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In response to Dr. Simonoski's request for. records, some interest­ FBI Surveillance of G-ays Challenged ing exemptions are noted. Files on • Dau�ters of Bilitis and the Lesbian Liberation organizatioiJ.s have been the federal government. These agen­ · by Allen Cook conducting the ·investigation could find ·no reason to continue sur­ cies are permitted to exempt the classified "per executive order : Dan Simonoski believes there veillance of the group. However, release of certain types of in­ national defense or foreign policy reasons." may be hundreds of thousands of when One, a magazine the group formation from release providing continued on page 15. documents of. FBI surveillance of published, ran an article alleging they identify the reasons for the Gay groups in this country and is that there were homosexuals in denial. trying to get them. important positions iil theFBI, the Dr. Simonoski, a political science tone of the memos regarding the Jackson Responds: to NGTF Questions professor and plaintiff in a Freedom investigation changed drastically. In of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit a memo written by the second rank­ Washington- The Reverend Jesse of taking offic� banning discrimina­ against the J!'BI to release the docu­ ing official of the FBI, a hand­ to ques- tion based on sexual orientation ments, was in Memphis March 22 written passage expresses indigna­ Jackson ltas responded a in by the National areas of federal contractors. Ac­ through 25 on a 34 cityfund raising tion at the possibility of homosex­ tionnaire prepared all Task J!'orce and a n_umber of cording to GCN, the order would tour. uals in the FBI and urges the Bur­ Gay in­ other Gay organizations. elude the military. "Lesbians and "The FBI has admitted to having eau to ''take these guys on and - national The questionnaire was sent to Gays have long served in all bran­ a total of 5600 documents which get them to put up or shut up." all. ches. of the military. There is, there- comprise all of the information they Another set of memos reveals presidential candidates. Jackson expressed support for H. fore, no reasonable basis for exchid­ have gathered on 1.3 groups in 8 that the FBI had particular interest the bill which would in- ing them. Regarding the purging of states from 1950 through 1982." in the author of the article and R. 2642, lude prohibitions against discrimi- Lesbians and Gays already serving in Simonoski said. "That's poppy­ wanted to make every effort to e nation the basis of sexual orien- ·the military, I believe that such dis­ cock," went on, "Just last week, identify the writer and; once ideriti-, on he along with those for race, col- missals are not only unjust, but also finally received two volumes in­ fied, to "locate him." iation 1 or, creed, etc. in the Civ il R.1g ht s cA t wasteful." volving the Mattachine Society in Apparently the author was writ­ of 1964. The executive order would also San Francisco... There were 600 ing under a pseudonym because he According to a story in Boston's inchide such agencies as the CIA, the pages of documents on that group was never identified or located. Gay Community News, Jackson National Security Agency, and the alone and that was only for 1952- Under the Freedom of Informa� characterized H.R. 2624 as "long FBI. Jackson promised to remove 54!" tion Act, an · individual or organi­ overdue" and "more comprehen- restrictions on granting security A cursory \inspection of those zation may request information sive than the senate counterpart clearances to Lesbians and Gay men, records revealed that FBI agents compiled and held by agencies of ­ (S430) and is, therefore, preferable stating, "that after 30 years of mon to it." Additionally, he promised to itoring, our government cannot off­ classify anti-Gay and Lesbian vio- er a single case in which homosexu­ Gay lence as a civil rights violation. ality has been the cause for compro- Pride Events Sche.duled Jackson said he would issue an mising the national security by a by Allen Cook been abandoned for this year, the executive order within three months· continued on page 15 Two events scheduled for June rallyis slated to take place just prior 30 will cap a month long celebration to the annual river boat cruise. It according was felt that many participants of Gay .Pride in Memphis, Hart Rates High on Gays' List to members of the Memphis Gay might come to the rally downtown, Coalition. and when it was over, simply walk Permission has been secured from two blocks to the boarding site With the withdrawal of John tion of the law. The ACLU rates his the city to use Court Square as a to spend the next few hours on Glenn from the campaign for the voting record on civil liberties the · rally site. Local and regional : speak­ the river. Democratic candidacyfor president, best in the Senate� Sen. Hart be­ ers will include representatives The rally has been tentatively attention has turned to Walter Mon­ lieves all Americans must be pro­

from local Gay or sympathetic · scheduled to b�gin at 7:00 pm and dale and Gary Hart as contenders tected from discrimination whether organizations as well as regionally be concluded in time for the 8:30 to be reckoned witlr. based on race, color, religion, na­ -prominent speakers. Eddie Sandifer, boarding. The boat will leave Primaries in recent weeks have · tional origin, language, age, sex or president of the Mississippi Gay the dock at 9: 00 and return by mid­ shown the previously thought un- sexual orientation (italics ours). Alliance (MGA), has agreed to be night. · beatable Mondale forces .have In a recent conversation with one of the keynote speakers. Mr. Tickets for the river cruise will go weakened considerably as GaryHart Hart's· Senate office, an aide com­ has been active in the Gay captured primaiy after primary. municated the following on Sen. Sandifer on sale May 15 and will be available rights movement since the 1950's for purchase either through the mail "Take heart and vote · '84" says Hart's positions: and is currently spearheading a fight or at Encore Cards and Gifts, 1266 one enthusiastic Hart supporter in As president, he would issue an for MGA to receive corporate status Madison Ave., during regular busi­ Memphis. In perhaps one of the executive order banning discrimi­ in Mississippi. ness hours. Last year all available most enlivening coalitions in recent nation based on sexual orientation of a march or parade political memory, Sen. Hart has The idea tickets were sold several days prior in all federal hiring and contracts. this year has been scrapped by to the event. captivated a rare assortment of local In addition, he would support organizers. They have indicated that Ticket prices this year will be . political activists that include Tim banning of private sexual discrimi­ support for a parade has been $12 per person. Shaeffer, Walter Evans, Minerva nation, oppose sexual orientation dwindling over the yeru:s and that Joyce Cobb will provide enter­ Johnican, Cliff Tuck and Linda discrimination in immigration poli­ the weather in years past has been tainment for the river cruise. 400 Ott. cy as well as in legal services. a deterrant. Last year both the tickets will be available and will be According to Hart sources, ''Gary Delegate selection for the Demo­ temperature and the humidity were sold on a first come, first paid for Hart supports extension of civil cratic National Convention begj.ns in the 90's . basis. No reservations will be taken liberties to those who have histori­ March 31 with May 1 being the date While the idea of a parade has without pre-payment. cally been witf.wut the full protec- of the Tennessee P1imary� Editoslah� aring in Gaze represen� pe opinions of the .:Bp-R� " .(lf.'lly ' at:Jtboi!S.! cmless . otherwise indicated. .·.. ' · , -::"-� Gazl - •· - . � v. · Silence Equals Approval

have been any one of them),· I wu sation, said $0, and left. someone · else in the group wanted · · in a group of people who were The idea of someone ·discrimin- to apologize. He said he really felt talking· with a security guard. Ap- ating against other. Gay people bad about what wassaid. I told him parently one of the patrons had re.ally gets my back up. And it he had every right to feel bad. , been asked for an ID before enter- probably does most of you. Unfor- . Well .the person·in question never by Allen Cook ing the bar ( we were all old . tunately, about half of the people ·did apologizeto me and managed to enough reading this �e with the look guilty while avoiding me for I guess_ I'm getting c1otc11ety. in·_· . to pass). �he guard ex- will 1 sta or policies which my old age. Thiilgs used to iet plained that the police had caught ted unstated the rest of -the evening. But, if · ks in o pass, don't pass anymore. som�one underage in thebar in the discriminate against Blac ur nothing else, at least 1 raised the bars. : Ta.ke my office Christmas party, preVIous ·week and that everyprejudice - to his music said, "Guess what? on them while they are there. buy one drink and sip on it all silence equals approval. I'm not · Today they had.�- AIDS meeting Anyway, th� con�ersation degen- night. I can't make any money like going to be silent.' era«:<< to a discuss10n of ho the that!" Or... Atlanta, Gem·iia recently passed in this room... And · you . � - reqwrement of . excessive s �as "I'm just doing what my clientele don't . know WHERE they have ID a city ordinance that makes it un- be use to eep out " undeme- wants me to do." lawful for a bar been sitting... So get up and � d � _ _ to require more · abl elements� Without actually__ But when it boogie!" � .all com� down to than one legitimate identification N , 1 saymg so, everyone knew the guard It, that's all they are•.. excuses. of any bar patron. This ·ordinance · eedless to say was not _ was refemng to Blacks. There is no justification for was the result of action taken by a amused. . _ dis- irri- · At least �ne of t�- patrons ation. Especially, it seems to local Gay group ·and supported by There was a time when m . crimin .agreed,, saymg that some ni�ts ·it , me, when one minority is doing it the Atlanta chapter of Black and tation would have never see� the � .was �ost 50-50•.• an obVIously to another. White Men Together in response to light of day. _Thilt_night, however, . . . negative ratio. Others too, seemed Meanwh�e, back to my story. It local Gay bar discrimination poll­ I marched right up to the»J and , . . to be m agreement. However, I seems I did make a pomt. Two cies. told him exactly how I felt about- . seemed be the y one thor people who had been m the group Perhaps we should take ;his remark. You've never seen a 1?· �ml - a lesson oughly disgusted Wlth the conver- came up later and told me that from our sister city, Atlanta. more sheepish grin in yoUr life. But I suspect he will not be using that · line to get people on the dance floor anymore. · , All. of which brings me to·my. po � other night at a local disco s � ,B OX ]Q� �- . (I'm not gomg to mention any

names because it could probablv · Lesbians Challenge ·Editorial

Letters to the editor should be as the women's movement ·(led by So we have been here, John, and short as possible and must be signed. Gaze Names will be withheld by request many Gay women, as was the eman­ . we're still_here; we were just doing but anonymous letters will not be cipation movement before the Ci� other things to support other areas printed. "Box a letters-to _ 3038": is War) predated and in no small . of our and your liberation. the-editor column and a public m provided. the atmo Box 3038, Memphis, Tennessee 38173-0038. Phone (901) F. F. is easure ,sphere · rum or read e rs ·to express t he' Busmesses, · newspapers, mar h es, 4S<�-1411 (irregular hours). 1o 1 17 that allowed Stonewall to breathe. c opinions. Gaze takes no responsi- · and 0!'2anizations are vital to our Gaze is nonprofit and produced . by volunteers. We assume I t lS not l'kI e y however that. b lty ,or the views e xpreSBed." Mail no liability for claims made by advertisers. Appearance in I·1· F. . 1 ' ' ' survival and growth; our people con- this publication is no indication· of sexual orientation or lett611'" to •'em nhr·IB women, much less tho� who are identity. We ·o Gaz"' Bo"- 3038 tribute according their interest, weJ�me materials-submittectl!y'i'eiiailrsbiit' 17 · "'-• ""' -� , to T.'N. '"'a' . ' .WI.• -�'-""'�,..nn be · free. til all_ men are. reserve the right to edit or reject such materials.Subscrip- 81w3-0038. un talen an t d personal freedom, and lions are $8 per year to cover mailing costs. Gaze is . Such is the rule of patriarchy.- . . ' published monthly by the Memphis Gay Q)alition. It is true that the public, every drop of_effort adds to our eo-Editors: family river. Both John Stilwell and • Readi ohn Stilwell's editorial of the Mem- John Stilwell-Alien Qlok · ng J organized continuity , en C oo k h ave expresse d this (March, about the reverse phis .Gay movement has been an All Stllff Writers: 1984) dis- sentiment repeatedly.I respond now Thomas Smith Clifton St. John crimination and separatism of some overwhelmingly fathe�d event, and Joe Calhoun Ric Sullivan out of some guilt, warranted or not, Joel Tate Jim Stanley Gay women, I felt a response from these daddies deserve praise and lleott Qlrrell the mdicted class might be nelpful. thanks and love and a backrub. But for having not participated more in N organizational efforts. And because Nalwllle Correspondent: . ot to disagree with his impression, beforeany of us had more than one Jell Thompson . some Gay out as but with another perspective to fill' or · two tentative guts, women women here feel I TrJMMttlng a uyout: wn a do about why we have not paltici­ Allen Qlok Bob Dumais the cup that from his view looks were risking their o money nd Cecil Mcleod John Sparks pated; reasons which have little if half e�pty and from mine looks doing most of the work to organize anything �o do with_ hating men as a Cln:ul8tlon: ' . half full. massive all-Gay-parties on riverboats . Cecil Mcleod John Stilwell. ��� ·as if there we!e no members Jell Thompson It is a common perception that and in midtown penthouse discos ' i:y m It that we recogniZe as brothers, I - Advertlalng lnlomuotloni Gay women (my term of preference so that and I remember her ve . ' · be t, ear, or other geometric - . . (901)"454-1411 - other people should be free to words, "Gay people can feel good � � 3JlY �) . onentat10�. · tutlolloll Adftrtlalng: ..>elect· their own are ofteri about themselves and meet each •·. Joe DiSabato � The purpose of. this. response is · not recognized as being in the lime- othe� someplace other than a bar." , Rivendell Marketing to prop e s m. e possible reasons· 666Sixth Avenue .· light of the Gay rights movement. We didn't knqw anythmg about · os ? New York, NY 1001,0 (212) 242:aati3 Ol,ll' , , But that depends on 'w:ho's loo.king, Gay Liberation and .not much fo� conspi��ous absence. I'm a cbp right o 1984 by'MGC. Reprint permi n granted t - writer, and wnt;ers need to be con-. Gily� and Lesbian pu�iications only, provided;.,io proper creditd. where the iookmg's.d�me and· how about women's liberation• in Mem ' is9iven. Distributed in Memphis, Little Rock, �nd Nashville. phis in But we should have cerned With whys, not perpetuate .. Mrcro filmed by Southern Gay Archives, eqca Raton, Fl, one defin�s �hat one :sees. 1972. �e old system but under:> d Gaze Box 3038, Memphrs. TN 38173-003� • We celebrate Ston�wall ·as our known it was coming the instant . � � Its mnards and do a httle medicmal Gay July 4th because:men's events each of us realized that we were alteration. So, to some of the possi- and actions tend be :remembered, Gay, not queer. That all those lies t.o ble whys: ritten about and celebrated. But were exactly that:. lies. 2-;Gaze-�April, w �ontinued nex� page ! � � •. i984. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00pm to Midnight The -Jungle Lounge MUGS 50¢ Set-ups Available HAPPY HOUR Every Day Ten Import Beers 5:00to .7:00pm and ALL American

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. . If we are concerned at all about Crusades need financing as well there's the third one to ·compel avoid having to deal with women as peers, our rights as a class, the .class we as principles, and the fact is that them to pay you for the second.) So or heaven forfend, as su­ must first address. is. our minority men make more money than women now on top of less money, we have. periors. Gay women, who have always worked, were the first to treatment as women. Being female in similar jobs� Gay men in general less time. Kvetch, kvetch, kvetch• . is a condition that · most women ·have more disposable incoJile than And that doesn't count �ose Gay realize the b?nefits of egual pay (when and . have no desire to conceal, and Gay women. And I can tell you women who also have children and if �t occurs) and are not must therefore deal with the daily from personal experience that deal­ are single parents. likely to be the first to risk losing a s tus that circumstances of "externally im­ ing with pay discrimination at work It has only been a few years that . ta is about as secure as posed'' limitations that femaleness is like having three full time jobs. women have been able to get higher quicksand. entails. I risk. being thought' overly (You're already working two and paying jobs in significant numbers, There is no excuse for whatever they're refusing to pay you for th� many negative treatment optimistic to call these ciicumstan-· · and our perception is that John or other ces anthing less than difficult. second one they added to yom job . male employers would welcome. continued on page 18 · Money is the first difficulty. description a year ago. And now any excuse, any opport\.mity to

April, 1984�aze-3 Gay Games "Olympics" Battle assassin Dan White. Many Gay

.. Contin'-'es _ _ .,, ,_ ·.1·, ; . 11 'leaders seein'Unc oncern'eaabout the .) ) � I ' • 1 J '· , • ._, .. _. : f possibility: that large· -Gay· .demon­ : Natlonal·y On February 14, 1984, the Board strations might harm the, Demo­ of Directors of San Francisco Arts crats' presidential prospects and · & Athletics, Inc. voted unanimously help President Reagan, a longtime to appeal the latest adverse court opponent of Gay rights. "Senator ruling in a lawsuit brought. against [John] Glenn (D-Ohio) has been

_ the organization and against Dr. making some statements against Thomas Waddell, founders of the Gay school teachers that are very Gay Games that were to- be called disturbing to us," said Wilson, also a victed.felon to place profitsfrom the Gay "Olympic" Gamesuntil the U.S. former teacher. "It reminds some of - sale of his crime story in a bank Olympic Committee and the. federal us of the initiative campaign out . Dan White Prospering In Bel Air trust for at least five years. During courts stepped in. The latest ruling here six years agowhere they tried Mansion? that time, lawsuits--can be filed for - came- on February 2, 1984, when to ban all Gay teachers [the Briggs - compensation by a crime victim or U.S. District Judge John, Vukasin Initiative� We were highly visible (The Weekly Ne:ws)­ Los Angeles his heirs. held that the U.S. Olympic Commit­ during that battle, more people Dan White is living rent-free in the Agnos, who is now lookinginto the tee's motion for summary judgment learned aboutGa ys and we're better Bel off for it. Sometimes even when you Air mansion of a movie pro­ ·K.ABC reports, said, "It gives me would be granted, avoiding a trial · ducer who has paid him a $50,000 grim satisfaction ·that my legisla­ and a public airing of the issues in lose, peoplelearn:" -advancefo r his life story, KABC-TV tion will bring an additional meas­ the case and making permanent a reported last week. · ure of .justiceto Dan White because 1982 injunction against Gay Games' Navy AIDS Victim May Retire - White, convicted killer ·of San he has not fully paid his debt for the use of the word "Olympic." Francisco. Mayor George Moscone murder of two outstanding public Sentiment was strong . among The Navy may continue to treat a and openly gay Supervisor Harvey officials and fine human beings." Board members that the cause of sailor with AIDS and not discharge Milk, was released early this year State corrections department the sponsors and participants in the him. When John E. Baskin was after serving· a five-year sentence. spokesperson Helen Krogh denied Gay' Games must be held and sus­ diagnosed as having the disease, he An Orange County- group had fully all reports that White was tained throughout another appeal. told his doctor that he had engaged offered a $10,00() reward for infor­ living in a Bel Air mansion. "It's a Recalling that the U.S. Olympic in sex with men. That disclosure mation on White's whereabouts. totally erroneous report. Other than Committee's attorney had original­ was·used later by the N avy in an at­ . White contacted the group's lawyer that, I can't tell you anything," she ly stated that the Gay men and tempt to discharge him· - the - and later met with the millionaire said. Lesbian organizers and participants patient-doctor relationship is not who posted the reward. Meanwhile, both' attorney Jeff in the first Gay Games were an "un­ confidential in the military. The at­ "He said they have many of the Walsworth and KABC news direc­ suitable group" to have the tempt wasblocked by a threat from same ideas," KABC quoted the tor Terry Crofootstand behind their U.S.O.C.'s consent to use· the word Baskin's attorney to fileifor· a tem­ group's lawyer as saying, "in­ stories 100 percent. "Olympic," members of the Board porary restraining oraer. Just when

pledged continuing eommitment to _ it looked like the day was won, the cluding _a belief that the system has ' their position that they have a Navy attempted to separate Baskin become too loose and a belief that General Re-Instated In Germany .they were both against homosexu­ constitutionally protected right to under a little-used regulation that would have given him an honorable ality." Bonn - Chancellor Helmut Kohl use· the word "Olympic," and to be In addition, White · reportedly free. of homophobia, whether en­ discharge, but would have ended his h!'S reinstated General Guenter treatment at the Bethesda Naval �pressed remorse over the killings Kiessling, who wasfired in a homo­ forced by the courts orotherwise, in for the first time. "He is regretful doing so. Hospital. The Navy, under more sexual scandal, but Kiessling said pressure from attorney Harvey about the incident - that this is he will not return to his post as "To say that the law does not Friedman, halted the process and something that will be chained to deputy NATO commander because matter, that the facts do not m�tter, . him the rest of his life. and he will · that public policy does not matter, now says Baskin's case will go b� of ill health. fore a board to see if he is qualified always haxe to livewith it and it will "I reached the conclusion that the and even that the U.S. Constitution for a medical retirement. cause him 'turmoil." . ·charge against Gen. Kiessling could does not matter - that all that It may also cause him to become a not be substantiatedand he must be matters is what the U.S. Olympic rich man, if the KABC reports are rehabilitated fu lly and his honor re­ Committee says it wants - - is true. Besides the $50,000 advance stored," Kohl said at a 45-minute wrong. It appears to me that this is what Judge Vul

Police said the incid�nt w� r� ll)iS,911A),y.�r.�:t�� nd s9p.th t\r11J�II f -�} � ported to them by an uhi'denthietl� _ A.ff.t,qani)\ P��th�_ Iq.,5;.wu1 - Pe:::- .�oni- - torea by'-both Wilson and Jones. woman caller. John Bush of Boston, Treasurer, Police officer John Mullen said and Rick Hanson of Clev.eland, that a witness to the attack chased Secretary, will continue in their after the vandal but lost him. The I.A.B.W.M.T. administrative roles vandal was described as a white of fund-raising and outreach, res- man in his 20's. - pectively. The dents were about the size of a B.W.M.T. chapters have been ac- quarter to -a half-dollar and were clustered in small groups, as if the tive i-n several projects _in Gay and ' non-Gay communities, most notably vandal peppered one spot before in confronting racism, homophobia, . moving on to another. and other forms_of oppression in the The 'sculpture; commissioned I. -! e_mp.loymept and admissions several years ago by the Mildred = .. �o�,iRies'of,,public _graces. _Plans are Andrews Foundation in Cleveland, now _·upderway for. the organiza- ·-is one of two casts. One was tion's fourth-annual convention to be scheduled to be erected in NYC's Sheridan Square. The second was :-,_ held in Atlanta in July: For infor- � .- mation, write: I.A.B.W.M.T., 584 designated for Los Angeles. At one � :- . Castro, No. 227, San--Francisco, CA time San Franciscowas considered as the site, and Harvey Milk Plaza 94114. ·· (the Muni station at Market and Castro) was the favored setting. At Stanford_"Gay Liberation" is set on •••• � >';

· ·. NGRA Enters Case On Behalf of a grassy knoll in a sculpture garden. . l �· ·. ' . · "' ·. Gay Judge Mayors Pass Gay Rights National Gay Rights Advocates has filed a brief in the Minnesota Resolution . ·suB5CR1BE NOW! Supreme Court urging that a judge not be dismissed simply because he Washington- National Gay Task - $8.00 a year Force Executive Director Virginia is Gay. The case .involves Crane Mail to GAZE, Box Memphis, fN Win tori, · fi"',District; C, r:� Judge in Apuz�o called it "the opening of an­ 3038, 38173-0038 Qjj · : - other door for 'Lesbian and Gay Hennepm :County, Mmnesota. The . Please make checks payable .to GAZE. Board on ,Judicial Standards, in re­ rights." Following her convincing testimony, commending Winton's removal, the Committee on Hu­ Name ______��---- ....J. concluded that "A homosexual may man Development of the U.S. Con­ ference of Mayors passed a resolu- . be a judge only if he or she is celi­ Address ------�--� bate." tion late last -month endorsing legal protections for Gays. It reads: "Re­ ·City, Leonard G-raff, NGRA Legal State,-Zip ______, . Director, said Judge Winton was cognizing the right of all citizens, regardless of sexual orientation, to beitig, subjected to an unfair double Please do not forget your zip code! ·full particip�tion in Ameli, socie- - stan_9.atd. "In Minnesota,_'' Graff can � ... , .,;..______;..;.; , - ______.;. · ;..· _..;..._�-- . said, 'tthe same sexual activity is ty the committee recommends that ...... ----- r . I illegal for Gays and Straights. Yet, . all levels of government adopt legal straight judges have not been asked protectionsfor the rights of Gay and to vow not to engage in that type of Lesbian Ameticans." ./ 1. I s" WMT ' "/' sex." '-- NGRA Executive Director Jean Boy George - "Not Gay" O'Leary added: "It seems fairly oh-' memphis .. vious that Judge Winton is being New York- Entertainer and not­ treated differently simply because ed bisexual Boy George on his sex­ An ln11rracial Gay People's 0!Jinizatio� he is Gay. These outdated sex laws ual ambivalence: "I'm not Gay. I'm · 'I were never, intended:to be used as a as Gay as I am hetereosel(:ual ..OK, measureof one's ability• to serve the Calendar of Events - Everyone Welcome Pve experimented with both sexes, public." but I'm not a limp-wristed floozy · Thursday, April 5: Action Committee: 8:00 pm - Discussion on the BWMT/ · Judge Winton has been on the and I'm not a transvestite. Trans­ Memphis role in the First Southeastern lesbian/Gay Health Conference in bench for 21 years and is ,highly vestites show tits, man. I'm feet, - 6 · Atlanta, Saturday, April 21. 1984 and the Ninth Southeastern Conference of respected by his colleagues. I'm a man, mid I hav:e no delusions." lesbians and Gays: Birmingham. AL April 12-14. 1984 . BWMT/M emphis and on Gay and Lesbian Minority Hea�th Concerns; BWMTI Atlanta will give workshops Gay Community . "Gay Lil(Statue Vandalized_ Southeastern Lesbian Writers Racism. Networking and BWMT relationships to the 10 : C/R Support Group: 8:00 pm Figures Battered wi- th a Tuesday, April .• Hammer Wednesday. April 18: Steering Committee: 8:00 pm Items of local chapter interest St. Petersburg, FL -The sixth . ��u��- annual Southeastern 'Lesaian - San' Jose . A-ccording to t'he Writers Conference will-convene in , Thursday. April 26: CIR Support roup 8:00 pm -:·- Merl:Ury.:News, G :- Midtown�:!_ Save Your Tr asli! 10: 00 am. George Segal's "Gay central GeorgiaJune 7- 10. Calling it Saturday, April 28: Yardsale: Fundraiser Brunch at the Benchmark Hotel· Noon Liberation" sculpture� installe� "Womonwrites '84," conference or­ Sunday. April 29: BWMT May 4-6: in Monticello. KentuckYat the rural residence of . last month on the Stanford Univer­ ganizers encourage advanced regis­ 3 Day Weekend Retreat - - two. of our members. sity campus_ :_has been vandalized. tration. Fees are: $40, advanced; · 30: General Meeting. Library : 8:00 pm Stanfq·rd , police said that a $50, at the gate; $25, low income; Monday, April hammer-wielding male defaced the - $10, children. · Registration fees _ statqar;Y:' "-He caU:s'ed· extensive include participation in all con- We are Gay individuals cr�ating an interracial, cultural, damage·· to · the anodized bronze . ference events�_ cabin-style lodging figures of two Gay men and two and meals. Childcare is av ailable, social,' political and educational organization dedicated to Lesbians: . but accessibility for the differently fosteri-ng a. supportive environment where racial and All four figures in the sculpture abled is limited. For more cultural barriers can be overcome, as well as working to - wh_ich depicts twowomen sitting information, send a self-addressed -combat racism both within and outside the Gay community. on a bench touching hands and two stamped_ envelope to: Womonwrites men standing nearby - were 7134 5th·· Ave. North, St. dented in the head, face and bodyby '84, / Petersburg, FL 33710. · /. a total of about 40 blows from what For further information call276-4160 (Irwin) or 274-0 5 321Joe) or' 726-4299 (Ga�

university police said was a and White Men Together .of Memphis. Inc .• P.O. Box · ·Switchboard) or write: Black hammer. Seeking to "make the punishment 41773. Memphis . TN 38174. The worst damage, said the­ fit the crime," English barons exe­ - \ Merl:Ury-News, cuted Edward II by inserting red was to one of the 'a women's nose, which was nearly hot poker into his anus. . - �------' flattened by the blows. April, 1984--Gaze-5 . . I I \ � • 'Perhaps romanticism·reigns, how- Street, New York, NY 1003.6, at $10 f t • , . , ever. 71% of the Gay male respon­ (including postage) for ·ind,ividuals· dents indicated that they kiss every and nonprofit organizations, and time they have sex. 95% of the $20 for law firms,· libraries, and academic institutions. Spectrum· Lesbians· reported doing so. The reprinting of these articles wasmade possible by a grant from TSARUS Anniversar y Set the Playboy Foundation. The banks of the muddy Missis- sippi will be the setting for fun, Ga Video Entries Sought - food, and frolic as members of y Sex Survey Notes G·ay Differences TSAURUS get together to celebrate their seventhanni versary, April 13th Entries are now being accepted through 15th. Organizers say the for the third annual San Francisco by Allen Cook . "genital sex," . they learned �at weekend will be intimate and infor- Gay' Video. Festival 1984'. Held. e,ach Lesbians prize non-genital physical mal and that, the requ�ment d S Francisco's Le�r An article on sex and the Amer- 0!11Y · contact -cuddling, touching, s /G m Celebration, the ki �r _ is a $5 registration fee. b� �;;.;:O ican couple appearing in Playgirl .- � festival brings . together the best in maeazine's May issue has .some ing - probably more than of-:ber Limited housing IS. available--- couples do. They professional avant-garde and short interesting factsconc ing Gay and are also more like- through TSAURUS at the George- ' ern . to consider features by independent Lesbian Lesbian relationships. The article, ly these activiti�s as town Inn ($10.00 per person, per ends in themselves, rather than as night, dormitory style). and Gay producers from aroll!ld by Philip Blumstein, Ph.D. and Pep- the country. Beyond this, theme foreplay to genital sex. Blumstein For further information, contact per Schwartz, Ph • . D. � co�dep.se� and subject matter are irrelevant. from material contained their and Schwartz conclude that, like any TSAURUS member or m heterosexual �all The festival has beenestabli shed by book American Couples. women, Lesbians need (901) 452-5581 and ask for DaVId. non-genital sex as much or more Frameline ' a non-profit media or- · Regarding sexual frequency, the ganization to develop audience authors noted big differences when than genital sex. ... � The survey conclu for Lesbian and Gay video and to they comparehetero- andhomosex- des that 67% LLD r�eprints Gay Rights Article of promote a demand fo� ��ality pro- ual relationships. Gay men have· the Gay men surveyed who had been together 2 years or less had ductions andwide exhibition Wlth- more sex in the early part of their Lambda Legal Defense an- external commun three tinies a week or more. in and to the ity. relationships - more so than any sex nounced recently the publication of · nta pe The Video Festival is a traveling othertype of couple. However, after That perce ge drop d as the "Our Straight-Laced Judges: The . couple lived together longer. For exhibition. Entries may or may not 10 years,they havesex _less �equen- Legal Position of Homosexual Per- · Wish exposure on metropolitan couples living together 2-8 years: · Iy than heterosexual mamed cou- sons · in the United States" and networks arr 32%; 10 years +: 11% cable . All angements pies. Lesbians, according to "Recent Developments in Sexual possible. festival the . For Lesbians the drop-off was are The is current- survey, have sex less frequently . 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Lining the wall opposite the by Jeff Thompson counter are restaurant-type tables, What Were you doing the last presided over by two Western-style weekend of February? Ifyou were a chan deliers. Checkers and Gay N ashvillian, then there's a good checker boards dot the tables, giving chance that you were discovering The Chute another homespun, the brand-new nightspot which has personal touch. Unusual splatter-­ opened within walking distance of paint artwork hangs on the brick The Warehouse. Th e Chute opened walls above the dining tables. its doors on Thursday afternoon, American Indian symbolsrun along February 23, and began drawing the woodwork. Old West impressive crowds almost -memorabilia is everywhere. immediately. Located at 2535 The Chute extends into the Franklin Road - in the building annex which, from August to which housed Mother's Con­ December of last year, sported David Silver performed at Nashville's Cabaret , then moved through struction Company during 1983 - Mother's dance floor. Now the space Memphis to perform at The Pendulum and The Other Side. The Chute has exchanged Mother's is used for a few more tables and metallic, high-tech ambience for an a mingling area - as well as aplace The bar's lighting is su bdued Picnic in the Park, to be held on July elaborate country-and-Western to learn Western dances (on .throughout, but with drama added 1. Other activities are being con­ atmosphere. Tuesday nights orlly), with Chute by the flickering firelight in one sidered - and everyone with sug­ personnel and guests ;:18 instructors. What used to be the side door of room and an occasional small spot- gestions and a desire to help with Mother's, toward the. back of the The walls of Mother's elevated · light on a barrel, table, saddle, or this very special week is urged to bar, has become the main entrance DJ booth have been removed, but picture in the other. call the Metropolitan Community to The Chute. Upon passing through the high platform remains. It now is The Chute's co-owners, Gary Church at (615) 32Q-0288. that door, customers are greeted by used as both a makeshift stage fo r and Jim, are very much in evidence As reported in the November the appealing sight of a stone hearth occasional shows and as the usual as they mingle with guests and 1983 Gaze, the Tennessee Gay Coali­ surrounded by stools and padded resting place of an authentic supervise the smooth operation of ·tion For Human Rights had seats. A log fi re dances in the center Conestoga wagon. The room literal­ the bar and grill. Jim and Gary, planned to hold a Statewide Meet­ of the hearth, immediately convey­ ly drips with Old West artifacts and both . seasoned businessmen, are ing of Lesbians and Gay Men in nostalgia, for a dense melange of ing a warm, inviting feeling to The excited over their new venture - Nashville on April 7. However, Chute's patrons. A television and curious objects is suspended fr om the and over the widespread acceptance when regional meetings . were video-tape recorder are situated ceiling - saddles, feed bags, bits, and "patronage already awarded it organized in both Birmingham and near the fireplace, and Monday chains, ornate picture frames, by Nashville's Gay community. Atlanta for this month, Nashville's night is Movie Night - a time when buckets, wagon wheels, · tools, Coalition rescheduled its own State­ everything from "Clash of the barrels, bridles, harnesses, horse­ One week after the opening of wide Meeting fo r autumn of 1984. A Titans" and "La Cage Aux Folles" to shoes, and spurs! A glistening The Chute, members of the future issue of Gaze will give more "Venom" and 1943's "The Outlaw" is waterfa ll, surrounded by live Tennessee Gay Coalition For details. screened for The Chute's guests. cactuses, dominates one corner of Human Rights and other organiza­ Between now and then the The counter is in the same place the room and a rustic porch-swing tions gathered at the Metropolitan Coalition will busy itself with voter sways nearby. - as Mother's was, but now tne I ong Community Church to begin registration drives prior to Ten­ bar ends in a shining grill. In A jukebox straddles the arch­ preparations . fo r Nashville's 1984 nessee's primary in August and the addition to the usual beverages,The way between The Chute's two rooms Gay Pride Week activities. (The all-important gener·al election on Chute offers an appetizing short­ an d broadcasts customer's city's Pride Week is scheduled fo r November 6. Any person who has order menu featuring sandwiches, preferred country and Top 40songs. Wednesday, June 27, through Sun­ changed his or her local address or Video games and a pool table are chicken, and beef - -all at day, July 1.) One function already moved to Nashville from another reasonable prices. found behind the wagon platform. made definite is the annual Pride city since the last election will be

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The panel of half-dozen, ing places during the coming celebration at Juanita's 224, as selections from their popular specially-qualified judges will rep­ months. According to Coalition of­ guests feted both the "great day for albums, "Green Sneakers;" "More resent a cross-section of the South. fica! Tommy Powell, "A person the Irish" and the first anniversary Than Friends," and "First Dibbs." In addition to the contestant's must be registered thirty days prior of the bar's move to its new Capitol · With its sponsorship of Robin talent competition, the pageant's to the elections to be able to vote. We Boulevard home. Some fortunate Flower's appearance as well as audience will be entertained by are urging all citizens to register customers won impressive door support of programs of theatre, Chena Black, the reigning Miss and to exercise their right to vote prizes on that Saturday. Now dance, stand-up comedy, opera, Continental USA. Special music is . and exP,ress their opinions." Juanita's staff and patrons are gear­ female impersonation, and classical planned, and elaborate floral ing· up for the gala thirty-third music, Warehouse 28 continues to decorations will be provided by anniversary Nashville's Hayes Street show of the bar, two months be an amazing eultural force in . John Carnes. General admission bar, the well-known ·Cabaret, from now. Nashville's Gay community. tickets will go on sale very soon for wowed its. patrons with a sizzling Finall � spectacular event ten dollars �ach. One other NashvilleGa y night­ y:- to , appearance by David Silver and the which all of Nashvilleis awaiting is . Accordmg The Cabaret s spot has been around since the r, Fantasy Male Revue on Thursday next month's Tennessee . prelim- Gmger LaMa contestants may · 1950's - and soon it will be the night, March 15. (From there the too inaries for the Miss Continental enter the Polk Theater pageant as stive Male Revue went on to Memphis scene of fe celebration. The USA Pageant. The lavish ceremony late as 3:00 p.m. on the d� of. the ay and performed at The Pendulum on Jungle Lounge, which for years was will be held in conjunction with The show , (M 21). �ntry fee. IS siXty located next door the former dollars . Further mf?rmat10n may March 16 and at TlieOther Side on to Cabaret at the James K. Polk . March 17 and 18.) Juanita's on Commerce Street, will Theatre of the Tennessee Perform- be obtamed by callmg (6�5) 32(}­ hold first anniversary partyat its In the wake of David Silver's its ing Arts Center downtown. The ?082 �r (615) 834-�502. Th.Is dazzl­ crowd-pleasingNashville sh ow and new locale on Monday, April 9. The mg mght of mu�Ic, . fashion nd pageant, scheduled for Monday, , : � a sensational performance by The Fourth A venue nightspot will wei­ May 21, at 8:00 p.m., is being touted talent a� Nashvilles prestigi�us come the Gay community with a Cabaret's Rita Ross at The by coordinator Ginger LaMar as "a Perfo.rmmg A�. Center pron.uses Warehouse three nights later, The special party, complete with free glamorous, formal event" for both to be .J';IStas thrill�ng as lastsprmg 's munchies and Cabaret already is planning its . · party favors, begin­ the audience and the participants. Coalition fund-raiser hel.d th�re. ning at 7:00 p.m. Plus, a lovely anni­ t popular Miss Gay Cabaret pageant. Many professional. female im- . Wha wer� you domg m the versary show will star The Jungle's The seventh annual competition is personators from across the region wmter. o� 1984. 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he had . been learning interview · 94% of those who never had a Gay at a very simple STD conference in a techniques. He described it asbeing physician would prefer care by one. large hospital, I began by saying "unnecessar1fystressful" because he (New England Journal of Medicine, that 1()% of the general population had to meet Gay patients. For that vol. 303, no. 1, p. 51).� wasGay. A physician in the back ob­ reason, he stated, he would not want I can't think of a disease where it jected. He wanted to know where I me or my partner as a preceptor might not be important to know of got such an "exaggerated figure." by Jlarvey Thompson, M.D. - again. lifestyle. Certainly, any illness with Yet time and time again, that very - Well, excuse me, young man! I a fever, weight loss, or even a cough 10% figure has turned up in survey A medical history is a basicpart thought you wanted a medical edu- or sore throat could be a manifesta­ after survey, including that of the of any hospital admission. Common cation. Shouldn't that include tion of sexually transmitted infec­ respected Kinsey Institute. People terminology from the physican on learninghow to be comfortable with tion. simply choose not to believe that that report might be "The patient is di-fferent lifestyles? In AIDS, 14 different specialties such a large proportion of the popu­ a 35-year-old white married male All physicians treating patients could be involved, including tropi­ lation is Gay. w ho ..." Frequently, my patients are see many hOmosexuals throughout cal medicine, dermatology, gastro­ It has been interesting to see described as "a 3&-year-old white their careers. Most are totally un- enterology, oncology, and certainly ' medical records arrive in the office admitted homosexual male ..." aware of the encounters. I always immunology. AIDS is currently the with patients who left their previous "Admi_tted" implied some sort of . wonder what a doctor is thinking of hottest topic in most medical jour­ physicians without knowing how guilt. There is nothing wrong in when he comments that a middle- nals, and knowledge ofGay sexually their doctors reacted to them. One of being homosexual: The only "admis- aged person is_ "single," without transmitted diseases is basic to its the· most inflammatory statements sion" in these cases is that the mentioning. sex life. The written his- understanding. As a result, Gay was from the records of a physician physician is biasedand judgmental. tory of an illness should embody all physicians are in the forefront of who. stated, "patient admits to So, I have started writing "The facts ·of possible . medical signifi- public education; their expertise is · sodomy.'' I thought .the next line p-atient is an a9mitted hetero- cance iri the patient's life. being sought. They are, across the might easily be, "so I called the sexual" on charts to heighten sensi- Medical schools emphasize that ·country, asked to sit on the advisory police and had him arrested!" tivity to the prejudice. ·importance of sexual history early . committees that consider infectious Most of the time, · there is no Physicians, even as medical stu- on. However, one gets the impres- . disease, bloodbanking, or public mention in _themedical record of the - dents, seem to be a conservative lot. sion that many physicians don't : health. They are asked to be spokes­ patient's lifestyle. This probably Since my business partner and I want to talk about sex because of persons on AIDS for the media. rises from the fact that the patient have faculty appointmer:tts, we their own embarassment. Occasionally, I am asked NOT to never voiced his sexual preference. - occasionally precept students in the So, it's not surprising to find there identify myself with the Gay life- One wonders what diseases might local medical school in our office. are "Gay practices" to fill the needs , style in order to retajn my credibili­ have been missed without that in­ J ust a couple of months ago, a first- . of Gay patients. A 1978 survey of ty and the respect of the audience. formation. Often, hundreds of

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And there is a respon­ including 15 percent of ay _ Within the last fewyears, AIDS has men, will develop hepatitis B this a small sum � I�sure one's health sibility to others that each of us has, become a major health concern fo r and safety, and It Is cover d by Bl ;te to be certain not to spread this to our year. 10,000 are hospitalized. A . � t Gays. The emergence of this disease chronic carrier state develops in up Cross and Public M�diCal Assis­ lovers, friends, family and to anyone else whom we might infect. created concern that has not been to 10 percent of infections and tance (although securmg help fro.m unfounded. But a far more chronic active hepatitis occurs in 3 t�e latter ca� become charactens­ This brings us to whom should be pervasive disease that preys on Gay to 5 percent of cases. Primary liver tica!ly complicated). vaccinated. For the above reasons, men, as . well as on others, is. hepati­ cancer occurs 273 times more often Smce many people contract hepa­ everyone who hasnot had it already, tis. And chances are you will find than in non-carriers, titis without eve l kn wing about it, advised · Dr. Cassens. From blood and 11 percent ! � _ yourself exposed to it at some point of all liver cirrhosis is hepatitis B many spr�ad It with equal Ig­ tests to immunization, hepatitis B is in your "social career." This is be­ related. Together, these two claim norance. Simple blo?� tests can be an illness that can be contained cause it is so easily transmitted. nearly 8,000 lives each_ year. This take!l by your physician or healt.h within our'community. It is neces­ · Viral hepatitis attacks the liver in does not include the -70 percent of service agency to screen for this sary. One bartender I randomly two distinct forms: IH (virus A or cases never detected or reported, disease. . questioned hasnever been ill or im­ acute infectious), and SH (virus B or estimates Brett Cassens of Phila- PCHA hasdesigned a program (a munized, but serves drinks to . homologous serum hepatitis). The delphia - companion to its YD Clinic and hundreds of patrons. So certainly Community Health Alter _ _ illness caused by the two is virtually natives (PCHA)'s Hepatitis B AIDS Hotl�ne) to mcr_ease pub!Ic this includes all bartenders, food identical, as is the damage each . Vaccine Program. . awareness m the Gay commumty service personnel (waiters, porters, produces in the victim's liver. The Early stages of the 4Q- to 18Q-day concerning hep�ti�is B! but it has chefs, etc.), medical personnel and major difference between these two. incubation period for hepatitis B faltered due to limited mterest and even hairdressers. The U.S. Public viral ·agents is the manner of trans­ may be symptom-free. partiCipation. Su port gro'!ps �or Health Services Immunization However, the _ l? mission. Most casesof virus A result early symptoms mayinclude fever, sufferers and carriers ha�e likewi�e Practices Advisory Committee re­ from eating contaminated food or headache tiredness and mild loss of suffered. One of PCHA s goals IS commends, "Persons at substantial drinking contaminated water. The appetite. As more liver cells are in- reaching younger people, those risk of HBV infectioh who are de­ incubation period lastsfro m 14 to 40 jured, symptoms increasewith liver who are least l!kely to have con- monstrated or judged" likely to be days, and by age 40, 30 percent of all enlargement and tenderness. tracted hepatitis and developE?d susceptible should be vaccinated ... Americans are immune, p_rotected All of this can be avoided. In 1981 immunity. It seems this group has as soon as ssiblepo after beginning by an antibody response that con­ the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis� been least � a tentive and receptive. work in a high risk environment." fers life-long immunity. tration approved a hepatitis B _ . Why? Bes��es apathy an� general Consider it, if you must, a job­ Hepatitis B is more seriously vaccine composed of immuneserum . Ignora�ce, It s become clear that related responsibility, along with perilous as it can be spread easily globulin. There is an initial injec- AIDS IS a greater concern, e�en appropriate education and required . through contact with an infected th mg the chances of developmg dress. But basic concern for the tion which is followed by a second � � _ _ person's body fluids (including four weeks later and in six months this diseaseIs much less and there Is health of oneself and others should saliva, sweat, and semen). One can ; � ·Jittle or nothing-that has been deter- a third and final hort. 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The· besttheories are useless . withouta proper plan of action. RICHARD. In Was�on, there are people who pre­ . · vent and from ente� Gays Lesbians thiscountry. . In Nashville, there are J)eople who thinll they can control the sexual behavior of consen� adults of orienta­ HARRIS any sexual tion. 1n people havea theory-homosexual­ TheSe lERNER & LOEWE'S ity is wro� and can be controlled or eliminated thr�h ret�ressive taws. They haft a of action, enab� . _· also plan · them to �t their repressive let�islation passed. We also haft-a theory�men and women are entided to protection of their full �hts retl8fdless of sexual orientation. ' And we havea plan of .action. With your · help, theory become our can fact. theMemphis Coalltion meets the Gay first and 3rd Mondays of each month at the ORPHEUM THEATRE Ubrary, Peabody and McLean, APRIL10·15 Main One Glorious Week 7:30 p.m. Mee�· Room B. Join us!

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. . $ - �.t .. �-� angel dust?" bright and full of promise; the final I offer a few words of caution to lastfug impressions are of the sleazy potential readers. Despite its title, drug addicts and misfits inhabiting this is not an erotic novel full of the back streets and alleys in the REVIEWS lurid passages. Do not read it if you bad part of town. are depressed or have just broken As If After Sex by Joseph Tor­ up with a lover� Don't recommend chia, A William Abrahams Book Palindromes,. Mirrors it to a person who might be critical Holt, Rinehart And Winston 52i of_the Gay lifestyle. Although Ro­ Fifth Avenue, NY, NY io175 artd Swiss Cheese bert's arrival in San Francisco is ($13.95) ward, eg. "Lewd did I live, evil I did dwel"); mirror images of mirrors; As If After Sex by Joseph Tor­ andpieces of swiss cheese with holes Lady Astor's Ball to chia is essentially the autopsy of a that are filled by other pieces of relationship. Robert, thewriter, first swiss cheese. it was all very con­ B.enefit Gay Alternative· sees. Julian in a spa working out. fusing and just made my head reel. · of put them over. However, if it be­ Their first meeting is in a booth at · I never liked any of the images or Vincent-Astor, everyone's idea the quarter movies. When Julian explanations. Torchia seemed to be a "lady fair," will present a benefit comes apparent that WEVL will moves in with Robert, a mirrored saying we were unfulfilled in our- gala drag show in the sumptuous fold, we want to see that the money wall is installed beside the bed. But selves and seeking fulfillment in grand lobby of the Orpheum on goes toward furthering the radio more insinuating is Julian's private other unfulfilled individuals. Monday night, April 2. As usual, program. We might consider buymg phone which Robert is not allowed Coupled with that, Robert has an Astor will assemble the "grande time on or donating to another to answer. A phone which only aggravating habit of flashingforward dames" of Memphis drag for a per- radio station which would allow a rings at night prompting Julian . to and backward in time and .combi- formance unparalleled in Memphis Gay-oriented radio program." go out. with no explanation · of ning real events and real conversa- history. , "The Gay Alternative" featured where he is going. tions with imagined events and con- The show will benefit "The Gay music bv openly Gay artists as well Needless to say, Robert can't be versations without clearly drawillg. Alternative" radio program which as news and commentary on Gay satisfied with. this arrangement in­ the lines between the real and the until recently was heard weekly on issues. d spite of how perfect everything is imagined. the end, I had no WEVL 90). WEVL has temp- The April 2 benefit will be stage m (FM the in order to . in the Orpheuin lobby by special when he and Julian are together clear sense of space or time and · orarily gone off air and Robert finally starts following couldn't be sure if thespan of time : devote all of its efforts ·to raising arrangement with the Memphis Gay Coalition and Gaze. Admission Julian on hisnight-time excursions. ·was .two months or two years. . needed funds to increase the power will But theknowing inthis case is much In the end, I had a couple of un-. from 10 watts to over 6000 watts. be $5. There will be a cash bar of­ Proceeds of the benefit, however, fering for $1 (no other bev­ · worse then the not knowing and answered questions: "Why did Tor- drinks mo�t assuredly begms the end of chia mention the psycho who was are not necessarily earmarked for erages allowed). ln addition to the and the : relationship. killing antl mutilating Gay men and WEVL. Astor said, "We want to see show, there Will be a buffet Throughout the. book, Torchia then just drop it?" and"Why would WEVL back OI) the air and support dancing. Showtime is 8:30 pm with seems . to be trying to define or someone like Julian, so aware of his them in 'that. But the money will - the doors opening at 7:30. explain the coupling of two men good looks, working so hard · to go intO a special fund to support Among the performers will be but it all gets bogged down in talk maintain them, so dependent on -the radio program. · If [WEVL] Lady Astor, Leslie C

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12-Gaze-April, 1984 by Houston Butler The Other Side D.J. Old dance music classics are reincarnating at an accelerated rate lately. Unfortunately, most lack the pizzazz of the original and fall to the wayside, unable to hold up to another rehashing. But once in a great while, a superior attempt surfaces. Such is the case of Yvonne K's new version of ·�I Got the Music in Me," an exceptional remake with contemporary charm. Opening with a long synthesized percussion intro, the beat begins to push. the song. Yet the drums cannot hide the beautiful melody line, the lush pro­ duction, or the powerful, stirring' vocals. The heavily synthesized arrangement is both creative and ever-changing, a reflection of the best in Italian import music. This 12" single on Energy Records offers a 7:27 vocal with a 9:23 . instrumental "megamix" on the flip side. Definitely worth your time and investment. 1t1f 1S

1. I've Got the Music in Me - Yvomie K. 2. Rush Rush - Debbie Harry 3. Dr. Sex - Pleasure and the Beat 4. Jealous Love/Evergreen -- Hazel Dean 5. Over My Head -Toni Basil Whole Lotta Love - M. Barsotti 6. 7. Jmpp/Automatic/Ne.utron Dance -P ointer Sisters 8. Danger - Flirts 9. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood 10. Girls Just Wanna ... (Remix) - Cyndi Lauper - 11. Watch Out - Doctor's Cat 12. Radio Ga Ga - Queen 13. You - Boytronic 14. Here Comes the Rain Again -Eurythmics 15. Coming Out of Hiding -Pamela Stanley

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Hepatitis PCHA), (discounting mild jaundice which tive socially (at popular gay bars) Author's Postscript: In May 198.3, appeared briefly), the dis comfort and sexually, . disregarding his continued from page 11 during a routine blood check, I was w as distinctly emotional and physician's advice and therisks . and found to have hepatitis B. I was financial. And, although I had pre- responsibilities. "Someone gave it to motivate us to heighten our aware- unaware of this as Iwas not the least . viously investigated the availability me ..." was his reasoning. By the ness regarding this and other bit ill at the time. Nevertheless, I and cost of the vaccine, I-had done summer's end, I had fu lly rec.overed viruses and sexually transmitted was forced to quit work and tolimi t, nothing directly to secure it. So I and wasnot, fortunately, found tobe diseases, and support the effort of to an excruciating degree, my con­ secured the disease instead. During a carrier. Later that month, ABC News Anchor Frank Reynolds died others who are eng;1ge.d in tackling tact with others. For me, who never my convalescence, I met other · these health threats (like those at,·· suffered from physical distress sufferers, one of whom remained ac- - of hepatitis.

I Attention Women! THE CdJAY OLD DAYS I There is a new babY!sister in the national community 1 Of women's  music festivals - and, as many other younger sib;lings, she's shaping up to be original and spunky. CAMPFEST '84 will be held in Alloway, New 'Jersey over Memorial Day Weekend and is being produced by Womyn Artists'

Productions, the fo ur-year · old Phila del ph ia-based company. CAMPFEST '84's night . stage will feature nationally known musicians, and the day stage will provide a showcase for regional talent. Original to CAMPFEST '84 will be a recreational and sports slant; baseball and volleyball teams will be co ordinated, and there will be a 24 hour recreational room with board games and cards available. Movies will be shown throughout the weekend. To receive further information, "My God, Brutus. it's a - send a self-addressed, stamped en­ velope to CAMPFEST '84. Box Gay Wi nnebago!'' 30381, Philadelphia, PA 19103. April, 1984-Gaze-13

-,. _.,.,_.. t ve; you will be blinp� h�J>Qsi- • "�-- �. -�- _ "f. :. -� ""' , ..._. ·_:..� .. ! � \<>� � -· . ·- - � � Outlook - ...-. . ... ; ...-- ,.... ! ' :: ""'' r�-�.-. , . t e. IV ,, J', • - . .':' Lifetim·e - Cofuniitriterits 9. Absolutely nothing is ��b;_ d as. it feels, looks or as people say it is. 10. Take commitments and vows or The Dating Game seriously, and renegotiate them as the simplest and most often over­ the day-to-day. People without a needed. Don't run away from a pro­ by Rev. Larry J. Urhig mise; renegotiate it. looked: having the same person vision perish; they just do not Ten is a good, round number to We live in the most mobile society steer the ship fo r a consistent period succeed. end up with, so I think I'll stop here. in human history. Have you ever of time, the same voice at the end of 2. When an individual in an orga­ I'm sure you understand the general · tried to update a mailing list? No the phone, the same address to write nization's leadership disappoints · drift. one stays put fo r very long any more. to, the same face on the pillow beside you, don't generalize that failure to I shared a personal story at a With this great shifting of human you. the entire organization. recent public event. A friend com­ mass, we have all learned to expect The phenomenon we more often 3. Define your problems specifi­ mented later, "I didn't know that change and shift. see is "the datinggame."People flirt cally, and address them individual­ aboutyou ! How come you never told Now, there is nothing wrong with with an organization, or a cause. ly. me before?" mobility, and I, fo r one, love people They try it out, "have a few dates," 4. Leaders, be specific in what you My response was immediate and on the go, "movers and shakers." maybe even expressa hope for fu ller expect from volunteers. required little thought. "I am in this There is, however, at leastone piece comitment, perhaps join the church, 5. Assess your own talents and for the long haul. I can't give all my of negative fallout from all this club or organization. Sometimes, , gifts as well as the time commit­ gifts at once." After I said that, I mobility: we have learned to create they pay their dues and vote once or . ment you can afford - accurately. realized that it wasthe secret ofsur­ brief relationships, we have learned twice before disappearing. It's Don't overextend yourself. (Over­ vival and success, and just maybe to expect nothing to last.Indeed, we almost as if they are saying "Well extending generally reflects an reflected some maturity and have grown up with a motivational I've done that." Someone ecentl attempt to prove self-worth; this is a ; y wisdom. principle of immediate gratifica- told me they had recently noted dead-end street for those with low Life-long relationships are not as tion, and when our needs aren't met people committed to the church one self-esteem.) much romantic as they are work­ when we want them in the way we Sunday, and rugby the next. Seek profession�! guidance to 6. able and creative. Go make yourself want them, we simply move on. If the dating game goes on in determine your skills and abilities. some! For mobility to be a creative every group and organization, then 7. Divide large tasks into small, Copyright Stonewall Features fo rce, there must also be constancy, we have a lot of wasted energy, false achievable parts. Syndicate, dependability, a sense of purpose or expectations and mutual disap­ 8. Don't sit and stare at the nega- 1981,. direction. People who are movers pointment going on which can only and shakers seem to know where . feed our �ense that nothing will last, Patient they are going, and how they will no one will stay. When our expecta­ continued from page 10 get there. Without this kind of tions grow limited and we become am tempted to add, the Gay and the "directness" and "purposefulness," cynical about the commitment of The very first edition of Harriso�s Principles of Internal Straight. But Harrison goes on, movement for movement's sake others, we end up creating an en­ Medicine, covering all the bases: "The essen­ alone is simply wandering from vironment which does not expect, published over 35 years the tial quality of the cliflician's interest pillar to post, aimlessness. and therefore cannot encourage ago stated, "To physician, · is nity; the secret of the care of · nothing man is strange or repul- huma Within the Gay community, . I deep commitment. , hu sive. The true physician has a the patient is caring fo r the patient." have seen a large body of peoplewho We must allow and enable people Words to live - and cure by, float about from job to job, city to to move beyond the "dating" stages Shakespearean breadth of interest in the wise and fool ish, the proud fellow J?hysicians. city, event to event, cause to cause. of relationships to the committed Copynflht Stonewall Features There is a ·nomadic flow of young · stage expressed in mutual bonding and the humble, the stoic hero and the whining rogue." At this point, I Syndicate, people, and often older people, who and deeper investment between the 1984 seem to follow the tide for gratifica- individuals and the organizations tion's sake alone. While I do not they are a part of. What I am sug­ want to nail down everyone to a job gesting is longer-lasting relation­ or place, I would certainly like to ad- ships at home, of course, but at Views From Te n Percen vocate that we take a new lookat our work, too, and especially in the wanderings. . volunteer, not-for-profit organiza- If a relationship, an organization, tions _which make up such .a large Cable Channel a church, a cause, or a political part of our communities. How can 7 movement is going to achieve its we get beyond the "dating game," '• 'T' \' - t ' goals, it needs people who are in it beyond the shiftless search for some for the nn g haul. It needs dedicated, fantasy, beyond the "grass is always _l committed, and dependable people greener syndrome?'! who stay put. As much as you and I Here are a few viewpoints and di- want our lovers to be there when we rections that may help: need them, so also our community 1. You must have a vision of the needs us to be there. One of the won- long-range g(>als or a desired end if derfulthings about life is also one of you are to understand and cope with

ME:MPH-IS CE:NTE:R �OR .RE:PRODUCTI\JE: ,. H-E:ALTH- Sit Back ln.! Nora--jlro(UF«JJIbaUU Hfltlltla Cl:lnit: • ·April 4 4:00 pm Offflrin6AEWI Rlln6e ot�c.r.· April 9 4:30 pm 1462 Poplar at MeNeil April 27 7:30 pm Memphis, Tennessee 38104 - (901) 274-3560 This month's program features Dan Simonoski, Ph.D. discussing FBI surveillance of Gay organizations.

14-Gaze-April, 19S.4 FBI Surveillance continued from page 1 , continued · from page 1 federal employee only further sup- tion, lack of which has caused a Dr. SiiD.onoski is pursuing the been played on him to discouragehis ports my belief that such restric� . " near-hysterical reaction by the gen- release of all records through an pressing of the case and to person­ tion� against such employees have no eral public regarding AIDS." appeal to the U.S. District Court in ally intimidate him. Late last year reasonable basis." Jackson expressed hopes that · Los Angeles. The ACLU of Southern in Phoenix, _the· car of .his host was In response to a question on im- Gays and Lesbians would join his California is acting as counsel. "The broken into. His briefcase was the migration, Jackson promised to push "Rainbow Coalition" andnoted that ca.c;e offers an opportunity to test only item stolen. It was returned a ' for an overhaul of the nation s im- he hasestablished a Lesbian/Gay iss- the adequacy of the Reagsn Admin­ few days later with a number of migration laws and said that . ues desk in his national campaign of- istration' s FOIA guidelines as well negotiable items iritact (plane tic- until ' new laws are in place, he would in- fice. as a chance to determine the coin­ . kets, traveler s checks, etc.).- The struct the Immigration and Natur- The responses were· sent to the plexity of the FBI's surveillance of only items missing were documents alization. Service and the, Dept. of National Gay Task Force (NGTF) a national community . of Jaw­ pertaining to the case. Justice · to "neither enforce or de- which is coordinating the question- abiding people for a period of over Prior to this trip; his· plane tic­ fend these discriminatory policies." naire program in conjunction with thirty years," Simonoski said. kets mysteriously disappeared from . Additionally; Jackson said he the Gay Rights National Lobby, the A waiver of search and copying the filing cabinet in which · they VIOuld press for greater cooperation Human Rights Campaign Fund, the fees has been requested and denied. were stored and his checking ac- among federal, state, andlocal agen- National Association of Gay and Under the FOIA, a waiver can be ' count frozen. cies dealin2wi� .the AIDS !7isis and Lesbian Democratic Clubs, and the granted if the information provided While in Memphis, Dr. Simon­ called for additiOnal pubhc educa- National Coalition Gays of Black . would be ."in the public interest." oski appeared on a number of radio The government, apparently,_ does . and television programs, was the Comme cial Appeal The Dilemm not feel that the information ob- 1 subject of a r Dynasty a tained from these files would qual­ article, spoke to a group of students at Southwestern at Memphis, and Just what is Steven Carrington's plot twist "seems to imply that [be­ The fee waiver denial is l;>eing . ify. was honored at a reception by the sexual orientation? Certainly that's ing Gay] is a transitory thing." appealed. At a cost of � 5-25 cents per page, the fee could run to Memphis Gay Coalition. His appear­ one of the Gay community's most ' The writers of the prime time thousands of dollars. burning (if not most pressing) ques- soap agree that being Gay is not ance was co-sponsored by the Mem­ The groups Simonoski has re­ phis Gay tions these days. It seems that it all Coalition and the· ACL U transitory. Richard and Esther Sha­ . started . when Armistead Maupin, a piro, the creators of Dynasty, are quested information on are: The of Tennessee. Daughters · of Bilitis, · East Coast He also taped Views from Gay novelist, wrote a piece for the quoted by USA To day: "Steven a 10% - Times Homophile Organization, Gay Aca­ program which LA m which he criticized Carrington has not gone straight. He will air_ April 4, demic Union, Gay Activist Alliance, 4 both the producers and writers for was, is and always :00pm; April 9, 4:30 pm; and ' . will be Gay ... Gay Liberation lt'ront, Gay Rights ABC-TV s Dynasty for apparently (His) story. is April 27, 7:30 pm on cable channel not over with his mar­ National Lobby, Lesbian Feminist "straightening out" Steven Carting- riage to Claudia. It has only just be­ 7. tori. The character, played by Jack Organization, Mattachine Society Simonoski's nationally syndicated gun." (San Francisco and New York); Coleman, was, until recently, a Gay Pamela newspaper column regularly appears Bellwood, who plays National Gay Task Force, One, Inc., character, �owever, plotlin�s �ave Claudia, in Gaze. · reportedly said to Maupin, Radical Lesbians and the Society occ�ed which .have. �t hlt;n mto you "If have your way, what the for Individual Rights. Names maz;:age - a sl��tion m wh:� he . Make Destiny Dept.: The � hell am I going to do for a job?" Gaze h as renounced h1Sh omosex ity Simonoski . told that he last lover of Gay king Ludwig II was . . 1 What indeed?. \ · Maupin told USA Today th�t the believes some tricks" have Richard Hornig. ·_ "dirty --- ·------... - - .....;;,· ..... • I • WAR I EHOUSE 28 I 6th Anniversary Weekend · Celebration I FOR 1984: A BENEFIT GAY PRIDE � I I THURSDAY, April 12th: KltXOFF PA R1Y: No cover; $1.00 weUs and bottled beer - Light Buffet, Champagne at midnite With . Birthday Cake. FRIDAY, April 13th: HAPPY BIRTHDA Y: featuring a drawing for .two one�week vacations to tropical KEY WEST, including:

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was Mondale's, a belief strength- Senator John Glenn and Rev. Jesse Jackson are still in the race at by Dan Si�inoski, Ph.D. ened when Glenn managed only a weak sixth place finish in the Iowa this writing, btit Glenn's failures 1984 wassupposed to be the year caucuses. Mondale had money, or- · seem to have hobbled his national strategy, and Jackson has cam-­ of the Organization Man in the pre- ganization, endorsements, and sidential campaign, the year in (apparent) popular support as mea- paigned primarily to a Black consti­ which the best-organized, best- sured in opinion polls. That support tuency in the South and in large Northern cities. ither is expected financed, most careful juggernaut proved "wide, but short" as an Ne to develop a credible strate at this in primary history would propel elated Hart put it. gy point in the campaign. former Vice President Walter Mondale's pre-New Hampshire ts Mondale to control of the Democra- image as "heir apparent" is radical- So, Democra are left with a truly surprising choice between two tic nomination by the night of the ly different today. Hart's success in men - both liberals, both Civil New Hampshire primary, the first Maine, with practically no money or Rights advocates, both Gay Rights i jn the nation. time invested has made Mondale contest between them will result n supporters. Mondale seems to re- Well, the results are in. The polls look vulnerable, and his support a party so divided that it cannot present the ''traditional" De and predictions have been proved to throughout the primary states is mocra- wage a strong campaign in the fall. tic alignment of unions, interests, be stunningly in error. Senator seen as soft and available for On the contrary, I think it will lead and incumbent office holders. Hart Gary Hart swept to victory with the plunder. Mondale has an aggres- to a stronger party. campaigns to the "New Democrats," largest winning margin in the histo- sive, effective challenger in Gary There is considerable reason to and won in New Hampshire with ry of that election. Winning most Hart. In New Hampshire, they split believe that a debate on the issues the votes of younger, educa age, class, and demographic groups, the union vote about equally; the better - will strengthen the Party's platform Hart took 40% of the total Democra- "gender gap" leaned significantly to ted, more liberal voters who were and improve its candidates' abilities more critical of President Reagan tic vote, while Mondale and John Hart, and only th2 "60 and older" to speak to its several constituen­ than those who voted for Mondale. cies. Let's .consider the strategies of Glenn 29% and 12%, respective- vote was Mondale's. While Mondale go.t "Traditional" and "New" Demo- Gay Democrats in thesituation of an ly. He jollowed up with an even must certainly still be considered ' crats seem divide more along early Mondale victory or a continu- more impressive victory in Ver- the more likely nominee, likelihood to lines of age and lifestyle than of ing race between Mondale and mont. no longer is a certainty. ideology.B oth candidates (and their Hart. In the wake of their own poor Hart's victories (and the momen- supporters) agree on basic cam- Had Mol)dalesewn up the race by showings, Senators Alan Cranston tum they generate in volunteers, · paign issues, as evidenced in cam- · "Super. Tu,esday," feel our leaders and Fritz Hollings aswell asfo rmer donations, and credibility) have 1 · paign debates so far. J3oth clearly would have had little ammunition Florida Governor Reuben Askew turned a one-man "sure thing" into a occupy the party's liberal wing. Be- with which to negotiate with party dropped out of the race. George · two-man race. Now, both must be cause of this basicconsensus, debate leaders - much less with Mondale McGovern has said he will do the tested by Democrats and Indepen- in ensuing months should focus on himself. There would have been same if he does not scorean ''upset" dents across the nation, their posi- clarification of programs. That will scant chance to strengthen in the Massachusetts primary (still tions compared and judged, their the 1984 be good for all voters, especially Gay Rights platform position. in the future as of this writing). claim to party nomination based on those concerned with Lesbian and Lacking an exciting race in the re- Prior to this, virtually all ob- the results of primaries and Gay issues. maining primaries, our communi- servers thought that the nomination caucuses. Many Civil Rights activists ties might not have mobil ized as (including Black and Hispanic fully .as expected. 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I , u you wish to play on open-mike please send tape 1 along with ticket order by April 20th O NO REFUNDS ) John Stilwell's article in the . :ro �e two women who March issue, "As Good As Any Les­ took the time to wt:ite in response to the �torial. of last . mont-.4:-IJ'hap.k you-and cc9�der bian," has a_ good m�e, but as I me properly and r · nghtly chastised. "' · · was .so irritated at his .generaliZing · ·� that I almost decided not to con­ I did not want or intend to indict ALL Lesbians. Just as Carole has tinue reading. In his statement that · many male friends, I �ave m�y f�male friends, Gay and straight, I .continued from page 3 "Lesbians have gone to great pains · know and love and enj oy bemg With. I was addressing the many or men may have experienced at the to identify themselves as complete­ large numberof Lesbians who exhibit those attitudes and traits. hands of Gay women, just as there is ly separate and apart from men and Any achievements made by the Gay rights movement will benefit men none for the-elitist behavior of bar Gay men, but in their efforts . to and women alike. As allthree of us have pointed out. the bottom owners and patrons designed to identify themselves as a . separate line is still the same-we have to work together instead of working prevent women from spending their and distinct group, Lesbians hav�. against �ach other. . lower salaries in -the same establish- slipped into reverse discrimination: While I appreciate the special problems that many women face­ over-worked, under-payed, raising ments as Gay men. The methods chauvinism, and sexism. All men are chililren-not ALL Lesbians have used to exclude women and Gay identified as the enemy. We are ALL th.ose .P�oblems. And sometimes it comes down to deciding that Black men attests to something viewed as being insensitive, bar crea­ something IS Important to you and you MAKE time. f borderinJ:( on straw clutching by tures with our brains in our crotch." The real purpose and intent o the editorial was to address 'the the desparate : no open toed shoes; Mr. Stilwell is committing the same critics who accuse the Coalition of being. a male organization and all crimes for accuses of. its servi�es. mf;l].e-oriented. It.'s like -a bad relationship-you put no­ requiring a filing cabinet full of ID's. · which he me and . none of. which is sufficient unless - ev�ry other Lesbian. Yes, I agree thmg mto It and you get nothing out of it! it proves your birth or ability to get · so':lle, possib!y many L�s�i�s are . (A note : The editorial elicited two responses-about average for guilty of havmg these opm1ons, but most of Gaze 's contests and two women have joined us out of the United States; no spiked surveys-and . . . . . I resent the author's statement that on the newspaper-Thanks Linda and Carole). heels ( except on stage.? ); the hst - · IS I... e s b'1ans fee th 1s' way. It rea ds as if John Stilwell ong an d recen . - 1 1 t AL:{.. Lesbians. · fee� this. way. I, for But the bar experience is hardly . one, do not, makmg hiS statement a Gay experience and in ' the 12 absolutely false: that · womyn (sic) distort their Bloomer's freer style of dress then years I've been out (relatively ), Lhave I am a Lesb1an. For ve�s. I re- bodies to fit male images of the suffered the mental bondage not known anyone, male or femal� of fused to call myself a Lesbian. a perfect woman's (sic) body. ridicule. · . As . who practiced full time separatism I referred Womyn have worn corsets and f - female and a ho�osexual� " ...high heels, corsets, panniers, Literally half df my dearest con i _ ther hun­ to myself as Gay. <;>ftentrmes, I still o restrictive garment� for farthingales, crinolines were intend­ dants, the people I love most, other . . do. Reading John s article brou ht dreds . of years: garments that for �d less to accentUate the curves than my lover, are men. As a former . � of back a· fear , the- fear of bemg dec�des were s� tjght �s to damage the fe minine body than to augment radical Lesbian feminist separatist . trapped mold. It is to me therr he�th; displace mternal or­ its .incapacity. Weighted down with who realized the futility of succession in &ad articl�� brough� b ck gans. It. IS no wonder wo yn h�d a fat, or on to that the that � � the contrary, so thin as to given that1 there's no where else reputa 10n for, swoonmg; they th t fe� was m a Gay pubhcation · � forbid all effort, paralyzed by in­ go, let me say ·that it is through a and wntten by what some ·people couldn t breathe, and. could hardly convenient clothing and knowing and loving Gay men that by the rules would call "a brother." And when I move! of propriety - then woman's I have come to hope for men at · body any read statements like - "Many �f u �or men it �as not�ing more than seems to man all, because many of you have talcen . ,� to be his properly, (men) are as goo as y sbian, vll!u ty, they simply WIShed to look his thing." -Simone de Beauvoir that first excrutiating step toward ? � JA: wonder what IS behmd 1t. Why Inner than they wer?· For womyn, preservingyour humanity: ou feel. I � "J d�es he feel that he . must ompete It was b n�age : trym� conform M.G.R. And y �u have the ability or the . . � ? � � ith women, especially th Gay to MEN s Ideals, subm1ttmg to the Memphis ocassion to understand how W Wi women/Lesbians? Perhaps Mr. Stil- s�very of MEN's standards. of pro­ women have always felt, subject to · sho rea la t paragraph pne� for womyn. Wearmg the the whim of power assumed by well uld � the s . states We neeq to get our clothmg �1ctated by .men, a half­ It Must Be 1984 Dept: The North most meri. And you have Etopped where he act together (the word to remem- dozen skirts and petticoats, added Carolina legislature is considering in some measure the· infuriating ber), get our forces to�ether and to twelve pounds she had to making it legal to serve a homo­ trait that men tend . to find so · ten present a strong fore� if ever �onstantly carry. The womon who, sexual in that state. Cheers! difficult to renounce: the presump- hope to �ake a place m this�e worl m the last century adopted Ms. tion of power by virtue of one's � for Le bians and Gay men. existence when one has the good � (People.) sense to arrive equipped with a few extra inches of dangling flesh. M.L. But I agree with John, that Memphis whether one dangles or jiggles is beyond the proverbial point, as is the question of who one chooses to RATES FOR CLASSIFIED: 204 per word $3 minimum. dangle or jiggle with. We have to Phone nwhbers and zip codes are free. Deadline for ads is 5 avoid or stop doing the very things Men's Elective Corsets days prior to the publication date which is usually the last that we criticize in .others, get past Friday of the month. $2 additional charge for the use c;>f - · office box. Send to GAZE, Box 3038, Memphis, images and labels and groupings, In response to· the small filler ou:�:_p_ost stop nicheing people as if we were article about men wearing corsets Tedfiessee 38173-0038. grading and sorting Japanese hen (Feb. '84 issue): eggs. There's more inside each of You can be sure those men's Landlord/Tenant, Wills, contracts, JEFF THOMPSON, Gaze Nashville us an ethnic yoke. corsets did nothing more than com­ than you-name-it. Bush, Esq. 722- Correspondent, seeks ASSISTANT it press their fat a little and never D. (Please .•• you must groan, do if - · 2192 to help with local ad sales and dis­ on key.) seriously threatened health or move­ ment. I certainly doubt· the prac­ tribution. Must live in Nashville and · WANTED: Honest; clean man for tice lasted more than 50 years, drive a car. Send letter to JEFF Carole Taylor friend companion. I'm 40, 5'3", THOMPSON, 6807 ·Pennywell Drive Whereas �en still demanding + Memphis are 115 lbs. No dope. 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