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SEPTEMBER 1988
VOL. V No. VII
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�Pot itical Observer? Looking Ahead
Jerry Roemer is apparently a
to Changes
very naive polflical observer .
Along with the gree t poaitJ-,,
accomplishments or Governor Kay
Orr,
he is now giving her
credit for helping establish
the
Republican Party
lrut h
Squad. ll~e Rip Van W
inkle, Hr.
Roemer must have been a sleep
ror the laal twenty years while
the
truth squads
o(
both
part Jes
follow
candidsles
across the country.
l l hee
become an accepted part or lhe
political election process .
As
rer as
what
either
political party says in their
plat-form
or
does
at
their
convention, nothing is going to
help our community until we
elect
more
compatible
candidates to public offices .
Maybe we can come up with one
in Nebraska in the not too
distant ruLure .
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Say What?
~by Jean Horteneen
I'm probably going to ruffle
e few fe&lhers, bvl 1·d like lo
pose
e
question
to
the
community: Why do we ha~e to
heve the music ln our bars eo
awfully loud?
Recently another coup)~ and
my partner and J mode a weekend
trip to Omaha for a b1t or fun.
One of the pieces we visited
wee the Max on Saturday night.
It's a rtne ploce1 l love the
lights end I enjoy
dancing
there very much,
so pJeaee
don ' t think I'm against lhe Hex
or
any
other
of
our
eslebllshmenls. But all four of
us left the bar wilh our heads
throbbing end our ears r1n9In9
from the volume or the musjc . l
used lo have the same sensation
after a night at the old Stag•
Door. end lhe same thing hes
happened al the Boardwalk in
Lineoln and Chanc~'s an Crand
Island.
I don't know about all or
)'OU readers 1 but I'd rather nol
have to b~ wearing e hearlng
aid by lhe lime I'm lh1rl)-rive
years old. J•m rether fond or
being ebJt lo hear, and l'm
thankful I can. l don't want to
have to ask people who speak to
me lo please repeal themselves.
Yeah, )'eeh, I know: lhf' rt!
ere quiel places dealgned 1nto
aome or these bars, places like
the outdoor patio et the Ma~.
rhe owners are lo be preteed
for
their thoughtfulness
in
providing
auch quiel
areas
where the old-fashioned srl of
con~ereallon
can
&lJll
be
prect1ced. Howe~er. part of the
fun In go1ng lo • bar
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dane1ng and another part Je
watching people dance. neither
of which C$n be done from the
patio.
Again,
the Hax has
glassed-or, areaa where people
may
sit and watch the dancers
without
en &&bOult
against
their eardrume, end f think
th!a
was
considerate
and
i~sighlrul planning.
But lhe feel re•eins thel in
the dancing areas themselves,
the ~usie cen reach so~e pretty
incredible levels. And over en
extended period of Lim~, such
as a few hours on e Saturday
night, it cen make your head
buzz and ring even while ~ou're
trying lo fall esleop later.
Hight this be hezardoue to one
or our eensea after repaated
exposure?
l
hope you
all
aren't
thinking l 'm en old
fuddyduddy. I've never thou9hl of
myself that way . In fact.
J
enjoy listening to loud (bul
not THAI loud) mualc when I
drtve down the int erstate. J
love to 90 oul dancing to music
you can fe~l ell through your
1nsides. music that mekea you
want to move. And some or our
bars
heve
wonderful
sound
syste~a that make the tunes
sound even better.
I
like
lielen1n9 to the music in our
bars because I can't find that
kind or bocl>1-movin9 music on
the radio. From o business'
point of view, J can understand
lhet
the better lhe
ffluaie
sounds; lhe more people will
dance, and the more people will
come to the bar. But I also
have a healthy respect ror m~
senses. I'm lucky enough to be
able to lasle, touch, smell,
see and hear. And I'd like to
keep on using my senses the
reat of fflY life. Thet means not
abusJnQ lhem.
Does
an)'bod~
out
lhere
agr@f!, or om l in a very s ..al 1
mfnor1ty? What do )'OU lhink?
Perhaps w& can generate aome
discuss1on ~ere. Anybody eare
to e~press on optnion in the
~·ew
Vo1c-e?
Would it
hurl
anything to Lurn the volume
down
a
few
deelbols?
It
certainl)' wouldn't hurl
our
eardruCAs.
�Community Calendar
Aug. l O - Sept. l 0, 1988
Weekly Events
Sundays
Mondays
Fridays
Metropolitan Community Church
420 South 24th Street, Omahe
Worehlp Services 10:20 em, 7 pm
Bible Rep 6 pm
Adult Children of Alcohollca
HCC-Omaho, 420 South 24th
7 pm, 346·0S61
Gay AA
Lutheran Medical Center
8:lS pm, 345-9916
Al-Anon
HCC-Omaha, 420 South 24th
8:n pm
Gey
Monthly Calendar
Sunday, September 11
Oignlty
St. John's (lower level)
Creighton Campue, Omaha
Hass -
7pm
The Hex
141S Jackson
"Brandi Alexander and Klm
Alexia"
9: 30 pm
Monday, September 12
AIDS Interfaith Network
Prayer Service
St . Cecelia's Cathedral
701 N. 40th, Omaha, 7pm
Friday . September 30
through Sunday, October 2
HCC-Omaha
420 South 24th, 34S-2S6)
"Spi r.l tual Renewal Weekend"
UfHCC ' s 20th Anniversary
Tuesday, September 27
P-FLAC/Lincoln
Call ror locetion
(402) 4}5•4688
Sunday, October 2
Brien Murphy room NYC
9: JO pm
Saturday, September 17
Tuesday, October 4
HCC-Omaha
Bowl-a-thon
Amee Bowl
S6th & A,nes
lpll
11
Dale
Clark
Library T
Meeting
Rooms
2 and 3
/he Max
!417 Jackson, Omaha
Womyn logelher (lesbian Rep)
Dole Clark librery, Omaha
Heeling Rooms 2 & 3
7 - 9 pm
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N:w
Look!
Tina and Peer l"
Every
t-'onday
7-9 pm
All
Womyn
Welcom<'
BUILDING
COMMUNITY
Sept . 19-Loving
Yourself
Sept.26-Loving
Others
Oct . 3-Building
CommuniC"y
COMING NEXT:
Legai !ssues
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Womyn
P-rLAC/Omaha
rirst Methodist Church
(Northeast Entrance)
69th & Cass, 6: 30 pm
Wednesday, October 5
Sunday, September 25
HCC-Omeha
420 Soul h 24th
Dignity "CalherJng"
"Coming Oul " Support Group
7 pm
The Hex
1417 Jeckaon, Omaha
Thursday, October 6
Bars and O~gunizatfo~s or
Call for locelion, Hl-4919
7 pm
"front Page News"
Benerll for Dorian Drake end
Hl88 Huffy Rosenbury to attend
Miss Cay Amerlca
9: 30 pm
Monday, September 26
Womyn rogether (Le&bJan Rap)
Dale Clark Llbrery, Omehe
Meeting Rooms 2 & }
7 - 9 pm
(000)
Cell for loeatlon
Sunday, October 9
Om.aha
Submission
Deadline
Hase
n,r '•" \ oiC'C' ha< a suhm,ss,on
,kmlhnc on the l~llt of each mon1h
~ut,rni«ton< rccc,vcJ ruler lhc 15th
will i,.. hclJ fnr pohlicathln at a
l.ttrr tbtl· Ihank ~ uu for )''-'Ur CO•
All Iowa AIDS Benefit
,~·ralnlft
Dignlly
St. John's lower Level
Creighton Cempua 1 7 pm
Perk Inn, Downtown
Oes Moines, IA
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•by Wea Perry
Pomp and Circumstance played
as I marched down lhe Isle a l
.ny college graduelJon . I wes
filled with anxlely aboul w
hal
the world held for •Y future
end
yel 1 was ready
lo
leave
campus for the last time . Being
a atudent ,
no, ~oke thot • gay
student ien ' l always easy.
Take, ror jnstance, those.
Friday nlghl dances . I wanted
to go to those ao bad. I love
to dance but l ' m not crazy , 1
would never have been able to
take my lover with me . Imagine
It,
two fashionably dressed
handsome
men wallting
•r•
in
erm
as we brush past
the
quarterback ond heed
cheer•
leader. Not a pretty sight.
And
speak ing
of
the
quarterback, I would have given
my
right
arm lo
be
able
lo
"play" with the football team .
(No pun Intended . )
Somehow,
though,
I don ' t think they
would
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Gay On Campus
have gone for o
rousing
geme or two-hand touch . ln gym
clesa we had a co•ed teem but
when j wee pJcked last on •
regular basis 1 began lo lak~
Lhe hint.
And then there were lhoae
Creek
housea.
What
really
happened
In
lhose
place&
anyway? I never lried to find
out ror fear lhal they would
r,nd out aboul me. I thJnk thie
was the reason I couldn't do a
lot or things.. 1 was worried
about w
ho would find oul my
secret .
Afler
graduated
from
college r had some time lo
lhlnk aboul things .
decided
thal college waa nol all bad
after all. 1 realize now how I
kept myaelf from doing
all
those thjngs I thought were not
available to me. I was going
back to graduate school GO 1
vowed to glv~ it another try.
School alerted and
righl
away l came out in all my
classes. Now. l must ad'nil , l
em in a liberal field ao I cen
do things like thl& and gel
away with it a liltle easier
than moat. l Just knew lhal I
would be hated from the mJnute
I aald I was gay. Wrong!
I
wean' t haled, I was busy. 1
spoke to classes and the people
from those classes still say
"hi II when the)' see me..
1 &poke
to faculty meetings and now the
school la setting up a gay and
lesbian issues class . I became
the president or lhe gay and
leablan atudent group and wos
known
by ~any students
on
campus end liked by ,oosl. I
knew
what
I
was,
I
was
comfortable with ~y sexuality
and even though I lold people
about myself 1 didn't push it
on them . And ye know, they
didn't back away.
No,
I stlll dldn ' l play
footbal I, but 1 dl d take my
lover lo a achool dance and we
did waltz nekl to SOllle pretty
big guys . I round thel I made
my
own
experience.
People
treated me the way I treated
myaelr and others .
ComJng out lo everyone on
cempus
1e
nol
eomethfng
everyone can do and I'm not
saying that people do Lhat.
Whal I em saying Is that many
tJmes
we
1i111JL
ourselves
beceuae of our own fears. We
need lo Look peel outaelvee and
take chances from tjme to lime.
We
have
all
thP
same
opportunities thet our heteroGeKuel peers have and we need
to lake advantage or lhem if we
ever plan lo succeed.
"Professional
Homosexuals"
Tour K.C .
-by Gary
Ron
Romanovsky end
Paul
Phillips
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a
nationallypopular gay musical duet who
call themselves 11 Proressional
Homosex.uala" -- brought their
alternately
hilarious
and
thought-provoking acl lo Keneae
City over the July 4th weekend.
The concert was sponsored by
the Heartland Hen's
Chorus.
who elong wllh the Kansaa City
Wom~n's Chorus, provJded the
opening act ..
R & Pare well known for
their
blatantly gay
lyrics
("The
Sodomy
Song",
r or
example,) well-performed fol~ey
tunes
and
audience
purtt•
clpatlon antics . Phillips, the
more - er - •1nuveeu fashion" of
lhe two, came on slege wJth red
and black striped
stockings
that were vaguely
familiar.
Soon his partner made rererence
to l ast seeing those eockG in
"The W
izard or Oz: " on Lhe legs
or the W
icked Witch who had lhe
house dropped on her .
Their aonge ranged from lhe
humorous ( 0 0on't Use You Penis
for a BraJn", sung back and
forth with the audience) to lhe
serious ("The Women Next Door"
about violence against women).
Along with songs from lheir
newest album, a nvmber of R & P
favorites
were
performed,
including
"Out field
Blues",
"What Kind of Self•Reapecllng
faggot MO I?" and the pol gnant
"Carnival People".
A tecommendetlon: et least 8
folks
rro~ Omaha made
the
Journey
to K.C .
for
lhls
concert and had a great l1me.
So~e local person or
group
should sponsor Ron end Paul tn
concert in Omaha. rhey lour
twtce annually, end have never
been
to
the
River
City,
elthough
they performed
in
lJncoln a rew yeeta ago. The
concert would be a breelh or
fresh oj r here.
This writer is not fem1lier
with ant loeal elores which
feature Romanovsk~ and Pn1l}jps
records or tepea, but they can
be
purchased directl~
from
frash Fruit Records, P.O. Bo~
4418, Berkeley, CA 94704.
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�The Second Most Important Room
In The House
·by ~edde lettvee
Well
guys,
here 1t
Seplember and il'a out of
pool end bock to
school.
la
the
Add
tl\e
real
or
Ll\e
ingredients except the noodles
Luke
and aiN~er for )0 minulea more.
Warme
ten't es hot
as
I
or19lnally lhoughl, but he 10 e
really likable guy. I wish l
could
say the same
about
h1s
cousin, Stu Pldd. 1r nerds are
"in", then Stu is the cream of
Lhe crop. We met one evening el
Chuck
Wegon•e Chuck
Wagon,
a
barbecue plece on the outskirts
of lown .. bul lhet'e another
story and not suiloble ror tl>ie
column.
lel'e
concentrate,
this
month on soups. They make a
simple, delicious Sunday night
meal;
serve with French or
llellen bread and a aoied.
Vegetable Soup fore Crowd
ln9red1enl a :
13 cupa of ..ater
I- 16 oz can lomalo juice
1/2 green pepper,
finely
chopped
a chunk or cabbage, chopped
I- 16 oz can V-8 juice
4 large carrots, cul in 1
Incl\ slices
l medium
onton,
chopped
coarse
chopped
2 celery stalks,
coarse
I tap dried parsley
l lap sell
2 beef bouillon cubes
1 pkg vegetable soup mix
1 pkg onion soup miM
4
01
noodles
uncooked
extra-fJne
0.1rections:
ln
a large covet"ed
pot
combine water, V-8 and lo~alo
juice.
Bring
to e
boi 1;
add
cerrota, green pepper, onion,
cabbage and celery. Redvee heat
end simmer for about 2 hours,
stirrinq frequently.
\\ills r m ]r,c Sunc;.,y m<>W''Y
St Jc.:~ ,.,.. .Jlrl"' -10,..\it'f .~"el
c ., " · , r, ""' 1. C;,mpus
!,.51 4., i lo:'
3<11 - 1H.U
PO 80)( 3 1 3 I 2
OMAHA 68 131
Add noodles and simmer
edd1lionel 10 mlnutea.
an
ThLa will make a gallon, so
unless you ere bringing this lo
a pot-luck dinner, you should
have
plenly left over
ror
onolher meal.
Poteto and Chee~e Soup
Ingredient a:
2 cans condensed
chicken
brotl\
l can condensed beef broth
) cups waler
2 large onions, sliced
5 m~d. eiie pot,toee, peeled
end diced
2 cups sliced celery
B mushrooms, sliced
1/) cup butler
I/) cup flour
aell & pepper
1/} cup chopped peraley
6 oz (.-imenthaler
cheese,
ol\redded
Directions:
In a stock pol or large
aeucepan combine broths, water,
onion,
potato,
celery
end
mushrooms. Cover end a1mmer 30
minutes, or until potatoes are
tender. In e small pan melt
butter, Stir In flour end etlr
constantly
until
mixture
beco"'8a golden brown . Add the
butler ~ixture to the simmering
soup end stir soup until 1t
bubbles and thickens. Season to
taste with salt and pepper.
ladle
Into soup bowie
and
Sprinkle with the cheese end
parsley. Serves 6.
A br1er word about pepper.
If you don't have e pepper
mill, go oul en buy one. Buy
pepper corns and have rresh
ground pepper. II 18 vastly
superior lo the ground pepper
l'l'IO&l people use.
Barb Wire came over
the
other day. Good old Barb; she
sure is e live o~e.
After
eating ribs at Chuck Wagon's,
we came hCM11e and watched old
cult films on TV. Speaking of
ribs, ne~t Month we'll whip out
a couple or rib dellghls, Bye
For now.
A True Friend
-Beer
She la always kind
And when you're having lrouble
And you don't know what to do,
She' 11 lend o hand or I el you
talk
And llaten 'lfl you're thru.
She'll never breathe e eingle
word
or whet you had lo say
But calmly reassures you
That
to•orrow
will
beautiful day,
be
•
- To,Hoe
Around the
Milkrun
- With Belinda Loveless
Wasn't Hiss flowers lovely
in her gown at the Labor Oay
show at tl\e Max? She looked
abaolutely ravished Coope
I
meant ravishing). rhe house of
large sizes Js handling better
merchandise lhese days. It ell
goes beak to ll\e old quandary
of how do you get ten pounds of
sugar tn e rive pound beg or in
thia oaae a 200 pound beg in a
size elghl drese. Understand
her red hat hes been condemned
by the city l\ealth department
for harboring eo ~any dirty
ideas ror loo many y~ars.
r~e annual romp 1n the mud
al the Labor Dey picnic at the
Warehouee
was
lta
usual
exhilarating affair. Unfortunately there isn't enough mud
ln Corter Lake to make eny or
those broads beautiful.
Rumor around town 1s that
tl\e big remodelJn9 job al lhe
Qjamond
Ber
has been
put
on
l\old,
It
seems
that
desjgner in charge of the
the
tee
room
The
comnu t led
suicide.
graffiti on the blackboard was
loo much lo cope with,
Fashion ~ote: Mias Payton,
lhe
dar I Ing
of
the
Run
volleybell court w&s seen Jn
one of last yeera• outr1ts. But
really darlings!
5
�None Out of Three
Comm ere ials
•by Oon Longmore
I like Television . I bel leve
Cod
put
it on
earth
Lo
entertain
kids
and
senior
citizens . l don•t know too fflany
people who don't weteh
the
tube, but I know some who don't
watch the
cofflmercials,
and
believe they mey be mLssing
something.
For inat•nce, have you seen
the terriric looking guy on the
Crapenuts commercial? When 1
first eew him I though
lo
aayse1r,
"sweetie, you're in
love aga1n. 11 I probably only
see him} or 4 limes a day, and
you
m1ghl
enough,
bul
say
that's
darn i l ,
when t•m in love.
1
nol
know
Remember Jillie Michael laal
Christmas on the woter bed ad?
That was a classic. fhe kid
never suid a word bul
his
expressions said i t all . W
ell
they 9ooft1d l his lime, they
never ehould hove let hi• open
his "'°uth. lhe bed ia loo big,
loo liltle or loo hard. Now
I'll go along with the loo
little pert, but loo big •nd
too hard? Crow up Micheel.
How nboul that naked hunk on
the Orono ad sitting there Jn a
bubble belh . Well, I'm forPver
blowing bubbles, and would like
lo help him c l ean out
his
drain. Bul then I am in love
with the Grapenuts man.
Now they have weenies lo fil
your buns .
len•t that
just
special.
lhere ' a thel sexy beauty who
seya, very seductively, "I have
a new roommete.tt Oh mercy, let
it be me . But I ean't forget
Crepenuta can 1?
One guy even sends ~e lo the
fridge or the bathroom when he
appeere . Jhet Aussie on the
Energizer ad. (Barf-erama). He
could ater in a horror film end
they wouldn' l [have) to use e
bit of make up on him. I feel
about that commercial lhe same
way l do about the PreparalionH ad. They can stick it.
I do like that cute little
f1re~an in the shower lalhering
~verylhlng up with Shield soap.
lhen he goes dancing around th~
fire truck 1n tight jeans. I'd
like to help h1m put hie r,re
out. Sorry CN.
Here ia one to insult the
Intelligence.
!his hunk
ls
being chased by men and hounds
through the forest, &weq:ia and
wildernese and the dogs are
sure lo plck up his scent.
Suddenly he comes to a rustic
old oebin in the middle or
nowhere, rushes in and strips,
(they don't ahow thal
darn
it), lhen he lhrowe his clothes
ln an electric washer with Dash
detergent. Come on now - what
In Lhe hell did he plug that
washer into?
I really like the
Downy
fabric softener babies.
Arethey adorable or whet? Makes me
went to be a mother. Lord knowa
l ' ve trted for years.
I must dispel! Lhia dirly
old
111.an
image
I've
been
projecting, end don't w&nt to
sllghl the ladles .
You've
all
eeen
the
dlepoaeble douche cOfflmercial.
Whal did they do before, save
•em?
Marthe "Jows" Raye louts a
breath freshener for folks with
denture& . 1 don't need it, but
glad she hoe 1t . She could
cleer the dance floor with one
exhale.
And you cera rorgel ebout
Victoria Prtncipal'e renteatic
shampoo. ll didn't do• thing
for me . Same old crap I've had
on my noodle ror years . Meybe I
ween'l supposed lo u&e it on my
noodle.
W
asn't I juat sick when
round out aboul June Allyson's
bladder control p~oblem. Well,
lt Depends,
Enough
or
thl&,
the
typesetter gives me dirty looks
1r
I rattle on loo
long;
besides, ils llme ror another
bowl of (sigh) Crepenuta.
AMETHYST
A HAIR SHOPPE
8510 Pl.ACE
SUNDAY, OCT. 9th, 8pm
Al PANIC In Uncoln
NORTH 30TH ST
$3 Admission
Cal l fo r
Proceeds to benefit
THE COALITION FOR GAY &
LESBIAN CIVIL RIGHTS
453-6688
6
•by Jean Horlensen
In the July issue I reporled
on three ge~ seminarians under
scrutiny for ordination lnlo
the EvengeJJcel Lutheran Church
Jn A.merlca.
Official policy
from
the
bl shops
of
the
Lutheran Church required lhem
to be celibate 1n order to be
ordained ee minialera . Well,
here ' s
an
update
on
the
al tustlon .
The Auguol 6th Kearney Deily
Hub newspaper reported
thot
none of the three men would be
o~deined
now
because
they
felled
to
pledge
ruture
compliance with the bishops'
policy
el lowing
only
nonpracticing
hOfflo&eKuala
to
beco111e mjnisters in the church .
Although
apparently
not
.involved
in
a
current
relalJonship, none of lhe three
felt he could promise cel1bacy
for
the
duretlon
or
his
min1aterial
Ii fe.
Each
aem!nar1en relt lhe ce1Jbacy
policy
was
unfa1c
and
unhealthy, Bishop Lyle Miller
or Sen rrenoJeco said that eny
statement of compllenee made by
the three gay seminarians waa
"eondft1onal and l@mporary and
therefore not consistent with
the spirit of the abst1nence
requi re1nent."
There
is
no
policy
requiring
sexual
abstinence ror heteroae•uals ln
the
Lutheran
ee•jnary
or
mjnf st ry .
In one or the most ironic
sJtuetions 1 have ever eeen,
Kearney's
family of
Christ
Lutheran Church ran an ad tn
the peper lhet day es well
rJght
below
the
above
newabr I efl I
The ad read in
part: "Cod I a Hf s wisdom made
us different.
Jesus loves
each or ua for the unique and
wonderful person we are . And if
Cod accepts ua, who can condemn
us?
Lutherans
cheri-eh
diversity .•.• Lutherans do not
try lo make you IJke us; just a
pert of us. lhe Lutheran Church
welcomes )'Ou. 11
W
ell,
now,
isn ' t
that
apeciaJ?
Play Safe
tolerant - A tolerant person LS
one who ia w1llin9 lo let you
h•ve your ridiculous opinions.
�Summer
Vacation
-Carle
Ad~enture
Rom.once.
Wel 1,
(xcil~ment
oCca)', maybe t l
wasn't
e•aetly like
many
you know,
or
that,
l started
As
"'>
Jhere
couldn't b~
enylh1ng
belter Ah.
ACK! 1
let her behind the wheel of my
brother's trolling motor. flrst
il was two fool fro~ the roeky
ahore. Surely she knows that
rocks con beoL the H(LL out or
the bottom of a
fiberglass
boal. How will I explain to my
brother that h1e boat •• the
one on the bottc,n, or the lake?
summer by moving lo Omaha from
lhe lend or Oz, Al age 38 I
entered inlo m~ firat--y~s,
my
very
firsl
live-in
relationship. Hay 28 my r,nal
load of boxes arrived. ror the
next week we shared the wermth
and Joy or new love r lnal ly
reelited.
fhen on June 6 we had a rude
ewakening-·l ~ecked the Bronco
end relurned lo Kansas. Earlier
we had decided that l should
lake lhe final nine hours l
needed lo complete my master'$
degree.
rhe ne~l seven Mondays
we would replay this tearful
ac«!ne as I cried that t Qidn't
went to leave end my lover
bravely sent me orr, desiring
ln her own heart to hold me
here.
ror 8 weeks I was Jike a yoyo--beck end rorlh, study end
ale~p,
read want eds, send
rest.lfflea, dr1ve and eel, hold my
lover. Lire was so heclic. We
visiled the 200 end lhal night
hod
25
friends
over
lo
celebrate my arrival in Omaha.
Read, study, write abstraele.
We went to Coronation. Study.
Hake
Pride
Parade
Poster a
between chapters of finance.
Oopal It •e Parade Day. Do I
walk? I told the 'New Voice•
readers ln Ap~il lhey'd eee me
there.
I juel can 1 l do Jt--1
know·•l'll
vldeo•lape
it
Jnsl ead. Yeah I I'd like lhot.
IL would make ror some good
memories.
Then the Memorial
Service. I was touched. Between
times--1 guees there was some
time between all or
thia-·
boKes, boKea, boxes--everywhere
I turned we had stacked boxes
to be unl)acked, Slowly we dug
our way out from under them.
Hellelulel It's the fourth
of July weekend. Hy lover ls
going to meel me and we're
going to spend the
weekend
camping. OHi Shill She had car
trouble. She's pissed I wasn ' t
there when she triad Lo call.
Her arrival hoe been delayed by
a day. fhls is going to be a
lonel)' weekend.
She arrived, r,nel ly and I
do mean r I NALLY we lert lown
headed for the lake. 1 have
dreamed of this moment
for
yeers. 1 have yeorned ror en
even1ng sitting by th~ campfir•
Jisten1n9 to the waves
lap
ago,nsl the shore, Ahl 1h18 1a
truly what Heaven inusl be like.
Now ehe'e headed out there?
You'd think aoffieone who could
edit a magazlne could steer a
boat.
On Hondoy she hurried back
lo Omaha to spend time with her
grandchildren, end I hurried
back Lo school to study for my
masler's exam on Friday.
J
survived rriday. She survived
seeing
her
daughter
and
grandchildren leave for lheir
new
home
in
Virginia
on
Saturday. We coped by again
lnvlling a houseful of rrienda
over. friends, fun, ond rood-·
whet could be
better!
And
Sunday night's concerl by the
River Cily Mixed Chorus lopped
off the weekend. J can hardly
woil for lhe aooW and their
O'lriatmas concerti
Back
to Kansas on Monday
lo get
serious about lhose projects 1
have been assigned. There's a
poper on ac,n,e aspect of school
r1nance. There's a project for
my slra teg1ea ror change class.
There•a
those
exemplary
practices that Stewerl wants
for the Principalship class.
Add
th
lhet
qulues
ond
reading--don I l
college
profeaeora know that 1l
ts
phyalcelly impossible to read
rour chapters and 160 pages or
handouts
over
night I
God,
pJee&a take me back to Omaha.
Or1ve, drive, drive.
Oh,
yeah,
th i.s is
lhe
weekend
we're
going
to
H1nneapoiis to see that quilt.
Drive, drive, drive. Oh, not
fhere
have
been
lornedoes
sighted in Omaha! What should
we do?
It sounds like our
neighborhood
could
have
suffered some damage. A11 thla
driving would be wasted--okey,
we• 11
cal I bacl<
ond
then
decide. Whewl nothing serious
for
us.
Onward we go
to
Hinneopol1s to lhe
Huniphrey
0ol'te,
lhe quilt ··hundreds or )
x
6
panele--a
moving
expor1ence--simple blocks with
names scratched on by markers-detailed needlework--a friend-a lo~er--e child. for J hours
we walked up and down
the
aisles
e~perieneing just
a
fraction of the pain AIOS hes
ceuaed in this world.
Then it was back to Kansas-bee~ to those crazy papers and
projects.
One more week of
summer school. Halleluiat Soon
I should be hearing about that
mesler I a e-i,am, Did I pees? Was
J eble to get enough written on
eoch question during those )
hours? What tr 1 fell? Wll l I
be able to return to Kansas in
the fall to try again? I know I
ahould have studied that chart
on
interagency
cooperation
more. Why didn't I do it?
Wednesday night hes arrived.
One more day and I'll be heeded
for Nebraska··this t !me
for
good . Al I I've got left to do
Is print out this paper ror my
Now
!
chang~
SINC:I 1'85, IT'S IUN A ~
,uu TO MIIT NIW ,ao,u
You lull can) buy I drink there.
P.EB.SONALLr
Gqa- Lulnan M.1dwat Pt!r•oa•h
P.O. Box 218
Inly Citr, CA 9-4016
The &st Pl.cc To Meet
Dc:l,vrrcd To Your Door
Mention 1hi1 od fo, FIE£ copy1
Di1u eetly mailed fl, o clo.u.
really do have
class
and
load
the
Bronco. 1 cen do both et once.
S..,re, just puah CONTROL•P end
go load the car. Yeah!
OHi SHIii (here woa a power
surge end the printer quit, Oh,
well,
I'll Just reload the
paper and try egoJn. DOUBlE
SHIT! lhe end 01arker is gone!
The
coq:.uter won't let
cne
reload lhe program. Damn. 1
just want to cry.
And ao I dld•·for about an
hour. Hy lover gol pretty fed
up wllh tl all and told me to
go l busy and get l he damn
thing retyped, There was no
sense in all that weeping end
-continued next page
7
�moaning. She was tven heartless
enough to Ntfll.i nd me of what 1
would have said to one of ay
aludenla
ln
the
seme
predicemenl,.
I pessed my
The orricial
paper would be errivlng In 6-6
weeksl Nowl I am so happy!
Today is Thursday and l can go
home flNALLY. I om so relieved.
Talk about homecomlngsJ What a
glorious dayl l pulled In just
in time to vacuUft\ before the
church board arrived for
a
meel1ng at our house.
And then my bank elatement
ceme.
Today, 2 weeks later,
1,
Carla---------.
BA, HS,
received my first paycheck-$69.09. I forgot to menl Ion
that In Omaha teachers are a
dlm.e a dozen so 1 went lo work
as
a
temporory--pulllng
eteples. Welcome lo Nebraska-Home or the Good Lifel
And that, deer readera, u,
how 1 apent my summer vacation?
Adventure, exciteinent, romance·• l1llle or each and a whole
lot more,. I loved every fflinule
of it (If you believe that, I
do have some choice land in
Florida for sole.)
Yes I
master's
Veal
YesJ
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416 E. 5th St.
Des Moines. Ia.
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SPECIAL DIIIIJ: PIICIS
Rome of:
C
COU'f ffi.Ul.EtS
L~L CLUJ
Same club; different l ogo
Fit vs. Fat
-THE 8£AR FACT (rrom Rocky
Mountain Girth and Hirth Club)
S&H. I'm just fed up to the
spiked tipa on my Tina Turnerwig over guys who are into
S&H •••.. No,
not those
big,
butch beauties in leather thet
prefer to pinch your nipples
over kissing lhem---my tlrode
stems rrom those ultre-prelly
boys who live and breathe for a
1980'8 type of S&H: STAND AND
HODEL.
You 1 ve aeen the•
around.
They are 1110sl prevalent In the
par~. on Capitol Hill, ond al
the various nightclubs around
the city. They saunter a.round
1n their ultra-chic Benetton
blouses, and usually travel ln
herds or three or more.. They
otond, pose, model, and giggle
• great deal. fhey can often be
overheard
complaining
about
rel low geye es too ugly. too
fat,
too
bitchy
and
too
auperficiel while they
rate
people's outfits and
gossip
inceasanlly.
8
Theee new-breed S&H darJlngs
love to show off their ultra
thin, fine-boned bodies while
they voice COMplaints e-uch ea,
I swear J gained t. wo pounda, I
could Just barf! 11 Or othera
aueh as, "Where are all or the
Rl:AL Hl:N in thle city?"
Unfor-tunalely, these young
sweet things fuel lhe r lre to
lhe etlrting notion thol all
"sexy" men al"e slim, under 25,
and have more teeth than Dolly
Pardon has ••• um, heir. Plus the
fact the their "etched in a
hear l or alone" all i tudes or
aloofness further splinters the
structure or the gay communily.
We do not need this disservice
when
we ere eJready ln
a
weakened slate, plogued with
the termile of AIDS which is
rapidly eotlng ewoy ot
our
roundalion of
huODenily.
It
would be a cruel enough world
if we were Mistreated only by
aome small minded alu9s outside
our commvnily (you know lhe• the ones who call tt "Cod's
Revenge .•. '' puke-o-remo I) Now,
11
we
mual
disgust
bear the burden or
end reject Ion
rrom
gaya, loo.
Mind you,
l do try
to
maintain an open miod (no, not
e hole in my heed, thank you)
ond accepting altitude aboul
ell or my gay brothers
and
aialera . But, honestly, isn't
it about time these glamourqueens were taken down e notch
or two? l mey not be in the
meinstl'eara of opinion, but I
know what I I ick ... J
mean,
LIKE. I ' Jl lake Louie Anderson
or Dick Butkus over a roont full
or Rob Lowe-Charlie Sheen•
Madonna wanna•be's eny day.
l think it ell started when
1 wee lhree years old end I
developed
a
very
intense
attachment
to
11y
leddy
I
Bear .•. But
thal a
another
story.
Until next t1•e, reinember
thla:
It takes a big man lo
edmil he's wrong. and an even
8ICCER HA~ lo adm1l that he la
HR. RIGHT.
�Treasures or Trash
•by CCA
More
people
are
buying
antiques and W9rks or art or
every kind to furnish their
homea. Why?
becauae lhey
find lheee objecte to give them
personal
saliaracl1on,
gJve
charecler lo their rooms and
that
ert end antiques
ere
increasing
in valuo in
a
rew
short year$ . QuaJ1ty antiques
have stood the stresses of life
for one or more generations and
90 on Lo survive and be
useful and appreciated into the
will
future.
A
good
e xample
of
bettor living 1a the vaetly
lncreaaed lnlereat in •useunta,
private
co l lections
a nd
craflamenshlp .
Illustrated
books on works of ort
and
anliqUt!'!S are being sold as fast
as they cen be published. All
these factors have e
great
effecl on our appreciation and
enjoyment of entiquea and art ,
When
furnishing rooms
with
anliquea and art J l 18 nol
necessary lo restrict yourself
lo a single style or period of
rurnishing.
As a
matter or
fact, when dona properly it
lends olasa end the effect can
be very comrortable to live
wilh
and
enjoy.
lnlerior
designers ere now blending the
old with lhe new - it improvea
the at~osphere of your living
quarleca. lt also tells a lot
about e person . Your home is a
rerlect1on of your personality
end your character. Our homes
and rooms should be "composed"
as i l were a work or art or a
piece of mu&ic, which indeed !I
is, as we spend moat of our
lives in our self-constructed
surroundings. Host imporlently,
buy lhinge you really like and
will be comfortable with for
some liffle , lt would also be
wise to eek edvico rro~ an
experienced
dealer of
good
antiques and art or from o
friend whose taste you adrlire.
Oon•t be worried too much about
the price - once petd for, you
will forget about the cosl like
lasl yeare llghl b ll l. I l 18
better lo pay a liltle more for
aomelhing you wl 11 be u8lng
most of your life and really be
heppy
with,
lhan
lo
buy
someth i ng of o second choice
end
be
mta~rable
forever
because you couldn't sell 1t in
your garage sale end
arter
orrerlng i t rree to some thrirt
ato.re
th~)' r-eruse
il
end
recommend thel you throw il in
lhe trash .
We do not have to be rtch to
enjoy the good life in America
Thanks to our Veterans (A
aign seen in en ad
a.round
town) . lhe rich are few tn
numbers
(JI or our
enl ire
population), so that leaves the
larger percentage of us in a
co~letely difrerenl category.
Thia
breeder group
or
us
(middle income - low lo high if
you
l1ke) cen enjoy Just as
nice surroundings as the other
J percent -- more than they do,
You may see a design or period
antique in a bo<>k, or while
wal king through some greal home
end th!nl< to yourseH "tr we
could only afford it. 11 Well you
CM/ afford ill It ie Jusl eG
easy to buy good quality ho...,
rurnish1ngs whether antique or
good style reproductions
of
fine srt end certainly much
more rewarding and satisfying .
Carpel for carpet, chelr for
chair, tabl e for tabJe, you can
buy eovnd anliquee for no more
then you would pey for today's
orlen
poorly
made
modern
pieces. Once you start buying
or replacing your pieces with
quality antiques you will have
furnishing of lasting beauty
whose value will do nothing bul
increase
ye~r
ofter
year
inatead or losing value es new
furniture does the moment it is
delivered Lo ~our home, much
the
same
way a
new
ear
deprecia t es the •lnule
it's
yours even though i t
lakes
three or more yeera lo pay il
off .
All tasles are legillmale
and it is nol nece&aary to
uccounl for them . lhink about
that one for G ~inute . We may
be talking about more
than
antiques end decorating taste .
Your teste mey not agree with
thal of your friends or family
ll le yours alone . If lhey
opprove of your taste they aay
I
you
have
e
rleir'
for
decoroling 1 writlng , clothes,
dro,.,tn;. design, the arts, etc.
If they disapprove they may soy
you have bad or no taste or
perhaps
'You ' re
di rr eren l '.
Bes1cally Jt le their way of
saying your taste is dif(erent
rrom
theirs
what's
coniforlable for you Js not good
ror them. What il boils down Lo
is lhal t&ele ie oflen no more
t hane reeling or instinct ror
whal is right ror you .
'Champagne leate and a beer
pocketbook' is nol neceaaar1ly
eo . B<Jylng antiques and honesl
pictures hos the advantage of
buying at your own pace and
your oWfl level . If your income
js limited you can set ss1de
ror ~omething that appeals lo
your champagne
taste.
Whtm
conle"'Pl&tlng anliques and art
whet you need most is patience
(your
own taste) and
lJme
(piece
by
piece).
lhe
rurnishJngs of a home should be
whal Ernesl Hemingway called
Paris 1n 1920
°e movable
reest. "
Today's
cmforteble
home
furnished
with
some
antiques 1s a blend of old and
new . The slyle has no defln!le
period and is ca l led 'Eclectic'
- the dictionary says lhe word
means "choosing whet appears lo
be
the best
from
diverse
sources, systenus or styles" .
Does that mean mixing styles
and periods - or courae 1l does
and il does NOT reflect bad
taste. Jl Just goes bock to the
statement of ell tastes are
legllimela
and >t
is
not
nece&sary Lo account for them .
Styles change· tastes change.
'Yesterday's trash ls Loday•e
treasure• and the conve~se 1a
not
necessarily
true
for
everything. If il was made good
SO years ago it's
probably
still good loday. If ,t began
with poor workmanship and style
SO years •10 it's
probably
slil l cheep end trashy today.
The only thing lhat doesn't
change in this world la change
Haelf.
Where
cen
you
find
reasonably priced good antiques
and
art and other
goodies
today?
rha.t ; a simple
et
auctions, onlique shops, garage
sales,
thrirt
stores,
lag
sales, moving sales . Often e
lot of good bU)'S are mode when
eomeone is ~ovJng out of town
or rro~ their homes into en
apartment . The auction Mrket
is the place where experts end
amaleurs alike must go to find
e reference aa lo the dollar
value or articles , period or
style .
It
sela
its
own
determlnalion or quality end
price. Barga1ns are round at
all euclione as Jong as you
have some prevtous knowledge of
what
you're inlerested
in.
Auctions a t e &lao a good way to
gel stung and be very unhappy
with your purchase as soon as
lhe auctioneer's ha~mer comes
down end he &eye •sold,' it's
yours. So have some idea Q8 to
""•l you should set es & limit
end ask s011eone about the ilems
you
are 1ntereated 1n
and
really don't know how much you
should bid on 1 t. rhere ' e a
big,
9rowin9
market
out
lhere ... big may nol be the
proper word . Take the stock
market for e~effiple ; tl la en
auction where secucittes ere
sold through a bidding process.
fhe stock e xchange serves as a
middlemen between buyer• and
-continued next page
9
�selle rs and takes a modest ouL
on each lransaclion jusl as
euellon houses do in Lhe arl
and antique world . The going
tele today at antique auction
houses is 20 percenl of the
aale . lhet's quite a hunk or
money
when
they
have
no
investment in the l Lems being
sold aa moat or il is usually
on consignment.
If
you have
those
lWC'I
qua lities menlioned eerller o(
patience end time you will fJnd
a lot or barq" ins .
fhose lwo
quel1ties will more often than
nol, be the difference between
Treasures
or
l resh .
Shopping
end browsing seems lo be the
best
way
to
f"ir,d
MOsl
treasures . ll does teke a Jot
of time and looking and really
seeing hae ta be learned . Take
your time - pick up thinga and
examine them closely
ask
quest~ons about them .
, final thought about prtcea
of
qualtly arl pieces
and
antiques .
Hoel knowledgeable
observers
of the
art
and
antique markets stale :
"The:
pres-ent
is still a
buyers
market . W
ilh inflation end the
fluclueling economy alJ around
us,
this
motk ol
(aC'l
&.
antiques) reacts more &lowl y lo
geneE"e I
condit 1ono.
Todey • s
inflaled dollars will prove an
edvantege
to
homemtlkera
shopping the auctlona for art
and antiques."
Director ,{° ;
~~
9,
J -.. /
~~
"'
').
'~t\,
, '
I
;.
! ,
lhe River Cily 111 xed Chorus
is pleased Lo announce
the
appointment of John J . Ke l ly aa
11us,c Director for the 1988-89
season .
Hr.
Kelly
received
his
bachelors degree In music from
Col l ege of St. fhomas l n St .
Paul, MN, his meelers degree in
muaJc
theory
from
the
University of Iowa and hes done
doctoral
woN<
in
choral
literature end conducting at
the Univers1ly of Iowa. John la
e member of th~ Association or
Choral Conductors, th~ Ame~icen
Choral
Oirectore
Asuooialion
und the Iowa Choral Dlraclora
Aesociet1on. He also has on
e~lensive
beekground
1n
leachinq, ~eseerch end lh~atre .
10
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Local Organizations & Events
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John ie muaic director of
the Des M
oines Men ' s Chorus and
the Des Hoines Choral Society
Chamber Croup.
He la
also
director of music for the adult
end youlh cho1re or Collegiate
Presbyterian Church in Ames ,
IA.
11r . Kelly Is o reaidenl of
Des
Hoines
and
will
be
commuting to Omaha each week
for rehearsals .
G.L.S.A ./G.L.R. C.
Community News
The UNL Cay/lesbian Student
Assoc1ation, a social, educetional and political org&nizati.on for students end non-etudenla,
conducted it& first
meeting or the fall semester on
September I at 8 p.m. in Nebr.
Union, Rm 342 . 11eet,nga will be
held Thur~dar at 8 p.m. in
Nebr. Unton Rm. 342. Topics For
the ae•eater will include: Cny
Perent.ing, Sarer Se)(, videos
end dj scussi ona .
The £xee:ut t ve
Council is open to suggestions
for activillea . On Sept. lSth ,
GSLA will hold elections for
the achool year . The orgonizalion ls holding a fundra lse r
October 20th . Call 472-5644 f or
rurther inrormation.
The
aludenl
organization
held meetlngs during
school
year 1987-88 on Blse,ualily,
AIDS Testing , NCLU, AA , lhe
Lincol n
Arte
Council
and
vi deoa .
During the post
4
yeers. CSLA was involved in :
panel discussions in clessea
and dormitories, pursuJng nondiscrimination policies, producing concerts end a play, and
promoting gay/lesbian concorne
on/orr
campus.
The
UNL
Gay/Lesbian Resource Center , e
service
or GSLA, provides
resource
and
referrel,
a
library,
rree
publiaationa
(Kenaee City Alternative ~ew-s ,
Gay Chicago, Equal rin,e) end
roommate rere~rals.
UN
L•GLSA
la
working
1n
conjunction
with
lhe
U~l
Cay/lesbian
Program~Jng
Committee, o oommJtlee of the
University Progrom Counc!), lo
develop a Cay/Lesbian
Pride
Week dur,ng february 1989.
The UNl/Gay/Lesb1an Resource
Center
may be acc~ssed
by
oalllng
(402)
472-S6J3
or
slopping in Rm . 342 of the
Nebraska Union. New sludente
drop 1n and oheck out what 1 a
new at UNL l I I
ICON Reports
As
e rollow-up
lo
lhe
letters pub l 1ahed in the Augusl
issue of the New Voice, we will
be repor t ing from lime lo limo
on lhe financial alalus of lhe
Imperial Court of Nebraska , so
the readers are better 1nforMed
of the result• of ICON fundreis1ng ect1vJt1ea end theJr
contributions to the community .
Sharon V . , Edi tor
Imperial Court of Nebraska
Revenue A E•pense Statement
2nd Quarter 1988
Aprill - June JO
REVENUE:
Doors & Catoe . . .••.. $6,102.00
Advert iatng • • . • . . . • • • . 890 . 00
Donations . • . . • . . . . . . . . 520. 00
fees . . • . . . • • • . • . . . • • • . 190. OD
Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70 . OD
11lsc. . . . . • •• . . • . • . • • • •
75 . 0D
IOTAL REVENUE
$7,847.DO
CXP(NS(,
Advert ieJng . . • . • . • . $1,030. 80
• Donations •.••••.••. l,D2D.OO
.. Banks. . • . . . • . . • • . • • .
55D. 00
Sound . . . . . ..... . . . . . ..
1107. 50
• · • Budgets .. . . . . .. ...
388.42
Grounds and hall rent.
}DO. OD
· · -~rrevel .. . .. . . . . ...
208.00
food and Drink. . . ... . .
199. 90
Awards .. •• .. •. . .•.. ..
193.97
Sets . . • • • . • . • • • • • • . . .
145.00
Attorney • • • . • . • . • • . . .
100. DO
Deposit returns . • • . . •
70.00
Bani< charges . . . . • . . . .
46. 88
Door & gale fees returned 10. 00
M . •• . . . • •. . • •. . . . .
isc
141. 91
TOTAL EXP(NS( •• •...•. $4 , 812.38
NET PROCEEDS •.• . ...• • $3,0)4 . 62
NOTES:
• S49S
$75
$7$
$375
-
Viral Syndrome Cllnlc
Lambda House
HCC-Omahe
New Voice or Nebraska
• • These ~on1ea ere returned lo
the account 8rter fundreising
events .
•- · These Mon1es ere r~corded in
th@
appropr,ale
expenae
accounts after all receipts end
monies are returned lo
lhe
Lreesurer.
•• • Thia a1110unl 18 fol" a1 rrare
lo and from an oul-of•etete
coronal1on for the tmperor and
(mpreae.
�Safer Sex ...
Nalionelly
known
medical
enlhtopologiat and proressjonal
sexologial, Clerk laylor PhD.,
Ed.O., will appear ~n Nebraska
during
the first
wee!<
of
October. Clerk Taylor ls widely
1·ecogni zed for hi.e
sensual,
erolic workshops on making se•
safer end fun. Or. Teylor will
appear Oct. 2, l pm - J pm, al
The Hox end Oct. 8 et UNL in
the Centennial Room of
the
Nebraska Union from 2·5 pm.
There
le
no
chorge
for
participants.
Hie
work&hops
feature a
atmosphere
relaked responsive
where participants
serer
guidelJneo
learn
thot
sex
erolic!zing
the
is
nol
only possible, but pleasant.
Or. Taylor was lost in Nebraska
Aug. 26-27, 1986. Cay/bisexual
a.en end lhose interested in
serer se• won't be disappointed
wJth
lhe
co~fortoble
Taylor.
fun,
wit Ly
and
style of
Clark
he hes been
involved
In
AJDS
prevention research,
writing
Since
deeply
1981,
end teaching. He ie e Research
Fellow on AIDS al Lhe Center
for Research and Education 1n
Sexuality,
-by RO<Fley A. Bell, ll
al
Stale University;
the
Safe
Sex
San
rranclaco
dlreclor
of
CerlJ ficet ion
Program el lhe lnstltule for
the Advflnced Study of Human
Sexuality. Or. Taylor is coauthor of The Co!'Plele Cuide to
Safe Sex, and aUth0r"o7 1 'c00dOffl
Uee;111~S Prevention end Sexual
(njoymenl" a p~phle t wl dely
the
Douglas
Co.
Health
Department, lhe Stale HeeJth
Department
AIDS
Educe lion
Division,
the CosUlJon for
Cay/Leablen
C1vIJ
Rights,
Nebraska AIDS Project, Imperial
Court of Nebraska, the Lincoln
Lencester Co. Health Oeperl,nent
and tho UNL Cuy/Leeblan Student
Association.
used by private.
slate end
federal agencies. Clark also
has
created en
lllualreted
brochure, "Using Condoms" which
is
distributed
by
public
agencies,
hoapllels
and
'-l'liversitles
throughout
THI
Qlqesterfielh
California
and
many
other
state&. He ls the co-producer
of The Comelele Video Guide to
SefeSex--; tiiis-cJrrecl..
et!-Two
sex
0Lfier--sare
worked
aa
a
videos
perllclpont
consultant
on
education vJdeoe.
OMAHA
and
end
fjve
AJOS
In addJUon,
MON·PRI S "9· 1 AM
SAT-tuN Nooft-1 AM
1191 ST. MARY"S
Clerk has helped design two
sore sex kJta - one for the
lnstitule for Advanced Study of
Humen Sexuelity and one for the
AIDS
Education
Progr.,..
al
Stanford Univeraity.
Clerk
Taylor'&
visit
to
Nebraska Is being sponsored by
fl
- ...
-•
Solid as a Rock - The MAX
cure
(ntertain~enl
at
the
Hex
proved lo be solid as a Rock
oll through the late su11111er
months.
AugusL 21, the Max
hosted e apeclai patio show
one with the Hies Hax'a. It was
e
spoclal evening
Hurry
Rosenberg
Hise
Max
t.
Veronica O'Rourke Hfss Max 11.
As a rundraiser for the New
Voice
Mr.
Cay
Nebreske
pnJ.sented
"Pullin'
on
the
Lipa'" August 28 et 9:lt)po,. The
winnera received SlOO
lat
plaoe, 2nd place $50 and third
ploce S25.
Labor Day Weekend was a huge
Hax,
success - Sunday the Hux hosted
the
fabulous
Pudgy
a
fundraiaer
for
AIDS.
Don
r lowers
hosted
"Foolish
on the pello - iL
was truly, "eolJd ea a rock".
follies" on Monday end once
again - il was en evenJng of
oxcJte~enl end a step closer to
Sable fro~ NYC - Miss Max
and
lhe current Mis~
111,
Katrine Kane. lhe show wes
concerl slyle 1 with layers
scuffolding
in
of
AIDS. ( Thanks Don)
The following events at
the
Max:
September
11,
Special
guesta, Brandi AleAander and
Kim Alexia.
September 25th, "Front Page
News" Benef'J t ror Dorian Drake
and Huffy Roaenbarg to Hiss Cay
America
October
2nd,
"1 ina
and
Pearl" Brien Murph)' from NYC
Once agoin, the Hex is proud
to
present
the
finest
enlerteinment in Nebraska
ll'a solid as a Rock.
NYAN MURNY
AS TINA
AS PIARL
11
�Peck -by Jerry Peck
Hears Peck
Recently I had lhe pleasure
of hearing Or. H. Scoll Peck,
author of A Different Orum, lhe
Road lesa--iraveTecf-r;;h"Jch-1
have revrew for the New VoJce)
and
other
books,
speak
al
Joslyn Husevm. I had hoped to
meet Dr. Peck but that was not
possible. I was delighted with
the morning sessions in which
Or. Peek reviewed lhe material
tn the book$ thel 1 have read,
and emphasized the points that
I had found outalonding.
The afternoon session was
not covered i" lhe books 1 have
read, nor did he refer lo any
book in print~ He did express
some views which J haYe held
for yea.re. Since J know lhat al
least two are in agreement,
allow me lo share my notes (not
e~act quotes} from Or.
talk
on
Sexuality
Peck's
and
Splrltualitv.
According to Or. Peck, our
hvo,anlty was created as half
creators, end as hUffian beings
we seek a wholen~ss which 1s a
God likeness. Whether we seek e
mate that makes us whole, or es
we seek e soirilual wholeness,
we e~e all rel1gJous by nature.
Our
sexuality
end
our
spirituelitv
!av
so
close
together lhat it is Jmoosslble
for one lo be aroused without
the other. Or. Peck read a
number or ooems written
by
religious
figures
lo
demonstrate that in order to
love our God pe&aionalel~, we
musl be sexual pessionetely. As
we enter into a relationshJo
with another human beingt we
often conruse our sewual and
spiritual needs and therefore
create an idol of our partners.
Bolh
ee•ue1
and
spiritual
act,vlty can be ao llberstlno
ea to allow abandonment or the
self
in enjovment
or the
relationship to the point or
being unewate of one's rn.ete or
stale of cOtllpleLeneaa. rhe Cod
or Christianity pursues us with
a
qreater
vioor
for
our
spiritual wholeness then we can
possiblv pursue another
for
sexual wholenesa . rallure to
complete a wholeness In both
spirituality end sexuality oen
be a hindrance to a wholeness
or ellher and both. Seeking
only
a mete
for
physical
gratification ie to lower one•e
self to the animal or plant
soecfes of creatJon.
Needless
to
sav,
the
concepts presented have
the
mokinQ& for e very tntereeting
bookt end should Dr. Peck write
it, I will went lo read it.
12
Adult Children
of Alcoholics
Social Problems
Class on AIDS
-Rodney A. Bel I, II
Al UNL thla
rail,
Joel
Brodsky will teach a class Jn
11
Soci el Proble:m&tt
( SocJ ology
210-Secllon OD2).
The class
w! 11
be
taught
Hondaye,
Wednesdays, and rridaye al !:JO
p.m.
Social Problems comprise a
broad
range of
svbelentive
ereas
such as
drug/alcohol
abuse,
racism,
homophobie,
medicalization,
vJolenee,
ae•uality and lnstilutlonalized
eocial inequsllly. The flret
pert of the term will focvs on
the breadth and scope of the
study of social problems. The
latter portion or the course
will
~demo~strate
how
sociolo91sla define end sludy
problems by do1ng en Jn-depth
analysis of lhe case of AIDS.,.
The test for the portion of the
course on Al0S le ttSe-x and
Cer""5: rhe poll l 1cs of AIDS" by
Cindy
Patten,
a
lesb1en
feminist author.
The course is useruJ for
those conaidering careers in
medical care, orimlnel justice,
politJcal science, counselJn9,
Journells~,
social
People who grew up in an
alcoholic
or
otherwise
dysrunctJonel homo ftnd that
they have much in co~on. They
are often vncoa.rortable with
other
people
especially
authority figures. They have a
hard llme gelling in Louch W!lh
lheir feeling& end an
even
harder lime sharing feelings.
I hey
often
choose
to
c.oneent rate
all
of
their
energies on enothee person in
preference to themselves, and
they often become Involved wllh
alcoholics or become alcoholics
themselves.
Hany of us have found help
and hope in a group celled
Adult Children or Alcoholics.
We meet to share our thoughts
end feelings about our lives,
past and present.
We're proud to announce lhet
O•ehn 1 a f1rat gay and lesbian
ACA group beqen meeting
on
Monday July 4th al 7pm at HCC Omaha. reel free to COfflle and
share.
ff
)'OU
have
eny
questions calJ Karen al )46D56l.
work,
education and public polJcy.
Rehearsals1r you are
to Start
You' re JnvJt ed:
Septe.lhber
12,
7:JD
pm
Lowe
Ave.
Presbyterion Church.
This is the first reheersaJ
or the RJver City Hixed Chorus
for the 1988-89 aeeacn, and Ila
en open rehearsal. which me$ns
interested
in
learning about the chorus lhle
is thetJmelofind out. 1rt
efler the reheersel, you like
whet you eee and heert you ere
Invited to slay a few e~lre
l'IU.nules a.nd eudillon.
20th Anniversary of UFMCC
CelebraUng 20 Tears of Ministry 1966- 1966
ror 20 years, lhe Universe!
Fellowship
of
Hetropolllan
CoMrnunJty Churches hes
been
faithful to Jls vision of being
a
church
with
a
specJal
outreach to the gay and lesbian
community, but w1th Its doora
open to ell people. We have
seen
the
formolion
of
U.F.H.C.C. congregatlona In 12
othe~
count~ies,
with
correspondence to adherents in
4) others . We ere the largest
organization touchlng the lives
of gaye and lesbians In the
world. October 6, l988t we will
celebrate the occasion of our
20th
anniversary
at
the
Registry
Hotel ,
Universal
Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Locally
HCC-Omaha
has
planned e eplritual
renewal
weekend September JD lhrough
October 2 Lo celebrele
the
anniveraary. SpecJal servJces
wl II
be
held
Friday
and
Saturday
evenings al
7:00.
These will be followed by lhe
regular
Sonday services
at
10:20 a.m. and 7:00 P·'"· A
reception
will follow
both
Sunday services.
On Saturday morning a Bible
study of discipleship will be
held.
Saturday
afternoon a
work time le planned for fall
cleonlng and fi•-up around the
ohurch. ror more details call
the church office et 345-2>6)
HCC-Omaha ,a located at 420
Soulh 24th Street. Come JoJn us
as
we
celebrate
lhe
fellow6hip's 20th AnnSveraery.
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�Hot Sex With Condoms
-Clerk Thompson
You can't make rubbers reel
e•actly the 9ame as naked skJn.
But
you can
explore
the
oensatJona of condoms. Once you
do this, they can become es
ae•y as Jock alrape end es much
fun as other toys.
Experiment I
rry
using
condoms by yourse 1 f. If you' re
clumsy the f1~sl rew timee,
don' t swee L i l •
If you make e
mesa, open another rubber and
start over egein. Keep several
types and sizes around ao that
you und your partner& will have
a choice.
Communicate! Talking aboul
condoms
with
your
partner
becomes easy with practice. 8e
hones l about your feelings.
If
you ere nervous or awkward, aay
ao. 1 r you
are exoi led by
rubbers,
tell your man. IL
gives you room lo e•periment
end takes the pressure off of
performance e•pectaliona.
Use Jmaqinationl fhere ere a
1000 ways to make pulling on
condoms a hot porl or
sex
Jnatead or en Jnterruption. Pul
a condom on your man
very
sensuously with your mouth.
Lubricate!
Use
generous
additional
waler
baaed
lubricant. The lubricallon on
condOffls helps, but is usually
nol enough. You can heiqhten
enjoyment by pouring Just a
litlle bit of lubricant Into
lhe
reservoir
lip
before
putting on a condom. This helps
keep al r out of lhe t lp and
oreatly
increases
sensation
when
the lubrication
aeepa
For Micki M_
B_
1 reel the time haa come,
To let you go.
The talking was over months ego
I wlll let you go now
Bul I don't mind al ell,
It hes hurt me but time is
tmellng lhe pain.
I will always cherish ell
those Special mQfflenta that
We sha~ed together.
Several months have past by now
end
flmea are
changing.
People
change in tJme
Good-bye fa a very painful word
when
You loved someone as much as
loved you
Il'a all right, Say good-bye
Time is healing the pain that
Feel for you.
Love always.
ChrlaUe L.S.
around the oenis head. It lakes
the
• little practice to get
rloht amount. but It is wall
worlh the effort.
rantasizel Put your revortte
fantasy partners into scenes
with
condoms
while
you
masturbate.
When
you're
~ruiaing, think up ways you'd
like
to get the guys
you
see into condoms and whet It
would be I ike.
Wet! Even the best waler
based lubricants dry out during
uae . But ir you wet them with a
llltle water they're as good as
new, Have e aonteiner of warm
water around such aa a saueeze
bottle spreyer, squirt gun or
bowl.
Many people moke the mistake
of thinking that once they've
out a rubber on, they have lo
ojaculete or else. Th.is is •
&ure way nol to enioy condo~s.
Use as manv rubbers during sex
as you like.
_
Rubbera cut down on friction
and can make guys last lonqer
before shooting.
Thie Is a
wonderful reelure or lalex ror
lots of men.
Olldoesl
Condoms
meke
dlldoes ond butt plugs easy to
clean end the surrace of lhe
lovs slicker so there's leas
wear and tear on body ortrtces.
Now you know eome of the
basics. Sul don't atop here.
Ask around and try out some of
lhe Ideas that ere Interesting
to you.
Architecture is frozen music.
Coalition
Makes Plans
-by Rodney A. Bell, 11
The coalition for Cay and
Lesbian Clvll Rlghls is making
plans
for ita foll
annual
meeting to be held Nov. 4, 5
end 6. fhese plans will Include
a six feature r11m reatival and
book
sale.
The fl 1 m
w111
include MOvtea seen mainly in
largel" citJea by, aboul or for
gay end lesbian people.
rhe Coa I ll I on for Cay and
Lesbian Civil Rights will make
rurlher plens known in
the
Oolober Issue of the New Voice.
Watch for further detajlsl
Beware!
-by Jerry Peck
is, within the
There
ga)'
populace,
an
i l lneas
IM>re
pathetic then AiOS, on illneas
that is not man1fested tn e
culture or a teat tube.
I recently met a young man
who waa infected. We mel al e
local bar. We wenl lo my home
where I told hi., that I hav~
AIDS.
I told the truth. I
uuspecl
that
lrulh
is
a
stronger to thi& person. He
claimed to have recently moved
to Omahe rroM Dee Moines where
he hed been diagnosed es having
ARC, end was not efl'Ployed (nor
had he aoughl l reelmenl
in
Oniaha). According to hi8 story,
his mother has e chicken farm
outside of Dea Moines 1n e
small rural area.
he
alao
cleima to have !oat a lover in
en auto accident within the
last year, having appeared on
TV aa a PWARC in Des Hoines,
moved lo California, back lo
Oes Moine& and flnally
lo
Omsho.
We spent the
remafndel" or
the night lelklng. The ne•t day
he helped hi"'8alf to my food
without asking. (Had he asked,
he would have received). While
J slepl in lhe afternoon, he
left (as did the pennies Crom a
candy dish).
A couple or weeks leler he
returned to my home asking ror
Food. I fed hiM. I let hi•
smoke my cigaretlea, I listened
to
him tolk.
He
gave
a
sympathetic ear as I talked. He
helped himself lo additional
food. He asked to borrow $5.00,
I obliged. He went out and gol
) quarts of beer. Again, as I
slept,
he stole the 519.00
remaining caah that I had.
I find If sad thel In "'Y
stale
of loneliness 1
wee
vulnerable ~nough to allow this
peraon into my home. I find i t
pathetic that anyone could sink
to the depths of humanlty to
use the v!rua that is possibly
going to kill me to play on my
eympothy, Invade ~Y hoapitality
and rob me,
Should this peraon Indeed
have ARC, whal support should
he expect from the hu,nanily
which he hes so
flegrantly
mocked? I have no doubt thet by
lhe tlo,e lhia is published he
will be lhe victim of another
"fag-bashing" such es lhe one
he related on his laal visil,
wl 11
have drifted
on,
or
changed his story. I cannot
dtegnoae hla illness, however,
I am conrident lhal he is not
in touch with reality, end 1 em
sorry that he chose to expose
me to the reality of his balng.
13
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�Reflections on Pride
PR IOE
;n
reasonable
oneself
sens@
or
ls
the
one's
worth, posillon in life and
their own unique identity even
though
lhle
definllion
is
irrelevant loo person'a aexuel
orientation,
rece,
notional
origin or rel19ioue afriJJetion
and applies lo al I people, l l
does have especial meaning
to
thos~ of us in lhe Lesblen ond
Cay community. I know that eech
or
us
hea
our
own
reeling
aoncerning the Cay and Lesbian
"lifestyle"
and
what
that
"lifestyle" means t...o us.
J
dream or the day that we, along
with all other minorities, cen
be occepled for WHO we ere, not
WHAT we ore.
Yea,
1 do get
irritated every tilfte l hear a
derogatory Joke aimed al eny
minority
group,
and
yes,
depending
upon
the
soclel
atmosphere l em in at any time,
J mey or may not defend
minority group being made
or.
the
run
... Jerry
for
numerous
personal
reeaons I em unable to be es
public as I would like lo be
aboul my own "l.t feat.yle end I
am sure there ore others Jn the
eame situatJon. 8eceuae of lh1s
l am extremely thankruJ for
those jn our community who are
able to 90 to the forefront and
carry banners for us. We are
fortunate In lhe Omaha/Council
RI 1,rrs
eree to
have
some
remarkable
people who
heve
accepted the various leadership
roles and who actively
end
openly
work to better
our
positjon in society. Along with
these people are lhe numerous
silent volunteers who wor~ in
or wflh the various reljgious,
medical and/or social outreach
programs in our cOfflR1uni t.y. Jo
all of thee• people I would
ii~e
to give lhem a
long
overdue THANK YOU and a PAT ON
IH[ BACK for the work they have
11
been do1n9. These people lruly
do have PRIO( ln themselves.
for those of us who, for
whatever reasons, haven't taken
an
ec-t i ve
pert
in
our
community, maybe 1t la time ror
us to reflect on the reasons we
don't aclj~ely partjcipate. fo~
each of us the reesonu will be
different, and ror each of us
our individual reasons will be
just as OO$pelllng for us as
another indJvldual's
reasons
are
ror
thal
person.
By
thinking about your reasons you
may find lhal yes, lhere ere
ways in which you can support
our cotMJunily,
even without
going
public and waving
e
banner. When wae the lest Lime
you went up to someone end gave
a friendly handsheke, smile or
compliment ebout the work be,ng
done to aupporl our communlty?
Yee, our leaders encl volunteera
do need your support, even if
il la nothing More then that
hand$hake end amile.
Parade Day Reflections
-by Jean Hortenaen
''I'm glad t did il," ~Y lire
partner said to me ea we cooled
off in the shade al Turner
Park. I was glad, loo. June 25
marked our first march in a gay
end lesbian parade.
[ven
as
perspiration
droplets trickled down ~y spine
and we all baked in the 95
degree heat, I was euphorJc.
Omaho,
you
honored me
by
choosing my design aa
this
year'a logo. A big thank you to
the
contest
end
parade
organizers, end lo everyone who
wore the buttons and T-shirtsl
( remember rolks,
there
are
alill ah, rta left over. Send
one lo your friends). With so
many of us djspleying the same
logo, we showed our solidarity.
We also showed our nU1Ttbers.
the Len o;clock news reported
80 people in altendence. News
coverage
ran only about
a
minute, with only a rew or our
face& end posters being shown
on lhe film clips. But we were
able to make our statement; we
are ~e~e, year after year, and
w" will be heard. I wonder if
lhere might heve been
more
coverage and reaction if Wt9 1 d
been able to March around the
perimetet of the summer erla
festival?
Two Native American women
from Aritone were stuck
in
Lincoln
with
trana11isaion
trouble. fhey were offered e
ride lo Omohe, and thus kindly
Joined us.
I also heard Grand
Island was ~epreaented, and two
of us came fro• Kearney.
fhe HCC parade unit carried
crosses bearing the names or
our communtt~ members lost lo
AIDS. Later the croseee were
set up in Turner Park nea.r
another larger cross bearing.
"We remen:ler ... 0 By wearing the
pink
triangle,
we
al.so
remembered
the
~o.ooo
homosexual persons who died in
Nazi death camps, victims or
blatant hatred and oppression.
Mr. Gay Nebraska
rwo Wheelers of Omaha are
proud to announce their 1988
Mr. Cey Nebraska Contest Lo be
held on Saturday October JS,
1988 at the OlaJ110nd Bar.
As
In
yeara
past,
conlestanls will be judged on
various areas that include bar
attire,
talent.
and
olher
areas.
Jn add1 t ion Lo
the
The nazia lried to moke lhe
pink
triangle a symbol
or
shame; ae we marched, we Lurned
It into a symbol or pride and
power. Thank you lo lhe P-rLAC
parede unit, who showed us and
everyone elee that gay
and
lesbian children and friend&
are indeed loved. Vour presence
was
touching beyond
words.
Thank you also to our Omaha
pol ice eacorl.
ll 1s our hope,
as
wo
continue to March in 1ncreesing
numbers, year afte r year, that
we will geln those rights basic
to hu""'n beings llv1n9 In the
U.S. We hope our legislotora
will hear ua end paas )a~a
banning dlsorlminellon of all
kinde,
end proclaim harsher
punJshmenl for crimes of hele
agalnsl u.s. We hope, too. that
no one will ever have lo die
again
because
or
ignorant
prejudice.
w~ hope ror a
brighter future, one which we
will create ourselves.
-Jerry K.
contestants,
various
local
performers will ftll out the
program
so Lhal en
ent 1re
evening of rvn, entertainment,
end enlightenment will be hed
by all who attend.
further delelle along with
rules
end
regulations
or
enlrence will be available et
local bars, or9anL1at1ons, end
publtcal!ons
In August
and
St!ptember. Anyone inLeresled in
CO"¥)et1ng or knowing of anyone
interealed in compellng should
contact r.w.o. al P. o. Bo,
}216, O~aha, NE, 6810)
The Tit 1e 0 Hr. Cay Nebraske"
ls lhe properly or lhe Two
Wheelers of Omaha, M.C.
15
�The Book Report :
Heve you ever wondered where
some or our gay lt•ditions end
words unique to our subculture
come rrom? How did the word
"bulldyke"
lhe
real
develop?
leg.,nd
What
behind
wos
the
werrior~women known as Amazons?
Why do gay men wear an earring
ass sign to olher gays? Why do
we hear
queen"
ANOTHER
the term
11 0
flet11lng
HOIHER TONGUE
will
answer
thoee questions end a
whole lot more. It ls rutl or
interesting
l1dbits
or
information. Very often someone
Just
enlerlng
the
gay
subculture
will
hear
certain
words that straights ne~er uae,
or wJll be told of
certain
customs we gays rollow. But
when
they ask where the
words
came rrom or how the treditJons
developedt
no one seems to
really know ror sure. So Judy
Crahn
spent years
reeeerchfng
the origins or gay words and
tradJtJons
lo
give
us
a
docum.entet ion,
in 1984,
to
which we een refer when eaked
those questions. She has even
gone to the extra efrort to
footnote her book to provide •
more sound basis ror her claims
than mere hearsay.
By Judy Grahn
Another Mother Tongue
Here are some brief lidblls
from
her
book
(though
I strongly suggesl reading 1t
for lhe full story). Purple or
lavender 1s a treditional gay
color because it combines the
colors b]ue and red, or ptnk,
which have lradltlonally stood
for rnsscu1inity and feminjnity.
Cay people see and value the
fact that everyone hos bolh
111aaouline and ft!MinJne Lrajl•,
and we are not efreid of seeing
both in ouraelvea.
Many of the early American
Indian lribea had gay P"Ople
serving In hlgh offices of the
tribal hierarchy. Shamans or
medicine men were often gay men
because the lrlbe fell lhey
were most closely in tune wtth
the apir1t wo~ld, as well as
being Jn lune wJth lhe duality
of maeculine/re~Jnine trails in
all people. On l y a person who
was spirit-related knew
the
beel
ways or
heat; ng
and
orrerlng eege ~dviee, for the
spirits were the wJsest guiding
rorce of all ln lhe Indian
culture. 1t was only when t.he
Curopeana
stsrled
settling
America, with their Christian
belJers, lhal gay shamans began
to be shuined. And of course,
the hiator~ books conveniently
19noro any mcntlon of lhe high
esteem
once
awarded
gay
ehamens.
Remember heeelng In
rugh
school that ~ou should never
weer green (or 1r.aybe yellow) on
lhursc:lay?
That
come
about
becauae or alorlea or lha ralry
Peopl~
inhabited Northern
Europe, especlall> the British
lel.,a, long before the Celt 1c
frJbea.
Green
was
their
favorite color, and Jhursday
waa a sort of holy day In lhelr
cullure, much as Sunday Js to
Christmae, e•cepl that some of
the rlluala perrormed by the
retries were sexual Jn nature.
AccordJng to legend, the raJry
People did not always pair off
into mele-remale couples; i t
was acceptable lo LheM to have
male-male
or
female-female
coup lea.
Thie book 1s fer from being
• dry,
boring narrative of
hialory and legends. ll wlll
tell )OU thinqe you've probably
never heard or, and answer the
queatJons lhet you never had en
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Volunteers Needed
~dditionaJ
volunteers
ere
being
sought for the
AIDS
vaccJne study lhal Is underway
at ~IAIO In Bethesda, Maryland.
The
study ls
designed
to
determine
the
beat
dosing
regimen and the nelur~ of the
antibody
cell-mediated
end
immune
response
to
this
vaccine.
At the recent
rourth
tnternat1onal
Conference
on
AIDS
in
Stockholm,
NIAIO
scJentista reported promieing
new results from this study
the rirsl experimental
AIDS
vaccine lo be tested In humans
in the United States.
Or. H, Clifford Lane, Deputy
Clinical Director, NIAIO, said
that
20
volunteers
had
developed an J1M1une reaponse to
the vaccine . He presented dela
on
60 volunteers who
have
already been inoculated using
escalating
dose&
of
a
recod>inant
AIDS
vaccine
manufactured by HicroGeneSys,
lnc., e bio,pharmaceulical fir~
Jn Weal Haven, Connecticut. The
vaccine consists of purJried
envelope
protein
(gpl60)
derived
from
the
genetic
material
of
the
hu,nan
immunodeficiency vlru$ (HIV) ,
the cause of AIDS. Participants
In
the study
are
healthy
homosexual end bJsexual men who
are
at
low risk
of
HIV
infect I on.
The
firet
group
of
volunteers
received
10
m,crografl18 or gpl60 and the
dose
was doubled for
each
successive group. Two•thirds of
each group recefved a booste~
dose (either 50 percent or 100
percent of the prl...,ry dose)
one month taler.
The Western blot teat is
being used lo eKamJne blood
specimens, taken weekly, for
antibody
responses
to
the
various doses of the vecc1ne.
This
teat can
detect
the
specific HIV proteins agaJnot
whlch an Jndlvidual'e Jmmune
syat""' hes produced antlbodles.
Of the 16 volunteers who
were
immunized
with
40
mJcrograme or the vaccine, 10
showed an antibody response.
four or lhe ~ persons
who
received primary immunizations
and
no
booatere
developed
antibodies wtlhin 8 weeks. ~lx
out or the 10 persons
who
r~eived a primary dose and a
booster
at: one month
aJ so
showed antibodies by 8 wee~s .
the ls
volunteers
who
received 80 micrograms of the
vaccine,
10 ha\fe
developed
antibodies
so
rer.
The
investigators
staled
that
lfflfflunl•ation with gp160 oppeara
safe du.ring short-term followup
with initial doses up to 80
11icrogratft8.
Local reaction (tenderness,
redness end awelllng ), flu-like
aymptOffls, end fever of up to 24
hour duralJon, common in the
ad~inistratian of any vaccine,
occurred in some volunteers. ~o
serious toxicities attributed
to tho vaccine have been seen.
Volunteers must be healthy
ho~ose~ual or bisexual men who
ere
at
low risk
or HIV
infectJon, and are able to come
to NlA!O once per week for the
first month after vaccination,
end subsequently once per month
for the ne,ct
year.
Travel
eKpenses ror volunteers who are
not local will be paid by NIH.
To obtain more jn(ormation or
to volunteer, call 1-800-6)4)027. In Connecticut, call 1·
20)-932-2S38.
Proepectlve
volunteers may also call 1-301·
496-7196.
or
Anti- Gay Violence on the Rise
lhe National Cay and Lesbian
Task
rorce •a
Anti-Violence
Project haa lasued its annual
report on anti-Cay violence,
victimization end defamation,
revealing
that
nationwide
reported incidents of anti-Gey
violence in 1987 had increased
•2
percent
over
1986.
Sletiatics were gathered from
64 groups in 32 states and the
Oiatrict or Columbia by the
National
Cay
/
Lesbian
C.risia Jina.
"Statistics
gathered
for
last year account for only e
very email fraction or
the
actual lotal, Kevin Berrlll,
Anti-Violence Project director,
said al a press conference.
Citing
the
low
rat ea
of
reporting by victims and the
lack
of
syalemet1c
data
collection . llerrlll concluded
11
that his group was unable to
measure whether lhe 42 percent
increase or 1986 ia o result of
en increase in victimization,
en increase in reporting or
bolh .
Nearly t wo-thJrdo or
the
groups reporting acknowledged
thal fear end hatred aasooieted
with
AJOS
&•acerbated
Gay
hetred in their cofflfflUnities.
The increased visibility of Cay
people es a result of AIOS "has
made them more vulnerable lo
discr1"'1inetion and violence."
lhe report noles.
fne purpose 01 the report
"is to muke injustice visible
and
to show that
ant I •Cay
violence has consequences, and
lhose consequences are often
brutal and lethal." !he NCLTr
report coiled for combalting
anti-Cay
violence
through
several ~eesures, including the
••passage or lesbian and Gey
civil rights legislallon, and
repeal or 'sodomy' laws, eo
lhet Cay people can
report
crimes against them
without
fear of diacri•inalion. 11
Jn
addi l ion,
lhe repor L re com..
mended &late-level legislation
for dealing with hete crl~ea,
educ at ton for "criml nal Ju•t ice
practitioners" to help lh~ta in
reco9ni~ln9 and pursuing such
crtraes,
and
education
in
co111111unity•wide institutions to
combat entl·Cay prejudice.
ln a related development,
the US House of Representetjvea
in
June paeaed
legielat1on
mandating federal collection of
alelisties on c~tmea mol1vated
on the bea1$ of race, religion,
seKual
orienlalion
or
ethnicity. A companion bill has
been introduced in the Senote.
17
�Basket and Bow
-Cynlhla Scot l
[qua 1 Ti me-a
A sptr1l of hope, a
sorrow end dreams, and
good
humor
permeated
shared
gentle
"The
Basket and lhe Bow, 11 lhe r .1rst
ever
galhering or
American
lndian gays and lesbians, held
in Hinneapolis June 18 and 19.
The
conference's
60-plus
participants traveled fro• es
afar
away
as
Arizona,
California, Pennsylvania, and
Canada .
fhe name for the conference
was derived from an
Indian
tradition which allows children
lo
choose their
ee~uality,
eymbollzed by ellher o basket
or e bow.
A do•inant theme of
the
conference was the quest for
wholeness among Indian gays end
lesbians.
Workshops
end
discussions centered on
the
parlicipante• experiences with
chemical
dependency
ond
recovery;
Al0S;
spiritual
practices:
reser¥allon
and
urban perspecli¥ee; coalit1onbulld!ng; and homophobia end
recisM.
Beverly Lillie lhunder or
Fargo,
N.0. 1
spoke of the
ho1nOphobie she encountered when
she oeme out ee e le&bien.
"H)' feer was thal ir 1 ca.me
out, some unknown hand would
take the secred pipe fro• me
and
lei I 111e I had no right lo
be here," she said, referring
to Lhe Sundance,
a
sacred
cereMony of the Lakota Sioux
nation.
little Thunder's fears aboul
rejection ftoM lhe
Sundance
became real once she began lo
come out lo at.hers.
Both she
and her lover, Charlene, were
asked lo l eave the Sundance,
end were told lo "go have their
o·wn ceremony for the1r
own
kind• II
Arter a year of prayer, lhet
Js exactly ~hat the 2 women
decided to do, organi t1ng a
womene' Sundance 1n Arizona in
August .
Lillie Thunder aeld
Bela) Revard, an Oaege from
Washington, O.C., elso spoke or
being asked lo Jea¥e e Sundance
once her lesbianism was known,
but in her case, some olher
dancers
became
angry
and
advocated for her right Lo be
there. As a reault, Revard was
able to return lo th~ Sundance
lhe following year, and aeid
thal there were more gay and
lesblen people there.
they
will he "trusl1n9
in
oureolvoe lo remember the ways
we were taught end creating our
own
l radll 1on."
18
Re~ord ia poltlicelJy acli¥e
in We$h1nglon, O.C., where she
works
for
lndi on
ri ghl s
and other errorts. She said she
1s not out ae e leebien lo all
the different peopJe ahe works
wi(h.
"Many
of
UG
separate
ourselves,
wear
dirrerenl
hata," she aaid. "Today I'm an
Indian, L011torrow I'm a lesbian.
We
race
homophobia
among
Indiana, raciaM among the ga)
end l esb lan c:ommuni l y."
Lee
SlaplesJ
another
conrerence organizer, said thel
lhe trad1lionoJ teachings are
an
important part
or
his
recovery
fro•
chemical
dependency. He seid thal he ie
oul in Minneapolis but not on
t:he reser ·, alion.
"I
wondered how
people
In response LO one quest~on.
Beverly Lillie Thunder aatd,
''We have ell been l aught from
infancy that we don•t belong. I
f1nally heve reollzed lhel I
have a righl to be doing what
l',n doing.
There was a lime
when people trusted their own
feelings. Jhere was • sense or
balance within. Our people need
lo find thal belonce again. You
don't have lo be taught. All
you heve to do ls open up and
reme~ber."
Lee Stapele of Mlnneepollo
seid lhere was consensus among
conreranoe perticJpants
lhal
another
gathering be
heJd,
pr•;foL•oo • > ~."I ~n Bnnual basis.
.
"We
know
lhal
the
next
conference
will be
a
lot
bigger," Staples said.
1n
lredillonal ceremonies
would
react t:o my being gay," St:apJca
said. "But I decided thet 1r
they stay away because or their
homophobia, al' s the! r loss . .,
Some conference parltcipents
spoke or their frustration al
unsuccessrul att~mpls to rind a
niche in their communities.
(-Editor's
noteBeverly
Ljllle lhunder marched with ua
1n the Pride Parade es she
returned lo Arizona wherl' she
now lives . }
AIDS News
-Washington Blada
Even moderate drJnk!ng may
hasten lhe onset of AIDS in
p~ople who have beon e~pooed to
the AIOS ¥irus end ~8)' make
people
who have
not
been
exposed lo the disease Mor~
susceptible of the infection,
lhe N(W YORK TiH(S reported .
Offler Bagasr,, a researcher
at lhe unlverslly or Hediclne
and Dentistry in New Jersey,
reporled at the annual m~el1n9
of the foderelion or American
Soclellea
for
Expertmenlel
Biology thel lhe AIDS virus
grows up lo 2$0 ti""'s faster in
the
while blood
cello
of
someone who h&s hed several
drlnke then someone who hes not
been drlnk1nq.
Begasre tested the
white
blood oella of six
healthy
volunteers
art er
they
had
stopped drinking for a 010nlh,
and after lhey h&d drank lhe
equi¥alenl of 4
9 beers.
Bagaara found the Al0S virus
grew
25
2$0 t lines
more
quickly In lhe cells afler the
volunteers began drinking. He
also discovered lhel after all
t racea of alcohol were
gone
from lhe body,
the
uunune
system or the volunte~ra were
slill nol functioning ee well
as they had when th~y abstained
rrom drinking.
eqasra sa1d he hopes lo
repeal hl& study wilh about 200
oonf lrm
his
volunteet'e
to
flnd1ngo.
�Interracial Newsletter
Quill to Return
to Was hington D.C
[he 'IAH(S ProJeCL Qui It ' a
Nal1onal AIDS Memor1al, will
return to Wash1n9lon 1 DC lo be
displayed one~ again across the
Capl Loi Hal 1,
Columbus
Doy
Weekend, Oclober 8-10, 1988 ,
In
lh<'
eighl
months
rollow1n9 the Quill's inaugural
display on Oclober 11, 1987,
during
the ~eltonal
Met-ch
on
Wsshinglon for Lesbian and Cay
RJghls, lhe Quilt has more than
doubled 1n size, now conleinfng
n""rly 5,000 Individual ) fool
by 6 root panels, lhe memorial
is e~pected to reach 10,00015,000 panela by October, a
dramatic visual symbol or the
ep1demic
which
continues
lo
Thom Bean, a pasl Chairman
of
Black
and
While
Hen
lo9elher ( BWHI) has announced a
new, national newaleller for
gay
men
1nlere~t~d
in
1nterrecJal ond croas-cvlturel
relal1onsh.1ps.
The QUARIERLY
INTERCHANCf
will provide a national rorum
for men of different racial,
ethnic and cultural backgrounds
who went to meet. ln addi lion
to ad listings, 0, l. will
occepl
conlribullona
eapea1ally hav1ng to do with
the interracial experience
and print other materials of
interest lo its readership.
for
more
informal1on,
conlaet : QUARTERLY lNIERCHANCE,
P. O. Box 42502, Sen francJaeo,
CA 9 4 101.
teke ite toll on men, women end
children worldwJde,
"fhe Quill demonslratea lhat
Ame~tcens possess the netionel
will to dofesl AIDS" aa1d Cleve
Jones, rounder and ekeculive
director or lhe NAMES Project.
"People
from every
state
and
from all walks or Jife have
worked together lo creole thla
symbol
or
compassion
and
cornmi tment.. "
lhe NAMES Project Quill is
currently
on
tour ,
being
dJsplayed in 19 U.S. cities es
the
centerpiece of
locally
coord1noted
educational
end
rl#'\draisJng
campaigns.
" (verywhertt
the
OuU t
is
displayed , we raise urgently
need runda ror direct
care
services ror peopl~ w1th AIDS,
and
i nspl re
hundred&
sometimes lhousends - or people
to make volunteer comnii lMnta
lo
Lhe fight
against
the
disease," said Jones . " Now we
will lake that cornmJ.tment back
lo Weehlngton, OC."
lhe
NAMES
Projecl
has
applied with the National Perk
Service
ror
oll
required
permits end log1etica teams in
Washington and San Francisco
ere already al work ,
NAMES
ProJecl
orgontzers rrom
21
eitlea met over Memorial Oay
weekend in Atlante Lo eveluele
the progress of tho National
four, and to d1scuae &t~etegies
for the Octob~r weekend, when
the
Quill
will
be
Lhe
centerpiece
for
en
enL1re
weekend
of
AIDS
related
benefila and other evenla. The
NAMES Project is eponaor1ng the
events, scheduled lo include: e
large-scale rock concert,
a
Lesbian
&
Cay
Community
Concerl. e cendlelighl memorial
march end other9 1 tn addllion
Lo lwo full days or lhe Oulll
d1epl.ev.
Adoption Approved
-W
indy City limes
lhe Boulder County Department of social Service&
has
approved
an
adoption
epplicatlon r,led by a l eabien .
Unlike
otner
slates,
Colorado
had
oo
laws
prohibiting gays and laablene
rro"'
adopting
children.
A
department spokesperson
said
each applicant is considered on
an individual bes1a on their
ability
to
be
e
parent,
alsbllily snd moLJvelion
to
adopt • "sexual orientation ta
nol a factor, we look at the
qua l ifloallon of the applicanl
end consider the needs of the
children . "
fhe
women
18
currently wa1ling to be ~atahed
wi t h e Child and thal proceaa
could take up to two years .
Use the
Classifieds
Nebr. AIDS Project
Needs VOLUNTEERS
for BUDDIES and TEST
SITE COUNSELING
Grape Boycott
·California
~rL-ClO ~ews
Howard
Wallace has
been
named
a
national
r1eld
representative for the United
rarm Workers lo work on the
California table grape boycott .
UFW President Cesar Cha~ez
said Wallace would work out or
a new office the union has
established in Son frenclaco .
Rosemary lackey, a rull•time
volunteer, also is as.signed lo
the new office.
Wal lace
wee
~orth~rn
California coordinator of the
Coore boycott through mosl or
lhal
highly
eucceaarul
c&J'flpoign.
He is e roynd1ng
~ember
of
the
Cay/lesbian
Alliance or San rrancisco and
la credited with organizing the
solid support that gays and
leebtana give to the
Coors
campaign.
Wallace also is a longtJ•e
peece eetivisl . tte hes been a
leader as wel l or lha ShelJ
boycott In support or black
South Africen workera .
~is
urw easignmenl wi l l
include organizing nalional gay
snd l eablan support.
The
"W
rath
of
Cr epea"
boyco l l cul heavily into table
grapes
sales
during
1987
despite a coolly
propagande
campaign by growers.
lhe boycott allll8 al helling
use
on
grapes
or
f ive
pesticides
known lo
cause
cencet end birth defects among
farm workers end their fe~ilies
Bild
among
.residents
or
heav1ly•Gpteyed vineyard areas.
Consumers
aleo ere
heavily
e xposed to the toxic chem1cels.
Chavez says lhe bo~cott is
the
only
course
evaileble
because
urw
collective
bargaining strength hes
been
sapped
by
a
hostile
Agricultura l Labor
Relsllona
Board,
The new UFW office is al 240
Colden
Cale
Ave .
1n
San
rral'\cisco . The phone ls (415)
441-5008 .
Volunteers are needed
to
help staff the orrice, to serve
on a speakers bureau and lo
leaflet , urw apokesp~rson said.
Call 342-4233
9 to S Mon. thru Fri.
for more lnformat,on.
TRAINING STARTS SOON.
"Thafs what fnends are for:
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The New Vojce need& peopJ e
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layout
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You needn't
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you,
however,
you musl be
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tr
you are
interested
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please
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us
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each monthly Issue wl 11
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meiled lo you in a plain brown
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a message .
8eglnnlng OcLober 1, 1988,
Classified Ads in the New Voice
w111 cost $3.00 For the Firal
20 words and 20 cents for each
add1lionel word. We hope lhle
modeel increase doea not cause
you
any
diHicully.
AJ l
classified& received end paid
For by October Isl will be at
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the
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1988,
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fhia increase ia
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inoreaaed
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All
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October 1 will be accepted et
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1,
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renaci t}.
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SUrprl•e galore.-
Ju•t k»r you.
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T HE MAX
1417 Jacksoo SL • Omaha. Nebraska • (402) 346-4110
�NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY
October 11 , 1988
Take Your Next Step!
No matter how f ar in the closet
or our of the closet you are,
you have I! no:t step.
NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY, sponsored by N01io11al Gay RigllJS Advocates and 111e Experience Weekend, will be a powerful day in lesbian and gay history. The goal of National Coming Out Day
is to increase the visibility and political clout of the more than 20 million gay men and lesbians in this
country. On October 11, 1988, the-anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Lesbian and
Gay Rights, thousands of people will be bringing the spirit of the March home to their local
communities.
Gay men and lesbians are everywhere; we need to communicate this truth tO those who do not know.
We are lawyers, doctors, mechanics, engineers, architects, teachers, bank tellers, secretaries, artists and
truckdrivers. We work within every field at every level. We touch the lives of millions of people whose
negative view of homosexuality would change dramatically if they were to know who we are.
We have known for years that our invisibility has been the core of our oppression. We have experienced
that silence equals death. Now is the time for us to emerge from ou r invisibility. We need to let others
know who we are, and useourvisibilityto influence the attitudes of people who are ignorant of the truth.
You can make it happen!
Your coming out can help turn fear into acceptance. One-to-one contact with gay men and lesbians is our most powerful tool to use in bringing about a major shift in society's attitudes. Coming
out is the most powerful staJemenJ we can make -- powerful in its political influence and personally
powerful in releasing energy that is wasted in hiding the truth.
What your organization can do to help...
Become an Organizational Sponsor of National Coming Out Day. As a Sponsor, you will receive a
special support kit which will help your group to:
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Plan and implement a National Coming Out Day Activity in your area.
Rally members of your community to sign Next Step Commitment Cards.
Order and distribute National Coming Out Day merchandise.
Develop and implement local media and public relations strategies.
The success of this national event depends on the grassroots participation of the individuals and
organizations in your communi ty. Become an Official Organizational Sponsor today.
NGRA
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The New Voice, 1988, vol. 5, no.7
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Sexual minorities -- Nebraska -- Omaha
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1988
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Terry Sweeney and Pat Phalen Papers, Archives & Special Collections, Criss Library, University of Nebraska at Omaha
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