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Fifth Freedom, 1976-09-01 State University of New York College at Buffalo - Buffalo State College Digital Commons at Buffalo State The aM deline Davis Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, The iF fth rF eedom Transgender Archives of Western New York 9-1-1976 Fifth rF eedom, 1976-09-01 The aM ttachine Society of the Niagara Frontier Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/fifthfreedom Part of the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons Recommended Citation The aM ttachine Society of the Niagara Frontier, "Fifth rF eedom, 1976-09-01" (1976). The Fifth Freedom. 41. http://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/fifthfreedom/41 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The aM deline Davis Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Archives of Western New York at Digital Commons at Buffalo tS ate. It has been accepted for inclusion in The iF fth rF eedom by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons at Buffalo tS ate. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Freedom5th PUBLICATION OF THE BUFFALO GAY COMMUNITY SEPTEMBER 1976 1 fl Arrotherurxisual lovestory Bi'x fl bythe authorofthebestseller #* fIR JB fl THE RUNNER p - fflnflHi PATRKIA NELL | MhhJ I LUNCHES-li:3oam -3:oopm -WEEKDAYS Lmi 7| MONDAY SPECIAL-happy 'g* hour all night-req. drinks I 4ft .75,wine & local beer .50 n D / WED.-2 for I - from Bpm jj jT Happy Hour Every Day <F* JfC 'til Bpm-req. drinks .75 =f ■ OPEN NIGHTLY 'TIL 4AM V A A<"t FOfl YOUR DRINKING AND iR| V ■ J DANCING ENJOYMENT! |l|l S U iy —Wflfl SAT. & N. -OPEN FROM IPM V Your Favorite Nightspot!" I—, I / 274 Delaware Aye. - Buffalo, N.Y. flftSE~^fl > MOVIES |Ujl Ifl • LOCKERS IsYtTSjTmfll • SAUNA BATH ■B fl A lII] v : I • refreshments Jl-tNTlft PRIVATE ROOMS I 1 • IJM BUMll^H COLOR TV. LOUNGE |*|yi| ' ■ • • CENTERS OF ACTION VALUABLES CHECKED • <« • V.D. CLINIC EACH MONTH * • OPEN 24 HOURS 7 DAYS A WEEK • IN AND OUT PRIVLEGES (WEEK-ENDS) <& CCM\N At druBstores SAUNA I IN RESPONSE To all my good friends at the Buffalo Gay Community Service Center. As I travel down the long- dark, and often dangerous road ECLECTIC 6 called Gay Life, I will always remember your center as the first ray of light called hope that came pruring in when I REVIEW 8 opened my closed door. Hope in knowing that I am not the only person in the world who is gay, POETRY 10 that gay people are warm,tender loving human beings with feel- ings and emotions like anybody else. WELCOME TO CIVILIZATION 13 Remember that being in the closet is like being placed in your own little coffen-with the FUN CITY lid nailed on tight. At first 12 everything is comfy and cosey, you are in your private little world, and nothing can harm you MID SUMMER NIGHT DREAM 17 because the real world dosen't know your there. But what hap- SHORT SHOTS 16 pens? Soon the air surrounding you becomes hot and stale. You choke, gasp and if you remain sth FREEDOM: Circulation 2000. STAFF: Benji, Greg Bodekor, in there, you eventually die. Joe Dietrich, Jose Q., Jim Helman, Dennis Henly, Martha Your own private world is kil- Magill, Don Michaels, Kirn Santos, John Yanson, Andy Zach. ling you. For the few individ- MAILING ADDRESS: Box 975, Ellicott Sta., Buffalo, NY 14205 uals who decide to pry the lid sth FREEDOM is published 11 times a year, at 1350 Main St., off, the job isn't an easy one. Buffalo NY, 14209, Phone (716) 881-5335, and printed by Once the lid is cracked open Octobergraphics, 1207 Hertel Aye., Buffalo, NY, 14216. and those first beaufiful whisps Permission is required for reproduction of material. DEADLINE: of fresh clean air start trick- 15th of each month. ling in the world sits up and ADVERTISING RATES ON REQUEST. Vol. 6, I 7 notice you. It sees you as an invador and trys to destroy you by forcing you back. But don't . the range of menswear, let it happen. Rip that lid off season after season, continues to be Stand high, mighty, and proud. a show-stopper ..." Take your rightful place in the wide wonderful world. Or take "... gets the highest the alternative, climb into your a accolades in men's fashions ..." coffin, put the lid on tight and die. The choice is yours. Tommorrow I will travel back to my home town, 270 miles from your city and I would like to thank all the people at the Buffalo Gay Community Center for giving mc a hand in prying that heavy lid off that has en- % 9fflJ Mon.-Sat. IC3.am-6pm tombed mc for most of my life. sdfsdafsd The rest won't be easy, I know that. But I don't want to go t" back into that'dammed coffin. Although we are hundreds of miles apart my heart will be always with you and with Gay people through out the world. I love you, all of you. Paul Jt MEMBER mmMm COMMITTEE OF SMALL MAGAZINE EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS BOX 703 SAN FRANCISCO. CA. 9410. FROM OURMAILBAG Dear Editor: And we have for all of our years and are all alcoholics and are Having just read your July, always sent free copies of all mentally ill, etc., in order to 1976 edition, I would like to of our material to every group get publicity and money, they make a few comments on 2 art- in the movement, and at one have done more harm than all icles mit, the "History of time we were the ONLY group in their future work can undo. Gay Liberation," by Tim Denesha, the movement. Sad to say, many They have accomplished the op- and the book review Earl by A. separatist women's groups and posite of what they should be of the Arno Press all of the Hershberger left-wing political doing. We are NOT sich, we do collection of "homosexuality," have refused send groups to NOT have v.d. and more or less Lesbian and their material because (Homosexuality: to us than non-homosexuals, and we in Society, History & with views. Gay Men they disagree our don't need "special" clinics to edited Jonathan And the Literature, by as to publication treat alcohol or anything else. Katz). Arno-New York by Times, anyone do NOT seek "approval" of in regard the WE First, to who knows history will know any church, state, or society, history, it seems be miss to to what a terrible job was done, all we seek is to have the laws a it being good history because by the prejudiced editors, who and government reflect the missed the "feel" NOT by completing for personal reasons refused to religion and bigotry of the few deleting any of probably mention reprint the most important pub- our nation who force thinker the lication in want to the leading on in the history of the their views on the rest of of homosexuality and us, subject movement, ONE Magazine/Tangents that, is what the Bill of Rights the co-founder of ONE, Inc. and magazine. anyone If is to read and Constitution guarantee the Homosexual Information Cen- only us one source to learn about and and ethical courts ter, Inc., Don Slater, who, the movement, this magazine competent and law enforcement agents will with Hal Call, was the first would have to be that source. grant And it should be person to allow real name And its editors were and are us. his clear thinking people that and picture to appear in public the most qualified in the world to the states that have changed print, Life magazine, 1964. to speak and write on the sub- their laws those Surely your writer knows of Mr. ject. The fact that the editors are in which was Slater. Surely he knows that (Katz, Gittings, etc.) refused there NO gay lib nuts. Even has the most complete re- use the material we have is in California the law would have HIC to been source center library on this proof of their unethical and changed 3 years sooner if subject in the world, since we incompetent hehavior which his- every year the nuts had not been started-he did-as editor and tory will judge them for. They so egotistical that they went in an their and with then THE editor of ONE magazine, are using though control and drag their "gay" bibles "present their views" and the librarian of ONE. After to the to censorship deny public the legislators. the apparently never to be set- knowing of views they personally to They delay- ed the change, they did not help tled split in ONE, both factions disagree with. And for Mr.Katz it. They did exactly what the have built upon the divided refuse credit and to to HIC Don public was afraid homosexuals library (divided by mutual con- Slater for all the help given would do, they appeared as nuts. sent, there was no court or out- is a sad to him, equally comment They got some personal therapy, side decisions on this split), on the of his work and integrity as they do in marching down but due to the material Don Col- his goals in the movement. I Hollywood Blvd., but they pro- lected this faction has the more am so to have to out happy point test too much, since everyday complete set of materials and these but since few peo- things, homosexuals down this no other group of place in the ple would know the record march/walk them, boulevard and the world has the material, includ- must only guilt be kept clear.
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