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The Newspaper of Montrose June 3, 1983 Issue .. 136 Published Every Friday
The Man Who Draws Those artoons
Meet Gary Larson.
If you beat your dog in Seattle and the
dog howls, and your dog-loving neighbors
complain to the Seattle Humane
Society, the next face you're liable to see
at your door is that of 32-year-old Gary
Larson, a friend ly, quiet, humorous but
no-nonsense animal protection officer
whose job it is to see that you stop. Right
away.
He also, in his own words, likes to
"scuba dive, ski, jog, hoard small children
in my basement, etc . . . the regular
stuff. .. " He also likes snakes, and collects
them. "Mostly kingsnakes, with
the exception of one 14-foot, 150 pound
python I innocently raised from a hate·
hling. It provides some cartoon material
but does nothing for my social life."
While not watching out for other
animals (and, warily, for his python,
Gary Larson uses a pen to create odd
creatures, human and otherwise, to people
a land of his own creation. This is
"The Far Side" and every week in the
Montrose Voice we present some of its
inhabitants and their predicaments.
INSIDE THE
MONTROSE VOICE
The Glass
Art of
Gene
Hester
MONTROSE ART,
PAGE 16
Columnist
Sharon
McDonald
'Gets Mad'
COMMENTARY,
PAGE 23
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Tina Turner to Star at Rally
By Hollis Hood
Tina Turner, legendary mistress of
rhythm asnd screaming so~], will headline
the Gay Political Caucus' rally culminating
this year's Gay Pride Week
celebration on Sunday, June 26, Larry
Bagneris announced at that organization's
regular meeting Wednesday, Jqne 1
at the Main Street Holiday Inn.
Dale Beverly told members that there
will be a "media blitz" very soon and that
ticket.a have already gone on sale at Ticketmaster,
Ticketron and the Summit boxoffice.
Terry Harris suggested that
persons buy tickets at the Summit saving
a 75¢, commission fee.
June 14 is the scheduled date for a press
conference about Gay Pride Week. Representatives
of all 62 participating organizations
will present a brief outline of their
organization's purpose and involvement
in the week of festivities.
Bagneris solicited volunteers to help the
day of the rally at the Summit. Persons
representing the media, telephone and
mailing committees also asked for volunteers
to a88ist with various immediate pro·
jects.
Voter registration tables will be set up
on Westheimer during Gay Pride Week, as
weH as at the Summit, they said.
A reception for out-of-town visitors will
be held June 25, Saturday. "Everybody
talks about what we have done here in
Houston," said Bagneris, Hand we need to
give the people in Shreveport and Okla·
homa City and all the other places that
will be visiting the energy to go back and
organize to get out the bloc vote in 1984."
He expressed appreciation to Ed Jamai.l,
Ray Collins and Walter Strickler for their
help in Summit negotiations. . .
The contract with the Summ1t1s 32-legal
pages in length, Bagneris said, a~d "at
one point we thought they were gomg to
charge us rental on the restrooms for the
event." That was only the beginning. Ms.
Turner's contract stipulates that she must
have fresh fruit, 24-hour limo service and
"presidential accomodations" to name a
few. Harris said the Caucus is looking for
twelve comp rooms for her entourage.
"But we added a contract rider of our
own "said Ba.gneris, "Ms. Turner will ride
on the GPC float in the parade that day."
In new business, it was noted that the
Comedy Wor~hpp will ljave a fllndraiai!r
on Thuradai ~ flight and tliaf Men
• Togethe.r, a New ,Yotk--Oasea gay' ,trou~
¥rill premier in Hopston on Friday. 'Men ·
i1 spoo&OPed by C1tizen8 for Human
Equality.
Norman Gu\ltnan informed the gathering
of a DemocratiC. rally at Bavari•n
Gardens, near Waugh at Memorial, on
Saturday, June 4. He asked for volunteers
to help assemble the booth at 11:00 a.m.
that day. In return, helpers will receive
food and drink and a chance to meet the
governor and other dignitaries.
In closing remarks, Bagneris ag~~
appealed to members to encourage partiet·
pation in the GPC rally. "Dallas may not
have a gay pride week parade because of
lack of unity," he stated, "so invite your
friends from Dallas down. Throw a cot on
the floor and let's have everyone here to
bring this celebration to the national level
with San Francisco and New York."
Citizens Rally to
Oppose MTA Bond
Referendum
By Hollis Hood
Opposition is mounting to the June 11
MTA bond referendum on financing the
heavy rail system, said the opposition
group's spokesperson, Mary Jane Smith
"We are organizing in neighborhoods
and the response has been very success·
ful," she said. The purpose of the group is
to organize all the smaJler groups who
oppose the rail into one coalition which
wiU have more clout.
"MTA has not lived up to its promises
thus far, and it would be foolish to authorize
them to spend $3 billion more for a
train that will only service 1.8 per cent of
the population," she said. "They cannot
claim to help clear up the freeways-they
will always be filled, so how is the train
going to help congestion?"
Councilman John Goodner agreed to
chair the committee which is ditributing
material, addressing civic groups and in
other ways initiating opposition to MTA's
plan.
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House Bill 2138
Dies in Committee
With the ending ofthecurrentTexaslegislative
session, the threat of House Bill
2138 coming to a vote also ended. The bill
died in committee.
Even so, gay men and lesbians need to
continue lobbying efforts against such a
propoaal said an aide in Rep. Debra Dan·
burg's office. ''The people with the Alert
Citizen's Committee and the Dallas Doctors
Against AIDS are not going to let this
issue die just because it didn't pass this
session. We have seen what they have
been able to do in two months ofmobiliza·
tion. They will not stop so neither can we."
Wheels Fall off
Skate Craze
They're still clogging the boardwalk in
Venice, California, but elsewhere in America,
skaters seem to have rolled to a stop.
The Los Angeles Times reports that a
national poll by the Roller Skating Rink
Operators Association has discovered
that half the households surveyed had at
least one "lapsed skater"-someone who
hadn't strapped on skates in the last year
Association spokeswoman Susan Cloidt
says the glamour skaters of a couple of
years ago are gone. Says Cloidt, "We've
lost the Gentleman's Quarterly type of
customer."
Household
Vending Machines
You may soon be able to get a Coke from a
vending machine without ever leaving
home. The soft drink industry is worried
that, what with home video games, com·
puters and cable TV, people may never
leave their homes to pick up a six-pack.
So, reports Beverage Industry News,
they're busily developing an in-home soft
drink dispenser, which sells for about
$125.00.
Industry observers say these dispensers
could be the biggest thing since the nonreturnable
bolt.le.
Montrose
Mouth
Daytime Hours now at
the Montrose Clinic
The Montrose Clinic will be open during the
day beginning June 6. Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays the schedule will be
10am-5pm and open again Monday through
Friday evenings 6:30-9 30pm. Appointments
are preferred during the day by calling
528-5531 .
A small service fee of $15 is required
which includes a complete STD exam, testing
and medications if needed. This action
is in response to increased patient needs
and it 1s hoped will reduce patient waiting
time, said Frank Berrier, clinic director.
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Harris County Democrats will host a .. country
fair'' fund raiser June 4 at Bavarian
Gardens with Gov. Mark White. Then that
night, they°ll have a black tie (optional)
··aayou Cotillion" at the Meridian Hotel.
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Lmda "Luly" Simpson-and her hubbyand
the new owners of the "same ol' Hole"
on Tuam. She·s formerly of GBI. so stop in
and say howdy and see the changes in the
bar and patio
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The Lambda Bike Club rode a leisurely 15
miles around Memorial Park (twice) last Saturday.
June 4 the Bike Club will be riding
through the streets of Montrose in an
attempt to pick up new members along the
way. The ride will cover Fa11v1ew. Westheimer,
Alabama and Richmond from Bagby to
Kirby. They will be wearing white shirts
Anyone desiring to be "'picked up" should
wear a white shirt and nde the streets of
Montrose from 11 :30 to 1.30. they say
The bikers will end the ride with a poolside
party, sponsored by Sports Coverage
Unlimited, at 3333 Cummins
Saturday June 11, the group will load
their bikes into a pickup and head for Galveston
for a ride along the seawall. For this
ride, bring your own lunch and the cost of
the gas will be split among the group. Bring
your swim suits and prepare for a full day of
fun in the sun, a spokesperson said
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Charlotte's annual "'Best Little Whorehouse
in Texas Review" featured "the
'Weathergirts'-Shelby Morton and Greg
Burgess·· doing ''It's Raming Men.'" All trps
for the performance were donated to M.O
Anderson Hospital for AIDS research. Morton
and Burgess said $150 was collected
during their thra.minute song and extend
thanks to everyone for makmg the evening
so succdessful.
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The City Health Dept Mobrle Unrt will be at
Charlotte's. 911 Drew, Sunday to conduct
VO screenings 5-9pm. Screenings will also
be held at MidtowneSpa. 3100 Fannin, Monday.
9pm-1am.
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Neartown Civic Association's affiliate
group, the Montrose Watch. will meet for a
training session at 7pm Wednesday, Ju~e 8.
at the Firehouse, 1413 Westhe1mer. Applications
for volunteers to help patrol the neighborhood
are being accepted
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The Montrose Chorale is now an Independent
organization separate from the Montrose
Symphonic Band. according to
Chorale director Robert Moon. Everyone
who enjoys singing 1s invited to "'become a
part of our song .. st Bering Church. 1440
Harold on Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
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Gafveston's newest gay bar, Trammp's, is
located just about a block from popular Stewart
Beach Owners Chip Herber and
Steven Futrell invite all of us beach bums
from HOU$tOn to visit their new club at 627
Winnie Street at 7•h.
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Citizens for
Responsible
Transit Release
Plan for Houston
Citizens for Responsible Transit, a loose
coalition of individuals and groups
opposed to MTA's transit alternative and
bond referendum, released an alternate
transit plan lest week.
The plan firstdemandsthatMTA_honor
its commitment to put 909 buses m the
fleet by 1983; they are 387 short of that
figure. (This includes extra buses and
altemateA). It further demands that MTA
install frequent, comfortable crosstown
bus service as promised, and implement
the road improvement and grade separa·
tions as set forth in the 1978 plan.
It should initiate unbiased transportation
research including the opinions of the
MTA Citizen Advisory Board and the tax·
payers on what would be th~ bettt altern~ ti
ve for Houston. MaJor transit
ref'earchers havl' discouraged the use of
heavy rail in Houston and even MTA's
own efficiency experts advised against
building a rail at this time.
CRT wants MTA to pledge to develop a
conservative, flexible system which is cost
effective: subsidy to each bus route must
be limited to 60 per cent of operating
expense as stated in the 1978 plan, MTA
must apply recommendations of the
Mc Kinsey Report, and live up to the pledge
of pay-as-you-go for capital projects made
in 1978. The referendum is a clear violation
of that pledge, they said.
"The essence of this plan was endorRed
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better heed their warning."
Gays Organize for
New Hampshire
Primary
The gay community in New 1:fampshire,
home of the nation's first pruna_ry, h.as
begun to prepare for the 1984 pres1denbal
election.
On the weekend of May 20-22, r~pre~entatives
from several gay or~ani~tions
met with Tom Chorlton, executived1rector
of the National Association of Gay and
Lesbian Democratic Clubs, the group
anch~~~=· explained New Hampshire's
plan for electing deleg~tes to the 1_984
Democratic convention m San Franc1s~
and presented an. over.view of th~ s1x
Democratic presidential campaigns
According to Chorlton, "~I.I six campaigns
have responded pos1~1vely to ~he
National Association's ongoing lob~r1ng
effort.8 which began last September.
Jim Fullington, a leader of a successful
gay organization in.th~ H!111over area an~
the National Associations key state con
tact, was invited to meet with Sena~r
Allen Cranston and his New Ha!11psht~e
staff less than a week after Fullm~on s
name was submitted by the National
Association, they said.
Lesbian Mothers
to Meet
Shelia King will speak on the topic "You
Have Nothing to Fear Unless You're a
Lesbian Mother' at the next meeting of
Choice's lesbian mother's group at 6:30
p.m. June 4, 210 Fairview, apartm~nt. 1:
Local attorney Patricia O'Kane will Jom
King with information on custody and
family law in Texas.
The group will also discuss summer
activities with and without, the children's
participation.
1
The mother's meeting is a
subgroup of Choice's Unlimited. It meets
the first and third Saturdays of each
JUNE 3, 1983 I MONTROSE VOICE 5
month at 6:30 p.m. at the above address on
Fairview.
Forum on June 11
MTA Bond
Referendum
The League of Women Voters of Houston
will present a forum to inform the votera
on the issues involved in the June 11th,
$2.25 billion bond referendum for bus and
rail. The meeting will be held Tuesday,
June 7 in the conference room of the Houston
Galveston Area Council (HGAC), 3701
West Alabama, at 7:30 p.m.
Alan Kiepper, general manager of the
Metropolitan Transit Authority, and John
Privett, executive director of the Tu
Research Association of Houston and
Harris County, will be the speakers. There
will be a question and answer session following
the presentation of the speakers.
The public is invited to attend. There is
no charge and reservations are not
required.
New Legal Rights
for Unmarried
Couples in Calif.
The California Court of Appeals has held
that unmarried people who live together
have the right to sue for loss of consor·
tium. An action for loss of consortium
means that one spouse can recover for losa
of the other's sexual services.
The Appeal Court, in the case of
Buthcher v. Superior Court of Orange
County, ruled that a couple need not be
married as long as they had a eta ble and
significant relationship.
Leonard Graff, legal director of
National Gay Rights Advocates, said the
holding was a significant development in
the Jaw. "The court didn't, in any way,
limit its decision to heterosexual couples.
There is no reason why this ruling
shouldn't apply to gay couples as well"
The Court held that a person who injures
another adult can "reasonably expect in
our contemporary society that the injured
person may be cohabiting with another
without benefit of marriage."
Conference Asks:
'Who Are
My People?'
The 8th International Conference of Gay
and Lesbian Jews will be held in Miami
August 4-7. .
The word "Miami" when translated into
Hebrew, becomes "Mi.Ami" and means
"Who Are My People." This coincidence
provides a theme for the conference which
asks, "Who Aie My People?"-as Jews .. as
gay men and lesbians, and as responsible
adults.
For registration information, contact:
The 8th International Conference Committee,
19094 West Dixie Highway, North
Miami Beach, FL 33180.
Association to
Benefit from San
Francisco Party
The Media Fund for Human Rights, the
charitable and educational arm of the Gay
Press Association, will be one of the beneficiaries
of a giant Gay Freedom Day
benefit party in San Francisco on June 26.
Dick Collier, Jr., owner of the popular
dance club Trocadero Transfer, has rented
Brooks Hall, located directly underneath
the Civic Center, site of the post-parade
celebration, for the event he has dubbed
''Metropolis."
"There's never been a party where the
parade actually culminates." says Collier,
who haa lined up Grace Jones and Technique
to provide entertainment. A. multimedia
presentation will recall parties of
previous decades, and a light_ show by
l..af'erium will feature the first indoor use
of a 22-watt krypton laser.
Metropolis was conceived as a nonprofit
party, but Collier's appli~ation
came too late to clear the bureaucratic hur·
dies. Instead he's offering a portion of the
profits, mostly to the fight against AIDS
and to the Lesbian, Gay Freedom Day
Parade Committee, but to a number of
other civic and community projects as
well, including the Media Fund for
Human Rights.
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Virginia Apuzzo (left), executive director NGTF; New York Governor Mario
Cuomo (center) and keynote speaker U.S. Army Sgt. Perry Watkins at the su:th
annual Fund for Human Dignity Award6 May 16 in New York
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N .Y. Governor
Addresses Gay
Awards Dinner
Mario M. Cuomo, governor of New York,
announced formation of an "interagency
task force" to coordinate the work of state
agenciea involved with AIDS in hie
address at the Fund for Human Dignity's
sixth annua1 awards dinner May 16.
Prefacing hie remark.a before a capacity
audience of 450 in New York's Plaza Hotel's
Grand Ballroom, with "I know your
special concerns," Gov. Cuomo called
AIDS "a bizarre, savage killer," and
announced, "Yesterday we iuued an exec·
utive order which sets up an interagency
taek force on the crisis that will bring
together all relevant state agencies and a
concerted all-out effort to find ways to
help."
Prior to this, Cuomo designated April as
"AIDS Awareness Month" in New York
State and authorized a $100,000 grant to
Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.
The governor also promised a state level
executive order "to deal with the subject of
discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation will be iaaued by me as gover·
nor." His appearance marked the first
time a state governor had appeared at
such a gatherina.
The Fund for Human Dignity is affil.
iated with the National Gay Task Force.
The benefit annually recognizes people
who have made "diatinguiahed contribu·
tions to the education of the American
public about the Jives of gay men and lesbians"
and which, this year, also celebrated
the 10th anniversary of the
National Gay Task Force.
Former
Congressman to
Head GRNL's
Special
AIDS Lobby
The Gay Right. National Lobby has
announced that former Congressman Jim
Corman will head a opecial AIDS Lobby·
ing Taak Force.
The taak force ia expected to eignificantly
aaaiat the short-staffed GRNL in
dealing with the many AIDS-related mea·
sures on Capitol Hill, as well as bringing
conoiderable extra clout to GRNL'o AIDS
lobbying efforts, they said in a prepared
preu release.
Joining former Rep. Corman are Judy
Goldsmith, the president of the National
Organization for Women, and Dan Bradley,
tormer head oi theNabonal Legal Ser~
vicea Corporation. Allan Jonas the
former president of the American C~ncer
Society, has agreed to serve aa a special
advisor to GRNL on ita AIDS efforts.
Former ConJZressman Jim Corman
GRNL's Executive Director, Steve
Endean, indicated that other prominent
communi ty Jeadera may a lso soon join the
AIDS Task Force.
Rep. Corman, who represented the San
Fernando Valley of Calif. for 20 years, can
be expected to substantially enhance
GRNL's Capitol Hill AIDS efforts, GRNL
said. During his time in Congress, Corman
was a leading advocate of both civil
right.a and national health insurance.
New Head Person
at Human Rights
Campaign Fund
The Human Right. Campaign Fund, a
national pro-11ay civil ri11hta political
action committee, recently announced the
Vic Ballik, new executlue director
Human Righta Campaign Fund
PHOTO • LfJOH MOSU!Y
appointment of Vic Basile as its new executive
director.
Basile is a Washington, D.C.·based gay
activist and labor union organizer.
HRCF. in it.a first major elections in '82,
raised more than $600,000 and won 81%of
the Congtteeional races it entered.
Some SF Police
Alarmed Over
AIDS Contact
International Gay New• Agency
San Francisco police officials wiU start
issuing plastic resuscitation devices and
rubber gloves in response to officers' fears
that they might catch AIDS during emer·
gency first-aid work.
The announcement has been greeted by
a mixture of hoots and groans from the
gay community because of the misinformation
about how AIDS might be transmitted
implied in the police action.
Health care officials have also said that
the police are using iB-judged, alarmist
tactics.
The gloves and face masks will be distributed
at police stations throughout the
city. "We think this should resolve the
problem," Deputy Chief James Shannon
said. "All we're doing is putting in a little
more hygienic practices for officers. And if
they use these hygienic practices, they're
not going to get AIDS."
Dr. Constance Wofsey of the AlDS
Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital,
said that she had tried to better inform the
police about AIDS, but her explanatory
sesAion haR been reduced to a lO·minute
tapt· Mhown to poli<'e officers.
Wofsey said that she "emphasized that
AIDS cannot hf> spread through casual or
professional contact" that does not
involve sexual relations or exposure to
blood. There are no cases of AJDS being
transmitted solely through contact even
m hospital or laboratory situations, she
added.
The distribution of masks and gloves
came aftu the Police Officers Association
iSBued a bulletin claiming that officers
wer(' at risk if they were spit upon or bitten
by an AIDS victim . The bulletin also
recommended that officers submit a writ·
h•n rt•port if they handled clothing of an
AIJ>S patient.
Spokesman Shannon explained the hys·
teria·by saying, "There's going to be a lot
of hy8teria when you don't know what the
hel1 is going on. But we're not running at
this liko a bull in a china shop. We should
have made gloves available to officers
years ago, just as a matter of hygiene."
Captain Richard Klapp of the Mission
Station, which includes the gay Castro
District, said, "I've seen no manifestation
of wild alarm or panic and I'm out there
with the officers every day.They just want
to know more about it because they're con·
cerned for themselves and their families."
Mike Hebel, welfare officer for the POA,
said he would like to see better mouth·to·
mouth resuscitation devices and zip-lock
plastic bags in which officers could store
evidence from possible AIDS patients
without being exposed to blood.
"Let's say an AIDS victim had been
beaten up, there's a knife wound and blood
on the jacket," said Hebel. "We'd like to see
the same kind of plastic bags used that
people at San 1'Tancisco General Hospital
get."
Deputy Fire Chief Charles Cresci said
that rubber gloves were also distributed to
firefighters two weeks ago. The department
had already been using resuscitators
equipped with disposable plastic mouth
guards.
"The more we were reading in the paper
about AJDS," said Cresci, "the more con ..
cerned people got. We now take the same
precautions with AIDS that we would
with hepatitis or any infectioua disease.
It'• all the aame with us."
National AIDS
Forum to Plan
Long
Term Strategy
Taking what gay medical and political
leaden1 railed a much needed step towards
long t<'rm planning, AIDS researchers.
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orgamzations and health career providers
will gather in Denver June 9-12 for an
intensive strategic summit conference to
map out national planning for patient
care, organizational cooperation and pol·
itical strength,
13illed a• th• se<ond National AIDS
Forum. the workshol)'-oriented meeting His
really targ<>ted to thOO<' directly working
with. AIDS care, politics and reAearch,"
said Jeff Richards, Forum program CO·
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community that AIDS is not going to disappear
tomorrow. That's true. We have to
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long haul ahead. And our planning must
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8 MONTROSE VOICE I JUNE 3, 1983 .............
City Council Candidate Opts for Central Jail •• •• By Holla Hood
A centralized booking procedure in a central
jail ia one way to help alleviate jail
overpopulation currently plaguing
enforcement facilitiea in Hou11ton, said
David Jones, recently announced City
Council candidate for at.large position
place four. That council seat was previouely
held by the late Homer Ford.
Jonee, a mayoral appointee to the Police
Chief• Advisory Committee, encouraged
Mayor Whitmire and County Judge John
Lindu.y in a reeolution to appoint a study
committee to examine the factors contributin11
to jail overpopulation and abueee
of prieonen detained in the Houston City
and Harria County jaila.
He hu been man balling support for the
rNOlution. The Gay Political Caucue is
one of many oraanization.a which has
voted to endo?M the resolution.
"The ay1tem u it exist.a affects poor people
generally more than anyone else," he
aaid. '11ie black.a think it discriminate.
&11ainat them, but it actually discriminate.
against all disadvantage people.
Justice is blind to the ethnic, butitissometi.
mee blind to the humane concerns as
well."
Jones an attorney and former staff
member in the district attorney's and
attorney general's officea, said he got out
of the 1ystem becaWIO he didn't like the
valuea that it fostered.
"I had occasion to visit many jails and
prieons during the nine months I was
for prehapa a ZO.minute court appearance.
"If they were out of jail, it would save the
agency money and they could hire their
own awyef '' I I n
Jonea also·favors hberauielion of pretrial
release procedures, a power jud&'e8
have, but rarely use. Of 39,000 persona
booked in 1982 only six per cent were
released on penional recogllizance. A1atin's
figures reflect 86 per cent release and
Galveeton 25 per cent.
Jonea was instrumental in getting clerical
work in the police department turned
over to clerk• and freeing up officers for
police duties. He wu alao involved in the
scheduled overtime for oflkera so they
could earn extra money on the beat and
·not aa BeCUrity peraon1 at a bar. But all
government i1 not in law enforcement, he
emphasizes.
"A councilman ahould be involved in all
levels of government.'' he said. "Especially
in a city like Houston. He hu to be
aware of how the city is being affected by
all le&'ialation at the national and state
levels aa weJl. I see that a councilman of
the future will have to take a new role in
city government. A much more expanded
role that just representing one area."
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workin~ on the Ruiz case, which eventu- David Jone•, candidate for Houston
ally resulted in prison changes." He des- City Council
Jones says he favors a fair housing ordinance
and would move toward ending sexual
preference discrimination wherever it
was found. He favors regulating the
amount of political contributions to campaign
funds so councilperaons will not be
awayed by special interests.
Jones has mixed feeling, he says, about
MTA'a propolled transit plan. 01 was for it
at firat, but the more I read about it and
reeearch it, the more I wonder if it's the
right thing to do. I definately think an
elected MTA Board is eomething to consider."
: air & hotel • • • cribed the conditions aa dehumanizing.
People were sleeping on cold wet slabs or
on table tope in community cel1s.
4 Jt was smelly. It got in my nostrils until
I became really sick of it. I was so disgruntled
by where I aaw these people. We
take a pe-non and make him as unpleasant
as po88ible. It's a disorienting effect
on thoee dealing with them. You begin to
become immune to the stench, and you
begin toceaaetoaeethem upeople. That's
when it'a time to get out."
Since that time, Jones baa been activly
pursuing ways to stream.line the jailing
more applicable. This has been tried in
some other cities and seems to work.
The important thing, he stressed. is to
get the petty offender out of jail and back
to earning a living. It costs the law
enforcement agency $30 per day to hold a
prisoner. A court-appointed lawyer is $100
In addition to Jones, Anthony Hall and
Nikki Van Hightower have also
announced to run for this council seat.
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"Medical emergencies as well as
uaaulta by priaonera are well documented,"
hia resolution reads. "If these
problema are not addreaaed by responsible
officials, innocent Harria County citizens
will auffer and thecity a.nd county could be
liable for lar&'e money damage awards to
people injured in the jails."
The Naked Truth is
••• We can't make
ends meet if ~ou
don't come see us. We
He recommends that the study committee
explore theae specific remedies: allow
police officera to write citations for jailable
miedemeanora that could be reduced to
Clau C m.i.ademeanora or municipal violations.
Better utilization of the county's pretrial
release program for non-violent
defendants. Provide full time m&lliatrates
to review bail and pre-trial release options.
Establish a centralized booking procedure
in a lingle jail. Establish a bona fida clas-
1ification 1ystem to reduce a888ult& and
prevent suicides.
lie explained that when someone is
picked up for a minor charge, that the
bond might be so high, the penion would
spend three days in jail because he cannot
make the bail. After that lime he may end
up with a fine, but bu alill l<>1t three da}'11
of time he could have been out earning the
money to pay hi1 fine.
The doubling of customary minimum
bonds for all offenses and the increase in"
arreata in 1982 bu not deterred crime, said
Jones. but only increa8ed jail population.
The matter of how to accomodate these
extra prisoner• becomes a serious consid·
eration at budget time.
He noted a duplication in booking proceduree
where county prisoners are taken to
the city jail fir11t. Booked there, they then
wait to be transferred to the county jail
where they are booked through the same
procedure again.
He propounds that one central jail facility
with one booking procedure would be
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Announces
Projects
At a recent meeting of thP board of dir
tors of the relatively new Right to PrivS(Y
Foundation, they approved an 1983-84
program focusing on documentation o't
discrimination, analysis of the federal gay
civil rights bills, what the impact has be<"rf
of local gay civil rights laws, and extended
investigation into tht political viability of
candidates supporting gay civil righ ts.
This is all according to a press relrage
published by the group.
The board also approved the establish·
ment of a network of "ReRearch A88o~
ciates" who will, according to Rick Davis
(the Foundation's Educational nd
ReAearch Director), provide an important
rettearch and analysis base previously
missing for those working in the area of
gay civil rights.
Foremost among the projects approved
will be completion of the foundation's
efforts to document discrimination in
employment, housing, and public services
against gay men. The foundation will pub·
lish a short pamphlet presenting the dis·
crimination experiences of a number of
individual lesbians and gay men rather
than focusing just on cold, abstract atatistics.
A aecond of the four projects will report
and analyze what happens to elected offi.
cials who atand for re-election. Are they
defeated because of their support for gay
civil rights. Are they attacked on that
iesue? Or does their support bring them
additional campaign workers, contributions,
and votes?
The third major proje...1. involves a careful
analysis of the current federal gay civil
rights bill. Among other things, this study
will examine whether, as Rev. Jerry Falwell
and others have charged, thooe bills
would grant "special privileges to homoeexual1."
The final major project is that of determining
and documenting whether those
places which passed gay civil rights laws
some years ago have experienced the
"parade of horribles" opponents warned
of: teachers advocating homosexuality in
the classroom, churches forced to hire
homosexual ministers, etc.
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10 MONTROSE VOICE I JUNE 3, 1983
Perry Confident of Eventual Acceptance
into National Council of Churches
A private way of life.
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By Steve Warren
The acceptance of the Universal Fellowahip
of Metropolitan Community
Churche9 (UFMCC) into the National
Council of Churches (NCC) is hardly a
foregone conclusion, but Rev. Troy D.
Perry remains buoyantly optimistic.
"We're behind the scenes and we know
where our support'• at," said Perry,
founder and moderator of the board of
eldera of the primiarily gay denomination.
0 1 believe with all my heart that we can
pau the eligibility test if that comes up in
November .... We passed it with their committee,
but the committee report they keep
pushing back .•. .''
The 266-member NCC Governing Board
met recently in San Francisco, where the
UFMCC question waa the main item on
their agenda. The board is scheduled to
vote in N ovem her on whether to accept the
report of their committee which has
already declared that UFMCC meets the
criteria for membership. If the report
pas ... , the full NCC will vote next year on
UFMCC's application, with two thirds
needed to win.
"We feel like the longer they wait the
better off we are," Rev. Perry said. "To
know ua ia to love us. _ •• The longer they
wait on WI the longer we have the opportunity
to dialogue with them •.. and as
they discover who we are and what we're
all about and what we're teaching, that
makes all the difference in the world."
The two daya of dialogue in San Franciaco
attracted national media coverage,
mostly centered on the atatementa of a few
individuala representing opposing point.a
of view within the council.
Father Alexander Doumouras, a Greek
Orthodox prieet, suggested that his and
seven other Eairtern Orthodox churches
might leave the NCC if UFMCC joins.
Rev. Cecil Murray, pastor of an African
Methodist Episcopal Church in Los
Angeles, was quoted as calling lesbians
and gay men a special threat to black fam·
iliee, which he indicated are in enough
trouble already.
••tt•s very interesting," said Rev. Perry,
''That the CME (Christian Methodist
Epi8COpal) church has issued a press
release saying 'We don't agree with the
AME ... they do not speak for us. There are
people on our Governing Board delegation
who are supportive of the membership of
UFMCC.' 80 that's a breakthrough for us
that all at once the black chuches are div·
iding on this iuue."
Valerie Ford, a lay member oftheChrisitan
Church (Disciples) told the press she
felt more comfortable in MCC worship &er·
vices than those of her own church or the
NCC because of an anti-feminist attitude
in the mainline churches.
Rev. Don Eastman of Dallas has been
one of UFMCC'a liaisons to NCC's Faith
and Order CommisErion. In San Francisco,
JU.v. Perry said. "they had a panel
di.8CU8sion-Aeven of them to our one
tEutmant I leaned over over to Nancy
!Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson) and aaid, 'My
God, that's Just not fair-seven to one.'
She said, 'Oh no, thia is real good . It's
uaually ten to one! I was so pleased
because he was really able to hold his O¥t"ll
He waa juat brilliant.
"'The next morning the ... Membership
Constituency Committee- of the National
Council of Churches gave their present.a·
tion and they were very ~upportive of our
entrance. Then we had three people who
gave their testimonies: Jim Sanmire (pas·
ter of Golden Gate MCC and newly
appointed chaplain to the San Francisco
Police Depl); Pat Evans, a black lesbian
from San Jose, a deacon jn our church
there; and Nancy Wilson-and they were
all brilliant."
"That night we held a worship service in
the Old First (Preebytenan) Church and
had 805 people in attendance. (There are
lower eetimates, but all over 500.) We were
pieaaed. That building was full-the bal·
cony, every thing. We had about 150
members of the (NCC) Governing Board
who came to worship service .... "
Don Eastman's theme on Tuesday
morning had been "God always made
room for the exceptions, no matter what
the law said: Barren women, eunuchs, peo·
ple who were not Jewish, and homosexuals;
and we really hit them with that."
"My meuage to the (NCC) in my sermon
was twofold. One was, people still tell
us we're dying and going to hell. All we
can say to them is as the blind man did
who met Jesu.e one time. The religious
leaders of his day said, 'Don't you realize
the person who touched you had to be a
einner because he healed you on the Sabbath?'
The man's answer was, and ours is
too, 'I once waa blind but now I see. That's
all I can testify to, what happened to me."'
... Th.e other (sermon point) was, I told the
group very honestly they don't have to
worry about the UFMCC too much; we
only have 27,00 members •.. but that
means of the 22 millioin gay people in
America the largest portion of those are
still in their churches, and they're going to
have to deal with the gay people in their
churches.''
"I believe with all my heart that there
must be at least a million or so gays who
are in their churches .. . closeted and
frightened to death and trying to come to
terms with their sexuality; and if homophobia
reigns supreme in those groups
and they can'tdeal with it, then definitely
there'• problems."
The worship service apparently opened
the eyes of a few NCC members. In the
receiving line afterward, Rev. Perry said,
"If I had one I had a hundred who told me,
'You·ve made a difference here in this worship
service tonight for me.'"
In their interaction with UFMCC, a
number of NCC members, including some
on t,he Govemiwi Bol'J"!, bavecopt1M>Utas
l{sbib.11 'Bnil gay men. '"Some of the
;.Pover11ing BoMd members wish we
' wouldn't sa'j that.' Rev. Perry remarked.
"Not the gay ones necessarily', butaoms of
the other onee don't.want their denominations
to know they have gay people there.
Wei~ that'1 not our problem, that's theire.
We won't name names because we feel
those individuals have to decide to do that,
but definitely there are gay people there."
"Tommorrow the National Council, the
next day the World?" Surprisingly Rev.
Perry revealed that that time-table may be
reversed:
"You can't join the World Council of
Churches until you are members of a
national council somewhere, that's the
way it works. Of course we may still wind
up in the World Council by joining the
National Council of Churches in Nigeria.
We're praying about that and our group
may do that, so we may end up through a
third World country still members of the
Word Council of Churches."
UFMCC has seven member churches in
Nigeria. The denomination, which marks
its 15th anniversay this fall, is in nine
countries now with a total of over 200
churches.
The UFMCC biennial general confer·
ence will be held outside of the United
States for the first time July 10-17, in
Toronto, where the first MCC established
out.ide the U.S. will be celebrating ite
tenth anniversary. The main orderofbueinest1
will be considering a replacement for
the feHowship'a present organizational
structure.
Rev. Perry believes the one being pro·
posed '1will last a hundred years, with a
little fine tuning.''
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'Let's Do It One
More Time'
From Gem> Leggett
The Southwest Texas conference of the
United Methodist Church (held) its
annual meeting in San Antonio May 29-
June I. In the olden days the primary
excitement was the reading of ministerial
appointment&. Methodist preachers are
not called traveling preachers for nothing.
Folks never know whether they were
staying at their churches for another year,
or if they had to start packing parsonage
parcels immediately. Hysterics were an
acceptable response to this readingwhether
motivated by the joy ofleaving a
really drudge of a church or the pain of
finding oneself appointed to that drudge
of a church.
Nowadaya Methodist conferences are
not nearly ao exciting. Reports are heard,
monies are allocated and a few safe
debates over helping third world leftists
are drearily recited while wives shop at
Joske'1.
However, •ince 1971, thinga have been
different for the San Antonio conferences!
In 1971, theconferencetookawaymyminiaterial
orders because I was a homosexual.
Unfortunately for the conference, this
was not done in the usual "let's get him
quietly out the back church door and continue
our little businesa at usual church
games
Some radical gaye from East and West
Coaste (the Sugar Plum Fairies), some
early U of T gay libbeTS along with a few
hardy San Antonio gay movement folks
(including one or two street jotas-God
bless them) insisted that the oppression of
gays and lesbians by church structures
come to an end. The resulting conflictwhich
devastated the straights and invigorated
the gays-was reported around the
world.
Every major newspaper in the U.S. carried
the story, Newsweek and Life ran pictures
and Eaquire gave the Methodists a
dubioUI achievement award. At the conclusion
of the Newaweek article, the
biahop wu quoted as saying "The Gene
Leggett affair is cloeed."
Well, dear readers, that was only the
beginr,ing! There has not been a conference
aince 1971 without strong and visible
gay current. 1timulating and stroking the
frightened libidos of the Methodist hierarchy
What good has this done? In term•
of Methodist politiCI and policies, practi·
cally nothing was accomplished until two
conferences ago when a new sympathetic
bishop came to town. (He also happened to
be black.) It was to be a new era of dialogue
and loving exchangea that would validate
self-esteem and elevate the gay "problem"
to the same boring level as world hunger.
(Don't get me wrong-I am against
hunger and know personally the terrible
reality of the "'haves'' who don't give a
damn for the "have-nots.")
After 12 years of hard struggle, one lone
gay United Methodiet l'!ymon-.T.roy
Stokes-got elected to a minor position,
and all hell broke loose from the rabid
fringe• of our Chriatian flocks. This year's
conference may see homophobic craziness
at a new all time high.
If the return is so little. why invest the
energy? AJJ Ulual , it'• the little things that
count. (And you can embroider that and
hang it over your bed.a!) Gays and lesbians
come up to me and say "I read about it and
it helped." Ministers who are closet gays
secretly come around for a handshake and
even an embrace. Straight ministers
whisper that their personal ministries
have been enriched: good old lay people
from our country churches drop me a note
and 88Y that for the first time they understand
and can talk to their lesbian daugh·
ten. l k>vt it!
So. sweet gays and lesbiani; of San
Antonio, we"re going to do it one more
time!
(Editor's note: Uoett's letter u·a.s written
1uat prior to the rmzfermcr. At tire galMr'
ing on May 3(), IM United Metlwdiat
Church of Southwest Texas affirmed its
ban on gay pl!Ople in the ministry.
Leggett staged a siknt protest by kneeling
at the meeting after he was refused
permisaion to address the delegates.
The vote against Leggett's position was
about 800 lo 100.
Leggett is an active lay member of the
Oak Lawn United Metlwdist Church of
Dallas.)
KS/AIDS
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Responds to
Atheist Group
To Don Sanders, American Gay Atheist•
From Michael B. Wilson, M.Ed. ,
president KS! AIDS Foundation,
Hou.a ton
Thank you for your recent letter of May 13,
1983, and your many comments and suggestions.
Your observations are interesting
indeed and I appreciate your obvious
concern and taking the time to express
your opinions to our group.
A. I'm sure you must realize, there is a
segment of our society who feels comfort
and accomplishment from participating
in such activities as the Candlelight Vigil
for Public Health and the Evening Prayer
Service. We as an organization are dedicated
to accepting all views and working
together against the AIDS epidemic, coordinating
and cooperating with varioua
and differing beliefs. We feel we can aH
work together against a common foe.
Therefore. I invite your group to join
with us in supporting our cause in the way
you best see fit. We would appreciate your
organization having some type of fund raising
event tailored to your own beliefs
in our behalf. Please find a "Fund-Raising
Event Endorsement Application "
enclosed which needs to be completed
prior to such an event.
Thank you for your organization's help
in our fight against AIDS. Together, let's
beat it!
Voting No on
June 11
From Neil Iabin
While I have not followed the details of the
MTA's bus and rail proposition, I have felt
increasingly uncomfortable with their
questionable reasoning and their arrogant
and heavy handed behavior. Over
the last few months, I have appreciated
the excellent coverage of the rail vs. monorail
debate by the MONTORSE VOICE and
I would like to publicly thank Hollis Hood
for her in-depth reparting and analysis.
The public is being told by MT A officials
that the solution to our traffic problems
lies in a heavy rail system that the public
must approve. At the same time, they
admit their proposal will reduce freeway
traffic by leas than two per cent. Something
is not right.
Since most of the congestion is along the
freeways, it seems reasonable, quickest
and most coet effective to build an initial
"rail" sytem above the freeways with convenient
intersecting bus Jines (and future
intersecting rail lines). However, the MTA
saye it cannot build above the freeways
because the State Highway Department
has jurisdiction and plans to double deck
the freeways-that is not a rea8"'n, but an
excuse.
Opposition to the monorail has focused
on (a) that no other city has one, therefore
it cannot be a good idea, (b) that the federal
government allows financial aid for
heavy raiL but not monorail systems and
(c) that the monorail is inadequate and
unsafe. The first two arguments are
excuses and not reasons. Given the excuse
type reasoning of the first two a~guments ,
I don"t believe the MTA officials when
they use the third .. catch all" argumentespecially
when they decide that the
monorail is safe and adequate for part of
their Phase II plans.
Such reasoning caused me to view the
MTA propasal with suspicion. However,
their heavy handed and arroga~t
approach to the public solidified my dis·
trust. It is heavy handed to tie any and all
bus improvements to the rail plan, telling
voters they cannot have any bus improvements
unless they vote for the rail plan. It
is heavy handed to contr1J:ct to purchase
the rail cars before a decision has been
made to build the rail 'systein. The tax
credit deadline argument for the purchase
is an excuse and not a justifiable reason
for "forcing" the public's hand. .
Jn addition, the MTA's confusion of
wishful thinking with public assurances
that their financial plan was in order
makes me distrust them even further.
However. in my opinion, the last straw
concerns the arrogance of the MTAleadership.
When a group of concerned citize:ns
organized a major public forum-Wlth
experts from across the country-the
MTA refuled to accept an invitation to
participate.
The MTA proposal might still be ti per·
formances. Tickets are $8-$25 at Ticke.tmaster
or Union Jack. The event ts
sponsored by Citizens for Human Equality.
Theater or Theatre
From Billie Duncan
Although the preferred spelling for movie
houses and playhouses in the dictionary is
"theater." the preferred spelling for thosr
establishments in practice is utheatre ...
All textbooks that I used during both
undergraduate and graduate work used
the spelling "theatre" when speaking of
the entire realm of plays and play production.
In Houston, almost all playhouses use
the speliing "theatre" in the names of
their establishments. Two exceptions are
Chocolate Bayou Theater and Main Street
Theater.
(Editor's note: It 's always a pleasure to
hear from Billie Duncan. She is correct
that most Houston live theaters are referring
to themselves as "theatres," using the
British •J>£11ing of the word. But the
VOICE will continue ta b<! stubborn and
keep it our Policy to spell it "theater," the
American apelling-the exception being
in ca.ae of typos, which we are famous for.)
League of Women
Voters is Active
From Phyllis Frye
Although I've been a member for more
than 5 years, I never really got involved
with the League of Women voters (LWV)
until this past January. The followmg
observations are personal-yet, I feel that
they are accurate observations of a
member.
When I studied LWV in depth, I saw its
strengths as well as how lesbians and gay
men could benefit as members. (Men can
join.) I saw that a) most every position that
LWV-national, state and local-has on
iasuea is closely parallel to my own view
on many i88uee. Also, the issues on which
LWV has a position are wide ranging. The
range covers but is not limited to reproductive
choice, D.C. 11elf-govemment, ERA,
national security, water quality, toxic substances,
domestic violence, resuable
energy sources and regulation of hazardous
radioactive waste.
Strengths ofLWV can be summarized in
three phreases: in-depth study, grass-roots
consensus and extensive monitoring and
lobbying. Once LWV has a researched
consensus, it does monitor and it does
lobby. LWW is very political. But LWV is
non -partisan, issue·oriented, political.
Policymakers and politicians perceive
LWV in a variety of ways, but always with
respect for what it says. They may or may
not like or agree with what LWV says.
They know that it went through a labor·
ious process of study and membership conf!
ensus to obtain ita JX?tition on the issue
usually taking a mmimum of two yean.
Letters
LWV is not reactionary and politicians
know it.
Currently, LWV in Houston is studying
three iasues that are of interest to all citizens.
The national study on national
security and arms control is a two-year
endeavor. What are the elements of
national security? World hunger, support
of dictatorships, excessive budget deficieta
or limited natural resources? Is arms
control only a nuclear issue? Or is the sale
of conventional arms, reduction in military
salary or the John-Wayne-swagger
of our leaders also involved? Only with
thorough study can the membership be
adequately informed.
LWV-Houston is also involved in a continuing
study of women under Texas law.
Thus far, the committee members have
published pamphlets on intestacy and
wills, choices of attorneys and spouse
abuse. The study continues into the other
areas of domestic violence including child
abuse as well aa lobbying the DA's office
for policy change and monitoring of district
courts.
A third study is new and will be within
the natural resource& portfolio. The new
committee will study the quality of Lake
Houston water. This includes buildup in
the watershed, effluent quality and drinking
water standards.
Once the studies are completed, they're
presented to the membership for group discu88ion
and consensus. With consensus,
appropriate committees can lobby legislators,
monitor and testify at hearings.
LWV-Houston is to begin a new statewide
study on redistricting. Redistricting
is of special interest to any of you GPC
types. This study is beginning soon in
leagues throughout the state: tell your
friends around the state to get involved.
The plane including having a completed
study and membership consensus prior to
the 1985 Legislature. LWV can then lobby
to have meaningful laws passed many
years prior to the next census-before l~gielators
get anxious about the next redts·
meting.
There exists a position on the Administration
of Justice Committee which reads,
"support of removal of certain areas of
human behavior from criminal prosecution
." There is also a position on prison
reform. Yet, the committee is unstaffed.
The Health Committee is understaffed.
One of its p<>Ritions reads in part "support
the establishment of comprehensive public
health services." Surely AIDS should
fit within the word, comprehensive. By
helping to staff the committee and updat·
ing ita position, you may see LWV as
another recognized lobby group pressing
for inclusion of AlDS in current programs.
(Note: I emphasized the word, inclusion,
for the benefit of many folks who disappointed
me greatly last August through
October.)
These things can be done if you join
LWV and get involved. All members, even
inactive ones, receive a monthly backgrounder
on a relevant and timely issue.
Membership is only $30/ year. Call me for
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'Return of the Jedi'
By Steve Warren
AB you might have expected, Princesa
Leia doeo not die atthe end of Return of the
Jedi and leave Luke Skywalker and Han
Sol free to romp through the universe
enjoying laser sex together. Nor do R2-D2
ALBERT CLARKE PHOTO
R2-D2 !Kenny &ker imide)
and C-3PO admit-u we've known eince
Star Wara-that they're lovers, and reveal
how droids do it.
Actually, nothing about Jedi is much
more 1urprising than thoee details save
the discloerue that Luke has a twin
1
eieter
(guess who-when there's only been one
female character in the series); and that
comes early on.
To compensate for the script's predicta-
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against smoking. It's called
"Tabarin," tastes like green mint and sells
for about $14 a bottle in Canada.
The doctor says its contains mineral
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food. But take one puff on a cigarette, and
your mouth will feel like "four dozen
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bility, director Richard Marquand moves
the action along with the pace if nQt the
coherence of Raiders of the L-Ost Ark.
There are fewer dead spots than in either
of the first two parts of this trilogy.
The first half-hour is open! resolving the
situation from the end of The Empire
Strikes Back. Han Solo (Harrison Ford)
has been captured by Jabba the Hutt-a
lizard-limbed Orson Welles-and frozen in
carbonite. Within 24 hours-or whatever
constitutes a day on Tattooine-all of our
heroes penetrate Jabba's inpenetrablefortress
and rescue Solo. Princess Leia (Carrie
Fisher), in an iron bikini, has never
looked so feminine nor acted so masculine.
Meanwhile, back at the Galactic
Empire, they're rebuilding their space station
to make the Death Star "the ultimate
weapon." All that stands in their way is
the rebel force led by Luke Skywalker
(Mark Hamill), "the last of the Jedi."
Luke's goodness is pitted against the
evil of his father, Darth Vader, who has
succumed to the 0 dark side" of The Force.
Dark equals evil is a racist concept, but
that's countered by having Lando Calrissian
(Billy Dee Williams) as the dark side
of the good side.
The plot, Freudian father-son conflict
and all, is just an excuse for a string of
adventures which already look like the
video game they will soon become, and
which find the protagonists facing certain
death at least every 30 minutes. The best
of these episodes is during a high speed
forest chase on the equivalent of airborne
motorcycles.
The special effects, while not always as
perfect as I remember them being in
Empire, are still astonishing. The Rebels'
war room is equipped with what looks like
holographic computer animation, and
most of the action is so lifelike we can
accept it without question.
Then there are the creatures, a mixed
bag in more ways than one. Our old favor·
ites have never been in better formexcept
poor Yoda. whose cameo is badly
synched and largely unintelligible. New to
this film are the marvelous bloblikeJabba
and his Felliniesque court, some of whom
suffer from too much Muppet influence;
and the 66 Ewoks, a forestful of stuffed
animals come to life.
Nitpicking aside-and my mother
alwaya told me not to pick my nitsReturn
of the Jedi is a powerfully pleasing
package that reminds us what the joy of
moviegoing i1 all about.
'Track Two' Did
Its Job
By Steve Warren
Via Gay Pree• A..oclation Wire Service
Track Two left me feeling I know every·
thing there is to know about Toronto's gay
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Harrison Ford as Hans Solo, Luke Skywalker as Mark Hamill and Peter
Meyhew as Chewbacca, their hands tied behind them, are brought before
Jabba the Hutt FRANK CONNOR PHOTO
Luke and Darth Vader (David Prowse in thia scene) in a lightsaber duel
ALBERT ClARt<E PHOTO
community. A dangerous attitude perhaps,
but that's my problem; it shows the
film did its job.
On Feb. 5, 1981 , Toronto police spent an
estimated $250,000 in tax dollars raiding
four gay bathhouses. They arrested 286
men, most of whom have since been
acquitted. Thia incident was the catalyst
that politicized the city's gay community,
bringing thousands to the streets for the
first time the following night.
The raids and their aftermath form the
core of Track Two and take up nearly half
the running time. The rest is spent recalling
the rather limited historyofToronto's
gay movement
Body Politic, the city's gay newspaper,
has been publishing for more than a
decade, and efforts to secure gay rights
legislation have been going on nearly as
Jong. The paper still operates 60s stylerun
by a collective with no payment to
writers or other professionals who volunteer
their services; yet they've been having
to raise money for four years to pay legal
expenses stemming from charges that
might be seen as a response to their confrontational
politics.
The Hmoral majority" in Canada goes
by the name "Renaissance." Despite their
influence in the wake of Anita Bryant, liberal
John Sewell was elected mayor in
1978, He spoke to a rally after the first
Body Politic bust, declaring, "! believe
that good mayora do stand up for communities
that are under attack." (This got an
ovation from the San Franci11co premiere
audience which had once hoped to hear
such aentimenta from ''Lady Di"-Mayor
Dianne Feinatf'm .)
Two years later Sewell was up for reelection
and openly gay George Hislop
was running for alderman in the 6th ward.
Homosexuality was a major issue in the
campaign, the mayor never backed down
from supporting us; both men lost.·
Homophobic forces in the police depart·
ment read the election results as a man·
date, and the bath raids occurred shortly
afterward.
Unless producers Gordon Keith, Jack
Lemmon (not the actor) and Harry Sutherland
have done a subtle, skillful propanganda
job, the balanced view they offer
shows Toronto'• gay community hasn't
yet "progressed" to the point where it's
tom apart by factionalism. On the other
hand, divisiveness could be the reason it's
tak~n them so long to accomplish any·
thing. They certainly aren't as far along
as San Francisco, where even relatively
small factions wield some power but we
waste moAt of our energy fighting each
other.
There are flaw1 in Track Tu'O: redun·
dancies that should have been eliminated;
too much time given to certain individu·
ale; and a silly "dramatization" of a raid
on a bath full of young men engaged in
wholesome activities-swimming, playing
pool and dining at the snack bar-that
looks like an outtake from The Ritz.
These are not reason& to avoid2 Track
Two when it plays in your area. Unlike
most so-called documentaries, this one
pu11hes information rather than a point of
view. Dept·nding on the 1ituation in your
city, you ran look on the state of Toronto's
lt>Bbiane and l(BY men a~ t·itht>r nostalgia
or a preview of the futun.
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16 MONTROSE VOICE I JUNE 3, 1983 Montrose Art
Windows Open Environments for Artist and Patrons
By Hollio Hood
Sunlight filters through soft browna and
orange tones painting a prism on the work
table. A radio murmurs to itself in the
comer. The only other sound is the humming
of a fan and occasional sliding of
glasa piecea being placed into a door. The
atmosphere could be isolating for some,
but for Gene Heater, Montrose stained
glasa artisan, it is the atmosphere for
crPating enduring pieces of art from multicolored
bits of crystaline sand.
"I try to aaoiot people in realizing that a
window is more than something that
separate& the outside environment from
the interior. It can be a work of art. as
well," he said.
Heater has received national, state and
local recognition for his work. among
them his uwindows." free-standing
window-sized stained glass pieces. In 1981
he placed third in a national competition,
end recently he was a semi· finalist in the
Fragile Art '82 in the archltectural /
traditional category. His work has been
showcased in Glass Magazine and he is
orie of seven glau artists featured in the
March issue of Tua.a Monthly.
A native of the tiny west Texas hamlett
of Haakell, He.ter didn't grow up entertaining
thoughts of becoming a renown
artist. "Everybody was aatisfied doing
what had always been done. I was
expected to be 1atiafied too, but there was
something missing."
Looking for that missing something led
him to creative pottery work in college. He
earned a bachelor's degree in art/biology
at Midwestern State University and later
returned to gain another fine arts degree
"Windows" are Gene Hester's favorite in
free form glass desiRn
in ceramice and printmaking.
Between period.a of study, Hester joined
the Peace Corpaa a volunteer in Malaysia.
The culture impressed him greatly. "Ever·
ything waa so simple there," he 1aid.
"Those people didn't worry about insurance,
or bills or traffic. We didn't have
televiaion. I didn't even look at TV for a
year, and found I could do just fine without
it." Doing without many "modern conveniences"
made him realize how complicated
people aHow their lives to become.
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"I try to keep that same simplicity of
purpose in my work," Hester said. "Most
of my truly 'artay' work deals with simple
shapee, concept.a of color and space. I like
to use the 'raw' edge of apiece of glaas,"he
said running hie hand over a wave-like
crest in a stained sculpture.
Hester became interested in glass while
trying to survive economically from pot·
tery making. He first learned the tech·
nique, taught it to others and as he
mutered the craft adapted it to his own
interpretation gaining expertise and
patrons.
He is one of the founders of the Houston
Gla88 Artist Associatioh and was presi·
dent of that organization for five years.
It's purpose ia to promote appreciation of
glass arta.
He takes commissions to support his
favorite "habit"-the free form windows
and personalized stained glass a.rt pieces
that adorn his studio. An expertatreatora·
tion in all traditional styles, he i.a much
sought after for detailed work. However,
Heater says his real joy is in taking an idea
and making a truly unique piece of art
from it.
"Someone will come in with a picture
and aay 'I want it to look exactly like this.'
I'll aay, 'But this picture may not represent
the true colors in the glass, or a different
design would be more personalized for
you,' but I make it exactly as they want it."
Malring it exactly, perfectly, has led him to
commissions throughout the U.S. He is
now consulted regularly by several devel-opera
when stained gla88 is called for in a
structural design. He also works with a
etching studio in the Heights on custom
pieces.
"I like talring different kinds of glaas
and using them together," he said and
illustrated with a work currently undergoing
completion. It was a double door con·
atructed using beveled glass, textured
glau and even shower door glass. All cut
in flowing style to create the illusion of a
free form madonna with the halo in the
archway, "Because the doorway reminds
me of a church," hi> said.
"I don't prefer the rea1istic interpretations,"
he said. "'Anybody can make a
flower look like a flower. I like the stylized.
There is no reason to hang on to the past in
art when it 1s 1983 and there ts a big exciting
world out there to experience in art,"
the festival veteran said.
Hester hopes to combine his galJery pie·
cea with the architectural work in even
more provcative ways, he said. He also
expressed interest in glass blowing; the
use of "hot" glau. ustained glass is cold
aa opposed to hot glass which is blown,"
he explained. The one thing that has kept
him form experimentation is Houston's
hot summers.
04Can you imagine getting a furnace hot
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summer here? It just isn't worth it."
But, as with hie other art forms, if he
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Montgomery, Mays and Stritch: Music in the Air
By Jon Cheetwood
The excitment of thia group ia truly infectious.
and they have recently been infecting
crowds at Ra.ocals during a three week
engagement.
They charmed crowds in Austin and
Corpus Christi also when they opened last
month for a touring David Brenner show.
"We had all the people doing our little
signs and stuff," said frolicsome blonde
Sally Montgomery. "They really got into
it. Which is neat."
Their enthusiasm should carry into
their recordings are well. "We were in the
etudio in March," she said. "We recorded
four tunes, that will hopefully be put in a
mini album, if it gets picked up."
'We are llhopping three major labels,"
said Billy, the Stritch and pianist of the
trio.
"We're hoping, waiting," said Mayes.
The future is filled with possibilities,
they said. Perhaps they will do a college
tour with Brenner; possibly the record will
hit big, They are also looking forward
developing a circuit in the southeast for
performances, and developing new material.
But one thing is assured: success for this
group with their "off the wall humor.
(Please don't say anything about our bad
jokes!)"
Since Sally and Sharon Montgomery
met in 1978 at the University of Houston
(Sharon played a tap-<lancing tree and
shrub), they had been fast friends. Then in
1981 they discovered Billy and have been
a performing threesome ever since.
'.'Our first job was at Ra.ocals," they
1&1d. And this past month they celebrated
their anniversary aa a group there.
In addition to local clubs, the group has
played in the north (Dallas), and the far
north (Rhode Island), in Corpus and in
Austin.
"We've been very lucky in Houston,"
said Montgomery, "because there are a lot
of influential people here. Some people
who have seen ua know concert promoters.
They say they have worked very hard in
the past year preparing for the ubig break''
and intend to be ready when it comes.
While waiting, however, they are
involved in the Univenity of Houston's
production of Th• Wizard of Oz. "It'a
moetly because we love Cecil Pickett, who
ia directing the ahow." He taught Sally
and Sharon acting.
The group likena themselves to brother
and aisten. After one misa:ied plane too
many tempers will flare, but "we'll peek
out and say are you having fun without
me? We fight together, but we love each
other," said Mayes. 1'When we concentrate
on business we all concentrate on business
very hard and we are not thinking about
being friends, but sometimes we just have
to go off and play."
They are also very complimentary of
one another. "Billy does all the harmony
and comes up with mUBt beautiful arran·
gements."
"I pay them a lot to say that," added
Billy.
The group is developing a security
within itself which is apparent in their
shows. A. they say "our senses of humor
mesh,"
So next time you have the opportunity to
aee them, request the House of Pies Songit'o
a sweety. and they'll love doing it.
o Men Together
Opens Tonight
Men Together, an eight·man gay dance
troupe opens tonight in Houston at the
Tower Theater on Westheimer. Perfor
mances are scheduled through June 5.
Houston is the final stop on a IO-day
Texas tour for the New York-based company,
having performed in Austin and
Dallas.
The group traces its roots to Gay Pride
Week 1981 when Roger Tolle and John
Torre performed "Images of Men" 8jl part
of the celebration. With the support of the
Glines Foundation, the company was
formed under the artistic direction of
Tolle.
Tolle previously danced with the Beverly
Brown ensemble, Theatre for Bodies
and Voices and toured with the New York
Baroque Dance Company.
Men Together is brought to Texas by
Community Productions, a Dallas-based
gay arts company founded and directed by
Don Baker, former president of the Dallas
Gay Alliance. It is the nation's only com!
pany solely devoted to promoting gay arts
outside New York and San Francisco.
"Men Together promises to be our most
exciting event so far," said Baker. "Plus,
ten percent of the ticket purchased will go
to a gay support group of the purchaser's
choice."
Curtain time is 8:00 p.m. for all performances.
Tickets are $8-$25 at Ticketmaster
or Union Jack. The event is sponsored
by Citizens for Human Equality.
o 'Boys in the Band'
Comes to Montrose
After a auccessfu) off.Montrose run The
Boys in the Band, starring several l~ls
including KRBE radio personality J~
Wa.tts, comes to Channing Hall, First Unitarian
Church, 5210 Fannin, on June !Oat
8:00 p.m. aa a benefit performance in the
fight against KS/ AlDS.
James Der's new production of Mart
Crowley'• c18""ic comedy-drama looks at
gay life during the 601 and brings up the
many changes that have occurred since
then. "Several new touches have been
added," said Watts, "to this production to
make it more tender and not quite so neg a·
tive. lt'a a classic play and quite entertaining."
The play will run June 10, 11, 17 and 18
with all the box office proceeds at $6 per
ticket going to benefit KS/ AIDS victims
or to research or administration costs. The
production was well received at its Bay·
town premiere in April.
Seating is limited so reservations are
neceaeary, 522-2204 or 424-1928.
o Theatre Southwest
Slates Champagne
Opening
The world premiere run of The Joy of Hex,
a Batirical comedy about an Arizona
Indian beauty who becomes a TV superstar,
will kick off with a champagn opening
Friday June 3, said director Bonnie
McFerrer
Sharon Arpel plays the lead in Joy. Her
character is an overnight success, but she
still has the tribal curse hanging over her.
Her 1ituation is worsened when she tan·
gles with some advertising and public
relation• zanies.
Others in the cast are Rich Moore, Leon
Charbonneau, Clay Henry, Don V Beveroth,
Marilynn Thibodeaux and Wendy
Pitsch el.
The play ia written by Montrose based
author Eddie Cope and his collaborator
Joe Hale.
The comedy will run four weekends. For
reservations call fi60.5527.
o Montrose Chorale
Schedules Rehearsals
The Montrose Chorale has regrouped as
an independent community chorus whose
unifying factor is music and whose goal is
excellence of performance, said its director
Robert Moon.
Moon experience ranges includes vocal
performancee with Dallas Summer Musi·
cala, Houston Grand Opera, Texas Rennaiasance
Festival and Cambrata
Soloists. He holds a bachelor's degree in
music from North Texas State University
PHOTO OON BEAl<MAN
Lucky Leon Charbonneau IS in the middle of a squabble (Sharon Arpel on the
left, Wendy Pitachel right) in "The Joy of Hex," opening June 3 at Theater
Southweat
PHOTO OTTO BERK
Roger Tolle and Drew Minter perform in "Men Together," a gay dance show
opening tonight (Friday) at ther Tower Theater
Rex Gillet (left) and Joe Watts •tar int he "Boy• int he Band" in Channing
Hall JuM 10, 11, 17 and 18 a• a KS/ AIDS uictima benefit
and a master's in music from the Univer·
sity of Houston.
The chorale is slated to perform at the
Fred Paez Memorial Concert June 25 and
at "Men and Women Together, An Even·
ing of the Arts" on June 20. An ensemble
of chorale members, Bayou B'Ju, will also
be featured on those occasions.
"The new Montrose Chorale rehearses
on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 10 in
the choir room of Bering Church, 1440
Harold," said Moon. "We encourage
anyone with vocal aspiration to come join
us and become a part of our song." For
more information call 521-2006.
o Planetarium Follows
Numbers
To the beat of reverberating music, laser
images of pure intense color will dance
across the 50 foot doomed ceiling at the
Burke Baker Planetarium in the Houston
Museum of Natural Science beginning
June 10 through September.
This unique form of entertainment is
called "Laser Magic" and displays all
laser capabilities accompanied by classical,
pop, country-western, jazz and rock
music.
Since its discovery in 1960 by Theodore
Meiman, lasers have been used for such
diverse and useful tasks as delicate
surgery, welding surveying, checking
grocery prices and printing newspapers,
as well as lighting up one of Houston's
most popular clubs, Numbers.
Performances at the Planetarium are $4
and are scheduled on Thursday, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday nights.
For more information call 526-4273.
o Country Playhouse
Salutes
Tennessee Williams
The Country Playhouse's Theatre Lab
will present "An Evening in Tribute to
Tennessee Williams" in the BJack Box
(rehearsal hall) June 8-11 at8:00 p.m. The
program will be two one-act plays, This
Property 1s Condemned and I Rise in
Flame, Cried the Phoenix.
Property stars Sandre Charbonneau as
Willie and Matt Rippy as Tom. I Rise (ea·
tures Patrick Mitchell as D.H. Lawrence,
Joan Brooks as Frieda and Pam Edelen as
Bertha. Both plays are directed by Arlene
Baker.
o Ravi Shankar in
Concert
Pandit Ravi Shankar, aitar virtuoso
schooled in the purist traditions of North
Indian Classical Music, will perform in
Jones Hall June 5, Sunday at 6 p.m.
Acclaimed in in Europe, Asia, Australia
and the Americas, his artistry has been
compared to that ~f Horowitz, Keifitz,
Casals and Menuhm. He has composed
several innovative works merging the con·
cepts of Western and Indian ClaRsical
Music including "Concerto of Sitar and
Orchestra" commissioned by the London
Symphony Orchestra and the "Garland of
Ragas" commissioned by the New York
Philharmonic.
Shanker enjoyed a lengthy afolsociation
with thP rock group the Beatles at one
time. He has written numerous film
M""orts, mo1Jt recently for "Gandhi."
Tickets are available at Ticketron for
$10.S:lO.
o Funny Thing
Happens at CBTC
The Tony Award winning musical, A
Funny Thrng Happened on the Way to the
Forum, with music and lyrics by Stephen
Sondheim and book by Bert Shevelove
and Larry GE>lbert is now playing through
July 2 at the Chocolate Ba~ J Theater,
182.1 Lamar
A combination of the nonsense of
Roman comedy and the madcap pace of
vaudeville, A Funny Thing Happened on
thf' Way to thr Porum concerns the conniv·
ings of a slnvt> who tries to smooth his
masters way to the love of his life in order
PHOTO JON CHEETWOOD
The "Mother of Montrose" contest at
Mary's recently saw Scott (right} win
the title
Cyd Charisse stars in Windmill Dinner
Theal<!r'• "Bell, Book and Candle" June
7.July 3. Call 464-7655 for reseruations
to gain freedom. The mishaps along the
way create mounting confusion and
comedy.
Mainatage tickets are $7 and $8 dollars
for Thursday.Saturday curtain at 8:00
p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
o Big Early Ticket Sales
for 1983 'Texxas Jam'
If first-day ticket sales are any indication,
the "6th Annual Texxas World Music Fee·
ti val" will match its predecessors as one of
the biggest, best-selling rock 'n' roll events
in the area.
In Houston , more than 20,000 rock fans
turned out in torrential rain, high winds
and occasional tornadoes to buy tickets
for the Astrodome show set for June 19
with Styx, Sammy Hagar, Triumph and
Ted Nugent. With similarly discouragmg
weather to c:ontend with, over 15,000
intrepid music buffs in Dallas bought
their tickets for the June 18 Cotton Bowl
show featuring the same hard rock.in' line-up.
The "Texxas World Music Festival" is
produced by Pace Concerts of Montrose
and prf'Af>nted by Budweisf'r.
o UST Faculty
Presents Concert
The University of St. Thomas Department
of Music hn1t announced a faculty concert
for this Sunday, June 5, at 8:00 p.m. at
UST'a Cullen Hall, 4001 Mt. Vernon.
The program entitled "Music America"
will feature works of several American
compo&f.>rs: Louise Farrenc, Phyllitt Tate,
Thea Musgrave, Scott Joplin and Aaron
Copland. '
For more information please contact
the music department ~t 522-7911 ext
340. AdmiHion ia free. ' ·
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Commentary 20 M ONTROSE VOICE I JUNE 3, 1983
A 'No' Vote is a Positive Vote
By Hollie Hood
Radio commericals sponsored by the Committee
for Houaton Bus and Rail str .. s
that a "yea" vote on June 11 for the bond
referendum will be a vote for an expanded
bua 1yatem and the beginning of a solution
to all of Houston's transit woes. Nonsense.
The commerical doesn't say that the
Metropolitan Transit Authority gets some
80 per cent of its funds for bus improvements
from grants already, and that it
could double its system and operate it for
free with sales tax revenue without a refer·
endwn. The commerical doesn't point out
that a mere 20 per cent of the funds asked
for will go toward buses. If it did point that
out. citizens might question why that
alternative hasn't been accomplished
already.
Metro ia happy to trot it.a statistics on
improved on-time performance, increased
vehicle mil ea between accidents and
breakdowns, but they are not as anxious
to point out that the bus fleet is still only
half ofwhatitwa&1upposed to be by 1983
and there is atill no effective crosstown
service. They do not point out that none of
the grade separations promised, along
with the previoW1 two promises in the 1978
Regional Mobility Plan, have been
accomplished.
The point of all this consternation,
· folk.a. is that if they can't do what they
were 1uppoeed to with the money they
were aiven, why ahouJd we trust them with
billions of dolla.n to do something of questionable
value to moving people from one
place to another, namely the train.
The public relatione efforts of the Committee
are laudable. But then they have
the lerVice of MTA'• own public affairs
director who took a one year leave to
orchestra its activities. Leave without
pay-isn't it wonderful to know altruism
is not dead. Check out where the vacation
expenses come from next year.
Metro has certainly changed its arrognat.
antagonistic tune in the past two
montho when they found out they needed
money from the people that they had been
treating as robots: You will have a rail and
you will like it: Invariably the piper plays
the tune he thinks you want to hear when
he knows you hold the magic penny.
The public relations effort is beautifuland
beautifully deceptive. A yes vote
doesn't mean there ,.;ll be less traffic. It
doesn't mean that the ay;otem won't
require maasive subsidies after installa
tion. It doesn't mean anyone will ride it. (1
get VlSiona of all the drivers on the freeway
looking at one another saying, but you
were supposed to start riding the train.)
A yee vote doesn't mean that Montrose
will be not be blown away in five years by
commericalization and high rise condos.
It doesn't mean that a monorail couldn't
do the job just a& well, in most cases by
MT A '1 own admiuion, and more cheaply.
MTA, listen up, people will ride the
monorail-they love it. Not so the heavy
rail ouUook in Montrose.
A limited number of exclu..,ivc townhomcs by Allan
Edwards, known for his fine cusmm home!), arc now
av.ulahle. Nestled in the charming lle1ghL' area, the><:
townhomes offer total luxury and C00\1't~tcnt, clQ!,e·
in location. For more information about thi~ fabu
lous townhome investment, contact Steve W'attcrs at
868-5888
There are many opponents to the refer·
end um, but they aren't big developers with
lots of money to spend on printing and
radio spots and subtle PR piec .. disguised
as newa on Channel 13. They are just peo-.
pie who have taken the time to become
informed, and with that information,
become outraged.
Distinctive 'Jbwn/iomes
from tlie $90's t:o $200's
A no vote on June 11 i1 a vote for progreu,
progre&B we can pay for as we go, u
was promised in the 1978 plan. Prognsa to
make the MTA accountable to the people it
allegedly serves. A no vote won't leave
them without recourse. If they don't have
a continguency plan ... well so much for
people who would want to freeze Buffalo
Bayou.
ALLAN EDWARDS
BUILD E R
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June 17, 18, 19
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I N C
The Law
Dealing with AIDS
By Henry Walter Weise
On1y a year ago I read in the paper of the
death kl AIDS of a man kl whom I had
once given legal counseJ. At that time the
disease was something wihtout immediacy.
It was sad, perplexing, but at a distance.
Thie last year has changed that. As a
professional whose prime focus is the
preparation of wills and the administra·
tion of decedents' estates, I have been
called upon frequently kl deal with AIDSrelated
problems.
The experience has been both sobering
and heartening. Our humanity, with all
it.a frailtiea and nobility, is exposed at the
deepest level. Here are a few vignettes
from this past year of experience.
CHARLES: He called in May kl find out
how long it would take to draft a new will.
He didn't mention hs disease, but others
had told me he had AIDS.
He told me he wanted to make substantial
changes. His old wilJ, which left everything
to his parents, no longer reflected
his wisht'8. He said he would call in a day
or two. He never did.
Six months Jater en uncle called to itay
Chrles was dead. Charles had never writ·
ten that new will. He had been unable to
face his own mortality, perhaps hoping
that delaying writing a new will would
somehow delay the ultimate end.
BARBARA: Barbara didn't look old
enough to have buried a 32·year--old 1:1on,
PauL When she first came to see me she
had just C'Ome through a three-week siegt>
which ended with his death . She wa.c. tmd
at u lifo loet but there wa~ no bitterness or
rancor,
She was proud of accomplishment&, sup·
portive of his life and fully understanding
of his expression of himself as a gay man.
Wh<·n the hearings our local gay rights
bills were taking place in the New York
City Coundl, Barbara was honored when
8he was asked to speak in support of the
bill.
"But what could I say?" she asked, not
fully appreciating the powerful effect of
the pro-gay testimony of the mother of a
deceased victim of AIDS.
MAJOR SMITHFIELD: At the other
ends of the spectrum was Major Smith·
field, the father of another AIDS victim.
When I spoke to him about the will in
which his son left everything to a lover of
four years, the retired Army major became
abusive.
He warned that he had substantial
financial resources and would fight the
will. Finally, he threatened kl expose the
surviving lover as a "queer. ''
KENNETH: Kenneth was diagnosed
with AIDS in January of 1982. He was in
and out of the hospital for nearly a year.
His lover, Ralph , was not about to suggest
that he write a will.
Finally. Kenneth was hospitalized for
one last time. His rondition deterioriated;
he could barely sign his name. A non·
lawyer friend hastily drew a wiJI which
Ktnneth signed, thret> days before his
death. The will, which leavett everything
tu Ralph, is being contested by Kenneth'•
older brother. In the end. bad planning
benefit.ti no onE-.
BRUCE AND BOB. Bruce was worrried
and frightt>ned when he came totheofficl'.
His lover, Bob, had been diagnosed with
AIDS and was hospitalized with f;erious
medical problems.
Bruce waa worried for the futu re-Bob's,
Spike Diet
Finally, a good word about high heeled
ahoes. They can help you lose weight.
For years, women who wear "spikea"
have had to listen to warnings from podiatri•
te about all the damage they do kl their
fttt and leg muscles. But according to
American Health magazine, high heels
make walking MO difficult that those who
wear them burn IO percent more calories
in thttir !itride.
his, theirs together. But he was clear·
headed, and he understood that there were
a variety of legal tools a laywer could contribute
kl ease the burden.
I prepared wills, mutual powers--ofattorney
and designations of committees
for each of them. Six months later Bob is
alive, his disease symtoms in remission,
and he is optimistic for the future.
AIDS, like any other calmity, offers the
opportunity to aee the human condition in
microcosm. Sadly, it is providing us with a
whole new set of heroea: victims, Jove~·s
and friends.
1983 Henry Walter W•i••, a New York
City attorney. Hia column appeara here
periodically and in other gay publication.a.
JUNE 3, 1983 I MONTROSE VOICE 21
IMPORTANT MEETING NOTICE
IMPORTANT MEETING NOTICE
MEETS TUESDAY, JUNE 7
Liberty Bank Community Room
(entrance
7
'.':i':i ~:the1mer)
22 MONTROSE VOICE I JUNE 3, 1983
Houston Teams Win Honors
By Eddie Chavez
Citiea like Tulsa, San Francisco, Chicago
and San Diego certainly saw many Houstonians
visiting their communities as they
competed in regional, national and international
tournaments this past weekend,
May 2S-29.
Dirty Sally'• Brunch Bunch, led by
manager Dimples DeSale, flew back after
capturing the Sooner'• Invitational Softball
Tournament in Tulsa. The first game
saw them taking on the Fox Trax from
Kansas City. That game acored a walloping
15-0 for Sally'a. In game twow they
took on the Kansas City Rangers and
overpowered them 12-4.
They met their match in the third game
when the Topeka Lambda Lancers overwhelmed
them 13-3.
Tim's Outlaws from Tulsa went down
!(~l then the championship began. The
Lambda Lancera were caught unaware
and loot their finlt game 12-1. Sally's came
right back in the second game of the series
and aolidly beat them 15-1 to gain the
Southwest regional crown.
The Montrose Tennis C.Jb sent their top
players to San Francisco for the Third
Annual U.S. 0]><'nly Gay Tennis Touma·
menl Don Keesler captured second place,
Tim Calhoun placed third and Rich Ryan
came in a fourth. That folks, says a lot for
the Houston tennia players.
A reception is planned to honor these
winners at a member' a home at 3:00 p.m.
Sunday. For party information and location
call Jim Kitch, 527-9178, or Rich
Corder, 524·2151.
The Windy City lost aome money to our
bowling leagues. In an exceptional
bowling aeriee, Ed McKelvey (a former
president of MSA bowling) represented
Houston in one of the highest achieve-menta.
A ainglee series of 674 for bowling
forefather Gerald Hagan, first president
of MSA bowling, placed in the singles
category also.
Monday'• Prez Steve McConaughy and
Randy Tutoo Ellis placed highest in doublea
competition followed by the notorious
Pam Weaver and the Thursday's sexytary
Rich Mayer. Noberto Kemper placed in all
events.
The Balboa Volleyball Association welcomed
memben of the West End Stare
(former national champs) and the Houe·
ton Hurricane. The Hurricane placed seventh
while the Weat End Stare took fifth.
Weet End member Sammy Ramirez was
named the first all-etar of the tournament
receiving a ata.nding ovation. The West
End team also received a 1tandingovation
on their sportsmanship and their competitive
playing.
o Women's Playoff
Scheduled for Sunday
Thia Sunday four teams will be battling
forthe topepotain theMSA Women'sSoftball
League. The River Rata. Briar Patch
Renegades, Sporta Coverage Unlimited
and the Montro..e Voice'aFirstEdition are
all deadlocked in a four-way tie.
Action begino at 11:00 a.m. at Fonde
Field with the last game acheduled at 4:00
p,m.
o Barn's Spaghetti and
Sock Hop
Tony Fonzarelli has announced the
Bam'o fundraiaer hit of the softball
league. 'A Fonzarelli Spaghetti Dinner' is
on the menu along with wine and a dinner
aalad for June 8, Wedneaday. The food will
go down good aa cheerleadera will treat
you to a sreat 1urpriee.
Prize9 will be awarded for the 'Oldies
But Goodies' Sock Hop participanta for
the many conteeta that are planned. The
Barn aoftball playen will 888ist as gueat
bartenden from 7:00 p.m. until midnight.
"The entire bar will be aet up for the
fundraiser." he aaid. ••The upstairs, downotairs
and patio ban will be available. For
Barn player swings and misses one in game against Dirty Sally's two~::k~oe JONES
ago. Sally's won the match 13-6.game
Ptf()TO 808 JONES
Brazos Riuer &ttom player runs for a score in upset game won by Charlotte's
two w•eks ago, 8-7
$3 a ticket you couldn't buy more fun. It'•
also for a good cawie. The Barn'• fundraieer
hopes to raise enough money to
send the team and it.a cheerleaders to the
Kanoaa City Tourney in September.
MSA Women's Softball
Le~
STANDINGS
Won Loet River Rabi • 2 8"0"'0
Sport• Cover1ge Unlimited • 2 800
Montroae Voice lat Edition • 2 800
Bri1r Patch Reneg•del • 2 800
Klndreld Spirits 8 • 800
Twins 51! ••• 550
T--shtrt' •HI Hopet 5 5 500
Coffee BHna Spec1•I Blend 2\\ rn 250
DoubMt A Swingers 2 8 200
MCCR'Angela 2 8 200
M•non & Lynn· a Just Ua 0 10 000
THIS WEEK"S GAMES
<MDI"* .S fondl Fltllll J
GB
2
2·•
3
5'h
8
8 •
Sunday. June S
Playoffs. 11•m-Spm, between River Rats. Brlu
P•tch ReneglKtel. SPorts Cover8ge Unlimited.
Montrose Voice 111 Edition
Montrose Tennis Club
Challenge Ladder
Following recent competrt1on
A LADDER
1 Rich Ry1n 6 John Ryan
2 J•n M•uld1n 7 David Robicheaux
3 Don Keuler 8 Jon Colbert
4 Tim C•lhoun 9 D1vid Garn
5 Aon l1ridrum 10 R1ndy Dickerson
MSA Thursday Night
Mixed Bowling
STANDINGS
Following M•y 26 compellttOn
1 C11•mrty l•ne
2 M•rrlyn & the F•b 4
3 Kindred Spmts Overdrive 5
HIGH GAMES L•rry Salas 253. Mui Hall 214
Sieve Stepleton 2GC
Sports
'lfSA Greater HoU1Jton
Softball League
LAST WEEK"S RESULTS
Saturdey. M1y 28
no games scheduled
Sunday, M1y 29
no games scheduled
STANDINGS
Pct GB
South D1v1s1on
G11leon 7 1
Montrose Voice 7 2
Jim"1 Gym 3 • Briar Patch 2 6
Catch One 0 • NorthD1vis1on
Dirty sa11y·s • 0
Brazos Awer Bottom 5 3
Montrose M1ne/JA1 3 5
Ch1rlotte·1 3 5
Bun 3 6
BATTING LEADERS
through June 22
S75
778
•29
250
000
1 000
825
375
375
.333
bN9d on at IHst rs r1rna at bat
11
3'•
5 1·•
s••
ABRHAVG
1 8111 Schmidt OS 26 18 18 692
2 Jerry DeSale OS 19 10 12 632
3 M•ke Morri.on OS 24 12 14 583
4 Mario Marchenn os 21 15 12 571
5 Tim Boates MV 23 8 13 565
6 Jimmy Cates os 18 6 10 556
7 Bob James MV 29 11 16 552
8 Ken Bailey OS 26 14 14 538
9 Gary Gano BARN 23 7 12 522
10 Scotty Paulus MV 23 16 12 ~22
THIS WEEK'S GAMES
I ... ~ g•m•" L""Y field From M~h'OM. go
OIA RiCJlmond. pMI Korby. II'! on Eatlaic141 I
Saturday. June 4
Jim's Gym vs Charlotte·s. Spm
Catch One vs. Montrose M1ne/JA1. 6pm
Barn .,. Montrose Voice. 7pm
Bnar Patch vs Dirty Sa11y·s. 8pm
Sunday. June S
Galleon 'II Montrose M1ne/JR1, 6pm
Jlm"s Gym vs Barn, 7pm
Dirty Sally's va Cl!ch One, Bpm
Montrose Voice vs Brazos RB. 9pm
Commentary
When Elton John Got Mad
By Sharon McDonald
You should read the column I was going to
write you this time. I had it all planned. It
was going to be about the time Elton John
got mad at Tom Snyder on the Tomorrow
Show, and then it was going to talk about
gay anger in response to homophobia.
See, I was going to otartout telling about
how Synder was interviewing Elton, asking
him about the year he'd stopped performing
and gone into seclusion, 1978 or
thereabouts. Anyway, Elton had gone into
this long isolation, and emerged a year
later with new music and an announcement
of his bisexuality. And Synder
hunched forward and raised those furry
eyebrows of his and asked, "You knew
when you made your bisexuality public
that a lot of people might not like it and
might stop buying your records, didn't
you?"
And right on cue, the camera zoomed in
for an extreme closeup of Elton John's
face. It was angry. He made no attempt at
politesse as he shot back, "Yes. And that's
just Tough."
Well, then I was going to talk for a while
about how I loved that Elton had scowled
and that he didn't act in the least accommodating.
And I was going to say that yes,
I know some gay people think Elton pulled
Sharon McDonald
his punch by say.ing he's bisexu~l ~stead
of gay. But despite my never mlBsmg an
isaue of People, I am not personally well
enough acquainted with Mr. John's sex
life to make an authoritative statement on
that point.
And then I was going to talk at some
length about anger in general ("It's a nat·
ural human response to pain") and gay
anger in particular (HGay people who feel
no anger about the status of their people in
society have something wrong with their
perception"). I hadn't quite worked out
how I was ll'Oing to wrap it all up, but I'm
sure it would have come to me. Instead, I
got that damn phone call.
There are probably fewer than ten
adulta in the contiguous United States
who have never received an obscene
phone call. I am not among them. A. a
rule obscene phone calla do not upset me. I
pick up the phone, Jisten for 30 seconds,
and hang up. They're an occupational
hazard of urban life, ~d sooner or later
everyone'a number, hterally, comes up.
There'a only one obscene phone call I've
ever had that's disturbed me, but I'll get to
that in a minute.
Here'• the kind of phone call I ~ot when I
sat down last night town~ this oolum!l:
the phone rang, I pic~ed it up and sa1.d
hello, and the caller quietly hung up. Tino
might have been a wrong number, and at
worst a minor annoyance, but for the fact
that it was the fifth time this week. And
this is the third week I've been getting
these silent calls.
My first reaction to a call like this is to
either ignore, deny, excuse, or forget it.
Who wants to really think about ouch
things? I don't knowwhatmadelastnight
different; maybe it was because it was
dark, and quiet, and I was alone. I couldn't
shake the creepy feeling for hours afterward,
and for the first time I allowed
myself to acknowledge the effects of those
calls.
For starters, I felt manipulated, tricked,
humiliated, and ridiculed. I also felt
invaded, powerless, and most of all angry.
That's how I feel whenever I've been used,
whether it's a betrayal by a friend, an
inequity at work, or a stranger on the
phone. But when I stopped to confront the
change in my heartbeat last night, I found
more than anger and hurt; I also found
fear.
This is not a random caller looking for
an anonymous ear. The repeated calls.
The stubborn silence. The feeling that lingers
has an ugly familiarity. If what I suspect
is true, this is someone who knows
me, and the incidents then take on a sick·
ening quality. Someone has feelingseither
positive or negative that they
cannot expre88 directly, and yet feel compelled
to vent anonymously. Someone
who's in my life, u a friend , as an associate,
as an acquaintance. This queazy
feeling of undefined yet intimate jeopardy
is what I've brushed aside all the other
times.
It reminds me of the one blatanly obs·
cene phonecaU that I couldn't brush aside.
It, too, was from someone I know He
called me by name, then said some things
I wish I'd forgotten by now. He is a gay
man.
The sense of shock I felt then was profound
. I'd taken it on faith that gay men
were one category of people who could be
counted on never to sexually harass
women. PoliticaJly maybe, but not sexu·
ally. To find that the one place where I
expected to be totally safe from sexual
harassment was no haven was deeply di1·
turbing; all the more so because I knew
that othera would have as much trouble
accepting that as I did .. I ~ew in~tinc·
tively that, like the rape VICtim quesboned
about her whereabouts and style of dress,
the burden of proof would be on me. When
I did eventually tell several lesbian friendo
what happened, they were disbelieving:
was I sure I'd heard right? How could I
know for certain it wa1 him? Couldn't I
have misunderstood?
I never conf:-onted the caller, even
though we ran into each ?ther fa_irly of~n
at gay events. I was afrBJd; afrBJd of him,
first of all, though he is hardly an imposing
figure. But he had intruded Of! me man
intimate way, and now I was f!i.gh.ten~ .
And I was afraid offurther hurmhation ifl
confronted him and he called me a liar. So
for more than five years I've silently wea·
thered a waive of dread, revulsion, and
anger each time I've seen this l!lan, who
parenthetically is a hardworking community
activist. All of which bnngs me
back to Elton John.
I had set out last night to write an
orderly progression of remarks on the sub·
ject of anger, but waa interrupted by a
phone call that threw me into the "':ental
and emotional chao1 of the real thmg. I
don't know what I can do about the phone
calla I'm receivin1 now; the caller hangs
up much too fast to witness the visceral
anger he or she generates in me. But I do
know what I can do about the man who
called me several years ago. I can tell him
to his face what Ithinkofwhathedid, and
if he doesn't like it, that's just Tough.
McDonald, who lives in Los Angeles, i.B
co-winner of the 1983 Certificate of Merit
for Outatanding Work in Feature Writing
from the Gay Presa Aasocrotion. Her
column appears herean in other gay news·
papers.
JUNE 3, 1983 / MONTROSE VOICE
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24 MONTROSE VOICE I JUNE 3, 1983 Dateline S.F.
A Year Ahead
By Randy Alfred
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM: The 1984
Democratic National Convention ia coming
to town, with 3923 delegates, 1310
alternates, and 2600 accredited journalists.
The conclave will meet in the arched,
underground cavern of the Moscone Cneter,
named after the mayor was asassinated
in 1978 along with Supervisor
Harvey Milk.
The Moscone Center is located in the
city's South-of-Market neighborhood ,
only a couple of blocks from a score of gay
bathousea and leather bars. ln fact, the
current floor plan for the convention calls
for the podium to be on the south side of
the center. That's Folsom Street.
ALSO IN 19S4: The Advocate, national
gay new•magazine, will retun to L.A. It
moved ita headquarters from Smogland to
the S.F. auburb of San Mateo in 1974 to be
out of reach of the demonstrative activists
of both city centers.
THREE R's: State Aasemblymember Art
Agnoa (D-S.F.) has a new strategy for
Assembly Bill 1, his legislation to ban
employment discrimination based on sexual
orientation. In past years, Agnos has
been unable to move the bill out of committee.
Thia year, Agnos has A.B. 1 through two
committees and ready for a floor vote whenever
he thinks he has the votes to pass it.
He needs 41 votes, and he thinks he's got
35 or 36 ''hard'" votes, 39 or 40 "soft," and
that depends on who's nervous on any
given day_"
The prestigious Los Angeles Times has
endorsed the bill, as has the Sacramento
&e. San Francisco's newspapers remain
to be heard from. Agnos has his staff soliciting
endorsements from every paper in
the atate that had the good sense to oppose
1978's unsuccessful Briggs Initiative,
which would have banned gay teachers.
Other lobbying is aimed at the three R's;
rural&, religionists, and Republicans. To
get the 45 votes he wants before bringing
the meaaure to a floor vote, Agnoe wants
to get support from Republican legislators
from liberal, suburban districts and from
aolana of both parties who represent the
state's Central Valley and mountainous
east and north.
Wisconsin is the only state with a gay·
rights law. Agnoe is impressed that the
law's author, Representative David Clarenbach,
got Republican Governor Lee
Dreyfus to sign it. Clarenbach'scampaign
for the law was spearheaded by clergy,
and Agnos is now attempting to line up
clerical backing for A.B. 1.
Will California's new Republican gover·
nor, George Deukmejian (called Deukreagian
by some), sign it, if both Assembly
and Senate pass it? Agnos is hopeful:
Deukmejian haa said he is studying it, and
the governor also has the option of allowing
the bill to become a law without his
signature. Furthermore, the new governor
has not rescinded former Governor Jerry
Brown's executive order banning discrimination
by state agencies.
We'll keep you posted.
GROOVES OF ACADEME: The University
of California is making its own
progresa. David Thomas, Associate Profe&
10r of Political Science at U.C.-Santa
Cruz, convinced the administration there
to appoint Australian gay liberationist
Dennis Altman Regents' Lecturer. Thomaa
and Altman are now teaching a
spring-quarter course, "Sexual Politics:
Leabian and Gay Liberation." Thomas
says the Altman appointment is "unprecedented."
ABUSE: Arthur J. BreSBan, Jr.'s film
Abuse played at the Castro Theater in
April as part of the 26th San Francisco
International Film Festival. It's about a
graduate-student filmmaker preparing a
documentary on child abuse. He encounters
a 14-year old abuse victim, and they
fall in love, gradually and inevitably.
The documentary within the semi·
fictional, semi-autobiographical story
expertly delineates the child-abuse problem
in America. The wrap-around story
contrasts a supportive, non-abusive,
counter-abusive man-boy love affair.
Abuse is a disturbing film both visually
and ethically. You may not be able to
watch some of the graphic scenes between
the teenager and his parents, or some of
the photo stills of abused infants and
children. And you may not be able to
forget the staggering questions the film
poses about social-service and legal systems
that threaten the rescuer and protect
the abusers.
BOOKED UP: Lenny Giteck's Cruise To
Win is an excellent guide to positive thinking
and non-zero-sum gaming as a way to
develop more satisfactory relations with
new acquaintances. That means more
satisfactory, as well as more relationships,
so you can use the book as a guide to
developing permanent relations and not
juat for tricking.
It's available for $12.45, including postage
and handling, from Pantera Press,
P.O. Box 99389, S.F., CA 94109, or $10.95
at bookstores. If that sounds like a lot,
think what it would cost you to attend just
one of the half-dozen or so uworkshopa"
summarized in Cruise To Win.
OZ A.ND ENDS: I've finally got it figured
out. Hu Na will play tennis on the Ma11,
and Mainland China will grant asylum to
the Beach Boys.
Remember, real men eat leather quiche.
Alfred's column originates at the "Sen·
tinel." a San Francisco gay newspaper.
<>1983 Randy Alfred, all rights reserved.
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Selected Events
through 7 Days
mFRIDA Y-SUNDA Y: Denver
First Gay Rodeo
llSA TURDA Y: Lambda Bicycle
Club meets, then tours, from
1 lam, unless raining, at 210 Fair·
view, apt. r
• SA TU RDA Y: Choice's Lesbian
Mothers' Group meets 6:30pm on
"You Have Nothing to Fear
Unless You're a Lesbian Mother."
210 Fairview, apt. 1
llSATURDAY: Leabians & Gay
People in Medicine meet 7:30pm
-.SUNDAY: Montroee Tennis
Club playo 10:30am-1:30pm, MacGregor
Park
9.MONDA Y: AIDS victim oupPort
group meet.s 6:30pm, Montrose
Counseling Center, 900
Lovett Blvd., Suite 203
9.MONDA Y: MSA Summer Season
Bowling, 9pm at Stadium
Bowl, 8200 Braeemain
•TUESDA Y: "Gracielynn," fem·
iniat duo, 7pm, Gracielynn Books,
704 Fairview
• TUESDAY: Montrose Symphonic
Band meet.I at Bering
Church, 1440 Harold, 7:30pm
•TUESDAY: Greater Montroae
Business Guild meets 7:30pm,
Liberty Bank community room,
1001 Weetheimer
•WEDNESDA Y: Montrose
Watch training session, 7pm, the
Firehouse, 1413 Weatheimu
•WEDNESDA Y: Montroae Chorale
rehearsal at Bering Church,
1440 Harold, 7:30-lOpm
• THURSDA Y: 5th National
Leabian/Gay Health Conference
opens, lasting to June 12, Denver
• THURSDAY: Wilde 'n St•m
gay radio show 7:30-9pm on
KPIT Radio, FM-90
•THURSDAY: MSA Mixed
Bowling League bowls. 9pm at
Stadium Bowl, 8200 Braesmain
Selected Events
in Future Weeks
•IN 1 WEEK: Gay Compoaero
Concert, June 10, New York
•IN 1 WEEK: Wrangler M.C.
annual Stampede in Dallas,
"Celebrating a Decade of Decadence,"
J une 1~ 1 2
•TN 1 WEEK: Flag Day, June 14
mIN I WEEK: Lutherano Concerned
meets June 14, Grace
Lutheran Church, 2515 Waugh
mJN 1 WEEK: Citizens for
Human Equality (CHE) meeta
June 14
•IN 1 WEEK: Houston Data
Profeuionals meet 7:30pm, June
14 Eaot Room, Holiday Inn Centr~
l, 4640 South Main
•IN 1 WEEK: Gay Political
Caucu1 meets, 4600 Main "217,
7:30pm, June 15
•TN 1 WEEK: Gay Pride Week
("Unity Through Diversity'') begin.
a in Hou1ton, June 16
•IN I WEEK: Gay Pride Weelc
Annivenary of police raid on
Mary'1, 1022 Westheimer, June 16
mIN 2 WEEKS: Gay Pride Week:
"A Salute to Gay Businesses,"
June 17
•IN 2 WEEKS: Gay Pride Week:
Familiea and Friends of Gays
reception, Liberty Bank Community
Room, 1001 Westheimer, 12·
3pm, June 18
mIN 2 WEEKS: Gay Pride Week:
Montrooe Sporto Auoc. softball
game, June 18
•IN 2 WEEKS: Father'• Day,
June 19
mIN 2 WEEKS: Gay Pride Week:
Hou1ton '• 0 Salute to Dallu
Day," June 19
•IN 2 WEEKS: Dallao Gay
Seven Day Calendar
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
JUNE JUNE
3 4 JUNE JUNE JUNE JUNE JUNE
5 6 7 8 9
For add1 •Ooal 1nf0fm1hon or phon• numbMI IM~ents isled below. IOok for the fPOnlOnog org1nl-
1111on under Org1nu:11ton1· 1ri th Mori1to.e C1us1l1ed
Pride Parade, "Marching Out of
Obscurity, Into the Dream,"
June 19
mJN 2 WEEKS: Gay Pride Week:
Black and White Men Together
afternoon and evening event.a.
June 19
•IN 2 WEEKS: Gay Pride Week:
"Men and Women Together, An
Evening of the Arte" at the Swim
Club, 2114 Peckham, June 20,
with Montrose Chorale and Montrose
Art Alliance
• IN 2 WEEKS: 7th Annual San
Francisco International Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival opens
J une 20, lasting to June 25
•IN 2 WEEKS: Summer beings
at 6:10pm June 21
•IN 2 WEEKS: Gay Pride Weeko
Montrose Sport& Auoc. variety
show at Numbers, 300 Weathei·
mer, Jun(' 21
•IN 2 WEEKS: Gay Pride Week:
Variety show sponsored by Gay
Switchboard, Montroffe Counseling
Center & MontroAe Clinic
June 22
• IN 2 WEEKS: Gay Pride Week:
"National Day of Remember·
a nce" sponsored by gay religious
groupe, J une 23
•IN 2 WEEKS: Gay Pride Woek:
"Salute to Gay Youth" June 23
m/N IJ WEEKS: Latino Day, Gay
Hispanic Caucus 5th anniversary
dance, Noche y Dia Ballroom,
2103 N. Main, 8pm-2am, June 24
•IN IJ WEEKS: lot Latin American
& Caribbean Gay/Lesbian
Conference June 24·29, Bogota,
Columbia
•IN IJ WEEKS: Full moon,
3:33am, June 25
•IN 3 WEEKS: Gay Pride Weeko
Mardi.I Gras Maddnees Inc. after·
noon fundraiaing carnival for
AIDS research, June 25
•IN 3 WEEKS: Gay Pride Week:
Montrose Symphonic Band,
Montrose Chorale and Kindred
Spirit.a Enoernble in Fred Paez
Memorial Concert, "Festival Chorus,"
Cullen Auditorium, Uofll
main campus, J une 25
UN 3 WEEKS: Gay Pride Week:
Gay Pride Parade down Weetheimer,
5:30pm, June 26
•IN 3 WEEKS: Gay Pride
Paradee June 26 in San Francioeo
("Strengthen the Tieo,
Break the Chains") and Memphis
("Gay Righta are Civil Righto");
and Gay Pride March in New
York City
•IN 3 WEEKS: Gay Pride Week:
Gay Political Caucus evening
ral ly at the Summit. June 26
m/N IJ WEEKS: Montrooe Civic
Club (Neartown) meet& 7pm June
28, Bering Church, 1440 Harold
m/N 4 WEEKS: Twin Cities
Good Time Softball League invi·
tational July 1-4, Minneapolis
mIN 4 WEEKS: Lone Star Gay
Softball Classic, Houoton, July
2-3
•IN 4 WEEKS: Blue Boy Claooic
Bowling Tournament, July 2·-t,
Seattle
•IN 4 WEEKS: Independence
Day, July 4
•IN IJ WEEKS: Metropolitan
Community Church general con·
ference, Toronto, opens July 10,
luting to July 17
•IN IJ WEEKS: International
Gay Assoc. Conference o~ns
July 11, Vienna, Austria, lasting
to July 16
mJN B WEEKS: 8th Interna·
tional Conference of Gay & Les·
bian Jews opens Aug. 4, lasting
to Aug. 7. Miami
mJN 12 WEEKS: Reno National
Gay Rodeo openo, Sept. 1, lasting
to Sept. 4
• IN 13 WEEKS: Sixth Biennial
International Convention of Dignity,
Seattle, Sepl 2-5
m/N 13 WEEKS: Gay World
Series Softball Tournament, Chi·
cago, Sept. 3-5
m/N 18 WEEKS: Labor Day,
Sept. 5
•IN 13 WEEKS: "Come Out and
Sing Together," lot North Amen·
can Gay Choral Festival, opens
Sept. 8, laoting to Sept. 11, Lincoln
Center, New York
m/N 16 WEEKS: Human Righta
Campaign Fund annual dinner,
Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York,
SepL Tl
'tiN 17 WEEKS: Texao Renaiosance
Festival open1 near Plan·
tersville Oct. 1 and 2, also
running Oct. 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23,
29, 30 & Nov. 5&6
m/N 1 B WEEKS: Oct. 8 dead.line
to register to vote in November
elections
•IN 18 WEEKS: Columbuo Day,
Oct. IO
mIN 21 WEEKS: Halloween,
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