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Whatever RE: AUGUST 14 MID-LIFE CRISIS you had in mind, let's just say it worked... FUNDRAISER FOR AIDS Hope you'll join us again in august '95, FOUNDATION-HOUSTON WITH JULIA "PAT" SWEENEY for Nancy Ford's Second Annual Mid- Life Crisis, when I revert to 39. Dear Ones, Again, thanks to everyone involved for What a Birthday. What a Birthday....! making this event the success that it Picture it. There we were at The Ranch was. Happy Birthday to us all. — capacity crowd,the best entertainers XXX, in Houston,latex flying through the air, Nancy Ford hundreds of dollars' worth of raffle Houston, TX % prizes flying out the door...honey, we ate, drank and were exceedingly merry. TELL US WHAT YOU THINK! And when all was said and done,$3,200 Send Your Letters to: and change was raised for AIDS P.O. Box 856 . Lubbock, TX 79408 Foundation-Houston for the purchase and distribution of safer sex supplies and literature for lesbians. Big time thanks go to Betsy Worden and Janice Sickles and the family at Plaza 9200, Clay Howell. Lori Herzog at Advance Damron Vacations, Gerri Frasier at Alvin Guggenheim & Associates, Alice Tomasello and Gayle Hux at JAG Resident ial ./<><><■ i/ix'.w / //HDC /<) Zx'/ri't/ cr D/y/o/t /// yt o/ir </rc(r//M Mortgage, Beau Cain, all the entertainers, all the First Gay 4 technicians, all the Video sponsors, all the "Let us strike ups^lhe perf8Ct|Etatch for you." contributors, and Serving OurlS^faUf#^%ince 1992 all you crazy Contact: Trud^ft^iix-Stinson people who were Wend! btinson-Plioenix stuffing money into 214.247.2033 OR 800.607.4667 my bustier all (S> August 1994 • Dinnensions • Page 7 The News From Around the Region, the Country & the World Homophobia turned their backs on their gay and lesbian children." Stops Here Dee Mosbacher is the daughter ofRobert SAN FRANCISCO—A dramatic new Mosbacher, former Secretary of tape produced in response to the video Commerce in the Bush Administration wars launched by the Radical Right has and chief fundraiser for Bush's 1992 been released by noted lesbian activist reelection campaign. Although she has Dee Mosbacher and Frances Reid.The been an activist all of her adult life, her tape comes at a time of increasing hate commitment to fighting the Radical crimes and initiatives proposed to codify Right became a central theme after discrimination against lesbians and watching the "gay bashing" of the gays. The 24 minute video movingly Republican National Convention. confronts the lies and distortions of the Mosbacher states,"I feel a tremendous "Agenda" videos churned out by the sense of urgency as we face the multi million dollar political machine dangerous and well-funded Radical of the Radical Right. "Straight From Right. For some of us, this may be a The Heart," a project eight months in matter of life or death." development,profiles parents who have "Straight From the Heart" can be come to a new understanding of their purchased for $39.95 by writing to gay and lesbian children, and now Woman Vision at 3145 Geary courageously wish to share their stories. Boulevard, Box 421, San Francisco, The filmmakers produced the video with CA 94118. a broad target audience in mind,hoping that the simple truth would be apowerfiil Gay Rights opponent to the lies and propaganda found in anti-gay/lesbian videos.It will Commercial Filmed be circulated in states that are facing IN Dallas anti-gay/lesbian videos. It will be DALLAS, TX - The Dallas-based circulated in states that are facing anti- nonprofit organization. Alliance For lesbian/gay ballot initiatives, and will Progress (AFP), in conjunction with be shown to legislators, educators, WPIProductions, shot its first television church members, and anyone who has commercial entitled Sunday Morning been left confused and misinformed by in various Dallas locations, including the hateful rhetoric ofthe Radical Right the home of Human Rights Campaign "This video is about saving lives — Fund board member. Lory Masters. lives that may otherwise be lost to the Sunday Morning is similar in design to brutality of homophobia," says Roger Ailes' 1984 Presidential Mosbacher. "I hope that somehow it commercial entitled Morning in can be seen by all parents who have Page 8 • Dimensions "August 1994 America. The commercial depicts the proclaiming that it is OK to be gay." daily lives of lesbians and gay through AFP plans to air Sunday Morning before a series of vignettes. These images September in a Midwestern state which pointedly show that the lesbian/gay is home to a Radical Rightfanatic known community shares the same values of for his attacks upon the lesbian/gay family, religion, patriotism, and community. Soon thereafter, AFP will economic success as the heterosexual air Sunday morning and other education community. commercials throughout the Heartland. "It's important that the lesbian/gay AFP needs the financial support of the community educate parents, lesbian/gay community to effectively grandparents, friends, co-workers, and implement its advertising campaign. neighbors to the fact that the majority of To inquire about obtaining videotapes lesbians and gays live normal,everyday of the commercial, hosting community lives,except with a same-gender partner. fundraisers or to make a financial The most cost-effective way to inform donation, contact Jon Etienne Mourot them is through 30-second television at Alliance for Progress, The Centrum, commercials aired into their homes," Suite 700,3102 Oak Lawn Ave.,Dallas, stated co-founder Christopher Parman. TX 75219-4272.For more information, "It's a simple message to counteract the call 1-800-520-4237 or 214-520-2205 Radical Right's propaganda to in Dallas. AFP may also be reached by heterosexuals that lesbians and gays are electronic mail at sexual deviants out to spread AIDS and [email protected]. molest children." "If the lesbian/gay community intends Amarillo Men to achieve equal rights and protection," stated co-founder Jon Etienne Mourot, Charged With "it must send its message to the people Hate Crime who elect our country's leaders.