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�OUR TURN: Opinions of New Voice Staff
"I SAW YOU ON TELEVISION .... "
r..,, all o( us, thefe are certain ..'Ord, wluch 9Cl
oorteelboocdgc:. Formany, h isthc dn:adcxl"f"."'
word. For some. it is thc word "homo8e~uat•
For me. 1t is "I saw you on te.ievislon.Now, I ba,e a ~ oo tcle.ision half a
do'o,n times, oo lalk shows or news segmcnis
dealing wilb social work and health care. I a,n
quitecapabledrelaxingandam,,.'Cringquestions
intelligenUy and imi$fttfully - or !il,.lering and
$1llJJUnCring and mat;ng a fool o( myself - Ju.st
depends oo the situation. llowcvcr. being on
tcle,·ision is something I OC¥ct ,eek our. The idea
o/' being oa 1clev1sion bnng, up inner child
lhouRbls of walking in IO a room full d
all whom turn, $late, and thcn turn away and
talk about you in disparapng term., - being
considered and found wanung.
Now 11ml )'OIi know thc inloocurity I cling 10
,w~.
or
despite bard work d thcrap,sts, 5.'!flP0'1 groups,
scf(.help boob.and .51+ years of living. perhaps
)'QU will be eblc IO put my reluctance IO appear on
television inlo JlCTSPOCb•• Besodcs, I'm. rm old
lady and I was very shy as a child! So there!
(Am1wng the emotion that can be raised by a
phrase usually a p<>Siti>e acknowledgement d
something moot people thittk ,s l)ftlty ncaL)
Anyway. tbanks toEmicChambcJ5and thanks
iomysv.ceuc, I gat to""8r that phrase a" hole Ice
more than I Wllillcd to. It all stlU1<d "hen Curia
learned thal I.BI U,O was COUUD& up for hearings
befm:the UmcrunoraJ "Sharon, would)'Olltokl,
off work a11d 80 10 the hearings wuh met·
CXJUr.lC No
1cm.
or
By Sharon Van BUINI
·Sharon. have you ever 1/rought about
'""'Jtnf.::,hosellt'anngs?" No,butr,•eio,;iified
al
r
ngssoit wouldn't bea biiproblcm.
• Sharon, would you test,fj on this bill?•
Sure. Carla, but why don't you do it?
"Oh. I •'Cllld ha," to wnte it all outfirst and
doun't come off as wdl. &sides, you're
belier al those tlvngs than I am. • I don't believe
that for a rrunute. but ouy. I'll listen.
"You do such a gaod )Ob 0/10/bng w11hou1
IN)!.
no1c.. • Okay. I see the root but comphmcnis
arc prcuy aurac1.1ve as txut
"I rtaJJy tlunk ""should.• Okay, if we get a
chance. Yoo ean't alWB)'S be sure you'll get 1.
0
testify just boca""' you go down UlCSC. but ru do
it 1fl get lhc opportunily (AU the time thinking
thatl'dgotdc,..niothe bearings and I'd got bcrlO
Rd up tb:rc.)
And so thc ~muons wenL Carla would
o.'il< c, et) s o ~ I'd thought abo<lt including
one thmg or IUIOlh<:r when I spoke, or she'd ask if
I knew what I wns going to say And I, in my
typical "3)' or prcpanng. did a httlc mental
rcbeamng and let my uncoascioos brain organize:
my lbouglu into a speech. (S<:moda) l'lf" ri1e
aboul my plfllCUlorst)'leof preponng fora talk or
to wnte an article.)
The bi~!Y came I should have been
pn:wamod
u,e Carla called me that mommg
to IC\ me know that Channel 3 had called the
church loonng for a gay couple to 101m1c"'
She'd referred them on because she knew how
mooh I bated bemg on u,le.,$lon. B,. l """bnuod
,r
•
..
TN Nff Voltt hm been publuhod and cli$111butcd each mpnlh b) • dedicai,d vcluniett -tWf' ,.,.,.
Mafcll 1984. The mag,m .. is cample1dy rtlllll'«<l by donatioru. 1ub<cnpoons. and a<h·rrtis,nc
0:>pyr,ght 1996. All ngh1$ reacr,ed.
Publiauion o( 1hr name. pi,oqraph « ht..,... of ony ponon. h®n<tS.«
is no1 to be
C<JrllUUeduan 1ndoeallandlhe ,cual on<fttlllionar p..r...,.,..d ouch Pffl(lll.bwtncs,. ororg;in,,,mor,
Opn,ons <xpn,s,,ed hcmn bycdwnn1111& do ,n ,_,..,;1y r<O«t lhcopioionso( TN lltw Voo« SllllT
TN"""' Volao/&/,rasbJ i15UJ'Plll1'>d by many fine lldv<r11a¥. hoY.'Cl'crl1a"""""no""""""'btl1ty
ro, 1hr chomi, qw,liry. «dcfoery o( the produ<:U QI' - - of outcl8'Sified .. display"""'""""'
Subocnpe,on,, I y... Sl9;0a,sficdAds S3 far 2 0 - « ,.., ,.,th:xi.
word.
lluplaymlCSg,vmupon~ Dtodl,nmlhe t~dthcmonthi-•orlop;bl"""""'- 1-oto-...,
yot,,.,. now lin touc.h wlh
vcwer. vii )'OW' com; ..,.,.. ffiOdlm. Aclcha any COffWPONMitlee
IO: ~pn,dlgy.com
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being bhss(ul ly naive. Soon we wen: m the car.
headed for Lincoln. We found the beanng room
witho.- difficulty and spotted S<xict Wrnklcr and
others from C.ti7.ens for "4ual Pmteetion. They
badorcbesttuwd the lir.11 ~!JOOS 10 be sure
the UNO studecw. who brought00 lcucrsofsupport
was up (IISL e.. after that. 11 would be"°" or a
fn,e.for.aJL But, theycmphasil.Cd. yoo have to
get rigjit ,n there bocau:lc thcymay limtt tes11mony
There was one TV camera from public
television. Not very inumidobng. Then Channel
3 walked in. And then Owuicl 10 from Uocoln.
Soon there wen: S TV camc:ro.,. Oh. wondenull
Oh. weUI Then: seem tu be lots of pt()!)lc hen: IO
tcstiff!IOthcywon't ootherwithmc. Sol reta,ed
bock into my stale of blissful ignmu,cc
l took 0-1:P's "armng IOheart and bopped up
,hortly after the testimony began Carla sal
beside mcmsupport, b!l did DOI teStify The first
poop1cto tesllfy bad prc,,cllCd thorough. compl&
t<l'ltlmooy including issues d tbsc.nmiM1i<)o. !IO
I fcltqwteoomfon.1ble pn,scntJQgJUSla pc"""1lll
,•,cw," bich cmplmiJ.od the fact that"" alread)
li•·c and opcmte as an) married couple would
We own a house together We have a )<)int
cbechng account Ou, credit cards arc in bOlli
names. We ffl'-'n our carjoinll)' We \Ii-CR: present
when our )"""8"SI grandchild was born.. And we
espollSC "lnl<htiooal" fom~y •alues We go io
chun:b We actuolly tithe and ma.ke olhcr
dooaoom. We do, oluntcer Mlflt. we·, c had a
ctttmooy ,n • church. And so on and"° on.
I assure }'Oil. I did nee say Bn)1hi11J! profound.
And I was OOI tbeonlynnctottsllf) 1'hci,: " ""'
prooobly20 "'botcstuiedmfavorofthcblll nnd ubool I.S iD opposition. The hcanng lasled
from2p.m unulaficr6. Wcdidn't~bomcuml
nearly 8. We watched the 10 o c lock nc.-s,
switching from channel to channel, finally
stopping on Owincl 6 whose covcnige 1nc:ludcd
the first pen,oo who tesWied in su~ Ne,·cc
Sil" Ill)' other coverage. And 'I>, 11 "'ll!IOIT to boo
and up the ne_,u morrung and olTto wort.
Some pe<l!>lc askoo bow 11 went and I g<lt 10
tell my SIOtyofthc long heanngs - aodthcn tlic:
first per.ion said, "I saw )'00 oo telcvis,oo last
nighL" O,er the day, at least a doico people
stopped IO make that same comment - some I
dtdn"t. even know And. there was COV'1"Bge in
the Wor/d,H,rald. The) didn't spell my nu.me
n,llht (nor c.wta•sroe that mlilcr)and theythou!?hl
I lived ,n Lincoln - but thcy did quote me fairly
accurately, as a<:eurotely .. one can be qUOled
whcnthe) pull 1S ..·oolsoutola lOminutclllilt.
"Ow hvcs are entwined - and that will OOt
change, regardless d " bat happen., with this
lilL..but 11 is unponant to us to ha•·e SOCUII $1.J!US.
It isimpc,rtanlforusto be mamed.• So much for
tluwni I oould got k"5I in the c""'d.
The crowrung touch came a couple weeks
later ,.hen I picked up the Unicamual Updal~.
thepublical.lOllo(thc Unamcral. which 111cludcs
siori"' on the mon: 1nten:sti111 procecd,n~ And
guess wha1' They got my name right as the)
q004ed "We consider ourselves to be married."
I doo'tbavcany repels. Ase,pec1ed, thc bill
never j\CI out o( cornmiuce. Not!ung tctriblc hos
happened 11.'1 a resull 1'o h.,te calls. No har,;h
"ore!.< Nothing but positive suppo,i And 1r
llll)'OOC was lauglunttot the site ofa(at old woman
icslif)ing. they haven't bothered tomentioo i~
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�LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LETTER TO NEBRASKA FAMILY COUNCIL
Oear E.,ccuu,c Di=10<,
I cam writing in regard lo your opposition 10
the bdl sponsored bySeoolO<Chambers. LB l1l,O
I "'Ould hk• al$() to tell you somcthmg. my
faith is bct,.,ecn m) God and myselr. And many
mon, gayChrisllons ..;u uttcrly suppon my v,ew
I am a Kebmska resident and a c1ti1.cn
paycr under the U.S. Coosuu,tion or thc United Abo>c all. ID) faith. (Chnst is the Author and
Stat... I was little unpressed ,..;th the argumeru Finisher o( our faith) as a P> Christian as be·
prcseotcd by thcoppoocnts o(LB12(,(), """"""' tween me and ID) Cr<ator
I r=ll >OU Cbristia11s "ere also per.,cculcd
w1thou.1 que.suon. their v,ews represented a bi~
ascd. no.rrow-ro.lodod atutude f0',1c<Od from thcir for )"OU< faith. and I leave you with tlus $Criplun:.
to" hich every oomosc,uaJ and Pl Chnstoan can
rebpous pn:/udi<:c.'
... the re igious Rigbt would do wc!J to cast loda) easily relate to, '1! Wean: troublcdone•tf)'
out thetr demons o( hate. pn:judice. and injustice side. yot 001 disut:ssed: wearc perplexed, but oot
in dcsJl')Jr: 9 Pcr.,ccutcd, but not forsaken; ""-"'
agruns, tbchomoscmial membcrso(our$0CICI) .
they would do better lo see the heteroscm1al down, but not destroyed. 10 Always bearin11
immoraliucs or unresuie4Cd adulltfY, prostitu- aboul ,n ,n the bod)' the d),ng o(thc Lord Jesus.
uon. and se,ual sill'I in lhcu world and lifcst)IC. that the lie nt,,oo( Jcsus might be made manifest
Mr Pananhadstnlcd. "it "'OU!dbea mocl<c't in our body." 2 Corlnlhlans 4: 8-181{.JV
The pink and yellow tnanglcs S4lt in the Star
for the $1JllC 10 reoogni,e same•SC\ marnages
with ,.'Ofds to that cffcct. On the contrary. the of David is a strong symbol for gay civil ngbl•.
mockery exists ,n the div(l(CC l'lllC amoog bctc:ro. Because homo5c,uals "er" fora:d to "ear the
SCAual couples mamcd in the Chnsuan chwcli g:,~•nldc 1n the dcath camps or I tiller's Ne"
. uh: tho Jews. Catbohcs. and tnie Chns-andlhcadultcr) ofsuchmemboa. 27"Youhave
heard that ii was li8id. 'Do not oommat nduhc') • tians aloog with the homosc,uals "e"' e,1crnu28 But I tell vou that aD)'OOC "'bo looks at a 11atcd an the death camps because o( lbcir stand
"on,an IUSlfully has already comnuucd adultery aJ!llln>I I laller, and their .iruggle against e•~.
"ith her m lus heart.• Matt.MW 5: 27-28 NI V injustice. and religious nposu,cy
Your p1ou.• and sclf,nghlcous altitude,,.,.
Hcterooc,uals will stop at rothing to ,•iulale
ooc o(lhc Ten Commandmeool. but in the same g,irding the riahts arw:I human dignity of Olher.1,
bn:alhcastSloncs ogaiMI the botnc)scxual lifc:st> le. would do v.clf lo tal;e this lesson from luslO')
Sanccrel) ,
Appa,ently, all os not pun: and bJy. ,. hile even in
Ale, Wolf
yourwodd,nuclt.vfarn~y.andhfcstylcs. Frankly,
First Amcnc:ans for Gay Equal IUghL•
your member.,
moralu.c and lhcolog,,.e to no
Lincoln. Nebraska
end, but ii wdl never ..ille WI ID our demand and
thcga) struggleforcqwl andc,.·il ltbcrticswxlcr
our coos1J1111,0011 dcmocmcy
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Information Contact:
NVN
P. 0. BOX 3512
OMAHA, NE. 68103
Or Call
Dick Brown, Advertisin.ll Mg.
(402) 451-4737 or (402) 453-6688
TO SENATOR LINDSAY
Dem Senator Lindsay,
I wish toe<pressadamant support for Senator
Cbambcr.1' lcgaslouon,Ll.l l260,Same-Se, Mar·
riages. I consider the legislation cs.scntial 10 the
nghlS and iJ11ercsts of py ,\mcncan citi,.cns I
dearly am informed ol lhe prQS and cons o( 1hc
orgwnc& and issuc:s as presented in the hcanng
dclibcratmns, r-.,b 28, 1996 Aside from reh~ous prejudices and position of the ChnSIJlln
Righl.1 not1Clhclc:sssupport
marriages'
ID view o( thc AIDS threat to Americans o( au
classes. races. ,rrcspecove o( sc,ual onentataon
II •• political suicide for states not to ac«pt
and rccogruuthe n,cntsofl.B 12l60. arucwatcd
b) Senator Chambers. The rchgious Right by
enforcing its , ,.,.,s and opiruons upon aoolhcr
M:gmc,llo( society, bas oommittcd the greatest of
offtnsc.'S against human liberties and justice. If
thcChriSIJan !Ugh& had thc,rway lheywould feed
•II the homo<e<wls to the lions. were it 001 for the
>akc of commoo dcceocy and human rauonale.
Senator. you tia,·e hulZ1<1r30 yc,us to h• • on
tlus plal'IICI, and the gay population wall sun 1ve
and C<Mllinuc WlilhoUxl ,n theirWUggle for oqual
CJVil libertics,Slatcd tn theConst,tUIJOO, •
nght
10 I.Jfe. l.1beny and the l'llrsuat of I lappincss. •
We «main a biological gene in the human race
and an,;pru, o( e•t') humancndcavortoutenni•
natc us from humanitr. it is and rc!l1alllS o.n absolute 1mposs,biht) " e will repopulate our numbers and regenerate ooro"n members ger..'llltJOn
aJ'lcr gencrauon wathQoJI reJl(Oducllon. or without
<-' o( pro,:r""IJOn. It as umc: for Ncbno.ska and
theirc1wens to prepare for the y,:a,2000 AD. and
for its membera 1oac:ccp1 the w1rw:lof chnngc:. and
step into the next Cc111ury..
,\le, Wolf. l..mooln. Nebraska
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Lesbian, Gay,
Blsexual & Gender Issues
Relationships. Self Acceptance.
Anxiety. Depression. Addictions.
F'ears. Phobias. AIDS.
Job Stress
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GET FAVORABLE COURT SITES
THANKS, ICON, FOR
LINCOLN PWA DINNER
Dear Editor,
What has happened to lh<>rcal \\O<kln3 CRIMINAL JlJSTICE? llow 1Y 1t tha1 hate filled ,-h,te
supremi.u arc getting friendly venues to have their tnals hupUXl'I
Pooplc lhrougl;IOI.C tho mlliOn were OUU'Jg,:d when the announc:cmcn1 came thal the OkL1boo13 Cit)
Bombing tnal bad been Dl(Wed to Denver. C<llomdo. when, DOI only ha,·c the people o( that SllllC
supportodamendmeol 2., bul ""lcon>ed a new sub-hcadqllOJ'IC1$ for Dov id Duke's Ku i<hl'< Klan I lo\\·
can that judge in OkL1boma honc$1Jy loot Iii the people or Oklahoma and say that he bcheves a (air
and honest doci,oon will be ttndercd?
Yet ,rthat Isn't a goodcnouahCJCUD~Ulcn lel's lookall..co Angeles' rorma policeoffJCCt Mart
Ftmnan. It wasannounood byCNNoo
26th. 1996,thatinthcciv~ lawsuitfiledbythe(anuly
or Roo Ooldman against O.J. Simpson. Mr unna.n will DOI have to tcsti(y per.,onall) lie will be
aslrtd pcrunon1 qlEStioo:ls while atlttdi0$a couruoom in theOl'erly Mormooi:zecl town or Boise. Idaho.
It _ms to be bcc:ooung oommooplacc in our judictal system tha1 if a wlutc supnmust commits
map crimes against society. Ibey are allowed the hcocfitof Dl(WIDI! their trial to a more "(ricndly"
vcnuo., where the people in those IO\\'DS have athcr agn,oo with the be.lte(sotthc supranists. orat leasl.
lhc people w,U ignon, the horrible reehngso(vl<llalion tha1 the criminals caused in the U,·cs or man>
IF tins is JUSTICE. then II is CRIMINAL
CRIMINAL J USTICE, today's newest OX) moron. Of course. "ho knew wh<n they ~led ii
shnmp. thatsomeo,,., would come up w,th JUMBO SHRIMP. Like. wbcn thc(ouodrng fathers or our
grc,it country came up with JUSTICE. who knew toda>• bench sitters would come up with
CRIMINAL JUSTICli
J~a thoughU David L l!all
Dear ICON.
On behalfof'l'll'08'Stenandall the others 'll'ho
cn.i<>)'<d the fabulou,; lunchcoo provided to Lmcolo
people living with I OViAIOO by ICON, "thanks.''
the atmosphcll) (tablecloth<. Oo'll'trs, se"•r..,
etc.) ....,.• k>ng way toward brightening our day.
The cake was dcliaous! It '1111.S nice
other
llOOl)le(and tbcirlo,,ed ones) who an, hvioJ "ith
1-n VIAlOO. We know it was a lol \\ttkand we
want )'OU to know 1l is apprcc1alcd.
Thanks ogam. Cynthia and Marta Hartley
to"'"'"
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LETIER POLICY
The New Voice wlll publish only
lhoN lettera to the editor which ,,..
elude full name and eltt.edd,- or
phone number 80 we can verify authenticity. You can niqiMSt tNt your
name not be publlahed but we must
be able to contact you fOf'
~erlflcallon.
THANKS TO GLAGN
Dear Editor or NVN.
I \\oold lw, IO porsonallythank Alan and the members of'OI.AON ror
mvitingme IObeadboethcirshow held on Februruy24 ,n llastings. Nii A
bcncfi1 ror NAP. this $how nused appro~uMtely $2300. I was deeply
touched and booo,ed in lbc warm welcome that my guesic, and myscl(
roccived rn Ha.slinss- We worked hard to provide an cn1cr1a1ning show
which proved to be very successful.
Also. I would hk.e to extend a heart(elt big thank-you 10 my special
cntenaincrs who gave up their bmc, talent. and tips for ,..,thol.f them tlus
Katrina Kane. Tim Fl,dcrscn,
show "ould have been tm~ible!
and Buffy Buffet. you all a,,, the J!)'Cll1cst Tbank-,oul Yoo always gsve
of yourselves whenever asb:d And ..-pedal thanbTo Vrdm for commg
OOI or the closet for !his special nighl. We loved yool
Tbank-you's to all the poople \\OOdrovc from nules around toaucnd
tlus show and dona1" their gcq:rousdollars. Vay special thonl:s to Sharon.
Cnrl:I. D<rn o.tcrgard. and Joel ror dnv,ng from Omaha to •'UJ)flOtt ""
All or us
your SUJJPOfl. I would hkc IO thank ICON for your
g<.ne10111donaliooorS200100l.AON Tlus 111gbl wtll ben:mtmbcr•,Hor
a long time
I can only hopcandpraytha I can bean i.nspuation IOothcrs toCOllllnuo.
the fundrais,ng efT<Jfl 10 mise the many dollars ne<ded ror such a worthy
cause. Thank-you!
Pbocm l'allentino. Miss Oay Omaha •95
Emp,ess Xll or ICON
Ro•r·
R Residential Cleaning
LEFF
Compt«~ profe,.'lonal ckanlnt ~enJlcr
Lincoln, NE.
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Reference• A val/able I Insured
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Pa,•r 413,5()63
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UPDATE ON GLAGN DRAG SHOW
Received vui c,..maiJ:
Sharon Van 13ulSCI· Just thou~ you ,.'OUfd like 10 know the final COUnl
on lhc drag silo\\ held in Hasting, on February 24th... We estimated the
crowd al 150 people and we mised JUSI over $2.000 to benefit lbc Nebraska
AID$ Project office scrvmg ootsW.c Nebraska ..The iloord of DuectO<S
couldn't be more pleased._ m the pa,11 ,.. have ocverc,ccc:ood $1.<XXholhis
is some ma)OI' news to us. ..Tbaok you for aucndlng and t.bc gcocro\J$
donalioo from ICON. Speaking ofthe getttOU."<domboo from ICON...'llhom
did )<)<I say hclpcd nuse tbc money so we can prope.rl) thunk all those
,n,ohed. Thanks •gain.
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l?.d1tor"sNou,: K•m. the $26(}dtJnarionmodebylCONre~niedtllc
prot'ttds from a roffl• hl!ld dunng thl! "Htarllhrobs and thl! BrokLn
Hl!'OTted' ht!ld at the MAX on Fd»'uary /8. Thisshow....,.,ro,;rdinaud by
<Nlt!o/lCON's most toyol supporters, Stn'f! M. whom'Oilb tht! spotlight ar
all C'()Jts.. H• put toge/Mr a ., Jndqfa/ show. which ,nrliuk!d perfomtl!rs
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�POETRY: Edited by Brian E. Bengtson
VERY FIRST
THE POWER HAS GONE TO HIS HEAD!!
Good mon11Dg, evCt)'OOC! This pass monch. as I ha>'c been OUI and abClut carous,ng
aod sea,cl\ing for the
oigll spc,i. many people have ,.afked up 10 me and asked
why 1 to,,cn't bo<n pnnting any of my stuJT lately (\\"<II, 11 was a couple of pooplc. bul
ldi~)
S<> beong
who is • slave 10 public demand (il oil Slal'lod ,.,th lhal "peer•
pn,ssure" thing beet m lhghSchool. How wa., l lb tnowlhal II wouldspu11l 1n10a lirc
of facts. (asbioo. and mono haiICUIS than )'O<I could shake a stict al?), I rove docidod 10
pnnl some of my 0--'11 pieces this nlOOIJ, (plus. I to,ven·1 90ld any pieces 10 any other
maganncs ina while, and I am ,'\artlng lo go onlo"pubhsbiog w,lhdm,.'111".) It's my pose,.
and 1can do what I mncl!II B"'llaOD lW..!111 amthen-erof mydomain!ll ll's mine.
t""1'cct
""""'°""
I 1ell youll Mine! II No one can stop me ("ell. Sharon can. but I would have IO do
somcthint1 really bad 10 wamn1 lbat.)!!I
Anyway, here isa samplmgof some of my newer pieces. I hope you enjoy them. If
you do. you could always buy my book!!!!
Until next month. when I will have Olhcr poets sroring their woru and we wdl OOl
ha,· e to wnt.cb me go olT the deep end. lake can, of each Olhcr.
llrian
By Brian E. Bengtaon
Dunng this time of year.
the firstfc" duysofthcsummer.
when the afternoon teases me.
dating me 10 embrace the heat.
I think or lhc very first limes.
I look up at the shatp-blue sk)
as ii lies above 1bc humidity:
wonder if thc &c:an1 few clouds
are just here to check w our progn,ss
as we trudge through a day's•wcat
I remember a ™!Bl' aflertastc
or hot nights on dim bars. where smoke
mellS in lhlee a.m. mist and sound
is just. forgOtlCD prop left bockSlagc
OOl n<ed<d Tor this dress rcheMlal
I tlunk of my innoccnct peclod o((
hko a shut peppered wolll I sail)' gnmc
and 1S<lmttimcs bask in a ""lf,sh glow
or often-told stories. let Ille laughter
()Q()J my thirst ID thc>e long duys
HIV MEDITATIONS:
By Brian E. Bengtaon
I: Waltlng to GIil the R•ulta
I let the first bus pass me while 1 smoked,
bke the passasc, of nioatinc outwcogbod my nc.<l
dcSlinntlon. I wateb the people around me. as
the Omaha skyline acccps another sunset. a
small furry man wolll crumpled army faligucs
wanders from pmoo lb pet!IOII. rociting bis
sobloQuy for quartcnt I le smells like the coffee
plan! doi<n by the banks ofthc M1ssoon
I mwnblca balf-assed"{"?l<>gYwhcn ot'smytum.
and watch lllrcc kid'!. With lorn shuts and sbavod
I-is.
attcmpc skat.cbocud tricks on the cwb. I st11n 10
rec,
the afternoon pres., on my shin on waves or
nervous
swent. Two hciur$. '"o """"hour, unul some
volunteer glves me one of thc biggest "yes" or
·no·
ans"'CIS of my life. I II) to c.ha1\gc thc subject
~~)'Ing the derelict passed out on the ncJ<l
A laiet bus comes; 1 scramble to make a positive
race.
create a huJo drC$S·rehearsal as I drop lllrcc
quarters.
a drme and a ruekcl down the metal chute. I
thought.
11 shm1ldn 't hurt th,s bad. and sat on the SldeSC8ts.
saved f0< the old and weak I watch spring
struggle
to be seen on lhooc l"eces or lawn between the
Sidewalk
and the cwb; my eyes close on .,lent pr•yct
I follow an old woman wbo!MJ8glcs olf the bus
PAGE4
II: Bloodletting at the Clinic
Thee.yes never seem to make it tom) race
as I JOin them on the quancrl) man:b 10 a room •
or a popcr-CO\'crcd table. or the cbau made
to help "ith thc bloorklruw, b<A I don't sec lllcm
either.
~ty past ruccups at me. and fumbles
for nu apelogy as tile s,xncs of my hlSIOI')
are lrooout for me again. lite my fa,·onteSwdiy
fwmic,
or the lights from 1bc city on my bus ndc borne.
The men "'lll the nc"ly-minl.Cd opc11n,g Jones,
and the bo)·s who 1-icd prodding, the gU)S
who Just.~ ng)ll. or the ones
who I decidod ,.,.,.. just for OOl bavong
"' go home alone. rectle theu names ,n the bock
or my bead as I 11111kt: the fist and tum •"•Y
Curtains scraping on the floor c~cusc
themselves for slamming me foc:c-firat bock
to that fim gl~hole, the first wostful
lllkmg oo or aruuous ""'3th. as I wish
for thc futI picture on tile Olhcr ,idc.
Ill: Looking Through the CIONt
1 have spent days dceoding ,.h,ch I'"!' of plnlS
an: pa<a Ille J)Olnt of hidiop the weight loss. hltc
""'P ng the " heal on Octollcr' s la!e lw,.esti ng.
Only lllree years ago. I would brag about lllt~
quest tofmmcls at the bar. now I ooc: this as
another mark,., my checkbst or acccJl(ance.
In the morruogs. before an)ooo os awuc.
I "''*lcb my mcdocation melt 10 a ptass rilled
with lukewarm \\Ol<r. ~i) body does OOl
want thu. and tells me "'lll each spa.sm
as I lllltc onott.:r ,np, and woucb lhc dawn.
I v.'81ch each smffic and ~ze like 1t is
the clime.. of. Ol()\ ie and Ibo ck.'IOCUVC
has dceldc<l 1 shore hos secrets and clues
0
wtth the innocent b)""1lldcrs before Ille credits
roll up the scm:n I marvel at my rear now
I r,:mcmber thc b""ri<k. aod on those days
my mll5Cles betray me. I wonder
,r Ille 80S"<.r \\ould have been dofrcrcnl
of I smol100 one less cigarette. I woodcr
if ID) ponts would still r,1, if m) morrung, "ould
bequic1
when I feel
I'm eigln and a half again. prn)1og to a<l<ld
to prove that he's around and make the 10)
ID m) pocket dlsaJlPC"I'. I I°'* at my chan.
avcn m) gazo. and woodcr lJ I lefi 11 ouisodc
"SEND ME POEMS, OR I WILL TELL YOUR MOTHERIII"
or
I .) Send typed l?'ms JO hoes or les•.
2.) Send SASE 1f you want 'cm back. or want a comnitnt 'c nuquc
3) Will lty 10 respond within a ~blcamow:tofumc
4,) lluy my book already!!??
5.) If you don't cat your a."l"lfllgus. yw can'I h,,ve j<,11-<> for dcsscn.
THE NEW VOICE
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listed under rcsoorccs. ii w1U be hdpruJ .. \\ell
We want 1 belp as many studcnL< here as
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come out to other family mcmbu:s. This " • urc
boptJ18 will be a positive step ,n dealing w11h
myths and ste.motypes lhul lhestraieJ,loommuni1y
bas fonned due 1 l:ick or education.
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�0\: TII E
LEGAL FHONTLINE
by Thomas
M. Petersen, J.D.....
J
WHEN THE AXE FALLS
Mony poople ha•e been fired (l'QfflaJ<>i?atonc
umc or another. Terminauon f l'Qffl one s job cu,
betrawnauc and dc,·asu,ting. Ollcn, people -.-ao1
to geu,•en -.,th lhe1r formcr<mployer. A pcnon
can fed that they ha•• been WlJUSllY tcrminaled.
Emplo)·ecsmaybccla$ifoeclin1olhn,e8)00!JS:
those w1t.h employment contracts. '"at..-w ill ..
cmplorecs and thooc witboll colllmdS but with
some promise from lhe company lbal lheyw,11 be
c:.mplO)ed for a period of ume.
Persons ,-1th oontmcts ~ lho8e" 1th a wnucn
emplO)'l'OCIII contract signed by the etn~-cr and
emplo)-.e. OeneraUy. ii wdl bcsignod.bcforelhc
person beglns working and will specify such
things as hours, W08CS, benefits, and length or
emplO)melll It is imJJOf18Jll lO ollwn a copy or
the contmc1 for future refcrcocc or m case or
dafllcull)
~ w11hoU1 such a contract ma) still ha, e
someprolectionbccauseaoontroctma) be implied
from nn employee manual. past prncticcs of the
employer or from spwific promucs by tbe
cmplO)'Cr. A CCX1lm<:I is more hb:ly 10 be implied
,f pronuscs or tcmis or an cmplo)ce manual ore
spcc,roc. delinatc and the employee ha.• rt lied on
them.
Ira person doesn't fall 1n1ooneor1heat,ove
two categories. a pcnon is considered nn nl-\<all
employee J\1.,.,11 employees cun be tcrmioaled
with or without cause at the whim of lht
ananagcmcn1 e~cepc for specific rea,ons.
Ho-.·ever. an emplO)cr canooc fin: • person
becousc oC the following; race, color,
aced.
rchgaon,national ongm. dasabalil) (or mental
1mpo1rmcn1}. age. or m.'llital Sllllus Those only
a.pplyif )'OU "vrlt fora ba.asincss -.ith IS or more
employtdl. Notice lhal ··sex· docs Ill)( iroclude
oricntauon.
Like\\ ise, ii is illegal for an employer 10
discnmU10le uga1ns1 an employee for f'ilmg a
charge of dascnmination. challenging and
unla" ful praettce. or rtfusang 10 e&IT) 0\11 nn
unlowfuJ IICI.
In addition. stltc lll•Ht.deral la" mab: se:u,al
barassmenl an lhc .. or1.p1ace illegal Anemplo)er
canooc tcmunatc. fail to promote. or demo<e a
se.,.
sc"""
person for refusing sc~ual ad,·ances. A sexual
(ldvllllCC as making w,wanted C(>fllmet1L,. COOlaCI.
or gcs1ures b) an emplo)er or e<>-worker Thc
harassmcnl must be suffic1entJ) S(''.. erc so as 10
1111<:rfcrt "ith a penioo'• work pcrfonnancc or
create an antirrudating workplace. A pe"""1 mus,
also show that lhccmploycr.lmt" orsbould bavc
kno"'n of the se.<ual conduct and f1111ed 10 UIJ<c
rcmechal acuon.
Sexual oncnlation isa cornl)k:U:ly w,prou,cled
Cla\S o( citb.em in Nebraska. fnOlhe.f \\ords, il IS
cnurcly leg,,] to rcfu,o to bin:, rue. democc. or fa,J
10 promote someone: bosed oo his or bcr snual
oncntauon.
er a person feels 1ha1 he or she ba$ been
d1scnminatcd against, lhoy should c:oolaCI the
Ntbnlska Equal Oppoc1unityComm1ssioo wilhin
JOO days ()( the la.<t""' of discnm1nalion. If a
person issuccesQuJ inaclaam fordascriminalion.
rctohataon. or sexual bar..ssmenl. they may be
cn1.1tlcd 10 damages. This can include beck l"'Y·
OUl-of-pockel OOSts. reins1a1emen1 at lhcar job.
kl<SI bendil3. auorney's fees, and other damages.
A word oC caution This column as for
1nl'ormalional purp(l<le.• ooly. and is DOI for tho
replacement
}our auomcy. Eaeb case has
<1aiTeren1 facL,whoc:ham producedafferenl A:Sullll.
!IO please consult )'OW anorney foradvia: relevant
to your needs.
If >"" have any fcedbock. specific legal
quc:&ioos. or requests for an aruclc 00 a spearoc
topic. please wnte IO U$ aL
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ROBERTS'RULES: lfnotnow,when?
by Shelly Roberta
II was ..,.,,.thing 10 her eyes.
Or rather it \\'85 something thal 'l''l.1n't in the
eyes anymott. Tenor Fury. TCMI,
For fo·e decades, she had bet:n spealung bcr
story. So pemaps lhc healing an the telling had
surgically sepwatcd emocion from her side orthe
podiwn. II had oot. 1,owever. lcs'ICnod hcrln,J)ll(:I.
A Polish Nazi pri,JCJO camp surv i •or. she had
come 10 leach IJS. fapocting the "'O<S~ nlO!,t or us
lcarncd more. The devil was in lhcscdctads ina
for more forceful way than any book.or movie or
docu-footage. which could never l:riog )OIIClosc
cnoogh to aboorb the realities. The knowledge
lhlll lOSland an froot or the souplane wa., to rislta
bowl of lhi n. warm water as your nourishmcnl..
That theopp:>6•tc end offered both the pronu;e al
the life-gi,•ang. 5P"""' vegetables from the bottom
hul also nsk the empty pot. That survival m•Bh•
lunge oo fronUancn and bectlincrs a,mbimng
meagerpMlcossolhal all mi.dit continue. Horrot
afltr honor Ocllliled aflu dctaaled 1ndignit).
I had come a.. •olUnlcer fortrairung to Jorn
the Surn,.,,,.. of Shoah (the Hcbrc" -.ord for
llolocaus1) V1iko Pro;«t. begun b> Ste•en
Spielberg, to copcure lhc lc$tlmony or holocaust
svrvivor,c. Thc:sc dcposilio,,s will be d1gitall)
transformed alllO a multi· media compuu:r rudu•e
avllllable 10 scholars and researchers 1<-11<ldl>idc.
I'd held a microphone before So I sagnod on to
learn the delicate da:ocaphne of pcnnasshc. noninlJUSo•e uu.e n 1cwin~ thal ass&Sl! the remainccs
10 express the,r nponenccs
And it was rmpossible 10 ~it lhrough the
lecture about the fateful chronology, and l10I
lhinlt of )'OU.
" IIO\\ IS 11 pos$1blc.· asked Prol'c~ or
ll1~tory, Alan Berger m his oriental.Ion
prc,aelllBtaon. --ro.. a modern nauon-statc 10 earl)
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out the S)"S1en'3tic murder of a whole JlCll)lllnuon.
noc for any cri~. but for the mere cnmc of the
coodiuon orlheir bulb?"
I know that he speaks for people born Je"·ish.
bul I also know that he. now mo<e than e•cr.
spew of peQple born bomo.se,ual who ,.-.,re
ona: the .,- despised i>r the bunkmalCS. And
who. cren now, without order or cogent
0<g~mwuon. arc the most vulnerable to the
c,tn:mcs ofthe lcandsorscapcgoolism that history
h3s st,ov.11can result fl'Qffl foundenngceonom1cs,
and elClrcmi,;ts occupying the I""' er.
Professor Bcrgerdelalled a n.ouonal logbook
that once dad. and could once agrun. have your
namecarvedoo aL I lertfersto'"Je"-.. • I ask you
10 transpose "bomose,uah. •
"The Jews.· he 5aid. ·were diaboh1,ed,
demoni,ed Judscd IC$$ than human. In
dcmo111zalion. lho ncum is lnnished rrom )-our
world. the victun is ol<lslM lhe wuvcr.;eof moral
oblagaiiOO. If )OU thank that SOIDCOOC IS not
human. sub hwnan. anu-humo:n. a v11us. a i·crmm.
that )00 o""' lhal thing. no1hmg. hr/ocr. 11 u )'OUT
duty /0 k,1/ II."
Luter he odded lbal, "the act or being born
was all it loot 10 be eligible for e'<tenninabon "
For the lir,;1 umc in lllstlll'). 1"rlh 1Lsclf wa.~
considered a cnme pum>hable b) death. \I
l)achau aficr !he wc,td "rnN" "as wnucn the
word "Jew" (And,"• know. " h,)fr,nsa1ta/.")
The good Doctor also outhncd for u,. ochtr
than rate, the lunds a( factors Iha! migll well ha, •
111C3111 lhc difference bct"ccn C'<ICrtnlll3IIOll, and
prr,tecli<>n. suppc,rt and surv wal
'"The prewar status or Jews determined their
fates under :-.'arunt Aa:ul1umuon.~lca0\hip
hes. economic toltmnce.. good mterpttrsona/
relauonsh1ps wt1h nrm~J~~s. all o( t ~ \\Crc
factors an detcnnimng 1f you laved. The Danes." ho gave upnoneofthear Jc-.1sb
c,ti=s. said. "We helped the Je"'-s because they
.... knew them as our fello-. c,u,.ens. •
No-.'. I -.-ooder bow lherc can be a SI ngle soul
of us left wl>o $1)11 prefen to II' c an biding? I
wonder how ,bc,;,rhc:. lmo-.1ng 1hcn,<ing11dcof
current extreme rchgJonists wOflung townrd
go,•cmmcntdoltllllllli<ln. can lhinlt llwt lhc pulled
cunain as prcfc:ntblcorevcn v,ablc? Who doesn't
fathom thal lo declare )our,;clf an the oonnal
course of )Our business or industry. without
fanfare Of w,duo attentioo, and to w0t1c IO"'rud
the normalit.ation and legaliiation our bvcs.
creates a fanu1 iar saJ'Illy!bat oan nc, er be achieval
an hldang. That ii WOfks dlrcctl) 10 deflect the
danger that could soroeda) again require our
ha"1ntt: to 9CCtCl oursctva. not m c ~ . but in
holes under fioorboerds or an ccllan<
Wes.t), frcqucnUy, in the Ou1 Commwuty,
that no oroc can hate
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your cxpencnce oo .-..x,rd. please eoolacl the
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had O place IO lca,cr a rcc:ooJ or what h3ppcned.
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Gty Sweetheart 1996,
Barbie Q. See highlights from 7
Broadway musicals in 90 minutes.
Show begins at 9pm.
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ISS
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un.
One of the most sought-after titles in
Lincoln, The Miss Q Pageant will be
one of the n1ost entertaining evenings
of the year.
. Join in a benefit for Equal
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�FEATURES
FINDINGS: SURPRISING AND OTHERWISE
by Joeeph Schuman
A researcher" ho rcecnlly completed a Slud)
ofdclllh:san,onga !!fOOl)of men" ith AIDS in San
Fnmcisco ruund some of her own results
surprising. I though! 1/,0,,, resullS "ere ptttt)
ot,,•ioos . hut somco( her otht-r n,sults, "hicb she
didn·t mghhfht. knocked me 001.
According lo nc\\'spapcr results. the
rescarcbcr. Dr ~loll) C'.ooke, is acme in Pn~ccl
O pen Hand. the meals-<m·" heeli o~aru,.atwn
for people 1>1th AIOS So )OU d expect she'd
h"' • had somc e,posurc. Sbll, she opporentl}
0
though os~istcd suicide was most typic,,11)
-spumd bJ burned-Olli. angt) or depressed
carniivcrs. Ul>1ead of" bal she adually found:
tba1 1t was "n\0(.1vnred b) a commumcnt to gi,·c
r,,,h cl the best care.. possible.
According 10 the study's abstract, the
rcscan:hcrs folJo1,cd • nwnberof couples at lea.st
one of -.horn had AIDS. Dunog the stud)', 136
men in Ille !!'OOP dl<d of AIDS- ruated causes. Of
1hosc. '"66 rCCCl\'cd a medication incrca~
1mmcd1atel) pnur to death. - In 17 oases, the
increase"~ -defiru~I)' UllCndcdto 1""1cnd<.'llth.•
The 17 ca...es "here death "as rntcndc:d
rcprcsc111 26'1 of the med1cat1on increases and
1251>ofall tho dcatM. They aro tbc focus of Dr
Cooke'sstud) 1, on the other hand. am fa.<c:iMted
by Ille -I!) coses where me<11ca11on ,ms mcre-.ised
nnmed,ntel) before death, hul which the
"-"""'"'hors do no/ ln:81 a.< ca,,cs ofOSSl '000 s'UJCidc
- Ille=""""' they assumed thlll the medlCat,on
increase ,..,.. Just for symptom contml
orcoon;c. msomccasts, pcoplcwi111ncn:asc
mod1cabon bccousc the pnbcnt's Illness takes a
tum 1n thoec coses, both the medi<:Ulion 1nc:rea,c
and Ille death ore couscd b) the downturn. But 1
ck,n't belie• e tbal e,plan:nim accounts for ~9 or
166cascs. In moSI ol'lhccascs. I bet the~,c,s
(and the pnt«:nt. 10 caS<ll "here the pollen! Wll<
conscious) knc" that death would rono" from
the increased mcdicatkin and acceplCd that n:swt
Some of thc-19 cases may l.i•e been "wink
and noc1·· cases. \\chc.rc the m1cn1 \\D' to shorten
the d)ing process was clearti undeistood but
nc•crstatedoutlold 1'hcabslrnctdocsn'tetpla,n
lx1" the rCSC"1Chers 1<pnmtcd Ille 17cases which
Ibey tn:akd ... a.ss,stt-d su1c1dc: frum the -I') other
dcolbol that follov,'Cd me<ticauon mcn:asc The)
mlcn·1ewed the caregiver after lhc death and
asked about I.he PWJXl"C of the medicatl"'1. Did
the) take the coreg,,er's answers at face value?
Desp~ assurnncc>1>f oonfidcnti•hl). pcq,le m.'I)
fudge a Iii.lie:" hen somebody asks them ifthe) ·,e
been cngapng rn many fclorues latclJ
Besides, I iloo't want kl quibble I don't lhlnk
then,' S O l<I} Imponru,t di rTCf<llCC bet" <CD 00111~
S()fflcihmg "luch )'OU
,,.,,nd
IO hasten dcmh. alld
doing somctlun1< "hich you kno"' .. hasten
;11
dcolh. acceptmg that rcsulL The decision i< the
same "'NO" ic; lbe tune. I'm read) .. In some:
"'""'· death 1113) not have b«n /nr~,u/M- • but 11
Y.'a'l" t'hQSl!n.
One of the clas.sic arguments a.gaul'II doctor"5515ledsuidde is the p®,1biht> or abu,,c AbtR
,s a scrio~ questim Bui cnnunahl.Dtion 1s ntX.
1he. an~cr Cnnunahzauon dnvcs dec.isionmakJng W>dcrgroond "here ii is made scactl),
w,thoul rt1•
1e.., 01 beS1 by the fnnuly and patient
"'th lhc doctor'< oonsult1uoo. and at worst b) the
doctor ururo1crall)
A< a member and chapter officer or the
l lcmloct Soc1tt), I """hardl) unfamiliar "''h
these ideas. 'lo, wa.< I surpnsed IO learn thnt the
practice of using poin mechcauon 10 shorten the
process or death "' widc$prcad Out widespread
.. one thing and ommpre>tnl is sometlung els.,,
Tlus study suucst• the latkr S1x1~ •" of the
these 136 men -18.5._ . chose lhc umc of lhe1t
dying Now 1/lat 1s a surpnsc
Jo~ph Scluurt1JJ1 is a Ch«'a!I<) auorllt'\'. He
corr~111rota hrs pt0r:t1ct! m w,lls, tru.ns. eJtott:
planmng, Olld probate tldn11m:1tl'Ol1011. Copynght
/')')S, Jos,p/1 Schuman.
SMOKIN' HOT REVIEW
ByAI S.
Jewel
M usual. my late rughl im,·ets took me to surpm,cl - the Ranch Llo" I On Valenunc',
Do) I saw a j!Cm of a show Sml!Cf SOIIJ!" ruer
gu1Lm.st J ewel shcl"ed her many faccltd talents
00 19 lunc.'$ She began with her mot,1 OOIOOOOS
song, -P,cces of Yoo. - -..h,ch 1$ a litani of
su,rootypcs. includrng a tCN: abool "fa~•·" In
tbcsong.shc ,saskmg 1f yoo hale "lh:m' because
the)'rcn pi=of )OO. Then ,;he told a,ruxyobool
a high school she plaJcd at "here Ille pnnc,pal
asked her to lco•c for being pn:Juchced Illumed
out he ,s go} and thou,b1 the sung put down
hon1<1SC,ual>
,\notbcr ,oog, "Breaking t.,p," hnd a good
hnc in 1t .. I never get loncl) - I CRJO)
masturooung rm ctlcbrnhnj!." Thcnaflersingm~
"Vnlen11ne·s Oa)," about a break-up. she ,aid
"l·-k Valeuunc·s Da)' • Thcaudlcncce,plodcd
" 11b •ppl ause of rccogru1100_
Je"cl rcnundcd me of J people'. Tur, Amos
"1thouto piarr,,Joni ~htchell minus30 )caTSand
Tatum O':-:cal m "l..inle O:trhngs -
Sexy Shorts
March 3rd - NIis Lorgron's gwtanst wos
}ooniand cute w11ha d:trk blood pogeho) haircu,.
"conng uttbt, hgbt blue jeans and• dres,r ~bin.
B) the cnoorc. the shU1 """ tot411) uobu1100<.'<I,
e,posmg Ille sc,,e,1 hneof hair )UU c,cr <aw,
from tus chest do\\ n into lus Jean< I think he
pla~ed the gwtar prtll} good. 1001
Mon:b 13th - Strulltr, ooo of the bc>l
KISS-offs, featured Drno Pllle,i as l••ul S~1nleJ
lr)OOhkc hall') cllL'St, llusj!U) looked ltkc be ha<
onanAn~S\\calCr .\ndrC\\ l•rcnch.asl':tcr
Cns., tSa httlccwehauJc..-.,u} "'thamcetuJtl
.\II the j!U)' S··~"""'·<hall I S3), C)C•Qllclung
\lani ol'lhc 250
oukl hke tu h.1\•c j!Olton
o htUc-1oss-UUI ornn) or them
March 141h - Ofl"rung rur Handsome (Ille)
"ere) and 1bt Ddlones (cJcr.nuel) deaferun8)
"as local band Trailer Park. The) mi< punk
me~ "1th he•• l mttnl lhanlu to """ gwtnnst.
Sean I le is tu.x:k-<,ut haodsoolc• .,..,h seeing
nnyumc The real fc.11ure u{ his ,ho\\ "as the
cm1>d lotsol'bo)$1110\hing. \\luch al1>ap1ooc,
like an c,cu\t! (('ll'hci. ~, c.&I), bolf-mud,1nt1m.1te
coomet (alben ,n • \lolcntsort o(wa) l It's hard
IO find )OW'iclf among. '!C"Cr bunch•• l)owc,I
c'<ccpt nta) be ,n tM Larxx..,·s locker room oner a
1'1g g;;unc
Ha.-c fun 1lus mot1lh - oncl ke<:p II hol '
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MIDWEST
PSYCHOTHERAPY
RSSOC I RTES, I NC.
by Olene L Moore
Whew!! ls ii reall> Apo!'/ Thanl: lhcGoddess,
Spong has sprunal ll is time for much no,- Gay
Lesbian, BilT11U1$mal.Crull 10 be r c ~ So, in
1lu$ ooitioo of" Run 1o the Bordccf'. I ..;u ~·•
)'OU an idea of upconung l..csb1an book btles
(sorry, guys - this ooc·s ror the Ladies l
Fioall> I Publishing bas caughl up "'th the
hype. A bout 2 >"""" afler being dccwcd • ctuc:•
and
publishers arc swung 10 fcatun, more
books by. for. and about us! I am really e,cuoo
by 1his seasoo·s crop of lesbian non-fiction. an
area that bas really lagged bclund the boom in
publishing for g:,y men.
FUN STUFF TO LOOK FOil THIS
SPIUNG:
by Kale J..lunan
S0YOUWANT1'01ll!A LESBIAN by L
Tracey isa run. humorous look at lesbian life. ll
is ~,gnoo ,n the rasbu,n of the old Prcppie
Handbook (everyone remember thal one?) and.
o(cour;c,thc roororcccn1 l:noff1C1alGay Manwl
This is g<>IDg to be a fun one. probabl) lbe
strongest !l<ller in the !l<CtJOn tlus season. o.. ID
ume for pndc ruoolh. JWIC. Paperback. $JO 95.
GIRLS NEXT DOOR 1s by two or my
ravontes. Lindi) Van Gelder and Pamela Robin
Brandt. These two wrote a rumy, informatJ\'e
guide ro, lcsbian couples tr.ivcling m Eumpc
called Ar~ You T"" Toge,,,.,-? (OOI'' s:tdl) OU of
pnnt) Thi$""" boQk could be called -rmvcts
Tbruugh u,sbian America" r am a111icipoung a
humomus tra"c1 narrnb,·e cultural stud1c." book
on the great •·anctyort,feror lc:$bi=111 Amenca
today llardco,er. $23
NEWOL'R RIGHT TO 1..0\IEb) G Vida At long last, llus classic ,. back ID pnnl. A
bacldi>t Slllndard for )COB lo come Oue0011n
May Papcrh<tck, $ i-1.
Ne" ,n popctback Two ol'Thrcc Tlung< I
Know rorsun: by Ooroth) All,son: And Say Ill
by colwnmsi O.b Pnec and her partner
Jo)ce Murdoch. a second ed11i,., or p,rrcten1
D!ughter.1 by Lou1!1< Ralbn, and no, ellSl I;.
D011oghues's loolt at lesbianism in 18th cenlllr)
Bntain. Passions llel"·ecn Wgmencooungout in
papcrbock.
c ...., Stum Enjoy Ibis wondtrf'ul llme of
year, I look rorward to 0ttln& you at tht
",n·.
To Jo)'«
llordtro!
THERAPY FOR ADDICTIONS:
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compulsion and dysfunction ,
relationship problems, anxiety
and depression.
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Omaha. Ne.
Phone: (402) 346-1555
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HEARTLAND AA
ROUNDUP APRIL 26-28
Hcanland Roundup '96 "Re<:Q, cry Throu$fl
I.Jnny""'II be held at the Ramada Inn Airpon m
Omaha Apnl 26 through Apnl 28. The Roundup
begins with Re@isltll~on at 6 p.m on Frida),
April26 Spcakcrsbcginat!lOOp.m.andconunue
through 12:()0p.m.onSundo),Apol 28. Fctlturcd
speakers mclude Griff rrom Omaha. Carl rrom
Des Momes, f,die from Sacramento, Caltforrua,
and Joyce rrom
\a,.oi., Then, "'ill be
!l<Vcral won.shops. a dcs.scrt buffet. and evening
banquet, a con11nen1al breakfast. lots or
cntcrta1nmcn1 and C\'CR more fellowship
Registration for all •• c111.S 1ncludang the banquet
1s $2'J Rc11s1ration ror just the speakers.
1,ork.;bops and the conuncntal brcalcfast on
Sunda) " $16.00 RegL<trotioo f<>r JUSI the
Saturda) Buffet and cntertammenl ,s $13 00
You mai register b» contacuni the lleartland
Roundup '""""iauon. P.O. Bo< ST.I. Omaha. NE,
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�ELECTIONS ARE COMING! ELECTIONS ARE COMING!
By John O'Emlllo
Nowlhal 1
0\\'UndNc" l-14mpmiroan: behind
us, )OU can bet thc roodra ,.,II sharpen tl,cir focus
,.i..,
uniil almot,t nothi.ng btJl clCCllon news ~ in
This year's camptigns ,;ocm espcc,ally importanL
Not only will gay and lcsbtan ,ssucs surface
direc:tly - ,.,tncssthc Marnage ProtcctJon Rall)
,n Iowa - btJl !he whok tone and oonu,111 oftbe
campaigns could decisively sbope the political
<i0ntc~, in" hlch \4C do our work for )C:Af'S 10
come
Eloct1ons Uk.e tJu.s one. m whtch e~trem1st
cnndid:ittsarcnmningfornlr,cc,mise,~og
quesoons •bou1 whom "• suppo<t and don'!.
abo<I how we decade who is for oragainsa us, and
about the calculus ofpolitJC.S lhal ,.,. each carry in
our heads Sometimes the decision is easy wlml
sclf-rcspoohng lesbian or gay mrut would do
anytlung bu! ac:11•cly oppoo;c Helms. Doman. or
Buchanan, who have llll!de nuackiog us lhcir
mis.~on? By the same !Oken. how can"• be
80)1lunJbtJl happywbco 8arlltn ll<r<cr,aSawor
from California. l\ll1S for rc-.,lecoon?
~ lost cand1da1cs fall 10mcwherc in bclwccn
lbesc two poles and, 1n a t\\·o-porty S)-stcm where
we don' t have many ehocecs. "c face intcn:.stang
dilemmas. lfSamNIDlll,a m,ddJeoflberoodof gu) on most woes, bad coooen 10 RIO for ,e..
elccl,oo, \\hat would P> Georgians do? Aficr
all, he did lead the charge ,n ,uppo,1 of the
m,t,tary's c~clusion polK) On the Olhcr hand,
"ould an WJtcSled Rcpubl,can opponent, from a
region in wluch lbe port) is deeply homophobic.
ha•• bcco bcttcr''
Or, takcanuthcrGcx,rgian -
Nt\\lG1
J' ,·c hc,a,d man) say Iha!, with a lesbian haJf. OOI nmrung S<llo. The) rue dlC candid,ues of a
S!Sler, hccan't bcall ted.andthar.smcc becoming Jl'IIIY "ltich is able to make a bid IO become 1hc
majonty leader. hc'squiC\<'d hl•antipy rbcloric majority port) ~sch because c'<lrem1<L< ho,c
and kepi the I louse • CJlftltUstS" in Ime. Yci. al nockcd lo lhe
r Wilhout the Christian
the same time, he hos been lbearclu1Clrtof1hcso- cxtrtm1..,,,, w 1lhout the crusaders for " IJ'adJtk,n.,I
callcd Repubhcan Revolution "hicb 1hn:utcns family values," dlC Republican pa,t) wouldn't
the •••btbt)' of programs such as Medicaid and h,1vc a ch."""' in hell of electing a p~dcnl Of
wh,ch has cmiled a chmale boslde IO civil aghts COtllrollm~Congrcss \Yhoc,·errunsfor~
uf an) $001$ He al"° allowed the I lottte to hold as a Repubhcan "ii I need the mt0Jcran1
the anligay hoannJ!S on school,. "h,ch L.ou hatcrnoo~rs in <>nlcr to wan. and lhcn,fore be ,n
Sheldon requcSted. llow can Gmgrich's re- debt 10 them And ,n
stmcs. lbesamc is true
ck:coon possibly be good for us?
of Rcpubl1can., nmrun, for lbe Senate, dlC House
The question of whom 10 support becomes or f()r SllllC ofr
ICC.
cspocially fascu1:11ing" hon welookot lhc rMtldof
Thcntherc'•Chntoo He lcad5thcpart)'"
Repubhcan pn:sidcnlial hoperu!s in the wak,, of \\ lucb the strongest Suppor1 for g;i)' righls 11 lO be
Buchanan'.,.ictory ,n New llamJ>ihlrc. Short!) found But IIC, 100. ~ srunc.sc., mania!l"
after the primo'), the Log Cabin Republicans aoor.•• us "don' t ask. don't !ell" On !he Olh<r
"'1id IMI, ,n C(]Otlmt lo lbe «lftltUSI Buchanan, ban , he's been good on appomung us 10
four Olbcr candidates had "potcnhal"• Dole, govcmmen1 positions, supports the bans on
Alnandcr, rubes. and Lugar
discrinunauon in cmploymenl, and employs a
The response puulc• me Certainly, If pohtu:al rhdone of1nclu,ion and tolerance. All
Buchanan is your poinl of rdercocc. lhose other an all. a mmx! record
candidates look good. Bui lel'uharpcn our lens.
In lhc end. doeld111g who 10 support this>"""
Forbes. for 1RS1ance. a1•0tdod lf,c "social issues" wall invoh ed a IOI more than stmplyasscssiog the
fer a !Mg bl),c. But" hen Rc{'Ul>baut Chrisuan won:lsanddoodso(pa,t,c:ul.:ircendidalA:s.although
C'ttJcm.rscs 1n Iowa made hjs silence an 1
.ssue. be Iha! cun he n swting point h also ,equi,.,5,
spol(c Olli ag;unst same-sc., mamage and~)~ m especially m races for nal!onal office, that "c
lhc mditary Dole and Alc,anclcr rue malting a scrutini1.c who a candtdatc is willing to run
big deal abo\f. Buchanan's estremism afu,r Ills alongside, wha1 pol,tical cnvuonrnent heor sbc,s
New J lrunj1611Jrc shnwmg. ma both of lbem "'ere choooing lo call home, and "'hose support Ibey
"1lhoi 10 sign on to a bntc-msp,rcd MO gay require in order to wm
"Mamni,c Protection" rally ,o l)es Moines
John D'Em,110 1s O.r«1or of rht Pohry
Butthcro's a lar¥Cr ,ssuc thaf• bc1
ng1gnon,d. /nsrm,,~ of
Na11(WJ/ Gay and Lesb,an Task
"Modcr.olc" Rcpuhl,can pn:stdcn~al aspirants arc Forrt.
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�"OUT IN THE STARS"
by C. Lichtenstein
Astrologlcal Forecast for Aprll 1996
Ir we arc banlCIOJ oo April shc>l'crs 10 brmg lllO!iC
~I•) 00\\ers. be prepored 10 clis deep and dill)
on10 the so,I and lll•n• • hig one "here ii \\ill
bloom. \\'e hme the usuru mo,·cmcnl cf the Sun
1hrouj!h \ric,s and Taurus lhts month. but the
adclitklO bonus iswtmaotc,Sotum wbichc~
<in~ rrom dream) Pisces to ptonccnni Anes.
Ltt s 1akc a top ,•,c" cf this plan<tat) push this
month
AIUES(March 21- Aprll 20)t..cam)oorlessoos
"ell. proud Rum. the plancis cmphasi1.c )-Wt
rclationslups 10 ot.hers this 1110111h whether it's m
first ,mprcs<ioos or ,n )OOr career Don' t he
hmnpered b) • lack or ""lr-confodcncc - that'•
JU.SI 00( )OIII bo~ OD)M) Instead, rcapp,aise
)OU appear 10 othcB and make 500lC shall
"e sa) .. cnJ,ance:~nts on perfrt1t0f\.
TAURUS (Aprll 21 - May 21Jlntu,UOO ma) be
a little rw.1) and off. but no llllltter Proud Bulls
arc a r111r1ycoo.sc""ati• e kx and I koow yoo won ·1
t1kcanydra'1ic action ba.""1on a stray "'him and
"°"
hAt) thought. U5C this time to rcch•r!" and
cxpond )our \f.sta. .\lodiwtc and recharge Then
get out there. do some !!OOd deeds fo, our
c:cmmuni1y and bu,ld up the 1cann., pouas
GEMINI (Moy 22 - June 21) Although ga)
twms are a fajrl)' soc,able tot. there ore times
\\henc,cn )OU tlkc rncndships rc,r jmlnlod. No
morel The pl.u,ct.S have decided to focus the brat
on your platonic support S)'Stc:na to strengthen
thetieslhal bind (Somopcoplc hkcit likcthat. .)
Who lo• cs Y" baby? Put all rtlation..lups to the
ocid 1cS1. Radical transformations "ill scparntc
the .. boat rrm1 the chaff
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) As iflife wasn't
dlfficult eoough. now all suessand$1r.11n focu,cs
oo professional concern,. Don· t "<>n') pink
Crn.b~ ifs time you went for the gold m your
career. ml) mg more and more on )OUt innate
tno..1-0dge and supcrbunirutl8 You kno\\•ioo· , e
proven you...,lr on the day to day job Your
success just occd 10 be presented to the po..·crs
lbat be so the) can sec 11 clear!)
LEO (July 24 - August 23) \\'ell the good news
,s thot your lo,c life w,11 p,ck up 0011Siderably
wuhthc mo,emcnt of the plall<'IS. You'll\• ind up
"ilh a queer pertntr indeed' The bod news ts that
lc(tOl cnu,n!lcmc_nts "111 get }OU b) the shon
h:tirs 1 you harcn t done )OUJ'. hom<.'1< urk. S1ud)·
f
hard regal and p,ood I
,t s 11me lo put )our
ad\•anced knowlcd!" to the test and sec "hal the
j ur) electdes.
Vl.RGO (August 24 - Sq,t,m ber 23) E\'tn shy
.,on.
0
\ ' trj!OS hlwc pll)-sical dcsucs. If the pwnel<tum
up lhe hc:tl. 11 ma) bc to teach )'OU a Siem lesson
on the balance of )OUr inner needs wtth the nccds
ofothcn Yourfutun:rtadshkcachcc7.) romance
00\'CI. !Qnoi)' oohl:>ishdres.9od in ponlaloons foBht.S
dragons ond other ussorted nasties 10 rescue
trapped prom queen_ Be sure to ask ro, cab fare
,n the morning
UBllA (Sq,tffllbe< 24 - Ocl<>l>tt 21) A lire nf
balonce and hannony J!"IS a dead weight placed
on one side cf the scale Rc•i<" )OOI' onc to one
relati0n<l\lps and sec if they arc Jl'O''lcling )OU
"1th cvcrytluog )Ou need to reel llapP)' and
rulfilled. 1f )OU can cope ,n )Our present
arrnnJ!"mtnl. bc prepared 10 make conccssions.
If DOC, io.s off thc extra weight and sock Olhcr,
greener postures
SCORPIO (October 22 - Novcmbcr 22) Rnll up
your sleeves queer Scoq,ion. it's ume 10 get to
"urk,nabijl."•Y Thcn:arelessons1obclcamod
on the Job, parucularl) 111 the way )OU 1rcat
und<rluig<: the cluckcns ha,·c OOI 0111) come
home to roost. they are rolisscncd You have
been rcviewmg "hat 1s and is nol import.anl m
ICIJl1SOr lllOOc:). p<lSSCSSIOO'I and porson.11 valuc5.
Now apply "hat
)oorse1r.
)OU
ha,•e di.SCO\'ercd about
SACITTAIUUS (No><mbu 23 - Oottmhcr
22) Oambhng will 001 longer he the blissrul
pc,stunc 11 one• "'"' to all haPPl' gay \Jchers
Now )'OU' II Icam bow to cam monc) the old
rasluoncd way(stcal 117 .. no cam ii!) indeed,
••«)thing having 10 do with run and froltc \\ tll
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�FROM THE POOP SHEET
by Ace Lundon, Nationally Syndlcaled Columnist
Wcll lo.s.s ma' gnis and buucr ma· oon:,! 01'
Tomnt} Jefferson said a mouthrul, didn't be!
"IJlemal , 1gilancc is the pocc or liberty• Qwtc
a mouthful. bub• Ard tothinlc it came from the
motlb ofThamru; J who was far. far from being
oogelic with lus ucatmcnl. er MISucatmcnl <>f
women and his Stable of sla,•cs 1 gucss tlus
shows-to-go-yo lhcro's 90 much ,aod10 the wCltSI
of us ond :so much bad in the~ of us that 1t's
hard to u,11 which of us ought to refonn the= of
us. huh!1
Jefferson did tune uno reality however ,n
statmg that (F you nnd I as ,.-Ofklcitlunsarc to be
free. "c mll<t be c!<!mallyvo1JJ•dl \ 1gdon1 that
froodorns citizens deserve are gnuncd 10 lhc:m
aoch 1j;l)Mlthat fn,eoomsalread) gamed..., not
taken •WO} from us. A truth for any human on the
l)bnel WJd a furtbcr wJ, we all must deal ,nib ,s:
THERli IS A PRICE TO P\Y PLt 'S AN
l'PKEEPCOSTI
Wb) mu.<t th,; v,g,iaocc be? Arcn't we nn
1ntclhgent people? Yes. but ,·igil3JlOC must be
bc:cawc not all human,, mature at the same rote
and not all humans progn:ss in intclhgeocc at lhc
same rate. Progress ls a detenmnable factor
rcsultang from cduc.alJOn or la<:t lhcrcof.
lgnonancc causes decent people to hecomc
p l ~ buuhcads and bullheads must be h,c
"1th URIJI ?'/ ,
" Dcocnt l>OOl)ie"? Yeah, you koow,hkc• 1(11
or u.s have (,~ks who arc dc«nt people. and.
they're "'"' poins ,n Ute neck or some lo1<cr
c.'<tromitybocausctheirignomnceAI.LO\\'$\hem
to be btl!Qled, preJudiced or "'en hateful u a
LEATHER MUSEUM
'fhc Lcathe, Arctuvcs & Museum, rounded
an 1992. finally has a home of alS own LA&M
boord members Chuck RoMlow and Ton)
DcBlnsc presided o,cr a nbbon ceremony.
<Jp<llllng the firSI museum c'dubot de, <lied to the
lusto,y and dc,·clopnx-nt o( the Leaibo:rsm fcti,h
cornmwu11es uf r-:onh Amenca
Youcanfsndthccxhibit ru !,00'/ N .ClnrtSL
an nuc"go. The Leather Arcluves &. M"""um
occupies a aorermnc a re" doors """Y from the
Cluca!tO Gall'< And 11 shares• carol') ansixred
b) the leather pndc nag" 1th the odJ>Cffl Eagle
l,<1111M:rs Museum hours ore from 4PM to
M1dmgh1 every Satuld;a) and b) appointment.
Phnnc ('.112) 27.5-1510 for further inform.tlll'ID.
The current cth1bot features 11em.s from the
I \&M rollec:t,ons mclud1ng hool<;, m<lg:t,JOC.'S,
pos1ers. run pins, rneodslup prns. club colon.,
promotional 11oms, pbotO!)raphs. origm•l an.
utlcholder """"""· trupb,cs commc:mornu, < and
memonal p,ccc,. and leather items mduJrng •
collection of leather roses b) a, anct) of arosans.
Same ofthc: mQtt Sljtfflficanl ol<OHOn WS)'l3} On!
fhe first as,,11,s ,.r Muttorlnne R,·,·1ev. ( 1957).
T~ Adwxa1e ( 1967) and mnn) other prnt,dia/ls
M~mftQltlt m the struggle fo, "ie\t.1111 l1bcm1100
THE NEW VOICE
result of tbctr small-mandcdness. It all comes to
light maybe ancr they found out "c ore
lonooc,uais. We thus ha, e problems" itb man)
of our nonnallperydoccnt po.n:ntsand relati•cs
bc.:8usc of theot ignorance rcgarding lhc sub.JCCI
of hnmoscxwtlll)
Now, hc:.teros don· t ha,·c a comer on the
ignorance market ho1<c,cr One may find the
same 1gnomocc amongst members of our own
gay and lcsbtao a,mmunily I lu,c )IOU tunod onto
=TV Talk Sbuwsla1ely featuring our own••
We have many ofour own" hothmkof thc.mseh·es
•• being superior Whale Of Black or wha1cvcr
c~tists "ho sec other Races as lM:ing anrenor
Nit" . if tbc!le dear h<oo!tr$ and <a~ were
educated, thcr would Imo" that Sc,cncc ha.•
prcwided US wath roots: fOCIS "hich fC\ cal WC an:
""""'withOntooun:c:Red, YcUa,., 131ack. White.
8"'"'11. Albmo. etc -ONE SOLIRCE! Thus we
arc all n,Jatoo to one IUl<llJ.:r as any rwmly group
1<ould be. We are all cousins, no mauer what
c:olorour skins. o( prooobly a S5dl gcnernll(lla. If
we lrul) knew scientific fllCIS we "ould rcah,.e
there m1¥hl be <1blmg nvalnes ralbtr lhal bal):(lllY
and preJudiCC cxlubited even in our ga) ond
lesbian oommumty
Now what would h3p!lon ,rourdear, Df£ENT
fellow hcl<!=lmo:w the hiSIOI') ofb(Jmose'<Ualat)''I
Knewthclustor)''I YES. t.h:.re 1S A ~USTORY of
EVERY phys,cal OR pluloooplucal present rr
the) lcne" that "hen "o tell <,omc figure of
nneicnt hiSIOl')'\\U.IIS"CWQuldsay. "gay"; what
"ean:actu:111) $1}'"8" as lhat Che) l\'trein•ol•cd
in same-st:.~ acu, ,ucs ··Ga) .. "'BSD ·1 c· cn used to
..
denote homosc,uahl) untal 1969,sh and
"hotoosexualil) """"n't<,·cna"ud until 1869,sh
and we may 1a,o,, tlus oot ma) be the) don't
We DO\, that samt..scx rclatmoships ,,ere cun
total!} acceptable soc,ctnll) for ocnlUT) after
ccalury W c k.noY. bcca.USt' ,u~ ha, eta Rn omc lo
stud)' luslor). but do they kno"? We knell<· at
became un.acccp1ablc to hn, e aamc~sc'i
relat,onships bccau,e II became pohUcall)
profi1ablc to oondcmn ,1 The Rchgaous gmupo
didn't c:~·cn condemn il until later when lhc}
rcaha:d 1toould be U proli1ablc DIQ\COO thctri-,1
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
AND NAP CO-SPONSOR
SPEAKER
David Hltfllcer, M.O. to epeek et
Creighton Aprll 1
David I IUrikcr. M ll, .\1ed1cul Director of
C.ommuruty of I lope I k:allhScn'acesand.Joscph' s
lluu,e., a borne ror men with AlDS "ho "'ere
former!) homclt<S, "all speak ,m lus w0<k on
\pnl I •• 7 p m. 10 Wal,h Hnll o( the Rogge
SClcnct 8utldmg al Cnughton l'niversjt)' A
reccptJOO Dr Halfikcr" ill foll<>"
addres1,
Th1> J)l'Cse111a1ion Is co-,l)Onsorcd b) lhc
:slcbrasko AIDS f'rOJCCI and the Creighton
l no1 e™I) Ccnacr for 1lealth MK) and l..lh,c,<
and Center for J usuce and P1,ace
Dr I la l/ikcns the. o..horof'" o bot>k., Ht<1/uig
,~ Wmmd., and Not All of are Smnts. The
loner "°'k """ the 1\19~ t 1tnstopl1<r \"nrd
Both boolt,arc aboot hlS=n "orkos a ph)~
h,.,
ror
u,
I-or further ,nfonnahon plcase call 1hc
Cmih1,m l ru,•cr>it) Center fn,- I lcalth J\,lac)
and I Ah1c;s ot 280-:Z.0 17
as well My wordl You mean 11 wa,n·1 the
fundits "ho first spouted Mired on thcsamM1n
relallonships
wo3
bcrorc
chc
word
"honl<>S",uahty" came into e<1stell<lC!? Well
lass ma' grits! That's posnutely oorrect?
And ho,. do we too,,, all tlus'I We enn too,,
by eras,n~ i~nomnc:,e through educa1ion II~
JIISTORICALRESEARO I. lt'sal!a,a,Jablcm
Archives around the world for an)one seekan~
release from the bondil,:c of ,gnon,noe g•> and
straight nrch1ves Needless to say. but l wall
anywat, tlus ,s DOI an O\Cmig.bt educational
process. becoming erudite is never overnight
e.. for those sttrugh1s nnd gll)'$ "ho don't wan1
to appear as the ,ooth end o( • donkey png
nonh. ,1 should be a goal SO where mlglat ooe
Sl.'111? l'ortunat.iy r...- you and me there t,wc bctn
sc,mc 1<onderful lnttet·da) publlC8lJom tlus post
quartcr-«ntuty; wluch makes our struung point
much easier than 1t was for our closeted and
uncl-ed pltdecess(l<s as well as the strmglu
co,runurut) -at-large.
M) first sul!&"StiOO would be Yale prof~
Dr. John Oo,r..cll's 1980 ll of Chicago Press
boot titled Chns111m1ry, $«,al Tolerance, wad
Homosuualiry: Gay Peopk ,,. Wosttnt Euro~
from tll<! &ginning of thi! Chr1.man Era to t/o,,
Ft>wtllnth C#:nt11,;•.
Secondly. a
19\).l Alysm Publlcataon.< book
edalcdbyKc, mknrunputlcct BttYJming Vuibl<!
A lw:u:l~r m Gm1 and l..esb,an Hutory•for High
S,·hool and Coll~~ Studems.
Tbcsc two puhhcauons wall p,. )our r«>t on
the ground running. II you desuc lo bnng )'OW>Cll
rrmi agmrancc toeducatod And "hat c• more.
)'OOcnn go from )'0Uri;afcly-o1-home studies ,.-o
the brave new \\'Ot'ld of Museums and An:hivcs
ln1oa \\Qrldo( strength tbrough kno..-ledge.
And that', the .unlght poop from 1hc ~p
Shttt!
.\tr. lo1ndon 1J farmn Mg. Editor o/'/Jppcr
Map.,J~ wtd The r·oast to Coast Ti~ · Hu
a11101>1ograpluca/ l,gac,r: The Closets Arc
EmJX) ThcDinlngRoom'sFulluanlwtfrc,,.,.,
b)• Pond'1"0Sll Pubb.ming HOUSe. Visa/,\ ICorders:
WXJ.3:sf>.9)/
s.
SO. ILLINOIS GROUP
CELEBRATES 25TH
The Ga)•. Lesbians. e,~,ualJ. nnd Friends
(OLBI-) ,s celcbraung its 25th rcumon as •
registcn:tl Student 0<ganv.at1on on .\pnl 12- 14
ln honor or its sil• L'TalUU\ 011181), 01..BF \\ill be
h hootml! a "C',uy-la• cclclnllon
Ong1nall) named 1he Ga) Libcrataon
OrganwitK>n.theBJWpttJ,1000~1.cdaudcnl
statll'I in the Spring of 1971 Thcgroupchanged
,ts name 10 the Gay 1'>of'le's t lruoo ,n 1975, the
Ga)· & Lesbian 1.'ooplcs l noon ,n l<Ji!O. and,
finall), the Go)s. Lesbians, n,se,uals, and
rncnds The group ha• undergone • loni
e, olutionar~ proc.c::ss. Mn, iog to rcnec.t
1nclusi,•cncssnnd di, crsil} ofthe Soulhcm 11 luu,
l 'm'"crsuy com:murul)
The GI) -la cel<brJuon "lM!kcnd wi111nclude
an art sho" b) GLll olunuu et1110ed "Sl1111Ctlunl!
Queer's Oorng On," and aftcrmon f>'Cru<. an
c,orun1 lionquct and oonu:. • chan,pu~'IIC brwlch,
o.nd • lour of the campus Rc~astral!On IS $30 for
nlumn, & fncnd,, I-or more uuQrnllllk10, COOUIC1
Gllll at Maalcodc +125 ~oulhcrn Illinois
L ru> rrs1t). C.,rt,,.nhale, llhoo.s 62901. pllO(I<
61~~·5151 2 e-m111 gl~f5l51 ~1~111cdu
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Cahforma.
When was the nrst gay church rounded?
In 1956. gay nghts piOCICC1'Chuck Rol'land
started the Church ONE Brotherhood. The
'"Ot-.E" ID its title rcfem:d 10 an 1mpor18Jll earl)
gay rights lt)llg,,zincandorgunizatlon. Rowland's
Los Angeles church was sigruftcaau because 11
repre<t'nled ao early ottcmpe by fl>"' and lesbians
to organae the it spiritual lives ma gay context.
bit it ".,.. short-li•cd. ben:ly la.sung a )'CBJ'.
There were no gay clrurches or synagogues
an the late 19.'iOs O< early 1960<. although <ihcr
l"l' anstimtions expanded significantly dunng
!hat lime In fact. 11 wasn' t until 191',8 lhat Rev
Tro) Perry and about a dolen ga} Chnstian.,
fOWJdcd the Metropolitan Community Church
(MCX::,,again io Los Angeles. Since its rounda111,
MCC bas aanlcd to be a oon-dcnomaoational
church ioclusi•c of gays and lesbians of au
rclig:aou., tradilloos
In its earl) years. Los Angeles MCC had
difficult) finding a location Iha! would allon at to
rcn1 spocc 10 hold services. Perl). 31ong walh
leaders of the Meuopolitan Cocn01UD11 0,urches
y
5pnog:ang up an other cities. rtspOOdcd b) rais1Jl8
mollC)' to purchase or buatd buildinis of their
own Whale tlus IDilially P.rov a
ded MCC
wor.;lupcrs "lib a ·..re space · for praier and
fcllo--·slup, 11 also provuleda larget for those noo
hated ga)·• but cspec,all) loathed the idcn oh gay
chwch. A""'11Sts WCIC bl:Jmed for rnassJVe fiaes
at MCC San Fraocisco io 1972 and MCC Los
Angcld io 1973.
MCC has growo r.,p,dl) m the ncarl) 30
)cal'S since ats foundmg. Wld now boosts more
lhan 32.<XX> members on closo IO 300 churcbc5 in
-IS states and 16 COOJllf1C>
Dand Baunn>. \1.A .. reaches gov and labi011
history and polmr.s ill th~ tnsr,1u1~ of Gav curd
l..tsbian £d1,co1ion m w,,r Hollywood. Ifrhet! ·s
anylllifl/i about IM IUSl()l')I of gays and/ r /esl,,cu,s
o
or
Was Barney Frlllll< the llut P Yconivts11111an?
1'0. Frank wasUie first oong,cssman toeome
OUI as y.iy by lus own choice. blA there have been
several other gay and prooobly-gay members o(
Con.gress ovc, the ) cars. Some were e.ix-t
"bile in office (uslllllly because of an ams, ror
pubhc se,). and some canie out after n,tlremcDI.
Some examples of members or Congress
who were c.,ix-t for purswng gay''" whJle an
office:
• l'\cw Yof1c Oclnocml Fred Ricbmood, who
was charJ!Od in 1978 whh Plying a 16-year-old
boy for sex
• Righi-wing Republican Jon HiMOtl, who
pied not guilty incooncctloa
his two arrests
for public sex wlulc moffice: oncm 1976at 1he
lwo Jama Memorial and again five yC81S latcr in
a House office bualding The Mississippi
represcntntivc l:11cr admincd. "I look back now
end Ste Uun I ~11s a gay man uyrng to he to
myself.'"
• rellow nght•wmger Rohen Bauman. a
Republican
Maryland, who I06t his bid for
nxlection m 1980 an the face or publ1c1ty about
his arrest for soliciting sc, with a 16-year-old
boy Bauman at first denied being gay and
claimed 10 be cured of his " homose,ual
tendencies... but a few years later be came out
publicly. ulumatel)' writing a book detailing lus
life as a cl°""Uld. anti•!?") COOgll:SSlll3ll
Other members of Congres.• came out or
"""' revealed as gay or hl.<exwl afterthey ,cured.
One e.umple is Rcpub~can Ste" ar1 McKinnc)
of ConnectJcUl, "ho ID 1987 became the first
formetmcmberofCoogrcss1odieof AIDS Thus
far, no female nicmberof Coogress has oomeOUI
in offw:e or after lcav1Dg Washington. although
mao) gay acti•ist.s in lhc capital can privately
name several who are lesbian bul "dt'lct""t "
,.,lb
rrom
There arc Cllm'llll} l.hrecopcnl) gay members
o( Con~, scrv ing 111 Waslungton. each wath an
amercstang SIOf)
• Massachusetts Dcmoe1111 Oerry Studds.
who an 191!3 was ccrn,urod by the House for
hav111gse, wilh a 17-year-old m.,le coogrossional
page not long a!kr he was first elected to the
llo""" UJ 1972. S1U<ldsrupoodod totheccnswe
by proudly affinning bis bomo8c,uali1y · ard has
been rc-<:lected si• umes since commg out.
• Fraok, also of Massachuscus. who came
out 10 an 1nacrvicw with lhc.Bosto,1 Globe in MAy
1987. Frank was mvolvcd 1n a scandal a few
years later involving a rormer prostitute "-ho
worked for him and chumed he u;,cd Frank'$
Washington home as a base for pro,,11tu11on.
Fnlllk was rc:pntmndcd by Con~ in 1990. and
has since bccn re-elected lhrcc limes. l..asl year,
Frank wos in the news because I louse MajOrity
Leader Dick Anne) had "acc,dcntally" rc(c,rod
to him as "Barney Fag" while spcal<ang to
reporters.
• Stc,eGunderllooofWiscon.<in. whoas the
canmcmberofCoo8""'firstopclll) Pl Rcpub11
ln 1991 , a ga) actJVLSI confronled Gunderson in a
suburoon Washington bar. throwing a drink on
his face wheo he rcfU!lcd to commtt 1ocm,111iOU!
pubhd) The mcidcot was reported In the mc:daa
both in the capital and m \\'1S'10fl.sm, and
Gunderson slowI) ol(Wcd 1owatd grcatcr suppon
for gay-rights 1SSUCSa, well as increased openness
abocl his own sc,ual orientation_ Oy 199,l, he
had oome out puhhcly mtheJ\d>'<l<'Ott, and was
returned to off In lbe Republican sweep that
ace
1'm·cmbcr.
Ne,lherStudds nor Gundcmon as runrung for
rc-clccuon tbi• year. so II as possible the
Congress10MI Gay CaUCIIS "all be down to one
member nt:t\ )eat. I lowcvcr. two new openly
you ·.-e iJJ-..'<l)'S ...ondertd llbo,,1, (OIIIOCI ham car•
of1/us newspop,,r or through 1w E-mtJil address:
anb,anro~·QDl.com.
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE GETS HEARING
by Scott Winkler, Citizens for Equal Protection
On Februaf) 28.theJudlciaryCommittccof
the Nebmsl:a Legislature held public i-ings Oil
U3 1260. Tlus bill would legali,.c and nx:og,uu:
5ll/llC•$C< marriages ID the State.
1'be heanng room for the tc:stamoni "as
filled to capocal) and lhc overflm. crO\\d was
able to monitor the procec:dmgsonscrccns in the
hallway 0.-S!dc the bc:lnng room. As
the
,.o,tplace nondiscrimination bill. lhc g;iy and
lesOOIDOOIOIDUnll) WO.Ver) well ICprcscolcd by
people from Unooln. Omaha and thcsurroundmg
,.,th
·-
13) for. the majori1y of those m attendance
supported lhc bill Scmtoc Ernie Chamber, of
Omaha. the bill's sponsor. antroduccd IJ3 1200
andt$Jfiedfirst mfavoroflhc bill O<causcpy
and lesbian cooplcs cannot be lcpnll> roamed.
Chamber,; 531d, they are dcrued the legal rights
and brneOti given lo botcroscuml married
couples. s uch as J<>tOI msurancc pohc1es. u,
advanlill!C", the nghl to make mcdtc11l dcruions
ror a spou.<.c, retiaemenl bcocfiL, and boop,rnl
' ' l!->llOUCk1 nghts.
\ ' olunrnr} relat1onsb1ps bc1"ec.n
ll(ffll()SC.,uals, he said. hurl no one Md an: nn one
tlsc'• business. Chambers stated thnl as loo!! as
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be was ln lhc legaslalurc, issues relaung to
homosc~uals would conhn.ue 10 be discussed.
even thoogh many people are oJ)PO!'cd In such
dJscussion.
Otbcr lb.in Chambc~ 16 people testified io
faY<.,,.c.iL81260 Man) "erep}SOndlcshlans
"ho srud Lbc) were 1nvu l,·cd m 1001,1 term
monogamous relauonslups KnSlcn Job of
Lmcoln. a le>bian ,n•ol•·cd 1Dsucb• rclallonslup,
S{ud the issues of samc~ moma1,?es ~'BS ..a
sc,
oosac cavil nj!hls as.sue "
Shoroo \'oo Butscl (edltor<>fTI"' N.,., Voict/
tcsUCied "ilh her prutncr o( c1ght )taN. Carla
Pctcr..cn and :1&1d the) o"·n • oomc and car
togclhcrand had croda1 canlstogeth<r "\\c h•c
a nomial morned lifo." she said " fhc God""
bcl1c.,·c in kno\\'S \\'t nrc mo:med. Our In cs arc
entwuied - Wld thlll wtll not ch.,n.i:<, rcprdlcss
of" hat happens "1th lhas bdl Htl tt is 11npor131•
lo b:.n e !1,0CJal .stalus It 1 ,mponnnt hl 1.1$ IOhe
s
11111mod •
Man I c~hcu~. c1iccut1\re director or the
Aruc.rican C1\'II Liberties l tnion m ~cbrJ~.ka.
s:ud he bclac•cs the ,1ntc k>d no muonat bosas for
prah1bmn~ tame q ' ( marna,c,
Such 11
prolubtuon. he said, seems to , ,.,late the 14th
Amendment of the U.S u llbtllUIIOII. "bich soys
l1'll nostate <hall deny :my pcn,oo equal pmtecuon
under the I•"
fiighl pt.'Oplt spoke an ewosruon 10 U3 1200
Among them were lloog l'attoa of the C11muan
CoolilionWld Guyl.11 M1llso(lhc Ncbrosk.a l11mily
Olunst'I Those 1noppos1uon coulddohnJc man:
lhanplny upoostcrcctypesof se~ual bell."''°' • usual tactic or rclig10us pohtJClil etltt.mlSL\
such a, the«: ory.uw.auons
Jlm Cmm1n,tw.m. e:<ecll.1\ e d1root.cK or lhc
Nebraska C.athohc Conference. ronunued the
Cathoj IC 0,u,ch•>hatd line rel aglQUS oppr""5IOO
o,med nl ga) and lcsbaa.n rcln11onsh1p<
Cwttnnl\h,,m k\ld Se.n.11ors. "1'ot to be m"lcd b)_
the rhelonc o( mdl\ adunl nptts aod <qwaht)
The
tmma"°'hesaad. is o,,e o(
IDSllltlJOn:al defirutaon and not ,,r ch al nj!hLs
The Cl!lhohc Cbun:h or ooy Olbcr n:h~ous
10S11tulKln. doM not h:.we the np:ht lo dtfirc. 1n 1b
""'n
can I ard le81'1 rc:~iuon.<hips undcrlhc
JUnsdlCllon of the <Ulte
A, of Uu• wnbJll!, the Jud1c1•f) Olmnuuec
b.-.1 not > ,·,~r<hlCI 1.8 1260.
et
f:d11or', Not< I.B / 2(,(} ~'0$ "'" >
'<lled 0,11 of
Conututtu.
or
as.uc,l(""'"'.""''
term.,.
THE NEW VOICE
�ANATOMY OF A GAV
PAT BUCHANAN SUPPORTER
Justin Raimondo" •n upcnl) gay l1lilll " ho
believes that, "PIil Buchanan is ab<olutel} lhc
he<;; llung for Amcnc.1 • A longume octi••1S110
c:on.iCnnti,c Md t.,bcnanan cm:tcs. Raimundo
bcodcd Buchanan's opcrnllon m San f'f3flC1:SCO in
1992 and is •
·oluntccnng ro, lhc 1996 campai!1)'l
. , ,,.,., noconlb<,t between mi po111ical beliefs
and mi """""'" hfc, .. said Raunoodo, 4-1 • 1.10 ng
bomosc,uaJ IS not like bcmg • Libertarian"' a
SOClallSI. "
RJ>,mondo's political affiUatioo Oies in tho
faa:oflhc \ 1cwsor many f!II) IJOOl>le" hoC<lllSlder
Buchanan 8 ln!l')I and ha1emonscr. BuchaMO
has said he would kecpopcnl)
people<JUI of
lhc lop White I louse pooli00$ , eleel<'d llul.
accoolinit 10 Raimondo. !he candidolt lmows and
appan:nlly o."'511'1 care Iha! his San l·rooasco
suppotter IS gay
"The "hole 8") agenda is JUSI a sham.·
Rrumoodo smd. "Tho" hole I.lung IJlcy Sil) lhat
P,,1 Buchanan "anlS to round us all up and ..,nd
us 10 oonoentmtion C8Dl(l8 isju,,t a bunch()(crJp
li'sa heandasmc.1r Ile \\Ck:omcs g'J) workers
m his ampa,gn lie docs no1 t/unk thal
homose,uahl)' ...11 lhal great o llung. BUI I don't
need his approval Why docs ani l"l pcrsoo
need anyone's beoowc11oor
Ra1mcno., ..,d a pcrsoo's sc,ual ooenuuion
should be a printemaucr nod lhal 83) or lesbton
people st.;uld oot "force UlClr se,ualily on an
gu'/
um, 1U1.Q8 pubJic''.
Rmmoodo,a New York nau,·c who has ll'ed
1n San Fmncc'IC<> for 2-1 )~. no1 agn,c \\1th
AFFIRMING THE ONES
YOU LOVE
Dee MoinM Conference for
lluchanan oo c, Cl) issue "1 am pro-cholCC, bul FamiliNIFrlends of Gays, Lesbians,
I agree "1th ~ much 1hn1 Pn1 Stands for I le hn,
Blsexuala, Tranagendered Persons
rcnllv gone be)ood righl and leR 10 n:>1
13111;, llus
On Sa1urda}, \pnl
l'l}moulh
counll) .. lluchaMJ1 did "roco the fore.. uni "' Congregational Church "111 13, an all da)
~I
1he scc:ond cdiuon ot R1umoodo' s 1993 book. confC:rcnce targctmg the fanubc, a.nd Jnel'ds of
"RC<!lainu ng 1he Amcncin Righi· The l.osl
gays, lc,bian.,,
aod traru.gcndcrcd
l,cgac) of the C'ooscrvnti• e Mo, cmcnt •
l)CJ5()11S
of llu, oonfcrcncc ,<
1lis pcn:cp11onQ( B11chan;1ns
gay• qucs11aosThe goal lhu;c atlL'n<hng 10 be 1.0 ans" er
and help
coof
adcnt
does noi sit ""'II n 1tb San FIIUICISCO Supcn "or
1'c
Tom Amllllano, "ho tS ga) The e~ecuh'1C enough IO be affimung ()( tho6c the~ 1
The kc~llOlcspcakcr, C'llaoles Bncm.~I DI• ,
direcwtof 1.og Cabu1 RcpubllCllllS. RiclmdTafcl,
,s urging ,ga) .,.\mencan~ IO help dcfeol the: o..nd As.'iOC1nte Conference Minister of lhc- lown
conscrvau,c comn,cn1ator "The Republican C<>nf•renoc of the l1111l<<l Church of Clinst. ood
port) 1Sbcg,nnios 10 reap the b3rvcstof pandcnng at1h·c l'fl.AO member, "111 speak on "flow
10 the far ngh1: Tafel said. "lluchnnan', ScnplUre Affirms - Workshop SCSSIOOS \\ill
irrcspo11S1 rheloric oboUI gays nnd lcsb,nns mcludc M:.u:ra.J thotcc.Ci from such lltlc.:.. as
blc
sboutd ciusc all Amencuns IO shudder Stopping "Subsiancc Abuse ond Suicide.· "Ooc1d1ng 10
Pai Buchanan 00\\ should be the 8()(11 of c•cry llavc a l·amll) ... "Flccomin# • Fam1li,·
··Amrnung Your 0•) Purco1s.· "Lc~al
gay •od lesbian Amcncan ..
You can COnlact JlLSlm Raimondo al !use- S11ua1Joos, • "Social, \\'orkplaa:, and Fanul)
mail address· munoodo<ti'anl1"111.com or , ISll Occasions," "Adults Affinmng ,\dolcsccnts,"
• \ffinning Yoor FellO\\ S1udcnts.···eut 10oo·1
his "ch site 11 hUp-· """'"' munondo ant.1'14'#.~'"1 Kuo" Wba1 to Do." and "AIDS and Sc,uall>
Tran$1Rilled Diseases·
Rcg,strnllOn isonl) S3 fortheda) You ma)
aoo pun:hase lunch for ~0<>0<1 ""'Y brnig )01"'
own. Tu rc1i<lcr ror the ,,. ort shup \Hile
"Mlirmmg lhcOncs You Lo,c" 4126 lngcrscO
,\Yc,_, Ocs Moines. low-a .50312, Of call (SIS) 25.5314').
If )OU want 10 ux:reasc your busrncss b)
Tlus "orbh<,p" mode po.ss1blc lluoogh the
n:nclting (6(X) road<I$. s1io,, uag )'>ID' (Xidc. and
r:urt ~I W11l11s foundallon, Pl)mouth
S\lpl)OrtlDB theGIJJI' oommun,ty.call L)1lll~ lam, Coowegauonal C'hurch, I 11" ~ moan.in Church
at491-l0651<,oo,cn,sc in the 1996 l'ridcGuadc. ofni:sM01ncs.SupPOrtJ,·cSlralght<.ru1"Pfl..\O
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�NATIONAL NEWS
SPONSORS WITHDRAW
FROM S. DAKOTA EVENT
THREE STATES FIGHT
PRIVACY ISSUES
"BLUE VELVET BALL"
TO BE HELD IN ST.
JOSEPH MO
AJch-<ooselvativepoli1JCJmsu1Solihl)ikoca
Tennessee and Montana Ill'), lesbian and
may ha1•e sua:essfull)' gollcn an Ollli·tl")' mamagc blse,ual c, lw:ns ha1 • scored maJor • ictories in
'
law off the ground and onto the books. but thei, thcswgitle fortherighttopru"C). O,Unsrnbolh
"The Prom You Never Had"
efforts may have scnously deflated a major SIJltes fowid sodomy laws to he unoonslitwonal.
The Midland Empire Task l'orce on Ga} &
international t>illooning cvcnl in the !ilntc.
Ckncrnlly, - Y laws cn,runaliu an:11 or oral Lesbian C
..ooc<n1s ooscd m SL J=ph. Mi.ssoun
ThesU<XlCS!l<"theGovcroo,'sCup.apc,pulm sexbetweencooscnttngadulti,,C\cn,nthepn•"C)' "ill be holdm~ tho fillll annual "lllue Vcilct
event fcaturin~ top oauonal and 10tcrnational o( lhc:ir homes, hctcr<lSCxual adull.'I Included.
Dall" oo Saturday. Apnl 13. The "Blue \ 'eh ct
bollooniSIS. has been threulCned b)' the possageof
A January Ten-appeals court decision Bell" "111 be "tht prom )OU nc1 er had" but
1-1811-0intolaw. Thce1•eotwasschedulcdtobe ruled tht state's sodom} law uneonst11uliooal certa,nl) dreamed abouL Tlus "'JI be iour
held this June. HBI 143 bM.s lllC recogniuon o( h<aluse it infnngodooac1tizen'snghttopn•ac) oppoo.un1l) to ani,nd a Prom
the same·•«
same-sex mamage In tbc stalC - ll wu signed under Slate eooslituuon, Tennessee' s sodomy portncrofyourchoice(or not),cornplcte "'tJ,all
inlo law bY Governor Bill Janklow
"'", the Homo,ic:cuol Pmctices Act. spccif1CUlly of the dance m11S1c. punch, pepcr ,1reaincrs.
South DoJcota natm:s J:,aiucs Soukup and targets same-se,, consensual sodom) The nurrored boll. and otbct Prom decor
Kirt Thomas, longti1nc portners. plulanllllopiSls. meaoun: remains enforccablc pending an appeal
METr Pnmden1 Randall Cupp commeoted
mvc:SlmCntconsultrulls.lnlematiomllyrocogni,.ro
In Moobna. achSllldCOUrl found
that '1' h•• isthc fir<IC\' CIII oftluSl)'J)CIOe,er be
balloonists and NOLTF members. canceled sodomy law unconstilulional and granted a held 1n St. Joseph This will be • unlque
pcrm.1nen1 mJunetion against 1hc ''"' L..t e oppomiru1yno1ort1yforlhelocalgayandlcs~
supportoflllC(lovemor's Cupin protest.
In• sharply worded staten>C11l lO tJlC Cup's Tcnocs90C:. theoourtfoondtbclaw ,n violation of communll), but also guests from other
orl!3JUnngcommince,$oulrupandThooiass,ud. a c11i1;,n's right 10 privacy under 1he state commurulte>. II isaur gool fc,r the " llluc Velvet
·we cannoc in j!OO<l conscience be associated COll.'ltilution. ThcvictocyinMonamiscspcciall) Ball" tobeanonoualcvcn1ooc,Ct)'<>ne'sSOC1al
with a go,·ernment that has juSI l)OSS«l a mean• signif,cnn1 u ii cainc onl) cle<cn mQntb., after oalcndar " Tbc "Blue Vchcl Oall" will be•
s'J)intod and batcful piece of le!?'slation thal huns right-wmg lcfislotors usc,d the state' • QOdom) fundruisi ng C\ enl to support th< projects and
us. hurtS lllC 60.000 l!"Y aod lesbian pe<)p1e of tnw, the l)cv,a1 Sexual Conducl Siatutc, as act1>ittes of the Midland Empuc Ta~k r,orce,
e
Soull Oruwla.huns membcr!Jof ourfamilitsru,d JIISIJf,catton fora"pyrell)SlraJJoobiJI'' The blll organi,.cdlhrceyearsagoaalocal 1espousctolhc
ultimau:ly the people of South l)akota •
was defeated allcr massive public outcry.
proposed antJ·PY Slate\\ Ide pctiUOIL Since Iha&
Soukup and Thomas arc major flgun,s on lhc
Meanwhile. the Kentucky i•>'· lesbian, umc the l1fOUP Im sluf\ed <fforts to commwut)
1n1emat1ot1al spon aviaiion scene. They have bi,c,ual and tran.~gtnder eoounun1t) is bolUing proJCCIS and 11CU•1bes m the area
won numerous race awaid< and halloomog ameodmeolSIOl"obillsthat\\OUldn:cnlllUliW1.c
Thl>"BlucVclvetBaJl"11opcn10membersof
citations and played a key role in the crcauon of 5<Jdom>. TllC Kentucky Supreme (".ourt struck the gay 1esblnn Ill commWUI)' and our suppc,ners.
lhcSoutbl.)Jk<llaCiol·crnor'sCup, TheyfOODdc:d down the state's sodom) Jaw in 1992 as T1ckl.1!$arc$12.30caehandm3) bepwch.'lSCdm
the Soukup and Thoma$ International 8alloon uncoostilUlloool.
advaoceonl) (ltc.kct>"ill not besoldatU,cdoor)
Accordini 10 the Naooml Ga) and l.esb1an Ticl<cti> ma) bt onlered b) sending o check or
and Airship Musewn in M11Chell, SD The hsa of
theirwortrorlhega} community $(Uonandon
Tosk Fun:<,'s Righi 10 Pn11•:> Map o(the. l ' S, money order.
with )our nameo.nd oodrc:ss
The two bodplnnnedtoscneasCupo(ficials liveotbor .iales - J\rtall5IIS, Kansas. Mi$SOU11, to Midland Empire Task Rxcc, PO Box 8233.
oodcvenl organizers before the bll peSS<'d. 1'ben: Oklahoma. and M31) Jund - cnnun:~1zeSClCloln} SL Jooepl~ ~ 10 6,lj(ll Onlas m\lSI be received
will probably be no measure,,., saew,vdqudgcs, only hcl\\een perso11s or lllCSllr11e sc, Flfleen I>) \pnl 3 Tickets and detailed mfnnnollon on
me\OQrolog,sts or Jury members,· "8id Soukup otllc:r>1Dlc:s ha, cenforceablcsodom)' la"s on the the loc:.11100 ,.;11 be mailed to '"" addrdS )'OU
aod Thomas. "S111ce we know most compctili•t boob perta1rung 10 both sn,nc.5ex and opposite· promle. by first class mad For o,e,n,ght Of
balloonists world" Ide. "e will rnfom1 them of se, prutnm. T1<C111yeigh1 Sllllesarc
saaies" c.,press dcl11·ery. please 1ocludc an oddiuonal
lhcacuon.<ofthcSoccbClaknlago•etnn1CDland
Torccc:iveanupdalodNOLTl'sooomymap, $20 per order lo co••cr slupping charges &
...,11 chsc:ourage any()OC from OllCnding this e,ent send S2 to NOLTl"Publlca11oos. 2320 17th SI handling.
b<,ld in $uch an inbosp,table 51alC '
NW. WashinglOO, OC 2000!)
For OlCmbc!Ship 1nfoonall01l on the MJdlaod
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JIMMY CARTER
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REPUBLICANS
Former Pn:s,dcnt Jinuny Outtr ha~ wn11Cn a
•... a poet of the dlserifranchlsed, speakmg
Jor...those whom many In America woulcf
like to silence ...
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conuncntlr) 1nlhelos J\l!S"lu Times, cnucwng
the Republican prcsidcnt1al campwgn'• attacks
on ga) and lesbian Amtncans.
ln the oommenwry, carter s,ud. "We musl
make II clcll! thal a plalfonn rl ·1 hate ga) men
and \\MlCO' IS not a WllYIO booomc l'rcsldcnl of
the lfrulcd SlalCS,"
Kcny Lobel. l)cp\lty 1)11"1llor rl 1hc Nauonal
Gay and l.csbtan Task foia:, "role tbc former
l're<idcnt lh.1nkmg lum for lus commcol.at) in the
U. T11nes "We apploud )'OU (or modr.hng IM
pnnapled mocaJ kadc!!iluplhat woshoulde•poct
from those holdmg orscciong elected office Wt
commend you for recogni,,ng tbal the"' aic.somc
"bo-.ould aucmp.10 use old fears and l,"tJud,ces
to .,Jup up homophobic. ,.,J<isl and raaSI halre(L
•
\• )Qll know, the myths, stcrOOlypes and he.
•
RSl;(X,'.1atcd with Uus kind of l•!'JSl>tion am"'"'"°
harassment. m1olcrnncc and even "1olcncc •·
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�Happy Hour Daily 3-8pm
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Draws&
Well Drinks
Daily Specials
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Monday - Men•s nite
Reduced prices for the men.
Tuesday~ Beer Bust
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Wednesday - Ladies' nite
Reduced prices for the ladies
Thursday - Karaoke
Come down and sing along
1401 Jackson St.
( 402) 346-3030
�LOCAL NEWS
TESTIMONY FOR JOB PROTECTION
February 5, 1996 Before Nebreeka Buaf,-. & Labor Committee - Text Provided by PRAG
K,\Rl.01.SON· Ootxl af1
cmoon. m) name •olU< S)~cm. 11\.11 I,.._, no lonl!"rallo"-.d lolcl lhing bul inapp<lPnnte M) resumct<OOI •boor·
is Karl Ol'On Karl is spelled with a "K" and
/?")~ and lcslllwL'I""' ow scmcc,,, lh:n ,rlhc) did ns'II, sick. or urunornl llel\\ccn 1990ond 'l>l, Ill)
Ol•on Is spelled 1\llh an "s,o.n" (b•h•bil I)) u1<1wre 1h.1l lhc) were lo be lold 1ha1 OOIJ,ini was 1><0pnm·s 111comc increased nlmo<l 1hreefold.
Mortin Luther Kini sa)'S, ~we are callj!hl m an m odablc 10 lhcmc1·co ,rit n:ally wns I wish tbal One program alone lbal bad been scr,·int 300
1nescipoblcna1H1rkol'mU1uabl) oed ,nas,n,le )\'Ml could «pcricncc this ns )'Ou coo.sider I. B peoion,when I am1cd "as'lCrl'lng nearly2.000
Jarrn<nl of dcstln). Whalo,·er affccts
di· 903 I ,nfOf"nl(,d my supe" ,so, that I did not pets0ns "hen I leli. I super, iscd up 10 20 pGII·
n:cli). ol'fcclS nll 1nd1n:ctl) nus ,s the 1n1om,. under.,1and how tlus bla1an1 form or ch.<enmina- 11meoolJcgc-n~•tnlT. m.,)bc your kids. And, ,r
toted structure or realil) " \\'ha&c•cr all'cctS nic llOO (i1 in .. ,thoor mission. I lold lum lbal I could one ol'\hc$e had c:ar lroublcand c:ouldlfl make 11
din:oli), arfcctS you indtrecll). and here's some noc<Xlll5ClClllKlUSI) disc:nmt!l31C"!!llJINtul) l!JWP lO work, I would pick them up. I held "ori:sOO!>'l
o/'thethm!?' lhnl ha•·c aff<Clcd me du-octl). This ofpeoplc, lhal I would hn•·e ton:rcrthosc inquir• ot regional conferences nnd had articles pub;, real 11mc In 1990 r began workinJ for a ,estohun.nnd I oskcd tum 101\'0000Sldcr In 19'>1, hshed ,n trndc pubhcallons I J1U1 my ""'k po..-s
nooprofil, humnn sen ice org&Jllt.ahon ,n Un- I pru11c1poU:d in• public forum. l wrotca leucr IO on or,c leg at a hme JUSI bk• CYCl')'O"" •lsc. Yet,
coin I was l.h nllcd lo get lhc job. ll was lhe lhecditoroflllc Dal/\•Nebrosianoo lhe issue al' I wa<lold repc:a1edly, '""">~ Lhal were subtle )<l
pcrf<Cl opportunil) My pos,tion allo\\ed me to ga)~ and lesbian.• heinp lured b)• a -1-1 1camp. a unm,<lllkablc, that l)ocausc l wn., ga). I was of
be crcat,vc, to use CUSIOO>Cr service skill~ I had hol tOj)ic at \be lune I e,presscd ID) suppot1 of less •olue. If I \\OU)d pl•> by their rules and
hootdovcr1imctoc:rc:uech.wgcond1mpro.elhe lhcurutelSll)'snood~nunntionpolicyr«ga)'ll •ngage m unollucnl prae11ccs, r would he IIC·
qualil)oflife fonhousnodsof yooUundadullSiJl and lesbt.ms,aod I did no1 make rer.n:nce 10 ID) ccptcd. ff I "ould keep ID) moo.th shut, I "oold
,hos commurut) And the pay wasn'1 that bad, '""l<placc rt.:day af1<,r ,1,.,,. publish<d, both be re"arded Ir I derued this mtegml pon of
cilllcr. Thc0<pru,ationdid hn•cnoan1id!scrimt· m) supcMsor and I were called 10 mcel in lhc myself, I could find a ploocat lhelllblc. ~I) hcas
nnhon polic). bul se,ual oocnlllt1on was no1 CEO's office The CEO and ID) supen•isor a gay JlC"'OO is nol ulhen:otJ) nusembk I bait
amoog lltosc c:uegorics for ,-hich one is pro- pmc:ccded 10 1011 me lha1 "hat I had oone was wonderfully supporu•c friends, but rriends do
lcctcd from workplaai dlscnnl,nntion. In 1991, ,nappropiaw. Thnl b) name rCCOj!rullOO alone. I noc ooolribute 10 my r<11remcnl fund
m) supervisor. m a wtctl) <laff' mcebnj!, in- was represc11U11i1 c of lhc organ1za1ion lhnl I
I hck,ng lo• chun:b e<.>mnluntl) lbal affinns
fonncd the Slaff lhal he v.'OUld nc1cr knov. ingl) ""rkcd for The) q11CS1JOOCd my rclaoonslup 10 nnd celebrates my sc,uallly, blll church doesn'1
lure gays and lc,ooins m hi.,dcpartm<nt. lhal gay,, lite orgaruza11011·s nussion. and. ulhrooltl), !he) pa) my rem each month. ~ 1) nlOlher love$ me
nnd lesb"1ll! were oot nppropriall: for 1h1s work. qucstioocd m) su11ablenes, for tlus job I had hke all her children. straithl or ga), and she
worked rorOl<r \hre,, )'-"'r> \\'e though& lhings "oold nm lo my dcfcnsc ti I "ould let her, bul
And lhcrc I "115, a 8") JIC""-"' dotog Llus "°'t
Thcrewll.'lnosh.'llllCorshynessonmysupcmsor·s were !l"'•R "ell, m) ,upcrnso,-sa,d. bul
c,cn mom c:an·1 g" c me profes."onal cenificaparl. rns ,nfomllll h,nng polo<:,es "ere perfect!) are compel)<>! 1r1 re-crnlu:uc your future ,..,lh this t,onor set me thal prumo1ion \Vilh L.13 903. )'HJ
legal I wish l"" could c.,pcricncc "Ital I""" organ11.ntion l ""h \Ml)® could c,pcncnce hnvclhechwatooffcr me lhcpn>ICCl,on I ncod
rcchng then. oot !hall wnnl confUSlon and poin lo this os )'OU consKlor Ul 903 I mformod both the ;o thal I can do the 1vork lhnl I am quahficd for 50
visil )<Mlrhouse. bu150U.,1lhi.,o.\pericnceoould CT.Oand m) supcn•,soflhat I hadnointcnt,ono( tha1 lcanscr,clllcsoac:l) lha1 f'mo porlnl'!iOlMl
,nfonn )'OU as )'OU ma.l<c yourdocl.sion regardmg n:Jinqwslung my right lO the pubbcdiscourS<! and ioucan benefit fl'OO'I ffl) prod\lctlvit) I ,hnuldn'l
U3 903. I.ctcourse. uiformcd my •1111cr,·1SOrthal lbal •pc•klng or, behalf ur JU51Jee, eqwti and hn>c io "llfl)' aboul II l•ll ",u hnppcn ,f sonlCQflC
I disagreed ,..,th hs< hiring pohcyand asked that compassion. r fel1 lha1 I hod done 'Omtlhing thal rn lhe worlcplacc findsoUl lh.'ll I um gay I don't
he a1 ICISI recons,oo \he value lhal gais and
"as ~ood. Th" umc I did no\ ast them 10 hehc10 ll 1, a proper c<pec1tll1on lo Ml silent!)
lesbinns could bring to hisdeportmcnl In l!m. recoosidtran)llunJ. I <1<2111\llh 1h1<00,1froma- "tule mysupcr,1sordc~s mi brO!Mrs and
• µy and lesbian religions groop had contractocl uoo m the way I had been tram<ld. w,lh oommoo S1S1ers Du I , - I to m.iic lhe dcci,,'J<lO hctW<'Cn
10 use our organmwon·~ roc,htic,; and «n,cc-. sense. ,n1cgnt), and ev•n mumllt In earl)' 19'.>S cnuos lOOlOITO\I 11nt1'1andio~ up ror my dogrut)
This eoolract was processed lhrouJ~,:;:/' <1rtic:e
I "'"' 1()(cd emplO)te of 1he )<a< for th<, )tar Does Nebraska'sec011(111}) need me lo IDilke the
/\ficrlhc c•tDl, mysupcr,,,or tnli
me lhal 199-1 Two month.• lator, I lumcd mm> rcs,gn:,
dcc1S1on IO he here O< ha,e pndc ,nm) "urk1
j?ll)'sandlcsb,w,sd,d in fil onroourorj!a!W..auon's uon. M) 1enun: w,lh this orpni:i.nuoo ""' any• Docslhc ctl) rJ lanooln. "hen: 1lne. ""'"'"' Ill
, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , a ralAl o( 1.33 pc:n:cnt, need me IU ck, tho\'/ 0)
supportmJ l,13 903. )OU "111 sa•c mi ngh1 10 n
'" ehhood anJ lhc '" •~hoc.ids or 1boo.sands o4
gays and lcsbial\$ Let us be 1HtJ<1ucu,·e \11lll<U
•• - u Ju"I..Z <"U bn r c- t ha,mg our self r<SJJ'OCI dcsuo)cd l,e1 us ""'k
",lbool rear.•\nd 1honk for lctuni me pu1 u
race on Llus bill
Sl;NATOR \ ' RTISK.\ Thank )(l<l 1cry much
'111y J, J ,,n,I .,
\re lhcreqoesuon.<7 (Clappmg) We' ll no!
scene., of dcrnooSlrtllJt)O f roru either '\idc I nant
Jll l"' f'"'
10 make tllal clear I awrcc1a1e "hal you're
'""' f .,,,.,Ii,;' ,.,.,,-1.. IN •1'
<l<Mng. bul Ibis ,s a hc:iring.
Sc.'IATOR CJIA\1HURS: I hn1c one q,.:suon.
.Jt,1,f,u1rl. Jl,,11
In addition 10 "'" ,ng • d,<enm,ru1l0r) f)<ll1c)
S7 ti\' m1f, rnnwl .,.·,,:-im t11J.-1·1 .,u,h
agrunsl gais. Llus
\\boc•er he O< she wus
lhal """ )oursupem,;or. woold ha,coomp,:llcd
.f.q 1"11.' .'JnN'r,,I ,,,f,,1101111,
)OU 10 lie. Cllso, to ='l' OU\ or unplcmen1 lllat
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KARI. Ol.$0:S Yes.
C'Hr\MOl: RS: So, ,f )OU \\Cre. bar. )OU \IOWd
oppn>fl1111lcl> fit ",lh \be oompan) and "hal il
"aS<loln!!, bul, 1r )OU \\,:re hotie!Cl ond ac;knowt
cd~ your oocnmuon. llK'n )OU hn1c Ill go''
KARL 01..SOK Yeah
CIL\MBt.RS Oka,.1hnl\:dl 1h:11 I had
SLN,\TOR virnsk., \ny Olher quc<t,ons'I
;,,:o, l thank )OU. •!l"UJ. ror appcanng
KARI, 01-SON· Thanks.
THE NEW VOICE
�A NEW ANGLE IN NEWS
By Sten Brown
The next rew months w1U be very busy for
ANGLE members as.,.• ba,-i ruodnt1s1ng event,
and get ready for llle Pride Parade and Rall> m
June.
On Thut5day April 25, PboclllX Fallcnuno
w,u be hosung anolbcr benefit show at The New
Rtm 8"rsaartinj!at 9.00p_DL Please jom Phoenix
and her f ncnds roranotb:r gn,iulv)w. We really
appn,ciatc Phocrux·s help "ilh rundtaising ror
Pride this year.
Join 1.<1 lateSa11uday. May-1,oractuallycarly
Sunday monung rrom I • 4 a.DL ror ANOUi's
rust Aticr-H()WS l'IIJty and Ooncc. "Salsa A Go
Go... We' II be celebrating CUIOO de Mayo and
.
getting "fired up" ror Pride ,n June The event
,-,JI be at Downtown Ground!, t 117 Jaco:,n,
wuh a $5.00 cover bcncJiting AKGLE's gcneml
(Wld.
Fnday, May 10, ANGLE ..,u boola rughlat
The Oundoe OinncrThealre, 5021 Underwood.
Join us roraj?l'C3ldinncr. soolOJ,zing. and pin) for
001) $1.500 per (lCr.lOll. Omna is served at 7:00
pm. and !be play, "Lend Me• Tenor," will stan
aJ 8:00 Please call the lhcatre, .SSS.8S3S ror
reservntions by Wedncsda), May l,andlct them
know Ibis is for 1bc ANGl..E bencfiL
As always ".-'C encourage everyone lO au.cod
our monthly mcellng 1be rir,;1 Tuesday or the
month. UNO Religioos Center. 101 N. H•PP>
Hallo\\·.n17:00p m. For more 1ruorma1ionaboul
""Y or our •• Cnl.1 plca.<c call lhc Oayl(_.csb,3n
lnformauonand Rercrral Line. 558-5303. Look
ro, more information about our Ptlde 6•en1.110
'1JJOdJcr rullclc in Ibis issue.
SPECIAL EASTER
SERVICES AT MCC
Mcuopol1
tanCommuru1yCburchorOmaha
will obscn·c the I loly OoysorEaskr with several
special services.
On Thursday. Apnl 4. Maund) Thursday
service "ill be held at 7 P. m.
OnC'oOOdFnda), ApnlS. asolemnScrviccor
Darkness will Ix: held, beginning at 7 p.m. Fol·
lowing the Service of Darkness. member.< and
rriends or MCC-Omaha wiU bold a pra)Cr vigil
which w,11 lasi un11I 6 am Sunday monung.
l'ersoos of all dcnommatioos an, welcome 10J')in
1n !his 36 hours prnyer vigil
Sunday moming. Apnl 7, at 6:30 a.m. a
SunriseScn ,ccwiUtx:heldat MCC-Omoha,819
S . 22. The commurut) ,s encouragt'd 10 jom 1n
llus Easter tnodition and 10 rcma,n ror a oontin<J>.
tal brcak(asi following uic
The Easter celcbr.mon wiU conclude wilb a
worship service al 10-.30 a.m on Ea.<tcr Sunday
Please join us ror this cclebmllon of our raitlL
HGRA
lnM•). IIORA .,,11 stanscllongrafl1ctickcts
for a ponablo boootbo~ with Cl) player. The
w,nncr will be announced al the Omaha Ptide
Parade on June 30. One IIOR,\ ' s members
from Council Bluffs 1salsodo11aung on argban he
is malting" hich "di ha•c lbc colors or ihe 0•>
Pnde nag and "111 Ix: oercrcd as 2nd pn,.e in !be
or
ramc.
I IGRA has set the date for ,ts llo:>rd or
Oirectorselocuon and Awards BanqucL It "as
suo::b a success last year. lhat UIC) want 10 do it
agam. So mark October Sm on) our calco<lar for
the I IGRA Awar<b Banquet. Oclcbet 12 "1U be
the date o( the I IGRA Royalty compctJuon tlus
)=· wtueh will be held at DCs. And a beer bust
1s planned to be held at Babe's on Au,:u,t 2,1\h.
..,,.ice.
GROUP HOSTS EASTER
EGG HUNT
The f:ellowstup Conmunce of MctropOliian
Commuc111y O,urd, Omaha LS pnrng" ith 1bc
0•} and Lesbian Parents Group 10 host a
lrndrtiooal Easter 1-.gg I lw11 ror children at 2 pm
on Saturday. April 6. All community children rue
invited to JOID ,n Uus event. which wlll ,r,cludt
refrcshmenJs. ~ c:olonng, and 1bc lrndruooal
search ror ludden cw ,n thccburcb g:udcn al 819
Sooth 22 Succt, Omaha R:>r t111Xe informauon,
call the church office at :HS-2.563.
or
GLAGN BARN
DANCE Ill
Oust otr your dancmg boots because once
agrun anyone who 1san)bod) "ill bca dancmi
root auheOayand Lesbian \SSOClahonorGn:ater
Nebrn.'ika.s Barn Oancclll oo Apnl 13th. Journey
on out 10 Oreg& L.'s born 5.5 miles south or
Ho.,ungsoo I hg11"11) 281, ncor m,lc m:uter 139
At~ p.m. the t\lDCS begin ,q,;nning in the ooy
where you can danc:c, until 1.00 a.m. Snack$
and <llhcr born like adventure~ awnit )OU 1n the
old milkmg room There ,s a 54.00 charge ror
Gt.AON members and a $6.00 char,: ror nonmembc"'- Pleaseoote IJ,a11Jus event ,s 8 Y 0 .8
Md a1 ..·a is remember lo drink rcopon..<1bly
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- GI..AGN N,:wsknu
[~!tcmperial ~R,Ys!! ~tli~~k~~!~a presents...
!
Our Bounce in . ..
Male to Female -Female to Male
Transformations
by the
absolute newest
impersonators
in the areal
'I1HE NElf
Hosted by
Mr. Closet Ball '95
Mr. Rusty Shield
lllJNIIAll
Sunday
Sunday,April 28
8 PM, f2Cover
:30
CLOSET BiLLtt:~!~
A Con test Like No Other/
THE NEW VOICE
8: 30 PM
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�NEW GROUP
ACCEPTING
MEMBERS
NEW BOOK "FARM
BOYS" FEATURES IOWA
FARMER
l.cotbcr l!njton<'Crs ,~· Omah.o. or I.LO. ,s
Omam's n1:,1h fonncd lc;tther ,luh for men
U JI bc~ns mp1uo1 mcml1''tShlp •1•1~1<111100.<
on \pnl I To ensure ~,1,-ach """ pledge ge1,
appropnatc guidance, and to k,..:p the <en<,c of
brotherhood "uhrn the ciuh ,, tuch onh ~to,,
\\'ill l'<:ll<l'" nc\l but.II< Farm flov, 10 be
1>ubhshed to \utu:,l, 11 oil include• fi,,uure '"'
l.c>pn. '"". ruffll<'r I lurt) Oeckncr I lllff) ....
tus portncr B1II I lc'~Jn r~P'.1nclcd lo tUl article m
TIN! f,,,' n,. V<>ir't' aOO "ereahk. 10 nlL"dllllhor\\·111
1-t:ll\'M, l~l ~cut f(mn /Jo\'.f te~tures tm) men
\\ht1 tune gmwn lQl on \hd"c,1 fomt,, ._o Bill
"'M rKII ch11bte lo he mc.Jud1.'.d m the b.xlk ~HK."C
he j!l'C\\ up''" a fomt on the Slilnh 11,,.,., er, ns
KATE CLINTON
RETURNS TO OMAHA
.\re)"" aln:ad) ton:d c,f hcanng th: polotocal
\\ elf. Kate Clinton "111 be
bad on Omah.o un \pnl 27 on put '4"1lC laughs
ba<:k 1010 the ma, l'or President Kate l>!lic1cs
~ on 1efev1..,,on·>
1ha1 C\ Cl) p..>hlJCUID -
C'\J)CC:1311) Rt-(>llhhc.111 -
l'il'c.•,.b a l~bttt.n m1r-s1"il.cr tu batnoc.c thm~ oul
\nd II h:n II oo,ncs to the toutm poloball qucstl<>I\$
ur ,,ur tomes ("Sto.,uldn't 'scwt", lost 11:1n-, oo
reall), =II) nch'li, ,1·s w,toout a do,,bc
th.II KJ,tc ha\ all the an.wcrs. I k:r fo, nntc ,lurt
has "I lolan1, C'hnlun" cmbla,oncd ocnN> the
G,n,
r,unl
Klttc'• special brnnd of humor appeal,;; to oil
\lthouih Op<nl) 1<:sboan (the'""' )11U'd like 10
take home to n.«t the fanulv). her olld,cnccs
1nclutk p:a) meo nod an e,cr tncrensmg number
gm,, lb can mmni.un. ''-C arc cumn1ly °<111ng o
hnut or fi,·c Ile\\ 1>IL'(l~,c\ I>ue to the lar,e
number of mtcrc°'lcd men '"c·,e heard from so
lftr, the pledge> \I oll be selecicd rmm. JXIOI of
names kc1~ h> the club Each plcdJ11' 11 JII be
<Jll"""'1.ld b) h1oof thc <1,m,n1 ten lull n,embcrs
rw mn,c mfonnat.1011 ()0 mc:mber'i.tup. ple.:ise
wnte U£>, l'O &,, 8181. 01113ha, 'L6810tl
or ht1cn,-,cmct1, In the runnoog tu 1)1,o~r,c tbc
Mad:ln,c Pttsodent nf C'onJCd). her plotfonn
,~ ro.r a~ the club ac:11, 111~ 10. Lile l.c:uhcr
~,nJllnccr.. an, currcnll) l!dJnn~ up f<>rour tnp ln
the Intern.,IJ(M'l.'ll ~tr 1--C:ltht'r compe111ion lO be
held mOm:a~"on~kmunul lR) """kcsd Tlo,11 ,II bewr Orst ••,...,. IC~• n rW>ClJOll :OS aclub \\ C
""' all cwitcd •hool ot nJld l<'Olc fon< ard ton J!R'Ul
cntttlcd "lm1>urc Tto.,u~s- and ,s decltcated to
Jocclyn Uders
\•td<: rrom tounng, Kme t.1S hccn bumm~
tloc nudrupht 011 to complete her first boot.
lime
mchJJe, p.•htical m111cnal a.~ frC!rih n., the dad)
nC\\ S, ~3\ \') send-UJ>' of modc.m [om1l)
rclaUon<,hoJ" and her 1llumum1,n1 pcr<pocl11 cs
on hfe &. u ga) \mt.ncan. I lcr curtcnl ~ho" 1~
tenLU.IIH~I} htled ··CommumK.\Tll.." to be
puhh;hcd h) B.1ll•n1onc in ·9<, Bascxl on her pos1
a.no.I present m<JO(~oguc>.tt·s r.Jk.'d ""h tho•J1thtS
t.Jth m,1ihlru1 and n,~"'•'
She reccnll) dchuled a mnnlhl) column utlcd
"l nplupi,ed" In 7M f'rogrum·~. • mair.mne
pohucall~ ske"cd w the lcrt In tb,s ,p,cc shc
\\11.<CS plulo•oplucal nhout the <hllc or our nouoo
and th.>«:" ho 1'13• c put w, on such• <ante
lier onc-,'-oman. shc:m ..Oul 1.s In .. was a
"1m'>h lut on hl1lh 1.,,,. \n!l(:I"' and :SC\< York and
had theNt-'1· Yurk Tuntts R!\ IC"-Cr ··m 1ears rnwn
lauGJ,,ni'<>hani - 1r)oo',cc1crallc1tdcd"JC<ot
Kntc·.., concert.... )OO cun relate 10 thm rcehnl}
Kate Ch 01011 o, b<:111J! h<llllplrt to Omaha b)
\\'omcnSpacc TllC conccn 11111 he: held at the
\\ 11hersp1100Conccn llall,&00 pm. on \pal 27
1'1ckct, ate $15 on ;-1d•anc• and Sl7 at Ute
door The) an, n1111lahlc nt :Sc" Rcaloue>, 1\121',
llo",mL on Om:,ha', Old \lar1<et nnd ,n Lonooln
u1Thc\l'•> llome\111S1CwJdl~.!2.11 S IJtb
St on Ute Indian\ ,lln!!('Shc'f'Jllnjt Ccn1cr Tloc)
arc olso a,aolnble b) maol fr\>m \\'<111ocnSpocc:,
PO IJQ, 2·1712. 0 11mm, ,r, 61112-1 l<ll' InrtllCr
onformnuon. conW<IJO)OC at -193-8811
\ddilKlJlOI club"""" that 00)
be of ll~CR.'>1
to the c.,mmurut) nt lal'j!t:. l.cotbc:r En~1nc:ers c,f
Om.'\h:J ha< rw:ntl) ooca,n<'d non profit «irpo
r:rtes\llllJS "'"'officer.,""' C l>e<:n elected Im·,
l'rc<odent ,~ C"huck \l'1lsoo. \'occ Prcsiden1 os Jom
Gau. 1'rcnsW"Cr ~ Bob l·.\\ml', and ~ret.ut) a!'.
Rick :S11'>- DllSlm Lugan 11,Jl be ~IC tlub' • Rl'ood
C'.apeam
The 1...,oher t,.niionccrs <~ Oltlilha 11111. ilS
much as po,,,, bk, ~ccp Jho; ct.nmurut) pustt:d ""
cl uh ~k.11, 11 tc.~ tn the month~ 10 c,1nic
ICON TO HOLD CLOSET
BALL APRIL 21
on \pnl 21. lhc lmpcnal C'ourt ,~ '-bm.,kn
,.,II host the 12th ruuoual "C'lo,et lll\11" nt \I luch
newcomer~ to the nrca ul male female
1mpn501J;11mn \\111 h.l\ t 1hr.1r c:h:UL"t: lo c..·ompci.c
for Jho; utlc onlr ~los,,CJo',<:l Uall rlu< CICIII
ha> pro, cd Ul he the launching potm lor man} of
1tx:,cr, ~nreapcrfonncrs Smf)ot1h.1H·c,c:r
had• <k.•<Jtc 10 ti) )OOr hond nl male or lcmale
ompc,..."10Uun, p,ck upa ( ,,....,11'1.oll applicauoo
and complete ruJe,, at luca.J 00.~ (it ;H \1C"f'
lpploc:1111<,,... musi be
cd b) \pnl IO
rL''""
o hklonJ lo\\.O famlt..'f, I In") was cboscn to be
JOlef'\ 1cwcd
\s port or the a..h-ancc public1t~ fl~ F,um
Bors \I oll l·cfl<,.., ",II he pre«,ntmg the " I ann
lk,)~ .. \lidc ,ht,\\ inn number ""f ~t.J<ruc,tL·m
Cit,cs. Tiu, p~~,uon has been rcc:encd II otb
a>nSJdcra1'1c
and cmh®a,m II ,nc:ludc,
mon, u,an 130 .,...."" 11"11 >'f"'l' about ~icarst,C
'1oJ..-.>1em ram, life and~\., a lhoo~llrul """
entcru11111ng o,·cl'\ 1c,\ of tht': "1!3) rnnn t~J) .,
c,pcncncc Th<"l-nnn ll<l)s" ,hd< sh<,,\ "'II he
,hn\l non 01mha ,m I\ cdncsda), ~I.I> I. at 7 .10
pm m the r ,,..,, l n,tanan Church.~ I I-I I lame)
nnd ,n I ,na11n (ll1 Thursda). ~ In) 2, 01 7 :lO pm
al the l nolMlln ('.hurth, (~llX)· \ - The oudK:ncc
cnn 11L1n tu meet noe <"11) the:
but nl'>I.H\\JJ'
nc:11 r0<old local celebnt). Ha.IT) Ike~,. at the
Omaha pr~n1...1uon
,n1e..,.,
•••hor
OMAHA PHYSICIAN TO
SPEAK AT MCC ON
MEN'S HEALTH
CONCERNS
I he <"hrn1ilLJn Sot1u.l \c;uon c·omnuucc ul
\le1ru1ll,l1tan ( ·,unmumt) C11ur~h Pi tlm.1h;.1 ,,
pk:asc:d lo nnno.,unoc that Dr \l"rk " '"Jdm.m. o
d1plor11:1t of the \mtncan Collcjte ol l·amd)
Ph) .,.jc,on.·•rnnd \ ~ l e P'ru(t"'-~>r al Cre11h1on
l nt'-'crs1h. 1'\111 he lbc fc.1turc'1 ~pcaker at ,,
(c,rumonn\Cn·"" healthcunccrtb.. " athancmpha\1..',.
on e-Jrl) 1dcnullca11on 0, 1m~1a1c c~,occ-r aoJ
,-«her t't!lut·, vi ,;-pt."t1nl mtc~ hl rucn lh.J,:
lorum " fn:c Cl( chat!!< and <'l'Cf1 tot he puhhc It
be held III ll,c Sc11:ml flJII of MCt' Onmh.,
l>cpin,un~ 1112.10 p on on Sw,d;o~. lpnl 21(
",IJ
ICON BEGINS
MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE
The lmpcnnl Court of Nchra~ka "t..,kJnB a
lx~d <tepa., UieCoun bc!l'ns ,,.. for>! nJCml>cTslup
dmc.
~ fcmbc.shtp 1.sopcn tottn)OOC \\ 1th on 1otetcs:1
the aITnn\ of the C<>tm and, l'nr a nommal
mcmhc1'hlp foe. )OUC8njoul the number one #8)
~nd lc~btao t und.mas.ing: urgruu,auon m I.he ,1.atc
..
II otl1 )'"" off
,coal n1cmhe1'lup cnl\l, )Oo ", II
rccc1, c $2 oil' adm1~"1nn to ICO!\'.'s p1crue,. a
<UbscnJ"t<>n l<l the quancrl) "Coun Report",
clllne< 11110 ··\lcmhcr. Onl)" raffic,and oocktall
in
p:u'tJC\., ...
,
\\(.'II b.\ l\;1\ 1ng)UUJ' h:tll\,t rar I Jll~Rlf
and r .mJJR", mruled du<X:t I) to )<>ur home
I ;;...-nK~ 1nh. 1MrnllJ(lil'l.('lftohco.~nc.a nv:mhcr
1
1..l-1
IC:O~. $CC ll-.: a(hcrt1<iientt.nl an th1..,
1'11<' Nt'H Vr>Wt'
PAGE22
t'i.\UC
of
Shana. Karen. Wendy, Arny. and Pat
are among the approximately 160 who attended GUIGN'• Heart• or Ore
Benefit ahow for the Nebtuka AIDS Project In Central Nebruka
THE NEW VOICE
�NEWS FROM THE COURT - THE IMPERIAL COURT
By "Her Moat"
The moolhof~1llrohwas • bus) and product,, c
monU1 for ICON The li!>I wcc:kcnd fOOlldAMIC,
Gcr•ld. Ci"'), Mac. and Phocm.< in San Fmnc:o,00,
represent, ng ICON at tl1e Coroootlon cc:rcnK>nie,,
of our Mo1hcr and klundrng Courl \\'hat a
beautiful Cll} b) the Ra)' There were
approumately 1000 people ID altcndaooc And.
asalwuys. lCO~was "cll repn:sentcdand rmde
• rrgal appcarar,cc /\II of thos<: in aucodoocc
•l!I"" lhat oor<.:m,nauon fesunocs havea lQI to
offer and ,l's good tu hearthot m;JDY or ooroutof
rcalmoowt>plantovosi11is,nJunc. Ourhalp,tahl)
here m lscbruska lrul) runlts among the bcst!!I
~ lany of 1,w Monday n,~cs ID March ha, c
been bO<>ked wilhoor regulnr mcc:1i11pand sonie
,p<.-.:ial rnectmgs being held 1n prcparatmo or
upconuni Cortmtio,1 and SOlllC DC" and c_.c111ng
change,, IC'O'l ,s making We encoumgc all of
Emperor Aruuc's
"'°"
SPRING EVENTS IN THE
PANHANDLE
Panhandle Gay and Lcsbi3o Support Ser,·ices
(l'OLSS) of Scottsbluff' nil! be hos11ng the
following event..: "I lonk11;CXual11yood lhe Bible"
on lpril 11 ol 7 p.m Our Spnng dance" 111 be
Ma) 23cha1
Nebrn.,ka \rt$CtlllCrat8 p.m
.ldnuss,on "111 be $2 for ruc:mbcrs and ~ for
non-members. This "111 be• OYOO event for
"A Spnng) Thmgi" at
lhe New Run Baron Swida), ,lpnl 2& Be sure to
chccl: clus one outl
I laPPl' Springtnnc and Easter to •ll of )OU
,\nd start lo make )OUr plans for C"oronauon
conung up m Jw,c.
Wcll, lh1s moolh I'm olf to puck for Denver's
upc:oounp romoation.
See )OO ,n coun - Che lmpcnal Cowtl
w,.,.
more infmnatioo. caU our voice n\311 Bl.nl-6.1.S.
SlS8.
"Her Moe.1"
)Ou 10 become invoh•ed 1n our t'OltUl\Ullll) \\'c
f'l'COgfill.e th.:11 c"C.r) one bas o oho1cc, bur "e how~
c>oe of >our choices might be IC0:,.1 l\'atch for
upconung news llasbes 1n The Ntw Vo,,...,
R"~). our Empress XIII and presently Miss
Ga) Omaha, put on n \\-.,.ld<,nul Snoball benefit
Mnn:h 10 at The MAX crJIJlled "Re,.md and
Push Pia) " This found many of )OOr fnvontcs
oon11)oor fovontcs. ,llsooolhls rughtk,;cplunc
Empress X\' cm1, ncd her DC" l'rinccss Ro)11lc
XI . ML"5 Red 1-:sscncc from l..incoln. (This "11S
done 1n light of ICO~ regretful!) ooc:cptin~ the
ICSlfllllllOOofPnnces,i R<))1lleXXV Shel.aMnnn.)
Congmtu,at,ons, Red F..<scncc: rroN looks
forward to "orkmJ ,.,th yoo
\\'c !hank •LI our member<. fncnd.,, ond
cnlcrtamcrs for m:wnglhlsannual Snoball bencfil
• success• Thank~ Ro,>I
Our Monarchs. along with some board
memben,.<rc bu.<yoo SL l'alndc'• l)il, no(ool)'
tDJO)'IDg the mani hrus and orgnni,.at.om ,.1x,
sen od corned bee( & cabbBge. bul put on a litUc
j!rC<11 aPl"'ftl and pndc: to ..,niciputc in the l'nde
Sho" held ot IX''• Th.,nks to Emperor XI'
\nmcand L:n1press XV Joscplunc for suppot101g
the "Mhy C8""'5 here m tl1e Ncbrasb
The end of Murch brouj?hl on a challenge to
all of us. March 31, wccnJO)lld hors d'ocuvrcs
•nd cocklmls al 6 p,m. al th< Ne" Run Uar and
then port1c1potoo u, "Fools Fall In Lo,•c" hosted
b) Phoenix l·alklllino. This proved to be• fun
,t,o,, andnuscd mono) forour"ottb) causes. A
speool 1hanks to Stella Dallas for prov1din1 the
posccr and ll)crs and doing a good Job or
udvcrtl,ong. A boglhank·)OUIOall ourtlllat:llnctS
"ho began 1he1r "dmg-11 tlx,n"
hcJ'nn, the
,un "cot do""' llecause at 9 p.m sharp, "e
pocked up our gown.<and t<J1 <trapped on the
ttcr,
"'m
rush heel• and lhankcdTffl) and the <1aff oftbc
'lew Rw, Rar for ht>stm~ ICO'l that c, cruog and
headed towa~ the MAX for Pnncc RO)nlc 15,
CJar)'s "lle>) of Bogus Barh,es:· a bcncrit for
AFTER HOURS
FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHT
SERVING FOOD UNTIL 4:00 A.M.
(NO COVER CHARGE)
Ul-l
•
.-: rr::.
NEW HOURS
MONDAY · THURSDAY
4 :00 P.M. · 10:00 P.M.
PRIDAY · SATURDAY
2,00 P.M. • • ,oo A.M.
SUNDAY 2:00 P.M. • 10:00 P.M.
TUl-e
RPPETIZERS ••• GILLIBURGERS
SRNDWICHES ••• SRLRDS
Build your own BAKED POTATO
Check Out Our Specials!
ICON and for chc Amcncao cancer Soc1C1) for
8reastOlnccrR.,...rch lndagrunl,OK pro,.oo
.m. to 1 a.m.
thal "care II mfundraisinl!, Thl,fflO\\ wastruJ)
a success I~ )'00 Barbra Stn:,sond fans thi,
ltul)
an 's
.1 rr.:.ig•
"as )'<lUJ" rueht 1 personally ha• c nceerscc
soman) "13~'run.rungaround,noncc,cmng.
AdchJthtful 1dco&
Thank>. 0•1')1 Ind
llvmbtoall thccnlcrtaint.'l'S "00 pro,·Cld ")OU IOO
'"'" be: Barbra Str1:1sand for• rughL"
I\ ell. don· Lforirct Ck><et llnll is oom,ng up m
\pnl soull )OU wannabe's lec·,sec:
,trut
'"°'''
>'"'
>'""
stulTI Pick up yow application 01 an) o( the"""
or from an ICPNmembcr ,llso. opphcauonsare
out fort he fl<><>>IJ<lCI ol l.JJ11>Cror XI l •nd Lmpres,
XII
\Isa III Apnl. )O<J° ll "ant IO be: wle to caccll
THE NEW VOICE
PARKIES KARAOKE
IN BACK BAR
Thursday Thru Saturday
9 p .m . to 1 a.m.
Sunday 5 p.m . to 9 p.m.
DAILY DRINK SPECIALS
GILLJGAN'S
1823 LeavCDworth 449,9147
PRIVATE
PARTIES
AVAILABLE
IN
BACK BAR
Proper
m Required
PAGE23
�GLBT COMMUNITY
RESOURCE CENTER
12 NEBRASKANS
CHOSEN TO CARRY
OLYMPIC TORCH
Stead) proi,ress IS being made f()f the OUJT
Commumt) R~ourc;c ~nt~r
Jack Saltzman, Night of 1,000 Stars
Volum-. Among Those Cho8*1
Volunt«:,.. from across Amcnca ,uU help
<alT) the Olymp,c T<lfl'h 10 ,\tlanJa. C-~ia tJus
,urruner Among those: 1orchbc""'"' "ii[ be 12
Nebraskans. oocof" ham 1sa dcxlicaled f wxira,s,.-r
for <he Nehraslca AIDS l'roJCCL 5500 irdividurus
"•re nominau,d f0< the honor - 100 "O<d
essays ,..,., sub,mucd f0< cac:h candidate and 12
"ere selected from 1h1s pool
F'onnal
announcement of I.be selection "'a~ made at the
annual Lm<ed Wa) mec\Jng "hich honors
, olUlllcensm throogbo,.11 <he sia<e. Theaucbenec
1ncluded bllsan<&<eS. hospi<al.,churehes, sclvJols.
the all& nnd ll()'' emmenL The candidate$
"idel) ,n <heir ,nlert>IS and include people fmm
oil walks or hfc.
Among lhosc: chosen""' Mr Jack Saluman.
"ho was described as a "one-man rund n11smg
maclunc" 10 lus effMSOCl behalf of the Nebraska
AIDS Project. I le ha.~ hosled e,· enu at tlus home
forthe post llvee years as port of the Night o( 1000
Strus celebration. Mr. Salt.unan ,~so oolun<eered
"uh the 1995 Omaha Display of the i..amcs
p.._. \IDS MemorinlQwll•ndisthedesigner
and creator of lhe ''Circle of Friends" quilt
hooonng lhosc: lost 10 AIDS ,n Nebraska
The other Ncbrasbn chosen 10 can, the
01> mp,c torch are Ruth Amen. Rua Camp,
\shmun, Kris Rulford, Doo C''t>lcman, and Ken
Knshenmannof Lmcoln,J. Sax! 7.anaofOmnd
Island. T1JIIOlhy I lughbanks, TQm McCann.Jaoa
Peterson, and l,:c Smuhof Kcamc). Jim Kubik
of Norfolk. Michael Roi al of Omaha. Jerem)
Oommgus of Table Rock. ond John Jones of
••ri
w
l
Goals and
0hJCCll>C$8R.' t,e,ng mcL The dream of o 1996
opcrung is becommg a reaht} Ne.,ly elected
officers arc Damn On:cnlcc. C:.'haillllil1~ and Jim
MorfO<d, SecruUlt) Ja) Tremom "as elected to
the Stccnng Conunincc. Conintulaoon.• to the
nc" officers and oomm,noc n-.:mbcr Thank )'Oil
lo the pre, ,ous officers fo,- the,r guidance ,n the
dc:velopmcntll stal(CSoftbcCO<mnwlit) ResouR:e
Center \\1lhoU1 the talents of these loadera. the
""'lit) "ould Sllll bcJUSl O drum. l)w,ng the
Mo.rch mecung SOC'l'liC additional posllions \\'ere
filled. More mfomiatlM ,n the May edllKJCl
Our message is that )'OUr help ,s oeedcd The
dream can onl) become a rcalll) "ith your help.
so Q8ain we ask for iour involvcmcnL As we
mo,c for dl'eam 10 real.tty, we cncoumgc you to
shore your g,fls Wenood)oorSl'1Us.tnknts.ond
llMIICllll C<>111ribut1on,. M ake thls the month
that you ACT!
BOW CAN I Acn
•By calling the lntormallon Line. Offer your
talent or ask what can I do to help.
*Write the P.O. llot and offer your as•lstan<e,
nnandal SUJ>t»<l, or your avallablflly.
"Contact a fflffllber o(the Sa-Ina Conunluee.
Inform them you are ready to HELP!
Our n<.'11 month!) mcetJng" di be hcldSIJJlda).
Apnl 21, 2:00 - SOOpm at the Metropolitan
Community Church E., Cl)OOC is enooura~ to
attend. lf>'IJUare1nu:"'5ltdinobtrumngadditiooal
information about lhe Commumt) Resource
Center, please cnll the Information nnd Refemtl
Un,onumbc.r(402) 5S8-S303 ond leave a mcssoge
for Beek). You OlJI) also CUDIXI the OJ.BT
Comrnumty Rcoowc,:Cc,,tcr by n,aJI nt P.O. llo,
!n-13. Omaha. NE (,11103.
~ ~ ~~~
Phoenix's
~'*H",1#/.,
(tw,,,- 1 ~ ~ 4 ~
FRIDE Benefit
()4,..k~ ~ ~ AHJ
April cSat the MJ.~~J,,.
H1N ~ ~ ~
New R
un
6 i:Jti t·j
S starts at ~ MJ. ~ ~
how
~~
11
!
9:00 FM.
~4:
M ""'
2ND ANNUAL MISS Q TO
BE HELD APRIL 28
Apnl "''" be a busy ioonth f0< patroos ofQ in
Lincoln The n,onth kicks olT with St,c7.a Monn
prcscotmB a ,cry special sho" on Apnl 7 At
9pm. She1.a. along with the be.st Lincoln IU!ent.
"111 lllkc to the Sia!?(:
a show\\luch ><di nusc
funds to help an the light for Equal Rights and
EmJ)O"cnncru 1n .\dop<ion for l~cr Parents
"1th 111 V Oe there for lh!Sl'CI') special cvcntl
On Al;""l 1-1.it will be~tissC1t) S\\cethe:ut
'95 Uarbic Q headlining a presootauon that's
labeled "Off.
off. off, off BroadW3) " This
petite buodk of energy trul) is• "S"ccthcart"
and \\ears hercl'O\\n "-ell
Apnl 21 t,rmp tho '96 ediuon <'f LJp-ScJ-..,ck
"I Sync, Thcn:fore I am" to the stage Wldcr the
a blc direction of Lincoln favori<es l't-eida Lac and
Beth Mucling
And then. Oil .\pnl 28. 11 J$ the 2nd AMual
M1ssQ pogeonL P14n 10 t,e atQcarl) because 11
wdl bcSlllndingroomool) M the bc.<t ofUna>ln'<
Ullcnt compete to be Miss Q. Be thercl
,.,th
orr.
APPLICATIONS DUE
APRIL 15TH FOR ICON
EMPEROR & EMPRESS
1t·s cowH~n to campaign ume as 1be
lmpenal Court of Ncbra~ka prepares for the
eampeignforF.mpen,randEmpttssXVl. Official
caJllpolj!lll"!' "di beg,n n,tb the lntmductJoo (l{
C'ondidotes lhroo.ghout t~ "eekcnd of :'>la)' 10.
12 and will conunue until the off,c,aJ ,·011ng in
Ju~ If )UU on: inlcn:sti ng ,n runmng for lirnpcror
or Empress. pick up nn "Pl~,cauoo form at local
bars or at MCC ,\ppllClll.JOIJS must be pa;111irutcd
b) \pnl 15
Len~ f\C An:non
playing f\ay 10tb at tbc
~uodcc ~ioocr Tbcatrc
call oo\J to rucrvc your
1catr. TIB.BJJ1 rrocccd1
\Jill go to /J.n~LC, loc.
kc tbi! 1tJov, 1t'1 furmyl
C/er1r ro11r sclfe NOW for ?R/Dt '96.~~1
d11/e
Celebrate "A New tra Of PR/Dt" lJltte 30tlt, /7}6/~t
PAGE24
THE NEW VOICE
�METRO CLUB
The ne.i meeting o( ~fctm Club "ill be
Thursda), .\pnl 18th. at 111<, :Scon Goos•
DownlO\"\ n. Please jom us as ne sample 1hc
delectable dessert.• b) B.JO'g, the 0005C's nc"·
1::uropcan past') cher Social hour" all be al 6
pm "1th a pn,scntauon b)• BJorg at 7 p.m
PRIDE UPDATE
The 1996 Pride Theme
"Pnde. Ride the T,dc." (good ,r you want
rhyme. sa,d us author, TOD)') was Olli: or man)
FOUR TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST DIVER GREG
LOUGANIS TO SPEAK AT UNL APRIL 10
The L iu><r.<it) t'mgrnm n10ncll la cvop,rultu<I\\ nh thr 's'cbrJ,ka \ll)S Pn~cl nnd the \thlctic
Department present roor time Olymp,c gold
medal dl•·crCreg Louganis I hs mllJI) tnumpho , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .
despite as struB{dcs is the: topic or his lectun:.
lk.,.,IJ speat a11he l·,uversat) o(l',el)msb
ooApnl 10 ai 8p.m. in thc:C'.cntcnmal llallroom
of the 'lebraska l mon, 14th & R Streets ,n
Lincoln
At 16 he \\Ono sihcr medal 10 the 1976
Olymp,cs. I k woo two ll())d medals in di•anit
ntthc 198-IOlympacs. Aflcra ncarlydisastrous
inJU') at tl,c 198801ymp,cs. Looganisbocame
the lirst man"' wan dooblc ~Id medals in two
consccuta\ e Olympic.,.
0.rett Loopnis 1~ the "orkl' s !lfflllCSI di\ er.
he is also an c,utstondinf 1ndiv1dual 1.1• broke
unaru~potcdon r~bru:lry2810chaagcllus
year's theme rrum A Decade of Pnde 10 A Nt'W rree rrom • hrtumc o <ilcncc ond 1<0!01100
f:ra ofPritk. Other su,~,ons 1ncludcd. (.J>y,r "hen he nnnounood that he ,s gay and Ill\'+
lost )CM ,n h,s nutobaO!!Jllph) Brtakuog iht
a Df'Cad" of Pride, People of Pride, Voices of
S,/ent·e. I
Pndt. and l'nde ,.;,hom Prej1"1,~. The naoonal difficul11esll!l book olso l>rooBht attention 10
"ith ctrsk<ia. depression, rac,sm.
tht:mc ,s Pride W/t/,ou1 &rders.
subslnocc abuse. and dorucsoc , ,ok:noc:
Heartland or Amerio Park
Sance the 1988 01) mpacs. Mr Louganls
A Ntw Era ofPnde is WI appropnate theme has been pwsu,n,_ his 1are~ dream of actmj!.
ror the 1996 Pnde l'llradcand R.,Uy ia lhot, amid 1k:osnlsooctJvcan brecdm~andsho\\angdop
Olhc, ,mprcn·cmcntS. this "ill be the fim ccntetcd
nnda voluntcerror l't:tsAre Woodtrful Sapport
Mf.A).JN(,j ntt.. \UU'Mlat the Heartland or Amorica Prut.
(P.A W.S ). a group that helps p<Ot>lc li••mg
c
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More 1haa preU) enou8h to be lllc subJCCI or w11hAID6"1ththcarpets. kirmortanformatioo
po61card'S. lhe new pa rt bas Olhcr DSSdS such as a about the Greg Louganis c, cm. contact the .__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.,
triangular stare SC\Cnl) (eel Wide, a sound S\'S· l 'nivcr<it> Prol!)'llm Council al -l02-l76-81-l6 or e-nL1d upc<ii unhnro.unl cdu.
tern. elcctnea outlets. a con.-eoiwt parking fot.
Breabfl8 ,1., S11rf01.·t. Gri'JI Louga,us' awobro11raphv rs 110w m•a,/able III papt'rlxlrkfrom Plum,
and n::il IOIICb
Pr,blrshing. Tlus MW td111on 1nc/11des a,..,., ep,/Qg1..- by /.Qufl(lms dera1/111g /us e.q,,er,enresfol/o ..,11g
, he p,d>l,roi,011 ofhis book.
replacemcnt themes proposed due 10 the unc:cr
truntythal 1996martsadccadcol'pridem0mnha
Thts year ma) the ele, cnth or twclflll year or
pndc cclcbnltions
Promphld by that UJ1CC11a1nt), the l'lide Team
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�THE MAX NEWS!
i::, ct) menu, things JUSI get better and beucr
\pnl is here ond II c ~ that~ "~lhcr ond
~ I entenw.nmeru can al"'ll)'S be e:<pectcd. We
ha, ea full sullUl1(:r ofU,c best shows, cntcruuncrs.
and c:clebnuos forUle loyal potrons of the number
one msb1 club m 1hc ~hd11ts1, The ~l\X
The S1ors uf l S A . hnns their 00Ucc111 e
l8lcn1, Ill The MAX •tall" on Sunda>, \pnl 7
I.aura Gm), Donan Dralce, Md Muff) Rosenberg
""' Just lhr<e ofl.ht taknled perfonner.i" ho h:11e
11 um lhc L S.A. crown. .\lhcna & Jesse. 1hc
proo1<>1er.. o( Mass Oa) ~el>raska L S.A- are
\Cr) C'<CIICd for the DC\\ ~1 G N.lr.s .A 10
rcpresenl Omaha and Tl IE ~ IAX a1 the I.' S A
finals lh" )dlr I know you'll bt here to ,how
>our so pport I
Som• S1ari< endure fore, er - l<Jl1hri n
llepbum, Lit Ta) lor. La.ss1c. 11011 about -
Jcnrufcr Jct11 Y<S. Omaha'snurubcrone aJam<>UJ
kJucn headbncs our Ar.ril Superstar Show 0t1
Sunday. ,\pnl 1-1 Jenmfer'scareerhassponned
SC\ cral show dueaors. nwncrous bar closings,
and four l)t""1dctttsl Enough ktddinga.<Klc, Jenny
is ooc of lhc top C1'IC rtaincrs 10 lhc oounlr) She·,
the IJes1 and On-,ha.and The MAX tore her. Find
OUI \I h) on Apnl 1-1
C1os<:18at1 i,oock Wee~pect lhis I C.0.N
cla.5$,c to be biggcr1hancvcnn 19')(\. l.asl)cw
forlhc first time a ""'11311 won thisooc:e all Mate.
er, um, Female, um. Trait~ somelhing, oh helll
Tlus Dmg llllc. Cindy Bookout RUSI) Sh1clds
C:OJ"urcd the crown. What asighl, a lesbian ma
rhinestone llllla. lhc bo)~orc n:ody lo be girls ond
the girls ore ready to be boys. so don·t nus« a
sccand. ltallsuu,sa18..30p.m onSunda),Apnl
21.
I L11·e I l!()I • 5how for )OU Do you hkc )our
men bani w11h chl9Cled muscles? Do )'OU like
your men ) oung and lean? Do l"" like your men
sensual, ,.,td. and Olt>t)·? You II find all 1hrcc at
The ~ux oo Sundal. \pnt 28. "'' ,.. "etcome
for their M,dwest premier, Moonl·:-I·~ fen. These
lhrcc gU)~ ",u gi, e )OU a <how hke you·,e n1:1·cr
<CCn bcfon:. It's Ol;JIJust a stnpslxm but a St'rics
of Cr<lllC fantasies come 10 hfc before )OUrcics
I guaranlN! il ,.,11 be a rughl 1ha1 Omaha \1111
never for~
D<Jc,'1 forge!, 11 hen )OU'rc OU\ COJO)lOg 1he
B1g 0, )OU S1<>p 1n a.nd CO.JO) lhc tllQ M, The
MAX \\'c!l(>tnalt foriout Saosh'sSoloonhas
1he best countr) mus,c and counlr)· dancing \'oo
can hear )Our fa\·onte crooocr on the bcS1 sound
system ,n Omnha and walc:h )uurfavuntc OOUJlll)
1
•idcos while ,,.o ,tcpp,n' \\ilh your CO\\hondl
Lasa·s \\1lit'n tott."aC:h )a'JI hQ\\ tot~'OSlcp, S\\mg
& S\\'a}
faponence it all oul foriou1,1elf evcri Fnda)
& Satutda) . Whtn you're~> to ,1an iour
ii1Jmmcr nighls off right, Slop m fou happy hour
eocl:1411 111th The MA.X', """· \hss \nn,c.
Sbc's got the friendliest snulcand the bc51 llappi
UourSpcciot mOm;aha ll'sll.ll hcrcinOnulhaal
iSl.h & Jackson. Do }'OUr.JClf a fovor Slop int
PERFORMERS WANTED
Lookmg for groups or mdividuals
10
peruc,paw m 1his )Car', spnng fundrotser forlhe
P.W.A \ssistanool'Wld. Thsssho\\ IS«hedulcd
for Mother's Doy, Sunday MB)' 12, al lhc MAX
If ,nu:rcsted. p1-C<lCll:ICI Trac) a1 J.l<H939or
o« me al the MAX on Tucsda) ,.- l'nda) mghls.
l\umbcrsarc hm,tcd bul vanet) i<lhc mmn l!O(II
Thanul
HELLO DES MOINES
A Retreat for Gay Men Sponsored
by Church of the Holy Spirit MCC
\\'hclhcr il's a mo•c Imm the busUc ond
cltc11cmc:n1 of Xe" York 101hc qweierchmcs o(
Oe$ Mo111es. ors,mpl> o rea.,gn,uon c:(be,ng M
Lon!!tr Youn@ and Done Some Matunntt, the
trans11,on con bnog ll<.'I\ chat le ngcs and conoems
This ,s c.pcc,all> true for man> ga) men 11$ lhc)
shed the dclijtht of )OUlh. and mOl'C rnlo middle
age Chun:h or 1hc 1lol) Spui1 MCC' or Des
Moines tl3S dcs1gmd a "~ckcnd rcueot 1h31 .. w
be• run. rcta<illll e•cnt for ga) men.
This week.end rctneal w,IJ be hold al lbe
Rncooon R,1·c.r Re.so,1. just off 1-80. 20 miles" est
o(Oo;IM\llnc,.from~lay 10th tluoughM•> 121h
(Fnda) afternoon lhrougb Sunday artcmoon)
The 005l n,ncs "11h oo:omrnodations listed
In the cabin •• SSO per person (no single
moms boc#use •Jl<lCC 1n I.ht c:abin ,s, <'<) hm1lcd)
Camper Van,, R\'s - SIS per vcluele plus
S:ZS per person (Ill\.• of sp.'ICC for campers.R\"s)
Dai \'''"""' - $8 per per.oon per da)
l'uc1hucs ,nctudc pn<otc beach, 100 ocrcs or
"oodlaod. hO\ tub and sauna For more
information, call Paul Whil,ng al (51.5) ~
'19-IO To Regi<tcr. ><.nd name. address, phone
and n check for 1he full registnllion price ao: Pltul
\l'h1ung. Cl ISMCC. PO Bo, 8-126, De:, Moines,
I \ .50301 Milke checks pll)'able lOChut(:h o(lhc
11<>1> Spui1 MCC
There'll be <lppunu011) for watk,ng,
dtscuss1on. massage. spmtual renection, plus
'IOfflC structured \\Orkshop$ The foc:u. of the
\\(.'Ckcnd 1s for p) men mer 35. but If )OU'rt
,ntercsaed ,n thc«.-eept. age "'00'1 c«clude )"Oil.
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Community for over 20 years!
,IUNE22 - 30
SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 9am & 10:30am
DII/JE R,4NCH "NEW J/EX/l 'O"
,IULY 21 - 27
EASTER SERVICES
April 4 • Maundy Thur•day Service 7 pm
ril 5 • Good Friday Senrlce of Darknea• 7pm
~ Vigil J2/JI Good rrld4y • 6am £cuter
April 7 • Sunriae Servfce 6 :3 0 am
Continental Brea)ifa.st T oU,,wlng
rll 7. Su
Service: 10:30 a.m.
•Join us in 'Celebrating Life in Christ'
and affirming God'• love for alL people.•
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Malling Addres.a: P.O. Box 3173, Omaha, NE 68103
Phone: (402) 345·2563
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MAY 20 - ,IUNE 2
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�NATIVE AMERICAN
FESTIVAL WILL
BEGIN WITH TALK
ON HIV ISSUES
THAT AFFECT GAY
NATIVE MEN
Craig WCIUlllCk (Oklalnna Qeet-Chm:>l:oc)
.,,u give a pn,sclllatioo oo Friday, April 5. at the
Nath•c American Commuoi1) De,·c.lopment
Q)rporatioo, 2451 SL Mary's Ave., Omal1a, on
CWffnl •fforu to get p(ll<iuve IIJV pn:vcntioo
messages 00. lO the Nalivc American community.
Womack, a poet and li<lioo wnter. teaches in lhc
Engh<h 0<-1'8rtm<'lll 81 the l/niv.,.,ty olNcbmska
al Omaha The 14Jt will begin 81 7:30 p.m.
Womack will address issucsol cullwnl scr,,guvil)'
,n ~ IO HIV prevention, way, thedoseuse,.
impacting Indian Cammut1illts, and
rtJOOWCCS
available ror Nauve men loving with AIDS.
The conference conuoucs the rollowin,
Fndoy, April 12th, w,th Laura Tobe. Tobe
g,,c a rc;iding at Noon at the Milo Bail Student
Cen!tr, io the DodfC Room, on lhc campus or
l>NO In the cvcrung, Tolle will gi,·c another
rcadoog at 7:30 p.m. at the Native Amcncan
Commuruty Development Q)rporauon. Tobe.
Navajo herself. was raised on the Navajo
Rcscrvauon aod currcnlly te.">Ches at Ari:i.ooa
St31e Uru•'•llill)' She wmplettd her 13acl\clof's
dcg,ee ,n Psychol"l!Y al lbc Umvcrs,ty or New
Mc.-uco. lbcn bet MA and Ph.D. 10 &glish al the
Uruversity of Nclnslta al Lincoln. 1ltr poetry
and fiction tS v.idely anlhologi7.ed ,n important
collections or Na.1jve American creative work
includona Songs From Tlus £artlo on Tur1/,'s
Bad: Blu, Do..-11, Rtd Earth; Thes,, H,ans.
These Ho,.,.,,: Al/ MyGrondmo1husC0<1/d
aod man) others. She has a chapbook of poems
cnutled Mobng Fnmds Wuh Woitr ( 1986). She
ha• read many popcrs and gJ•en l"'*nllll""'-" al
majo,-coofcrcnees. u weU as published broadly
on Nau\ c critJcal studies.
The festival eoocludcB f-nday, Apnl 19th.
with Adn:ln l,0<8$ giving• reading aa N<ioo lll lhc
Milo Bail S1udcot Center. room lO be announced
(jUSl ro11ow the posledsogn•). and lhen an m·enmg
reading al 7:30 p.nt al the Native American
Communily Developmcnl Center. Adnan C.
Louis ,s an enrolled member of lhe 1-ovcloct
Pllluu: Indian Tribe and W1IS born aod r.uscd in
Nevada. He 151heformcr managingcdi1ororthe
lako1a T,m~s. lbc largest An><rican Indian
newspaper ,n the c:ounuy Since 198-1 he has
1augh1 English al OJlal• Lakota College oo the
l'inc Ridge Rcscrva1,on or Sooth °'1kCla He has
written scvcnli boots or poems, mcluding For~
Waitr World, booored by the l'l><tr) Center a1
San FnlllClsco Sl31e t,ni,~rsil)' aslhc bcSI book of
poems or 1989. ms novel Sl:ms is a •tarkly
reahsuc and comic accouol of bfe al PIiie Rodge
I le has rccci>cd fellowships from the Wwtiv.cr
round3uon. the SoWi Dw:oca Arts Council. the
Bush l'oundalion. nod the Natiooal Endowmcnl
for the Arts.
,.,u
PFLAG TAKES ROOT
IN SIOUX CITY
On Sunday. January 1-1, at Ma)no,.er
CoogrcgabOllal Chun:h. lhe firsi meeting or Siou.,
Cny PA. AO (l'urcnlS, Famil,cs, and Friends of
Lcsbions and Gays) was aueodcd by 21 pc,oplc. 8
or whom wen: porclllS of gays or lcsboans Two
speakers froni the Omaha chapter of PFI..AO
came and shared tbcire,poricoccs with the gorup
E•<t)onc "ho auendcd se•med 10 be e,c,1cd
aboul the proop,,ct or havii1g a coounuiog group
1/1
s,oux Cit)'
Meetings will now be held on a rciular
moothl)
WI$,
on t h e ~ Suooar or .,,er}
month. rmm 2:00 - ~:00 p.m at MaiOc>Mt
Coogrcg,,1,onal Chun:h. Thin~" luch ,.;u .-i
10 be ""''"' OUI in the near fotute arc tlccung
people 10 lcadcroup positions and <Stablishing a
post ofl"oce ho, and a phone hnc
Invite )'OUt ramily Dltmbers 10 attend and 1
0
"""'" e the supp,n :md wxle"1andmg thaloomcs
rrom knowong tool the) arc 00( nlon<
. ' t he just
1sn
to
die for ...
learn the facts about hiv/ aids
call the hotline today
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PFLAG LINCOLN
Parents and Friends of Lesbian and Gays v.1U
meet in l..11-.:oln on Apnl 23 •• lhc llru14nan
Chun:b, 6300 A Strtc:I. ai 7;30 p m. T h e ~
IOplC ro, Apri I IS "I hSlory or Homophobia. AII
community members. family, and rncnds ate
"c.lcomc to an end
THE NEW VOICE
the nebraska aids project
suite 110-w
3610 dodge street
omaha, nebraska 6813 1-3218
free, anonymous hiv
testing & counseling
monday & thursday nights:
7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
for more information, please call:
1-800-782-AIDS
(342 - 4233 in omaha)
PAGE27
�HATE AND MARRIAGE
By David Clarenbach
In hbnum , a vcntablc IVho ·s IVho of
rchg1ous c~trcni.1sts held a tuJI) m (own 10 luck
<lff the1T"'-:atiunal Campa,!"11<1 l'mlcct mam•l!C "
As GOP Presidential candidates lnppcd "''tr
each other m 1he1r rush 10 sig.n 1hc ,zroup $
h<>mophob1c "Mamaie Protocuon Resolution. \lelboumc Ma)OT 8_111 Crows {nn open!) l!D),
chureh-1ioing Republican) led• c:u,dleh~, 1g,I
to pro1es1. the pohucs of hatred and fear
Th" "1mc scene - profCSSi\)11.11 poht1<1nn<
pondenniz 10 a mcanspmlcd mmont) " 'hilc an
opc:nl) fll) clcelcd ofr.cial appeals to the fair
minded maJorit) - IS 00" benqt pla)cd out 1n
lcg1-;la1urcs across the a.,untl) Srunc-~~
marriage is the Radical Right's la1es1 call-toarms. and openl) gay and lesbian officials an: on
0
the front hne~ ugmnst lhi.s hntcful u~uh on our
conununJI) \s ,vaSf..-ons-in·s\>p:nl) IC\btanstalc
repn:sentaU•'c Tamm) 8aJd,.1n told reporters,
'1'hlsi<n'taboul Oay mamaj?e h'sobOut >11mng
up hotrcd ond rear for the sake of pohucul
~podiency "
ll1lh prohil>ihng <ame-sc, marna@e h.1, e
aln,ad) been introduced 1n 20 stale< (111clud1ng
I"'••). and more tu'e in the \\Orb (1nclud1ng
:Scllraska) \Jlhoogh ITIOOlt ofthe bl II< are blatontl)
Onll·J!3), some legislator; arc c,p<nmcn11ng wnh
a ste~lth 3pProach A Rhode Island SllllC
reprcsento11,·c rcc.cntl} introduced a
"Solcmni,.,11on of~ tnma~" bill tn rtc01mue
mamagcs performed 1n O!her Slllll:5 as long a.,
tllc) "compon ,.,th and meet all ooodluoos and
rcqwremcn1$'" of Rhode Island I•" ·
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . \\'hen Rh<>dc Island', openl) gll)' ,u11c
INTRODUCTION To ZEN
On Saturday, April 13th.
from 1 - 5 p.m.,
Ref. Kyoki Roberts will conduct
a Zen Workshop for beginners.
It will include an introductory
talk. zazen and walking
meditation instruction.
and brief meditation periods.
There will also be a question
and answer period.
All are welcome.
A $10 donation ($5 for students)
is suggested
Call (402) 551 - 9035
To Register
ADVANCED
SECURITY
SERYICli
<cnator \\'ill I 1t7patnck asked the
purpose or 1l11s. , D{tUt:l) \\urcfttcJ
lcg,<lnt1on.m the sponsor 1ndJent<d 11
,,as. aimed a1 nuJhl°)1ng m:.uriaics
t,c1wccn firil cousms "cd in onolhtr
In foci. Rhode Island IS one of Oie
re" s1a1~ that aJh,,, ru-s1 tuuc.in
SU>IC
marr1a£C.:;
F111po1nck 1mmedmtCI)
contaclcd hum.an n{tht.5 act,, 1'il.) ond
thc P"-"''· callinj<thc hill "a wolfdrtss"'1
m ;hc,:p'; doth1
ng" and ,ugJ!"',IJO!!
that the sponst.- should "Come clean
with tu.s. re.ul re3'i00 for submuung thit
hdl • The ,po11sur fmoll) adnuuc:d th.11
lbc b1 II was filed in rcspon.,;e to the
l1kcl} legah,..,n,un uf ,amc --\t.:,
marnaics b) lhc lla\~n11 Supreme
Court. and the ll1,1usc J11d1ciar)
C'omnuuec abrupcl) ,heh cd the bill.
fc..- the umc hc1n1t
1"1,e marria!,'C hlt~c m;ll:es 11 Cf)'Stal
clear 1h.11 elccungqoalified openly p}
and lcl,ian .,,r
ic1ab mus, be an integral
pan ,.r our stru111<lc for equal n~IS \>
tllc Rhode Island case
our B3)
'™"'"·
officials arc on enrl1 \\a.nun,: S)slcm
\\ hen arih !ZU) attack.', are 1mnunc.nL
llccausc the) ha1 ca place at the table.
tl.C) am i.r.c Lhc te~att, c pmccss l<l
diffuse an aUllCt. b) swlhng a bill u,g,t
lawmakers ha, c time lo turnlne lhe
consequcooc.\, for cumplc, or b)
shepherding a bill 1nh> j<O) wpportn e
(<>rat lc:t<I
ho<ule) comnulled
,\nd the) can help ocutrah,,e the Olhcr
1.,.,
stde's antJ· F•l pmpupndu b) kcepmg the l'ubhc
und press focused on what thc rcol 1<>U<> ore
E, t n moo: unl'('r\llnt m I he long run. open!)
8'\) leg,slatorsnre ma wuquc Jl('QUontoeduc:!le
lhc public and 1ht-ir folk)," Ju" makers on \\ hat
ho1nose'\ualal) 1s and ,sn·t.
m;:111er 00\\ 1?3'.\
fnendl) a ,1m1@ht kl!islatc,r ,s, "hen the dcbntc
tum<to fill moma!l'). he or she can""' er >Wnd u1>
undsa). "Yw' n,talkJ.n~a.bout me - Whcn"l,cnl)
py omc,al, pcrsonalu.e the debate m this" ni , It
ha; an ama,Jng offcct oo tllcir ooli<,a!?U"< As
Ca liforn1a ·s opcnl) lesbian state
A.sscmblymcmbcr She1lo Kuch! nolbS. " I ta, ing
It) conf
ronl lht, lSSUC with o mtl person lhere. fat.'t'
10 race. i< cous,n~ m} oolk:agucs to rcall)· llunt
about thi,at n lc1 el thal used lObcJll'il kriecjfflt "
All the polls show that people "ho 1mc,..
"""1«>l1C J•l arc less ~kcli 1 support unh-1!8)
0
lcj!1Slat1on.
the lugh ""hiht) ond pos1u, c
public image of opcnl) ga) official, mnkr 1l
much har<J<r for profoss1on.1I tzn> bashcrs to
dcmoru7.c:ooraJDlmWUt) 13ecauscll1<:ir ~r,ooal
and oommunit) , 01005 ru-e COOSlstcnt
tho<!c
of lhc a«rnee ,\mer,can (• aluc., hltc hard "ork.
c" ic respoos1bilil), and rcspttt for<itll<'f\), each
()( oo,-opcnl) ga) ond lesbum oflic,als IS a If\ 111¥,
breathmg c:on1111d1cuon to 1hc Radical R1~1 ,
s1eroot)']l(l <>f hoo,o;;e,u:1lsas auuSOCllll de• Ullll'll nrcncred h) the 1rad11ional '"""'' lhc)
pmend t<> preach. rcli,ious poltllcal «trenusis
arc c,ploauog the .s:;tn~-~, mamagc l!!.S.UC 10
le~slote hatred 11111.1 brgOO) The j<(Xl - ~ 1S ll10t
our opcnl) p) and lesl,tan state le1t1slatois nrc
<l<>1n$ c:, Cr) thin, tlic> can tu poi on end tu these
pohllcal h.11c cnmcs The ooc S<>-/10',>d ne,.- 1s
lha!<>(t.llo 7 ,/100cJccted ufliciaJ< L'U1'11!Dli) <en mg
m <1a1c lcgs<lalun.-.. onl) 17 on: opcnl) ,~) or
le,,bran, and the> hokl office mJ~ 12,,r our 511
\lnlC-'o ,\ntona.. Ca.hronuo. Mame:., ~fnUW!",Ola,
M1~lUri. S'c" 1 lc.'"tt.."O. Ne" , ork. Oregon,
\
Rhode IJJ.wd. T c<a>. \\'o,hin!l'on nnd
lhe chollcn!!C \\C facc "WlC(IW' <><al II c
,nu.fl elect qualified optnl) ga) and lcsb,an
lcg,$Ja1ors toe, Cf) state house and c, er) suue
<cnatc m lhec:ounlf) The !!""'tcrthc nomhcrt~
opcrd) gay and ltsbran lc!!l,latO<S. lhe 11(1U11L-r"•
c:an ,<top the MJpcrlk!!"<-' and their
cr-cnd111!!
,o
"°
,,,tJ,
\\''"'"°"'"
n,,.
hottlc for untruth. unjusucc.and the 1111 \mcncan
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�SENATE PASSES REPEAL OF HIV DISCHARGE IN MILITARY
BUT WILL THE HOUSE GO ALONG?
The l S Senate has WIWllmou.sl) agreed 10
on amc:ndmcnl to repeal the discnmiootory l U\ '
d1sch.,rge prm 1s1on of the recently enacted
Dcpanmcnt of Defense aulhonmtJOn.
Led b) Senators \\'tlham <'.ohcn, R-Main.
and 6dwnrd Ktnncd) , D-~lossachu>ell$, 56
Senators had agreed 10 co-sponsor lhc repeal
lcg1sla1100. but decided 10 put n fonh as an
amendlllcnt on a srnpgap spcndJng measure w,th
the &l!)'t'Cmcnl o( lhc Seomc leadership
That mco.~ur•. 1he Omnibus Rescissions and
Appropnoums ,\ct. fuods m.1ny pans of the l!.S
COYcmm<nl
The amendment repeal• the pro>isioo 1ha1
oonglcs OUl Ill\' -l)l)S1h• e sen 1cc members for
mandolO') discharge ond CUIS off heal Ill benefits
lo their fam,hcs Senatoo; John McCam. RAriz.ona. Sam :,.;unn. D- Ocorg.10, Alronsc
O'AmalO, R-Ne" York. nnd \lun s,mp,,on, RW)001mp. were omon1t 1hc b11l's co,.sixmsors.
acxcrdmg tolhc Human RlghlsC3mpwgn, "ruch
ha.• been leading lhc effOO I<> rcpeol lhc pl<l\ 1sioo.
"The L,.S Scna1< closed mots w11h the
Pentagon.. \Clcrunsand miht.nr') orpnawti()ft..1 to
O\·tnum ltu~ J)ttftic1ous and d1scnmmatoC)
measure." said \\'mnic Stachelbtrg, HRC" ,senior
health pot,c) advocal<
Thcdmcnnunutol) mcasure.alJIOO<Cd b)• Rep.
l)C)b OorMn. R-Califonua. fo,ccs discharge of
the I .0-191UV-p<lSl11, csen ,ce mcmber.<currentl)
tn Ille nnncd fon:cs_ \ similar effort lO rt:peol 1l
in the I IOll.'i< Md more than 1-1.5 co-spon.=
Focu,i now slulls IO lhca,nf•rcncc comrmttce:
that ,..ill hammer out differences between thc
llooscandSenalC vcmons. ''Gi,mlhc uoummous
suppoo o( th< l 1S Set&at<. lhc pro<pocts are good
RAINBOW INSURANCE
For The Friends Of Dorothy
LIFE - HEALTH - DISABILITY
DENTAL - TAX DEFERRED ANNNUITIES
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS
for lhc rcpc,ll anic.ndmcnl to pre, ail in the
oonfcrencc coounince:· wd Swchclbcr@
The J)ornan pro, 1Ston sm,tcs out sen 1cc
members ,.,th 111\' and t=ts them d,fferenU)
form lll<Jl5C ,.,th lllhcr chronic medical oond1tKlnS
Pnor101tscnactmcnt, wo·ice mtmbcn"1\h 111\'
the , ,rus that causes AIDS, i.ere allo"cd toscnc
lhcircou11U) as long as the) could pcrfmn their
duties. but Ille) "ere nol dcplo)ed Q\'erseas. The
$Brue r>
ohc) applies 10 'ten ice mcmbcN ,, ho
ba,.e other chronic medial condJ11ons such as
dmbe1cs. IISlhma, heart d,<c.,,.,, or cnncer 8111
lhose ~n 1cc members a.re not ~ubject 10
,mmabatc discharge:
The l'enlagoo has said that aboo1 half of Ille
1n\ pos1uvc SC1"1ce members are mamed and.
on a, emgc, ha, e sen cd ror a decade :Sc:arl) 20
perc:cnt of lhcm
o{(i=
The repeal effort has the support of Jo1111
Cluefsof StaffChalrman Gen. John Sba11kash, 1h.
$<,crcL1') of O.:fcnsc \\' 1lhom J Pen') , Scc:reUU)
of\' Cler.ms
.les.'ic Brown, the\' etcmnsof
r•omj!YI Wars. the Disabled Amcncun Veterans.
and lhc A,r R>n:.c Assocwuon
lnaddiuon. lhlrr) Goldwa1ernndoonseo au,•
column1S1& Charles Kmuthammcr and Ck:or,,c
\\'111 oppo6C lhe Dornan p<O\' ISIOIIThe \F\\' ,n ,ts suucmcnl as.'iCflcd that. "to
forerlJI) SC("lmte Ill\' -pll6itivc persoMel "h,le
uchcr service membe.rs "ith cq'"'ll) ,..nouo
mcd1cnl cood,tion, 3J'C allow«J lo remain rm lllll)
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'ioCC.m~ unfrur, puruu, c uod UDJU'iil ..
(kn. Shahlabh, 1h and S«nllOT) l"eny have
dubbed the Dornan pro, 15100 "both unwnrmnled
and Uh\\ asc, .. and • · u n ~ as a m31tcr (')(
sound nuhlll') poll¢)- "
In add1t1on. President C h ntun h:tfi
YES, WE DO HOME AND OFFICE
APPOINTMENTS
CALL 345 - 2329
RICHARD A. SMJTH, RHU .. LUTCF
thornc1cri1cd the daschar~ pro, is,on as
W1C011SUlut1on.'ll. and hao put the full fo,cc ,:,flu,
adrmrustrot1m bclund the dnvc 10 repeal 1l
" It 's looking like Just
the onl) person
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"ho~~·, \\ant Rub Doman', mean-spmled
mcasurr repealed is llob Doman." COOlm<:nled
St:,c:htlbcrg "Like !mops \\llh othc:r chrome
med1col cond1uom, Ill\ pos-111,·e "icrnce
members shuulll be allo,,cd 10 con1,nut
performing thcirdU11CSas loog 3" lhc) ore able and 1ha1 de.:.,,,on ,hould remo,n in the ti.,nd, of
mihUlr} «pens. n<.• pohucol e.inmusis."
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THE NEW VOICE
�LOOKING AHEAD: A CALENDAR OF MAJOR EVENTS
DURING THE COMING YEAR!
To add an event to this calendar or to the Community Calendar,
write: Tile New Voice, P.O. Box 3512, Omaha.NE 68103 or call (402) 556-9907
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23-26 MCC Dlatrlct Conf•ence.
27 ICON Memorial D•Y Picnic
Auguat
23, 24 - lnt'I Mr. F•nt.ay Comeet
0-,lber
1 - PFL.AG Holiday Gathering
7 - Night of 1000 Stare
8 - ICON Toyz 4 Totz
September
4 - ICON Labor Day Picnic
i!..!!n!
2 - ICON Stepping Down Show
8 , 9 - RCMC Concert
14, 15, 16 - ICON Corolllltlon
22 - Mr. Nebfnk• F•nt.•y
22 -PrldeFeet (TIN1btlve)
30 - Pride P•r•de a, A.Uy
TBA - RCMC G11r•ge S.le
Let Us Know About YOUR Events ao
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October
5 - HGRA Aw•d• Banquet
11- N.tloMI Coming Out Day
12 - HGRA Roy•lty Contest
TBA F•II H•rveet Ced9r Raplda, IA
November
July
10 - ICON Food 4 Thought
4 - ICON Picnic
10 6 17 - All low• AIDS Benefit
7-15 - RCMC .t GALA FNtlv•I
20, 21 -lnt'I U. Lemher-f'hllaclelphla
21 - ICON Investiture
25 - lnt' I G•Y Rodeo Convention
AUTO ACCIDENT
INJURY?
CHARLES R.
KILGORE
ATTORNEY
Worke r's compensation
clalms, back and head
injuries , ins urance claims.
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The Gardenl 12 SE 4th St. 243-3965
The Play Pen 4 24 E Locust 243-9626
Shool8B Lounge 515 E 61h 245-9126
Chat NolrC.fe 644 18th 244-1353
The Side Saddle Cafe 418 E 5th
282-7041
Blazlng Saddle
Omaha (A.C. 402)
Babe's Street
19th & St. Mary's Ave
344-2310
The Cheal8lflekl 1901 Leaveoworth
345-6889
DC's
610 S. 14111, 344-3103
The Diamond 712 S. 16th, 342-9595
GIiiigan's
1823 Leavenwortti.
449-9147
The Infield 1401 Jacl<Son, 346-3030
The Max
1417 JackSon, 346-4110
The New Run
1715 Leavenworth,
449-8703
Lincoln (A.C. 402)
Panic
200 $ ifflh SI.. ~ 764
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226 S. 9th St. 475·2269
Sioux City, IA (A.C. 7 12)
KJngs & QtMens 417 Nebrasl<a Street
252-4167
414 20th St. 255-8005
3 Cheers
Sioux F•lla. SD (A.C. 6051
Touche's 323 S Phm1p5 Ave335-9874
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o r ~ would lit e IO be •ndudedm
our distribution bs~ pleas<: contac:t us.
Omaha:
Babes Street
Borders (Boots-Music-Cafe)
The Chesmf,cld
D.C.'s
The Diamond
Oo1<otown Grounds
Oilhgan·s Pub
The MAX
Mctmp<ll1tan Communit} Clnucb
Nebraska Al OS Proiect
New Realities
!~Friend• of l..csbtans & Ga)'s
Reuo
The Infield
The Mystery Bookstore
The Run
St. Marys Tan
V ,siom (Custom Framing)
Counell llluffs:
Adult Emponum
Lln<Oln:
Nebraska Boole Store
The Paruc
Parcn151Fnends of Lesbians ct Gays
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UNI. Gaytl..esb,>JJ Resource Cenicr
\\rQl'l'ICo•s Rcsouroc Center
Kearney:
GLAGN
l'artntS,Friends of l..csbtans & Gays
Dos Moines:
1113/JOg $addle
The Gorden
Tile Playpen
Sboo(cr, Lounge
Chat Noir Care
The Side Saddle Cafe
Sioux City:
Three Cheers
Rapid City
Aton11c Cafe
Of COW>C, )OU Cllll subscnhc for onf)
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dch•ered dm:ell) I<> )Our door (•n a
plmn. brl,,\ n envelop:. ,1' c<>UNC)
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�AIDS/HIV RESOURCES
HIV TESTING*
INFORMATION & REFERRAL"
RESIDENTIAL HOSPICE
•we urge you to Inquire about anonymity
& conlidenUallty before testing.
•Mon: Info call Neb AIDS Project 3 4 ~
The f nu,c1-n Motha11ouse, 1052 l".lrk
Chart.. Drew Health Center.
22() I N. 30. Omaha 681 11 (-!02) 453-1-03
AJDS Edu< Projttt, UNI. G L Rc:sourcc: Cntr.
Rm 3-12. Neb l 'nion. Lincoln 6&S88. -172·S6+I
Oooglas County Health Oq8tment,
1201 S -12. 0maha 6810S (402)-14+77SO
American Red Croa1.
2245 Heather Dr. Ctt<e 68333 (-!02) 826-3785
1101 ·e·. Uncoln 6&.501 (-!02)-171-7997
2515S1 Marys Ave. Omaha 681
0S -01-14-17
Out~hCent.... 1723 Lca, Cll" lllll> Omaha.
1'/E 68102. Open CVOI) Friday 1-lpm. faCI)'
other Fnda> from 10pm • 2am. IUV 1es110g.
education. support
Community ,.._,..ptlon Sen1ce Af.OS Info.
medicine. supplH:S by mail. 1-800-677-4323
Equilibria Medleal Cent..-, .S.W S. 24.
Omaha, 68102 Call (402) J.15.2252
Llncoln-Lanca$ter Co. Health Dept 3140'N'
Lincoln 6&510. +114'!065 Testing.counseling
Walk-on ICSIS The Ponte, 200 S. 18. 2nd TUC$,
l'rbon Indian HeallhCLr. 140S. 27.-04-7177
Grand Island-Hall Co Rcalth Oq>t, 105 East
lstSt. Cnmd Island. Macy (3al)J8S.S l7S
Hastlnas Collea<> Health Center. Hastings.
NE 68901 -!02-161 ·7312 Ask for Judy
~1cCool< Family Planning, 111 West "C" S~
McCook. 69001. (308) 3-1.5-3626
Nebraska AIDS Project, 3610 ~ . Su11c
110. Omaha 342-6367. AIDS Hotlmc402342~233 or(800) 782-AIOS 12-l-371
Nebraska Oep< ol' Health,
Keamey.3423 2nd Ave. 68S-17.3Ql.234-8 183
Norfolk. 1'/orfolk Rcgiuoal Ctr. Adm Bldg 116.
(-!02) 370-3395
NorthPl11Ue, Crall SL Office Uldg.
200 So. Silber. 69101 (.lOt!) 535-8133
Nemaha C ounty Health Department,
1824 N. Aubum, 68305 (-!02) 274-IS-19
LEGAL
Petttten Law Ofllces, 1bomas M. Petttsen
Allornc> & Counsel0<. 2712 S. 871h Ave.
Omaha. 6812-1 (402) 39H!080
Taylor & WUd. Stnlc 25. Gold's Galleno.
1033 "0' SL. Lincoln, (402) 43+9,182
Mowbray, Chapin, & Walker, P.C.. 910 "L'
SL Lincoln 68.~2228 476-3882: Jim
Nebr Bar A;iolo<. @.'IS I-I. Lincoln, -17.S.'JO'JI
Nebraska CMI Llbff1les Union, Bot 81455.
Lincoln 68501. (-!02) -176-800 1
AIDS ADVOCACY
AIDS Coolltlon for Empowerment (A.C.E.).
tlm 31305. Omaha 68131. Foran)onc living
wilh J 11\' & those 1atc!CSICCI in AIDS adv<>C8Cy
Call :-.ctxa,ka AIDS Project at342-6367
PASTORAL CARE
ALOS lnl•rfallh Ndwork. 100 N 62. Omaha
Or Wm Wocgcr 5:18-3100 (Chanter))
Service. 2nd \lo11da)'. 7pm. SI Qcclia's.
Nebrasb Chapel. -!0th & \\'ch(;kr
Lincoln lntl'f'falth Councll, 140 S 27th SL.
LI~
68510.-17-1-3017. ,\ll)S rnv llcahng
Scrncc: l>I Tues. 7pm. SI Francis Chapel.
11-15 So.ah Stred. Lincoln, Pubhc IS inn1cd
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Oonp,,; County Health Department,
1201 S -12. Omaha 68105 (402) 444-7750
A, enuo. P.O eo, 8393. Omaha. N6681080393. Telephooc (402) 3-l4-ISS7. Re$idcntial
l losp,cc Care for Persou, With AIDS
COUNSELING & SUPPORT
AJOS Catt. Tho Mr rcy Ccoier. -IZ7 E.
Kancsville Blvd, Council Bluffs, IA 515W. all
Colleen Kibbc:..Vcst (712) 328-100'.)
AIDS Suppor1 Croup: SponsoR>d by PFLAO.
- 7pm. 415-2-01
ao,-01-1. unco1n. ~
Callro II
mv.AIDS Support Croup. Moc,s
ISi & 3rd Tues. 7pm. Alliance Fodnfocall:
Grand l.slaod/Hall Co. Health Dept,
ID.'I E. ISL Grand lll8nd {3Ql) 38>5175
(Jal) 76Ul2S!I
lllV Cllnlc. L:mv of NE Medial! Cenier,
Family AJDS Support Croup: Sponsored by
<,()CJ S. 4 2nd. Omaha. (-I02) .SS!l-0681
Uncoln <:an<er Cntr. 4600 Valle). -183-1872
Llncoln-Lan<ulcr Co Realth l>q>t 31-15 'l\",
Lincoln 68510• ..\-11-8065 Tesung, counsd ini
Nebr AIDS Educ/l'ralnlng Center. A!OO
cduc:alloo IO bcallh care professionals. llNMC,
(i()() S -12 Omaha 68198. (402) 559-«>8 I
N-.AlOS Projed
[statewide) (8'.lO) 782-AIDS 12437)
Omaha Ollkt: 3610 Dodge. Su11e 110. 68 131
VoltmlCCr Services. Adnun1S1ralwn 3-12-6.'!67.
AIOS l lothne 402·3..\2-4233. I DV tcsung.
AIDS •"-•rcoess. pr3Clical support, counseling
Uncoln 011ke: 3$ 1!.I Shcridan Bl,d-134-8 100.
Central Nd>nlska Offlce: 3423 2nd Ave
Kearney, NE688,17, ~ ) 865-5610
Northeast Nebr Qffltt: 30.J N. SSL.SIC C.
Norfolk. NE 68701. (-102) 3'10-3807
wesum Nebnlslul Ollkt 3'7{f7 Ave 0.
Scotts bluff. NE 69361 ~ ) 63.S.3!m
Nebra,;ka Dq,t of lleallh,
Kearney, 34'23 2nd A>c, 68847.
(308) 2>1-8183
Norfolk. Norfolk Regional Or. Adm
Bldg 116, (402) ~3395
NorthPla«e, Crall SL Office Bid$,
200So Sdbcr. 6910 1 (303) 53.S.8133
Nebr lleglonal Hemophilia Cenler,
LNMC.:. (,()() S -12. Omaha (402) 5S?-1227.
Pfl.AO-Omaha. Mc:c:I 1st Sunda). 2p.m. Flrs1
Uru1 Melhod1SL ')020 Cass. Omaha
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Grand Island Atta RIV/ AIDS Support
Groop. Mccis 3nlTUC$day, (3M) 385-511S
llarambee Mffllal Health Sern.... Busmcss
& Tcchrucal Cent~. 2.'iOS N 24. Omaha. NE
68110 (-I02) 451 -3913 Mcn,al lleallhScrvices
poopleof ookl< wbo an, infecled \\fib HlV,
their punners. and lhcir £amities. A program
developed b> Qwlcs Drew I leallh Ccmcr
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Kearney Ana ll]V/ AU>S Support C roup. IS1
Monda}. mru. phooc Barb (30.I) 86S-S6 IO
Nebraska AIDS Project
(SIJltewlde)
782-AIDS )24:17)
Omaha Ol1ke: 3610 l)odge. Suiie 110. 68 131
\ 'olWllttl' Set' ices & Admiru,;tn,Uon -l02.3..\2(..J67. AIDS Bollrne -102-3-12~233. 1IIV tests.
AIDS awareness, pracuc:al s uppon. coun,;ehng
Lincoln e>mce: 3818 Sheridan Dh·d ~100
Central N<'llnlska Ollkt: 3423 2od Mc
Keam.y. 1'668847. (30!) 8Co5610
Cm
Nort- Nebr 011kt: 304 N. 5 SL,Slc C,
Norfolk, NE 687111. (..\02) 3'10-3807
Western Nebnslul Office: 3707 Avt. D.
Scotubluff. Nii 69361 (3(18) 63.S.J!m
c.,,,
North Platte Area Support
Call· (Jal) S33-t!J33
w.....m
Nd>raska HIV/ AIDS Support
Croup. Scoctsbluff, OIII (Jal) 63.S.36}6
Nemaha County Ucalth Department,
182-1 N. Aubum, (>8305 (-!02) 27-1-4$-19
S-UBluff Co llcalth IHpt,
Cmng.1''E 693..\ I (30!) 63.'i-3866
Siowdaod AIDS eo.lllion, IOOCIS 2nd Tucsd>
al 12 roo.'111 al Siou.,land Chapter o< Amcncan
Red Cro6S. 1512 l~era: St. Siou, Oty, lown.
Otll (712) 2.Sl-0'?22
Vd...,.ns Admln Medical Center, -12 &W0<llworlh. Omaha 3..\6-81!00. Oc,m l'>croe. , ..\ 119
HOME HEALTH CARE
LINK-ON. 1318 S 16. Lincoln. 68502. (402)
-177-&.G!I, Mon-I n !lam~ 30pm. COU11SCl1!1j!.
ttaelun~ of 111\' infcclCd md,viduul!. t)(.'()111•
wi1h ,\100, and others. Rick S\\mnk. l)u«tor
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�RESOURCE DIRECTORY
-LINCOLN-*
Aleohollcll Anonymous, Meetings:
*"Thurs. 7:30pm, UnilMM O,uich, 6300 "A'',
LIDO<lln, l nfocontacl VJ . at477-3S26
**Fn 8pm, lst l'lymouthChurch. 20& D.
Unc:oln, -08-5214
BIPALS(llleorual People/ ~Llff&lyle)
Bo• 8()913. Lincoln, 68501. 1st Mon. 7 :30pm,
Olmttstooc(up6lr.l) 6<10N 16. All SC"'8 wclcomc
£cumffllcal Catholk: Church of Ama1ca, 2201
N.31 St., Lincoln 68S03 (402)464-02'10 l'as>of
Jim Arling. Ooaoon Gary Balcb, Pra)'e rMeeting:
Sun. I l am. Opoo Comtnumon Plea.so Call w1
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Quclloos/Pra)'"' Requc5ls; AU Are Weloomc.
Cay M en's Support Croup, clo Counseling &
~ h Scmce.<, Rm 213, Univ. HcallbO,, IJNl.,
Lincoln, 68588-0618.4'72..7450. Coruidcntial
Lesbian Dllctll!llk>n C n,u p, \\IomcM Rcsourec
Or. R«,m340Neb Uruoo. UNL. Llncoln.68588.
472..2S97, Call for ,,_.,ng mformaboo
Lincoln Women ror Sobcidy M1g, Sa1wdays,
l()un. Oatbcnng Place, 1Slh & "E", Lincoln,
Contact Judilb at "72,2598 for infonnotion
NaUonal Ora, ror Women (NOW) Lln<olnpol111C8l !gra'lsroots acb• isl org. in mues relooog
IDfullcqwblyforwomcn-imelSmoolhly.Ltncx)ln
r-.ow. ~112. Unootn. NE6850t. m -1226
Parents-friends ol Lesbians and Cays (P·
FLAG), Bo:< 30128. LIMOln, NE 68.'i(B-0128.
~!JIB). 4th Tuesday, 7pm,Un,lltnan Church.
6300 ·A·. Oroup fir family or p,:op1c with
and O 11. Youlb Group meet same t ime & place
SAC£, Box 220<0. Lincoln 68.542-~3.lnfo.
Conference l 'pdates, 6ducation for older Ooy
people, lnlergencratiooaal Coffee I louse 2nd
Saturday, 6-9pm, l,esbtoo Vicloos at 7.· t.spm. al
33 t 9 S.'161h. Lincoln. All weloomc
UNL Cay,,_ "->ur-.e Cir, Rm 234 Nebr
Uruoo, 14& R. Llnooln ~SS.472-56+1.
Socinl, info, refem,J, hbrary, Oenera1 meetings
Tuesdays, 7pm, during school year
ThoWlmmln'f Show.12-JpmSWldoy,KZL'M.
893 FM stereo. Llnc«n.
A Wocnan's Plaoe, Box 6i035, LIMOln, 68506,
noopro(it org dedicallld ID empowcnnti women
Youth Talltllnc -173-7932. Friday & Saturda}
7pm-Midrutc, Lincoln Emotional support,
refermls. AJDS info for callers AjlC 23 and
Wider. Project o(Coel,tioo for 0 'L Civil Rts
YWCA Coun<dlng & ~tlon o.p.rtlftffll,
-176-2802. Lincoln. Information and Rcfenal
ao.,
mv.
-oMAHAAlcobotlcll Anonymous,
**Stonewall Grp. Wed, 7,3-0pm, J..fofC) Wldi
•"()a) Mens Stag "'An Altcmauvc". Fri 7pm.
**1.Jve & I.ct Ll•·e Group. Fnday 8: l.5pm
A.N.GJ..£.(Achie>·1ngNewOay/LcsbtanEoclea
•ors). Bo, 83-13. Omaha 681.CJ8.aH3 Phone
5.58-Sl03, Nctworlcing. consc,ousncss r.u<ing,
PRJDE llCIMIJcs lbroughout lbe )car.
C lllu... f or Equal Prottttion, Bo" SS>IS,
Omaha. 6815.~. (<!02) 398-3027. l..e~slauve
actioo- elim1n:dediS<.'llfll1natJM for g I l> employment. housmg, cducauon. public oo:omodauom.
1st Thursda>, 7pm. Isl L nitanao,3114 Hamey
EAGLE-Omaha, Employee Assoc. or Gays &
u,sbtans US WEST Q)al.)Cl Pat Phalen, 129'.>
Famrun.1 Ith Ar. Omaha68102 (402)~-e.569
THE NEW VOICE
FrontrunM.n/wolkers, Bo, 4583, Omaha
681~. HOTUNE-196-36.Sll. Runni11g/\\'alldn@
dub (SASE for ,oJ'o)
Cay And Lesbian Organization or U NO
(CaLo), for all UNO S1uderu & spoosors, Meet
Mondays 4-6pm oo UNO Campus. Milo Ball
Student Center, 3rd Floor, Board Room.
Information call Jonathan Raymond(@) S718518or Diallo Mudd (-l02) ffl.>192
Cay And IMblan P- .ts Croup (G.A..L.P.),
Isl Thurs. 7:30pm. MCC-Omaha. 819 $ . 22,
34S-256.3 Emphasis oo Oay 1l,esbian Parent
&.significanl oth<f M lp open ID anyone
Cay/1..<obian lnrcnnauon & Rtrernl LIM.
A sen•icc of A.N.O.L.E.. Inc.. ('402} 558-5303
Gay Lesbian & AfflMlllng DlsdlJ!es (GLAD)
0 1uo •Amrmmg Disciples o(Chrlst SSJ.2386
IC£IIOWLlnvi1.olionlll-HngTournament,
Bo., 3(,22, Omaha 68103-0622. Tournament is
held Prtsidenl's Day Weekend each year.
L.£.0, - Tho Leather Engl-rs ol Omaha,
An ed11a1tional and $0Cinl (!10Up f0< Oay Men
wi.lb an
in lhe Lcalher l..tfcstylc. f-or info
wnle: L.E.O,P.0 Bo,8181,0maho.68108
Lut-Con<,tmtd, -153-7 137, 7pm, Mnr.3.
June 2. Oel 6, Doc. I, Meet al 1st Lutheran
Chun:h. Omaha
Mecropolltan Club, PO Box3 l-1$1. Omaha. Nb
68131-~ . Meet UurdTh~yor month. for
gay and lesbian p,ofession:ils m meet, >10C1abl';C,
and n<!t" cxk
others.
M en's Support Group, Meet Tuesdays 7:30pm.
MCC-Omaha, 8 19S. 22St Call34S-2563
MctropOlltan Cocnmunlty Cbun,b olOmllha,
8 19S. 22Strec1.0moba.34S-2.563,Send ma1I IO'
Bo, 3173, Omaha, 68103, C hildren Adull
Christian Ed.: WorshlpServicc!I& 10:~m
New .lea!IU.S. 8ooks, Tapes. Gills, Old Marlcel
l'assagewa)', 1026 I lo\\-ard, 68102. 342-1863
NatloMI Org. for Wome_n (NOW) Omaha •
pohucal .& grassroots octmst org. ,ssues [ull
cqunlll) for women• Omaha NOW. Box 3325,
Omaha <>8103.«l25, (402) 39t-7303.Meets3nl
T,-lay, 7pm. 1st Vn,t11nan. 31 14 Hamey
Omaha Mutpacb rs, /\IOS fundml,rng
0<ganil.auon. Call; (7 12) 366-1791
Omaha Players Club (OPC), PO Bo., 3-1463
Omaha 68134. (402) -ISl -7987 l..ea1hcr,SM
educauon & play group. Mt'll"s& women 's@rll'IP
Omaha Women ror Sobriety meet Tuesdays.
5:30pm. Omaha V\\ICA, 222 S 29 SL, C,ontac:s
Judith at-172-2'98 for more iafo.
ONYX IMAGES. Box 31026. Omaha, Nli
68132-9998. Suppor1,Soetal Fraternity for
African Amcncan men. A,:e restriction ror
membcrslup. Support for brolhers of nil ages
Parenl:$-Friends ol Le,;bl.,.. 4nd Cllys
PfLAC 2912 LyMWOod Or.. Omaha, 68123,
29 1-6781 Meets Isl Mclbodist. 7020 Cass.
Mead 1lall, West l:nd, 2nd Thur<, 7 pm. "Progmm
& Shnring": 4th Sunday, 2pm., "Shanng"
PrHl>Ylerians ror Lesbian & Gay COn«mt1,
,ni_
,.,th
or
7.\1- 1360: Clc•·c. Omaha
River City M ind 11o ..11,. Let,gu<,. Sundays,
I & 3pm. Skylru,es, Center Mall, Oma.ha
RlnrClty Gender Alllan<e, Bo,00, 0 ..001
Bluff<, IA 51502 I l('Ollroe 398 125S. hsl\ e
n,....gc l u ~ r s . tmns.'>C,wls, & lbo,,e
w1shang 10 kno" mt'rc. ,\11 oricntaunns
Ncwslett<r \!cet lstSaturda). Omaha
River City Mlnd Chorus, Box 3267, Omaha,
6810,3-0267 341 -SING (3-11 -7-IC,4) Volunlt'Cr
chorus for Oay:t,,sbian SeOS1ti•·e people.
7th Day Ad ..nU.. Kinship Inc, Suppon lafo
1.es;Cl11y a,tlcgc Student 8()0.-I..OA Y-SDA
Straight s~
S upport Grp 7-9pm. 151
Mclbodl51 'l0200iss. lfoom 209, 291--6781
Women ol tho Plalns, Bo~ W.SS, Omaha,
68 12'1, Bnng women's culture bock ID Omaha
Womcn'sSuppor1 Croup, MCC-Omaha,819
S 22nd. 34>2563 ~1"CIS Sau,rdays I lam
W ~ Bo., Wl2, Olllflll;,68 1U-<Y712.
Quancrty newslc:tlcr far lesbian voices & events
Youth Support Croup, spoosor. PFl.AO. For
gay. lesbian youtb &tho6equestiorun~ scxuahl},
age 13-21 Meets Sal. Omaha. Call 291-6781
-·REGIONAUSTATEWIDE,...
Amcri<an Business & Prol...ional Guild.
Bolt 142. Sioux City. IA SI 102. Netv.lld of lll'Y
business profcss,ooal men from IA, MN, SD. &
NE. Meet IJISI SaL or each month. Wntefor1nfo
CNllllon ror Cay/Lesbian Civil Rts, Bo,
94882. Llncoln 68509 Adv001Cy, ne"slcner
Community Alliance. 1301 Villa A,c, Sioux
C hy, IA .SI 103 (7 12) 2.58-4~
f'ellow"11p al Believers. 812 North 10th. n,
Norfolk ('8701 . l'h: 402,.379-9'.135 I lome-oosod
church mccts Wed 7pm, Sun 10am Opon IO all
GLB Alllance ,c;ol l<althOs,l laslinp,CoUej!C,
u.tlngs68'Xll Cnll Judy,l()2-161-7.m(llc:allh
0,),l02,-162..296t (home). ForG LB SludenlS
& Fnends safe place 10 moc:i. discuss & lc'•m
Cay & Lesbian Assoc, ol Greater Nebr,,
Support. sociaJc,·ent$, newsteua. Info· Gt.AON.
Bo• 2401, Kearney, NE 688,IS-1,l()I or call
(308) -172..32'19
8....-tiand Gay Rodeo Asooclallon (DCRA),
13o:<J3.S.I. Omaha. 68 IC8-9998. Inf0: l)in3+13103 All ,. hocnJOY support rodeos& counuy
ac:tiviues Meets Isl Saturda) OC's, Omaha
la,~rial C ourt or Nebraslca, Bo, 3772,
OIIIJJba 681020r~. for ndvaneenx,111 ofO 'UB
T society, Doord Mt~S I SI Mo,xla) each month
lnlqpity PrayerServlee, \\led,6pm,St Thoroas
Ep•~. 12 & Doualas. Sioux City, IA Call
Al (712) VIHD69 or Re,. Kerr (712) 258-0141
Lincoln/Lancaslu Drug Projects, 610
Llne,)ln,-175-S t 61. Do:nnis flo((man, Cast Mj\'
O P chemical dcpend<IIC) trealmenl "bile
affinruos se, uaJ11y, Sliding r-cc
UnOma 8am;, P.O Box 8-193. Omaha. NE
681<11 Nudist.Na1umhst Clubel ror g,l)lbo men
TINN• w Vok<,ofNtbnuluJ. Bolt3512,0maha
68103 Subs. $19 year Deadline. 10th o( monih
Internet Addl'fS tJmlSc:@ prodlgy.com
Panhandle C ay & Lesbian Support Servttt11.
Do• I0-16. Scon sbluff, NE. 69363 I0-16
Telephone (308) 6J5..8488
Parcni.Frlfflds o( IMblans and C ays
• PfLAG, Kearnc,y meet 3pm, 3rd Sun, St
Lulcc's l'.pis. (JQl)382-0752or WS-~- Ma,1
rn_,o_ 13208th A•e.• 1loldrogc. NE68'>19
•PFLAC, Sioux City, I A 2nd Sun, 2pm.
Ma)O""crCoogn:ptionnlChun:h.1-IO?W 18
PRU>£ Croup, c,oCoon<;,:hnt C'lr. W&}DC State
CoUoge. Wayne,, NE 6fr'llr7 Info Karen or
\' ,rgima (-!02) 37S-7321 G l; O Studcnls.
Meet people. dlscus.s ISSUCS, p<O\ ide <X)tllJJlUIUt)'
·r.
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Won;hlp Servkn, 9 & J0:30,_m
Networlt Q, 3.30pm, Cable
MCC. Om.i.a. 8I9S. 22.3-1.5-256.1
Channel 20, Uocoln
Gay /Lablan Walking Oub, 10am. 38th & GaLo UNO Studcnl G1p, 4-6pm
So<th. Unroln. b)' ICMis CQUrts
Ecumffllcal CaCIIOlk C1iurcb, Prayer Mtg.
6pm. 2201 N 3 1, Lincoln. 46+02'10
Rlvff' City Bowlin& Lague. I & 3pm.
Sk)lanes, 42nd ti Cent<,, Omaha
I \I I{\ \\ I ll'I ,11 \ \
omen ror Sobriety 5.30pm Gay Mm DI« Grp. UbCOln
YWCA. 222 S. 29, Omaba,
6pm. C'.ootact Luls472-7450
Call Judith 47:z.2S98
FrontrunMn Run, 6:3()pm,
0~11-ToJbol, Omaha
ens Support Group 7:
MCC. 819 S. 22, Omllha
PFLAG AIDS Support Grp.
Llncdn 7pm, caJI 47.S.2-1.17
udy Groupo. 7·30 pm,
umcnical Catholic Church
Alcollolk:s AnonymAmenca. LlbCO!n
7:JOpm, Men:y lllab, Om
lnttgTlly Prayer Svc, 6pm, SL
'J'homasEpioc, SlousClty,
Milo Bail, 3rdFloor Boord
Rm. S71-&SJ81~3492
HJV TesiS, NAP. 3610 Dodge.
Suile 110, Omaha 7-'>-IOpm
'
Rlvff' City M lxtd Chon.is
~
-.J)"
1st Melhodisl.
7020 Cas.'- Om.i,a. 7: I
April I {h1 Monday)
IDS B•all11g Swvitt, 7pm. St
Francis Chapel. South & I Ith
SL, U bCOln
CLE Meeting. 7pnt UNO
Rd1g,ous Center, 110 N
Happy Hollow. Omaha
ICON Board Mtg, 7pn1.
Slosh's Salooo at the
MAX, Omllha
Dr. Da"1d BIJftkn- spcab
oo work "''th hoo:>eless
PWA's. Creighton Uni• ,
Omaha
April 7
Apn1 8 (2nd Monday)
(1st Sunday)
Frontrunners, IClrun. Regency. Omaha
AIDS lnlerl'a lth Service,
7pm. St C«:ehas. Omaha
Family AIDS Support. 2-lpm. I SI Meth. Om
Lutheran Concftmd 1St I.ulhcrnn 7pm Om
Stan ol Miss Nd> USA at 1be MAX, Om
"Sulckh! Show" oc·s. Omaha
Q.
Uncoo,
April
14 (2nd Sunday)
Frontrunners, !Own, Ford Bn1bS1dc, Om
MCC PSC Cln:k , 6pm, 477-321.5 Llnroln
PFLAG, MllyO=·crCongn:gauooal, 1407
W, 18. Sioux City, IA, 2--lpm
A
dril 1S C Monday)
Jrd
Day! f axtS are d~!
I
Last day 10 tum In
appllcalloos to run ror
EmPffW ur Empras oC'
TM l mperl.i Court ol
N•bnoka
Jennifer J•U-SupenUr Show, 1be MAX
p
{3rd Sun)
Frontnmnen, IOom, Laura Dodge Sehl, Om r
Community R.......- Cfflltt De• dopmenl
Mtg, MC.
'C-Omtlha. 819S 22, 2 •.5pm
PFLAG/Keamey, St Luke EPiscoPal. 3pm,
~ 2od Ave, (308) 382-075'2-'9!1.S-S-I\JO
ICON C1-t llall, 8:30pm. The MAX
SNAP "Rafi of1be Medusa" 7:30pm, Up,i:urs
ot The Rose. Omaha, 342-!lOSl
April 28 {4th Sunday)
FrontrunMn, 10am. Meu:al( Park, Om
Dr. Mark Goodman speaks on men's
health IS5Ue5, 2:30pm, MCC-Omaha
MCC PSC Clrde, 6pm, .fn-321.5 LlbCOln
Q Revlfl,, Cabam, The Q. Llncoln
Springy Thlngy. The Ne"' Run Bar. Omaha
Mount•N-Men, The MAX, Omaba
llrltl.Uly Brooks, Touche7, Sioux Falls, SD
May S
( ht Sunday)
Frontrunners, 10am, 13urke J hgh, Omaha
"Inga Does Tampa" - Benclit for R,ver
City .\fu:ed Chorus Show, 8;30pm, Tile
MAX. Omaha
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{lot W ednaday)
Gay & La;blan Parent
Support Group.
7:30pm, MCC-Omaha
Pride Team Mtg, 7pm,
3923 Fama.m, Omaha
five ronc Welcome!
April 9 (2nd Tuesday}
Slouxland All>S Coelltlon. 1211,
Red Cross. Sioux City, IA
FrceConlidential DIV T e5tS by
Lancaster Co Health Oepc .S.
7pm Tho Panie, LlbCOln
P-FLAG Omaha Board Mtg,
7
• 1st Mclhodlst
A
pril 16 (3rd T~sday)
NOW-Naa•i Org ror w_,
Lincoln: 7pm, Women's
Club, -I07 S. I-Ith. 477, 1226
Oma ha: 7pm. ISi L
'nitanan.
JI 1411:unc), 391-7.lUl
Grand Island DIV Support
Grp. 7pm. (308) 385-.517.5
Frontrunner Annual Banquet,
For Octails. call 496-:)6.5l!
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Ap ril 22 < MondavJ
4111
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April 10 {2nd Wed)
DNdline-May New Voice
Lasl day rcr IIPl)llcatlons
ror ICON'• Cbid Ball
Grqi
LouganJs -'<s,
UNL Nobrasb Unlon-
Ce.ott'nnlal a.nromm,
8pm
J rdWed
cam Mtg. 7pm,
3923 r-amam. Omaha
t>Cf)oa< Welccmc:I
NAP Productions "R.ol\
the Medusa" 7:30pm,
Upstou• at Tile ROIC,
Omaha, 342-90.53
April 24
(4th Wednesday)
A
tril 23 14th Tutsc!ayl
A ril 29 5t h Monda
PF AC, 7pm Program.
"HISIO!y ol I l()l1)0jlhobla"
Lnitanan Cbun:h. 6300 A,
LlbCOln, -167-4599
Frontrunntt$ MOOOlly Mtg,
6:30pm, Omaha, 496-~
{1st Wedl
" Farm Boys" Slick S how,
April 30 (4th Tuesday)
MaA ~ Mag. 1pm.
Monday)
tco
Locaoon TB,\, Omaha
May 1
b> author wdJ rcu.,...,
7pm, 1st Um1aru111.3114
Hnmey. Omaha
M a 7 lstTuesda
A
' Mectilll!, 7pm. UNO
Religious Center. Omaha
AIDS Bealln& Service, 7pm, SL
Frnnc,s Chapel. South & I Ith
SL. Lincoln
THE NEW VOICE
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DIV Tat Site. Nd>rasluo AIDS
Project. 36 10 Dodge. Suite 110,
West Door Omaha 7,9'.30pm
I \ I In I IH p \ \
Nd work Q , I pm. Olbic
Channel 20. Lincoln
Ouln-adl Cmltr, lllV
lnfo/feslS. l-4pm. 1'723
Lca•·cnwonh, Omaha
Lesbian Dbcusaon Crp
7.30pm, Unitanan Church, 6300
"A" Llncdn, Call VJ .f77,3526 Lincoln 7pm 488-20-0
C/L Akobo11cs Aoonymous,
111 111-.,,,,
Ai.,ril 4~st Thursdoil
MaunJy unt1ar Sen1- 1pm,
MCC-Omllha
Clliuns for Equal Pl'Oledloo,
7pm. 1st Urucanan. Omaha
NOW Prosrelll NlaJht, 7pm. ISi
Unilllrilln.3114 Hamey, Omaha
A~ril
,. ac11 (2nd Thursday}11aJ1.
1st Methodist-Mead
7020 Cass Omaha 291-678 1 7pm
Sll'lqhl Spouse Support Group 79pm. Mead !~all. 1st Mctbochsl
7020~ Room '1l1J. 291~781
PCLSS 'Homooexualilk & the
Bible', Seottlblulf, E
Aeril 18 !3rd Thunclaxl
Mttropo111an Club, 6:30pm. ~
eoc-. 10 & Paaric. Omaha
GLAGN Support Group,
Grand Island, (-l(ll) 3114-7235
SNAP Produdlons ' Rafi of the
Medusa' 7:30pm. Upslair.i al The
R060, Omaha. 3-12-9053
2t1:"
A.&:f
Thursday)
F
xF
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Pride
Jltndll Show, The New Run
Bar. 9pm. Benefit ror '96 Pride
.,.._.ts
Act1vi11c,:
Maf
Thuniday)
err.2 (I stOmoha
7pm,
GIL Panents, 7:30pm. Omaha
NOW Program NW,1, 0maha
" Nlaht Lo.. • a ja2 cabertl •
Omaha Pl3)'house 10 pm
" Fann Boys" Slide Show • • 7pm,
ISi Umtarian, 6300 A. Lincoln
Mat 9 C Thursday!
1st
P
·•'LAG 1st MctbodiSl·Mcad I lall
7020 Cass. Omaha 29 1-678 1,
7pm
Slralghl Spouse Support Group
7-!>pm. Mead Hall. ISi Melloi,,
7020Cass. Room'1l1J, 291-678
T HE NEW VOICE
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Alcoholks Anonymous
Omaha: " An Altemall•t"
Llncoln Women ror Sobriety. IOom,
Oa1hcnng Place, Llncoln, Judilh -172-2S!l8
Mom Sing 7pm. Lowe Me WomfflS Support Grp. I lorn, MCC-Omaha
" Liv~ & Let Uve" & I.5pm
l'ollll LtJthcn>n, 303 S -1 11 Youth Support Grp. 2.9 1-G'l81. age 13-21 !!3)
lesbian. or qoosliootng sc,ua1,1y. Omaha
LID<Oln: 8pm, Plymouth
Yout h TalkUne, 7p, 12m. -173-7932. Lincoln
Coogrcgatiooal, -08-5214
YoulhTalkllne, 7pm- 12m.
Support/ Info for callers up
23 473 i932.Llncol
',\lllll>\\
l llll)\\
~ S (1st Frida?}
~ Womack speaks on HIV and NalJvc Arnc
mcao
Men. 7.30 p.111., Native Amenc:an Ocvclopmc:nt Or,
2451 SL Marys. Omaha
,aha
Good Friday Strv1<e al Dar1m<s, 7pm. MC'C-Om
8 19 S. 22,
p Vlgll, MCC-Omaha. unhl oom Easter Sunday
,..,..Oulnacb Cmier, 1-0V l nfo/f<S1$, 1-'lj)m & 10pm •
2run. 1723 Lcavenwoob, Omaha
" My Ure• Ar1 Olspla,yopens, Galltty 9, Lincoln
Aeril 6 !1st Saturdal'.l
liver city Gffld<r AUlllll<t. forTrunsgcnder
commuM y Bo., 680. Coundl llluffs51SO:
Eaottr Eg Bunt for lhe kids. MCC-Omaha
Odrtland Gay Rodeo Assoc. DC's. Om.6pm
Prayer Vig[~ MCC-Omaha. continues
E1pe1 ifflce !he Divine. pri1..C most outra~
cosmme. lungs & Quocns, Sioux Chy, IA
~ril 12 (2nd Friday)
~
Aeril 19~nd Friday)
Womyn'•
rn.cuss1oo Group, Call
lllolo<s, IA
SAGE Calfee n - 6-'}pm. Lcsblao Vidooo
7: l5'Jn1,33l9S. -16. Lincoln. -1884178
"lllut Vdm llaU • SI. i-ph, lllbisouri, Call
(816) 3(14-8376 ror<1et 11i.
GLAGN's llam Dance m. l
Launc 5560937 er Bah 43.S-24 18
Outmich Center, I UV lnfol'l'estt. 1--lpm & 10pm •
2am. 1723 Lea,·coworth, Omaha
" E&cape to~ly" Comedy Show, Raflle,Sllffll
Auction lo Bm•III Nd>raska AIDS Project. 7pm,
Great Hall Depot, Haymarkn. 201 N 7th. Uncoln
SNAP ProdUdlono 'Rail of the Medusa' 7:30pm.
L'pslair,s 81The Rolo. Omaha, 342-'XlSl
April 20 !3rd Saturday)
§Ff.4.f Prod1.1e11ons •Raft of the Met.hisa•
7:30pm, t/p<hUr,s at Tho Rose, Omaha.
342-9053
Ai.,ril 27 c4th Saturday!
AJD...kao Pral<Alor,al & Busl,... Guild,
Ar!!/ 2' !4th Friday)
ii-and AA Roundup, • Reeo-, through Unity"
Ramada Inn Airport, llogislratlon ,pm, Speakors
begin••~·573.Information, wriu: I lc.,nland
For
Roundup. ,
Omaha. NE 68101-0.573
Magi; 3c£lst Friday)
• NI 1 •• • a 1-_,... • pre,iented b)
Jonathan Cole, Omaha l'1ll)housc: I hlCbc<>c:k
lfaJI, 10 pm. gen. adnussion $9, 558-0!00
rcr l'CSCf\'abOCIS
May 10 (2nd Friday
Deadline ror !!!! June lssu• or Tu
Sioux Clly, IA, for lnformatJon, wnlc:
ABl'O. Oox 142, $,ou,, Cl1y. Iowa 51102
Kate Olnton , Omllla. l'l'l:$enled by
WomonSpacc Productions
O~and AA Roundup, "Reeovtry through
Unity" Ramada Inn Airport, For
lnformauoo, wnte: I lcartland ROCJlldup. Bos
S13. Omaha. NI: 68 1
01-0$73
==• Mat4
(1st Saturdax)
ANG E" After Hours" Downtown Grounds.
1-'lam. Omaha (boglns aftu mldnlghl
Saturday)
Riv... Clly Gender Alllance, Omaha
Hdrtlancl Gay Rodeo A6eoc. DC'g, Omaha
"Nlglll Lovt • a jazz cabard" Omaha
1'1ilyboosc lh1Chcock: I lall, 10 pm
May
N ew Voice
13 j2nd Salurdal'.}
Ing the Ones You Love, Stmlnar, Dts
tninnen Friday Aftff1IOCIJ Oub, The New Run
Bar. 6:30po1
11 (2nd Saturday!
SAGE Coffee House 6-9pm. l.esbian Videos
7 ISpm.33198 46, Llncoln,-lll8-U78
ANGLE Night at llundtt DlnntrTheatrt, Dinner
7pm. Sho" (l.cid Mc a Tenor) 8pm. hckcU S2S
pcr.iClll. cnll lhcater ror
b) May 1st
"""""uon<
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�CLASSIFIEDS
I-"' Mid-a.mi-. Wttkend for stn,ght·
IICling men Experience Fun in the gn:at outdoors
For information, send S5 10: Roger Van
Me&ml,4104 ValhallaBlvd..131.Sioux Falls,
SD 57106. Real men only. 18+
(Ap96)
Ga:, Vlcloo$"-'5 3 rorS45shippiag included.
Send order to AMADS, P.O. Box 23233.
l'bomux. AZ 8506.3. Check. money order, Visa,
Ml=Card, Discover. locluclc fupiratioo DoteOrFax OO!-S48-6?1J)CreditCatdsooJy. (Mr,lG)
TYPING NEEDS?
~S/4'3-2318
Will handle all, very reasonablerates:documcnts.
~poodcnce. term l'"JIC~. other office wort
including mail proecssiog.
(M>96)
Adult Videos -
mapzl11<$. Would like 10
You wwk HARD and wttk-oot even HARDER!
•AJU..~SSAOE will taltc the EDGE
OFF and provide BALANCE• Serving fr.!1,.
Lesbian: Trans: Bi. & Hct.croCommwuties.O,fl
Certificates Available. Hours: 6pm-6am.
Weekend hours vary. OMJLIN APPT.ilNF<>
342-1964
(Ml97)
IIIW1M . ... mv•. llllO lClllhcr fc11sh. 6'4", 187.
lean legs. nice buns. loog hair Seek Bi W'female
HIV- into lcat.bc:r fetish. Must be lean with nice
leg,fbuns. Desire lasting rclationslu p. Send pholo.
fullname, addrcss,phooeno to: (-O.s-Oil4) Stan
Boldonon. 1534 "!!"St., 126, Llncoln.NE68S08
OVE llW O•KED ?
UNDE RPAID ?
ST1ESSED OUT? RELAX! Pamper yowselr
with Swedisb Massage In the prlvety ol your
home. NatiooallylstaLC ~ <:aU ~
ror mformalt<lnfappointment
(Ju96)
GWM, 3', HIV-. looking for OWM 2.S4S ror
fun safe times. .SI 11". 18.51. I'll be waiting to
11,o Ealtff llunnymayboruielnooft whlletur
bul wooldn\ you ralhcd,e sJcamingood gorg;,ous
,.ithagoldcntBn fn:,m SL Mary'sTan.221llSL
"Your Dour" Tn,at )'OOrsclftoa tooll body rub.
WA!Dl oils, icla,ing vibratiou.\, tender nurtunng
touch Evcninp & Weekends. 491 -3176 No
calls after 10.00 p.m.
(Ju96)
SPORTS & ENTEllTAJNMENT PANS!
Oct latcsl Las V cga,1 .S SW Piek,
Soon:s. Horoocopcs, Soaps. Stocks. & more
Nowl
1·,.._'T76-t7M En. '5419
$2.99 mrn. 18+ Serve-U (619) 64.>8-0-I
FOR RENT
FOR Rl!NT, CAffiAGt HOUSE, 307 N. 41
Ave.. two bedrooms, hardwood floors. v,'llSh<!r,
d1ycr.o1T5II<cl puking. $500.SS3-0Zl8 (Ap96)
(Au96)
Do AprD showers hklt the sun? Noc "' St.
Mary's 'J'an.m2St.Mary'• Ave., 341-3749
AppU-,. Swvlee In Your Homel
Qual11y Rcp11,._ Reasonable RBtes,
Rcconc:ti tioll
Refrigc.._ Frcczc,. Lauud,y. & Ranges
For Sale.
Broodway l lomo AP!llianc», Coonoil Bluffs
MC/VISA • DeU-..ry A..,llabk
32l-22SS
WANTED BOOKS by Rill Mae Brown,
~ Maupm alOC>. 220 Stove for sole.
$7.S.OO ~9556
(Ap96)
Fun-loving GWM wUI aharc hoUR, non•
smot,.ng environment, $225 monlh plu,i 112
wlitics. Norfollt.402-379-1295. LeavcMessagc.
(My96)
w"ai;f.
PERSONALS ror
An attractive., prolrulonai,
rde., and
oulllOiDa GWFseck.sgay, bi.or mamcd v,bJtc
females for frielldslupand posi,ible rclati0mh1p.
EnJOY Spor1S. Must be slender to average, no,,.
drinker and no drugs. Age no problem. Please
,.ri1eto: P.O. Box34014,0rnaba.NE68l:W.
(My9G)
lli-Femak, 5 fl. 101 lb,, oceks caber B1 females.
Sendpiclt.rc Willn:turnsamo. PO. Bo.,3101.
12A Pacific.Omaha. NE68108
(Ap96)
Plannl.. anOIMaCruloe tbllllUIIUDOr?Thcre
will be a v,·bolc sluplood of lean. lovely lesbians.
And you'll be looting your best thanks to SL
Mary'• T.., :z:zt2 St. M.-y•s A~. :Wl-3749
OllG~TIONS
EVfiY
tLcoMEl
Alkod lhe Imperial Cowl of Nebra.1b (ICON)
Board Meeting
141.SJacbon.
e,v
~ i:1Xlp.m.
Am:111, el TheMAX.
,-EllSONAL GROWTH GROUP bas new
opcninjl'! for acrious-mindod men intcrelltlXI in
self/SJ)lritual growth Discreet. sele<:tivc. Ph.
J:!0.2162 oflot &30p m. Ask for Mad: (Ap96)
MASSAGE
Full -yThttapoutk U-., Se.tving lhe
Bioc~ual. py. lesbian, and hctero canmunity
Swedish Massage. Reserve your appointmonlt
Unc:oln. 402-477-0138
(My96)
Ful -,s........M...... Hcal111g.Nununng
(ina Ptac:dul Eovitoomclll} Juan.Qirlos. C.tvtT.
(402) 342-1017.
(Ja97)
bear rrom you. .f02.45S.2SI I
Dlsattt bl curious WIM . .S'9", 160#, ...,ks
couples, bi females. bi curious 18-21 males
Interests. video. phone freinds, watching,
raotaSics. ~ & drug free! Bill. P.O. eo,
4034. Omaha, NE <i81~
(Ap96)
PERSONALS ror Men
GWM J,, iltv Nei, 61• 1601. Looking for
males 25-40 ror safe. run 11.mcs - Looking ror
well endowed men. I'll he V.'lliting to hear rrom
)'OIL
-l0:?4574.."71
(Ap!)6)
MEET THAT S PECIAL PERSON
Wai11~ to Hear fiom Yout
Call l-,-.!lft-3737 ExL SSGI
2.9!) Min IS. Servo-U (619) 64.s.8-04
GWM, 22, 6 ', 100 lt.., Nice l!") with warpoo
Still somewhat awkward at this
whole py thing. Hope to mccuome oool, tlod
pooplc. Write me. 1.. r,:plyl PO Box 241534.
;11
sense of humor.
Omaha. NE<i8124
(Ap!)6)
GWM, HIV·, Seek Canng Life Partner whoolso
IS educated. intelligent. ambitious. 6°1 •. Tl.SI.
CALL NOW Bill .S5l • l239 Lct'sTol.k
(Ap96)
GWM, 39, 6' l ". 280#. Br,Br. well.educated.
SC>•h\11\gry bottoo190Cks pro{e.,siooal Oor BWM,
3().50, good-n>cmge shape. wcll-endoY.cd. sc,craird top Oh-e me room ,n yow- life, heart
&home, and will fulfill yo ur wants & needs
l.Ctlfokl. plus coolc. clean, wash. & and bclp keep
your busy lire ,n order Serious love. & loyal!)
IWllllS thescoously lovu1g& lo)'nl inquiry Wnu,
to: AMP,JR/ 908 Avery Rood WCSI. Bellevue,
NE <i8123-4001 Include info•• ??photo??. n.1Wn
Clddrcss and/or phone I
(Ap!)6)
D ESIJlE LONGTERM SUIIMISSION. Wlltc
male bcgmncr. 35. 6'7", 2."iOI, Blonde. 8 mches
- ,-ts mo.,tc:r:<'tops If you ••JOYpu!Wlg boy
thru his paecs, ptusc trnrn me! Seek.mg
c,pcncnced couples. 8Jxk/Wlu1c. 3().60. well
hunJ preferred. Dildo wearing Rubccsque
lcshl3m also serviced. My rantasieure heavy bl
d. slm. lcalbcr. ell>, tit. forced Fttneh/Oreclt. oral
servitude. spanking, cntertairung your friends.
nod new idea.•? Call J. P M)'llme. (402) :hi-
~
(Ap!l6)
GWM, 37, SI()", 18.51, bmlbrn .,.,th tnmmcd
full bcatd. Profcssionol - R.N . stmi6hl adlog,
noo-:smc*tr. HIV ncptive. enjoy music. moties.
& romance. Looking ror tom{"'tibility for a
mooogamous relal>o<Mip. with s,milllT interests.
Call402-362-17J3or,.TJtc: JohnS., 639 E. 10th
St.. Apt C-205, \'ark. NE68467- 1932
( Ap')(>
)
llttn lhlnldngabout~wlth bladl
leather? The best leaihi:r LR lhe world won' t
maltc up ror a pole. washod out look. And biklru
lines really distrnc:1 from a leather jock.strap! Tao
all ewer m complete pnvacy at St. Mary•sTan,
2202SL Mary'sAvmuc. 341 -37-IO.
Your Classifted Could
be Right Here!
Try It Now!
Get Great Results!
Honest!
PAGE36
(Ap96)
Mary'sAve., 341 -3740
Uade or sell them. lfintel$cd. please write to:
Steven. Bo, S'IOS, Uocoln. NE 68505 Selling
Price $2.00 each ror Videos..
(Au%)
Home Improvement Company. Prunti03, Wall
Papering. Faux Fini$11C:$, Kitchens. 13athtooms,
Ccramie Tile. Flooring Michael 344-3262
(Ju%)
THE NEW VOICE
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OU)IR MIN A TURN ON!.
GWM, 36. dotlc holf, IMCl1utl\
bw,t~'oldet IM", 30< 1o,
UT' S GET TO KNOW EACH
OTHlR. GWM, 23. 6'T, 180.
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bloodeho..
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(l,noolnJ • 20388
M\, '""""'"'I' and .....
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OINVIR DUDE, GWM 20,
COMPANION FOR UFl,
GWM S'6• 110. blood, hoo<.
fl.lfND SIIKH. GWM.
blood,, ' - 1,1.,. .... good
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good,........ ~
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All AROUNO NKI GUY.
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MIKIY Ul<ES m, GWM, 22,
6'J'. 180. bland. ...... 1u
')'0$, •nlO alol of lti,19 including
dooc,,-g • ..i-. - "' ,.. and r-.1,i,,p lor PlooM, b. moiaA.. and OflfCIC•
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and -.......i
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THIS IS MIKI, GWM 27, 175.
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and 20-J.5....... ~...,.j,J;,p
and tl'IOtt Pleo1e S.C,... 0 ffif:\
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IIG GUY SfARCH, GWM.
PLEASURE PATROL GWM,
32,S'ICl', 175. ...t,.....,,i.,
r.. ond ..i-n Klmohol
e33t47
CONFUSlO 81/T WANTS
YOUNG GUYS. a. C WM...,....,..,. 59'. 180,
- .....,, """'.- foolog,
and-..... PleoMb.do
- . dn,g.ld...... i....-
and J.. (OnohoJ • 32982
l' M A FUN GUY. GWM. 5 ; •
...!! b.,.1,,1, 0. 31. J.o,, "-•'9
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THIS IS DANA. GWM 21
16$. 6'1· b,,,.n ho,, and .....
THIS MAY If m. GWM. 3.5.
57 165. 001""" >mol. "'ba,
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ond ll'IOl'O Pltow ~ O 191M
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LOOKING FOR HORSES.
GWM, J9, HIV 6. 160, ...I,
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GWM 200. 61 . good ,lq,o.
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OUAIJTY AND QUANTITY
TIMI. GWM 52,6 4" 245
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LOOKING FOR CUB SAND·
WKH. GWM, 52. boo, ...l,,,g
CUSTOMlR S!RVIC! WITH
A SMILE. GWM, 6'< 205.
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HIV "*'_.and a,mp i..,
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33. 18.S. good"- ...t.
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(OmohoJ • 3010$
HIRE I AM, WHIRf ARI
YOU?. GWM 25, 6', . 200.
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For Nationals
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