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(608) 256-7664, 256-7952 OUT! Wisconsins Lesbian/Gay Newspaper 1983 OUT!, Inc. Reader-Sponsored Newspaper—Subscribe! Hes on the Road to Victory LAKE GENEVA—"I feel good about the pros- Union, "The WCLU doesnt take these cases to be pects of being the first person to win — a case under bought off." the state gay rights law, says James Taylor, who is the probable cause ruling in his favor pursuing a complaint against the Lake Geneva Since he has and has dropped the petition for reinstatement, Country Club with the State Equal Rights Division. Taylor now says he feels optimistic about the An ERD investigator ruled in October that there chances for a conciliatory settlement. was probable cause to believe that the club dis- If no settlement materializes, the ERD will bring criminated against Taylor on the basis of sexual orientation when it fired him from his assistant the case to a public, quasi-judicial hearing. The agency at that point could order payment of back chefs job July 13. wages and reinstatement, but it does not have the Taylor had appeared on the Channel 12 TV series authority to award attorney fees, punitive damages, "Gay in Milwaukee" the previous evening. The club or damages for emotional harm. claims it fired him because of "poor work performance" but has produced no evidence to that Taylor said he has been fortunate in not being effect. harassed in Lake Geneva since his firing became "I want a victory for the law," Taylor told OUT! news. His new employer knows he is gay and is "Im not just after a monetary victory." supportive, he said. Taylor is seeking only back pay from the country The WCLU has also been supportive, Taylor said. club. Earlier he had also sought reinstatement in his He further praised the sensitivity of ERD investiga- job, but he has since found employment at a local tor Lc Anna Ware, and said individual members of nursing home and wants to stay there. the Cream City Business Association and The ERD now is charged with attempting to bring Governors Council on Lesbian and Gay Issues had the warring parties to a conciliation. The club offered him help. offered a small settlement in August. but Taylor and Should Taylor win hack pay from the club, he his attorney rejected it out of hand. would become the first person to successfully pursue Said attorney_ Robert Angermeier, who is working a gay rights complaint under state law all the way to in cooperation with the Wisconsin Civil Liberties a financial settlement. • Light at the End of the Tunnel SUPERIOR—Bob Jansen has had one hell of a bar. time trying to open a gay bar in this, the largest city But the night before the Council was scheduled to in northern Wisconsin. vote on the license, police arrested a number of In recent months hes faced reluctance from Jansens corporate officers in the bar after its legal banks, trouble with the police, opposition from the closing hour. He had to wonder if the arrests were City Council and the mayor, an apparent arson more than mere coincidence. attempt at the bar he wants to buy, and BB gunshot Superior "has a history of police harassment," holes in the windows of his home, which lies just Jansen told OUT! "The Police Department is really across the bridge in Duluth, MN. corrupt." He said his gayness was "not a hidden Now he thinks there may be light at the end of the fact . . . Its a small town, and they know about tunnel, though he wont know for a month or more whether hell be able to secure the necessary liquor The people in the bar were merely cleaning it up in license that so far has proved elusive. anticipation of an imminent grand opening, Jansen The latest round of vexing events dates to early said, and they were not charged with alcohol-related October. After finally securing financing to buy a offenses. straight establishment called Als Waterfront Bar on But they were booked for resisting arrest and the citys north side, Jansen appeared to have City possession of "dru j paraphernalia." They pleaded Council approval of his liquor license in the bag, guilty in a hearing the following morning and paid allowing him to close the deal for purchase or the small fines. continued on page 3 A Roadblock Too Large? MADISON—Marion Namenwirth was hopeful acknowledged, however, that she might have been right up to the last minute that U.S. Magistrate overly optimistic that Nanienwirths case would be William Gansncr would "go out in a blaze of judged on its merits. glory." "Justice with a capital "1" does not exist," Bleier But on October 27, in his final ruling before said. "Once again we get the message that society is retiring from the bench, Gansner did just the unwilling to accept women." opposite: He dismissed Namenwirths landmark sex Namenwirth has pursued one legal channel after discrimination suit against the UW Board of Re- another since 1977 in an effort to win back pay and gents. reinstatement. Though Ciansners decision stands as Namenwirth alleged that the University in 1977 a tremendous obstacle, it can still be appealed. denied her a tenured position in the Zoology Attorney Pines said a decision on the matter Department because she was a woman. She is the would be made within a month. first person to have taken a sex discrimination claim Namenwirth has faced seemingly countless obsta- against the UW all the way to federal court under cles since coming to the UW in 1971. When first Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. interviewing for a teaching post, she says one male Namenwirth, along with equal rights advocates professor told her that "the only reason youre being around the state, had been waiting since April for considered is because youre a woman." Canteen to issue a decision. Her attorney, Lester When she was hired, she was the only female Pines, said the case "would have been the first among a 24-member department. Further, she was tenure victory lin the nation/ under Title VII." assigned to laboratory space in a basement, isolated "Were extremely disappointed," Pines said. from her colleagues. Ruth Bleier, chair of the UW Womens Studies Namenwirth has also said that some faculty Pictured among the cards, from bottom to top. are Department, expressed "shock" at the decision. She members lesbian-bailed her—though she does not Marion Namenwirth. Bob Jansen and James Taylor. continued on page 3 la O(T! mber 1983,

Go forth and make part- the decline in the birth rate per fertile female has reached the point where, nerships—The concept of extend- as a civilization, we run the serious ing the privileges of straight marriage risk of disappearing front the face of to non-traditional families is on the In a Nutshell this planet." move in Minneapolis, Equal Time Predictably, some of the old boys reports. An openly gay member of colleagues didnt care much for the the Minneapolis Civil Rights Com- Labor comes out—In increas- Sneering at Uncle Sam premise of his argument. Rep. Bar- mission has introduced a proposal to ing numbers, labor is joining the Putting to rest the UWs myth that bara Mikuski ID-Maryland) put it amend the citys civil rights ordinance ranks of gay rights supporters, and institutions cant ban military and sweetly, saying she was "insulted" by to outlaw discrimination on the basis lobbyists last month won the big other recruiters who discriminate, law the idea that "women are meant to be of "domestic partnership status." prize: Delegates to the AFL-CIO school faculties at the University of breeder reactors to sustain civilization Richard Osbornes proposal goes convention overwhelmingly passed a California-Berkeley and New York and pay off the deficit." further than one that passed the San resolution supporting the rights of University last month voted to do just Francisco Board of Supervisors last lesbian and gay workers and calling that. They are apparently the first year but was vetoed by Mayor Dianne for enactment of civil rights legisla- schools to take such positions since Feinstein: It recognizes the "domestic tion at all levels of government. The the Army threatened to cut off funds partnerships" of everyone in the city, Gay Rights National Lobby worked The fire this time—In other to schools who back up their preach- news front the world of anti-choice not just municipal employees. hard to pass the resolution, which is ings about non-discrimination with The only successful push in North similar to ones passed recently by the fanatics, a man who firebombed two action. abortion clinics in the ST Petersburg, America for such legislation to date American Federation of State, Coun- ROTC officials at the UW-Madi- has been in the Canadian province of ty and Municipal Employees and the FL area last year has been sentenced son are much too enlightened to fuss to 30 years in prison. Donald Bennie Quebec. Last December, the provin- International Ladies Garment Work- over such gestures, of course. Lt. cial government unanimously passed ers Union. The action will probably Anderson, leader of the so-called Col. Eugene Larson explained to the Army of God, already was under a statute recognizing alternative fami- be particularly useful for GRNL as it Daily Cardinal recently that his game ly structures in such matters as em- attempts to marshal labors resources sentence for kidnaping an Illinois was at least open to women: "Girls abortion clinic operator. ployee benefits, worker compensa- for help with federal lobbying are judged on their merits," he said. tion and insurance rates. projects. How big are those re- "And girls can do some things better sources? Well, the AFL-C10 boasts than men. They can be better ad- some 14 million members. ministrators, theyre better at typing, Washing their hands • of and theyre better at having babies." him—so much for the notion that What is a liberals worst doctors care about their patients Go forth and multiply above all else. Officials at the Shands fear?—ro hear an aide to Sen. In the name of God—A Rarely do we get so penetrating an Hospital in Gainesville, FL flew a Edward Kennedy ID-Massachusetts) Superior Court judge in Washington, insight into the breeder mentality as critically ill AIDS patient—against tell it, its being pinned down by DC has ruled that the Jesuit-run U.S. Rep. William Dannenmeyer his will—to San Francisco last right-wingers on those silly social Georgetown University does not have (R-California) provided in a recent month, then left him on a stretcher at issues. Said Kennedy staffer Bob to obey district law barring discrimi- House debate on federal abortion an AIDS research foundation with Shrum, praising Liberty Baptist Col- nation on the basis of sexual orienta- funding. He maintained that abortion S300 in pocket money. A Shands lege students for asking questions of tion. Judge Sylvia Bacon said in a stood in the way of a balanced spokesperson said Morgan Mac- "substance" when the senator debat- mid-October decision that the univer- budget—and not because of the Donald wasnt that sick and could be ed Jerry Falwell last month: ••We sity did not have to recognize gay money the procedure costs, as you treated as an outpatient, but San were expecting some pretty hostile student groups because that would might guess. "If we are going to pay Franciscos public health director questions on things like abortion, gay violate its constitutional guarantee of off /the national) debt, somebody has charged that the mans records had rights, issues we consider religious freedom. Oh religion, the got to be born to pay the taxes to pay been altered. MacDonald died two peripheral." refuge of scoundrels it off," he said. "Now, since 1973. weeks after being dumped. •

Lesbian/Gay Leaders Meet With School Officials

APPLETON—In a groundbreak- counselors) to open their hearts up." ing upstate development, representa- Acceptance, which runs a general tives of area lesbian/gay organiza- information phone line as well as an tions met with school officials here AIDS hotline, began pushing for a last month to discuss integrating gay meeting with school officials after issues into the schools counseling receiving a number of calls from and guidance programs. adolescents over the summer. Noo- Dar Schafer and Dick Noonan, nan said group members werent both of whom are active with Accept- comfortable providing counseling to ance of Appleton and the Wisconsin the youths, and decided to ask in- Lesbian/Gay Network, termed the dividual counselors within the school meeting a productive one. Dozens of system for help. counselors from around the school They didnt get much response district attended the non-mandatory until they contacted Frances Buff- gathering, and several expressed an ham, coordinator of counseling and active interest in providing positive guidance for [he Appleton Area support for lesbian and gay students. School District. Barham was instru- Representatives of Lutheran Social mental in setting up the recent meet- Services and the Fox Valley Pastoral ing with individual counselors, ac- Counseling Center also attended and cording to Noonan. gave enlightened presentations, ac- Noonan says that "WLGN and cording to Noonan. Acceptance plan to make this type of Schaters appearance carried spe- program available to other school cial weight, as she is herself a former systems and other interested groups." school guidance counselor. "I decid- And, says Schafer, "We will defi- ed that I would go back for kids," she nitely have our own youth support said. "I decided to appeal to. [the group someday." • • Gold Runs Out of Steam MADISON—A weary Laurence The gay rights protection granted Pawlisch Loses Round One Gold, citing lack of both money and under Madison ordinances, the court energy, said in late October that he ruled, did not constitute a defense MADISON—James Pawlisch, the Society earlier refused to do so and would not appeal to the State Su- against eviction, which is governed by Middleton dentist fired from the called for Pawlischs reinstatement. preme Court a recent ruling that state tenant-landlord law. Dane County Board of Health in July Still pending is Pawlischs lawsuit upheld his 1981 eviction and said The decision thus did not provide a after making homophobic remarks, calling for reinstatement or a hearing sexual orientation discrimination test of Wisconsins historic 1982 gay has lost the first round of his legal on his dismissal. He appears to be could not be used as a defense. rights legislation, officials have point- battle with county executive Jonathan facing an uphill fight: Judge Marion Gold, who works part-time as ed out. Barry. said in denying the temporary injunc- typist, estimated that such an appeal But the decision has drawn fire for On October IS, Circuit Judge tion that he did not believe the dentist would cost 58,000410,000. Plus, he its implication that minority groups Edward Marion denied Pawlischs was likely to succeed in persuading said, "The enthusiasm was lacking protected only under local ordinances motion for a temporary injunction him that Barry had violated his 14th after two years." cant challenge an eviction in court. preventing Barry from naming his Amendment rights to due process. But he stressed that "the decision is "People ought to be outraged at this replacement. Saying he was "very In related action, Madison activist really an awful one to leave judicial irresponsibility," Gold said. pleased" with the ruling, the County Henry X Dudek announced that he standing." For Gold, the pursuit of justice Executive told OUT! he would had collected more than 1,000 signa- The District 4 Court of Appeals became a financial impossibility. "At recommend a successor at the tures in support of Barrys action. ruled in September that landlord the very outset the landlords attor- November 3 County Board meeting. Dudek launched a petition drive in Henry Ullsvik had the right to evict ney told me he expected to win" Barry said he would again ask the September in response to Monona Gold, a month-to-month tenant, because he had more money, Gold Dane County Dental Society to sug- fundamentalist Juliette Sowls call from the Norris Court apartments. said. "He was right." • gest a replacement for Pawlisch. The for Pawlischs reinstatement. • November 1583 OUT! Page 3 Dignity Turns Other Cheek to Zealots GREEN BAY—The Wisconsin chapters first meeting last month and not worried by the prospect of pro- The new chapter is the third of its Citizens Against Public Gay Perver- "jumped on individuals, demanding testers at future meetings. kind to form in Wisconsin; groups sion are up to their old dirty tricks. that they renounce their evil ways," "There has been a lot of support are already functioning in Milwaukee The band of moralists that agitated according to Father Steve Shearer, from the local gay community," he and Madison, as well as in Dubuque, around northeastern Wisconsin for spiritual advisor to the chapter. said. The clergy at St. Norberts IA. • repeal of the state gay rights law now "And they asked how I could Abbey—where chapter meetings are has taken to harassing Green Bays become involved with these sinners," now being held weekly—have also new chapter of the gay Catholic Shearer said. The priest said he asked been supportive, Shearer said. Dignity/Northeast Wisconsin organization Dignity. them in return whom Jesus associated meets every Sunday at 7 p.m. in the with. Although Green Bays Bishop Ministry and Life Center of St. Currently calling themselves the Despite the disruption, Shearer Wycislo warned him of the flak he Norbert Abbey, 1016 N. Broadway, Wisconsin Citizens Against Special said Dignitys first meeting was suc- would receive for working with Dig- DePere. Write Box 2283. Green Bay Rights for Homosexuals, the crew led cessful, with more than 30 women 54306 for more information. nity, Shearer said the bishop did not by Toni Baker showed up at the and men turning out. He said he was oppose the chapters formation. Ben Shalom: Army "All Screwed Up" She had been dismissed from the wear her down. "The Army admitted Also, the Army only offered her a By Sue Burke National Guard several years ago for it dragged its feet, and therefore it is $900 settlement, ben Shalom said— acknowledging her lesbianism, but in in contempt," she said. not full back pay, as the brief claims. a precedent-setting 1980 ruling Evans Ben Shalom described what she She believes she is owed some MILWAUKEE—Miriam ben Sha- ordered her reinstated. Evans will believes are errors in the 550,000. tom says the U.S. attorney made also rule on the contempt motion, governments brief: It says she did Evans should have a reply from many factual errors in an October 20 which ben Shalom filed after the not apply for reenlistment, but she ben Shaloms attorney, Linda brief asking Federal Judge Terrance Army did not give her job back. said she has documents to prove she Dimopolous-Rodriguez, by the end Evans to dismiss contempt of court One thing the governments brief did. The chronology of events in the of October. He could then rule on the charges ben Shalom filed against the got right, ben Shalom said, was that case has been "all screwed up" by the motion to dismiss or order another U.S. Army. the Army has been trying to stall or government, she said. hearing. •

Fair-Housing Ordinance I SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS Sitting in Limbo L

By Sue Burke Presently, under municipal laws, ject to possible costs and to the fact The landlords face fines as small as SIO, if that the ordinance would protect gays any. State law is regarded by many as along with racial and ethnic minori- MILWAUKEE—A proposed Mil- slow and weak. ties, elderly or poor people, and many Moon waukee County ordinance that would Supporters of the proposal, Super- others. Skibinskys district includes put teeth into fair housing enforce- visors Penny Podell, Paul Matthews, Tree many gay bars and residents, along 401 Wisconsin Awe. ment is waiting for a state attorney and Paul Henningsen, said the with the citys major concentration of Madison, WI $3703 generals opinion before county county, legal advisor claimed the Hispanics. a‘ost 2.56.S supewisors cart vote on it. Supporters proposed ordinance may conflict with a feminist therapy collective say it could be as little as one city and village laws already in force Federal funds may pay for part of serving women and men in the month—or as long as a year—before within Milwaukee County. The advi- the estimated $30,000 enforcement Madison community since 1979 the vote can be taken. sor, George E. Rice, said an attorney cost, according to supporters. Will Handy MSSW. CAS The ordinance would give the generals opinion would be necessary. Some observers believe there may Kate Kaufman M.S. CG district attorney power to prosecute "Thats totally irrelevant," said not be enough votes on the 24-mem- Kay Knosch SISSW, CAS J oxnnc Whelden M.Ed.. CAS discrimination in housing. Fines Podell. "We have companion ordi- ber county board to pass the ordi- would be up to $1,000 for a first nances on many issues." nance now, but add that upcoming Psychotherapy for individuals. offense and up to $10,000 for subse- Opponents of the proposal, led by elections in November and next families, relationships, and in quent offenses. Supervisor Bernadette Skibinsky, ob- spring may change vote totals. • ongoing groups. Sliding fees, insurance accepted.

issuance of a license to any corporation whose straights and gays, and women and men, together," officers have an arrest or conviction record. he says. "And I want to put money back into the Jansen Jansen, who was not in the bar at the time of the community." continued from page 1 arrests, called the incident "unfortunate" and Barring further complications with the city, he offered to resubmit his license application with new may yet get the chance. • That same day, someone with a BB gun shot holes corporate officers. in three windows of Jansens home. But Mayor Bruce Hagen promised to "personally That night, the City Council rejected a committee veto any license applications . . . I cant believe we recommendation and denied Jansen a liquor license. can allow a change of names to protect these Namenwirth Council members cited state statutes prohibiting activities." continued However, hacked by letters from professional from page 1 friends in the area, Jansen met with Hagen in late identify as a lesbian— and others gossiped that she October and received a somewhat different story. beat her children—though she has none. The mayor "said he saw no reason why I shouldnt Gansners decision takes note of her isolation, yet have a license," according to Jansen; rather, the city attaches no particular importance to it. And on said it wanted to prevent the current owner—who several other points, the magistrate concedes that reportedly has several violations against his li- Nam wish was treated differently than male cense—from selling away his problems. faculty. Hagen was not available for comment. But never does his ruling acknowledge that such Jansen said he will now attempt to purchase a differences constitute discrimination. "floating license" and hopes to win approval for it While Namenwinh proved that she met minimum in another month or so. standards for tenure, Gansner says, the UW proved Jansen, who has long been active in lesbian/gay she did not meet their admittedly subjective criterion causes, said its been difficult to tell where police of "excellence." harassment of the bars current owner stops and "I am not persuaded . . . that the tenure deci- anti-gay harassment starts. One thing he cant sion-makers in her case acted with the purpose of figure out, he said, is how police forgot to report a discriminating against her on the basis of sex," mid-October apparent arson attempt on the bar to Gansner writes. the Fire Department for investigation. Attorney Pines calls this standard of proof— With the recent assurances from the mayor, which requires the complainant to show intent to Jansen is no longer so concerned that his gayness discriminate—"con f used and con fusing." will be held against him. But he, and others, are "In the absence of a smoking pistol, its virtually concerned that an individual could be denied a impossible to prove a Title VII case," he said. license for discriminatory reasons and yet have no For Pines, the implications of this decision, and recourse. other civil rights reversals that have come during the immaimiars Officials at the State Equal Rights Division say Reagan administration, am profound. "My person- Wisconsins gay rights protections do not apply to al opinion is that equal opportunity in the workplace licensing questions. is going to be gained through political action and not Jansen today is still expecting to open his bar, the courts," he said. Members of any oppressed Someone with a BB gun shut holes in the windows of which he promises will be an alternative to more group, Pines said, "should not expect to get redress Bob Jansens home. closeted gay establishments. "Im into getting through the courts." • Page 4 OUT! November 1983

Editorial Speaking OUT! Letters to the Editors

lesbians and gay men. Among the Democratic hopefuls, former Vice-President Walter Mondale has indicated support for the bill, Countdown as has Jesse Jackson. In the Senate, Ernest Hollings has joined Already we hear the ticking of the clock—the clock thats Alan Cranston as a co-sponsor, leading some to speculate that the counting down the time till 1984s national elections. reputedly more liberal Gary Hart will also sign on. And might that And now is the time—indeed, there has never been a better not push even John Glenn to take such a step? time—to get busy bringing lesbian/gay issues and perspectives to On the other side of the fence, it is not a foregone conclusion that the fore of next Novembers many crucial races. Especially when Ronald Reagan would oppose such legislation. working in coalition with other progressive forces, we have a Here in Wisconsin, the so-called gay rights state, two of a growing capacity to affect decision- making at a national level. nine-member Congressional delegation—Rep. Bob Kastenmeier Commendably, national , lesbian/gay organizations already are and Rep. Jim Moody—have agreed to co-sponsor the federal initiating coalition-building efforts, both within our incredibly lesbian/gay rights bill. That leaves seven men who need to hear diverse community and beyond. In cooperation with five other from their constituents. national lesbian/gay groups, the National Gay Task Force recently The point here is not to support a candidate merely because of launched a massive voter registration drive. A registration push support for a single issue—though we must be willing to withdraw aimed directly at Wisconsin residents is also under way, sponsored support from people who dont support us. We must force our by a number of groups around the state. concerns—which span a broad range of issues—into the main- On the lobbying front, the Gay Rights National Lobby has begun stream of political discourse; we must make our concerns an building important ties with both the National Organization for inseparable part of the whole constellation of social justice issues. Women and organized labor. GRNL also has led the way in At a time when the U.S. is involved in wars around the globe, bringing the number of Congressional co-sponsors of a federal plenty of nay-sayers will want to "postpone" discussion of lesbian/gay civil rights bill to an all-time high. lesbian/gay rights until a quieter moment. We know, however—and Support for that legislation provides a useful tool for gauging we must take pains to persuade others— that a quieter moment will candidates commitments to a broader slate of issues that concern never come, and that our concerns for justice and freedom are indivisible from those of oppressed people everywhere. •

travel quite a distance to get to matters. This help is greatly ap- Letters to the Editors Stevens Point on time for ameeting preciated. that started late and then was rushed Perhaps the Council could have Spreading the Word to get finished. My attendance at learned more from the Stevens Point Window Dressing? Stevens Point did further my belief gay community if they had taken the Editors: Editors: that a Council made up of 14 people, time to attend the dance sponsored by with nine of them coming from two the Gay Peoples Union. Personally I Im writing to let you know that I On the commentary, "Where Was cities and both co-chairpersons com- learned more on the problems and can distribute OUT! in Whitewater. the Gay Community?" by Lee ing from one city, is not representa- joys of gay life in Stevens Point there As this is quite a conservative town, Woods (October issue]: Where did tive of our state gay community. than I did at the library. Im not sure how many places would Kathleen Nichols think the gay com- We need help and assistance from be open to distributing the paper. munity of Stevens Point would be? One question I am asking myself now is, is the Govenors Council on everyone in the state gay community. But 1 will give it some serious consid- Certainly not at the media event that evasion and approach some people was being held at the library. Could it Lesbian and Gay Issues just political Dick Noonan about it. window dressing? As an active mem- Appleton he that Nichols is not aware that ber in the gay community of north- OUT! has become a very important things arc different up here in north- eastern Wisconsin, I have called on Please .. . part of my life in the past year and I ern Wisconsin, or in rural Wisconsin? the Council not only for information We continue to receive letters that hope 1 can assist in spreading the I was one of the gays in attendance but assistance in gay-related projects. are missing name, address and word! Keep up the great work! who had little input, if any. I feel my I have not received either support or phone number—vital statistics we Wish you well, little input fell on deaf ears, plus I cooperation. need in order to confirm the au- Lisa Amacher had the feeling of "DO NOT rock the The only Council member who has thenticity of the correspondence. boat. Dick." I had to get up early and been extremely helpful and coopera- Letters missing these identifying tive ts Mark Behar. Mark was very marks will not be printed. We will, OUT! Vol. 2, No. 1 November 1983 helpful with the information that we of course, withhold your name P.O. Box 148, Madison, WI 53701 needed during the AIDS crisis that from publication if you so request. (608) 256-7664, 256-7952 went through our area. Plus, he has Your name will be held in strict been assisting as in other gay health confidence. •

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New Co-Director Sets Sights High MENOMONIE—"I hope to do volved with other lesbian/gay groups. "Weve set some rather high goals everything that I possibly can to see "I hope that we can work more for ourselves this year, but WLGN that the lesbian/gay population in closely with the other gay and lesbian has a very strong base from which to this state becomes much more aware organizations in the state. I look work," Brown said. "I think that if of its unique status, to help each of forward to-getting to know them and we can encourage more people to get the organizations and outreach letting them get to know me." involved, both behind the scenes and groups to be aware of each others Admitting that he is not yet as in more visible ways, WLGN will needs, and to let them know that involved in the WLGN leadership as become an even more valuable re- WLGN is there to help in any way he would like to be, Brown said, source for gays and lesbians through- that we can." "Sandra Lipke has the advantage of out Wisconsin." • Those are the high ideals of the having more time in the co-director Wisconsin Lesbian/Gay Networks position and, since WLGN is head- WLGN currently is involved with current male co-director, Oliver quartered in Stevens Point, shes Acceptance of Appleton in providing Brown, elected at this summers somewhat more accessible to the an AIDS information and referral WLGN State Conference. Brown, a membership. However, Im concen- service. That phone ntimher is resident of the west-central Wisconsin trating on staying well informed 731-4692. WLGNs home office ad- community of Menomonie, says he regarding whats happening in the dress it P.O. Box 851, Stevens Point wants WLGN to become more in- "main office." 54181.

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"Gender Freedom" Plank Announced cabs in the rain. Men seemed to be gender identification implies equality thought this one up must be some - By Sirden Morrison and Bobo men," she said, flexing biceps. "But of the sexes. kind of pervert" and asked a Hous- Benitonaten for a while there ... the women were At press time, conservative reac- ton audience: "Now who will I have really special. Davis being in the tion to the Democratic initiative to share my toilet with?" directors seat, watching her hubby appeared mixed. Jerry Falwell, leader President Reagan, on vacation at WASHINGTON—The Platform die and getting the dollars in Little of the once-powerful Moral Majori- the Western White House, said, Committee (PC) of the Democratic Foxes. Strong and a bit nasty. ty, refused comment, insisting that "Frankly, I dont get it. Men are Party today announced support for "But take Dietrich in Morocco. even considering the question might men, women are women, and horses the controversial issue of gender Theres this wonderful scene in a compromise his position with God. are horses." freedom, saying that all individuals nightclub where shes an entertainer. God could not be reached for should have the right to choose their She walks out in top hat and tux, Phyllis Schlafly said "whoever • gender irrespective of anatomical teases her carnationaround a construction. Said party spokesper- womans face rather seductively and son Op R. Taoist: "We feel that this gives it to her, the woman giggling is the issue for the upcoming cam- nervously .... True, she followed Women Cause paign that will make or break the Gary Cooper into the desert at the candidates—not the economy, or the end, but she did at least give the 30s Business Scare environment, or Central America, fillies something to think about." but gender freedom." In recent times, according to Gars- ring. By Molly Howbeit The alarm, however, was short- Tunis( admitted that the action en, "Men are getting snore depth and lived. An indentification check re- came "partly in response to Phyllis sensitivity in films, and while there Schlafly, whose pro-family "Eagle was a long dead period for positive MADISON—Last month two wo- vealed that the women were actuality Forum" is attempting to counter womens roles, I see them getting men were spotted outside a UW humanities majors. Apparently they Reagans gender gap. "We feel that stronger too. Theres more ex- classroom in which business classes "just wanted to see what they (busi- once a persons right to choose perimentation at roles reversal." are reportedly conducted. ness students] looked like." gender is established, other rights Larsen refused to discuss im- Campus security sources said the associated with gender—equal pay, plementation of gender freedom into "incongruity" might have been po- But the event clearly will not be marital property reform, etc.—will a political platform. "Thats not my litely ignored, had the women not passed off lightly or forgotten. "Al- naturally follow." department," she said. "I thought been exchanging "blatant glances." though these particular women were The response of party members to you guys were going to figure that Two PRBs (Pre-Business outsiders, it is recognized that the the gender freedom plank has been stuff out." Students) were dispatched to the threat of contamination and a gradu- generally favorable. However, some In fact, no definite plans for im- scene and determined that the situa- al spread of homosexuality is a radical elements have raised the criti- plementation of the gender freedom tion was indeed serious. The women lurking possibility," the security cism that there are no established role plank have materialized. Some mem- allegedly were wearing natural fibers sources said. models for fluid gender identity. In bers of the Democratic Party favor a and otherwise "looked disrepu- To show solidarity with one anoth- response to this criticism, IN! took a simple proclamation approach, while table," according to the security er, business student leaders will stage nostalgic trip through 30s films with others insist that a constitutional sources. a rally on Library Mall November 31. Film Reviews Faye Garcon. "With amendment alone will ensure compli- A report was returned to Head- They plan to "purge in effigy" the some exceptions, I dont remember ance. It has been pointed out that quarters immediately. Within an hour trespassers. much uniqueness about the such an amendment would render the analysts had determined that a major It is requested that all attend as men ... floppy hats and catching ERA obsolete, since freedom of homosexual infiltration was occur- blondes. • Page 2 IN! Si...ember 1983 Wisconsin Records Its First HETS Death

Researchers believe that HETS can By The Butcher be traced to a virus similar to the one that causes homophobia B, a disease now epidemic in the straight com- MILWAUKEE—Wisconsin re- munity. corded its first NETS deaths here in Lesbians and gays can also be October, according to State Epidemi- victims of homophobia B, according ologist Dr. Jiffy Dovish. to Dovish. HETS, or Heterosexual Extra Tes- Dovish said there was no truth to tosterone Syndrome, is a debilitating, rumors that NETS could be transmit- degenerative disease that so far has ted by the homophobia B vaccine. struck large numbers of straight men. Afflicted individuals suffer from gross overproduction of the male sex Gay organizations around the na- hormone testosterone, which leads to tion have expressed concern that extreme emotional instability, a with- bisexual men might spread HETS to ering of sexual organs, and eventually the larger homosexual community. death. "Were seeing in the HETS epidemic the fulfillment of our most horrifying "Its a gruesome way to go," says prophecies," said Joe Gayman, Dovish. Most /JETS patients become spokesperson for the Wisconsin chap- extremely violent and have to be ter of Gays and Lesbians for Life. institutionalized, he said. Dovish refused to comment on "Weve been telling them for year, rumors that Milwaukees first victim that their reckless heterosexuality was was a police officer. deadly dangerous. Now theyre learn- ing the hard way, no pun intended," There is no known cause or cure Cayman said. for HETS, which was first diagnosed Since both HETS and homophobia last year in several members of New B have been linked to nuclear prolif. Yorks Wall Street ghetto. Since then oration, Gayman expressed fear that it has spread like wildfire through the straights "might end up destroying us straight male community. all." • Straights Revolt at Stone Hearth come to raid the bar. Police claimed St., Madison, was taken to Madison Near-east side Ald. Willy Mar By little Orphan Annie they came to the Hearth in response General Hospital after hyperventilat- today asked the Madison Alcohol to complaints from residents of the ing while leading demonstrators in a License and Review Committee to ordinarily quiet gay neighborhood. chorus of "Park Street belongs to the revoke Ismos liquor license. "This MADISON—It has been 10 days The Stone Hearth riots apparently bets! Free Park Street! fair city simply cannot afford to since rioting broke out in the 1W mark the first time that straights have Asked for a statement a few days support Ismos establishment any block of North Park St., but the area challenged the right of police to take after the incident, Delta remarked, longer. The sort of flagrant still resembles a combat zone. The any action they pleased. Brandishing "Like wow, I felt like I was part of heterosexual behavior associated with street is now open to traffic, though beer pitchers and barstools, the mili- something, you know?" the Stone Hearth must be stamped police patrols remain highly visible. tant heterosexuals forced the invad- Stone Hearth owner Mac H. Irmo On the night of October 29, ing officers back into the street. tried to exit through the rear door of heterosexual men and women social- Though both rioters and police his establishment during the riot, but Said Mar, "You wouldnt believe izing at the Stone Hearth, a popular officers reportedly sustained minor was apprehended by two officers as some of the stories the cops told me straight night spot, resisted arrest and injuries, only one patron was hospi- he tried futilely to start his "Rent- about what those freaks were doing rioted, driving off police who had talized. Trixie Delta, 120 Langdon a-Jock" van. Ismo was formally to each other." charged with lewd and lascivious Madison Police Chief Emily Butch behavior and contributing to the was vacationing in New Orleans and delinquency of a minor. unavailable for comment. • Breeder Support Group Forming GREEN BAY—A local heterosex- and raise a family." ual group has announced the forma- Jill pointed a finger at the gay tion of a breeder support group for world in explaining the support people interested in discussing vari- groups popularity. "I think many ous procreative issues. straight people feel put down by Those issues include "when, gays," she said, "and this group— where, how, how often, and with and the Center generally—exists to whom to do it," according to Jack help us find support in one another." Eveready, an avowed heterosexual who is coordinator of the support Jill stressed, however, that the group and co-president of the breeder group would be open to Straight Center. "Its very important supponive lesbians and gays. • that we keep up our resolve to populate this planet," he said. Center Co-President Jill Eveready stressed, however, that "this is not Assaults Stop just some sex club . I think a lot of people have this image of straight STEVENS POINT—The crimes ca groups, and straight people generally, rape and gay-directed assault are a as only being concerned with sex. thing of the past in this central Thats just not true." Wisconsin town, organizers of a The new support group will meet at radical new self-defense group say. least duce times weekly, according to The Womens Truth Squad took to Jack and Jill. "Theres apparently a the streets earlier this year when really burning desire for it," they attacks on women and gays reached said. "We just put up a few flyers in epidemic proportions. According to the local straight bars, and all of a squad coordinator Susan Sharpknife, sudden people are flocking to the "We havent even heard of any Center." verbal harassment in the last couple Jack attributes the strong response of weeks, much less an a actual to "straight peoples need to feel physical assault." affirmed about breeding. Weve all Sharpknifc attributes the groups One applicant for /N!s entertainment editor position finished last in a recent internalized messages from society unprecedented success to its on-the- Marilyn Monroe look-alike contest. "Ya cant get no love for free," she says. that say its not OK to want to breed spot castration of assailants. • IN!

Sick and Tired Editors: lesbian. Im just interested in what I am sick and tired of always having they do ... I mean, think. So I went to read only about lesbians and gays up to the door. It was open a bit. in your paper. I mean, how about Well, did I ever see a wonderful sight! telling us how the other nine-tenths It really goes to show you that if lives? I mean, lots of us straights out people really want to change, they here are suffering because of our will! sexual preference, too. What I saw was two rather unfemi- I think its realty dangerous to be nine looking "women" and two putting our the message that the only unmasculine looking "men" in a newsworthy people arc lesbians and room together! Two of them, one of gays. Im a self-respecting leftist and the "men" and one of the "women" oppose discrimination of any kind, were sitting together on what ap- but I also wish you guys could get on peared to be a love seat! WELL! Now with more important work. I know why they put up the OUT! Name Withheld by Request sign! They just wanted a little priva- Gays Mills cy. But the boss said I had to get my work done, so I walked into the room Slippery Tongues and asked for an interview with the Editors: sex-starved ladies. They told me that they were in the middle of their Ive been around Madison for weekly "staff meeting" (sure, ha, about five years now, and Ive always ha) and asked if they could make an thought that I had a pretty good idea appointment for the near future. One applicant for /Als ad sales position formerly sold used cars in Miami of what goes on in this city. However, Well, I had to go back with at least "Selling ads or selling Buicks, its all the same to me, ya know?" he says. on my most recent visit to the Lesbian something to show the boss, so I Center, I found a very curious sight asked them what they had against old indeed. The door had a sign that said Jim and Ronnie. Their response was a OUT! Well, I couldnt figure out bit surprising. They said that they Nancy Reagan to Wed what those silly girls meant by that! both believed, like Mr. Reagan, that Did they mean that they were OUT! women were an important part of the WASHINGTON, D.C.—Barely The columnist, who asked to re- for a while, or was I to stay OUT!? civilization process, and, like Mr. three months after her divorce from main anonymous, said it was her I must backtrack a little bit here. Watt, they also had "slippery Ronald Reagan was finalized, former considered opinion that "Ronnie also My business at the Center was to tongues" at times. First Lady Nancy Reagan has an- drove Jane over the brink ... I just write an article for the Madison So, dear workers of IN!, I believe nounced her plans to marry Jane hope the girls will finally find happi- Conservative. I wanted to interview that the gays and lesbians of the great Wyman. ness with one another." those ladies to understand what they city of Madison are going straight The announcement came as no had against James "Slippery and conservative, and I believe that surprise to Washington insiders, who Nancy and Jane set the magic date Tongue" Watt, Ronald "Women Are the stubborn ones who intend to had been whispering for years about for June 1984, telling reporters an Important Part of Mankinds remain homosexual are on the way Nancys secret life. "Ronnie drove "theres nothing like a June bride." Civilization" Reagan, and heterosex- back IN! the closet, where they her to it, I just know he did," said a "We just hope the world doesnt ual men in general. belong. gossip columnist for Gyn/Commu- blow -up before then," they said. Anyway back to the story. I just Miss Alice "Liver Lips" Right nisi News, a popular East Coast Ronnie could not be reached for want to make it .tear that I am not a ison lesbian scandal sheet. comment. •

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You undoubtedly know someone whos had it. The "bad later become infected. Thats one major reason why many feel the homophobia" that can keep you in bed for weeks and out of a job for world will blow up within their lifetimes. months—tha: can cause lifelong disability and even death from anal How can you tell whos a carrier? You probably cant. Most carriers retention or "breeders cancer." Where do you get it? From people seem to be perfectly healthy, and many are themselves unaware that who have become carriers of the virus. Today, it is estimated that at they harbor the virus. least one million straight men in Wisconsin alone are carriers of the Once you gel homophobia B, theres no specific treatment for it. homophobia B virus and spread the infection through their violent But now theres something you can do to help protect yourself. attempts at intimacy. More than half of all straight men will sooner or

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June Millington: "I am mV politics. Im a Third World, gay woman. I was playing electric guitar. back in the early 60s when no one thought it should be Shes Hot, No Doubt About It done. What more can I say?" Millington is "totally upfront" By Sherri Wilder about her sexuality. She doesnt forcefully make it an issue in her music, however, because "I feel it June Millington is, according to limits human beings" to attach verbal one account, the "most versatile labels to themselves. woman musician on the rod, scene She writes all her own music, but today.• says she never knows where a song She has also been hailed as "one of will go when she begins to write. "Its the hottest female guitarists in the very interesting to me. Im surprised industry." After hearing her mu- by the universe." sic—she played in Madison recent- When shes not working, she ly—there is no doubt how hot she is. spends a lot of time meditating. She And after talking with her, there is no has a meditation teacher, " a very question about her versatility. fine teacher, named Ruth Dennison, Aside from her talents as songwrit- in Berkeley," where Millington has er, performer and producer, Milling- lived for the past year and a half. ton is also a warm and complex It could be the discipline she re- W0171a11. ceives from meditating that gives She was born in the Philippines and June her "ability to focus on the moved to California with her family moment, so I dont feel what I do is in 1961. She and her sister Jean work. Its play." founded the all-woman rock-and-roll June and Jean are on tour together bands The Svclts and Wild Honey. to promote Running, the first album In 1969, they were signed on by on Junes own label. Fabulous Re- producer Richard Perry and Warner cords was formed to give "me com- Bros. They became the group Fanny. plete control over my product," June Fanny was the first nationally says. successful all-woman rock band. The Their audiences are usually a mix group recorded four albums before of women and men, white and non- June left in 1973 to concentrate on white. June doesnt find too much her writing and spiritual growth. difference in listeners around the She moved to Woodstock, NY, country, though "I like Southern where she says she felt at home for women—theyre very strong, and the first time in her life. looser than Northern women." "I felt I had been an Indian there in June Millington is making some some previous life," she says. "So waves with her music—partly because Good To Be Home," from her Ladies "I hate to be bored," she says. But on the Stage album, is about this mostly because she is a woman with a period. lot of energy and even more talent. Jeer. and June Millington June Millington describes herself as Running can be ordered before it a feminist, a lesbian and a Buddhist. "I am my politics. Im a Third World, gay hits the stores my mailing 58.50 When asked about her politics, she (includes tax and postage) to, Fabu- becomes a little frustrated at what woman. I was playing electric guitar back in the lous Records, 48 Shattuck Square, seems so obvious to her. early 60s . . . " Suite 36, Berkeley, CA 94704. •

Experience Theater: BWMT to Convene Familiar and Profound MILWAUKEE—The Midwest Re- "We need to talk about what we should do to prepare ourselves for MILWAUKEE—On the heels of a Lady Brights Leslie is recognizable gional Conference of the gay interra- provocative staging in Madison, play- frantic, fanatical people." as a stereotype—effeminate, promisc- cial organization Black and White wright Robert Patricks work comes Not only do we need to know "how uous, haughty—but nevertheless Men Together will convene here to this city in November. The Experi- comes through clearly as an individu- November 4-6 at Century Hall on the to deal with our enemy," Hess says lesbians and gays must be "geared ence Theatre Company will present al aging and terrified of death. In citys east side. T-Shirts up" for challenging homophobia and Patricks T-Shirts in a double bill too we see the familiar— with Lanford Wilsons The Madness love, sex and drugs—but gayness here That same weekend, the Mil- racism when working in coalitions. The weekend also promises a slate of Lady Bright through mid-Novem- is not a problem, only a given. waukee chapter of BWMT, which is ber at Century Hall. - sponsoring the conference, will cele- of workshops on Saturday, an Ex- perience Theatre performance Satur- The plays contrast sharply, with The Experience Theatre Comp- brate its third anniversary. Organiz- Lady Bright day night, and a talk by white gay looking at a disintegrat- anys double bill plays November 3-5 ers have been working for weeks to ing middle-aged queen in the early make the event a special one; as they activist Leon Rouse on Sunday. Plus, and 10-12 at Century Hall, 2340 N. of course, there will be plenty of time 1960s and T-Shirts studying main- Farwell, with all shows at 8 p.m. put it, they hake a reputation for stream gay life in the late 1970s. Yet hospitality to live up to. for socializing and partying. Tickets arc 55 in advance and 56 at The advance registration deadline both transcend sexuality as theme. the door. For more information, call The keynote speaker foi the con- has already passed, but you .n still And, they are profound and outra- 963-9411 days and 963-8933 after 6 ference, a noted local black gay show up on Saturday, November 5 at geously funny., P . m .• psychotherapist, will discuss "The II a.m. at Century Hall, 2340 N. Psychology of the Haters." As Farwell. Non-BWMT members am BWMT member Alyn Hess puts it, welcome. •

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