IN Step • LesBiCay Wisconsin's Community Newspaper • Founded in 1984 August 20, 1998 • VOL XV, Issue XVII • $2.95 outside of Wisconsin

SECTION ONE: NEWS: Chastity Bono Named AIDS Walk Chair FEATURES: Symbols of Our Pride • WNBA's Diverse Fans PLUS:Anglicans Can't Cope with Gays • NEW OLUMN: Straight Answers • The Latest Dish • Quips & Quotes

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"Freedom of speech has Milwaukee — Chastity Bono, activist, all over Wisconsin go to AIDS Walk Wis- a component The funds raised by the 1998 AIDS where you're free not to writer and daughter of superstar Cher and consin is a lot more impressive to me — speak, you're free Walk Wisconsin will be distributed to 19 not to support somebody. And recently deceased U.S. Rep. Sonny Bono, that's the real heart and soul of this fight that is Wisconsin organizations that do HIV pre- what they based will come to Milwaukee on Sunday, Sep- AIDS." their decision on," Jordan vention programs, AIDS drug trial Lorence, a lawyer for the tember 20, 1998, as Honorary Chair of As the Honorary Chair, Ms. Bono will conservative research and serve men; women and chil- Northstar Legal Center representing speak at the AIDS Walk Breakfast on Sep- the dren affected by HIV and AIDS. students, told the tember 20, and news agency. shortly thereafter, will "We hope that people in Wisconsin speak at the Opening Ceremony to inspire will show that they still care about this ter- walkers. Following, she will cut the start rible epidemic and remember that we are ribbon to begin the walk for the expected all affected by it," said Wolter. "Fundrais- Greer Seeks 10,000 participants. A viewing stand will ing is key to pushing forward toward be set up along the Walk route to give effective treatments and the hope of a cure walkers another opportunity to see Ms. someday." Reinstatement Bono as they proceed along Milwaukee's To register for AIDS Walk Wisconsin lakefront. Madison — The anti-gay firefighter call 800-348-WALK, or register online at who was suspended once for distributing The Breakfast starts at 9:30 a.m. and www.arcw.org. tickets are $50 per person. Reserved tables anti-gay literature at the fire station and for 10 and individuals seats are on sale. To again for issuing a news release critical of purchase tickets or full tables, call 414- the chief has filed suit claiming his free 225-1517. To register for the walk, call Federal Court speech rights were violated. 800-348-WALK. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Ms. Bono is eager to talk about the Court last week by Ron Greer came in HIV/AIDS epidemic and the need to sup- Rules Against response to his firing July 31 for distribut- port AIDS services. She encouraged her ing the critical press release in 1997. He father, Sonny Bono, in his position as rep- had been on suspension since the incident. resentative for the 44th Congressional Greer also seeks a temporary restrain- UW in Gay ing order for an immediate return to District, to support the Ryan White Com- duty prehensive AIDS Resources Emergency pending the outcome of the lawsuit, said Act. As a staff writer at The Advocate mag- Mike Maxwell, the manager of Greer's azine, her memorable interview with her Fees Case campaign for the Republican nomination for Congress. the 9th annual AIDS Walk Wisconsin. mother, Cher, was one of the magazine's Madison — A Federal Court of Greer claims the firing violated his "We are proud that Ms. Bono is com- highest selling covers. Appeals ruled last Monday that the Uni- rights to free speech and due process. ing to Wisconsin. She will bring a power- In the public eye at a very early age, versity of Wisconsin cannot use an indi- The firing came a year after Greer was ful message, especially for young people, Bono often appeared on her parent's tele- vidual's mandatory student activity fee to suspended for issuing the release criticizing about AIDS prevention and the impor- vision show, "The Sonny and Cher Com- finance political groups a student person- Chief Debra Amesqua and alleging a tance of enlisting in the fight against edy Hour," in the early 1970s. She has ally opposes. AIDS," said Lisa Wolter, deputy director recently written a book, Family Outings, cover-up of an assault during training The court sided with three Christian activities. The lawsuit names Amesqua, the of community relations for the AIDS and served as a consultant to, and students who sued the University for using Resource Center of Wisconsin. ARCW appeared on, the television show "Ellen." fire department and the Madison Police mandatory student fees to fund the Les- and Fire Commission as defendants. produces AIDS Walk Wisconsin. Chastity Bono follows Greg Louganis, bian, Gay and Bisexual Campus Center. Greer was suspended another time in According to Bono, "Participating in 1997, Bette Midler, 1996, and Vice-presi- The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in AIDS Walk Wisconsin is important dent Al Gore and Tipper Gore, 1995, as 1997 for distributing anti-homosexual Chicago ruled Madison's use of student material at a fire station. He filed a similar because AIDS does affect people every- AIDS Walk Wisconsin Honorary Chair. fees to fund groups on campus some stu- where in big cities and small towns. You "People should register for AIDS Walk free speech lawsuit over that suspension. dents objected to violated their First GOP nomination hear about the glitzy AIDS fundraisers in Wisconsin right now so they can receive Greer is seeking the Amendment rights to "freedom of belief." in the 2nd District. LA and New York and the celebrities that their pledge packet and have time to col- The three-judge panel said funding of attend. To know that 10,000 people from lect pledges," said Wolter. "Plus we can

Ed Grover's tart commentary column, "The Casual excellent film reviews. In coming issues, look for Observer" will now be seen monthly in IN Step's Q sec- expanded book and music coverage as well. Publishers' Note • tion, alternating with all-new installments of "Juicy Since its inception, IN Step has always been essentially Bits" by W.W. Wells III. a small "mom and pop" [pop and pop?] operation without Freelance entertainment writer Tim Nasson joins IN the benefit large outside investors. For a community-based hen word leaked out several weeks ago that we Step's staff with this issue. Read his interview with talent- publication, we are very proud to have assembled such a planned to merge Q•Voice and In Step, we got ed actress and Ellen gal pal, Anne Heche on page 22 of IN large, experienced and talented writing staff; and we are W plenty of suggestions for a new name... Q•Step? Step's Q Section. Cartoonist Eric Orner's "The Mostly especially grateful for their continued loyalty to IN Step. In Voice? In the end, the choice was simple. You are Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green" appears on Page In coming issues, we pledge to add more names our mast- reading IN Step with Q•Voice shortened to simply the 31 in the Q Section and Rex Wockner's "Quips & Quotes" head in order to better reflect the diversity and talents of letter "Q" which appears on the front page of IN Step's and World News coverage will now be seen IN Step. our community. new arts and entertainment section. The combination is We are very pleased to announce that Julia [Dish] Special thanks also goes to our many advertisers. It truly the best of both worlds. LaLoggia will contribute a regular restuarant review col- is a humbling vote of confidence that so many have Merging of two publications is no small task, even if umn titled, EAT OUT! Kevin John will continue his choosen IN Step for their advertising needs. It reflects those two are housed under the same roof. As publish- positively—not only the evolution of IN Step but the ers, we will now will be able to focus our energies and continued maturing of our community as well. We are talents on a single publication and a single vision. The very grateful for their support and encourage you—our merger climates duplication, cuts our overhead and Mission Statement readers—to patronize and support those businesses and builds a solid foundation for future growth. Most IN Step is committed to providing gay men, organizations which advertise in the pages of IN Step. It importantly, it provides LesBiGay Wisconsin with a lesbians, bisexual and transgendered people with is only through their support that we are able to cele- first-class publication which will better serve the needs authoritative local, regional, national and interna- brate PRIDE with you every issue. our community. tional news. We pledge to provide crucial information In 1999, IN Step will reach another publishing mile- Much thought and consideration has been given to the on the HIV/AIDS pandemic and health issues, to stone when we enter our fifteenth year of serving Wis- format and direction of the new IN Step. While the publi- provide unparalleled coverage of the arts and enter- consin's LGBT community with professionalism and cation will not retain the Q•Voice name, it will continue tainment scene, to include incisive editorials and integrity. We can think of no better way to show our Q• Voices commitment to the arts—and the community— columns addressing issues of importance to the queer PRIDE than to work to give you a publication you can with the in-depth interviews and profiles that helped make community and to serve the needs of our advertisers. truly be proud of. Q•Voice so unique. It will also keep the positive Q•Voice Soon entering our fifteenth year ofpublishing, we Speaking of Pride, this is our PRIDE Issue! We've attitude which so many of you found refeshing, as well as hope to bring our journalistic excellence, passion for got plenty of coverage in our Q Section along with an it's eye catching photography and graphic design. justice and truth, and commitment to a wider audi- easy to read schedule of Pride events. We look forward All the popular features and columnists from both ence. To present news and information of interest to to seeing you at the festival, and encourage you to tell publications will remain. [Richard] Waswo will con- our readers fairly and objectively and to the best of the us what you think of the new IN Step. tribute his personality profiles and interviews of local ability of our talented and experienced staff Jorge L. Cabal and nationally recognized artists. In addition, he will William Attewell provide reviews of the local art scene.

L6AAugust zo—Septembet 3, 1998 • IN Step Dane County Becomes "County of Tolerance" by Christopher Ott joked that he wished the Board could do something NEWS WIRE of the IN Step Staff about corn and soybean prices as well, said, "We would appreciate the County of Dane saying that it Madison — The Dane County Board of Super- supports us as much as we support it." Nevada Men Freed After Boy visors voted Aug. 6 to adopt a "county of tolerance" Madison resident Justin Mulaire responded to resolution in response to anti-gay billboards. the objection that passing the resolution would Recants 8-Year-Old Charges Following a similar move by the Madison City infringe on the First Amendment rights to free RENO and Jay Manning, Council on July 7, the resolution states that Dane speech of anti-gay activists. "The First Amendment — Jack Broam jailed for the County is a "county of tolerance" and that "all peo- does not prevent the County Board from having an past eight years on sodomy charges, have been freed after ple, including gays and lesbians, have a right to live opinion," Mulaire said. the boy, who is now 17 years old, told a court that his moth- in peace as valued members of the family which In addition to its call for tolerance, the resolu- er had forced him to accuse the two — including Broam makes up our community." tion affirms that the county "values free speech and who is his father — of sexually assaulting him nearly 50 Both resolutions came in response to billboards freedom of religion and encourages respectful, non- times during one evening. posted in and around Madison earlier in the summer threatening, and mature dialogue." The youth, whose name was not released because he is by the organization Wisconsin Christians United. After comments from the public, county super- a juvenile, told the court his mother had locked him in a visors spoke, and a few raised questions about "sin- room and starved him to coerce him into making the accu- gling out" gays and lesbians. Supervisor Tom Claud- sations. "The First Amendment does er, who voted for the resolution, stated that the county didn't have to follow the decision of the Alabama Legislator: not prevent the County Board Madison City Council. He said that after his daughter heard about the "city of tolerance resolu- HIV+ = Viagra- from having an opinion." tion," she asked him, "Dad, why is it just gays and lesbians? Why isn't it everybody?" BIRMINGHAM — The hands-down award for "legisla- The billboards stated, "Homosexuality is not a fam- Supervisor Regina Rhyne defended the resolu- tor with too much time on his hands" has probably got to ily value. Homosexuality is a sin." The Dane Coun- tion, saying, "Some people say it's just about gays and go to Alabama state lawmaker Larry Sims who says he'll and ty resolution refers specifically to the billboards lesbians, but I never got that impression." Rhyne also be introducing proposed legislation to ban doctors in the states, "An attack on any of our citizens is an attack called for a roll-call vote on the resolution so that the state from prescribing the anti-impotence drug Viagra for on the Dane County community as a whole." votes of each supervisor would be recorded. men who have HIV or any other sexually transmitted dis- After more than an hour of public comments and Supervisor John Hendrick, a sponsor of the res- statements by members of the County Board, the vote ease. olution, pointed out that the resolution repeatedly Sims admitted he didn't actually have any proof, but was 31-2, with two abstentions and four absences. refers to all the county's citizens and mentions gay insisted he was "reasonably sure" one physician in the state The Board moved quickly through other busi- and lesbians only once. In the context of the anti- with HIV. ness before getting to the resolution, which drew gay billboards, Hendrick said, "That reference is lit- had prescribed Viagra for a man who is infected about thirty supporters to the evening meeting. tle enough." Sims said his legislation — when he introduces it — Eleven Dane County residents spoke in favor of the After the vote, former Supervisor Dick Wagner would apply even if the patient is married. resolution, and more than twenty registered in sup- pointed out that the County Code of Ordinances port of it. No members of the public spoke against was first amended to include non-discrimination on New Zealander with AIDS the resolution or registered in opposition. the basis of sexual orientation in 1980 during his Dick Wagner, who served as a member of the first term on the Board, and that this made it easier Returns to U.S. for Benefits County Board for 14 years and as its chairman for to pass the statewide gay-rights bill in 1982. "I was four, read a passage from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The SAN FRANCISCO — Christopher Arnesen, a New very pleased that it passed overwhelmingly," Wagn- Zealand man who has AIDS, had defied federal laws against Scarlet Letter." He said, "Some people in this society er said of the new resolution. would still apply a scarlet letter to others," and said foreigners with HIV from entering the country and returned that it is difficult enough to be openly gay without fac- to San Francisco where he lived from 1966 to 1994. ing anti-gay billboards. "Every day we have to find Arnesen, 56, was a legal permanent resident and out... how brave we will be," Wagner said. worked and paid taxes during his nearly 30-year stay in the Mark Porter, a resident of Rutland who first U.S. In 1994 he was mistakenly told by the government that he had to file for Social Security benefits from New Zealand and he moved back to his homeland — only to dis- Leader Trent Lott and House Conn.) said, "I speak strongly cover that he could not get his U.S. benefits except by liv- Majority Leader Dick Armey - in my outrage that some on my ing in the U.S. House had publicly condemned side of the aisle - my leaders in -HIV law, Arnesen homosexuality as "a sin." And particular — have sought to But because of the federal anti despite approval by the Foreign make this a political issue." delayed returning to the U.S. out of fears he would be Bristles and Relations Committee, Lott has Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.), arrested and deported until now. refused to allow a Senate vote the only openly gay Republican Arnesen's attorneys say as a permanent resident their on the nomination of openly in the House, said, "A vote on client isn't subject to the anti-HIV exclusion law. Nixes gay philanthropist Jim Hormel Hefley will be simply saying ... The Immigration and Naturalization Service met Arne- as the U.S. ambassador to Lux- that discrimination on sexual sen at San Francisco International Airport when he embourg. orientation is OK. Do you returned, but has scheduled a hearing to make a prelimi- Anti-Gay But in this latest anti-gay want that?" nary determination about his status. attack, 63 Republicans rejected Even some ultra-conserva- Hefley's proposal and crossed tive Republicans like Rep. Lawmakers Want Medicaid party lines to vote against the Dana Rohrabacher of Hunting- Measure measure. Only 15 Democrats ton Beach, Calif., rejected Expanded to Include HIV backed the measure to prevent Hefley's proposal. "Homosexu- by Keith Clark spending any federal funds als are taxpayers, too, and WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sixty-eight House members of the IN Step Staff to enforce the Clinton execu- deserve an even break in are asking in a letter to Donna Shalala that the Health and Washington, D.C. — After tive order. employment in a federal gov- Human Services Secretary expand Medicaid to cover peo- a long string of anti-gay attacks Hefley had insisted that his ernment that they pay taxes ple who are infected with HIV. from the Republican congres- measure wasn't an anti-gay pro- for," Rohrabacher said. Current regulations limit Medicaid coverage to those sional leadership and far-right posal but was "about the misuse In a press statement follow- who meet financial requirements and have been diagnosed conservatives, the House finally of executive order" and Presi- ing the House vote, President with AIDS or otherwise declared disabled. But the law- decided Aug. 5 that enough was dent Clinton "who wants to leg- Clinton said, "This vote reflect- makers want Shalala to expand coverage so HIV-positive too much and rejected an patients can have broader access to expensive new protease attempt to gut a presidential anti-bias executive order. "Homosexuals are taxpayers, too, and inhibitors that can cost up to $15,000 a year. The House voted 252-176 Shalala can expand Medicaid's coverage if she can show to reject a proposed measure by deserve an even break in employment that doing so is "cost neutral." Rep. Joel Hefley (R-Colo.) to The lawmakers — who are also supported by Vice Pres- effectively negate an executive in a federal government..." ident Al Gore — say expanding the coverage will help keep order by President Clinton bar- patients healthier longer and therefore reduce costly hospi- ring civilian employment dis- islate and rule by executive fiat." ed the values of our nation. The talizations. crimination based on sexual ori- At the same time, however, American people believe in fair- Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.) made a similar recom- entation in the executive branch Hefley charged that Clinton's ness, not discrimination." mendation to Shalala after the U.S. Supreme Court in June of the federal government. executive order would have ruled that people with HIV are covered by federal anti-bias Just a week before the applied affirmative action laws based on disability regardless of the state of their House had approved by a slim remedies to gays and lesbians in two-vote margin a measure that the federal workforce, includ- health otherwise. would deny the city of San ing mandatory hiring quotas. Daniel Zingale, head of AIDS Action, said the current Francisco millions of dollars in But a number of House policy is badly flawed. "The problem is that under the cur- federal housing funds because Republicans weren't buying rent Medicaid rules, you have to have full-blown AIDS of its year-old domestic part- Hefley's arguments and spoke before you can have access to AIDS-preventing drugs," ners ordinance. For months against the proposal during the Zingale said. "If traffic safety regulations followed this before, a number of GOP lead- floor debate. approach, you'd put the airbags in the car after it crashes." ers - including Senate Majority Rep. Christopher Shays (R-

IN Step • August zo—September 3, 1998 L7A DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CHURCH 15? S.F. Expands Domestic Partner Law An open invitation to all... Despite Congressional Pressure Lutherans Celebrating Diversity by Kim Curtis to create a war," said Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Associated Press Writer who represents San Francisco. And not long before that, Senate San Francisco (AP) — Without a hint Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., — of objection, San Francisco politicians who likened homosexuality to a treatable have passed an ordinance that strengthens Helping to Heal condition like alcoholism or kleptomania the rights of gay and lesbian couples — said it was unlikely that San Francisco despite congressional pressure that may philanthropist James Hormel would have already cost the city millions. Broken Spirits become the nation's The first openly gay ordinance — which Mayor ambassador. Willie Brown says he will sign — will Still, the expansion of the domestic make San Francisco the nation's only city partner benefits law caused hardly a flut- ELCA — Evangelical Lutheran Church of America that demands private businesses offer ter in the city. It is backed by the domestic partners any customer dis- San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and counts they extend to married couples. the Small Business Network, and has Join Cross Church and other "With this vote, San Francisco con- faced little opposition from business tinues its forward thinking on issues pro- owners. Leno could not name a company congregations for the PrideFest Parade, moting diversity, despite the conservative in the city that would have to change its movement making its way through the ways. "It makes good business sense," Sunday, August 30 at 2 p.m. U.S. and California," Brown said. It was said Leno. "It gives business an addition- the right thing to do." al marketing tool and could help them Most city businesses that Help us to show that the church can respect might be compete with other businesses." subject to the law, such as gyms, car rental and support the various manifestations of It's expected to have more impact as a companies and insurance agencies, symbolic gesture. Most car rental agencies God's love in the world around us! already comply. Still, supervisors are in the city do not offer special rates to determined that the city set a standard for married couples, and some gyms already Help us to prove that there is always a place human rights. include domestic partners in its 'family" at God's table for all persons, regardless "Banning discrimination is no new categories. concept," said County Supervisor Mark None of the supervisors were con- of sexual orientation! Leno who introduced the measure in cerned about pressure from Washington, June. "We're talking about inalienable said Kieran Flaherty, Leno's spokesman. rights here." Gather at Cross Church, 1E521 N. 16th Street, "It boils down to, San Francisco val- The vote came despite what gay rights ues the domestic partner relationship as by 12:30 p.m., to travel together, advocates are calling an anti-gay cam- much as other family relationships," Fla- Summerfest paign in Washington. herty said. or join us at the North Gate Less than three weeks ago, the House At 24 Hour Fitness near downtown, gathering point by 1:30 p.m. voted 214-212 to block the city from where domestic partners already fall receiving federal housing money because under the club's "household member- of its year-old Equal • All Denominations Welcome! • Benefits Ordinance, ship" category, John Pelletier, got a 50 which requires businesses with city con- percent discount two weeks ago because to join the march. tracts to extend health benefits to its Admission to PrideFest is not necessary he shares a household with his partner, workers' partners. 344-1734. club member Donald Leighton. For more information, call Cross Chruch at "We should not force or coerce (busi- or call Catherine/ Anne 744-7761 or Fred/Marty 442-2319. And Laura Gilleran, 23, says she and nesses) to adopt policies they find moral- her live-in girlfriend, T.C. Myers, are ly objectionable," Rep. Frank Riggs, a more excited by the symbolism of the Republican with a mostly rural con- ordinance than by any discounts. stituency on California's North Coast. "It's important, since (gay) marriage is Democrats attacked the Riggs not legal," Gilleran said outside a bar in 0 Your efforts to amendment as mean-spirited and bigot- the Castro District. "It's important to do ed, a message meant to promote intoler- what it takes until it becomes such." prevent HIV/AIDS ance. "I don't know why Mr. Riggs wants are working! Gay Games End With Fanfare and Emotional Farewell Amsterdam, Netherlands — With fanfare and emotional farewells, the 1998 You are making Gay Games ended Saturday as tens of thousands of athletes gathered for a last round of dancing and freewheeling celebration. On a hot summer night, up to 28,000 people thronged to the Arena Stadi- a difference um for the bash that ended the week-long Olympics-styled games spotlighting gay athletes, culture, and boisterous street parties. Sniffling and teary-eyed, participants bid farewell to each other, promising to on behalf of meet up again at the next Gay Games in 2002 in Sydney, Australia. Kicking off the closing ceremony, jubilant and dancing athletes entered the stadium and ran the gauntlet of flag-waving supporters. our communities! With rave music pounding in the background, same-sex couples entered hand in hand while transvestites in cheerleader outfits bobbed to the beat, their pom-poms swaying in the air. • "Jesus loves us" read one poster raised by an athlete. "Out and proud in Zim- babwe" read another. "I am crying. This is brilliant," said tennis competitor Dominic James of London. "I came with no expectation except for a game of tennis," he said. Instead, he walked away with a second place in mixed doubles and a new best friend. The mirth contrasted with the somber moments of the previous days when MEDICAL financial woes threatened to end the games, which have attracted 15,000 com- petitors and even more visitors. COLLEGE Early in the sports festival, the event's managing director was fired for over- spending, prompting Amsterdam city officials to intervene with a $2.5 million OF WISCONSIN bail-out loan to keep the games alive. Some also asked whether the games, which included less-Olympian categories CENTER FOR AIDS like ballroom dancing and bridge, have veered too much from its earlier intentions. The first Gay Games, held in San Francisco in 1982, aimed to encourage and INTERVENTION showcase gay athletes. These days, more and more non-sporting activities and parties are clogging up the line-up, said Hunk Krol, the editor of the Nether- RESEARCH (LAIR) lands' Gay Newspaper. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine "The original games are over," he said. I love big parties, but they have 1201 North Prospect Avenue nothing to do with the original aim of the Gay Games." "They should change the name to Gay Pride Week or Tolerance Fair," he added. Milwaukee, WI 53202 Whatever you call it, Dale Zink of San Francisco said he'll be there in Sydney. 414-456-7700 • 1-800-644-1615 "It's just a lot of fun," said the 35-year-old swimmer.

Aviest te—Septenber 3, 1998 • IN Step Book Smearer Sent to Jail DAYTON, OH — Carl Lenhoff has been sentenced to 180 days in jail for smearing feces in library books about homo- sexuality, the United Nations and the Federal Reserve System. Municipal Court Judge Bill Littlejohn turned a deaf ear to Lenhoff's pleas for leniency in sentencing the 49-year-old with the disease in their daily lives. to serve the maximum sentence the law allowed. CAIR Researcher The American Psychological Association (APA) Authorities said Lenhoff made harassing calls to the is the country's largest professional and scientific Dayton Lesbian and Gay Center and to the Dayton chapter organization of psychologists. The Early Career of the National Organization for Women. Awards were established by the APA in 1974 to rec- Lenhoff told Judge Littlejohn that jail time would make Receives National ognize the work of young psychologists. The it "virtually certain" he would lose his job as an electrical awards are given in 10 areas of psychology, with 5 engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where he is areas being considered each year. Recipients of the only months away from retirement. AIDS Award award may not have held a Ph.D. for more than nine years. But Littlejohn said Lenhoff deserved more punishment Milwaukee — Seth C. Kalichman, Ph.D., asso- than probation. The judge sentenced him to 180 days for ciate professor of psychiatry and behavioral medi- the telephone harassment. For the criminal damage to the cine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, will library books, Lenhoff was sentenced to two 90-day sen- receive a Distinguished Scientific Award for an AIDS: No News tences to be served concurrently with the other sentence but Early Career Contribution to Psychology from the suspended $1,000 in fines. American Psychological Association (APA) on August 16 at the APA's annual convention in San Is Good News? 2 Suspects Caught in S.C. Francisco. Dr. Kalichman, who works at the Medical Col- by Keith Clark Driving Dead Man's Auto lege's Center for AIDS Intervention Research of the IN Step Staff (CAIR) and resides in Racine, Wisconsin, will COLUMBIA, S.C. — Police say they have arrested two receive the award for his investigative research in San Francisco — The San Francisco gay week- men who were driving an automobile belonging to murdered ly, Bay Area Reporter (BAR) took the unusual step in health psychology. former Santa Fe, N.M., commissioner Herman Rodriguez. its Aug. 13 issue of reporting as its front-page ban- The award recognizes Dr. Kalichman's applica- Initial reports suggested that one of the men may match tions of psychological theory and methods to social ner lead story something that didn't happen. 17 years of grim news about the description of a man who was seen leaving a Santa Fe and health issues, with special emphasis on his work After more than the AIDS epidemic, the paper for the first time gay club shortly after Rodriguez left on the evening of July with child abuse and the prevention of HIV/AIDS. 29. Rodriguez's nude body was found the next day in a rural In addition, the award praises his commitment since the start of the epidemic reported it received area in southwestern Iowa. He had been shot in the head, to conducting research for underserved and disen- absolutely no obituary notices during the week. franchised populations, including men and women The newspaper, which at times has had up to execution style. in impoverished inner-city neighborhoods, gay four pages of death notices mostly from people who FBI agents in South Carolina have charged the two men men and lesbians, and children vulnerable to abuse. have died of AIDS-related illnesses, acknowledged — Prentice Ivory Davis, 32, and Daryl Hutto, 27, with Dr. Kalichman spent the first 11 years of his life in its unusual story that the absence of obituaries transporting a stolen motor vehicle across state lines and in Milwaukee, before his family moved to Florida didn't mean than no one in the city had died of the with credit card fraud. Authorities say they are still inves- disease that week, and that "next week's issue may where he graduated high school and attended tigating whether there is evidence to charge the two men have more obits than usual." Broward Community College in Ft. Lauderdale. should in connection with Rodriguez's disappearance and He graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's But the paper also noted that the number of obit- uaries it runs each week has been declining in the death as well. degree from the University of South Florida in Davis, a 6'6" black man, resembles descriptions and Tampa and went on to receive a doctorate in clini- past few years. And in an editorial, "Death takes a security tape images of a man seen talking to Rodriguez at cal-community psychology from the University of holiday," the paper said that while the lack of obitu- South Carolina. aries obviously didn't mean the epidemic was under the Drama Club in Santa Fe and leaving shortly after him Dr. Kalichman has been affiliated with the control it did give people a "symbolic" reason to the night Rodriguez disappeared. Medical College of Wisconsin since 1992, when he hope it was "perhaps the first evidence that we mor- Rodriguez's brother, Noah, had been killed in October was involved in the formation of CAIR, a national tal humans can triumph (someday) over a force as 1996 and his nude body dumped in an abandoned area. Arthur HIV/AIDS research center. Dr. Kalichman's cur- terrifying the seemingly relentless as the epidemic." "Bozo" Lopez was sentence to life in prison plus 66 years for rent research focuses on developing strategies to the killing of Noah Rodriguez just three months earlier. help people living with HIV and AIDS to cope Authorities said they were looking into the possibility that Herman Rodriguez may have been the victim of retal- iation because of the coincidence of Lopez's sentencing and Herman Rodriguez's death. Herman Rodriguez became the first openly gay person CONGRATULATIONS to serve as a Santa Fe County Commissioner when he was to IN Step & Q•Voice on their merger! appointed to fill a vacancy on the body in 1996. Anglicans Condemn Homosexu- Now we have the best of both all at one time! ality - Say Gays Are `Welcome' —Jim Schroeder LONDON — Dr. George Carey, the Archbishop of Can- terbury and head of the Anglican Church, says that gay and Ivy House Publications lesbian Christians are still welcome despite the church's decision to condemn homosexual practice. The statement came at the end of the Lambeth Conference, a gathering Chicago's Place For Leather every 10 years of church leaders from around the world and which this year has been dominated by the issue of homo- sexuality. FIA,11:1Z While the 800 clerics were united on all other subjects, homosexuality caused heated debates. Duncan Buchanan, the Bishop of Johannesburg and chairman of the committee on the homosexuality at the conference insisted the resolution didn't condemn gays and lesbians. But the resolution rejects homosexual behavior as Constant Reader "incompatible with Scripture." LTD. More conservative than many had thought, the resolu- Bookshop tion was approved 526-70 with 45 abstentions. After the conference adopted the resolution, Archbish- 1627 E. Irving Place op Carey said of gay and lesbian Christians, "We want Milwaukee, WI 53202 them to stay within and we want them to continue to explore these issues with us. Nevertheless, we have restated 414.291.0452 what we have always believed. We haven't advanced it and become even more negative." Used • Out of Print • Rare The strong vote in favor of the resolution stunned lib- eral clergy. "I am Hardcover Books Bought & Sold IS012 terribly disappointed," said Bishop Catherine Roskam of New York. "In its current form, it is Book Search Male Hide® Leathers, Inc. not acceptable to me and my colleagues." CUSTOM LEATHER FOR MEN & WOMEN Celebrating 20 Years TUES-SAT NOON-8PM • SUN 1PM-5PM • CLOSED MONDAY News Wire briefs compiled by Keith Clark in Business! 2816 N. Lincoln Ave. • Chicago, IL 60657 • 773-929-0069 of the IN Step Staff ALSO VISIT: LEATHER CELL FRI & SAT NIGHTS —John Esser, Founder— IN THE CELL BLOCK, 3702 N. HALSTED, CHICAGO IL

IN Step • A115110 20 —Septembei 3, 1998 L9A munchies. Members are asked to bring something to grill for themselves. Potluck dishes to pass are also welcome. Higher Education Confab In other news, Madison Mayor Susan Bauman will GAMMA Celebrates join Pride in Wisconsin Government for its monthly Happy Hour in Madison on Thursday, August 27 at Slated for September Fyfe's Corner Bistro at 1344 E. Washington Ave. The 20th Anniversary event starts at Waukesha — Reggie White has not been invited. No 5:30 p.m. The event is open to members Milwaukee — GAMMA is pleased to announce its and potential members. billboard ad space has been rented. But, if last year's con- upcoming 20th anniversary celebration to take place at ference was any indicator, the 2nd-annual "Opening Lake Park on Sunday, September 13, 1998. The slogan Doors to Understanding: GLBT Issues in Higher Educa- for the event will be "20 Years of Fun," and the celebra- tion" conference, Sept. 24-25, at Olympia Resort & Spa, Silver Space Celebrates tion will be open to the public. the GAMMA Steering Oconomowoc, will be lively. committee, made up of Paul Borchardt, Jim Heidt and "Lots of people want a discussion of Bob Zwicky will also invite the founders, former officers gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender issues," says Waukesha 10th Anniversary and members of GAMMA to the celebration. County Tech instructor Rich Uspel. "Our conference GAMMA came into existence in 1978 when a group moves that discussion to a level and into a venue which is Milwaukee — On September 19, 1998 a 10th of friends were playing flag football. In early 1979 the respectful to everyone. Reggie White is welcome at our Anniversary Birthday Parry will be held to acknowledge group decided to affiliate and become a student organiza- conference, if he listens to others' views, but not if he the long-term existence of Silver Space, a support group tion with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Vol- demands that others listen only to his views." for older lesbians. Those who have attended meetings, as leyball became a major event for GAMMA. Competitive Co-sponsored by Waukesha County Technical and well as older lesbians who wish to meet and party, are teams played national games in Chicago, Detroit and Madison Area Technical colleges, the 2-day event includes invited to Falk Park Pavilion (I-94 at Rawson) in Mil- Columbus, Ohio. Recreation leagues were formed. sessions on Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, waukee. The party will be held from 1 through 6 p.m. The name GAMMA has an interesting history. In the the History of Gay Studies Programs, Student Develop- and will feature live music. a meal (side-dishes and snacks early years the founders thought the group's name should ment & Campus Climate for LGBTs, Corporate Closets are welcome), and prizes. Funding for networking efforts be like a college fraternity and decided on the name of in the Business Community, GLBT Support Groups, and has been received from the Cream City Foundation; there "GAMMA Alpha" after the name of the Greek letter "Y". Curriculum Integration Strategies. is no admission charge for this event. But surprisingly there is no "Y" in the Greek Alphabet. For more information, contact Deb Wallendal, The initial support group meeting of Silver Space was The acronym GAMMA was chosen and the letters stood Waukesha County Technical College (414) 691-5346, held in September of 1988. This meeting was the culmi- for Gay Athletic Milwaukee Men's Association. When the [email protected] or Sean Robinson, Madi- nation of long-term brainstorming by five older lesbians group was incorporated in August of 1980, the word son Area Technical College (608) 246-6333, who felt a need for increased visibility and networking "men's" In GAMMA became "METRO since women also cro5965@madison .tec.wi. us available to the self-identified older lesbians of Southeast- became a part of the group. GAMMA is no longer ern Wisconsin. referred to as an acronym with any special meaning. This monthly support group has attracted diverse GAMMA is not only for athletes, but also puts on women from the metro-Milwaukee area as well as sur- social events, outdoor events and recreational events. Pride in WI Government rounding communities, Madison and Illinois. Those GAMMA is governed by a nine-member Board of Direc- attending have expressed their enthusiasm for the oppor- tors. Some of the monthly events include dining out, tunity to feel support in choices related to lesbian life game night, Sheepshead, poker, a book club, a party to Picnic with Pride processes, socialization, the discussion of topics of inter- night, volleyball, a weekly jogging group, biking and Madison — Pride in Wisconsin Government will est or concern to older lesbians and the ability to find more. Membership is open to both men and women. Fees hold its second annual End-of-Summer Picnic on Satur- willing participants for activities and events. charged during the year cover the cost of the monthly day, August 22 in Madison. Members, allies and potential The discussion group meets the third Sunday of every newsletter and the food served at social gatherings. members are all welcome to attend. The picnic will be month from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Counseling Center of Mil- More information about GAMMA can be obtained held at Lake Edge Park from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Lake Edge waukee, 2038 North Bartlett Avenue. For more informa- by calling Don Buzanowski, vice-president of member- Park is located near the intersection of Dempsey Rd. and tion about Silver Space, please call (414) 271-2565. ship, at (414) 264-9180 or by looking at our home page Maher Avenue on Madison's east side. on the Internet at http://www.execpc.com/-mkegamma. Pride in Wisconsin Government will provide cold For historical information on GAMMA, you can call Bob soda, grills with hot coals, a variety of condiments and Zwicky at (414) 425-2146. EsPluribus Drop Sites Wanted Here we grow again! In Step is expanding its distribu- linunt tion. 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Ser- tri-, , .:1,'A Sunday, August 30 at 7 p.m. John was vices are confidential, and each client will \ last seen on the Comedy Central Special be treated with respect and dignity as the ali . ii "Out There II" and can be seen in the personal discovery journey takes place. I , 011 1111 upcoming HBO documentary film For more information, or to make an MOM Imk "We're Funny That Way." John has per- appointment, please ca;; (920) 996-0055 00. ,. IIIIIk formed at Caroline's in New York City, or e-mail [email protected]. illillii Illfte, the Comedy Store and Laugh Factory in ' iallilli alla Los Angeles, and at the Gardenia in Luna Ialliallin,: MOM Park. John is a regular visitor to the Dave NIMilli, WM 5 and Carol morning show on WKLH in Absolut Benefit III 5 Milwaukee. Kenni Feinberg, a Los Angeles native now living in San Francisco, will be join- Supports Wiscon- Mexican Restaurant ing John in Milwaukee for this benefit evening. Kenni is a graduate of Harvard and the Berklee School of Music and is sin AIDS Fund Authentic Mexican Cuisine an popular musician on the San Francis- co music scene. She will be performing Milwaukee — If a swank evening of We use only vegetable oil and no animal fat! her intimate, acoustic-based contempo- martinis, canapes, swing music and an rary folk music. Feinberg has a recently original art auction is your idea of a good released CD titled "Kenni" on the Noon- time, mark your calendars for Absolut day Moon Productions label. Benefit III. The third-annual event, which Weekday Lunch Specials The Comedy Cafe is located at 615 supports the Wisconsin AIDS Fund, will East Brady Street. Tickets are $10, with a be held on Friday, October 9 at The Fire- Starting at $3.95 two-drink minimum. For information and house in the Historic Third Ward. reservations, please call (414) 271-5653. This unique fund-raiser, hailed as the best themed party of 1997 by a well- HOURS: Mon— Thurs: 11am to lOpm, Fri. & Sot. llam to llpm, Sun. 12pm to lOpm known, local society reporter, includes a silent and voice auction of china plates, Free Parking • Minutes from Downtown • Casual Setting LGBT Counseling martini glasses and ceramic coasters that Located in the Heart of Historic Walker's Point are all hand-painted or decorated by Dine in or Carry Out national celebrities and recognized artists. Services Open A series of rare, signed and numbered lithographs from Absolut Vodka's famed 816 S. 5th St. • 383-8816 collection will also be auctioned. Located just south of National Ave. E. in Appleton The Wisconsin AIDS Fund, a com- E‘, ponent fund of the Milwaukee Founda- CI P a 0 Appleton, WI — Lesbian , gay, bisex- tion, supports AIDS prevention and edu- ual, transgendered and questioning peo- cation programs throughout the state. ple seeking mental health counseling ser- Through a grant-making process, the Futons • Dinettes • Accessories vices in the Fox Cities area will now have group has funded countless organizations more choices for finding a supportive and which, through their efforts, reduce the affirming therapist. One Voice Counseling impact of AIDS and AIDS-related prob- Services recently opened its doors at 222 lems in Wisconsin and the Greater Mil- 1/2 East College Avenue in Appleton, and waukee are. Tickets for the event are $85 specializes in providing counseling ser- per person ($40 of which is tax vices for LGBTQ adults and adolescents. deductible) and are available by calling The owner and therapist, Patti Jor- (414) 272-5805. gensen, is a lesbian and has been an active Solid Wood Futon Frames part of the gay and lesbian community in the area for over 20 years. Patti holds a Masters Degree in Counseling and a Mas- CAIR Announces starting at $199 ters Degree in Business Administration. The combination of business and coun- seling experience, as well as a firm com- New Program For Metal Futon Frames mitment to the LGBT community, form the foundation for providing quality ser- starting at $99 vices to an important group of people. Mature Adults While Patti was pursuing her Masters Degree in Counseling, she focused her research activities on issues that affect GLBTQ people. She has presented work- Living with HIV shops on shame and the effects of shame Milwaukee — The Center for AIDS SPECIALIZING IN DINETTES on LGBTQ people for counselors, teach- Intervention and Research (CAIR) of the ers and other professional, locally, Medical College of Wisconsin has statewide, and nationally, and has been announced a new study called Project FOR SMALLDINING AREAS an advocate for improved services for Enhance that has been funded by the LGBT people within the counseling pro- National Institute on Aging. CAIR fession. Patti is passionate about issues invites you to particpiate in this study for that affect GLBTQ people and believes mature adults who are ages 47 and over, f>N, strongly in the empowerment of each and coping with HIV, to evaluate your individual as a means of strenghening the special needs and offer a group interven- community. tion experience to help alleviate stress. One Voice provides a variety of ser- Aging is stressful enough. To have Cream City Interior/ PARTICIPANTS SOUGHT 1320 East Brady Street For a research study focusing on the institutional climate for Milwaukee, WI 53202 gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender people in Wisconsin's Adult Technical College sys- tem. The purpose of this research is an assessment of the institutional climate; all data 414-272-7719 will be kept confidential and will be reported anonymously. To participate write to:

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11 IN Step • August to —September 3, 1998 HIV often adds to one's concern, difficul- need to have at least one team representa- ties, and ability to cope daily. You can earn tive at the meeting to gaurantee their up to $100 by participating in this pro- reservation space or it will be lost. gram by calling Project Enhance at (414) There are a limited ammount of unre- 456-7731 or 1-800-644-1615. served team spaces available, so we encourage you to attend this meeting so as to allow your team space on the bowling Birthdays Monday league. Irregulars If you have any questions about the meeting or about the bowling league, please contact league secretary, Doug Bowling League to Cleveland at (414) 291-0636. dinners Kick Off Season Counseling Milwaukee — Dust off your shoes anniversaries and get those big balls ready! That's right, it's time for the 1998-1999 Monday Center's Fall Night Irregular's bowling season to begin. late night snacks The season will kick off with an orga- nizational meeting on Monday, August 31, 1998 at 7 p.m. to be held at Land- Support and mark Lanes (2220 N. Farwell Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, (414) 278-8770). The meeting will go over league rules and poli- Therapy Groups cies; following the meeting you are invit- Milwaukee — The Counseling Cen- ed to free bowling on Landmark's newly ter of Milwaukee, Inc. has announced its replaced bowling alleys. fall sessions of support and therapy luncheons This year teams will be comprised of a groups. Some groups are ongoing while six person roster, with a four people bowl- others are eight to ten weeks in length. All ing at any one time. The season begins on groups are held at the Counseling Center engagements Monday, September 14, 1998 - and runs of Milwaukee, 2038 North Bartlett through Monday, April 19, 1.999 (32 Avenue on the east side of Milwaukee. weeks of bowling). Support Groups include: Women's Anyone is invited to attend this orga- Self-Esteem; Men's Self-Esteem; Men and nizational meeting. Teams that placed a Women: Separation and Divorce; Rela- reservation fee at last season's banquet tionship Group for Women: Why Me? ; need to have at least one team representa- Surviving Loss Group for Women and tive at the meeting to gaurantee their Men; and Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse. reservation space or it will be lost. There Therapy Groups include: Anxiety Thera- desserts are a limited ammount of unreserved py; Depression Group; Couples Therapy; team spaces available, so we encourage and Women Survivors of Sexual Abuse. you to attend this meeting so as to allow Support Groups for Gays and Lesbians your team space on the bowling league. are: Free Space for Women; More Space The season will kick off with an orga- Group for Women; Breaking Up is Hard nizational meeting on Monday, August to Do; Gay Men's General Issues; Silver happy hours 31, 1998 at 7 p.m. to be held at Land- Space Discussion Group; and Male Part- mark Lanes at 2220 N. Farwell Avenue, in nered Women. Milwaukee. The eight to ten-week groups will be The meeting will go over league rules started in late September, early October, and policies; following the meeting you 1998. There is a $10 fee per group ses- are invited to free bowling on Landmark's sion. The Counseling Center also runs or absolutely no excuse at all for great newly replaced bowling alleys. Facilitory Training for anyone interested This year teams will be comprised of a in becoming a support group facilitator. menu selections, atmosphere, service six person roster, with a four people bowl- For more information about these groups, ing at any one time. The season begins on please call the Support Group Program at Monday, September 14, 1998 and runs (414) 271-2565. and locations; all surprisingly affordable. through Monday, April 19, 1999 (32 weeks of bowling). Anyone is invited to attend this orga- nizational meeting. Teams that placed a reservation fee at last season's banquet SSBL Announces Final 1998 Standings S Milwaukee — The Saturday Softball League will conclude its 21st season on Saturday, August 22 with two All-Star Games on the lower diamond at Mitchell Park (behind the Domes at 27th and Pierce). It will be the first time since 1994 that the league has played games at Mitchell Park. The league is looking for and "old-time" atmosphere with fun for the players and their fans. Cafe In the National League the standings are as follows: SWS Docks, 16-1; Bal- istreri's, 13-4; BallGame, 11-6; M&M Club, 8-9; and In-Between, 7-9. In the Knickerbocker American League the standings are: Woody's 1, 9-8; Woody's 2, 8-8; Brew Bar 8- 1030 East Juneau • 272-0011 9; Dish 4-13; This Is It, 0-17 North Shore Congratulations to the SWS Docks softball team, who won Mon. — Thurs., 6:30 am to 10 pm BISTRO the league championship, and represented Milwaukee in Fri. & Sat., 6:30 am to 11 pm the 1998 Gay Softball World Series in Atlanta from RiverPoint Village Sun., 9 am to 10 pm August 11 - 15, 1998. The team added two players I-43 & Brown Deer Rd., • 351-6100 from Balistreri's and two from the BallGame. Mon. — Thurs., 11 am to 10 pm At 1:30 p.m. the Ameri- can Division champion, Fri. & Sat., 11 am to 11 pm Woody's 1, will play All- Stars from Brew Bar, Sun., 5 pm to 10 pm Woody's 2, Dish and This Is It. At 3 p.m. National S P RY League champion, SWS Docks will play All-Stars from Bal- tp istreri's, BallGame, M&M Club, and In-Between. Each team picked three players from among their peers to play on the All-Star teams. Man- agers of the 2nd place teams will coach the All-Stars and may add two addition- al players. Following the games, the players and SSBL Booster Club members will party in Mitchell Park's Picnic Area No. 2. Brats, Hamburgers and Hot Dogs, provid- ed by Rick of Gray Line Tours, and beer and soda, provided by the league, will be served. At 6 p.m. that evening, the league will hold its first Annual SSBL Follies. This will be an entertainment extravaganza with each team doing a skit. The show will 3549 North Oakland Ave. • 964-6800 be at the newly renovated Club 219, 219 S. 2nd St. in Milwaukee. The league Mon.—Sat., 11 am to closing will receive a substantial donation from Camel cigarettes to put on this show. the door, with everyone receiving a free drink Sun., Noon to 12 a.m. There will be a $3 cover-charge at ticket. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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But the ads and had no job, maybe no job skills, and had made no attempt to Vol. XV, No. XVII • Bursting with PRIDE subsequent magazine and newspaper articles offer lit- create a productive, stable existence for himself or do anything tle solid information. We are like Soviet citizens trying to deci- worthwhile with his life. pher the truth by reading between the lines of Pravda. Eventually, aware of the shallowness and misery of the life he IN Step World Headquarters For instance, it is surprising how many ex-gay exemplars led, he made a feeble suicide attempt, then found religion. Not The Northern Lights Building disclose a past of extensive drug use, sexual abandon, prostitu- surprisingly, he turned out to be from an abusive, strict Mormon 1661 North Water Street, Suite 411 tion, drag personalities and suicide attempts. While any of these family which loathed his homosexuality and tried to cure him Milwaukee, WI 53202 (except the last) may be harmless enough in a healthy person, with shock treatments and other "cures." Not a happy home life. taken together they suggest personal instability and a pattern of 414.278.7840 voice Or consider a July 29 Miami Herald advertisement featuring compensatory behavior. the parents of Michael Johnston, head of the ex-gay Kerusso 414.278.5868 fax Less wittingly, many ex-gays Ministries. The ad copy, in instepnewsMaol.com reveal a fundamentalist religious the mother's voice, is tanta- ISSN# 1045-2435 background, poor family rela- lizingly evasive: Johnston tionships, failure to succeed in left home, came back, Jorge L. Cabal life, a lack of any stable source of announced he was gay, met self-esteem, an alienation from president with parental rejection of his their own deepest feelings and a sexuality, became infected willingness to blame others for William Attewell with HIV, "re-committed" their situation. his life to Christ and was editor-in-chief "Former lesbian" Anne then accepted by his parents. Paulk says, for instance, that she But read between the Jorge L.Cabal was molested by a teenage boy lines: "When he left home at arts editor when she was a child, making 16" (he was so eager to get her reject her femininity and be away from home that he Ed Grover attracted to women. dropped out of high school) book editor Paulk blames her lesbianism he felt "ready to meet the on the teenager, but what about world on his own terms" (he Dorothy Austin, Keith Clark, other women who have been had serious conflicts with his Scott Evertz, Kevin John, "molested" but not become les- strict, perhaps unloving, par- bian? Why did she become les- no idea he Christopher Krimmer, ents). "We had bian rather than, for instance, would come back to us as a Julia Loggia, Tim Nasson, heterosexually promiscuous to have her femininity validated by homosexual" (he was probably aware of being gay, hence his Leslea Newman, Jeffrey Newman, a large number of men? If she had been molested by a woman departure, but his parents blame the outside world for changing would she feel more feminine and become heterosexual? Or feel Christopher Ott, Gip Plaster, him). less feminine? Clearly, she does not have an explanation, she has The parents said they would "never accept his homosexual- Dale Reynolds, Dave Runyon, an excuse-someone to blame. ity" (they denounced and berated him) and "every day I prayed Jamie Taylor, Richard Waswo, Paulk also says she never felt comfortable telling her parents to God" (his parents are religious fundamentalists, his mother about the incident. That suggests she did not come from a Rex Wockner, W.W. 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heavens. He is evil; he is the "other," Nazi Christians the reason why society is degenerating Dear Editor: and why marriage needs defending. If we deprive him of his rights, take away we. A.) 1-2-3-4-Nazi Christians at your door! his livelihood and cast him out, all will 5-6-7-8-you are on their list to hate! a-b- be well with the world and with God. eide; c-d-it isn't just the Fags, you'll see. e-f-g-h- Often, the creation of the "other" i-other people, too, will die! needs covert and overt approval by peo- Nazi Christians making notes. In ple in high places, people terrified of Washington, they're buying votes, To change and loss of control. Approval of overturn Democracy, Replace it with hatred is often dressed in religious sym- Theocracy. To make a country of bols and texts to make credible absurd women and men, That all resemble Bar- and dangerous notions of supremacy bie and Ken. With no brains to call their and self-righteousness. own. Nazi Christians on their throne! Although the messages may appear to FINEST MEXICAN RESTAURANT Dolores Fitzhugh be glazed with Christian compassion and 734 South 5th & National • Milwaukee • 414-645-9888 Colorado concern, their subtexts reveal messages of intense intolerance and bigotry. Those Don't Forget... Wednesday IS Margarita Night at La Perla! More Nazis giving approval are as guilty as the actual brown shirts who commit verbal and Dear Editor: physical violence on the gay community. There is a certain Nazi logic to the Damiano locovozzi, invective of several politicians and some religious political extremist groups in the Martinez, CA United States. Each group is using homophobia, fear and ignorance to curry favor with voters for upcoming local and Milwaukee Kudos national elections. There are disturbing Outpost parallels in this logic which brings to Dear Editor: mind the Third Reich's use of the Jew to Thank you Milwaukee! Again, I feel electrify, excite and unite a nation. compelled to write and thank you [all] For the Third Reich to work, there through your publication, my wonder- needed to be an "other," an outsider, a ful nephew Jamie Taylor and all his cir- minority that was feared and loathed for cle of friends—too many to name—for illogical reasons. To that "other" could all the hospitality and friendship shown i s about be heaped the blame for all the ills that to me on my recent trip to Milwaukee. transpired in a society that lost a world Every young man I met was so sweet war and was mired in the depression. and tolerant of having Jamie's aunt Somehow if the "other" was purged Cheryl going out with them. I loved from the society, harmony and econom- being with you and getting to know ic well-being would return to the nation each and every one of you. I also would which would once again return to the like to thank the staff and patrons of the divers i ty, righteous path. M&M Club, In-Between, Fluid, Trian- This Nazi logic led to intolerance gle and La Cage for making me feel wel- and discrimination so terrible that Jews come. were eventually stripped of their citizen- Milwaukee should be very proud of ship, their property, homes and lives. its gay community. I met so many Nazi logic employed a progaganda sweet, intelligent and caring young machine to drive acts of violence com- men. I look forward to seeing you all mitted by a whole nation. Without citi- again. Thanks guys, for all the gifts. communi ty, and eat ing wel l . zenship, property, a home and friends, Cheryl Dedesneau the Jews sank to levels of the non- Austin, Texas human to the true believers. Since they were no longer classified as human, they Milwaukee 's complete were ripe for extermination. cooperative grocer Gays have become the new "other" IN STEP WELCOMES YOUR LETTERS: for many politicans and religious extrem- ists. Although the language is English, the setting the United States, the Nazi Snail Mail: logic is the same. For these groups, the 1661 N. Water Street, Suite 411 gay or lesbian is somehow less than the heterosexual or the god-fearing. Milwaukee, WI 53202 He is a kleptomaniac, diseased, god- Natural Foods less, a child molester, or worse. He will FAX: A COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE SINCE 1970 infect your children with gayness or (414) 278.5868 AIDS, is unfit to serve his country and 100 f Capitol Drive Open Daily 8am to 9pm 961-2597 someone who will surely pervert the E-Mail: American way of life and bring God's wrath down on every state from the [email protected]

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there was one, for the lesbian and gay community. The Symbols Of Our word "lambda" is still sometimes a code word for the Pride whole gay, lesbian and bisexual community. The lambda and the triangles seem to be going out of At least there's not a lavender style these days, though, and a more colorful symbol is in. Rainbow fl rhinoceros on ags, in many versions, hang from windows, your bumper adhere to bumpers and even wave down from flagpoles. 2j %°% The six-striped flag would be even more colorful, but a by Gip Plaster flag manufacturer changed the form of the symbol fated to orth PA of ►be In S►ep Staff become associated nationwide with gay and lesbian pride. The flag dates back farther ticking on bumpers, hanging around necks than many know. It was first stitched together by its designer, and dangling in front of windows are a few of Gilbert Baker, and a group of thirty volunteers who hand-dyed the places you'll find the symbols of lesbian and assem- bled two large flags for the 1978 San and gay pride. There might even be one tat- Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade. tooed on your partner's arm. Rainbow flags, The rainbow flag had eight stripes pinkS triangles and that odd wishbone-like Greek letter then, and each had a meaning: hot pink for sex, red for Frozen called lambda are the most popular symbols today, but life, orange for healing, yellow for there were many others before them. sun, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony and violet for spirit. And, by the way, what does a lavender rhinoceros When Baker tried to have to do with gay pride? Stay tuned. get the flags mass-produced, he was informed that hot pink fabric was not Because our community has been forced into hiding commer- Custard cially available, so Baker's flag became seven-striped. In and secrecy throughout much of time, much of our his- 1979, turquoise was removed and today's tory was locked into closets that were never opened. six-stripe ver- sion was born. The flag is now recognized by Today, many closet doors are flung open and the sym- the Inter- national Congress of Flag Makers. bols of lesbian and gay pride are displayed prominently. Aug./Sept. 1998 Some people like the flag We are attempting to reclaim the bits of because the rainbow is a Bib- history that lical symbol; remain — and openly make others like it because rainbows appear in tomorrow's history. nature. The exact reasons we choose to put these symbols "When I see a lambda or pink triangle in on our clothes or cars are usually personal and vary a the sky, I Th. 20 Peanut Butter Cup Swirl might change my mind," one gay man said. lot. Some of us do it so other gay people can identify us; Today, the rainbow flag may be the symbol of Fri. 21 Health Bar Cheesecake others say the symbols notify the world that they are les- choice, but the pink triangle, lambda and many bian or gay. Whether most people recognize the sym- others are still around, too. Sat. 22 French Silk bols is unclear, but Triangular rainbow flags and lamb- das most gay people do— superimposed on rain- Sun. 23 Marshmallow Fudge bow and our staunchest backgrounds are corn- mon. Mon. 24 Apple Cinnamon enemies do, too. Texas-shaped rainbow flags are also "Whether the gen- gaining popu- Tues. 25 Peanut Butter Fudge Pretzel eral populace recog- larity. Freedom rings and even rainbow nizes the rainbow flag -colored coast- Wed. 26 Mint Chocolate Chip ers and candles or other queer symbols are among jewelry, and for what they are, the other items Th. 27 S'more inspired by these two primary camps in three signs of pride. Fri. 28 Berry Berry the struggle for queer Historically, lots of sym- civil rights certainly Sat. 29 Deluxe Toffee Crunch bols have been used to repre- do," one man wrote in sent the gay and lesbian an internet post. Sun. 30 Pistachio Nut community. These symbols Perhaps more people know the origin of the pink tri- are as diverse as the times and the people from which Mon. 31 Black Forest angle than any other symbol. During World War II, they came. Nazis herded Tues. 1 Butter Pecan gays and many others into concentration Earlier this century, before red power ties became camps along with Jews. Gay men were forced to wear common in the corporate world, a red tie worn by a downward-pointing Wed. 2 Banana Nut pink triangles on their sleeves. Other man might have indicated he was gay. colors and ThuL 3 Strawberry configurations denoted other prisoners. In 1955, the five-year-old Mattachine Society, a gay Red triangles marked political prisoners; green group, used harlequin diamonds as their symbol. The Fri. 4 Cookie Dough labeled habitual criminals. Jehovah's Witnesses, emi- icon presented four diamonds placed in a pattern to grants and others each got their own color, too. Black form a larger diamond. Before that, the ancient Chinese Sat. 5 Death by Chocolate triangles labeled vagrants and antisocials, the category yin and yang, featuring black and white interlocking Sun. 6 Vanilla Lovers into which most sources report lesbians were placed. A commas forming a circle was associated with lesbians yellow triangle pointing upward marked a Jew. and gays. In 1933, a flag bearing that symbol flew over Mon. 7 Apple Cinnamon But, gay men were the most mistreated of the pris- the International Commission for Sexual Education, oners, many say. "The fate of homosexuals in the con- according to the International Gay and Lesbian Tues. 8 Turtle Swirl centration camps can only be described as ghastly," Archives. Wed. 9 Red Raspberry Eugen Kogon, who was a political prisoner of the Nazis That flag predates the rainbow banner by decades, for six years, said in his book The Theory and Practice but, of course, even it was not the first pride symbol. In Th. 10 Rocky Road of Hell. "[They were] the lowest caste in camp...Theirs ancient Crete, the labrys, a two-edged ax, was a symbol was an incluble predicament and virtually all of them of feminine strength and eventually, lesbianism. Fri. 11 Mudd Pie perished." No one knows for sure how far back signs of lesbian A pink triangle over a yellow one forming a Star of and gay pride go, and there are dozens of other known Sat. 12 Strawberry Oreo David marked the people who were even lower than the symbols that are not mentioned here. In 1974, Bernie Sun. 13 Chocolate Covered Cherries lowest in camp, gay Jews. Toal and Tom Morganti, Boston gay rights activists, Because Nazi records of concentration camps are began a campaign in the media using a lavender rhinoc- Mon. 14 German Chocolate Cake incomplete and often falsified, there is no reliable way eros as the symbol for gay people. They placed placards to know how many gays and lesbians might have died on subways for three months beginning in December. Tues. 15 Bubble Gum in German death camps. They intended a longer campaign, but since they The gay and lesbian community began using the didn't qualify for the public service rate for subway symbol as a sign of pride in the 1970s to upturn their advertising, they had to pay more than three times that oppression. Claiming a symbol once used to label gays amount for the commercial rate (seven dollars). They PACKAGED PINTS & for prison and death as a symbol of pride is a way of finally decided to spend their time focusing on some- overcoming the scars of oppression that the symbol once thing else. QUARTS TO GO! represented, according to the reasoning behind the sym- According to the Alyson Almanac, Toal said, "The bols use. rhino is much a maligned and misunderstood animal The other symbols of our pride don't carry with and, in actuality, a gentle creature — but don't cross them the baggage the triangle bears. him or her." Serving: Cones, Malts, Lambda is an "officially" recognized symbol of So what does a lavender rhinoceros have to do with Also pride. In 1970, the Gay Activists Alliance chose the the signs of our pride? Well, fortunately, not very much. Greek letter, which looks like a lowercase "y" flipped Shakes and Speciality Sundaes upside down, as the symbol for the gay movement. The International Gay Rights Congress adopted it in 1974. It is not known for sure why lambda was chosen. In physics, lambda signifies change; that may be the rea- son. Others say it was because in ancient Greece it sym- 1827 N. Farwell Ave. • 289-9993 bolized reconciliation and justice. Whatever the case, in the seventies, the lambda was the symbol of choice, if k8A August to—Septembet 3, toot • IN Step • • •

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This year, it's not going to be so much about wins as about what women can do. If you have kids, you have to come and say, `See, I told you, you can be anything you want to be.' Multi- And for older women, this is the culmi- nation of a lifetime dream, showing that women can compete at this level." Throughout the league, WNBA audi- a. Skilled ences are about 70 percent women, a mir- ror image of the NBA's gender balance. books on women and sports. "There's a lot And throughout MCI Center, of anger on the part of lesbians for being O'Malley's "girl power" claim resonates left out of society in general and having to — in handmade signs proclaiming just deal with homophobia in sports." that slogan; in middle school girls in O'Malley says the team never had a their basketball team jerseys cheering on policy of intentionally avoiding homo- their fdvoritt Mystics — star guard sexual couples. But, she adds, "that puts Nikki McCray and three-point specialist you in an awkward spot, because what if Keri Chaconas; and in power assem- you have two girlfriends who are not a blages not of cigar-chewing corporate couple? Do you put the camera on honchos but of female professionals, them? We're never going to ask people non-gay and lesbian, from the worlds of their sexual orientation." politics, law, media and government. Recently, the team quietly changed "The lesbian community is a key its promotion from "Couple of the audience and part of the fan base of the Game" to "Fan of the Game." Mystics," says season ticket holder Win- For many gay fans, that was fine. "I Rely on the nie Stachelberg, political director of the want the lesbian community to be recog- Barney H. Moore gay rights organization Human Rights nized as part of the fan community," says expertise of the Campaign. Stachelberg, whose Human Rights Cam- Phone: 414-536-7575 "I am in a bank of 30 or so folks who paign held a fund-raiser at MCI Center got tickets together," she says. "We orga- following the first Mystics game and had el Fox: 414-536-7581 Barney Moore Agency nized and called early and got seats on to turn people away after the event topped the floor three rows back. We sit across out at 800 supporters. "I don't think there to bring all 7655 W. Luscher Ave. • Milwaukee the aisle from an African American dad needs to be special recognition." (76th & Hampton • Hampton Shopping Center) and mom and their kids, and the dad is But other lesbian fans argue that so engaged, he jumps and yells at the their support of the team ought to be your insurance refs. We all sit together and we're united recognized. "They have extreme lesbian in the event. These are communities that support and yet there's such an effort to protection don't often have cause to come together." heterosexualize the sport and cover up Promoters of women's hoops argue the gay fan base," says Jessica Brown, a AMERICAN FAMILY that theirs could be the first American season ticket holder who works for a together under I fNSLARANGE sport since baseball (and that was early local nonprofit group and is an activist AUTO HOME BUSINESS HEALTH LIFE in the century) to hit it big as spectator with the Lesbian Avengers protest group. one roof. and participatory sport simultaneously. The Avengers staged a "visibility "I couldn't wait to get our own action" at a recent game, buying up a All Your Protection Under One Roof. team," says Maria Johnson, 38, a South- block of 60 seats and wearing the group's Call today. 01997 American Family Mutual Insurance Company and its Subsidarics. east Washington resident who bought T-shirts, then holding a demonstration Home Office — Madison. WI 53783 httpillwww.arnfam.corn her season pass even before the city was after the game at the headquarters of the guaranteed a franchise. "To see the Family Research Council, the Christian women come out and compete is so conservative group that has supported a exciting, because this game is not a recent spate of anti-gay advertising. money issue. Brown charges that the team has "For the men, it's a business and you avoided any overt outreach or marketing WOMEN'S FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE can see it in their attitude. The women toward its gay fans for "fear that that are having fun playing even if they're would chase away suburban fans. But down by 20." even when we wear our T-shirts and hold Now Accepting Teams! One on One up a banner, we're surrounded by what appear to be heterosexual families and Starts Friday, Sept. 18 at Wick Field. Game times: 7pm & 8:15pm For most of this summer, MCI Cen- nobody bats an eye." ter cameras scanned the crowd and, on Indeed, neither the WNBA nor the the jumbo TV screens, featured a Mys- Mystics have advertised in any gay media Call Monica Kaskey at (414) 475-8410 tics "Couple of the Game." The lucky or marketed the team toward the lesbian MPS Recreation Divsion for Information twosome won a $50 gift certificate to a audience. local restaurant. "Everyone's aware that we're support-

August 20 — September 3, 1998 • IN Step ed by that community," says Mystics center Heidi Burge, Although Vitale and other gay-marketing experts homosexuality. who played at the University of Virginia before going pro. believe there is still reason for sports leagues to worry "In the entire WNBA, nobody is openly gay, when "It's not something that's a negative or a positive. In about fan backlash against any effort to market overtly to statisticians would tell you that's just not possible," says women's basketball, that's a factor wherever you go." gays, they say that suspicion has diminished dramatically former pro Nelson. "In their promotions, they only tell "We really didn't have any idea that this would be a in the past decade. If the WNBA were to advertise in the straight stories, about boyfriends and husbands and component," says Rick Welts, chief marketing officer for gay press, for example, Vitale says, "it's very unlikely babies. I'd like to see them create a safe place with a sex- both the NBA and the WNBA. Welts says the league did you'd lose business over this. Women in general do not ual nondiscrimination policy." no research into and no marketing toward its gay fans. get terribly excited about these issues. And men are less Unease stems from both the league and gay institu- "We decided to utilize things we already had in place, likely to get offended by a lesbian connection than a gay tions. "For so much of gay culture, team sports was the like promotions on the NBA on NBC broadcasts." male connection." enemy," Strub says. "The high school locker room was The WNBA has not been shy about using sex appeal Major corporations from AT&T to Volkswagen have the source of humiliation. There's been a real effort to to sell the game, but it's been a standard heterosexual sell, developed profiles of their gay customers and run ads tar- reverse that, and while gay people who came out 30 years with TV ads featuring the league's prettiest players, such as geting homosexuals. But sports leagues remain wary of ago were the effete and the affluent, the least likely to be the Los Angeles Sparks' Lisa Leslie, a Wilhelmina model making any overture. "The day we see the NFL market- NFL fans, that's no longer true. Now Joe Sixpack, the who has spoken about the need to promote the game by ing to gay men will be the day the corner has been middle-class gay guy, can come out and be both gay and concentrating "on the appeal of the woman." (NBA exec- turned" in the popular acceptance of homosexuality, says a football fan." utives note that male players, too, have become sex sym- Sean Strub, president of Strubco, a New York-based gay As the WNBA has not sought gay support, neither bols, with Grant Hill gracing the cover of GQ.) direct marketing firm. are the gay media responding to the burgeoning interest "The lesbian community is critical to the success of Strub believes women's leagues will lead the way, in in the game. The Washington Blade, the area's largest gay women's sports," says Jeffrey Vitale, president of Over- good part because "there's more acceptance of physical publication, has not yet written about lesbian support for looked Opinions, a Chicago marketing company that has affection among women." Indeed, scenes of women the Mystics, says managing editor Colleen Marzec. "It's a been contracted by leagues and teams, including some in embracing over Mystics baskets have produced no com- snowball gathering speed," she says. "We're watching it." the NBA, to provide demographic information about the plaints and hardly any notice. gay and lesbian population. Yet the WNBA remains icily silent on the subject of

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Bayshore Mall n 1988, the primates of the Angli- can Church worldwide, including A group of 146 bishops signed an The bishops even decided to change a 414-967-0735 open letter to gay and lesbian Anglicans section in the Pefect for gifts, the Episcopal Church of America resolution that had origi- corporate "thank yous" calling for a "prayerful, respectful conver- nally and everyday indulgences. as it's known in this country, gath- condemned "homophobia" and sation on the issue of homosexuality" instead censured the "irrational fear of GOT QUESTIONS? ASK US! ered for their once-a-decade Lam- We're your friendly Ibeth Conference at Canterbury amid within the church. homosexuals." on. smoking experts. predictions that the church would split The Most Rev. Roger White, Episco- Bishop Malik said, "It condemns • Punch. labia. Butera• apart over whether women could be pal bishop of Milwaukee, said after the homophobia, meaning those who actively ordained. It did not, and they were. That argu- ment, however, continues to percolate "We need to be very, very clear that they're within the church, which ironically is tit- FRINGES ularly headed by a woman — Queen Elizabeth II. very welcome in the church." But at this year's Lambeth Confer- Hair Design ence, just concluded, there were for the THE MOST REV. ROGERWHITE, EPISCOPALBISHOP OF MILWAUKEE first time 11 women present among the more than 700 bishops attending. You've come a long way, Most Reverend Baby. biblical condemnation of homosexuality condemn homosexuals. If Scripture con- There were also fears that this 13th by his church that "we need to be very, demns it, why condemn those who are A Full Lambeth Conference would also split very clear that they're very welcome in trying to uphold teaching and Scripture?" apart over questions of the role of gay and the church." It was enough to make any Southern Service lesbian Christians in the Anglican Even Dr. George Carey, the Arch- Baptist's heart jump for joy. Churches, whether their unions could be bishop of Canterbury and the ranking And the Rt. Rev. James Stanton, Bish- given the blessings of the church, and if primate of the church, said gays and les- op of Dallas, sounding more like Pat Salon sexually active homosexuals could be bians were still welcome in the church Robertson than an Episcopal bishop, ordained as priests. and "we want them to stay within and we praised the anti-gay resolution saying, To many Anglicans/Episcopalians, want them to continue to explore these "The Anglican Communion upholds bib- Conveniently located in these questions are either dreadfully seri- issues with us." lical Christian teaching on sexuality, and But what went on at Lambeth wasn't this is good news for the Bay Shore Mall ous — or absurd. American church Among other things, England has a church potluck followed by a feel-good and for our ministry in American society." already had two well-documented gay hug, no matter what the good bishops Bishop John Spong, from Newark, and archbishops may say. It was a gay- N.J. and a longtime champion of gays 5900 N. Port Washington Road kings who, had they lived a few centuries later, would have been the head of the bashing of institutional proportions. and lesbians in the church, said, "The For Appointments call 414/332-5158 church which was now trying to decide if Besides declaring homosexuality resolution sought to justify its prejudice gays and lesbians are good enough to incompatible to biblical teachings, for- by appeals to the authority of Holy Scrip- pray at their altars. bidding ordination of homosexual ture. That tactic was employed in the And anyone with even a passing priests, and refusing the church's blessing church's attempt to justify slavery, segre- familiarity of the Episcopal Church is of same-sex unions, the resolution also gation and apartheid. It failed then. It doubtless aware that, like "don't ask, don't embraced a statement by 80 bishops of will surely fail on this issue." tell," there already are more than a few Africa and South East Asia condemning The Most Rev. Richard Holloway, Western gay sex as sinful. Even the word "chastity" bishop of Edinburgh and an advocate of homosexual priests (and doubtless bish- ops as well). And thanks to the unflinch- had to be removed from the resolution greater acceptance of gays and lesbians ing courage of a few Episcopal priests and because of fears among conservative bish- within the church, said he felt "gutted, Realty ops that the word might be interpreted to shafted and depressed" after the overpow- bishops, same-sex unions are already being blessed by the church, beach in Eng- mean faithful, lifelong gay partnerships. ering vote for the anti-gay resolution. land and in the U.S. and Canada. Before the learned clerics started their He said what concerned him about the Low Listing Commission anti-gay content of the • But all too typical of clerics com- debate, the Rt. Rev. 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misunderstandings and false assumptions, but they 45,000 at Europride, caught me off guard. This wasn't what his open- How To Answer Questions faced curiosity had led me to expect. 60,000 at Vienna Pride Will and I talked for about an hour. I did the About Gay Life And Change best I could to change his mind, but something The EuroPride parade in Stockholm drew 15,000 Anti-gay Attitudes kept bothering me when I got to my hotel room. marchers arid 30,000 spectators July 25, reports corre- The main problem, I realized,-was that I didn't spondent Bjoern Skolander. know how to deal with someone who was not hos- Motorcyclists led the three-hour procession followed by by Christopher Ott tile to gay people, but who still doesn't agree with us. a contingent carrying the flag of each European nation. of the In Step Staff I answered most of Will's questions the same way I After the parade, a four-hour Rainbow Music Extrava- couple of years ago I would answer them for straight friends who already ganza featured Nordic gay/lesbian artists and transsexual came out to a young understand homosexuality. I caught myself getting Israeli pop diva Dana International, winner of this year's Astraight man — let's angry at him for asking what seemed to be such stu- Eurovision song contest. call him Will — who pid questions. I relied too much on easy, politically In Vienna, meanwhile, 60,000 people crowded the his- struck up a conversation correct formulas — expressions like "gay pride," for instance — which didn't toric Ringstrasse to demand equal rights for gays, lesbians, with me while we were mean much to someone like Will, who found them completely unfamiliar. bisexuals and waiting in an airport. The transgendered people, organizers said. That night in my hotel room, I began to realize They called for repeal of Penal Code Article 209 which last flight of the evening to Atlanta, our destination, that misunderstandings between gays and straights prohibits gay men from having sex until age 18 while allow- had been canceled, and aren't only caused by a lack of information about ing heterosexuals and lesbians to do so at 14. after we received vouchers for a free night at a nearby homosexuality anymore. I tried to give Will as Marchers also stressed the need for a registered-part- hotel, Will suggested that we get something to eat. much information as I could about gay life, but he nership law and a national ban on discrimination based on I agreed, and as we started toward the airport didn't understand that information the way I want- sexual orientation. restaurant, Will asked, "So, are you going to ed him to. We each looked at the issue in com- Atlanta on business?" pletely different ways- and this is one of the main British Age-of-Consent I hesitated for a moment. He had already men- causes of hostility between gays and straights. tioned his girlfriend, but I decided to answer his "Straight Answers" will take a closer look at the Change Postponed question honestly. causes for these misunderstandings. Each column "No, I'm going to see my boyfriend," I said, as will look at how to discuss tough questions about The British government has postponed plans to lower homosexuality, in hopes of changing anti-gay atti- the age of consent for gay-male sex from 18 to 16 after the if it were nothing unusual. Will looked at me in disbelief. For a second he tudes and preventing problems between ordinary House of Lords vetoed the House of Commons' approval of looked as if he were afraid I would sink fangs into gay people and ordinary straight people like Will. the move. his neck, but I decided to try carrying on as if noth- The majority of straight Americans, after all, are The measure was an amendment to an important crime ing out of the ordinary had happened. still like Will. They don't agree with the extreme bill that the government was not willing to see delayed any "And you?" I asked politely. fringe of anti-gay conservatives, but they also don't further, said Home Secretary Jack Straw. "Girlfriend," was all he could say. understand homosexuality. They feel uncomfort- But, Straw promised the matter will return full-force To his credit, Will recovered pretty quickly. By the able about it, and they have doubts about exactly next session and will be formulated in such a way that after time we sat down in the restaurant he was feeling more what legal rights we deserve. the Commons passes it again, the Lords will be unable to candid, and he asked me if I would mind answering Whether it's fair or not, gay people have to explain ourselves to people who think this way. And delay it for more than one year. some questions about what it's like to be gay. I didn't mind, but Will's questions were tougher if we want to make more progress in winning the A spokeswoman for the gay-lobby group Stonewall pro- rights which straight people already take for grant- nounced the new plan acceptable. "The Government is than I expected. My answers didn't seem to satisfy him, even though he was polite and curious, and ed, we're going to need their understanding- and determined to see that the huge vote for equality by M Ps is even though we were both about the same age and their votes. "Straight Answers" aims to offer advice translated into legislation," said Angela Mason. seemed to have a lot in common. for dealing with anti-gay attitudes, and to help us The Commons' vote in favor of allowing gay sex at the I knew something was wrong because Will's eliminate the unnecessary hostility, uncertainty and same age as lesbian and heterosexual sex was 336-129. questions kept getting more and more negative. suspicion-with which we are viewed so often. The Lords' vote against it was 290-122. "Why would you want to be gay?" he asked me. Members of the House of Lords are not elected, and the "Why are gays so promiscuous?" "Why are gays so Editor's Note: "Straight Answers" will appear monthly in IN Step. The first installment appears below. new Labour government has planned to rid the chamber of political about homosexuality?" hereditary seats. Some other seats are held by the nation's I knew that Will's questions were all based on Anglican bishops. Austria is the only other European Union nation with an unequal age of consent. Gay people can be "cured." OUTRAGE! Zaps Bishops The analogy they'll prefer is to com- Don't you want to be? pare homosexuality to something like alco- Forty gay activists organized by the group OutRage! holism — something which some people zapped 800 Anglican bishops at London's Festival Pier July hen you talk to somebody who mind, and while being left-handed is dif- may also be naturally inclined toward, but 28 as the prelates boarded a boat to cruise the Thames. thinks that homosexuality is an ill- ferent, it doesn't do any harm. You might then ask the person you're which must be resisted nonetheless. The bishops were attending the Anglican Church's once- Wness or a disorder that can be You may never succeed in convincing every-10- years Lambeth Conference. "cured" — that's the theme of the reli- talking with to imagine a culture which these people that being gay is not a sin or The protesters castigated the bishops for supporting gious right's recent ad campaign about looks on left-handedness as a sin, or as a sickness — or that in fact it can be as anti-gay discrimination and demanded the church launch a "hope and healing for homosexuals" — something scandalous or embarrassing. good and healthy as being straight — but "Queer Reformation." They chanted, "Church of hatred, you can always try mentioning a couple of In a world like this, there would be you might be able to plant a little bit of church of fear, stop crucifying queers!" facts. The American Psychiatric Association probably be plenty of "converted" or doubt in their minds about what they pre- Some protesters were dressed as bishops, priests or declassified homosexuality as a mental ill- "cured" left-handers. Some of them might viously thought they knew. nuns. Two OutRage! "bishops" kissed each other while a ness in 1914, and Michael Bussee and be very convincing. Some might deny that If the person you're arguing with men- gay-male nun sprinkled the real bishops with "homo water Gary Cooper — the founders of the "ex- they were ever left-handed, they might say tions someone they know who has "convert- ..to cleanse them of the sin of homophobia"-- a takeoff on gay" ministry Exodus — later repudiated they were only left-handed because of ed back to straight," it's probably not a good "holy water" used in the Catholic and Anglican faiths. the organization and became lovers. So some childhood trauma, or they might idea to get personal and to say that "she's "Dr. Carey and many of his bishops are acting like the much for being "ex-gay." secretly admit that they still struggle against just repressing it," or "he's just kidding him leaders of the Afrikaaner Church in South Africa during But surprise, surprise, a lot of the the "sin" of left-handedness. But the fact self." This is probably true, but it's risky to apartheid," said OutRage's John Hunt. "They are opposing people who believe that homosexuality would remain that without pressure from make sweeping statements about someone equality and endorsing discrimination." can be "cured" don't know what they're other people, they'd still be left-handers — talking about, and they don't really want and nobody would be any worse off for it. you don't even know. He may show up and Toronto Mayor Enjoys Gay Stroll to. They're probably not going to care This is sort of like what happens in argue with you even more forcefully than the what the A.P.A. or anybody else says, and societies which strongly discourage homo- person you started out with! Toronto's new mayor, the quotable Mel Lastman, was they may trot out their own "experts" sexuality. When it's extremely dangerous The best thing to say is probably some- main gay impressed during a recent stroll through the city's who claim that we can be cured. They're to be gay, people learn to live as straights. thing like, "Well, if she's happy, then good neighborhood. also likely to think that ex-ex-gays have They may never even be fully aware of for her, but most people who 'convert' from one," "I've never seen a community as friendly as this just "fallen back into sin." their natural orientation themselves. homosexuality have really just gone back Lastman said. "Everybody knows everybody, and everybody For these tough cases, you'll proba- The people you argue about this with into the closet and are essentially lying to waves to everybody and talks and everybody is friendly with bly need to try different arguments. will probably not like the left-hand analogy. themselves and the people they love." everybody. You might suggest that being gay is They'll say it's a poor comparison because Most of the time, the people you "This tour has taught me a lot. I've led a very sheltered sort of like being left-handed. This isn't a there is no sin in using the left hand instead argue with will not just give up and admit life. I didn't know anything about gay or anything else. But perfect analogy, but it's close: The hand of the right. They'll be unable to see that that you're right. But with a little luck, they're our community, and I'm the mayor and it's my job we write with is a characteristic we don't that their belief in the sinfulness of homo- you'll give them something to think about, to make sure I understand them better and understand the have much direct control over, our world is sexuality is just as arbitrary as saying that and you may begin to change their minds community better." largely designed with right-handers in one hand is better than the other. in some small way. —Christopher Ott

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crossed lovers in a skit based (somewhat loosely) on West Side Story. Then, while appearing at a news SMOOCH! conference with New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Titantic hearthrob Shipley, Secretary Albright revealed that that one of Leonardo DiCaprio her role models is Zena, Warrior Princess, protector of was quoted in Eva the powerless. magazine as saying he Somehow, we can't picture Warren Christopher, finds kissing "disgust- or Henry Kissinger, or any of the guys preceding her ing," but one of his saying or doing either of these things — but is sure is publicists said the amusing to try! interview was based on a fabrication and has demanded a retraction. Queer Parable "When you chink John invited his mother over for dinner. During the about it, kissing is pretty disgusting," the 23-year-old meal, his mother couldn't help noticing how handsome star was quoted as saying. John's roommate was. She had long been suspicious of "The human mouth is one of the dirtiest things on John's sexuality and this only made her more curious. this planet. There's so much bacteria, slime and trapped Over the course of the evening, while watching the food — a dog's mouth is much cleaner." two men interact, she started to wonder if there was more But publicist Deborah Grimes in Los Angeles said between John and the roommate than met the eye. you're thinking to yourself— "So she took a wrong turn DiCaprio never gave an interview to the magazine. Reading his mom's thoughts, John volunteered, "I and had her brains sucked out and served with shallots know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, by a profit-hungry pseudo religious cult, why pick on Mike and I are just roommates." John?" — you're not alone! East Side Offers More About a week later, Mike came to John and said, But Berry insists the organization used Travolta as a "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been shining example of someone its teachings "cured" of the Homo Friendly Shopping unable to find the beautiful silver gravy ladle. You don't "ruin" of homosexuality. "Look! Look!" Berry claims Milwaukee's "fashionable" east side continues its suppose she took it, do you?" they told him for a quarter of a century, "Look at his streak of cool new businesses. The highly anticipated John said, "Well, I doubt it, but I'll write her a letter comeback career, his gorgeous blonde wife Kelly Pre- juice bar ZERO is now open on Brady Street, and there's just to be sure." So he sat down and wrote: ston, his fancy car and fancy clothes and tasteful also construction on the DiSalvo project at the old "Dear Mother, I'm not saying you `did' take a gravy Calvin Klein wedding ring." Beyond the Sea location. We'll keep you posted. ladle from my house, and I'm not saying you `did not' Travolta's attorney, Jay Lavely, called the lawsuit We'll also soon have a new pet shop on Farwell Ave. take a gravy ladle. But the fact remains that one has "hogwash" and boasted Travolta is "a happily married with the homo-friendly name of Rainbow Pets. Co- been missing ever since you were here for dinner." man." Must say it strikes me as funny, though, I've heard owner Eileen Whitmarsh tells the Latest Dish the store Several days later, John received a letter from his Kirstie Alley's name popping up in the same context. will definitely be people and pet-friendly. Just up the mother which read: street, Body Ritual relocated to Prospect Mall and "Dear Son, I'm not saying that you `do' sleep with will soon be offering tattoos. It's the first tattoo studio in Mike, and I'm not saying that you `do not' sleep with Sheboygan Rains Milwaukee in some 25 years! Taking up residence in the Mike. But the fact remains that if he was sleeping in his Farwell Avenue storefront vacated by Body Ritual is a own bed, he would have found the gravy ladle by now. Love, Mom." on Fundie's Parade new gift shop called Wonderland of Treasure. We're Sheboygan's almost-canceled, Disney-sponsored warming up our charge cards already! "Mickey's Hometown Parade," went ahead despite Scientologists Beware drenching rains that flooded that portion of our state. XENA:Not just for Both the kind of creepy Church of Scientology and Also attending were the slightly dampened protesters dis- one-time dreamy and now kinda of lumpy John Tra- pleased with Disney's policies toward gays and lesbians volta are being sued by a Beverly Hills artist, Michael Despite the flood, the crowd wasn't in a mood for Girls Anymore Pattinson in a bizarre fraudulent claims case. the anti-Disney, anti-gay protest and many booed and Having a woman as U.S. Secretary of State sure Pattinson, soon to be a very famous ex-ex-gay by heckled the demonstrators who trudged a block behind makes for some interesting news. First, Madeleine most accounts, says he was duped into spending the best the parade. Albright performed a duet with Russian Foreign Min- 25 years of his life and a cool half a million pursuing the ister Yevgeny Primakov, in which they played star- church's promise to "cure" him of homosexuality. If

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