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Time for pride By Ann BurUngham Break out your birkcnstocks, high heeis, hightops, and comfortable shoes — whatever you consider stylish walking gear. The Fourth Annual Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Pride Parade is set for June 27. Thc route is down Park Ave. to Cobbs Hill Park. Line-up is at 2 p.m. on Berkeley St., between Park and East Ave., and step-off will be at 3 p.m. Thc Maypole will be making a colorful return this year, other participants expected include Dykes on Bikes, Women's Percus sion, People with AIDS and their friends, Rev. Janie Spalrr iretps to carry a cross during a demortstration at the Presbyterian Church's people with disabilities, rcligious groups, General Assembly in Baltimore last June, In front of ber is Virginia Uavidson of DUPC. elected officials, political groups, social photo by Ron Rice organizations, and (whew) solidarity groups. Any group that can't find a category is in vited to crcate one. Anyone wishing to be involved in a mar Spahr opponents reveal homophobia ching band, please call Wild Seeds, at 244-9310. Those planning floats should call Leigh at 271-1467. Prizes will again be award By Susan Jordan predates most deeply about her church is served as advocate for thc Presbytery of the ed for best floats. Thc Permanent Judicial Commission of that it is continuously fomiing, and asked Gcncscc V^dlcy, by contrast witii Poppinga Blue Moon Screen Printing will sell t-shirts thc Synod of thc Northeast, Prcsbyterian whether Poppinga was implying that thc did not dwell on thc issue of homosexuali for the event. Mafge Kellar and Bobbi Sher Church (U.S.A.), met to hear thc case of the church was "in line." Perhi^M, she suggested, ty, pro or con. Instead, he focused on what wood's Slice of Life Cafe will sell Ibod at thc Rev. Jane Adams Spahr on May 19, at thc thc Presbytery felt that thc church was out he called tfae only issue before thc Commis rally following the parade. Other vendors Stouffer Plaza Hotel. The Commission had of line on the question of accepting gay and sion: whether or not thc Presbytery acted should call Wild Seeds for permit not handed down its decision when thc lesbian people, and that their afiftrmation of within constitutional limits in apptovtog and information. Empty Closet went to prcss, but thc ruling the call to Janie Spahr might be seen as an re-afftrming thc DUPC call to Spatu: Mooce is expected shordy, and in either case will attempt to bring the church back into line. said that Spahr was otdalned in a "lawfiil The planning committee will be meeting prolx^ly be appealed. on June 16 at 7 p.m. at Wild Seeds, 704 Poppinga disagreed. manner consistem with tfae then-policy of The Commission's task was not to dcncr- Poppinga's statement included numerous the Church." Univeraity Ave. (244-9310). ^ekx^ parties for mine whether self-affirming lesbians or gay maldng signs and banners will be held every stereotypes about gay people, as wrhen he He dsed Church law stating that the deci men should be ordained as Presbyterian said emphaticaUy, "We're tallcing at>out sions of a Presbytery in respect to a call, if Saturday afternoon in June. Call Rosemary ministcfs, that having been decided in thc at 454-6277. Groups planning to march erotic stimulation of the genitals by people within constitutioi>al limitations, shall not negative by thc General Assembly of the ofthe same sex," as if love between lesbians be set aside by reviewing authority. "Thc should call Wild Seeds. Groups and in Church in 1978, which at thc same titne in dividuals interested in marshalling, having and gays consisted of genital sexuality and Church is governed by Presbyters, who, ac stituted Paragraph 14, stating that thc ruling noching more. He said that "homosexuality ting together, will find the will of Jesus a.float, making signs, or otherwise working might not be used against those ordained on the parade should also call. is not God's wish for humanity," linked the Christ and tnake decisions on that basis,'' he before 1978. ' 'sin' * of being gay with sins including child said. Every person and group is invited to the molestation, and claimed that homosexuali parade. Those noc marching: come watch. Rather, their job was to decide whether Moore's azgument centered on thc con the Presbytery of the Genesee Waiiey had ex ty destroys fomilies and society. He was not troversial Paragraph 14, which states that the Those marching: invite your family and able to respond to a question from a Com- frieiMls to march or be spectators. This year's ceeded its constitutional limit in twicc af 1978 ruling against gays and lesbians as firming thc call of Downtown United mission member who asked him to cite one ministcxs shall noc be used against those who two themes are A SIBfPLE MATTER OF specific precedent in church law in which JUSTICE, and PRIDE » POWER. Let's (oin Prcsbyterian Church (DUPC) to Janie Spahr, were ordained before 1978. He said that this who, in the homophobic language of the a higher authority had overruled a decision prtMcction catmot simply be removed, and together to show our pride and strength to by a congrcgation and Presbytery. thc whole community. church's rcgulations, is a "practising, self- asked, ' Are gays and lesbians to be forever admitted, unrepentant homosexual." Instead, Poppinga teiteratcd his claim that locked in place unless they repress and deny The Commission had decided not to call "homosexuality is noc compatible with thc . their sexuality — an aspect of life which the witnesses. Instead, advocates for Spahr and Christian way of life," and said that the Com last General Assembly decided was God- ... & a picnic for her opponents (a minority of local con mission has the authority to overrule given?" gregations whose spokesperson is the Rev. Presbytery decisions. At otte point he stated In closing, he reminded the Commission The Gay Alliance annual picfiic fundraiser Ronald Sallade) gave 30-minutc statements, that to accept an openly lesbian minister that "Jesus Christ's mission was founded on will take place from 1 to 6 p.m. on June 28, followed by responses ftotn each advocate would be "confusing to ethnic gimops wichin principles of love of God, love of fellow at a site in Getiesee V^ey Park between (although Jatnes Moorc, advocate fbr the che diuich," who mi|^ noc understand such hutnan beings, and forbearatice," and said Elmwood Ave. and che New \brk State Baxge Presbytery, declined to make a response). a "sophisticated" view. chat Chrisc had never mentioned, lee alone Canal. Julius B. Poppinga, a Newark, NJ. at Rev. Janie Spahr told che Entpty Closet, fotfoidden, homosexuality; tieither docs the Food, including hots, hamburgers, torney, advocate for the complaitiants, was when asked about her reaction to Foppinga's Presbyterian Book of Order prohibit or con* vegetable and fruit salads, baked beans, the ftrst to speak. His statement frequentiy stateinents, "How paifilul to hear this done the calling of a gay petson. He asked vegetarian dishes and soda, will be available mentkxied **lordship "authority," and '*obe- tremendous racism, which is connected to that che Commission diuiiiss che objection, at the River Bend pavilion. Beer will be serv dience,'* and he stated thac churdi leadens heterosexism — and to hear it right from his and lift che stay which prevents Spahr from ed at thc Canal Side pavilion, and the Rouikl must lead "exemplary lives,*' and are ''noc tnouth! Why I am a Christian lcrt>ian has to enterltig itito her ministry. House will be the disco for the afternoon, free CO adopc a lifestyle of conscious, con* do with loving people fkyr who and what with music selected by d.j.s Hector and tinuous, unresisted sin in any areas of life." they are. Atid this is an irtctusive church." Henry. Clubs and Oiganizations will have He made a cross out of yellow circles on In response to FOpfringa's definition of gay display tables in thc Genesee Junction a blackboard, which he said illusctaied the rclatkmsh^ as sexual only. Spahr said, pavilion. iittcrsccting lines of rule and order within "Hotnosexuality is a way of beitig and lov See page tOfcfr commentary on the Tickets will be $15 at the gate, and 112 hi che church. Conimission tnember Alison ing anotber hutnan penon." Spahr trial by Scott Milter of Dotvrttotvn advance. Picnic co-ocganizer Larry Gamey Halaey aald chat one of the things she ap- James Mootc, a Bocheatier attorney who Vnited Presbyterian Ctmrch. said, ''People need to realiac thac the pict&ic is one of only two fundraisen held by the AlUance during che yeac; the ocher being the anctlon in February. All of our pcogcams and Figlhting racism pra^eccs, and thc community centet; depend on the money raised here. Thc admission price hardy covets the cose of the evem. This is a chance for everyone to come together and party; where cbe can you dance' and have fim all afternoon with 3*000 gays and leibians?'* RACISM^ Gamey said that parking wiU be in the SCiong Metnorial parking Iocs along Lat- timofe Road. 'Please don*c pork on che gcats, and please obey all thc park rules;' he said. **Kfe don'c wane anybody gecthig any parfc- itf^ tictets." Gamey said thac voinnteets see (till need ed, and tfionid call che GAGV ac 244.«640 tetmsvm add leave tteelr namea and phone numben. 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Local News cootinucd from p. 1 PorgstHtmsoAOnTidyEnttirtgs, Tbeplays ed, etc. So even Chough Cbe March is jnst for Hckecs for the picnic can be purchased at will <^>en on Aug. 7 and finish the season Crone to speak on ooe day, chere wffl be evencs gptng on aU PMdeigh. WUd Seeds, Paul's Gnx;cry, on Aug. 30. 1993 March on D.C. week. In 1987 we had 88 events, and cfato editorial Sillcwood Books, Che Village Green, Director Joel Greenbuig said chat che plays time we hope to have even moir.*' Rochester Cuseom Lcachets, Marie Groaning, will be done in repertory, with some cast Crone listed events including a ina|or ral Anchony's 522, Ducchcown 212, Ikra, Allen members from last summer's prochiction, in By Susan Jordan ly by *'Dykcs on Bikes," a gathering and con SCteet, che Bachelor Fonun, and che Avenue cluding Chanel (Ron CaldweU). Michael certs by gay men's and women's choruses PiiK Byme and Jeffrey foown, as weU as some MicheUe Crotie, a member of the national otganizing committee for the 1993 March on from aU over the country, and performances new fMXs. Greenbuig said that the Rochescer by gay and lesbian bands, who aie deciding Rising to the challenges of our time MCC hosts dinner Gay Summer Theaeer is now under the um- \(^hiiigton for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Rights, will speak at a meeting at the Gay n<7W whether to choose an indoor or out must t>e at>ortcd even past the third controUing, emotionless brutes (rapists of notance, and become active ftghters againsc Open Arms Mecropolican Communicy Iffclla of the Gay Alliance of the Genesee door concert area. VUley, and thac all receipts finom chis season Alliance Community Centet; 179 Adancic By Susan Jonlan trimester. . . women and eanh) or oppressed "sissies." racism, whecher in che form of police Church, che gayafiinning Chriscian chutch, Ave, at 11 a.m. on June 21. When asked about New Yoric participa IWo traunvttic events in April posed ongo Right wing extremists have said openly Even thc most'apolitical of us does represent brucalicy, or of bigoted temarks heard in our will hold a spaghetti dinner and dance on wili go coward establishing an aU-year-round tion, Crone said, "I'd love to see lesbians and gay cheacer in Rochester. Crone told the Empty Closet that organiz ing challenges to us, both as gay, lesbian and that wc are next on their revolutionary hit a threat to thc control freaks of thc right own communicy. June 13, at the Auditorium Center ing for the massive event is weU underway. gays ffom every county in New York do bisexual people, and as tnembers of the list, after they get rid of the much-dreaded wing, and they are reacting to that with a Ibo offen whites feel that if they are noc Downstairs Ballroom, 875 East Main St. Tiekecs are $10, and forcher informacion some Idnd of panel and put tbem aU together can be obcained by caUing 251-7098. *'Wc lust finished meeting in Dallas where laiger society. After a month's reflection, it radical feminists, who support thc threaten vicious anti-gay and anti-feminist backlash. accuaUy supporting racist dcKtrines, they are The all-you-can-eat dinner will be served we elected co-chairs for the March. \(^ have as a Boat. I'U be suggescing chac to people seems more important than ever to begin a ing idea that women should be frce human Wt can either unite in resistance, or fragment not racist and don't have to concem between 5:30 and 7:30 p^m., with the dance an office opening on June 1. above the at the Rochester meeting." in apathy and defeat. community discussion of these issues, and beings, with a right to make a moral deci themselves with the issue. Wrong. If wc beginning at 8 p.m. and concluding at 11 Human Rights Campaign Fund ofBce in Crone said that New Yotk State was divid how they are connected, to each other and sion — for or agairtst abonion. In April we united across lines of sexuali passively accept thc status quo, and refuse p^m. Tickets ate available as follows: $5 fbr ESPA Aivards Dinner Washington, D.C. VC^'ve put out a caU for ap ed for organizing purpcxies into two sectiocis: to us. As Martin Hiraga notes in his interview ty, race and class, and we won. Operation to take responsibUity (not guilt — respon dinner only, $3 ftsr the dance only, $7 for plications for a fiind raiser, and we want to die ciry and upstate. "Unforcunatdy, die two Thc first traumatic April event was thc at elsewhere in this issue, the right wing has Ibrrorism failed in its objectives and left sibUity) for our racist heritage;' wc are just a dinner^dance package. The Empire State Pride Agenda (ESR\) will hire a general staffperson, hopefully starting upstate representatives are from Albany," she uck on women, hospitals and doctors' explicitly linked their opposition to town early. But with a packed Supreme as racist as if we were puUing a bigot's white For advanced ticket purchase and furcher hold its first Rochester Awards Dinner on July I, to be in the Washington office. We^tc said. "That's not final; we'd like to pick up homes in Buffolo by "Operation Rescue," reproductive rights with their opposition to Coun ready to revolce Roc vs. VEMe, the sheet over our heads every Saturday night. information cail 271-8478. Hckets wUl be June 20 at the Rochescer Hyatt Regency accepting appUcations from aU over the some people from your neck of the wocxls which engaged many local lesbians and gay gay rights. Boch issues involve the right to struggte is far from over, and the challenge White lesbiatu and gays need to stan available at the door. AU proceeds will go to Hotel, 125 E. Main St. Openly gay New York — Rochester, Buffalo." continties. country, and wiU start interviewing in June." men (including membets of ACT UP/Buffolo, privacy, and the right to control our own listening to African American people the continuing ministry of Open Arms State Assembly Rep. Tom Duane will be the Crone said that a platform was ad<^ed at Rochester-area individuals who would like one of whom had his jaw broken during a bodies and sexualities. Boch represent "non- The second traumatic event. In late April, (especiaUy our gay and lesbian brothers and Metropolitan Community Church. featured speaker, and Michelle Crone, on thc the Dallas meeting which is similar co that to get involved with March oiganizing protest at Buffolo Mayor Jimmy Griffin's reproduction;" or, in other words, sexuali was thc appalling Rodney King decision and sisters), learning from them, working in national board for the 1993 March on adopted in 1987, at the first March. She said, should come to thejune 21 meeting. Crone home) in resistance to what can only be ty as a source of love and plettsure only its consequences. While this issue does not coaUtion on their issues, and acting to bring ^0(^hington for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual *'A lot of issues arc the same, unfortunately, said. "That ever-popular fundraising reali described as foscist terrorism against women (lehovah forbid!), uncontrolled by the directly involve us as queets, it involves us change. VCt need to resist racism as strongly Gay summer theater Rights, will be m.c and haven't been resolved in thc last five ty is a big part (of what local people can (and gays). would-be proprietots of our bodies, souls as human beings and citizens. And it Involves as we resist homophobia and sexism. Thac Thc event will start with cocktails at 7 years, such as health, domestic partnership, do)," she said. "They can plug into any of Thc hindic terrorists made a point of in and minds. the same "cradicional values" of fundatnen- WiU require effon on the pan of those who p.m., foilowed by dinner at 8 p.m. The cost 22 national committees, and we'U be teUing talist Christian/heterosexual/white/up- opens season June 19 and thc military. Then we have added issues cluding us in their propaganda. They were Frce, feminist lesbian, bisexual and have been indiffetent for so long. Maybe I'm wiU be $65 per person, or $100 to be listed which have come up since 1987. The inclu people what they are — media, accomoda- pcrelass/malc supremacy which are respon Rochester Gay Summer Theater is plann as a patron in the evening's program. Funds uttering gems of insanity like, ''(pro-choice heterosexual women would mean an end to too pessimistic, but it scenis to mc that most sion of 'bisexual' in the name has brought tion. direct acdon, raUy — and we need help activists) are all bad people. They have earr totalicarian male control of women, and the sible for bashing us on the strcet, whites wiU continue to refuse to make thc ing *A Summer df One Acts," to run from raised will be used to support campaigns of getting the word out, talking at churches, scapegoating people with AIDS, and attack June 19 through Aug. 30 at che Unicarian Rochester area legislative candidates endors the involvement of a la^e group of bisex ings in their noses, they're all lesbians and beginning of inclusion of women's voices in effon. and wiU continue to rely on more and ual organizers." colleges, and other groups." fags, and they want to kill babies," (Actual ing our rights on every front. more repression to "solve thc problem." Universalist Church, at the comer of Court ed by ESPA society's decision-making process, includif^ St. and N. Clinton Ave. She noted that oiganizers hope to attract When asked about media coverage, which quote from the Buffalo Netvs). Thc "pro- decisions on thc environment and preserv Centuries of injustice and brutal repres If that is so, then our society wiU continue Local groups and individuals will receive largely blacked out news about the 1987 sion by whites have created rage in African The fint half of the summer season wiU a miUion marchers, and chat there will be life" crowd at Griffin's house was scream ing life on the planet (a genuinely pro-life to self-destruct, and thc future looks grim. awards. The Oiganizational Achievement direct action by ACT UP and Queer Nation. March, Crone said, "Already we know that ing "Kill fags'" movement). And in a feminist society, therc Americans, and that rage turned Into If there is no justice, there can be no peace. be * An Evening of Farce,'* featuring the com Award will be shared by the Gay. Lesbian and edies Vampire Lesbiarts of Sodom, by Therc wiU also be performers and many that's going to be different. \C^'ve already Presumably, they didn't mean "fogs" in would be fewer unwanted pregnancies and violence on thc screecs of Rochester, as it did Viofence begets violence, hatred begets Bisexual Upstate Vetenuis Association and staned contactii^ media people, and lots of in Los Angeles and elsewhere throughout thc Charles Busch. and The Fairy Garden, by the Rochester Gay and Lesbian Political other related events. thc fetal stage. Or did they? Maybe their next therefore fewer abortions. hatrcd, injustice begets injustice. Now aU of "Robin lyicr and I wiU co-produce two gay media people are coming out and get country. White lesbians and gays, iike all us, white, African American, Native Harry Kondoleon- The plays wili run June Caucus. Thc Community Service Award wiU declaration will be that all unbom life is Free, pro-feminist gay. bisexual and 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 and July 2, 3. 4, 10, U stages," she said, "and we arc asking for sut>- ting involved. National co-chair Nadine sacred, except for any male fetuses with a heterosexual men would mean challenging white Nonh Americans, are once again American, Asian and Latino, are challenged go to Claice (Chic) Parker, formerly president Smith is a professional ioumalist. and wUl challenged to end our indifference and ig and 12. of the Gay AUiance of the Genesee Valley, missions from performers. One of the stages suspiciously small hypothalamus, which patriarchal stereotypes of males as cither to break that cycle. WiU be a Icick-off sta^e, which wUl be for put together national gay and lesbian media The second half of the season wiU con and Evelyn Bailey, former GAGV board kits. We're doing lots of groundwork now." sist of two one-act plays by Harvey FicfsCein, member. !^>eaker5 and performers from a coaUtion of people of color, leather people, the disabl forced to seal cheir doors. Thus robbing the Letters 1 think that anyone who has been here on real people, not the "high and mighty," of Everyone welcome all any of the ocher n^ts that we are open wiU continued from previous page another fun spot. tell you that people from aU walks of life, Wc woidd like to thank the staff* at AUen week long at Carpe Diem whether it be straight, gay. Black, white, rights of thc City's pension fund to Ibad the Sute, to clean up the ctrvironinem, fight for "Noc Dancing in Rochester." The author of •every owner nas nis/tier rcason for seaUng Street for providing us wich security in thc Latino, or whatever your baclcground, arc fight against the Cracker Band Restaurant increases in breast cancer funding and pro the letter is clcariy unhappy with the selec thr door of their establishment ivhich, un parldng area, not chat it is needed their any Tkf Tbe Editor: always -welcome. Back Liz Holtzman chain's oven policy of firing ics gay and les tect chUd molestation victims. Where was tion and variety of gay and lesbian night i fortunately, we the gay~ public have no con more than downtown, igood service, clean Upon reading last month's letter asking While we do try to provide entertairunent bian employees. She supports thc domestic Gerry? WhUe Liz was in pubUc office clubs in Rochester. As the manager of the trol over. bathrooms, and a reasonable cover charge w^hcrc can gay men dance, I would like to that would attract the gay communitY on To the Editor: partnership biU currentiy befbre the New crusading agaitist injustice, Gerry was mak- Allen Street Club. I was concerned about the It's even more sad when people take the and the best dance music in Rochester. first thank the writer for acknowlcdgii^ our Thursdays and Sundays, we at Carpe Diem For thc fitst time in 12 yeats there is a real York Cicy CouncU. She has always had itig a Pepsi conunercial and having a book writer's remarks. initiative to open a new dance club and cer Anyone who is anybody knows that it's thc effons on Thursdays and soon-to-be-started want this club to be a place where anyone chance co remove Sen. Alfonse DAmaco several openly gay tnen atid lesbians on her ghoscwrictcn. WhUe Liz has ccmsiscentiy I'd like to take this opponunity to pubUc tain members of the gay community do people th^t gather and their attitudes that Iba Dances on Sundays. While boch of these can come, and leave here feeling happy and from office and puc in his place a woman staff. FinaUy, she imtnediately accepted the been on che front lines. Gerry has been on ly reassure our loyal clientele. We wiU con noching bnt bad mouth both thc decor and can make or break your night out. Let's sup days arc geared towards the gay community entertained. whose experience and sctet^Ch have cime Political Caucus' invitation to come and the sidelines. tinue to provide a clean, safe nighc club for che locacion. Of course I'm referring to the pon it as weU as the "ocher" clubs instead (both men and women*), I would also like Mosc Sincerely, and again given her che aMUty co make a dif- speak at one of our mcetitigs. lb us the choice is clear. Wc wam to elect our gay and lesbian pacrons. Our goal is lo "new" Allen Strcet Club. of black baUing it beforc it has a chance. f, Lets Dance to extend an invitation to everyone in the gay Mark Mackey fetence. Thac woman is New Mxk Oey Com- Why noc Geraldine Ferraio? She has refus someone to che U.S. Senate who wiU change provide an aitemative bar for the Rochester Unless we give the club a fair chance community to visic us any of the days that PrcMDotioas Director gay communicy. I'd also Uke to extend an of pcroller and Democratic candidate Liz ed to meec wich the Rochescer gay and les ic and noc singly become pan of the "old before passing judgment, they too wiU be we are open. Carpe IMeoi Nightdub Holtzman. Nan communicy. She voced to rtcrtmirtalixe boys dub." Liz has repeatedly proven that fer CO AIDS Rochester and Communicy Why rctnove Alfonse D'Atnato ftom the hofnoscxuaUty in the District of Colutnbia. she wlU take on any issue or person. Wc wam Healch Necworic to hold benefics in che near Senate? He has shown no itiicresc in gay and When asked if there are any gays or lesbians to setid to Wuhington someone with a fiicure ac the Allen Street Club. lesbian issues, a woman's righc co choice or on her staff, at times she has answered with record, not a loc of rhecoric. Liz Holczman FinaUy, I'd like to say this to "Noc DatK- funding for bceasc cancer crcactncm, and has hesitation. She did noc co-sponsor any gay for Senate. Noc for the gUcz. FOr the guts. ing In Rochester." M>ur remarks hun mc done little to tum around thc deteriorating or lesbian civU righcs legislation whUe in Sincerely. Tbey hun the owner and our stafif. There state of thc environment. He has used every Congrcss. Ferraro's record on our issues is BUI Pritchard, Don Bielak, Sue must be a more concructive way to express perk and influence of his position to beneflt noc weak — ic is non-existent. CoweU, Mark Siwlcc, Picte Perkowaki, your opiiUons in thc future. his fomUy. fHends atid financial contributocs. Why not Roben Abrams? Wt feel this is Chic Parker, Evelyn BaUey, Gary Sincerely, ^)\VPI\\IN(;! He was thc taiget of a two-year Senate Ethics the year for a woman candidace. This is Engllah, Ken Maldonado, Allan Manager of AUen Street Club Committee investigation that lefit many ques evidenced by recent wins in Pennsylvania Ridiards, Sue Pryntz, Jennie Bowker, tions unanswered and did not exonerate and lUinois. Woman voters were galvanized Robyn Freeh, Mldmcl Robertaon, Rich him, as he claimed in a $460,000 taxpayer- inco action chere and ic can happen here too. Ognibene, Bob Lewis, Anne FcAraa, Jim Support Allen St« * * • • financed mailitig to millions of New ^forkers. This WiU be crucial if we're to rid ourselves Antoncvldi Why do wc suppon Liz? As a con- of D'Amato. Itrthe Editor: 'A HI:MARKABIJ:, CORdEOi S, gtesswoman she was an original co-sponsor Liz was there for us in Congrcss. Where Alien St. safe Dear Not Dancing, of federal legislation banning discrimination was Gerry? Liz was there for che pro-choice In response to your cotnments, anger and i\Ti:iLi(;i:\i\ AM) against gay men and lesbians. As New York movetnent in Buffolo. Where was Gerry? Liz lb tfic Editor: "extreme" disappointmem in the recent City ComptroUer she has used the voting fought to toughen rape laws in New \brk I was shocked and saddened to read a let- closing of Infinity, etc.. yes it is sad. But /:\(iR()SS/\Ci WORK... terintheMayissueofthe£'initfvClQfgrfr(Hn ni An exquisite piece oj aihiptatioii." The Empty CImrt is puMished ckvm times a year Advertising Policy: The Empty Closet does not (December and January combined) by the Empty Closrt print advertisements that contain nude drawings or - hick Ciinur. Dl MOC A' \/ .1 ( IIR()\I( IJ Vreu kM die Gay AHiance of Geneaee VWley. Inc. 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been in che firefighc of che movemenc since Of the four agencies bciiig cut, the Na Vaid to leave the '70s," she said. "It comes with the ruif/' ticmal Institutes for Health (NIH) AIDS Brady Bunch Newsffronts Vaid said that one thing that did bother research programs stand to lose the most her was the visibiUty that acccmipanies a ma mcmey — over $400,000 in fiscal year 1992. TSusk. Force jor national movement pcTsiticMi. "The inten ''dad" had AIDS appellate coun bas recognised that gay and twconatitotional rigfat to be pcotectcdfeom -Human Rights Campaign Fund dozens of very posidve pieces <^ maU,** sity of public scrutiny surprised me," she Roben Reed, 59, who played the role of leabian ecnpioyecs cnay presene \t^ claims tbis type of dbcrtndoation, and that stale In- In a sucprise announcemem. Urvashi Vaid. said. "I didn't expea the intense pubUc The ocher five states which have enacted . the father in the television series 7»eBrvMF>' gay-pfotective legislation are Wisconsin. of discrimination when employmenc sunnce laws prohWt the City ffom pto- executive dircctor of the National Gay and scrutiny. And everythii^ you cfo is so pubUc Vermoiit OKs Buftch, ctied May 12 of AIDS-related causes. Massachusetts, HawaU, Connecticut, and benefics tint are given to qxHiscs are denied vkttf^ dcmiestic partner health coveiage. Lesbian Iksk Force (NGITF), has sakl that she — even Just waUcing to the Safeway to go New Jersey. Statewide bills are pending this to unmarried partners. Unkas the City appeals CD the Cocm of Ap WiU be stepping down as head of the gay ad grocery shopping, people come up to you A q>oke^>erson for Reed's estate has gay rights year in California, Illinois, New Ybtk and In IM brief ordet; die AppeUate Divisicm, peals, New Mirk*s highest coun, die case wffl vocacy group on Dec 1. and say stuff." Sotne of the comments were denied that the actor had AIDS, but his death vtomont became the sixth scate Co granc Rhode Island. Measures were defeated this First Department stated that "given the cur- be ttanfcrrcd bacdc to the trial coon for a fiffl \^d said, "I'm noc bumed out, I'm fired supportive, she said, and others were not. D.C. gays join certificate listed the "human hnmunodefi- tent sMie of the law regarding cUscriminatioo trial. up. I'm ready to do different things in the ciency virus infectfon" as "a significant ccm- pcoccction againsc and-gay discriminacion on year in Florida, Iowa, Maryland and Ifexas. -Lisa M. Keen The Wststftngton Blade tribution to death." in this area of famUy relaticmships ... we movemem. I cfon't have another Job lined up. protest of King AprU 23* The >itaiKmt biU*s proceaions include che "Because of his career; and cfc;q>ite his sex A bUI prohlbicing discriminacion based on areas of housing, pubUc accomodations, in find that thc trial ccnut properiy denied the I want to give tnyself a sabbatical, get a feUowship, write a book of essays on the ual preference. I beUeve it was very hard for sexual orientation passed tbe state legislature surance, pubUc and privace employmenc, munic^Md defendam's motion to dismiss." Portland, Me. verdict The order was referring to che decision of tnovement, travel to India and visit famUy, NAPO appropriates him to acknowledge chat he was gay." said by a voce of 78-51 on April 15, and was sign crecUt practices, labor relations, ret^ con Several dozen gay activists Joined hun Robert Huena. a friend who appeared JWay tracts, and legai matters involving gay pan the state's highest coun thrce yeats ago and have a personal life." That petsotud life dreds of demonstrators blcKkii^ traffic in ed into law by Gov. Howard Dean on AprU approves bill wiU involve moving in with her partner, 20 on Geralcfo Rivera's Mncr/r c^^wf S^ 7b/k/. 23< The measure succeeded dc^tc atten^ics ners wbo suffer domestic abuse which ruled that a gay ccmple shold be con funds meant for front of the Justice Department buUding in sidered as funUy fbr purposes of rent con comecUan Kate Clinton. Reed's marriage ended in divorce in 1959 by opponents to intimidate biU supporters "This is inciecUble,' said Keith Goslant of Washington. D.C., on May 4, in protest ofthe He is survived by a daughter, Karen. 35. troUed housing. for gay rights Vsdd said that sfie decided to retire after AIDS research with death threats, hate maU, phone harass the Vermont CoaUtion of Lesbians and Gay Rodney King vercUct in Los Angeles. -Associated Prcss ment and the buniing of flags on the lawns Men. "This deals with aU Vermonters, mak '*This is an incredible national victory in The City CouncU of Portland, Me passed tiiree years as head of NGLTF (the longest The Human Rights Campaign Fund Urvashi Vaid of the National Gay and Les of their homes. ing sure we are offered the same oppor the area of ctomestic partner en4>loyment an ordinance prohibiting discrimination on period a. director has served) because she (HRCF) has demanded a ftiU accoimting from bian "Vask F6rce (NGLTF) was among the The Burlittgton Free I*ress reported that tunities." benefits," said Paula Ettettirick, k^ direc* the basis of sexual orientation on May 12, feels that the organization is in "very strong Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. James organizers of the demonstration, along with a woman opposing che measure had come Rep. Orland CanqibeU (D-Mancheseer) said tor for Lambda Legal Defense and Echication even as Maine gay activists fought for shape." The group raised ^1.2 mUUon in Mason for an unexplained transfer to his of Ivy Young of the NGLTF, who is also a Lesbians visible in 1991, a 28 pcrrcent increase over its 1990 in Co che fronc door of a Democracic scace that he did not make up his mind how to Fund, which represents the teachers. "This statewide anti-discrimination legislation, fice of nearly one miUion doUars from member of the DC. CoaUtion of Black Les vote tmtU AprU 9, when he was talking to is the first scace appellacc coun co recognize which was defeated this spring. come, and has added three more fuUtime federal AIDS programs. bians and Gay Men, one of thc groups spon huge numbers at senator, and asked him how he had voted. employees during Vaid's time as direaor. When he said he was in favor, she "said she his wife about how some gay men and les chac lesbian and gay employees may go to The Portland measure, thc first pro-gay MU HRCF claims that a memo from Mason's soring the protest. was going Co come back wich a gun." A flag bians have come out of the closet. He said coun to assen their l^al right to equal in any Jurisdiction in Maine, passed by a vole Vidd's time at NGLTF was marked by con office to four agencies of the Public Health The organizing was done through a coaU Shore golf classic was bumed on the lawn of a RepubUcan he was suddenly struck by one thought: "I benefits in the workplace." of seven to one, affer sevetal houts of public troversy. During her first year as directoi; she Service directs approval of "an option to tion of local civU rights groups, includir^ the The massive pcesence of lesbians at the Icgislacor affer passage of che biU, and wondered why any American citizen shcMdd The teachers claim that providing health hearir^. Approximately 50 people spoke In stood up in the midcUe of a speech by Presi assess the PHS agencies for $900,000 in National African American Network, thc Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Classic in Palm mutilated flags were thrown on the lawns of have to stay in a closet." and dental care benefits only to married favor of the measure, and about 12 rsgekic dent George Bush and criticised his lack of fiscal year 1992" to enable the National AIDS Commurdty for Creative Non-Violencc, and Springs. Calif., dealt a blow to "lesbian in at least two other supporters of the -LisaM. Keen. The VfiuifirtgtonBlat^, An- employees iUegaUy detdes them the right to against it; thc latter were beUeved to be action on AIDS, e^>ccxaUy relating to gay and Program Office (NAPO) to perform the Utuon Temple Baptist Church. ACT visibility" at thc end of March. bisexual men and people of color She was legislation. drea Zentz. The Burlington Free Prea; Ross provide health care for their partners. whtMn members of the Christian Civic League, a "management functions on behalf of the UP/DC, Queer Nation, and AMBUSH, a DC. The laigc lesbian contingent, an estimated Sneyd, Associated Press conservative religious group which has been escorted out of thc haU by Secret Service Assistant Secretary for Health." Opetdy gay state legislator Ronald Squires they ate not aUowed to marry. The teachers agents. area bisexual group, also took pan in the 7.000 to 10,000 women, was impossible for (D-Guilford) took the lead in endorsing l^al OriginaUy prevaUed in Accuse 1991 when the trying to block statewide discrimination HRCF Research Advocate Terry Beswick demonstration. the media to ignore, and even brought a cam protecdon for Vermont's gay and lesbian trial coun refused to dismiss tiie case at the protection. In her second year with NLGTF, she issued wrote to Mason on May 6, calling for a rever Protcstois blocked all traffic at two busy paign stop by a senatorial candidate. For the citizens. "This biU is not about special NY teachers City of New York's re(]uest. Ruling that the The League recentiy won a legal fl^t a statement condemning Bush's decision to sal of thc order, and for a public accounting intersections for five hours. The protest re first time, local newspapers listed thc many privUeges or rights," be said. "It's about giv teachers had stated legal claims of which enabled it to begin coUectiaig take pan in thc Gulf War, stating that thc of how funds arc spent at NAPO, and what mained peaceful and oniy one arrest was lesbian events on offer during the weekend, ing gay men and lesbians the same rights that discrimination. Judge Karia Moskowitz signatures to place an itdtiative on the biUions of dollars used in the war against programs would be cul or reduced at the made by thc over 500 poUce present. ranging from panics and dances to a Kate you all have.*' get benefits reccignittd "the need to go beyond the labels Noven^>er baUot, which wotdd permanent* Iraq could have been used in the war against four agencies involved. Thc letter also ex Urvashi Vaid said. "We're here to protest CUnton performance. Lesbians have gathered AIDS. After the biU had been approved, its chief A five judge panel of the New \brk State ^spouse,' 'husband' and "wife' in revicrwing ly prevent any gay-positive legislation in the presses lack of confidence in NAPO's abUi thc racism of this verdict. . .The gay and les and partied discrcedy at the golf toumament sponsor; Sen. David WoUc, (D-Rutland), pun ^ipellatc Division unanimously ruled today a pubUc agency's practice of providing state. Vadd has also been criticized by a group ty to coordinate PHS AIDS activities. bian community knows all too well the bit in past years, but this year the huge crowds ched his fist into the air and cried, **Tfcs, yes, that the denial of health carc benefits to health insurance benefits, lb adhere ''to the Mary MacLean of the Matiovich Society, of ACT UP pnrtestors who wcrc angry at her The transfer is meant to offset thc reduc ter reality of abuse by both thc police and blew thc closet door off its hinges- yes!" Wblk had sent a letter to members of domestic partners of lesbian and gay tnuUtional view of people as either 'single' a gay Portland organization, said that gay ac decision to withdraw as their legal observer tion by Congress of NAPO's fonding in 1992, the courts." Thc sutement released by thc U.S. Rep. Barbara Boxer, who is seeking a during an actton which involved handcuff the House informing them that his famUy employees of the New "Vbrit City School or 'legaUy married' (the coun) woidd be re- tivists and supporters wiU organize against 33 percent below its 1991 appropriation. NGLTF said that thc King verdict "reflects California senate scat nondnation, acted a had received hostUe phone calls and hate system may violate civU r^hts laws pro- ing mainstream gay activists against their "The mid-year timing of this directive from a pattern of hate crimes perpetrated by master of cereraorucs at a lesbian dance par )(^cting 'the reaUty of famtty life* in this day the League's referendum attempt, and wffl WiU. Other ACT UP members criticised Viid maU. The only suppordve legislator who did hlMting sexual orientation and marital status and age." continue to push for equal rights for gays Dr. Mason seems highly questionable." said police ;^ainst African Americans and other ty in order to promote her candidacy to the and NGLTF for behind-the-scenes lobbying Beswick. "Shifting funds to NAPO without minorities, inc&udiiig lesbians and gay men.*' large gathering of women. She won the not receive threats or other harassment was discriminarion. The City of New "Vbrk, however, appeal statewide Attempts by the League to stan a with members of the Bush administration. Squires himself. reforming that institution is like throwing The statement referred to aquittals of gay loudest cheers of the evening when she said The teachers' victory in Gay Tkacbers ed that ruling, atguing that equal en^loy- referendum prcxxss against the Portland or Vaid said that criticism either from leftist chat she would like to beccmie "Jesse Helms' Association V. The Aletv ibrk City Boand of dinance have already started. money away on public relations and govem bashers and to anti-gay remarks made by "I did not receive a single n^acive com- mem benefits for lesbian and gay en^oyces or rightist segments of the commurdcy had ment overhead at the expense of people's worst nightmare." menc. caU or letter." he said, ".'n fact, I got Education represents che first time that an are aoo cosdy, that lesbians and gay men have -Nick Bartolomco, The Vfisstfington Blade judges to gay victims. noc affecced her decision Co resign. "I've lives." -Lou Chibbaro Jr., Ttw Washington Bl^ute -Keith Clark, TTfe W^kly News
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plc jnst doo't Icoow, but they can be our own attitudes. educated. Stupid peopie icftise to team. I WlU deal with Ignoram people, bm tf yoo're Caelost SUITS Is stffl a woman of color About tacisffl: a talk with SUITS & Carlos Cuevas group. If while wcmien or other wcmien of stupid, I ^ust don't have the time. United) that it's hard to get into Native Morrlscm... Ja^lex AU kinds of people. ccrfor come in, diey're coming into yoto' By Susan Jordan Anierican culture, for instancre, when we Smanne: Maya Angelou... S^oes Whice people cfon't see a problem. Another thing Is* why can't we have in Black women's groiqiL Mm say, *'Heie vine are; Members of Sisters Uidced in IWo Spirits cfon't even know our own culture and <:afltos: Jimmy Baldwin, who was years ' Naacjrt Because they've never ei^ierienc- stitutions In the gay conummity? Why can't Ifyou are Interesied we wUI noc tum you (SUITS). Rcxiiester's women of color group, history. I'd like to say, "Let me help you ahead of his time. AU are Importam parts of ed It. They've never esperienced racism. we as Black people open a gay bar? away — unlike otber oiganiaaticms — bm 'Tve been talking to sotne recentiy mcc wich Carlos Cuevas, a coocem understand, because you don't know." American Uterature. AU of this is what we as Cartost AU of this is mimicked In the Br^tlts Wc can. People have been taUdng ttodetstand that wben you're ccmiing into ed metnber of die gay community who is in Naocy: ^ne need to educate ourselves and . African Americans have bete in our coun smaUer gay society. How dare any gay per about that. our group, you're ccmiing inn> cmr world, terracial (African Ainerican, Jewisfa and educate the gay community about try and city and society. Wc don't want to son discriminate cm the basis of race, color, Carloss I was told I couldn'c, bm I did. and you leave your Utde bigoted attitudes of my gay Caucasian Hispanic) and with the Empty Ctoset, to themselves. be ccmfrcmcattonal, we are simply stating, religion - bow dare chey? in Albany. behind." BcotheiiiocxI for most white people is discuss current issues, including racism in CarlcMs Wc^te prc|Kued to discniss racism, herc we are. take it or leave it. Spicet But how many of those places Spicet Our focus and primary interest is the gay conununity. This talk is just the sterecxyping, whatever people wam to talk Snxannes foti cfon'c have to like it. .. writing a check to the NAACP, the United where you had to go for permits and stuff wfaitt affects vi^cmien of color. friends about the Rodney Negro Cc^ege Futid, or what have ycm. thott^ you were white? beginning of a series of round table discus abouc. ^R^'re prepared co let people kncyw Carlosi How darc anybexly dislike us Caeloss But what afleco wtmien of col sfons, interviews and columns whic± wffl ap- where we're coming from and especiaUy purely because of our heritage? That is ig- They're saying, **I cfon't wam to live next to Cartoa: AU of them, untU I told them I or eventuaUy affeces aU women. you, but I sent a check/' I've noticed die fur was half Black, which I've been doii« aU my pear rq^lariy in the £ffV^ CfeMBt cm racism, where we are right now. noranc beyond belief > I goc sick watching cbe Sploez Sure. Biu for sotne reascm (I'm noc King business, and it tvas homophobia, and scxrial change. The women Why cUd we need a cdvU rights law? Rodney King decision, and chen bearing ther away in the suburbs people Uve, the life: I cttd have problems wich distrlbutcMS, more "liberal" they are. and one man said, **I wanted to woric for you befog n^ative) Black people have always in this particular discussion arc Nancy, Racism. Wc shoiddn't have needed cme, but white people say, "They cUdn'c show the been n/cw and accepting crf cxbets. Suzanne, Jackie, Brigit and Spice; aU are we clid. itochester itself is a racist city. whole videots^ie:" And pl^ute put in there som^hete that but I was told you were a nigger." So I said, like talking to a tvall — they ncK aU minorities have rhythm... "AU r^M, guess what? And I'm not hiring." Brigit: They can come, buc we have our African Americran. Soaauine: It's so iroidc because Harriet Sttzanne: They say. "If he'd just laid own set of guidelines. I can caU my friend lUbman came ri|^t through here with her there. . ." If he'd just laid there he'd have Siuaanc: W^ can't aU dance... Bec^ile chink they can get away with It Caitos: I've been talking to scmie of my because tbey tetw been getting away with It. a nigger as a Joke, but I cfon't wam to hear gay Caucasian friends about the Rodney King undeiground railroad. died! Naacy: W^ 'don'c aU eat chitUns and wacermelon and collard greens.. . Why did you form SUITS? any wfaile petson calling me tfaat. just didn't get it/' business, and ic was like talking to a waU — Carlos: There are Black kids who don'c Nancryt They bad a c^iain around his neck, Spicet I goc inco trouble at my job with Uke a dog chain. He vrasn*c in a position co BrIgIt: I love chitiins. I'd eat tbem seven Naacyx It was first called Rocbester Les tbey Just cUdn't get it. I don't lcx>k Black, so even know chac there's a Harriet Ibbman Mans of Color Otganizacfon (RLOCO). When somecme caiuing me nlgi^ and I reaUy lost I see what happens when scmieone of color Museum in Auburn, run by the African attack them. days a week, with greens and ham hocks. Cariosx I saw this new magazine caUed Dkme Conway contacted me. she told me it h. I've been to aU-wfahc sclKX>is and I dkto't comers into the nxmi — that shift. I march American Methodist Episcopal Zionist Carioax This is where the outrage and the vras a groc^ for Black wcmien. She didn't say know anything about aU that uotU I wem Church. '^Southern Living," that shcnvs aU these Naa«:y-: Whites look at us smd aU tbey see ed in Birmingham and aU that and here we wake>up caU is, becatase if white people women of color or white women. That was cte^wn South. And after that my whole at is color Black to tbem is dirty. We*Tc not Carioai I parantee you, if Ibw widte peo are 20 or 30 years later — things arc the The other thing is that when people drive think they can have a tdce quiet summer at whice women cooking sweet potatoes and aU this stuff. . . now where cUd they get my interest because I reaUzed there axe noc ticude sttmk — and it stiU stinks today! "clean." ple leave a gay har and drive down Monroe same. down the strcet and stop at a traffic Ught, the beach... a loc crf bats for Black women to atsend. Bats MMMcyx I went to Allendale Columbia, and ^, diey won't be stc^ipcd by poUce But It's not our problem; ic's a Caucasian pro they're l
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ceasful utttU every woman in our ccmimuni- reproductive riglus in a laiger sense, because ple. IHf you tfaink dUs is a realistic goal? ry gains equaUty. tfae oppcMltkm firamestfaei r campaign against MHt As we've seen with Fufimora in Peru, Martin Hiraga: strategies for social change i€ How I pcfsooaUy fied is, rm a pro-feminisc us as tf flgtft against mm-reproduction. participatory demcKrracy has Umitadcms as wcMking with NOW, CoaUticmfor a Feminist who goc ouc of jaU in April. There's every lesbians, gays and bisexuals are finding ECz Altfaougfa cme wonders vHiy, if we*re Lesbians and gay men must By Susan Jordan (aod lt*s important to use that term), because does leprescntadve governmem, because Maiority and ocher groups, to work witii indication that he wiU run to oppose this cmrselves in enough numbers to be able to 00 one is equal uncU we aU are. Thc Chrisio- soevU, tbeytvantusto repfoduce. Appaiem- chose we elect co represem us, and those ACT UP/RcxrhesCer founder Manin Hiraga women on Capitol HiU. to ensure that sex woman; he would voce to repeal. work cm smaU pro|ecrts. When groups spUt ly they haven't heard abcmt lesbians and work in coalition witb now tives in Wasltingcon, D.C, where he is tectes wam to divide us In die social justice wfao lead mo'venients fior partlc^Mttory ual orientation is not the reason for women EC: And what about bias crimes? up, it's often because incUviduals are focus community. Tfaey wam to cUvldc and ccm- turkey basicrs yet. Can you taUc a little about democracy, are bocfa subject to power African Americans on bate grassroocs oiganizer for the National Gay and being expelled from the services. MH: Let's talk about the Rcxiney King ed on specific tasks, ^^'re at a turning point the CivU rights cases ycm're working on r^ht Lesbian "Bisk Forcx (NGLTF). Manin spoke cinet: It's easy fior tfaem because tfaey marcfa faunger. Freedcmi cx&ly ccmies wben each of EC: Why does che military go after so decision. The NGLTF has an official state — finding multiple voices rather than a In lodoiqi behind tfaeir feadefs. Only matute now? us cakes responsibiUty for our freedcmi. It crimes because fbe same to the Empty Closet recentiy about some of ment, which wc wiU send you. My personal single voice. HBt The biggest civU rights test cases in NGLTF's goals, about the Rodney King deci many more women than men? adults can accept cUveisicy and wcTrk with isn't given to us, it's cmly taken. MH: It's pan crf the sexual harassment statement would be, lesbians and gay men It's a turning poim first experienced when It. They wam m bring us down to tfaeir the V.S. right nc3W are being poshed by the 1 participate in a number of movements, people wbo are bashing sion, and abouc how he sees die currenc state must unite with African Americans and other people of color started coining out and get IhKUticmal Vilues Coalition in Oregcm and of the gay and lest>ian liberation movement. thing. Xiamen in the armed services are cfaUdlsfa level fay divicttt^ us. noc iust cme, so that I can creaie social lesbian-baited. They're taigeted as pan of the people of color in monitoring and oppos ting invohTd in the movemem. Another tur My woric in tacism of couise comes fttfsn Colotado. It's easy for peof^e In Rochester, cdiangc in a number of avenues. That can put queers are also those who EC: What projects are you working on general distrust of women in the miUtary. ing poUce brutality, which in 1990 went up ning pc^t was when the AIDS epidemic hit. who have civU rigbts pcotecdcm, to sit back a check cm the power hunger of the elite by right now? very perscmal eiqieriecicc. The fiuxthatmy We're also encotuaging people to write 29 percent. Ancjther when lesbians and gays found that parents were Interned 90 years ago, and cm and say, **^9fe've goc it." But we dcm't. laising, fioresanqile , issues of fieminlsm witfa hash people of color.. MB: Civil rights, the military initiative, their Congressional representatives and the The Los Armeies PoUce Department, we've the streets wcrc a viable place to take up cmr ly now are we beginning to dlscc^rver tfae ef Rochester is the base for one of the largest people of coloi; issues of racism vritfa wfahes. scxlomy law review, and anti-gay violence. long known, has ignored the Ixiitality of its fight for civil rights. Rarely are turning points coaUdcms of people wich mediaevsd values. Ja^panese Americans are ccmsidered **che Pentagcm, and rcfer specifically to the ctirec- fects cm not cmly the Japanese American ing it pleasurable. \bu know the ways I do EC: How close are we to ending the dve and to House Resoluticm 271, which asks own officers against gay citizens, lliey've painless. community, but on all conununities. Fifry The Oregcm and Colorado inidatives are .other white group" by Asians, and people ndlitary exclusion policy, and what are thc been among the worst in the country in Our needs are becoming cUfferent. \(^*re attempts at removing gay-protective laws like me, with scmie degree of assimilaricm, it — I paint coathangers cm Domino's Pizza, the DOD to rescind their anti-gay policy. years ago Chinese Americans wore buttcms or put invitadcms to town meetings cm cfueer strategies being used? They also should refer to Senate Resolution violence against gays and lesbians. reaUy fighting like teenagers fight with their saying **rm not Japanese:* Ibday Asians in through voter tcficrcndums. In Oregcm the are re^xmsflile for calling attention to racism MH: On the military. 1 think we're doing Police brutality is not unknown in eiders — for the right to stiU be in the fami Justlficadcm for removal of procecdcm is cm in the lesbian and gay movement, sex cm tfae windshields of poUce cars. Last 236; yf/c want to encourage morc Congres Los Angeles wear bunons saying *Tta not weekend I spem wearing my Clark Kent- slow but sure work, because we're sional representatives to co-sponsor the Rochester either Therc are bigots in every ly, while also being independent and having Korean." We haven't come very iat. Vtn wiU the grounds dial we're ''abnormal." The Cc^- hcmx>phol>ia amcmg strai^ics, and sexism in celebrating the 50th aiuiiversary this year of police depanment. I was arrested in cxir own identity. Now we're growing up and oiado measure is an attempt to push back on aU areas. It's up to us who have privUege to Dick Uracy T-shirt ("Clark wants Dick, Dick resolution. At prcsent, none of the New \brk ing to work in coaUdcms, althoc^ it's pain wants ccmdoms"), bike riding with a ccm the directive. Fifty years is a gcxxl long time senatorial delegation have signed on. Rexrhester in 1989 for handing cmt Uterature aUowing people their differences. ful, because to return to the past ilkrould mean human rigfats protecticm and to deny cicizens educate othets wfao faave privikgcv ie: males, to get cntrcnchc^d, and the Pentagon policy about thc "Sex in the '90s" town meeting, Our movement is about 25 years old, and the rlj^t to voce or move on human rigfats whites, heterosexuals. Otherwise the scxial servative group of Mormons. EC: Anything new on the effon to repeal becoming Neanderthals. EC: Ybu must have been popular is based on pretty entrenched homophobia. scxlomy taws? and it was clear to me that that panicular we're experiencing a painful adolescence. Richard Land of tbe Southem Baptist Ccm fhftn notv to eternity It's a tnove backwards. change movemenc fiUls ^^lart. We're using multiple strategies. First, officer had problems bexh with a sexual But we're a strong and healthy movement Don't think it's ncK goii% to happen in The most important part of my job is to MHi They left me alcme. I had plenty of MH: We're StiU at 26 states and the District venticm said it clearly. He and ocher fun time to talk to my teddy bean That's another working through the mainstream, thtough of Columbia. The most recent event was a orientation different than his, and a race dif because of the pain. damencaliscs met with Cjcorge Bush recent Rochester. Hm Mains was voted in by only make organizing and activism real and fun Congressional delegations, asking them to ferent than his. EC: When you lived in Rexrhester you 11 voces. The Rochester human rights or for people. It's a matter of each of us com way I make activism fun, by carrying my ted raid on a public restroom in Ashc^ille, N.C, ly, and Land said spcciHcaUy that cmly the dy bear. Or riding a Utde whice sccx>ter in undo Depanment of Defense (DOD) Direc in which the Asbeville Tirrtes published the Lesbians and gay men must work in coali were one of vci^ few gay men I knew who flight against ^'special rights for homosex dinance is a Mayor's execnidve otdei; rtot law ing out in our own way. I never told my tive 1332.14, section HI, which sutes, tion with African Americans on hate crimes actively suppoi^d feminist causes. Why do or a statute. parents I was gay, 1 told them I was dating back of the "dykes cm bikes," wearing my names and addresses of 25 men arrested and uals** unites evar^gEeliscs as much as the abor- "Nobody Knows I'm a Lesbian" T-shirt, "Homosexuality is incompatible with charged with "crimes sgainst Nature." because che same people who are bashir^ you thfok it's important for gay men to sup tton issue. EC: Scmie progressives are talking now a man. They cUdn't have to deal with the military service." queers are also those who bash people of pon femiidsm? about turning from representadve govc^m- word, but they had to deal with the cxmcepc, which I cUd during the Rochester Gay Pride Herc in D.C. a few months ago, 10 men If anything, civU rights for lesbians and March Last year. Wc also want people to continue working color, or Jews, or anyone who's difierent. Tb MH: Remend>cr that in the history of ment to participatory democracy, cm the which was harder than the word. were arrested after a funcUe activist came gay men, and the right of women to control EC: A Utde creativity and imagination. . . on banning ROTC programs from campuses. from Missouri and asked thc Districrt police ncH work in coaUticm negates the power of homophobia, gay men had been femitdzed their bocUes, arc thc two most important grounds that representadve government EC: So how do you make activism fiin? That is a complex stnuegy that requires coali a united front against bigots who arc actfog MH: Creativity and imagination never to investigate unsafe sex. They cUd a two- and classed as women. Almost every gay- reproductive rights we can work for right represents only the rich and powerful, and MHt Having fun means doing the part of hurt. tion building with other target groups — monch-long investigation, and then raided out childhcxxl — or chUcUsh — insecurities. baiting article or activity baits us because we now. Gav and lebian civU rights are doeso^t involve participation by average peo the woric thar you feel gcKxl about, and mak- people of color, women. Therc are a number a sex club. Thc District ConncUwoman who EC: How do you assess thc current state chcKMse to be sexual with other men, thereby of these options taking place righc now. heads the JucUciary Comndssicm is conser of the gay mcTvement, at a time whcm many infantiUzing and feminizing us. Another strategy is working through the vative for D.C, and she isn't aUowing the biU ACT UP and Queer Nation chapters are spUt I would say co gay men that, number one, Defense Authorization Committee on to repeal scxlomy law out of cxmsmlttee. ting over whetfaer they shcxdd acfopc tactics we have a great deal to leam ffom women Women in the Service. Since the maiority of that are radica! or mainscrcam? She'll probably be opposed nexc fidl by and their stn^Sgle fbr equatity. Ntmdier two, Business • Individuol people who are mustered out (given a less (former Washingtcm Mayor) Nbrion Berry, BfHt I think it's a very positive thina that our struggle for ec]uaUty wiU noc he sue- than honorable discharge) are wcxnen. we're COOK r The Empty Closet Is a[vfliilail>t4s at... Accounting Services AIDS Rochester, Inc., Anthony's 662, Avenue Pub. Bachelor Fbrum, Border's Book Store. Cheesy Eddie's. Club Mahara. Outchtown 212. 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aq>erleoce» beycmd a sexual act. The ni^t Committee of Counsd, like ^Ofglnia David* A gay CbLristian reflects on b^ofc the trial, tfae Downtown Cfaurcfa faeld sem. Rose MitcheU, Alficeda McMtse, Gall and ^le warncwly^lniereeied te tSbe teoes ac year to Opentttoo Resne to scage a naticmal a wofsfalp service; fcritowed by an aU-nlgbt Ibny Ricciuti, people like tfaoae wfao serve hand, and related to me how sfae faad never "Spring of Life** anti-afaortibo canqMdgo In prayer VigU. During tfae service, a letter wa» cm tfae Sesskm of tfae Downtown Cfaurcfa, rcallwd faow flsucfa tfae abortloa Issoe Is tied Cbe dty. tlie Janie Spalir trial and read to tbe ccmgregaticm whicfa faad been and others I cannoc name because to do so in witfa tfae cace issue, eccmemilcs, women's Durtog tfae protest, a smaU gtoup of les received at tfae cfaurch ftom Janie^s parmer ccmld i^ace them in jeopardy. I also remain eciuaUty and a host of other topics. '-It's aU bians and gay men itook various ofganize staying in tlie cliiircli Ccmi. This letter described a love and com because I wam to ccmtinue to seek tile trutfa, tdated;* sbe said, basing her tfaougfats on faer ticms arouncTtfae ccmntry, including tfae mitment viHhicrh ran into, and cemnected. the and to make justice-love a reality fdr all of obeervance of Openticm Rescue leader Ran ^Resnm New >brk cfa^Mcr of ACT UP (AIDS By Scott E. MUler some light on this historic case, and discuss semis of Janie and Ccmi as one I was inc^ms- us In the gay ccmimunity. daU Ibrry's speech sfae faad recently CoaUtion to Unleasfa Power), a member When Presbyterians dispute over church how it is possible for me to be both gay and ed that Poppinga would presume to ignore The Downtown United Presbyterian attended. group of BufiEalo United for Cfac^ce, staged policy or dcxrcrincr, a system of ecclesiasticral Christian at the same time. what these two women have in their hc»uts Church offefs a placx for perscms who ate Anothc^r woman told tne how she had an ad-hoc impromptu Itiss-in. This actlexi courts exists to address che problem. Much When other gay. lesbian or bisexual peo for each othet; to look cmly at sexual on a spiritual joumey. It is a place where stood with a sign reading "hecerosexual, provoked catcalls and a barrage of anti-gay of cmr U.S. govemment was modeled afker ple find cmt that I am involved in the church. behavior. ycmng ancl old, gay and straight, and Mack Cfaristian motfaer who is pro-choice.** and epithets from pro-Griffin counter- the way in which the Presbyterian Church I often have my sanity called into cpiestion! In my eyes, the cxmiplainants have totally and white can be together in an inclusive was called a witch and insulted by pro-lifers. demonstrators. governs icself. **How can you remain involved in an institu missed the message ofthe Gospel with their commuftity. The complainants clearly Shortiy belbre boch sides disfaanded chat As the demonscration ended, eme man So when che Rev. Jane Adams Spahr was tion that has pushed us out. persecuted us, narrow, limited view. This was seen not on* acgued that the Prcsbyterian Churcfa (U.S.A.) ^iednesday, security pointed eme two men from the pro-Griffin can^i ran into the called (offered a pose as co-pastor) to the hated us, and ncx wanted us? The church is ly in how they respcmcled to gay issues, but must go back into allgnmetit with its in the crowd, who had been cTverfaeard plan- crowd of protestors and began thrcywing Dc»wntown United Presbyterian Church in an institution that has questicmed our abili in their use of sexist language (ministers are teac^in^. and do so immediately, must "not nii^ an attack em gay dememstrators. The punches at several of them. Craig Klose, who itochester. several individuals and 10 chur ty to define what we fed, and has con all **he**), and blatant racism. At one point, sow confosicm, and retum to Its mission." men were apparentiy intimidated by being had participaced in the kiss-in and was wear ches within the local jurisdiction decided sidered us throw*awaysf'* in a speech about how the purity of the I bdieve the church is performing its mis identified through security megaphones. ing ao ACT VF/WNY t-shirt, was hit direct that the call was not in line with current I have been involved in the Christian church must be maintained to give guidancx sicm in its current action. Wfaen justice is They left before the crowd disbanded, driv ly in the face by this attacker iGose was church policy. That is, they did ncK believe church on some level all my life, lb me, the to people. Poppinga expressed his belief that missing for one person, it Is missing for us ing off in a car with a Pennsylvania Ucense ho^talized for three days; his jaw had been an openly lesbian perscm would be an accep church is home. I enjoy the rich traditions **other ethnic gremps. . .don*t identify with all. In the words of Allison Haisey, cme of plate. broken in two places. Surgery was perform table role model in an official church that have becm passed down, and also those the white, Protestant, sophisticated the Commissicmers in whose hands the fate My suspiciexis were verified that arrogance ed, and his jaw will now be wired shuc for position. we are creating now, I believe the teachings Presbyterian Church." As if to suggest that of this case rests, *'Mr. Poppinga. you sug and self-righteousness must be qualities four CO six weeks. In November 1991. the congregation of of Jesus offer me guidance for relating to the church is above ethnic groups ocher than gest the church is already in line. Could it necessary for leadership amcmg che Opera Despite heavy poUce presence at the the Dcywntown Church overwhelmingly ap others from the pcrspccrtive of justice-love. those of European descent, and needs to be that thc Downtown Church does noc ticm Rescue coaUtion. 1 have no doubt, demonstration, no arrests were made at the proved bringing Rev. Spahr to serve there. I am a Christian. show these poor **confuscd** people thc believe this, and in our tradition as a refor though, that its foUowers werc there to pro scene of the crime. Klose plans to press Later in November, following prcxredure, che I am also gay. Thc church has persecuted way? ming church, they are seeking to bring the test in cramest, with convictions that run charges against the assaUant, and has fUed Presbytery of the Genesee Villey affirmed those who are differcnt for hundreds of So why do I remain a Christian, and in church back into line by the action of this Holding the line in Buffalo deeply. a complaint with the Lackawanna, N.Y. the call. years, and the Jane Spahr trial was no dif volved in the Prcsbyterian Church? I have call?" It seems that ncme who saw this event, at police department. The attacker's name is In January, the Rrv. Ronald P. Sallade, of ferent. We listened to Poppinga define contemplated that question a lot over the I hope Mr P(^>pinga and the complainants By Jennie Bowker already been made. Police were letting anti- least as pe>nniycd by the media, would have unknown as of this writing, although both Union Presbyterian Church in ScottsviUe, homosexual conduct as sin^y *'a reciprocal, past several years. I remain because of other wiil give this question consideration, In AprHy a Gannett news article about Buf- choice protestors and clinic defenders changed their minds on thc abortion issue. StiU photographs and video footage of him and others, brought a motion to the tactile, erotic stimulation of genitals between committed Christians; Christians who are beerause wc are In for the lcmg haul, and we £tio*s Operation Rescnie movemenc captured mingle, which set up a ridiculous, if not Pro-lifers claimed victory in saving Uves in have been coUeerted, and witnesses have Prestyytery that the approval gianted be taken members of the same sex/* All during the also committed to justice-love. NE^men and refuse to go backwards when it comes to our my attention. The article reported a skirmish dangerous situation. Several sign-pushing Buf&lo. Pro-choicers showed soUeiarity in af come forward. Friends and members of ACT back, and that Janie Spahr ncx be aUowed to trial our very existence as gay, lesbian and men who believe gay and lesbian persons do rights — and, for che record, Mr. Poppinga between a clergyman affiliated with Opera and yelling contests erupted. firming the right CO control one's own body, UP/WNY intend to use the phcKographs em serve as a co-pastor at the Downtown bisexual persons was relegated to nothing have a places tfoth in church and society. Peo and Rev. SaUade, that's not speUed R-l-T-E-S. ticm Rescue and a pro-choice activist from 1 spotted hoards of photographers sur one's welfare and erne's own future, without a poster to be circulated in the South Buf falo neight>orhood and at other anti- Church. This motion was defeated, and Rev. morc than a sex act. Poppinga was never able ple like James Mcx>rc, and the Presbytery it*s speUed R-I-G-H-T-S! the New York City area. rounding the minister who had cxecruted the the impositicm of a govemmenc that man to see beyond that. and. in essence, he did anti-lesbian tirades I had read about. As he dates adherence to one particular reUgious Operatiem Rescue demonstrations, in an at Sallade and others filed a complaint which The minister had badgered the woman, tempt to identify the man. led to the trial on May 19. as so many have done to persons of color demanding to know whether she was a prayed, I couldn't help but think how the bcUef. A trial like this is considered every bit as and other disenfranchised groups they lesbian. media always seem to make these people Local anti-choice groups continue to serious as a civil court case. Each side hired couldn'c understand: he robbed us of our The vtroman would not reply. The man look so innocent, like martyrs. Then they harass women at hospitals and clinics in Buf an attorney to present their views. The com personhocxl. essentiaUy cold her that if she was a lesbian, focnised em the pro-choice side of the strcet, kCT UP member assaulted falo, and pro-choice acrtivists wiU t>c conti plainants, Ronald P. Sallade, et ai., hired Our sexual expression is important. tfae abortion debate was none of her homing in on the rambunctious youths who nuing to defend women's right to safe, legal Julius B. Poppinga, an anomey from Newark, However, the narrow focus held by Pc4>pir^ business. He continued to harass her, deman would rather be seen giving the finger and at Griffin protest medical procedure. NJ. Thc Presbytery of the Genesee Valley and the complainants is such that they view ding to be told thc details of her own sexual yelling obscenitic^s than doing anything else. Craig Klose of Buffalo was severely beaten hired James C. Moorc, a Rochester attorney. gay and lesbian persons as only engaging in activities. His reasoning faltered, as he faU Behind thc overzealous youths, however. by an unknown assailant immediately Both prepared a half-hour statement to sex. This single-minded approach is a clear ed to realize that the woman's private life st SM Edward D. Jones & Co/ y •-.,.,.vgyi»^fc.v.- .'-•'•'. -,.!!>,&..•,., •' -i^l-ur-.lnjKC.-. ,.,.«•,..; -^ .r. ^•t^tfi^.!^?^^ 12 7** EmtttyXtomj^^ |i»c 19Wejr ^iw*S June, 1992* ISbe Emp^X3oeeH^^':i 11* V? 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Dinner: Tuesday, Vl^nesday, Thursday 5-fooc-7 and modestly amactlvc, with a Sam's doctors had found Burkitt's lym- Hundreds of tul^ complciely covered his small but strong frame that raced him ftom phcMna» a hut-spreading type of cancer con tiny banked from yard, tulips that Sam had Saturday 5-10 pm, \ Friday til 10:30 pm. Lf pfOfcct to proiect lilce a Uttle locomotive. tracted more often by children than adults. plsmced last £dl, at the same time he had built Sam hadn't gathered lots of ftiends. Sam spent the next two months — with short, patterned brick walkways leading to his door. He was opinionated. Christmas and New Yearns Day — in Open Sunday: 4-11 pm Light Menu til 9 pm He was stubborn. chemotherapy, doing his best to be op It was a striking iittle display, a colorful He was Republican. timistic, now and again cursing at the **half- miniature, like Sam. Entertainment on Friday & Saturday Nigltts In fact, in some wa^, Sam wis'toore nurses and half-doctors" treating him. I hurt as I thought of him alone on his Richard D. precocious kid than grown-up. ~ '' Sam wasn't brave about pain. knees in the yard, creating beauty he'd never "Drivia on Wednesdays But he gave. w But which of us is. see. Sam was a loner He'd had a lover years When he came out, Sam's fo^iionable i>elt a%p^ but like so matiy relationships, including And be loved. >^ - _ mine, his had ended badly, leaving him Fenwick A designer by tmtcr Sam D^~ forever gathered his designer jeans around his slim In Memory of Rondretta BilUfl^ica mer waist, his head was sheathed in a cap, shrllshocked, a little mote |aded and forever 1954-1992 [ledeflnit^ his livir^ apace; learranging, re- gun-shy. ting, putting up wdEih and CeaHiig them and he was tired. 'KMI tvill be terribly missed/' 40 SOUTH UNION STREET Contractor But he was hopehil. Inside the house, the few people ofiiering Now ottering HunterOougiw And in March, Sam began to look and feel each other warm smiles were easily Out bed, under a tooi leak Sam had plarmed to Practical? Not really. It was a secondary mend. 325-6216 (ouvtrdnpw&Klnchmlni (ideration. healthier. Fuzz grew on his head, there was numbered by the pictures in Sam's albums, more lilt in his step. In late March he went di^rfayed on his glass-topped tables — pic I wanted to tell Sam I'd be ha^ipy to help Logical? As best he could be. tures that many of us never kiKw he took. him install the bathroom ligfat fixture, and and vMtieal blndt. Ooe third of a triplex on Asbury Street was to Florida, and returned In AprU with much of his former weight, hair; skin tone and Quietly, sipping wine, the dozen or so fix the roof, if I could. i*ft modest home. But with brass and teal I wanted to hug him, and let him know Design, Dry VMi. Decks, checkerboard tiles, Sam made it a energy. there exchanged glances and occasional *If your pet is not becoming to VE^ ran errands together and ate meals, and thoughts. that I was lonely too. Carpentry, Properly Managment tace for his intriguing ideas. But I couldn't. you, it should be coming to us." And Sam was generous. He spent hours he talked of returning to work. But we didn't really know eadi other. Sam But two weeks later; while I was out of had been the common element, and he Sam was gone. ith the elaborate wr^>pings of his dozens Sam's house wiil be sold now. Others will Repairs to full replacement ft Christmas presents. One year, they were town, Sam was again plagued by great pain hadn't been very gregarious. in his leg and back. Protesting all the way, Embarrassed some by the lump in my smile at his perfect rows of ttilips, and stroll gold, tied up in miles of gold beads, with along the bricks his hands so carefully Free estimates Id brocade bows. He was tickled as a first- he was readmitted to thc hospital. It was throat and the company of strangers, 1 left found that his kidneys were stressed. the gathering in the living room, climbing placed. Cail & leave message rr delivering Valentines, to pass them the stairs to more private areas of thc house. Maybe they'll admire the designs. It, and the ceremony made us all the Thiee days later, at 2:50 a.m. on April 22, after two attempts at dialysis and less than Leaning against the fresh drywall in the Maybe someone will even install the •ier. bathroom was a shiny new brass light fixture, bathroom fixture Sam chose. IN 325-1198 Graciously, Sam took caie of my dogs and six momhs after discovery of his illness, Sara PET GROOMING died. still wfapped in plastic, ready for Sam to But they won't have the privilege of get house when I was away. And he land install. ting to know Sara. 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A chum swears old queens 00 backs, geometric signs on necks, cryptic Phone Per By Eric BcUmaim never die. (Most likely he is trying to cheer messs^es on bellies. Where have th^ baby- The blahs settle in, your mind is stuck in me up.) Instead they sit stoically at tables, faced aliens come from? I loved every molasses and you find yourself traf>pcd in fingers choked by ornate rings, trying to pff- motnent. March or the daily routine of gotta-do-this, gotta-do- load excess tieasute. Ihicking through a The next weekend, ready for a finesh thrill, tliat. Once a cookie or three, or nonchalant tSttaw you swear never to buy anocher 1 went to the cat fiuiciers show at the Con* sbof^ing, would break the spell. Now I'm imythtng, no inatter what. vention Center. I lave the ^(Westminster Ken [CMLTY DA1EUNES: told the solution is to reach out. Sucfa ad' It's common knowledge within my circle nel show on cable; such variety, such zip, vice, however, flics in the foce of my preto- that I am entranced by tattoos. I love warm every dog a star! Cats are smarter than dogs, red behavior: isolate, shut down. I find weather when I can observe all kinds of right? How could I lose? Ihith is I'm big ott rtactfiftg out tres difficult. Aren*t sensible body omafnentation — some traditional, pets the same way I like babies: kitcfay*koo solutions the toughest? ochers shockingly new wave. The tattoos' and catch you later. Nevertheless, it's BODYBUU)£RS Plugging in, keeping busy, seem all the location is often as exhilarating a discovery SOMETHING TO DO. Coupled harder during those last weeks before good as the design itself: peacocks on shoulders, The cat show was a biunmer. Kitties with weather arrives. During that transitional daggers on thighs. Might there be a hidden smashed in faces and teased hair the match sts^ between hibernation and outdoor liv lady bug? for any Dolly Parton wig. Cage after cage of ing, I find myself restless and unsure. When exocically-hued decidedly bored felines. immwiojn/wM 1 ^d myself being excessively chatty with Cats, unlike dogs, couldn't care less. They PHONE BUDDIES a stranger on line at UPS, or re-reading mail GROWING UP curl into wads and sink into lined baskets. order catalogs for the umpteenth time, I The cages, however, are a treat. Carpeted Asiais know action is overdue. with nuttching drapes and pillows — By ERIC BELLMANN ckdboraie and garisfa — like Las \^as Honey Fortunately there's a half-stop measure plfoto by Eric Belltftan LeadierAevi before reaching out, and it involves paying When I got notice of a uttoo exhibit in moon Suites. Mei4af a tad more attention to the bizarre aspects Bufialo recendy, I eagerly sought out a firiend After the puff balls came aisles of cats you thc Chicago catde yards were like There are of local life. I know a man who can redeem willing to swap chauffeur duty for clever could slide under the door Narrow bodies grills and grates like a pawn shop in Harlem. UttB his day simply driving past Sudstown on chatter. The dark smallish exhibit space had (and narrower eyes) with furr like plush, not Ibcal control. I'm enraqxurcd. There is a LyeU Ave. Another is methodically working several activities occuring simultaneously: an like fur at all. Have these hybrids ever seen tumstyle. Won't they know how to go in his "wisy through an Indian restaurant's menu exhibit of books, a booth where temporary a mouse? Where arc the 20-pound killer otheiw^ise? Or, in haste to pump up, might (hoping, 1 think, to have the waiter for tattoos were being sold, videos projected house cats, pets Td natne Spike or Slugger? they stampede? Are they so crazed from dessert.) Another tack is to focus on color- against a blank wall. The hoc activity seem The only tum-on was a stretch of Maine steroids they will get lost in a comer and fill characters: resolutely loud clerks, craz ed to be a genuine tattoo artist fast at work Coon Cats. They at least /ootev/spunky. The never make it to the machinery? Tm alive lr900-288-2<»0 J99/A ed car wash attendants, or those insistently on a human back. A huge crowd gathered. ultimate tum-ofif, what seiu me nmning, was with questions! Can the gods in the farthest chirpy kidswho tend the candy counter at I watched him squirt on clear liquid the horde of owners. Definitely a Richard interior reaches safe from my glinting eyes BLACK MIN matinees. Anyone, anything, will do if it has (disinfectant? anesthetic?), dip a needle in Simmotis target audience. Most sat fsKring the hear me inhale, savoring, as I do, the very Be»&DadiBM the potential to jolt you out of thc fog. to gunk and buzz away, stopping every few cages, either sunk into paperbacks or air they breathe? "TBVO tickets please." There is, for example, a clerk in a store, seconds to wipe away . . .what, excess dye, methodically plucking fuzz from brushes. Postscript. In the master's category there mriUfy a remarkable man whe weais lots of jewelry, blood? Only then would the hypnotized And all as torpid as the cats. was an 80-year-old man who sparred to the clear nail polish, hair styled alternately in onlookers exhale. It was literally, Hightailing it out of the Convention theme from "Rocky." The audience loved triumphantly teased productions or subdued breathtaking. Center, I caught sight of the electric sign: him. 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How could I possibly hit Miami Beach, AustraUa, Key West and FOrt was particularly sordid: sexual excess and sbe tieeds someone to listen. Jason's mother paign in Rochester; I have been heavUy in a hoinerun off the pitch of someone with Lauderdale. deviance. Ybu know, tfae soUd citizen who "not imdcrstandable?" Perhaps if he strayed worries If the couple has an argument. "It Tbe wcekeiKl ended with a trade show on out of the baths and into anotfaer gay center, volved. I can teU you she is genuine. No fluff June Horoscope such beautiful brown eyes? I would be a visits prostitutes witfa fais wife's blessings; or was a risk, but It sure paid off," Jason now here. Wfaile sfae may noc faave the celebrity Saturday afiemoon. Over 50 gay and gay- perhaps the circle of housewives wfao prefer fais gay-identification would not be based en tells ftiends. By Uwric iwniglit coach's nightmare when I forgot to throw tirely on genitals. Ibm also faas a tiarrow status that Geralditie Ferraro envoys, or home t>ecause of a bouncing chest that ran friendly conqMUiies were reprcsemed, each Icatfaerwear to lh{^>erware. The wfaole Robert Abrams' statewide election ex ABIESs MAMCH 21 - APKU 20 scenario reminded me of a W>ody Allen film view of faeterosexual relations, tn his opi by. Don't worry coacfa, a bot girl or spectator of ^i^MMn was promodng a uni^ae travel pro nion, increased cries of sexual harassment IN RELATIONSHIP perience, she is, i strongly beUeve, the only tike your strengch and courage Into tbe Lesbiaii softball Is aU I reaUy want to be; then I can adtnlre duct ft>r the gay and lesbian traveler. skit caUed **What's My Pervenion?" "could surely foster the spread of homosex one wfao can beat D'Amato In the faU elec streets for tfae Gay Pridle Parade Sclzr tfae By Debbie taae aU I wam and enjoy the camaraderie after Fot those *fHio haven't been to P-town, It's One of the guys on tfae Donatfne panel, uaUty" amongst paranoid men. In orher tion. Once the media focuses on the currem momem and assen yourself. Witfa Mars In Dear Friends, I think thete Is an old say wards too. a definite must to add to your vacation Ust disguised with a tacky toupee and sunglasses wofds: women, give men what's rightfuUy By PETER HOUSE leader in this race, Ferraro, her suppon, your sign untU June 14, you are your old fieis- ing that goes something Uke this. In Fondly, this yeas: There's a Uttle sometfaing for (I Ifope it was a disguise) declaied faimself theirs, or else we'U faave an epidemic on our whicfa is due mostly to her name recogni ty sdf. Pay anention to your cweds, tmt don't spe ingtUne a young man's fimcy turns to love. Debbie everyone faere. **a dog" sexuaUy. What was tfis perversion? hands. The stories of Grace and Carrie and Travis tion and not her record (how could it be?), go avert>oard and become too s^grcssivc. A I wUl have to change tfaat (rid saying to, in Provincetown is tfae bugest gay resort hi He's led a secret bisexual life for over 40 and Jason help to iUustrate a point: life is wUl faU, you can bet on It. strong but tialanced approach he^ you at Combine this attitude with statements like, somewhat more difficult for same-sex springtinie a young lesbian's fancy ttutis to New England. During tfae summer montfas years. I talked to a friend fiom New York City tain your goals. Work is the place you could softbaU/ it's not uncommon to see its population "Sex comes so much easier with men," and couples. Hundreds of issties face us that arc reaUy strive now to improve. This is a time IGIA Convention you have the sort of guy who listens to Rush pecuUar to our situations. Heterosexual a whUe ago. He has heatd that Ferraro has Why sofitbaU? I had to do some research reach 40,000. Tfae center of aU tfae activity to avoid accidents, faux pas induded. focuses around Commercial Street. Here you BILINES liraiMa^ after ^ulng down on tbe pizza boy. couples never even think about the issue of lAUBUS: APRIL 21 - JMAY 20 on this. I can't be the only lesbian out there in ProvincetOTim I don't think that Msexuality caused Ibm to hos^tal visitaticm, for exan^le. If Jack were who doesn't play conqietiti^ softbaU, or am WiU find dcfflens of stores, sbt gaUeries, THE BODY POLITIK YoviT love life continues to flourish like By Glen Skalny restaurants, and guest bouses. Iburists flock lead a secret doubly,life — he placed that in|ured in an accident, his wife Helen would springtime. Mars in your sign from mid to I? In junior h^ and high school I played One hundred and fifty-four members of By KEN SALZER burden on himself, tiis own sexual discom- be escorted to his bedside as soon as she ar aU sports, but joined the track and tennis here during the summer months to visit the late June opens your passions to new heigfats. the International Gay Tlravel Associaticm (IG museums, the beach, and of course to stop Ibm Smitfa, as faeidentifie d faimself, has fott^ inspired by the disapproval of society, rived at the hospital. Grace would be asked By BILL PRITCHARD This added strength could at times feel a bit teams, not the girls* sofdiaU team. It must TA) convened in Provincetown, Mass. May compelled him to don that toupee. to wait in the waiting room if Carrie were have been because I didn't know that I was at tea dance at the Boat SUp. Tfaere are also hidden his homosexual encounters ftom his come around on gay and lesbian issues. Or too intense for others. Your desires are so 6-10 for their tiintfa atmual convention. Perhaps bisexuals of my generation, who in thc same situation. \H de^te the Cact that geared up now it could be hard for you to a lesbian at the time, because if I had, I am many fantastic day exctusions, such as whale fiamUy md friemis out of gtUlt and foar Now life is more difficult and more chaUenging as least she says she has. With no record to sure that I would have joined the softbaU This year's attendance was by fau* the watching, fishing, walking along the sand the tale can be told. . . sort of. Ibm's reason have benefited from a more relaxed at accept others' needs when they differ from largest, and included members from mosphere of sexuaUty, wiU write stories that for us, tfaere are same-sex couples aU around back up her claims, I am not going to take team instead. dunes, or climbing to the top of the Pilgrim for ^>pearance on Domtbtse was to promote a chance. If she is willing to recriminalize yours. Use this potent energy for creativity throughout the U.S. and ftom such interna better rcflect the pride of one fulfilling life. us, calmly and quietly going about the or physical pursuits. This assertive time Oh, what I missed! \^men's softbaU is a Monimicnt. his sexual autobiography Hal/Straight, He business of solvit^ these problems when homosexuality in D.C., can wc reaUy expect tional destinations as Australia, France, Mex wrote tfae book in an efibrt to give the public Ibm Smith says that he chose anonymity to could hdp your career get back on track. lesbian's dream come true, lb find that ico and tfae Carribean. In the evening the city takes on a differem they can, and making the best of things her to support national gay and lesbian civil drean. aU you have to do is go ^KMnesday personaUty. Entertainers such as Jimmy a candid look at the life of a bisexual. How, protect his wife and family. ReaUy, the only GEMINI: MAY 21 -JUNE 20 person he's protecting is himself — from thc when they can't. rights? If she has changed her position on nights to Norton, or Thursday nights to Win James, Lea DeLaria, and Funny Gay Males ar I wondered, could such an obviously this issue, 1 question her conviction and Do the tmusual. Get domestic this spring. ton Road. rive during the stmimer months to perform frightened man (sorry -— **dog") promote possibiUty of experiencing a side of gay The two stories above have happy en Expand and make improvements in your GAY/LESBIAN TRAVELLER culture which he doesn't want himself (or; depth of principles. This is a fundamental I was lucky enough to be able to attend for the tourists. %u'll also find great fiemale imderstanding in others? I eagerly awaited dings. Although lots of similar stories do not CivU rights, life and death matter. How can faome. There is a need to make your sunotm- the first practice of one of Club Mahara's impersonator shows. the book's release to find out for myself. as a result, his readers) to understand. What (often fiunilies wiU tioc accept a lovet; for cx- dings more s^ifW^prlate to fit your increas a half-baked idea. anyone fUp-flop on it? Did she reaUy beUeve teams, and I think they wiU be number one By BLEN SKALNY Provincetown's charm isn't limited to the Now, having read HtUfStrai^, what's my an^ile) the couples involved continue to nur- she was doii^ the right thing then, or does ing inner needs for security and comfon. on Wednesday night at Norton. Despite the summer tnonths. Many enjoy visiting the city opinion of the book? Divided (surprise, sur ttire, support, and love each otfaer. This is sfae now? If she did not feel comfortable Surprise yourself by staying home and let facts that one player reassured another that The 1991/1S>92 season proved to be a during the fUl, winter or spring. The crowds prise). Tbm Smith makes some very impas cause for cdebration. It's also cause to praise with her earUer decision, wfay did she make ting yourseif fed nurtured by your own lov the glove she loaned her did not have a hole favorable year for the association. Through are smaUer and accomodations are easier to sioned pleas for acceptance and refuses to Ikking the couples who face these obstacles every it? Was she a victim of special interests fiom ing environmem. On May 26 Venus entered in it, and that being the shortest player on a combined effort of the membets. the board come by. see himself and other bisexuals as social day and don't give up. the right wing? Did she not undetstand tbe your sign, bringing exuberance and good thc team was not an excuse for not catching and the travel community, we have seen thc Getting to Provincetown is easy. There are misfits. However, the very fact that he reUes By Fetcr House There is risk involved in Uving together as issue? (How could sbe not?) fedings your way. ^^nus remains tfaere im- an openly gay or lesbian couple: But tbe love cU June 19, increasing love posslbiUcies and a high thrown ball, and that shit! shit! shit! IGTA membership increase by over 27 per regularly scheduled flights to and ftom the on anonymity undercuts his cotrvictions. Grace and Carrie met in coUegc They Ferraro's apparent lack of leadership does was the word of self-praise for one player's cent. Our success can be attributed to the town. You can also find daUy ferry service And while he freely puts himself under the and commitment that couples like the ones arcistic c^Messlon. dated througbom college, and by graduation dtocusacd earlier fed fbr eacfa ocfaer make noc stop with gay and lesbian specific issues. own performance. For me it was cold! cold! favorable press gay travel has received from from Boston. gay label, he shies away from accepting cer it was dear to boch of them tfaat tfaey wattted Sfae refiised to go to Buffalo during tfae cold! Thanks Patti! Thanks Coach! Thanks the general media and travel publications. For additional information on Pro tain gay qualities. risks like tfae ones tfaey took worth it. Even to remain together Grace was oflered a posi if their situations had not worked out, tfadr "Operation Rescue" seige. Why? Her answer ladies! Some of the popular gay destinations IG vincetown, or one of the many other great For starteis, take a look at his choice of tion with a major corporation in Rochester. was tfaat the chance for people to get hurt IN YOUR STARS TA. worked hard to promote travel to last year gay destinations, consult your local IGIA unions would have been stronger because Hulking with lesbians who no longer play title for the book: Half Straight. Now, con Carrie had not found a position as a teadber they were wUling to take the risks. on both sides was too great. Liz wem, stood competitive softball, they remember their were Miami Beach (commonly referred to as travel agent for more infbrmation, and sider how someone might see a glass of yet, so she and Grace moved to Rochester on the line with tfae ottier activists, and by Laurie Twilight love for the camaraderie with other women. South Beach), Dallas, Denver, London, and remember the IGTA slogan Go water as either half fiiU or half empty, depen togettier. June is Gay Pride Moodi. This year; be pro resisted tfae "pro-Ufie" onslaught, and fought Lesbians who are playing today do so Provincetown. Gay Stay Gay. ud of tfae risks you and your partner take to for a woman's rigfat to cfaoose. Gerry en CANCERS JUNE 21 -JULT 22 ding on which status is more preferable. Carrie had a dUScult time at job Imerviews be togedier. Celebrate the fact that you put because they love the chaUenge and com This year's convention proved to be an in With that, what sexuaUty do you think Ibm because everyone wanted to know why she dorses a system of healtfacare called "pay or Ikke a le^ of faitfa toward your fiiture valuable experience Not only was it infor up with lots of Inconveniences, go to more play," wfaich would result in more of the goals. Look to ways in whicfa your life can petitiveness of the game. Tom Smith's Smith reaUy wants to ernbrace? re-located facie witfaout a |ob. This made her trouble, and work harder tfaan your As a non-playing lesbian, I put myself in mative and educational, but many great new Here are some of Ibm's reactions to appear "fligfaty," unstable, and ine^>on8ft>te. same-old-same-old that faas ruined tfae cur faave new possibilities and b^gin creating eacli playing position and tried to decide friendships developed. However, sfae could not teU tfaem tfaat she hecerosexual counserparcs to maintain your rent system. It has never been tried them. The Smi, Moon and Venus are in your auto-bi-ography aspects of the gay scene: retatiooah^M. Tfae fiKt tfaat you're wjIUflg to s^gn duririg tbe solar eclipse on June 30. This which one 1 like best. It was very hard. It VE^ekend acrivities ranged from guest 1.) transvestites: "very disgusting" relocated here to be with her fiemale lover. anywhere because people know it will tHfi is beyond me how a lesbian like myself, who house tours to cocktaU receptions and a enchue tfais Is a sign of your love and com work. But Gerry wants us to try. It is also is a special dzy for prayer, giying thanks, and By Ken Salzrr 2.) same-sex dancing: *'distasteful* * She ffromtcd her heterosexual counterparts mitment. And congrarulate your partner: really admires and loves Women in every review of P-to^rn's summcs- entertainment, Before leaving for work one mominK, I 3.) leather and t>oodage: "malces mc IU" who never had to foce chis problem. If her one of the less controversial of thc health meditation. It is a rime of renewing love and sense, could concentrate on the game. How to a seminar entitled *'Destination decided to catch thc end of Oon^Ufue. Yes, 4) gay wcddingst "grossly disgusting" After aU she/he is wiUing to do it tbo! carc reform plans cunendy on thc table. faith and is especiaUy strong for your sign. lover had been a man, she ccmld have casUy This new Moon time is one for beginnings explained that she moved because her hus I know a couple of gay tnen and lesbians and fiesh starts, band was ofiered a job here It was difiicult, in our community who arc supporting but Carrie didn't ^ve up. The second year Gerry. I shake my head and wonder why. If LEOt JULY 23 - AUGUST 22 1 ahe was here she was hired as a long term you know people wfao suppon Ferraro, you Courage is tbe an of acting in ^te of one's tubatitiite and was eventuaUy offered a per I am for Lia:! should ask them why. Ask them where she fears. The Leo's task is to overcome the JUST JOIN US. manem position. Ten years later, she and By BUI Pritcfasfd has been in the stni^e for gay and lesbian cowardly Uon and become a roaring one in Grace are very glad that they took the risk. This month's column is going to pig equaUty. What did she do whUe in Cor^ress stead. This is true especiaUy for those bom Jason worried cotistandy about how his gyback on the letter which appears on page to put money back into productive projects Aug. 5 through 17. Saturn is pushing you in parents would react to his homosexuality. two, supporting Liz Holtzman in her can in our country and not mindlessly into to an identity cri^. It's time to face up to ALLEN ST. CLUB Tfaree years aftcrr he and Ihtvis became didacy for the Democratic nomination to the defense? Wherc was she in BufKUo or for who you ate and IKIW you have crcated your lovers, llavis stiU had never met Jason's U.S. Senate. I stated there and I'll repeat that matter during the whole women's own reaUty. The good pan is that you can pomits. They Uved in another state and Jason myself here — 1 am for Liz, and you should movement? Why have most of the major make positive chariges now in any direction. was afraid that bringing his ''rocmimate" be too* feminists endorsed Liz over Gerry? Make decisions and take action. 1,000 miles to meet his famUy would raise No only does she have the best record of Tfais election is vital to tfae New \brk State VnMK>s AUGUST 23 - SEPTEBfBER 22 Oj^en friday and Saiarday a lot of suspicicm. FinaUy, llavis began to re any of the candidates on gay and lesbian gay and lesMan community. Wc have a real AU areas of your life are under improve sem his total invisfl>iUty in Jascm's fiunUylife . issues, she has a proven record of getting chance to send a friend and champion ofour mem. Move forward on the details that O^hsOnly He Insisted that the time had come to meet tough legislation passed and not backing rights to Wishington in place of a foe. WhUe would make you lu^ipy. Make a list of aU the 0 Jaaon's fsunUy. Five years later, 'Ravis has away from controversial issues. I have had Gerry may have the lead now, ic's a paper things you have ever wanted to accomplish g cessfol poduck diimers. Come and join the Further information abcmt GALAXE and presents tfae Boston-Prorlncetown Bike ^omen's chorus fim, you won't be sorry that you did. Ufe ask .the picnic can be obtained by reading tbe Ufeckend; ccmtact Dan at 244-6868. The Gay croups if you can, tfaat you Mng one rcfresfament MdtiCom SIG or by writii^ to GAIAXE, P.O. same weekend, on June 21, tfaere wlU be a item, ijc abcxtlcof pop, abagof cfaips, to Box 25382, Rochester; N.Y. 14625. Please In day bike in Mendon Ponds Park. Tfaose in Community Center, and Nayim's sixth an tfae tncetings. Further information as to tfae clude a pfaone number and/or a return terested sfaould get in toucfa witfa B<]b at SUITS nual picnic in Augusc. A delegation fitom Wtib spirits and enthusiaam high after our time and location of our meecings can be ob address. 473-9384. And last but noc least. Thursday Nayim wiU be attending thc Northeast Men's Chorus ' March conocrt, wfaicfa raised near- tained by writing to Dick Nielsen, P.O. Boat night bicycling starts Jime 4; concacc Bob at Regional Conference of Gay and Lesbian $650 for the I^ESi delcnse fond of tfae Rev. 211, Penn Yut, N.Y. 14527. or by calUng 442-7185 for more informatton. And there Sisters United in l\vo Spirits (SUITS), tfae Lambda Radio Club Jews in ProviiKemwn, Mass. in Aug. For fiir Spefa^ the Rocfaester ^6baien*s C ^T- the Eucharist, followed by a social hour, or orie of our many special events such as a pot luck supper, picnic, retreat, etc. A Roman ^r Catholic mass is celebrated each Sunday of the month, except ^or WHITE SPRUCE Addressing the^ needs the fourth Sunday when mass ts celebrated in the Episcc ^l '•r of gay, leiMan & tradition. i7_rL/v:«isj»:3;^ca,:»r.ir^pn*rYvwf?ftc-i^^ bisexual indlvldusis Pastoral arul Peer Counseling Is also aMllahle Ruth Williams. M,&, Ed. & their tamllles psychotherapist CAROL PLANK M.S. R.N ASSOC ATES Sunday Schedule Utiflrgy-5:00 p.m. Gtadi^ people thrmtgh thejtwfuy Psychotherapy Providing individual, couple & family therapy Social Hour-6:00p.m. Consultation St. Luke's Episcqi>al Church qf pmand empotvermera 244-0613 Aicoholisni & Sexuality* ing women 17 S. 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