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LA VENDER _______________ a € l c r News & Review for Santa Cruz County's G ay and Lesbian Community Published Quarterly Fall 1987 W B 6 0 I N 6 INSIDE: FALL CALENDAR C0»«<W>C0ME^ THE PIZZA CJOMPINY y Kings Village 226 Nt. Hermon Road at the Page 21 Scotts Valley Page 12 Page 16 4 3 8 -4 8 4 8 Kings Plaza 41st Avenue & Capitola Road Capitola 4 7 5 -4 4 5 0 4 OPENING WORD Downtown' An outraseous 50's diner servins 5 LETTERS Santa Cruz breakfast, lunch & dinner 429 FVont Street 6 COMMUNITY 4 2 9 -5 5 9 5 429 Front Street Santa Cruz 7 NEWSWATCH Bark's Bite: Rabid Right By John Foliesdai Open Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-Midnight, GA7-2290 9 SCAP REPORT Friday & Saturday ll.a.in.-l a m. Open Sunday-Thursday 7 a.m. -11 p.m. 10 THE POLITICAL CLIMATE ^ a Friday & Saturday 8 a.m. - Midnight '88 Hopefuls: Mixed Reviews fora Mixed Bag By John Laird ^2 NETWORKING Novel Idea: Gothic Lesbian Theater By Allison Claire 1 6 COVER STORY March on Washington and After: Rage, Rebellion and Renaissance By Scott Brookie Experience The Book Café 21 THE ALTERNATiVE HEALING & AIDS SERIES The Lymphatic System By Lorraine Lipani 24 POINT OF VIEW Women in SCAP: The Struggle Continues... and Continues... By Laura Giges 2 6 BOOKSHELF "Between the Lines" By Sarah-Hope Parmeter 2 7 BOOKSHELF "Her Wits About Her" By Dinah Philiips Kings Plaza • 41st & Capitola Road 28 FALL CALENDAR By Will Russell 462-4415 3 0 COMMUNITY RESOURCES Open Sunday-Thursday 10 a.m.-11 p.m., Friday & Saturday 10 a.m.-Midnight LAVENDER READER T PO BOX 7293 T SANTA CRUZ T CALIFORNIA T 95061 T (408)684-1542 m ^ T à i r r . m If you were unaware of it before, this issue is bound to show you the incredible Dear Editors, Dear Lavender Reader Workers, abundance of talented folks we have in our community. “42c Between You” is a story about two Many thanks to you all for putting out competent, dignified lesbians dealing with the great summer ’87 issue! SNAZZY Allison Claire interviews Kate McDermott, a local theatre director and producer the contradictions of racism, homophobia, . PROFESSIONAL . ESTHETIC who, over the next year, will be bringing us a number of high quality lesbian and sexism in a small, predominantly . INFORMATIVE . plays, through the Lesbian Theatre Project of Santa Cruz. We also have reviews of Hispanic California town. I am upset I know a lot of time was spent in get because the drawing by Brooke Matteson two new books edited and written by Santa Cruz lesbians: Between (he Lines, An ting it all together. Thank you... is not an accurate representation of my Here’s money for a year's subscription Anthology by PacifidAsian Lesbians o f Santa Cruz, California, edited by Cristy story. The woman in skin tight jeans and and a few extra... Chung, Alison Kim and A. Kaweah Lemeshewsky; and Her Wits About Her; Self high heeled cowboy boots, skinny body In unity and love. Defense Success Stories by Women, edited by Denise Caignon and Gail Groves. posed in a semi-crotch shot is not the Pal Clarke Don't miss the reviews or the books. woman in the story. The woman with her head down, fece hidden in her locks, hands Lavender Reader Staff Lorraine Lipani brings us the final piece in our alternative healing and AIDS ser drooping helplessly is not the courageous, Reader Sponsors cPublisher ies, taking a look at the immune system in all its complexities. Laura Giges talks determined, thinking woman of the story. Dear Editors, After Dark Michael Perlman pointedly about what it's like working as a woman in the Santa Cruz AIDS Project And lace it, how tong would a hat like that I was sitting in Jerry’s Restaurant in Alsha Hair Design Editors John Laird gives us a brief glimpse into the gay and lesbian records of the current last on the freeway anyway? Hollister the other day wondering if all the Blue Lagoon Jo Kenny Democratic Party presidential hopefuls and Scott Brookie talks about the upcoming When 1 open to the page my story’s on men knew I was a dyke. But I realized that Blue Moon Cafe Scott Brookle March on Washington and why, for love and for life, we’re not going back. it looks sleazy and not like my story at all. they were just the regular collection of Book Loft Columnists 1 feel angry and sad that I trusted you with farmers and cowboys that one finds in Bookshop Santa Cruz my work! As a lesbian publisher myself, Hollister and everywhere else. And some Allison Claire This issue also introduces our letters column, and as you'll read, the Reader got Brommer Street Video working on HerBooks, I know just how of them are even pretty nice. John Laird Cafezinho mixed reviews. Please continue sending us your words, they truly help keep us go hard publishing is, how production I just bought gas at a gas station where Foil Contributors ing. pressure often competes with ethics. I ap there are “ a lot of Mexicans” — some of Capitola Book Cafe John Follesdol preciate that you called me about a title for whom know I’m a dyke but don’t care Lynda Chaikin Laura Giges And finally, this issue is somewhat of an accomplishment for the two of us. my piece. May I suggest that you let authors because we’re friends. If the story “42C Chimney Sweep Books Lorraine LipanI What's the big deal? Well, our noble czarina, Michael Perlman, went on a cross look at and OK illustrations of their work Between You” was about stereotypes and Chi Pants Sarah-Hope Parmeter country quest in search of his soul and smile, leaving us relative neophytes to en in the future? prejudices, which I think it was. I’d like Community Printers Dinah Phillips sure that all the pages were in order and that nothing was upside down. Thanks to a Best, to protest the stereotypes and prejudices Jhomas Conn. DC A. Smith great production crew, we did it. Irene Reti that Ms. Reti portrayed. Jim ’Squeaky" Cooley Art I work in Hollister and I like it. It has Lauren Crux Steve Sinclair Happy reading. charm, warmth and most people accept me Muin Daly Erich Spitzenberg for who I am. Maybe they don’t have the Ann Elias same culture as people from Santa Cruz, Robin White Jo Kenny Gigo at Casablanca but that doesn’t make them weird, hostile C alendar Scott Brookie or bigoted. Heartwood Spa Will Russell Sincerely, India Joze Production Feeling m oved? Elizabeth Schick In Touch Gayelynn Baby Loud, annoyed, pushy, proud? P.S. Keep up the good work at the Reader. Arnold Left. MD Gwen Berliner Break the barriers of silence, Val Leoffier Bob Bielen (you know?) Lorraine Lipani Cindy DePremio Write words. Communicate. Lotus and Company Lesley Dyson Pacific Harbor Travel Thomas Riordan Letters: Pizza Company Will Russell Lavender Reader Pontiac Grill T yp ography P.O. Box 7293 Santa Cruz AIDS Project Typagraphlx Santa Cruz. C A 95061 Santa Cruz Community Proofreaders Credit Union Steve Sinclair Santa Cruz Women’s Bob Bielen Winter 1988 Health Center Advertising Saturn Cafe John LaRivlere Publication Date ▼ January 15, 1988 Patricia Shea, DC Distribution Jerry Solomon G Shultz Editorial Deadline ▼ December 11 Cassandra Vowter, Camera Work Video City Dancing Man Imagery Way of Life Printing Advertising Deadline T December 28 Community Printers C ^v er Calendar Deadline T December 30 David Garcia Bye-bye Banana! Bridge Building Bork's Bite: Rabid Right When I came out to my devoutly Or Jewish friends, your sister who is like my he nomination of Robert Bork to the firmative action, abortion, and other civil recently told the San Francisco Chronicle thodox sister, her first response was to ask sister, or with a political group interested U.S. Supreme Court by President rights and civil liberties issues. that the nominaton of Bork poses “ the big me to consider the impact of my deviant in coalition building. Reagan has stirred considerable In criminal law cases, on the other hand, gest threat to legal abortion since Roe v. Tcontroversy and lengthy confirmation hearPowell voted with the conservative Wide was handed down in 1973.” Groups sexuality on the future population of Jews. The piece starts by identifying com She saw my choice to become a lesbian as monalities between Jews and Gays/Les- ings are expected this fall. justices, thereby helping to steer the Court like the National Abortion Rights League a forsaking and abandonment of Judaism, bians, stating, “ Each confronts the ques Immediately following the July 1 an in a more conservative direction. and the American Civil Liberties Union as well as the Jewish family. How wrong tion of how — and even whether—to affirm nouncement, Senator Edward Kennedy (D- On the abortion issue, Powell consistent have been galvanized by the Bork nomina she was! an identity about which the dominant Mass.) released a scathing statement from ly voted to affirm the 1973 Roe v. IMide tion and have mapped out strategies of how My Jewish identity has flourished the culture is largely ignorant and rife with pre his office denouncing the nomination. decision. Bork, on the other hand, has on to defeat it. past three years, supported by Jewish les judice. In a political climate increas According to Kennedy, “ Robert Bork’s several occasions criticized the decision, Bork’s view on race discrimination has bians in Santa Cruz and Kolaynu, the local ingly dominated by the rhetoric of in America is a land in which women would but has never had the occasion to rule on also generated heated discussions.