GIRL TALK Powder Puffs of California - Serving the Californiagender Community Since 1987
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r:. Vol. XVII, No. 5 May, 2000 GIRL TALK Powder Puffs of California - Serving the CaliforniaGender Community Since 1987 Inside This Issue ... May: Post California Whippings, Jail For 9 Saudi Transvestites 1 Dreamin Syndrome Next Meeting - Post Cal Dreamin S c i e n ti sts rec om m e n d SF Chronicle, 04/20/2000 2000 meeting t treatment And you thought being read in the United States was tough - Cyndi 2 Riyadh,Saudi Arabia California Dreamin 2000 is in the Men and their contests Nine young Saudi men have each been historybooks. By Maggie Gallagher sentencedto more than lashes and at least 2000 Creators Syndicate, Inc What next? five years in prison for deviant sexual For those who are seekingfor life after behavior, a policeofficer said yesterday. 3 Dreamin 2000, I direct you the next A courtin the westerncity of Qunfuda Queenspeak Powder Puffs meeting on Saturday, May By Joan Goodnight th sentenced five of the men to six years in 20 • No need to quit dressing "cold prison and 2,600 lashes. The men are to turkey." Come to the meetingin that dress 4 be flogged 52 times in 50 sessions, the you "never had a chance to wear." Proclamation officersaid on the condition of anonymity. While California Dreamin did take a Willie L. Brown, Jr., Mayor of the City The fourother defendants weresentenced and County of San Francisco lot of time and attention, we still plan on to fiveyears and 2,400 lashes. They are to meeting in May. Some of us just can't get beflogged 48 times in 50 sessions. There 5 enough! It's good to be a man vs, I'll I will be a pause of 15 days between each For those curious (or those that just needed to know in life I learned of the flogging sessions. can't wait) as to the whens, whos, whys from my girlfriends Police started tailing the nine after and hows of the next CaliforniaDreamin, report�that thtywere acting strangely,the 6 pleaseturn to Page Threeand read Joan's officersaid. He saidpolice found that they TG Pride Festival - 'The Good, The Quennspeakcolumn. were dressing in women s clothing and Bad, The Ugly About Being ' engaging in deviant sexualbehavior with Transgendered Date: Sat. May20, 2000 eachother. Time: 8:00 pm PDT 7 Place: Placentia Holiday Inn, 118 E. PPOC: A Renaissance Chapter The White Pages Orangethorpe Ave, Placentia, CA. Take For more information on Renaissance: 57 Fwy to Orangethorpeexit. Head east. RENAISSANCE 8 987 Old Eagle SchoolRoad, Suite 719 The Rap sheet Wa)'ne, PA 19087 PPOC Policy Change Phone:610-975-9119 Effective with the March 18th Email: [email protected] meeting, PPOC will no longer be WWW:http://www.ren.org providing a changing room. AOL Keyword: Renaissance .2 Men and their contests SO Travis Christie, whom you might consider· the world's most Maggie Gallagher unlikely hero.Travis is yearsold, not someyoung buck, and 2000 Creators Syndicate, Inc he works as a model's agent, not as a bouncerat a bar. The New York Post reports he has a "small build," and Travis wouldn't May 3, 2000 fight you about that. "I'm not a big guy," he admits, "but I'm strong. I'm alsovery hyper, so I'll stand up to anyone." Any woman who doubts that there are important differences betweenus and the guytypes, listen to what Yankeecoach (and On Wednesday,April 26, "anyone" includeda would-bemugger cancersurvivor) Joe Torre said when he calledup MayorRudy whom policeidentify as Jerrod Ford, 31, of Queens.Travis had Giuliani last week after the news broke that the mayor has spottedthis suspicious guy checkingout a pregnantwoman with cancer: a baby carriage as she waited for the Eighth Avenue subway. Minutes later, the mugger whips out a knifeand startstoward "Your cancerheadlines were bigger than my cancerheadlines," the pregnant mom. he told Rudy. That's when Travis made his move. He was joking, oi course.But still - to whichof us blessed with double X chromosomes would this particular form of cancer "You want to go after someone? Go after me!" he told the consolationhave ever occurred, even in jest? surprisedmugger. "That's when I grabbeda garbagecan lid and chasedhim. I can'tbelieve I did that, but all I was thinking was, JoeTorre's remarksmade a bigger impression on me than they 'What if he kills someoner" might have becauseI happenedto readthem on the sameday I over heard the following conversation between two The mugger fled, and Christie alerted the token-booth clerk, preschool-aged males, my son Bair and his buddy Gino: who called the police, who collared the suspect, for a happy ending all around. Mom had just strapped the two of them into the backseat and handed eacha box of juice.Vigorous sucking noisesensued. A "It's nice to see someone get involved like that," Sgt. William few moments later I heardBair's voicefrom the back seat. O'Brien, the transit cop who arrested Ford, said, in the understatement of the year. "You finished your juice, Gino. I still have my juice. I drank slower than you. That meansI won." Many of us would have fled in fear or only called the cops and let the guy get away. But Travis took it personal-like.And I for Don't get me wrong here: I know girls can be intensively one, as a formerly pregnant mom who has done her share of competitive over soccer, Barbies, boys or math. I myself have time pushing a stroller through the subway,would like to sayto beenknown to go forthe jugular in Monopoly. Certainly, like this particular goodguy and to all the other good guys out there: most women, if I'm in a contest,I want to win it. However, as Thank you. competitjve as I c.onsidcr myself, it would definite1y net '-'.ave The author of the article ended her piece with a thank you to OCCWTed to rile to turn juice-drinking or cancer headlines into the bravesoul who chasedoff the would-be mugger. Her thank such a battle to be won. youshould have been to that misunderstoodand much maligned hormone: testosterone! -Barbara Van Dyke And therein, I submit, in spite of my unscientific research sample,lies the key differencebetween the averageman and the The latest from Sacramento average women. What testosterone does to your brain, apparently, is make you see contests in the same way a thirsty personin the desert"sees"an oasiseverywhere. Where a normal ShirleyBushnell has informedus that A.B. 1851 was approved person (i.e. a woman) would see only the most innocent social by the Assembly and sent to the State Senate. Apparently, it interaction, the typical personof male persuasion sees a battle apparently received a large bipartisan vote in favor of it. to bewon, a hierarchyto beclim� an opportunityto enjoy the thrill of victoryand to avoid the agony of defeat. A.B. 1851 is the bill to clarify court proceduresfor recognizing a person's change of gender. Don't think I'm kvetching. Far be it fromme to disturb God's magnificent plan. Besides, testosterone has its uses. Consider 3 Couple Donna and Julie Freeman organized an impromptu 11 couples panel discussionand Thank them for their interest and endeavors on behalf of the event. The quintessential Beckyand Loy of the RGA group in San Jose were again ever the CALIFORNIADREAMIN' 2001 omnipresent and faithful duo by doing everything from registrationto hosting the Fridaynight dinner. CaliforniaDr eamin' 2001will take place from April 26 through April 29, 2001 at the Golden Gateway Holiday Inn in San LeslieBailey, newly retiredfr om the TGSF presidency, did all Francisco. There is a brand new leadership for the event and of the work in organizing the optional excursions and did an I'm pleased to announce that former PPOC president Patti outstanding job in arrangingfo r the lighting, sound, and talent Barton will be the new event administrator. Patti has already for our Saturday night banquet. Great job. gone to work and is assembling her team as this is written. Long-time groupfr iend and favorite jewelryla dyJ eani Adams Our vendor mall was filled to capacity and everything from has already signed on to Patti's team. Hopefully this will jewelry, clothing, breast forms, V-strings (if you don't what squelch any gossip circulating on the rumor mill about the these are just ask and I'll tell you), make overs, to books and demise of our annual event. As I slated last month there is no magazines was o-ff"Cred to the convention atcendees. I'm happy truth that the event being switched to a Februarytime frame. to report we didn't experience any dissatisfaction, rebellions, petitions, or hate and discontent this event. Then again,one of CALIFORNIADREAMIN' 2000 our staunchest regulars wasn't on hand this year. Could this be just a coincidence? Hmm. What a weekend! San Francisco has to be a transgendered person's dream come true. Its truly an amazing cityand can't A number of the IFGE boardof directors were in attendance led be duplicated for its cultural diversity and openness to varied by newly-electedchair Julie AnnJohnson and executive director lifestyles. The event came offwithout a hitch - well almost Nancy Cain. Julie and Nancy met with some local leaders and without a hitch. There were some technical problems with our gave their rendition of the new IFGE which waswell received. meeting rooms being changed on us on a daily basis, but all in all, nothing in the way of a major problemever surfaced.