2 CONNECTIONS ~- -- f CONNECTIONS Becomes Independent This is CONNECTIONS' first issue as an the box to the left. CONNECTIONS will be Independent publica!IOl'I. We are no longer awarding $5 and 11n Oral Majority bumper associated 11.1th Oay Community Se1"1ces stlcker to the most interesting piece of news or the University YMCA/YWCA submitted by a reader each month. We feel that CONNECTIONS must be an This is~ue al'IO introduces the independent business in order to serve the CONNECTIONS new look." Many thanks 240 I Manor Rd Apt 118, Austin TX 78722 entire AuStln gey community. We have to F rande Stull and Kristull Graphics for 4 74 1660 Hours: 6- 10 pm en1oyed being a program of Qay Com typeSetting end productJOn as$istance mumty Services. but it's tlme to le11ve the We're very excited about oil ~se nest dl.inge$ We hope they'll help us serve II you want to see YOUR news in Austin better. CONNECTIONS, 1ust tell us about IL Our Thanks for your support Ed.tor/Publisher Jim Olinger phone number and mailing address are In Asslsulnt Editor ••• Wll'jde Frey Gr11phlcs • • Don Jack$on Photognsphy •...•. Carr St1 ong Typesetting . Krlstufl Grephics National Advertising • Jo4o Disabato Rivendell Marketing Co. 666 6th Ave New York. NY 10010 212/242·6863 Response to AMERICAN STATESMAN 'Gay CONNECTIONS is the monthly mcganne Paradise' Article for gay women and men In Austln and The l\USllN AMERICAN STATESMAN core about his being gay. Of course. this 1s the same m.rn who disparages drag Texas. We welcome your contributions or ran 11 front ·page article on Sunday, March 8, news. feeture urtlcles. fiction. poeuy, letters. titled Homosexuals Comfortable In Austin queens and would'l t resid"' with gays so as line dnswlngs and photogrephs. If return or - City Tolensnt of Ufestyles." by Dick not to be tempted to "party all the time.' It acknowledgement Is desired. please en Stanley. seems strange that the socially elite straight dose a stcmped. sdf·eddressed envelope Some of the people Stanley Interviewed people would be free of onti-gey prejudice said they regard Austin as a kind of heaven when the g11y caterer, h1msdf, IS filled with il Also, we don't really know II U1e upper for homosex1.u1ls. De. Ronnld Sawey, 11 professor at Southwe~ TeXlls SUlte Univcr· crust is so sophisticated becausf' Donald slty in San Marcos. wrote the followinq has not been quoted by n11me. Another el<llmpll!' of the pcthetic: need 10 Atticles - Debra Ree Cohen. Brannon response to the article. wfoch the SfA TES· insult others comes from Kenny Sacha. He Dvane Lars E1ghner. Wa1de Frey, E.lltot MAN chose not to pnnl buys into the misogynist folly that men can Green Jim Olinger and Dr. Ronald &iwey I !'!'Tl deep!y apprPOalive of lhe t·m· and do nnylh1rg bet•er than won1l'rl S cha hM obviously not read Masters 11nd Johnson, energy Dick Sta!'lley took to prepare h.s Pictures - Dor.Jackso" Michael Leonard, erode nbou• gay people InAustin. Mucto of who d1SC1>11ered that women are better J m 01 oger Alan Pogue and Carr Stlong what "'-IS n thQ artic:le w;is q le on point lovers of women than men are (CA T npp makes the ScJme Apparentlv and even 1n pmng. Janna lumbrun was observ.,uon.) he ls unaware that Lly Tomlin does nght when she Insisted on the importance e'so PubhcatlOns - A.\etro Times. '.\om Guess impressions of men. Sacha's remarks cl corrmg out It 1s Impossible to t"Xpect 0 What. Roll "9 Stone end Th1S Week n CMI nghts when you are un.. I rl1J to fight sh011. ignorc'lce as well as a need to put Texas for them Tlle older bus rn:ssman sa!d down. something mport.art when he pointed out Janra Zumbrun s contt>ntlon that ~pie that gays oppress U1emselves by toking on are afraid to Ix> open about being gay 1s nd1culous stereotypac:ul manne!lsm~ or by entirely 11ccurete I leach nt the university hid ng out under the camouflage of wife level. As I contemplate signing my name to and ch ldren thts letter, I nm 1110oare !Mt many people There are other ways In which IA<e be {'lie that open hon'IOSCXU 's have no place In the educatJonal procen There 1s oppress ourselves. One of these 1s to some possibility th111 these folk~ might try to CONNECTIONS is a member of the Q11y delude ourselves into pretending that oet me fired A more like!) but still unjust Press A$$0Clallon things are Ideal ..hen they ere in fact. only consequcnc.e 1s that suffer a n better thal' elsewherl!' Another 1s to insult I Wlll loss social stand ng when people who th nk that and deml.'1m members of our own group. nm straight d1sc:cwer that I am gay. Dan. the enterer. falls into both of these I trups. He goes on at great length <ibout how Sincerely, Ronald Sl1wcy d sc1pline 1s U1e key to succes5 ond about M hov. h s soc la!!) prom nfflt c ients don l International Black GAY and White Convention SAN FRANCISCO - Bb<.k and \I. t: te COMMUNITY '.\en Together, the mte racial support group, ..111 llold rts fir~ lntematJonal con vertJon In !:>an Francisco. June 25-28. The recent svt.ng 10 Ille Right hlls SERVICES c:re11ted a ne"" - ond frighten ng - chma•e for mrnonues. particularly Blocks. a spokes­ ~ I NFOR lATI Ori R~~ERRALS PEER COUllSELI NG I man said SC>day PasSJVC re<ictlOn to rac.1sm 1s no lonner l.'nough. Whet 5 needed 1s 11 more public sense of lnlerrnc,;il concern ' ~ 477-6699 BWMT founded Just over a )'Car ago. J already has ct-iapters m 24 American cities and m London. England Further mfor 233 •••I x ~u mauon Is avnlillble directly from BWMT, ll::>i;rs: c;,-lv f. 279 Collingwood, San Frenclsco C11lif 94114 __,-.. -- --- I, J l 'I} CONNECTIONS 3 FCC Upholds MCCA Senior Prom Robison Cancellation April 26 DALL.AS - In a landmark decision. the The fir:>! activity by the Metropolitan Federal Communleauons Commission. by Community Church of Austin (MCCA) in Its un;;lmous vote, found an uppeal by the building fund c11mpaign will be a formal Jam~ Robison Evangcl1col Association to senior prom at 8:00 p.m~ Sunday Apnl 26. ~without merit, on February 2.?. 1981. Theme for the prom. which will bl' held at The FCC upheld the nght of D.illas st.Jt1on The Hollywood. 304West4th,1s "A Night in WFM·TV 10 cancel the James Robison Casablanca." Evangehcal Hour following an anti·gay Remembt!r the date you took to the broadcast. prom? This time you can take the date you On Februdl) 25. 1979. James Robison. a really wanted ! Tuxedos or formal gowns, ti>levision minlMer based in Odil.is. preached whichever you prefer, are urged to be worn. a sermon on 'mordlity" which was largely a There will be a booth for photos with your one· sided view of homoscxudhty. fhe fol· date and corsages will be sold. lowing day. wrM ·TV tcrmlnnted the series To apply for prom king and/or queen, (since reinstdted), stdting that It believed you must be in a tuxedo or a formal. The religious programs should not deal with prom king and/or queen will be chost!n by controversial issueq of pubhc lmportanc-e. a lottery. at S l a chance. WFM's ilCtion was ba5ed on the Fairness Only 300 tickets for the prom are avail• Doctrine 11nd Personal Attack Rule and w.is able at $6 each. Tickets may be purchased ldken following a Personal Attack com at D~n·s Office Equipment, Hot Lips, Rain· plaint by the Dc1llc1s Gdy Pol1ltcal Caucus. bow Works. Bookwomcm, and at MCCA James Robison fill!d 11 complaint against Ttekets will be available at the door the WFM with the FCC's Complillnh dnd night of the prom, if there are any left Compliance Division which ruled in Feb· Q's Tuxedos. 2426 Guadalupe, is offer· ruary, t 980. thot no nction was warranted. ong special discounts for the MCCA Prom. WFM·TV dc<:lined to defend Its action Their basic black tuxedo will rent for $20, before the full Comm1s5lon Con~oqul!ntly, and other colors or styles -...ill be $5 off the National G11y Task Force ond the Dallas Henry's Memrys. 423 East 6th, has a Gav Pohtiail Caucus joined to oppose the MCO\ Senior Prom Goers; (clockwise from left) Cheri /'1l1ler, Wally good selection of inexpensive evening Hargrave. Robin Camp, and Allan 5hilne model tuxedos from Qs Robison complaint gowns for sale. 'This acuon by the FCC 1s an affirmation Tuxedos and a-emng gowrt5 from Henry's Nemrys. of the prlnoplt' of fairness and equity lor e11l Austin Gay embod1<'d in the rersonul Attack Ruic and sided presentations of the gay is~ue In Oral Majority Fa1me!>S Doctrine," commented NGTF Co· religious programmmg. Gay rights or>d Reaches Austin League Forming related subjects are controverstal issues of D1re<:tors Charles f Bryt.lon and Lu« a The first meeting to org11nize 11 dty-~lde Vale.ska ·To the extent that electronic pubhc importance. Station managers have league of Austin gay busme:.ses bnd Bob Kunst of Gainesville, Flondo. vi!11ted prea<"hers hold anti gay views, they 11re on a duty to apply the Fairness Doctnne by organizations was held nt Tex s Colorado Austin on Mcirch 11 to announce the notice that use or the pubh :i1rwavt>~ to offering local gay organizations an .op­ Strt't't on Sunday March 981 fen rorm11t1on ot rhe Ornl Mlljonty, en organ Bar 22.