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December 1977
Gay Austin is the monthly publication of Gay Community Services. The advertisements you see
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LETTEl\S
Dear Edi tor,
I disagree completely with "JB's"
analysis of what it means to be gay
and what it means to be black and
what it means to be Jewish. But I
agreed completely with that Het Lust
thing. I want more pictures in the
newspaper and I:JOre about what' s happening
in Austin.
Jimmy
1516 w. 9th
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Dear Editor,
I consider your treatment of lesbians
still below par. You have almost
nothing about us , e.lmost completely
about men. If you consider yourself tc
be a collllllUnity newspaper, the fact
that you print almost nothing about
women makes your title, "Gay Austin"
ridiculous.
A=.ie Vanson
4618 Saltillo
Austin
Dan Puckett
Randy Conners
.Amme Hogan
Mike Miesch
Carole Waychoff.
David Morris
Dear Editor,
I think the last issue of Gay Austi..::
l was much better than the ones before.
Who was that good-looking gizyon
the cover? If he lives in Austin,
where does he go? I haven't seen him
anywhere, and if anybody should know
who's here and who isn't, I should.
Because I'm everywhere at least three
times a night. I go to the Apartment,
then to Pearl Street, then I drop by
the Stallion/Private Cellar. I go to
the baths every other night, and I've
never seen the gizy-! If you're holding
him somewhere for sake keeping, I understand
wby, but how about the rest
of Austin? We deserve him too! Sign
me
DELIGHTED Bur
INTERESTED
Few things are as pervasive in When you lack contacts with
our lives as the electronic media
is. Radio and television reach out
to millions of people at any given
moment. People view television an
average of four to six hours each
day . That contact is not without
effect on the viewer.
the real-life people that are being
represented by TV characters you
can only assume that the portrayals
are accurate. Since gay people
are a basically invisible minority,,
straights are not aware that we
are everywhere. There is that un-
BREEDER NEWS
"-UCLEAR FAMILY MELTS OOWNI
This column's concern is with
how television influences our own
as well as the general (straight)
public 1 s view of gay men and lesbian
women. The reason for this
concern is two-fold. First, how
does that portrayal of gay people
influence the way straight people
oppress or accept us, and second,
how does that portrayal affect the
way gay people perceive their own
community.
fortunate mistaken assumption by HET HACK MURDER
As people watch TV they are exposed
to situations, places and
people, perhaps for the first time.
The way in which a subject is handled
has a direct influence on the
way people feel about that subject.
Viewers learn ways to act in situations
they've never experienced
by watching the TV characters respond.
We need to remember that
television, for all of its intentions
of being nothing more
than entertainment, is a power-ful
and influential teacher. The
problems ari. se when the "te ach er "
gives out bogus information which
the audience is asked to accept
as realistic and factually based.
Gay men and lesbian women have
been misrepresented by the mass
media for so long without the
benefit of positive images that
the public and uninformed gay
people "buy" that image as factual.
CAPITAL
ERAMICS
the majority of straight people
that everybody they see is heterosexual.
The only way they find
out otherwise is when a gay person
chooses to confide in them, when
they see a stereotypical example,
or when they see a character on
television they are told is gay.
Since all too few gay people can
be openly gay and the stereotype
is not representative of us as a
group, television is the re~aining
channel in current use which
reaches the general public. The
examples they show are mixed at
best (which will be the topic of
.future columns).
But we must keep in mind that
straights are not the only people
who are watching these programs.
Gay people who may be struggling
with the coming-out process look
at the stereotype shown them and
right.fully question how the character
portrayed relates to them.
They may ask themselves whether
they might not be gay because
they're not like the stereotyped
people shown. They might also decide
that since they are ga;y they
should be like the people shown
them. The problem here is one of
role models available . The prob-lem
goes beyond public relations .
We'll attempt to cover it here
in this paper. Keep watching.
--Bruce D. Aleksander
809 w. 12 72 - 6520
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The ax-hacked remains of an as-yet
unidentified woman were found by school
children in a ditch running alongside
the Eastern EJqiress rail eight
:tiles outside of Metrolex.
"Apparently somebody did a bad job
of it," grimaced police chief Richard
"r.:cry" Harding, re!'erring to a box
containing her :egs and other parts.
Investigators have yet to determine
the motivation for this gris:y
murder. A coin purse found nearby
contained over one hu..,dred dollars.
Robbery apparently was not among the
gruesome weirdo's aims. A bloodstained
ax nearby one of the victi!n's
bands had no fingerprinte.
Chief "Mary" suggested that sex
was involved. "Whenever ~·ou see a
smashed face," he said, motioning
toward the box, '"you pretty well know
the nature of the crime. And that's
what makes the inherent bestiality
of heteros even more shoc!:i.ng. But
then that woman probably deserved
what she got. If we find that she
was normal, we shall immediately call
for a statewide dragnet. But I think
we can pretty well dismiss that possibility.
"
LABOR LEADER A HETERO
(UPI) Britian's capitol reeled as another
scandal rocked the nation.
A man, identified as Scott O'Conner,
alleged today in a press conference
that Labor Party leader Betti Wilson
paid him to remain silent about an
alleged heterosexual affair the past
nine years.
He introduced letters allegedly
itten to him by Wilson where she
told him: "Remember my war.nest regards
always to you. Love, Bet."
O'Conner explained that 'Bet' was
a term of endearment she had asked
i.:n to use. He also held several
checks be said were payments by herl
after having accepted a post in the
arty six years ago.
"She did me wrong; I was her
bore and I feel Britian should
ow t' he quality of Bet " - -he lau-hed--''
Wilson." Parliament's Y.orals
ubcommittee under ~ory perty deputy
anc Coffee pro~ised i::lmediate inestigation.
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BISHOPS SAY NO
:r. its "?astora: I.etter to the Ch'
Z'Ch :Tor. the nouse of 3ishO'OS II (October,
1977) the Episcopal Ch~ch ::i2.de
so:::.e state::ents dee..ling with so:::.e rather
sensitive subjects • .Among these
were reinterpretation of Chri stian
dogi:a that dee..ls with the or dination
of: both wo:::.en and " ... anyone who advocates
andfcr willingly pr actices
ho:::ose..~.ialit:;", and upon whom a nuptia:
blessir.g is to be coo:f erred.
:r. the state::::ent on the ordir.at~or.
of wo:::ier., the church accepts everyone,
r egardless of their feel:!..ng on
the subject . :'hat is, even tho\l6h
=.a.~:; were " ... gla1dened and encot:!"aged
... :eca~se of the General Conven~~
c~'s ac~~or. conce~cing the ordi:latior.
of •.-o:::er. ... 11
, one is not a disloyal
E?iscopalian if he or she abstair.
s fror. supporting the decision,
or contir.ues to be convinced that it
was ar. error . ':'his attitude refle~ts
the concept that the Church should
be flexible enough "to accept eve~Jone,
e::C. a:;:?ears to be a pclic:,- o::
t~!!..~si~io~ to b~Ve e_~~a ~:!..:ne ~o
eie- ba.rd sexis~ ~=adi~~onal~s~s.
ON HOMOSEXUAIB
In dealing with ho::iosexuality in
:::iarr iage and ordination, the House of
3ishops was less than consistent, and
hardl:; co::ipassionate.
The bishops said that the sexual
union of man and won:an is God's will.
With an ir.ane logic, they therefore
l:!..:tlt its nt."lltial bless:i.= to 11
••• the
union o!' mal~ and fe:::ale ." ':hey ~e.il
i:c Sa;/ that a "J..Oior. cf man and woman
is God's only desire or that same- sex
unions are not ~od's desire. (God
cou2.d not be reached for co::::ment . )
NO Gf.::f. ORD::Il"ANDS
As if this wasn ' t enough, they went
on further to s~.1, 11
••• the bishops ...
deny ordination to an advocating and/
or practicing homosexual person." .A:l
this is done on the grounds that each
ordinand :=ust fashion ~.is or her life
after Christ as an exru::ple to the faith:!'.
il. :;: such were act-..ie.ll;· the case,
a strong argu::.ent for ce:ibacy would
be preser.t ir. the Episcopal Chu=ch.
The House o~ Bishops sought ~o redee=
-:h~elves °:;:" evok!r.g -:he ole
"we are ell brothers and sisters in
Christ" routine . While support of ho=
sexuals is indeed welcome and com~
endable, after their statements on
marriage and ordi!lation, the rest is
mere pablm::. They say that we " ... as
children of God have full and equal
clai!n with all and other persons upon
the love , acceptance , concern, and
-:iastor al care of the church. 11 They
~all u"OOn our society to see that equ
al protection under the law is provided.
:his all is little more than contradictory
in the attitude conveyed
~ ~hei: s~a~enents on the :n.e.rriege
and ord:!..ne.~ion o~ gay ~en and lesbian:.
The bishops were middle of the
road, at best in their entire Pastora~
Letter . ':'hey said little more ~ha.~ : c:
course homosexuals are entitled to all
the ci ·T..l rights of respectable folks,
we just don' t want to deal with the::.
Granted, their statements are =re
~han the statement fro~ the V~tican,
but r.ot ::::uch better.
---ft.rt Morris
WomempJre 1s .1 pl.ice for women co come for 111lorm.
1t1on. for coun~elmg. and for meeting other women
.ind lc.1rnrng .1bou1 t'ie commu111tv We ,ire opt•n from
7-10 pm Tucsd.1} through Frid.iy .1bovc Somme~
Drug .1t 2310 Cu.id.dupe. Telephone 472 .~OSJ.
Those Dcemn Queers ....
F.or::ophobia is nothing ne-.- . But new
ceses pop u~ a:: ~he ~:!.::le . He~e a.!"e
so~e :~c~~v exa::.p:es o! bcmophob~a:
"--So:::e ;s:r~hiat~ists st!.!.: gi .. ,~
:-~ects !..::jec~ions of pe:a:yz~5
d..~s to 'help' the:r. abolish homose:~..:.
a: :~ndencies. Desp:. te the declara~
ion o~ the .l>:!nerican ?sychiatric
.A. ..ssoc!a:.!cr. -:ha.t ho:!Dser..Ia:i-::r is
net e. sickness, =any ~sychothera?ists
are still tryin;; to conve"t gay clie~
ts to heteroseX'~ality or helping
thez ~d~ust :.o :.he~ 'handi:ep.'
+-.,.,.w.:esbians :ee.vi:lg e s~~a.cuse'
:·ew- Yo.!"k Car a~ ::csi:ig :i=e w~re
sev~~!y bee~~n ~p Cy a g.!"O"i.Ip of
:"rater::-: tr ~-e:~ ~~o= the :1.~!:by t:.!'liversi
'tj". So:e of tr:.~ wc!!!.ec su:ff'!.!"ed
brok~~ ::=.bs e.nd :onc~ssio~s.
·-~·'.e...~y pe.ren~s disown or i."lst!~
ut~one~iz~ chi:~~~ who ~hey discover
to be hcmosexua:.
~r. the n~sstands of Paris,
rou can cu:; a cartoon postcard sho-..ring
t"..ro soldiers in the barracks
:ookir.g at a third who is ::ressed ir.
e pir..k ~igh~go~ and black =esh st.ocki~.;
s. :~ is ca~~ioned 'la folle du
regi=e~~· ' the ~~e~r o~ th~ reg!.=~~t ) .
~n a ~s Angeles television
~ogre=, cc=edia:: Mer~ Sar.l .recer.tly
e.d·10cated t!:e £:i::::.:.ng of homoseX'..ial.;.
4
F~ 'Was :iot ~e.A~g a Joke, but t.a2-
!..~; se~io~sly . :Z:::ediately e.ft~r ~he
prcg"a::., the :.A. ~ay Coi::::t:.~ity 3er\
4ices Ce~~e~ ~e~e!v~d s everal bo=b
three.ts.
----~. -::rooosed housi::;; ordinance
in A~sti;, :exas including equal
-::rcte~tion fc" bo=oseX'.tals, s=oused
~uc'h host:.:.:. :.r -:hat "the city' s news~
a:;iers were f~l:ed with a.~ti -homose-x
·..:.a~ ~e~:.ers ev~n weeks after the
o~di~ance passed, i~s s~>:'~a: pre~er er.~
e section deleted.
***A study paper on homosexuality
coi=nissioned by the Presbyterian
Ch'.lrch, U.S. (Southern) was circulated
e.itong member churches for discussion.
Several congregations pulled
out of the denomination, even though
the paper did not advocate homosex•
1ality as such. -----------~ _________ ...,
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we can'~ all be Del Vartin ... give
'em tin:e. Cameras were finally told
to first get permission from the
subject. Py the end of this debate
some of the joy of being in a room
full of political dykes had abated;
we have come a long way to be able
to caucus, but we still have so far
to go before we can do it without
fear.
Friday was' another exciting day.
t-y A.'ll:lle Hogan
Saturday afternoon was a rally
"'Peyond the ERA" or "'anized by the
New P~erican Mover:lent . It dealt with
minority women's rights, welfare
l!IOthers, lesbianS--s;eakers on every
subject that was not really being
effectively dealt with by the deler,
ates . As the rally was breaking
up , the Christian Defense League
1 the Louisiana Klan) came up with
their misspelled signs and their
1his artic:e wil: not be writt~n
without bias; I attended the National
Women's ronference and enjoyed
every m:!.nute of it. Sxci tement and
a sense of cooperation pervaded the
atmosphere; there was much to be
'earned--and we learned it; there
were ne;~ friends to be rr.et--and we
~et them. A wo~an ~rom A'aska delivered
a note to me rrom another woman
I had =et in Michi ,an. People
ca~e +,ogether in Houston.
I arrived about noor. on the
hursday of that week . 'ihe conference
was not sched:tled to begin
until Saturday, but in the great
tradition of politi~s there were
~au•"JS meetinll;s of every conceiveable
sort--Hispanic women, native
An:erican (I would have eone to
Having got up I wandered through the
!obby of the Hyatt in t~e to see
Gloria Steinem getting attacked by
hordes o~ press. She has often spoken
in favor of lesbian ri ;h.,s, so I felt
the day would eo well.
fat red necks. A brief period of
chaos ensued, ending with several
women bruised' and none cf the rr.en
properly ki6:ed. ::t' s difficult for
small women to dea: with larGe ignorant
~en. It's even more difficult
that one, but my whisper of Cherokee
is believed by no one except my
brunette, brown- eyed sisters),
NCM , lesbian, etc.
At the lesbian caucus Thursday
ni~ht we began with a discussion
~f whether the press should be allowed.
It was fin~lly decided that
they would be , provided that none
lf our plans were released prior
to their execution . T'hen the real
press arcruroent beo:an: photos . Many
women in the room were -i:enuinely
afraid of '::ameras. r.rowled the woman
next to me , "I've been out 20 years
and Lt hasn't hurt me." True , but
At the convention center the
crowds had gathered to see the torch
run in from Seneca Falls, NY. Seneca
Falls was the location of the big
National Women ' s Conference in the
nineteenth century, and marathon
runners had brought a torch from
New York State to Houston. (And
the Olympics directors think women
can' t run marathons ! ) I was standing
on a platform marked "Press
Only," from which I was able to
see the hands of two women carrying
the torch: one white, one
black. It kept changing hands ,
though, and I couldn't see who
was who. Actually an entire group
of women r an it and they all deserve
credit .
continued , page 6
JEAN 0°LEARY, lnternatoonal Womens ear
Commissioner and Co E•ecuti:ve Director ot the
National Gay Task Force.
Safe News
5
Amonr the spectators at
the Mr. Club Austin conte:;
t ...
SAFE (The Society for the Advancement
of Freedom and Equality) is a
political organization dedicated to I preserving human and civil rights.
Most members of SAFE are concerned
about the rights of minorities
because of their membership in one
of the most maligned and oppressed
minority groups-the homosexuals
I in the United States. SAFE has
worked for the passage of the Fair
Housing Ordinance, has opposed
the Clay Smothers H.B. 1902, which
would have made campus gay organizations
illegal, has raised funds
for the Dade County Coalition in
their fight against Anita Bryant, and
more recently has marched in protest
against the police brutality in
the Jose Campos Torres case, and
in support of the Chicano community .
As you can see, we have not a
spectacular record of success. We
need many more people to hel P us-;
SAI'E is not a rigid doctrinaire group,
we have no official ideology--merely
a common concern about the bigotry
and homophobfa which is on the rise
today, and a desire to do something
about it.
At present, SAFE is cooperating
with the Human Relations Department
rn a study of housing discrimination
on the basis of sexual orientation.
If you would like to assist us in
providing documentation of housing
discrimination against gay people
please contact us by phone or mail .1
Absolute and complete confident1ahty
and anonymity is guaranteed. Write
to:
SAFE
P ,0 . Box 8531
Austin, Texas 78705
or call Steven Thomas at 477-7867 .
SAFE meets on the first and third
Sunday of each month at Capital
Ceramics, 809 W . 12th, at 8 p.m.
BOY HUSTLING
For ~ or Love: ~ Prostitution in America, by Robin
Lloyd. new York; Ballantine Books, 1977. <1-1. 75. On
local newsstands.
by llichael Wertin
':he authc!" of Fe:- f.ione".: c!" I.eve
::.ays ee:ly oi: :..~ t;he 'bciOktbat~
bece::e i::te.rested ir: t~e s~bject of
be .. p::-osti-..t:.t;io:: whe:: his ;;we teene.
ged sons ;;e::-e approached by a I:la..'l
who te.!!:ed ~=~ :!..:::;o going over to
his house and pos!=.g !er ::rude pictcres.
:ire:: t!l!s :'ac~, e::d frm:l the
rather :urid pic"ure of a young hustler
on the cover, one cig!:t gather
that :'o::- Monev or ::.Ove is just another
Inseilsfilve e:::olo:::tation of the
a.l.re!l.dy ::uch-aln!sed-gay :i!estyle.
Fortuna"ely, the book is no"hi.'lg
of the kind. It is, thonl:::'ully, a
thorough, ve:!.1-researched and compassionate
a.na:ysis of one of the most
proble:::atica: aspect;s of gay life today.
Although one car: only guess at
Lloyd rs ::oti "/eS fo::: "WT! t~g th'!.s book,
it is to his credit; tha" once he exa~
ee the fac"s, he reached sensible
=onclusions that are cocs~s~ent with
W::at a::r:f bowledgeable gay person
~o~ld a!.sc conclude about; the subject.
Lloyd found that the =.ajority of
"chicker.hawks" are white, ::iddle-aged
=arried mec who are attracted to the
coi:Yecience and anonymit;y of qu!.ck
sex with boy prostitutes. And the cajoritJ
of these hustlers are poor or
rootless young men who for tbe most
part consider themselves straight,
but who engage in prostitution "for
!:lDney or love." Lloyd makes very
clear the fact that :ir.ost of the boys
have not been raped or otherwise coerced
i.r.to their vocation. They choose
it vol=tarily, being attracted
to the easy !!X>ney, the abundance of
pay'...ng cus"vocers, the drea::i of being
swept off to a better life by a wealthy
S'.igar daddy, and only peripherall;,•
(they insist) because of hoIOOsexual
concerns.
HOO AN & rMY, continued from pg. 5
when the Houston cops are watching
through the glass front of the Convention
Center~sitting and watching.
Reports on Sunday had it that the
police chief had denied the incident
took place.
Later that day, the resolution in
favor of the ERA was passed overwhelmingly
and with mu.ch celebration
in the aisles and in nightspots
afterward.
Sunday da:wned auspiciously and
somewhere the minority women had
been caucusing, rewriting the minority
women resolution, giving it
some real meaning. When it was introduced
at Sunday's plenary session
as a substitution for the
original resolution, people were
amazed at the ease with which it
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passed. We were also overjoyed,
and there was much celebration.
Reproductive freedom and sexual
preference also passed ~
overwhelmingly. Sexual preference
was not an original agenda item;
needing only 10 states to be
placed on the agenda, the sexual
preference resolution was passed
at 36 state conventions. We are,
afterall, a majority.
So, look around you. See all the
conservative fringe getting upset?
See them amazed that women accomplished
so mu.ch in so short a time.
Be pleased. And for the women and
men who came to support women's
rights: let's stick together and
work. The antis have money and they
will fight. We must also. We must
win.
During the a!'ternoon a pro-ERA
A Shocking Expose!
J..s ever/ gay persor. knows, hust:
ers---especially chicken or chicken:
ooking hust;lers---are co=n to
:arger ci"ies (and ir: selected areas
of s:::e2.~er cities such as ours), but
:1oyd is care.ru.: not t;o indict the
highly-visiole gsy population of these
ci~ies ~or ~heir existence. He
ri;ht;ly cri~ici:es schools, churches,
we:!are agencies, police depar-::ments,
a-~d P.=erica's peculiar e..~d unlo-r-~g
syste:: o~ domestic life for providing
the at!!losphere that inc:ines so ::ian;,'
people ~oward prostit-~tion, both as
;!"'cvid~s and as customers.
So e::lightened is Lloj-d that he
suggests as e.n alternative to these
re.ther he.r-fu: i..~stit-~tions an organized
social service in which settled,
Sj;:i:pathetic gay men and wayward gay
boys are deliberately brought together
on an organized be.sis, in an atte:::
pt to e.1.leYiate the loneliness and
e.lienacior. of both groups. On the
su::-face. this sou.'lds a :!.itc:e too
progressiYe for ::.a.'ly legislators to
accept, ~ut given i:: contexu wi~h
r.:oyd's devasvating reports about
refor:::. schoo: e..~d hal..~ey-house condi~
ions (especially in :exas). i"
se~s ~he only hUlllane alternacive.
Anyone interested in the gay si-cua"
ion in .America should read this
book. Its thoroughly-documented, honest,
subdued, and persuasive presentation
n:.ighv serve as a~odel for all
!'ut-=e books about giey- J.i:fe, end 1 ts
!indings and conclusions are signi~icant
and supporti-,e enough that e.1.1
gays would benefit by having them at
their disposal.
Chickenhawking is a real part of
gay life, and the problem is too serious
and complex to dis:niss as jus~
a-~other crazy aspect of life. To read
this book and to dissen:.inate what it
has to sa;r is another step in providing
restraint and understanding to
a world which often is woet'ully
lacking in both.
rally was held on the steps of the
Houston City Hall. It was very
strange that somehow the sound equipment
did not arrive until the
last speaker was through. Flo
Kennedy encouraged revolution,
saying that if we thought we'd get
our rights without hurting someone
we were wrong and blood would flow.
"Tha.t ti.me is not yet now," she
qualified. Kate Millett spoke of
the need for egu.al rights, especially
lesbian rights. Most of us in
the crowd were lesbians, so she was
very favorably received. The first
announcements of the rally had also
listed Betty Friedan as a speaker.
Friedan has for years spoken of
dykes as a "lavender herring," a
detriment to the women's movement.
She did not show.
THE LADY OF DADE
The Lady of Dade, Anita by name,
called on a seamster of worldly fame,
Saying, Seamster, Make a dress for me,
That I might seem lovely as a bride to be.
And when he had set her in the height of fashion,
He found her eyes were shot with passion,
Saying, Seamster, Seamster, Look at me,
Lovely as a bride to be,
In my gown of satin laced with silk,
Wilt thou not marry me?
Wnereupon the seamster, chuckling, did say,
But Milady, I am a man from the Land of Fay.
Whereon she ripped the gown to shreds
And chided him all day.
The Lady of Dade, Anita by uame,
Next called on a fruitman of worldly fame,
Saying, Fruitman, Fruitman, find for ne
An orange to make a sweet soul of me.
So the fruitnan searched his oranges ripe,
And regarding her as the greedy type,
He handed her the biggest of the bunch,
Saying, Lady, this will make a tasty lunch.
And when Lady Dade had sucked it dry,
He noticed an arrow had pierced her eye,
Saying, Fruitman, Fruitman, look at me,
Am I now tasty enough for thee?
Oh, no, l.Jilady, tho sweet thou be,
the sweeter.fruitman be did say,
For tho I nay marry, A Lord he'll be,
For I am a man from the Land of Fay.
Whereon she spit the seeds from her throat
And scolded him all day.
The Lady of Dade , Anita by name,
Then called on a minstrel of worldly fame,
Saying, Minstrel, write a song for me
That I might a dame irresistable be.
Whereon he wrote an amiable t tme
Of birds and bees and a winking moon.
And as she warbled it three times seven,
She saw the first stars appear in the heavens
Saying, Minstrel, Minstrel, look at me,
Aren' t I a nightingale meant for thee?
And he answered, Oh Milady, you've been fooled today,
For I, too, am a man f'rom t he Land of Fay.
And cursing the minstrel and bis devilish tune
She hysterically stormed f!May.
The Lady of Dade, you all know her name,
Called on a priest of worldly fame,
Saying Father, Father, Grant to me,
The power of Her who outholies thee
'!'bat I might banish f'rom our village this day
l'he sinful men;:.;rom the Land of Fay.
For wicked th~ are and cursed they be
For none of them will marry me.
The priest disguised her as a virgin maid
And placed in her bands a dove
Saying, Remember, Milady Anita of Dade,
It must seem like an angel 1 s act of love .
So the Lady went to the village square
And beginning her speech with a tearful prayer,
Demanded the flesh of all that day
Who'd told her they loved in a different way.
Demanded their bodies roast in flames
And faggots they be called by name.
So burned were the three and banished all they
Who had come to her town from the Land of Fay.
One blunder the Lady Anita made,
She bethought her husband far away,
But there, on the pyre with his lovers three,
She noticed the corpse of the Lord of Dade.
And from that day
She has little to say
Concerning the men
Fr= the Land of Fay.
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"I ask for victory over the perverts i'l th.s country," shouted Clay
Smo••1ers to the crowd assembled ir tre lluuston Astro Arena to
voice op::ios1t1on to the \ati.>ndl \\ omer's Conference
"T'-e perverts meani g you, me, anc. most of our friends · have
t-eco11e the beres 1101re:; Jround wri,ch p1rk !Jdies Klansmens. John
Bircrers, ar d other supporters of artique !T'orality rave gathered
to i;.ist st">nes They hate the Lqual Rights Amendment, they
abhor abort10n. !Jut they reserve tor homosexuals a special place
on their list of abominations ar<l tl>ey mean to do something
abou• us. There is no quesllon that a broad, h1grly orga111zed,
ard heav,!} financed campaign ts underwJy to prevent what its
proporents c0nsider the co'lapse of morals and the destruction
cf tr.idttional farPily life. And these proponents are, very clearly,
the same people who for ye.irs have opposed the black and
Chicano movements, the women's movement, union organizing
efforts, and every other step forward. They represent an estab·
lished ideological trend, with specific goals to pursue and a
specific set 0f evils to oppose, the latest of which is the gay
movement. They are the broader and more permanent basis
for sue!- short-lived phenomena as Anita Bryant's Save Our
Ch1ldren, Inc .. and are therefo•e the rea; danger behind Bryant's
hysterta. They are the rad1ca' riglit
To .:ite an extreme case, one of the independent groups
making up the Klan recently called for a :\azi-like final solution :
the extermination of homosexuals. But the KKK is only the
mvst dramatic of our organized foes . America11 Opi11io11. a
publi~ation of the John Birch Society which finds pen! around
every corner ("Women's L ib th•eatens the survival of humani·
ty "),published in its '.\l ay l'l77 issue an article entitled "There\
:So Such Thing as a Good Fairy" "Homosexuality," the article
declares, '"is a sin a violation ,,f yo d's law. It is also. and should
be, a crime. since it presages degeneratton and deatJ1 of the nation·
state." The article says of AnitJ Bryant. "She is a God-fearif'~
woman , as well as a top-ranking pop1:ar s111ger. and why sh c ulJ
she be polite to a bunch of queer.s'?"
The Birch Society's propaganda is diversified. In the specific
area of sex, for example, the Society organized a front group. tre
\i ovement to Restore Decency (MOTOREDEJ, whose function is
to combat sex education. But the Society does not limit llself
to propaganda. a good many elected officials owe their positions
to the John Birch Society and its ·•fellow travelers." Rep. Lawrence
McDonald of Georgia, who recently introduced an amendment
eliminating coverage of homosexuals by federally-tunded legal
services to the poor, is a member of the John Birch Society and
until 1973 was a member of its national council. His successful
1976 campaign was financed partially by a new but influential
organization, the Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress,
the same group that recently initiated a drive to reinstate the
California sodomy law.
It takes money to elect congressmen and publish propaganda,
and m uch of that money comes from a sm all number of wealthy
zealots. In the thick of right-wing politics is Joseph Coors, whose
brewery has lately been the object of a boycott by gay people.
" Mr. Coors is emerging as a major personage on the American
far-right," said Charles R. Baker, executive director of the I nstitute
for American Democracy. " T o the best of my knowledge,
he is directing more personal and corporate resources into the
battle for his beliefs than any other living super patiiot."- ·
Money from the sale of Coors beer has gone to the John Birch
Society and specifically to its anti-sex education front group,
\10TOREDE; Coors money founded the Committee for the
Survival of a Free Congress, the group that helped elect Rep.
McDonald and tried to reinstate the California sodomy law,
and the Coors family and Coors executives are still by far the
CSFCs largest contributors , over a million dollars or Coors
money went to the Ronald Reagan presidential campaign :
Coors money has supported the Co mmittee of Nine, an organilallon
wh1cl' operated at one time fr om the Senate offi ces
of Sp1•0 Agnew , an organ1Lat1on whose purpose is s till to d o
research fo r nght-wing candidates; thousands of Coors dollars
were dor• · ~ J to the re-election campaigns of Richard \'ix o n
ard SpHo Agnew .
Jose pl• Coors and l11s brother William deny ltl a recent 1 Jrucat<'
interview with David Goodstein and Sasha Gregory-Lewis that
they have any interest. pro or con. in se' as a political question
Hut as a regent at the Lnrversrty of Colorado, Joseph Coors
(like I· rank I· rwin at the Lnivers1ty of Texas) was an ardent toe
of student activism, of whid1 gay libcratron was a part. li e
said of hnth control information for women students, "This
is the t) pc of thing that certainly doesn't make people think
well of the Ln1vcrs1ty I think girls shouldn't go to school with
the intenti0n of needing the pill. I think they should c'erc ise
sell-d1scipline until they're married." In a commencement
address at the Colorado School or Mines in 1969, Joseph Coors
found fault with his generation for failing to set a hetter example
for youth "in the field of ri1orality and in attempting to preserve
a spirit of patriotic enthusiasm for our fine country ."
William Coors.sounds almost a friend of gay people when he
says in the Ad1·ocace interview, "The only thing I ohject t~ is
the evangelical approach. Regardless of what a person's belief
is, I resent anyone who tries to inflict their beliefs on me. I
shouldn't say inflict, rather - try to convert me to their belief.''.
But in fact that's the same kind of stand taken by Save Our
Children, Inc., which claimed that being openly gay was in itself
an attempt to convert child ren to hom osexuality. The same
reasoning has been used to justify the firing of gay teachers,
as has been threat~ned in D all as.
According to the Washingcon Post, Joseph Coor's wife Holly
"says cheerfully that she is behind her husband 100 per cent in
everything." Their apparent agreement is interesting in light
of Mrs.Coors's membership in a comm it tee of the Kin g's Min is·
tries , (a maverick group loosely affiliated with the Episcopal
Church) whose purpose is "to conduct a continuing program
of education to aid clergy and laity in ministering to persons
of Gay orientation who are seeking release from the homosexual
lifestyle." They believe in gay liberation, but what they mean is
liberation from being gay.
The newsletter of a small Austin political organi1ation recently
critici1ed gay activists for the "narrowness" of our concern. But
in reality Austin gay politics in the Anita Hryant era has been
marked by an awareness of common predicaments, common needs
and common foes, and by a willingness to make common efforts
with other, equally "narrow" groups. Nu project has sh own
mo re clearly 1he naturalness of mutual aid among m1nunty gr o ups,
in cluding gay people, than the campaig11 for pa,sage or the original
Fan ll o using Ordrnance, an dfort which fallcd to ac hieve its
primary goal but prompted not only the p o lrtic ·tl c o1111ng o ut o r 8 many gay pe o ple but also the un comprom1se 1l su pp0r t o fCl11 canos
and hlac ks That same sense or solrd ,inty p revu1k d '11<>re recent!)
/1ie 1 exas Ol:>server r<'ports that, accordmg ro rite ll'lrolcsale
Beer D1strrb11tors of Te~as. Coors wlc1 in A rotm dropped 45
'1etuce11 \la" and Jrtlv. drtring the lrciglzt oJ bm·cott acti1•1t1'.
l 11f ort1111ateil' tire ga1· bo1·cott is begim1mg to weaken. man\'
gat bars m I cws wlriclr once bm·cottcd Coors are once agam
1d/111g 11 /11decd tire ,\dvo<.ate. for rcasom tlrat are 1101 altogetlrer
</car, reco111me11ds tlu bowort he left to ''111div1d11al conscience."
l'et 1( tire rclatll'< jrcu/0111 ga1' people hare wo11 01·cr the past few
1·cars 111101 to be 1011 in the crtrrl'llt wa1·1• o(rigl1t·Wi11gact11'i11·.
11·c 11111<t leam to ulcnt(li• right·ll'i11g act1visl\. To brt1• or 111>1 to
b111 ( oors 111111• i11dccd be a matter of i11Jirid11al co11sc1e11cc
11111colic<11· c act1011 sph11gs from a 111ultit11Je of 111fom1cd
111 /111 lual c011sc•e11ccs amt 011/1; col/ec111·c activ11 ac/11el'cs resrtlts.
\\lien a hasll y organized but slleable ,onllngerit of lesbians and
gay 1Pcn Joined a mdrcl> in Aust111 of ab0ut 700 people to protest
t11e latest 111 a s1ckcn111gl} long series of poll,e killings of Chicanos.
this htl'C 111 llouston. Although homosexu.il VlCllmS or police
hrutaltty often arc not identified as ga} 111 news u,counts, 1t 1s
"ommon knowledge that being 1·1s1bly gay is •n many places
(,tile d1 fe•ent lr.>m being bla~k or brown 111 cn,ountcrs with the
police. \\ e ga) people who jo111cJ the march recognized that
the r111rdcr of Jose ( ampos Torres was not merely a Chicano
prohlcm but ,1 common problem, that dc,pitc diffrrenccs between
u' Jnd 1hc rc>t of the marchers, we were J1>1ned with them in
our rev11ls1011 Jt the barbarism of the police and jud1.c1al s} stem .
fhc most prominent alliances formed by gay organizations since
Stonewall have been with women's groups, and lesbians have always
been an invaluable part of those groups. A recent project of the Klan,
the Birchers, and less histrionic organizations was the infiltratton and
disruption of the National Women's Conference in Houston. It's
hardly surprising that gay people, male and female, should see the
events in llouston as of the greatest importance. There were many
homosexuals, 111clud111g members of the Society for the Advancement
of Freedom and Equality (SAFE), Austin Lesbian Feminist Organitation
(ALFO), Gay Community Services (GCS), and the Lesb1anGay
Alliance, at the conference itself and at related events.
Like other gay political activ111es, the Coor:. boycott clearly
demonstrates that we have much in common with racial and ethnic
mtnortties. Smee the Coors family has complete control of the
brewery and the numerous other Coors busrnesscs the ceramics
factory, the construction company, the rice farms, etc. it is
11npossihle to separate Coors family politics from Coors products
and bus1nc» pract11:es. There is a long list of accu ations from
('hican<lS and blacks of d1scrim1nato1y hi11ng practices b} the Coors
company. At the Senate hearings on Coors's nominJtion to the
board ot the Corporation for Publi<: llroa1kast1ng (he was nominat.ed
hy Ri~hard :-;1xon on hrs last day 1n oll1cc), Ralph David ,\bernathy,
nat111nal president of the Southern Christian Leadership C11nferen.:e,
said 1n opposu1g Coors's confi1matrnn, "Our oppos1t1on comes
because research and factual endcnce prove beyond a douht that
~tr. Coors and lus 1 \':S network l1Js been racist and anti black"
1 he (,,I 1·orum. a predom1nanll) Ch1,a110 organtLJllon, has been
hoi cot1tn Coors beer fo1 111nc }Cars. Paul Gonzalez of the l"orum' 9
"lla\e you ever hecn in\Ol\ed with homosexuals'!''
national boycott committee has said. "That famil> has always had
racist ways. In the '30s, they used to have Ku Klux Klan meetings
at the brewer} " Dr.\\ 1lliarri E. Hanks, :\AACP media coordinator
at the University of Pittsburgh and one-time resident of Denver,
said, "The feeling of Chicanos who are familiar with the Coors
operations are quite negative based on Coors's coos1stentl} preJU·
dicial hiring pracuces aga1mt blacks and Chicanos." - According to sworn statements from a Coors employee and to
tes11111011y before the Colorado Civil RiRhts Comm1ss1on in 1970.
\\ 1lltam Coors urged his cmplo) ees at a meetmg m 1964 to write
then congressmen opposmg the Cn1l Rights Act, claimmg that tts
passage would rc:.ult in the repla.:ement of white workers b~ blacks.
Although the gay boycott agnmst Coors began several )ears ago
Ill San Francisco, a new and major impetus for the bo) cott was
a strike last Apnl by l.400 Coors brewery workers Their strike 1s
not ove1 the usual wage issues. but o\er matters whose importance
homosexuals should be quick to recognize. !\tany American
corporations screen prospecll\'e employees with the he detector
test, but few require employees to reveal intimate details of
then ltves, including their sex li\'es, to the extent Coors has.
According to sworn statements from people who ha\'e taken the
tests, Coors asks questions like, "Have you ever cheated on your
wife?"; "Did you have relations with your wife last night~";
"Have you ever done anythmg with your wife that could be considered
immoral?"; "Is there anything in your past that you could
be blackmailed for?", "Have you ever been involved with homosexuals?";
and "Are you a homosexual?" One man swears in an affadavit that as
a Coors employee he attended a meeting at which William Coors stated
explicitly that the purpose of the lie detector test was to "elimioate
the employment of homosexuals in the Adolph Coors Company."
To speak of an alliance between workers, gay people, blacks,
and Chicanos is to invite the accusation that one is using the radical
rhetoric of ten years ago. But many recent gay political activitiesthe
Coors boycott among them-have shown that both principle
and pragmatism requne us to recognize how much \\e have in common
with other groups which suffer unfair treatment 111 a society geared
to the demands of white heterosexual males.
lt'e would ltke 10 thank
f rliel I illlt' for most kmJil'
c.i11sentmg 10 model. The Kentlema11
ill 1d1ite is S1e1·e Thomas.
Ill pilot ~raphs are b1 tl1e autlz r
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Editor's Note to Gay Austin Readers:
Some consider the Coors issue still a controversy. Thus Gay Austin published David Morris'
viewpoint. However that does not necessarily L~ply that Gay Community Services or Gay Austin
agrees with his stand . Rather, in the search for truth this newspaper believes that alternate
rviigewhtp ocionmtse s srheosupldo nbsei beixlpitrye.s sed; ther efore, press freedom must be guaranteed---but with this
In the interest of presenting alternative viewpoints--so that the reader may see all sides
of the issue and decide for her/hi:L- self--we reprint the letter released on September ]{, by
the Austin Tavern Association.
FOR OUR CUSTOMERS
September IA. 1977
AUST! \I TA VER\ ASSOC I A Tl O~
Austin Gay Bar Owners have been under increasing pressure from segments of the Gny
Community to demonstrate Bar support for Gay Rights by joining a boycott of COORS beer. COORS
has vigorously objecte<l to Bar participation in a boycott and recently sought an opportunity to
present its side of the controversey. SAFE sponsored a meeting held in Austin September 1.1 to
which all Austin Gay Bar Owners were invited. Those present included representatives from SAFE,
WGCaSr,e hAoFuLse-C, IOan, d CTOOheR S P(rnivaatitoen Cale l&la lro. cal), The Apartment, Aust in Country, llol lywood, Pearl Street
Individuals representing several political action groups advocating the boycott presented
their cases. Basically, they claimed that the Gay Co11111Unity should boycott COORS beer because
(1) the company discriminates against Gays in employment practices and (2) the private profits
from the sale of COORS beer is used by the COORS family to finance Anti-Gay political movements.
When asked to document the allegations made against COORS, they were unable to do so. Indeed,
tdhuer infagm tihlye wenast ireev e2r ',p-hreosuern mteede.t ing, no evidence of any Anti-Gay stance by either the company or
One official of a pro-boycott organization admitted his guilt in spreading a rumor which
he knew to be untrue at the time he told it: that a COORS family member had donated money to
Anita Bryant's Save Our Children (see reverse). On the contrary, the COORS representative provided
rather conclusive evidence that neither the company nor any member of the family had ever
given money directly or indirectly to any grcup which used the money to oppose Gay Rights.
It was also charged that COORS uses preemployment polygraph tests to pry into the sexual
orientation of prospective employees. The allegation was based chiefly on the fact that COORS
does require persons to state whether or not they have a personal history of undetected crime.
The COORS representative stated that to accuse the company of \nti-Gay employment practices on
the basis of that question was absurd; but that the company now realizes Gay concern about the
potential misues of the question and is considering changing the way it is phrased.
The COORS representative unequivocally endorsed his company's support of basic human
rights and further stated that there is no known instance when the company has ever discriminated
against an employee because of sexual orientation. In addition, he said that he would accept the
meeting's suggestion and immediately begin to gather copies of union contract clauses prohibiting
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (such as those used by 3M, IBM, XEROX, and AT&T)
pforor cecdounrseids.e ration by the Board of Directors of COORS in a near future updating of their employment
The Gay Bar Owners endorsing this Report believe each Bar patron is responsible enough to
make his or her own personal political decision regarding the purchase of COORS beer. We will
not deny that freedom to our customers, simply on the basis of the totally unsubstantiated charges
which we have seen levied against COORS, despite the pressure being used to force us to remove
our customers' freedom of choice. Indeed, we are favorably impressed by the concern COORS has
shown in cooperating with the Austin Gay Community in this matter. We refuse to permit our esttoab
lbieslhimeveen tCsO OtoRS bies usined fatoc t oAppnotis-eG CaOyO. RS until we have seen evidence which gives us some reason
SAFE has agreed to continue to assemble the facts supplied by all sides and to keep us informed
of any important changes in the situation .. Just as we initiated the Austin project to
raise funds to fight Anita last spring, we Austin Gay Bar Owners will continue to work toward
the establishment of full equal rights for the Gay Community. And there is no more important
right than the right to exercise your freedom of choice.
12-~i-iy ·:~~~c:--- ~ ~
Pearl Street h·are~ouse :ftie /ffvate Cel1ar
QUEER FACTS
by Twinki McMillan
"I'LL NEVER TRICK AGAJ'J!" says
prominent gay activist . A local
gay libber, tired of the Austin
scene, was observed in a Dallas
peep booth. And who was that hunky
stud going down on him? You
guessed it--dear old Dad. He
burst out of tha peep show shrieking,
11
::: 1 11 never trick again!"
You know who you are, :1.r. X.
While we're on the subject o"'
7ay crusaders, were yo~ invited
to W.E.'s posh new apt. for a
pot-'uck social? The entire
Who's Who of the local lambda
crowd was there, includin yours
tr•.ily. '. T. 's "'arious potato salad
was •reat, but then eyebrows
WP.re raised when W .E. unveiled
his secre~ plan. We won't kiss
and tell, but expect to see him
soon dancin~ cheek-to-cheek with
Mayor 'kClellan. Oh well, politics
makes queer bedpartners.
But really now.
Absolutely everyone--and I
mean everyone--is weary of D.P.'s
endless stories of hot sex with
the stars. We know that can ' t be
true considering the reports
we've 'ad at the tubs.
And whoever brought that 14
inch black dildo to the baths- you
can get it in the lost- andfound
.
Was he in drag or not? One
thing for sure, if you're stopped
for speeding on Ben White,
d-:m' t bend over.
They're really getting tacky
at Allandale Baptist Church .
Everytime we show up on Sunday
they make us take a chromosome
test.
Once we were inside the sanctuary,
we found simply the entire
congregation atitter with the
news that Rev. O' Chester (Hunky
Hal to his intimates) may soon
receive the call to Hollywood.
Watch out, Donald Duck!
Speaking of quacks, what
about that doctor chasing
that chicken? He pr escr ibed
plenty of bedrest, but the patient
only obeyed half his orders
. Quack-quack . Quack- quack.
Copyright 1977 Tacky News Service
A typical meeting of Gay Community Services, Art Morris presiding
DROP EVERYTHING
AND HEAD TO
Club Austin
308 W. 16th St
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Gey Singe!': :.arry Paulette
:a:rrJ Paulet~e is one o! the ~irst
open:y gay s:_ngers to record for a
major labe: (Vene--ua!'d 79386) . ':'his
young J:lall has gone tb!'ough New !ork's
best showcases e.::id ~70 performances
of the ::rJ.sical, :.et ~ Peo"Dle ~':'
o c;uote the :iner notes : " ••• th:!.s
singer of secrets, this actor on private
stages wanted to be a star: up~
ront. out- ~ront, and Gay ••• ". Along
vi.th accon::pl:!.shing that, he has
g~ed attention :'!'"o:n in-:.ervi.ews wi-:h
the Ad"locate and Mandate.
:arr:,'° :?aule-:.te :!.s a fine singer
witC e s~rong ~yric bari~one voice.
He de::ionstrates that he has a grasp
o~ a w:!.de range c~ sty:es ani d;rnai::.:.
cs as he goes th!'ough the ga:\!t of
e:notions.
:'he songs include the ve!'"/ e::ius:!.ng
D:.Xie:.and nu::ber '7reeke!'"s 3a.:l",
the beauti~l ba:lad, "'.:'::-:!.ad", 11'.:'ake
Me 5ome With !ou"---wh:!.ch was :.ar!')'' s
showstopper ::rem :.et My Feo~le Come.
'The song :!.s a pl<!a o:: e.-m~-;: gay
ba: a~ c :os~g ti=.e. I~ ~~at v~ ir. he
a:so goes ~r-l"'ough a ~! sec e!'"~ang~ent
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of "Our Da~· Wi:: Come," as well as
a h::.gh Ca?:lp version o:: "R'.lbber Duckie"
and "100 Ways to :::..Ose a Man". But the
title song o:' Charles Jl.znavour' s
chanscn, "Commen-v :!.ls d:!.sent" (What
Makes a Me.n a Aan) is breathteking.
The singer here pulls out the stops ,
both vocally a.~d dramatically. This
song shows the singer to his best
ad·.rantage.
':'his a:bum also shows 1arry Paulette
to good advantage--a:though some
of the ca::;piness mey bother one and
with some songs there :!.s a sameness
of a few selections.
:'his a: bu= i s e rel ie! ~o!'" those
who are t :!.red of d:!.sco or ::-ock w:!.th
a gay the:: er des:!.g:ied for a gay
aud:!.ence. I t 's e. p:easure to hear an:,·
singer, gay o::- straight , who can me.:::e
one l augh or cry , or th:!.nk and get
a.~:; . I hcpe : arry Pau:et te 1 s c e.reer
grows a.~d 17:!.ll be a r ole :todel for
other s:!.ngers l ike hi=.
---1'1.ike l•'.iesch
:i:;:s of one dead.
S::ccke spirals :'ro::i the beard
e.s he pours the wine,
battalion of ca-,dles.
3lood spilled in bowels ,
bed shared b:,· brother s,
·,,e d!'ee=ied o=: the trees our =the!'s ,
the W:.ne and smoke
c=: the wo::ian at the crossroads.
E~ ea~~~~g c~ the 1ead ,
as f: e.::ies are the l eaves
sca~t e~ed in ~h e winds of ni ght .
: s_::;>s we~ with beard,
h e ':·'a...""::ls ~e ;..":!.th wi."lgs,
were I to cr:!.ng back
a t-,r..g in my t eeth.
':o captU!'e his words,
uncarved roads of t horns
and s a-,d his breath
h:!.s gi::t to ree.
::o;: hard to sh:u-e
the blood and bones
when a bare room
e..~d a bed is al l
we have.
Stirring of torches,
bread and clood of ghos~s,
soldiers stand gt:.B!'d before the tower.
!o er.•"1.sion his corpse,
his b!'eath as ice,
s~:ent as d~gers his
vineyard of beard.
I a!:! a child
wanting as a child
a ~a., whose W::.ngs
are sc~l ed wit h blood.
:·::"lo van~sbe s i n s=le>ke
e.s bree.d blar.iteted by snow,
--;fr:e!"e : c a."lr.ot find h!l:,
::.....~d toge:he~ hi~ bones .
: re::.ain e~~a...'lgled
:!.~ the ;"ines of h:!.s words,
: r adl::!.r.g th:!.s goblet
cf ashes.
.l.s ;;;;igs o:' love
:?.re h.:!.s l:!.ps ar.d e:res,
tee ":·r..ne a.~d bread
o:' the heavens .
- --Randy Conner
Out of an acrid haze danced Iggy
Pop, a 30 year-old = with the body
of an 18 year-old god. Clad only in
tight, torn jeans and a soon- discarded
fishnet shirt, the spirit-~al father
of pu.."lk- rock attacked the Armadillo
on the first .
By the way, he won.
!ggy has always been a unique
performer , and from his days with
the Stooges (the first punk band)
until today, his i:rusic has always bebeen
unclassifiable.
llo longer does he slash himself
with broken bottles ar:d roll in crushed
glass, although the scars are
still there, faint reminders of the
days of d...i-ugs and self- destruction.
No longer does he leap into the audience,
though he stays near the edge
of the stage, always threatening to
plunge atop us. Ho, Iggy Pop has grown
up.
HARD &ID F .~T
DeS?i~e c~arges that his association
with David 3olrie has emasculated
his :::usic, "he new band rocks
hard and fas-c. '.:'he :::usic im' t uunk
but i-c's not rock either---it's- ju~
! ggy Pop music, sooe of the best music
put out this year .
Starting with "s::.xteen"- - -
Sweet .;ixteen
In leather boots
Eody and soul
: go c:-az~·
Baby :•::i hungry
S1;eet sir.:een
the band played ::iost of -:he new :ilbu=,
interspersed with a few songs f rom
t he bad/good days.
Briefly, the songs played were:
":::.ust for Life" ( 'Well I'm just a modern
gu:y/ A.'ld of course :•ve he.d it
L'l t he ear before' ) , "Heighborhood
Threat," "Fell in Love with :-:e " "I
Got a Ri•g h t , II 11Th e Pa ssenger "J
"Soi::e ~feird Sin" ( 'Things get' too
st:-~ght 'I can ' ~ be:i.r it/ .•. That's
when : w~'lt So~e weird sin. Get it?•),
":•ight clubbing," "Raw Power," and
"::: Wa.":..'la Be Your Dog."
Iggy is ser~al, there ' s no doubt
:i.bout i t. Eut hor:.o-? hetero- ? :t dcesn't
seer. t o ::iatte:-. He's there a.'l.d
·:ie likes being touched. :Sy ever"Jbody.
SWEATill>, POUNDINI
I>o perfor!!ler =intains such con:;
tant rapport with his audience as
:rell as Igg-J. I was at the very edge
of the stage and wasn't ignored, as
:'ans usually are by =sicians. Iggy
involved each of us and I guess i"'s
'!.t this poL'lt that the reviewers al~;
ays fail in trr.-ng to describe an
Iggy Pop concert .
Unless you' re there , swea"ing
;Ti th him, being pounded by the sa:ne
~lectric !lIUSic, being frightened by
the suggestions of the old anarchic·
~"iorence--- and it frightens hi1n
t oo---you can't bagine at all, at
:i.11, what his performance is like.
He S8'fS that watching hiI:l in concert
is really "witnessing -:ny presence."
He's right; there's no other
:ray to describe it.
!' ve been to a hell of a lot of
rock concerts, bu" he sweat on me,
S?it on =e, let =e ~ouch hil:l, and
.;-:;epped on =-.r hand. God! :t was a
t he greatest concert :•ve ever been
~o .
Desuite the fact that Igg-; Pop
nelped- found punk- rock, he doesn't
?lay it anymore.
'The Sex ?:.stols do, though; in
fact, for =any, they define it.
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SEX PISTOLS LATEST
':heir first alb=, ' NEVER !·!:?ID 'TIS
30U.OCKS ~·s TI!!: S:::X PISTOLS,
ias just been released and it is
ever ything Pis'tOls fans hoped for.
Included are the A- Sides of all
:'our singles ( including the banned
".Anarchy in che U.K. " and "God Save
':;he Queen") plus eight other origi.1al
songs.
'.!:o someone unacquainted with punk,
=.ll the songs have a sa=ey sound ab.:
iut the::::.. :&.t re=e::.ber :;o= and Dad
3<i:{i..'1g that abou-: rock? Or Gra.?::pa
sa:;i.r.g that about jezz?
Or: closer lister:i.ng, the songs
are clearly distin~'t . .Johr..r.y Rotten 1 s
s~arl o~ a vo~ce un~or~at~l:, .. renders
many of the .lyrics uni:::.telligiole,
but the ones which do ge-: throug!:.
to .America."'! ears are surprisi.nglj
· complex, filled W::. th anger and
political discon~ent. "Holidays ir:
the Sur.," the new single frorr. the albu:::,
begins, 'A c~eap holiday i.n
other people's :::i£e..~· ••• ' and goes
on ~o deliver an ar-:ict:.::..ate a-:-:ack
en i~ser:si-:ive a!ld esca~ist touris=.
!:ardl::· ~e US""..:.al su::jec~ :ia-:~er
for :;:r..mk- rock, bu-: then the Se.~ ?is~
ols are~·~ ~he ?.a:x>~es. ':'!le~ =~sic
is su;:er!"iciallj" si=:i.3..ar, bu-: ~here
is a ::!es sage in -:he =sic, a step up
froi:: the bli.nd rege, sex, or vio:ence.
Whe."l p-..mk- rock treaks :.n .ll.:::lerica,
the Sex ?istols are goi..'lg -:o be at
~he ;·e",;-Wave' s crest. 3-..:y the albu:::
now; i~'s the bes-: introduction -co
the =~sic o~ ~he ~ighties ::iow on the
=ket. 3~· the alb=. ~ the
albu:n.
Jisco is dead.
:::.Ong live pur.......k._!_ __...
Recoi::=ended new releases:
:us~ ~ I.i:~e, :!!>e>J Pop
:Rocke-: to ::.ussia, Ra=nes
:;ever Y.. i nd ~ Bollocks •. • ,
Sex Pis-cols
3lank Generation, ?.ichard ~ell
& the Voidoids
....
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IOOISTOU
706L6th 11 .... 1
AUSTIX.TBKAS
OPIN TIL 3•111
AUSTIN COUNTRY CALENDAR
Sundays : beer bust 7-9pm
Tuesdays and Wednesdays:
free draft 10-llpm
1'hursdays: lOpm Tiffany Jones
Show with guests
Weekends afterhours
Dates :
December 31: New Year's Eve Party
PEARL STREET WAREHOUSE CALENDAR
Tuesdays and ':'hursdays :
Free beer 9-11
Sunday through Wednesday:
No cover charge
Dates:
December 16 (Friday):
Anniversary party, "A
Toe.st to Pearl St" . Free champagne.
$1.00 cover charge.
December 18 (Sunday) :
"Pearl St. Revue" . Hot
dogs and a beer bust with a
show.
December 24- 26:
Bar closed. ·
December 31 :
New Year's Eve Party. Call
the club for details .
NEM APARTMENT CALENDAR
Sunday: Happy Hour 12- 8pm
Monday through Friday:
Happy Hour 4-8pm
Saturday: Happy Hour 4-8pm
SOME BOTANICAL NOTES
ON CHRISTMAS POINSETTAS
by S . B.
The scientific name for those
showy red, pink or white flowers
which seem to appear everywhere
around Christmas time is Euphorbia
pulcherrina. Most people around
here know poinsettas as potted
house plants, but in their more
tropical native habitat-Mexico and
South America-they grow into large
12 foot bushes. To make house
plants they are usually propogated
by cuttings taken early in the
summer from stock which has been
saved over the winter. Winters in
Austin are generally mild enough
that the plants growing outdoors are
killed back to the ground, but the
rootstock survives and provides new
growth for cuttings in the spring .
Poinsetta plants will form flowers
whenever the nights are long and the
days are short, and thus, by controlling
the length of their days,
one can force them to make flowers
at any time of the year.
~m/J}ML
Handmade Haircuts at People's Prices
1512 West 5th
477-8280
Look carefully at the next
poinsetta flower you see . What at
first appears to be a single, large
flower is not, to a careful observer,
a single flower at all . Rather it is
a cluster of flowers surrounded by
brightly colored leaves called bracts.
The flowers themselves are yellow
and somewhat corn shaped. At the
top of the flower is the pistil (the
egg producing part), and surrounding
it is a cluster of anthers (the parts
which make pollen). To the side is
a conspicuous protrubance--like a
little volcano--which is a gland that
makes large quantities of nectar.
Sometimes the winters in Austin
are mild enough that poinsettas will
bloom outdoors (this winter is a good
candidate!), so don't just throw your
plants away after the bracts fade.
Keep it until the spring when there is
no danger of frost and plant it
outdoors.
A final warning: the milky sap
which oozes out of any wound on the
plant is poisonous--don 't eat it,
smoke it, or shoot it up. You will
get sick if you do.
472-4978
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FOR SEXUALLY ACTNE PEOPLE
IT'S A FACT
For sexually active people it's a
fact of life--venereal diseases
(VD) are communicable diseases
almost always spread by sexual
contact. Because of the stigma
attached to VD and other sexually
transmitted diseases, myths and
misinformation about them have
flourished.
When VD is transmitted through
gay sex the stigma is compounded.
The result is that myths and taboos
are magnified, misinformation abounds
and often moralistic literature
exaggerates the consequences
of infection to the point of frustrating
enjoyment of a full, sexual
life. Sexually active people do
face an increased risk of infection.
But, caring for those we love includes
the responsibility of knowing
about sexually transmitted
diseases and preventing their
spread. By dealing with VD openly,
we can soon eliminate the stigma
associated with getting and passing
VD and eventually eradicate
the diseases and the risk of having
sex.
FACTS ABOUT GONORRHEA (CLAP)
Gonorrhea is the most common
venereal disease and can be spread
by oral, anal, and vaginal sex.
Initially it is a localized infection
caused by the bacteria Neisseria
qonorrhoeae which can affect the
penis, rec~um, mouth, or vagina.
PENILE GONORRHEA
Within 3 to 7 days after contact
a thick whitish-yellow discharge
(pus) will occur from the
penis accompanied by mild to intense
burning during urination.
However, sometimes a drip without
burning or burning without a
drip will occur. Any unusual or
intense penile discharge or sensation
merits a visit to a physician
or local VD clinic. Untreated
penile gonorrhea can cause a form
of prostatitis (painful inflammation
of the prostate gland), penile stricture
(scarred tissue inside the
penis) and gonococcal epididymitis
(intense irritation and swelling of
the balls).
ANAL GONORRHEA
Many people with anal gonorrhea
have no symptoms. When
symptoms are noted, they include
a mucous anal discharge, intense
rectal irritation, tenesm us (a
feeling of incomplete evacuation
after defecation) and burning during
defecation or intercourse.
Anal contacts of persons with
penile gonorrhea should recieve
treatment since medical examination
may not detect rectal
gonorrhea and cultures are not
dependable from this site.
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PHARYNGEAL GONORRHEA
(GONORRHEA OF THE THROAT)
Symptoms of oral gonorrhea
usually are not noticed. If symptoms
are noted, they include a
mild to severe sore throat, fever
and chills.
VAGINAL GONORRHEA
As with anal and pharyngeal
gonorrhea, those with vaginal
gonorrhea may not have symptoms
or they may be so slight that they
go unnoticed. Occasionally, a
vaginal discharge and a burning
sensation during urination may
occur.
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF
GONORRHEA
Gonorrhea can be diagnosed by
microscopic analysis of specimens
taken from the urethra of the penis.
A culture test is the best method
for detecting anal, pharyngeal and
vaginal gonorrhea. When visiting
a physician or VD clinic for a
check-up you should ask for a
rectal and throat culture if you
think you need them. They are
not usually performed routinely.
An accurate blood test has not
been developed to detect gonorrhea.
Gonorrhea may be completely
and quickly cured without lasting
damage to the body 1f diagnosed
and treated soon after infection.
Self-treatment is dangerous
and often ineffective.
Inadequate treatment may cause
symptoms to disappear even
though the disease can still be
spread to others as well as cause
severe bodily damage. Treatment
with left-over antibiotics may
contribute to the development of
a resistant strain of gonorrhea.
CONTROLLING THE SPREAD OF
GONORRHEA
The gonorrhea epidemic could
be ended if all sexually active
people will do two things: 1) get
an examination every 9 0 days, or
whenever s ym pt oms are noticed,
and 2) if you are treated be responsible
for insuring that all
your sex partners within the past
30 days receive an examination.
Sex could be a whole lot better
if the worry of gonorrhea was removed.
For more information concerning
the control of venereal diseases
in the gay community, please
call the City Health Department,
VD Services at 476-1168, or call
Gay Comm unity Services at 4 77-
6699 between the hours of 6 and
lOp.m.
Examinations, treatment and VD
control services may be confidentially
obtained free of
charge at the Austin Health Department,
1313 Sabine, across
from Brackenridge Hospital.
Hours:
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
1-4 p.m.
1-4 and 5:30-8:30 p.m.
8-lla.m.
8-11 a.m.
8-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.
Club Austin sponsors free blood
tests on the third friday of every
month from 10-12 p,m. Membership
is not necessary for admittance
to the test. Tests will
take a week for processing at
both free clinics •
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"One can't be too careful these days. "
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