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Gay Slde Cartoon ln Step.Dec. 7J20, 1989.Page 78 *********************** ADVERTISERS: Don't forget h Step's 4-Week Issue `cpvering Christmas/New Ye\ar's & The First 2 Weeks of January '90 (Cover Date: Dec. 21, '89-Jan: 17, '90) i{ * DEADLINE IS EARLY! i{ i{ 4 PM, Wednesday, iI December 13! « i= `` Contact Ron at (414) 278-7840 i{ or Stop ln Our Office, # 225 S. 2nd Street, Milwaukee i{ i{ # H0 H0 HO'ing Our Way i{ Into The Gay '90s! i{ # ** ******************** rj? In Step.Dec. 7-20. 1989.Page 4 I-N- 13 P 1 I I S ELunNEunN- Gay/Lesbian Officials Strategize ln Madison by Rex Wockner held in the Wisconsin State Capitol Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin building. Other newcomers included November 17- 19,` the loose network of Connecticut state Rep. Jde Graybarz, U.S. and Canadian `openly gay elected and Main state Rep. Susan Fa.rnsworth, and appointed \ officials welcomed the first Vancouver City Councilor Cordon Price. Black and the first Latino to join their Graybarz, who was elected in November ranks. 1988 to represent his blue-collar Keith St. John, a Black man, was hometown, Bridgeport, spearheaded elected to the Albany, NY City Council Connecticut's drive to pass a gay November 7th with 77% Of the vote. His law this year. The bill went down to 5:9,:;£ victory folrowed by only seven \months the in the 151-seat House of Representatives election of Cuban immigrant and bar by only nine votes. owner Ricardo Gonzales to the Madison "There's really no identifiable gay City Council. community in Bridgeport and the press Gonzales told conferees that he has only doesn't label ine as `the gay state been publicly attacked once for his sexual representative,' " Graybarz said in an orientation, by a confused interview. "My constituency approves Of letter-to-the-editor writer who t`hought his the job I'm doing and that is what support for legalization Of marijuana ultimately matters. ' ' would som'ehow make young people Graybarz told his State .House staff that homosexual. he is gay his first day in office. "And the St. John, however, who went first words out of my mouth as an elected head-to-head with Albany's powerful official were, `My major priority is gay Democratic machine, faced a barrage of and lesbian rights,I " anti-gay hatred prior to both the primary Unlike many at the Madison conference, and general elections. Graybarz is not concerned about being "He wants to take your council seat pegged as a single-issue political. Several and turn it into a stage that he and his other. participants reflected the activist groups can prance around and sentiments of San Mateo County, C`A stomp their slippers and say, "We want Supervisor Tom Nolan who said,. "I don't gay rights!" read one widely distributed want to t)e pigeonholed. Nobody is going flyer. "Do you really want a man who to make me a `gay' supervisor. " finds Sticking his penis in another mans Richard Wagner of the Dane County, sic rear end religiously rewarding to Wisconsin Board of Supervisors agreed. represent you on your council "We're gay," he said, "but we are seat???? ! ! ! ! , , proficient at a variety of other tasks. Most Although St. John won the primary by of us don't see fighting for gay and only three of the 1,417 votes cast, lesbian rights as our only roles. " Democrats provided him with an The Gayest City in America? overwhelming victory in the general Madison was an appropriate Setting for election. Their loyalty to the party, he this year's conference as the city boasts agreed, was more powerful than their no fewer than seven openly gay or lesbian homophobia. elected officials - four on the Dane Meeting 0n The Inside County Board, two on the Madison There were about 60 openly gay officials Common (City) Council, and one village at the three-day conference, which was contd. on page 5 In Step.Dec. 7-20. 1989.Page 76 In Step.Doc. 7.20, 1989.Page Cquptd. from p®g® 67 I)ouglas Dunes Resort I(Mw.L)J+ ) trustee in Shorewood Hills, a "suburb" completely BI;!±Le S|ar_Hlghway. Dou_glas` M_I_ : : ......... (616) 8i7 1401' . Bulldog Road (Mw`V) surrounded by Madison. llag Rag (bi.monthly lesbian; feminisl paper) 29]4 N. Br(.adwa}i` Chlcago ....... (:312) 525 6550 "In Wisconsin, we have P.O Box 93243` Milwaukee 53203 Clarl<'s on ClaTl< (MW) In Step (bi.weekly lifeslyle magazine) 5001 N Clark` Chl(`ago ..... (312) I/-84 9250 , isolated the Moral Majority as 225 S. 2nd. 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' I piece of paper. $25 for I year (25 issues) As the conference closed, Mail a check or money order to: All subscrii.tions are sent in planners announced the plain couers and mailed first class. creation of a half-time staff position and a newsletter. They also sent a letter of support to openly gay U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D.-MA),. who is facing political fallout from news reports that he Forward Corference attendees, Gay and Lesbian utilized male prostitutes, one offi.ctals from across the USA, gathered on the steps If of whom later plied his trade the Wisconsin Slc.te Capitol. while staying in Franl{s'' home. Next year's confer€nce will be held in Dean and Earl Bricker attended from the Boston, where delegates expect to Madison/Dane Co.