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New Orleans' AIDS Clinical Trials Unit closing at y ear's end
By t.•:ONARD •;ARI, JOHNSON
Th~ Nt-w VoH't" New Orleans
Come the end of December, no new people
will be admitted to the AIOSClimcal
Trials Unit. 1be unit, operating since
1987 out of facilities shared by Charity
Hospital, is admini•tered by the medical
schools of Louisiana State and Tulane
urhvel"8ities.
It is unclear ifthe 141 adults involved
m the New Orleans experimental drug
trials studies will continue to receive
prci;cribed drugs. In any case, no tracking
of the drugs effectiveness wjll be
maintain('<!. Tlw nearest operating
AC'l'U'e will be in Galveston, Texas and
Birmingham, Alabama.
A related children's drug trial unit
will continue operation in New Orleans.
HIV infected mothers and children
receiving tainted blood product.' are the
primary sources of children becoming
HIV infected. However, mothers of
infecU'<l children will not be eligible for
treatment.
The adult unit was threatened with
closure at about the same time la,tyeai:
Then, tbe National Institute of Health,
which funds New Orleans' and other
such units throughout the United
States, announced it was closing some
units to free-up funding so as to open
others. That announced closing was
halted by outcry from the public and
political savvy from Congressmen Bob
Livingston, R·La., and Bill Jefferson, DI.
a.
At that time, Livingston said, "It
makes no sense to expend funds to close
one unit in New Orleans and opt>n
anothn some wht•n• else:' This year, Livingston
and Jefferson have renewed
efforts to keep the New Orleans unit
open. John LaPlacc, spokesperson for
Jefferson said, " Don't consider ita dead
issue:·
New Orlean• City Councilmember,
District-C, Jackie Clarkson said that an
attempt was mad .. to juggle some fund·
ing from the ••ha n kru pt d ty budget:•
JnHt yl'ai: No money was found.
A similar situation exists this year,
according to Clarkson. "I'm very upset,
we now have a $:10 million deficit, and I
don't know h ow t.o help. The c ity is 1n
line to rocc 1ve t.>Jlnctly that amount ... a
one-time payment from Christopher
Hemmeter and Daniel Robmowitz, the
partners winning the Mayor's nod to
build and/or opera It~ the coming Riverfront
( ::tll-lino.
Act-Up. Nola Holds J azz
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Funeral
The St>w VoiceJ New
Orl•ans
ACT-UP New
Orleans, the atten·
tion mustering,
pro-patient
AIDS group, held
a 3:00 p.m., Sunday,
Nov. 29, protest-
march from
in front of St.
Loms Cathedral,
to the gray hulk of
what is now called
the Medical Cen·
ter of Louisiana at
New Or lean 8 AC1'l/P NULA's banner at the Jazz funeral
(MCLNOJ. The
MCLNO i• bettor known in New Orleans
as "Big Charity:•
The march was organir.ed by ACT·
UP/ NOLA, acL'Ordmgtomember Frank
Aqueno, to draw attention to the dosing
of the AIDS Trial unit which operates
through several hospitals in the ar<'a of
Tulane Ave., including MCLNO, l..ouisi·
Charmame Nei•ilk, grand marshal of the
Jazz funeral for the All>S 1'rail Unit
ana State Medical Center, and Tulane
Medical Center.
Marchers gathered outside the Cathedral
on a cool, bright Sunday aflt'moon
Ma.-s had let out hours earlier but Jack·
son Square was crowdt'C! with tourist
and TV cnmt'.rnmen
Parade grond-marshal and celebrity·
apparent wns singer Charmaine Neville,
who said she rushed from her Ja,t
performance to be m the pnrude A
group of middle-aged tourists recogniw
Neville and move m close one woman
asks what th<' paradt• 1s for: Sht• nods.
and 'peaks to her group, they aL nod
and agree AIDS 1s awful.
Speakers at the march, which ended
at Big Charity without any disruptive
inc1dcnt.s, wert• Patrick Ht•mming, and
MeJissa Thompson. both mt~mlwrs of
ACT UP N OL.A They asJc:Ni tha t 1nd1
viduals phone or FAX the Cltnton Trnns1tion
Teams in Little Rock at(501)399·
7000, voice or 399-7096, FAX. Io Wash·
ington the Clinton Tran,ition Team ts
(202) 973-2600 and 973-1000, both \'Otte;
and 973-1169 and 973-1971, both FAX.
Councilmember Eleanor Tinsley helps improve the view from Milam House
I louston n ty c'Ouncil member 1-:Ieanor
'J'mslt·y will t·ome out swinging at Milam
llousl' ut 10:00 on Thursday morning, Dt·c.
3. Tht· wt•ll-know crusader against bill·
boards will join the facility's staff m the
demolition of a billboard on the property.
RollH, <·offot• ond a quCHtion and anBW<'r
period will round uut the t•vent.
Milam llouse, l0<·atl'<l at4100Milam isa
new r(•sidmtial facility for men with HIV.
It is exPt'Ctl'<l to operatwnal early next
year.
The n1•w residence is to meant to fill a
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void in HIV rare It will provide a rest·
dence for people without dehilitatmi: ill·
neRt;es, but who are in need of a caring.
nurturing, home-lik~environmenl in their
time of cris1•. The home ha• bet·n dt>Sil(lled
to aocommodate <.·ight ra-id<•nt.8.
The facility iH a st.u.t...·ly old homt» and
promises to be a showplace upon complc~
lion Several local mlerior designers have
cho>-1·n particular rooms m the house,
which they are renovatinK and decorat
mg Toun; and special ownts are plannc>d
t.o give the public an opportunity to en)oy
the home.
Candlelight march in San Francisco marks Mille, Moscone killings
SAN FRANCISCO, Saturday, Nov. 28
(AP>-Hundreds of people took part in a
candlelight procession in memory of
Harvey Milk, with many pledging to
make ~ reuhty of the as•assinated gay
leader 8 dream of a march on Wash mg.
ton.
The_ march down Market Street Friday
night ma_rk•·d the 14th anniversary
of the assossmatw n• of Mayor George
Moscone a,nd !'.;hlk, H c: ty •upervisor
who was San Jiranc1lleo e first openly
gay official.
Th(• man·h startl'<l in the mainly ICU
Castro District and ended at City Haif
about 10 blot· ks away. Pulice Sgt. Larr;
McKenzie 1•stimated 300 people l<>ok
part hut org1mizers s1ud the figure was
clue(•r to l,<XXl.
Taking up one side of.the street, the
ed behind a banner
marchers follow . to A . reading ' 'March on Washing n, pn1
25, l!l'J3:'
Milk had called for such a march on
the capitol, telling a Gay Ji'reedom Day
Parade in San I•'rancisco on June 25,
1978 that "gay people w;u not win their
rights by staying quietly in our closets.
We are coming out'.'
F1ieni distributed along the line of
march said the demands of the 1993
event would include an increase in fund
ing for AIDS education and passage of
"a lesbian, gay, bi,.,•xual and trans·
gender civil rii:hts bill."
'lbi• marchers broke into shouts of
"We're here, we'rti qu<.•er, we're not going
away" whm they reuchl'<l th(• ~teps of
City II all, but the event was mainly sol·
l'm n.
" I only take part in peaceful marches:'
8~1d 11 participant who would identify
him11e1r only as C.T.
Zeth McGinnis oaid he marched to
.. 8 ta ~d up to homop-hobia and show sup-port
or my communil)~·
San Mateo County Supervio:or Tom corridor to Milk's office and shot him
Nolan said Milk had "opened doors" for five times in the head. He said he had
gays. gone to City Hall that day to regain his
" I never met him;' said Nolan. "I seat as supervisor, from which he had
came here after he was killed. But he resigned 17 days earlier for financial
was proud and he was the rea•on I went reasons.
into politics:· H
e served a 6-year pri ... on term and
With drummers taking up the rear then committed suicide in ()cl. 191'5 by
and a flute player marching in its ranks, b
the procession drew new participant;; as car on monoxide poisonini:.
it made its way up Market Street. Some of the worst riotmg in the city's
"Many people are here to show sup- history broke out in May 1979followini:
port for ending the ban again•t gays in the verdict that White wasl(uiltyonlyof
the military;' said Allen White, a spok- manslaughter. The so-called ''\\bite
esperson for the organizers. He pointed Night" riot.' resulted in 160 injuri°" and
out that Milk had served m the Navy $1 million damages, mcludini: the
aboard an aircraft carrier. firebombing of some City Hall officeB
On Nov. 27 1978 Milk and Moscone and the destrucbon of police cars.
were shot to death by former Supervi.or The strategy at \\bit.e's trial involved a
Dan White. so-called "Twinkie defense" that
White crept through a City Hall base- claimed he suffered from diminished
ment window, shot Moecone four times capacity due in part to eating too much
in the head, reloaded, walked down a iunk food.
2 THE NEW VOICE I DECEMBER 4-10, 1992
Interestingly, the issue of gays in the military, raised by Bill
Clinton during the recent presidential campaign, is getting
more attention since his election. It is as if the entrenched
military establishment and its cohorts didn't take Clinton
seriously before.
Only this week the Houston Post, whose creditability on
anything about Clinton is on a par with the National Enquirer,
ran an editorial suggesting Clinton may have come to his senses
on this issue. The Post repeats the old argument that the
leadership of the military is opposed to gays - which to some of
us would be a strong argument the other way.
The Post also could not pass up the opportunity to point out
that Clinton has never worn a uniform --as if this is a valid
argument for anything.
By one of those coincidences of journalism, the morning after
the Post editorial, the New York Times ran, on its front page, a
feature article on gays in the military taday and how they exist
in a hostile environment (Number One: don't read the Houston
Post).
The point, however, is that gay men and lesbians have always
been in the military - even this writer served during that
unquiet period between Korea and Vietnam. If General Colin
Powell is so opposed to gays in the military perhaps he should
i:ommune with the ghosts of Alexander the Great, General
Charles "Chinese• Gordon or Lord Kitchener (who went to his
death on a troop ship with his lover at his side).
The opponents to gays in the military, be they military or
civilian, share a common misconception -- that removing the
bar to homosexuals would unleash some queer orgy. It would
have the same effect as removing sodomy laws: It shatters a
legal barrier but leaves in place sufficient laws against sexual
harassment - assuming the military is now able to handle
sexual harassment since Tai/hook.
The Post, displaying its usual level of ignorance, cites the
Uniform Code of Military Justice prohibitions against
homosexual behavior. That's just the point - the behavior, if
committed on the job, would still be prohibited. There would be
no breakdown in the military's high standards of morality.
The large number of discharges, the governmentdocumented
financial costs of the gay bon, are -- for the most
part - not the result of gay solicitation but rather military witch
hunts and gestapo tactics to force other names from entrapped
indiuiduals.
We know it will come as a shock to old-line militarists and
their armchair-bound compatriots but the removal of the gay
ban from the military will not bring down their house of cards.
Military life will go on -- with gay men and lesbians being
allowed a more productiue contribution because they won't be
constantly looking over their shoulders for the CID (Criminal
Investigation Division).
And we hope President-elect Clinton will see congressional
opposition to h~proposalfor what it is: The goad old b'?ys in
Congress re/lecti'ltg the ignorance of their buddies in uniform.
As the New York Times article pointed out euen the macho
Marines have their share of gays -- it is this inability of some
straights to conceive the idea that gay men and lesbians are
truly no different than the rest of society. And that we are
everywhere, from Marine grunt to an office in the Pentagon.
Clinton needs to hear more positive input, say, from those
who supported him, and less bigoted commentary from those
who opposed him -- like the Houston Post. In the end, we firmly
believe Clinton will do the right thing, the just thing, and end a
practice rooted in ignorance and stereotypes.
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'Y 'Y 'Y DATELINE: GAY AMERICA
Conference of openly gay politicians meets in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
By KEITH HARTMAN
FOR THE NEW VOICE
I'm still not sure what was more surprising
about the conference that many
openly gay men and lesbians could win
elected office, or that such a diverse lot
of people could
actually agree on
anything at all.
On Nov. 21,
Chapel Hill, North
Carolina, hosted
the eighth annual
conference of
openly gay and
lesbian politi·
cians. About 75
elected and
ous smear campaigns from their opposition,
most found that being up front
about their sexuality early on tended to
defuse the issue. "Youcan'tshock people
with what they already know" said Dale
McKormick, who had been a highly visible
gay and lesbian rights campaigner
appointed office
hold<n, plus a collection
of new candidates
hoping to
U. S. Representatiue Barney Frank
attends conference
in Maine before
her election lo the
state legislature.
Some candidates
felt their sexuality
could even be an·
advantage at
times. "Hen:· said
another state legislator,
"people figure
if you'll tell 'em
the truth about
something hke
that, then you 'II
tell them the truth
about anything
make a successful
run, arrived with their lovers to spend
thr<>e days charting the course of the
gay rights movement and the uses of
gay power. Their constituencies ranged
from W<·at Hollywood, an area so progressive
that gay men and lesbians once
held a majority of the city council seats,
to a conservative district in Maine so
small that 1tcan becanvassedona bicy·
cle. And the politicians themaelves were
an even more diverse lot from Jack
Campbt•ll, candidate for Dade County
Board of Commissionel'8 and owner of
the Club Body Center chain of gay fitness
clubs, lo 22 year old Brian McConnf'll.
who rnn for the C'ity council of
Uluckburg City Council straight out of
college and came very close to winning,
The two keynote
speeches were both hopeful and sobering.
Seattle City Council person Sherry
Harris, the first black lesbian elected lo
public office in the United States, gave a
thought-provoking sp1.'ech on the tactics
of the religious right. Her home state of
Washington ha• been targeted by the
same groups which attempted lo pass
an anti-gay rights law in Oregon, and
which succeeded in doing so in Colorado.
Harri• analyzed the ways in
which the right uses gay "scare" tactics
to rait1e money, and how they have successfully
exploit<.'<! fear of homosexuals
as a way to push other unrelated issues
on their agenda. "The campaign lo keep
gays out of our schools is really a campaiJln
to put religiou11 indoctrination
back into our schools." She warned Ule
cent after the Clinton victory.
"We've got lo be prepared and we have
no time lo loose. Our biggest challenge
in this next decade, my brothers and sisters,
will be to develop a proactive strategy
lo get out in front of the radical
right, the religious extremi•ts, and the
hate groups who week too ... deny us our
civil rights and liberties.
Being a member of another minority
group who knows what it's like to experience
the wrath a majority population
can inflict, believe me folkb, we haven't
seen anything yet. If we don't stop this
movement (fhe Anti-gay rights drive)
now, we won't be able to retreat back
into the cloi;et and think that if we don•t
tell anybody, then it's going to be OK.
They will find us. And when they do,
they will down our houses, they'll arrest
us and our lovers for illegal relation·
ships, they will make sure that we lose
our iobs, they will blacklist our busi·
nesses, they will murder our family
members. And they are going to do this
all in the name of God.
U.S. Representative Barney Frank
abo stressed that this was not time for
the community to become complacent,
particularly as we are bemg pre,;ented
with an opportumty lo finally overturn
the military's ban on homosexuals. "We
have to remmd people that this is not a
fight we picked This is overwhelmingly
a case of people minding their own business
and being exposed:' He saluted
President-elect Clinton for speaking out
on the issue, but said that it was time for
gays to demand that some of their silent
allies in congress finally stand up and
be counted. Frank says that Clinton's
victory show that it 1s po"sible to take a
public stand on gay rights without sacrificing
one's career.
" I never urged anyone to commit
political suicide. But the level of risk L-.
clearly much lower than they thought it
was, than even we thought it was . .I
think we have a right to point out that
this is personal:'
Following Frank's spe~'Ch, Allan
Spear lead the group in a moment of
silence for Ramone Blain, the Montreal
City Council member who died this year
of complications of AIDS. Once an
active member of the conference, Ramone
refused lo attend last year's meeting
in Houston, and said that he would not
attend any con fer·
ence in the V S.
until our country
lifted it's draconian
trawl restnctionf'
on pt~on~
with HIV.
The con fcrence
will meet next year
on Chicago.
(Editor's note:
The officials discussed tactics and
swapped stories form their own elections.
While many had encountered seri-audience
that the gay and lesbian community
cannot afford to become compla-
Dauid Scondras, right, Boston City Council, with friend at
oonference
Freelance journalist
K<•ith Hartman
is ballf"'d •n Du.-..
ham, North Carolina.)
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Researchers say lab tests show AIDS virus stymied by genetic technique
WASHINGTON, Friday, Nov. 27(AP)Researchers
today reported they have
found a way of preventing the deadly
Al DS virus from reproducing inside its
favorite blood cell target-at least in a
lest tube.
Three scientists writing in the journal
Science said AIDS resistance could be
inserted into the blood cells using
another type of virus thatcarriesalt.ered
genes.
Work is under way now to lest the
tE·chnique in animals. No human trials
are planned until the animal experi-ments
are completed, the researchers
said in a Mtatement.
The scientitJts intierted into an infection
particle called adeno-associated
virus, or AAV, a gene that would stick to
a specific part of the genetic pattern contained
in the human immunodeficiency
virus that causes AIDS.
Healthy blood cells, called CD4 cells.
that are the favorite target of HIV, then
were infected with the AAV virus. This
caused the new gene to be incorporated
into genetic pattern of the CD4 cell.
When HIV virus was exposed in a lab-
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oratory culture lo the altered CD4 cells
only a few of the viruses could grow or
reproduce. Jn unaltered CD4 cells, cultured
for comparison, the HIV was able
to replicate, the study says.
Untreated CD4 cell• reproduced about
1000 times more HIV virus than the
CD4 cells with the altered genetic pattern,
the study said.
The researchPrs •aid the work •howed
that the AAV virus was on effKtive way
lo carry a new gene into blood cells. The
AAV is taken up by the blood cells and
the virus then inserts the new gene into
the nucleus of the cell.
When the HIV virus entA>l'8 the cell
and tries to take over the nucleus. it is
met by the new gene. The researchers
said the new gene acts like a shield that
blocks key processes the HIV must per·
form in order to reproduce.
The study was conducted by Saswati
Chatterjee and Dr. K.K. Wong of the City
of Hope National Medical Cent.er in
Duarte, Calif., and by Dr. Philip R. Johnson
of Children's Hospital at Ohio State
University, Columbus. The research
was conductA>d while oil three •cientists
were at the National Institutes of
Health.
Two Milwaukee policemen fired for botching Dahmer investigation
By ANTHONY SltAom
FOR THE NlW VO!Cl
MILWAUKE~;. Saturday, Nov. 28
(Al')-Two patrolm•·n who left a
drugged, naked boy '" the care of serial
kill!'f Jeffrey L. Dahmer lost their
appt•al for rt•instatement with th., Police
llt•purtment d~spite apologiz1nK for u
bunglt·d investtgation.
Spokesmt•n for relati-:es_ of sevora1 of
Dnhmt-r's 17 murder vi~ttms said Fri.
day's decision by the fire a_nd Polir,,
. - bhc tensions stem-
(ommill!lton east•s pu h t th ffi
ming from allegations t .11 e 0d cers
were influent·ed by racism an contempt
for homOtiexuals.
Commissioner Chairperson M. Nicol
Padway, reading a statement. said the
panel acknowledged the two o.fficers
had good rt'Cords but that they violated
routine during a chnnct• visit May 27,
1991, with Dahm•·r, two months before
his mutilation murder•werediscovered.
"The extt-nt of their disregard for
basic police proct'<lure constitutes gross
n1•gligence:· Padway said. "Their condu1
·t t·annot and will not be excused as
un ~·rror m judgmenC'
J ~rtk,·ro ,Joseph 1: Gabrish, 29, and
i~ n I\, Balcerzak 3.5 found Laotian
migrant Kon<·rak sinthasomphone,
14, outside Dahmer'• apartment hou.•e.
They left him wjth Dahmer despite concern
expressed by black neighbors. Dah-mer
is white. •
An unrelated incident led other pohce
to the apartment m July where they
found portions of bodies and learned
Dahmer kill<'<I Sinthasomphone soon
after Gabrish and Halcerzak had left.
Dahme~ now serving life M'ntenccs in
a state prison, al•o admitted killing four
other victims following th<· May 27 visit.
He said he'd kill<'<! 17 men and boys
smce 1978, many of them black and
some of whom he met at gay bara and
street comers.
The officers' lawyer. Ken Murray, said
he will appeal the commission'• 4·1 ruling
lo Circuit Court. He accused the city
of reneging on a deal to reinstate t_hc
officers in exchange for their apologies
and their pleru; of guilty to administrative
charges.
The office" were •·scaJ>('goats,. for a
police adm1mstration that doesn'tha\-e
the "guts or courage to take the heat:•
Murray said.
Gabrish and Balcerzak did not attend
Friday"s hearing. Victim's relatives and
sympathirers uttered a hushed "yes" 8..'
Padway finished reading the decision.
4 THE NEW VOICE f DECEMBER 4-10, 1992
'Y 'Y 'Y IN MEMORY OF
TO.VY BICOCCHI
T any Bicocchi died eerty Monday morning.
Noverroer 23, 1992. at Park Plaza Hospital.
Tony held a Pho. In EcooomiCS and was a veteran
al WOlld W. II.
He was a beloved tong.ll!ne hanl working
member ol OU' comrn<n1y as evidenced within
GLPC alono: as a pest head ol the Voler Registrabon
Convn111oo; serving on saeelW1Q coouniltces,
ond pn>ildlng lnvaUlblo support with his
folding machine dlrtig runerous maik>u1S
Tony received many GLPC Vckrlteer Awards
1or his e!lo<1S. and his help lo the Gay Ptide Parades
culmlnatod In his being elected a Grand
Marshal.
SeMccs
ChurCh.
BRUCE ELTO.'V COWAN
Born: 0-..bar 1, 1956 In Temple, TOied:
- 23, 11111211'1 HouA>n, T-Bruaa
C:O..an waa - tn Marblo Fals, Tex·
BS,wherehe~lroml1i!liscllool. In
1Q78, he mcoilled a Bachelot's 11 lluUlasa Mn*
1istrallon dognle from the un-sity ol Texas
at AusUn. In 1985, he gra<lJaEd with a Master's
In Business Admlnistraaon dognle from the University
ol Houslon at ~ Ulke. Bruce was V9f'/
auccoss1\j 1n rw ...-1n retall lnlamal auc111ng
Bruco was per!1aps be6t known lor his generosity
ond ho&pllallty He was a frequent contributor
lo a vanety ot clWilable and polUcal
causes, both as an lnclvicllll and lhrough O<garuaUons
ll<o EPAH He ollen "'"'led his tnends
lo large and small parUes and dlmenl.
Bruce wanted lo express !hanks for the care
and ~ ol Or. Ga<y Brewton, Oncol
Cen*. and the nurV1g stall at Twelve Oaks
Hoepllal
Bruce Is survtved by his pwenls, Russel and
Shi1ey Cowan, Marble Fals; Sister, Teresa N,..
gi, Marble Fels; Sisler, Karen s-. Austin;
and a host of other ralatives and fnands from
HousblandcenlralTaxas.
F.....a .....tees went held for Bruce on
Fnr:tey, - ZT, In Marble Fals, where he
was Wied. In accordance will Bruce's wishes
a ,.al<e party wll soon be had In Houslon. F~
more Information, call (713) 528-0035
JEFFERY DALE FISCHER
Born: OclDbar 31, 1963
Died: August 16, 111112
Jofl, 28, diod In his SIOep lrom complicallons
ol AIDS. Jell fou!11t auageousJy tho cancer that
he succmibed lo. Sorvfv0111: Parnnts: Rollnl Sr
end VICkle Fisher; SISier; Linda Ramrez, Albuquerque,
Now Mexico, Debbie Palllza, Spring,
Texas; Cindy Lammons, Nesbit Mississippi.
Brother.>, Roland Jr ol Allluquetque, New Mexico;
James Fisher ol Flo<asvl!e, Texas. Jell left
behind 10 rMx:es and ~. numerous aunts,
undes and cousns. Grandmother Mary Bartel of
San Antonio
Jell worlced several ot the nighclubs the last
being the Papermoon In San Antonio, formef1y
employed at the Hyatt on the Riverwalk In San
Antonio
Jell is loved and missed by many His friendly
smile and llJllPOrl - eJwwys there and ... be
dearly missed
The famly kinlly lhanl<s San Anlonlo AIDS
FOlnlatlon for their generosily and help cbing
this- Oonabons, 1eme111bia...., can be
~ In Jell's nane lo the San Anlonlo AIDS
Foundation.
JAMES LA.MAR LUCAS
James l.Jlmas Lucas,«. died Friday. November
20, 1992, or AIDS - but no1 without a tight He
Is survived by his lie partner, Alan Frazer and a
smaD anny of straige and wonderfU frlends. A
sloryteller by na!Ure, no delail was too small to
lncllx» 1n the tales or 111a -enturea . ..., ~
day he had st least one. HIS capbve audiences
would wait lmpalionlly for him to get to the point
the point al\Vwys being that he enjoyed life, loved
people. and savonld both.
No ewtiy clU'ch has 6'1er blessed OU' union
No lllalo has .,.,er granlad us ~
No family bord has .,.,. made us two
No company - - - commission
No debl - paid no dowry lo be giW1ed
No naty over - land or power
No aerrotance of the wor1d outside remained
To stain hi beauty ol ltis rq>1a1 holr
The secret mamage VON Is ,_ spoken
The secrel marriage can never be broken
No "-5 on the altar
No wtila vail In yoll' her
No~ dress lo atler
No bible oath lo ,.._
The seaet .-rlage vCNt is naver spoken
The aoaet mamago can never be broken
Wrttten by: "STING"
RANDIE RONALD REINERTH
Rancle Ronald Reinefth, admonostralor of the
Tulane Univer.;ily School o1 Medicine's Depart·
men! of Psychiatry and Neurology, died November
3, 1992, o1 AIDS compllcatiOOS He died at
Tulane Medical Cenler, at age 34
Mr Reinarth was born 11 PittsbL<gh and lived
In New Ortoans for the past nve years. He !1adualad
Iran Bet1>01 Pal1<, Pennsylvania Higi
School and ...,...,ed a master's degree 11 SOCial
""'1< from thG urMnily of 8 Paso, Texas. and
a master'B dagl98 In hospllal adrniistra!ion from
lhe l)niV8rSlty ol North Carolina al Chapel Hit
Mr Relnof1h was a former pediatrics social
wort< chief In the neonatal division of Willian
Beunont NTrrt Modica! Center In El Paso
s...vtvors lncble his long lime ~ Al
PaUnbo ol Naw Clr1cans, his father, Ronald P,,..
tno<1ll; tis mother. Gayle Owston Relnorth; tis
palOmal Pldmocher, Lois Reinerth; tis maternal
Qrandmother, Eleanor C>wslon; and two sisters,
ROllln Ct.rlln.1rld Pam Pierce al ol lhe
Pittsbt.wgh - '
A rnamonal service was held Moflday, NoVeniler
30 at Holy Tml!y CfUCll on Rue Dat>p111na
Blftl was In Pttl3llUgh
PA.TRICK JOHNSON SPRINGER
Born: May 23, 1949
Died: o-nbar 1, 111112
Patr1ck died from complcallons from Acqulrad
lmnU1e Oendency Syndrome. Patrick has been
a resident ol Houslon for eighteen years. He was
reared In Lenorah, Texas. He - his BAA
from Baylor In 1971. He - ll'alslarred lo Hou&lon
In 1973 and for several years wor1<ed for vanous
ol compenles before leaving hi ol Industry
and helping lo open Omega Hause Hospice In
1986. He served as Its Housa Manager for fou'
y881S, Survtvors Include his compnon ol sixteen
yean; LBtry Bahn; parents Grover and Irena
Springer ol Lenorah; twin brother and llsler-blaw
Michael and Marteta Sprtnger ol tubboclc,
Texas; brolher!I and llsler.HHaw Sieve and
Ballera Springer, Ivory Coas~ Wast Mica, Ma-In
and SyMa Springer, Huntsvtle. Alaberna;
nephews Scoll and Micl<y Spr1nger. niecas Ma
Dean, Malel and Janel Springer, Melanie Jahr>.
son and Nancy Springer. Funeral lltlrgy 2:00
p.m., Tiusday December 3, 1992 Clvlsl Oa.n:h
Cathedral, Eplscopel, 1117 Texas A-.~
op - E. sw.ig, Dean W8'1er Taylor, Ca>on
JoM A. l.ogan, Jr. olllctating Paltanrs: Jim
Riclwdson, Bii Meyerll. PIM Gall, Or. Robert
Awe, David Flndler, Susan Pabna, Jar.. Block,
S1an Hopkins, Lym Hensel, Mike Gibbs, David
Owens, Wade Umplvias, Pia Murray, JoM c;a.
lahan, Chris Kelty, Ed Morris, Ja:k Karr, Richard
Fry
Michael Sellers, Michael Nighh:lgalo, Wea
Vanhorn, Rusty Smith, Jody Huckaby, and Stan
Ford Further Se!vicas lo be held In Stanlon
Texas under the dlnlclion of Gllraeth Funerai
Home with burial In Tnni!y Memorial Park, Big
Spring, Texas. Patrick has request that 8l'l'f
donabons be made lo the Epiaoopal Diocese ot
Texas AIDS Commission Emergency Fund for
PWA's or lo Omega House, 2615 Wax,11 Drive,
11286. Houston. Texas noos.
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'T 'T 'T LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Move the March on Washington?; An open plea to the womyn's movement
From CHRIS FABBRO, South Pasadena, power and love, as well as show the rest of
Ca. the nation that we will not only recreate
Many Amencan people and organizations but we will supersede the legal protections
have called for a boycott of Colorado, gay Coloradoans once had.
including travel to the state as well as a If you want to show your support for
refusal to purchase goods and aervicee human righta where it is urgenUy needed,
originating there. This action protests the please contact your local chapter of March
passage of Amendment Two, which effec- on Washington immediately. (Your local
lively voids all non-discrimination laws gay resource or gay community center can
and prohibit& legislation protecting gay provide the telephone number.) Urge them
people. to move the march. If we do not stop the
Who, howevei; is hurt by such a boycoU? extreme right in Colorado, other states
The voters who approved the amendment? will follow suiL
The gay community and its sympatbiz- I can 888ure you, this April 25 you will
era? I believe there is a show of strength not find me in Washington; you will find
that far exceeda the power of the gay dol- me in the heart of our country, helping our
Iar. newly unprotected gay family promote
The gay community showed ita strength visibility and generate acceptance.
in Oct. 1987 by congregating for what.,
according to ita planners, became the largest
civil righta demonatration in history.
Another march is planned there for April
1993.
I atand for the po88ibility of relocating
the march on Washington to Denver, the
only Colorado city large enough to house
the swarm of marchers the April event will
draw. Gay people and sympathizers are
desperately needed by the gay community
in Colorado. Boycotting their state will not
help regain their legal protections as effectively
ae being with them in a show of
unity. They are now legally discriminated
against and have no protection from ant-
1gay forces. Waahington, D.C. hasaeen our
strength. Now we mustahow Colorado our
Womyn's Movement
1'rom CHARLOTl'E BAHM, New Orleana,
La.
So, how would you feel if you were Aileen
Wuomoa? How would you feel if the great
american criminal justice system failed
you? How would you feel if a man tied you
to hie steenng wh~l of hie old Cadillac,
raped you, sodomized you, and then
poured alcohol into your ori6ces-beginning
with your nose and ending with your
eyes? How would you feel if you were sitting
on Death Row in Florida awaiting
execution for self defense?
I truly believe it ie important to tell Aileen
Wuomoa' story. Within the dynamics
of her life lie the dynamics of the aystem.
First., the facta: (I) ehe ia a lesbian, (2) she
'T 'T 'T DATELINE: HOUSTON
ie a sex-workei; (3) she is poor,(•) she was
sexually abused as achild,(5)shewas brutally
attacked by several of her John's, (6)
she killed six of her tricks in what Aileen
Wuomos calls self defense. It's what the
Boy's Club calls murdec
What else could it be? First of all, she is a
lesbian, therefore, she must hate men
enough to kill them. Secondly, she is a sexworkei;
therefore, she deserves whatever
happens to her in her tricks-she is unworthy
of respect and rights because she is
indecent and immoral. Thirdly, she is poor.
This puts her at the mercy of the public
defenders office and direcUy into the
hands of the system. And, really, Aileen,
get over it-we know you made up the part
about being sexually abused as a child.
That doesn't happen to children in America!
What happened to Ms. Wuomos could
have happened to any ofue. This is a terrifying
thought. The most horrifying
thought is that Aileen Wuomos' public
defender had the opportunity to make
deals with the court, as well as with the
prosecutor in her case. Hell, this was a
poo~ psycho. man· hating, killer dyke who
was killing some of their brothers-white
men. She wast is definitely dangerous. So,
the Boy's Club strikes a deal-call no witnesses
to back up her testimony, do no
background check on the man she murdered
(could he have really been dangerous?),
get through the trial godspeed. No
one in his1 her right mind would believe
her.
After all, she is a poor, psycho, man-hating,
killer dyke who was killing reputable
white men. You know what-111 bet her
community support groups won't believe
her eithec NOW wouldn't touch the case
because those womyn are too afraid of
being called dykes. Lambda Legal
Defense doesn't have time for this case-they
are too very busy trying to fit samesex
couples into the construct of patriar·
chy with legal same-sex marriages.
That is much more important than some
poor dyke whore's life. If trash journalism
like Dateline can unearth evidence supporting
Aileen Wuomoe' innocence, why
couldn't her lawyers? And. why didn't
anyone, besides Dateline question thia? It
all sounds a bit too fishy to me.
I guess I am a htUe angry. Where was tis
the womyn 's movement for Aileen Wuor~
nos? Where is the Queer movement for Ail·
een Wuomos? Will she die in the electric
chair to be forgotten or worse than that to
be remembered a. a poor psycho man-hat·
ing dyke prostitute?
We can easily be pitted against each other;
especially in the case of differences. But,
why was everyone so easily pitted against
Aileen Wuomos? She might not be the girl
that we would like to bring home to mother,
but she is a human being who deserves to
be treated with respect and fairnes.-just
as though she was a white man. She also
deserves support from her sisters. ae well
as her brothers. She deeerves to be
believed!!!
HIPY celebrates a day of thanksgiving with thirty area young
The Houston Institute for the Protection
of Youth, Inc. (HIPY) provided two
Thanksgiving meals for youth on
11umk..,Pving Day. Over 30 young people
attended the traditional turkey dinners
served in the HIPY offices.
Tra~y Brown. Executive Director
remarked, "ll is important that H IPY
impress on our clientele that we care
about all aspects of their lives. The challenges
of dealing with iasues associated
with youth who have been separated
from their families because of their sexual
orientation or HIV infection can be
overwhelming for these young people
and the staff and volunteers who provide
prOl(rams to help them. This
Thanksgiving dinner was an opportu·
nity to allow all of us to look atthe poei
live differences we're making in so
many lives:•
Most of those attending were homeless,
thrown away youth who participate
in HIPY's programs. Mr: Brown
continued, "Looking around the table, I
am grateful that
we have able to
help 80 many
youth through our
programs. Even
with the strides
we've made, howr
ve r. it'• im poaai.
hie to ignore the
magnitude of need
that remains.
Today we're
thankful not only
for the generous
con tri bu tions
which have been
made to us but are Thanksgwing at H.J.P. Y.
hopeful that contributions
to HIPY
continue during the holiday season
when youth, without families or means
of support are most in need of our programs:'
At the beginning of both meals, those
attending were encouraged to express
what they were thankful for this year:
One youth commented, "I'm thankful to
be here today because without all of you
who have taken time to love me and
work with me, I would not have survived
until Thanksgiving:'
HIPY serves adole.cents and young
adults ranging in age from 13-20. The
agency's outreach focuses on gay and
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lesbian youth, young people living with
HIV disease and runaway, throw away
and homeless youth.
HIPY currently operate>; a drop-in
center which includes clothing distribution,
food vouchers, informabon and
referral, employment as.,istance, housins/
9.heJter referral a nd indiv id ual and
group counseling. The center alao provides
a safe refuge for the young people
to socialize. Support grou!Jb for teenagers
who are "thrown away" or homeless
are held every Wednesday and Thursday
night at 7:00 p.m at the Center:
Meals are served to all youth who come
and partiopate.
HIPY's flagship 'JTansilional Living
Program, the HIPY House, offers independent
living skills training for
"thrown away" gay male.;, most of
whom are coping with HIV disease. A
similar housing program for young lesbian
women will open in Jan. 1993.
For information on Houston Institute
for the Protection of Youth, Inc. programs
and services call 713-942-9884.
Affirmative visualization, where there's hope, there's life
By KAY MEHL MILLER, PH.D.
Remember when you were a kid and a
major holiday stirred feelings in you? In
the best of situations, you were excited,
alrnoet to the point of glee as you looked
forward to the good things coming your
way, In the worse of situations, you
dared to dream, at least within yoUJ'Belf
that good things were coming your way'.
The emotion that fueled
d
ta' ed your energy
an sus '° thefull glowofhappiness
or the courage. to hang in through
another day of d111aster wae hope. Hope
is a very powerful force in the human
spirit.
There are those who want. to lake hope
away from the gay· les~1an bisexual
community and replace it with fear.
!"ear de11troys life. Many of us experi
ence conflictl'd feelings when, as in San
JOl!e rt'<:enlly. a gay couple i~ murdered
and a suspect is not immediately held
accountable. Or another senseless bashing
occurs, and we worry for ourselves
or our loved onee. Or we hear careless,
condemning words from unexpected
sources, and we feel uncomfortably
exposed.
Some of us want to run back in the
closet and hide but if we do, we surrender
ourselves o'ur uniqueness, our right
to express o~rselves ns we are. Fear
envelops us and Jiei; to cover that ~ear
distort our beings and ourrelabonsh1ps.
Yet., even in this sorry state, hope is
alive. Though suppres•ed beyond recognition,
hop<> is n~ver beyond recall. It
takes listening; it takes belief; nnd it
takes action. It we have courage to act
despile adversity, we are already allied
with hope.
There are trite cliches that neverthe-
1- rt'Oect truth. Where there's life,
there's hoP<' is absolutely true. So is
when life hands you lemons, make lemonade.
There is a surge of research into
the effects of positive feelings on illness,
and both observation and study show
recovery in some cases and improve-ment
in others, even in very serious illness
where doctors have predicted
death. (Read Head First: The Biology of
Hope by Norman Cousins).
When the human spirit responds to
the hope within, the possibilities for
wellbeing are endless. Although the
H~V _virus has ravaged the community,
this illness has not eradicated hope. In
fact quite the opposite has happened.
Look how revitalized and active the gaylesb1an
-bisexual community has
become since AIDS first emerged in the
80's. The community is both vi•ible and
powerful now, and the voice of gay-lebbian-
bisexual America is heard.
On a J>Cn<onal level, hope fills us with
affirmation of life and brings the good
things to us that we expect. My Someone
who is serioutily ill io full of hope for
recovery, and so am I for his recovery.
With that hope come.; movement
towards action. a program in visualization
that will revitalize his immune system
and enable him to fight off the infection
that threatens his life.
Many of you reading this column are
filled with similar hope for youn;elves or
for your loved ones. Know that there 1s a
rational basis for the effectiveneso of
hope, and joining with me, don't ever
give up on hope. In the best of situations,
we'll experience gleeful, giddy celebration.
And in the worse of situations,
we'll have thesatisfactionofhangingin
there with courage, giving fear a good
fight and affirming and enjoying the
quality of life and love with an appreciation
for being the belit of who we are.
6 THE NEW VOICE/ DECEMBER 4-10, 1992
T T T FILM REVIEW
Malcolm X is great movie even with historical inaccuracies
By JAVIER TAMEZ
The :>;ew Voice/HoWilon
In the production packet for "Malcolm
X" distributed to critic•. the controverSlal
ovil nghts leader is quoted: "We
declare our right on this Earth ... to be
respected as a human being and we
intend to bring this right into existence
by any means necessary:'
Given Director Spike Lee's intention
of showing the civil rights leader to be a
non·vtolent man, despite his fiery rhetoric,
1t', an odd way of introducing him.
Odder still because Lee •Ucceeds brilof
film, but it ts the
things that Lee
omitted or added
to the story that
harm the value of
tl1is movie.
For example, relatively
late in the
film, a white
w o m a n
approaches Malcolm
X outside a
public building,
and she asks him
liantly in showing the lei;ser known side what she as a
of Malcolm X. white woman can Malcolm (Denzel Washmgwn) addresses an audience of Harkm
do to help his re•uients outsuie of Apollo Theatre
He was not a violent man. He never
committed an act of violence during his
career with the Nation oflslam or afterward,
and the mo•t he could be accw;ed
of is adamantly declaring his resolve to
defend himself.
cause. Malcolm X
brusquely answered, "Nothing'.'
This is completely accurate, except
Lee left out that shortly thereafter, Malcolm
X apologized for his response and
admitted that the civil rights movement
could use help from all quarters. Including
this would only have shown Malcolm
X in an even more positive light.
Conversely, Lee excluded one of the
seamier aspects of Malcolm X's early
years. Namely his time as a pimp. Lee
never even alludes to it, and it makes it
seem as if Malcolm X's criminal career
was confined to con swindles.
Lee chronicles Malcolm X's life from
his humble beginnings as a small time
criminal in Harlem; to his defiant determination
during the early years of his
incarceration; to his conversion to
Islam, hi.; devotion to Elijah Muhammad
and his sermonizing and conver-
11ion effort.; to the black community; and
ultimately to his break with the Nation
of Islam and his assassination. Lee also added things, particularly in
It is altogether a truly in•piring work covering Malcolm X's childhood. The
T T T HOUSTON QUICK NOTE
film shows Malcolm X's boyhood home
being burned by the KKK, who were
mtent on silencing his father, a civil
rights preacher in Nebraska. Except
this never happened. Yes, his father was
at odds with the KKK, and they did
attack his family home, but it was never
burned.
Also padded was his father's death. In
the movie, Lee makes it seem as if the
father is laid across railroad tracks in
such a manner that he would be decapitated.
His father did die in a train acci-dent
(and it was probably murder,
though the police report said he fell), but
it was his father's legs that were cut off,
and then the man bled to death.
The most offensive addition though is
pure vanity on Lee's part. In keeping
with his habit of C88ting himself in all
his movies, Lee plays the part of Shorty,
a friend from Malcolm X's youth. This is
an actual character, but his significance
in Malcolm X's life is minuscule, and
Malcolm X's story could ju•t a• easily
have been told without ever mentioning
Shorty.
None of this should be construed as a
negative review. This is a great movie
with superb acting and some incredibly
moving scenes.
Denzel Washington in the title role is
just about perfect. He plays each part of
Malcolm's changing character with
studied emotion. Atdifferent times, he is
indifferent, carefree, street-wise, humble,
authoritative and aloof.
Al Freeman, J~ as Elijah Muhammad
is equally wonderful. He exudes a
beauty, gentleness and saintly quality
that is ideally matched for the role.
Moreover, both Washington and Freeman
are headed for Oscar nominations.
Spike Lee is one of the bestdirectorsin
the industry right now, and this film in
noway diminishes his sta~ It does show,
however, a Jack of historical objectivity,
and when your subject is Malcolm X,
ob1ectivity is crucial. •-112
~Christmas Songfest'; Sing-along event raises money for worthy causes
The Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton
Astrodome Hotel will be alive with song
on Sunday, Dec. 6, when an expected
crowd of mor~ than 1000 participates in
"A Chrietme.• Songfeet:• the annual
yuletide smg-along benefit at 6:00 p.m.
The zany but reverent event will feature
Jerry Atwood's electronic orchestra.
BoU1terous emcees Marsha Carlton
and Jim MacGregor will keep things
rolling.
The benefit will include a cash bar
cocktail hour, with entertainment by
Kayce Glasse, Ricky Comeaux, Steve
Di.xon a nd Bill Sansom. Th4' hoat. com·
mittee has promised a lavish complementary
hors d'oeuvre buffet, door
pri:zes, a raffle and a silent auction.
Proceeds of the event will benefit two
local AIDS service organizations, The
T T T DATELINE THE WORLD
Assistance Fund, and Voices For Life.
The Assistance Fund pays insurance
premiums for Persons with AIDS, and
pays for emergency prescriptions for
those waitin g for Mt_-dicaro 11:"li6'1b1hty.
Voices for Life is a non-profit foundation
whose purpose is to raise and distribute
funds to local agencies adminis·
tering direct care for Persons with
AIDS. Its primary source of fund• is the
sale of an acclaimed double compact
disc by Houston area musicians. The
album is available in local record stores,
and will be offered for sale at ''A Christ-oltut
Suug{e.t.:•
Admission to the event is $25atthedoor,
Master Card and Visa accepted.
Advance reservations for tables seating
ten may be purchaoed by calling Ed
lnderwish at (713) 956-6969.
Foreign laborers to be tested for HIV virus before working in Singapore
By KENNETH L. WHITING
FOR THE NEW VOICE
SINGAPORE, Tue>Kiay, Nov. 24 (AP}Hundredo
of thousands of foreign laborers,
who play a major role in the econ·
omy, will have to pass a test for the
AI OS virus before going to work in
Singapore.
Details of the government ruling,
including the date it goes into effect,
have not been completed, health officials
said Monday.
A senior Health Ministry official, Dr.
Chen Ai Ju, said 48 foreigners were
found to have the HIV infection that
caWM!B AIDS in the first 10 months of
this ye~ compared to 28 all last year
and 26 in 1990.
With a population of about three mil-lion,
Singapore now has more than
300,000 guest workers from neighboring
Asian countries. The labor force totals
l.3million.
More than 67,000 maids, most from
the Philippines, Thai construction
laborers, MalaYl!ian factory hands and
others help sustain an economy which
grew by 6.7 percent last year.
Only maids undergo compulsory
AIDS testing at present. Six have been
returned home since the tests started in
1990.
AIDS testing will cover new applicants
for work permits and current
unskilled and semiskilled laborers with
permits. Foreign workers earning less
than $920 per month must have a work
permit.
T T 'Y DATELINE: GAY AMERICA
Many foreigners are UIU!killed and
poorly educated, but they play a key role
by filling jobs shunned by prosperous
Singaporeans and earn wages substantially
higher than they would get at
home.
This small city-state has long maintained
tight control over guest workers,
seldom issuing entry permits for more
than two years and insisting the foreigners
return home on completion of
their contracts.
Foreign executives, professionals and
others are covered by separate employment
passes. The planned AIDS screen·
ing does not apply to them
The Ministry of Health said in a statement
that l l full-blown cases of AIDS
and 29 of the HIV infection were
detected in the first 10 months of this
yea~
This brought the total number of people
infected to 143 since 1985, when the
first case was reported in Singapore.
In a study released in Manila, the
Asian Development Bank said that
AIDS is spreading so rapidly in Asia
that by the end of the century the conti·
nent will account for most of the projected
50 million HIV infections and
active cases.
AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency
syndrome, destro~s the body's resist·
ance to disease. It is spread by exposure
to contaminated blood or other body
fluids. commonly by sexual contact or
use of infected hYPodermic needles.
Singer launches drive to repeal Springfield, Oregon's anti-gay amendment
SPRINGFIELD, Ore., Tuesday, Nov. 24
(AP)-A singer in a Springfield rock
band has launched a petition drive to
repeal the city's anti-gay rights charter
amendment.
The amendment, known as Measure
20--08, was approved by voters in the primary
election last May. It prohibits the
city from "promoting, encouraging or
facilitating homoeexualitY.'
"Basically, I feel Measure ~ discriminate.:
· said Willie Nicholas who
performs with a band called Good bean
Fun.
"It's totally pointing a finger at a
group, saying, 'You're not OK: Ithascreated
a lot of hostility in the community:'
Loretta Neet who was chief petitioner
for the amend~ent, predicted the repeal
initiative would fail even if Nicholas
can gather the 2339 signatures required
to place it on the ballot.
Neet said Springfield voters supported
the statewide anti-gay rights
Ballot Measure 9, which failed by a margin
of 57 percent to 43 percent in the gen·
era! election Nov. 3.
Springfield precincts favored Meas-ure
9 by 51 percent to 49 percent.
"It would seem that in voting for{such
measures} twice, Springfielders would
certainly understand the charter
amendment by now;• said Neet, o mem·
ber of the board of director8 of the conservative
Oregon Citi:zens Alliance.
But Nicholas believes the repeal initi.
ative will find strang support among
Springfield residents. m.~ny of whom he
said are "sick and tired of the monthslong
controversy over the charter
amendment.
Nicholas said the effort to repeal the
initiative ;8 8 backstop to anticipated
legal challenges to the amendment.
The American Civil Liberties Union
has said it will challenge the constitu
tionality of the amendm~nt withi? the
next few weeks in Lane County Circuit
Court.
"I consider that 'plsn I\ ~o wipe out
Measure 20-0I!;' Nicholas said, "lf'plan
Pl doesn't work, then maybe 'plan B'
will"
To qualify for the March 23 ballot, Nich.
olas will have to. collect the required
number of voter Signatures by Dec. 22.
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T T T SAN ANTONIO SOAP
San Antonio hosts 1993 Miss Tri-State Pageant at Paper Moon
By t:SCHOL RICHARD WRIGHT
The- :\ew Vo1ce San Antomo
Well, hello to all of you San Antoruans.
Texas and New OrleanR and all the rest
of you Pilgnms.
On Nov. 27, San Antoruo held the
hghung of its famous River Walk. Beautifully
decorated for the holidays, it is a
must see for Deet>mbe~
~ark your calendar for Christmas
vacation fun in San Antonio, and when
you do, be sure to include Ab's Westernatr.
Ab's needs no happy hour with
$1.25 well and longnecks all the time.
percentage of top
class acts. Acts
that appear later
m some of the ntziest
clubs in cities
such as Las Vegas,
New York, Chicago,
San Francisco,
and Los
Angeles. From
what I have heard
from pageant offi
cials, San Antoruo
could become the
staging grounds
for the 1993 Miss
U.S.A Pageant.
Oh, speaking of Ab's. the old Ab's on
Roooevelt is re-ope.Ung with new owners
and new management.
Well what about that Thanksgiving! Rene's Birthday brunch at the Bonham Exchange
This years contestants
included
Sources indicate record breaking
attendance at the Bonham Exchange,
the Noo Zoo and Wild Club.
I had the chance to let my fingers do
the walking through the ten digits on
the telephone to converse with San
Antonio retailers. They agree that sales
are up due to the holidays. Remember to
"keep our dollars ns pink as possible" by
supporting our community merchants.
So stay out of those crowded malls and
refer to your New Voice advertisers for
variety and converuence.
Did you have the chance to attend the
1993 Miss Tri-State Pageant? It was
held Nov. 20th at the Paper Moon in San
Antonio. It is an official preliminary to
the next Miss USA
Pageant, which
will be held in May
of '93.
Jesse Garza of
Garza Productions,
Jerry Burges
and many
other owners of
USA pageants
turned out for this
historic evenl
Miu Tri-State 1993 Sb•'fVll• Brooh sbowa witb pazunt pt01Doter
le$sc Guu of Gan.a ProductJOIJS
Pageantry in
Sun Antonio is dif
fcrent form any
pageantry in the
U.S. San Antonio
is known for producing
an overwhelmingly
large
TT T DATELINE: GAY AMERICA
Si red a Monroe
(second runner-up), Taralynne Foxx
(first runner-up) and the winner Shawna
Brooks. I conducted a private interview
with the winner, before he took off
on a cr0<;s-country tou~ The tour is one
of the many benefits earned by winning
the Miss Tri-State pageant.
Shawna Brooks is originally from
North Carolina. He is 25 years old and
has been performing for six years. He
progressed in Atlanta, Georgia, moved
to Florida and was then nsked to move
to San Antonio to do shows with the
Wild Club, and to gear up for the Miss
Tri-State pageant.
Shawna says she has worked hard for
the last three months getting ready for
Miss Tri-State, and was honored by her
selection. !\ow she's getting ready for
the Mi" Gay U.S.A. contest. Jes.<c
Garza won the promoter of the year
award at the U.S.A. pageant., and Sha
wna says she is very proud to be
involved with such a man
P.S. 1b all of San Antonio, if you hove
anything that may need to be mentioned
about your club, restaurant,
shops, store or organization, please call
Condom Sense opening soon
Richard Wright of The New Voice (deadline
is Sunday night) at (512) 737· 2615.
The New Voice urges all organizations
to get involved and send in any news,
prei;s releases, or calendar listings to
The New Voice in Houston at408 Avondale,
Houston, Texas 77006 or Fax it to
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Homosexual W.W. II veteran, minister speaks out about gays in military
CO:O-:CORD, :-i.H , Thursday, Nov. 26
(AP)-Bob Wood earned his secret mto
the battlefields of Italy, to am uddy. frozen
foxhole where he was shot and bayoneted
by Germans m the Battle of Cassino
dunng World War II
He sllld nothing through 22 months of
painful n>COvery m Army hospital,;. He
was awarded the Purple Heart, a Combat
Infantry Rndgc and a Bronze Star
for her01sm, but remamed silent.
Wood hadn't forgotten hJS training
day, at Camp Walters, Texa;, where he
~w some prisoners in the stockade with
a b1g"q"on the backs of their uniforms.
"Once you were charged or even suspected
of being a queer, it was all over for
you in the service, even before there was
any type of official military hearing;•
Wood said in an mtcrview with the Con·
cord Monitor.
':At the Ume, there wasn t anything I
could do abc.ut 1t, except decide that
some day, when I did ha,-e ,ome power, I
would sp<•ak out:•
And he did
Wood become an ordained min1Ster in
the United (,"hurch of Christ and an outspoken
advocate of equal rights for
homosexuals. He says he was the first
minister m the country to come out of
the closet in 1952-and wrote the fir•!
book addressing C,'hnstianity and
homosexuality m 1960. He began a 'l:I·
year monogamous relationship with a
mnn two years lnte~ when such unions
were virtually unheard of. In 1969, he
was at the front of the Stonewall riots in
Greenwich Village, which brought the
gay revolution into the open.
Wood is retired from the clergy after
,ervmg in parishes in Manhattan and
Spring Valley, N.Y., Newark. N.J., and
Maynard, Mass., but he still speaks out
on homosexual issues-
Wben he hears war veterans and Pentagon
offioals cnucize l'rnsiden~lect
Clinton's mtenuon to lift the ban on
T T T SPORTS QUICK NOTES
homo""xuul m the military he laughs
and •hakes his head. Wood, who is 69
and lives m a retirement home in Concord,
said gays always have served in
the military, many with d1etinct1on.
The only differt•ncc is homosexuals
now are more likely to challenge the system,
he said. He scoffed at the notion
that gay ,oldiers can't be trusted, are
easily blackmailed and are bad for
morale.
"We've served since Valley Forge and
the Indian wars and I don't think
there's been one case when· gays have
become traitors because of their sexual
orientation:• Wood said. "In fact. if they
let us be oursdves, then we couldn't be
blackmailed in the first place:'
In the front lines of the Italian campaign
of 194:1, soldiers were too busy try·
ing to 6l8Y alive l<> worry about sexual
orientation, Wood said.
"~;spcetally rn combat, you're thinking
about 1000otherth1ngs. Wberecan I
get my next cup of clean drinkm11
water? Where will I get food'/ !low <·an I
stay warm and dry;• Wood Sllld.
'"All thes~ generals who say, 'I was in
combat and I know how important it is
to have the trust of your ml'n in that
kind of situation: Well, I can say the
same thing:• Wood said.
Wood said the military had little to
fear from homosexuals, but homosexuals
had good reason to fear the military
establi•hment and their fellow soldiers.
He remembers straight Boldien1
threatening homosexunlH unless they
provided sexual servic<•s. He •md h1•
knows of gay Boldien1 who Sl'rved honorably,
but were dishonorably di•charg1'<1
when their sexual preference wus discovered-
a move that deni1'<1 thl'm of a
military pension and veteran•' benefits.
"There's no question that lh•·Y hurt our
morale· now they think we'll hurt tht·ir
morale' if they a<'knowledll" us;· Wood
said.
'Good Sports' hosts Texas A&M watch party; Bowling standings
Good Sports and J R.s welcome all college
football fona to the!:ianto Fe side this Sa\.
urday, Dec. 'i, ot2:00 p.m. Texas A&M football-
undefeated, untied, ranked 1\3 or 1\4
m the polls, and dreaming of a national
championship-puts its 12-0 record on
hold, and w111ts .. and waits. The outcome
of th1S Saturday's first ever Southea•tern
Conference title playoff game will go a
long way tow·ard determming A&:\! s fate.
If !:iEC East champ, Flonda (l!-3) knocks
off or lies :-.EC West champ and 112 ranked
Alabama (11-0) ID B1rmmgham, the
Aggies will move closer to a motchup with
ill Mu1mi for the national college football
crown.
Good Sports will achedule future watch
parties around major college football and
basketball games. "This will be a super
way to spend time ... ithgood sports and to
meet other college fans m the community;'
declared club organizei; Lee Harrington.
"so tell all your sports friends and gym
buddies to get on thm team's colors and
come 101n ua!" Did Your team send us a
banner to display? \\'ho aro the hoW·•t
players ever? Come on, there coulcl ev.en bt•
mistletoe on the goal poet <·rosBhnr, if hot
danet>r, Ron, will get off long rnough ~le~
fans under it. He sure to }t_•t u• known .. ea
of time how many nn• m your pa.rty. CALL
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Gamblers Bowling League
The Ausun Gamblers Howling League
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:-:ov. 24. 1992:
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Third Place-Habt>s in Boyland
Fourth Plar..-Easy !'irk-ups
Fifth Plate-Bout time
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readers that th<' seamd half of th1•1r Fall
Winter •en•on ~!'.ins 011 Tuesdoy, ,Jan i;.
New teams. ind1V1dual bowlers, and substitutes
are in Vilt'<! to Jmn in th• fun.
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T T T YOURS TRULY IN A SWAMP
'Rush Treatment' at Big Charity: A lesson in alertness, part one
By u:o~ARD EARL JOHNSON
The Sew Vmtt/~ew Orleans
After Hurricane Andrew, I fell from a
tree-trimming ladder in the courtyard
where I ltve.
The fall is 8wift, the pain is not.
Neighbors pack my quickly swelling
foot in ice, and drive me to the Erner·
gency Room at The Medical Center of
Louisiana, formerly Charity Hospital.
Preliminary check in is half-fast. A
computer knows where I work, and how
little 1 make. A nurse, behind a glass
with a voice hole, marks a blue slip of
paper, "AccidenVRush'.'
Then, a long, painful wait in a lonely,
crowded room. A few whites. including
some shackled prisoners in orange jump
suil8, me, and a lot of blacks. I know one
of the black ladies, she lives in the Faubourg
Marigny near me. Finally, a doctor
walks through a steel door marked:
"Do not knock, no one will answer this
door:' He says toa w1uting.complaining
patient they are going to start seeing
'regular cases" now. I take this to mean
non.-emergency cases.
I am s1tting m a wheel chair. broken
foot elevated, tn a kind of stoic stupo '"
"What about me;• I ask? Four and a half
hours earlier, I pushed my papers,
attached to the blue shp marked "ACCIDENT/
RUSH;' through a blind slot, so
indicated, next to the steel door. The doctor
asks, "What IS your name?" My
papers can not be found . I am offered a
shot for pain. I tum it down. I think I
will need all my consciousness.
The doctor asks a second tune if I put
my papers through the slot. He goes
back inside and closes the steel door:
Another twenty minutes pass. A nurse
opens a door on the opposite side of the
room. Every one looks up, looks past the
two cuffed and •hackled prisoners in
their orange suits. They are looking at
the nurse. She says to me, "You the man
with the broken foot? We got your
papers now~
A man has come up beside me. He
offers a cigarette. I don "tsmoke. He taps
an artificial foot with a cane. He says he
got it cut off here at Charity because the
doctors let it get infected. I wish he
would leave. The door opens, my name
i• cal hod. and the man with the false foot
pushes my wheelchair inside to modem
medical treatment.
Two hou.•. 1ater, X·rays show what?
T T T NEW ORLEANS QUICK NOTE
I'm sitting in a wheelchair in the Orthopedic
Room. My X-rays are in a big
brown envelope behind my back. A doctor
passes and asks if I have my pictures.
He says I have a "green stick
break:' I ask to S(>e, he shows me two
sharply bent metatarsal bones.
Another hour, another docto& This
one young, handsome, caring. "Good
news, looks like you don't have a break;'
he says. "May I i;ee?" I point to the two
metatarsal bones bent left, just above
the toes.
The first doctor is summoned. He con·
firms "my diagn06es:' The younger
handsome, caring doctor apologizes
and says he is a facial bone doctor. We
talk He is a gmduate of my alma mater.
I like him because he is honest, admits
his mistake, and treats me WI if the
broken foot is important to me. It is.
Another hour, a man I take to not be a
doctor wraps pla•tcr and Ace bandages
around my swollen foot. It is "not a
cast:• he says. He calls it a "splint'.'
There are three skin breaks, nothing is
done for them.
Somewhere, dunng all this time, I
decline another pain shot. I am C<'rtain I
need to be a lert.
The bandage wrapper talks a bout the
harsh truth that to medicine is a buSJ·
ness:· If it is not profitable, Americans
won't become doctors, he says, and we
will be left to the mercies of" foreign doctors
with foreign ways:· It i• now eight
hours smce I arrived in the Emergency
Room and was issued a blue slip
marked, "ACCIDENT/ RUSH"
Alone, in the Ortho Room, waiting for
the plaster to dry. A doctor, foreign , with
an accent I take to be Chinese, stops.
Leaves. He returns with the brace and
bandage man. The foreign do(·tor
explains the plaster must be removed
and the foot recast. He shows the xenophobe
how to pince me face down, leg
bent up, foot held nt an angle by a con·
traption of plastic cup and tape while
the plaster is applied and left to dry.
Again, nothing is done for the skin
wounds.
Ten hours later, my foot in a plaster
splint held on by Ace bandag!.,;, and
wobbling on crutches I do not know how
to use, I am home. I nm to return 10 six
days. I had not been alert enough. Soon,
I will have an infection und be hoMpital·
ized in a ward at Big Charity. More will
follow.
New Orleans Lesbian and Gay Community Center to open Dec. 12
The new Lesbian and Gay Community
Center of New Orlcsn' has planned a
celebration of its opening on Dec. 12.
FestivitJe~ wt.II begin at 3:00 p.m. with a
special reception for community center
founders, and opening ceremony. An
O!>"n house, and entertainment begin at
4 :io p.m.
The a-nter will serve as a meeting
place for many existing community
organizations, as well as the site for cultural,
political, educational and social
act.ivilles.
"New Orleans now joins the ranks of
other major cities with such a commu·
nily et·ntcr:• says Ro~rt Brunet, one of
T T T BATON ROUGE SOAP
the organizt>rs of the cent.f-r. "We Utink
it's a !(]gn of the a-real protrress ourcommumty
has made:•
The board of the non·profit center
solicits donors to become "Founders" of
the center. by their contribution of $250
or more. Founder's names will be permanently
du;pluy4>d ut lh<· <"t:tnlA'•r, Contrihu
tors are invited to call board member
Handy Evans st work (504) 11:11.;~'">:ll or
at home (504) 897-3212.
Dec. 12 was chosen for the official open·
ing because it is the a nniveraa ry of the
passage of the gay civil rights ord1-
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Houston 'Pretty Boys' at George's; Wedding at Mercavah; 'Ripped' at LSU
By MS. JEANNE RE' MONTANDON
This reporter went to see Ripped, the latest
production of the L.S.U. Theater: It
was a -'21st century ver•ion of Rip Van
Winkle The production seemed to have
more money and time put into the stage
and set than the previous productions
and there were a great des! of special
effects. I have been attending all of this
seasons productmM and I was very disappointed
in this performance as com·
pared to the previous productions. While
many of the actor• carried the perform·
ance and made it well worth the cost of
the ticket, the over all production lacked
the polish that L.S.U. Theater has
become known for. It remained a great
way to start the evening, yet it did not
live up to the expectations that go with
the productioni; associated with L.S.U.
Theatei: The next performance will be
"The Comedy of Errors:• I expect it to be
more consistent with the profeKSional·
ism surrounding the L.S.U. Theater:
Hope I will sec you there.
George's Place brought in "Pretty
Boys of Houston" on Wedne.;day night
I stopped by for a drink and to see some
old fn<"nds and. the place was packed.
There wa'• hardJv room in thP lar11e
parking lot. George's Place has been in
the same location for over 22 years. It is
one of the most friendly bars in Baton
Rouge. It has a large crowd of regulars
both girls and guys. Chuck is one of the
bartenders at George's Place and he has
been working with Richard (the owner
of George's Place)
for over two years.
Chuck seems to be
a standard part of
the place. The
beard looks great
Chuck! New on the
scene, Buddies is
fast becoming a
regular stop for
the nightly crowd.
It has two full size
pool tables and 11
pool tournament
test is open to men and women. Girls,
here is a chance to show the guys we can
put on a show as well, See you Friday at
Club Scandalous and lets take that prize
money.
The Church Mercavah held another
wedding on Saturevery
1'uesday Laura of Mercauahper{ormed wedding
night with a cash c:tremony
day afternoon.
The bride and
bride did not want
their picture taken
or their names
mentioned, but the
wtodding was well
attended . There
was food and
drtnks available
after the wedding
for all the guest.
While gay weddings
in Lou.,.iana
are still not legal,
the mimsters of
prize. Girls and
guys get out the pool stick and ioin the
fun at Buddies. Club Scandalous is still
packing them in every Friday night
with the weekly talent contest. Every
Friday mg ht Club Scandalous has a tel·
ent show with a $50.00 prize. The con-
Mercavah are
licensed in the state to perform wed·
dings and the church has been doing
gay weddings forover7 years now in the
Baton Rouge and New Orleans area.
Laura was the minister who conducted
the wedding and she had this to say: "A
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wedding ceremony in which two JX'Ople
express their love and lifelong commit·
men ts, be it only to each other, in front of
their friends and family, or to the whole
world, and the states refusal toacknowl·
edge homosexual weddings should not
discourage anyone in the gay commu·
nity from celebrating the~e occasions or
take away from the importance of the
event:• The weddings are conducted
after the couple has gone through a
counselling ses•1on with the minister,
and the minister is sattsfil'CI thal the
commitment is scriouR.
We are still waiting to h!•ur from ,Java
Connections on when that open mg dat£
will be scheduled. The plans for Java
are cxcitrng, and should bl' a hig addi
tion to Baton Rouge. It will offer a n1·-.
alternative to the night sc!•n!• in thi>
town. On the 28th, thl' bur can catch th!
S&M video bar at Church. Church 1•
just around the corner from George'f
Place and offers a widP variety of music
and fun . It was th!• old Art Har. Take 8
trip over thert' and l{lve some variety t<
your evenings. If you want you cvenl
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Austin's Day Without Art concludes w1.:h somber nighttime observance
By St.:ZETTE LOCKE
The ."'ew V01ce/ Auatin
On World AlDS Day, AWltin joined in
Day Without Art and Night Without
Light.
A Doy Without Art. The Austin Busi·
ness community and the visual art.;
community shrouded their art work
with black cloth and hung "Day With·
out Art" po11ters over the shrouds.
From 7:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Dec. I the
lights of the State Capitol and down·
town office buildings dimmed in memory
of tho"" who have died from AIDS.
Members of the public participated in
the "Body Count" performance by lying
down in rows on the grounds of the Cap·
itoL
During the time the lights were
dimmed the "bodies" ht their faces with
flashlights a• a statement that we must
not forget the face of ea<· h person lost ~r
to be lost, nor must we forget the tragic
societal inatu-ntion to AIDS. The flash·
lights lit up a sea of bodies to represm t
over 150,000 dead from AIDS.
Body Count 1992 WWI funded m part by
the city of Austin under the au8 pices of
the Austin Arts Commiss10n, and was
sponsored by the Founda lion For A
Compassionate Society
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MoonDance Diner offers 'Family Dining' with live entertainment and full bar
By SUZETTE LOCKE
The New Vo1ce1 Austin
MoonDance Diner, "family dining."
MoonDance offers hearty southern cui•
ine, while keeping your health in mind.
Featured menu item• include everything
from grilled tuna or catfish to liver
& onions, not to mention the classic
chicken fried steak.
Start your dining experience with the
perfect broccoli-cheese soup followed by
a flame broiled shrimp ,;alad, and fro-oms
(double dipped mushrooms with
honey-mustard or ranch drei;sing).
Enjoy the proudly featured exclusive
Texas wines or MoonDance specialty
beverage•, such as the MoonRita or the
Eclipse (amaretto swirled rn peach
schnapps with cranberry and grapefruit
juices).
Afterwards, if you have any room left
under your belt, experience the delightful
sour cream brownies or pos•ibly the
liquor ice cream cakes!
Moondance believes wholeheartedly
m cholesterol-freecanola oil, fresh fruits
and vegetables (nothing canned will
do). The chefs have also cut back on the
use of salt, sugar and butter in their special
recipes without sacrificing great flavor.
There is a party room available for
birthdays, banquets and special occa·
sions and they will prepare a banquet
for you in their location or yours. They
do catering, too!
Monday rughts are "Gay Night" &
The Bisexual Network meets upstairs
on Thursdays.
MoonDance is located near the capitol
at 706 Congrei;s. There is full bar service
and live music on Thursday, Friday &
Saturday.
Call for the current schedule.
Most major credit cards are accepted.
They not only feature Texas wines, but
they also use Texas raised beef and pork
in their dishes.
Chorlie•s
Breakfast Special
$295
7am-3pm • Mon-RI
2 Pcrcakes - 2 Bacon
2 eggs (any style)
OR
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$4.95
Everyday • Mon t1nJ Frf
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Early Birds at Blue Water; MoonDanc~ DinerAustin;
Green Leaves Cafe-New Orleans
By THE !"EW VOICE STAH'
The Blue Water Grill at 21 1 Richmond
at Greenbnar has "Early Bird Specials"
for diners from 5:00 to 7 00 p.m. The
Paul Eng!;,sh Jazz Quartet, appear
Wed.-Sat. l<.30 to midnight. Open for
Lunch: 11:00 o.m. Mon-Fri; Dinner
served till 10:00 p.m. Sun-Thur. till
11:00 pm. Fri. & Sat. Open days a week
Coll (7laJ 526-7977 for re:;ervations or
informat10n.
Sazarac Celebrity Grille
For great dining and hve cabaret try
The Sazarac Celebnty Grille. This week·
ends act is Swing SeL Coming Attrac·
t1ons: Dec. 6 & 7, Maniha Carlton & Clay
Howell; Dec 9, 10, 11 & 12. Swing Shift,
!}(oc. 30 to Jan 2; Pudgy' Queen of Tease;
Wed. Dec. 16 & Wed. Dec. 23, Bubba
Mc:-."eely. Showtimes are 9;30 & 11:30.
"Open for Lunch: 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Dinner: 6:00 p.m. to 10:00, Mon.Sat.
Hill 11:00 p.m. Fri. & Sat.) Happy
Hour: 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with FREE
buffet. Sunday Brunch: 11:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. with Claudia Burson Call (713)
62().0050 for reservation• or informa·
tion. Secured valet parking available.
Encha nted Garden/
Karma Cafe
For healthful dining try the Karma Cafe
at The Enchanted Garden located at
1512 West Alabama. Vegetarian and
macrobiotic specialties abound at a
moderate price. Also available is a full
service "Day Spa" and Esthetique with
natuml product,; for your body and
home. Open Tues.-Sat. 11:00 a.m. to
10:00 p.m. Sunday brunch 10:00 a.m to
3:00 p.m. For information or appoint
menta call (713) 942-0922.
A Moveable Feast
;'I; ot only can you get a great warm or
cold lunch or dinner from varying
stages of vegetarian dining atAMovea·
ble Feast (lacto veg; vegan; macro), but
you can also shop for numerous vita·
mtnllnineral supplements. health food
products, organic produce, dried herbs
& potpourri and informative literature.
Dine in or take out meals are prepared
dally from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Locau;<l at 2202 West Alabama, you
haven t had Health Food till you've
tried A Moveable Feast. Phone (713)
628-3585 f'AX (713) 5zs.5089
Charlie's Coffee Shop
Charlie's Restaurant has a very large,
versatile menu and is open 24 hours a
day for your dining pleasure. A fa~orite
1top over of alter houn diners and early
bird typee, thU ia one menu that doesn't
·top breakfast at 10:30 a.m. If your date
wanL' pancakes but you want roast
beef, it's no problem for the cook• at
Chnrhe's. Located at 1100 Westheimer
near the Tower Theater servJce is
friend Iv and there's never a wait. Phone
522.J.1.32. Orders to go available.
Jade Dragon Hunan
Restaurant
For a very res8onnble price and no wait·
ing. check out the buffet atJade Dragon.
Rcctntly under new owncr1>h1p, the
Dragon's menu still has the familiar
items you are familiar with; full dinners
from various regions (Canton, Szechuan,
Hunan and more) along with
luncheon special and the new steam
table buffet. The Jade Dragon is located
at 224 Westhe1met Phone (713) 526-
2683. Hour•. 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Mon.-Thurs .. 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Fri.; 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Sat.; and 5:00
p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Sunday. Orders to go
and limited delivery available.
Moonda nce Diner-
Austin
Go to MoonDance Diner for hearty
southern "family dining" that keeps
your health in mind. The menu features
a wide variety of items from a flame
broiled shrimp salad to classic chicken
fried steak. Texas wines are featured
and the desserts are out of this world.
MoonDance is located near the state
capitol at 706 Congress and offers a full
bar and live music Thursday through
Saturday <call for scht'tlule). Monday is
"Gay Night:' Most major credit cards
are acceptt-d.
Green Leaves CafeNew
Orleans
Green Leaves Cafe offers up a gyeat
menu featuring Creole American Foods.
Daily specials are served from 3.95 up.
Open six days out of the week. Green
Leaveb is only closed on Wednesdays.
Hours are Lunch: 11:00 a.m. to :J:OO p.m.
and Dinner: 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Located in the French Quarter in New
Orleans at 5:l9 St. Philip. for information
call (504) 524-4398.
If you want your restaurant listed or
reviewed, call us at (713) 529-8490
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14 THE NEW VOICE I DECEMBER 4· 10. 1992
TT T AUSTIN SOAP
Nexus girls party; Mame's opening a success; 'Bout Time turkey give-away;
By SUZKITE LOCKE
The !\ew Voice/ Auatin
"I was a Femmy·Tomboy:• Sound interesting?
A fabulous new comedian. who
hwi been featured on H.B.O. will entertain
Austinite.; in February. Georgia
Ragsdale'• message i• high spirited and
upbeat! A lesbian up and coming' The
guls in Austin know how to party! This
month they've planned a few parties'
Only two Tuesday• left to show off your
talents!
Tuesday Dec. 22 i.q the Grand Talent
rinale-come on, join m! Friday Dec. 18
the girls of San Antonio's Nexus are
sho .. ,ng off their boxers! A Christmas
Boxer Short.; Parade. Austin "s Nexus i•
joirung m the &p1rit Sunday Dec. 20.
This party will be hosted by the beautiful
and unforgettable: Ms Ricki and
Karen Di' Angelo. On the same night
have your picture taken with Ms Santa
and her "significant other"
Dec. 11 ffnday) at 10:00 p.m. help
Nexu• gear up for Chnstmas with a
simultaneous lighting ceremony to be
held at both clubs. (Austin & San
Antonio) Hey San Antonio, get ready
for your all female extravaganza' It's
coming •oon! S1<1y tuned!
Also in San Antonio "4x4 Volleyball
League:• for more information stay
clOBe .I'll inform you when I get the lo-down
... New Fridays at Nexus! $1 well,
$1 longnex. $1 Ritas and every night $2
draft beer with .50 cent refills.
Austin lad1es ... are you ready for
this.:'All Girls Productions" presents
an All-female Extravaganza, hosted by
Nina Iniquez. Lina Rose and Bianca
D'Lorenzo Dec. 6 (Sunday) at 9:30 p.m.!
Oohh La La!
Mame's opening last weekend was a
great success! Special kudos to Bill Tem·
pelton's culinary talent•. Donna Menthol'•
trio was a real treat-watch for
her return. Work continues on the
upstairs bar and patio. Watch for a late
December opening. The game room is
complete and open. A.' always, parking
1s ample on the comer of Red River and
10th. The ~ew Mame's now has
unformed security every Friday, Saturday
and Sunday nights.
Austin's only international licensed
D..J., Kevin Campbell spins em: All
requests-All the time. Kevin's tips go
to the Christopher House. The Christopher
House i• a non-profit organization
formed to develop a residential, interme·
di ate care center for people with AIDS.
They are badly in need of funding. Also
helping to raise money-(Dec. 20)
The Babtist Women of Austin present
a fund rai"ing event and show (8:30
p.m.) at San !"ran Cisco"s. The Babtist
Women will also be traveling to San
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Antonio to do fund raising shows at five
clubs! As you can see thi• is a very
important event. tiO be atCisco's Dec. 20.
8:30 p.m.! Also at Cisco's they still have
"No 2106" T-shirts for only $12! Get
them while they last. Help fund the
Fight...lt Ain"t Over Yet!!
Sunday (Dec. 6) The Capital City Riders
will host a La•agna Dinner and the
following Sunday (Dec. 13) Santa's
Twisted Playhouse will take place at
Chain Drive. All proceeds from thei;e
events will be used to buy groceries for
the Food Bank. Hey, Corpus Christi
remember Russ? He is no longer at
Mame's, but at Chain Drive. Ahio new to
Cham Drive bar tending staff is Rick
Sigman! Welcome!
Okay are you ready for this .•. raid
grandma's closet-Crossing i• hosting
an "Ugly Sweater Contest" with !stand
2nd place cash priws, Saturday, Dec. 5
at 6:00 p.m. This should be a sight! Stay
tuned ... Ch ristmas and New Year's Eve
Party plans in the making!
Seasons Greetings from Oil Can
Ha rry's! Get ready for the Winter Won·
derland Christmas Party. Santa and Ms
Claus along with cute, scan tily clad
helpers will be at Harry's on Dec. 18th
along with Austin's Gay Men's Chorus.
They will perform a Christmas Carol
(Dec. 18) 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. After·
wards the Christmas blow out contin-ues.
A $3 donation is requested at the
door, to benefit Project Transition and
The Wellness Center. .•. Don't forget
Harry's has Hot Dancers Thursdays
and Sundays (Showtimes: 10:30 p.m.
and Midnight).
Charlie's is having a Customers Special
Appreciation Party Dec. 17 (7:00
p.m.-9:00 p.m.) "We Appreciaw You"
says General Manager David. This
great event will be sponsored by 25 people
who will present Project Transition
over $2.500 that night.
'Bout Time is also sponsoring A Customers
Appreciation Party Dec. 20. Free
food and moreU Don'tmissthisone!Dec
12-"Grinch that stole 'Bout Time'.' A
year ago the Christmas Grinch forced
B.T. to close-a vacation (Bahh, hum
bug!). But now they're back-better
than ever. So come and help them celebrate
on the 12th day of Christmas my
True Club gave to me ... A turkey for
Christmas dinner. 'Bout Time will give
away 12 turkeys! One each night Dec.
12-Dec. 24! (Dec. 19) Camp Drag
Christmas Show. (Dec. 23) Chri.stmBK
Pajamas Party .. Show off your P.rs.
Happy Birthday Jerry Huey. (Dec. 23)
"'The New Joy of Gay Sex" by Charle11
Silverstein. The Dr. will see you .•. and
sign your copy at Liberty Books, Tues·
day Dec. 8, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Firm wanted software returned after anti-gay rights bill passed
SPRINGFIEW, Ore., Friday, Nov. 27
(AP)-The city"& recent a nti-gay rights
charter amendment prompted a California
software company to ask for the
return of a $7,500 computer program.
Orbit Software USA Inc. of Danville.
Calif., refunded the money to the
Springfield Utility Board in a September
letter from company vice president
David Ment that a>ked for the immed1-
ote return of the program, said utility
spokesperson Mary Ann Rhode, .
"Basically, the letter from Orbit said, ·we don't want to do bumness with a
company in a town that passes laws like
the o ne you h ave;•• Rhodes &aid .
The utility returned the check and
tried to convince Orbit to drop the
demand for its software, she said.
The utility also asked a Springfield
computer company owne~ Je8"e Maine,
to mtercede with Orbit.
"I told Merit the community was
divided on the measure, that the bus1·
ness community was basically against
it, and that he would be punishing the
whole community when not everyone
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was rettpons1ble for pusmg it;' said
Main e, the owner o f PICO lnfonnation
Systems.
Orbit eventually decided to wait until
after the Nov. 3 election to see whether a
more sweeping anti-gay rights initiative
on the statewide ballot was
defeated, Rhodes said.
Measure 9 went down to defeat by a
wide margin in the most heavily popu·
lated areas of the state but many small
towns, including Springfield, supported
it.
Rhodes said she did not know whether
Orb it would renew it.a <lf"mnnd to rtlturn
th~ tiOfLwa r e. M er it Wll.8 unavu1lu 1Jlo tor
comment.
The Springfield city charter amendment,
passed in the May 19 primary
election , remains in force. It lumpfi
homosexuality into the same cau•gory
as masochism, sadism and pedophilia,
and prohibits the city from promoting
any of tho.e practices.
Maine tried unsuccessfully to overturn
the charter amendment last summer. He
won a seat on the City Council in the
Nov. 3 general election.
Denver may or to appear on Arsenio Hall TV show to discuss boycott
DENVER. Thursday. f'>i, •v. 26 (AP}-Den·
ver Mayor Wellington Webb will appear on
Ar8"11io Hall's television talk show Wednesday,
De<·ember 2. hoping to blunt the
groWUlg boycott movement against Colorado
Ix-cause of passage of Amendment 2.
Webband Hall ,.iJl talkaboutthecon•tituuonsl
amendment, whirh invalidated
gay rights ordinance, 1n three cities and
prol::bits any aud1 Jaws from being pa.,.ed
in the future.
Webb was onginally scheduled to be on
the show last Monday, but a blizzard can·
celed his flight to Los Angeles.
At Webb's •ugge•lion. mayoral aides
approached the ahow after Barbara Strei•
and backed the boycott laat week.
Webb is acheduled to join Hall dunng
the first fivt- mmutea of his late-night
ahow, the usual monologue slot. The
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mayor will d1scu•s the boycott and hia
desire to overcome the divieivenNa
Amendment 2 has caused, said Briggs
Gamblin, Webb"• pres• secretary.
The producer• of the nationally •YndJ·
cated •how are paying all of Webb"s
expense•. Gamblin said
''The me.sage I want to bring is that
there are too many examples where people
make the"" snap judgmenta;• Webb aaid.
"For example, I oaw a videotape of
police beating a man named Rodney King,
and I 'aw a jury come back with a (not
guilty) verdict. We didn't, therefore, say
everybody in California is raetst:'
He also will talk about the positiv• &•l>t'<"l.H
of Colorado and th• fact that llenvtr, Bou).
der and ski resorts oppotlt'd the amendment.
Ruling says Minneapolis discriminated against employees' same-sex partners
:\11:S:S!'..APOLJS, Tuesday, l\ov. 24
(AP)-Three library employee• were
awarded more than $.C)().000 in damages
after a civil rights panel ruled that the
city discnmmated against them by not
providing health insurance for their Jesb1&
n partners.
Ann DcGroot, executive director of
the Gay and Lesbian Community
Action Council, called the ruling "a
ma)or breakthrough" in recognizing
discriminauon based on sexual orientation.
Maury Landsman of the Umversityof
MinneDnta Law Clinic, one of the law.
yers representing the women, said sev
era! cities around the country have provided
benefits for their employees'
same-!Wx partners.
"But as far as we know, this is the first
time a judicial or administrative body
ha,; found the policy off ailing to provide
Chea Ith in•urance) to be di11Criminatory;·
Landsman said.
The ruling goe• beyond a 1991 case
mvolving n ll'Sbian city social workerm
Dt•nvt•r who took time off work to care
for her ailing Jover. Her request for sick
leave was denied. She protested and a
hearing officer later ruled •he was en ti·
tied to three day• of •ick pay.
A Minneapolis Civil Rights Comm1s·
sion panel voted 2-1 last week to requir~
the city and the Library Bourd to stop
refusing to provide health<nre l><•nefita
to the women"• partner•.
The panel rejec·ted thecity"s arl(umcnt
that providinl( the bt'nefite would be too
costly.
AsSl8lnnt City Attorney James Moore
said no decision hes been made about
whether to appeal the ruling.
Moore said no asscsBment has been
made a• t-0 how many city employees
would be affected or what the cost to the
city would be if the ruling stand•.
The panel awarded $:19,599 to Judith
Bagan, employed at the library •inre
197!!; $30,525 to Mane Han•on, an
employee _smce 1982, and $20,:191 U>
Jane Anghn, who worked at the lihrary
from 1983 until Nov. 1990.
The amounUi include $8/>00 in punitive
damages for eac~ woman and attorney
fee•. They also mdude tripled actual
damages, based on their partners' medi·
~al expense> and the added cost of buy·
mg health msurance.
DECEMBER 4-10, 1992 / THE NEW VOICE 15
T T T NEW ORLEANS SOAP
Breakfast with Bobby; NLA Xmas Beer Bust at Phoenix; The Divas are back
By BCNCH BRITTAIN
'lbt• l\t·w Vo1n New Orleans
It's difficult to understand how the
national media sides on the issue of
!'resident Clinton's promise to use an
!'xecutive order to end discrimination
ugamst gays and lesbians in the mili·
tmy fon·e. They seem to spend an unu·
sun! and unn<'Cessary amount of time
blowing this issue out of proportion to
its importunce. This in tum gives the
homophobes a platform to launch
attacks against this idea who's time has
certainly come upon us.
This i•sue is going to give all of us an
opportunity to see if President-elect
Clinton is going to be the decisive man
we all believed him to be when we cast
our votes this fall. Persons against the
executive order are now pushing for a
study group in order to postpone what
should be inevitable. The GAO study is
comprehensive enough to enable any
truly responsible person to make a deci·
Scarlett OHara Butler at The Mint
Gary bartends at \fr Are Family
sion based on facts and not emollon.
Let's give Bill a chance to show us what
kind of President he is going to be. It's
my hope that he'll surprise us with his
directness and decisiveness.
The New Orleans Gay and Lesbian
Business Association is being hosted by
Larry Potts at his gallery ARIO·
DANTE, 535 Julia Street, phone 524·
3233, this coming Tuesday, Dec. 8 from 7
to 9:00 p.m. This quarterly party is being
used to gather toys for the kids at
McDonogh i\15, their sponsored school
in the French Quarter. Bring a toy or two
to drop in the barrel. It's also rumored
that the n1•w bu•ineBB dired.ories will be
pas•ed out at the meeting. Everyone is
welcome. New members are especially
being encouraged to attend.
For those of you who are running out
of things to do on Sunday morning get
that lazy body out of the sack and make
a trip to the Phot'ntX for "Breakfast with
Bobby:• Every Sunday from 8 to II :00
a.m. Bobby's serving $1.25 juice drinks
to those Mu ls who need sustenance after
the night before.
In addition to all the usual fun and
gnm<"a nt tho Phoenix a nd Men's Room
this coming season they'll be having the
National Leather Association Christ·
mas Beer Bust this coming Friday, Dec.
T T T NEW ORLEANS QUICK NOTE
11 from 9 l'M-'ttll. The following Fri·
day, the Knights d'Orleans will have
Santa on board to let you have your picture
taken in hi• lap. This will begin at 9
PM on Dec. 18th and remember t.o wear
your Christmas finery. The next night,
Saturday, Ike. 19, the Phoenix will once
again present Tony Coleman and Paul
Vincent playing for your enjoyment at
their monthly Hoe Down at the Ho
House. It sounds like George and Jamie
have some wild and fun filled time;; in
store for us at the "Big Red BaT.'
The American Aquatic Garden has a
special presentation in store for all of
you this Christmas time. There are new
attractions in the gardens you'll enjoy
browsing and a full store of special gifts
for your Christmas browsing inside.
They ship by UPS as well as offer you a
J(]JI> reduction for using the coupon in
this week's advertisement.
We'd like to give a special return home
"welcome" to the Born Divas, performing
at The Mint
this Sunday for
their regular 3:15
PM show, Dec. 6.
They'll be per·
forming at The
Mint through ~·ebruary
each weekend,
except for the
New Year's weekend
. Welcome
back, kids, we all
missed you during
your visit to Houston.
Say hell.a t.o the "Clown Pr1Me"
Take the opportunity this Saturday or
next Saturday, Dec. 5 and 12, to stop by
the NO f AIDS Task ~·orce from !i:OOa.m.
to IO PM for free flu shots. If you'd like
more information call the Task Force at
945-4000.
26011 Boots has
If any of you
have some non·
eJe<-tncal Christ· 1rlx" Loue bartend• at Sundam-e
been having some
wild and woolly
parties up on
Royal this year
and Tom Tosh has
one of his biggest
set for you this
week. Thoae of you
m New Orleans
this Sunday, D,'C.
6th, arc eocouraired
to stop by to
see 'l'om and hi•
wrangler~ as
" Papa Noel Comes
to a Winter Won·
derland " The
Gre-at Gh·c·a·way
customer apprrn·
ma8 ornaments ation part'.\ starts
you'd like to pass on, take them to The
Friendly Bar. or Big Daddy's Bar or call
Joyce Alberts at 943-89'.!9. She'll be
happy to h Avft aotomPOnfl pick them up
and deliver them to the 600 ward a t
Charity Hospital for their tree. Any·
thing will be appreciated.
at4:00p.m. WewanttoremindTum that
in addition to the 3600 weekly reader>; m
New Orleans this newspaper has over
25,000 weekly readers in the rest of the
g ul£oa. .. t mHrlu>ot._
21 more shopping days to Chnstmas.
Happy Holidays.
New Orleans holiday event uses art show and sale to help fight AIDS
The fifth annual New Orleans Art
Against AIDS show and sale will be
held Dl-c. 2 through 5 on the third level
of Canal Place. Hundreds of the metro·
politan area's leading artists, galleries,
art patrons and philanthropists have
•igrwd on as participants in the event.
Hohday-theme creations, including
wreath• and ornaments wilT be on pub·
lie view daily from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 1.-~ii;i!l~
p.m. The •how culminates with a gala
8ale und au1·tion on Dec 5, from 8:30
p.m. to midnight.
Fifty grap<.•vine wreaths will he indi·
Rapho••/ J)tluzw u·tth rrxktnlt horse for
'1rt AJ/am.-1 AIDS'
T T T DATELINE: GAY AMERICA
vidually decorated by notable artists,
interior de•igners, retailers and other
"surprise" creator•. The list of wreath
makers already includei; Albert Brown
Salon, Chrestia and Staub Interior
Deb1gn, artist Chris Maier. Michael
McKey of Michael's Hair Salon, the
Ralph Lauren Polo Shop and gallery
owner Arthur R.oger.
Of NJ><-·crnl intt-rt•st thiM year are nine
unique woodt•n rocking horses cn.•atro
by Kelly and Got!Regen Furniture
Design. Each horse will be painted by a
different artist. Participating artists
include Raphael Oil.uzio, Ronna Har·
ris. Bill lies, Richard Johnson, Francia
Pavy, John Scott, Arthur Silverman
and Joe Zucker.
Art Against AIDS was established in
1987. It is spon!IOred by the Conu•mp<~
rary Arts Center, and the New Orlean•
Museum of Art. It has raised over
$200,000 to benefit NOtAIDS Task
Force, and other non-profit HIV I AIDS
program8 and agencies in Loui,iana.
Tickets to th!' gala auction are ·c;o,
and are available by calling the NOr
AIDS task force at (504) 945-4000.
Coast-to-coast gay, lesbian radio station begins broadcasting
By DANA COFFIELD
FOR THE NEW VOICE
DENVER, Sunday, Nov. 29 (AP}-The
manager of a new coast-to-<:oast lesbian
and gay radio station said listeners will
find plenty of music from homosexual
artists and issue-oriented news, but
those looking for titillation should tune
out.
"People will be bored before they will
be titillated;' Clay Henderson said Sat·
urday night, soon after KGAY went on
the air.
"There is nothing that will go out on
the airwaves that will offend my sweet,
little, old Republican mother in Bra·
zoria County, Texas:• he said,
Broadcasting from a tiny Denver stu·
dio crammed on opening night with television,
magazine and radio reporters,
Henderson srud investors pumped $1
million into the •talion to bring "mainstream
radio for a gay and lesbian audi·
encc" to market.
The station isn't available without a
satellite dish. Though the nation has
other radio stations that offer gay and
lesbian programming, KGAY is
expected lo reach an estimated 7.5 million
homes in the United States, Canada,
Mexico and the Caribbean.
Direct broadcast satellite reception
will be an option on some late I 993 and
1994 automobiles. And the station 1s
working to encourage cable systems to
carry KGAY as background music for
their information channels.
Specifically lesbian and gay program·
ming is scheduled for about 65 hours
each week, coupled with 105 hours of
progressive rock music. The station's
news programming include" reports
from the Albuquerque-based Gay Net
News Service, Henderson said.
The station is not governed by the
Federal Communications Commission
but Henderson said his staff-I2 peopl~
in Denver and eight correspondentshas
been instructed to be "journalists
first, gay journalists second.
"We have a responsibility to show
both sides of the story, and to label opin·
ion exactly that;• he said.
Henderson said he expects advertis·
ing volume on the station to be heavy.
"We offer a very brand-<:onscious,
loyal consumer,• he said. "Studies have
shown that advertisers that will invest
m advertising to the gay communit)·,
the gay community will respond:'
KGAY doebn't give out its station
address to the general public, partly
because of anti-homosexual sentiment
in Colorado. The state's voters approved
a measure in November that invah·
dated gay rights ordinances in three cities
and prohibits any such laws from
being enacted in the future.
Henderson said KGAY staffers have
been trained to respond "in the event of
emergencres:· but threats won't keep the
station off the air.
A 17-year veteran of gay and lesbian
media start ups, Henderson said "life is
too short to Ii ve under the veil of threats.
If people want to threaten me, they'll
have to get in line:•
16 THE NEW VOICE DECEMBER 4-10. 1992
T T T CORPUS CHRISTI SOAP
Pageants at Choices; Portraits at Dessert Hearts; Sorry BUTR, I mean BUTCH!
By SUZETTE LOCKE
The Jl."ew VotceJCorpuo Christi
WeU. now that we're stuffed from the
Turkey Holiday .. .lefs get on with the
festivities! Only three weekt; left tiU
Christmas! Hope you "ve been good! So
much is happening here in the Coastal
Bend. Here it is from A to Z.
ting a Toys for
Tots Drive. Please,
get involved. Your
toys and gifts may
be the only ones
received by a special
child of the
Coastal Bend!
Oooohh ... Dec. 5
Portrait special.
Bring your loved
one, special two or
bunch of friends
and save a
'"MO"' at Choices ... of course, would
like to express his great appreciation to
a lot of sclfles.; 60uls that help create a
great Thanksgiving Dinner! Charles
Green, Lucky, JU8bn (from the Ram·
ada), Becky Dally. Kevin Haskell,
David, Jerry 0 . (from Hidden Door) and
United AmUBement, the backbone of
Choices: Ken & Lad and all of the other
special people that helped it couldn "t
have been done without you. Thanks!
Thanks for preparing and serving over
125 people for a first time ever Thanks·
givmg. Stay tuned for Christmas Dinner
ond show!
moment in time- Men of Monterey-tell Choice• •f you want to stt them again
the Board of Directors for the CBAF!
What an honor! Okay BALLS ... Happy
Birthday on Dec. 7. Merry Christmas
everybody! To help, the Rebels have
gone wild! For Christmas, you can win
one of three hams for yourself and help
some one less fortunate to enjoy Christ·
mas. Concerned citizens have
"adopted" clients from PLA/CBAF and
vowed to make their Christmas special
by fulfilling some of their needs. Con·
tact a Rebel for more information. Get
involved ... you can make a difference.
Tickets $1 or 6 for $5. Thursdays are
Club Night at the Hidden Dooc The Hid·
den Door is proud to support local clubs
and organizations including CCMC,
TGRA and BALLS.
forever! Create
your own portrait packages. Choose 5
unit. for only $39.95 plus $4.95 service
fee for 3proofs. Units are: 16x20(equals)
5 units, 10xl3 (equals)3 units.Bxl0--1,
2 (5x7) (equals) I, I (5x7) plus 4 wallet
(equals) I, 4 (4x5)(equals) I or 8 wallets.
Thanks Bob and Amador for remem·
bering my birthday and making it extra
special: I love to shop in the Leatherack!
A gift certificate and other gifts Crom the
shop is just what I wanted' Thanks'
Remembec .. only three wl'eks till Christ·
mas._ You've got to check the specials
Bob has! (in the Leatherack Chri•tmas
Sale!) Rebels Ham Drawing_ J>ec. ~th
at 7:00 p.m.
Wow, it'g already standing room only
at Choices and now they've added
another ba~ for extra cuRtomer service.
They applt'cia te your business and
wonted to show you, so now in edition to
great shows, you11 get more service!
Just ID llme for the Texas ~ ew Comer
USA '93 Pageant! Dec.. &-A prclimi·
nary to Ms Goy USA! Many special
guests will be there!. .. you'd better not
mlSS llus one! Then, on Dec. 5 Raymond
Saucedo (Guest DJ) will mixing and
blasting- at Choices, of course. A":!
wrut! That's not a[ Dream Boys will be
back Llcc 10! Mmmmmm_.heard that's
o sight to behold! Alan-get ready!
They re commg! Hey everyone, remem·
her the gorgeous men from Monterey,
Mexico o few weeks back' Well, if you
need to hove some more tell Lad and
Ken or ''"MO let t.nn• hear from you!
Lester JenninJ(s and K~n Htmckm"
Choices ownero
And last but never least La Vida ... Tht•
life! La Vida's has lots of speciuls ... a
spectal staff, a special dub,sp<cial scrv
ice and always a beer special. La Vida's
customers are always special. For extra
'f.l~C. and personalized attention ched
out La Vida's. Nick is there to insure
your taken care of. La Vida's on the run
way between the Hidden Door and
Choices.
Zundru and l..isa would like to express
their npprecta t1on for Thanksgiving,
nlso. 'J'lus year was veryspectal to them.
for this year many bridges were
repaired. Holidays are not only for
portymg with your friends and
uadopted" family but for reflecllng on
your life and appreaating those with
whom you put on the back burner all
year. Although Iksert Heart. do~
Thanksgivmg, 1.ondra and Lisa want
everyone to know they were m their
hearts and prayers. This Christmas sea·
son remember that there are always
thoseleso fortunate. There are the child·
r..n that need your very special atten·
lion. On )).,.. 4th !Je,,,,,; Hearts is hos·
Hob from "\iyne's Uolhera..>1- Thanks
for the 8-day gift..'
Mmmmmm. _.u·hat a. Dream ... Boy!
T T T GALVESTON SOAP
Sign up for your appointmmt. Shoot
day is Dec. 6 with two weeks delivery.
Dena Kaye will be performmg at Desert
Hearts' Don't miss it! In the mean
time_.all my rowdy friends are coming
over Monday Night (to Desert Hearts)
for free hot dogs, football and dart tour·
ney. Tuesdays;
Taco buffet, Wed·
nesdays steak
nights with nb eye
s teaks, real tators
with salad and
Sunday barbecue
Damn near cat out
every night with
the girls!
Ooops .. .I made a
Faux Pas! recenUy
BALLS had an
anniversary party
at the Hidden
Door and I gave Raymond Sauredo he/JM Tanya
And now I'd like
to take a moment
toexprcssmygrat·
itude and apprcci·
ation to everyone
an Cor1>ua Chn•b
and Austin' Tlus
wayward travel1·r
has spent many
hundreds of dol
lars and countlC88
days on a burned
engine. I love trav·
elinl( in between
these great com
m u n i
credit to the
Rebels, who were also partymg and
hanging colora ... sorry guys! You know I
love you. please accept my apologies,
now stop teasing Butr._J mean Butch!
Ha-Ha' Congratulations Butch Sparks
for his appointment to the President of
ties_.although my
truck has seen better times, you have
been patient and understanding in this
streo<sful time. Thank you! You have
truly shown that "unity" ism our com·
munity. Again, Thanks for bearing with
me through this .. .J'm back on the road.
Grand Drag at Kon Tiki; Muffin sent to New Orleans; Dickens on the Strand
By~TEVIEB.
The Jl."ew Voice/Galveston
The commotion by the ocean this week
ID Gal,veston on Thanksgiving Day,
Lafitte s, had their Annual Feast. The
bur fum1Shed the turkey and ham while
April. Lets get to the good stuff. Gos·
sip ... go>sip . . gossip. I swear I was Bee·
ing double along with ev<"rybody else.
Rocky iust movt"d here from Dallas and
his friend Tony was down for the holi·
day. This guy looked so much like John
everyone else B. that everyone kept calling him John.
brought pot luck.
The food was fan·
tastic and every·
one seemed to be
getting their fill.
Some were even
going for seconds
and thirds. That
night a special
show was at the
Kon Tiki. Unfortu·
nately I was una·
ble to go due to
other engage·
ments. Saturday's
~---~-ni'>'!!:~==-=-=--::-::: Henry, I under
stand you "ve been
knocking on any.
one's door at 9:00
a.m. on Saturdays
and Sundays
1 a tely Is this
because you've
been keeping
house guests?
show featured the Kofi-Ml&S Mid Amer~a 1993
Look out New
Orleans, Muffin is
headed your way
for her "first time:·
Muffin, remember
your first·time,
Island Diva, Misty keep that in mind
Valdez, Kofi, !\1.11111 Mid America 1993
Poison Alexander and Miss Gay Gal:
veston 1993.
This coming Saturday they will have
special guest featuring Oprah De Marro
and Golveston's favorite female dancer
while in New Orleans. You know at your
age it's hard to find a first-time for anything.
Mike hod his best friend in from
Chattanooga, Tennessee for the holi·
days. You could sure tell hcwam'tin his
home town, such a "Bad Girl:' Jerry, be
Tony-tM real John B 7
M•ke & Jerry bad girlz!
sure to come visit again soon. Well, 1t
t was mce while it lasted. Kevin hasn't
• been at the Brazos River Bottom in over
a week.
But, school started again so he and
Uncle Walter will get bock to their •liq.
wd lunches."
Janice, remember to send him on his
way at 3:00 p.m. and no blue light ape.
cials till he's gone. Uncle Walter, I under·
stand you got a lot of Turkey(s) for
Thanksgiving, but we know You can't
get chicken.
Lafitte's is making a change in their
daily 11<.·hedule. Since 1970 whi·n Hobert
op<·n.-d Lafitte's he o":-'ned at IO:OOa.m.,
now after ~l years hes going to open at
noon. I think he iust wants h1·
8 '-· t
I
Ul'llU y
seep.
As w_e go to pre.is I'll be covering Gnl·
veston s part m World A(l)S Da _
story next week. Y
This is also Galveston's winte i .
val "Dickenson the Strand"'!~ kr esti
$8.00 at the gate and $6.00 tn. ad~ 1
"
18 are
, vanaa.at
Hand~ll s for those who wish to he festive
1t s free if Y?U are in Victorian Costume.
Well. unlll next week ..,._ t' .
folks:' ~ i na 8 It
......... HOUSTON SOAP PART ONE DECEMBER4-10, 1992 / THENEWVOICE 17
Leather News: Lancers is 15 on Friday & Ripcord is 10 Monday--Congrats!
By TAD Nf;LSON
Hello Houston!
Congratulations to the Texas Riders
on their Fall Round Up. Gary tells me
that there were 122 people registered
from acr08e the nation and that they
made up 28 clubs and loteofG.D.I.s. The
farthest club came from New Orleans
from both The Knights d'Orleans and
Lords of Leather and the farthest G.D.I.
crune from San Francisco. The club par·
ticipation award went to The Bad Boye
of Austin who had the most member•
present.
A special award,
the Isl Annual
Texas Riders Com·
munity Service
Award went to non
other than the
very active Lady
Victona Lust. Mi:
Fall Round Up
went to Mr. Brian
Eschatpe of the
Lords of I.eathe~
New Orleans. And
Me ~'all Round Up
day night and this week his guest
Vanna White is a surprise! Wheel of For·
tune iH sponsored by the Pot Pie Restau·
rant.
Pacific Street invite" you to inspect
the hunky Santas and elves throughout
the Christmas Season for all you stock·
ing stuffin' fantasie" with Caged Heat!
Men Behind Bars-every night' And in
case you need a present, try the bright
red sweaters with the snowy white
Pacific Street logOti-a holiday must, if
you can't have one of the Men Behind
Bars ... The collection boxes are in place
for the Annual
went to Me Tracy Ryan Idol poses with Heaven mgr Ron
~;gan of the Capi· Paolucci
Toys For Children
With AIDS that
the National
Leather Associa·
tion are collecting
They reque.t that
the toys be in their
original factory
wrapping and
boxes, so the kids
get the instruc·
tions, etc., but
stuffed toys will
always be
accepted.
tal City Riders of
Austin. Congratulations to everyone
who attended and to thee winners and
the Riders. By the way, get down to the
Venture-N Wednesday December 9 as
the Texas Riders bartend for Full Moon
Madnesa on the Farside.
JR's Bar & Grill
is having Karaoke Thursdays on the
Santa Fe Stage from 13:00 p.m to I :30
a.m. You are invited to join in the fun;
some upecale and some silly as an evening
at the Karaoke Bar keeps getting
bigger. And a special note to you who
More on the
leather/levi club
scene in Houston:
.~. .....-. -..... might be inter·
Lancers Motor·
cycle Club is 15
years old and will
hold and anniver~
sary run on Friday
and Saturday,
December 4 and 5.
It will include
cocktail parties,
Saturday buffet,
poker run, ecav~
eeted, everyone
who singRon stage
aets a FHEf: audio
cassette of their
performance.
Pacific Street
continues the Hot
Thursday spe·
<"i .. lw You show
your Gym l.D.
card, and Pacific
Street will show
you a good time
with no cover
charge! Flex you
enger hunt, and a Dr. Charles Silverstein will be at
run pin. Registra Crossroads Mkt
muscles and show
off you latest construction achievemenl
Better still, watch the construction
workers show their brawn off. Prepare
you Merry Ho Ho Hoing with Pacific
Street in mind-where "Real Men Still
tion fee is $10.00
and t-shirta will be available for$12.00.
Registration begins at the Venture Nat
29'l:l Main Street in Houston, Texas and
you may call (713) 520-8902 for more
inform it.ion.
And: Monday December 7th is the
Tenth (10th) Anniversary of The Ripcord.
It should be quite a party to be at
from 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. ll is also a
Hlack Tie/Black J.eather Affaii: (No
polos and/or dresses, guys) Congratula·
tion• to Gary Batchellar and his fine
•taff on ten year• or service to the
loother. levi and uniform t-ommunity.
Heaven i• having their 1992 Recession
Buster/ Autumn HarvCtit with Hi·
NHG Dance Music Videos and NO
COVER from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m.(exclud·
ing Holidayti and Special Event.) with
any nonpermhable canned good for
Al'H Stone Soup Food Pantry. With no
canned good you will still receive Reces·
sion Buster price cover of only $2.00
between 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. and after that
General Admission applies. Of course
Heaven has "fabulous drink specials
nightly!"
B.J. Williams is hosting the Wheel of
1''ortune at E/J's at 10:30 p.m. on Thurs-
Dance".
DeeeDrag Show at Heaven on December
10th will feature a special guest from
Dallas, CoCo joining regular DeeeDrag
sta~ Kofi, Miss Mid America 1993. (And
CoCo-if you read this, I sure wish you
would perform thatshowstoppingnum·
ber you did at the benefit for Naomi ear·
lier this year. That was some of the best
dancin' and om• of the b<·st sound edit's
I've ever !;('en and heard!) Heaven ·s special
gue..t for DeeeDrag on December
17th i>I Tasha Kohl, 1992 ~:nt.ertainer of
the Year. Tasha does some really fun
number• so make your plans early and
be there.
Tonight, and ~'riday and Saturd~y at
The Sazamc Celebrity Grille at Smith &
~;Jgin the local group billed as "Hous·
ton's own Manhattan Transfer" Swing
Set will be performing two shows for
your dining and cabaret pleasure; the
first at 9::lO p.m. and the second at 11:30
p.m. Swing Set should not be confused
with a group of similar name that will be
T T T HOUSTON QUICK NOTE
performing at Sazarac the following
Wednesday through Saturday Decem·
ber 9, 10, 11 & 12th, Swing Shift; an
exciting and dynamic trio pla;in11 a
range of songs and music from early
swing and blues to contemporary origi·
nals and much in between.
Traditional Saturday night at Pacific
Street moves into the big Leather and
Flesh event with no cover charge for
men in chaps or leather jock straps. A
handy clothes check allows you to
become as naked as you want to be ...
doors open at 9:00 p.m. where real men
still dance!
This Sunday at Mary's, the Wolf Pack
will be celebrating the birthday of Wolf
Daddy, Bruce Chambers bel(inning at
4:00 p.m. on the patio. If I am not mis·
taken this will be quite a fe.tive gather·
ing of the pack and their admire'" and
close friends. Be sure to be there for this
one and get some
good picturesyou
know-the
kind I can't print!
New for winter
at Gentry is Lesa·
gna Night. Every
Sunday from 5:00
to 8:00 p.m for only
$4.50 you can
enjoy lasagna
with meat sauce,
salad bar and gar·
lie bread. For a
Tham.
Sunday December 6th, the BRB iH
proud to present "The 6th Annual Lady
Victoria Lust PWA Chnstmas" with
guest emcee,; Mona·A littleMore and
Ruby Barbeau. There "'ill belotsoflocal
celebrities on hand for the ,;how which
begins at 6:00 p.m. There will abo be
Steak night at the BRBfrom 5:00p.m. to
9:00 p.m. so go early, have a steak dinner
and stay to watch the show and fill •ome
lucky cowboys Pony Express "Male
Box".
Sunday December 6th, at Cro,sroac!B
market-authorof"The )'\;ew Joy of Gay
Sex .. , Charles Silverstein will be on·
hand to sign copiCti of hi• book Charlei;
1s also going to be the •pecial gue>;t at
Crossroads on Friday December 4 at
7;00 p.m. to a reception for H.A.T.C.H
(Houston Area Teen Coalition of Homosexuals).
\\'hile you ·re there, check out
the hlJl(e selection
of books, cards,
calendars, tapes &
CD" and beautiful
gift item• that are
available.
break from the BruC1!lla D'Valle of Corpw; u·as at Fall
steak, try Gentry Round up
Lasagna Night.
Monday and
Tuesday, Decem·
ber 6 & 7th Marsh
Carlton "ill be
performing at The
Sazarac Celebrity
Grille with Clay
Howell. This duo
pota on a dyne·
mite show and
And this Sunday at Gentry don't miss
the Miss Gentry I 9'J:I Pageant. Evemn11
gown und talent comμ<·t.ition wlll begin
at 8:00 p.m. sharp. The duh will award
over $fi00.00 in cash and prizes. Sunday
December 13th at Gentry i• the &cond
Annual Mister Gentry competition. Call
the~ bnr for detaiJ8 on ttntry and nward•.
Mystery Man and Pacific Street torso
logo-Alan returns to his own Caged
Heat Sunday. Don't miss this early holi·
day treat. He'll have you decking his
halls and more ... Don't forget the special
cover charge hours on m08t all of the
daily Pacific
remember they
were there to save the day when the
Divas diva'd out. Showt1mes nrc 9:30
and I 1;30 p.m. for both days.
Be sure to stop by Gentry for a chance
to win up to $100.00 at 10:30, l 1:30 and
12:30 every Monday and Tuc~day. Dyan
Michaels spms th<· wheel on Monday
night w h1J .. J->a1vi Hoata the 1\maday
night festivitie".
Mary's has Monday night football
with the Sundance Cattle Company
from 8:00 p.m. till the game j, over on
the patio. And now along with that they
have Monday night Steak Night from
Street schedules.
The Sazarac
Celebrity Grille
will begin serving
Sunday Brunch as
of this Sunday
December 6. The
lavish brunch will
be served from
JI :00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m. each Sunday.
If you are looking
for a beautifol and
exciting place to
gather with your
friends after
church for brunch,
they are located at
3219 Smith at
Elgin.
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
~- with a great piece
---·,,. of meat, salad and
Sunday be sure
to stop by the Even Santa rrads The New Voice
Dance Hall and
Saloon for the new Drag Shows with Jill
Jordan hosting a bevy of beauties this
week including Laura Lee Love and
Black Velvet. Showtime is at 10:30 p.m.
and there is plenty of off street parking.
Dance Hall and Saloon is located at 202
veget.able with all
the fixing" for
only $4.!iO.
Mondays keep
getting busier at
the Mining Com·
pany as participa·
tion in the pool
tournament
increases each
week Go in and
enjo~ the sound~
of the CD Jukebox,
and then be on
hond at i'\·00 p.m.
for the pool tour·
ney. If you enJoy
the huge select.ion
of tunCti available
on the juke box,
come in on Wednesdays
to get
your fill of Coun·
try & Western
favorites as
played by D.J
John Sins for the
Bear Club for Men.
Successful fThat's what Friends are for. .: benefit announces 1993 plans
Larry Garrett, the founder of the
"l'hat's what Friends are for .. :· annual
AIDS chanty event has announced the
date and locauon of next year's func·
tion. The fourth annual production will
take place on June 19, 1993, in the
Grand Ballroom of the Weslln·Gallena
Hotel. Dr. William T. Shearer and Dr.
Patricia Salvato will be honored.
In past years, the event was held at
the Tower Theater, Rich's, and most
recently at the WMtm·Galleria. Each
year, procee<ls have doubled, a trend
that the organizers hope will continue.
Proceeds from the 1992 event topped
$45,000.
Marvin Davis !Lady V1ctona Lust) "'
this years Community Relations Chair·
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