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Texan's Gay Immigration Case Attracting National Attention
By Don Ritz
Immigration of gay men and women to the
U.S. is a subjectthat has been picked up by
the national news media.
Richard Longstaff, owner of the Union
Jack clothing stores in Dallas and Houston,
immigrated to the U.S. from Great
Britain in 1965. Shortly after immigrating,
Longstaff opened his store in Dallas
and later opened a second in Houston.
Eleven years after immigrating to this
country, Longstaff applied for U.S. citizenship.
The U.S. Federal District Court Judge
Joe Estes twice denied Longstaff citizen•
ship and based his decision on two issues.
Este,; claimed that Longstaff was in viola•
tion of the Texas State Penal Code, Sec•
tion 21.06, the "homosexual conduct" law,
and that Longstaff had illegally entered
the country.
A law passed by Congress in 1952 states
that individuals with "psychopathic per•
sonalities" are exdudable and ineligible
to receive visas to immigrate to the U.S. In
1965, the law was amended to include
"sexual deviants."
Longstaff appealed the decision to the
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New
Orleans. Late last September, the Appeals
Court, by a vote of 2 to l, affirmed the
Federal District Court's decision.
After the Appeals Court decision, the
National Gay Rights Advocates (NGRA),
located in San Francisco, requested a
rehearing en bane by the Appeals Court.
NGRA, citing numerous contradictions
between the Fifth Circuit's decision and
other smiliar immigration cases,
requested that the case be heard by the
entire Fifth Circuit Court, not just three
judges.
The appellate court refused the rehearing
request. NGRA has now filed for the
Supreme Court to hear the case. The
Supreme Court received the writ on Wednesday,
Jan. 25.
NBC national news learned of the case,
and reporter Carl Stem and a camera crew
were sent to Washington to interview
Longstaff on Tuesday, Jan. 23.
Longstaff said that he was uncertain
when the interview would be aired, but
anticipated it would be aired on the same
day the Supreme Court received the writ,
on the evening news with Tom Brokaw.
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Gay Texas' businessman
Richard Longstaff
Longstaff said that NGRA would fund
the majority of costs for the Supreme
Court case, and the organization would be
accepting donatiorui. (Donations are tax
dedut'tible, and checks should be made to
NGRA or the Legal Foundation for Per·
sonal Liberties, 540 Castro, San Francisco,
Calif. 94114.)
Longstaff said, "Speculation is that the
Supreme Court will hear the ca8e, but it is
purely speculation as to when they will
hear it. The timing (of the case) does not
have the priority of something like a case
,..;th the death sentence. It,.. ould be up to a
ye.ar before they decide to hear the case,
then another year before they actually do
hear it, and another 12 months to make e
ruling."
Ron Ranum, :-GRA administrator, said
he lioped the case would not take quite
that long. Ranum said he thought a decision
on whether or not the case would be
heard would be made in October Ranum
added that it's hard to predict any judicial
decision.
"NGRA is reaching out to get the best
poti 1ble lawyertodotheoral agrumentfor
the caae before the Supreme Court. "
That Little Brown Bottle
Under Your Nose
Joe Baker, Commentary, p.7
Feb. 3, 1984 D Issue •7 o Published Every Other Friday
ig Bro er as een ,• ng
By Hollis Hood
1984 is here, end Biir Brother and Big Sister
have already been watching for
decades. Dan Siminoski, who ret"ently
filed for release of FBI gay surveillance
documents under the Freedom oflnformation
Act, said in his keynote address at the
Srcond Annual Gay Press AsRociation 's
Southern Regional Confrrence Jan. 27 in
Houston.
Siminoski was in Houston to promote
Siminosk1 VB. the FBI, the case filed on his
behalf by the California Civil Liberties
Union this past October, and to promote
his forthcoming book, Spies m the C/osrt.
The case nrose when h(• requested the
release of FRI documents for hook
research, "including hut not limited to" 1:1
gay organizations nationwide which the
bur(,au had been tracking since the early
Hl.iOs.
"But it doesn't matter who's watching,"
the political consultant said, "the gay
movement will make progrPSs. We must do
whatever is necessary to maximize sup·
port in this frightening world."
It is time for the gay movement to reach
out to the other human rights groups and
b(-come a part of the mainstream human
rights cause, Siminoski said. Through this
clout, gays can imprnss upon the government
that they will no longer toleratl'
being spied upon and harassed.
"We are Am(•ric.an citizens, and we need
to rPach out to electoral candidates who
are supportive of gay rights," he said
"and make gay rights part of the huma~
rights coalition-call it ~he Rainbow Coa•
lition, Roosevelt Coaht10n or what hav!'
you," .
Not only is the surveillance of the gay
movement and prominent figures in it
(documentation which. according to Siminoksi,
numbel'!I in the thousands of pages
in eight major cities nationwide) contrary
to the basic freedom of speech guarant.•ed
by the Bill of Rights, it is a dreadful waste
of hundreds of thousands of taxpayers'
PHOTO SMOAOOJlli
Dan S1minoski
dollars.
In essence, gays are paying taxes to be
spied on by their gover_nment, and that
government is not allowing th~se persons
to see the information that 1s being accumulated
about them.
Siminoski was told that the documents
he rt'<juested would "endanger national
Sl-curity" if they were released, and that
the public served by such a releruie would
be "so small" that it essentially was not
worthwhile to go through the clerical proCCIISes
involved. He termed this attitude
"unadulterated poppy coc-k"
He was also denied a fee waiver request
for copying what records he could get,
or ears, ays
some $165. This attitude, he says, typifies
the Reagan's administration's position of
trying to undermine the purpose of the
FOIA.
Virginia Apuzzo, executive dirt'ctor of
the National Gay Task Force, has voiced
support for Siminoski's cause, saying,
"The FBI's refusal to waivl' fees for Dr
Siminoski's Freedom of Information Act
requl'st is another example of the federal
government's special and systematic
hara. smcnt of the gay lesbian movement
which Dr. Simmosk1 and other histonans
and social scientists seek to document.
This case will give us the opportunity to
inform the American public about the discrimination
we face nnd will be a major
test of the rights of gay men and lesbians
to b,• secure in their civil liberties."
"I have been asked why I should care
about 'old, dusty records,"' Siminoski told
the gathered newspersons. "What differ•
encc will it make? Well, I'll give you sev•
eral reasons."
ThiR is not just a gay case, he explained.
It is of interest to ell civil libertarians. It
demonatrate.s that no person nor group of
persons is "safe under the law until they
know exactly how that law may be
abridged to violate their rights .
'1'his case will tell us e lot about the
relation.ship between gay rights and the
federal government, which alledgedly
stands for freedom. It \\ill demonstrate
that civil liberties are only up to the definition
(given them) by local law enforcement
agencies. Gay rights have always been
violated and are continuing to be," said
Siminoski, who holds a doctorate from the
University of Wisconsin.
He specifically referred to ret"ent bar
raids in Houston where some 46 persons
were randomly taken in for alleged public
intoxication.
"Houston is considered the liberal capital
of the South, but the police department
admittedly has a file of license plate
numbers, names and photographs-some
taken out of the context of regular police
1minoski
procedure-of homosexuals. If this can go
on here, it can go on anywhere, and does,"
he said.
He encouraged the Journalistb to go
back to their respective cities and discover
if their police departments had such files.
"We should all c-are about these
records," the longtime activist said. "It's
one of the great scandals of administra•
t1ve Justice. It is a dark, illicit, ugly history
to taxpayer waste and secrecy "
The FBI',. refusal will result in the largest
FOIA case m history, he said.
The government hasn't just saHld
records on ind1v1duals such as John Lc.n
non or Martin Luther Kmg, he said In the
case of the ga) movement, "as with the
,..omen's mO\ement or any other movement
wanting change," they have documented
an entire SO<'lal history.
That'.s one reason Simmoski wants the
records, he said. "The litigation will gh e
us an opportunity to gather a large piet"e of
gay history. A chance to recover much of
what has not been kept by others. They
have records on the Mattachine Society
and One, Incorporated from the very
beginning.
"If there's one thing you can i;ay for the
federal government, it is a wonderful
archivist," he jokingly stated "It gathel'II
ever~1hing and keep its. It keeps thmgs
like a pack rat-all the dirt in all the
closets-end they save, save. save."
The emplo) ees routinely chp from gay
and non-gay publications anything that
refers to gay issues or gay individuals, he
said, citing a meeting notice which
appt>ared in the university newspaper in
Hayward, Calif. The Gay Academic
Union listed the name of the organization,
location and time of meeting and other
"juicy tidbit.s, like bring a sack lunch and
cofftoe v.ill be furmshed." This clipping
was filed in the Hayward Pwneer file
under a national security classification.
That indicated it to be an organization
continued
2 THE STAR I FEB. 3, 1984
Austin Soap
By Wanda Rumors
Bartenders Can't Stay
Put
Which bar am I in anyway? I thought I was in
the BoathouH, but all I s-were Dirty Sally'•
bartenders. And on the other side of town at
Sally's were the bartenders from the Boathouse.
It must be love. When·s the wedding
and whose going to be the bride?
-o-
Showt,me for the Bartenders• Well, 11 was festive
anyway The Croealng recently had a bartenders'
review but where were all the
bartenders Hats off to those who did put on a
Show Too bad Donna SunlnNr mossed their
vers10n of "She Works Hard tor the Money.·
Too much•
-o-
Entenalnment ,s ahve and well and loving In
Austin at the Auatln Anemallff. Congratula-tions
on a great loolung bar and much success Sara, manager of Our Place
,n the future.
-o-llactlstnet
Bales IS giving away money again
How many times Is this? This time It's on Valentine's
Day for Best Sweetheart Couple and
Best Valentine's Drag Pull out the gowns; it's
worth money
-o-
Any clues on the Prtwa Celan' reopening?
We know It's going to be the Third Eclllon, but
where? If you know. tell us.
-o-
Wl'tat C/W D.J saw Alu• dance country on
"Dynasty" and ,mmedlately went shopping !or
• new wardrobe?
-o-
Backatreet Basics recently showed La Cage
Au• Fol/as. Nlcole, we didn't know you got
your start es a maid
-o-
Flaahlll Pizazz IS going to reopen aga,n.
-o-
On the down side, one of the more snooty in
this town wants to keep Austin bars as nice as
possible and keep the wandering trash out.
She says th•1 too many good customers • re
shying away because of the undersirables.
Honey, what's one man's trash may be another Recognize anyone's back? Photo taken at Snuffy'a in S.A.
man's tr-ure. Or haven't you heard?
-e-lf
you're Into good old-fashioned music. drop
by and listen to DJ Gary Aobeft•on at the
BoathOuse on Fridays. He's spinning the best
ol the Oldies every Friday night
-o-
Then get ready for Jim Smith's personal roast.
He sees himself as one of the capital's celebrotoes
and he's in hlS kitchen prepearong his
own, a la Daisey Dauber Style with the temperature
set high.
-o-
P•ul of Houston, 1ust because you think Austin
has lots of hunky college men. that doesn't
mean you bnng books to the bar-nor buy all
of them at the bookstores The hunks up here
keep their heads elsewhere. you know.
besides between the pages of books'
-o-
Austin'a Alternative hosted a benefit for
WomyNpeek-that's right, womYn-th1s past
Sunday If you weren't there. you missed a
gOOd time Talk about graff1t1•
San Antonio
By~£~e
Men on the Riverwalk
My, my, my• Wasn't the weather wonderful thlS
past weekend particularly on the Rlv-•lk
which was ahve w,th the 15th Annual G,.•t
c-try River Faettva• In full swing? And that
wasn't all that was swinging Did you take a
look at all those gorgeous m1htary men My
dear• So many men; so httle time
-a-l
wonder how many of them made 11 over to El
Jardin last Sunday afternoon for that festive
birthday party lor Trixie laAue? She cel&brated
with champagne and a chorus of 'New
York, ~ York." and we hear Liu Mtnnelll IS
heading south to kill her Just wa,t 1111 next
year, MISs LaAuel
And speaking of festive times, Fleet• is cum•
mm· soon. April 20-29 Mmmmm1
-o-
Ma,ty, I've been asked to remind you not to
forget 021262 ORISIT 021463, or uh, uh!
021484 Oh, well, don't forget'
-o-
Longnecks and good friends and long men go
together Our Place welcomed the Galleon
with MIiier Ltte longnecks an Our Place trad1-
t1on for over four years
-o-
And In SA's downhOme C& W bar. Ara Waeternaln,
all of Ab's beer 1s in longnecks. So the
longneck story grows and grows and grows
-o-
Patrick Grant'• Clrclea had his grand opening
thlS past Sunday. Not sure about longnecks
here, but the w,ne and cheese were great, as
well as the music supphed by Project X, a local
Jazz group
-o-
J.., at the Galleon, please get well soon. You
wouldn't beheve the stonee that are flying
around thtS state•
-o-
And If you'd rather ride than fly, dream abOut
the Roctdn R Aiding Club wh1cl'I will be riding
,n the S.A rodeo parade Feb. 10th. The club
will be meeting downtown at 8am for the 10am
parade I think Sara at Our Place can give ya'II
more into.
-o-
Congrats to Jimmy J-. The Gold Unlimited
TV commercial ,s one of two selected for
Judging In the Cleo Aw•rda th,s year, and PM
Magazine named Jimmy's story "Best Story in
the Region· Who says. ''Blond's don't have
more fun?"
-o-
Helen would hke to extend a big welcome to
the San Pedro Connection on the San Pedro
Strip
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Austin Man
Documents
Chicago's Gay
Lifestyle of 1960s
Austin's David Sonenschein, formerly of
the Indiana University's Kinsey Institute
for Research in Sex, Gender and Repro•
duction, has r8<'ently published his mid•
60's study of gay men in Chicago.
Based on "open-ended" or conversational
interviews with gay men in Chicago
in 1967, Some Homosexual Men examines
the experiences and feelings of23 different
men with varying intensities and styles of
gay interest.
Concentrating on problems of promis•
cuity, sex and friendship, though high•
lighting elements unique to pre-liberated
Chicago of 1967, the book's broader con•
cerns look at most problems of gay men
throughout their lives.
The book, being published on a non•
profit basis, is available for $8 through the
author at Box 475/i, Austin, TX 78765.
AHRC Stages
Meeting with
Senator Doggett
The Alamo Human Rights Committee is
inviting the gay community to attend
what it hopee will be the first in a series of
"Meet the Candidate" events at an informal
meeting with State Senator Lloyd
Doggett of Austin, a candidate for the U.S.
Senate in the May Democratic Primary.
The meeting will be held at 1:00 p.m.,
Sunday, Feb. 5, at "Victoria's Indiscretion"
in the Four Seasons Hotel, 555 S.
Alamo, San Antonio.
AHRC ia not making an endorsement in
this race at this time.
Dan White May be
Moved Out
of California
LOS ANGELES CIGNA)-Due to protests
from official• and gay activists, paroled
killer Dan White could be moved from
California to another state where he has
family tiea, if he can find a job there.
Los Angeles County Counsel DeWitt
Clinton said that earlier attempts were
made to release White out of California to
an unnamed state. But the receiving state,
after conducting an investigation, con•
eluded that White would not be employed
until late spring 191\4 and thus refused to
accept him es a parolee for that rea11on.
Supervisor Ed Edelman won unanim,
ous Board of Supervisors approval of a
request to the state to transfer White out of
California as soon as possible. In a prepared
statement, Edelman said: "It is my
understanding that in cases such as
White's involving such publicity and notoriety,
the state can arrange an interstate
compact, under which the parolee would
be locatro outside of California."
Edelman'& motion also calls upon the
County Counsel's office to find out why
the in!Rrstate compact was not used in
White's cttse and to provide an explanation
of the procedure.
The Loe Angeles Police Commission
also voted to ask authorities to move
White away from the greater Los Angeles
area.
City Councilm11n Joel Wachs, who
represents the heavily gay Hollywood
Hills neighborhood, has formed a Com•
mittee for Dan White Out of Los Angeles.
He likewise questioned Los Angeles police
Chief Darryl Gates about the depart•
ment's role in the decision,
Wachs and many gay leaders said the
department, which often is at odds with
both gays and liberal politicians, may
have wanted White released in Loe
Angeles County as a way to upset the
department'• longtime foes.
Gates said that he had no influence in
the decision about White's parole site.
More Advice
for Insomniacs
Reaearchers have been burning the midnight
oil trying to find a cure for one of
modern society's most common afflictions:
insomnia. While they have yet to
find a remedy, they have zeroed in on what
makes us fall asleep, reports the San Jose
Mercury News.
The best conditions, not surprisingly,
are darkness, quiet, and the right temperature,
around 65 degrees. Keeping regular
hours helps, too. If you toss and turn on
Sunday night, it's probably because you
slept later over the weekend. Counting
sheep may help you nod off, but doctors
recommend yoga, breathing exercises and
getting out of bed until you feel tired.
California Cities
Approve Gay Rights
SAN FRANCISCO (IGNAl-Both Sacra•
mento, the state'll capital, and Oakland,
San Francisco's neighbor acroi;s the Bay,
have voted for ordinances that ban discrimination
against homoi;exuals.
The Sacramento City Council voted
unanimously to ban discrimination
against gays in city jobs, despite a warning
that the "San Francisco-style" policy
would encourage homosexuality.
The council voted to add the words "sexual
orientation" to its hiring policy to prohibit
discrimination against emplyees or
job applicants solely because of sexual
preference. ·
Lisa Katz of the National Organization
for Women and the River City Democratic
Club, a gay political group, said the
change was "a simple and basic human
rights issue."
But the Rev W.B. Timberlake of the
Committee for Moral Concerns said it was
a policy that would encourage homosexu•
ality and put gays in city iobA where they
might come into contact with children.
Councilman Tom Chinn told Timberla
ke tha t he votNI for thechange .. because
I do not believe in any discrimination
whatsoever. I think you're reading a heck
of a lot more into it than is necessary. It
prohibits discrimination, period."
The Oakland City Council passed an
even more far-reaching ordinance forbidding
discrimination in employment, housing,
business a nd government services.
Councilwoman Marge Gibson, who
introduced the measure, said the
chambers were full of supporters, and one
person spoke in favor of the ordinance just
before the vote. There was no opposition.
The measure was patterned after San
Francisco's gay rights ordinance because
of complaintll of discrimination by gay
leaders in Oakland, particularly in housing
and employment.
"The existing ordinance doesn't specifically
mention 11exual orientation,
although the city has interpreted it to he
implicit in the ordinance," Gibson said.
Gibson previously introduced an Oak
land ordinance prohibiting diocrimina
tion by landlords against families with
children.
Matthew Coles, attorney for the East
Bay Lesbian Gay Democratic Club who
draftt'<I the measure, coiled it "a very
strong ordinance. n little stronger than
San Franrisro's bc<-ausc it allows fewer
exe-mptions."
One of the exemptions is in the area of
housing. Owners of rental property who
occupy one of the units and share kitchen
or bathroom facilities with tenanta are
exemptt'd from th1· ordinance.
All employers, regardless of how many
employees they have, must abide by the
measure and employers with 15 or more
worker ~uRt post notices "in conspicuous
places" stating that "_discri~in~tion o!"
the basis of sexual or1entatton 1s prohi-bited
by law," .
It is a misdemeanor to vtolate the new
Jaw with viol11tors subJe<:t to civil dam
age~ and fine.s.
Joe Acanfora spokesman for the gay
orgun1lat1qn, c111lro the measure "very
compn•h1·nsive. It's just what we need m
Oakland."
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4 THE STAR/ FEB. 3, 1984
Moondaughter's Emporium: The Way It Was
By Sharon McDonald
Commentary
Not all relationships start out smoothly,
and for us lesbian feminists, politics are
often the waves that rock the boat. When I
think of all the energy I had to put into
raising Louise's consciousness about
Feminist Dating, Goddess only knows
how I've put up with it all. I could see it
coming from the very first day.
"Hi, Sharon? This is Louise, from the
Women Against Sexist Things Every,
where meeting. Want to have dinner with
me at the Em;x,rium tonight?"
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!" I said coolly. I
was put off at her approach, of course. As
everyone knows, a proper Feminist Date
begins when two or more women simultaneously
ask each other out, participating
equally in the decision-making
process, neither party buying into the
Man's game by resorting to macho behav•
ior lfke speaking first.
An image of Louise in her new vest at
tut week's meeting flashed through my
mind, and I decided to let her blunder pass.
Maybe I can educate this woman, I
thought, my heart pounding with the
excitement of the political task ahead.
Although she had started off on the
wrong foot, Louise showed promise by
obeying another rule of Feminist Dating:
Get Thy Entertainment at a Feminist
Establishment. The Emporium's full
name was Moondaughter Bloodwoman's
Menstrual Sponge and Whole Wheat Date
Nut Bread Emporium, and it was a popu,
Jar movement hangout for the six months
that it operated. It served as a combmation
restaurant, therapy center, theater,
meeting hall, menstrual sponge warehouse
and crash pad for traveling dykes.
On weekends, there was entertainment by
local performers who read from their journals
in two-and-a-half-hour sets. Tonight
was All You Can Process Night, with continuous
reading for 24 hours at no extra
charge
We arrived just a~ the Cooking Colle<:•
tive was dishing up the Savory Separatist
Stew (the meat was what had been separated)
and generous helpings of Nukeless
Noodle Surprise, a casserole with a bakedm
anti-nuke leaflet The Cooking Collective
was committed to their motto: "Don't
just eat, Educate!"
We filled our plates and helped ourselves
to the speaalty of the house, the little individual
cunt-shaped whole wheat date nut
bread loaves. Joining the others sitting on
the cement floor in concentric circles, we
commenced to get in touch with the
woman at the microphone, who was read,
1ng her life story and acting out all the
parts Whenever she got to a male charac•
ter. her pnrnary relationship stood up and
led the crowd in booing. By the time we got
there at 9 p.m., she was up to her fifth
No Gays In
'Winnie Winkle'
Had someone in "Doonesbury" been ~nning
out of the closet, editors of the New
York News and the Chicago Tribune
might have let it stand, but in "Winnie
Winkle"?
No way, said the editors of the two large
newspapers, and according to Editor &
Publiahrr, told the comic strip's writer,
Henry Raduta, that a gay theme might be
offensive to its older readers.
The Tribune's assistant features editor
did not care for the "unsophisticated" and
"stereotyped" image of gays.
The News' assistant managing editor
said if the "Winnie Winkle" characters
came "out of the closet," the comic would
come "out of the paper."
In the strip's abandoned storyline, Win•
nie's son Billy announced that he and
friend Russ Miller were lovers.
In the revised version, Billy's now inter•
ested in an older woman with children.
birthday party and the train set she never
got.
"Wow, you two really missed Romethmg
earlier'" a woman sitting near us whispered
to me. •·There was this great showing
of Marge Johnson's art!"
"Who's Marge Johnson?" I asked,
always eager to be educated.
"Wow, you haven't heard of Marge
Johnson? Oh wow. Marge Johnson was,
like, the best artist, like she killed herself
in 1955 because she couldn't stand being a
housewife, you know, and she was probably
a dyke, and like she made all these
paintings that male art critics won't recognize
as great because they say, 'The:,,'re
only paint-by-number, so how great is
that?' but, like, her work is so full offemale
images and places where she purposely
didn't go by the numbers! It was so
heavy."
I turned back to Louise to raise her con•
sciousness about Marge Johnson, but she
was busy looking for an ashtray. I tried to
raise her consciousness about smoking;
after all, men do it. so it must be patriarchal,
but she just exhaled a cloud of smoke
and stomped off. She corralled a member
of the Cooking Collective who reluctantly
produced a small ceramic cunt-shaped
ashtray and said reproachfully, "Do you
really want to put your filthy ashes into
this beautiful thing?'' Louise's reply, they
told me later, was very low consciousness.
The Collective member gave her a dirty
look, the ashtray and five leaflets explain•
ing how smoking is a patriarchal institution
used to keep women oppressed.
Just as we were getting settled again
and I was telling Louise about Marge
Johnson, I noticed that she was looking at
me oddly. The more she looked, the more I
lost my train of process. She had the most
beautiful eyes. She's going to need a lot of
educating, I kept warning myself as I
pushed my hair into place and eased open
one button. When she leaned over and
kissed me, I decided I should otart by sharing
good literature with her-like the new
lesbian sex manual I'd just bought, for
instance.
That night we did our first skill sharing.
I guess it just goes to show that appearances
can be deceiving. Louise turned out to
be very well-educated, and as I said before,
I'm always eager to be educated.
McDonald, who lives in Los Angeleb, 1s
co-winner of the 1983 Certificate of Merit
for Outstanding Work in Feature Writing
from the Gay Press Association. Her
column appears here and in other gay
newspaperb.
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Human Rights Campaign Fund Set~ Goal of $1 Million for 84
The Human Rights Campaign Fund, a
national pro-gay civil rights political
action committee, wound up its 1983 fundraising
with events in Key West during
the last week of December.
The fund, now in its fourth year, has set
a minimum $1 million war chest goal for
the 1984 elections.
The 1981-82 cycle raised more than
$609,000, and one 1983 activity, a dinner
in New York at which Jesse Jackson was
keynote speaker, netted some $30,000.
Vic Basile, executive director,
announced appointment of Shelia Kuehl
and Jack Newby as co-chairs for the Los
Angeles City Committee that began to
reach its goal with a $1,000 plate dinner on
Jan. 17.
• GRNL to Tackle
Anti-Gay Exclusion at
Immigration Hearings
The Gay Rights National Lobby (GRNL)
announced that congre8sional hearings
on immigration law reform are to be held
in early 1984, and lively debate is expected
in an effort to repeal the anti-gay exclusion
in the 1952 law barrivg any alien who
is "afflicted with a psychopathic personality,
sexual deviation or mental defect"
from entering the country.
GRNL Immigration Task Force Coordi·
nator Craig Howell; Legislative Aide Mike
Walsh and Executive Director Steve
Endean have worked clo•ely with Rep.
Barney Frank (0.-Ma.) to insure the hearing
will take place, fulfilling a public
promise by Rep. Romano Mazzoli (D.-Ky.),,
chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee
on Immigration.
Admitting that the current system of
excluded categorieR embedded in the 1952
Immigration and Nationality Act is
indeed "outdated," Mazzoli pledged to
hearings on modernizing that section.
"Gay Ri,rhta National Lobby will con•
tinue working closely with Rep. R. Frank
and other congressional friends to help
organize favorable testimony for repeal of
the anti-gay exclusion during the upcoming
hearings," stated GRNL Deputy
Director, Jerry Weller.
• GayVote '84: Sexual
Orientation Not An
Issue in Democratic
Delegate Selection
For the first time in history, each state's
plan for electing delegates to the 1984
Democratic National Convention must
include specific language prohibiting discrimination
based on sexual orientation,
said Tom Chorlton, executive director of
the Notional Association of Gay and Les•
bian Democratic- Clubs.
This is a direct result of several important
developments during the past four
years, the leader of the I 10 gay political
associations said.
In l!l80, the Lesbian and Gay Caucus at
the New York Democratic Convention
included 77 openlv gav delegates, alternates
and committee members from 17
states. The Caucus was as large or larger
than the delegations from 25 states. As a
result, the gay rights were added to the
Democratic Platform and to the Demo•
1·ratic- Char1~r.
Senator Kennedy, members of his staff
and key officials in the Carter White
House met with the Caucus and courted its
support. Mor:e th_an 400 _dele!(ates signed a
petition placing m nomination a symbolic
openly gay vice-pn•sidential candidate.
In 19!14, the rules are tougher, said
Chorlton, the candidates far more numer•
ous and the election process shorter.
"It will take more determination and
hard work than ever ht>fore in order to
matc-h or excee<!,the tre_mendous succ-ess of
four yf'ars ago, he said. . .
Now is the time to get directlv involved,
suid Chorlton. 'ot aurprisiagly, presidentinl
candidntes and party leaders support
thos1.> who hn.c enmed th~t support
through liard work end vSs1b1hty
Above all, gay men and lesbians should
demand their rights. Articles 1 and 10 of
the Democratic Charter guarantee gay
men and women "fully, timely and equal
opportunities to participate in decisions
concerning the selection of candidates, the
formulation of policy, and the conduct of
other partv affRira ... " it reads.
"If you encounter any discrimination
from your state or local party or from a
presidential campaign, please notify the
National Association immediately," he
said. "Many of the party leaders and state
executive directors are very supportive.
Start now and build a long-term, working
relationship with them."
All participants should be aware of several
basic requirements and guarantees
included in each state's plan for delegate
selection. No state may charge a fee to
participate in this process or to run as a
delegate. Each state must also help low
and moderate income individuals to
defray expenses related to attending the
National Convention if they are elected as
delegates or alternates. At the same time,
participation in the process is restricted to
those who declare their Democratic party
preference (either through prior registration,
where applicable, or through a statement
of support at the start of the process),
and thoae who have not taken part in the
election of delegates for any other party in
1984.
In addition to delegate,; and alternates,
each state will also select members for
each of the three convention committees;
Rules, Platform and Credentials.
"These committees are especially important
to the lesbian and gay community,
WHERE COUNTRY IS #1
said Chorlton, "since the 1984 platform
and important changes in the Democratic
Party Charter will be largely decided prior
to the convention in smaller groups.
"Active participation, careful planning
and hard work are the keys to success in
1984. This is the year to demonstrate conclusively
that the gay rights movement is
indeed nationwide.
"When the Democratic National Convention
open8 in San Francisco next
July," he continued, "the Lesbian and
Gay Caucus at that convention must
reflect both our diven;ity and our determination
to participate fully in the American
political process. The door is open. Now
it's up to u ,"
For additional information, contact the
national a880ciation at 1742 Massachu•
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6 THE STAR/ FEB 3, 1984
Losing Weight Is No Easy Game
By Harvey Thompson, M.D.
Health
Store
'Trapped mside every fat person is a thin Owners
soul struggling to get out."
That cruel generalization is not true. It
doesn't take into consideration that essential
differences remain in the obese, even
when weight is lost. Obesity is a life-long
problem that cannot be cured, only controlled.
Like hypertension, obesity rarely has
definable and treatable causes. Seldom is
any hormonal imbalance discovered. No
single etiology explains all cases of obesity;
different causes exist for different people.
Obesity is an eating disorder, but its
mechanisms are not reversed by simply
limiting food intake. This metabolic disorder
is incompletely understood. Like
alcoholism, obesity may have aspects of a
medical illness.
The alcoholic learns that he has a problem
shared with others which can con•
tinue even without booze. Obese people are
"different," even when thin, and must recognize
their overweight as a contmuing
problem. Some justification for this think•
ing follows.
Appetite seems to be controlled by the
hypothalamus, a feeding and satiety center.
Body mass seems to influence the
activity of this gland; the obese person
appraently has a fixed point for degrees of
obesity. That accounts for the tendency of
overweight people to return to a certain
level of obesity. The problem is not to lose
weight, but to keep it lost when the "thermostat"
wants to bnng it back up.
Smee the cerebral cortex influences the
hypothalamus, psychological, social and
genetic factors affect food intake. Obese
people are more sensitive to external stimuli
than non-obese persons. A "normal"
person eats when hungry, as a result of
internal cues presumably related to physi•
ologic appetite regulators. But the obese
person eats because it is time to eat or
because the food is appetizing. He
responds to external cues that make food a
source of pleasure or a relief from boredom,
not thinking of food as a c-alorie
source.
Obesity IS parually genetically deter•
mined. Animal models show clearcut
genetic causes that are more difficult to
evaluate in humar1S, but there are definite
patterns that can be shown. If one parent
is obese, 40 percent of the children are.
Eighty percent of the children of two obese
adults are oven,;e1ght. And, though less
than one-third of obe.e adults were overweight
children, almost all overweight
children become obese adults.
Adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase is a big
fat word for an enzyme that tan make
fatty acids from lipoprotein in the blood
and allow the excess fat to be stored. The
level of th!S enzyme IS elevated in the
obese, and remains so even when they are
at normal weight. This accounts for their
tendency to reg am weight loss; there may
be some genetic predisposition for high
levels of ATLPL in the blood.
There seem to be two types of obesity,
hyperplas1tc and hypertrophic. The
hyperplastic or Juvenile-onset type,s characterized
by excess replication of fat cells
dunng some entice! period in childhood.
Studies actually indicate that if a child
can be kept from obeStty, there is far less
Beware of Those
Who Can't Keep
Eye Contact
It turns out bad guys really are shiftyeyed,
reports the Chicago Tribune. So
claims security expert John Buckley, who
says avoiding eye contact is just one sign
of a guilty consciPnce.
He eays crooks also use euphemisms
like "take" and "hurt" instead of "rob"
and "murder."
And watch out for the guy whose
memory is a little too good. Buckley Rays
remembering what one was doing six
weeks ago at 10:00 a.m. is a sure sign of a
well-rehearsed lie.
likelihood of oven,;•e1ght in adulthood.
Hypertrophic obesity does not result
from an increase m fat cells, but from eat•
ing too much and exercising too little. It's
a self-increasing situation. since obesity
itself leads to inactivity. The vicious cycle
can be altered through discipline; as
weight comes down, activity is easier.
"Overeating" is relative, though.
Increaseing age lowers caloric requirements.
so that a steady eating pattern can
cause overweight even if exercise remains
constant.
The obese try to defend themselveA with
"my body doesn't burn off calories like
other people's." True, the energy required
to metabolize foodstuffs is often lower in
obese people. It would be attractive to
blame obesity on this more efficient thermic
response, but that seems secondary to
the already obese state, not an initial
cause. The body "learns" to be storageefficient.
Some societies idolize the "generous•
"figure. In the United States, thin is in,
and some people literally starve themselves
to be chic. In a gay dance bar, "love
handles" may be too much; to a chubby.
chaser, 100 pounds of fat is delightful.
What is the definition of obesity?
The best definition is that obesity is
overweight to the extent of a threat to
health The Framingham Study showed
that weight in excess of 20 percent over
ideal is the danger mark. About one-third
of all men and women fall into this category.
Measuring fat folds is another indication.
If you can "pinch an inch" of fat on
your triceps area (back of the upper arm),
you're overweight.
The treatment rate for obesity is less
hopeful than that for cancer. Only five to
10 percent of the obese are able to lose
weight. In the first place, just getting a fat
person to move is a major project; gaining
weight makes one an efficiency expert for
exertion. The obese person figures out how
to do everything with as little effort as
po11sible, yet exercise must be a part of any
weight-control program. Four minutes of
running can burn the calories from a glass
of milk, a piece of buttered toast or an
orange.
Anorex1genic drugs for obesity control
are controversial. Less than half of all
internists will prescribe them. When they
do, non-amphetamines are more com•
monly used because of the addictive poten•
tial of amphetamines or "speed " Laws
that require a triplicate "narcotic" pres•
cnptlon for the substances makes physicians
even more reluctant to use them.
Thyroid medication is of no benefit.
Thyroid hormone actually causes more
lean tissue loss than fat. and is associated
with cardiac toxicity. Human chorionic
gonadotropin (or HCG) was popular in
many weight-reduction clinics until stu•
dies showed that it worked no better than
salt mjectior1S. The weight loss that
resulted from its use was more a response
to frequent medical contact, a placebo
effect, or an associated diet.
The multi-million dollar reward, of the
weight loss industry has spurred as many
diets as there are therapists. Ho"ever,
there is little eV1dence that any one hypocalonc
diet is any more successful than
another The only virtue of " fad" diets is
that at least patients are motivated to try
them. More drastic measures such as
intestinal shuntmg, gastric stapling and
bypass are reserved for the extreV1ely
obese.
Each "style" of diet has its dangers.
Low-carbohydrate diets are by nature
high in fat, so hypercholesterolemia can
result. Prolonged-sparing fasts can
increase ketosis, which can suppress the
appetite, but can also cause acidosis and
death. On the other hand, short-term total
starvation seems remarkably well•
tolerated, but because of potential compli•
cations, 1t requires medic-.al supervision
The key is the boring truth of calories.
Each pound of fat holds 3500 of them, so a
dB1ly deficit of 500 calories will I08e a
pound in a week. To achieve that or better
results, the obese person has to be moti•
vated to give up food, regardleu of his
susceptibility to a "1dc range of stimuh.
Behavior modification techniques are
being tried with some success, teaching
the fat person new patterns of eating, The
techniques work best in group situations;
weight loss is greater in a group of sim•
ilarly affected people than in single indi•
viduals.
Competing to see who can lose the most
poundage can be fun and rewarding, but
each person has to find his own motivation.
One slim and trim man I know did it
with the help of a very easy device.
He simply put a mirror on his refrigera•
tor door.
Dr. Thompson practices medicine in
Sacraml'nto, Calif.. and is co-medical
director of the Kaposi's Sarcoma Foundation
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LOS ANGELES (IGNAl-Movie and televi•
sion star Eddie Murphy has come under
fire for his anti-gay routines.
Murphy has for several years done satirical
portraits of effeminate homosexuals
on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," but it
was his AIDS-related remarks that have
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the point where a group has purchased ads
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The group-The Eddie Murphy's Disease
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"AIDS is scary, 'cause it kills," Murphy
jokes. "It ain't like the gold old days when
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The comedian also said that women
might kiBB gay men on the lips and thus
transmit AIDS to heterosexual men, a
claim denied by medical authorities.
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fut not to broadcast the show before 10
p.m. and that disclaimers about the con•
tents appeared before each airing.
"Comedy by its nature tends to satirize
all groups, and that is what Eddie Murphy
attempts to do in his ~pecial."
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the magazine ads because it wants to elim•
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and AIDS whether in the guise of
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"The scariest part," said Alexander, "is
that Eddie Murphy is supposed to repres•
ent hip, liberal young America, and he
goes into this thing that he's afraid of
homosexuals because he's afriad of
AIDS."
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in New York would only say that
"Eddie Murphy is not anti-gay, only antiAIDS."
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Feature
The Bonham Exchange: Alamo Elegance for the 80s
Outside of the Bonham Exchange
By Ed Martinez
Where else but the Hispanic center of
Texas would you expect to find a classy,
elegant gay nightclub? San Antonio,
Texu' most aophisticated city, lays claim
to what is probably one of the poshest gay
clubs in the country.
The Bonham Exchange is a labor oflove
for the owner and staff of this luxurious
entertainment center for both gays and
straights. Built in 1892. the building
which holl8e8 Bonham Ex<'hange was
Fiesta Time Comin'
Again In Old
San Antone
The annual San Antonio Fiesta will be
April 20-29 and willincludethetraditional
parade and carnival.
The 10-day celebration celebrates
Easter tide and San Jacinto Day and
includes street dancing and frolicking cit•
ywide.
Trailriders to Invade
San Antonio
Some 8,000 trailriders, each v.ith his own
horse or buggy, will invade San Antonio
on Friday, Feb. 9, to help kick off the Fifth
Annual San Antonio Stock Show and
Rodeo.
Hon1es and riders will be featured in a
Western Parade that starts 10 a.m. Satur•
day, Feb. 10.
The riders represent some 12 different
trail rides coming from as far away as
Laredo and Victoria, each ride lasting
from four to seven days.
originally a German athletic center, and
the ornate brickwork on the exterior of the
building bespeaks the architecture of the
period. Following the original use of the
building, it became a USO center during
World War II and then a U.S. Poat Office.
The Poat Office removed the paint that
had covered the exterior, and after the 70s,
the Post Office moved out, and the building
remained vacant for a time.
Located within spitting distance (for a
good spitter) of the Alamo, Texas' sacred
shrine to its admittedly brief history, the
Bonham Exchange was then acquired in
1980 by its present owner, Hap Veltman,
who a1eo owna other busin- m San
Antonio. Veltman spent the better part of
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Vidro bar at the Bonham Exchange
a year getting the butlding in shape, res•
toring much of the interior and doing the
design work, himself. that would ulti•
mately result in what the historic buildi:-has
become.
The club abounds in stunnmg pieces
that would stand out in any home or busi•
nese. The floors have been stripped and
exposed, disclosing gleaming hardwoods
that beckon invitingly. Oriental rugs
accent hallways leading from one room to
another, and imposing armshairs stand
like sentinals. Antique desks, glass cases
dilJJ)laying, for example, the photography
of the owner, and old musical instruments
suspended from the ceilings of the various
bars further enhance the ambience of the
place. The entire effect is harmonious and
unified, with an air of hospitality that fits
in perfectly with the reputation that San
Antonio has always enjoyed.
There is a huge ballroom with an
immense dance floor, surrounded by cat•
walks from which patrons can view the
dancing. On the upper level, there is an
intimate bar adjacent to the dance floor,
called the Travis Bar. There is alao a bar
downstairs called the Bowie Bar. On the
entrance level, there is the very high-tech
'Alamo Bar, with a huge video screen. The
Crockett Game Room is acrou the wide
entrance hall from the Alamo Bar, and
still higher on the third level.another bal•
lroom opens every Thun1day, featuring
female imperaonators. Customers can
spend hours just wandering around,
enjoying the building, itself.
Originally, the management, ably
headed by Rick Squillante and Joe Paolucci,
featured live entertainment, such 88
Tina Turner, and live theater, i.e., Com•
n.
Tribute to
Mary Ellen&.
munity Productions. This policy was discontinued,
however, and now the
emphasis is on the music. Jon Berge, the
current DJ, and Randy Sills, the light
technician, spend endless hours orches•
trating the sounds and sights the customers
are treated to every night at the
Exchange.
There can be little doubt that the sound
is the thing these days, and now, even
more ao, sight is the thing as well . Rea-nt
developments in videotapes of popular
songs, such as those by Michael Jackson
and Paul McCartney, have led to such
things as videodiscos, where video jockeys
mix and blend videotapee on huge sus•
pended screens to which the customen1
dance while watching the screens. Joe
Paolucci said that this is the coming craze,
and that eventually the Bonham
Exchange will have some form of videotape
in the dance area of the bar.
One of the chief drawbacks to this type
of entertainment is the cost, but in a nightclub
like Bonham Exchange, cost is appar•
ently a minor consideration.
Local events are frequently staged at
the Bonham Exchange, among them are
events for the San Antonio Gay Alliance,
the Alamo Human Rights Committee,
awards banquets for the San Antonio
Conservation 8ociety and benefits for
Toys for Tykes. The Bonham Exchange is
rapidly becoming a true community center.
While continuing and furthering a trend
in gay night clubs, which includes many
glittenng spots in places like Los Angeles
and New York, Bonham Exchange has
managed to refine this trend, adding a patina
of class and style befitting this old
Spanish city.
lr!ONDAY s1oo Call Liq_uor 8-10
TUESDAY-S125 Bar Drinks 8-10
WEDNESDAY _ s1oo Long Necks 9-11
THURSDAY-s1oo ?.ta.rga.rita 8-10
SATURDAY-SO¢ Draft 2-5
SUN'DAY-35¢ Draft 3-6
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FEB. 3, 1984 / THE STAR 9
Big Brother Has Been Watching for Years, Says Siminoski
from page 1
which could be a threat to the national
security.
Now the FBI denies it has records on the
Gay Academic Union, and will not release
them. It also says that thousands of sheets
were destroyed, but Siminoski wants proof
that the allgedly shredded words have not
just been spirited away for other uses.
Should he retreive this information, he
intends to donate it to the National Gay
Archives, he said. "The funds I am raising
on this trip will perhaps go to build the
several city blocks of buildings needed to
house these damned pieces of paper."
Yet another reason the case is needed,
he said, is to ensure that the FOIA
remains strong. "The FOIA is a journalists'
act, and access is a journalists' issue,"
he said.
Siminoski, himself a nationallysyndicated
columnist for Stonewall Fea•
tures, said, "We have a vital stake in
seeing this act remain strong. We must
protect it from any attack by the Reagan
Administration."
He requested a "wish list" of informs•
tion, he said. And for his effort has come
under close governmental surveillance of
his personal comings and goings.
While on his criss-cross of the country
promoting the case, he was photographed
in New York.
"It restored my faith in the Big Apple as
a friendly town to see someone get on a
rush hour subway with a very expensive
camera and lenseR in a plain brown paper
bag and take it out and casually photograph
the occupants of the car," he said.
"Unfortunately, they couldn't get me
doing anything more exciting than brush•
ing my hair."
Also on his junket, his briefcase, which
contained many documents and tapes of
information and interviews, plus personal
papers and valuables, was stolen at the
airport in Phoenix. A week later the police
returned his briefcase, all personal papers
and valuables in tact, but missing the documents
and ca88ettes pretaining to his
case
However, Siminowski is undaunted in
his quest, saying that the "FBI has never
denied that they have this information,
and they never give any indication of
what they intend to do with it. other than
to hold on to it."
He noted that J. Edgar Hoover
alledgedly had several thousand pages of
files on government officials that would be
used when necessary to influence those
persons' decisions in favor of FBI supported
causes.
'(The) FBI has
never denied that
they have this
information ( on
gays), and they
never give any
indication of what
they intend to do
with it .... '
Siminoski is no novice to the pohl!cal
area, as well, having served as staff investigator
for the Fair Campaign Practice
Committee in Washington, as a consultant
to the Tribal Council of the YavapaiApache
Indians, and as an openly gay
political science profeSRor at Arizona
State University, University of Missouri
at St. Louis and Texas Tech University.
Federal agencies have been "sluggish"
in replying to his queries. he said, because
this is an election year, The FBI and the
Justice D~rtment have, needless to say,
been particularly ldow !n dealing with the
<"A.lie.
"But that is giving me time to do this
tour and to inform people about the suit
and it's importance; and I am writing a
book on the influence of gays on the 1984
election" he added.
Ultimately it will be the strength of the
movement and gay rights that will stop
such abuses of personal rights, he said.
"The government has got to understand
that gays represent a massive polticial
force and that we are going to start
dem~nding our rights," he said. "This
i88ue could have an impact on the coming
elections. We are totally prepared to go to
the Supreme Court, and we won't lose at
the federal level. I know the law; I know
the quality of this case."
Siminoski says that there has been no
"freedom of access" to the records, as
demanded in the law. "As defined in the
denial letter by the FBI, the reasons for
denial were broad, vague and open to misapplication
at the whim of the agency. If
these standards are to be applied, no
requeRtor could know in advance whether
he qualified, and the resisting agency
would be free to disqualify by mere definition
any data it wished to withhold," he
said.
This is not just a violation of gay rights,
he stressed again and again. It is a violation
of civil rights. It is a time in the gay
movement that it needs to find the common
bonds it holds with the blacks, the
Hispanics, the women's movement and
others, he said. Find their common causes
and common enemies and ban together to
make each stronger to effect change, he
suggested.
He said voter registration and getting
the gay vote out in the elections is most
important. "Then," he said, "we must be
able to document this gay vote and show
that it made a difference, so people will
believe us when we say gays have political
clout.
"While the gay community can be
viewed as a distinct segment of the American
society, it does not follow that the gay
movement can reasonably be viewed as
distinct from the U.S. civil rights movement
as a whole. The legal and social
rights lesbians and gay men are fighting
for are not different from those for which
blacks, Hispanics, native Americans,
women and others have been struggling
for since the 1960's and earlier."
Siminoski solicits individual support for
the ACLU case. Requests for information
and contributions should be addressed to
the National Gay Archives Freedom of
Information Fund, 1654 North Hudson
51vd., Los Angeles, CA 90028.
10 THE STAR/ FEB. 3, 1984
Fourteen-Day Calendar
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fr, Sat
FEB. FEB.
3 4
FEB. FEB. FEB. FEB. FEB. FEB FEB. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
FEB. FEB FEB. FEB. FEB.
12 13 14 15 16
Fo, edd:ltiona format or phone numbers tor events isted below 00k tor 1ne aponaonng
..:,rgantzat10n unoer Organf1'aUon1 1n the T"8 Sta(a O reciory
Selected Events
First Week
-.SUNDAY: Alamo Human
Rights Committee "Meet the
Candidate," informal meeting
state Sen Lloyd Doggett,
candidate US Senate, 1pm,
"V1ctona's Indiscretion," 4
Seasons Hotel, 555 S Alamo,
San Antonio
Selected Events
in Future Weeks
• IN 1 WEEK: Lincoln's
birthday, Feb. 12
• IN 1 WE.BK: Blueboy's 6th
Annual Man of the Year
Contest, Feb. 12, College Bar,
110 E. 14th, New York
•IN 1 WEEK: Ssn Antonio
Gay Alliance 1984
Distingu1Shed Service Awards
Banquet 6.30pm Feb 12,
Amencana Inn, 96 !1,'E Loop
410
• IN 1 WEEK: San Antonio
Gay Alliance 3rd Annual
Awards Banquet, Feb 12
• IN 1 WEEK: Valentine's
Day, Feb. 14
• IN 2 WEEKS: 5th Annual
Women's Valentine Dance, Feb.
17, Unitarian Church, Austin
• IN 2 WEBKS: Washington's
birthday, Feb 20
• I.V 3 WEEKS: Aus trn
Lesbian Gay Polit1cal Caucus
meets 7:30pm Feb. 28,
Com.missioner's Court,
Courthouse Annex
• IN 8 WEEKS: ALGPC
sponsored "AIDS Awareness
Week" opens, March 31-April 7
• IN 4 WEEKS: Mardi Gras
Fat Tuesday, March 6
•IN 6 WEEKS: St. Patrick's
Day, March 17
•IN 8 WEEKS: April Fool's
Day, Apnl 1
• / ,V 9 WEEKS: 9th Annual
Southeastern Conference of
Lesbian and Gay Men, "Pulling
Together and Reaching Out,"
Holiday Inn-Medical Center.
Birmingham, Ala., openR, Apr.
12-15
• IN 11 WEEKS: Fiesta opens,
San Antonio, April 20
• l.V 11 WEE.'KS: National
Gay Health Education
Foundation 1st · outheastern
Lesbian Gay Health
Conference, Apr. 21 Atlanta
• 11\" 12 WEBKS: Fiesta
chmaxes, San Antonio, Apnl
28-29
• IN 18 WE.f.'KS: First pnmary
party elections m Texas and
party precinct conventions,
May5
• IN 14 WEEKS: World's Fair
opens in New Orleans, May
12-Nov. 11
• IN 16 WEEKS: Texas
Senatorial D1Stnct Party
Conventions, May 19
• IN 16 WEEKS: Gay Press
Association 4th j\;ational
Convention, May ~28. Los
Angeles
• IN 16 WEEKS: Memonal
Day, May 28
• IN 17 WEEKS: Run-off party
elections in Texas, June 2
•IN 19 WEEKS: Texas
Democratic Party Convention.
June 15-17, tentatively Houston
•IN 19 WEEKS: 1984 Gay
Pride Week begins, 15th
a nniversary of Stonewall
uprising, national slogan
"United & More in '84 " June
15-24
aEARLY J ULY: Lesbian and
Gay Bands of America concert,
Los Angeles
• IN 19 WEEKS: !liational
Gay Health Education
Foundation's 1st International
Lesbian Gay Health
Conference, "Toward
Diversity," r-:ew York, June
16-19
• IN 23 WEEKS: Democratic
We're
The
Star
r-ational Convention, San
Francisco, July 16-19
Star Classified
•IN 25 WEEKS: "Hot Men,
Hotlanta," annual raft race
down Chattahoochee River,
Atlanta. Aug. 3-5
• IN 27 WEEKS: Texas Gay
Freedom Celebration. Dallas,
Aug. 17
•IN 27 WEEKS: Castro Street
Fair, Aug. 19, San Francisco
•IN 27 WEEKS: Republican
National Convention opens,
Dallas, AuguRt 20
• IN 28 WEEKS: "Series 8."
Gay World Series Softball
Tournament opens Memorial
Park, Houston, Aug 26-31
•IN 30 WEEKS: Texas Gay
Freedom f'estival opens, Dallas,
Sept. 12-23
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Austin's Sweetheart Ball
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