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"The Freedom to love whomever and however we want" Year End Review: 1981's Best And Worst Fifth Freedom Advisor BY ROD HENSEL THE LAWSUIT January,it has developed, is a time for The decision was a battle won, butthe review. A time to reflect on the year war was not over. While the courts had Stereotypes in Looks past, and the year that lies ahead. affirmed the rights of homosexuals to "It was the best of times, it was the indulge in sex in private,thereremained And Actions worst of times," wrote Charles Dickens, the legal question of getting there. For Questioned in a statement that could probably be that, the State of New York used the the definitive year end review for every anti-loitering law weapon of any make up to highlight their fea- as a against Dear FFA, year since the lines were first penned. Gays, a law which in the interpretation have only been out for a very short tures (in moderation, of course). I the But how bad, or how good, was 1981 for of the police and courts, still made it time and there is one thing that really It would seem that as we fight stereotypical male and female roles that the Buffalo gay community as a whole? illegal for you to ask someone to join disturbs mc. I hope you can help. THE DEBATE with you the act that was now clearly society has come to accept as the norm, in Why is it that so many gay men and Perhaps most significant in the year legal. women fit the gay stereotype, in fact we have forced ourselves to be exactly dykes, was the continuing debate over if there In September, the Mattachine Society seem to try and go out of their wayto fit what they say faggots, queers, fairies and homos are all about. really is a Buffalo gay community. It was of the Niagara Frontier filed suit in Fed- it? I realize there are many other gays lezzies, not debate be ourselves andfind out a a with a formal speaker for eral Court seeking to void enforcement that do not fit the things that "they" say How can we and a formal speaker against, yet it the who the real us really is? was of loitering law charging that it was about "us," but all to often when I go the undercurrent found in many discus- to Unhappy Homosexual used discriminate unfairly against out to the bars it seems that the scene sions by gaymen and men in Buffalo. homosexuals. Led by attorney William could be out of a movie about Dear Un, The year was a lot like the line by Gardner, the suit contends that since homosexuals. It is true that many homosexuals act Dickens. There was a unified effortfor a consensual sodomy is no longer illegal, Many gay men are very feminine in out a stereotype image. Men acting neither should it be illegal toremain in a behavior and up with the and women acting masculine spectacular Gay Pride Fest celebration- their camp it feminine uncovered old wounds, public place to solicit another to engage limp wrists, lisps, "hi,sweetie,"routines, are a common sight in bars and some- ...but it some divisions and problems that still to in that activity. and other cliche that "faggots" at the various organizations. seem every times have solutions. became While the Federal suit was pending, It really sickens mc to see a guy that Consider young man just coming no Gay groups do. a and vigorous...but others the law was also being attacked in the cute make-up, plucking and to the gaybars for the first more active could be using out going slowed down faced the pro- criminal court system. Because one per- his eyebrows and really acting nelly. time. If the bar he goes to has mostly as they blemof maintaining momentum. The son arrested under the law was willing to Lesbians seem to do the same thing. I effeminate men, he quickly tends to gay bar scene expanded...and then face the personal publicity of an appeals realize they have had enough ofwhat "a imitate their actions. and because Buffalo the shrunk...and the expanded as Buffalo's suit, of a CityCourt real woman should look like,"just as gay No one wants to be the oddball in judge's decision that the loitering law what "real that group to be gays left business people in a quandry males are questioning a group. We know in any establishment applies to gays but not prostitutes, the man" means; but sometimes they seem accepted by that groupyou must fit in. If over just what type of they were looking for. stage has been set for a new legal battle to go overboard with their male attire, the people in a bar all act feminine then But the debate, the question of is that could yet see the loitering law top- traditional male haircuts, and avoidance to fit in you too must act feminine. ple in the Continued on page 7 there a really a cohesive gay community, same manner as the sodomy was behind it all. The organizations law. were there, the plans were there, but in THE CELEBRATION the results, something always seemed to But all was not so serious during the come out missing. year. The city's gay organizations, both THE DECISION men's and women's groups, finally got The year began with Gays across New things enough together in 1981 to stage York State, and indeed the nation, tak- a Gay Pride Fest celebration that lasted ing in the news that the state's anti- an entire month. sodomy laws had been overturned by There were gay boat cruises on the the State Court of Appeals. Niagara River, gay seminars, picnics, It meant, for the first time, it was no roller skating parties, discussions on longer against the law to be Gay. It being gay, a health fair and a climactic meant that men and men, and women Fourth of July dance on the U.S.S. Little and women, at last were accorded the Rock. right to be themselves in the privacy of The activities were social: a chance to their homes. meet new people, to build new friend- "The makers of our constitution ships to start a summer romance, and for undertook to secure conditions favora- some, the start of a more lasting and ble to the pursuit of happiness," wrote personal relationship. the court in its decision. "They recog- But it was also hours of effort, disputes nized the signifigance of man's spiritual and bickering, and resentments held in nature, of his feelings, and of his intel- for the sake of the unity and seeing the lect. They knew that only a part of the project through. pain, pleasure and satisfactions of life THE COALITION are to be found in material things. They Out of the pleasure and pain of Gay sought to protect Americans in their Pride Fest was born the idea that per- beliefs, their thoughts, their motions haps gays in Buffalo could learn to work and their sensations. They conferred, as together, that perhaps it was time to try EMMA Bookstore will be housed in this against the government, the right to be again build a community center that building, 168 Elmwood near North, in February, let alone—the most comprehensive of would really work as place for everyone. rights and the right most valued by civ- The Gay Pride Fest events had overall, EMMA Bookstore: A New ilized man." worked: they had even made money. "Protection for the right of privacy for And so began the long and agonizingly Home In Allentown individuals indulging in acts of sexual slow process began of trying to start and intimacy (by unmarried persons) and as find a way to maintain a community. EMMA, the Buffalo Women's Book- sales. Store hours are 11 to 7, Tuesday to satisfaction of sexual desires be resort The obstacles remained great: per- store moves to Allentown, Tuesday, through Saturday. sonal dislikes, misunderstandings, February second. has information and ot material condemned as obscene by EMMA a new EMMA is an resource community standards when done in a financial proglems and political dis- location Elmwood, between center for and offers lending — 168 women a cloistered no rational basis putes. Some embraces the concept, but Allen and North. There will be grand library. sells books on women's setting, a EMMA for excluding the same from held long and bitter memories of efforts celebration Saturday, Feb- lives, health, fiction, poetry, well appears opening on as as decisions...so as the past. Now, six months after birth, the 6th, with refreshments, a records, children's books, T-shirts, and protection long ruary gift cer- decisions voluntarily made by adults infant coalition still struggles to survive tificate drawing, and a 10% discount on cards. 836-8970 for further information. are in a non-commerical, private setting." Continued on page 6 2 AN EDITORIAL: The Movies: Imitation of Life? INSIDE: VoX 12 No. 1 January 1982 Year End Review: 1981's Best 1 The media has been anything kind and, large And Worst but to gays to a Doing extent, we have allowed it to continue for too long. America with Bob Damron 5 For many groups, such as Mattachine, we have tried to show a The Unlit Lamp: Radclyffe Hall 1924 5 -ositive image in the minds of the masses. In theprocess we have had EMMA Bookstore: A New Home In Allentown.l to fight the stereotypes put forth for non-gays to see in movies, tv and on the stage. Finally, it seems, gaysthat are supposed to be such a large part of the entertainment industry are coming to the fore in producing Fifth Freedom Advisor 1 realistic pictures of what it is to be gay. The Aural Column 9 Within the next month there will be two radically different Out and About 3 approaches to this progressive thinking,, in these regressive times. SELections by Sam 4 First will be "MAKING LOVE starring Michael Ontkean, Kate Community Center Calendar 8 and Hamlin. Twentieth is Jackson Harry Century-Fox releasing the Captain Kink 6 film and in a quote from a ticket package they state is with great "It How Does pleasure that 20th Century-Fox presents MAKING LOVE, one of the Your Garden Grow 10 most honest and controversial films in our long history." From advance notices, it is a positive movie and should do well to Gay Directory 11 foster the idea that gay is all right. Of course many will say that it was Want Ads done strictly for the money. This may be true, but isn't it better that 11 at least the money is doing as some good for a change? MAKING LOVE a story a young woman learns, THE FIFTH FREEDOM is published monthly by the Mattachine Society is love about who of the Niagara Frontier Inc., P.O. Box 155, Ellicott Station, Buffalo, New after eight years of marriage, that her doctor husband is attracted to York 14205. Published by and for the gay community with a circulation men. Because they care deeply about each other, they find the of 2,500 monthly, it is distributed free of charge through any establish- courage to become stronger individuals. What's wrong with that? ment or organization permitting such distribution. Subscriptions availa- ble at a yearly rate of $5 annually to cover postage and handling. All mail- MAKING LOVE premiers February 12 in the Buffalo area at a yet ings sent in a plain, sealed envelope. to be named theater. This after a private screening for the gay The presence of the name, picture or other representation ofa business community and invited guests on January 18. organization or person(s), in this newspaper is not an indication of the sexual preference of such person(s), organization or business. Secondly is TAXI ZUM KLO (Taxi to the Toilet). This film is much THE FIFTH FREEDOM welcomes the submission of news items, arti- more graphic, and perhaps more representative, of what gay life is cles, letters, drawings, photographs, poetry and short fiction from thegay all about. The stars of the picture are lovers in real life and this is community. Announcements and releases from gay organizations are story. placed free of charge. Materials submitted should be typewritten and their double-spaced. We cannot return any materials submitted unless accom- Many will say that this film puts a bad light of gay life due to the panied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope, and all materialsare sub- "no holds barred" honesty. This film or MAKING LOVE, cannot be ject to editorial revision. a real picture of. gay life, because we all have different lifestyles. Deadline for the submission ot all materials and advertising copy is the 20th ofeach month. THE FIFTH FREEDOM reserves the right to reject any For a change,though, at least "our story" is being told by "one of materials or copy judged to be in poor taste. us." This story and MAKING LOVE are both written by gays about Staff members of the FIFTH FREEDOM are unsalaried volunteers and their own lives. Barry Sandler that wrote the screenplay for ML was additional volunteers are welcome. Advertising rates are available upon request. in (Who says nothing good out born Buffalo. ever comes of Buffalo? Address all correspondence to: THE FIFTH FREEDOM, P.O. Box I 55, The West German TAXI opens February 10 at THE ALLENDALE Ellicott Station, Buffalo, New York 14205. Telephone: (716)881-5335. THEATER, 203 Allen St., at Elmwood. Permission is required for the reprinting of any materials appearing in TAXI ZUM KLO is unrated, but no one under 18 is admitted. THE FIFTH FREEDOM. All articles Copyright 1981 by FIFTH FREEDOM ,, and Mattachine Society of the Niagara Frontier Inc. "MAKING LOVE is rated "R". iohn'a. faulringjr., editor In This Issue. . . Letters to the Editor Bob Damron Joins Us Buffalo's Womens Liberation In this issue we present a new feature written by the national Union Seeks Community Comments guide author Bob Damron. Each month a new city will be featured The Buffalo Women's Liberation We urge anyone who has feedback or and highlights of the area will be included in photographs. We Union was intrusted with a check in July opinions on this decision to write to us welcome Doing America with Bob Damron to the pages of THE of this year to be held for the Lesbian at P.O. Box 841 Ellicott Station, Buffalo, Community. This check of $100 was N.Y. 14201, and speak your mind. Bar- FIFTH FREEDOM. issued by the Mattachine Society for the ring any great controversy about this women's half of money earned from a from members of the Lesbian Commun- speaking the Medical will Rod Hensel recaps 1981for us and looks forward the future, it was engagement at ity we turnover these funds to the School at U.B. Because this money was Gay and Lesbian Community Center a very good, and very busy, year. not made by or given to any specific Coalition on Jan. 31st. Our regular columns are here to entertain and inform you. group in the Lesbian Community we In Soldarity, An 1982 begins, we hope to be able to provide a paper that is were given the responsibility of holding BWLU truly...A PUBLICATION FOR BUFFALO'S GAY COMMUNITY. that money.

We now plan to give that money to the Gay and Lesbian CommunityCenter Coalition (GLCCC) in the belief that it (Editor's Note: The FIFTH FREEDOM will best serve the Lesbian Community welcomes "Letters to the Editor. "Let- by helping their work towards establish- ters for submission should be typed, ing a Gay and Lesbian Center for all. We double-spaced and less than 300 are helped towards this decision by vot- words. Send to THE FIFTH FREE- GAY BUSINESS IS ing the participation and/or support of: DOM, P.O. Box 155, EllicottStation, Gay Rights for Older Women (GROW), Buffalo, New York 14205. Letters the Buffalo Women's Production Com- must be signed in order to be consi- GOOD BUSINESS pany, and the Lesbian Caucus of the dered for publication, however the Buffalo Women's Liberation Union, in FIFTH FREEDOM will withhold the GLCCC. writer's name upon request). The Fifth Freedom, January 1982 3

Out andabout Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Fernand "Music Themes from the Movies" Leger restrospective exhibit, $2; main $6.50, $7.50 and $8.50; Jan. 30, and Feb. 2, gallery showing free, donations 8:30 p.m., composer/conductor "The Real Inspector Hound" accepted. Call 882-8700 for new gallery Gunther Schuller, $4.50, $7, $8.50 and times. Doors now open 11 a.m. daily. $10.50; Feb. 5, 8:30 p.m., Mcl Tonne Kavinoky Theater Shines Buffalo Philharmonic: Jan. 14, 8:30 pops concert, $6.50, $7.50 and $8.50. p.m., Martin Luther KingTribute,Clama Dale, the BY HANFORD SEARL plays' realized outcome. At least that's sopranoist, Catholic Central City Choir and the Gayles family $7,$10; "The Real Inspector Hound" according to a reliable insider who 15 the production. Jan. & 16, 8:30 p.m., Eric Knight, con- How much would Kavinoky Theatre worked on ductor and vocalist December 6 That aside, the two critics, Diana Lynn with portrayed "The Award Winners of and you pay for THE Tickets: $6, $5, and $4 by Brian LaTulip and John Buscaglia, Broadway Bells believable, Hollywood!! $5.60, $7.50 and $8.50; Jan. Rating: Three were laughable characters 22, open rehearsal with FIFTH FREEDOM? A note while over-acted, conductor short about the pending at times overshadow- Semyon Bychkov and uncertainty of the Fifth Freedom's ing the entire production's impact. pianist Lorin Hol- Advertisers lander, $3 Jan. 23,8:30 p.m. and future. Buscaglia, as the prissy, over-campy - Jan. 24, his 2:30 p.m., performances, $4.50, $7, $8.50 pay it all! First of all, it's been a welcome oppor- Birdboot, paper's top critic, was and $10.50; hilarious, total Jan. 28, 8:30 p.m., conduc- tunity writing for this worthwhile, in control with each tor/composer monthly publication, offering opinions wince, lunging, leaning pose and long- Elmer Bernstein with about concerts and plays, informing the ing gander at "Hounds'" Cynthia, 000000000000000000000000000000 gay community about artsy/entertain- played to the hilt by Sharon Smith as ment events available here in the Muldoon Manor's lady-of-the-house. "Queen City." Very Miss Piggy in both her delivery "Out & About's" proved the diversity and lines, Ms. Smith was the typical Vic- of events and happenings open to us all torian butterfly, fluttering,-twittering here in Western New York and Niagara while Buscaglia's Birdboot, terribly gay, o Hi H nHnHBifBI o Frontier, gay, straight and/or otherwise for some reason was stricken with her o m these last six months. Those cultural mannerisms even though he also was ° times will continue to be at our finger married. Typically too much? o I o tips whether we're here to point them Anyhow, La Tulip was a perfect, self- o ■ out, to recommend or turn thumbs inward substitute critic for his papers' o down. number o . o one reviewer, ever haranging After all. There is much more to life against his second-string plight and besides "drugs, sex, rock'n roll." Birdboot's pretentiousness and hypoc- Surprise! risy. (For being married and flirting or Also, I'd like to thank Editor John being gay and closeted? hmm!) Faulring for allowing moi the space to Stoppard loaded the two critics' dia- O O voice views about musicals, concerts logs with heavy ammunition, incorpo- and groups. It afforded moi another rating almost every known theatre O ■ ALLENDALE I O dimension separate from Billboard, cliche, ad-lib and prosey description of O 716-883-2891 I O which I've been affiliated with six years, actors, plots, hits, flops, ad nauseum. 203 Allen St. and recently, the Buffalo In short, Buscaglia and Tulip O O more Evening La q at Elmwood Q| r\ News, to be totally open about events couldn't fail with that material and their o in o with a tinge of sexuality. capable talents. Historic z^ For rock groups will continue to play James Hambridge, as the dapper play- X Allentown Memorial Auditorium, Melody Fair will boy Simon, exuded dark good looks and O Buffalo, N.Y. °O offer Vegas-type acts, Shea's Buffalo viable acting talents with a sexual glint in Premieres Theatre will book more national touring that cute-but-handsome baby face and 2 Feb. 10 companies, the college scene will athletic frame. 000000000000000000000000000000° expand it's theatre and music scenes. As the flightly socialite Melanie The Lancaster Opera House will Collins-Herberger captured suitable house musicals and plays, hopefully the snobility, taunting then threatening Buffalo Philharmonic will survive while Hambridge when she learned of his the QRS Concert Series grows. gigolo-like behavior to Cynthia. Super exhibits will still be found atthe Bryan Hayes' Inspector Hound man- THE ARROW Albright-Knox Art Gallery and numer- aged a flash of Peter Seller's bumbling ous other venues, the Tralfamadore will Inspector Clouseau, forever immortal- be reopened soon at the new Theatre ized in the Pink Panther series, and Place Mall in showcasing national and Shaun McLoughlin, as the wheel-chair IS local jazz artists and first-run as well as bound Magnus, provided another foreign films will be available around, aspect of mystery and plot BACK the metropolitan area. development. ON TOP! In short, we will always be "Out & Rosemary Sheldon's Mrs. Drudge, the About." To what extent you are and editorializing hired help/maid, was how much you take advantage of what both comical and overbearing occa- we have, is up to you. sionally, weighted down with Stop- pard's all-consuming desire to include NEW MANAGEMENT! Life imitating art and art,life as well as every possible axiom about theatre actors, turning the tables on self- the asides, thrown-out lines and direct- NEW indulgent, pompous critics was two- audience appeals. PRICES! thrust of Tom Stoppard's pronged to delish, disturbing 1968 comedy "The Integral "Hound's" visual success was the authentic, well-executed inte- DUCK SPECIALS! Real Inspector Hound" at D'Youville rior, which created the feeling of a College. high-above in the elegant Victorian manor the British moors, Housed with cudos going to the set crew of ambience of Kavinoky Theatre for two December, the hour and half David Lamb, Joan Caufield, Renee Bai- weeks in a ley and Kathy FED. 7 send-up by Stoppard, himself a former Mitchell. reporter, bordered ona cross between a Monica Rojak-Dunn's also to-be- NEW YORK STATE soap opera spoof of those 1930's melo- congratulated for her convincing cos- dramas where the audience cheers the tuming which also underscored the WRIST WRESTLING hero and boos the villain and an inside- turn-of-the-century flavor when Victo- the-journalism-ranks put-down of rians said one thing and practiced CHAMPIONSHIPS those fearless, sometimes fraudulent another. reviewers. In fact, the entire Kavinoky Theatre It was that thin line of reality and fan- staff and supporters should be "Talking tasy where "Hound" both delighted Proud" about their intimate little com- and confused theatre-goers, Stoppards' plex, at one-time a condemned, lifeless double use of a play-within-a-play closed room at D'Youville. about the two critics covering an open- ing night. Upcoming events, concerts & gallery Much to director Terry McDonald's exhibits: (*denotes don't miss). ME AND MY ARROW credit, the fuzzy line of chaos was held Harvey & Corky Productions: Jan. 12- off until the tumultuous, final scene -17, "Sugar Babies," Shea's Buffalo, 8 274 DELAWARE AYE. which even Dec. 8 had most of the 10- p.m. Tues-Sat., 4 p.m. Sat. and Sunday at -member case, including David Miller as 2 and 7 p.m., $10-17. 856-3291 the Dead Body and David Lamb, as the Festival East: Jan. 31, The Pretenders, BBC Voice, confused as to the frantic Shea's Buffalo, 8 p.m., $9 and $8. 4 The Fifth Freedom, January 1982

by Sam Judge Refuses To SELectaons Blind Gays Have Approve Gay On Being Resource Center Adoption We are a group of blind and sighted An Insider On November 18, 1981, New York volunteers serving blind people in the Family Court Judge Mortimer Getzels lesbian and gay community. We record must rest to some extent on an under- refused to approve the adoption of a gay books and a quarterly magazine con- BY SAM standing of the subjective experiences male by another gay male. Judge Get- taining articles from the gay media for January 15th. To most of our reader- of the actor or actors involved. zels concluded that the purpose of the distribution at costto print handicapped ship that date on the calendar is not More contemporarily, Roger Scruton adoption law is to legalize a parent-child people. Please see the enclosed bro- - particularly significant. But in mention- has noted in his distinction between the relationship and not a relationship chure for additional information. ing February 12 or February 22 the scientific pursuit of truth and the huma- between a gay couple. You can especially help us by making names of Lincoln and Washington come nistic pursuit of truth that humanism In his decision, Judge Getzels stated, our existence known to blind people in to mind, albeit current practice is to requires us to "cultivate the peculiar "The court is most sympathetic to the your community who want access to celebrate the births of those men on a faculty of Verstehen which we use to yearning of two decent people living information on the gay and lesbian Monday usually somewhere between understand ourselves. It is also what we exemplary productive lives who are experience. Although thousands of the two dates. In fact, recognition of use to understand the world around seeking to obtain some legal recogni- books and only about 100of these are their accomplishments now takes place vus." tion of the bond that exists between the. availalbe to blind readers and many on a day designated as Patroits Day. As another years begins how do we, as The relationship is no longer what it was blind people are not aware of their But what of January 15? It is the anni- gay and lesbian men and women, see for Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Dou- existence. Our goal is to tell blind peo- versary of the birth of Martin Luther ourselves and the world around us? glas the love that dares not speak its ple about these titles, to record more King, Jr. While some states and cities Each new year finds mc a year older and name.- But a statutory mechanism for titles, and to get them out to blind lesbi- have declared that day a holiday and I have learned that my personal expe- conferring status on the relationship...is ans and gay men. We also provide a periodic attempts have been made to riences do not define "the truth" of yet to be devised." network of contacts and support to celebrate it nation-wide, prospects for what it means to be a homosexual. Nor The decision is in conflict with Matter blind lesbians and gay men through LRC that to happen very soon appear quite can your experiences offer you the of Adoption of Adult Anonymous for the Blind Quarterly. We serve indi- dim. opportunity to draw such a conclusion. decided in February 1981 by Family viduals throughout the United States. A short article I read about King Truth of the matter probably rests in the Court Judge Leon Deutsch. In approv- Some of the titles we have recorded recently made some points that struck a total of our experiences—good, rotten, ing the adoption of one gay male by are The Joy of Gay Sex, by Dr. Charles responsive chord in mc. The writer uplifting, defeating,and so on. But indi- another, Judge Deutsch held that there Silverstein and Edmund White; Loving recalled King's comments to being vidually and collectively our experien- was no public policy reason to prevent Someone Gay, by Don Clark; Christian- called "an outside agitator" when he ces are just that—they are ours and they such an adoption. ity, Social Tolerance and Homosexual- participated in rallies, demonstrations, are experiences we have had; they con- "We are concerned about Judge Get- ity, by John Boswell; and A True and marches outside his home territory. tinue, and they affect the ways we see zel's decision since the adoption law Likeness; Lesbian and Gay Writing He observed that the time had come to ourselves and the world. We are the does not specifically prohibit adoption Today, edited by Felice Picano. All titles acknowledge that no American is an insiders, and no one can deny our under these circumstances," com- we record are solely for the use of the ousider when injustice is visited upon experiences. mented Tim Sweeney, Lambda's Execu- pring handicapped and can be played other Americans. He said we are all What happens to you when you tive Director. An appeal os this decision only on special cassette players pro- insiders, and that cannot be taken away encounter a media-reported happening has been filed. vided through the Library of Congress from us. which has anti-gay overtones? Do you "It should be noted that adoption is lending agency program. I want to carry his thought a little have a gut reaction as you read an anti- not a substitute for marriage and is a Thanks for helping us get the word further. As insiders we cannot sit back, gay word, phrase, or "suggestion" on a serious legal step that should not be out! relax, and give mere lip service to ideals wall somewhere? How do you respond taken without the advice of an attorney. Sincerely, such as "liberty and justice for all." As when in the presence of someone who Where the parties have given serious LAMBDA RESOURCE CENTER insiders, the issues that are raised are tells a joke and it has a homosexual per- consideration, the adoption should not FOR THE BLIND our issues, and we are involved whether son as the butt? be denied solely because the parties are Terry Gorman, not! How you we like itor Here I am reminded of do present yourself—as an gay," stated Tim Sweeney. Director •foe idea of Verstehen, the German word outsider or as an insider? Why? for "understanding," and a concept developed by the sociologist Max Weber. He pointed out that much of what is social action cannot be mea- sured or analyzed by objective criteria THE 11 v \s/ yj / and that comprehension of the action ■barracks 56 Widmer Street Toronto, Canada

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Book Review "The Unlit Lamp': Radclyffe Hall 1924 THE UNLIT LAMP, by Radclyffe Hall, because shehas a mother in the attic. So NY: Dial Press, 1982 (first published no happy ending, justmore of the same. 1924), $5.95. Available at Emma The Buf- Life without love. falo Women's bookstore 1974 Main Well, it's a rousing novel—it roused Greenfield moving February 2 to 168 mc mostly to warranted irritation, exas- Elmwood at North. peration and, yes, admiration! Why? THE UNLIT LAMP comes back from Well, I got the drift of the plot early HOP ON POP, and I don't mean Dr. on—and I'm familiar enough with Hall's Seuss. This Pop stomps. The usual insen- WELL OF LONELINESS to know that to sitive bore recognized as husband to get off with less than suicide is an upbeat one's mother. What I mean is that the ending—it was down, down, dash it, no damn lamp never gets turned on, dawn in sight—but the awful suspense because, unlike Job (and with no note- of the sameness of outcome—the false worthy case of adolescent acne), we hopes, the real hopes, the cautious don't see the point of the protagonist's hopes all come tumbling in every suffering. Hers simply leads to more. time. The— lobic with which the downfall You'll falls Old Stockton Hotel has charms for get no gratitude from these into place, choice and chance, step unreal octopi. the life by step, is the California vacationer ta*enjoy. They'll squeeze incredible—like the unpa- from you all is grasping dependency. ralled HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith These people,— espcially the women, Wharton, published 10 or 20 years DOING let themselves get bottled, without get- earlier. ting wired, as they cater to the whims of Well, daughters will be daughters, AMERICA sick family, a plague of locusts. The and only daughters, after all, without mother, Mary Ogden—what a villain— the good sex of another woman. The WITH what a mass of diurnal, eternal needs. novel had mc identifying left and right, How believable, how convincing, espe- old and young. Yielding a terrifying BOB cailly when you visualize your mother image of a possible future, exercising (any mother) getting like her mother always the easiest choice for the last DAMRON and then sharpening the edges ofvague pleasure. inconsiderations. BY 808 DAMRON The protagonist, Joan Ogden, is ulti- Colorado Lesbian SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY mately boring. Warranted. How about The San Joaquin Valley is known as mothers writing up their daughters? Denied Child Custody the 'fruit basket of America...with no Actually, it's time for mothers to write of On November 19,1981, the Colorado pun intended! Actually, about half the boring, complacent, unradicalized Court of Appeals in M. v. M. affirmed nation's produce is grown in this fertile stay at the excellent Holiday Inn, which daughters. Let's hear it from the moms. the denial of custory to CM., a lesbian valley, which stretches for some three has a solardome, two pools and is While I found this book frustrating, I mother. In its decision, the Court of hundred miles throughout sunny Cen- located right by the harbor. For good found the feelings evoked by it defi- Appeals relied on the finding of the trial tral California. Bakersfield, Fresno, straight dining try Albert's, Castaways or nitely lesbian —that sort of conscious- court that the children could expe- Modesto and Stockton are the major Ospital's Villa Basque, which serves ness of the characters who know that rience difficulties in their "peer rela- cities, and here, as in other parts of the magnificent portions at popular prices. they love another woman (teacher and tionships" if the mother's sexual Golden State, the bars are open daily student, mother and daughter), bui Modesto, with a population of preference became known. until don't know what to do next. And 2:00 a.m. approximately 100,000, is hot never Fast growing Fresno, with a popula- a little do. I had enough school girl crushes to Lambda and the attorney represent- town more ways than It's tion of nearly a of a in one! two gay be enthralled by the idea it was ing the mother had that the quarter million, bars are named mutual, argued leads the world in farm and after animals! The Brave that getting the gothicgoverness's point judge denied the mother custody solely technology Bull at 9th production. Points of interest in the 701 S. St. is a super disco, while of view was positively delicious. All this because she was a lesbian. The case is the at 'Garden of the Sun' include Fresno State Mustang 413 N. 7th St. has a must be gleaned by indirection, though, critical since Colorado has adopted the quieter atmosphere. I stayat the University, Kearney mansion, cruisy Holiday since Elizabeth Rodney, the governess Uniform Child Custody jurisdiction Act Inn, which 'jumps' when Park, underground the annual cor- in UNLIT LAMP, is still to subtle for the which prohibits a court from consider- Roeding gardens onation hosts visiting courts and and several large wineries. Fresno is the gay depth of her passion. Quite ing the conduct of a parent which royalty. With five visits in twice understan- does gateway to Sequoia and King's Canyon as many dable, nevertheless, but as I said: frus- not affect the parent's relationship with years, the only dinner house I can hon- National Parks, located in the nearby trating. Realistically frustrating on two the child. The effect of the Colorado estly reccommend is Carmen's, an levels: student decision parent's lesbianism High Sierras. innovative teacher/ relation and is that a can Since Fresno, the "Raisin Capital," is Mexican restaurant. I haven't lesbian friendship. Same confluence: be considered even if there is no evi- half-way between and .been there, but friends tell mc Richard's loving dence about L.A. San has good food and women women. Different con- to show that it has an actual Francisco...it's gay clubs can offer a humpy waiters. fluence: mother/daughter vs. impact upon the children. Modesto is the to student- rewarding stop-over! Young, collegiate gateway the 'Mother /teacher. Conflicts in confluence. Lode' gold country and fabulous type males frequent the extremely pop- Elizabeth bridges both roles over time The Colorado Court of Appeals, in ular Back Yosemite National Park. due to age differences And Fresno Express Disco & Room Bakersfield is the smallest evening out. earlier decisions, had granted custody at while and sou- when the throws the 708 N. Blackstone, some macho protagonist to a transexual parent and to a parent in and leather prefer the Red thernmost of the 'Big Four' cities in the change Elizabeth levi men San Joaquin Valley. The brightest away, understands. an adulterous relationship. "The failure Lantern at 4618 E. Blackstone. The Palace spot Elizabeth and Joan are always on the around is the Casablanca at to grant custody to CM., particularly in Saloon E. Belmont favored by 1927 'X' of total fulfillment lovers. at 4030 is Street. This is popular with both verge as But light of prior Colorado law, is outrage- the ladies. The Steamworks at 'E' gay men doesn't yield Rochester here, 1551 and women and Jane to ous," commented Ms. Richter. St., only bath the Central Valley, features a chile-feed on in got Tuesdays. Cruisy include off to slow but well areas Beach, a start, is doing quite Central and Weil Parks. now. Some thirty-five miles east of here is a new gay guest Over the years I have tried many ranch, 'straight' in the area with called the Twin Oaks. Call (805) restaurants 867-2326 for information and Armenica, Basque, Italian or Mexican reserva- tions. Stay at the Bakersfield Lodge or ethnic backgrounds, but have disap- Hilton found them all Inn...and for straight dining try pointingly lacking. Your jaussaud best bet is of the slick specialty Maison or Lemucchi's Tarn one O'Shanter. In chains like Rubens, and the Velvet Tur- addition to being an important marketing center for tle. better yet, drive to the award- oil, nat- Or, ural gas and farm products, Bakersfield winning Imperial Dynasty & Chinese is the country & Pagoda in Hanford or the Depot inVisa- western music capital of Toronto m California, and lia. the Smuggler's Inn, of hosts the western I stay at one roller luxurious motor regional skating championships. several hotels in If you're for Fresno. looking a somewhat slower pace and want to be removed Stockton is one of the State's two from the inland multi-racial of crush of metropolitan big city major ports...a city life, try California's 155,000. It is home of the University of San Joaquin (pro- » the Pacific, the oldest chartered college nounced 'Wah-keen') Valley. It offers 231 Mutual Street, Toronto lJ an alternative with t# 1 in California. The livliest gay spots are a distinctive life- Willies, hot disco style. The climate is hot and dry...in fact a at 4204 West Lane, almost unbearably and the Gay 90's, with occasional shows so during the sum- mertime...but the rest ofthe year is usu- at 1803 Harbor. Women prefer Scotty's ti-i A member of The Club Bath Chain ally delightful. The folks are fun and ■ Den at 147 Aurora, while Rossi's is a bar...mostly friendly, and you shouldn't be a stranger downtown type down! I for long. 6 The Fifth Freedom, January 1982 Captain Kink Dear Captain Kin, What kind of wine Dear Captain Kink, I know that at for- should be served when eating out? mal dinner parties one should never sit earnest and Julie. next to one's spouse, and that seating Captain Gets More Dear E&J, o, cum now. But seriously, it should be man-woman. At gay parties is really quite simple. A cock is beef so a no one is married and usually only one good bordeaux is recommended. If he is sex is present. What is theproper seating Letters and Gives Advice into S&M, try Bully Hill Space Shuttle arrangement? P. Reppie Rose. It will put him into orbit if you Dear Rep, there are many tasteful By CAPTAIN KINK Dear Bubbles, only is no one is wear- don't. If he is under 16,that is poultry, so ways of handling this situation, depend- ing it at the time. stick with a sweet white like Widmer ing on how well you know the guests. ***Name a Wood that doesn't float*** Dear Captain Kink, mylover wants mc Lake Niagara. Don't spend to much, he Top bottom is always correct. Women to meet his parents, but I am terrified of won't appreciate it. A woman is seafood can be seated Butch-fern, but men should be Dear Captain Kink, thank you again that first moment. What should I do? (tuna) so liebfraumilch would be most seated Butch-butch or Fem- for your advice in June. When all those Flamboyant. nice. If she happens to be black, go for a fem if possible. Chicken-prune and cute gay men tried to get mc pregnant, I Dear Flame, wave from the end of the Zeller Schwartz Katze. Religious people Pisser-moaner are other viable alterna- never thought it would happen. Now driveway. If they don't throw anything might like a Blue Nun, but be careful, tives. If it gets too confusing, justfuck it. Bonnie P.C. and I are expecting! If all it's safe to move up to the door. she might put a damper on the festivi- Queens are so tacky you'll never please goes well, you will get an invitation to Dear Captain Kink, what kind of oil ties. Bon appetit. them no matter what you do. the Christening in June. Love andkisses, goes well in a hot oil enema? Tex Fritter. ***Natalie*** Diabetic in a chocolate shop. Dear Tex, it depends on whom is get- Dear Di, are you sure it's yours? I am ting the lube job. If he is hung-up, try 1981 Continued from page glad to see that P. Charles did his duty Puritan. Vegetarians prefer Sunflower, 1 and got it over with, but did he do it the and oldsters benefit from Olay. Trekkies THE BARS less. Was it keeping to the original intent Elizabeth get off on Promise and the under 16set If it was a confusing year for gay com- of being a social gathering for gay peo- Queen way? Or was it more munity like 401? remember, you don't should stick (?) to Johnson & Johnson's. organizers, it was even more ple with programs of information and Just confusing for those to Christen a baby like a ship. Truckers get a slick out of 10-w-40while trying make sense interest...or should it go beyond that? out of the city's bar Kink, toheat JAPs will use nothing but Mink oil. scene. had it become too large, or was it not Dear Captain is it proper The crowds and went...des- KY in a microwave? Bubbles and Greeks use Olive unless Popeye is came large enough? The questions were Scratches. around. The possibilities are endless. cending on one bar for awhile so that asked but not answered, yet by year's Use your imagination. every night was crowded to the walls- end the groupremained strong and still ...then deserting that spot for another an important part of gay life in Buffalo. the once most popular place in town Emma, the feminist bookstore and could become an empty tomb meeting place for many women's overnight. groups, faced a year of attacks via As the year began, Mac Arthur Park broken windows, and contemplated a was still an in place to be seen. Within change in location. Dignity, the gay weeks, a closed sign was hung and a new Catholic organization, survived a lead- /Ij ■4sy|!*:y i|lf%■ h Allen Restaurant bar, Mc and My Arrow, saw people ership change and continued forward in I , i 16 ALLEN STREET standing in line in the winter's cold just providing religious fellowship for gays \ !J! JO to get in. at a time when national rhetoric tried to Mean sporting a vast dance f Alice's, make homosexuality the antithesis of a "jJ MON. 11 AM -2 PM V| i i^^a^'J .1..!' 'S '3 p S floor that was filled with color and belief in God. \Vy J i !;'' ; lij i! Ii;// / TUES. - THURS. 11 AM -8 PM sound but no people, closed and went THE FRI. 11 AM -10 PM straight and then was born again as City PAPER \ / # Lights. And suddenly everyone was As it should, the FIFTH FREEDOM the ,^K_ there, and no one was at Arrow. reflected ups and downs of the Buf- jj 881-0586 Westbrook Station came...and wnet falo Gay community like a mirror. It in two months. A corner spot where reflected the good times in its writing, Buffalo businessmen once lunched style and appearance, and also the bad. before dancing women became the The paper united with other Gay pub- - Bunkhouse, a bar in the leather-levi tra- lications across the nation by joining the dition. On Niagara Street, M.C. Comp- Gay Press Association. It switched over ton's began a noble experiment to see if to typesetting and the use of photo- Buffalo could support a gay bar where graphs and original drawings. There both men and women were equally were new columns and contributors, CONDITIONING SALE! welcome. new controversies within the pages, and And through it all rode the two eter- most importantly, new advertisements nals: Dominique's and the Villa Capri. from both Gay and straight businesses Sometimes their business was up, some- that allowed the improvements to be times it was down, but both snowed a made. remarkable capacity to ride things There were interviews with celebrates through. like actress Pat Carroll and author While other cities support numerous Edmund White. There were film events bars equally, Buffalo's gays travel like a and a review of Buffalo's gay bars and herd. And no one, least of all the bar restaurants. owners or the gays themselves, seemed Publication dates were still erratic. to be able to answer the question of The plea for volunteer help remained "Why?" continuous. But the paper kept on. THE ORGANIZATIONS THE OTHER THINGS It was a roller-coaster year for Buffa- It would be wrong to review lo's gay groups. the year At some points they rea- without mentioning some special ched such strengths itseemed there was events. Some things just won't be little they could not accomplish, only to forgotten. be facing a short time later the question Like Joseph's winning of the Gay Pro- of how they could survive. fessional's "William Mattachine, which only Award"...John two years ago Otto's homophobic responses to gay was a weak and sickly organization, callers on WGR Radio...The Courier- began a slow building process. Mem- Express' front page profileof the Buffalo bership, and interest, began to soar. Gay community...the Fund-raisers concert by Made- actually raised funds line Davis...Blueboy's opening because people attended and in Nia- events, gara Falls...La Cage Aux Folles 11...J0an revenues from the Fifth Freedom put Crawford Night...Hope's campaign for the group into a somewhat stable finan- city council...the Toronto and state. Albany cial bath raids...the Captain's Christmas The group shed some of it's politics jokes and John Beard leaving town. image...it began devoting onemeeting a Review for yourself the past year too; DuPJNG THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY WE WILL BE FEATURING OUR REDKIN HAIRCONDITIONING month to social events. A chance for How many times "in love?" How many gays simply to be with other gays. A true tricks? How many nights in the bars? TREATAAENT, OF WITH CUSTOMIZED CONDITIONING FORMULAS FOR ALL TYPES HAIR. A RICH DEEP sense of comraderie grew among How many dollars spent? How many membes, but so did disputes over issues joint or or CONDITIONING TO KEEP YOUR HAIR HEALTHY AND SENSATIONAL LOOKING. REG. $10.00, $5.00. bottles popper? How many like the community center. By year's drinks? How many new friendships faced CALL TODAY FOR YOUR PERSONAL APPOINTMENT WITH FRANK, GEORGE OR ED. end, the group a leadership crisis gained? How many lost? How many that threatened the progress gained in "found out" about you this year? the year. Among all reading this, the numbers must be staggering. And now 365 days to ■■■■■»■ I v I I II vryL-^yUv^r^^Sy At Gay Professionals, meeting attend- do it all over again. Maybe the same, but ance waxed and 67 elmwood aye. buffalo, n.y. 716-885-2021 waned. Did the group just maybe this time, a little bit different need more organization, or did it need and a little bit better. The Fifth Freedom, January 1982

—Fifth Freedom Advisor— Continued from page 1 l If that same young man had gone into tion in hushed tones and most often Buffalo Buns a western-levi/leather type bar where with an air of embarrased humor. ther is a strong accent on being super It is little wonder that by the time the masculine he would then act super child grows to adulthood, the anti-anal Contest Winner masculine or- not fit the image ofthebar. attitude has been firmly rooted in their Contestant No. 4 We all need to be accepted and will mind. do most anything to have people like Man people while having an anti-anal and accept us, even if it is not what we attitude are also stimulated by the feel- really want. If we do it long enough we ings around the anus during a bowel can even lose a grip on our identity as a movement. They may start to wonder man or a woman. that if it feels so good coming out, what You, however, are condeming other would it feel like going in? This often people for not fitting YOUR ideals and leads to experimentation with digital images of how gay men and women entry, the use of various objects includ- should act and dress. The image you ing dildos and butt plugs. have created in your mind is a man who The next logical step for many is get- is not feminine, does not have limp ting fucked. wrists and all the other cliches that fag- For many this can be a very pleasura- j gots do. ble experience if they can relax their Because men and women are gay we hang ups from their childhood and of have not fit into the mold set for us by course, if their partner is competent. the so-called straight world. Please Many males find fucking or being don't condemn other gay men and fucked an exercise in submission or women because they don't fit into dominance and a very enjoyable Contestant No. 4 proved out to be the buns YOUR mold. experience. that you could learn to love. Rimming special Dear FFA, presents problems The Buffalo Buns Contest has been The wishes for many people. Old anti-anal winner to remain ano- My question is about a personal atti- by #4. run tudes, won Contestant He was a nymous, except to those that know him "hang-up" I have and ithas cost mc alot odor, and the very real posibility away victor. intimately. will of unhappiness, of illness are all problems which He receive a Buns due to my not wanting can Second place went to #1 and third to Calendar and book for his able stop someone from another. winning or being to do with someone I have rimming number 3. There was a small vote, but effort. sex with. (Rimming is using the and tounge in those three contestants all had their Congratulations the winner, around the anus.) to This problem concerns anal inter- groupies. course, rimming or anything having to Several ideas which may help in do with the supposedly erogenous zone becoming more in touch with your own lit _3^^U^^^& around the asshole. Why do so many rectal area include gently exploring the *\ people find this area so stimulating dur- area with your fingers. Feel the sensa- ing sex? And, indeed, why do so many tions as you gently slide one finger into gays use that as an exclusive way of your rectum. Try not tothink about any- showing someone that they turn you thing except what you are feeling in that on? part of your body. I enjoy oral sex, kissing and justbeing Another thing you might try is a tech- with someone that turns mc on very nique I had used on mc by someone I much, but when someone wants mc to knew several years ago. It may sound V J%\>I* tV VJ Sl/ antique, recycled 0 new garb / fuck them or want to do it to mc, I just kinky or weird, but it does work. Force * * f jewelryand gifts get turned off and thats that. yourself to pick up and handle your own 140Allen St. Mon.-Sat. 12to6 882-8200 It seems that we want to imitate what shit. Feel it, squeeze it in your hands, on sole here GAYELLOW PAGEStm non-gays do with someone they love smell it and really take a good look at it. when they are in bed, or where ever. If you can get yourself to do this,you will Why can't gay men be more original in quickly realize that the world did not their lovemaking? After ail we always end and while it was messy, it wasn't ail seem to th'rnk that a man can please a that bad. Now wash your hands carefully man better because he knows what and after drying them look carefully and turns himself on. And yet many men I you will see thatthey didn't turn brown. ADVOCATE POSTERS ask do not do any anal stimulation when Put the clean fingers in your mouth and BLUEBOY they masturbate. think about the fact that a few minutes HONCHO I love oral sex and am told I am quite ago these are the same fingers thatwere MANDA 1 1. good, when they give mc the chance to covered with shit. Doing this will not be NUMBERS do the it. Most of men I.am with either easy to do but it will help to desensitize and morel t • do not do mc, or do it very badly. When your anti-anal attitudes. *«OP will they learn that it ISN'T a "blowjob" I didn't think we gays were trying to and it DOESN'Treally mean it when you imitate non-gays in sex. Basically, if you say, "I want you to suck mc." I a/ways think about it, sexual acts are very sim- * look making to " on it as love the other ilar in both heterosexuals and homesex- person and that makes it much more uals. From a purely physical standpoint, special to mc. sucking, fucking, rimming, kissing, etc., Most of them are very rough or just do not require any feelings for your not good at all when they do attempt to partner. If there is love or affection it return my efforts. The rest just say "I only adds to the enjoyment both don't do that!" partners feel. Why is it that so many gay men feel You can have sex with someone you they can get fucked, get fellated, fuck love and it makes itextra special but you you, but when it comes to going down can't "make love." You don't make on you or, heaven forbid, kissing you love, you make as much pleasure for the (ugh! they draw theline). person you are in love with as possible. I hope you can help mc out with this Your comment about "blow jobs or I problem. want you to suck mc" are word games Just Assking you are playing with yourself. Call it Dear Just Asking, whatever you want but oral-genital sex Almost from the day we are born is what it is. more people are conditioned to be rep- The partners who say"I don't dothat" ulsed by anal functions or contact in any may be uptight about putting a penis CONTEMPORARY TO RISQUE CARDS their mouth. The also where waywith feces, (shit) A baby watches his into penis is "Largest parent show extreme reaction while urine is expelled by the body. The same Selections of Gay Cards changing a shitty diaper. As the child hang ups about feces can also occur grows he is taught during toilet training with urine. Outside New York City" that feces are dirty and disgusting and Some men don't have oral-genital sex for health sake he should be sure and because only a faggott would put scrub his hands after a bowel movement another mans cock into their mouth. Large Selection of or he'll catch a terrible illness. These men are unsure of their own sex- Out of Town How many times have you seen a baby uality and as long as they don't do that, Newspapers or small child touch his or her anal area they are not queer. only to be slapped, punished or scolded Kissing for most American men is not for touching a "dirty" spot and then masculine. We have been conditioned STUFFED made the child wash their hands that men do NOT kiss each other. The ANIMALS FOR ALL OCCASIONS carefully. idea of another mans saliva in their As the child grows the hear about mouth is more than they can deal with. Large Selection of Valentine's Day Cards problems like hemorrhoids or constipa- We have a long way to g0... 8 The Fifth Freedom, January 1982 Community Center Calendar FILMS! CONCERT! (Date To Be Announced) (GREETINGS, (MARCH, Date to be Announced) The FROM WASHINGTON D.C.) Unitiarian Buffalo Womens Production Company Coalition Fundraisers Church, Vibrant, moving documentary presents (AN EVENING WITH MAXINE film on the- historic 1979National March FELDMAN) Benefit for GLCCC with on Washington for Lesbian and Gay reception following show. Watch for To Be Held This Month Rights. "Funny, Entertaining...lmagina- details! tive" SOHO News. (ALSO! WITCHES & Hello again, 14205.Also, because the Westbrook Sta- FAGGOTS & DYKES & POOFTERS.) A AUCTION! We of the Gay and Lesbian Commun- tion has closed, our meetings will now historical overview of the social and (SATURDAY, MARCH 6) 1-5 P.M. Uni- ity Center Coalition (GLCCC) are writ- be held at 91 14th Street, upstairs, every individual oppressions Lesbians and Gay tarian Church. Auction to benefit a gay ing you this letter for a couple of Ist and 3rd Tuesday of each month. Join men face when they become visible center. Sponsored by GLCCC. reasons. First of all, we would like to us please! Your input will be welcome. enough to threaten the status quo. "An thank you for your support of the roller upcoming events... admirable stirring film about courage- To Contact The GLCCC: skating party of December 15th. It was PARTY! ous Australian gays. See it! It will make Call: Emma's Bookstore 836-8970 both successful and a great time. (SATURDAY, JAN. 16)7 P.M. COCKTAIL you angry and active." —London Gay Gay Hotline 881-5335 Secondly, we would like very much for PARTY/BUFFET at the Wilcox Mansion, News. Tickets available at the door. Or come to our General Meetings the you to support our future events, and 641 Delaware Aye. FOOD & BOOZE! A Sponsored by Buffalo Womens Libera- Ist and 3rd Tuesdays of every month at would like for you to become more delicious homemade buffet with Baked tion Union and GLCCC. 91 14th St. upper. 7-9 P.M. deeply involved in the center. Ham, many fresh vegetable dishes, Thank you for your support. Let's make The future events planned include, a Appetizers, Caeser salad, Wine and the center happen. cocktail party and buffet to be held in Cheese, and Scrumptious Desserts! All January, a Valentine's Day dance, two for only $5.00! and Drinks 50c donation. films which are co-sponsored by the Come on over and see what GLCCC is all Women's Liberation Union and GLCCC, about. Representatives will be on hand an auction in March, and a concert by to talk about the center. Tickets are Maxine Feldman given as a benefit for available at: Emma, Cornucopia, Matta- Gag; Supporters Gay. Dollars us by the Women's Production Com- chine. Also at the door. Sponsored by pany. All events are given to benefit GLCCC. Deserve Support! both the center and to provide social for and educational happenings for the Gay DANCE! Gay Businesses and Lesbian community. Please come! A (FRIDAY, FEB., 12) 9 P.M. VALENTINES more detailed list is included in this DAY SWEET HEART BALL at the Unitar- mailing. ian Church, Corner Elmwood & Ferry. Another request...we are still looking Grab your sweetie! Put on your Dancing Bed-By-The-Bay: for a space for thecenter, so please keep Shoes! Wine, Beer, Pop and Goodies your eyes and ears open and if you find available. Bring out your gowns and California Comfort anything let us know at...GLCCC P.O. tuxes! We're gonna PARTY! Sponsored In the 1930's and into the 1940% breakfast, kitchen privileges, a private Box 1595, Ellicott Station, Buffalo, N.Y. by GLCCC. before the birth of superhighways and both, a television - all in quiet surround- motels, accommodations in what were ings with amicable conversation. All of accomodations close known as "Tourist homes" were an our are to centers of Gay interest. q alternate to hotels. Many such lodgings great idea... were established within private homes Should someone within your organi- along the roads of America, where the zation or a friend or an associate wish detailed- information- - traveler obtained comfort and rest after on our a dusty day's driving along narrow- services, please ask him/her to contact laned roads. In the morning, he was us at the above address or telephones. greeted with a steaming cupof coffee or We have been told that we are the sole breakfast, along with a host's eager nar- Gay bed-and-breakfast agency in Amer- ration of his town's points of interest. ica which operates in this fashion. We In the 1980's, America is returning to have dedicated ourselves to providing that type of homey experience. It is now impeccable service to San Francisco's provided by what are called Bed-and- Gay visitors. Breakfast Agencies. Bed-By-The-Bay is Bed-By-The-Bay responds to all one such agency. inquiries by mail or telephone and screens hosts as well as guests, both as a We have obtained lodgings within security measure and as a means to private Gay homes throughout the city matching guests with appropriate hosts £ueryfliinc| QS of San Francisco. At affordable rates, we and accommodations. ror fhe body ..... flafuraMl| place visitors to San Francisco in accom- For complete information and full modations where the guest enjoys the details, write: Bed-By-The-Bay, P.O. Box Lotions & Potions. A fresh idea that is taking Buffalo by company of a fellow Gay person, along 902, Sausalito, California 94966. Or tele- storm. Lotions, creams, cleansers and shampoos made from with the comforts of home. These com- phone: 415-383-7430; 415-453-6405; or beautiful ingredients from the Earth. Essential perfume oils, too. forts may include a Continental-style 415*334-7262. —Over one hundred scents. Packaged in no-nonsense", refillable* containers. Delights for the body, picked fresh from Lotions & Our Cover: Potions. 927 Elmwood Aye. at Delevan Mon.-Sat. 11-6 884-2887 Our Covers Our cover this month is a college of all the covers for 1981. JANUARY: A collage of covers from 1980. FEBRUARY: Valentine's Day the Gay Way. Flowers by Hodge- Buning. Hands by some of Buffalo's Gays. HEADQUARTERS MARCH: Pictures of Buffalo's gay bars and the start of a series For Your Hair and Head telling about them. Two have gone and other changes have taken place since then. 152 Allen APRIL: Man To Man is published; Edmund White visits Buffalo; St. and THE FIFTH FREEDOM goes to typesetting for the first time. MAY: Plans for Gay Pride Fest activities are announced. Boat I 882-2403 rides and much more. Tues. thru Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. JUNE: Gay Pride Fest '81 is announced with a copy of the t-shirt Evenings by Appointment logo. JULY: A review of Gay Pride Fest '81. Also views of the march in New York City. Your Liquid Incense Grocery AUGUST: A look at what Buffalo's future holds for its gays; the new Village People; and gays in the Celluloid Closet. Store SEPTEMBER: Mattachine files a Federal lawsuit challenging New York state's loitering statue; the Allen Restaurants expansion. OCTOBER: The Gay Hotline and how it serves the community. RUSH-CUM-COBRA-BOLT- NOVEMBER: Exclusive interview with Pat Carroll during her engagement at Studio Arena as Gertrude Stein. GOOD STUFF & HIT DECEMBER: Santa is back is his L&L outfit and an update on our lawsuits. OUR COVERS need artists, ideas and input. How about you? The Fifth Freedom, January 1982 9

The Aural speaker with better response is the one Don't believe this? Go back to your Column which gives the impression that the second choice and see how they now strings are individual instruments sound quite like trash when compared The Best Way instead of being squeezed together. The to the "Best Speakers." Now compare sound will have more texture. your first choice to the "Best Speakers." To COME UP FOR AIR Finally, compare your winners to the Compare Speakers After about an hour of this intense runners up. Well? activity both you and the salesperson One final word. Your final choice may will be bushed - this is a tremendous very well be the system for you, but do BY JOE SCHUDER, JR. THE TEST RECORDINGS mental exercise. Put on your Herbie not buy it right away. Come back in a A few issues ago, I promised to Now that the showroom and its equip Mann record and turn the volume down day or two and do the final checks again explain the best way to audition speak- ment are out of the way, selecta few test to a point where you both can converse when you are fresh. Any good dealer ers. If you are looking to upgrade your records. Do nottake tapes. They contain comfortably. Ask himwhich speakers he will understand this and will bend over stereo system, a well made speaker hiss which will get in the way when test- likes. After all, he listens for a living. He backwards to accomodate you. change will make the most dramatic ing high frequency response. has got to have some good insights. Go You should never be in a hurry to improvement. Two orthree of your own demonstra- back to concentrating on Herbie Mann. purchase speakers. You willfind thatthe I will not be addressing the basics of tion records will do. They should be the Are those happy feet in his Gucci's? experimental process itself is most speaker auditioning here: You should ones you are intimately familiar with Walk around the room keeping your rewarding. Enjoy it for the mental, edu- pick up the "Speaker Issue" of one of because you have listened hard to the, head turned toward the stereo stage. cational exercise it is. It is, for mc, one of the popular publications such as Stereo concentrating on detail. Good. All that The stereo image should be uniform if the nicest ways to spend a Saturday Review, High Fidelity or Audio. The studying at home will pay off now as you the system's dispersion is good. Walk afternoon or an early evening. advice you find there about cabinet size pick out this detail or thatwhen switch- right up to one of the speakers, get Make the purchase, take your speak- and design, number and type of drivers, ing between two speakers. down to its level and position your ear ers home, set them up and take a equality of volume level, placement and In addition to a couple blockbuster eight inches from its grillcloth. Close shower. Then settle in to enjoy what will so forth comprises the standard metho- albums, one classical and one pop, I your eyes. Do you hear an amalgam of be a most rewarding and lasting love dology you should master in order to always take along one of my Herbie sound that your brain has to work at to affair. make an intelligent choice. Mann albums just for fun. After all, why recognize or do you hear music? Rather, I shall give you ideas and tac- not take a break from all that sweat- Go to the back of the room and turn New Gayellow Pages tics which will result in a fun outing that producing listeningto enjoy "TheTurtle member of the away from the stereo stage. Is the music any Creative Minority and The Frog?" This test, though less National Guide can be proud of. still pleasant? Does it seem like these Out cerebral than analytically concentrated speakers and you can co-exist for a long THE GOAL listening, lets you see which speakers Get the largest speaker systems you time no matter how near or far away The most up-to-date and comprehen- produce a more jovial sound. This is an from each other you are? can afford. Spend what you planned to will live with your sive guide, covering bars, businesses, important point. You MAKING A CHOICE organizations, publications, and then more. If you planned to spend speakers for a long time.They should be & various $1000, ahead. Then borrow another Having now spent nearly two hours, national resources mail order com- go able to laugh and cry with you. & grand and do the job right. Credit is you may actually have a headache. But panies, for lesbians and gay men in USA I also take along a well cared for but you probably have come up with your expensive today, but it will be more old copy of Dvorak's "Symphony From AND CANADA. winner. Compare these speakers now to The new edition be sale at the expensive later on, expecially relative to The New World" by the Chicago with will on the Advents and the "Best Speakers." usual GAYELLOW PAGES outlets, your actual income in another year or Fritz Reiner conducting. It was pro- price two. They probably will sound better than $8.95; or may be ordered by mail, $10 duced and released in 1958. Hardly the the but THE SHOWROOM Advents, you will still be able to postpaid, from RENAISSANCE HOUSE, latest word in high technology but I the Advents Before you even turn the showroom appreciate for the true BOX 292 VILLAGE STATION, NEW know it well. It is a good indicator of value they are. comparison to the system on, look at theroom itself. Are its In YORK, NY 10014. whether or not the speakers in question "Best Speakers" your choice will be dimensions proportionate to your room can reproduce that gorgeouslyairy feel- at home? Quietly walk around theroom tame. But you will be surprised to learn ing so characteristic of RCA's earliest how their and listen to it. Is it acoustically more live many of good qualities your Available at Cornucopia, 569 stereo recordings. final choice will have. Delaware. or dead than yours? THE LISTENING SESSION You can size up a room's character in Okay, roll up your sleeves, roll down a few simple moves. How much rever- your turtleneck and go to work. Ask the beration is there when you snap your salesperson to play a few systems in your fingers or clap your hands? In a quiet price range. Compare them to the"Best room there is a faint rushing air sound Speakers" and to the 5002's for a few you can augment by making short snif- minutes as you listen to your testrecords velvety (dead fing sounds. Is this sound for flattest and most extended fre- acoustics), or more hollow sounding quency response. Do not press that little (live acoustics)? The salesman may look A B comparison pushbutton most Villa Capri at as you through this strangely you go stores- use these days too fast between is he know process. If he goo, will the speakers. That comes later. try to about and will Just 926 Main Street exactly what you are get a relative lay of the acoustic land. leave you alone. You will probably find that most Buffalo, New York 14202 Now you know what the showroom speakers costing more than the Advents sounds like. You can, in comparing its are slightly less hollow sounding. They sound to that of yours, make a mental will also sound less deep in the bass than note that is a Judy Collinsrecord sounds the "Best Speakers" and will be less able Phone (716) 886-9469 more hooty on one speaker than to separate individual instruments. This another, it may be even more so if your is to be expected. Clarity of inner voice listening room is livelier than this detail is the name of the game more Mon-Sat 10am-4am showroom. than any other characteristic when you THE SHOWROOM EQUIPMENT listen to any "Best Speaker." Sun noon til 4am You are now ready to power up the After the Advents-versus-"Best showroom system. By the way, be sure Speakers"-versus-speakers-undertest to take notice of how much power is comparison is done, choose the two used when doing the listening tests. sample speakers you like most. Those AR-9's fell love with the you in in Now the real refining begins. Listen to store may be a disappointment at home those sections of your test records that little miracle when your Pioneer receiv- are the most difficult to reproduce. A er's power supply goes up in smoke try- difficult passage is likely to be no more to those famous ing reproduce Telarc than one half to two minutes in length. "1812 Overture" cannon shots. Listen to these passages over and over, The first speaker system you should switching rapidly between thetwo com- listen to is the best in the store. Even if it peting models. The strings on model A„ is way out of line for cost or size reasons, might be clearer, but the bass on model standard which it will give you a against B may be more to your liking. should judge. you Make note of these points. Having Now pitthe "Best Speakers" against a picked your favorite, go on to compare pair of Advent model 50025. Since it is it in the same manner to another model. more likely that you have heard these in The audible differences will be small someone's home than any other, you and the price probably will not. Which should touch base here. I always do this do you prefer? Why? Is it worth extra but then I have been happily living with dollars? Have you got them to spend? a set of Double Advents for years now. doing this whirlwind testing, be Chamber will In Advents at Stereo sound wary of a speaker that sounds like it has different thatthey will at Stereo Plus, but more treble response. It may not be you will be able to use that "Advent more extended, just peaked in the reference Sound" as a point in getting 14,000 Hz range. Check this point care- used to the acoustic character of your fully, listening for brass bite and high surroundings. harmonic clarity on massed strings. The 10 The Fifth Freedom, January 1982 Out at the nursery, which by the way "Penis gigantica?" she asked herself How Does Your Garden Grow is pronounced like "Many" not "mini" aloud. Twice. or "meenie" or "mermen" even though Whether you are pronouncing cor- it is spelled "Menne," we get our full rectly or not, themain thing is their care. Gardening Glossary Helps share of mispronounciations. Right now, with the Sahara like condi- One of the most popular mispro- tions that prevail in most homes and nounced words in the houseplant apartments, your mister bottle should Those Who Are Tongue Tied ?? department is terrarium. Usually it is put be in full use. forth like this. "What plants would do Cactus and succulents need watering By BILL HARDY ,Why, there is nothing worse than a teet- well in my teranium?" It is properly pro- only once or twice a month until March, Greetings and a justifiable juggernaut ering torch lily. (One never knows nounced ter-rare-ree-um. but do need as much light as possible, of a January to you all. Welcome to 1982. where that red hot poker will end up.) In the spring and summer we always preferrably a southern exposure in I hope your New Years Eve was a smash- An inebriate ivy or a groping Gesneriad get asked if we have any "hygerani- these darkish days of Western New York ing success. If you can't remember, then is just too much to take. And an overly ums." At first I thought they were mis- Winter. you obviously were successfully oral Orchid. Well, really! pronouncind geraniums, but when I So until next month practice your smashed. But alas, the event has come and would show the ever popular red bed- pronounciation, cuddle up with some- For those of you who had parties, I gone, and here we are in the depths of ding plnat, they'd say, "No. No. You one nice and warm on a frosty night, and sincerly hope your guests did not dump frozen winter, and a good time I think know. It gets big white flower clusters oh yes, mist, mist, mist. their partially finished drinks into your for a session on proper pronounciation on it in July and August, and lives from of houseplants. Talk about being potted! of some always mispronounced words. year to year." Places Interest "You mean hydrangea," I say. Given Library "Whatever," they say. So the next time I got a hygeranium Approval A WORLD OF COLLECTABLES them question, I immediately showed Places of Interest (gay map guide Norman Rockwell Ceramica Excelsis the hydrangeas. "No. No." they said. USA/Canada) and its companion, Places The ever pop- • Hummel • Goebel "You know Hygeranium. of Interest to Women, were described as ular red bedding plant." Oh well. • Sebastian Miniatures • "amazingly thorough" and "recom- Schmid Asparagus fern. 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