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FREE! Serving Lesbians, Gay Men, and Their Friends in the Redwood Empire December 1988 Vol. I No. 8

Vets Honored in Guerneville AIDS Quilt Returns Marine to%F: Jailed for Will Visit Lesbianism Santa Rosa

CCORDING TO A U.S. Navy by Pamela CanyonRtvers______- report, kept seerfetseem sincesine 1956, t h ^ is no basis for the policy N DEC. 14 AND 15 the Names that bars lesbians and gay men Project Quilt, honoring the lives from serving in the armed forces, but three and memories of over 9,000 women marines. Corporal Barbara Baum, people who have died firom AIDS SergeantA Cheryl Jameson, and Sergeant comes home fo the San Francisco Moscone Glenda Jones, are sitting in the brig at Quan- OCenter after a nation-wide tour. It will then tico, V A, because the Uniform Code of Mili­ be displayed at the Santa Rosa Fairgrounds on tary Justice still maintains that homosexual­ Febqiary4and5.Local Face to Face advocate ity is a Felony. and fundraiser, Rick Dean notes that in the An investigation that began last Febru­ wake of the quUt’s travels, the number of vol­ ary atPairis Island, South Carolina, where all unteers and donors, as well as awareness of women marines receive basic training, has the scope c i diis pandemic markedly in- d e s tr o ^ the military career of 16 women, including the tbiee currently incaiocraled at Dean believes that “ for many viewers, Quantico. They have been charged variously the Names Project Quilt provides a first-time with “sodomy", ‘Tratemization”, and “en­ exposure to the devastation the disease and FLAG donated by gaging in indecent acts”. AN AMERICAN to the subsequent education r^arding its ~ Vats CJLR.E. and presented to curtailment” AIDS organizations across the Susan Masling, a civilian counsel for the town of GuemevHle high­ nation believe this increased awareness of the Barbara Baum, believes that Baum and lighted a Veterans Day ceremony Jameson, the first women to be investigated, held in GuemevNie, Saturday gravi^ of our nation’s need to mobilize re­ were Court Martialed to provide an example Nov. 12. sources to cope with the disease brings to the others. She also said that some of the The ceremony was attended financial and medical solutions closer. women under investigation “^^^t out and got by 75 people who gathered to Initially, the Names Project Quilt grew pregnant" so they could receiWa^discharge honor all veterans and especially out of indivUhial and community need to the memory of Leonard Madovich, remember and commemorate the lives of' and avoid a court martial Staff Sergeant a '^ay American hero* and a resi­ Bonnie FergusoriT^eson’s ex-lover was dent of GuemeviBe. The new flag those who died. As deaths increased and honorably dischargra after testifying against is set to fly from the flag pole panels continued to appear, the idea of creat­ Jameson and allegedly supplying the investi­ erected by Matlovich many years ing m<^.an«ng and power out of despair and gators with the names of ^ women through­ ago in front of his business, now loss, began to emerge. The gay community, out the Marine Corps. tlw Russian River Video Store. whose losses have been severe during the Guest speakers at the event early stages of the pandemic, were the first to included Sonoma County Super­ recognize that eradicating the denial and fear he investigators tactics have visor Ernie Carpenter and Carol been called into question by Owens, a Korean era veteran, around the disease was the first step toward some of the women involved. who was given an ‘outstanding realizing and achieving any sound program of Recanting her testimony against citizen award* by Vets C.AR.E. mobilzation. Sergeant Mary Kile, Navy Pettyfor Officer her work with people with "The degree of personal involvement and TTerry Knox said that during her eight hour AIDS as founder and director of worir required to educate, raire conscious­ Face to Face, the Sonqma County interrogation by the Naval ‘Investigative ness and money, while simultaneously creat­ AIDS Network. ing and running support services for those Service she was denied legal counsel and The moving ceremony in­ afflicted is phenomenal,” says Face to Face threatened with incarceration and the loss of cluded the participation of the "O- custody of her child. Other women claim Reverend Jack Isbell of the Rus­ Executive Direcuv, Sharon Thomas. AIDS their testimony was “twisted” or that whole sian River Metropolitan Commu­ paragraphs were added to their statements.. nity Church and Chuck Schoen of Vets C.AR.E. who emphasized "For many viewers, After bearing witness in behalf of Ser­ the contribution of all veterans by the Names Project geant Jameson, two drill sergeants were re­ saying; “Because of their sacri­ lieved of their duties and reassigned to office fices we can freely assemble here 'Quilt provides a first- jobs. The reassignment of the two drill ser­ this morning. Because of our vet­ time exposure to the geants has had a chilling effect on the women erans we can choose to wear a at Parris Island. CapL Laura Hinkley who is pink triangle on our lapel and no* devastation of being honorably discharged after investiga­ be forced to wear one in a ooncen- the disease" tors failed to turn up an evidence of homosex­ tratioh camp...* JANET ZAGORlA/PHOTCXSENICa | ual behavior, says, “the women are scared to Education demonstrates that success in the death to testify fears for Federal “lesbians.” (Is it validating to be a “line-iiem” on the state pose of the pasL Women were kept at home, controiled and rqjpointments, in addition to selling us out to the USSR, Ten years ago Brown Bag Readers Theatre Collective budga even when the amount is only able to serve a fw living captive by culture. Men on the otha hand, could move about fashion-wise. Only days after Gov. Deukmejian endorsed the was founded by a groiq> of local lesbians who put out a call to Tlie Douglas Fir family starts a new holiday tradition rooms full of lesbians?) freely, could earn their own living in die world and pretty medically unsound Proposition K)2, Bush aruioutKed that artists and musicians involved in recovery from akoha, The proposal outlined an educational readers theatre much do as they pleased. So any daring woman who refused DeukwillprobablybecomeaSupremeCouttJustice. Notbad drugs and co-dependency. Over the years, various collective members of Brown Bag have shared their recovery experi- prograih that would “make contaa with Lesbians in rural such confinements almost had to pass as a man to escape. And for siding with the lunatic right and the insurance industry outreach, share the experience and strength and hope that eiKe with audiences in the rural lesbian community who, like in orda to protect herself from the unwanted attentions of against the California Medical Association. Also on the recovery provides, and provide role models for recovery and prestigious list is California Congressman Bob “J^-tt>-tbe- Brown Bag Readers, are committed to a life long prqt^ss of ■ men, what better camouflage than to hide among thqm? Editorial personal growth and healing. clean a ^ sobeereenaition within the lesbian Community. “ T^en the 60’s came along, blowing the hell out of a whole Camps” Doman, of beautiful Garden Grove, who aims to be The idea was bought by six Bay Area Counties who contracted Scripts for BBRT are not acted, but read as a series of lot of the predominant culture’s coiiventions, especially with this country’s Drug Czar. Under his helm we can look with Brown Bag as a service provider. The $7500 pilot grant, forward to mtue drug testing and a general disregard for civil stories presenting a montage of images, feelings and experi­ .the so-called sexual revolution. And part of the fall-out from Back to the paper, let’s go a step forward firom here and first awarded in 1986 covers tran^xuiation and production rights. Perhaps we’ll be hearing mote from his homophobic. ences. In traditional theatre, scripts are written by one autlKH' that was a blurring of the distinction between 'outch and Our First Six Months put the burden on you. What do you want to see in Uu&paper? costs only to service previously delineated programs and asso­ wife, Sally, who recently uttered, “Shut up, fag”, at a tally of and performed by actors who attempt bring the story plot and femme in the lesbian worid. Next came the feminist move- We The People has been in publication now for six Ihearaboutwhatyoucus. In BBRT, menL when a lot of women came outas lesbians for'social and months. Most of the feedback we get is that it is a great paper want? LetusatWeThePec^le know and we will try to make Napa, Solano, Santa Clara, Alameda, and Sonoma. from a Federal appointment, but not for George. Athousand scripts are often written and read by more than one person in pOitical reasons. These women had no knowledge or experi­ and so needed for our community. The only criticism we get this paper exactly what you want Call Jerry at 52^7464 ' Grant criteria involves the provisioif of two to four per­ points of light over a kinder, gentler tution. recovery, the power and truth of the piece reflected in the ence of the old fashionol labian pulture, and they forged is that it sems to be weighted a bit heavy on the politica^ide. While we’re on this,We The People has needs also. We formances and/or workshops each year per county to specific collective experience. ahead creating their own. “We’re women-loving women,” iter fare. I’ve been meaning to break Sonoma Which I happen to agree with and I u ^ t to address this issue. need about three more folks who can write articles and do county chosen populations serving lesbians in recovery. The . In sharing recovery experiences from addictive sub­ they said, atxl “we have no need to copy heterosexual roles.” County’s secret: Petaluma. This big-little city has When the paper started it was and is put together by a interviews. We need a person or two who can proof read for stances eachmonth, and someone tive empowerment arises out of the communication process coniraa fulfillment. Brown Bag orilective members say since But the real butch/femme balance was more than mimic conscience. But what I have to say \^ptobiti>iy notlocal appear community news and political issues tW are of concern whocangiveadayamonthdoin^^istiibution. Thoseareour- previously clouded by denial and doubt One collective L behavior. It was a delicate dance with strictly defined move­ the grant work began, they “have reached more straight in any Chamber of Commerce brochures: Petaluma has the to us. Personally I feel that we have kept that balance fairly needs. Ifyouhavetimebutthinkyoudon’thavelhesldllswe member describes this as” breaking out of the isolation service providers afflicted with homophobia than anticipated, ments, and it is poignant to rememba. A whole culture has outsuuiding distinction of truce good-looking men per capita well considering these two things. are lotting for, you are probably wrong aitd may be just who inherent in both the addictive disease and lesbian subculture, and believe the wmkshop on homophobia is a strong point of nearly disappeared, which is unfortunate, because it was a link than any other place in this couiuy. (Sorry Guemeville, but Hrst, this was an election year (and I am sd glad it is over) we are looking for. If you are unsure about writing and and coming to a place of p e ^ and hope.” Feathertown, beats your pants off.) As I am a keen observer and there were a lot of issu$a-that involved us as gay people. reporting but would like to give it a try, can anyway. You may ' Pcrfonheis are both” changcag«its” and “recipients in­ their w(Hk on behalf of the lesbian'community.’’' ' to our own heritage. ^ The collective says that the grant eliminated the con­ of such things for many years, please consider me an expert Secondly, by nature of just being gay petóle, we are in the find rm exciting experience awaits you. What we need are volved in cultural exchange.” There, is a clear purpose, defi- Butches in the 40’s and SO’s often wore men’s pants and straints of continual fundraising and has enabled them group What could be the happy cause for this new-reputation? No political arena like it or not Until our civil rights are legally people who are willing to make a commitment So Volunteer _jHtion and target population in the conununity to whom they shoes and cut their hair like men; sometimes “drag butches” . doubt in my mind it is due to the large number of Uue-coUar granted us and we can be out of the closet without fear of and get invtdved with We The People call Jerry 526-7464. perform. The stories are not merely entertaining,'because the to reach an entirely new- population and ^.confront their actually passed for men out in the world. A “stone butch” was sexual orientation in heterosexual environments. “We may employmentoppoitunities for healthy young men rightoff the prejudice (including issues like job promotions, housing, legal One last thing we need are advertisers. If you can or meaning and understanding evoked by this unique commu­ one who would neva allow h a partna to make love to ha. have pulled back frraii our direct outreach to lesbians, but we farms. For editorial balance, I invite the female experts to partnerships, etc.0 we will be political people. Wearelooking know someone who can advertise in We The People encour­ nication process raises the consciousness and spirits of their Some were “ki-ki”—that is, they could go eith a butch or have created a high grade homophobia workshop that func­ offer us their findings in the field as well. at a long process here. The issue here is that we are and will age them to do so or let me know. audiences. In this n sp ect the Brown Bag Readers Theatre femme—but until the 70’s and 80’s, such behavior was tions as a successful nuxld for recovery programs.” I want to wish you the best in the New Year. I’veenjoyed be a political community and we have little choice about it —Jerry Noakes Collective is deeply invcdved in what they term “Educational frowned on, and most butches were “strict butches,” in that Previous to receiving the grant. Brown Bag divided their writing this column for you. Oru last thing, if you need a Theatre." they maintained the more “masculine" aggressive role in all time between fundraisiitg within the communiqr and outreach resolution, how about pledging yourself to support, through It is from this place of healing and commitment that their relationships. performances to the rural lesbian community in the county. volunteer action, one of tlu many organizations that support BBRT submitted a grant two years ago to the Stale of .They w oe the front line (still are, actually), the visible Letters “We perform in living rooms, for youth groups, in theatre you? )ust pick one, (Face to Face, Vet’s CARE, Sonoma (Olifoniia Alcohol and Recovery Program via tte Sonoma ^ g e of our otherwise invisible world, who often took the projects, in bars, on street coiners and for professional staff County AIDS Project; We The People, Women’s Voices, just county Public Health Department, under the line item of brunt of society’s condemnation. They were the ones who got counter. He rqjeatedly told me to stop staring at him. I tried working within recovery programs.” some ideas,) and ask to help out just for one day. You’ll be beat up, shouted at. rousted by the cops and generally harassed able to count yourself in as part of the solutioni Like KPFA , to explain to him that I wasn’t looking at him. However, he by men on the streets. says, if you don’t like the news go out and make some of your became verbally abusive. He repeatedly called me a faggot Fonmes, on the o th a hand, played a more passive, own! verbally threatened me, and repeatedly asked me to step outside. . traditional female role. They could pass for straighL often , At this time, another staff member was cm the other side BALDWIN PIANOS leaifrng double lives on the job and with hetero friends, hiding of the counter. He was 30ish with brown hair. I told him that O a l d w i n their butch lovers. Men harassed a femme by conung on to ha , VUSIC UrciNTEh Letters I was shocked that this type of behavior was allowed by an em­ We the People is published by the Noithem California telling h a she didn’t know what she was missing. And to ployee. The blonde youth replied that he was off the clock and Gay Media Project, a collective of lesbians and gay men. and preserve h a doubje life, she often dated mien. is being produced to serve the lesbum andgay coinmuitity of YOUNG CHANG PIANOS Open Letter to Jirks Pizza thathewasfreetodoandsayashechose. ThemanontheJbther SALES. RENTALS In the protected, closed circle of lesbian society, the Sonoma Counqr and the Redwood Empire pnyidmg forum 4. WeThePoq^le: , side of the counter shrugged his shoulders and agreed. 1 for infoimation, oommtmication. community buikiing, public butches and the fenuries were free to enjoy their respective. Enclosed is a l^ter I sent to Jirk’s Pizza in Guerneville. ixMnted out that this rudeness was also stated while the youth consciousness raising, netwoiking, access to reaonices, dteex- NEW ANO USED roles with abandon. On the negative side, life sometimes ploratkm lesbian and gay cultural history and for the repott­ Ca. regarding an incident that occurred at their establishment wia on the working side of the counter while serving a WURLITZER PIANOS seemed desperate—perhaps primarily because alcohol abuse customer who had asked for more water. No comment was ing of the newt in a forthright manner. was so pro^enL The spectacle of a drunken femme flirting I have not heard back from them. « We the Pet^e welcomes conlributiant ai news aitides I am aisking that you publish this letter in your Letters to made about this. aitd featwM and seeks die participation of leriiians and gay with everyone (male or female) in the bar was as common as On Monday, September 5 ,1 ^ , I called the Sonoma , men interested in its publicatian. Articles should be limited to WE BUY PIANOS the verbally or physically abusive drunken butch. the Editor sdetion to warn the gay and lesbian community of TECHNICS ORGANS a hostile environment and to withhold their business. County Conununity United Against Violence and fried a 500 words, with suggested editing for length if needed. The That part was not pretty. But in the household of two Thank you for your help in this matter. grievance. Abo, 1 am sending it copy of tius letter to the copy deadline it the 12th of the monih before the issue. Include women, with the world Iwked outside the door, the gentleness Russian River Business Association. yooriiame,addieM and telephone number. Contribntioiisnuy Owrter/Manager o f Jirk’s Pizza: be tent to: We the People, P.O. Box 2204, SmU Rosa. Calif. between them could fkxiiidi, and there has nevabeen anyone On Sunday, September 4,1988. a friend and I were seated . I frilly expea a written response and account of action 95405. Telqthone (707) 526-7464. Snbtcrq)tioiit/$12 per as tenda as an attentive butch. taken by September30,1988. FaUuretodesowillresultinmy BALDWIN ORGANS at the counter of your establishment around 9 PM. Wewere year, call (707) 526-7464. Today, as I said, the distmetions have Uurred. Yet there soiding copies of tlus letter to local Gty agencies and Gay initially very iriiocked by the rude behavior of one of your Tint issue was put together by. Pamda Canyonriveri, (Home & Chruch) ( . M in H M Ht M s \M \ KO''A • » t is a certain something in any lerinao coiqjle which defines one publications that serve the Russian River area. • Julia Elliott, Robin OaU, Sandy LoWe, Kris Mazure, Jim employees. L did not leam his name. Ifowever, he was a as butch and the o d ia femme. Some SD’s Dykes may have I look forward to your prompt response. Mdanson, Jaye Miller, Mdrin Muller, Jeny Noakes, Lois bkmde, 18 year.old'youtli. musciilar build, with a comb in his Pearhnan, Patrick Satterthwaite, Bill Shelley, D i^ Shippam, trouUe accqtting diat, but if they ace willing to see butch/ — Tom Rust hip pocket When we noted his rode bdiavior, he began Sue Siagni^ Che^l Traendly, Nick Va|eatiw, Marit Watt. BALDWIN FLOOR CLOCKS femme as complimentary aspects of behavior ratha than Oakland Janet Zagoria ’ mumbling to himaeif and repeatedly cdled us faggots. ------heterosexual “trolea,” then it t o just fine. * Awhikbaerlrewasacii^twoseafBaw^finmmeatthe CIrcabtioB 5,000 New Drugs & HIV epidemiological studies show that, left untreated, HIV infec­ Dip Me in Honey_Satisfies Sweet Tooth tion becomes AIDS or ARC within 7 years in 78 percent of Bydhw Mlancon the peo^e studied. By Lois PeaiUnan Of course, the first step for anyone who suspects he ot The SonomnCfiiiniv AID.S Alternative Healing Support----- she-may.b® infected is to tike the HTV antibody test Since ~ Gmiip presentwLa^ Pmjpri JnftTriff Prty^itinh 109 w m defeated in the recent election, ntiong It’s difficult to write critically about the lesbian musical one’s anonymity by taking the lesL at Ic^t in Califomia, is Junior College’s Newman Auditmium Sunday evening, comedy Dip Me in Honey which premiered at SSU in Octo­ not an excuse; free, anonymous testing is available at most November 6 . Joseph Brewer, co-founder with Martin De­ ber. because I was so swept away in gales of laughter that I county public health dqMulnients throu^out the state. missed many of the details. Whilesomeoflheactingfellsfaort laney ofProjcct Inform,spoke knowledgeably on HIV infec­ If someone receives a positive result to the HTV antib^y of believability and the voices e^tecially that of Eris Weaver tion treatment measures and answered q u ^ o n s from a test, meaning he a she has been exposed to the virus. Project who played the leading role of Mary were sometinies inade­ responsive audience of a hundred men and women. Inform recommends asecond step: to start antiviral treatment quate for expressing the full emotional value of the songs, the . In 198S Brewer and Delaney founded Project Inform in immediately. This is comparable to using an antibiotic to cast was so hard working and enthusiastic that they received San Francisco “to goad the medical establishment into fight a bacterial infectioa Three anti-viials are licensed in the U.S.: AZT, Acyclovir, and ribaviian. Evident^ exists to a well deserved standing ovation at the end of the p ^ o rm - moving faster than it was moving” in its AIDS research, and to be an information resource for patients and physicians on suggest that these drugs slow, hak, a kill the virus, HIV, CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY ance. preventing it from further damaging the immuiM and central Working with a group of mostly inexperienced perform­ anti-viral and immune system modulation treatments. The wtxk of Project Inform has expanded to require the assistance nervous systems. Rosenfeld to Join Marin ers, playwright-director Tamara Kestrer produced a solid Is there a way to detennine what damage might already of some 40 active volunteers; the organization answers two evening of entertainment that kept a theamfiil of lesbians on have been done to one’s immune system? If there are AIDS Group the edge.of their seats, hanging on every word and every tdephone hotlines handling live thousand calls a month and physical symptoms such as chronically swt^en lym{A ZalrnaoRosenfeld. a ro d en t of Petaluma f a two_ycars, and nuance. .The audience seemed to iden^w ith and feel fHlhtg over two thousand request&moBtltiy focdrog informa- glands. KS lesions, or thrush, then no further evidence of formerly of Sebastopol, has accepted a postion with the validated by what they saw on stage. Who could watch Mary tion. damage need by required. But in the absence of those kinds Marin AIDS Support Network (M ^ N ) in San Rafad as an and her soon-to-be lover Lil fumUing to make aconnectioa Nouaawiau/«Currently, the motivating face behind w v — Project Inform — — —is qof j SympiUlllSysymptoms, lab UlU 9UIU1TOstudies Wof blood oiMajoa^janalysis—particularly AIDS Educator. In his new position as a Community Health without recalling similar moments from their own lives? the belief that “we do Imow enough to work with HTV monitoing the T-4 helper cell count and the presence of p-24 disease.” InformatiaiontreatmentsisavailaWetohelpthose- antigen and beta-2 microglobulin—^will provide proof of a Outreach Woricer, his w o k will be in outreach and education Based on Tamara’s personal coming out experience infected with HTV reach “toward the goal of maintaining compromised nra «mdederoded immune svstem.system. to gay and bisexual men as a potentially at-risk and infected within the Sonoma County Women’s Community.f>fp Afe in Readings on these Mood markers will yield the data Honey tells thestoryofagroupoflesbians struggling to retain health and qutiityjiflife and avoiding opportunistic infec­ commiuiity in Marin County. His initial efforts win be in needed to help one decide whether to i^ e e d to step three: assessing the community structure and its needs in relation to the Moonrise Cafe, a women’s coffee house called Natalie’s tions.” says BrewCT. This is done by offering suggestions o i 0 ) monitoring the immune system and effectiveness of to fortify one’s immune system with immune modulators. the HTV epidemic and devise the best ways to communicate in display. Into this frantic scene pops Mary, the perennial Project Inform recommends that if T-ccU count falls under medicines and (2) mounting a campaign based on anti-viral with, educate and support its members. ex-housewife looking for “true love and the ideal commu­ Cast members included: Nancy Midialos, Amta Bardin, 500 on two tests, a if it shows a decline to w ^ 500 in and immuiK system modulating medicines. The ourtieach will be of a general nature to reach across all nity”. In the SSU performance theline between art and reality Kate Ryan, Ten Balkum, Lisa Glover, Kerry Blume, Julia a benefit for repeated quarterly tests, then it’s time to begin imjnune blurred as we watched women from otv cofrimunity enacting Early intervention appears to be key to the success of this modulator therapy. Drugs for this kind of therapy include segments of the population mix in Marin County and to EUioL Karen Flesch, E l ^ Z. Rosenbaum, Teresa Van We the People contact all those who might be affected. There is outreach in personalities and events from the life of our community. treatment pattern. Ifene^s immune ^stem has been signifi­ AittabusaTITC./DNCB, Isoprinosine, and .Naltexone Vianken. and Maddy lErschfreld. cantly damaged by the viius, efforts to rebuild it often fail. MASN specific to the Black and Latino populations as well, Among the performers Anita G. Bardin was eqiecially Diip A/e in Woney was a satisfying neat—a comic psy- (Trexan). and education is provided to schools, healdi care providers, delightful as Marty, an old-fashioned butch, while one here other than the bars?” The sad truth is the Gm involved in the fun and activities you enjoy and get a Monday, December 5,1988 answerisbleak. It’seitherthebars.anAIDSgrouporal2step chance to meet the rest of our community. 7-30PM HAPPY HOLIDAYS ! from (& program. Forthewomenitsalittlebctierbutnotmuch. There Ml names and addresses will be completely cotfidential. No one will have access to this list. Santa Rosa Senior Center is an occasional dance or a wom^i’s event at the River and 704 Bennett Valley Road at Santa Rosa Avenue Guernevi lie’s ^ ------rtairiJght does have severals things happening each week Santa Rosa (see the calendar section) but that’s about iL Lesbian & Gay Businesses We have worked long and hard these last few years The SodaHlieChlb sounds $2-55 doiuitipn dealing with AIDS and politics, and it is time to put some fun I nlenestIng. ______No one turned away and life back into our community. Jerry Noekes is in the Please send ae the questionnaire Antiques • Collectibles • Furniture • Gifts Jt-X process of organizing a social life club for the gay and lesbian I haue enc I osed a se I f-addressed Art • Jewelry • Pottery comnumity in Sonoma County. This is not just a singles dating club, though you may meet that special person; it is a stanped enue I ope. 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LESBIAtLANa GAY YOUTH: By Jay Smith of them had died. Ifthcre was any chance I could help, it would make me feel better about my being in the world. ~Th£ following artirU wax writnn fnr a recent ixxu^ n f th* — An examination of local agencies turned up few job op- EST INVISIBLE MINORITY Special Libraries Association Bulletin (SJ^. Bay Region portunities: most were for social workers or medical techni­ By_pamela CanyonRivers become igimary~'ntpycts and shakers, talking to schooL Chapter) which I have in the past helped edit and produce. I cians. But I soon found myself in the right place, at the right boards, princii^es and teachers.” wanted to explcun my low visibility on the library scene lately time, to help launch a gay newspaper. We The People, and Co-founder of BANGLE (difi^y Area Network of Gay Birle claims the demystification of homosexuality with but let people know that I had come as close as I ever have to write about the subject We were a passionate but practical I and Lesbian Educators,) Cotiro Costa high school teacher, the substitution of facts is necessary to remove the strong finding my true vocation in my work on We The People. I’ll group of men and women, academics, writers, community or­ Robert Birle, told a recent meeting of the Sonoma County charge the subject carries. When asked by his students if he is continue to contribute as one o f your foreign correspondents ganizers, newspaper people, creating a place for a political chapter that he had committed his time and energy to the youth married, he tells them he married in Washington at the Na­ as time permits. viewpoint that would never make the pages of The Press population because he “didn’t want another generation to go tional Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights March last October. Democrat We wanted to support a community that was beset through the negativity he had experienced as an adolescent” A year or so ago, joining the ranks of the unemployed after with AIDS, intolerance, and the threat of arepressive initiative After sharing his own adolescent experience as a gay young a stint at Sonoma State University, my life went on hold. Not in November. man, he claimed gay and lesbian youth are “robbed their You see these "gay books" that I minded the hours all that much. It was a beautiful There was plenty to do. I wrote articles, proofread sub­ youth.” Birle characterized gay arid lesbian youth as “isolated, in the libraries - their pages are summer in Sonoma County. I had time to think and was missions and word-processed documents, learned enough of alienated from their peers, victims of self:;£S1Eem and self- dirty and torn, but the librarian inclined to view the situation as a somewhat vexatious inter­ PageMaker to assist in the Macintosh part of production, and I hatb^ functioning with little reinforcement or validation.” lude. Money was not a problem at first but my plans to buy a editorialized. Managing editorsh^jnssed to me during one He noted that many student teachers continue to train in says the books never get house and settle down seemed farther and farther away as the firantic month of twelve-hour days when I lost weight peering environments, citing Bay Area coUegestand checked out. months went by. into the video screen and rounding up late articles and ad copy. I universities, among them San Francisco State University, No, the'real problem with unemployment is finding some I went to print shops and cut and pasted till I was sick. But I located in the heart of the gay stronghold of San Francisco, as direction. Between spates of resume preparation and inter­ loved it unresponsive to homophobia in theclassroom. “These student “I have the same rights as everyone else, and I will not views, there were long stretches when I took walks or stared My personal experience led me to start writing articles teachers become teachers who insure the continuation of censor myself simply because they will react to me. It’s at the four walls considering alternative careers —gas-station about AIDS information agencies. Sadly there are by now so homophobia in the classroom because they have no informa­ important to establish situations where we’re affirmed for our cleridng, truck driving, selling my body—or wondering many of them, and they are so busy, that they are scarcely tion about people who are gay.” He said many teachers are everyday lives. It is professionally defensible to be a real whether I shouldn’t justacceptmy grandmother’s entreaties to aware of each other. The only way the various services can either unaware of the gay students in their classrooms or failed person and share who you are. It is unfair that gay teachers are comestay fora while. Many avenues seemed cut off: travel, connect is at conferences. I covered on of these in San to address gay and lesbian “put-downs” as they might any expected to be unreal and dishonest I function like everyone for instance, meant hassles with unemployment checks or Francisco in July and was thrilled to be there wearing a green other expression of intolerance or discrimination, because else. This news is not that I’m functioning openly. The news possibly missing the chance for an interview. It became hard " ^ b o n labeled PRESS. I’m aiming now for the 5th Intema- I they feared they would be charged with “being gay,” or of is that nobody else is.” to make any move at all, mentally or physically. Even while tional Conference on AIDS in Montreal next summer. “contkviing homosexuality in the classroom... Whenji teacher Birle said homophobia has to be addressed in the class­ rediscovering how marvelous it is to cook or garden or go to - Now that I’m back at work, things are different—or I calls attention to a racial slur toward Blacks, does this insinu­ room if support for and validation of gay and lesbian youth is the public library, I was having a hard time focusing because maybe I should say, things will never be the same. Had I not PHOTO BY JANET ZAGORIAd>HOTOGENICS ate the teacher is Black?” to become a reality. “Little has changed in today’s classrooms. all this was only “tempmary.” had the time to be unemployed, I would never have gotten Birle noted the high iiKidence of drop-out, drug abuse These kids fear peer rejection, rejectidirby their parents and Finally I took a friend’s advice and invested in a job involved, found the energy, had the sheer audacity to start a Lesbian Caregivers Plan Progressive Coalition they are unsupported by school teachers. They are the most counselor, a man who helped me look at my skills and see (that project I knew I could never finish. It all worked out, you see, invisible minority in our country.” what I had done with my life so far was only one path.) What although I still don’t quite know where the path I’ve taken is AIDS Conference On Saturday, November 12, at the Friends Common When a teacher calls attention Meeting the needs of gay and lesbian youth involves were my other paths? One, I decided, was AIDS research. I leading me. Room in Santa Rosa a group of political activists met to reflect raising the veil from homosexuality, demystifying and substi­ A Conference entitled “L e s b ^ Caregivers and the AIDS to a racial slur toward Blacks, had friends who wefe^iagnosed with AIDS and ARC,andone on the recent election and to consider forming a coalition to tuting facts about the everyday lives and reality of gay pecqile. Epidemic’is being organized fo f^u ary of1989. The confer­ select a {»ogressive candidate for the House of Representa­ does this insinuate the It requires establishing a quotient of tolerance and respect for ence will be held at the Seven H ills Conference Center at San tives in 1990. Participants represented several interest groups differences and an ^ipreciation of the uniqueness of individu­ Youth Counseling Francisco State University from 6:30 pjn. on Riday, January including the lesbian/gay community. teacher is Black? als. To this effect BANGLE is preparing letters of introduc­ Under Attack You, Trees and AIDS 20th, to 5KX) p.m. on Saturday, January 2IsL Many expressed a desire to work towards filming an on­ tion to school district superintendents and principles through­ This event will address the qiecial issues and concerns of going coalition between the various communities to siqqrort out Sonoma County. San Jose State curriculum material, AssemblymanPhil Wyman of the 34ih Assembly District The tree in your home is an important part of your lesbian caregivers, wtaking both professionally and non- each other in the coming years uruler yet another Rqiublician and suicide among gay and lesbian youth and said that because which addresses homosexuality as a variant sexual orienta­ will introduce a bill on December Sth to “prohibit public holidays... it can also be a caring contribution to children in professionally with People with AIDS. The conference will administration. Another meeting will be held January 7 to gay and lesbian youth are such an invisible minority, the tion, will be used to bring homophobia and curriculum schools... from imt^emeoting or continuing a program that by need. feabrre woritshops, entertainment, qieakers, and a chance to plan for a regional meeting in Mendocino County. causes of their distress often are unknown. Concerned with wotkshtq» to Sonoma County schools. design or effect encourages homosexuality as a viable life Get a premium quality, moderately priced, $15.50 - relax and socialize with each oth^. All interested groups and individuals are encouraged to these invisible issues at the July 1988 conference, the NEA Local BANGLE founder, Jaye Miller says that “if the alternative.” This bill is suppmted by the Reverend Lou Shel­ $36.50, tree • fresh cut only 24 hours before you take it home. Woricshtqis will focus on a variety of issues, including attend. Call 874-2638 or 874-2248 fw the time and place or drafted C-11, a statement of i^osophy that calls for school Sonoma County PuUic Health response to local AIDS educa­ don of the Traditional Values Coalition who have declared Satisfaction Guaranteed! Your purchase will benefit Grief and Loss, Sexism in AIDS Agencies, Healing and further information. districts across the nation “to assist students struggling with tion efforts is any indication, this endeavw will be difficult “open warfare with the Gay and Lesbian cqmmunity” and Starcoiss’s Care of Children with the AIDS Virus. Humor, Partners of Lesbian AIDS workers, Co-Dependency, sexual orientation” by providing counseling that addresses Only three schod districts in the county —Forestville, Gey- have armouncecT a full-scale campaign to halt sympathetic Starcross trees and wreaths have been praised for years. ahd Lesbians of Coltv and AIDS. and validates this issue. serville and Healdsburg have even nibbled upon the AIDS counseling of gay and lesbian youth. They belong to Califcrnia Christmas Tree Growers and Son­ This conference was conceived of and wganized by a We Need Your Skills He said, “The parents of Gay and Lesbian students have Education outreach that has been offered.” Please write letters of t^iposition to the Education Com­ oma County Farm Trails. group of lesbian AIDS caregivers who wanted to share the We The Petqile is kxddng for people to help with ad sales, tremendous power to put superintendents on the ‘hot ^ t ’ BANGLE welcomes contributions of student alumni like mittee at the State CaoitoL Room 3111. Ca 9S814 or call at (916) Trees are brought to three Santa Rosa Locations for you struggles and the joys of working within the AIDS field. This Macintosh desktop publishing, writing and editing. If you about issues of support for gay youth and eradication of the GLSU, patents of gay and lesinan youth, and gay and 445-9431. (Major article to follow in January issue of the to pick iq). 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N 'omen's Health items, and if you have a qiecial need —low-sodium, dairyless, percent of the total donations received during the quilt’s display at or whatever— just ask for recommendations. both the San Francisco Moscone Center and the Grace Pavilion in Sanu Rosa. “Total esuma^ddonations at the quillexhitaiian may lare May be Non- Maricey’s is also a M o f a cultiii^ cenler^ilh work of range from $50,000 to $ l6 o ,0 0 0 , and this could mean an atklitional local artists on the walls each month, poetry readings on the $6,000 to $l5,000'to Face to Face’s 1989 budget,” said Dean. third Thursday in Petaluma and the first Saturday in Cotati Volunteers are need at both exhibition sites. The quilt has grown ’raditional -----U\7III ft-in rwYt Iff y^Yf;r fifjhtjCT«« rniighly the sirr nf two football If your’e looking for a place that has a great vegetaliaif fi^ds. Names Project volunteers across the nation have staffed Brenda Jackson IS in menu plus lots of other healthful selections from main courses volunteer regeneration and education booths, fundraising and organ­ to salads to drinks to desserts in an atmosphere that welcomes izational task forces to create the circle of light energy iu>d money around the quilt to reach those in need of care and support. you to relax and be yourself, stop in at the new location in omen’s health care is rapidly moving toward Cotati or the one in Petaluma at^16 Western Ave. The hours preventative health, self-help, and non-in are 8:30 to 9:30 every day. See Markey’s ad and tell them you Cotati too vasive measures. Womenarenolongerwill- read about them in We The People when you go in. Christmas Review W ; to let an outsider ^ t r o l their gynecologic health. By Jerry Noakes - ‘ r - CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Saturday, Dec. 17 at 9 pjn. at the Santa Rosa Irm, 4302 Santa Rosa I are many options availaUe, and knowing which alter- idve or group of alternatives to choose can he confusing, NEOFMYFAVORITE MACES to eat has been Lesbian Marine Ave. Maikey’s Cafe in Petaluma, and I have always Rowland’s Review is featuring an all male chorale singii^ die important issue is knowing when to use alternatives, , CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 sounds of Christinas in a black and white affair. * ^ e had originally I to use alk^MOhic (regular) medicine, and when to blend wished that we had one like it in Santa Rosa. It’s V for the Navy said that all 12 women confessed to being homosexuals hoped for response from both the women and the men to organize a ;two. For the most part, preventative self-care will be the not exactly Santa Rosa, but Maikey’s is now in mix choir, but the feedback and interest came primarily from the and are set for discharge”. However, the “Blade” continues, “Four of cus. An exception to this is the yearly pelvic exam with pap CotatinextdoortotheCo-opat8340OldRedwoodHwy.the 12 Thewomen contend they made the confessions only afto'Seuig'' men,: said Rowland. Foreseeing what has become the final result we Oopening was November 28. — mtcTTOgaied tor hoiBs in the middle of the night and bein&«mfined selec^chprriammgementsfomen. Nextyearwillbe^ffei^and (Cervical dysplasia can be ¿ e « ed witlLheibs. vita- Markey’s is owned by Peter Markey, who is very much to the brig”. we’d like to see everyone get involved in this annual event s, suiqilements and visualization if detected early, yet has like his Cafe, laid back and kind of down home. Miukey’s According to Chuck Shoen of “Veterans’ Care” in Sant^osa ^^hristmas Buffet w in be offered from 7-8:30 pm., donated by ^y^Btiiig consequences if undetected. “every couple of years something like this comes up”. Since the the staff and management of the Saiita Rosa Inn. . t are other ailments which will respond vrall to natural _catm to ey ^ o n e of all walksjpf life. As someone once said Eyqyane is invited to nijoy the communal warmth of Christa UnifuiinCode of Military Justice was enacted by Congress “our only , butmahy them ulmoits havebeen ovnMated , “you hang out at Markey’s for any length of time, you’re hope is to get the elected officials to do something about the Law”. mas and show their support to Face to Face. A suggested donation of likely to run into your chiropractor, your high school English Cheryl Jameson, who is from Napa, wrote to Congressman $5.00 will be taken at the door. You may also want to make a larger I harsh mediciiies and procedures. Vaginal infections can The Dance Brigade; Kim Eptfano, Krissy Ke^er, Aldgail Stage, Nina Fichter. Performing from the Heart, teacher, an aerobics classmate and maybe an old friend you Bosco for help; but according to Nick Tibbits, Bosco’s aide, “it’s up donation at this time. AU proceeds wiU go directly to Face to Pace. ibetreated with herbs, diet, and poultices. Infectionsof a Fund Raiser for Face to F a ^ which took place on Nov 5th in Petaluma. A Political statement that Itft both the Give the gift of love this year to those so desperately in need, and join haven’t seen in years”. to her to do something about it. Her options are to ask for a review i cervix usually require antibiotics, and infections of die a audience and the performers exhausted and exhilarated. The new cafe will have an expanded dinner and breakfast or a reduction in sentence. If she does we can expedite it if the Marine Rowland’s Review in “A Christmas Concert”. I and fallopian tubes always do. However, side effects menu which includes some fish and foul and plenty of vege- Corps, is dragging it’s feet”. Since the review process is supposedly fantibioticscanbe lessened if herbs are used in conjunction automatic and Jameson has been waiting in the brig for five months for the process to begin, maybe Congressman Bosco needs a little I the drugs. and self-hypnosis, this distressing condition can be elimi­ BBRT((XMitlnued from Paga 3) As someone once said, you hang prod to take some action on her behalf. Gallery • Custcùn Framing • Gifts I cysts respond well to hypnosis and visualization. A nated. In rare circumstances exogenous hormones may be Thecolleclivesaysthat getting the message of recovery Cheryl Jameson’s address is Building 3247, MCCDC Brig, t pdvic exam is usually sufficient, but depending on needed temporarily. I have not found one case of PMS that and sobriety out to other lesbians and to heterosexual profes­ out atMarkey's for any length of Quantico, VA., 22134. She would probably appreciate hearing from I physical finding, a sonogram may also be needed. Once couldn’t be reversed if the woman was committed to doing sionals woridng in recovery programs, is only part of what someone close to home. time, you’re likely to run Into your J. S. CHASE & CO. I mtdignancy or pre-malignancy has been ruled Old, surgery so. Life does not have to become unmanageable because of Brown Bag Readers Theatre is all abouL “Tbe weekly chiropractor, your high school Eng­ I usually be eliminated. PMS. connection, performances and shared scripts enhance our lish teacher, an aerobics classmate Names Project Quilt Tracy Keefer ' traa infections respond beautifully to heiinl tieat- There are so many myths about menopause in this own recovery process. It’s hard to separate th£;2ecovery CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 707 575-9564 aL Not only the infection itself is treated, but the urinary society that many ofthe facts have been lost MargaretMead process from the creative pro c ^ . This kind of commitment and maybe an old friend you in the guise of monitoring, providing a nurse case manager to study 125 Fourth Street, Railroad Square t and Madder can be toned and strengthened at the same coined the term ‘PMZ’ • post menopausal zest She states, to the collective process requires clear and conscious com­ haven’t seen in years” and document the cost comparison of in-home versus hospital care of Santa Rosa, California 95401 Professional help is recommended for this as you “The most creative force in the world is the menopausal munication. Like the 12 S t^ Program that gets us through patients. Id need to use antibiotics with the herbs if the infection woman widizest” Itdoesnotsignalatimefordegeneration, every day, this Jbeatre collective and our performances in­ Thomas says 75 percent of Face to Face funding ctnnes directly tarian entrees. Scratch cooking best describes the type and from private donors. To this effect, the Names Project has recently 1 to the kidneys. Amenorrhea (missed periods), but rather an acceleration into a new phase of life. This volve a kind of personal emotional woric that k e ^ us on quality of food. Soups, dressings, baked goods etc., are all extended the national tour of the Names Project Quilt to its first rural inmenotifaea(pamfulperiods).aiidabnonnaluterineMeed- transition is not dependent on drug th e r ^ , but reqxmds to track. The bottom line is the feedback we receive fiom others made from scratch. The bakery has a list, letting the buyer exhibition in Sonoma County. The quilt will be on display Feburaiy ; also respond to the combination of herbs, hypnosis and acombiiutionofnatiiialmeastlies. Also, the best prevention , embarking on recovery and our sobriety.“ know which items are natural baked goods and which are 4 and S in the Grace Pavilion at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. iMuaBzatiorL . for menopausal difficulties is to resolve PMS. The iiMeiview for this story was conducted within the traditional baked goods with all the ingredients listed.- Dean araiounced that The Names Project extends a helping hypnosis is an important tool, as it otn empower oneself to While all of these measures can be used for healing, they collective process and the writer wishes to credit the contri- Markey’s staff is'able to answer questions about the menu hand to its sister agency, Soribma County Face to Face, offering 5 t in choge of the healing process. Essentially aU hypnosis can also be used to tone, strengthen and balance - thus em­ butioatrfeach member pre^cC a^L ongo, Mary Hinsdale, pself-hypnosis, and the procedure caiibe taught in one to two powering you to achieve a state of physical, emotional and Kerry Blume, Batricia Pbmbo, Sue Stagnitto, Sari Lettzke, »sessions. Hypnosis can be used to obtain information spiritual health. Geoiigia Prescott and Maiiiieen Kfoore. 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