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D[CEMBER 1988
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�OUR TURN
VIEWSANDOPINIONSBYSTAFF
Wanted -Two
Good Women
Christmas
Remembered
Due lo recent r1111gnat1ons lhere
are two vacanc1.. on lhe Steering
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Commlllee or lhe MrH- itik, o/
Nlbr4Jltlt At I have pointed out
before, 111 gender mix 1, tNghUy
askew (9 men and 1 woman) to we
are tooklng ror two talented women
to help u, ovenee lhe publtcallon or
lhe.MrH-~
With au lhe Chrltlmatet back lo
childhood growtng a HIiie dimmer as
lhe year, roll by, lhe more recent
one, are more In mind. All lhe year,
at the old Diamond Bar were
sparkling. They were tpartdlng
beciw.. lhe place wa, ltt up llke Mr.
If you are energeac and lntaretted
There were Hghl, and garland
In Ill M,w Vak'.r we WOUid like IO get
eve,ywhere. Some or lhe llghlt In lhe
to know you better. Please reel rree to
contact any member or lhe ~w celhng were on the year around.
There WM 1he year that WIiiy WM
V4'MI t1aff for more tnrormlllon.
Sama Claut, the only black ,ama In
You are welcome to attend any town. And -ry year flmmy prepared
meeting of lhe Steering Comml1lee or
a Chrl,tmu dinner for those
to help Wltll layout at a W1ff to get to
cuttomere who had nowtlere elte to
know ut btfo,. you volunt11r.
go.
Now that my Immediate family 1,
gone, tr, nice to h - a p11udoram11y to fall back on. In thl• ure a
group of frtend• to celebrata the
occasion, Wltll It really greaL
11'11/&, hat a Cllrtrtmu With lhem hat become a
t1rong 1rad111on.
•ubmtulon deadline on lhe 1 otll of
each month. SubmlHlon, received
after lhe 10Ut wlll be held for
publlcaUon at a later dale. Thank you
or your cooperauon.
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Submission
Deadline
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Sl8JttN/ng Comm/Ilse andSlaff
Sharon V., EdHor (668-9907)
Dick Brown, Treasurer
Pal Ptlalen, ProducUon Manager
Terry Sweeney, AdverUtlng ('465-3701 )
Tom W., Typetetler
Leyne 0., Sub,crtptlon Manager
BIil S., Tony N., Tony z.. & Doug L. Steertng Comml1lee
Future Issues
The Mr#' ~ Invite• you lo
submit letters. artlclet, poem, and art
work. In future luu.. we wtll be
reaturlng arUctet on the ronowtng
toplct.
January: Vlolence Agalntl Gay•
and Latblant
February: Love and Reldonthlpt
March: New Voice ' s Fifth
Anntvenary luue (Do you remember
when the nnt New Voice wa,
publlthed? We'd llke to hear your
recoffectlon• of lhal time.)
Aprll: "l•m•" (Prejudice In Its many
form,.)
May: Gay
Organlzallon,
and
Lesbian
June: Stonewall 20: A Generation
of Pride
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dltlrlbuled each month by a
dedicated volunteer staff. The
magazine I• completely nnanced by
donlllont and adverUtlng. Copyright
1988. All right, reterved.
Publlcatlon or lhe name,
photograph or Ukeneu of any
penon, butlnen or organ- tzdon In
lhlt publlcallon It not to be contlrued
11 any lndtclllon of the texual
orientation or preference or such
penon, butlneu or organization.
Opinion• t>epretted herein by
columnlttt do not necenartly renect
the opinion• of n,,, Mfw ff*', Staff.
Sub,cr1pllon,: 1 year - $19.00.
Clattllled Ad•: $3.00 ror 20 word• or
ten. S.20 ror each additional word.
Dltplay rate, given upon requHl
Deadllne It the 1 Of! of the month
prior to publlcallon.
Rodney Bell. Uncoln Corre,pondent
Tb• N- Voice of Nebratka
Carla, Jim, Joe P., LE .• Sharon M., Layout S1aff
PO Box 3612
Jean MortenHn, Feature Wrller
Omaha, NE 88103
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�LETTERS
Coming Out?
Dear Sharon,
The October 1888 tu ue wat
dedicated lo, among other loplc1,
National Coming Out Day Your
publlcatlon It alway, supportive of
communl1y event, such as this which
endeavor lo strengthen the aelf Image
and self &aleem of the gay and
Letblan community.
Coming out la not ea1y It It a road
filled with many 1malt atepa. Whtie I
am not near the end of my own
Journey, t can took back with
amazemenl at how far I have traveled.
And yea. I gaze ahead with anxiety at
what It yel to be.
I would llke to suggeat thal 771,
Mrw Vak, take a step down Ila own
coming out road. How does an
openly gay publlcation travel further
down the coming out road? The
October Issue carried four arUctea
thal dealt with coming out t call your
altenUon lo page1 14' & 1S In
pat11cutar. Page 14 was a full page
feature on Coming Out. Page 15
carried an ad for aubscrfptiona to Tll6
NilW I-WAI' ''MAILED OISCREETLY IN
A PLAIN BROWN ENVELOPE."
Being a fellow traveler on the road
of acceptance I under.iand the need
for plain envelopes. and with
homophobia rampant In our society,
continued dltcrellon It probably
approprfale The step I suggest Is the
removal of the demeaning phrase
from the subtcrlptton ad
Editor·s
Response
Your publfcatton and Its efforts on
To Joe and our readers.
behalf of our community are
Like you, the N11w Vole'II and those
deserving of prtde and reapecl While
It may seem a small and lnslgnlOcant of ua on the Steering Committee are
step, t suggest that there are enough maklng our own "Coming Out"
people In society who will tell us we Journey• Each or ut II at a sllghtly
are of llttte or no worth, we need not different polnl along that road
reinforce thlt attHude oursetvea.
Here al the N11w Va/ce we reepect
I wish to thank you and an tile each reader and their rtghl to make
other volunteers ror your oulslandlng thal coming out Journey al the speed
effort, on behalf of !hit communl!y that Is correct In their life. Because of
Please be assured that you have my this, we muat recognize that many of
our reader• are only looking out of
warmeal regards and beat wtshet
the clo,et door while othert are
Slncerely,
marching at the front of the parade.
No one answer can be rlgh1 for all
Joe Phillipa
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After dlacuulon of your letter, the
Steering Committee hat agreed to
amend the disclaimer which appear,
on our 1ub1crfpUon ad. As you may
note. the ad now states " Malled In a
plain brown envelope."
We feel lhal by removing the word
"dlacreetty" we make this a slmple
statement of ract rather than Implying
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hat there 18 tomellllng shameful tn
our publlcaOon. We thank you for
your letter and for your concern and
we wish lo congralutate you on your
successful coming out Journey. We
are proud lo call you our rr1end.
Support Our
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Auburn. Nebraska
"The New York of The Midwest"
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Rules for Being Human
-Anonymout
1. You wtll receive a body. You
contain ltt lenont. If you are alive,
To Ille steering Committee:
may like It or hate II. but It wtll be
there are lenont to be learned.
yourt for the entire period thlt Ume
At a tubtcriber to thlt m11ga2lne, around.
5. 'There" It no belier than "here"
I'm beginning to worry about the
When your ''there" hat become a
tUbtcripllon price. Nineteen dollar• It
2. You wtll learn lenona, you are
"here." You wtN almply obtain another
g8tllng a 11111e tleep, I think.
enrolled In a full-time Informal tchool
" there" that wtll, again, look better
called llfe. Each day In thl• ,chool
than °h1r,."
I would venture to tay that mott or you wtll learn lenona. You may Nke
your tubtcribe,.. are tubtcrib,,.. them or think them Irrelevant & tllpld.
7. Olhera are merely mirrors of
becauH they don't have an
you. You cannot love or hale
opportunity to go to the bar, monthly
3. There are no mlttakea, only
aomethlng about another peraon
to pick up the mott recent coplet. If I lenont. Growth It a procen of b1al
unlen It reflectt to you aomethlng you
underttand correclly, the production and error eXJ>erimentaaon. Tht
love or hale about younelf.•
cottt are covered mainly by "failed" experimenlt are at much a
8. Whal you make of your Ille It up
adlle111tert' fee, and ,ub,criptlon,. pan of the procen at the e,cpertmen1
to you. You have all tie tool• and
But thould the wb,cribers have to that ulllmately "workt."
retourcet you need. What you do
carry a large portion of the
4. A lenon I• repealed until It It
with them It up to you. The choice It
production co,t when people
your,.
for1unale enough to llve near the bars learned. A lenon wlll be pretenled lo
can get the ma9azlne free? At you In vanout fonnt untll you have
9. Your anawers lie lntlde you. The
nineteen dollart for twelve lnuea, a learned It, you can then go <>n to the
anawers to llfe'• que,Uon• lie Inside
tubtcriber It pllYfng about $1 .68 per next lenon.
you. AU you need to do It la<>k, llsten.
luue, tlmple becaute he or the
5. Leaming leuont doea not end.
and In.Isl
cannot always get to the bar, to pick There I• no part of llfe that doet not
1 o. You WIii forgel III thlt.
up a frN copy.
Subtcrlbert are tubtcrlbert
becaute 1lley want lo receive all the
luuet during the year. They want to
read the magazine and keep up on
current eventl. But If tht cott
contlnuea to rite, 1 worry that too
many tubacrlbert wlll not want to pay
that much for only 12 lltuet, And If
the magazine lotea aubtcribera, then
who wUI uphold the coat of
prodUctlon?
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Would It not be more equnable to
begin charging a modett fee In the
bart? Perllapt 50 cents per lnue.
That doea not teem to me too tteep a
price per lttue, and It woUld certalnly
help to more evenly dlttrlbute the
burden of bearing the production
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CHURCH OF OMAHA
"Celebrating Life
In Christ!"
420 South 24th St.
P.O Box 3173
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Omaha, NE 68103
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1 reaftz8 thal thlt It a non-profit
magazine Intended a, a service to our
community. But our community
etretchet farther than uncoln and
Omaha Where the bart 81'8. 1 fear that
If enough aubtcrlbe,.. find the cot!
prohibitive, they wm not renew their
aubtcrlpllont and the magazine wm
not be able to keep up With
production com and, thut, wm have
to fold. Non• or ut wantt that.
REV . JAN D. KllOSS , Pastor
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Sunday Worship:
10:?0 lllll & 7:00 J'ffl
Ooy/Le ohian Support Croup:
Tuc~deys , 7 : 00 pm
rraiae & rrayttr Service:
2nd & 4lh WednaGd"YB , 7 pm
Slncerely,
Jean Mortensen
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Christmas Memories
-by Sharon V.
Chrl,tmu
I• a storybook
time, a Ume of
,1etghbells,
snowflakes ,
shimmering
tree,
and
starry eyed children. Children laugh
a, they tear open presenb. Families
congregate around tables overflowing
with food prepared by Grandma's
lovtng hands. Old friend• galher to
sing Chrlstmu Carols, drink egg nog
and kin under Ille mltlle1oe. All of ua
ahare these joyful memorlea, don't
cancer lhat kllled him just three weeks
later. I remember the Christmas when
as my children's Chrtstrnaa present,
were purchated al Ille GoodWIII Store.
I remember the lonely Christmas when
n seemed there would never be
anyone 1peclal In my 1111. And I
remember with joy the fll'11 Christmas
Carta and I spent together.
All of u, have Christmas memortea
that are just this sort of mb<ture of joy
and pain. All Of ure la just such a
mlJc!Ure, but today my lhought8 and my
heart go out to thoie who are
experiencing pain and lonellnen this
we?
Chrtatma,. My mind turn• lo the young
My earllesl Christmas memory 11 man we uw amtng outside the
Just such a ,torybook memory. I was emergency theller waJUng for them to
about 3 1/2 and I remember walking start serving the evening meal; to the
Into Ille IMng room to find a doll 14 year old who Just found out she It
seated In a child size rocking chair pregnant; and to the old woman Who
under the Chrlatma, tree. The picture tat alone In her hotpttal room all
In my mind 1, of me ttandlng In the weekend calllng for her son Who never
doorway, with handa lo my mouth In came to vt,lt.
astonishment and foellng a ,mile
My thought8 alao bJm to the PNA
encompua my entire body. (If the Who WIii tpend Chrlstmaa Day alone In
Idea of a smile encompanlng the his or her apartment; and the young
entire body seems farfetched, I Invite woman WhoH family forbid her to
you to watch a small chlld la11gh. bring her lover to their home; and to
Their face ,mnes. lhelr arm• wrap Ille elderly Le,blan woman WhoH
agalnat their chest. and, If lhey are
barefoot. you'll see that even their
toea curl up.)
• "t1
wheelchalr
keeps her from
going out In the
Ice and ,now;
and to lhe
young man
waiting
confirmation Of his posll!Ve HIV teat.
If you, llke mytelf, are enjoying 11111
good things 111at lhl• Chrlatmaa
seaton hu to offer, I ask you to help
make Christmas memortes more
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oyful for each of thete persona. Taite
a wish and make n become reallty 1,
there room at your dinner table for
one more guest? 1, there room In
your car to lake ,omeone to midnight
tervlcet al church? 1, lhere money In
your pocks! to buy one small, special
present for a penon who otherwise
might have none? Are there
ornamentt enough on your tree to
help decorate a tree for a shut In?
The opportuntues are llmtted only
by our own Imagination and your
Wllllngnest. Mal<e a new Chrlstma,
memory for yourself by helping
aomeone elu have a joyous
Chrlstmai
However, I also remember the
Chrtstmu when my husband had lo
be rushed back to Ille hospltal In
severe pain from the spreading
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memorlea of Christmas. I remember
Ille " bubble llghts'' that adorned our
tree every year. I remember Ille
midnight cantata al church when my
father'• bus voice rumbled lhrough
Ille church a, the choir ,ang w,
l1H1f1 ~ 0, OrtlntAra. As a young
adult I remember laughing with my
brother and ,1,ter-ln-law a, we
finished cooking Chrlatmas dinner
after mom ,ampled his vodka punch
and had a gall bladder alla.ck that put
her to bed for the rest of Ille day.
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-by Jean Mortenaen
Seem, llke you can, watch a Phil
Donahue or Oprah ahow on the topic
of homoaexuallly without tome
member of the audience 1tandlng up
and adamantly demanding to know,
"But what about the human race? If
everybody', gay, then won't lhe
human race become extinct?"
l'Ve heard It ,o many times, I've
finally reached the point where about
all I can do 11 roll my eye, at the
people who Inevitably poae that
queaUon. That may al10 be your
reaction. Olal!y, left all agree that lt't
a ludlcrou. proposal. The human
race becoming extinct Idler the kind
of population el(J)lo1lon the world hat
seen? come on . But the••
quettlonert are aertou,, to I think lley
deserve a aertou• treatment and a
Hrtou• answer. Bealdet, II'• a
queslon born of homophobia. and
that It a very aertout matter Indeed.
Flr.t of all, lel't look at what
prompt. them to pote the queatlon.
ft't a matter of an uninformed, naive
utumpllon. If people are gay, then
they don't have heteroaexual H><. and
contequently they can't produce
children. And If chlldnln aren't
produced to take our placea when we
die, the populallon wlll clwtndle until
human, become an endanger9d
specie,. That'• logical. 11'1 alto
completely lnaccurai.. and the
Inaccuracy ahould be e>cplalned to
anybody expounding thlt theory.
Point number one: not all people
are gay. There are plenty of
heterotexualt around who can
wllllngly and happily carry on the
tpeclet. A very conaervallve ettlmate
ahowa only ten percent of all human,
to be homoaexuat. Even If It were
twenty percent. that would ttlll leave
eighty percent of our apeclee to do
the reproducing. Thal ought to be
aufflclent to prevent extlncUon, don't
you think?
Point number two: being gay and
IHblan doe, not neceuarlly mean
you're Incapable of being a parent.
We have quite a fsw gay falhera and
letblan mothers In oor ranks. Many
men and women were lnvotved In
heterotexual manlaget, ror a variety
of reatont, before admitting their
,ame-aex nalUre and coming out Gay
couptea may alto feel a detlre to
adopt or to be fotter parentt, If only
the elates' legltlaturea wlll allow them.
Lett>tan couplet have been known to
aeek mea,uret ,uch as arttnctat
lnsemtnallon In order to have a chlld
of their own. (I think It wat Donanue
wno did an entire tllow on the tnue
of IHblana who want to become
mother,.)
Point number three: thlt fear of
extinction may come about becauae It
appear, there are "more and more"
llomoaexuatt. Logically, If 111ere are
more homotexualt, then there mutl
be fewer heterosexualt who wtll
produce children. I propose that there
are not necettarlly more
nomotexualt these dayt than there
ever uaed to be, only thal tn the wake
of 111e Nsw York StonswaJI Incident
we are becoming more llltlble. Some
twenty year, ago (often not even llal
tong ago!), gayt hid their ortentallon.
Since aexuallly 11 not sometlllng
vtslble. such u skin color, n wat
aomelhlng that could be concealed
by conforming to certain waya of
acting. And n wa, neceatary to hide.
Gay bars were raided and 111e patron,
arremd. our boob w.re cenaored
and banned. And, yean ago, n wa,
not acceptable for women to be
strong and Independent. But then Ille
gayt and leablana got tired or being
oppreued, and along came the gay
nghtt movement. Now homo,exuat,
are saying n It Important for the cauH
of gay rights to be vltlble, to let our
legltlator, and oppreuoN know now
many of us there are. So It may not be
thal there are actually more of us, jutl
that more of u, feel free to finally
come out of the ctoHL
Another census wtll be tal(en aoon.
(By the way, In the lnterel1 of thowlng
the government how many of us are
voting gay1, the National Gay Rights
AdVocalH urge all of u, to honetfly
Identify our IMng arrangement, on
111e centut survey. If our elected
offlclalt see our large numbeN,
maybe they'll •tart paying more
dantlon lo ut.) I believe the census
wtll ahow definitely that Ille human
race 1, not tn danger of running the
same course a, the dlnoaauN. I'd 1ay
chancea are good that n wtll tllll show
heavy overcrowding In our clllea.
Maybe thoH numbers wlll reauure
thoae wno quetllon the fUIUre of our
speclu. And maybe, jutl maybe,
tneae people WIii finally see that there
1, one IHt reuon supporting their
homophobia.
n, Nlw Yo/&1 ts published and
distributed each month by a
dedicated volunteer atarr. The
magazine Is completely financed by
donation, and adVerllalng. Copyright
1988. All rtghtt reaerved.
Publication of the name,
photograph or llk.e neu of any peNon,
buatnett or organ•lzallon In llllt
publlcatlon la not to be construed as
any Indication of the ..xual
or1entallon or preference or •uch
peraon, bualneu or organlzallon.
Opinion, expreued herein by
columnltll do not neceuartty reflect
the opinions of -,,,. NIii' YoklS1aff.
Subscription,: 1 year • $19.00,
Clattlfled Adt: $3.00 for 20 words or
lett. $.20 for each additional word.
Dltplay ratu given upon requerl
Deadline It the 10th of the month
prior to publication.
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PO Box 3512
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REGULAR COLUMNS
Around the
Milkrun
·wtlll Bellnda Lovelen
The Book Report
L6t5t1Nan Nuns.:
Bmak/ng SIAMlc:w
Edited by RoHmary Curo and Nancy
Wf'i apologles lo the management
and cultomert of Ille Chetterfletd.
Tllere wa, nothing mattclout or
derogatory meant In a lllle Item In thlt
column lwo month• ago. Everything
contained here It tongue In cheek and
off the watt. Tlle purpote It to llghlen
up the page• a 1111, rrom all lie
ter1ouaneat or tome of the other
ar11clet. It alto tervet the purpoae of
gMng our adver11tert a HIiie extra
mention.
Bubble• haa left ror hit wtnter
home In Aor1da. He wants to say
good-bye to hit many, many fr1endt
here In town and remind 11,m that the
latchkey It atNaya out.
If you mltted the two pheasants
that graced the top of the back bar at
the Diamond for all Ilea• many years,
they took off ror lonter cllmea. After a
good dutttng they WIii become
centerpieces for a dinner party al a
very elegant ..W>llthment can, you
tee the looki on Ille races of all the
pretty people If they knew whence
came the cocks (no pun Intended) In
the center of Ille W>le.
Everyone had better pollth up on
their tinging voices. Have heard talet
that a beautlfUI new piano bar WIii
open at Ille max aner Ille nrat or the
year. I hope we can experience tome
of Ille wonderful 11met we'W had wtlh
Betty B~ Margo and Vera Again.
Happy
Hanuka
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Here'• one lhlt month 11111'• a
non-fiction book. Thi• collecUon of
almotl fifty p,,..onll account. by
women who were once Calholtc nunt,
and a few who tllll are, tell• tlorlet of
Inner tlrugglH and courage.
T
affecllonat and aexual feellngs, but
alto luuea or raclal, clau, and
cultural dlfferencea Within the convent
clotater. Tlley 1pea1t of lhelr reaaona
for entering; love of God, lhe only
chance ror further educ..on which
lhey otherwtH coUldni afford, the
chance to llve and work In an
environment fllled matnly wtlh olher
women, and the Influence or a nun
teacher In llelr adoleacent school
days. Some of lhelr reuon, for
leaving: 11111 Hlf·dltcovery or their
aexuallly, lhe feetlng that lhe Church
waa ttlll actlvely aupprettlng and
oppreulng women, and aome were
asked to leave after lhey were caught
In a " par11culv friendship."
" Breaking tllence" refert, of
n turprtsed me to tee a common
courte, lo lheae women telllng their theme or anger emerge from lhe
truth• ol love between women In the majority of their 1tor1e1. Anger
convent• . detplle the offlclal seemed 1ometlmet directed II
denunciation of the Church. But It alto famlllea, or al tome convent rule, and
refer, lo a period of time called the pollclea of church leadert. TIiey
SIience durtng which membert of the alto wrote or lhe dlfflculty tome of
convent mutt not speak and should them had readjutttng to Ille In lhe
spend their time In p,-yer. Some nun, aecUlar world.
found II unendurable keeping
All the ator1ea are told In the nm
lherntelvet from tpealdng lo llote
perton vote, , u bentt a pertonal
they loved even dunng Illa retlricltd
perlod. .sn.a~ $111,w wu an account. Thal glvet a better feel for
Infraction of convent rules that had to the ttruggte each woman had with her
be confened to the Mother Superior. Identity. Tllere are tome elemenlt In
theae accounb we can all recognize
At they entered a convent, aa our own expertencea, too: feeling•
poa1ut•• and novices were warned of being different, or being
against developing " particular dltcrtmlnated egatntt, and good
frtendthlpt .'' However, the meaning feetlngt of working In an all•woman
of lhlt term waa naver fUlly explained, environment and helplng othert. Thia
to many of the girts were never sure It a good, lnllf'ettlng book to plek up
tuat what It wu they were auppoted If you'lre only got fifteen mlnutet a
to avoid. Pwtlapt the auper1ort day for reading or want to poUth off a
thought they might plant e aeed of an chapter &1 you hOp Into bed ror the
Idea If they went Into too much d'1all. night.
If any two nO\llcH or nun, were
AVallable from:
obaerved developing a cloaed
fr1endthlp, the Mother Superior felt It
Naiad Pritt, Inc.
her duty to tee Ille lwo women stayed
P.O. Box 10543
tepaniled.
Talahataee, Fl. 32302
Tlle women wrtlng these atonet
cover not only the emergence of lhelr
�The Second Most Important Room in the House
-by Hedda t..ttuce
Well glrtt, here n It December, of the u,uaJ bubbly, try tome
and hopefully we have got mott of Ql.OQG Thlt maket 8 terv1ngt to
our hollday thopplng flnlthed. you WIii probably want to 111ple or
Around here It Is time to ttart thinking quadruple llllt.
about a New Year't Eve celebrallon.
3/4 cup raltlnt
I called my friend, Dot Matrix, who
1 Tbl whole cardamom
workt In the compU1er department
2 Ttp whole clove•
and the and I are going to hott a
tmall gathering to ttart the New Year
1 cinnamon tllck
off In ttyle. We're lllllltlng all the
frtendt we met during the year: I.JJke
1 1/2 cups water
Warme, Chuck Wagon, Barb Wire,
1 flllh (750 ml) table Wine; red,
Sharon Sharallke, Cheeter Drewert,
white. or ro..
Ertha Quake, and, of course, Dee
Cupp.
1/2 cup sugar
Here'• an lntere.Ung varldon of
the perennial f1111ortte called Sl'ICED
~G¥JW
A different drink/food It a Sl'ICEO
Al'R.EBOJn
Mix together 1/4 cup tugar and
1/4 ttp cinnamon. Coat 12 ,mall
applet In llghl com tyrup (you'll need
about 3 Tbl), then roll lllem In the
sugar/cinnamon mbdure. Put coated
applet In a baking dlth and bake for
15 mlnutea al 400 degreet.
While the applet are baking, mix
together the followlng Ingredient, and
heat ,1ow1y.
3 cupt dry white wine
1 1/2 cupt apple cider
1/4 cup blanched almond,
1/4 ttp nutmeg
Rln11 and drain raltlnt; peel and
1 twtrt of lemon peel
cruth cardamom. Combine 1/2 cup
Combine the folloWlng Ingredient• raltlnt, the tplcet and water In a
To 11rve: place an apple In a
and melt over a low fire; If you have a saucepan. Simmer 30 mlnU1et and preheated mug. RU mug With 111
fireplace, place the•• In a fireproof etraln. To 1111, rtralned mlldUre, add warm punch.
pol and melt next to the hearth.
the wine and augar; heat thoroughly
I hope your holiday, are a happy
1.111111 the tugar It dlttolved, tllrrtng
8 Tbl butler (3/4 of a etlck)
time for you and yours and we'll tee
now and then. serve In preheallld you next year.
3 Tbl minced green onion top•
mug• With almond, and raltlnt In
each cup.
t.ow you all,
2Tbl •••am• ..ed•
Hedda
NOie: White any color of table wine
Sall (to laslll)
may be uted, the mort popular
Pop about 1/2 cup pop com and version of 0/.00Q It made With red
wri.n com It flnlthed popping, pour Wine.
butler sauce over. Serve warm.
Get tome lnteretttng crackert and
make an ALM:MOPATF.
1 - 8 oz package of ripe Brte, rind
dltcarded, then brought to room
tempera!Ure
3/4 cup (1 1/2 ttlckt) butler, room
tempera!Ure
1/2 cup tllvered almondt, toasllld
2 lbl dry Sheny
1/4 ttp dried thyme
Whip all Ingredient, together.
Spoon Into cheete crock, cover and
chill. Chill al leaet 8 hOurt, or at long
as a few day,. To 11rve, let atand at
room temperalUre for about one hour.
Serve With those cutesy crackers.
Champagne, on any occulon
whether fettlve or no~ It alwayt
appropriate; but there are llmea when
an anematlve It preferred. So Instead
Toni Pastory, M.S., C.P.C.
Therapy lor Adults. AdolHCtnl.. end Children
8801 Center - Suite 301, Omaha. Nebraska 68124
390-2342
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�Dec. 10, 1988 - Jan. 10, 1989
Sundaya
Weekly Eventa
Tueadaya
Metropolnan community Church,
420 s . 24th St, Omaha Worship
Sel\llcvet 10:20 am, 7 pm
Nondaya
Gay/ Leab lan Support Group ,
MCC-Omaha, 420 S. 24th, 7pm
Leblan Parenting Group, u ncoln.
435-6309, 3pm Call for locauon
Adult Children of Alcohollct,
MCC-Omahe, 420 S. 24th, 346-0561 ,
7pm
The Max,1417 Jeckton, Omaha,
Showa at 9pm
Womyn Together, Dale Clar11
Library, 15th & Douglas, Omaha,
Meeting Room• 2 & 3, 7-9 pm
Frldaya
Gay AA, l.lltheran Medical Center,
J.45-991 6, 8:15 pm
Monthly Calendar
Saturday. December 10
Sunday. December 11
N ew Vo i c e d ead lin e . All
ClaHlfledt, Anlclet , Poetry and
Lellert mutt be recellled for January
lu ue.
DlgnNy " Galhertng".
location. 331 -4919, 7pm
Monday. December 11
Monday. January 2
Church Bazaar & Flea Markel,
MCC-Omaha. 420 s. 24th, 10am 4pm
U N O Gay/L .. blan student
Organl.zallon, Call for locallon. 5540320, 7pm
U NO Gay/Letblan Studenl
OrganlZallon, Call for location 6540320
Saturday. December 24
Tueaday. January 3
MCC·Omaha. 420 S. 24th, 3'45·
2683, 7:30 pm Worthlp Sell/Ice
P-Fl.AG/Omaha. Flrat Methodltt
Church (Northeaat entrance), 69th &
Catt, 6:30 pm
RIiier City Mixed Chorus, Strauu
Performing Artt Center, UNO, 86th &
Dodge, Winter Concert, 7:05 pm.
Sunday. December t1
Church Bazaar & Flea Market.
MCC-Omaha. 420 s. 24th, 1 - 5pm
Dignity Mau , St John'• (lower
level), Crelghlon Camput, Omaha.
7pm
The Max, 1417 Jackton, Omaha.
MCC-Omaha Benefit Show, ''Show of
Showt''. 9pm
Nonday.December12
AIDS Interfaith Network, Prayer
Service. St Cecena·• Calhedral, 701
N. 40th, Omaha. 7pm
Saturday. December 17
New Voice Lay-OU1. Volunteer•
Welcome!! MCC-Omaha. 420 S. 24th,
12-5 pm
8
Call
Sunday.January1. 1119
for
Sunday. December 25
JIE'RRY CM'HSTMAS
Tueaday. December 27
NAPPYAEW l'EAR!
Thursday. January 5
Bart and Organlzallont of Omaha
(BOO), Call for loc.Uon, 345-2583,
8:30 pm
P-Fl.AG/Uncoln, Call for locallon,
(402)435-4888
Monday. January I
Saturday. December 31
AIDS Interfaith Network, Prayer
Service, Sl Cecelia'• Calhedral, 701
N. 40th, Omaha, 7pm.
T.W.O.'t New Year'a Eve Plg· Out
Buffet. Diamond Bar. 712 S. 18th,
9pm
Tueaday. January10
Submission Deadllnoll All anlclea,
claHlfleda. art work. poetry and
lelten muat be recellled by lhl• dale
for conalderatlon for the February
luue of tho Mm'~
�I
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS T
MCC Mates Lile Complete
Dear Reader.,
Last spring you read about the
"Kanaaa/Nebraska
Merger''. Thia
summer you heard about " My
Summer Vacation". Both atoriea were
full of acUon. Today I'd like to Mttch
gears and ,hare with you some
fi,ellngs I've developed since my love
Orat bfonomed In Omaha. Aeyway,
(now that wtnter 11 approaching) fl 11
about time for a eeasonal update.
Lut mon111 you read about MCC
and the problem,, but what I want to
•hare with you are the benefit, I've
received from MCC· O. For year, I've
dll/lded my fife Into three parts: the
,plrttual penon, the teacher, and the
friend/lover. I've never had all lhret In
sync al once. If I loved my Job and the
church, I was ,au alone In life. If I
wasn't alone, then church or my Job
would be out of whack. AfwB(fl lheee
three haw not meshed.
Thal'• .au true today, hOW8V8r,
today I haw hope1 that all the plece1
of the puzzle of my life wfll one day fH
togetlMr. Today I have a church
where I can wor,hlp freely. Today I
ahare my Ille with a woman I love.
Today the Job 11 1UII out of sync, but
for now and for the nrst Ume In my
fife, that's okay.
I'm here In Omaha becauH the
woman I love 11 here, but early on we
decided that a place of worship
Where we can eland before God ae a
couple wu of ex1reme lmporiance to
us •• even more Important than a Job
I'd love. Btll8\18 me, 1ub1tftule
teaching and temporary Jobs are no
picnic and the pay 1 lou.y - between
,
1/3 and 112 of my pre\llou, wage.
HOW8V8r, I've decided to worship
God at MCC-Omaha and God hae
given me peace with my Ille Ju1t III II
,,.
So In this time of need al MCC I'm
doing all I can to 1upport the church. I
pray regularty. I parUclpate actlvety
and I tithe. I urge you to do the
God wllf bleu you.
PIHH Join UI al MCC 1h11 Sunday.
Together we can make a difference.
,am,.
Carta
p1. Would you btllt\18 thal the
phone rang not five mlnutt1 Iller I
Onlahed what you read above, and the
caller offered me a job doing Jutl
Whal I love moat •• teaching •• real
teaching! Praia• the Lord!
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Open Rehearsal
Uke to 1lng? Want to Join a
dynamic, exciting group? Then the
River City Mixed Chorus want, you.
Attend an open reheanal on
December 19 at Lowe Avenue
Pre1byterian Church al 7:30 pm. If you
llke what you He and hear, you are
Invited to a brief audition foMowfng
rehear.al.
The
choru1 prennlly hu
member. commuting from Uncoln,
Fremont, Bellew• and Council Bluffs
wtlllng to car pool.
For more Information contact the
Chorus at (402) 342-4776.
Feminist
Bookstore
-GLA Newsletter
Slater Lit. a new femlnltt bookltore
In AmH, IA held It• grand opening
cer,monlH on Saturday, November
6. Slater LIi began u a mall order
operation, but hu now opened a
re1all store al 2814 Wett Street The
bookatore can'IH a wide HlecUon of
Lnbl an , gay and progreulve
ltterature, and can order whal they
don't haw In ,tock.
Mr. Gay
Nebraska Update
Due to rule vtoldon1, It has been
neceuary to dltquallfy a contellanl
f or the lltle of M: ~ ~ 1#6.
Thi• dl1qualHlcallon leaw1 open the
2nd Runner-Up po1lllon. We are
pleued to announce Iha! Mike Null,
who ffnl1hed with honorable mention
the night of the contett, wtff auume
the Gae of 2nd Runner-Up to Mr, Gay
Nebruka 1988. We congralulale him
and wt1h him well.
The vtolalfon Involved contestant
H. Thomas Jeffer,. who wa, In
apparent vtolallon of rule number 1
which require, conte,tanta to be a
re1ldent of Nebraska for 8 months
pr1or to the conte11, and rule number
3 which require, conte1tanll to be of
upttandlng character and contribute
poeltlvely to the gay community. H.
Thomaa Jeffer,. al the Ume of 1h11
wntlng, 11 In the custody of the
Potawattamle
County Sheriff '•
Department facing numerous criminal
charg81, Including grand theft auto.
We regret the necenlty of thlt
acaon, but fHI It 1, necenary to
maintain the lntegrtty of the IIUe of Ml:
GfY 111,/lnub and the 1988 conte,t
commltfee and Utle holder,.
Joe Phllllpa, Secretary
1988 Committee
9
�Logo Contest
stoMwlllf J'P.· A
~ q(
""'* wtll be the theme next ,ummer
as the Gay and Letblan community of
Nebraska Joins In the nallonwtde Gay
and Lesbian Pride Celebration. We
wtll be commemorating the 20th
anntvenary of the Stonewall rloll
when a ,mall group of gay men
refuted to 1ubmlt meekly to potlce
haranment and for the flrat Ume In
hl1tory, fought back. M we have In
past year,, we are lnvtUng our readers
to 1ubmtt logo, that repreaent our
theme for Pride Week 1989.
Your de1lgn 1hould be 1ultable for
reproduction on a button no more
than 2 112 1nch81 In diameter and
1hould clearly repr81ent thl• year',
nattonat theme, Sitln6wa6' N. A
01111th7dwl o,'l"tlt#.
The de,lgner of the winning logo
WIii receive a free year's 1ub1crlpUon
to the Mrw ~"' « N#Jnl3bl.
All design, mu,t be received by
the Mrw ~ , no later than January
26, 1989. The de1lgn1 wtll be Judged
and the Winner solec1ed by membert
of the &r:, Md ~ «
~ at their February meeting. All
1ubmlulon1 become th• property of
lhelllnMd~«~
Mr. Gay Iowa
Contest
-TomW.
The date for the flrat annual Mr.
Gay Iowa Contett hat been
announced by the ComHaulen L & L
Club of Iowa. The contelt wlll be held
on Saturday nl!1ht. January 28, 1989 at
the Blazing Saddle. The "Saddle" Is
located at '418 E. 6th In Des Molnea.
A festive evening 1, being planned,
so mark your calendar,. Watch for
further Information In the January
luue of ,.,,, /#w VtJlc,.
10
�Best Wishes
•from Diamond LIi
At November 27th approachet,
and the Ume for me to tum over the
tHle of Diamond UI come1 near, I
would llke to take thlt opportunity to
thank the community In Omaha for
making my reign to enjoyable.
AIDS Fundraiser
Continues
Farewell to Sr.
Marge
-byJenyPeck
-by Jeny Peck
Members of the caat of L11 Clip
Ft111N amved In Omaha from
Holtywood on October 17th lo
perform al the Upatalrt Dinner
Theatre. Toe proceed• from ticket
Al flrtt, I watn't all that 1ure Wflat I aaJe1 were contributed to tile AL721
should do YMh the tltle of "Diamond project and tile PWA Emergency
UI"' but the answer to that wa• toon Fund.
very obvloua. Perfectly obvlout, In
We were entertained by three
fact, Wilen •omeone atked me young ladles, four men In drag and a
"Diamond Who?". Not tlnce Poo Poo " Mature" drag queen tllat emceed tile
Laverne, and my drag-titter Tammy thow. Toe emcee wore a different
Shane, hat there been a " Queen of outrageout frock to Introduce each
the Diamond" . It we• my job to take number. It wea lnterettlng to walch
that tHle out of obtcur11yl Who better ,omeone who I tutpect I• older than
than the Amazon Bitch from Hell? myself and ha• lett hair perform
Thing• were rough al first, I wlll admit, \/Mhoul wig•.
and Ju•t at many Jokes were flytng
Al the end of the thow, receipts for
around about For18 Detade at there
this fundralter were over $7,000 and
were Joke• about dear Cindy',
GREEN DRESSIII Well, Cindy hatn't were to continue at a cocktall party. I
been teen In the green dreu for a know I had a great time and wat glad
whlle, and people have ,tarted to to be a part of the ongoing effort, for
reallz.e that Diamond UI ltn't a Joke •• AL721 & PWA Emergency Fund.
no matler who hold• the tHle.
I with
apace to
contributed
to all of
allowed enough
thank everyone who
so much to my yew. But
you, my sincerest and
deepett thanks. Eapeclally to Vaneua
Anderson, Director of Zephyr
Productions which produces the
Diamond UI Pageant And to Frank 0 .
and Dennis McK. for all the support
and attlttance they've given. Yet,
even to my runner-up, Mitt Muffy
Roaenberg, for giving me the
Incentive to carry on even when the
load we, Just too much. I with her
and Dorian the beat of luck In Dallas.
And mot! of all, I with this year'•
contestant• the bet! of everything and
give them my full 1upport. I've truely
enjoyed being your Diamond LIi thlt
year, and look forward to !ending my
voice and ablllUH to our community
In the future.
Ml¥
I were
Love and Upattck, always
Forte Detade/Scott Burkey
Miss Dtamond UI 87/88
Happy
Fac e Lift for
MCC
How many times have you heard
people comment " I drove right patl
Metropolitan Community Church. It
sure doetn't look llke a church."? My
daughter used to llve acrou the street
from the church but at that time I had
no tdea whal the MCC over the door
ttood for. That I• no longer the cue.
Thanks to dedicated volunteers,
there I• a crou atop the old brick
bulldlng, a new coal of blue paint on
the door and front panel• and the
name " Metropolitan Community
Church" printed clearly for all to see.
If you haven't been to MCC·
Omaha for a whlle, come by lo
experience the new coat of paint
oultlde and the renewed tente of
family lntlde.
Holidays
Friends
offlcet on
goodbye to
for a new
Minnesota.
gethered at the NAP
October 17th to say
Sisler Marge at she left
assignment In st Paul,
Sr. Marge ha• been acUve In
Dignity, the Interfaith NelWork, the
PWA support Group and the
volunteer program Her love and
serenity have touched many live• and
allhough the Is removed from us, her
memory WIii remain I/ti/Id In our
hearta.
A plaque wa• preaented by NAP. a
framed letter of gratttude from the
archdiocese of Omaha, a glau
engraved cerUflcate from the PNA't ,
a warm fuzzy, and a llfe tlZe puppet
along with our beat withes. Sr.
Marge's new aulgnment It allowtng
her to devote one half of ner ume to
the ministry of PWA's.
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Order your one yeor
subscription todoy by
moiling Si9 .00 to:
The o\\!w \lolce of Nebre-,k•
PO Box J SlZ
- ·· ,;( 6810,
l\dJr.H
C.11y , .... . Z.p
Mailed ducrtttttly in a
plain brawn envelope.
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�article, you may have already heard
Meeungt are lleld on the third
about Ille River City MIXed Chorus Wednesday of each month at 8:00
performing ror their November pm. For further Information on
meeting.
membership to the Metropolltan Club,
For their next meeting, there wtfl be get In touch wtlh a Club member or
The Metropolitan Club wa,
a Hollday parly In December, wt1II a call 449-9377 This Is a friendly
Htabllehed a few year, ago as a
Chr1s1mas omament exchange for answering service, 10 you wtll have
memberthlp-baeed organlzaUon
membert Who wtah to parUclpate. no problem In leaving a menage.
detlgned for lhote people In our
Bring a glfl-wrapped ornament and They wttl re1Urn your call wtlhln a rew
community Who withed to have a
day,.
dlfferen1 approach to ,oclallzallon receive one In retum. (Who knows maybe ,omeone wllt donate a Tiffany
ralher than going lo Ille ban. They
or a Faberge?)
plan a number of even1t each year
Which offer dlfferen1 oppor1un1Ue, for
For January lhey are working on
the memben lo thare In the " eeprtt having a panel of their more
de corp," and Ille "Joie de vtvre", of experienced members talk about Whal
Which life It all aboul Among the It wu like In our community 30 or 40
evenb that h11Y8 taken place are a year, ago -- or to. Were there
wln1er picnic In the park, a crulte organlzallont? Were there many
down the Mlg~ Mo, an Interview With problem, meeting olhert? How did
an author from UNL, ntm, on telf one cope With the fean back then?
lmprovernen1 and lifestyles, a yoga What were the bar, like? If you are
leuon, a reterved car on the Fremon1 wtnlng to tit on this panel or know
Dinner Train, semtnan on current someone Who would Ilka to, pleaae
event., and much, much more.
contact the Metropolltan Club. They
hllY8 already llned up tome very
The Mei'o Club does all Ihle within
lnterettlng people for 1111, panel, and
a clo..·knlt group, en,unng privacy It promltet to be an enllghtenlng
and camaraderie. The normal
dltcuuton from Whal we have heard
procedure to Join the Club It to be a
to far.
guest of a member at the regular
meeting,, held on the third
Wednesday ewnlng of each month.
However, for a thort Ume, If you with
to He Whal Th• Club hu to offer you,
and you doni know any memben,
Just call our number 11,ted al the end
of thlt artlcle.
Metropolitan
Club News
The first general meeang the new
board of director, of the Metropolitan
Club wu In October, and what they
experienced wa• Whal no telfretpec11ng Board would llke to tee,
with the eudden canceUallon of the
featured ,peal<er due to lllnen. They
aleo dltcovered three dayt before the
meeting that they were unable to
Hrve the cometUbles that everyone
had become accustomed to, Which
Hnl the Board ,crambllng to the
nearetl aupermarket for chlpt and
dtp,. Stnce the board memben nr,t
met each other only tlx dayt before
the mHUng, there wu no time for
planning When they were ,uddenly
faced With near dltuter, and they
apologize to you, Who gracloutly paid
for, and accepted Whal they had to
offer.
But they tUl'Vlwd!
Now that thtng, are under control,
they h11Y8 begun planntng another
adventurous year for their member,.
By the lme of publlcdon of thlt
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BLAZING
~MM~fil
416 E. 5th St.
Des Mol nes. la.
(515)246-1299
SPECIAL D11111: PIICl!S
OPJ!8 SIJIIDATS
Rome of:
Same club; dlrrerent logo
�Tis the Season to
Take It to the
Max
/
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The hollday season It around the
comer. and the Max hat a tolld ttne
up of entertainment for you ...
Sunday, December 11, 9pm
MetropolHan Community Church
WIii host a hollday thow. All proceed,
WIii go to MCC-Omaha.
Sunday, December 18, 9pm
The tmpartal Court't ''Toy, for
Tott"
'/Yi'olersceoe
Sunday, Janua,y 8, 9pm
The River Clly Mixed Choru,,
under the direction of John Kelly, WIii
pruent 11, Hollday Concert,
,.....,_ ,n the Strautt Performing
Arte Center Recital Hall on Salurday,
December 1o, al 7:05 p.m. Th11't right
-- - 7:05 p.m.l
Taxa, Haadllnar,
Sunday, Janua,y 15
Katr1na Kano - Miu Max Stepping
Down Show
Sunday, Janua,y 29, &pm
Min Max Pageant
The Max wa, very proud to hot!
Buddy
Starr·,
SCREAMING
KUPCAKES FROM HELL, October 30.
Staring Peaches LaRuue, Freida Lae,
Krletanya Dawn, Mt. Kandra Eltt.,
Bunni Lynn, Sheza Mann and Mt. Bath
Muehtlng. n wa, a bizarre, memorable
evening. Buddy'• evening wat a true
ehow-,topper. Great job Kupcakat.
Halloween was an exciting evening
with everyone ,tapping out In their
ghoullth costumes and of course
many new racea of drag (ugh). n wu
one evening not to forgel The Skala
Boarders took flret place with the
Honeymooner, In second place.
Congralulllllon, to all.
Once again the Max WIN provide
the place for entertainment So thlt
holiday teaton TAKE IT TO THE
MAXI
Iowa Barest.ins
-GLA New.letter
About -4 o man ldlended a poUuck
and yard pll/1y on September 17,
w111cn wu the nrst event epontored
by the Iowa Bare,klnt, a newly
formed gay male nudltl group. Guell
came from as far •• Kanta• Clly and
Mlnneapon,. The 90 degree aun,nlne
provided one latt gllmpu of the long
hot tummer.
Thie concert open, the fifth uuon
of the Choru,, and feature, a variety
of ,acred and popular holiday tong,
Including a traditional audience 1lngalong. Program hl!Jhllghb Include
Hfhtllw' ~ arranged by John
Ziegler; ~ Py W'7<>t# M 1
Snowy FY,11/11.lf by Randall
Thompton; ~ AnwT by
Handal; and mu,lc from Al1K'II' 11"1'
11,Mp!,'~
Ticl(et, are $8.00 In advance,
S7.00 al the door, and $-4.00 for
tludentt or eenlor cltiz.nt. Tickett an,
avallable from any choru, member or
by calling 3-42-4776.
Fu1u. e Iowa Banitkln evenlt
r
Include a Yldeo night (not X·l'lltd),
Join the River City Mixed Choru,
cnrtttmu party and a Yltlt to the
for 111 evening on enjoyment to ,tart
Mlnn11ota Polar Bani• for Indoor
volleyball. Guettt are welcome at any your hollday ,eason.
Iowa Banitklnt event For more
The River City Mixed Chorus
lnformallon, write: Iowa Banieklnt, PO 1988-89 tea.on It tpon,ored In part
BOK 288,081 Molnet, IA 50301 .
by the Nebraska Art• Council.
Happy
Holidays
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�Kellogg Picnic
Miss Gay America Pageant
·GLA Newaletter
Recen11y, I had the oppor1unlly to
Vicic! Vincent from Sl Louis (Min
wttneH the nation'• olde•I. largHt Midwest) was crowned Mlu GIi)'
and moat preaUgloua conteat for
female lmper,onaton - The Official
Miu Gay America Pageant, In Dallas,
Texas, October 19- 23. Fifty
conteatantt competed for the tltle of
Min Gay America, with over
$7,000.0 0 In caah and prlzea
awarded.
The pageant waa held for three
nlghla of prellmlnary competition at
The Marquee and the final night waa
at the Dallu Convenlon Theatre.
Cherry Lane, the current Min Gay
America prealded over the four day
event along with apeclal appearancea
of fonner Miu Gay Amerlcu: Nonna
1<11.Ue, Lady Baroneua, Jlmml Dee,
Hot Chocolate, Jennifer Fo)(J(,
Francheaca Wakeland, Taaha Kohl,
Naomi Sima, Lauren Colby, Blaze
Starr along with Mr. Gay All-American
America 1989. Brandl Alexander waa
awarded nrat runner-up.
other
contHtanu that competed from the
mldweal Included: Dorian Drake Miu Gay Nebraaka, Muffy Roaenburg
• Mita Gay Nebraaka Ar,t Altemale,
Kim Alexia • Min Gay Mtuourl, Cloe
Coleman, Melinda Ryder and Zn Zu
Prlnclpal.
The following datea heve been
for competition:
OVer aeventy people from acrou
the state galhered at Rock Creek stale
Park near Kellogg on October 15 to
enjoy a picnic aponaored by the Iowa
Leablan and Gay Men'• CoordlnaHng
Network. BIiied aa "An Iowa Family
Galherlng," the event gave l11blan1
and gay men from clllea and rural
area, a chance to meet and relax In a
quiet. prtvate aelllng.
aet
The Coordinating Network la
thlnlclng of having another auch event
MIH Gay Nebraaka America next aprlng. "-ople from various parta
Pageant, March 1911 at the Max. of the l1ale wtll be planning the
get-together al Network meeting,. All
Omaha
lntereated people are welcome lo
Miu Gay Great Plalna of America
give their Input.
Regional Pageant. June 3--4 at the
For lnfonnallon, write: ILGMCN,
Max, Omaha
c/o Accen, PO Box 1882, Wat.r1oo,
MGNA-MGGP, PTomotera
IA 50704, or call (319) 233-9858.
P*lckBoyd.
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WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
IN
OMAHA NEBRASKA
712 SOUTH 161h STREET 342. 9595
STU T><E FRIENOUEST SAA IN TOWN
NllfMUlOIO..IC 8E\1£AAGESSERVED
"TELL'EM WHERE YOU GOT Ir
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�NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Quilt Panels to
Smithsonian
Lesbian
Conference
Planned
T
YoJces & Yisioos
l/<*#1 .I ~ lh• new1letter of
the Nllllonal Commltlff for Women'•
Concern, Dignity/USA made ltt debut
The Smithsonian'• Natlonal
with Ila fall 1888 lnue. The
Mu1tum of American H11tory wtll
publlcalon I• meant to be a forum for
acquire
aeveral
commemollll!Ye
Wuhlngton, D.C. - The nnt
panel• collected by the NAMES mee•ng to organize a c;omprehentlve dialogue on women'• IHUH and to
Protect for Ill AIDS Memorial Quill
national conferenc;, by, for and about be a re,ource for lnforrnallon and
ldeu concerning gender Interaction,
The acqul1ltlon wtll take place IHblans, wu held here September 2.. and communlly bulldlng.
over a period of time In an effort to & 25. The c;onferenc;e I• tentall\/91y
The stated obtecllve• of ~ "
document lie d!Yenlty of 1hoH who scheduled for late 1989, early 1890.
haw die• from Acquired Immune
Th• conference envltloned a. 11, 411d • ~ lnc;lude
Deflclency Syndrome. The quilt flrlt of lb kind, I• concelv9d u a
To encourage and nurture Ile
panels wlN be added to 1he cotlecllon broad-bued coalition effort to 111 a development of a femlnltl and
of the Dlvltlon of Medical SclencH.
l81blan agenda for 1oc;lal, ec;onomlc, llberllon perspectve
MuHum Director Roger G. and polltlcal change, to lnc;reue
To llfflrrn the wor11 of those who
Kennedy, In 1pea1Ung about 118 IHblan Yltlblllty and to acknowledge brtng a femlnllt per1pecllve to
acqul1ltlon, aald, ''The AIDS Memorial IHblan diversity and common llturglH, mHtlng• and toclal
Quilt Is 1lgnlflcant not only u a ground.
gathering•
symbol of thoH who haw died, but
Regional planning meeting• on the
To report the work of the
alto a, one a,pect of the country'• nlllonal l81blan c;onference are being
re1ponee lo that Ion."
organized throughoul 119 c;o~ In Commltlee for Women'• Concerns at
all levels
The quilt currenlly con1lttt of the month• ahead. The flnt nllllonal
••ertng commNIN meeting with
To
encourage
constructive
nearly 9,000 panel,. Each of the
3-foot by 8-foot panel• - many reprt1entattyH choHn by eac:h dialogue regarding women'• 111uo1,
creallld by family group, and friends region al the regional planning gender Interaction• and future vision•
•• 11 dllUnctlve In lb dHlgn, reflecllng mHlng1 It scheduled for the of community
the penonllllty and lnterestt of lie weekend of Marc;h ... s, 1989 In
To wor11 for the ,radlclllon of
AIDS vlcllm memorialized In the Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
sexism by redefining the rolH of men
panel.
l.elblan lnterHi.d In geWng & women within Vlltou, groups
Involved thould walc;h for loc;al
Since 1881, when the flr1t cuH of
Glorta Jean Hammel, co-editor of
AIDS were reported, more 1han announcements of regional plannlng ~ M1'f ~ summed up her
meting,. For more Information, wrlle:
..o.ooo American, have died from the Ndonal Lesbian Conference, P.O. hop91 for Ile newaletler, 'We need lo
effectt of 118 vtrua, according to the
continue to dialogue In order to
U.S. Surgeon General'• Report. By Box 3067, Albany, NY 12203.
examine and change our dltudH and
the end of 1881, that figure It
behavlon which ... hinder betler
e,q>ected to lncreue to 178,000
relllllona between genden." She
death• from an e.Umated 270,000
further l1aled "We are a c;ommunlty
CU81.
that can Ill afford lo be unaccepUng of
dl11enl We are a community that can
During the coming year, the
C
IH afford to be 1e>dlt. We are a
muHum•, Division of Medical
" Omaha
community that can Ill afford to be
Scl,nce1, In cooperation with the
1:Air-~··
unchrt"an and unlovtng. We know
NAMES Protect, wtll ldenllfy and
• Lesbian and Gay
the pain of excluslon and therefore
Hlect a number of panel• -- bued
~
Roman Catllohcs
we are called to lnclu11Yene11."
on de1lgn, menage and gender and
and Fr,ends
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age of the Individual depicted. The
Penon• lnterHled In more
I\•as1 ' r"' lr-:-. Su<'>cily
Hlected panels wtll toln other oblecll,
lnforrndon on ~ 1 IIINI ~ or
Sr N "r, -... _,rt -;ower t","t,
graphics and educational mat.rial• In
who would llke to be placed on the
C• j"''
.....,,, i CcirriOUS
the coaedlon1 documenting 11e
malling 11ft ml!)' contact Glorta Jean
medlc;al and 1oc;lal hltlory of AIDS.
3~ J 4 I J ~
Hammel al P.O. Box 2..808, Baltimore,
PO BOX 31312
3 4 1- 11{.lf
M0212H.
OMAHA68131
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�Dignity Opposes Mandatory Testing
Gay Rights
potential
Dignity/USA,
Catholic
Attorney Named organization for the Romang11y men could affect awhether onecandidate•,
Ille regardleH
eventually
lesbians,
and their friend•. has lnued a enten training or nol
to Commission statement opposing the mandatory realize that rellglou, communlUetl
San Francisco - San Francisco
Mayor Arl Agno, appointed Leonard
Graff, a nallonally prominent gay
rights attorney to the city'• Human
Rlghtt CommlHton. The prlma,y
function of the Human Rights
Commttslon 1, to plan, develop and
Implement legl,latlve mandatH for
the admlnlstrallon of human rlghu
program,.
" I'm greatly honored to serve my
cllY," .aid Graff. "L.etblan, and gay
men fonn part of the rich dlvenlty of
clllzenahlp thal t, one of San
Franclaco:, gr,ate,t anela. I'm
arodou, to get to wortl developing
etrateglH for proteeUng human right•
that wtlt cany u, through the next
decade."
Jean O'Lea,y, NGRA Executive
Director pralHd Agno, for hit
appointment of Graff, "We are
pleated that the Mayor hu looked to
the re,ourcee of tht gay communlly
for thla CommlHlon appointment.
Leonard Graff hu extraordlna,y
talent, and bring, a valuable
penpec11\19 and experttae to the
CommtHlon."
totting and poHlble dlacrlmlnallon
agalnat HIV po,ltlve candidates
aeeklng admlulon to aemlnarlH and
reffglou, communlUea.
Jamee Bunen, nallonal president
of Dignity/USA. after con,umng with
profeHlonala In AIDS educallon and
person, with AIDS, called for
reUglou, order,, congreganon, and
aemlnarles to:
realize that an HIV antibody
poaltlw t11t rHult It not a valid nor
conclutlve test which detennlne, thal
a potential candidate wtll develop
AIDS related complex or AIDS.
realize that the teat 1, not deflnltlw
and to deny a candidate ponlble
admlulon to a community or
temlna,y baaed on thlt lnfonnallon
would be negltgent.
realize that let11ng of potential
candidate, open, a "Pandora•, Box"
on the IHue of confidentiality
regarding who wtlt h...,. accen to Ile
te,t lnfonnallon and the many ways It
encourage mutual honeely and
dialogue between the candidate and
the rellglou, communlty/Hmlnary
regerdlng ponlbte rl•k behavior, and
to utlla counaellng technlquet wtlen
necenary.
utabllth
cona lttenl health
guldeltnH for alt high rltk profllet, le.
candldatH who amoke cigarette,,
candidates wllo llal/8 a famlly hlttory
of cancer and hlgll blood-pretture.
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Graff hu been aelve In the gay
rlghu movement alnce 1972. Ht waa
the nm openly gay altomey to
practice law In wa,hlngton, D.C. and
he al,o taught al Southeastern
University. In 1982 Graff took over aa
NGRA't Legal Dlree1or, greatly
expanding the IIUgallon program, and
achieving precedent aeWng gay rlghtt
victories In the courta.
YOU
MAY BE AT RISK
FOR AIDS VIRUS INFECTION
AIDS
Information - Referral
and
Testing
Lincoln Lancaster County
Health Department
Submission
Deadline
( 402) 471-8065
For other testing si tes call:
Ti, N,w Vt1/&1 ha, a
,ubmlHlon deadline on the 101h of
each month. Submlnlon, rscetved
atler the 101h wlll be held for
pubHcllllon at a later dale. Thank you
or your cooperation.
Douglas County
(402) 444-7214
Grand Island Hall County
(308) 381 ·51 75
Nemaha County
(402) 274-4549
North Platte
(308) 534 -6780 ext 134
Scottsbluff
(308) 632- 1299
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semlnar111 can adopt lndMdual
open-ended poltclea, not " blanket
pollclet" regarding candldalet; and
that a team composed of the rellgloue
communlly/aemlna,y leader,hlp, the
vocation director, the candidate and
hit/tier personal physician at well u
an AIDS profenlonal could better
evaluate the person•, abltlly to meet
the rtgoroua demand, of llfe In a
reffglou, communlly or aemlnary
program than could an HIV antibody
tett by llaelf.
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�Election Produces Mixed Results
Thi• year, elecaon brought mlKed
re1utt1 for the gay/lHblan community,
according lo the Nallonal Gay and
LHblan Task Force. The mo1t
algnlflcant vtr;tory waa the defeat of
Propo1lt1on 102 In Callfoml11, the
Dannemeyer AIDS Initiative that would
have eliminated anonymou1 HIV
te1tlng and lmpo1ed mandatory
repor1tng of HIV positive lndMdual•.
The grealest dl1appolntmenb were In
Oregon, Where a •tale executive order
banning
,exual
orientation
dl•crtmlnallon wa• overturned In a
referendum, and In Connecticut,
Where AIDS and gay cMI rights
1upporter Lowell Welcker was
defeated In hi• bid for reelectton lo
the Senate.
Propo,ltlon 98, Which, among other
thing,, allow• court-ordered testing of
peraon• accuaed of certain crimes.
ObHrved public Information dlrer;tor
Urvaahl Vaid, "WhHe not as farreaching as 102, It llllack• the batlc
cMI llbertl.. of tlloae most wlnerable
In our •oclety •• per•on• accuted of
cr1met Had thlt required tet11ng of
1110.. convtcmd of texua1 a11au11, Ille.,
1h11 might have been an
understandable -- though not
neceuartly appropl'late •• approach.
However, In permltllng testing of
thoae merely accused of certain
crtm... the measure undermine, the
fundamental American prtnclple of
Innocent unUI proven guilty •• and
prol/ldea a motivation for falte
accutatton, of cr1me1. It po,.. a
lrrHpectlve of tho,e re,ulta,
aubltantlal lhreat to the accuted'•
however, Jeffrey Levi. NGLTF'•
opportunity to receive a fair, lmpuflal
11Xecutlve director, obterved that ''thl•
trial, parttcularty In Jury catet."
election marka the end of an era of
neglect by the President of the
The vote to repeal the Oregon
nation'• most compelling publlc e><ecutlve order on te><Ual orientallon
health luue. Whlle we do not fully dlacl1mlnallon wu the 1ource of great
agree with Pre•ldent-elecl George dlaappolntment -· ''to gay1 and
Buah on many of hi• poaltlon, on letblant and all those concerned with
AIDS, Buah haa been more engaged CMI llbertlet," Levi tald. " On Ille
on 1h11 luue than Pre•ldent Reagan. anniversary of K11atallnacnt, It la
Buah
actively •upporta
anti· p1111cularly aad that the people of
dl•crtmlnallon protection, for peraona Oregon would tum their back, on any
with HIV Infection, and has had an mlnortty group that naa 1Uffered
open ear to thoH worlclng on AIDS In discrimination." The contrasting vote
the Publlc Health Service."
In the Presidential election ••
aupported
Governor
Commenting on the deleat of Oregonian•
Dul<alda - thowed, Lei/I 1&1d, "that
Propo,ltlon 102 and It• lmpar;t on
progreulve vtewt In other areas doea
national polltlca, Levi ob,erved, " Thi•
I• a greal vtr;tory for public health. 111, not alwayl translate Into auppor1 for
a statement by the people of gay/lesbian cMI r1ghtt."
callfomla that they wtll not be
browbealen Into accepting e,cpen•lve
and lneffecUve ' quick fbc81' lo the
AIDS problem . II proves that
education of a populetlon can work In
changing attitudes and Increasing
understanding about AIDS. We hope
1111• defeat of Wllllam Dannemeyer ••
on the heel, of three-to-one vote,
again•• hi• repreulve propo•al• In
the House of Representative• last
month -- wtll return debate lo a more
reasonable level In Callfomla and In
the nation'• capital. We al•o beffeve
that defell of this measure WIii ,top a
,teamroller effect of copy cal
propo•ltlon• around the country."
NGLTF noted with regret pauage
of the other Catlfomla AIDS lnltlaave,
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With the election over, Levi said,
" tome of the most cllallenglng worll
11 ahead of u1. A new admlnlttrallon
11 being conatructed •• and we plan
to be In on the ground floor In helping
acMae and counael the tranaltlon
team• about AIDS and cMl rights
IIIUIII."
"We anticipate continued
dlscunlon and acceu to the Publlc
Health Service In a euah
admlnla1rallon," Levi continued, "Juat
aa we nave had acceu within the
Department of Health and Human
Servtcea In the Reagan admlnl,trallon.
The change we anticipate la greater
receptlvenen at the political level ••
au umlng the budget cutter, at the
Office of Management and Budget
are not gNen the upper nand In health
policy debate,."
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Omaha, NE 68105
The ...wmlng 10111 Congre u wlll
look quite almllar to the 100th, with
one ma,or excepaon. "llle loss of
Lowell Welcker -· our ,1ronget1
advocate and apoketperaon In the
United Statu senate •• wtll be a
tremendou, one," commented Levi.
'Welcker 1100d alone at ames In
ngnung uncomprom1,1ng1y for tho••
Who were not repretented In the
senate -- all mlnorftlea, not Just gay1
and leablana. Hit role In Increasing
funding for AIDS, mol1 recently In the
extenalon of federal funding of />,ZT,
cannot be overestimated."
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9 AM toll PM
Mon. thru Fri
6 to 11 weekends
Omaha (402) 342-4233
Outstate 1-800-782-AIDS
I-UV Testing at
our office,
710 10PM
Buddy System
Thursdays
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�Safer Sex for Women
.. DAM IT.JANET.'
nandt anymore_ No more pruny
Ongertlpal Suffice to say, I wtll always
enjoy u1lng latex glove wear. (elbow
length It ll\lallal>le, but the way from
stormy leather....)
Susie Se>eper1 Repor1t:
When I l>r1ng up safe sex to moil
1 blant, they make a face llke
..
eomeone Just puehed a bowt of cold
spinach In front of them. I have a very
different point of view al>out tale se>e
I He n u an Introduction lo aexual
var1allon 1h11 wtll la1t long afler the
aids epidemic. Aller all, If you learn a
new Wfl'/ lo l>ecome arouaed and get
off like you never dreamed of before,
you're not exactly going lo tum In
your nouveau method, Ju•t because
someone comes out With a vaccine.
Now the Item that everyone It to
uptight al>out Lalax dams. Well, I'm
al>out lo tel you tlBlghl once and for
all. Dam• are not only easy to orgaam
with
In
the
traditional
manner(cunnlllngu1 101), but you can
pursue oral dellghlt you never
conceived of l>efore, thanks lo lhlt
HIiie 4x5 square of telOJal tdtfacllon.
Gourmet technlqutt #1 It a
special clitoral vacuum suck. S1retch
a dam over you loven clll Feel With
your tongue unlll you can ttntt her
head and foreskin. Now puree your
llpt around Iha! tiny area and ,uck In
a mlnltcule bubble of rubber. Thlt
wtll make a nice HIiie vacuum effect
on the cllt underneath. You can
actually "suck l>ubbltt" 111 over, but
a, a fan of direct atlmUldon. I Ilk• the
clll l>ubble the best Let me know hoW
II WOl'kS on nipples!
Som, ..,, "x wev, been doing
all along It "tale' 1rlbadltm, using
Ylbralor,, bondage etc.
I would llke to get to the heart of
the least undel'ltood aafe tex
practices: condoms, rubber gloves
and the elu.lv9 dental dam,.
Condom, are the biggest
co11Y11nlence "9m alnce dlapotable
dbde cup-. Anyone who hu ever
,hared a dlldo or vibrator knowi how
euy It la lo pu, a yeut Infection, let
alon, hlfl)et or aids, Usually we get
out of bed and -•h our toyi
between uttt. But with condoms, you
Juat keep them on the night table ne>CI
to your lubr1cant, and roll one r1ghl on
your own rubber ducky. When you
twitch the toy Into another orifice, you
•Imply tlrlp off lhat condom and tllde
on another one. No mun, no fun, no
gelllng out of bed, no bolllng dlldoes
In
yo:~l>•:,:gh;:.~_
Vfflen
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The secret strength of dams 11 that
their real llberallng effect 11 for anal
HX. With a dam In place, you can
approach r1mmlng wtth the tame
gusto that you would ordlnarlly
reserve for klulng bal>let.
II'• lnterettlng to me that In the
lyplcal HK manual•, they alwayt
recommend enemaa and thorough
cleanslng before anallngu. . But In
,
real llfe, 1)1'8·AIDS, most people either
utler1y avoided eating thft by never
glllllng their mouth near anyone·, ua.
or they resigned themtelVet to taking
a small rttk Vffllle enJoytng the
benefltt of all thll 10n, not tonguing
that every anu1 crave•. Nowadayt,
wtth the more fr1ghtenlng prospect of
AIDS, most people have atrlctly .worn
off r1mmlng unlett they are In very
long
term
monogamous
relallonthlps(count me out).
Enter the dental dam. With dams,
you can tktp the hour-long shower,
forget the fleet enema, can the long
term monogamy and 1lmply throw
your lnhlb•on·• In the traah,. With a
lllleX square over your !Over's anus,
you can llck, munch, and prol>e to
your healthful heart'• content
I've 1aved the beat for lut
recently
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Ever tine, I was In ux ed
kindergarten, I've been warned that
one mutt never move your mouth
from the anu, to the WM., r1tklng
Infection. Wrong Wfl'/, No Entrance,
elc. Uke a good glr1, I adapted my
:':'al hal>ltt to avoid thlt tal>oo two
demon......d glove, In Denver,
INTf'r. c nunc.:t1 rflAYI tts,,,vi(,
But Imagine thlt: With a t•x dam
Colorado, a couple of audience
Sl'ON~Utu """
atr91ched verllcally from the anus to
member, nushed bright red u ,oon
the vagina, you can happily lake one
aa I tllpped one on my hand. They
1m: A11>s1;. 11 HM IIII M 11\11111,
!Ong llckfrom bottom to lop, without
flinching. II feels gre.i! You can't
obvtoutly have had the tllck, smooth, .
11
dellclout experience of being fucked
' "" m HI06I "'' cc•< • " "
belleve you're gelllng away With m
by a gloved hand. The la1eX la ao
1.c,o p M w,11 1SOCllll r<)lWWrMc.
You can't belleve 1111, It called tale
untlllve lhat the wearer feelt every
Evrnv SECc.)l<O MONl)JW or 111: M<-~rn I
HX!
bit of heat and wetnen Vffllle the '
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y ea, th ere I• a • i•-r 11n1 to the
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ng
rece=r g .... all the preuure Without
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ldemlc, and It comet In mint
any tcratchet or rough edget. When s 1111~ 1 ctc1Lr11·s c11111~URAL
Iii n
eplo L
IIVe late ..... all
I've uted latex for finger or fist
;0 11o/Qn111•011 1 s111ccr
!Ill avora o. ong
x. "''"r ,
fucking, I've been amazed to e>Ctract
~'.'.'~.~: !~~~11~~11
• ll't latex for longer llvet.
my hand from the glove and find II Ila
:.
dry--the lubr1callon fell so clote to . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - me. What I love at a chronic nail biter,
11 that my lover'• Julctt don't tllng my
J
I
18
�Ilow lo Change a
Spark Plug
- Gale Harri•
SeatUa Gay Newa
If you ever wonder If a woman Is a
dyke or nol I have • sure-fire, no risk
lett:1al(e her lo a hardware •tore WIien
the Isn't even lnlereated In buying
anything, or do91n'I have anything
broken lhal ,he' s lhlnklng about flxfng.
tt doesn't 1eem lo matter If ahe' a
even any good al repairing lhlnga
around lhe house-hardware ,tore
magic works on me, and I am Ille
worlds foremost klutz. Furthermore, I
have Just discovered a corollary teat
that workt Just as well: automotive
dlacount slorea.
The other day I went Into one for
the nral Ume because a friend was
going to show me how to change the
aparkplugs on my car, and my
mlulon wu to buy the plugs. An
automotive discount store It a lot like
a hardware ,tore. and the feel Is
almoat the tame. You get the tame
ruth-and then you realize that nothing
looks familiar. There are tools, but
they don't look like the thing you
might nx a sink with. Everything hu a
dlffarent lo ok to n-lhe hammers are
rounded, for example. The amell Isn't
exactly right-and yet, the effect II had
on me wu almo tl lnttantaneoua. I
turned to my par1ner and aald,"I feel
like this la a place I could get
tremendoualy excited about, If I only
knew what lo do with all lhla stuff!"
She led me lo a whole wall of
aparkpluga. and I tried lo determineby ESP moaby, since I had forgotten
to bring my eyeglauea-what kind to
buy ror a 1987 Yugo She discovered
a book that c ontained that
Information, $11d I put back the very
p retty red onea that had aort or been
calling to me and bought the four
blue one, the book recommended.
The friend Wllo was going to teach
me about sparkplugs would be II
home In either a hardware tlore or an
automotive supply store. She Is truly a
dyke for all teatona. And betldet,
she hat Infinite patience with Idiots.
A a she was e><plalnlng a lot or lhlnga
about Ille distributor cap and firing
order, and Wiry tt Is lmponant not to
gel the wtrea mixed up or anything, I
was trying to figure out how to apply
the one hard piece or knowledge that
I do haw concerning thing• that need
to be tightened or loosened:"Lefty
Loosey, Rlghly Tlghly." Thia It one of
thoae rules, like the one about holding
a nall you are pounding near the head
and not the bate-that aJways workS.
Only, loosening aparkpluga teemed
altogether something
elte. The
wrench haa a cunning lltlle ratchet
thing that you have to 8Wllch
WHEN YOU ARE REAOIN
C
depending on what dlrecUon you are
-by St e rling H
eyen
turning- ·Arrfwrt, the way I learned
my ran-sate rule about llghlllnlng/ When you are readlng , and your
loosenlng Wat under unlikely
thought" drift ,
Thi nk
or m end how l once
e
clrcumatancea. I waa at a Ginnie
dreeml lhet wa walked
down
Clemmons concert at Mountain
"memory lane . ''
MoVing Coffeehoute a few yeara ago, At high noon,
the aky our
WIien her G·ttrlng broke ..•(on the
roof, the trees our walls ,
guitar!) and the had to replace It She
And we wedded legally.
secured the string al the top and the
Th i nk about the joint income
bottom, and then, at the was about to
tax we filed toge ther.
adJuat the tentlon, the muttered under
Thal dreamy year .
her breeth Into a five mike. " Lefty
And the lneurance policy that
covered us knowJn9ly .
Loosey, righty Tlghly," Everybody but
Think
about the
invisible
me laughed. I waa atruck dumb In
injustice thol once was,
amazement. All my llfe I had been
In our llfetl,ne, and how it
tumlng things on Instead or off,
dissipa ted
that
conceivable
lootenlng Instead or tightening (or
yeec- ,
When our imeginetiona shined
Vice verta) rumbllng my way by trial
with re f lect ed ima ges of ell
and error each time I was In one of
conce rned.
those tricky 11tuatton1. I felt as If I had
When you ere re ading , end your
unexpectanby been given basic dyke
thoughte drl rt ,
Think of how I visioned all
aurvtval Information-the key• to the
stetee coming together ,
kingdom!
Hotionin g
to
create
such
re a l it i es
...but Whal about now In thlt
And how we
be l ieved ,
that
unfamlllar wor1d under the hood of
im
aginar y ye ar ,
"The Yugo from Hell" (at my ton
"Al l things are poaafble with
calls tt). Would the rules apply here,
God . "
or were we In an a.rtemallve reality?
When you are reeding and your
Lhough Ls d ri rt ,
My competent fr1end Dghtened the
Remember
the
courage
and
nrs1 1parkplug by hand, turned to me
digni t y which gre w within,
and said curtly, "uft,Loote; Right,
And how fet' we came , and t he
Tight."
Journey be f ore U5 now.
When you are reading,
end your
though t & d rift ,
Think or me a nd
how good ! t
fel t
to
manifest
such
freedoms.
With cholcee made legal l y.
W
hen, Whe n you ere reading, and
you thoughts d r ift .
19
�CLASSIFIEDS
LOOKING FOR A BETTl:R LIFE?
OWM need• honett. alnceni, lovtng
protege' wno llkes 1Tl!IYIII, rn, Into a
ttralgnt crowd and want• a aecure
and proaperoua future. I am early 50'1
but took younger, hl!IYII a masculine,
muacular, hellllhy body, am clean cut,
,um and handaome. If you're over 21 ,
clean cut, mucullne muaculw,
hellllhy, and have the penonallty,
tntelllgenee and ambition to be a
aucceu If glVen proper aupport and
guidance, ,end photo and brief
resume (pleue don, watte your time
If It won, check out)_ Your phone
number with addreu will be
dlacreelly called Immediately. I need a
partner, frtend and lover, not a
ponettlon and have a lot to offer • If
you do too, let, explore the
ponlbHltlet, travel expenaes on me.
Reply to: Minion, Apt 150, 1071 o
Kenwood Road, Cincinnati, OH
45242.
uncoln Bltexual detlres marrted
Wlllle female, 30, non-amoker. SHkt
genuine ''feminine" friend age 24-40
for frtendthlp and sexual thartnga. I
value
alncerlty, romance ,
understanding & tqueeky-clean
bodies. Flrtt ad. personal contact and
correapondence detlred from lhote
outttate too. Reapond with letter/
phone to Lynne, POB &4007, uncoln,
68501 . Arudout, hurTy!
Would like to meet Letblana. I am a
big woman but have heart full of
LOVE for Mt. Right Please call:
1-402-551-0080, aak for Vickie, or
wr1te 403 N. 40th st #3, Omaha, NE
88131
Chrtt1maa Bazaarlflea Market Do
your ahopplng here! Handcrafted
llema, Prlnceu Houae Cryalal,
collecllblea. Lunch available. Dec 10,
10-4, Dec 11, 1·5. MCC-Omaha, 420
S 2411l
Answering Why
LUBE!!!!-ForPlay Sensual Lubrtcant,
co ntaln •
" Nono xyn o I· 9 "
For Scooter
(Spermicide)_ Long-las11ng, nonttalnlng, water aoluble, 8oz. hygienic
What can I do Wlllle you lie there
dlapenser. Send S8.00 to: Mld- dying?
Amertca Mall Order, Dept V11 , 413
Running doeani help, for there are
Keystone Drtve, Blue Sprtnga, MO
84015 .
SATISFACTION
Ghost• of you 8Y9rywhere I go.
GUARANTEED.
Lui night I didn't want to be alone,
But there wa, no one to ilm to.
GAY WRESTUNQ CONTACTS! 500+
So, lier, the ghoat of an empty
men (all 50 atatea). Fun / Fantaay/hot
bed In
action. lnfoplxpak $3.00: l'NWC, 59
Weal 10th, NYC 10011.
My dream,.
This doeani make any aense.
WANTED- Enthuttat11c people Willing
to volumeer aeveral hours one
weekend per month. The New Voice
needa people to help with layoul and
production . You needn't be
experteneed at we WIii teaeh you,
howewr, you mutt be dependable
and wllllng to work. If you are
lnteremd In volunteering for the
layout ltall' pleue eall 455-3701 and
ask for Pal or Teny, or leave a
message.
I've done all that I ean do to keep
my
Mind oceupled, but the delllh that
surround, me ,eem• ,o whole.
So overwhelming.
Yetterday my n,h died and I er1ed.
The New Voice la now pUbllthlng a
calendar of eventa for the Gay and
I've atNetyt thought that I WU
Letblan Community. We are happy to t1rong,
11st eventa laldng place In your
But now I'm not ,o ,ure.
organlZltlon or bualnen. Remember
that the publlcallon dalll Of The New
I've antwenid all of the quea11on,
Voice It the 10th Of the month and
Elccept ''Wtrfl"
llstlnga for the calendar mutt be
received by the 10th of the month
What I know, feel. and tee doni
preceding publlcallon. Th• New begin
Voice reserves the rtgnt to edit
To even glVe me a clue, and I
material submtlled for length and
doniteem
approprtateneu.
Don, forget - beginning with the
January 1989 luue, cluslfleds are
due by the 10th or the preceding
month.
To have gollen any farther than
when
Thi• all began.
I've got to glVe you up and H'• hell.
But aomehow I've got to go on.
Sleep my friend and God be with
you.
pa. I guen 11111 God needed
another angel.
Sieve
20
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