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II NEWS II NEWS ■ ADVICE Emergency PrideFest Anti-Gay DOMA Bill Dear Ruthie Answers Town Hall Set Passes in Assembly Your Questions R 28 Wi scons i n Wisconsin's lesbian & gay spaper of record since 1984 • Issue 20.22 • Nov. 6, 200 instepnews.com O'N flit ith Meshel klegewilo 0 ly you can help ensure that PrideFest ill continue for future generations. • How big is the 1 Pridefest debt? What went wrong? How can Pridefest be reorganized and more accountable? RliElEST What is the plan? What are people OWN HALL MEETING contributing to? Wed Nov.12 @ 7p.JI • UWM Stude t Union • Room 181 • 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. PRIDEFEST COMMUNITY TASK FORCE MEMBERS: Neil Albrecht John Blaszczyk Lew Boyles Brenda Coley This event is hosted by: Susan Cook Ross Draegert Sheri Goldberg THE CREAM CITY FOUNDATION Karen Gotzler Jennifer Gryniewicz AND THE L6BT RESOURCE CENTER AT UWM Scott Gunkel Stephanie Hume Lil Lau Mike Lisowski Owen Mahon Peter Minns Marcus Smith Si Smits Robert Starshak PrideFest' Cindy Taylor Paul Williams Denise Wise Y our tax-deductible contributions will help ensure that PrideFest continues for fu ture generations. Please send your contributions to: PrideFest Legacy Fund Ad space donated by c/o Cream City Foundation, 315 W. Court St., Milwaukee, WI 53212 Wisconsin IN Step WWW.PRIDEFEST.COM www.instepnews.com • November 6 — November 19, 2003 Wisconsin IN Step Page 3 Wisconsin IN Step a Issue 20.22 • PrideFest Clean-Up IN Step World Headquarters 1661 North Water Street, Suite 411 IN Side Milwaukee, WI 53202 News 414.278.784O voice 414.278.5868 fax 4 Editorial www.instepnews.com By William Attewell 4 Assembly Passes Anti-Gay DOMA Bill 69-28 ISSN# 1045-2435 By Mike Fitzpatrick 4 Emergency PrideFest Town Hall Meeting Scheduled For November 12 William Attewell 5 It is Official: Robinson is the First Gay Episcopal Bishop Robinson First Gay [email protected] 5 Gay GOP Groups Delay Endorsement Episcopal Bishop • 4 editor-in-chief Group Notes 7 UW's Hot-Selling Gay Books Topic at Frontiers Forum Mike Fitzpatrick 7 Rainbow U: "Building Financial Freedom for Gays and Lesbians" foxvalleyainstepnews.com 7 Madison to Mark Transgender Day of Remembrance Nov. 20 fox valley bureau 7 Inte-Generational Thanksgiving Dinner Set for Nov. 29 7 ARCW Offers New HIV Testing Sites, Dates Wayne Brasler, Dear Ruthie, 8 Activist to Speak at Positive Voice Jamakaya, Michael Johnston, 8 Cream City Chorus' Bistro Evening a Success J.C. 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Since 1984- Page 4 Wisconsin IN Step November 6 — November 23, 2003 • www.instepnews.com Emergency Assembly Passes Anti-Gay DOMA Bill 69.28 Johnsrud Break reported in The Capital Times. Falls), Stephen Nass (R-Whitewater), Ann PrideFest Town With GOP Leadership Action Wisconsin lobbied hard Nischke (R-Waukesha), Luther Olsen (R- against the bill. During the floor vote Rep. Berlin), Alvin Ott (R-Forest Junction), Democrats Claim Mark Pocan (D-Madison) reported the Carol Owens (R-Oshkosh), Jerry Hall Meeting TheyE Can Su group,s efforts resulted in "a total of over Petrowski (R-Marathon), Mark Pettis (R- Expected Veton 8,000 messages in opposition to this bill" Hertel), Michael Powers (R-Albany), Kitty were registered in the seven weeks follow- Rhoades (R-Hudson), Lorraine Seratti (R- For By Mike Fitzpatrick ing the bill,s introduction. The AW press Spread Eagle), Tony Staskunas (D-West Scheduled release claimed "Despite our best efforts Allis), Jeff Stone (R-Greenfield), Scott Madison — After more than three to persuade legislators to oppose it, fear — Suder (R-Abbottsford), Debi Towns (R- sometimes acrimonious hours of debate, and the far right that peddles it -- won Janesville), John Townsend (R-Fond du November 12 the Wisconsin Assembly passed the so- this round". Lac), Gregg Underheim (R-Oshkosh), called "Defense of Marriage Act" by a vote On-the-record opposition to the Terry Van Akkeren (D-Sheboygan), Karl Milwaukee — All community members of 68 to 29 in the early evening of October are urged to attend a town hall meeting that measure doubled from the last time a Van Roy (R-Green Bay), Daniel Vrakas (R- 25. Characterized by lead sponsor Mark similar DOMA bill reached a floor vote. Hartland), Leah Vukinir, (R-Wauwatosa), will address PrideFest's debt crisis and dis- Gundrum (R-New Berlin) as "an affirma- The 1997 Assembly vote was 78-20. 'l'en David Ward (R-Fort Atkinson), Becky cuss opportunities for ensuring the continua- tion of the institution of traditional mar- tion of Milwaukee's pride festival. A slate of Democrats also spoke against AB475 dur- Weber (R-Green Bay), Steve Wieckert (R- riage" and alternately by Rep. Marlin ing the floor debate, a more than 300% Appleton), Annette Williams (D- strategic recommendations, as drafted by the Schneider (D-Wisconsin Rapids) as a recently formed PrideFeSt Advisory increase since the AB-104 debate. Milwaukee), Mary Williams (R-Medford), means "to rally those homophobic zealots Voting for passage were: John Jeffrey Wood (R-Chippewa Falls), Wayne Committee (a working group oftGBT organ- that you (Republicans) call your support- Ainsworth (R-Shawano), Sheryl Albers Wood (D-Janesville), and Robert izations and leaders), will be presented at the ers," the bill will replace the current "hus- (R-Loganville), Garey Bies (R-Sister Bay), Ziegelbauer (D-Manitowoc). meeting. Additional opportunity will be band and wife" definition of marriage David Cullen (D-Milwaukee), Jeff Voting against the bill were: Larry available for questions and answers. with the definition of marriage a being Fitzgerald (R-Beaver Dam), Steven Foti (R- Balow (D-Eau Claire), Terese Berceau (D- The town hall meeting will be held at between "one man and one woman." Oconomowoc), Stephen Freese (R- Madison), 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 12 in Room 181 of Despite the Assembly vote. it is Dodgeville), Donald Friske (R-Merrill), Spencer Black (D-Madison), Frank the UWM Union. The event will be hosted by unlikely the bill will become law. In the John Gard (R-Peshtigo), Curt Gielow (R- Boyle (D-Superior), G. Spencer Coggs (D- the Cream City Foundation (CCF)-and the final minuets of the debate Schneider Mequon), Mark Gottlieb (R-Port Milwaukee), Pedro Colon (D-Milwaukee), UWM LGBT Resource Center. claimed that the Democrats in the Washington), Barbara Gronemus (D- Tom llebl (D-Sun Prairie), DuWayne Assembly have more than the 33 votes The meeting will address why PrideFest is Whitehall), Glenn Grothman (R-West Johnsrud (R-Eastman), James Kreuser (D- the Assembly to sustain any veto. The in its current financial situation; a detailed Bend), Scott Gunderson (R-Waterford), Kenosha), Shirley Krug (D-Milwaukee), minority.s leadership had encouraged fundraising plan to keep the festival from Mark Gundrum (R-New Berlin), Eugene John Lehman (D-Racine), Mark Miller (D- representatives to do what was necessary declaring bankruptcy and losing the Hahn (R-Cambria), J.A. "Doc" Hines (R- Monona), Louis Molepske (D-Stevens for their districts since the bill, as written, Summerfest grounds; and contingency plans Oxford), Mark Honadel (R-South Point), Joe Plouff (D-Menomonie), Mark does not change the current public policy in case the funds are not raised. Milwaukee), Gregory Huber (D-Wausau), Pocan (D-Madison), Sandy Pope-Roberts in any way. Mary Hubler (D-Rice Lake), Jean (D-Verona), Jon Richards (D-Milwaukee), PrideFest's debt stands at approximately Gay activists are also buoyed by the $120,000, according to CCF. which has Hundertmark (R-Clintonville), Scott Marlin Schneider (D-Wis. Rapids), Gary "nay" vote case by moderate GOP Rep.