comfbrtable way." Peru, at One Worid Not far away in the Wedge is the colorful Animaa Tradets, Goods. 975 Soutfa Qinton Ave. (almost hidden l>ehind the Cinema Left: Shoes jby Dalsel Hieatte at the ccunet of Goodman and Clinton). Ownerjaanes and Kanmsth Col^ with HE LOVED YOU FOR FIFTEEit MINUTES Pdteinidn is ft teacher wfao ttsveb to Ladn America (espedaliy Jeans by Datel, at A Mexico) four mondis out of evety year. For at least two of those Seep Apart eig^t weeks he seatcfaes out new r^;ions, and explotea small ir^^gea, and matkets in larger towns where country people gadier to display their wares. Top right: A papier- The arts and crafts availiible at his stote. Potemkin says, macha snowman iodiide items you mi^t not aee ac all in llie ciottfaeastetn U^^ omamant from Ona eifieptinNewYotkCityorBoston. And die ptioes ate £arlower World Goods. Left: at Animas Tradets than in b^ cities, including tfaose in Latin star lamp from ,AmetiaL AH items in die store are Fair Ttaded* meaning tfaat Rrafaousa IS. pckes are set by tfae artisans diemselves, and no sweatafaop labor is involved. 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