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Billboad States
Some Ashamed of
SMU's Position on
Gay Organization
By Don Ritz
DALLAS-Right in the heart of SMU
country, amidst all the bars, apartments
and restaurants frequented by SMU students
and/ or swinging singles, stood this
sign: SMU-"Some May Understand, but
Others are Ashamed of Your Position on
Gay Rights."
The sign, located at Greenville and University,
was erected by David Beebe.
Beebe owns the billboard and rents the
spare for short periods of time for personal
messages
Beebe, who is not gay, said that when he
uses the billboard himself. hetries to selec-t
topical issues, and his publici8t employee,
an SMU student, told him the Gay and
Lesbian Student Support Organization
was the topic of the Phil Donahue Show on
Jan. 10.
Beebe said, "I was very angered that
SMU took that stance, then went nationally
and acted proud of it. It made me mad
THE STAR
AUSTIN * SAN ANTONIO
Feb. 17, 1984 • Issue .a a Published Every Other Friday
Bv Larry Bush
WASHINGTOI\- Thtn city , which ofti-n
cakhes on to things after the rest of the
country, ""s pri-p11ring to start the 1984
Y<'~lr ut the end of January The Presidt·nt
govt• his Stau• of the U n°ion messagt• on
,Jan. 26, and <',<>nl{Tess had only begun tht>
year by rN·onv1•ning two days earlier on
Jan. 24 .. The President's new budget,
which will take up most of the year's
debate, wasn't out until Feb. 2, and then
the details probably weren't clear for two
Wt-'eks aft£>r that. F.ven in a presidential
election year that feels as though it started
months earlier, the first votes by rankand-
file citizens won't be cast until Feb. 20
in Iowa.
Most of J~nuary was taken up, polihrnlly
speaking, by drei;s rehearsalspoliticians
floated trial baloons on new
progr11ms or upproaches to win votes,
reporters scunned the horizon for n£>w
wuys of looking at the same faces , and
ordinary citizens searched for new rt•u
sons to feel optimistic.
Among the January trv-outs was the
idea, n•newed with a iittle more evidence
h£>hind 1t, that gays might make a considerable
difference in the elec-tions and in
Amt•rican society in 1984. The Wall Street
Journal ran a feature Buggesting gays
could be "the major fac·tor" in the '84 elections,
the Los Ansele• Times ran a mammoth
front-page artide Jan. l, the New
York Times began researching a second
article on gay politico, the "McNeil-Lehrer
Program" began interviewing gay politicos,
NBC c-ollected more footage at gay
enronement meetings, and the Christian
Right churned out new warnings about
tht> "gay threat" for 1984.
Amidst the hoopla, however, gays were
given an importnt new glimpse into the
way the world views their efforts. It came
in the Los Angele• Times article, which
included 11 major nt>w public opinion sur•
vey Public attitudes toward homosexual
ity c-ontinued ~shows large disapproval
factor, and attitudes toward civil rights
laws showed a large approval factor, but
for the first time, the public was surveyd
on a new question: "How sympathltic
would you say you are to the homosexual
community?"
Nationwide, the American public said it
was pretty unsympathetic: 63 percent to
30 perc-ent. That compares with 52 percent
opposed to homosexuality and 43 percent
accepting it for themselves or others, and
52 percent favoring job protections for
gays with a minority 36 percent oppooing
them-almost a reveroe of the figures of
those_sympathetic to a gay community.
While not enough information is avails•
ble about how the public feels about other
and embarrassed that it (demal ofGLSSO
recognition) was brought to national
attenuon: It made Dallas look behind the
time,;."
Are You Growing
Old Gracefully?
Roz Ashley's Quiz, p.9
minority communitie,;, there still appearo
to be some thought-provoking relationship
in these responses. The public
appears increasingly acceptant of ending
di•crimination, uncertain on the issue of
homosexuality itself, and unhappy about
the emergence of a gay community.
In 1984, that may well turn out to be the
cutting edge of change for gay people.
There are other and even strong indications
that gays as individuals are winning
public acceptance out in the open-the
changes can almost be characterized a,; a
..post-Harvey Fierstein" climate. Cer
tainly one of the ironies in January wa,
the launching of an Olympic,; 19!!4 fun-y
draiser m ?\'ew York ",th George Hearn
sin1,<ing " I Am \\'hat I Am," no" refl'rred
to as a new gay anthem, "hilc the Olympics
Committee itself continues to argue m
court that the term "Gay Olympic,"
de.mean, the sporting world.
But there are only the . tirring, of an
indication that it,, becoming accepted for
gays to form a community, to act like a
political voting bloc, and to seek to streng
then bond,; that cut ac.ro,,~ regional, economic,
educational and even racial and
sexual lines in recognition that a sense of
being gay supercedes those other identities.
It very likely is due to the unease of
the public toward the gay community,
rather than gay right,;, that some political
figures still kCf'p away from public gay
eventn; withm the gay rommunity, such
distinctions s('('m almost disingenuous. In
l!l/4, with a focus on politic and a con•
tinued nero to respond to the AIDS crisis,
the major dialogue may be on why gay,;
have had to form a rommumty, and what
that community ha,, as 11, goals.
In the ~-ear ahead, th c appear to be the
most likely place, and 1. ues around
which that debate may take place.
The Federal Government: the Presidency
and Congre~s. The maJor concern
gay,; will have ,.,th the Reagan Adm1mstration
will be over the propo. als for AIDS
funding m the new, fiscal 1985 budget.
That budget won't even begin until Oct. l ,
but the President proposed it in February,
Congre ·s will begin pickmg it apart in
March and April. major committee action
will come in June (virtually no work will
take place this summer. due to the
national political conventions), and the
full vote will likely come in September.Just
in time to have the greatest political
mileage. In fiscal 19!14, Reagan started the
year by prop(>&ing a $17 million AIDS
budget; by the time Congress looked it
over, and tht' RPagan staff saw the sentiment
for major inCT('lll!CS, the final figure
wa about $42 million. The addition of
continued page 3
2 THE STAR/ FEB. 17, 1984
Austin Soap
By Wanda Rumors
So Glad to be Back
with the Horses
Pans was simply fabulous last week, even
though I was forced to wear my Blackglama on
the banks of the Seine. But I have to admit,
dahlings, that the Eiffel Tower has nothing on
the lady who stands atop our Capitol (read
me). And the stars shine ever so much brighter
up here in the Hill Country.
-o-
States,de aga,n, I must fill you in on what's
happening in this town. My maid, Agathabless
her heart-was so overcome with the
latest that she spilt my morning (read afternoon)
coffee all over my Persian rugs and
scalded the cat. But having been abroad
recently, we must-just this once-depend on
her for the lowdown.
-•-
Agatha seems to be part,culary excited about a
new bar opening on Lavaca Street. I can't
understand why. She can·t make the ones that
are open now But she does love new bars. It's
supposed to be called Buddie's. How wonderful'
Sounds cozy, doesn't it? She told me it will
have wonderful space for balls (read dancing),
hors d'oeuvres (read food) and people watching
(read cruising) until all hours of the morning.
Goodness. rm glad I don't need her before
noon.
Agatha also told me that the Crossing had a
kissing booth on Valentine's Day. How quaint'
Kisses were only $1. How ridiculous1 Why I
wouldn't hold a man·s hand for less than $50
But I understand ,t was all in fun and for the
new organ (1) at the Oasis Church.
-•-
And I Just didn't believe that Beaux and Ken
tied the knot last Tuesday during the Sweetheart
Ball at the Back Street Basics. Rumor
has ,t that this should be the hottest match
since Liz and Dick. rm just dying to know what
the wedding presents were, but Agatha had no
idea
-•-
And while I was away, it seems that the Rockln
R's have becor:ie quite an item. They just
received a service commendation for their
work for the S.A. community. They rode in the
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Agatha says a good time was had by all. Maybe
we·11 have a chance to get this straight at their
next meeting at Our Place at 2pm this Sunday
(Feb 17).
-•-
And if the above ,s confusing, the Riders, a
four-month old organization, is just dying to
teach all of you about riding and entering
rodeos-and you Jjon't even have to have a
horse' And I so wanted an excuse to buy
Trigger. For more details about this group, call
Our Place. With the Riders teaching horsemanship,
sponsoring trail rides and giving their
proceeds away to charities, I can't think of a
more wonderful way to pass the spring
-•-
Must fly. Dinner in Rome this evening. Do keep
Agatha informed for me.
San Antonio
Soap
By Helen Dish
Overcome by
Spring Fever
My, my, my! The past two weeks have just been
incredible-so incredible with all this springtime
weather that's I've developed a severe
case of spring fever. Why, it took all the energy
I could muster just to get out some info to you
this week.
-•-
I'm not sure exactly what he's come down
with-probably playing too close to the
Gaudalupe-but I wish Bullfrog a very quick
recovery from whatever it is I'm waiting to
dance-and I don't mean leap frog-with you
at Snuffy's.
And speaking of Snuffy's, TGRA (don't you
just love initials) is having a meeting there this
Sunday at 2pm.
-•-
And after that, box up your box and head over
to the Mustang Club of ol' San Antone's benefit
to be held later in the day at 6:30 p.m. George
will auctioning off the goodies. Now no surprises,
boys'
-•-
Cunis, Curtis, Curtis, I can't begin to tell you
how wonderful it was meeting you. Why, if I
just close my eyes. .
-•-
Don't you just love to hateAlexls? Even though
she's secretly in love with Blake, she really
needs her eyes scratched out, and I think we
should all do it together Wednesday nights at
the Galleon, which has a new cable TV just for
Dynasty.
-•-
Wish I had more for you, but this spring fever 1s
making me terribly sleepy. Do write.
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FEB. 17, 1984 / THE STAR 3
The Year Ahead Will Test Gay Clout and Community
from paRe 1
some carry-over money from 1983 means
that about $47 million will be spent on
AIDS in 1984. For 1985, expecttheReagan
Administration to propose something
between $SO and $60 million, with inauguration
of some new funding for local gay
groups to provide services. (In the Feb. J
budRet submitted to Congress. the ReaRan
Administration requested $53.9 million
for AIDS fundmg)
Congress will likely make some
increase,; in that figure, depending on how
well gays argue for additional funding.
Th.e scientific community already has
made it,; arguments at every level, and so
the major tinkering will come through
new money for counseling programs, hot
lines and the like, where gays are now
trymg to document needs. In addition,
expect Congresi; to push harder for funding
of the $.10 million Public Health Emergency
Fund, which it authorized but did
not fund last year. Do not expect the Reagan
Administration to put any money in
its budget proposal for the fund, however.
the Government Accounting Office issue a
report on how much the military spends to
determine who is homosexual and then to
process them for military service; a Congressional
Research Service study of what
antigay laws and regulations currently
exist around the country that would be
overturned by a federal gay civil rights
law, and oversight hearings will continue
on such topics as police responsiveness to
minorities, federal security clearance
reqmrements, even some consideration
about minority participation in federal
funding for the arts and humanities.
The reason for this activity is clear: all
4:J.', members of the House are up for reelection
this year, and 34 members of the
Senate as well. While no one expects major
new legislative initiatives, oversight hear•
ings give members of Congress a wonderful
platform to raise issues they believe
will help back home. This time, the issue
increasingly will be insensitivity to minorities
and the poor, and gays will more than
ever be included in the groups whose vmces
will be invited to be heard.
State and Local Developments of
National Significance. Even though
1984 is a presidential election year, much
that is going to be important for gay peo•
pie will take place at the local level. In a
number of instances, the efforts will be of
importance to gays elsewhere, because
they symbolize the changes taking place
in the country or because they provide a
AIDS Awareness
Week Shaping Up
new initiative that might be replicated.
In San Francisco. for example, expect
Mayor Dianne Feinstein 's study panel on
a spouse benefits law to end up before the
Board of Supervisors, where it likely will
pass and become law. The national focus
on San Francisco as the site of this year'g
Democratic National Convention will put
even more of a spotlight on a spouse la"
this time around. A similar effort to pro•
vide a legal basis for gay spouses is also
expected in Minneapolis this year, according
to activists in that city.
Gay civil rights laws also will go before
city and county councils for votes in a
number of cities in 1984, but the most
important ones are likely to be New
Orleans, Houston and Chicago. The Deep
South has been undergoing remarkable
changes in the past decade. partly as the
states there have brought in new employers
who have been in tum bringing in
more highly educated and urbanized'
employees. The freeze-out of progress for
gays should end thio year, a historic devel•
opment. Expect New Orleans to be first.
probably in- time for Mardi Gras in March,
with Houston coming in close thereafter
There may be a housing ordinance or mayor's
order passed in Birmingham, Ala.,
which also would be a landmark. Chicago,
which has a fractious City Council,
appears to have the votes for an ordinance
but can't lay down fights on other issues
long enough to get action. It is one of the
few major citiei; without such a law.
Gays also "';11 move forward on an
agenda that goes beyond legislative
changes in some citie . Expect that New
York City, for example, where there has
been nothing but turmoil over getting a
city gay civil righL~ ordinance passed, will
move to the front ranks in getting city and
state funding for special social services for
gay people, including possibly a shelter
for home le. s youths. Other candidates for
such action include Boston and Philadelphia.
In ,ome locals, simply the public emergence
of a gay community and its ability
to get major elected officials to meeting
openly with them will make news. Expect
that New Mexico gays will make more and
more news during the year. Look for Ohio
gay~ to make ,ome strong gains in 19M,
,eemingly coming from no place to an
effective tatewide force. North Carolina
gays also c-an be expected to emerge into
vi,ibility, po,sibly of national proport10ns,
as a re,ult of their involvement in
the effort to defeat Sen. ,Jesse Helms.
191i4 b;> Larr;> B=h
The Reagan Administration may also
get smoked out of hiding on the immigration
reform issue on exclusion of gays.
Congress will take up the exclusion question
in a Judiciary subcommittee hearing,
perhaps in March, but even before that
White House counselor Edwin Meese will
go before the Senate Judiciary Committee
for confirmation hearings for his new post
as Attorney General. That could lead to
questioning on the Administration's feel•
ings about reform of the antigay exclusion
. Observors also exp~-ct Assistant
Secretary of Health and Human Service,;
Edward Brandt to deliver on a commitment
to oppose the antigay exclu~ion's
health rationale, thus adding another
Administration voice in favor of reform.
Expt-ct few Administration meetings
with gays outside the Health and Human
Service· Department. The Justice Department,
at JeaRt pre-Meese, was unwilling to
meet with the Nnt,onnl Gay Task Force on
civil rights legislation or on its review of
Hl'<'urity clearance requirements; some
mN·tings did take place with the Justice
team working on immigration reform.
Members of the community are invited to
attend the next committee meeting for 'United and More in
AIDS Awareness Week to be held Feb. 21
at the Austin Lesbian Gay Political Cau• '84' Pride
cus (ALGPC) office at 1022 W. 6th at 7:00
"Where the
World Meets
Houston" p.m._~~~~,a~~....--,...-. -~~-Wee F mi Additional planning for the week. April
Defense Dt•partment officials flatly
refust•d to meet with the National Gay
Tusk Forcf' even on the humane issue of
servic~ml'n with AIDS.
Tht• White House itself has remained
aloof from guys, although representatives
of the Liatson Offit·e have been quott'd sev
era! times making derogatory remarks
about gay civil rights and expressing
hopes that Americans will tag the Democrats
as the "pro-gay" political party. As
the year begins. there are quiet moves
among gay Republicans to begin bringing
their issue to the White House, but the outlook
for succesR remains uncertain.
In Congress, however, there now
appears to be more open doors than gay
groups can handle. In addition to the
AIDS concerns and the immigration
reform issue, there now are efforts to have
1-8, will be done to solidy plans for the
week-long benefit.
Already scheduled for the week is an
educational forum on April :J co-sponsored
by the U.T. Gay Lesbian Student Association
and the Awareness Week committee,
which are also planning a run and a
women's blood drive,
Also scheduled for the week ii; an
AI.GP(' cocktail party and silent auction
fundra1ser on April 7 at the Hilton Hotel.
State Treasurer Ann Richards will be the
featurt'd speaker Part of the proceeds
from this fundraiser will go to the ALGPC
AIDS Project and for other group,;' AIDS
educational and service projects.
A blood drive is scheduled for April 8 for
persons with AIDS to provide blood "insu,
ranee" should they need it. The blood will
be solicited from persons not at risk for
AIDS, per the request of the director of the
Central Texas Regional Blood Center.
For more information about AIDS
AwareneHs Week, call Janna at 441-1130.
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4 THE STAR/ FEB. 17, 1984
Phil Donahue Show Examined SMU's Gay Rights Issue
By Doug Weatherford
The nationally syndicated Phil Donahue
program focused on the struggle for recognition
of the Gay and Lesbian Student
Support Organization (GLSSO) at Southern
Methodist University in Dallas in a
program taped Dec. 13. It is being aired in
Texas at different times on different stations
in January.
Representing GLSSO was Leslie
Cooper, former co-chairperson for the
group, who, along with Robert Rios,
helped found the support organization
and fight for formal school recognition
during the spring and fall semesters of
1983.
Speaking for the other side was former
SMU student senator Ted Brabham, who
has continued to lead the opposition to
GLSSO's efforts for senate recognition,
despite his failure to win a position as a
student body officer.
Also included on the hour-long discussion
program were the Rev. Troy Perry,
whose Metropolitan Community Church
organization has been attempting to win
recognition and admittance into the
National Council of Churches, and the
Rev. Dr. Oscar McCloud, the head of the
Council's Constitutent Membership Committee.
The Council spent 18 months deliberating
the issue of MCC admittance, only to
put the application on indefinite hold,
pending the ability to form a better consensus
among Council member churches.
Donahue began the program by point•
mg out that many major colleges have
already accepted the efforts of gay stu•
dents to have support organizations. But
he stated that it was not possible to overstate
the controversy which had been
raised among students. faculty, administration
and alumm ofSMU over the application
for recognit10n of GLSSO. He
stated that it had split the campus and
split the governing board which is put in
the middle of trying to balance the rights
of students against the needs of a minority
student body.
Donahue said that he sensed the fear
among many at SMU was perhaps that
the school's image had been tarnished by
the media by the suggesbon that if you're
Texan, you are a redneck and a reaction•
ary, are afraid of people of different opinions
or lifestyles, and adamantly against
having any "queers or steers" on campus.
It was pointed out by Cooper that a cam•
pus poll showed most SMU students, if
allowed to vote yea or nay on the issue of
recognition, would vote it down by a margin
of 59 to 41 percent (with a six percentage
point margin of error). She also stated
that many members of the SMU gay community
were afraid to come out of the
closet or attend GI.SSO meetings fo:r fear
of being ostracized by the rest of the student
body
Donahue opined that SMU seemed,
through its administration and alumni, to
be proud of the labcl "conservative," but
that it was sensitive to Brabham's appear•
ance on the program, not wanting him to
be perceived as speaking for SMU in any
official or school-sanctioned capacity.
Student Body President Homer Reynolds
was quoted on the program as saying
many at SMU were frustrated at
Brabham appearing on the program, and
that there was "sheer disgust" that he
would appear to be representing SMU on
national televiRion.
Brabham countered that Reynolds had
an "unfortunate personality," and that he
had previously tried to label Brabham a
"media hound." Brabham averred that
most Texans were not rednecks and did
not hate gays. He said that persons who
held a like opinion to his simply did not
want to have a school-funded support
group for gays on campus.
Donahue then asked why this was not a
denial of civil rights of gays, to which
Brabham replied that it was not a ques•
tion of civil rights, but of school privileges
(an argument which was used this past
fall during the debate before the senate for
recognition). He said he perceived a differ•
ence between allowing a black student
organization and a similarly constituted
gay group.
Cooper pointed out that both times
GU,SO had sought recognition, it had
rec,,ived a unanimous recommendation
from the senate Organizations Committee,
and that the group has the support of
the leaders of the Perkins School of Theology.
Yet the fact that the Roman Catholic
Georgetown University had also recently
denied recognition to a gay support group
was brought forth, as well as the fact that
this decision of the university, when challenged
in federal court, was upheld as the
right of a private institution to formulate
its own policies in dealing with such
issues.
In discussing the failure to take action
by the National Council of Churches on
the application for membership of MCC,
Donahue asked 1f it might not be true that
many churches would leave the National
Council if the MCC were allowed in, the
implication being that at SMU, also, some
students would either leave the school or
would not apply in the first place if a gay
group were officially recognized on campus.
In agreeing, Rev. McCloud stated that
this was also why the Council had never
been able to take a unified stand on the
subject of abortion for reasons of wanting
to speak with unity on policy issues.
Donahue said he saw this attitude as
merely wanting to ensure against boat•
rocking, rather than wrestling with deciding
what a truly Christian stand would
entail. He asked 1f it were not reasonable
to ask the Council to speak honestly and
effectively to the needs ofa membership of
Christians who are of a certain sexual
orientation, which is not really a Chris•
tian moral question, and which is really
not anybody else's business.
Rev McCloud stated that MCC met all
the criteria for the white majority.
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Rev. Perry then pointed out the inconsistency
of allowing non-Christian groups
official recognition at SMU, when often
the argument against recognizing GLSSO
has been that it represents a lifestyle antithetical
to Christian precepts. Unfortunately,
admitted Brabham, there was
such a contradiction, but he offered
neither an explantion nor a justification
for it.
An audience member felt that perhaps
the major problem with the topic was a
fear of dealing with gays by the heterosexual
majority because of a lack of understanding
on their part. But Brabham said
he felt no fear, only that he didn't want
something which he felt went against
Christian teaching to be officially recog-nized
at his school. ,
Rev. McCloud said he was of the opinion
that the mere existence of the Metropolitan
Community Church was the fault of
the mainline churches, since gay people
are seldom accepted into the congregations
of most churches once their sexual
orientation is out in the open. These gay
churchgoers then become isolated and
must find somewhere else to tum for their
spiritual fulfillment.
In another comment from the audience,
someone wanted to know just how many
students at SMU were involved, saying
that the size of the minority being served
was an important factor in determining
whether the support group was really
needed.
Cooper stated that there were 28 stu•
dents at the first meeting last spring, and
that the meetings have grown each time
since then. She then lamented the examples
of harassment which followed some
of GI...<;SO membe111 coming out publicly in
support of the group, and said these were
examples of invasions of people's integrity.
Brabham then asserted that neither he
nor the majority of students wanted such
harassment to take place. But Donahue
then asked how it was that such bigotry
and intolerance were to be fought unless
this anti-social behavior can be counteracted
by such an educational atmosphere
as should exist allowing for diversity, a
diversity which would include groups like
GLSSO. However, Brabham said he
believed that the high visibility of the
group on campus would lead to increased,
not decreased, harassment and resent•
ment.
Another audience member said the
school was within its rights not to give a
"stamp of approval" to su_c~ a gro_up,
while another said a prerequmte to bemg
a Christian was acei'pting that God did
not like sin, and that homosexuality was a
sin in His eyes.
Rev. Perry then stated that human sexu•
ality is morally neutral, !hat people who
exist m loving relationships were not smful
in God's eyes, and thnt "Jesus died for
my self, not my sexuality."
A letter was read by Quincy Adams,
president-elect of the SMU Mustang Club,
wherein he was quoted as inviting those
gay students who are unhappy with conditions
at SMU to leave and find another
school to attend. He said he wanted to
send a "message to the world. If you are a
professor or a student and have this lifestyle,
then don't come here (to SMU)."
Brabham disagreed, saying he did not
want gay students thrown off the campus.
A caller pleaded with Cooper and her
supporters not to give up, though, since
the caller said he had graduated from a
small church-oriented school, was gay,
and that "none of us (gays) knew who one
another were,"
Rev. Perry reiterated that once people
got to know homosexuals, they changed
their attitudes and forgot the stereotypes
they assumed were the norm among gay
people.
An audience member asked why gays
were so intent on fighting hard to prove
they were different from anybody else. But
Donahue said that "sounds real nice on
the Hallmark card, but the problem is that
Jews and gays and Irish have had
moments of societal pressure and negative
pressure directed at them," and that at
times measures needed to be taken to counteract
the negative pressure.
By the end of the program, when
Donahue took an informal pool of the
mostly blue-haired ladies who were in
attendance, the applause was about
evenly divided among those who thought
the group should be formally recognized
and those who did not.
Cooper ended by stating that, if recognized,
funding is then voted on separately,
that the gorup was funded by members
and supporters and was running short of
money, and that any money received from
the SMU student activity fund wold be
used for educational purposes such as ads,
literature and speakers for programs.
In discussing how her appearance on
the program came about, Cooper aaid
GLSSO's executive board voted to send
her as the spokesperson. She said the
audience did not know what subject was to
be discussed in advance of their coming to
see the taping, and that their response was
surprisingly positive, considering the
makeup of those in attendance who were
primarily older women unused to thinking
about the issues brought up.
Cooper said the Donahue staff had
researched the subject very well and were
on top of the points which were brought up
in the discussion. She said she took the
pressure of the appearance on national television
in stride, and had gotten a lot of
help from her teachers, who allowed her to
rearrange her exam schedule in order to be
on the program. She said she was sorry
that the hour was not really enough time
to cover all the important aspects of the
issue, but dnimed to he pleased at the
results and at thi, moral support she had
gotten from her friends, fellow students
and even the people involved in producing
the Donahue program, including
Donahue himself.
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Women's
Day Events
Austin's LAMBDA is planning several
events for the week of March 5-10 to commemorate
International Women's Day.
A Women's Coffee House is already
scheduled for Mar. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Congregational
Church. A slide show "From
Spiral to Spear," will be shown ~t 7:30.
Admission is $1.
. For those interested in becoming more
mvolved m the five-day celebration, contact
Sue Beckwith at 474•5388 or Janis
Heine or Roxanne Elder at 474•2399.
Austin LGPC to
Make
Endorsements
The Austin Lesbian I Gay Political Caucus
will make its spring primary endorsement.,;
Feb. 28 at 7:00 p.m. in County Court
at Law No. 2 of the County Courthouse.
Anyone in the community wishing to
become more involved with the caucus is
invited to attend,
Votinl( may be done by any member
who has joined the caucus at least two
w1•eks prior to the meeting; former
members may renew their memberships
on th1• day of the meeting in time for endorsements.
Friar Tuck Look .
Now Available
Are you ready for the Friar Tuck look? Bob
Shelley of Memphis hopes so.
ording to the Boston Phoenix, he's mar•
keting what he calls the ultimate in
designer loungewear: a classic hassock,
complete with rope belt and hood.
The monk's costume is available in any
color you want, as long aa it's brown.
Gay Atheist Leader
Dies, Asks for
Forgiveness
Thomas Rolfsen. founder and leader of
Gay Atheist League of America (GALA),
died last month from a liver disorder
shortly after having last rites said by a
priest, reports Chai Cochran in a GALA
newsletter.
According to Cochran, Rolfsen asked
the pri1•8t to ask God to forgive him of
what he c111l1-d hio "blasphemous years"
us leud,•r of GALA
He also a ski'd that Cochran, his lover of
'27 ye11rs, dissolve the GALA organization
and ask all thos(' who had ever supported
the organization, both rast and present, to
ask for forgiveness as well.
Rolfsen left half of his e,;tate to Dignity,
the national gay Catholic group.
GALA was formed in 1976 at the height
of Anita Bryant's antigay crusade.
Cochran said that he had no plans to
continue the group of gay atheists, and
that only two small chapters in San Francisco
and New York remain in what was
once an influential nationwide organization.
Apologies to Dirty
Sally's Jim Smith
The editors of THE STAR would like to
sincerely apologize to Jim Smith for what
he perceived as a less than respectful use
of his name in our last Austin Soap
column
"Tututu Divine" was unaware at the
time she wrote her last column of the
importance of Mr Smith's contribution to
tht' Austin gay community. . . .
Although she was merely Jesting m her
remarks regarding "'a roast," we're sinn
·n•ly sorry that Mr Smith took it person•
ally ShP would never mt>an to offend.
AIDS Update
Community Health
forum II
Dr. Peter W .A. Mansell M.D.
Director of Cancer Research
PI.D. Anderson Hospital Tumor Institute
Houston, Texas
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FEB. 17, 1984 / THE STAR 5
Atlas Savings Seeks
Nationwide
Gay Clientel
"Three years ago all the big banks in San
Francisco were highly skeptical about the
idea of a financial institution owned and
operat~ by gay men and lesbians," said
John A. Schmidt, chairman of the board of
Atlas Savings and Loan Association.
"Now they are frankly envious of our
phenomenal success and ask us how we
did it"
Atlas Savings. the world's first gay and
lesbian owned financial institution, has
barely been open for business two years
and has already seen iLs assets grow from
2.5 million to more thn ,.90 million. In
recent "eek. , two major developments
have further indicated Atlas' growth: I)
Atla. stock. which went on the market
over two years ago. will soon split three
shar\'5 for two; and 2\ construction has
begun on a • 1 million branch office
locat.ed on Castro Street where many gay
men ar.d women live and work.
As a public corporation. stock in Atlas
Savingb is owned by thousands of gays
with investors and depositors in 48 of the
50 states and in several foreign countries.
When Atlas stock went on the market it
was selling for $12.50 per share; current
book value has risen to, I 9 per share. Traditionally
wht'n. tock splits. the per share
price goes down-Atlas will probabl\' then
sell for. 11 or ~12 per share ·
!--chm1dt said, "Atlas was founded b)
the 11ay community becau,e many financial
insutution, O\'erlooked gay people in
the past. We felt the time was right for a
gay savinirs and loan that could make fellow
gays more comfortable •·
Schmidt gave the example of two gay
men or two lesbian. coming in to apply for
a loan to buy a home. "With us, there
doesn ·1 have to be any lies about the relationship
and no embarrassment. We
understand their life ·tyle, and if they
qualify for th" loan, we wa n t to give it to
them.
"This savings and loan not only shows
the financial clout of gay people," Schmidt
continued, "but also destroys the myth
that gays are not good managers of their
money. Atlas provides many of the services
of other financial institutions, but I
feel we add the personal touch."
In its first two years of business. Atlas
has not only enioyed enthusiastic support
from gay men and women in the San Francisco
Bay area. but also has attracted dep•
ositors aero the nation .
''We are. o plea. ed that gay people everywhere
are financially supporting us,"
Schmidt said.
"Smee many people bank by mail anyway,
we encourage out-of•state customers
to do at least some of their bankin11 in San
Francisco. Gays want to show their pride
in our institution and be part of us, even if
they hve m Ch1rago or Houston or San
Diego. This gay pride 1s much of the key to
our ~uct·ess "
More information can be <>btained from
Atlas Sa,;ngs and Loan Ass, oation. 1967
Market Street, Department K. San Fran•
cisco. CA 94103.
Loneliness More
Lethal
Than Smoking
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We used to hearofpeopledyingofa broken
heart only in son!( but a new study con•
firms that loneliness is in fact a great.er
cause of death than smoking, drinking or
eating the wrong foods.
Researcht'rs at the Um,ersity of Cali•
forma at Berkele) sa) lonely peoplt' are
particular!\' susC'l'ptiblt' to cardio-vascular
disease. thl' nation·, number one killer. A
related study at John. Hopkins Umver•
sit\ found that many people who developed
cancN were also ,·ict1ms of
londine,.s
Sa) s one doctor "Loneliness 1s finally
commg out of the clo et. '
6 THE STAR / FEB 17, 1984
That Little Brown Bottle Is in the News Commentary
By Joe Baker
That httle brown botUe. Remember the
first time someone placed it under your
nose and said, "take a whiff?"
I can't believe it, but it must have been at
least 10 years ago. I vaguely remember
who I was with. He was an "older" manyou
know, in his 30s . I know the place was
Arsonists Damage
Florida MCC
By Joseph McQuay/Tbe Weekly New,
Via Gay Pr•• Auociation Wire Service
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.-As if the 100
members of Jacksonville's Metropolitan
Community Church didn't have enough
problems, the Rev. Donald Johnson was
leaving the church next week for health
reasons. Then it happened. Sometime dur•
ing the night of Monday, Jan. 16, an
arsonist tossed in an ignited bottle filled
with kerosene•soaked socks. causing
major fire and smoke damage to the
church.
"I came to the church about 10:15 Tuesday
morning," Rev. Johnson said. "When
I opened the door, billows of smoke rushed
out of the sanctuary and I immediately
called the fire department."
Luckily, the fire had burned itself out
dunng the night. Fire officials found part
of a pew and the pulpit burned and black•
ened smoke damage throughout the sanctuary.
They also found remnants of glass
and socks smelling of kerosene on the
floor.
The investigation is s till open, and no
suspects have turned up. The Fire Marshal's
office 1s definitely labeling this
blaze an act of arson.
"Everything was just black from the
smoke," Johnson said. "We're going to
have to replace some drapes, some desks,
the clerical robe,, and all the choir robes."
Johnson said the church had not experienced
significant problems in the neigh•
borhood. They had been "egged" twice in
the last year, and some windows were
broken on the north side of the bulding
Jan 13. After the window incident, Johnson
called police to ask for more surveil•
lance at night. He said he had seen no
evidence of that m the three days before
the fire.
Criminal
Investigator Thanks
Gays for Aid in
Capturing
Elusive Man
"I'd like lQ add a special thanks to the gay
conunun1ty for getting involved," read the
communique from C E. Dennis C. Carl,
criminal 1nvestigator for the Reading,
Pennsylvania's Bureau of Police. "For six
months I tracked Hun~berger around the
United States, and th1~ (his apprehension)
was only made possible by the gay com•
munity gettin11 involved."
Scott Alan Hunsberger, a white male,
23, was wanted on various charges,
including theft in Pennsylvania; New
York; Las Vegas, Nevada: Dallas. Texas;
Sacramento, Calif.; Mann County, Calif.;
and Merietta, Ga
He was apprehended at a shopping mall
in Columbus, Ohio, on Dec. 16 when he
was observed and reported by a person
who had seen his picture in a local gay
publication.
He traveled under several aliases, and
police completely lost him for one month
until he was identified in Columbus, end•
ing a six-month search.
"Without their (gay press and individu•
al.s} involvement, Scott Alan Hunsberger
would still be free," wrote Carl. "Whether
society be gay or straight, we know that
our function to the community was served
to the best of our ability. Thanks to all who
aSSlsted in making my job a little easier."
a bedroom in Flint, Mich.
I took a whiff, and I thought my head
was going to spin off my neck and my
heart was going to jump out of my chest. I
then sorta drifted-and I felt wonderful.
I iiot even homier than I was. It was a
good thing we were in the middle of a romp
in the aack. The sex that night was terrific.
At the time, I though it was the best ever.
That little brown bottle. I fell in love
with it. Oh, what an aphrodisiac!
Of course, I'm talking about what is
inside those bottles. The proper name of
the substance is alkyl or butyl nitrite, but
we just call them poppers.
Forget that their manufacturers insist
they are only producing incense and room
deodorizers. We know why they exist and
how they are really used.
I remember the first time I bought a bottle.
I couldn't find poppers in any of the
stores where I lived so I ordered some
through an adverisementin a gay publication.
I could hardly wait to get them. Then the
day came. When I opened my mailbox, I
almost got knocked to the ground. My precious
package was all smashed, and the
aroma was disgusting. It was definitely no
turn-on. The liquid had soaked into the
package and dried, and all I had was a
smelly envelope filled with glass.
Just like in the Chivas Scotch ads, I
wanted to cry.
I wrote a letter to the company, however,
informing them what happened. I think I
said something about all the postal
workers between California and Michigan
having iiotten a rush at my expense.
The company was real nice. They immediately
replaced my order-in a crush
proof box.
Soon after that, poppers officially
arrived in Michigan and you could buy
them in bars and adult bookstores. Like so
many gay men at the time, I started using
poppers often.
Moving to Fort Lauderdale, I discovered
they were even more popular there. It
seemed like everybody on the dance floors
had those little brown bottles under their
noses. Most bedrooms had them on the
nightstand or laying on the floor alongside
the bed.
Poppers were "in." Poppers were "it."
Poppers were the gay man's passport to
good times.
In my rational moments, I supppose I
always realized that sniffing poppers
wasn't exactly the most healthy thing in
the world. I mean 1t doesn't take a genius
to know that breathing chemicals and
fumes isn' t good for one's body or brain.
But I told myslef that everybody was
doing it, so it couldn't be so bad. And
besides, if it was really dangerous, our
good government would have stepped in
and banned poppers.
It had already taken steps against the
"real" stuff- amyl nitrite. The Food and
Druii Administration had ruled that
amyl-which is used to stimulate heart
patients-couldn't be sold without a pres•
cription.
So I kept on using various alkyl or butyl
nitrite products. Locker Room, Rush,
Head, Bullet, Hitt, Quick Silver, Pig, etc.
Gosh, there's been so many names and
brands.
I convinced myself that they were all
just imitations of amyl and couldn't hurt
you as long as you didn't go ovt:rboard. I
really didn't know how much was "going
overboard," but I figured I would know if!
ever got to that point.
Around 1981, I realized I had. It seemed
everytime I used poppers myu chest would
get all congested. Discussing my problem
with a pharmacist friend of mine, he told
me 1f I didn't quit using poppers so much I
would soon be facing a lot of health problems.
I took his advice, and over the past cou•
ple of years I have had few coniiestion
problems. The times I did were brought on
by real colds.
I haven't quit usmg poppers all
together, just cut back. Maybe that is the
reason why I no longer have chest problems.
Or maybe, I'm using a better-or
purer-brand of poppers.
Oh, one other thing. My thumb is no
longer constantly yellow from holding it
over the top of that little brown bottle. It
was always tiO embarrassing to have my
boss ask me every Monday morning why
my thumb was yellow.
Seriously, I still don't know for sure if
poppers are really bad for you, but I'm sure
they don't promote good health. It is sorta
like cigarettes. We have to be responsible
for our own actions, and be willing to face
the consequences should we take the risk. I
like to believe that if we keep such actions
to a minimum and don't go overboard to
excessiveness-then we should be all
right.
Maybe I'm just trying to rationalize my
actions because I still enjoy poppers. Just
like those people who smoke (I don't).
The questions over the safety of
poppers, however, is about to enter a new
phase. San Francisco has just adopted the
strictest law in the country to inform the
public about the poi;sible health hazards
of poppers. They can no longer be sold to
anyone under the age of 18 and stores sel•
ling poppers must post bold "May Be
Hazardous to Your Health" warnings.
The city resolution states that while the
" long-term effects of inhaling alkyl
nitrites are not known, several different
recent studies have suggested that long•
term use may possibly impair the body's
immune eystem.11
Ever since the AIDS crisis began, there
has been a movement to link poppers to
the disease. So far, scientists and health
officials have not been able to directly con•
nect the two or prove that poppers cause
AIDS.
So-the jury is still out. I predict,
though, that there will be a lot of cities and
states following San Francisco's move
during the next year. Poppers are an eay
target.
I have no problems with that. I just hope
they don't try to go further and ban
poppers. Just like with cigarettes, the
health waminii puts the responsibility on
ourselves. Where it belongs.
Governments have not tried to ban
cigarettes, even though they have been
proven to be unhealthy. And they
shouldn't try to ban poppers on that basis
alone either.
Medical science has a long way to go
before it is known what effect nitrites have
on the human immune system.
There are possible impairments to our
bodies everywhere we look these days.
Let's face it. Just about anything we eat,
drink or do is said to be somewhat
unhealthy and may cause cancer. Good
luck, medical science.
Texas Has a
'Poppers Law'
A Texas state law was put into effect on
Sept. 1 last year regarding the possession
and sale of volatile chemicals.
The law lists 22 volatile chemicals,
including amyl and butyl nitrite. The law
stipulates that use of any of these chemi•
cals for purposes "in a manner contrary to
directions for use, cautions, or warnings
appearing on a label of a container of the
substance" constitutes a violation of this
law.
Furthermore, the law states, "A person
commits an offense if the person inten•
tionally or knowingly sells or delivers a
substance containmii 11 volatile c~~mical
to a person under 17 years of age.
Improper use of a volatiel substance or
sale of a volatile substance to a minor are
both Class C misdemeanors, which may
include a fine, not to exceed $200, and the
possibility of arrest, at the discretion of
the police officer.
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ALGPC Establishes
AIDS Project
The Steering Committee of the Austin Lesbian
I Gay Political Caucus adopted at its
meeting Feb. 7 a proposal to establish an
ALGPC AIDS Projecl
According to ALGPC's newsletter, the
thrust of the project will be to address the
issue of AIDS through the political system,
with efforts such as:
1) Working for the allocation of public
funding for health, social services and
training;
2) Educating elected officials about
AIDS;
3) Working for the election of candidates
committed to impacting the AIDS problem
through their offices; and
4) Working to defeat any anti-gay legislation
which is promoted through the use
of scare tactics about AIDS.
"Elected officials hold the purse strings
of public health and social service," stated
ALGPC Co-chair Juan Ochoa. "If we
expect to have services available to victims
of AIDS, we must convince these officials
to allocate funds."
Co-chair Janet Cobb added, "Many of
our elected officials aren't very familiar
with our community or with AIDS. We
intend to use the political contacts we
have developed over the years to educate
office holders about AIDS and its impact
on the Austin area."
While the AIDS Project will be ongoing,
one portion of the project will gear up each
election season. The Caucus will survey
candidates concerning their commitment
to address AIDS issues should they be
elected. ALGPC will target certain elective
offices as critical to addressing the issues
of AIDS, and will concentrate resources on
viable, supportive candidates for those
offices.
The project will also include lobbying
elected officials to provide professional
training about AIDS for health care providers
in publicly-funded health facilities.
Not Too Late for
Valentine's
Celebration
Female members of the community who
slept through Valentine's Day last Tues•
day will still have a chance to celebrate
cupid's annual event this Friday evening
<Feb. 17) at the AuAtin Le6bian1Gay Polit•
ical Caucus' Women's Valentine's Dance
The dance will be held from 9 p.m. to one
in the morning at 4700 Grover.
Houston's Cherry Wolf will spin the
records.
There will be a cash bar, and nonalco•
holic beverages will be available.
The $5 admission for non-ALGPC
members will apply to Caucus membership;
admission is $4 for members.
Hill Country
Leathermen to Hold
Anniversary Party
Austin's Hill Country Leathermen are
whipping up their first anniversary party,
"Black and Bluebonnets," to be held April
6 and 7.
The party will start Friday night, April
6, at Austin's Back Street Basics bar, and
will continue Saturday afternoon at Camp
Ben McCullouch Park just outside the city,
which has Ix-en reserved for the day.
Saturday's events will begin at 3 p.m. in
the park with an "Everything's-Better•
With-Blu~bonnets-On-It" contest. Dinner
will be served at 6 p.m. Entertainment for
the evening will follow with Houston's
Danny Villa serv!ng as M.C: .
The registration donation 1s $25
through April 1, $30 after that. Checks
should be made payable to Hill Country
Leathermm, c/ o Tony Rihn, Box 595,
Manchoca. Tex. 786.'i2. .
Registration for the party will be held
from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, April 6, and from
noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 7, at the
Back Stred Basics,
Application forms, posters and further
information can be obtained by contacting
Larry Horne, 5121244-0261 , or Gary
Williams, 5121288-3088.
Noted Physician to
Address AIDS Issue
in San Antonio
Dr. Peter W.A. Mansell of M.D. Anderson
Hospital and Tumor Institute in Houston
will present Community Health Forum II,
"AIDS Update," at 3 p.m. Feb. 26 at the
Riverwalk Marriott Hotel, San Antonio.
Mansell's discussion will be cosponsored
by the AIDS Project of San
Antonio and the health committee of the
San Antonio Gay Alliance.
A native of London, Mansell is deputy
head of the department of cancer prevention
of the University of Texas system
cancer center at M.D. Anderson Hospital
in Houston.
He also head~ two sections, preventive
medicine and health education, in the
'-'
department of cancer prevention at M.D.
Anderson.
Before joining the UT system, the 47-
year-old physician practiced, taught or
researched in Louisiana and Florida.
Other assignment.q have taken him to
Kenya in Africa and Montreal, Canada,
as well as to his native country, England.
His work with the Acquired Immune
Deficiency Sy ndrome includes serving on
the AIDS Core Curriculum Committee at
M.D. Anderson , as well as being a board
member for the Kaposi Sarcoma I AIDS
Foundation in Houston. In addition, he
serves on about 10 committees at M.D.
Anderson, including the infection control
and infectious control committees.
His membership in professional organizations
includes work in about 15 groups.
Most of the organizations are concerned
with cancer research.
Medical journals have published more
than 80 of Mansell's articles.
He has made about 100 presentations
throughout the world to professional and
community organizations.
FEB 17, 1984 / THE STAR 7
Many Finns Not
Delighted with
Gay Life
International Gay !'iewa Agency
Legislation about gay rights in Finland
has lagged behind that of other Nordic
countries, according to Seta magazine.
At present it is still possible to be
arrested and punished for "encouragement"
of homosexuality in this Scandina•
vian nation, despite efforts by gay
activists to alter the laws.
At the same time, the age-of-L-onsent law
discriminates against homosexual behav•
ior, since hetero6exual acts are permissible
at an earlier age.
Finland is in the process of passing a
sexuality equality law to create greater
parity between the sexes, but unless the
statute,; are changed, it will still be possible
to discnminate on the basis of sexual
orientation.
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How Do You Do at Aging?
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We're all growing older, but there are
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Grateful? Unaware? Insecure?
Are you a Peter Pan? Is the biological
clock a time bomb for you? Do you tint out
the gray hair, or comb it forward into
prominence? Do you cruise in a warm-up
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Whatever your reaction to these questions,
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take the following quiz by circling the
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the last question.
I. When you go to a party, you cause
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doze.
Now add up the scores for the answers
you checked: 1. a-5 b-5 c-0; 2. a-0 b-5 c-3; 3.
a-0 b-3 c-3; 4. a-3 b-3 c-0; 5. a-3 b-5 c-0; 6. a-0
b-5 c-0; 7. a-5 b-0 c-0; 8. a-0 b-0 c-5; 9. a-5 b-0
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c-0; 13. a-3 b-3 c-3; 14. a-0 b-5 c-3; 15. a-0 b-5
c-0.
6-26. You're in such a panic about growing
older that you're making an ass of
yourself.
27-48. You have normal fears and
twinges about giving up your youth. Keep
exercising and hang in there!
49-69. Please invite me to your next
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Ashll'y is a personal counselor. ~ 1984
Stonewall Featurl'S Syndicate.
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Fourteen-Day Calendar •IN 31 WEEKS: Texas
Freedom Festi\'al event: Texas
Gay Pride Parade and Rally,
Dallas, Sept. 23
Star Classified
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Selected Events
First Week
• FRIDA l-': 5th Annual
Women ·s Valentine Dance, Feb.
17, 9pm lam, 4700 Grover,
Austin
• }WONDA Y: Washington's
birthday, Feb 20
• TUESDAY: ALGPC's AIDS
Awareness Week Committee
meets 7pm Feb. 21 , 1022 W 6th,
Au tin
Selected Events
in Future Weeks
•IN 1 WEEK: Austin
Lesbian Gay Political Caucus
meets 7pm Feb. 28,
Commissioner's Court,
Courthouse Annex,
"Endorsement Meeting~
• IS 2 WEEKS: Mardi Gras
Fnt Tuesday, Mar 6
• IN 3 WEEKS: Austin
Lambda Women's Coffeehouse,
Mor 9, 7-llpm 408 W. 23rd,
with slide show "From Sprral to
Spear"
• IV 4 WEEKS: St. Patrick's
Day, Mar. 17
• IN 6 WF.F..KS: Apr. Fool's
Day, Apr. 1
• IN 6 WEEKS: ALGPC'
sponsored "AIDS Awareness
Week" opens, April I-?! Austin
• TS 6 WEf;KS: UT-Austin
Gay Lesbian Student Assoe. &
AI.GPC AIDS Awareness Week
Committee cducntional forum
April 3
• IN 7 WEEKS: Hill Country
I..eathermen 1st anniversary
party Apr 6-7, " Black and
Bluebonnets," Back Street
Busies 611 E 7th. Austin
• IN 7 WEEKS: Austm AIDS
Awarenes Week party &
aucuon Apnl 7, Hilton Hotel
•IN 7 WEE.KS: Austin AIDS
Awareness Week blood drive
Apnl
• I.V 7 WEE.XS: 9th Annual
Southeastern Conference of
Lesbian and Ga Men, "Pulling
Together and Reaching Out,"
Holiday Inn-Medical Center,
Birmingham, Ala., opens. Apr.
12-15
• IN 9 WEEKS: Fiesta opens.
San Antonio, April 20
• IN 9 WEEKS: National Gay
Health Education Foundation
1st Southeastern Lesbian Gay
Health Conference, Apr. 21,
Atlanta
• I,\" 11 WEEKS: Fiesta
climaxes, Son Antonio, Apr.
28-29
Angeles
•/.'\' 14 WEEKS: Memorial
Day, May 28
• 1.,; 15 WEEKS: Run-<>ff party
elections in Texas, June 2
• IS 17 WEEKS: Texas
Democratic Party Convention,
June 15-17, tentatively Houston
•EARLY JULl': Lesbian and
Gay Bands of America concert,
Los Angeles
• IN 17 WEEKS: National
Gay Health Education
Foundation's 1st International
Lesbian Gay Health
Conference, "Toward
Diversity," New York, June
16-19
• IN 18 WEEKS: Dallas "Pride
JU '84" opens, "Unity and More
in '84," Gay Pride Week June
23-30
•IN 18 WEEKS: 1984 Gay
Pride Week begins June 24 in
many areas, national slogan
"United & More in '84"
•IN 18 WEE.XS: 15th
anniversnry of Stonewall Riots,
New York, June 27, 1969,
marking the beginning of the
modern gay nghts movement
• IN 19 WEEKS: Dallas Gay
Pride Week event· Oak Lawn
Softball AssOCJation
tournament June 30
•IN 19 WEE.'KS: Dallas Ga
Pride Wl-ek event; Razzle
Dazz.le Dallas, June 30
• IN 21 WEEKS: Democratic
National Convention, San
Francisco, July 16-19
•/.'\' 23 WEEKS: "Hot Men,
Hotlanta," annual rnfl race
down Chattahoochee Ri\'er
Atlanta. Aug 3-5
•/,'\' 26 WEE.KS: 21 06
Freedom Celebration, Dallas,
Aug. 17-19
• /.V 25 WBEKS: Castro Street
Fair, Aug 19, San Francisco
• IN 25 WEEKS: Republican
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Dallas, August 20
•IN 26 WEEKS: "Series 8,"
Gay World Series Softball
Tournament opens Memorial
Park, Houston, Aug. 26-31
•IN 30 WE'EKS: opening of
Texas Freedom Festival,
Dallas, Sept. 16-23
•IN 31 WE.'EKS: Texas
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Human Rights Campaign Fund
Dinner, Dallas, Sept. 22
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party elections in Texa• and
party precinct conventiono.
May 5
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78767--474-2717: meets 4th Tues., 7pm. Commissioners
Court. Courthouse Annex: Women's
Valentine's Dance Feb 17, 9pm-1am. 4700
Grover. AIDS Awareness Week Committee
meets 7pm Feb 21. 1022 W 6th: AIDS Awareness
Week April 1-8 (Janet Zumbrun at «1-
1130) with UT-Austin Gay/Lesbian Student
Assoc & AIDS Awarenes, Week Committee
educattonal forum Apnl 3, Hilton Hotel party &
auction April 7, blood drive April 8
Austin Pride Week Task Force-POB 13303.
78711 meets upstairs 302 W 15th
Hill Country Leathermen-c/o Tony R,h-;---PQe
595. Manchaca 78652-244·0261. 288-3088 1st
anniversary party Apr 6-7, "Black Ind BtuebonnPts
•· Back Street Basics. 611 E 7th
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~=:c==.:::====.c===,::===== FEB.17, 1984/ THESTAA 11
CORPUS CHRJSTI-Gay
Bartenders Associat1on-cI0 Zodiac SAN ANTONIO-Lounge.
617 Staptes-883-7753 e Sogarts-11541 West Av-349--7167
Metropoh!an Community Church-c/o Umtar- • Ctrcles-107 w Locusl-733--5237
,an Church. 3125 Home Rd-851-9698 meets
5pm Sundays
SAN ANTON/0- ~:,~o#~a'i;~;~~~~rl~~ Ter,ell SERVICES, ETC.
Dignity-349--3632: meets Sun 5pm. St Patncks
Church, 1-35 near New Braunfels & P,ne
Gay Switchboard-733--7300
Integrity/SA-PCB 15006. 78212-734-0759
meets 1st & 3rd Thurs
Lambda AA-1312 Wyoming-674-2819
Lesbian & Gay Peoplem Med1c1ne-Box 290043,
78280
Rockin' A R1ders--c/o Our Place. 115 Gen
Krueger-340-1758
SA Gay Alliance-Box 12063, 78212-733·8315
PERSONALS
GWM, 29, 6'1",
brn/brn, seeks sincere person to build
lifetime relationship. POB 2574. Austin
78768
SEEKING FRIEND/LOVER
Me-W1M, 5'9" 150, 42. hairy, V9rsatile
You-under 40. smooth. slim body Skip
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ub Aust~rl~Baths-308 w 16th -476-7986
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RESTAURANTS,
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Book Woman-324 E 16th-472•2785
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On Main-2514 N Main-737-2323
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e Ke-vin Wagner Carel~ & G,tts 1801 N Main-
733-3555
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Experience that special charm found only
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5193
Fortunes
For Friday. February 10. 1984. through Thursday. February 16. 1984
ARIES-If a wish is a dream your heart makes, why not share your
dream with your heart's desire? You're a bit overwhelmed with
dreaminess this month. Be specific with your specific someone, and
watch the whole world change fo r the better.
TAURUS-While all that working-out has been good for you, there
have been points along the way when you've been all "worked out." Try
to keep a balance between effort and relaxation to achieve the
perfection you're after Your helpmate is there for those relaxing times
GEMINI-You're thinking about doing some travelling. and if you're
really smart. you'll include some business along the way. You could
make some very good contacts and make your fun tax-deductible while
you satisfy your wanderlust! Start packing'
CANCER-A man who ,s close to you (possibly a relative) needs your
help very much. In answering a plea for assistance. be giving, but know
where to draw the line. Give gladly, but not at the expense of everything
else in your life. Promise only what you can be sure of.
LEO- The tension you've been bu1ld1ng needs to find release. Use any
method that is safe to take the clamps off. Everyone has a limit, so don't
push past what you know is yours. Relief from outside comes in a very
short time, but this week is the one that you have to be good to yourself
VIRGO- While you've always had a penchant for being organized,
this is one of those times when your ability to bring all the details
together can result in accomplishing exactly what you set out to do. You
won't miss a thing, and you'll even gain more than you imagined you
could.
LIBRA-What was lustful and passionate and lots of fun has turned
onto something that you weren't expecting at all-love. What you could
do with this surprising turn of events might change all sorts of things in
your life. Don't deny it. Let it out and let ,ton!
SCORPIO-Scorpios have a more direct knowledge of what power 1s
than any other sign. What they do with that knowledge vanes extremely
Now is one of those times when you can use your knowledge ,n a
practical and magical way An Anes or a Sag,ttarius could be a very
helpful ally
SAGITTARIUS-A much-needed long-distance conversation or a
beautifully written letter may come now Though possibly not from an
expected source. that can make ,ts effect even more profound. It will
assist you in your process of getting rid of excess baggage.
CAPRICORN-First. it was your turn to make a commitment. then fate
took a turn. Now the ball is on the other person·s court. and that's where
the final decision comes from. You've done all you can about this. Que
sera. sera-and you'll know next week.
AQUARIUS-Your confusion slows and comes to a near halt. The
excellence of your intelligence pierces through all the S.S. thafs around
and allows you a vista of what's ahead. Though details remain to put
together it looks like you're clear of weirdness for a whole
PISCES-Yes you are very sexy Yes. you have a direct lone to what's
really going on, and yes. your dreams are coming true, right before your
eyes And yes. you might grow complacent and yes. you can become too
arrogant. Even with your 1ncred1ble good fortune. you can blow 1I.
Careful'
1984 STONEWAL1. FEATU~ES SV""OIC.ATE
12 THE STAR / FEB, 17, 1984
AUSTIN'S NEW
BEER BUST
AND T-DANCE
OCO T
Time: Every
Monday, 6pm
Place: Back Street
Basics, on the patio
Bartender:
Bobby
D.J.:
Richard
BE THERE
BACKSTREET BASICS
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