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Larkin' s Murderer Still at Large; Police Ask Help ByJEFFELUS stolen auto was recovered in the Atlanta area, Managing Editor Smith said, and police believe the suspect may Two months after Vernon Lester Larkin was still be' in that vicinity. found brutally murdered in the blood-spat "We found Vernon's car in Atlanta. We're tered living room of.his Hickory Valley apart not sure of the whereabouts of the suspect, but ment, Metro police continue to search for the he may still be there," Smith said. man suspected in the slaying. Other police sources said they believe the Metro Homicide Det. Mike Smith said au man calling himself Bubba or Bubbie "may thorities are continuing the search for the tran have lost himself in the gay community in sient last seen with Larkin prior to his death. Atlanta." "We're still trying to run down some leads in Police sources privately have S?-id that there the case," Smith said. "Larkin was last seen at _ may be members of the Nashville gay commu the Jungle Lounge in the company of a man nity who have information pertinent to the who called himself Bubba or Bubbie. We be case, but are reluctant to come forward. lieve him to be a transient who was staying at Smith, who believes the suspect may sup the Union Mission." port himself by hustling, said the man may Larkin, a Nashville computer operator, was have had other contacts with others in this area found gagged and bound, lying between a before or after Larkin's slaying. cocktail table and a sofa in his apartment "If anybody has had a problem with anyone . around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 7. who fits the description, we hope they will The body of the 30-year-old Larkin was contact us. If they had contact with this man, if found by officials at the Knolls apartment he beat them up, or threatened them, we hope complex, following a phone call from Larkin's they will give us that information," Smith said. mother who had been unable to reach her son Smith praised the management of The for several days. Jungle for their cooperation in the investiga Larkin had last been seen leaving The tion. The lounge was used as the site for a liho are they? Where are they from? What do they want? Get all the low-down on Professor I. B. Gettindowne and Jungle, located at 306 Fourth Avenue South, "Crimestoppers" reenactment which has aired Cathartic Comics Diva and the Brown Bomber on page 6. -ORAWING PROF. 1.8. GETIINOOWNE the previous Sunday with the suspect. locally on television. Police said they are searching for a man with "I think if anyone connected with The a stocky puild who is about 5 feet 11 inches tall Jungle, or who frequents the bar, had any "They (the public) may have forgotten pers at (615) 74-CRIME (742-7463). and weighs around 170 pounds. He is de information about the crime they would have about it, but we haven't. We never forget," a Larkin had moved into the Knolls apartment scribed as having medium brown hair which already come forward. They were familiar with police source said. last February. At the time of this death, Larkin covers his ears and hangs into his face, dark Vernon and have done everything possible to Smith urged anyone with information re was employed as a computer operator for eyes, a mustache and tatoos on both arms. help us," Smith said. garding the Larkin case or who think they may Kelly Services, a temporary agency, and was The suspect is also believed to have stolen Because the murder occurred in early Sep have had contact with the suspect to call his on assignment to Southwestern Company on Larkin's 1988 dark blue Mustang, with the tember, public interest in the incident may office at (615) 742-7560. If they wish to remain Elm Hill Pike. • Tennessee license plate number JXB-995. The have waned, authorities concede. anonymous, he suggested they call CrimestO(>- Gay/Les College's Prez Visits Tennessee By DEBORAH BURKS and Sydney. The school was founded by the book is to further the liberation of gay and Staff Writer Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Com lesbian people who have. been affected by The president of the Metropolitan Commu munity Churches (UFMCC) to train lay and Christian oppression. When questioned about nity Church's (MCC) Samaritan College was in clergy ministers for service to the church. her choice, as a lesbian, to be Christian, Booth Nashville last week and conducted the However, that idea is changing. Boothman man admitted that it was "not a logical choice" Wednesday chapel service at the Vanderbilt said that her plan and vision are to expand but explained some of her connections to Divinity School. At the invitation of the Samaritan into a full university for gay men and Christianity. Raised a Southern Presbyterian, Women's Concerns office, the Rev. Sherre lesbians. Boothman left the denomination when her Boothman visited Nashville following the "There is a need to educate people about Texas congregation refused to offer Spanish MCC Gulf-Lower Atlantic District conference working and serving the gay and lesbian language services. The Presbyterians' stand on in Knoxville. community," she noted at the Divinity School's homosexuality also contributed to her deci Boothman, a native of Texas, has served Women's Lunch. "Expanding our facility to a sion to withdraw from the church. Samaritan College for over five years, first as university will. enable us to do this and thus, "I didn't go back to church until I attended Dean. Samaritan, founded in 1970, is a senior liberate gay people through education." an MCC service in Houston," Boothman re college in Los Angeles. The institution offers In addition to running Samaritan College, calls. "Wh~n I walked in, I knew I was home.• bachelors degrees in theology and in human Boothman has been completing her book, Boothman said that the presentation of the services, both with emphasis on meeting the From Apologies to Celebration: The Journeys of material in her book is unique. needs of the gay and lesbian community. a Lesbian Feminist Christian, which she dis "Most gay and lesbian Christian literature Over 400 students are now enrolled at the cussed with those attending the luncheon. has been presented in the apologetic tradition college, including those at branches in London According to Boothman, the goal of this continued on page 3 2 Dare November lS-24, 1988
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Volume l, Number 35 Dara 3 Sasser nunks, Dore Deis a "B" ..... ·- • •• •• ♦ ByJEFFELIJS earned an "A" by voting the position advo ♦ ♦ Managing Editor cated by NGLTF some 100% of the time. :• SPAGHETTI & DRAFT ~. Common Woman Despite an election day win of historic pro Fifth District Congressman Bob Clement, • BEER, $3.75 • Bookstore portions, Tennessee Sen. Jim Sasser was given with a 91 % voting record, also earned an •A.• ( 402) 464-6309 · a grade of_"F'' from the National Gay and Clement, who took office following a • 2-for-1 Wednesday special ! Mastercard & Visa Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) for his voting heated campaign to fill lhe seat left vacant by _ • ■ Mention this ad and we'll pay postage. record in the 100th Congress. the election of Bill Boner as Nashville's mayor, ■ 8oz RIBEYE w/ stuffed potato, : Former Democratic presidential hopeful, voted on only 11 of the 17 measures consid and possible candidate for his party's nomina ered in the report. ~ corn on the cob and : _tion in 1992, Sen. Albert Gore Jr., won a "B" for Perhaps the most important of Clement's •• bread, $4.95 : Judy Eron. LCSW his voting record. NGLTF's "report card" votes was one which indicated his opposition •• & much, much more.♦ Licensed Clinical Social Worker tracked the voting records of all 100 members to a motion from Rep. William Dannemeyer Jim Siebold. PhD of the Senate and the 435 members of the (R-Calif.) that would have endorsed the •• • Licensed Clinical Psychologist House of Representatives. Humphrey amendment. - .. The Tennessee delegation earned a cumula Other Democratic members of the Tennes- ·····- lndlvldual and Couples Counseling tive score of 72, indicating a vote consistent . see Congressional delegations earning high VictorNictorias 615 329-1656 with N GLTF's standards some 720/4 of the time. marks were Sixth District Rep. Bart Gqrdon 111 8TH AVE N, NASHVILLE/ 244-7256 Sasser, who was reelected to a third term last and Fourth District Rep. Jim Coopei, both of week with the largest vote total in state history, whom voted the NGL TF line 88% of the time. voted with the NGLTF position only 4 Z0/4 of the . R.. Marilyn Lloyd, whose third district in time. cludes much of southeastern Tennessee, Among Sasser's more controversial moves earned a passing grade by voting with NGLTF Saturday, November 19 were his votes in support of the Helms Educa at a 65% rate. Jlirioule Rock of the '80s tion Amendments numbers one and two. Retiring Congressman Ed Jones (D-Eighth "'6 4TH AVE s&.llil North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms (R), in District)sidedwithNGLTFon83%ofthevotes. 9:30 and 11:30 p.m. October, 1987, introduced an amendment On the Republican side of the House, First JOIN YOUR JUNGLE FAMILY & FRIENDS $3 cover which would prohibit the use of federal District Rep. Jamie Quillen passed with a 64% THURSDAY, NOV 24, 1PM fundsfor AIDS education, information or pre mark, while Seventh District Rep. Don Sund FREE THANKSGIVING BUFFET & DINNER Open 6 p.m. Thanksgiving vention materials and activities that promote, quist received an "F'' for his 36% mark. 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JUANITA'S last April, proposed language to provide that With the exception of Sundquist, all mem 80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION 1/1/89 THE JUNGLE.A NASHVILLE TRADITION RALPH-'S - none of the funds be used to provide educa bers of the Tennessee delegation voted against 515 2nd Ave. S., Nashville I tional, information, or risk reduction materials mandatory HIV testing for persons seeking (615) 256-9682 or activities to promote or encourage, directly, marriage licenses (introduced by Florida Re homosexual sexual activity. publican Bill McCollum) and mandatory hos Sasser voted for the amendement, Gore pital admission testing (authored by Danne ··································••!••··· against it. . meyer). Sasser also voted against a motion which More than half the members of the House of would have tabled the controversial Representatives earned a grade of"A" or "B, • 'Io~e j-{ouse Humphrey "No Promo Homo" amendment and some 72% earned a passing grade by 1(estaurant introduced in July which would ensure that voting with the NGLTF position at least 60%of funds made available under House Resolution the time. Friday and Saturday Dinner 5:30-10:30 pm 4783 are not used to promote or encourage On the Senate side, however, only one-third 165 Eighth Avenue North • 254-1277 homosexuality or to use words stating that of the senators earned a passing grade of any homosexuality is normal, natural or healthy. kind. Some 66 senators garnered an "F." • Gore voted to table the amendment. "The monitoring of the voting records of all "The Report Cards are our way of holding Members of Congress augments our lobbying (j'f!J Lite members of Congress accountable to their efforts," said Peri Jude Radecic, Capitol Hill lesbian and gay constituents,• saidJeffrey Levi, lobbyist for NGLTF. "We plan to issue Report Lounge executive director of NGLTF. "We want to Cards for each session of Congress as a method • Monday-Thursday 4:30 pm - 1 am make sure that the promises politicians make of both letting members know how they have • Friday and Saturday 4:30 pm - 3 am are reflected by their voting records." done on our issues, and informing our com- • Sunday Noon - 1 am Ninth District Congressman Harold Ford(D) munity how well we are being served." • • 167 1/ Eighth Avenue North• 254-1278 • 2 ... les/gay college prez ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• continued from page 1 of explaining what we are and how we fit into Christianity," she said. "But in the first chapter of my book, I dump this apologetic approach and just talk about who we are." Gender identity and sexuality are the topics of another chapter in Boothman's book. She explores current scientific research on these subjects to assert that gender identity is cultural rather than divine and to dispute the traditional Samaritan College President Sherre Boothman Christian proposition that homosexuality is a choice. Other chapters examine the roots of selves and stop accepting our oppresssors' the oppresssion of gay men and lesbians, and d~finitions. We must fight this oppression and, discuss self-healing. for gay men and lesbians, that means coming The final chapter is devoted to a celebration out,• Boothman said. of "the fact that gay men and lesbians are From Apologies to Celebration will be pub beautiful people." lished this winter by the Austin, Texas-based "We must take the authority-to define our- Liberty Press. • Nollefflber 18-2"• 1988
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This is the first in a three-part series of articles were the only single people at tfie barbecue," examining lesbian and gay relationships. Next week: a James says. couple of lesbian couples. -ed. Richard suspects matchmaking may have The bag-hag's choice. By JEFF El.US been involved, but gives every indication of Managing Editor being pleased with the outcome. Toward the e~d of the 1982 film Making "We met rather casually and found out we Love, the lead male character [played by Mi both love opera and classical music, so we chael Ontkean), a doctor, was seen living in made a date to go to a concert together. I didn't idyllic splendor with another man, an archi think much of it - I didn't get really excited tect. until just about five minutes before James The movie presented a picture of male stopped by to pick me up. By the time he came couples much in the same vein as heterosexual in the door, I was a wreck," Richard remem couplesofmoviedom: affluent, well educated, bers. good looking and, well, bland. The doctor, James picks up the story of their first date: after much soul-searching and introspection "We had a great time and made another date (and a torrid love affair with Harry Hamlin), left before we even got out of the parking lot." his perky wife to live "the gay lifestyle." From there, it was about three months be But no one bothered to tell him that the gay fore the two men decided to take the plunge "lifestyle" doesn't exactly mirror the Ozzie and and move in together. Harriet or 7bat Girl picture painted by the "In some respects, we took things slowly. film's concluding scenes. But in others we may have moved too Should you ask any of your friends who are quickly," Richard says: "We slept together on members of a male couple if their lives are like the second date." a movie, they-would li~ely answer a resound "I wanted to the first night, but I was too ing, "No!" much of a gentleman to admit it," James adds. "As much as I'd like for it to be like a movie," But in early fall of 1985, the two men signed says James, a department manager for a a lease on an apartment and set up a joint TASTE THE DIFFERENCE Memphis retailer. "I have to admit it's a Iittle bit household. At first, they remember, there were FRESH FROM OUR ROASTER more routine." adjustments and compromises to be made. "Frankly, I'd rather it be more like a Broad And unlike the two men in Making Love, all way musical," says Richard, James' partner for was not a sweetness and light. the past three years. He is an accountant in the "I can be pretty obsessive about some Iii.Alli Cli.lllTIALTM Memphis office of the Internal Revenue Serv things, like housework. James comes from a IMPORTERS AND ROASTERS OF FINE COFFEES ice. more privileged background than I do and The two men met during the summer of never had to do a lot of chores like I did when Park Place on BEAN CENTRAL COFFEE 1985, at a barbecue hosted by a mutual friend. I was growing up. Because of that, he has a West End Avenue Available at COOK'SNOOK James says he isn't quite sure, but has always tendency to misplace his priorities," Richard Nashville chargess . . Bandywood in Green Hills suspected the friend of playing matchmaker. "I've quizzed her time and time again about "But I've worked hard to get my priorities in COOK'S NOOK (615) 321-8530 it, but she refuses to tell the truth. She says it order," James counters. "I still don't like to in Brentwood Place was all just a coincidence. But Richard and I clean the bathroom, but ifl have to, I will scrub Volume 1, Number 35 5 ftH uanita's ALLIS-O·N AND BECK Open 11 am-3 am
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the toilet." - weigh the "aisadvintages, the two men con- The two men agree that.for any close rela tend. _ tionship to work-especially if you're living in "I'mr~lygladl.. mnotsingle," James says. "I the same 1,100-square-foot apartment - really hate the cat and mouse games you have compromise is the key to success. to play in the bars and on dates.• One myth which Richard and James would Richard, who had previously lived with·two Orfyour knees, like to dispel, however, is the one which says other men at different times in his life, said that that happy couples never fight. Not true, the his relationship with James is on more secure pilgrim. two say. footing than his past involvements. Join us for our Thanksgiving Buffet "We've had some really bad fights in the past "I think it's because we'ie both willtng to talk three years and there have been times when it's to each other about what's on our minds," Thursday, November 24 Mhlrts. Tia Dyas, been really hard to take back some of the Richard says. "We've haQ some counseling and mrs of Buttons. things that have been said,• James says. we've read just about everything that's been Blackligbt Posters. "But if anything is worth having, then it's written about gay male couples." Now, a nightly cash worth working for. If you fight, you have to The book found most recently on Richard Giant Im1Xlrt Posters. work at getting over it," Richard says. "And and James' nightstand is Eric Marcus' The Male drawing. Regular Import Posters. making up is really fun." Couple's Guide to Living Together. Subtitled, Drawings nightly at 1~:45 a.m. Bandallas. Silver JewlerJ, "Sometimes," James retorts. "Especially if "What gay men should know about living Incense i Incense Burners. . I'm right." together and coping in a straight world," the Win upto$2~ Love Beads, Candles, Among the "hot" topics of discussion for the book covers just about every aspect of a male/ Begins Monday, November 21 Mobiles, Blackliahts. pair are: money, time, work, food, sex, male relationship - from maintaining bank Grateful Dead Mercham, weather, travel, politics, religion and the afore accounts to executing durable powers of attor mentioned housework. ney, from how to include your partner in .BEER BLAST Woven Wristbands Cpulseras), "You name it, at some point, we've probably family holidays to dealing with the AIDS crisis. Saturday & Sunday 4 pm - 8 pm Beads and supplies, argued about it. Bu~ it's important to know "It's a wonderful book," James enthuses. "It WEDNESDAY Vests i Dishikis. how to figh.! 'good' instead of 'bad.' That can really gets to the heart of the matter." 50¢ Draft $1.25 Bottle Beer Indian Wrap skirts. help to salve a lot of hurt feelings,• James "To think you can walk into Davis-Kidd or md BO'S Memoribllia, suggests. Bookland and buy a book about male couples BardCOJ'9, Impart and Rock Designs. Both James and Richard suggest rational is great. It gives us a feeling of acceptance," Original discussions about the subjects of their argu Richard says. rmips ments after the wounds of the fight have Toward the beginning of the book, the au healed. Discussing the matter in an atmos thor quotes a Tennessee man who advised: 207-A Louise Ave. phere not charged with anger and frustration "Don't go into a relationship and expect things. Behln4 TGI Fi!DUS- lnsl4s Bacbtnat will help to get more directly to the point. You've got to go in and do things. You have to "Hopefully, you won't fight about that thing show your love and show your commitment. again. But invariably we always do," Richard That's what will get into someone's heart and 320-0782 says. make the relationship. Then you find some StmllJIIJS, "Sill JUUi' stash James agrees: "Then finally we'll just get body else who's willing to putthe equal into it. and brlnt JUUi' cash tired of beating that old tired horse and move Then you've got a relationship.• to S1Dua Mountail. 0 on to something else.• And the stuff movies-and life -are made The advantages of being a couple far out- of. • 6 Ilare
---- By STIJART BMN Francisco Sentinel. Well, that's where they And when's the last time you saw black "There was still this nagging feeling that Editor lived at first, anyway. Now they're known and characters regularly featured in a comic strip? something else needed to be done, something Looking for comic strips appropriate for a loved by thousands across the country from Professor I. B. Gittendowne began drawing else needed to be happening," Gittendowne lesbian and gay newpaper is like trying to find their appearances in lesbian and gay newspa the Brown Bomber regularly at Iowa's Cornell said. "When I came up with the Diva, I something to eat at a gas station. You can pers in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, College. Featured in the campus paper, the said, 'That's it! They're a pair!'" occasionally come up with something to fill Minneapolis, Portland and Chicago, and in the character became a hit. When, in the creator's His second strip for just Out featured the the space, but it's very rarely enjoyable, and unfortunately-named gay male cartoon senior year, the Brown Bomber appeared Diva and was called Cathartic Comics. even more rarely of any quality. anthology Meatmen, volumes 3 and 4. several weeks in a row, or rather, didn't appear Gittendowne took the strip with him when I've combed lesbian and gay magazines and Who are they? several w~ks in a row, in blanked-out panels, he moved to San Francisco. With a much wider newspapers from around the country looking The Brown Bomber is the unlikeliest of · the campus took notice. audience, Diva and the Brown Bomber now for well-drawn, well-written comic strips. It is superheroes. No man of steel, not physically The Brown Bomber was coming out of the appear weekly in the Sentinel, Minneapolis' not an easy job, but success is sweet when it anyway, 90 ray guns, no secret potions. Just a closet, and so was Rupert Kinnard. !:qua/ Time, and Dare. finally comes. regular guy whose hiccups turn him into an "It was one of the more rewarding experi Gittendowne feels that it's important for In a world of comics featuring men with "elf-ette." Kind-hearted Darrel Gambrell, his ences I had at Cornell," Gittendowne said. cartoonists to grapple with tough subjects. back-breaking sexual equipment and drivel sister's scarf for a mask, his brother's basketball "The reason the reaction was unique was the Homophobia, sexism and bigotry are frequent spouting stick figures, it is a relief, no, make uniform, an orange sheet for a cape and one fact that everyone knew him, everyone fol targets, as have been such public figures as that a thrill, to find strips that are of even better boxing glove hiccups when he's nervous. And lowed him ... he was like the school mascot. By President Reagan, the Pope and Oral Roberts. quality than those in mainstream newspapers. those hiccups transform him back and forth the second week, people realized something Gittendowne doesn't mind controversy: ''The Along with the real bowsers, we've found two between his alter egos. was happening be_c;ause I had never done a name of the strip is Cathartic Comics and it was that are as good as [or better than] Doonesbury, The mysterious Diva Touche Flambe is series before. I had the Bomber in a closet, just a cathartic release for me to do that cartoon Nancy, and Kudzu. They certainly are relevant woman power embqdied. She is smart, hip and black panels, so your eye was immediately [referring to the flap over his "Cow Woman" to our lives, well-written, well-drawn and most takes no guff from anyone. Diva, the Educator, drawn to the strip. People started asking, 'What character satirizing a San Francisco business important, funny. Feast or famine, I guess. practices the doctrine of" slapthology," - what does it mean that he's in this closet. ls he ever woman who had tangled with lesbians and gay One, Dykes to Watch Out For, has been Gittendowne calls a "hard-hitting" way of going to come out?'" men there]. And, after all, it is my personal running here every other week - artist Alison promoting clear thinking. She is the multiply "After the Bomber came out, I remember space. Reading is not require~." Bechdel only draws two strips.a month - for reincarnated black goddess who has popped people I hadn't known very well coming to my Still, dealing with controversy is not the the last few months. The other, Cathartic Com up in 80s America with a slightly-swollen Elvis dorm room just to talk, not necessarily about hardest part of drawing the strip. Maybe it's ics, begins running weekly with this issue. hairdo, a job teaching in a public school and being gay, though a few did come out to me. getting ideas for new strips? Dare is the only publication in the South to her own TV show, Dish the Dirt with Diva. One guy in particular, someone whose per "My first answer would be getting ideas, but have Cathartic Comics, drawn by the pseu She's the woman everyone would like to be. sonality had always sort of bothered me, got that's really not true. I have plenty of ideas. But donymous Piofessor I. B. Gittendowne. Together, they are everywoman and every quite emotional. It was a side of him I hadn't I'd have to say the biggest hassle has todo with And the new strip's characters are a pair if man. He is all our insecurities, she all our seen before," Gittendowne said. the Diva. Every week, I have to figure out what there- ever was one. strengths. He's innocent and na'ive, she's After graduation, Gittendowne put the new sensation this woman is going to wear. It Professor Gittendowne, the Brown Bomber wise and worldly. He's learning, feeling his Bomber aside for a while. He began drawing isn't easy," Gittendowne said."But I like the and Diva Touche Flambe live in the mind and way through fife, she's teaching, guiding, lead the strip again when just Out, the Portland gay challenge." • pen of Rupert Kinnard, art director of the San ing the way. community monthly, took the strip in 1984. Volume 1, Number 35 Dare 7
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ABBY R. RUBENFELD Citywide delivery By JAAN STURGIS Minneapolis, an addiction rehabilitation cen ATTORNEY AT LAW Credit cards acepted by phone Staff Writer ter for lesbians and gay men which ho.5led a FfD • Teleflora You obviously missed it a couple of week forum on neurop.sychology. The Institute is CHEATHAM & PALERMO ends ago if you weren't in Bowling Green. planning to use Dan as a referral person for the Park Place, Nashville• 615 321-5969 43 MUSIC SQUARE WEST TELEPHONE Missed what, you say? · middle Tennessee area. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37203 (615) 244-4270 Why, the first fund raiser - a rummage sale Where have I been? You guessed it, - for AIDS Southern Kentucky (ASK), of Knoxville, for ~CCsdistrictconference. 'Twas course. Held at a storefront in glamorous a festive event where over 150 homosexuals downtown Bowling Green and organized by gathered for a weekend of spiritual renewal Reg Laswell, Billy Isaacs, Time Roberts, David and fellowship. Nashville attendees included Houk, Trace, Godby and Kevin Kinnard, this Terry Ralston, Penny Campbell, Corynne event yielded many 1989Halloween costumes Romine, Lynn Odum, Steve Jenks, Ray Ank for happy purchasers. 1be sundry merchan rom,Jim Groorns,James Holland, Tim Sharpe, dise included beautiful gowns froma bygone Alan Jewell, the Rev. Paul Tucker, Terry age and jewelry - the rhinestones sparkled McCabe, Austin Stough and Oiarles Lee. Ask everywhere. Billy Isaacs and Tim Roberts told ing divinity students Penny and Corynne who me that their telephone number was plastered or what they enjoyed most about the confer on every telephone p{ole on the Western ence, they responded that they liked the pres Kentucky University campus advertising the entation on Saturday afternoon on gays and event. (They were hoping that some of those the hislory of the .. ·,. --...... · -... ~. .. - With the approach of Thanksgiving, we're faced with the question, ~~~' ,, :··•. The Gay and Lesbian Newspaper "What do we have to be thankful for this year?" Prom the Heart of the American South After all, a number of setbacks have befallen us in 1988. ~ ,.'_.:.--...... ~; ....:· Last week's election of George Bush and Dan Quayle was the latest November lS-24, 1988 --~ in a series of political debacles that we've witnessed. That, coupled -,.:·· Volume 1, Number 35 with the Capitol Hill hijinksofSen.Jesse Helms, is enough to make you ~:::s:: -~ Publisher & Editor want to pull the covers up over your eyes and go back to sleep. .. -.. Stuart Bivin The reluctance of President Reagan io follow the proposals of his ~:S-~ ~ Managing Editor own advisory commission on the HIV epidemic is further cause for "'- -~~-' : Jeff'Ellis dismay in the lesbian and gay community. .. ··- ~--..: :--;. Book Editor Closer to home, the Tennessee Sentencing Commission's report Shen-eDryden Staff Writers which suggests ridding the lawbooks of "crimes against nature" and ~,,,_ ,:_ Deborah Burks specifically outlawing homosexual acts, is not only discouraging, but "' · -..... · • . ..··· - . JoeMarohJ obscene. Jaan StW'lfs Contnbuting Writers And Nashville Mayor Bill Boner's reluctance to issue a proclamation Carole CUnnlngham for Pride Week '88 caused much concern among the members of our Patrick Hills community. But, still and all, we have much to be thankful for in 1988. maneuvering, agreed to meet lesbian and gay leaders to discuss the Advertising Sales Manager AnnTaylor Tennessee enjoyed·a resurgence in gay and lesbian activism during issues at hand. It wasn't an overwhelming victory for us, but still we were (615) 352-5823 the year, with organizations in Nashville and Me mph is leading the way able to get our foot in the door at city hall. into the '90s. In bo~h dties, Pride Week celebrations attracted record Throughout the primary and general election campaigns, gay men The na.,. logo was designed by Kusel Brown. numbers of people eager to claim our rich heritage and to revel in the and lesbians participate_d in a variety of ways in the political process, Dan, copy is_set in Garamond, with diversity of our community. thus confirming our presence in the community. Aaplen Bold heads and Efforts by lawmakers to make mandatory HIV testing the law of the We are still far removed from Utopia - if one is 'indeed possible - Hdvetica Condensed Light subheads. land were defeated, as were·moves to ensure mandatory reporting of. but we're still closer than we were last month, six months ago, a year ago Da,., is published weekly by test results. or a decade ago. Pyramid Light & Power Even Mayor Boner, after much prodding and some political And we're very thankful. • Box 40422, Nashville, 1N 37204-0422 (615) 292-9623 Comics Tonight. And Tomorrow. And the Next Day ... The Four Elements. By Roz Chas!. New York: Harper would be like. In "The Story of the Bowl," person?) and Charlotte Rarnpling and Lauren Subscription rate: $32 per year; $16 for six months. and Row, 1988. Chast depicts a woman who buys a bowl she Bacall were, I thought, so obvious as to be Please phone (615) 352-5823 Separated at Birth?By the editors of SPY. New York: really doesn't care for at a junk shop, only public knowledge. for advertising rates and information. Doubleday, 1988. becasue it's a good price for "real Yelloware." There are surprisingly few really forced Postmaster: send addrcs.s changes to: By JOE MAROHL She gets home and discovers the bowl is comparisons in the book. And my Circulation Department Staff Writer broken and forever after, we are told, gets a incomprehension may be a simple matter of Da,w Box40422 I don't read newspaper comics as a rule. "little nauseous• when she passes the junk one person's limited perception. But I see no Nashville, 1N 37204-0422 Coming as they do after news from shop. The simple plain tale is a funny parable similarity, for instance, between Robert Dole Washington and letters to the editor, they of the banality of consumerism. and Desf Arnaz, or between Tina Turner and na.,. and the Da,w logo are trademarks of alwasy strike me as redundant. They're seldom Items like "From Ant Farm to Ant Condo," Edward G. Robinson. Pyramid Light & Power for its newspaper. as funny as, say, the picture of someone in a "Seasons and their Budgets," "Cutification," Most of the comparisons in the book are · Entire contents and design of Dare vampire costume protesting alleged racketeer and "Overly Specific Products" (such as uncannily perceptive, however, sometimes Copyright 1988 by Pyramid Light & Power. Imelda Marcos or just about anything Dan Pastime, "for shampooing your hair when you suggestive of ideas more subversive than just All rights reserved Reproduction, either in whole or in part, Quayle might have to say. But I do like funny don't really need to-just when it's something coincidence. Most precious tq me are what is strictly ·prohibited without the books, the art of cartooning, etc., so I find todo," and Bad Kitty, "Tastes great on first bite, have to become classics in the genre: Jim express written consent' of the publisher. myself sometimes iri the Humor section of B. but leaves awful aftertaste. For the rebellious Bakker and Herve Villechaize, and Tammy Publication of the name, Dalton's. pet.)" show off Chast's quirky and original Faye Bakker and an Ewok from Return of the photograph or other likeness of any I like humor books that are hip. Rareties imagination while making a travesty of the Jedi Although the Mike Dukakis/Fred Rogers person or organization in Da,w is not these days. As a goup, America's gone materialism and conspicuous consumption comparison seems to me lame and strained, to be construed as any indication of the desperately cute. My definition of a hip comic which affect every class of American society. the coupling of George Bush and Crispin sexua~ religious or political orientation, practice or beliefs of book is (1) one with no tie-ins to greeting To borrow Chast's own jargon, I had a Glover (the young actor who played Michael). suc!i person or members of such organization. cards, T-shirts, and stuffed toys, and (2) one ROLLICKING GOOD TIME!!! reading this Fox's wimpy dad in Back to the Future and the Letters will be assumed intended for publication that trashes anything Jerry Falwell or Steven book. psychotic teen in River's Edge) strikes me as unless otherwise explicitly stated Spielberg finds "good and decent." There are According to the editors of SPY, their especially chilling, for some reason. The opinions of this newspaper two new books to fit the bill . periodical was f9unded on the premise that The editors ignore the boundaries of gender are expressed only in editorials. New YorkerandMotherJones cartoonist Roz "American deserves a magazine ... in which and races in drawing their analogies, which is Any views expressed in any advertisement, signed column, letter, article or cartoon Chast's new book, The . Four Elements, photographs of unrelated people who look the best subversive aspect of the book. And, arc those of the author, artist, speaker or writer, duplicates the genius of her earlier Para/lei alike can be placed side by side to possibly though some people might think the book is at and do not necessarily rcOea the positions of Dare, Universes. Chast's comic universe is one in comic effect." America gets its just desserts in times cruel and mean-spirited, I'd think Pyramid Light & Power, staff members or supporters. which paranoia and dullness reign, feeding off the first SPY book, Separated at Birth?, a anybody would laugh at its version of The Dare is an instirutional member of the one another cannibalistically. Hype, the hilarious, camp picture book, which Wizard of Oz, casting George Schultz as the Gay and Lesbian Press Association. contempoary equivalent of epiphany, is the sometimes rises above simple wierdness to Cowardly Lion, Nora Ephron as the Wicked chief target of her satire. The adverby rhetoric astutue cultural satire. Witch, and Oliver North as a flying monkey. of advertising, which now permeates every The doubles in this book can be classified in Toward the end, the book outdoes itself by aspect 9f American communication, is three categories: the Obvious, the Forced, and introducing "triplets," Lillian Hellman/W.H. exposed as a colorless variation of the outright the Uncanny. I don't know why any of the Auden/Richard Boone being my favorite. lie, which by comparison gains moral and pairing should seem particularly obvio'us to Separated at Birth?is quite a little find, a funny GAY AND LESBIAN aesthetic stature. me, but some of them do. Extremely obvious book that is easy to share with friends, giggling PRESS ASSOCIATION Especially enjoyable are her downbeat ones like Michael Jackson and Diana Ross are together wickedly on the couch, or to read sequel to the story of the Princess and the Pea avoided, but others like Chef Paul Prudhomme alone, laughing your ass off in the can. • and her idea of what children's personal ads and Dom Deluise (aren't they the same Volume 1, Number 35 Dare 11 Gay Matching For over six years, we've been --Good Good Mother matching compatible gay men all over the country. By CAROLE CUNNINGHAM conclusion is all-too-apparent from the start. Contributing Writer But the facts ofthe case are disputed by no one: Our innovative computerized "Let's tell the truth." Leo one night while stepping out ofthe shower system offers a fast, convenient, "What's the truth?" is asked by Molly if "that" is his penis, and he and inexpensive way of finding - scene from The Good Mother answers "yes. ff When she asks if she may touch compatible dates. Dubbed "controversial" and "provocative" it, he thinks a second, and recalling the by critics, Leonard Nimoy's new film The Good openness Anna tries to have about sex when It's the hi-tech solution to that NEW MENU ITEM Mother lives up to its reputation as a thought talking with Molly and that Molly has been age-old problem. Deluxe Ribeye Steak Sandwich on provoking film - but not for the reasons many learning about the body_in classes at school, sesame kaiser roll Call for our free infonnation packet. $4.95 - suspect. Despite claims that the film probes Leo says "yes. ff He is never accused of sexually the issue of child abuse, The Good Mother is abusing Molly: the fact of having let the girl ·f:C[IUIJ[Ill!lC:lrIIII • ~ ,•,•,:•:•.:•:::. .,•.•······ emphatically not about child abuse. touch him is enough. 800-633-6969 But it is about subjects equally disturbing Nimoy's direction of the film does not Toll Free - 24 hours and compelling: the debilitating taboos minimize the importance of what Leo has Americans attach to the body, the power of done, nor does the script cover up in rhetoric men and male institutions over women, and the heart of the matter: Anna and Leo are not the violence with which individuals and raising Molly within the parameters of· institutions greet those who push convention's accepted practice. Molly's father testifies that boundaries. he and his wifealwayscovertheir bodies when Diane Keaton plays Anna Dunlop, a woman Molly visits because they do not want to born to a wealthy New England family lorded "scare" the child. Should Leo and Anna have over by a gruff, manipulative grandfather. As done the same? The psychiatrist testifies that a child, Anna is reclusive and shy, yet admires Molly is a bright, open child whose strong most the rebellious behavior of her aunt, Babe. sense of self is the result of a healthy home Anna adores Babe's flirtations with danger and environment: he does not believe the incident unmitigated love of life, and as the only has compromised or damaged the child. member of the family who defies the wishes of Yet what we begin to realize is that the trial the grandfather, Babe becomes Anna's is not about whether the child has been hurt by heroine. Babe is whisked off to Europe to have the incident or about what is best for the child. her illegitimate child. In a scene that becomes It is about boundaries being crossed, yes, but the themative backdrop for much of Good not boundaries between Leo and the child Mother, Babe asks Anna if she would like to whose mutual respect is never at issue. It is touch her sweUing belly. Anna shyly says about territoriality- the father's resentment of "yes.,, Leo's relationship with his child, about his own WAREHOUSE 28 •2529 Franklin Rd, Nashville -615 385-9689 But the adult Anna,much like Anna the child discomfort with sexuality, about his jealousy before her relationship with Babe, cares more and his fear. about what others want of her than what she It is about the fears of a society watching the wants herself. She rarely says "yes." Recently dissolution of "traditional" families and divorced, Anna shares custody of her child "traditional" notions of sexuality, and as Anna with her husband Brian, but the daughter, in an unusually bold moment says to her Molly (Asia Viera) lives with her mother most grandfather, "It's about independence, of the year. In an otherwise dim world, Anna's grandfather; it's about being my own person. ff relationship w ith her daughter is a beacon of As we guess from the beginning, Anna loses The voice light. custody of Molly. The pain she feel from the But a chance encounter with a man marks loss makes her lose Leo as well. .) in the the beginning of a new Anna - an Anna that However, Good Mothe,'s strength of recaptures the spirit of Aunt Babe. character overshadows its occasional failures Her lover Leo (Liam Neeson), unlike the in execution. Diane Keaton's performance in wilderness. men she's known before, gives her his love this film is no more "Oscar material" than any without conditions, requiring neither silence of her previous roles: sometimes the pandemic nor submission. Leo develops a gentle rapport anxiety she brings to the role works, with Anna's daughter Molly, and the six-year sometimes it grates. Liam Neeson as her lover rave revues presents Watch _Gay Cable Network/ old's initial reservations about a man other Leo, on the other hand, is a natural, unaffected Nashville than her father in the house quickly disappear. actor whose strength is in his subtlety and Nimoy's direction of the scenes between candor. And Nimoy, with the exception of a "music of the night" Anna, Leo, and Molly shows a clear-eyed few clumsy scenes, directs his cast with.grace Saturday, November 19 sensitivity without sentimentality: when and sensitivity and rarely falls prey to the 8 p.m. Molly, after a bad dream, creeps into Anna's meiodramatic. Perhaps most memorable and dinner theatre bedroom while she and Leo are making love, surprising of all are the scenes between f riday & satu rday we laugh as the startled couple are left to feel women in this fi!m - scenes in which mutual Exclusively on no discomfort when, the child having fallen strength replaces the struggle for power in november 18 & 19 Nashville Cable Channel 35. asleep in her mother's arms, Leo begins again which intimacy is not confining orthreatening, 8 p.m. to gently make love to Anna. The three are but freeing. building a family whose unconventionality Good Mother is to be most admired for its· lies more in its genuine success than the fact complex treatment of its subject in a world in coming in december that it is not legally sanctioned. which complexity often means mixed reviews It is therefore with horror and surprise that and poor sales at the box office. If it receives "seasoned greetings" we seeAnna'sex-husbandannouncethat he is no other nominations, GoodMothermaywell starting not returning Molly from her weekend visit be nominated for Best Picture because, in spite with him - that he has begun proceedings to of its flaws, it deals honestly and humanely thursday, december 8 takecustodyofMolly. 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