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VOL. V. No.
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�OUR TURN
Why is Toe New
Yoice Silent on
the Larry King
Investigation?
Shuon Van Buttel
You wtll find In lhl• lnue two
letter, from reader• who feel t1rongly
thal r,,, Mrw ~ thould be
reporting on the event, lnvoMng lhe
Franklin Credh Union; lhe Execullve
Director, Larry King; alleged ml,use
of fund,; and connection, Wllh lhe
Gay community In Omaha. Thi•
feellng hu aJ,o been voiced by
lndMdualt on lhe etaff of n. Mrw
~ and olher, of Omaha'• Gay
and l.Al•blan Community.
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VIEWSANDOPINIONSBYSTAFF
So, rm sony but you'll nave lo wall
any arUcles about Larry King and
lhe Franklin Credit Union. We are
putting togelher arUclu on our
community'• reaction, to the
allegations and the Innuendos. We WIii
reprint retpontlbl& arUclH from other
paper, Which deal with luues of
tpectrlc lnteren to lhe Gay and
l.Altblan community. However, I WIii
not take part In a Witch nunt nor wtll I
try to match the reporting capablllUet
of a dally newspaper or the ti><
o'clock news on lV. You'll nave to
accept the fact that we are ttlll only a
volunteer monthly publlcallon With lhe
llmltallon, Illa! go along With ll!at
ror
tt.llUS.
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Al edftor of Tl1' Mrw ~ It I•
my feellng lhat H 1, not appropriate for
u, to attempt to report on event,
developing a, rapidly u lheee have
developed. A• a monthly magazine
we cannot publl•h any truly current
newa. Anything we would publlth
would be at leut a month old and
very llkely would haw changed
,1gnlflcan1ly by the time ft was
publlthed.
I a1,o am unwtrnng lo reprint
at11cle• from lhe Omaha World Herald
(u ,ugg..ted by one of lhe letter•)
when It appear, lhal their editorial
po,IUon 1, anti-Gay. I have read lhe
arllclH In que,tlon and found lhem lo
be full of Innuendo• and lmpllcallont
of gultt. In my opinion, reprinting ,uch
at11clH would only put ut In lhe
po,tUon of ,preadlng goulp ralher
Ulan honHt reporting.
Perllap, one day 11M Mrw ~ ,
wtll be a weekly publication and haw
a •taff of acave reporter, who are
able and wllllng to conduct lnlervlewt
and do lnYetllgallve reporting.
However, at lhl• point In time we have
no true reporter on staff, Ju,t ,everal
lndMdualt who, like myielf, want to
write and provide euays and
commentarlH on a variety of lnuH.
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Sharon V., Editor (558-9907)
Dick Brown, Treuurer
Tony Zamudio, Advertltlng (341-9368)
Pat Philen, Production Manager
Teny Sweeney, Secretary
Tom W., TypeHler
BIii S., Tony N., & Doug L , steering Commllllee
Carta. Jim, LE., Sharon M., Layout staff
Lany Wlteblood, Uncoln D1ttrlbu1lon
Jean Mortensen, Feature Wrtler
Rodney Bell, Uncoln Correapondent
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LETTERS
Editorial Note
Dear New Voice Editor:
I am wrfflng In concern of the Larry
King 1 ue or thould It be more
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letter. are atr1cUy the opinions of the approprtately called a scandal? I am
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author• and should not be conslrued very concerned wtry this 1 ue & this
as repreaentlng the edltortal position lndMdual'• doing, have not yet been
of Tl# /1M'w Vole, nor the opinion, of addretsed In your publlcaflonl I feel
any member of the ttaff of n,, """"' that It I• not only a very dlaturblng &
uptettlng problem doing a real
Vo.11:Y "'111,bnt.rA'a
number on the black community that
put a great deal or faith In 11111 peraon
The New Voice,
trusting and enabling them to build a
u,ually your local c0\/9rage of future, and some eemblance of trust,
new1 I• good, unfortunately I think you and better credit arnong,t each olller,
are m1..1ng a newsworthy ftem. In a and the re.i of the community. II
Dec. Sunday edition of the Wedd enabled 1hem to pay off creditor,,
l#.711o' story on Larry King Jr. both and eave for a belier future, but to
ICON and an AIDS benefit (That Wat build a better feeling towards 1he
reviewed In 11111 .M,w ~ wat o1her companlea In the area.
mentioned. I think at least a reprinting
I have for year,, llke many others,
ol that ar11cle ahould be contldered.
been tired of 1he gay community's
The opinion• expreHed In theae
SueJenaen
we tay) the Credit Union checkbook
ha t made t ome very hefty
contr1but1on1 to gay community
proJecta, such a, AIDS pro1ec1,,
N.A.P., and latUy I.C.O.N (Imperial
Court). I would llke to •att I would like
this luue addrened & updated on a
frequent bult u It It very vital for all
concerned to be kept Informed.
Thank you once again Larry for
enabling [u•J to try to hold our heada
up, and proudly lo£ to admit l'M GAY
and l'M PROUD! Ila a acandal llke thla
that confirm• to the 1tralghl
community that we areni wor1h 1helr
trvttl Not to mention [the) fundt to
keep the young boy, In apar1menta.
(Of courae) ltt all documented & can~
be disputed. We really need thltl
Unhapplly Concerned,
auppoaed behavtor 8Nflt/l reflecting
on us unfavorably every time
something happens In the community.
Now comes along Larry Klng. We are
again lumped In with him by the
media. II hat been heavily
documented lately that he (or •hould
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FEATURES
Patience9 Patience
by Jean Mortenaen
When I aal down to contemplale
Whal I could write about for tne "love
and relationships" luue of this
magazine. I realized It wu a pretty
broad area. So I had to choo,e
,ome1n1ng to focus on . Okay,
women's relallonthlpa. I'm a woman
and rm In a re1a11onthlp; ll'lerefore 1
know Whereof I apeak, right? Now,
Whal about women•, relallonahlpt?
Let'a talk about hormones and
patience.
To be sure, Ifft It rarefy a
completely ,mootn ride In any
retallonthlp. but women do teem to
h - extra problem• In regard to their
hormonea than men do. And when
you put 1WO women togetner In a
rera11on,n1p, you double the chance
for normonaJly-lnlluenced problem,.
I'm no doctor, but I do know ll'lal
the proper balance of all the right
hormone• It neeeuary for keeping ua
on an 8119n keel. Come on. all you
women know whll I'm talking about.
More and more, n aeem,, the majority
of the female population Is admlllng
to feeling perfectly fine for, oh, tnree
weekt out of each montn, and tnen
reefing totally whacko during 111111
other week. And we all know that'•
due to thoae nasty lllle thing, called
honnonea. You get loo much or one,
not enough of anotner, and you fell
llke crawffng right out of your akin and
bouncing off the walla. Then,
mlraculoutly, all the ugly symptoms
teem to dltappear wtth the onaet of
menatruallon. If It doeani actually
happen to you, then cnancea are
good you aee It happening In other
women.
When your hormone, fall out of
balance Ilka ll'lat, lt'a known aa
premenstrual ayndrome, or PMS for
ahort. Women auffer from PMS to
va,yfng degrees. I usually only feel
cranky and Irritable for a few daya.
But l'Ve aeen my partner reacn the
point Where aha wouldn't have
minded If a train ran over her. Tnll'a
frightening.
Tola, ob\llously, can cauae trouble
In a relallonahlp. Under the Influence
of Imbalanced hormones, a woman
can feel completely worlhlett, nipkt.
ugly, and unlovable. Irrational
lhougnta Invade Ille mind. But neither
It ft easy for the panner lo wafch Ille
change In the woman sne love, to
dearly. She hat to Just stand back and
watch all the peraonallly cnangea lake
place becauae the la Incapable of
ttopplng them. A partner often can't
even tell If her lover wantt to be held,
or If touching her woUld anger her. 1ft
frut1nllllng. And the one suffering from
PMS hat no control over how ahe
feet,, either. One minute the may
want to be held and be reattured that
,n, la loved and beautiful In her
lowr't eyea; the ne)(I minute an. may
want to be left completely alone.
Whal can you do In a tlluallon 11kt
that? For the hormonally balanced
par1ner, all I can auggest It pallence,
pallence, patience. It can be a teat of
your love'• strength when your lover
won1 8119n talk lo you and aeem, to
be acting llkll a maniac. But reaJIZe
1h11 the puts up wtlh tome of your
ldloayncratlet that dl1ve her bllt, too.
ReallZ8 Iha! WllaleYer ahe'a feeling II
the moment It real to her, and keep
reauuring her. Remember that In a
few more daya your lover WIii be back
to normal again.
For the one suffering from PMS,
lly lo remember Iha! your hormone,
are Imbalanced and thla It not the
way you normally are. Try to control
your thouglm. You can't control Whal
you feel, but you can remind youraelf
that you usually don't feel 11kt tnla,
and remember that your lover love,
you exactly u you are. And be pallent
with her If the doetn't react to you the
way you want her to. Perhapa she'a
ha\llng trouble reading the signal•
you're gMng.
Remember, too, ll'lal a doctor can
help. You may not be thrilled about
the Idea of taking hormone
tupplementt. but Ian, aanttY worth II?
I've seen preacribed hormonea make
an Incredible difference. She'a been a
fol more rational during that fourth
week tlnce the got her pr111cr1puon.
sn1 reelt bebr, and I feel relieved for
bolh of u,.
Here•, anotner point to ponder. I
remember hal/lng heard of a tllldy
condUcted In college women's
dormttoriea that dean With hormonea.
Toe nndlngt teemed to Indicate Iha!
by Ille end of the school year, IIYlng In
cloae proXlmlly to other women
c111ted everyone'• hormones to get In
aync With each other. Toe same lhlng
can happen to a lttblan couple. And
If both partner• happen lo tufter from
PMS, a speedy \lltlt to the doctor It
adlllted for the health of 1111
rellllonthlp. Otnerwtae, you might end
up breaking up becauae, almply, of
Imbalanced hormontt.
A word about menopause: here
comet another time or WIid hormone
change,. Again, pleaae don'1 hesltall
to aeek help from a doctor. wt,y
tUffer through the symptom, when
modem medical science can offer
rellef? You'll be doing yourtelf and
your panner a favor.
What happens If two women IMng
together happen to hit menopauae or
PMS al Ille tame time? I think I'd be
Inclined to recommend heavy doaea
of prayer, and Iott and Iott of
patience With each olher. Don't let a
llllle thing like a few Imbalanced
hormonea get ll'le bett of you.
Patience.
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�The Second Most Important Room in
the House
by Hedda i..tluce
wen, girts, here we are In
February, looking forward to the 14th.
Although the 1trawben1ea you can get
tn the ttore thla time of year aren't
neal1y u good a• the one• you can
get In the eal1y 1ummer; n9118rtheleH
go out and buy tome 10 garnish 11111
lowly detert. II I• utually serwd In a
heart-shaped mold, or lndMdual
molds, el!her of Which can be
purcha,ed from a kitchen 1peclally
11ore. I give you 2 var1a11ont of
COEUR A LA CREME! Choose the
one you like, but remember lo garnish
wtlh fresh 1trawt>errtea.
COEUR A LA CREME I
1 pound cream chee1e
2 lbl heavy whipping cream
1/8bp tall
Beal
these
Beal these 3 lngredlenb together
until aoft pew form Fold the
Whipped cream mixture Imo the
cheese mixture thoroughly. Une the
mold wnn a double layer of
mol1tened cheesecloth, letllng the
cloth owrnang the 1ldea of the mold.
All the mold With the cheetetcrearn
mbdllre. Cover the dessert With the
overhanging cheeucloth. Place the
mold on a rack In a 1hallow pan and
refrigerate owmtghl To serw:
unmotd on a plate, peel off the
cheeucloth and garnish wt1h !ht
strawt>en1es.
If you are planning to attend
RCMC' t annual (}{//CM Mo and
pleate try to attend, you wtll 11e one
of then COEUR A LA CREMES there.
Which type? Well, my dears, you Witt
1u11 nave to come and see.
Submission
Deadline
three
lngredlenta
together until 1mooth and toll Fold
thlt chee1e mbdllre Imo 1 cup
whipped cream. une the mold with a
doub.. thlctcneu of molttened
chff1ecloth and pour the cneese/
cream mbdllre Into the mold. ChlH the
molded mbdllre thoroughly (like
OYemlgnt). To aerw: unmold and
!?ffllth wtlh 1traw1>errtea.
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1ubmlt1ton deadline on the 1 Gal o
each month. Submtulon1 recell/ed
after the 1 Oil! WIii be held fo1
~ubllcallon at a tater dale. Thank you
or your cooperation.
The 1econd recipe UHi collage
cheeH In addfllon to the main
tngredlenta, and 11 1omewhat more
ILDCUflOUt.
COEUR A LA CREME II
4 ounce• sonened cream chee1e
4 ouncea cottage cheete
1/8 ttp tall
Combine theH lngredlen11, beat
together until soft and well blended. In
another bowt beat
1/2 cup chllled heavy (whipping
cream)
3 lbl confect1oner'1 sugar
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�Remembering Jimmy
A Tribute
by Dodie
by Don Longmore
I remember the flnt time I came to
the Diamond Bar, Jimmy. A tlttle
apprehenatvt. we entered through the
back door, but H didn't lake tong for
you to welcome us and make ua feel
nghl at home.
I remember how fast we became
friends; the wonderful birthday parties
you thr- for u,, and the fun we had.
I remember how lmpreued I was
when someone told me, " This was the
nrst gay bar In Ille State of Nebraska."
I remember the little pet you loved
10 much, and the farewell you gave,
that some thought a little bizarre, but
thote who knew you felt was pretty
darned nice.
I remember the mock wedding you
had one Sunday afternoon When no
other bar would dare do ll
I remember your temper at Umes
back In those days, llke the time you
got mad at somebody and toned u,
all out, and then shoved the Juke box
out on the stdewalk. We then puahed
the Juke box back to the door, you
opened up Md tald, "C'mon In
buddlee. I'll buy a drink."
I remember how happy you were
when you and Cindy got married and
,tarted a beauUful new family. I
remember the Chrtt1mas cards with
plc1ures or the kids.
The hall• were bare and lonely
I remember when I uHd to atop by
At ahe alowty made her Wit'/ to her
tome afternoons to tee you, and you room
wouldn't let me leave until I had Juel
She entered and tat quietly
one more.
JU If In deep thought
I remember Whenever we had
problems that you were alwayt there
Aral came a algh
to offer a hand.
Followed closely by others.
I remember When you got tick and
had to stop working. The day BIii,
Silently the arote
Bob and I came out to tee you and
And left her tolltude teeklng
Cindy came home with a party tray for
comfort elsewhere.
ua. and the fun we had with the kid•
when they came home from school.
/>J the end or the hall was a door
I remember Visits to you In the
hotpltal. and the day we got to
reminiscing and taughlng, unlll I felt I
had t.o leave because you were
overdoing ll I knew you were
suffering, but you never complalned.
You told me what a luckY guy you
were to nave Cindy. You didn't know
how the did It, taking care of you, the
kids, the house and the buslneu.
I'll alwayt remember you Jimmy.
and some day we'll all be there to see
you again, and you'll IWlng open the
door and say "C'mon In." save a
81001 by the window, WIii you? Unlll
then. 10 tong, buddy.
It seemed to say welcome.
Bui tUII there wa, heattatlon and
moments or Indecision.
A knock followed and then houn
of walflng before the door opened.
She entered and stood staring at
the race within
The wordt came tlow at first
Bui soon the heart wa, opened
and feellngs poured out.
The hear1beal grew slower and the
mind grew eaty
Again there was allence.
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�Intimacy: Enhancing Your
Relationship
Everything is
Alright Now
By John Teamer, National AuoclaUon of Black & White Men Together
Among all the component, of a
relallonahlp. lnUmacy 11 probab(y the
quality moat longed for, and often lhe
moat elusive. Wlll1 that cloaenen that
lnUmacy provides, many things
become postlble. WHllout II, there It
loneliness.
What doe, Intimacy do?
Intimacy promotes, support,, and
helpa couplellpartnert atay together.
It promlaet not being alone or
aeparated.
Intimacy In male relattonshlps: A•
men we are noJ l[olOOd Jo be IDllrnAlo!
But lnUmacy 11 the prtmary reason tor
a relallonshlp. TIii• meant thal at men
we must make con,clout effort, to
add Intimacy to our llvea and to our
relallonshlpt. The more you w0r1< at II,
the easier and more enjoyable n
becomes.
What la Intimacy? lnUmacy
requlrea close famlllartty, thartng, a
conneellvene11 that I• verbal and
non-veroal, aexual, phYtlcal, and
emotional. Intimacy require• a ten88
of wlnerablllly, loyalty and trutl
lnttmacy I• baaed on equality,
allllough It doetn1 mean thal you both
contribute equal ''Value" to the
relallonthlp. Everyone hat different
tolerance lewlt of lnUmacy. Older
partnert, and women tend lo have
more Intimacy.
on, of the key characterttUct of
Intimacy It acceptance of the other
person; and from acceptance grows
trual You truat your partner to accept
you for yourself and not to betray that
trutl
The degree of lnttmacy In a
relallonthlp depends to a great extent
on each partner's feeling Important In
a way that nothing else It (to that
relatlonshlp). Interviews with couplet
whose re1atton1hlpt had broken up
often revealed, "the problem was, he
never made me feel special. at If I
were different to him than anybody
etae." A par1 of being Intimate 11
knowing how to make your partner
"feel tpeclal "
The followlng are tuggesUont of
ways to be Intimate given by men at
the NABWMT (National Assoc. of
Black and White Men Together)
Convention '88 In Botton.
Create a space. and tchedule time
to be total(y atone. te., check Into a
hotel tulle, or go on a camping trip.
Bathe each olhar: manage each
other - not culmlnattng In sex. Give an
oU body rub. Frollage In a hot tub.
Share a bubble bath With candlea and
lncen,e.
Sffllng In front of a nreptace (earto-ear, with champagne, with mutlc).
Cuddling and talking In bed.
Kitting and being held. In bed,
low Uglllt, llttentng to music, touching
and kitting.
Lying on a beach with bodlet
head-to-head, Relaxing In front of a
beauurut vista.
on a blanket, under the ttars, with
champagne or together In a boat on a
lazy afternoon.
A candle-In table, ttar1ng Into hit
eyes, conversing toflly.
Intimacy. Try It, you'll llke It!
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TO: Moe
We're back together again,
rorever. We'll never again deny each
olher the love we aJwaya nad ror one
another.
The latl thing I remember you
,aylng waa, "I love you and we may
be teparated for a whlle, but we will
be back tog&ther again. I wtll alway,
remember you and always be walang
ror Ille chance to be togelher again."
Then I tald, "I love you too, and I
will alway, remember you, loo. But
let'• not play games, we both know
that we'll probably never be together
again.
Jul! ye1terday I wat thinking of
you and what you would say If we
were togelher ag.aln, and now I know
.. "Everything Is alrtght now, and at
long u we're together It wtll stay 11111
way.''
I can1 bellew that after all lhete
year,, my dream, are nna11y coming
love
true, and you're telllng me, " I
you and everything It alrlght now."
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�Around the
Milkrun
with Bellnda Loveless
Now that we're well Into the New
Year, It's Ume to forget all those silly
reso luttons. Who wanted to loose the
weight stay home more or drlnl\ any
leas. anyway? Aren1 we OK Just the
waywa are?
If you had planned to spend New
Year's Eve In the new room at The
Max. you had to change your plant.
At with all construcUon proJects, a
delay seem, to have developed In 1118
grand opening. Maybe It would be
wise to mal<8 a reservation for this
even1 on Memorial Day Weekend.
somettmes after a long ,aturday
night In the bara, you might wish to
atay downtown all night. n la
,omelfme, ponlble to t1ay all night at
the Diamond Bar. Jual check with
Cindy for reservation,.
NoW'• the Ume to starl ,hopping
for Valenlfne'• gtftl. Just remember. If
you have to buy two. that they don1
find about each other.
Oe;1hog IY.ir.o AIDS
byTomW.
The UnHed Auto Workers
General Motort Natlonal Joint
Committee on Health and Safety hat
publltned a magazine tttled D.r.r/#1g
Wfl>'t A/OS The 34 page color
magazine wa, dltlrlbuted recently to
GM's 500,000 plus U.S employees.
The reuons for creating the
magazine are stated In part on page
1. "OEAUIVO Hf7HA/0Slt a big part
or our educational effort Through the
magazine, we hope not only to give
our employees the facts. but to show
Illa! P"llfl41 .tdlt,11 It wnat wtll help
Oght and ultlmalely defeat AIDS •
positive action 1hat comet from
education, retearch, and changing
allltudea '
It concludes, "Someday. there may
be a cure ror AIDS. Al UAW-GM
we're working toge1her to make aure
thel our people wm be there lo enJoy
that day."
1 was very lmpreued With the
accuracy of the arttcles. This Is
probably due In part to the American
Foundation for AIDS Reaearch
revlew1ng 1he material. The magazine
presentt the lnformallon In a positive,
tenaltlve manner. Covered are such
topic• at L.rl/11/n~ to C()/18 ...11111
~ H1tln A/OS Cam6, to Sc/kJol.
Hflt1t1 S"'11r!OM llf Hw,1- h.r, A/OS,
L8411 OIi .u.,. and A .f'.fkhmml' "'
htN11k1 sp.tt (an arttele about the
NAMES project quilt.
Articles Include lnformallon on
wno It al rlllt, Whal behavton are
considered rtsky and what contact Is
contldered tare. Who thould be
tested, what 11 the cauae and wn11 are
1he aymptomt.
Throughout 1he magazine factt are
pretented In a quetUon/answer
formal One ract In parttcular was well
handled.
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"Q. Aren't llomoaaxualt more
llkaly
to
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lletarotaxualt?
AIDS
lllan
A. So far, 1he maJortty of the
people with AIDS In the Untted stalea
are homosexual men. However, AIDS
cm be trantmffled between men and
women. And In tome other countrtet,
AIDS Is very mucn a neterotel(Ual
disease In Ille united States, women
who have contracted AIDS through
drug use have given the disease to
their male texual partnen. AIDS It
slowly spreading 11110 the helerose><Ual
community. It It pottlble lo get AIDS
from a woman wno It Infected with
the AIDS 111rut And It's also poaslble
to get AIDS from a heterosexual man
who It Infected tllrough drug uae.
AIDS la not a dlaaaae of llfHtylH;
lt't a dlaaaae of behavton. And
not Jual a homoaaxual'a
dlaaaaa." (Emphattt It mine and not
tha magazine's)
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In 1he secUon on A/OS 411d lhtl OM
E/7¥ll"~ health care beneflb are
dltcuued. Regarding the roll Of
company reaourcea " ... together theae
aC1Mtlea form a retource ne1Wot1t for
all GM employees, not Just those wt1h
AIDS. Within thlt network or actMUea.
the principle of c<1lll"kflmlf~ to
protect your privacy It ab1ctty
Obterved "
Regarding health care coverage
"In 1he GM Health Care Program,
AIDS It treated Ilka any olher lllneu."
"In terms of medical bills, sick leave,
aulgnmentt and reemployment, It It
treated Ilk• heart dlseue or
diabetes."
UAW-GM hat taken a major step
towards being Ille lnduttrtal leader
With the publication of this magazine.
AIDS Education Program co-director
Gerald Wagner: ·we realized we
were becoming a role model for the
rest or American lnduttry. When
you're a role model there's a certAln
social responttbllHy you auume.
We're trytng to live up to Illa!
retponslbllHy.... We represen1 the
blggeat corporation and the ttrongest
union In the country, and we're
allacklng the AIDS lttue In a head-on
raahlon If we can do II. the re,t or
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by Demian, Ed.D.
Q: I'm looking for a aweetheart,
ponlbly a llfe-partner. All the good
onet aeem to be taken llfeady. I'd
llke aomeone to be my dreamboal
Where do I flirt?
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The Book Report:
Toe Hoer 6rilio
A:. I auggeat being very pragmaac.
Leaving auch an Important and I/Ital
part of your life to chance, or allowtng
by Dentae Ohio, 1918
romantic feelinga to get In the Wl/'f la
a big mlalake. Relatlon1hlp1 lake worll
Reviewed by Amazonia
and pertaveranc;e. Start with
aomeone who wtll not malw the Job a
Denlae Ohio haa crealed In 1111•
nlgtmlare.
book a YMd c;haracter. Amory Walker
l'h( make a llat of all you want In la nlneleen yeara old when Janie, the
devoutly rellglout woman who
a partner.
adopled and relied her, dlea. Amory
~ malw a concemraled la left wll1 JHtle'a houae and
effort to flnd that peraon. Be loglcal betonglng1, none of which Amory
here. If you want a aplrttual peraon, really wanti, except for the photo
look for him or her at a meditation album. The few anapahob In H hold
group or g&IIY church. If you want a the only cluea to Amory's paat, a paat
profeaalonal, go lo your local Gay of which ahe heraelf knowa few
Bu1lnea1 A..oclallon.
detalla. Seem, Jonie never ,poke of
Al'flory'a real parents. nor of the
T1il'1' do not - DO NOT - reaaon wtry the choae to adopt
compromlae on the lngredlenb you
Amory.
are loolclng for. It la only a matter of
time before you find a very good fH
JI/tor Jeaate'a death, Amory leavea
for you. Don1 let lonellneu lead you her hat.d Weat Virginia hometown for
Into a leas than dealrable union.
college. There ahe flnda heraelf, by a
lwlat of the clan reglttrallon
If you are currently In an
schedule, having to chote belWMn
unaallafac;tory relallonahlp, aaaeaa
hlttory and women'•
taking
wtry It lan1 worlllng. If It la becauae atudlet.ancient ancient hlatory, Amory
M for
thal peraon doea not adequately
aayt, " I have enough trouble IMng In
match your Ila!, conalder atartlng over.
the preaenl tenae. • So ah, enroll• In
You can1 nu your relallonahlp cup
the women'• atudlea cw• and flnda
unlll ll'a been emptied.
henelf Ylrtually aurrounded by
HhC The quaint notion Iha! letblana.
oppoaltea atnct la total junk Moat
In thlt claaa, Amory flndt there are
long-term couplea started wt1h a lot In
two things aha cannot eacape; the
common. The main relallonehlp glue
topic of her recumng nightmare, and
la ~ntereata and bellefa.
the bruh and openly letblan Cady
Oh, yea, ll'le "good" onea are not
Baird'• llllenllona. Amory cannot
all taken. sometimes ll'ley h - been
made " good" by being pll1 of an lrMglne why Cady thould be 10 taken
ongoing,
mutually
supportive with her. After all, ahe'• been IMng
relallonthlp. You and your future with Darnel.
partner wtll help each oiler become
M you can probably gueu,
one of the good onet.
Amory'• feeltng, come under acrulny
before long. She dllchet the Jerll and
develops cloaer frtendthlp• with the
women In her claH. Eapeclalty with
(you gueHed II) Cady Baird.
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No course la amooth In Amory'•
fife, though. Suddenly, without any
warning at Ill. Amory " " a clue to
her mysterious paat. The riddle about
her parenta and about JeHle'•
aecrecy unravel• 10 qUlckly even
Amory can hardly keep up with It And
Ille antwera she finally uncover, bring
queattona Into her mind; prtmartly,
"What now?" Thia It one of ll'IOH
open-ended bookt, where the reader
It left to Imagine various counea of
action Amory could take Idler she
aska ll'lat. ''What now?" Personally, rm
more partlal to books that at least give
a hint of whal the main charactaf la
going to do.
Thia book It wr111n In the nratpenon voice. One of tne grealeat
advantagea In using the nrat-peraon
narraave Is a more Immediate reader
Identification; that It, the reader It
pulled Inside the head of the main
character. The Hllnga In ll'le story are
\/Mdly deacrtbed by the UH of a great
deal of tlmllea, detcrlblng thing• aa
the main charac191' ' " ' or feet• them.
Unfortunately, I waa struck wtll'I jut!
how many am,, Ille word "Ilka"
appeared In the te>CI, I found H
dltlracttng before I nnlahed ll'le nrat
chaplaf.
Howwer, 11'111 story la a wonderful
study In crealng a character you
can
really tee. Ma. Ohio haa craned
Amory to carefully that. wlllle reading.
you know exactly what to expect from
her, the ~ ane'D react to cer1aln
tllllalona. That kind of contlalency In
charactertallon Is hard to flnd In a
nrat nowt, eapeclally from an author
aa young aa Mt. Ohio.
Avallable from: The Naiad PreH,
Inc., P.O. Box 10543, Tallahuaee, FL
32302
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�Stepping up to Wholeness
·By Jean Mortensen
Everyone Who hu been through
lhe process knows that coming out It
not one simple tlep. Never 1, II a
malter of a tingle statement and
B,u,m. you·re oul Well, maybe II Is If
you appear on a f'tlll Donahue show
and make an announcement on
nlllonal 111191/talon. but that's rwety the
case. More often than not, coming out
It a aeries of ateps. aome amaJI and
heattant, others broad and confident
leapa.
The
nrst
of
all the
step, Is
awarene•• that you love other• of
your own sex. We often hear how
acnool-age children explore and play
te><ually Wffl1 their friends. That't
nothing more than normal chlldhood
cur1oally and growth. And H moat
often takes the form of " boy-girt"
gamea. Where you and your bet!
friend might Imagine being Romeo
and Jullel That conforms to the
models moat
heterote><ual role
prevaten1 In a chlld't llfe. and that's
What children bate their ellfly sexexploratory games on. But If year• go
by and all you're 11111 tntereated In Is
playtng Romeo and Juliet with your
beat friend, II'• ume to wake up and
amell Ille coffee. While othera are
going off In pursuit of the opposite
tel<, you may feel a preference for
being with your beat friend dltcuulng
the opposite HK ralher than actually
doing anything with the oppotll9 tex,
and the enjoyment you're getting from
doing that comet from the fact that
you are wt1II your best friend. That't
When lhe awarenen anould hit lhal
you're tlmply not Interested In the
heterosexual norm. And lhat' a When
Ille hllfd part ttarta.
The ne)(I ttep lnYolllea admitting
your atlracUona and preferences to
yourtelf. You have to admit lhal you
really don't want lo play Romeo and
Jullet anymore, but that you want to
play Romeo and Romeo or Juliet and
Juliet. You have to name the name:
homotexual. II can be a traumallc
moment When you look at yourself In
the mirror and tay the wordt out loud,
"I am a homosexual." GIiien the
stigma ualgned to the word by
society, lhal't the most dlfllcull
moment of brutal honesly any of us
have to face. But honetly about
oneself It the onty road to being a
Whole and healthy person If you wan1
to end up being true to yourself, lhlt
la a step Which must be taken, even
though It may feel like stepping over
the edge of the Grand Canyon.
Usually 11111 step I• folloWed by a
Ume spent "In the closet" That's not a
bad thing. That' s a healthy thing. Mer
you've named the name. you need a
1111111 time lo get uaed to the Idea, to
tort out the myth• that a homophobic
soclely ha• perpetuated, to learn
about yourself as a peraon. The
amount Of Ume In the cloaet wlll vary
from peraon lo person, but after this
pertod,"
you're
"decompression
ready for the nexl step: telllng
someone 111111. Tnlt It a major step
because once you've come out of the
closet. you can't go back In. It's a
one-way door. Chancea we good
you'll tell your bait friend ftrtl I heard
a deflnmon of a friend once that wem
llke thla: A ll1tMtf I~ .tlN11IIOl16 ~
k/llow.t 11f"""""'7!! 4l>oulft'(/ Md dlfl
H~s ;t,11 ~ In tplte of our
quirltt and bad hablb and faullt, our
frlendt eccepl ua Just the way we are,
or elte they're not really our rrtendt.
In fact. friend• may be our greateat
source of acceptance and afflrmallon.
And lhal'a Why we uauaJly raveal our
aecrett to them nrat •• becaute
lhey'lle atNayt accepted us before. no
matter What we "Ye told them. And
lhere' t actually a margin for error In
our choice of friend•. If one leaves
you, II may hurt. but you can »Naya
nnd another friend eventually.
The same ts not true Of famlllea.
You've only got one. and you can't
Just go out and nnd a replacement for
your relatives If they ahould be unable
to accept the Whole lrUth about you.
That'• Why the next Slep In the
procese of coming out telllng your
family. pro\11des the greatest potenllal
tor loss. and that makes It a very
dlfflcutt step Somellme, It aeema
easier to avoid the trauma of telllng
your family. eepeclally If you live w,ay
from home But there seems to be
aomelhlng In human nalUre drMng us
10 be Whole, and that mean, being
honetl We crave acceptance tor the
entire person we are. We feel cheated
If we receive approval tor only haK of
our tell/es. We want lo be told tt's
okay for ua to be Just the way we are.
and we're loved no mauer Whal
Tnal't what drtvea us to make
disclosures about our peraonal Ill/ea,
even though II may mean loalng
people close to ut.
I do not advocate complete
disclosure for anyone feellng certain
of a famlty'a rejection. There·, no
need to tell anyone anything unleu
you want to. But neither do I ad\lOcale
fabricating atones and lies to keep
tllem "off you back." Uet usually only
produce greater harm In the long run
that the truth doea. Even though
deallng with the truth can be hard, It's
beller than dealing wllh Ilea.
only
serve to lake you further away from
being true lo yourself, and that's Ille
whole purpote of coming out •• lo be
true to yourself. Unte" you can take
at least some of lheae atepa, the
awareneu ttap and admllllng II lo
yourself, you can never hope to be a
complete. Whole person true to
yourself.
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LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS T
MCC Pantry
Beginning February 1. there will be
only ltmlled iervtce for 1he food
panlry al MCC- Omaha. Persona In
need of emergency help with food
should contact the church office.
Sioux City Gets
New Bar
Gary Fen,, Mark Borchor1 and Pat
Cyphera of Sioux City are proud to
announce the opening of their new
bar .1 ctt,,n. 1111 localed al 414 20th
street
They opened the doora of thla
eatal>Uahment on December 9th. They
feam,re two bara for their cllentele.
One la quiet for those who would tlke
lo carry on converaallon and the other
la near the dance noor for those who
want to patly lie nlg111 fNnl'/. ( r,,,
The apring conceri of the River C<' 1M.00 - T<>s II ,
City Mixed Chorua wtll be perfonned
March 18 at 7:36 pm In the beautlful - - - - - - - - - - - straun Recllal Hall. Joining the
women and men of the chorua wtll be
the Dea Moine• M
en·, Chorua. Tlcketa
for 1111, Joint concert are $8.00 In
advance, $7.00 al Ille door and $<4.00
for ""'or citizen• or aludenta,
avallable from any chorua member. If
you att.nded Ille holiday concert you
akeady know that thla wlll be another
Ch asin, B ar celebrated their
concert In the ..rte, for the River City
grand opening on December 17. A
Chorua you wlll not want to min - great Ume wu had by everyone.
l191 your llcketa eatly.
Amethyat put on a great ahow and
waa w ell received by Central
Nebraska' • Gay and Lub lan
community.
Chorus
Announces
Spring Concer t
Grand Island Bar
New Owner,
New Name
IC. C. Frogge
Wins Bronze
Joe and ,taff carried the
enthuataam Into their New Year'• Eve
Party. Everyone auccumbed lo a
fabuloua display of decoration, and
Daly City, CA -- K. C. Frogge. new allllude. Everyone loaated In the
publlaher of ~ and r,,, New Year with a aurpriae gueat
San Francisco
~ TJm,1 IJri1cA:Ny and fonner appearance from
Kanau City realdent, wa, a bronze atrlpper Keith L
medal winner at th• recent Wor1d
Joe SWllnda, owner of Chasin,,
corporate GamH held In San would llke lo thank everyone who ha,
Franclaco. Athlete• from over •D ahown their suppor1 for a Gay and
coun1r1ea, Including the Soviet Union, Lesbian bar In Central Nebraska and
parUclpated In 20 aporUng eventa.
e>dends a welcome lnvttallon for
everyone lo vl•II ua In Grand l1land
K.C. waa aponaored by the San
Francisco law nnn of Morrison & aoon.
Foerater where ahe 11 a legal
document specialist A fonner Sunday
leaguer al Minion Bowl, ,he was In
fourth place untll the final game, then
rolled a 199 to take the bronze by 18
pln1. K.C. averaged 178 for the •Ix
gamea of the competition.
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Rev. Kross
Leaves MCCOmaha
After aeven yeara of service, Rev.
Jan Kron haa mtgned her potltlon
a• pastor of MCC-Omaha.
Rev. Krou came to MCC-Omaha
In January of 1982 from Sioux Falla.
During her pastorate, the church
haa moved from the racllll'f al 201h
and Burt to their p reaent locallon a
420 S. 24111. The congregation ha,
auccenfully
maintained
their
chartered atatut with the Unlveraal
of
Metropolltan
F ellowshlp
Community Churches and recently
celeb rated their 16111 Anntvertary.
so.
Rev. Kron has been highly vlalble
and acllVe In the local gay and
leabtan comm unity and hat
developed ttrong relallonahlp• with
olher organlzallona.
On January 28th a fareweN dinner
and dance waa held al MCC-Omaha
for " Pulor Jan". Congregation
membera and frtenda gllllhered to
wish her well wherever her path may
lead. Aa of 1111, wrtllng, Rev. Kroat'
plan• are ln<leflnfte.
We al 17'# M,w ~with to alao
extend our beat wl•h•• to Rev. Kroat
and expreu our lhanka
,upport 1hrou11h the yeara.
for her
T hank Youl
Briefly, I want lo bid farewell and
to offer a peraonal thankt to the
people of 11111 community who have
mlnl,tered to me In a wide varlel'f of
waya through your friend,hlp, your
wtae countel, your genero,lty and
your humor. You wlll atwaya have a
apeclal place In my memoriet. God
blen you.
Pastor Jan Krou
,
�Feb. 1 - Mar. 1, 1989
Weekly Events
Sundaya
Metropolitan Community Church,
420 s . 24111 st, Omaha Worship
SeNlcve1 10:20 am. 7 pm
llltblan Parenting Group, Uncoln,
435-6309, 3pm Call for locallon
The Max,1417 Jackson, Omaha,
Showa at9pm
Nondaya
Tueadaya
Adult Chlldren of Alcohollc1.
MCC•Omaha, 420 S. 241h, 346•0561 ,
7pm
Gay/Lesbian Support Group,
MCC-Omaha, 420 S. 24111, 7pm
Womyn Togetner, Dale Clark
Ubra,y, 15th & Douglas, Omaha,
Mee11ng Rooms 2 & 3, 7-9 pm
Fridays
Gay AA, Lutheran Medical Center,
345-9918, 8:15 pm
Monthly Calendar
Thursday. February 2
NI/PP.J' ~Ho.9 OIJ'f
Bari and Organlz.allon1 of Omaha
(BOO), Calt for location, 345-2583,
8:30pm
Friday. February 11
SubmlHlon Deadltnel! All ar11<:te1,
c1u11fled1, art -rk, poetry and
letlert mutt be recelvlld by 11111 date
for contlderallon for the March lttue
of Tit, M,w
Saturday. February 4
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Saturday. February 11
Nebraska AIDS Project "Buddy''
Training In Lincoln. Call fo r
Information, 475-7388
Nebraska AIDS Protect, "Buddy"
Training In Uncotn
Sunday. Febnary 5
Grand ltland't Second Annual
Valenllne'1 Day Party. Cha.Ins, 388 N.
Walnut, Grand 1,1111d. 8pm to closing.
New Voice steering Commlllee
Mee11ng, MCC•Omaha, 420 s. 24111,
4pm. All Interested partte• welcome.
Tuesday. February 7
P-FlAGIOmaha. Aral Metnodltt
Church (Norlheaet entrance), 89111 &
Cass, 6:30 pm
Wednesday. February I
Ash Wednuday Service, ,
Me1ropolltan Community Church, 420
s . 24, Omaha, 7pm
Sunday.Felwuary12
Dignity Ma11, st John'• (lower
level), Creighton Campu,, Omaha,
7pm
Nonday,February13
AIDS lnterfallh Network, Prayer
SeNlce, st Cecella's Cathedral, 701
N. 40th, Omaha, 7pm.
UNO Gay/Le1blan student
Organlzallon, Call for locauon 554 ·
0320
Tuesday.February14
Wedaeaday.Fabruary15
Metropolitan Club,
tocdon, 449-9377, 8pm
Call
for
Saturday. February 11
New Voice lay·Out, Volunteers
Welcome!! MCC·Omaha, 420 S. 24th,
12·5 pm
Sunday.Fatwuary11
Dignity " Galhertng".
location, 331-4919, 7pm
Call
for
Tuesday. February 21
P-FlAG/Uncoln, Call for locallon,
(402)435-4888
Monday. February 27
UNO Gay/ Lesbian Student
Organization, Cllff for location 554·
0320
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�GLPC Battles for Funding
by Ron Zank
Now It the Ume for Gay men an
Letblant to come to the aid of their
communHy. The Gilt'/ and Lesbian
Programming Committee at UNL It
baffling opposfflon to their request for
rundlng. The only committee on the
University Program Council lo be
created without a budget, GL.PC hat
been co-sponsoring events wtth other
UPC committees, campus and
community organizations for the patt
year and a half In an attempt, to
prove them,etvet. Despite many
tucceuful
and
well-attended
program,, they are receiving
oppotJUon from IWO main sources:
members of the commlllee for Fee
AHocallont, Who ani Intent of cutting
the budgsl and halttng rundlng to any
new groups; and homophobic
31\Jdents turning the use of itudenl
feet Into a morality luue and
crtnclllng GLPC't tourcH of support
and lnformallon u being blated
toward homoae>cuaJs.
The commfflee for Fee Allocatlont
held two :student Input Nlgllb" on
both the City and Eat! camputet.
Theae open forums had received no
student att:endance In the past nve
years. yet both held !hit semester
attracted upwardt of forty people
because of the GLPC funding Issue.
Toe first meetlng waa apent trytng to
educate the CFA members about the
dlVerilty and cultllre or the Gay and
Lesbian community, our high
population In Uncoln and the need for
education at the University to combat
homophobia and provide a wellrounded educallon, as well at
pretentlng lnformallve and cultural
events for UNL't Gay students n wat
pointed out that bated on the 10%
etllmate, Gays and Letblant
comprise a larger por11on of Ille UNL
poputatton than thoae represented by
the American Minority Council. CFA
Chairman Kevin Lytle tald In a ON~
~ ar11cte that It wa, likely that
Gt.PC would receive funding If for no
other reuon tllan because the
American Minority Council It able lo
do to.
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The second "Input Nlgrrt" wat
marked by a man describing hlmtell
as a "former homosexual" and
crtticlZlng GLPC tor utlng ··stated"
resources Ilka PflAG and the Kinsey
ttudle1. He suggested that because of
the unhealthy behavior and negattve
aspects of homot8lCUallty (which he
Identified at rever,at and/or blurring
of natural male and female rolet at
wen at the destruction of the family
unit), GL.PC should uutlle retourcet
U,at acknOW1edge the poulblllty of
homosexuals changing their behavtor.
He and other atudents crtnclzed the
use of the 10% figure as being too
high, referring lo " other studies"
retult1ng In tower nguret, though
none could name tile source, or
lhete tludlet
Letler, In the 0 ~
M,/Jr.,~
have ranged from full support of
GLPC't receMng rundlng 10 complete
oppotltlon. Patt and pre tent
University tbJdenta as well at other
community members are encouraged
to direct letters of tupport lo
Commlllee for Fee Allocallons.
Nebraska Union Room 115. Uncoln.
NE 68588. A decision Is to be made
In Februa,y. to please wrtte aa soon
at poulble. Emphattze your alumni
or student tlatut and consider relallng
an e)(pertence about you dlfflcul!l.. In
coming out or facing homophobia In
the college telllng. In addl!lon. affirm
me need for general public education
about Gays and LEsblans.
Gay Line Starts
in Wichita
Wichita, KS - Wlchl1a now has a
gay lnformatton tine avallable to the
publlc. Toe fine It tponeored by a
gay computer bulleUn board aystem
called The Land of Awet, a member
of the GayCom national networtc.
Pre\llously. the best source of
lnformatton for the 9ilt'/ community
was the computer eystem ltnll. Toe
computer bulleUn boord It connected
to a networlt of other gay computers
acrou the country with the latest n on health and legal matters, at well at
an extent Ive library of AIDS
Information lncludl.n g an abitract
iervtce of jutt about irvery arllcle ever
wrltlen about AIDS. The aystem 1,
available to anyone wttll a computer.
To acceu the eystem your computer
mu,t be outfltted with a modem
device to connect the bulletin board
aystem over the telephone llnee. W1th
the gay Information line, thol8 who do
not have a computer can have acce"
to the tame resource• avallable to
thou who do.
The telephone number for the gay
lnformallon fine It (318) 629-1565 and
wtfl be avallable during daytime and
evening houn. An antwertng machine
wtfl be avallable the rett of the Ume,
for 2-4-hour eervtce. The llne wtll
provide lnformaflon euch at local
eventt, referral,, and antwer• to g11y·
related quettlon, tuch at health and
legal matter,.
For more lnformal!on about the
Information llne call, or write lo
You can alto show your support Wlchl1a Gay Information Une, c/o The
by allendlng tome of the events Land of Awes BBS, PO Bo>c 18782,
during UNL's flrtt Gay and LEsblan Wichita. KS 87218-0782
Pride Week, Februa,y 1-7. A lentallve
schedut. Includes a tllde pretentallon
on Gay art, several mms, a reunion/
revival of the Gay coffee houses held
In the 1970't, an open poetry reading.
and a Mardi Gras dance tpontored
by the Gay and Letblan S1uden1
Attoctallon. For more lnformallon,
contact the Gay and Leablan
Resource Center II (-402) -472-58«.
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NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Lesbian Families
Conference
HRCF
Video Released
Waehlnglon • The Human Rlghtt
Campaign Fund, a Gay polntcal
acllon commlllee, received $18,000
from a man under lnve1tlgallon by the
federal government for allegedly
embezzling money from an Omaha
credn union formed lo help the poor.
In What a MfH' YM" '!>mu
headline referred lo ae a "lurid
melodrama,"
federal
and etale
lnvetllgalor1 are looklng Into
allegallone that ~nee E. King, a
prominent
Republlcan
politician,
emb8llfed fund• from the credn
union he managed. There are alto
charges llat he wae Involved In child
I am happy lo announce to 1he
A#J'Jiithy wtmmln In the community that yet the
oar~~" a conference for and rumon you haw heard of a muelc
by leablant and their famlllea, wtll take Yldeo It lrue.
place February 17-19, 1989 at
OIMa Records Juli releaaed llt
Por11and stale UnlYenlly, Por11and,
16th AnnlYertary Concert Hlghllghts.
OR. For conference regltlrallon It'• more flan 80 minute• of mutlc,
Information. contact Lublan
lnterYlewt, celebrallon and backai.ge
Community Project, 503-233-9079, or
benter. 111• OIMa'e flnl concert video
write lo P.O. Box 6931 , Por11and OR
and crHlet a epeclal view of Ihle
97228.
historical rnuelc eyent Order from:
Among the workthop1 Included at
Olivia Recordt, Inc.. 4400 Marbl
the conference wtll be: Lesbian
St., Oakland, CA 94808.
Famllle• and the Law; Thinking of
Having Children?; luuea of Coming - - - - - - - - - - - - - abuse and prol1llutlon.
WIIHam Morrow, King'• lawyer,
Out lo Blologtcal Famlllea; a fllm 111d
told the ~,King denle• allegallone
dlecunlon group for taene of
Consecration of
that more than s-4 mllllon of the credit
leeblane, and mllll)', many more.
Female Bishop Llkely union'• fund•
depoelled Into his
The keynote epeaker at the
penonal account 1h11 year and lart
Botton - The Rev. Barbara C.
conference wtll be Katen Thompeon.
Harri• le quletly galherlng vote• and
Government lnveallgator• tald
Karen le the llfe par\ner of Sharon
wtll llkely become the nnt woman King, Wllote salary at the credit union
Kowaleld. In November, 1983 Sharon
wae crttlcally Injured In an aulo blthop In the worldwide Anglican wu te11 that $17,000 a year, apent
(Epltcopal).
Harrie' more than $4.6. mllllon over the lae1
accident, which rendered her almoet Communion
lncapacllaled. Since llal time Karen con..crallon wtU almoet eurely create two yeara In paymenta and
hae bHn flgh11ng for Sharon'• right lo a rift between con•ervallve and Nberal c;ontrlbuaone.
the beet poulble health care and for branch•• of lie church. One group of
King donlled about $18,000 of Ihle
her right lo be lnvolwd In making coneervallve blehop• have etaled thal money to HRCF, and Ill teatt $10,250
declelon• about her own Ufe. Kanm elevallng Han1• to blehop would of II WU gll/9 lhlt year (1988).
hae been legally preventad from amount lo reJectlng the lmll!I• of God
Ro1>en Bray, a epokeeman for
eeetng Sharon elnce Auguet 19, 1986. ae a male "In fSNOr of a rellgloally
Karen It lie co- aulhor of the book, tallored to human convenience." HRCF eald he could not comment on
Hf1y Ql/11 ~ KOWlltl.t.tl C - Olh«t In the c;hurch, however, feel money glVen l>y llf'i lndMdual or
llld reetetance wtN be mlnlmal. ( ~ whether the organllJdlon would be
hfolfM?
returning the money If King I• found
gulfty. (W.u/tifgfon BIid,)
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�Ryan Social Work.er of the Year
In her acceptance 1peech Ryan
revealed that In her Initial appllcallon
lo social worl< school 10 year• ago.
she Included ner work In the lesbian
Md gay communlly to demonstrate
her ablllly to practice social work ••
and then waa rejected for applying as
an open lesbian. Ryan traced the
roob of homophobia from denial of
Ille lesbian Identity of Ille profession's
founder. Jane Addams. 100 years
ago, to placing cllentt 1.1 risk lhrough
secrecy and dental, ror lnrecuon With
HIV today
Criteria for receMng the a.ward
Include taking rl1ks In the punutt of
social work goals, demonstrating
tlgnlflcant leadership qualltles.
effecUve advocaung on behalf of
client groups. contributing to the
posttrve Image of proresalonal aoclal
work. e.nd helping ameliorate a
preaslng social problem
e11ttl ln P\·.1n (riQhtJ
t~coi\letS 1r,119 N11tl om,t fl:r,,ai~J
W
ark.er or lho Ye,u· Avard frOt"t 11~ 0:w Pt~•idf""t. Su!'annt"
~~or~k-ree~ al rhe H~5W 1nn1,3l confercn~o In
rhl ladelrhi·t. Hov•ll.bor U. 1'.HII
National Social Worller of the
Year. Calllln Ryan received her
prorettlon's highest honor for her
pioneering work In developing a
local, national and profeulonal
re,ponse to AIDS over die past seven
yeart or the epidemic. Ryan recelVed
her Social Worker of the Year award
at the annual conference or the
Nallonal Anoclation of Social
Workers In Philadelphia on November
12111.
Ryan, a long llme leablan and gay
heallh activist, ha, been Involved In
the organization of 19rvlcea for
people with AIDS In local
communities a, well as In Ille
utabllahment of the National
Assoctalfon of People with AIDS. She
wat alto one of Ille early organizers
and flrtl director of AID AllanlA. the
flrtt and largest AIDS service
organLzallon In the southeast, and
director of die AIDS tervlcea for
Whitman Walker Clinic In Washington,
D.C., one or the flnt AIDS services
centers In this counlly
Ryan helped the National
Auoclatlon of Social workers
develop Ila ne.Uonal AIDS agenda.
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and has organized conferences and
national
provider
networks
nallonwtde "A/OS· Wtt Ntttld lo Know
Wtt Ntt11d to C~" 1, the Iheme of
NASW'a 1988 publfc lnformallon
campaign lo ralae awareneu I.bout
the devaatallng psychological and
,oclal problems engendered by the
AIDS epidemic "Honoring Caitlin
Ryan la actually M honor for NASW,"
ti.Id NASW President Suzanne
Dworl.k-Peck, "Social Worket$ are
first on the front lines In tear1ome
times and first In numbet$ of
profeulonals dealing wllh !his
epidemic. Md Caitlin la the beat
example of wt'rJ we need to know,
and wt'rj we need to care."
Ryan waa also honored at lhe
conference by NASWa National
Commmee on Lesbian and Gay
luuea for her ouhtandlng
contributions lo lesbian and gay
hea.1111 Theta Include organlZlng
numerous national and regional
conferences on lesbian and gay
hea.1111 care, founding the Ne.llonal
Lesbian and Gay Health Foundation
publishing the first Lesbian Health
Ce.re Survey, Ille nrat baaellne arudy
of lesblan hea.1111 concern,
The National Association of Social
Workers 11 the world's largest
profeulonat organization wnn
120,000 members In die United Stale•
and overaeu. They work ln family
aervlce agenctea. mental health
facllllles, schools and colleges,
ho1pllat1, Industry and private
pracace. They have ti.ken the lead In
raising awe.reneu If the psychologtcal
and social problems created by Ille
AIDS crisis and In organlZ!ng and
proVldlng approprlale Hrvtcu.
�every conceivable health luue that a
te,blan or gay might confron~ such
at ptychotherapy, tupport group,,
chemical dependency and other
addiction,, rape c ounaellng,
men,trual
disorder,.
hollallc
treatment, and plaln old b.ulc
preven1atlve health care."
Health Care
Source book
The National Lesbian/Gay Health
Foundation (NLGHF) - the oldeat
naUonaJ lesblan and gay health
organization •• has published Iha
second edition of '716 Sovn:llboo,t on
L6sb/1n/G'.ty f/111//h C1re. TIie
Sovrcel>oo,t I•
th a
QJUJl
comprehensive
directory
and
retource book for letblan, and gay
men. It contains more than 2,000
llallnga of doctora, clinic,, counseling
aervlcet and retearch center, Iha!
apeclallze In lesbian and gay health
care, a, wen as 42 articles by leadlng
expert. on lesbian and gay health
tnuee. '1111 Sovn:61>00,t directory
covert every state In the United statea
a, well a, Canada, swttzertand and
the United Kingdom.
'Willie 17N Soun:6"oo,t lncludet
the moat comprehen,tve lnformauon
and II.Ung of doctors and cllntc,
troatlng people wt1h AIDS," iatd Ellen
Rainer, President of the NLGHF, "this
publlcaaon goes far beyond AIDS.
The directory provldet informallon on
''The arllclea contained In l1'111
Soun:llboo,t repretent a htghly
Intellectual and objective tnveatJgatton
Into the crucial health problem,
facing the letblan and gay
communlly," explai ned Michael
Shernoff, a co- edllor of T/111
St>11r,1>00,t "We've needed an
lnterdlaclpttnary volume of thlt
magnitude for a tong Ume. 11·, an
Important atep loward our goal or
equal acce1t to quality heaJth care for
all people. The artlclea In "'6
SOIK'c~are not gay and lesbian
health 101. They were chosen for the
letblan and gay con,umer of health
tervlcu as well at for the
profeulorrat seeking atate-of-lhe-1111
lnformauon relevant to his or her
patient,," Mr. Shemoff added.
leablan doesni mean you have to
suffer more than any other segment of
tlle popUlation either phytlcally or
psychologlcally. 77111 s our
c61>oo,tlets
you know where to go to get basic or
specialized health care," he added.
"'6 So1Ht"6l>oo,t which la told for
$14.00, was edited by Michael
Shemoff, ACSW, and Wllllam A
Scott, csw, ACP. It It avaJla.ble Jn
bookstores acrou the counlry or by
contacting the NLGHF, PO Box 65472.
wa.,n,ngton, oc. 20035, (202) 797.
3708.
''Thlt book It a mus~·• said WIii iam
A Scott, a co-editor. "Being gay or
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�AIDS Exhibition
al Ohio State
The Ohio Slate Unlveralty Gallery
of Fine Art wtll preterrt an exhibition
called ADS. l1/a AnY.rl.r • Ra.rpon.ra,
Which wtll Include the work of atllsts,
arUsta' collecllYea, and AIDS service
organlzallon• from UnHed Slalea,
Canada and Greal Brttaln. The
exhlbHlon wtll nm from February 24
through April 16 In the Hoyt L
Sherman Gallery. Sullivant Hall. 1813
N. High street on the camput of The
Ohio Stale Unlvertlly. Organized by
AIDS ac11vtatt Jan Grover and Lynette
Molnar, the eXhlblllon wtll Include
painting• and photographs a1 well as
film , video , lnstallatlona ,
performance, and theatre plecea. The
exhibition hlghllghtt the wtde range of
work produced alnce 1982, and
focuses on the diversity of human
reaponae to the epidemic: gr1ef, Jou,
heroism. companion and political
action.
A tecond componen1 of the
exhlbHlon, AIDS. l1/a Ac/11,f.rh'
R,.rpon.r,, feature , posters ,
pamphlets, flyeri and other publlc
aervlce announcements produced by
AIDS service organlzallona from
around the wor1d.
In conJuncllon wtth the exhibition,
the University Gallery wtll host ADS
ARTACmlSM. A C'Dnl'MW1&1 M #ttJ
~ DIADS. March 1Othrough 12,
1989. Thlt three-day conference wtll
feature panelt on AIDS and theatre,
performance art. fllm and video,
actMsm and cultural analyala and wtll
Include preaen1allona by Jan Grover,
John Greyion, Douglas Crimp,
Robert Atklna, Cindy Patton, ACT UP
NY/l.A and many others. Seatlng for
the conference la llmlted and prereglatratlon la urged. To pre-regltler,
call the Unlventty Gallery at (614)
292-0330.
1"' N<IMES l'lr>j,cl QUIH WIii be
displayed at The Ohio Stale Unlvenlty
March 30 through April 2, at a
locatlon yet to be announced.
Sponaored by Unlventty Gallery In
cooperation With the Unlvenlty's AIDS
Educallon Committee and Columbut
AIDS Task Force, thla four-day vlsN
WIit mal1C the nrat time that the QulN
haa been exhibited on a college
campus. The locallon and hours of
tile Quilt can be had by calling (814)
292-0330.
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These programs are funded In
Larry Navratil
part by grants from the Ohio Alta
Larry Jame; Navralll, a wrner for
Councll'a New Works Program and
the ln1emal Revenue Service. died
the Ohio Humanlllet Counclt
December 10, at George Washington
For
addlllonal
Information Unive r sity
Hotpllal
from
regarding the exhlbltlon. conference complications associated With AIDS.
and the Quilt. please call the He was 45.
Unlveratty Gallery al (614) 292-0330.
Navralll, a native of Nebraska,
worked aa a school teacher prior to
moving to Washington, tnen moved to
San Francisco to work for the U.S.
Labor Department before returning to
PWA Wins C ustody of the Washington area five years ago to
accept a posJUon aa a publlcallons
Child
writer wtth Ille Internal Revenue
Caltfomla -- In a precedenl-seltlng Service.
court declalon, a gay man With AIDS
Friends tald Navratil wu known
hat won cuttody of hla 9-year-old for hit knoWledge of European
aon. Thia Is the Ont time a parent with royalty.
AIDS haa gained custody of hit/her
Navratil It survived by his motner,
child. The announcement followed a
bltler batUe belween the father and hit Thereta Scoll or Lincoln, two half
fo rmer wife . a fundamenlalltt titters, and a half brother. A memorial
Chrltllan, Who disappeared with the aervlce was held at the Lee Funeral
boy and eluded authorHles for elghl Home on Capitol HIii on Dec. 12th.
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�Joseph Fairchild
Beam
The gay community loat one of H•
leadlng actlYlm on December 27 wNh
the death In Phlladetphla of Joaeph
Fairchild Beam. The exact cause of
hi• dealh W1U not Immediately clear.
Friends tald, however, that he had
been In Ill health recently and had
been extremely depreued for several
months.
For many yeara, Beam had worked
to create a stronger movement of
black l88blans and gll)' men. He was
ttle first editor of 8 " ' ~ a
magazine eervtng ttlat community, and
aerved ttlree years on ttle board of
directors of ttle Nallonal Coalition for
Black Lesbians and Gayt.
"Joe W1U such a po1111V8 role
mo.ta! for black gay men and women
alike.'' said Renee McCoy, executive
director of the NCBLG. "He had a
gentle. frank spirit and wu an
lntplrallon to gayt and lesbians at all
levels, from all walks of llfe."
In 1985, Beam began work on a
collectlon of wrt11nga and artwor1I by
black gay men. It W1U publlahed
elgllleen months Iller, under the tllle
h II# l.h. Although a number of
workl had already been publlthed by
and about black lesblans, Beam's W1U
the first anthology .wr to focu, on
the experlencea of black gay men.
A the time of hi• dedl. Beam W1U
compiling material for a aecond
collecllon, Brolh,r lo Brolh,r.
According to his publisher, Sasha
Alyson, "Joe already had made a
great deal of progren on that book,
and his parent, were highly
supportive of Whal he was doing. We
,1111 e,cpecl to publish fl"
A Joteph Beam Memorlal
Scholarshfp Fund for creative writing
has been establlthed al Temple
University. Interested parties ~
contact It In care of Marie lnyang,
Esq., 12 S. Tweltlh st, PSFS Building,
Phlladelphla, PA 19107.
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�Lambda Literary A wards
A panel of 80 J
udget from acrou
Wa.shlngton, DC • The publisher
and the edHor of the uim/Jdl Rl:rlnp the country, representing a broad
Book' R6P()/( a b l-monthly relllew of cross tectlon of the entire lesbian and
contemporary gay and l esbian gay literary communlly, wlll eetect a
lltera1ure, announced plans for a new tingle book In each category from
annual awards program to recognize among the nna11m.
excellence In gay and lesbian writing
''TIie Annual Lambda literary
and publishing.
Award• program 11 a tremendous
' 'TIie time ha• come for the tnarary opportunlly for the book Industry to
excellence of the lesbian and gay work together In recognlZlng the
communlly to be recognized," said valuable conlrtbuGon II makes to gay
Jane Troxell, ednor of the BIHM' culture," said Deacon Maccubbln.
H#p<Jtt "1988 has bean a tremendous publisher of the Book R1pott "The
year for the wrtten, edlton and mOYlet have their 01car1, BroadWay
publlshers of gay and latblan has 111 Tonye. It's time for the lesblan
ttterature. Al a retull, all 1e1blan and and gay communlly to honor lit
gay people have ben8flled from thll llteraty atars.
unparalleled growth In both substance
A gala awards banquet wm be
and quallly."
held June 2nd, 1989 at the Hyatt
The public 11 ll'llllled to participate
tn the Lambda l.JlafaJy Awardt by
nomlnallng their tavol'lle gay and
lesbian books of 1988. Nomlnallons
are accepted In twelVe calegor111:
Lesbian Fiction, Gay Men'• Action,
L11blan Non-Ac11on, Gay Men'• NonAc11on,
L11btan My118ry/Sclanc,
Acton, Gay Men'• Myltery/Sclence
Ac11on, Gay and Lesbian Poetry.
La1btan Aral Novel. Gay Man'• Ant
Novel, Leabtan Small Press Book
Award, Gay man·, Small Preu Book
Award , and AIDS (a 1peclal
category).
Nominating balloll are being
dlt1r1buted through gay and tetblan
newtpapan and bookttoru and Iha
Boek R,porl llHlf. The deadline for
nominations 1, February 17, 1989.
Ave nna11m In each category win be
announced nallonally on March 1,
1989.
A rmstrong
Amendment
Stinks
Letblant and gay, In the nation'•
capital won a crtacal civil r1ghlt
victory when a federal Judge struck
down the lnfamou, ·'Armatrong
Amendment" that would have allowed
religious lnalllullont to discriminate on
Ille batl• of HKual orlentauon.
In a surpr lta rullng by
conservative, Reagan-appointed U.S.
Dltlr1ct Judge Royce Lamberth, the
court said the U.S. Congr111 did not
have the conalllullonal power to
compel the Dl1b1ct of Columbia and
ltt councll members to enact
Regency Washington on Capitol HIii leglslatlon against their best
anti - gay
In W11htngton, DC, to coincide with Judgement, Including
legltla!lon.
the American Bookseller, A11octatton
D.C. councll membert, lobbied by
Conwntlon. AJ that time. the rectplanb
of the 1,1 Annual Lambda Ulerary the Human Rlghtl Campaign Fund
Awards wm be announced. Tentallw (HRCF) and other national and local
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Lore Me L.1:J:e You Me;,o II
Poema by Lealea Newman, 1817
Rmewed by Ten1 Jewell
Leelea Newman'• L<W6 A# Lb
You Ml.t/1 A'lt poetry you give a lowr
at a gHt or thare with a stranger
<1ur1ng the most common umes of
your day. It 11 Written In a simple.
t1nllgh1rorward fashion and touches
the four comer. of 9119ry woman•,
llfe. I am convinced Newman could
write about fith emultlon an<I mal(e 11
poignant
The ti>< secnont of her book lead
tile reader from the poef't Jewlth
hertlorical root, through childhood
an<I adoletcence on Into her adult
Letblan llfe. The tourney la well
crafted although not without Ila
moments of emotional discomfort, at
In ~F~.r ~where the wntes:
"I am 16 yeare old and I am titting
on my falher't lap. 16 years old on
my falher'a lap. He l<lnet the top of
my h•ad and ptaya with my flngert at
he hol<lt my hand. He playe w111 my
nngert at he hold• my hand an<I hla
big college ring ruba agaJnat my
plnlly. II hurtt. II hurtt but I do not
move. I do not m0\19 because I am a
ghotl"
Thlt poem It one of tewnril that
dell unabathedly with famlllal chNd
molettaaon.
Newman not only approachet
anorelda and bulimia. dometllc
violence and tile pain of J0\19 With
candor, bl.II her sense of humor
calchea you by surprise and dellgnte
you. Aqtl.r'11tN!b It a wonderful and
lnelghtrul depiction of office wor1\, tile
majortly of which 11 done by women:
And the poem goes on, n9\19r
tklpplng a beat or speaking un1rutlla
In ltt eight 1ect1on1. Newman finally
entreab:
By Pe..r Wetermalf
'1ake tomorrow off
lt't on me
tak'e next week off
take next month off
oh aecretarles of America
fut! take off "
Other poems Hice .11'.r I BAt:h B4H19
Bl*hor ~Fn!W'and Oat, /ti~
hllp.r are hUartoua proclamallom on
tilt power of laughler and foy. Th•
only two pieces I feel give notlllng to
1118 O\lllrall tetl ant ~ ,(?J,n:t
~ a n d tile Ardi71/'or~ The
former menUoned le-• no Impact
on 11111 reader and the lalter aoundt
too much 11kt ttveral pieces
preceding ltt place In tile book.
Low Mir Lb You Mt11n A'ls a very
poalllve book Of Lesbian 10\/9, ldentlly
and hope. Newman end• her wot1(
with Sifc/fl(
·, fell 10 content wtlh the way
my reet puahtd off gelllly against
the wooden floor
and how my belly
down
Photographs of the
Male Nude In the
Nineteenth and
Twentieth Centuries
move,
up and
nt,, htft:ldtll1 h1lf9' It both a
,tunning anthology of the male nude
and a rewallng hi.wry of how male
ttxuallty ha• been portrayed
photographically from the ear11..t
daguerreotype 1tlf-por1ralt of
Htppotyte Bayard to the forrnaltzed
fantatlea of Rober1 Mapplethorpe.
The 142 photograph• Include
m1111Y prevlouaty unpubllthed por1ralta
from both publlc and private
colfecllon• tn Europe and the United
state•. They Include workt by the
hlator1cal lumlnartea EdWard Wealon,
WIiheim von Gloeden, Eadweard
Muybrldge, Man Ray, Imogene
Cunningham, Geo~• Pld-Lynet, and
Cecll Beaton and the modern
lnnovalon David Hockney, Judy
Oalllf. Dino Pedrtall and Joel Peter
Wlldn.
Cloth $46.00, 190 page•, 132
duotonet, 1O color plllea.
Avallable from Baker & Taylor and
Ingram dltlrlbutort or dlrectly from:
The MIT Pritt, Alln: Speclal Salet
Manager, 66 Hayward Street,
Cambridge, MA 02142. (817) 2630491
With each brealll I take
that I fu•t have to algh
with tile theer dellght of tcnoWlng
tllat 8V9rytlllng I warn
"I Interfile the pllea
and brtng them over to the mes
where I rne Ille pllet and pHe the
mes
miking a new me or plies.
Then I make mes
for the plle that had not me,
II 8V9rythlng I haw."
Wr11ten with lncredlble continuity
and emotion, this should be one of
tile first bookt of poetry given to any
woman of any age.
Herbookt, P.O. Box 7487, Santa
Cruz, CA 95081, $6.00
and put them Imo a new me plle."
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Dear Reader!
"Read my lips!"
Everytime George Bush slapped us with this
bullying quip during this past campaign I wanted
to pull one of my man friends up close to mP.,
smack a luscious kiss together and retort,
"Read tl.Y_ Lips, George! "
Despite the bad press and the dismal. return
on the money we pay our government we all know
that our lesbian/gay love, our sexuality, our
relationships, our ways of seeing and being in the
world are potent and powerful. We are also
learning that our love empowers us when we let the
world see it, alive, healthy, creative, even
demandirg!
Soon we'll be celebrating Valentine's Day,
a day of love and lovers. This year I'd like to
inundate the White House, Congress, the Supreme
Court, ABC, CBS, etc .... with. Lesbian/GAy Valentine
wishes. So I invite you all to play along and head
to your favorite lesbian/gay cardshop, find your
favorite postcards of men or women kissing, color
them with a few red hearts, inscribe them with a
"Read~ Lips!" and any other quips you fancy. Then
send them off to George Bush, Justices Rehnquist
or O'Connor or to whom ever you'd like to read your
lips. Let our collective lips darinqly speak our lov~ .
Do Be My Valentine!
Michael Neisen
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