Vol. 2, No. 11 Memphis, Tenneuee November, 1981 500 March In Take Back The Night Rally

by Regina Russell· sibility to learn about and understand the painful and complex history of the LITTLE ROCK-A crowd estimated at 500 relationship between rape and racism gathered in front of the steps of the in this country and particularly in

Arkansas State Capitol September 27 this state .•••Women who defend them­ to hear speakers Bella Abzug , Carol selves against battery and rape are Gaddy, Lo ttie Shackleford and others . ,Jjldged more harshly than their oppres- ·� - denounce the epidemic of rape in er­ ;-·�ots." ica , the Family Protection Ac t, and Bella Abzug , when asked by a GAZE other issues at a Take Back the Night reporter to make a statement about Gay rally and march sponsored by the Amer­ and Lesbian rights , delayed starting ican Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas , the march in order to make the state­ WomenUSA and the Arkansas chapter of ment . She said•that Lesbian and .Gay the Nat ional Organization for Women. people mu st continue to push for equal The crowd included a large contin­ rights and that civil liberties must gent of openly Gay and Lesbian individ­ not be denied people on the basis ol uals and groups. When asked why she sexual orientation or sexual preference in this country . _. Following the rally at the Capitol, part ic�?,Hnts,led by Abzug , marched to Memphis makes a strong showing In Little Rock's Take sack· McArthb�Park . A large contingent protesting violence against women. marched under.the banner of the Memphis Gay Coalition , marking the first time ments. The constant threat of rape is stant danger of assault. The wh ite male in history that Lesbians and Gay men an abuse in itself. The society in jud icial system prosecutes incidents have marched openly in the streets of

which we live , through ind ifference, of rape of wh ite women by non-whites _ Little Rock. Members of MGC were jo-in­ sanctions violence against women . and ignores the rape of nonwhite women . ed by members of Arkansas Gay Rights, "Programs to offer women equal rights Historically , rape has been used to Inc. , and other Lesbian and Gay in­ are _instituted , but these don' t include promote rac ism. It is therefore cru­ dividuals from Tennessee and Arkansas. the right to live and work without con- cial that whi te women take the respon-

astor Says Resignation Temporary Bella Abzug speaks about "an oppressive political climate" that promotes violence In stream of Christianity." Though its America. by Bill Johnson • Adding that she plans to return to MCC , she said , "I just need to do some leaders are quick to point out that MCC thought so many Lesbians and Gay men things before Irgo on·." ill an "open" church tha,t welcomes all were concerned wi-th the issue of rape, MEMPH IS-Local Metropolitan Community Metropolitan·Community Church of Mem:.. people , its congregations throughout an unidentified rally marshall said , Church Pastor Charlene Taylor has re­ phis is a miss:j.on of the Universal Fel­ the world are predominantly Lesbians "I think most people who are oppressed signed her position as pastor in order lowship of Metropolitan Copmunity and Gay men . are concerned with all forms of oppres­ to take a sabbatical leave . According Churches founded by the Rev, Troy Perry Rev . Taylor believes that MCC has a on October 6,1968 . The Memphis church "real potential for good in the com­ sion," Rally marshalls wore - lavendar to Rev. Taylor , her resignation indi­ armbands. cates only that she needs "time for a was founded December 14 ,· 1975. Rev. mu nity." Particularly with Jerry Speakers noted the atmosphere of rest." Taylor has been with MCC in Memphis Falwell and the Moral Maj orfty, Taylor violence in American society that has "I wanted to go on a year 's sabbati­ since 1975 and was licensed to prea�h says , "more and more people are be­ resulted in the problem of rape. More cal and the only way to do that was to by the church in 1977. coming ali�nated from the Church al­ rapes occurred in Arkansas last year resign," Rey. Taylor said . "I needed "MCC ," Rev. Taylor said , "is a place" together. He is giving Christianity than in the entire nation of Canada. some time to regather myself ." for people who have felt estranged and a bad name . But he is going to be There were 189 rapes reported in Little Rev. Taylor said that she has no alienated from the Church. The Church really shocked one day.,.it 's no won­ Rock in 1980. There were 218 reported plans to leave Memphis. "I love the haa · been our greatest oppressor. MCC der that people do not want to have and attempted rapes and 22 other sex­ people here. I think they are just offers a church home for us ." anything to do wi,th church. He 's pre­ ual assault and abuse cases . Eight of great. I will be staying here . Memphis MCC is a general Christian church senting a God of hate and judgment. the victims were male . grows on you." wh ich , Taylor says , "moves in the main- He is deciding who can come to God and

· A central theme of the rally was the who can't. • problem of victims having to "justify" "But I don ' tlbelieve any group now , why they were raped . It was noted by not even Jerry Falwell , can come out several speakers that rape victims are Court Date Set For against us [iesbians and Gay men] and not have it do us a favor. We are news . generally treated as criminals and are ' forced to prove that they were not We 're being talked about as never be­ "asking for it" by manner of dress , Kathleen Park Case fore . Ev�ry mainstream denomination being on the street ,and other inciden­ is debating about us ••••These people tals. by Ric Sullivan "I'm just trying not to think about really believe that being homosexual Rape in Arkansas and throughout the· it because if I do it will drive me is a sin." country is not treated with the same MEMPHIS-Lesbian. mother Kathleen Park nuts ," she said . Speaking of MCC in Memphis , Taylor seriousness as other violent crimes , will go to court November 13 to attempt Ms. Park said that her attorney re­ said , "There is still a lot of work to speakers noted . While rape has in­ to restore a previous court-set sched­ cently received a letter from Mr.Park's be done here. We need more visibility creased 226. 3%--the highest increase ule of visitation rights for her 10- attorney requesting that Ms . Park pay in the community. It is still 'under of any crime against a person--it also year-old son , Mike. more child support than she currently the table' here. We are still somewha t has the highest'rate of acquittal or Ms. Park's former husband , Michael pays. She pays child support, as de­ isolated •.••It takes some _time. Our dismissal' . Rape is still frequently Park, who has custody of the child , termined by the court when she was basic problems here are with people 's looked upon as a sexual act rather than has prevented Ms . Park from seeing divorced in 1978 , for Mike and her self esteem and self worth. They have an act of violence. him at agreed-upon times by changing other two children. had to deal with a tremendous amount "Every human being, regardless of the visitation rules without court ap­ Ms. Park says that the request is of negativism. We have to convince sex , race , sexual preference, age or proval. (See September GAZE .) "unfair." Mr.Park, a former ·air traf­ people that they can do things , that color or economic status ," according Although Ms. Park hopes to have the fic controller who walked off the job they are worthy human beings , and that to Women Aga inst Violence Against col!rt force Mr . Park to comply with the during the PATCO strike , is currently we really can be a community and a Women, "has the right to physical safe­ original visitation requirements , s'he unemployed , and Ms. Park believes his family." ty and psychological health . Rape is is not confident that she will win. Ms. situation is the reason for the re­ MCC will cont�nue to meet at 672 violence, Rape reinforces discrimina­ Park's attorney , Linda Clements , is quest for increased child support pay­ S. McLean until a new location can be tion against women . A woman 's right "doubtful" that the court will decide ments. The request would triple the found . The church is looking for a to move freely and to go where she in their favor. amount of support payments for each of facility and asks anyone who might chooses is stunted by the incessant "If we lose," said Ms . Park , "we 'll the three children . know of one to call MCC at 278-1091. fear and ever-present possibility of appeal it." She-added that the judge "I'm not -superst·itious ," Ms . Park J.R. Finney will serve as interim being attacked . Even to stay at home who will decide thi;! case is a part-time told GAZE , "but November 13 is a Fri­ worship coordinator until a pastor is· alone is to. be haunted .. by the stories fundamentalist preacher and she fears day." selected to replace Rev. Taylor , which, about men breaking into women 's apart- this may affect her case negatively . she says , "probably won't take long." .

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A Privilege Of Equality And then comes the Family Protection Act. We've already been warned that

- . if we organize Gay and Lesbian groups /• - : � tl" to fight it we will come off looking Our word is worthless. Our opinions the military? Why are Gay aliens like homosexuals trying to destroy the are worthless. O forbidden entry into America? Why does American· family. Never mind that the �r testimony is blas- . phemous. an Oklahoma law forbid Gays from teach­ Act would deny us Social Security and By Bill Johnson We are stuck in· an adolescent stage ing (or anyone who speaks out in favor veteran's benefits and all other gov­

of behavior. We. are freaks. of Gay rights)? Why do laws in several ernment monies • . (Yes, we would still We are "of the lievil." We are anti- stat�s specifically target Gay people? have to pay taxes.) Never mind that Christa. We are 1/ignals of the end of Is it a "special privilege"to join the the Act would totally legalize dis­ WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, the world. We threaten society. army? To teach school? To keep a job? crimination against us (ap.d anyone who in Order to form a more perfect Union, We are sick. , To live in an apartment? speaks in favor of Gay rights) to the establish Justice, insure domestic We seduce young people. We recruit As usual, the list is endless. And fullest extent. There would be ab­ Tranquility, provide for the common children becausi we "can't have any of now Jerry Falwell decid.¢!d to run up to solutely no legal recourse if we were defense, promote the general Welfare, our own." We c-�nvert people. Washington and ensu_r that Congress fired fro� our jobs or evicted from our and secure the Blessings of Liberty to f We threaten�harles Britt. We are would overturn the C£strict of Colum- homes simply because we are Gay. If ourselves and · our Posterity, do. or­ a""--o.Q;reaJ; t .: erry Falwell. '. b a' s decision to peal its "Sodomy ypu walked into a hotel and the desk dain and establish. this Constitution .f? -/ \ p We embody tred. We emb dy lewd- laws." SucJ:l:- laws, by virtue o£ the clerk thought you might be homosexual, for the United States of America. J]a { � ness. We bro-ught. £,ice and orimstone Fourteeiftn :·Amendment, are blatantly he or she could legally refuse to rent We, the people. ' to,Sodom. , / unconstitutional, but they remain in a room to you. You could be refused On Capitol Hill in Washi gton, whose f_l We ill babies. ""'We ·�e • � swi.sh. des- existence in 26 states and the District service in a restaurant. The college .voices are heard? On Capitol Hill � - tr,oy civilizations'. .. ,•: - � af Columbia. of your choice could choose not to ed­ ·Nashville, whose voices .are heard? We, th� people. Is Jerry Falwell to be heard at the ucate· you. We, the people. We are ·the Gay and � zo: We "took over" San Fran,:!'is.r,&[. �aton of. others and to be allowed How many of these legislators who Lesbian people of the :")United States. are "special interest grou� ar� to contFcll-"'Thlfi'lves-tl��� simply remind us that we are protected by the . We are the Gay and Lesbian people of not legitimate. We are "your kind." because "In God We Trust" is printed constitution will vote for the Family Tennessee. We are the Gay and Lesbian We_ are homos. We are lezzies. We are on our qollars or beca1-1se George Wash- Protection Act? If we encourage them people of Memphis. We are 90,000 in theives. ington called for prayer at Valley to oppose it, will they simply tell us Memphis • ·We· are 460,000 in Tennessee. We are the "bad part of towrl." Forge? we are seeking special privileges? We are one tenth of the population. · We are twisted. We are distasteful. Our voices are not hear�. We .at'e offensive. We are 1often excluded from jobs. We : · are excluded fr6J11 military service. We To have surviveft the lies and nega­ are sometimes excluded from housing. tivism our cruel, ignora t and inse­ We are frequently excluded from the � cure socie-�y has cursed us with, we churches and synagogues. Our people must; be the strongest people on earth. are excluded from the ports of this Truly this cruelty has given us a country. We are not really people. W � high suicide rate, a high ,.d·rug and al­ 00 are homosexuals. c.ohol abuse rate and terfifying feel­ We are bad. We are sinners. Our ings of self-destruction. Our society, 0 existence is sin. We are dirty. We cruelly, has literally and figurative­ are pornographic. We are evil. We are ly destroyed millions of lives. corrupt. I do not believe that "We the people" We have singleh�ndedly brought the was written to exclude me. Many in downfall of vast empires. our society will continue to perpet­ We a,re communists. We are a threat uate myths about Gays and to build to American security. hatred against us, but we must do some-'­ We are spys. We are worthless. We thing to ensure our protection under are child molesters. We are murderers. the Constitution. We are 'Prc><>titutes.We are drug addicts. Many legislators, due (I hope) to We are criminals. We are found in bad­ their simple lack of knowledge, fre­ neighborhoods. We are sissies and quently remind us that we ARE pro­ tomboy's. tected by the Constitution. I fre­ We are faggots. We are dykes. We · quently remind them to look around. are fairies. We are queers. We are by Ken c. H8V8nback There are some legal matters, for ex­ fruits. We lisp. We are weaklings. ample, that might show them otherwise.· sPecie/Interpreter tor the judgementImpaired pro'llded by 1.6 million American citizen• for $1 We are liars. We are trash. We are Why are we specifically excluded from queens. We are "gay-wads." We are un­ million per week. reliable. We are invaders. We should go back · where we came from. We are sodomites. We are i1111lloral'. H.R.1454: Not A ''S-pecial Privilege'' Bill We are a threat to the navy, the army, the air force and the marines. We are a threat to �he FBI and the by Marcia Kearn SEC. 2. Section 30l(a) of the Civil lowing: "Affectional or sexual orien­ CIA. We are a threat to Mayor Chandler. Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000 tation." We are a threat to Governor Alexander. b(a)) is amended by inserting after (b)Section 805 of such Act is amend­ We are ·a threat to Rep. Robin Beard. Among the ·other too numerous to men­ "religion," the following:"affectional ed by inserting after "religion," the We soil things. We are lurking in tion untruths being circulated by the or sexual orientation." following: "affectional or sexual dark corners. We corrupt· children. We so-called "Christian" Right (like the SEC. 3. Section 601 of the Civil orientation." · are unfit to live. Moral Majority, it, too, is neither), Rights Act of 1964 is amended by in­ (c) Section 806 of such Act is amend­ We flaunt. We are "lifestyles." We is that House Resolution 1454 would, serting after "color," the following: ed by i-nserting after "religion," the are sexual deviates. if passed, establish a "quota" system "affectional or sexual orientation." following: "affectional or sexual or­ We .are perverts. We are outlaws. for Gay men and Lesbians in employment SEC. 4.(a) Sections 703(a), 703(b), ientation." We are not worthy of citizenship. We situations. This is part of the "spec:.. 703(c), 703(d), 703(e), 703(j), 704(b), SEC.7. Section 901 of the Act enti­ are maniacs. We are sex-crazed. We ial privilege" accusation by the Radi­ 706(g),qnd 717(a) of the Civil Rights tled "An Act to prescribe penalties for ,are anti-family. We are anti-religion. cal Right and is openly used only Act of 1964 are amended by inserting certain acts of violence or intimida­ We are anti-America. with Gay people. It is imp�ied, how­ after "sex," each place it appears tion and other purposes" is amended by When we. seek equality and the rights ever, against all minorities. the following: "-affectional or sexual inserting after "religion" each place granted us by the Constitution, we are H.R. 1454, however, contains a spe­ orientation." it appears the following:"affectional seeking "special privileges." cific provision which such notable (b)Section 717(c) of such Act is a­ "tor sexual orientation." We are heartless. We are love-less. persons as Tennessee's Rep. Robin mended by inserting "affectional or SEC.8.As used in the amendments made We are leftists. We are radical. We. Beard seem to overlook. Section 9 sexual orientation" after "sex." by this Act, the term "affectional or are destructive. We are power hungry. of the Bill specifically_ states that (c)(l) Section 703(h) of �uch Act sexual orientation" means male or fe­ We are a threat to the "family" and no provision of H.R. 1454 "shall be is amended by inserting after "sex," male homosexuality, heterosexuality, · to "traditional moral values." construed to permit or require.. • the first place it appears the follow­ and bisexuality by orientation or prac­ We are trying to turn the whole the fashioning of any remedy requir­ ing: "affectional or sexual orienta­ tice, by and between consenting adults. world Gay. We will lead to societal ing any sort of quota for the activ­ tion." SEC.9.No amendment made by this Act . genocide. ity wherein such discrimination is al­ (2) Such section. 703(h) is further. shall be construed to permit or require: We can be murdered with little con­ leged for persons ·of any particular amended by inserting "affectional or (1) the determination that discrim­ sequence. We can be fired from jobs affectional or sexual orientation." sexual orientation," after "sex" the ination exists to be .based on any sta­ because we exist. We can be evicted The Bill would also protect hetero­ second place it appears. tistical differences in the incidence from homes b.ecause we exist. sexuals who might have Gay or Lesbian SEC. 5. Section 902 of the Civil of persons of a particular affectional We do not suffer except from our employers or landlords. Rights Act of 1964, .is amended by or sexual orientation in the general own choosing. We are not oppressed. The following is the text of House inserting after "sex" the following: population as opposed to in the ac tiv­ We can be arrested for no legitimate Resolution 1454. "affectional or sexual orientation." ity wherein. such discrimination is al­ reason. We can be charged with any­ SEC. 6. (a) Section 804 of the Act leged; or thing because we're too evil to be be­ Be it enacted by the Senate and House entitled "An Act to prescribe penal­ "(2)the fashioning of any remedy re­ lieved when we deny the charges. of· Representatives of the United States ties for certain acts of violence or quiring any sort of quota �or the ac­ We taint our associates. We are of America in Congress assembled, That intimidation and for other purposes" tivity wherein such discrimination is psychotic. We are witches. We are this Act may be cited as the "Civil is amended by inserting after "reli­ alleged for persons of any particular aliens. We are inferior beings. Rights Amendments· Act of 1981." gion," each place it appears the fol- affectional or sexual orientation.

2-Gez�owemb�1981 ______� ----�------�--- ,.,...-- • � • • •.�a J the car wh ere a second plainclothesman ed tqat a Bible be brought to the jury waited to make the arrest on a charge room. of soliciting males. When Q.S.District Judge Tom Wiseman The reliable source, who was not' a­ asked why they wanted the Bible, he ware of such covert police tactics was told that some of the jurors "want r was surprised. to learn that the entire to read in the Book of. Titus about procedure followed a set pattern fa­ their duty to judge others and whether Counter oint miliar to many Gays and Lesbians . it is against their religion," the The- arrested man was reportedly de­ jury- captain said. moralized and-intimidated by the sit­ Wiseman told the jurors that the uation and took the attitude that "it Bible contains numerous passages about is just a part of being Gay, I guess ." judgment. harassed--excuse the_slip--arrested . That entrapment arrested more than "One of,those ·is,'Judge not that ye It looks as if the ,publ;ic drunken­ the man . It also arrested that man 's be judged, '" Wiseman said . "If vou - by Clifton St. John ness law will maintain its status as respect· for law enforcement . went by that you wouldn 't be here at a "catch-all" loophole for the author­ all," He then- told the jurors that ities . while he respected their religious Ticket Lo·ophole Such loopholes are sadly needed . To Judge Or Not 't-o Judge convictions, they were charged by the Thinking on the job is "unlawful ." book of law, not the Bible, and he Memphis police officers are now is­ "Render therefor'e unto Caesar the sent them back to deliberate without suing citations, or tickets, instead Arrested Respect things which are Caesar 's; and unto a co:py of the scriptures . of making arrests in most misdemeanor God the things that'_are God's." Luke Three hours later the jury returned cases. Another case of entrapment in an a- 20 :25. guilty verdicts agains t the two accused The tickets are issued to those ac­ dult theater was recently reported by Even we "humanis ts'.' understand this construction companies. cused of shoplifting, simple posses­ a reliable sourc"' · admonition of Christ 't:q be the essence Thanks to Judge Wiseman the Radical sion of a controlled substance, dis­ of separation of church·· and state. The Right "Christians," who believe that Allegedly,- - an �sractive� ' young man turbing t_he peace,disorderly conduct, (actually a plaincl'e-tt\t_es policeman) "Christians" of the Rad:iifal Right,how- all human knowledge is for naught, man­ malicious mischief and all misdemeanor approached aqd "groped" a ".:'-:> thel!ter ever, recognize np such ,separation.of aged to compromise and "render unto ,\5-, traffic charges except drunken driving . patron who was watching a pe�,.��w powers . Caesar." : � Persons accused of public drunken­ movie . The plainclothesman then in -�-Recently, the federal 'court jury in l. ness, however, will continue to be vited the "suspect " to go with him to a b u---r�-e-ging tria} i_n Nashvill� ask- · Mla•Leadlng of 1977 -...... _;::""..: * CIA Director Bill Casey is busy 69 Myths About Homosexuality "disinforming" the American people by planting phony news stories in the press. Casey argues that the govern­ ment has the unquestionable right to Of Parents And Prostitutes ..- . mislead the public in the interest of national security. Thomas Jefferson viewed the question In turn, the myth rides on the wide­ normal. The need for homosexuals to quite differently two centuries ago . by Clifton St. John spread misconception that all Gays and prove their heterosexual capabilities He argued that "the people 's right to. /18. Lesbians suffer from impotence and is, therefore, invalid . So is myth know.is more important than the offi­ sterility. Even some high-ranking e­ But for centuries Lesbians and Gay cials ' right to govern." And freedom /18: MYTH Gays are not capaple of lected officials state that castrating men have married--for the same valid of the press was established . heterosexual relationships. a rapist "might turn him into a homo­ reasons that heterosexuals have mar­ "What Casey _doesn't understand," Maybe you have heard the joke about sexual ." ried--to carry on a family name, to writes Jack Anderson in his syndicated the Gay man named Lee who was "married In a sordid way, society uses this gain respect in the business community, column, "is that truth--just the sim­ and had several kids, by George ." Or misconceived myth to validate hetero­ to rear families for themselves, etc. �le, straightforward truth--is the possibly you read the PLAYGIRL editor­ sexual marriag� while condemning any Fifty years ago more than half of all most effective method of persuading ial that appeared during the Anita "unnatural" deviation. from the "norm. " American.Gays and Lesbians were "hid­ people ap.d influencing events." Bryant rampage, which stated that the But society overlooks or prefers to den" in heterosexual marriages . Few Perhaps the CIA should hire Anita only way a Gay man could become a fa­ ignore the fact that homosexuals have were even "suspected" of being homo­ Bryant, one of the world 's notorious ther would be to have his children a natural attraction to those of their sexual because the misconceived myths disinforme rs . sired by a heterosextial man. same sex. Homosexuality is a true sex­ helped them to remain invisible . Their Maybe they· already did . Both the joke and the editorial are ual orie�tation, rather than a failed marriages succeeded. But more impor­ based on the my th that Gays -are no� sex drive or a sexual alternative. For t� those Gays aqd Lesbians . ro.

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I get a little tired of the implica­ The nursing home residents--and all A Great Deal of Pride tions from some people that being "in elderly groups--have some of the same the closet" means you are some kind of compositipn that is fo.und in youth and On behalf of the Pulaski County A Push From Inside inconsiderate slob who resents the later years. They are rich, poor, ed­ (Little Rock area) National Organiza­ Gay rights movemen;: and calls its lead­ ucated, uneducated, heterosexual, ho­ tion for Women, I would like to thank A response is in order to Mr� Mark ers "troublemakers." I don't believe mosexual, male, female, Black,. white,. the many Lesbians and Gay men from �oodkin of Yt. Lauderdale, Florida, ·that is true of most of us. I know Red, Baptist, Catholic, Socialist, the Memphis area who participated in who said in his letter [Oct. GAZE] there is a need to fight injustice Democrat, Republican, and on and on •.• our Take Back The Night March and that problems will continue to exist· and that sacrifices may have to be When �orking with the old, have you Rally September 27 . It was with a as long as "somP.one feels strongly made for its battles. I also know become sensitive enough �o free those great deal of pride that I watched the enough to write letters about in­ that the peopla:....,who are really out you work with so that they can openly Memphis delegation, carrying the Mem­ justice BUT still have 'name withheld there fighting much in their lives to express their anxie't;y,· happiness, phis Gay Coalition banner. I believe · by request.'" help do becaus :they believe in a cause frustrations, i:ad ess; to discuss your strength and courage will serve Perhaps I misinterpreted what he that will ultiwately benefit. us arl. problems freely without having you as a source of inspiration to many in .eant by that, but, as one who for From my closet, .though, I will do look at thero � e outcasts or.demons? our community here. many reasons cannot have IllY name- print­ ail I . can to support that fight. It Poli�_...t' ' sensitivity 'to persons' is We loo� forward to supporting you ed, I disagree with it. There are many is because I· _an't ,sign a name to this �:r �s�ential element to being an ad- in any activities in Memphis, and thank . of us�I could name dozens of friends letter that. U't ·fight is nece's�! �:!' Y ·-- . vocate. How can one advocate on .be­ you again for your support • - i � and acquaintances--who feel as I do, I half of someone they detest in their This does not, however,' preclude Name 'Witheld By Requ•t heart and with their entire being,re­ In Sisterhood, , ·a degree of support that �s h�lpful to Lakeland, TN gardless of the reason? Kathy Webb, LIHie Rock. the Gay rights movement. (We have GAZE Many who would speak for or advo-. .to thank for helping us in that area.) cate on behalf of others cannot �ree [Ed.Note: Kathy Webb is president The first thing I did after reading Free To Be themselves of their own hangups to of Pulaski County NOW and is a Nation­ .about the Family Protectlion A� in your truly advocate on behalf of the pop­ al Board Member of NOW. She is a past paper was to write ' a letter to my To be in a free atmosphere--one in ulation, They are paid but are bitter president of Arkansas Gay Rights, Inc.] congressman opposing it. · It may not which persons can be themselves; free or reluctant when. they are forced to be much : but there are many of us "in of hangups that would oppress others; a position of defending a person with free to be regardless of race, color, whom they have a hangup, for whatever More Than Two Cents the closet" who can give a good. push "' ' t ; · sei, sexual preference,political per­ reason. from inside, and. we are ready--should , . push coqe to shove--to put up quite a suasion, religion, apd so forth; free Freedom can only be given by those I have to finally' put in my two fight. If the day comes when our to ·be yourself and t'o discuss a life who are free--free of practices that cents. society trys to pull the plug on the openly in a friendly atmosphere; free tend to .cause prejudice, oppression I want to express to the Lesbian/Gay Gay people who are out front fighting. to be regardless of being rich or poor and hatred. l community the importance of standing 'now, there are those of us who will or educated or uneducated; where every , Advocates must 'be free so that the up and being counted as loving, giving come out fighting stronger. day one cau· wake to talk about the pas.t, persons they �dvocate on behalf of can and caring human beings. The Jerry It may� an injustice--in fact IS-­ the present, and the sma11 fraction also be free! Falwells and other"morality promoters" that I canpot sign my name for publi� ' of a future that is left, without would like us all to be ashamed for Eddie Sandifer cation in this paper, but I am not to' feeiing that one will.b,. ·looked down LOVING. If they. followed the Bible blame for that· injustice. I, for one, upon as if lower than the deepest · Mississippi Gay Alliance and Christianity the way it was meant appreciate those who are out fighting cavern of the planet· Earth, or as far Jack10n, Ms to be, they wouldn't have a leg to and I appreciate papers like GAZE that out of it as the most distant body in stand on. They interpret the Bible to keep the rest of us informed. the galaxy. their advantage only. As a Christian aDd believer in Jesus Christ, I am Lynchburg--Not ""Falweflvllle" proud to say that the Lord I worship is a loving, giving, and most impor­ I can and do· appreciate your good tantly, non-judgmental entity. With· coverage of• BRLA, the Blue Ridge Lamb­ all of the backs tabbing war mongers out da Allianc-eo., which formed recently in there, we must stand proud, as brothers Lynchburg. I object, however, to your· and sisters, and promote the love and headline "Gay Group Forms in Falwell­ warmth that God intended. People fall ville." in love with qualities in other people, t.U Though, try as we might, we cannot not whether or not there is a specific deny that Mr.Falwell is from and lives organ between their legs. in Lynchburg, we certainly do not care So to Jerry Falwell, "Judge not, to be identified as "Falwellvllle." lest ye be judged," and "love thy (Formerly He is not our favored citizen. neighbor as thyself. 11 The self appoint­ Honest error. But we are here, too. ed Gods of the world will have much to ''·My Place") I don't mean to sound negative. I answer for on Judgment Day, for they think GAZE is a remarkable good news­ are the most judgmental human beings paper. But, please, don't give credit on earth. where credit isn't due. And Mr. Fal­ At least we are spreading love and well doesn't deserve any credit. kindness, not picking out targets to 238 N. Cleveland Thanks for the work you do. hassle on the basis of our own inse­ curities. Be proud to love. This 726···9953 is what the Lord' intended. ·a. M.arltum Proud TQ Love In Sisterhood, ·Lynchburg, VA Lisa J. Lepsy, Nashville

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Women's Music Productions Plans that evening and pa)'111"ent made o�ly one Holiday· Events time per person. ..o!'/'��7,._, An alcohol-free space vas provided Women 's Music Productions , a fem­ by the Metropolitan Community Church. inist organization committed to pro­ Volunteers from TGCHR were present moting· and developing' wgmen ' s music in at each establishment with literature Local the Nashville area , plans to expand about the Gay Rights National Lobby into promotion of various other aspects and the 'Family Protection Act. .Voter of women 1 s culture and the ·arts in the registration drives were conducted at near future. The group , ·which spon­ each location. sored .a Teresa Trull Concert this sum­ Apollo, Tsarus Plan Events At mer , will host a women 's dance on Hal­ IN LITTLE ROCK Sharon's loween night , Oct. 31, 9 p.m. until 1 Compiled by Arkansas ,Gay Rights a.m. at the Unitarian Church at 1808 IN MEMPHIS The My stic Krewe of Apollo has slat­ ·woodmont Blvd . The dance will offer Mid-South Lesbians To Meet Nov. 27 "Mr. Compiled by Staff ... ed a Macho Man" contest- Sunday, prizes for costumes and, best pumpkin October 25 at Sharon's,1474 Madison. design, A $2 c.over charge will include News From Now A "work weekend" on survival and re­ Tsarus will hold a Halloween party refreshments . sistance for Mid-South Lesbians will at Sharon 's on October 31. Also planned by the group is a fall be held at a campsite near here during The Memphis Ghapter of the National For information on these events call .festival fo-r the Thanksgiving weekend . the weekend of November 27 . The focus . Organization for Women has announced Sharon's at 278-9021. will be on Lesbians from Tennessee, that a Lesbian Mothers support group TGCHR Takes Part In Health Arl:ansas , Mississippi, Alabama and is forming. Information about the new "VIews From To Air Oct. 10%" 29, Conference Louisiana . support group can be obtained by cal­ N ov. 4 · Space is limited and the registra­ ling 458-1661. The Tennessee Gay Coalition for Hu­ tion deadline is Nove�r 1. Send Women interested in basketball and "Views From 10%," a new television man Rights (TGCHR) participated in the a stamped self-addressed envelope to volleyball · should also call 458-1661 program produced by'Lambda Televideo , Tennessee Public Health Association "Work Weekend., " 15 Hale St. • , Eureka. for informationon NOW sports programs . will air on cablevision 's Channel 7 Conference held here October 14 , res­ Springs , AR 72632. October· 29 at 7:30 p.m. and again ponding to an invitation to- discuss . MSU-GSU An.nounces Meetings at the same time on November 4. .the needs and feelings of the Gay com­ "Gay American History" Begins At Lambda !elevideo , an organization . .munity -regarding public health care. UALR The Memphis State University Gay formed in June to produce a local Some of the questions raised regarded Student Union, the only university­ program about the Gay and Lesbian how the public health sector can better - A class titled "Gay American History" chartered -Gay/Lesbian organization in community , will announce a regular serve the Gay community , whether a began October 22 through the University the city , has announced new meeting monthly schedule for the show some­ heterosexual clinician can effectively of Arkansas at Little Rock 's "Open times for the '81-82 school year. The time next month. manage the medical needs of Gay /Lesbian University" program. The class will GSU will meet every Friday at 4>30 p.m. The first segment of_ "Views From. 10%" individuals , whether the Gay/Lesbian run for 5 consecutive Thursdays. in a meeting room on the west side of will feature Police Director Buddy community-is better served by its own For information , contact Paul Gordan the third floor of the University Cen­ Chapman speaking before a meeting of members , and whether special provisions at (501) 224-9545� ter (UC) . , the Memphis Gay Coalition and respon­ are necessary for the community. Future plans of the GSU include ses to his talk fr!i>m random member s of AGR Sponsors Faii.Frollc 'publicity flyers , classified ads in the audience. TCGHR, Local Bars Send $500 To The HELMSMAN , and public service .an­ Future segments of the show will Fight The FPA Arkansas Gay Rights will sponsor the nouncements on WSMS , the campus radio focus on different aspects of , the 2nd annual Fall Frolic on Saturday , station, to encourage student partic­ Memphis Gay and Lesbian communi�y , TGCHR sponsored on Sept. 17 a fund­ November 7, at Reservoir Park . Food , ipation in the organization.· GSU the local Gay rights movement, local raiser for the Gay Rights National games , music and fun are scheduled from members displayed pamphlets announcing and national news- of interest to Les­ Lobby's fight against the Family Pro­ 1 to 4 p.m. Last year 's Fall Frolic the existence of the group during the bians and Gay men , inter-Views _with tection Act. The "Night for Rights" attracted about 200 Gay women and men. freshman orientation week. Gay and Lesbian leaders, and other·· raised $500 at 5 local bars . GSU meetings are open to any Memphis topics. [See GAZE , July , 1981. ] Participating bars were Warehouse AGR Meeting At Grass Roots Center _ State University student, faculty· or 28 , The Women's Room, The Nashville staff memb.er . IN NASHVILLE Conne.ction , the Cabaret, and The Crazy Arkansas Gay Rights is now meeting The Gay Awareness Discussion�Group , Cowboy . Funds were raised by charging on the ·2nd and 4th Friday of each month Compiled by Abby- Rubenfeld coordinated through the Center for each bar patron a $1 donation to be at the Grass Roots Women 's Center , Student ·Development , will no longer mad e at any of the bars one attended Summit and 16th Streets in Little Rock. .meet. WSN!-TV Preients "Positive"_ Series On Nashvlll' Lesbians MGC Set�.Speakers For November ' ' The NBC '·aff'iH.ate here· , WSM-TV ·chan.:. The November 2 meeting of -the Memphis nel 4, has been presenting a spectal Gay Coalition will focus on taxes and focusing on Lesbianism in Nashville . other financial ma tters relevant to News correspondent Lonnie Lardner has Gay men and women ,especially couples . done extensive research · and investi­ The information was first presented in gation within the Lesbian community in The a workshop at the 5th Southeastern·! Con­ preparation for the series , traveling ference of Lesbians and Gay m• .n in to Florida to film the child of a August of 1980. local Lesbian mother while he visited -�· The November 16 meeting will feature his father , and to Indiana to inter­ · a staff member from the Rape Crisis view doctors from the Kinsey Institute. Pen·d:ulum Center , who will discuss rape and its The series has been termed by local effect on Lesbians and �ay men. What Lesbians as "thus far , excellent •••of­ to do if you are raped , and the sensi­ fering a long overdue positive presen­ tivity of Rape Crisis volunteers· to tation of Lesbianism. "

· Recent reports featured 3 Lesbians Gay and Lesbian-victims are among the· topics to be presented . representing various walks of l_ife and . 92 N·. Avalon These and all MGC meetings are open presenting an image of happy , healthy -,. to the public. Meetings are held reg­ individuals who happen t.obe Lesbians . ' I ' ularly on 1st and 3rd Mondays , 7:.30 A week on Lesbian mo�hers is sched­ p.m. in Meeting Room A of the Main uled for early November. The stories 725-1530 Branch Library, Peabody at 'McLean . run on the 6 o'clock news . I HAPPY HOUR EVERY DAY · FROM' 4-7 P�_M.·

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We ar� everywhere! MemphisGay Coalition membersaport banneron grounds of Arkan... • State Capitol In Little Rock. The amendment withdrew state funds ist Baptist preacher who opposes both from 'ins titutions advocating "non-mar­ Lesbian and Gay rights and the Equal ital sex" on state-funded campuses , Rights Amendment (ERA) , says the Rea­ but ac·cording to Senator Alan Trask, gan Mministratioi{o ffered him the post the law was specifically aimed at Gays . of head of the federal Civil Rights Meanwhile, Tallahassee Circuit <;:ourt Commission , but he turned it down . · National Judge John Rudd ruled September 18 "Civil rights is no longer defined that the Florida Legislature was acting as it was 20 years ago when i in­ within the state and U.S. Constitutions volved racial di'scriminat ion ," Hill when it passed the amendment . recently told a Washington newspaper . Florid� ' s Gay leaders , expecting the "It now involves the ERA , homosexual first court challenge of the law to rightS and SeXUal haraSSment . II result in its being overturned , were "I'm· anti-homosexual and anti-ERA," shocked at the ruling . "I just can't Hill admitted . "I don't think I would believe it ," said Ronni Sanlo , newly have the patience to sit and calmly Federal Budget Cuts End Kinsey Pollee Recruits Give "A" To Gay installed:executive director and lobby­ listen to people say it 's a violation Studies of Homosexuality Issues Training Program ist for the Florida Task Force. Sanlo of their civil rights if laws are not _called the amendme'nt " .•.an insidiou$ made to protect sexual privileges ." piece of thought control : now they 're Hill, who is pastor· of the Mt . Zion WASHINGTON-After almost thirty years CHICAGO (GAYLIFE) -An overwhelming telling us what !"'e can think about and Missionary Baptist Church in Watts and of researching homosexual ity , the Kin­ maj ority of police recruits attending discuss :in college class rooms ." a member of the Moral Maj ority , was sey Institute has fallen victim to fed­ orientation sessions on . Gay aQd Les­ The ruling resulted from a suit by nominated for the pos� by Dr . Henry eral budget · cuts . The Institute ,which bian issues at Chicago 's police Train­ Florida Education Commissioner Ralph Lucas , head of the conservative New first told Amer:i.ta that 10% of its cit­ ing Academy in August gave a favorable , Turlington. Coalition for Economic and Social izens were homosexual and more recently response to the sessions . Change . that homosexuality is an innate char­ Asked to rate the sessions on ques­ Toye Bird of the White House Office acteristic , will · no longer maintain tionnaires , mo re than 94% of the ·re­ NOLAG, NCBG Recognized At of Police Development confirmed that studies in nume rous areas of social cruits responded -p ositively (24 "very Solld•rlty Day Rally Hill was· offered the post "about two research. No future stud�es· will · be goods" and 42 "goodsn ) and les13 than months ago"to replace Arthur S. Flem- · conducted on the subj ect of homosexu­ 6% responded negatively (2 "poors" and · WASHINGTON-Two national Gay groups , ing , who currently heads the commis­ ality 2 "very Poors"). The forms were kept ; the National Organi zation of Lesbians sion . anonymous to encourage recruits to ex-: and Gays (NOLAG) and the Nat ional Co­ prrss themselves with complete honesty , National Third World esblan-Gay alition of Black Gays (NCBG) were of­ � said official sources . ficially recognized by the AFL-CIO 's North Carolina Senators Express - Conference Set For Chicago .,•Police Supt. Richard J. Brzeczek, Sol:j.d.arityDay labor demonstration here Anti-Gay Attitudes who gave the orig.inal go-ahead for the September 19, protesting the Reagan . CHICAGO-The National Coalition of program led by Lesbian/Gay ac.tivists, . administration 's economic policies . Black Gays-Chicago in conj unc tion with had this response to the evaluations : Other Gay and Lesbian groups , though RALEIGH , NC (THE FRONT PAGE)-Senator the National Coalitidn of Black Gays , "I think . when people on all sides of not officially recognized in AFL-CIO Jesse A. Helms has said that he regrets Inc . will · sponsor the 2nd National 3rd an issue are willing to exchange ideas literature as endorsers - of the rally , recent comments about the personal· life World Lesbian/Gay Conference at the communicate , you· remove doubts and helped create a large cont ingent of of a New York congressmember who has Cross Currents Center,3206 Nor� Wil­ and fear� and apprehensions about each Lesbian and Gay participants in the criticized Helms , saying the remarks ton , Chicago , November 27-29. other ." demonstration. Though some news sourc:es were "an inapp ropriate aside. " Areas of focus for the conference listed the crowd total as low as 260 Helms · had told a Wilmington , NC re­ will be to discuss and eva!uate the F$1J Rescinds Enforcement Of Anti­ thousand , U.S. Park Police estima ted porter , "I'm not going to yield to any level of partic ipation and :j.mpact of Gay Law 500 thousand . There was no estimate b1ackma il from some loudmouth congress­ Third World ·Lesbians and Gay men in of the n�mbers of openly Lesbian and , man from Brooklyn , who has a cur ious the Gay rights movement , to establish TALLAHASSEE , FL (THE WEEKLY NEWS) -An Gay participants. lifestyle , I might point out." (Rich­ ategie for str s future. political act ion attempt tti' enforce a recent a111endment mond was arrested in 1978 on a' charge and Gay men , ign by Third Wo rld Lesbians to the state budget , d es ed to bar of solic iting a young man for sex.) · from Gays Protest Murder, Harassment and to confront and aevelop group and Gay_. organizations and speakers Senator John P. East , meanwhile , has state funds interpersonal growth on the issues of ' colleges by withholding Arrests In SF stated that he considers such remarks racism, sexism, classislli, homo.phobia from colleges allowing them, has been "pertinent ." and heterophobia amo'ng , by and against abandoned by officials at Florida State SAN FRANCISCO (GAY COMMUNITY NEWS)­ Third World Lesbians and Gay men. University. Officials have rescind­ A crowd of 1,000 �emonstrated at City For information contact the National ed a . recent order requiring some fac­ Hall here on S �pt. 14 , the day after · coalition of Black Gays-Chicago , 1311 ulty members and campus organizations Nfcholas Ritus was stabbed to death Indiana Conference Set For Nov. 7 At We st Pratt Blvd. , Chicago , IL 60626 , to comply �ith the recent Bush/Trask by assailants , and his companion , . Purdue Unlverelty ·(312) 764-2024 (7-11 p.m.). Amendment. Barney Mabus ,_ )lias seriously injured . Ritus and Mabus , who had come here from WEST LAFAYETTE , IN-The Indiana Gay­ Seattle to visit t'riencis, were walking Lesbian Conference , set for Nov. 7, along Polk Street at about 3 a.m. on will feature keynote speakers Maida Just for the record ... by Bill J.ohnson their -way back to their hotel when a Tilchen , Scott Tucker and David Morris. car· ·with four or five occupa�ts drove Tilchen , who spent 7 years working up beside them. One of the occupants toward building a Gay/Lesbian commun­ yelled "Are you dudes Gay?" and a man ity in Bloomington , will talk about with a knife leaped from the car and the history of Lesbian and Gay acti­ stabbed Ritus 20 times and stabbed Ma­ vism in Indiana. Tucker , whose works bus as he tried to defend Ritus. · have been published in the Gay and. Increasing violence against Gays and progressive press and an organizer for harassment arrests by police have re­ the National March on Wa shington for sulted in recent unrest in the city . Lesbian and Gay Right s, will speak on According to Carl McMillin of Community open sexuality. Morris , a Gay activst United Against Violence , 479 arrests since joining the Gay Liberation Front were made in the Polk Street area be­ in Au stin, Texas in 1969, and current tween Aug .24 and .Sep�. 15 and charges news editor of GAY COMMUNITY NEWS , were dropped_in 93% of the ca�es . The will speak about journalism. arre-sts, he said , were "clear , blatant Confe:t;ence registration will begin harassment ." at 8:30 a.m. and conference activities will begin at 10 . Registrat'ion fees are $4 per person (checks madepayable Moral Majority Member Turns Down t.o Purdue University . To register in Civil Rights Post advance , write Continuing Education Business Office , Room 110 , Stewart LOS ANGELES(GAY COMMUNITY NEWS)-The 'Center', Purdue Univ. , West Lafayette , Rev .Edward Hill , a Black fundamental- Indiana 47907 .

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WASHINGTON-Defeating the Family Pro­ men and Lesbians must move carefully noted that "we· must be prepared for for the November lobby week . tection Act, says Executive Director against the legislation.· "The New a long campaign against the FPA while The Lobby will also launch a post Steve Endean , is one of the •Gay Rights Right would like nothing better if we maintaining our aggressive efforts on card campaign against the FPA, stres­ National Lobby 's "maj or priorities ." were to allow ourselves to be trapped behalf of. the rest of our legislative sing the fact that the "family" should In · announc ing the Lobby 's intention to in an effort which appeared to be a agenda. " not be ex ploited to advance a Far work strongly against the legislation, 'Gays versus the family ' type fight . GRNL 's plans for coalition building Right agenda intended to infringe up­ Endean characterized it as "an omnibus Such a scenario would make it look include a proposed joint press confer­ on a wide . variety of groups ' civil 'shopping list ' for the Moral Maj ority like all Gays were anti-family and ence with a variety of prominent non­ liberties and civil rights. While GRNL and the rest of the New Right . It in­ everyone who opposed the FPA was Gay , Gay organizations ·with interest. in de­ will continue its petition campaign, cludes not only a number of anti-Gay and we cannot allow that to happen ! feating. the legislation. In addition, it has come to the conclusion that provisions , but also sections which "The Lobby mus t stress that the nu­ the Lobby is encouraging local Lesbian post card campaigns , such as the cam­ are anti-women ,anti-Black , anti-labor clear family is not so fragile that it and Gay male groups to build coalitions paign of the Na tional Abortion Rights and anti-teacher ." is endangered by ensur�ng the basic with local organizations representing Action League , are also effective . The legislation--really two bills : rights and liberties of any American women , racial minorities , labor , ed­ The constituent mobilization and H.R. 3955 in the House and S. 1378 citizen," Endean noted . "It is crit­ ucators , and civil liberties advocates. coalition building efforts will be in the Senate-'-is a reintroduction of ically important that we don 't create· To begin constituent pressure a­ supplemented by increased dir.ect leg­ legislation which failed to pass the a climate of hysteria or panic ." gainst the FPA, GRNL has scheduled a islative advocacy by the Lobby on Cap­ last Cong ress. While this is the sec­ GR'NL has outlined a three-point plan National Lesbian and Gay Constituent itol Hill. GRNL has established plans ond session in which it has been in­ in its "Defeat the FPA" campaign . The Lobby Week to take place in home dis­ for a "lobbying team," composed of at troduced , the sharp move the Congr ess key elements of that plan include (1) trict offices the third week of Nov­ least 10 to lS members , to work with has made to the Right has led some coalition building with other groups ember. The Lobby , which coordinates Endean on the Family Protection Act Lobby strategists to speculate that negatively impacted by the FPA; (2)ma­ legislat ive strategy on Capitol Hilt campaign and on other legislative de­

either action on the bill itself will jor constituent pressure against the for the Gay community , hopes to have velopments • take place in this Congress or parts legislation and any forthcoming amend­ . state coordinators for the project �n Wr ite GRNL , Post Office Box 1892, of the bill may be tacked onto other ments related to it , and (3)'increased place soon �nd eventually to coordin­ Washington , DC 20013 for additional legislation as "riders" on the floor. direct legislative advocacy. Kate ate nearly 300 meetings in local Con­ information. Endean, however , stressed that Gay McQueen , Co-Chair of GRNL 's Board , gressional district offices in time

Congress Bows To Falwell Pressu re, Overturns DC Sex Law Reform

WA SHINGTON-Despite a last minute lob­ ing the need for . immediate national Congress may overturn any piece of going to stop . In order to fight back bying effort by the Gay 'Rights . Nation­ mobilization . " local legislation. effectively we are going to have to al Lobby , Congress overturned in early October 1, the . House of Representa­ The National Gay Task Force (NGTF) use every available resource." October a measure passed by the District tives swept aside the decade-long ef­ supported the lobbying effort by tele- Lucia Valeska , Executive Director of of Columb ia repealing the District's fort to decriminalize sexual acts be­ phoning into targeted states to urge the National Gay Task Forc e, said , "Sodomy laws ." tween consenting adults in private , members and friends to write their "This loss underscores the need for Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell , along with enactment of other progres• Congressional representative support- all Gay people to become involved in calling the D.c . sexual assault laws sive reforms by disapproving Sexual ing the new DC law. Members of the efforts to �efeat the Rad ical Right . . a "perverted act about perverted acts," Assault Reform Act DC 4-69 . The vote , Memphis Gay Coalition wrote letters NGTF has mobilized its entire staff succeeded in pressuring Members of 281 to 119, came after the emotional supporting the new law to their rep- and Board to implement its comprehen­ Congress to overturn the measure. It national campaign launched by the Mor­ resentatives following a late-Septem- sive campaign against the ltaclical !tight was the first time in history that the al Majority and personally directed by ber meeting. and the Family Protection Ac t. Right Congress has overruled a law passed by Rev . Jerry Falwell . Mel Boozer , who recently opened the . Wing extremists pose the gravest threat the District that did not relate di­ In spite of the intense lobbying ef­ NGTF Washington Office and who is cur- to our civil liberties . We must fight ��ctly to federal policy. fort by the Gay Rights National Lobby rently . President of the Gay Activists . back strongly . We can't afford a rep­ Falwell accused Washington officials and other national and local groups in Alliance which spearheaded. passage of itition of what just happened in Wash­ of yielding to "homosexual political support of DC home rule , Congress was the bill through the DC City Council, ington." pressure" in passing the law, wh ich , overwhelmed by a campaign of distorted said , · "This arbitrary intrusion into Information on NGTF 's campaign a­ among other things , removed felony interpretations of the bill . The Rad­ local DC affairs by Congress under the gainst the Radical Right and its Pe­ penalties for ' homosexual a.cts between ical Right threatened Congress with political thumb of the Radical Right tition Against the Family Protection

consenting adults. J ' • political reprisal if the bill were is a clear warning that we must devel- Act are available from NGTF , 80 Fifth · The National Gay T�sk Force called not defeated . op i,mmediat:e grass-roots support for , Avenue , New York , NY 10011 . the defeat a "danger signal underscor- Under the DC Home Rule Charter , the Gay issues·� These attacks are not · ..

Legislated Morality:

SODOMY Sex Repression Laws State To State

In light of the October 1 decision ~ by Congress to overturn the District .... of Col11111bia 1 s ,. repeal of repressive sex laws , we ,took a look at such laws across the land of the free. Here is wha t we found. / Repressive and outmoded sex laws. . still exist in most states in Amer ica. - Felony While mapy such laws are discrimina­ ::::.":"·::. Misdemeanor tory against minority groups such as Gays and the physically challenged , most repressive sex laws could affect virtually everyone . While heterosex­ ual people may have little to fear , sexual minorities are frequently faced with the possibility of officials pul­ State Penalty State Pen a tty ling dusty laws from the shelves to use against them. Alabama 2to 10years (married couples Missouri* 10years to life Heterosexuals, nevertheless, vio­ Montana* 10years excluded) late the law daily (or nightly) in 30 days and Nevada* 1 to 6 year.s Arizona $500 states across ·the country. In 20 NorthCarolina 10years and $5000 Arkansas 1 year or $1000 states any sexual activity other than Florida 60days and $500 Oklahoma 10years penile-vaginal penetration can carry Georgia 1 to 20 years Pennsylvania 2years penalties of up to 20 years in prison. Idaho 5 years to life Rhode Island 7 to 20 years (married couples In 19 states,heterosexual intercour se Kansas* 6 months and $1000 excluded) Kentucky* 1 year and $500 South Carolina 5 years (anal only) of any kind between unmarried couples can lead to Louisiana Syears and $2000 Tennessee 5 to 15 years to fines of up $10,000 and Maryland 10years (anal); 10years and $1000 Texas* 1 year and $200 jail terms of up to four years. But (oral and anal) Utah 6 months and $299 when did we last hear of a conviction? Massachusetts 20 years Virginia 1 to 5 years or 1 year and $1 000 In 7 states, Missouri, Texas , Mon­ Michigan 5 years and $2500t Wisconsin 9 months and $10,000 (married tana , Nevada, Kentucky , Arkansas and Minnesota 1 year and $1000 couples excluded) Kansas , sodomy is a crime only when committed by homosexuals. Mississippi 10 years (cunnlingus o.k.) *The law applies to homosexuals only. At left is a list of sodomy tMichigan also has a separate statute covering only anal laws and their status in the states Penalties listed are maximums; when two numbers are given, intercourse, which provides for a prison term of up to 15 the first is a mandatory minimum penalty. years; offenders can be charged under either or both statutes. which have maintained them. (Texas ' laws are currently being challenged .)

------NovanbM, 1911·�•7 · histories where the hypothetical case well as exploring -the potential causes was a heterosexual male , heterosexual . of your sexual orientation to the ex­ femate , homosexual male or homosexual clusion, of dealing with your current female. Attributions of psychological concerns . Finally, some therapists ' health were found to differ as a func­ harbor superhuman expectations for the tion of the sexual orientation of the Gay man or woman . Unless their client Research client and the sex _of the therapist. feels completely at ease with his or As in the Levy study, Gay clients were her lifestyle , the therapist assumes rated more negatively than non-Gay that the lifestyie is not appropriate . Beware Of clients. No s'ignificant difference However , it is very understandable that was found between the evaluation of being Gay in a heteros.exist culture Gay men and Lesbian clients ; both were may result in lack of self-acceptance , Therapist's Bias seen more negatively than non-Gay men rel' gious concerns , fear of disclosure , and women . The female psychotherapist problems dealing with oppression such as police harassment , employment. and was less likely to rate Gay men· and by _Emily Coleman of the students , however , viewed the Lesbians negatively . education discrimination , etc . The same videotape. The results of the Obviously Gay men and Lesbians need· therapist is asking too much of you ·Although we expect to receive support data analysis indicated that when the to carefully evaluate �heir therapists if he or she expects .you not to have and therapeutic obj ectivity from mental client was identified as a Lesbian , in order to avoid heterosexist label� any of the above problems in order to health professionals , this expectation she was rated as having significantly ing . Therapist bias against a Gay justify your sexual orientation . if often unrealistically optimistic . lower personal adjustment , poor self­ lifestyle can be expressed in many ways . Dorothy Riddle in OUR RIGHT TO LOVE : ' Researchers have begun to examine the control , confused sexual identity , a Be wary of therapists who , for examp le , A LESBIAN RESOURCE BOOK , offers some heterosexist bias which too often per­ negative attitude toward men and neg­ immediately try to "cure" you by chang­ guidelines in selecting a therapist. vades the "he�p" of psychiatrists, ative personality characteristics . The ing your sexual orientation. Lesbians Most important is to find someone who psychologists and social. workers . client identified as a Lesbian was and Gay men have manydif ferent reasons is good for you . In a,ddition to making The medical profession appears to rated significantly more negative on for entering therapy which may or may use of available referral services ,ask be adopting a more liberal attitude 21 of the 24 scales on the Adjective not have to do with their sexual or­ friends �nd other professionals for toward Lesbians and Gay men as evi­ Check List and on 10 of the 12 questions ientation . Therapists who immediately suggestions . Call your potential ther­ denced by the 1974 decision of the on the Perception Rating Scale. Addi­ assume this is the source of your prob­ apist 's office and talk with the ther­ American Psychiatric Association to tionally , clients identified as Les­ lems and that the solution is hetero­ apist about his/her approach . If you remove homosexuality as1 a psychiatric bians were consistently rated in a sexuality are obviously acting accord­ feel really uncomfor table anywhere disorder from its diagnostic handbook. :significantly negative direction below ing to heterosexist beliefs. Also ex­ along the line , then ser iously recon­ However , a recent survey by a medical the population norm while the client ercise care if your therapist refuses sider. The . sex of the therapist as journal found of the 2500 psychiatrists identified as a heterosexual was rated to make his or her own value system well as his/her sexual orientation may ·responding to a quest·ionnaire, 70% or in a positive direction slightly above known . Two maj or conflicting theories be a factor in your decision . Having more believed that homosexuality is the population norm. regarding the problems of Gay persons a same-sex Gay therapist does not al­ a pathological condition arising from This tendency to rate clients more exist: They arise from pathology or ways ensure good therapy·. However , inner conflicts and believed that ho­ negatively when they are labeled Les­ "sickness ," or they are caused chiefly you may find you are better able to mosexuals are less happy and less ca­ kian contradicts the past 20 years of by society 's attitudes toward Gay men relate with such a therapist because pable than heterosexuals. (Gross ,l978) research indicating that Lesbians re­ and Lesbians . Your therapist should of your similar background . In any. Forty-three percent of psychiatrists veaJ. the same global psychological ad­ be able to tell you if he or she sub­ case , it would be pre ferable if your surveyed also saw homosexuals as poor justment as heterosexual women. This scribes to one of these two theories . therapist were knowledgeable about risks in responsible positions . discrepancy between psychological re­ If a therapist believes that homosex­ common Gay concerns and issues so that 1 Several �tudies have investigated search and mental healthworkers ' view uality is in itself pathological, you you do not spend the therapy session the impact of mental health profes­ of Lesbians has been substantiated in may be paying a substantial fee only educating your therapist. sionals ' perceptions of Gay vs , non­ other st'udies.. with social workers to develop more problems . Another and We spend much time and energy in · Gay clients. In one such study by (Emond , 1978) and studi�s evaluating perhaps a more potentially dangerous choosing a car or a- house yet often Terry Levy (1978) , 60 male and 46 Gay men as well as Lesbians (Garfinkle, expression of therapist bias occurs unquestionably accept a therapist when · ./ female clinical psychology graduate 1978) : when the therapist verbalizes a posi­ we are in need of one . It is even more students were told they were rating a In this latter study, 40 male and 40 tive attitud e but focuses upon the important to exercise good consumer female client in a therapy session from female psychotherapists were asked to wrong questions or irrelevant issues . skills when looking for a therapist in a videotape . Half of the psychology rate both· a hypothetical client based Beware, for example, of the therapist light of the frequent heterosexist bias students were told that the female on an intake case history and their who tells you that he or she has friends indicated by the previous stud ies . client was a Lesbian while the other concept of the"psychologically healthy who are Gay but who spends most of the half of the students were led to be­ person" on a semantic differential session emphasizing any past heterosex­ lieve the client was heterosexual . All scale. Participants were assigned case ual relationships you may have had as

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· 8-Geze-November, 1,_1 ------���------�77�------�--�------�------�------���--�----�------��----��--�,' ' for a time , will you be specific about what sexual activities you mean--penile vaginal intercourse , clitoral stimula­ tion , inserting anything into the va­ gina or what?If I go into the hospital , will my lover be able to visit me or ·Lesbian Health will she have to lie and say she is my sister? Car: she sign a medical release form for me if I am ve�y ill? Well , it is time for me to see you An Open Letter now . Will I tell you? Will you listen? Will I again be forced to lie about my­ self and smo ther questions that need To Health Care Providers to be asked? Or will I be able to work with you in an atmosphere of trust and cooperation, integrating treat�ent of By Audrey J. May out condescension? Will your comments that reluctance to attend to basic my health problems into a context of not presume heterosexuality? Are you health needs may have to do with anger caring for me as a human being? [Audrey J. May is Community Outreach knowledgeable of what little research and discomfort at the condescention and "Coming out" to you may be helpful Coordinator for the Memphis Center for there is into the specific health prob­ disdain many Lesbians have experienced or unnecessary,easy or very .difficult. Reproductive Health. ] lems of Lesbians" Will you deal with in the past. Your response may beoutright hostili­ my particular problem with profession­ Can you ask me open-ended questions ty , supportive acceptance or a noncom­ As I sit in your waiting room, flip­ alism? Will my sexual preference be that allow me to share personal infor­ mi-cal shrug . Only I can make the deci­ . ping through outdated magazines before recorded on medical records which mation with you if I choose? Unbiased sion of what is appropriate or needed my appointment , I wonder whether I will could be subpoenaed in a court case, questions like , "Is there anything else in my relationship with you ..•but your finally talk with you about something · or is there another more confidential I should know? Is birth control a con­ attitude , the things you do and say , I have often avo ided telling you in way to record that information? Will cern for you? Whom should I contact can make a big difference in whether the past. I look around the room at you respect the confidentiality of this in case of em.ergency?" I choose to divulge my lifestyle to the other women waiting for your time disclosure? And perhaps I might want to be honest you or not . and attention. I ponder , how many of Maybe , if I'm lucky , you might be with you about my lifestyle so that i The choice belongs to both of us •.. you� other patients are like me? Do supportive · and unb iased . Maybe you .::ould ask questions related to my over­ Which way will we decide? you know or even care? , might go out of your way to make me all health care. For instance, if I Sicned , A Patient . The odds are that about one in ten feel comfortable to discuss all aspects am t·o refrain from sexual activities of your female patients is a Lesbian. of my health care with you. Maybe you Like me . There . I've said it. Now , might even be a Lesbian or Gay man your­ � ------� will that new knowledge concerning my self ; perhaps, if I'm really lucky , I I lifestyle affect how you treat me as you might have a little toe out of the I a patient? And if so , how? closet and might be aware of the ways I I Will you ignore the information ; even Lesbians have often been denied appro­ QUOTA� ION MARKS.. . I when it is pertinent? Will you contin­ priate health care in this country. I I ue to ask me what type of birth control · Maybe you might even take some steps "Because of the rules society has "We don't want sympathetic liberals, I use? (If I said "Norma ," you 'd have to cater to your Lesbian and Gay clients I given 'the homosexual community, I am we want Gays to represent Gays." I a heart attack. ) Will you shun me or (and you do have them, you know •••one living a lie. That's why it's important for treat me with disgust? Will you patron­ in ten) ·. Imagine how reassured I would ize me or ask voyeuristic questions feel if you put out Lesbian and Gay me to speak out and say, 'You messed up -Harvey Milk about my sexual activities? \iill you reading materials as naturally as you when you made the rules. Number one, you "I have known yc;>Ur shadows. I am suggest that I see a therapist for my display heterosexual magazines . It didn't know what you were talking about "role-identity problem"--or , if you would be terrific · to see a notice on when you did it.' How can a non-G&y acquainted with the darkest places of the are my therapist, will you insist on your wall that said you did not dis­ society set up the rules and morals for a night. That is why I 'flaunt' fo r you, "treating" my choice of lifestyle in­ criminate on the basis of sexual or homosexual society? You have to be there straight society, to say I reject your stead of the problems that brought me affectional preference--if you really to know about it. That's what the struggle definitions of me and that I'm taking my place beside you in the brightest light of to see you? meant it. is about." · Or will you be supportive and open If you offer gynecological services , day." with me , asking only those questions do you know that a great number of Les­ -Lea Hopkins -Nathan Neal r , .•� • -.ent to my health care? Will you bians do not get the essential yearly my questions honestly and with- pelvic exam and Pap smear? 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• ·To establish strategies for future political Age. Sex. Class, Race act10n by Third World Lesbians/Gays in • The Lesbhm/Gay Prisoner the coming years in light of the New Right. What hope? • To evaluate: the common ground: coalition IPRIIL OiriiAilll ll: ... TIIllllRfl: . building: identification of Third World Nat1ve Americans Conter.,e: 530 un111 Or.! • Reaganomics and the New Right Lesb1an/Gay organizations on Third World Asian Americans 31 $35 until NovP.mhN ?6 Developing a plan of action ISSues Latin Americans $5 onf'-hme only IA!t• Afro Americans tf'g•strott•on fee • G.y Immigrants and Refugees • To confront and develop group and inter­ Workshops and caucuses Single day reglslrallon: S 12 Brave New World personal growth on the issues of racism. will be prov•ded for non­ se>�sm. age1sm. class1sm. homophobia antl Thord World and non-Gay • Gay/Lesbian Relationship heterophob1a among. by and agamsl Th�rd persons Fums i..,...Ttllll: How strong: what type: why? Wo rld Lesb1ans and Gays Lacan•: NCBGICHICAGO • Lesbian/Gay Business PRA TT BLVD. CROSS CURRENTS CENTER 1311 W. The new community are in supporl of th• ERA and /here/ore We 3206 NORTH Wll TON CHICAGO. IlLINOIS 60626 discourage lhe use of general business and CHICA GO, ILLINOIS 60657 (312} 764-2024 • Insight To Our Souls con•enlion fa cilities in wilh connection our Religioh: View�o1nts for and· against cottNrence. W. do. howe"er. endorse and encourage the • The Mature Lesbian use ol gayllhlrd world community lacilities here in Chicago.

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by Bill Johnson

Perhaps little can be said about BENT ing. The night following the ·Roehm that has not already been said in Gay Putsh, without knowing it, the main publications across the country . It character , Max; brought home a young should be required viewing (or reading) man whose standing in the Gay com­ for every Gay and Lesbian individual, munity brings him in focus to the SS and , for that matter , every non-Gay who quickly track and kill him in individual. Max' s apartment . Max and his lover BENT is the story of the persecution escape and begin their time on the run. of Gays in Nazi Germany . It is ter­ While camping out in the Black Forest rifying. After the Roehm Putsch of they are captured by the SS and the 1934, Gays were added to the SS list beginning of the end is· followed in of "undesirables ." Martin Sherman 's a way that can not help but deep­ Drama involving the arrest of one man ly move anyone who is compassionate . during this time brings the aud ience The play opened on Broadway to ext;ra­ face to face with the terror of autoc­ or'dinary acclaim in December of 1979. racy . Moving from a Berlin flat in 1934 to BENT is a dramatically moving piece Hitler 's camps, the play stirred aud i­ about the atrocities that 'many Gays ences as shock piled upon shock, re­ encountered in Germany and in occupied vealing a little discussed horror of · countries during the Nazi regime . It European history. The estraordinary follows the life of a middle-aged man second act , ostensibly the working out whose family has been well-off and who of the love story of Max and Horst , is used to an uncomplicated and if not moved viewers to sobs and eventually shock and half-under standing all mix­ $6 in advance and $7 at the door . Ad­ financially satisfactory , (because of standing ovations . ed together ." vance tickets may be reserved by con­ a shun of his family) at least a very Walter Kerr of THE NEW YORK TIMES Arthur Bell declared the play "the tacting GAZE at 274-0431. Payment for pleasant life. He and his lover have said , "the open sound of dismay that most controversial and powerful play advance tickets must be made prior to been sharing a place for some time , washed across the aud itorium on the since Albee stunned us with VIRGINIA November 1. Limited seating is· avail­ occasionally bringing a third party night I saw BENT was one I have never WOOLF? 17 years ago." able. . home with them after a night of party- quite heard before--disbelief ,belief , It has been pointed out numerous Directed by Marc Martinez, the cast times that conversations among Gays in is as follows : Richard Roberts as Max; , pre-Nazi Germany are comparable to con­ T.L. Amidei as Rudy ; Marc Stephens as versations amongGays in Amer ica today . Wolf ; John Kelley as the Gestapo Cap- ·: "It can't happen here , "they said . "Laws tain; Harvey Huddleston as the Gestapo ·Germantown· Theatre like those could never be passed here ," officer ; John Murphy as Greta; Claud they said . Thomas Hathorn as Uncle Freddie; Steve Offers New Surprises Despite the horror of BENT , or per­ Raymond as the SS Officer ; Ron Gordon haps because of it , it is a mus t for as the Guard ; O.C.Walker as Horst; and all of us . , Jack Kendall as the SS Captain. ' In Old School - Circuit Playhouse will present BENT -Janice Stockdale-Carney is Produc­ October 30 t�rough November 28 in its 'tion Manager , Ron Gordon is Assistant new home at 1705 Poplar Avenue. A Stage Manager ,Jackie Nichols is Scenic ' special benefit showing for the Memphis Designer, Rubel Burcham is Lighting by Bill Johnson . Gay Coalition will be presented Sun- Designer, and Beki Wachholtz is Costume · day, November 1, 8 p.m.- Tickets are Designer. There are many surprises at German- is finding new prominence among area town Community Theatre this year , not theatre goers . the least of which is an ambitious This season's first play, THE BOY lineup of good but difficult plays . FRIEND , was superbly directed by none If Sandy Wilson's THE BOY FRIEND, other than Bennett Wood and superbly which recently finished an extended performed by a cast familiar to city Riddell, Eron Concert run here , is any indication, the theatre. If we fail to recognize the playhouse will pull them off with a players by, their faces it can only be seemingly effortless excellence rarely because they assume their parts so Is Quiet, Intimate found in community theatr�. well. The theatre 1 s "new" home of almost In a performance in whic� all parts by Katie Mehuron a year is the turn-of-the-century were so stunningly performed , it is Forest Hill School in the Forest Hills difficult to single out anyone for ex­ J section of Germantown. The nostalgic cellence. Anastasia Herin was alec­ The Sharon Riddell/ Judy Eron concert sensual performance of "La,dy Be Good :;, building , complete with 12-foot ceil- tric in her portrayal of Madame Du­ October 10 in Memphis didn 1 t rock, siz­ She called 'that last number "dated ings and 6-inch mouldings, provides a bonnet , as was Lance Granger Little zle or steam. It was easy , quiet and material ,"• but it sounded brand new cheerful and charming atmosphere for in his interpretation of Tony . intimate . There were about 50 people coming from her . Nearly everything in intimate theatre . Ann Marie H�ll (Hortense) , Emily in the audience . What it did do was her repel'"toire was original mus ic from The auditorium is small and the un- Angel Baer (Maisie) , Donna Schwaiger give us some good songs , smooth sing­ her album "My Illustrious Career , "and usually comfortable seats , even in the (Dulcie) , Kathy Anne Caradine (Nancy ing and a casual exchange between per­ a few new ones . She showed versatility back rows , seem to proj ect the aud ience and Lolita) , Sandy Beach (Fay) , and formers and audience. Eron sang several in her tone and range, carrying us from almost onto the stage . The resulting Jean Gildersleeve (Polly Browne ) numbers from her album"I Can 1 t Believe the soothing "Carolina Dream" to the natural interaction between audience seemed born into their parts . That Was Me ." The lyr ics were concise . more rowdy "Rock Me Mama ." I found and performers is a luxury found only Michael Williams (Bobby Van Husen) and pointed , using message rather than myself sitting b·ack and absorbing het: in the smaller theatres . and Tony Mapes (Alphonse/Pepe) bear tone to carry the meaning . Two of her liquid tones , because she was giving The building is a charmer at first watching in future productions . They ballads, "Usually" and "The Joke 's on every bit of her voice and feelings glance. The softly-lighted , single- both seemed naturals to the stage. You" showed a talent for combining to us . Her lyrics revolve around wo­ story brick structure sits in a wooded Timmy Earl Brown (Marcel) , Michael music and 1y-r ics into a polished whole. n's friendships, explorin the com­ me . §w grove ; one easily forgets the residen- T. Berton (Pierre) , Steve Williford She merged light humor with a femin­ plex and often wonderful emotions in­ tial and commercial sprawl that char- (Waiter/Gendarme) , and Marler Stone ist awareness in her lyrics , making volved . All of her passionate Marmdh acterizes the eastern - suburbs. (Percival Browne) embraced their wry comments on experiences of grow­ flowed out and enveloped us . I was Lining the central hallway floor is characters casually but professionally ing up female , and encountering sex­ impressed with her presence , consider­ a beautiful antique rug donated to the and , not to be slighted , Barry Fuller ism in relationships with men . The ing she was coping with a cut thumb theatre by the Peabody . · Furniture in and Rebecca Haskell convinced � that possibilities of Eron 's voice, its and a faulty sound system, not to men­ the hallway lobby is on loan from .area they are Lord and Lady Brockhurst. depth and fullness, came through in a tion the big empty spaces of the UTCHS antique dealers. With this as a sample , and despite few notes in each ballad . I was left aud itorium and a rowdy group in back In this perfect setti�aote�!L o:-trHe.J,.;, the lengthy trek from Midtown to the hoping .t�at sh�_ .-)'ip uld allow her voice that ne ar'l.y 'disrupted- the" entire con­ lover can f�qd , tpeat.p� .>as good . as any" Far East of Germantown , my first trip more play in the future. Her album is ·' c'er't"'for' the rest" of"us .·' . Memphis has to offer, an4 it. of£e�s to Germantown Community Theatre cer­ currently being distributed through I hope Alternative Productions brings some excellent theatre these days . Un- tainly will not be my last. I was the Memphis NOW chapter . us more of these events. We need a der th� direction of Administrative pleasantly surprised with this lovely After a brief intermission, Sharon chance to show our appreciation t'o Director James Edward Owen ,the former and exc iting little theatre , and · I Riddell took over . She gave us a pro- ' these independent artists who obvious- ' Public Relations Director for Theatre look to it for a promising future and gram that had variety, ranging from ly have a commitment to the women they Memphis, Germantown Community Theatre a credit to the arts in Memphis. rock, through country to a flowing , are singing and writing about . ·�-��--��--���-�--�-�·���=-���2-��--���·�"���=��-·=��-�--��=====-���·���·�--=-�q�-�-2'"=-�--��-=��==��- N�rnber, 1981·Ga�11

. . . . . - - : --- ._ ·. -. _._ . _. __ .. . ---- . _. - . - . - � - - . . . .. movement in this country . As a veteran At the University of North Carolina , ''Founding Mother's'' singer, songwriter and guit·aris-tr;"' her ­ Chapel Hill-, 'Meg soon realized that her, unusual artistry combines �ocal as music was the mo st - �mportant thing in well as instrumental dexterity,sp�rk­ her life, and that she wanted to make New Album Is Best Yet ling wit , and warm down-to-earth rap­ a career out of her favorite hobby. port with her audiences . Meg became the schoo� 's first guitar A native of Lynchburg, Virginia (she major (as a part of a double degree in was born in Murfreesboro , Tennessee) , Music and English) ,and these classical by Pam Burkholder Meg picked up a ukelele at age 5 and lessons laid the groundwork for .her was immediately a performer. She soon unique guitar style. Hooray and - congratulations to Meg one of · the best-selling ar.tists in graduated to guitar , playing by ear to Drifting back into popular music ,

Christian and the women of Olivia Rec­ women 's music .• Meg moved to Washington , DC in 1969 , ords. In all respects, the quality Drawing on the skills of producer and played at local clubs . Her emerg­ and production of Meg 's new album, Betty Rowland and some of the finest ing feminist consciousness encouraged "Turning It Over ," is very well pre­ women musicians in the country, her her to find popular songs that spoke sented. Being a lover of women 's "Turning It Over" is Meg's most or­ truthfully and supportively about music, I was pleased to hear a women 's chestrated album to date. Rich vocal women 's lives and to write songs a­

album which is 'comparable to any LP on rhythm and strin� arrangements pro- · bout her own experiences . Lyrics the market today . vide the backdrop •for Meg 's own vocal suddenly , gained a new meaning for Meg shows versatility with her music and guitar-playing excellence . Meg--feminism was providing words for including two guitar instrumentals , a Meg is often referred to:.as a "found­ feelings she 'd had her whole life rocking number .supporting women 's ing mother" of women's music ,being a­ ("I always knew something was askew weight lifting , and some very wonder­ mong the first songwriters_and perform­ out there") , and she wanted to express ful mellow songs which will reach out ers in the women's music industry and these in her songs . Her audiences in- · and touch your heart. She also shares co-founder of Olivia Records , the larg­ creased , and her concerts took on the two songs composed by other women, �st women 's recor�ing company . A vet­ air of celebrations. '�y music gained "There 's A Light ," by Julie Homi , and eran of numerous music festivals and a whole new sense of purpo9e , and my . energy level jumped 1000 points. There was a direct line among us through the mus ic ; women were singing out our love and support for one another musically ." Soon Meg gave up her nightclub ca­ reer to concentrate on performing mu­ sic by and for women. Few professional musicians had tried it before , and the risks were enormous . But the response to her music was immediate and over­ whelming--women were thrilled to dis­ cover music that spoke directly to their lives . They flocked to hear Meg a�d began producing concerts for her nationwide in church basements and community centers. Most of these e­ vents were the first time those women · had come toge�her in such a way , and the· groundwork was laid for a whole new cultural network. In 1973, Meg co-founded Olivia Rec­ ords, and their first release·. was Meg 's album "I Know Yo� Know" (I975) . This met with such astonishing s�c­ cess it spurred scores of other women. to write and perform their own varieties'· of women 's music . Gradually more wo-· men's record companies , · production· companies and other businesses formed·· and flourished , and women 's culture mushroomed . Olivia released "Face The Music" in•1 1977 , and Meg continued to perform at colleges,univer sities ,music festivals . and women-produced events , as well as a European tour . Her audiences now number in the thousands. Wi th the release of her latest album Meg is truly coming into her own as a composer. "Music has been such a pow­ erful gift in my life. I'm trying to "For Mama ," a small but warm· acapella Meg performed two Memphis concerts Joan Baez , the 1-:ingston Trio and Buffy ·open more and more to the music inside number by Linda �ewis . last year , the first at the auditorium Sainte-Marie, and continued performing me , see what flows out , and then use It seems the quality of Meg. ' s voice of the University of Tennessee Center throughout high school , ' Broadway show it respectfully--because I realize my has increased greatly with the making for the Health Sciences (sponsored by tunes , popular songs and country music mus ic , in all its forms , is at the of this album and as always ,her tech­ Alternative Productions) , and lat_er at also influenced her developing style. heart of what I do on this earth ." nique on the guitar shines through. the Fifth · southeastern Conference The arrangements of the accompanying of• Lesbians and Gay Men where she drew

• musicians add clarity and resonance to a capacity crowd of over 800 people . her works . The album is humorous , national and European concert tours, Holly Near Shines In Little Rock warm , soul-searching and a sheer joy Meg is , as Richard Harrington of �he · to listen to . WASHINGTON POST states : "an excellent by Jennifer Taft guitarist, convincing singer and su­ perb songwriter. About Meg's Music ... In their first Arkansas concert Holly . A Biography... Near and Adrienne Torf gave one of the Meg 's two previous albums , "I Know best performances I've heard them You Know" and "Face The Music" have Meg Christian 's songs �xpress the give . Perhaps it was the audience sold over 75,000 copies , making her very history and hear t of the women 's or· the atmosphere of the day or perhaps they are just getting better , but there is no doubt that there is little ro.om for improvement. Singing an all time fav,orite , "Singing for Our Lives ," Near evoked the best audience participation in. a sing-along y! I've heard in any concert by �nybody. dignit phil The line"We are Gay and Lesbian people �em and we are singing for our lives" rang loud and hearty through the auditorium at the Univ�sity of Arkansas at Little Gay and Conce�ned Catholics Reaching Out Rock. There was no doubt who her audi­ ence was. To People In Need Appearing in conjunction with a "Take Back The Night" march and rally , Near and Torf literally brought the house My Surprise" surprised the audience down. Near was more open about being with a delightful play on W!Jrds. Its Mass 11 a.m. Sundays, St. Peter Village Chapel Lesbian than she has been in previous satire on dehumanizing sex.ist and 1805 Poplar at Mclean concerts . Her · concert in Memphis heterosexist values and . role models earlier this year left the unknowing was truly wonderful. . wondering. Her concert in Little Adding to the beauty�9{ t�e concert � � .-....-., Weekly "Friends :Night�': ,.r I Rock left the unknowing knowing. It was ASL .Interpreter Sh��rr':ttover . Her ,,,W.e'Fe f "" , was a good feeling, liD'identity ·aevel- graceful moti-oi!� u�c �n another '· � ••• r ·' call '725-1'698 'tor informatioh oped . form. The mu·sic couldJ oe�·seen flowing Near performed the familiar songs from her hands and body as she "signed" from her "Fire In The Rain" album a­ Near 's songs for those who could not long with several less familiar but hear the words and music with their equally enj oyable numbers. "Imagine ears.

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I ------�------,----- November, -1981-Gaze-13 ON THE COMING OF AUTUMN MEMPHIS

These woods are drenched in autumn's Up and down the sunshine river cloudy afternoon. Glitterful the barges singsong the But lost to nature's lack of place sultry wind and time this melancholy day ' In chalky blue .and rusty red past the OurPeoP.les is but a moment in our despair , purking lots and the slowly rising a displaced thought envisioned br icks and glass. and remembered , This come topass is swiftly passed and a tragedy never overcome . - A day or two from New Orleans .

· The trees are sweeping with the Why these cities of the blues? CVo tce , breeze The mud dy water knows it goes with the November clouds to sundown . being by the road . Gaze, 3038, Poetry will be accepted fo r publication in Vo ice Co llective, care of Box The western sky is hollow in our It used to be the wizard street futpre issues of Gaze. If return is requested Memphis, Tennessee 38103. Sp ace grief . that now is lazy like the· dew. please enclose a stamped, self-addressed . limitations may prohobit printing of all Where markets once were carnivals in envelope. Mail contributions to Our People's contributions. June are vicissitudes of life and . -Susan Rothe doom and the Fronts.treet town is twenty miles away by now. · The long�forgotten blues are longing (untitled) WE WERE CHILDREN OF THE BOMB to return the moon .

Your footsteps linger ' in my mind , We were children of the Bomb . (from URBAN ESSENCE) an echo of your rhythmic pace, . · Remember how the cellars spring like -Jill Martin-Neely their scuffs in empty hall confined­ summer .mushrooms? an influence difficult to 'efface. And there , whim scareys grew like plain old honeysuckle vines I hear them in recession now-· and the backfield grew weeds among · resounding from that lengthy; hall , the beanstalks? FORGOTTEN 'WAY S so faint at times that I allow Remember how the August nights came my self belief they are beyond recall. out to play? He was such a playful boy R�member where no silly bomb could · who bounded nightime by the day , But then a stronger wi�d 1 redounds, hurt us all , in the barnyard weedy backdoor lay despite that hallway '•s distant end , �other , '� il you said about no fall- with pretty boys from far aw�y . a surging gust of friendly sounds out fell in the end · _ ·that snare · the thoughts that from you without coming -to a world ; Sweet clovers picked for those dreams I would fend . the children of the Bomb grew THIS IS IN THE SORROW MOMENT of freeways to the stars with weeds among the beanstalks . in the summer · of his for.gotten ways I simply wish the echo clear . This· is in the sorrow moment-­ circumstance's flourescent wounds came from your steps returning near . Qur neighbor came and said "the world endless furthered castabouts come cry turned to scars, ,.is over ." to the fence and flower furthered to left bloodstains on the hay . (from VOICE OF SILENCE) She was so afraid , and we were so the grave like drunkened sickness to -John L. Griffin adcustomed to that face. the john and horrible sick the sickly There 'd be no grass My · mother said "it •·s ]ust the gin and toniced moreovered to the if barnyard boys precluded day northern lights . p�llet on the floor. with nightime dreams for far away Wha t a pretty. ending to a perfect day!' Came vomit gr.een sick like summer lame in the summertime 's' skinny pond 's � on Patrick's day of spring and yet to playful bay . Remember �h en the Bomb came out to comes , handy outbursts landed· on the The milky. morning's snowbound play? tile. · cleaned up and washed the Negro And .. we were just so small ; moo-mams are gone today. maid kept silent defense to pre-summer ' . it killed us all. .. :; earth attacks on God's green earth, -E .N. Johnson vomited gins and tonics poor iron -Bill Johnson blood in paper sacks . This is in the sorrow moment on paths to the light-on FREEDOM (untitled) with each weathered y·ear of sorrow moments years· and years that passed I wish we could be free No end to fanciful freedom when time forgot to tell on them. Freedom to hold hands Fabulous flight for � dream Freedom to walk arm in arm These t ings we see have no reason -Leroy McCa:ine � Freedom to kiss each other From what we can tell through this Freedom to touch each other screen. People should let us be free After all they do it all SUSPICION No matter ho� we define things We have the right to love There is no thought to waylay To hold someone , to walk or kiss them The jimsonweed is on the �ill The time is good to begin We need to express ourself too and the clover sings with bees . The tide is out--no dismay . Give us a chance to show our side Now the Earth should breathe . Don' t be afraid to see us as we are But a thorn resides on the trellis wall Oh these few dreams We are people too , and have feelings (I suspect . i� pains us all) are for living Don't shut us up in a closet from a rosebush passed last fall. We can't get through if we don 't OFFERING We need to be out and free Sometimes these screams are so Give us our freedom If the leaves should fail on summer 's giving In the shade of the memory of a perfect We deserve it after all trees (though I suspect they Of attitudes that will--then won't. form, of symmetry and the ardour · of never will) or the dew should fail We are a special breed ! delight , are softly crying sculptors to fall , perhaps that rose would , Can we take things of desire slowly burning in the fire -Anita thornless , bloom, As we have them they fight with fierce despite and · on the trellis wa ll . Can we beli.eve what we say? storm. And in the falling floats There is no room here for sleeping FIFTEEN DAYS PAST PERFECT VISIONS without the gest�res of deceit tonight But if that rosebush had no thorns No pride--no laughs--no delay ·. the weary and pathetic remembering and with roses high and low It is the ides arches through the midnight gate of fifteen days past perfect visions the trellis wall was kissed , -Charlie McMullen and to the woodwinds turns about the I suspect the pain of thorns we 'd know of spring-would-be-like this year treasure of completed flight . from suspecting they exist. is slow .in coming and cold outside . / The word is somewhat keener than even Scatterings of the broken blaze are -Regina Rus sell last and somehow dreams of sunshine measures of the wrought and wrung and without shadows crept back into the complement the nameless night with dark places. There are behind walls, former idols of the sun. WATERMEL ON DAYS concrete little stops that keep the Burned into the last of battles fought / buds from really coming out and even the former offers to the earth in one Watermelon days summers ago· the wind keeps its wh ispers for the soundless breath--and only drifts into dark! Even the wind keeps its whispers repose-- were mus hroom cellars , dank and dark for the dark ! pretending caves and dungeons , the weary and pa thetic petals cardbQard box excapes and rolling down The flowers mu st have noticed the the grassy slopes. that were once of The taste of bitterweed strangeness of the air something a rose . le9s than they could breathe · and honeysuckle tender days and the trees have withdrawn their twigs -anonymous until the summers turned to fall in fear and foreboding of really budd ing and went away . again this year. Surely they must have noticed ; the grass 'is not quite green ONE DAY WHEN I LOOKED -Judi Nashville and the hills are seeing sunshine in CITY HALL , MEMPHIS shadows not quite seen about the I don't know what this disease is HYMN TO RECOLLECTION mooing cows so pasturized with I hope I don't have it · Like a showboat-- no t quite milk. tomorruw I will know I caught a glimpse from behind , some A sceptor and a golden knignt-­ there is no way to keep the v�rus from velvet rosy· aftersleeve , and whispered. Dreams of what and could be like , It is fifteen days past then again slipping in through my window� We pulled the ends together and met on Lights and flight . People say .like a nod tiny heads to daisies on the road When I moved everyone in my

a dark street corner late one winter showboat it stares th.rough veranda to Memphis compartment: had died . They·· sent the night . I recall voices that chanted portholes at the. insecurity of the where they dream and live and forget bodies into space and it mus t be full hymn s to my descent , and celebrated . night , inj ustly. peering at halls of and fi�d it in their finding it by now. · We sealed t'he· exits , closed the door , justice, and turns its back scares the night . Maybe tomorrow and laughed . to the· muddy river of its life. I will know.

,1 .. (from THE IDES OF MARCH) ·_ -Robert H. -Marie Parrish -Gay Clark -Kelley Rose : 1981 14-Gaz•November, ------�--,------Information and Services Memphis Parents & Friends of Gays: movement/ The French Connection: restaurant, piano Media support; 274-0653. bar, dining menu; 598 Marshall Ave., 526- Writes: Organizations Scope: movement, education and issues 1038. Arkansas Gay AGR. Inc. newsletter: Rock discussion and support; 278-4022. George's: bar, shows, large disco; 600 P.O. Box 3115, Little 122m. Alternative Productions: concerts; P.O. Tsarus: social, levi-leather/motorcycle, II}en Marshall Ave., 526-1038. Ours: newspaper. 5 times/yr.. feminist: P.O. Box 63065, Memphis 38l63, 274-7207 only, pri vate membership: no address J�Wag's: bar. serves fo od, moderate menu, 2:152. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): listing. patio. late hours: 1268 Madison Ave., 725- Box Little Rock 72203. general movement; 81 Madison Bldg., Upper Room: library, Memphis archives; 4670. Suite 1501, Memphis 38103, 521-9875. (currently moving, open mid-December). The Pendulum: bar, largedisco, servesfo od·, Restaurants & Bars Dignity: religious, Catholic, Gay & Lesbian limited menu; 92 N. Avalon St., 725-1530. support; 725-1698. Hotllnes P. W. Bumps Disco: bar, serves food, limited Chaps: 1701 S. University, 66il-8682. Gay Advocacy Project: movement, ACLU menu: 238 N. Cleveland St. 726-9953. Silver Dollar: 27 10 Asher Ave., 663-9886. Sharon's: bar: & MGC: 521-9875 or 726-4299. Gay Switchboard: information, crisis, 1474 Madison Ave .. 27R-9021. IJiscover: 102 1 Jessie Rd. 664-4784. GOPS: social, private membership; no referrals, counseling; 726-GAYY. address listing. Nashville Rape Crisis: 528-2161. Little Rock Lesbian Mothers Support Group: NOW, Suicide and Crisis Intervention: 274- Organizations 458-1661. Organizations 7477. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): Memphis Committee: social/movement; American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): general movement, Box 3167; Nashville private membership; P.O. Box 14208, Media general movement; Box 2832,Little Rock, 272 19. Memphis 38 114, 396-6146. AR. 72203. Justice for Parents Defense FUnd: legal, Memphis Gay Activists: movement, Arkansas Gay Rights, Inc. (AGR): ''Gay Alternative": radio, weekly, .Sundays child custody; 43 Music Square West, private membership; 274-{1431. movement, P.O. Box 3115, Little Rock Nashville 37�3. Memphis Gay Coalition: 3 p.m.; WEVL-FM 90.3, P.O. Box 41773, movement, 72203. Memphis 38104. Metropolitan Community Church: public; Box 3038, Memphis 38103. Arkansas Women's Netw.ork: movement, Gaze: newspa-per, monthly; Box 3038, religious, general Christian; 131 15th , Memphis Gay Speakers Bur"'au : . feminist; Box 1787, Little Rock 72203. Memphis 38103, 274-0431. Ave. N., Nashville, (615) 320-028�. movement, general education; Box 3038, Gay Alcoholics Anonymous Lambda Televideo: (Gay-AA): Tennessee Gay Coalition for Hum�n television, monthly · Memphis 38103. · meets every Tues: & Sun., 8 p.m., 7509 program ''Views From 10%,'·' cable Rights (TGCHR): ·movement;. Box M.emphis State University Gay Student Cantrel, Suite 102, Tanglewood channel 7; P.O. Box 41773, Memphis 24181, Nashville 37202. Union: movement/studen.t support; Shopping Center. 38104. Womankind Books: bookstor�; records, Room 416, University Center, MSU, Gay Counseling Service: 409 Walnut, extensive ·selection; 2015-B Belmont Memphis 38152. Little Rock 72�5. (501) 663-6455. Blvd .. Nashville 37212, (615) · 292- 1597 Metropolitan Community Church: · Restaurants & Bars Grassroots Women's House: 1524S. (mail order available, send for catalogue) . . religious, general Christian; 672 S. Summit, Little Rock, (501) 378-7851. Women's Resources Center: general. McLean, Memphis 38104, 278-1091. The Annex: bar, serves fo od, limited menu, Metropolitan Community Church: services for women; 1608 Woodmont­ Mystic Krewe of Aphrodite: sociallmove- late hours; 76 N. Cleveland St., 725-9842. religious. general Christian; Box 1964, YWCA, Nashville, (615) 385-3952. ment, private membershp, women only; The Barracks: bar, large disco, patio, late Little Rock 72203, (501) 664-3749. Restaurants & Bars P.O. Box 16199, Memphis 381 16. hours; 616 Marshall Ave., 527-6348. National Organiza.tion for Women t :t'lystic Krewe of Apollo: Bread & Roses: Carbaret: social, private restaurant, delicatessen (NOW): movement, feminist: P.O. Box 1711 Hayes St., 320-7082. membership, men only; no address menu, coffeehouse atmosphere; 610 S. 662, Little Rock 72203. The Connection: 20258th Ave., S., 383-9945. Juanita's: listing. Cox St., 274-7207. Parents & Friends of Gays: movement/ 713 Commerce St., 251-9841. ;...; lltional Organization for Women Club Ten North Cleveland: Malone's SidebOard: bar, large support; P.O. Box. 1839, Batesville, AR (restaurant, not (NOW): movement, feminist; P.O. Box · disco,serves fo od, moderate menu, patio; 72501. exclusively Gay) 407 1st Ave., S., 251- 40982, Memphis 38104, 458-1661. 10 N. Cleveland St., 726-9813. Hotllnes 9589. · ·, 1r People's Voice Collective: literary; Family Affair Club: bar, Gay crowd Warehouse 28: 2529 Franklin Rd., 297-0992. c/o Gaze, Box 3,038, Memphis 38103. Sunday nights only; 873 Vance Ave., 527- Crisis Center: 664-8834 (toll free, 1-800-482- The Women's Room: 2110 8th Ave., S., 292- 0672. 8886). 9177.

November, 1981 resources and services, businesses of all kinds 12-Thurs: Scope meeting, 7:30 p.m., 278-4022 RATES FOR CLA_?.SIFIED: 20¢ per word. $3 and much. much more. On sale at most minimum. Phone . ri'umbers & zip codes are free. bookstores for $8.50 or mail-order for $10from Your event listed? November 16 is the 13-Fri: Gaze copy deadine. Deadline for ads, is 10 days prior to publication New Earth Bookstore, 2 West 39th Street. deadline for December-January Calendar. MSU Gays Student Union meeting, date. 4th Friday monthly. Paymelt must Kansas City, MO 641 11. Call 27 4-0431 or write Box 3038, Memphis, TN j 3:30 p.m., third floor University accompany ads. There is a $2 cha.rge·for use of 38103. Center. our post office box. Address to Gaze. Box 3038. WR ITERS always needed to report local Memphis. TN 38 1 03. Phone · (901) 274-0431 events. No pay, good feeling. Write Gaze. . Box 15-Sun: MCC, 11 a.m., 672 S. McLean (irregular hours. keep trying) 3038. Memphis. TN 381 03-0038. Dignity Mass, 11 a.m., St. Peter 1-Sun: Bent at Circuit Playhouse, benefit for Village Chapel Memphis Gay Coalition, 8 p.m. (Bent � WANTED: Gay male to share stately home in·' · "Gay Alternative" radio program, ALABAMA: You feel good about your lifestyle. runs at Circuit through Nov. 28.) p.m., WEVL-FM 90.3 Central Gardens area. Beautifully furnished, Now rediscover your faith. Metropolitan MCC, 11 a.m., 672 S. McLean Memphis Committee meeting, 7:30 large rooms, fireplaces, etc ...Call Larry for Community Church meets every Sunday at Dignity Mass, 11 a.m., St. Peter p.m., 396-61 46 detai ls, Saturday-Wednesday after 7 p.m. at 1:45 p.m. at the Unitarian Church on Vaughn Village chapel 726-5744. Road in Montgomery. For information write "Gay Alternative" radio program, 3 16-Mon: Gaze advertising deadline P.O. Box 603. Montgomery, AL 36101 . p.m., WEVL-FM 90.3 Memphis Gay Coalition meeting, 7:30 HELP! I need to· rent a room in Midtown area . Memphis Committee meeting, 7:30 p.m., Main library, Peabody & December 16 through January 1, or for entire ·" . month of December. Prefer to rent from Gay GOOD PAY, SH�RT HOURS--we can't offer p.m., 396-6146 McLean, meeting room A. Open to J public. Speaker from rape crisis center. person. Respond to Ward, c/o Gaze, P.O. Box that. But if you e.njoy listening to others, giving 2-Mon: Memphis Gay Coalition meeting, 3038, Memphis, Tennessee 38103. information. 'and helping people feel 7:30 p.m., Main Library, Peabody & 17-Tues: Gaze staff meeting, 274-043 1, 8 p.m. comfortable with themselves. we need you. McLean meeting Room A. Open to Join the Memphis Gay Switchboard. Call 726- DIPLOMAT: Magazine published by Black Gay public. Financial and tax workshop for 20-Fri: MSU Gay Student Union meeting, 4299. men and women. $9 for 12 issues. 1052 W. Lesbians/Gay men. 3:30 p.m., third floor University Buena Circle. Chicago. IL 6061 3. Center. 3-Tues: N.O.W. meeting, 7 p.m .. Main BLACK GAYS: The Memphis Co!11mittee meets Library. Peabody & McLean. meeting 21-Sat: Memphis Gay Activists meeting, every Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Call 396-6146 for room A. Gaze staffmeetinjl;,274-043 1. 8 8:30 p.m. GAY OPINION: Subscribe! Write c/o Arthur information. p.m. Tower, 216 7th Ave., Apt. 2-H. New York, NY 22-Sun: MCC, 11 a.m., 672 S. McLean 1001 1. 4-Wed: "Views From 10')1',," television Dignity Mass, 11 a.m., St. Peter MEMPHIS GAY COALITION meets 1st anct 3rd program. 7:30 p.m .. cable Channel 7. Village Chapel Mondays, 7:30 p.m., meeting room A at Main "Gay Alternative" radio program, 3 Branch Library. Peabody & Mclean. All GAY PJGAGEMENT CALENDAR: 1982, soon p.m., WEVL-FM 90.3 welcome. Become involved in one of our :;va1lab!e at local bookstores. or $5.95 plus $1 8-Sun: MCC, 11 a.m., 672 S. Mclean Memphis Committee meeting, 7:30 concern areas: political. public relations. oo�tape. Main Street Press. William Case Dignity Mass, 11 a.m., St. Peter p.m., 396-6146 outreach. fundraising, Gaze, the Gay f · !'e. ,•,ttstown. NJ 08867. Collector's item. Village Chapel Switchboard. media. Gay Speakers Bureau "Gay Alternative" radio program, 3 24-Tues: Gaze staff meeting, 274-0431,8 p.m. and others. Educating ourselves and our p.m. WEVL-FM 90.3 community can help fight the radical right. •.• AlA S GUIDE. 8th ed ition. is the only guide Memphis Committee meeting, 7:30 29-Sun: MCC, 11 a.m., 672 S. McLean •,ou � tu. Gay women & includes over 3.500 p.m., 396-6146 Dignity Mass, 11 a.m., St. Peter istings for U.S .. Canada and western Europe. · Village Chapel RatP.s & comments in detail on women's bars BLACK AND WHITE, 3rd World Gays: BWMT­ 9-Mon: Parents and Friends of Gays "Gay Alternative" radio program. 3 and clubs. discos and restaurants. resorts, NA. 279 Collingwood. San Francisco. CA meeting. 274-0653. p.m., WEVL-FM 90.3 retreats. hotels. centers. groups. publications. 94114. (415) 431 -0458. Memphis Committee meeting, 7:30 10-Tues: Gaze staffmeeti�g. 274-043 1, 8 p.m. p.m., 396-6146 ------·------______November, 1981-Gaz�15 r