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s.f. cops sued
COPS SMASH WINDOWS
FURNITURE AND HEADS
IN GAY BAR RAID
'Wriu. NIGHT' RIOT surrs FTLED
The first group of damage suits stemrnln· from
the disturbances that followed the May 21 verdict
ln the Dan White murder case have been filed in San
J<"rancisco Superior Court .
The suits, which range from assault, battery,
intentional infliction of emotional distress to
negligen~e, have been filed against the city and
county of San Francisco, the Police Department,
former Police Chief Charles Gain. Mayor Dainne Feinstein,
former :::>istrict Attorney Joseph Freitas, and
a number of unnamed police officers.
More than 20 plaintiffs are seeking $1 mi~lion
each in damages from each defendant . In addirion,
the plaintiffs are expected to seek medical expenses,
general damages, and damages from alleged loss of
civil rights .
Among the cases are suits emanating from what
has come to be known as the Elephant Walk Incident .
After midnight on the morning of May 22, police
stor med into the Elepant Walk , a gay bar, and
destroyed property and beat several patrons .
Attorney Ann Menasche said that no criminal
charges resulting from the White Night riots are
pendin~ against any of the plaintiffs in these damage
suits .
NEW YORK SODOMY LAW
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
NEW YORK--(IGNA)--The New York Penal Law prohibiting
private sexual conduct between consenting
adults who are not married to each other has been
declared unconstitutional by a New York appelate court .
On January 24 , the Appelate Division of the
Supreme Court of the State of New York unanimously
declared the New York sodomy law unconstitutional in
the case of People v . Ronald Onofre , Case No. 914/1979.
Onofre , 35 , had been convicted of sodomy when his 17
-
year- old partner accused him of using force . The
partner later recanted his story and admitted that
the sexual acts were co=itted voluntarily. But Judge
Ormand N. Gale refused to throw out the sodomy charge
when the other charges were dropped , even though the
sex took place in th~ privacy of Onofre ' s home .
The five justices of the Appellate Division
stated that "personal sexual conduct is a fundamental
right , protected by the r~ght to privacy because of
the t ranscendatal importance of sex to the human
condition , the intimacy of the conduct , and its
relationship to a person ' s right to control his or
her own body. The right is broad enough to include
sexual acts between nonmarried persons and intimate
consentual homosexual conduct . " Therefore , the Court
held that Section 130. 38 of the Penal Law "is an
unconstitutional exercise of State power insofar
as it prohibits voluntary sexual conduct between adults
in pri vate." (continued on page 9)
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WQITE trn QClfl8
heir names are c, p: u»: "The Mora Majority,"
" e tlation Under Scd" and "' 'he '.tristian Voice . "
Their cl'lims are so pre+entious : "We have the
onopoly on mnra.ity, r~ligion and the fami:y. We have
the - le p ~er t iPciJ what id right and decent in
Arreri~an . ·"e . " Their actions are .,c, dangerous: with
the ful' support of the New Bight, they are preparing
to spend mi11ions of dollars cpreading visious distortions
of the truth . Their goal is so frightening :
total supression of homosexuals in our culture .
~he anti- gay forces have already introduced
House Resolution 166, which would eternally ban any
gay civil rights legislation. They are currently
mounting a letter- writing campaign against H. Rs 2074 ,
which would amend the existing civ ' l rights la'W' to
prohibit discrimination based on "affectional preference
or sexual orientati.on" in employment , housing
and the military .
Several years ago , an anti- gay amendment to a
bill passed overwhelmingly in the House . Fortunately ,
it didn ' t pass the Senate . It passed because the
Representative perceived (due to constituent letters)
that public opinion supported such an anti- gay vote .
Texas is one of the key areas in the coming
struggl- for lesbian/gay rights and we have been targeted
for special attention from the "Moral Majority"
section of "Christian Voice . "
Our congresspeop~e will be key votes in any
upcoming .egislation , ~he anti- gay forces are ready
+o flood their offices with hundreds o' 1etters . We
must fight back with letters of our ,wn . Write your
representatives and urge them to supp rt H.R. 20(1 aP1
oppose the anti- gay House "oncurrent Re.:;, .1tion .66 .
YOUR LETTER WILL MAKE A JIFFERENCE;! Po.'ticians m'lk(
many of their decisions by counting letters . They
~1st make the right de~·s1,n thi ti~e .
Here are th~ names and addre,;ses or Aua;tin ' "
representatives in Congress : The Honorable J .J .
Pickle, 242 Cannon House Office 3ldg., Washington , DC ,
20515; The Honorable John .. Tower , 142 Russell Senate
Office Bldg. , Washington , DC , 20510 ; and The Honorable
Lloyd Bentsen , 240 Ressell Senate Office Bldg.,
Washington , DC , 20510 .
Please send copies of your letters and your
representatives ' response to TGTF , PO BOX 39406,
San Antonio , TX 78239 , --JIM OLINGER
GCS BENEFIT AT
THE AUSTIN COUNTRY
MARCH SIXTEENTH
THE place to be in Austin on Sunday , March 16 will
be the Benefit for Gay Community Services at the Austin
Country .
rragedy Ann, Miss Gay Austin, will be Mistress of
Ceremonies . Specia ~uest 6tar~ are Jabrina, Austin ' d
E;1terta.iner of the Ye'l.r, and Miss Riki, f?rmer Miss Gay
Au.,tin . .he B and..,crew Sisters w·' 1 make a special
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A. 1 tin l u. ir eases have eontri buted many i terns for
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women frori Henry ' s Me~ryr, a mask anl eape from Bo ' s
F-1n ..,hp, .l·1ves, aPi ,.,urpr.i,.,e item .. "hanky .1,
very r,e .
'pee·· l thanks t1., the Austin Country •·or lonatint';
th<• r 'l' ~ it ies a.nu FREE f,f.'R i'rom 9 to 10pm,
Tr e ~bow 1· 1n" from o: iOpm to 12: Gllam on Sunday,
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CONN_ECTJONS 3
AUSTIN GAY RADIO BEGINS MARCH 2
"A Different Drwnmer," a new gay- oriented radio
program , will debut in Austin on Sunday, March 2 , at
noon , on radio station KUT-FM, 90. 7 MHz . This halfhour
weekly program is being produced by the Austin
Gay Radio Collective , a project of Gay Community Services
. It is the first Austin radio program to be
produced by and for the lesbian/gay community.
According to series p r oducer Carr Strong, the
purposes and aims of "A Different Drwnmer" are to provide
a means of communication to the lesbian/gay
communitr; to provide an educational service about
gays to the non- gay community; to promote cooperation ,
communication and participation between gay organizations
in Austin ; and to provide an outlet for the
creativity of the Austin gay community, To accomplish
these objectives , the Gay Radio Collective is actively
seeking the participation of all lesbian and gay organizations
in the area, Strong said, "As the collective
grows, we hope that its membership will consist
of both individua]s and representatives from lesbian
and gay organizations , The collective will work
closely with all of the groups , in order to stay
abre~st of local gay events and to help publicize
activities , "
A "r11· - ma•az'PP11 style format has been adopted
1'01· "A · · 'e1·, nt Dr,imn p-," which pr0v' les .:;e mer ts for
nPws, new ·r~ yais, c0ming events, and spe i3 fea+-;
res, Ah u• Ir f f each week ' s pr "T:.Ull .is devoted
·'.:lent, which ronsist 0f ·nterviews,
, lp••urPs, poetry, mus.i ·, · Arytn·r ·"' s'
Austin esbians :i.nd g-.y .
rrem.ii>re program of' March 2 t,• " • fe:i.ture .;eg-
(d "W • rE Everywhere - Part 1 , " t i. ·~
, - in- tl e - ..,t reet" · r: t erviPw.., with Au,,+- in
·~y ·md non- gay, wh · c I seek_, t answer
q H'v i I', ",lb· has beep the t>l'fEct or the ger,eral
put i<· 01' the ' r ·,·e-·,sit11"' vi sir i 1 i ty and outspoke!'lness
•· esb'at1..; ur,1 ··i.y men?" Other programs in March include:
Mr;rcll 1, "Human Rights for Gays, " 'l. lt>cture by
··u"ch ,icott rE •.1 ·r · the human rights stru ·• es of
"1·h min r'+ie. t0 the gay rights struggle; March 6,
"·ay ''omrnunity .'ervices of Austin," wricb begins a
i>ri .; or tuH v o · Aust· P pay or •tr izati<'n"; i.•· rch
i, "The ' bar t ·1ve," a discussion vf A.1st'n 1
.., first
c 11·• tr. t of •ay rights, featuring Matthew C'olP. o•·
tne , y f< i •h• Adv rates of San Franc i co; Lnd Mar ·11
, "1 •.- Thef'l ir. C'pera - Part I," e. d ·ou ·se by
·tev h 1n-1 , w'th music·~ examples ,
F0at.1r i.n u1c mine; months w· 1 r · ude ud
liver.;e t 1 • • · _ the re ationsh.ip~ of g·•y · -.1p es,
t>.;hian r mipi m, ~h' d pornogr,phy , ay poetry, ·oll'.:.P •
ut, the •-,y pre. s, a, :i gay role mode] s .
In <l i scus_, · 1 u the 'uture o"' the Gay Rudi Collective,
Strong ,·1.:.d, "We need help from the lesbian and
ay community. A f'Teat deal oJ' work remaius t0 be done
·rnd a vreat deal of talent and energy is nt>eded ... o do
it . AnyonP interested in workinr on the radi0 project
wi 1 be wEll'9med , Although on- air voicer and interviewers
are sti.l needed, a person does not have to
appell.r on the air . We have many beh.:.nd- the- scenes
tasks to do as we'l, such as writing , collecting information,
editing tapes, publicity, and even helping with
the music , Or, assistance in cover'ng operating expenses
would be appreciated, too. " Persons wishing to
participate sr,ould call Carr Strong at 441- 4231 , or
call Gay Community Services between 6:00 pm and 10 :00
pm at h77- 6699 .
24HR. GAY HOTLINE
FOR AUSTIN
In the near future , Metropolitan Community Church
of Austin , with the cooperation of Gay Community Services ,
will be providing a 24- hour hotline for lesbians and
gay men .
The hotline program i s conceived as a new MCCA
outreach to the Austin communi ty, It will serve a very
real need , according to Phil , who originally thought of
the program. He told CONNECTIONS that MCCA already
receives man~ emergency calls , especially "between 2am
and 4am , after the bars close and people get lonely . "
He says , "We want people to be able to have a human
response to their call (rather than the answering machine
used when G. C.S . is ciosed) any time of the '.day
or night . "
Calls to the hotline , which uses MCCA ' s current
number , will initially be answered by the Church ' s
answering service , They will ask the ca 'er for a
MCCA will of+'er essentially the same services as
GCS - peer counseling, referrals to gay businesses ,
organizations and professionals (such as doctors and
lawyers\ , and generally providing "just an ear to +-'l k
to . " Plans are being made for a psycho Fist t t~ain
counselors frc,m toth broups in crisis c unsP in, fUCh
as suicide preventiun , 14CCA w:i.::. a v xtersi. e
r .he ·an be
nt ct or:e e,f
religious c 1n5eling during of"icE ho~" ·
phone number (even a phone b~oth)_~~ereached.
The answering service wi l c en
the hotline ., 1 te rs, who wi 'l retur +r ca
Durir:7 G. r . • • • fice hours, 6pm +
t y,
the answer'r \ se~ c will refer At C'l. erst
all other t ·rne:, , ... ,ie 'l!CC'A vo unteer., w.i c
acted..
by F< n Moss
Human Rights Advocates
P.O Box 39 406
San Antonio. Texas 78239
512/6 55-3724
YES! I believe In a professionai approach to legislative
advocacy for gay civil rights in Texas.
PLEASE INCLUDE MY NAME ON THE LEGISLATIVE ALERT LIST.
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Nurses'
Alliance
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urses Ass ~:at.ion st· e convent.i.or wil: be
r. P11 , mcxa..., , 4arch 1 to the; .Jt . Anyone
ir participating i'l U is ·or.vc"ltion p ease
contact
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Fa::.mer or the Nationa Coordinator,
u,Ky , P ox '015 , Brc,;mwvulle , Texas ,
,ay nurses p,;rt.i.cip·i.ting in tr.is conventi0n
s th pport nL+y to b >· J . u
e t care n ed and concern ·~n be pre-e
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e n y avai ... able S
Jre plan~ are to xp rJ
Vir 1~ 'l anu. Lercllll te~ting '::NAA
re~ei d a tremeuoously favorab e response from
or an.i.zations and gay establishment owners , as
a~ the Au~tin gay community. Since ~ov, ... 7 th ,
over 3 · r.div.i.duals have been tested , The vo unteer.
enj~y eet ·ng people and ofrering a valuab e service
to a community that G!IAA cares about ,
For ore informati on , please contact :
or Larry Pa mer , RN
5 8 2 North Lamar
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Astin , TX 7 8753
GAY FILMS SOUGH':'
GAY BUSINESS COUNCIL FORMED
A t!ew Yor.k- based council composed of the majority
of gay and ... esbian business associations was formed
:ast November . The stated purpose of the National
Association of Business Councils is to support , assist ,
inform , and educate gay and gay- oriented business
associat ' ,ns to gain increased respectability for their
businesses , mhis is the only non- political organization
of its kind representing gay and lesbian professionals ,
executives , and bus~nes.., owners from across the nation ,
Witriin ?ne month after NABC ' s creatior, its
president , h , Gerald Schiff, presented a 51 , 000 signature
pet"tion t Prcsidert Car•er , asking for a ban
on ctiscr ·minat ·on ir hiring po ici s •· gays · r the
fc>Qeral fOVernmcnt system, Al~o , in an addreus to
./bite Hou..,e reprPsentatives , Sehi 'f asked that ays
b ofi'i ·ia Iy t·Ec gnized a5 a min r·ty in order to
qualify for various federa progr'llll.., , such ct-, funding
ttrou ·h the :n:a BusinPSS Admiristra+ ion, whicr providew
oar. c,f 1,.p to $'.:,00 , 000 for startinp; · tusini>cises,
usine~s owners inter sted in ,joining NAR' should
·orta ·t t.ABC' , F.O. Box 744 , 'he sea Statior , NPw York
IY 1 0011
AUSTIN LAMBDA ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS CENTER OPENS
Austin Lambda AA Center has openea a+ L403 Fast
fi:x:th Street . :'he grand openin' for he nenter wi'l be
Eat~rday , Marcri &, l980 , from 3 to ... 't''ll ,
rt£' lambda AA Center ls a nonpr, 'i 'vrporation
organized for the purpose 01' providirg a m1=Ptinv pace
'or 'af groupr of Alcoholics Anonymous , Tte expenses
r r •he c nter are met by the tax- dedu..:tiblP contribu-tions
01' mPmbers .
"'he .,chedu e for the grand opening Marr·h 8 includer
pen hour£' frc;m 3 to 6pm , a rovered dish dinner at 6pm,
and'> "I st sp aker , Wiley 1 . of lf<'•i.c• •n , a+ 8pm. ersons
wi~hing apace to stay March 8 or needing Jther
informati n may contact Wayne Sehultz, 16 6 West 6th
# 5 , Am,+in 7870) , 5,2/472- 7904 , or Ray Mul en , 23
1 ' ~reek # U , Aust ·r /87'1, 51 / 115 i- 8 r or 51 /
ll') 1- lj )9,
at Lambda AA is - ,-3 r:.
AUSTIN'S
ENTERTAINMENT
CENTER
The
Private
Cellar
7CA easl 6th
Austin
CONN_ECTJONS 5
LAVENDER
MONEY
$$$
NYr--(IGNA)--gow do you ret large businesses to
adver ... ise in gay p•1b' ications? Usua ]y they don't want
to •
. That i.;_tre problem of Joseph Di Sabato, thE. mar
behind the Rivendell Marketing Company (666 6th Ave. ,
NYC 10010; ?12- 21126863) . But Di Saba to is convinced
that eventually non- gay businesses from cigarette
m~nufact1rers to film distributors to record companies
wil: t~p a market that they have always ignored out of
preJud1ce '.md ignoran,·e .
. Di S~b~to does ~,.-t expect manufacturers to change
t~e~ r pol 1c 1es overnight, partially because •dver-t1
s1nc budgets are set up to a year in advan~e ut
he ~oes believe that pressure can be applied ... • make
bus~ne~~~s spend money in gay markets since gays are
a s1gn1i1cant segment of the buying public,
, C~r~ently Rivendell Marketing is soliclt.ing
udvert1~1rg for some 75 gay publications with a combined
stated press run of 1 . 5 mil lion copies ,,r , a pass-
;...ong rate of .1p to .:'our times that n11mber D · c: b t
feel .. h t · .l •• a a 0
. ~ , a _a company may choose to ign ,re '3.ny i~div-
1dua puol.tcation, but it cannot i~nore the tota
represented here .
'.o u~rl advertising money to find its way into gay
publ1cat1ons (to change history as well as watch it
occur), Di Sabata recommends :
1. _Pub ications should consider covering loca:
and nut1cnql business news as it relates to the gay
community.
2. '">ut ·rations should run stories about gay
busiPesses .
'ublications should run stories abou<:. companies
that seek gay business .
l . I'ublications should run stories •·bou businesses
that r~fuse to advertise in the ;ay med·q .
3u~h information will let readers kn·w whg is
going on in the business world and whether ohelr money
is being spent with people who support the gay community
or who decline to go after gay business.
It remains to be seen how successful this lavender
money trend wil' be.
(Joe Di Sabata is CONNECTIONS ' na+ional advertising
representat~ve ! )
CLUB DALLAS SUES POLICE
DALIAG--(IGNA)--In what may be an historic turning
of the tab~es , Club Dallas , a gay health club , has filed
a $'00,000 damage suit against the Dallas Po:lce Department
, charging that the vice squad is harassing its
customers by making repeated , unlawful arrests .
The suit claims that police have arrested 30 mlrebers
of the Club Dallas to drive the owner , J .W. Campbell
and Associates of Texas , Inc., out of business .
It also alleges that 30 persons were arrested Por public
lewdness at the private club , where prospective members
are advised it caters only to homosexuals .
'l'be •'ederal suit further challenges the s ... ate ' s
lewdP.ess law , because its definition of a puhli.: place
is "unconstitutiona .. Jy vague,"
Defendantf named in the suit include Dallas Police
Chief Glen King , Fe.lice Captain Donald Mi ~liken , and
Dal~as County ~istrict Attorney He~ry Wade .
ANTI- GAY LOBBY COMING TO TEXAS
The Moral Ma~ority recently divulged a pan to expana
the anti- gay movement outside Washington, ~C . ':'hey
claim Texas wil be one of the "first areas ... r. y
will set up snop . " Texas is likely to be targeted
because we rank ,w ,nr, the top three statef most active
in our fight for equality. For example, the :lt.:nan
Rights Advocates lobby is one of tne most orcanized
and well supported .obbies in the cour<:.ry .
The Mora" ~~jority is the atest ant' - ~ay 'obby
to join Christian Voicr, begun a.J11ost a y , ~re .
Its director is tre Rev-. Jerry Fa:w c. The lobby
stated in :i. De~emrio· repC'rt that "i+ L, ~ = r1y kn.:>wn
that some militant hoL"Of,EXua s vil" u.,e +re·r 1-~s.:. i"n
as tead,ers to recri;it and cor.vinf'e ':.he 'f-- '..n a~t.:.vity
which will use the±r
which will be indirect opposition to +he mora~ be iefs
of many parents . Tf this bi:" ~refC'rinr to the .,, ;y
civil rigtts bill, 'JR .._07 .,) si pa "ec, it will
set a preceden ... for our socie~y. ma~ine g~v.ng cni:u
rnoJesters and rapists specia p~e"· rence .:.r the a~
because they , too, have a bizarre _,ex1;.al prefere ~e . "
The se' f - proclaimed "pro- family, prc- ce,untr J,
anti- gay" group is investigating the use o-:' a Cai. up
poll to ,1pdate the "true members in .. he gay ccmmuni "Y. "
The group says it doubts that "0% is an accurate count
of the gay p ,1,1 a ion (the 10% figure is based on the
Kinsey repor ·
The new J e rmect lobby cal.ed on .:.ts realerrhip
of 99 ,COO (mos~.y pastors, who are expected to pass
the message on their congregations) to write Congress.
Steve Endear , Gay Rifhts Ni,.tiona .,obby lo'tb;rist
warns the national ~esbian /!'lY co= 1r.it. of "the
chillin,; effect their actionas w.y t,ave or vur progress
. " He says , "rh_y may very we .. l encourage antiray
amendments to be Pacteu to non- related bil son
the floor of both +he L'." . House and 3enate. "
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MAN BUYS HUGE AD TO CONDEMN GAYS FAULT TEXTBOOK DELE'l'IONS
JERRY BROWN AND GAYS
I,A--(IGNA)- -A Christian fundamentalist has paid
$4000 for a full-page ad in the Los Angeles HeraldExaminer
to say that Governor Jerry Brown is wrong
to support gay rights. Yergil Grove used the headline
: "No , !lo, Mr. Brown ! God ' s Answer to Gays is
Nay, Nay !" plus reproductions of recent news stories
that show Brown ' s appointment of a gay judge and his
pro- gay political stand ,
In a letter that is part of the full- page ad ,
Grove tells the governor that he is "headed straight
into hell unless you allow r;od ' s grace to save your
poor needy sou: • •• "
He warned Brown that "over 50 million Christian
people in America of all faiths" would not "allow such
a person as you to become treir commander- in- chief , to
be their leader when your own ::.ife ls one of confusion~
He also said that people have begun to call for
Brown ' s ouster from office. "Surely you can see the
handwriting on the wall by now, even now at this date ,
there are many thousands of signatures in for your
recall, "
Grove ci tes the Bible , of course , and adds that it
"has the answer to every person ' s need and problem no
matter how great or small . "
The letter , besides quoting the Biblical passages
that call for the death of homosexuals , :.:.s full of
basic grammatica::. and punctuation err rs .
In addition , tne credit for tne ad .:.s taken by
a man "Who Believes in C'1rist , tJoe First Amendment ,
and Purity in Government."
UT HOLDS "COMING OUT" PROGRAM
by David Potter
~he Counseling- Psychological Services Center at
U':' offered a t wo- week s eries on Transitions : The
Challenge of Change, The series focused on coping
with changes in many areas of life such a s the change
of sexual roles , changing religious values , copi ng
with divorce , and the changes one undergoes in
"coming out of the closet . "
::Jr . Michael Menefee , a UT staff psychologist , and
Lee Nico' off, an internist at -the C- PSC led the program
ca.1.led "Coming Out : Out of · he Closet into the
World" on Monday , February 18 , 19KO. The program
addressed what it means to come ut and how to deal
with it.
The program leaders started by relating their
own exper iences of coming out . Ms . Nicoloff identi~
ied four stages that she ~ee s most gays go through
when confronting their sexua~lty. They are : Stage
One : Am I or am I not Gay? Often the best way to
deal with this stage is to develop stronger friendships
with both sexes . lhrough this , a person can
begin to see if his or her emotional and physical
desires definitely fall t0ward tno_e of the same sex
or not . Sta~e T.o : I am •ay , ana I ' ~ scared ~nd
a_t'llIIE • A "te-r qrl,;powled ;i'l · on ' s )WTI t i ty ,
~Y be~t to Jis~ ss or ' f
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Dallas- - (IGNA)- - The Dallas Gay Political Caucus
attacked the Texas State Board of Educati on recently
for voting to delete references to homosexuality in a
health textbook approved for use in Texas public schools.
The Caucus charged that the panel that made the
decision "sacrificed sound education for political
security." They added : "We recognize there exist segments
in our communities which would prefer that our
children be kept in darkness about human sexuality.
It is unfortunate that these extremist groups have
pressured the committee on this point,"
The committee decided to remove two sentences from
Health and Safety for You. They are: "Recently,
though , there has been a great deal o~ discussion and
study among doctors and psychiatrists about homosexuality
. Some now believe that homosexuality is not a
menta~ disorder but is another , less common kind of
sexua.1.i ty. "
1ther references describing the subject were left
intact . Those basically reflect a more traditional
view of homosexuality as a malady.
Mary Ann Leveridge, chairwoman of the textbook
committee , is quoted in the Dallas Morning News as
saying , "We have no objections to the subject of the
book , just that paragraph. 11 She feels there is
insufficient evidence to support the statements in
the book .
TWO POLICEMEN SUSPENDED
San Francisco--(IGNA)--Two San Francisco poLice
officer.., who were involved in a brawl in a lesbian
bar last March were each ordered suspended f.or 90
days without pay by the Police Commission.
Janie: Marr , 30, and Michael Kelly , 25 , were
found gui ty of attacking the owner of a bar , Peg ' s
Place.
~he members of the Poli ce Commission split 3- toon
whether the men should be fired or only suspended .
Commissioner Jane Murphy was the
vote for firing Marr and Kelly.
of action these men took shows a
fellow human beings. "
only one to cast a
She said , "The kind
rontempt for their
Stephen Bley, attorney for the t wo o~fi cers ,
said he disagreed with the commission ' s verdict ,
even though many feel that 90 days is a light sentence ,
and said that "both have been greatly wronged . "
Bley added that the officers committed no "outward
a · scr.:.mination against gays , but , •• an indiscretion.
An in discretion is not cuch a big deal.
Police f~icers are people , too , and they make mistakes':
Accurding tu The San Francisco Chronicle , 90
days suspensions are the max:iimum the Commission can
impose short of termination .
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CONNECTJONS 7
GAY INMATES WANT
OFFICIAL RECOGNITION
MONROE, WA-- (IGNA)--The newly formed Sexual
Minority Prisoners' Caucus held its first formal
seminar Jan. 31 at the Washington State reformatory.
The main goal of the Caucus is to gain official
sanction from the prison administration ,
"It I s primarily a straight world in here, just
like it is on the outside," said the groups director,
Charles "Sandy" Ackert, a transsexual . "There's
harassmen~ and there's ridicule and tbere's really
very litt e programming designed for our particular
needs . "
As in the ourside worl~;,straights inside the
prison often look down on homosexuals. The prejudices
that exist in society are cften magnified by the
forced colseness inside the institution.
"Gays are ca::.led ' punks ' and ' faggots, ' says
Ackert . Physical intimidation and violence sometimes
occur against them.
The purpose of the caucus would be to provide
a support group for gays in the prison, just as
other prison clubs provide support for ethnic minorities.
Walter Hyden, associate superintendent for
treatment, said that the administration is not trying
to stifle the new organization, but has to cope with
the fact that the only floor available for office
space is full and the budget for supplies is already
overburdened.
"You have to appreciate the fact that we 're
running a prison here ," Hyden said. "This is a
facility with all kinds of built- in restrictions , "
Hyden said that the fact that the caucus held a
seminar demonstrates that the administration is not
opposed to the organization. Ackert, however, said
his [lroup ho.d made some of its accomplishments in
spite of, not because of, the administration ,
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 'S MR . ANITA BRYANT
DAVIS, CA-- (IGNA)--Davis , California, a small
liberal college town fifteen miles southwest of Sacramento,
has its own version of Anita Bryant. Jim
Stevens, self- proclaimed libertarian and a lawyer in
Sacrament9, has spearheaded the effort to rescind the
city council ' s ban on discrimination against homosexuals.
Stevens , a member of the Davis city council ,
has succeded in having the ban removed and has also
obtained a promise from t he council not to consider it
again for two years .
Council members suppor ting gay rights balked at
giving continued support because of Stevens ' threat to
make an election issue,
In a radio interview, Stevens expressed his opinion
that "we each have the choice of who to associate with,
Just like someone wouldn ' t be forced to hire a person
who smells, no one should be forced to hire a homosexual
against his wishes , "
Local gay activists have since prepared an initiative
that would force the city council to consider the
issue immediately , not two years from now. The passage
of the initiative would be a blow to Stevens ' opposi- ·
tion to the ordinance and a clear go- ahead to the city
council.
Mayor Tom Tomasi endorsed the initiative by
becoming the first of 3500 signers required to place
it on this June ' s ballot.
Nearby Sacramento is also supposed to bring a gay
rights ordinance before the city council. Stevens
has said he will do anything he and his fellow "libertarians
and Bible people" can do to prevent either
ordinance from ever going into effect.
MINISTER URGES CHRISTIANS
TO FIGHT GAYS AS A COUNTER-RELIGION
The Rev. Chuch Mcilhenny says God's word is
clear- -"it's time for Christians to come out of -!;he
closet and stand up against the sin of homosexuality,"
"homosexuality is sin; it's rebel~ion against
Go ' s word," says this pastor of the First Orthodox
Presbyterian Church in San Francisco.
The Rev. Mcilhenny is taking his message on the
road in order to raise funds to pay legal fees ar~sing
from Mcilhenny's attempt to fire his gay organ"dt .
The story behind the legal dispute,which The
minister cal~s the clearest case of state- church conflict
in American history, is this:
On April 11, 1978 a San Francisco ordinance
prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation
became law. Theat same month Mcilhenny hired Kevin
Walker as his church organist after Walker convinced
the pastor that he was a practicing, born- again
Christian.
Five months later, rumors surfaced that Walker
was gay. When the minister queried him, Walker
freely admitted that he was gay. He said that he
was living with a lover, and believed in Jesus
Christ as pis savior . The pastor said , "He gave me
his interpretation (of the Gospel) and I gave him
the right interpretation. "
alker refused to admit any sin in his lifestyle
and was fired .
Gay Rights Advocates has taken on the case,
because it is a clear case of discrimination against
gays . According to the Rev. Mcilhenny , however,
"We ' re not just picking on homosexuals; we happen
to be under attack by homosexuals . The issue isn 't
gay rights ' it ' s Christian rights , " he says .
Walker is not seeking his gob back, but he is
asking about· $1400 in damages and legal fees . The
Rev is on the road speaking to various Christian
churches in order to raise money to fight the law
suit ,
Mcilhenny says that as a Christian he has no
choice but to follow God's word. To follow the
San Francisco law, his chUI'Ch would have to break
what the members see as God' s higher law. And that
is something the congregation will never do , he
vows .
The minister further said , "Homosexuality is
a total world and life view. They' re worshipping the
creature , not ,the creator , This is a case of two
religions fighting one another . There ' s a war
, goi ng on--a spiritual battle. "We don' t want to
kill (homosexuals) ; we want them to come to Jesus
Christ. Somewhere along the line , a Christian is
going to have to take a stand, "
GAYS AND AGING
Fresno-- (IGNA)--The Ca' lifornia Commission on
Aging met here recently and listened to testimony
from a lesbian in her sixties. She informed the
commissioners that there are more than 300,000
older gays and lesbians in California and they suffer
hardships beyond those associated with the state ' s
againg population in 6eneral.
Some of the special problems of homosexuals
are these :
1 . Lesbians and gay men who enter rest homes
are discriminated against . They are often segregated
because the staff feels threatened.
2, Elderly homosexuals are often forgotten by
younger people .
To help the Commission deal better with the
issue of aging gays , the Commission has appointed
Ivy Bottini , a woman active in the gay movement in
Los Angeles .
8 CONNECTIO'NS
FIRED GAY TEACHER DENIED REHIRING
Seattle--IGNA-- The former Tacoma High School
teacher who was dismissed in 1972 for being homosexual
has reapplied for -- and has been denied - - a job
with the school district.
James M. Gaylord, who taught social studies for
12 years in Tacoma, applied for work as a junior/
senior librarian, social studies or resource teacher.
As quoted in the Seattle Times, Peter Judge, the
head of the klerican Civil Liberties Union, said,
"There's no question in my mind he's been denied
because he's a homosexual, and that seems to me
a.'1reasonable."
The ACL'T is analyzing the shcool district's
decision and may file another lawsuit to retest the
Tacoma School Board's court-backed decision that
homosexuals are "immoral."
The state-court ruling was left undisturbed by
the United States Supreme Court in 1977.
Gaylord himself has written to the school
district saying, "I have examined this fall's minutes
of the board of derectors and note that both junior
high school social studies teachers newly hired
by the district ••• and several of the new resource
teachers ••• clearly have educational preparation and
teaching experience far inferior to my own."
Willie Stewart of Personnel answered Gaylord as
follows: "The district does not respond to an applicant:
s request for reasons why some person other
than the applicant was hired for aposition." Thus
anti- gay employers are answerable only to themselves.
Since his dismissal, Gaylord has been working
part time as a combination business agent and clerk
for the Tacoma Federation of Teachers, earning less
than half what he was paid as a teacher .
Gaylord has never been convicted of anything
and that he is the one who brought suit, not the
other wayaround. When the board members who fired
Gaylord were asked their feelings about rehiring him,
they made the following remarks: "I have not changed
my position one bit. I wouldn ' t want him at all or
anyone like him (because of) what he was convicted for,
said Frank Gillian.
David R. Tuell answered that he has to be concerned
with thepotential for a harmful educational situation
• ff 1 It posed by a gy:y teacher in contact with young peop e .
Jim Boze said he would vote the same way.
"It ' s the price they have to pay for being differ ent . "
"The ACLU considers the Gaylord decision an
abomination , " said Roger Winters , office administrator .
WE'RE OK, YOU ' RE NOT--NO GAY FAMILI ES
Tulsa--(IGNA)-A family is parents or a parent and
children , not pomoeexual couples nor unmarr ied
_cohabitating heterosexual pairs. At least , that was
the prevailing opinion at the Oklahoma Confer ence on
the Family, held in December in Stillwater.
Participants included home extension and church
groups , social workers , psychologists , educators ,
grandmothers, nuns , and Pro- Family devotees who
brought their infants to the sessions .
A number of professionals , however , expressed
concern that the Pro- Family stan~e does not meet the
needs of Okl ahoma families that do not fit the
t r aditional mold.
other highlights of this conservative conference
were :
"There's no word sweeter than ' mother ' and the
nurturing of children is the most important career."
"The place for sex education is in the home . "
"Divorces are too easy to get . "
Men , take heart from one item:
"Men should be considered in child custody cases. "
WHAT CAUSES ANTI- GAY VIOLENCE?
BOSTON-- (IGNA)--Violence against gays usually
takes one of two forms--attacks by groups of young men
or sexual pickups where guilt is involved.
The psychological thread that runs through bashers
is called homophobia, a fear and hatred of homosexuals,
and some say, of the basher's own homosexuality.
According to a story in The Boston Globe , the
average
"average" gay basher
the ages of 18 and 2
in Boston is a white male between
Most often when blacks attack
Police Lt. William J . Bratton, the
robbery. "I can't remember a time
have assaulted gays simply because
said.
gays, according to
primary motive is
when blacks might
they are gay," he
The largest nlll'lber of gay bashers are just
picking fights with people they consider odd, defenseless,
or unlikely to seek retribution.
Gay bashers run in groups, work fast, and use
hit- and-run tactics--either jumping from the shadows
or wheeling in front of gays, jumping out of their
cars and throwing a few punches and maybe bottles,
then escaping before descriptions can be obtained.
"These are frustrated kids who are poor students
and who are drinking a lot and doing drugs," says
Cliff Bair, a gay man who has been harassed twice by
street toughs . His characterization fits generally tPe
description offered by police and psychologists.
"They'll Be sitting around and someone will say,
'What ' s there to do tonight?' and someone else will
say' I Let Is go beat up some queers . I II
Gay bashers, psychologist Dr . Jopn Money of Johns
Hopkins University says , usually feel they can operate
with impunity "because the social cliMate out there
s~ys that homosexuality is a form of degeneracy.
T]1e gay basher says , ' I 'm on the side of righteousness.'
He feels very morally justified."
The other main kind of queer- basher is the
hustler,or his customer, who lashes out after engaging
in sex.
Although the sex between a customer and a hustler
is by mutual consent , Dr. Money says that one of the
two may feel guilt and revulsion at the situation,
blame the other , and.strike out against his partner.
The hustler often does not like to think of
himself as gay , says Brian Miller , a Los Angeles gay
counselor. "The receiving of money is the neutralizer
of guilt. He can say, 'I do it for money.'
The response of the hustler to his revul~ion is
often more brutal than that of a gang . A five-year
study of g~y murder victims by Miller and Laud
Humphreys of Pizer ColJege shows that two- thirds
of the 162 victims studied were killed by hustlers ,
one- third by gangs .
The study also shows that "contrary to a lot of
rumor and implications , w~ found almost no occurrences
where gay lovers were involved in that kind of violence
.against each other. "
"Unlike in heterosexual marriages , there are no
social sanctions holding th~m together . No law, no
children , no church , no in- laws ," Humphreys said. As
a result , breaking up a relationship is not as likely
to be acrimonious .
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THE AUSTIN COUNTRY
MARCH SIXTEENTH
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WOMEN IN PRISON
(IGNA) The Oregon Women ' s Correctional Center has a
set of 14 rues . 1ne of the most contrr,versial forbids
sexua~ activ:ty . Gayle Smith , an inmate , is quoted in
the Ore,wn St'ltesman-Journal this way : "mhere ' s just a
few lesbiars in here , but they act like a1 o"' us are
lesbians . rwo people can ' t be even in the same bedroom
together . You can ' t even visit your friend ' s room. "
Inmate TJ,eresa King added , "They really magnify a
lot of' little stuff. If somebody ' s having a problem,
I ' ve learned the best thing to do is to 30 over and
give them a hug, give them some supp ,rt . ut over here ,
you can ' t even touch somebody , :et a ,ne h ld their
hand or put your arm around them. That ' s hamo-exu<>l
activity. "
Female Superintendent :.ee Gierloff said , "T' l'e seen
a ot of touching , a lot or' hugging , and the s· , "''
does not de:o with it as sexua~ activity. It depends on
who is doin' the touching and wJ,, is doirg the hugging"
She added: "There are some who halfe been known to
engage in h ,m sexual activity . ~hey' re probab~y going
to be watched more closely, and they m~y feel harrassed
und picked on . "
While inmates generally rate Gierloft' ' s treatment
as fair, many sai d that other staff members are too
ri sr id . 'he pri sore rs believe that the sta"'f relates to
them ,r ·, purent - chi ld i.eve instead of vn an adu t
bus i .. .
t'gt. R :eh•ffd Yelder of the stafr ackn,w' edeed that
t},P · r mat€', l: ave a va i:i point, but he said tt at w:ben
cu tr 1 w, lool:"E'r , "tre staff' felt ike they were
jrt bing s rv·nt..; arc! they d .. un ' t huv" thE' control
tl:e.v r ... ea . "
tl: i , '"he Pd..ication eourdir·.1tc.1·, ,a· i tl: t
rv :i 'ri +!:,, prison ' ~ Pd c·.1t.iona ar 1
v "i' i r ·J. p·o l" • 'he S'l.ia, "T'le pt i o~..,p'l.f · tJ,c
i.n it 1+ · 'JD • ~ tr·· h, pr• •rams are there . B1,t they
·.11· v mt·.irJ . " .'he ·.1 ,,o sr.1id : "The wrimen wno ·ome h<'re
ti· v 1Te1·y tr· ,lit .. or,'ll ' <lea!.i of wht..• women 1oul<l do.
~1e have .. pu 1 tee+h +o get ::myunE' to g·, over to tre
r, "on Jtute '· ore ctional Institution for cot.rse~."
' NY SODOMY LAW UNCONSTITU"'IONAL
cont ·r 1Ed from p·ge L
[tis doubtfu: that the State A~torney General
will appeal tJ,is rtiling because of his public stand
tat sodo~y 'aw is
that the sodomy Law is an unconstitu+ional infringement
on ~re right to pr:v,.cy. Attorney r.cneral Abra~s
ta~ed ast year at a conf,,rence at New York Uriversity
on "L~w and tt F igr.t for Lesbi'l.!l ar. l Gey Pig'1tr,"
t11,+ it W'l.S his bP'icf the lew York £">domy law was
unconstj•utloral .
T o~as • Coleman , co- chairperson fotJ-c 1ational
ommittee for Sexua: Civil Liberties , stated , ,,,.,his
lecision r.as great significance. The New York Lep,i£lature
has sinsistently refused to decri~nalize
pri vat~ sex between consentin17 a.lults , so 'egislati ve
reform has not )een promisin17 . f the case is
a:r,pealPd , New York ' s highest appelate court , the New
York Court of Appeals , is likely to uphold this
:iecision declaring the law unconstitutiona:. Finally ,
thi? decision shows a trend on the part of state
appellate courts to strictly scrutinize the con;
titutiona'ity of statutes r egulating private sex.
The Towa and 'lew Jersey Supreme Courts have reached
s i milar conclusions . This gr owi ng judicial recognition
o~ the right to sexual privacy can be used as
precedent in states where other litigation of a
s imilar nature is pending , such as Pennsylvani a and
Oklahoma."
The main brief submitted t o the Appellate
Di v i sion was written by Ms . Mar got Karle , attor ney
f or Lambda Legal Defense and Educat i on Fund in New
Yor k . Mr . wi lli am H. Gardener of Buff alo , New Yor k
submitted a Friend of t he Cour t brief on behal~ of
the National Commi ttee f or Sexual Civil Liberties •
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MARCH SIXTEENTH
CONNECTJO'NS 3
UNITED METHODIST GAY STRUGGLE COMING
by Troy Stokes
Every four years the United Methodist Church gets
together in a national meeting to have a huge , hysterical
disagreement on the subject of homosexuality,
This meeting is called the General Conference , which
sets church law for the next four years, The focal
point of contention when the conference opens on April
15th in Indianapolis will be a paragraph in the_United
Methodist "Book of Discipline" ( church law), which
states "Homosexuals no less than heterosexuals are persons
of sacred worth, ••• Further we insist that all persons
are entitled to have their human and civil rights
ensured , though we do not condone the practice of h?mosexuality
and consider this practice incompatible with
Christian teaching,"
Gay activists and our supporters argue that the
last phrase is mean- spirited and untrue and should be
deleted. The Board of Church and Society has already
called for the deletion of this phrase ,
However , most observers do not hold out much hope
for softening this language , Conservative , "charismatic"
Methodists from the "Good News Caucus" will
attempt to pass legislation which would have the effect
of specifically barring the ordination of openly homosexual
people as ministers , The politics of the Methodist
Church is such that there are very few places
where a person can be openly gay and remain a pastor.
Paul Abels of Washington Square United Methodist Church
is one of those few.
Under the current rules , if a pastor has the local
support, the United Methodist Church as a national body
DISCO QUEEN TURNS EVANGELIST
by Hektor
An impromtptu religious debate broke ou+ in
front of the Texas Union Building on Monday, Feb 4, as
evanselist Cindy Lasseter preached from the Bible
while students questioned her beliefs,
"You people are headed for hell," tr e selfprofessed
"ex-disco queen" told many members of the
crowd, She 'ncluded "queers," "whores s.nd whoremongers,"
"sissies," "adulterers," and sorority
women.0 in her ~.i.st of the damned . ·.asseter said the
majority of the world is going •c. ell, and "it's the
law of God that compeis me to cGJmc: out here . '"'here's
nothing I ' d rather do than be out here pre:.ching,"
When a woman asKed what was wrung with her
making love with h~r boyfriend , Lasseter replied,
"The Bible says it ' s wrong, you little har::.ot . You
soroity g.irlu are all going to hel" with your fancy
clothes and whoring with men," She also accused
women of fal~ine; in love with "men" berause they
are looking for Jesus and Fulfillmen• .
Lasseter distributed pamphlets aoout "jews,"
athiests and homosexuals and wpy they wi.L::. "burn in
the fires of Hell , " She claims homosexuals are made
through a long period of "sinful" act.:.vit.ies , Before
anyone becomes a homosexual , Lasseter claims, he
or she masturbates . This creat feelings of emptiness,
so the sinner beg.ins experimenting with anybody a·-iailable
, ~h~s only creates more emptiness, In search
of fulfillment, a person is led to seek more senlsations
leading to sado-masochism and, eventual::.y
homosex' uality. ( What a crock of sh.i t!,'
FOR THIS CAUSE GOD C,AVE THEM UP
UNTO VILE AFFECTIONS, FOR EVEN
THEIR WOMEN DID EXCHANGE THE
NATURAL USE FOR THAT WHICH IS
AGAINST NATURE·
~omons 1 26: Scof eld
has no right to remove him (or her) from office.
Church liberals oppose this conservative drive because
they want to avoid further stigmatization of homosexuals
and because they don ' t want to get back into the
business of policing the private lives of pastors.
Lots of middle class Methodists think it would be too
much like the Baptists, and therefore tacky, to say
whether or not it was all right for the pastor to smoke,
drink , be divorced , etc ,
Since the gay issue first surfaced in 1972 the
Good News movement, based in Wilmore, Kentucky, has
grown considerably. Experienced church watchers are
not sure about the strength of this conservative group
and are therefore unwilling to predict whether or not
they will be able to specifi~ally bar gays and lesbians
from the ordained ministry,
My own view is that the United Methodist Church
will stick on dead center, The Church is moderate and
unlikely to embrace any position which could be called
extreme , Most Methodists are really confused about the
issue of homosexuality. Many of them are aware that
lesbians and gays are not treated fairly. At the same
time , they are embarrassed about most sexual matters
and unwilling to address them honestly, It ' s interesting
that, since 1972, the Church has been attempting
to aid gays , For example , the Board of Discipleship
has produced a resource packet to promote understanding
between gays and their families . It has not, during
the same time frame , produced any educational material
which attempts to aid homosexuals in putting their
homosexuality behind them,
Those interested in following these developments
may call the United Methodist Information Center after
April 15 at 800- 251- 8140,
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14 CONNEC~TJONS CRUISING
--Ron . .Moss
[
Austin Lambda member CHERESE CAMPO (R)
leaflets "Cruising"
AUSTIN ORGANIZATIONS LEAFLET "CRUISING"
Members of the Austin Lesbian/Gay Po1 itical
Caucus and Austin ~ambda Cultural ~enter have been
lea"leting tfie audiences o~ "Cruis ! ne;."
~he ~eaflet, which is titled '!Ts •rruising•·
Unfair t Gayr?" urges viewers to keep an open mind .
It states "we feel that , presented i.ith the "acts,
you will accept that gays are people with the same
kind of hopes , dreams , assets , and flaws as the rest
of the members of our society. Since this may be
your only exposure to movies which claim to represent
aY lifestyles , we feel you shouid know that these
fictional characters are no more representative of
gays and lesbians than the Hell ' s Angels are representative
of heterosexual society. " It urges seeing
"Word is Out," a Lesbian/Gay documentary, for a
realistic view of homosexual life,
Scotty Scott , ALGPC Political Action Chair , told
CONNECTIONS that Austin Lambda andALGPC began considering
responses to "Cruising" when controversy
first broi{e out in New York. "We decided the most
important thing was to bring positive images of gays
to the public ," she said.
Scott contacted Dick Chick of Presidio Theaters ,
the company which booked "Cruising." He explained
they are required by contract to take all films
their distributor offers , although the length of the
run depends on audience response . He agreed to book
"Word is Out" into Dobie Mall for the week starting
Feb. 22.
"We wanted to do something more imaginative than
a boycott or protest . " Scott continued ," :::+ •s
rea~ly good to have something positive to ~~er, like
' Word is Out ,'" The organizations were planning to
present "Word is Out" themselves , but they could
only show it for one night . Bunning it at Jobie
for a week will ~et us reach :iany more people."
Seven members of A~GPC and AusTin Lambda, including
Scott , Steve Thomas , Janna Zumbrun , Michael
Fernandes, and Cherase Canpo , attended the first
showing of the film before making the finaL decision
to hand out leaflets . They cvncluded that "Cruising"
was unfair to lesbians and gays. The movie implies
that homosexuality is catching and that homosexuals
can easily turn into homicidal maniacs. This
message is subtle , but it is there, despite the
disclaimer that accompanies the film.
Scott says the leafleting will continue on weekends
as long as "Cruising" plays in Austin .
Thera was a long line outside the Village 4
ticket window on .3aturday, Feb. 16, the day after
"Cruisin'" opened, There was plenty of time to read
the foyers Austin Lesbian/Gay Poli~ical Caucus and
Austin Lambda Cultural Center people were distributing.
When I ''inally got inside, the only seats left were
way aown in front .
11Cr,lising" begins with a written disc'aimer :
"This film is not .intendeu to be an inc1.ictment of homosexua
ity, It depicts only a certain +iny segment
of gay cu~ture." ':'hat ' s certainly kind of director
Wi lllar:1 Fr ledkin . Since many -1:ays are afraid of the
S&:~ people, too, he 'll just take a cheap shot at
them. Severa, ctan.. cters say "this is not common to
gay cultlre." Whether they meP.n S&M or bruta.' murders
isn ' t clear.
':'he disc~aimer is correct, "Cruising" doesn ' t
really depict gay soc.ieyt at al ~t pr ,jects ,r1y
a heterosexual ' s distorted view of homosexual li"e ,
I could almost feel the stereotypes reaching,th~ough
the screen to stranfle my freedom and individuality as
a proud American Gay. I won ' t describe any of the
scenes, but ther are bloodily detailed and stomachturning.
The scenes weren ' t as bad as the giggles , laughter,
ru:id jeering remarks from some (presumabl¥ straight)
members o~ the audiences . I felt misunderstood,
insulted , offended , and totally degraded . When I
started feeling sick to my stomach , I got up and
went into the bathroom.
One of the straight men from the audience was
standing at the urinal. He couldn ' t stop staring at
my long hair, earrings , boots , brown leather jacket,
dangling keys, and oversized wallet on a chain . I
could see him frantically trying to remember what qn
olive green handkerchief means . I just smiled at him ,
which made him even more nervous . While going out ,
I stuck my head back around jhe corner and leered at
him. He freaked . He was locking himself into a
toLet stall when I left .
I do not recommend "Cruising" for anyone with
a weak stomach, In fact, the only reason I would suggest
going to see it is to find out how bad it is .
We can ' t fight s, ,mething like this by turning our heads
and ignoring it .
"WINDOWS" - '1'.HE LESBIAN "CRUISING"
Because of widespread rumors that the movie
"Windows" portrays lesbians in the same derogatory vein
that "Cruising" does gay men , a special screening of the
film was attended by two members of the Responsive Gay
Collective , an organization formed in New York to protest
"Cruising."
The rumors were mild compared to the reality. This
picture is not only damaging to lesbians, but it also
continues the sterlotype of women controlled and dominated
by men ,
This aberration of humanity opens with a graphic
disgusting rape of the straight woman , Emily (Talia
Shire) that was choreographec1 and pa'd for by the lesbian,
Andrea (Elizabeth Ashley) who is in " ve" with her .
Thro;ghout the film Andrea proves her "love" by committing
a total of three murders includinp: that of Emily ' s
cat (which is placed in Emily ' s freezer for her to discover
. )
~ere is no "redeeming social value" to this garbap:
e . ~he film portrays lesbians as demented and
capab e of any act of degradation and violence in their
struggle to allow feelings of love for another woman
to surface.
The portrayal of Emily suggests that women are
dependent on men for their well- being and that straight
women are easy prey for lesbians and men alike,
"Windows" deserves to be protested along with
"Cruising." Hol]ywood ' s bigotry does not di stinguish
between lesbians and gay men - we can ' t afford to,
either.
CONNECTIONS 15
THE MOVIE "CRUISING" OPENS
NY/San Francisco--(IGNA)--The hotly debated
film about homosexual murders opened in New York,
but the subsequent press conference with its director
caused the most fireworks .
Director Wflliam Friedkin, speaking in the
Manhattan I , an upper E-=t Side cinema, stood hes
ground before an array of microphones and TV cameras .
He said : "What I saw in my research and what I portrayed
on the screen , I don ' t consider negative .
There is probably less murder per capita in these
gay bars than there is in many other aspects of life
•••• It is about specific characters and not a general
situation. "
Friekin went on to say, "You may think that the
way I see it is distorted , wrong , You may feel
that it ' s going to cause violence . I don ' t . "
Gay activist Arthur Bell at this point left his
seat and walked down the theater aisle to confront
Friedkin ,
"I condemn you for makin this "i m," Bell said.
"It is trashy and hateful. It can do nothing but
harm a lot of people."
"The movies have always treated homosexuals
as wooden Indians . You have done it again. I condemn
you . You are the worm of worms . Your movie is a
piece of garbage and should be put in the garbage can
and thrown in the Hudson River."
Friedkin replied, " I 'm very disappointed to hear
tha+ , because Arthur Be~l ' s co~umns were very influential
in the research I did." He then proceeded
to read a 1977 Village Voice article that Bell had
written about gay martyrs along the New York waterfront
.
A member of the National Gay ~ask Force , Tom
Burrows , ater said , " I 'm aware of the free- speech
argurnen . But censorship already exists in subtle
ways. We never see the good side of g~y life . We ' re
not denying anyone the right to make a film , but we
would like people to know there is another side."
Meanwhile , in San Francisco the movie opened
at the St. Francis Theater on Feb, 15th at 11 A.M.
A crowd of about 50 people gathered outside the theater ,
although no formal pickets appeared . Several gay
men got into a loud argument with a man with a white
beard, who told them that he ' d like to see them
in the same situation as the victims in the film--with
their "cocks cut off and stuffed in (their) mouths."
The police , who were guarding the movie house ,
escorted the white- bearded man away from the theater .
The lll.ll!nagement of the theater put up a handlettered
sign in the box office , saying that al~
patrons wou:d be subject to a "voluntary" search ,
Those offering the film to the public expected disturbances
and wished to prevent any from happening by
checkin~ customers for rotten eggs, tomatoes , or
other items ,
CRUISING
By J im Olinger
In 1970, William Friedkin directed "The Boys in
the Band ," which dipicted homosexuals as clever neurotics
whose sole pleasure was shredding each other
emotionally. That same year , Geral Walker completed
"Cruising , " a novel which described all homosexuals
as potential psychotic killers or their willing
victims . Eighteen publisher turned it down before
Walker found one who would print it .
Shortly afterwards , producer Jerry Weintraub read
"Cruising, " liked it , and began pestering Friedman to
write and direct a screen version • . It took eight
years , but Friedkin finally ae-cepted the assign.~ent
and went to New York to do research. Ile claims his
representation of the New York S&M sre~e is authentic
in every way and says "the participants in this world
show enormous courage and freedom of choice. "
Friedkin denies that "Cruising" is a statemtment
for or against homosexuality. He describes Walker ' s
novel as "a marvel.ous murder mystery with a terrific
story." I read "Cruising" after seeing the film. It ' s
a fairly suspenseful imitation of several "police
decoy" stories of the period. ".ut straights shouldn ' t
try to write about gay psycholoi:ry. The result is al-ways
a disgusting mixture of old heterosexual stereoty~
es and Sunday Suppliment psychology. Walker would have
us believe that all homosexua_s hate ourselves and are
unconsciou$ly seeking punishment .
It appears that the original srooting script , as
reported in the Village Voice , ~allowed th~ novel
very closely, Rookie policeman John Lynch , played by
Al Pacino , goes under cover to trap a psychotic killer
who is stalking the gay community , His assigrnent forces
him to confront his own latent homosexua:ity and he
ends up turning killer himself. Friedkin ' s ma~or
change was to set the film in "a small segment of gay
society" +,he New York S&M scene .
All hell broke loose when the top secret script was
leaked , and financers and star A1. Pacino began putting
pressure on Friedkin. The script was rewritten and
additional scenes were filmed . A heterosexual relationship
is added for Pacino • The killer ' s moti v-ation
becomes guilt over his father ' s death. John Lynch wounds
the killer and offers him a dea~ ( "Flead guilty co
killing five gays and we ' ll give you eighteen years .
Otherwise , you ' ll get twenty years for attacking a cop. ") ,
rather than killing him and taking his p4ace. Friekin
was cutting and recutting until the last possible
second , but the end result is a murky , confusing film
which is still derogatory toward gays .
This is shown most clearly when Lynch ' s neighbor ,
who Lynch had been very attracted to , is brutally slain.
In the novel , it is unquestionalbe that Lych killed him
in a spasm of guilt and/or rage after they had sex , In
the movie , the identity of the killer is arnbigout , but
the evidence most strongly indicqtes it was his insanely
jealous , knife- wie:ding roommate . ~hese two are
neither S&M practitioners nor dr"~ queens , the "sma:l
se 'Jllent of the g'.l.y community" tna~ "Cruisirg" said it
would ctwnr on in +t0 iisc aimer that o~Prel the fii.!ll .
They arc 11
1. rma " ,ay peop e , a · ear i!llp icatior. +hat
ary 01' us c ll a t..irn ·razej kil er ri.t Ue drop of a bead.
I real Y·i '1 1t ·>i~r,k wi iarn Frielk"r ·!lten e to make
movie . t, w~th hi_, arr
t , urJ r tans+ g
CONN_E_C_TJONS
BENEATH ARGENT LUTEN
Beneath argent linen
Strewn with. wear et rose ,
Lips in palntei part embrace
The monument erect.
A~l flame al' ash
Both sin and sa·r~sanrt
In breathles blush
The heated river f ow., .
Ritual abandonea
The chalice ro~ ad red .
,Tim Green
FACT
IF Y ' FEEI C' MF RTA
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JEKT
~N MEMORY OF HARVEY MILK
by Larry Palmer
One l'ast ed ,
One prayed ,
One spoke ,
1-'ar.y marched ,
',!ary more didr I t care ,
A few nore sa'd it ' s not falr ,
is dead today.
n·e 'T.Y neighbor ,
On·e my voice ,
Once my candidate,
A ways w:y 'riend ,
\-1 i th my heart in his hand,
What ls this master plan?
He ,;as everybody' s friend ,
He now lies in state ,
Without choice.
Love and labor ,
He was my neighbor.
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CONNECTIONS Calendar - March 1980
Sun Mar 2 12 noon - 12: 30pm, "We are Everywhere -
Part I ," gay radio program , KUT- FM
Mon Mar 3 11am - 1pm, "Hepatitis B and How It Affects
the Gay Community ," lecture by Dr . Barry
Hafkin , virologist with Tx Dept. of Health ,
at 1100 West 49th Street , Room T- 507 (state
health dept . bldg. ) Lecture for GCS counselors
, Gay Nurses Alliance members , and
people in the state health dept .
6:30 - 8pm , Austin Lambda Cultural Collective
meeting . 'pen to visitors .
Tue Mar 4 7 : 30pm, Women ake Back the Night meeting at
Aust.in T,ambda Cu' tural
Wed Mar 5 9pm , concert by Helen Hooke, formerly o~
Deadly Nightshade , at the Ho .ywood . r . 50
at the door . With Lyn!' t<:e .er on bass and
Cherry Wolfarth on drums .
Thu M·;r 6
Fri Mar r
,,at Mar 8
10:30pm, showtime fea1,c1r ·r, T,elon.i at the
Austin Country
Austin lambda Cultural ~~nter open house
< - 10pm, grand opening ol' Austin lambda
Alcoholics Anonymous Cente~
Jun Mar 9 10am, Austin Lambda Cultural coord'Pators
meeting
l? noon - l? : 30pm, "Human Figh .. s for Gays ,"
gay radic pr0gram , KUT- F'M
7pm , ~esl:,ian pot- l11ck s 1pper , 606 Pressler .
All .i.esbians welcome .
Tl-tu Mar 13 IO : 30pm, sh0wtime f'e,1tur ing Cr>'l.lllpagne from
f.ouston at the Austin Cou'ltry
Cat Mar 1) 7: 10pm , potluck supper at Metropolitan
Community Church of Austin
Sun Mar 16 10am, Austin Lambda c'u't<1ral steff tr'lining
rneetin,;
1? nooP - l? : 30pm, "Gay Community Services
of A'1st in II EZn radio ro ram KU'T'- FM
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Monday 8pm, Austin Lambda AA open discussion meeting
8 - lJpm , Austin Lambda Cultura~ gay men ' s
awareness group . $1 donation asked from nonsponsors
.
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9pm , rap group on various topics , MCCA
Wednesday €: 1pm , Austin Lambda AA women together mf'etiP
~. Non- zay friends and others welcome at
us ' n I,ambda AA Center and at meetlngs on
wednesday s) •
7:30pm , prayer and communion service, MCCA
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rePess group. :fl dow1tion asked from n-::in -
Friday
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8pm, r:ay "ornmunity :,ervices rap group , Unive1
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BEFR 9 - 10pm. Enter .. ,ainment by Tragedy Ann ,
Miss Riki , Sabrina, and the Blandscrew Sisters
. 1 : <~pm - midnight . Slave auction .
~lothing fr ,m Henry ' s Memrys and mask and
cape from Bo ' s Fun Shop to be auctioned off.
6 :30 - 8pm, Austin Lambda Cultural Collective
meeting. Open to visitors .
7 :10pm, women ' s theatre meetinf , 1704 Kerr
(south Austin) . All interested women welcome .
8pm, first meeting of Austin Lambda Cultural
lesbian and gay parents support group
8pm , Gay ~ommunity Services F,eneral business
meetinf
10: 10pm , sho,r4-ime featuring B~tte ~1-teba at
the Aus .. in Country
am, Austin Lambda~-~+ 0al speakers b~rea..
i training workshop . b ... ic Tibrary.
l? r n - l?:,Opm , " 'lbarc>t ase" fea-turinf
Matthew Coies uf ,uy Rights Advocates
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