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2 CONNECTIONS
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Becomes Independent
This is CONNECTIONS' first issue as an
Independent publica!IOl'I. We are no longer
associated 11.1th Oay Community Se1"1ces
or the University YMCA/YWCA
We feel that CONNECTIONS must be an
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Response to AMERICAN
STATESMAN 'Gay
Paradise' Article
The l\USllN AMERICAN STATESMAN
ran 11 front ·page article on Sunday, March 8,
titled Homosexuals Comfortable In Austin
- City Tolensnt of Ufestyles." by Dick
Stanley.
Some of the people Stanley Interviewed
said they regard Austin as a kind of heaven
for homosex1.u1ls. De. Ronnld Sawey, 11
professor at Southwe~ TeXlls SUlte Univcr·
slty in San Marcos. wrote the followinq
response to the article. wfoch the Sf A TES·
MAN chose not to pnnl
I !'!'Tl deep!y apprPOalive of lhe t·m· and
energy Dick Sta!'lley took to prepare h.s
erode nbou• gay people In Austin. Mucto of
what "'-IS n thQ artic:le w;is q le on point
and even 1n pmng. Janna lumbrun was
nght when she Insisted on the importance
cl corrmg out It 1s Impossible to t"Xpect
CMI nghts when you are un.. I rl1J to fight
for them Tlle older bus rn:ssman sa!d
something mport.art when he pointed out
that gays oppress U1emselves by toking on
nd1culous stereotypac:ul manne!lsm~ or by
hid ng out under the camouflage of wife
and ch ldren
There are other ways In which IA<e
oppress ourselves. One of these 1s to
delude ourselves into pretending that
things are Ideal .. hen they ere in fact. only
better thal' elsewherl!' Another 1s to insult
and deml.'1m members of our own group.
Dan. the enterer. falls into both of these
trups. He goes on at great length <ibout how
d sc1pline 1s U1e key to succes5 ond about
hov. h s soc la!!) prom nfflt c ients don l
core about his being gay. Of course. this 1s
the same m.rn who disparages drag
queens and would'l t resid"' with gays so as
not to be tempted to "party all the time.' It
seems strange that the socially elite straight
people would be free of onti-gey prejudice
when the g11y caterer, h1msdf, IS filled with
il Also, we don't really know II U1e upper
crust is so sophisticated becausf' Donald
has not been quoted by n11me.
Another el<llmpll!' of the pcthetic: need 10
insult others comes from Kenny Sacha. He
buys into the misogynist folly that men can
do nnylh1rg bet•er than won1l'rl S cha hM
obviously not read Masters 11nd Johnson,
who d1SC1>11ered that women are better
lovers of women than men are (CA T npp
makes the ScJme observ.,uon.) Apparentlv
he ls e'so unaware that Lly Tomlin does
impressions of men. Sacha's remarks
sh011.0 ignorc'lce as well as a need to put
down.
Janra Zumbrun s contt>ntlon that ~pie
are afraid to Ix> open about being gay 1s
entirely 11ccurete I leach nt the university
level. As I contemplate signing my name to
thts letter, I nm 1110oare !Mt many people
be {'lie that open hon'IOSCXU 's have no
place In the educatJonal procen There 1s
some possibility th111 these folk~ might try to
oet me fired A more like!) but still unjust
consequcnc.e 1s that I Wlll suffer a loss n
social stand ng when people who th nk that
I nm straight d1sc:cwer that I am gay.
Sincerely,
Ronald M Sl1wcy
International Black
and White Convention
SAN FRANCISCO - Bb<.k and \I. t: te
'.\en Together, the mte racial support
group, .. 111 llold rts fir~ lntematJonal con
vertJon In !:>an Francisco. June 25-28.
The recent svt.ng 10 Ille Right hlls
c:re11ted a ne"" - ond frighten ng - chma•e
for mrnonues. particularly Blocks. a spokesman
said SC>day PasSJVC re<ictlOn to rac.1sm
1s no lonner l.'nough. Whet 5 needed 1s 11
more public sense of lnlerrnc,;il concern
BWMT founded Just over a )'Car ago.
already has ct-iapters m 24 American cities
and m London. England Further mfor
mauon Is avnlillble directly from BWMT,
279 Collingwood, San Frenclsco C11lif
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FCC Upholds
Robison Cancellation
DALL.AS - In a landmark decision. the
Federal Communleauons Commission. by
un;;lmous vote, found an uppeal by the
Jam~ Robison Evangcl1col Association to
~without merit, on February 2.?. 1981.
The FCC upheld the nght of D.illas st.Jt1on
WFM·TV 10 cancel the James Robison
Evangehcal Hour following an anti·gay
broadcast.
On Februdl) 25. 1979. James Robison. a
ti>levision minlMer based in Odil.is. preached
a sermon on 'mordlity" which was largely a
one· sided view of homoscxudhty. fhe fol·
lowing day. wr M ·TV tcrmlnnted the series
(since reinstdted), stdting that It believed
religious programs should not deal with
controversial issueq of pubhc lmportanc-e.
WFM's ilCtion was ba5ed on the Fairness
Doctrine 11nd Personal Attack Rule and w.is
ldken following a Personal Attack com
plaint by the Dc1llc1s Gdy Pol1ltcal Caucus.
James Robison fill!d 11 complaint against
WFM with the FCC's Complillnh dnd
Compliance Division which ruled in Feb·
ruary, t 980. thot no nction was warranted.
WFM·TV dc<:lined to defend Its action
before the full Comm1s5lon Con~oqul!ntly,
the National G11y Task Force ond the Dallas
Gav Pohtiail Caucus joined to oppose the
Robison complaint
'This acuon by the FCC 1s an affirmation
of the prlnoplt' of fairness and equity lor e11l
embod1<'d in the rersonul Attack Ruic and
Fa1me!>S Doctrine," commented NGTF Co·
D1re<:tors Charles f Bryt.lon and Lu« a
Vale.ska ·To the extent that electronic
prea<"hers hold anti gay views, they 11re on
notice that use or the pubh :i1rwavt>~ to
spreml lh1•1r bl<l)e<J point ol view will not go
unchallenged We call on st<itlon me1n·
.igm1ents to be :.peclally vigll1mt for one·
MCCA Senior Prom
April 26
The fir:>! activity by the Metropolitan
Community Church of Austin (MCCA) in Its
building fund c11mpaign will be a formal
senior prom at 8:00 p.m~ Sunday Apnl 26.
Theme for the prom. which will bl' held at
The Hollywood. 304West4th,1s "A Night in
Casablanca."
Remembt!r the date you took to the
prom? This time you can take the date you
really wanted ! Tuxedos or formal gowns,
whichever you prefer, are urged to be worn.
There will be a booth for photos with your
date and corsages will be sold.
To apply for prom king and/or queen,
you must be in a tuxedo or a formal. The
prom king and/or queen will be chost!n by
a lottery. at S l a chance.
Only 300 tickets for the prom are avail•
able at $6 each. Tickets may be purchased
at D~n·s Office Equipment, Hot Lips, Rain·
bow Works. Bookwomcm, and at MCCA
Ttekets will be available at the door the
night of the prom, if there are any left
Q's Tuxedos. 2426 Guadalupe, is offer·
ong special discounts for the MCCA Prom.
Their basic black tuxedo will rent for $20,
and other colors or styles -...ill be $5 off
Henry's Memrys. 423 East 6th, has a
good selection of inexpensive evening
gowns for sale.
sided presentations of the gay is~ue In
religious programmmg. Gay rights or>d
related subjects are controverstal issues of
pubhc importance. Station managers have
a duty to apply the Fairness Doctnne by
offering local gay organizations an .opportunity
to respond NGTF' wfll n"l$1 IOC"I
gdy organizations that experience difficulty
with a broadcast licensee."
Thts Wt-t•1 111 r .. -'or.
Metropolitan Community
Church of Austin
SENIOR
SUNDAY
APRIL 26th
8tol2p.m.
PROM
AD--""-.J~~~"~.:~~~~;~TS
6.00 per person
HOT LIPS
RAINBOW WORKS
BOOK WOMEN
DAN'S OFFICE EQUIPMENT
FORMAL WEAR ENCOURAGED
MCO\ Senior Prom Goers; (clockwise from left) Cheri /'1l1ler, Wally
Hargrave. Robin Camp, and Allan 5hilne model tuxedos from Qs
Tuxedos and a-emng gowrt5 from Henry's Nemrys.
Oral Majority
Reaches Austin
Bob Kunst of Gainesville, Flondo. vi!11ted
Austin on Mcirch 11 to announce the
rorm11t1on ot rhe Ornl Mlljonty, en organ
ization which opposes the Moral Majority by
educating Amencans about alternative
lifestyles.
Kunst said. "Its our patriotic responsi·
bllity to organize the enormous backlash to
Jerry Falwell, who is neither moral nor
repre~nt.abve of o maionty. Its lime for u~
to initJate the process of letting them resist
U!... ..
The Oral Majority favors ~ual freedom.
treedom of rnformation. and free enter·
prise, and opposes all victimless crime
laws. Kunst s group was successful in
getting the Privacy Rights Act passed in
Florid11 In November, 1980. Florida 1s now
one of only four stateS ~1th such a constJtu·
tional amendment. whkh says: All natural
persons have the nght to be left al<>rn! and
free from government intrusion Into their
private hves.'
The privacy act passed by 600.000 votes.
Kunst ~1d
The gay rights activist pomted out that
people opposed to the Privacy Rights Act
had i;a1d "This is gomg to legalize gay
right,, prostitution, pornography and mari·
Junn11 "Kun~t replied, Of course. And 11 will
abo keep the bedroom snoopers out of our
bedrooms, and everybody's bedrooms."
Kun\I said th .. lt!Ct'nl burning of rock 'n'
roll record~ by religiou~ fundamentalists in
Waco convinci>d him that Texas was a
good plHce to :start his national movement
He 5111d such oct1ons are • trying to tell
people how to live and love. and that
smacks of communism. ·
'Tm Part or the Oral Ma;ority bumper
stickers and buttons are OV111lable from
CONNl:.CTIONS. Send $1.25 for each tern
end a large, i>elf·addressed, stamped
envelope to CONNECTIONS, 2401 Ma"°'
Rd Apt. 118. Austin TX 78722..
Austin Gay
League Forming
The first meeting to org11nize 11 dty-~lde
league of Austin gay busme:.ses bnd
organizations was held nt Tex s Colorado
Strt't't Bar on Sunday March 22. J 981 fen
individuals. represenung Ausun Lambda,
the Austin Le;bian Gay Political Ceucus
CONNECTIONS. Gay Community Ser
vices the Gay Students Organization of the
University of Texas at Austin. and St
Charles Gift Shop, were pre,.~nL
Suggested 11ctivities for the league,
which will be s1m1lor to Houston's 1 avern
Guild, Included organlZing Gay Pride Weck.
fund· raising for chantable organizations for
good community publicity, end pubhshing
a list of gay bust~
The next meeting has ~n set for Apnl
12 at the UT Texas Union Sugge>ted
agenda Items for the April 12 meeting
include choosing 11 name for the group end
organizing o Gay Pride Week committee.
For more information. can Lynn May et
837·5928.
Dobie Tearoom
Dangerous
Austin attorney Douglas D. Behrendt
warns there is 11 great danger of being
arrested for sexual actrvtty m the publ c
restroom at Dobie Center near the UT
Austin campus.
Security guards at the center recently
arrested certain persons In the restroom
The guard claims he observed the tlleg.il
activity through " one w.lY mirror, but
refuses 10 allow an e~amrnalion of the
mirror. A court order will bt' requested to
pennit an examlNltion of the mmor by
defense counseJ. Meanwhlle. all persons
should base their behavior In the rcsuooms
on the assumpllons thllt the one·way m rror
doe" exbt and that their octJVilies may be
ob!.erved by security guards.
Sexual actiV1ty in a public restroom Is 11
serious m1:><lcmeanor of public lewdness
The nuoomum punishment for the offense
is one year and/ or a. fine of up ;o 0
$2.0?'J.
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SUNDAY SOCIAL wi~·
FREE BEER. 4-8pm
l OPM SHOW with '
KITTY UlTER and
ALVINA GREASE
CONNECTIONS
ALGPC Candidates Night
March 24
THURSDAY
SHOW lOPM
MISS RIKI
SABRINA ROSS I
Dallas Gay Alliance
by l "lol Green
The Dallas G11y Political Caucus changed
Its mime to the Dall.JsGayAlhancef.\drch8,
1981 The name ch11nge came 11bout ofter
11 hiu! hour debate on the mdus1on of the
word 'lesbian' m the new namC' The
organimton changed Its name to Dallas
Gay Alliance because of the groups
growing lnvolY(.'!Tlent m uc.!JYIUes. outside
the politic.al re11tm and because m;my
people felt the name Gay Political Caucus
wa~ m1slead1ng and prevented many
members of the commun ty from getting
involved ,.ldr. i
GCS Gains
CETA Employee
Gay Community SeMces. the peer·
counselling and refC'rrlll service for gays m
Austin. 9111ncd 11 Volunteer Coordinator/
Community l.iats0n person m March.
Working with GCS as p.:irt of the Un111er5ity
Y staff, fred Ucun ls the first paid staff
person GCS has held. Fre<fs salary ts
funded through the Comprehensive Em·
ployment Training A<:t (CETA), ii federal
pro<Jr&m clue to expire September 30.
1981 OCS Is one of the few <JllY organ
1zauons tn the history of the CETA progr<im
to have hod o CfTA employee on its staR
Fight Back!
You have a cl11mce to ~trike bd<:K di the
Moral M11jorlty, but you have to tc1ke It right
now In fact. 1f 11' 5 uftrr Aprll 4 forget 1t It s
alrc.idy over
lherc arc seven candidates 111 the mayor
and cny council elections who hove been
endorsed by the Au\11n Lesbian Qay
Political Caucus 11nd who support gay
causes
Several of our aindldat~ hove Mor11l
MaJonly·supported opponents. who 11re
running well.fman< ed 11nd Wt'll organized
campi!ign$
Whicl't cund dates do you want running
Ausun for the next two years'
[lections arc won by being able to
organize the voters. not simply by being
right The candidate who hos the most
people making phone calls to voter~
d1sulbutmg literature and taking people to
the polls on elc<11on day, is the one who
usually v.ins.
Thts Is a un1e v.tien YOO. 11 single
individual cun make 11 big difference You
arc needed despc:ratcly, NOW, in these
critical la>t days ot the C'lectlon.
Plcnsc volunteer to tu•lp Bob Binder and
the ALGPC-<!ndorsed candidate 1n your
precinct It may he the be~l thing you do tor
yourself this year
legal Services in Civil and Criminal Matters
DOUGLAS ~ BEHRENDT
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ll~ st And rson L ne ... i.ite 2J1, Au tu. ,x 78751
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LICENSED TO PRACTICE ~·J IN TEXAS SINCE' 1~9
CONNECTIONS
VOTE
Saturday, April 4
Austin Lesbian/Gay Political
Caucus
Endorsed Candidates
Bob Binder _ Mayor
Mike Guerrero _ _ City Council place 1
Roger Duncan City Council place 2
Marcos DeLeon City Council place 3
Richard Goodman City Council place 4
John Trevino City Council place 5
L Charles Urdy City Council place 6
The ALGPC Candidates Suppor t:
Full civil right11 for lesbians and gay men
Including gnyK in fair housing ordinance
Repeal of Section 21.06 of lhe Texa11 Pt.>nal Code
Human relations training on gay il<l<Ue11 for rt'le\'nnt cit~ per,.onnel
VOTES ARE
VOICES
Paid Poltt1cal Adwrltwm~nt by
R" tC1 Counc man Tr..wio Comm ,., Judy ~ s 11easurtr 606 Iii r .. , ft Comm tt~• lo Ei«t M ke G =•ro Ca Bo ner ttc r 714 V. ::.JX!h:
Friends of Bob B nd<f Bob B nd<" tr<n•urer 1209 :->u•C• R1Chnrd Goodman Comp<1 gn; Fr•nk lvi: tteasur<T I :i04 l.a•a<:• CM~ l C.. p<1:gn F ncl. Ben D~ Sr tw
(<og1<1 Duncan <"am1>tt19n fund, HoU<"r Duncan tr"asurt'r 25.36 ~ Longrct.S, Commlth!~ 10 [!~ct MArCOS Del.ean S4 R~nieno.. tren.sur J 211 E. F n
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6 CONNECTIONS
The dlsplay windows of three Ausun
businesses. wtuc.h have been accused of
dep1ctm9 and helping promote violence
ag!tlnst \l.'OmCn. ha-we been repeatedly
\~'.Ida zed CNer the last two years
Anger sadness and frustratiOn are all
evident \l.TICf' the thrte store owners dis
cu;s thear..., ndow d!Splays. The> all believe
thc11 displays are harmless and feel they are
what have made St. Charle<> Gift Shop
famous f>\ayor Carole McClellan told him
that when ~he brings visitors to Sooh Street.
she alweys pomts out Je.rry s windows
In 1979 Jerry mSllll ed o Peeping Tom
wind°"' displdy. ft:atunng h15 mannequin
Donna Louise Vandals ~lued ncw$J>apers
over lhe front of the St Charles display
wind°"'~ and painted Dep;cting violence
My wmdows are what have m.ide SL Chdrles famous. - Jerry Sh.iw ---
1x'1ng anacked by a 'handful of cranes who
th nk they ore appl)'lng lcrmmst p11ndplcs.
All three bus1n~s owners received
numerous complaints about the displays.
from both individuals and groups Jeny
Shaw, owner of St Charles Gott Shop. 316
E 6th. and Sally Pharr. of Henry's Memrys,
423 E. 6th. received 11 letter from Austin
Lambda, 11 gay organtzatJon, expre~ing the
concern that the Windows you displayed at
Ha loween ~. both directly and sul:>-
1 m nally to promote violence agmnst
people - especially women
.Je1ry Sha"" sa)'1I his window displays are
aga·nst women creates 1t on the news
papers. The glue l!Oilked in end ruined the
glass. Jerry had to have It replaced
On Halloween of 1979 the display
windows at The Maya. 1616 L.avnca, were
smashed Owner Doug Martin says he got a
lot of hostile cnucism from women for that
partlcu!ar display (which had been done by
8 woman) for men's shorts Three kmale
m11nnequin5 were dressed In mens r.hirts
... ,th no pants. They had paper sacks over
their heads. were tied together ...,,th a rope,
and had tiny toy 50ld1ers at their feet.
sug~ting they were pnsoners of war
Responding to the cnuasm and \'lln
da ·sm, Doug says. Some wom .. n arc
more concerned about their identity about
\I.ho th~ are. than a!:>out the r bellllVK>r
about ... tiat they are doing
In Marth. 1981. the displ.ly 11. ndows at
The Maya had three ho!..~ in them.
proba~ from a~ n:Jes. The ma~emot
had let the w1ndows rema n that \I.II) for a
rnontr
Two of Ht'nry ~ f>\::'T'~ windows"'"'"
hdttNed by a bnck thrOW'.nrJ cou~ on a
motorC}d or Hallo\l.l'cl' of 198C The
t c ks bro~ a couple of arrrs ff 5d I> s
1940 s m.111n~ums How rd and '>ally
Pharr de.ined LP tl-e mess u'.l' 5 00 a ,,.,
I he couple on U1e motorcycl broke out
the &t <.t>arles d1~piav 0
1.\indo"' n•on en''>
Jter Sa ly Pl>dr SdY~ tr pt:'I•« •JI 1 her t
v.:is tt>c S<JtTle ptCOpl the MIT'" 11)~ of)
bntks
& iy report, shC' had r
phor <:1115 ard V1SIU l
~ ~ .... E"CI' W'f'd:>ll< d Y
October ,CJSO T'1e w 11dow
tt
IMTUle l"\anll('qums ..., t p
thC' \I.omen :> .:'l!)r, Sa I> say
had sorr.• ma e mannequ ns. cwh1Ch I 11e
never been oble to find in usable concitlon)
tt probably would have been different I
d:dn t even do the "'1ndows myself. As
much of a feminist as I am, I didn t think
al'l)'thmg about the windows other than
gory, scary H.lllowcen.
JerrySha11o says. Anywindowsfvedone
that had \1olent aspects had humorous
aspects as ... en In the Peeping Tom
W\ndow a male mannequin WllS reaching
though vcnetJao bltnds and pulling flowers
out of a 11;1~ Tre Hz loween Window that
w.is broken, deptcted a wOMan hanging
from 11 rope I had reramlc egq; With arm~
on them rn1W. ng up the •ope wh1rh made
that WlndO\I. 11('1) stronqe Halloweer> s a
ume of tre macabre A f 1end of mine did
th • window Tt>e sui<.1dl' note left by the
munneqi..111 said Sorry <.ou1dn t make the
tia!lowC('n party I got hunq up "
A womon was on eyew1tne:.s to tht' .itta< k
on St Che•le~ wmdows Accordin!J to
... env Shaw and the Austin police. the
woman saw a man and a woman QI" a
rnot"'>rcyd!.' She "'11511eurty hot by one of the
bnc.ks the woman threw She got a lic .. nse
nuMb<.'r but missed SOfTle of th• numbers
on 1t She had heard the sound of Henry s
Memrys wind~ lx'ing broken two blocks
1111/lf'/ only mome"'.lts before
<;ally Sii~ leader~ of large femin st
groups m Austin hke the Henry s Memrys
..., ndOW$ Sally has two letters condemrung
her window disp~ taped to her cash
reg1~er A woman lobbyist et the State
Ceprtol saw them and told Sa1ly she knows
one of the letter \I.Titers.. Sally says" She said
she couldn't believe that nice. sweet girt tuld
written a letter like that The lobbyist told me
she had seen my \l.10dows and r.he loved
them She thought they were 11 hoot She
sald she would make some mqutnes about
mywmdows
Jerry Shaw and Sa ;y Pharr are offering a
$500 reward for Information leading to the
arrest £lld conviction of the person or
persons \I.TIO broke out their store windows
on October 31, 1980. For deta Is. call 474
6428 or 418 5598 '>ally S<lys. We truly
hope sotTle roice hont'st person Wiii come
forv.ard to give us ~ome Information
Austin Lamhd11 fuli., supporu th s effort to
catch lht'" vandals Roy OakC"s ~tatw W
abl>o1 violence, 1nck1d1ng llie vurdal1sm
Iii.it was cornm1ued nqa1n these bus·
[1('~('5."
Sally feels like U•C' women who were
involved with this believe they i:re working
for equal rlg'its. B~ resorting to VlolenC'E'
ilQcJmst nw, they ore trymq to lllkc- away my
l'qUlll rights
The Henry s Memrys owner hlld been
receMl"g phone calls and Visits befor!.'
Halloween. from srr .ill groups who came
by the store to tell l"W! they did not l.ke my
Windows They said I mu~t rot ha any
sense to d pKt violen<"e ag;i n~ women I
got several phone ~Its ut the shop and so
did my husbond I finally got llr\.-d of 11 and
started hanging up
Sally does flX'l lntlmld.ited, but she says
I Will continue to do my Windows as I
'VIOLENT'
WINDOWS
VANDALIZED
by Wayde Frey
St Ch.ul<»' owner Jerry Shaw outside uandaliLed ·Peeping Tom ..
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pleose This harrossment is the same kind
of thing the Mofla does In New York City in
running protection rackets. It's sad to think
that misguided people In Austin sink to the
mobster level of violence and vandalism to
make o political poinl"
Peaceful opposition to the displays
continued. Sally says. "Two women from
Austin l ambdo ciime to see me in
November, 1980. after my windows were
broken out They were very nice. We hod a
good, intelligent d1scuss1on, bul I'm afraid
that when they left, they felt like they had not
been able to get their point across 'They
told me that there had been a lot of rapes
and violence against women going on In
this country. They felt my Halloween
window encouraged violence against
women. I did not agree with them."
In January, 1981, the St Charles Gilt
Shop windows were shattered again. The
female mannequin in the display window
was bald and was wearing 11 51mple red
evening dress. The next morning a famous
hairdresser showed models with shaved
heads on the Phil Donahue Show on 1V. He
said bald women were the look of the
future
Jeri} Shaw says he ne-. er heard from
fe!T'lnists when he had a Gay Pride Week
window 1n 1980 llllth two female
mannequ ns wearing tuxedos dnnklng
champagne, and embracing. He adds.
Nor did feminists give me any en·
ouragcment or support "'hen I did the
March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay
R1gh~ windo"' in 1979 with the female
mannequin. the surtcase and the large
travel poslN with the U.S. Capitol in the
bdckground '
In lacl shortly illtN the SL Cnarles store
windows were ruined by the glue and paper
•
in 1979, the feminist radio program Foce
the Music on KUT·FM told their listeners to
"boycott a certain g1ftshop on Sixth Streel ..
~rry responded With .. a window that had
the female mannNJuin <.mashing a radio
with 11 hammer, and a sign that read "Donna
Louise faces the music.' ··
Alter Sally's and Jerry's shop windows
were broken at Halloween 1n 1980, an
Austin 1V ~talion came to Sixth Street and
recorded 11 videotape segment about the
incident for the 6:00 p.m. news. Jerry and
Sally also received the following letter:
St Chert,,1 (;ta
316 E4't 5'"1h ~
AU>I n TeM• 78701
4 N""'""1be' 1980
At our "'°"""!>ft 3rd A.nrwig Mttting U...
AUJlln Lambda C-dinoion r!> m<n. 4 ...,,._.
Pfes<OM) agtttd IO tt<pOnd In ,.fl!lng IO yo<r
,.,,._ conlto""fY Rt>pOOCl>ng on "rtt.ne ,.
nol "'8nl lo >ttm ~but IO be ..n
that our <ommunlcollOnS ore open. accessible
end cleor
\I. c ""nt )'OU IG ""°"Iha!~ he.-. woei..d our
reloi.onlh1p .. 11h your •hop Jnlhr p<t>t and want
IO (JflOOU<" lhat frlondship
·~, .... ,,., >lrongl)I agrtt" th""'~
C•P'"""' 10 you that the •ind<I"~ )'OU
7
&~d at~ help both & an<:
s.ublimlnolty IO ~ \'IOlence am l)>I
pcop1o ~ on u... St c~
~ ct .;olcncc !hon ""' -=> ~
~.depi<~
We look ton.erd 10 COnllml<'d fncndshJp and
would be happy to talk about this further W•
s_trlC~_ hope you will ,co_n\,l.C .l.e r_ nao llAont9tt.f
when K 1> ~rou• ID the I""> ol people.
AU>\ln Lambda C-dtMtor•
603 WUI I 2111 Street
Contact i'IK'M<>I F•mand ..
copy toe Henry> 1'\emiyJ
Emma Lou Linn
Jerry Shaw re~nts the pressure being
exerted against SL Charles Gilts He say~.
M Austin Lambda had no business cor
responding llllth the owner of this building.''
Roy Oakes responded, .. Austin Lambda
is not attempting to blackbllll anyone. The
matter is between Jerry and his landlady
As we talk. we listen to a reeord ng of
Roberta Hunter singing. ·-rm haVlng a good
time) Plea~ don t blllmc me.. If I made my
bed hard That s my problem Let me
la}. .... Let me ha.e my fun/I'""° got to ha•<e
my fling If I make my road rough/That s
the pnce Ive got to pa) ~t you
A pen:.ive Jerry Shaw adds: I th nk we
gays should be working tog<'ther on more
important issues and helpmg each other ..
$500
REWARD
For information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the person or persons
who broke the windows of Henry's
Memrys, at 423 E. 6th and St. Charles
Gifts, at 316 E. 6th on Halloween night,
October 31, 1980. For details, call 474-
6428 or 478-5598.
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llt,-tm.· and ,Jim an~ lla llr of .\u,tln
DIVINE
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March 5, 1981
Austin Country
Hot Lips
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Dan' sOffice Equipment Company
Owner Dan Boyle by Wayde Frc~ 2816 Nuccl's
One o! lhe more prom nent gay·owned
buSJnes s n Austin is Olin s Office Equ pment
COP'\ pall) located at 2816 N uecei.
!ll1d open 8.00 am to~ JO pm. Monday
lhrough F rid3v o ..... ner O.,n ~ s face lights up m a
sm !e "'hen you mentJon his outfront gay
ness Dan 1$ an enthus!asti<: CONNEC·
TIONS advertiser He says "the rates are
very reasonable • and tells us that many
people have told him they sa.,.,. hi$ ad.
Dan 5Ulrted ~1119type\l!Tlters1111969.
He lllOlled IO Austin m 1972 end opened a
repair shop servk:lng office equipment -
type.,.,.rlters calculators. and dictation
machines
Today. Dun~ Office Equipment Com
pany sells. SCl'VICC$. end rents office equip-
1
ment They spectahze m Sl!fVK1ng IBM.
Adler end Sm th·Corona type\llriters. They
ser.1Ce the Sanyo phonean5""-enng equ pment
they sell and they also sell tabletop
copiers that reta I from $800 to $ l 295
On JanU<1ry 12. 1981 the company
moved from l1S San Gabriel location to
larger end nicer quarters 111 2816 Nueces.
next door to McDonald s. off Guadalupe
acro~s the street from Hot Laps. anolher
CO"NECTIONS advertiser
Dan Boyle employ$ himself and seven
other people. Dan says his staff kllO\llS he Is
gay and they are open·minded and hbernl
ffis staff interacts well \li11h his gay d1ents.
Dan s Office Equipment offers service
contracts for office or horn" The Uruvct$1ty
of Texas at Austin. the City of Austin. and
Travis County are included iirnong Dan's
service contract customers
The first Austin gay bar Ddn went to \11115
the Pearl Street Warehouse He 911ve out his
·business cards there. The reactions he got
were .. interesting." Some people uccepted
his cards whne otheri. threw them down.
Some were suspicious, "They d1dn"t know
what I WllS up to:· A few thought Dan W!ls
using h1S business cards to try to get 11 date
Dan says he did get one or \\llO business
contacts as a result of the expcnence
The gay community has supported
Dan" s business very strongly Dan says the
} Austin gay businesses he knows of. In
v dudmg bars and organlZ.lltlOOS. bring their
~ bus ne5l> to him. CONNECTIONS was
tJ,,ped on an Adler office npewrttu rent·
purchased from Dons untll this Issue -
Editor Dan Is sure he has gay customers
Serotcc Techniclall VlflCc Flores
he docsn t even know about
In turn. Dan S11ys. his accountant 1s gay.
his ha rdresser IS gay. h s doctor 1s gay. and
so 1s his lawyer
Olin Bo)1e and ~ Deacon partlcipated
in the Austin comm ttee for the March on
Waslungton in 1979 In February. 1981.
Olin perllc1pated in 11 panel dtSCUss.on of
{111)'5 In business and m the professions.
held at a m«ting of !he UnlVefsity Gay
Students OrgemlllUon et UT Austin.
He IS a past president ( 1977) or the
Austin Office Mlldline Dealers Assocsauon.
He IWBS a board member for a four·stdte
erec1 of the NatJonal Olli<e Mdc hine Dealers
Assoclatlon. D11n says he wc1nted to
pnrtlopetc in the activities of his
professional a\soc1atJon. but he did not
enjoy the soct.il aspects of their con·
venuons, where 1111 tht> str111ght men
brought their \lllVeS to the banquets. and
Olin came by himself
He IS also a past president of the Austin
Excc.uuve Assocllltion. "'ti1ch ts composed
ol 11bout 35 young local busines.s leaders.
Dan ~ says. he rece1Ves both
personal end monetary satlsfoction from
Dan"s Office l"qu1pment Company He
enJOYS !he challenge and respons btl1ty of
O\lln ng hlS O\!>TI business as well ns the
freedom of not having to nns.,.,.er to nn
employer for his i;exual preference.
Dan says he wanted lo start his own
business because ·1 was tlrcd of having my
boss nsk me what I had done over the
\llcel<Pnd I Now. nobody~ me whnt I did
over the weekend. Mclybe thats because
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/lot L 1ps ouncrs Tom Ltppano, <left} and Rd!/ Robcrb
The ~tore wnh the largest selection of gay
greeting cords 111 T cxas 1s nghl here 1n
Austm - Hot Lips at 2815 A Fruth <?8th
and Guadalupe)
0Micrs Ray Roberts and Tom Llppano
report that Austin loved 0Mn" "-hen the
Pink Flamingos sUlr wlls 1n Austin on
/l\arch5, 1981 01vmc'sappcarancctos19n
autographs at Hot Lips "'"s Hot Ups way of
thanking Austin for their enthu~&astic
response to the 91ft shop.
Divine loved Austin, too He plans to
return in May to spend four days here.Tom
told CONNECTIONS 0Mnc said he wants
to do some shopping at ti()( Lips, smcP he
was too busy s1gnmg oulogr.,phs last lime'
Tom <md Rdy alw plan to show Divine the
Hill Country, 1nl"lud1no Hopp>e Hollow, whrn
he returns.
D1v1ne told Tom ond Rdy that the Austin
respon\e to his appearance was the
warmest, most moving, that he has ever
received
Bunch and Keith also ho~tf'CI a packed,
standing·room only appearance by Divine
<il th .. Austin Country the mght of March 5,
helping to celebrate the Country's eighth
anniversary
Tom L1ppano reports that Hot Ups has
incorporal~ as Trans· Up~ Inc. and 11.111 be
opening scver.-il frllnchiscs in Texas this
year, Including one soon m Corpu) Christi
Hot Ups' Austin i;torc 1s booming and ga)·
customers have recently begun to shop at
Hot l.lps ma big way The IWO Austin police
officers whose beat Includes Hot Lips crjoy
shopping Dl the store. too. Tom says
Tom Ltppdno
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Man to .Man
Rev eu:ed by Lors Elghner
Sin<:e Dr Charle$ Silverstein co-
11uthored The Joy of Goy Sex. ex
pccllltl00$ of hts latest. olfenng are bound
to be htgh. He meets them. Mon to Mon is
an onginal. tnventlve. even sernlnaL work.
Dr. Stl\-erste n has completely re-examined
the development. types, and meaning of
gay love. while largely free ng himself of the
entrenclied stimces of both the homophobe
end homoph'!e camps. There IS
an abundaPce or new light cast on the
sub,ecl In short. this IS a musL
The sutHitle Gay Couples 1n Amenca •
may be a bit misleading. This 1s not another
gay ·marnaqe • manual nor " survey-and·
tabulate book. Some of the 'couples"
described here ore little more than one·
'light sumds: some are more like
roommates than lovers. Much of the book
is cle'JOted to the development of lovlng
withmthe 1ndMdU4L Mon lo Mon ls long on
the ""hy' s and hall. come s of gay
coupling but c bat shorter on the how to '>
thlln I expect many readers "'ould prefer
P&t of th s. no doubt. Is the genera!
ullWl ingness of our c.ommun ty nclud ng
Dr Silverstein himse f to ngidly def:ne a
qay cou~ Perhaps that ts a defin uon
that 5hould ne-.-er be made. But If t 15. work
like Dr Sdverste n s must be considered.
CJIPl!nded. and debated Mon to Mon
reveals how truly complex the ssucs
nvolved are even though man;- of us have
had pnt. pol !JCal ans'Wers to most of these
questJOf'lS for years.
For l'xample. Dr Silverstein conSJdets
lhe OISUlnt Father This hoary bugaboo has
been handed down to us from strnlght
Sector 27
Tom Robinson
b\! Debro Rae Cohen
Tom Robinson used to make com·
mitment look so easy He \11:is gay, proud
and good looking H s lyrlCs v.-ere raised fist
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psychiatly. which perStSts In the 11ttempt to
expla n homosexual development es 11
result of 11n a ·e1111t1011 of fether and M>n.
Th!S hlls neveJ explained why M>me sons
with demonstrably poor relatlom with Ihm
father f111l to become homo~uals. nor why
some homosexullls have veiy good
relatloo s 11.~th their fathers.
Gay actMStS have always rejected the
Oist.lnt Fllther theory. but have failed to
account for the fact that strn1ned relations
with the father s a very common aspect of
the histofy of the gay man. Both sides have
become deeply entrenched In their
positions and nothing really new has been
added to this debate for years.
But suppo5e, os Dr Silverstein does. that
these causes 11nd effects are reversed. If a
boy IS gay.doesn't It seem reasonable thate
dis!llnt relationship With his father will
result? Would not even well meaning,
occepting straight men have difficulty
relating to gay sons? If we accept some
verslOll of the Oed pal theoiy where 11
straight boy puts distance between himself
and h!S mother, 1t doesn t seem so
outlandish to suppose 11 gay boy
contributes to the distance between h mself
and his father for s1m ar reasons and by
sim ~u mechanisms.
Even the dogmas of Gay l.iberaUon are
not safe from Dr 5 lversteln s acute
obse!vations The cotec.h sm goes ga) 1s a
preference we choose to be gay Dr
Sih.erste'n s heresy IS all the more
dangerous because 1t IS true llie do not
choose to be gay; 11.-e d scover we are gay
and choose to accept 1L The catechism
goes. gay men do not have 5eJ\ with
teenage boys; that occurs only v.1th
denmged hctcro~exUllb- Now we all know
that 1s a crock. If only because many of us
had relatJons with adults 11.nen we were
teeMgcrs. Dr Sih.erstetn just flat out says
gay men and gay boys do have sex with
each other and maybe that is not such an
ewful thing For folks stiD nervous about
An ta Bryunt and the Save Our Ch dren
hoopla. that i:; a very shocking and
fnghtenmg observation
Dr S lvefg~n s mog surprising
observations, of course. are not at all alien
- they ore new !\lo sts on old 911Mb1ts. We
are perfectly familiar With the facts and
surpnsed llil' never thouoht to put them
tOflether lhcll u;oi1
Man to Mon requ res the reader to do a
lot of rethinking and new th nk.ng That Is
not particularly comfor!llble or comforting
to everyone. CJ~arty, a much more popular
and rac e book could have come out of Dr
Sdvcrgem s very candid and incisive
1nterv1e11.-s. Instead Mun lo Mon Wiii rema n
a cornerstone of the gay I brory when the 1
current spate of pandering pop-psyc.hology
books h.es been recyded Into 5hopp1ng
bags
MAN TO MAN by Dr Charles
S1 uerstem Wll/1om Morrot< and
Compan~ Inc. J 05 MC1d15or1 Aul!llUC.
New York NY IOOlb 347 pages
emphatic. hrs vocals full of had fcUOIN'wellmet
heartiness.. It was easy to sing along
with Glad to Be Gay," easy to stomp to his
group s straight nhead rock (, roll - te ,
easy :o approve of the Tom Robinson Band
v.1thout ever really becoming engaged by
them.
$12 95
lyrical guitar work - twistlng atonal bursts. '-'::===========::;nngmg
notes cost Into the void a la the
App11rently. Robinson felt the same way.
Sector 27 Is more complicated -
mus1CClly. lyri~dlly and conceptually -
than either of the TRB albums. and It ~ a
more powerful pobucal document because
of ll
Intrigued by the stratn of spacey British
progressMS1T1 that runs from the Police to
Jcyy Or.islOI\, Robinson has made a fresh
S!arL assembrng a highly t11lentcd group
that cha enges him musically rather than
simply supporting his 11o'Ords..
In Stevie B especially. hes found an
accomplished. lntwtlve performer whose
Police's Andy Summers - gives the
spacious, pulsing melodi~ most of their
color and ch11racter. The rest of the band is
strong enough to force Robinson to
concentrate on singing, If only to keep
pace This music strains hl5 vocal
resources more than did the fRB's. but
tlw!t'ul! for the besl Tom Robinson's air of
a man pressed and exhilarated by tension
fits right in With the new l.Ys main themes..
Sector 27'' songs (mostly co11.T1tten by
Robinson and baSStSt ~lo Burt) paint a
portra t of an artist caught between moral
mperatiVeS and lhe knowledge of his own
weakness Instead of the r old sloganeering,
the slngcr'5 lyrics are full of resonant
ambigu.ty The "lnvltatiOn from the other
side ' that Robinson must conSider ("What
tUJve we got to lose 1f we ti)' it on None of
them bastards notice when we're gone")
might be the templlltion of treason. su clde
or simple escape while the respons1b1!ities
he must face ( Not Ready'') may be those
of sexual or pohtlcal comm1tmel't.
rhetorical or physical confrontation
Probcibly all ol the above.
Several of Seclor 27's compositions are
concerned With the probtPms - log1st1cal,
fum11lal lntcrMl - of gay hfe. yet this by no
means Um ts them. such detail makes the
whole record ring truer \Vhether fighting
off piimful fragments cf memory In "Mary
Lynne or clutching at the promise worn by
repetition. that he II setie control of his life
( On .. fine Day l. Tom Robinson tsn t
demonstratJng perfect polltlcs but how
d fflcult it ls to be a pol tieal human being
And that makes Sector 27notonly11 fine
a bum but a brave one
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CONNECTIONS 1s plea~ to welcome
Discovery Records as our newest adver·
tlsers. There are two OtSCOVery Records
stores in Austin - 2007-C E. Riverside
Ortve in Rtvertowne Mall and 4521 West
Gate Blvd , in We~gatc Mall Both stores
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Monday through Saturday.
CONNECTIONS readers ..,;11 receive a
10% discount on the purchase or a1ty non
sale items in the store'I 1f they bnng tn the
Discovery Records ad from this a.o;sue by
Apnl 30. 1981
Crlllg [)ougla~s. manager of the River
towne stoic 58)'$ 01SCovt•ry Records can
obtain T1w Sec rel Po/1ccnr,m s Ball The
Music (LP). the album d1•scrihed by I om
Robinson in his •11tcrv1cw m the Mdr< h
lprl 1981
CONNECTIONS. (Craig :.ayi. most of the
other record stores in town have stopped
then import business )
Tom Robm,,gn has two songs on the
album,· 1967 (So Long Ago).- and "Glad
to Be Gay.
The Secret Policeman·, &II-The
Music Is the companion record to the film
The Secret Policeman" Ball. Profits from
the album. wh1<:h retails for $6 24, go to
Amnesty lnternation.il. Peatunng Pete
lownshend. Tom Robinson, Ni"1I Innes.
and John Willidms. the album was re
corded at The Secret Policeman\ 811//,the
1979 Amnel>ty International Comedy Gala
at Iler Ma;esty s Theatre, London, June
27-30. 1979.
PRESENCE To Debut
Contributors Sought
The Dallas Gay Political Caucus (DCiPCJ
ts solKtling contributions for Presence. a
I terary magimne designed to r~l the
too-often unpublished talents of g~
women and men The '"'<>rks it conta ns w: I
be diverse and unique to their creators.
Presence WI ! have 11 sty! sh and e egant
appearance appropriate for coffee table·
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Suggested art!Stic forms mdude prose.
poetry, songs. pen and inks. and
photography All subm tted "''<>rks should
be on 1!.h1w paper With the authors or
11rl~t"s 'lame in small pnnt on the back.
Pictonal urt should be black and wh te only
To have subrn1Ut•d work returned, a self
addrc~scd, ~t;,m!'("d envelope mu>t be
prO\ided. Otherv.ise a I works offered for
COl\5ederation OS well OS 0 I publ shed
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Bill Re·lntroduced
WASHINGTON, D.C. - With Far more
co-sponsors than at any compan:ible pomt
in a Congressional seSSIOfl. Represen·
uves Ted Weiss(D-NY) and HemyWaxman
(0-CA) have re-introduced the natiOnal
bbian and gay cMI rights legislation In the
House of Representatives. According to the
Gay Rights Nauonal Lobby, this Session"s
bdl, HR. 1454, has a total of 34 m1uar
sponsors H.R. 1454 1s virtually identieal to
the last Congress· H.R. 2074.
Although last Session's bill had 55
$ponsors et one point. only 49 returned to
Congrt!SS this y<:ar. The general dii>·
orgnmzation accompanying the beginning
of o Congres!.1onal Ses~ion probably ac·
counts for the fact that some of the former
co sponwrs have not yet signed on.
While the current 34 ~nwr~ is a high
mnrk for this early In the Congressional
session. Steve Endean, Execu!Jve Director
of the Gay Rights National lobby, warned
that we could lose some of the former co·
sponsor.. from the 96th Congr('.S<,.
The general opprehenSl()(l about the
op~rent rightward shift politically and the
extra ceutiOus Congresspeople who are
un<:crtain v.'hat reopportionment will do to
their d ~ts could contnbute to reluctance
to aga n co-sponsor gay civil rights
legls!auon. Endean also pointed out that
several former co-sponsors took a lot of
pol tJcal heat for their co-sponsorship
11;ithout off setting pos1uve feedback from
nay constituents. Among those who have
not yet signed on 1s long time sponsor Rep.
l'icrma:i M1neta (D·CA) Mint'!a"s d1strl(t
Includes San Jose. wtuch recently repealed
IL~ local gay rights ordinance by a margin of
2 to I.
The only Texas Reprcsenli!tive to co·
sponsor the bill is Mickey Leland
(DHouston)
G<>y Rights National Lobby urges those
committed to cMI rights for gay people to
write the t'h1d sponsors to express
apprecilltion. Cong Ted Weiss. 132
Cannon House Office Bu ld1ng. Wash·
1ngton DC 20515. and Cong Henry
WoxmAn 24 I 8 Rayburn House Office
Building, Washington, D.C 20515.
Mam Guns Who1
Socnvn~to. C.6/omla)
Paez Killer Likely
To Be Acquitted
HOUSTON - Members of the Fred Paez
Task Force told a March 22 community
meeting they c:xpect an a<:Quittlll of the
officer indicted m the June 28, 1980
shooting death of Gay Political Caucus
secretary Fred Paez.
'I thmk that we pretty much all agree that
we expect lln ocquitllll, said Ray Hill o
member of the task force and personal
friend of Paez. 'In terms of prosecutiOJWI
t.-vldence. these 1s none. '
Officer Kevin M. Mc<..oy was 1nd1cted by u
Harris County grand jury In October, 1980,
of negligent homicide. Mc.Coy had testified
that Paez had made sexual advances
toward him and that hl~ (Mc.Coy s)gun had
discharged when Paez had resisted arrest
The tllsk force was organized by the gay
rommun ty to investigate the case
Despite the lack of concrete evidence
11gn nst Mc.Cay. Hill feels that lhefe had to
have been 11 prior consptracy by officer5
who testified bst October in the grand jury
mvestigallons because many of them have
been involved In antl·gay actMties In the
past. Hill odrmts, however, that his feelings
are acadcm1<: bc<:ause ·11iere is not a wed
of evidence to support them
Lee Harrington. president of the Houston
Gay Pol tical Caucus and a member of the
task force. In relerrlnq to other polK:e
related deaths. Including those of Randall
Webster, Joe Campos Torres and Gary
Wayne Stock. said. "It 1s lamentable that
again. m Houston, Texas. we have another
SJtucslion (with the Houston Poli<:(" D<:-part·
ment) where no one can really know what
happened.
Ray Hill put the situation In stronger
terms when he Sllid, '"Let'~ let people draw
their own conclusion that U1ey tHPD)
murdered him (Parz) and not 11wiry with 1t"
A rec;ent motion on l>ch<>ll of McCoy to
have the <:<!se dismissed wa~ derned 1.nd
the trl11I has been set for Mdy I I
Th" \\..,.~ 1n Tc.<4•
Gay Radio in Austin And
Publicly·Owned
Radio Stations
by Wayde Frey •
KUT Ff.\ Is the radio station tmlt
canceled A Different Drummer Austins
first and only gay md10 program. m 1980.
KUT·FMts owned by the University of Texas
at Ausun. the wealth est p\lblic unwer1>1ty In
thl' world.
KUT is only one of the three publicly
owned radio st1111ons In Austin The other
two are KMFA and KAZI. KUT IS con
du~llng 11 fund raising drlvf! during J'.prtl If
you want to contnbute money to
community-owned radio In Austin, why not
give your money lo KMF A or KAZI. stations
that ne<'d It' R1•m .. mher which station
cancelled Aus11n·s gay r.:idlo progrern.
CONNEC'l IONS has le11rned that one of
the publicly owned radio sUitiuns In Austin
may Ix-gin rebrcwknsling A Different
Drummer, which WilS a 30 minute weekly
gay r11dlo program produced by Carr
Strong and the Austin Gay Radio Collective
In association with Gay Community
Services. The program wns 5llCkcd by KUT
FM In the spring of 1980 after It ran for 13
weeks, despite enthu$11lstlc response from
listeners.
Gay Press Convention
in Dallas
The Gay Press Assoclouon (GPA) will
hold a national convention at the Melrose
Hotel 1n Dallas MlJy 2-3, 1981 The group
was formed in New York City in January,
1981
More than I 00 member$ of the !JllY
press. Including indlVlduals from other
English speaking countries, ore expected
to attend.
The Dallas Gay Allianc-" muy sponsor a
cocktail rccepllon for the group •
Texas publicatlon~ plnnnln(l to parllc-1
pate m the Dallos convention Include
CONNCCTIONS. MFTRO 1 IME.5 (Dallas
Fort Worth), and THIS WEIK IN TE:XAS
(Hou~n)
Some of U1c other members of the GPA
include THE;. ADVOCATE. IN TOOCH, lliE:
SENTI~~ GAV CO/\V>\UNfTY NEWS,
GAV LIFE CHICAGO end FlRST HAND
One of the 11genda items 111 the Mey
convention wlll be to set up 11 computerized
gay pre$$ wire .ervlce.
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Deadline for submitting 11ems for the
May calendar 1s Aprtl 28
APRIL 1981
Friday April 3 7-1 Opm, free
STD screening by Gay People
Health Care at Austin Lambda
Saturday April 4 VOTE 1n Austin
City Council election. ALGPC
endorses the following. Bob
Binder, mayor; Mike Guerrero,
place 1: Roger Duncan, place 2,
Marcos Deleon. place 3; Rich
ard Goodman, place 4; John
Trevino place 5, and Charles
Urdy, place 6
Sunday April 12 Townw1de
meeting of gay businesses and
organizations, UT Texas Union
Thursday Apr il 16 7 :00pm,
Gay People Health Care
meeting Call 453-0816 for
location.
Saturday April 18 1 Opm-
2am, free STD screening by Gay
Peop1e Health Care at New
Apartment Lounge
Sunday April 26 8 :00pm,
Senior Prom at The Hollywood,
304 West 4th. Theme: "A Night
in Casablanca" Tickets $6
Tuxedos or formal gowns urged
Fund· ra1s ng benefit for M CCA.
Tuesday April 28 7:30pm,
Austin Lesbian Gay Po t1ca
Caucus meeting, Austin
Lambda
MAY 1981
Friday May 1 4:00-7:30pm,
17th annual Eeyore's Birthday
Party, Pease Park. Rain date
Monday, May 4 Sponsored by
University Y.
Saturday May 2 1 Opm-2am,
free STD screening by Gay
People Health Care at Club
Ba:hs
Saturday May 2 - Sunday May
3 · hird Annua Sixth Street
Spring Arts Festival, Old Pecan
Street Assoc1at1on
Gay Press Assoc1at1on national
convention. Melrose Hotel
Dallas
SaturdayMay16 10am-2am,
free STD screening by Gay
People Health Care at Private
Cellar
DIRECTORY
CONNECflONS adve1ti~er• Austin organozations
Bath
tx<'CUllVl' He,1hh Club 7th crnd Congrl!SS 478-7220
Businesses
/I Bil Cleant:!r
Dans Oll1cc.) Equipment 2816 Nueces
Discovery Records 2007·C I:'. River.ide
D1stovery Records 4 ">21 West Gate Blvd
Herr~/5 M!>rPtys 423 c 6th
Ho1 Ltps 2815-A Fruth
Pacific Sunrtsc 1 712 S Congress
St Charlr.s Gilt Shop JI6 I'. bth
Church
385·7096
474-6396
443-2232
892-1389
474·6428
416·'ll20
441-4565
47o·5598
Mmopolttan CoMmur. ly Church of Austin P 0 Bo-: 18581
Aust n Texas 70745 4i7-7747
Clubs
The Au5t n Counuy 705 Red R1ve1 478-6806
The N(•v. Apartment I oungc 2828 Rio Grande 4 78-0224
'lcx's Colori.do Str<'et B1ir 404 Color.ido 474-7003
Organilatlons
Austin Lambda AA Center 1403 E 6th 472-0336
Austin 1.ambdd 60.l W 12th 478-8653
A11~t111 l.esbl<ln (1ilV i'ohtlr.il Cducus 60.1W12th 4 78-8653
D19111ty Box 4.!57 Austin, Texas 78765
c;.,y CommumlV !;ervlces 2330 Guadalupe 477·6699
Ci11y Per;pl<' I ic.ilth Cm• I 0 I O·B Romeria 453-08 i 6
l.;iw Students for Human Rights 2500 Red River
47.l·!il!il ext 210. 477-7257, 477.7867
Unlwrslty Gay !;tudenls Org<rnization 477-6699
Professionals
Douglas Behrend!, <•llorney 111 W Anderson Ln Suite 207
458-9118, 44.3-2461
Michael M·•ncfee PhD. psychologtst 2813 Rio Grande
476-5419
Thursday May 21 7:00pm,
Gay People Health Care
meeting Call 453-0816 for
location
Tuesday May 26 7:30pm,
Austin Lesbian Gay Political
Caucus meeting Austin
Lambda
Saturday May 30 1 Opm-2am,
free STD screening by Gay
People Health Care at
Red River Crossing
WEEKLY EVENTS
Sunday 2pm, MCCA worship
seMce, 408 W 23rd
4- 8pm, Sunday
social, Austin Country
Free beer.
8pm, Dignity liturgy.
Call 477-6699 for
location.
1 Opm, Trash and
Comedy with the Grease
Sisters, Austin Country
Monday 6 :30pm, Austin
Lambda meeting
8-1 Opm, Austin
Lambda gay men's
awareness session
1 Opm, lree beer New
Apartment Lounge
12 mldnight-2am,
New Wave N 1ght,
Patrt<.k 8 rookH
free draft beer,
Tex's Colorado
Street Bar
15
Tuesday New Wave Night
Austin Country
Euro-Disco (electronic
disco) 85¢ dnnKs
all night, Tex s
Colorado St Bar
Wednesday 7 :30pm, MCCA
worship service
408 W 23rd
8:30pm, MCCA Christian
Life Series
Free drinks and beer,
Austin Country
35¢ drinks, Tex's Col
orado St Bar
Thursday 8-1 Opm,
Austtn Lambda
lesbian awareness
session
Free beer. Tex·s Colo·
rado St Bar
1 Opm, Showt1me at
Aust n Country
Friday 7:30pm,
Aus ., ambda
game night
After hours till 4:00am,
Tex·s Colorado St
Bar
Saturday After hours till
4 :00am, Tex s
Colorado St Bar
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