Texan's Gay Immigration Case Attracting National Attention
By Don Ritz Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Longstaff said that NGRA would fund Immigration of gay men and women to the Orleans. Late last September, the Appeals the majority of costs for the Supreme U.S. is a subjectthat has been picked up by Court, by a vote of 2 to l, affirmed the Court case, and the organization would be the national news media. Federal District Court's decision. accepting donatiorui. (Donations are tax Richard Longstaff, owner of the Union After the Appeals Court decision, the dedut'tible, and checks should be made to Jack clothing stores in Dallas and Hous National Gay Rights Advocates (NGRA), NGRA or the Legal Foundation for Per· ton, immigrated to the U.S. from Great located in San Francisco, requested a sonal Liberties, 540 Castro, San Fran Britain in 1965. Shortly after immigrat rehearing en bane by the Appeals Court. cisco, Calif. 94114.) ing, Longstaff opened his store in Dallas NGRA, citing numerous contradictions Longstaff said, "Speculation is that the and later opened a second in Houston. between the Fifth Circuit's decision and Supreme Court will hear the ca8e, but it is Eleven years after immigrating to this other smiliar immigration cases, purely speculation as to when they will country, Longstaff applied for U.S. citi requested that the case be heard by the hear it. The timing (of the case) does not zenship. entire Fifth Circuit Court, not just three have the priority of something like a case The U.S. Federal District Court Judge judges. ,..;th the death sentence. It,.. ould be up to a Joe Estes twice denied Longstaff citizen• The appellate court refused the rehear ye.ar before they decide to hear the case, ship and based his decision on two issues. ing request. NGRA has now filed for the then another year before they actually do Este,; claimed that Longstaff was in viola• Supreme Court to hear the case. The hear it, and another 12 months to make e tion of the Texas State Penal Code, Sec• Supreme Court received the writ on Wed ruling." tion 21.06, the "homosexual conduct" law, nesday, Jan. 25. Ron Ranum, :-GRA administrator, said and that Longstaff had illegally entered NBC national news learned of the case, he lioped the case would not take quite the country. and reporter Carl Stem and a camera crew that long. Ranum said he thought a deci A law passed by Congress in 1952 states were sent to Washington to interview sion on whether or not the case would be that individuals with "psychopathic per• Longstaff on Tuesday, Jan. 23. heard would be made in October Ranum sonalities" are exdudable and ineligible Longstaff said that he was uncertain added that it's hard to predict any judicial to receive visas to immigrate to the U.S. In when the interview would be aired, but decision. 1965, the law was amended to include anticipated it would be aired on the same "NGRA is reaching out to get the best "sexual deviants." day the Supreme Court received the writ, Gay Texas' businessman poti 1ble lawyertodotheoral agrumentfor Longstaff appealed the decision to the on the evening news with Tom Brokaw. Richard Longstaff the caae before the Supreme Court. "
That Little Brown Bottle THE STAR Under Your Nose AUSTIN * SAN ANTONIO Joe Baker, Commentary, p.7 Feb. 3, 1984 D Issue •7 o Published Every Other Friday
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By Hollis Hood some $165. This attitude, he says, typifies procedure-of homosexuals. If this can go the Reagan's administration's position of on here, it can go on anywhere, and does," 1984 is here, end Biir Brother and Big Sis trying to undermine the purpose of the he said. ter have already been watching for FOIA. He encouraged the Journalistb to go decades. Dan Siminoski, who ret"ently Virginia Apuzzo, executive dirt'ctor of back to their respective cities and discover filed for release of FBI gay surveillance the National Gay Task Force, has voiced if their police departments had such files. documents under the Freedom oflnforma support for Siminoski's cause, saying, "We should all c-are about these tion Act, said in his keynote address at the "The FBI's refusal to waivl' fees for Dr records," the longtime activist said. "It's Srcond Annual Gay Press AsRociation 's Siminoski's Freedom of Information Act one of the great scandals of administra• Southern Regional Confrrence Jan. 27 in requl'st is another example of the federal t1ve Justice. It is a dark, illicit, ugly history Houston. government's special and systematic to taxpayer waste and secrecy " Siminoski was in Houston to promote hara. smcnt of the gay lesbian movement The FBI',. refusal will result in the larg Siminosk1 VB. the FBI, the case filed on his which Dr. Simmosk1 and other histonans est FOIA case m history, he said. behalf by the California Civil Liberties and social scientists seek to document. The government hasn't just saHld Union this past October, and to promote This case will give us the opportunity to records on ind1v1duals such as John Lc.n his forthcoming book, Spies m the C/osrt. inform the American public about the dis non or Martin Luther Kmg, he said In the The case nrose when h(• requested the crimination we face nnd will be a major case of the ga) movement, "as with the release of FRI documents for hook test of the rights of gay men and lesbians ,..omen's mO\ement or any other move research, "including hut not limited to" 1:1 to b,• secure in their civil liberties." ment wanting change," they have docu gay organizations nationwide which the "I have been asked why I should care mented an entire SO<'lal history. bur(,au had been tracking since the early about 'old, dusty records,"' Siminoski told That'.s one reason Simmoski wants the Hl.iOs. the gathered newspersons. "What differ• records, he said. "The litigation will gh e "But it doesn't matter who's watching," encc will it make? Well, I'll give you sev• us an opportunity to gather a large piet"e of the political consultant said, "the gay eral reasons." gay history. A chance to recover much of movement will make progrPSs. We must do ThiR is not just a gay case, he explained. what has not been kept by others. They whatever is necessary to maximize sup· It is of interest to ell civil libertarians. It have records on the Mattachine Society port in this frightening world." demonatrate.s that no person nor group of and One, Incorporated from the very It is time for the gay movement to reach persons is "safe under the law until they beginning. out to the other human rights groups and know exactly how that law may be "If there's one thing you can i;ay for the b(-come a part of the mainstream human abridged to violate their rights. federal government, it is a wonderful rights cause, Siminoski said. Through this PHOTO SMOAOOJlli '1'his case will tell us e lot about the archivist," he jokingly stated "It gathel'II clout, gays can imprnss upon the govern Dan S1minoski relation.ship between gay rights and the ever~1hing and keep its. It keeps thmgs ment that they will no longer toleratl' federal government, which alledgedly like a pack rat-all the dirt in all the being spied upon and harassed. dollars. stands for freedom. It \\ill demonstrate closets-end they save, save. save." "We are Am(•ric.an citizens, and we need In essence, gays are paying taxes to be that civil liberties are only up to the defini The emplo) ees routinely chp from gay to rPach out to electoral candidates who spied on by their gover_nment, and that tion (given them) by local law enforcement and non-gay publications anything that are supportive of gay rights," he said government is not allowing th~se persons agencies. Gay rights have always been refers to gay issues or gay individuals, he "and make gay rights part of the huma~ to see the information that 1s being accum violated and are continuing to be," said said, citing a meeting notice which rights coalition-call it ~he Rainbow Coa• ulated about them. Siminoski, who holds a doctorate from the appt>ared in the university newspaper in lition, Roosevelt Coaht10n or what hav!' Siminoski was told that the documents University of Wisconsin. Hayward, Calif. The Gay Academic you," . he rt' No Gays In 'Winnie Winkle' Had someone in "Doonesbury" been ~n White SwaJlo.N eye a-earn iS fOr the man WhO dares to care about his appea a kl!. BecaJse the area around the eyes has 011 QlandS. tt1is area IS the first to show ning out of the closet, editors of the New rew signs of a90Q. Whte SwabN eye a-earn IS pemaps the finest eye a-earn ever York News and the Chicago Tribune made It restores morsture and gives the eye area that youthful rjCN might have let it stand, but in "Winnie Winkle"? No way, said the editors of the two large fCredot card or money order 10 day dellvery> newspapers, and according to Editor & Publiahrr, told the comic strip's writer, Name Henry Raduta, that a gay theme might be Address offensive to its older readers. City State Zip The Tribune's assistant features editor MONEY ORDER VISA O MASTER CARD did not care for the "unsophisticated" and Card" Exp Date "stereotyped" image of gays. The News' assistant managing editor Signature said if the "Winnie Winkle" characters Mall to came "out of the closet," the comic would White swallow Order Total s come "out of the paper." cosmetic company In Texas. add 6" sales tax s In the strip's abandoned storyline, Win• PO BOX 7344B, Postage & Handllng s 1 so oept. F·260 nie's son Billy announced that he and Houston. TX 77273 Tot al enclosed S friend Russ Miller were lovers. In the revised version, Billy's now inter• 2 oz. White Swallow Eye Cream $15.00 Order before March 15 and receive a FREE travel size eye cream ested in an older woman with children. Retail Inquiries contact Stephen Lacobee, Ask for White Swallow In vice-president, MarkeUng your favorite men's store FEB. 3, 1984 / THE STAR 5 Human Rights Campaign Fund Set~ Goal of $1 Million for 84 The Human Rights Campaign Fund, a national pro-gay civil rights political Above all, gay men and lesbians should participate in this process or to run as a said Chorlton, "since the 1984 platform demand their rights. Articles 1 and 10 of action committee, wound up its 1983 fun delegate. Each state must also help low and important changes in the Democratic draising with events in Key West during the Democratic Charter guarantee gay and moderate income individuals to Party Charter will be largely decided prior the last week of December. men and women "fully, timely and equal defray expenses related to attending the to the convention in smaller groups. The fund, now in its fourth year, has set opportunities to participate in decisions National Convention if they are elected as "Active participation, careful planning concerning the selection of candidates, the delegates or alternates. At the same time, and hard work are the keys to success in a minimum $1 million war chest goal for formulation of policy, and the conduct of the 1984 elections. participation in the process is restricted to 1984. This is the year to demonstrate con other partv affRira ..." it reads. those who declare their Democratic party clusively that the gay rights movement is The 1981-82 cycle raised more than "If you encounter any discrimination $609,000, and one 1983 activity, a dinner preference (either through prior registra indeed nationwide. from your state or local party or from a tion, where applicable, or through a state "When the Democratic National Con in New York at which Jesse Jackson was presidential campaign, please notify the keynote speaker, netted some $30,000. ment of support at the start of the process), vention open8 in San Francisco next National Association immediately," he and thoae who have not taken part in the July," he continued, "the Lesbian and Vic Basile, executive director, said. "Many of the party leaders and state announced appointment of Shelia Kuehl election of delegates for any other party in Gay Caucus at that convention must executive directors are very supportive. 1984. reflect both our diven;ity and our determi and Jack Newby as co-chairs for the Los Start now and build a long-term, working Angeles City Committee that began to In addition to delegate,; and alternates, nation to participate fully in the American relationship with them." each state will also select members for political process. The door is open. Now reach its goal with a $1,000 plate dinner on All participants should be aware ofsev Jan. 17. each of the three convention committees; it's up to u ," eral basic requirements and guarantees Rules, Platform and Credentials. For additional information, contact the • GRNL to Tackle included in each state's plan for delegate "These committees are especially impor national a880ciation at 1742 Massachu• Anti-Gay Exclusion at selection. No state may charge a fee to tant to the lesbian and gay community, ~etts Avenue SE, Waahington, D.C. 20003. Immigration Hearings The Gay Rights National Lobby (GRNL) announced that congre8sional hearings on immigration law reform are to be held in early 1984, and lively debate is expected in an effort to repeal the anti-gay exclu sion in the 1952 law barrivg any alien who is "afflicted with a psychopathic personal ity, sexual deviation or mental defect" from entering the country. GRNL Immigration Task Force Coordi· nator Craig Howell; Legislative Aide Mike Walsh and Executive Director Steve Endean have worked clo•ely with Rep. Barney Frank (0.-Ma.) to insure the hear ing will take place, fulfilling a public promise by Rep. Romano Mazzoli (D.-Ky.),, chair of the House Judiciary Subcommit tee on Immigration. Admitting that the current system of excluded categorieR embedded in the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act is indeed "outdated," Mazzoli pledged to hearings on modernizing that section. "Gay Ri,rhta National Lobby will con• WHERE COUNTRY IS #1 tinue working closely with Rep. R. Frank and other congressional friends to help 820 SAN PEDRO, San Antonio, 224-7739 organize favorable testimony for repeal of the anti-gay exclusion during the upcom ing hearings," stated GRNL Deputy Director, Jerry Weller. • GayVote '84: Sexual Orientation Not An Issue in Democratic THE MUSTANG BAND Delegate Selection For the first time in history, each state's plan for electing delegates to the 1984 Friday, Feb. 10, 9:30pm Democratic National Convention must szeover include specific language prohibiting dis crimination based on sexual orientation, said Tom Chorlton, executive director of Happy Hour Zpm·Bpm Monday-Saturday the Notional Association of Gay and Les• bian Democratic- Clubs. This is a direct result of several impor TWOFOIIONE tant developments during the past four years, the leader of the I 10 gay political associations said. Monday-Saturday Zpm·4pm In l!l80, the Lesbian and Gay Caucus at and Wednesday Zpm·Bpm the New York Democratic Convention included 77 openlv gav delegates, alter nates and committee members from 17 zse DRAFT BEER TUESDAY Zpm•Zam states. The Caucus was as large or larger than the delegations from 25 states. As a result, the gay rights were added to the 1\eeT 1\ust SatuTda~ U Sunda~ Democratic Platform and to the Demo• 1·ratic- Char1~r. $~.a;o 'i\\m·&\\m Senator Kennedy, members of his staff and key officials in the Carter White with VTee \lot Dogs Sunda~ House met with the Caucus and courted its support. Mor:e th_an 400 _dele!(ates signed _a Secured Parking on Weekends petition placing m nomination a symbolic openly gay vice-pn•sidential candidate. Home of S.A. MUSTANG In 19!14, the rules are tougher, said Chorlton, the candidates far more numer• Ya'll Come to Snuffy's on the San Pedro Stri ous and the election process shorter. "It will take more determination and hard work than ever ht>fore in order to matc-h or excee who hn.c enmed th~t support through liard work end vSs1b1hty 6 THE STAR/ FEB 3, 1984 Losing Weight Is No Easy Game Health By Harvey Thompson, M.D. Store likelihood of oven,;•e1ght in adulthood. susceptibility to a "1dc range of stimuh. 'Trapped mside every fat person is a thin Hypertrophic obesity does not result Behavior modification techniques are soul struggling to get out." from an increase m fat cells, but from eat• being tried with some success, teaching Owners That cruel generalization is not true. It ing too much and exercising too little. It's the fat person new patterns of eating, The doesn't take into consideration that essen a self-increasing situation. since obesity techniques work best in group situations; Are you a STAR tial differences remain in the obese, even itself leads to inactivity. The vicious cycle weight loss is greater in a group of sim• distribution point? when weight is lost. Obesity is a life-long can be altered through discipline; as ilarly affected people than in single indi• problem that cannot be cured, only con weight comes down, activity is easier. viduals. If not, become one. trolled. "Overeating" is relative, though. Competing to see who can lose the most There's no charge Like hypertension, obesity rarely has Increaseing age lowers caloric require poundage can be fun and rewarding, but definable and treatable causes. Seldom is ments. so that a steady eating pattern can each person has to find his own motiva and you'll find it any hormonal imbalance discovered. No cause overweight even if exercise remains tion. One slim and trim man I know did it will bring people single etiology explains all cases of obes constant. with the help of a very easy device. into your business. ity; different causes exist for different peo He simply put a mirror on his refrigera• ple. The obese try to defend themselveA with To be a d1stnbut1on point, we require "my body doesn't burn off calories like tor door. you to place the newspaper 1n a lighted, Obesity is an eating disorder, but its other people's." True, the energy required Dr. Thompson practices medicine in easily-accessible locatton, and be able mechanisms are not reversed by simply to metabolize foodstuffs is often lower in to distribute at least 25 copies each limiting food intake. This metabolic dis obese people. It would be attractive to Sacraml'nto, Calif.. and is co-medical ,ssue (Some locattons go through 400 order is incompletely understood. Like blame obesity on this more efficient ther director of the Kaposi's Sarcoma Founda to 500 copies each issue.) Your location alcoholism, obesity may have aspects of a tion thne. rJ J983 SI-Onewall Features Syn• w,11 be printed m the paper each issue mic response, but that seems secondary to ,Jicate. medical illness. the already obese state, not an initial The alcoholic learns that he has a prob cause. The body "learns" to be storage lem shared with others which can con• efficient. tinue even without booze. Obese people are Some societies idolize the "generous• "different," even when thin, and must rec "figure. In the United States, thin is in, ,.._, ognize their overweight as a contmuing and some people literally starve them problem. Some justification for this think• selves to be chic. In a gay dance bar, "love ing follows. handles" may be too much; to a chubby. Appetite seems to be controlled by the chaser, 100 pounds of fat is delightful. hypothalamus, a feeding and satiety cen What is the definition of obesity? ter. Body mass seems to influence the The best definition is that obesity is activity of this gland; the obese person overweight to the extent of a threat to appraently has a fixed point for degrees of health The Framingham Study showed obesity. That accounts for the tendency of that weight in excess of 20 percent over overweight people to return to a certain ideal is the danger mark. About one-third level of obesity. The problem is not to lose of all men and women fall into this cate weight, but to keep it lost when the "ther gory. Measuring fat folds is another indi mostat" wants to bnng it back up. cation. Ifyou can "pinch an inch" of fat on Smee the cerebral cortex influences the your triceps area (back of the upper arm), hypothalamus, psychological, social and you're overweight. genetic factors affect food intake. Obese The treatment rate for obesity is less people are more sensitive to external sti hopeful than that for cancer. Only five to muli than non-obese persons. A "normal" 10 percent of the obese are able to lose person eats when hungry, as a result of E.A<:;LEC.R.E S T I:N':N' weight. In the first place, just getting a fat f<>r U l timate Acc:c>modati<>•~c,; internal cues presumably related to physi• person to move is a major project; gaining ologic appetite regulators. But the obese f-1 <".>t<"d Pool * Jacuzzi * Cont. Brc-.1kf., .,,t l'V<.•ekcnd-. weight makes one an efficiency expert for 1 04 A von dal e, H C>US r c >N (7 13) 52.~-9004 person eats because it is time to eat or exertion. The obese person figures out how because the food is appetizing. He to do everything with as little effort as responds to external cues that make food a po11sible, yet exercise must be a part ofany source of pleasure or a relief from bore weight-control program. Four minutes of dom, not thinking of food as a c-alorie running can burn the calories from a glass source. of milk, a piece of buttered toast or an Obesity IS parually genetically deter• orange. Go Skiing at Colorado's Only Gay Ski Lodge mined. Animal models show clearcut Anorex1genic drugs for obesity control SI.., this spring at the only gay ski lodge 1n Colorado, located h,gh m thr central genetic causes that are more difficult to are controversial. Less than half of all mountains Onlv t hours from Denver c•II I 70, The Hunkhouse nfftrs the finest ski evaluate in humar1S, but there are definite internists will prescribe them. When they fa<1h1tes in the \\e•t with three sk, areas available un a free shuttle bus service patterns that can be shown. If one parent do, non-amphetamines are more com• Brerlenridi:e C.,•ppt>r \1,,untain and Krvsh>ne A.nd \a,I .. onlv .,smiles awav' is obese, 40 percent of the children are. monly used because of the addictive poten• Eighty percent of the children of two obese P1<1urea r,•aring fireplact' w11h steaming mugs uf coffet'on a bt-usk1n rug alter a hard tial of amphetamines or "speed " Laws ,n adults are oven,;e1ght. And, though less days sk ng, surrounded by some of the hottest skiers the country' All at somt• of that require a triplicate "narcotic" pres• the lowest rates in the c"untry1 than one-third of obe.e adults were over cnptlon for the substances makes physi weight children, almost all overweight cians even more reluctant to use them. children become obese adults. Thyroid medication is of no benefit. Adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase is a big Thyroid hormone actually causes more fat word for an enzyme that tan make lean tissue loss than fat. and is associated fatty acids from lipoprotein in the blood with cardiac toxicity. Human chorionic and allow the excess fat to be stored. The gonadotropin (or HCG) was popular in level of th!S enzyme IS elevated in the obese, and remains so even when they are many weight-reduction clinics until stu• dies showed that it worked no better than at normal weight. This accounts for their salt mjectior1S. The weight loss that tendency to regam weight loss; there may resulted from its use was more a response be some genetic predisposition for high to frequent medical contact, a placebo levels of ATLPL in the blood. effect, or an associated diet. There seem to be two types of obesity, The multi-million dollar reward, of the hyperplas1tc and hypertrophic. The weight loss industry has spurred as many hyperplastic or Juvenile-onset type,s char diets as there are therapists. Ho"ever, acterized by excess replication of fat cells there is little eV1dence that any one hypo dunng some entice! period in childhood. calonc diet is any more successful than Studies actually indicate that if a child another The only virtue of " fad" diets is can be kept from obeStty, there is far less that at least patients are motivated to try them. More drastic measures such as intestinal shuntmg, gastric stapling and Beware of Those bypass are reserved for the extreV1ely Who Can't Keep obese. Each "style" of diet has its dangers. Eye Contact Low-carbohydrate diets are by nature high in fat, so hypercholesterolemia can It turns out bad guys really are shifty result. Prolonged-sparing fasts can eyed, reports the Chicago Tribune. So increase ketosis, which can suppress the claims security expert John Buckley, who appetite, but can also cause acidosis and says avoiding eye contact is just one sign death. On the other hand, short-term total of a guilty consciPnce. starvation seems remarkably well• He eays crooks also use euphemisms tolerated, but because of potential compli• like "take" and "hurt" instead of "rob" cations, 1t requires medic-.al supervision and "murder." The key is the boring truth of calories. And watch out for the guy whose Each pound of fat holds 3500 of them, so a memory is a little too good. Buckley Rays dB1ly deficit of 500 calories will I08e a THE BUNKHOUSE remembering what one was doing six pound in a week. To achieve that or better (.WM ~ ~J oH~ POB t>, Breckenridge, CO 110424 weeks ago at 10:00 a.m. is a sure sign of a results, the obese person has to be moti• well-rehearsed lie. vated to give up food, regardleu of his FEB 3, 1984 / THE STAR 7 Eddie Murphy Accused of Bigotry LOS ANGELES (IGNAl-Movie and televi• fut not to broadcast the show before 10 sion star Eddie Murphy has come under p.m. and that disclaimers about the con• fire for his anti-gay routines. tents appeared before each airing. "Comedy by its nature tends to satirize all groups, and that is what Eddie Murphy Murphy has for several years done satir attempts to do in his ~pecial." ... ical portraits of effeminate homosexuals NATIONAL TOU FREE GAY L\'FORMATIO.V _ on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," but it Alexander's group spent $10,000 to buy the magazine ads because it wants to elim• f] lnformauon on local ga\. har.. rc,1aur... nh h<,ok,torc:, t.:'<..'Ort -.en 1u·, hath" was his AIDS-related remarks that have in ate the spread of ignorance about gays and ocher g.a" hu\i1ne,~ CJ 24 houn a da,. (,(;:\t"O day, .a \\t:c:k led to an uprising of anger and protests, to and AIDS whether in the guise of Q No chugc:: tor your c.:aJI or 1nJormauon the point where a group has purchased ads 'comedy" or not. in Rolling Stone, Billboard and Cashbox th magazines. "The scariest part," said Alexander, "is that Eddie Murphy is supposed to repres• In ~ rnsoo-223:7030"1'IJn~, The group-The Eddie Murphy's Dis ent hip, liberal young America, and he ease Foundation-enlists support because IN NEWYORK, CALL COLLECT {212) 582~5590 it wishes to let the star and his supporters goes into this thing that he's afraid of homosexuals because he's afriad of Service not available in Alaska or Ha~1ail at this time know that he can be "cured" of homopho If you 111i,-ant ,our bu~nrss hstcd .md haH-n·t hu_. n L1 Jrllta"t<."1.I tn a <,A,-koO bia, fear of homosexuals. AIDS." A representative of Eddie Murphy Pro rcptt'5COtnr,·ie. <.'"&IJ Ken \\'ii ham, '\,;uional ~c.~ \I~the. : .1hou.. numhc.·r- ductions in New York would only say that 249 Weslj4tb~t • Suite 405 • \'eu >ork. \ >' l(XJf/1 • ( JI.!) 58.!-55')(1 Peter Alexander, speaking for the Los "Eddie Murphy is not anti-gay, only anti Angeles-baBed campaign, said the group AIDS." of about six young professionals formed spontaneously after the Home Box Office special, "Eddie Murphy: Delirious," was broadcast on the cable network late last year. "We just decided to do something," Alex• ander said. "At first we thought about being serious, but then we decided to fight him on his own terms and use a bit of humor." During the HBO special, which was taped during a Washington performance, Murphy rt>peatedly refers to homosexuals as "faggots" and implies that casual con• tact with gays can spread AIDS. "AIDS is scary, 'cause it kills," Murphy jokes. "It ain't like the gold old days when veneral disease was all you got." The comedian also said that women might kiBB gay men on the lips and thus transmit AIDS to heterosexual men, a claim denied by medical authorities. HBO stressed that the service was care- WINTER TRAVEL SALE London $499 round trip Offernl d tor dep.irture, thru 1-tarch 15 1QS4 Amsterdam $599 round trip Oftrr ,al,d for 4epartures thru March JI. 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This policy was dis Where else but the Hispanic center of the ornate brickwork on the exterior of the toring much of the interior and doing the Texas would you expect to find a classy, continued, however, and now the building bespeaks the architecture of the design work, himself. that would ulti• emphasis is on the music. Jon Berge, the elegant gay nightclub? San Antonio, period. Following the original use of the mately result in what the historic buildi:- Texu' most aophisticated city, lays claim current DJ, and Randy Sills, the light building, it became a USO center during has become. technician, spend endless hours orches• to what is probably one of the poshest gay World War II and then a U.S. Poat Office. clubs in the country. trating the sounds and sights the custo The Poat Office removed the paint that The club abounds in stunnmg pieces mers are treated to every night at the The Bonham Exchange is a labor oflove had covered the exterior, and after the 70s, that would stand out in any home or busi• for the owner and staff of this luxurious Exchange. the Post Office moved out, and the build nese. The floors have been stripped and There can be little doubt that the sound entertainment center for both gays and ing remained vacant for a time. exposed, disclosing gleaming hardwoods is the thing these days, and now, even straights. Built in 1892. the building Located within spitting distance (for a that beckon invitingly. Oriental rugs which holl8e8 Bonham Ex<'hange was accent hallways leading from one room to more ao, sight is the thing as well . Rea-nt good spitter) of the Alamo, Texas' sacred developments in videotapes of popular shrine to its admittedly brief history, the another, and imposing armshairs stand like sentinals. Antique desks, glass cases songs, such as those by Michael Jackson Fiesta Time Comin' Bonham Exchange was then acquired in and Paul McCartney, have led to such 1980 by its present owner, Hap Veltman, dilJJ)laying, for example, the photography of the owner, and old musical instruments things as videodiscos, where video jockeys Again In Old who a1eo owna other busin- m San mix and blend videotapee on huge sus• Antonio. Veltman spent the better part of suspended from the ceilings of the various San Antone bars further enhance the ambience of the pended screens to which the customen1 place. The entire effect is harmonious and dance while watching the screens. Joe The annual San Antonio Fiesta will be unified, with an air of hospitality that fits Paolucci said that this is the coming craze, April 20-29 and willincludethetraditional Womynspeak Seek in perfectly with the reputation that San and that eventually the Bonham parade and carnival. Antonio has always enjoyed. Exchange will have some form of video The 10-day celebration celebrates Women's G rafitti There is a huge ballroom with an tape in the dance area of the bar. Easter tide and San Jacinto Day and Womynspeak Collective is a group offemi• immense dance floor, surrounded by cat• One of the chief drawbacks to this type includes street dancing and frolicking cit• nists who have organized to create a news• walks from which patrons can view the of entertainment is the cost, but in a night ywide. paper of and for •·womyn" to share club like Bonham Exchange, cost is appar• dancing. On the upper level, there is an ently a minor consideration. information between the various women's intimate bar adjacent to the dance floor, Trailriders to Invade communities. called the Travis Bar. There is alao a bar Local events are frequently staged at "We welcome all kinds of non• downstairs called the Bowie Bar. On the the Bonham Exchange, among them are San Antonio oppressive articles, graphics, poetry, sto entrance level, there is the very high-tech events for the San Antonio Gay Alliance, ries, photo&, etc~ u well u critical 'Alamo Bar, with a huge video screen. The the Alamo Human Rights Committee, Some 8,000 trailriders, each v.ith his own feedback." a spokeswoman said. Crockett Game Room is acrou the wide awards banquets for the San Antonio horse or buggy, will invade San Antonio The group describea itself as radical entrance hall from the Alamo Bar, and Conservation 8ociety and benefits for on Friday, Feb. 9, to help kick off the Fifth "aome describe themselves as lesbians, still higher on the third level.another bal• Toys for Tykes. The Bonham Exchange is Annual San Antonio Stock Show and rapidly becoming a true community cen radical Dykes, heretics and pagans, lroom opens every Thun1day, featuring ter. Rodeo. former Amazons, anarcho-socialist femi• female imperaonators. Customers can Hon1es and riders will be featured in a nists and iconoclasts. We hope our news• spend hours just wandering around, While continuing and furthering a trend Western Parade that starts 10 a.m. Satur• paper is as exciting as our visions of enjoying the building, itself. in gay night clubs, which includes many day, Feb. 10. ourselves as womyn, and we hope you like glittenng spots in places like Los Angeles The riders represent some 12 different Originally, the management, ably and New York, Bonham Exchange has it." she said. headed by Rick Squillante and Joe Pao trail rides coming from as far away as For information, write WomynSpeak, managed to refine this trend, adding a pat lucci, featured live entertainment, such 88 Laredo and Victoria, each ride lasting P.O. Box 49576, Austin 78765-9576. ina of class and style befitting this old from four to seven days. Tina Turner, and live theater, i.e., Com• Spanish city. n. Tribute to Mary Ellen&. Ben lr!ONDAY _ s1oo Call Liq_uor 8-10 HAPPY HOUR TUESDAY-S125 Bar Drinks 8-10 Valentine's Monday-Friday 2-7pm WEDNESDAY _ s1oo Long Necks 9-11 Show Draft 50¢ THURSDAY-s1oo ?.ta.rga.rita 8-10 Tues .. Fcl:: . H SATURDAY-SO¢ Draft 2-5 9:;::m ~il! ~e~~~~uL~¢ SUN'DAY-35¢ Draft 3-6 Bar Drinks s1°0 "Best in Country Sounds" Sister Bar to Snuffy's WITH IO , NO COVER FOR ROCKIN' R & TGRA MEMBERS (SHOWS EXCLUDED) FEB. 3, 1984 / THE STAR 9 Big Brother Has Been Watching for Years, Says Siminoski from page 1 "But that is giving me time to do this denial were broad, vague and open to mis able to document this gay vote and show which could be a threat to the national tour and to inform people about the suit application at the whim of the agency. If that it made a difference, so people will security. and it's importance; and I am writing a these standards are to be applied, no believe us when we say gays have political Now the FBI denies it has records on the book on the influence of gays on the 1984 requeRtor could know in advance whether clout. Gay Academic Union, and will not release election" he added. he qualified, and the resisting agency "While the gay community can be them. It also says that thousands of sheets Ultimately it will be the strength of the would be free to disqualify by mere defini viewed as a distinct segment of the Ameri were destroyed, but Siminoski wants proof movement and gay rights that will stop tion any data it wished to withhold," he can society, it does not follow that the gay that the allgedly shredded words have not such abuses of personal rights, he said. said. movement can reasonably be viewed as just been spirited away for other uses. "The government has got to understand This is not just a violation of gay rights, distinct from the U.S. civil rights move Should he retreive this information, he that gays represent a massive polticial he stressed again and again. It is a viola ment as a whole. The legal and social intends to donate it to the National Gay force and that we are going to start tion of civil rights. It is a time in the gay rights lesbians and gay men are fighting Archives, he said. "The funds I am raising dem~nding our rights," he said. "This movement that it needs to find the com for are not different from those for which on this trip will perhaps go to build the i88ue could have an impact on the coming mon bonds it holds with the blacks, the blacks, Hispanics, native Americans, several city blocks of buildings needed to elections. We are totally prepared to go to Hispanics, the women's movement and women and others have been struggling house these damned pieces of paper." the Supreme Court, and we won't lose at others, he said. Find their common causes for since the 1960's and earlier." Yet another reason the case is needed, the federal level. I know the law; I know and common enemies and ban together to Siminoski solicits individual support for he said, is to ensure that the FOIA the quality of this case." make each stronger to effect change, he the ACLU case. Requests for information remains strong. "The FOIA is a journal Siminoski says that there has been no suggested. and contributions should be addressed to ists' act, and access is a journalists' issue," "freedom of access" to the records, as He said voter registration and getting the National Gay Archives Freedom of he said. demanded in the law. "As defined in the the gay vote out in the elections is most Information Fund, 1654 North Hudson Siminoski, himself a nationally denial letter by the FBI, the reasons for important. "Then," he said, "we must be 51vd., Los Angeles, CA 90028. syndicated columnist for Stonewall Fea• tures, said, "We have a vital stake in seeing this act remain strong. We must protect it from any attack by the Reagan Administration." He requested a "wish list" of informs• tion, he said. And for his effort has come under close governmental surveillance of his personal comings and goings. While on his criss-cross of the country promoting the case, he was photographed in New York. "It restored my faith in the Big Apple as a friendly town to see someone get on a rush hour subway with a very expensive camera and lenseR in a plain brown paper bag and take it out and casually photo graph the occupants of the car," he said. "Unfortunately, they couldn't get me doing anything more exciting than brush• ing my hair." Also on his junket, his briefcase, which contained many documents and tapes of information and interviews, plus personal papers and valuables, was stolen at the airport in Phoenix. A week later the police returned his briefcase, all personal papers and valuables in tact, but missing the doc uments and ca88ettes pretaining to his case However, Siminowski is undaunted in his quest, saying that the "FBI has never denied that they have this information, and they never give any indication of what they intend to do with it. other than to hold on to it." He noted that J. Edgar Hoover alledgedly had several thousand pages of files on government officials that would be used when necessary to influence those persons' decisions in favor of FBI sup ported causes. '(The) FBI has never denied that they have this information ( on gays), and they never give any indication of what they intend to do with it.... ' Siminoski is no novice to the pohl!cal area, as well, having served as staff inves tigator for the Fair Campaign Practice Committee in Washington, as a consul tant to the Tribal Council ofthe Yavapai Apache Indians, and as an openly gay political science profeSRor at Arizona State University, University of Missouri at St. Louis and Texas Tech University. Federal agencies have been "sluggish" in replying to his queries. he said, because this is an election year, The FBI and the Justice D~rtment have, needless to say, been particularly ldow !n dealing with the <"A.lie. 10 THE STAR/ FEB. 3, 1984 r-ational Convention, Sa n Star Classified Fourteen-Day Calendar Francisco, July 16-19 GayR;ghbNatfONIL · • y r ;, ' " · Washw,gton Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fr, Sat • IN 25 WEEKS: " Hot Men, BAR LIGHTING FIXTURES DC 2C013- W) 5'&-1801 30 ra n lights 2 e1ghtsp1nners Sell cheap Human Rights Campetgn Fund-POB 139&, WN~ FEB. FEB. Hotlanta," annual raft race C all Austin. 441-8679 lngton. 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