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Gay Republicans prepare for rally
State GOP calls gays 'deviants, hateful extremists'
From staff und wire reports
Gay Republicans arc hoping for a
large turnout on Saturday In Fort
Worth as a show of political might for
state GOP leaders. who last month
dented a booth for Log Cabin
Republl<'a ns of Texas Inside the state
convent ton.
111e bitter pollllcal inflghling has
earned a rebuke from Go\' Gt'orge W.
Bush and drawn national media
attention.
After dt·nylng Lo!( Cabin's request
for a booth Inside the convention this
weekend. state GOP spokesman
Rober t Black referred to gays as
"dtvlants. pedophiles a nd hateful
extremis ts.·
Gay Republicans called the Ian ·
guage Inflammatory and Ins ulting.
-rile decision by these bigoted party
officials to dt·ny us a booth is a threat
to the rights of every !(ay Texan." said
Steve Lablnskt. Log Cabin state presi·
dent. ·we will not tolerate this kind of
prt'judlcc. All Americans should be
ashamed and angry that the leaders of
a major political party practice it pub·
licly •
State party leaders also rejected the
requ est of the Texas Freedom
Network. a nonpartisan group which
works to c·ou nteract the political clout
of the religious ri!(h t.
Gay Republicans hope the hour·
long Rally for Liberty attracts more
than 1,000 people outside the Fort
Worth/Tarran! County Convention
Center
"If party olllclals
"'ill not permit us
to be heard in'1de
the ronventlon hall, llS.Cii•r11••
we assure l h t"m
they will hear us
outs ide the convcn·
lion hall. We im1te
the entire rommu
nlty to attend." Labinski
Labinski said.
Gay Republicans anived in Fort
See RALLY/ page 4
AIDS agencies to merge
by MATTHEW A ·' NNIE
Two of the <"II> lradln!( lllV/AIDS sen 1ce "'~.u"-'
tlon ~ a re merging in dn e ffort to combine n: sourccs and
l.JOlstcr care.
The result of the •olnmg of Bering Comr.o;mlty Setvlcc
Foundation, wt. · ti provides a vnrtel)· of services from
dr r tal Cdfe to kmpor In ho!"le \islts. and re~ic:'enu
• < Orne Hot e will be ar. a!lency v.1:1! about 50
employees and n nnnu.11 bu dg('~ n C'.U $3 mllUon
With the const :illy changing lace of AJ[)S and the
eptdemlc, It Is lmport.:nt for ori::anlz.atlons to be able lo
adapt quickly." Bill Kersten Bcrtng's executive director
said Thursday "'Otis f!ive, us the opportunity to be
more adaptable to this emironment •
The Idea of accomplishing more "'1th one agency
!wiped spur negotiations between directors of both
boards, ongoing since Februan· s,•ld Mllrf!ot Morris,
Omega l!ous.e executive direc.tor. ~~~ ·one of the thinf!s thal ~
talked about through this wh ·le
process is that the whole is ~
more • than the sum of its --...___ ""'11111
Texas parade: Several al the approximately 100
participants m the first evor Gay Pride Parade m
Corpus Chnsti march down Shore/me Boulevard
recently, showing the1t pflde and the1t colors to
passerbys along the beach Gay Pflde across the
country is celebrated m commemoration of the
Juno 27, 1969, Stonewall nots m Greenwich
Village when New York City police raided the
Stonewall Tavern on Chnstopher Street, setting off
days of noting by lesbians and gays For a
roundup from across the country. see page 19
-Photo by Delc1a Lopez
parts she said. _ ~ ,.-.;
See MERGE/ page 4 ---..... ..
nmega BERING
HOUSE COMMlJ'i!TI SER\1CE
FOUNDATION
Perfection makes misery
Comic tells Houston Voice of his 'larger than life' characters
by STEPHEN R. UNDERWOOD ch "'" <·r• IH ad. in "h <"h ·.,, ry
Now what's tlw last thin!? a lligh llm1J.;-:; JU~l n ·ahy drarnatk
sd10ol j!rud wants to remem~r allt·r Translation: he has no sh~imt•.
pomp and rircumstance'l Freshman But :\ash \\111 do nnythlng for a
yr.1r, of cou rse.·. laugh, hen.1uM· he "l'ar,.l stand a room
Gay rnmi<· Hob Nash rt'memhns full of grinn1·"· .. he said
h "'l1111an year su wdl. In lact. ht' s Oddly enough. Nash could probably
made a 11\'fn!( out of It And ht•'s double as a pop psychologist If acting
ll<111'ton bound to remtnd everybody doesn't work out. For Instance takt•
th.ti "Fn•shman Year Su<·ks•·
TI1ls rt'luctant 80s tr1p down m1·n IC>f)'
lam· \11r1t kn by Na.sh r<·qulrt·s 26 difkr
t'lll d1aractt·ri,.~llons - all perfornl!'d
bv him alone. t'ranmwd In an hour loni(
p;,·rformance. That's pn·tty !(ood odds for
a mistake or two. but Nash said -~:\'('I"\'
tlltl!' I do something. I learn to do tl bet
kr the m·xf lllll!'." Surt'. OK. But lhal's
,1 fa irly tall orclt·r lor sonl!'body who con
ks"'' "my lilt' Is vt'ry nt'urotlc." right'/
Probably not. Yet Nash Is one·
1ndilwd to think that ~lzc does mattt'r
•1 like workml( with larger than life
unifiedd iversif..i, e,,.d,, electr,i,f,,i ed
his theory on dt·pression:
"When a stra1~ht woman Is
depressed, sht"ll say, 'Goel, I'm so fat
When a str.llJ!hl guy IS dqm·ssrd. ht"ll
say. ·coo. my ~i rlfnc.·ncl Is so fat:
When a ksblan ts dq)rt•sst'd she'll
say, 'Go<I. I'm so depressed.' Wlwn a
gay man ts depressed. he'll say. 'God
me and my lover arc so lat •
\;ash s take on his own legacy?
"Worthy of rmulatlon." he srud unlike
Prcstdmt Clinton. :-;ash rounts h1msdf
a Fiiend of Bill. but he's also a little dis
Ulusloned that the First Bubba ts Just a
·r.,gular l?UY • But don't count htm In
that heard of \\'ASP>; looking for clones
of perfection.
"llte notion of perfectionism keeps
me procrasttnat1ni:: nnd afraid and
anxious." :\ash. 31. said It works for
the people who <~tll tlwmsclves perft·c·
llontsts. but it's perfectionism that
makes my lift' m1s.,rable."
Oh. Yeah. Maybe that's why fresh
man year sucks.
Who: Gay playwright Rob :\ash
What: ·Fre~hmun Yc.·ar Sucks!·
When: June I 8 to July 12
Where: Stngcs Rrpcrtory Tht'.atre
320 I Allen Parkway
Tickets: $12 $15. 713·527 0220
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Houston
t.esbian &
Gay Pride
1998
Kick-Off
___ Party
Pride
Jamboree
Sponsored by:
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PLA NET OUT
CERVEZA -'f E:[ATE-, ... ~ ;, 8
IMPORTED BEER
Pride Day
In The
Park At --
Friday, June 12th, 7Qm
Riva's Italian Restaurant-~
(1117 Missouri Street)
ifhis is it! Join the Pride Committee and our
special guest Mayor Lee Brown at this
social mixer that is the start of it all. The
Pride Committee of Houston invites you to
attend the Pride 1998 Kick-Off Party. Come
dance to the music of Apollo, drink from the
casks of Dionysus, and feel the magic of
Hecate!
Saturday, June 13th, 10am
Memorial Park
Come one, come all! Family fun for
everyone! Join us for softball, football,
volleyball, kickball, frisbee golf, skating,
picnics, bake-offs, and more. This day in
the park is brought to you by The Pride
Committee of Houston and many local
organizations.
Sunday, June 14th, 10am
Is that family or family? Join us at
AstroWorld to find out! Waiting in those
lines has never been so much fun! Tickets
are $20 in advance through the Pride
Committee or $34.58 at the gate.
•Ml:J#M~-Mimi!mWW.--!1'11i:illM!;J•Mmk ~-im;e:mJMMm;;w~- P A G E 2 A T .J U N E 1 2 1 9 EJ B
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This
Issue Political activist named to volunteer advisorv post
local News
page 3·9
Reolonal News
page 11·16
NaUonalNews
page 17·25
Church Calendar
page 20
Health
page 26
Horoscope
page 29
Voices & Echoes
pages 30-32
communitv Directorv
page 33
communltv Calendar
page 33
Classnteds
pages 34-35
Out on the Bavou
pages 18-48
Scene & Heard
page 98
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G"Y & ll:..HIAtJ
Cll4M8lk UI CCJMMtkCl
by MATIHEW A. HENNIE
Anollwr of Houston's elt"C((•d om
coals Is makln~ slrldt"s toward the
C'ity's g:ays and lc."slJians
U.S. Coni;:rl'sswoman Shelia
Ja<·kson Lt•t• last wt·ekt·nd announced
the appointment of Houston attorney
Andn~s Perf."lra as ht.·r advisor to the
~ay c·ommunily. a volunteer position
simtlar to orw Mayor Lt·t• Brown rreat
t·d for his administration last ~arch.
Pereira. 31. s<·rn·tary of the
Houston G,1y and Lesbian Political
Caucus. Is no stranger lo politics. Ii<'
campai~nt·d for former Gov. Ann
Hi<'harcls in ht·r su<Tcsful l 9'10 effort.
lht• Con(!rcsswoman saw that it
was sucresslul for 1hc Mayor and it
\\:as a j.!ood way to enhant·t" communi
cation hetwt·en that constituency and
hc:r uifkc," Pt·n:ira s.lid. ·s1w has Uc.•c·n
vc.-ry supportivt· of the C'ommunity."
The appoinlnwnt mlrro" others
JaC'kson Lc..•t• has made in communi·
Gav Chamber Joins
communitv Center
The Greater Houston Cay and
Lesbian Chaml><·r of Commerce has
opened an office at IJie city's new
community center on Hawthorne
Avt·nue, olllciab said.
The chambt·r joins IJie Houston Cay
and Lesbian Pohlical Caucus Inside
the two-story. 3.300· square· foot
building, which organi1.ers hope wHI
soon b<•t·omc IJie focal point of IJic
rity's gay nnd lt-sbt.an community.
"We sec our oflke space as a real
mlle:.tone tn the growth of our orga·
nlzallon: said Anita Renteria. pres!·
dent of U1e gay chamber. ·we think
it's important I hat l11e (chamber) be a
torrwrstont· mt·mbt·r of lht' cr-nter
a nd bdtevr Utal ii will be a b<·nefll lo
our mt•mb<"r bus!ne~ses as welJ."
TI1e office space will be used to
organize the Chamber's EMPOWER
"98. an exposttton of gay-friendly
businesses held in November
Duke Emplovees Donate
to Stone Soup
Duke Energy ended its AIDS
Awareness Week by dellvertnii more
than $1,000 of toiletries to AIDS
f'oundation llouston·s Stone Soup
food pantry recently.
The company and Its volunteers
gave more than $12.000 to the Ninth
Annual Southwestern Dell Houston
AIDS Walk on May that drew some
2.000 pt•opk and raised more tJian
S250.000 for 18 AIDS/lllV st-r.'ice
agencle:-.. Some.· 45 c·ompany volun
leers look part in the AIDS Walk.
Ilic AIDS t·pldcmk has an Impact
on th.- entire Houston business com
munily bt·rnuse It affects Individuals
from all walks of life," said Paul
Anderson, president and chief oper·
alini;: ofllc-er. "Duke Energy Is raisin~
the awarem·ss of Its employees
throu~h this wce:'s activities:
Duke Energy employs about 2,000
pcopk in Houston.
Coalition Offers Housing
Assistance, New
Training
Funds ior J>t"oplt• with lllV /AIDS In
liarrts, Monlgomt·ry, Furl Bend
Wallt'r, Cha111hers and Lllx-rty coun
lit'S ts avallablt• lo assist wllh rent or
ulillllt·s through Ill!' Pt•ople With
AIDS Coalition Houston
111e asststann-. up 10 S500 p<"r
year is tnt<·rnkd for rllt·nts in emer
gency situations. For more lnforma .. =-····~·-·•k ·----- P A G E
lies aero'" hcr district. said Chi<'f ol
Stall Kathi W1lkt·s.
-rhe Congre ... swoman is very hclppy
to have Andrl's C:OI1H" on and Uc.· her
volunteer and liaison to tht• gav and
lesbian community. It is n \\:ekome
addition." Wilkt» said.
Pereira hopes to ke<'P Jarkson Lee
abreast of rurr<·nt issut·s in the ~av
community and bring concerns fro~
constituents to ha, hr sal<L And the
Houston native \\,tnts to bettt"r com
muniration between g;J.ys and Afr1~n
Anwric:ans. he c.;.1id .
Jlu-rc 1s a natural coord.natton
betwt·c.·n minority commun11ies. Often
you conlront the same problems:
Pereira said .
Brown's liaison to the gay rommunl
ly. local allorncy ~alth<"w FAblus,
offt-rcd a bit of a chic<' ,1fl •·r l11s first
three months 111 the.- ucwly c:n.·.1ted
position: dcvelop a lhi«k skin.
Somc gay arlivisls cnlkizt•cl the
tion, call 713·919 0312.
The coalition Is also starlin~
Learning, Empowerment. Advocacy
and Partlcipalion (LEAP), a 24-week
education program which trams peo·
pie for community actMsm.
·we are delt~hted lo han· received
fundinl( for Proj<'<'l LEAP: said Lynn
Pannill. the coalition's ext'culive
director ·we remember Steven
Bradley and his 'islon for LEAP. and
hope to offer a program which under·
scores Uiose goals.•
Bradlry. who founded Project
LEAP. was a principal dall(·er wlth
the llouslon Ballet.
The first class Is set for July
AppllraUon swlll be available June 15.
Camp Hope Needs
Counselors
Camp Hope. a project of AIDS
f'oundatlon Houston and the Texas
Children's Hospital and Camp f'or All
f'oundauon. Is In need of counselors
for Its week· long program in late
July.
HN·posltlve children from the ai:ies
of 6 to 16 attend the camp 111 Burton
Counselors are needed to assist the
children with acliv1lles. f'or more
lnformallon, call 713·623·6796.
Deep Sea Fishing
Trip Planned
Some of the 90 spots open for two
upcoming deep st'a fishing trips
remain open accordln~ to the
Rainbow Fishing Club.
appointment of
E.a.stus, who ro~"
from relative
ol>scun.-ness tu
the gay commu
nity lo the
mayor·s rf."prc
st'nt.lti\"<" without
mu('h t"xpericnce
In ~ay activism.
·11c ts a verv Pere1ra
brl~ht ~uy and sharp lawyer: Eastus
said of Perelr,1. "Hr has been Involved
In a \'en- Visible way Ir the ~ay pohll
cal movement He \\ill havc a great
sense of the rommu1111y right away
nd help (Jackson Lee) out right
away·
Eastus hop<·s to work "1th Perdr.i
tn his new role
l11is is a great v.-ay for our two posi
lions to work together and for the two
pt·opl<' we work !or lo work tog.-thcr -
he.~ said.
trips are planned for June 21 and
24. Addillonal trips are schedukd for
July 19. August 16 and August 19.
for more information, call 713-523·
6381.
Counseling cemer Hires
New Clinical Director
A veteran volunteer has been hired I as a partllme clinical director for the
Montrose Counseling Cenkr, ofnefa!,
said.
Marton Badmp. who has volun
leered wilJi the center for 13 years,
"'ill now take on clinical superviston,
the re,iew of dinlral policies and
proVide psychological assessm<'nls.
The center, a non-profit United
Way a,::ency founded In I 97H. pro·
vldt"s c-ounst'Jin.(!. ca!-'e m..inagr-mcnl.
chemical dependency treatment and
education lo the ~ay community.
lers Talk About sex
Montrose Clime Is sponsorln~ a
90·minute frank discussion and cltn·
tc on sex to explore sexuallty and
encourage a better understanding of
sex and relationships, oq(anizers
said.
"It ts our hope that throu~h work·
shops like these, people \\'ill have a
new venue lo meet people and de,•el ·
op healthy attitudes about sex: said
Katy Caldwell, IJie clinic's executive
director.
The workshop, set for Jum· 18 at 8
p.m., Is free. f'or more Information,
call 713 830-3068.
American cowboy: Houstoman Gene M1kulenka (nght) answered queslJons after a
screemng of "Amencan Cowboy" on June 6 es part of the Second Annual Gay and
Lesbian Film Festival. Tho 52-mmute docudrama. d'rected by Kyle Henry (left), traces
M1kulenka's 1oumeys m gay and straight rodeo Circuits, including the finals of tho 1996
1
lntemat1onal Gay Rodeo ASSOC1at1on. -Photo by Dalton DeHart
3A T .JUNE 12 1998
RALLY/trompage 1
Worth late Thursday. ready to paper
local gay establishments with flyers
about the rally. They also plan to dts
tribute Information when the convention
opens today about I p.m
Labinskl said.
"Everything has come together per·
fectly," he said late Thursday from
Fort Worth.
Log Cabin also planned to purchase
advertlsrments in newspapers in the
area to promote the rally. LabmskJ said.
After Black's barbs about gays and
pedophiles, Bush weighed in lhroul(h
a spokeswoman, urgtni: an end lo any
name-calling and infighting.
"Governor Dush b<-lieves all individ
uals deserve to b<- treated with di(\nity
and respect," said spokeswoman
Karen llughes. "While he differs with
the Log Cabin Republicans on issues
such as gay marrtai:e. he does not
condone name-calling.·
Dush Is staying out of the fight and
said he had nothing to do with Log
Cabin being denied exhibit space at
the convention.
"lie urgt·s all Republicans to focus
on our common goal of electing
Republirans based on our conserva.
live philosophy," Hughes said.
Olark said he has not been as
Inflammatory or insulting as peopk
who have railed him In opposition lo
the party's decision not to allow the
group an exhibit booth.
"There Is no need for dra~inl( this
out further," he said Ilic answer has
been ·no, l~ 'no· and w!ll be no. -
M.my groups arc allowed to set up
booths at the convention to distribute
flyers. buttons and literature. But the
state GOP said Log Cabin is hateful
toward family values ,md peoplt" of laiU1.
•
"Sur..-. It's !ust a booth," Labtnski
satd. ·out not loni:: ~i:o. It was just a
lunch counter. Some party offictals
are practicing the same type of dis·
crlmtnation and sei::regation against
gay Texans that their ideological pre·
decessors practiced against black
Texans just three dec·ades ago."
Members of the gay and lesbian
organization sued the party after II
was denied exhibit and advertising
space al lhe 1996 state convention.
The Texas Supreme Court ruled
al(alnsl the group, saying the GOP ts a
private organi7~~tlon.
Lab1nski said he Is a Republican
because he believes in most of lhe
party's positions, But he said religious
conservatives have Laken control of
party administration, makmg it hos·
tile toward people of differing vtews.
Black said mainstream Republicans
control the party.
·we were very happy that the gover·
nor spoke against name calling."
Lab1nsk1 said. "That is what lhe party
has been doing since we applied for
the booth. The extremists here are lhe
om·s m the party structure. not the
governor or other office holders."
The Log Cabin Republicans are also
concerm·d about proposed changes to
party rules. mdudlng an attempt to
move the nomination of Republican
candidates for stale office from a primary
election system to a caucus system.
111at would require changes in
state law <"Ven If adopted by conven
tion delegates.
Lubinski said religious conserva
t1vcs wnnt C"aucus nominations
bec.ausc they could control who par·
hclpates,
"It would he disastro1rn ," he said.
"They would hdd unelt·ctable candidates."
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Though some areas. surh as admin·
lslration, wlll be scaled back when
final details arr resolved later this
year. jobs at either agency are not at
stake. said John M Gonzalez.
Bering's chairman ol the board
Development and other areas will be
slrengthened, he said .
Most of Bertnifs 28 full lime
employees. alonA with Omega's nine,
are funded through grants or In other
ways that ensure their jobs. he said.
"There are no Immediate layoffs and
we don·t anUclpatc any reduction In
staffing." Gonzalez said. ·we antic!
pale growing because we will be
expanding services."
A jolflt board of directors will be created
from the two current bodies, he said.
·Just as we have seen this vtrus
mutate rapidly to render drugs inef
fecllve. the epidemic ts evolving in
ways that render former responses
madequate." Gom,alez anll Omega
chairwoman Cathryn Rodd said In a
JOint statement.
The merger will help cn·ale new projects,
officials sald. Vlrsl on the list
could be mixing Bering's In home
temporary care with Omega·s hospice
efforts to develop a residential pro·
gram that would temporary relieve
primary caregivers. Or a home hospice
senice could be developed.
·what we are seeing here is an
opportunity to bridge some of !ht• gaps
between the pro)lrams," Kersten said.
Both agencies have worked together
in the past and slMrr some volun
leers, oflicials said.
·we started seeing the pot<·nual of
betn~ even more SC'amlrss. Now Wf" are
covenng a broader spectrum of care,"
Conl . akz said.
State fkp . Garnet Coleman (I>
Houston). chairman of a llousc sub ~
commitlt"t" on tndtgrnt C'an•, prais<"d
the mergc·r as a positive stt·p in n·act
Ing lo the changing demographic., of
HIV/AIDS.
"It Is a great day for I louston wht·n
two acknowledged community leaders
can put their Institutional egos aside
to join logetht•r for the bt•neflt of their
cllents." Coleman said.
Berlo~ was created In 1987 by
Bering Memorial United Methodist
Church. Wilh close ties lo Christ
Church Cathedral. Omega !louse
grew from the Inspiration In 1986 of a
75·year~old grandmother who wanted
better care for terminal AIDS patients.
Bering serves about 2.000 patients
a year wllh its $2.3 milllon budget
nearly half of which Is supplled
through slate and fednal funds.
Omega, which has served 420 in 12
years, re<·eives nearly two thirds of Its
$600,000 budget from Individual
donors and private foundations.
About 350 volunteers help staff
both agencies.
Corrections
A story In the June 5. 1998 edl·
Uon of Houston Voice Incorrectly
reported the date of the Pride
Parade The correct date Is June
27 at 9 p.m.
Also. a story Incorrectly lhted
the date of "Harvey Milk" CD
release party Tlw correct dalt· Is
June 25 at 6 p.m. at Crossroads
Markt'l Bookstore and Cafe at
111 I Westhelmer
We regret the error,,,
Lovett
Hawthorne
Harold
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L 0 C A L
Want to stay healthy?
Try HealthFest '98
by ELLA TYLER
More than I 00 health, fitness and
social servlce providers will be on
hand for I lealthFesl '98 on June 20.
"(It's) where l(ay, lesbian. bl·sexual
and transgendered people can ask
questions about all their health concerns
without rear or Judl(ment." says
Barry Mandel or Southhampton
Medical Group. which organized the
t>vent.
·rnv gets time. but It ts not the
rocus or !ht• event." he said.
The day builds on the theme
Glowing with Health, organizers said
"It's easier to stay healthy than to
gt•! well. but we must n·ly on our·
sdvt•s." said Chel<'lle Bakt·r or Texas
Mobil<" lkalth, whtrh will provide on ·
site medical lt·sung.
Mammograms. bone density lt"sls lo
SC'rt'cn for osteoporosis. and blood
tests for cholestt·rol. HIV. glucose.
prostate C'anrPr and· other medtc·al
probkms will I.le available, but only by
prior appointment. Some ksts require
doctors orders. but otht•rs do not.
acrordlng to Baker. (For appoint·
ments. call 713·682·3779.)
I IEB Pantry Foods on Montrose Is
presenting sampks of healthy foods
throughout the day.
Tt·n pharmaceutical companies and
dortors with specialties such as chlro
practy. dt•nllslry. and dt•rmatolog,v
will have booths. Rt•prest·ntalives or
University of Texas Medirnl Branch's
AIDS Clinical Trials Unit will I.le on
hand. Gay c·ommunHy S(""f"Vll'<"'
providers like Montrose Clinic and
Montrose Counselinl( will be joined by
Houston Area Women's Center
Planned Pan·nthood. Red Cro"· and
Family S«rvfc·c· Cenh"r, which may not
lx· dS familiar to lht• community.
Seven seminars on current health
Issues will be held and Southhampton
Mt·dtrnl Group's booth Is hosting "The
Doctor Is In • The group's doctors -
Carols F<u-lna!->, noderirk Frazi<'r,
Palrkk Mc-Namara. and Shannon
Schrader - will be availal.Jh• throul(h
out the day to answer individual qm•s
lions.
There's also the Fitness Fashion
Show presented by Basic Brother at
12:30 p.m. or the Body Building
demonstration organized by Houston
Gym at 1:30 p.m. Vendors include
Lobo and Untglobe First Choice Travel
will have a booth and providing or the
door prize. a round trip airline ticket
lo a location Inside the continental
U.S.
Other participants Include 97 Talk
Radio. Tanqueray's Texas AIDS Rlde,
Names Project Houston. PFLAG and
Pride Committee.
Also inrluded an• st>minars·
• Smoking: Put It Out For Good l.Jy
Carlos Farinas and Carolyn Grace at
10::10 a.m.
• Womt'n·s Health by Julia Kovacs
and Nellie Grose 11 :25 a.m.
• CMV lkllnitis. PRK Laser Sur~ery
& Other New Eve Care Admncemt·nts.
by Scott Sawy~r at 12: JO p.m
• I IIV: Breakthroughs in Trcatml'J\l
Options by Shannon St'hrader at
12:50 p.m
• Und<·rstandtn11; M1~raines: Whal
~:vt·ry Surterer Needs to Know. by Pat
Mc·Namara al 1:30 p.m
• HIV Wasting. Nutrition. and
Building Body Mass. l.Jy Shannon
Schrader. Ron Cumminl!;s and Ed
Kinser al 2 :15 p.m .
• Diabetes: Should i Be Concerned?
l.Jy Carlos Farinas and Shen Pini!;
Liang.
"The speakers were chosen lo refirc·t
tlw range of ways to d<·••I wJth Uwse
l~su<·.s," said Juli<~ Gold , an evt'nl
organizer
What: lkalthFest '98 with 100
h<·alth. flhw:-.s, soc-ial servkt·
providers
When: June 20 from IO a.m. to 4
p.m
Where: Edwin I lornbergt•r
Conference Center. 2151 W.
liolcoml>c al Mam
Cost: Admission Is free: first 500
vt•htcles n•c·t•1ve free parking.
Contact: 2111 :13·1 14 77 or
www.southmcd.c·om.
Collaborative effort: Some $150.000 was raised through The Hotlyf1eld Foundation
and The E/l1ott H. Matthews Foundation to renovate and open the Hol/yf1eld Center.
a 3,000-square-feet center at 2700 Albany U.S Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (left}, K.
Wayne Brockman of Ho//yfields board of dlfectors. city official Slyvia Garcia and
businessman Lany Ungte were some of the community digmtanes on hand for the
June 7 debut. The conference fac1/lty will offer reduced rates to gay commumtybased
organizations -Photos by Dalton DeHart
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Baptists want gay order nullified
by KRISTEN MOULTON
SALT LAKE CITI - The Southern
Baptists voted Thursday lo ask
Congre"' lo nullify President Clinton's
order prohibiting discrimination
against civilian federal employees
because of their sexual orientation.
Del~ales al the denomination's annu
al convention rejected by 1.071 voles lo
1,005 an amendment that would have
askc-d Chnlon's own Southern Baptist
congregation to consider disciphning
him unless the president resdnds his
May 28 ex~·uuve order.
Clinton's executive order added
homosexuals to the list of groups pro
tected from discrimination.
"Homosexual politics Is masquerad
1ng today as civil rights, In order lo
exploit the moral high ground of the
cMI rights movement.· said the reso·
lution , which passed overwhelmingly.
"Homosexuality Is immoral, con·
trary lo lhe Bible and contrary lo lra·
dilional Judt·o Christian moral stan·
dards, and the open affirmation or
homosexuality represents a sign or
God's surrendering a society to Its
perversion:
The resolution said government
should not give special legal protee·
lion and endorsement to homosexual
lty, nor should It Impose legal sane
lions against tho~e who beltevr: homo·
sexual conduct Immoral.
In signing his executive order,
Clinton said: "Individuals should not
be denied a Job on the basis of some
thing that has no relationship to their
ability to perform their work."
The defeated amendment was pro·
posed by the Rev. Wiley Drake of
Buena Park, Calif.. who said he was
"slrk and tired" of explaining to pros·
tltutes and other sinners how Clinton
can remain a Southern Baptist.
"I think we need to go on record that
President Clinton should be dealt with
by his church," Drake said.
Clinton's home church Is Immanuel
Baptist church In Little Rock. Ark.
I ftorb Hollinger, vice president in tht•
church's executive commttlee, said It
would have be<•n t•xtremely unusual
for the denomination to suggest that a
local church dlsc·lpllnt• a member.
·rve never heard of It. It would be
antl·Southern Bapltst," he said.
Each local Southern Baptist church
Is autonomous.
It was Drake who proposed an
amendment on Wednesday that would
have cited Clinton by name In a reso·
lutlon affirming that immoral behavior
by public officials should not be
excused. The rc·solutlon passed over·
whclmlngly: Drake's amendment was
defeated.
Drake also was behind a resolution
last year to boycott Disney for extend
Ing health Insurance benefits to
homosexual partners or employees
and for wekomtng l!,i.ly groups at its
amusement parks.
Methodists uphold same-sex marriage ban
Ll:\COLN. Neb. !kle~atc·s to the
annual Nrbraska c-onfere-n<·e of tht:
United Ml'thodisl Church have upheld
a ban Oil SS.111<" t>CX union ('('f("llWUICS
and sough! to make the prohlbilion
more clearly binding on its pastors.
But tht• delegales meeting at
Nebraska Wt·sleyan for four days last
wet•k also passc-d a measure <"ncour·
a~lng churches to reach out to thost•
trytnl! to give up homose.xu .. l)
lifr·styks, whlk not toerting th<"m to
adopt a h1·terosexual lifestyle.
On the final day June 5. nearly 40
resolution~ and petitions were consid·
ered. Tht• d!'lt•!(at1·s voted to rreatt• a
committc:<· to work during th<• rwxt
year to ht•lp brid~c· the churdl'~ d1vt
sl<>1ts ov('r st·xu<llity and strlptun·
.. \Ve h.-vt· startrd talktnJ? to one.•
anotlwr again." s.:iid the lkv. Halph
ford of York. lit- belongs to lhe
Association of United Melhodtst
Evangelicals in Nebraska. many of
whose members spoke against exlt"nd·
Ing the church's blessings to homo
sexuals.
Delcgal!'s also dt-f(•att-d a proposal
alkr hcalt•d disnission that would havt'
c.-n<·o11r.J.~cd tlu- •·c~>1L~·rvl'l 1vc• ~1<"mc·nt•
in the church. M;my lay pt'Ople across
Nebraska hav1• charged that the
rhurch"s top lmckrshlp Is more libc·ral
on social and st:xual bsu<·s lhan the
majority of 1x·oplt· In tlw pt"\\-'S.
TI1ere was con..,idt·ral>lt• discussion
about whf'thc.·r the homos<"xual
"ltfestylc" Is a C'llCllc·1· or an inbcm1
g-1·netic trait. IJ Inborn some argued.
how can It be a sin?
The Rt•v. R S<·ott Foresman or
Papillion. ldt·nlllytn/.( himself as a
n.·t·ovrring akoholtc. said ht• belit·vt·!'t
his tcndt•ncy lowarcl akohollsm was
g1·m·t1r but that doesn't make it right.
"We arc all born With a numba of
disorders. and to rnlt lhal (homosi·xu
ahty) God giv.-n ts dangt·rous." ht•
said. "for a rhur!"h lo call for the
sacramenlall,.ation or som!'thing that
Is clearly sinful Is dan/.(!'rous and
wrong."
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1) P!=osis he!Ja!Js. a ccmooo 11 w!ic!I me 1ver ;m sometanes
Sllienlc llSSlil Is r"'8>ld ~ blood-llled ~ has been reported;
2) IYer eel tunm""' also reportlld: 3) bloOd lillid changes that are
known to be assodat8d ..tn Weasal ,Pol a111eroscterOS1S ate
seen See Wamrt\jS and - s«:lklf1S of compic.18
PIOSCnbing lll°""'tion
CONTIWNDtCATIONS 1) known or $USl)8COO camnoma of Ille
pros~lle or the male b!oast 2) camnoma of lhe - in females
wrth ~ (androoenoc anabollC S1ef-OidS may stomutate
00,l!IOlybc booe resoiplJOn); 3) pregn311C)'. beeaUSI ol possible
mascuinllatoo of the letus Oxandnn has been $hOV.11 tO cause
embryolo>llllly. feto!JJ<Jet; 11fe<111dy. ;m masa"'1iZ>llon of lemale
'4") "n"ep"h ~ros"is o"l n"eph'rc> -IC plm.s.e - of nep9tr l1llnllsO;S 5 l)h ~e"""""' dose ,
OXA·t635 C1996BTG~
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The answer to disease-related weight loss*
'At" "' ll 10 xt IVl 1ff;I ~ "t
or mamldln normal weight witllolJt def.nae patllcphysiologlc ,..sons or pro1em catallolism
aue to prolonged cortJcOstEroia .arrun.stra!Jon
P A G E 7 A .J U N E 1 2 1 a a a
BTG PHARMACEUTICAL!:
OXANDRIN
oxandrok>ne ta~•
Rev'9ed M.!y 19!)E.
DESCRPTlON
~ omt Slblirlcs c.anlM'l l 5 mg of r.e anab011c SWOICI
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CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Anabok llett*Js ere 1yn1tiebc deriva1"'" or 19$tosletone
Cer1lln dnc8f eftecb and .,...,. ~ dMnonslrate .,..,
eroogenc ~of hi dess of ~ugs. Ccmplelo <hSOO.-,
al Mllbok end endrQ9lnC 9"9cll; tm not bMtl 8d-..d
"1'h9 adlor'5al enabok ~ate~ _,..,IOh>Mal
n1llle ... hOnnonel Wllh .... poMibMy otl C8UY'lg aenou. -
UbmrlOn ol j70WVl slid MKl.al ~'~ID )'l:U'IQ
~ AneboicSleroCJ,&qJreal'la ~~
Ol ltlO pi!uibtyendmay e:1811• CirOd eftDc;:t 14>C'l ...........
~ exogenous edministratioo al enabOllc ~.
~~~•ft'JtJitedlWCul'inhbllon
QI pUlary llA!!nznJ hormcne (l.H) Al a.gs oos.. ~
~ rrmy be~ hOu!1' '8cdladl irhblbor\"" pb.1-
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At.tdc ....... p_.. bMf'I ~ blna'N9ebw..,...,
~enddecNae~~n............
IDnormalon~d~
IHDICATIOHS AHO USAGE
Oxanih'I • indcaled - ~ ~ ., prornoto W9l(t1f
pneftlf~tm~lft'lllr9ftlletu'g!fy.c:tWOl'iclfllao.
WJr'e. OI severe......,.. and lr'I dne ~who 'MCtQj deb,..
~~--IDQIW'IOllDmaintw'lnonnail
~. 10 altWI .. pJOlerl c:etaboam ~ed 'Mll't prolongPd~
ofCIOflcolltroids .w-11or h,....,.,. l'le
bone pain fntQuenttv ~ O&lllOPC)tOelS tSH
IJOSAGE AHO AOMINSTRATION
OAOG ABUSE A.NO DEP£NOEHCE
~iadasMMdM•...ontrohd~..n:IM ....
Anaboic. &eroids CoroOI A<;r otl 19'.JO Ind has bHn asalgned
., ScheaAe'" (ncn-nate:Ollc)
CONTRAJNOICATIONS
I -Known- :>r tlMplCled ~al IN pro9&atll 01 W,. 2 Can::inomllaf ... br-.st ... lllmllHWllh~
,............, ____ 3-.-~~~° '~~otlh
....... OQl'1drin tm been lihawT'lloCOlUM ~City
lrlk*lxcty, ..,__and maJQ.llllrWdlon of""'*
r-inlll oftspri'1g "'*' gtwer't In Cbsel 9 ~ ... tuTwi .N.e,P.w..o_sis.... h, .. ~ ptaseotl~
P£i..IOSIS 11£AUJS. A CONDIT10N IN ""1tCH UVCR AND
SOllETlllES SPtENIC TSSUE IS REPi.ACED Wl"H
8&.000-FILLED c,,r,rs. kAS BEEN REPORTED IN
AU ENTS RECENINC ANrlRO(;ENJC ANABOt.""STEROID
THERAPY THESE CY TS AR£ SOllf'l.ut:
PRC >ENT W11H AIJMMAL HEFMOC l'Y VNCrlON 8tJT
AT c; fHER JWES THEY HAVE BE ~ ASSOCLATEO
~UVER-FALt!f'lE rH£YAREOFl'E.NN01RE 00-
MZE 'UNTIL LIFE THREAIEN. NO t IVER FM.URE OR
WTRA A800MWAL Hf&IORRHAGE DEVUOPS WlrH
OAAWAL OF Dfl.JCJ, '51..JAj. Y RESUf.T IN COUF'I L TE
OISAPPf_lfRANCE OF LESIONS
LNfR CELL TUUORS ARE ALSO REPORTED.. &IOS
OFTEN THESE TUMORS ARE BENIGN ANO ANDRO
G£N DEPE-N0£NT BUT FAfAl MALIGNANT TUUORS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED WJTHDRAWAL OF l>RUG
OFTENRESl.A.TSINREGRESSKJNORC SA110NOF
PROGRESSICJN OF THE TUMOR HOWfV R HEFMTIC
Tl..JAIORS ASSOCIATED WITH ANDROGENS OR ANA
BOLK: STEROIDS ARE MUCH MORE VA$C, l ~THAN
OTHER kEPMT1C TU&IORS AND AJAY Bl 511.CNT UNTI.
t JFE THREATENING INTRA ABOOM NAL H MOR
RHAUE OEVC! (JP!') fl.CXlOLIPIDOiANGF THAT ARE
KNC1tNN ro BE A"' ~ocIAT D WITH INC A.' ~
OF ATHEROSC1.EROS AR N ~ PAT N
fREltTCD WlTH ANDROG ~ C ANAROC.
STE ROfOS_ TH£. CHANGE INC
HIGH DEN TY I IPOPRO £ 4N
INt.:REASED Ll'JM.' )fN TY LIPO .,. N
>IANGCS MAY BE VEffV AMRKrD AND
A RIOUS 1MPACr CN THE OF AT
ROSIS AND CORONARY ARTElfY DISEASE
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~~end jlU1dce IN'f" occur wen t74lptlili~
WO'ogenlm • ~iowdole lctOMtaOc hrlplDbl
with jaundice appears cw d W•r function Intl become
atnonnail ~thOl.tcibll~lftd--~
"'°'*'be delen'nned. On.ig-n:l.ad ,...oc:e ii~ lllf*1
l'le rnedlc:abon • Ci9cOnlnJed
In pabt!nts wi'!tl bfn:sf cancer: erlaboic tleftlid '*3py IMy ..... __ .. __ °'....._..
'*8PY' srlCUdbe~ ·~ocan.
E 1eml llllCrl ')t' llrChoul Q)nQ9tlNe hMtt ...... """I be e sen..
ous COft1licaflOn In peTlentl wth ~ c.niaC. ,...r. or
~ ~ Concomtanl 8Ci'rW'liilnlaotl of a<hn8f CMCll
llltOld or ACTH miry ...a-. .. edame-i
d*hn, mndroglin theqpi;' !Ny" ~ate bone Nfl.rll·
_,,.. wChcU: proWdng ~..., ... llnNl'CJ'O'dl Tiw
.-Mrsel!f'ocf~ln~GM~ Th9YIM'Qllf
1he ctWld the greater the risk of compn:>rnlslng final nwture
~ n. ded on bcne mauaticW'I shcMd be montored ~
as,..,.g bcne a09 o1 ._ left wrist end Nlnd .-v e montha
{Seit PRECAUTIONS• Llibormtory ... ta)
Gena1nc patienb INeted ""11'1 .oogcnc anal::dic ltetOds
may be a1 en inctnsed ri&k tcw !he deveklpment ot pt0$tltic:
~ aoo pn:llllatlccaranome_
ANABOt.iC STEROtOS HAVE N07 BEEN SHOWN TO
EM-tANCE ATHLETIC A8AJTY
- PRECAUTIONS ~ Should be obsefwd for av- Of waaoon (OMpenlnO
al lie W!Ce, htr1UCISID, 80"9, ~) OlloonllnulOon ol
dNg l19fap,' •I !he llNt OI Mlidenco of mild vdilm ti~
IO prevent WT8Vllrsltila V1tibZati0n Some vltilaing ai.nqea in
women are irrllVel"Sibte ewn at!er prcirnpl dltcOrUU'\Ulnce of
l'let8ip¥' end ant no! pr.......md ti',< c:oncon'Q'I uM Of illtrOglnl
Menstrual i'Ng!Jaribn may ., ocxv
Anabt*: llll'Oids may ca.~ OI doClng 1actt>r1 n,
V. VU. lfld X end an increase"' proOvotrOn.,..
lntonNtion lot ~bents:
T"9 ~ lhoLAd NtfUd pnentl to NPOl1 any °' ... fol.
bmg llde 9"8d:I ol erdogBn$:
M.Ws Too frequent or persiSlenl 9fediClnS ot the penta,
~Ot~olaene
htrtlWtl HoerMnMs. acne. ~ 1n onens1ru11 petlDda.
Otmcntacial:'*
-Al~ NIL.-. vcrnlllng.~in_,,.colot or_... Laibomory tests·
WQl'Mn Wllh Cl:s:MWnlfWted bJMSI Ql'QnOma lhOIAd hllw fre.
CJ*" ~ ol umll and IMl.#Q QlcuTI 19¥1111 CkJMg
h OMWol~ (S.. WARNINGS
BlcaM ol .. hepatcCoodly a.oc:tiMed..., ,,., .... al 11·
-~ ...h lvt-af4KI endrogena. itwr Mtclon 1Hll lhc)IJtd b9 ~ C9¥8tY 6 month&) :.-ray llUl'ftln9110n9 ol DOM 999
~ be made dumg tre.am.rc otl d"lkhn to dlltennin9 IN
tM4t Cl bon9 rnahftllOn IWld .._ 9necta ol ~~on
t.~on.-s. s....n ......... ___ ..,._
n3ftOnl ahoutd be done perk>dlcelty H androgGniC enabolic
&toroids ha-4 been tep:lf18d 1oro..1CM--~ lipoC:lrolc!IN.
s.wn '"hoielterol lovela mey n:naso ding...,,. n.r.t::n,
ca"*>n la f9qlJirtd when~lhtse •gents~ patle1ts
'Mlh 8 NllOry ol myocan:tal rilln::llOn OI COl'Ml!1y m1ory clsease
s.r.~o1~~lhouldbornadeend __ ..,.,.,._
~..., ~ ..,...,bect!ICMdpencdcaly tw
-pcfyqt-hernta lr'I patJent$ whO &19 ~high do9M al WW °""'- _, Anabolc 9*0lds mor,o n:rease Mt'llill¥lfy IO CQI ~
'°'*JI of lie~ may haw 10 ti. dK:rNSed"' order
ID narUl"I dlr$nd prolvootw1 ~ Pallera ~tr.II.._
lhtfapr teQiM• dole moni&omg. esp«: dy when
ar\lbok: &r.rod5 .,. mi1lld or Slopped. "'"'--' -CU1DOlone ~ flf'llbi'l 'tlet metab01sm al oral~ ~ 9'8rokl• or ACTH
di edema. o::onc:omir.t ..ltloo w: U9NI
CCl"bcaf sterodl N. 'n2'f "ease .... ed9rr.
On.9'Ubofat:ory '"' lnlet"actions: _____ .. __ '*' ... Ttecreawd 1ota1 r. aerum leveb Ind ttNased
,...,upbi.O I lftdr r.,..1t1y1*3 'ICll'n'IOt'leleV9tsrerr.n
.t.r....:..".l..a ngedln~·- l'I llnd~IOdM
CA~ts. mutagennts impltrmitnl °' ttrullty
....._ ....
P A G E
-T..-.toQenic: 9"Kts Pr~ Category X (See CONTRA·
INOICATIOHS! ................ ,
I a not kno111n ..,.,... 91llboic llltOidl .,. •:w:u.led ., t'lJmM
e.c..... ot ..... pc:qnNI ol Ml10l.a llOvotfM rNCbOna ...
1'11.#Vtg rdouU tn::m ~ • ~ thOuld be made
wtle!herlOcilcontJnuenuruigorlO~h'*"Q.WI
ftg.-.Oea:o.rllh~Ol'lhe«ugtoh T1Clhr
~uee;
tAlnpabdoyllC. .a,g.e..n.t,s. ~ eecelenlhl epiptlySeal INilln!.i:On men ~In Chillnn 9111 ht m!8d may CCl"1lnle
tit e ~.,.., ... ctuo ha been lkQ>«I. n.r.t:n...,,.,.,
lhoutd be monitor4ICI b'f :.-ray Adm .. 6-fnonth inlervab In
orOW IO mVOCI ... n.a al comprornuig act..«~ Atd-ogenc
..-bcllclieJOld~lhol.*lbe~wry~lncNldrm
end only by spec altsts .tlO ere aware Ol lhe .n.cts on
ta"JO rna1UmbCn (See WARNINGS
ADVERSE REACTIONS
"Thlt lcbtrring eoverw ~ tiaw bHr1 •saocialed wdh-...
.. __
Hepa!'ic:: Chme$tabc jatn:lc9 .... rately. hepatiC n«;roll9 rod
dl!a!h Hepatocelulet neodasrTm and pcbolia hrlpalll W!lh longterm
thenlpy (SH WARNINGSi RevetSible changn lr"l l~r
f\.r'donlelltldoOCCUf lnduOng rcrNSed ~
(BSP) t•l•ntk>n. end ll'"ICtNMS 1n aerum billtubin. upartale
.~,,(,_A ST. SGOT) and alllaht phosphot.uo _ ...... _ .... ""'_....._,, .. .,.._ .. _....._
.~..l. nN>lbonof~tn:bon.tllSflOJar~ ---...-.. _..._
..., __ .. c_a: nl--- CNS tiatltlmbOn, Ueitat!On, inmomnAli. depreMlon, and _ .......
-~~lnpdlnt9Clnccnccmttanr11~ -c,n.con-
La')ftl"~otl'8'40CelnillrnMM.
H.tlr t-.-n ...,.,... peftlm ~.-. llrM!ln.
ean Aate(~in..,...and~ma.1
~~dmlnot~ nctotiwn(SM PRE·
CAUTIC>NS. P9c1Yi1At u..1..
Fl/JdMW1 ~Edema. Nl8ntlan OI' IMl.#Q ~ ___ .......,, __ ,_,
~ Oecruledgb:oM toletance CS. PAE·
CAIJT10NS. Uibontary • ts , n:reased ~ exc::retion
ancr.asee1 serwn .,,....... of creetinine phoSphOkinase (CPK)
~ol"811Mla.Wtialcl~sacretion
OYER DOSAGE
Ho~Ot~aMOCillled""""'~hllllebe«I
f9POlled It • poult)lo !hat 90Cium ~ waler r.t90Uon .-y
""T"h"e' cnl LO of O•;ltlCt'olone., miee end dogS II~ NI'!
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by ST[PHEN R LNDE..HWOOD
WI I. Pridt· \\rek brcaklPg utl all
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• "The Castro." today, 9 p.m KUllT,
Warner Channel 8: "11w story of the
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try." said Peter Stein, th<" don11nen
tary's producer. "Peopk came to this
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th(' Impact of today.·
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and arrives in 1997. Police abuse. the
elt·ctlon and assassination of Harvey
Milk. AIDS. the crystallization of gay
power and the gendt•r divisions
b('twt•t•n gays and lesbians Inoculate
this retrospective.
• "Intimate Portrait: Patti LaBelle."
June 14. 9 p.m., L1lt"tirne. Warner
Channel 22: This gay rnmmunHy Icon
nc:f'ds no inlrodurtion. A lonl! ttme
favorite of Houstontans. IA'llklk plays
to packt'd hot1't·s when sht• visits the
Bayou City. lkspltt· tht' loss of her
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ol lht' Blucbelles. LaBcllt• ovt•rcame
her troubks to win a Grammy Award
in 1992. With a host of cekbrily lntt"r
views. join LaBt'llt' and lrit'nds Luther
V.1ndross, Oprah \Vlntn·y and former
Bluebellc Cindy Birdsong for this
i ,Jin g kok t a 'egend tr her own
Im<"
n Tur l..lfe ~ Gav Price ~pect~l.
Amcrll'an • Appl<- Pie." lL ne 21,
1\ltdni~ht, KUHT Warner Ch.mnel 8:
Long a sc.•rit·s profiling cvc:rvday gay
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places. this mstallment of "In The
Llfe" follows Virginia Apuzzo. a.sis·
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est ranking opl'nly l(ay public official
to t•njoy federal responsibilities. Also
mt•et Calr Brldl(es and Ron Travis.
two l(ay foster parents honored as
Iowa's 1996 "Foster Parents of the
Yt"ar." tht• first openly gay couple 111
any slate to receive th<' award .
Similarly. the trek Includes more gay
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body t•lst•.
• "Intimate Portrait Ddta Burke:
Junl' 28. 9 p.m .. Lffrtlnw. WanH"r
Channd 22: This Miss Florida went
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Burke• lost her -nt"siRning \Vonwn
c·ontnwt aftc.·r fiv(' years on the show,
n·portedly bt•rause of strained n•la·
lions with co~star Dixie Carkr and
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Northwest Texas Conference opposes gay marriages
by CHRIS NEWTON
MIDLAND. T!'x.1s ~inisters
f:>houlcI not saiKtton Silllll"-srx mar
ric.tgt•s, the.• Norlhwt·st Texas
Conln1·nn· ol lilt' Unikel M!'lhoclisl
Chun-h said Junt• 5 in resolutions
paSSt'cl at tht" confc:n•nn"s annual
ITil'l'lil'~
One n•solution passt·d after hours
ol emotional drbatc: called for "more
slrl!'l ob1·dl1·nc·e to scriptural principles."
Anolh!'r r!'solullon -talt'cl that the
ronfen·rwe ·rl'pudlatt·s tcarhinl(s that
mtsusc.• prtnrtplrs of inclusiveness
and tokranc·r to distort tht' doctrines
and dlsclplinrs of tht' church •
The debate concerned a church
jury's decision nol to punish a
Nebraska pastor who performed a
same·sex marriage.
Pastors and voting church mem- •
bers on both sldt•s of the Issue gave
t•mollonal tearful testimony and
railed for the conference to lake
arllon.
"It's not llml' lo not talk about this."
said Andy lkarsl, a pastor who
prcac·h1·s lo sludt·nts al Tl'xas Tech
Univ1·rslly
"We must cl1·1·1ctc that the body of
thr rhurd1 must bt• raclirallv different
than the surrounding culture.·
Hearst said. ·1~n· \\.'ilhout disc-ipline
1' nol love. Fn'l·clom without bound
nrics 1 ... not fret·dom. •
('hurd1 nwmhc:r dullan Nt."vern
.irl(ut•d that M1·thocllst pastors should
pt·rform 1(3\' marriages.
"\Ve 11111st lovl" as Cod lovt"s,"
Nf'vt·n1 ~aid '"Our difft>rt.·ncTs make
us spetial and W<" must not turn
thl'sl' p1·opk ,1way."
In a !'hurd1 trial in Mardi. th1· He\'.
Jimmy Cre1·1·h was arquitted ol
rhargt's lu· disol>t·yecl ruks by pt·r·
forming u homost·xual mnrna~t·. The
case c·hallcn~t·cl tht· dt•nominatiorl's
So1-1al Prrnc-iples.
Crl"et·h and his supporlt"rs considC>r
tlw Mt·thoclists' Sona! PrinOples lo be
advisory, not church law like the
Book of Dlsrlplim-. Tur issul' has split
the Methodist Churrh"s 9.5 million
members, the St'C'Ond
Protestant denomination
United Stales after
Baptists.
largest
m the
Southern
The church's highest judicial body.
the Judicial Counsel. will hold a spe·
eta! session In Dallas In Aul(usl lo
consider whether Its mlnlsll'rs should
be abk lo perform gay marrlal(es.
The ronferenre also passed a resolution
to mil for a special srsSlon of
the Ge1wral Conft·n·nc·t', the national
governing body of United Mt·thodist
Church If tlw Judicial Cotmsd rui!'s
Crl't>C'h did not bn·ak the rult"s.
A n·solutlon, proposing lh1· church
disasscKiate Hsdf from the United
Melhocllsl Chur!'h, was nikcl out of
orckr by Bishop Alln•d Norris.
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Methodist Church vote on a resoluflOn before Bishop Alfred Noms, center, dunng an
annual meetmg on June 5, 1998, m Midland, Texas. Dunng the meetmg. several resolu·
t1ons were passed cnticiz1ng a church 1ury's dec1s1on not to punish a mm1ster who performed
a gay mamage m Nebraska -Photo by Kes Glfhome
Church," Norris said.
Norrts also strurk down s(·vcral n·s
oluuons that proposed lht· rhurd1 not
ordain ministt:-rs that condone homo·
sexuality
He told nlt'mbc·rs th.it 1lw only the
executive board of dl'rcy has the
power lo alter n•quirl'mt·nls lor ordl
nation.
Church nlt'mbt·r HobNl llawkms.
who proposed the n·solution lo disns
sociatt• from lhc.· United Methodist
Churd1 said tlw d1urd1 will <·onttnuc
lo loose nwmbcrs if it does not tak1·
tj
st ronp,r-r stant'c- a~atnst ~ay mar·
riages.
'\\'e must a~rel' that we have a
problem and that thcs1· problems are
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Emotions high at controversial minister's last sennon
OMAHA. Ntb. Tears brimmed and
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th<" rontrov<"rsial minister who per
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"llle only consolation I have in leav lnl(
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you havt' bel(tm." he said.
Cre<·ch performed the same-sex
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lnl( the Omaha conl(n•l(atlon and the
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ovt'r Crel'ch, but instead focus<'d
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amon~ Christians.
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url(ed tolerance
·sonwlinws we confuse the creeds
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"It's hard lo see the legacy that he
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rel(ant Jackie Lawrenc·e. Lawrence
said the conl(regallon was already better
because of Creech·s leadership.
"We'll rise above this." she said. ·1
think we'll be a stronger. closer and
better c·onl(rt'l(atton because of what
he has done for us."
~ler, a fan·well program a reception
was held for Creech. his family and his
assodate pastor. the Rev. Susan
Mulllns. who rs taklni( a leave of
abscnft• in llw wake of the controversy
Whetlwr tht• First United conl(rcl(a
lion ran be n·ur1ited aflt·r Cret'ch's
dt•parture n•malns to be S<'C.'n ,
Membc•rs sud1 as Patty Babbel said
tht·y b<•llt·vt• Creech and his support
ns han· abando11t'd biblical teachinl(s
on homosexuality. and Creech oppo
ll<"nts rt'sent b<·inl( rnlled bii:ots by
son1t' on the other sidt•.
"Wp rnn·t a!'n·pl l(ornl( a~arnsl the
Word." Babbd said.
Tlw church's rwwly appointed
Sl'nlor pastor. lht· Rt·v. Donald
Bredthau!'r, has agn·ed to meet with
Crted1 oppom·nts on Sunday for a
question and answc:r st·sslon.
Tiw group will 111<'<'1 June I 7 al Boys
Town to dlsn1ss llw clirc.:<'llon tl w.ul(s
to take. said Mf'l St·mrad, an oq~anizcr.
Cr!'t'ch opponents. howevpr will
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Umted Methodist Church on June 7 His wife, Chns Weedy, 1s at left. Creech was not
reappomted as Pastor at the church after he presided over a commitment ceremony
between two women. -Photo by Jeff 81e/77Jann
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SALT LAKE Cl1Y "lie Southern
Baptists· boycott of Disney is bother·
Ing the Magic Klngdom and members
should keep It up. a Baptist ol!lctal
said last Wednesday at the faith's
annual convention.
"This boycott has traction. This boycott
has legs. It Is bothering Disney."
said Richard Land, president of the
faith's Ethics & Rell!lious Liberty
Commission.
Ile offered no specifics on how well
the boycott was working or what dam
age It had done to the corporation
Disney spokesman John Dreyer
said the boycott lsn·1 bothering the
company's bottom line. Disney's re,•
enue. earnln~ and amusement park
attendann· all set rcrnrds last y<'ar, he
said
·1 don't thtnk we've seen any Impact
from It." Dreyer said.
IA•nd repe.1lt•dly pointed to Dis1wy
dtairman M1d1at·l Eisnt·r·s intervit·ws
with the media nbout the boycott as
proof that Southt'rn Baptists wert•
mnkmg an impact
1£ we wer..n·t bothrr1ng Mlrkt·y·s
Empire, Mr. ~;Isner wouldn't IJe
attaLking us. Yu1 kec-p dolnl( what's
right." Land told about 8,500 "mes
sengers,• as dt"legatt"S are r.illt:d,
attendlni? the Salt Lake City convt·n
lion
TI1e Southnn Bapli.ts are protesting
Dlsney·s rnrporalc practlr<' of
extending hcallh insurnnce to homo·
sext.al partnt'rs of emplovecs .rnd of
hostmg homo~r..xual and Jesbi,u1s at
Us amusement parks nn<l havt" n1llt•d
on members lo boycotl Dl•n~'Y .unusc
rnent parks and movit·s.
Mention of Uw l>oyc·ot' come.., tis the
Soulllt'rr B.1ptists tht• nallon's
l.ug< st Prrt stanl ~r"nomhl<ltlon. pro
d med tt •. , week that • "''·e 1~ to
submit graciously to tlw servant lead
r hlJ of he hushanrt. ~ven ,1s •he
rhurch wl 1gly sub,,- s tc th· '1ead
ship of Crrist -
TI1c Sou II nn Haptl ,t Conwntlon
ov<"rwhe'"lllnglv adoptt'd the !••st
ch.11! 'c to nl<' B.iptlst Falt'1 ar <I
Mc sage doc1 :ner In J5 years min
l es .1fter elccllr J r l'"W president
wt o lor."' has been the swuc~e ol lib
ernls 'ld moderates.
While t. 1sbar. and wife are ol t·qu
worth before God, a husl,ar•c' he l c
pr >Viele for. protect and k d the f, ml
Iv .ir. a wife has "t '1e God giver
respons1blhty to resP< rt tier h·1sh.~1 a
nd o serve 1s h:s he ::icr 'l m.11 ,1g
In~ their housel•old .11 c m· tur11 g the
nrxt ~< nerallon •
n (' iew •cit• on tt-c f.l . y also
C! fu•es man1 f(" clS •tht• Urtitl l~ ol one
man and <re womctn tn r v • it
commHr.f'nl lor llktune •
Nearly 8 300 mt ,sen~ers or dele·
gates. wrapped up their annual con
v<"ntlon on Thursday.
The statement grabbed the nation's
attention. The new article added to the
Baptist Faith and Message was the
first chang<· In the statement of beliefs
by the nearly 16 million member
church m 35 years. It was on<· of the
more controversial church guidelines
in recent memory; two of the nation's
more prominent Baptists Pn·sldcnt
Clinton and Vice President Al Gore -
said they didn't ex.Ktly a~re<• with the
statemt·nt
Maxine I tanks. a feminist aulhor
and exc·ommuntcatc.-d Morn1on, said
the new Baptist urtirk on marria~t·
shows const·n·ativc rrltgion~ an· mov·
In~ doser togt'lhC"r on moral an ct social
Issues though lhey still differ drnsll
c.11ly on theological matters
11lb notwn of wo11u·n being sub
mlssivf" to malt~ authority ls krribly
out of balance and It prevents these
dmrchl'S from evolving Into the
c•nltl!htt·ned Chnsltan 1dc.1l lht-y
dnim." sht• said.
The Southern Bapllsls art• ~olng th1•
opposite din·< lion from most other
cknominalions. whtrh havt· takt'n a
more e~alitarian st .. md mt tht· rdation
ship between husl>and and will'.
Frank Rulf, a l~oman Catholic pril'st
who is tht• liaison to the Southt·rn
Baptists lrom lhl' National Conlt'n·nc·c.•
of Catholi<· Bishops. said the nt•w artl
de will only hurt the B..1ptists' cvange
llzmJ;!. !fr satd the.· word "'suh1111t"' ha5
c·mne lo mean opprcssivt• domination
Th<- ronvcnllon'.s nt'W prcsldrnl.
Pm~e Patterson. said d11r1n~ a press
co11lrretl('(' la.'t n1esday thal the 20
Y<'drs ol t·onl 1 ovcrsy \\Tre u IHTl'ss~ll)'
ex<"rrtsr In sr1f <k"nltton. Southern
BJpti: ts. he Sclld Jl< dcd Umt ttmc to
"urrfy hearts .n<I mtnds t<> carry out
wl·a• Chrtsl expects '" •o do."
Ard tlt.lt ts to rvangelizc wh1rh
Pat•erson said Wlll lJ< du· preoc< upt1
lion of his pr<"~ld<'nc-y Th.ti ~ tl•t• p s
stoz1 of mv soul,"' he lold reporters.
I ,1tterson s.ud h has s<'I .1 l(oal of
500 000 b•;.itls.ns In the~ 'litcd "it.:ites
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2000.
Patter.;,on's rcvolut1on hus fostcrl'd
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I 500 n<1tcd :i 'crr,~tc· churches
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loses lawsuit
FORT WOf{TII. Texas - A woman
who spent three years believing she
wa' carrying the AIDS vm1s deserves
no money from the doctors who treat·
ed her or the medical laboratory that
tested her. a jury decided.
Juro" voted 11 ·I on June 4 to
reject the neqll~enre claim 29·year
old Khrlstol Wabon or Denton brouqht
against doctors Muddamalle
Au!(ustlnc or Arlington. Steven
Solman and Daniel Barbaro of Fort
Worth and National
Psychopharmacology Laboratories. a
now defunct Tennessee company
Watson. who received the HIV posi
live d.agno~ls In 1991. sued the doc
tors and the lab afier disrnverlnq in
1994 that she does not carry the
virus. She said he underwtnl a hys·
terectomy in 1993 lar!(ely because she
believed she had the human 1mmun·
odenc1ency virus, whirh <"auscs AIDS.
Her attorneys had asked for dam·
ages up lo s:l8 million for pain and
suffcrin!(, lost earnin!(s, medical
expenses and mental anq111sh, inrlud
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cwi no longer can bear children. The
trial lasted four weeks. Jurors deliber
ated three days in Judge Dana
Womack's 348th District Court before
reaching a verdict
•rm dev-..istated.· Watson told the
Fort Wortlt Star Telegram shortly after
hearing the decision. "I've lost all my
faith in the judicial system. It's not the
money: it's the principle.
·1 expected them to say something
wrong happened because something
very wrong happened." she said. but
su~ested she won't appeal the ver·
diet.
The doctors were pleased. their
la")'ers said. Henri Dussault, the lab's
attorney, said it was clear jurors "took
this very seriously and looked at all
the ~dencc.·
Presidmg juror Da,1d Beck, 36, said
panel members couldn't determine
who made the error in diagnosis.
Without that, he said. !he jury could
award no dama~<·s.
Augustine _gave Watson the diagno·
sis in September 1991 based on an
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and California te.sted it.
candidate refuses
proclamation for rallv
LINCOLN. Neb. - Republican can·
didate for governor Mike Johanns was
criticized last Tue~day by the state
chapter of the Amerlc-an CMI Liberties
Union for refusin_g as mayor to sign a
proclamation for a gay pride rally
For the second stralt:ht year,
Johanns rejected prodamalions pre·
senled by Lincoln Pride Network. a
local gay rights group. In a re<"enl letter.
the mayor told the i.iroup he would
not _grant their request because its
PrideFest ewnt connich "1th his religious
belief.
"I really '1ew them as askln(l me lo
lend the credibility of the mayor"s
office and my own ned1bllity to their
i.iay pride event." Johann said last
Tuesday. · i b<·lieve they are asking me
to condone lhrir lifeslyl<'. I ran"t do
that·
Johanns said he c-ould not endorse
the i.iroup"s rail for "sp<·c·ial rights" for
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"Ills refusal to sign (th~ gay rally)
proclamation is a de.;ir lndl<'ation that
he does nol fovor diversity if It
includes i.iays and lesbians." said Matt
Le!'vheux. direc-tor of the Nebraska
chapter or the American CiVil Liberti<·s
Union.
Johanns came unde·r fire last y<'<lf
when he refused to sign a proclamation
for the gay pride rally shortly after
signing a proclamation in recognition
of March for Jesus Day Johanns
signed a similar proclamation for the
Christian event this year
lesbian savs attacks will
not make her disappear
BUFORD. S.C. An area woman
who was beaten twice in th<' past six
months by people she said do nol like
her lesbian lifestyle vows not hide or
let the attacks c-hang<· he·r s<·xual orl
entation. "People take offrnse• that I
don't hide il." Re·gan Wolf. 40. told The
Charlot!e (N.C.J Observer for a story
last Monday.
"They'd like for m<· to be• a good littl<'
queer and stay in llw dos<'l W<·ll. I
don't do lhal . Never haV<' and m·ver
will: she said.
Polic-<· are s<•arrhlng for th<· p<'opll"
who hit her on llw lwad May 1:5 Wolf
says she- bla<'kt"d out. !In liv<" in <'Om
panion. Jenna Wolf, di'<·on-rt·d R<"gan
Wolf lied to th<' bark porch rafl<"rs
with a dozrn or more slash m.lrks on
her back poll<'<" n·cords said. "'She
wns sUSJ><'nded. ctnd hrr lwad was
drooped over,"Jenna Woll, :II, said.
Gay nghts groups ""Y Rt•gan Wolf is
a symbol of pers<·cution. Tiwy demon
strated in Col11mb1a In support of
hate-crime laws. '"If t·vc.·r the-re.• w.1.., a
nec-d for this typ<• of kgislallon this
attack is a primary cxampi<' of why."
\Volfs mother. J;\t·ktP Adams, said ut
the rally
Re_gan Wolf said that on Dec. 26 she
heard someone walking on the front
porch of her mobile honw. and wht'll
she opened the door slw saw a stocky
red-haired man with a sc-n1fly beard.
She said she was hit on th<· bark of
the head and bla<"ked out. On liH'
steps of her porch, In red spray paint,
police found the phrase, •Jesus
weren't born for you. faggot.•
Lancaster Sheriff Johnny Cauthen
said his department has found no
susix·cts. AccordinJ.l lo FBI slatlsll<·s,
1.000 hate <'rimes against gays and
lesbians were reported in 1H96. TI1ree
of those were in South Carolina.
Gainesville, Fla. Adds
Gav Protection to
Anti-Discrimination law
GAINESVILLE. Fla. The
Gainesville City Commission vol<• 3 I
on June I to add sexual orientation lo
the categories induded In Its anti di»
trlminalion ordinan"e. alongside race,
religion. marital status. and gende·r,
7l1e Ga111esvi1Le Sim reported. It will
now be a misdemeanor in the city to
discriminate against gay• and les
bians in the areas ol housing, e·mploy
ment. lending and public accommodations.
"This brings us u lot closer to
being a jusllnable community to live
in." said Joe Antonelli. exe<'ulive
direetor of the· North Ce·ntral Florida
AIDS Network. Gaim·svtll<· joins more
than I 00 other Florida e·ity govern
ments. induding K<·y Wt•st, West Palm
Beach and Tampa. with similar pro·
tertlons for gays. A kader ol the oppo
sllion to the ordinanr<· hlnt<·d that a
legal challenge to the ordinance may
be coming.
From stalf an<l wire rl'ports
1 2 1 e e e
NATIONAL
Broadcaster warns of religious wrath
WASHINGTON With Republican
lawmakers under attack from social
conservatives. relll(lous broadcaster
and Christian Coalition founder Pal
Robertson visited Capitol Hill last
Wednesday to show his support for
the leaclershlp.
The v1sll comes jusl two days after
Robertson warned that one of
Florida's bll(f.(esl cities should beware
of hurrkarws after allowing ·cay
Days· last weekend.
Robertson and Christian Coalition
din"C·tor Randy Tale met with House
Majority Lmder Difk Armey of Texas,
Housr Whip
Tom DeLay of
Texas and a few
other GOP lawmakers.
brinq~
Ing a toncillalo
ry message.
··we belic"e
that our strateey
of enga~emen l
inside the halls
Robertson of Congress ...
will bear the
most fruit," Christian Coalition
spokt'sman Arnt• Owen said afterward
By c·ontrast, conservative author
and broadcast James Dobson has met
With lhC' same lawmakers to threaten
to bolt th<· party or keep conservall\'e
\'Ol<'rs away lrom \'Otlng booths in
No\'t·mbu. Dobson dot·sn't think the
lt"aclershlp has done enough to
appc.-ast• social c·onservahves.
Rob!'rtson repudlatt•d talk of form
Inf.( a third party or rallying
lkpublicans against Congress. lk
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amoru.~ soc·ial ronsc·n·ativcs. but he
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·1 would warn Orlando that you're
right In the way of some serious hurricanes.
and I don't think I'd be waving
those flags In God's face if I were
you," Robertson said last Monday on
"The 700 Club." the Christian
Broackastln~ Network talk show.
Gay organizations sponsor the
annual c.·vent in Orlando. with nae!;s of
a rainbow cksii;!n llyin~ lrom do\l,.'n
town utility poks.
Rol>c:rtson ,1bo said l he widt"spread
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about terrorist bombS: it'll bnn~
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Rob<·rtson said his warnin~ '"is not a
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n·ckmptlon.•
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\Vashin~ton comt~ as a Rt"publican
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this weekend. as more lhan JO
GOP presldt•ntial wanab«es address
several thousand state Republicans.
Mark Mllkr. dire<· tor of the group. said
the Idea Is to "spread the RLC mes
sa~c· of tnrlus1on, tnslc.'ad of division.'"
lie did not know how well the pitch
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Iowa or among th•· field of
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Stonewall riots remembered in Pride events across nation
Evangelists Protest
Disnev Gav Dav
I.AK~; BUENA VISTA. Fla. - A group
of Opera lion Rescue evangelists wearing
red. white and blue "Pro· Llfe"
shirts c·ut a path through a sea of redshirted
gays and lt'sblans on June 6
lnsldl' Dlsnl'y World's Mal(lc KJngdom
for Gay Day.
They found a gay couple from
Austin. Tt·xas.
Evangelists David Lackey of
Birmingham. Ala .• and Bill Shanks of
New Orkans Op<'necl the conversation
with David Smith and Robt'rt Pitman
by asking wlwre they were from.
The gay couple was more than a
match for the evani:ellsts. Smith, a
33 yc·ar -old Methodist seminary grad ualt".
and Pitman, who comes from a
fundamentalist Chrisllan family.
knl'w the Bible ba<'k,.,'ard and forward.
Gay Day: Operation Rescue act1v1sts, from left, Aron Noll. a1111s outstretched. and
Melissa Cantley. at nght, pray at the entrance to Walt Disney World m Lake Buena
"There are definitely different lnterpretallons
of the verses that suppos
edly condemn homosexuality." Smith
told Lackey
Vista, Fla , on June 6. which was •Gay Day" at the park. Operation Rescue was on hand
to show it's disapproval of the gay lifestyle. -Photo by Stuart Tannehill
As Disney security workers and a
handful of reporters looked on. the
evangelists and the gay couple had a
half-hour conversation that was cordial,
polite and diplomatic.
"The stallsllcs show that your
lifestyle Is muc·h shorter than other
people's." Lackey said. "It's not a
lifestyle. It's a death-style."
"My lifestyle Is exactly like yours."
Smith countered. · 1 wake up. 1 pick up
my papc•r, I say hf to my neighbor, 1
feed the dogs. I go lo work . The only
U1111g dllkrent Is that I share a bed
with a man. and I love a man."
But Disney officials, who neither
sponsor nor endorse Gay Day. need
not have worried. There were no
arrests. and no one was kicked out.
Gay Pride across the country is celebrated
In commemorallon of the
June 27. 1969, Stonewall riots in
Greenwich Village when New York Ctty
police raided the Stonewall Tavern on
Christopher Street, selltnl( off days of
rioting by lesbians and gays.
The riots, said historians. marked
the start of modern lesbian and gay
activism that since has spread nation
wide
Sinc·e Gay Day at the Magic
Kingdom started eight years ago. gays
and lesbians have worn red shirts to
ldenllfy themselves at the theme park .
An estimated 100.000 people were
In Orlando for the weekend festivities.
Disney officials wouldn't say how
many people were In Mal(ic KJngdom.
although unlike past Gay Days it did ·
n't fill lo capacity, said spokesman Bill
Warren.
Many families were nonplussed at
what they saw.
Jerry Leeker of St. Louis watched
with his sons. Brendan, 9, and Zack
6 , as a i:roup of men In red shirts ,.,;th
multicolored lettcrlni( lined up to spell
·we·re Herc." and after swltchln~ a
couple of letters, "We're Queer·
"Different strokes for different
folks." Leeker satd.
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IOWA CITY -The first public observance
of Gay Pride Month In Cedar
Rapids, Iowa started Thursday as
more than 20 community organizations
planned to take part In the celebration.
which runs through
Saturday
"Pride Fest is based on the bt'llef that
a broad commitment to tokrancc
streni(thens our rommunity, ·co-chairman
F. John Hcrbt'rt told the Cedar
Rapids Gazerte. ·Diwrslly Is not only
the right thin~ to do - It also mean' a
safer dtv, a better bu,iness climate a
more vibrant cul!ural scene and a
place where all visitors feel welcome."
The highlii:ht of Gay Pride !\.lonth In
Cedar Rapids will be Pride Fest on
Saturday, Booths linlni;: Greene
Square Park "'111 offer food. drinks,
information, books, music and art. A
stai:e will feature music and entertain
ment. as well as community leader•.
who will speak In support of diversity
and tolerance.
Gay Pride Month's Cedar Rapids
debut comes at a lime when attention
Is already focused on i::ay and lesbian
Issues. In May, the Cedar Rapids Civil
Rights Commission decided to study
whether to modify the city's civil rli;:hts
ordinance to prohibit discrimination
based on sexual orlen!allon.
More recentlv, the Parks and Police
departments ha,·e been dealini:: ,.,th
public concern O\'er homosexual actlv
tty in Shaver Park. Dc,ptte the rontro
\'("rsles. or~antzc-r~ arc convtncr-d the
lime is right for a more Visible gay
presence in Cedar Rapids.
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• Low Impact at"robtc-. at Community Gospd
done to Christian music for body. soul. and
spirit. 6:30 pm. $2. Certified Instructor 713
880-9235 or WW'IA'.C'ommunltygo$J>(-l.org.
• Communion and PrayC'r ~rvlcC' at 10:00
am; at the Kolbt> Projttt 522-8182
• The Church of Good UfC' on the Internet.
http://www.syncrctlst.org/chur<'h.htm
Satunlav. June 13
• The Church of Good Life on thf' lnt('rnct
http:/ /www.!->yrwretl~t.org/dturch htm
~c~~~~~r}~,~!J,! Angllo.111 Rlle Old
C 1thc,:1c Church: Holy Communion 10:30 un
at 239 Westhcim("r 713/HGS-7903.
• Holy RJtc Eu<·harlst I 8 00 am. ltoly Kile:
Eucharist II 9:00 1m, Choral Euch.1rtst 11 :00
am at St Stephen a Episcopal Church. 180~
W Alabama. 528 Hh65.
• Mamna.tha Fr.llow~hlp MetropoUtan Churc1
~rvke Preaching the Gospel'" at 11 nm
713-521l·6756.
• MCCR Wor,hip M"n:lces 9 :00 &. 11 :00 .1m
861 9149
• Crace L.uthtrnn Churd1 Suml.iy sc-hool for
all ages at 9:30 .un Worship Servkc at 10:30
am 528-3269
• First Untrar1.111 Unlver!lcllist C'hurd1 Sunrl.1y
Services at 9:30 ,un .md 11 30 .un 526-5200
• Servlct"s at 5:30 pm DIJ,!nlty ('hurdi AAO·
2872
• Community Gosptl Prfll~~ .md Wor .. hlp t><·r·
vie<' at l 1:00 .un Sund.w School for chllclrf'n .
Evenin~ Servl<'f' at 7 pm. (A Study In the B<lok
of Joshu.L) 4305 Ulll.rn liH0-9235. C.ltdi
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• Hou• ton Mission Churdi Worship M"rvk·c .at
I .JO am 529 H225.
• C nant Baplbt Churth \\'or hip rrvi~
I 30 pm .1nd fflucatlon hour nl 3:00 pm
668·"830.
• &r1n~ M('mortal Unltt'tl Methodist Churd1
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• MCCR ffandbdl Choir Rt'"hearsal .H 7.00 pm
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• Unitarian Fellowship ol C.11\·t".ston County.
402 Church ~t. tn G.1lvnto11 Sund.1y
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• "'11 Church or Good ur~ on the lntt:"rnt:"l.
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• Faith and Hope Fellowship ~rvtc-r at 11 :00
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Mondav. June 15
Low Impact aerobics done to Christian MuOJIC""
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Tuesdav. June 16
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.h .h.ir1ng God's wont. tmd pr.,ycr C..111 for
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St<"ph<n's Eplscop.11 C'h11rd1. 1805 W
Alabama_ 528-6665
• MC<.:R BiblC" Study 7·30 pm kfi I -91 ·t9.
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pm SR0-9235 or www.r.oinmunlty~ospcl org.
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ACT UP Holds Aclivisfs
Open-casket Funeral
Outside White House
WASlllNGTON - friends of a
Washington AIDS ac-hvist marched his
body along Prnn-;ylvania Avenue on
Protes t: Stove Michael asked before his
death on Momonal Day that his body be
brought to tho Wlllto Houso as a protest
against the Clinton adm1mstrat1on s AIDS
pol1c1cs.
June 4 hefort" comln~ le a stop outside
lhe \\'hi11· llouse lo .oc-cust· Pn·s1dmt
C· ".'llon ol ht"ln~ a "munlt·rinf,! liar ..
About 100 people pm11npaled In the
h, If r;c ••• c procession for Steve Michael.
founder of the Washington d1apter of
ACT UI'. the AIDS C oa: Ion To
l 1lc.1s~ Power.
Ori::inl1.ers sale' Mi< '1ael. who died
"1,1y 25 of AIDS. fl~ Jested lhe ·r.ollti
( runcr .. l) J>rl.lCS the Clinton
.1d 11n I ratlt r. s AIDS rcl.11ed poli
clr-s ACT UP and ·•1her ADS .it tovlsts
a< cusc Cl nton of J,!01n~ back on
J:..rnmist•'S the~ sav he m.1dc m his
prr~idrncy'"i r.1rly cl ys to m .... ke t ght
tnJ,! tht: diS<1St: .1 pnorttv of his .ul. tn
lstralion nu.-v .ilso rnnt<ncl C'linlon
NATIONAL
has not lx·cn suflkit·nlly a~re"ivc
about AIDS education programs In
schools or providing the poor with
~uaranteed health care atccss. And
they denounced his decision .11(a1nst
crealonl( a federally funded needle
exchanl(e prol(ram for dnil( addicts.
The cask1·t "''ils opent•d In front of the
White llousc.
Gav Clubs Lawsuit Moves
Toward Settlement
SALT LAKE Cl1Y Tht• Salt Lake
City St·hool Dostr1t·l has a~reed lo dis
cuss settlinl! a lawsuit over its ban of
dozens of studmt dubs. inrludinl( one
for l(ay sludt·nts al East I ll~h Srhool.
Attorneys on Monday said they
would pursue mediation to n•solve the
lawsuit against the distr1c·t. Jon
Davidson, an utlorncy lor th" plain
tiffs. said after lhe br1t-f stat us ht•arini:
that the move loward scllhng doesn't
mem1 Uwir <'ast• c·m1ldn't win at trial
lie told U S. Distrirl ,Judl(e Bn1t·1·
Jenkins thal both sides would pursue
preparations for a poss1blt· lri.11 if a
solution C'Oulct not b(• louncl.
Tut· lawsuit was Jikd m Marrh hv tluUtah
Chaptt-r ol tlw Amt·rirnn . Covil
Ubertie.' Union and ,1 pair of gav nghls
advonuv ~roups I. ... unlxta Lt·~al
Defense <1nd f::thu:.1tmn Fund In New
York ~nd th1· >;.illonal C'mt"r r::ir
L<"sblan Rlgl>•o;. hascd In &an fr :lclsrG.
nw complaint ullq(C"s thr 'ialt l.....k
'>chool 1>1stnct·s 1996 decision that
S<'hool clubs must Ix· d.rcclly hnkrd to
currlrulum L'i being arl.oltr.irlly .ippl.rd
and is unconslltulional.
Ttr policy w.1s adoptrd .1fkr a
group of stud< nls al E<1sl 1 llgh School
aucmpll'd to form .1 school saowlloncd
gay slrnlght alliance. The movr out
rng~d some p.m·nts. school und dis
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lrict officials and particularly the
Leglslaturr. Amonl( the distr1<'t'S concerns
that would have lo ht' addn·sscd
In selllemenl talks art' tht· supervision
of noncurrlcular dubs and the Jinan
cial l>urdt·n it plaC'r:~ on sc:hools and
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Activists Challenge
Marriage Ban in wash.
OLYMPIA With lht· dark days of
f'cbruary behind them. gay rights
arlivists haw nirndt"cl a rill n11ist·d by
the \Vashington Lt•(!islaturt* and are
preparing lo rhallrnl(t• .1 1ww law that
bans an acliVity that already was Hle,
gal - samt"-St"X marrtaqc.
The ban is .imong 274 m~isun-s
approved carht·r this ymr that look
effet·t Thurstl.iy. a1«·ording lo lhe siue
taiy of statt-'s oltlcc. Other new laws
\\.ith broad public lnlt·n-sl indude thr
first waw of the Lt-g1slalun .. s t·rarkdmm
on drunkrn drivin~. an ath·mpl to C'urb
unwantc."(I t·lcctroni<' mail and n ban (m
t(·t·n possession ol tol.><:HTO prndut·ts.
l~ut the l.A•j.!islatitn·s sodal <'011st·rv
<"ltives c·onsidt·n·d tilt' nwasun· ,,ullaw
m~ ~ay marrta~<" lo bt• ont· of thl"
grt'alt'st ,u·hit·vc.·mt·nts of tht• 1 B98
st·ssion that t·nckd in Mart'h. More
than hall of tht' slcllt s now havt· stmi
lar bans on lh<' hooks '11tl' nt•w law.
passed as llous~ Bill I 110. dt"fim·s
marriage as tlw union of one man anti
one woman and savs thr state wtll
rrfuse to rel'ognlzt• s._me ~endr:r mar
r1nl(t's pcrforr 1ed clsrwhrrr.
As the 111e' .. 1sun• bccc mt•s law. le • .lCI
"'' In the g.1y and ksbl~n community
are discussir g l<"g.ll slratrJ.tY
The Amerl< an C'lvll Ubcrt11•s Lnlon
of Washln~ton Is r·o1111srling th<"m to
l.Je pali< nt ~Ht wail lor nuu h .1nlit I
paled court cl~Tis.lon ln I lawaii
Tht• I law<111 Supn·nu~ Court rult·tl in
19tn that drnyint.t maniagt• li<'('llst·s In
snmt· st~ t·oltplt·s was ltrtt·on~tilution
al. The high «<>Uri llwn srnt tlw ruse
bark to a lowi·r c-ourl to allow lht• slalt•
a final rhanc·t· to <kh·nd its 1x>slt1<m.
'11w state Jost again, hut tlw lower
rourl dt·layed lht• issulni! ol marna~c
licenses unti1 clllOI llt'r •lppe.11 to the
Supreme Court is dt·cich-d. A rulin~ Is
t'Xpc< kd somt'limc this year
Gav Candidates Win in
Calif., Anti-Gav Dornan
Gets Rematch
SAN Drnco. Cali!. A number of
orx·nly i:ay ('.tlldidatt·s ,m· ('t•ldiraton!(
their c·c.unpailJ,n v1t·torit•s this wrrk
after elections and pr11narlt·s lwld
Junt· 2. In San Dit"go, <·a1Hlidatt·
C'hr1stint• Kehn« mad1• history ,is tlw
first opt·n ksblan to \~ln tht·
ConQn·ssional t'll<lorst·nu·nt ol a majm
political party. Dt·mrn-rat Kdu)(' gar
rwn·d 4 I pt•n-t·nt ol llw volt· ill tht'
open C'onj.!n•ssioual primary lor
C'aliforni· s ·l'Hh lllstn« sc,11 OI hrr
newly elt•t It'd op<"niy gay off11 l<1ls In
California inc.l1ult Bo11111t• l>urnanls.
San Dlei:o S11p<11or l ourl; Kt n llah1
Los Angdrs County Assessor .• u1d
Krvln Dowling llayw.ml C'ltv Council
In other ekctlon nrws. form<'r
< .11tfornla Rep. Hob!'rt Dornan on
Jur.e 2 earn<"d " rcn:.1tch with
Democrat Lon·U' Sane hez. who oust
t'd tlw < u11scrv.1t1ve f1n·brand two
yt-:irs 10 In a n ..1 rruw upset. /\ 8r.cond
A<"nt·ml ded1on n1c11rhup ol l>ornan
:u1d SanC'hrz n·nc ws ont• of the most
blll<"r .u1d hard loui:ht 1-.u"tpa l(ns ol
l\196. Sh<" .md I, l.on•tt.o S,uu l•ez •llld
Boh Dornan. ilrf' j.!Olllj.! 1 i~ht down h
thr wire;- just hkr Wt' did bric u· hut
this llnw thrrc Is llt 1 h<"atil g .utd she
knows it Dornan s.1td Smu ht , nu'
run,:; unoppost·c fur ht• ~ nHK .ltlC"
nrnur. lion, h.1d f.!,!125 'olt ~. or 46
pc.rent of th~ pr "ti. ry total
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It's Always a Gay and
Lesbian Pride Celebration
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Saturday, June 13
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Thursday, June 18
7:00 PM
Mel White Harvey Milk CD
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act1v1st and author
of Stranger at the
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Spokane Gav
Newspaper Folds
SPOKANE Stonewall .'liews
NorthW< st. a monthly newspaper s,.rv.
Ing the Spokane area·s gay and les·
blan community. Is dosing due to lack
of financial support. Publisher John
Deen who bought the newspaper in
1995. said he no longer has the money
or lime to ket·p it afloat. ·
"It's been devastating.· the 64 year·
old s,1ld. "Stonewall did what it could
to give pride to the gay community"
With help from a few volunteers,
Deen wrote all I he stories and took all
the photos He also sold advertising.
dld the office work and distnbuted the
3,000 copies ln Spokane and nearby
C~ur d"Alene Idaho, each month.
During most months. costs to publi>h
the newspaper came out of Deen's
pocket
News of Stonewalfs financial prob·
!ems first appeared in its Apnl lssut"
In respons<". local businesses and
readers tr1ecl to raise money to kt"ep it
goh.~.
"Stom"""llll s.-rwd .os th« glut•" urnt
In!( tht• .irea s gays and lesbians, said
Marvin Regulndin, president ol lht•
lnl,1nd Northwest Business Allian('e.
an organi1~-.t1on of ~~ut JOO i:ay encl
gay friendly buslnes""· ·once a
month. they wen· able to find out what
"''US gotni;: on·
Sodomv Law Repealed in
Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE. R.I. The Rhod«
Island lt"J:lslature voted Jun.- 2 lo
repeal the state·s 102 vear old sodomy
law fhc repeal mc-dsurc now mo\'t"s to
the govl·rnor SOCocy laws ~rt' Uw
luu hpin In .itl.icks .1ga .• 1St the gay
lesbian. bist"xtial and trnn,gcndt-rt«i
communlly • sat~ K .. rry Lobel. cxt·C"u
ll\'C d ector o[ lhe National Gnv .md
Lesbian f.isk F'orre -n1cy re used to
crtnur:.,•.zC" cur l.Jchavtcr dncl an· thc
~as1s fer di:sc nm1nahon Jr employ
111ent housing health rnre ,rnd
al( Inst f,nnthcs \\'« pplaud the lei;:is
1 1tun· for lls \olt· today Jr d also
sdu .. tlie I rless work of Rhode
Isl nd llvi s th l 111,1cl.- lo< 3V s v1r
tory possible· C alkd the "Abommab1c
ar ::>etcstalk Crime A,::ainsl Nature
Law • the st .lut.- applies to both ht"l
rroscxual ,md sanw !(ender srxual
acti'11y ~'ld rarrlcs a senterKc of 7 20
years After the llliode Island st-lutt·
1s rt"pt'aled. thirty one stales ~nd Uw
District of C'olumbJ,1 Will have no laws
forblclcllni;: same gender sexual rda
lions.
Salvation Armv Spurns
cash over Domestic
Partners Law
SAN FRANCISCO - The Salvation
Army .... 111 no longer kke city money
and will cut back on some programs
because of the city s domestic part
ners law offlclab oi the charity
announced. The announcement l .. 1st
Wedn<"sday came onr 1lay after San
Francisco marked the fir,t =nl\'er
sary of the law
The ordinance states that unv lmsl
ness that contracts with lhe rily nnd
provldt's spousal he.alth m'ur.111C"t· lo
married couples must do lht"' s,1nw for
homos~xual and unmarried domestic
partners cf their workers. ·we simply
can not agree to be in cc mpliancc of
the ordinance.· Salvation Army LI
Col Richard Love said.
The army ts one of the larr!esl non
profit social st"rvlce organizall 11
NATIONAL
San Francisco. It advised city ollicials
of the decision in hand-delivered let·
ters. Officials of the organizallon said
the ordinance conflicts with its
Christian beliefs on th« importance of
family. They also said that negolla
lions wllh rlty ofh!'lah over the last 11
months failed to reat'h a rompromise.
The c·harity said It would scale back
thret" programs for senior citizens and
the homeless. The s:l.5 million city
contrarts represent only a part of the
Salvation Army"s $18 million budget
for sel'\ires In San Francisco. said
Love.
NYC council Hears
Conflicting Views on
PannershiP Laws
N~;w YORK - A Clly Council com·
millec heard conflirlln~ views on legislation
ulmed at ("nsurin(! domestic
J4&rlners n·<'Cl\'t• the same treatment
as marrn·d couples at a hearing last
Wt«hwsday. Tu .. Arrhdlocese of New
York suhrnlllt•cl a stah'mt"'nt from
Cardinal John O'Connor saying the
law would virluolly lcg1sla1e that mar-ridge
doesn·t mallt"r. 111c btll. pushed
by :-.layor Rudolph Giultani. is expert·
ed to win easy pass."lgt· In lhe Council.
Paula Ellelbrirk of the Empire State
Pride Agt'nda. a gay and lcsbtan advo·
cary group. said lhe propos.al would
have "broad and meaningful Impact
on hundreds and thousands of fami·
ltes.· Tht" legislation would make
accommodaung poll<"lcs to unmarried
couples p«rmanent by writing them
Into law. encompassing everything
from parking permits to burial rights
at a city Ct"melery. It would apply lo
het<"rosexua1 and homosexual domes
Uc partnerships registered with the
City Clerk.
Supponers sav Hormel
Needs One More Vote to
End Impasse
WASHINGTON Supportt"rs of the
stalled nomination of openly gay
philanthropist Janws Hormel to
become.- ambassador lo Lux<•ml>oLtr~
said last Thursday they haw drawn
to within orw vote of ht"lng able to
t; ..
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break a const·rvativt' strangkhold.
Hormel now has tht" support of 59
senators. pickin~ up un additional
Republican
vote. support
ers said. A
small band of
conservaliv<·!'t,
complalnlnJ:
about what
they see as
Hormel's gay
r I J: h t s
activism. have
been able to
prevent a vote. Hormel
To break such
a hold requires the voles of 60 St'na
tors. Even with 60 vott·s, It will
require the support of Senate
Majority Leader Trent Lott (R· Miss.)
to scheduk a vote ·w,. continue to
make the argumt·nl thal ht• would be
a fine ambassador· said White
House spokt'sman Mikt' Mccurry
said "He's i;:ot a n-c·ord and qualifi
cations that suggt•st ht• would bt• a
sup<•rior n:pn·sc.·ntallvc.• ol our gov·
c•rnmcnl ovc.•rs<•as,"'
From Sf Cl// C111Cl wire reports
1 2 1 a e a
PRIOE/1rom page 19
Rainbow Aplentv in
KansasCitv
KANSAS Cl1Y Although it hadn't
ratn<"d, rainbow:; abounded June 6 in
Kansas City as hundreds turned out for
l'ridtfrst '!)I!, tlw c·ity's parade and festtval
promoting gay and lt-sblan pride.
Trav\'llng from tlw Llbnty Memorial
lo 16th and Central' streets. the
paradr had ubout 100 t.'nlries from
IJl ,uwsse:s. oq~ani1.ations and groups
in lht· J,tay and lcsbl<tn comnnmity
Se<p1inrd. shiny mt·nnalds on llw
Pearl's Bar Jloat waved from their
w·J.tc-ry, ncodasslc-al sui-roundinc;s.
Some of the ci1y's drag quc.•t•ns. such as
Belle Starr and China CollilL,, smiled
from !-1hini11~ sports cars. Other (!roups
sud1 '" the I leartLmd Mm's Chonis.
SklllPath Sermnars. KC J\llttude Pride
Appard and !ht• American CIVll Uberties
Union hdcl postt·rs high and threw out
randy, flying clisrs and plaslle bead
nec·klaC'e~ to tht.· l'ht·t·ring: crowd.
Polite confrontation: Dave Jones. /eh, of Milwaukee talks With Operation Rescue
members Valyf/9 Parks and Jamie Ammerman at the Magic Kmgdom on June 6 -
Photo by AliCJa J< Wagner
Weather Doesn't Stop
Parade in Fresno
District in Fn·"10. C':1llfornl.1
-rhts iS irlC'rt'diblv empowering."
Us.1 Rasor. :12, ol 1.;.;wn·nC'e told thr
Kw1sa~ Cil!J Star. "'You st·e partn('rs
not bl'lng al raid to hold hands or show
alll'C'tlon. It's just a n·ally safe place."
FrrnSNO, Calif. - In what has
l>t•c·omt· i\11 annual c.·vc.·nt. noats. chc.·c.·r
lt•aclers, polllit'ians. motorrycks. vm
lag(' ears and heallh uflldals paraded
along Olive..- Avc•nuc.· throu~h the Tower
Thr crowd and thr paradr llself
were smaller than usual. apparentl)•
beC"aust· of tlw t hrr..al<"llirll! wc·atln·r.
bul olflnals still ('stlmatl'd that 2.000
spectators wc:rt• on hand. 111('~· lwnrti
ly rherred till' noats and jl'erl'd thl'
small Ku Klux Klan c:ontinc,t·nt mak
Mk~t
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P A G E 2 5 A ..J U N E
ing its annual protest app.-amnce
This vear. the Klan members shied
away from the <Towd.
·nus is i:reat especially because
they weren't l!Oln):! to haw It beca,1se
of the weather· Toni >.kndlcino told
the Fresno Bee One of !\kndlcino's
friends carried a sign that rrod "KKK
go away."
Th<" ~rowd hooted as parnde partlcl
pants danced, prann•d, posrd and
thn·w them candv and condoms.
Some of the loudest applm, ,e ,1loni:
the route wrnt to the Fresno Gav Pride
C '1eerleade._, an Idea and name crf'
ated bv Rob !AngC\1n
Picnic, Festival to Follow
San Antonio Parade
SA\' A:\T0\'10 Ori:antz<"rs of
Saturday·s Cay Pride parade In San
Antonio and picnic arf' bcin):! ,.,,wed
as events to help lesbian .md ,.:ay
e,roups work toc;cthcr to hc.11 wound!->
in lheir community.
VoluntfTrs eager to make the dty'::;
first Gay Pride parade a '.'-tll<TCSS .1fier
a long absl'ncc paC'kl'd tlw l.<'Sb1an
and Gay Community C t~ntrr last
Wl'('k lo pledp;c thl'ir support ··ward
of mouth 1s our Ucst adn·rllstn,g.
\\"e·n· riltzcns or San Antonio and
dt'st"f\'<' to be heard and rccognlzed
just like e\·eryont· dsc." Ell7.abcth
Bull<'r told the Sart Antonro £,press
\·cu·s. •
Parac:.:r- coordlnn.(or D.1n C stcr
. .id th<' lcsbi.-n and ga\' community
" a microcosm or much lar~<.'T San
Antonio. "'\\1e'rc doctors lawvers,
n1 1rst•s, f,llhers mothl"""S net I bnrs
\Ve have our (. f<"renctAs jl st like""
C\.Cl)'Gilt" else- clrt's,· Jr told lhr
Ex.press \'ewe; .
Last week, ( orpt , C'hr.~tl held I s
fffsl C y Pnde 9ar.ide !lours e.ulicr.
h\•mn ~ingir rt funda!"t'r>tnllst
( hristl.1ns I trl1r1pUl<"d Ir .1 "'Mcuch
lur Jcs .... 1s." :'\:o cldsht s hrt" < n the
IWO ~rOU')S \.\:t"""C rcportrd
3,000 March in N.C.
ASHEVlLLE n re<' t .JLIS.llld g.1y
men, lesbi ns .11.,J otht'rs marr'1ed
through c!:>wnto"n Ashe\tue J,n b
as part of the North Caro. n.1 Pride
'98 ksti,·al. Thr gav pride .,, . .,, I was
c.appcd I \ a downtown r lly •ind a
speech by ac tl\'rst Cm1dac<' C ngrlch,
.i ll'sblar and half sister of l' ::;
House Sp< ak< r l\<'Wt Gtngrlc.h. ~ C.1
Cl igrrch urgec. ti c checrlng crowd
lo bt'come polit call) .ind person,11ly
.irllve In hghtmg lor <'qual n 'his for
r-copl<' of .111 scxu.il or1ent.1'ions
I'm often .isked by pcoprr how long
Im l!,Oin~ •o •Je cloil11! this: sl•t s,ud
"I tl'll the!'l that l':-i gomg I ~ and
here .ind I 1 c Uwr plac"s II c.Ner this
cc•1ntr,. : .<e- I've ot t.u on nl\' heels.
until we hav(" th t'q•iaht\ \H n t nt1
tkd tc
!'rid<' "l8 c..g n ...,. s v t'it\ d sc
Aste\ille for the t"\ ent l rc.mse ll1e\
beheve t::..>:-:-1osex-.. ml:; an~ \\l" .. 1ccept
c 111 the reg."n Bu• ..-- • Jers of the
gay communlt1· "110 p. rttrtpated m
the marct> s....Jd 1ntokrJnct rt m,uns
widespread
There was no f.Jnn<Jl proles lo th<'
g.iy pride e\•ent although some
demon,trators carrying signs lir1f'd
~treels along the n1..irch route
Soml"' local etwurrh J?,roups plan a
rail\' nnt weekend in response to
I his weck<·rHi's t"vent. The
Communll\' Council for Biblical
Values. c-~unprisinl! 33 Southern
Baptist rhurc-hcs In the Ashe\'tllc
area wtll pre,l'nt a ·posltl\'e,
rcdl"mptl\'c n·~ponse to th<' gay prldr
march." 'aid Larry M.idden. assoct
ate pastor or Trinity &pttst Chureh
In west Ashe\'tllt•
1 2 1 a a a
,.
. H E A L T H
New Funds Help AIDS
Patiems With Treatment
ed earlier this year He said the
dep<.rtment Is trying to accept as
many new applications as It can
lions of ontiretrovtra: drugs that
Include protease Inhibitors.
StudV savs Outpatient
Mastectomies Present No
Extra Health Risk
JACKSON, Miss. Mississippians
who were left In limbc when federal
money for thr1r AIDS treatme,t dried
up I st yrar are sUll recc vtng rrt"di
cint" wl h the ass stance of emergency
funds health officials say
But Debbie Konkle Parker chairwoman
of the Mississippi HIV I AIDS
Assembly aid more than 200 people
are still wa Ing for treatment
And "'1th the addition of $750.000
Mississippi lawmakers put aside for
AIDS nedldnl', more patients wi
soon be eligible for t •catment, •aid Dr
Bob Hotchkiss director of the H=lh
Depanment s Office of Community
H('alth Servtc('s. The sta'C' money "'111
b .. avallabk July I
AIDS Deaths Down
ev Hall in Missouri
WASlllNCTON - -"kdkan· br.-ast
cancer patirnts \\.1th no otht·r dist·a~c.·
who underp;o mastC"<:tomlcs as outpa
llen•s face about the samt• risk of
complications as wom«n wlio spl'nd a
night In the hosplt,11 after the surgerv
Jedrral researclwrs rt"porl. Thetr
study. published Jun.. ~ in the
Journal o.f rhc National Cancer
/ns!ilule, supports the Idea that many
women "'111 do better lollow1ng mas·
tcctomy if th«y remain in the hospital
for at le.as! one nt~ht. but It also
show:, that an outpatlf'nt pron.·durc is
·a reasonable option" for elderly
wom.-n who have no oth<'f type of
health problem. A number of states,
1nclud1ni: G<·orgia hm·e constd<·red
laws banning so-called "drlvc-thru
mastectomies." and two bills have
been proposed m Congress to r<'qulre
Insurance companies to pay for hospitalization
If that Is the choice of the
paltent and her physician. About I I
percent of breast cane-er pat11•nts on
JEFFERSON C'l1Y :'.!<>. f"cw.-r
"Everybody who was elit!ible for the
prQt!rnm and was not on Medicaid or
on private msuranc" when ii ended are
still being treated." Hotchkiss said. ·or
the people who went off. the most left
because they Wl're on :'.ledlraid. •
\.11sscurlans art· Jvtng c.f All>S, thl'
stale Department of Health said. AIDS
deaths in .\-llssourl drc.ppcd by more
than half In 1997 compared to 1996,
and two thirds from U1e peak year in
Hl95. said health depanmenl director
Dr :'.laureen [)('mpsey
Dempsey said there were 163 AIDS
deaths In 1997 TI1al compared lo 339
deaths 1n 1995. nnd 502 in 1995.
·me decline reOe1·ts a national trend.
Hotchkiss said crusadC's by state
and federal AIDS advocates helped the
stale secure an add1t1onal $860.000
from the Ryan White AIDS program
whl'n money lor the federally funded
AIDS Drng Assistance Program, com
monly 1·alkd ADAP, ran out
llotchklss said 192 people are sltll
ren·h'lng mt"dtdne financed "'1th lhP
.-merl(cncy funds. which w1·r.- award·
Dempsey said. From 1995 to the first
half of 1997, the national AIDS death
rat<' dropped 59 per<·ent. During the
samt' period 1n Missouri, the death
rate dropp<·d 62 pt'rct•nt.
Drmpsey said the dt'creased AIDS
mortaltty ts largely the result of
Improvements In the treatment of
lllV 1nfrcted peoplt•. Spectflcally. she
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Medicare who und<"rgo nmstrctor: cs
do so as outpatients.
Hepatitis c ·cocktail'
combination Therapy
Wins FDA Approval
MADISON N.J. Sparkt·d by !ht'
apparent effc.·rtlvt·rwc;s ol combination
therapy in tlw tn·:1tnwnt ol HIV /AIDS,
the FDA has now approvt•d a Ill'\\.' <·om
bination thl'rapy for chroniC' I kpatltls
C patients \\1th hvcr d1S1•ast'. Sdwnng
Plough Corporatton announn·d Jurie ~3
that the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration has approvrd lh<" rom
b1nallon usr of Rl'betol rapsuh·s and
lntron A lnje1·t1on. to be mark1·trd as
rebetron comb1nation therapy, lor the
treatment of <"hronlC' hrpattt1s C 111
patients with liver dlseast' who have
relapsed followinl( alpha tnt<·rfnon
therapy. Prior to the comblnalton th«r
apy. the only clntl(s approwcl In the
Unitrd States for tn·atlng hepatitis C
had been alpha lnt<"rferons. "lkbt·tron
combination therapy Is an 1•x1·1ttng
treatment breakthrough." said Willis C.
Maddrey. M D., professor of m1·d1r11w
at the University of Tt'xas
Southwestern Medical Cmt<·r In Dallas
and a world renown<"d ht·patologlst
Viagra Maker Joins
Others in Hunt for Female
·orgasm Pill'
LONDON ·n1e drug romp'111Y that
produced the ma!« sex pill Vtagra Is
now hopini;! lo n·1x·al ils SUU't•ss wtth
a simil(.lr one tor wonll'n. the London
Sunday Times rrport1·d .Jww 7. It said
multinational Pfizt·r i~ on<" ol thn·t• IJI~
cln1~ companit•s rarin~ lo markt·t lht•
first "'or~asm pill" lor wonwn. 111"
pa~r rq1ortc1I llMl inllt.,I p-;sulls from
S(·rn·t diniC'al trials ('On11ntsslonect hy
Pflzt·r in Britain su~t·st lht· tn·atnwnt
is ('ff<•rlin". Plizt·r i~ s,lld to ht· tnn·su
J?,aling lhn·t· diflt·n·nt lormulations ol
sildt·nafil. tht' .1<"llvt• 111j.!n·tlu·11t in
Viacra. in tn;..l.IS cllllOJI~ more· lltnn '100
women af."ross t-:11rop<0 ~n10se t,1kinA
th1· drug. l'Ompart'd with those t,1klng
a placrbo. rt'J><>rlt"<I an lnere3SC'" 111 the
numbt-r "' llnws th1·y had Sl'X with
thrir husbands. "1111' 1mp1·r said LS
manufartun·r :i'~mag<·n has bel(un tri
,1ls with anollwr clru,i.t known us
Vasoma.x which dilates blood \'t·ssds.
Abbott Laboralorit'5 111 Chlmgo an·
teslin~ another 1·ompound C",1lkd apo·
morph1n!" whid1 sllmulalt's n·1·1·plors
in the brain. it adckd. Viaj!n1 ts aln·ady
the subi1·ct of I 00.000 pn·s«rlptlons a
we<"k in Ill!' U .S
Doctors Warv over Heart
Disease in AIDS Patients
Using Protease
WASHINGTON At least two
n·searchers have tndtc.1t1·d tlwy have
seen patients on prot1·ase Inhibitors
who are experiencing !wart rela11·d
problems on the drugs. according to a
report In The Waslunqron Hla<lc. Dr.
Donald Abrams. an AIDS cltntC"ian at
the University of Caltfornla San
f'rancisro. said that lw has S<·t·n a kw
patients on prol!«lS!' Inhibitor 1·ombl
nations for two y.-ars who have lx·gun
to develop coronary h1·art cllst·ast·, th1·
gay newspaper rt'porl<"d. Dr K1·1th
ll<"nry and a Mlnn!'sota haM·d tram ol
researchers reporl<"d In tht· May 2
Issue of th« British nwdlrnl journal
Tiw Lanr<'I that about 01w third ol 124
pati<·nts lht·y havt• bt•en following 011
prot1·as1· lnhibllo" havt· d1·vdop1·d
some he<lrl d1St'il!--t'. The rt'M'4trdwrs
sui(l!est«<I that pat tents 111ttiat1ng pro
tt"ase thf"rap1rs be testnl lor susn·ptl
btlily to surh tH"art ch,cast·
· -From stq[I wul U'lft' report ....
1 2 1 e e e
QUOTE UNQUOTE
"I would warn Orlando that you're right in the way of
some serious hurricanes. and I don't think I'd be waving
those flags in God's face 1f I were you.· The widespread
practice of homosexuality "will bring about terrorist bombs,
11'11 bring earthquakes, tornadoes and possibly a meteor."
- Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson (left) on "The 700 |
