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1996—Bette Midler. the Divine Miss M, cuts the ribbon to begin AIDS Walk Wisconsin while Congress- man Gerald Klezka (D-Mil), joins in the applause. 1988—Reading Time. The late Divine was caught on film reading one of her favorite papers during her last

visit to Milwaukee in February. 1988.

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1988—Jesse Jackson

1996—Congressman Steve Gunderson and his longtime companion, Rob Morris, were in Milwaukee for the Challenge Party hindraiser held on Friday. June 7. The event raised thousands of dollars for several Mil- waukee Gay and Lesbian groups.

1996—David Mixner

1997—Cutting the Ribbon—A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony began the 1997 AIDS Walk Wisconsin. Shown 049 are University of Wisconsin Basketball Coach. Dick Bennett, Congressman Tom Barrett. Honorary Chair, Greg Louganis, Jim Schleif of the Milwaukee AIDS Project and ARCW Executive Director. Doug 1996—President Clinton Nelson. _9`' \ ` - . ul tl

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AOver thethe year'_s year's The The DECADEvyi_scoprsin Wisconsin Light has published countless stories, pictures and would beOF forced to "apply some sort IIGHTof AIDS quarantine." reports aboutclout Gay and Lesbian life here and around the country. In a very real Group Leaves Church A faction of the Episcopal church has seceded due what it sense, we havehave ?g%re%en8T£:£`"£`;;se}#s|###:"d%;r;dcw:n„£;f#;§%;!%.`£zPBicr#;££GnzL=Gul%dufe££i*£:S'#c&S:fifoctfofi#£:Ecpr¥almceiLchhassecededdrewhamtaken GLBT Wisconsin to the world and brought the GLBT world to called the Church's pro-Gay, pro-women policies. w#:e.:xifffsnipd!,efd!!;;q##;;eos,;dfse::a;mifeWisconsin. Below is compendium of some of those stories. While not all inclusive, we believe that it will give our readers an understanding of the important events, trends and people of the last decade. With a few exceptions this listing deliberately excludes articles about the AIDS crisis. In order to allow our readers to follow the progress and issues concerning the AIDS epidemic it was necessary to list those articles separately. 19871987 The Wisconsin Light began publication with a 16 page issue dated November 20, 1987. Our first issue gave the paper a baptism of fire as it were. The printer with whom we had contracted, realized that our publication was for Gays and Lesbians when-:-:_----::-:i---:::_----:::=`::----:.:.::_-:-:::_-:il--::-:_--:-:-_:::-::I:----:----::i:_--:.:---:---i-:-::i:--:i-:I-::::-:-i::: we delivered the boards. He claimed he was a "born again" Christian and refused to print the paper. Sonic last minute scrambling saved the day and a new force for equality, The Wisconsin Light saw the light of day. NovemberNovember STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Domestic Partnership Introduced in Madison Madison Alderman, Jim McFarland (who later would become a Wisconsin Light columnist writing "From the Right") in- troduces an "alternative families ordinance" which if passed would extend traditional family benefits to unmarried Gay and straight couples. At the same time, McFarland ;rat:i}i;£:::irfi;d#i|#i¥±:[§dg;{fr¥:¥ff;§#ifasgLg}g;£?iT§i%#dr{i¥ifpublicly came out of the closet becoming just the fourth openly Gay elected official in thetl,e country. Congressman Admits Mistake In Casting Vote Madison area Congressman Bob Kastenmeier (D-Wisconsin) stated in a press release that he had erred in voting to approve a Jesse Helms amendment prohibiting the Center for Disease Control from us- E¥ii:incge;fi:ijjd;(&:iipfs;=]|jh#fi#uiln¥:i:ge,;gii##;fig¥nf:ag&ecff::jTgg?f¥p:-ing Federal hinds to provide information or prevention materials that promote or encourage directly or indirectly homosexual sexual activities. Lesbian Variety Show in Madison A capacity crowd filled Madison's Banymore Theater for the annual Lesbian Variety Show in Madison. The annual Lesbian Variety Show is the most popular Lesbian event in Wisconsin. MCC-Milwaukee Celebrates I" Anniversary New Hope Metropolitan Community Church celebrated its first anniversary with a banquet at Jet's Place in Milwaukee. Pageant A Success Over 500 people attended the Pageant at Milwaukee's Marc Plaza:_:-:i-_::--:--:-__:_:__::_-i_::-__-_i:`_:--:::_:--::-:-_-:-__:--:i::-=l---_:-:I_::--:-:i:_i--_:_---__:=:_-I:-`::-:_I::,:__-i,_:i::::::-::-::I:-=i hotel. Miss M won the Miss Gay Wisconsin title while Scott won the Mr. Gay Wisconsin cr{>un.crown. Hit Comes to Town Milwaukee is gearing up to host the annual Holiday Invitational BOHji]::¥:Surt#°c¥t?#iYa|Yisedsegi%£¥d°oT88tstthGea#LeunstLB¥°Eodwawyiin[ngvI+t%ti#_Bowling Tournament, HIT, It is the largest and oldest Gay/Les/Bi Bowling Tourna- ment in the county.county. NATIONAL NEWS AIDS May Have Started Here Sooner Than Thought A report published by the Chicago Tribune states that AIDS may have killed a St. Louis teenager in 1969. Milwaukee's Fest City Singers sang on December 13 at the Grand Avenue Pro-Gay Supreme Court Justice? President Reagan has nominated, Anthony Ken- and Bay Shore Malls. TheThe Chorus also sang on WOKY Radio, onon Monday morn-mom- nedy for the Supreme Court. According to published reports, Reagan was on the verge ing, December 14.14. of nominating Kennedy earlier when a number of conservative senators objected. Those objections centered on Kennedy's opinion in a Gay military discharge case. Kennedy wrote that the military's rule "requiring discharge of all who have engaged in homosexual conduct is perhaps broader than necessary to accomplish some of its goals." The March on Washington An estimated 400,000 Gays and Lesbians joined to- CONGRATULATIONSCONGRAIUIAIIONS gether for the second Gay Rights March on Washington in October. The crowd in- chided over 250 individuals from Wisconsin who were cheered along the entire route on a ``Decade"Decade Ofof higbt" as:i.Ij::d,¥ic?eli5iicri,#ssifi:i¥F:f#LEed#ff:o#jhfys;£tiff;Lff:coiFewfouf: they spelled out Wisconsin followed by the chant "The Gay Rights State." Light" DecemberDecember SheliaShclia A. AldrichAldrich Elizabeth Coggs-Jones STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS CCF Opens Office - The Cream City Foundation opened a new part time commu- -un%j:=#g£:l[£¥bi#1Fi%ibd;be¥l#i:g?Eb;£FbF¥Tsc:€j:a=:#*poTRT?geiot¥:::nity center. The Center is located between Club 219 and Cest Le Vie. Dorothy K. Dean Milwaukee Cable Show Starts Mark Behar and Bryce Clark announced that their Milwaukee cable show "Tri Cable Tonight" would broadcast on the 1" and 3 Tues- days of the month. Karen M.M. Ordinans Cream City Chorus Gets Invite- The Cream City Chorus announced that it had been invited to sing at the annual Martin Luther King Day celebration at Milwaukee's Performing Arts Center. The Fest City Singers sang at Milwaukee's Grand Avenue Penny E. PodellPodell ;e:[oeoff;[d##o;:¥:#L:thdr€o#+¥e¥t#j#L±&¥±L:yE:a¥:¥Leatr¥::oFg#wtfi*en#::Mall and on WOKY Radio. The World of Sports - The SSBL announced that Tom Sal7sieder had been elected commissioner,coTfi¥]:L]gr,o§#o£#:asssgL:cffow:oc##satcoTfis¥:£d%dhafebeffi*e#* Suzi Arnold was elected Women's commissioner and the Milwaukee Roger Quindel Classic will be held May 27-29. HIT announced that 275 bowlers had participated in the&LeasriulwinThbe±)£#gy3:;2£;ekHe]enTd¥#eedntTat275bowlershadparticipatedin annual Thanksgiving Day weekend tournament. NATIONAL NEWS Hate Crimes Bill Advances- A Hate Crimes bill that included Gays and Lesbians tit wir passed the House Judiciary Committee in Washington DC on a 21 to 13 vote. Com- mittee member Rep Barney Frank (who later would come out of the closet) led the vtse4gA141, fight to defeat an amendment which would have dropped "sexual orientation' from among the groups protected by the bill. The bill is high on the list of priorities for the National Gay Lesbian Task Force. Presidential Candidates Debate Gay Rights, AIDS Presidential candidates made their positions known during a pre-primary debate. Republican Jack Kemp said he favored mandatory testing for a number of groups, Vice President Bush favored pre- letk A INCORPORATED marital tests as did Democrat Bruce Babbit. 1535 Babbit however denounced President Reagan saying "We have a President who can send battleships to the Persian Gulf but who cant say the word condom in public." Senator Al Gore (D-TN) denounced the burning of Florida family's home when it was learned that two children in the home had contracted AIDS through a blood transfu- sion. Massachusetts Governor Dukakis said he would resist calls for mandatory testing ien#n:eihffi:£ii¥o±#ffi#¥ELi¥£rig!#::£¥ilis#|¥bifi|?¥iibut not rule it out "in strictly limited situations." Pat Robertson said that the states November 6, 6, 1997 1997-November—November 19, 19, 1997 1997-WISCONSIN—WISCONSIN LIGHT LIGHT-3-3 10loo* AmniveTsaryAnniversary Issuelsso€ asis&ss:->isps-as;znise:sess```'ass.:S€?`ì_s€.33r*¥ 19881988 0 1988 was an election year, so it should come as no surprise that many of the major storiessfaodgocre;:ffw;ffffffhfeoaffngf§ff_:'a:dgfJ!d%mi;yG:a#bffinffxp: dealt with the election. Nationally, George Bush won the right to succeed Ronald Reagan much to the chagrin of activist everywhere. Locally Wisconsin Gay activists for Jesse Jackson were outraged over being denied a spot on the Wisconsin delegation. But the news wasn't all bad. 1988 sowsaw th_e the firstf irst_ever ever ComingCoapipg 9_utOut Day c.eleprafigm celebration. MuwâûkeeMilwaukee electededLeffiLdwaaupkre°;%yd a pro-Gay Civil Rights_Rights Sriat_eState Senator, _Senptor., John Joirn Norquist.No.r_qulst in in thetFe..M.a_yo|.'s Mayor's office of f ice and qind. Milwaukee MiLyauFee had itsttsapafirS_-F'Mde3e:;bi'9a8tig:n#henseeaar#yd]o°{hyeera::3%hst#ooMkaudysfbpea8gaens first Pride celebration in nearly 10 years, while Madison began planningfor a big march in May of 1989. These and other stories took up the pages of#fa«nTn#ansrc:nbstign "The Wisconsin Ligha"Light." January STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Bar, "The Man Attacked at Fort Atkinson Bar - The owner of a Fort Atkinson Gay 19881988LThe—The Mi]waullee Milwaukee BeerBeer League League playing playing at NItchenMitchell Park.Park. attacked outside of the Old Fort Lounge," alleged that his ex-lover was grabbed and against Gays and Lesbians. a bar adjacent to the Lounge, rulLefmprb:hihiLtinn8rdisscp¥#°Eoat8ei3tnfo:ysAabnodu¥ibELFsS.Karen|unbandm.Paulrules prohibiting discrimination establishment. The man was allegedly dragged mto Turner Speak to Hotel Union About AIDS Karen Lamb and Dr. Paul has refused to report the incident to Lamb, %¥b±°i#eniE=g:#;fi#££¥¥th%#:griF&:cfeunffa%s§f¥T¥id:Ag¥jo°£ti:FiBdcEo£!beaten and raped by three assailants. The victim Turner spoke to union members at the Hotel, Motel, Restaurant and Bartenders Union the Police. in November. During the the for 1987. At the top local 122 regarding the Pageant Banquet held at the hotel Villains Named- The Wisconsin Light named its top villains of the staff members wore rubber gloves stating that by Rep. Bill Dannemeyer banquet for the Pageant a number of the hit parade was Senator Jesse Helms. He was followed themselves from AIDS. Many of those present were offended. Bauer (Reagan's Chief Domestic Policy they wanted to protect (R-Sf|H;#SEL=e:fa!:faFdese:°:::einkEhsL¥£#§o:ng%¥cRfr!.fLB;t7m#cFie:y:e; Cal), Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Gary Lamb and Turner were credited for preventing a repetition of the incident at the HIT ir¥¥±§j¥gi#!#i¥+ii:s¥pii;:##ie##;i:!iF#§V;m£:¥w±i;ifeiglIT¥tournament banquet which was also held at the hotel. NATIONAL NEWS Study Shows Hate Crimes Widespread - A US Justice Department Study showed thatritu£%es#3sH£:e„CvVlTiE£SreY£9eip5e#t-ThAo#§s::#icsearpt¥hm::ts#eq#£t°* hate climes are "widespread" and that 'homosexuals are the most frequent victims."tins." Jack Kemp Calls for Gay Teacher Firings- Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp publicly stated that he supported the "right" of school boards to fire Gay teachers. Legal Association Gives Preferences- NLADA, the National Legal Aid and De- fender Association, voted to give preference to states that have repealed their sodomy laws when selecting sites for future meetings. The group is comprised of over 1,00(1 ;gfji;ci;££IL#1.uig;iso;£i:;,:gs;#:!j;iiTI::iEi#ri#¥#¥a!ii:o#?i!e;legal organizations and has 15,000 attorney members.

February STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Hate Crime Bill in Trouble? Wisconsin's Hate Crime Bill was reported to be in serious trouble. A source close to State Senator Lynn Adelman told The Wisconsin Light that the Senator intends to bottle up the bill in his committee. Adelman, a staunch civil libertarian, is concerned that the bill would impinge on free speech rights. When asked about the report Adelman said that he was not planning on holding an Ex- ecutive::-:i-i:-:-=_:-::-lit_:-_---=:::-li:_::_:::-_:_-_:--_=_--_i--_-:_::-:-_-:_::_i_--__--i--:_-::I-=-:_-_:-:_-:__i---I--_-:i::.-i:i:i::: Session to vote on the bill and didn't think there was enough time in the cur- rentrerdnrdcs&Sfi°gnh:°#S.iAe,ynenAifpEie#+i.NationaiiyimownGayactivistBrianMCNautht session to pass it even if he did. in Appleton Nationally known Gay activist Brian McNaught —Marie Williams and son Wade Williams, owners of the Old Fort Lounge. McNaught Speaks 1988I 988-Mnde WNIinms and son Wade Willians, ounas of the Old Fort Lounge. held at Appleton's Lawrence Uruversity. Ray spoke at a two day conference on homophobia Advisor), Jerry Falwell, Arizona Governor Evan Mecham, Philadelphia Reporter Hg¥ifaac#:ddaoyfc2oo#_eoruT8:i:088E#dh£¥j,P[e£E:vAepE]£t:g;sopanTe:sce#Xeern¥t#He told a crowd of 200 out of 1,000 students. "I believe that ignorance is the parent of Berens, Paul Cameron (America's leading homophobe) and Lyndon LaRouche. fear and fear is the parent of hatred." Pride Week Committee Meets - Milwaukee Pride Week Planning began when 25 Gay Men's Chorus is receiving na- 10m Madison Group Attracts Attention - Madison's people representing 15 Milwaukee organizations came together for a January The group has performed in Minneapolis and in New York, where operate as a tional attention. meeting chaired by GPU President Bill Meunier. The new Committee will they were part of the first Gay group ever reviewed by the New York Times. GPU project. Calling All Female Players - The Saturday Softball Beer League announced that it UW-Madison Committee Questions ROTC on Campus The Ad Hoc Committee Division. In other sporting news, Dallas will host the Gay recom- was forming a Women's studying the role of ROTC on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus world!i:ff];¥iEi§u#¥ii{j¥§i¥§vFH¥#T§ssi¥i£¥ifedffrs;N¥moii§::ii:i:I; series, August 23-28. mended that a solid effort be made to force the program to comply with University 600 GAYSGAys ANDArm LESBIANS RALLYRAILY AND MARCHnuncH IN IN DUBuDUBUQUE

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November 6, 6,1997-November 1997—November 19,19,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHTLIGHTL4-4 10'lothh Anniversary Anniversary Issue NATIONAL NEWS AIDS Increasing- In AIDS news statistics showed that the number of AIDS cases doubleddo#£EC]rge8a7S.ing-InAIDSnewsStatisticsinowedthatthenunberofAIDScases in 1987. ,Johnson Ad Cam.palgnCampaign Fig.htsFights Homophobia TheThe Alexandria Alexandria (VA) (VA) GayGay Comm.\pity^Asso- Community Asso- ciation took out a series of unprecedented ads in The Washington Post calling for ac- Je171' ceptance and understanding of Gay people. #L#Vl9:ecoa:£:#:iffi#=go¥8;aid#en#de.:di:mr:I:e;sWcoa=ngor:nd:°:tr¥m8fi::r£:::Movie Criticized The movie "The Last Emperor" is coming under criticism for failing to mention the fact that the title character, the Pu Yi Emperor, was Gay. Conference Called- A group of activists have called for a n invitational only "War Conference":Eig:::?gfoe:.&!,?#at!i#i:¥E¥u£:t;,ri::c:.f#rEi#r.¥F:in¥¥tr%gi#,vg to be held at the Arlie House, a conference center near Warrenton, Va. The cancall to the conference stated "This"Ibis isis a a callcall to. to. ...war .war conference because indeed we are at war." MarchMarch STATESTATH WIDE NEWS Rawhide Amendment a Victory? Wisconsin State Representative David Claren- bach (D-Madison) denied reports that the Gay community had lost on the so called #RIEwW#¥;-:ELAr:nfdi#t:gtdar#Cjfrry#¥th£:aw¥c%S##:#;ffi£:n:i€#then*"Rawhide Amendment." The amendment was proposed to legalize discrimination

'I'he Cream City Business Association presented Hall of Fame awards to Peter Johnson, The Cream City Business Association presented Hall of Fame awards to Peter Johnson, accepted by JOBeJose Morales Morales (second (second left) left) and and to to the the CreamCream CityCity Foundation,Foundation, acceptedaccepted byby Chuck Brotz (second right)richt) whilewhile Severalseveral board members lookedlooked on. bians were credited by the national press for carrying the Jackson campaign with hun- dredsEii£E?ds#:%ic|E|3£|i;tr¥£%£3aaeti:thT3:.Pressf°rcagivgtheJacksoncampargnwithhun. of volunteers around the state. At a Milwaukee Auditorium rally held shortly before the election, Jackson told a wildly cheering crowd of 6,000 people, "On October 11th when 600,000 Gays and Les- bians marched against AIDS in Washington, when no other national leader would #talg;fi#¥Wm#ia%e§¥rf#oFom#::±d%ch££ibe:?°ir:e#thi=:]6#§DfaJ¥ca#8°erfa#uls:come forward. I was there." NATIONAL NEWS Rights Group Refuses to Help Gays Amnesty International again refused to expand its human rights work to include Gays and Lesbians imprisoned for being homosexual. First National Coming Out Day Set for October 11 Activists have called on Gays and Lesbians around the country to observe Coming Out Day by coming out of the closet. The idea came from the' War Conference" held in Virginia and has been endorsed::-:-i:::i:I:::--::::-::ij::::::i:::::i:-`:::-:i:::::::-:::I;:::=:-:--:--:--;:::i:i:::-::---::-i:-:::--::::::i:i:::i:-::-::::=::ii-:: by every major national organization. The idea came about as result of the per- ception that a lack of visibility has hurt efforts to fight against AIDS and homophobia. held atat MitchellMitchell ParkPark andand West West hdilwaukeeMilwaukee fifields.elds. Teams Teans fromfrom Toronto, Chicago, Chicago, hffi#P?ch&]¥:¥n¥°B¥esi#VI9gtinuth#Jt°fi±:,frp°£o#Fi#%eiree.sMccNewMinneapolis. New York and Boston will join teams from Milwaukee. Pastor Callentine Dies David Luther Callentine, Pastor of Milwaukee's MCC New Hope Church died from complications due to AIDS. New Hope intends to continue Several thousand people attended MApfestMAPfest inin MilwaukeeMilwaukee on LaborLabor Day.Day. The record breakingbreaking meeting::8?tincghaT#eff*wfro°£t°m¥:#C#gfanfu¢s¥ecth°ur¥hps.NewHopeintendstocontinue at the Kenwood United Methodist Church. crowd enjoyed the food andand entertainment withwith proceedsproceeds going going to to tht) thb MilwaukeeMilwaukee AIDSAIDS Project. By a strange coincidence, the last picture of David in Wisconsin Light shows him standing in front of the fireplace in his home. On the mantle is a large clock that hadn't based on "sexual orientation." Clarenbach claimed that he had worked out an agree- worked in years. As was noticed after his death, the old clock showed the exact time :c:£tdt::]},p:Srfux##:ryenrfu*°E.:'anciar£#tchbycEa¥semdg¥!ohfpr#mws:rk#:¥quanpta#::Iment to "permanently kill" the amendment by passing a compromise that exempted re- Hrfeyk±d:mFfgi¥Cjofsg+g?iifthi:ast#TEhi#Fe8e°faDffifed#,tl¥:Lsgck:n#o%e:iL%g:¥:¥ti¥that David died weeks later. ligious and not for profit organizations from the provisions of AB 70, Wisconsin's Wagner Wins Dane County Chairmanship Openly Gay County Supervisor Dick #£i&u`sar*ganytlLfis`E:#tlandmark Gay rights law. organizations froin. the rfovision-S °f AB 70. W£S6°nsin'S wTfB:ewrayej]:§t¥f=gWagner was elected as cT#Tr€nh#frEeanDS£E8 Chairperson of the Dane c¥tyyEaarygcb?E?5 County Board by a 25SFT6T#ost°eT to 16 vote. Tck Hate Crime Bill Passes Assembly The Hate Crime bill passed the State Assembly Norquist Appoints Burke - Wisconsin Light reporter, Sue Burke has been appointed on a 97 to 0 vote. The bill would add increased criminal penalties for anyone con- by newly elected Mayor John Norquist to serve on the Common Council's Task Force victed of committing violence against an individual based on their minority status. It's on¥x°§#ei!c¥int#±aE#%¥£Sfti=:t:]sg#:%:Itth:'cS:inELonk%oharicEFT:g£°FE:* Sexual Assault and Domestic Abuse. fan;i;i;'#,e¥i;if|¥sg:±S;ei{EL:ij3g¥;add¥eS§T§T:3ff¥Eperfe¥:o:;£££:g#:isi:future in the State Senate is uncertain due to Senator Lynn Adelman's apparent opposition. Local Election Primaries - Local Elections heated up in Milwaukee and in Madison with primaries held in both cities. In Milwaukee State Senator John Norquist and former Acting Governor, Marty Schrieber won the Mayoral primary. In a pre-primary fo- nun Schrieber stated that "Gays can't not have moral relationships." The lions share of Gay votes are expected to go to Norquist in the General election. Norquist is currently running about 1 1 points behind Schrieber. In Madison- State Representative Joe Weinecke will take on Rick Phelps for the :::-i-::i--=i---:i---:-:i-:=i:i--i-i:-::-:_::-:-i:i----:--:::_-:i:iii-:i-:-:-i::_-:::i-:iT--:---:-:-:i:Dane County Executive seat. Both candidates are considered to be supportive of Gay rights. In sporting news, The Milwaukee Volleyball league concluded its winter season. Fannies took first place followed by Gamma, Your Place and La Cage. In the B Divi- sion the winner was the Beer Garden followed by Gay Street Station, the M & M Club and W&B/Acapulco House. A new Gay biking group (the pedal variety) was an- ¥i;:;t#::di:`g:s§,;si¥fi¥w:ed;ui#fit#¥eaifei§%fr`i!jiitrfeg;:i#¥#eg&n!nounced. The purpose of the group is to organize rides throughout the year. NATIONAL NEWS Divine Dies Divine, who was arguably the most famous American female imper- sonator in history died in his sleep in a Los Angeles hotel room. The film star of such cult classics as "Pink Flamingos" and "Polyester" had recently appeared at Milwaukee's Club 219 where he gave what was believed to be his last print interview to Wisconsin i|::a|[!:Lsi:§s:::c;i':iF§;igfiF5;;;p;£¥:bfeth#Lfitgh£¥¥%usHm=#F#¥F¥RE#s8£#i;j-Light editor, Ten-y Boughner. April

STATE WIDE NEWS delegates Democratic National Election Results Please Activists Milwaukee Gay and Lesbian A portion ofof thethe Wisconsin delegates atat. the Omni Center during the Democratic National Activists were Convention. pleased with the election results as John Norquist won the Mayor's race and Dave Schultz defeated incumbent County Executive Bill O'Donnell. Both men had promised to work with the Gay community. Statewide Jesse Jackson finished second to Massa- chusetts Governor Mike Dukakis in Wisconsin's Presidential Ga and Les- MayMay STATE WIDHWIDE NEWS Pride Committee Announces Dates Logo After several months of infighting the Milwaukee Pride Committee has moved forward with plans for Milwaukee's first ever ff Pride Week. With the theme "Rightfully Proud" the celebration will include a parade and#T%i£#£C%o:fFngfffi:e°patgthn|¥e#:#H#rirethsceEi#aL£:RE=wfm¥#s#st:v:e: week of events later in the year. Tri-Cable Praised By The Advocate The Advocate, the national Gay/Lesbian news magazine gave a favorable notice to Milwaukee's Tri-Cable Tonight Program. The article written by Kate Walter points out that Gays using cable is not "a bicoastal affair" and cites Tri-Cable as proof that Gay programming can be "a strong force in the Mid- west." Walter made special mention of the segment "Gaystory" narrated by Wisconsin Light editor, Dr. Terry Boughner, calling it "a particularly interesting feature." Many Cities Sending Teams to Milwaukee Over 20 teams have committed to enter the annual Milwaukee Classic Softball tourney on May 27-29. The tournament will be

NATIONAL NEWS AIDS Brochures To Be Sent - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announcedam*ELScBdr°thcE¥efuT°fist:n8triTeeb¥6§hurapffid=trfuHrfethAlB§wlEr::rerysg#rfe: that it will mail its 8 page brochure, "Understanding AIDS" to every house- hold in the United States. Dubuque Marches Over 600 people rallied and marched in Dubuque Iowa's second annual Gay hide March. The march sponsored by the National Organization for Women and the Friends of Lesbians and Gays had a much higher turnout than last September's march of only 60 people. That march was cut short when locals hurled eggs, rocks and obscenities at the demonstrators. Gays from New York, San Fran- Mark Leister, Evlynn and and M.C.M.C. Chris Chris Klein Klein at at Jet's Jet's Place.Place. #c#o%§ig#iiE¥%¥ei;iiofr¥£d¥thffie:cd:T¥¥§t:i¥E%;¥faFii°fficisco, Chicago and Wisconsin joined in the march in response to last year's violence. November 6, 6,1997-November 1997—November 19, l9,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHT IJGHT-5-5 loth10th AnniversaryAmiversary Issue Issue vention outraged labor and Gay activists demanded the ouster of the delegation's chair- ?, person State Representative Annette Polly Williams. One activist said "They have just I cut the lavender strip from Jesse Jackson's Rainbow. Gay Area coordinators were also angered that the NAACP Chairman voted for Condon as did the representative from t Patrick Cudahy's Union despite Gay and Lesbian support for their organizations. Many said|ti?r¥ul#i##iiieap#n¥°k§¥H¥§th;§aasutfa|ii:#=##ffi¥ff: they wouldn't work for Jackson again as long as Williams was his overall Chair- person. CCF Shows Off New Center - Milwaukee's Cream City Foundation held an open ro¥£E;tsE:¥:w°ffen¥&WLoCc%ra;2¥Ws:¥eee*:dcrsTeetfH:°cunatdre:°fuheidfed¥.house at its new center located at 225 S. Second Street. The Center will be used for' m3ee¥86'£edfi:F#j:sdTt:£a£FLto:itbethe*&°u¥k=.#iriEa¥r#et=an°rt8oo#otri=:=Schefirstmeetings, referrals and to facilitate better communication between organizations. Beer Garden Wins Tournament Milwaukee's Beer Garden team took home the first place trophy from Chicago's MSA Women's Tournament held over the Fourth of July *l&%:8Tyfromchicago'sMSAWomen'sTounanentheldovertheFourthofJulyweekend. Three New Bars in Milwaukee- Three new Gay and Lesbian bars opened in Mil- waukee. The Triangle located at the former site of DK's, the Alternative, located at y]:o#rS:FTFITes:¥fi¥cxsid#naet:±#oei¥t¥t::oy£2EF±fab;=#+ES#ei8cptedNIal1 100 S. First Street and the Short Circuit located on 22" and National. NATIONAL NEWSNEWS University Can Not Deny Funds to Gay Groups- The University of Arkansas can not discriminate against Gay and Lesbian groups by denying them funding according to a ruling issued by the Eighth Circuit US Court of Appeals. The university lost a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union's Gay and Lesbian Rights Project. Ohio Gay Man To Run For Congress - Mi ke Gelpi, an Army vet, announced that he is running as an Independent for Ohio's 12 District which is located in the City of Columbus. Delphi has reportedly been endorsed by the Democratic Party of Franklin Party. In the election he will face arch conservative Republican congressman John Ka- sich and Lyndon La Rouche supporter. Mark Brown. Brown won the Democratic pri- 19881988+Mr.—Mr. InternationalInternational I,Gather Leather 19881988 MchaelMichael Pereyra, (center);(center); first first runner-up I`mer-up PeterPeter MorrisonMorrison (right) (richt) of of mary. (left) of Florida, Long Beach. CA. the Gauntlet II,11, Los Los Angeles; Angeles; second second runner-up rumor-up Brian Brian Dawson Dawson (left) of Florida, Long Beach, CA. Pro-Gay Policies Advance in Democratic Platform - The preliminary draft of the The Wisconsin Light Goes Bi Weekly The Wisconsin Light which had been pub- 1988 Democratic Platform calls for increased spending on AIDS research and treat- lishing on a monthly basis announced that beginning with this month, it will be pub- ¥LfF:o±=,!ciee3:3.:vffiean£%:i-£og=i;q:o#ffi,g-.of:e:![:sEe¥3#d#%th±:ment and adds the words "sexual orientation" to the list of groups that "should be free riLfg¥isi?#£E#chbkGs°&Bojunw#RIdhaTfe#gD&inthL&htmff]¥#i:lished as a biweekly. Gay Man Receives Appointment from Mayor - Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist has appointed community activist, Bob Moore to a position on the Safety Commission. Moore who is the Director of the Executive MBA Program at the University of Wis- consin-Milwaukee is well known in the Gay community. The Safety Commission ad- vises the City on methods of providing for the safety of the public, and city employees Fffi¥M#:;#|ffi!os¥triF#:&!r¥voi:¥#Tifeii:baifelesa%¥¥;:ni¥in traffic and other matters. Milwaukee's Pride Celebration Held - Two weeks of events under the heading "Rightfully Proud" constituted Milwaukee's first Pride celebration since the early 80's. Activities included the SSBL All Star Game, a dance, lectures, films, an appearance by iRIEL¥JHj:HTfieus%#iifeH¥¥:ffist#!:#e¥b±tlen#£lJEe:±i¥the nationally known Romanoffsky and Phillips, a Veterans Memorial and other events. Pastor Wants to Perform Same Sex Marriages Pastor James Bartos of the Village Churchcf¥ct:rinwffi#at&?eerfosrFckseadmfiss::n¥eargEifesfopra#E£P.at#:ithfa#T:g: in Milwaukee has asked his congregation for permission to perform same sex wedding ceremonies. Judge Holds Army in Contempt - Federal Judge Myron Gordon issued a contempt citation to the US Army for failing to re-enlist Sergeant Miriam Ben Shalom of Mil- waukee. Ben Shalom had won the right to re-enlist in an earlier decision. Madison Passes Part of Alternative Family Rights Ordinance - Before a record crowd of 300 people, the Madison Common Council passed into law two parts of the "Alternative Family Rights Ordinance" proposed by openly Gay Alderman, Jim McFarland. It will now be legal for two unrelated people with children to live together in Mad Town. Madison City Employees with same sex partners will be granted family sick and bereavement leave in the same manner as those benefits are provided to heterosexual employees.

1988—Al Thomas, (center) celebrates the Grand Opening of the Triangle bar. Al is surrounded by a few of June the hundreds ofol` well-wishers wen-withers who turnedt`med out.out. from all forms of discrimination and governmental intrusion." In a separate section the STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS platform calls for "equal access to government services, employment, housing, busi- Jackson Campalg_nCampaign AngersAngers Local Gay i:o#o£:Ess:s;ofidr:s?#cotr=:sns%dggoovvee=en=thse#¥s:on#fis#t#eussicg,o3#:ness enterprises and education. Supporters - Despite the promise of at least one delegate spot for Wisconsin's Gay and Lesbian supporters for Jesse August frpf:gi:enr.sfi:|:.a:anag`ff;!oir;wTJg::ecf!n!:AugustJackson, no slot has been aside. Jackson's WisconinWisconsin GayGay andand LesbianLesbian Coordinator,Coordinator, STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Bill MeunierMeunier viiaswas offeredoffered aa token token seat seat on on GoalsGoals Rejected Rejected A A12 12 page page ¢o_cupient document entitled entitled "Lesbian/Gay "Lesbian/Gay Goal_Sett±pg Goal Setting Proj.ectProject the Credentials Committee which he de- 1989 and Beyond" was rejected during a meeting held at the Cream City Foundation clined calling it an insult. Meunier or- Community Center. ganized and led hundreds of Gay and Les- Gay Republican Club to Form HereHere MadisonMadison Alderman,Aldenan, JinJim MCFarland.McFarland, an-an- bian volunteers in an effort that captured nounced that he plans to start a Gay Republican group in Wisconsin. The group tenta- iffirfr##]t;£an¥fy¥rtfiF¥¥#*¥+£±#:%h#ei;§aiurE:gi;b:hg.:ang[er;i:fa:j8iep:frjw#C*rs;gdthe attention of mainstream media outlets tively named Wisconsin Republicans for Equality and Privacy would Teeek¥:upp.:Ln.i:seek to promote AldermanA]d€ImalL .Jim Jlm McFarlandMCFar]and such as ABC andand CBS news,news, TheThe NewNew MILWAUKEE'SNILWAUKEE'S BEER BEER TOWN TOWN BADGERS BADGERS STEIN STEIN IV IV RUNRUN York Times, and National PubficPublic Radio. Chicago, New York Win Milwaukee Classic Chicago Side Tracks defeated Milwaukee's Your Place Flamingos to win first place in the Milwaukee Classic's Competitive Division. Milwaukee's Raid- gamgig:#¥-¥|iiEitT#iEog#iers finished third. In the Recreation Divi- sion, Ty's Chelsea Transfer from New York won first place. Second place went to the La Cage Blue Boys and third was i§:iK3i%n;£¥ist:i#L#¥#nHffrha:ced#wi¥won by Club 1270 of Boston. NATIONAL NEWS Report Documents Anti-Gay Violence The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has issued a report that documents over #:e.eF:rt:Ti!sEeffatffis!!?¥.¥F:3::i7,000 incidents of Anti-Gay vinlence in 1987 alone. Those incidents included 6161 homicides. Republican Platform Committee To Hear From Gays The Human Rights Campaign made history by testifying for Gay and Lesbian rights before the Repub- !c±¥#Fffii:fr#J5Emif¥¥#T£:lican Party Platform Committee. Lobby Days Set in Washington NGLTF, the National Gay and Lesbian ¥a¥Lb#rcgBfftsas£#ctoG£¥6¥73:;¥#j£§jTask Force, has set October 6-7 as Lobby Days to support Gay Rights in Congress. Efatg°thFT#S?cyurRIft;£fi€:en%e£S:Among the items currently before Con- gress are bills on keeping Hate Crimes Statistics,H:&Ssti¥se,b:a°Te5Fanin£¥teincor¥:g and legislation to increase funding for AIDS and to end discrimina- tlfynal##°;thAlo%SwlapthdAo|oD¥.ddiscrirfu-tion against those with AIDS. July STATE WIDE NEWS Polly Williams' Ouster Demanded- After a 9 to 7 vote putting former Gephardt supporter Richard Condon on #l##ff:ornvF#Efdegd¥£1gWisconsin's Jackson for President Dele- The Milwaukee Beer Town Badgers hosted out-of-town visitors to a fabulous German dinner and after dinner show during their recent Beer Stein IV Saloon. gationgarfui to thethe nationalnational DemocraticDemocratic conven-conven- at the Boot Camp .ifelr , 7`

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STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Mader's SuedSued ForFor Discrimination-Discrimination- Madel's,Mader's, a landmark Milwaukee restaurantrestaurant is the target of a lawsuit filed by a former employee. The employee charged that the restaurant discriminated against him because of his "Gay appearance." The suit seeks $30,000 in lost wages, interest and punitive damage. Flyers in Wisconsin Mailboxes - A homophobic fl r entitled "Official Leg- islative Census' is being received in mailboxes in Wisconsin (and presumably other states::-_:::::i:i::i:-::-:_:=:::::::::::::::-=-:::i:_--::i::::: as well.) The so called census was sent by a group calling itself "Christian Family Renewal." It asks the recipient to agree or disagree with 10 statements or questions related to House of Representa- tives:-:::::::i:_::::::.--_I-:::::::--i::::::-:-::-::--::--: bill HR-709 a Gay Rights bill. Madison Cable Show Celebrates 10 Years- "Nothing to Hide" aired on Cable ¥einar#LNsoo#ELtoceE\dti#itesdLThcffi:4 in Madison will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 1989. The show which started with a Gay male focus now includes a 19881988-rfurl—Carl Cliver (liver and and Ginger Ginger Spice, Spice, hdr. Mr. AndAnd Ms.Ms. ¥¥w3caoy:|tioenT%eg¥s°#%wr#£lT¥r¥rainbow collection of issues. NTH re- Gay WisconsinWiaconin Pageant ceives funding fromfrom thethe NewNew HarvestHarvest foundation,foundation. the National Endowment forfor thethe Arts,Acts, donationsdonations fromfrom individualsindividuals and and coatcoat check at the Hotel Washington. 19881g88-Mano—Marco Weger` Weger, Mary Mary Shafer Shafer and and Brigid Brigid Epona Epona helpedhelped celebratecelebrate leather nightricht atat Milwaukee'sMilwaukee's Boot Tri Cable Wins Awards - Tri Cable Tonight won several awards at Milwaukee Ca- ('amp(`amp SaliionSaloon chin]igduring thethe city'scity` s first first Pride Pride Celebration. Celehation. ::g§¥fa#riE°o!±X#*gr;Onfi::g;Eouin#twrfunA¥#weraren¥oatyrwauleeca-ble's Annual Community Programming Banquet and Awards Ceremony. concerns of Gays and Lesbians within the Republican party. MAGIC Picnic Sets Record - Over 2,000 people attended Madison's 16th Annual Magic Picnic held on July 23 at Birmingham Park. The crowds enjoyed food and drink as well as entertainment, picnic games, and dancing. NATIONAL NEWS Boot Camp Hosts Successful Run - Fifteen Leather Clubs participated in the Boot Shouting Match in California- A Camp's annual Leather Run, Beer Stein IV. Participants included clubs from Atlanta, "town meeting" in arch conservative Or- Chicago,:i:i-:::::=i:-::::_::-::i:::_;::::::::-:-:I:i::-:i_-:i:i:i;i=::::=::-:::::::-::==::-_:-::::_:-:----:I_::-:== St. Louis, Minneapolis, Western Michigan and of course Milwaukee. ange County turned into a shouting match between Gays and a GOP Congressman's NATIONAL NEWS wife. Sallie Doman, wife of 'U.S. Rep. Robert Doman Violence at the Democratic Convention - Atlanta Mayor Young apologized for the shouted at one of the Gays actions of Police at an ACT UP "Shut up Fag." The incident occurred at sponsored Kiss In during the Democratic Convention Dornan's town meeting held held in that city. The Police attempted to drive the demonstrators back into the so to help him called "free speech area" but Police win re-election. An estimated 30 activists behind the group refused to give way catching the interrupted the meeting. They demonstrators in a vise. Earlier the Mayor had told the media "With a name like ACT were es- UP they were obviously Fotft##tothiFut*f8...sodThoe±t:s#efr;:corted out to shouts of "Sodomites" from looking for trouble." DondsDornan's supporters. When informed of the groups fight against AIDS, Young apologized and sent an aide supporters. to the convention's Gay and Lesbian caucus. The Aide said "At this point the Mayor is Pride ThemeTheme Selected forfor 1989 - TheThe so embarrassed that he will apologize for the sun rising in the East if you want him to." International Association of Gay and Les- Jesse Got Major Support From Gays and Lesbians A recently released exit poll EL=mpariq8enalc£Srs#*snfittGinainys¥dLeLeuns;bian Pride Coordinators met in St. Louis conducted by ABC News shows that Jesse Jackson won votes from the majority of for theirtheir annualannual conference.conference. The confer-confer- Gays and Lesbians voting in Democratic primaries in states where its exit pollers asked ence selected "20 Stonewall: A Genera- about sexual orientation and received a statistically valid sample of responses. In Cali- tion Ofof Pride"Pride" asas thethe 1989 Theme for Pride fornia for example, Jackson got 62% of the Gay vote compared to only 29% for even- Celebrations held around the country. 19881988-Pat—Pat Pnidlow Prudlow and and Ronnie Ronnie Marks,Marks, Co-ChairsCo-Chairs tual nominee Massachusetts Governor Mike Dukakis. of 1988 Make Make A A Promise Prorise Dinner. Diner.

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September VT DinnerDinner / Program Meetings VY Social Gathen.ngsGatherings STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS VT CommunityCommunity ProjectsProjects Senate Candidates Announce Support For Gay Rights - Two of the major candi- Y Special Events and Trips dates for the Democratic nomination to fill the Senate Seat of retiring US Senator Bill V Special Events and Trips Proxmire, have announced their support for Gay and Lesbian Rights. Former Gover- VT Bi-MonthlyBi-Monthly NewsletterNewsletter nor Tony Earl and fonner Assistant Wisconsin Attorney General, Ed Garvey answered a questionnaire sent to them by The Wisconsin Light. Both gave answers indicating i#:#:ijii[;ir;££;:n¥#dii|:o::¥ia#h¥e::;n;flife#i¥i:i!iithey would work for an end to discrimination directed at Gays and Lesbians. The third majorrna.Tor candidate i`andidate Herb Herb KohlK()hl did did notnot respond.respond.

NATIONAL NEWS Join us Us For For Our Our THIRD THIRD ANNUAL ANNUAL Republican's Reject Gay Rights In starkstEipcuobn]£asF'deRrfucotcr8i?cycEi§#StioE contrast the Democratic Convention, NewNew Year'sYear's EveEve GalaGala DinnerDinner // DanceDance the Republican Party passed a platform that was nearly. totally devoid of any support on issues to the Gay and Lesbian Call 920/727-1515 forfor detailsde+ails and and reservationsreservations community including ending discrimina- i.:f±gilj!!girliffi!%,;Tj::;iss!Legftion and issues related to the AIDS crisis. Methodists Denounce Gays The United Methodist Church's quadrennial DinnerDinner MeetingsMeetings areare heldheld thethe second second WednesdayWednesday ofof every General Conference meeting in St. Louis banned practicing homosexual clergy, and odd monthmonth atat Liberty Liberty Hall Banquet Banquet andand Convention Center inin placed homosexuality in class by itself Appleton, WI.WI. Non Non-Members-Members and and New New Members Members are are distinct from adultery or fornication. National Coming Out Day Sugges- Welcome at at all all GLEEDA GLEEDA Events!Events! tions The first ever National Corning Out Day has been set for October 11'. The event is being promoted to help Gays and Become anan activeactive part part Of of the growinggrowing Lesbians come out of the closet. A num- LGBT community c:ommunity in I.n the the Appleton|Fox Cities area. ber of activities ranging from telling your Appleton/Fox Cities area. family to writing a letter to your statewide Join I/ SupportSupport GLEEDA GLEEDA Today! 1987—Boh1987-Bob .Iansen Jansen a]tdand lnezInez WildwoodWitdwood i¥iya::tl¥arqikr:;¥£gr:o;:od:eELg#odinewspaper are being suggested. Iife-*i: November 6, 6,1997-November 1997—November 19,l9,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHTLIGHT-7-7 loth10th ArmiversaryAnniversary Issue lame

LI 112- 19881988-Mayor—Mayor John John Norquist Norquist led led an an overflow overflow erowh crowd in in singing singing Happy Happy BirthdayBirthday toto Governor Dukakismkakis at 1988-Atlanta riot police and prison gunds reenrited for riot duty marched by the dozen, strocking and 1988—Atlanta riot police and prison guards recruited for riot duty marched by the dozen, shocking and Milwaukee'Milwaukee's s MECCARECC A auditorium. frightening conventioneers. conventioneers. remainr#soP ini:-EFTELgL.°EUEeexon the military as an open Lesbian was named the Executive Director of the Nelson To Head MAP - Doug Nelson was named the Executive Director of the NovemberNovember Milwaukee AIDS Project. United Considers Name Change - The United is considering changing its name. The move is in response to criticism that its name does not reflect its mission to serve STATE WIDE NEWS #eiH±¥,:?g°fkEfEfa°£§to:cs:E*faealT]:sU#¥d]£sC°nno:Lf:fl¥cgtLctprm¥Lgon]tio¥rve6Madison's Gays and Lesbians. Boughner's Book Published - Dr. Terry Boughner, Wisconsin Light Editor In Chief, has announced that his new book "Out Of All Time" has been published by Aly- son of Boston, the largest Gay and Lesbian publishing house in the east. The book covers Gay/Lesbian history over the last 3,500 years and includes only Gay and Les- bian historical figures whose orientation can be proven. Illustrations by Michael Whil- hoite, nationally known artist for The Washington Blade accompany each of the books 50 chapters. The first book signing is hosted. by This Is It. HIT Opens November 23, The annual Holiday Invitation Tournament will celebrate larks°

1988—Light's Editor, Terry Boughiu.i. speaks in Milwaukee in support of Jesse Jackson. CCBA Launches Food Drive - Milwaukee's Cream City Busmess Association is working with the Hunger Task Force to help feed Milwaukee's hungry families. The group has set up collection barrels in various Gay businesses to collect food items %[ruc#FEL+s%:n:thfoffi:eg:%:oTnD±EifH:ac#o¥§:fi;:£:;ffi#a£¥:s£::u¥trgn%e€ffjst±ot¥which will then be given the Hunger Task Force for distribution to food pantries around the city. Concert a Success - Over 300 people jammed into Milwaukee's First Unitarian church to attend a program billed as "A Celebration of Women's Voices In Song." The p;i¥¥oi;:e;Eo§ifrs§#¥*:3£°gfosp±ee°±§p¥o:n:ros?##:WLs:s#£c';§:inIT€8#g::¥>program included the Mukwonago Feminist Singers, Madison's Maiden Voyage and Womonsong Chorus NATIONAL NEWS NGTLF Gives Report Card - The National Gay Lesbian Task Force gave a Report Card evaluating the voting records of all 535 members of Congress. The group said the report cards were a way of "holding Members of Congress accountable to their Gay andffFriL#¥E+Fis%Fje¥°tFa;i:e:8hFfaf#NL¥:¥§|E|¥f¥:Si#Hsg:#ffi=t;#eivo¥i:[Be¥i Lesbian constituents. Over half of the members of the House earned an A or B and 72% earned a passing grade by voting with the NGLTF position at least 60% of the 19881988-Tears—Tears and and grief-stricken grief-stricken people people were were everywhere everywhere atat thethe Democratic Democratic Convention Dieme-In-In as seven]several %.ffi#o:epffaa¥i%ffiaederfut:°emin8edwiathpa¥sein¥G±Td:ffdri96Ons#%:¥#%ed°ithF:time. Only one third ofthe Senate earned a passing grade and 66 Senators earned an F. limdredhundred peoplepeople rememberedremembered loved oresones whowho hadhad dieddied ofof AIDS.AIDS. tournament. Anniversary this year. HIT was the first ever Ciay/Lesbian bowling '#e[s:yo#oV:gen:RgT#e#cffid#.FN¥vS£#g3:Z;ratcathyethfuha#e8g£#hig!:Decemberits 10 Carpet Regency Lanes. This year's even is scheduled for November 23-27 at the Red December Marc Plaza. The host hotel is the organizing under Madison Plans March- A group of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals March Committee, is planning to hold a march on May 6, 1989. STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS the name "Madison Mid- #¥¥m#:',Ep#€§ao#¥hfa:Cfffitt°£#a§F¥:±?i3d:°¢fod:ia=¥¥g:o8uto¥fageB#:Teenworkshopinsays the march will be "a massive and visible coming out in the Teen Workshop in Madison- A workshop for understanding of adolescent homo- The committee differences and to prevent Fi:*EL=:S-gv%;#=anFiin:inshi¥cE'#e¥oSS:Viee-#aqevI:flibL#%#c%s°uidmtomperev#;L¥Tff#T#+§[:¥_ei8#_=th|jfty.S,¥¥L#::rs=dpeer:ST¥.a_%_fyfg;_ff_:_Sic,en±hLs°t;_awest to affirm the Gay and Lesbian culture, to celebrate our sexuality will be held on the UW Campus on December 7. The workshop sponsored won rights. by the UW-UW- MadisonMadison IrivisionDivision of of Uhiv~ersity University Outreach HealthHealth andand HiunariHuman ls-suesIssues will the erosion of our hard by the Shalom Wins Award - Miriam Ben Shalom has been given an awardav{ard ~b¥ qe be be held held at al the the Inntovvner ritbwher Hotel.Hotel. TheThe purposepurpose of the workshop is to explore issues,issues, andand Ben for her fifithtght to Wisconsin Equal Rights Council. The Council is honoring Ben Shalom concerns related to the sexual preference and sexual identity and to grant exposureexposure to :3is:£°:sia§fawRIFfrd£Ww:¥ritfrc=c£¥£EokgbefagELenomanfig: chosen options. Chorus Going to Seattle Milwaukee's Cream City Chorus is asking for support so that it can attend G.A.L.A. in Seattle in July. G.A.L.A. is the Gay and Lesbian Asso- ciation of Choruses which will be holding its Third Music Festival in Seattle from July gS££rA¥o:ji:o¥6ej°Ssh%a##T#%e¥;gut:!sea#iL#£Lh::¥::§ZaLy¥s8eat%se€:an=A:s#sO;1 - 9. A total of 67 Choruses are expected to attend.

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That included Wisconsin where Gays and Lesbians convinced the UW-Madison faculty to vote to ban ROTCfrom the campus because of the military's anti-Gay policies and Marquette where Gay and straight students protested the University's han on the uas#ffiig#:ff`#fandrnfps;;,;GgA#:mff:;I"rvL:3ngseb!9#:in:.t;:nuse of the words "Gay" and "Lesbian." The Chairman of the US Civil Rights CommissionCh°o#wm::es:°ann:%ofo#aeyd#enrew%8r:s°hvoe#nh'tsn was forced to resign over his anti-Gay remarks. A Texas Judge got in hot water and two Gay men were shown in bed together in prime time. All that and more happened in 1989. January `1989-Among1989—Among thosethose at at the the Milwaukee Milwaukee AIDS AIDS Project' Project's s newsnews conferenceconference to amounceannounce thatthat MilwaukeeMilwaukee arcsarea ]]ursingnursing homes will beginbegin acceptingaccepthg AIDSAIDS patients were: RichardRichnd LeSack,Lesjack. the administratoradmiri8trator ofof the MtMt. STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS CannelCa]mel NursingNursing Home:Home; John Jolm Nedaeu. Nedrai, whowho isis linvingving with AIDS; andand JoeJoe Higdon.Higdon, thethe WisconsinWisconsin director director of of Nursing Homes- Slammed Four Democratic Wisconsin lawmakers, Tom Barrett American Medical Services/Green Tree Nursing I lome. Carpenter, and David (who would later become a Congressman), Peter Bock, Tim relates the story of three loves in the life of a New York drag queen. ClarenbachgTargs#ndHd3#:e£%Sc:o#ckFon:g=sgff¥:ctff¥m¥¥Tr+¥¥o:¥+¥_d;¥o¥:S:+jg:s;g:;EL;jg¥e¥c:._ED¥:§j3;o;f;a;;i:e5:isEc%a£;;u:die:g£±bt%goet:#; denounced Milwaukee area nursing homes for refusing to admit persons Dallas Judge Condemned - Dallas Judge Jack Hampton was denounced by the lead- with AIDS. ers of law enforcement and civil rights groups to sentencing Lee Bednarski to 30 years Baths Closed - Milwaukee's Club Baths were permanently closed by the City Health the of Gay men. At sentencing the Judge said "I of in prison for murder two Bednarski's Department after refusing to cooperate in the investigation of an outbreak tuberculo- don't much care for queers crusing the streets. I put prostitutes and Gays at about the sisE¥#E##er:%rriE¥#¥:a;#ea#th¥ehev%=£:=tloyfci°##¥£eoffutyberH## which emanated from the facility. same level and I'd be hard put to give somebody life for killing a prostitute." The Texas\ngfEig!?Fffl?iffii!ri#ELfici;giegii#Tf#og#:fuenffi#!Ggmfg¥i::ef:ei;i State Commission on Judicial Conduct is conducting an inquiry into the Judge's handling of the case. FebruaryFebruary STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Madison Mayoral Race Heats Up Gays and Lesbians in Madison are saying that they do not,have a strong candidate to support. They are disappointed with former Mayor Paul Soglin and with current Mayor Joe Sensenbrener despite the candidates attempts to solicit Gay support. Most Gay leaders have endorsed Soglin. Gay Author Appears in Milwaukee - David Leavitt, author of "Family Dancing' and The Lost Language of Cranes" two Gay themed books appeared at Harry W. Schwartz:i::::I::::::-:I:=-:-:-:.::i::i-::-:::__:=::-I::;:-i::i::I.:i::i:::-:_:::i-_:::i:_:-::-I:_:::--:::_i:-_--:i:i::::_--`-:::__-::::i__:--: Bookstore in Milwaukee, where he read from his latest book "Equal Affec- tions." Rona's Birthday - Rona, bartender at the M & M Club held a Birthday bash as a fundraiser for the Cream City Chorus. A packed house enjoyed a great show and much :?n&en#S:::fit:£¥#fi:iF:#cC::?md:.rxptha:k¥dgou¥e€L#8yt&Lgfr:Tch#hmauscfimoney was raised for a good cause. NATIONAL NEWS Civil Rights Bill Introduced - Sixty Three Congressmen (including Wisconsin's Jim Moody and Robert Kastenmeier) and Eight Senators (including neither of Wisconsin's ¥ec#;rF:dehr%oE;rtLlfa:dto#:1:r-£an:,g£¥t::Sfa¥Fis,uF:ei:a##::qtiEg#::lc&Tss:i:::mT:Senators Herb Kohl and Robert Kasten) have reintroduced a bill to grant civil rights to Gays and Lesbians. UN Says Gays Are Object of Hatred Lesbianism Results from Men's Lack of Tact. A report from the UN Commission on Human Rights says that Gays face discrimination in social situations, jobs and housing and that many are Mrced "to hide or establish groups in an attempt to lead normal lives outside of the workplace." The re- 19891989-Pictiired—Pictured are are the the Madison Madison GALVAnize GALVAnize Coilmittee. Committee. FromFrom leftlett toto richtright are:are: (hackrow)(backrow) Meg Gaines.Gaines, port also describes homosexuality as 'a failure to conform to the social model" and that RichardRIchard Kilmer.Kilmer, Tony Tony Sheehan, Sheehan, Tom Ton Otto, Otto, Robert RobelI James. James, Susan Susan Knoedel, Knoedel, John John Quinlan: Q`rfulan; (Center (Center Row) Row) Mary Mary Gays are people 'who refuse to play the role assigned to them as men or women." It Myers.Myers, ChristinaChristim Clough, Clouch, Ellen Euen Barnard, Bamnd, Tim Tin O'Brien,O'Brien, Cevyn Cevyn Godre, Godre, Mary Mary Klobulcar. Klobukar; (Front (Front Row) Row) Terry Terry also claims that many women become Lesbians because of "bad experiences with Cremmin,Cremnin, ElizabethElinbeth Fadel, NancyNaney Graham, Gralian, Jo Jo Bussler, Busaler, Pam Pan JacobsonJacobson and and Cheri Cheri Maples. Maples. Not Not shown: choun: Ed Ed men." Cortez. New Harvest Grants - Madison's New Harvest Foundation has awarded nearly $7,000 in grants to four Madison area organizations, the United, ($2,100) GALVAnize, ($2,400),{$7¥:e4orfogap¥£t_£E¥¥g|S#gg¥+:r°.%|S2:r%e#,¥Ffs:tS+°FE¥£¥±S_¥°E¥§Tgi:¥^gie; PIC ADA Youth Project, ($2,100) and the Madison School Employees Sup- port Group ($320). This brings the New Harvest Foundation total grant awards to g:i`$57,000i,;#o6'£i-cieS£336i.jiiioisn.jri:S'cheivew'HarvestFoundatrontotalgrafitawardsto smce its inception. . -___ __ I Dane County To Host Conference - Dane County and Madison's openlyoIrnd¥rfaac¥%e Gay and L6E3i#e¥d:#Pihs:Crfunof:::£ed:?fieec£FotynalanfuMafaonriLesbian elected officials announced that the national fifth Annual Conference for 17 19, 1989. openlya56ri7-G;-y-afiaiie-Si;iinofficialswillbeheidinMadisononNovenberi7ig,ig89. Gay and Lesbian officials will be held in Madison on November NATIONAL NEWS Torch Song Trilogy - The film version of the hit Broadway play "Torch Song Tril- ogy" is opening around the country to generally good reviews. The film like the play

were Uncle Al from Your Place, Corry Corry of of LaLa CageCage Aux Folles andand AlAI ThomasThomas of the TriangleTriangle were to having a greatgreat timetime atat thethe Toriche'Touche' barbar asas partpart ofof thethe MflwaukeeMilwaukee barsbars annualannual barbar crawlcrawl to Chicago on MarchMarch 14. HRCF Gives Out Bigger Bucks - The Human Rights Campaign Fund (now called the Human Rights Campaign) gave out more than $400,000 in cash and in kind donations to supportive candidates m the 1988 Congressional elections. That's 60% more than it was able to provide in the 1986 Congressional Elections. Elies Wear Pink Triangles to Interviews- Hundreds of Yale Law School Students sported Pink Triangles at their job interviews to show their opposition to job discrimination directed at Gays and Lesbians. An organizer said that a number of job inter- viewers also wore the Triangles.

MarchMarch #.inffi STATESTATH WIDEWIDH NEWS Two Milwaukee Nursing Homes to Accept AIDS Patients - Two Milwaukee Nurs- ing,:¥°H#m]e¥a#veee#=£ncgedHffea:?Awheftgngmngcs£:£egn&bgwrftr#¥:*o¥ELusri`- Homes have announced that they will begin accepting AIDS patients as of March 15'.P58].H°meshave harassment, Gay and Lesbian teach- Photo by Robert Mapplethorpe titledtitled "Self-"Self-Portrait", 1980.1980. (Silver Print, 20 x 16).From From the the Teachers OrgapizeOrganize in in Madiso.n Madison -- P^respops£L!o In response to heraps¥qut Portrait", (Silver Print, 20 x 16). Lesbian Educational Em- Artist's CollectionCollection and currently on exhibit inin Chicago.Chicago. ersa;-in--linds-6°ri in Madison havehave organizedorganized andand formedfonhed "The Gay and i;i3kanfr¥c£E£#efc±= November 6, 6 ,1997-November1997—November 19, l9,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSINnet LIGHTLIGHT-10-10 loth10th Anniversary Issue Issue at4w ty734/047 4'r

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111)Ov b€r€as,hereas. Those Those people people who who oT.a are 9artygay have ha„ histoTieoq:vhistorically experiencedexpeTLenced ostracism, ostreeLsm, discriminationd,iscrfroinuttor. cLndand hostilityhostd;Lag because because of o/ their thei.r sexual sexun[ preferences, pro/ererices, andond havehcwe beenbeerL frequently/requent[v ctetrfed,denied fundamental /undornerteof and ond Lawfullow/ul cLvi(civil rights Lnin matters..ratteTs eotoJ[gtotally unrelatedunTrfuted, to their se>cuatsexual characteristics;chareetertstics ; c.ndand Cream City Foun- 19891989-Milwaukee—Milwaukee Mayor Mayor John John Norquist Norquist met met with with 20 20 commurity community representatives representatives atat thethe Cream City Folm- dation Center on AprilApril 12. 1 cO110 b¢t¢aS,bereas, TheThe State State o/ of Wiscousfro, Wisconsin, alone a(orie among owrong the .he sovereign sovereign states states of o/the the United united NATIONAL NEWSNEWS StatesSecites of o/ America, ^rrueTico, has has enacted erected, statutes stotuees expressly express[v protecting the €Lvi. Tighes oJ 9og protecting the civil rights of gay Mapplethorpe Exhibit Coming to Chicago- The work of controversial Gay photog- pcopfe,people, and one .egot[t/legally prohibitingprohibi,tfrog discrimination disc;rfroLrto.tort in i,n housing, housL.ng employment , empfogi.'.er.t and o"£ public pub[ie benefitsbene/Lts onon thethe basisbasis oJ sexual pro/eTenee; ond rapher Robert Mapplethrope will be exhibited at the museum of Contemporary Art and of sexual. preference; and the Betsy Rosenfield Gallery in Chicago. Naval Academy Sued - The Lambda Legal Defense Fund has announced that it has Ov bb¢t¢as.ereas, m¢The 9og gay c.t.zeus citizens o/ ofHitwo`.Ace Milwaukee Cowrttg County howhave 7'oLned joined togethertogetfror to to insist insist thatthat filed suit against the US Naval Academy for forcing Midshipman, Joseph Steffan to re- theirtfrofro rights rif+ts be be upheld upheld andond honoredhonored, byby thetfie community,c;ommunLfty, to topromote promote awareness oworertess of a/ gay 9og sign less than two months before he was to graduate and receive his commission. Lifestyles[./estg(es oridand conceTrrs,concerns, and cnd to to encourageeneovroge equal equa( and cnd fairJofr treatment.rectn.ent oJof 9oggay pcopfo;people; Steffan was forced to resign soley because he is Gay. andnd Reunited - After a three year wait, Sharon Kowalski and Karen Thompson have finally met again. Kowalski has been hospitalized due to severe injuries she suffered in an auto accident in 1985. She can not communicate and her father exercising Guardi- cO b¢r¢as,bereas, 1nin pursui,. pursuit of of justLee, justice, cLvWcivil Liberty, [ibertu, and ®rd community communLt¥ understanding, unrfustond6ng, the the anship rights has refused to allow her partner Thompson to see her. After a four year attt.I.owiceMilwaukee aagGay cLndand Lesbian PridePnde CornmitteeCommittee hoehas officiallyo//iciung dcoforeddeclared lfrothe weekwech ofo/ court battle, a Saint Louis Judge finally ordered that Kowalski should be allowed to see Friday,fTideg, ]urieJune 1616 throughthTongfL Tuesday, Tuesc(og, June ]ui'ie 27, 27, 1989, 1989, to tobe be"Clay I.CLap and o"£Lesbian Lesbton Pride Prlde whoever she desires thereby opening the way for Thom t son's visit. Wech.Week," " under vrrfer the slogans(ogort "Stonewall "Ston¢wae 20: A Generationae...eTc.tton of o/ Pride,"Pride, '' comrnenroTo.Lngcommemorating the the twentiethe.4.enttotf. anniversaryonnfroeTsoT¥ of o/the ehe birth birth of o/modern modern gay 9og activism acti,visn. in fro the the tragictragic StonewallStorrowqt[ Riots ofof 1969.1969.

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throughouttf.rotJghout rtfJu/outcerti/wairkze Cot+ntti County, , t+Tgingurging allat. ci,tLzemscitizens to to treat tTeot gay 9og people pcopfe with witfi human hunmrL dignityrfugnL.g and and respect, respect, and cind to to refrain re/rciin from /ron anyany form/arm ofof disc:rLmfrottowdiscrimination or unjustunjusS treatmenttTcotrneut ofo/ people becausebecause ofo/ their se>ouotsexual preference, pro/erei..¢e, and and 1. t encourageerpeurnge tfrosethose citizenscitLarLs of rtu;w®ufugeMilwaukee County County who who are cire gay 9og to to join joLn with with thethe gay9ng community communfty in Ln pursuit pursui,. ofof socialsociot jt.sdee,justice, reeogriLtforT, recognition, cwrd and c`4JtwTci(cultural acceptance. o¢ceptcwpe.

DAVID F. SCHULZ, Milwaukee County executive 19891989-Sevend—Several hu]idred hundred women women and and a afew few men men attended attended a aPride Pride Week Week fund fund raising raising dance dance at at Milwaukee' Milwaukee's s I,ake-ParkLake Park PavilionPavilion onon MayMay 27.27. Pictured (I+)(1-r) are: Nancy Doughty,Doughty, Mary Mary Shafer. Shafer, dance dance organizer orgaiiizer Cheryl Cheryl Williams and Susan Cook. ployees Association. The group has been meeting on a biweekly basis since the begin- Louganis Stiffed - Despite his heroic efforts in the 1988 Olympics, Greg Louganis ning of the school year. As a result of its activities, the Madison School Board has (who is reportedly Gay) will not be getting much in the way of endorsement contracts. agreed to re-examine its policies on bereavement leave. Said one advertising exec "When most advertisers are looking for a male hero, the MCC's Milwaukee, Green Bay Congregations Receive Commissioned Status - word macho trails along. I don't find Louganis a macho guy." Angel of Hope, Green Bay's MCC congregation and New Hope, Milwaukee's MCC Popper Sales Banned in the US - Poppers (nitrate inhalants) are now " banned haz- congregation have been accepted as full members of the Great Lakes District Commit- ardous product" in the US. It is now illegal to manufacture, distribute, import or sell tee of the Untied Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches. any isobutyl nitrate substance or any consumer product "used for inhaling or otherwise Quilt panels Coming to Madison - GALVAnize has announced that the Names Proj- introduced into the body for euphoric or physical effects." The ban was added to the ect Quilt will be on display from May 5-7, 1989 in UW Madison Camp Randall Field Ominbus Drug bill of 1988, but just came into effect on February 15. It was added to House. The display will take up approximately 6,000 square feet. It is the Quilt's first the bill by supporters of Gay rights legislation. Poppers have been a very popular drug {{{;;]{*#;¥jc;§Ojj;§m#£fi:I,a¥ag#{g¥a£;;:j#¥##;,#ap#d¥¥es#£Fdie#:sFHfio]s{visit to Wisconsin. among¥ifr:s¥#§:ff#iii§:fE±iib#Ih§Boli%:£¥¥i:Li|¥c¥::;ii;¥en¥¥c¥±¥i¥#i Gay men especially the disco crowd. State Senator SeeksSeeks LifeLife in PrisonPrison forfor AIDSAIDS TransmissionTransmission - - State State SenatorSenator MarvinMarvin AIDS Housing Discrimination Banned - A new Federal law bans discrimination in Roshell ( R-Chippewa Falls) has introduced a bill that if passed could result in life im- prisonment for anyone who "knowingly" transmit the AIDS virus to another person. Supervisors Concerned About UW Homophobia - Nine Dane County Supervisors and two thirds of Madison's City Council have asked that the issue of homophobia in the:ii:§S;S£'§t§iijd;§iloin#eo!ni};i:;#g:iifdfi:p#otiiii:{#:¥ja¥s§:C:£i¥js:Ffr¥j::==: greek system at UW-Madison be addressed by the Commission on the future of Fraternities and Sororities.

1989—Alyn1989LAlyn HessHess pictured pictured atat oneone ofof Milwaukee'sMilwaukee's firstfirst armmlannual PridePride WeckWeek activities.activities. 19891989-Holly—Holly and and Company Company peddrm perform weekly weekly at at Ira La Cage.Cage.

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November6,November 6.1997-November 1997—November 19,1997-WISCONSIN19, 1997—WISCONSINLIGHT-11 LIGHT-11 loth10th ADniversaryAnniversaryIssue Issue sex, sexual orientation or other factors passed the State Assembly unanimously. The bill introduced by State Representative Spencer Coggs, was put forth in response to several incidents believed to be motivated by bigotry at system campuses New Harvest Five Years Old - Madison s New Harvest Foundation which provides t' grants to Gay and Lesbian organizations celebrated its fifth anniversary with a gala s' banquetE:¥FF¥§¥:hiF±A§°±#[o#i|i##¥|#§s:#£¥i;¥:husi:#E and dance on April 22"". NATIONAL NEWS Dutch Activist Arrested by US Immigration Service - Hans Paul Verhoef, 31, a public official from the Dutch cities of Delft and Rotterdam was jailed by the U.S. Immigration Service officers in Minneapolis. Verhoef was detained after INS officials noticed items in his luggage that led them to believe he was Gay. A Federal Judge ordered his release on the condition that he post a $10,000 bond and leave the US promptly on April 28 following his participation in the 1 11h Annual National Lesbian and Gay Health Conference. Verhoef is an AIDS educator. The bond was posted by the Minnesota AIDS project. Verhoef was arrested m accordance with the George Bush policy prohibiting the entrance of Gays into the United States. Helms Foiled, AZT Program Funded - The Department of Health and Human Services has reprogrammed $5 million to continue a Federal drug subsidy program that helps low income individuals purchase treatments for AIDS. Approximately 7,000 people are receiving government assistance under the program.

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NEWS 1989|g89L"HuliterandtheHeadtiners"entertrfuedalngeorowdatMlwaukee'sClub219onMay23.—"Hunter and the Headliners" entertained a large crowd at Milwaukee's Club 219 on May 23. STATEWIDE NEWS Tommy Thompson Says No to AIDS Victims- Governor Tommy Thompson re- housing based on HIV status. The law took effect on March 12. fused to issue a proclamation remembering those who have died of AIDS. The proc- Helms Is At It Again - Senator Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) killed legislation that would lamation was to have been read at the opening of the AIDS Name Quilt exhibit in have extended by six months the Federal government's funding of AZT programs that Madison#!t:IIgi:ja;E5i,;ifea#¥oatTqu¥#j:itihfi:hilt:offl;gf¥t#;m¥¥jn.:fi: on May 5, 1989. It was requested by the Madison AIDS Support Network. provide the drug to low income people with AIDS. As a result a number of states have Thompson gave no reason for his refusal to lend comfort to those who had lost loved run out of money to keep their programs going. Helms along with two other Republi- onesEgsi8sffe to the AIDSffivDesne°p:i:i0%.forhisrefdsaltolchdcomfofttothosewhohad|ost|oved epidemic. can::i:_::::::-i:::i::I_:i::::::_:i::_i-I_::S:-:i:::::i:::i:i--::i::--:::i:_:::::-:_-::::::::=:::::.:--:_I:-:_::_-:I::-=:i:==--:::::-: Senators William Armstrong from Colorado and Don Nickels of Oklahoma refused it to provide the unanimous consent needed for the AZT bill to be considered. April STATE WIDE NEWS Galano Club Finds New Quarters - Milwaukee's Galano Club, an drug free alcohol free organization will relocate into a new facility located at 2406 N. Farwell. The Club hosts close to twenty Gay AA, N.A. Al Anon and other 12 step recovery groups. SSBL Opens Play The Saturday Softball Beer League opened play on Apnl 29 with three divisions composed of 12 teams. This year there will be a competitive division, an open division and a women's division.

19891989-After—After the the Pride Pride Week Week Proclamation Proclamation Vlctory. Victory. many many of. oftliccdchmntsvveulk the celcbrants wont [o, thethieN4WW(lubtowakfi M&M club to watch the TV news reports of the event.event Milwaukee Pride Parade Route Announced- The first Milwaukee Pride parade since the early 1980's will take place on June 17th. Among the marchers will be the Great Lakes Freedom Band, a group of Gay and Lesbian musicians from throughout the Midwest who march in Pride parades throughout the region. The parade will begin on 1't and Washington and proceed to Second street, head north to Pittsburgh Street, East to Water Street, North to Kilbourn Blvd and then East to Cathedral Square. Alyn Hess Remembered - Governor Thompson may not wish to remember AIDS victims but the Milwaukee County Board does. It issued a proclamation of sympathy on°nTT:i°££: the loss of #ECEe!i. Alyn Hess. Madison. ch estimated 7,ooo marchers filled the streets of Thousands March in Madison- An estimated 7,00(1 marchers filled the streets of Madison despite temperatures that hovered that were only in the 30's (without counting the wind chill). Speakers at the Pre-March Rally included State Representative David Clarenbach, (D-Madison), Openly Lesbian Dane County Supervisor, Tammy Baldwin, Madison#ar:gb§cdffi&#dig#arifgfathfffh#s%£jhfiSy:#+:sfs##:¥s;trT£#au;:V;e;unREj Alderman Ricardo Gonzales and Openly Gay Dane County Board Chairman, Dick Wagner. lf1YJf131L foal 411k, UW Faculty Pushes For End to ROTC - Over 260 UW Madison Faculty members in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" at Milwau- Senate's vote to oppose Anti-Gay discnmi- 19891989-TetunCnlz,OngerSmpsandBrittanyMorganwillappearinShakespcare's"Hatnlet"atunwau-—Teresa Cruz, Ginger Snaps and Brittany Morgan will appear have signed a petition to overturn a Faculty own Committee's recommendation that kee's PAC beginningbeaming AugustAugust 18.18. nation by the ROTC proE. 4in but reject its kicked off the 1.71A, campus. - Mayor John Norquist met with a I.g:TFiy:E?:;#[::tf#ifet;a*P:ieE:yl:Ss:V£,3:v:#ott:pea¥drs:::#¥#LEo:fi::ROTC be Mayor Norquist to Meet With Milwaukee Gays Night Fund Raiser Hits It Big - Over 300 people attended the fourth annual Lesbians at the Cream City Foundation Center to dis- Casino groupgr¥u%y:EELr#au#e:°Gng#.XEthLe¥::¥eaeG€¥esdii]y&r_I;¥_a_a_:#p_Fitt_¥SLs: of Milwaukee Gays and -h. Casino Night fundraiser for the Cream City Foundation. Attendees were treated to a cusschss-issues issues ofof concern to the:Td::Le_#::ty¥#se:±y£S*¥]y&ref%#£3g:¥¥grFftto¥%::a¥s±[n*LN£::£Ffidqusori;g,:,r:HFc;rfi=j%:tyovF:I:8fupeon¥LeA#t:enddeeef#eer:otr¥ateffouna] community. Discussion at the meeting centered on the need for better sensitivity training in the Police Department and more LGBT police. Alyn Hess Dies - Alyn Hess, a national and local Gay activist died from complica- Wisconsin. His fu- MAYOR tions due to AIDS. Hess was a founder of the Gay movement in JOHN 0.0. NORQUISTNORQUIST OFFICE OF THE MAYOR neral was attended by a large number of elected officials including Judge Fred Kessler, MAYOR MIMAUKEEINISCONSINMllwAUK[[, WISCONSIN Milwaukee County Executive Dave Schultz and Milwaukee County Sheriff Richard Arttison. Others who were unable to attend including Mayor John Norquist and Con- gressman James Moody sent letters of condolence to be read at the service. Madison Election Results- Gays and Lesbians in Madison cheered the re-election of openly Gay Alderman, Jim McFarland as well as the election of Ricardo Gonzales to the Madison City Council. Gonzales owns the Cardinal bar, a popular stop for Madi- son area Gays and Lesbians. The Mayor's race was won by Paul Soglin. the UW UW Given Power Against Bigotry- Assembly Bill 169, which directs June 16, 19901990 :o.grgf!i:gLenfd;fra¥ifE!±Tg#afdi:w;:fyanFEiip;;;if¥§£¥pf:e:c:s::;;fBoard of Regents to adopt an emergency administrative rule to discipline students who attack or threaten otherother students,chidents, faculty faculty or or guestsguests of the universityuniversit becausebecame of the race,

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The Miss GayGay Wisconsin-U.S.A.Wisconsin-U.S.A. Pageant was held at Appleton's PivotPivot ClubClub on August 20. Pictured above are: Netasha Edwards,Edwards, MissMiss GayGay U.S.A.-1988; TanyaTanya Michaels, Michaels, winner winner of of the the pageant; Jody Hanvey (Mr. Gay U.S.A.-1988;U.S.A.-1988; and and Candy Candy Stratton, Stratton, Miss GayGay WestWest Virginia-Virginia- U.S.A. andand MC MC of of the the pageant. NATIONAL NEWS Lobby Day At Home - The National Gay Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) is recruiting individuals and organizations to lobby their Congressional Representatives to support the Gay Rights bill before Congress. NGLTF has prepared "Lobby Day Kits," to help in organizing letter writing campaigns, provide talking points for face to face meeting and give ideas for other means to get more Congresspeople to support the bill. Candlelight Memorial Set - MAA (Mobilization Against AIDS) has succeeded in organizing candlelight actions in support of people with AIDS m over 170 cities in 31 countries:-:--:-:_:_-_-:-:i_:::::_:-I:::-::_:-_---:i---:_-i-i;--:--i:-_;:=:-I:--::::-:::-:---_i::==_---:i::-:__:::i:--:-=i:-::_:-::--:-:-:-:::-: around the world. The Milwaukee AIDS project will participate with a vigil on May 28. Women's MusicMusic FestFest Planned Planned - The- The 15th 15th ArmualAnnual NatiormlNational Women's Music Festival will be held June 1-4 at the Bloomington Campus of Indiana University. A star studded#d] l#c]]:`;disJ`e¥;e]cfcda:oth#t°#*#83si#Poufsw°ofmE#amline up is expected to perform to thousands of women. University. A star rfud-

Balloons werewere released at the Milwaukee Pride Rally on June released at the Milwaukee Pride Rally on June 17th17th in honor of those who have died of AIDS, asas DanDan Trzebiatowski spoke.spoke. of confidential AIDS test results. "Wisconsin Light" Has First Ever Pride Issue - The Wisconsin Light published it's first ever Pride Issue. The Issue full of information about the upcoming Pnde Week in Milwaukee was well received by readers throughout the State. It marked a tradition that has taken place with the first issue every June. Tri Cable Gets National Recognition- Tn Cable Tonight, Milwaukee's Gay and ii¥Eic{¥Sb;:ait§;|ini::F|Sit¥:;gvE¥ig;§r§i+£b;i::a:e=}§,:;it:eg::;ii¥:iLesbian Cable show is a finalist in the 1989 Hometown U.S.A. Video Festival. Home Town U.S.A. recognizes outstanding local programs that are produced by or for local cable systems and by public educational and governmental cable access facilities. The ::o3¥vsalys:ti%vrffo¥pf;i]t¥mca::fm¥8f5rg:3¥gE:#£e:F:re*:c*sTELfi:sr.1orfualeFestival received over 1,750 entries from 285 cities in 38 states. NATIONAL NEWS HRCF Speak Out Campaign Goes National - The Human Rights Campaign Fund's "SpeakLSEeR£Fckt%*o#,a£¥Earfngfaoee:o¥33;ng#.i.gT¥gH¥v¥gtfocunandp#egncoFE#: Out Campaign" is hitting the road by going to Pride events around the country. The campaign erilist-senlists people to sign up so that brief hard hitting messagesmessages cancan bebe seritsent New York ACTACT-UP-UP membersmembers visited MilwaukeeMilwaukee withwith Milwaukee ACT-UPACT-UP August 20. Pictured at Jet's.et's PlacePlace are: (I(I toto r)r) Bob Bob (Jet's (Jet's Manager), Manager), Chris Chris Fons, Fons, Lester Lester Williams, Williams, Joey Joey Nelson Nelson (N.Y.(N.y. ACT-UP),ACT-UP), DanDan Trzebiatowski, Trzebiatowski, Andy Andy VelezVelez (N.Y. (N.Y. ACT ACT-UP)-UP) and and Ric Ric Oquita Oquita (seated). (seated). June Yr/Theyz,Tcpe: United STATE WIDE NEWS Wisconsin AIDS Initiative Proposed - A group of Wisconsin posed a new lawmakers have pro- law wold seek to guarantee health care and insurance coverage Celebrating LGBT Lives tend anti-discrimination and to ex- and pnvacy protections to those with AIDS. The bill, AB400 would prohibit doctors, hospitals, nursing homes and other from health care professionals refusing treatment or providing a lower standard of care to their HIV status. any person based on The bill also would ban health insurance companies from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual andand Transgender Transgender or limiting AIDS excluding coverage and increase criminal penalties for the intentional disclosure Community Center and Services

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mod Out Line: 608.255.4297 The Milwaukee 608.255.4297 Pride ad-hoc Committee members met at a picnic meeting to begin planning for 1990. The -Peer—Peer Counseling-Information-Referralsngommulty Advocacy- planning will officially begin with a general meeting and elections on Sept. 7 when Counseling—Information—Referrals—Community Advocacy everyone is — invited. (See article on page 5 of this issue). Pictured above are: front row (1 to r) Alan Eslinger, Gary Wells, Scotter Kennedy, Dennis Thomas and Jim English; Back row (I to r); George ...and. . .and more. role. Keen, Scott Gunkel, Bob Robison, John Hogen, Derek Christiansen, Mike Lisowski and Don Clabots. Not pictured are: Miriam Ben- Shalom, Cheryl Williams and Jerry Johnson. I-`F'IT`'T` -r ,TP n' `T /-T IT 1' /-r /-,i j` t r . 7 , ,.,. Al` I.

November 6, 6,1997-November 1997—November 19, l9,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHTI.IGHT-13-13 10lothth Anniversary funiversary Issue Issue in their name to their Congressional Reps. HRCF organizers are concerned that people not confuse their effort with that of the New Alliance Party, NAP. NAP is signing up people to support a non-existent "AIDS Bill of Rights." Domestic Partner Bill In San Francisco- San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos signed into law the fist ever piece of legislation prohibiting discrimination based on martial status. The law about which openly Gay Supervisor Harry G Britt said "This law is about human rights as much as it is about anything else. No one should be treated as a second class citizen," allows for unmarried couples to register as "domestic partners" with the County Clerk. Domestic Partners must then be granted the same tights as married couples when using public facilities such as hospitals. NGLFT Demands Apology From Republican Party - The National Gay and Les- bian Task Force has demanded a apology from the Republican National Committee. The controversy began with Republicans spreading rumors that House Speaker Tom Foley, OD-Washington) is Gay. It continued when the RNC issued a memo to 200 Re- publican leaders around the country comparing Foley with openly Gay Congressman Barney Frank Frank has threatened to out closeted Republicans in Congress. Report Documents Anti Gay Violence - A new report issued by the National Gay Lesbian Task Force documents 7,248 incidents of Anti-Gay violence. Wisconsin had a reported 47 incidents one of the lowest in the nation. In a disturbing trend organized hate group activity, by Nazi Skin heads appears to be on the rise.

1989-1n1989-In its its third third year, year, Madison' Madison's s Lesbian' Lesbian's s Variety Variety ShowShow is a sell-out.seu-out. lion to Unleash Power" is forming in Milwaukee. ACT UP engages m sometimes radi- calgfin#tr¥Fteoag¥!¥Wder::iso£°#8fch#FfruksteeA]£S.TUpengagesmsometmesradi- tactics to demand action in the fight against AIDS. MAP Budget Approaches 1 Million - Faced with a crushing caseload, the Milwau- kee AIDS project now in its fifth year has gone from one staff member to twenty one, purchased a home for people living with AIDS, provided life care services for clients ex- paned its educational outreach and created the South East Wisconsin AIDS Project §ox=¥:eFifc±#e§i±§i°riE:;|t#y§:aiti;je:3:iht|:§%Vljri¥oprfi[fr:ic§rn¥c{i;j#;i;i|§to service Racine, Kenosha and Walworth Counties. All of this increased activity has meant an increase inin funds.finds. Wausau Bar Burns - The R Bar in Wausau was destroyed in a fire. Community fundfimwdaE:sBgeBb;urinngs;|EeedRt:¥ovinerwt3Egsswiaos;sde%Str#nedth¥8arfirfr:e°oFn¥t¥ raisers are being planned to cover business losses until the bar can reopen at a new location. First Miss Gay Wisconsin U.S. of A Crowned - Tanya Michaels won the Miss Gay Wisconsin US of A pageant held at Appleton's Pivot Club on August 20. It was the ¥:::##t§#fd#Sa:g;e:#t:Euefd:£°;fo£EEi:?oTse9]-v?tancFub#£haAeuLirwt°¥othe]rws:sG£¥first truly state wide pageant in Wisconsm. NATIONAL NEWS Denmark Allows Same Sex Marriages - The Danish Parliament passed a law allowing Gay and Lesbian couples to many allowing them all the rights and privileges of heterosexual couples except the right to adopt children and recognition from the State fe¥§arrfeu#£Li¥¥§Fc§eh¥::iFSpiEes¥o#aedfr-;tFfr:th:m=an:¥eF#enL:oEis#faL%ag¥faa;isponsored Lutheran Church. T. I INNIA 11 I FA 411M.TATial N. low 19891989-MlleatlJne's—Milwaukee's C'est C'est La La Vie Vie bar bar had held their their first first amatoir amateur dance dance contest contest finals finals onon Saturday,Saturday, September U DAY 30. TheThe winnerswimers were (l-I);(I-r); First Place, Garret Garret Keefev:Keefev; Second Second place, place, Scott Scott Sieg; Sieg; and and Third Third place, place, Bobby Bobby Y1N.A.14 Feicht. \ PRUD OU HE L ATR D ITH July STATESTATH WIDE NEWS Wisconsin Lawmakers Approve AIDS Funding- Final approval has been given to a-:::f=::-::ff:=i::_i:-i----i measure granting 1.4 million in funding to fight AIDS in Wisconsin. •,,,Vv' OF Hundreds Cheer Former Milwaukee Police Chief at Pride Rally - Former Mil- =AY hundreds wildly cheered waukee Police Chief Robert Ziamilc was visibly moved as 10CIETY him as the first recipient of the Alyn Hess Award. The Award given to a supportive non-Gay person was named after the late Gay activist Alyn Hess. Ziamik was given the honor based on his work to change homophobic Police Department policies. the crowd renewed its When "The Chief'Chief' told the crowd "It's your Department too,"too," the crowd renewed its cheers. Com- Celebrates - Madison's Rod's bar, a landmark for its Gay and Lesbian Rod's of activities. The will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a summer full munity on July 7, 1979. popular leather bar located in the Hotel Washington was opened effort to rescind the Milwaukee WN Fights Over Pride Proclamations - An M DUI l Milwaukee stunned activ- County Board's Pride Proclamation failed by one vote as delighted and appeared headed for de- and supporters cheered and celebrated. 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1989—The1989-The Feat Fest eyy City Shg€rs Singers presented presented "Faerie "Facile Tales" Tales" at at the the Milwaukee Milwaukee Theatre District'sDirfuct's StacknerStacher Caba-Caba- 608-241-5070 zctret onon Oct.Oct. 20-22.20-22. PicturedPictured are: are: VinceVines Lombardi,Lombari, GeneGene GuentherGuenther and AdynArlyn KeiirpenKaurpen as the Good Facri€8.Faeries. November 6, 6,1997-November 1997—November 19,19,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHTIjlGIIT-14-14 loth10th Anniversary Issue Issue Hate Crimes Bill Passes Hurdle - The House of Representatives approved an historic bill addressing anti-Gay and Lesbian Violence by vote of 368 to 47. The Hate Crimes Act would mandate keeping statistics on crimes motivated by prejudice based on race, religion, ancestry, national origin or sexual orientation. A companion bill S 419 is being considered by the United States Senate. Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) has threatened to attach an anti-Gay amendment to the bill. The amendment would say that it is the "Sense of the Senate" that homosexuality threatens the American family, that sodomy laws should be enforced, the federal government should not enact discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and that schools should not teach that homosexuality is an acceptable lifestyle. Without the Helms amendment, the Sen- ate version of the bill has 49 votes including Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl. Montreal Conference Says AIDS Will Be Chronic by Mid 1990's. Over 11,000 delegates attending the FsffisFifth International|inieDmsatTiiualBA|CDhsr°cn:Cndt¥en¥:dh]e9£&'SdLat°Vf:JL#8 AIDS Conference heard that new drug therapies could extend the life span of those with AIDS making it a chronic disease instead of the certain killer that it is today. NAACP Weak on Gay Rights- Minority Gays and Lesbians are complaining that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has been less than supportive§ue§a|Fi;¥i[e&§::#fs:a:}¥iiE:£#¥+%:;i:Gt:#Aiioa;os;ri§;ti£¥°:jbp£;s§:th+:t on issues of Gay and Lesbian rights. Althea Simmons Chief lobbyist for the

19891989-Mllwaukee's—Milwaukee's BESTD BESTD clinic clinic board board of of directors directors posed posed for for a a groupgroup photophoto onon Sept.Sept. 20.20. PichiredPictured leftlett toto right are:are: (seated) (seated) Greg Greg Stilin., Stilin, Ross Ross Walker, Walker, Mark Mark Huffman, Huflin, MD. MD, Deb Deb Reed, Reed, RN, RN, (standing) (standing) Roger Roger Grem- Grein- minger.minger, MD.MD, JeffreyJeffrey Miller, Miller, RN. RN, Douglas Douglas Johnson, JohnsorL RN, RN, Bernie Bernie Schutten Schutten and and Ery Erv Uecker. Uecker.

rity deposit accepted and then returned after two female room mates learned of her sexual:i#L¥n5faffic&Ptae££dtothaenserfg:in¥g%traT:d%¥th:fucorfuoffiEis#anrfe#:; orientation agreed to a settlement negotiated by the Madison Equal Opportunity Commission. NATIONAL NEWSNEWS Shouting Match in California- A "town meeting" in arch conservative Orange County turned into a shouting match between Gays and a GOP Congressman's wife. Sallie Doman, wife of U.S. Rep. Robert Doman shouted at one of the Gays "Shut up §#;£iELrfica#i#u;Ffg::j%:o:triBSE#i%¥T#fari:frh¥ip:¥ffgi¥ffs¥ut¥§:Fag." The incident occurred at Doman's town meeting held to help him win re-

19891989L-Milwiiuhee—Milwaukee experiencedexperienced its firstfirst AIDSAIDS memorial die-indie-in atat MApfest.MAPfest. As the names of WisconsinitesWisconsinites who havelrave died ofol. AIDSAIDS were were read read over over a a loud loud speaker. speaker, dozens dozens of of people pcople laid laid on on the the ground ground and and had had theirtheir outlinesoutlmcs tracedtrace{I with with chalk. chalk, A A name iiame of of a aloved loved one one or or friend friend was was then then written written within witliin the the outline. outline, NAACP told The Los Angeles Times "We have no position on homosexuality period." A statement from GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation commented "Can you the reaction if a Gay rights organization said that it takes no public stand on whether Blacks should have civil rights?" GLAAD asked that Lesbi- ans and Gays write the NAACP and remind it of "courageous leaders such as Jesse Jackson::_I-_::-:-:I-_=::---:-::-::_:--::::--::-T=-I::-----=:_::_-__:--_-I:---:i::-:-:_:-I::i-:--i-:-I:::::--_::::I_-:---:-_-_:i: and Coretta Scott King who are unequivocal in their support of Gay civil rithts."rights." 19891989-Mllwaukee's—Milwaukee's Triangle barbar softball team placed fiffi in Atlanta in the Wchd Sedes Playoffs.Playoffs. August Triangle softball team placed fifth in Atlanta in the World Series

STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Milwaukee Newspaper Apologizes For Article- The editor of the Milwaukee Sen- tinel apologized to representatives of Milwaukee's Gay community for an article on Gay prostitutes that appeared in the papers July 24 edition. The article which contained a "investigative" report from a Sentinel reporter who solicited prostitutes gave the impression that any Gay people cruising Milwaukee's third ward area were looking for sex. The apology came during a meeting designed to offer suggestions to the paper on its coverage of Gays and Lesbians. The suggestions included using the term Gay and Lesbian instead of homosexual, positive stories on Gays and Lesbians and ways to get balanced coverage of Gay and Lesbian news. UWM Offers Gay Course- The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee will offer a new course on Twentieth Gay and Lesbian literature beginning with the fall semester. Sponsored by the English Department and Cross listed by the Women's Studies De- partment the three credit course will examine how Gay and Lesbian writers have repre- sented the homosexual experience in fiction. The course may be a precursor of a Gay and Lesbian Studies Department. Court Rules Paper Can Reject Gay Ad - Brown County Judge Vivi Dilweg dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Green Bay Press Gazette over its refusal to run an ad promoting medical. legal and professional services for Green Bay area Gays and Lesbians. The Judge ruled that Wisconsin's landmark Gay civil rights legislation, AB 7() does not apply to newspapers because they "are not a place of public accommoda- Lion."tion." Thompson Vetoes AIDS Insurance Funding- Governor Tommy Thompson vetoed a 5300,000 program that would have provided funds to pay the health insurance premiums of persons with AIDS who are no longer able to work. The plan offered by State Representative Peter Bock (D-Milwaukee) was viewed as necessary since many PWA's LOG CABINCABIN :£e:g::Ff:s::£;i:ifrffls:g:iTii;I#flg-#!edgii.iai:ir::if?t£Eo¥¥giiiffilose their health insurance coverage when they are no longer to afford the premiums duech#`L¥oE8L°e¥bgfnwwr.±LSHousingcase-AMadisonarcaLesbianwhohadhersecu- to being out of work. Madison Lesbian Wins Housing Case - A Madison area Lesbian who had her secu- REPUBLICANS CONGRATULATES THE WISCONSIN LIGHT

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.iTj€Ì November 6, 6,1997-November 1997—November 19,19,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHTLIGHT-15-1S 10d'10th AnniversaryAnniversary Issue lsme 1,.`T- E NATIONAL NEWS Coming Out Day Planned - The second annual Coming Out Day Celebration is u7 planned for October 11. The date was chosen because it commemorates the 1987 t March on Washington. Nearly every major Gay and Lesbian organization and a 4J growing number of straight groups are supporting the event. Congressional Briefing on Gay Youth - A coalition-of Gay and Lesbian groups briefed Congressional Staff members on the problems of Lesbian and Gay youths in America. The briefing, the first of its kind came in response to attacks on federal programs:::_:::-:ii::::i::=-i:1::i::::-:_:i:i::i::-:-:-:i:::-:.:_:::::i::-::::_::-ii::::i-:-_:-::-::-:-:==:i::-::_i-:-:-:-:::--::_::-i: that educate and counsel youth on sexual identity. October STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS MAP Walk Raises Money To Fight AIDS - A sizable group of people participated infn#oPKW*kk¥oalfeftM&nDe8.TfrF]87##Sea$3:5#obLfeor8rth°:Prfuf##:%PA]arbtl%fp## a 10 K walk to fight AIDS. The event raised $3.500 for the Milwaukee AIDS Prot- ect. Suit For Health Insurance Benefits Filed - The National Gay Rights Advocates have filed a suit on behalf of State of Wisconsin employee Jerri Lynn Phillips and her partner, LoinTommerup. The suit seeks to force the state to allow Phillips to add Tommerup to her group health plan. "NGRA Staff Attorney Cindy Goldstein told The Wisconsin Light " Wisconsin's anti-discrimination law is meaningless if Jerri Lynn and Lorri are denied employee benefits afforded to heterosexual couples. MAP Changes Position on Testing - The Milwaukee AIDS project announced that SitSll| I Nitrv{T, = =01A1 nk^] I-1H it has changed its position on HIV testing. Due to new drug therapies and health pro- ;.`€ iev€ `TL`r.' F'E`+r.*-PE..P,s- t,;iTrlill,TH AIOS 4ip-+ motion that can extend the life of those infected with HIV, MAP is now urging anyone at riskrick for HIVHV infectioninfection toto bebe testedtested forfor IHVHIV anti-bodies.anti-bodies. Milwaukee ACT UP Plans Picket - Milwaukee' s ACT UP is planning to picket the appearance of Dr. Lorraine Day, the controversial Space Suit Surgeon' at a WVCY "Save Our Family" rally. Dr. Day will give a speech entitled "AIDS: What You Don't Know Could Kill You." The controversial orthopedic surgeon claims that AIDS can 19891989-Shown—Shown areare a a portlon portion of of the the people people who who picketed picketed thethe OctoberOctober 2222 MilwaukeeMilwaukee auditorium&uditorim lectureleetrre of be transmitted easily and wears a space suit while operating because she claims it's the SanSam Francisco's Francisco' sDr. in. Day,Day, M.D.M.D. ¥#i#:iffy;yEfa¥If#[i}i§j¥!D¥g&ff!eal*AEC±gFft;¥E¥frTirffj#€:¥:only way to protect herself from the AIDS virus. election. An estimated 30 activists interrupted the meeting. They were escorted out to shouts of "Sodomites" from Doman's supporters. Pride Theme Selected for 1989 - The International Association of Gay and Lesbian C iffT:;o!ff:Eee¥e:i#a;E#Le#-sffE#::±i±¥£g?::F:e;:i;i,:c:;I:Le:se:t;Pride Coordinators met in St. Louis for their annual conference. The conference se- 1ectedlected "20 "20 Stonewall:Stonewall: AA GenerationGeneration ofof Pride"pride" asas thethe 1989 ThemeTheme for Pride Celebrations held around the country.country. S.F. Domestic PartnershipPartnership Law in Jeopardy - The Rev. Charles Mclllhenny and Rabbi Lionel Feldman have Couectedcollected enough signatures to force a referendum on San Francisco'sFr#ecaRce°ri;exl?F¥=!]eyd:P&mNe.S¢: newly enacted Domestic Partnership ifeffsc¥:e¥arcce¥Lreesfe¥=¥menonyfrfordinance. We Really Are Family! - A N.Y. Courtino¥:iffi.Fitis:;: ruled that a Gay man who had livedhved with his now deceased lover in a rent controlled apartment was entitled to stay in the apartment. In its decision the New York Court of Appeals ruled that the surviving partner was a "member of the family. " The ruling marked the first time a court had recognized a familial relationship between same sex partners. Ben Shalom Loses Round Vows Appeal - Milwaukee's Miriam Ben Shalom lost a decision by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in her fight to remain in the Army ;:i:-:::i:i-:i_:_=:_:-::_-:--:i;:::i;=::::i:-:::-:_::__i::_:-:=-::-::-:-:::::_:_::_::::i::::i-::-_:-_::ì_:_i:-:::_::::I::-i:iReserve. The decision reversed an order for her reinstatement. Ben Shalom vowed to appeal to the US Supreme Court. Church Begins Support Group - The United Church of Christ has begun a special interest group for Gay and Lesbian concerns. The purpose of the group is for net- 19149—Milwaukee County Supervisor Elizabeth Coggs-Jones received a plaque for her work in 1989', working and support among those who are Lesbian or Gay members of UCC and to Pride Week from current MLGPC Chair l,a Mer Riehle at the 13WMT banquet. present positions on matters of interest to Gay and Lesbian UCC members to the na- :T¥T:oi:i:ipiinFi¥jyk¥:€#To¥:;eEigueg;ffEifi,F¥#==£Tfxp;its;fi:e:n:::tional church. NATI0NALNEWSNATIONAL NEWS ` AIDS TollTo]] ExceedsExceeds VietnamVietham - The death toll for AmedcansAmericans who have died due to Barney Frank in Firestorm - Openly Gay Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) is complicationsconpncations fromfrom AIDSAIDS sincesince 19811981 hashas now exceeded that of the war in Vietnam. enduring a fire storm of criticism over his relationship with admitted male prostitute Steve Gobe. Frank admitted to paying Gobe for sex on one occasion and said that to help Gobe get his life in order he hired to be a personal assistant. Gobe repaid Frank's times that L3±-FiaaEE'iv-as-òu-tifToin~orri~C-o-fij;6;-si-oin°ii;dsri6s;.--Fiink~SaaTIiFinriiEi-g-eliv-aTs-~go-n-iEkindnessff:;dr¥§e:Tj::frT¥piijsFiF#¥t:?ii:I:a:o:;¥iipn::iff::#L¥g:eìEfffi:;;t by running a prostitution ring out of Frank's apartment during Frank was out of town on Congressional business. Frank said "Thinking I was going to be Henry Higgins and turn him into Pygmalion was the biggest mistake I ever Siiie:,Fir~ir6ins-in-aainFri~-into--p-iv~{Eiiin-on--wi-a-s-rna-bi:£ast--rfustakel-eve.rmade." ACT UP Storms New York Stock Exchange - members of the New York Chapter of ACT UP held demonstrations in New York, London and San Francisco to protest the refusal of the pharmaceutical company, Burroughs and Wellcome, to lower the price of AZT, the only approved drug to treat HIV infection. Five members of the g§icg|¥¥i{:iids£¥##Tiioi§:ts§:ciF:E:pW¥tr§eftyfr#:thg:8;n:%i}i,:vNig:e¥#g§s`w¥i'ijìgroup entered the New York Stock Exchange, chained themselves to a banister, un- ffii,r:rlede-d a a bannerbarmer reading reading "Sell "Sell Wellcome" Wellcome" set set off off miniature miniature fog fog horns, homs, andand threwthrew fakefake money with messages on the trading floor. Trading was disrupted for 45 minutes. The five were arrested on charges of criminal trespass, criminal impersonation, and carrying a fraudulent instrument. Two photographers present to document the incident were alsoff;naew¥agT#¥jseffiffi:g:c:rifggELEngi¥£s:f:#\al:o¥p#e:::t:nit,o¥¥cis::#¥; arrested on the similar charges. At noon over 1,000 people protested in front of the Stock Exchange. NGTLF Receives Bequest - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force received a :t;:£tcLkfiE:KS##joB&qdiesa;g&F%t£°anac[ffoy#jE:fanTa]f]F°acee,r£:%[s{egisbequest for $360,000 from the estate of a California physician. 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19891989-Partners—Partners and and the the Wreck 'Vk reck Rorom Room in in unlwaukee Milwaukee held held p`mpldn pumpkin carving carving contests contests forfor Hallowe'enHallowe'en. .l`wo Two artists,ari8ts, above, werewere busy hisy workingworfug on their creationsercations at at the the Wreck Wreck Room. Room September I STATE WIDE NEWS STATE WIDE NEWS Mapfest a Success - A large crowd turned out to help raise funds for the Milwaukee AIDS project. Mapfest held at Schiltz Park including games, food, entertainment, raf- #Dpiei:fro:#¥#4o#!?e#:?T===#o:tt:orligl:#o=:,nF#elErfd¥unfckrofee-fles and information booths. The event raised over $11.000 a new record. Maupin To Appear in Milwaukee - Amistead Maupin. author of the best selling "Tales of the Cities" series will read for the final book from that series at the Harry W. ¥£alff#eo#tr%e%FTosn£##fu#y£;fig-:oth£#ad¥¥¥:¥a#s::Hoe:sn#fa#fi#m%:Schwartz bookstore on Wednesday October 18. An autograph session will follow the reading. .Anti-Gay Violence in Milwaukee- Reports of Gay bashings in Milwaukee are again on the increase. One man was beaten outside of La Cage. A couple came home to find their apartment vandalized by a homophobic ex manager of their building. In yet an- gITga:E¥Tff:ae3£y¥¥w£;s¥F¥;¥jst:d£€:£t¥fg&;Af##a¥ulfifjg:e:#£:sg#other incident a Gay man was about to be thrown into the Milwaukee river by his at- tacker!, when a car drove up and scared off his attackers. Nevertheless the man suf- fercg3r£'#Ekenen:iac#andrd°::quEfq4S:gt%£e3¥o¥Su:smh]Cske#ck¥:svffiec[te£So¥CriET:TSuf-fered a broken jaw and required 14 stitches for cuts his attackers inflicted on him. Religious Right Activist Demanas Records - Not content with having lost an effort to overturn the Milwaukee County Board's Gay Pride Proclamation, Tom Phillips has demanded all documents including letters sent to individual supervisors associated with the£ffogELianth¥E¥##i;¥!£ivff¥dffiitjer#ifi;jTT#?#;gE!fELi;esg!ii proclamation be turned over to him. Phillips reported to be the leader of "Catholics Serving the Lord" airs his views over Milwaukee radio station WVCY, owned by Fun- damentalist minister Vic Eliason. BESTD Announces Fund Campaign - Milwaukee's BESTD Clinic which provides services aimed at reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases has launched a fund raising campaign to wand its services. A kick off party was held at the M & M Club on September 20'. Police Commander, Wiscon- - It's Our Fault - In a meeting with the Second District 1989-Wade—Wade ZiTrmenrLan Zimmerman (left)(left) and and Jimmy Jimmy KingKing posedposed withwith thethe newly newly croonedcrowned Mss Miss Gay Gay Wisconsin-Wisconsin and Third Ward Historic Association Director 1989 sin Light Political Editor Bill Meunier USA, Tanya Michaels, at Appleton' ss PivotPivot Club.Club. . Joan:::::::::_:::-:-:i-:::---:::_i:--::::_::_-I:-:=i-::::::=l-_i--:i::-::--:-::-:i-:-::--:--_:---::::-i:::::-_::-_--:-::--::-::_-::::--:-:_---:: Zepecki were told that violence against Gays and Lesbians was their own fault. lil

November 6, 6, 1997 1997-November—November 19, 19, 1997 1997-WIScONSIN—WISCONSIN LIGHT IJGHT-16-16 10|0dth AnniversaryAnniversary lameIssue NATIONAL NEWS = And Then There Were Two - Seven years after Wisconsin became-the first state in ->r the country to pass a statewide Gay rights law, Massachusetts ended a 17 year effort • begun by then State Representative Barney Frank and passed its own statewide Gay w Rights legislation.. The law which was signed into law by Governor Micheal Dukakis bans anti- Gay discrimination in housing, employment and credit. Civil Rights Commissioner Blasted Resigns The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force condemned the appearance of Geoge Bush appointed US Civil Rights Commis- sion Chairman William Allen at an Anti-Gay and Lesbian symposium. Allen's presentation "Blacks? Animals? Homosexuals? What is a Minority?" was given at the West Coast symposium on Homosexuality and Public Policy Implications. Allen was recently quoted as saying "the issue of civil rights for homosexuals is open to criminal and psychiatric debate." After a firestorm of cnticism over Allen's remarks erupted in the West Coast straight press, President Bush accepted Allen's resignation. -71,5,77,4t4w4,iorr -_ Mike Lisowski,Lisowski, MichaelMichael Ross Boss and and D.A. D.A. Leonard Leonard received received awards awards in in recognition recognition of of the the hard work they have donedone forfor BWMT.BWMT. NovemberNovember STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Wisconsin Assembly Passes AIDS Bill of Rights - With no debate the Wisconsin State Assembly passed AB 400 on a voice vote. The bill prohibits doctors, hospitals, nursing:#!ggi:cogns:effi¥i¥eA;I;#F?aE::s#efbtgF::ghfiesib¥.;Tgl;n;#:e:::£cfarjwFfo:ng: homes and insurers from discriminating against people infected with HIV. MD Accused of Spreading False Info About AIDS - City of Milwaukee Health Commissioner Paul Nannis tt)bktook Dr. LolTaineLorraine DayDay toto tasktask for her remarks on AIDS to a "SaveSavc;. Our Our Family" Falnily" rally rany held held at at the the MilwaukeeMilwaukee auditoriumauditoriuni on October 222".2¥ The rally aGoidedat:ondcd byby aboutabtiui 2,0002,000 peoplepeople was was picketed picketed by by ACT ACT UP.UP. Day Day claimed clained thatthat AIDSAIDS cancan be transmitted by day to day social contact, an opinion which experts say is not upheld by#yt#7¥c#etdLfibcye##n°ceTys°CfaLC°nfact>anopinionwhichexpenssayisnotupheid any scientific evidence. Tri Cable Ends - After two highly successful seasons, the popular Gav and Lesbian Several FestPest City SingersSingers areare shownshown here here singing singing atat the Galano Club's Christmas party on newsncTWTs:faadbLeitEc#d£-m#terpr%&#TFri:tc;Cbei3SfiT¥,£efis[°nwhthbero¥Tc¥£#yfinanaldp¥oS# and entertainment program, Tri-Cable Tonight will broadcast its -final program December 10thloth inin Mnwaukee.Milwaukee. next month. in Referendum - In a stunning set back, voters We Are Marquette - A group of students composed of both Gay and non Gay stu- SF Domestic Partners Bill Defeated dents is trying to advance the cause of Gay rights at narrowly repealed a "Domestic Partners" ordinance passed earlier this year by the Milwaukee's Marquette university. less than 1,800 votes. The recent The group has a set of specific goals for the administration including an anti- Board of Supervisors. The margin of defeat was harassment policy for Gay students. One way the new as of earthquake was blamed for the defeat since many of the Yes on S volunteers were di- yet unnamed organization campaign. Supporters plan another t¥itig|:givi±gjst:#s!t:i;;3:;;g;§¥£:!sf°g|#:isgifii§¥:E;°egoeck#i3caifefuiftfar¥frfi;has been getting its point across is with messages scrawled on sidewalks around the verted to earth quake relief at .a critical point in the campus.Campus. effort to pass another ordinance in the near future. TV Show Stirs Controversy - A Thirtysomething episode showing two Gay men in bed caused TV station switchboards to light up all over America. The two men did not kiss were covered by blankets and showed no skin. Pentagon Report Urges End to Ban - A new DepartaWnt of Defense ordered report urges the military to re examine its exclusion of Gays and Lesbians and consider ending the ban on their military service.

Alice Ana (Al(AI Thomas)Thomas) presented presented George Prentice (Walter(Welter Brandt) a "trophy"``trophy" for his excellent driving recordrecord asas LaLe Cage's Cage's HollyHolly and and Co.Co. gotgot royallyroyauy spoofedspcofed atat thethe TriangleThangle onon Oct.Oct. 30. Law School Bans Military - The University of Iowa Law school banned military re- "Ma Barker's School of Charm" was the theme of a hilarious show performed by the cruiters from conducting interviews with its students due to the military's ban on Gays Castaways M.C. during their run in Milwaukee last weekend at the Wreck Room. Several of the and Lesbians serving in the military. shows§h¥st:as:pagr:f:RE=Cal¥cF:in:ge#£§phEyin::#T:asEa!T±?:e£?a#ife¥t¥[°&Tgivn:S±°kwnd%e:f.°Eveedralbgfi£: performances are displaying their charms for the large audience. Dancing At Disneyland - Disneyland which had been the subject of several law suits over its ban on same sex dancing has now agreed to allow same sex couples to dance. DecemberDecember To test the policy eight Gay couples took to the dance floor for an uninterrupted dance iiiiciit;;i:i:;=ii;'ii%uie:g!g¥EmF¥o;kit;;lc:y;¥gT!:s;¥ei¥fuffg;|f;-marathon. Hate Crimes Bill Gains Suppprt - Two Southern Senators, Sam Nunn (D-GA) and STATE WIDE NEWS Jim Sasser (D-TN) have signed on as co-sponsors of the Senate Hate Crimes Act. This Marquette Censorship Opposed - About 125 Marquette students and faculty mem- brings the total of sponsors for the bill to 56. bers attended a rally held on the campus to protest the University's censorship of stu- Judge Gets Slap on Wrist A Texas Judge who gave the killers of two Gay men a lent publications. A university rule forbids the use of the words "condom", "Gay," iE;iu;;ti:fc;G:::E:e-,sEa!p:G:ii.;r¥:o:I:!:iiis;#gie:;iggs:S¥e;ss:jiatf|:fiTj`;:d::t:-;g.:light sentence saying that he couldn't give life terms to someone who killed a homo- fax:¥ttuE#±d:¥¥#v£::Eeieirip:¥¥dsfra5tee¥thqe:f#£ev#%%g,#n:#p?,q¥#,:'Lesbian," and "penis" among others. sexual or a prostitute was publicly censored by the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conference in JenyJerry JohnsonJohnson ` Conduct. Despite his remarks, a Commission Elected OfflcialOfficial Con-ference in £e`;pill,c:t:a`B,re`::t.:tTtfr.¥ar%ELb±c,,yaccenosfi¢sS%nthfa7:§3g£#r:eincc:e¥[sys£;Eo:ngh,ufi¥¥idinvestigator incredibly enough found Seventy five openly Gay and that Judge Morris Jackson would be impartialimpardal in cases involving Gays and Lesbians. Madison - in cases involving Gays and Lesbians. ¥:g¥ne|-ecs,%%fficf#:%#ya..Gunaunyd%:Lesbian elected officials from around the country attended a conference in Madison. S:£gri%fien#er?£°*erffecenfdMtaodiri°FsDiscussion centered on the need to pass Domestic Partnership legislation. Madison's Lesbian Variety Show Has Controversy - The sold out crowd at %Miids:tl§¥:frE.iffi£:sirfsti:;%oEseE;O¥sd=0%Madison's annual Lesbian Variety Show had a mostly negative reaction to two acts which incorporated leather and elements #f#scah&mm#in#iai:£Vieo::th:=:¥€iei££j§of S & M into their routines. The shows producers Kissing Girl Productions E#:ffzrgdto¥e*o8mmGriLty.Productionsapologized to the community. NATIONAL NHWSNEWS Building Owner Apologizes - The owner of a Washington D.C. building apologized for the actions of an employee who put a hateful message on the building's electronic billboard. The message read "Stamp out AIDS, kill Queers and Junkies." The building's owner said he was appalled and donated $5,000 each to the National Gay and 19891989-Uncle—Uncle AlAl perfiningperforming at at the the cloing closing of of the the YPYP #¥g§8#ff¥trS¥aiREIiLesbian Task Force and the Whitman- Jet's Place manager, Bob,Bob, had had the the pleasure of throwing a pie into the faceface ofof HIT director, Walker AIDS Clinic. The employee was Timm Elmer at th-ethe organizer'.sorganizer's annu-alannual fundraiser. fired. I ~1_

REH November 6, 6,1997-November 1997—November 19, l9,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHT IJGIIT-17-17 loll10th Anniversary Issue Issue 19901990 1990 was an interesting year. It saw the first Wisconsin AIDS Walk, an event that would later become a major highlight on our yearly calendars. The first one raised $182,000. With no end of sight for the AIDS crisis that amount seems laughable now, but it was significant at the time. 1990 also saw the beginnings of Queer Nation which for a time at least used ACT UP style confrontational tactics to fight for Gay and Lesbian civil rights. The very name of this group would stir controversy in a community that until just a few years ago described itself as "homosexual" Speaking of ACT UP, its San Francisco chapter wanted to boycott Miller because its parent Company Phillip Morris gave money to Jesse Helms. Speaking of Helms he won re-election but lost his fight to defund the National Endowment for the Arts. Milwaukee Radio Preacher Vic Eliason got himself in hot water for demanding and getting the firing of a Lesbian reporter for UPI. Meanwhile Milwaukee Radio Talk Show Host Mark Belling was attacked for his on the air remarks about AIDS. There was growing concern about Anti-Gay violence especially after several Wis- consin Gay men were murdered But there were signs of progress too. Several state sodomy laws were thrown out and Wisconsin got an AIDS Bill of Rights made into A law. Outgoing president of the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, Marc Haupert, was recently AllAILL that that and and more more happened happened inin 19901990 . honored for his achievements at a reception at M&M Club's banquet room. Shown with Marc are:o:::E?:indsgfpr:i[;dicn::i:tE;nanapsoa:ai:i:gfeomncin:gt#:i[d?Ei,:#,s!:ficqgne?ec::siu±e:rio,ffwtoaFJ:cfun# his spouse, Kurt J. Swanson and incoming President of the Center, Sharon Otto. January NATIONAL NEWS Hate Crime Bill Outlook Good — Fifty-eight Senators including Wisconsin's Demo- cratic Senator Herb Kohl have signed on as co-sponsors of the Hate Crimes bill which STATE WIDE NEWS would mandate keeping statistics on Gay bashings. Wisconsin's other Senator Repub- Volunteers Respond to Story - The Milwaukee AIDS Project reports that In re- liirc¥ac:isfa#ft=iESF:apoEiog=¥itrnTfaEedi?:y:ailrFigi?#ri;iIEcioiF:t&?:¥#:wap##-can Robert Kasten is not among the sponsors of the legislation. sponse to a story in The Wisconsin Light 60 community minded volunteers have Helms Running Again - Senator Jesse Helms announced that he was running for a stepped forward to answer its call for more volunteer help. MAP's long term goal is to fourth term and used the occasion to blast Gays saying "homosexuals and Lesbians are r¥¥F2t;!o¥o:Ffrs::an;gh::,&t££on:3ir¥me::it!16:ic:e#¥tyL¥csi:lap;o:n¥::hh#r:e:-recruit 200 volunteers. disgusting people, marching in our streets and demanding all sorts of things including the:H¥iE:E=:effth:gE;;!-goifrosJ!l:a:s:ts¥?dss=¥ang=Th::fro!se:#os:=#¥ciufifr: right to marry. 0 Ce FebruaryFebruary STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Health Insurance Bill Raises Controversy - A bill that would allow health insurance companies to deny coverage to those afflicted with AIDS if they showed "objec- tive manifestations" of the disease in the first year of the policy has raised controversy. The#:eeefd¥ixgs:¥j,i#:T;I::fe:c:!ni%vgr¥he;eie;d;¥th¥£:I;¥,i.Edfe!i#ig±:i::in:fi¥: idea behind the bill is to allow insurers the opportunity to offer health insurance coverage without requiring an HIV test. Getting Together - The Wisconsin Light and In Step combined forces to present a special presentation on how to use the media. Topics included how to write a press release, the finer points of advertising, newspaper production and how to use the media. Newi¥j:,rilngfff;Ffvg#l¥igs£:;;.:ffpe:FsiEEi#i:.gc:ofgbfoo:;.t:::rfes:e;;#e:gi:.:: Harvest Grants - Madison's New Harvest Foundation gave out $9.000 in grants last year.rtoE::e¥m8££ts:%#£:Snte°rsz5#:£sS¥::%:y#tEefi,ri;#E:,#grinesLSL8± This brings its total grants to $75,000 since New Harvest's inception in 1984. GOPG6ef Congressman Sensenbrenner Attacks Persons With AIDS - Congressman James SensenbrennerSenschbrenner (R-WI)(R-WI) has attacked the Americans With DisabilitiesDisabilities ActAct because it would prohibit discriminationdiscrihination against against those those infected infected with with FHV. HIV. X ..min XXI -11 MI swig aliP-

Milwaukee's M&MM&M Club, Club, located located in in the the Historic Historic Third Third Ward. Ward, was was transformed transformed into into the the Half Half Moon Moon Tavern for the ABC television movie. "Dillinger" during shooting in June. The awnings were added along:,aovnegrnwi:[ttE:€E,:ot:iav:3j:3mmpq:jt:'t`;B[i[j38:sr'thdi::!gnogsseht#nt;:8TLneJfiu|nme.wT|ieb:"tnrjonagdscrs:r:aatfodneaq with the billboard to complete the 1930's Chicago setting. The film will be broadcast national on JanuaryJanuary 6, 1990.1990. Award Winners -The Cream City Business Association presented its Cream City Brick Awards . The Torchbearer Award went to the Milwaukee Law firm of Anger- meier and Rogers who are representing staff sergeant Miriam Ben Shalom in her fight to remain in the military. The President's Award went to Club MUSE a social support :ilc¥#ig:;!ri;hgoi!rfigfr:e¥en:#jsir:!e;gic,ffiFfaenise#£¥Fgi_i|Wisconsin Light group fiprfor BlackBlack.Gays Gays ande±d Lesbians.Ifsbians= The:Ine Pace Setter Award wentwent toto Wisconsin Light columnist Jamakaya. The Group Spirit Award was given to the Holiday Invitational Tournament.:onilgJaeni.¥¥iEiiT=ojE:iF.¥tac4##gx:a?:o=e:8ggewEo,h,#hTvlLP,tri: The Spotlight Award for accurate media coverage went to The Milwau- kee Journal for its editorial support of civil rights for Gays and Lesbians. A Certifi- cate of Merit was awarded to Tn Cable Tonight. The Wisconsin Light was also cited fori:;eF¥¥|T#¥w:£g!¥.[oSw;¥r!fi;,:e:afc:ifi#ettEjf:;#|foa3ffig#;:i;frfci!i|i its service during the controversy over the County Board Pride Proclamation last year. Leader Dies of AIDS - The community mourned the passing of another of its leaders Georgia Jan. 9 to protest due to complications from AIDS. John M. Cowles, Cream City Foundation Board Nine MilwaukeeMnwaukee ACT-UPACT-UP members and friends journeyed to Atlanta, Georgia Jen. 9 to protest member, former GAMMA President and operations manager for the Community Cen- the State's sodomysodomy laws and demonstrate inin thethe streets. ter died on January 12 at the age of 36. Over 300 people including representatives from Miller Brewing Company where John worked as an award winning chemist at- NATIONAL NEWS tended his memorial service. victory the United States Senate §§:;aE¥sfi§L¥;#gEg;§gg:F#:O¥peg££::e:;§¥E:§]F;Ejg;kFffgf¥tiB§d§t§says that Congressmen Hate Crimes Bill Passes Senate - In an historic Wisconsin Congressmen Graded - A new report by NGTLF Bill. The Bill which mandates collection of sta- against Gay civil rights 100% of voted 92 to 4 to pass the Hate Crimes Toby Roth (R-WI) and Thomas Petri (R-WI) voted including those hate crimes committed against Gays and Lesbians Moody and Kastenmeier both Democrats voted for tistics on hate crimes the time. Conversely Congressmen was bitterly opposed by Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC). Gay5o¥#Rfrn£;ni:::¥o£:L#§;Fioe¥±ed#Erd%rflStb#=:girLfaiaE#:n£§!go8t§Ffi?f civil rights 100% of the time. Pink Tags For Gay Inmates in Florida - The American Civil Liberties Union has z !8aii;i;;;[r:I:eifeiiEa;:;su¥i:gi#iiE:ei#in:g|::eh:E:::t::e¥.ijt:ia:s:;:e:i:i:discovered that 30 inmates at the Polk County Jail in Florida are forced to wear special

Ginger Spice helped 219 Club owner, Tony bar Dr. Karen Lamb presented Jet of Jet's Place bar a gallon jar stuffed with hundreds of dollars JOHN M.M. COWLESCONIES host a great party on Dec. 14 as the for#r.#Xpera:aHP.PGr:;ewt±Jnestin?,fJ.e]t.'SN:)=e|ar££#e°dn!tarth:uDff:iHtfehnFfiT£Sw:fdouars MAP, as Mr. Gay Wisconsin, J.J. Newmann assisted at the Dec. 22 benefit show. changed§£in£:a:d¥:efe;#j:o:L9D£).ubi4°¥e:heT%n£ ownership.

LjR€.TE-trrii^ii November 6, 6.1997-November 1997—November 19,19,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHTHGHT-18-18 loth1016 AnniversaryAnniversary Issuelsoue red bracelets indicating they are Gay. The bracelets which can't be removed are at- tached to inmates wrists after their entry interview. Prison officials say the tags are for I "their own protection" but the inmates say they are subject to harrassment by guards if#¥!tce##oi:iF¥s##ifteio¥T¥ar;%±==¥:::iffi#fay¥TE,t=agysparalg-and fellow prisoners and that some straight inmates have also been tagged as punish- ment. MarchMarch STATE WIDE NEWS Ben Shalom Supporters Rally - Army Reserve Staff Sergeant Miriam Ben Shalom lostLopteEe?Eth°#osru£°±tfarsthEtEL:aAryAmwxeEe¥ng.#p.:a8e¥gutnIffie¥o]F¥;I;- her fight to remain in the military when the US Supreme Court refused to her appeal. Around 50 of Ben Shaloms supporters joined her in freezing cold outside of the federali!=iAifjirE±:Oat;5Fch5:g:¥E#e°dmhsersuffolt£Si°p¥o%Fte:-v€rfaeeegcg{s:3#°utsfde°fthe building as she removed her uniform in protest over the decision.

1990—A1990-A majority majority of of the the 1990 1990 Fest Fest City City Singers Singers posed posed for for a a group group photo photo at at a a recentrecent rchearsal.rehearsaL MayMay STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Not This Year Milwaukee County Board Supervisors will not issue a proclamation commending Gay Pride Week this year. Following the controversy that resulted from last year's proclamation, the Board adopted new rules regarding congratulatory proclamations. Supervisor Dorothy Dean has drafted a letter which will be signed by other supervisors who would have supported the proclamation had it been introduced. Dean said that supporters didn't have the votes for passage. Earl to Speak At Rally - Former Governor Tony Earl will be one of the speakers at Milwaukee's:_:;:::::-i:::-::::-::::=:::::-:-=:-:::-:::-==:i::i:=::::::I-::::i::::i-i::-:_:::::-::.:::::i:-:-=::i:::::---:_-::.i::_:-:1:;: Pride Celebration on June 16. World" for her Cream City Chorus fund raiser on Feb. 3 at Mil- 19901990-Ronzi—Rona (center)(center) went went "Around"Around thethe World" for her Cream City Chorus fund raiser on Feb. 3 at Mfl- Foot In Mouth Again - Conservative WISN Radio Talk Show host Mark Belling waukee'swaukec` s M&MM&M ClubClub andand came backhack as a nun. read on the air his own list of five groups of words which in his mind were contradic- ACT UP Distributes Condoms at Marquette - Members of ACT UP handed out tions=ri33:o:,TEL#uF¥|#iti;£Cffife¥H±¥g:wE:¥wF¥:¥£nLe§hfaT#er#E:EffT¥ in terms like "jumbo shrimp." Among the terms on Belling's list were "Black 300 condoms and over 800 pamphlets on AIDS on Ash Wednesday in front of GESU Leader" proving that Gays and Lesbians aren't the only minority on his target list. church on the Marquette University Campus. Madison School Board Election Stirs Homophobia - Madison's School Board election made the nationally broadcast 700 Club show of Pat Robertson due to the NATIONAL NEWS number of religious fimdamentalists Lesbian UPI Reporter Fired- Anti-Discrimination Bill Loses in State Assembly - A bill that would allow those Julia Brienza, a UPI Report was who have suffered illegal discrimination "a cause of private action" lost by a vote of 53 fired after pressure was brought to to 44 in the State Assembly. Under current law employment discrimination cases must bear on UPI by Vic Eliason, a fun- be::_,:::::_::i::-:=:--::i:::::-:_::::--::-::::--:_:=i::::::::i::-::i:-::::_:=::::-:s:-:::-:i::::=i::i::::i-:::_:::_::-::i:_i:::::::-::::::i=::::::. heard by a state agency. The bill would have allowed those suffering such discrimi- ±#ib#EurFfr!iEL±#o¥*¥ffidamentalist minister and owner of nati{innation totti suesue in the courts. WVCY radio station inin Milwaulfee.Milwaukee. Madison Awards - Frontiers presented community service awards to William Heidi Eliason claimedclained thatthat t Brienza had i`o¥v:#£°tneefye#cS;,-far:hnfgsivparfusee¥fi¥ri°ea¥e:#H*###r8§#%r¥¥rlfeHi£for volunteer service, Richard Wagner for leadership, and Theodore Pierce for lifetime misrepresented herself m call to contribution. him about a story. As a result of Eise£Prieoutan#trko#¥fl?##hiYihis radio broadcasts a flood calls NATIONAL NEWS went intointo UPI offices whichwhch then Pink Tagging Ends - Polk County Florida Sheriff Lawarence Crow Jr. has discon- proceeded to fire Brienza. tsE¥\;ad:.t?:gg:E8eEODfdpsia-ci°gurpffun#stHrfuri#osnhffonLe#a%#er=fi.t#s#::tinued to practice of placing pink wrist bands on prison inmates presumed to be homo- University Protests Against sexual. ROTC - Protests against the Re- Stand Up and Be Counted! - Activists were delighted to learn that the US Census serve:::::::::::::::::::=::::i:::::=:-::::_: Officer Training Corps were includes "unmarried partner" as a category for the 1990 census. The Bureau is prohib- held on campuses around the itedTest:fn,ds|aTw#:feca#T#3-fi:4i:|:i:i¥oir;thie!9#i##eim#Teat¥¥1i!reo::¥ by law from releasing information on any individual to anyone even other gov- country including UW Milwaukee, cmmenternment agencies. Northwestern., MIT and UW Madi- son on May 4`h. The protests center on the military's exclusion of Gays and Lesbians. Helms Opponent Gets Money - Harvey Gantt, Jesse Helms' oppo- §:¥e:xghTTL!:¥nFeaE:[^onpp-9:nent in the upcoming election re- =vtedinath$3,orgocod¥gtioe:ecfrtr:a:-de;ceived a $5,000 donation from the 199th19cO+Miriam—Miriam Ben-ShalomBen-amuom takestakes offoff herher uniformuniform HumanHETin?-=pFfi:oF:eoan#FHFE=kd=:fi*:b:y'aii:tleinfr#-ECGFiHfedother;tredof Rights Campaign Fund. for the last time. The donation is the maximum permitted by election laws. HRCVurged otheri tired of Helms opposition to Gay civil rights to join them in supporting Gantt. June STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Pride Proclamations - Governor Thompson joined the Milwaukee County Board of SupervisorssE]#s¥s°CiaFeafhn§toGis°isv£F:rEy°Epip&#ri°o¥#go#H¥gftyc°oprrmB#arfrff in refusing to issue a Gay Pride Proclamation. The City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist and Milwaukee County Executive Dave Schultz did however proclaim Gay Pride. Alderman Annette Sherbert, Robert Anderson and Tho- 19901990-Milwaukee—Milwaukee PoLiL.e Police (.,`hi.`1.thief Phillip Phillip Angola Arrech addressed addressed the the Gay/Lesbian Gay/Lesbian Community Community as as LAMM LAMM repre- rque- mas Nardelli were the only opponents of the Common Council resolution. sentative.sentativc. Kitty Barber,Barber. looked on. New Harvest Gets More Money - Over $14,000 flowed into the coffers of Madi- son's Gay and Lesbian New Harvest Foundation as a result of pledges made at two ¥j*I#ff|ffgei¥h§|§e:wEu#ff¥¥#}#rfeg:c=|i£K:¥iI|Dii:§¥:;:d:¥o;fund raising receptions held in the early part of the year. April Movie Premier in Wisconsin - The critically hailed film "Long Time Companion" STATE WIDE NEWS Room of Ode's Own CelebratesCelebrates -- Madison'sMadison's premierpremier feministfeminist bookbook storestore isis cele-cele- braingbrating itsits 1S'gpehqv:Fs£t" Anniversary this month.month withvyi.th a qvariety variety of of events events includingincluding aa wonderful evening at the Barrymore Theater, special book readings and sales. Getting Tough - The Milwaukee AIDS Project announced that it was going to take a tough stance on the enforcement of new AIDS bias laws making discrimination against those infected with HIV illegaL Madison Kiss In - Around 200 people held a kiss in to protest the Café Expresso Royale's alleged homophobia. Two women were asked to "stop showing affection for each other" by an employee. The owner of :_,:i:_-:-_:_::_::::=--:::--::::::-:-:--__=_:i:_:i-__ii:--:_::I:_-:-_=:=-:i-::_:_-__:::::::_::i_-:__=:i:i=::i_:_:-:-:-_:il__---i-_-=_::li:::::-:_--:the establishment says that the employee was simply enforcing a standard that applies to everyone.

NATIONAL NEWS Dannemeyer Chose? Homophobic Congressman Williiam Dannemeyer (R-CA) said he "believes" he chose to be heterosexual. He also said that "We (Republicans) as a party welcome everyone. We do not endorse special recognition for Gays or cannni- bals, tranvestites or people who practice bestiality. Any acts of human indecency we'll §e§;¥:{Erij;i:ee£C:i::i;#eoS£§;¥:Lc:i:¥n*:I;gal¥c:¥##oELffiefa:#{hRfc#jleave to the Democrats. Ex-Gay Founders Denounce Own Program Two men who were among the founders of a 'Christian" counseling program desiyi ed to "convert" into becoming heterosexual have denounced their own program ca i i g it "a dangerous failure" that caused psychological damage to participants. Michael Busee and Gary Cooper made the statements at a mainstream news conference they held in Santa Ana CA. They also said;§]¥:;¥§¥g¥;#ogpro§o¥¥gfu¥g¥oeEL:¥jT;i;TT¥¥±#£jec§j_ that the program failed to "heal" even a single Gay and drove several into suicidal despair. California GOP Ousts Gays At its state convention, the California Republican Party 19901990LMember.—Members orMAP.a of MAP's .`Make "Make A Promise" dinner diner committeecorittee posed posed for fora a group group thoto photo during during the the AFrilApril 1I passed two anti-Gay resolutions. One calls for ending Project 10, LA's school coun- event. TheThe firstfirst sell-out sdlngut crowd crowd of of 400 400 persona persons enjoyed eboyed a asteak steak dinner dinner =rounded amended byty VictchanVictorian 8tlendorsplendor at.I the seling program for Gay and Lesbian teens. The other excludes Gay Republican clubs hvichlavish WisconrinWisconsin Club.Club. The The dinner diner and flcntsilent auctionauction mindraised S S13,000. 13,000. i:oi*#±#:%ala=¥be§ffiath¥sAiiffiv:¥#%gethx¥]oC#¥°#=Lfagfb¥L¥&gfrom official membership in the party. November 6,1997—November 19, 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHT-19

1990|9g0L-unwankee'S—Milwaukee's ever ever popular popular aeative creative and and versatile versatile artist attist Holly Holly BrovIi Brown has haserected created several several deligivful, delightful. whimsical whimsical three three dimensional dimensional muralsmurals atat MilkkaukeMilwauke newest restaurant, Mom'sMom` s Kitchen, Kitchen, 2000 2000 S. S. e 8dL St. SI This, This, no no doubt, doubL is Mom'sis Mom's kitchen kitchen back hack in inthe the '50s, ` 50s, the the decade decade in whichin which the the restaurant restaurant is set.is set, whose plot is about AIDS in the Gay community had its Wisconsin premier on June 19 Asi#[yfo°offi#efiesAssembly Committee. The senate! - Senator Jesse Helms mentioned Mlwaukee's at a special screening sponsored by The Wisconsin Light. The film, hailed as a break Wreck Room Makes The Senate! - Senator Jesse Helms mentioned Milwaukee's through movie, has won praise from critics from coast to coast. The screening was a Wreck Room Bar during debate on his attempts to allow food industry employers to benefit#%°euifep;Lo¥ori:ife%o:nFFe¥::£g:tr¥j¥£¥3¥s¥od##¥crso¥siEL#e¥¥fi:a:tre£# for Milwaukee's Pride celebration. discriminate#sr:#°emonB#edb¥8od#;%#a#c=Efut;t##°s*?#e?k%8:y:=i; on the basis of HIV status. According to Helms, the Wreck Room nearly Madison Approves Domestic Partners - The City of Madison approved Domestic closed due to the o`uner'sowner's illnessilhess with with IITV. HIV. Partnership legislation. The legislation sponsored by Openly Gay Alderman James PFLAG Forms in Appleton - A chapter of Parents and Friends of Gays and Lesbian McFarland passed on a 16 to 4 vote. It allows unmarried couples to register as Do- hasha:FriLriGfoFfr£S±nApfe::i°3y-di#Bt=dof#£tsB=faFriendsofGaysandLesbian been formed in Appleton by George and Harriet Bruyn. mestic partners and requires that for legal purposes they be treated as married couples by businesses and government agencies operating in the City. NATIONAL NEWS Hate Crimes Increase Here - Wisconsin reported 89 Hate crimes were committed Bush to Sign AIDS Bill - Senator Jesse Helms (R- NC) and Congressman William against::i:::::::i:i:>=::::=::::=::=:::::-::i`::::::-:::-:::-:-_i:=:::I::-::=:::_-:::::i::-::_:-I::i=-::: Gays and Lesbians last year including 1 bomb threat and three murders DannemeyerB¥£e§ifn(R¥AS)RjeL:e-d%ff;Or±gHs9eE§c£RinN:)boanthdhco#gesfsmc#e¥. (R-CA) were dealt a stunning setback when both houses of Congress reversed themselves and voted against their amendment to the Americans With Disabili- ties::rss#ctTEseelfsenan£=ott#oarfd¥vFfuiro#eFfiffoden:et#fte Act. The amendment would have allowed food service employers to discriminatediscrininate ±:;fr%Lbe:;LceuviLffHiv[against people with HIV. SAugustAugust STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Policeman Charged With Felony In Assault - A Blanchardville Wisconsin police officer was charged with felony assault as a result of his alleged attack on a Gay man at a:E3::i#£anfailk¥#d*Tfi:!PE;me:lgfyulpas#tt-ofAhiElffi:Fdda#:kwchsaco8:Tmpeanh:i mall in Little Chute Wisconsin. MAP Seeks Big Turn Out - the Milwaukee AIDS Project is 'loping for a huge turnout in support of the Wisconsin AIDS Walk on September 30'. "If you do anything for AIDS this year come to the Wisconsin AIDS Walk" said MAP Executive Director gouFi%i#|gyEigrth:eo¥els:o:n:S-e-thwAl:¥siffilegTSLgRET#1gfc:td3RE,TE?x:::#v?uan##:Doug Nelson.

19901990-State—State Rep. Rep. David David Clalunbach Clarenbach (left) (left) and and Tim Tim Carpenter Carpenter posed posed in in front front of of the the painting painting "Fallen Angel"Angel" fa¢tyby thethe latelate RohalRobert Uyvari Uyvari atat MAP'sMAP's Mcke Make AA PromisePromise dinerdinner on on April April 1. 1. The The painting, painting. which which onceonce hLmghung onon the cedingceiling ofof Milwaukee'sMilwaukee' s Your Your Place Place bar bar (now (now Partners) Partners) for for many many yearsyears waswas soldsold toto thethe winningwiming bidder for $3,855. $3,855. NATIONAL NEWS Boycott the Marlboro Man? ACT UP San Francisco called for a boycott of Phillip Morris companies (including Marlboro cigarettes) due to the parent corporation's support of Senator Jesse Helms. The company donated $200.000 to the Senator Helms citizenship center and museum which will house Helms papers. National Survey Group Formed - A new group called "Overlooked Opinions" has been formed to survey Gays and Lesbians across the country. The group head quar- tered in Chicago will offer full custom research services.- AIDS Incubation Period Expanded - Eleven years is now thought to be the median incubation period for AIDS among Gay and Bisexual men infected with HIV according to a new study by the San Francisco Department of Health. Pittsburgh As Host - When asked by its City Fathers what they should do to im- Madison's Frontiers Award recipients were (L to R) Dick Wagner,Wagner, Ted Pierce and Billy Heidt.Heidt. prove Pittsburgh, Frank Lloyd Wright said "Level it." Nonetheless the 1990 Gay NATIONAL NEWSNEWS World Series will be held there in August. Bush Fires Bigoted Aide - Gay activists were surprised but delighted while Consci vatives were funous with President Bush due to his firing of Doug Wead. Wead was I Bush's liaison to the religious right and other conservative constituencies. He was fired after publicly objecting to the presence of Gays at White House bill signings. A-nnvcci Another One Bites The Dust - A Michigan Judge threw out that state's anti-sodomy law because it violates the State Constitution's provisions on privacy. A Kentucky Judge-:i::::::::I-:_:::__::==-:;:i;ii:i::-::-:::-:::i:::_::::-i::__::-_-::_:i::---_:-:::-:_:i::-i:::__::_:-i_-i--:__I_-:_I__-::::--_-:--_::-i-:_-:-:::_ threw out that state's Sodomy statute last month.

Marilyn Helms and Gantt Neck and Neck - A new poll shows that Senator Jesse Helms and his challenger Harvey Gantt are neck and neck. Each candidate is the choice of 43% of the voters. 14% are undecided. Robertson Attacks NEA - Televangelist Pat Robertson took out a full page ad in The Washington Post threatening lawmakers who vote to fund the National Endow- mentE&°tb¥o¥s&°££o::acpkostNEfat-EL;VhanfrikterpsatwE8bveont:°tnotfakd°#:aN#,E¥gfu# for the Arts. September STATE w[DE NEws RE STATE WIDE NEWS Miller Supports Chorus - The Miller Brewing company has donated $6,000 to Milwaukee's Cream City Chorus. Dentists Discriminate - An ACT UP survey found that approximately one third of Milwaukee's dentists discriminate against people with HIV. As a result the group held a meeting with representatives of the Wisconsin Dental Association and Marquette ffitl;i:e:i¥r?::!ii:j¥iTfff;H:;iEvl:Dthd;#i:h:a;ridi;ie;ni:ar#ui#;;Dental School. MAPFest Sets Record — MAPFest held on September r d drew a record crowd of 1,800 and grossed $23,000. The crowd was 50% higher than last year's record draw of 1,200i;#kF#e§ses%dRse2C3:58oT##:oe#dh*ds:%o;oEtfrmerbed:dha#,:erce°crodrdcr&*8f people.

19901990-The—The staff staff of of Madison' Madison's s AA Room Of One'sthe' a OwnO`un feministfinirist bookstore. bookstore. NATIONAL NEWS Studds Wants Investigation - Openly Gay Congressman Gerry Studds (D-MA) has asked the General Accounting Office to study the costs of enforcing the military's pol- July icy of discrimination against Gays and Lesbians. STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Millions Have HIV - The World Health Organization has revised its estimate on the Rodney Scheel Dies - Hundreds of people attended a memorial service for Rodney number of people world wide who are infected with HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS. Scheel, owner of the Hotel Washington. Scheel a fixture in and leader of Madison's According to WHO, over 10 million people are now carrying the virus. Several new Gay and Lesbian community died of complications from AIDS. Scheel died on July studies indicate an extensive spread in Asia and in Africa. 12. He will be sorely missed. Novel Banned in Illinois Prison - Authorities seized a copy of "Eight Days A State AIDS Funding Lacking - There is growing concern that Wisconsin has not Week" a Gay novel that features inter racial sex with a prison inmate. Citing descrip- allocated enough funds to handle the growing AIDS case load. "AIDS is a time bomb tive passages of homosexual intercourse, Illinois Correction officials say the novel I _::::I::i:i::::::i::-i:i:::::I;:_:::_:--::i=::::;::-:_:-_:=i:-s:::-:i-_::=::_:i:_that has not yet exploded" State Representative David Clarenbach (D-Madison) told an meets the US Supreme Court's test of "obscenity."

. ,_, , ` ,--, _LL^!, November 6, 6,1997-November 1997—November 19, l9,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHTI.IGHT-20-20 loth10th Anniversary Issue Issue NATIONAL NEWS Queer Nation Forming - A new Gay and Lesbian organization, Queer Nation is catchingca%urie;#a£:EE°dF*:*fu-try4FeowungFff~t:S#¥#:grrE¥,*¥,rg¥oFp:a_o¥ on around the country. Founded last Spring in New York City, the group now has chapters in cities around the country. QN has taken the word "queer" because it says the word 'reminds us of how we are perceived by the rest of the world." QN has adopted radical activism along the lines of ACT UP with the difference being that while ACT UP focuses on AIDS issues, Queer Nation focuses on Gay civil rights. RAP Takes Action - In an attempt to mock those in Congress who seek to censor the arts, a group called RAP, Reactionary Art Police "raided" suggestive statues around the capitol. The raids in which "Warning" and "Caution" signs as well as large bolts of

19901990L-The—The many facesfaces ofof IIolly Holly I}rown.Brown...from . .froin Bette Davis (left) toto Shirley MacLaine.Maclaine. HollyHolly broughtbroucht her characterschafHcters toto life hi`e on on the the I,a Ira Cage Cage stage stage during during herher finall`inal Milwaukee Milwaukee appearance appearance onon April 30.

A capacity crowd left Madison's Luther Memorial Church on July 21 after attending a memorial October servicefe#c%CitoyrcE:Wdnde];%#]q]S°n'SLutherMemorialchurchonJuly21afterattendingamemorial for Rodney Slieel. material were draped over the statues including covering a statue of nude woman m STATE WIDE NEWS BLat#cwirecriee#cap#eqy|:rmthath;h#ae££Cat#frgr:tl|L%t#:£fea?quew°-inDupont Circle because "It may have been attractmg Lesbians to the area." Belling Attacked by ACT UP - Milwaukee's ACT UP sent a letter to WISN de- nouncing statements made on the air by ultra conservative radio talk show host Mark NovemberNovember Belling. According to Belling 95% of the people with HIV are responsible for their conditions and should not complain. Furthermore he stated that the Centers for Dis- ease Control found that risk of vaginal transmission during heterosexual intercourse is STATEWIDESTATEWIDH NEWS 1 in 10.000. The CDC says that no such statistic exists. After failing to get a response Judge Accused of Slurs - The Wisconsin Light broke the story of a Milwaukee ;`§::#:i:§ja##jg§jgytn#[n¥:9§.g{{tr¥##*:s§§jefj§Tg[ff¥fufr£#:;i:§£from the station, ACT UP began contacting WISN advertisers and asked them to boy- Judge, David V. Jennings who was accused of telling anti-Gay, anti-semetic jokes in cott the station. his chambers in the presence of three attorneys. ACT UP Protest At Art Museum - ACT UP Milwaukee held a protest against Phillip Morris Corporation at the Milwaukee Art Museum's Arts Fest. The event was held for the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. The Phillip Moths Company is the largest corporate contributor to Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) Not Guilty Pleas - Pleas of Not Guilty were entered in two cases against men accused of Gay related murder. Charles E. Jackson, and Patrick Harden have been charged with the murder of Ricky Roundtree in Milwaukee. Meanwhile in Madison Joseph D. Wills pleaded not guilty in the slaying of Mark F. Starkey. Because Wills used derogatory words for Gays while speaking to police about the victim, he is being charged under Wisconsin's new hate crimes law. Despite his not guilty plea Wills has beenbeen`quoted quoted byby MadisonMadison policepelice asas havinghaving said "I knowlmovi thisthis soundssounds odd,odd, but if I had to \'

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Hundreds of Walkers cheeredcheered atat thethe totaltotal amountamount ofof $181,794$181,794 was was announced announced as as the the total total ONT9-1EON:Ttt£ Occf4S ION:OT IT:SHas lakefront on occasioNoF raised by the walkerswalkers inin thethe firstfirst annualannual WisconsinWisconsin AIDSAIDS Walk at Milwaukee's lake front on September 30. iorrEioultanMlqrtyasrty-ANNIvrEguAru Medical College Recruits Dr. Kelly - Dr. Jeffrey Kelly, Ph.D., a nationally known and respected AIDS researcher is coming to Wisconsin. He has been recruited by the Medical College of Wisconsin to begin an AIDS Intervention/Prevention Research program at the College. His recnutment is a major coup for the College. AIDS Walk Raised $182.000 The first Wisconsin AIDS Walk held on September 30 raised::`i-I:-=--i----::--::::_::---:::i-:-:I-::=_--:---:_ii-:.-:-:::-:-_::------:----i::--::-:I--::-:------:---i---:-----:i-:-I-:.-----::_- $182,000. Mayor John Norquist and his wife Susan Mudd were honorary Co- Chairs for the event which attracted nearly 2,000 participants.

F. THOMASTHOMAS AMENT 19901990LL&—La Cage'sCage'9 barbar manager, Corey.Coney, performed pofomed at the annualam]Ial "Turnabout" "T`mabout" fundraiser.fundraiser. Milwaukee County ExecutiveExecutive i::`i ```'`.' November 6, 1997—November 19, 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHT-21. Ile Anniversary Issue 0 C O

1991E--"Boycott Helms" was spray painted on a Marlboro cigarette billboard in Milwaukee at Brady and Holton Streets which refers to Senator Jesse Helms who is miming for re-election in North Carolina and who is being financially backed by Phillip Morris, the maker of Marlboro cigarettes. 1990—Protesters march in Madison for improved prison conditions. do it over again I would do the same thing." ACT UP Members Plead Not Guilty Too! - Five members of ACT UP Milwaukee December p;frtfffrfuff±Wff|riie§ses:sfr#E[#E8:g:kst±¥£%be£If:f±:±F:utm#dckal£Decemberpled not guilty to disorderly conduct charges stemming for their handing out condoms and AIDS information outside of Marquette High School in Milwaukee. STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS NATIONAL NEWS Clarenbach to Run For Congress - State Representative David Clarenbach, a con- sistent supporter of Gay Civil rights has announced his intention to run for Congress in Powell Says He Was Wrong - Retired Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell told a Law School that he was wrong Wisconsin's Second District in 1992. question and answer session at New York University's - In response to an outbreak of Anti-Gay violence #^E_#:&a!"#rieTg^s.f.i:a:ke^#£s¥¥x¥£f¥i#c4#3:TgtnhEo¥Tca#,:dn.i¥:sg#_ei;on!f#I:iffFohE;gisfisf?!Tg:?!iDix:fi#ig:?,a:gr::g:in the court'ss 5 to 4 decision in the case of Madison Condemns Homophobia in voting to uphold Georgia's Sodomy law the Madison City Council pa-ssedpassed aa resolutionresolutich condemning homophobia. The vote was i:V:°Lis-8v¥:±-h=°iq-cikqj;°rria'Ssodomylawinthecoin'ss5to4detirioninthecaseofBowers vs. Hardwick. 22 to 0. Watkins Wins Army Reinstatement - In a stunning development, the US Supreme Perry Watkins. Watkins Dane County To Lose Two Openly Gay Elected Officials - ywff.y#%#s,oe:y Gay Madison Court ordered the United States Army to reinstate Sergeant for re-election. Oei who graduates homosexuality. The Court, however, said AldermanAiE=£°TunintyesTfac¥#F°wiip£:t]yL=aForEi%:::edctlpo¥:Cj#SciaH James McFarland will not run McFarland was discharged from the Army due to his the School in May has been an outspoken advocate for Gay civil rights to re-enlist despite its knowledge of his ho- from UW Law that since the Army had allowed Watkins while a member of the City Council. Also Dane County Supervisor, Earl Bricker has mosexuality, it was wrong to discharge him. Jesse Helms eked %HinE:Efr¥E¥ie¥S#s¥E:gT#9£Fin¥w¥mckfe¥°¥frcg#ro£E|ied#id£;nE§:Ej::¥t¥t§resigned from the County Board due to an increase in job related responsibilities. Helms Wins - To the consternation of Gay activists everywhere, Budget grown to 2 The election was marred by break MAP Budget Grows - The 1991 Milwaukee AIDS Project has out a narrow win over his challenger Harvey Gantt. million.nmon. downs of voting machines in areas where Gantt was thought to be doing well and by the mailing of thousands of post cards to minority voters threatening them with arrest if NATIONAL NEWS they were not honest in answering any questions asked of them by voter registrars. Reporter Sues Eliason- Julie Brienza, a former UPI reporter who was fired at he The mailing was made by the Republican controlled State Elections Board. Gantt who urging of Milwaukee Rev. Vic Eliason is suing Eliason for his role in the firing. Elia- isEjha#a8sEaosu#t%b±vieaRggoridb#i*c-:gftr#*¥eHeFri]ricsi Black was thought to have a good chance of unseating Helms. ¥:Ego:feo#E:#¥:a|#:#Eff¥faofiff:a£¥±:¥¥?o:i#T#onffs#e#:h::son who owns WVCY FM, a Christian Fundamentalist radio station in Milwaukee, demanded Brienza's firing after she attempted to interview him. The suit which seeks S12.5 million in damages, alleges that Eliason sought Brienza's firing due to her sexual orientation. It charges Eliason with unlawful employment discrimination. invasion of 0 !n#difan¥.gn:tm=+F=#e:gre:#afaen=ifufiugo:::enw##geafeit¥v::=:ie#f privacy, and violations of Wisconsin's hate crimes statute. The suit has been filed in WWashington%'gt=drfe°EFffes DC by the Lambdafawric°EsgHsj¥#=#=dqute. Legal Defense Fund. The suit has been ffled in US Government Sued Over Gay Bashing - The ACLU has filed suit against the three agents of the Drug Enforcement Agency in connection with an alleged attack on two#:£qag=£s=o.E#e:F#Eercr#fatdBfa§o¥T##o¥G#Lbfaffl#ed#.E¥gte¢a::¥a¥¥§ Gay men. The men, Marc J. Anderson and Jeffery F. Grubb of New York allege that they were brutally attacked by the agents after a tumor traffic accident. According #,h?e#wfireeBE#gfic##to the suit the DEA agents beat theEiye faef8#dsffi:rdath¥°##Cyas:ti€¥heAycfu°sTo¥r€men and called them anti-Gay slurs. They also arrested the men. Charges against the men were later dismissed and the DEA admitted Hfiedthg:th¥:w¥rTno%Kegc¥ediostanthyeff%%:reerfuhagtffiofiseedou¥dseth%PF5Afudronte£that they were not connected to any drug investigation. 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\-,` ,. - Nier§-§erNovember 6, 1997 i7-VISCONSIN—November 19, 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHT-ee LIGHT -22 loth 10`rfumve"ryb Anniversary Issue 1991 1991 was a year that many of us would rather forget It began innocently enough butb:%h%Sitawyaesa:vtefftmmaan"yyG°fayussawn°dulLdesrb"ita#:fie°srp8eec;alzi;?#3:enttnrmM°,Ctew%§yk::,°%rhe when it was over, many Gays and Lesbians, especially those in Milwaukee, were shakingsl.aking their heads. It was the year in which we saw the depths of human depravity on several levels. On the one hand there was Jeffery Dahmer and all of his eviL On the other we were subjected to phrases like "homosexual overkill" and a spate of open violence that left many of us cowering in fear for our lives. We saw hope when the Milwaukee School Board adopted a Task Force report to help Gay and Lesbian students Then those hopes were dashed as bible thumping, hate filled bigots bullied the Board into going back on its word Worse yet, some School Board members called their own students sick and said they needed treatment. The year that began with such promise ended with more a spate of Holiday Season GayGTa_§ebyaes_%:ntgh£`beganwithsu.Chpromiseen,:.e.:.With:or.e.a.s:.ate_:!Fo.lid_:.Seaso.:.. bashing& Yet there were some saving graces. "Wisconsin Light" Political Editor, Bill Meunier, managed to interview all the major Democratic Contenders for the Presidency and became the first journalist to get Bill Clinton on record as being in favor of ending the ban on the military. The others were equally supportive. The answers Meunier got from Clinton and the other national candidates showed that the message of equality for America's Gays and Lesbians was getting through at least to 1991199l-Mine—Mike Llsowshi Lisowski the extent that they were unwilling to offend an increasingly powerful and visible Gay and Lesbian community. 500 angry cheering activists from the AIDS Coalition to Unleash power (ACT UP) It was also a year where we saw some small progress, the beginnings of the Hawaii angrily stormed the main concourse of Grand Central Station in New York and took Marriage lawsuit and the sickening tragedy ofthe Jeffery Dahmer murders. All that control of the station for nearly an hour. The action was the climax of ACT UP's "Day and moremore happened inin 1991.1991. of Desperation" drawing attention to fact that AIDS has already claimed more than #nfag#Tiai:Fedffth¥na£:a#k;±¥;ia%:Di:t:offF:fg£F#N;lEiEgrlff-tH)twice as many lives as the Vietnam War. January FebruaryFebruary STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Openly Gay Candidate Runs for Milwaukee School Board - Longtime Milwaukee Gay Activist Michael Lisowski has announced his candidacy for the At Large Position STATE WIDE NEWS on the Milwaukee School Board. Lisowski is the first openly Gay candidate to run for Gay Liberation to Leave Madison - Madison will soon be losing one of its most a School Board Position in Wisconsin. He has been very active in and is the founder of enduring outdoor works of art. The Segal sculpture "Gay Liberation" will be moved to Gay:n;:jh!##ifh;L[isioE¥i:;¥T¥iaiTjth;e:::jei¥j:iiFTfaAF¥egTi€ifii:f Youth Milwaukee, a organization that helps Gay and Lesbian teens. a permanent home in New York. The sculpture currently resides in Madison's Orton C ffi¥?[t!¥tlin:tf:iereSvffk:esi:eg:ch#¥#Gffi£=T:diiE:¥N¥wf:ffi;t:Park. It's location there was made possible by a grant from the New Harvest Foundation. Queer Nation ComesComes toto MilwaukeeMilwaukee -- MlwaukeeMilwaukee will will soon soon havehave itsits ownown dhapterchapter of the new mtionalnational group,group, Queer Nation. QN often uses radicalradical confrontational

Dr. Karen Lamb had trouble holding her enthusiasm Milwaukee's Jet's Place bar held its annual MAPa,.A PKi,,,:ldr:fs:rbohnafatnr.o:8l#i?tdi::c?evricet:i?ausk:i,? fundraiser on Jan. 20 while M.C. Victoria Kelly looked ,¥oil:fuokn:e's on. Jet's Place bar held its annual Belling Corrects Errors -ACT UP Milwaukee announced a victory in its campaign to force WISN Radio Talk Show Host Mark Belling to correct some of misintormation he had said on the air concerning AIDS and HIV. Among his corrections were admissions that he was wrong in stating the CDC estimated the chances for HIV transmission during vaginal intercourse at 1 in 10,000, that the words Aoiti AIDS activist and Gay activist were not interchangable and that he was wrong in using State Rep. David Clarenbach, outgoing Madison alderman Jim McFarland and Larry Kneeland stating that 95% of people with AIDS are "at fault" for their received the Frontiers Awards for Community Service on April 20. The awards were presented at a thei:---:_:-----_-::---:i::i-:__:_::_::---:---=i:--_-::_-::-:::::::I:::-:i:-i=-::-::`-:_-f::I:-i=:---:-:_-:-:-i-:-_i word "fault" in hanouet held at the Gallery Restaurant in Middleton. conditc\,lldili(,n. tactics to expose group will hold its homophobia and call attention to the need for Gay and Lesbian civil Square Dancing Group Forms - Milwaukee's Square Dancing rights. Among QN's activities have at the M & M Club on January 12. The group is looking for been "Queers Night Out" when Gays and Lesbians third "One Night Stand" invade a straight bar, "The Queer Shopping Network' new members and to become Connally organized. which involves a horde of open Fefwaui3ifac:¥¥#L:§tf££;uoapiF§:Efy#rc¥£o£'ifq¥eiELme8gr%:5PLSTcoEiLgdfiL:: queers invading a department store or shopping mall and kiss ins. UW .Underserves Gays, Lesbians - A report issued by Beverly Jenkins, the United Council Minority Affairs Director says that the University of Wisconsin System is not adequately meeting the needs of its Gay and Lesbian students. NATIONAL NEWS "The Advocate" Names Man, Woman of Year - "The Advocate" leading America's national Gay publication, has named Artist Robert Mapplethrope and Activist, Urvashi Vaid as its Man and Woman of the year for 1990. Mapplethrope was the avant cited for kca;EhEan?figr¥!%'#aF|Effie¥srgiv#ers:rii¥.is:;pFi¥atse#fffrigarde ideas and images he captures in his photography as well as the

1991--And-Gay,199l--Anti-Gay, RIght Right WingWing religiousreligious protesters lined up to picket Gays using St Pius X Church in protesters lined up to picket Gays using St. Pius X Church in Wauwatosa for a Pride Week fundraiser. NATIONAL NEWS Paper Announces Gay Unions - According to USA Today, a daily newspaper in Everett, Washington, The Herald, has changed the name of its "Wedding Book' page totEovP?:rg:t[:e#¥u¥F#Coe£,:rfd¥erEte;:Oat:a:,[|¥€CcE°ichrfut#se:n:±G:Tyo°fd£:'"##¥gcLrffrae£ "Celebrations" in order to include the names of Gay and Lesbian comniitnient ceremonies. AIDS Hits Women - In New York City, AIDS is the leading cause of death for womenwAfuAlmcDalsaHfdsiyfm2:nil:E2?T#¥fffk#e'd#fa:t%fr#:o|#H:£fausx°£&;D:ss% aged 25 to 29 years old. In the United States 51% of all women with AIDS are African American while 21% are Latino. The number of children with AIDS is doubling every 8 to 9 months. ACT UP Disrupts Network News Broadcast, Storms Grand Central Station - The evening news broadcasts for CBS and the PBS Show, the "McNeil-Lehr Report," These gamblers joinedjoined 22S225 others to make the Cream City Foundation's MayMay 1919 Casino night a #:er:e7fffi:n|%;Pb;:€¥dec3;:s:far:i¥SthB:i:th¥B§:.i,°h:#¥#iEeff¥e¥Stfti|#:#,;iwere disrupted by ACT UP activists the evening of January 22nd. The next day over success. •REE I.,`T`},- 7 i 7 T ._ ,-..

November 6, 6,1997-November 1997—November 19,1997 19,1997-WIScONSIN—WISCONSIN LIGHTIJ[GHT-24-24 10' loth Anniversary Anniversny Issue lssu. Police Raid Club 219 - Thirty Milwaukee Police Officers in at least 13 squad cars, plus several paddy wagons raided Club 219 during a "Hot Buns Contest." After watching the show for an hour and half, they shut down the bar and issued 13 tickets for lewd and disorderly conduct. At the same time, there are reports that several Gay men had disappeared from the city's Gay bars, the police busy inspecting "hot buns" ¥¥;itre¥idI¥!::o:Eioi:F#TELi¥pff¥::ic:egji¥ffi:#fiffxdon't notice or detect a pattern. NATIONAL NEWS FBI Spied On UsUs --According According to the SanSap FranclscoFrancisco ExaminerExaminer the the FBI FBI hashas for.yearsfor years secretly kept track of "sex deviates" and reported allegations of homosexuality to employers in both the private and public sectors. An FBI spokesman denied the allegationsfie;igtly=isapmLfiEd but did admit that in 1977 the agency destroyed files labeled "Sex Degenerates and Sex§iefi#£fae;t¥m}esi;A9:9;;se¥o:rs;cyrj:i¥#ffi|#L¥a¥#g:£i Offenders." According to reports even Adlia Stevenson, EL=cer¥cSN=ks£Xfo¥E9fatinACLey;grandt°L;##Sasevca?egfnquzqueds±evaen,?g±Democratic Nominee for President in 1952 and 1956 was categorized as a "sex deviate" by the FBI. UN Defers Gay Group Membership - A United Nations Committee has voted to defer for two years a decision on whether or not to admit the International Gay and Lesbian Association (IGLA) as an official non-governmental organization. IGLA's membership was vehemently o osed by Libya's delegate who invoked the Koran and called the group "immoral.' all er opposition came from the Philippines and Oman. The majority of delegates favored IGLA's membership but even one member in onnosition can veto a twosnective member.

Milwaukee Triangle bar owner. Al Thomas, received the President's Award in recognition of the most contributing small business at the Cream City Chorus' annual awards banquet on April 12 at %;:s£:c:o:n::I,gTurji:n:§g`s:E:tf|rE¥ei:Feers's£{Thhe°¥::;:ei#€htohreus?I::[ndueanit'asw£,Wd%r8a{:q:::°8nn£XgEi°!2tha:Milwaukee's Park East Hotel. continuing dialogue on censorship that surrounded his work. Mapplethrope died from complications due to AIDS in 1989. Vaid, is the Director of the National Gay Lesbian Task Force. She was honored for her leadership including her direction of the successful fight to get national Hate Crimes Legislation through the US Congress. Lisowski Gets 1,111 Votes - The first ever openly Gay School Board candidate in Wisconsin history went down to defeat in the primary. Mike Lisowski received only 1,111 votes. Nonetheless Lisowski called the effort a success because "the issue of sexual orientation hashas beenbeen raisedraised inin anan electionelection and and it it will will continueconthue to be raised until it is dealt with in the schools." Johnson fern

The cast of "Cindy Feller" posed between rehearsals as they readied the original spoof for its June 16 performance at Miss M's Walker's Point Cafe and Cabaret in Milwaukee. HRCF Slams Bush on AIDS Budget - The Human Rights Campaign Fund slammed President Bush on his AIDS Budget. Bush's proposal which includes less than 2 billion to fight against AIDS is m the words of HRCF Director, Tim McFeely, "Running away from the reality of AIDS." Dinkins Marches With Gays - New York City Mayor, David Dinkins braved jeers and objects thrown by spectators as he marched with an Irish Gay contingent in the City's annual St. Patrick's Day parade. The Mayor of New York traditionally leads the Jerry Johnson. "Wisconsin Light" publisher, is shown with Milwaukee Alderwomen Marlene parade. Afterwards, the Mayor said "It was like marching in Birmingham, Alabama." i:,rhr#soJn°hanf::rn'b:;nwg`S:::Sint:{gahst';!:i`£rses:;n{:rsf::WtEew;!thy,sMF¥j:ufieoeusti8e#3m£#o;£eenn:Johnson after being sworn in as a commissioner for the city's Fair Housing and Employment L`Ommission.commission. ,- Gay Service Members Serve in Gulf - Openly Gay and Lesbian service members called for duty in the Persian Gulf war have been told that discharge proceedings against them will be put on hold until after the resolution of the conflict. Some activists say that the willingness of the Pentagon to put Gays and Lesbian in combat situations exposes the hypocrisy of the military's policy to kick them out in peace time because they would "break unit cohesion and hurt morale." Consratulation8Con8fatulation8 tot,o PFLAG Fights Teen Suicide - Parents and Friends of Gays and Lesbians, PFLAG, has announced a campaign designed to fight against Lesbian and Gay teen suicide. The project is called "Respect All Youth." The central goal of the program is to develop and furnish training materials to youth counselors, teachers, school Wisconsin administrators and others who work with youth. These materials will help sensitize Wisconsin LightLight them to the problems faced by Gay and Lesbian teens. on its MARCHMARCH - TonthTenth Annivef8ary!!!Annivcr6ary!!! STATE WIDE NEWS Wisconsin Congressman Petri Denounces Gays - Congressman Tom Petri (R-WI) t{,#!ascdEist':nd€&#gsTess&E£E:#erDeince°unin&eioGmaoy£#Pty8rffoHEffiefatn;(ggr}told a United States Student Conference that homosexuality should be illegal saying "I voted against legalizing homosexuality. I thing it should be illegal. It's wrong. I'll be honest with you- you know (that). You do have to set standards. If you want to call it discrimination, it's legal." . .. . thethe nevenew source8011f.Ce thatthat reflectsreflect6 ourour pastpa8t Light Holds Plant Sale for Pride - The Milwaukee Lesbian and Gay Pride Celebration Committee has announced that The Wisconsin Light will be conducting a plant sale to benefit the Pride Committee. Those wanting plants should order them by 8potlight86Potlishts our Pflcrmtpreen -i,-::I:fff::se--:fii_iii:i_-_:_:i=::fi:-i_April 9'" using the order form in the newspaper. Bush Names MAP- President George Bush has named the Milwaukee AIDS Project and providezprovides aa beaconbeacon forfor ourour futurefutue . . . as the 383' "Daily Point of Light." Bush uses his "Daily Points of Light' to spotlight organizations or individuals who make a difference in the lives of those in need. From youryour friends, friends, readers readers and supportersSupporters at thet,he Lesbian AllianceAlliance ofTof Met,foMetro MilwaukeeMilwaukee "b. and EducationEducation FundFund an

.;?±f.`,:..i-.`€?`,:|=:..i. I.FiiNE»i.a.CHOICE rofi OtlANCE.' "FUNDING FOR CHIME" organization 1991—M199l-Acr 7F UP UP Ienembered remembered those those whr wh' have have died died of ofAIDS AIDS at atthe the hffil`raukee Milwaukee Pride Pride PundeParade on on June hie 15.15. NoveinberNovember 6, 6,1997-November 1997—November 19,19,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHT-25LIGHT-25 loth10th Anniversary Issue Issue April STATE WIDE NEWS Hate Crime Prosecution Has Mixed Results - The State's first Hate Crimes ' Prosecution had mixed results. Gilbert Rosas was found guilty of misdemeanor battery in an attack on Martin Christopher, but the jury failed to find that battery was

The photos of talk show host.Mark Belling and Senator Jesse Helms were used for dart throwing at a LhfppFhe°stt°Sb::ttha]jkns#w::iteeM::ksE;]t]:nm8b::d].SenatorJesseHelmswereusedfordartthrowingataMAPFest booth in Milwaukee on September 1. NATIONAL NEWS Hawaiian Marriage Case Begins - Three Lesbian and Gay couples have filed suit in Hawaii's First Circuit Court to gain the right to many. The suit asks for a summary judgement ordering the Department of Health to issue marriage licenses to the couples. JEEiE?#ri¥ffnFiiieafeed&;¥#ii?:;;I?itiji!#If!::igfai!eie:SLgIn the 1970's all Hawaiian State laws were changed to make them gender neutral. Marriage partners are referred to as "spouses," for example and not identified by sex. Milwaukee's Fest City Singers performed to capacity crowds last weekend at the Stackner Cabaret. Thompson Denied Guardianship - The ongoing battle of Karen Thompson to be An encore performance will be given at La Cage on Sunday. June 16. appointed guardian of her lover Sharon Kowalski took a turn for the worse when a St. motivated by bias. The jury finding came even though Rosas has called Christopher "a Louis (MN) County Judge appointed a friend of Kowalski's, Karen Tomberlin, to be faggot" prior to his unprovoked attack. Rosas' Public Defender attempted to convince her guardian. Thompson has been battling for years to be appointed guardian of the jury that the attack resulted from Christopher making "sexual advances" to Rosas. Kowalski since a 1983 accident disabled her. Kowalski's parents who also have sought Only One From Wisconsin- Only one state lawmaker, Rep James Moody (D-WI), to be the guardians of their daughter have opposed Thompson at every turn and tried to in Congress is a co-sponsor of the Federal Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights Act. keep her from seeing her lover. Thompson plans to appeal the decision. Among her CCF Donates Five Tons of Food to - The Cream City Foundation issued a grounds-:-:i::I:::::-:---:-:-:-:-:_:-::--::-::I::-_==:-:i:::i:::=:-:--:-:-::i-:::-:-i---:-:::-i--I-i:-:------i-: for appeal is the fact the Tomberlin never even applied to be a guardian. check to enable Second HarvestersIErvesters FoodFood BankBank toto purchasepurchase 10,0-0010,000 pounds pounds of of food food for for Judge Claims No Bias - US District Court Judge Oliver Gasch has refused to HIVIITV infectedinfected individuals.individuals. disqualify himself from the case of Steffan vs the United States. The suit filed by Lesbian Minister Stays - Rev Jan Doleschal, of the Brown Deer Church of won a Joseph Steffan who was ousted from the Naval Academy after he admitted to being v#ie§:i£#Sm#st£:sfr::fayeshinR£V:LfgEL!iic#T¥h8:un:e8¥se¥:onTFurA£:o:ftfL:¥¥£t:vote of confidence from her congregation at Brown Deer United Church of Christ. Gay seeks Steffan's reinstatement in the military. Gasch said that his use of the word Doleschal who is also the Milwaukee Public Schools Commissioner of Athletics was "homo" in Court proceedings did not indicate he has a bias against Gays and Lesbians. performing her job subject to a vote by her congregation as to whether or not she was nationwide poll conducted by the questioned her about her sexual Gays In the Military Gains Support - A new adequately. The vote came after a parish member Human Rights Campaign Fund shows that 81% of the American public believes it is orientation,Eg#+:e:y;;Ee&b¥Do:;::ffegraffi£:#ts&rE:£rm¥rorq:eqtlchonee¥ahsepearfu£#grhgx]£ which Doleschal admitted was Lesbian. wrong to discharge Gays and Lesbians from the military solely on the basis of their sexualE¥:o¥£chth±:#¥gG:¥8LeiEL¥srri-:EAi2,:Xriani%+:i:#iuca°h:cdbu#sicsedT,c:sy#L:I: orientation. Television Breakthroughs - Intensive Activism by GLAAD, the Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation had some successes during the recently concluded televisiontcke#s¥jij}:gaas%iickDffir#8gT8:n:End:;oS#i:esfrc;ievIE¥3r£%rfs§A#:e:'£?ienfapyffii%isTbi#j season. On NBC's LA Law the first Lesbian kiss was seen on prime time network TV when Attorney CJ Lamb kissed co-worker Abby Perkins. The "Roseanne" showgLeotww°Lktr¥uYehd:?et;=ygcGJa#khci&e€sf&-o¥:£re,S&b,¥s?erkins.The"RI7searme" introduced a recurring Gay character as Roseanne's boss.

June STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Wisconsin Light Interviews Presidential Candidates- A host of major Democratic Contendersco¥j£3:£!nchL;*hetd`nutpe#e#Spwi:§;€iEfa'D€fano:::taitces6t+nJe°ns|&fn#8ft.DfiE;'C;ac:: showed up at the Wisconsin Democratic Convention where they were confronted by Wisconsin Light's Bill Meunier. They werewririnungaHosuri£,#¥Sd'8EE unanimous in their support forigrnfren°E##yeYiic°£SjfieLEtbB,£nin¥r:Hire:.ffDeg ending the ban on the military, increasing AIDS funding and supporting the US Gay Civil RIghtsRights Bill.Bill. WhenWhen askedasked atrout about thethe militarymilitary by by Meuriier, Meunier, relative).v relatively unknt7wnunknown Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton responded, "If I were elected President and someone served my country with honor, I think I would allow them to continue to serve with

Steve Steinhauer (back rowrow center)center) the the founderfounder ofof the the annual annual LavenderLavender HillHill Party, Party, dressed dressed inin costumecostume as diddid scoresscores ofof othersothers at thethe 8th8th annual annual eventevent heldheld AugustAugust 1818 at at Milwaukee's Milwaukee's RenaissanceRenaissance Place. The MAPMAP fundraiser fundraiser attracted several hundred people. Hate Crimes Increase in Milwaukee - The Hate Crimes Reporting Project recorded 54 Hate Crimes were committed against Gays and Lesbians in Milwaukee in 1990. In 1989, the project recorded 35 Hate crimes. AIDS Increases in Milwaukee - According to Doug Nelson, Director of the Milwaukee AIDS Project in 1990, the number of people who died from AIDS equaled ##Fi::ii;ie;ffiT¥sa:i#;:faigd;i:T\#?E::¥ie;tos:::%:th:3those who have died from murders and auto accidents. NATIONAL NEWS And Then There Were Three - Hawaii joined Massachusetts and Wisconsin as the only states in the country with a state wide Gay Civil Rights Law. The Aloha State law was passed 22 to 2 by the State Senate and 34 to 16 by the house. One of the prime movers behind the new law was Leon Rouse who also organized and drove the effort to pass Wisconsin's landmark AB 70. The Badger State was the first in the country to offer state wide civil rights protections to Gays and Lesbians. WHO Says We Aren't Sick - The World Health Organization has removed "Tommy Thompson, you can't hide/We charge you with homicide!" shouted activists at ACT UP's :-:-:::-:i-::-::::::i-:i::-::-::::_:-:::::-:-:-:-:=:::--:::i::-:---:::::::::::i--::::-::i_:-:i:---:----::-::::i--:-:-:-homosexuality from its list of diseases. September 9 prison issues protest in Madison. MayMay STATE WIDE NEWS Governor Cuts AIDS Budget - Governor Tommy Thompson proposed a $144,000 cut in State of Wisconsin AIDS Funding. MAP Executive Director, Doug Nelson said the cut would seriously jeopardize several MAP programs. Frontiers Celebrates 10th Anniversary- Frontiers celebrated its 10thAnniversary with its annual Awards dinner which was attended by about 60 people. Receiving the Award for Community Service was outgoing Madison Alderman Jim McFarland. Larry Kneeland won the Volunteer Service Award. State Rep. David Clarenbach won the::::-:-::i:::-::::jj-:::-:::i::i::i:i:::-::-:::-:::::::-::i::i::::-::-::::=:=l:--::-:;:=:i:li:::_::::i-i: award for Public Service Governor's Regent Appointment Opposed- Governor Tommy Thompson's of Regents has stirred JUSTICE appointed of arch conservative Terry Kohler to the UW Board up a homet's nest of opposition. Among reasons why Kohler is being opposed are his statements that former Governor Tony Earl "promised to appoint queers and he has." FUR Kohler also was widely quoted opposing former Governor Earls appointments of olk openly Gay and Lesbian people. Flaunting It At UWM - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee was host to the first::=i:::::i::-::-::-::::::::::::::;::i::::i;:::::::::::::-:::::I:-::::::i::i:1:::::-;:-:::::i:-::--:::::-:::::_:=- ever National Gay Graduate Conference. Over 300 Gay and Lesbian Grad students \) I Nf,it. I 1) from around the country participated. Almost 80 papers representing original research into Gay and Lesbian studies m a variety of disciplines were presented by graduate students and analyzed and critiqued by fellow conferees. 1 UW Opens Family Housing to Gay Couples - UW-Madison decided to open up its family housing units to Gay and Lesbian Couples. The Madison campus is the only 1991 In h Revlew-Review— On On SeptemberSeptember 99 Madi§onMadison ACTAcr-UP-UP sponsored a demonstration to protest the prisonprison fi#:¥iLff£Fir¥jedi!yff=i::ffiff;¥chi:nF=¥;campus in the UW System that offers family housing. death of Donald Woods.Woods. November 6, 6,1997-November 1997—November 19,l9,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHTLIGHT-26-26 10dle Anniversary Issue Issue honor." Congressman Petri's Homophobia Protested in Fond Du Lac - Activists from around the state gathered in Congressman Thomas Petri's office in Fond Du Lac to protest against his anti-Gay remarks to the United States Student Association National grtgfgifcsi¥#:fros:i?g±S#:y:ri¥¥::S§¥fr°;¥t3:i:;n£±:o¥g°E#LAa*sac:#on¥+:#:gConference. Shocked student leaders from the around the country heard the congressman say that homosexuality should be illegal. Superior Gay Man Brutally Murdered By Homophobic Killer - Stuart Ellanson was charged with first degree intentional homicide under Wisconsin's Hate Crimes law. Stuart is accused of the butcher knife killing of Kevin E. Dutcher, 27. Dutcher was stabbed several times in the kitchen of his home. Ellansan allegedly told Superior Police that he stabbed Dutcher in the chest. After the victim pleaded for his life, Dutcher stabbed him again and then after calling 911, to say "I Just stabbed a guy," stabbed Dutcher a third. time. According to the complaint filed against Ellanson he said "This was premeditated. I wanted to kill a fag. My whole life is devoted to killing faggots and child molesters." PBS Channel Censors "Tongues Untied." - Claiming that "Milwaukee is not ready," for the explicit POV (Point of View) broadcast of the internationally acclaimed fd:¥;it?:¥gr¥e:%xnp:#:c::S,¥j?c¥:TP°gn#tus;§trv:1£¥;fad-e%:S#de83m#ha#T#a:C:C[gigifilm "Tongues Untied," local PBS Stations, Channels 10 and 36 have elected to censor the program when it airs nationally on July 10. QN Madison Sets Schedule - Madison's chapter of Queer Nation has announced its June schedule. Events include Saturday June 22, - meeting of the Queer Shopping Network at the East Town Mall Food Court, Wednesday June 26 - A Queer Liberation Front Meeting and the monthly Queer Night Out, this time at the Mendota Beach Club. The Club has 52.00 cover but the drinks are free if you wear a skirt. Meanwhile in Milwaukee "Queer Nationals" Tim Greir, Christopher Fons, Chris Lupis, and Stan Straka were arrested by Milwaukee Police while trying to present a petition to County Clerk Rod Lanser and while attempting to get marriage licenses. Milwaukee Pride Parade and Rally - Major speakers at the annual Milwaukee Pride Celebration included H NGLTF.\T-, T1 Both --., urged.*creasedArmy actrvism Sergeant and Perry `coriii=ia-chj:--ii-e--c;revb;a-ti:Ynv'inv6 Watkins, and Peri Jude Radecic of NGLTF. Both urged increased activism I_ -.-, __ J _ I _ and commitment. The celebration also included a mass -weddingwedding spensoredsponsored by--Qu66FThinTa=-.by Queer Nation and-Yse;;'rYarhu;fis~o¥ànd several hours of entertainment.c;Ìitertairment. NATIONAL NEWSNEWS HIV Immigration Ban Retained - Taking advantage of a loop hole left in the new immigration law passed by Congress, the Bush Administration has retained a ban on persons infected with HIV entering the country. Although earlier the administration promised to revoke the ban "thousands of letters of opposition" to lifting it turned the tide. Asst. Secretary of HHS, James Mason said that he had been ordered by "conservative elements" in the department to write a new regulation maintaining the ban. He did as he was ordered to do but refused to sign the draft document. US Gay Rights Law Has 100 Sponsors - In its latest report on the status of the National Gav and Lesbian Civil Rights Bill. NGLTF announced that on May 14 co- sponsorship of the bill reached 100. One of the co-sponsors is Wisconsin's Moody. The James Milwaukee Democrat is the only Wisconsm rep on the list of sponsors. Phillip Morris Boycott Ends - The national boycott of Marlborough Miller Cigarettes and Beer products has been ended. In return for ending the boycott, Phillip agreed to a Morris affij:i:i:i.ehi¥:;:rffw¥o`F;oe;:fièieij:;-.:F£:nm?fig#wi!gnijifigiFi!:;o,c)i;icffmc;jsoiFiiplan that would encourage other organizations to apply for its corporate grants.gran,'s. The company refused, however, to apologize I'm donations made to Senator Jesse Helms' campaign for re-election last year. A Phillip Morris JEFFREY L. I)AHMERDAHMER support statement said that the was due to Helms support of its business, particularly its tobacco forms;(;i#:,si`ìTipf|lif:,:::i::Eh!;:¥;%£:,i!tfj:!`.oE¥£;sSic?gi,;ha¥si:¥a:s#?:p:!#.::ecis; the basis of its products, PAC support "and should not be seen as a basis of support for his tè,lier ,Lhcr positions.p{7sit i(ms. July STATE WIDHWIDE NEWS Milwaukee's Community Stunned by Dahmer Murders- At the end of July, Milwaukee's community Gay and straight alike are stunned by the murders committed by accused serial killer Jeffery Dahmer. Dahmer killed at least 11 people whose skulls and severed heads were found in his apartment. Outrage and anger combined with sadness over the loss of life for Milwaukee Gays and Lesbians. Community Activists were angry by media use of terms like "homosexual overkill," and by revelations that at least one victim was turned over to Dahmer by the Milwaukee Police after he fled naked from Dahmer's apartment. The term "homosexual overkill" was first used in a Racine murder trial on July 19th. The phrase was repeatedly used by Milwauke County Medical examiner Jeffery M. Jentzen and Racine County District Attorney Lennie Weber in the murder trial of Joachim Dressler who was accused and convicted of killing a door to door solicitor. Special anger was also directed at those members of the Milwaukee media who tried to tie the murders into Dahmer's homosexuality. Wisconsin Congressman, Steve Gunderson Outing Target, Denies He Is Gay Wisconsin Republican Congressman, Steve Gunderson who represents the Third District in Western Wisconsin was the target of an outing. Michael Petrillis confronted Gunderson as he was having dinner at an Alexandria, Virginia Gay bar and restaurant, the French Quarter. After finding Gunderson seated at the restaurant, Petrillis attempted to engage him in Milwaukee Police Chief Philip Arreola and Milwaukee conversation to convince him County Medical Examiner Jeffrey M. Jentzen to come out of the closet. Gunderson reportedly spoke`Y,'Jr;a:{Ct:ep:`jfye£4hjneefwpsh:I;Pnf€::::èaaabnodutMt#:i:kffereeycBuaEtze¥emdis:1:::dme!r::rJeffreyM.Jentren at the July 24 news conference about the Jeffrey Dahmer mass murders. responded "I am out. I am in a Gay bar aren't I?" Petrillis was arrested after throwing National March Called - A national march on Washington DC has been caued for a drink at Gunderson. Tim Campbell, Editor of GLC Voice, March Called - A national march on Washington DC has been called for a Twin Cities based Gay April. 1993. i:iELgig€¥§:o:g:diiau¥:£:Sj;fff:reg¥¥f:;!j#ofi;mTt%±#;¥tigs:ing¥#£ypublication, also tried to out Gunderson during a July 4 parade. Campbell handed out hundreds of flyers to people ► Feds Include Gay Bashings Worldwide - Under pressure from Gay and lining the activists Lesbian parade route in La Crosse. The O the US State Department has promised to include incidents of anti-Gay EEafeiouot:flinyerrit%r#se?le Th¥fiyg:flyers violence in its annual summary of worldwide human rights urged Gunderson to come out in support practices. of the US Judge Disco Rules Against Us - Superior Court Judge Sally Gay Civil Rights Bill and stated Disco ruled that the Ff8##trs:g#:!Sifo#Etes°rfufadsorfui:#"No Votie, No Nookie," Boy Scouts may exclude Gay men from becoming Scout Masters. Judge that as Disco said a private organization, the Boy Scouts has a first amendment nght to get Campbell was stopped by the Police message across its who in any manner it wishes. The ruling came as a result of a suit filed by said he needed a permit for handing former Scout Tim Curran. Curran was seeking to become a Scout Master. outyufo¥a:1#h:eer:fu&eesiorfupe##:?iL:Li#:i the literature When he refused to Mexican desist, the Ponce anested hin and IGLA Conference Cancelled- The International Gay Lesbian Association desist, the Police arrested him and cancelled its annual conference scheduled for Guadalajara, Mexico, confiscated his matehals.materials. GundersonGunderson later.later Gabriel after Mayor lbarra vowed to arrest all of those attending it on the grounds of "immoral denied being Gay claiming that those behavit>r."behavior." trying to out him were "crazy people" and P#{£¢£Bi#je]d?'¥¥_:¥:t]re=?sis:pathological liars. SEWAP rm.` ri __ ìHolds ti Fund.,,,. Raising Cruise - TheThe South East WisconsinWisconsin AI-BSAIDS Project will host a fifil.strst time tine event, aa Lake dip:evcatGeneva Cruise on August 18. The cruise on the "Lady of the Lake," will begin at 9:30 AM on August 18th during Lake Geneva's Venetian;faundekTje|¥enet!#gTa¥_g-iij_& Weekend Celebration.

NATIONAL NEWS "Advocate" Co-Founder Dies - "Advocate" Co-Founder Dies - RIchardRichard T.T. Mitch,Mtch. a co-fo`mderco-founder ofof The Advocate, America's leading national Gay and Lesbian publication died of cancer at the home of his sister in Syracuse, New York. After being arrested in a random Police raid of the LA area Yukon bar, Mitch joined the newly formed militant Gay group, PRIDE and became editor of its newsletter. In 1967, the newsletter became The Los Angeles Advocate and in early 1968 was taken over by Mitch and his partner Bill Rau along with Sam Winston. By 1970, the words "Los Milwaukee Mayor LARRY Angeles" were John 0. Norquist spoke to TAYLOR dropped from the masthead the community about KITTY BARBER and the paper went national. the Dahmer murders at a a :¥:]s:s:c#okff::¥%a:a°?ro#hneg.ahN£::uisjrg8r°skeatt:press conference.

REScueRE+I l'Ll November 6, 1997—November 19, 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHT-27 104 Anniversary Issue NATIONAL NEWS vocate" Co-Founder Dies - Richard T. Mitch, a co-founder of The Advocate, Arne *ca's leading national Gay and Lesbian publication died of cancer at the home of his sister in Syracuse, New York. After being arrested in a random Police raid of the LA area Yukon bar, Mitch joined the newly formed militant Gay group, PRIDE and becailie editor of its newsletter. In 1967, the newsletter became The Los Angeles Advocate and in early 1968 was taken over by Mitch and his partner Bill Rau along with Sam Winston. By 1970, the words "Los Angeles" were dropped from the masthead and the paper went national.

Queen Hyler, founder of Milwaukee's Stop the Violence organization spoke August 5 at the candlelight vigil which remembered the victims and families of the Dahmer mass murders. August STATE WIDE NEWS The Jeffery Dahmer murders had a devastating effect on the entire Gay and Lesbian community in Milwaukee. A stunned community felt the violent effects of homophobia as death threats, bomb scares, pelting with eggs, and Gay bashings became almost common place. Yes there were other things going on in Wisconsin and in the nation, but the Dahmer murders engulfed us all; some with grief, some 1991 In Review— Teresa K. Smith held a sign picturing 15 victims murdered by alleged serial killer with anger and others with fear. The outbreak of widespread, rampant homophobia Jeffrey Dahmer at a vigil held in downtown Milwaukee on August 5. seemed to many to prove that beneath the thin veneer of everyday civility, there lurks Dahmer's apprehension. One man was forced to get a restraining order against his vibrant bigotry against Gays and Lesbians. And that was perhaps the most neighbors due to their harassment of him. Two uniformed Milwaukee Police officers frightening aspect of the entire tragedy. entered Club 219, where Dahmer met some of this victims and reportedly asked for the location of "the S & M rooms where people are tied up and tortured." Other Gay :°st*E#falFefvg¥ri°It°ItFds¥?£rieunpeg°PLfffftiffeiais,ansetr°balrture#srm°thenT%%establishments have reported receiving bomb threats, verbal harassment and vandeliqu.vandalism. ✓UIuIJUrt

y Arreola Suspends Officers- Milwaukee Police Chief Phillip Arreola announced that he had suspended the three officers who had contact with Dahmer and turned one of ✓err his victims, a Laotian youth, Konerak Sinthasomphone over to Dahmer after the naked youth fled Dahmer's apartment. The officers said they thought of the matter as #:¥¥ir§#§j#¥§¥:#¥#r§i¥:Ei¥#al¥+¥f¥r:i+¥tt;¥jo§f"domestic squabble." The Lavender Network Coalition Formed - A coalition of individuals and organizations was formed in Milwaukee to plan and produce the united response to the Jeffery Dahmer killings. The group will seek to formulate recommendations to the Milwaukee Police Department and to meet with media representatives about what many consider to be inflammatory remarks made both on the air and in the print media. Support Groups in Milwaukee and Madison - Gays and Lesbians have been offered free counseling services in both Milwaukee and Madison to help them ¥ui¥#:iffim##ig:F:ffiii#iFii#¥ul¥ap¥fiiji::sfE#;o¥:overcome the aftermath of the Dahmer murders. The Counseling Center of Milwaukee and the United in Madison have offered their services. Jesse Jackson Offers Support To Gayss and Lesbians -- InIn aa visitvisit toto Milwaukee, thethe ReJ;g::Jda;5sSs°enTa°c#eJ£§#Fartw:?dsG3¥Reverend Jesse Jackson offered words of support to that City'sCitys GaysGays andand Lesbians.Lesbians. HeHe said they were victims of "the sin of indifference" of which he said "nothing is more damaging." Emotional Candle Light Vigil - Over 1,000 people were present in front of the County Courthouse at an emotional Candle Light vigil to remember the victims of Jeffery Dahmer and their families. The crowd, young and old, Gay and Straight, sang "We Shall Overcome" and heard a variety of speakers including Mayor John Norquist and#gffiii:.o::ii:frgI¥:an::.;ir:d:#;¥:ilerli¥:##ir:d::si#¥:s::i: the families and friends of those murdered by Dahmer.

.mtkft 5111 14 4e.aat I MI A.,. k victims Over 1,000 people attended the candlelight vigil in Milwaukee on August 5 to remember the bus from and families of the Dahmer mass murders. Pictured are two young men who came by Chicago to attend the event. The Wisconsin Light Issues Extra Edition - The Dahmer murders and the EXTRA! EXTRA! community response to them prompted The Wisconsin Light to publish its first ever edition. The edition detailed what was then known about Dahmer's crimes and FRE£ extra considered an the Gay community's plans to respond to the tragedy and what many outbreak of homophobia that it engendered. fin, the Peirpte rhey will flint their own way. Harrassment, Violence Follow Dahmer Murders-Many Milwaukee area Threats, following Gays and Lesbians reported threats, harrassment and violence in the days V The Wisconsin Light Anatomy of a Mass Murder And Community Mobilization

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1., " 1410' (:7:1 I.., p••11,;',*. State Rep. Gwen Moore spoke at a news conference on victim assistance and matters related to the a•Ar :ten. tot, Dahmer mass murders as the State Attorney General, James Doyle looked on. 10 Anniversary Issue November 6, 1997—November 19, 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHT-28 th

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I}arLDan Savage Savage is is taken taken into into custody custody by by Madison Madison police pchce in in September, September, 1991, 1991, after after he he protested protested the the inhumane inh`mane treatme trcame being accorded prisoners with HIV disease in the Wisconsin penal system.system. September STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS QN Plans Protest in Milwaukee- The Milwaukee Chapter of Queer Nation has called for a National Demonstration to take place in Milwaukee on Monday, October, 7, 1991 to protest the way the City's media and institutions responded to the Jeffery Dahmeri,ffgeio':;;:`;cF:tlfje:|ffiirfcFS.ei;-¥frff¥:aFffi¥.#£#:nag%e:etgeig,goffFf case. Many other QN chapters from around the country have agreed to send delegationsde#a#:sS:txps#cC:Es¥eAround2,5oopeop|eattendedtheannualMAPFestfundraiser to participate. MAPFest A Success- Around 2,500 people attended the annual MAPFest fund raiser for the Milwaukee AIDS Project. Colder's Cancels Belling Ads - Responding to pressure from Queer Nation- #£i#T%?8c¥;c:eel::E§fr°g:C;d8f-the#g±°o#e£Fefro¥°EL8|frNana&ff;Milwaukee, Colder's Furniture of Milwaukee announced that it is permanently canceling advertisingadveltising on Mark Bellings WISNWISN RadioRadio Show.Show. The announcement caniecame one day before QN had planned to visit the store to protest its support of Belling's Wisconsin's State Capitol building could be seen in the background as an estimated 6,000 people show.;'|Tt?wiay#{Omr:8#.sP:,db`,€'cgnesdttoo Among QN's objections to Bellingifesifeear¥:E§t:e£°Itt:&tj:t£PenpesnrfuftBaneanmGg'; are his reported statements that all Gay tooktwjEc3:#£taaj:socna,!;:%]c::i'dinagcio#jf8:ys::EEnatnhdepbn?::gor:uoncdtoabsera3.estimated6.000people part in Madison's second march for Gay rights and pride on October 5. males are,are healthhealth risks,risks, and and that that the the actions actions of of JefferyJeffery-Dahmer Dahmer represent represent "the "the logical lodcal on Pchce-CommunityPolice Community Relations,Relations, speakerapeaker afterafter speakerapeakei recounted incidents ofof policepolice extension ol`of thethe Gay lifestyle." abuse. Governor Thompson Slashes AIDS Programs - Governor Tommy Thompson used his veto pen to slash State funding fbr AIDS related programs by 1.5 million. EF:F±ve:t±nno#=hfmthHLnogfibs:#egce¥#DT§.r#tvam#oT=y#T5PsohiE#Thompson called the programs, "unnecessary." NATIONAL NEWS Gay Columnist Fired - Columnist Juan R. Palomo whose acknowledgement that he is Gay was edited out of his column about hate crimes has been fired by The Houton Post after discussing the censorship with other newspapers. A spokesman for the paper said "The best interests of the Post come before the personal agenda of an mdividual. Juan chose to take the matter public to the extent that I felt would be detrimentali+±yfiiuiT¥#§o#i-;§#HEiE#¥;i°F§s¥i;£eii:iAife#i§£¥L:w±#+i to the Post and I told him that. Decoy Officers Bashed - Officers of the Houston Police Department involved in an undercover operation to ferret out Gay bashers have themselves been victimized in attacks. One officer was beaten with a baseball bat, one was slugged in the face and a pair of officers were maced. Others have had rocks and beer cans thrown at them. The officers are posing as Gays and Gay couples as they patrol an area where many Gay bars and businesses are located. The sting operation began after the murder of a popular Gay hanker and is called "Operation Vice Versa." Amenesty International Adopts Gays - Amnesty International, the world wide, internationally respected Human Rights group has adopted people imprisoned for their homosexuality as 'prisoners of conscience." The decision marks the end of a 12 year campaign to gain the groups help in spotlighting abuses against Gays and Lesbians whose only crime is their sexual orientation. Everyone Should Have One - A massive nylon condom inflated by portable generators was placed OVER the two story home of Sen. Jesse Helms by members of 19911991-Kar.I.--Karen (int7,ler` Getzler. Jtihn Vande Walle. Margaret Snow and Coinssioner in. Gary Hollander at un- John Vande Walle, Margaret Snow and Commissioner Dr. Gary Hollander at Mil- ACT UP- New York. A message on the condom said "A condom waukcc`s Blue ribbon {`omlmssion llearfug. Sepl 17. to stop unsafe waukee's Blue Ribbon Commission Hearing. Sept 17. politics. Helms is deadlier than a virus." Police called to the scene broke out in laughter. After about an Mayor Norquist Opens Fair Housing and hour the Police ordered the device's removal. ACT UP Employment Office - Milwaukee will complied and no arrests were made. now have a City office dedicated to enforcing its fair housing and employment laws, the Office of the Commission on Fair Housing and Employment. Among the five commission members is Jerry Johnson, publisher of The Wisconsin Light. GALVAnize Planning October Pride March - GALVArtize will be hosting Madison's Second Lesbian and Gay Pride March on October 5th. Events will include a display of the "Names Quilt" at the McClain Athletic Center, a talent show, appearances by Kate Clinton and the Flirtations and a community brunch. ACT UP Members Arrested At Protest- 11 Members of ACT UP were arrested during a protested at the State Department of Corrections in Madison on September 9th. The protest was called over the treatment of HIV positive inmates who are not getting proper{:#ercTac;aetmanenkAtteL#as:n¥te;Sufhp¥r¥perte#ELy£##±ynfsfotfisExphnos&nssb¥e¥3r¥eflr_; treatment. At least three such inmates have died in Wisconsin prisons this year. E:In one case an inmate was not given proper medical attention until six hours before his death. Hearing Draws Complaints- At a hearing of the Mayor's Blue RIbbon Conrfusion Hearing Draws Complaints- At a hearing of the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Commission

State Rep. David ClarenbachClarenbach ofof Madison; President of thethe BoardBoard ofof the AIDSAIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, Sharon Otto and the Executive Director of the Milwaukee AIDS Project, Doug Nelson, Otto and the Executive Director of the Milwaukee AIDS Project, Doug Nelson, Joe Brehm sold Tony Grady a Pride Week T-shirt as Milwaukee got ready fcr the June 15 parade and joined joined 400 others atat the 'Make`Make aa Promise' dinnerdinner at Milwaukee's PfisterPfister HotelHotel onon April April 7.7. :ao,fy?rJe£Tssbo::.TTohni:fsrit?ys:,:n;::rvy:85Tn-s#deasm¥ri:#:see.gdoutr|::dtyh:o;:i:6u;reoiso?i:rna.deandrally. Joe's bar, This Is It, sold over $300 in Pride merchandise- during the June 9 promotion.

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November 6, 6, 1997 lowL-Novemb.r—November 19,l9,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHT-29LIGHT-29 lothle AnniverapryAnniversary Issue Issue The reaction from Fundamentalists was fast and furious. Hundreds of them packed a meeting on November 13 to express their opposition. Only one person on the Board's Instruction and Community Relations Committee had the courage to vote yes on the Task Force Recommendations. But that was enough to get a School Board vote. Then on November 20, more than 800 Religious Right Fundamentalists packed the School Board meeting. Many carried signs such as "No More Tax Funded Perversion." :::::.i::=-:::-:-::=::::::I:-::::i:_i:i::-==:::::i::-:i;:I:ii::i=--:::::i:i_::-:=i:-::ii::::::i:_;:i-i:=f::i=i:::-=::-:::;:_:::i-I::iCowed by opposition, the Board voted for a watered down version of the Task Force Report. One Board member, Lawrence O'Neil, speculated on whether or not homosexuality was "a mental defect." Another, David Lucy, tried to repudiate the report's assertion that homosexuality could be "normal and healthy." Speaking to a reporter after the meeting, Lucy said that Gays should seek treatment to "reverse' their condition. Lucey later apologized for the remark The damage had been done. A community already reeling from the shock of the Dahmer killings were dealt a public slap in the face and Gay and Lesbian teens in Milwaukee's public schools learned that their school board would do nothing to help them. Within days another spate of anti-Gay violence rocked Milwaukee's Gay ==:::::i:-i:::=-=::i:-:_-:i_--=i:---:::.---:--:-:-::--community. WISN Series Outrages Community - WISN TV ran an inflammatory series that explored Gay cruising areas in the wake of the Dahmer tragedy. The series showed only seamy sexual sides of Gay life and sparked widespread protests. • Belling Flees Campus - Radio Talk Jock, Mark Belling, fled the UW-Milwaukee Campus after protestors jeered him. Of the 800 people present for the "Pro-America" 1 rally an estimated 600 were there to protest against Belting, who has been attacked for making homophobic statements on his radio program. October ro STATE WIDE NEWS Thousands March in Madison - An estimated 6,000 people marched in Madison's Second Lesbian and Gay Pride March. Organizers said that some 2,000 people started out the march but as it went on, thousands of others _joined in. In addition to the march, aboutgiT§:th:e:#:+¥m¥p¥ut¥iy±i#;Lfaerr¥i#al#f#FE:iii§eiEat£Eo¥§¥ri£°faE#:Fe¥£§f 4,000 people visited the Names Quilt on display at the McClain Athletic Facility and hundreds more attended other special events held throughout the weekend of October 5. AIDS Walk Wisconsin Sets NewNew RecordRecord -- The The secondsecond AIDSAIDS WalkWalk WisconsinWisconsin did 50% better than the first one. Honorary Co-Chairs Sue and Bud Selig (of Milwaukee Brewers fame) presided over 3,200 marchers who brought in $286,186. Gay, Lesbian Proposal Adopted- The Mayor's Blue Ribbon Panel on Police Community Relations has adopted many of the proposals put forth by the Lavender Network, a loose coalition of Milwaukee' Gay and Lesbian organizations. Kitty Barber of the Lesbian Alliance of Metro Milwaukee said " I am very pleased with the Blue Ribbon Commission Report....they have included every significant suggestion from the Lavender Network's proposal."

THE QUILT— Hundreds of people viewed panels of the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt which was on display at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Nov. 30-Dec.'2. CivilCLHi]Es9hrisE¥¥Eecned:es:.tp#fewa:id.°V#t°t8:fij::saetE%fiF°(tRTfuxc)iostanother Rights Ordinance in St. Paul went down to defeat at the ballot box. Helms NEA Amendment Defeated - Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) lost another round in his seemingly never ending attempts to trash the National Endowment For the Arts. After heated debate, and much flip flopping, the US Senate gave the Gay Community a Halloween present by voting 73 to 25 against a Helms amendment that wouldiieunfmf|!r::heff!?:n#,:I,reffb:?b;I.;he#.;±offi;a2f:a;isgiatEin:::ti:di¥i:#thEeotc:givai have made it nearly impossible for openly Gay and Lesbian artists to receive NEA grants. DecemberDecember STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Violence in Milwaukee - The Holiday Season was marred for Gays and "Creating Spate of Karen Zimmerman, Kitty Kitty Barber and Stephanie Hume represep_tedrepresented MilwaukeeMilwaukee at at the the "Creating spate of violent attacks and threats. One man, James Beck, was shot 9-11, 1991. Lesbians by a Change" ConferenceConference heldheld in Washington 15.C.D.C. fromfrom Nov. Nov. 9-11,1991. after being robbed and called a "Faggot." An elderly Gay man was brutally beaten and NATIONAL NEWS Lesbian Activist Miriam Ben-Shalom was the target of death threats. Whitewater Backlash - Poily Robinson, Photographic editor of the Royal Purple, ACT UP Storms U.S.U.S. SenateSenate -.Five - Five members members ofof ACT ACT UP-MilwaukeeUP- Milwaukee land and ACTACT UP by assailants in the parking lot outside of the the student newspaper, was assaulted twice Madison were arrested along with 32 other ACT UP activists during a storming of first attack, she suffered a minor concussion after who were arrested the her off campus apartment. In the Capitol Building in Washington DC. They joined 83 activists by someone who yelled "You flicking Dyke." A week later she and chaining themselves to the being hit in the face previous day for smearing fake blood on themselves attacked this time with a blunt object which put a two inch gash in her head. were demanding a national health care program was again White House Fence. The protestors The attacks were preceded by harassing phone calls. and an end to drug company profiteering. been building on the campus since October, when the Royal Pete Wilson's September 29 A controversy has Governor Wilson Stirs Protests - California Governor mion piece written by Bill Drebenstedt. In the piece he criticized have prohibited job discrimination against Gays and Purple ran an veto of a Statewide law that would government funding of what he called "fringe groups." He cited the campus Gay Lesbians has ignited a fire storm of protest. Wilson who during his campaign pledged Student Umon, as an example. existing laws. Outraged organization, the Gay and Lesbian to sign the measure said that Gays were already protected by members of such groups "mutants." Then later that month, at government buildings in Drebenstedt called Gays and Lesbians smashed windows and threw firebombs editor, Jeffrey Slagter wrote an editorial that added fuel to the fire. Slagter's Wilson himself was the target of rotted fruit during an Managing Los Angeles and San Francisco. piece called Gays and Lesbians "closet fiends" and claimed Gays were "forcing their appearance at Stanford University. on the masses." To Amsterdam - Harvard University the site of the views AIDS Conference Moved editorial but defended the right of the Conference on AIDS has announced that the conference has been moved At a campus forum, Robinson denounced the International paper to print it. A few days later the attacks began. to_::-=-:::::_::-:i:f::::i:=:-::-::::::::i:::-:_:::i::--_-:::-i:::-:-::=::=:_:-::i-=`:--:;:-=:_:::--::--:_-:_:: Amsterdam, Holland. The reason for the change is the continued refusal of the US paA±ratoTE#°XEWRdx#tnerdffe°##ksthbeeg¥orialbutdefendedtherichtofthe Government to admit persons with HIV into the country making it impossible for many to attend the conference to do so. NATIONAL NEWS of those planning Pressured - "Private Idaho" Wins Praise - The critically praised film "My Own Private Idaho" Cracker Barrel Getting Pressured - River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves is winning more raves. Phoenix won the Cracker Barrel Restaurants are coming starring to change the Best Actor Award at the prestigious Venice Film Festival for his protrayal of a Gay under increasing pressure chain's hiring policies and reinstate hustler. for being Coming Out - Shelia Kuehl who played Zelda on the old "Dobie Gillis" show employees who have been fired Stars City Employees and Dick Sargent who played Darrin on "Bewitched" came out before a national Gay. The New York audience during the Coming Out Day broadcast of the syndicated show Retirement:::::=Ti:---:::-_=i::_:::::`::::_::=`=__::::-=i--i:=-:-:-:_=:-::::-_i System which owns $2.8 television has asked "Entertainment%±t#ar¥sE::§¥|i#rij:p§#y:ed:u8T=whg°onfy#=VA;te+?oda9dnfthfe::8ri:#£er£Gc#e#tl£% Tonight." million in Cracker Barrel Stock, the company to add "explicit prohibitions against such discrimination" to its employment policies. Meanwhile dozens NovemberNovember of people were arrested at regular Sunday picket lines at a newly opened Cracker STATE WIDE NHWSNEWS i#ii#bhi!i;te#=#wffehic:iff!iBarrel in suburban Detroit. battle raged between Milwaukee Gay and Lesbian Teens Lose - A month long fundamentalists, most of whom lived outside of Milwaukee, on the one hand Christian the Milwaukee School and educators and Gay activists on the other. On October 30 , providing equal educational Board had adopted a Task Force report calling for Lesbian teens. Specifically the report called for curriculum opportunities for Gay and -judgmental teaching strategies and school policies that would include non materials, for addressing information about sexual orientation. Furthermore, the report called sexual orientation within High School Health curriculum. NATIONAL NEWS Bowers Sued Again - Georgia Attorney General Michael J. Bowers is again the target of a Gay rights lawsuit. In the mid to late 1980's Bowers was sued over his JOE ELDER enforcement of the state's Anti-Sodomy law. Now he is being sued for withdrawing a j#o:rE#Sgs8i!gapoS:§hiswffgrEL¥£ffeg%e:¥£¥h.:9¥±||#i°:%iifea¥job offer to Robin Joy Shaba' after he learned she is a Lesbian who planned to engage in a commitment ceremony with her female partner. Gay Civil Rights Fare Well In Elections - Gay and Lesbian Activists were pleased SCOTT GUNREL :€£Cy¥+#E#£:araTDW£:thfa:cer¥fiffer:£:£r;al#HryanAfrtr#issc¥effLaead#ywhen efforts to defeat a Domestic Partnership ordinance in San Francisco and a Gay .EL E- 'iii : i , -November 1992 6, 6,1997-November 1997—November 19, 19,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHTLIGHT-30-30 10loo°' Anniversary Issue Issue 1992 In many ways 1992 was a laltmark year. The effgcts of many of the events of that year are still being felt us we go to press with our 10- Anniversary issue. To some extent it seemed that every time we moved forward we got slapped back. We won a hard fought victory from Milwaukee's Common Council to get a City allocation for the Pride celebration, only to see the Mayor we helped to elect veto it. We helped to elect a President, only to see his opponents and ours begin to work on Congress to deny us what we had won at the ballot box. But throughout the year, we responded with resiliency. To some it must have seemed the birth of a new determination. So when Colorado became the "Hate State," by passing the odious Amendment 2, a national boycott was quickly organized The veto of its City funds didn't stop Pride in Milwaukee. PrideFest was born and attracted a record crowd and by years end it was out of debt. In Madison Tammy Baldwin became the first openly Gay or Lesbian State Legislator. Speaking of elections, our massive support for Clinton put us on the political maps of national pundits and established Lesbians and Gays as a force to be reckoned with. Colorado may have became the "Hate State" but a court case filed to overturn Amendment 2 would eventually lead to the biggest judicial victory we ever won. Speaking of courts, the Hawaii Supreme Court agreed to hear the challenge to that state's refusal to grant marriage licenses to same sex couples. Anger mounted over the treatment of HIV + inmates at Wisconsin prisons and REMEMBERING GINGER— A capacity crowd was present at Milwaukee's Club 219 for the January County Jail in Racine. A police riot broke up a demonstration outside a Ift:nosha 21 memorial for Ginger Spice. Included in the crowd were Cheri Becher (center), Club 3054 Madison bar3¥r#:e:m¥iF::fgfl:¥f:t:gRl#:c:§§:d:££:0:¥,dc|:e##:e:I:evne€r§;:¥{ig?}uekaren:i:8¢r::g?,:C:I:b`:3r£!h4:eE%:diT:oa¥ owner and `obgeS##§fiff#£#E!2i:i:epe:S:dferd`d=,tc:e'veob,rna:toe:rd.°ergwS`;i:*._`S#E_nalrEipse±±ir±±#S±RI£^Hicervisalmiriris:iCracker Barrel Restaurant. Milwaukee's Pride Celebration survived a Mayoral veto two of the club's bartenders, Terry Halverson (left) and Greg Port who tends bar PrideFest was horn, as Milwaukee's Pride celebration downstairs in Wings. of its City allocation, and • lover, Sharon Kowalstki, came to a successful conclusion. Kowalshi was injur-ed in an begun a journey that would lead it to the Summerfest grounds. lover, Sharon Kowalski, came to a successful conclusion. Kowalski was injuied in an The AIDS toll mounted but a record number of people responded with volunteer auto accident and was deemed unable to care for herself Her parents attempted to help and money. All that and much more happened in 1992. exclude Thompson from Kowalski's life. Then a judge allowed Kowalski's former High School Coach to be her guardian even though the Coach had never formally applied for the position. Finally, after several courts ignored evidence that Kowalski could make her own ° decisions and that Thompson was fully qualified to act as a guardian, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that Thompson should be her guardian ending an eight year legal battle that had captivated much of Gay and Lesbian America. Danny and Sir Laurence Sitting In A Tree...? A new book by Hollywood biographer Donald Spoto confirms the persistent rumor that classical actor Sir Laurence Olivier earned on a ten year romance with song and dance man, Danny Kaye. The affair allegedly took place in the 1950's while Olivier was still married to actress Vivian Leigh and Kaye was married to Sylvia Fine. Spoto was given complete

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.th VETO PROTEST— Milwaukee Gays and Lesbians protested Mayor Norquist's veto of Gay Pride ¥aEr:9epf#sE§TtTd¥jLWB€teAe.sG:5:vaenn:ioLnescbej:Fesrp;3teerset:tdheMfaya°yrorN%req,Pj'€::Sdvheits°.?§t8t:yoFi#:Parade funds outside MECCA's convention center where the Mayor delivered his "State of the City" speech JaniiaryJanuary 27. Inside.Inside, Dan Fons and Patrick FlahertyFlaherty of QueerQueer NationNation werewere citedcited forfor disorderlydisordc`rl.v conduct condilct for for disrupting disrupting Norquist's Norquist's speech.speech. January STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Mayor Norquist Vetoes Pride Funds - In a move that outraged Gay and Lesbian Milwaukee as well as many of his liberal straight supporters, Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist vetoed a Common Council appropriation of $5,000 to help support Milwaukee's Lesbian and Gay Pride celebration. Activists were stunned after having 19921992-Dane—Dane County County Gay Gay Supes-Tammy Supes—Tammy Baldwin, Baldwin. mck Dick Wagner Wagner and and Mat: Mark Pocan Pocan coustifrote constitute thethe openlyopedy won a hard fought victory before the Common Council only to have the Mayor deprive Gay contingent onon the DaneDane County BoardBoard of Supervisors. Only only BaldwinBaldwin facesfaces aa challenge inin the ApmApril 7 them of the money. The Mayor's office was flooded with calls of protest after he issued election. his veto shortly after the Council voted 9 to 6 to grant the funds. Gays and straights access to Olivier's personal papers and cited letters the actor sent to his wife that fully alike flooded the Mayor's office with calls of protest. described his relationship with Kaye. The Council Debate was civil and devoid of homophobic comments. A number of Study Boosts Genetics Theory - A study of male twins conducted by researchers at Aldermen commented that since the City grantS funds to other groups for parades, it Northwestern University has provided evidence that homosexuality may have a genetic was only fair to grant money to the Gay community. or biological basis. The researchers That evening ;jifii#sEj#fff¥:;aiTisy;idd:oufo:ittiie;fa;::ifi;so:rmSyfficht=!;examined 56 identical twins, 54 fraternal twins activists gathered to picket the Mayor's home. Even the Conservatives, and 57 adoptive brothers. They found that 52% of the identical twin brothers of Gay although pleased by his veto, chided him for abandoning his strongest supporters, the men were also Gay and Lesbian Gay, compared with 22% of the fraternal twins and 11% of the community. genetically unrelated adoptive brothers. Wisconsin Light's publisher Jerry Johnson g¥f!i#;aliifiie:#;fd:o!!E:g¥ffid¥l?k;!ci#:frfei¥I¥gb:Jo:thii";Joii¥jand his twin brother Jim, were part of that study. NATIONAL. `. -_ -`-. `` .-I NEWS JL ,--,, I, Tom of Finland Dies - Touko Laaksonan better knovhi to generations of Gay men as Karen Thompson Wins Guardianship- "Tom of Finland," an artist specializing in male erotic art, died in Helsinki on Lesbians and Gays around the- country November 7 after suffering a stroke. cheeredch¥ear:ic:inaThth°emf,Sn°gnnwrfusg as the long mining battle ofGb:ttTedat?fnsbE-onLeiLboE;so¥dtoG# Sharon Thompson to win guardianship frund]dantsthuepc8Fh¥ of her #vmen3€rF7¥r¢Lgm¥aststr¥::a]]Zing in male erotlc -arty dled in Hel-sind on

4,044r STOP BASHING FOR VOTES—VOTES- AfteT.After Milwaukee Milwaukee Mayor Norquist vetoed thethe $5,000SS,000 for for the the QUEER QUEER VALENTINES— VALENTINES- Tim Tim Grair Grair 'and .and other other members members ofOf Queer Queer Nation/Milwaukee Nation/Milwaukee delivereddelivered Gay/Lesbian Pride Parade, 15 activists gathered on very short notice to picket the Mayor's specially designed Valentines to Mayor John Norquist on February 14 in their continuing effort to residence:eas¥#:::£tahne the evening:::dn:n:aorfas:iu[asry of January 22a2C2tjxjs[t,Sro8eastth:#ve::. to protest the veto. Very Short notice t° Picket the May°r'S :.Ps::;a];`ny"stay in the t£:S[#:;grysai:::i,Tessntc°e Mayor's face" since his ¥{:y;:t:°ohfnG¥;rF#[ds: veto of Gay Pride funds :unnE:i:u,aarynu]a4ryjr in January. their C°nt`nu`ng effort t° I

NovemberNovonber 6,6,1997-November 1997—November 19,l9,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHT-3lLIGHT-31 loth10th Anniversary Issue Issue Great Lakes Film Fest Has Six Day Run - The Great Lakes Film and Video Festival had a six day rim at the UW-Milwaukee Student Union. A large number of -E Gay and Lesbian films were shown to appreciative audiences. Gaylic In Milwaukee - Gaylic Members of Queer Nation Milwaukee joined in the City's St. Patrick's day parade brandishing pink shamrocks and "Veto Norquist" stickers.::::::.::-:::::I::_:;::i-f:-::i:=i_::::-:ii:::::::_:::i:f=ij:-::-::.:i-::-:i:-:::-:=:::---i;:---:--:_-i:-:fi::::--:i: While they encountered Mayoral body guards, they received no harassment from spectators. Milwaukee Pride Committee Shake Up - The Milwaukee Pride Committee has added six new members, Miriam Ben-Shalom, Regina Henry, Roberta Niggemeier, Bill Meunier, Louis Santaniello and Gary Wells. Alan Stroik has been elected President replacing Scott Gunkel who resigned. Meunier and Niggemeier will co-chair the:i::::--:-;-:i;i::::-:ii:::-::::::-::::_i:-::-:i:--_:-:-:i-_::==-::=i::-_-:-:-::_i:_::_:::i-=:---:=:::i_i::i-:I---i-:-=--i Rally following the parade and have renamed it "PrideFest." The committee is nearly $12,000 in debt and is embarking on a fund raising campaign. NATIONAL NEWS HRCF Endorses Boycott - The Human Rights Campaign Fund has endorsed a boycott of United Way because of the fund's continued support of the Boy Scouts, a group that discriminates against Gays and Lesbians. St. Pat's Parade Controversy Flares in New York and Boston - In New York, hundreds of Irish Lesbians and Gays participated in a lively protest march prior to that g§:o§thE§E§p§ar#ci{s;a;g;;:di§gi;¥ganF;;§¥±;£:::k:::;:;:o£:;:a;::;E;e;:o:e§:o;a:City's annual St. Pat's Day parade. The protest was made necessary after a federal judge refused to order the parade's sponsors to include Irish Gays and Lesbians in the 'Me up. In an unprecedented show of support many of the city's politicians boycotted the parade and/or joined in the protest. Meanwhile in Boston, Gays were allowed to

19931993-Winter—Winter Wonderland-Despite Wonderland—Despite 10" 10" of ofmow mow falling falling during during the the winter's winter's worst worst storm, storm, somesonic eightyeichty peotlepeople attended the MardiMandi Gras cas Ball Ball inin MilwaukeeMilwaukee onon Feb. 21. Held in the tropic andand desertdesert MitchellMtchell Park Domes, the setting was perfect forfor aa winter evening.evening. Many ofof the people who wore costumes are are shown clown above, includingincluding thethe contest contest winners winners in in the the center center photo. thoto. Next Next year's year' sBall Ball will will be be held hdd on on Sat.. Sat., Feb. Feb, 5. 5 . FebruaryFebruary STATE WIDE NEWS UW Urged to Do More to Combat Bashings and Harassment - An aggressive effort to combat homophobic violence and harassment in university housing is among • theaff¥cL°::§¥+c:opfi%en°#gd:¥oct##Tcb8aaF£T%griL¥dET¥¥ef#;ttuseeffit%afd:=j#;Madison actions Dean recommended of Students. to by the Gay and Lesbians Issues Committee to the UW- • Madison Dean of Students. Norquist Tries to Smooth Waters - Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist held a closed door meeting with 12 Gay and Lesbian Activists in an attempt to defuse criticism of his veto of a $5,000 Pride Parade appropriation. Norquist defended his veto by saying that he doesn't always agree with groups whose agendas he supports. While not an apology for what some considered to be offensive language in his veto message, the Mayor did say that he didn't feel comfortable with it. He also agreed to meet with representatives of the community on a quarterly basis. QN Sells Valentines For Mayor - Queer Nation, Milwaukee sold Valentines to send to Mayor John Norquist in honor of his veto of the Pride Parade funds. Buyers have two different cards to choose from. One says "Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, We Need A Mayor other than you!" The other reads, I've got a vote, I'm gonna use it. Because of your veto, you're gonna lose it." Over 100 cards were sold and personally delivered to the Mayor's office in a demonstration that the local media found to be clearly amusing. Madison Establishes Computer Centre - Madison's Gay and Lesbian Resource Center has established a computer centre with a grant of $3,000 from the New Harvest Foundation. The facility will be available for use by individuals and groups serving the Gay and Lesbian community. Dahmer Gets Life - Jeffery Dahmer was convicted of the murders of 15 young men. A jury then rejected his plea of insanity and he was sentenced to 15 consecutive life CAPITOL CITY AWARDS NIGHT— Madison's Frontiers Men's Group held their annual Service terms:::::::::;::-:::-i::::::::::_:-:::::::::_:::-i:::_:-:-:-=:-:=::-::_:--::i:-::i:::-::-::::::: by Judge Laurence C. Gramm. He will not be eligible for parole until the year and Leadership awards banquet on March 21st at Alioto's restaurant. This year's recipients were: 2928. :n#Te£::;so#,:A#¥rv¥bn:t:¥u8st:;n=#:#2°£sjse::rigi:g)'Ssc¥e£Eiirn:;?.us§hrvt;eel;:I;r:eajr£€c:£iufia:tus::wti::David Runyon (left) Volunteer Service; John Neess (right) Community Service; and Leon Rouse (not ` NATIONAL NEWS present) Leadership. Disney Says We're Okay - The Walt Disney Corporation has revised its corporate march as a contingent for the first time. The Gay marchers were attacked by hooligans regulations to provide "equal opportunity regardless of sexual orientation." A key role who threw smoke bombs, beer cans and insults. Eight people were arrested. !ffDfi§tl¥i¥pr##EL¥Fk¥jty¥#£d:Hffife#in§*e&¥i¥£;;t;££§F¥:nFiin the decision was played y Local 681, the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Oscar Protest Planned - Queer Nation- Hollywood is planning a major Oscar Night Employees Union in Anaheim, home of Disneyland. During contract negotiations, the protest in and around the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion where the Academy Awards union insisted that the sexual orientation clause be included or their contract would not ceremony will be held on March 30. QN hopes to call attention to the way Hollywood be ratified. alternately defames and neglects Gay and Lesbian characters. Specific concerns They Won't Arrest Us! - Dozens of Gay and Lesbian Activists in Washington D.C. include: the bizarre depiction of Gay men in the movie "JFK," the transvestite killer in recentlyreTfeJyw#'etd4=tseYS:s-EozenDSDifiga#anc€i¥#£fitr#osrinviyffiisfrgcDdyc; turned themselves into District of Columbia police for violating the city's "Silence of the Lambs," the Lesbian and female bisexual killers in "Basic Instinct" and the de-Lesbianization of the central characters in "Fried Green sodomy law, but they couldn't get arrested. The police took information down and Tomatoes." turned it over to the US Attorney who has refused to press any charges. "I've a sworn gEVII:PELwe:r|:thag¥odrE+E[#agsts|¥Je::i?::s##og#eq,n*viofun¥¥i_A-bFiiaffidavit that I'm a criminal for the way I make love. I fully expect the police to do April their duty," said one member of Queer Nation/D.C. Now There Are Five - New Jersey became the fifth state in the country to pass a STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS statewide Gay Civil Rights law. The Garden state joins, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Make A Promise A Big Success - Over 800 people attended the annual Make a Connecticut:E:#¥¥r¥ii£F&i?¥r#yFRI¥±N#ffi¥£ete#ngsewFcothinco#gcat&#s: and Hawaii as a Gay Rights state. Promise Dinner raising a total of $58,000 for the Milwaukee AIDS Project. Country "nkinsDinkins PressuresPressures lrisli-Irish- New-YorkNew York H##%##£io:nmA&agsjt%£%ufie£§£;3S:fi:orr8#°3thngp*rfjttoee#:IfaF;Ho¥#¥tL.cMo##Singer Loey Nelson was introduced by her brother Mayor John Norquist. Miller Mayor David Dinkins is trying to pressure the Ancient Order of Hibernian, the organizers of the City's St. Pat's Day Parade to allow Irish Gays to join in their march. The group now stands accused of discrimination by New York's Human ¥EE¥w¥o!g#¥H::Rights Commission. MarchMarch STATE WIDE NEWS Baldwin Picks Up Support - Dane County Supervisor Tammy Baldwin is one of six openly Gay and Lesbian candidates selected by the Lesbian and Gay Victory Fund for support from its national network of donors. Baldwin i§ running for the seat in Wisconsin's 78 Assembly District in Madison. Observers give her a good chance to win and become the first openly Gay or Lesbian State Legislator in Wisconsin history. MASN Gets Grant to Build Rodney Scheel House - The Madison AIDS Support Network received a $1.2 million dollar HUD grant to construct the Rodney Scheel House. It's the only project of its kind to receive support in Wisconsin. The house, named after long time community leader Rodney Scheel, will provide shelter for::::-:::::::::::;::-:::-:-:--;::-:_::-:-:_:::-ii:::-:-:i:i:-:- those with HIV. Scheel died from complicationsCo#Pffiatr&€sd#tfuAlwDasinegrTwoGay due to AIDS. Mardi Gras In Milwaukee- Two Gay publications,bgtceaptii:hTedheupwt#frnfceLjghkfi The Wisconsin Light and CREAM CITY AWARDS NIGHT— The Lambda Rights Network bestowed its annual Cream City Awards in Milwaukee on March 24, 1992 in the Colonial EEdT#e¥3¥upe#fopr#ffiun:#th?In Step teamed up to produce a Mardi Room of the Hotel Wisconsin. Receiving the awards were: front row- Alderwoman Mary Ann McNulty (Torchbearer); Michael Lisowski, who accepted the Gras party as a benefit for the Milwaukee President's Award for Bernell Howard; Margaret Snow (Police Proposal Task Group-PPTG) (Group Spirit); Mark Wavra for the Cream City Chorus Pride Celebration. The ball, held at the (Group Spirit). Back row- School Board Member Mary Bills (Torchbearer); Haver Hicks (representing his cousin Bernell Howard); Robert Zimmerman Mitchell Park Domes, attracted a diverse (PPTG- Group Spirit); Stephanie Hume (Pacesetter); Cream City Chorus (Group Spirit); Gary Hollander (Pacesetter); Karen Zimmerman (PPTG-Group Spirit).!Tffi?¥!o¥e£;ii::#!¥i¥::::;i:::¥::,ii!:;t;lliir::eg:o!;:!icfi;:i;:i!::i,ii::§#Itijei::i!:[Sjr:t#;!iiii!ui:;e;#i::§:e#n,;::;::r:#Ei:!ji!;¥;i:cii;:t:±:!aj Also receiving awards but not present were: Alderman Tom Donegan (Torchbearer) and Debbie Young (Spotlight). crowd#iwchdefipa±ckraisedD°:v=rfEoCJ£3£ffi: and raised several thousand dollars. *,

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CARTOON TIME— TIME- FormerFormer MilwaukeeanMilwaukeean and and world world famous famous artist, artist, Sims, Siros, painted painted a a mural mural at at the the MAP ttft`ic`c.soffices on tin June Jiine 4. 4.(A (A related related story story and and photo photo appear appear onon page page 3). Brewing Company was given a special award honoring that company's many contributions to the fight against AIDS. Cream City Brick Award Winners - The Lambda Rights Network bestowed its annual Cream City Awards. The winners were: Alderman Mary Anne McNulty- Torchbearer, Bernell Howard- President's Award, the Police Proposal Task Group and the Cream City Chorus - Group Spirit, School Board member Mary Bills - Torchbearer, Gary Hollander and Stephanie Hume - Pace setter, Alderman Tom Donegan - Torch Bearer and Debbie Young - Spotlight. Frontier's Awards - At its annual banquet, Madison's Frontiers Men's Group presented awards to David Runyon - Volunteer Service, John Neess- Community Service and Leon Rouse- Leadership. TV Stations Refuse Ads - Two Milwaukee Television Stations refused to accept an ad sponsored by ACT UP Milwaukee. WISN TV, Channel 12, an ABC affiliate and WVTV Channel 18, an independent station, rejected the 30 second ads. The commercial was to be run on the eve of the Wisconsin primary. It was designed to give about AIDS. war NINMENZW, give factsfacts abt7ut AIDS. NO 'LION' `LION' AROUND— AROUND- SimsSiros painted this mural on JuneJune 4 4 for for the the Milwaukee Milwaukee AIDS AIDS Project. -a .:. Liilt: i Bashings Are Not A Dance - According to an article in The Duluth News-Tribune there is growing concern over hate crimes committed against Gays and Lesbians in the area. Bob Jansen, owner of the Main Club, a Superior Gay bar says that while the police are cooperative they are uninformed. Jansen said that when he met with the police chief and city attorney recently, he found out they thought "Gay bashing" was a fe;i§%j§L:s£±§:¥%i¥ai;;±m¥o;:th§ife§u|b|T€¥#:£:¥¥&£8frF:£}ifff£TVI#ia¥type of dance. Election Results -Tom Ament was elected Milwaukee County Executive and all four --i-=f-i-:ff---=f-ff:flf-:-i:fii-::----fff--i--f=::ff::-i_-=-of Madison's openly Gay and Lesbian County Supervisors were re-elected. Milwaukee's County Board Elections were a delight for its Gays and Lesbians. "The Gang of Four" Supervisors Engel, St. John, Valenti and Tabak, all of whom had voted against the Pride Week Proclamation last year were defeated. No one who voted for the resolution lost their re-election bid. Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton won the Wisconsin Primary in an upset over California Governor Jerry Brown who had been i¥£3=isfr¥tioinnfuus?soda?V&rpgg#:FinGovemorJenyBrounwhohadbeenleading in pre-election polls. Gay supportive. c7h,a"k.s

Â st:ì--stìddcdstar-studded c`:`stcast made made upilp the the "Who's"Wlio's NoNo I.Ladyady Revue" at Milwaukee's I,aLa Cage on May 3. A capacityc`,i|)titìt.v crowd cro\`.d attended i`ttcndc.d the the event c.vent which which was was a benefita ben-efit for for MAP. MAP. Several Several of of the the performers perfo¥mers areare`sh-own shown above.:,bovc`. The ad had no explicit material, but only the face of a 60's style clock with a voice in the back ground. The voice over accused politicians of being silent on the epidemic and of no addressing the homophobia c7ettv & #C#n]#t:a#&::#:]tvfe3:e;?,g:'::a:c!3g#,EjEftalfrfdf3:3£:b;3fi¥[s:eu;#atT:;#3fc¥i"that hinders safer sex education, of not changing "the sexist definition of AIDS that keeps women from getting AIDS benefits" and of - not addressing the racism that keeps people of color ll:`,t,':;l€out of promising dingdrug trials."#`g:{5,I:i:'t::Taiac;i:;ufdeg#t;]°£ggA:B;S£3tt#o¥So¥i°emoTc%fo¥ The ad concludes by urging people to vote. WVTV Channel 18, said the station was accepting "no issue oriented ads" but reflised to put its reasons in writing. WISN Channel 12 rejected the ad for similar ::¥c:Ts'::,|fa:#ilie'&,,igDd-anth*n?Tg:hoaY,,!eaNsad€!CffT"g,,;.'.::?!;a?;¥enfrE?;;,qhop:,TiT!reasons telling ACT UP's Dan Fons, that the ad was "too controversial" Neither station wouldi?t:#'#Sai:`],#8A€STupaps'SreTFt:°girthawiqthefr¢ghwas:;coexce°cnutrti°vve3rS[gELe;thare;fawtr;°r% allow ACT UP's reps to speak with higher up executives claiming they were either i► the hospital or on vacation. Jetty fet Executives of both stations did, however, speak to the Milwaukee Journal. Both stations:'t'd%:;:£Ft£,%hfl:*tEflj'£rsfaoti,oovnascoa#¥?vheor?1:I.ercEkcke[t?2thheow¥i'ewr#&es]J£Fdnaa'c.onB#£ said the ad was too controversial. Channel 12 however, had signed a contract to show the ad and had accepted payment for it. ACT UP is planning to take up the matter with the Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union. Madison Discrimination Complain Upheld- The Madison Equal Opportunities Commission says that, the Roley, Anderson, and Torhorts Clinic in Madison probably 'o ¥eats ef discriminated against a Stacie Neldaughter, a Madison area Lesbian when it cancelled her appointment regarding artificial insemination. The clinic had claimed it was subject to anti-discrimination laws because it is composed of private offices of independent physicians. I-Lgh,t!

From the Volunteers WhoWhodre Are BESTD CLINICCLINIC Milwaukee LEATHER AGAINST FLESH— Lenny Broberg (center). Mr. San Francisco Leather led a field of 53 contestants to capture the 1992 International Mr. Leather title over the Memorial Day weekend in Chicago. Second place went to Erik Witmeyer (right) of Los Angeles and third place was captured by Mr. :::::e:sg:§¥;e::::#;r§,:fF:LheEgs::;oFEn:b::nefy:t:¥:o#r;#:£t:,ete:i:t::e::t:#s::e§s::::a;h:;:#:I::rep::ah;::rr*e::¥t:¥a€;:;;:c::#§Boston Leather. A.J. Steigenberger. 2000 people filled the historic Aragon Ballroom to watch the competition. I.r`'j ,,-, `_ , ) ` -*\

November 6, 6,1997-November 1997—November 19, 19,19?7-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHTHGIIT-33-33 lou10th ArmiversaryAnniversary Issue Issue 570, provides clearer standards for juries and judges to use in deliberating over "hate crimes" cases. Under the new law, hate crimes penalties can be imposed even if the victims status was not the sole reason for the his/her selection and being mistaken about the victims minority status wold not allow a defendant to escape the penalties. Clarenbach Announces Congressional Bid - State Representative David Clarenbach announced his candidacy for Wisconsin's Second District Congressional Seat. The District which was won by Republican Scott Mug in the last election includes Madison the State Capitol. Clarenbach was the prime sponsor of Wisconsin's landmark legislation AB 70, the first statewide Gay rights law in the country. Milwaukee Police and Fire Departments Recruit Gays and Lesbians - In an unprecedented move, the Milwaukee Police and Fire Departments has agreed to offer a May .30' session targeted at Gays and Lesbians who may be interested in applying for positions as Police officers or Fire Fighters. The session is being hosted by the Lesbian Alliance of Metro Milwaukee. ACT UP Seeks Investigation Into Prisoner's Death - When Dennis Hill was picked up by the Racine Police on a traffic charge little did he know that he would never see his home again. The HIV positive, Hill died in Police custody at the Racine County Jail. When caregivers from the Milwaukee AIDS Project picked up Hill at the RETEROSEIWA1 1 UV J#iff:;u;Eib¥i#i¥faiE:s#o-in#¥::i#¥i¥i-fi£:c!:;i:ffi:;a;¥iT#jwiijail, he was severely ill, lying in his own feces and vomit and breathing with great t_ NORMAL, 11 'S difficulty. They took Hill directly to a hospital where he died several days later. JUST COMMON

DEMANDING BASIC RIGHTS— Dozens of demonstrators protested on June 21, 1992 at the recently opened?pEe¥eAdNCDrgkGerpfasr'rceiRr'e€Fa::aT=tpn°::fsK:fn8:hma?n#::3::r%r:;effee£:i%:su?iee£;'a'n9d92w::ethc:nrfrcoennt:'g Cracker-Barrel restaurant, near Kenosha. Protesters carried signs (left) and were confronted by law officials numerous times during the two hour demonstration. Kenosha Sheriff's department :gp':tYe:fcfi;Cn[:,[sSc:tueTes:::S:iTgehst)dt:r:'tn8otnht:ii:3iha°nugrug:F?hn:;I:tbE,9enc.te#o?S#es:ee;juTyshdof8?¥¥,egnntdeputies confiscated signs (right) that contained language they objected to. The deputy holds a sign while wearingwearing plastic gloves. NATIONAL NEWS Anti-Gay Violence Shows Alarming Increase - A report from the National Gay and Lesbian Task force shows a 31% increase in Anti-Gay violence in key US Cities. In Minneapolis bashing reports rose by an astounding 202%. NGLTF says that last year #L:ig:ah¥fafa&r#§iass£¥#jan¥istc::;§titr-g:i{#Se%#F::[¥:u°£|%;c:%¥yanfdeight people were killed for being Gay and acts of police abuse also rose 29%. Buchanan Bashes Gays - Republican Presidential candidate Pat Buchanan bashed Gays and New York Mayor David Dinkins. The challenger to George Bush claimed £;:±±#se:i?:;i%¥-¥:¥hh±anfy¥,.:pflF#+#thg:fd:.:e:oerFecd¥Ei;,:that Dinkins had "insulted" Catholics by "prancing with sodomites" during the St. Patrick's Day parade. Bush Says that Gays Rights Are Specials Rights - President George Bush told a special delegation of prominent Christian Fundamentalist ministers that he was against passing laws to protect the rights of Gays and Lesbians. According to published reports the delegation told the President that the issue of Gay and Lesbian rights was "far more important than abortion." Robert Dugan, one of the ministers present, said that Bush "volunteered" his position against "special rights for Gays and Lesbians". JUSTICE FOR DENNISDENNIS HILL—HILL- Members of ACT UP fromfrom Milwaukee, Madison and ChicagoChicago Gay Games In New York - New York Mayor David Dinkins formally announced demonstrated atat thethe RacineRacine CountyCounty LawLaw Enforcement Center on World AIDS Day,Day. DecemberDecember 1. I ,1992.1992. that the Big Apple will be home of Gay Games IV in 1994 and urged President Bush to Enforcement Center on World AIDS rescind the "misguided HIV exclusionary rule" which prevents people with HIV from The FBI has investigated the case to see if Hill's civil rights were violated. ACT UP visiting the US for more than 10 days. is encouraging concerned people to call the US Department of Justice attorney who has £Ee¥lHL#±f:vn:c:se##d:fit::¥#uEEfrc*=+#Jwfrtrecr#otid6y#?¥been assigned the case and demand action. NATIONAL NEWS National Women'sWomen's Music Music FestFest Expects Expects Crowds Crowds - -The The National National Women'sWomen's MusicMusic Festival to be held at the Bloomington Campus of the University of lndiarraIndiana is expecting up to 3,000 women to take in the performances. Among the headinersheadliners are women's music legends, Chris Williamson, Margie Adams, Urban BuchBush Women,Wonien, !£%i#seiiEusrii,je!g#g[i#¥:#Effs§jd§peffifr§ifAff¥e¥oi:r[§Siy:Heather Bishop, Lucy Blue Trembally and Dianne Davidson. Northern Exposure Lesbians Exposed! - The May 18 episode of "Northern Exposure" on CBS will feature an episode about the founding mothers of the fictional town of Cicely, Alaska, a Lesbian couple! In a previous episode, one of the characters remarked that "Cicely and Roslyn "had a good thing and were lucky to have it." PFLAG Begins National Ads - Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, P-FLAG, have produced a ground breaking public service announcement currently being aired on television stations around the country. In the ad PFLAG members gather to proclaim their love for all their family members. Landers Says We Are Happy - Syndicated columnist Anne Landers says the results of her poll on homosexuality show that we are happy just as we are. By a margin of 30 to 1 those who are happy to be Gay outnumber those who would rather be straight. Landers says it is her "firm conviction that homosexuality is not a learned behavior, it is genetic. It can be suppressed but not altered." Vaid To Leave NGLTF - After eight years of involvement at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Executive Director Urvashi Vaid announced that she will leave the staff in December 1992. "This is a perfect time for me to move on personally and organizationally," said Vaid. "NGLTF is in strong shape-with unique and effective :riff4T:t:D:i!Ffr,li?il;'v¥ffT;Fsd¥ffff:eagioi#eeei#caTs:#gi¥¥;i::TeySTx:projects, a terrific staff, a visionary board and dedicated members and volunteers. Vaid will remain engaged in the movement as a strategist and political leader. June

STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS PrideFest a Major Hit - Despite having a $12,000 debt just four months before, despite the resignation of several board members and the addition of six new members, 19921992-Herb—Herb Moses, Moses, Congresanan Congressman Baney Barney Frank Frank pose pose with with (I-r)(I-r) AIlanAllan Eslinger, TerryTeny BoughnerBoughner and and Brent Blent despite Mayor Norquist's veto of a $5,000 appropriation, Milwaukee's revamped and Priebe at MAPFest igEi:i#f;£.£ae!£#ifsi::a.:f:a#e!TeELifai#i!##e::d%.i.*;e?bf;!¥g#s;renamed Pride celebration attracted an estimated 5,000 people to celebrate Pride at the •MayMay City'sCifys JuneauJuneau Pack.Park.

STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS MAP ExecExec DenouncesDenounces Federal AIDS Campaign - The Federally Sponsored "America ReapondsResponds to AIDSAIDS)Fecd±rDalalmapisaq.a±Pb¥eg*a-steE:taFfdaey¥ydoREspis::e* campaign" is a "temble waste of taxpayer dollars" says MAP Executive Director,Irirector, DougB§ucgffigi¥o¥." Nelson. Nelson bases his assessment on a new MAPMAP study that showed 50% of Gay men who are sexually active with multiple partners do n##¥on%8%:fri°e°`£eGyanot use condoms. The survey alsoZ£±o*faarrfuieG#%£C*Vheo¥#eE#iELefr#enercsy%°f showed that Gay men who have a high frequency of sexual activity with 10 or more partners in the past year do not use condoms. Mayor Denounces Gay Bashings- Fulfilling a promise made to Gay leaders earlier this year, Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist used his announcement of a contract award to speak out against Gay and Lesbian bashings. "I want to say publicly that this city does not tolerate hate crimes. Hate crimes are wrong. They are inexcusable. This City, including is Police force, is committed to doing everything it can to prevent and investigate hate crimes." "Edward H" Screening to Benefit Pride, Scheel House - The June 19th special screening of the film "Edward II" will be a benefit for Milwaukee's Lesbian / Gay Pride Committee. The June 26' Screening in Madison is a benefit for the Rodney Scheel AIDS House. Both benefits are sponsored by The Wisconsin Light and In Step Magazine. The film is a modernized' version of the story of Edward the Second, a homosexual king of England. Med. College of WI Gets Major AIDS Grant - The Medical College of Wisconsin has been awarded a $3 million grant to support a research program that will evaluate methods of long term maintenance of safe sex practices. The project will be headed by Dr. Jeffrey Kelly, Ph.D., a nationally recognized and respected psychologist. The projects awardi;rfu-6iiEl`gs-r-6;eaich brings research supportsupport for`for the th6 College's College's CAIR CAIR program profrm to to about about $ $101 o million. Wisconsin Hate Crimes Act Strengthened -- GovernorGovernor TommyTommy Thompson has Crimes Act. The bill, AB 1992—Speetators1992utpectators chow show their their support support for for the the phyers players at at a aMflweukee Milwaukee softball softball game.game. signeda.cha-ri-o--la7-i-he`iv into law a new bill 1]m that that strengthens rtyengthas Wisconsin Wisconsin Hate Thte Clines Act. The bill AB rtovemberNovember 6,6,1997-November 1997—November 19,19,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHTLIGHT-34-34 loth113`` Anniversary Issue Isstle ,;; because we're Gay. " MAGIC Picnic - The MAGIC Picnic went on without its founding father, Rodney o TCFF?I¥ifcGfiyiTh##.Gnlcce#b=Ti#eni#¥E&uetdsfts.io¥v#egrsfafg,r#e¥Scheel. The annual Madison celebration drew hundreds of revelers and raised a considerable sumstm forfor hrfudisonMadison areaarea GayGay andand Lesbian organizations.orgarizatious. NATIONAL NEWS Mass. Governor Forms Gay Lesbian Youth Commission - Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has appointed "The Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian ?#:#i:orfrFHirnte°loaf#s:L#cmfi:#o§nb8feHE:gr€co%ELsdE:#nsat%¥thFi¥¥ifeYouth." The first of its kind commission will make recommendations to the Governor and state agencies concerning the creation of programs to counter the high rate of suicide among Gay and Lesbian youths. Bush Says Gay Parents Aren't Normal - President George Bush said he "can't accept it as normal" for a child to have Gay parents. The President made the remark during an interview with The New York Times. Growing Gay Involvement in Clinton Campaign - CBS News reports that Gays and Lesbians are becoming more visibly active in politics most noticeably in the Presidential campaign of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton. Clinton who has been endorsed by the Human Rights Campaign Fund, has taken a number of positions that support Gay and Lesbian civil rights. August STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Entrapment Accomplishes Little - A meeting between higher ups at 19921992-Kitty—Kitty B8rl.er Barber (center) (center) discusses discusses strategy strategy andand proglansprograms with with members members ofof LAMM. Meeting on UW-Milwaukee and leaders of the Gay/Lesbian Community at UWM to resolve the of police entrapment of Gay men in campus bathrooms yielded few results. Festival Co-Chairs Roberta Niggemeier and Bill Meunier were elated at the large problem Many of those turnoutft|e3Li,v*hqici-:,htraaiieF:r*#3sT;g|gar¥eeineratHg£T.#e#,TusYeffe:Eto#sa#i:itlarhag3 which attracted crowds so large that the beer ran out just three hours after it had Over 80 men have been arrested since the beginning of summer. the campus police have openly masturbated and engaged in other began. arrested say that complaints Entertainment from Singsational and actions to entice them to have sex. Campus officials commenting on the the Cream City Chorus to the Shoreline Dance they are declared troupe and a fabulous Drag Revue kept the crowd excited and engaged. The Pride said they will continue to use whatever techniques they can until Parade which marched through Milwaukee's "Gay Neighborhood" also attracted a illegal. Historical record number of participants. Historical Society Collecting Materials - The Wisconsin State Fc;Fgn%quTfhfg.:ffr::Eus:;#jg;:Ro#:irSke;apif:ecfce¥:gy::#fthf!f#i#;;:?#!o`dea#e;:¥jiFor the first time the event featured a second stage "The State Rights movement Stonewall§Vt§`;ie:¥'e;fi:¥iij:¥[wj¥c`fi;irg:ei:!i£:idir`:-i,.ufm¥'n:sei*E§i,ui|a°K¥n¥he:Vsu:un.;:=:.t;::aouci%j}sE:S:tfo.giv££{g£;EBHt;¥#.sd°rfuunS:9¥e^T#tj:¥£c+ti:e8n3:gc#j Tent" which offered lectures, poetry readings, and dance lessons. Society has begun collecting materials that document the Gays Civil become part of the society's Social Police Break Up Cracker Barrel Demonstration JJI theLLLu State uLal`+ of `++ Wisconsin. 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Among those roughed up in the incident was Jerry Johnson, publisher of The Wisconsin Light. Johnson was shoved hard when a Police officer took offense at his attempts to take pictures of the Police riot. "Wisconsin Light" Writer, Jamakaya, Milwaukee Cable Win National Awards - Jamakaya a columnist and reporter with The Wisconsin Light was given the "Best On Going Coverage of a News Event" award by the Gay/Lesbian Press Association. Jamasaya won the prestigious honor for her coverage of the Jeffery Dahmer case. Also receiving an award at the GLPA Convention banquet was the Milwaukee Gay/Lesbian!dsE#`§t:.i;:¢]{¥f:S;aa£N§roi¥h;:jgfoieITIti%±Ye§;!|¥ii#S§ei#i|rfe§n{ra;j¥ Cable network, a committee of the Cream City Foundation. The network

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July STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Senator Kohl Joins AIDS Activists - Senator Herb Kohl, (D-WI) has written a letter tfsf:;!o.5T#ien:::.:::,Je#c#:g:ig##y#f,::,tH:r#go#ceiBef¥[#;Hienri#ee:to the Department of Justice expressing interest in the case of Dennis Hill, an HIV+ man who was neglected during a two day stay at the Racine County Jail. Hill died shortlySh#,]£¥eaft£:r¥Stre£:isle.at after his release. La crosse Gay Bar . An anonymous [ca Crosse Cline Police Arrest Four at La Crosse Gay Bar - An anonymous La Crosse Crime Stoppers Tip lead Police to check out Memories, a La Crosse Gay Bar. By the time the cops8!iEE:aT;Pft'e#£gdcebta°ggt&C¥o°#ttrMOFhi:F,ehiaeeLefrg&S: had left they had bagged four trophies, three dancers andfaaJ Eg..EyeFeffief.th=the owner. All four were arrested for allegedly committing "offenses endangering public morals." The police claimed the dancers were wearing G-strings, but owner, David Groom said they Groom what the were wearing thongs. adds, " We didn t do anything different than Room along with contest straight bars down the street do when they have dancers. They are picking on us 19921992-Ms.—Ms. IrfemationalInternational Leatlier Leather '91'91 andand hdr.Mr. Drummer D-er appear appear at theat the Wreck Wreck Room along with contest ¥ii¥s##±¥#¥i::F?Tigwth::-;frsi:ao:anffiiE?E:d:engL¥#!! winners\wimers in thethe MilwaukeeMilwaukee I+Gather Leather Contest.

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TEARS OF 0F GRIEF GRIEF — - 150ls0 people attended attended the first annanniversaryiversary memorial ofOf thethe victimsvictims of of JeffreyJeffrey Dahmer on July 23, 1992 in Milwaukee. The vigil was sponsored by the Career Youth Development Love and Action Support Group for Homicide. A sister of one of the victims, Tony Hughes, is pictured above;3a:h::ae:r£;i,cn::o]:es2r:!p],:;2#3u:p;iogtr:¥:oer£.i:I:hvee:.VAgsj:sre:So%°nnes3;et-£eb¥}ihfems,ai::ryYH°uu#ep,-e,V:e-iiiE::n£ sharing her grief with another relative. Researchers FindFind BrainBrain Differences Differences - - Researchers Researchers atat UCLAUCLA havehave foundfound a secondsecond anatomical difference in the brain structure of Gay men and straight males. They found that the anterior commission of Gay men was an average of 18% larger than that of straight women and 34% larger than that of straight men. Last year it was reported that a brain structure called interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus was smaller on average in Gay men than in straights. Taken together::_:::-:i-:-i:-::::::-::::::-:I-:::::-:-::-:-::ii::---I:::i-:I:i-:-::-:::::-::-i:--:-I::--:I:--:---:-;::-:-::== the findings add to the evidence that homosexuality is inborn, not chosen behavior. Gay Rights A Republican No No - The Republican Party Platform lays out in no uncertain terms its opposition to Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights. It states "We oppose efforts by the Democratic Party to include sexual preference as a protected minority receiving preferential status under civil rights statutes at the Federal, State and Local level. By contrast the Democrat's platform states, "Democrats will continue to lead the fight to ensure that no Americans suffer discrimination or deprivation of rights on the basis of sexual orientation or other characteristics irrelevant to ability.

first Gay Civil Rights law in the country was hurt by last minute revelations of large campaign donations from Health Insurance companies. His opponent Ada Deer captured 60% of the vote and the right oppose incumbent Congressman Republican Scott Klug. MAPFest Makes Big Move - MAPFest has moved from the Historic Schlitz Brewery complex to the grounds of the Performing Arts Center and if the crowds that were present at its first year in its new home are any indication, the move was a great idea. Taking advantage of a more scenic site and better facilities the event attracted a record attendance. Among those in attendance was Openly Gay Congressman Barney Frank (D(D-MA)-MA) NATIONAL NEWS Lining Up Against The Bigots - Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts has condemned a referendum on a proposed State Constitutional Amendment that would label Gays and Lesbians as perverts and strip them of any legal protections. She warned that the measure would hurt business and "foster a climate of violence." Roberts pointed out that this fall Gus Van Sant, one of he most sought after directors in the country begins filming in Portland. "If Measure 9 passes, the city couldn't issue permits for his film, because he is Gay" she said. Meanwhile In Colorado...A recent poll brought some good news to opponents of Amendment 2, Colorado's Ant-Gay/Lesbian rights ballot measure. The Denver Post poll showed that 54% of registered voters say they will vote against the measure. N. News OPEN HOUSE JIELD— The Medical College of Wisconsin held an open house at their 1201 Only 36% say they are in favor and the rest are undecided. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee. offices on November 19. 1992. The historic building houses the offices of the Community Health Behavior Program. Pictured above (L to R) are: Jeffrey A. Kelly. Allan C. Haulk.fr:::£¥#ic¥h:::%¥#:W:#::i:B:::°;g:i::S::;::gi§i?i[;:v;:i§?:]a§j§::¥iLeht%fi;an:cr9Pueil:d#|§;#:Au%:|iy:,roA#::::ns:f Michael G. Morgan and L. Yvonne Stevenson. Mill I_ 11111111/0111111,11111111111111.11111,i601111111111 September to STATEWIDE NEWS Congratulations Baldwin Wins Primary - Openly Lesbian Dane County Supervisor is on her way to becoming the first ever openly Lesbian or Gay member of the Wisconsin State Legislature. Baldwin has captured the Democratic nomination. Baldwin who won by but I Th€Wic;n;a3ain;tinLightLight an insider, Wisconsin will never be The more than 10% of the vote, said in her victory address "I will be inside." She will be a heavy favorite to win in the general election in onyour November. Her district is considered to be one of the most liberal in the country. Clarenbach Loses Big - State Representative David Clarenbach lost his bid for the ::::::::::i:::--:i:_:-:::i=:-::=:-:=:::::-::i::=i:::::_::=::::::=i:-=::_-::_:ii:_::-:::i::i::i::::::.i::=:::::i::-::::=-:I::-Democratic nomination for Congress. The prime sponsor of Wisconsin's AB 70 the /014 Cmmtroe/titt7

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STATE WIDE NEWS AIDS Walk WisconsinWisconsin Shatters RecordsRecords -- AIDSAIDS Walk WisconsinWisconsin shatteredshattered allan records when 4,500 walkers raised $404,000 to help fight AIDS. The honorary chairs wereLe:r°erdsMnwwhaenuk€'e5B[e#serfuqu#asEL°#&i°#eo]EtgrthaldAlhLPswhTLeinhdL:°rarychairs Milwaukee Brewer's Third baseman, Paul Molitor and his wife Linda. Feingold Makes Gay/Lesbian Rights Stands - Democratic Senate Candidate Russ Feingold in an interview with The Wisconsin Light reiterated his support for Lesbian andLeFfig#§1%#ckm:eft:s%thwl#ij¥g#L¥##u%SLg:h£¥::i#i#ifecolt#FTis¥h=ri Gay Civil Rights. His opponent, Republican Incumbent, Robert Kasten has consistently refused to support Lesbian andinE%?ri£Ets[n£Fh¥o'ft¥*gedKVlinVlshen,eE:8 Gay rights and has often sided with Jesse fr°enris;t*tl#:s%:drioDgiELpoth#sbianHelms in fights on AIDS funding. Living End Makes Good Money - A special screening of "The Living End" was heLivI;:8oEtfiodbe¥2*:§aG#efi¥i8reyth;AMn¥acjfeescrfrrf:b¥an8ffd"GE;pL±L±*8coErfun±ttwe%:held on October 29 as a benefit for the Milwaukee Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee. The screening was sponsored by The Wisconsin Light. Hotel Washington Undergoing Renovation - The Hotel Washington is undergoing a $750,000 renovation. The popular Gay and Lesbian spot will have even more features when the work is done. A new all purpose room will be added. The room will look out on the patio. The Barber's Closet will return and Rod's will be expanded. ;;e#;;;g§#strE;#§j:oy¥:ph§¥:co:£§#:E;eco¥¥;fe#§LffT;£e§§;§fjElevators will be installed to connect all areas of the complex including Rod's, the New Bar, CaféCafe Palms, andand thethe roomsrooms in in the the Hotel Hotel itself. itself. Boy Scout Funding Controversy Heats Up - Protestors picketed a meeting of the Milwaukee United Way Board of Directors to protest its continued support for the Boy Scouts, which openly discriminates against Gays and Lesbians. While the protest was going on outside, the full Board of Directors voted to reject a neutral stance on the issue and to investigate the issue. That vote lays the ground work for a potential F±;:i?:¥:£i§vife#iffffi¥±ff;i§:t¥¥:§a¥tft§b§S:£¥C:eff§o¥i#¥:£i#¥defunding of the organization. NATIONAL NEWS California Governor Signs Job Discrimination Bill - Governor Pete Wilson signed a bill that protects Lesbians and Gays from job discrimination. The move was viewed as a surpnse by many, considering that Wilson vetoed a similar measure last .year. That veto resulted in nots and howls of protest throughout the state. In fact activists were putting the finishing touches on plans for mass demonstrations protesting Wilson's expected veto when they learned of his approving the bill. Lou Sheldon of Values condemned the Governor's approval saying the bill the Coalition for Family Oregon Says No to Hate - The results of two state wide referendums on Gay and "would protect sex with animals and the rape of children as forms of political rejected a call to amend the State expression." Lesbian civil rights were mixed. Voters in Oregon Constitution in manner that would have stripped Gays and Lesbians of any legal Another First - The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts became the first local Oregon were sobered by the Bay State to extend benefits to the partners of its Gay and Lesbian protections. Despite their victory, Gays and Lesbians m governmentgt£:#e:tFir£Lr#e-B#estfi:yto°:xfenHb#ri#8&'ts#Sdaecg=tterss¥fc]¥eGaseangifes)£ic± in the knowledge that the campaign engendered a rash of bashings including several murders. Colorado Says Yes - Voters in Colorado approved Amendment 2, an amendment to ‘,7 their State Constitution that rescinds local Gay and Lesbian rights ordinances and forbids the passages of any Gay civil rights laws by any unit of government within the state. Coloradans for Family Values proposed the measure and used the slogan "Gay Rights Are Special Rights," and ran a hate filled campaign that succeeded despite the opposition of nearly every elected official in the state. That campaign was so slanderous towards Gays and Lesbians that nearly all of Colorado's Television stations and radio stations refused to show commercials supporting passage of Amendment 2. Despondent Gays and Lesbians vowed to fight the measure in the courts and to organize a boycott of their state. Angry Gays and Lesbians invaded a Clinton Victory party and accused the Democratic Party of doing too little to help them. Others organized an impromptu candle light rally at a public square in Denver where they chanted "No more hate." So Does Tampa - Tampa voters overwhelmingly voted to repeal a local Gay and Lesbian:_:-:i:::i-_::-=-:-:::::i_=:::_i=_::_::_:::::_::::=i:_-::i-i:_:=ii:-::::-i::---I:-_=--li:-:---:::-_:::I:=i::::I:_-ii-:i-i:::=i-:--:::i civil rights ordinance that had been passes by the City Council. - Hawaii Court Considers Gay Marriages - The State Supreme Court of Hawaii will consider the question of whether or not same sex couples should be allowed to many. At a hearing held on October 13, 1992, Dan Foley, attorney for three Gay and Lesbian couples challenging the state's ban on Gay manages, argued that the Justices should rule in favor of his clients based on the Hawaiian Constitution's broad protections of privacy rights. Deputy Attorney General Sonia Faust argued that there aren't any court cases that say homosexuals should be protected from discrimination to enable them to get married. THE NIGHT OF BROKEN'GLASS— 1)6%e-by vandals smashed picture windows in over a dozen Canada Rescinds Anti-Gay Military Policy- Canada's policy of excluding Gays IFipdi#:9HdTrpn:?hRc°¥aErry.GmLOAr:Sn=P:|`res-b#V8enpdtae'ibsemras4hej:Prdc,::raeurej:.d°swesve`Fa,°VGe:yaodw°::3buildings during the early morning hours of September 4 in Milwaukee. Several Gay owned and -LesbiansLesbians from the military came to an end following a federal court ruling. The bLisinc`sc`businesses sufferedsuft.c`rcd damage damage including including the the Walker's Walket''s PointPoint CafeCare (pictured(pictured above with co-ownerco-owner military agreed to pay $100,00000ifoefto°rmanerenRdofau°c¥agdiaanfed#alF::#LTffi.chH: to former Royal Canadian Air Force Lt. Michelle Michael "Miss`.Miss M" Roberts). the M&M Club, In Step Step MagazineMagazine and the WreckWreck Room.Room. Other Other B#Bs,a#heoedwis&%¥#g°eqDouglas, who was discharged after admitting she is a Lesbian. The Canadian Federal businesses damaged included the Marshall Field's Department Store. Timers and Smugglers bars and:?:`a:T£:sfusi|:?anu'#njsnt:{:fee:ftfert¥::sBae`:i;i:`S'os,jpeeE:¥emaernrtesstteodretir:i:::sf:rn€h:T#8£::rs:bars the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Police have arrested two men for the offenses. Defense Department admitted in court that their policy infringes the Charter of Rights and Freedoms of Canada and agreed to immediately rescind it. employees. Cambridge is home to Harvard University. it joins 19 other municipalities Audre Lorde Dies At Age 58 - Andre Lorde, the pre-eminent African American nationwide that offer domestic partnership benefits for city employees. Lesbian teacher, writer and activist died on November 17 after a 10 rear long battle Bill's The One For Gays, Lesbians - An overwhelming 92.2% of Gay and Lesbian with::-i:::-:-:::i-::--i:::-:::_-I:-::--:-::::::-_-:5::-:---ii:_:--::i::::--_::---:-:::--:--:-::-::::::_-:-i:-:::i:_:-:-::=: cancer. Lorde finally succumbed at her home in St. Croix in the Virgin Islands. voters favor Democrat Bill Clinton's election to the White House according to a survey conducted by Overlooked Opinions, an independent research group headquartered in Chicago. President George Bush was favored by just 3.2%, 1.1% want Ross Perot and 2.5% want other candidates. 95.3% of those asked said they plan to vote in November. DecemberDecember STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Gay TeemTeen HoundedHounded to Death -A- A 1414 yearyear SuburbanSuburban MlwaukeeMilwaukee Teenager,Teenager, BrooksBrocks NovemberNovember Fain took his own life due to harassment from classmates who thought he was Gay, according:c*_rtffE_#ao¥oryLifeindEeh:o#ffwTWEFet.frooEncalTSFE:wdah#eoauffi:ht_:haes to a story in The Milwaukee Journal. In the days leading to the £ayy;boy's death,death. PolicePonce recorded 2525 harassingharassing phonephone callscalls toto the the boy's boy's residence.- residence. SevenSeven bo-ys boys Madison Bookstore Boycott Ends - The UW-Madison 10% Society announced that -J. STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS it is ending its boycott of the University Book Store. The announcement followed a Tammy Does It! Tanuny Baldwin trls become the first openly Lesbian or Gay i:£:=;g:t¥fro*i:!eT.:o;yffu:-!ek-PTELo¥st-:T::is:EL#4io:#.¥hofu:o:h:T;meeting with Book Store management. The store had been accused of homophobia member of the Wisconsin State Legislature. Baldwin easily defeated Republican after the harassment and firin-gfiring ofof several openly Lesbian and Gay employees. Patricia Hevenor and a minor party candidate. Recently the Bookstore created a new human resources managementgg¥±f¥hon=£°!oh#is: position and hired "The Wisconsin Light" Celebrates - The Wisconsin Light celebrated its Fifth Anniversary with it's November 12 issue. Feingold Wins - Gay and Lesbian Activists celebrated the election of Russ Feingold over incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert Kasten. Feingold was a strong supporter of Gay and Lesbian rights while in the State Legislature, while Kasten consistently sided with Jesse Helms in the Senate. Milwaukee Gays and Lesbians Thanked - Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist publicly thanked local Gays and Lesbians for their support of Bill Clinton during a speech at Bill Clinton's Milwaukee Victory party. Earlier the Mayor told the local media "The worst mistake the Republicans made was bashing Gays and Lesbians." MAP Files Suit Against Racine Sheriff - The Milwaukee AIDS Project has filed a civil rights law suit on behalf of the late Dennis Hill against the Racine County Sheriffs Department. Hill had been confined in the Racine County Jail after a routine traffic stop. After his release to MAP care givers he was quickly rushed to a hospital where he died a few days later. Witnesses say they found him in the jail laying naked with a medical tube protruding from his chest, in his own feces and vomit and unable to breath. The suit says that while he was confined, Hill was denied access to medical care including the 16 medications he needed to take. It also states that the Racine County Jail refused to allow Hill's support group to administer his medications. NATIONAL NEWS Election Results: Clinton Wins Big, Gays Lesbians Rejoice - Democratic nominee for President, Bill Clinton, has become President Elect Clinton. Clinton nearly won a majority of the popular vote and garnered a landslide in the Electoral College. Gays and Lesbians around the country rejoiced in Clinton's victory. The President-elect has SHARKS VS. BOWLING BALLS—Dan Mawhiney (left) the director of the fourteenth annual HIT promised to end federal government discrimination against Gays and Lesbians, bowlingb¥°o#t::::a:I:kr:nifenmg:§i:r€:a::y:e:£:ah:e:tai:u¥bt:#;:;;8]tgj§¥:Tehw:;#:sgti%iay;%e:¥ei#m::en::js:ts:aii:£:,ic.2°chabnodwieer¥ tournament played a shark bowling game with Cindy Olsheske, assistant director and Jeff mcrease funding to fight against AIDS, include Gays and Lesbians in his Whitt. marketing director of the tournament. 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15 ACRES OF MEMORIES— The Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt was displayed Oct. 9-11 in Washington,iJ5aShq,Egt%n?FD¥F¥n°tE`eEfrF=s|ihnegt¥:midsnT:i:nifr'oDusnd¥.e¥:#eaiQguji[S::rses,[SZ#fadp?a:;I:-]w[ei: D.C. on the Washington Monument grounds. Covering 15 acres, 20,064 panels were , displayeddisplaye-d with with several several thousand thousand more more added added duringduring the weekend. 1992—A1992-A I]ird's bird's eye eye view view of of the the over over 10,000 10.000 panels panels of of the the AIDSAIDS QutltQuilt on display inin Washington.Wastiingtou, DC I)C a qualified woman to fill it. The Book Store has also agree to begin a sensitivity/anti- harassment program for management and staff. Furthermore the State St. location will continue to have a clearly marked Gay and Lesbian Studies section and make ¥nan¥:=±o¥°#%r¥a:fij¥#hE±an¥d,#°£¥an±Fc¥fagr°:seLfadr¥S¥t:ac§¥nL:,faEd:,ynfffi.arrangements to provide Lesbian and Gay periodicals. NATIONAL NEWS Colorado Boycott Grows - Despite the fact that no national organization has endorsed it., an article in The New York Times reports that the "Hate State," Colorado, has already lost $10 million in tourism revenues. Business and political leaders there have been meeting to devise ways to avert the experience of Arizona which lost an estimated $500 million before it finally voted to institute Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Opposition to Lifting Military Ban Builds - Christian Fundamentalists are mounting a strong campaign to force Congress to over rule President Elect Clinton if and when he lifts the ban on Gays and Lesbians serving in the military. Callers protesting plans to lift the ban have flooded Capitol Hill with calls and letters to such an extent that the switchboards are often jammed. General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs denounced Clinton's plans during a South American tour. Powell's action was nearly unprecedented and could not have been done without approval from outgoing President George Bush. MCC Application Rejected - Angry Lesbians and Gays demonstrated at the National Council of Churches (NCC) meeting in Cleveland Ohio. The NCC had voted 90 to 81 to reject the Metropolitan Community Church's application for observer status on the council. "It's easier to get into heaven than into the NCC" said Rev Elder Nancy Wilson Ofof Los Angeles.

==+=Ta5_==___ I ` ti:- :r `LJ*f`r*;FTutn]_p.J¥rr*. I Oct. 9-11 LOVINGI,OVING MEMORIALS—MEMORIALS-The The Name Name Project Project AIDS AIDS Memorial Memorial Quilt. Quilt vyas was s.hgwn.i^n^its. shown in its entiretyentirety 9.Ct. 9-1.1 The quilt in Washington. D.C. The photo above shows approximately one eight of the 20,064 panels. Due to the was last shown in Washington in October 1989 when 10.848 panels were displayed. 6' in size. increasing£aorye!a:S:t::Sg::°z#c;:t;:sivnT%ttfj!:or:iieaaE::Oebct::£hew:Swl:9P:P:r:;[gmee:::!'r5e,t°#ige!§;.:1£:c£:e:pe::d:I:s6Eia9,:i;'SP,u:e::s::!i': size, it is not expected to be shown in it's entirety again. Each panel is 3' by have been charged with making the calls and face a hearing in Juvenile Court. The father of one of the boys referred to the harassment as "kids stuff." ()herons Raise $2,000 to Benefit Kids With AIDS - Milwaukee's Oberons Leather Club raised over $2,000 to provide holiday gifts to 78 children with AIDS being served iffiier:i:#s;#H¥f2ffitr;¥;te:;:E#ri##%+%asffen#iilu;¥rfn:;ife;e:by the Milwaukee AIDS project.

AIDS and OF STARS— Liza Minnelli read the last names of those who have died of A STAR vigil/march remembered in the Quilt in Washington, D.C. last weekend. She led the candlelight which drew over 90,000 people to the Lincoln Memorial.

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years m 19921992~nge—George S€gal's Segal's sculptue, sculpture. "Gay "Gay hibention,`' Liberation," was was on on loan loan to to Madison Madison andand stood for severalsevenl years in at UW-Milwaukee 1986. 1992—A199Z-AckmupofsomeofthethourmdsofQufltsqunlesondiaphyatUW-Milrmukee close-up of some of the thousands of Quilt squares on display CwmOrton Pck.Park. Shown Shown (I-I) (1-r) areare JenyJerry Johnson Johnson and and TerryTerry Boughner.Boughner. The photo unswas takentaken in November, 1986. November 6, 6,1997-Novonber 1997—November 19,l9,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN HGHT-38LIGHT-38 10t[10th Anniversary Issue Issue 19931993 It was year of supreme joy and utter frustration. Over 1,000,000 Gays and Lesbian marched on Washington DC in ApriL Yet in July, President Clinton shattered the faith millions of us had put him in when he announced the infamous "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue" policy that failed to lift the ban of Gay and Lesbian service in the military. Congress then made matters worse by codifying the ban and placing more restrictions on Gay service than Clinton would have. Colorado's Amendment 2 was put on hold by the courts but the boycott of that state grew. Locally, members of ACT UP kept getting arrested for trying to provide condoms and AIDS materials to high school students. PrideFest, MAPFest and the Wisconsin AIDS Walk drew record crowds. At UW campuses in Milwaukee, Whitewater and Madison,J#jaddtjgs°kne'eph?tmg°uptho°fb§aL,rbera#ttsu=l_y_headand"ThewiseonsinLight"foughtoffa homophobia reared its ugly head and "The Wisconsin Light" fought off a hid to keep it out of a library. All411 that and more happenedhappened inin 1993.1993. January

Down With Hatred— As the boycott against Colorado grows, postcards such as the one pictured STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS above are beginning to circulate throughout the United States, encouraging people not to visit the Miller Brewing Gives Large Gift-toGift to MAP --once Once again again the the Miller Miller BrewingBrewing Coipo-Corpo- state;tb:o:::.¥;tub::T;:?:.Eio;:a,:t:ue;art!y:c:o::ufa!g#:I:e,o:u:;:tdeodgsrt:Tess,,E:sctoc:::S,f:cfe:3,:h:o:nt:'.I:,ttu::: or purchase goods and products from Colorado. ration has come through for us. The Corporation has donated $100,000 to the Milwau- kee AIDS project. The money, which comes from the Miller Magic Johnson Founda- tion, is part of $500,000 contribution given by Miller to the Magic Johnson Foundation in November of last year. February Madison's United Starts Group - The United is offering a support group for rural . gi¥§:3¥{i:tit:§i};Jt;¥rii::£i%i¥±Oiie::hgi£:#i§ifjie:#O§:¥8¥S¥c:g;gs¥F:O¥giiFebruaryLesbians and Gays. The group is meeting in Mineral Point. STATEWIDESTATEWIDH NEWS Racine County JailJail Settle-sSettles Hi]]Hill LavisuitLawsuit -- "It's"It's a tremendous vict.ory"victory" said said Doug Milwaukee Gets HUD AIDS Housing Grant - The City of Milwaukee has Nelson, Executive Director of the AIDS Resoun.ce Center of Wisconsin. Nelson was City of Nelson, Executive Director of the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin. Nelson was received a 5500,000 grant from the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Devel- speaking of the successful settlement in the lawsuit brought by ARCW on behalf of the opment to improve housing opportunities for people living with AIDS. estate of Dennis Hill against the Racine County Jail. The suit was filed after the HIV+, Leadership Development Fund - The Cream City Foundation has an- Hill CCF Starts died shortly after being released from custody at the jail. He was found there by nounced the establishment of a "Leadership Development Fund," which will provide Milwaukee AIDS Project workers lying in his own body waste and vomit and nearly assistance to individual members of Les/Bi/Gay groups to allow them to attend na- unable to speak. hi addition to paying :e!:i#if!th!|oi||fi!|;:¥jth#iE3;i;i;D!D!:!;giiiITELfii.£uti::;:: $20,000 to the Hill estate, the Jail will also pro- tional meetings and conferencesconferences. vide $25,000 for an AIDS education program in Racine County, retain a qualified HI V/AIDS expert, educate and train Jail personnel in the handling of HIV + detainees and pay all legal fees incurred in prosecuting the suit. BESTD Clinic Starts Cable Show - The BESTD Clinic has begun a weekly cable show to answer HIV-related questions. The program will air every Thursday evening at 7:00 PM on Milwaukee Public access channel 47. Film FèstFest OffersOl.fers Provocative Pro`'ocative FareFare -The- The Gi.eat Great LakesLakes FilinFilm andand VideoVideo FestivalFestival will he held at the UW-Milwaukee Union from January 29 to February 5. This years of- k`ritit:`s+&tcTu3cT##L]]]nwe:*iceal#::nfeTattÈ.`Jrenuagthryi?frtg,E%t¥nieFELar:Sffdferings include experimental shorts, feature length alms, documentaries, dramas and eveni`vcn caiìpycampy c{.iincdics.comedies.

AS A MILLION CHEER— State Rep. Tammy Baldwin took time from the inaugural celebrations to haveAasvfh¥pLh'o°tgt:FeEEWRi=tsht:ta.E:Pc.a;i:#TnytE:]8:#r°o°uknaj.mefromtheinauguraJcelebrationsto her photo taken with the U.S. capital in the background. Milwaukee Pride Celebration to Expand - The Milwaukee Gay and Lesbian Pride Committee has announced plans to expand its PrideFest celebration. For the first time, the event will be held on two days, Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 13. Saturday evening the event will feature a "Sing Out For Pride Concert," including some of Mil- waukee's finest Gay and Lesbian performers such as the Cream City Chorus, the Fest !v:¥gis:i¥ai¥ffiira#i¥fa¥:;jfrEoxiil!S:i:Edee:a:f¥!%¥ffiik=g:#£iifuT¥t#¥iCity Singers and Smgsational.

MUSCLE ACADEMY—ACADEMY- A Tom ofOf Finland Finland model model contest contest waswas heldheld atat the Wreck Room Bar in NATIONAL NEWS Milwaukee on Jan.Jam. 30,30. 1993. 1993. The The winners winners were: were: First First Place- Place- JohnJohn Wood Ofof MilwaukeeMilwaukee (center); Clinton Takes Steps to Lift Military Ban - President Clinton has given Defense Second- Tim ofof ChicagoChicago (left)(left) and and Third- Third- Paul Paul Scalcini Scalcini of of Milwaukee. Milwaukee. Eleven Eleven contestants contestants entered entered the Secretary Les Aspin six months to draft an Executive Order ending the ban on Gay and contestcòntest after after aa near near-capacity-capacity crowdcrowd hadhad watched watched the the film, film, "Daddy's "Daddy's Muscle Muscle Academy" Academy" earlier earlier thatthat stop asking recruits evening at the UWM Union Cinema.Cinema. Lesbian military service. Clinton also ordered military recruiters to about their sexual orientation. Meanwhile, the Cluistian Right has launched a furious counter attack. Calls to Capitol Hill are running 30 to 1 against Clinton's plans to allow Les/Bi/Gay service in the military. NATIONAL NEWS Gays, Lesbians Celebrate Inauguration in Style - President Clinton's inaugural Colorado Boycott Gains Momentum - Gays, Lesbians and their straight supporters celebration:;i::::i:::-_::i:::-=:;:::i::::-:::::__:::::_-:-::_:=:`::::_i:::-::i:--:::-_;::i:-::_:-:::_:-:;:::=::_:::_-:::_-:=--;:::::::=::-:-:::::::::- last month featured several star studded events for Gays and Lesbians. The highlight was "The Triangle Ball" held on Inauguration evening at the National Press are?:`:,3'g¥.g::¥t:iSdst.i.ri.S_I,t¥_3aT_era:gT_Tf:&a#g{[2an£.iFsiFe?#sS#e]cg:n¥PF;tfarg¥[#.frut`'#;:bt'ffiìrTn.ia;re.3aH.Y.£eid°:DEuuufe.a5:I;vàinuGJaDtffi:ifaDtruoff.Hèi; punishing Colorado tbr its passage of Amendment 2 in last year's elections. By the Club. end of December. Denver alone was counting up $10 million in lost convention business:;I:?sol?:ste]#:ear.s?Tnt,i]ina]£'#:rw#:#'t#¥¥feFeise[c:it#jindfn:i?gtcco°nnvvegtlq;°nnsig* in just the first month atter the November elections and more conventions have pulledI,t[ckd+,j`::,`fp#:;fi,c:p[:lea:,t¥.]f±,[E]£:etLSLmpcaepe¥thfgELE:]£ffij;gtadfavE¥gf#%g;eyT out of plans to meet in Colorado since that figure was tabulated. Even the New EYork Times and other major mainstream papers have editorialized in favor of the boycott.•`)tt. TheThe TimesTimes said "it"it would w(uld send send aa potentp(-7tcht warning waning to to other other states states whowho maymay so6nsoon considerct7Iisidei. similar siinilar measures.ineasures. A Wisconsin Light investigation into why voters in Colorado favored the Amend- mentman,Tis::3Si:i#ctnFevt:£t;8aLa'!'enfflite°d:#a°[tfrs#tf;':8:ad£'ai%Vh°:erdds¥#Ggs- turned up evidence of a hate filled campaign that spread falsehoods about Gays and Lesbians. For example, a tabloid produced by Colorado For Family Values (CFV) states "despite the fact they comprise less 2% of the population, homosexuals account for 1/3 to 1/2 of all child molestations." In reality the FBI says that 98% of child molestations are heterosexual in nature. CFV denies that its campaign was "anti-Gay." Meanwhile the Gay and Lesbian Community Center in Denver reports that in the first I I months of 1992, incidents of anti-Gay violence in Colorado were nearly double what they wet.ewere for all of 1992. Anti-Abortion Group Organizes Against Gays - According to an article in The Wichita Eagle, Operation Rescue, an anti-abortion group is organizing against Gays and Lesbians, especially against lifting the ban on military service. The group's national media coordinator, Bob Jewitt, said that the aim of an Operation Rescue off- ¥¥ii#=:!ti:i,nifei`;f!E:,g#;:[eif£::¥ii:,:¥j:iyx:.¥££?a:gr;##f?gfif:s;:if:shoot, the Christian Defense Coalition, is to have clergy saying that "they don't want people to hire homosexuals." Navy Investigates Gay Sailor's Death - The Department of the Navy announced that it is investigating whether or not Seaman Allen Richard Schindler, 22, based in Southern Japan, was killed because he was Gay. Two of Schindler's shipmates, Navy Airman, Charles E. Vins and Airman Apprentice, Teny M. Helvey were taken into -- _ custody.:--`-:::_-:_i-=i:_--:-I:=::-:_::::-:;:::::=:_::-.:i:-:---:_:::-:I_:::-:_:_::_:::_::_::::-i-:-:-=:i::_:_:i_:--i:-:-:::__::_--_::-::---:_-: Vins has been punished and discharged, Helvey is awaiting trial. FAREWELL SALUTE TO CLARENBACH— "Old soldiers never die. They just fade away." Quoting "Advocate " Names Man, Women of the Year - David Geffen has been selected as General Douglas MacArthur. former State Rep. David Clarenbach began his remarks to some 250 "Man of the Year" and Donna Red Wing, has been chosen "Woman of the Year", by well-wishers gathered in Madison on January 27, to celebrate his 20 years of public service to The Advocate, America's leading Wisconsin and the nation. Among those present were two former governors, Martin Scheiber and national Gay and Lesbian publication. Geffen is a Tony Earl (pictured above left and right), Senate President Fred Risser, State Reps, Walter Kunicki, billionaire producer and Hollywood deal maker who has donated large sums to fight Tammy Baldwin and Tim Carpenter and Madison Mayor Paul Soglin. Clarenbach was praised as a AIDS and encroachments on Gay and Lesbian civil rights. Geffen has been criticized man of high integrity and "great creative legislative ability." Reminded later of MacArthur's other for refusing to publicly acknowledge that he is Gay. Red Wing was one of the leaders and:_:::_:_:i:-:_-=_-:::::i_::i-:I::::--::-::::_::::::-:::::::_;:::::::::_::::I::I:::=i:::::::---=:-::-:_::_-:_:-:;:::::::::-i:::=:-:=:::_::::i:-:-::ii:::::::_::-i::::i:::::::::-:-:::::: equally famous quote, "I shall return," Clarenbach only smiled and winked. Clarenbach, a iTis#gj!iiijuijFiiD|¥f&iii¥;¥f¥#a&¥g:##:i#Strio;nbe:#th¥£iiiin the successful fight against Oregon's anti-Gay Measure 9. regular contributor to Wisconsin Light in the past, will begin to write a regular column for the paper.

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November 6, 6,1997-November 1997—November 19,19,1997-WISCONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHTLIGHT-39-39 loth10th AnniversaryAnnivermry Issue Issue ACLU on Boycott Bandwagon - The American Civil Liberties Union overwhelmingly endorsed the Colorado Boycott. In other Amendment 2 news, the State of Colo- rado filed an appeal of a judge's order that enjoined the government not to allow Amendment 2 to take effect. Judge Jeffery Bayless said that there is a "good chance a:£:H:#i:::B:ifu¥£o!ei¥idtHi:#::#?ie.£iTffiffif¥idthenijofeei#on;i¥¥c¥T:the amendment will be found unconstitutional. " ACLU Challenges Oregon Ordinance - The American Civil Liberties is challenging a Town of Springfield (OR) ordinance that equates homosexuality with pedophilia, sadism and masochism. The ACLU says that law violates a number of federal and state constitutional guarantees, including the rights to equal protection and freedom of ¥iff:€¥:§L¥d¥faEerffifa¥:d±ff¥#Fffii:iFgip¥ri¥VI§a§rs¥i¥ir¥§expression. In other referendum news, The Idaho Citizens Alliance has announced plansPin]ansenst{£]#2fifrfies#%{:+dseth::ferenduntopassameasuremodeledafterco|orado's to push for a statewide referendum to pass a measure modeled after Colorado's Amendment 2 in the potato state.

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STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS Gay and Lesbian Law Students Harassed at UW- Madison - For the past month, the Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Law Student Union, has been the object of harassment and hatred. Newspaper articles, event posters and meeting signs have been ripped off the group's bulletin board, torn up and thrown in the trash. Law School Dean, Deanile 0. Bernstein has decried the vandalism saying "These acts have less to do with vandalism than they do with homophobic intolerance. The Dean said he has been visiting classes to stress that "homophobia will not be tolerated in this law school." Victory Fund supports Madison Lesbian Candidate for Judge - The Victory Fund has announced its support of Madison Attorney and Activist Shelly Gaylord in her race for Madison Municipal Judge. Mardi Gras For Pride Succeeds Despite Snow - A 10" snowfall didn't stop over 80 19931993-Bin—Bill Meu)iier Meunier receives receives the the PrideFe8t PrideFest logologo from its creator.creator, people from attending the annual Mardi Gras ball for Milwaukee's Pride Committee. ffThe event:ev£Smsp3:#r¥8bFih¥#sc#sL\ffgsht¥dfo£#e¥#a¥Lseipdnftethce°RE#gri sponsored by The Wisconsin Light and In Step was held at the Mitchell has thrca`tenedthreatened toto outout GayG.ay and and LesbianLesbian members members ofof CongressCongress whowho vote against lifting Palk Conservatory Domes. the ban on military service. Cable TVTV Dispute Dispute -A - diqu]te A dispute has eixpted_t2gtwep_thehas erupted between _Milwa±±!q_ee_ the Milwaukee .Acces.s Access Tel.eTTele- Hate Filled Video Produced - A twenty minute video called "The Gay Agenda" has communications -AuthorityAuthority grthee#3£]grts#f¥r%edenN&eQMUMneprwaT#¥rfececefrLw:ifeand the producers of Brand New Queer TV, Mike Lisowslci been produced and distributed by the Antelope Valley Springs of Life ministries where and Dan Fons. Jonah Mitchell who offers a program called "Testimonies of Praise" TV preacher Jim Bakker was re-ordained in the wake of the PTL scandal. The video saw a broadcast of the show which included showing the tape "The Gay Agenda." features clips of nudity and bawdiness taken from footage of various Gay Pride pa- Mitchell said a woman who watched the broadcast in the lobby complained because i;en#¥Fgi:ierg#d;!fr|%#g:;3b:;e;¥#;d;£#¥£#ji§;;;£giiiiiEnigch¥#?i£:W;h;g;{:rades. Since its release in October, 1992, 25,000 copies have been distributed. Ac- ffjcfii£¥tho;a°Ld¥%£iF£#rio*oe¥u¥dHffi§#affa:¥:thgfi:%wF%e§ffFe¥rfes#gH##i:she felt the show "made fun of Christians." Warner Cable showed the tape to its attor- cording to the Associated Press, Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA) and General Carl Mundy neys and then insisted that the graphic segments must be masked. "The Gay Agenda" JR, gave copies to other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. £e#fi#dthi£::s:st:edndeg:Tfaoe:f#ffi#c:uFT%ct|#:£H:!th=T%b?cai;£#s#:,i;%#.?::coieesss¥:s8#eniiL¥:is:o=th::r5Lg:Nhi#ifstlg#=dd:1:,eo:Sl::lea[unf:has been broadcast on Pat Robertson's 700 Club and distributed to and by members of Boycott Losses Mount -The Metro Denver Convention and Visitors Bureau, an- Congress. An estimated 25,000 copies of it are in circulation. nouncedno`m'ced that that DenverDenver has has lost lost moremore thanthan $26$26 millioninillion inin conventionconvention businesstusiness due to the Queer TV Brings Down Curtain - Mark Behar and Bryce Clark have announced Colorado Boycott. that the end has come for Queer Television (QTV) which has, over the years, received Harvard Experts Say It's Genetic - There is more evidence suggesting that homo- many awards. QTV produced "Tri-Cable Tonight," "Yellow on ThursdaY' and an as- sexuality may be genetic, but only enough evidence to merit further study said re- sortment of programs on other topics. "The Brand New Queer Program,' the BESTD searchers;:°H¥dfd¥Cpfa¥£d:#|#£:n#e£:Lo¥ch:::£d:g°::±#andmenrfu¥+diteEf¥,8#:seahL8]i:: at a Harvard Medical School conference. Dean Hamer, Chief of the Gene FEL§faT:Bff!#¥#l¥fffa§iH±iNF#¥¥O:O:#v¢,:F§OF§v%jLive Program and the ACT UP program will continue to be broadcast. Stricture and Regulation Section at the National Cancer Institute, said his research in- dicates that sexual orientation may be hereditary on the mother's side. "Maternal NATIONAL NEWS transmission was more than expected by chance" said Hamer. Dr. Richard Pillard of Senate Votes to Bar People With HIV/AIDS From Immigrating - Senator Jesse the Boston University School of Medicine said studies also have found that Gay men Helms convinced a majority of the Senate to approve his proposal banning immigration arei¥E*kF:isfiife#:es+ichi¥ittr:o§jei;;e¥¥sae§;er#e|r:v:e¥fi§S±LL&:fa:d::E;#rerfanii five times more likely to have brothers who are Gay as heterosexual men are. for#cS##d#£#v°3eaeBEN#Efi£EfgrRERE those who are HIV+. Helms proposed the amendment out of fear that President Alaska Appeals For Help - Gays and Lesbians in Anchorage, Alaska are appealing Clinton would reverse the policy promulgated by former President George Bush. Bush for help in their fight to keep a recently passed municipal Gay rights ordinance on the refused to remove HIV from the list of diseases that can bar an individual from moving books. The new law is scheduled for a referendum vote on April 20. As was the case totod:o¥pi¥gr*t*scabusti¥gt°.rEenr?wKfahi£:yG|G)a¥°L#uffigeNr:&anHaleBrigade, or visiting America. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) voted with Helms. in other places where Gay and Lesbian rights were put up for a vote, Anchorage has Group Threatens Outing - A new national Gay group, the Nathan Hale Brigade, ¥T!i¥iF*a¥fisoi¥?=FEL¥:¥¥islF¥v#alf;¥l::leich#e¥ch*;c::T:T:iseen an increase in Anti-Gay violence.

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November 6,1997 6,1997-November—November 19, 19,1997-WIScONSIN 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHT I]GHTJ0-40 10' 10-Anniversaryb Anniversary Issue lssu. Bashings At All Time High - The eighth annual NGLTF Policy Institute Report on ¢}` violence against Gays and Lesbians reports that it has reached an all time high. Among the incidents reported were a 14 year-old boy who was beaten by family members and thrown out of his house alter talking to Gay activists outside of his family's church in Sacramento, California. Last September, at the height of the campaign for Oregon's infamous Measure 9, a Black Lesbian, Hattie Mae Cohen and a white Gay man with a disability, were killed when their home was firebombed by skinheads. A total of 1,898 anti-Gay/Lesbian incidents were reported. Among the most serious incidents to increase were homicides which climbed 50% from 8 m 1991 to 12 in 1992. Clinton Keeps Promise - President Bill Clinton has kept his promise to include Gays and Lesbians at high levels of his administration. The President has appointed Roberta Achtenberg as Assistant Secretary For Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. Other recent appointments include Peter Pappas, Special Counsel to the President, Keith Boykin, Special assistant to the President and Mector of News Analysis in the :iijmi#|sF¥ia|,iT&i#|;i:ndi;j¥#jg#:%g-i|ioo;iFic#|gii|.t:iOffice of Communications at the White House, and Bob Hattoy, Associate Director of Presidential Personnel at the White House.House.

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STATE WIDE NEWS Madison's Scheel House Threatened - Angry neighbors of the Rodney Scheel House for persons with AIDS responded with homophobicLei#chofi invective::e:£v¥eanRd#eeaytss:F::: and threats of ar- son¥,t¥,#£.n±S#§Lsnhfe#¥:A:|SD#:krfe3;:#]wiHthoSlegz# when given the news that the Scheel House will1 be builbuiltult in their neishtwhood.neighborhood. Calls received at the Madison AIDS Support Network, MASN and the homes of mem- £ar¥St:.:C£:iveHdoats#;¥3fis##DfnscfRE€#ff#t°rfr#tS:¥banrithfehtiFcerit?ftEeff:bers of its Housing Committee, included explicit threats to burn the facility to the `L ground. 8];`tEdd6nts Ask Marquette to Help stop campus Homophobia -h the hast l8 Students Ask Marquette to Help Stop Campus Homophobia - In the last 18 months over 20 incidents of Gay bashing have been reported on the Marquette campus. Rights and Equality for All Sexual Orientations (REASON) delivered a letter to marchers, the DC Police pukthe estimate at 1.1 million. Marquette President Father DiUlio asking for the inclusion of sexual orientation in the until nearly campus non-discrimination policy. Wisconsin, which was -87`" in the line of march, didn't take to the streets DiUho refused. five hours after the march had begun. The Wisconsin marchers held a banner that read NY's Mayor Backs Milwaukee's In Support of Colorado Boycott - New York "Wisconsin The Original Gay Rights State and were cheered all along the route as they Mayor David Dinkins has sent a letter to Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist letting Nor- followed by the chant "The Gay Rights State." quist know that he supported his call for the US Conference of Mayors to move its an- spelled out W-I-S-C-O-N-S-I-N nual meeting from Denver to New York. In his letter Dinkins also thanked Norquist Minnesota Gets Gay Rights Law - Minnesota's Governor Arne Carlson signed into for helping to lead the effort to have the convention moved. law a statewide Lesbian and Gay civil rights law. The State Legislature passed the law Crypto Hits Milwaukee- Cryptosporidumn, an aihnent that is caused by a water born after a two decade long debate. The new law, which exempts churches, religious parasite. hit Milwaukee with a vengeance. Hundreds of thousands of residents experi- groups and the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts and youth organizations, bans discrmuna- enced stomach cramps and other symptoms of the disease, which is particularly bard tion m employment, housing and public accommodations. There are now eight states on persons with HIV/AIDS, causing death in many. The Milwaukee AIDS Project re- that offer civil rights protections to Gays and Lesbians: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Cali- ported that nearly half of its 700 clients had the illness. MAP has been distributing fornia, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Vermont. nearly 4,0(X) bottles of water per day to people with HIV and their families. The bot- Col North Apologizes - Former Marine Col. Oliver North said he was sorry if an tled water was donated by the Miller Brewing Company. anti-Gay joke he told at a recent GOP event offended some Gays, but that he was even Appleton's Lawrence University Has Gay Awareness Days - Lawrence University sorrier that the media had used his remarks to "make me personally and conservative will hold Gay and Lesbian Awareness Days from April 30 to May 2". The weekend Republicans generally, less than what I know us to be." At a March 12 Dinner, North event will include a Ball, workshops, a showing of "Edward II," and display of 850 trouble getting through to the White House until he used an exagger- panels--::.:=:_::`:-.==_-_-_-::-:=:.::::_:-i--::_---_I:i::_:-:i:i-:::i:::--=:=:_:-::::::::=_::-I:-:=:_:=:-I::__-:-:_:i_=_-_:_::-:-:_:_-:i::-:--I:-:::_::_:::::_:-:-: from the Names joked that he had Project AIDS quilt. ated lisp to tell the operator "Excuse me..." Plants For Pride - The second annual Plant Sale for Pride, organized and sponsored Marky Mark's Murky Past - Singer, Calvin Klein underwear model and the idol of by The Wisconsin Light is in full swing. Wisconsin Light is in full swing. many Gay men, Marky Mark, has a somewhat murky past. In 1986 Mark and some friends were charged with pelting Black children with stones while yelling "Kill the NATIONAL NEWS N*****." In 1988, he was convicted for assaulting two Vietnamese men over a case of "A Grand and Glorious Day" - An estimated 1,000,000 Gays and Lesbians beer. In January, 1993, he appeared on British TV and defended Reggae singer, Shabba marched on Washington DC in the largest civil rights demonstration in the history of Ranks' condemnation of Gays . theE;'ripnc:::#n:%,:e:dTfa:fir.:#:-:?ye#|ffi¥CjEn:?hf:ei,#;:i#:aetr:;!r::#og;o#i United States. Although the National Park Police said there were only 400,000

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Margaret MCMwnay McMurray Wisconsin atat the March on Washington, April 25,2S, 1993 1993 r Wisconsin Hate Crimes Law Constitutional Say US Supremes - The United MayMay States Supreme Court reversed the Wisconsin Supreme Court and reinstated Wiscon- sin's Hate Crimes Law. The Court, which last year had voided a St. Paul, Minnesota Hate Crimes Ordinance because it felt that law violated the Free Speech provisions of ffl3eiiig¥i:fe£!ei¥Liffoff-;en:&ifej#Ieei;;ie:jririE#isnl:oi,ithe US Constitution, was unanimous in its verdict. "Whereas the ordinance struck STATE WIDE NEWSNEWS down ( in the Minnesota case) was explicitly directed at expression, the statute in this PrideFest Announces Stellar Line Up - PrideFest Co-Director, Bill Meunier an- is directed at conduct that is unprotected by the First Amendment" Musical case (Wisconsin), nounced a block buster line up of entertainment for the 2nd annual PrideFest. saidgE#fc?ffi##efaFefekw#E:dxuiF;Hi¥oig±C;eifr;t:::gi:jfl°::F:setths#:T=:dTn£: Chief Justice William Rehnquist who wrote the majority opinion in the case. styles on the Main Stage include reggae, jazz, swing, club music, rock, feminist music, show tunes, folk, choral and coimtry. Plus, there will be performances of modem NATIONAL NEWSNEWS dance, square dancing, Flamenco dancing, high energy and line dancing. Performers It is the most diverse AZT Controversy Divides Berlin AIDS Conference - A controversy over when to from around the state and from Chicago will be participating. A new Celebration. use AZT erupted at the International AIDS Conference in Berlin, Germany. entertainment line up ever offered at a Milwaukee Pride but show no signs of Men's Group, Frontiers celebrated its 12th British study says that using AZT on people who are HIV +, Frontiers Awards Given - Madison's Gay the virus. Some American scientists activists at its annual award dinner. Accept- AIDS, will make no difference in slowing down anniversary by honoring four community flawed because it studied the use of AZT alone instead of Service Award were Jerry Johnson, Publisher and Dr. Terry say that the British study was ing the Community with other drugs such as DDI or ddC. The Americans think that using Editor of The Wisconsin Light. The Award was presented to Johnson and in combination Boughner, a::::-::I::_:i:-:--::_:=l:::_:--i:=i:::_:-::_i:::_:_::=-:i_::I_:::-i:::i:::_i--ii:_:-:_:-I_:_:il:---_:_:::-::I:=T---_-:--__-_-:-_--i combination of drug therapies will eventually turn out to be the most effective way of Boughner by Ron Geiman, Editor/Publisher of In Step Magazine. professor of history and Jim Green of Integ- fi#o#Et¥EiLcinnati'sTurn-LocalfundainentalstsincincinnatLohioaretryingtofighting AIDS. George Mosse, former UW-Madison - Local fundamentalists in Cincinnati, Ohio are trying to were also given Community Service Awards for their merito- Now It's Cincinnati's Turn rity/Dignity of Madison, Gay civil rights ordinance. CCV, Citizens for Community Values, says on behalf of our community. overrun a City rious efforts it will fight the ordinance. The statewide group claims to have 5,000 volunteers in Magic Johnson To Chair AIDS Walk Wisconsin - Basketball legend, Magic John- honorary co-chair of the 1993 AIDS Walk Wisconsin. %Vmffiffrs]freGoary##cg.chfr%r%tan*edecfovjpc:tzLen§:?,]hca€#,#t:yv¥La#%6rssa#Cincinnati. son will be the Don't Ask Don't Tell? - There are reports out of Washington that Secretary of De- fense, Les Aspin, supports a annproimse proposal on the issue of Gay and Lesbian military service. Under the compromise, the military would be prohibited from asking any service member if they were Gay or Lesbian. However, anyone found to be Gay F¥i;;i;in#;ffithieribi,:ffj!i¥jTiLgi`g¥i#,¥.,g¥:;;¥f;g:i:e¥#n¥%or Lesbian would be honorably discharged from the service. July STATEWIDESTATEWIDH NEWS ouster of ACT UPUP MilwaukeeMilwaukee DemandsDemands Ouster Ouster - -ACT ACT UP UP Milwaukee Milwaukee deinandeddemanded thethe ouster of Deputy Commissioner of Health, Dr. Thomas L. Schlenker. The group demanded s dismissal after he said in a letter to the Marquette Tribune that those Schlenker' and/or contracting AIDS and other STD's were "unhappy, mentally retarded, desperate addicted¥¥¥dS##tsi:|erg&:er[Hh;e;`D¥;dJg[eaT#:;o;,th:ec:M%#eett£¥d:#:tEfr:£F:th£,:,: people." NATIONAL NEWSNEWS Announces "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Gays, Lesbians Outraged - President Clinton in the mili- SLint°ELg|nnfuunoc;S±DBE'tthAesfuD°n::tEe]#:#yofynLi:SsbbjLa£§&udtr&g=diE%S:#:Bill Clinton announced that he will not lift the ban on Lesbians and Gays

demonstrated against Dr. Fauci RESEARCH CONTROVERSY— CONTROVERSY- Members ofOf Milwaukee ACT UPUP demonstrated against Dr. Fauci when he spokespoke atat the Auditorium on MayMay 15,ls, 1993. NATIONAL NEWS oRMAN PARK Miller Brewing Backs Illinois Gay Civil Rights Bill - Miller Brewing Company announced its support for Illinois Gay Rights Bill (HB 2182). Jim Houlihan, a Miller Brewing Company representative, submitted a statement to the Illinois Senate Execu- tive Committee in support of the bill. Soldier of the Year Thrown Out - Sgt. Jose Zuniga, a highly decorated junior offi- NBOW 04 sponsored by ASSOCIA11 cer came out in full uniform on Saturday, April 24 at a reception NGLTF. Zuniga, the Sixth Army's Soldier of the Year, served in Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War. On May 10, 1993, the same army that had decorated him, discharged Zuniga. Helms At It Again - Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) has threatened to obstruct the confirmation process for Roberta Achtenberg, President Clinton's nominee for Asst. Secre- tary of HUD. Helms called Achtenberg, "a dammed Lesbian," adding "if that makes me a bigot so be it." ACT UP D.C. Folds - ACT UP- Washington, D.C. has folded its tent and stolen away into the night. Members voted overwhelmingly to disband due to a lack of WELCOME money and support from the general Gay and Lesbian community. " This is just the tip of the iceberg, said member Mike Petrellis. "I predict other chapters will start folding upuptoo." too." JuneJune TO THE I STATE STATE WIDE WIDE NEWSNEWS PrideFest a Huge Success - For the second year in a row record crowds attended Milwaukee's PrideFest. The Milwaukee Police estimated the crowd at 13,000 people, 2,500 of which attended the first ever Sing Out and Dance With Pride Concert on NEIGHBORHOOD about Saturday evening, June 12. The Milwaukee Journal praised the celebration with an #Fi§£t§¥d#£±§e#+§st£#iw::;:¥iego±##fficvl%wfiji££io;;%8an¥rigp#:editorial that said it was "a celebration of community and individuality" where "people I felt felt free free toto bebe themselves."themselves." Madison's United Awards - The fist Annual United "Queer of the Year Awards" went to Wisconsin Light writer, John Quinlan as Man of the Year, Lois Stauber as 0. BOX 76115 Woman of the Year, MASN as organiiat-ion of the year, David Clarenbach as Ally of P. E¥§iifr¥§Sj:!i:EfagNgStj;E¥oELJ£T§£ee#§':Dg#i#*th±a¥Tic#:A¥ffi#sithe Year, John Ness as Male Volunteer of the Year and Sharon Hayes as Woman Vol- unterunteer of of the the Year.Year. MILWAUKEE, WI 53216 First Gay and Lesbian Book Store to Open on Milwaukee's East Side - Milwau- kee will finally have its own Les/Bi/Gay bookstore. Afterwords, a new book store (414) 777-3986 (Voice Mail) which will also sell Gay and Lesbian related merchandise, will open on July 9 at 2710 i#m#ELJy:ifeba##B##*%s!Lei;aty:d#m:er%n=¥#:;Sds:aasins#yrig##oL:jN. Murray Ave on Milwaukee's East Side. `tA'

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are two of is tiny and nearly insignificant. Shown above million Gays died in the Holocaust, the Gay exhibit TV monitor. on Monday, April 2626 inin several slides shown on a —The National HolocaustIIolocaust MuseumMuse`m opened to the public on 1993—Ilorrors1993~HorrorsofIIorrors-TheNationalI:'?,-IIU|.I_t,,3 I,JL of Horrors ,|\,I I V,~ ,,+--`____.__ __ over $10 million. Even though about five DC. Fifteen years in the planning, the project cost Washington,Washington.DC.Fiftenycarsintieplaming,theprojectcostov-er$10nmon.Eventhoughaboutfivewashington. Dc. rìt-teen years in me piamm8, tlit; iiiiijc.L ,UDL v ,v, , , v ,,_y_. _ , __ __ . 1,_p - The Log Cabin Federation , a was backed by Gay Republicans Open Office in Washington DC he called "an honorable compromise," the President who over 6,000 members in 32 chapters taly. In what a plan that would con- Gay Republican organization that claims to have an estimated 90% of Gay voters m the last election announced a Washington, DC office within the next 10 days. unless they could prove they has announced that they will open tinue the discharges of those found to be Gay and Lesbian One - The 1997 general Convention of the Episcopal Church tt£]:eesLT#¥86o:;i{,;8#eo}ti±°^:i±bgrifecfaG¥::yil°ffitl;¥:iT¥,t¥S§i¥::pew#;#:dsw:o:#jteio;;g§y;#r£L¥o¥#S#ae+:efi#ii[w#9¥+gqug£Vo€:r#°:igEci;j¥e§eoi§aiii£6^:of the same sex. Denver Loses Another haven't engaged m sexual conduct with members largest conventions in the US has been moved from Denver to Philadel- would be banned from asking service members if one of the 25 Under Clinton's plan, the military due to the Colorado Boycott. Gays and Lesbians who come out of the closet or who are 3n£.ou*j;o"2iB;Hcg8;:c:o;£¥¥%Es:iYdè'U§-in-s-'beinmovedfromDedvert-omadei.phia they are Gay or Lesbian. service. Legal Defense and Education Fund, other means to be homosexual will still be dismissed from the Lambda Opens Midwest Office - The Lambda found through Openly Gay Con- advocacy group for Lesbians, Gays, and people Reaction from Gays and Lesbians was almost uniformly negative. the nation's leading non-profit legal one exception. Studds praised the President saying "He with HIV/AIDS., has opened a regional office in Chicago. gressman Gerry Studds was the Wisconsin native, Bruce Lehman and decency in a hostile enviromnent." But even Studds found Gay Wisconsin Native Confirmed - On August 6, stood for reason Gay activist to win unanimous confirmation by the US compromise, as a policy, falling short of the mark. Presidential confidant, became the first Gay Presidential appointee his failure to keep his Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of David Mixner, announced that he had broken with Clinton over #ff:¥i!aififnfiwe#g|iai;#|##f;m#o#:#Tjiifmgi;ii;ji¥fSenate. Lehman now becomes the Asst. promise. Patents and Trademarks. to supporters of Colorado's Amend- Gay Appointments- President Bill Clinton has appointed four Amendment 2 Dealt A Big Blow - In a blow Clinton Makes More at rights laws, the Colorado Supreme Court Gay officials. David Cruise, Director of Intergovernmental Relations ment 2 which reversed local Les/Bi/Gay civil more openly La- :ig;¥:¥ge:it:eiifjii[#::,a!i'£e:(I;|Edi£;#:#!:,ih:#oì:g=r:faiffE;a:g:¥:!fthat forbade the state from implementmg the law. of Commerce, David Tseng, Special Assistant to the Secretary of in a 6 to 1 vote upheld an injunction the Department for Interna- a chilling effect on similar referendums around the Patrick Noeln, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Commerce The ruling is expected to have bor, the Asst. Sec- tional Trade Administration, and David Martin, Confidential Assistant to country.c(,`mtry. They join eight Don't Care - Regardless of what the Colorado Supreme Court may retary of Commerce for Legislative and Intergovernmental affairs. Oregon Voters government posts by Clinton. in four counties in Oregon approved laws that would mandate discrimina- other openly Gay men and Lesbians appointed to high say, voters as 'perverse." And Gay or Lesbian people. tion against Gays and Lesbians. The laws label Gays and Lesbians No other President has made appointments of openly 9, which was rejected in a statewide referen- Founder Dies - Steve Endean, one ofthe most important leaders in the snug- are local versions of Oregon's Measure HRCF due to Citizen's Alliance used the video tape "The Gay Agenda" gle for Gay and Lesbian civil rights died on August 4, 1993 from complications duin last year. The Oregon Fund which support for its proposals. AIDS. Endean's most enduring creation was the Human Rights Campaign to help dnun up and Writer Defects - A former speech writer for Oliver North, Jeny Falwell, he founded in 1982.1982. Speech Cathedral of Pat Robertson, Dr. Mel White has been installed as the new dean of the Conummity Church in Dallas. With over 1,000 members, the Hope, Metropolitan denomination. E#;i?¥h]eir!tFAti¥:Fethc;'t]#§;¥g€#gg:i[¥:ìDaag:ip::Yet:P#°&e,%ys[G;::|aEb=y#L¥'Ftr#£Dallas church is the world's largest parish of the predominantly Gay the misuse of God's word by Christian September White said "As in the days of segregation, • .I ______I?_,`_ '' discrimination we face." i;.;a`c`h;'I:.sisa.t-in;-hoTarìtif`cheìnjus-doe-anddisciiniinationweface.preachers is at the heart of the injustice and STATESTATH WIDE NHWSNEWS "Wisconsin Light" Fights Censorship - Jeffery Baas, a fifth grade teacher filed a be complaint with the Hales Corners Library Board asking that The Wisconsin Light removed:;i¥v#:got:?:th:ieFiEL£:g:s=cFes:oEigp:|¥tEfaffiree:E:gas#:==¥ei:::t:;:cn:#e::=a- from the library. Baas' complaint will receive a vigorous response by the pa- Per. Aids Walk Raises $550,000 - Helped by the presence of Basketball Superstar, Magic people :kw#DF#Sfresw5L:'c°o¥sriH±peeddab¥e%eL.Er;§%%o°of.B[a[inst:t#?thpe8:#o.p¥apgri:Johnson, AIDS Walk Wisconsin raised a record $550,000. An estimated 8,000 werewei.e in attendance. MAPFest Sets New Records - Over 3,500 people attended the annual MAPFest The festival grossed a record $43,000. celebration. on Library Will Keep Book - The children's book "Daddy's Rommnate" will remain the shelves of the Sussex Public Library. In a 5 to 2 vote, the Board of the Pauline Haass Public Library voted to keep the children's picture book which tells about a boy's divorced Gay father and the father's lover from the boy's point of view. The Board, however, also voted to appoint a panel to review the selection and placement of children's books. That vote worried the library's staff. The vote curtailed. a Fundamentalist lead campaign to have the book removed. NATIONAL NEWS Congress Votes that Gays in the Military are "An Unacceptable Risk." - The House of Representatives passed a modified version of President Clinton's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on Gays in the military. The House voted 301 to 134 to codify dis- the military. Out of the Wisconsin delegation only Democrat Tom Bar- Polinske (left), Partner's bartender RickRick Leigler crimination m DRESSEDI/nE,DDI]Aji TO li`jiT0 THE THE ILliL, HILT— HILT-ii,IL,1-.+`, BJ's BJ's L. bartender, bartender,` ,...... __., __._ Jeff Jeff _ Polinske ______(left), ` Partner's the bill. 122 at the 3B's bar's annual rett and Gay Republican Congressman Steve Gunderson voted against and 3B's bartender Bobby Cole got into their Sunday best to perform ::_-:::_i-::------_-_:--i--I_:-_i---i_:--=i:::_I::-:i:-:--:-:-::-:-:----:-i-:=:-_::__::_-=_------:::__::---:_-I:-:---_:i-::::-_-:I:::---_-:-:::-:-:_ benefit, the event raised against the proposal but they were joined by only 12 Republicans in- "Stars for AIDS" benefit on January 10, 1993. A Milwaukee AIDS Project Democrats voted The Triangle and Wreck Room bars also provided entertainers as did cluding Gunderson. $1.556:L:s:5a5:g:;§dfb#][f;;,:ecbraer:eosf:t:;I::I;*:Tuhge:;T;§at.::i::a,:£S*n::£:u:k;:L£:E§seg::o;:i::3v::h:e£,t::tt,:sect:e:v:e::rtsar:asps:e,a: for patient care services. law, while Herb MAP and HIT. In the Senate, Wisconsin's Russ Feingold voted against the new Kohl supported it. The Senate vote was 63 in favor and 33 against. The bill is considered to be far worse than the Clinton plan in that it does not include ::#¥j§Ff::s;;s:n[F#j€be§sefaE;us[§s:tr§:a;;j#T±¥ofr£§¥¥afegfi;±e;w::;c;±s§;aofisH£;I;the President's assertion that investigations into the private lives of service members August will cease and it allows the Pentagon to reinstate the questioning of recruits about their

STATEWIDESTATHWIDE NHWSNEWS Needle Exchange Program Starts In Milwaukee- After two years of study, tht Milwaukee AIDS Project has begun a needle exchange program. The program will pf,!g!c:li;A:,:a?,;ie:|i:,t#:iffpt#jli::gaegis;ea:miggfff:.:3fdL#euffiBex!i;Sgd|i'c#provide clean, sterile needles to people who use illegal injected drugs. Because hypo- dennic needles are hard to come by, drug users often share and reuse them, a practice that can and does spread HIV. Black Groups Plan Joint Picnic - Ujima, Men of All Colors, Black Lesbians United Emergence and LOC will hold a joint picnic the "Midsummer Jam Picnic" on August ;z#afkK?er:°£tiesipi¥#ngih¥gd:F],CoL¥'pE#:9ffi°::',BarLficficEScP,1:nsrum±esdt22"" at Kern Park in Milwaukee. Madison Rally Against Don't Ask Don't Tell - About 50 people gathered outside of the State Capitol on August 6 to rally against President Clinton's "compromise" on the issue of Gays and Lesbians in the military. During the rally, openly Lesbian State Rep- resentative Tanuny Baldwin demanded that the Pentagon release "The Rand Report." Sources say that the report, an independent study of the issue that was conunissioned by:iii:-i-:---:-:_-:--_:.:::-:-:-_i::i-ii-:----_:---:-:ii-:i-::_-:--i-i=--::_::::_i:-:--:i-:i:-:--=--: the Pentagon, says there is no reason to exclude Lesbians and Gays from the mili- tarytary.. Wedding Banquet Screening - A special screening of the comedy "The Wedding Banquet" sponsored by The Wisconsin Light brought rave reviews of the Gay theined ¥i:#:ino:n::,!ditbc[c:Tfei#;ig:%nfiifi:i:gait(:!ffjEEao:;?.e:vlio¥ms#n:G:aal#a!:erEL!film. The movie which is Taiwan's highest grossing fihn ever, has won critical acclaim from straightstraigiv and Gay critics alike. NATIONAL NEWS Victory Fund Training In Chicago- Chicago will be the host of the first ever Vic- tory Fund Candidate Training Seminar. The Victory Fund which promotes and helps fund the candidacies of openly Lesbian and Gay individuals running for office will hold#TicF|faFd¥dr¥L:£Ti#;hijF§¥anc¥as#di¥H:di*sfffaggi2¥:¥ofi::h¥ffi the seminar from October I -3. '_"i:'T!#!

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STATE WIDEVIDH NEWSNEWS Milwaukee Mayor Signs Budget With $190,000 In AIDS Funds - Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist decided to approve the AIDS funding initiative that was promoted by MAP with help from ACT UP. The approval means that city AIDS funding will increase for the first time in several years and that $190,000 in City funds will be used to fund services and help prevent the spread of AIDS. Student Council Denies Funding for Whitewater Group - The Gay Lesbian Bi- sexual Student Union at UW-Whitewater has been denied student funding because it is a Gay organization. GLBSU members went to the UW-Whitewater Student Associa- tion to request $600 in normal operating funds. This is done annually. The $600 amount had been downgraded earlier from $900 by the Allocation Conunittee. Instead of getting the money, GLBSU members had to sit for an hour and half and be lectured to. Student Senators said they did not approve of the group and there would not fund it.F:je#iii;:;ff:;¥Tgd:B¥::E:¥¥gi#3¥ed¥jf.yfiEi#u:!iiondEeroT#ule£T::::ed: Campus administrators were present but said nothing. NATIONAL NEWS Clinton, MixnerMiner Meet Meet AtAt WhiteWhite House,House, Settle RIftRift -- David MixnerMiner and President Clinton held a private meeting at the White House to settle a rift between the two men according to an exclusive Wisconsin Light report. Mixner broke with Clinton after President went back on his promise to lift the ban on Gays serving in the military. with other attendees at the first conference of the 19931993-Rep.—Rep. Tamlny Tammy Ba]dwln Baldwin (Center)(center) i8is crownshown standingstanding with other attendees at the first confe]ence of The two men who had a 30 year friendship met for an hour and half. "The President openlyopulyLesbianmdGayofficialshddinWestHollywood,CA. Lesbian and Gay officials held in West Hollywood, CA. showed a remarkable knowledge of Gay and Lesbian issues, I was astounded" said sexual orientation. Furthermore, the new law is devoid of Clinton's promise that the Mixner,;:-:--:_==:-:-:_i:-:-::---_::-=-:==-:---::_-:_::-_:-iji::i::_:::--:-:--:::-i:-:_:-i::_:i---::--I:::_i:_I--::-:-:-:=_:_-_:---:-::i_:::-_---:--=:---_:-:_::: who added that he "made clear his disagreement with Clinton on the military military code of justice's provisions on sex will be enforced against straights and Gays issue. alike.¥rpr°F#efa#fTinFce¥p=fle6n¥eo:¥xfawhrsbede#3£#:gha+#'#°th¥ssean¥8athyse Texas Town BacksBacks DownDown -- Round Round Rock,Rock, TexasTexas hashas backedbacked down from its thi.eatthreat toto New Hate Crimes Bill Passes the House - In only the second tune in history, a bill deny Apple Computer, a tax break. Apple which had planned to locate a major manu- specifically including Lesbian and Gay Americans has passed a house of Congress. facturing facility m the town was denied a tax abatement because it grants health insur- The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Hate Crimes Enforcement ance benefits to the partners of its Gay and Lesbian employees. Act. The act would provide increased penalties for federal hate crimes. The County Commissioners voted against allowing the abatement after 70 people Feds Approve A Gay Adoption - The US Justice Department has approved the ap- said they didn't want Apple to move there because they didn't want Lesbians and Gays plicationn¥1!:ai#i¥!iwi:uffe%aif£;¥GELi,!i#Ti!j:#¥:igfe:si of an openly Gay man to adopt a child born overseas. The ruling reversed an living in Round Rock. fg:%;#f!!|i:an!Vi#ja£:dELfi#Iearlier decision issued by the hmnigranon and Naturalization Service New York.York Apple responded by saying it would build elsewhere. Then Texas Governor Anne Cobb County Georgia Says We Are Substandard - The County Board of Cobb Richards got involved saying that she would not tolerate bigotry. After some of the County has passed a resolution stating that Gays and Lesbians "don't meet community Governor's arm twisting, the Commissioners met again and decided to grant Apple $1 standards.":[#i;df,;¥Lg#:e:s:I:e:s:afastra:nsssT#vfr#si#alft.;ub,%esffdon¥=:ita:d:#c# The resolution has provoked an national outcry and demonstrations are million in tax incentives. Apple accepted the offer. being planned.planed. Record Number of Gay, Lesbian Officials Attend Conference - A 150 Openly Gay and Lesbian elected officials met in Chicago for the 9 Annual Openly Lesbian and Gay Elected and Appointed Officials. October STATE WIDE NEWS Milwaukee Police Seize Brochures ThreatenThreaten Activists Activists - -Four Four memtx}rs members of ACT UP Milwaukee were detained by the Milwaukee Police for over an hour, Saturday, October 2 after they attempted to distribute AIDS brochures and condoms to Milwaukee Tech High School Students entering their Homecoming Dance. The police, who came in three squad cars and who prohibited the activists from distributing the materials, would notnF#|e:¥|¥%iw±rifeF;#::drFiexiIT:fi;¥j:::i!t§ifeofiTi!ffThgg°%iiohi¥t¥Ti;:&¥\I allow them to make phone calls and threatened them with arrest unless they turned overover. thethe brochures.tn.ochures. The Police said the brochures would be turned over the District Attorney for his review. When asked why the Police had come. Detective Krause of the Sexual Assault Task Force said "to investigate a felony." When asked what the felony was she replied "passing damaging materials to minors." Team Wisconsin Forming - Team Wisconsin is forming to help Wisconsin's Gay and Lesbian Athletes attend the Gay Games IV in New York next June. The state theme is "Strength Within." Plans include organizing, soliciting funds, a pre-Games send::::::::::::i::::::=:::ji:ii::i-_-::--'.I:ii:---_::::;::-:_:-_:::i-:_::::::-:i:::::_:--::i::i-_::::_-::-I:_li::::I;i:_-:_::-`:i:---_i-::_:_:i`--i off in Madison and outfitting our athletes with state ceremonial uniforms. Hearing on "The Wisconsin Light" scheduled for Nov. 10th in Hales Corners - The Five Member committee set up by the Hales Corners Library Board of trustees will hold a hearing on November 10 as to whether or not the library should continue to carry The Wisconsin Light and if so whether or not it should be in pamphlet rack in the library lobby. Shelley Gaylord was sworn in as Madison's first woman and first openly Gay or Lesbian Municipal Senator Kohl Defends Vote, Denies that He's Gay - Senator Herb Kohl was forced in of judge on May 3. Her father, Dr. Sandy Gaylord, from Youngstown, Ohio conducted the swearing I;u;g;g;e:n!iihgj!;jg::iti;!¥ghf;ei:ere::;:ag::;,;:aiy&;!r;Sri¥iai¥:i;:;ii:a;ija::!P|i,;i;i#:it#!e::::::af!aife:;;?a::i"I to defend his vote codifying the ban on Gays in the military when he was aggressively his daughter. Following the ceremony, fondly remembering her late mother, Gaylord quipped, " questioned by several women attending the 13" State AFL-CIO Women's Conference know what my mother would have said today: 'lipstick, pearls and nylons — this is a big day!' in Manitowoc. In the process Kohl stated unequivocally that he is not Gay. Kohl Shown left to right are David Clarenbach, Rep. Tammy Baldwin, Gaylord, Paul Higginbotham and claimed that while Gays "didn't get all they wanted" the new policy "is significantly Margaret MCMMcMurray. urray. betterr#T+8Efic##¥£ys:#i+t:g°:Funanhaed#;yE#e%±9±#y£#t#£Li:i°:ose#e£°#¥ than it was when the debate started." His response drew guffaws from the audience. NATIONAL NEWS Huge Rainbow FlagHag HannedPlanned ForFor NewNew YorkYork MarchMarch -- A A huge huge Rainbow Rainbow'#ouThREg=5 flag to be earnedEum8al] dyby 10,00010,000 peoplepeaple will bebe oneone ofof the the highligivts highlights ofof NChfr New York'sYock's Stonewall 25 celebration next June. NovemberNovember STATE WIDE NEWS "The Wisconsin Light" Will Remain At Library - A panel appointed by the Hales Corners Library Board of Trustees unanimously agreed that The Wisconsin Light should remain at the library and stay in the brochure rack in the library lobby where it will be placed on the top rack out of the reach of children. The decision came despite a complaint from Jeffery Baas who said the paper's ads were too sexually graphic. The library received 40 letters on the issue most of which favored keeping the paper. 11 people spoke at the panel's hearing, 9 in favor of getting rid of The Light two in favor of keeping it. Medical College Gets $3,425,000 Grant For Inner City AIDS Study - The Medi- cal College of Wisconsin received a grant of $3,425,000 to expand its research pro- n evaluating AIDS/HIV prevention approaches among vulnerable inner city popu- lations. Victory Fund Gala Breaks Records in Milwaukee - A National Victory Fund Gala held in Milwaukee raised over $25,000. Among those in attendance were Bob and Rod Jackson-Paris, Victory Fund Executive Director, William Waybourne and David Mix- ner,:a![#nHT¥&e:taiisfB*:#:Efiiff:son=ch#:[,ath:fa:tt#¥¥::eod%E##- long time fiend of President Clinton. "UWM Times" Newspaper Slams Gays, People With AIDS - The "UWM Times," a conservative student newspaper, published an article written by Travis J. Zi- glinski and Steven Delbert, two of its editors. In the article the authors demanded the arrest of the entire membership of GLBC at UWM, the Gay Lesbian Bisexual community at UWM, for violating state law. GLBC is threatening to sue the paper for libel out 199}-.-Re|i. Talnlny Baldvwh since the law it cited deals with solicitation of prostitutes. Ziglinksi and Delbert left 1993—Rep. Tammy Baldwin .11 the last line of the cited ordinance that makes it clear the law is about prostitution. The paper ran a retraction claiming that the men had gotten an 'incorrect interpretation of the law." Gay sex in Wisconsm is not a crime. In another article the author, Everardo Garcia said the military budget should be augmented with money spent to fight AIDS because "those who engage in sodomy and other unnatural acts deserve to die." NATIONAL NEWS to Commission Steffan - The Federal Court of Appeals in the Court Orders Navy 19931993-Dfarren—Darren FosterFoder Washington DC circuit ordered the Department of the Navy to commission former US Naval Academy Mid Ship man, Joseph Steffan. The court also ordered the Academy to grant Steffan his degree. Steffan was just six weeks away from graduating from the Academy when he was dismissed for being Gay. Later the Navy tried to recover the #ffi+Aori§ff¥y:£i|Fg±¥:oi#¥¥ifri##ed¥+¥£#e:ffi:icosts of his education for the years he was at Annapolis. November 6, 1997—November 19, 1997—WISCONSIN LIGHT-44 1041 Anniversary Issue

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